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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) "The Whip" introduced.
(Baghdad: Nic Robertson; Washington: Jeanne Meserve; Washington: Kathleen Koch) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) "Iraq: The Weapons Hunt" story introduced.
(Baghdad: Nic Robertson) The push by U.N. weapons inspectors to get Iraq to agree to declare all weapons of mass destruction by December 8 featured; scenes shown of weapons inspectors with Iraqi representatives. [Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans BLIX - comments on discussions.] [Spokesman Mark GWOZDECKY†- likens the deserted U.N. office to a time capsule of four years ago.] Iraq's story that they have no chemical & biological weapons & the limited extent of Iraqi media coverage of the inspections discussed.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) President Bush's approach to asking NATO nations to help if a war breaks out with Iraq noted; scenes shown of his arrival in Prague, Czech Republic, for the NATO meeting.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Senate passage of President Bush's homeland security bill introduced.
(Washington: Jeanne Meserve) The creation of an huge bureaucracy under a Department of Homeland Security featured; details given about the structure. [Brookings Inst. James LINDSAY†- cites the bureaucratic problems & resulting communication problems.] [National League of Cities Cameron WHITMAN†- says if Congress does not appropriate money, there will be nothing there.] [Woodrow Wilson Center Lee HAMILTON†- cites the problem of merging agencies.] The security-related agencies that are & are not inside the new structure & the enormous size of the department discussed.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Report introduced.
(Camarinas, Spain: Al Goodman) The sinking off Spain of the oil tanker Prestige featured; scenes shown of the ship going down & of oil pollution along the beaches; details given of the potential impact of the spill on the fishing industry.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Report introduced.
(Washington: Kathleen Koch) The release of the dramatic 911 audiotapes about the first four sniper shootings in the Washington, DC, area featured; excerpts of the tapes played. The latest developments in the legal cases involving suspect John Malvo discussed.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Yesterday's high-speed chase in Ohio involving a prisoner escapee; NASA animation of two black holes in space; & Michael Jackson's appearance in Berlin, Germany, in which he "showed" off his son Prince Michael II reported.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live interview held with World Wildlife Fund's director of marine conservation Tom Grasso† about the oil spill off Spain. [From Washington, GRASSO - describes the extent of the oil slick from the sunken ship that is approaching the coast of Spain & threatening seabirds & fish habitats; outlines the options that could have been carried out while the oil tanker was sinking; states the fisheries have already been closed thus affecting the fishing families.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The love story of American Army deserter Charles Jenkins & the woman {Hitomi Soga†} he met in North Korea, who was among the Japanese citizens kidnapped in the 1970s, featured; photos & video shown of Jenkins. [Japanese foreign ministry Hatsuhisha TAKASHIMA†- suggests Jenkins be pardoned or allowed to live in Japan with his wife.] [SOGA {thru translator} says she cannot go back to Korea.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The outcome of the Alabama governor's race between Republican challenger Bob Riley & incumbent Don Siegelman† that hinged of a computer glitch caught by teenager Candice Jones† examined. [On Monday, outgoing governors SIEGELMAN - recounts the changing of votes.] [Voter News Service reporters Candice & Carmen JONES†- recount the vote count.] [Baldwin County district attorney David WHETSTONE†- says it was a brave act to correct the vote total.] [Governor-elect RILEY - says he is the next governor.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The Labor Party's selection of Haifa Mayor Amram Miztna% to challenge Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the January election; the funeral in Pakistan for Mir Aimal Kasi, who was executed in the US for the murder of two CIA employees in 1993; a State Department protest against the death sentence in Iran for a reformer & the auction in London, England, of Beatles memorabilia reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The appeal of the television show "The Bachelor" examined; scenes shown of the rejected women talking about their experience. [In studio, clinical psychologist "Dating for Dummies" author Dr. Joy BROWNE†- says "The Bachelor" is a 1950s-style fantasy & we like to see the women fall apart & be rejected; explains why women go on this kind of show to become famous like Monica Lewinsky.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The career of veteran actor James Coburn, who just died, remembered; many film clips shown.
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