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(Studio: Brian Williams) Weather map shown of the path of Hurricane Bertha; scenes shown from Pensacola, Florida, where an Air Force jet crashed while evacuating from a base in South Carolina.
(Atlantic Beach: Jim Avila) The impact of the hurricane on the Carolina coast featured; scenes shown of people evacuating the barrier islands and residents boarding up. [Two TOURISTS, motel owner Tom OUTLAW - comment.] Map shown of air bases that are moving their planes west.
(Studio: Brian Williams Interview held with NBC meteorologist Joe Witte about the storm. [WITTE - describes the power of the storm and the best and worst case scenarios.]
(Carolina: Fredricka Whitfield) The preparations in the coastal counties in the Carolinas featured; scenes shown. [Restaurant manager David CHAMBERS - remembers Hurricane Hugo.] [Two RESIDENTS, Governor David BEASLEY - comment.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams Report introduced.
(Vancouver: Robert Bazell) The optimistic mood at the 11th annual AIDS conference due to the development of new blood tests and reports on the success of combination drug therapy featured. [Conference co-chairman Dr. Michael SCHECHTER, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Dr. Michael SAAG, Gay Men's Health Crisis Jeff BLOOM, Aaron Diamond Institution Dr. Martin MARKOWITZ - talk about the state of AIDS research.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The contentious debate in Congress over the issue of same sex marriage reported; scenes shown of an angry exchange between Representatives Barney Frank, who is gay, and Steve Largent. [LARGENT, FRANK - bicker.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Yosemite National Park: Linda Vester) The moment of crisis in Yosemite National Park when a landslide suddenly roared down on park visitors featured; videotape shown while the chronology of the event and the rescue operation are detailed hour by hour. [Three PEOPLE, park spokesman Scott GEDIMAN, Jerry COHEN, search and rescue workers Jay BOWDLER, Scott McKENNEY, John BRENNER - describe what happened and the search for missing and injured.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Srebrenica: Tom Aspell) The first anniversary of the killing fields of Srebrenica, Bosnia, in which Muslim men disappeared in a frenzy of killing at the hands of Bosnian Serbs featured; scenes shown from a rally of grieving women in Tuzla and from mass graves that are being unearthed. [Forensic scientist Dr. William HAGLUND - comments on the horrific tragedy.]
(Studio: Brian Williams; State Department: Andrea Mitchell) The issuance by the International War Crimes Tribunal of arrest warrants for Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic and the actuality that no one will really arrest them discussed.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Protestant marchers shown going through a Catholic neighborhood in Portadown, Northern Ireland, while Catholics clashed with the police.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The operation to rescue the Highland Light, a symbol of Cape Cod, which is being moved back due to beach erosion shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Albany, Georgia: Bob Dotson) The story of Alice Coachman, the first black woman in the world to win an Olympic gold medal, presented; scenes shown from her hometown of Albany, Georgia, where she grew up and has been a teacher. [COACHMAN - recalls the days of segregation in Albany and he high jumping feats.]
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