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What's on Tap for D.C. Today?

Aired September 26, 2002 - 06:09   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The fireworks between Bush and the Democrats isn't about to die down soon.
Joining us now on the phone with a hint of what's in store is our Washington deputy bureau chief, Steve Redisch.

Good morning -- Steve.

STEVE REDISCH, CNN WASHINGTON DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.

COSTELLO: So, who is likely to throw the next punch?

REDISCH: I don't know if anyone is really going to throw another punch, at least not today.

As far as Iraq is concerned, there are more hearings up on Capitol Hill.

And the president today is going to focus on corporate responsibility. He goes to a corporate fraud conference later this morning, before heading to his ranch in Texas, where he'll make a stop in Houston and have a political fund-raiser for a Senate candidate in Texas.

COSTELLO: Homeland Defense Director Tom Ridge is taking his case -- where is he taking his case? To the Senate, to the House, to a committee?

REDISCH: To the Conference of Mayors, which is really where homeland defense begins -- down on the local level. So far, the mayors and local municipalities are complaining that they don't have the money, they don't have the manpower to carry out some of these homeland defense strategies and necessary fixes.

But Ridge is going to go there, talk to the mayors and let them know that it's very, very necessary for the Senate to pass the homeland defense bill, which would create a new Department of Homeland Defense.

COSTELLO: So many hearings going on in Washington today. I understand that there will be more hearings on the intelligence breakdowns before September 11.

REDISCH: Absolutely. Today should be fairly interesting. The outgoing FBI counterterrorism chief, Dale Watson, and his CIA counterterrorism counterpart, Cofer Black, will be up on Capitol Hill, talking about the breakdowns in intelligence before 9/11.

Dale Watson is the only person, so far the only top administration official, to go on record to say Osama bin Laden is dead. He's leaving the FBI, and maybe he could be a little bit more candid in testimony today.

COSTELLO: Interesting. OK, Steve Redisch, thank you very much. We'll let you get back to the Washington bureau to start your day.

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