World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-10-31
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[0:00] on the internet. Now, time for a quick
[0:01] weather check. Some light blue showing
[0:03] up here and there. I think at most we'll
[0:04] see tonight a couple of sprinkles. So,
[0:06] here's your forecast for
[0:07] trick-or-treating. Cool and damp out
[0:08] there. Again, maybe a spritz. That's
[0:09] about it. If you see a break in the
[0:11] clouds, you might see the full moon. 50°
[0:13] right around now. And light rain in the
[0:15] morning, 45 to 50° rain increasing
[0:17] tomorrow afternoon. I'm Rob Marciano at
[0:19] 6:00. World News Tonight is next.
[0:23] [Music]
[0:31] On World News Tonight this
[0:36] Wednesday, the US begins a very heavy
[0:38] bombing campaign of the Taliban's lines
[0:41] in northern Afghanistan. Was the
[0:43] Pentagon pressured to do
[0:45] more? Our own reporter in Kandahar with
[0:48] Taliban leaders who are targets life on
[0:51] the ground with the US overhead.
[0:54] The US economy weak in every respect.
[0:57] Consumers are buying less. Businesses
[0:59] cannot sell it here and they cannot sell
[1:02] it
[1:04] overseas. Testing security at the
[1:06] country's nuclear plants. Will they
[1:08] stand up to air
[1:10] attack? And yes, it is Halloween. Some
[1:14] places just as always and some places
[1:18] more cautious.
[1:23] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[1:25] York, this is World News Tonight with
[1:29] Peter Jennings. Good evening everyone.
[1:30] We're going to begin this evening on the
[1:32] Taliban front lines in northern
[1:33] Afghanistan. Today, the US began the
[1:36] heaviest bombing of a single area since
[1:38] the campaign to break the Taliban
[1:40] government began almost a month ago.
[1:43] This is where the Taliban has held the
[1:44] line against its enemies in the north
[1:46] for years. Where the