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(Los Angeles: Miguel Almaguer) The rise in gas prices examined; state price statistics cited. [Three MOTORISTS, Jason KING - complain about prices.] [Lipow Oil Associates Andrew LIPOW†- cites the world demand.]
(Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.
(White House: Mike Viqueira) The consideration by President Obama of tapping into the strategic petroleum reserve to protect the economy examined. [White House chief of staff William DALEY†- considers the options.] [Senator Jeff BINGAMAN - comments on the oil supply disruption.] [CNBC global energy analyst Daniel YERGIN†- says the real problem is the turbulence in the Middle East.] [Governor Haley BARBOUR†- criticizes the administration emphasis on alternative fuels.]
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(Adjabiyfia, Stephanie Gosk) The intense fighting in Libya featured; scenes shown from Tripoli of a pro-Kadhafi crowd, the pitched battles with rebels who conrtol the east, the wounded civilians in a hospital in Adjabiyfia, the fighting in the west. [LIBYAN - describes what happened.]
(Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.
(Tunisia and Cairo: Anne Thompson) The plight of international refugees on the borders with Tunisia and Egypt featured; scenes shown of the people leaving a transit camp at the Tunisian and Egyptian airport where an international airlift is helping. [Navy Lt. Cmdr. James STOCKMAN†, Air Force Airman Sandy LEE†- comment on the mission.]
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(New York: Rehema Ellis) The impact of a terrible storm of tornadoes featured; scenes shown of damages in Louisiana, including Rayne, flooding in Indiana, icy roads in Columbus, Ohio, snow in Buffalo, New York. [Rayne Mayor Jim PETTIJEAN†- calls it total chaos.] [Louisiana Governor Bobby JINMDAL†- says the storm did a lot of damage.] [Weather Channel Eric FISHER - cites the destruction in Rayne.]
(Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.
(Syracuse: Mike Seidel) The snowstorms now and coming featured; weather map and snow in Syracuse shown.
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(Washington: Michael Isikoff) More details about the ties of Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, examined; scenes shown from April 21, 2009, of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeting a Kadhafi son and President Obama with Kadhafi at a conference; details given about the lifting of economic sanctions against Libya in 2004 and the business ties with Libya thereafter. [Secretary of State Hillary CLINTON - criticizes Kadhafi's attacks on his own people.] [Rabbi Stephanie BERNSTEIN - says the government has been complicit with keeping Kadhafi in power; calls doing business with terrorists wrong.] [Bombing investigator former CIA official Frank ANDERSON - says Kadhafi authorized the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.]
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(London: Keir Simmons) The disappearance in Spain of an American college student, AUstin Bice†, examined; scenes shown of the Madrid nightclub where he was last seen; details given from Bice's blog. [Father Larry BICE†- comments on what happened that night when he was last seen.] [Mother Pam BICE†- comments on the search for our son.]
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(Los Angeles: Jennifer Bjorklund) The role of volunteer cuddlers in caring for infants in the intensive care unit in a Los Angeles hospital featured; scenes shown of volunteers with the babies. [Children's Hospital Los Angeles Dr. Phillippe FRIEDLICH†, MOTHER, volunteers "MICHELE," WOMAN - comment on cuddling the infants.]
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