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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Washington: Deborah Feyerick) (Capitol Hill: Jonathan Karl) (Somerset, Pennsylvania: Jeff Flock) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Alexandria, Virginia: Deborah Feyerick) Another strange day in court for "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui featured; courtroom sketches by William Hennessy† shown of the exchanges between Judge Leonie Brinkema†† & Moussaoui, who changed his plea. [Standby defense attorneys Frank DUNHAM†, Edward MacMAHON†- explains why Moussaoui reconsidered his guilty plea.] [George Washington University law school professor Mary CHEH†- says Moussaoui's notions are fanciful.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with National public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg† about the Moussaoui trial. [From Washington, TOTENBERG - says Moussaoui is not allowed to see classified documents so there are limits to what he can do for himself; outlines Moussaoui's contention that the government knew of the September 11 attack in advance & that he was not involved because he was under surveillance; says he would need "real lawyers" to make a deal with the government.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The case of Saudi American Yasser Esam Hamdi††, who was captured in Afghanistan & is being held in a naval brig in Virginia because of his role with the Taliban, updated.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The hit on AOL Time Warner about its accounting practices reported.
(Capitol Hill: Jonathan Karl) Congressional passage of the corporate responsibility bill featured; provisions of the bill outlined on screen. [Three SENATORS - comment on the bill.] [On July 17, Representative Michael OXLEY†- questions the Senate bill.] [Representative John BOEHNER†- cites the stampede for legislation.] [Representative Sam JOHNSON - says corporate crooks should be "given the hammer."] President Bush's plans to sign the bill into law next week noted.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Somerset†, Pennsylvania: Jeff Flock) The plight of miners trapped beneath the surface in Pennsylvania coal country featured; scenes shown of rescue operations. [Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection secretary David HESS†- talks about flooded conditions.] [Rescue GUY - comments on the operation.] [Miner's RELATIVE - comments on her cousin's plight.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The murder of a rabbi in retaliation for the Israeli air strike in Gaza reported. Taped interview held with Israeli spokesman Jerusalem Center of Public Affairs Dore Gold. [From Jerusalem, GOLD - says Israel is engaged in a war against terrorism & regrets civilian losses; clarifies the dialogue with the Palestinians; questions the Palestinian story about an imminent cease-fire; states Israel's targets are the terrorists & civilian targets are not out target.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The "roamin' holiday" in Canada for the visiting Pope John Paul II reported; scenes shown of the festivities in Toronto on World Youth Day. Live interview held with "National Catholic Reporter" Rome correspondent John Allen† about the pope's trip. [From Toronto, ALLEN - says the pope will not talk about the priest scandals for the Catholic church in the US, but the kids bring up the issue at sessions with the bishops; restates the pope's real physical problems which causes fatigue, but his illnesses are not life threatening.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Miami: John Zarrella) The latest legal development in the case of baseball great Ted Williams's remains examined; scenes shown of the handwritten note agreeing to bio-stasis‡ after Ted's death. [Attorney for Claudia & John Henry Williams, Bob GOLDMAN†- says the matter should be private; affirms the document is genuine.] [Bobby Jo Ferrell's attorney Richard FITZPATRICK†- comments on the will.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) President Bush's proposal of limits on punitive damages in medical malpractice cases; the arrest in Philadelphia of James Burns†† & Edward Johnson†† in connection with the Erica Pratt kidnapping & the status of the wildfires threatening the trees in Sequoia National Forest in California reported; scenes shown of Bush in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with "New York Times" magazine ethics columnist Randy Cohen about corporate ethics. [COHEN - talks about the "crony capitalism" times & greed; offers a socio-biological explanation about the drive for acquisitiveness.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Garrick Utley) The Communist Party of the US featured; scenes shown of party headquarters in New York City. [American Communist Party president Jarvis TYNER†- comments on the party; criticizes the capitalist system in America.] ["People's World Weekly" Judith LeBLANC†- talks about the "struggles of the working people."] [Marxist Reference Center Mark ROSENZWEIG†- says class struggles are reemerging.]
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