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(Studio: Charles Gibson) The final days in the 2006 elections introduced; scenes shown of President Bush campaigning.
(Sugar Land, Texas: Martha Raddatz) Bush on the campaign trail featured; scenes shown of the president in Georgia; map shown of Bush's campaign stops; TV ad shown from Indiana Representative John Hostettler, who opposes the war in Iraq. [BUSH - campaigns against the Democrats.] [Republican strategist Charles BLACK†- says you want to go where your presence will make a difference.] [Political analyst Stuart ROTHENBERG†- says some candidates don't want the president there.] The Republican response to not going to states with closely contested elections discussed.
(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(Laporte, Indiana: Dean Reynolds) The three close Congressional races in Indiana examined; scenes shown from a high school football game in Laporte††. [Republicans sheriff candidate Susan RISTOW, banker Lee BRADY, Republican Mayor Lee MORRIS, realtor Linda NOWELL‡- question the Iraq war.] [Voters WOMAN, Pastor Jim GIFFORD - raise the moral issue.] [Democratic voter attorney Don BAUCHER - wonders about the party's stance.]
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) The milestone of over 100 US troops killed in October in Iraq cited; scenes shown from the site of a bombing in Sadr City in Baghdad.
(Baghdad: Terry McCarthy) The children of Iraq featured; scenes shown from inside & outside a school that is a daily refuge for the kids, who can even play in the yard; details given about what the students, teachers & the school psychologist say.
(Studio: Charles Gibson) New details about the massive manhunt for an Iraqi-American soldier, who has been missing in Iraq, reported; photos shown.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) The Pakistan military destruction of a religious school on the border with Afghanistan that had been used to train members of Al Qaeda reported; scenes shown from Chingai†, including bodies of militants.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) The announcement by KFC restaurants that it will banish trans fats from most of its recipes noted; details given of the minuses & pluses of trans fat.
(New York: Nancy Cordes) The development of & reaction to KFC's move away from trans fats examined; details given of its use of a new soybean with genetic modifications. [KFC president Gregg DEDRICK†- talks about getting the taste right.] ["Consumer Reports" product safety Donald MAYS†- says the tide is shifting away from trans fats.] [Tufts University nutritionist professor Alice LICHTENSTEIN†- offers cautions about calories.]
(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(New York: Dan Harris) Why food companies are considering banning trans fats examined; scenes shown of products & restaurants no longer using trans fats; details given about the discussion in New York City of banning trans fats & about various lawsuits. [Wendy's vice president Denny LYNCH†, National Restaurant Assn. Sheila Cohn WEISS†- back the change from trans fat.] [Yale University public health psychology professor Kelly BROWNELL†- says you have to make the food industry make the change; notes the industry has a lot to lose.] [New York University professor Marion NESTLE†- talks about how food is marketed like cigarettes.]
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) The efforts of firefighters to contain the arson fire in California reported; scenes shown from burned-out areas.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) The remarkable show of student power at Gallaudet University, the nation's only liberal arts college for the deaf, introduced.
(Washington: John Donvan) The student revolt at Gallaudet that led to the firing of the new president featured; scenes shown of the students celebrating the total surrender of the administration to them, including burning Jane Fernandes in effigy; details given about the issue of American sign language & the deaf culture. [Earlier, speaking & signing, Jane FERNANDES†- says she is deaf enough to be president.] [Student body president Noah BECKMAN - {thru signing translator} says it is not hatred, but symbolic.]
(Studio: Charles Gibson) More about the controversy at Gallaudet University on "Nightline" noted.
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(Studio: Charles Gibson) Report introduced.
(Beavertown, Oregon: Neal Karlinsky) The deep sea secrets about why the Titanic sank so fast in 1912 featured; scenes shown from National Geographic Channel's "Seconds from Disaster" about the catastrophic sinking & of engineering tests showing rivets snapping under pressure; details given about problems with the iron rivets. [Metallurgist Jennifer HOOPER McCARTHY†- talks about the rivets.] [National Inst. of Standards & Technology Timothy FOECKE†- talks about engineering failures.] Titanic launch footage shown.
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