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(Los Angeles: Lee Cowan) The “TEA party” protests across the country this tax day featured; scenes shown of demonstrations in Washington, DC, Florida, and elsewhere, and a Secret Service robot examining a box of tea thrown on the White House lawn. [Several PROTESTORS – comment.] [NBC News political director Chuck TODD†- says a lot of it is about anti-Obama rallies and getting conservatives excited.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(White House: Savannah Guthrie) President Obama’s press conference in which he addressed taxes reviewed; details given of his promotion of his tax cut. [OBAMA – comments on making the tax code easier.] [White House press secretary Robert GIBBS – affirms Obama will not raise taxes.] [Tax Policy Center Leonard BURMAN†- predicts there will be tax increases.] The tax returns from the president and First Lady Michelle Obama noted.
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(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The worsening situation in the waters off Somalia following the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips featured; animation shown of the attack on the Liberty Sun; crew member Thomas Urbik’s e-mail quoted. [Control Risks Jeroen MEIJER†- explains why merchant ship crews are not armed.] [Former Assistant Secretary of State Mark KIMMIT†- outlines the problems with shipping companies paying ransoms.] [Secretary of State Hillary CLINTON – says we have a fire raging.]
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(Mexico City: Andrea Mitchell) Interview held with Mexican President Felipe Calderon about the war against the drug cartels; scenes shown of a woman arrested with an anti-aircraft machine gun; details given about the announcement of a US border czar and the administration’s designation of drug kingpins. [CALDERON - says we are kicking them really hard; comments on Obama’s position on assault weapons; says the source of the problem is the huge demand for drugs in the US.] Calderon’s suggestion that he could be a go-between between the US and Cuba noted.
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(New York: Robert Bazell) The greater risk to young female athletes than to males examined; diagram shown of the anterior cruciate ligament {ACL}; details given of the role of estrogen in weakening the ACL. [Gotham Girls Football Club assistant coaching director Courtney CARROLL††- comments on ACL tears.] [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Dr. Robin WEST†- notes females land with a straighter knee than men.] [University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Dr. Brian HAGEN†- outlines preventive measures.]
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(Kabul: Richard Engel) The harsh life for women in Afghanistan examined; scenes shown from a Kabul women’s shelter; details given from the stories of teen and child brides and abused women. [Women for Afghan Women director Manizha NADERI†- describes the plight of women on their own in Afghanistan.]
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(Spokane, Washington: Chris Jansing) The story of trumpeter Eric Moe, who will play at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in a symphony orchestra comprised of musicians chosen from auditions on YouTube, presented. [MOE – talks about his music career.] [Conductor Michael Tilson THOMAS††- says he changed his life to do this.]
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