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(Israel-Gaza border: Nic Robertson) The firing of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel and the fighting on the Gaza front featured; scenes shown from an Israeli nursing home hit by rockets, a kibbutz and school hit near Gaza; details given about the rising civilian Palestinian death toll. [Israel security cabinet Isaac HERZOG†- comments on the situation and the missile strikes into Israel.] [ICRC Jerusalem head of mission Katarina RITZ†- sums up the Palestinians' plight.] [Israeli defense force Maj. Avital LEIBOVICH†- says it is urban warfare with Hamas using human shields.] [U.N. spokesman Christopher GUNNESS†- raises safety issues.] The absence of a break in the fighting despite the U.N. resolution and the death of two top Al Qaeda leaders in Pakistan and the terrorist acts to which they are linked discussed.
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(Washington: Candy Crowley) The dire warnings from President-elect Barack Obama about the economy in his stark speech today featured; details given about the specifics of the stimulus plan and the debate in Congress over the particulars; scenes shown of the ceremonies in which Obama is declared president. [OBAMA - says for every day we wait our nation will sink deeper into a crisis; outlines a tax cut and job creation.] [Senators Ron WYDEN, Kent CONRAD, Representative Nancy PELOSI, Senator Mitch McCONNELL - react to the tax plans.] [In Congress, Vice President Dick CHENEY - announces the electoral vote for Obama.] A report that the Obama administration is planning to begin talks with Hamas discussed.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's David Gergen and Joe Johns and "Fortune" editor Andy Serwer about Obama's economic plan. [GERGEN - outlines what Obama is trying to do by being active about the economy during the transition; states China needs to see we are aggressively attacking this; asserts only the federal government can get us out this by spending and tax cuts.] [JOHNS - agrees the plan faces a big battle in Congress with the Republicans wanting this and the Democrats wanting that.] [In-studio, SERWER - comments on the "mystifying" tax credit, the need for things to be bigger than that solutions-wise and Obama's plans for infrastructure, medical works and alternative energy.] [JOHNS - comments on the opposition of Representative John Conyers to naming CNN's Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General.]
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(Washington: Tom Foreman) The fallout from the Madoff Ponzi scheme that has led to suicides in response to the crashing economy examined; details given about the suicide of Chicago realtor Steve Good& and a French investment manager and about general financial stress. [Psychology of money consultant James GOTTFURCHT†- talks about one's lifestyle being based on money and the resulting psychological lose.] [CrisisLink Marshall ELLIS†- comments on who is affected.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Technical problems with the field report acknowledged.
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(Oakland: Dan Simon) The shooting of Oscar Grant by a transit police officer {Johannes Mehserle††} in an Oakland subway station featured; scenes shown of the rioting and cell phone video of the man with the police. [At riots, WOMAN, MAN; Oakland council member Delsey BROOKS†- react to the shooting.]
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(Israel-Gaza border: Nic Robertson) The situation tonight in Gaza updated.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper; Jerusalem: Christiane Amanpour) The U.N. passage of a resolution calling for a cease-fire with the US abstaining from the Security Council vote, the peace efforts on the ground in Egypt, the criticism of Israel by the Red Cross and the U.N. with the pressure mounting on Israel due to the rising civilian death toll, Israel's efforts to inflict pain on Hamas in Gaza because of the rockets fired into Israel and Hizballah's denial of a role in rocket fires from Lebanon discussed; inset video from Gaza shown.
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Palin's criticism of the media in her own words presented. [With John Ziegler, PALIN - criticizes the interpretation of what was said about her son Trigg, reports that Bristol and Levi are high school dropouts, CBS anchor Katie Couric and "Saturday Night Live"'s Tina Fey for what they did; comments on how Caroline Kennedy will be handled as compared to her and whether there is a class issue.]
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(Studio: Erica Hill) A statement from Roland Burris that he never gave anything to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for his Senate appointment; the vote to impeach Blagojevich; the preliminary hearing for Casey Anthony for the murder of her daughter Caylee; the divorce case in which a New York doctor wanted a kidney back from his wife and the sale in Atlanta of a home that is a replica of the White House reported.
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