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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Wausau, Wisconsin: Dan Harris) The final push in Wisconsin for presidential candidate Howard Dean featured; details given of the firing of his national campaign chairman Steve Grossman. [Earlier, GROSSMAN - says he will help Senator John Kerry if Dean does not win in Wisconsin.] [DEAN - comments on Grossman's work; answers questions about his legacy; talks about the rest of his political career.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Green Bay: Kate Snow) Kerry's focus on campaigning against President Bush reviewed; details given of his criticism of Bush for attending the Daytona auto race & of Kerry's need to raise money.
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Bush's 19th visit to Florida shown.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Jeffrey Kofman) The latest uprising in Haiti against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide featured; scenes shown of the opposition groups who view him as a corrupt leader who abandoned his people; details given of fears that Haitians will head to Florida. [In ABCNews interview, ARISTIDE - says his country has a crisis that needs attention.] [REBEL - says we want him out of power.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Clarification by the US that all of the fighters who attacked the police station in Fallujah were Iraqis, not foreigners, reported; scenes shown.
(Baghdad: David Wright) The harrowing work for Iraq's only bomb squad featured; scenes shown of the Iraqi police force squad in Baghdad who have little sophisticated equipment & from the hospital of an injured squad member. [Coalition adviser to Iraqi police Gordon PETER†, coalition adviser to Iraqi police Doug SAPPINGTON†, Iraqi police precinct captain Brig. Gen. Said Abdul KAREF†- talk about the bomb squad staff.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) A closer look at same-sex marriage introduced.
(San Francisco: Mike Cerre) The gay marriages being held in San Francisco since last Thursday in violation of California state law featured; scenes shown of couples waiting. [Two gay PARTNERS - comment.] [Alliance Defense Fund Robert TYLER†- says San Francisco has no right to do this.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Steve Osunsami) Georgia state senate's approval of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages examined; map shown of states banning or considering bans against gay marriage. [State senators Mary SQUIRES†, Mike CROTTS†, Tom PRICE†- offer differing opinions on the marriage law.] [Atlanta gays David PACKWOOD, Earl PROVIN‡- oppose the Georgia amendment.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Cochran) The investigation of tax cheats doing business with the Pentagon featured; details given about contractor tax cheats who never pay the IRS from their collected payroll taxes. [Senator Norm COLEMAN - says we are paying money to tax abusers.] [GAO's Gregory KUTZ†- cites an example of a cheating contractor.] [Citizens Against Government Waste Tom SCHATZ†- criticizes the waste by the Pentagon & the IRS, who don't care.] [DOD deputy comptroller Lawrence LANZILLOTTA†- says the Pentagon does not have a list of contractors owing taxes.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The acquisition by the New York Yankees baseball team of Alex Rodriguez reported.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(New York: Diane Sawyer) ABC exclusive interview held with Mel Gibson about his controversial movie "The Passion of the Christ." [For "Primetime," GIBSON - says he is not anti-Semitic & it is a Catholic sin.] [Anti-Defamation League's Abraham FOXMAN†- says the movie has the potential to fuel anti-Semitism.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The full interview on "Primetime" noted.
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