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#741939
(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Virginia Beach: Jeanne Meserve; Baghdad: Walter Rodgers; Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre; Sacramento: Candy Crowley) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
#741940
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Virginia Beach: Jeanne Meserve) The verdict in the murder trial of John Muhammad for last year's Washington, DC, sniper shootings featured; details given of the four specific verdicts & the courtroom arguments over the death penalty; photos shown. [Victim Hong Ballenger's sister Kwang SZUSZKA†- backs the death penalty.] What the defense may use tomorrow to try to save Muhammad in the death penalty phase discussed.
#741941
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Walter Rodgers) The US punishment of Iraqi insurgents in Tikrit, a stronghold of Saddam Hussein loyalists, featured; night military, day damage & complaints by Iraqi civilians scenes shown. [SOLDIER, Col. James HICKEY†- comment on the attack.] The classical guerrilla warfare situation in Iraq noted & discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Statements from presidential candidate retired Gen. Wesley Clark about the war in Iraq noted.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The hunt in Iraq for Saddam featured; details given about the most recent audiotape, the stepped up search for his top deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri‡ & plans to continue using helicopters. [Army Brig. Gen. Mark KIMMITT†- says intelligence implicates al-Douri in the killing of coalition soldiers; states the hunt for Saddam is daily business.] The reasons for the lack of the best missile defensive systems on the copters discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Ft. Campbell, Kentucky: Gary Tuchman) Remembering two soldiers of the 101st Airborne who lost their lives on the Black Hawk helicopters that crashed on Saturday presented; scenes shown from Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. [Victims' wives Katrina SULLIVAN†, Beth WHITENER†- remember their late husbands.] [Ft. Campbell Lt. Col. C.J. BUCHE†- speaks of the base's loses.]
#741944
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The latest American casualties in Iraq listed on screen.
#741945
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Sacramento: Candy Crowley) The day in California for now-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger featured; scenes shown of Vanessa Williams singing the national anthem at the swearing-in ceremonies; details given of his repeal of the car tax. [SCHWARZENEGGER - says we must do the extraordinary; states he is an idealist without illusions; quoted Presidents John F. Kennedy & Ronald Reagan.] The huge debt facing the new governor & what he might do discussed.
#741946
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Jason Carroll) The return of radio talk show host to his job after five weeks in drug rehabilitation from addiction to OxyContin featured; scenes shown of Rush in the studio. [Voice of LIMBAUGH - apologizes to the audience; talks about his "intense" five weeks.] [Areba Casriel Inst. Dr. Gopal UPADHYA†- expresses optimism about Rush's recovery.]
#741949
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The latest American casualties in Iraq listed on screen.
#741950
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Senator Barbara Boxer about the prescription drug & the energy bills. [From Washington, BOXER - assesses the Republicans' energy bill: explains why the gasoline additive NTBE {which leaks into & poisons the water supply} issue is important because taxpayers will pay the cleanup costs; notes there is no drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the energy bill.]
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#741953
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The latest American casualties in Iraq listed on screen.
#741954
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live in-studio interview held with the northstarnetwork.com legal analyst Bob Tarver about the Washington, DC, area sniper shootings trials. [TARVER - says the Lee Malvo trial stands on its own facts; states the "brainwash" defense is difficult; assesses what the defense will try to do to kee p the jury from calling for the death penalty for convicted murderer John Muhammad; predicts there is less than a 10 percent chance to save Muhammad.]
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#741957
(Studio: Aaron Brown) This week's coverage of the 40th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy previewed; details given about the Kennedy still photographs taken by Jacques Lowe thought to have been lost in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001; sample negatives & photos shown. [Photographer daughter Thomasina LOWE†- says 40,000 negatives were stored in a safe at JP Morgan Chase; states JFK understood the importance of the images shown to the American people.] [Former Lowe apprentice Bob ADELMAN - talks about the intimate family pictures that show a degree of spontaneity; recalls the photos of JFK triumphant after beating Richard Nixon in 1960.] The photos noted published in Lowe's book "Remembering Jack."
#741959
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of tomorrow's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from "USA Today," Richmond, Virginia, Boston, Washington, DC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Detroit & Chicago.
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