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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The campaign finance reform bill in the Senate featured. [Senators Russ FEINGOLD, John McCAIN - promote the bill.] [Senator Mitch McCONNELL - calls the bill a "stunningly stupid thing to do."] [Earlier, President BUSH - promises to look at the whole bill.]
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer, Jonathan Karl) The apparent victory for the McCain-Feingold bill and the issue of the constitutionality of the bill discussed; details given of the opposition of Republican leader Senator Tom DeLay.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(White House: Major Garrett) President Bush's wide-ranging press conference featured; details given of the full Senate Republican support for Bush's budget/tax cut bill and of Bush's comments on the energy crisis. [At conference, BUSH - talks about opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and elsewhere to drilling.]
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Arrest in France of James Kopp, an anti- abortion protester wanted in the sniper murder of obstetrician Dr. Barnett Slepian, reported. [FBI director Louis FREEH - recalls the violent action against Slepian.]
(Buffalo: Brian Palmer) The reaction in Slepian's community to the fugitive's arrest featured; details given of Slepian's background and the FBI evidence against Kopp. [Slepian family friend Dennis KAHN - comments on the shocking murder at the doctor's home.]
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Taped interview held with former press secretary James Brady and his wife Sarah the day before the 20th anniversary of the assassination attempt by John Hinckley against President Ronald Reagan in which Brady was critically wounded; video shown. [Jim BRADY - recalls the day of the shooting; says seeing the video again brings it all crashing back; says his doctor and his wife save him life physically and emotionally.] [Sarah BRADY - recalls what the doctor told her about the severity of Jim's brain injuries; speaks about Jim's cognitive advances over the last five years; remembers family members seeing obituaries for Jim.]
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The foiling of a plot to bomb a Shell oil refinery in California by a worker reported.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Charges from Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat that Israel has launched a 100-day siege against the Palestinians reported; scenes shown of unrest.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Clashes in Kosovo near the border of troubled Macedonia reported.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The rejection of arbitration in contract talks by pilots for Delta Air Lines reported.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The shortage of supplies for some anesthetic drugs; Boeing's unveiling of its innovative sonic cruiser jet and work on the San Francisco Bay Bridge to install stress-reducing bearings to enable the bridge to better withstand earthquakes reported.
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