CBS Evening News - 1992-08-05
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[0:01] Four Los Angeles police officers will
[0:04] stand trial again in the beating of
[0:05] Rodney King.
[0:08] Food allergies, children, and a simple
[0:10] shot that could save lives.
[0:13] And Eye on America tonight, the perfect
[0:15] gift for today's bride and groom ain't
[0:18] what it used to be.
[0:21] This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:28] Good evening. I'm Connie Chung sitting
[0:29] in tonight for Dan Rather. There will be
[0:32] another trial in the Rodney King beating
[0:34] case. Four Los Angeles police officers
[0:36] acquitted the first time around have
[0:38] been indicted again, this time on
[0:40] federal charges. They're accused now of
[0:43] violating King's civil rights. Bill
[0:45] Lagatuda in Los Angeles has details.
[0:50] >> According to the indictments today,
[0:51] Rodney King's race was not the issue. It
[0:54] was, says the federal government, a
[0:56] simple case of police abuse.
[0:58] >> The defendants are charged with
[1:00] stomping, uh, kicking, and beating Mr.
[1:03] uh, King. Therefore, it was a an
[1:06] unreasonable use of force.
[1:07] >> That was the charge against officers
[1:09] Lawrence Powell, Timothy Wind, and
[1:11] Theodore Brazenho. Their sergeant, Stacy
[1:14] [ __ ] who never struck King, was
[1:16] indicted separately for not trying to
[1:18] stop the beating.
[1:20] When the state jury failed to convict
[1:22] the officers, this was the reaction. The
[1:25] worst urban riots in modern American
[1:27] history, today's news stirred the city's
[1:29] passions again.
[1:30] >> Beverly. Beverly, how do we change this
[1:33] country and make it better if we stir it
[1:34] by getting rid of the constitutional
[1:36] guarantee of a fair trial? How does that
[1:38] make it a better country?
[1:40] >> Well, you're right there. You're right
[1:42] there. I don't have an answer. One part
[1:44] of the debate is whether the officers
[1:46] are being tried again simply because it
[1:48] is the politically correct thing to do.
[1:51] Even an attorney who often sues the
[1:53] police is concerned.
[1:54] >> Indicting anybody for the same crime
[1:57] twice is an abomination. It's unfair.
[1:59] It's a perversion of the double jeopardy
[2:01] laws and it never should be done in a
[2:03] democracy.
[2:04] >> But in the city's black community, where
[2:06] people have felt victimized by police,
[2:08] there was a feeling of vindication.
[2:10] >> I'm glad to see that it happened. Um,
[2:12] basically those four officers just got
[2:14] away with I mean they got away with
[2:17] almost murder.
[2:18] >> As for the officers themselves, only one
[2:21] reacted publicly and he claimed to be
[2:23] the victim.
[2:24] >> I still stand by the fact I didn't do
[2:25] anything wrong. I just did what I was
[2:27] supposed to do in that sort of
[2:28] situation.
[2:29] >> But for the majority of Americans who
[2:31] think Pal and the others did do
[2:33] something wrong, a new trial will be a
[2:35] second chance at real justice. But it's
[2:37] a calculated risk for if the officers
[2:39] are acquitted a second time. Many think
[2:42] more of Los Angeles will end up looking
[2:44] like this. Bill Agatuda, CBS News, Los
[2:47] Angeles.
[2:49] >> A federal judge in New York today
[2:51] reduced the 10-year prison term of junk
[2:53] bond mastermind Michael Milin. Milin is
[2:56] now eligible for parole in 7 months when
[2:58] he will have served two years on his
[3:00] fraud conviction. The judge called it a
[3:02] reward for Milin's cooperation with
[3:04] federal prosecutors on other cases.
[3:07] President Bush took his re-election
[3:08] campaign to New York today. He told a
[3:10] Catholic audience he'll stick to his
[3:12] anti-abortion position even if it costs
[3:15] him the election. Mr. Bush also
[3:17] portrayed himself as the man to be
[3:19] America's moral leader.
[3:22] And so I believe that a central issue of
[3:26] this election year should be who do you
[3:29] trust to renew America's moral purpose?
[3:32] Who do you trust to fight for the ideas
[3:35] that will help rebuild our families and
[3:37] restore our fundamental values? I
[3:41] believe, and I've tried hard on this, I
[3:43] believe I've earned your trust, and I am
[3:46] committed to fighting for ideas that
[3:49] help repair this great nation's moral
[3:52] fiber.
[3:54] >> Democrat Bill Clinton got back on the
[3:56] campaign bus today. He went looking for
[3:58] middle class votes and first class photo
[4:01] opportunities. Correspondent Richard
[4:03] Thrill is traveling with the candidate.
[4:06] >> The Bill Clinton Road Show played Mark
[4:08] Twain country today. An appearance in
[4:10] downtown Hannibal, Missouri, Twain's
[4:13] boyhood home, the perfect middle
[4:15] American campaign backdrop. But Clinton
[4:17] also offered some substance while
[4:19] talking to high school graduates in East
[4:21] St. Louis. He said, "It's time to get
[4:23] tough on Serbia for the violence in
[4:25] Yugoslavia." Thank you so much for being
[4:28] here.
[4:28] >> Clinton's bus travels are a blend of
[4:30] substance and constant images of him
[4:32] among mostly white middle class crowds.
[4:35] Pictures the campaign treasures every
[4:37] bit as much as the candidates's words.
[4:39] The message is I'm one of you. The
[4:42] Democrats are finally practicing a
[4:44] lesson they learned the hard way from
[4:46] George Bush four years ago and Ronald
[4:48] Reagan before that. I think they have
[4:51] taken a page out of the Republican book,
[4:54] particularly the Reagan book, and seen
[4:56] how successful it was and how important
[5:00] it is to the television viewer.
[5:02] >> Clinton could probably win this part of
[5:04] the country without campaigning here.
[5:06] Most of the states he's visiting this
[5:08] week voted Democratic four years ago,
[5:11] but it's a perfect TV backdrop for the
[5:13] voters. He's really courting, the Reagan
[5:15] Democrats from Seattle to Miami. Now,
[5:18] notice where Bill Clinton isn't
[5:20] appearing in this tour. He isn't
[5:22] appearing in large labor halls. He isn't
[5:24] appearing in universities. He isn't
[5:26] speaking to large groups of what one
[5:28] would traditionally now call the
[5:30] Democratic special interest.
[5:31] >> Critics say both parties should be
[5:33] ashamed of themselves or being so
[5:35] preoccupied with their images perhaps.
[5:37] But then Mark Twain was probably
[5:39] thinking of politicians when he observed
[5:41] man is the only animal that blushes or
[5:44] needs to. Richard Thrrell, CBS News,
[5:46] Hannibal, Missouri.
[5:48] >> Another member of Congress is making
[5:50] plans for retirement. Guy Vanderjack of
[5:52] Michigan, a 13-term veteran of the
[5:54] House, lost a primary election
[5:56] yesterday. For 10 years, Vanderjack has
[5:59] been chairman of the National Republican
[6:00] Congressional Committee. In California
[6:03] today, insurance officials claim they've
[6:05] taken the air out of one of the
[6:07] costliest rackets going, staged,
[6:10] fraudulent, and sometimes fatal car
[6:12] wrecks. Sydney Canard has the story.
[6:15] The four men arrested this morning are
[6:17] said to have become millionaires by
[6:19] staging phony accidents, then filing
[6:21] false insurance claims. Two of those
[6:23] caught in the undercover operation are
[6:25] lawyers.
[6:26] >> We have pierced the top echelon of a
[6:29] staged auto accident ring, a ring that
[6:32] cost insurance companies tens of
[6:34] millions of dollars.
[6:36] >> Officials said one of the men arrested
[6:37] with the attorneys may have staged more
[6:39] than 600 accidents himself. Often they
[6:42] were scripted in advance. Investigators
[6:44] say they have recovered hundreds of such
[6:46] drawings.
[6:47] >> He's saying he's going to hit me.
[6:51] >> You hit him.
[6:52] >> Here, a hidden camera shows a staged
[6:54] minor rear end accident. Then, unhappy
[6:56] with the first collision, they do it
[6:57] again, later filing five bodily injury
[7:00] claims. In this case, one of the cars
[7:02] was driven by an undercover agent and
[7:04] the suspects went to prison.
[7:06] >> This is just about as profitable as
[7:09] dealing drugs and a heck of a lot less
[7:11] dangerous. That's not always true. Some
[7:14] of the staged accidents, have taken a
[7:16] different twist, like this one where the
[7:18] suspect was killed when he slammed on
[7:19] his brakes in front of a truck. Two
[7:22] books, including a bestseller, have
[7:23] recently been written on the subject.
[7:25] One of them, a true story, in which a
[7:28] grieving mother claims her daughter was
[7:29] murdered when she was about to go to the
[7:32] police. It's estimated up to 50 cents on
[7:34] each dollar being paid out on insurance
[7:36] claims in California cover fraud and
[7:39] consumers are bearing the brunt being
[7:42] charged some of the highest insurance
[7:44] rates in the country. Sine Canard, CBS
[7:47] News, Los Angeles.
[7:50] Still to come on the CBS Evening News,
[7:52] Iraq is back and outlasting UN sanctions
[7:57] and hoops around the world. The Dream
[7:59] Team launches global basket mania.
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[9:10] >> In South Africa today, the African
[9:12] National Congress ended a two-day
[9:14] general strike with a massive
[9:15] demonstration in Ptoria. Nelson Mandela
[9:18] led 100,000 marchers to the steps of the
[9:20] government building. The ANC is
[9:22] demanding that President FW D Clerk
[9:25] yield power to a multi-racial interim
[9:27] government by the end of the year. In
[9:30] Bosnia, people scrambled for cover as
[9:32] Muslim and Serbian forces waged allout
[9:35] war in the hills around Sievo. The UN
[9:38] relief airlift is suspended because of
[9:40] the fighting and UN peacekeepers say
[9:42] they may have to pull out completely.
[9:44] The Bush administration is now calling
[9:46] on the UN Human Rights Commission to
[9:48] investigate alleged war crimes in the
[9:50] former Yugoslav Republic.
[9:53] Two years after Saddam Hussein's
[9:54] invasion of Kuwait, a leading military
[9:57] publication said today that Iraq has the
[9:59] strength to do it again. James Defense
[10:02] Weekly says the Iraqi army is back up to
[10:04] 400,000 men. The Iraqi economy is also
[10:07] bouncing back despite international
[10:09] sanctions. CBS News correspondent Alan
[10:12] Pizzy has that story from Baghdad.
[10:15] >> The war turned Iraqi industry into a
[10:18] scrap heap. Sanctions are supposed to
[10:20] keep it that way.
[10:22] Instead, they have ignited a fervor of
[10:24] patriotism and inventiveness that may
[10:26] enable Saddam Hussein to defy the
[10:28] embargo for years.
[10:30] >> We've been trained and educated to
[10:32] depend on ourselves. And that was the
[10:34] the fruit of that training education is
[10:37] this reconstruction work. And if we
[10:39] don't depend on ourselves, nobody will
[10:41] help us.
[10:43] >> The bombing of what Baghdad called a
[10:44] beta milk factory was Iraq's chosen
[10:46] symbol of Western evil. By the end of
[10:48] the year, it will be rebuilt with
[10:50] recycled bits and pieces. Reconstruction
[10:53] is paid for in part with oil, refined
[10:56] products, and crude oil are being sold
[10:58] in defiance of the UN embargo. The
[11:00] market is Turkey. Diplomatic sources
[11:03] here say specially modified trucks carry
[11:05] oil through northern Iraq into Turkey
[11:07] with the help of Kurds who oppose
[11:09] Baghdad but make money by taxing the
[11:11] loads.
[11:12] >> It's definitely a breach of sanctions.
[11:14] Um the uh the amounts going through are
[11:17] fairly small and and I think that's one
[11:18] of the reasons why they haven't been
[11:19] stopped. But we're talking between 30
[11:22] and 50,000 barrels a day.
[11:24] >> Even that earns Saddam Hussein revenue
[11:26] estimated at millions of dollars a day.
[11:30] And the Iraqis have found a way around
[11:32] the embargo on heavy construction
[11:33] equipment. The government has seized an
[11:36] estimated $1.5 billion dollars worth of
[11:38] machinery and spare parts left by
[11:40] foreign contractors who fled before the
[11:42] war.
[11:45] >> Peasant farmers have been given huge
[11:46] incentives to grow more food and this
[11:49] year is expected to be a bumper crop.
[11:51] Homegrown fertilizers to replace imports
[11:54] are being developed by American trained
[11:55] agriculturalists. We do get positive
[11:59] results from this action. Today's world
[12:01] is you have to to to survive and to
[12:04] survive you have to fight for it.
[12:08] >> Sanctions are turning ordinary Iraqis
[12:10] against the West which means they are on
[12:12] Saddam's side even if they hate him. The
[12:15] assessment here is that Iraq could hold
[12:17] out against sanctions for another 3
[12:19] years. And diplomats say Western
[12:21] businessmen are already setting up deals
[12:23] in anticipation of the embargo crumbling
[12:25] before Saddam does. Alan Pezy, CBS News,
[12:28] Baghdad.
[12:30] >> Stay with us now for more of the CBS
[12:32] Evening News. Coming up, a report on
[12:34] children, how the foods they love can
[12:36] land them in the emergency room.
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[13:15] I really feel the pain. I used to take
[13:18] aspirin. Now I've switched to Advil.
[13:21] Advil relieves the pain in my stiff
[13:23] joints. In fact, one Advil is as
[13:26] effective as two regular aspirin. And
[13:28] Advil is gentler to my stomach. Maybe
[13:30] that's why doctors recommend Advil for
[13:32] minor arthritis pain more than any other
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[14:13] Who will keep Marissa, her father, his
[14:15] aranged wife, or the surrogate mother?
[14:18] Whose baby is it? Find out on 48 hours
[14:21] tonight.
[14:24] The Atlantis astronauts have fixed their
[14:26] latest problem, though their main
[14:27] experiment has been scratched. They
[14:29] cleared the jam tether hooked up to the
[14:31] satellite deployed last night. The
[14:33] astronauts are now reeling the satellite
[14:35] back in to stow aboard the shuttle. The
[14:37] plan to extend the tether 12 miles into
[14:40] space has been abandoned.
[14:42] A new study out tonight highlights a
[14:44] growing health hazard for children.
[14:46] Jazelle Fernandez reports how their
[14:48] favorite foods can bring instant danger.
[14:53] Carly Baker is a normal, healthy young
[14:55] girl, but she has to stay away from some
[14:58] foods that children love most, like
[15:00] peanut butter sandwiches. Even one bite
[15:03] could kill her.
[15:04] >> If I even touch it, smell it,
[15:07] eat it, anything that I can
[15:12] break out. I was born with it and I
[15:15] can't have it
[15:17] and it will never go away. About 6
[15:19] million kids suffer from food allergies
[15:22] and some can be deadly. Carly had a
[15:24] close call when she was barely a year
[15:26] old. After a violent reaction to peanut
[15:28] butter, her mother rushed her to the
[15:30] hospital. She started getting red hives
[15:33] all over her face and they gradually
[15:36] turned purple and we knew something was
[15:37] terribly wrong. And um in the car she
[15:41] she actually was having problems
[15:42] breathing. Um, so we got there just in
[15:45] time for them to give her a shot and and
[15:47] stop the reaction.
[15:49] >> But that shot, a drug called
[15:51] epinephrine, is not being used enough.
[15:53] According to a new study in the New
[15:55] England Journal of Medicine, a simple
[15:56] injection of the drug could save the
[15:58] lives of half the children who die from
[16:00] severe food allergies.
[16:02] >> The big issue is that parents have to
[16:03] realize these reactions can be very
[16:05] severe. And I think physicians need to
[16:08] uh arm these patients with the
[16:10] appropriate medications
[16:11] >> and better education about what's in the
[16:13] foods we eat. Kids are most allergic to
[16:16] eggs, dairy products, and nuts.
[16:18] Ingredients often used in cakes and
[16:19] candies. Parents and children who don't
[16:22] read labels can be unaware of the
[16:24] dangers. It's really scary for a little,
[16:26] you know, a little toddler who can't. I
[16:29] mean, since she was two, she was able to
[16:31] say to people, "I'm allergic to these
[16:32] things." And that's just something we
[16:34] had to teach her before she could say
[16:35] choo choo. Experts predict more children
[16:37] will suffer from near fatal allergic
[16:39] reactions to food, particularly as new
[16:41] additives continue to be used in
[16:43] processed goods. They call on parents,
[16:45] teachers, and doctors to be more
[16:46] vigilant about a problem they say could
[16:48] be so easily prevented. Jazelle
[16:51] Fernandez, CBS News, New York.
[16:54] >> There's more CBS News ahead, including
[16:56] Eye on America. Tonight, the perfect
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[17:08] >> It may surprise you to learn who over 30
[17:11] years ago was the first car maker to
[17:13] build cars with seat belts, to make
[17:16] safety glass standard, the first US car
[17:19] maker to offer anti-lock brakes, and who
[17:21] today offers more models with dual
[17:23] airbags than any other manufacturer.
[17:26] That company is Ford Motor Company.
[17:29] We're committed to making safety
[17:30] innovation an important part of quality.
[17:32] >> Ford Motor Company. Quality is job one.
[17:35] It's working. It's working.
[17:39] >> You've been dieting with a very special
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[18:36] every call is a customer. Your kids are
[18:39] sneezing and wheezing. Sounds like
[18:40] allergies. Could the food you're giving
[18:42] them be dangerous to their health? You
[18:44] bet it could. Food facts tomorrow on CBS
[18:47] This Morning.
[18:49] The US women's basketball team lost its
[18:52] bid for an Olympic gold medal in
[18:53] Barcelona today, upset by the unified
[18:56] team from the former Soviet Union. The
[18:58] US men are still unbeaten. But as Mark
[19:00] Phillips reports, the NBA superstars are
[19:02] out for more than a medal.
[19:07] >> Not far from where Magic and Michael and
[19:09] the rest are going for their gold,
[19:10] Miguel is going for his.
[19:13] >> This is a basketball camp in a Barcelona
[19:15] suburb.
[19:16] >> Magic for three. And this of course is
[19:19] the dream team whose declared purpose is
[19:21] to win back US basketball honor. But
[19:23] it's here for another purpose as well.
[19:26] It's taking care of business.
[19:27] >> The defining issue for us has always
[19:29] been that to make basketball the number
[19:32] one sport in the world.
[19:39] >> Basketball is already big here. The
[19:41] Spanish paid $10 million to put the
[19:43] American pros on TV. In fact, the NBA
[19:46] has sold TV rights in 90 countries. They
[19:48] even have their own expression for it
[19:50] here.
[19:53] >> And people said, "Wow, there's people
[19:55] like Michael Jordan. What is this? We
[19:56] have never seen things like this." And
[19:59] they said, "We have to see it. We have
[20:00] to buy it." And America wants to sell
[20:04] it. Sell the shoes, sell the balls, sell
[20:07] the game, sell the players.
[20:09] >> I love you.
[20:10] >> Magic can't walk little magic without
[20:12] beingounded. Coming to Barcelona has
[20:14] only increased their value. Their
[20:16] inevitable victory will be seen in more
[20:18] than 170 countries. Talk about
[20:20] marketing. And this is the market. Who's
[20:23] your favorite player?
[20:24] >> Oh, Michael Jordan.
[20:26] >> Why?
[20:26] >> Oh, because I think she is perfect.
[20:29] >> A lot of kids here might want to be like
[20:31] Mike or Miguel, but thus far, unlike TVs
[20:34] or cars or stereoss, NBA basketball
[20:37] players are one American product the
[20:39] Europeans and Asians haven't been able
[20:40] to produce cheaper or better. We think
[20:43] we have a great uh American product and
[20:46] we want to uh we would like to market it
[20:48] on a global basis with as much uh class
[20:51] and success as we possibly can and
[20:53] profit and some profit.
[20:57] >> Yes, there is gold at stake here.
[20:59] Olympic gold and the other kind. Mark
[21:02] Phillips, CBS News, Barcelona.
[21:13] Suddenly, vitamins are all over the
[21:15] news.
[21:16] >> Fact is, two out of three adults don't
[21:18] get all that's recommended in their
[21:19] diets. Two out of three.
[21:22] >> Wonder if I'm getting the vitamins I
[21:23] should.
[21:24] >> There is a cereal, though, that has 100%
[21:27] of 10 essential vitamins. Whole grain
[21:30] total.
[21:31] >> Of course,
[21:32] >> just one bowl gives you a full day's
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[23:16] >> The honor of your presence is requested
[23:18] now at a modern American wedding. Of
[23:20] course, you wouldn't show up
[23:21] empty-handed, but what to give the bride
[23:24] of the '9s? Practically anything, you
[23:26] say? Anything practical, she says. Aaron
[23:29] Hayes reports tonight's Eye on America.
[23:42] >> There is a tradition that goes with
[23:43] weddings called the registry.
[23:49] >> When brides register for the gifts
[23:50] they'd like most. Traditionally, they
[23:53] mostly like things they would never ever
[23:55] buy for themselves. romantic things,
[23:58] impractical, expensive, as in the recent
[24:00] movie hit.
[24:01] >> You have received another lovely, too
[24:03] good to be true silver tea set.
[24:05] >> But there is a change underway. Many of
[24:07] today's brides are yearning for
[24:09] something different, like bird feeders.
[24:11] The ones that um squirrels can't hook
[24:14] onto things for closets and where to put
[24:17] your jewelry and all that kind of stuff.
[24:18] >> Really different gifts.
[24:20] >> This is great. power tools and
[24:23] flashlights and different kinds of
[24:25] shovels and the lawnmowers and drills.
[24:28] Drills are on all of them, too.
[24:30] >> What's going on?
[24:31] >> Welcome to the '9s, Mr.
[24:34] >> Brides of the '9s are getting down to
[24:36] basics, that's what. Forget the crystal
[24:37] goblets. This season, brides are
[24:39] registering for everything from closet
[24:41] organizers to cow manure. So, we'll put
[24:44] down a TR. Stores that never gave brides
[24:47] a moment's thought have taken a second
[24:50] look at the money folks will fork over
[24:52] for newlyweds China patterns
[24:54] >> pattern is Monae and it is
[24:58] 6750 a place setting
[25:00] >> and decided there is money in the bridal
[25:03] business Home Depot a home improvement
[25:05] warehouse started registering Miami
[25:07] brides in January oh here's one you
[25:10] don't usually see on a bridal registry
[25:11] toilet by Coler Patty Suarez and her
[25:15] husband to want to fix up an old house.
[25:17] So, this rather inelegant
[25:19] >> Tommy
[25:20] >> do-it-yourself registry is perfect.
[25:22] She's signing up for a staple gun, a new
[25:25] mirror for the bathroom, and yes, a
[25:27] toilet.
[25:28] >> We're remodeling the bathroom. So, we're
[25:30] going to ask for one of the toilets.
[25:31] >> Everybody started tightening up on their
[25:33] wallets, and they were started thinking
[25:34] of things that they needed more
[25:35] practical instead of spending the money
[25:37] on the china that they'll use once a
[25:39] year versus a lawnmower that they'll use
[25:41] every week.
[25:42] >> So, maybe three of those. Kathy King and
[25:44] her fianceé want a garden in their
[25:47] Atlanta home. So, she registered for
[25:49] shrubbery, garden tools, and do you all
[25:52] have fish? Even a goldfish pond. I think
[25:55] it's fun. I mean, I want to take
[25:56] advantage of this time where I'm engaged
[25:58] in being able to to look for things that
[26:00] I'm going to get use out of in the
[26:01] future. It's bold, but is it well right?
[26:05] Etiquette columnist Miss Manor says,
[26:07] "Sure, as long as some decorum is
[26:10] maintained. A wedding guest should not
[26:12] be asked to buy anybody anything. If you
[26:16] press someone and say, "What do you
[26:18] really want?" and the bride blushes and
[26:20] looks down and says, "A pile of manure."
[26:22] Fine, she answered your question. And
[26:25] you get her a pile of manure.
[26:27] >> But some are going one step further,
[26:29] like Sharon Coleman of New York. For
[26:31] what goes into a home, she's set.
[26:34] >> Very well set. And I have three sets
[26:36] that is still not here.
[26:38] >> Packed away. packed away at my mother's
[26:41] house.
[26:41] >> Only one thing missing, a house. So, she
[26:44] and her fianceé registered with
[26:46] >> Auban National Mortgage.
[26:48] >> That's right. They've invited their
[26:49] wedding guests to help with their
[26:51] mortgage.
[26:51] >> Not that we'll get the entire down
[26:53] payment, but that we'll get a portion of
[26:55] it and it'll just help us on the way.
[26:57] >> I mean, think of it. Aunt Tilly and
[26:58] Uncle Joe walk into that home after that
[27:01] bride and groom purchase it, and they
[27:03] can look around and say, "I contributed
[27:05] to this." But for Miss Manners, that's
[27:07] one step too far.
[27:09] >> What makes people think, even in the
[27:11] throws of love, that other people are so
[27:15] moved by their successful romance, that
[27:19] they wish to buy them a house, but
[27:20] plenty are willing to sign on to this
[27:22] new trend. How far will it go?
[27:24] >> Why don't we just charge people? That
[27:25] way, we can make money on the wedding.
[27:27] >> So far, no one has proposed that. In
[27:29] Miami, this is Aaron Hayes for Eye on
[27:31] America.
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