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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Stock Market Report.
(White House: Campbell Brown) Congressional moves to overhaul the nation's bankruptcy laws featured; details given of the new legislation requiring more debt repayment. [Computer technician Tom HORRIGAN - talks about his credit card debt.] [Consumers Union Frank TORRES - says debtors will have to jump through more hoops.] [American Bankers Association Ed YINGLING - calls for debt payment.] President Bush's promise to sign the bill noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) The power of money in politics examined by looking at the credit card industry's lobbying for bankruptcy reform; statistics cited on campaign contributions by credit card companies and banks, including MBNA, the biggest donor to President Bush's campaign. [Senator Paul WELLSTONE - comments.] [Center for Responsible Politics Larry NOBLE - says the industry "bought" this bill.] [Senator Phil GRAMM - defends the bill- writing process.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The impending Congressional debate over campaign finance reform introduced.
(White House: David Gregory) The battle lines over campaign finance reform with Senators John McCain and Chuck Hagel on opposite sides examined; details given of the positions of President Bush and of Hagel's bill. [BUSH - calls for an end to labor union and corporate soft money.] [McCAIN - criticizes Hagel's soft money stance.] [Democracy 21 Fred WERTHEIMER - calls the Hagel bill "a complete illusion."] [HAGEL - calls for a more accountable system.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The problem of airline flight delays examined; details given of various ways to change the system; scenes shown from hearings. [Representative Hal ROGERS - refers to airlines' arrogance.] [Transportation Department Inspector General Ken MEAD - outlines what the airlines could tell passengers about delays.] [Three travellers Grant SWEER, Jay BENDIS, Darlene SCHOENFELD - express frustration.] [Air Transport Association Edward MERLIS - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Statement from Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham that power blackouts seem inevitable for California reported.
(Chicago: Jim Avila) The first signs of turbulent weather for this spring reviewed; various scenes shown; details given of the spring forecast, including worries about "ice jams." [Washington Governor Gary LOCKE - comments on the drought.] [NOAA acting administrator Scott GUDES - worries about the snowpack.] [Jet Propulsion Lab oceanographer Bill PATZERT - talks about the jet stream.] [Nebraska river watcher Bill COOKE, Army Corps of Engineers Kate WHITE; in New Hampshire, Jon ZUFELT - talk about dealing with and measuring ice jams.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Further coverage of the spring weather forecast on MSNBC,com noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) The victory by Betty Ann Waters to free her brother from a 20-year murder conviction reviewed; details given of the 1980 murder case and the recent discovery of DNA evidence. [Freed from prison Kenneth WATERS - says his sister dedicated her life to freeing him.] [MOTHER - talks about Betty Ann.] [Betty Ann WATERS - expresses happiness.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) General Accounting Office report on computer hacking problems with filing income taxes electronically reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The spotlight on cardiac care from the coverage of Vice President Dick Cheney's heart problems noted.
(New York: Robert Bazell) Modern cardiac care examined; details given of information about heart procedures done at different hospitals. [George Washington Medical Center Dr. Conor LUNDERGAN - comments on new technology.] [Castle-Connolly Medical, Limited, CEO Dr. John CONNOLLY, Lenox Hill Hospital Dr. Jeffrey MOSES - comment on patients' options.]
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