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(Studio: Campbell Brown) The wildfires in Texas & Oklahoma brought on by drought combined with high winds noted.
(Hood County, Texas: Don Teague) The fires in Hood County, Texas, featured; scenes shown of flames, burned-down homes, firefighters; details given of the finding that many of the blazes were started by fireworks. [Victims Joe & Vickie VERNON‡, Cross Plains RESIDENT, FIREFIGHTER - react.] NOTE: technical glitch acknowledged.
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) A storm system bringing snow to Washington & Oregon; high surf & flooding from heavy rain in northern California, and a huge snowstorm in Europe noted.
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) Report introduced.
(Justice Department: Pete Williams) The plea deal for Enron’s former chief accounting officer Richard Causey†, in which he will testify against former CEO Ken Lay & former president Jeffrey Skilling in the fraud case, featured; scenes shown from Houston. [Causey’s attorney Reid WEINGARTEN†- comments.] [Columbia University Law School professor John COFFEE†- comments on Causey’s status as a witness.] [Lay’s attorney Michael RAMSEY†- comments on the pressure on Causey.]
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) A gun battle in Iraq following an attempted prison break by an inmate who shot a guard, and a U.N. official’s declaration that the results of Iraq’s parliamentary were legitimate reported.
(Baghdad: Richard Engel) The status of reconstruction in Iraq featured; video shown of a French engineer kidnapped 3 weeks ago; details given of the US goal to downsize its rebuilding effort and get more Iraqis to take control. [Corps of Engineers Brig. Gen. Bill McCOY†- says it’s the Iraqi government’s problem.] [Deputy Minister of Reconstruction & Housing Thair FEELY†- says most of the projects have been delivered very poorly & expensively.]
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) Report introduced.
(Banda Aceh, Indonesia: Ned Colt) Fear of another tsunami in south Asia examined; animations shown; details given about the warning system being put in place in the Indian Ocean and the debate over building near the shore; scenes shown of workers in Indonesia planting palms & mangroves to stop erosion & stabilize wetlands. [California Institute of Technology professor Kerry SIEH†- predicts another disaster.] [ActionAid Roger YATES†- notes the importance of the human factor in warning people.]
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) The different views of federal Judge Richard Posner† & the Cato Institute’s Tim Lynch† on the legality of President Bush’s order for the National Security Agency to spy on Americans without warrants presented. [POSNER – says the invasion of privacy is offset by the potential value of this data mining; cites the Congressional resolution giving Bush authorization for using military force after 9/11.] [LYNCH – opposes the military & intelligence communities turning their powers against Americans; raises constitutional issues.]
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) The agreement by pilots at Delta Air Lines pilots to accept another pay cut noted.
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Tom Costello) Evidence that the booming real estate market is starting to slow examined; the drops in average appreciation cited. [Prospective home buyer Phil MARRONE†, home seller Joanie ALEXANDER††- comment.] [National Assn. of Realtors David LEREAH†- says the boom has peaked.] [New Jersey real estate agent Richard NICOLA††- says homeowners need to price their homes properly.]
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) Report introduced.
(New Orleans: Ron Mott) Tours of the areas in New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina featured. [Tourist Vivian REYNARD†- reacts to the damaged neighborhoods.] [Displaced resident Michelle FALLON†- objects to the disaster tours.] [House of Blues Laura TENNYSON†- says we’re encouraged.] [New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau Stephen PERRY†- calls coming to New Orleans patriotic.]
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(Studio: Campbell Brown) Signs that the parents of Toga the baby penguin, who was stolen from a zoo in Britain, are ready to have another chick noted.
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