CBS Evening News - 2002-03-27

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[0:03] Plastic surgery to look like the stars

[0:05] and who's Jackie O next ET.

[0:09] >> A Passover massacre, suicide bomber

[0:12] blows himself up in a crowded Israeli

[0:14] hotel at the start of a Jewish holiday

[0:17] dinner.

[0:18] The US government warns Americans in

[0:20] Italy about a possible Easter Sunday

[0:22] terror attack.

[0:24] They were at sea when America went to

[0:26] war and joined the fight. Today an

[0:28] emotional welcome home.

[0:30] And the death and remarkable life of Mr.

[0:32] Television, Milton Berle.

[0:42] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Dan

[0:46] Rather.

[0:47] >> Good evening. Dan's off tonight. I'm at

[0:49] Bradley. Passover in Israel began

[0:52] tonight with a massacre. An Islamic

[0:54] suicide bomber blew himself up in a

[0:56] hotel where Jews were celebrating the

[0:59] holiday. At least 16 people were killed,

[1:02] more than 100 injured. The latest

[1:04] violence came as an Arab summit

[1:06] conference meant to ratify a Saudi peace

[1:08] plan was falling apart. We begin in

[1:11] Israel. Elizabeth Palmer reports on the

[1:13] attack in the coastal resort city of

[1:15] Netanya.

[1:17] >> A man walked into the lobby of this

[1:19] seaside hotel where Israeli families had

[1:21] gathered for their Passover holiday meal

[1:24] and blew himself up. A massive blast

[1:26] tore through the dining room destroying

[1:28] walls, ceilings, and windows. Rescue

[1:31] workers say they expect some of the

[1:32] wounded won't survive the night. The

[1:34] 25-year-old suicide bomber was this man,

[1:37] Abdel Basset Odeh.

[1:39] In a telephone call to an Arab

[1:41] television station, the Islamic militant

[1:43] group Hamas claimed responsibility for

[1:45] the attack. A representative for Hamas

[1:47] says the violence is bound to co

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