CNN - The Situation Room and Lou Dobbs Tonight - 2006-07-19
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[0:00] Backy. And to our viewers, you're in the
[0:02] situation room where new pictures and
[0:04] information are arriving all the time.
[0:06] Standing by, CNN reporters across the
[0:08] United States and around the world to
[0:10] bring you today's top stories. Happening
[0:13] now, steaming toward safety. Hundreds of
[0:16] Americans now are on their way to
[0:18] Cyprus, leaving the bloodshed in Lebanon
[0:21] behind them. It's 11 p.m. in Beirut
[0:23] where the prime minister says Israeli
[0:25] air strikes are taking what he calls an
[0:28] unimaginable toll. We'll have live
[0:30] reports on the attacks and on the
[0:32] exodus. Also this hour, Hezbollah
[0:35] strikes against Israel claiming yet more
[0:38] casualties, including children and
[0:40] soldiers. We're tracking the latest
[0:42] rocket fire into northern Israel and
[0:45] rare ground conflict uh as well. Plus,
[0:49] President Bush using his veto power for
[0:51] the very first time. It's 400 p.m. here
[0:53] in Washington where Mr. Bush is
[0:55] rejecting an embryionic stem cell
[0:58] research bill passed by Congress. We're
[1:01] following this major political clash and
[1:03] what happens next. I'm Will Blitzer.
[1:06] You're in the situation room.
[1:23] In the Middle East crisis this hour, new
[1:25] deaths, desperate diplomacy, and an
[1:27] allout evacuation of US citizens. The
[1:30] cruise ship, the Orient Queen, now is
[1:32] heading towards Cyprus with about 1,000
[1:35] Americans, and Britain's on board.
[1:37] Another 3,000 US citizens are expected
[1:40] to flee the fighting tomorrow, again by
[1:42] sea. And by air, US military helicopters
[1:45] have been taking Americans from the US
[1:47] embassy outside of Beirut to safer
[1:50] ground. Inside Beirut, new e