This program is 27 minutes long
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(Cleveland: Peter Jennings) Map shown of states with budget crises.
(Los Angeles: David Wright) State-level budget deficits examined; details given of the impact of the national economic shortfall, the collapse of the technology sector and the energy crisis on California. [Governor Gray DAVIS - comments.] [California state controller Kathleen CONNELL - cites the extent of the deficit.] [National Governors Assn. Ray SCHEPPACH - outlines areas of budget cuts.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The severity of the finances in Ohio detailed.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jackie Judd) Annenberg School for Communications study findings that the anti-drug campaign aimed at teenagers did not work examined; Dixie Chicks TV ad shown. [TEEN - calls the ads a joke.] [Office of National Drug Control Policy director John WALTERS - says the ads did not deliver the message and need to be more direct.] [Partnership for a Drug Free America Steve PASIERB - says the ads don't make an impact.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Record-breaking fund raising by the Republican Party noted.
(White House: Terry Moran) The controversy over the use of a photo of President Bush after September 11 for fund-raising purposes examined; photo shown of Bush on Air Force One. [Senator Robert TORRICELLI - calls it "regrettable" to use a September 11 image.] [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER - defends the pictures.] Critical statements from Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe and former Vice President Al Gore quoted. [Brookings Inst. Stephen HESS - says it is a fine political line.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The shooting in Baltimore, Maryland, by Dontee Stokes of former priest Maurice Blakewell for abusing him 10 years ago; a mailbox bomb in Philadelphia and a federal court's upholding of affirmative action at the University of Michigan law school reported.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Khowst, Afghanistan: Jim Sciutto) Questions about the allied efforts in Afghanistan after three large-scale missions yielded little examined; scenes shown of British troops blowing up a cave of Al Qaeda weapons. [101st Airborne Division Lt. Col. Patrick FETTERMAN - says we found no people with weapons.] The local view that Al Qaeda fighters will come right back after the raids noted.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(New York: John McKenzie) The findings of the latest cancer report cards examined; statistics cited; details given of the reasons why cancer rates are both falling and on the rise. [National Cancer Inst. Brenda EDWARDS - says some deaths are down; indicates older patients are not being treated aggressively.] [American Cancer Society Dr. Harmon EYRE - cites the projected doubling of cases and doubling of cost.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Concerns of a new conflict between India and Pakistan in Kashmir and a UN vote altering sanctions on Iraq reported; scenes shown.
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(Cleveland: Peter Jennings) The poor state of the schools in Cleveland, OH, featured; scenes shown from across the city. [Cleveland school chief Barbara BYRD-BENNETT - cites the lack of maintenance for the school building; says people forgot about the children in the last two decades; worries about losing another generation of children.]
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(Cleveland: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) The long journey for conjoined twins from Uganda featured; scenes shown of the babies who underwent separation surgery in Baltimore, Maryland. [Father Gordon ONZIGA - says his daughters are alive and separated.] [University of Maryland surgeon Dr. Bartley GRIFFITH, Dr. Cindy HOWARD - describe the operation and the babies' future.]
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