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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Fallujah, Iraq: Jim Maceda) A deadly clash between US soldiers & civilians in Fallujah, Iraq, featured; details given about the controversy over who fired the first shots; scenes shown of angry Iraqis, of wounded people and of burials. [Iraqi MAN {thru translator} – says the Iraqis had no weapons.] [US Army 82nd Airborne Division Capt. Frank ROSENBLATT†- describes the mood of the mob.] [82nd Airborne Lt. Scott WOOD†- says it was a mass attack.] [NBC News analyst Gen. Wayne DOWNING††- says we’ve got to take these people off the street.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The captures of Iraq’s former oil minister and the former governor of Basra; Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement that U.N. sanctions against Iraq should not be lifted until it is certain that Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction, and the granting of asylum for the Iraqi lawyer who provided the tip that led US soldiers to PFC Jessica Lynch reported; scenes shown of Putin with British Prime Minister Tony Blair. More coverage of events in Iraq on msnbc.com noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A suicide bombing in Tel Aviv hours after the swearing-in of new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, popularly known as Abu Mazen, reported.
(Rumallah, West Bank: Martin Fletcher) The US hope that Abu Mazen’s installment is a first step on the “road map to peace” featured; Abu Mazen’s platform outlined; details given about Abu Mazen’s promise to crack down on radical Muslim militias, including Hamas and the Al Aksa Brigade; scenes shown of Abbas with Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat. [Hamas spokesman Mahmoud al-ZAHAR†- says we are not going to disarm.] [Secretary of State Colin POWELL – supports Abu Mazen.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(The Capitol: Norah O’Donnell) The bitter fight over President Bush’s tax cut proposal featured; details given about Republicans who oppose Bush’s plan; negative ads from pro-tax cut groups shown. [Senator Bill FRIST†- says he will work hard to have it consistent with what the president has put forward.] [Senator Charles GRASSELY†- says we have to live with the reality of the Senate.] [Political scientist James THURBER††- says if they play the game too hard, some will jump from the Republican Party.] [Senator Ben NELSON – says he’s prepared to talk with tax cut proponents.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Campbell Brown) Misleading statements by both opponents & supporters of Bush’s tax cut plan examined. [BUSH – cites the tax cut for the average American.] [Brookings Institution William GALE†- notes the flaw in the Bush administration’s assessment of the “average American.”] [Senator Kent CONRAD†- says this should be defeated.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw)
(Washington: Lisa Myers) Claims of FBI agent Jane Turner that she is being fired because she blew the whistle on thefts from Ground Zero possibly committed by FBI agents explored; details given about the FBI’s response. [TURNER – says she was offended that an FBI agent stole an artifact; states no man is above the law; says she embarrassed the FBI.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Bush’s request to Congress to approve his plan for financial aid to stop the spread of AIDS in Africa noted. [BUSH – says “we must act.”]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The lifting of the WHO’s travel advisory for Toronto, Canada, reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The US fury over the re-election of Cuba to the U.N. Human Rights Commission mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The EPA’s review of the chemical perfluorooctanoic†† acid, or PFOA, found in many common household products, such as Teflon, featured; details given of potential health hazards. [Du Pont research director Uma CHOWDHRY††- says experience suggests the material is safe to use.] [Health advocate Jane HOULIHAN†- says the solution has to be a regulatory ban.]
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