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Event Date(s): 11/07/2001 | Event Location(s): Afghanistan;Islamabad, Pakistan;Washington, DC;Virginia;New York City, New York;New Jersey;Chicago, Illinois; | Description: 05:00:00 MSNBC Special: America Strikes Back anchored by Alex Witt. 05:01:05 Witt previews the latest headline news. 05:02:00 Witt is joined live from Washington, DC (studio) by NBC News correspondent Rob Morrison who reports on the calling of US Army reservists, mainly for homeland defense. Medium shot at night US troops unloading gear from back of truck. Rear shot of Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai walking in courtyard. Medium shot blue sky with US bombers seen in high altitude flight. Morrison also reports on the US military operations in Afghanistan. Wideshot mountain area in Afghanistan with large explosions seen from US dropped bombs. File footage of daisy cutter bomb exploding in jungle area. Clip from Pentagon press conference with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld commenting on the latest Osama bin Laden video message. Video of US Special Forces training daytime, rappelling from helicopter, walking on deck of ship with weapons drawn. 05:04:51 Witt is joined live from Islamabad, Pakistan by NBC News correspondent Kiko Itasaka reporting on the diplomatic visit to the West by Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf. Medium shot Musharraf speaking at presser. Medium shot of anti-US demonstrations in Pakistan. Medium shot protestors with signs and placards in streets. Medium and wide shot of Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef and his aides at presser. 05:07:40 Witt introduces a package with NBC News correspondent Campbell Brown reporting reports on President George W Bush's warning that fugitive terrorist Osama bin Laden may be seeking Nuclear Weapons. Panning shot of European leaders seated at a table in Warsaw, Poland. (White House Video) President Bush during a speech. Panning shot of leaders seated at a table watching President Bush during a televised satellite speech. (White House Video) President Bush states during speech"we will not wait for more innocent deaths. We will not wait for the authors of mass murder to gain the weapons of mass destruction." Panning shot of leaders seated. United States troops walking. President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac walk beside one another. President Bush and Chirac walk to a podium. Zoom out shot of rubble and debris. President Bush states during press conference"over time it's going to be important for nations to know that they will be held accountable for inactivity." Panning shot of President Bush and his cabinet members including Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. President Bush speaks (audio unheard) using a bullhorn as he stands next to a New York fire fighter. Low level shot of a military plane taking off from an aircraft carrier. President Bushand Chirac shake hands with one another. Bombs hit targets. Most wanted posters including image of bin Laden. Brown reports and closes on camera. 05:09:30 Witt is joined live from Washington, DC by Defense Analyst Ted Warner. Warner discusses President Bush's efforts to rally support from allies across the globe. Medium shot outside White House after press conference, President Bush and French President Chirac smiling and walking away from podium. Warner comments on Pakistan as an unstable ally. Graphic map of Afghan region. Clip from Pentagon press conference with US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld commenting on the Northern Alliance. Various shots of Northern Alliance troops outside daytime. Wideshot of Northern Alliance General Rashid Dostum walking by soldiers, color guard flags flying behind him. 05:16:17 Witt is joined live in studio by NBC News correspondent Jeannie Ohm reporting on the election race for Mayor of New York City. Medium shot of Republican candidate (and winner) Michael Bloomberg speaking at podium during victory rally, beside him are NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and New York Governor George Pataki. Medium shot Democrat candidate Mark Green on rally floor smiling and waving. Medium shot Bloomberg and Giuliani walking into press briefing. Medium shot Bloomberg campaigning in a McDonald's fast-food restaurant and picking up and holding a baby. Bloomberg shaking hands with constituents. Medium shot Green making concession speech. Medium shot Bloomberg making victory speech. Medium shot of newly elected New Jersey Democrat Governor Jim McGreevey at podium during victory rally. Medium shot Democrat Governor of Virginia Mark Warner making victory speech. 05:19:11 Witt previews the latest headline news. 05:19:40 Witt introduces a package with NBC News corespondent Lisa Myers reporting reports on airline security. Zoom out shot of passengers on line at a security checkpoint line. Airport security being searched using a hand wand. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle states during a press conference that what this tell me about the company is that they need to be fired across the board, I can't imagine we ought to employ them anywhere. Shot of an Argenbright Security patch. Map of the United states with header"Argenbright Security Airports" and"New York, Washington, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle" highlighted. Inset shot of a woman checking a piece of luggage with supers"$1.55 Million In Penalties, Falsifying Training, Falsifying Background Checks and Hiring Convicted Felons." United States Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania Patrick Meehan states during interview what we found was serious felons were hired and multiple people who had been involved with drugs. Department of Justice emblem with Argenbright Security emblem over documents with supers"an astonishing pattern of crimes that potentially jeopardized public safety." Images from an x-ray machine. Low level shot of a piece of luggage passing through an x-ray machine. Zoom out shot of a person being searched as emergency personnel stands nearby. Republican Arizona Senator John McCain states during an interview that perhaps the most alarming thing about this companies operations is that there seems to be no apparent upgrade in their operations. People at a ticket counter. Luggage moves on a conveyor belt. Screeners look through luggage. Republican Kentucky Representative Harold Rogers states that these are the people that are checking for terrorist. Zoom in shot of a sign reading"Argenbright Holdings Limited." People walk through an x-ray machine. NBC News correspondent Lisa Myers reports and closes on camera. 05:24:40 Graphic of Dow Jones and Wall Street figures. 05:24:50 Witt is joined live from the CNBC studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey by CNBC's Pat Bolland. Bolland reports on the latest financial news. Graphic header"Asian Markets";"European Markets". Daytime exterior of General Motors Metal Fabricating Division plant. Wideshot of plant exteriors.