Monitoring Report I=Interview; GR=Graphic; PC=Press Conference; R=Reader; SI=Studio Interview; T=Teaser; TZ=Teased Segment; V=Visual CDC 09/11 to 11/01 1. Nightline ABC Network National 10/12/2001 11:35 - 12:05 am Estimated Audience: 4,997,900 15.37 TZ; More Terrorism. They continue their discussion about anthrax and bioterrorism. SI; Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, CDC Director, says they received a call from the New York City Health Department involving the NBC employee. Koplan says the woman was exposed to the contents of an ill intentioned letter and developed a skin rash and lesion. Koplan says the amount of powder matters when trying to determine if it is anthrax. Koplan says the health agencies have a done a good job in determining the cases quickly. Koplan says there is no reason for anyone to get a nasal swab at this time. 21.42 2. Good Morning America ABC Network National 10/15/2001 7:00 - 8:00 am Estimated Audience: 4,660,780 08.23 TZ; Anthrax. America was preparing for an anthrax attack. Everybody at NBC wants to be tested. SI; Dr. Stephen Ostroff, CDC, says we know that anthrax doesn't widely disperse itself. Ostroff says they've been very precautionary, gathering info & testing everybody that was on the floor where the letter may have been present. GR; Photos of anthrax cases. GR; Inhalation Anthrax. 13.04 3. Good Morning America ABC Network National 10/16/2001 7:00 - 8:00 am Estimated Audience: 4,660,780 14.50 TZ; Anthrax Analysis. Anthrax is hitting the nation, not just ABC. SI; Dr. Stephen Ostroff, CDC, says an anthrax spore may last for some period of time once they settle on a surface. Ostroff says this was a very focused event in his belief. Everything being done now is precautionary. Ernesto Blanco worked in the mail room at the AMI building. He has been diagnosed with full blown anthrax. 18.30 30.55 TZ; Children & Anthrax. Dr. Stephen Ostroff of the CDC & Dr. Tom Johnson weigh in on kids & anthrax. SI; Dr. Stephen Ostroff, CDC, says we don't know a lot about children & anthrax. GR; Photos of people with anthrax. SI; Dr. Tim Johnson, ABC News, says any break in the skin can become infected. Cipro is the antibiotic used to treat anthrax. 35.34 Video Monitoring Services of America, LP 1066 National Press Building, Washington, DC 20045 T 202 393 7110 Note: Unless otherwise noted, the above VMS news segment summaries are derived from off-air tape. Shaded segments were previously sent in closed captioning format. For videocassettes or transcripts of any of the above segments, contact your nearest VMS office. © Copyright 2001 Video Monitoring Services of America, LP. All rights reserved. Page 2 CDC 09/11 to 11/01 Continued 4. World News Tonight ABC Network National 10/17/2001 6:30 - 7:00 pm Estimated Audience: 10,661,850 03.38 New York City. There was another anthrax incident in New York City today, in the New York City office of New York Governor Pataki. SB; George Pataki, New York Governor, says that one of tests came back positive for anthrax being present. Health officials suggested Pataki and his staff take Cipro. Officials say that anthrax spores were found in the ventilation system of the NBC office. NBC says that no one else has tested for anthrax. I; Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Centers for Disease Control, says that the anthrax does not die, it just does not get stirred up enough once settled to pose a threat. SB; Tom Brokaw, NBC, says the FBI and Health Officials tried to discourage his assistant and her husband from thinking they had anthrax. The Anthrax tests at ABC are still not complete. Brian Ross reporting. 05.51 5. Nightline ABC Network National 10/17/2001 11:35 - 12:05 am Estimated Audience: 4,997,900 01.16 TZ; Anthrax Scares. The House of Representatives will be closed tomorrow because of an anthrax scare. The Senate will be in session, but most staff will not be working and most offices will be closed. The Centers for Disease Control has reported that the anthrax spores found in Florida appears to match the strain of the anthrax in New York. SI; Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, says David Flemming of the CDC has made this finding of the matching strains. Thompson says Flemming also said the anthrax in New York, Florida, and Washington were sensitive to antibiotics and can be treated with Cipro, Penicillin, and Dioxycyclin(?). Thompson says there has to be some sort of connection for the matching anthrax spores but it may not come from the same individual or groups, and the FBI will determine that. V; Capitol Building. V; Scenes from a Senate Hearing with Tommy Thompson. V; Clip from "Good Morning America", from ABC News. SB; Linda Douglass, ABC News, Capitol Hill, says they are being told that about 20 members of Tom Daschle's staff have tested positive for anthrax. PC; Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, says anthrax was in the ventilation system and found in the mail-room in the Senate. I; Chris Shayes, says the Speaker has said a few dozen of Daschle's staff has contracted anthrax. I; Rep. Constance Morella, Maryland, says everyone was quite when anthrax was mentioned. SB; Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut, says they have just received a request from Sen. Daschle to recess this hearing. PC; Sen. Tom Daschle, says in the Hart office building, 31 people have had positive nasal swabs. Morella says they will no longer take things for granted. Daschle says the Senate will not shut down. PC; Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, says they will close their offices. I; Rep. J.C. Watts Jr., Oklahoma, says there is a difference in being symbolic compared to stupid. Shayes says they should go building by building. V; Clip from MSNBC News. SB; Rep. Paul Wellstone, Minnesota, says they need more clarity from the Administration about how they are going to get the food to the people in Afghanistan. I; Jerri Clayton, Tourist, says it is amazing how accessible the Capitol is even after these events. John Donvan reporting from Washington. 12.58 Video Monitoring Services of America, LP 1066 National Press Building, Washington, DC 20045 T 202 393 7110 Note: Unless otherwise noted, the above VMS news segment summaries are derived from off-air tape. Shaded segments were previously sent in closed captioning format. For videocassettes or transcripts of any of the above segments, contact your nearest VMS office. © Copyright 2001 Video Monitoring Services of America, LP. All rights reserved. Page 3 CDC 09/11 to 11/01 Continued 6. World News Tonight ABC Network National 10/18/2001 6:30 - 7:00 pm Estimated Audience: 10,661,850 00.50 TZ; Important Clue in Anthrax. > 7 people in the country now have anthrax and are being treated for it. GR; United States Map; Anthrax; New York, cases: 3, exposure: 3; New Jersey, cases: 2; Wash., DC, exposures: 31; Florida, cases: 3, exposures: 6. Anthrax has now turned up at all 3 of the major television networks today it was CBS. > Anthrax showed up at CBS and to the assistant to anchorman Dan Rather, according to CBS News president Andrew Hayward. PC; Andrew Hayward, CBS News president, says there was a little irritation on the assistance's skin, she was tested and the test came back positive. No one at CBS recalled a threatening letter or any tell-tale powder. PC; Dan Rather, CBS News anchor, says that the facts sort of shout that someone did not wish them well. V; NYPD and FDNY at CBS newsroom. PC; Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Centers for Disease Control, says that the risk currently in the building is essentially neglegdgable. > The second set of anthrax cases announced today involved two New Jersey postal workers. V; Postal truck. One at the main mail sorting facility in Trento, New Jersey. V; Mail sorting facility in Trenton, New Jersey. The other was involving a female letter carrier in the West Trenton area. PC; Eddy Bresnitz, New Jersey Asst. Commissioner of Health, says the test were positive and both individuals were notified and they are doing well. The route of the female letter carrier and the mailboxes she serves in a residential area along the Delaware River are now important leads as to where the anthrax letters may have actually originated. Brian Ross, reporting. > The government is offering a big reward in urgency of finding out of who is doing it. PC; unknown man, says they are the FBI are offering a reward up to $1 million. Anthrax mixed in powder form is extremely portable, easily concealed, and it is hard to trace it origins. I; Kyle Olson, consultant, says a person can just about bring it in, in any way, shape, or form, and it is still going to be good for them. V; secret laboratory in Nevada. V; copy of envelop addressed to Tom Brokaw. As of now investigators disagree on whether the writer is from the U.S. or abroad. Sources say the analysis is slow on handwriting and ink testing, for Daschle's letter because it is so contaminated with anthrax and still a health risk. V; United States Postal Office, Washington D.C. The U.S. Postal service will look for a florescent mark on the envelopes. Placed there when the envelopes were postmarked. PC: Tony Esposito, postal inspector, says it will tell them what time the article of mail was processed, what machine processed it, and on what day it was processed.