CBS Evening News - 2003-03-05

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[0:04] Tonight's headlines, US reveals new

[0:07] evidence Saddam is not disarming. In the

[0:10] skies over Iraq, new signs that war is

[0:13] very near. Israel strikes back after

[0:16] suicide bus bombing. Also tonight, CBS

[0:20] is with US troops waiting in the desert

[0:22] for war. And the waiting is taking its

[0:24] toll. That government panel

[0:27] investigating 9/11. Victims families say

[0:30] something's wrong. Eye on America

[0:32] investigates. And a simple answer to

[0:35] preventing colon cancer may be as close

[0:38] as your medicine chest.

[0:45] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan

[0:48] Rather reporting from CBS News

[0:50] headquarters in New York.

[0:52] >> Good evening. President Bush left little

[0:55] or no doubt today that with or without

[0:57] United Nations backing, Iraq will be

[0:59] disarmed and Saddam Hussein will be

[1:02] driven from power. The president had the

[1:04] military chief of staff from the last

[1:06] war with Iraq take the point to make the

[1:09] case for the next war. Speaking at a

[1:12] self-described Washington think tank,

[1:14] Secretary of State Coen Powell said

[1:16] Saddam has wasted his quote final chance

[1:19] to avoid war. CBS's Bill Plant begins

[1:22] tonight's coverage of the now looming

[1:24] closer, apparently much closer war.

[1:28] >> In the face of continued international

[1:30] opposition to military action against

[1:32] Iraq, Secretary of State Powell revealed

[1:34] new intelligence which he says shows

[1:37] Saddam Hussein plans to continue

[1:39] producing the same missiles now being

[1:41] destroyed by the UN and that he's

[1:43] continuing to hide banned weapons. The

[1:46] speech was scheduled at the last minute

[1:47] and designed to blunt the argument for

[1:50] more time

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