This program is 28 minutes long
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) House passage of President Bush's tax cut bill featured; details given of the arguments offered by the Democrats and the Republicans. [Representatives Dick ARMEY, Richard GEPHARDT, BUSH, Representatives Gerald KLECZKA, Nancy PELOSI - offer views on the tax bill.]
(Fargo, North Dakota: John King) Bush's travels to promote his tax plan featured; map shown of Bush's coming visits to states with Democratic senators. [In speech, BUSH - calls the House passage of the tax bill a victory.]
(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer, Kate Snow) The House vote for the large tax cut in which all the Republicans supported the president discussed; details given about how the other tax provisions, including the estate tax, will be handled.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The shooting in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, of one school girl by another reported. [Victim's father Michael MARCHESE - says the girl should not be tried as an adult.] The shooting Monday in Santee, California, by teen Andy Williams noted.
(Twentynine Palms, California: Anne McDermott) Instances in which kids have reported on threats of school violence examined; scenes shown from Twentynine Palms, California. [Monument High School student Victoria SUDD, principal Eva KINSMAN, Riverside County, California, sheriff Larry SMITH - talk about the threats and reporting on them.] [USC professor David SCHWARTZ - worries about kids being "hyper-vigilant."] [Monument High School student Aaron FRENCH - speculates on a list of victims.]
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Live interview held with Senators Charles Grassley and Kent Conrad about the House passage of President Bush's tax cut plan. [CONRAD - welcomes Bush to North Dakota; says the budget plan does not add up; says there has been a bitter history with triggers; cites a Los Angeles Times poll on budget alternatives; says the people want a balanced budget plan rather than a tax cut.] [GRASSLEY - responds to suggestions of triggers linked to the tax cuts; comments on the phase-out of the estate "death" tax.] [Earlier today, Senator Olympia SNOWE - calls for a "trigger concept."] Gallup poll numbers on the support for the Bush tax cut plan cited.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) Today's plea by a terrorist accused of plotting an attack during New Year activities; today's testimony at the US embassy bombings trial; announcement that former Indiana University basketball coach will sue the school for firing him and a statement from Jesse Jackson about his finances, including payments to Karin Stanford by one of his non-profit foundations, reported.
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(Capitol Hill: Wolf Blitzer) The targeting of United States companies by organized hackers from Russia and Ukraine; the launch of the space shuttle Discovery bringing supplies to the International Space Station and concerns about bacteria coming to earth when the aging Mir space station plunges to earth reported.
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