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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Chip Reid) The Congressional hearings on decency in broadcasting featured; details given of Clear Channel Communications’ cancellation of radio shock jock Howard Stern’s show. [Voice of STERN – says they’re doing this because they’re being hauled in front of Congress.] [Clear Channel Radio president John HOGAN†- says he’s embarrassed.] [Representative Christopher COX†- says you can’t escape it {indecency.}] [NBC Alan WURTZEL†- cites a new practice of using a time delay for live awards shows.] [Voice of radio host Rush LIMBAUGH – objects to the involvement of the federal government.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Lisa Myers) 9/11 Commission members’ objections to White House restrictions on information examined; details given about limitations on questioning of the president, vice president and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. [Former Senator Bob KERREY†- says the limited access makes him uncomfortable.] [9/11 Commission chair Thomas KEAN†, John LEHMAN†- respond to the restrictions.] House Speaker Representative Dennis Hastert’s rejection of the Commission’s request for an extension on reporting their findings noted. [Senator John McCAIN – supports a 2-month extension.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Andrea Mitchell) Charges by a former British cabinet member that Britain spied on U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and undecided Security Council members in the run-up to the Iraq war examined. [U.N. spokesman Fred ECKHARD†- says those who speak to the secretary general are entitled to assume that their exchanges are confidential.] [British translator Katharine GUN†- comments on her allegation that the British intensified their spying at the request of the US.] [Russian U.N. ambassador Sergei LAVROV†- denies any U.N. spying by Russia.] [Intelligence expert James BAMFORD†- comments on the tradition of US spying at the U.N. since its start.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw; Washington: Andrea Mitchell) Secretary of State Colin Powell’s message to embattled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that he should think about stepping down discussed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Brian Williams) Reaction to yesterday’s warning from Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan that Social Security may face cuts featured; details given about the political implications for presidential candidates of changing the system. [Teacher Mimi BASSO‡, AARP volunteer Gwendolyn VAUGHN†- offer views on potential cuts.] [Former Clinton Chief of Staff Leon PANETTA†- says neither side will see the benefit of doing what Greenspan proposes.] [Nomura Securities International chief economist David RESLER†- notes the increase in life expectancy since the program began.]
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(Studio & Kabul, Afghanistan: Tom Brokaw) The dangers for women in Afghanistan during childbirth featured; details given about the role of men in making decisions about their wives’ health and about programs to teach women & train professionals about childbirth; statistics on deaths of pregnant women and young children cited. [New mother Pal WAH-SHAH’†† {thru translator} – explains her determination to get to a hospital for her delivery.] [Malalai†† Hospital Dr. Jeffrey SMITH††- comments on efforts to improve chances for pregnant women; notes a growing awareness that it’s not necessary for women to die during childbirth.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Iraq’s Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s demand for a guarantee that direct elections would be held by the end of the year noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The government’s conclusion that sloppy mechanics and improper loading were at fault for last year’s crash of a US Airways Express plane in Charlotte, North Carolina, featured; details given of problems in estimating weights; animation shown. [NTSB Ellen ENGLEMAN††- says there were errors at every level.] [Air Travelers Assn. David STEMPLER††- says everything is heavier than we assume.] [Victim’s DAUGHTERS – say this could have been avoided.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The same-sex wedding of entertainer Rosie O’Donnell and her partner Kelli Carpenter in San Francisco, which continues to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, noted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The space walk by the two crew members of the International Space Station noted; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) An encouraging new drug, Avastin, for the treatment of colon cancer featured; details given about how the drug works by choking off the blood supply for tumors. [Cancer patient Jane ST. GEORGE‡- comments.] [Duke University Medical Center Dr. Herb HURWITZ†, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Leonard SALTZ†- comment on the successful trial results.]
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