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(San Francisco: Bill Whitaker) Concerns about security during the relay featured; details given about the route change; scenes shown of police guarding the torch, protestors, Chinese American supporters, Buddhist monks on the Golden Gate Bridge protesting China’s support of Burma. [Pro-China demonstrator Henry CHEN†- says we are peaceful people.] [From EWTN, President BUSH – says he is going to the Olympics.] [Torch runner Helen ZIA†- supports peaceful protests.]
(Studio: Katie Couric) Live interview held with Olympic historian David Wallechinsky† about the torch protests. [From Los Angeles, WALLECHINSKY – notes how the reputation of the torch relay has changed; recounts the Mexican government’s shooting of hundreds of people just before the opening of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City; speculates on the IOC’s response to the relay disturbances.]
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(LaGuardia Airport: Nancy Cordes) The mess for travelers with the grounding of American’s MD-80 fleet for safety inspections featured; FAA airworthiness directive quoted. [Several PASSENGERS - complain.] [American Airlines vice president Daniel GARTON†- says we had to stop flying the aircraft.] What American is doing for stranded passengers discussed.
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(San Angelo, Texas: Hari Sreenivasan) The beginning of legal proceedings involving the polygamous sect in Eldorado, Texas, reviewed; scenes shown of women and children who were removed from the compound due to claims of abuse; details given about the discovery of a bed inside the temple; map shown of polygamist communities. [Defense attorney Gerald GOLDSTEIN†- says he is speaking for them.] [CBS News legal analyst Andrew COHEN†- raises legal and religious issues.]
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(San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: John Blackstone) The reverse immigration of American farmers who are moving to Mexico due to the shortage of workers in the US featured; Western Growers Assn. statistics cited; details given about the failure in Congress of immigration reform legislation. [Farmer Steve SCARONI†- says we can’t get enough labor to meet production demands.] [Guanajuato Secretary of Agriculture Jose Maria ANAYA OCHOA† {thru translator} – says providing opportunity here means people won’t die trying to cross the border.] [Senator Dianne FEINSTEIN†- says farmers will decide they’d rather do it in Mexico.]
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(Capitol: Chip Reid) An audit finding abuse of government credit cards examined; examples of purchases cited. [Senator Norm COLEMAN†- says these things were being paid for at taxpayer expense.] [OMB director Jim NUSSLE†- says 1 or 2 bad apples spoil it for the whole bunch.] Another report finding US military equipment for sale on eBay and craigslist noted.
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(New York: Kelly Wallace) Arizona teen Austin Gutwein††’s Hoops of Hope charity that raises money for African AIDS orphans through basketball shooting events featured; scenes shown of the high school in Zambia built with Hoops of Hope money. [GUTWEIN – says he had to do something; reacts to seeing the school.] [Zambian MAN – comments on Austin.]
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