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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Washington: David Ensor; White House: John King; Jerusalem: Paula Hancocks) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: David Ensor) The day's testimony by heavy hitters at the 9/11 commission hearings featured; details given of criticism of both the administrations of President Bill Clinton & President Bush & of the issue of "actionable intelligence."] [9/11 commission staff director Philip ZELIKOW†- comments on one opportunity to get Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden††.] [Former Secretary of Defense William COHEN, Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD, former Secretary of State Madeleine ALBRIGHT††- defend administration actions.] [9/11 commission members Bob KERREY, Slade GORTON†- raise questions.] The partisan nature of the commission hearings discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) The White House reaction to criticism from the 9/11 commission & from former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke in his book "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" examined. [BUSH - says if we had information about an attack, we would have acted.] [At hearings, Secretary of State Colin POWELL, deputy Defense Secretary Paul WOLFOWITZ - talk about aggressively going after Al Qaeda.] [White House press secretary Scott McCLELLAN - accuses Clarke of "revisionist history."] The politics likely at Clarke's appearance tomorrow before the commission previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Paula Hancocks) The high alert in Israel in anticipation of revenge attacks following the killing of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin featured; scenes shown of security & grieving Palestinians; polls findings cited. [Israeli police spokesman Gil KLEIMAN†, two ISRAELIS - react.] Israel's hopes for a decisive victory before its planned withdrawal from Gaza & the selection of Abdel Aziz Rantisi as the new Hamas leader noted.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Studio: Jeff Greenfield) The importance for the re-election campaign of the charges brought by former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke in his book "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" about President Bush's administration's handling of terrorism examined; Bush-Cheney campaign ad shown. [White House communications director Dan BARTLETT†, White House press secretary Scott McCLELLAN, National Security Advisor Condoleezza RICE†, Vice President Dick CHENEY - comment on Clarke & his book.] How President Bill Clinton's administration handled criticism by challenging the accuser's credibility recalled & the partisan nature of the 9/11 commission hearings discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The Oklahoma state trial of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols & the Supreme Court's hearing of the California pledge of allegiance case reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live in-studio interview held with defense attorney Robert Tarver† about the Kobe Bryant rape case. [TARVER - talks about rape shield laws, the relevance of the accuser's sexual history in this case, the issue of semen DNA, how the judge will handle the evidence.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Miles O'Brien) NASA's discovery that Mars once had water examined; JPL images shown. [Principal investigator Steve SQUYRES†, NASA scientist Jim GARVIN†- say Mars may have had life.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The record-high price of gasoline due to oil shortages; the recording industry's latest lawsuits against music downloaders & Stock Market Report reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Taped interview held with September 11 commission members former Governor Tom Kean & former Congressman Lee Hamilton about today's hearings. [From Washington, KEAN - reviews the day's hearings from members of two presidential administrations; states failed efforts against terrorism made the administrations timid & gun-shy; comments on the issue of partisanship of the commission.] [From Washington, HAMILTON - cites the complexities of dealing with intelligence about the many threats to the US before September 11 & the complexities of making policy in this kind of intelligence environment; states there was a fundamental failure of intelligence.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Scottsdale, Arizona: Beth Nissen) The story of 74-year-old Jim Minder†, the former chairman of Smith & Wesson, whose past history of armed robbery in the 1950s came out late in his life presented. [MINDER - recalls the robberies while in college & how he decided to leave his life of crime to start a non-profit business working with at-risk kids; states his prison record just never came up with Smith & Wesson.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of today's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from the "International Herald Tribune," Richmond, Virginia; Philadelphia, Detroit, Portland, Oregon; Atlanta & Chicago.
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