TAPE: 1



World News Tonight Sunday

STORY SLUG: WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY, PRESIDENT BUSH, ADDRESSING THE NATION, IRAQ, RESISTANCE CONTINUES, AFGHANISTAN, INCREASING AID, MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, HURRICANE FABIAN, BERMUDA STRUCK, AL QAEDA, STILL A THREAT?, HISTORIC FIREBOAT, SEPTEMBER 11TH

PRODUCER: ABC NEWS

INTERVIEWER: CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

INTERVIEWEES:

KEVIN BROCK (FBI, CINCINNATI, OHIO), DANNY RUBENSTEIN (HAARETZ), RESIDENT (MALE), UNITED STATES SOLDIER (MALE), CONDOLEEZZA RICE (NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER), ANNOUNCER, IMAM MOUHAMED NABIH TAKAZ (COLUMBUS ISLAMIC CENTER), DONALD RUMSFELD (SECRETARY OF DEFENSE), JOHN GASTON (VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT, SONESTA BEACH RESORT), PATRICK DAMURO (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FBI, NEW YORK), LIEUTENANT JASON DEEL (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY), SERGEANT ROBERT SODEN (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY), JESSICA DULONG (ASSISTANT FIREBOAT ENGINEER), TIM IVORY (FIREBOAT ENGINEER), GENEVA BOWLING (FARIS' EX-WIFE), MICHAEL O'HANLON (BROOKINGS INSTITUTION), GHASSAN KHATIB (MINISTER OF LABOR, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY), BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS), HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS), JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS), MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS), PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS), RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS), TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS), DICK SOLAY (FIREBOAT PASSENGER), COLIN POWELL (SECRETARY OF STATE), PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES), VOICE OF TRANSLATOR, FRANKLIN CALTRIDER (OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES)

TAPES: (1) 1

INTERVIEW DATE: 09/07/03

TRANSCRIPT PRINT DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2003

JOB TRACKING NUMBER: WK330907

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY

WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY, PRESIDENT BUSH, ADDRESSING THE NATION, IRAQ, RESISTANCE CONTINUES, AFGHANISTAN, INCREASING AID, MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, HURRICANE FABIAN, BERMUDA STRUCK, AL QAEDA, STILL A THREAT?, HISTORIC FIREBOAT, SEPTEMBER 11TH

ABC NEWS CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

9/7/03

NUMBER OF TAPES: 1

TOTAL PAGES: 11

TAPE: 1 B-ROLL: NONE PAGE: 1

TIMECODE: 18:30:02 THROUGH 18:58:09 INTERVIEW DATE: 9/7/03

INTERVIEWEES: ANNOUNCER, TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS), COLIN POWELL (SECRETARY OF STATE), PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES), CONDOLEEZZA RICE (NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER), MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS), SERGEANT ROBERT SODEN (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY), VOICE OF TRANSLATOR, LIEUTENANT JASON DEEL (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY), RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS), DONALD RUMSFELD (SECRETARY OF DEFENSE), UNITED STATES SOLDIER (MALE), MICHAEL O'HANLON (BROOKINGS INSTITUTION), HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS), DANNY RUBENSTEIN (HAARETZ), GHASSAN KHATIB (MINISTER OF LABOR, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY), JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS), JOHN GASTON (VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT, SONESTA BEACH RESORT), RESIDENT (MALE), PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS), KEVIN BROCK (FBI, CINCINNATI, OHIO), GENEVA BOWLING (FARIS' EX-WIFE), FRANKLIN CALTRIDER (OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES), IMAM MOUHAMED NABIH TAKAZ (COLUMBUS ISLAMIC CENTER), PATRICK DAMURO (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FBI, NEW YORK), BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS), TIM IVORY (FIREBOAT ENGINEER), JESSICA DULONG (ASSISTANT FIREBOAT ENGINEER), DICK SOLAY (FIREBOAT PASSENGER)

TRANSCRIPT INDEX

SPEAKERS

ANNOUNCER 1, 6

BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS) 10-11

COLIN POWELL (SECRETARY OF STATE) 2, 5

CONDOLEEZZA RICE (NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER) 2

DANNY RUBENSTEIN (HAARETZ) 6

DICK SOLAY (FIREBOAT PASSENGER) 10

DONALD RUMSFELD (SECRETARY OF DEFENSE) 4

FRANKLIN CALTRIDER (OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES) 9

GENEVA BOWLING (FARIS' EX-WIFE) 8

GHASSAN KHATIB (MINISTER OF LABOR 6

HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS) 5-6

IMAM MOUHAMED NABIH TAKAZ (COLUMBUS ISLAMIC CENTER) 9

JESSICA DULONG (ASSISTANT FIREBOAT ENGINEER) 10

JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS) 7

JOHN GASTON (VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT 7

KEVIN BROCK (FBI 8

LIEUTENANT JASON DEEL (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION 4

MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS) 3-4

PATRICK DAMURO (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 9

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS) 8-9

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES) 2

RESIDENT (MALE) 7

RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS) 4-5

SERGEANT ROBERT SODEN (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION 3

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS) 2

TIM IVORY (FIREBOAT ENGINEER) 10

UNITED STATES SOLDIER (MALE) 5

VOICE OF TRANSLATOR 4

A

ABBAS 6

See Also

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas

ABC 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9, 11

See Also

ABC NEWS, ABC News Faris, ABC White House

ABC News 1, 4-5-6-7-8-9, 11

See Also

ABC News Faris

ABC News Faris 8

See Also

ABC, ABC News, Faris

ABC White House 3

See Also

ABC, White House

Afghanistan 2, 4-5, 9

Ahmad Qureia 5

See Also

Qureia

Aides 2

America 8-9

See Also

America Fights Back, Morning America

America Fights Back 9

See Also

America

American 2-3-4-5, 7-8

See Also

American Andy Roddick

American Andy Roddick 7

See Also

American, Roddick

Americans 3-4, 8

ANNOUNCER

Speaking 1, 6

April 8

Arafat 6

See Also

President Arafat, Yasser Arafat

Atlantic 7

B

BAGHDAD 2-3

Bermuda 6-7

Bill Blakemore 10-11

BILL BLAKEMORE 9

BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS)

Speaking 10-11

British Columbia 6

Brooklyn Bridge 8

Bush 2, 4

See Also

President Bush

BUSH 1

C

CANADA 6

Carol 3

Carole 2, 11

See Also

Carole Simpson

Carole Simpson 2, 11

See Also

Carole

CAROLE SIMPSON 1

Category Three 7

Chicago 9

CIA 8

Cleanup 7

COLIN POWELL (SECRETARY OF STATE)

Speaking 2, 5

Columbus 8-9

CONDOLEEZZA RICE (NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER)

Speaking 2

D

DANNY RUBENSTEIN (HAARETZ)

Speaking 6

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 4

See Also

Rumsfeld, Secretary

Detroit 9

DICK SOLAY (FIREBOAT PASSENGER)

Speaking 10

DONALD RUMSFELD (SECRETARY OF DEFENSE)

Speaking 4

E

EASTERN 3, 11

F

FARIS 8-9

See Also

ABC News Faris, Iyman Faris

FBI 6, 8

Forecasters 7

FRANKLIN CALTRIDER (OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES)

Speaking 9

Friday 7

G

GAZA STRIP 5

Geneva Bowling 8

GENEVA BOWLING (FARIS' EX-WIFE)

Speaking 8

George Washington 10

GHASSAN KHATIB (MINISTER OF LABOR

Speaking 6

Gospel Tabernacle Church 7

Grand Slam 7

H

HAMAS 5

Hamilton 7

Harvey 10

Hilary Brown 5-6

HILARY BROWN 5

HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS)

Speaking 5-6

Historians 10

Hurricane Fabian 7

Hurricane Isabel 7

See Also

Isabel

Hussein 3

See Also

Saddam Hussein

I

IMAM MOUHAMED NABIH TAKAZ (COLUMBUS ISLAMIC CENTER)

Speaking 9

Increasing 5

INTRODUCTION 1

Iraq 1-2, 5

Iraqi 3-4

See Also

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps 4

See Also

Iraqi

Iraqis 2-3

Isabel 7

See Also

Hurricane Isabel

Israel 5-6

Israeli 5

Iyman Faris 8-9

See Also

Faris

J

JERUSALEM 5-6

JESSICA DULONG (ASSISTANT FIREBOAT ENGINEER)

Speaking 10

John Berman 7

JOHN BERMAN 6

John J 10

JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS)

Speaking 7

JOHN GASTON (VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

Speaking 7

Juan Carlos Ferrero 7

K

KABUL 4

Karachi Internet 9

Karzai 5

See Also

President Hamid Karzai

Kelowna 6

KEVIN BROCK (FBI

Speaking 8

Khalid Shaik Mohammed 8

See Also

Mohammed

L

LADEN 5, 9

Leeward Islands 7

LIEUTENANT JASON DEEL (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION

Speaking 4

London 5

Los Angeles 9

M

MANHATTAN 10

Martin Seemungal 3-4

MARTIN SEEMUNGAL 3

MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS)

Speaking 3-4

Middle East 1-2, 5

Mohammed 8

See Also

Khalid Shaik Mohammed

Morning America 9

See Also

America

Motor Vehicles 9

N

NATO 4

New York 1, 8-9, 11

See Also

New York City

NEW YORK 1, 9

New York City 8

See Also

New York

Nightline 9

Normandy 10

O

OFFICIALS 4

Ohio 6, 8-9

See Also

Ohio Bureau

Ohio Bureau 9

See Also

Ohio

Osama 5, 9

Oslo Peace Accords 5

P

PAKISTAN 8-9

Palestinian 5-6

See Also

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas 5-6

See Also

Abbas, Palestinian, Prime Minister

Palestinians 1

Paris 8

PATRICK DAMURO (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Speaking 9

Peter Jennings 3, 9, 11

Pier 10

Pierre Thomas 8-9

PIERRE THOMAS 8

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

Speaking 8-9

President 1-2, 4, 6

See Also

President Arafat, President Bush, President Hamid Karzai

President Arafat 6

See Also

Arafat, President

President Bush 1-2

See Also

Bush, President

President Hamid Karzai 4

See Also

Karzai, President

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES)

Speaking 2

Prime Minister 6

See Also

Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Sharon

Prime Minister Sharon 6

See Also

Prime Minister

Q

QAEDA 5-6-7-8-9

Qureia 6

See Also

Ahmad Qureia

R

REGRETTABLY 2

RESIDENT (MALE)

Speaking 7

Richard Gizbert 4-5

RICHARD GIZBERT 4

RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS)

Speaking 4-5

Road Map 6

Roddick 7

See Also

American Andy Roddick

Rumsfeld 4

See Also

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

S

SADDAM HUSSEIN 3

See Also

Hussein

Secretary 2

See Also

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

September 1, 8, 10

SERGEANT ROBERT SODEN (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION

Speaking 3

Sheikh Yassin 5

See Also

Yassin

Sonesta Hotel 7

Sources 8

Spain 7

State Powell 2

Sunday 1, 6

T

TALIBAN 4-5

TAPE 1

Tens 10

Tensions 1

Terry 2-3

See Also

Terry Moran

Terry Moran 2-3

See Also

Terry

TERRY MORAN 1

TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS)

Speaking 2

Tikrit 3-4

Tim Ivory 10

TIM IVORY (FIREBOAT ENGINEER)

Speaking 10

Trade Towers 10

U

UNITED STATES 5-6, 8

UNITED STATES SOLDIER (MALE)

Speaking 5

US 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9

See Also

US Open Champion

US Open Champion 7

See Also

US

USS Abraham Lincoln 2

V

VOICE OF TRANSLATOR

Speaking 4

W

WAR II 10

White House 2

See Also

ABC White House

WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY 1

Y

YASSER ARAFAT 5-6

See Also

Arafat

Yassin 5

See Also

Sheikh Yassin

TAPE NUMBER: 1

[SHOW: WK3]

[SLUG: INTRODUCTION]

[AIRDTE: 09/07/03]

[AIRTME: 18:30 - 19:00]

[ANCH: CAROLE SIMPSON]

[ANCHLOC: NEW YORK, NY USA]

[STORY: WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY]

[CORR: ]

[CORLOC: ]

[GRAPHICS: ABC NEWS]

[1]18:30:02 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" THIS SUNDAY, PRESIDENT BUSH SPEAKS TO THE NATION ON IRAQ AND THE WAR ON TERROR. HIS FIRST PRIMETIME ADDRESS SINCE MAY.

[1]18:30:13 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

TENSIONS ACCELERATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH NEW THREATS FROM BOTH SIDES, AS THE PALESTINIANS JOCKEY FOR POWER.

[1]18:30:21 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

ABC NEWS BEGINS A SPECIAL SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE REPORTS ON 9/11. ARE WE ANY SAFER NOW? TONIGHT, THE TERRORIST NEXT DOOR.

[1]18:30:32 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

AND SAVING THE FIREBOAT THAT HELPED SO MANY ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

[1]18:30:42 ANNOUNCER

FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY."

[eof999]

[STORY: PRESIDENT BUSH]

[STORY2: ADDRESSING THE NATION]

[CORR: TERRY MORAN]

[CORLOC: WASHINGTON, DC USA]

[1]18:30:48 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M CAROLE SIMPSON. PRESIDENT BUSH WILL ADDRESS THE NATION SHORTLY IN HIS FIRST SPEECH FROM THE WHITE HOUSE SINCE THE NIGHT THE WAR IN IRAQ BEGAN. TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT FACES GROWING CRITICISM ABOUT HIS HANDLING OF THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, ITS COST AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ. THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THIS, AS WELL AS THE FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ABC'S TERRY MORAN JOINS US NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. TERRY, WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH HIS SPEECH TONIGHT?

[1]18:31:20 TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS)

(OC) CAROLE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH SPEECH TONIGHT, ANOTHER WARTIME ADDRESS FROM A PRESIDENT WHO DEFINES HIMSELF AS A WARTIME PRESIDENT. AIDES SAY MR. BUSH WANTS TO CHANGE THE TENOR OF THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON POSTWAR IRAQ, AND HE WANTS TO DO THAT BY ARGUING THAT SUCCESS IN IRAQ IS CRITICAL TO SUCCESS IN THE WIDER WAR ON TERRORISM. HE WILL SAY, IN SOME EXCERPTS WE WERE HANDED A FEW MINUTES AGO, HE'LL SAY, QUOTE, "TERRORISTS WANT TO SHAKE THE WILL OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD," AND, QUOTE, "IRAQ IS NOW THE CENTRAL FRONT."

[1]18:31:51 TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THIS AFTERNOON, MR. BUSH TOOK A BREAK FROM PREPARING HIS SPEECH TO WATCH YOUNGSTERS PLAY BASEBALL ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THE SUNNY SCENE CONTRASTS SHARPLY WITH HIS SUBJECT TONIGHT. THE VIOLENCE IN IRAQ AND THE FITFUL RECONSTRUCTION THERE WILL BE HIS FOCUS, ACCORDING TO SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL.

[1]18:32:11 COLIN POWELL (SECRETARY OF STATE)

ARE THERE STILL DIFFICULTIES? YES. ARE TERRORISTS TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SITUATION? YES. ARE WE TAKING CASUALTIES? REGRETTABLY, YES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STAY THE COURSE.

[1]18:32:20 TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) AIDES SAY THE PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO US ALLIES, ASKING FOR MORE SUPPORT AND SAYING HE IS WILLING TO MOVE FASTER TO SHIFT POWER IN BAGHDAD TO IRAQIS THEMSELVES, A KEY DEMAND OF MANY NATIONS. HE WILL ALSO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT STABILIZING IRAQ WILL COST TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE THIS YEAR ALONE. IT WAS JUST OVER FOUR MONTHS AGO THAT A TRIUMPHANT MR. BUSH DECLARED THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IN IRAQ.

[1]18:32:47 PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH (UNITED STATES)

BECAUSE OF YOU, THE TYRANT HAS FALLEN AND IRAQ IS FREE.

[1]18:32:53 TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) SINCE THAT DAY, MORE US TROOPS HAVE DIED IN IRAQ THAN DIED DURING THE MAJOR FIGHTING, AND PROGRESS IN SETTING UP A NEW GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD HAS BEEN HALTING AT BEST. BUT THE MAIN GOAL OF THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH TONIGHT, AIDES SAY, IS TO RALLY THE COUNTRY ONCE AGAIN TO THE MORALISTIC VISION HE HAS LAID OUT FOR THE WAR ON TERRORISM AND PLACE IRAQ SQUARELY IN THAT CONFLICT.

[1]18:33:16 CONDOLEEZZA RICE (NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER)

IRAQ IS A CENTRAL BATTLE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM, AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM IS AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST FREEDOM AND AGAINST CIVILIZATION.

[1]18:33:26 TERRY MORAN (ABC NEWS)

(OC) A GRIMMER TONE HAS BEEN CREEPING INTO THE PRESIDENT’S REMARKS ON POSTWAR IRAQ SINCE THAT BRIGHT EVENING ON BOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. AND TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT WILL ALSO ASK FOR MORE SACRIFICES FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE WILL SAY, CAROL, "WE WILL DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. WE WILL SPEND WHAT IS NECESSARY."

[1]18:33:45 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) THANK YOU. ABC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, TERRY MORAN.

[1]18:33:51 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH WHEN PETER JENNINGS ANCHORS LIVE COVERAGE OF THE ADDRESS TONIGHT AT 8:30 EASTERN TIME.

[eof999]

[STORY: IRAQ]

[STORY2: RESISTANCE CONTINUES]

[CORR: MARTIN SEEMUNGAL]

[CORLOC: TIKRIT, IRAQ]

[1]18:33:58 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) THE US MILITARY SAYS IT HAS CAPTURED A SUSPECTED SADDAM HUSSEIN LOYALIST ALLEGED TO HAVE CARRIED OUT A DEADLY GRENADE ATTACK LAST MONTH.

[1]18:34:06 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THAT ASSAULT AT A HOSPITAL NORTH OF BAGHDAD KILLED THREE US SOLDIERS.

[1]18:34:11 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) AMERICAN FORCES TODAY ALSO UNCOVERED A STOCKPILE OF WEAPONS IN HUSSEIN'S HOMETOWN OF TIKRIT, WHERE RESISTANCE TO THE US IS ESPECIALLY STRONG.

[1]18:34:20 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) AS ABC'S MARTIN SEEMUNGAL REPORTS, THE GOAL THERE IS TO MAKE IRAQIS RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE PEACE.

[1]18:34:30 MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THEY ARE THE NEWEST TROOPS ON THE BLOCK. IRAQI TROOPS TRAINED BY US SOLDIERS PATROL THE STREETS OF TIKRIT.

[1]18:34:39 SERGEANT ROBERT SODEN (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY)

THEY'RE A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREETS DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

[1]18:34:45 MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS)

(VO) IT IS A DANGEROUS MISSION. THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF VIOLENT ATTACKS IN RECENT DAYS AND WEEKS IN THE TIKRIT AREA AGAINST AMERICANS AND AGAINST IRAQIS WHO ARE HELPING THEM. THESE NEW RECRUITS ARE AWARE OF THE RISKS. "I WANT TO PROTECT MY CITY," HE SAYS. "I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SAY THE IRAQIS ARE GIVING EVERYTHING OVER TO THE COALITION FORCES.” ON THEIR FIRST PATROL WITH AMERICAN SOLDIERS, THEY FOUND A HOMEMADE BOMB ON THE ROAD.

[1]18:35:12 MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS)

(OC) IT'S BY NO MEANS A MAJOR OPERATION. IT'S MORE SYMBOLIC THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AFTER ALL, THIS IS SADDAM HUSSEIN'S HOMETOWN. PEOPLE HERE ARE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.

[1]18:35:23 MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS)

(VO) SOME ON THE STREET VIEW THE NEW IRAQI CIVIL DEFENSE CORPS AS OUTRIGHT COLLABORATORS. OTHERS SEE IT AS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY.

[1]18:35:31 VOICE OF TRANSLATOR

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY GOT TRAINED BY THE AMERICANS. IT IS STILL BETTER TO HAVE AN IRAQI. IT'S A STEP FORWARD.

[1]18:35:39 MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THE AMERICANS SAY IT IS ALREADY HELPING.

[1]18:35:43 LIEUTENANT JASON DEEL (4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, UNITED STATES ARMY)

THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, AND THEY CAN, AND THEY ARE MORE APT TO COME AND TELL THEM, VERSUS THEY ARE TO TELL US BECAUSE IT IS THEIR OWN PEOPLE OUT THERE.

[1]18:35:52 MARTIN SEEMUNGAL (ABC NEWS)

(VO) BUT IT IS A LONG, SLOW PROCESS. OFFICIALS ADMIT IT WILL BE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS BEFORE THIS 31-MAN PLATOON IS READY TO DO THE JOB ALONE. MARTIN SEEMUNGAL, ABC NEWS, TIKRIT.

[eof999]

[STORY: AFGHANISTAN]

[STORY2: INCREASING AID]

[CORR: RICHARD GIZBERT]

[CORLOC: LONDON, ENGLAND]

[1]18:36:05 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) NOW TURNING TO AFGHANISTAN, WHERE REGIONAL WARLORDS AND A RESURGENT TALIBAN ARE AN INCREASING THREAT. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT PLANS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE AID TO THE COUNTRY, WHERE AS MANY AS 9,000 US TROOPS ARE DEPLOYED. THIS, AS DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD VISITED US AND NATO TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN.

[1]18:36:26 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) MORE FROM ABC'S RICHARD GIZBERT.

[1]18:36:30 RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THE DEFENSE SECRETARY VISITED AN AMERICAN OUTPOST IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN, SHARING A MEAL WITH SOME OF THE 9,000 US TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY. THEN IT WAS ON TO KABUL TO SHARE A PODIUM WITH PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI. THE US WANTS HELP FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO EXTEND PEACEKEEPING FORCES BEYOND THE CAPITAL. BUT RUMSFELD SAID, ULTIMATELY THE SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN IS UP TO THE AFGHAN PEOPLE.

[1]18:36:53 DONALD RUMSFELD (SECRETARY OF DEFENSE)

NO COUNTRY WANTS FOREIGN FORCES IN THEIR COUNTRY INTERMINABLY.

[1]18:36:59 RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS)

(VO) YET RUMSFELD CANNOT HIDE THE FACT THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN IS GETTING WORSE. A RESURGENT TALIBAN HAS STEPPED UP ATTACKS AGAINST GOVERNMENT TARGETS, AGAINST US-LED FOREIGN FORCES AND AGAINST AID WORKERS WHO HAVE ABANDONED LARGE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

[1]18:37:14 UNITED STATES SOLDIER (MALE)

WE'RE STILL CATCHING TALIBAN OUT THERE, STILL TRYING TO RUN THEM OUT OF THE CAVES AND WHATNOT. AND THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO USE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON US. I THINK IT'S STILL A VERY IMPORTANT JOB.

[1]18:37:23 RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS)

(VO) A STRONGER TALIBAN COULD MEAN NEW LIFE FOR AL QAEDA AND WOULD COMPLICATE THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR OSAMA BIN LADEN. THE US MILITARY SAYS HUNDREDS OF TALIBAN FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN CLASHES OVER THE PAST MONTH, AND FOUR AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN LOST. BETWEEN MILITARY OPERATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS, AFGHANISTAN IS COSTING US TAXPAYERS ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH. INCREASING THAT WOULD SHOW INCREASED SUPPORT FOR THE KARZAI GOVERNMENT.

[1]18:37:51 MICHAEL O'HANLON (BROOKINGS INSTITUTION)

WELL, WE CERTAINLY NEED MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE NEED TO REBUILD MORE OF AFGHANISTAN. ON THE OTHER HAND, A BIG PART OF THE REBUILDING REQUIRES SECURITY THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY PRESENT AND THAT MONEY BY ITSELF CANNOT BUY.

[1]18:38:01 RICHARD GIZBERT (ABC NEWS)

(VO) LIKE IN IRAQ, THE US IS LOOKING FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL HELP IN AFGHANISTAN, BECAUSE, LIKE IN IRAQ, THE COST IS PROVING TO BE VERY HIGH. RICHARD GIZBERT, ABC NEWS, LONDON.

[eof999]

[STORY: MIDDLE EAST]

[STORY2: ISRAEL AND PALESTINE]

[CORR: HILARY BROWN]

[CORLOC: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL]

[1]18:38:13 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) AND NOW TO THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHICH CONTINUES TO WORSEN FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS.

[1]18:38:22 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) TONIGHT, THE ISRAELI MILITARY LAUNCHED NEW STRIKES AT A SUSPECTED MILITANT IN THE GAZA STRIP. AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED. IT IS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN A DAY OF ESCALATING THREATS. THE ATTACK CAME SHORTLY AFTER PALESTINIAN LEADER, YASSER ARAFAT, NAMED THE MAN HE WANTS TO SERVE AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER. MORE FROM ABC'S HILARY BROWN IN JERUSALEM.

[1]18:38:46 HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) AHMAD QUREIA IS A LONGTIME ALLY OF YASSER ARAFAT AND ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE OSLO PEACE ACCORDS. HE'S CONSIDERED A MODERATE AND MAY BE ACCEPTABLE TO ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.

[1]18:38:56 COLIN POWELL (SECRETARY OF STATE)

WE HOPE THAT WHOEVER IS SELECTED THIS TIME IS GIVEN THE POLITICAL POWER AND CONTROL OF ALL THE SECURITY FORCES.

[1]18:39:05 HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THE NEWS CAME AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF HEIGHTENED TENSION FOLLOWING ISRAEL'S ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE SHEIKH YASSIN, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF HAMAS, IN A TARGETED AIR STRIKE YESTERDAY. YASSIN SURVIVED WITH MINOR WOUNDS. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER SHARON SAID TODAY THAT ALL HAMAS LEADERS ARE TARGETED FOR DEATH, WHILE HAMAS THREATENED UNPRECEDENTED REVENGE. NO ONE DOUBTS BOTH ARE SERIOUS.

[1]18:39:30 DANNY RUBENSTEIN (HAARETZ)

AND NOW WE ARE BACK AGAIN IN THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE.

[1]18:39:35 HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THAT AIR STRIKE CAME WITHIN HOURS OF THE RESIGNATION OF PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHMOUD ABBAS, AFTER A FOUR-MONTH LOSING BATTLE WITH YASSER ARAFAT OVER CONTROL OF THE SECURITY SERVICES. THAT LACK OF CONTROL MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ABBAS TO CRACK DOWN ON EXTREMISTS, AS REQUIRED BY THE US-BROKERED PEACE PLAN KNOWN AS THE ROAD MAP. HE WAS EVEN PHYSICALLY THREATENED BY ARAFAT'S SUPPORTERS WHEN HE ARRIVED TO ADDRESS THE PALESTINIAN PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK. THOUGH THE US AND ISRAEL HAVE TRIED TO PUSH ARAFAT TO THE SIDELINES, SO FAR HE HAS REFUSED TO BE MARGINALIZED, WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION, COULD ARAFAT'S NEW CHOICE FOR PRIME MINISTER SUFFER THE SAME FATE?

[1]18:40:17 GHASSAN KHATIB (MINISTER OF LABOR, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY)

ANY PRIME MINISTER IS GOING TO BE WORKING UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT ARAFAT.

[1]18:40:25 HILARY BROWN (ABC NEWS)

(OC) IT'S NOT CLEAR TONIGHT WHETHER QUREIA EVEN WANTS TO BE PRIME MINISTER, BUT HIS APPOINTMENT MAY BE THE BEST WAY TO KEEP ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES ENGAGED IN THE PEACE PROCESS. HILARY BROWN, ABC NEWS, JERUSALEM.

[1]18:40:38 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) STILL AHEAD ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" THIS SUNDAY, BROKEN BERMUDA. ASSESSING THE DAMAGE FROM THE WORST HURRICANE THERE IN 50 YEARS.

[1]18:40:47 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) AND OUR SPECIAL SERIES OF REPORTS ON 9/11. TONIGHT, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF AN AL QAEDA TERRORIST. BEFORE THE FBI CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, HIS OHIO NEIGHBORS HAD NO CLUE WHAT HE WAS PLANNING.

[1]18:41:04 ANNOUNCER

THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY.” BROUGHT TO YOU BY ...

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[1]18:43:20 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) IN WESTERN CANADA, SCORCHING WILDFIRES CHASED ANOTHER 1,000 PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES TODAY.

[1]18:43:26 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) HIGH WINDS OVERNIGHT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FANNED THE 94-SQUARE-MILE BLAZE ON THE EDGE OF KELOWNA. THE DENSE FOREST REGION IS FACING THE DRIEST CONDITIONS SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO.

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[STORY: HURRICANE FABIAN]

[STORY2: BERMUDA STRUCK]

[CORR: JOHN BERMAN]

[CORLOC: HAMILTON, BERMUDA]

[1]18:43:41 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) THERE IS A NEW STORM CHURNING IN THE ATLANTIC, HURRICANE ISABEL. IT IS ABOUT 1600 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. FORECASTERS SAY IT IS TOO SOON TO TELL HOW BIG A THREAT ISABEL MAY BECOME.

[1]18:43:53 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) BUT ON THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA TONIGHT, THOUSANDS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER, AFTER HURRICANE FABIAN'S POWERFUL STRIKE THERE ON FRIDAY. HERE'S ABC'S JOHN BERMAN.

[1]18:44:04 JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THERE WERE NO SERVICES THIS MORNING AT THE GOSPEL TABERNACLE CHURCH, NOT WITHOUT A ROOF. HURRICANE FABIAN LEFT ITS MARK ON BERMUDA, ROADS WASHED AWAY, HOMES COLLAPSED INTO THE OCEAN, TENNIS COURTS RIPPED APART. THE SONESTA HOTEL WON'T REOPEN FOR GUESTS UNTIL MAY.

[1]18:44:25 JOHN GASTON (VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT, SONESTA BEACH RESORT)

THE BUILDING TOOK A BEATING FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE HOURS.

[1]18:44:29 JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THE STORM BROUGHT WINDS OF 120 MILES-AN-HOUR, POUNDING THE ONE BRIDGE TO THE AIRPORT WHERE FOUR PEOPLE WERE SWEPT INTO THE OCEAN AND FEARED DEAD. BUT EVEN WITH ALL THE DAMAGE, THIS 22-SQUARE-MILE ISLAND STOOD UP WELL TO THE CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE. MOST OF THE STURDY LIMESTONE HOMES LOOK NO WORSE FOR THE WEAR.

[1]18:44:52 RESIDENT (MALE)

I TELL YOU ONE THING, AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR HOUSES PASSED THE TEST.

[1]18:44:55 JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) CLEANUP CREWS HAVE CLEARED MOST OF THE ROADS AND CONTINUE TO RESTORE POWER TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS.

[1]18:45:04 JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS)

(OC) JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE WORST STORM HERE IN 50 YEARS, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY BACK OUT ENJOYING SOME OF THE NICEST BEACHES IN THE WORLD.

[1]18:45:12 JOHN BERMAN (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THE MILITARY IS HELPING TO REOPEN THE BRIDGE TO THE AIRPORT. BY TOMORROW, FLIGHTS WILL RESUME, TAKING PEOPLE OUT OF THIS BRUISED PARADISE. JOHN BERMAN, ABC NEWS, HAMILTON, BERMUDA.

[1]18:45:26 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) AND THIS SPORTS NOTE TONIGHT, AMERICAN ANDY RODDICK IS THE NEW US OPEN CHAMPION. RODDICK BEAT JUAN CARLOS FERRERO OF SPAIN IN STRAIGHTS SETS IN THE MEN'S FINAL, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. IT IS THE 21-YEAR-OLD'S FIRST GRAND SLAM TITLE. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, THE TERRORIST NEXT DOOR. HIS NEIGHBORS HAD NO IDEA HE WAS AN AL QAEDA AGENT.

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[STORY: AL QAEDA]

[STORY2: STILL A THREAT?]

[CORR: PIERRE THOMAS]

[CORLOC: COLUMBUS, OH USA]

[1]18:48:30 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) FOUR DAYS FROM NOW, IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT KILLED ALMOST 3,000 AMERICANS. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE US GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND SECURE THE COUNTRY. BUT ARE WE SAFER?

[1]18:48:46 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) IS AL QAEDA ANY LESS OF A THREAT? THIS WEEK, IN A SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE REPORTS, ABC NEWS WILL EXAMINE THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE.

[1]18:48:55 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) TODAY, THE HEAD OF THE FBI'S NEW YORK OFFICE SAID TERRORIST GROUPS MAY HAVE GAINED A FOOTHOLD HERE IN NEW YORK CITY.

[1]18:49:04 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) ONLY ONE CONFESSED AL QAEDA SLEEPER AGENT HAS BEEN CAUGHT ON US SOIL. HIS NAME, IYMAN FARIS.

[1]18:49:10 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) AND, AS ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS REPORTS, FARIS' CASE OFFERS DISTURBING INSIGHT INTO THE WAY AL QAEDA HAS ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE IN THE UNITED STATES.

[1]18:49:19 PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

(VO) FROM AMERICA'S HEARTLAND, COLUMBUS, OHIO, IYMAN FARIS, IN EARLY 2002, TYPED AN E-MAIL TO HIS BOSS, KHALID SHAIK MOHAMMED, THE AL QAEDA MASTERMIND OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. MOHAMMED, A HALF WORLD AWAY IN PAKISTAN, HAD SENT FARIS ON A MISSION TO SCOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF BRINGING DOWN THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE BY SLASHING ITS SUSPENSION CABLES. USING A SECRET CODE, FARIS WROTE, "THE WEATHER IS TOO HOT," MEANING DESTROYING THE BRIDGE WAS TOO DIFFICULT. IT WAS THAT MESSAGE WHICH CAUGHT THE EYE OF CIA AND FBI AGENTS WHEN THEY BEGAN EXAMINING MOHAMMED'S COMPUTER AFTER HE WAS CAPTURED LAST MARCH. MOHAMMED THEN FINGERED FARIS, WHO, WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE FBI IN APRIL, ADMITTED HE WAS AN AL QAEDA SLEEPER AGENT.

[1]18:50:03 KEVIN BROCK (FBI, CINCINNATI, OHIO)

WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS CASE ABOUT AL QAEDA, THAT THEY ARE NOT AFRAID TO REACH OUT AND TASK AMERICAN CITIZENS LIKE IYMAN FARIS TO DO THEIR BIDDING, TO MAKE OVERT STEPS TO FURTHER A TERRORIST CONSPIRACY.

[1]18:50:17 PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

(VO) SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS FARIS FITS THE PROFILE OF THE TYPE OF MEN AL QAEDA HAS RECRUITED AND INFILTRATED INTO THE US. FARIS CAME TO THE US IN 1994 FROM PAKISTAN AND BECAME A CITIZEN IN 1999. HE WAS A COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVER WITH ACCESS TO AIRPORTS. HE WAS ALSO LICENSED TO HAUL FLAMMABLE, POISONOUS CHEMICALS. AND HE WAS UNSTABLE. PARIS ONCE TRIED TO JUMP OFF THIS BRIDGE IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS AND WAS HOUSED BRIEFLY IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL. HIS EX-WIFE, GENEVA BOWLING, SAYS FARIS SOMETIMES WOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SCREAMING. SHE SAYS HE SAW DEMONS.

[1]18:50:54 GENEVA BOWLING (FARIS' EX-WIFE)

HE WOULD TELL ME ABOUT THE MAN THAT HE TALKED TO WHEN HE WOULD GO OUT AND HAVE THE BLACKOUTS. HE WAS A HALF-MAN THAT LOOKED LIKE HIM, AND HE WOULD BE UP IN THE TREE.

[1]18:51:03 PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

(VO) HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WERE UNKNOWN TO OHIO OFFICIALS.

[1]18:51:07 FRANKLIN CALTRIDER (OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES)

THE OHIO BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PERSON MIGHT BE A DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL.

[1]18:51:11 PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

(VO) BY 2000, FARIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT AL QAEDA WAS LOOKING FOR. HIS LIFE WAS FALLING APART. HIS MARRIAGE HAD FAILED AND HIS FATHER HAD DIED. ON A TRIP BACK TO PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN, HE MET OSAMA BIN LADEN. SOON, HE WAS A MAN LEADING TWO SEPARATE LIVES, BUYING 2,000 SLEEPING BAGS FOR AL QAEDA TRAINING CAMPS AND RESEARCHING AIRPLANES AT KARACHI INTERNET CAFES.

[1]18:51:33 PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

(OC) AND COMING BACK HERE TO COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND GIVING NOT SO MUCH AS A HINT OF HIS NEW-FOUND RADICAL BELIEFS.

[1]18:51:41 IMAM MOUHAMED NABIH TAKAZ (COLUMBUS ISLAMIC CENTER)

IN PUBLIC, WHERE HE USED TO COME, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THIS.

[1]18:51:46 PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

(VO) IYMAN FARIS NOW SITS IN JAIL AWAITING SENTENCING. BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER AL QAEDA SUSPECTS BEING TAILED OR UNDER ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE.

[1]18:51:53 PATRICK DAMURO (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FBI, NEW YORK)

THESE INDIVIDUALS NOW HAVE MOVED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO MAJOR CITIES LIKE CHICAGO, DETROIT, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES. THEY'RE IN RURAL AMERICA.

[1]18:52:05 PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)

(VO) BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE US OFFICIALS WILL BE AS LUCKY AS THEY WERE WITH IYMAN FARIS. PIERRE THOMAS, ABC NEWS, COLUMBUS, OHIO.

[1]18:52:13 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) ABC'S 9/11 SERIES, "AMERICA FIGHTS BACK," CONTINUES TOMORROW WITH EXCLUSIVE REPORTS ON "GOOD MORNING AMERICA," "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH PETER JENNINGS" AND "NIGHTLINE."

[1]18:52:27 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) AND WHEN WE COME BACK, HONORING AN HISTORIC FIREBOAT.

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[STORY: HISTORIC FIREBOAT]

[STORY2: SEPTEMBER 11TH]

[CORR: BILL BLAKEMORE]

[CORLOC: NEW YORK, NY USA]

[1]18:55:25 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) FINALLY TONIGHT, IN THE HOURS AFTER THE TWIN TOWERS COLLAPSED TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS THE FRANTIC RUSH TO SAFETY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO LEAVE THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN. IN THE PANIC, AN AGING BOAT ONCE HEADED FOR THE SCRAP HEAP BECAME A HERO OF SORTS. HERE'S BILL BLAKEMORE.

[1]18:55:45 BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THE JOHN J. HARVEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOLD FOR SCRAP WHEN EIGHT FIREBOAT LOVERS BOUGHT IT. THEY WERE THINKING OF MAKING IT A FLOATING BAR WHEN MECHANIC TIM IVORY SAID, "WAIT, I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT WORK AGAIN.” THEY DID, HAVING NO IDEA HOW USEFUL IT WOULD BE. ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, THEY RACED TO PIER 11, EVACUATING 150 TERRIFIED, DUST-COVERED PEOPLE. THEN, A SECOND CALL, THE FIREMEN HAD NO WATER. THE TRADE TOWERS HAD FALLEN ON THE WATER LINES.

[1]18:56:18 TIM IVORY (FIREBOAT ENGINEER)

THE WATER MAINS WERE DESTROYED, SO THERE WAS NO OTHER SOURCE OF WATER AVAILABLE, EXCEPT FOR THE RIVER.

[1]18:56:23 BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS)

(VO) THE FIREBOAT WORKS BY SUCKING IN THE WATER IT FLOATS ON. THE HARVEY'S PUMPS CAN SHOOT 20,000 GALLONS A MINUTE. AND FOR THREE DAYS, THE HARVEY JOINED THREE OF HER ACTIVE-DUTY SISTER FIREBOATS TO PROVIDE THE ONLY WATER THERE WAS TO KEEP THE 9/11 FIRES FROM BEING WORSE. NOT THE FIRST ACTION SHE'D SEEN.

[1]18:56:42 TIM IVORY (FIREBOAT ENGINEER)

WHEN YOU HAVE LOTS OF TIME TO SIT IN ONE SPOT AND LOOK AROUND, YOU REALIZE THAT THERE'S BEEN 70 YEARS' WORTH OF PEOPLE CRAWLING ALL OVER THIS BOAT.

[1]18:56:49 BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS)

(VO) MOST POWERFUL FIREBOAT IN THE WORLD WHEN BUILT IN 1931, SHE COULD DOUSE THE CARS MORE THAN 200 FEET UP ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE. SHE BATTLED DOCKSIDE FIRES, WON FAME WHEN THE SHIP, NORMANDY, CAPSIZED DURING WORLD WAR II, ALMOST CRUSHING ANOTHER FIREBOAT, BY PULLING THAT FIREBOAT FREE AT THE LAST MOMENT. TO THE OWNER/OPERATORS, SHE'S A TIME MACHINE. THAT'S THE SAME BRASS SIGNALING DIAL.

[1]18:57:17 JESSICA DULONG (ASSISTANT FIREBOAT ENGINEER)

THIS BOAT RUNS, AND THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT IT. SHE'S A LIVING MUSEUM.

[1]18:57:22 BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS)

(VO) WHY THE DESIRE TO PRESERVE THE HARVEY THAT COMES ALIVE IN MOST EVERYONE WHO STEPS ABOARD? HISTORIANS LIKE IT OF ALL AGES.

[1]18:57:32 JESSICA DULONG (ASSISTANT FIREBOAT ENGINEER)

KIDS JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT IT SHOOTS WATER.

[1]18:57:34 DICK SOLAY (FIREBOAT PASSENGER)

IT IS AN EXPERIENCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.

[1]18:57:37 BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS)

(VO) AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

[1]18:57:40 TIM IVORY (FIREBOAT ENGINEER)

IT'S GONE THROUGH, OR I SHOULD SAY, OUTLIVED MANY CREW MEMBERS.

[1]18:57:43 BILL BLAKEMORE (ABC NEWS)

(VO) IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE, WE, EACH OF US, PASS THROUGH HISTORY. SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER IS HISTORY. BILL BLAKEMORE, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK.

[1]18:57:57 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) THE LITTLE FIREBOAT THAT COULD. AND THAT'S OUR REPORT.

[1]18:58:02 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(VO) AND ANOTHER REMINDER, ABC NEWS WILL BROADCAST THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH LIVE TONIGHT AT 8:30 EASTERN IN A SPECIAL REPORT WITH PETER JENNINGS.

[1]18:58:09 CAROLE SIMPSON (ABC NEWS)

(OC) I'M CAROLE SIMPSON. AND FOR ALL OF US HERE AT ABC NEWS, HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND GOOD NIGHT.

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