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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The latest developments in the uprising against Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide reviewed. [WOMAN - describes the situation in Port-au-Prince.]
(Port-au-Prince: Steve Harrigan) The situation in Haiti featured; scenes shown of violence, protests, and looting in the streets of Port-au-Prince.
(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Greg Kelly) The US contingency plans being developed for military deployment to Haiti examined; details given about the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, an amphibious group which has been designated as the first unit who would be sent, the US Coast Guard’s interception of Haitian refugees off the coast of Florida, and the decision by a US attorney in Florida not to file hijacking charges against some Haitian migrants; aerial scenes of the refugees at sea shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) FBI director Robert Mueller’s order for a review of the Oklahoma City bombing investigation, after the discovery of documents that showed bomber Timothy McVeigh sought help from a group of white-supremacist bank robbers, reported.
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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 judge’s decision to throw out the securities fraud charge against Stewart and the report that the IRS may want to review her expense reports; scenes shown from outside the courthouse; statement from Stewart spokesperson Anna Cordasco† quoted. [Stewart’s lawyer Robert MORVILLO†- says they are pleased with the decision.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The wedding ceremonies for gay couples in New Paltz, New York, shown. [New Paltz Mayor Jason WEST†- says it’s time that mayors ensure that all Americans have equal rights.]
(San Francisco: Claudia Cowan) San Francisco’s continuing defiance of California law by allowing same-sex couples to marry featured; details given about the petition filed by state Attorney General Bill Lockyer†, on the request by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, which asks the state Supreme Court to rule on the legality of gay marriage and to order San Francisco to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses until the court’s decision, and the defeat of a constitutional amendment that would have banned gay marriage in Idaho. [LOCKYER†- describes petition.]
(Studio: Shepard Smith) The opposition of Senators John Kerry and John Edwards to same-sex marriage and to a constitutional amendment that would ban it reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Catholic Church survey showing staggering numbers of victims covering decades of child abuse by priests and the cover-up by bishops reported. [US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Bishop Wilton GREGORY†- comments.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(New York City: Jonathan Hunt) The arrest of murder suspect Dan Faiello†† in San Jose, Costa Rica, featured; details given about the death of New York City resident Maria Cruz, who was last seen before a plastic surgery procedure performed by Faiello, a fake physician, and the discovery of Cruz’s body at his former home in Newark, New Jersey; scenes shown of arrest.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The setting of a date for the trial of Carlton Dotson for the murder of Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The damages caused by winter weather in North and South Carolina reported; scenes shown from Jamestown and Charlotte, North Carolina.
(Fox Weather Center: Don Morelli) The national weather forecast reviewed; weather maps shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The upcoming release of a book by former “New York Times” reporter Jayson Blair†, who fabricated or copied from other newspapers many of the stories he wrote, reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A fiery car crash in Belleville††, Illinois; a school bus crash into a house in Doraville††, Georgia; the “water show” at the Hoover Dam caused by the release of water from bypass tunnels; and the birth of sextuplets in Akron, Ohio, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Jonathan Serrie) The disagreement between Georgia Democrats on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages featured. [Representative Bill HEMBREE†- says voters should decide the legality of gay marriage.] [Representative Karla DRENNER†- says that all members of the House represent gay constituents.][Emory University’s Merle BLACK†, Representative Tyrone BROOKS†- claim that Republicans are using the amendments as a political tool.] [Representative Randall MANGHAM†- says that gay marriage is not a civil rights act.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(White House: Wendell Goler) The US response to the unrest in Haiti examined; scenes shown of lawless behavior in Port-au-Prince. [President BUSH – says the US is interested in achieving a political settlement but planning for a multi-national force.] [Senator Tom HARKIN†- says the US inaction has allowed a lawless band of thugs and killers to terrorize Haiti.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Pakistani military’s search for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden along the Pakistan-Afghan border and President Bush’s agreement to let the September 11 commission question him reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Denver: Alicia Acuna) The latest developments in the football scandal at the University of Colorado featured; details given about Governor Bill Owens’ decision to appoint state Attorney General Ken Salazar†† as a special prosecutor to look into rape allegations at the school and his comments about how the perception of the school’s athletic department may discourage victims from reporting crimes. [OWENS – says women should feel safe when they come forward with allegations.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The NTSB’s suggestion that commercial airlines should weigh passengers to identify flights that are over their weight capacity reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The monthly GDP figures and the fraud investigation facing Coca-Cola reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A spacesuit malfunction during a spacewalk at the International Space Station reported; pictures taken by the Opportunity rover of a sunset on Mars and photographs of Saturn from the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The arrival of Japanese troops in Samawah†, Iraq, to begin a humanitarian aid mission shown.
(Baghdad: William La Jeunesse) The day’s events in Iraq featured; details given about the struggles facing Iraq’s governing council to finish an interim constitution.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The destruction of the notorious “Bartman ball” to rid baseball’s Chicago Cubs of the latest curse/jinx and the first transsexual woman golfer Mianne Bagger†† to compete in a pro event reported; scenes shown of the ball’s destruction.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) An update from the 6-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program in Beijing, China and footage released by a Japanese TV station of a reported political prison camp in Yodok, North Korea, shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The Palestinian protests over Israel’s construction of the West Bank barrier in Qibya, West Bank and violence outside a mosque in Jerusalem shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Violent protests in India after the death of a young boy in the disputed region of Kashmir; the confrontation between national guardsmen and protesters in Caracas, Venezuela who want a recall vote against President Hugo Chavez††; a deadly explosion on a ferry off the coast of the Philippines; and a PETA protest on the streets of Rome, Italy, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) A baby elephant’s first steps at a zoo in East Java, Indonesia, shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) The California Supreme Court’s decision not to stop same-sex marriages in San Francisco reported.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Steve Brown) The controversy over the FDA’s decision to allow hospitals to test a blood substitute without the consent of patients featured; details given about PolyHeme, a blood substitute made from a mixture of saltwater and the blood component hemoglobin that can be used on any blood type, PolyHeme’s testing on trauma patients who normally have lost a lot of blood, are likely unconscious, and usually cannot give consent for doctors to use Polyheme instead of blood. [Northfield Laboratories’ Dr. Steven GOULD†- describes PolyHeme.] [Loyola University’s Dr. Mark CICHON†- says PolyHeme needs to be tested on patients who are in severe shock and patients are treated as if they gave an implied type of consent.] [Human Research Protection’s Vera SHARAV†- says medical experiments should never be done on human beings without their voluntary informed consent.] [Two PEOPLE - comment.]
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Radio shock jock Howard Stern’s statement that he is being persecuted by Clear Channel Communications; comedian Dennis Miller’s break from his late-night talk show; North Carolina Museum of History’s decision to display singer Clay Aiken’s clothes as part of a pop culture exhibit; and Michael Jackson’s run-in with Colorado police after his bizarre behavior at a Wal-Mart reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Shepard Smith) Quick notes about singer Bobby Brown, actress Jennifer Aniston††, and this day in history noted; scenes shown.
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