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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) More deadly violence in the Middle East featured; scenes shown of Israeli strikes against Ramallah, West Bank and Gaza following a wave of suicide bombings by Hamas in Israel. [Israeli cabinet minister Meir SHITRIT - comments.] [Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb EREKAT - criticizes the Israeli response.] Pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to provide more security to Israelis noted.
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer; Jerusalem: Mike Hanna) Taped discussion of the Israeli attack on the Palestinians due to the violence against Israeli civilians in the Middle East and what both sides want from President Bush's administration presented.
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(White House: Major Garrett) The reaction from the White House to the violence in the Middle East examined; details given from the official statement calling for restraint and calm. The Senate's consideration of campaign finance reform, including the possibility that Bush would sign a version of the McCain-Feingold bill, discussed.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Jonathan Karl) The status of the McCain-Feingold bill for campaign finance reform and of the debate over President Bush's budget, which includes a tax cut, reviewed.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Interview with University of Alabama at Birmingham professor Gregory Pence and University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics Arthur Caplan on the issue of human cloning. [Earlier, Representative Jim GREENWOOD - talks about the cost of human cloning.] [PENCE - says Congress is overreacting in trying to pass a ban on human cloning in response to the first efforts about human cloning; says human cloning could help one day if it were safe, but it should not be made a federal crime.] [CAPLAN - says Congress must send a clear message about human cloning; raises the issue of burdens that a cloned child might face; explains the concerns about cloning by "con men," who prey on desperate people.] [At Congressional hearings, Andrology Institution of America Dr. Panos ZAVOS - says this is a technology that helps people have a child.]
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Criticism of President Bush's environmental policies by Democrats and environmentalists reported; details given about the 1997 Kyoto treaty to curb global warming by reducing pollution.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The emergency landing in Los Angeles of a plane with cabin pressure problems reported.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report that Washington, DC, police are sending racist e-mail from their patrol cars reported.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) New evidence suggesting antibiotics can help aspirin work against ulcers; the identification of a new computer virus and plans for global satellite telephone service provider Iridium to relaunch reported.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(White House: Major Garrett) Statement from White House press secretary Ari Fleischer in response to the violence in the Middle East reported; details given about what the Palestinian Authority and the government of Israel should do.
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