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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Roth) The crisis in Ukraine over the bitterly disputed presidential election between Russian-backed Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych† & opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko† featured; scenes shown of protests in the streets of Kiev; details given of the threat of a nationwide strike after a government commission declared Yushchenko the loser. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - says the election results do not meet international standards.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The death of a US diplomat {State Department's James Mollen††} working with Iraq's education ministry & the discovery by US soldiers of a stunning amount of weapons in Fallujah reported.
(Baghdad: Lee Cowan) An audiotape from Iraq's most-wanted terrorist leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi in which he ranted against Islam clerics, another roadside bomb attack on a US convoy & the discovery of more bodies of Iraqi security forces in Mosul featured; Zarqawi tape quoted; bomb explosion & US raids south of Baghdad shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The death of two more US soldiers in Deh Rawood†, Afghanistan, reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The passage in Congress of a stopgap spending bill noted.
(White House: John Roberts) The enormous & mostly unread spending bill examined; scenes shown of Democrats venting their frustration; details given of the provision giving Congressional workers access to income tax records & of pork barrel spending. [Representatives David OBEY, Robert MATSUI†; on Saturday, Senator John McCAIN - speak out against the bill.] [Taxpayers for Common Sense Steve ELLIS†- says nobody knows what's in there.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Sharyl Attkisson) The aftermath of the blockbuster testimony to Congress from FDA whistleblower medical officer Dr. David Graham exposing the agency's drug safety failures examined; details given about the link of the arthritis drug Vioxx to heart problems & other drugs with safety issues & the question of possible FDA retaliation against Graham. [In interview, GRAHAM - says his position is in jeopardy; states drug safety is often unknown in the approval process.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The investigation into Halliburton's no-bid war contracts in Iraq updated.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Storms in Texas, the South & the Midwest reported; scenes shown from tornado-struck Slidell, Louisiana, wet Kansas City & windy Chicago.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Orr) The weather hassle for Thanksgiving travellers featured; scenes shown from major airports & the Pennsylvania Turnpike, where a toll takers' strike made it a toll-free day; details given of the issue of invasive security searches looking for hidden explosives. [Two air TRAVELLERS, MOTORIST - react.] [Travelocity's Amy ZIFF†- talks travel.] [Searched WOMAN - calls it humiliating.] [Transportation Security Administration Mark HATFIELD†, Amtrak's Cliff BLACK†- talk about security measures.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) New home sales & mortgage rate figures cited. Stock Market Report.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Judge's denial of John Hinckley's request for a four-day Thanksgiving visit with his family in Virginia reported; scenes shown of the man who shot President Ronald Reagan & is still in a psychiatric hospital.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Findings of a "New York Times"/CBS poll on whether physician-assisted suicide should be allowed outlined on screen showing statistics for 2004 versus 1990.
(Portland: Bill Whitaker) Legal doctor-assisted suicide in the state of Oregon featured; details given of the complexities of the stances on both sides of the issue. [Daughter whose mother chose suicide, Julie McMURCHIE†- recalls her mother's pain & her decision to die.] [Cancer patient Miles EDWARDS†, Physicians for Compassionate Care Dr. Kenneth STEVENS†- oppose assisted suicide.] Outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft's request that the Supreme Court review Oregon's law noted. [Compassion in Dying president Barbara Coombs LEE†- says one's own values should govern one's last days.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Tomorrow night's installment previewed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) A home for the holidays story introduced.
(San Francisco:John Blackstone) The story of a wandering elephant seal pup that made her way from San Francisco Bay up a storm drain in Oakland, California, presented; scenes shown of the seal, the crowds & helpful firemen. [WOMAN - comments.] Another wandering marine mammal, Chippy, the sea lion, shown. [Marine Mammal Center Kathy ZAGZEBSKI†- recounts the seal's medical condition.]
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