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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Chicago: Jeff Flock; Montgomery: David Mattingly; Los Angeles: Dan Lothian) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jeff Flock) The killings at a Chicago warehouse by fired worker Salvador Tapia†† featured; scenes shown from the crime scene. [Chicago police department acting superintendent Phil CLINE†, police spokesman Pat CAMDEN†- comment on the shooting & the shooter.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Jason Carroll) The investigation into the murder of former priest John Geoghan in prison in Massachusetts by inmate Joseph Druce featured; details given about Geoghan's conviction on one charge of child abuse. [Massachusetts Correction Legal Services Peter COSTANZA†- cites the warnings about threats against Geoghan.] [Geoghan victim's mother Marietta DUSSOURD†- says it would be an insult to wipe Geoghan's slate clean.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Montgomery: David Mattingly) The movement of the Ten Commandments monument out of public view in the federal judicial building in Montgomery, Alabama, featured; scenes shown of the protesters outside the building; details given of the political fallout from the defiance of supreme court chief justice Roy Moore. [National Clergy Council president Rev. Rob SCHRENK†- says the governor & attorney general must explain themselves.] [Alabama attorney general Bill PRYOR†- comments on the judicial ethics.] The prospects of continuing the demonstrations outside the courthouse discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) International Monetary Fund
(IMF) warning about the growing US budget deficit noted.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The cost of US war & occupation of Iraq examined; details given about funds needed for repairing the infrastructure & maintaining the troops. [February 13, Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD - says the cost is not knowable.] [March 27, assistant Defense Secretary Paul WOLFOWITZ - says Iraq can finance its own reconstruction.] [President BUSH - cites the commitment of time & resources.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Dan Lothian) The views of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the issues in his campaign for governor examined. [On radio call-in show, SCHWARZENEGGER - states his position on gay marriage, abortion, prayer in school, drivers' licenses for immigrants, marijuana, oil drilling.] [Political analyst Elizabeth GARRETT†- says the campaign requires taking positions.] The issue of dealing with the state deficit discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The latest developments in the murder of Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy; the strike at Yale University by secretaries, technicians & cafeteria workers & the discharge of Pvt. Jessica Lynch from the Army so she can seal her deals about her story in Iraq reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Kathleen Koch) The new EPA rules removing requirements for air pollution controls when power plants upgrade their facilities examined. [EPA's Jeff HOLMSTEAD†- says emissions will continue to come down.] [Clean Air Trust Frank O'DONNELL†- says this is a setback for clean air.] [Electricity Reliability Coordinating Council Scott SEGAL†- defends the rules.] [New York attorney general's office Peter LEHNER†- opposes the change.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Michael Okwu) Revelations from the EPA internal watchdog report about the administration's undereporting of air quality problems in New York City after September 11 examined. [Senator Hillary CLINTON - criticizes the EPA.] [On 2001, EPA administrator Christie Todd WHITMAN†- comments on health concerns.] [EPA acting administrator Marianne HORINKO††- says the EPA did not change cautionary statements.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live in-studio interview held with "Newsday" columnist Jimmy Breslin about the White House pressure on the EPA to tone down its report on air quality in New York City after September 11. [BRESLIN - says President Bush's administration wanted the stock market open; states a lie at that time was malevolent; asserts it is never appropriate for the government to lie to the people; says get rid of the press agents in government!; downplays how wounded the city was after September 11.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Israeli raid in Ramallah, West Bank, on Palestinians; the first meeting in Beijing, China, about the nuclear program in North Korea & the close approach of the planet Mars to Earth reported; Mars image from the Hubble Space Telescope shown.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jonathan Karl) The March on Washington 40 years later featured; scenes shown from 1963 & the mall today. [Today, Representative John LEWIS - recalls the sea of people standing together, Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, talking about changing his own speech; states he longs for the sense of passion in the 1960s because we are too complacent now.] [In 1963, KING - speaks about "now is the time."] [In 1963, LEWIS - speaks about wanting our freedom now.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with civil rights figure Andrew Young about the march. [From Atlanta, YOUNG - says we did not think the march would be a big deal; recalls we were anxious about who would show up in Washington, but it turned out to be a national movement; calls it a "holy moment"; explains why the march must continue.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of tomorrow's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from the "New York Times," San Antonio, Texas, upstate New York, San Francisco, Chicago.
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