CBS Evening News - 2001-10-15
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:01] The anthrax spirit NBC and Dr. Phil.
[0:04] Next ET.
[0:08] A possible new anthrax attack. This one
[0:10] aimed straight at the US government. The
[0:12] target, the majority leader of the
[0:14] Senate. Caught underprepared and
[0:17] offguard. The government scrambles now
[0:19] to beef up defenses against bioteterror.
[0:22] How the US may have incredibly passed on
[0:25] a high probability shot at taking out
[0:28] the leader, the Taliban. And Eye on
[0:30] America investigates the Saudi
[0:32] connection in the terror attacks. It may
[0:34] go well beyond bin
[0:41] Laden. This is the CBS Evening News with
[0:45] Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:47] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:51] The FBI opened a criminal investigation
[0:53] at the US capital today after a letter
[0:55] sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom
[0:57] Dashel tested positive for anthrax.
[1:01] President Bush said he quote wouldn't
[1:03] put it past Osama bin Laden to have a
[1:05] hand in this latest anthrach attack, but
[1:08] the president added he has no evidence
[1:10] of that at all. So far, the number of
[1:13] anthrax exposure cases in the United
[1:15] States is very small. But the government
[1:19] is scrambling to protect the integrity
[1:20] of the US mail, reassure the public, and
[1:24] be ready in case there's a worse anthrax
[1:27] or other nightmare scenario. CBS's Bob
[1:30] Schiffer begins our coverage.
[1:32] It was during a routine photo session
[1:34] when a reporter off-handedly asked if
[1:37] there were new reports of anthrax to
[1:39] which the president responded yes. I
[1:42] just talked to leader
[1:43] Dashel his office received a letter
[1:47] and uh it had anthrax in it. And as
[1:51] stunned reporters soon discovered,
[1:53] poli