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AP-APTN-2330: +US Jackson Medical 2 Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:+US Jackson Medical 2- WRAP Medical experts on possible causes for cardiac arrest ADDS Coroner spox LENGTH: 03:00 FIRST RUN: 2330 RESTRICTIONS: Part No Access NAmerica/Internet TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/ ABC/HOLLYWOOD TV STORY NUMBER: 611011 DATELINE: Various - 25/26 June 2009 LENGTH: 03:00 SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 2130 NEWS UPDATE, 26 JUNE 2009) ABC - No Access NAmerica/Internet Los Angeles, California - June 25, 2009 1. Aerial of Michael Jackson's home 2. Aerial of police car HOLLYWOOD TV - NO ACCESS TMZ / NO ACCESS ACCESS HOLLYWOOD / NO ACCESS EXTRA / NO ACCESS INSIDE EDITION - DO NOT OBSTRUCT HOLLYWOOD TV LOGO Los Angeles, California - June 25, 2009 3. Tight shot of ambulance at Jackson's home backing out of driveway AP Television - AP Clients Only New York, New York - 26 June 2009 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Lori Mosca, Director of Preventive Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital: "It's not uncommon for CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to be administered out in the field, outside the hospital for 20, 40 minutes, an hour. I personally have administered CPR for 40, 50 minutes before emergency services have arrived. Those situations it's very unlikely that the person will survive." ABC - No Access NAmerica/Internet Los Angeles, California - June 25, 2009 5. Jackson's body being transferred from helicopter, taken to LA County Coroner's office 6. Various of van with Jackson body inside AP Television - AP Clients Only New York, New York - June 26, 2009 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Jane Prosser, Toxicologist, NYU Medical Centre: "Toxicology testing can certainly be done to check whether Demoral was present in a person's blood or urine and it can tell you the concentration that was in the patient's blood or urine. It's up to the medical examiner to make the determination as to what may have happened to a person because someone can die with Demoral in their blood or they can die because there was Demoral in too high of a concentration." AP Television - AP Clients Only Los Angeles, California - June 25, 2009 8. Exterior of Los Angeles County Coroner's office 9. Los Angeles County Coroner's office sign ++NEW (FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009) AP Television - AP Clients Only Los Angeles, California - June 26, 2009 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Craig Harvey, Coroner's spokesman: "The cause of death has been deferred which means that the Medical Examiner has ordered that additional testing such as toxicology and other studies. Those tests we anticipate will take approximately four to six additional weeks to complete." 11. Cutaway of media 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Craig Harvey, Coroner's spokesman: "There was no indication of any external trauma or any indication of foul play on the body of Mr Jackson." (FIRST RUN 2130 NEWS UPDATE, 26 JUNE 2009) AP Television - AP Clients Only New York, New York - June 26, 2009 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Jane Prosser, Toxicologist, NYU Medical Centre: "Certainly we do worry about giving potentially addictive drugs to patients, particularly those patients who may have had a history of addiction. At the same time patients may have legitimately have pain for which they require treatment with pain medication. And so it can be difficult to balance but you have to weigh the risks versus the benefits when you are prescribing this medication or any medication for your patients." ABC - No Access NAmerica/Internet FILE: Dates and locations unknown 14. Various of Michael Jackson AP Television - AP Clients Only New York, New York - June 26, 2009 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Sherrell J. Aston, Doctor: "An individual who wants that much change, no doubt has some other psychological issues going on also. I think that the plastic surgery he had was just one manifestation of a lot of issues going on." 16. Wide of Doctor Sherrell J. Aston STORYLINE: The Los Angeles County coroner's office completed its autopsy on Michael Jackson on Friday but said that determining the cause of death will require further tests that will take six to eight weeks. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said Jackson's body showed no sign of trauma and foul play was not suspected. The pop star died after on Thursday after being stricken at his rented home in the upmarket Los Angeles neighbourhood of Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him for three-quarter of an hours there before rushing him to the University of California Los Angeles Medical Centre. His brother Jermaine said Jackson apparently suffered cardiac arrest, an abnormal heart rhythm that stops the heart from pumping blood to the body. It can occur after a heart attack or be caused by other heart problems. Dr Lori Mosca, Director of Preventive Cardiology at New York Presbyterian Hospital said it was not "uncommon" to administer CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) for that length of time but in "those situations it's very unlikely that the person will survive." The autopsy came as police investigating Jackson's death were looking for one of the pop king's doctors after seizing a car that they said may contain drugs or other evidence. Police towed a BMW from a rented home "because it may contain medications or other evidence that may assist the coroner in determining the cause of death," a police spokeswoman had said on Friday. She said the car belonged to one of Jackson's doctors whom police wanted to interview. She said she did not know the doctor's identity and stressed the doctor was not under criminal investigation. Brian Oxman, a former Jackson attorney and a family friend, said on Friday he had been concerned about Jackson's use of painkillers and had warned the singer's family about possible abuse. Oxman claimed Jackson had prescription drugs at his disposal to help with pain suffered when he broke his leg after he fell off a stage and for broken vertebrae in his back. After Jackson was acquitted on child molestation charges in 2005, prosecutors argued against returning to Jackson items including syringes, the drug Demerol and prescriptions for various drugs, mainly antibiotics, in different people's names. "Toxicology can certainly be done to check whether Demoral was present in a person's blood or urine and it can tell you the concentration that was in the patient's blood or urine," Dr Jane Prosser, a toxicologist at the NYU Medical Centre said. "It's up to the medical examiner to make the determination as to what may have happened to a person because someone can die with Demoral in their blood or they can die because there was Demoral in too high of a concentration." Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer. His 1982 album "Thriller" - which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" - is the best-selling album of all time worldwide. Yet after selling more than 61 (m) million albums in the US and having a decade-long attraction open at Disney theme parks, Jackson died reportedly awash in about 400 (m) million US dollars in debt, on the cusp of a final comeback after well over a decade of scandal. Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure - a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life. His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He often wore a germ mask while travelling, kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions and surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, a storybook playland filled with toys, rides and animals. The tabloids dubbed him "Wacko Jacko." Sherrell J. Aston, a doctor commenting on Jackson's plastic surgery claimed that it was an indication of "other psychological issues going on." "I think that the plastic surgery he had was just one manifestation of a lot of issues going on." Jackson was preparing for a monster comeback bid - a series of 50 concerts that was to begin next month in London. 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APTN APEX 06-26-09 1939EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-2330: ++Mexico Jackson Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:++Mexico Jackson- NEW Mexicans moonwalk in Michael Jackson tribute LENGTH: 01:43 FIRST RUN: 2330 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Spanish/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 610979 DATELINE: Mexico City - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 01:43 SHOTLIST: 1. Various of record store in Mexico City 2. Close-up of Michael Jackson CD 3. Various of store employee arranging Michael Jackson CDs 4. Various of Michael Jackson video on television screen 5. Man imitating Michael Jackson in Mexico City street 6. Close-up of sign in honour of Michael Jackson 7. Poster displaying photos of Michael Jackson 8. Michael Jackson fan Oliver Munoz, dancing 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Oliver Munoz, Michael Jackson fan: "I was shocked. I didn't shed tears at the time, because one is in shock, you don't accept it right away, but afterwards you start feeling a lot of sadness and finally you give in to the tears." 10. Various of shrine to Michael Jackson 11. Munoz singing STORYLINE: In Mexico City on Friday fans of Michael Jackson remembered the "King of Pop" a day after he died suddenly in California. Jackson's records were selling at a faster rate than usual in Mexico City, as fans, expecting a sell out, rushed to buy his albums. In the city centre, people gathered to honour their idol by imitating his trademark dance moves and setting up a shrine to the pop star. Oliver Munoz said he felt " shocked" upon hearing the news and it took a while for him to accept Jackson's death. He added that "afterwards you start feeling a lot of sadness and finally you give in to the tears." Meanwhile the Los Angeles County coroner's office completed its autopsy on Jackson but said that determining the cause of death would require further tests that will take six to eight weeks. A Coroner's spokesman said Jackson's body showed no sign of trauma and foul play was not suspected. The pop star died after on Thursday after being stricken at his rented home in the upmarket Los Angeles neighbourhood of Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him for three-quarter of an hour there before rushing him to the University of California Los Angeles Medical Centre. His brother Jermaine said Jackson apparently suffered cardiac arrest, an abnormal heart rhythm that stops the heart from pumping blood to the body. It can occur after a heart attack or be caused by other heart problems. 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APTN APEX 06-26-09 1940EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-2330: Brazil Jackson Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:Brazil Jackson- REPLAY Reax from favela where Jackson video filmed, mourning LENGTH: 02:17 FIRST RUN: 2030 RESTRICTIONS: See Script TYPE: Portuguese/Nat SOURCE: VARIOUS STORY NUMBER: 611003 DATELINE: Various - 26 June 2009/ File LENGTH: 02:17 SHOTLIST: EPIC RECORDS - No Access Brazil (MUST COURTESY GLOBO) Salvador- February 1996 ++COMMENTARY++ 1. Various clips from Michael Jackson video "They Don't Really Care About Us" and behind the scenes filming GLOBO - No access Brazil Salvador - 26 June 2009 2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Jason de Jesus Queiroz, drummer from band Olodum: "I still can't believe it. I had the opportunity to dance with him in the historical city centre and I cannot believe he is gone." AP Television - AP Clients Only Rio de Janeiro - 26 June 2009 3. Pan from homes within the favela community to ledge declared "Michael Jackson's ledge" 4. Michael Jackson imitator Antonia Carlos Gomez dancing near ledge declared as "Michael Jackson's ledge" 5. Wide of homes in the Santa Marta favela community 6. Sign reading: (Portuguese) "Be with God Michael" on rooftop 7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Thiago Firmino, Santa Marta resident: "We are very sad because he came to our community. He chose to come here, as opposed to choosing some of Rio de Janeiro's other wonderful sights like Copacabana and the like. He chose to come into our community and to spend that time side-by-side with the residents of the community without any hesitation." Santa Maria Eco Group - AP Clients Only (MUST COURTESY SANTA MARTA ECO GROUP) Rio de Janeiro - February 1996 8. STILLS: Various of Jackson and director Spike Lee filming in Santa Marta AP Television - AP Clients Only Rio de Janeiro - 26 June 2009 9. Pan from desk in classroom to Michael Jackson signature on wall 10. Close-up of signature 11. Santa Marta resident Wesley imitating Michael Jackson 12. Michael Jackson imitator Antonia Carlos Gomez posing 13. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Antonia Carlos Gomez, Michael Jackson impersonator: "When you admire an idol, you never imagine that that person will die someday. Now that he has passed away, I want to dress like him, wear gloves like he did. I want to go out and party and embody a little bit of Michael." GLOBO - No Access Brazil Sao Paulo - 25 June, 2009 ++COMMENTARY++ 14. Close-up of Michael Jackson "Dangerous" tour poster with date "Brazil 1993" 15. Michael Jackson fan Leandro showing tattoos of Michael Jackson on his body 16. Pan of Michael Jackson records, magazine covers and paraphenalia spread out on floor 17. Close-up of fan Kevin crying alongside Michael Jackson fan Gustavo Alves 18. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Gustavo Alves, Sao Paulo resident, Jackson fan: "His music taught his fans to always have faith and believe until the last minute. His music was a source of happiness, love and hope for us all." 19. Tilt-up of Michael Jackson poster 20. Tracking shot over Jackson records and dvds to fan Leandro STORYLINE: People all over Brazil on Friday mourned Michael Jackson's death, recalling his many visits to South America's largest country. In Salvador's historical city centre, people from the band Olodum reminisced about playing drums alongside the the King of Pop during the filming of the 1996 video "They Don't Really Care About Us." More than one-hundred drummers participated in the video, including Jason de Jesus Queiroz, who was twelve at the time. Queiroz told TV Globo he still could not believe the 50-year-old singer was "gone." The video, which was directed by Spike Lee, also used the Rio de Janeiro shantytown Santa Marta as part of the backdrop of the song, which focuses on class inequality and racism. At the time, Santa Marta was controlled by drug gangs, which caused controversy around the filming since local media reported it was authorised by the community's infamous trafficker Marcinho VP. Today, residents in the revitalised community, which was declared drug-free by Rio de Janeiro's state government in 2008, only remember Michael Jackson's kindness and sensibility. "He chose to come here, as opposed to choosing some of Rio de Janeiro's other wonderful sights like Copacabana and the like. He chose to come into our community," DJ and Santa Marta native Thiago Firmino said. The ledge with a view of Rio de Janeiro's mountains and city landscape, where Jackson did most of the filming, is known as "Michael's ledge" within the community. Jackson impersonators gathered on the commemorative space to celebrate the artist's life. Santa Marta residents placed a memorial sash reading "Be with God Michael." Fan and impersonator Antonia Carlos Gomez said she wanted to keep a small piece of him with her always, as she showed off Jackson-inspired dance moves to local and international press. In Sao Paulo, fans gathered to express their sadness at the loss of their idol who had sold out two shows in Morumbi stadium in 1993. Leandro's devotion was printed all over his arms, with several large tattoos of Jackson's likeliness. Fans Kevin and Gustavo Alves were particularly sad because they had been planning to see Jackson in concert in London, for his "This is It" tour this summer. "His music was a source of happiness, love and hope for us all," Alves told TV Globo. Jackson visited South America's largest country three times. His first visit to Brazil was in 1974, when he was still performing with the Jackson 5. 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APTN APEX 06-26-09 1941EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-2330: ++UK Jackson 2 Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:++UK Jackson 2- NEW London vigil and tribute, theatre lights dimmed, reax LENGTH: 03:38 FIRST RUN: 2330 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 610973 DATELINE: London - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 03:38 ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ SHOTLIST 1. Tilt down from Nelson's Column to Michael Jackson fans gathered in Trafalgar Square 2. Close of stereo playing music 3. Wide of fans singing "Billie Jean," zoom in on fans singing 4. Close of candle, zoom out to fans cheering 5. Tilt from two girls cheering to wide of fans chanting "Michael" 6. Zoom out from candle to wide of fans 7. Pan from tribute sign to fans singing "Bad" at base of column 8. Man crowd surfing 9. Wide exterior shot of Lyric Theatre in the West End where Thriller Live musical is playing 10. Women at entrance crying 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Name not known, Michael Jackson fan: "It's just so huge. I mean, he wasn't ill, nobody - not really anyway - nobody knew he was ill. Nobody expected this to happen. I don't know, I mean. It's such a shock, the whole world is in mourning." 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Name not known, Michael Jackson fan: "I think it's going to be really emotional in there tonight. It's either going to go one way or the other, it's going to be really down or they're going to really go for it. I'm hoping it's going to be the second one, really, but you just never know how it's going to go really." 13. Various shots of fans signing book of condolence 14. Usher selling musical programmes 15. Various interior shots of theatre 16. Audience applauding, pan to curtain going up, cast on stage 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Lloyd, Thriller Live director: "So if you would please stand and join us for a minute's silence before we celebrate the life of this incredible man." 18. Various of audience standing in silence 19. Pan of cast standing in silence on stage UPSOUND (English) Gary Lloyd, Thriller Live director: "It really is a privilege for us to be here tonight, so please put your hands together as we celebrate the legend, Michael Jackson." 20. Performance of "I Want You Back," originally performed by The Jackson 5 STORYLINE Hundreds of fans gathered in London's Trafalgar Square on Friday to pay tribute to Michael Jackson, one of the world's most iconic pop idols. The 50-year-old musical superstar suffered cardiac arrest and died on Thursday, just as he was preparing for what would have been a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London's O2 arena. Word of Jackson's death jolted thousands, from Chinese students, to UK fans hoping to see their idol on stage this summer, to a generation of people around the world who have tried, in vain, to moonwalk. The dramatic death of the singer seemed to obscure his recent controversies and kindle warmer memories of Jackson the child star and Jackson the show-stopping, moon-walking headliner. Hundreds in London gathered under Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square and sang along to some of the "King of Pop's" biggest hits. Similar scenes could be seen in other cities around the world. In London's West End, Friday's performance of the musical based on Michael Jackson's life, "Thriller Live," had a special meaning as the cast paid tribute to the star. Some fans headed to see their performance were also emotional. "It's going to be really down or they're going to really go for it. I'm hoping it's going to be the second one," one woman said outside the Lyric Theatre. Before the show opened with "I Want You Back," originally performed by The Jackson 5, director Gary Lloyd called for a minute's silence. Earlier, the cast of the musical told a news conference at the theatre that the show would go on, but that they were "devastated" by the news. Thriller Live was created by Executive Director Adrian Grant to celebrate the career of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. Jackson died at UCLA Medical Centre after being stricken at his rented home in the posh Los Angeles neighbourhood of Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him. His brother Jermaine said he was believed to have suffered cardiac arrest in his home but the cause of his death was unknown until results of the autopsy were revealed. Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage. His 1982 album "Thriller" - which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" - is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 (m) million copies sold worldwide. 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APTN APEX 06-26-09 1942EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-2330: US Jackson Souvenirs Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:US Jackson Souvenirs- REPLAY Fans show Jackson memorabilia, interview with Rolling Stone journalist LENGTH: 02:30 FIRST RUN: 2130 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 610976 DATELINE: Various - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 02:30 SHOTLIST: Los Angeles, California 1. Amoeba Music store exterior 2. Employee restocking Michael Jackson CD's 3. Various of customers picking up Michael Jackson CD's 4. Various of employee restocking CD's 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ray Ricky Rivera, Music shop employee: "We can't keep up with it we sold out in probably an hour yesterday when we got word of his passing so we're just trying to put stuff as fast as we can." New York, NY 6. Colony Music store exterior, with electronic sign reading (English) "God Bless Michael R.I.P." 7. Various of Michael Jackson memorabilia 8. Mid of still photos of Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson 9. Coca-Cola can with advertising on Michael Jackson's 1984 World Tour 10. Old Michael Jackson concert tickets 11. Video Game cover 12. Employee putting albums on display wall 13. Various of Jackson albums display 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Grossbardt, Colony Music Store: "Well actually last night we sold every CD we had in the store we couldn't even find any CDs we've sent some people out to other stores to buy them just to have in stock and we're out of everything." New York, NY 16. Anthony DeCurtis walking 17. Michael Jackson on Rolling Stone Magazine cover 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing editor at Rolling Stone Magazine: "I think it's very hard for people to understand how all of the scandals and things like that are likely to melt away as people hear less about them and all the issues become much more remote. But they're still going to be able to listen to 'Thriller.' They're still going to be able to listen to 'Off the Wall.' And they're still going to be able to go get those amazing records, and they're still going to be able to see those performances. And that's what going to last." Detroit, Michigan 19. Dearborn Music store exterior 20. Customer at register 21. Customer holding CD 22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gina Peoples, music store customer: "I bought some Motown music, which included Michael Jackson. I came here specifically to get the tracks from Michael Jackson, I also wanted his DVDs going back to when he was with the Jackson Five, I actually grew up with Michael Jackson in a sense we're almost the same age and that was my first boy group, so I'm kind of like nostalgic about all of this that's going on, it's like he's phenomenal, he's the greatest." 23. Michael Jackson records at store STORYLINE Pop star Michael Jackson's death has led to skyrocketing sales of his music and videos, with major retailers selling out of products that have regained immense popularity overnight. Boutique stores are doing a brisk business. Alan Grossbardt, the co-owner of Colony Record and Radio Centre in New York's Manhattan, said the store sold out of Michael Jackson's music within hours of his death. "Last night we sold every CD we had in the store we couldn't even find any CD's we sent some people out to other stores to buy them just to have in stock and we're out of everything." Fans are grabbing up Michael Jackson CD's as well as his old vinyl albums and memorabilia from his days as the King of Pop. The moonwalking pop star drove the growth of music videos, vaulting cable channel MTV into the popular mainstream after its launch in 1981. His 1982 hit "Thriller," still the second best-selling US album of all time, spawned a John Landis-directed music video that MTV played every hour on the hour. Five years later, "Bad" sold 22 (m) million copies. In 1991, he signed a 65 (m) million US dollar recording deal with Sony. Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editor at Rolling Stone Magazine, said people's desire for Jackson's music will last for a long time to come, despite his controversial past. "They're still going to be able to listen to 'Thriller.' They're still going to be able to listen to 'Off the Wall.' And they're still going to be able to go get those amazing records, and they're still going to be able to see those performances. And that's what going to last." An autopsy was planned for Friday, though results were not likely to be final until toxicology tests could be completed, a process that could take several days and sometimes weeks. However, if a cause can be determined by the autopsy, they will announce the results, said a Los Angeles County Coroner Investigator. Jackson died at UCLA Medical Centre after being stricken at his rented home in the posh Los Angeles neighbourhood of Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him. His brother Jermaine said he was believed to have suffered cardiac arrest in his home but the cause of his death was unknown until results of the autopsy were revealed. Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage. Jackson's death prompted broadcasters from Sydney to Seoul to interrupt programmes, while fans remembered a "tortured genius" whose squeals and sliding moves captivated a generation and who sparked global trends in music, dance and fashion. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 06-26-09 1943EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-2330: Honduras OAS Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:Honduras OAS- REPLAY Latest on political crisis, reax from ambassador to OAS LENGTH: 03:38 FIRST RUN: 2030 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Spanish/Nat SOURCE: VARIOUS STORY NUMBER: 610974 DATELINE: Various - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 03:38 SHOTLIST: AP Television - AP Clients Only Tegucigalpa, Honduras - 26 June 1. Various of anti-government protestors marching in street 2. Wide of protestor chanting around head of Armed Forces Romero Vasquez 3. Vasquez greeting supporters 4. Medium of soldiers 5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Romero Vasquez, Head of Honduran Armed Forces: "The Armed Forces are not staging a coup, the armed forces are not doing anything illegal, we are following the law and that is what we want. We are trying to look for a solution to this problem." 6. Wide of Vasquez talking to media AP Television - AP Clients Only Tegucigalpa, Honduras - 25 June 7. Wide of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya surrounded by supporters 8. Pan of Zelaya supporters applauding as he speaks 9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, President of Hunduras: "What Congress is doing is wrong. Congress did not elect the president. The president was elected by the people. I can only be censured by the people, and the people censor me at the polls." 10. Cutaway of supporters listening 11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras: "The people will now be able to express their opinion so that we learn to share a little more in Honduras, so that we learn to be more Christian, more noble, more Honduran, more patriotic, more democratic. That is what we want next Sunday." 12. Various of Zelaya speaking to supporters AP Television - AP Clients Only Tegucigalpa, Honduras - 26 June 13. Medium of anti-government protestors gathered 14. Close up of sign: (Spanish) "OAS: Do not be an accomplice of an illegal process." 15. Medium of protestors chanting 16. Pan of protest 17. Close up of anti-riot police 18. Close of protestor screaming "out, out, out" 19. Mid of crowd chanting 20. Mid of protest 21. Close of sign reading, in Spanish, "not one more day" 22. Wide of protest OAS Pool - AP Clients Only Washington DC, United States - 26 June 23. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Sosa, Honduran ambassador to the Organisation of American states: "We are using article 17 to call on you for assistance, because we have reason to believe that democratic institutions and the legitimate exercise of power are in danger, are threatened. It is not precarious (the situation), because there is an entire people ready to defend Honduras's democratic institutions." VTV - AP Clients Only Caracas, Venezuela - 25 June 24. Wide of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez 25.SOUNDBITE(Spanish) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela "The National Congress named a commission to investigate President Manuel Zelaya. Now they are going to investigate the president. They want to remove him from power. Let the Honduran bourgeoisie rest assured that Venezuela - and I am sure many other countries - will not recognise any government that they try to set up in Honduras." 26. Wide of audience clapping STORYLINE: With backing from Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, Honduras' leftist president pushed ahead on Friday with a referendum on revamping the constitution, risking his rule in a standoff against Congress, the Supreme Court and the military. Thousands of anti government protestors gathered in the capital Tegucigalpa on Friday and called for the president to step down and many shops, gasoline stations and some schools were closed for fear of disturbances. Meanwhile, government supporters began distributing ballots at 15 thousand voting stations across the country, defying a Supreme Court ruling declaring Sunday's referendum illegal and ordering all election material confiscated. President Manuel Zelaya had led thousands of supporters to rescue the material from an air force warehouse before it could be confiscated. Under Honduran law, soldiers are normally responsible for distributing ballots ahead of elections, but the military leadership has opposed the vote. Zelaya has fired military chief General Romero Vasquez for refusing to support the referendum and vows to ignore a Supreme Court ruling ordering him reinstated. Speaking to journalists on Friday, Vasquez denied that the military was planning a coup against the president, and said they were in fact trying to find a solution to the crisis. Zelaya has the vocal support of his fellow leftist Latin American leaders as he seeks to follow in the path of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in transforming his country through a constitutional overhaul. The Venezuelan leader and former Cuban President Fidel Castro have warned a coup is under way in Honduras and pledged their support for Zelaya. Zelaya says the constitution protects a system of government that excludes the poor, but has not specified what changes he will seek. Opponents fear he will try to extend his rule by lifting a ban presidential re-election. The showdown between the president and virtually all other circles of power in Honduras has plunged the impoverished Central American state into a political crisis with no solution in sight. Congress, led by members of Zelaya's own Liberal Party, has opened an investigation into his mental stability and could declare him unfit to govern. Zelaya lashed out at Congress late on Thursday for considering his ouster. "What congress is doing is wrong. Congress did not elect the president. The president was elected by the people. I can only be censured by the people, and the people censor me at the polls," he said. In Washington, the Organisation of American States held a session to discuss the situation in Honduras. Sunday's referendum has no legal effect - it merely asks people if they want to have a later vote on whether to convoke an assembly to rewrite the constitution. The Supreme Court, Congress and the Attorney General have all said the referendum he is sponsoring is illegal because the constitution says some of its clauses cannot be changed. The constitution, approved in 1982 as Honduras was throwing off two decades of nearly uninterrupted military rule, states that any politician who promotes presidential re-election will be barred from public service for 10 years. The showdown over Sunday's referendum has all but overshadowed the election campaign, which pits Porfirio Lobo of the opposition National Party against Liberal Party candidate Elvin Santos, who resigned as vice president last year complaining that Zelaya had been trying to sideline him in the government. Zelaya, whose four-year term ends in January, has seen his approval ratings fall over the past year as the country grapples with soaring food prices and a spike in drug violence that has saddled Honduras with one of the highest homicide rates in Latin America. At the same time, Zelaya began promoting the constitutional overhaul and deepened his alliance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has offered Honduras (m) millions of US dollars in agricultural investment. 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APTN APEX 06-26-09 1944EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-2330: Afghan Medevac Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:Afghan Medevac- REPLAY AP focus on medevac team, Bagram hospital, soldier LENGTH: 03:58 FIRST RUN: 1330 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 610815 DATELINE: Wardak/Bagram - 1/2 June 2009 LENGTH: 03:58 ++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE THIS MATERIAL WAS FILMED BY AN ASSOCIATED PRESS CREW EMBEDDED WITH THE US MILITARY++ SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Wardak province - 1 June 2009 1. Military paramedics carrying wounded US soldier on stretcher towards medevac (medical evacuation) helicopter 2. Mid of helicopter blades 3. Various of medevac paramedics treating injured US soldiers on board helicopter 4. Helicopter taking off 5. Mountains seen from helicopter window 6. Pilots in cockpit 7. Various of paramedics treating wounded soldiers on board helicopter AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Bagram Air Base - 1 June 2009 8. Paramedics rushing away from helicopter across tarmac with injured soldier on stretcher 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergeant Rob Walters, Medevac flight medic (CHANGES TO CLOSE-UP AT START OF 2ND SENTENCE) "We tend to see the worst of the worst all the time. It's stuff you hear about but you can't imagine it until you've actually seen it and dealt with it." 10. Mid of medic performing CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) 11. Mid of head trauma surgeon Dustin Zierold in emergency room (CLIENTS NOTE: CAN BE SEEN MOUTHING EXPLETIVE) 12. Mid of medics working on patient 13. Close of wounded soldier's face 14. Various of surgeons performing operation 15. Pull out from close of medevac officer who treated patient going over medical notes with hospital medic 16. Mid of medics 17. Various of injured soldier lying on bed, undergoing treatment 18. Injured US soldier, Private First Class Anthony Vandegrift, on hospital bed, talking to National Guard chaplain Merry Wentworth, of Louisville, Kentucky AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Bagram Air Base - 2 June 2009 19. Various of surgeons checking Vandegrift's vital signs 20. Vandegrift on stretcher in hospital gown outside in hospital courtyard, smoking and talking to chaplain UPSOUND (English) Chaplain: "I didn't realise until you just said a while ago in there that you and Smith were the only two that survived out of your vehicle." Vandegrift: "Yeah" 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Private First Class Anthony Vandegrift, US soldier injured in Afghanistan "Scary. It's just like a video game almost, you're going along, going along and then everything goes black. I could hear everything but I couldn't see everything. Everything went black, and I just remember 'Boom!'. I'm not sure if I passed out or not, but I know that when I was able to move around and stuff, I was upside down and my chunk of the humvee was blown off from the rest and I was by myself. My guys came to me and helped me out, said I was a champ (champion) because I wasn't screaming in pain. But I'm pretty sure it's because I was in shock. Doc offered me morphine, I said no, they picked me up, I screamed in pain - he goes: 'I bet you wish you had that morphine now?'" AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE Bagram Air Base - 1 June 2009 22. STILL: Close of Vandegrift's face, tubes in nose and face spattered with blood and blast debris 23. STILL: Mid of Vandegrift in hospital bed 24. STILL: Chaplain talking to Vandegrift 25. STILL: Various of Vandegrift being moved by medics AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Bagram Air Base - 2 June 2009 26. SOUNDBITE (English) Private First Class Anthony Vandegrift, US soldier injured in Afghanistan (CLIENTS NOTE: USES EXPLETIVE IN HIS COMMENT) "I said 'hey Dad, remember how you told me not to join the infantry? Well, I don't regret it, but I got blown up'. Well, I'm pretty sure he's gonna shoot my ass when i got home for joining the infantry, put the family through this, but it's what I wanted to do and I don't have any regrets." 27. Mid of medics and soldiers talking to wounded soldier 28. Set-up of Zierold 29. SOUNDBITE (English) Dustin Zierold, Head trauma surgeon at Bagram Air Base hospital: "Down the road with rehabilitation and such we're going to really see the impact of this war on society today." 30. Pull out from Zierold to injured soldier being wheeled on hospital bed, part overlaid with AUDIO: Vandegrift playing the guitar AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE Bagram Air Base - 2 June 2009 31. STILL: Vandegraft playing guitar for wounded comrade (UPSOUND US national anthem Star Spangled Banner) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Bagram Air Base - 2 June 2009 32. Vandegraft playing anthem on guitar STORYLINE As thousands of US troops head to southern Afghanistan this summer to fight against the Taliban, medical personnel at Bagram Air Base say they've already seen an increase in casualties this year and they are braced for more. The Obama administration has ordered 21-thousand more troops into the violent region to bolster the roughly 40-thousand already in the country. The US military says the deployment will let coalition forces pressure parts of the Taliban-infested south where extremists have not yet been pursued. The flow of dead and wounded at the SSG Heath N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital is putting an enormous strain on the soldiers and the medical staff who must face it head on. They say there is nowhere in the world - except other war zones - where physicians face such intense situations day after day. Medevac flight medic Sergeant Rob Walters says his team "tend to see the worst of the worst all the time". "It's stuff you hear about but you can't imagine it until you've actually seen it and dealt with it," he explains. June 1 was a particularly difficult day. Two roadside bombs hit the same convoy of 10th Mountain Division soldiers only a couple of miles (kilometres) apart in Wardak, a province west of Kabul. The damage was so severe that one of the Humvees split in half. By the time the medevac helicopters arrived, four men were already dead. Back at Bagram, the emergency room waited for the medevac teams to deliver the injured and all medical staff were prepared to move fast. Three of the soldiers injured in the bombings had open fractures in their legs, raw and bleeding. Wounds from blasts and explosive devices are considered the hallmark injuries of the Afghan war - because armour covers the body's core, injuries to arms and legs are common. One of the surviving troops - private first class Anthony Vandegrift of Mililani, Hawaii - had broken both legs and his left eye was swollen shut. Vandegrift called his father while still on the emergency room table. Recovering from his injuries a day later, he spoke about that phone call. "I said, 'Hey dad, remember how you told me not to join the infantry? Well, I don't regret it, but I got blown up,'" Vandegrift says. Recalling the blast, he says it was "like a video game almost". "Everything went black and I just remember 'boom'....when I was able to move around I was upside down. My chunk of the Humvee was blown off from the rest," he says. Vandegrift counts himself lucky to have survived the blast. A record 151 US military personnel died in Afghanistan in 2008, the deadliest year so far since the 2001 invasion. 2009, however, is expected to be even bloodier. According to an Associated Press count, at least 70 US troops have been killed this year so far - a 75 percent increase over the 40 US troop deaths recorded through the first week in June last year. 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APTN APEX 06-26-09 1946EDT ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-2330: ++Mexico Drug War Friday, 26 June 2009 STORY:++Mexico Drug War- NEW Shootout between police, gunmen kill 12 LENGTH: 02:23 FIRST RUN: 2330 RESTRICTIONS: No Access Mexico TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: TV AZTECA STORY NUMBER: 611012 DATELINE: Guanajuato state - 26 June 2009 LENGTH: 02:23 SHOTLIST 1. Various of police at scene 2. Various of pick up truck involved in shooting 3. Helicopter flying over scene of shooting 4. Police vehicle involved in shooting 5. Close of bullet shell 6. Various of police officers driving off 7. Two bullet shells on ground 8. Man arrested in back of pick up truck 9. Forensic medicine truck driving by 10. Various of police at scene 11. Various of man arrested in back of pick up truck 12. Man being arrested and thrown in back of pick up truck as it drives away STORYLINE: A shootout between police and gunmen killed 12 people on Friday in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, the state's governor said. At least one police officer was wounded in the clash, Governor Juan Manuel Oliva said. Oliva said that soldiers and federal and state police were on patrol in the town of Apaseo el Alto when assailants opened fire. Oliva said arrests have been made, but he gave no other details. Local broadcaster TV Azteca showed two suspects being placed in the back of a pick up truck and being driven away. Mexico has been suffering a wave of gang violence that has left more than 10,800 people dead since President Felipe Calderon took office in December 2006, and launched a military-led crackdown on drug traffickers. 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