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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Stock Market Report.
(Omaha, Nebraska: Anne Thompson) The growth of the gross domestic product and job cuts at ComAir, JDS Uniphase, and Morgan Stanley featured. [University of California at Berkeley Janet YELLEN - says the economy is growing but not rapidly.] [Omaha, Nebraska, consumer Becky BERMULE - says she has been waiting to buy furniture.] [Nebraska Furniture Mart executive vice president Bob BATT - says there is not a recession in Omaha.] [Merrill Lynch Bruce STEINBERG - says more people are being laid off.] [Treasury Secretary Paul O'NEILL - comments on the economy.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Austin, Texas: David Gregory) The challenge of the worsening energy crisis to President Bush's administration featured. [Vice President Dick CHENEY - says there is no magic wand; says nuclear energy would help control greenhouse gases.] Findings of an NBC/"Wall Street Journal" poll about public confidence in Bush's energy performance cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Dana Lewis) The conflict between the United States and Russia over docking rights for two spacecraft at the International Space Station reported; details given of the refusal of the Russians to delay their Soyuz launch to send the first space tourist, millionaire Dennis Tito, to the space station. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) flight director Annette HASBROOK - says there is an agreement not to dock a Soyuz while a shuttle is there.] [Chief engineer Yuri SEMENOV(thru translator) - says the Americans should be able to fix problems in time.] [TITO - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The efforts of other potential space tourists, such as film director James Cameron, to book a flight into space examined; computer animation shown of spacecraft designs. [Space Adventures Larry ORTEGA - says space tourism is a multi-billion dollar market.] [Former astronaut Jerry LININGER - says commercial space tourism is still a long time away.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The crash in New Brunswick, Canada, of a bus carrying American middle school students reported; scenes shown from the crash site.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The crash of two 18-wheelers and a car in Sacramento, California, with one death noted; scenes shown from the crash site.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The awarding of a Navy commendation to the 1200 sailors of the USS Indianapolis 56 years after the ship was torpedoed and sank reported; war footage and photos shown; details given of recollections of the survivors. [Veteran Giles McCOY - says there were sharks everywhere.] [Veteran "Big Ed" BROWN - says a shark swam between his legs.] The issue of the court-martial conviction of ship's captain Charles McVay noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London: Dawna Friesen) The discovery in England of Phoenix, the sole survivor of a herd of cattle slain to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, reported; details given of efforts to stop the slaughter of healthy cattle; scenes shown of Phoenix, the calf. [Member of Parliament Tony BANKS - speaks out in Phoenix's defense.] [Farmer Philip BOARD - says he does not want Phoenix to die.] ["The Guardian" columnist Simmon HOGGART - says a spinmeister was behind allowing Phoenix to be spared.] [Farmer's son Ross BOARD - says Phoenix's survival is fantastic news.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Palos Verdes, California: Roger O'Neil) The peafowl invasion in Palos Verdes, California, featured; scenes shown of the noisy birds overrunning the neighborhood. [Homeowner Colleen MAXWELL - says she has had 42 peacocks in her yard at once.] [Palos Verdes Estates police Chief Timm BROWNE - says the birds have noisy mating calls.] [Resident Doug STREITFELD - says a bird does not like human company.]
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