World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-10-17
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[0:00] Grab a jacket and enjoy a cool, crisp
[0:04] [Music]
[0:09] [Applause]
[0:16] evening. On World News Tonight, dozens
[0:19] of people on Capitol Hill test positive
[0:21] for exposure to anthrax. But there's
[0:24] confusion today about the nature of the
[0:26] threat. The Bush administration says the
[0:29] country is prepared for bioteterrorism,
[0:31] but prepared for what? How much damage
[0:34] has been done to the economy? The job
[0:37] fair is one place to see it. The Federal
[0:39] Reserve chairman is not sure about the
[0:42] future. And is there too much news about
[0:45] anthrax? The public tells us yes and no.
[0:53] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:56] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:59] Peter Jennings. Good evening everyone.
[1:01] We're going to begin in Washington this
[1:02] evening by trying to get at the truth
[1:04] about the anthrax threat on Capitol
[1:06] Hill. There is no doubt about the
[1:08] exposure. We know that almost three
[1:10] dozen people have been exposed to
[1:12] anthrax and others are still being
[1:13] tested. This does not necessarily mean
[1:16] infection. But all over the capital
[1:18] today, there was confusion and
[1:20] contradiction about what had really
[1:22] occurred when a poisoned letter arrived
[1:24] in Senator Dashel's office and
[1:26] subsequently what has happened since.
[1:28] So, let us go straight to our Capitol
[1:30] Hill correspondent, Linda Douglas.
[1:31] Linda, to put it bluntly, was pretty
[1:33] hard getting a straight story out of
[1:35] that place today. All day long. And as
[1:37] the number of positive tests for anthrax
[1:39] increased throughout the day, the
[1:41] congressional leaders tried to project
[1:43] calm. But Peter, they did not always
[1:46] succeed.