World News Tonight (ABC) - 2002-03-20

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 2002-03-20
Uploaded: 2025-12-22
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[0:00] Now all with lease payments starting at

[0:02] just $3.99 per month for 39 months with

[0:04] 2,240 [music]

[0:06] do it signing. See Lexus of Portland

[0:09] just down the road. [music]

[0:12] Celebrating 40 years of spirit

[0:20] on World News Tonight. The prisoners

[0:22] from Afghanistan held at Guantanamo Bay.

[0:25] Military tribunals for some and perhaps

[0:28] the death penalties. The new law to

[0:30] regulate money in politics. The

[0:32] fundraising binge is underway. From

[0:35] Texas to Virginia, the storm system in

[0:37] no hurry to move. Where there's been

[0:40] drought, there's the risk of a killer

[0:42] flood. The video game that is promoting

[0:45] hate. The market is teenage boys. We'll

[0:47] take a closer [music] look. And you

[0:49] cannot give your pacemaker to another

[0:51] person, but you can leave it to the dog

[0:55] in your will.

[0:59] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[1:02] York, this is World [music] News Tonight

[1:05] with Peter Jennings.

[1:06] >> Good evening everyone. The Bush

[1:08] administration is very close to deciding

[1:10] what it is going to do with the

[1:11] prisoners from Afghanistan that it has

[1:13] been holding at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba

[1:15] for several months without charges. And

[1:18] one human rights organization said today

[1:20] that finally beginning due process is a

[1:23] huge step forward. The administration

[1:25] believes that some of the prisoners must

[1:27] face military tribunals and some may

[1:30] face the death penalty. Others may be

[1:32] sent home. ABC's Martha Radits is at the

[1:35] State Department. Martha

[1:37] >> Peter, the official announcement is

[1:39] expected sometime tomorrow, but ABC News

[1:42] has learned many of the details tonight.

[1:46] >> There are 300