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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The economic worries as evidenced by the big drop in the stock market featured; details given of earnings reports from Cisco Systems, Ericsson and chip maker Intel. [Fast Company magazine Paul JUDGE - talks about the market "hangover."] [President BUSH - calls for tax cuts to help a slowing economy.]
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer; New York: Myron Kandel) The market's nervousness about the economy examined and the drop in value of key tech stocks discussed.
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Interview held with former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich about the economy. [From Boston, REICH - says the country needs a Federal Reserve Board rate cut rather than a tax cut to stimulate the economy; talks about the lack of vitality in the Democratic Party as indicated by the lack of talk about health care and child care.] [Yesterday, Senator John BREAUX - says the moderate Democrats are not dead.]
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Ensor) The death of five American soldiers and a New Zealand soldier in Kuwait from a bomb accidentally dropped by a Navy fighter bomber during a military exercise featured; map shown. [President BUSH - says we lost servicemen during a training exercise.] The ongoing Navy investigation into the sinking of a Japanese fishing boat in a collision with the submarine USS Greeneville and naval problems with missiles during the recent bombing of Iraq mentioned.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Findings of the 2000 Census about the racial makeup of America outlined on screen. [Census Bureau Jorge DEL PINAL - says the nation has become more diverse.]
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The "new face of America" examined; statistics cited on interracial marriages. [Mixed race family members Emmy NAKAMURA, Mrs. JACKSON, New American Foundation Gregory RODRIGUEZ, Tanya BOWERS, Jen CHAO, Tony EISENDORF, Matt KELLY - talk about racial/ethnic classifications and mixed races.] [Center for Political and Economic Studies Roderick HARRISON - talks about the issue of social acceptability for blacks.] [RODRIGUEZ - worries about a future division between "beige and black."]
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The use of Census data to redraw district lines for next year's Congressional elections noted.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The protest by Northwest Airlines' mechanics against President Bush's intervention in their labor dispute reported; scenes shown from Washington, DC, of picketing.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Judge's approval of American Airlines' merger with bankrupt Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) reported.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Photos of the Taliban's destruction of two huge Buddha statues in Afghanistan shown.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The space shuttle Discovery crew's preparation for a second spacewalk at the International Space Station and a survey on the cost of computer security breaches reported.
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