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What's on Tap for D.C. Today?

Aired August 20, 2002 - 06:07   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Our Washington bureau has designs on covering the news in D.C. It is that time we hook up with our Washington deputy bureau chief, Steve Redisch.
Good morning -- Steve.

STEVE REDISCH, CNN WASHINGTON DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.

COSTELLO: I take it President Bush is still in Crawford.

REDISCH: He's still in Crawford, will be for the next several weeks -- I think the next three or four weeks, I can say. Nothing on today's schedule either.

COSTELLO: Nothing. Well, he needs some relaxation time, doesn't he?

REDISCH: Right. Tomorrow, there is going to be a big military meeting at the ranch, his top advisors, but we can talk about that tomorrow morning.

COSTELLO: That's true. Let's talk about Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich and what he has up his sleeve.

REDISCH: You know, with the whole debate over whether to invade Iraq, whether to attack Iraq, whether or not to attack Iraq and the pros and cons on each side, Congressman Kucinich, who used to be the Cleveland mayor, is holding a briefing today with several different panelists, basically on why the U.S. should not attack Iraq.

Scott Ritter, the former weapons inspector, the man who was out in front of the post-Gulf War inspections of Iraq's facilities, will be one of the people who are going to participate in the "not attack Iraq" briefing. So we'll be watching that later today.

COSTELLO: The "not attack Iraq" briefing, we like that.

Public school report card coming out, tell us about that.

REDISCH: Phi Delta Kappa, the very prestigious fraternity, along with the Gallup Poll, which CNN works with quite a bit in doing a lot of research, holds its news conference today on people's attitudes toward public schools, and whether public schools are meeting the expectations. And the advance look that we got is that it doesn't quite meet the standards that the public sets for its public schools.

COSTELLO: Well, no surprise there. Thank you very much, Steve Redisch, for joining us.

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