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President Bush's Day, White House Update
Aired April 30, 2003 - 06:37 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: For more on that Mideast peace map and other items on the president's agenda today, we want to check in with our White House correspondent, Suzanne Malveaux. She joins us live by phone.
Good morning -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: So, what is President Bush saying? Will he say anything about this peace plan today? And what else is on his agenda?
MALVEAUX: Well, we don't if he's going to say anything about it today, but he does have a number of public events, and he will have an opportunity if he decides that he is going to say something today. It could perhaps be tomorrow when he is aboard the USS Lincoln. It may be more of an appropriate time to tie in the whole Middle East road map, as well as the statements that he'll be making on the update on the war with Iraq.
But we do know that Secretary Powell is going to be making some remarks later today. He's going to announce that he'll be traveling to the region, and we have been told from aides that the president is going to say that he will urge Israelis and Palestinians to seize this moment of hope and optimism.
One very significant thing that will happen when Secretary Powell visits the Palestinian prime minister, Abu Mazen, is that he's going to extend an invitation to the White House. It's an offer that was never extended to Yasser Arafat.
And this is really a very significant gesture. It's a vote of confidence from this administration that shows that it's very serious in working with this Palestinian leadership, at the least is sincere in establishing peace.
I should also mention as well on the president's domestic agenda that he is going to be in the Rose Garden presenting and signing child safety legislation, the Amber Alert system, making that national. And you may recall that's the system that allows TV and radio emergency announcements to be broadcast immediately after a child goes missing.
And we understand that not only the parents of the 9-year-old, Amber Hagerman, who was murdered in '96, is going to be attending, but perhaps even the parents of Elizabeth Smart. And she was that girl that was taken from her bedroom last June that was recently reunited with her family -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, Suzanne Malveaux, we'll let you get back to work. Thanks very much for waking up early with DAYBREAK.
MALVEAUX: Thank you.
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Aired April 30, 2003 - 06:37 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: For more on that Mideast peace map and other items on the president's agenda today, we want to check in with our White House correspondent, Suzanne Malveaux. She joins us live by phone.
Good morning -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: So, what is President Bush saying? Will he say anything about this peace plan today? And what else is on his agenda?
MALVEAUX: Well, we don't if he's going to say anything about it today, but he does have a number of public events, and he will have an opportunity if he decides that he is going to say something today. It could perhaps be tomorrow when he is aboard the USS Lincoln. It may be more of an appropriate time to tie in the whole Middle East road map, as well as the statements that he'll be making on the update on the war with Iraq.
But we do know that Secretary Powell is going to be making some remarks later today. He's going to announce that he'll be traveling to the region, and we have been told from aides that the president is going to say that he will urge Israelis and Palestinians to seize this moment of hope and optimism.
One very significant thing that will happen when Secretary Powell visits the Palestinian prime minister, Abu Mazen, is that he's going to extend an invitation to the White House. It's an offer that was never extended to Yasser Arafat.
And this is really a very significant gesture. It's a vote of confidence from this administration that shows that it's very serious in working with this Palestinian leadership, at the least is sincere in establishing peace.
I should also mention as well on the president's domestic agenda that he is going to be in the Rose Garden presenting and signing child safety legislation, the Amber Alert system, making that national. And you may recall that's the system that allows TV and radio emergency announcements to be broadcast immediately after a child goes missing.
And we understand that not only the parents of the 9-year-old, Amber Hagerman, who was murdered in '96, is going to be attending, but perhaps even the parents of Elizabeth Smart. And she was that girl that was taken from her bedroom last June that was recently reunited with her family -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, Suzanne Malveaux, we'll let you get back to work. Thanks very much for waking up early with DAYBREAK.
MALVEAUX: Thank you.
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