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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) President Bush’s decision to let National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testify in public under oath before the 9/11 Commission and his agreement that he & Vice President Dick Cheney will testify before the full panel featured; details given about the conditions of the agreement and about what the panel will ask. [BUSH – says it is necessary to gain a complete picture of the months & years that preceded the murder of our fellow citizens.] [9/11 Commission chairman Thomas KEAN†- comments on discrepancies between what Rice has said and testimony from former counterterrorism advisor Richard Clarke.] [In May, 2002, RICE – says nobody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Roth) Raids in & around London by British police that stopped a terrorist bomb plot featured; scenes shown from the sites where ammonium nitrate fertilizer, an ingredient in explosives, was found and several men of Pakistani origin were arrested. [London police Peter CLARKE†- says the overwhelming majority of the Muslim community is law-abiding.] [Terrorism expert Mike YARDLEY†- says there are other cells sympathetic to Al Qaeda working within the U.K.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) A gun battle at a Muslim militant hideout in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, between government troops & terror suspects reported; scenes shown of damage from yesterday’s suicide bombing.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) President Bush’s and Senator John Kerry’s positions on the soaring price of gasoline compared; campaign ad shown. [KERRY – speaks about the high prices and pressuring OPEC to raise the supply.] [In January, 2000, then-candidate BUSH – calls for urging OPEC to lower the price.] [Now, BUSH – comments on gas prices.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Treasury Secretary John Snow’s declaration that outsourcing jobs is a normal part of trade that can boost the US economy noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather)
(Washington: Sharyl Attkisson) Charges that the FDA helped drug companies by withholding evidence about a possible link between antidepressants and a suicide risk in children examined; details given of the suppression of a study by Andrew Mosholder†. [Alliance for Human Research Protection Vera Hassner SHARAV†- says we want to know why the FDA has been sitting on this evidence and pretending there is no evidence.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Cynthia Bowers) The return of a kidnapped boy to his mother after a tip from a vigilant tourist featured; details given of David Clenney’s abduction of his son Jacob Clenney from his San Angelo, Texas, home. [Vacationer Barbara QUINLAN†- relates her suspicion about seeing the boy with his father in Belize.] [Quinlan’s fiancé Murray KADEL†- explains how they got a picture of Clenney.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The appearance by Colorado Avalanche hockey player Steve Moore, whose neck was broken when Vancouver Canucks player Todd Bertuzzi†† attacked him during a game, at last night’s game in Denver noted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Elizabeth Kaledin) A study revealing the negative impact of sleep deprivation on children examined; survey results cited; details given about problems associated with lack of sleep. [8-year-old Jesse‡ BLAKE, MOTHER – comment on Jesse’s sleep problem.] [National Sleep Foundation Jodi MINDELL†- says most children are not getting enough sleep.] [Arkansas Children’s Hospital Dr. Charles BOWER†- cites the importance of sleep.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The death of British broadcaster & author Alistair Cooke reported; excerpt shown from television’s “Masterpiece Theater.”
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(West Point, New York: Jim Acosta) The popularity among teens of the computer video game, “America’s Army,” designed by the Pentagon as a recruiting tool, featured; game excerpts shown; scenes shown from a tournament in New York; details given about the debate over whether the game provides a realistic view of war. [Player Rob CALCAGNI†- says it’s a fun game.] [US Army recruiter Lt. Col. John GILLETTE†- says the tournament is a fantastic recruiting opportunity.] [America’s Army project director Col. Casey WARDYNSKI†- comments on the game.] [University of Michigan Brad BUSHMAN†- says the game provides a sanitized view of violence.] [Player Bart KOSCINSKI†- says people know what they’re getting into.]
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