This program is 29 minutes long
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(Haifa: Brian Williams) The latest developments in the Middle East crisis reviewed; statistics on evacuations & casualties cited.
(Beirut: Richard Engel) The evacuation of Americans from Beirut as Israel increased attacks elsewhere in Lebanon featured; scenes shown of people boarding helicopters and a ship, a Hizballah weapons truck on fire, an explosion in Tyre, bodies of civilians, a funeral for Lebanese army soldiers, destroyed buildings in Beirut, people in shelters. [US Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey FELTMAN††- says we will facilitate Americans to leave as long as we need to.] [Student Lizzy COLMIA‡- reacts to leaving.]
(Haifa: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Haifa: Martin Fletcher) Hizballah’s rocket attacks in northern Israel reviewed; scenes shown from a bomb shelter in Nahariya, frightened people, sites hit by Katyusha rockets, a woman trying to call her husband as a phone rings next to a dead body.
(Haifa: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Larnaca, Cyprus: Dawn Fratangelo) The arrival in Cyprus of evacuees from Lebanon featured; scenes shown; details given about the plans for the evacuation of Americans.
(Haifa: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Dearborn, Michigan: Kevin Tibbles) The anxiety of Lebanese Americans who have family members visiting Lebanon featured; scenes shown from Dearborn, Michigan, of a demonstration where many people criticized the speed of US efforts to evacuate Americans. [Dearborn residents Albert, Hassan & Hussein ABBAS†, Chicago resident Camellia ODET‡- worry about their relatives.] [From Syria, voice of Abbas brothers’ FATHER – says we got here safely.]
(Haifa: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: David Gregory) The administration’s policy toward the fighting featured; details given of President Bush’s blaming of Syria for supporting Hizballah. [BUSH – says it’s in our interest that Syria stay out of Lebanon.] Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s upcoming trip to the region and the US position on a cease-fire noted.
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(Haifa: Brian Williams) A suicide bombing targeting Shiites in Kufa, Iraq, reported; scenes shown; U.N. figures on Iraqi civilians killed in sectarian violence cited.
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(Haifa: Brian Williams) The dead & missing from the tsunami that hit the island of Java in Indonesia after an earthquake cited; scenes shown of debris.
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(Haifa: Brian Williams) An aerial view of the conflict in the Middle East via an Israeli military helicopter presented; scenes shown of smoke from a Hizballah Katyusha rocket strike, from inside a bomb shelter and the empty streets of Haifa, Israel.
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(Haifa: Brian Williams) The heat wave across the US updated; scenes shown of kids playing in a fountain in Atlanta and passengers stranded at New York’s LaGuardia Airport during a power failure.
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(Haifa: Brian Williams) The Senate vote to expand federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, which President Bush promises to veto, noted.
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(Haifa: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(New Orleans: Don Teague) Murder charges against a doctor & 2 nurses for killing patients trapped at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina featured; photos shown of suspects Lori Budo, Sheri Landry & Dr. Anna Pou†. [Louisiana attorney general Charles FOTI†- says this is not euthanasia, but homicide.] [Victim's daughter Angela McMANUS††- states her position.] [Defense attorney Rick SIMMONS†- says they’re victims of the storm.]
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(Haifa: Brian Williams, Martin Fletcher) The randomness of the violence from the conflict between Israel & Hizballah discussed.
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