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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) The status of the standoff between the United States and China introduced.
(White House: John Palmer) The diplomatic negotiations between China and the US over the return of the crew of the EP-3 plane now on Hainan Island, China, featured; details given of the American officials' meeting with the detained Americans. [US ambassador to Beijing Admiral Joseph PREUHER - comments on the negotiations.] Chinese photos of missing pilot Wang Wei shown. Letter from Wang's wife to President Bush calling him too cowardly to give an apology quoted. [Local Chinese OFFICIAL (with transcription on screen) - calls for an apology.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Beijing: Ned Colt) The longstanding anti-American attitudes within the Chinese military and among China's college students examined; details given of the Chinese view of the plane accident and China's dilemma in holding the hard line while needing United States trade. [University STUDENT - (thru translator) says it is an issue of sovereignty.] [Former ambassador to China James SASSER - outlines the Chinese view.] [Brookings Institution Nicholas LARDY - cites US-China trade.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Whidbey Island, WA: Shellee Smith) The roller coaster week for the families of the 24 detained crew members featured; scenes shown of church services on Whidbey Island, WA. [Navy League Helen CHATFIELD-WEEKS - hopes the hearts of the Chinese leaders can be softened.] [Mothers of crew detainees Sandy BLOCHER, Amanda de JESUS - comment on the time frame and their family members as pawns.] [On the island, WOMAN, Navy wife Shannon HATHAWAY, antique shop owner Mickey WILLIAMS - comment on the situation.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Further coverage on tomorrow's Meet the Press noted.
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Norah O'Donnell) Crash in Vietnam of a helicopter that was part of the Defense Department task force's ongoing effort to identify remains of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam war featured; scenes shown of recovery operations in Vietnam for remains of MIAs. [Defense Department Allan LIOTTA - comments on the mission to recover their comrades.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(No location given: Pat Dawson) The launch of the Odyssey mission to Mars featured; scenes shown of the lift-off from a camera mounted on the rocket. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) launch manager Chuck DOVALE - says the lift-off was flawless.] The big problems for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) with two failures after the Pathfinder mission reviewed. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Dr. Edward WEILER - says this mission has to succeed, but going to Mars is a tough job.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) The conviction of Ahmed Ressam in the millennium terrorism trial in Los Angeles reported.
(Richland, WA: Dan Lothian) United States Customs Service training program for foreign agents to prevent the smuggling of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons across borders featured; scenes shown from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA, of the security drills. [Pacific Northwest National Labs Bill CLIFF - explains border training procedures.] [Estonian border AGENT - (thru translator) says Estonia is often a transit country.] [US Customs Service Joan COAN - says the aim is to prevent weapons of mass destruction from coming across foreign soil.] The seizure of uranium by Bulgarian border agents cited as an example.
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(New York: Rehema Ellis) The separative lives of different races in urban America featured; scenes shown from Queens, New York City, which is made up of ethnic enclaves. [Resident Young Suk KIM - explains why Koreans live in Queens.] [State University at Albany professor/Lewis Mumford Center Dr. John LOGAN - says the segregation in metropolitan areas is the same as in 1990; indicates there are still ethnic neighborhoods in the suburbs and it will take 100 years for a truly integrated society.] Statistics cited on where Americans live by race. [Queens residents Patricia TOMBLIN, Antonia OCHOA - comment on racial splits.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Hebron, on the West Bank: Martin Fletcher) The story of hope and fear on the embattled West Bank where the American-led youth peace movement called Seeds of Peace brings together Jews and Arabs presented; scenes shown from a shelled-out Palestinian home on the front lines. [Palestinian TEEN - says she is now a refugee; indicates she believes in peace; worries about her father, who is on the run from Israelis.]
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