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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Miami: Susan Candiotti; Washington: David Ensor; Jerusalem: Wolf Blitzer) "NewsNight"'s major headlines preview
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two and a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Miami: Susan Candiotti) The Florida case of missing five-year-old Rilya Wilson updated. [Miami-Dade police director Carlos ALVAREZ - says we cannot tell what is true in the account from Rilya's "grandmother;" says the welfare workers have not been quite "honest." ] [Alleged grandmother Geralyn GRAHAM - says she would not hurt Rilya.] [Graham family attorney Edward SHOHAT - says Graham was upset at the time of the polygraph.] [Kansas City OFFICIAL - comments on the "Precious Doe" investigation.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Miami Herald columnist Ronald Steinback about who speaks for the children in Florida's welfare system. [STEINBACK - says there are no "good guys" in the Rilya story; admits there may be other Rilyas in the child welfare system; thinks people care but we don't know who to blame.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The charges against Luke Helder for the pipe bombs planted in mail boxes reviewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: David Ensor) The background of FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who received a life sentence for spying, featured; courtroom sketches shown while Hanssen's statement is quoted; details given about the view that there were two different Hanssens. [Hanssen attorney Plato CACHERIS - lists the reasons attributed for Hanssen's spying.] [Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies Paul MOORE - suggests Hanssen wanted to be the best spy ever.] ["The Bureau and the Mole" author David VISE - says Hanssen put a spy camera in his bedroom.] The debate within the government about whether Hanssen has told all discussed. (Artist: Bill Hennessy)
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) An "uncomfortable pause" in the Middle East noted.
(Jerusalem: Wolf Blitzer) The threat of a major retaliatory strike into Gaza by the Israeli army in response to the suicide bombing near Tel Aviv examined; details given of problems with going into Gaza and of the pressure from President Bush's administration on Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat. [In Gaza, exiled PALESTINIAN - (thru translator) hopes to return.] [Israeli foreign minister Shimon PERES - comments on Gaza.] [ARAFAT - comments on Bethlehem.] The serious political challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The view from Cyprus television news about the exiled 13 Palestinians sent from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to Cyprus presented; excerpts shown with reports translated from Greek.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Bethlehem: Walter Rodgers) A look inside the venerable old Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem featured; scenes shown of the damages in the church that are more limited than believed and of more extensive damages in connecting buildings.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Kyra Phillips) The opening of a photo exhibit in Atlanta of the time of lynchings in America featured; photos shown with the voice of Billie Holliday singing "Strange Fruit" in the background. [At the exhibit Mary and Leon LOMAX, VISITOR - react to this part of black American history.] [MAN - says this story must be told to understand the struggle for civil rights.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview with "Confession of a Street Addict" author stock market commentator James Cramer. [CRAMER - talks about coaching kids' soccer, the audio version of his book, getting help from his wife, the "action," the Merrill Lynch scandal, what is needed for people to invest in the market, bedtime stories for his kids.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Beth Nissen) The rumors about the end of the career of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, who is soon retiring, reviewed; performance scenes shown; details given about his fading career. [PAVAROTTI, his manager Herbert BRESLIN - talk about his voice.] ["New York Times" chief classical music critic Anthony TOMMASINI - says Pavarotti did not take care of himself after he became famous; notes that at best Pavarotti has become unreliable.]
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