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#765120
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(White House: Wendell Goler) The documents released by President Bush concerning his Vietnam-era military records examined; details given about the nearly 400 pages of information released as an answer to the controversy over his National Guard service. [White House spokesman Scott McCLELLAN†- comments.]
#765121
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Gen. Wesley Clark’s endorsement of Senator John Kerry for the Democratic nomination for president reported; scenes shown from the Kerry and Clark appearance in Madison, Wisconsin. [CLARK – backs Kerry.]
(Madison, Wisconsin: Carl Cameron) The campaign for the Democratic nomination for president analyzed; details given about the boost Kerry will receive from the endorsement by Clark and the AFL-CIO and the strategies for Senator John Edwards and Howard Dean going into the Wisconsin primary; campaign scenes shown. [CLARK – campaigns for Kerry.] [KERRY – says Clark will not be behind him, but standing beside him.]
#765122
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The failure of Massachusetts lawmakers to pass an amendment that would reverse a judge’s decision that legalized same-sex marriages reported; scenes shown of gay marriage supporters in Boston.
(San Francisco: Anita Vogel) The attempt by gay marriage opponents to stop San Francisco from issuing licenses to same-sex couples featured; details given about the ongoing legal battle over the legal definition of marriage; scenes shown of same-sex marriages being performed. [San Francisco Mayor Gavin NEWSOM†- states that anything but equal marriage rights is discrimination.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The denial of marriage licenses for gay couples in Wisconsin and Virginia reported; scenes shown from a county clerk’s office in Madison, Wisconsin.
#765123
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Washington: Mike Emanuel) The Pentagon plan to allow prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to have their cases reviewed annually featured; details given of the planned “parole board” and the transfer of a Spanish national from Guantanamo Bay to a prison in Spain. [Secretary of Defense Donald RUMSFELD†- claims prisoners have provided “life saving information” but are enemy combatants and have committed “acts of war” against our country.]
#765124
(Studio: Shepard Smith) A photograph of Spc. Ryan Anderson, the US soldier accused of spying for Al Qaeda shown and the sentencing of the former Washington State student James Ojama‡ who was convicted of giving the Taliban money and computer equipment, reported; courtroom sketches shown.
#765125
(Studio: Shepard Smith)The statement from former weapons inspector David Kay that President Bush should admit his error on weapons of mass destruction intelligence in Iraq reported.
#765128
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Jamie Colby) The day’s events in the trial of Martha Stewart for security fraud related to her sale of her ImClone stock reviewed; details given about the testimony of FBI special agent Catherine Farmer† and the judge’s ruling to not allow potentially damaging testimony regarding statements that Stewart made in 2002; courtroom sketches shown.
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The increase of ImClone stock prices due to the FDA’s approval of the cancer drug Erbitux†† reported.
#765131
(Studio: Shepard Smith)
(Santa Maria, California: Trace Gallagher) The day’s events in the Michael Jackson child molestation case reviewed; details given about the debate over the case’s gag order, the public release of a copy of the warrant used to search Jackson’s home, and the defense claim that confiscated audio and videotapes from a private investigator are privileged information that the prosecution should not be allowed to use.
#765132
(Studio: Shepard Smith) That arson attack on a home in Boykins†, Virginia, reported; scenes shown from the site.
#765133
(Studio: Shepard Smith) A gas main fire caused by a construction accident in Philadelphia shown.
#765134
(Studio: Shepard Smith) A report from a group of Swedish researchers that found men with friends are more likely to avoid heart disease, the Institute of Medicine’s new recommended daily salt intake, and a study from researchers at the University of California at Irvine concluding that people with aggressive personalities are more likely to smoke reported; scenes shown.
#765135
(Studio: Shepard Smith) A truck’s fall from the top of a parking garage in Georgia; the interstate cleanup of a wreck involving a truck carrying medical waste in Texas; the world’s largest collection of fruit jars in Indiana; and the re-opening of a gorilla exhibit at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, reported; scenes shown.
#765139
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The statement from U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi† that Iraq is far from ready for direct elections reported. [BRAHIMI†- states that “we need to organize elections as early as possible, but not earlier than possible.”]
(Talil Air Base, Iraq: Geraldo Rivera) An interview with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s spokesman Mohammed Bager† reviewed; details given about the power that the Shiite leader has over Iraqi elections and the ongoing negotiations taking place to delay the elections. [BAGER† {thru translator} - outlines what needs to be done for Sistani to agree to elections.]
#765140
(Studio: Shepard Smith) President Bush’s decision to meet privately with the head of the September 11 Commission to answer any questions the group might have about pre-attack intelligence and the commission’s request for an extension of the deadline for filing their final report noted.
#765141
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The press conference held by the six governors, who recently made a surprise visit to Iraq, shown. [Governors George PATAKI†, Kathleen BLANCO†- discuss their visit.]
#765142
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The First Energy Corp.’s report that the spread of the Northeast summer power outage in 2003 was caused by a computer glitch noted.
#765143
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Charges against former basketball player Manute Bol† for hitting his daughter and former boxer Joe Frazier for hitting his son’s mother; the indictment of an Olympic vice president for bribery and embezzlement; and the not-guilty plea of 4 men charged in the BALCO steroid-distribution scheme reported; scenes shown.
#765144
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Denver: Carol McKinley) The NCAA’s decision to broaden the investigation into college football recruiting featured; details given about sex-related recruiting activities at University of Colorado and other schools; statement from NCAA President Myles Brand quoted. [University of Colorado football coach Gary BARNETT†- comments on accusations.]
#765145
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Associated Press report that prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against former Enron COO Jeffrey Skilling†† noted.
#765146
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The testimony from former Halliburton employee Henry Bunting†† that the company wasted taxpayer money by routinely buying items for higher prices than necessary reported.
#765147
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The monthly US trade deficit and Consumer Confidence Index figures and a security breach in Microsoft’s Windows software reported.
#765151
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The problems caused by snow and sleet in Istanbul, Turkey, Athens, Greece, and Texas shown.
(Fox Weather Center: Joe Venuti) National weather forecast reviewed; weather maps shown.
#765152
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The criticism of Israel’s absence from a hearing at The Hague on the issue of the West Bank barrier by Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat and Iran’s Supreme Leader’s urging citizens to vote in the upcoming election reported.
#765153
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The assassination of a former Chechen president by a car bomb in Doha, Qatar, reported.
#765154
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The aftermath of rebel violence in Haiti; a singles dating service at a department store in Paris, France; a flower farm in Uganda; and the record-setting kissing session in the Philippines reported; scenes shown.
#765158
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Voorheesville, New York: Jonathan Hunt) The debate over the qualifications that teachers must possess in a subject field before they are approved to teach featured; details given about a case at Voorheesville High School in New York where a teacher told her students to list positive attributes of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin, which led to the concern that young teachers are not being adequately trained or prepared for the subjects they are expected to teach. [Education Trust’s Ross WEINER†- comments on teacher qualifications.] [Clayton A. Bouton School’s Mark DIEFENDORF†- criticizes the focus of college teaching programs.]
#765161
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The TV advertising rates for the Oscars; the controversy over segments on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”; the reported end of actor Pierce Brosnan’s† run as James Bond; a preview of the TV show, “The Great American Spelling Bee”; and the use of drug references by an Arkansas prison math teacher reported; scenes shown.
#765162
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Quick notes about singers Diana Ross and Jessica Simpson and this day in history noted; scenes shown.
#765163