This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Supreme Court: Jackie Judd) The Supreme Court ruling on sodomy laws examined; details given about the Texas case in which police arrested two gay men having sex at home. [Outside the court, Lambda Legal Defense Fund Ruth HARLOW†, plaintiff John LAWRENCE†, Harvard Law School professor Laurence TRIBE†- react to the decision.] Majority opinion from Justice Anthony Kennedy & minority opinion from Justice Antonin Scalia† quoted. [National Clergy Council Rev. Rob SCHENCK†- says the court said morality does not matter.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Cynthia McFadden) The reaction to the court's ruling on homosexuality & the law featured; details given about the implications for other areas of the law, such as the military & gay marriage. [ACLU Matt COLES†; on talk radio, MAN; Concerned Women for America Sandy RIOS†, University of Chicago law school professor Cass SUNSTEIN†- offer differing opinions on the merits of the ruling.] The case of two Florida gay men wanting to adopt their foster child outlined. [Foster parent Roger CROTEAU†- says the court acknowledged our relationship.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Martha Raddatz) The likely abduction in Iraq of two American soldiers who disappeared from an observation post near Balad & other hostile action in Iraq featured. [Army Capt. Sean McWILLIAMS†- says this was an attack designed to derail the democratic process.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The surfacing of former Iraqi information minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf†† reported; picture shown from Abu Dhabi TV.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The killing of a US special operations soldier near Gardez, Afghanistan; the arrest in Saudi Arabia of Al Qaeda operative Ali al-Ghambi††, who is suspected of planning the attack in Riyadh & an FBI report to the Senate on the investigation of Al Qaeda sympathizers reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Linda Douglass) The House vote on prescription drug legislation featured; details given of the timetable for the plan to go into effect, of out-of-pocket costs. [Representative Tom DeLAY - says our seniors need a viable Medicare program. [Yesterday, President BUSH - comments on the objective.] [Kaiser Family Foundation Drew ALTMAN†- says expectations need to be lowered.] [Senior Al SHAPIRO†, retiree Bruce DUNTON†- comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Agreement by HCA to pay the Justice Department millions for filing false Medicare claims reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Stark) The announcement tomorrow by the government of a national do-not-call list to stop telemarketing calls examined; details given about exemptions to the list & the penalties for telemarketers. [Joe RUSSO†, National Consumer's League Susan GRANT†- back the do-not-call list.] [FCC chairman Michael POWELL†- says telemarketers will look for ways around the rules.] [Medfone Nationwide Inc. president Jay MOSES†- cites alternatives to phone calls.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The status of the wildfire near Albuquerque, New Mexico; Senate consideration of a bill accelerating logging on federal lands to reduce the risk of fire & the guilty verdict against Texas woman Chante Mallard, who murdered a homeless man with her car, reported.
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#731711
(Studio: Peter Jennings) A look at the future of the recording industry, which is planning to sue people who download music, introduced.
(San Francisco: Robert Krulwich) The success of the new online music store from Apple computers called iTunes, which sells single songs, featured; details given about how easy it is to download music; scenes shown from the Amoeba music store in San Francisco. [In music store, MAN - wonders about the future.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Lake Arrowhead, California: Brian Rooney) The sound of summer in Lake Arrowhead, California, where dead pine trees are being cut to diminish the danger of wildfires, featured; scenes shown from this "densely populated wilderness" near Los Angeles. [US Forest Service district manager Allison STEWART†- says it would be difficult to stop a fire here.] [California department of forestry Glenn BARLEY†- shows the beetles killing the trees.] [San Bernardino County sheriff's department John HERNANDEZ†- cites the predicament of having to move 50,000 people in a disaster.] [San Bernardino fire safety council David CAINE†- comments.] [Homeowner Larry BACKER†- comments on the cost of cutting down trees.]
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