A judge set bond at $7,500 for a member of the anti-government freemen organization arrested for the transportion of explosives.Scott Roeder, 38, of Silver Lake, Kansas, is charged with the illegal use of explosives and driving without a current license, tags or any proof of insurance.Officers searched Roeder's car, after pulling him over, they found a small box of explosives materials used to make crude triggring devices.Law enforcement representatives confirm there are about 100 freemen in Shawnee County, an area they refer to as Justus Township approximatley 20 miles Northwest of Topeka. They are closely linked to the Montana based freemen.The kansas branch has been under investigation by several local sheriff's since the group began publishing notices in local papers declaring the formation of its own ``common law court.''Members use those courts to rid themselves of financial debts and to issue ``show cause orders'' against various public officials whom they say are holding office illegally.However, local investigators say the group has stockpiled arms and ammunition. State and Federal investigators also began monitoring the group recently after Freemen members tried to cash bad checks drawn on what are repported to be ``special collection accounts'' of the U.S. Treasury.

NAME: US ABORTION 20100129I TAPE: EF10/0092 IN_TIME: 10:52:00:07 DURATION: 00:03:26:16 SOURCES: POOL/ABC/AP PHOTOS DATELINE: Wichita - 29 Jan 2010 RESTRICTIONS: See Shotlist SHOTLIST: POOL Wichita, Kansas- 29 January 2010 1. Close-up of Scott Roeder as verdict is read out 2. UPSOUND: (English) court clerk reading jury''s decision: "In the case of Kansas versus Scott Roeder, case 09CR1462, we the jury find the defendant Scott Roeder guilty of the crime of first degree murder. On count 2, we the jury find the defendant Scott Roeder guilty of the crime aggravated assault of Gary Hoepner. Count 3, we the jury find the defendant Scott Roeder guilty of the crime of aggravated assault of Keith Martin, signed by the presiding juror, dated this 29th day of January 2010 at 10:34 am." 3. Pan to jury 4. Close up of Roeder while jurors affirm their verdict ABC - No Access North America/ Internet Wichita, Kansas - May 31, 2009 5. Wide of church 6. Mid shot of church sign 7. Mid shot of church entrance, pushes in and pans as body is wheeled out 8. Close up of sign at Tiller''s clinic 9. Wide of clinic with police car in foreground AP PHOTOS - No Access Canada/For Broadcast use only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile 10. STILL of George Tiller POOL Wichita, Kansas - 28 January 2010 11. UPSOUND: (English) Scott Roeder, Suspect: Question: "On May 31st 2009, did you go to the Reformation Church to shoot and kill George Tiller? Roeder: Yes." AP PHOTOS - No Access Canada/For Broadcast use only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile 12. STILL of George Tiller POOL Wichita, Kansas - 29 January 2010 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ann Swegle, prosecution lawyer: "He plotted, he planned it, he carried out a planned assassination and there can be no other verdict in this case. Based on the law that you have been given and the clear evidence that you have received other than guilty and we will ask that you return such a verdict." 14. Wide shot defence attorney Mark Rudy walking to stand 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Rudy, defence lawyer: "The state as well as Scott Roeder proved you that he killed Dr. George Tiller; but only you collectively can determine if he murdered George Tiller. No defendant should ever be convicted based upon his convictions. We ask you not to convict the defendant, we''re going to ask you to acquit Scott Roeder of first degree murder." POOL (via Kansas Court) Wichita, Kansas - 31 May 2009 16. Police dash camera video of Roeder with his hands up getting on his knees 17. Roeder being handcuffed and taken away by police STORYLINE: Jurors swiftly convicted an abortion opponent of murder on Friday for shooting dead one of the only doctors to offer late-term abortions in the US, a killing the gunman claimed was justified to save the lives of unborn children. The jury deliberated for just 37 minutes before finding Scott Roeder, 51, of Kansas City, Missouri, guilty of premeditated, first-degree murder for putting a gun to the forehead of Dr. George Tiller on 31 May 2009 and pulling the trigger. Defence lawyer Mark Rudy described his case as helpless and hopeless. Roeder faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years when he is sentenced March 9. Prosecutor Nola Foulston said she would pursue a so-called "Hard 50" sentence, which would require Roeder to serve at least 50 years before he can be considered for parole. Tiller''s widow, Jeanne, and the rest of the family quickly exited the courtroom after the verdict. In a statement, Jeanne Tiller said "once again, a Sedgwick County jury has reached a just verdict." The family said it wanted Tiller to be "remembered for his legacy of service to women, the help he provided for those who needed it and the love and happiness he provided us as a husband, father and grandfather." Roeder had confessed publicly before the trial and admitted again on the witness stand that he shot Tiller in the foyer of the Wichita church where the doctor was serving as an usher. He testified he felt the lives of unborn children were in "immediate danger" because of Tiller. During closing arguments earlier on Friday, Rudy urged the jury to reject the murder charge, saying, "no one should be convicted based on his convictions." Rudy mentioned leaders who stood up for their beliefs, including Martin Luther King Jr. Prosecutor Ann Swegle told jurors to use their "common sense" when deliberating and find Roeder guilty based not only on the state''s case but also on Roeder''s own testimony in which he described how he killed Tiller in a "planned assassination." "There could be no other verdict in this case," she said. Roeder also was convicted of aggravated assault for pointing a gun at two ushers at Tiller''s church after the shooting. Roeder''s lawyers were hoping to get a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter for Roeder, a defence that would have required them to show that Roeder had an unreasonable but honest belief that deadly force was justified. Tiller''s Wichita clinic was the focus of many protests and had been under investigation by a former state district attorney who accused the doctor of skirting Kansas'' abortion laws. Roeder was the sole defence witness after the judge barred testimony from two state prosecutors whom the defence subpoenaed in a bid to show Roeder believed Tiller was performing unlawful abortions and was frustrated charges against the doctor had been dismissed in one case. Roeder testified on Thursday that he considered elaborate schemes to stop the doctor, including chopping off his hands, crashing a car into him or sneaking into his home to kill him. Roeder said he went to Reformation Lutheran Church on three other occasions to kill Tiller: once the evening before and once the week before Tiller was shot, and once in 2008, but Tiller was not at the church on those occasions. But in the end, Roeder told jurors, the easiest way was to walk into Tiller''s church, put a gun to the doctor''s forehead and pull the trigger. Prosecutors were careful during the first few days of testimony to avoid the subject of abortion and to focus on the specifics of the shooting. Wilbert said he did not want the trial to become a debate on abortion, but he did allow Roeder to discuss his views on the subject because his lawyers said they were integral to their case.

FTG FOR A JEFFREY KOFMAN CS VO ON THE DEATH OF ABORTION DOCTOR, DR GEORGE TILLER, KILLED IN CHURCH BY SCOTT ROEDER / INTV W/ CENTER FOR HEALTH AND GENDER EQUITY, SERRA SIPPEL

NNS-Tiller Shot-KS:6-2 District Atty Newser Tuesday, June 02, 2009 Slug: Tiller Shot-KS Story: 6-2 District Atty Newser Dateline: Wichita, KS Source: KWCH/KSAS Network: CBS, FOX Embargo: KAKE Producer: IDRichards Restriction: Duration: 00:01:29.00 Created On: 06/02/09 16:23:27 Topic: Courts, Crime/Police Region: Midwest Format: SOT .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. INFORMATION: -THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE in 4:3 with the Blue-rimmed slate. The man suspected of killing Kansas abortion Doctor George Tiller is now facing charges. Fifty-one-year-old Scott Roeder appeared in court by video Tuesday afternoon where he was charged with first degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault. The judge read Roeder the charges against him and ordered him to be held without bond. The judge also issued a no contact protective order for any of the state's witnesses and approved Roeder's request for a public defender. Roeder's preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 16th. Doctor Tiller was shot to death Sunday morning (5/31) while ushering at his church in Wichita. Witnesses exchanged words with the shooter and were able to give police a description and license plate number. Roeder was spotted in his car a few hours later and taken into police custody. People who know Roeder say he has radical views and ties to anti-government and anti-abortion groups. Dr. Tiller was well-known for performing late-term abortions. District Attorney Nola Foulston says her office decided not to pursue the death penalty because she says the first-degree murder charge was appropriate for the facts and circumstances of the case. SUPERS: Wichita, KS Nola Foulston District Attorney VIDEO INFO: SOT- Nola Foulston: "This is not a death penalty case. WHY IS THAT? The state of Kansas requires a number of predicate factors, and special circumstances. And under the facts and circumstances that are known at this time, the election has been to go with a first degree murder." -EDIT- SOT- Nola Foulston"I will say that the state has filed a charge of premeditated, unlawful, killing of another human being, George Tiller." QUESTIONS ARE YELLED OUT BY REPORTERS. SOT-Nola Foulston: "One might worry about jury selection if we felt that there was some impediment to an individual receiving a fair trial. We have, and will continue to have a jury base in our community that is able to listen to evidence and make determinations without being influenced from outside sources. And that's one of the reasons that we do not discuss evidence, witnesses, witness testimony, and other information." -EDIT- SOT- Nola Foulston:"We have elected to file this case, not as a capital murder case but as a first-degree, premeditated murder." ****************************************************************************

NNS-Tiller Shot-KS:Suspect Leaves Jail Sunday, May 31, 2009 Slug: Tiller Shot-KS Story: Suspect Leaves Jail Dateline: New Century, KS Source: KCTV Network: CBS Embargo: KMBC, WDAF Producer: jutz Restriction: Duration: 00:00:26.03 Created On: 05/31/09 22:26:34 Topic: Crime/Police Region: Midwest Format: VO * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFORMATION: -THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN 4:3 with the Blue rimmed slate. The man accused in the shooting death of prominent late-abortion provider Doctor George Tiller has left the Johnson County Jail in Kansas. Scott Roeder was driven away from the facility in New Century in an unmarked white Ford Taurus with what appeared to be a guard in the back seat. Police say he shot and killed Tiller Sunday (5-31) while he was serving as an usher at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita. According to investigators, Roeder walked into the church, opened fire and drove off in a light blue Ford Taurus. Tiller became a pivotal figure in the abortion debate for performing abortions after the 21st week at his Kansas women's clinic. It's one of a handful in the nation to do so and has been the focus of numerous demonstrations. This is not the first time Tiller has been targeted. Back in 1993, a protester shot him in both arms. Before that, his clinic was bombed in 1985 . Roeder is expected to be formally charged with murder and aggravated assault this week. No word yet on exactly where he was taken. The shooting remains under investigation. SUPERS: New Century, KS VIDEO INFO: VO: WS white car with suspect and police escort, leaving parking lot. WS cars drive away from camera. 05/31/2009 23:13:06 ****************************************************************************

NNS-Tiller Shot-KS:Suspect File Video Monday, June 01, 2009 Slug: Tiller Shot-KS Story: Suspect File Video Dateline: Topeka, KS Source: WIBW Network: CBS Embargo: KTKA, KTMJ Producer: mceesaynnsnews.com Restriction: Duration: 00:01:03.00 Created On: 06/01/09 16:56:47 Topic: Crime/Police Region: Midwest Format: VO * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFORMATION: -THIS IS AVAILABLE in 16:9 with the Orange-rimmed slate and 4:3 with the Blue-rimmed slate. A Kansas doctor known for performing late-term abortions was murdered at his church Sunday morning (5/31). One man is being held as a suspect, but charges are still pending in the ongoing investigation. Dr. George Tiller was shot to death while he was ushering at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita. Witnesses exchanged words with the shooter and were able to give police a discription and his license plate number. Fifty-one-year-old Scott Roeder was arrested a few hours later near Kansas City. In 1996, Roeder was arrested in Topeka after bomb components were found in his car. He was charged with criminal use of explosives and sentenced to 24 months of probation. That conviction was later overturned on appeal due to an illegal search of the car by law enforcement. At the time, authorities said Roeder was a member of the anti-government Freemen group. In recent years, a man using the same name made internet postings against Dr. Tiller and his late-term abortion work. The District Attorney says her office is waiting for police to submit the findings of their investigation before filing formal charges. The office has 48 hours to do so from the time of the arrest. SUPERS: File: Topeka, KS June 1996 VIDEO INFO: Note: some of the video is silent. File video of the suspect in court. 06/01/2009 20:37:50 ****************************************************************************

NNS-Tiller Shot-KS:Suspect Arrives in Wichita Monday, June 01, 2009 Slug: Tiller Shot-KS Story: Suspect Arrives in Wichita Dateline: Wichita, KS Source: KWCH Network: CBS Embargo: KAKE Producer: MWelch Restriction: Duration: 00:01:24.07 Created On: 06/01/09 03:20:01 Topic: Crime/Police Region: Midwest Format: VO * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFORMATION: THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN 4:3 with the Blue rimmed slate. The white Taurus carrying the man accused in the shooting death of Doctor George Tiller arrived at the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita, Kansas early Monday morning (6/1). Scott Roeder was driven away from the facility in New Century in an unmarked white Ford Taurus with what appeared to be a guard in the back seat. As the car arrived in Wichita the driver and the possible guard were visible in the vehicle but the suspect was unable to be seen. At this time there is only speculation on whether the suspect was leaning out of sight or was delivered to Wichita's City Hall before the Taurus arrived at the jail. Police say Roeder shot and killed Tiller Sunday (5-31) while he was serving as an usher at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita. According to investigators, Roeder walked into the church, opened fire and drove off in a light blue Ford Taurus. Tiller became a pivotal figure in the abortion debate for performing abortions after the 21st week at his Kansas women's clinic. It's one of a handful in the nation to do so and has been the focus of numerous demonstrations. This is not the first time Tiller has been targeted. Back in 1993, a protester shot him in both arms. Before that, his clinic was bombed in 1985 . Roeder is expected to be formally charged with murder and aggravated assault this week. The shooting remains under investigation. SUPERS: Wichita, KS VIDEO INFO: MS following the car as it stops at the security keypad then pulls into the jail. WS of the building doors closing. CU of a security camera on the outside jail wall. CU on the building doors. CU on two surveillance video cameras. CU on a sign outside of the building. Exterior WS of the building . CU on the No Trespassing sign on the side of the building. MS on a door to the building. CU on the building doors closing. 06/01/2009 04:07:06 ****************************************************************************

NNS-Tiller Shot-KS:SOT With Tiller Attorney Monday, June 01, 2009 Slug: Tiller Shot-KS Story: SOT With Tiller Attorney Dateline: Wichita, KS Source: KWCH Network: CBS Embargo: KAKE Producer: LSimowitz Restriction: Duration: 00:00:44.21 Created On: 06/01/09 08:13:45 Topic: Crime/Police Region: Midwest Format: SOT .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. INFORMATION: -THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN 4:3 with the Blue rimmed slate. Many people are in mourning Monday (6-1) after the shooting death of abortion doctor George Tiller. Police say Tiller was shot and killed Sunday (5-31) by Scott Roeder while Tiller was serving as an usher at the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas. According to investigators, Roeder walked into the church, opened fire and drove off in a light blue Ford Taurus. Tiller became a pivotal figure in the abortion debate for performing abortions after the 21st week at his Kansas women's clinic. It's one of a handful in the nation to do such procedures and has been the focus of numerous demonstrations. This is not the first time Tiller has been targeted. Back in 1993, a protester shot him in both arms. Before that, his clinic was bombed in 1985 . Roeder is expected to be formally charged with murder and aggravated assault as early as Monday (6-1) afternoon. Tiller's attorney Dan Monnat spoke early Monday morning (6-1) about the effects the doctor's death may have on other physicians that may be involved with this type of controversial healthcare. The shooting remains under investigation. SUPERS: Wichita, KS Dan Monnat Attorney for Tiller VIDEO INFO: SOT Monnat -"Despite the fact they 1/8the family 3/8 knew about the bombings, the shooting, the picketing, the protesting...nothing can prepare them for the horror of this." SOT Monnat -"Regardless of the motivation for this senseless act, the act itself will probably discourage other physicians from being involved in this high-risk healthcare." SOT Monnat -"He was a husband of 45 years, a father of four grand--four children, grandpa to ten grandchildren and a compassionate physician to countless women who sought him in some of their most desperate times of need ." ****************************************************************************

NAME: US IRN HOSTAGES 300605Nx TAPE: EF05/0575 IN_TIME: 10:24:10:11 DURATION: 00:01:30:24 SOURCES: APTN/AP Photos DATELINE: Various/FILE RESTRICTIONS: See Script SHOTLIST: APTN Tehran, Iran, 29 June 2005 1. Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2. President Mohammad Khatami of Iran sitting with Ahmadinejad 3. Cutaway media 4. Ahmadinejad and officials leaving FILE Frankfurt am Main Airforce base, Germany - 1981 5. Various of hostages getting off plane 6. Close-up of newspaper with headline "Freedom Day 1" following release of hostages Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA - 29 June 2005 7. SOUNDBITE (English): Voice of David Roeder, Former Hostage (OVERLAID WITH FILE AS DETAILED ABOVE): "It stopped me cold in the middle of the room, and I knew, it wasn't one of those things, where, gee, you know that's a familiar face. I knew absolutely and immediately where I had seen that guy before." FILE Frankfurt am Main Airforce base, Germany - 1981 8. Various of hostages getting off plane AP Photos - NO ACCESS CANADA/INTERNET 9. Still picture of Chuck Scott, former Hostage APTN Jonesboro, Georgia, USA - 29 June 2005 10. SOUNDBITE (English): Voice of Chuck Scott, Former Hostage (OVERLAID WITH STILL): "We knew from what other guards had told us that he was a leader and he was a, what I'd call a 'hardass' (tough character), and even some of the regular guards referred to him as being very strict and very anti-American." 11. SOUNDBITE (English): Voice of Chuck Scott, Former Hostage (OVERLAID WITH STILL/FILE): "If you've got something in Iran with the hard-liners like being part of the organisation that took over the American Embassy and embarrassed the hell out of this country for 14-and-a-half months, that looks good on your resume." FILE Frankfurt am Main Airforce base, Germany - 1981 12. Various shots of hostages after leaving plane FILE Tehran, Iran - 1979 13. Wide shot of people climbing wall into US embassy compound 14. Gunmen firing 15. Sign reading "US can do anything" 16. Woman holding child and shouting 17. Effigy of 'Uncle Sam' burning STORYLINE: A quarter of a century after they were taken captive in Iran, five former American hostages said they received an unexpected reminder of their 444-day ordeal - in the bearded face of Iran's new president-elect. Watching coverage of Iran's presidential election on television dredged up 25-year-old memories that prompted four of the former hostages to exchange e-mails. And those four realised they shared the same conclusion - the firm belief that President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been one of their Iranian captors. Scott and former hostages David Roeder, William J. Daugherty and Don A. Sharer told The Associated Press on Wednesday they have no doubt that 49 year-old Ahmadinejad was one of the hostage-takers. A fifth ex-hostage, Kevin Hermening, said he reached the same conclusion after looking at photos. Not everyone agrees. Former hostage and retired Air Force Colonel Thomas E. Schaefer said he doesn't recognise Ahmadinejad, by face or name, as one of his captors. Several former students among the hostage-takers also said Ahmadinejad did not participate. And a close aide to Ahmadinejad denied the president-elect took part in the seizure of the embassy or in holding Americans hostage. Militant students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days to protest against Washington's refusal to hand over the US-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for trial. The shah fled Iran earlier that year after he was overthrown by the Islamic Revolution.

NNS-Tiller Shot-KS:Vigil For Doctor Tiller Monday, June 01, 2009 Slug: Tiller Shot-KS Story: Vigil For Doctor Tiller Dateline: Kansas City, MO Source: KCTV Network: CBS Embargo: KMBC, WDAF Producer: Pdharewood Restriction: Duration: 00:00:31.00 Created On: 06/01/09 22:49:57 Topic: Crime/Police Region: Midwest Format: VO/SOT .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. INFORMATION: -THIS IS AVAILABLE IN 16:9 with the Orange rimmed slate and 4:3 with the Blue rimmed slate. Hundreds gathered in Kansas City, Missouri Monday night (6-1) to honor the life of Doctor George Tiller. About 2-hundred people gathered on both sides of the abortion debate to pay tribute to Tiller. Even though some were abortion rights supporters and others were abortion rights opponents they all said the death of Doctor Tiller was senseless. Tiller was shot and killed Sunday (5-31) while attending his Wichita-area church. Scott Roeder has been arrested. Charges are expected in the coming days. SUPERS: Kansas City, MO Joanne Katz Attended Vigil Chris Keen Attended Vigil VIDEO INFO: SOT-Katz: (covered in part by VO of vigil) "I grew up in a time where abortions were illegal. I had friends who got illegal abortions which affected their lives... their entire lives. And here' s a man who really understood that and stood for that and someone would walk into his church and kill him." SOT-Keen: "It doesn't solve anything and it doesn't ... no one won with this murder so I think that it's a sad day for everyone." 06/01/2009 23:44:02MX06-02-2009 03:44UTC / (NN.ny-nn.06a.am-nyny-inwcp02) / ****************************************************************************

NNS-Tiller Shot-KS:Vigil For Doctor Tiller Monday, June 01, 2009 Slug: Tiller Shot-KS Story: Vigil For Doctor Tiller Dateline: Kansas City, MO Source: KCTV Network: CBS Embargo: KMBC, WDAF Producer: Pdharewood Restriction: Duration: 00:00:31.00 Created On: 06/01/09 22:49:57 Topic: Crime/Police Region: Midwest Format: VO/SOT .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. INFORMATION: -THIS IS AVAILABLE IN 16:9 with the Orange rimmed slate and 4:3 with the Blue rimmed slate. Hundreds gathered in Kansas City, Missouri Monday night (6-1) to honor the life of Doctor George Tiller. About 2-hundred people gathered on both sides of the abortion debate to pay tribute to Tiller. Even though some were abortion rights supporters and others were abortion rights opponents they all said the death of Doctor Tiller was senseless. Tiller was shot and killed Sunday (5-31) while attending his Wichita-area church. Scott Roeder has been arrested. Charges are expected in the coming days. SUPERS: Kansas City, MO Joanne Katz Attended Vigil Chris Keen Attended Vigil VIDEO INFO: SOT-Katz: (covered in part by VO of vigil) "I grew up in a time where abortions were illegal. I had friends who got illegal abortions which affected their lives... their entire lives. And here' s a man who really understood that and stood for that and someone would walk into his church and kill him." SOT-Keen: "It doesn't solve anything and it doesn't ... no one won with this murder so I think that it's a sad day for everyone." 06/01/2009 23:44:02MX06-02-2009 03:44UTC / (NN.ny-nn.06a.am-nyny-inwcp02) / ****************************************************************************

AP-APTN-1830 North America Prime News -Final Friday, 29 January 2010 North America Prime News France Clinton 3 02:36 AP Clients Only WRAP US Sec of State meets Sarkozy; addresses military school Afghanistan Fighting 3 02:59 AP Clients Only WRAP GRAPHIC NATO assists Afghan military in battle against insurgents; ADDS bodies +UK Irq Blair 9 06:00 See Script WRAP Unrepentant frmr PM defends decision to join the US in attacking Iraq +UK Irq Protests 3 02:59 Part No UK/CNNi/RTE/Al Jazeera English NEW Protest as Blair testifies before Iraq war inquiry ADDS more ++US Abortion 03:27 AP Clients Only NEW Man who said he killed prominent abortion provider convicted of murder +Peru Tourists 2 02:42 Pt No Access Peru WRAP Last tourists rescued after mudslides near ancient site ADDS AP pix Haiti Situation 02:53 AP Clients Only REPLAY Residents complain of receiving no aid more than two weeks after quake B-u-l-l-e-t-i-n begins at 1830 GMT. APEX 01-29-10 1356EST -----------End of rundown----------- AP-APTN-1830: France Clinton 3 Friday, 29 January 2010 STORY:France Clinton 3- WRAP US Sec of State meets Sarkozy; addresses military school LENGTH: 02:36 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: AP/FRENCH POOL STORY NUMBER: 635172 DATELINE: Paris, January 29 2010 LENGTH: 02:36 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY FRENCH POOL - NO ACCESS FRANCE SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 1130 NEWS UPDATE, JANUARY 29 2010) 1. Wide of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodaham Clinton's car stopping 2. Tracking shot of Clinton getting out of car, walking up stairs of Elysee, being greeted by French President Sarkozy and waving 3. Ministers around table, pan from Clinton, to Sarkozy and (on his right) Bernard Kouchner, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (FIRST RUN 1730 NEWS UPDATE, JANUARY 2010) FRENCH POOL - NO ACCESS FRANCE 4. Clinton leaving the Elysee palace and saying goodbye to Sarkozy 5. Cutaway of honour guard 6. Clinton waves and walks down the steps of the Elysee Palace AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 7. Arrival of Clinton on the podium 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State: "We have repeatedly called on Russia to honour the terms of its ceasefire agreement with Georgia and we refuse to recognise Russia's claim of independence for Abkhazia and South Ossetia. More broadly, we object to any spheres of influence claimed in Europe in which one country seeks to control another's future. Our security depends upon nations being able to chose their own destiny." 9. Wide cutaway of Hillary Clinton 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State: "We will continue to station American troops in Europe, both to deter attacks and respond quickly if any occur. We are working with our allies to ensure that NATO has the plans it needs for responding to new and evolving contingencies. We are engaged in productive discussions with our European allies about building a new missile defence architecture that will defend all of NATO territory against ballistic missile attack." 11. Various of Clinton leaving STORYLINE: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday challenged Russia to cooperate with the Obama administration and with NATO to ensure European security against new threats such as terrorism, cyber attacks or natural disasters. Citing a wide array of differences between Washington and Moscow, Clinton called for Russia's leadership to drop its opposition to a European missile shield and its demands to renegotiate a Cold War-era treaty limiting the deployment of troops and conventional weapons on the continent. In a speech at France's Ecole Militaire in Paris, she said Europe should not be divided as it has been in the past and that Russian ambitions to maintain a zone of influence in former Soviet satellites, some of which are now NATO members or aspirants, were obsolete. "We object to any spheres of influence in Europe in which one country seeks to control another's future," she said, referring specifically to Georgia and territorial disputes over its enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. "We refuse to recognise Russia's claim of independence for Abkhazia and South Ossetia," she added. Russia has made several proposals on European security cooperation that some believe are aimed at limiting NATO's influence. But Clinton said security matters are best dealt with through existing frameworks. And all European nations should be eligible for NATO membership, she said, rejecting Russian objections to the expansion of the alliance toward its borders. Also key to European security and stability is the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, which Russia unilaterally suspended two years ago, she said. The treaty governs where and how many troops and conventional weapons can be stationed on European soil. Clinton said the United States and Russia are close to concluding a new START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) treaty to reduce the size of Cold War arsenals in both nations. The old treaty expired last year, but both nations say they will abide by it during talks on a new one. The threat behind the old START treaty - a nuclear war as an option by the governments of two well-armed nations - has changed, Clinton said. To combat that threat, she reiterated that the US was in favour of a missile shield for Europe, something that Russia has long resisted even after the Obama administration scrapped former President George W. Bush's plans for it. Clinton arrived in Paris after attending two days of conferences on Afghanistan and Yemen in London. At the meeting, she also stressed the necessity of punishing Iran for its failure to come clean about its nuclear intentions. 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 01-29-10 1345EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Afghanistan Fighting 3 Friday, 29 January 2010 STORY:Afghanistan Fighting 3- WRAP GRAPHIC NATO assists Afghan military in battle against insurgents; ADDS bodies LENGTH: 02:59 FIRST RUN: 1630 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Pashto/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 635162 DATELINE: Lashkar Gah - 29 jan 2010 LENGTH: 02:59 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 1130 NEWS UPDATE, JANUARY 29 2010 1. Bullets hitting building and smoke raising, AUDIO Gunshots 2. Various shots of Afghan National Army soldiers at the scene 3. Wide shot of Afghan police at the fighting scene 4. Various of British military vehicles driving to the scene 5. Various of helicopters flying overhead 6. Close up of military aircraft 7. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Haji Gul, local resident: "Ordinary people are tired of fighting all over Afghanistan. People are not happy with all this fighting. All the residents of this area had to leave their houses at 09:30 in the morning and go somewhere else." 8. Wide of Afghan and British soldiers firing bullets AUDIO gunshots 9. Mid of Afghan police vehicle driving along road 10. Close of military plane flying over head, AUDIO gunshots ++NEW (FIRST RUN 1630 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, JANUARY 29 2010) 11. Mid of Afghan police running towards the building, AUDIO gunshots 12. Afghan security forces waiting behind wall, AUDIO gunshots 13. Wide of Afghan security forces firing from rooftop 14. Mid of Afghan security forces behind wall 15. Mid of Afghan security forces treating a wounded Afghan security forces member 16. British soldiers taking cover behind wall 17. Wide shot of people in nearby street 18. Mid shot of smashed windows 19. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Abdul Satar, Deputy Governor of Helmand Province: "In total they were six attackers, two blew themselves up and the bodies of the rest of the attackers are still at the scene. Fortunately our operation finished successfully." 20. Various of cameraman ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 21. Various of Afghan security forces looking at attacker's body on ground 23. Mid shot of smashed windows 24. Mid of security forces walking along road STORYLINE: Afghan troops backed by NATO helicopter gunships repelled an attack on Friday by Taliban fighters armed with machine guns and suicide vests in the heart of a major city in southern Afghanistan, witnesses and officials said. Five Taliban fighters were killed and four government troopers were wounded during the assault on Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province. The assault occurred nearly two weeks after a similar attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul - part of a Taliban campaign to undermine public confidence in the government's ability to provide security. Provincial officials said the attack began about 10 a.m. (0530GMT) when the insurgents opened fire from a hotel under construction near an army barracks. NATO said the Afghan troops backed by attack helicopters had contained the gunmen in the vacant, four-story building. Fighting continued for more than seven hours as police said they believed five or six militants were holed up inside the building. "In total they were six attackers, two blew themselves up and the bodies of the rest of the attackers are still at the scene," Abdul Satar, Deputy Governor of Helmand Province said. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for Friday's attack, saying the Taliban had dispatched a team of seven men armed with suicide vests and machine guns to attack the local branch of the UN mission in Afghanistan and a guesthouse used by government officials in the city. Ahmadi said 20 foreigners had been killed and wounded, but Afghan officials said no deaths were reported on the pro-government side. Afghan forces sent reinforcements to the area after insurgents hiding in the vacant building opened fire at a nearby army barracks on the western edge of the city, NATO said in a statement. Two rockets also slammed into a nearby area as the fighting began about 10 a.m. (0530GMT), it said. The Taliban have attempted similar commando-style attacks in Kabul, most recently on January 18 when seven gunmen and suicide bombers were killed after a five-hour assault. Five Afghan civilians and security forces also died in that fighting. The brazen daylight attacks by a handful of determined militants dramatise the vulnerability of urban areas and undermine public confidence in Karzai's government and its US-led allies - even as the United States and its international partners are rushing 37,000 reinforcements to join the eight-year war. 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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair enters room and takes his seat before the Chilcot inquiry panel 2. Mid of Blair 3. Inquiry chairman, Sir John Chilcot, making introductory remarks (FIRST RUN 1030 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: "The primary consideration for me was to send an absolutely powerful, clear and unremitting message that after September the 11th, if you were a regime engaged in WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) you had to stop." 5. Wide of Blair and panel (FIRST RUN 1130 NEWS UPDATE - 29 JANUARY 2010) 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: (Q) Baroness Usha Prashar, Inquiry panel member: Do you think you gave him (then US President George W. Bush) any commitments? (at Crawford, Texas, meeting in April 2002) "The only commitment I gave, and I gave this very openly at the meeting, was a commitment to deal with Saddam. Now we can deal with it... (Q) Baroness Usha Prashar, Inquiry panel member: So you were at one that you had to deal with..? "Absolutely, and that wasn't a private commitment, that was a public commitment." (Q) Baroness Usha Prashar, Inquiry panel member: So you were agreed on the end but not on the means? "Well, we were agreed on both actually as it came to finally, but we were agreed that we had to confront this issue, that Saddam had to come back in compliance with the international community and, as I think I said in the press conference with President Bush, the method of doing that is open, and indeed he made the same point." (FIRST RUN 1430 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) 7. Wide of Blair and panel 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: "I would say that a large part of the destabilisation in the Middle East at the present time comes from Iran. The link between Iran having nuclear weapons capability and those types of terrorist organisations. It's the combination of that that makes them particularly dangerous, so you're absolutely right, Sir Martin (Gilbert) we were in a position back then where we were essentially saying to the Americans 'Look, Saddam and al-Qaida, it's two separate things,' but I always worried that at some point, these things would come together - not Saddam and al-Qaida simply, but the notion of states proliferating WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) and terrorist groups. I still think that is a major risk today." (FIRST RUN 1230 EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) 9. Wide of Blair and panel 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: "As I sometimes say to people this isn't about a lie, or a conspiracy or a deceit or a deception, it's a decision. And the decision I had to take was, given Saddam's history, given his use of chemical weapons, given the over one (m) million people whose deaths he had caused, given ten years of breaking UN resolutions, could we take the risk of this man reconstituting his weapons programmes, or is that a risk it would be irresponsible to take? And I formed the judgement, and it's a judgement in the end, it's a decision." (FIRST RUN 1530 NEWS UPDATE - 29 JANUARY 2010) 11. Wide of Blair and panel 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: "He (former British Attorney General Peter Goldsmith) wasn't alone in international law in coming to that conclusion, for very obvious reasons. Because as I say if you read the words in 1441 it's pretty clear this was Saddam's last chance. So that's what he had to do, he did it, as I say anybody who knows Peter knows he would not have done it unless he had believed in it, and thought that was the correct thing to do. And that was, for us and for our armed forces, that was sufficient." (FIRST RUN 1630 EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) 13. Wide of Blair and panel 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: "I also sent Jack (then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw) to talk to the Iranians. The very big lesson in this for me is that we tried with the Iranians, tried very hard to reach out and to, in a sense, make an agreement with them, to give them a strong indication that it wasn't, the American forces were not there having done Iraq to move through to Iran or any of the rest of it and one of the most disappointing, but also I think the most telling aspects of this, is that the Iranians, whatever they said from the beginning, were a major destabilising factor in this situation and quite deliberately." 15. Wide of panel and Blair 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: "People did not believe that you would have al-Qaida coming in from outside and people did not believe that you would end up in the situation where Iran, once, as it were, the threat of Saddam was removed from them, would then try to deliberately to destabilise the country, but that's what they did." (FIRST RUN 1730 NEWS UPDATE - 29 JANUARY 2010) 17. Wide of Blair and panel 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, Former British Prime Minister: "But if I'm asked whether I believe we are safer, more secure, that Iraq is better but our own security is better with Saddam and his two sons out of power, and out of office than in office, I believe indeed that we are. And I think in time to come, if Iraq becomes as I hope and believe that it will, the country that its people want to see, then we can look back and in particular our armed forces can look back, with an immense sense of pride and achievement, in what they did." (Q: And no regrets?) "Responsibility, but not a regret for removing Saddam Hussein. I think he was ... (member of gallery calls out: "come on, regret it man") I think that he was a monster, I believe he threatened not just the region but the world, and in the circumstances that we faced then but I think even if you look back now, it was better to deal with this threat, to deal with it, to remove him from office, and I do genuinely believe that the world is safer as a result." 19. Inquiry chairman Sir John Chilcot closing the session 20. Blair and panel members standing up and leaving STORYLINE: An unrepentant Tony Blair defended his decision to join the United States in attacking Iraq, arguing on Friday before a British panel investigating the war that the September 11, 2001 attacks made the threat of weapons of mass destruction impossible to ignore. The former British prime minister said he reflected every day on the decision to go to war - a decision that haunts his legacy. He said he felt "responsibility, but not a regret for removing (Iraqi leader) Saddam Hussein." "I think he was a monster, I believe he threatened not just the region but the world ... and I do genuinely believe that the world is safer as a result," Blair said the end of six hours of questioning before a sweeping inquiry into the war. Blair said the September 11 attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States, changed everything. "The primary consideration for me was to send an absolutely powerful, clear and unremitting message that after September the 11th, if you were a regime engaged in WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) you had to stop," Blair said. The panel in London is Britain's third and widest-ranging investigation into the Iraq conflict, which triggered huge protests and left 179 British troops dead. The British military withdrew from Iraq last year. The probe is not intended to apportion blame or hold anyone liable for the war. But it could embarrass American and British officials who argued - wrongly - the war was justified because the Iraqi dictator was developing weapons of mass destruction and building ties with al-Qaida. Blair appeared sombre and tense as he began his scheduled six hours of testimony. He grew feistier as the day went on, gesturing, smiling and, at times, correcting what he saw as flawed questions from panel members. The audience in the hearing room included family members of soldiers and civilians killed or missing in Iraq. The five-member panel pressed Blair on when exactly he offered President George W. Bush support for an invasion. Earlier witnesses claimed he promised it in 2002, more than a year before Britain's Parliament approved military action. The former British ambassador to Washington, Christopher Meyer, told an earlier hearing that an agreement had been "signed in blood" by Bush and Blair during a meeting at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, in April 2002. "The only commitment I gave, and I gave this very openly at the meeting, was a commitment to deal with Saddam," Blair said. He told the panel that military options were discussed, but insisted he told Bush that Britain wanted to exhaust diplomatic routes before an invasion of Iraq was considered. Blair was questioned about the legality of the 2003 invasion. Two days ago, Blair's top legal adviser told the panel that he believed at first that it would be illegal for Britain to join in the invasion of Iraq but ultimately changed his mind. Peter Goldsmith, who was attorney-general and the government's chief legal adviser from 2001 until 2007, told the inquiry that he first thought a second United Nations Security Council resolution was necessary to ensure any invasion's legality. The Security Council's Resolution 1441 in November 2002 had led to weapons inspectors returning to Iraq. Goldsmith's ultimate decision that the invasion was legal paved the way for Britain's House of Commons vote which led to British participation in the invasion. Critics have suggested Goldsmith changed his advice under political pressure, which he told the panel was "utter nonsense." Blair said Goldsmith "wasn't alone in international law" in concluding that the invasion was legal. "Because if you read the words in 1441 it's pretty clear this was Saddam's last chance .... Anybody who knows Peter knows he would not have done it unless he had believed in it, and thought that was the correct thing to do. And that was, for us and for our armed forces, that was sufficient," Blair added. While Blair offered little contrition, he conceded that errors were made both before and after the war. He said planners believed post-war challenges would centre on humanitarian needs, fallout from the use of chemical weapons and defending Iraq's oil fields. Instead, the occupying powers faced an infrastructure in collapse and a fierce sectarian insurgency. Blair was highly critical of Iran, telling the panel that people did not believe that Iran, once the threat of Saddam was removed from them, would then try to destabilise the country. "I think the most telling aspect of this, is that the Iranians, whatever they said from the beginning, were a major destabilising factor in this situation and quite deliberately." Blair repeatedly raised the current nuclear threat from Iran in his testimony, warning that modern leaders must soon take similar tough choices to those once faced on Iraq to deal with Tehran's nuclear programme. "A large part of the destabilisation in the Middle East today comes from Iran," Blair told the panel. Iran says its nuclear programme is peaceful, meant to produce power for its growing population, but the United States, Britain and others believe it aims to produce nuclear weapons. 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APTN APEX 01-29-10 1510EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: +UK Irq Protests 3 Friday, 29 January 2010 STORY:+UK Irq Protests 3- NEW Protest as Blair testifies before Iraq war inquiry ADDS more LENGTH: 02:59 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: Part No UK/CNNi/RTE/Al Jazeera English TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/SKY STORY NUMBER: 635174 DATELINE: London - 29 Jan 2010 LENGTH: 02:59 SKY - NO ACCESS UK/RTE/CNNI/AL JAZEERA ENGLISH AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST (FIRST RUN 1130 NEWS UPDATE - 29 JANUARY 2010) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 1. Various of Naming of the Dead ceremony by Stop the War campaign 2. British Actor Samuel West walking to podium to read names during ceremony 3. Cutaway of protesters 4. Samuel West reading names and then walking off podium 5. Protesters dressed as judges holding placards 6. Close-up of placards showing photographs of killed Iraqis 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samuel West, Actor and Supporter of Stop The War Campaign: "I find it extraordinary that a man who saw one-and-a-half (m) million people march past his office could go to war with no more justification than that he thought that he was doing the right thing. Every war criminal in history has said the same thing." 8. Various of protester wearing Tony Blair mask standing inside makeshift prison cell 9. Wide of protesters chanting (FIRST RUN 1430 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 10. Teresa Evans walking out at end of morning session of inquiry 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Teresa Evans, public witness at inquiry and mother of Lance Bombardier Llewelyn Evans who was killed in Iraq: "I'm really disgusted in him, the way that he spoke, the way that everything... And I don't see why we had to go to all these different wars. At the end of the day it's just for money, oil and everything." 12. Close-up of medals on Evans' chest 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) James Craw, public witness at inquiry and father of Lance Corporal Andrew Craw who was killed in Iraq: "I think it was all rehearsed, I think it was all rehearsed. He was answering questions before the questions was put to him." 14. Close-up of Gerald Cartwright whose son was killed in Iraq, tilt down to T-shirt with face of his son James printed on it 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gerald Cartwright, father of British serviceman James Cartwright, who was killed in Iraq: "I'd go as far as saying he's a traitor to his, he's a traitor to his country, to his soldiers. And he won't be brought to justice, he's not, you know, he's not going to pay for it." 16. Close-up of James Cartwright's identification tags hanging around his father's neck ++NEW (FIRST RUN 1830 NORTH AMERICA PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) SKY - NO ACCESS UK/RTE/CNNI/AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 17. Wide of protesters outside inquiry building, protester jumping over barrier 18. Police talking to protester 19. Pan of police taking protester away STORYLINE About 150 protesters demonstrated outside the building where the Iraq Inquiry was taking place on Friday as former British Prime Minister Tony Blair made his eagerly awaited appearance. Rows of police monitored the demonstrators as they chanted anti-war slogans and held a Naming of the Dead ceremony. Blair arrived before 0700 GMT, some two hours early, at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London where the inquiry is based. He avoided the protesters by entering the building through a cordoned-off rear entrance. British actor Samuel West, who supports the Stop The War campaign, joined a number of celebrities to read out names of those killed in Iraq. He said Tony Blair needed to be held accountable. "I find it extraordinary that a man who saw one-and-a-half (m) million people march past his office could go to war with no more justification than that he thought that he was doing the right thing. Every war criminal in history has said the same thing," he said. Some of those in the audience at the inquiry were family members of soldiers and civilians killed or missing in Iraq. After the morning session was over, many of them were angry about Blair's performance. "I'm really disgusted in him, the way that he spoke," said Teresa Evans from north Wales, whose son Lance Bombadier Llewelyn Evans was killed. Others accused Blair of sounding "rehearsed." Gerald Cartwright, whose son James died in Iraq, said Blair was a "traitor to his country, to his soldiers." "He won't be brought to justice... he's not going to pay for it," said Cartwright, who was protesting outside but was not attending the inquiry. Cartwright said his son was killed one month before the end of his tour of duty, aged 21. The protesters stayed outside the building all day and were still chanting slogans when Blair finished testifying hours later. "Tony, Tony you can't hide - we charge you with genocide," they shouted from behind police barriers. One protester jumped over the barrier and was confronted by police. He was dragged away by police officers shortly afterwards. In his evidence to the inquiry, Blair defended his decision to join the United States in attacking Iraq, arguing that the September 11, 2001 attacks made the threat of weapons of mass destruction impossible to ignore. Blair said he reflected every day on the decision to go to war and that he felt responsibility but "no regret" for removing Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. He acknowledged that the decision to join the war - which led to the largest public protests in a generation in London - had met with opposition in the country, and in his own Cabinet. This is Britain's third and widest-ranging investigation of the conflict, which triggered huge protests and left 179 British troops dead. The British military withdrew from Iraq last year. 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APTN APEX 01-29-10 1425EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: ++US Abortion Friday, 29 January 2010 STORY:++US Abortion- NEW Man who said he killed a prominent abortion provider convicted LENGTH: 03:27 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: POOL STORY NUMBER: 635173 DATELINE: Wichita - 29 Jan 2010 LENGTH: 03:27 POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA/ INTERNET SHOTLIST: POOL - AP Clients Only Wichita, Kansas- 29 January 2010 1. Close-up of Scott Roeder as verdict is read out 2. UPSOUND: (English) court clerk reading jury's decision: "In the case of Kansas versus Scott Roeder, case 09CR1462, we the jury find the defendant Scott Roeder guilty of the crime of first degree murder. On count 2, we the jury find the defendant Scott Roeder guilty of the crime aggravated assault of Gary Hoepner. Count 3, we the jury find the defendant Scott Roeder guilty of the crime of aggravated assault of Keith Martin, signed by the presiding juror, dated this 29th day of January 2010 at 10:34 am." 3. Pan to jury 4. Close up of Roeder while jurors affirm their verdict ABC - No Access North America/ Internet Wichita, Kansas - May 31, 2009 5. Wide of church 6. Mid shot of church sign 7. Mid shot of church entrance, pushes in and pans as body is wheeled out 8. Close up of sign at Tiller's clinic 9. Wide of clinic with police car in foreground AP PHOTOS - No Access Canada/For Broadcast use only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile 10. STILL of George Tiller POOL - AP Clients Only Wichita, Kansas - 28 January 2010 11. UPSOUND: (English) Scott Roeder, Suspect: Question: "On May 31st 2009, did you go to the Reformation Church to shoot and kill George Tiller? Roeder: Yes." AP PHOTOS - No Access Canada/For Broadcast use only - Strictly No Access Online or Mobile 12. STILL of George Tiller POOL-AP Clients Only Wichita, Kansas - 29 January 2010 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ann Swegle, prosecution lawyer: "He plotted, he planned it, he carried out a planned assassination and there can be no other verdict in this case. Based on the law that you have been given and the clear evidence that you have received other than guilty and we will ask that you return such a verdict." 14. Wide shot defence attorney Mark Rudy walking to stand 15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Rudy, defence lawyer: "The state as well as Scott Roeder proved you that he killed Dr. George Tiller; but only you collectively can determine if he murdered George Tiller. No defendant should ever be convicted based upon his convictions. We ask you not to convict the defendant, we're going to ask you to acquit Scott Roeder of first degree murder." POOL (via Kansas Court)- AP Clients Only Wichita, Kansas - 31 May 2009 16. Police dash camera video of Roeder with his hands up getting on his knees 17. Roeder being handcuffed and taken away by police STORYLINE: Jurors swiftly convicted an abortion opponent of murder on Friday for shooting dead one of the only doctors to offer late-term abortions in the US, a killing the gunman claimed was justified to save the lives of unborn children. The jury deliberated for just 37 minutes before finding Scott Roeder, 51, of Kansas City, Missouri, guilty of premeditated, first-degree murder for putting a gun to the forehead of Dr. George Tiller on 31 May 2009 and pulling the trigger. Defence lawyer Mark Rudy described his case as helpless and hopeless. Roeder faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years when he is sentenced March 9. Prosecutor Nola Foulston said she would pursue a so-called "Hard 50" sentence, which would require Roeder to serve at least 50 years before he can be considered for parole. Tiller's widow, Jeanne, and the rest of the family quickly exited the courtroom after the verdict. In a statement, Jeanne Tiller said "once again, a Sedgwick County jury has reached a just verdict." The family said it wanted Tiller to be "remembered for his legacy of service to women, the help he provided for those who needed it and the love and happiness he provided us as a husband, father and grandfather." Roeder had confessed publicly before the trial and admitted again on the witness stand that he shot Tiller in the foyer of the Wichita church where the doctor was serving as an usher. He testified he felt the lives of unborn children were in "immediate danger" because of Tiller. During closing arguments earlier on Friday, Rudy urged the jury to reject the murder charge, saying, "no one should be convicted based on his convictions." Rudy mentioned leaders who stood up for their beliefs, including Martin Luther King Jr. Prosecutor Ann Swegle told jurors to use their "common sense" when deliberating and find Roeder guilty based not only on the state's case but also on Roeder's own testimony in which he described how he killed Tiller in a "planned assassination." "There could be no other verdict in this case," she said. Roeder also was convicted of aggravated assault for pointing a gun at two ushers at Tiller's church after the shooting. Roeder's lawyers were hoping to get a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter for Roeder, a defence that would have required them to show that Roeder had an unreasonable but honest belief that deadly force was justified. Tiller's Wichita clinic was the focus of many protests and had been under investigation by a former state district attorney who accused the doctor of skirting Kansas' abortion laws. Roeder was the sole defence witness after the judge barred testimony from two state prosecutors whom the defence subpoenaed in a bid to show Roeder believed Tiller was performing unlawful abortions and was frustrated charges against the doctor had been dismissed in one case. Roeder testified on Thursday that he considered elaborate schemes to stop the doctor, including chopping off his hands, crashing a car into him or sneaking into his home to kill him. Roeder said he went to Reformation Lutheran Church on three other occasions to kill Tiller: once the evening before and once the week before Tiller was shot, and once in 2008, but Tiller was not at the church on those occasions. But in the end, Roeder told jurors, the easiest way was to walk into Tiller's church, put a gun to the doctor's forehead and pull the trigger. Prosecutors were careful during the first few days of testimony to avoid the subject of abortion and to focus on the specifics of the shooting. Wilbert said he did not want the trial to become a debate on abortion, but he did allow Roeder to discuss his views on the subject because his lawyers said they were integral to their case. 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 01-29-10 1358EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: +Peru Tourists 2 Friday, 29 January 2010 STORY:+Peru Tourists 2- WRAP Tourists rescued after mudslides near ancient site ADDS AP pix LENGTH: 02:42 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: Pt No Access Peru TYPE: Spanish/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/CH 9 STORY NUMBER: 635187 DATELINE: Various - 28/29 Jan 2010 LENGTH: 02:42 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY CHANNEL 9 - NO ACCESS PERU SHOTLIST: ++NEW (FIRST RUN 1830 NORTH AMERICA PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) AP Television - AP Clients Only Machu Picchu, Peru - January 29, 2010 1. Wide of helicopter and tourists at landing site 2. Travelling shot following tourists to helicopter 3. Low shot of workers unloading supplies from helicopter 4. Evacuees getting on helicopter 5. Wide of helicopter 6. Wide of tourists lined up waiting for evacuation ++NEW (FIRST RUN 1830 NORTH AMERICA PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) AP Television - AP Clients Only Aguas Calientes, Peru - January 29, 2010 7. Wide of town and Peruvians gathered around campfire, zoom in on tourists 8. Mid of tourists following train path 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gustavo Ercole, Argentine Tourist: "There is no one else. We are the last ones coming down. There are only a few workers from the hotel left." 10. Tourists looking at floodwaters 11. Various of people walking along train tracks 12. Tilt up tourist walking on tracks ++NEW (FIRST RUN 1830 NORTH AMERICA PRIME NEWS - 29 JANUARY 2010) AP Television - AP Clients Only Machu Picchu, Peru - January 29, 2010 13. Various of Machu Picchu ruins 14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Augusto Zuniga, Park Ranger: "Here in the Machu Picchu National Park there are no more tourists." 15. Pull out from Alpacas to show ruins 16. Helicopter, pulls out to show alpacas 17. Alpaca grazing with Machu Picchu in background (FIRST RUN 1730 NEWS UPDATE - 29 JANUARY 2010) Channel 9 - No Access Peru Aguas Calientes, Peru - 28 January 2010 18. Santa Teresa river 19. Travelling shot of river 20. Mid of road washed out by river 21. Wide of river 22. Zoom out of river 23. Pan from river to lodgings STORYLINE: Authorities rushed to evacuate the last tourists stranded near Machu Picchu by mudslides and flooding that could leave the fabled Inca citadel closed for weeks. Fewer than 800 tourists were still waiting on Friday for a helicopter ride from this Peruvian village outside the famous ruins that are perched on an Andean mountain ridge at 8,000 feet (2,400 meters). Peruvian Tourism Minister Martin Perez said the remaining tourists, mostly in their 20s and early 30s, could be evacuated on Friday if the weather holds. Flights began as the sun rose to a clear sky over the shaggy, green Andean peaks. "There is no one else. We are the last ones coming down. There are only a few workers from the hotel left," said Argentine tourist Gustavo Ercole as he hiked to town from the ruins. Authorities said Machu Picchu will remain closed for weeks until the government can repair highway and railroad tracks washed out by mudslides and the raging Urubamba River. "Here in the Machu Picchu National Park there are no more tourists," said park ranger Augusto Zuniga. Authorities have evacuated 2,542 travellers so far since heavy rains on January 24 caused mudslides that blocked the only land route in and out of the Machu Picchu area. The hordes of outsiders caught in Machu Picchu Pueblo, a town of 4,000 people, strained food and water supplies. Hotels overflowed, and travellers grew frustrated over chaotic relief efforts, price-gouging and scarce food. Many were left to eat from communal pots and sleep outdoors. Authorities closed the Inca trail, a popular four-day trek that ends in Machu Picchu, after a mudslide killed two people on Tuesday. The trail also is likely to remain closed for weeks, and is seldom used at the height of the area's rainy season in February. Rescue efforts have been complicated by bad weather and terrain, the village is wedged between a sheer, verdant mountainside and the Urubamba River. Rain prevented helicopters from landing in the town until after midday both on Tuesday and Wednesday, but skies have been clear ever since. Evacuations were conducted by age, oldest and youngest first. The last middle-aged tourists left on Thursday from a makeshift helicopter clearing, as younger backpackers played football with locals and lent a hand stacking sandbags and clearing train tracks. When mudslides on Sunday destroyed the railway, many hotels and restaurants raised prices exorbitantly. Tourists who could afford to paid the higher rates, while others spent days sleeping in train cars and waiting for delayed food shipments. 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APTN APEX 01-29-10 1422EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Haiti Situation Friday, 29 January 2010 STORY:Haiti Situation- REPLAY Residents complain of receiving no aid more than two weeks after quake LENGTH: 02:53 FIRST RUN: 1630 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 635151 DATELINE: Port-au-Prince - 29 Jan 2010 LENGTH: 02:53 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: 1. Wide Vale Boudon neighbourhood 2. Tilt up destroyed homes 3. Close on makeshift shack 4. Medium of makeshift shacks 5. Makeshift shacks 6. Various people in shantytown 7. SOUNDBITE (Creole): Thomas Brutus, resident: "I have stayed, but I lost my home and everything else, so I made this little house, even though I know its dangerous. We have been here for 14 days and have received no help." 8. Wide makeshift homes with destroyed houses in background 9. Medium clothesline with laundry 10. Wide women washing clothes in stream 11. Medium woman doing wash in stream 12. Tight woman doing wash 13. Tight sign "Vale Boudon, we need help" 14. Wide hundreds of demonstrators cheering U.S. soldiers 15. Medium demonstrators cheering soldiers 16. Tight U.S. soldiers 17. Wide convoy of US soldiers in Humvees 18. Wide Haitians fighting over goods 19. Medium looters fighting 20. Various of looting 21. Various of Haitians cheering US soldiers STORYLINE: More than two weeks after the devastating Haiti earthquake, some 3,000 residents of Port-au-Prince's Vale Boudon neighbourhood have yet to receive any assistance. The hillside neighbourhood was almost totally destroyed, and is dangerously unstable, according to locals. But residents, with nowhere else to go, have been building makeshift homes next to their destroyed houses, digging through the rubble to recover a few meagre possessions. Many say they are bitter because neither the government, nor international aid agencies, have delivered any help. Thomas Brutus lives perched precariously on the debris-strewn hillside in a makeshift shack made from the remains of destroyed homes. "I have stayed, but I lost my home and everything else, so I made this little house, even though I know it's dangerous, " he said. "We have been here for 14 days and have received no help." Many residents say they remain in the area to salvage a few possessions, and to protect their interests in the small plots of land on which their homes once stood. Hundreds of demonstrators near the downtown commercial centre of the destroyed city protested against police reaction to continued looting in the area. The protestors yelled "Viva US military" as a US patrol from the 82nd Airborne walked down a street in the sacked commercial district. Looters continue to roam through the downtown commercial district, carting off goods from the interiors of damaged businesses. Organised looting has continued unabated since the earthquake struck on 12 January. Neither the Haitian police. nor the US military have been able to control the thieves. Doctors and aid workers were said to be running dangerously low of supplies in Haiti, complicating efforts to treat 200,000 people in need of post-surgery care following the earthquake and increasing the potential of many more deaths due to infection and disease. Elisabeth Byrs of the UN's humanitarian coordination office said on Friday in Geneva that doctors were warning of a looming public health calamity as earthquake survivors with untreated injuries failed to get proper attention. She said poor sanitation could also kill as tens of thousands of Haitians were living in squalid camps with limited water. 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