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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: John Roberts) Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan’s call for cutting Social Security benefits for future retirees featured; details given about the potential impact of retiring baby boomers. [GREENSPAN – says we have been making commitments without focusing on our capability of meeting them.] [Presidential candidate Senator John EDWARDS – says the answer is to stop tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.] [President BUSH – says the benefits should not be changed for people at or near retirement.] [National Committee to Preserve Social Security Barbara KENNELLY†- says the young people will have to pay for this.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Toledo, Ohio: Byron Pitts) Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry’s campaign strategy examined; scenes shown of Kerry in Toledo, Ohio; details given about Republicans’ criticism of Kerry’s flip-flopping on issues. [Republican National Committee chairman Ed GILLESPIE†- questions Kerry’s Senate voting record.] [KERRY – says it’s a badge of honor that they’re attacking him.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Statement from House Speaker Representative Dennis Hastert† that he will block an extension for the 9/11 Commission noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(FBI: Jim Stewart) The obstacles to compiling a master list of known terrorists examined; details given about the decision to make the FBI responsible for creating a Terrorist Screening Center. [Representative Jim TURNER†- comments on infighting among government agencies.] [January 26, FBI Terrorist Screening Center Donna BUCELLA†- says the TSC’s capabilities are limited.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Roth) The intensified hunt by US & Pakistani troops for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden featured; details given of political reasons for Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to prove he is a reliable ally in the war on terror. [Asia-Pacific Foundation M.J. GOHEL†- says Musharraf can persuade his intelligence services to deliver bin Laden.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The crash of a US Army helicopter in Iraq reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The latest developments in the uprising against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide reviewed; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Job cuts at AT&T; Stock Market Report, and the conclusion of Martha Stewart’s securities fraud trial noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The Supreme Court ruling that states may deny taxpayer-funded scholarships to students studying for the ministry noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The opening of the film “The Passion of the Christ” on this Ash Wednesday noted; scenes shown from Plano, Texas.
(Hollywood: Bill Whitaker) The marketing of director Mel Gibson’s controversial film, depicting the trial & crucifixion of Jesus, by building “buzz” before the opening featured; excerpt shown from “The Gospel of John,” “The Passion,” and “The Blair Witch Project,” which used a similar strategy. [Three MOVIEGOERS – react to the movie.] [“The Gospel of John” producer Garth DRABINSKY†- says we did not cultivate controversy within our marketing.] [From EWTN, GIBSON – comments on his strategy.] [Actor/director Clint EASTWOOD†, Baptist pastor Michael PIERPOINT†, movie marketer Craig MURRAY†- offer views on the marketing of this film.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The indictment in Atlanta of Baltimore Ravens football star Jamal Lewis on drug charges reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Criticism of the military’s handling of sexual assault charges against American male soldiers by female soldiers serving in the Middle East featured; statistics cited. [Senator Susan COLLINS†- says the conduct is illegal & unacceptable.] [Victim’s father Tom BURKHART†- comments on the military’s charges against his daughter because she delayed reporting being raped.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Battery charges against students who beat a boy on a Jacksonville, Florida, school bus reported; video shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The resignation of National Zoo director Lucy Spelman†† after an investigation of animal deaths at the zoo reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(New York: Elizabeth Kaledin) The search for treatments for memory decline due to age featured. [Cognitive psychologist Sergio MARINI†- says the brain is like a muscle and needs to be exercised.] [Senior citizen Sonia GOLDSTEIN††- comments on her declining memory.] [Clinical psychologist Thomas CROOK†- says we treat every other organ system for age-related effects except the brain.]
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