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#196032
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) An electrical blackout in California on the first warm day of spring featured.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) President Bush's administration's concern about the impact the energy situation can have on the economy examined. [BUSH - says there are no short-term fixes.] [Energy Secretary Spencer ABRAHAM - says America faces a major energy supply crisis.] [Later, BUSH - expresses confidence in the economy.]
#196033
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The Senate debate over the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill reported; tenets of the bill outlined on screen.
(Washington: Linda Douglass) The issue before Congress of campaign reform examined; details given about the politics of "soft money." [Senator John McCAIN - cites the political opposition to reform.] [Senator Russell FEINGOLD - speaks out.] [Senator Mitch McCONNELL - says the people are not interested.] [Democracy 21 Fred WERTHEIMER - cites corruption.] [Majority leader Senator Trent LOTT - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings; White House: Terry Moran) President Bush's position on campaign finance reform discussed.
#196034
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pearl Harbor: Martha Raddatz) Testimony at the Navy's court of inquiry from Petty Officer Patrick Seacrest about his role in the collision of the submarine USS Greeneville with a Japanese fishing boat featured; details given of the issue of testimonial immunity for submarine captain Commander Scott Waddle.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The sending of more NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) peacekeeping troops to the border between Kosovo and Macedonia because of ethnic Albanian rebels; the firing by Israeli troops in Ramallah, West Bank, on a group of Palestinian women demonstrating against Israel and the explosion of giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan by the ruling Taliban reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stock Market Report.
(New York: Dan Harris) Wall Street's hope that Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan will make a large interest rate cut to spur the economy examined. [Princeton University economist professor Ben BERNANKE - analyses the Fed.] [Merrill Lynch economist Bruce STEINBERG - says the unhealthiness of the market is affecting the economy.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Betsy Stark) Greenspan's role in the economy profiled. [On "The Daily Show", Jon STEWART - jokes about Greenspan.] [Princeton University economist professor Alan BLINDER - says the economy has slowed more than the Fed wanted; assesses Greenspan's legacy.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Greenspan's voracious consumption of economic data noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The solvency status of Social Security and Medicare funds; Supreme Court ruling on free speech and high school student dress and the efforts of the governor of New Mexico to change drug laws reported.
#196042
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from the Center for Health, Environment and Justice about the construction of schools near toxic waste sites reported.
(Elmira, New York: Michele Norris) Occurrences of cancer at Southside High School in Elmira, New York, which is located near toxic waste from industrial chemicals, featured; scenes shown. [Cancer patent's father Andy PATROS - wonders about the school.] [Center for Health, Environment and Justice Lois GIBBS - says these are invisible threats.] [Environmental Health Chemung Company Thomas KUMP - says the Elmira school would not be built there today.]
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#196046
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Yamada, Japan: Mark Litke) Cutting edge technology in the remote rural village of Yamada, Japan, featured; scenes shown of Internet computers everywhere.
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