CNN NewsStand - 1999-12-30

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[0:00] Bob

[0:04] just by Bob

[0:06] edition with Carol Lynn and Leon Harris

[0:09] weekdays on CNN.

[0:12] It's Thursday, December 30th, 1999.

[0:16] Tonight on CNN Newsand,

[0:19] a world full of live reports. The party

[0:22] of the millennium is right around the

[0:24] corner.

[0:27] From where it's already New Year's Eve

[0:30] to where pharaohs watch the millennia

[0:32] come and go.

[0:34] >> Feel like a summer party to welcome a

[0:36] new century? We'll take you live to Rio

[0:39] and whisk you under a mountain for a

[0:41] peek at one of the Cold War's top secret

[0:44] command centers. Teams of Americans and

[0:46] Russians will sit side by side watching

[0:49] monitors for a possible launch anywhere

[0:51] in the world.

[0:52] >> All the preparations. They're going to

[0:54] have 8,000 police officers in this

[0:56] square and alcohol is banned.

[0:58] >> The anticipation,

[1:01] >> even some prognostication,

[1:03] >> biotechnology is going to change the way

[1:06] we live. It's going to change for for

[1:08] the good, I believe.

[1:09] >> Here comes Y2K.

[1:11] And we've got the world covered.

[1:16] >> Happy New Year.

[1:19] CNN news stand with anchors Jud Rose and

[1:22] Willow Bay in New York.

[1:24] [Music]

[1:28] >> And good evening from the news stand. We

[1:30] want to welcome viewers joining us on

[1:32] CNN International. Jud and Willow are

[1:33] off. I'm Frank SO in Atlanta

[1:35] >> and I'm Darren Kagan. On this special

[1:37] edition of Newsand, we'll be taking you

[1:39] live to nine places including the

[1:41] pyramids where people are getting ready

[1:43] to greet the millennium. First though,

[1:45] our top story.

[1:46] >> Terrorism fears and fallout from the

[1:49] arrest of an accused explosive smuggler.

[1:51] That is our top story. FBI agents panned

[1:53] out across th