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(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Statistics on the impact of Hurricane Charley outlined.
(Punta Gorda, Florida: Martin Savidge) The aftermath of the hurricane featured; scenes shown of damage and of postal worker Sharon Winesett†† delivering water & fruit to residents; details given of recovery efforts, which are complicated by the extreme heat; statistics on relief cited. [Charlotte County Emergency Management Wayne SALLADE†- comments on the low death toll.] [RESIDENT – comments on the need for power & water.]
(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Punta Gorda, Florida: Don Teague) The economic loss from Hurricane Charley featured. [Citrus grower Joe HUCKABEE‡, Brake’s Dairy Queen Dave BRAKE†- comment on losses.] [Florida state CFO Tom GALLAGHER†- comments on the impact on small businesses; mentions opportunities for rebuilding.]
(Lakeland, Florida: Roger O’Neil) Volunteer assistance with relief in the aftermath of the storm featured; scenes shown of damaged houses and from the relief staging area in Lakeland, where trucks & drivers donated by their companies are shipping supplies to the disaster areas. [Schoolteacher Greg AVERY‡- comments on volunteering to help with relief.] [Salvation Army Dale BANNON†- says the volunteer force is critical for a disaster.]
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(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: David Gregory) President Bush’s announcement of the redeployment of troops overseas featured; details given of the plan to withdraw troops from Europe & Asia; Senator John Kerry’s foreign policy advisor Richard Holbrooke†’s warning about taking troops from Korea quoted. [At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, BUSH – says more of our troops will be stationed & deployed from home.] [NBC military analyst retired Gen. Barry McCAFFREY†- says it’s walking away from NATO & building a unilateral capability to launch from the US.]
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(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s survival of a recall vote noted; scenes shown from Caracas.
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(Athens: Tom Brokaw) The impact of the outcome of the Venezuelan presidential recall vote on oil prices noted; Stock Market Report.
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(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The efforts of the new Iraqi government to control the conflict in Najaf, Iraq, featured; scenes shown of fighting between US troops & radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s militias, an American tank destroyed in Baghdad’s Sadr City and a pro-Sadr demonstration in Kut; details given of the dilemma for interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi over the decision to order military action against al-Sadr from the US. [Iraq National Conference delegate Assim AZZOZ†- comments on the call for US troops to withdraw from Najaf.] [Iraq expert Shibley TELHAMI†- notes the government’s appearance of helplessness & illegitimacy in conflicts of this sort.]
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(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Athens: Brian Williams) The slow attendance at the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, featured; details given of the thwarted American pursuit for medals, sluggish ticket sales and decreased business; scenes shown of the US men's basketball team losing to Puerto Rico and empty seats at many events. [Athens BUSINESSWOMAN – wonders where the tourists are.] [Athens Olympic Organizing Committee Michalis ZACHARATOS†- says we still have 15 days ahead of us.]
(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Today’s competition reviewed. The concern of US Olympic officials about the images projected by US athletes due to the wave of anti-American sentiment featured; details given about former US swimmer Janet Evans' advice to athletes on how to behave. [EVANS – says Olympians are held to a higher standard; comments on security issues involving the display of the American flag.]
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(Athens: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Columbus, Ohio: Roger O’Neil) American gymnast Blaine Wilson profiled; details given of his former “bad boy” image; scenes shown of Wilson at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, preparing for the 2004 Athens, Greece, games and tearing his bicep at the Visa American Cup last February. [WILSON – talks about the loss of his infant son; comments on living every day to the fullest.] [Wife Makare DISILETS††- comments on becoming stronger.]
(Athens: Tom Brokaw) The results of the US men’s gymnastics team at the games noted.
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