NBC Nightly News - 1982-08-17

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[0:00] Nashville.

[0:04] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Brocoy

[0:08] in West Beirut, Roger Mud in Washington,

[0:11] and commentary by John Chancellor.

[0:14] Good evening. The roof came off the New

[0:16] York Stock Exchange today. It was a bull

[0:19] market. Almost 93 million shares changed

[0:22] hands and stocks jumped an average of

[0:23] a$110 per share. The Reagan White House,

[0:26] including the president himself, tried

[0:28] to take some credit for the jump,

[0:29] claiming the tax speech last night was

[0:31] seen by and influenced Wall Street.

[0:34] Here's NBC's business correspondent Mike

[0:36] Jensen.

[0:38] It was an astonishing day on Wall

[0:40] Street. The biggest one-day jump in

[0:42] stock prices ever, as measured by the

[0:44] Dow Jones Industrial Average, up 38.81

[0:48] points to 831.24.

[0:50] the second highest trading volume ever,

[0:52] almost 93 million shares. All of this

[0:56] unleashed by investors expectations that

[0:58] interest rates, which have been falling

[1:00] for a couple of weeks, will keep right

[1:02] on falling. And that expectation was

[1:04] triggered by this man, Henry Calfman,

[1:07] chief economist of the investment

[1:08] banking firm of Solomon Brothers, a very

[1:11] influential man. Ordinarily, he's one of

[1:14] the glooiest people on Wall Street. He's

[1:16] been predicting higher interest rates,

[1:18] but today he reversed himself and said

[1:20] they'd go lower. That's all it took for

[1:23] an incredible explosion of buy orders to

[1:25] hit brokerage houses. When interest

[1:27] rates go down, it's good for the stock

[1:29] market because people want to buy stocks

[1:31] instead of things like money funds.

[1:33] Today, they did. Of more than 1,700

[1:36] stocks listed on the New York Stock

[1:38] Exchange, 1,562

[1:40] went up and only 151 went down. So,

[1:44] there was a lot of exuberance on Wall

[1:46] Street today, but it was tempered by

[1:48] this. The reason why Henry Calfman says

[1:50] interest rates will continue to come

[1:52] down is that we're still stuck in a

[1:53] recession today. That was good for Wall

[1:56] Street, but it's bad for business and

[1:58] for people who've lost their jobs. Mike

[2:01] Jensen, NBC News, New York. Just after

[2:04] the market closed today, the Commerce

[2:06] Department announced that new housing

[2:08] starts jumped up almost 34% in July.

[2:11] That's the biggest increase in 23 years.

[2:14] President Reagan got a surprising

[2:16] convert to his tax increase bill today.

[2:18] Democratic Senator Kennedy of

[2:19] Massachusetts said he was reversing his

[2:21] opposition. But in the House, where the

[2:23] fight is close, Mr. Reagan was getting

[2:25] mixed reviews from the Republicans.

[2:27] Here's Lisa Meyers.

[2:28] >> Despite a dose of gentle persuasion by

[2:31] the president, Republican Bob Livingston

[2:33] was still undecided as he watched the

[2:35] speech. Until he arrived at his office

[2:38] this morning, mail from his conservative

[2:40] Louisiana district was running

[2:42] overwhelmingly against the tax increase.

[2:45] But that changed overnight.

[2:46] >> We will not vote to reelect you unless

[2:48] you support the president's proposal.

[2:50] Boom.

[2:51] >> Now Livingston, who's never voted for a

[2:53] tax increase, is leaning strongly

[2:55] towards supporting this one, even though

[2:58] he's uncomfortable being allied with

[2:59] liberal Democrats such as Thomas Downey.

[3:02] >> Frankly, all of the alternatives are

[3:04] pretty bad in my estimation. And I think

[3:05] that uh uh the least ownorous of the

[3:08] alternatives is to is to probably vote

[3:11] with the president.

[3:12] >> But Livingston was one of the few

[3:14] Republican converts. Thomas of

[3:16] California undecided after meeting with

[3:18] the president yesterday is still

[3:20] undecided. Log Marcino of California

[3:23] after meeting with the president today

[3:25] also undecided. After a meeting with

[3:28] Treasury Secretary Rean, Minority Leader

[3:30] Robert Michael conceded that the speech

[3:33] didn't exactly touch off a stampede.

[3:35] >> I'm not altogether sure there's been as

[3:37] big a response to members home districts

[3:40] as for example uh in those two big

[3:43] pitches last year because uh I I

[3:46] wouldn't expect so uh who wants to be

[3:48] for tax increases period. But the speech

[3:51] did generate much needed momentum. And

[3:54] although no one is willing to bet the

[3:55] farm, the current hunch is that the bill

[3:57] will squeak through Congress. Lisa

[4:00] Meyers, NBC News at the capital.

[4:03] >> The House startled the experts today and

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[6:02] Good evening from West Beirut where

[6:04] tonight the Lebanese Prime Minister

[6:06] Shafi al-Wisan made a surprise

[6:08] announcement. He said the agreement for

[6:10] the evacuation of the PLO has all been

[6:12] wrapped up. He offered no details, but

[6:15] apparently there is agreement on all the

[6:17] major points and the general thinking

[6:19] here is that the first contingent of PLO

[6:21] fighters will leave the city on Saturday

[6:24] around dawn. Tonight's announcement

[6:26] followed a day of meetings. Lebanese

[6:28] Prime Minister Al- Wazan's motorcade

[6:30] raced through the city at one point on

[6:32] route to his secret meeting with

[6:33] mediator Philip Habib. This apparently

[6:36] is the plan they're working on. The

[6:38] first stage of the evacuation by sea.

[6:41] The Israelis would give up control of

[6:44] the Beirut port and a French force would

[6:46] move in. The PLO would go from here to

[6:49] Cyprus by ship. From there, airplanes to

[6:53] their Arab destinations, Iraq, Jordan,

[6:56] Syria, and Tunisia primarily. Tomorrow,

[7:00] the formal request will go out to the

[7:01] United States, France, and Italy for

[7:03] troops to be used in that multinational

[7:05] force. But of course, those arrangements

[7:07] presumably already have been made. In

[7:10] fact, Keith Miller has been taking a

[7:11] look at some of the elements of that

[7:13] force.

[7:15] The Italian contingent to the

[7:17] peacekeeping force assembled in the port

[7:18] city of Brendesy today. They like the

[7:21] French and Americans were waiting for

[7:22] the order to proceed to Beirut. Military

[7:25] sources here say they don't expect that

[7:27] order until the end of the week.

[7:29] Meanwhile, in the Eastern Mediterranean,

[7:31] ships of the French fleet were preparing

[7:33] to carry the French contingent to

[7:35] Lebanon. And ships of the American sixth

[7:37] fleet, including the aircraft carrier

[7:39] Forestall, were seen just 40 miles from

[7:42] Beirut.

[7:43] Italian forces consist of 550 men. Most

[7:47] are vessel Yedi, a cracked unit

[7:49] recognized for their plumemed helmets

[7:51] and rigid standards. Soldiers spent most

[7:54] of today loading the last of their

[7:55] equipment aboard the ships that will

[7:57] take them to Beirut. But the vehicles

[7:59] are defensive. The soldiers are allowed

[8:01] to pack only light weapons. One officer

[8:04] said, "If we are shot at, we will

[8:05] respond, and if the truce fails, we will

[8:08] pull out." It will take the Italians at

[8:11] least 4 days to sail to Lebanon once

[8:13] their order is received. The American,

[8:16] Italian, and French ambassadors to

[8:17] Lebanon will then decide when the troops

[8:19] will take to the streets and where the

[8:22] troops will be deployed, and most

[8:24] important, who will assume overall

[8:26] command in what is a delicate and

[8:28] possibly dangerous mission. Keith

[8:31] Miller, NBC News, Bindesy.

[8:35] And in West Beirut today, thousands of

[8:37] people were pouring back into this

[8:39] embattled city. We have a report on that

[8:41] tonight from Vic Aken.

[8:44] >> Gallery cement, the main crossing point

[8:46] between east and west Beirut. The

[8:48] traffic flow starts just after dawn.

[8:51] More and more people are moving back

[8:53] into West Beirut. Another sign that the

[8:55] siege of this city may soon end.

[9:00] At the museum crossing point bitterly

[9:02] fought over during the past month, the

[9:04] leftist Lebanese militia defending the

[9:06] area was moving its tank out of the

[9:08] line.

[9:13] They also removed mines.

[9:19] Earth barricades were bulldozed.

[9:25] Many of the fighters here believe they

[9:27] have won a great victory because this is

[9:29] where they stopped the Israeli army.

[9:32] When the multinational force arrives in

[9:34] Beirut, the American contingent, about

[9:37] 1500 Marines, will be deployed in this

[9:40] area to act as a buffer during the

[9:42] evacuation of PLO fighters. Vic Aken,

[9:45] NBC News, West Beirut.

[9:49] When the multinational force arrives in

[9:51] West Beirut, it would be a good idea if

[9:52] it brought its own fuel. Everything here

[9:54] is expensive because most of it is

[9:56] scarce, but especially gasoline. Today

[9:59] it's going for around $8 a gallon.

[10:02] Roger.

[10:05] >> Israeli and American leaders said today

[10:06] an agreement has not yet been reached.

[10:08] Defense Minister Ariel Chiron met with

[10:11] special envoy Philip Habib and said

[10:12] later a solution is near, but that some

[10:15] issues remain unresolved. And here in

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[12:01] The United States and China today issued

[12:03] a joint communicate limiting arm sales

[12:06] to Taiwan that immediately sent a new

[12:08] shock wave through the conservative

[12:10] community. Under the agreement, the

[12:12] United States pledges not to exceed

[12:13] current levels of arm sales and implies

[12:16] that they will gradually be phased out.

[12:18] The administration, however, will

[12:19] continue to permit the Northre

[12:21] Corporation to produce with Taiwan about

[12:23] a dozen F5E fighter planes each year. We

[12:26] have two reports. First, from Bernard

[12:28] Kalp at the State Department.

[12:31] The first chance reporters got to

[12:32] question the president about the

[12:33] controversial arrangement with P. King

[12:35] was when Mr. Reagan was welcoming the

[12:37] visiting president of Liberia. Mr.

[12:40] Reagan quickly found himself on the

[12:41] defensive.

[12:42] >> We came in on Taiwan.

[12:46] only the president, not us.

[12:49] >> Your critics insist you're abandoning

[12:51] Taiwan, Mr. President,

[12:53] >> and not telling the truth.

[12:55] >> But the president's argument did not

[12:57] budge those on Capitol Hill, such as

[12:58] Senator Goldwater, who felt the deal

[13:00] with P King violated the US commitment

[13:03] to Taiwan.

[13:04] >> I wish the president had not done this.

[13:06] It's one more little country we have

[13:09] double crossed. The administration sent

[13:11] its top expert on Asia, Assistant

[13:13] Secretary of State John Holddridge, to

[13:15] defend the US China package before the

[13:17] Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

[13:19] Holdridge ran into some heavy criticism.

[13:21] >> I can't recall

[13:24] in all the history of this country where

[13:26] we have allowed a third country to

[13:29] dictate, and that's what this amounts

[13:31] to,

[13:33] to dictate the relationship between the

[13:36] United States and a second party. But

[13:38] not everyone was that worked up. And

[13:40] Holdridge set forth what the

[13:41] administration sees as some of the

[13:43] dividends of the arrangement with China.

[13:46] >> It will ease fears by American friends

[13:48] and allies that the general peace and

[13:50] stability in the Asia-Pacific region

[13:53] could be undermined.

[13:54] >> Late this afternoon, the president met

[13:56] with a group of senators and

[13:57] congressmen, several of whom later

[13:59] reported that they had received

[14:00] assurances from the president that he

[14:02] would stand by US commitments to Taiwan.

[14:04] Bernard Cal, NBC News, the State

[14:07] Department.

[14:10] >> In Ping, communist leaders at government

[14:12] headquarters apparently decided the

[14:14] Reagan proposal was the best deal they

[14:16] could get. China's top leader, Dang

[14:18] Xiaoing, has convened a party congress

[14:20] for September 1st, and many observers

[14:22] believe he wanted the Taiwan problem

[14:24] settled so it could not become an issue

[14:26] with his leftist opponents. In China,

[14:29] the entire communicate was read on the

[14:30] 7:00 news, followed by a Chinese foreign

[14:33] ministry statement which said the

[14:35] communicate certainly implies that the

[14:37] US arm sales to Taiwan must be

[14:39] completely terminated over a period of

[14:41] time. Later, a People's Daily editorial

[14:44] welcomed the communique, but then

[14:47] attacked the US Taiwan relations act,

[14:49] which remains in force as interference

[14:51] in China's sovereignty. China used to

[14:54] threaten the use of force to take Taiwan

[14:56] back, but no more. Many military

[14:58] analysts believe China would be

[15:00] hardpressed to win against Taiwan's

[15:02] modern army. China's game plan now

[15:04] apparently is to win over Taiwan

[15:06] peacefully. In the agreement, the Ping

[15:09] government commits itself to peaceful

[15:11] reunification with Taiwan. That is

[15:14] crucial to the US proposal to limit and

[15:16] perhaps someday end the arm sales.

[15:18] American diplomats and Chinese officials

[15:21] have been working on the compromise for

[15:22] the last 10 months. China presumably no

[15:25] longer will threaten to downgrade

[15:27] USChina relations and for now the

[15:30] diplomatic crisis is over. Sandy

[15:32] Gilmore, NBC News Ping.

[15:35] >> But Taiwan reacted angrily to the

[15:37] Sinoamerican agreement, saying China was

[15:40] trying to pave the way for a military

[15:42] invasion. Steven Frasier reports.

[15:45] In Taipei, people read in advance that

[15:47] President Reagan would issue a statement

[15:49] today on arms sales to Taiwan. But

[15:51] nobody was prepared for what the

[15:53] statement, a joint communicate with

[15:54] Ping, contained. A government spokesman

[15:57] called it a disappointment.

[15:59] >> But the United States has negotiated

[16:02] with an enemy who intends to destroy our

[16:06] government and communize our people.

[16:11] Our people ask a very simple question of

[16:15] the United States.

[16:17] It is

[16:19] where do you stand?

[16:23] We have reason to be angry. The Taiwan

[16:26] Relations Act, an act of the United

[16:28] States Congress passed in 1979, states

[16:31] that the US will provide weapons to

[16:33] guarantee the defense of Taiwan. These

[16:35] F5e fighters are a key element of that

[16:37] defense. The government here expects

[16:39] President Reagan to approve the sale of

[16:41] additional jets this month. The Taiwan

[16:44] government sees a threat from paying

[16:46] military forces such as these jets seen

[16:48] on maneuvers. Leaders noted that the

[16:50] communicate while mentioning an earlier

[16:53] pay king policy of trying to resolve

[16:55] differences peacefully avoided a

[16:57] specific renunciation of force against

[16:59] Taiwan.

[17:01] In short, leaders here see the

[17:02] communique as undermining all long-term

[17:05] US commitments to guarantee the security

[17:07] of the island. They see it as paving the

[17:09] way for an eventual invasion of Taiwan

[17:12] by pay king. Steven Frasier, NBC News,

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[18:52] >> By a vote of 81 to 18, the Senate

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[19:02] aliens, set a new quota on immigrants,

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[19:09] >> It's a scene repeated daily along the

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[19:38] And let me tell you, that message will

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[19:46] >> The bill imposes stiff fines on

[19:48] employers who knowingly hire illegal

[19:50] aliens. The bill also in one sweep makes

[19:53] every illegal resident who was in the

[19:54] country before 1980 legal, an estimated

[19:57] 5 million of them, and thus eligible for

[19:59] many federal and state benefits. Some

[20:01] southern and southwestern states are

[20:03] worried that could bankrupt them. But

[20:05] Florida Democrat Lton Child says doing

[20:07] nothing could be even more expensive.

[20:09] >> It's only the tip of the iceberg of what

[20:12] is what are poised out there ready to

[20:14] come in. And if we don't have a process

[20:16] and a procedure for dealing with them in

[20:18] the future, we really will be

[20:20] overwhelmed and that will work very much

[20:22] against the states.

[20:23] >> The bill sets a quota of 425,000

[20:26] legal immigrants a year, about the

[20:28] number allowed now. John Dansancy, NBC

[20:31] News at the capital.

[20:32] Hispanic Americans are the fastest

[20:34] growing minority group in the United

[20:36] States. And whether they are US

[20:38] citizens, legal immigrants, or illegal

[20:40] immigrants, Hispanics are some of those

[20:42] most likely to be affected by the

[20:44] immigration bill. Dennis Murphy

[20:46] explains.

[20:47] >> There may be as many as 10 million

[20:49] illegal aliens living in the United

[20:51] States. One of them is Eduvigas Gomez.

[20:54] Her husband has his papers, but she's

[20:56] been waiting for hers for 6 years. Under

[20:58] the Senate bill, she would be given

[21:00] legal status and permitted to stay.

[21:03] Over the years, the Border Patrol has

[21:05] tried to keep illegal aliens out. But as

[21:08] the value of the peso plunges, more

[21:10] jobless laborers seem to be coming to

[21:11] the United States in search of work.

[21:14] Last April in Houston, agents raided

[21:16] this tree trimming company and deported

[21:18] 90 workers. 5 days later, many of them

[21:21] were back to pick up their paychecks.

[21:23] The proposed immigration law would

[21:25] penalize employers who knowingly hire

[21:27] undocumented workers.

[21:28] >> If he is brown, we're going to be

[21:30] refusing to hire him because of the

[21:33] penalties involved in the law would be

[21:35] afraid to hire him.

[21:37] >> We think that they're they're going to

[21:38] suffer humiliation. Uh we think they're

[21:40] going to suffer harassment. We think

[21:42] they're going to they're going to be

[21:43] denied jobs.

[21:46] And I think that they can be the first

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[21:52] uh whenever there's any problems with

[21:54] the economy.

[21:55] >> Opponents of the bill say it won't

[21:57] protect new arrivals, trapping them in

[21:59] jobs they don't want. They can't go home

[22:01] because of the economy, but they can't

[22:03] stay here because of the law. Dennis

[22:05] Murphy, NBC News, Los Angeles.

[22:08] >> A young Virginia college man was tried

[22:11] and convicted today for failing to

[22:12] register for the draft. It was the first

[22:14] trial of a resistor since registration

[22:16] went back into effect two years ago. Don

[22:18] Porter reports from Rowan Oak, Virginia.

[22:22] 20-year-old Anon Eller, an honor

[22:24] student, helped conduct his own defense,

[22:26] putting his father on the stand to tell

[22:28] the court how Anon was brought up to

[22:29] embrace the pacifist Church of the

[22:31] Brethren, which opposes military

[22:33] service. Church leaders praised the

[22:35] young Eller as dedicated and acting

[22:37] within the church's tradition. Eller

[22:39] contended his background shows he should

[22:41] not be written off in his words as a

[22:43] religious fanatic or a draft dodger.

[22:45] Admitting before Judge James Turk that

[22:47] he broke the draft registration law,

[22:49] Eller said he did so to obey God.

[22:51] Federal prosecutors praised Eller for

[22:53] his sincerity but argued purity of

[22:55] motive is no defense. Judge Turk agreed,

[22:58] found Eller guilty, and sentenced him to

[23:00] 3 years probation. As a condition of

[23:02] probation, the judge ordered Eller to

[23:04] register for the draft within the next

[23:06] 90 days or face the possibility of a

[23:08] fine and a jail sentence. But Eller said

[23:11] he has no plans to register despite the

[23:13] judge's warning.

[23:14] >> If I'm back here in 90 days, I'll tell

[23:15] him the exact same thing that I told him

[23:17] this time.

[23:18] >> And Eller stressed he is not out to

[23:19] challenge authority, that God led him to

[23:21] his decision not to register.

[23:23] >> God speaks to different people in

[23:24] different ways. It's not just voices

[23:26] that I hear, but it's more a conviction

[23:29] inside. Anton Eller's religious beliefs

[23:32] still could mean a prison sentence of up

[23:33] to 5 years and a fine of up to $10,000.

[23:36] Don Porter, NBC News, Rowan Oak,

[23:38] Virginia. The Senate late today approved

[23:41] the 178 billion defense bill. The bill

[23:44] includes funds that the administration

[23:46] requested for the MX missile. The bill

[23:48] was cleared by a 77 to 21 vote and now

[23:51] goes to the House.

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[25:00] >> Who needs Dr. Scho's airpillow insoles?

[25:02] >> You do if you work with your feet.

[25:04] >> I walk all day long. Without Dr. Scholes

[25:07] airpillow insoles, I quit.

[25:10] >> I hardly take a step, but I couldn't do

[25:12] this without my airpillow insoles. Thin

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[25:17] shoes and heavenly soft to cushion every

[25:20] step all day long. Who needs Dr. Scholes

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[25:24] >> Just about anybody who hasn't got them.

[25:29] >> It does not happen often here in

[25:31] Washington that the political opposition

[25:32] asks for TV time to respond to the

[25:35] president only to wind up agreeing with

[25:37] him. But listen to last night's words of

[25:39] the House Democratic whip Thomas Foley

[25:40] of Spokane talking about the president's

[25:43] tax increase.

[25:44] Yet weighing the benefits of passing

[25:46] this bill against the cost of not

[25:49] passing it, I have come to the

[25:51] conclusion that despite our differences

[25:53] in the past, this is one occasion when

[25:56] the president's position is right. The

[25:59] political relationship of Republicans

[26:01] and Democrats to the rise and fall of

[26:03] regonomics is the subject of tonight's

[26:05] commentary by John Chancellor. John,

[26:08] >> remember when Ronald Reagan used to say

[26:10] that you could lower taxes, spend more

[26:12] on defense, and balance the budget? all

[26:13] at the same time. His critics said

[26:16] nobody could possibly do all those

[26:17] things at the same time. And now Mr.

[26:19] Reagan would seem to agree. He may call

[26:22] the new tax increase bill tax reform,

[26:25] but it is still going to take almost 100

[26:27] billion out of the pockets of the

[26:28] taxpayers and put it in the US Treasury.

[26:31] There is little doubt that the money is

[26:32] desperately needed by the government,

[26:34] which is facing unprecedented deficits.

[26:37] But one reason for the government being

[26:38] in the red so deeply is last year's huge

[26:41] tax cut. The biggest in history. It was

[26:43] just too big. A lot of Democrats and

[26:46] Republicans are running for cover this

[26:48] week because they'll have to vote on

[26:49] raising taxes to offset the tax cut they

[26:52] approved last year. And they can't avoid

[26:54] responsibility for the tax cut. 41

[26:57] Republican senators voted yes. Only

[26:59] Matias of Maryland voted no. 26

[27:02] Democrats voted yes. Only seven said no.

[27:04] And Mr. Reagan's tax cut was approved by

[27:07] 67 to8.

[27:09] 169 Republicans in the House said yes.

[27:12] Only James M. Jeffs of Vermont voted no.

[27:15] The Democrats, a lot from the South, put

[27:17] the tax cut over the top. It was

[27:19] approved 282 to 95. Now, you may ask,

[27:23] can we have faith in people who oayed

[27:25] the biggest tax cut in history in August

[27:28] of 1981 and who now are considering what

[27:31] some of them call the biggest tax

[27:33] increase in history just 12 months

[27:34] later? It's a valid question. What

[27:37] worries the Republicans and the

[27:38] Democrats is that the voters may be

[27:40] asking that question this fall. Roger.

[27:44] And the Democrats, of course, are

[27:45] withholding their complete support for

[27:47] the tax bill until it's clear that at

[27:49] least a majority of the Republicans is

[27:51] also for it. The Democrats don't want to

[27:53] be left holding the bag either. That's

[27:55] Nightly News for Tuesday. I'm Roger Mud

[27:57] in Washington.

[27:59] And I'm Tom Bro in West Beirut. Good

[28:02] night for all of us at NBC News.

[28:07] Tomorrow morning on Today, the PLO

[28:09] evacuation of Beirut. Can it happen this

[28:12] weekend? Bryant Gumble talks to both the

[28:14] PLO and the Israelis.

[28:25] You probably think the brightest,

[28:26] freshest new comedy of the season will

[28:28] be on ABC,

[28:31] CBS.

[28:33] The brightest, freshest new comedy of

[28:35] the season is called Cheers, and it's

[28:37] coming to NBC.

[28:39] That's right, NBC.

[28:43] That's right.

[28:47] >> Coming up in just a minute on the scene

[28:48] at 6, flood victims in northern Middle

[28:50] Tennessee counties begin cleaning up the

[28:52] mess and assessing the damage. And

[28:55] Governor Lamar Alexander tours the

[28:56] hardest hit areas and promises to seek

[28:58] federal disaster aid.

[29:00] >> Also in tonight's news, some juvenile

[29:02] court probation officers claim that a

[29:04] boy's ranch for youthful offenders is

[29:06] biased against blacks. And we'll meet

[29:08] Bill Mullins, the East Tennessee

[29:10] businessman who invited 30,000 people to

[29:12] his 50th birthday party over the

[29:13] weekend.

[29:16] These stories and more news coming up on

[29:18] the scene at 6.

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