This program is 27 minutes long
#727418
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: John McWethy) The victory tour by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Baghdad, Iraq, featured; scenes shown from the palace that is now headquarters for the US command & from a power plant. [RUMSFELD - addresses the soldiers.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The publication in a London-based Arab language newspaper of a letter supposedly written by President Saddam Hussein on his birthday noted.
(Fallujah: Dan Harris) Another shooting incident in Fallujah featured; scenes shown of wounded people, a crowd throwing items at a tank & chanting at the troops. [3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Capt. Mike RIEDMULLER†- says there are guns everywhere.] A recent violent confrontation in Mosul recalled.
#727419
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: Martha Raddatz) President Bush's administration's road map for peace in the Middle East examined; details given of what the Palestinians & Israel must do for peace. [BUSH - says we have an opportunity to advance the peace process.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The condemnation by new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas of yesterday's suicide attack in Tel Aviv by Hamas noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Libya's formal acceptance of responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pierre Thomas) The arrest in Pakistan of six men planning a terrorist attack featured; details given about Waleed bin Attash††, who masterminded the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, what was found in the raids & his meeting in Malaysia with two of the September 11 hijackers. [Former FBI counterterrorism agent Jack CLOONAN†- says Attash is dangerous, cold blooded & meticulous.] [ABC consultant Richard CLARKE†- says Attash was in the meetings where the 9/11 attack was planned.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report to Congress from Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan†† that large tax cuts could lead to a larger federal deficit noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush's signing of legislation to improve the AMBER alert system to find children who were abducted reported; details recalled of the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping in Salt Lake City, Utah.
(White House: Terry Moran) The sweeping enhancement of the government's power to track & punish federal predators examined; scenes shown from the Rose Garden ceremonies attended by the Smart family; details given of the 2003 Protection Act & about the AMBER alert systems. [BUSH - says this critical measure is now becoming law.] The coming legal challenges to the new law outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) E-mail & spam statistics cited.
(Washington: Lisa Stark) The move to make e-mail spamming a federal offense examined; details given from an SEC study on the makeup of spam messages. [E-mail user Jacques VORHEES†- complains about spam.] [AOL vice chairman Ted LEONSIS†- says we are under attack by spammers.] [E-mail marketer Bob DALLAS†- responds.] [Delaware attorney general Jane BRADY†- outlines the problems in investigating the problem.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) British scientific study finding that fish feel pain reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Jackie Judd) The problem of rising college tuition examined; details given about how Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania has cut tuition costs. [Dean of admissions William BROWN†, Lebanon Valley president David POLLICK†, student Michael BOTT†- talk about college & tuition.] [National Center on Public Policy & Higher Education Pat CALLAN†- says high quality is equated with high cost.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase that doubled the size of the US in 1803 noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) A photo from inside the plane carrying Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to the Persian Gulf shown with various people identified.
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