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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(White House: John King; U.N.: Richard Roth; Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre; San Francisco: Rusty Dornin) "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) The White House Iraq strategy featured; details given of President Bush's talks with Security Council members & with Britain & Italy. [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER†- says there is room for a little more diplomacy, but not much time; states Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are a real problem.] [Senator Robert BYRD†- says the world sees the US manufacturing a crisis.] The administration's talking points for tomorrow noted. The suggestion that the British may not go to war as stated in Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's press briefing & the political complications for Bush if British Prime Minister Tony Blair†† is not on board at the last minute discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(UN: Richard Roth) The latest talks at the U.N. reviewed; details given of efforts at compromise. [British Ambassador to U.N. Jeremy GREENSTOCK†- says the U.K. is in negotiations, but there will be military action in March.] [Angolan Ambassador to U.N. Ismael Gaspar MARTINS†- comments on having a "small key."] [Canadian Ambassador to U.N. Paul HEINBECKER†- says the Council should set a deadline for Iraq.] [Russian Ambassador to U.N. Sergey LAVROV†- questions resolutions with ultimatums.] [Iraqi Ambassador to U.N. Mohammed al-DOURI†- {thru translator} calls for the community to prevent a catastrophe.] The nature of a compromise discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The US testing of a massive ordnance air blast bomb {MOAB} featured; animated diagram shown of the daisy-cutter bomb that is the ancestor to the MOAB. [RUMSFELD - talks about the capabilities of the coalition.] [Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Richard MYERS†- says anything in the arsenal can be used.] The Black Hawk helicopter crash during training near Fort Drum, New York, discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Studio: William Schneider) Findings of the latest CBS News/"New York Times" poll on Americans' support of a war with Iraq examined; poll figures outlined on screen; scenes shown of anti-war protests around the world that focus on oil. [Inst. for Policy Studies Steve KRETZMANN†- offers an analogy.] [February 23, Representative Dennis KUCINICH†, deputy defense secretary Paul WOLFOWITZ†- offer differing opinions on whether the war is about oil.] [Cambridge Energy Research Associates Jim PLACKE†, "Australian Financial Review" Peter HARTCHER†- says the oil industry wants a stable price & war brings instability.] [March 6, President BUSH - says September 11 tells America we are a battlefield.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live in-studio interview held with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger about war with Iraq. [KISSINGER - suggests we take the UN vote to see how it comes out because all the arguments have been done; states now no compromises will make a difference because Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has had 12 years to comply; offers views on the UN's handling of Iraq; states unless Saddam resigns there is no chance of avoiding war.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: Rusty Dornin) The latest developments in the police scandal in San Francisco reviewed; details given of the coverup of an incident in which off-duty police officers assaulted two men over food. [In court, district attorney Terence HALLINAN - asks the names of Chief Earl Sanders & assistant chief Alex Fagan†† be taken out of the indictment.] [Defense attorney John BURRIS†- talks about the dismissal of charges.] [Bay Area Police Watch Van JONES†- reacts to the D.A.'s position.] The D.A.'s reasoning about the criminality of the case discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The decision by James Kopp to waive his right to a jury trial for the murder of abortion doctor Barnett Slepian; the latest on the investigation of the space shuttle Columbia; dire predictions about American Airlines & the impact of a war with Iraq on the airlines industry & the defeat of University of Connecticut women's basketball team at the hands of Villanova ending their record 70-game streak reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live in-studio interview held with author/journalist Winston Churchill about Iraq. [CHURCHILL - explains how his grandfather invented Iraq, Jordan & Palestine in 1921 out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire; talks about his grandfather's view of preemptive war against USSR; comments on Secretary of State Colin Powell's view that Al Qaeda is represented in northern Iraq.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Jonathan Karl) The controversy over statements from Representative Jim Moran that the Jewish community is responsible for the administration's push for war against Iraq examined; statement quoted. [Senator Tom DASCHLE - says Moran made baseless comments & the people of his district may take action.] Responses from fellow Democrats Senators Nancy Pelosi & Joseph Lieberman quoted. [MORAN - says he will not resign.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) A look at tomorrow's newspaper headlines presented; front pages shown from papers from Australia, Boston, London, Chicago, Detroit.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The first of regular portraits from the front lines in the war with Iraq introduced.
(Camp New Jersey, Kuwait: Ryan Chilcote) The soldiers waiting in Kuwait visited; scenes shown of training exercises. [101st Airborne Spec. John KEY†, Jeremiah ARNOLD†, Sgt. Joe GOENS†- talk about the wait.]
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