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    NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

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    Segment of NBC Nightly News entitled The Fleecing of America. Topics discussed include: proposed interstate highway 69 that connects Mexico and Canada supported by several U.S. Senators including Trent Lott; the projected job growth attached to the project; and criticism of the project as wasteful and environmentally damaging to Indiana

    ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings; CBS Evening News with Dan Rather; and NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

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    ABC World News Tonight hosted by Peter Jennings. Topics discussed include: the war in Afghanistan; rescue of eight foreign aid workers from the Taliban; spotlight on what life is like in Kabul, Afghanistan with the Taliban gone; airport security measures and the federalizing of all TSA screeners; information from flight recorder of American Airlines Flight 587 that crashed into a neighborhood; excerpts from tapes of the United Flight 93 hijacked on September 11; and the effect of the September 11 attacks on life in San Francisco. Followed by CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. Topics discussed include: the Taliban retreat in Afghanistan; search for Osama Bin Laden; war in Afghanistan; President George W. Bush on rescued aid workers held by the Taliban; hunt for the possible September 11 hijacker; investigation into the crash of American Airlines Flight 587; airport security; recent meeting of President Bush and President Vladimir Putin; humanitarian aid for Afghanistan; stock market; and weakening job market. Followed by NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. Topics discussed include: investigation into the crash of American Airlines Flight 587; airport security; economic stimulus bill; war in Afghanistan; Osama Bin Laden; failure of President Bush and President Putin to agree to missile defense shield deal; rescue of U.S. aid workers held by the Taliban; Bush administration\u27s plan for military tribunals; stock market; and the daughter of the former mayor of Kabul returning to Afghanistan after two decades

    Introductory segments of CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, and NBC Nightly News

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    Two-minute clip of CBS Evening News hosted by Dan Rather. Topics discussed include: congressional reaction to Kenneth Starr\u27s report, Clinton White House focusing on the positives of the good economy and solid approval rating from the American public, Congress considering impeachment, censure, or pressure to resign, and Bob Schieffer reports that Congress is becoming increasingly frustrated with President Clinton\u27s defense team and wants him to admit he lied to grand jury in Paula Jones case. Followed by a two-minute clip of ABC World News Tonight hosted by Peter Jennings. Topics discussed include: Congress\u27s reaction to Starr Report and Senator Orrin Hatch offers his opinion on the situtation. Followed by two-minute clip of NBC Nightly News hosted by Tom Brokaw. Topics discussed include: congressional reaction to the release of the Starr Report and commentary offered by Senator Orrin Hatch, Representative Christopher Shays, and Leon Panetta

    Senator Mark Dayton Respondes to Questions followed by NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

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    Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota responds to questions on his plan for financing the construction of a new stadium for the Minnesota Twins. Followed by NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. Topics discussed include: the first battlefield death of CIA operative Johnny Mike Spann killed during an uprising of Taliban prisoners of war; role of the CIA in the war in Afghanistan; economic stimulus bill; collaspe of Enron; stock market; Bush administration purchases small pox vaccines; women running the war room in the White House; September 11th insurance scam; and life in Kabul with unexploded bombs littering the neighborhoods
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