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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(New York: Deborah Feyerick; Washington: Jeanne Meserve; Salt Lake City: Frank Buckley) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two and a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Studio: Deborah Feyerick) The background of Jose Padilla (aka Abdullah al-Muhajir), who has been arrested for plotting to make and use a "dirty bomb," featured; details given of Padilla's petty criminal record and his overseas travels. [Padilla's attorney Donna NEWMAN - comments on her client, who is a citizen with constitutional rights.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - recounts the investigation into Padilla's passport.] The questions about how Padilla got involved with Al Qaeda, why the lost passport got an embassy's attention and how Padilla's name surfaced following talks with captured al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) President Bush's "executive summary" of the Padilla case noted.
(Washington: Jeanne Meserve) The government's handling of Padilla, who is in military detention, reviewed. [BUSH - says Padilla is one of many we have arrested.] [Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD - says we want to find out what he knows.]
9;11:20 Colorado / Wildfires
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The wildfires in Colorado introduced; scenes shown of the fires from the space shuttle.
(Lake George, CO: Charles Molineaux) The threat to homeowners from the main Colorado fires featured; scenes shown from threatened communities near the Pike National Forest. [Perry Park residents Brooke, Laurie ABBOT, golf course worker Tom SNELL, resident Tom GOTTLIEB - comment on a possible evacuation.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Joe Allbaugh about the Colorado wildfires; scenes shown of flames and smoke. [From Englewood, CA, ALLBAUGH - talks about the extent of the dangerous fires, the professional firefighters helping out the Coloradans, the drought conditions everywhere, the ban on fireworks because of dry conditions, the need for winds to die down; calls President Bush's plans to change the intelligence bureaucracy a bold step.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Taped interview held with Center for the University of St. Andrews Study of Terrorism and Political Violence Magnus Ranstorp about the future of terrorism. [From St. Andrews, Scotland, RANSTORP - says Al Qaeda has been dealt a blow by its removal from Afghanistan, but it still has the capability of carrying out terrorist activities in Asia and South America; outlines how Al Qaeda has been financed via criminal enterprises; predicts the war against terrorism will be a ceaseless struggle with ups and downs and successes and other terrorist attacks.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The legal status of the case against "shoe bomber" Richard Reid reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Another suicide bombing in Herzliya, Israel and shootouts in which Israelis soldiers killed Palestinian reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Salt Lake City: Frank Buckley) The investigation into the kidnapping in Salt Lake City of teenager Elizabeth Smart updated. [Parents Ed and Lois SMART - appeal to and for their daughter.] [FBI Dan ROBERTS - talks about the "area."] [Salt Lake police Chief Rick DINSE - talks about the "suspect."]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The horrific crime in Alabama in which a black man was beaten and dragged behind a car reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The story of Providence, RI, Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, who is under indictment for corruption. [On the streets of Providence, two PEOPLE, former governor of Rhode Island Bruce SUNDLUN - talk about Buddy, the politician.] [CIANCI - says he is innocent; talks about his relationship with the people; talks about running for office in the 1970s; notes the approval rating in the polls.] ["The Providence Journal" reporter Mike STANTON - says the question is "will Buddy walk;" outlines the support for the Cianci administration over the years; talks about Cianci's resilience in political crises.] [Mayoral candidate David CICILLINE - says the taxpayers have been paying under Cianci.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The rising from the ashes of September 11 of a new facade for the Pentagon featured; scenes shown of the dedication plaque inscribed with the date and of the digital clock counting down to the one year anniversary. [Renovation program manager Lee EVEY - says today we get our Pentagon back.] [At ceremony, deputy defense secretary Paul WOLFOWITZ - reads cards sent to the Pentagon.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) A look at Ground Zero in New York City shown.
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