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Saturday
Washington

1:47 - 2:00
Imam Mohamed Magid 
All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center


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PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS BUSY ON HIS FIRST FULL DAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE ATTENDED A PRAYER SERVICE AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, BEFORE PAYING A VISIT TO THE C-I-A.
AS JIM ACOSTA REPORTS, HE OFFERED AN OLIVE BRANCH TO THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
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Natsot: applause
IT WAS DOWN TO BUSINESS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS HE VISITED THE CIA, TO FACE THE SAME INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HE OPENLY ACCUSED OF LEAKING DAMAGING INFORMATION ABOUT HIM DURING HIS TRANSITION.
President Trump, no font:
"There is nobody that feels stronger about the intelligence community and the CIA than Donald Trump. There is nobody."
BUT INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING HIS PREVIOUS ATTACKS ON THE PEOPLE OF THE C-I-A, TRUMP STOOD IN FRONT OF A WALL HONORING THE AGENCY"S FALLEN OFFICERS AND TOOK SWIPES AT THE NEWS MEDIA, ACCUSING THE PRESS OF INTENTIONALLY MISSTATING CROWD SIZES AT HIS INAUGURAL.
President Trump, no font:
 "We had a massive field of people, you saw it. Packed! I get up this morning and I turn on one of the networks and they showed the empty field. I said "wait a minute, I made the speech, I looked it out." The field was a million a million and half people. They should a field where there was practically no one standing there. They said "Donald Trump did not draw well", I said it was almost raining, the rain should have come down but God looked down and said "we"re not going to let it rain on your speech."" 
HIS ASSAULT ON THE PRESS WAS MET WITH SOME APPLAUSE INSIDE THE CIA.
President Trump, no font:
"They are among the most dishonest human beings on Earth (applause)"
TRUMP TELLING THE CROWD HE KNEW THE MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAD VOTED FOR HIM.
President Trump, no font:
"Probably almost everybody in this room voted for me. But I won"t ask you to raise your hands"
EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE PRESIDENT"S MOTORCADE CROSSED THE CITY, PAST PROTESTERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE WOMEN"S MARCH IN WASHINGTON.
TO ATTEND AN INAUGURAL PRAYER SERVICE, AN INTERFAITH CEREMONY FEATURING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN RELIGIOUS LEADERS, INCLUDING AN IMAM FROM WASHINGTON"S MUSLIM COMMUNITY, WHO RECITED VERSES FROM THE QURAN, PRAISING DIVERSITY.
Imam Mohamed Magid, All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center:
"Among the signs of God is a creation of the heaven on Earth and the creation of your languages and your colors are signs for those who know."
IT WAS A RESPONSE TO THE NEW PRESIDENT, WHO MADE A POINT OF USING THE TERM "RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM" IN HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH.
President Trump, no font:
"We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth."
IN RESPONSE TO CRITICS WHO SLAMMED MISTER TRUMP"S SPEECH...
INCLUDING CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST GEORGE WILL, WHO DUBBED IT "THE MOST DREADFUL INAUGURAL ADDRESS IN HISTORY."
THE PRESIDENT THANKED OTHER NEWS OUTLETS FOR WHAT HE CALLED "GREAT REVIEWS OF THE SPEECH."
President Donald Trump:
"There"s no games, right? No games. We"re not playing games."
MISTER TRUMP CONTINUED HIS PUGNACIOUS TONE RIGHT INTO THE INAUGURAL BALLS, TAUNTING DETRACTORS WHO CRITICIZE HIS USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
President Trump, no font:
"Should I keep the Twitter going or not? Keep it going? I think so. I think so. You know, the enemies keep saying, "Oh it"s terrible" but it"s a way of bypassing a dishonest media."
AND WHILE THE PRESIDENT WILL KEEP ON TWEETING, THE WHITE HOUSE APPEARS TO BE CRACKING DOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES AT FEDERAL AGENCIES...
LIKE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, WHICH RETWEETED A NEW YORK TIMES REPORER COMPARING CROWD SIZES FROM BARACK OBAMA"S FIRST INAUGURAL IN 2009 TO THE MORE SPARSE ATTENDANCE ON FRIDAY.
THE PARK SERVICE DELETED THAT RETWEET, THEN TWEETED: "WE REGRET THE MISTAKEN RETWEETS FROM OUR ACCOUNT YESTERDAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SHARE THE BEAUTY AND HISTORY OF OUR PARKS WITH YOU."
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BUT FORMER C-I-A DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNAN SLAMMED THE PRESIDENT"S SPEECH AT THE AGENCY.
ACCORDING TO HIS FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, BRENNAN SAID THE ADDRESS WAS "SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT" AND TRUMP SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.
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TRUMP CIA CATHEDRAL WASHINGTON WHITE HOUSE





NAME: PHL PROTEST 20090911I TAPE: EF09/0861 IN_TIME: 10:34:21:03 DURATION: 00:01:06:12 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Manila - 11 September 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1. Pan of protesters marching towards United States Embassy in Manila 2. Wide of protesters crossing street towards embassy 3. Various of police trying to prevent protesters from getting any closer to embassy building 4. Mid of police blocking protesters 5. Wide of minor scuffle between police and protesters 6. Close of protesters chanting 7. Pan of police and protesters, embassy building in background 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vencer Crisostomo, Protest leader: "(US President Barack) Obama is posturing against war, against what (former US President George W.) Bush (has) done, so we appeal that if indeed that is true then it has to stop also the war on terrorism in the Philippines." 9. Pan from protest placards to protesters shouting 10. Wide of police scuffling with protesters STORYLINE Less than one hundred protesters made their way to the US embassy in Manila to protest the presence of US troops in their country. The protesters criticised the US government for the continued presence of US troops in the Philippines, accusing Washington of involving their country in the "war on terror" launched by former President George W. Bush's administration shortly after September 11 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, DC. "(US President Barack) Obama is posturing against war, against what (former US President George W.) Bush (has) done, so we appeal that if indeed that is true then it has to stop also the war on terrorism in the Philippines," protest leader, Vencer Crisostomo said. The protest was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The protesters, most of them students were blocked by police from reaching the embassy building. The protesters were allowed to continue their protest across the street from the embassy and they peacefully dispersed afterwards.

NAME: US PROTEST 20090912I TAPE: EF09/0865 IN_TIME: 11:15:46:12 DURATION: 00:01:21:08 SOURCES: ABC/FOX DATELINE: Washington DC - 12 Sep 2009 RESTRICTIONS: No NAmerica/ Internet SHOTLIST: ABC - No Access North America/Internet 1. Wide aerial view of Pennsylvania Avenue looking toward US Capitol (++QUALITY AS INCOMING++) ABC (via NNS-Fox) - No Access North America/Internet 2. Various of crowd shots from ground level STORYLINE: Thousands of people marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, protesting against US president Barack Obama's health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending. The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. People were chanting "enough, enough" and "We the People." Others yelled "You lie, you lie!" and "Pelosi has to go," referring to California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading "Go Green Recycle Congress" and "I'm Not Your ATM." Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day", Election Day 2010. FreedomWorks Foundation, a conservative organisation led by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, organised several groups from across the country for what they billed as a "March on Washington." Organisers say they built on momentum from the April "tea party" demonstrations held nationwide to protest tax policies, along with growing resentment over the economic stimulus packages and bank bailouts. Many protesters said they paid their own way to the event, an ethic they believe should be applied to the government. They say unchecked spending on things like a government-run health insurance option could increase inflation and lead to economic ruin. Other sponsors of the rally include the Heartland Institute, Americans for Tax Reform and the Ayn Rand Centre for Individuals Rights.

NAME: US MEAST 20090911I TAPE: EF09/0041 IN_TIME: 10:10:34:24 DURATION: 00:01:59:03 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Washington DC - 10 Jan 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of protesters carrying signs, chanting 2. Mid of child carrying sign reading "Let Gaza live" 3. Protester yelling 4. Person stapling signs together 5. Protesters chanting with signs 6. Protesters with signs, chanting with speaker 7. Man giving out signs to children 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mustapha Aboulhouda, Pro-Gaza protester: "We're going to stop the bloodshed, and its senseless. All this senseless killing. It's not serving any purpose whatsoever." 9. Various of protest 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Connie Hair, Pro-Israel protester: "It will not ever end because it does not seem that's in the capacity of the Palestinians to lay down their arms and have peace. Israel defends itself." 12. March organiser addressing the protesters 13. Woman chanting while pushing stroller 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Huma Akbar, Protester: "You know what, the thing is, even the Palestinians are right now, they want the cease fire, they want it to stop. They want all this madness to end. They don't care. They're like, 'you know what, keep the land you've taken from us, keep it. Fine. Just let us live by our own rules. Stop governing when we get our water, when we get our electricity, we get our food.'" 15. Various of protest STORYLINE: At least a thousand people marched in Washington, DC on Saturday, protesting against the Israeli offensive on Hamas and the Gaza population. The protest started with speakers on a stage in a park across from the White House. Marchers then made their way down streets in Washington, headed for businesses they deemed sympathetic to the Israeli cause. Those on the list included the Washington Post newspaper and aircraft maker and defence contractor Boeing. There were also some supporters of Israel present at the protest. At least 814 Palestinians, roughly half of them civilians, have died since conflict broke out on December 27, according to Palestinian medical officials. Thirteen Israelis, including 10 soldiers, have been killed.

NAME: VEN DEMO 20090108I TAPE: EF09/0030 IN_TIME: 11:03:54:19 DURATION: 00:02:55:06 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Caracas, 8 Jan 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1. Wide of crowd outside Israeli embassy 2. Mid protesters waving Lebanese and Palestinian flags 3. Mid of protesters outside embassy, setting makeshift Israeli flag alight 4. Various Israeli flag burning 5. Close up of protesters stamping on burning flag 6. Wide protesters stamping on burning flag 7. Pan of crowd throwing shoes at Israeli embassy 8. Close of burnt Israeli flag and shoe lying outside embassy 9. Pan of protesters spraying graffiti on walls of embassy building 10. Wide and mid of protesters spraying graffiti on embassy building, reading: (Spanish) "long live a free Palestine" 11. Pan of protesters jumping over fence outside Israeli embassy 12. Wide police stopping some protesters spraying graffiti 13. Wide window smashing in Israeli embassy building and glass falling to the floor 14. Mid protesters throwing shoes at embassy building in front of police 15. Wide of banger going off in front of embassy building 16. Pan from Israeli embassy building to protesters 17. Various of old woman shouting 18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daisy (no last name given), Colombian Muslim protester, vox pop: "I would like other countries, both Arab and non-Arab countries to take the same initiative (of expelling their Israeli ambassadors) so that the Israeli people realise that the whole world is against this massacre that they are carrying out." 19. Wide top shot of protesters marching 20. Wide of protesters holding placards and Palestinian flags 21. Mid Palestinian flag reading: (Spanish) "stop the massacre" 22. Close up of feet of protesters marching 23. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miguel Nazor, Venezuelan protester of Palestinian parentage, vox pop: "I want to add my voice of protest to the indignation of the terrorist acts that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people, the women and children of the Gaza strip." 24. Tilt up of protesters marching 25. Close up of protesters marching, one with placard reading: (Spanish) "it's not the fault of the Jews, it's Hitler's fault, he didn't finish the job." STORYLINE Protesters condemning Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip sprayed graffiti and hurled shoes at the country's embassy in Venezuela on Thursday, backing President Hugo Chavez's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador. Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted "Gaza, hold on! The world is rising up!". Journalists estimated the crowd at about 1,000 people. Some threw shoes and firecrackers at an outer wall, while others spray-painted "Israel Get Out" and "Long live a free Palestine." Objects hurled by protesters smashed several windows of the seven-story building that houses the embassy along with businesses. The protest came two days after Chavez ordered Ambassador Shlomo Cohen to leave in protest over the current Israeli onslaught against Hamas militants in Gaza. Israel says Cohen has been given until Friday to leave, and the nation is considering expelling Venezuelan diplomats in response. More than 700 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched the offensive December 27, aiming to halt Palestinian rocket attacks into southern Israel. The protesters included Venezuelans of Arab descent as well as Chavez supporters with no links to the Middle East. Chavez has long been critical of Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians. He accuses the Israeli government of acting as an arm of Washington.

NAME: SKO PROTEST 20091013I TAPE: EF09/0967 IN_TIME: 10:35:59:23 DURATION: 00:01:32:05 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Seoul, 13 Oct 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1. Wide of anti-North Korea protesters chanting and lifting up signs and placards 2. Close up of protesters chanting 3. Close up tilt down of protesters chanting and lifting signs, including one shaped like missile 4. Close up pull out of torch burning North Korean flags and photo of leader Kim Jong Il 5. Close up of burning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's photo 6. Protester stepping forward and pouring flammable liquid on signs 7. Wide of protest with burning signs and protest leader pouring on flammable liquid 8. Signs shaped like missiles burning 9. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Park Chan-sung, leader of protest against North Korean protest: "We, South Korean citizens, could not repress our astonishment when we saw these war provoking missile launches. We realised that holding dialogue and making agreements do not work with Kim Jong Il. As we have realised that any agreement with the international community is not kept by North Korea, we strongly insist that the international community strongly punish and sanction North Korea." 10. Close up of signs held, one with Kim Jong Il's photo 11. Mid shot of protesters holding signs, chanting and marching 12. Wide of marching protesters 13. Mid of marching protesters STORYLINE South Korean civil groups gathered at a park in central Seoul on Tuesday to protest and denounce North Korea's recent test missile launches, and its reported plan to fire more. About two hundred protesters gathered and marched round the park, waving anti-missile signs and chanting, before burning North Korean flags and placards bearing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. The protest was peaceful and no one was injured. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday said North Korea appeared to be preparing to fire more missiles, a day after launching a salvo in what could be an attempt to improve its bargaining position ahead of possible talks with the United States. North Korea test-fired five short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters on Monday - the regime's first missile launches since early July. The latest launches came as Washington considers whether to accept Pyongyang's proposal for direct talks. The communist nation was preparing to fire more short-range missiles off its west coast and has announced a no-sail zone there, Seoul's Yonhap news agency said, citing an unidentified government official. South Korea's YTN television network carried a similar report, saying North Korea had announced a no-sail zone in areas off the country's east and west coasts for October 10-20 - an apparent indication the country could carry out more missile tests. Officials at the Defence Ministry and the presidential Blue House declined to confirm the reports. North Korea has recently reached out to the US and South Korea following months of tension over its nuclear and missile tests earlier this year. Leader Kim Jong Il told visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao last week that his government might return to stalled six-nation negotiations on its nuclear program depending on the outcome of direct talks it seeks with the US. Washington has said it was considering holding direct talks with North Korea to restart the six-party negotiations, which also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia.

NAME: TAI PROTEST 20091114I TAPE: EF09/1067 IN_TIME: 11:14:35:06 DURATION: 00:01:20:07 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Taipei - 14 Nov 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1. Wide pan of anti-US beef protesters marching 2. Mid protesters holding poster reading: (Mandarin) "Protest against US beef to protect our health" 3. Close-up protesters wearing yellow ribbon on forehead reading: (Mandarin) "Anti-diseased beef " 4. Tilt-up on "No US beef " poster 5. Wide of anti-US beef protest 6. Close-up opposition party leader, Tsai Ying -wen, woman in black, marching in crowd 7. Close-up man holding poster reading "Mad Cow Ma" 8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mr Lin, local resident "We are protesting against US beef imports. We don't want diseased beef because we are afraid of mad cow disease." 9. Wide of opposition party leader giving speech 10. Wide of journalists 11. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Tsai Ying-wen, Opposition Democratic Progressive Party leader: "The government should renegotiate with the US on beef imports to better guard against mad cow disease and protect the health of Taiwanese people. If the government fails to do so we would call on the president to step down." 12. Wide of protesters on truck before crowd chanting slogan UPOUND: chanting (Mandarin) "President Ma, step down " 13. Close-up child sitting on father's shoulders 14. Wide of anti-US beef protest STORYLINE Thousands took to the streets of the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Saturday to protest against a government decision to lift a long-standing ban on the import of certain US beef cuts. In the opposition-led protest, the demonstrators demanded that the government renegotiate beef imports with Washington to better guard against mad cow disease. Last month the Taiwan government decided to end the six-year-old ban on bone-in beef, minced beef and offal. Health experts say while bone-in beef may be safe, minced beef and offal carry higher mad cow risks. The US is one of Taiwan's biggest trade partners and President Ma Ying-jeou has rejected demands to renegotiate the issue for fear it could hurt the island's international credibility.

NAME: US OBA HEALTH2 20090912I TAPE: EF09/0866 IN_TIME: 10:11:19:02 DURATION: 00:03:17:18 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/ABC DATELINE: Washington DC/Minneapolis, 12 Sept 2009 RESTRICTIONS: See Shotlist SHOTLIST ABC - No Access NAmerica/Internet Washington DC - 12 September 2009 1. Roof camera shot looking down on protesters along Pennsylvania Avenue ++MUTE++ AP Television Washington DC - 12 September 2009 2. Wide of anti-Obama protesters in front of US Capitol building 3. Mid of protester holding sign with pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. and US President Barack Obama and reading (English) "He had a dream. We got a nightmare." 4. Woman holding sign reading (English), "Bury Obamacare with Kennedy." Protesters chant (English) "Fox News rocks," 5. Sign reading (English) "Are you colour blind or blinded by colour? Tell me who is the racist? It's not me!" ABC - No Access N.America/Internet Washington DC - 12 September 2009 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Congressman Mike Pence, Republican, Indiana: "How we as conservatives respond to these challenges could determine whether America retains her place in the world as a beacon of freedom, or whether we slip into the abyss that has swallowed much of Europe in an avalanche of socialism." AP Television Washington DC - 12 September 2009 7. Various of protesters marching down street 8. Protesters sitting on lawn chairs in middle of street 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Clayton Newell, protester from Newton, Iowa: " We're here because we love our country and we want to see our Constitution defended and our Bill of Rights protected and our borders controlled and stop this outrageous overspending by our federal government." 10. Pan down from writing of First Amendment to back of man wearing colonial-era costume 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, No name given, protester dressed in colonial-era costume: "Look, I'm 50. I've been in business for myself half my adult life, okay. I pay for the health care of my employees. I don't need any putting into my health care. I got it covered." 12. Protestor chanting, " Hey, hey, ho, ho, Obama/Pelosi (referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) got to go" ABC - No Access NAmerica/Internet Minneapolis, Minnesota - 12 September 2009 13. Supporters of US President Barack Obama, lined up outside the arena where he spoke on health care 14. SOUNDBITE (English)Linda Slattengren, President, Minnesota Nurse's Association: "Clearly the nurses are here because we see the need on a shift by shift basis for health care reform. We see the negative outcomes that occur when people don't have health insurance or are underinsured, can't afford their insurance." 15. Obama walks onto stage and waves to crowd 16. Cutaway of crowd applauding 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: "I will not accept the status quo. Not this time. Not now. Minnesota, we are closer to reform than we've ever been before, but this is the hard part." 18. Cutaway of Obama at podium ABC - No Access N America/Internet Minneapolis, Minnesota - 12 September 2009 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President: "We've heard scare tactics instead of honest debate. Too many have used this opportunity to score short term political points instead of working together to solve long term challenges. I don't know if you agree with me, but I think the time for bickering is over. The time for games has passed. Now's the time for action. Now's the time to deliver on health care for every American." ABC - No Access NAmerica/Internet Minneapolis, Minnesota - 12 September 2009 20. Crowd applauding +++VIDEO AS INCOMING+++ STORYLINE Tens of thousands of protesters angry over government spending marched in Washington on Saturday, showing their opposition for the president's health care plan with slogans and signs. The line of protesters blocked the streets near the Capitol building, according to the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Hundreds of people waved US flags and held protest signs. One read " Bury Obamacare with Kennedy," referring to the late Senator Ted Kennedy who recently died after championing universal health care throughout his long Senate career. Men wore colonial costumes as they listened to speakers who warned of "judgment day" -- Election Day 2010. Other signs - reflecting the growing intensity of the health care debate - depicted President Barack Obama with the signature moustache of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Many made reference to Obama as a socialist or communist. FreedomWorks Foundation, a conservative organisation led by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, organised several groups from across the country for what they billed as a "March on Washington." Organisers say they built on momentum from the April "tea party" demonstrations held nationwide to protest against tax policies, along with growing resentment over the economic stimulus packages and bank bailouts. Many protesters said they paid their own way to the event, an ethic they believe should be applied by the government. They say unchecked spending on things like a government-run health insurance option could increase inflation and lead to economic ruin. Lawmakers also supported the rally, Republican Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, said Americans want health care reform, but they don't want a government takeover. Other sponsors of the rally included the Heartland Institute, Americans for Tax Reform and the Ayn Rand Centre for Individuals Rights. While anti-Obama protesters took to the streets of Washington, Obama supporters lined up for hours to hear him speak about his reform plan in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Linda Slattengren, President, Minnesota Nurse's Association said they were behind Obama's health care reform. "We see the negative outcomes that occur when people don't have health insurance or are underinsured, can't afford their insurance," she said. Obama is attempting to boost momentum of his chief domestic priority to overhaul the 2.5 (t) trillion US dollar medical care system. "I will not accept the status quo. Not this time. Not now," the president told an estimated 15-thousand people during the rally. Days after urging Democrats and Republicans in Congress to come together, an invigorated Obama said his plan incorporated ideas from those on both sides and he promised to continue to seek common ground. The pitch came in friendly territory. Democratic-leaning Minnesota is one of the nation's healthiest states, with relatively few uninsured residents, cost-effective medical care and top health care providers such as the Mayo Clinic. His speech at the Target Centre was part of a weekend campaign by the White House to give the president as much exposure as possible after his prime-time address on Wednesday to Congress. At the rally, on network television and in his weekend radio and Internet address, Obama again sought to take the reins of the debate, a task that has proved elusive over the past three months. The challenge is to both energise his supporters and make people with insurance care about his proposal.

NAME: TAI CHINA2 20091220I TAPE: EF09/1186 IN_TIME: 10:45:04:03 DURATION: 00:02:49:13 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/ETTV DATELINE: Taipei/Taichung - 17-20 Dec 2009 RESTRICTIONS: Check shotlist for details SHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION Taichung, 20 December 2009 1. Wide of anti-China protest in Taichung City, Central Taiwan 2. Mid of protesters marching 3. Wide of protesters chanting slogan (Mandarin): "Rooting for Taiwan" 4. Protesters marching with poster reading (English): "Taiwan is not part of China" 5. Close-up of a poster reading (Mandarin): "Anti-unification" 6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Yang Yiue-Ching, protester: "Before the cross-strait talk starts, China should remove all the missiles aimed at Taiwan. We should stand equally when talking to China in the meeting." 7. Wide of protesters holding poster reading (English): "One Taiwan, One China" 8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Emily Ling, Local resident: "We don't know what governments between two sides will be talking about. Here we suffer the serious problems of economic downturn. Our government should solve the problems first before talking to China." 9. Top shot of protesters marching 10. Opposition party members walking in the crowd 11. Tracking shot man cheering with gas horn 12. Top shot of protesters marching 13. Close-up of Chinese flag on the ground dragged by protester ETTV - NO ACCESS TAIWAN/HONG KONG Taichung, 20 December 2009 14. Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen protesting with other officials 15. Zoom in of protest 16. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Tsai Ing-wen, Chairwoman of Democratic Progressive Party: "We welcome more people to come over for the protest later today. Secondly, we call on the protesters to discipline themselves. Third, we demand justice from the government but not threaten the protesters while maintaining security. Finally, we hope the Chinese guests learn to behave well and to respect the rules of the host, and respect the feelings of the people." AP TELEVISION Taipei, 17 December 2009 17. Wide of Chiang Pin-kung, Chairman of Taiwan Strait Exchange Foundation, during news conference 18. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Chiang Pin-kung, Chairman of Taiwan Strait Exchange Foundation: "I sincerely call on the opposition party and protesters to remain peaceful and rational, to observe the law, and give the protest a peaceful ending, but not repeating the same way like last time." ETTV - NO ACCESS TAIWAN/HONG KONG Taichung, 19 December 2009 19. Mid of protester attaching banner to balloon 20. Wide of two balloons with attached banners flying outside hotel where Chinese envoy Chen Yunlin is expected to stay 21. Balloon with attached banner with sign written in Chinese characters reading: "Stop prosecuting Falun Gong" (The Falun Gong movement has a history of disrupting overseas visits by Chinese leaders) 22. Top shot of police barricade outside hotel 23. Tilt down from hotel to traffic 24. Police officers on motorbikes next to barricade 25. Close up of barbed wire on barricade with sign reading (in Chinese characters): "Dangerous! Please don't touch" STORYLINE: Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators marched through the streets of the central Taiwanese city of Taichung on Sunday, ahead of the arrival of a senior Chinese envoy for five days of talks with local officials. The demonstrators chanted pro-independence slogans and waved anti-China banners to protest the visit of China's top Taiwan negotiator, Chen Yunlin, whom they view as a stalking horse for Beijing's proclaimed policy of bringing Taiwan back into its fold. The sides split amid civil war in 1949. Chen was scheduled to arrive in Taichung on Monday. He is set to sign four new commercial accords with Taiwanese officials, adding to the 10 already in the books. Buoyed by a strong showing in local elections earlier this month, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) sponsored Sunday's demonstration to press home its message that Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's signature policy of tightening economic links with Beijing is threatening the well-being of Taiwan's people and paving the way for a Chinese takeover. Police put Sunday's crowd in Taichung at 20-30-thousand, considerably fewer than the DPP's estimate of 100-thousand. Some 500 officers were on hand to control the protesters, mindful that a visit by Chen late last year provoked repeated clashes between authorities and demonstrators. Some protesters were seen attaching banners to balloons near the hotel, with signs reading: "Stop prosecuting Falun Gong". The Falun Gong movement has a history of disrupting overseas visits by Chinese leaders. China banned Falun Gong in 1999 on the mainland. Since assuming office in May 2008, Ma has eased cross-strait tensions to their lowest level in 60 years, turning his back on his predecessor Chen Shui-Bian's pro-independence policies amid a welter of business-boosting initiatives. They include launching regular air and sea links between the sides and ending across-the-board restrictions on Chinese investment in Taiwan precursors, Ma says, to a partial Taiwan-China trade agreement meant to be signed next year. Taiwan's powerful business community strongly favours Ma's approach, seeing it as necessary to prevent the island's economic marginalisation amid growing trade ties between Beijing and neighbouring Asian countries. Washington also supports it enthusiastically. Despite shifting its China recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, it remains Taiwan's most important foreign partner and fears being drawn into the armed conflict that Beijing threatens would follow any opposition move to formalise Taiwan's de facto independence. It sees Ma's policies as strongly reducing that possibility. The DPP, however, believes the president's China-friendly push sets the stage for an eventual Chinese takeover of the island - a charge Ma vehemently denies. The DPP says Ma's trade deal - formally known as the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) - will flood the island with cheap Chinese products, prompting massive job losses. Party spokesman Tsai Chi-chang claimed that studies have shown Taiwan's unemployment rate will shoot up after the signing of the ECFA. As recently as five months ago, most of the Taiwanese public accepted Ma's argument that closer economic ties with China would aid Taiwanese prosperity - even allowing for the global economic downturn. But Ma's mishandling of the response to a devastating typhoon in August began to dent his popularity, as did a more recent miscue involving secret negotiations on the removal of a ban on some US beef imports. Earlier this month Ma's Nationalists bested the DPP by only two percentage points in local elections - a far cry from the 17 point margin that Ma enjoyed over his DPP rival in the March 2008 presidential poll.

NAME: US MARCH 20091011I TAPE: EF09/0961 IN_TIME: 11:11:03:14 DURATION: 00:02:24:04 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Washington DC - 11 Oct 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Pan of demonstrators shouting "Yes We Can!" 2. Demonstrator with megaphone in front of the White House 3. Demonstrators marching and chanting "What do we want? Equality! When do we want it? Now!" in front of the White House 4. Wide of marchers walking in front of the White House 5. Wide of demonstrators marching behind banner, many holding rainbow flags 6. Demonstrators passing camera as they march down Pennsylvania Avenue, towards Capitol 7. Julie Marosky Thacker and her partner at march 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julie Marosky Thacker, March Participant from North Carolina: "I am absolutely here to encourage President Obama to live up to his promises from the campaign for my family's equality." 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gilbert Baker, March Participant and Creator of the Rainbow Flag: (Question: Do you think Obama has kept his promise?) "No, he hasn't, not yet. We'll see what happens. That's why we're here. We have to put pressure on not just the president but the Congress and even the Court, in order for us to achieve equality." 10. Wide shot of Lieutenant Dan Choi leading a chant at the march 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Dan Choi, March Participant and Iraq War Veteran: "I'm here because we're marching for equality. I've marched for many different things in the army, we fought for many things, but when there are people who are discriminated against in our country, it is our responsibility to step up for them." 12. Demonstrators marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, towards Capitol 13. Pull out from protest sign which reads: "Straight against hate" 14. Pan of protesters marching STORYLINE: Thousands of gay and lesbian activists took to the streets of Washington on Sunday, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays. Holding rainbow flags and homemade signs, protesters marched midday from the White House to the Capitol. Many children were among the protesters. A few counter-protesters had also joined the crowd, which stretched several blocks by the afternoon. Julie Marosky Thacker and her partner travelled up from North Carolina with their young daughter, who took part in the march sitting in a child carrier on Thacker's back. "I am absolutely here to encourage President Obama to live up to his promises from the campaign to my family's equality," Thacker said. The designer of the famous rainbow flag, Gilbert Baker, said he's hoping the march sends a message to Obama and others in Washington that equality for gays in the United States is long overdue. "We have to put pressure on not just the president but the Congress and even the Court, in order for us to achieve equality," Baker. Some participants in the National Equality March woke up energised by Obama's blunt pledge to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military during a speech to the nation's largest gay rights group Saturday night. Obama's political energies have been focused on two wars, the economic crisis and health care reform, though he pledged "unwavering" commitment even as he wrestled with those problems. Lieutenant Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran in the army, is facing discharge under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for revealing in March that he is gay. "I'm here because we're marching for equality. I've marched for many different things in the Army, we fought for many things, but when there are people who are discriminated against in our country, it is our responsibility to step up for them," Choi said. On Saturday, Choi led a group of gay veterans in laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery to honour gay and lesbian soldiers who have died in the line of duty. Other veteran activists doubted the march would accomplish much. They said the time and money would have been better spent working to persuade voters in Maine and Washington state, where the November ballot will include a measure that would overturn a bill granting same-sex couples many of the benefits of marriage. Unlike the first march in 1979 and others in 1987, 1993 and 2000 that included celebrity performances and drew as many as 500-thousand people, Sunday's event was driven by grassroots efforts and was expected to be more low-key. Many organisers were outraged after the passage of California's Proposition 8, which cancelled the right of gays to get married in the state, and over perceived slights by the Obama administration. A bill introducing same-sex marriage in the nation's capital also was introduced last week by the District of Columbia Council and is expected to easily pass. Republican Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, said the marchers should be lobbying their lawmakers. He said the demonstrations are simply "an emotional release" that do little to pressure Congress.

NAME: VEN PROTEST 20091003Ix TAPE: EF09/0938 IN_TIME: 11:16:14:07 DURATION: 00:02:03:05 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Caracas - 3 Oct 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: PLEASE NOTE: SHOT 16 CONTAINS NUDITY 1. Wide of protesters beginning march, to protest against what they say is the persecution of political opponents by President Hugo Chavez's government 2. Students walking holding banner 3. Close of students holding banner chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "They won't take away our right to protest." 4. Wide of protesters marching 5. Mid and close of protesters walking with gags on their mouths 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yon Goicoechea, Student leader of protest: "We're here for what political prisoners represent, and to protest against the Venezuela that we don't want. And that's a Venezuela of discrimination, where the police, the courts, the attorney general's office spend their time pursuing people who think differently, instead of criminals who are killing people in the street." 7. Woman holding sign which reads (Spanish) "Freedom for my son" 8. Mid and close of students chanting 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Enefa Palacios, Protester: "(We are marching against) the injustice that is being committed against every citizen in this country. Especially just now for political prisoners. Just for going out to protest and to defend our rights, injustice is being committed against every one of us. The right to protest, to express ourselves, the right to work, the right to dissent, are being lost completely." 10. People marching 11. Close of boy chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Students!" 12. Wide of people marching 13. Students chanting, UPSOUND (Spanish) "Who are we? Students! What do we want? Freedom!" 14. Police standing in front of students 15. Students preparing to pull down their trousers 16. Wide of students pulling down their trousers and showing their behinds to the police ++PLEASE NOTE: CONTAINS NUDITY++ 17. Close of placard reading (Spanish) "The people in action, 68 years of fighting." 18. Mid and close of students singing Venezuelan national anthem STORYLINE Venezuelans marched peacefully through the capital Caracas on Saturday to protest at what they say is the persecution of political opponents by President Hugo Chavez's government. The marchers called on the Organisation of American States (OAS) to visit Venezuela and investigate what they consider to be a deterioration of human rights in the country. Student leader Yon Goicoechea said he was there to protest against a Venezuela that he didn't want, "a Venezuela of discrimination." Goicoechea added that the government should focus on fighting criminals who are killing people in the street, and not "spend their time pursuing people who think differently." Among those on the march was Chavez opponent Enefa Palacios, who works for the Metropolitan Mayor of Caracas. She said she was concerned that "injustice is being committed against every one of us," and that the right to protest, to dissent, to express oneself, was being "lost completely." More than 2-thousand Chavez opponents have gone on trial in the last seven years on charges stemming from their participation in protests, and roughly 40 are still in prison, according to the Venezuelan Penal Forum, a local human rights group. Attorney General Luisa Ortega says Chavez adversaries who have been arrested committed crimes ranging from disturbing the peace to assaulting police officers. Chavez has denied bringing trumped-up charges against political opponents. But government opponents are increasingly speaking up against what they consider to be human rights abuses. Last week, more than 150 university students took part in a hunger strike to protest the arrest of opponents including Julio Rivas, a student leader charged with "inciting civil war" and "public disorder" during his participation in a protest. Rivas was released on Monday but still faces charges. Students ended the hunger strike on Wednesday after the OAS agreed to hear their concerns, saying representatives of the OAS's human rights agency had invited a delegation to Washington. Authorities did not provide estimates on the crowd size during Saturday's march, but AP reporters at the scene estimated the protesters to number about 2-thousand.

NAME: US MARCH2 20091011I TAPE: EF09/0962 IN_TIME: 10:10:34:01 DURATION: 00:02:37:14 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Washington DC - 11 Oct 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Pan of demonstrators shouting "Yes We Can!" 2. Various of demonstrators marching in front of White House and chanting "What do we want? Equality! When do we want it? Now!" in front of the White House 3. Demonstrators passing camera as they march down Pennsylvania Avenue, towards Capitol, holding rainbow flags and banners 4. Man carrying his son passing by camera, more demonstrators with banners, a boy holding sign reading: (English) "Equality across America" 5. Julie Marosky Thacker and her partner at march, both carrying toddlers 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julie Marosky Thacker, March Participant from North Carolina: "I am absolutely here to encourage President Obama to live up to his promises from the campaign for my family's equality." 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gilbert Baker, March Participant and Creator of the Rainbow Flag: (Question: Do you think Obama has kept his promise?) "No, he hasn't, not yet. We'll see what happens. That's why we're here. We have to put pressure on not just the president but the Congress and even the Court, in order for us to achieve equality." 8. Wide of Lieutenant Dan Choi leading a chant at the march: "Don't ask don' tell, ... Pentagon go to hell." 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Dan Choi, March Participant and Iraq War Veteran: "I'm here because we're marching for equality. I've marched for many different things in the army, we fought for many things, but when there are people that are discriminated against in our country, it is our responsibility to step up for them." 10. Demonstrators marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, towards Capitol 11. Pull out from protest sign which reads: "Straight against hate" 12. Various of people marching toward the US Capitol building 13. Various of demonstrators singing "Over the Rainbow" in front of the Capitol 14. Pan end of the song and people cheering 15. Wide of rally in front of the Capitol STORYLINE: Thousands of gay and lesbian activists embarked upon Washington on Sunday. They marched midday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays. Rainbow flags and homemade signs dotted the crowds filling Pennsylvania Avenue, as people chanted "Hey, Obama, let mama marry mama" and "We're out, we're proud, we won't back down." Many children were among the protesters. A few counter-protesters had also joined the crowd, which stretched several blocks by the afternoon. Julie Marosky Thacker and her partner travelled up from North Carolina with their young daughter, who took part in the march from a pack on Thacker's back. "I am absolutely here to encourage President Obama to live up to his promises from the campaign to my family's equality," Thacker said. The designer of the famous rainbow flag, Gilbert Baker, said he's hoping the march sends a message to President Barack Obama and others in Washington that equality for gays in the United States is long overdue. "We have to put pressure on not just the president but the Congress and even the Court, in order for us to achieve equality," Baker said. Some participants in the National Equality March woke up energised by Obama's blunt pledge to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military during a speech to the nation's largest gay rights group on Saturday night. Obama's political energies have been focused on two wars, the economic crisis and health care reform, though he pledged "unwavering" commitment even as he wrestled with those problems. Lt. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran in the Army, is facing discharge under the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for revealing in March that he is gay. "I'm here because we're marching for equality. I've marched for many different things in the Army, we fought for many things, but when there are people who are descriminated against in our country, it is our responsibility to step up for them," Choi said. On Saturday, Choi led a group of gay veterans in laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery to honour gay and lesbian soldiers who have died in the line of duty. Other veteran activists doubted the march would accomplish much. They said the time and money would have been better spent working to persuade voters in Maine and Washington state, where the November ballot will include a measure that would overturn a bill granting same-sex couples many of the benefits of marriage. Unlike the first march in 1979 and others in 1987, 1993 and 2000 that included celebrity performances and drew as many as 500-thousand people, Sunday's event was driven by grassroots efforts and was expected to be more low-key. Many organisers were outraged after the passage of California's Proposition 8, which cancelled the right of gays to get married in the state, and over perceived slights by the Obama administration. A bill introducing same-sex marriage in the nation's capital also was introduced last week by the District of Columbia Council and is expected to easily pass. Republican Barney Frank, an openly gay member of Congress, said the marchers should be lobbying their lawmakers. He said the demonstrations are simply "an emotional release" that do little to pressure Congress.