NBC Nightly News - 2001-10-27
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[0:12] anthrax and the postal system. The
[0:14] investigation heats up as new
[0:16] contamination sites are found in New
[0:18] Jersey and on Capitol Hill. We're
[0:21] continuing to find areas where there are
[0:23] where there is contamination.
[0:25] And as the US war plananes give
[0:27] Afghanistan a ferocious pounding, there
[0:29] are new examples of how the air war is
[0:32] hit and miss.
[0:36] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:39] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:43] by John Seanthaler. Good evening
[0:46] everyone. The federal government is
[0:48] moving tonight to make the US mail
[0:50] system safer. The postal service plans
[0:52] to buy $40 million worth of electronic
[0:54] equipment, which is supposed to sanitize
[0:57] the mail. But another post office in New
[1:00] Jersey was closed today after traces of
[1:02] anthrax were discovered. And while the
[1:04] US intensified the bombing raids in
[1:06] Afghanistan, the president is also
[1:08] focusing on homeland security. NBC's
[1:11] David Gregory joins us tonight from the
[1:13] White House. David. John. Tonight,
[1:15] administration officials say while
[1:17] health specialists are now monitoring up
[1:19] to two dozen people in Washington with
[1:21] what they call suspicious symptoms,
[1:23] there are no new confirmed cases of
[1:26] anthrax.
[1:28] One day after health officials detected
[1:30] new traces of anthrax on Capitol Hill,
[1:33] this time in three congressional offices
[1:34] in the House's Longworth building, word
[1:37] the new findings indicate only low
[1:39] levels of contamination. those staffers
[1:41] and all who visited the offices are now
[1:44] taking antibiotics as a precaution. So,
[1:46] we feel quite confident in the uh the
[1:48] medic