CBS Evening News - 2003-03-14
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[0:01] Tonight's headlines, a lastminute
[0:03] weekend war summit. US officials
[0:06] concerned Saddam will strike first.
[0:09] Suspected kidnapper may have been after
[0:12] Elizabeth Smart's cousin. Also, and
[0:15] tonight, a Friday consumer alert about
[0:18] con artists out to sell you living trust
[0:20] that could rob you of your life savings.
[0:23] If Saddam sets fire to his oil wells,
[0:26] these Texas firefighters could get the
[0:29] call. And for this senator, authorizing
[0:32] war with Iraq was very personal. As
[0:35] personal as his son.
[0:44] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:48] Rather.
[0:50] >> Good evening. Dan's off tonight. I'm Bob
[0:52] Schaefer. Well, what is the next step?
[0:54] President Bush, Prime Minister Tony
[0:56] Blair, and Spanish Prime Minister Joseé
[0:58] Maria Anzar have decided to meet Sunday
[1:02] to try to answer that question. With US
[1:04] forces already at ready for war, but the
[1:07] UN Security Council split over whether
[1:10] to authorize an invasion of Iraq, the
[1:12] president and the prime ministers will
[1:14] hold an emergency summit in the Azors,
[1:17] the Portuguese island chain in the
[1:19] Mid-Atlantic. We begin our coverage
[1:21] tonight with CBS News White House
[1:23] correspondent Bill Plan. Bill,
[1:26] >> Bob, the summit in the Azors is a
[1:28] lastminute attempt to head off what
[1:29] looks to be an embarrassing defeat at
[1:31] the United Nations for the resolution
[1:34] backed by the US, Britain, and Spain,
[1:36] which would authorize war on Iraq.
[1:40] With US and British troops on the Iraq
[1:42] Kuwait border awaiting the order to
[1:43] attack, the president and the British
[1:45] and Spanish prime ministers will decide
[1:47] whether the resolution can be s