CBS Evening News - 2003-03-06
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[0:03] Tonight's headlines. Opposition grows to
[0:06] war resolution. The British waiver. New
[0:09] terror plots aimed at US forces. US more
[0:13] confident bin Laden will be caught. Also
[0:16] tonight, this man is out to catch him.
[0:19] An American on a private hunt for Bin
[0:21] Laden. Eye on America. Actors take on
[0:24] the role of anti-war activists. But is
[0:27] anybody really listening? And a medical
[0:30] first using stem cells to try to heal a
[0:34] wounded heart.
[0:40] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:43] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:46] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:49] It is long after midnight now in Iraq.
[0:51] In the early morning darkness, US
[0:53] special forces and other units on the
[0:55] ground inside that country are engaged
[0:58] in dangerous pre-invasion preparation
[1:00] work, such as checking out and targeting
[1:02] military installations. US and British
[1:05] warplanes have nearly tripled their
[1:07] number of flights over Iraq up to some
[1:10] 500 a day, often now bombing
[1:12] surfaceto-air missile systems and other
[1:14] ground weapons. But advisers emphasize
[1:17] President Bush has not made any final
[1:20] decision about invading. Against this
[1:22] backdrop, the president has called a
[1:24] rare television prime time news
[1:26] conference for tonight. CBS coverage
[1:28] begins with Bill Plant at the White
[1:30] House.
[1:32] The president's gamble that he could
[1:33] convince the UN Security Council that
[1:35] Saddam Hussein poses an immediate danger
[1:38] is in serious trouble. China today
[1:40] joined France and Russia in opposing the
[1:42] administration resolution which would
[1:44] open the way for military action. Most
[1:47] members of the council now seem in