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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) President Bush’s decision to appoint an independent commission to investigate the faulty intelligence used as the basis for the war in Iraq featured; photo shown of Bush meeting with former weapons investigator David Kay; details given of charges that Bush is attempting to dilute the Iraq issue by asking the panel to also investigate why weapons programs in Iran, Libya & North Korea were underestimated. [BUSH – says Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had the intent & the capabilities to cause great harm.] [Former intelligence officer Peter BROOKES†- warns against a fatal flaw in how we process intelligence.] [Senator John ROCKEFELLER†- says having everyone accountable to the president is a bad idea.] [Carnegie for International Peace Joseph CIRINCIONE†- says we can’t depend on assessments from the intelligence agencies and the administration on weapons of mass destruction.] The timetable for the commission’s report noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Bill Plante) President Bush’s proposed budget for next year examined; spending & deficit figures cited; details given about what is and is not included, and programs facing cuts. [BUSH – notes the “high hurdles” the budget must overcome.] [Senator Kent CONRAD†- criticizes Bush’s plan.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The final day of campaigning by Democratic presidential candidates for the next round of primaries & caucuses noted.
(Columbia, South Carolina: Byron Pitts) The tightening race in South Carolina featured; scenes shown of Senators John Edwards & John Kerry and Rev. Al Sharpton campaigning; campaign ads shown. [Vietnam veteran Max CLELAND†- supports Kerry.] [EDWARDS – campaigns.] [South Carolina voter Tracey LOTT†- supports Edwards.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan’s decision to send a delegation to Iraq to try to resolve the controversy over the transfer of power from the US to the Iraqis, and funerals in northern Iraq for victims of 2 suicide bombings aimed at Kurds noted; scenes shown from Irbil.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Orr) The threat of terrorists using airlines as weapons against the US featured; details given about specific threats by Al Qaeda that prompted flight cancellations yesterday & today. [Secretary of Homeland Security Tom RIDGE – comments on the specificity of the threats.] [Security analyst Paul BEAVER†- says terrorists would like to demonstrate how powerful they are by attacking “citadel America.”]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The deaths of hundreds of people who were trampled at the hajj in Saudi Arabia; scenes shown from Mena.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wyatt Andrews) Further charges of overbilling in Iraq by Halliburton examined; details given about accusations that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root billed the government for US soldiers’ meals projected in advance instead of the actual number of meals served. [Representative Henry WAXMAN†- cites the disparity of the estimate.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The admission by the creator of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program that he sold atomic weapons technology to Iran, Libya & North Korea reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Growth in the manufacturing sector noted; consumer spending & construction spending figures cited; Stock Market Report.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Elizabeth Kaledin) The controversy over the effects of antidepressants on children examined; details given about problems in diagnosis; scenes shown from an FDA hearing on the issue. [Parent Lisa VAN SICKLE‡- describes the impact of Zoloft & Paxil on her daughter.] [Behavioral pediatrician Dr. Lawrence DILLER†- comments on the scarcity of evidence that antidepressants work for kids.] [NYU Child Study Center Dr. Harold S. KOPLEWICZ†- comments on diagnosing depression.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Heavy snows across the Midwest reported; scenes shown from Omaha, Nebraska, and Topeka, Kansas.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Out-of-control celebrating in Boston following the New England Patriots’ win in the Super Bowl football game noted; scenes shown.
(Houston: Lee Cowan) The controversial halftime show in which singer Janet Jackson bared her breast featured; scenes shown from her duet with Justin Timberlake; details given of apologies by MTV, which produced the show, and CBS, which aired the event; statement from CBS president Les Moonves† quoted. [Two FANS, FCC chairman Michael POWELL†, NFL commissioner Paul TAGLIABUE†– react.] [“TV Guide” Michael LaFAVORE†- says it’s hard to believe even MTV would have thought it was a good idea.]
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