This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Studio: Brian Ross) Report from the administration of a new round of terrorist attacks coming from Al Qaeda following a secret summit in Lebanon examined; details given of FBI director Robert Mueller's suggestion of the inevitability of suicide bombings in the US. [Senator Pat ROBERTS - assesses Mueller's concern.] [Former FBI counterintelligence officer Vince CANNISTRARO - cites the danger.] The link of Al Qaeda to recent bombings in Tunisia, Pakistan and Russia reviewed; scenes shown from the sites.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) ABC News/Washington Post poll findings of the public's confidence in the government's ability to prevent terrorism and its support for how President Bush's administration handled intelligence before September 11 cited.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The government's desire to administer polygraph test to workers at government labs as part of the anthrax investigation examined; details given of the growing sense of urgency in this case. [Chemical and biological weapons expert Kyle OLSON - assesses the investigation.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Justice Department view that the government system to monitor foreign students is inadequate; trial in North Carolina of men accused of smuggling cigarettes to help finance Hizballah and meteorologists' predictions for this year's hurricane season reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Cuba's independence day noted.
(Miami: Terry Moran) President Bush's hard line on Cuban leader Fidel Castro examined; details given of the reforms called for before easing sanctions. [BUSH - calls Castro "a relic from another era;" says "viva Cuba libre."] Former Jimmy Carter's call for an easing of the embargo against Cuba noted. [Senator Christopher DODD - says we are working for a change in policy.] The fact that Bush's tough stance will help Florida Governor Jeb Bush in his reelection campaign noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The first day for the new nation of East Timor; Pakistan's call for international mediation in the region of Kashmir in dispute with India; suicide bombing in northern Israel and the threat of an eruption from Mexico's Colima volcano reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Senate hearings on the abuse of older Americans noted; statistics cited on government spending on the violence against the elderly.
(Washington: Jackie Judd) The problem of the elderly as victims examined; statistics cited on crime against the elderly. [Senior Carl FIOSCHE - saves he gave money to a woman.] [Senator John BREAUX - says no government employee works on elderly abuse.] [American Bar Assn. Lori STIEGEL - says this legal area takes special training.] [Adult Protective Services program manager Jamie BUCKMASTER - comments on protecting the seniors.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) The career of science writer Harvard University's Stephen Jay Gould, who died, reviewed. [Professor GOULD - identifies himself as a paleontologist, Harvard professor and New York Yankees fan.] [Hayden Planetarium astrophysicist Neil deGrasse TYSON - says Gould had a connection to the subject.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's tour of Africa with rock star Bono noted.
(Mesewe, Malawi: Martin Seemungal) The famine in Malawi after the grain crop failed featured; scenes shown from a relief station in Mesewe, Malawi; details given of government corruption. [Concern's Mary CORBETT - says the babies will die soon.] [World Food program Karren HEDLUND - says soon the families will be affected unless we get more food in.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Gizbert) The trouble ahead for the Arctic polar bears as the polar ice cap melts featured; scenes shown of the bears & Norwegian researchers. [World Wildlife Fund climatologist Ute COLLIER, Lynn ROSENSTRATER - say the bears will lose their habitat & not be able to survive the ice-free season.]
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