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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) President Bush's order for an intelligence investigation with main job to look at the broader picture rather than looking for what went wrong in Iraq examined; details given about panel heads former Senator Chuck Robb & Judge Lawrence Silberman & five other commission members. [BUSH - says some pre-war intelligence assessments about Iraq's weapons have not been confirmed.] [Senator John McCAIN - says the president would not manipulate information for political gain.] [Commission member Yale University president Richard LEVIN†- says there does not appear to be an agenda.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The critical reaction of Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy & a statement from Secretary of State Colin Powell noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Martha Raddatz) Allegations that servicewomen were sexually assaulted in Iraq & Kuwait by other American soldiers examined; details given from the reports of sexual misconduct. [On "Good Morning America," victim's mother Barbara WHARTON†- says the military does not know how to handle this.] Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's order of a review of sexual assault in the combat theater noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report that the Treasury Department mistakenly gave classified documents to outgoing Secretary Paul O'Neill reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Mike Lee) A terrorist bombing attack on the subway in Moscow, Russia, featured; survivors & the tunnel & an animated diagram of the attack shown. Russian President Vladimir Putin†'s blaming of separatists from Chechnya noted; scenes shown from the site of other recent suicide attacks in Moscow.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report that a police team from New York City will observe the Moscow investigation as part of counterterrorism efforts noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The weekend caucuses in the Democratic presidential campaign reported; map shown; details given about the endorsement of Senator John Kerry by Representative Richard Gephardt.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Sarasota: Jeffrey Kofman) The discovery of the body of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, who was kidnapped in Sarasota, Florida, featured; details given of the media coverage of the case; security camera video of the girl shown. [Sarasota County Sheriff Bill BALKWILL†- says Carlie's body has been found.] [National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Ernie ALLEN†- talks about the audience witnessing a child's abduction.] [Psychologist New College professor Anne FISHER†- says this hits people's irrational minds.] Census Bureau statistics cited on the number of serious abductions & murders as compared to other means of violent death.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) A closer look at NASCAR auto racing introduced; statistics cited.
(Daytona: Mike von Fremd) The new season for NASCAR with new rules changes examined; details given about the revised point system, the reasoning behind it & its complexity. [Racing FAN, Texas Motor Speedway Eddie GOSSAGE†, last year's winning racer Matt KENSETH††, racing FAN, NASCAR official Jim HUNTER, driver Jimmy SPENCER†- offer views on the radical changes in the new system.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) New England Patriots field goal kicker Adam Vinatieri, who won the Super Bowl football game in the last second over the Carolina Panthers, profiled; several kicking scenes shown. [VINATIERI - recalls his winning kick & the play when he tackled runner Herschel Walker; remembers learning how to read.] ["Boston Globe" columnist Bob RYAN†- praises Adam for making clutch kicks.] Vinatieri's background in South Dakota reviewed; photos shown.
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