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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Progress of Hurricane Rita updated. [Florida Governor Jeb BUSH†- says it's time to "hunker down."]
(Key West, Florida: Orlando Salinas) Conditions in Florida presented. [Key West Mayor Jimmy WEEKLEY†- says the city was fortunate.]
(Fox Weather Center: Janice Dean) Path of Hurricane Rita tracked; weather maps and data shown on screen.
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Hurricane preparation in Galveston and Houston, Texas, featured; scenes shown; details given on Department of Homeland Security and FEMA provisions for Rita to hit already-devastated areas, and of plans in New Orleans to shut the city back down. [New Orleans Mayor Ray NAGIN†- says residents should not come back yet.]
(New Orleans: Phil Keating) New Orleans' preparations for Hurricane Rita reviewed. [Louisiana Governor Kathleen BLANCO†- says she has put the state on alert.] [Giving "I love N.O." t-shirt to V/Adm. Thad Allen††, NAGIN†- comments on recovery.] Scenes shown from New Orleans.
(Studio: Shepard Smith) President Bush's fifth visit to the recovering Hurricane Katrina area mentioned; scenes shown from Gulfport†, Mississippi. Confirmation by Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Richard Myers† that National Guard equipment was not in top condition while trying to restore order to the Gulf Coast reported; scenes shown of recovery efforts.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Brett Baier) A suicide bombing in Mosul†, Iraq, as well as other bombings near Ramadi† and Baghdad†, reported; scenes shown from Mosul and Baghdad; Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman V/Adm. Richard Myers†† quoted; scenes shown from Monday's uprising against British forces in Basrah†, Iraq. [Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD†- says he believes Iran is involved.] Sunday's assassination of a "New York Times" journalist mentioned.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai†'s call to stop US military operations there reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Dagen McDowell) Federal Reserve's short-term interest rate hike reported; details given about related economic worries; Stock Market Report; drop in oil prices noted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Drop in new home construction, restructuring of Microsoft, and "New York Times" job cuts reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The release of John Gotti, Jr., who had been tried on racketeering charges, after a federal judge declared a mistrial, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Tonight's stories: A lumber warehouse fire in Georgia; a wildfire near Frisco, Colorado; an overturned tanker in North Carolina; a fishing boat rescued by the Coast Guard in California.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Marathon, Florida: Rick Leventhal) Effects of Hurricane Rita featured; details given on wind speeds, flooding from storm surges, and the evacuation of nursing homes and hospitals; scenes shown of storm and flooding.
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Movement of Navy and Coast Guard ships out of the Port of New Orleans to avoid Hurricane Rita noted; weather map shown on screen.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wendell Goler) President Bush's concerns about Hurricane Rita noted. [BUSH†- comments on Rita preparations and Katrina recovery.] Scenes shown. Economic consequences of Hurricane Katrina explored, including the impact on energy provider Entergy, restaurants, and small businesses.
(Los Angeles: Trace Gallagher) A look at "product placement in the name of charity" presented; details given on companies donating products to Hurricane Katrina victims, from shoes to water to a satellite TV station, and tax breaks for the companies. [DirecTV vice president Bob MARSOCCI†- says the donated channel has helped reunite victims.] [Business analyst Doug FABIAN†- says consumers receiving donations will remember the companies.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) North Korea's announcement that it will disarm its nuclear weapons when the US gives it civilian reactors reported; scenes shown. [Secretary of State Condoleezza RICE†- says the original Beijing agreement will be adhered to.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(U.N.: Eric Shawn) Iran's announcement that it will no longer allow complete access to U.N. inspectors if referred to the Security Council, reported; details given of the decision-making process in the U.N.; Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad†† quoted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Death of Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal† reported; footage shown; Wiesenthal quoted.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Tonight's stories: A knife fight at a soccer game in Bogota, Colombia; a man arrested for smuggling tortoises into India; a mountain base jumper breaking his own records in Switzerland; elementary school students playing tug-of-war with an airplane in Tokyo, Japan.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Local affiliate coverage of the flooding introduced.
(Along US Highway 1: Patrick Frasier) A look at the meeting of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of US-1 presented; scenes shown of flooding, including US-1 blocked by seaweed and water. [MAN - says it will get worse before it gets better.]
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(Fox Weather Center: Rick Reichmuth) Path of Hurricane Rita tracked; weather maps and data shown on screen.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) On this day in history: 1998: Hurricane Georges hit Puerto Rico and Haiti.
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