This program is 28 minutes long
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Note: Time numerals represent seconds into broadcast, not clock time, since the telecast originated in West Virginia
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(White House: Geoff Morrell) President Bush's hour-long exclusive interview on "Meet the Press" to set the record straight reviewed; details given of the topics of discussion. [With Tim Russert in the Oval Office, BUSH - says we thought the intelligence on Iraq was valid; states he is a "war president" & that "madman" Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was dangerous; asserts he put in his time with the National Guard.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Chesapeake, Virginia: Kate Snow) The reaction of the Democratic presidential candidates to Bush's statements about the National Guard & the war in Iraq featured. [Senator John KERRY - comments on Bush's military service.] [Gen. Wesley CLARK - comments on the war.] [Howard DEAN - calls for an inquiry into why Bush misread intelligence.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas; Washington: Cokie Roberts) Bush's decision to do the "Meet the Press" interview & how he responded to the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, how he re-stated that he is a "war president" & the issue of his National Guard service discussed.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The attacks on US soldiers in Iraq reviewed; scenes shown.
(Baghdad: Neal Karlinsky) The meeting between the U.N. team & the Iraqi Governing Council about jump starting the governmental transition featured; details given of the US push for regional caucuses, of the opposition of the influential Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani & of the different views on government held by the ethnic groups. [Council member Muwafaq al-RUBAI†- calls the caucus concept confusing.] [Shura Council Dr. Sabah al-QAESSI†- {thru translator} talks about elections.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The surprise visit to Iraq by Britain's Prince Charles shown.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Boston: Ron Claiborne) Protests in Boston over the decision by the Massachusetts supreme court on the issue of gay marriage featured; demonstration scenes shown; details given of options for the opponents of the same-sex marriage legislation. [In the street, Family Research Council Tony PERKINS†, Archdiocese of Boston Archbishop Sean O'MALLEY†; in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Father Timothy MURPHY†- speak on man-woman marriage.] [In the street, Massachusetts Family Inst. Ronald CREWS†, state representative Phil TRAVIS†- speak against the court ruling.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The ricin scare in Senate office buildings in Washington, DC, updated.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The killing of chickens in Kent County, Delaware, due to the bird flu noted; details given of Japan's ban on importing American poultry.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The coming elections in Iran noted.
(Dizin, Iran: Jim Sciutto) The safe haven in Iran where the nation's conservative moral rules do not apply featured; scenes shown from a ski resort in Dizin. [Iranian WOMAN, two MEN - comment on the freedom here.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The spread of the armed uprising in Haiti noted; scenes shown of unrest.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The rescue in Istanbul, Turkey, of a boy from an apartment building that collapsed six days ago reported; scenes shown of the wreckage.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(New York: Bob Jamieson) The digital photograph & the collective memory of history featured; famous historical photos shown. [Curator Els RIJPER†- says these still images are frozen in our memory; notes digital photos can be erased in an instant.] ["Time" magazine photo editor Many Ann GOLON†- talks about the "forms of storage" that are now obsolete so we need to retain the digital narrative of history.]
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