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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Washington: David Ensor; Baghdad: Nic Robertson; White House: John King; Ft. Worth: Greg Clarkin) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: David Ensor) The surrender in Iraq of former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz† examined; details given about the well known Aziz, who was the public voice of President Saddam Hussein's regime & about what he might know. [January 28, AZIZ - says he won't go to an American prison.] [CNN analyst Ken POLLACK†- says this will tell Iraqis that President Saddam Hussein's government is finished.] The question of how the US will carry out "war crimes" investigations & trials discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Nic Robertson) The latest news out of Baghdad reviewed; details given about the view that Aziz's arrest might lead to the tracking down of Saddam. The personal & ideological relationship between Saddam & Aziz, about how well known Aziz was in Baghdad as a Baath Party member close to Saddam & Iraqis' concern that Saddam could come back discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with former US attorney Joseph DiGenova about possible war crime trials. [DiGENOVA†- says almost everyone in the foreign ministry could be tried in a military tribunal for crimes against American soldiers & crime against Iraqi civilians; recalls the precedents from the Nuremburg trial for trying Aziz for actions of the revolutionary war council; suggests Aziz should be tried in his own country before being tried for international human rights violations; states this was a criminal regime under international law.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Reuters report on the end of the day's talks in Beijing, China, between the US North Korea over its nuclear program noted.
(State Department: Andrea Koppel) The issue of North Korea's nuclear program examined. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - says the US & its partners in the region will not be intimidated.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER†- calls for careful analysis.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Ft. Worth: Greg Clarkin) The contentious issues facing the nearly bankrupt American Airlines examined; details given of the resignation of CEO Donald Carty after he lost the trust of his labor unions about executive perks while the rank & file were making concessions. [Allied Pilots Assn. president John DARRAH†- talks about negotiations.] The current lack of communications between the airlines & the flight attendants union discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) President Bush's promotion of his tax cut plan featured; CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll numbers on Bush, the economy & taxes given; details given of the opposition of some Republicans to the full tax cut plan. [In Lima, Ohio, BUSH - talks about Abrams tanks.] [In Canton, BUSH - calls for a robust tax package.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown; Washington: Bill Schneider) The view of most Americans that the economy is in recession & the country cannot support a tax cut & the people's view that the economy is now the most important issue discussed; poll figures cited.
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(Studio: Fredricka Whitfield) The headlines at this hour reviewed: the surrender of former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz; a suicide bombing at an Israeli train station; the judge's ruling that defendant Zacarias Moussaoui have access to classified material; the murder of a Pennsylvania junior high school principal by a teenage student & the return home of some F-15s from the war in Iraq.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with former CIA director James Woolsey about a new government in Iraq. [From Washington, WOOLSEY - talks about Iraq's Shiite clerics, who have tended to separate mosque & state, but a few clerics are trying to take power in the vacuum in the country; describes Iran as a model for a theocracy; comments on the US-North Korea relations over nuclear matters & whether we can get China to lean hard on the Korean regime.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The invitation for Abu Mazen to come to Israel for discussions on restarting Middle East peace talks noted. Live interview held with former Senator George Mitchell about the Middle East. [In studio, MITCHELL - says there is no an opportunity for peace; explains why American involvement is necessary for engagement; states this Israeli government is prepared to make concessions for peace, but not until negotiations.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The still photographs taken by "Time"'s Ben Lowy† in Iraq presented; photos shown. [Voice of LOWY - describes the subjects of his pictures.]