This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Drought across a third of the US reported; map shown of affected areas.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) Wildfires across several drought-stricken Western states reported; map shown of states dealing with wildfires; scenes shown of fires in New Mexico and low reservoirs in California. [Metro South Fire Rescue Taylor STEPHENS - says he is seeing types of fires he normally would not see until August.] [Rancher Clarke JONES - says he has never seen the land so dry.] [Idyllwild Water District Tom LOVEJOY - says there has been no snow melt-off.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Jim Axelrod) The relief to dry areas in the East from rainfall reported; map shown of Eastern states declaring emergencies. [Demarest Farms owner Peter DEMAREST - says his farm is no longer suffering from the drought.] [National Weather Service drought specialist Doug LeCOMTE - says superficial appearances may make people think the drought is over, but problems still exist.] [United Water Resources, Inc., Richard HENNING - says reservoirs are filling again.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Floods in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia reported; scenes shown from Buchanan County, VA.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The discovery of pipe bombs planted in mailboxes in Iowa and Illinois reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Byron Pitts) The refusal of the Catholic Church in Boston to pay the multi-million settlement offer for victims of accused pedophile priest John Geoghan reported.
(Studio: Dan Rather) The court appearance of priest Paul Shanley, who has been accused of sex abuse, in San Diego reported; details given of plans to send Shanley to Massachusetts to stand trial.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) The passage of legislation in Hawaii to put price caps on gasoline reported. [Hawaii Governor Benjamin CAYETANO - says profits made on gasoline sold in Hawaii were too high.] [Hawaii attorney general Earl ANZAI - says market forces were not at work.] [California Attorney General Bill LOCKYER - says the refineries have been reaping huge gasoline profits.] [Two DRIVERS - express support for price caps.] [Chevron dealer Barney ROBINSON - says Hawaii business owners should "watch out."]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The raid by Israeli troops on a suspected Hamas hideout reported and the exit of four Palestinian policemen from the besieged Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem reported; scenes shown of the raid in Nablus, West Bank.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The upcoming presidential election in France featured; details given of protests against far-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen; scenes shown of protests in Paris and a rally in Marseille, France. [In interview, LE PEN(thru translator) - says his party would not get votes from the black community if it were truly racist; says he supports interment camps for illegal immigrants; says he is a patriot.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) An FBI warning about Middle Eastern men training at an Arizona flight school two months before the September 11 attack on America reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Dallas: Bob McNamara) The work of the jury in deciding the verdict in a traffic accident case featured; scenes shown from a courtroom and jury room in Dallas. [Defendant Jeff MARSHALL - says the cars "just bumped".] [Plaintiff Gay ANDREWS - says he suffers pain from the accident.] [Defense attorney Paige Anders LEWEICKI - says Andrews saw an attorney before she sought medical help; says everyone deserves a day in court.] [Presiding juror Michele HALL - says it is sad that so many cases end up in the courtroom.] [Plaintiff's attorney Patrick WATSON - says more courts may be necessary.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Anthony Mason) Former President Bill Clinton's talks with NBC concerning his hosting a new talk show featured. [Talk show host David LETTERMAN - says Clinton could be the first president to be "impeached and canceled."] [University of Virginia Larry SABATO - says the idea is "undignified", but so was Clinton's presidency.] [Syracuse University Robert THOMPSON - says Clinton could have been a guest on the "Jerry Springer" show.]
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