Nightline (ABC) - 2000-08-01 (Republican Convention)

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[0:01] August 1st, 2000.

[0:04] >> If if Governor Bush is a reformer, I'm

[0:07] an astronaut. He was the maverick, the

[0:09] loner, and unexpected player during the

[0:12] primary season.

[0:14] >> I lost. I lost.

[0:17] >> He lost, but this week he's back.

[0:20] >> Wow. It's like he's running again.

[0:22] >> If only for a moment.

[0:23] >> But I'm amazed what they have. Four

[0:24] buses. Great turnout.

[0:29] The Street Talk Express has arrived in

[0:31] Philadelphia and John McCain is walking

[0:34] a tight rope

[0:35] >> and it's all about staying in the game.

[0:36] If not for today, for tomorrow.

[0:39] >> I know that by supporting George W.

[0:40] Bush, I serve my country well.

[0:43] >> Tonight, can John McCain be loyal to

[0:46] Bush and remain true to himself?

[0:54] From ABC News,

[0:58] this is Night Line

[1:01] reporting from Washington. Ted Cbell.

[1:05] There is in fact some news out of

[1:07] Philadelphia tonight. News that has not

[1:10] been choreographed or released by the

[1:11] Republican National Committee or the

[1:13] Bush campaign. In our nightly segment,

[1:16] Tomorrow's edition, in which we turn to

[1:18] our colleagues from the New York Times

[1:20] to learn what will be on their front

[1:22] page in the morning. You'll learn about

[1:24] an elite group of major donors to the

[1:26] Republican party who have poured more

[1:29] than $90 million into the GOP's party

[1:32] coffers and who've done it in such a way

[1:34] as to disguise their identities. More on

[1:38] that a little later. Philadelphia police

[1:40] have arrested more than 200

[1:42] demonstrators during the course of this

[1:44] day after protesters stepped up their

[1:47] efforts to disrupt the Republican

[1:49] convention. There was some property

[1:51] damage and traffic was tie

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