This program is 27 minutes long
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NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen from 5:30:50 to 5:33:00.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(White House: Bob Schieffer) Questions about what President Bush knew about terror threats before the September 11 attack on America examined; details given of a profile of Al Qaeda written in 1999 that mentioned crashing an explosive-packed plane into government buildings. [BUSH - says second guessing has become second nature in Washington; says he would have done everything he could to stop the attacks if he had known more.] [Senator Richard SHELBY - says the FBI and the CIA did not share information.] [Vice President Dick CHENEY - says Democrats' comments have been irresponsible.] [Intelligence Committee Representative Nancy PELOSI - says the American people deserve answers.]
(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Orr) FAA terrorism warnings given to American airline companies before September 11 reported; details given of the absence of tighter security and of specifics of the warnings. [National Security Advisor Condoleezza RICE - explains why the public was given no warning about the airplane threats.] [White House Press Secretary Ari FLEISCHER - says traditional hijacking threats are not new.]
NOTE: Local weather bulletin on screen from 5:30:50 to 5:33:00.
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(Studio: John Roberts) The beginning of Operation Condor in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, reported; scenes shown of soldiers boarding helicopters at Bagram Air Base.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Islamabad: Lee Cowan) The examination of the body found near Karachi, Pakistan, to determine whether it is that of American journalist Daniel Pearl reported; scenes shown of the gravesite near Karachi, Pakistan. [Police Inspector General Sayed Kamal SHAH - says the investigation will be completed as soon as possible.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Conditions imposed by Palestinian Authority leader Yasir Arafat on his call for elections in the next six months and the entrance of Israeli troops into Jenin to arrest suspected Islamic militants reported; scenes shown of Israeli troops in the Jenin refugee camp.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Havana: Jim Axelrod) The end of former President Jimmy Carter's trip to Cuba and the growth of trade between the US and Cuba due to a humanitarian loophole in the embargo reported. [CARTER - says he has the freedom to choose wherever he travels.] [Deputy assistant Secretary of State Daniel FISK - says change must come to Cuba before America changes its policy.] [US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council John KAVULICH - says America could be Cuba's largest source of food products.] [Representative Jerry MORAN - says America should have a relationship with a country so close to its shores.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) Heavy flooding in Missouri reported; scenes shown of a flooded neighborhood in Marble Hill, MO.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Wildfires around Prescott, Arizona, reported.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) How home owners in the West are planting fire- resistant vegetation around homes that will stop the spread of fires featured; scenes shown of fires in Arizona and California. [MAN - says people can return to their homes.] [Residents Doug and Ellen WALKER - say their home looks okay.] [US Forest Service scientist Kevin RYAN - says fire is the same worldwide, but ecology is local.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) The capsizing and sinking of an old ship before it could be scuttled offshore off Key Largo, FL, shown.
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(Studio: John Roberts) The agreement for Schering-Plough pharmaceutical company to pay a 500 million fine due to questions about quality control reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(New York: Elizabeth Kaledin) Sentinel node biopsy, a new breast cancer treatment with fewer side effects than other more invasive treatments, examined. [Breast cancer patient Missy KRAUSS - says her first response was to have everything removed; says the treatment was "so easy".] [University of Vermont Dr. David KRAG - describes a sentinel node and the advantages of sentinel node biopsy; says there is no long-term information about the procedure.] [Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Patrick BORGEN - says the procedure can be the treatment of choice.]
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(Studio: John Roberts) A correction after "CBS Evening News" had used a picture of another man to identify Catholic priest Laurence Brett reported.
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(Studio: John Roberts) Report introduced.
(Long Island, NY: Byron Pitts) The 75th anniversary of pilot Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the "Spirit of St. Louis" airplane reported; details given about a re-enactment of Lindbergh's famous flight in a replica of the original plane; 1927 scenes shown of Lindbergh. [Experimental Aircraft Assn. Kermit WEEKS - says it is one of the worst planes he has flown; says the plane was unstable.] [Lindbergh flight witness William BOSTELMANN - describes watching Lindbergh's plane take off.] [Cradle of Aviation Museum Ed SMITS - says Lindbergh's flight brought in a new age of transportation.]
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