This program is 27 minutes long
#196453
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Honolulu, Hawaii: Brian Rooney) The touchdown at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, for the crew of the EP-3 that landed on Hainan Island, China, featured; scenes shown from the tarmac. [US Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Thomas FARGO - tells the crew "welcome back."] [Navy pilot Lieutenant Shane OSBORN - offers thanks.] [Continental Airlines pilot Guy GREIDER - describes the crew's sense of relief.] The schedule for the debriefing of the crew members outlined.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: Martha Raddatz) What is being learned about the treatment of the crew while in China and about the plane collision featured; animated diagram shown. [Continental Airlines flight attendant Debbie PURCELL - describes what the pilot said.] [Crewman Rodney Young's mother Tilda YOUNG, GREIDER - describe what happened on the plane after the accident.] Photo shown of Chinese pilot Wang Wei.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The dramatic change in President Bush's tone towards China featured. [BUSH - talks about the relationship with China and its recent practice of challenging American aircraft in international air space.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The story of American citizens or residents being held in China updated; photos shown of Gao Zhan, Hua Di and Li Shaomin, who are being held as "political hostages."
#196454
(Studio: Peter Jennings) University of Michigan study on consumer pessimism about the economy and retail sales figures; CDC (Centers for Disease Control) report of the drop in gun deaths from 1993 to 1998 reported.
#196457
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The state of emergency in Cincinnati, Ohio, following three days of rioting that began after the police shot an unarmed black teenager featured; scenes shown of the unrest in the streets. [Mayor Charles LUKEN - says the city has a real problem with race relations and there is violence in the streets with gunfire going off.] President Bush's call for calm in Cincinnati noted.
(Cincinnati: Aaron Brown) The racial tension in Cincinnati following the shooting of teenager Timothy Thomas examined; scenes shown of marauding blacks and of their confrontations with police. [University of Cincinnati Dr. Eric ABERCRUMBIE - says the police department has some bad people.] Statistics on the flight of whites from the city noted. [Cincinnati Herald publisher Eric KEARNEY - talks about the lack of opportunity for African- Americans in the city.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Further coverage of Cincinnati on "Nightline" noted.
#196460
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement from Attorney General John Ashcroft that Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bomber Timothy McVeigh will not be allowed to give interviews for television in his final days reported. [ASHCROFT - says he wants to restrict a mass murderer's access to the public podium.]
#196461
(Studio: Peter Jennings) "Archives of General Psychiatry" study findings that older fathers are more likely to have children who develop schizophrenia reported.
(New York: John McKenzie) The medical risks for the children of older fathers examined; statistics on schizophrenia and gene-related diseases cited. [Columbia University Dr. Dolores MALASPINA - reviews the data.] [NYU School of Medicine Dr. Harry OSTRER - cites the medical/genetic risks.]
#196462
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The medical problems for a doctor based at the South Pole in Antarctica; the rescue of American Jeffrey Schilling, who had been kidnapped in the Philippines and ceremonies in Moscow, Russia, on the 40th anniversary of launch of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space reported.
#196465
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Brian Ross) The use banks on offshore islands like Nauru to beat American income taxes examined. [IRS consultant Jack BLUM - comments on hiding money in island bank.] [Tax haven promoter Jerome SNIDER, attorney Eric WITMEYER - talk about tax havens.] [Representative W.J. "Billy" TAUZIN - explains his appearance at one of Snider's seminars.]
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