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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(El Cajon, California: Bill Whitaker) Information about El Cajon, California, school shooter Jason Hoffman featured; details given of evidence that Hoffman was intending to shoot the vice-principal of Granite High School; scenes shown from the campus. [Two STUDENTS - say school violence will keep happening.] [San Diego County district attorney Paul PFINGST - tells what Hoffman's sentence could be.] [Granite Hills High School students Bernadette ROBERTS, Sean CONNACHER - say Hoffman made threats and is an angry person.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Threats of violence at two schools in Eden and Greenburgh, New York, reported.
(Washington: Jim Stewart) The response from President Bush's administration to recent school violence and threats reported; details given of the political battles over various forms of gun control legislation. [Attorney General John ASHCROFT - says that many guns used in school shootings are obtained illegally; says children cannot take guns to school.] The actual facts that many of the handguns used in school shootings were legally purchased noted; details given from a Secret Service study on school shootings.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) The expulsion of 50 American diplomats from Russia one day after the expulsion of Russian diplomats from the US reported. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL - says the expulsions should not damage US-Russia relations.] [Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe TALBOTT - says espionage will always go on.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) A new tax cut proposal that would immediately give workers more money reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Stock Market Report.
(New York: Anthony Mason) A rally on Wall Street on the Dow Jones and NASDAQ indexes reported; details given of 4,000 more layoffs at Motorola. [UBS PaineWebber Artur CASHIN - says the rally looks hesitant.] [Prime Charter Limited Scott BLEIER - says the market has lost the gains of the last two years.] [Merrill Lynch Richard McCABE - comments.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(London: Mark Phillips) An experiment in England involving stock picks by a professional investment adviser, a financial astrologer, and 4-year-old Tia Roberts reported. [TRADER, ASTROLOGER, ROBERTS - offer advice.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The spread of foot-and-mouth disease all over Great Britain reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Protests over the confiscation of two flocks of sheep in Vermont due to concerns about an illness similar to mad cow disease reported; scenes shown of protests in East Warren, VT.
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(Studio: John Roberts) A telephone call from Palestinian Authority leader Yasir Arafat to Secretary of State Colin Powell reported.
(Gaza: David Hawkins) The sealing off of Palestinian towns by Israel in an effort to prevent terrorism and the resulting economic problems for the Palestinians featured; scenes shown from checkpoints. [US Ambassador to Israel Martin INDYK - says the Palestinian economy is failing.] [Jerusalem Media Center Ghassan KHATIB - says the "closure" policies are encouraging Palestinians to be more radical.] [Israeli minister of defense Benjamin ben-ELIEZER - says he is not concerned about collapse in Palestinian territories.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The disappearance of a top Chinese military official during a visit to the United States and contact between the official and the US State Department reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Tyler, Texas: Maureen Maher) The growing number of tigers and other exotic cats being kept as backyard pets examined; details given of concerns from neighbors and of the ease of buying exotic cats; graphic scenes shown of a lion attacking its owner. [Tiger owner Jeremy PETERSON - says he does not need a license.] [Neighbor Leah FRANDSEN - expresses concerns.] [USDA Ron DeHAVEN - says the government has no authority and not enough resources to monitor exotic pets.] [TRADER - talks about selling tigers.] [In Texas, Tiger Creek Refuge Brian WERNER - says there is no accountability for exotic pet owners.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The hospitalization of Olympic skier Bill Johnson after a serious accident reported; scenes shown from Whitefish, MT, of Johnson's accident.
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(Studio: John Roberts) The death of cartoon artist William Hanna reported; "The Flintstones" cartoon shown.
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(Studio: John Roberts) The successful splashdown of the Russian space station Mir in the south Pacific Ocean reported; scenes shown from Fiji of the space station's descent.
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