CBS Evening News - 1992-04-10

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[0:01] A deadly explosion rocks London as the

[0:03] Conservative government is celebrating

[0:05] an election victory. Angry President

[0:08] Bush denies his re-election campaign is

[0:11] a mess. And Eye on America tonight, heat

[0:14] under feet. An uplose look at this

[0:17] country's fastest growing sport. This is

[0:20] the CBS Evening News.

[0:26] >> [music]

[0:28] >> Good evening, Dan Rather reporting. A

[0:30] deadly bomb explosion shook the center

[0:32] of London tonight. Police say the Irish

[0:34] Republican Army is, and I quote, back

[0:36] with a vengeance. The blast followed a

[0:39] stunning election victory by the Irish

[0:41] organization's archeneemy, British Prime

[0:44] Minister John Major. CBS News

[0:46] correspondent Tom Fenton is on the scene

[0:48] in London.

[0:51] >> There was a huge explosion tonight in

[0:53] London's financial district. It was

[0:55] followed by a second explosion almost 4

[0:57] hours later. There were at least two

[1:00] dead and dozens of injured. Banks and

[1:02] other buildings were damaged. Police say

[1:04] they suspect the Irish Republican army.

[1:06] It was a tragic ending to what had been

[1:09] a day of celebration.

[1:12] This afternoon, Prime Minister Major was

[1:14] basking in his historic accomplishment.

[1:16] The first time a British party has won

[1:19] four elections in a row since 1822.

[1:22] All around the world, governments facing

[1:24] elections in recessions have tended to

[1:26] lose seats. Many of them have lost

[1:28] power. We have bucked that trend and

[1:30] buck that trend in a most spectacular

[1:32] fashion.

[1:34] >> 10:00. [music]

[1:34] >> The opinion polls said he would lose.

[1:36] >> Hung Parliament. This election is

[1:38] [music] too close to call.

[1:40] >> In the end, they were dead wrong. As the

[1:42] results poured in, they showed he had

[1:44] not only won, but had won as many votes

[1:47] as his famous predecessor in the last

[1:49] two elections. This was a famous victory

[1:52] because the people were not going to

[1:54] have socialism. They wanted and insisted

[1:57] on having a conservative government.

[1:59] >> It was a bitter pill for the Labor Party

[2:01] and for its leader Neil Kinnick who

[2:03] thought he had victory in his grasp.

[2:05] >> The day will come when with the Labor

[2:09] government the country will get better

[2:13] in its spirit, in its soul, in its

[2:17] fortune. After years of effort to move

[2:19] his party away from old-fashioned

[2:21] socialism, Kinnick is now expected to

[2:24] step down. The Conservative defeated

[2:26] Labor in the middle of this recession

[2:28] with a scare campaign that slammed it at

[2:30] the party of higher taxes and inflation.

[2:34] >> The Conservative victory set off a

[2:35] buying binge in the London Financial

[2:37] District. $35 billion poured into a

[2:41] skyrocketing stock market with a new

[2:43] 5-year lease on 10 Downing Street.

[2:46] Major's first promise was to move the

[2:48] country out of recession. Tom Penton,

[2:51] CBS News, London.

[2:53] >> Campaigning for his re-election,

[2:54] President Bush today talked about the

[2:56] British elections, US welfare reform,

[2:58] and he made a surprising political

[3:00] admission. White House correspondent

[3:02] Susan Spencer has details.

[3:05] >> With the Rose Garden as his backdrop,

[3:07] Mr. Bush trumpeted what's been for him a

[3:09] banner week. a conservative win in

[3:12] Britain, a Noriega loss in court, a

[3:14] Democratic campaign in chaos. He hotly

[3:17] denied reports that he thinks his own

[3:19] campaign is a mess as well, but seemed

[3:21] momentarily stumped when asked just what

[3:24] is his top priority if reelected.

[3:27] >> Single goal,

[3:30] there's several goals and I've been

[3:31] spelling them all out.

[3:32] >> He finally settled on education reform,

[3:35] a likely campaign issue where he claims

[3:37] leadership. on welfare reform, another

[3:40] likely issue. Mr. Bush has said

[3:42] virtually nothing until today. When

[3:44] citing an experiment in Wisconsin, he

[3:47] unveiled his plan, namely, let states

[3:50] experiment. Wisconsin would let parents

[3:52] keep more of their earnings, but cap

[3:54] benefits after two children. The

[3:57] president was amazingly candid about his

[3:58] sudden burst of interest in the subject.

[4:01] >> I think the politics drive some things.

[4:03] They get much more clearly in focus

[4:05] every four years and then you go ahead

[4:07] and try to follow through and do

[4:08] something about them.

[4:10] >> Democrats had an even less charitable

[4:12] explanation.

[4:13] >> For the last 20 years, the Republicans

[4:15] have had a deck of race cards that they

[4:17] play whenever they get in trouble.

[4:19] Sometimes they play it on crime.

[4:22] Sometimes they play it on public

[4:23] assistance. This week it's on welfare

[4:25] reform.

[4:26] >> If the charge is anyone that wants to

[4:28] change the welfare system is a bigot, I

[4:30] should would totally reject that. In any

[4:32] case, welfare reform fits neatly into

[4:35] the president's new message. Namely,

[4:37] that he, the man at the helm for the

[4:39] last three years, is the one to turn to

[4:41] for change. Susan Spencer, CBS News, the

[4:45] White House.

[4:46] >> A man who's thinking about running for

[4:47] president as an independent has his own

[4:49] take on the welfare problem. H. Ross

[4:52] Perau, the successful Texas

[4:54] entrepreneur, talked about it today at a

[4:56] news conference in Washington. Our

[4:59] primary job in this country, overriding

[5:02] any other, is to stabilize the

[5:04] deteriorating job base,

[5:07] because as you lose jobs, you lose

[5:10] taxpayers. And here's an interesting one

[5:12] not many people think about.

[5:14] When a taxpayer becomes a welfare user,

[5:17] his or her welfare check exceeds

[5:21] what their payment used to be to the

[5:22] IRS. So, there's more than a double hit.

[5:25] On other matters, Perau said today that

[5:27] he's never used drugs and never cheated

[5:29] on his taxes or his wife. In California,

[5:32] this was sentencing day for the man

[5:34] behind the biggest single savings and

[5:36] loan failure. CBS News correspondent

[5:38] Bill Lagatuda reports on an emotional

[5:40] day in court for Charles Keating and his

[5:43] victims. The man whose very name has

[5:46] come to symbolize America's savings and

[5:48] loan crisis came to court today to beg

[5:51] for mercy. He brought his family, his

[5:53] grandchildren for support. But also in

[5:56] the room were many of Charles Keading's

[5:58] victims, the elderly investors who all

[6:00] told lost more than $250 million and

[6:04] today were in no mood for compassion.

[6:07] >> Many of them sick and living on a fixed

[6:09] income.

[6:11] They have been sentenced by this man to

[6:15] a life of misery and poverty. It is this

[6:18] court's obligation to wake him up and

[6:22] make him responsible by putting him in

[6:24] jail and making them pay back everything

[6:26] or throw away the key.

[6:28] >> Does he understand the shame I felt? Try

[6:32] it, Mr. Keading.

[6:34] For the rest of your life

[6:36] with your wife, try living on social

[6:39] security checks. Keading was convicted

[6:42] of 17 counts of fraud for selling

[6:44] worthless junk bonds from his former

[6:46] Lincoln Savings and Loan, the bailout of

[6:49] which is expected to cost US taxpayers

[6:51] more than $2.5 billion. Keading's lawyer

[6:54] told the court his client had sorrow for

[6:56] the bond holders, that he should be

[6:58] sentenced to community service, not

[7:00] jail. But in the end, the judge sided

[7:03] with the victims, ordering the one-time

[7:05] high living financeier to prison for 10

[7:07] years.

[7:08] >> I'm sure Mr. Keing felt as though he

[7:10] could buy his way. He had bought

[7:12] everything else in his lifetime except

[7:14] he couldn't buy couldn't buy the jury

[7:16] and he couldn't buy the judge.

[7:18] >> Thank you.

[7:19] >> Charles Keading went to jail tonight

[7:21] denied bail. He faces federal

[7:23] racketeering charges this summer and his

[7:26] victims are suing him in civil court

[7:28] asking more than a billion dollars in

[7:30] damages. Bill Agatuda, CBS News, Los

[7:33] Angeles.

[7:35] And still ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

[7:37] News, deception and the American press,

[7:40] war, lies, and videotape in the Persian

[7:43] Gulf. Also, a new health plan for

[7:45] children without insurance.

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[8:56] >> There is at least a ray of hope tonight

[8:58] for settling that 5-month-old

[8:59] Caterpillar strike. The company and the

[9:01] United Auto Workers agreed today to

[9:03] start talking again. Thousands of

[9:05] strikers in Illinois are defying a

[9:08] Caterpillar company ultimatum to go back

[9:10] to work or be replaced permanently. A

[9:13] bus wreck in Halifax, North Carolina

[9:15] today injured at least 23 people. The

[9:17] bus was taking a high school ROC group

[9:20] to Virginia when it ran off the road and

[9:22] flipped over. The driver has been

[9:23] charged with careless and reckless

[9:25] driving. He told police he fell asleep

[9:27] at the wheel. A child's injury or

[9:30] illness is enough for any mother or

[9:32] father to worry about. But for many,

[9:34] there is another worry. How to pay for

[9:36] their children's healthcare. In Florida,

[9:38] some parents now don't have to worry

[9:41] quite as much. Doug Fenell explains why.

[9:45] 8-year-old Selena Oolie just went to the

[9:47] doctor for the first time in nearly 2

[9:49] years because her family could finally

[9:51] afford health insurance and a checkup.

[9:54] Yeah.

[9:56] Every now and then I believe uh her

[9:58] cough is from her asthma,

[10:01] but I haven't had the insurance or the

[10:03] money to take it to have it checked out.

[10:06] So now we will.

[10:08] >> And so will thousands of kids like

[10:10] Selena who now are covered by an

[10:12] experimental group insurance plan called

[10:14] Healthy Kids. Offered by schools in

[10:17] Florida's Valuchia County and subsidized

[10:19] by the federal government. Cost for the

[10:21] coverage will range between nothing and

[10:23] $60 a month. About half the kids in

[10:25] Selena's school have had no insurance

[10:27] until now.

[10:29] >> You have a little child in kindergarten

[10:30] who can't hear and he can't hear because

[10:33] he has to have tubes in his ears and he

[10:35] can't do that because they can't afford

[10:36] it.

[10:37] >> Like many other families, Selena's

[10:39] parents fell into a coverage gap,

[10:40] earning too much to qualify for Medicaid

[10:43] and not enough to afford a private

[10:44] policy.

[10:46] Nearly 10 million American kids are

[10:48] currently without any kind of health

[10:50] insurance. The Healthy Kids program is

[10:52] being considered as one possible remedy

[10:54] to that nationwide problem. But its

[10:56] creators concede it's not a

[10:58] comprehensive solution to America's

[11:00] healthcare crisis. It's simply a bigger

[11:02] band-aid, not a cure. There's still

[11:04] going to be people in that community and

[11:06] in the communities wherever as we expand

[11:09] that are not going to have access to

[11:10] healthcare. And that's the way we ration

[11:12] healthcare in this country. ration on

[11:14] the basis of what your income is.

[11:16] >> When Selena's 12-year-old sister Diane

[11:18] came down with an ear infection, a trip

[11:20] to the emergency room at a local

[11:22] hospital and a prescription drug cost

[11:24] her family almost $200.

[11:26] >> It was one check on.

[11:29] >> How'd you get by that week?

[11:30] >> Barely.

[11:32] >> Diane discovered she has another ear

[11:34] infection, but her prescription cost

[11:36] just $3, not 70. And Selena got a clean

[11:39] bill of health for free. Doug Tanell,

[11:42] CBS News, Daytona Beach.

[11:45] >> We're all set.

[11:47] >> Stay here with us now for more CBS News.

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[13:44] Officials in Nicaragua say as many as

[13:46] 15,000 people were evacuated from their

[13:48] villages today as a volcano spread ash

[13:51] and sand over much of the country's

[13:53] Pacific coast. At least two people were

[13:55] injured. The Nicaraguan volcano has

[13:57] erupted 15 times in the last 150 years.

[14:01] The devastation in Afghanistan has been

[14:03] caused by years of vicious civil war.

[14:06] Today, the United Nations Secretary

[14:08] General announced what he calls a first

[14:10] step of reconciliation. He says that

[14:13] waring parties now have agreed to form a

[14:15] council that will eventually hand power

[14:18] to an interim government.

[14:20] The Defense Department of the United

[14:21] States came out today with a 1300page

[14:24] study of the Persian Gulf War. It claims

[14:26] lots of successes and admits a few

[14:28] failures such as late and misleading

[14:30] intelligence reports that led to

[14:32] unnecessary bombing strikes. Some of

[14:35] what the public was told about the war

[14:37] was misleading, too. And as

[14:38] correspondent David Martin reports, in

[14:40] some cases that was deliberate.

[14:46] Everyone now knows the main attack

[14:48] against the Iraqi army came from the

[14:50] west. A giant left hook. At the time,

[14:53] thousands of lives depended on catching

[14:55] the Iraqis looking the wrong way out to

[14:57] sea.

[14:57] >> If we wanted the Iraqis to continue to

[14:59] believe that we were going to conduct a

[15:01] massive amphibious operation in this

[15:03] area.

[15:04] >> In wartime, Churchill said truth is so

[15:07] precious she should always be attended

[15:08] by a bodyguard of lies. This was one of

[15:11] those lies. Operation Imminent Thunder,

[15:14] a practice amphibious landing in Saudi

[15:16] Arabia. Today's report on the conduct of

[15:18] the war says Imminent Thunder was the

[15:20] first in a series of operations designed

[15:22] to deceive the Iraqi command. But to

[15:25] deceive Saddam Hussein, the military had

[15:27] to use the American media to deliver

[15:29] that false message. Nobody set out to

[15:31] use the press to confuse the Iraqis. The

[15:36] military did set out to use the military

[15:39] to confuse the Iraqis and the press

[15:41] covered that part of it just as they

[15:42] covered everything else. Should the

[15:44] military use the press to deceive the

[15:46] enemy?

[15:47] >> Soldier turned journalist David

[15:48] Hackworth says he and other reporters at

[15:51] Newsweek knew an amphibious assault was

[15:53] not in the cards. It continued to play

[15:55] it up. We knew it was going to save

[15:57] lives. It was our job to uh go along

[16:01] with this deception. But the reporter

[16:03] who won a Pulitzer Prize for his

[16:05] coverage of the war feels the press

[16:06] should never be party to deception.

[16:08] >> The government routinely uses us as

[16:10] diplomatic couriers and messages

[16:12] messengers, but uh it's our job uh to

[16:16] spot that, smell that, and avoid it.

[16:18] >> War requires both the press and

[16:20] government to balance two priceless

[16:22] commodities, truth and human right.

[16:24] Neither came out of the Persian Gulf War

[16:26] unscathed.

[16:28] David Martin, CBS News, the Pentagon.

[16:31] There is more CBS evening news ahead,

[16:33] including the money crunch and eye on

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[18:29] >> The Tokyo stock market bounced back from

[18:31] record losses to post a nearrecord gain

[18:33] today. Wall Street again took its cue

[18:35] from the Japanese. The Dow Jones

[18:37] Industrial Average closed up more than

[18:39] 30 points. Also heading up the cost of

[18:42] living. The government says now

[18:44] officially consumer prices jumped half a

[18:46] percent in March. That's the biggest

[18:48] gain in a year and a half. But analysts

[18:50] are writing it off as a one-mon blip.

[18:53] They say inflation is still well under

[18:55] control. Prices will be plunging on US

[18:58] commercial airlines as of next week. The

[19:00] carriers are gambling that they can lure

[19:03] more passengers with lower fairs. Ray

[19:05] Brady has some tips on how you can fare

[19:08] best in the money crunch. Making it in

[19:10] America.

[19:12] Hearing that American Airlines is

[19:14] bringing fairs down to earth, travelers

[19:16] were flying high.

[19:18] >> We think it's great that they've become

[19:19] low. Newspaper ads screamed the news

[19:22] again today. Coach fairs down an average

[19:24] 38%. Some first class fairs down even

[19:28] more. But should you run right out now

[19:30] and buy that Florida ticket or plan now

[19:32] for the family vacation? Many airlines

[19:35] are rushing into the fair war. Matching

[19:38] cuts. The next 72 hours should bring

[19:40] more details, more prices.

[19:43] >> I would say let's sit back a little bit.

[19:45] We've got the time. The seats are still

[19:47] there. Uh there's no need to rush out

[19:49] today and buy.

[19:50] >> Not only that, it still pays to stop and

[19:53] shop. With its new rates, American will

[19:55] fly you New York to Los Angeles,

[19:58] advanced fair, midweek flight, $460

[20:01] round trip. But on America West, same

[20:04] flight, better deal, $338

[20:08] round trip. It's happened very often

[20:10] that we've ended up being on a plane

[20:11] where someone has passed has paid half

[20:12] the fair that we've paid. The new low

[20:14] airfares may slow that down, but check

[20:17] your neighbor's ticket anyway. What's

[20:19] called the hidden city gimmick is still

[20:21] airborne. Fly, for example, United, New

[20:24] York to Chicago, $250 one way, same

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[20:31] Chicago, Columbus, Ohio. You pay $200

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[20:38] one on. Atlanta Dallas Fort Worth on

[20:41] American $250.

[20:43] Same airline Atlanta Dallas Little Rock

[20:46] Arkansas $200. And you know where to get

[20:50] off

[20:51] >> the hidden cities. Yes, I think you're

[20:52] going to find those are still going to

[20:54] be anywhere between 20 to 25 to 30%

[20:57] lower if the consumer doesn't mind

[21:00] taking the time looking for it. One

[21:02] really good deal, Americans doing away

[21:04] with that no refund policy on discount

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[21:11] other airlines are expected to follow

[21:13] suit. Ray Brady, CBS News. The money

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[21:19] tonight. Rollerblades. Strap them on or

[21:22] get out of the way.

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[23:42] wheel and man was on a roll. In

[23:45] tonight's Eye on America, the

[23:46] state-of-the-art. John Blackstone

[23:49] reports on a new trend. Rollerblades.

[23:51] The hottest things on two feet.

[23:57] >> Get it. Get it. Get on him. Get on him.

[24:00] Shoot.

[24:01] >> This year, rollerblades are set to make

[24:02] it into the mainstream of American

[24:04] sport. Inline roller skates are no

[24:07] longer just a fad. They're becoming a

[24:09] fixture. It's a big thing. It's It's

[24:12] better than baseball. It's better than

[24:14] football.

[24:16] >> And it's often the fastest thing on two

[24:19] feet.

[24:20] >> It's fun to pass up bicycles. They look

[24:22] at you like you're crazy. The speed is

[24:25] exhilarating. We get up to 35 mph in the

[24:28] sprint.

[24:29] >> The skates are fast. All right. But it's

[24:31] not just the speed the skaters love.

[24:33] It's a newfound freedom on wheels. As

[24:36] springtime arrives in New York, joggers

[24:39] in the park may be discovering they're

[24:41] outnumbered.

[24:42] >> Do not run them down. Do not yell at

[24:45] them. Really try your best not to be

[24:47] rude.

[24:50] >> This new skating technology has now been

[24:53] accepted for international competition.

[24:55] The skates will be used for the first

[24:57] time in the next Pan-American Games.

[25:03] >> Center, get up there, center, go. As

[25:05] others got ready for the baseball

[25:07] season, hundreds of kids in Southern

[25:09] California went nowhere near a diamond.

[25:12] Their weekend was spent on blades.

[25:14] >> I've played soccer and baseball and I

[25:17] just like this one a lot more better.

[25:21] >> Fry Valley Roller Hockey League has 33

[25:24] teams with almost 400 players

[25:27] >> and a waiting list. People begging,

[25:29] parents calling me saying, "Please,

[25:30] please, we missed it. We didn't know. We

[25:33] Please put us on a team." The team

[25:35] doctor for the New York Jets has

[25:37] prescribed rollerblades for more than a

[25:39] dozen football players recovering from

[25:40] knee surgery. Joe Mott and Ken Wizenhunt

[25:43] are the latest to try to skate their way

[25:45] back into shape.

[25:46] >> It's not the pounding that you can get

[25:48] from aerobics, raetball, and uh and

[25:50] running. It's more of a gliding

[25:52] sensation.

[25:53] >> It's not just fitness and sport. This is

[25:56] transportation, too.

[25:57] >> Mass uh transit prices are going up.

[25:59] Taxes are too expensive. Car insurance

[26:02] is skyrocketing. I can get anywhere on

[26:04] my skates for free.

[26:05] >> When you give baby rollerblade a hug,

[26:07] you can activate her and she really

[26:09] starts to rollerblade. Whoa.

[26:11] >> Mattel Toys is even introducing a

[26:13] rollerblade doll this summer.

[26:15] >> She's got a really vulnerable look that

[26:17] little girls really love.

[26:19] >> The word vulnerable seems to come up a

[26:21] lot when people are skating.

[26:23] >> You're getting some exercise even if

[26:24] you're not,

[26:27] >> you know, it's like, oh, you going to

[26:29] fall? Well, no, I'm not going to fall.

[26:31] Everybody's vulnerable and everybody

[26:32] feels a little more related.

[26:34] >> You go one, two, three.

[26:37] >> In San Francisco, members of the Golden

[26:39] Gate Park Skate Patrol help the

[26:41] newcomers who just keep rolling in. More

[26:44] than 6 million Americans tried this last

[26:47] year. Enthusiasts call it the fastest

[26:49] growing sport in the country. And that

[26:51] trend, like a lot of novice skaters,

[26:53] shows no sign of coming to a quick stop.

[26:56] >> Okay, I've got the tree.

[27:00] The thing is, if you need a stop, you

[27:01] will.

[27:04] >> Well, I did it on my rear.

[27:07] >> It was really clever. You sort of

[27:08] flipped back and land.

[27:12] >> Skate makers expect to sell $500 million

[27:15] worth this year. 10 times the industry

[27:17] sales just 3 years ago.

[27:21] Some say it's no accident this boom has

[27:23] come during a recession. The skates

[27:25] aren't cheap. up to $250 a pair. But

[27:29] after that, the rest of the fun is free.

[27:36] >> In San Francisco, this is John

[27:38] Blackstone for Eye on America.

[27:41] Rollerblades come in as roller skates go

[27:43] the way of the horse and buggy, harmony

[27:45] wagons, and spats. Part of our world

[27:48] tonight. Bob Shifu will be rolling in

[27:50] with the news tomorrow. Dan Rather for

[27:52] the CBS Evening News. I'll see you

[27:54] Monday. Good night.

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