MSNBC snippet - 2001-10-22 (afternoon)
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[0:00] It's Friday.
[0:01] You're watching MSNBC.
[0:07] A US mail facility now regarded as a
[0:09] crime scene after examiners confirm the
[0:11] deaths of two postal workers were caused
[0:14] by anthrax. This as we get word of
[0:16] another case of suspicious symptoms in a
[0:18] New Jersey postal worker. Doctors say
[0:20] that could be inhalation anthrax as
[0:22] well. Today the urgency increases over
[0:24] finding the source of the spores and
[0:27] finding ways to make sure our mail and
[0:28] those who deliver it are safe.
[0:32] I'm Norah O'Donnell. Today the Pentagon
[0:33] responds to Taliban claims that the US
[0:36] is responsible for hundreds of civilian
[0:38] casualties.
[0:40] I'm Monica Novotny at DC General
[0:42] Hospital where hundreds of local postal
[0:44] workers are receiving antibiotics today.
[0:47] I'll have the latest coming up.
[0:49] I'm Ashley Banfield in Islamabad,
[0:51] Pakistan. Another claim from the Taliban
[0:53] today, this time that the US is using
[0:56] chemical weapons against its people. Is
[0:58] it true? The story coming up.
[1:09] Welcome back to MSNBC's continuing
[1:12] coverage of America Strikes Back. I'm
[1:14] Lester Holt at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, noon
[1:16] Pacific. Here are the latest
[1:17] developments and a lot has happened
[1:18] today, so let's take you through it.
[1:20] Washington D.C. officials announcing the
[1:22] tests now confirm that those two
[1:24] Washington D.C. postal workers in fact
[1:26] died of inhalation anthrax. Two other
[1:29] workers at the city's main postal
[1:31] facility are said to be seriously ill.
[1:33] The facility processed the
[1:34] anthrax-tainted letter sent to Senate
[1:36] Majority Lea