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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Severe acute respiratory syndrome {SARS} statistics cited.
(Beijing: Ned Colt) The battle against the SARS virus in Asia featured; details given about what is happening in Taiwan, the Philippines & China; scenes shown of an empty mall in Beijing. [Taiwanese Prime Minister YU Shyi-Kun†- {thru translator} says the government will adopt all necessary actions.] [China expert Lawrence BRAHM†- says China is trying to isolate the movement of people.] [WHO's director Gro Harlem GRUNDTLAND†- says public health tools are used to contain the disease.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) The outbreak of SARS in Toronto, Canada, updated.
(Toronto: Don Lemon) SARS in Toronto featured; scenes shown from St. Peters Catholic Church. [WOMAN, hospital physician Dr. John CHARLES, Registered Nurses Assn. of Ontario executive director Doris GRINSPUN†- comment on SARS.] US concerns that the disease will cross the border noted. [National Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Disease Dr. Anthony FAUCI†- says people who travel have to monitor their health.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Further coverage of SARS on MSNBC.com noted.
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Doha, Qatar: Jim Miklaszewski) The situation in Iraq reviewed; scenes shown of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's trip to the Persian Gulf; details given of the US capture of Hossam Mohamed Amin‡, who was the chief liaison to U.N. weapons inspectors & of the discovery at Baiji of what may be chemical weapons. [US Central Command commander Gen. Tommy FRANKS†- says captured deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz is cooperating.] [RUMSFELD - says the US will do what is necessary to provide a secure environment in Iraq.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Jim Maceda) New dangers for US troops on patrol in Baghdad featured; scenes shown of the troops in the Baghdad suburbs & from downtown Baghdad; details given of efforts to kickstart basic services. [Army Lt. Brian CASE†- talks about the role of the American forces.] [On Iraqi TV, retired Gen. Jay GARNER - says he is here to help Iraqis rebuild their country.] The arrest by US forces of Mohamed Zubaidi, who had appointed himself mayor of Baghdad, noted. [Army Capt. Jim BROWNLEE†- outlines what Zubaidi was doing.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Mosul: Tom Aspell) US efforts to restore law & order in Mosul in northern Iraq featured; scenes shown from the city streets where police & civil servants are needed. [In interview, Col. Joe ANDERSON - explains how you learn who to trust in Mosul.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(White House: Joe Johns) The tax war between President Bush & Congress featured; details given of the opposition to the president's plan from four Republican senators & of the proposal in the original Bush plan. [Senator George VOINOVICH†- calls Bush's tax plan fiscally irresponsible.] [Senator Lindsey GRAHAM†- supports the tax cuts.] [Senator Charles GRASSLEY - supports a lesser tax cut.] [Economist Kevin HASSETT†- says who knows what tax plan will win.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Near Jalalabad, Afghanistan: Kevin Tibbles) The trouble over the poppy fields of Afghanistan, which produce most of the world's opium used to make heroin, featured; scenes shown from the fields in eastern Afghanistan that are important to the farm economy. [Afghanistan narcotics police Mirwaiss YASSINI†- says the heroin money goes to terrorist organizations.] [Foreign minister Abdullah ABDULLAH†- says the drug trade could prevent stability.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) A silent protest in Havana, Cuba, against the government crackdown on dissidents, shown.
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Sunrise, Florida: Mark Potter) The story of one American soldiers who is trying to adjust from the war in Iraq presented; scenes shown from Sunrise, Florida, of Sgt. Rudy Gomez coming home after being injured. [GOMEZ - recalls meeting his family; states he still sees the fighting, the dead bodies & Iraq's use of human shields.] [Pentagon's mental health programs director Lt. Col. Cameron RITCHIE††- says we worry about troops who come back early, rather than with their unit.]
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