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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Washington: Kelli Arena; Jerusalem: Martin Savidge; Miami: Kate Snow) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two and a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) A series of sobering warnings about terrorist attacks on the US noted.
(Washington: Kelli Arena) The issue of the inevitability of suicide bombings in the US and the threat of bombings in apartment buildings and water purification systems examined; statement from FBI director Robert Mueller quoted. [Vice President Dick CHENEY - says it is a possibility here.] [terrorism expert Bruce HOFFMAN - says it could happen anywhere.] [Representative Porter GOSS - says there has to be a balance in the warnings.] [National security adviser Condoleezza RICE - says we are getting a volume of information.] The government plan to give lie detector tests to workers to get leads in the anthrax story discussed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with Time magazine editor-at- large Michael Elliott about terrorism and the intelligence system. [ELLIOTT - says everyone recognized there were intelligence failures and that President Bush did all he could; outlines the four mistakes made: the "Phoenix memo" that "nailed" the threat, the initial arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui that was not elevated sufficiently, Rice's mistake about hijacking planes and the administration view that an overseas attack was more likely than a domestic attack; reviews the "Phoenix memo."]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with former CIA director Robert Gates about the question of terrorist warnings and intelligence gathering. [From Mount Vernon, WA, GATES - says the administration handled the intelligence information pretty well; states the problem was a lack of specific information about when an attack might take place; outlines measures that might have been taken; says the Office of Homeland Security is trying to make a "fusion center" for information.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with David Gergen about how President Bush's administration is handling the issue of terrorism warnings. [From Boston, GERGEN - says Bush acted well, but should have released this information sooner so it does not appear they were hiding something; suggests an independent commission quietly investigate what happened on September 11 and have hearings after the November elections so we can face the challenge of the future; says we need to pull together our homeland security.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem: Martin Savidge) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's firing of four cabinet ministers from an Orthodox party and two suicide bombings 24 hours in Israel reviewed; scenes shown from the bombing site in the Netanya marketplace. [Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb EREKAT - comments.] [Sharon adviser Dore GOLD - blames the Palestinian leadership.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Former President Jimmy Carter's trip to Cuba last week recalled.
(Miami: Kate Snow) President Bush's statements critical of leader Fidel Castro and the embargo against Cuba featured; details given of Bush's standards for lifting the embargo and his overtures to Cuba. [BUSH - says the goal of the US is not a permanent embargo, but freedom for the people.] The reaction of Cubans in Miami and Democratic leaders to US policy on Cuba noted. [In Miami's Little Havana, two CUBAN-AMERICANS - react to Bush's stance.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The funeral for "the last don" Mafia leader Joe Bonanno shown. Live interview held with "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia" author Jerry Capeci about Bonanno and the Mafia. [CAPECI - recalls the supposed kidnapping of Bonanno, the Mafia decision to get him out of town, his role in selling drugs, how "Joe Bananas" explained himself as a man of honor.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Death of science writer Stephen Jay Gould reported.
9;51:50 Segment 7 (New York, NY / Ground Zero)
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The coming end of work at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site in New York City reported.
(New York: Beth Nissen) The story of eight men working at recovery at Ground Zero presented; scenes shown of men raking through debris. [MAN, Port Authority police Officers Ed SMITH, Michael KULIGOSKI, Edward BENENATI, Lt. John RYAN, Officers Richard DEPIETRO, Raymond MURRAY, Eddie FINNEGAN, Joe O'CONNOR - talk about the specifics of the job and what they find during their 12-hour days at Ground Zero; says the men don't talk about the last day.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) The view of Ground Zero tonight shown.
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