This program is 29 minutes long
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(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The mystery of the lights in the sky over California examined; video shown of the vapor trail; details given about the military response; FAA statement quoted. [Missile expert John PIKE††- analyzes the video.]
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(Long Beach, California: George Lewis) The efforts to rescue the cruise ship Splendor that is stranded in the Pacific Ocean off California featured; scenes shown of the ship dead in the water and Navy crews loading supplies; map shown; statement from Carnival Cruise Lines quoted. [Navy PO Anthony MORENO†- comments on the supplies.] [Coast Guard Capt. Thomas FARRIS†- says the passengers are in good care.] [Passengers’ son Tim FISHER‡- worries about his parents.]
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(Jakarta: Lee Cowan) President Obama's visit to his boyhood home in Indonesia featured; scenes shown from Jakarta; details given of concern about ash from the Mt. Merapi volcano; photos shown. [OBAMA - talks about expanding interactions with Muslim countries; comments on returning as president; accepts an award on behalf of his mother.] [Former classmate Rully DASAAD†- reacts to seeing Obama again.]
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(Studio: Andrea Mitchell) Bush’s revelations about his 8 years in office featured; scenes shown of his book signing in Dallas. [With NBC’s Matt Lauer, BUSH – comments on the interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the legality of waterboarding; reacts to rapper Kanye West’s remarks; talks about Vice President Dick Cheney’s gay daughter; comments on his mother’s miscarriage.]
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(New York: Ron Allen) A report on the achievement gap for African American males in the nation’s schools examined; scenes shown from Chicago’s Urban Prep Charter Academy and New York’s Eagle Academy; study findings cited. [Council of the Greater City Schools Michael CASSERLY†- outlines the problems for black males.] [Urban Prep president/CEO Tim KING†- explains why his students succeed.] [Center for Education Reform president Jeanne ALLEN†- says we’re sending them to schools that are failing to meet their basic educational needs.]
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(Seattle: Kristen Welker) Efforts to cut back on buying clothes featured; details given about Sally Bjornson††’s Great American Apparel Diet and Heidi Hackemer††’s Six Items or Less campaign; statistics on clothes spending cited. [BJORNSON – says she always overspent on clothing.] [Via Skype, South African Katie MacDONALD†- comments.] [Apparel Dieter Chin CHUN‡- says she found more time when she wasn’t shopping.] [Money coach Lynnette KHALFANI-COX††- comments on what to bring when shopping: a budget, a buddy and a stopwatch.] [HACKEMER – says her effort forced us to find the pretty somewhere else.]
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