PROGRESS REPORT:

Cornwall, Nebraska - 894 catatonic, 86 dead

Boland, California - 1200 blind

Berwick, Maine - 2100 severely mentally retarded

McKay, Maryland - 2300 with complete loss of memory

Small towns, each wiped out as surely as if bombed off the face of the earth.

The president's announcement was simple: "My fellow Americans, the people of the United States are under attack. Terrorists are using germ warfare against us and we must take extraordinary enforcement measures. I will ask Congress to declare a state of national emergency..."