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D.C. Daytimer: What's on Tap?
Aired December 10, 2002 - 06:06 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Get ready for some anti-war protests in Washington, D.C. today. It could be pretty big, too.
Let's bring in Washington morning producer, Paul Courson.
Paul -- good morning.
PAUL COURSON, CNN WASHINGTON MORNING PRODUCER: Good morning.
We're not sure how many people are actually going to show up, Carol. You know, sometimes, they make these claims of a million people are going to show up at their protests today, and otherwise, it sometimes is also a handful. But we do know...
COSTELLO: Are there going to be Hollywood stars involved?
COURSON: Well, it's hard to tell who is going to show up for these. One of the protests today is going to be at a military recruiting office, and they plan some civil disobedience, including blocking entrances to this recruiting office and a symbolic die-in. But the protest sites are not actually within sight of the White House, as compared to those back in 1991.
I covered some of those. They were in Lafayette Park, right across from the White House, and they also featured the symbolic die- in, where everybody kind of drops to the ground. These are going to be some distance away.
I should point out that President Bush actually motorcades out of the White House today for a speech this morning at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It's possible he might hear of some of the demonstrations, but we don't expect any confrontations.
COSTELLO: I think they'll drive by really quickly, don't you?
COURSON: It could be.
COSTELLO: We haven't heard much about the investigation into what happened prior to September 11 that may have caused that to happen. Are those still ongoing, the hearings there?
COURSON: Well, the hearings have wrapped up, and we have learned that there are 20 recommendations that will be taken up today by the 9/11 Joint Intelligence Committee. This is a function of Congress.
You'll remember that they've been hearing -- they've been holding a series of hearings with officials from law enforcement, the intelligence community and other experts to try and figure out what we could have done to interdict the plots as they were being planned ahead of the 9/11 attacks.
The recommendations might actually be acted on today, if the Joint Intelligence Committee can form a quorum. They have 37 members. If they have enough people on hand today for the meeting, they may very well take some action on that. And we'll get more details at a likely news conference tomorrow.
COSTELLO: All right, enough said, Paul.
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Aired December 10, 2002 - 06:06 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Get ready for some anti-war protests in Washington, D.C. today. It could be pretty big, too.
Let's bring in Washington morning producer, Paul Courson.
Paul -- good morning.
PAUL COURSON, CNN WASHINGTON MORNING PRODUCER: Good morning.
We're not sure how many people are actually going to show up, Carol. You know, sometimes, they make these claims of a million people are going to show up at their protests today, and otherwise, it sometimes is also a handful. But we do know...
COSTELLO: Are there going to be Hollywood stars involved?
COURSON: Well, it's hard to tell who is going to show up for these. One of the protests today is going to be at a military recruiting office, and they plan some civil disobedience, including blocking entrances to this recruiting office and a symbolic die-in. But the protest sites are not actually within sight of the White House, as compared to those back in 1991.
I covered some of those. They were in Lafayette Park, right across from the White House, and they also featured the symbolic die- in, where everybody kind of drops to the ground. These are going to be some distance away.
I should point out that President Bush actually motorcades out of the White House today for a speech this morning at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It's possible he might hear of some of the demonstrations, but we don't expect any confrontations.
COSTELLO: I think they'll drive by really quickly, don't you?
COURSON: It could be.
COSTELLO: We haven't heard much about the investigation into what happened prior to September 11 that may have caused that to happen. Are those still ongoing, the hearings there?
COURSON: Well, the hearings have wrapped up, and we have learned that there are 20 recommendations that will be taken up today by the 9/11 Joint Intelligence Committee. This is a function of Congress.
You'll remember that they've been hearing -- they've been holding a series of hearings with officials from law enforcement, the intelligence community and other experts to try and figure out what we could have done to interdict the plots as they were being planned ahead of the 9/11 attacks.
The recommendations might actually be acted on today, if the Joint Intelligence Committee can form a quorum. They have 37 members. If they have enough people on hand today for the meeting, they may very well take some action on that. And we'll get more details at a likely news conference tomorrow.
COSTELLO: All right, enough said, Paul.
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