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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) The politics behind the efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal a 1994 law banning 19 types of assault weapons featured. [President CLINTON - says if the bill passes, it will cost more lives.] [At hearings, handgun victim's husband Steve SPOSATO - holds up photograph of his wife and a gun.] [National Rifle Assn. Tanya METAKSA, House Speaker Newt GINGRICH - say the bill should be repealed.] Senator Bob Dole's changed stance on the bill noted.
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Reports introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) Tentative agreement to settle the strike at two General Motors plants and the costs of the strike to both sides examined; details given of the strike that began on March 5 over "outsourcing," the practice of buying parts from companies outside GM. [UAW union vice president Richard SHOEMAKER, STRIKER- comment on the agreement and the strike.]
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Roth) Talk in Britain of slaughtering the nation's cattle due to a possible link between "mad cow disease" and a rare human brain disease called CJD examined; other European nations reported banning the import of British beef. [CONSUMERS, BUTCHER, victim's mother Frances HALL, US Department of Agriculture Dr. Will HUESTON - comment.]
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Hostile reception by Serbs in Vukovar, Croatia, for United States ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright, due to anger over the surrendering of the city to Croatian government control in accordance with the Bosnia peace agreement, reported; scenes shown of Serbs throwing rocks at Albright's car.
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Brian Williams) The release of documents by the White House concerning First Lady Hillary Clinton's involvement in the Travel Office firings reported.
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Kur) The German connection in the tobacco wars over knowledge that nicotine is addictive featured; scenes shown from the INBIFO (Institut fur Biologische Forshung GmbH) in Cologne, Germany, where Philip Morris did sensitive research. [Attorneys John SCHMIDT, Richard SCRUGGS, Philip Morris scientist Victor DeNOBLE, Harvard law professor Laurence TRIBE - comment on the research.]
(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Discussion with chief legal correspondent Jack Ford concerning whether or not tobacco executives can be tried for perjury for swearing under oath before Congress that they did not know nicotine was addictive presented. [FORD - comments.]
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Likely clash between President Clinton and Congress over a bill to limit awards to people injured by faulty products reported.
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) New York Governor George Pataki's replacement of district attorney Robert Johnson as prosecutor in the case of a murdered police officer because of Johnson's refusal to seek the death penalty in the case reported.
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) A lawsuit concerning the penalties for transmission of what some deem as indecent material over the Internet featured. [US attorney James BURNS, ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) associate director Barry STEINHARDT, Surfwatch, Incorporated, Ann DUVALL, Parents Against Internet Censorship Michele FAGIN, Representative Pat SCHROEDER - give views on the pornography debate.]
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Newly designed hundred dollar bills reported going into circulation next week; bills shown.
(Washington: Tom Brokaw) The carrying out of the last wishes of the late comedian George Burns recounted.
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(Washington: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The harrowing landing of a small plane after its pilot died presented; audio exchange quoted between passenger Leland Capps and the air traffic controller Dave Littlefield to get the plane down. [LITTLEFIELD - comments on the incident.]
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