NBC Nightly News - 2002-01-26
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[0:00] looked a little upset about it. Did she
[0:01] look that way to you? She
[0:03] >> was just amazed. She chose her words
[0:04] carefully.
[0:05] >> Yeah.
[0:06] >> Well, that's the first. Haven't seen a
[0:08] nest made out of a flag before. Thank
[0:10] you for watching tonight. NBC Nightly
[0:12] News is next. We'll see you at 6:30.
[0:17] >> Thanks for watching the area's number
[0:19] one Saturday night news. Northwest News
[0:22] Channel 8, where the news comes first.
[0:33] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:36] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:40] by John Seanthaller.
[0:42] >> Good evening everyone. The Bush
[0:44] administration is divided tonight over
[0:46] what to call members of al-Qaeda and
[0:48] Taliban being held at the US Naval Base
[0:50] in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Secretary of
[0:53] State Coen Powell wants President Bush
[0:55] to reverse his decision to call them
[0:57] detainees and give those in custody
[1:00] prisoner of war status. NBC's Norah
[1:02] O'Donnell reports from the Pentagon.
[1:06] A senior State Department official tells
[1:08] NBC News that Secretary Coen Powell is
[1:11] now asking President Bush to reverse his
[1:14] policy on Taliban and al-Qaeda
[1:16] detainees. As it stands now, the
[1:19] captives at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are
[1:21] classified as unlawful combatants,
[1:24] treated humanely, but given no legal
[1:26] protections under the Geneva Conventions
[1:28] on prisoners of war. Today, President
[1:31] Bush declined to comment.
[1:34] But White House Council Alberto Gonzalez
[1:37] wrote the president in a memo on Friday,
[1:39] on balance, I believe that the arguments
[1:41] for reconsideration and reversal are
[1:44] unpersuasive.
[1:46] Vice President Dick Cheney in a speech
[1:47] last night