This program is 27 minutes long
#196439
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The resolution to the standoff between China and the United States that will lead to the return home of the plane crew now on Hainan Island, China, introduced; details given about unanswered questions.
(Hainan Island: David Wright) Telephone report on the preparations to get the crew off Hainan presented; photos shown of the 24 crew members.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The reaction of the White House to the end of the stalemate reviewed; details given of the overnight diplomacy. [President BUSH - says plans are underway to bring the servicemen home; expresses sorrow for the loss of a Chinese pilot.] [US ambassador to China Joseph PRUEHER - comments.] [With Bush, father of detainee Bob BLOCHER - comments on the circumstances.] [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - states the United States will not apologize.] What Bush has learned about the fragility of the US-China relations discussed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The key phrases in the United States letter to China that twice says "we are sorry" detailed.
(Beijing: Mark Litke) The reaction in China to the deal with the US featured; newspaper headline shown; details given of media coverage of the Beijing man in the street and of the demands not met by the US. [Beijing University STUDENT - says "we are weak."]
(Studio: Peter Jennings; State Department: Martha Raddatz) The questions of whether the United States will get the EP-3 plane back and when spy flights will resume discussed; satellite photograph shown.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Interview held with former ambassador to China James Lilley. [LILLEY - talks about the "long view" of US-China relations favored by the release of the crew members; says the Chinese military looks pretty bad for claiming the United States plane deliberately hit the Chinese plane.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The reaction of family members to the United States plane crew presented. [Five RELATIVES - express their feelings.]
#196442
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Denver: Bill Redeker) Storms in the West, Plains states and Midwest reviewed; scenes shown of snow in Colorado that closed the Denver airport and of tornado damage in Colgate, OK. [MOTORISTS - comment on the weather.]
#196443
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The aftermath of the rioting in Cincinnati, Ohio, after police shot an unarmed black man and the rise in gasoline prices reported; scenes shown from Cincinnati.
#196446
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Gaza: Martin Seemungal) A major escalation in the Middle East conflict with the Israeli mission in Gaza to destroy Palestinian houses featured; scenes shown of the fighting and levelled homes and buildings. [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's spokesman Raanan GISSIN - says the Palestinians will pay higher prices.]
#196447
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Deaths at a soccer stadium in South Africa reported; scenes shown.
#196448
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The end of the banana war between the United States and Europe reported; details given of the United States suspension of sanctions on European products.
#196451
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Yang) The latest computer chip technology examined; details given about the speed of the microchips that will allow for innovations in medicine, science and consumer electronics. [Sandia National Labs Rick STULEN - says the new chips are a critical breakthrough.] [Sandia National Labs Bill REPLOGLE - says smaller wave lengths, smaller features, more powerful chips.]
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