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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Studio: Brian Ross) A state of higher alert in New York City following an FBI report of a terror threat featured; details given of the possible targeting of the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge and New York Harbor. [NYC police commissioner Raymond KELLY - says we are trying to prevent another incident.] [MAN - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: John McWethy) The confusion over terrorism warnings examined; details given about the administration's stance, partisan politics and unclarified trends. [State Department counterterrorism coordinator Ambassador Franics TAYLOR, White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER, US Central Command commander Gen. Tommy FRANKS, Homeland Security director Tom RIDGE, Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD - make statements about terrorist threats.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Shibarghan, Afghanistan: Jim Sciutto) The release of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters from a prison in Shibarghan, Afghanistan, featured; scenes shown from inside the crowded prison and of the freed men vowing to fight again.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Canada that it is withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Demonstrations in Berlin, Germany, against US foreign policy just before President Bush's visit; visit by the Indian prime minister to Kashmir where India and Pakistani forces are fighting and the culling of kangaroos in southern Australia because of an exploding population reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Correction given to a report several months ago that most of the bombing victims in a suicide bombing were Israeli Arabs reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Michele Norris) Senate hearings on the obesity crisis in America examined; details given about the culture that inundates children with sugar and fat. [At hearings, CDC William DIETZ - talks about obesity- related deaths.] [Children's National Medical Center Dr. Audrey AUSTIN - says there are no activity programs and the stigma against obesity is gone.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Admission by Merrill Lynch that it misled stock buyers noted.
(Studio: Betsy Stark) The crisis in trust between investors and the financial community examined; details given of the changes in the way that Merrill Lynch will pay it stock analysts. [New York attorney general Eliot SPITZER - says we will clean up the industry.] [Merrill Lynch executive Stan O'NEAL - says the aim of reform is for investors to have confidence.] [Market analyst Art CHASIN - says no one is trustworthy.] [Investor Tim FACILE - wishes he had not invested in stocks.] [Houston's Springwood Investment Club two MEMBERS - says we are nervous now about investing.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by the Justice Department that it will file lawsuits against Florida counties for violating voting rights in the 2002 presidential election; statement by Transportation Secretary that pilots will not be allowed to have guns in plane cockpits and the government's expansion of its investigation of California's energy crisis reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings; Boston: Tim Johnson) Task force recommendation that doctors screen patients for depression discussed; details given about the two general questions designed to find people who are not being diagnosed for depression.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) Government criticism of last year's media coverage of "the Year of the Shark" featured. [Mote Marine Laboratory Robert HEUTER - says the public was critical of sharks.] [International Shark Attack File George BURGESS - says the real story is "man bites shark;" says coconuts kills more people than sharks.] [WOMAN - comments.]
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