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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) "The Whip" introduced.
(White House: John King; Washington: Kathy Slobogin; New York: Bruce Francis) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Page two and a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) White House disclosure that President Bush was warned prior to September 11 that Al Qaeda might try to hijack an airliner examined. Why the public was not informed about the possibility of hijackings discussed.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Washington: Kelli Arena) Indications of an early FBI warning about terrorism before September 11 regarding foreigners attending flight schools examined. [Senator Bob GRAHAM - says there was a memo directed at flight schools having Arab students who might be part of a plot by Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden.] [On May 8, FBI director Robert MUELLER - cites the number of aviation academies and students; comments on the memo about a plot involving Zacarias Moussaoui.] The major shift within the FBI to intelligence gathering noted. [FBI Agents Assn. president Nancy SAVAGE - says the information needs to be coalesced.]
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Live interview held with Senator George Allen on the warnings about terrorism. [ALLEN - says the administration did all that it could with the information because Al Qaeda was long suspected; indicates we need to use technology to manage the data about terrorism concerns; says former President Jimmy Carter breached trust about biological weapons information; comments on Carter's speech last night about the Varela Project; explains why the White House signed off on Carter's trip, but Fidel Castro got the photo op.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat's speech calling for a restructuring of his cabinet reported.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Studio: Kathy Slobogin) Training video to prevent school shootings put together by the Education Department and the Secret Service featured; video excerpt shown; details given of the analysis of school shooters and of a checklist of what to look for.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Live interview held with When a Child Kills author attorney Paul Mones about the school shooting report. [From Portland, OR, MONES - says what is new in this report is the absence of "zero tolerance," a policy that did not work; explains how threats from students need to analyzed starting an at early age; states we cannot prevent acts of violence but we can determine those in the "high risk category."]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The court appearance for Dontee Stokes, the sex abuse victim who shot Catholic priest Maurice Blackwell, reported; courtroom sketches shown. (Artist: Beth Otter)
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Live interview held with "Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate" historian Robert Caro. [From New York, CARO - says there would be no Civil Rights Act without LBJ; talks about his compassion, racism and political power; talks about how power really works in the Senate; says Johnson's life allows him to examine political power.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Incident in Germany in which an exchange between former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the Israeli President led to Kohl biting a hot pepper after the warning words got lost in translation reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The controversy over the videotape of the execution of "Wall Street Journal" reporter Daniel Pearl that was shown on CBS noted.
(Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan: Mike Boettcher) The intelligence community's monitoring of the Alneda.com Website on which Al Qaeda messages have been posted examined. [St. Andrews University professor Magnus RANSTORP - cites the site's claims of a coming jihad against the US.] Website's taunt about captured Al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah quoted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The approach day the music died for Napster noted.
(New York: Bruce Francis) How file sharing is going Hollywood with the downloading of motion pictures examined. ["JOSH" - says he can download five movies a day.] [Viant consultant Andrew FRANK - says the potential threat grows as connection speeds improve.] [Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Michael EISNER, Intel executive vice president Les VADESZ - testify about the technology.] Hollywood's history of fighting new technology noted.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Live interview held with TechTV's "CyberCrimes" senior producer and co-host Alex Wellen. [From San Francisco, WELLEN - says there are three classic challenges to combatting cyber crimes: anonymity, lack of borders and lack of boundaries; comments on the Daniel Pearl killing video on the computer, how information can be put on the Internet anonymously; suggests there are solutions to the movie piracy problem modelled on copyright protections in the music industry.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The fans lined up in Seattle for the premiere on the new "Star Wars" movie shown.
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