Vanderbilt Television News Archive

FNC Evening News for 2007-11-06

This program is about 1 hour long

• Preview/Introduction Shepard Smith (New York)

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  06:00:10 pm — 06:01:10 pm

• Terrorism / Italy / Arrests

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  06:01:10 pm — 06:03:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.

  (Studio: Trace Gallagher) The announcement from police in Italy of the arrests across Europe of 20 suspected operatives of an Al Qaeda terror cell featured; transcript of an intercepted call quoted on screen. [The Heritage Foundation’s Nile GARDINER†- comments on the large array of terrorist organizations.]

• Pakistan / State of Emergency

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  06:03:20 pm — 06:06:30 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The clash between riot police and protesting lawyers in Pakistan after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suspended the constitution in an attempt to maintain power updated; map and scenes from Islamabad shown. [Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir BHUTTO – comments.]

  (Studio: Shepard Smith; Washington: James Rosen) Musharaff’s request to Representative Tom Lantos and Senator Joseph Biden for the US to continue sending aid to Pakistan, Musharaff’s phone call with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the abandoned attempt to arrange a power-sharing deal between Musharraf and Bhutto discussed.

• Afghanistan / Suicide Bombing

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  06:06:30 pm — 06:06:50 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The suicide bombing in Afghanistan that resulted in the deaths of 5 Afghan lawmakers and injured 40 kids reported; scenes shown from the site of the attack and of a wounded kid.

• Economy: Oil and Gas Prices

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  06:06:50 pm — 06:07:40 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Record high oil and gasoline prices reported; national average gas prices cited.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Shepard Smith)

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  06:07:40 pm — 06:08:00 pm

• (Commercial: FOX News; Boston Market; Lunesta; Verizon; AIG; Boston Market; FOX News.)

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  06:08:00 pm — 06:11:00 pm

• Aurora, Colorado / School Auditorium Collapse

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  06:11:00 pm — 06:11:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Breaking news on the collapse of a school auditorium in Aurora, Colorado, that injured 6 students reported; scenes shown from the school.

• Illinois / Peterson Case

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  06:11:20 pm — 06:13:10 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Police Sgt. Drew Peterson’s cooperation in the investigation into his wife Stacy Peterson’s disappearance noted.

  (Bolingbrook, Illinois: Greta Van Susteren) The situation at the Peterson house reviewed; scenes shown of investigators outside the house.

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Continuing coverage announced.

• Consumers / FDA

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  06:13:10 pm — 06:14:40 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) President Bush’s plan to give the FDA the power to order recalls in response to the problems with products imported from China noted. [BUSH – says American families have the right to expect food and toys to be safe.]

  (Studio: Shepard Smith; White House: Bret Baier) More regulations and inspections of imported goods and the question how the Bush administration will pay for the program discussed.

• Congress / Water Resource Bill

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  06:14:40 pm — 06:15:10 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The House vote to override President Bush’s veto of a water resources bill noted.

• Congress / Cheney

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  06:15:10 pm — 06:16:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The House debate over Representative Dennis Kucinich’s move to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney reported; scenes shown from Capitol Hill.

• Mukasey Nomination

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  06:16:20 pm — 06:16:50 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) A Senate committee’s approval of President Bush's nomination of Michael Mukasey to be attorney general despite his refusal to state his opinion on the legality of the waterboarding interrogation technique noted.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Shepard Smith)

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  06:16:50 pm — 06:17:30 pm

• (Commercial: Aviva; Cialis; Mercury; K&G; Medical Mobility; K&G.)

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  06:17:30 pm — 06:20:30 pm

• Copperfield / Sexual Assault Case

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  06:20:30 pm — 06:22:50 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith, Jill Dobson) Rape accusations against magician David Copperfield and the papers that provide details about how he used his show to pick up women discussed; show participation papers shown and quoted on screen.

• California / Wildfires

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  06:22:50 pm — 06:23:30 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The expected approval in Congress of a spending bill for emergency firefighting money and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s orders for a panel to review the state’s response to the wildfires noted.

• Washington / Gorilla Grab

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  06:23:30 pm — 06:23:50 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The sentencing of the Seattle, Washington, man who dressed as a gorilla and took a kid from his parents at a mall noted; surveillance video shown.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Shepard Smith)

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  06:23:50 pm — 06:24:10 pm

• (Commercial: Applebee's; Bayer; Honda; Accenture; Fidelity; FedEx Kinko’s; American Airlines.)

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  06:24:10 pm — 06:27:40 pm

• Mascoutah, Illinois / PDA at School

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  06:27:40 pm — 06:28:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Detention for Illinois middle school student Megan Coulter†† after she broke the public display of affection rule by hugging 2 friends reported; scenes shown from the Mascoutah school. [Mother Melissa COULTER†- comments on PDA.]

• Alaska / Abortion Decision

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  06:28:20 pm — 06:30:30 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.

  (Seattle: Dan Springer) The Alaska state supreme court ruling that girls under age 17 do not need parental permission to have abortions featured; map of states where courts overturned parental consent laws shown. [Alaska Governor Sarah PALIN†- speaks out against the decision.] [Northwest Women’s Law Center Sara AINSWORTH†- comments on the monumental choice for pregnant girls.] [Concerned Women for American Maureen RICHARDSON†- states her opinion.]

• Pakistan / State of Emergency

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  06:30:30 pm — 06:31:50 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.

  (Islamabad, Pakistan: Scott Heidler) The deteriorating situation in Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency reviewed; details given on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s response; scenes shown of protesting lawyers and Bhutto in the streets.

• You Decide 2008 / Republicans / Democrats

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  06:31:50 pm — 06:37:50 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s online campaign fundraising totals for a 24-hour period cited. [On “Studio B,” PAUL – states his opinion on foreign policy and the situation in Pakistan.]

  (Anderson, South Carolina: Carl Cameron) The surge of support for Republican candidate Mitt Romney in South Carolina over his family values message examined; scenes shown from the campaign trail. [Candidate Fred THOMPSON – criticizes Romney’s personal spending in his campaign.] [ROMNEY – responds to Thompson.]

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Leading Republican candidates’ average poll statistics cited.

  (Studio: Shepard Smith; Amana, Iowa: Major Garrett) Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s stance on the issue of driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants and Barack Obama and John Edwards’ efforts to stop Clinton in Iowa discussed.

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The leading Democrats’ standings in the polls cited.

• Across America

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  06:37:50 pm — 06:39:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Tonight's stories: a building fire in Virginia, Minnesota; the construction of a new chairlift at the Crystal Mountain ski area in Washington; the dedication of a September 11 memorial sculpture at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland; orcas in the Puget Sound in Washington.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Shepard Smith)

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  06:39:20 pm — 06:39:50 pm

• (Commercial: Plavix; Norfolk Southern; Savin; Outback Steakhouse; Land Rover.)

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  06:39:50 pm — 06:42:50 pm

• Illegal Immigration / Border

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  06:42:50 pm — 06:43:30 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) GAO estimated number of illegal immigrants allowed to enter the US at legal entry points cited.

• Medicine: Superbug

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  06:43:30 pm — 06:44:50 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.

  (Atlanta: Jonathan Serrie) The threat of drug-resistant staph superbug infections to hospital patients and athletes and the safety recommendations made at a conference on MRSA discussed; statistics cited.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Shepard Smith)

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  06:44:50 pm — 06:45:10 pm

• (Commercial: Progressive; FOX 17 News; Humana; Scottrade.)

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  06:45:10 pm — 06:48:10 pm

• India / Saving Lakshmi

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  06:48:10 pm — 06:49:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) The operation to remove a parasitic twin from Lakshmi, a 2-year-old girl who was born with 4 arms and 4 legs, reported; scenes of the girl prior to her surgery in Bangalore, India, and x-ray shown. [Head surgeon Dr. Sharan PATIL†- comments on the medical problems the child faces.]

• Cuba / Cambio Bracelets

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  06:49:20 pm — 06:50:40 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith; Miami: Steve Harrigan) The arrest in Cuba of nearly 70 Cubans for wearing white rubber “change” bracelets, US Senators’ decision to wear the bands and Miami groups’ plans to ship more of the bracelets to Cuba to challenge the Cuban government discussed; the bracelet with the word “Cambio” shown.

• Around the World in 80 Seconds

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  06:50:40 pm — 06:52:10 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Tonight's stories: violence at a labor union protest against the electric utility monopoly in Seoul, South Korea; deadly flooding for the second time in a week in Vietnam; a mudslide that destroyed an entire village in Mexico; an apartment fire in Germany.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Shepard Smith)

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  06:52:10 pm — 06:52:30 pm

• (Commercial: NASDAQ; BP; Volvo; Verizon; Samsung; Campbell's.)

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  06:52:30 pm — 06:55:30 pm

• Las Vegas, Nevada / Simpson Robbery Case

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  06:55:30 pm — 06:56:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.

  (Studio: Trace Gallagher) Breaking news on O.J. Simpson’s attorney’s announcement that no defense witnesses will be called at the preliminary hearing in the armed robbery case in Las Vegas, Nevada, reported.

• Hollywood / Writers’ Strike

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  06:56:20 pm — 06:57:20 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Television sitcoms forced to stop production due to the writers’ strike listed; scenes shown from the picket line in New York City.

• Internet / Usage

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  06:57:20 pm — 06:58:00 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) Average adult use of the Internet statistics cited.

• The Daily Britney

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  06:58:00 pm — 06:59:00 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith, Jill Dobson) Pop singer Britney Spears’ new album “Blackout,” which will reach #1 on the music charts, discussed.

• Top stories reviewed (Studio: Shepard Smith)

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  06:59:00 pm — 06:59:20 pm

• On This Day...

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  06:59:20 pm — 07:00:00 pm

  (Studio: Shepard Smith) On this day in history: President Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860.

• Good Night

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  07:00:00 pm — 07:00:00 pm