CBS Evening News - 2001-10-17
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[0:01] [Music]
[0:07] Anthrax and newsrooms Martin Sheen and
[0:09] Chris Tucker. Next 18.
[0:14] House members flee the US capital. An
[0:17] unprecedented shutdown of the House
[0:20] after dozens of Senate workers test
[0:22] positive for anthrax exposure.
[0:25] Investigators find a possible link
[0:28] between the New York and Florida anthrax
[0:31] cases. They don't have the disease, but
[0:33] thousands are demanding the cure. The
[0:36] danger of
[0:38] cypromania. And US forces step up their
[0:40] aid to Afghan rebels trying to take a
[0:43] key Taliban airport.
[0:50] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:54] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:56] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:59] Anthrax anxiety took a new and possibly
[1:02] more ominous turn today after 31 people
[1:05] on the Senate side of the US capital
[1:07] tested positive for exposure to anthrax
[1:11] bacteria. Doesn't mean they have
[1:13] anthrax. does mean they've been exposed
[1:15] to the disease. But the side effects are
[1:17] showing up on Capitol Hill. For the
[1:19] first time ever, the House closed for
[1:22] business over health concern. Most House
[1:24] members left for a week. The Senate will
[1:27] conduct some business in other
[1:29] Washington locations. CBS's Bob Sheer
[1:31] begins our coverage.
[1:33] Lines of congressional staffers being
[1:35] tested for anthrax got longer and work
[1:38] at the capital virtually stopped with
[1:40] the disclosure that dozens of Senate
[1:42] aids and capital police had tested
[1:44] positive to anthrax exposure. Most of
[1:48] the exposed staffers work for majority
[1:50] leader Dashel, but he said the early
[1:52] diagnosis is they'll be all right. There
[1:54] is a huge difference between a positive
[1:57] naval nasal swab w