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(Studio: Anthony Mason) The banks & credit cards featured; statistics on uncollectible credit card loans & resulting fee hikes cited. [FBR Capital Markets Paul MILLER†- cites loan losses.] [Credit.com Aaron LEVIN - comments.] [White House press secretary Robert GIBBS†- comments on the credit cards.] How President Obama will meet with credit card executives on Thursday discussed.
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(Washington: Chip Reid) President Obama's first meeting with his cabinet in which he ordered budget cuts to close the public's confidence gap featured; examples cited of government savings. [OBAMA - says we have to earn their trust; says the cuts add up.] The Republican criticism of the savings plan outlined on screen. [Senator Mitch McCONNELL, Cato Inst. Dan MITCHELL - offer criticism of the president.] The revelations about the recently released government memos & how it influenced what Obama said while visiting the CIA discussed; scenes shown of his reception at the CIA. [OBAMA - talks about our power & the power of our values.]
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(London: Elizabeth Palmer) The case of Iranian-American Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of spying in Iran, reviewed; scenes shown of her reporting; details given about the charges against her & her brief trial. [Mother Akiko SABERI†- denies her daughter spied.] [Roxana's friend Henry NEWMAN†- talks about her case.] [Secretary of State Hillary CLINTON - calls for her to be freed.]
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(New Orleans: Armen Keteyian) The lawsuits brought against the Army Corps of Engineers by residents of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina examined; scenes & diagrams shown of the Mississippi River Gulf outlet waterway built by the Corps that became a "hurricane highway." [Homeowner Anthony FRANZ - talks about his house damaged by the hurricane.] [Plaintiff's attorney Jonathan ANDRY†- calls the outlet a manmade catastrophe.] [LSU Hurricane Center director Ivor van HEERDEN†- comments on the Corps.]
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(Washington: Sharyl Attkisson) Representative John Murtha's control of taxpayer dollars & how he backs earmark projects for companies that donated to his campaign featured; specifics outlined on screen; details given of the FBI raids on companies linked to Murtha & what a defense contractor said about the routing of the money to him in Murtha's state of Pennsylvania. [Taxpayers for Common Sense Steve ELLIS†- suggests Murtha crossed the line & committed a shakedown, but legality is a tricky thing.] [MURTHA - says we decide where it goes.]
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(Wellington, Florida: Kelly Cobiella) The disaster in which 21 polo horses from the Venezuelan team died before a match in Florida examined; scenes shown from the Lechuza Caracas stable. [International Polo Club John WALSH†- describe what happened as the horses started dropping.] [Equine vet Dr. Scott SWERDLIN†, WOMAN - talk about the horses.]
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(Littleton, Colorado: Mark Strassmann) The story of five former Columbine students who have returned as teachers presented; scenes shown from Columbine then when Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold started shooting & now. [Teachers Katie TENNESSEN†, Mandy COOKE†, Cris WELSH†, Alise WILLIAMSON-STEINER†- recall what happened to their friends, why they wanted to become teachers & how they are handling things at school.]
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