World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-01-11

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-01-11
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[0:00] On World News Tonight, another

[0:01] confirmation controversy for George W.

[0:04] Bush. The Democrats wonder if they have

[0:06] another opening. Bad storms and rolling

[0:09] blackouts in California. Is there an

[0:11] energy crisis that may affect the

[0:13] nation's economy? An American pilot shot

[0:16] down during the Persian Gulf War, given

[0:18] up as dead 10 years ago. Now the

[0:20] Pentagon says he may be missing.

[0:23] Florida's Secretary of State, her first

[0:26] interview since the election with Diane

[0:28] Sawyer. and the genetically modified

[0:31] monkey that is part jellyfish.

[0:38] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:41] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:44] Peter Jennings. Good evening. We're

[0:46] going to begin in Washington tonight.

[0:47] George W. Bush named two more people he

[0:49] wants in his cabinet today. And today,

[0:52] another of his nominees, in this case

[0:54] for Secretary of the Interior, Gail

[0:56] Norton, was the latest target for

[0:58] Democrats who would like to see her

[1:00] fail. Democrats are already gunning for

[1:02] Mr. Bush's choice for Attorney General,

[1:04] former Senator John Ashccraftoft. And

[1:07] so, with little more than a week to go

[1:08] until the inauguration, there should be

[1:10] no doubt that the political battle,

[1:12] which was the election itself, is still

[1:15] in full swing. Go to Washington and

[1:17] ABC's Terry Moran.

[1:19] Well, Peter, every day brings new signs

[1:22] that the confirmation game is getting

[1:24] even rougher.

[1:26] Just two days after his first labor

[1:28] secretary nominee withdrew from the

[1:30] confirmation battlefield, Mr. Bush tried

[1:32] again. Thank you. Ela Chow is his new

[1:35] pick for the labor post. An official i