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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's defense of the United States plane's role in the collision with the Chinese fighter jet featured; Navy file footage shown of Chinese fighter jets flying close to US surveillance planes. [RUMSFELD - shows the Navy tape; says the facts should be set out; insists the Chinese are "accessing" the United States plane.] Statistics cited on the intercepts of United States planes by Chinese jets.
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer; Pearl Harbor: Martin Savidge) The second and final day of questioning of the plane's crew on Hawaii before they go back to Whidbey Island, WA, and the recommendation from the three admirals in the court of inquiry into the collision of the USS Greeneville with a Japanese fishing boat discussed.
(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Preparations on Whidbey Island for the homecoming for the United States plane's crew noted.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) The second night of curfew in Cincinnati, Ohio, where there had been protests following the shooting of an unarmed black man, Timothy Thomas, by police, reported; scenes shown from the city streets. [Black student Robert RICHARDSON, black MAN - complain about police harassment and killing.] [Fraternal Order of Police Keith FANGMAN - defends Cincinnati's police officers.]
(Cincinnati: Brian Palmer) The situation on the streets of Cincinnati reviewed and the preparations for tomorrow's funeral for Thomas discussed; details given about the police policy of "soft visibility."
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Interview held with "Time" magazine's Michael Weisskopf and "Chicago Tribune" columnist Clarence Page about President Bush's handling of the standoff with China. [WEISSKOPF - says Bush did the wrong thing for the first 48 hours and did beautifully over the next 9 days to get the 24 people home; suggests Bush "blinked" first and in the end China gave us what we wanted; says the question is how the Chinese leadership will react to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's remarks; reiterates that China wants international respect after a long period of isolation.] [PAGE - says Bush was able to keep his own Republican hard-liners at bay; reviews the stalemate and the diplomacy allowing both sides to claim victory; comments on Rumsfeld's position blaming China; reviews the issues between China and the US; says this incident was a setback for China.] Statement from "New York Times" columnist Thomas Friedman quoted.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Good Friday celebrations in Rome led by Pope John Paul II, in Jerusalem and the solemn homecoming for the bodies of Americans who died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam reported; scenes shown.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Announcement by Yahoo that it will stop selling pornographic material on its Web pages reported.
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(Washington: Wolf Blitzer) Report introduced.
(No location given: Billy Simons) How the new technology known as videophone works explained.
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