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(Studio: Shepard Smith) President Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage reported. [BUSH – says that decisive and democratic action is needed.]
(White House: Jim Angle) The political response to Bush’s amendment proposal featured. [BUSH – claims judges are trying to change the most fundamental institution of civilization; explains his amendment plan.] [Representative David DREIER†- believes it is a states’ rights issue.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) San Francisco’s continuing defiance of California law by allowing same-sex couples to marry reported; details given about California Attorney General Bill Lockyer’s†† decision to take the case to the state Supreme Court.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) [Senator John KERRY, President BUSH – campaign.]
(Cleveland, Ohio: Carl Cameron) The campaigns of Senators Kerry and John Edwards in advance of the Super Tuesday primaries featured; details given about Kerry’s and Edward’s reaction to Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, their support of civil unions and opposition to gay marriage, and today’s primaries and caucuses in Idaho, Utah, and Hawaii; “Los Angeles Times” California Democratic primary poll cited. [KERRY – campaigns.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(White House: Wendell Goler) CIA director George Tenet’s appearance before Congress in a hearing to determine why the pre-war intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was flawed featured; details given about the questioning of the top three US intelligence chiefs regarding the failure to find large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons in Iraq and the report that the CIA had the name and phone number of September 11 hijacker Marwan al-Shehhi† two years before the attack. [TENET†- comments on the information they were given on al-Shehhi.] [Senator Dick DURBIN†- criticizes pre-war intelligence on Iraq.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Mike Emanuel) The first two Guantanamo Bay detainees to be officially charged with war crimes featured; details given about charges that the detainees, Ali Hamza al-Bahlul† and Ibrahim al-Qosi†, will face; list of terrorist activities the two have been involved in shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The rejection in Haiti by a coalition of opposition groups of a US-backed peace plan that would have kept President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in power reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The day’s events in the manslaughter trial of former basketball player Jayson Williams, who is charged with shooting a limo driver and attempting to make the incident appear to be a suicide, reported; details given about the testimony from a friend of Williams, who claims Williams tried to cover up the actual events of the evening.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Jamie Colby) The day’s events in the Martha Stewart trial for charges relating to her sale of ImClone stock reported; details given about the decision for Stewart and her stockbroker Peter Bacanovic†† not to testify on their own behalf and a preview of upcoming witnesses.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The case of the missing Mississippi family of Michael & Rebecca Hargon and their son updated; details given about the investigators’ search for a white van reportedly seen speeding away from the family’s home.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The request by the lawyer for Joseph Smith, who was arrested in Sarasota, Florida, for the abduction and murder of Carlie Brucia, for a new grand jury due to the “tainted indictment” against his client due to extensive media coverage reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The release on bail of Zubair Ghias†, who falsely claimed that he had been kidnapped by Al Qaeda and forced to carry out a mission onboard the flight, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The decision to call off the search for survivors from the collision between a small passenger boat and a container ship on the Mississippi River, the effort to remove the sunken container ship, and the delays suffered by cruise ships due to the collision reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A woman’s rescue from freezing waters atop Niagara Falls by Canadian firefighters shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Fat Tuesday celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana; a small passenger plane crash in Spencer††, Massachusetts; a car accident in Shalimar††, Florida, when a four-year-old stole his mother’s keys and drove their van into a nearby tree; and the birth of an African bush elephant at the San Diego Wild Animal Park in California reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Seattle: Dan Springer) The decision by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau {TTB} not to allow beer makers to place the reported health benefits that beer can provide on product labels featured; details given about studies that show drinking beer in moderation can help prevent heart attack and stroke and the government’s attitude toward alcohol-labeling polices. [Pike Brewing Co.’s Craig HARTINGER†- comments.] [MAN – says that beer makers should be allowed to show consumers that beer can be healthy.] [Alcohol Policies Project’s George HACKER†- says beer is probably the nation’s most used drug and responsible for thousands of deaths.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jeff Goldblatt) Ohio’s passage of a “Defense of Marriage Act” {DOMA} featured; details given about the legislation which was passed to clarify the state’s definition of marriage and to ensure that same-sex marriages carried out in other states will not be recognized in Ohio. [DOMA supporter state senator Jay HOTTINGER†- says there is a real threat that the state would have to recognize other states’ gay marriages.] [Gay couple Gloria McCAULEY†, Chris KOZAD†- wonder how their relationship threatens marriage.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The news that Michigan is close to passing a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Bagram, Afghanistan: Bret Baier) US Central Command commander Gen. John Abizaid’s comments regarding Taliban and Al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan featured; details given about a Taliban pamphlet threatening citizens with death if they vote in the upcoming election, the Taliban’s increased bounty placed on US officials and soldiers, and the progress in the search for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. [ABIZAID†- comments on pamphlets and bin Laden.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Baghdad: William La Jeunesse) The day’s events in Iraq featured; details given about coalition raids that resulted in the capture of 3 more Al Qaeda suspects and last week’s fighting near Ramadi, Iraq, which resulted in the death of a lieutenant of terrorist leader Mussab Abu al-Zarqawi††. [US Army spokesman Mark KIMMITT†- comments on the capture of Al Qaeda suspects.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Video from a 82nd Airborne parachute training exercise in the “Sunni Triangle” region of Iraq shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to Uzbekistan reported; scenes shown from Tashkent. [RUMSFELD – praises Uzbekistan’s support in the war on terrorism.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Pentagon investigation into a Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root†† {KBR}, for possibly overpaying for fuel and charging the purchase to the US government reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The European Union’s decision to ban the import of all US poultry products, after the discovery of an outbreak of bird flu in Texas, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The monthly Consumer Confidence Index figures and Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan’s warnings on rising debt levels at certain mortgage companies reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Redwood City, California: Claudia Cowan) The day’s events in the trial of Scott Peterson for the murder of his wife, Laci, featured; details given about prosecution claims that Peterson’s affair with Amber Fry drove him to kill his wife and the ongoing debate over the use of wiretap and dog-tracking evidence in the trial; courtroom sketches shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The devastation caused by an earthquake near Al-Hoceima†, Morocco, shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The discovery of nuclear material in Iran by U.N. weapons inspectors reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to replace his prime minister and to dismiss the rest of his government ministers ahead of upcoming elections reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A deadly diesel truck accident in Turkey; a joint “war games” exercise between US and Philippine military forces in the Philippines; the annual Habanos Cigar Festival†† in Havana, Cuba; and the end of winter festival Moscow, Russia, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A study showing that upper ear piercings can lead to infections that are difficult to treat and a study in Great Britain showing children there are increasing in average weight reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Anita Vogel) The controversy surrounding a bill proposal that would allow pregnant women to receive handicapped parking spots featured; details given about the fear that the bill to make life easier for pregnant women would take away parking spots for disabled citizens. [Pregnant Gabrielle COHEN†- comments.] [California Assemblyman Tony STRICKLAND†- explains advantages of the bill.] [Independent Living Center’s Mary Ann JONES†- opposes bill.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A planned TNT bio-picture about the life of daredevil Evel Knievel; a recap of the finale from FOX’s TV show, “My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé”; actress Kim Cattrall’s†† reported demands before she will appear in a “Sex and the City” movie; and singer Janet Jackson’s decision not to play singer Lena Horne†† in an TV movie, after Horne’s objection to the selection of Jackson reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Quick notes about talk show host Ricki Lake††, actors Ken Watanabe†† and Joe Viterelli††, and this day in history noted; scenes shown.
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