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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Washington: Kelli Arena; White House: Dana Bash; Beijing: Mike Chinoy; Los Angeles: Sibila Vargas) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) After the whip; more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Tom Foreman) The question of what to do if terrorism {or some other big event} happened on Election Day examined; statement from Democratic strategist Morris Reid about the politics of the situation quoted. [Election Assistance Commission Gracia HILLMAN†, Paul DeGREGORIO†- raise the issue.] [Representative Jane HARMAN - responds.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with author Haynes Johnson† about presidential election angst. [From Washington, JOHNSON - says the idea of postponing a national election is a crazy idea & is the last thing we need; notes the country is already badly polarized; states you can't let terrorism betray democracy; suggests getting a commission to bring up proposals.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Another terrorism alert introduced.
(Washington: Kelli Arena) The Al Qaeda terrorist threats examined; Arabic Websites quoted; details given about possible targets named in Internet chatter boards. [Globalterrorism.com Evan KOHLMANN†- says the chatter is coming from certain sources like Global Islamic Media Center.] [US Inst ,of Peace Gabriel WEIMANN†- comments on the posted threats.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: Dana Bash) President Bush's message in his campaign speech about Iraq featured; scenes shown of Bush at a nuclear site in Tennessee. [BUSH - says the "American people are safer"; states we were right to go into Iraq; asserts we have changed the world since September 11.] Findings of a CNN/"USA Today"Gallup Poll on the public's view of whether the war in Iraq made the US safer from terrorism outlined on screen. [Carnegie Endowment Rose GOTTEMOELLER†- doubts it was Iraq that pushed Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi into giving up his weapons of mass destruction.] [Opponent Senator John KERRY - responds.] Bush's campaign schedule & topics, including gay marriage & the "liberal" Democrats, discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The status of Filipino hostage Angelo de la Cruz, who is being held in Iraq, updated; photo shown; details given about the small presence in Iraq from the Philippines.
(Baghdad: Michael Holmes) A patrol by Iraq's new army {called the Iraqi intervention force} featured; scenes shown from a dangerous suburb of Baghdad. [Marine Maj. David LANE†- says they understand the people.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bruce Morton) President Bush's silent treatment decision not to speak to the annual NAACP convention examined. [NAACP president Kweisi MFUME†- says the president never wrote me back, nor meet with me.] [CNN polling director Keating HOLLAND†- says only one in ten blacks will vote for Bush-Cheney.] [Senator John KERRY - promises to meet with the NAACP.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) A mob attack in Milwaukee on a teenager; the start of the prisoner system for Lea Fastow, wife of the former Enron CFO & Florida's decision to abandon a list to remove convicted felons from voting rolls reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live in-studio discussion held with "New Yorker" magazine's Philip Gourevitch† & "National Review"'s Richard Brookhiser† about wars of choice in light of the Senate committee report on intelligence behind the war with Iraq. [GOUREVITCH - talks about the peak of US solidarity with trans-Atlantic neighbors before President Bush chose to go against Iraq & now the evidence about the need to war is falling apart; reviews the view that the US was the aggressor in Iraq.] [BROOKHISER - says historically coalitions break up during long wars, so the next situation will depend on circumstances.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The opening of the AIDS conference in Bangkok, Thailand, noted. AIDS in America reviewed.
(Beijing: Mike Chinoy) AIDS in China featured; details given of the government's treatment of AIDS activists; scenes shown from central China where farmers contracted AIDS when giving blood to blood banks. The "AIDS villages" in China's heartland discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Sibila Vargas) The criticism of Nielsen's changes in its television electronic ratings system featured; scenes shown from a rally in Los Angeles. [National Hispanic Media Coalition Alex NOGALES†- says it is a civil rights issue.] [Activist Al SHARPTON†- worries about the "whitesinizing" of TV.] [Initiative CEO Carolyn RIVENS†- comments on the money at stake.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The photographs of the presidential election campaign by "Time" magazine's Diana Walker presented; photos shown. [WALKER - describes her pictures from the week when Senator John Kerry chose Senator John Edwards as his running mate; talks about the connection between Kerry & Edwards & the meshing of families.]
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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"; the "Christian Science Monitor"; Philadelphia; Cincinnati, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Washington, DC, Williamson County, Tennessee; Detroit & Chicago.
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