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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) An Al Qaeda videotape on the first anniversary of the London, England, subway attack featured; excerpts shown, including a speech in English by one of the now-dead bombers, a London map, an explosion, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. [Harvard University fellow Assaf MOGHADAM†- says the tape helps portray the organization as powerful; explains how making the tape keeps the suicide bomber dedicated.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Taped interview held with terrorism analyst Peter Bergen about the videotape. [BERGEN - says the tape is evidence the London bombing was an Al Qaeda operation indicating the organization can direct operations; explains the videotape's message to the jihadists & the English people, how the London attack was "the perfect storm" & how Al Qaeda is reconstituting well on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border; reacts to the US closing down of its Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden†† unit.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The "raw data" on Al-Sahab, which has released at least 20 tapes featuring Al Qaeda leaders, noted.
(London: Nic Robertson) The radical Muslims of Britain featured; scenes shown of a Muslim protest. [Muslim convert Khalid KELLY†- calls British Prime Minister Tony Blair a terrorist; fears an attack in central London; comments on the Muslim fears; says 7/7 was a consequence of British foreign policy & Blair has not learned the lessons of 7/7.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Upcoming item noted.
(Studio: Erica Hill) President Bush's view that the North Korean missile crisis should be solved by diplomacy; the election in Mexico of Felipe Calderon over Andres Lopez Obrador; the docking of the space shuttle Discovery with the International Space Station & the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary with new words {some listed} reported.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The failure of the North Korean long-range missile Taepodong-2† reported.
(New York: John Roberts) The US response to Korea's missile tests, which is the latest in a series of foreign policy challenges for President Bush, featured. [BUSH - says the problem can be solved diplomatically by working in concert; states the president has to deal with threats.] [Brookings Inst. Michael O'HANLON†- says the administration's choice {of Iraq} left it ignoring Korea.] [Undersecretary of State Nicholas BURNS†- assures we have a powerful diplomatic apparatus.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Taped interview held with "Washington Post" reporter Robin Wright about American foreign policy crises. [WRIGHT - says we have not had this many foreign policy crises since the end of the Cold War; comments on the concerns of conservatives & neo-conservatives about these matters, on the inconsistencies & diversities in the administration's handling of Iraq, Iran & North Korea, on the international community's suspicions of the Bush administration.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Report introduced.
(Washington: Kelli Arena) A look at how serious a terrorism threat in the US is examined; details given of specific plots against American sites by terrorists with an Al Qaeda-inspired ideology. [Giuliani Security & Safety chairman/CEO Pat D'AMURO†- comments.] [Former FBI counterterrorism official Mike HEIMBACH†- says these individuals are homegrown with the same beliefs of causing harm.] [Terrorism analyst Peter BERGEN†- says the pattern remains people coming into the US.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The story of fugitive killer Richard McNair‡ introduced; scenes shown {with audio exchange} from a police car dashboard camera taken last April.
(No location given: Susan Roesgen) McNair's criminal background featured; scenes shown from the Farmer's Union grain elevator in Minot, South Dakota, where McNair committed attempted murder & murder during a robbery in 1987 & from the site of his several attempted escapes, including from a maximum security prison. [Victim Richard KITZMAN†, Ward County Sheriff Vern ERCK†- describe what happened.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The story of fugitive killer Richard McNair re-introduced; scenes shown from a police car dashboard camera taken last April.
(Alexandria, Louisiana: Susan Roesgen) McNair's criminal background & life on the run featured; scenes shown from McNair's hometown of Duncan, Oklahoma, the maximum security prison he escaped from in Louisiana, of the policeman chatting with the escapee & letting him go. [Resident Vicki VRIONES†- talks about small town people.] [US Marshal Glen BELLGARDE‡- says his life is about chasing McNair.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Taped interview held with "America's Most Wanted" John Walsh about McNair. [WALSH - says McNair is extremely dangerous, was a flight risk & was also let go by the Canadian police; explains how McNair used FBI secret confidential records to plan his last escape.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Report introduced.
(Studio: Erica Hill) The day's business news reported: Stock Market Report; the decision in the Florida court refusing to reinstate the damage award against the tobacco industry; the deal in New Jersey ending the budget stalemate & the rise of mortgage rates.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Atlanta: Erica Hill) The streaker at the Wimbledon tennis tournament shown, including photos of his cartwheel.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) The story of Sam Bailey of the Pontchartrain Humane Society of Pearlington, Mississippi, who has been struggling to protect abandoned animals after Hurricane Katrina, updated; scenes shown of some of the dogs.
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