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(Studio: Aaron Brown) "The Whip" introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Joe Johns; Washington: Jason Carroll; Port-au-Prince: Lucia Newman) "NewsNight"'s major headlines previewed.
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Page two & a half: more stories previewed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Joe Johns) The decision by Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert†† to reverse his opposition to the extension of the deadline for the commission investigating September 11 featured. [Chair Thomas KEAN, Senators John McCAIN, John KERRY - advocate the extension.] [White House press secretary Scott McCLELLAN - says President Bush is for the extension.] [Senator Joseph LIEBERMAN - comments.] The question of how Hastert got into this position discussed.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jason Carroll) The staggering details from the Catholic Church's own reports on sexual abuse by priests examined; statistics cited from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice report on the victim profile. [US Conference of Catholic Bishops president Bishop Wilton GREGORY†- restates an apology.] [National Review Board Robert BENNETT†, victim Barbara BLAINE†- comment on aspects of the abuse issue.]
(Studio: Aaron Brown) Live interview held with attorney Bennett about the priest abuse report. [From Washington, BENNETT - says the priest problem came out of the admission to the seminaries of men who were immature & not guided on how to live a celibate life; admits the numbers indicate it was not a problem of pedophilia but rather the sexual abuse of teenage boys.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) California supreme court's refusal to block the city of San Francisco from granting licenses for same-sex marriages noted.
(New York: Maria Hinojosa) Gay marriages in defiance of the marriage laws in the small town of New Platz, New York, featured. [Mayor Jason WEST†- speaks out for civil rights.] [Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus Arleen ISAACSON†- questions the gay tactics.] [President BUSH - backs marriage between a man & a woman as the ideal.] [Gay MAN, Freedom to Marry Evan WOLFSON†- comment on the opportunity to get involved.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(New York: Allan Chernoff) Judge Miriam Cederbaum†'s ruling at the Martha Stewart trial throwing out the serious charge of securities fraud in the matter of her sale of ImClone stock reviewed; courtroom sketches by Christine Cornell shown while the judge's decision is quoted; details given of the four criminal charges Stewart still confronts. [Stewart attorney Robert MORVILLO†- reacts to the decision.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The possibility of a serial murder case around Oklahoma; the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate sexual misconduct in the University of Colorado football program; the setting of a date for the trial of Carlton Dotson for the murder of Baylor University basketball teammate Patrick Dennehy reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Claremont, California: Candy Crowley) The style & substance in the presidential nomination race between Senators John Kerry & John Edwards examined; details given about Kerry's pedigree paralleling the other JFK, President John F. Kennedy & the "Southern Bobby Kennedy" in Edwards; scenes shown from the campaign trail. [KERRY, EDWARDS - talk about their backgrounds.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Lucia Newman) The chaos from the uprising in Haiti featured; scenes shown of armed thugs in the streets, people looting the port, dead bodies, stranded people at the airport, repatriated boat people, armed rebels. ["Newsweek" photographer Ron HAVIV†- says it is a political vendetta followed by lawlessness.] [Rebel leader Guy PHILIPPE††- comments on the situation; states we are closing the circle in Port-au-Prince.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The meeting at the White House of President Bush with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder††; the arrival of Japanese troops in Iraq; the sentence in Japan for cult leader Shoko Asahara†† for the March, 1995, sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The story of New Jersey Nets coach Lawrence Frank, the youngest head coach in the NBA, presented; basketball scenes shown. [FRANK - comments on going to Indiana University as a student manager.] [Nets TV announcer Ian EAGLE†, Nets players Brian SCALABRINE†, Jason KIDD†- talk about Frank's readiness for the job.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The latest problems for Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner; statement from the lawyers for former head of the New York Stock Exchange Dick Grasso that he will not return the millions he received; the GDP numbers for 2003 & Stock Market Report reported.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) Taped in-studio interview held with "Entertainment Weekly" Lisa Schwarzbaum about the Academy Award nominated movies & performances. [SCHWARZBAUM - says the great performances are like those of Charlize Theron in "Monster" & from "Mystic River"; compares great actors & movie stars; names her choices for winners, including Bill Murray.]
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) The headlines of tomorrow's morning newspapers presented; front pages shown from the papers from the "International Herald Tribune"; Boston, Britain's "The Guardian"; Oregon, San Francisco, upstate New York, "Weekly World News" & Chicago.
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(Studio: Aaron Brown) A rhyming story on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodor Geisel, aka author Dr, Seuss, presented; book excerpts shown.
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