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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan’s decision to cut the interest rate in order to boost the economy reported; Stock Market Report.
(Studio: Anthony Mason) The interest rate cut and the resignation of SEC chairman Harvey Pitt featured; details given about the impact of low interest rates on the auto & housing markets and about the controversies surrounding Pitt. [John Hancock chief economist Bill CHENEY†- comments on the economy.] [Former SEC enforcement attorney Frank RAZZANO†- says there was a failure of leadership at the SEC.] [Hofstra University Law School Dean David YELLEN†- comments on Pitt.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The announcement that Representative Richard Gephardt will not seek re-election as House minority leader reported; CBS News estimates of House & Senate seats held by Democrats & Republicans after yesterday’s elections cited.
(Studio: Bob Schieffer) The Republican victories featured; details given about the impact of President Bush’s popularity on the outcome of the elections; scenes shown of Republican winners celebrating. [On “The Early Show,” Senator Tom DASCHLE†- says people were concerned about the issues Bush emphasized.] [Senator William FRIST†- says we had the right message because of the president.] [Representative Harold FORD†- comments on Gephardt’s resignation.] [Senator Trent LOTT†- comments on his replacing Daschle as majority leader.] Speculation about Frist becoming a running mate for Bush in the next election noted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) Bush’s agenda for the new Republican-controlled Congress examined; details given about Bush’s priorities: homeland security, the economy, job stimulation via a terrorism insurance bill, permanent tax cuts, an energy bill, prescription drugs, Social Security and judicial nominations. [LOTT – says we’re ready to go to work.] [Monday, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, BUSH – comments on a tax cut plan.] [Former Reagan associate deputy attorney general Bruce FEIN†- says this is the most important time since the election of President Ronald Reagan.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) The outcome of the gubernatorial races noted.
(Atlanta: Mark Strassmann) The Republican blowout in Georgia with victories in the US Senate and state senate races and the election of Sonny Perdue† as governor featured. [PERDUE – says “we’re free at last.”] [Georgia Democrat Christopher ALLEN†, political scientist Merle BLACK†- comments on the losses for Democrats.] [Georgia Republican Party chairman Ralph REED†- says Bush’s visits helped them win.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Jim Axelrod) Issues that mattered to voters in this election examined; CBS News poll on the economy cited; details given about voting trends in midterm elections. [VOTER – comments.] [“The Hotline” executive publisher Craig CRAWFORD†, Democratic political consultant Hank SCHEINKOPF†- comment on Democrats’ lack of a focus of their own.] [CBS News analyst Linda DIVALL†- comments on the Republican effort to turn out the vote.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) US officials’ presentation to the U.N. of a revised draft resolution on Iraq noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Stewart) An obstacle in the US government’s case against September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui† featured; details given about Moussaoui’s connection to Al Qaeda operative Ramzi bin al-Shibh††; courtroom and jail sketches by William Hennessy shown. [Defense attorney Carl HERMAN†- says the government should have to allow access to bin al-Shibh.] [Former deputy attorney general Eric HOLDER†- says it’s not very likely the government will drop the case.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) A plane crash in Luxembourg; a train fire in France and a guilty verdict in the shoplifting trial of actress Winona Ryder reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The outcome of several of the propositions on ballots in yesterday’s elections reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Louisville, Kentucky: Elizabeth Kaledin) The story of medical pioneer Tom Christerson††, the only person to survive over a year with a mechanical heart, presented; details given about the experimental nature of the device, the abiocor††; diagram shown of how the abiocor works. [Son Ken CHRISTERSON†- says the operation was the only option.] [Jewish Hospital heart surgeons Dr. Robert DOWLING†, Dr. Laman GRAY†- comment on Christerson and the surgery.]
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