This program is 27 minutes long
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Note: Time numerals represent seconds into broadcast, not clock time, since the telecast originated in West Virginia.
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Retail sales figures quoted.
(New York: John Berman) The importance for retailers of the final few days of holiday shopping featured; scenes shown from malls. [National Retail Federation vice president Rick GALLAGHER†- says this weekend is like the Super Bowl for retailers.] [SHOPPER – comments.] [Lehman Brothers senior economist Drew MATUS†, That’s Our Bag sales associate Nicole JACKS†- comment on discounting.]
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Sylvester) Evidence suggesting that teenager John Malvo was the sole triggerman in the Washington, DC, area sniper shootings featured; details given about whether Malvo’s partner John Muhammad will receive the death penalty in light of this development; audiotape played of Malvo’s call to police in Rockville, Maryland. [Georgetown University Law Center professor Paul ROTHSTEIN†- comments on Virginia’s anti-terrorist law.]
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Senator Trent Lott’s statement that he was trapped into resigning as majority leader quoted.
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Taina Hernandez) Muslims’ anger over the detention of men of Middle Eastern descent who registered with the INS as part of an anti-terrorism program featured. [Muslim Public Affairs Council chairman Omar RICCI†- says Muslims are being targeted.] [Former detainees Hossein AHMADI††, Shawn ELIASPOOR†, Hal KAY†- react to their detention.]
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Near the Kuwait-Iraq border: Jim Sciutto) The death of French journalist Patrick Bourrat†, who was hit by a US tank during a training exercise in Kuwait, featured; details given about the US Army’s live-fire training to prepare for war with Iraq; scenes shown of training exercises; excerpts of Bourrat’s work on French TV shown. [US Army Chaplain Ron COOPER†- prays.] [French ambassador to Kuwait Claude LOSGUAREI†- reacts.] [US Army 3rd Infantry Maj. Gen. Buford BLOUNT†- talks about the training.]
(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Military equipment being loaded in Charleston, South Carolina, for shipment to the Persian Gulf region shown.
(Baghdad: Dan Harris) The uncertainty over whether U.N. weapons inspectors will be allowed to take Iraqi scientists out of the country for questioning featured; details given about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s complaints about American aggression. [Saddam advisor Gen. Amir al-SAADI†- talks about the scientists.]
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Funeral procession in Gaza for an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl killed by a stray bullet shown.
(Gaza City: Bob Jamieson) The effects on Palestinian & Israeli children of exposure to the ongoing violence featured; statistics on deaths & injuries to children cited. [Gaza psychiatrist Eyad SERRAJ††- says children want to grow up to be martyrs.] [Several CHILDREN – talk about the future.]
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) The selection of three women whistleblowers, Sherron Watkins†, Cynthia Cooper†† and Coleen Rowley††, as “Time” magazine’s Persons of the Year featured; excerpts shown from “The Insider” and “Silkwood.” [On “This Week,” from Jackson, COOPER – says we are all ordinary people who found ourselves in extraordinary circumstances.] [National Whistleblower Center Stephen KOHN†- talks about the risks taken by whistleblowers.] [On “This Week,” from Houston, WATKINS – comments on women’s roles in the corporate world.]
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(Studio: Bob Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Halifax, Nova Scotia: Bill Blakemore) The story of the explosion of the munitions ship Mont Blanc at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1917 recounted; details given about the yearly gift from Halifax to the city of Boston, Massachusetts, for their help after the tragedy; scenes shown from the annual memorial gathering in Halifax; photos and footage shown from the Nova Scotia Archives. [“Shattered City” author Janet KITZ†- says the ship was a floating bomb; notes the bond with September 11 survivors.] [Survivors Edith HARTNETT††, Gordon COLLINS††, "Ashpan Annie" LIGGINS††- remember the incident.] [“1917 Halifax Explosion” author Blair BEED†- says some people couldn’t deal with life after the explosion.]
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