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In Other News
Aired April 04, 2003 - 09:27 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: The war has pushed many other important developments to the back burner. Our CNN senior analyst Jeff Greenfield is here to help us remedy that. Good morning.
JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SR. ANALYST: Hope to, and the place to begin, Paula, is the place that was the center of all our attention less than a year and a half ago, Afghanistan.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GREENFIELD (voice-over): Last weekend, an ambush from the southern Afghanistan province of Helmond killed two U.S. servicemen, another was injured. Rockets were fired at a U.S. base. These attacks may be part of an effort by Taliban forces. They ran the country until the U.S. routed them out after September 11 to strike back in the hope that America will be preoccupied with Iraq.
Just before the war in Iraq broke out, the newspapers were filled with stories of North Korea's renewed effort to develop a nuclear program. On Tuesday, Japanese and U.S. officials said North Korea had conducted a short range missile test without warning. South Korea leaders said it didn't happen. Japan later said it just wasn't sure.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)
GREENFIELD: On the homefront, the biggest item on the president's domestic agenda, big tax cuts took a hit. Three Republican senators voted with the Democrats to cut those cuts by half.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Chafee.
GREENFIELD: The House passed the president's program intact, so the two branches of Congress will have to work it out.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It could get much worse before it gets better.
GREENFIELD: You've probably been following the spread of that mystery illness SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) quarantines and the like. But here is an especially unsettling part of that story. Last week, Dr. Carlo Urbani, a World Health Organization expert who identified the disease, died from it in Geneva.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) GREENFIELD: There is new information about the Columbia space shuttle disaster. Reports said new information has caused investigators to focus not on the tiles, but on reinforced panels on the shuttles left wing -- the wing that was hit by debris during the launch.
Two big cases were argued before the Supreme Court in recent days. On Tuesday, arguments were heard in the challenge to the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies. They give an edge in gaining admission to college and law school based on race.
Last week, the court heard a challenge to sodomy laws that criminalize the private behavior of gays. Based on what the justices said, they may well overturn the law. Just in time baseball returned, and there will be no strike worries to dampen enthusiasm this year, although the fans in Baltimore Monday were dampened by a spring snow.
And finally, vindication for Pekinese Danny, the dog that won best in show at Crufts, one of the world's most prestigious dog shows. Rumors had surfaced that Danny had undergone a facelift, which would have made him ineligible. It turns out Danny had undergone a perfectly legal tonsillectomy.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GREENFIELD: And as yet, there has been no comment on the canine facelift controversy from Joan Rivers -- Paula.
ZAHN: You're bad. She's not usually shy about this stuff. I'm surprised we haven't heard from her, weighing in all this.
GREENFIELD: You know war is hell.
ZAHN: It is hell. Thanks, Jeff.
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Aired April 4, 2003 - 09:27 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: The war has pushed many other important developments to the back burner. Our CNN senior analyst Jeff Greenfield is here to help us remedy that. Good morning.
JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SR. ANALYST: Hope to, and the place to begin, Paula, is the place that was the center of all our attention less than a year and a half ago, Afghanistan.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GREENFIELD (voice-over): Last weekend, an ambush from the southern Afghanistan province of Helmond killed two U.S. servicemen, another was injured. Rockets were fired at a U.S. base. These attacks may be part of an effort by Taliban forces. They ran the country until the U.S. routed them out after September 11 to strike back in the hope that America will be preoccupied with Iraq.
Just before the war in Iraq broke out, the newspapers were filled with stories of North Korea's renewed effort to develop a nuclear program. On Tuesday, Japanese and U.S. officials said North Korea had conducted a short range missile test without warning. South Korea leaders said it didn't happen. Japan later said it just wasn't sure.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)
GREENFIELD: On the homefront, the biggest item on the president's domestic agenda, big tax cuts took a hit. Three Republican senators voted with the Democrats to cut those cuts by half.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Chafee.
GREENFIELD: The House passed the president's program intact, so the two branches of Congress will have to work it out.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It could get much worse before it gets better.
GREENFIELD: You've probably been following the spread of that mystery illness SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) quarantines and the like. But here is an especially unsettling part of that story. Last week, Dr. Carlo Urbani, a World Health Organization expert who identified the disease, died from it in Geneva.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) GREENFIELD: There is new information about the Columbia space shuttle disaster. Reports said new information has caused investigators to focus not on the tiles, but on reinforced panels on the shuttles left wing -- the wing that was hit by debris during the launch.
Two big cases were argued before the Supreme Court in recent days. On Tuesday, arguments were heard in the challenge to the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies. They give an edge in gaining admission to college and law school based on race.
Last week, the court heard a challenge to sodomy laws that criminalize the private behavior of gays. Based on what the justices said, they may well overturn the law. Just in time baseball returned, and there will be no strike worries to dampen enthusiasm this year, although the fans in Baltimore Monday were dampened by a spring snow.
And finally, vindication for Pekinese Danny, the dog that won best in show at Crufts, one of the world's most prestigious dog shows. Rumors had surfaced that Danny had undergone a facelift, which would have made him ineligible. It turns out Danny had undergone a perfectly legal tonsillectomy.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GREENFIELD: And as yet, there has been no comment on the canine facelift controversy from Joan Rivers -- Paula.
ZAHN: You're bad. She's not usually shy about this stuff. I'm surprised we haven't heard from her, weighing in all this.
GREENFIELD: You know war is hell.
ZAHN: It is hell. Thanks, Jeff.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
