CBS Evening News - 2001-02-24
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[0:00] Eat fresh. Elaine Murphy only on Coin 6
[0:03] News. People make the difference.
[0:09] Shift in focus. Secretary of State
[0:12] Powell on his first overseas trip
[0:14] stresses a tough US line on Iraq.
[0:17] College tragedy. A horrific accident
[0:19] leaves four pedestrians dead and a
[0:21] teenage driver under arrest. With
[0:24] another big race scheduled for tomorrow,
[0:25] NASCAR struggles to get back on track.
[0:28] and virtual visits. A child of divorce
[0:31] keeps family ties alive on the
[0:36] [Music]
[0:38] internet. This is the CBS Evening
[0:42] News with Russ
[0:44] Mitchell. And good evening. Diplomats
[0:47] around the world tonight are buzzing
[0:48] over whether the US is telegraphing a
[0:50] shift in its policy toward the Middle
[0:52] East. Secretary of State Coen Powell on
[0:54] his first overseas visit had some tough
[0:56] words for Saddam Hussein. While the
[0:58] warnings to Iraq are getting cheers from
[1:00] some, others worry the US role in Middle
[1:02] East peace talks could now take a back
[1:04] seat. Babo
[1:06] reports. At his first stop in Cairo,
[1:09] Powell met with Russian Foreign Minister
[1:10] Igor Ivanov. While the Russians are
[1:13] strong allies of Iraq, the Secretary of
[1:15] State used the occasion to reiterate a
[1:17] hard line against Saddam Hussein. The
[1:20] United States has an obligation to do
[1:22] everything we can to cause him to come
[1:24] into compliance with the agreements he
[1:26] made at the end of the Gulf War. He
[1:29] threatens not the United States, he
[1:30] threatens this region. It was to be the
[1:33] predominant theme of Pal's day. His
[1:35] visit was met by protests in both
[1:37] Baghdad and the West Bank. Arabs are
[1:39] angry at the last week's bombing of Iraq
[1:42] and