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After hearing the news that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was killed, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf vowed an all-out manhunt for his kidnappers.

Following a report on the national passenger rail system's financial troubles, Ray Suarez discusses Amtrak's future with Gilbert Carmichael, chairman of the Amtrak Reform Council, and John Robert Smith, mayor of Meridian, Mississippi and Amtrak Board Member.

Examining U.S. government efforts to counter anti-American sentiment in the Arab world through broadcasts and ad campaigns. Terence Smith reports.