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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(White House: John King; Baghdad: Nic Robertson; Qatar: Anderson Cooper; Charlotte: David Mattingly) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) President Bush's nomination of CSX freight railroad CEO John Snow to head the Treasury Department featured; details given about the economic downslide since Bush took office & of the Bush stimulus plan. [BUSH - says he looks forward to a job & growth package.] [SNOW - says we cannot be satisfied until everyone can work.] [Americans for Tax Reform Grover NORQUIST†- comments on the economy.] [Former Vice President Al GORE - says within two years time the president will be vulnerable.] The reasons for Snow's selection discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Federal judge's ruling rejecting the GAO lawsuit seeking information about Vice President Dick Cheney††'s meetings with the energy task force on separation of powers grounds reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Senator Trent Lott's apology for remarks made at a birthday party for 100-year-old Strom Thurmond reported & quoted. [Last Thursday, LOTT - talks about a Thurmond presidency.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Allan Chernoff) The impact of the filing for bankruptcy by United Airlines examined; details given of the meaning for passengers, union employees & airports. [United CEO Glenn TILTON†- says we will examine every element of the business.] [Association of Flight Attendants Dawn RIBATER†, Air Line Pilots Assn. Herb HUNTER†- list the employee concerns.] Statistics on United's daily losses outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Charlotte: David Mattingly) The aftereffects of the winter storms on the Carolinas where power is still out after a week featured; scenes shown from Charlotte, North Carolina; details given of deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning. [Governor Mike EASLEY†- says utility workers are working in dangerous conditions to restore power.] [Outside, MAN; in shelter & her home, Angela SMITH - comment on conditions.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Iraq's filing of almost 12,000 pages of declaration documents about its weapons of mass destruction business reported.
(Baghdad: Nic Robertson) The ongoing U.N. weapons inspections featured; scenes shown of the inspectors' motorcade & the rebuilt military industrial complex being examined. [Chlorine engineer Thaer HAZEM†- says there are no new questions; adds all the information since 1991 has been given.] The increasing number of inspection teams going out soon discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Qatar: Anderson Cooper) The secret command & control war games called "Internal Look" being carried out in the small emirate of Qatar featured; scenes shown from the Persian Gulf kingdom which is pushing itself towards the West; details given of the emir's start of the Al Jazeera network, the role of women & education in the country. [Qatarie WOMAN - says everything's changed.] [American TEACHER - says Qatar is trying to pull away from conservative Islam.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with "Los Angeles Times" chief diplomatic reporter Robin Wright about Iraq. [From Washington, WRIGHT - outlines the shift likely to take place in the weapons inspections; talks about the predicament for Iraqi scientists who might want to give information to the U.N.; comments on the student protests in Iran calling for regime accountability.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Mudslides in Angra Dos Resi†, Brazil; fire in an historic part of Edinburgh, Scotland & casting calls in London, England, for the Jerry Springer opera reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with St. Catherine of Siena Parish pastor Father Bob Bowers† about the call from priests in the Boston archdiocese for the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law. [From Watertown, Massachusetts, BOWERS - says it is time to remove the cardinal; states the extent of the anger in Boston; opposes the archdiocese filing for bankruptcy; states the damage to the church is already enormous.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Tomorrow's ceremonies in Oslo, Norway, for Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jimmy Carter; the Navy's naming of an aircraft carrier for former President George Bush; a march in Baltimore, Maryland, for Father Daniel Berrigan, who died last week; the death of former Texas Western basketball player Bobby Jo Hill† reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Funeral service in New York City for ABC television executive Roone Arledge shown. ["Nightline"'s Ted KOPPEL, "Good Morning America"'s Diane SAWYER - remember Roone.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The arrival of this year's monarch butterflies in Mexico featured; scenes shown of the monarchs in flight.
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