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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Honolulu, Hawaii: Kerry Sanders) The return to the United States of the 24 spy plane crew members who had been held on Hainan Island, China, featured; scenes shown of their arrival at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. [GIRL - calls the crew "awesome".] [US Navy Lieutenant Shane OSBORN - says the crew members miss their families.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Questions about what will happen to the United States spy plane noted.
(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The first details from the crew about the collision of the plane with a Chinese fighter jet and interrogations during their time in China given; crew photos shown. [President BUSH - says the crew did nothing to cause the accident.] Animated diagram shown of the collision. [Steven Blocher's father Robert BLOCHER - says his son's training helped him handle interrogation.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Lieutenant Osborn's efforts to save the plane and his crew members featured; animated diagrams shown while Osborn's options are reviewed. [OSBORN - addresses audience.] [Continental pilot Pierre FRENAY - says the crew thought of bailing out.] [Pilot and former investigator Thomas FARRIER - says the situation would have been difficult to work in. ] [Continental flight attendant Deb PURSELL - says Osborn physically struggled to control the plane.] [Osborn's mother Diane OSBORN - says she asked how her son landed the plane.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Campbell Brown) Bush's shift in tone toward China after the return of the crew reported; details given of what happened behind the scenes. [BUSH - says China's behavior does not help China-US relations.] [Former Reagan Chief of Staff Ken DUBERSTEIN - says Bush got what he wanted.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Bush'S plans to keep in retain medical privacy regulations put in place during the last days of President Clinton's administration reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The responses of family members to the return of the 24 spy plane crew members reported. [Several crew members' RELATIVES - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Justice Department: Pete Williams) Plans to allow victims' family members and survivors of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bombing to watch the execution of Timothy McVeigh via closed-circuit television reported; details given of efforts to ensure the security of the television feed. [Attorney General John ASHCROFT - talks about bringing closure to the victims; says McVeigh should not have any more media access.] [Victim's aunt Darlene WELCH - says McVeigh is "not human".] [Federal Bureau of Prisons Kathleen Hawk SAWYER - explains how McVeigh will be executed.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Cincinnati, Ohio: Jim Avila) Violence and protests in Cincinnati, Ohio, after the police shooting death of an African-American man Timothy Thomas reported; details given of plans to enforce a strict curfew. [Cincinnati Mayor Charles LUKEN - says the violence must stop.] [Victim's mother Angela LEISURE - says she hopes her son is the last to die.] [Christ Church Cathedral Reverend Kwasi THORNELL - says the deaths anger him.] [Christ Church Cathedral Reverend James DIAMOND - says he is worried about the city.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Whidbey Island, WA: Shellee Smith) Lieutenant Keith Kauffman's response to wife Regina's detainment on Hainan Island, China, with 23 spy plane crew members and her release reported. [KAUFFMAN - says Regina looked nervous on television; talks about her detainment and release.]
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