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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Middleton, Wisconsin: Byron Pitts) The Wisconsin Democratic primary featured; scenes shown of Senators John Kerry and John Edwards and Howard Dean campaigning; results of a CBS News poll of Wisconsin voters cited. [Teamsters president James HOFFA†- supports Kerry.] [KERRY – criticizes President Bush.] [Wisconsin VOTER – comments on job losses.] [EDWARDS – campaigns.] [DEAN – jokes about his “scream speech.”]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Jim Axelrod) The astonishing turnaround in Dean’s campaign examined. [DEAN – comments.] [American University James THURBER†- comments on the drop in the fundraising & support Dean once had.] [Former Dean campaign manager Joe TRIPPI†- comments on Dean.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Bush shown campaigning at Fort Polk, Louisiana. [BUSH – defends his decision to go to war in Iraq.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) A new compromise for handing over Iraq’s government due to the Iraqi Governing Council’s criticism of the US plan for regional caucuses examined; details given about the plan for transferring power to an expanded Council until the elections demanded by Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani†† can be held. [Secretary of State Colin POWELL – says we’ve got an open mind {on the caucus process.}]
(Studio: Dan Rather) The release by the US military of a “wanted” list of Iraqis suspected of planning guerrilla attacks, and the death of another American soldier in a roadside bombing noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) An escalation in the uprising in Haiti against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide reported; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) The Catholic Church’s report on sexual abuse of children by priests examined; statistics on abuse in the Los Angeles Archdiocese cited; scenes shown of a victims’ rally to condemn the report outside the Los Angeles Cathedral. [Archdiocese of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger MAHONY††- says this number is too many.] [Abuse victim Mary GRANT†- says this report is suspect when an alleged molester {Msgr. Richard Loomis†} has been handling reports {of abuse.}] [Abuse victim David CLOHESSY†- says the bishops have spent millions of dollars trying to keep this hidden.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) The conviction of former Catholic Bishop Thomas O'Brien†† on hit-and-run charges in the death of a pedestrian last June reported; scenes shown from the courtroom in Phoenix, Arizona.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: Vince Gonzales) The debate over San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom†’s decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples featured; scenes shown of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus serenading gay couples outside City Hall; details given of the court battles to stop the gay marriage marathon. [Campaign for California Families Randy THOMASSON†- says the out-of-control mayor of San Francisco needs to obey state law.] [NEWSOM – says we do not have the right to discriminate against people.] [In his State of the Union address, President BUSH – says our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.] [Newlywed Greg BREVOORT†- says Bush declared war on us with the fervor he declared war on terrorists.] [Lambda Legal Defense Fund Jon DAVIDSON†- praises the Supreme Court ruling striking down a Texas sodomy law.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) A federal court ruling that the national do-not-call registry does not violate the free speech rights of telemarketers noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Cingular’s purchase of AT&T Wireless service reported; Stock Market Report.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Orr) The FAA’s plan to order airlines to modify the fuel tanks in Boeing aircraft to prevent explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 in 1996 featured; footage shown of the wreckage of Flight 800; animation shown of the system called “inerting,” which is designed to reduce flammable vapors; video shown of a fire caused by an oxygen spark. [FAA administrator Marion BLAKEY†- says we have a plan that will eliminate fuel tank explosions.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The accomplishments of NASA’s Spirit rover on Mars reviewed; photos shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Series on the confrontations between people & wildlife continued.
(Lakeway, Texas: Bob McNamara) The exploding deer population featured; scenes shown of deer in residential neighborhoods, of protests against efforts to reduce their numbers and of a doe being surgically sterilized in Highland Park, Illinois; details given about the loss of deer habitat due to development. [Lakeway, Texas, Mayor Gerry ASTORINO†- comments on costly deer damage and dead deer disposal.] [Protestor Debbie TRUEMAN†- objects to the trapping & slaughtering of deer.] [Motorcyclist Sunny WILLIAMS†, AMM Collision Center John CALDWELL†- comment on deer-vehicle collisions.] [Texas Parks & Wildlife Bryan RICHARDS†- says communities have to become more accepting of lethal means of population control.]
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