CBS Evening News - 2002-03-28
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[0:03] Delta and Dixie plus Paul McCartney and
[0:05] Tom Cruise next ET.
[0:09] >> The United States says he deserves to
[0:11] die. The government will seek the death
[0:14] penalty in the trial of the so-called
[0:15] 20th hijacker. After the Passover
[0:18] massacre, Palestinians brace for
[0:20] retaliation. Arab leaders agree on a
[0:22] peace plan. Is television to blame for
[0:25] violence? Tonight, what a new study
[0:27] found. And Mr. Television, Milton Berle,
[0:31] he leaves us flat.
[0:41] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:45] Rather.
[0:46] >> Good evening. Dan is off tonight. I'm Ed
[0:48] Bradley. The US government today said in
[0:50] effect an eye for an eye. The Justice
[0:53] Department announced it will ask a
[0:55] federal court to sentence Zacarias
[0:57] Moussaoui to death if he's convicted in
[0:59] the September 11th attack on America.
[1:02] Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan
[1:04] descent, goes on trial this fall for
[1:07] conspiracy to murder Americans with
[1:09] weapons of mass destruction. Jim Stewart
[1:12] has the latest on the man prosecutors
[1:14] believe intended to be the 20th
[1:16] hijacker.
[1:19] >> As the only alleged co-conspirator of
[1:21] the September the 11th attacks in
[1:23] American hands, no one, not even his
[1:25] mother, was surprised today when the
[1:27] government said it will seek the death
[1:29] penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui. Attorney
[1:31] General John Ashcroft has long hinted
[1:33] that would be the case.
[1:35] >> we have alleged numerous reasons
[1:38] called aggravating factors
[1:41] which we believe
[1:43] uh
[1:44] indicate why the death penalty is
[1:47] appropriate.
[1:48] >> For example, prosecutors alleged the
[1:50] sole reason Moussaoui entered the US was
[1:52] for the purpose of gaining