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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Orr) The anxiety for airline security officials & passengers with incidents involving 6 flights reviewed; details given about the discovery of explosives on a plane in Houston, diverted flights in Bangor, Maine, Oklahoma & Ireland, an emergency landing in Texas and the discovery of a utility knife on a flight to Hartford. The lapse in security by Argentinean officials discussed.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Stewart) The investigation into the terrorist plot against the Sears Tower and other targets in Chicago updated; video of the suspects, who were arrested last June in Miami, swearing loyalty to Al Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden, shown; photos of the plotters & their headquarters shown. [In video, suspect Narseal BATISTE††- tells an FBI informant they are going to have a full ground war; worries about not having boots, uniforms or artillery.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) CBS News/"New York Times" poll findings on Gulf coast rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina cited.
(Studio: Byron Pitts) New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s response to questions about the slow pace of recovery in his city featured; Nagin’s other controversial comments in the year since Katrina quoted. [From “60 Minutes,” NAGIN - says “you guys in New York City can’t get a hole in the ground fixed, and it’s 5 years later.”] [New York City Mayor Michael BLOOMBERG†- outlines his city’s assistance to New Orleans.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Beirut: Allen Pizzey) Hizballah’s money distribution system called Jihad Reconstruction that assists residents of Lebanon with rebuilding and the complicated system by which US relief funds are distributed compared. [Lebanese American University economist Wassim SHAHIN†- notes the likelihood of corruption in distributing US money.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) A second heart procedure for former President Gerald Ford reported.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wyatt Andrews) The Army’s measures to ensure families of fallen soldiers learn the truth about how their loved ones died examined; details given of the review of hundreds of deaths, including Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, & Patrick McCaffrey††, who was murdered by Iraqi forces he was training. [Lt. Col. Pat GAWKINS†- comments on the order for field commanders to investigate every death.] [Voice of mother Mary TILLMAN††- says they know there are cases they haven’t been honest about.] [Mother Nadia McCAFFREY†- says it’s her right to hear the truth.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) The formation of Tropical Storm Ernesto in the Caribbean noted; map shown.
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Statistics on private donations and volunteers for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort cited. Series on the impact of Katrina one year later continued.
(Gulfport, Mississippi: Lee Cowan) The efforts of volunteers to rebuild coastal Mississippi featured; details given about the work of the faith-based group North Carolina Baptist Men; scenes shown from Gulfport; statistics cited. [Resident Lorraine WOOTEN†- says these people have been a lifesaver.] [Coordinators Eddie & Martha WILLIAMS†- comment on their commitment to work on the Gulf coast for 2 years.]
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(Studio: Bob Schieffer) Report introduced.
(Two Rivers, Wisconsin & Ithaca, New York: Steve Hartman) The battle between Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and Ithaca, New York, over which town is the birthplace of the ice cream sundae featured. [Two Rivers Town Manager Greg BUCKLEY††, Ithaca Visitors Bureau Bruce STOFF††- claim their town is the home of the sundae.] The next segment previewed.
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