NBC Nightly News - 1999-06-03

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[0:00] [music]

[0:09] Is it peace for Kosovo? Melovich seems

[0:12] ready to deal and withdraw his troops.

[0:15] Is it real this time? Are there any

[0:17] winners in depth tonight? Now what for

[0:20] the refugees who want to go home

[0:22] rebuilding [music] and for thousands of

[0:24] American troops going in to keep the

[0:26] peace? The investigation of flight

[0:29] [music] 1420, a fatal race. Evidence the

[0:32] pilots may have tried to beat the storm

[0:35] to the airport. And getting older isn't

[0:38] easy. The prognosis tonight for this

[0:41] national treasure.

[0:44] [music]

[0:45] From NBC News world headquarters in New

[0:48] York, this is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:51] Bro.

[0:53] >> Good evening. Slovadon Mallovich says he

[0:56] accepts the peace deal. President

[0:58] Clinton says he's pleased and the

[1:01] bombing will continue. It's that kind of

[1:03] war. It's that kind of peace. Tonight,

[1:06] however, the tilt plainly is toward

[1:08] peace. The terms were worked out by the

[1:10] West, carried to Belgrade by a Finn and

[1:13] a Russian, and when Melosvich agreed, it

[1:15] did set off a wave of relief and

[1:17] caution. We begin tonight with NBC's

[1:20] Andrea Mitchell. And riff

[1:22] >> Tom, US officials are cautious, but

[1:24] think this could be real. That slogan

[1:26] Mallosovich has in fact finally accepted

[1:28] NATO's demands to end the war.

[1:32] After 72 days of NATO bombing, Mallovich

[1:35] finally says yes today. He tells

[1:37] Finland's president Atasari, who

[1:39] represents the US and NATO, and Russian

[1:42] envoy Cheny. The Serb parliament quickly

[1:45] rubber stamps the deal. Adasari rushes

[1:47] to Germany to tell NATO he's optimistic

[1:50] but given past Belosovich backsliding

[1:52] very wary.

[1:54] >> The

[1:55] proof of the building is in eating it

[1:58] and the same goes for peace processes.

[2:02] The peace agreement calls for rapid

[2:04] withdrawal of all Serb forces, return of

[2:06] refugees, international peacekeepers in

[2:09] Kosovo, including troops from NATO and

[2:11] Russia, but under a UN flag, a

[2:14] concession to Mallovich, who did not

[2:15] want it to be completely NATO run. The

[2:18] return of a small Serb military force,

[2:20] several hundred men, to guard historic

[2:22] sites, patrol borders, mark minefield.

[2:25] But NATO says no bombing pause until it

[2:28] sees proof the Serbs are ready to pull

[2:30] out. The acceptance by Belgrade of these

[2:32] terms is a vital first step, but the

[2:36] confrontation cannot end until these

[2:38] terms are complied with and implemented.

[2:41] What are the next steps? NATO generals

[2:43] go to Belgrade to work out specifics

[2:45] with Serb generals. The UN votes to

[2:48] accept the deal. Again, a concession to

[2:50] Mallovich. It makes it look like the UN,

[2:52] not NATO, is in charge. In fact, who are

[2:55] the winners and losers? NATO gets into

[2:58] Kosovo without losing any troops. And

[3:00] Mallovich is an indicted war criminal.

[3:03] But Mallovich is still in power. Has

[3:05] destroyed the rebel army, eliminated

[3:07] thousands of Kosovo's Albanians.

[3:09] >> We really have to see this agreement as

[3:11] it's implemented before we can draw up a

[3:13] c a true scorecard.

[3:15] >> And NATO failed to prevent a

[3:16] humanitarian disaster. Mass graves, no

[3:19] way of knowing how many dead, a million

[3:21] and a half refugees, a country in ruins.

[3:25] Tom

[3:26] >> Andrea Mitchell tonight at the White at

[3:27] the State Department. Thanks very much,

[3:29] Andrea. This news came just in time for

[3:31] the White House where President Clinton

[3:33] has been actively defending this war

[3:35] while his aids have been watching the

[3:38] political support across the country

[3:40] decline steadily. NBC's David Bloom is

[3:43] at the White House tonight. David Tom,

[3:45] the president, while cautious, welcomed

[3:46] what he called the encouraging news on

[3:49] Kosovo and senior US officials say that

[3:51] as early as this weekend, NATO generals

[3:53] and Serb military commanders plan to

[3:55] meet to discuss a timetable for a Serb

[3:58] troop withdrawal from Kosovo. That means

[4:00] these US officials say NATO's bombing

[4:02] campaign could end early next week. In a

[4:06] brief Rose Garden appearance, the

[4:08] president made clear NATO's air war will

[4:10] continue for now

[4:12] >> until Serb forces begin a verifiable

[4:14] withdrawal from Kosovo. We will continue

[4:17] to pursue diplomacy, but we will also

[4:19] continue the military effort that has

[4:22] brought us to this point. But US

[4:23] officials say the bombing could be

[4:25] scaled back and they say retreating Serb

[4:27] forces will not be attacked if Serb

[4:30] military leaders agree this weekend on a

[4:32] precise timetable for a verifiable troop

[4:35] withdrawal. This is something that will

[4:37] be worked out if if they want to work

[4:38] these things out uh you know in in a

[4:42] military channel.

[4:43] >> This afternoon the president met for the

[4:44] first time since the war began with his

[4:46] joint chiefs of staff. But instead of

[4:48] focusing on the possibility of a ground

[4:50] invasion, sources say the emphasis was

[4:52] on quickly moving 10 to 15,000 NATO

[4:55] peacekeeping troops into Kosovo if the

[4:58] deal holds. But caution is the watch

[5:00] word here. One White House official

[5:02] said, "We're not jumping up and down.

[5:04] We've seen promises before. We don't

[5:05] want to look stupid." Another added late

[5:08] tonight that US intelligence analysts as

[5:10] yet quotes have not seen any orders

[5:12] going out from Bgrade for people that is

[5:15] in the army to pack up their bags and go

[5:17] home. Tom,

[5:18] >> thanks very much. David Bloom at the

[5:20] White House. But let's ask a man in the

[5:22] middle of all this from the beginning

[5:24] who joins me now. Defense Secretary

[5:26] William Cohen. Mr. Cohen, US military

[5:29] forces will be meeting with the Serb

[5:31] forces to work out the details of the

[5:32] withdrawal. If it all goes according to

[5:35] the best case scenario, when do you

[5:37] think that withdrawal might begin?

[5:39] >> Well, it's going to take a few days to

[5:42] work out the mechanics certainly of uh

[5:45] of how the sequencing, the timing, the

[5:48] logistics of the Serbs moving their

[5:50] forces out of Kosovo, but we would hope

[5:53] that it could be done in a matter of a

[5:56] few days. It's going to take some time.

[5:58] And I wouldn't want to give any specific

[6:00] parameters, but it can be done fairly

[6:02] rapidly. In fact, that's what the

[6:04] agreement calls for, a rapid removal of

[6:06] the Serb forces. So, the first thing has

[6:08] to take place, the militaryto military

[6:10] contacts, work out the details, and then

[6:12] start the movement.

[6:14] >> The president and you and a number of

[6:15] other officials have continued to

[6:17] emphasize that the bombing will continue

[6:18] in the meantime, but if you got the

[6:20] United States military meeting with the

[6:22] Serb military, that bombing is going to

[6:23] be a lot more selective, isn't it?

[6:26] >> It's going The campaign is going to

[6:27] continue. It's been quite intense. We

[6:29] intend to maintain that intensity. In

[6:31] fact, we are um seeing more and more

[6:34] damage being done to Melvich's forces in

[6:36] the field in the last week or two than

[6:39] previously obviously. And so with that

[6:42] intensification, I think comes a greater

[6:43] incentive on on them to resolve this as

[6:47] quickly as possible. But we don't intend

[6:48] to change the the campaign.

[6:50] >> Mr. Secretary, do you think the American

[6:52] people have a full realization of how

[6:54] long American troops are going to have

[6:55] to be in Kosovo to keep the peace and to

[6:58] rebuild that country effectively?

[7:00] >> Well, I we're trying to obviously work

[7:03] that out right now in terms of the

[7:04] so-called K4. Uh it will be a

[7:07] substantial commitment by NATO. The

[7:09] United States is committing roughly 14

[7:11] or 15% of that force. But as in Bosnia,

[7:14] we started out with large numbers and

[7:17] those numbers have been substantially

[7:18] reduced over a 3 or 4 year period. We

[7:20] would expect the same here. There are

[7:22] many countries who have volunteered to

[7:24] contribute peacekeeping forces. And so

[7:27] to the extent once we establish the

[7:30] solid foundation for the peacekeeping

[7:32] force, then we would hope to be able to

[7:34] reduce that that commitment on the part

[7:35] of the United States, we would be

[7:37] roughly again 14 15% of the overall

[7:39] total NATO NATO commitment.

[7:41] >> Thanks very much, Defense Secretary

[7:42] William Cohen. Tonight in Bgrade and in

[7:45] the refugee camps along the Kosovo

[7:47] border tonight, there is, as you might

[7:49] expect, reaction ranging from relief to

[7:52] weariness. NBC's Carrie Sanders is in

[7:55] Belgrade.

[7:56] >> As news of the peace deal broke in

[7:58] Belgrade, reaction was mixed. A former

[8:01] government minister,

[8:02] >> this is a great day

[8:06] for the peace

[8:08] and for the future of democracy.

[8:11] Disbelief for this woman. For her, it's

[8:14] still another night of war and bombing.

[8:17] >> I've heard the news, but I still don't

[8:20] believe that this will this will

[8:23] actually happen. [music]

[8:25] >> On the government controlled evening

[8:27] newscast, Malloich is being portrayed as

[8:30] saving the territorial integrity of his

[8:32] country, that there would be a UN role

[8:35] in Kosovo, but no mention that NATO

[8:37] would dominate the peacekeeping force. a

[8:40] point Melovich had always opposed. The

[8:43] Yuguslav government tonight saying it

[8:45] will withdraw its troops within two

[8:47] weeks. And as this peace deal is

[8:50] emerging, word tonight from NATO on what

[8:52] this cost the Yuguslav army. Officials

[8:55] estimating 5,000 Serb soldiers killed,

[8:58] another 10,000 wounded. But there is no

[9:01] way to measure the cost of this war to

[9:03] 850,000 refugees at a camp in Albania

[9:06] today. total distrust of Melovich.

[9:09] >> He always lie and he always promised

[9:12] something else and do something else.

[9:14] >> What we can expect from uh one uh man

[9:18] who only know to destroy, only know to

[9:20] fight.

[9:21] >> But tonight there is also another fear.

[9:24] What if they are allowed to go home?

[9:26] What will they have and how safe will

[9:28] they be? Kelly Sanders, NBC News

[9:31] Belgrade.

[9:33] And still ahead tonight, NBC News in

[9:35] depth. What happens after the fighting

[9:37] stops? Coming up next, the latest on the

[9:40] crash of American Flight 1420. Did the

[9:43] pilots make a fatal miscalculation?

[9:46] There's mounting evidence that the crew

[9:47] may have attempted to beat the

[9:49] thunderstorm to the airport. Um, which

[9:52] is a dangerous thing to do. It's

[9:53] comparable to trying to beat a

[9:54] locomotive to a to a crossing.

[9:57] >> What really happened to Flight 1420 and

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[12:40] Now to the investigation into the crash

[12:42] landing of American Airlines Flight 1420

[12:44] in Little Rock, Arkansas. There are new

[12:46] details tonight on the horrendous

[12:48] weather and how the flight crew might

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[12:53] the final fatal approach. Here's NBC's

[12:56] Robert Hager.

[12:58] As investigators permit, the first

[13:00] close-up pictures of the scarred carcass

[13:02] of the plane. New evidence of how its

[13:04] pilots attempted to race a fierce

[13:07] incoming storm in the midst of

[13:09] crosswinds and visibility both on the

[13:11] outer limits of what's considered safe.

[13:13] Former chairman of the NTSB now

[13:15] consulting for NBC News, James Bernett.

[13:18] >> There's mounting evidence that the crew

[13:19] may have attempted to beat the

[13:21] thunderstorm to the airport. Um, which

[13:24] is a dangerous thing to do. It's

[13:25] comparable to trying to beat a

[13:26] locomotive to a to a crossing. Already

[13:29] when the plane was still 12 minutes out,

[13:31] a very large, intense thunderstorm was

[13:34] moving rapidly toward the airport. The

[13:36] plane looped around to change runways as

[13:38] controllers sounded repeated warnings of

[13:40] wind shear, heavy rain, visibility down

[13:43] to a little over a half mile and cross

[13:46] winds 37 mph, gusting to 52. Minutes

[13:50] later, it was over.

[13:51] >> In this case, they did not beat the

[13:53] thunderstorm to the airport. At the

[13:55] National Weather Service office in

[13:56] Little Rock, George Wilin on duty at the

[13:59] time the pilot landed has reviewed the

[14:01] Doppler radar.

[14:02] >> You would be experiencing very heavy

[14:03] rain. You would be experiencing some

[14:05] hail uh probably dime size 3/4 in or so

[14:10] and some wind gusts about 33 to 35 mph.

[14:13] >> And just a touchdown, the plane may have

[14:15] been hit with a fiercest gust of wind

[14:17] yet or may have skidded down the runway

[14:20] on a layer of water, what's called

[14:22] hydroplaning. Investigators say instead

[14:24] of the typical black tire marks of

[14:26] braking, there are actually suspicious

[14:28] flight strips left on the runway. And

[14:30] they're trying to determine if that's a

[14:32] mark that might have been left by

[14:33] hydroplaning. One other issue

[14:36] investigators here are looking into if

[14:38] the craft was hydroplaning or just plain

[14:40] skidding on the runway. Did the pilots

[14:42] properly use what they have to fight

[14:44] that? That is thrust reversers back here

[14:46] on the engines or spoilers. These little

[14:48] strips on the wings that pop up as the

[14:51] plane's landing. both help a plane stop,

[14:53] but there's no sign yet from the

[14:54] wreckage that either was being used at

[14:56] the end. And that said, the big focus

[14:58] here is still the decision to go ahead

[15:00] and land even in the face of what we're

[15:02] now learning was a really awful storm.

[15:04] Tom,

[15:05] >> thanks very much. Robert Hager tonight

[15:07] in Little Rock. This accident was one

[15:08] more painful reminder that bad weather

[15:11] can be a nightmare for a flight crew and

[15:13] air travelers. NBC's Jim Abala has more

[15:16] tonight on the dangers of flying when

[15:19] conditions are less than ideal.

[15:23] >> Flight 1420 crashed on a violent night.

[15:26] Lightning filling the skies.

[15:28] >> This a horrible storm and nobody could

[15:31] really believe he was going to take that

[15:32] plane in in that in under those

[15:34] conditions.

[15:34] >> In fact, the wind speed at the time of

[15:36] the crash was more than double FAA

[15:39] limits for an MD-80. This jet is

[15:41] certified to land in a maximum 10 knot

[15:44] 11 12 mile tailwind and a maximum

[15:47] crosswind of 30 knots 34 1/2 mph.

[15:51] >> That real downburst gust um occurred

[15:54] very very suddenly and very quickly

[15:56] >> and it came from the worst possible

[15:58] place. Pilots call it a quartering

[16:00] crosswind hitting the plane from the

[16:02] rear inside. Some gusts above 80 miles

[16:05] per hour and on a 7200 foot runway,

[16:08] shorter than most major airports, made

[16:10] even shorter by the conditions.

[16:13] >> I don't know of a single commercial

[16:14] airplane that could handle that kind of

[16:16] wind condition, particularly when it's

[16:18] across the runway.

[16:19] >> Pilots say landing is the most dangerous

[16:21] part of the flight, filled with critical

[16:23] split-second decisions. In fact, a

[16:26] Boeing study of jet accidents shows that

[16:28] 36% happened during landings and most of

[16:32] those on wet or icy runways. Boeing

[16:34] tracked 10 years of accidents and found

[16:37] that bad decisions cause most of them.

[16:39] 70% pilot error, 16% plane maintenance

[16:43] or malfunction, 5% weather, and 3% air

[16:47] traffic control.

[16:48] >> It's a very, very bad combination, and

[16:50] in this case, a deadly combination. In

[16:53] the end, when and where to land is the

[16:55] pilot's final call. The control tower

[16:57] does not abort landings, even on a

[16:59] violent night, only issues warnings.

[17:02] Pilots can and sometimes do ignore. Jim

[17:05] Avala, NBC News, Chicago.

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[20:22] finally stop falling. But there still is

[20:24] danger ahead. Rebuilding Kosovo and

[20:27] getting the people back into their homes

[20:28] will take a massive and costly effort by

[20:31] many countries. The United States will

[20:33] be in the lead. NBC Jim Mcclashevky

[20:36] reports tonight in depth.

[20:39] Once the bombing stops, NATO may find

[20:41] making the peace will be just as

[20:43] complicated as fighting the war. First,

[20:45] the Serbs must withdraw more than 40,000

[20:48] troops and hundreds of tanks and

[20:49] artillery. But that could be difficult

[20:52] because NATO bombs have destroyed most

[20:54] of the roads and almost all the bridges

[20:56] leading out of Kosovo and most Serb

[20:58] troops must be out before peacekeepers

[21:00] can go in.

[21:01] >> We have to see uh performance, not

[21:04] promises. And uh as far as I know, not

[21:07] one Serb soldier has yet to leave

[21:10] Kosovo.

[21:11] >> But NATO's confident it will know

[21:13] exactly when the coast is cleared. If we

[21:16] can find a camouflaged tank in a ditch

[21:19] and destroy it, believe me, we can

[21:22] verify the departure of a whole army uh

[21:26] from Kosovo. Getting peacekeepers into

[21:28] Kosovo will be a massive job. Within

[21:30] days, NATO must mobilize 50,000 troops,

[21:34] including 7,000 American GIS. Under

[21:37] NATO's plan, Kosovo would be divided

[21:39] into five military sectors, each

[21:41] commanded separately by troops from the

[21:43] US, Great Britain, France, Italy, and

[21:46] Germany. Russian troops would also

[21:47] participate, but their exact role is

[21:49] still unclear. More than 2,000 US

[21:52] Marines will lead the way into Kosovo,

[21:54] followed by three battalions of American

[21:56] tanks. And those Apache attack

[21:58] helicopters that have seen no action in

[22:00] the war could provide air cover for the

[22:02] peacekeepers. Despite any ceasefire, it

[22:05] will still be a high-risk operation.

[22:07] After 2 and 1/2 months of bombing, Serb

[22:10] survivors may be out for revenge against

[22:12] NATO troops. The troops need to go in

[22:14] fully prepared for the sorts of threats

[22:17] and dangers are going to face.

[22:19] >> And the task of returning the refugees

[22:21] will be monumental. Serb troops forced

[22:23] more than 1 and a half million Kosovo

[22:25] Albanians from their homes and destroyed

[22:28] entire villages in their rampage of

[22:30] ethnic cleansing. It's estimated it

[22:32] could take 2 years before most of them

[22:34] are back in their homes.

[22:35] >> It's going to require a massive

[22:37] international effort, hundreds of

[22:39] millions of dollars, probably some years

[22:41] to complete.

[22:42] >> But NATO's peacekeeping mission will

[22:44] last even longer. US military officials

[22:47] predict once those peacekeepers get into

[22:48] Kosovo, they'll be forced to stay there

[22:51] indefinitely. Jim Mlashky, NBC News, the

[22:54] Pentagon.

[22:56] >> I'll be right back.

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[25:53] In Washington tonight, as they do every

[25:55] year at this time, a new champion was

[25:57] crowned at the National Spelling Bee.

[25:59] This year's winner is 14-year-old Newer

[26:01] Lavala of Tampa, Florida, triumphed with

[26:03] a word that is well, not the prettiest

[26:05] word in the dictionary, but she spelled

[26:08] it beautifully. Here's how it went.

[26:11] >> Loggeria. L O G O R R H E A.

[26:16] >> That is correct.

[26:20] >> And for the very few of you who didn't

[26:22] already know, agaria means incoherent

[26:25] talkiveness.

[26:27] >> No commentary, please. And nothing is

[26:30] going well between the United States and

[26:32] China these days. Now, one of China's

[26:34] most beloved gifts to this country is

[26:36] failing fast. The great panda Shing

[26:39] Shing at the National Zoo in Washington

[26:41] is very ill. NBC's Bob Dawson tonight

[26:44] was a medical and historical bullet.

[26:48] Shing Shing rallied late this afternoon,

[26:50] sitting up, something he rarely does

[26:52] these days.

[26:53] >> Um, he ate very well last night, ate all

[26:55] the bamboo we provided.

[26:57] >> But he's lost 50 lbs in the last few

[26:59] weeks, down from 280 and become

[27:02] listless. Curator Lisa Stevens says his

[27:06] kidneys are failing.

[27:08] >> Long range prognosis is um pretty

[27:10] serious. Um there's not a whole lot we

[27:12] can do for him at this point.

[27:14] >> Shing has lived 3 years longer than any

[27:16] other panda in captivity. In the wild,

[27:19] they only live 15. He's 28, the oldest

[27:23] surviving panda ever. His name means

[27:26] shining star, and for the millions who

[27:28] saw him at the National Zoo, he always

[27:30] was.

[27:32] He and his mate Lingling were the only

[27:33] pandas in America when they arrived in

[27:35] 1972. A generation of American school

[27:38] children had never seen one close up.

[27:41] The communist Chinese cut off panda

[27:43] shipments to the US. Richard Nixon's

[27:45] visit to the Great Wall changed all

[27:47] that. America's cold warrior brought

[27:50] warm smiles and got two pandas in

[27:53] return. There are only two other pandas

[27:56] in the United States at the San Diego

[27:58] Zoo. Fewer than a thousand left in the

[28:00] wild. The bamboo forest where they live

[28:02] are dwindling. They are hunted for their

[28:04] pelts and rarely reproduce. None of

[28:08] Lingling and Shing's five cubs lived

[28:10] more than a few days. Lingling died of

[28:13] heart failure in 1992.

[28:16] Shing almost immediately showed signs of

[28:18] aging. Two years ago, he was diagnosed

[28:21] with arthritis and testicular cancer.

[28:24] Doctors operated. The cancer has not

[28:27] come back. But they say this new problem

[28:29] with his kidneys will eventually kill

[28:31] him.

[28:32] >> It's the final days of a wonderful

[28:34] animal, a giant panda.

[28:36] >> More than just another animal in a zoo.

[28:38] A national symbol of a cold war that

[28:40] started to end with him. And for

[28:43] countless kids after that, simply a

[28:46] national treasure. Bob Dodson, NBC News,

[28:50] Washington.

[28:53] >> That's nightly news for this Thursday.

[28:55] I'm Tom Broka and I'll see you back here

[28:57] tomorrow night. [music]