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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(New York: Maria Hinojosa; Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre; White House: John King; New York: Allan Chernoff) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Maria Hinojosa) The opening of Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" featured; film clips shown. [Three PEOPLE, Anti-Defamation League's Abraham FOXMAN†, Catholic League William DONAHUE†, two VIEWERS - offer views on the movie.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Jamie McIntyre) The Senate investigation into allegations of the rape of female soldiers featured; details given of the women's complaints. [Senator Susan COLLINS, Wayne ALLARD - comment on the victims' story.] [Air Force vice chief of staff Gen. Michael MOSELEY†- denies matters are swept under the rug.] [Undersecretary of Defense David CHU†- denies sexual assault in the military is on the rise.] Pentagon statistics on sexual assaults cited. [The Miles Foundation executive director Christine HANSEN†- says victims may go underground due to fear.] How the assault problem has been handled at the Air Force Academy discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) The warning from Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan†† about the crisis facing the Social Security system examined; details given about the options of raising the retirement age and cutting benefits. [GREENSPAN - says structural adjustments are needed in the retirement program; comments on the tax cuts as a benefit to the economy.] [President BUSH - says benefits should not be changed.] [Presidential candidates Senators John KERRY, John EDWARDS - oppose cutting benefits.] The politics of Greenspan's testimony outlined.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jeff Flock) The opening of Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" featured; details given of church-sponsored screenings; film clips shown. [Chicago Pastor Jerry McQUAY†, two CHRISTIANS, Willow Creek Church evangelism director Garry POOLE†- comment on the film.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) A discussion of the movie held with three critics: "USA Today" Claudia Puig, "Miami Herald" Rene Rodriguez & "Christian Science Monitor" David Sterritt. [PUIG - comments on the orgiastic violence & bloodbath; assesses the portraits of the Jewish & Roman characters.] [In-studio, RODRIGUEZ - comments on Gibson's intent of focusing on the violent treatment of Jesus; states the movie is not anti-Semitic at all; suggests the lessons from the film.] [In-studio, STERRITT - says the movie is relentlessly physical; predicts the audience will drop off because it is not a pleasant movie.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Studio: Allan Chernoff) The brief case for the defense in the Martha Stewart trial featured; courtroom sketches by Christine Cornell shown while the testimony from Steven Pearl about a phone message from Peter Bacanovic about ImClone stock is reviewed. [Defense attorney Robert MORVILLO†- says one witness was sufficient.] The tape of Bacanovic's interview with the SEC recounted & excerpts played. [Securities attorney Jacob ZAMANSKY†- predicts Stewart & Bacanovic will be convicted on some charges.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Joe Johns) A Senate bill to limit lawsuits against gun dealers featured. [Senator Dianne FEINSTEIN - talks about the Washington, DC, area sniper rifle.] [Senators Larry CRAIG, Tom DASCHLE - comments on the narrow legislation.] [NRA Wayne LaPIERRE†- says the gun industry would be killed.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The difficulties in passing a constitutional amendment examined in light of the gay marriage issue. [Northern Illinois University professor David KYVIG†- points out only 27 amendments out of thousands have been adopted; states politicians have found proposing an amendment is a way to state an issue without accepting responsibility for its becoming a law.] [American University professor Allan LICHTMAN†- recalls the 1970s support for the Equal Rights Amendment.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert††'s plan to block an extension for the September 11 9/11 Committee to complete its work; Supreme Court ruling that the Washington state scholarship plan banning theology students does not violate the Constitution on freedom of religion & the status of Senator John Kerry's front-running political campaign reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Israeli raid on West Bank Palestinian banks; the aftermath of the earthquake in Morocco & the Coast Guard interception of boats bound from Haiti for Florida reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "Miami Herald" Peter Andrew Bosch's photos of the uprising in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, presented; many photos shown. [BOSCHÂ - describes following the rebels in Haiti & what happened in the streets, including raids on police stations.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The 40th anniversary of the historic boxing match between young Cassius Clay & Sonny Liston featured; film footage of glib Clay & the fight shown. [Sports journalist Allen BARBA†- recalls the scary Liston & the underestimated Clay; notes by the next fight Clay was Muhammad Ali.] [Former trainer Angelo DUNDEE†- praises Clay.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of tomorrow's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Francisco, Amelia County, Virginia & Chicago.
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