World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-10-25
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[0:00] clouds up across western Washington.
[0:01] It's 54 in Seattle currently. 62 in the
[0:04] Rose City. It'll be a dry evening and in
[0:07] the morning just some patchy fog.
[0:08] Temperatures in the
[0:15] 40s. On World News Tonight, more cases
[0:18] of anthrax and the great debate about
[0:20] where it came from and who could have
[0:22] prepared such a weapon. In many parts of
[0:24] the country, the public is not afraid.
[0:27] The Senate gives the Bush administration
[0:29] the broader police powers it has been
[0:31] seeking. The crime rate is up in many
[0:34] parts of the country. Since 9/11, the
[0:36] police are too busy doing other things.
[0:39] And the battle for public opinion. The
[0:42] US cannot control the headlines in
[0:46] [Music]
[0:48] Pakistan. From ABC News World
[0:51] Headquarters in New York, this is World
[0:54] News Tonight with Peter Jenning. Good
[0:56] evening everyone. There have been more
[0:57] anthrax cases today and the Bush
[0:59] administration is trying to speak with a
[1:01] single voice about the extent of the
[1:03] danger and how much talent it would take
[1:05] to create and send such a murderous
[1:07] substance. Federal officials say today
[1:10] that 10,000 people in the country are
[1:11] now taking
[1:12] antibiotics either as a precaution
[1:15] against anthrax or because they have
[1:17] tested positive. First, we're going to
[1:19] get a quick summary from ABC's Brian
[1:21] Ross on today's developments. More we
[1:23] focus on this, the more we realize we're
[1:25] very focused on one letter. That's
[1:27] right, Peter. Really, no more than a
[1:28] handful of deadly powder. Yet, there are
[1:30] growing concerns about anthrax infecting
[1:33] the mail with the case today of a State
[1:35] Department e