World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-07-23
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[0:00] got out of hand. The country is soon in
[0:02] crisis. The American Heart Association
[0:05] is changing its recommendations for
[0:07] women considering hormone replacement.
[0:10] We'll take a closer look tonight at pawn
[0:12] shops and gun sales. The National Rifle
[0:14] Association and the Sheriffs who
[0:17] disagree. And on the road to anywhere,
[0:19] ABC's Mike Lee tonight from West Africa,
[0:23] going out in style.
[0:28] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:31] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:34] Peter Jennings. Good evening everyone.
[0:35] The president saw the Pope today and the
[0:37] Pope told the president in no uncertain
[0:39] terms that research involving embryionic
[0:41] stem cells was an evil on the same level
[0:44] as infanticide.
[0:46] The debate about experimenting on human
[0:48] embryos, which might lead to a cure for
[0:50] some very serious diseases, including
[0:52] Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, has been on
[0:55] the president's mind for many weeks and
[0:57] has, as you know, become a very intense
[0:59] political as well as a moral argument.
[1:02] ABC's Terry Moran was with the president
[1:04] at Castell Gondulo in Italy and tonight
[1:06] is in Rome. Terry,
[1:08] well, Peter, George W. Bush is the
[1:10] fourth US president to meet with John
[1:13] Paul II. And for this president, the
[1:15] Pope had a very specific and very
[1:17] pointed
[1:19] message. The Polish Pope greeted the
[1:22] American president, gently taking Mr.
[1:24] Bush's hand as they made their way to
[1:25] their private meeting this morning. This
[1:28] is so beautiful. The setting was
[1:30] splendid Castle Gondalfo outside Rome,
[1:33] the traditional summer residence of
[1:34] popes. Aid said Mr. Bush was in awe of
[1:37] John