This program is 28 minutes long
#438540
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) President Bush's threat to veto a bipartisan patients' bill of rights featured; details given about the bill sponsored by Senators John McCain, Edward Kennedy and John Edwards. [At American College of Cardiology conference, BUSH - says he will not sign a bad bill because excess litigation is bad for the health care system.] [EDWARDS - says Bush must stand with the HMOs or patients and doctors, who support our bill.] The growing list of issues separating Bush and McCain noted.
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Interview held with Los Angeles Times political analyst Ron Brownstein about the Bush-McCain rivalry. [BROWNSTEIN - says the McCain camp feels Bush is trying to marginalize him; adds that McCain may run against Bush in 2004 as a Republican or an independent.]
#438541
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(State Department: Andrea Koppel) Announcement that the United States plans to expel six Russians diplomats now as part of the spying by FBI agent Robert Hanssen reviewed.
#438542
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Today's drop in the stock market, the warning from Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham about an energy supply crisis and the need for new power plants reported. [Cambridge Energy Research James PLACKE - says the energy problems in California will continue this year and next.]
(San Francisco: James Hattori) California's avoiding of blackouts today after two days of rolling blackouts featured; details given of the daily costs to the state of emergency energy.
#438544
#438545
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Live interview held with former Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson and Alaska Senator Frank Murkowski about the energy crisis. [RICHARDSON - talks about the Democrats' energy bill and aims at energy efficiency opposed by the Republican Congress; says President Bush's administration did not deal with OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) last week; says now the energy problem is regional in the West and more investments in power plants are needed as well as research into alternative energy.] [MURKOWSKI - says President Clinton's administration did not recognize the increasing energy demand; adds that we need to produce more energy; predicts energy problems will spread beyond California.]
#438548
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The threat of civil war in Macedonia due to the ethnic Albanian rebels' demand for greater rights reported.
#438549
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The seizure in Vermont of sheep that could have a version of mad cow disease reported.
#438550
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Announcement by Boeing of a major restructuring including a shift in the company headquarters reported.
#438551
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Miles O'Brien) Final preparations for the splashdown of the Russian space station Mir in the Pacific Ocean featured; scenes shown from the Russian control operations.
#438553
#696327