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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) The start of an international effort to bring an end to the crisis in Haiti introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Kerry Sanders) The need to return lawless Haiti to order now that President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has left the country featured; scenes shown of people in the streets of Port-au-Prince of looting & shooting & of armed rebels. [Rebel leader Guy PHILIPPE†- comments on the situation.] [US Ambassador to Haiti James FOLEY†- says there could be a new, more hopeful chapter for Haiti.] [Aristide attorney Ira KURZBAN†- blames the US intelligence community for putting a gun to Aristide's head.] The naming of Boniface Alexandre as interim president noted.
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(White House: Rosiland Jordan) President Bush's decision to send Marines into Haiti featured. [BUSH - says he ordered Marines in as an interim international force; calls for the people of Haiti to reject violence.] [Representative Charles RANGEL, Mark FOLEY, Council on Foreign Relations Richard HAASS†- offer views on US policy in Haiti.]
(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Miami: Mark Potter) The reaction of Haitian immigrants in the US to the difficult times in Haiti featured; scenes shown from inside & outside a church & in the business district in Miami's "Little Haiti." [Immigrant Brunel DOMINIQUE†, radio host Ludner BEAUVOIR†, community activist Marleine BASTIEN†- offer views on what is happening in Haiti.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(New York: Carl Quintanilla) The day's Democratic debate in New York City before the Super Tuesday primaries featured. [At roundtable, Senators John KERRY, John EDWARDS - talk about the crisis in Haiti; bicker.] [Democratic political strategist Anita DUNN†- assesses the contentious atmosphere.] [Democratic National Committee Terry McAULIFFE†- sets the timeline for unity.] [EDWARDS - comments on the nomination.]
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(Studio: John Seigenthaler) Report introduced.
(Hollywood: Mark Mullen) The blockbuster crowds for Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the Christ" examined. [Film critic Leonard MALTIN†- says everyone is talking about this movie, which as an "event."] The success of earlier films about religion, especially in the 1950s & 1960s, detailed; film clips shown. [USC professor "Jesus in America" author Richard FOX††- comments on Americans' devotion to Jesus.]
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