This program is 27 minutes long
#700411
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Dean Reynolds) Thunderstorms and flooding across the eastern half of the nation reviewed; flooding scenes shown. [WOMAN - talks about the Mississippi River.] [National Weather Service meteorologist Fred GLASS - talks about the weather systems.] [Drowning victim's father Sam SCHREIBMAN - laments.]
#700412
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The politics of the farm bill supported by President Bush featured; details given of the extent of the subsidies and of the selling out of free trade principles for political gains. [BUSH - says it's not a perfect bill.] [Cato Inst. Brink LINDSEY - calls Bush hypocritical.]
#700413
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Havana: George Stephanopoulos) Former President Jimmy Carter's visit to Cuba featured; scenes shown of Carter in Havana. [CARTER - says there is no evidence Cuba shared any information that could be useful for terrorist.] [From Canada, Secretary of State Colin POWELL - says we believe Cuba has a biological offense capability.] The Cuban Varela Project that is collecting pro-democratic signatures noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Findings of the latest ABC News poll about establishing diplomatic relations and the trade embargo with China outlined on screen.
#700414
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The vote by Israel's conservative Likud Party to reject establishing a Palestinian state reported.
(Jenin: Dan Harris) Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat's visit to Bethlehem and Jenin featured; scenes shown of people waiting for Arafat to speak in Jenin, including a gun battle. [ARAFAT - comments.] [Two PALESTINIANS - offer differing opinions on Arafat.]
#700415
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by President Bush that he will sign a treaty with Russia to reduce nuclear arms; raid by US troops on a compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan and the end of a British military operation in eastern Afghanistan reported.
#700418
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The extent of the drought in the Northeast noted.
(New York: Ned Potter) The unusual global forces at work affecting the weather in the US examined; details given about La Nina, global warming etc. [MOTORIST - comments on the floods.] [NOAA Climate Prediction Center Ed O'LENIC, National Center for Atmospheric Research Kevin TRENBERTH - outline the impact on and of the jet stream.]
#700419
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Supreme Court ruling upholding a government plan for telephone service competition and the purchase of Lands' End by Sears reported.
#700422
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The evacuation of Arlington, WA, following an ammonia leak linked to drug dealers reported; scenes shown.
#700423
(Studio: Peter Jennings) EPA removal of asbestos in 800 homes in Libby, MT, reported.
#700424
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Cheshire, OH: Barry Serafin) The pollution from American Electric Power in Cheshire, OH, that led to the company's buy out of the whole town featured; scenes shown from Cheshire, which will disappear. [Resident Ron HAMMOND - says we've suffered enough.] [Mayor Tom REESE - describes the health effects from the pollution.] [American Electric Power senior vice president Dale HEYDLAUFF - says enough was enough.] [Gallin County local schools interim superintendent Charla EVANS - says the school is left in harm's way.] [82-year-old Boots HERN - comments on Cheshire.]
#700427
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(In China's Yunnan province: Mark Litke) The Mosuo people of in Yunnan province of China where women rule the culture visited; scenes shown of the matriarchal traditions that make for a most harmonious society and of the growing tourist trade that is changing the Mosuo society.
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