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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) The election-year politics behind President Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage examined; CBS News/"New York Times" poll results cited. [BUSH – says we must enact a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in America.] [American Values president Gary BAUER†- says we shouldn’t have a fundamental issue forced on us by judges who are out of control.] [Presidential candidate Senator John KERRY – supports states making the decision.] [Log Cabin Republicans Patrick GUERRIERO†- calls the president’s stance a declaration of war on gays & lesbians.] [American University James HARRIS†- explains Bush’s stance as a campaign strategy.]
(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: John Blackstone) San Francisco’s continuing defiance of California law by allowing same-sex couples to marry featured; scenes shown from City Hall in San Francisco and from Sandoval County, New Mexico. [Newlywed Chip LENNO†, San Francisco Mayor Gavin NEWSOM†- react to Bush’s call for an amendment.] [New York newlywed Randi ANDERSON†- says it compares with any other civil right.] [New Mexico resident Chuck HOMER†- reacts to his state’s declaration that recently-issued marriage licenses for gays are now illegal.] [Campaign for California Families Randy THOMASSON†- says they are flouting the law and creating anarchy.] [Loyola Law School Rabbi Yitzchok ADLERSTEIN†- says it threatens the notion that men & women are meant to be together.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Today’s primaries & caucuses in Idaho, Utah & Hawaii noted.
(Cleveland: Byron Pitts) Democratic front-runner Senator John Kerry’s defense against campaign attacks from President Bush featured; scenes shown of Kerry in Youngstown, Ohio; campaign ad for Kerry shown. [BUSH, KERRY – criticize each other.] [Candidate Senator John EDWARDS – says Bush doesn’t get to decide who our nominee is.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) The Pentagon’s disclosure of the military indictments of 2 Al Qaeda suspects, Ali Hamza al Bahlul† of Yemen & Ibrahim al Qosi† of Sudan, who are being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, featured; details given of the charges against the men, who are said to be directly linked to terror leader Osama bin Laden. [Defense attorney Lt. Cmdr. Philip SUNDEL†- says we’re concerned about whether our client can get a fair trial.] [CIA director George TENET†- says catastrophic attacks on the scale of 9/11 remain within Al Qaeda’s reach.] The release of an audiotape from bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri†† denouncing President Bush’s claims of success in the war against terror noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The killing by US troops of an aide to Al Qaeda agent Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi†† and the capture of 3 more Al Qaeda suspects in Iraq reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Mark Strassmann) The appeal by Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide for international help in quelling the uprising against his government featured; scenes shown of Marines guarding the US embassy in Port-au-Prince; footage shown of Haitian refugees at sea in 1994. [ARISTIDE – says we may have more Haitians leaving by boat to go to Florida.] [New York City Police Department Cmsr. Raymond KELLY†- comments on mistakes made in the US intervention in 1994.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The ban on American poultry & eggs by several countries following an outbreak of bird flu in Texas reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Announcement from federal health officials that there is little chance that consumers of American beef could be infected with mad cow disease noted.
(Omaha, Texas: Wyatt Andrews) Criticism that the government’s decision to double the number of cows tested for mad cow is not enough featured. [Cattle rancher Tom WOODWARD†- comments on financial losses for the beef industry due to one infected cow.] [Senator Herb KOHL†, USDA Dr. Ron DeHAVEN†- comment on testing.] [Consumers Union Michael HANSEN†- denounces the decision as too little.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Damage from a powerful earthquake near Al Hoceima, Morocco, shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The Supreme Court’s ruling on what constitutes age discrimination explained.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Stock Market Report; consumer confidence figures noted.
(Great Neck, New York: Richard Schlesinger) A look at how consumer confidence is measured presented; details given about how stock market movement is tied to consumer confidence. [Survey participants Gail NEUFELD†, Kelly WILLIAMS†- comment on their role in the survey.] [Standard & Poor’s David WYSS†- explains why the consumer confidence survey is important.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Elizabeth Kaledin) The high levels of fat and calories on the kid’s menus at many popular restaurants featured; results of the analysis by the Center for Science in the Public Interest outlined. [Center for Science in the Public Interest Jane HURLEY†, Margo WOOTAN†- comment on the study.] [Red Lobster general manager Jeff TATTERSALL†- says our menu is all about choice.] [National Restaurant Assn. Steve GROVER†- criticizes the CSPI’s report.]
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