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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Congressional committee investigation into former President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich featured; scenes shown from the hearings; details given of the issue of a link between pardons and political contributions. [Former DNC finance chairwoman Beth DOZORETZ - refuses to testify on constitutional grounds.] [Representative Dan BURTON - says two key witnesses are refusing to testify.] [White House chief of staff John PODESTA, former deputy White House counsel Bruce LINDSEY, former White House counsel Beth NOLAN - say they opposed the Rich pardon.]
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer, Eileen O'Connor) The latest documents on contributions from ex-wife Denise Rich to the Clinton library and whether they could be linked to the Rich pardon noted.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) President Bush's tour to promote his budget featured. [BUSH - defends his budget and says the payers should get the money back.] [Senator Tom DASCHLE - promotes the Democratic tax plan.]
(White House: John King) The Bush administration's battle for attention amidst distractions about the coverage of former President Bill Clinton examined; details given about the amount of stories carried by ABC, CBS, and NBC on Bush versus Clinton. The Bush view on the Clinton pardon hearings discussed.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Live interview held with Republican Representative Christopher Shays and Democratic Representative Chaka Fattah about today's Congressional hearings into former President Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Richard [SHAYS - comments on the decision to make DNC fund raiser Beth Dozoretz appear before the House Government Reform Committee even though she was going to exercise her Fifth Amendment right; says the committee keeps learning new things such as Tony Rodham's involvement; defends Congressional oversight as the way to handle abuse by a president.] [FATTAH - questions the committee's purposes; says the Senate is backing away and that then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak interceded on Rich's behalf; suggests the Justice Department rather than Congress handle the pardon matter; says Clinton's waiving of executive privilege has opened up the issue.]
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Seattle: Tony Clark) The aftermath of yesterday's earthquake in Seattle featured; scenes shown of damages in Seattle, Olympia and at the airport tower. [Governor Gary LOCKE - says there was not loss of life.] [Washington state police Lieutenant David COMBS, store owner Candie STOVER - explain procedures for buildings safety.] The upbeat attitude on the street reviewed and the reasons for limited damage discussed.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Statement broadcast on television by Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden praising the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, reported.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Flight cancellation in New York, New York, due to a work slowdown by American Airlines mechanics reported.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Announcement by the Pentagon of testing of a high-tech non-lethal weapon for crowd control, FDA (Food and Drug Administration) consideration of approval of a leukemia drug and the another finding of bio-engineered material in corn seed for farm animals reported.
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