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.
(Daytona Beach, Florida: Geoff Morrell) President Bush's political visit to the Daytona 500 auto race in Florida featured; scenes shown from around the racetrack. [BUSH - says "start your engines."] [ABC polling director Gary LANGER†- says it is a smart place for Bush to be.] [Bush-Cheney '04 press secretary Terry HOLT†- questions Senator John Kerry's record.] [NASCAR fans Mark MIKTUK†, Tammy GARCEAU†- state views of Bush.] [Democratic pollster Celinda LAKE†- talks about the NASCAR Dad vote.] Bush's 19th trip to Florida noted.
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Milwaukee: Dan Harris) The Kerry campaign featured; clip shown from a Kerry video press release on special interests in response to the attack from the Bush camp on Kerry's lobbying. [Kerry campaign spokesperson Stephanie CUTTER†- promises to hit back on the issues.] [Republican National Committee Ed GILLESPIE - criticizes Kerry's inconsistency.] [ABC poll director Mark HALPERIN - comments on the election battle.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas; Washington: George Stephanopoulos) Taped discussion held about the general political campaign, why Howard Dean & Senator John Edwards are staying in the race & the issue of the US transfer of power to Iraq on June 30. [US administrator in Iraq Paul BREMER - comments on the complicated election process.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Two attacks on US convoys in Iraq reported; scenes shown from Baghdad.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Jeffrey Kofman) The anti-government protests in Haiti against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide featured; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince of the unrest & of violence in the north. [Demonstrator Nelson CHERRY†- says he no longer supports Aristide, who lies.] [Former Cap Haitien police chief Guy PHILIPPE†- comments.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Dean Reynolds) A new effort by the Catholic Church to deal with Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ" about the death of Jesus examined; details given from the new Catholic book about Jesus. [Anti-Defamation League's Abraham FOXMAN†- reacts to the film's blaming of the Jews for the crucifixion.] [Catholic Theological Union president Rev. Donald SENIOR†- says there is no collective responsibility for the Jewish people for the death of Jesus.] [First United Methodist Church Rev. Philip BLACKWELL†- comments on different interpretations of the passion story.]
(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Gibson's interview on two ABC shows announced.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Ballistic confirmation linking yesterday's Ohio highway shootings to earlier snipings reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Astronomers' discovery via the Hubble telescope of the most distant galaxy reported.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(New Delhi: Mark Litke) The plight of the untouchables caste of India, who are considered sub-human by Hindu legend, featured; scenes shown from New Delhi & from rural India, where the old ways survive despite the changed laws. [Prominent economist Narindra JADA‡- comments on the untouchable tradition & continuing discrimination.]
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) The rescue work at the indoor water park in Moscow, Russia, the day after the roof collapse updated; scenes shown from the site.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Fire at a shopping mall in Jilin, China, shown.
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(Studio: Elizabeth Vargas) Report introduced.
(Sheboygan: Jim Wooten) A view from the political trail in cold, quiet Wisconsin presented; scenes shown of Senator John Kerry's campaign & from Sheboygan. [In June's Restaurant, three PATRONS - talk about Kerry & the primary.]
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