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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Crawford, Texas: Mark Knoller) The reaction to North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons featured. [On three talks shown, Secretary of State Colin POWELL - says it is not a "crisis."] [On "Meet the Press," POWELL - says the circumstances do not require us to point a gun at this time.] [Senator Joseph LIEBERMAN - talks about the US-Korean "counter-challenge."]
(Studio: John Roberts) North Korea's call for face-to-face talks with the US noted.
(Studio: Randall Pinkston) The potential threat from the Stalinist regime in North Korea examined. [Center for Strategic & International Studies Robert EINHORN†- says the military option is not wise now; suggests North Korea's goal may have been nuclear weapons all along.] [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Jon WOLFSTHAL†- says North Korea wants attention from the US.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Lee Cowan) The continuing U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq & preparations in Persian Gulf nations for a possible US invasion of Iraq featured; scenes shown of the inspectors' cavalcade of vehicles. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - says we will see what the inspectors come up with.] [UN spokesman Hiro UEKI†- comments on the scientists' cooperation.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(New York: Jim Acosta) The future for the stock market after a year of corporate bombshells examined; statistics cited. [First Albany economist Hugh JOHNSON†- says his view of the market is "guarded"; notes 2002 was "the year of the scandal"; predicts growth in 2003.] [New York University historian Richard SYLLA†- says investors found out Wall Street is risky & are now in a state of denial.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The FBI search for five Arab men who entered the country illegally reported; photos shown.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(New York: Thalia Assuras) The deadline for upgraded airport security screening examined; scenes shown from the Boston airport. [Logan Airport Transportation Security Administration George NACCARA†- talks about the aggressive approach to baggage security.] [Former FAA head of security Billie VINCENT†- says this is not yet the best solution.] [Air Travelers Assn. David STEMPLER†- talks about filtering baggage.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) How Powerball lottery winner Andrew "Jack" Whittaker is handling his prize money reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) The joint US-Vietnam effort against the El Nino weather phenomenon that has created a flooding problem featured; scenes shown from Long An†'s rice bowl area that has had severe flooding in the last three years. [Fishermen NGUYEN Van Luyen†, HUYNH Van Chat†, People's Committee of Long An Province DUONG Quoc Xuan†- {thru translator} describe what happened in the flooding.] How the US & international aid agencies are helping Vietnam predict weather & recover from flooding detailed.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(New York: Alexis Christoforous) The "dairy wars" between dairy makers & soybean "milk" products examined; sales statistics cited. [Mother Laura DOWLING†- says soy milk is a healthy alternative.] [White Wave founder Steve DEMOS†- talks about packaging soy milk in cartons.] [National Milk Producers Federation Chris GALEN†- says if it is from a soybean, it is not real milk.] The Agriculture Department's consideration of using soy milk in school lunch programs noted.
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