CBS Evening News - 1999-12-08
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[0:01] Liza Minnelli, Arie Wilson, and the
[0:03] Beach Boys on his
[0:05] >> possible breakthrough in the Middle
[0:06] East. President Clinton announces Israel
[0:09] and Syria will talk peace again. The
[0:11] president says the fate of a young Cuban
[0:13] refugee should be about what's best for
[0:16] the child. The booming US economy may be
[0:19] driving some Americans from their homes.
[0:22] And a school test cheating scandal. Wait
[0:26] till you see who's behind it.
[0:30] This is the CBS Evening News [music]
[0:34] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:37] headquarters in New York.
[0:40] Good evening. President Clinton declared
[0:41] a breakthrough today toward his main
[0:43] foreign policy goal, peace in the Middle
[0:46] East. The president said Israel and
[0:48] Syria have agreed to resume the direct
[0:50] talks they broke off three years ago
[0:53] next week in Washington. The president
[0:55] made the announcement at the start of a
[0:56] wide- ranging year-end news conference.
[0:59] CBS News chief White House correspondent
[1:01] John Roberts has all the details. John.
[1:03] Dan. When talks between Israel and Syria
[1:05] begin here next week, they will be for
[1:07] the first time at the highest levels and
[1:10] they will be without condition, which is
[1:12] to say that Syria has relinquished its
[1:14] position that Israel must first give
[1:16] back the land it captured in the 1967
[1:18] war before talks could begin.
[1:21] Today's step is a significant
[1:22] breakthrough for it will allow them to
[1:25] deal with each other face to face and
[1:27] that is the only way to get there. The
[1:30] breakthrough came after meetings in the
[1:31] past two days between Secretary of State
[1:33] Albbright and President Assa