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Event Date(s): 01/12/1998 | Event Location(s): Baghdad, Iraq;Long Beach, California;Sacramento, California;Augusta, Maine;Scotland;London, England;Houston, Texas;New York City, New York;Hong Kong;Atlanta, Georgia;Edison, New Jersey;Van Nuys, California;Chicago, Illinois;Lansing, Michigan;Salt Lake City, Utah;Belfast, Northern Ireland;Jerusalem, Israel;San Francisco, California;Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;Washington, DC; | Description: 13:30:00 Newsfront anchored by Perri Peltz. 13:30:48 MSNBC news anchor Gulstan Dart reports the headlines. 13:30:52 Dart voices over video of a soldier outside a presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq. Video of a United Nations inspections vehicle. Video of a bus containing inspections officials. Iraq announced it has block U.N. inspections because of too many Americans. 13:31:32 Dart voices over video of former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones and her spokesperson Susan Carpenter-McMillan at Jones' news conference in Long Beach, California !998-01-06. Her settlement talks in her lawsuit against United States President Bill Clinton are going on. 13:31:49 Dart voices over video of suspected unabomber Theodore Kaczynski being led by police in Sacramento, California. Video of defense attorney Judy Clarke. Kaczynski's attorneys are contemplating a plea bargain. 13:32:17 Dart voices over video of a fallen tree in an ice storm in Augusta, Maine. Video of electrical workers at a fallen tree. Video of various scenes from the ice storms. Video of an electrical worker working on a telephone pole. Many storms affected by ice storms have been declared a disaster area. 13:32:36 Dart voices over video of talk show host Oprah Winfrey accepting a People's Choice Award (courtesy CBS). Video of comedian Tim Allen after winning an award. Video of the cast of the NBC Entertainment's"ER" including actor Anthony Edwards. Video of comedian Jerry Seinfeld accepting an award for NBC Entertainment's"Seinfeld" 13:33:02 Dart voices over a scene from the movie"Titanic"(courtesy Paramount/20th Century Fox)."Titanic" was the top grossing movie last weekend. 13:33:37 Peltz voices over various video of scientists working in a laboratory. 13:36:46 NBC News"Dateline NBC" NBC news correspondent Rob Stafford reports on the doctor who wants to clone human beings. Scene from the movie"The Boys From Brazil" 1978. Videoof Dr. Richard Seed walking down a corridor. Seed comments that clones would be fun. Clip from NBC News"Today" show in which anchor Katie Couric reports on Seed's intentions. Newspaper clippings from various newspapers in the united States. Seed comments that he wants to produce a pregnancy within a year and a half. Video of a baby in a hospital. Seed comments he is one of the most qualified people to clone humans. Photographs of Seed from Harvard, University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Video of Seed outside of a house. Seed comments that he wants to do it for the challenge. Video of Seed ata symposium for reproductive technologies. Seed comments that he is a little crazy. Video of Professor at Chicago Kent College of Law Laurie Andrews in a library. Video of Andrews at the symposium. Andrews comments that Seed sidn't address possible complications. Video of Seed at the symposium. Andrews comments that Seed was looked at as a joke when she first met him. Video of various articles from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Newsclipping of Seed with another doctor. Video of a scientist working in a laboratory. Video of two people holding hands. Seed comments people want children with genetic information in them. Video of a baby's crib. Seed comments he is not playing God and he is confident he will do this. Video of Andrews in a library. Andrews comments we will see a human clone in our lifetime. Video of pictures of DNA. Video of scientists working in a laboratory. Video of a childbirth. Seed comments it is not difficult to clone a human being. Exterior of the Roslin Institute in Scotland. Video of Dolly the cloned sheep. Video of cows. Video of a frog. Andrews comments that sacrifice will not be approached in children. Video of a baby. Video of medical machines. Exterior of an operating room. Andrews comments that one needs to think about what they are unleashing on the rest of the world. Video of President Clinton during a news conference. Exterior of the White House. Audio of Clinton during a White House radio address condemning human cloning. Seed comments he will go offshore to clone humans if necessary. Video of Andrews at the symposium. Video of an empty crib. Video of various children. Andrews comments children have a right to an open future. Video of the Head of the New York State Chapter of Resolve Pamela Madsen. Video of a couple walking. Video of a baby stroller. Madsen comments that the uniqueness makes reproduction wonderful. Video of Madsen in the kitchen. Video of her sons. Video of a teddy bear in a chair. Andrews comments people may flock to him because he is the only one offering this. Seed comments he wants to persuade people he can clone. 13:48:15 Peltz talks with author of"The Kensington Diet" Stephen Twigg, live from London, England, about his book and how he helped Princess Diana. Twigg comments that the book is about having a diet one's body can handle. Twigg comments that the book is about a diet and a philosophy. Video of Princess Diana at a function. Twigg comments that food combining can improve your health. 13:54:42 Clip from NBC News"Today" show. NBC News correspondent Ann Curry talks with football player Reggie Brown, from Houston, Texas, about his spinal injury. Brown comments on what he remembers about the injury. Photograph of Brown on the field with other players and trainer. Brown comments he was frightened when he realized he was paralyzed. 14:01:13 Dart reports the headlines. 14:01:29 Dart voices over video of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan at a news conference in New York City, New York State. Video of Chief Weapons Inspector Richard Butler at a U.N. meeting. Video of United States State Department Spokesman James Rubin at a news conference. Rubin comments that it is not up to Iraq to decide who is on the inspection teams. Iraq is blocking inspection teams with too many Americans or English. 14:02:22 Dart voices over video of a man ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, New York State. 14:02:35 Dart voices over video of the Hong Kong stock market in Hong Kong, China. where the economy is in turmoil. 14:03:21 Dart voices over video of theodore Kaczynski's defense attorneys as they contemplating a plea bargain. Video of Kaczynski being led by police. Video of the prosecuting attorneys entering the courthouse. Video of Attorney General at a news conference. 14:04:03 NBC News correspondent Pat Dawson reports from Augusta, Maine about ice storms that have hit the area and created power outages. Video of electrical workers working on power lines. Video of a woman heating her stove with a match. Video of a woman on a couch with a child. Video of a woman. 14:06:17 MSNBC meteorologist Jim Menard reports the nation's weather. 14:10:30 Peltz talks with Associate Director of the National Center for Infectious Disease Dr. Stephen Ostroff, live from Atlanta, Georgia. Ostroff comments on the places where influenza is heavy. Ostroff comments that the flu have nothing to do with the winter season. 14:12:24 MSNBC's Mary Civiello report, live from the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, about flu outbreaks in the region. Edison First Aid Squad's Joseph Katz comments on the symptoms he is seeing. 14:16:20 NBC News correspondent Collen Dominguez reports live from Northridge Hospital in Van Nuys, California about the flu outbreak in that region. Dominguez comments that the hospital intensive care units is filled to capcity. Dominguez comments that people with respiratory problems should stay out of the workplace. 14:18:13 Peltz talks with Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at St. Joseph's hospital and Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey Dr. Michael Lamacchia about children and the flu season. Lamacchia comments that children should not be in contact with children who are sick. Video of children with noses running. Video of a person being examined. Lamacchia comments that parents should keep their children away from school until they get better and get them to wash their hands. 14:23:24 Video of the MSNBC website. 14:26:26 NBC News correspondent Roger O'Neil reports on welfare reform and former recipients. Video of former Welfare recipient James Bobal working at his job. Bobal(ph) comments that he can never catch up. Video of people working in a restaurant. Video of girl with bag of groceries. Video of a woman shopping for food. Sister Christine Vladimiroff comments that working should lift you out of poverty. Video of the Greater Chicago, Illinois Food Depository warehouse. Video of a person delivering groceries. International Union of Gospel Mission's Reverend Steve Burger comments that if food stamps are cut there will be more food banks. Video of a person delivering groceries. Video of legal immigrant Jose Santos and his wife walking with groceries. Exterior of building in Lansing, Michigan. Video of two women walking down the street. Michigan resident Marva Livingston-Hammons comments that it is a transitional phase of people having income come into their homes. Video of man picking up groceries. Video of cans of food. Video of Bobel accepting groceries. 14:30:58 Dart reports the headlines. 14:31:03 Dart voices over video of a soldier outside a presidential palace in Baghdad, Iraq as Iraq refused to let inspection teams in with too many Americans or British. Video of U.N. Inspection vehicles. Kofi Annan comments that he hopes situation can be worked out. 14:31:50 Dart voices over video of a fallen tree during an ice storm in Augusta, Maine. Video of electrical workers fixing power lines. Video of various scenes in Augusta, Maine. Video of an electrical worker on a telephone pole. 14:32:26 Dart voices over video of a man being brought to an ambulance on a snowmobile after a rescue helicopter crashed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Video of victim being carried into ambulance. 14:32:45 Dart voices over photograph of murder victim JonBenet Ramsey whose investigation has turned up a key piece of evidence. File video of police officers investigating outside the Ramsey home. 14:33:11 Dart voices over file video of Theodore Kaczynski being led by police. Video of prosecuting attorneys entering courthouse. Courtroom sketch of Kaczynski. Kaczynski's attorneys are contemplating a plea bargain. 14:33:30 Dart voices over video of officials in Belfast, Northern Ireland as they hope to restart peace talks. Video of official entering building. 14:33:49 Dart voices over video of Jerusalem, Israel that was hit with a snowstorm. 14:34:08 Dart voices over video of a football game between the National Football League's Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California1998-01-11(Courtesy of FOX) Video of a football Game between the NFL's Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers from Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1998-01-11. The Packers and the Broncos will be playing in Super Bowl XXXII in San Diego, California. (Courtesy NBC Sports). 14:34:54 NBC News correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reports live from the White House in Washington, DC about issues the President is dealing with. Malveaux comments that Iraq has gotten away with willful violations. Video of President Clinton with First Lady Hillary Clinton and their dog Buddy. Video of Iraqui soldier outside presidential palace. Video of U.N. inspection vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. Video of Paula Joneswith Susan Carpenter-McMillan at a news conference in Long Beach, California 1998-01-06. Malveaux comments Clinton will not apologize to Jonesfor sexual harassment. Video of President Clinton at a news conference with Vice President Al Gore. 14:38:44 **NBC News Live Coverage. President Clinton talks about a prison drugs crackdown with Al Gore. Clinton comments that he wants to fight drugs in America's prisons. Clinton wants to expand drug detection in their prisons. Clinton wants states to find out how many prisoners are using drugs. Clinton wants states to control drug trafficking in the prisons. 14:43:27 Peltz voices over video of Clinton signing the directive for the prison drug crackdown. 14:43:59 Clinton comments on the Asian financial situation. Clinton comments that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is in violation of the U.N. Clinton comments on the sexual offender act in which all sexual offenders will be on public record. Video of reporters questioning Clinton. Clinton comments that he wants education to be a national issue. 14:52:28 NBC News correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reports live from Washington, DC. about the President's news conference. 14:55:37 Clip of NBC News"Today" show."Today" show anchor Matt Lauer talks with actress Tracey Ullman about her book"Tracey Takes On". Photograph of Ullman in makeup. Ullman comments that it was difficult writing a book. Video of Ullman in characterLinda Granger. Photograph of Ullman in her character Fern.