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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Campbell Brown) President Bush’s post–election press conference to outline his priorities for Congress featured; details given of Bush’s push for a homeland security department and plans to boost the economy. [BUSH – comments on homeland security, tax cuts, the elections.] Bush’s intention to keep Vice President Dick Cheney as his running mate in 2004 noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The expectation that the U.N. will vote tomorrow on a resolution on Iraq reported.
(State Department: Andrea Mitchell) The quickening pace on the road to war with Iraq examined; details given about the terms of the US draft resolution; scenes shown of cargo ships loaded with military equipment bound for the Persian Gulf. [BUSH – says our demand for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to disarm is for real.] [Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans BLIX†- comments on the power of the inspectors.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) Changes in the Democratic Party following the elections featured; details given about Representative Richard Gephardt’s announcement that he will not seek another term as House minority leader and his likely replacements, Nancy Pelosi†† and Martin Frost†. [GEPHARDT – says the caucus needs change; comments on why the Democrats fared poorly in the elections.] [On the phone, PELOSI – comments on her public support.] [FROST – says our party must occupy the center and not move farther to the left.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) New developments in the case of sniper suspects John Muhammad & John Malvo presented; details given about the decision that Virginia will take the lead in prosecuting the men, that they will be tried separately for different shootings and that they kept a journal of their crime spree on a laptop computer. [Attorney General John ASHCROFT – says the ultimate sanction must be available for these men.] [Former federal prosecutor Pete WHITE – comments on the separate trials.] The linking of a killing in Atlanta to the murder at the Montgomery, Alabama, liquor store noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Kabul: Kevin Tibbles) A U.N. report that Afghan women are dying at astonishing rates from childbirth featured; details given about a midwife training program; scenes shown from Afghan hospitals. [UNICEF Shairose MAWJI†- says conditions are very medieval.] [Afghan woman “SELSELAH††”- says it’s good for women to help other women.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The dangers faced by young drivers when other young people are in the car examined; details given about the NTSB’s call for states to make rules concerning newly licensed teens; statistics cited of accidents involving teens. [Teen drivers Stephen BROWNLEE†, Amber POWER†- comment.] [NTSB Carol CARMODY††- describes a recent accident in Montana.] [Parent David GREENING††- describes the accident in Wisconsin that killed his son.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A report that one of the men killed in Yemen by a CIA missile last week may have been a US citizen connected to the group of six men arrested in Lackawanna, New York, near Buffalo, reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Bremerton, Washington: Roger O’Neil) The expulsion of Eagle Scout Darrell Lambert† from the Washington state Boy Scouts of America because he does not believe in God featured; details given about the Supreme Court decision two years ago that the BSA could exclude those it believes are not good role models. [LAMBERT – says he won’t lie about his belief.] [Seattle BSA Mark HUNTER†- says we ask all our leaders to have a belief in a Supreme Being.] [MAN – supports Lambert.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Don Lemon) Testosterone replacement therapy for men over fifty examined; details given of the risks of the treatment. [Patient Bob MATTIOLI††- comments on his low energy.] [Men’s Health Boston director Dr. Abraham MORGENTALER††- says baby boomers want treatment when they’re not feeling right.] [Temple University Hospital Bert CHANNICK†- say testosterone can amplify prostate cancer.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) More on testosterone replacement on msnbc.com noted.
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