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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(New York: Kelly Wallace; White House: John King; Ft. Benning: Bob Franken; Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Kelly Wallace) The announcement of former Vice President Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 featured; findings of the latest CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll on the standings of the Democratic choices cited. [In New York, DEAN - campaigns.] [Political consultant Joseph MERCURIO†- says the Democrats need an early nominee.] [On "Hardball," retired Gen. Wesley CLARK; Senator Joseph LIEBERMAN - react.] Statements from Representative Richard Gephardt's press secretary Erick Smith† & Senator John Kerry on the endorsement quoted.
(Studio: Aaron Brown, Jeff Greenfield; Boston: Candy Crowley) Perspectives on the meaning of Gore's endorsement of Dean discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown; White House: John King) President Bush's administration's view of Dean as the opposition candidate discussed.
(White House: John King) The Medicare overhaul & the political implications for Bush examined; details given about the plane including the prescription drug benefits. [BUSH - tells seniors we kept the promise.] The criticism of the Medicare legislation by Dean, Senators John Edwards & Kerry & by conservatives quoted. Findings of the latest CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll on the Medicare bill & the elderly vote cited.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Announcement by Representative Bill Janklow that he will resign following the verdict in his South Dakota trial for killing a motorcyclist in a traffic accident reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The latest American casualties in Iraq listed on screen.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Ft. Benning: Bob Franken) The trial of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, chaplain Capt. James Yee on various charges short of spying examined; courtroom sketches from Ft. Benning, Georgia, by Richard Miller shown; details given of the testimony about Yee's adultery & his possession of classified materials about detainees. [Yee attorney Eugene FIDELL†- calls the charges inconsequential.] The vague nature of the process facing Yee discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Yee's attorney. [From Ft. Benning, FIDELL - says these charges are usually handled outside an Article 32 investigation that could lead to a court martial; calls it ridiculous for the military to expend energy on adultery charges; states someone in responsibility has to shut this case down.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Testimony at the sniper shootings trial of Lee Malvo; the ongoing hunt in North Dakota for missing college student Dru Sjodin & the reopening of the replacement office building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, nine years after the bombing reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The investigation into the US A-10 bombing in Hutala,† Afghanistan, that accidentally killed nine children reviewed; scenes shown from the rural bombing site. [Army Lt. Col. Bryan HILFERTY†- says unfortunately bystanders were injured.] [U.N. spokesman Fred ECKHARD†- comments on innocent lives.] A major US offensive in Afghanistan using two thousand soldiers to find Al Qaeda & Taliban holdouts noted & the US/NATO military presence in Afghanistan discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Ozzy Osbourne's all-terrain vehicle accident; House approval of a spam law; Federal Reserve's consideration of interest rates; Stock Market Report reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(No location given: Josie Burke) The outrage in college football over the BCS decision that left the University of Southern California out of the big bowl game despite it being ranked number one in two {coaches & media} polls examined; details given about the BCS formula. [LSU head coach Nick SABAN†, USC head coach Pete CARROLL†- comment on "the system."]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with football analyst Craig James about college football. [From Dallas, JAMES - says the strength of schedule has hurt USC; comments on the playoff structure & the BCS system.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Alcorn State, Mississippi: Bruce Burkhardt) The migration of Russian students to historically black Alcorn State University that began in 1998 when tennis coach Anthony Dodgen†† recruited a Russian tennis player featured; scenes shown from campus. [Russian STUDENT, Alcorn's president Clinton BRISTOW†, former student/employee Eugenia MERCULOVA†, black STUDENT - comment on the Russia-Alcorn link.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of tomorrow's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from Richmond, Virginia, Oregon, Philadelphia, upstate New York, Washington, DC, Miami, Boston, Detroit & Chicago.
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