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September 27 -- Good afternoon.
Hurricane Jeanne wreaked havoc in Florida over the weekend and caused even more damage to the already bruised and battered state of Florida. Six lives were taken by the former hurricane that is now a tropical depression and is producing tornadoes throughout the Southeast. Mike Von Fremd reports from Satellite Beach, Fla., on the extent of the damage, while Jeffery Kofman reports on how residents, who are growing frustrated with what they say are slow relief efforts, are responding to the devastation.http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040927_1144.html
Tonight we'll take a Closer Look at Yusuf Islam, a fundamentalist muslim who gained wide spread notoriety in the music world in the 1970's under the name Cat Stevens. Islam, was detained after a flight to the United States because his name is on a government anti-threat watch list. Tonight, Elizabeth Vargas sits down with Islam to get his reaction to what happened and why he is on the terror watch list on the first place.http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/2020/Cat_Stevens_Vargas-1.html
Finally tonight, a new video fighting game allows players to "participate" in the war in Iraq by playing it. The game takes battles that have recently occurred and puts the scenarios into game form. Robert Krulwich has more on a video game company's innovative and controversial way of interacting with the news.
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