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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Studio: Dan Harris) House passage of a law creating stiffer requirements to get a driver's license in all 50 states to prevent another September 11 terrorist attack examined; details given about how this will making getting a license a tiresome, tedious experience & of the arrest of DMV workers selling fake IDs to illegal immigrants. [Representative James SENSENBRENNER - says this legislation will keep us safe & flush out the fraud in driver's licenses.] [National Conference on State Legislatures Cheye CALVO†- says Americans won't be able to get their licenses in one day.] [ACLU Tim SPARAPINI†- says this will be one-stop shopping for identity thieves.] Why this bill is almost guaranteed to become law outlined.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Studio: Betsy Stark) The setback for automobile makers Ford & GM as Standard & Poor's cut their credit rating to junk bond status examined; details given of the impact on stock prices & of the problems for the two companies & over a million industry workers. [Unidentified ANALYST - cites the message being sent & the possibility of plant closings.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The explosion of two makeshift grenades at the British consulate in New York City reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(London: David Wright) The election contest in Britain that is expected to be won by Prime Minister Tony Blair of the Labor Party examined; scenes shown from the campaign in which the war in Iraq was the major issue; details given from exit polls predicting a victory at a cost for Blair & his party. [Conservative Party leader Michael HOWARD†- speaks out about Blair's broken promises.] [BLAIR - speaks.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The day's attacks in Baghdad on Iraqi security forces reviewed; photos shown of Mosul operations officer Maj. Mark Bieger† holding a dying Iraqi girl who was hurt in another attack on civilians. [Voice of photographer Michael YON†- says he wanted to get her to American surgeons.] [Wife Amy BIEGER†- talks about her husband & children & this very sad day.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) A closer look at how a drug maker pumped up sales of a lucrative medicine despite questions about its safety introduced; details given of the resignation of Merck & Co. CEO Raymond Gilmartin†.
(Washington: Jake Tapper) The anatomy of Merck's sale of the painkiller Vioxx examined; scenes shown from House Government Reform Committee hearings; details given about the training of Merck salespeople, including using Dr. Martin Luther King as a sales pitch example. [Representatives Henry WAXMAN†, Gil GUTKNECHT†, Elijah CUMMINGS†- criticize Merck.] [Merck Research Laboratories Dr. Dennis ERB†- defends Merck.] [NYU medical school Dr. Marc SIEGEL†- says doctors should not be relying on salesmen about drugs.] ["Worst Pills, Best Pills" author Dr. Sidney WOLFE††- criticizes the FDA for not warning doctors.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) An apology from the Georgia woman, Jennifer Wilbanks, who became the runaway bride, reported.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Barbara Pinto) The booming sales of fashion items with Christian themes & imagery examined; examples, including "Jesus is my homeboy" clothing, shown. [Trend analyst Jane BUCKINGHAM†- talks about the trend of religious fashion.] [Teenage Millionaire co-founder Doug WILLIAMS†- talks about religious icon T-shirts.] ["Searching for God Knows What" author Don MILLER†- says making something fashionable soon makes it unfashionable.] [Extreme Christian Clothing Lori DEVINS†, C28 Stores owner Aurelio BARRETO†- talk about their retail businesses.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Rochester, New York: Kate Snow) The use of telemedicine to treat kids at day care centers featured; scenes shown from an inner city pre-school in Rochester, New York, where sounds & images are sent to doctors at the University of Rochester medical center over the Internet; statistics on the telemedicine study cited; details given of the concerns of some pediatricians about telemedicine replacing hands-on care. [MOTHER, mother Ericka HAINES†- comment.] [Mercy Family Care Children's Health Center Dr. Charles SHUBIN†- says the children deserve better than mechanical health care.] [University of Rochester medical center Dr. Neil HERENDEEN†- says local insurers have come on board.]
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