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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Bob Dotson) Bombing at a lesbian club in Atlanta featured; scenes shown from the site where a second bomb was detonated. [Atlanta police Chief Beverly HARVARD - describes the second bomb.] [Eyewitness Nancy ATIERE, Tonya WOLFORD - describe the bombing in the club.] [FBI's Woody JOHNSON, Mayor Bill CAMPBELL - raise the issue of a serial bomber.] The July 27, 1996 Olympic Park bombing and the January 16 bombing at an abortion clinic recalled and shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: John Palmer) The use of soldiers instead of police to combat drug trafficking in Mexico examined; details given of the arrest of the nation's top drug official, General Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo, on charges of collaborating with the drug cartels. The concern that the identity of US drug agents may have been compromised by Gutierrez noted. [Former DEA operations chief Doug WANKEL - cites the need for protection.] [Mexico's foreign minister Joe Angel GURRIA - defends Mexico's war against drugs.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(At the DMZ: Andrea Mitchell) Signs that North Korea will finally be ready to set up peace talks featured; details given of the hunger situation in North Korea, which needs Western food aid; scenes shown of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the DMZ. [ALBRIGHT - comments on the prospects for peace with the North Koreans.] North Korea said backing down on a confrontation over high-ranking defector Hwang Jang Yop, who is still in Beijing's South Korean embassy. [Korea analyst Michael BREEN - says North Korea is accepting the defection.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Rehearsal in China for Deng Xiaoping's funeral on Tuesday shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The radio duel between President Clinton and the Republicans over the balanced budget amendment reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Coverage of the campaign finance reform issue on Meet the Press noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington and Annapolis, Maryland: Cassandra Clayton) The "silent epidemic" of the treatment of brain injury patients featured; details given of the need for a national system for the caring for the recovering victim. [Maryland Shock Trauma Center Dr. Howard EISENBERG - cites the need for rapid diagnosis.] [Brain Injury Association of America Dr. George ZITNAY - calls the method a disgrace.] Class action lawsuit by brain injury victims who were institutionalized by the state noted. [Head injury patient Connie JACKSON, Maryland Disability Law Center Andy PENN - comment on the legal issue.] Federal funding to study brain injury survivors and how best to care for them noted. [Center for Neurological Rehabilitation Jeannie PRYOR - talks about the rehab approach.] [Injury victim's mother Linda HALL - comments.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Lima: Ned Colt) The season of fear in Peru when rain causes mudslides featured; scenes shown from the site of a deadly slide while the difficulties in getting relief to the Andes Mountains is detailed.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Washington: Andrea McCarren) The war on cancer among children featured; details given of environmental influences that may be linked to childhood disease. [Cancer victim's father Tom KOHLER, oncologist Dr. Gregory REAMAN, pediatrician Dr. J. Routt REIGART, epidemiologist Dr. Leslie ROBISON - wonder about environmental causes of childhood illnesses.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Death of former NBC president Robert Sarnoff reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Series of reports on technology introduced.
(San Francisco: Soledad O'Brien) Technological advances in medicine examined; scenes shown of a physician practicing "telepresent surgery." [Stanford University Hospital Dr. Robert LI - explains what he learns from telepresent surgery.] Defense Department funding of the development of remote surgery at Stanford noted. [SRI director Ajit SHAH, UCD Telemed Tom NESBITT - comment on the new equipment.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) MSNBC Website mentioned.
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