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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Jerusalem: Wolf Blitzer; White House: John King; Menomonie, WI: Jeanne Meserve) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two and a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Wolf Blitzer) The aftermath of the pool hall bombing near Tel Aviv, Israel and the imminent exodus of Palestinians from inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem featured; scenes shown of funerals, of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon returning from the US and of a Palestinian suicide bomber being dragged by a robot; details given of Israel's consideration of its options. [Palestinian Authority president Yasir ARAFAT - (thru translator) says he will try to prevent any terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians.] The military buildup near Gaza discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) The White House perspective on the events in the Middle East featured. [President BUSH - says he is pleased with Arafat's response to the bombing; indicates Israel should keep a vision in mind.] [Jordan's King ABDULLAH - hopes for a road map for peace.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with PLO legal adviser Diana Butto about the situation in the Middle East. [BUTTO - accuses Sharon of terrorizing a civilian population; says Israeli-Palestinian cooperation is needed to prevent suicide bombings; indicates the equation must be land for peace.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) How Al Jazeera and Israel's news covered events in the Middle East presented; excerpts shown from Israel's Channel 2 and Al Jazeera's "Daily Harvest" with reports translated.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The arrest of Luke Helder in the mailbox pipe bombings in the Midwest reported.
(Menomonie, WI: Jeanne Meserve) Helder's background reviewed. [Former roommate Matt DeCORSEY, University of Wisconsin student Andy DOMROVSKY, Apathy drummer Mike STANTON, University of Wisconsin student Andy ARMSTRONG, former FBI profiler Clint Van ZANDT, STUDENT - characterize Helder.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Boston: Jason Carroll) The deposition from Catholic Cardinal John Law for sheltering defrocked priest Father John Geoghan, accused of abusing kids, featured; deposition questions and answers quoted. [Attorney Mitchell GARABEDIAN - comments on the case.] [Abuse victim Mark KEANE - offers his views on Law's deposition.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Today's jump in the stock market linked to Cisco stock noted.
(Studio: Allan Chernoff) SEC questions about how stock brokers like those at Merrill Lynch have trashed stocks while telling the public to buy examined; stock examples cited. [Merrill Lynch CEO David KOMANSKY - comments on the system.] [Former Bear Stearns banking analyst Sean RYAN - says analysts get paid to sell stocks.] [SEC chairman Harvey PITT - says there is a partnership between the government and the private sector.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Taped interview held with New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer about stock brokers. [SPITZER - says Merrill Lynch may have been deceiving the public about investments they were advising them to buy; says criminal conduct might be charged, but the problem is giving straight information to investors; comments on possible changes in the brokerage system; says the Merrill e-mails were "explosive."]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Beth Nissen) Spiders featured; scenes shown of different spiders. [Museum of Natural History in New York City spider curator Norm PLATNICK - says we have over a million specimens of spiders; talks about the tensile strength of spider silk; outlines spiders' activities; points out spiders help us by devouring an enormous number of insects.]
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