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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) CIA director George Tenet’s defense of the intelligence President Bush used to justify the war with Iraq featured. [TENET – says they {intelligence analysts} never said there was an imminent threat; states we did not have enough of our own human intelligence; contradicts Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s assessment that we’re 85 percent completed in our search for weapons of mass destruction.] [In 2002, BUSH, RUMSFELD – stress the urgent threat from Iraq.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) The administration’s attempt to gain control of the intelligence controversy, which could become a key issue in the presidential election, by naming an independent investigating commission tomorrow featured.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The death of another US soldier in a mortar attack near Baghdad, Iraq, reported; casualty figures cited.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Wyatt Andrews) Calls for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to remove himself from a case over whether his friend, Vice President Dick Cheney, should make energy policy records public examined. [Senator Patrick LEAHY†- wonders why Scalia has not recused himself.] [George Washington University Law School Jeffrey ROSEN†- says Scalia can socialize with Cheney without having his impartiality questioned.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The reopening of Senate offices, which were closed after ricin was sent to the office of Senator William Frist, noted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report that presidential front-runner Senator John Kerry will be endorsed by Representative Richard Gephardt, and next Tuesday’s primaries in Tennessee & Virginia mentioned.
(New York: Jim Axelrod) The candidates’ strategies for campaigning in the South featured; scenes shown of Gen. Wesley Clark and Senator John Edwards campaigning in Tennessee. [Democratic consultant Dane STROTHER†- notes Clark & Edwards both need to score in Tennessee & Virginia.] [EDWARDS, CLARK – stress their Southern roots.] [Emory University professor Merle BLACK†- assesses Kerry’s chances on Tuesday.] The possible battle between Clark & Edwards for the vice presidency noted.
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Lansing, Michigan: Cynthia Bowers) Howard Dean’s focus on campaigning in Michigan & Wisconsin featured; scenes shown; statement from Dean’s Website pleading for contributions to finance his campaign in Wisconsin quoted; details given about the relatively few appearances by any of the candidates in Michigan. [Michigan pollster Ed SARPOULIS†- comments on the race in Michigan.] [DEAN – says he plans to win in Wisconsin.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The Defense Department’s cancellation of plans to allow Americans overseas to vote via the Internet noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Thalia Assuras) A new videotape claiming to show Al Qaeda militants preparing for & carrying out the suicide bombing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last November featured; excerpts shown from the tape, which includes scenes of Mujahadeen terrorists training inside Saudi Arabia. [Saudi Institute Ali al-AHMED†- says we have not seen a decline in the number of attacks.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The refusal of Joseph Smith, who was arrested in Sarasota, Florida, for the abduction of Carlie Brucia†, to cooperate with police noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Boston: Jim Acosta) Plans to close 60-80 Catholic churches in the Boston area in the wake of the scandals involving child sex abuse by priests examined. [From Boston Catholic TV, Boston Archbishop Sean O’MALLEY†- says closing a parish should make you sad.] [Parishioner Paul GIANCI†, church usher Paul CAVALLARO†- react to the closings.] [St. Francis of Assisi Father Kevin SEPE†- says it’s a death experience for parishioners.] [Voice of the Faithful executive director Steve KRUEGER†- wonders about the Church making decisions in secret.] [Archdiocese spokesperson Father Chris COYNE†- says the decisions won’t be made in a vacuum.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Government report finding that women are consuming more calories now than 30 years ago mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Columbia, South Carolina: Mark Strassmann) A University of South Carolina Medical School program to educate young doctors in treating older patients by matching medical students with senior mentors featured, [Senior citizens Fred MEDING†, Faye TRUEBLOOD†- comment on doctors’ attitudes toward older patients.] [Medical students Will VACHON†, Liz LAMBERT†- comment on what they have learned.] [Senior Mentor Project director Ellen ROBERTS†- says the mentors tell them straight up.]
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