This Week (ABC) - 2001-12-02

Name: This Week (ABC) - 2001-12-02
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[0:00] We'll see light rain spreading up to the

[0:01] north throughout the day today and

[0:03] another series of storms headed our way

[0:06] for the week ahead.

[0:11] >> [music]

[0:17] >> From ABC News this week [music] with Sam

[0:21] Donaldson and Cokie Roberts.

[0:23] >> This morning

[0:25] Israel reels from a deadly series of

[0:27] attacks and the US urges

[0:30] >> Yasser Arafat to crack down on those

[0:32] responsible. We'll have the latest.

[0:36] >> Plus the war at home. An Attorney

[0:39] General under fire for his aggressive

[0:41] measures against suspected terrorists

[0:43] fights back.

[0:44] >> Some have sought to condemn us with

[0:46] faulty facts or without facts at all.

[0:50] Others have simply rushed to judgement.

[0:52] >> Joining us John Ashcroft and his critics

[0:55] and unlikely alliance spanning the left

[0:57] and the right. The question is the FBI

[1:00] really considering spying on political

[1:02] and religious groups? Is it already

[1:04] engaging in racial profiling? And above

[1:07] all, is it getting anywhere with the

[1:10] investigation?

[1:14] >> Also at issue this week, reflections on

[1:17] the life of George Harrison. How did the

[1:20] Beatles define a decade and shape a

[1:22] generation? We'll look at their impact

[1:25] on politics and popular culture.

[1:28] >> This week featuring George Will and

[1:30] George Stephanopoulos. And joining the

[1:33] round table ABC's Claire Shipman. Now

[1:36] from Washington, Sam Donaldson and Cokie

[1:39] Roberts.

[1:41] >> Welcome to the program. It was another

[1:43] terrible night and morning in Israel,

[1:46] Sam.

[1:46] >> Oh yes, Cokie. Two separate suicide

[1:49] bombings have killed at least 24 people.

[1:51] The death toll in this morning's bombing

[1:53] of a bus in Haifa has been ra