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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(U.N.: David Gregory) President Bush’s U.N. appearance tomorrow during this time of international tension, including threats from radical Islam in Iraq, nuclear showdowns with Iran & North Korea, and genocide in Darfur, Sudan, examined. [BUSH – says we believe as the world becomes more free we’ll see peace.] [U.N. Secretary General Kofi ANNAN††- warns of a civil war in Iraq.] [Former U.N. ambassador Nancy SODERBERG†- says Bush’s goal is to convince the world he can be the great persuader.] The fact that Bush & Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are both speaking at the U.N. tomorrow noted. [Friday, BUSH – says we will sit down with the Iranians once they suspend their enrichment program.] The debate between Bush & Senate Republicans over interrogation rules for terrorism suspects updated.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(London: Keith Miller) Continuing Muslim fury despite an apology from Pope Benedict XVI after his speech that was critical of Islam featured; scenes shown of protests in Iraq & Indonesia, burned churches in the West Bank & Gaza; statement from Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollahn Ali Khamenei†† and a threat on a radical Website quoted. [“Al Quds Al Arabi” editor Abdel Bari ATWAN†- says Muslims are humiliated.] [“Catholic Herald” deputy editor Freddy GRAY†- says it’s tantamount to madness that he should still be held to account.] The raising of the terrorist threat level in Italy noted.
(Studio: Brian Williams, Richard Engel) The fact that the pope was already unpopular in the Middle East and the role of the Internet in exacerbating tensions discussed.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Map shown of the E.coli outbreak. The FDA’s warning last year for farmers to increase safety standards noted.
(San Juan Bautista, California: James Hattori) The search for the source of the contaminated spinach featured. [Spinach grower Dale HUSS††- says spinach sales have gone to zero.] [CDC Dr. Patricia GRIFFIN†- comments on the investigation.] [FDA director of food safety Robert BRACKETT†- notes the difficulty in finding the source.] [CONSUMER – says she won’t be buying it.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The battle against the Day wildfire in southern California noted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) Findings of the FBI’s report on violent crime cited.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The security breach in Washington, DC, where an armed man drove through a barricade and ran into the Capitol, noted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The deaths of more people in Iraq by execution than by suicide bombers noted.
(Baghdad: Mike Boettcher) The continued sectarian violence and its impact on the lives of Baghdad residents featured; scenes shown from of Karrada†† Street; details given of a shootout at the morgue between Shiites from the Ministry of Health and Sunnis from the Ministry of Electricity; U.N. statistics on violent deaths cited. [With face hidden, Iraqi NBC PRODUCER – comments on the sectarian strife within the government.] The increased demand for coffins noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) A chemical spill that triggered a smoke alarm at the International Space Station noted.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The launch of a Russian rocket carrying the first female space tourist, Iranian-American Anousheh Ansari††, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The reaction last year to then-Harvard University president Lawrence Summers’ remark that women may be innately inferior to men in science recalled. Live interview held with University of Miami president Donna Shalala about the findings of a National Academy of Sciences report. [From Washington, SHALALA – says we found no evidence that women can’t do great science; notes the gap between men & women in math is closing; comments on the difficulty for women with faculty appointments.]
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The memorial in Austin for former Texas governor Ann Richards shown.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The death of Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of President John F. Kennedy, reported.
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(Studio: Brian Williams) The outtakes from last week’s story by correspondent Mark Mullen on pandas in China shown.
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