This program is 11 minutes long
#196736
Introduction Bypassed Elizabeth Vargas (New York)
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The flooding in the Midwest mentioned; scenes shown from Davenport, Iowa.
(Thurston County and Seattle, WA: Neal Karlinsky) The drought in the Pacific Northwest featured; scenes shown from Washington state. [Farmer Darrell VAN DYKE - comments.] [Washington Governor Gary LOCKE - says this is a drought emergency.] [National Weather Service Ted BUEHNER - talks about the water shortfall.]
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#196737
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Funeral service in Michigan for Veronica Bowers, the missionary killed with her daughter when the plane was shot down over Peru, shown.
#196738
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: David Wright) The impact of the failure of dot.com businesses on the San Francisco Bay area examined. [Nanny Molly O'DONNELL - cites her income drop.] [Rosen Consulting Group Kenneth ROSEN - says the layoffs have just begun.] [Simmedia Christina CHENEY - cites the drop in business projects.]
#196739
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Statements from President Bush in his radio address about his first 100 days reported.
#196740
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The meeting in Washington, DC, of the finance ministers from top industrial nations reported.
#196743
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The Colorado state commission's questioning of how authorities handled the school shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, reported.
#196744
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(White House: Josh Gerstein) Law blocking college student loans to drug offenders examined. [Former student Kris SPERRY - says he is being penalized; explains how he could not get into drug treatment.] [Representative Barney FRANK - says this bill applies only to lower income people.] [Representative Mark SOUDER - defends the loan law.]
#196745
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The X-rays of the Liberty Bell to see if it was damaged when a man attacked it with a hammer reported; scenes shown from Philadelphia.
#196746
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Cochran) The story of the sinking of the cruiser USS Indianapolis in the last days of World War II revisited; wartime footage shown. [Survivors Loel COX, Giles McCOY - describe what happened when the ship was torpedoed.] The Navy's court-martialing of the ship's captain, Charles McVay, recalled. The Navy's citation for the ship's crew after student Hunter Scott campaigned for Congress to exonerate McVeigh noted. [Survivor Harlan TWIBLE - asks why we were left in the water.] [McVay's son Charles McVAY - blames the Navy.]
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