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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) "Whip around the world" introduced.
(Karachi: Ben Wedeman; Baghdad: Jane Arraf; Capitol Hill: Kate Snow) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) More stories previewed.
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(State Department: Andrea Koppel) The kidnapping in Pakistan of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl updated; details given of the kidnappers' threats and demands; photos shown of Pearl. ["Wall Street Journal" manager editor Paul STEIGER - says Pearl is simply a journalist.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - expresses concern about Pearl's safety.]
(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Karachi: Ben Wedeman) The investigation in Pakistan by Americans and Pakistanis reviewed. [In taped interview, wife of the kidnapped journalist, Marianne PEARL - says she has hope.]
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: David Ensor) President Bush's focus on the war on terrorism in his State of the Union address with his naming of Iran, Iraq and North Korea as the "axis of evil" examined. [BUSH - says the United States will not permit regimes to threaten us.] [Iraqi National Congress Sharif Ali bin al HUSSEIN - comments.] ["Washington Post" syndicated columnist Charles KRAUTHAMMER - predicts a war in Iraq.] [Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD - clarifies Bush's speech.] [Brookings Institution Ivo DAALDER - says Bush has closed the road to diplomacy with Iran and North Korea.]
(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Jane Arraf) Iraq's reaction to Bush's address featured. [Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin RAMADAN - (thru translator) calls Bush's statement stupid.] [BUSH - criticizes Iraq for "kicking out" weapons inspectors.] Iraq's suggestion that it would like to open a dialogue with the United Nations that could restart weapons inspections noted and discussed.
(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with "New York Times" reporter Judith Miller about Iraq. [MILLER - says Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has not changes his desires for weapons of mass destruction, which he has even used against his own people and has threatened to use against Israel; indicates the evidence is less clear about Iran's weaponry; says Bush has made it clear that inspections in Iraq be carried out.]
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Kate Snow) The legal showdown between Vice President Dick Cheney and the Congressional General Accounting Office examined; details given of the General Accounting Office view that Congress needs more information about Cheney's energy task force and its consideration of a lawsuit against the administration. [Representative Henry WAXMAN - says the vice president has stonewalled the request.] [Former counsel to the House of Representatives Stan BRAND - says the courts have been reluctant to referee a fight between the president and the Congress.] [Georgetown University Mark TUSHNET - says the issue is whether the task force comes under statutory authorization.] [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER - says President Bush will stand on principle.]
(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: Kelly Wallace) The White House reaction to the General Accounting Office request and a possible lawsuit reviewed; scenes shown of Bush's appearance in North Carolina and Florida. [Bush assistant Mary MATALIN - comments on the GAO lawsuit and the Democrats' politics on Enron.]
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report that former Attorney General Janet Reno, who is running for governor in Florida, collapsed tonight in Rochester, New York, noted.
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) The impact of Minnesota's budget problems on the school system examined; scenes shown from Concord Elementary School. [Edina, Minnesota, school district superintendent Kenneth DRAGSETH - comments on the budget situation growing out of the economic downturn.] ["ST. Paul Pioneer-Press" Jim RAGSDALE - talks about the state, Governor Jesse Ventura and budget deficits.] [Wells Fargo Banks chief economist Sung Won SOHN - says joblessness has risen faster in Minnesota.]
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Taped interview held with Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. [VENTURA - talks about consumption taxes, the economic situation in the state in a time of war; points out states cannot deficit spend like President Bush can; comments on conditions under which he will run again for governor; says he has no regrets about anything.]
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Minnesota public radio host Katherine Lanpher about the reactions in Minnesota to national events. [LANPHER - describes the people's reaction to President Bush's naming of the "axis of evil"; describes Minnesotans' connection to the September 11 story.]
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(Saint Paul: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Saint Paul: Scott Herriott) The impact of the unseasonably warm winter in Minnesota featured; scenes shown from Saint Paul of melting ice sculpture and from the snow slide. [Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation Bob VIKING - talks about the melting ice carvings.]
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