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(Andrews Air Force Base: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The surrender of Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz featured; details given about Aziz’s role in Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime. [Before the war, AZIZ – states he would prefer to die {rather than be taken prisoner.}] [Former U.N. weapons inspector Richard BUTLER†- says Aziz was a part of everything that Saddam did.]
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(Andrews Air Force Base: Tom Brokaw) Excerpts from an exclusive interview with President Bush about Iraq and the nuclear standoff in North Korea presented. [On board and outside Air Force One, BUSH – talks about the Iraqis’ desire to take control of their country; comments on when US forces will leave Iraq; discusses the decision to launch a pre-emptive strike against President Saddam Hussein; states North Korea is back to the old blackmail game; says he looks forward to China’s input without rebuff from North Korea.] More of the Bush interview on “Today” and “Inside the White House at War” noted.
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(Andrews Air Force Base: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Andrea Mitchell) North Korea’s confirmation that it has nuclear weapons that it might test or sell unless the US makes concessions featured; details given about the North’s desperation for economic aid. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL – says the US will not be intimidated by bellicose statements.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER – comments on the possibility that North Korea could make more bombs from converted plutonium.] [Former U.N. weapons inspector David KAY†- comments.] [North Korea policy expert Wendy SHERMAN†- says the only leverage they have is their weapons of mass destruction.]
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(Andrews Air Force Base: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Lima, Ohio: David Gregory) President Bush’s trip to Ohio to push his tax cut plan featured; details given of Senator George Voinovich†’s support of the Democrats’ stand on tax cuts; political ad shown; scenes shown of Bush touring a Lima, Ohio, tank factory. [BUSH – criticizes opponents to his plan.] [VOINOVICH – states we have a difference of opinion.] [Political analyst Stuart ROTHENBERG†- says Bush is trying to rally Republicans.] The White House intention to frame Bush’s re-election campaign around national security noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) An in-depth look at the role of Special Operations forces in the “secret war” in Iraq presented; scenes shown of night missions. [US Army Rangers retired Col. Tony KOREN†- says a special intelligence and special psychology makes them different; says they prepare the battlefield by conducting strategic reconnaissance and surgical raids.] [US Air Force SOLDIER – comments on Special Forces’ abilities.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) A school shooting in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, in which a teen killed the principal and himself, reported; scenes shown from the site.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The detention of a Northwest Airlines jet in San Francisco because a passenger showed SARS symptoms; the shutdown of a major hospital in Beijing, China, and the CDC’s statement that the US would not support the WHO’s warning against traveling to Toronto, Canada, reported; scenes shown.
(Toronto: Don Lemon) Toronto officials’ anger over the WHO’s travel warning featured; details given about the devastating economic impact of SARS. [Restaurant owner Karma‡ SAMCHOK††, event planner Michael ROSEN‡- comment on lack of business.] [Ontario Economic Minister Jim FLAHERTY†- says businesses may go bankrupt.] [JP Morgan Securities, Canada, Ted CARMICHAEL†- comments on the effect on Canada’s economy.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) A tentative new deal between management and labor to keep American Airlines from bankruptcy reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(London: Dawna Friesen) The attempt at cheating by Charles & Diana Ingram† and Tecwen Whittock†† on the British version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" featured; scenes shown from the show. [Contestant Graham WHITEHURST†- comments on the signal system.]
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