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(Studio: Carol Lin) The fallout from the Mark Foley Congressional page scandal; a new video showing 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta†† in 2000; a plane crash in Brazil’s Amazon jungle; the collapse of a highway overpass near Montreal, Canada; the total withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, and the status of Hurricane Isaac noted. Flash Feedback request.
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(Studio: Carol Lin) The fallout from Representative Mark Foley’s resignation amid allegations he sent explicit messages to a teenage Congressional page introduced.
(Washington: Dana Bash) Questions about what House Republicans knew & what they did about it examined; details given of claims from Representative Tom Reynolds & House Speaker Dennis Hastert about their responses to Foley’s conduct; statements from Democratic Representative Dale Kildee† and from House leaders calling for a criminal investigation quoted.
(Studio: Carol Lin) Report introduced.
(Washington: Gary Nurenberg) The Congressional page program featured; details given about reforms to the program following the 1983 censure of 2 Congressmen for sexual misconduct toward pages and about what the pages do each day; C-Span footage shown; scenes shown of the page residence hall. [Former pages Luke MOSES†, Kara FRANK†- comment on supervision of the pages and their duties.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Report introduced.
(Miami: John Zarrella) The issue of property insurance in Florida’s race for governor examined; scenes shown of protests and of candidates Charlie Crist† and Jim Davis† campaigning. [Homeowner Dave MALONE†- reacts to the increase in his hurricane premium.] [CRIST – objects to insurance companies setting up subsidiaries.] [DAVIS – says these companies are making record profits.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) The views of a voter visiting CNN’s Election Express bus tour presented. [Construction worker Rodney NALL†- comments.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Report introduced.
(Studio: Jacqui Jeras) The status & projected paths of Hurricane Isaac & Typhoon Xangsane† featured; maps shown. iReport photo from Jennifer Yu† shown of typhoon damage in the Philippines.
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(Studio: Carol Lin) The deadly crash of a commercial airliner into the jungle in Brazil reported; scenes shown. [Voice of journalist Tom HENNIGAN†- says the plane clipped a smaller private jet.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) The lifting of the weekend curfew in Baghdad and President Bush’s rebuttal to the leaked intelligence report concluding that the war in Iraq has increased the terrorism threat noted. [In radio address, BUSH – says we will remain on the offense until the terrorists are defeated.] [In Democratic radio response, House candidate Tammy DUCKWORTH†- says this administration still lacks a plan for securing Iraq.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Live telephone interview held with CNN terrorism analyst Laura Mansfield† about the significance of a recently-discovered videotape showing 9/11 hijackers Mohamed Atta†† & Ziad Jarrah†† in January, 2000; excerpts shown. [From Greenville, South Carolina, voice of MANSFIELD – says it fills in gaps as to Atta’s whereabouts; notes it includes footage of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s compound near Kandahar, Afghanistan, as well as Ramzi bin al-Shibh; says it will be important to see who else is in the video; comments on Atta’s & Jarrah’s demeanor.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) The fallout from the Mark Foley Congressional page scandal noted. [Democratic Congressional candidate Tim MAHONEY††- says the Republican leadership team knew what was going on and decided to try to hold on to a seat.] The collapse of a highway overpass near Montreal, Canada; the withdrawal of all Israeli forces from Lebanon; the release of American Brent Bennett after 2 years in jail in Afghanistan, and a memorial service in Bailey, Colorado, for Emily Keyes††, who was killed in a school shooting, noted; scenes shown. [Colorado OFFICER – speaks about Emily.] The status of Hurricane Isaac, and an attendance record at a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox reported.
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Flash Feedback coverage of the Miss World pageant in Warsaw, Poland, presented; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Live interview held with former US attorney Kendall Coffey about whether former Representative Mark Foley, who resigned over allegations he sent explicit messages to a teenage Congressional page, broke the law. [From Miami, COFFEY – says criminal charges are possible; comments on the content of the e-mails and why nobody called the police; predicts other members of Congress will be embarrassed; notes some of the messages have signs of a potential child predator.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) “USA Today” report on political control of Congressional districts with the highest rates of married vs. single people cited. Earlier discussion held with Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway† and Democratic pollster Peter Hart† about the marriage gap in politics. [CONWAY – explains why the Republican Party attracts more married people; comments on the impact of gender and children.] [HART – says the big difference is income; outlines why voters are unhappy.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Report introduced.
(Pereira, Colombia: Karl Penhaul) The sex strike by women in Colombia, who refuse to have sex with their husbands & boyfriends until the men give up their lives of crime, featured; statistics on murders in Pereira cited; details given about the recruitment of gang members from poor neighborhoods by drug bosses. [Girlfriend of gang member “MARJURI†” {thru translator} – says sex is everything to a guy.] [Gang member Carlos ANDRE† {thru translator} – asks what good it is having a woman around and not having sex.]
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Flash Feedback coverage of what astronaut Neil Armstrong really said in 1969 presented.
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(Studio: Carol Lin) Audiotapes played of caller’s views on whether there is a political cover-up in the Mark Foley Congressional page scandal.
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