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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Atlanta: David Mattingly; White House: Suzanne Malveaux; Washington: Candy Crowley; Sarasota: Susan Candiotti) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Maria Hinojosa) The ruling by the Massachusetts supreme court that gay & lesbian marriage, not civil union, is in line with the state constitution featured; court's statement quoted. [Plaintiff Hillary GOODRIDGE†, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders Mary BONAUTO†, Alliance for Marriage Matt DANIELS†- react to the decision on marriage rights.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: David Mattingly) The passage in the state of Ohio of a strict ban on same-sex marriage featured; details given about the legislation. [Representative Bill SEITZ†- comments on the law.] [Freedom to Marry Evan WOLFSON†- backs the Massachusetts ruling.] [President BUSH - says our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.] [Family Research Council Tony PERKINS†- explains the position of the president & the public.] [Presidential candidate Senator John KERRY - states he does not support gay marriage.] The issue of a national amendment to the Constitution noted.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: Suzanne Malveaux) White House agreement to allow the extension of the deadline for the report from the 9/11 commission examined. [White House press secretary Scott McCLELLAN - says President Bush supports the request.] [Family Steering Commission Kristen BREITWEISER†- says the families want to make sure this {an attack} does not happen again.] [Representative Vito FOSSELLA†- opposes viewing the commission's work for political gain.] [Representative Carolyn MAHONEY†- opposes arbitrary deadlines for the commission.] The commission's negotiations for interviews with high-level officials mentioned.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Later interview with the commission chairman Thomas Kean previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Candy Crowley) The day after the seven-state primaries for the Democratic presidential candidate featured; scenes shown of Gen. Wesley Clark, Senator John Edwards & Howard Dean campaigning while their strategies are outlined. [Senator Joseph LIEBERMAN - offers advice.] [CLARK, EDWARDS, DEAN - campaign.] Senator John Kerry's return to the campaign trail tomorrow noted. The long-term strategy of getting to Wisconsin in early March when the big-delegate states come into play discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Barbara Starr) How the Vietnam War is an issue in the 2004 campaign examined; details given of the veterans' concerns in light of the war in Iraq. [Presidential candidate Senator John KERRY - campaigns about the war.] [University of Virginia Larry SABATO†- says amazingly Vietnam is back; states young people have no memory of the war.] [Vietnam Veterans of America Mokie PORTER†- says the veterans are more involved in this election because of Iraq.] [Young VOTER - comments.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with former Secretary of the Navy James Webb. [From Washington, WEBB - says the military service record is fair game; comments on Kerry's role in the Winter Soldiers Tribunal & in the rapprochement with communist Vietnam while President Bush did nothing in the war era & his National Guard attendance record has been questioned; notes why veterans are moving to Kerry's side.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Taped interview held with 9/11 Commission chairman Governor Thomas Kean. [KEAN - says the 60-day extension should be enough to do the investigation well; states there is more evidence indicating the September 11 attack could have been avoided; notes we have over two million documents to go over; adds the report will reveal some things Americans do not know & will get the facts out there.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Anti-war protests from the gallery in Britain's Parliament while British Prime Minister Tony Blair was discussing weapons of mass destruction; the admission on Pakistani state television by the top nuclear scientist that he sold nuclear technology to Iran, Libya & North Korea & the latest development in the elections process in Iran reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Sarasota: Susan Candiotti) The status of the investigation into the Florida abduction of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia updated; surveillance video shown. [Sarasota County Sheriff Bill BALKWILL†, lead investigator Jeff BELL†, sheriff's office Col. Terry LEWIS†- say suspect Joseph Smith† is in custody.] The suspect's arrest record reviewed. The evidence re: Smith discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The defense's questioning of star witness former stock broker assistant Douglas Faneuil in the Martha Stewart trial; recommendations about how to deal with mad cow disease in the US & Stock Market Report reported; courtroom sketches by Christine Cornell shown.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The story of Nan & Arthur Kellam†, who lived alone on Placentia Island off the coast of Maine, examined through the "Alone Together" photographs by David Graham. [Using photos, GRAHAM - describes the island, the house the Kellams built, the details of the simple cabin.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of tomorrow's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit & Chicago.
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