This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) The hostage crisis in Edmond, OK, where two elderly people are held by two men who escaped from a medium-security prison in Oklahoma reported; scenes shown of the crime scene. [Voice of Edmond Police Department Linda CHU - says the hostages seem to be physically healthy but shaken; says the escaped prisoners are armed.]
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) Report introduced.
(Mineralnye Vody, Russia: Jill Dougherty) Several car bomb explosions in Russia with 21 deaths noted; scenes shown from Mineralnye Vody, Russia, of one explosion site. [Hospital director Alexander KAITOV(thru translator) - describes the injuries he has seen.] [MAN (thru translator) - says Russians living near Chechnya need protection.]
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) A major earthquake centered off the coast of Hiroshima, Japan, reported.
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) The fighting in Macedonia between government troops and ethnic Albanian guerrillas reported; details given of the providing of helicopters to Macedonia by Ukraine and plans for the United States to supply unmanned surveillance planes; scenes shown from Tetovo, Macedonia.
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) Claims from a British scientist that foot-and- mouth disease is out of control in Britain reported.
(Plum Island, New York: Brian Palmer) Efforts to develop a vaccine against foot- and-mouth disease reported; scenes shown from Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York. [Cornell University Law School professor Don SCHLAFER - says the current vaccine will not prevent all cases of the disease.] [Plum Island Animal Disease Center Dr. Peter MASON - talks about making a new vaccine.] [United Biomedical Incorporated President Dr. Chang Yi WONG - talks about making the vaccine.]
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) Rate increases for California electric company consumers reported.
(Capitol Hill: Kate Snow) Concerns about the effects of the California energy crisis on other states and efforts to find solutions to the California energy crisis and prevent crises in other parts of the country examined; TV ads shown. [Senator Frank MURKOWSKI - addresses reporters.] [Arctic Power Roger HERRERA - talks about advertisements in Washington.] [Audubon Society Evan HIRSCHE - says Arctic reserve drilling is a threat.] [Minority leader Senator Tom DASCHLE - comments.]
(Studio: Stephen Frazier) Interview held with Energy Intelligence Group Barbara Shook. [SHOOK - says California needs to construct new power plants because they built no plants for ten years; says Cisco Systems opposes the building of a power plant near the headquarters; describes problems with the California deregulation plan.]
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) Report introduced.
(White House: Kelly Wallace) The high degree of access political conservatives have in President Bush's administration examined. [Hudson Institute Marshall WITTMAN - says conservatives have access to Bush.] [Americans for Tax Reform Grover NORDQUIST - explains why Bush works closely with conservatives.] [American Conservative Union David KEENE - says Bush needs the support of his base.]
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) The crash of a small airplane into a house on Saint Barts Island with 20 deaths noted.
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(Studio: Stephen Frazier) The threat of a strike by ComAir pilots reported.
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(Studio: Jacqui Jeras) The national weather reviewed; map shown of weather systems.
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