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"What's on Tap" in D.C. Today?

Aired August 28, 2002 - 06:10   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Joining us now by phone, though, is our Washington deputy chief Steve Redisch with a look at "What's on Tap" in D.C. today.
Good morning -- Steve.

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

COSTELLO: Whoa, that Iraq issue just won't go away for the president, will it?

REDISCH: It will linger and linger. It'll be probably issue No. 1 for quite a while.

COSTELLO: He's still in Crawford, and do you think he'll come out and talk again today?

REDISCH: He has nothing on his official schedule, but you never know what might happen. Nothing on his schedule for now and through the rest of the week.

COSTELLO: Got you.

There's a report coming out today on the status of the manufacturing industry.

REDISCH: We're coming up to Labor Day, Labor Day weekend just around the corner, and the National Association of Manufacturers releases its view of the state of the -- of the American work force. They'll list their reasons for the job losses in manufacturing and the prospects for employment down the road.

COSTELLO: Just what we need, more bad news, huh?

REDISCH: It depends on your point of view. One person's bad news is someone else's good news.

COSTELLO: That's looking at the glass half full.

Chrysler is holding a news conference to discuss child safety, why?

REDISCH: They're partnering up with several other safety associations, and they are going to launch the new campaign to show the public the new child safety seats that will be in -- that will be in effect starting September 1, 2002. And one of the -- one of the main differences in the new child safety seats are latches and tethers. And we'll go cover the news conference today and show you how to properly latch children into these new safety seats.

COSTELLO: Yes, always an important topic.

Let's talk about the drought just a little bit. How bad is it?

REDISCH: We're getting rain here, finally, for the first time in about 10 days. And here in Maryland they just announced new water restrictions covering many more counties. The drought is fairly bad here in the -- in the mid-Atlantic stretching all the way down the East Coast for the -- for that matter. And today, the Natural Resource Defense Council and American Rivers and Smart Growth America, three environmental groups, are holding a news conference to take a look at sprawl and how sprawl in large cities is contributing to the droughts and affecting the rivers.

COSTELLO: Oh yes, because you know there's only one water source in some cases; and the bigger the city gets, you just suck all the water right out of that water source.

REDISCH: That's -- that and you know on one hand you have growth, on the other hand you have water needs and the two have to be met. And they'll talk about -- talk about that today.

COSTELLO: Should be interesting.

Thank you, Steve Redisch, we'll check back with you tomorrow.

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