This program is 28 minutes long
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NOTE: Time numerals represent seconds into broadcast, not clock time, since the telecast originated elsewhere.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Havana: George Stephanopoulos) The visit by former President Jimmy Carter to Cuba featured; scenes shown of Carter in Havana with President Fidel Castro and of Cuban activists delivering a petition calling for a referendum. [CASTRO - (thru translator) tells Carter he will have free access.] [In Spanish, CARTER - (thru translator) says we come as friends.] [Cuban National Assembly president Ricardo ALARCON - comments on the petition.] [Undersecretary of State John BOLTON - says Cuba has a limited offensive biological warfare research effort.] Carter's plans to visit to Cuba's top biotechnology facility noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Gillian Findlay) The vote by Israel's Likud Party to reject the idea of a Palestinian state examined; details given of the positions of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the US and the Israeli people on a Palestinian state.
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Services at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem for the first time since the 39-day siege shown.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(White House: Mark Halperin) Reports by government watchdog groups on the status of security across the US examined. [On Wednesday, in Lacrosse, WI, BUSH - says he will protect the American people.] [Senator Charles SCHUMER - says intelligence briefings "chill you to the bone."] [Representative Jane HARMAN - outlines what needs to be done to assure security.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The status of the wildfire in Angeles National Forest in California updated; fire shown.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The estimated budget shortfall in California cited.
(Jefferson City, MO: Geoff Morrell) The national problem of state budget shortfalls examined; statistics cited on state cutbacks in Missouri. [Governor Bob HOLDEN - explains how bad the deficit is.] [Taxpayer Tony SALVATORE - comments on getting his tax refund.] [National Assn. of State Budget Officers Scott PATTISON - says the choices for the states are horrible.] [Missouri Health Care Assn. Earl CARLSON - says the money budgeted for state nursing homes is gone.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) The death of notorious gangster Joe Bonanno featured; details given of "Joe Bananas"' career as Mafia gang boss; scenes and old photos shown. [Son Bill BONANNO - says Joe was a real renaissance man and our life was not built on crime.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) More rain in Illinois reported; scenes shown of flood waters.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Neal Karlinsky) The problem of workplace deaths among illegal employees in high-risk jobs who do not speak English examined; Labor Department statistics cited. [Georgia Utility Contractors Assn. Clay WHITMAN - says production is number one and safety is on the back burner.] [Contractor Dan CODER - talks about Hispanic workers.] Labor Department's education video for Spanish-speaking workers noted.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: Barry Serafin) A doctors' house call program for patients who cannot travel featured; illustrative scenes shown from Washington, DC. [Patient Mary SWAN - says without this program she would be in a nursing home.] [Washington Hospital Center Dr. George TALER, Dr. Eric DeJONGE - cite the savings and the need for community service.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Gaza: Jim Wooten) Life for the children in the Gaza Strip featured; scenes shown of the fourth generation of Palestinian kids born here with no country and whose heroes are suicide bombers. [Child psychologist Fadil ABU HEIN -cites the message of killing.]
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