World News Tonight (ABC) - 1992-03-26

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[0:00] counterattack, calling Clinton a union

[0:02] buster. Administration officials said

[0:04] they would push for UN sanctions against

[0:06] Libya after Mar Gaddafi backed away from

[0:09] an offer to surrender two suspects in

[0:11] the bombing of Panama Flight 103. Good

[0:14] night, Jim.

[0:15] >> Good night, Robin. We'll see you

[0:16] tomorrow night with a defense

[0:17] conversation with policy analyst Richard

[0:20] Barnett, among other things. I'm Jim

[0:21] Lara. Thank you and good night.

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[2:13] with Peter Jennings.

[2:14] >> Good evening. We begin tonight with

[2:16] rape, which in a year of celebrated

[2:18] cases has made the headlines with

[2:20] increasing regularity. The former

[2:22] heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson,

[2:24] was sentenced to prison today, for

[2:25] raping a 19-year-old beauty queen. Mr.

[2:28] Tyson was given six years, beginning

[2:30] immediately, which will put him back

[2:32] into the same prison culture where he

[2:34] was discovered as a young fighter 12

[2:37] years ago. ABC's Armen Kayan is in

[2:39] Indianapolis.

[2:41] >> As Tyson walked into court, dozens of

[2:43] supporters shouted encouragement.

[2:48] >> Inside, Tyson spoke for 12 minutes. He

[2:51] apologized for what he called the

[2:52] situation, but said he never intended to

[2:54] rape anyone. I'm not guilty of this

[2:57] crime, he said. I got carried away with

[2:59] a situation that got out of hand. I

[3:01] didn't hurt anyone. There were no black

[3:03] eyes, no broken ribs. I'm here to expect

[3:05] the worst, he said, but I don't know if

[3:07] I can deal with it. When Tyson finished,

[3:10] Judge Patricia Gford told him there was

[3:11] a risk he would rate someone else, that

[3:13] he did not grasp the severity of the

[3:15] crime. I think something needs to be

[3:17] done with the attitude you displayed

[3:19] here.

[3:20] Then came the sentence, 10 years with

[3:22] four years suspended and a $30,000 fine.

[3:25] Tyson also faces four years of probation

[3:28] and community service. Tyson was

[3:30] immediately led away, frisk, and

[3:32] fingerprinted, then taken into custody

[3:34] by sheriff's deputies. Prosecutors said

[3:36] the judge's sentence was fair and

[3:38] compassionate. What she has done is

[3:40] fashioned a sentence that on the one

[3:41] hand says we are not going to treat you

[3:43] differently because you're a celebrity,

[3:44] but by the same token, we do think you

[3:46] have the capacity for rehabilitation,

[3:48] the capacity to be a role model in the

[3:50] future. After the sentencing, the first

[3:52] call the prosecutors made was to Tyson's

[3:54] victim, 19-year-old Desiree Washington.

[3:56] She was described as saddened by Tyson's

[3:58] refusal to admit that he had committed a

[4:00] crime. While his attorneys appealed,

[4:02] Tyson will be serving time in a plain

[4:04] cell like this one. As for

[4:06] rehabilitation, the judge questioned

[4:08] whether prison counseling will be

[4:09] enough, but she said it's the only thing

[4:12] we have to offer. Armen Kayan, ABC News,

[4:15] Indianapolis.

[4:17] The number of rapes reported to the

[4:18] police is rising at a faster rate than

[4:20] other violent crimes in general. Tyson's

[4:23] lawyers said today this was a case which

[4:26] cried out for rehabilitation, a subject

[4:28] very much in the minds of those people

[4:29] who study the often very complex reasons

[4:32] why men raped in the first place.

[4:36] A man convicted of rape may get some

[4:38] therapy in prison. There is some offered

[4:40] in many institutions, but the quality of

[4:43] help is very uneven, and unless the

[4:46] rapist submits to a long-term program of

[4:48] rehabilitation, the record shows that

[4:50] large numbers of rapists will rape

[4:52] again. Vermont is an example of where

[4:55] there's a program better than most. To

[4:58] indicate his desire to change, a rapist

[5:01] here must volunteer for therapy. And it

[5:04] must be very intense to have any chance

[5:06] of working.

[5:07] >> You and this good-looking woman are up

[5:09] at your apartment late at night.

[5:11] >> Here in Vermont, therapists try using

[5:14] audio tapes and pictures to determine

[5:16] what it is that actually stimulates the

[5:18] rapist to the point of becoming abusive.

[5:25] The rapists are given evidence of the

[5:26] pain and horror they have caused their

[5:28] victims. Many of them say they never

[5:30] even considered that. What a rapist can

[5:33] learn in prison is to recognize the

[5:36] warning signs in himself. The record

[5:38] shows that only a man truly motivated to

[5:41] change has a chance of changing. Men who

[5:44] go through this highly regarded program

[5:46] are half as likely to rape again once

[5:49] they get out.

[5:51] has been said repeatedly throughout this

[5:52] episode of Tyson that any number of Mr.

[5:54] Tyson's friends saw what was happening

[5:56] to him but did nothing to help. So what

[5:58] can he expect now? Indiana has 13,000

[6:01] inmates in its prison system. 700 of

[6:04] them are sex offenders. There is no

[6:06] specialized in prison treatment program.

[6:10] In a moment some of the other news. The

[6:11] Pentagon's plans to get rid of 140,000

[6:14] National Guard and reser

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[7:37] >> In Washington today, you could feel the

[7:39] tension rising between the Congress and

[7:41] the Pentagon. The defense secretary,

[7:43] Dick Cheney, sent Congress a list of

[7:45] more than 800 units of the reserves of

[7:47] the National Guard that he wants to

[7:49] eliminate,

[7:50] 140,000 men and women. Here's ABC's Bob

[7:53] Zelnik.

[7:55] >> Most of the proposed cuts involve the

[7:57] Army Guard and reserves. 80% of the

[8:00] units had been designated for defending

[8:02] Europe against the Soviets. But the plan

[8:04] must be approved by Congress, and it

[8:07] faces even fiercer opposition than base

[8:09] closings. With the reserves, those being

[8:11] cut are all local citizens. By closing

[8:15] over 800 armories around the country,

[8:18] you're certainly not helping us get out

[8:19] of the recession. The only reason we

[8:21] exist is to be prepared to fight and win

[8:24] wars. We're not a social welfare agency.

[8:26] We're not an employment agency.

[8:28] >> There's a more serious military issue

[8:30] here. The Pentagon and Congress agreed

[8:32] the overall size of the military must be

[8:34] reduced. But compared to Congress, the

[8:36] Pentagon wants to get rid of more

[8:38] reserve units while saving active duty

[8:40] forces.

[8:41] >> It will take about a year to bring one

[8:43] of those guard divisions up to any

[8:44] reasonable level of combat readiness to

[8:47] put against a force the kind of which we

[8:50] were facing in Operation Desert Storm.

[8:52] But members of Congress see reserves as

[8:54] support troops who can provide the same

[8:56] level of readiness as active duty forces

[8:59] at a fraction of the cost.

[9:00] >> One of the lessons of the war was that

[9:02] the National Guard units performed

[9:04] superbly and they enabled us to mobilize

[9:07] very quickly.

[9:08] >> The proposed cuts hit most heavily at

[9:10] the northeastern states where

[9:11] predominantly Democratic congressional

[9:13] delegations have been calling loudly for

[9:16] deeper military cuts. Cheney denied the

[9:19] Pentagon is using the occasion to settle

[9:21] political scores. Rob Zelnick, ABC News

[9:24] at the Pentagon.

[9:26] >> In other news today, the Rockwell

[9:27] International Corporation got an

[9:29] expensive lesson in environmental law.

[9:31] Rockwell agreed to pay a fine of $18.5

[9:34] million as part of a plea bargain

[9:37] agreement for violations at the Rocky

[9:39] Flats nuclear weapons plant in Colorado.

[9:41] Here's ABC's Tom Foreman.

[9:44] Rockwell's representative hurried away

[9:46] from court after admitting his company

[9:48] illegally stored hazardous waste at

[9:50] Rocky Flats. The company plead guilty to

[9:53] 10 counts of keeping radioactive waste

[9:55] in nothing more than cardboard boxes and

[9:58] running contaminated water into public

[10:00] streams. Nuclear weapons production was

[10:03] the paramount priority and environmental

[10:06] compliance was resisted or ignored.

[10:10] Under the plea bargain, Rockwell will no

[10:12] longer face more serious allegations of

[10:14] burning and dumping hazardous waste.

[10:17] >> Rockwell has agreed to take uh these 10

[10:20] technical charges to get Rocky Flats

[10:22] behind us.

[10:23] >> The Department of Energy oversaw

[10:25] Rockwell's operation, but is immune from

[10:27] prosecution. So Rockwell alone faces the

[10:30] largest hazardous waste penalty in

[10:32] history. Tom Foreman, ABC News, Denver.

[10:35] In political news today, the Justice

[10:37] Department confirms that House Speaker

[10:39] Thomas Foley's strong denials that his

[10:41] wife is the target of a criminal

[10:42] investigation are valid. Yesterday,

[10:45] Heather Foley testified before a grand

[10:47] jury investigating embezzlement at the

[10:49] House Post Office and possible attempts

[10:51] to cover it up. ABC's Koki Roberts

[10:54] reports that many members of the House

[10:55] are saying that Mr. Foley must take

[10:57] responsibility for the scandals at the

[10:59] house and the post office and the house

[11:01] bank and they question whether he should

[11:03] stay on as the speaker. President Bush

[11:06] went to the hospital today for his

[11:07] annual physical. Afterwards, he told

[11:09] reporters he was in perfect health and

[11:11] his doctors agreed that his health is

[11:13] excellent. The Bush administration

[11:15] released a series of public service

[11:17] announcements today designed to heighten

[11:19] awareness about AIDS among women and in

[11:22] rural America. AIDS activists say the

[11:24] commercials never mention using condoms

[11:26] or even use the word sex and they call

[11:29] the campaign useless.

[11:32] Further on the subject of education, we

[11:34] were told again today the US is not

[11:36] doing a very good job teaching science.

[11:39] The education department's national

[11:41] report card said neither the schools nor

[11:43] their students are paying enough

[11:45] attention to science. Here's ABC's Jim

[11:47] Slade.

[11:49] Science is still not a priority subject

[11:51] in most American schools. The results

[11:54] are painfully clear.

[11:55] >> Only 58% of high school seniors knew

[11:59] that an increase in the concentration of

[12:01] carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels

[12:04] could lead to an increase in the

[12:06] greenhouse effect.

[12:08] >> The Department of Education's review

[12:09] criticized teachers who rely on textbook

[12:12] lectures almost to the exclusion of

[12:14] hands-on experimentation. 1/4 of the

[12:16] seniors interviewed said they never did

[12:18] experiments and nearly 60% said they

[12:21] never worked on science projects that

[12:23] took a week to finish. On the other

[12:25] hand, only half the teachers felt they

[12:27] were furnished adequate facilities to do

[12:28] laboratory science. In fact, the report

[12:31] says in many school systems, laboratory

[12:33] science courses are not offered and

[12:35] where they are, they are often not

[12:37] required. Jim Slate, ABC News,

[12:40] Washington. There was another warning

[12:42] today that when it comes to the health

[12:43] of children, the US is slipping further

[12:45] behind other developed countries. A

[12:48] bipartisan national commission says that

[12:50] in virtually every category from infant

[12:52] death to prenatal health care to

[12:54] childhood immunization, other countries

[12:56] are improving much faster than this one.

[13:00] From Florida tonight, a report on one of

[13:02] those court cases which confront

[13:04] parents, doctors, and the legal system

[13:06] with seemingly impossible choices. It

[13:08] involves a child born with a severe and

[13:11] life-threatening birth defect and what

[13:14] should be done next. Here's ABC's Mark

[13:16] Potter.

[13:18] >> Teresa Anne was born 6 days ago without

[13:20] a brain, but her brain stem is enough to

[13:23] keep her heartbeating. She still

[13:25] breathes on her own. Doctors say she

[13:28] cannot live much longer, and her family

[13:30] wants to donate her organs now before

[13:33] they deteriorate. She has a healthy

[13:35] heart, a healthy liver, and uh a

[13:39] beautiful set of eyes,

[13:41] and it should not just go to waste.

[13:44] >> But taking the organs now would mean

[13:46] killing the child. The law in Florida

[13:48] and other states says that as long as

[13:50] there is enough brain stem activity to

[13:53] regulate breathing and heartbeat, the

[13:55] child is technically alive. But doctors

[13:57] fear if they wait, the organs will be

[14:00] damaged. Specialists say the law was not

[14:02] written for cases like this.

[14:04] >> It's going to be very tough to change

[14:06] public policy in this country to permit

[14:08] these children to be used in the way

[14:10] that their parents wish.

[14:12] >> This afternoon, Teresa Anne's parents

[14:14] asked a Fort Lauderdale judge to rule

[14:16] their child brain dead. After a brief

[14:18] hearing, the judge refused.

[14:20] >> Death is a fact. It's not an opinion

[14:27] and I can't authorize someone

[14:32] to to take your baby's life,

[14:36] however short, however unsatisfactory.

[14:39] >> The judge said she could not allow the

[14:41] taking of one life, even if it was meant

[14:44] to extend the lives of several others.

[14:46] Mark Potter, ABC News, Fort Lauderdale.

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[16:28] >> Some of the overseas news now at the

[16:30] World Court in the HEG today. Libya

[16:31] versus the US and Britain. Libya wants

[16:34] the international court to rule that

[16:36] Libya does not have to hand over the two

[16:38] main suspects in the bombing of Panama

[16:40] Flight 103. Whatever the court rules,

[16:43] it's not binding. The UN Security

[16:44] Council is already circulating a

[16:46] resolution calling for economic

[16:48] sanctions against Libya if the Libyans

[16:50] refuse to cooperate. From South Africa

[16:53] today, another illustration of why it is

[16:55] not time to celebrate. Remember the

[16:57] headline last week, South Africa's

[16:59] whites vote yes on sharing power with

[17:02] South Africa's black majority. Talking

[17:05] about reform and making it happen are

[17:07] quite different. ABC's Don Clapstro is

[17:09] in Alexandria Township outside

[17:11] Johannesburg.

[17:12] >> It was supposed to be a march against

[17:14] violence, but it provoked the very thing

[17:17] it was designed to prevent.

[17:21] The violence began when Alexandra

[17:23] residents defied a court order

[17:24] forbidding the march, ignoring pleas to

[17:27] disperse.

[17:30] >> When crowds began throwing rocks, police

[17:32] responded with tear gas and rubber

[17:34] bullets.

[17:41] It has been this way for nearly a month.

[17:44] About 400 people have been killed in

[17:46] spite of a national peace accord aimed

[17:48] at ending the violence.

[17:49] >> I don't think people on the ground on a

[17:51] grassrooted levels understand the peace

[17:53] accord yet.

[17:54] >> In the 6 months since the country's

[17:56] political leaders signed the peace

[17:57] accord, nearly 1,200 people have died.

[18:00] the result of faction fighting, battles

[18:03] for political turf, private grudges that

[18:06] erupt into bloody cycles of revenge,

[18:08] counterrevenge. In Alexandra, much of

[18:11] the violence has been fueled by tribal

[18:13] rivalries between causes, township

[18:15] residents loyal to Nelson Mandela and

[18:18] Zulu, loyal to Encata leader Gacha

[18:20] Buddha. Until the violence is ended,

[18:23] President declares warned the country's

[18:25] black leaders further political reforms

[18:27] will be impossible. Don Cladstrip, ABC

[18:30] News in Alexander Township.

[18:33] >> Back home again in economic news, the

[18:35] government has revised downward its

[18:36] estimate of how well the economy was

[18:38] doing in the fourth quarter of last

[18:40] year. The gross domestic product, which

[18:42] is the total amount of goods and

[18:43] services produced inside the United

[18:45] States, was up only 4/10en of a percent.

[18:48] On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones

[18:50] Industrials gained a bit over eight

[18:51] points to close at 3267, and the trading

[18:55] was moderate. One other note about the

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[21:23] We have put heart attacks on the

[21:25] American agenda tonight. Once in a

[21:26] while, a drug comes along that is

[21:28] unusually effective in treating a

[21:30] particular ailment. Which is why the

[21:32] case of the clotbusters is so puzzling.

[21:35] When we first reported on these drugs

[21:36] for dissolving blood clots last year,

[21:39] they were already considered an

[21:40] important drug for treating heart attack

[21:42] victims, but few American doctors were

[21:44] using them. We've come back to the

[21:46] subject because of a major court case

[21:48] this week that may finally convince many

[21:51] more doctors in the US to take a closer

[21:53] look. Our medical editor is Tim Johnson.

[21:59] >> Tens of thousands of heart attack

[22:01] victims have been saved from death and

[22:03] disability by clotbusters. Drugs that

[22:06] break up the clots that cause heart

[22:08] attacks.

[22:09] But despite overwhelming evidence that

[22:11] clotbusters save lives, not enough

[22:14] American patients are getting them. By

[22:17] way of comparison, in Europe, 60% of

[22:20] heart attack patients get clotbusters.

[22:22] In the US, less than 30% receive the

[22:25] treatment. Why? Many experts site

[22:28] different American guidelines for use

[22:30] and a greater fear of malpractice if

[22:33] complications occur. The human cost of

[22:35] this underuse is staggering. the more

[22:38] widespread use of clotbuster drugs in

[22:40] the United States could avoid about

[22:43] 5,000 deaths each year.

[22:45] >> They didn't think that she was going to

[22:46] make it through the night.

[22:48] >> The tragic case of 49year-old Sonia

[22:51] Williams may help convince American

[22:53] doctors to increase their use of clot

[22:56] busters. In August 1989, Mrs. Williams

[23:00] came to Humana Hospital in North Miami

[23:02] Beach, Florida during a heart attack.

[23:05] Her husband says he asked several times

[23:07] if she could be given a clotbuster, but

[23:09] according to court testimony, she was

[23:11] not given the drug. 7 days later, Mrs.

[23:14] Williams suffered a stroke as a

[23:16] complication of her heart attack. She

[23:18] has difficulty walking and is unable to

[23:20] speak.

[23:21] >> They knew that there was

[23:25] a medicine out there that could help her

[23:29] and it wasn't given to her.

[23:31] >> This week, Mrs. Williams won a

[23:33] multi-million dollar outofc court

[23:34] settlement. Cardiologist Joel Gore, an

[23:37] expert witness in the case, says the

[23:40] message to doctors is clear. Clot

[23:42] dissolving agents are the standard of

[23:44] care for all heart attack patients. The

[23:46] failure to use these clot dissolving

[23:48] agents may make the physician liable for

[23:51] malpractice. There's another issue. When

[23:54] American doctors do use clotbusters,

[23:56] most of them still choose the most

[23:58] expensive one, even though studies to

[24:00] date show it is no better at actually

[24:02] saving lives than another drug which is

[24:05] much less expensive. In the United

[24:07] States, the most commonly used

[24:08] clotbuster is tpa, which costs $2,200 a

[24:12] dose. In Europe, the favorite is

[24:15] streptokinise, which cost around $300 a

[24:18] dose.

[24:18] >> TPA. Originally, American doctors said

[24:21] the higher cost of tpa was justified

[24:24] because they thought it was the best

[24:25] drug. But a year ago, Oxford researchers

[24:28] reported on the results of an

[24:30] international study of 41,000 patients

[24:33] in 20 countries, which compared TPA,

[24:36] streptokinace, and a third clotbuster.

[24:39] The study found streptokinace was just

[24:41] as effective at saving lives as the more

[24:44] expensive TPA.

[24:48] Some American doctors are turning to the

[24:50] cheaper drug. For example, at North

[24:52] Memorial Medical Center in Minneapolis.

[24:54] Cardiologists usually use streptokinace

[24:57] because of the cost issue.

[24:59] >> $2,000 a dose difference for the same

[25:01] end result. It's not something to sneeze

[25:03] at. If we don't take care of things, uh,

[25:06] the system will be bankrupt. Take

[25:09] another deep breath in, sir. So far, the

[25:12] government and private insurance

[25:14] companies have taken a hands-off

[25:15] attitude toward the clockbuster debate,

[25:18] choosing to let doctors decide.

[25:21] A new American study is now underway to

[25:23] challenge the evidence that the cheaper

[25:25] drug is as good. In the meantime,

[25:28] American cardiologists are likely to

[25:30] face growing pressure to both increase

[25:32] their use of clotbusters and consider

[25:35] using ones that are less costly than

[25:37] TPA. Dr. Timothy Johnson, ABC News.

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[26:52] having a sensational gift clothing sale.

[26:55] These pretty spring dresses are reduced

[26:57] 1/3 to 1 half of Burlington's original

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[27:17] The kids clothing sale at Burlington is

[27:19] a sellout every year.

[27:20] >> Derek Humphrey wrote the book on

[27:22] suicide. He and his wife helped her

[27:24] parents make their final exit. Then he

[27:26] used it against her. And Prime Time's

[27:28] got the tape. Plus, you've seen him on

[27:30] the campaign trail. But wait till you

[27:32] see Jerry Brown with Sam Donaldson.

[27:34] Prime Time tonight.

[27:37] Finally from us this evening, Calat

[27:38] Farms. Anybody who's ever watched much

[27:40] horse racing probably knows that Calat

[27:42] Farms are synonymous with some of the

[27:44] fastest horses which ever ran. But not

[27:47] very long ago, the most famous breeding

[27:48] farm in American horse racing went

[27:50] broke. At an auction today, everything

[27:52] from the farm and the barns to the derby

[27:55] trophies went on the block. ABC's Al

[27:57] Dale is in Kentucky.

[28:01] For more than 60 years, there has never

[28:03] been a place to rival Calumat Farm in

[28:06] the breeding of horses and the

[28:07] development of champions. The trademark

[28:09] white fences, miles of them, and rolling

[28:12] hills were home to some of the greatest

[28:14] names in horse racing, especially in the

[28:16] Kentucky Derby. In 1948, the great

[28:19] Citation became the first stallion to

[28:21] win a million dollars for Calumet. Over

[28:24] the years, eight derby winners wore the

[28:26] Calumet red and blue, including last

[28:28] year's winner, Strike the Gold. No other

[28:31] stable came close.

[28:32] >> Strike the gold wins the Derby by a

[28:35] length and a half.

[28:36] >> But that was not enough to save the farm

[28:38] after a decade of bad management and

[28:40] speculation that drove up the cost of

[28:42] thoroughbred. For several years, the

[28:44] farm survived on the performance of

[28:46] Allidar, a fierce competitor who brought

[28:48] in $20 million a year in stud fees. When

[28:52] Alidar shattered a leg, and had to be

[28:54] destroyed in 1990, it was a final blow.

[28:58] Calgat declared bankruptcy, dismissed

[29:00] most of its employees, and sold off the

[29:02] remaining horses.

[29:04] >> It's a sad thing to see the farm in the

[29:07] shape it's in and coming to a close. It

[29:09] certainly is. Hershel Lai who came to

[29:11] work here 44 years ago stayed on to look

[29:14] after the property including the

[29:16] cemetery where many champions lie buried

[29:19] won the triple crown the year I started

[29:20] working for the farm and uh he was just

[29:23] a great horse

[29:26] I loved him

[29:27] >> today on a gloomy misty morning calumat

[29:30] farm went on the auction block some came

[29:32] to pick up momentos others just to say

[29:35] goodbye

[29:36] >> I can't believe this is happening and if

[29:37] it has to happen I want to be here. I've

[29:39] lived here all my life and just to drive

[29:42] into Lex and see the white fences and

[29:44] the beautiful buildings and well, it's

[29:46] just like the royalty of Kentucky.

[29:48] >> And there were royal gems to be had. The

[29:51] van that carried citations, scores of

[29:54] trophies and paintings and of course the

[29:56] farm itself at 10 million. Nobody left.

[29:58] >> The bidding for the main farm and

[30:00] buildings went up to $17 million.

[30:03] >> Sold the farm for $17 million.

[30:07] When it ended, there was relief. The new

[30:09] owner is a longtime horse breeder who

[30:11] brought a promise of rebirth along with

[30:13] his check.

[30:14] >> And I assure you that no grasp will be

[30:16] changed. It will remain in perpetuity as

[30:19] it gets.

[30:20] >> It was a promise they owe.

[30:25] >> So join us Friday night at 9:00 right

[30:27] here on OPB.

[30:30] >> Pat Buchanan has attacked the GOP from

[30:33] the right. President says government is

[30:35] too big and costs too much. How serious

[30:37] a threat is he to George Bush's

[30:39] presidential campaign?

[30:41] >> Failed to mention that he's presided

[30:42] over the greatest explosion in

[30:44] government spending and taxation in

[30:45] history. In a special 1-hour interview,

[30:48] David Frost talks with Pat Buchanan

[30:50] about his views on the issues facing

[30:52] America this election year.

[30:55] Friday night, don't miss Pat Buchanan

[30:58] talking with David Frost.

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