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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: David Gregory) The jittery day in Washington, DC, when a small plane violated the no-fly zone, prompting the evacuation of the White House & Capitol, reviewed; scenes shown of security officials, people evacuating, and a fighter jet intercepting the Cessna; animation shown; details given of the whereabouts of President Bush & Vice President Dick Cheney. [White House press secretary Scott McCLELLAN – says the pilot did not respond to efforts to communicate.] [Capitol police Chief Terrance GAINER†- says this appears to be an errant pilot.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Reagan National Airport: Pete Williams) Congressional moves to reopen Reagan National Airport to private planes, which have been prevented from landing since 9/11, featured; details given of the general aviation plan proposed by the Department of Homeland Security. [Washington Airports Authority James BENNETT†- comments.] [Former White House advisor Frank CILLUFFO†- says we’re talking about a limited number of flights.] [National Air Transportation Assn. James COYNE†- comments on security.] [Representative John MICA†- comments on procedures to prevent an incursion like today.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The investigation into the discovery of a grenade near the stage where President Bush spoke yesterday in Tbilisi, Georgia, noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: Richard Engel) Possible reasons for the increasing attacks in Iraq outlined; scenes shown of Iraqis injured in a suicide bombing in Hawija and bombing sites in Baghdad & Tikrit; details given about the continuing US offensive against foreign fighters near the Syrian border. [Baghdad shop OWNER – says we don’t know who they are or what they want.] [US Army Col. Mario COSTAGLIOLA†- says they’re trying to delegitimize the government & make the Iraqi people feel unsafe.] [Voice of 2nd Marine Division Col. Robert CHASE†- explains the goal of the offensive.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(New York: Anne Thompson) Worries that other corporations will follow United Airlines in its plan to terminate its employee pensions featured. [International Assn. of Machinists Union Randy CANALE†- warns of a strike.] [Denver resident Ted SCHULTZ‡- worries about his vacation plans.] [Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Bradley BELT††- cites the PBGC’s deficit.] [Boston University School of Management professor Zvi BODIE†- comments on obstacles for the PBGC.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Sierra Vista, Arizona: Mark Mullen) The economic & environmental costs of illegal immigration to towns on the US-Mexico border examined. [Rancher Bud STROM††, Sierra Vista Regional Health Center Bruce NORTON†, Ramsey Canyon Preserve Brooke GEBOW†- comment on lost livestock and property damage, health care costs and trash dumping.] [Sierra Vista, Arizona, city manager Chuck POTUCEK†- says there has been little done to curb it.] [Humane Borders Rev. Robin HOOVER†- says the US is benefiting from cheap labor; comments on the suffering of the migrants.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) The recreation of the face of Egypt’s King Tut by teams of artists & scientists using computer images featured; scenes shown of what the boy king might have looked like; excerpts shown from the National Geographic Channel’s “King Tut’s Final Secrets.” [Egypt Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi HAWASS†- says we can see King Tut as we see each other in a photograph.] [Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Nancy THOMAS††- describes what Tut may have been like.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The death of Marine L/Cpl. Lawrence Philippon††, who was part of the Color Guard escorting the casket of President Ronald Reagan, in the US offensive near the Syrian border in Iraq reported. [In West Hartford, Connecticut, PARENTS – react.]
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