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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Linda Douglass) The discovery of the poison ricin in Senate offices featured; diagram shown; details given of the investigation. [Senator Bill FRIST - describes ricin's capabilities.] [Capitol physician Dr. John EISOLD†, American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Dr. Donna SEGER†- comment on ricin exposure.] [Senator Tom DASCHLE - comments on all the potential threats.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Studio: Brian Ross) Warning to the FBI of a ricin attack following an incident in Greenville, South Carolina, in which a vial marked ricin was found reviewed; details given from the threatening letter signed "fallen angel." [FBI spokesman Tom O'NEAL†- talks about the language of the letter opposed to new trucking legislation.] [Former emergency management official Jerry HAUER†- talks about the vials with castor beans.]
#747587
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Seattle: Kate Snow) The front-runner Senator John Kerry on the day of seven primaries & caucuses featured. [In Washington state, KERRY - campaigns.] [Political analyst Stuart ROTHENBERG†- says Kerry's aim is to create an impression of inevitability.] [In interview last night, KERRY - hopes to win four or five states.] [At polls, two VOTERS - talk about Kerry.] Kerry's plans to run campaign ads in southern states where he will compete with Senator John Edwards noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Bob Woodruff) The status of the Edwards campaign featured; campaign scenes shown. [EDWARDS - says he will win; speaks about Kerry & the need to win South Carolina.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Hints that Senator Joseph Lieberman will withdraw & that Gen. Wesley Clark will bow out unless he wins the Oklahoma primary noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The White House response to Democratic criticism of President Bush's National Guard record examined; details given of the dispute over Bush's military service. [White House press secretary Scott McCLELLAN - calls the criticism "shameful."] [On Sunday, Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAULIFFE†- says Bush was AWOL in the Alabama National Guard.] Statement from retired Air National Guard Gen. William Turnipseed† about whether Bush served in Alabama or not quoted. [July 13, 2000, BUSH - says he got an honorable discharge.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Betsy Stark) Potentially devastating testimony against Martha Stewart in her trial for matters related to her sale of ImClone stock examined; details given about what Douglas Faneuil said {in response to questions from prosecutor Karen Seymour†} about orders from Sam Waksal's family to dump stock. [Former federal prosecutor Robert MINTZ†- says Faneuil is the lone insider who can explain the plot.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Nielsen report on the audience when singer Janet Jackson's breast was exposed during the Super Bowl half-time show reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: Jonathan Karl) The reaction to the statement in the "Washington Post" from Secretary of State Colin Powell about going to war with Iraq in light of the latest evidence about weapons of mass destruction featured. [POWELL - says President Bush made the right decision.] [Former White House speechwriter David FRUM†- says Powell's statement put a line between him & the president.] [Presidential candidate Howard DEAN, Senator Tom DASCHLE - comment on Powell's position.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The aftermath of the suicide bombings in Kurdish northern Iraq reported; scenes shown of damaged buildings.
#747598
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Hollywood: Brian Rooney) Unseen documentary footage of the Beatles' first trip to the US forty years ago featured; film clips shown from the "Ed Sullivan Show" & from the unshown footage of the four regular guys. [Documentary filmmaker Albert MAYSLES†- talks about who the Beatles were.] [Linda Binn LILES†- recalls meeting the Beatles on the train when she was nine.]
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