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(White House: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: David Bloom) The US-China summit outlined; details given of the agreements reached today by Chinese leader Jiang Zemin and President Clinton concerning nuclear reactor sales and the selling of nuclear technology by China; scenes shown from the pomp and ceremony staged for Jiang's arrival. [From a joint news conference, CLINTON, JIANG (thru translator) - outline their differences on human rights.]
(White House: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Faw) The religious persecution in China featured; scenes shown of protests in Washington and from recent Hollywood movies about Chinese oppression. [Protestant church leader CHEN Wen Jun (thru translator), former United States ambassador to China James LILLEY, film critic Gene SISKEL, activist Richard GERE, China scholar Ross MUNRO - comment on China, religious freedom and Tibet.]
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(White House: Tom Brokaw) Stock Market Report.
(New York: Mike Jensen) The sigh of relief on Wall Street featured; scenes shown. [Merrill Lynch Robert FARRELL - says everything is back to normal.] Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan's statements on the economy featured. [GREENSPAN - talks about the Asian and United States economies.]
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(White House: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) The latest research results on breast cancer and whether there is a link to pollutants PCBs and DDT outlined; details given from an "New England Journal of Medicine" article. [Long Island cancer victim Maureen PACE, Harvard School of Public Health David HUNTER, Mt. Sinai' Mary WOLFF - comment on the possible connection between pollutants PCBs and DDT and breast cancer.]
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(White House: Tom Brokaw) Jury deliberations in the trial of Louise Woodward, the au pair on trial for the murder of baby Matthew Eappen, updated.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The United States government au pair program that brought Woodward to the United States scrutinized; examples of other abuse cases cited. [Abuse victim's mother Sharon DEVONSHIRE, Cindy KEMP, Temple University psychologist Dr. Frank FARLEY, child abuse attorney Wendy MURPHY - talk about the au pair training program.] New rules on au pair training noted.
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(White House: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Andrea Mitchell) The 19th century industrial state-run companies versus new technology and the booming economy in China examined; details given. [Factory WORKER (thru translator) - talks about the security of his state job.]
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(White House: Tom Brokaw) Scientists said losing their connection with the Mars Pathfinder probe; scenes shown of the rover; statistics given.
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(White House: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) The possibility that our brains are hardwired to a spiritual connection featured; experiments to track the body's electric response to certain words. [University of California at San Diego Dr. Villanor RAMACHANDRAN, Catholic priest Father Aidan COMERFORD, Atheists United Kenneth BONNELL - comment on the ambiguous research.]
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