The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) - 2002-01-15
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[0:00] era with nine branches in Oregon.
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[0:15] Good evening, I'm Jim Lara. On the
[0:17] NewsHour tonight, a summary of today's
[0:19] news, a look at the decision on
[0:21] prosecuting John Walker, the American
[0:24] Taliban, an update of the latest on the
[0:26] Enron disaster, a report on the newest
[0:30] from the auto industry, and a foreign
[0:32] correspondents about covering the war in
[0:34] Afghanistan.
[0:37] >> Major funding for the NewsHour with Jim
[0:39] Ler has been provided by
[0:43] >> Imagine a World where no child [music]
[0:45] begs for food. While some will look on
[0:47] that as a dream, others will look long
[0:50] and hard [music] and get to work. ADM,
[0:53] the nature of what's to come.
[0:56] And by SBC Communications. [music] In
[1:00] the last year alone, SBC employees
[1:02] volunteered more than 6 million hours,
[1:04] which means even when we're not working
[1:06] to improve communications, we're doing
[1:08] something to help improve communities.
[1:10] SBC Communications
[1:13] >> and by [music] the Corporation for
[1:14] Public Broadcasting. This program was
[1:17] also made possible by contributions to
[1:19] your PBS station [music] from viewers
[1:20] like you.
[1:23] Thank you.
[1:25] An American who fought with the Taliban
[1:26] in Afghanistan will be tried in US
[1:29] civilian court. The Justice Department
[1:31] announced today John Walker will be
[1:34] charged with crimes related to
[1:35] terrorism. He could face life in prison,
[1:38] but not the death penalty. He was
[1:40] captured in November in northern
[1:42] Afghanistan. We'll have more on this
[1:44] story in a few minutes. In Afghanistan
[1:47] today, US Marines destroyed a hidden
[1:49] tunnel complex just a few hundred yards
[1:52] from their ai