World News Tonight (ABC) - 2002-01-24
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[0:02] >> Check your stocks, plus the latest
[0:03] business information at katu.com.
[0:09] [music]
[0:11] >> On World News Tonight, the young
[0:12] American captured with the Taliban tells
[0:14] his father he never intended to harm
[0:16] Americans. The Congress begins its rush
[0:19] of hearings into the Enron scandal.
[0:21] Today, the accountant who ordered the
[0:23] shredding. The school bus filled with
[0:26] children that never made it to the
[0:27] school and turned up in another state.
[0:29] The judge who punished two women for
[0:31] returning to the men who beat them. A
[0:34] closer look at domestic violence. Boeing
[0:37] sells a 100 new planes. What airline can
[0:39] afford to do that these days? And in a
[0:43] hurry to make the new fire trucks for
[0:45] New [music] York City. It's a very
[0:46] personal order this time.
[0:49] [music]
[0:52] From ABC News world headquarters in New
[0:55] York. This is World News Tonight with
[0:58] Peter Jennings.
[0:59] >> Good evening everyone. The young
[1:00] American captured with the Taliban has
[1:02] had his first day in court. In Northern
[1:04] Virginia, 20-year-old John Walker Lynn
[1:08] appeared before a judge and heard the
[1:10] charges against him, including the one
[1:12] that he conspired to kill Americans.
[1:14] ABC's Jackie Jud was in the court today.
[1:17] Jackie,
[1:18] >> Peter, the defense attorneys struck back
[1:19] very hard at the government's claim that
[1:22] John Walker Lynn voluntarily confessed.
[1:25] Instead, they say their client was
[1:27] denied his right to a lawyer while being
[1:29] interrogated.
[1:32] The 20-year-old appeared in court clean
[1:34] shaven, surrounded by lawyers he met
[1:37] only today. He quietly told the judge
[1:39] yes, he under