This program is 28 minutes long
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(Note: 2nd half of expanded broadcast pre-empted by local news.)
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The latest developments in the war with Iraq reviewed.
(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) Possible secret surrender talks with senior Iraqi military leaders, including members of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard, reported. The military action in Iraq reviewed; details given about the bombing of Iraqi leadership targets in Baghdad and about coalition ground forces entering Iraq from Kuwait; animated diagram shown of a missile launching; scenes shown of explosions lighting up the sky over Baghdad. [Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD – says Iraqi soldiers must ask themselves if they want to fight for a doomed regime.] [NBC News military analyst William ARKIN†- says this will be a psychological drip, drip, drip on the Iraqi regime.] Reports that oil fields in southern Iraq are on fire noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Peter Arnett) Telephone report on the bombing of Baghdad featured; details given about specific targets, including the office building occupied by Qusay Hussein.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(With the 101st Airborne: Dana Lewis) The tense day for the troops of the 101st Airborne Division, who endured numerous threats of missile attacks, reviewed; scenes shown of soldiers in bunkers wearing protective gear in preparation for a chemical attack. [101st Airborne Sgt. Ray DONICA†, Sgt. Ken CROUSE‡, SPC Josh STULTZ†- comment on the tension.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Campbell Brown) President Bush’s efforts to convince the international community that there is a broad coalition involved in the war against Iraq featured; details given about Turkey’s granting of permission for the US to use its air space and the Treasury Department’s confiscation of Iraqi government assets; coalition countries listed. [BUSH – says over 40 nations support our efforts.] [Secretary of Treasury John SNOW†- says we are directing a worldwide hunt for blood money.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Anti-war protests around the world; the Vatican’s disapproval of the war and the administration’s approval of the provision of food & medicine to the people of Iraq noted; scenes shown from a demonstration in Athens, Greece.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(State Department: Andrea Mitchell) An in-depth look at the hunt for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons presented; details given about questions surrounding the appearance of a man who looks like Saddam on Iraqi TV after the bombing began in Baghdad; video shown; satellite photo shown of the family’s residential compound. [Former CIA officer Michael VICKERS†, former Saddam interviewer Amir TAHIRI‡- comment on the tape.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The launching of Operation Valiant Strike, a search for Taliban & Al Qaeda fugitives in Afghanistan, noted; scenes shown of US troops boarding helicopters in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The FBI’s hunt for Adnan el-Shukrijumah†, an Al Qaeda operative who could be in the US, featured; details given about reports that Shukrijumah will be involved in the planning of any terrorist attack on the US and about specific homeland security measures; scenes shown of agents searching Shukrijumah’s former residence in Miramar, Florida. [Brother Nabil el-SHUKRIJUMAH†† – says his brother is not a pilot.] [Secretary of Homeland Security Tom RIDGE†- comments on a specific threat to the Palo Verde nuclear facility near Phoenix, Arizona.] [New York Governor George PATAKI†- comments on increased security on subways.] [Los Angeles Mayor James HAHN††- talks about precautions for the water supply.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The discovery of traces of the deadly poison ricin in a railway station in Paris, France, reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Roger O’Neil) Reaction nationwide to the beginning of war with Iraq featured; scenes shown of schoolchildren from Del Rio Elementary School† in Oceanside, California, demonstrating support for US troops and making videos for parents who have deployed from Camp Pendleton. [At the Coral Café in Burbank, California, diner two MEN; at gym, Steve JONES; at Fort Stewart, Georgia, military wife Beth MENTES†- react.]
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