This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The standoff between the United States and China over the EP-3 reconnaissance plane being held on Hainan, China, introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The US-China diplomacy examined; details given of the options open to President Bush in dealing with China. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - regrets the loss of the life of the Chinese pilot.] [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - comments on positions and discussions.] [Former United States ambassador to China Jim SASSER - says China needs US markets.] [Representative Dana ROHRABACHER - says the United States airmen are "hostages" held by a "hostile power."]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Beijing: Mark Litke) The issue of the detention of the United States crew of the plane that landed in Hainan reviewed; details given of the Chinese government's call for an apology. [ABC producer Clark BENTSON - says the US envoys are frustrated about the negotiations.] [Chinese PEOPLE - (thru translator) criticize the US.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Satellite picture of the EP-3 plane on the tarmac in Hainan shown.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) The mission of the United States plane after the collision with a Chinese jet reviewed; animated diagrams and photograph of the damaged plane shown. [Retired EP-3 pilot Peter McHALE - says the pilot would have told the crew to "sanitize" the plane.] The sophisticated state of the art communications equipment on the plane noted.
#196800
(Studio: Peter Jennings) China's formal charging of American professor Gao Zhan with spying; former President Bill Clinton's visit to India to survey the damage from the January earthquake and Britain's identification of locations of foot-and-mouth disease reported.
#196803
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Senate removal of billions from President Bush's tax cut bill noted.
(Capitol Hill: Linda Douglass) The question of whether Bush is working hard enough to promote his tax cut bill, which will be voted on in the Senate, discussed.
#196804
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Miami: Jackie Judd) The findings of the Miami Herald study on the Florida vote recount between presidential candidates George W. Bush former Vice President Al Gore presented; vote statistics cited. ["Miami Herald" executive editor Martin BARON - says Bush would still have won in a recount.] [In New York City, GORE - offers no comment.]
#196805
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The United States military's official removal of napalm from its weapons arsenal; announcement by Massachusetts Institute of Technology that it will post all its college courses on the Internet without charge and the annual report from the National Parks Conservation Association on the country's most endangered parks reported.
#196808
(Studio: Peter Jennings) A closer look at a revolutionary way to treat cancer introduced; statistics on cancer medicines cited.
(New York: John McKenzie) "Journal of the American Medical Association" study on the effectiveness of the leukemia drug STI 571 examined; details given of how the pill works against chronic myelogenous leukemia. [Two leukemia PATIENTS - comment on the drug.] [Oregon Health Sciences University Dr. Brian DRUKER - outlines the success of STI 571 in patient trials.] [Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Joseph BERTING - praises the drug.] The use of STI 571 against other cancers in which a "rogue enzyme" can be treated detailed. [Cancer patient Larry FRIEDMAN - explains how the drug worked for him.] [Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dr. George DEMETRI - outlines the role of this drug.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings, Tim Johnson) The dramatic nature of the patient response to STI 571 and the potential for cancer research discussed.
#196811
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Wright) The explosion in last-minute marriages this spring due to the provision in immigration law allowing immigrants to stay in the country by getting married featured; scenes shown from the busy wedding chapels in Los Angeles. [INS Tom SCHILTGEN - explains the provision.] [Bridal shop owner Melodie LIM - talks about the quick business in wedding gowns.]
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