Washington Week Show - # 4147
Washington Week Show - # 4147
Washington Week Show # 4147 - Terror Alerts, President Bush Abroad, Trade Bill, Jeffords s Switch. Host Gwen Ifill, guests include Dan Balz, Doyle McManus, Jeffrey Birnbaum, Gloria Borger.
Washington Week Show - # 4147
Opening credits
Washington Week Show - # 4147
Composite footage (unclean) with Washington Week title and text: Policeman speaking into megaphone on city street, busy headquarters scene (lots of people at computers, on telephones), silhouette of statue with American flag waving in the background, President George Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush waving on platform after exiting Air Force One, President Bush walking towards camera with Vladimir Putin, then signing documents with Putin. Interior of Capitol Hill in session. Woman workers building computers in factory. Senator James Jeffords.
Washington Week Show - # 4147
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Washington Week Show - # 4147
Vice President Cheney stating "Even if we are 99% successful at building defenses against further attacks that 1% can kill you, and we've got to remember the nature of the enemy we're dealing with here, where they have no territory they hold dear, nothing we can threaten and thereby deter them from further attacks. Where they are often willing to sacrifice themselves in suicidal attacks in the course of committing terrorist acts against the United States, but that's a very difficult proposition . Dan Balz of the Washington Post leads the discussion on the how the government handled threats, whether it dropped the ball before the 9/11 attacks, and how well it is prepared to stop future attacks from happening.
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President Bush and Vladimir Putin standing at separate podiums with American flags and soviet flags behind them, audience seated in the foreground. President Bush says, "You know, friends really don't need weapons pointed at each other, we both understand that, but it's a realistic assessment of where we've been and who knows what will happen ten years from now. Who knows what future Presidents will say and how they react." Doyle McManus leads the foreign policy discussion between with regards to Russia and the United States, and President Bush s progress in building consensus among nations (European nations in particular) with regards to weapons of mass destruction and Iraq.
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Jeffrey Birnbaum leads the discussion on the domestic issue of free trade agreements. The House passes one version while the Senate passes a different version of the free trade agreement.
Washington Week Show - # 4147
Democratic Leader Senator Tom Daschle speaking outside with Senators standing behind him (including Senator Hilary Clinton and James Jeffords) stating "Some people call our refusal to rubber stamp the Republican agenda obstructionism, I see it as rejecting failed ideas in the name of real solutions, and I call that progress." Gloria Borger discusses the impact of Senator James Jeffords switching from the Republican Party to the Independent Part, altering the balance of the Senate.
Washington Week Show - # 4147
Gwen Ifill signs off/Credits