NBC Nightly News - 1996-02-21

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[0:25] Pat Buchanan charges across America with

[0:27] Dole Alexander and the Republican

[0:29] establishment trying to catch it. NBC

[0:31] News in depth. Why is Buchanan doing so

[0:33] well with his in-your-face style and

[0:35] message?

[0:37] Why is Ukraine selling cargo planes to

[0:39] Colombian drug cartels? The president of

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[0:52] From NBC News, this is NBC Nightly News

[0:56] with Tom Brokoff.

[0:59] >> Good evening. Just a month ago, the race

[1:00] for the GOP presidential nomination was

[1:02] so dull, even the most partisan

[1:05] Republicans were nodding off. Well, not

[1:07] tonight. Now, they're wide awake, either

[1:10] exhilarated or terrified at the prospect

[1:13] of Pat Buchanan as their nominee.

[1:15] terrified is the best description of the

[1:17] party's establishment, which is as much

[1:19] a target for Buchanan as abortion, gays,

[1:22] illegal immigrants, and trade

[1:24] agreements. NBC's Lisa Myers tonight on

[1:27] the GOP's family feud.

[1:32] >> Having rolled a live hand grenade into

[1:34] the living room of the Republican party,

[1:36] Rebel Pat Buchanan today taunted the

[1:38] party establishment.

[1:40] >> They had that movie Sleepless in

[1:42] Seattle. They could call this

[1:44] establishment in Washington of both

[1:46] parties clueless. In Washington,

[1:49] >> Buchanan predicted that party leaders in

[1:51] a panic would rally around Dole to try

[1:54] to stop it.

[1:58] >> This now is a race between the

[2:01] mainstream and the extreme. It's a race

[2:03] between hope and fear. It's about

[2:06] freedom and it's about intolerance,

[2:09] which I will not tolerate. Worries about

[2:12] Buchanan are shared by top Republicans.

[2:14] >> I'm troubled by some of these messages.

[2:17] I'm troubled by the message that

[2:18] suggests that we can sort of pull up the

[2:21] draw bridges and withdraw to fortress

[2:22] America. We can't do that.

[2:24] >> The Republican mayor of New York City.

[2:26] >> What I'm going to do is to try and do

[2:28] everything that we can to try to stop

[2:30] Pat Buchanan.

[2:31] >> In the South, two popular senators in

[2:33] important primary states endorse Dole.

[2:36] Bob Dole is a leader. He is a can do

[2:40] leader. Bob Dole

[2:42] is a true American hero.

[2:45] >> One of Dole's biggest problems, Lamar

[2:47] Alexander, who says he's the best suited

[2:50] to lead the fight against Buchananism

[2:52] >> because it is wrong for our party and it

[2:54] is wrong for our country and it is wrong

[2:57] for our future.

[2:58] >> Though Alexander may have a tough time

[3:00] raising enough money to compete, he says

[3:03] Dole is the one who should drop out of

[3:05] the race. I mean, all the king's horses

[3:06] and all the king's men are not likely to

[3:09] be able to put Bob Dole back together

[3:11] again.

[3:12] >> The nightmare scenario for the party is

[3:14] that Dole and Alexander keep splitting

[3:15] mainstream Republicans, enabling

[3:17] Buchanan to continue winning with 30 to

[3:20] 35% of the vote. Whatever the outcome,

[3:23] the wounds within the party already are

[3:25] deep.

[3:26] >> Lisa Myers, NBC News, Manchester, New

[3:28] Hampshire.

[3:30] >> This year's front-loaded primary

[3:31] schedule means a mad dash in the month

[3:33] ahead. This Saturday, Delaware. Next

[3:35] Tuesday, Arizona and the Dakotas. The

[3:37] following weekend, South Carolina,

[3:39] Wyoming, Puerto Rico. On Tuesday, March

[3:41] 5th, primaries or caucuses in 10 states.

[3:44] Hundreds of delegates at stake. NBC's

[3:47] Washington bureau chief, moderator of

[3:48] Meet the Press is Tim Russard. Tim, if

[3:51] Alexander, and Forbes stay in, Buchanan

[3:54] can do well in those states as well.

[3:56] >> More of the same, Tom. And that's what

[3:57] Papy Cannon is banking on. Arizona. He

[4:00] thinks he can win it Tuesday with the

[4:01] three other candidates splitting the

[4:02] moderate and moderate conservative vote.

[4:04] And then South Carolina. And if Pap

[4:06] Buchanan can win in Arizona and South

[4:08] Carolina, look out. All right, Tim.

[4:10] Here's some more of the map ahead. March

[4:12] 7th, New York. Then March 12th, Super

[4:14] Tuesday, seven primaries, including

[4:16] Florida and Texas choosing 1if of all

[4:18] the GOP delegates. But some dangers

[4:21] there for a Buchanan style of living off

[4:23] the land.

[4:24] >> Absolutely, Tom. And by then, Bob Dole

[4:26] or Lamar Alexander, probably Bob Dole,

[4:29] will have Papuchanan one-on-one. And the

[4:31] Bush brothers, who do not like Pap

[4:33] Buchanan because he went after their dad

[4:35] 92, will be full throttle in Florida and

[4:38] Texas. And then Illinois, Ohio,

[4:40] Michigan, industrial states, Midwest.

[4:42] Bob Dole is looking forward to having

[4:43] Papuchan one-on-one then.

[4:45] >> Do you think it can be settled by

[4:46] California, the big one, winner take all

[4:48] at the end of March? It it Tom, it

[4:50] probably should be. But I'll tell you,

[4:51] if all these candidates stay in and they

[4:53] don't get out and they all try to hang

[4:54] in there and split the vote, no one will

[4:56] have a majority of the delegates.

[4:58] >> Haley Barber, the Republican National

[4:59] Chairman tonight, said it could go all

[5:01] the way to the convention.

[5:02] >> Tom, we'd like that, wouldn't we?

[5:05] >> It's a real possibility.

[5:07] >> Enough said. Thanks, Tim. Now, let's go

[5:09] to NBC's Brian Williams at the White

[5:11] House. Brian Buchanan, does he make the

[5:13] president nervous at all?

[5:14] >> They are only nervous here, Tom, that

[5:16] something's going to come along and ruin

[5:17] their good mood. Publicly, the president

[5:19] has told his aids, not a peep about

[5:21] Buchanan, "Let's keep quiet." Privately,

[5:23] of course, they're they're elated here.

[5:25] One Democratic congressman said this

[5:27] week, "If Buchanan's the nominee, we

[5:28] carry all 50 states." And while no one

[5:31] here would make any kind of prediction

[5:33] like that, of course, they're happy

[5:34] because it's about electability. Look at

[5:37] the exit poll data from last night in

[5:39] New Hampshire. Republican voters after

[5:41] they voted asked, "Do you think Buchanan

[5:43] can beat Clinton?" 63% of them said no.

[5:46] about who can beat Bill Clinton. Well,

[5:49] that's the subject of a lot of research

[5:50] in this building and they know a lot can

[5:52] happen between now and November.

[5:54] >> But in fairness to Pat Buchanan, he has

[5:56] defied conventional wisdom from the very

[5:59] beginning here.

[5:59] >> He has. That speaks to the

[6:01] unpredictability, the golden rule, the

[6:03] first law in politics that anything can

[6:05] happen. It is a long, long way and the

[6:07] White House is dealing with a lot of

[6:09] issues that could go blow up on them and

[6:10] they know that.

[6:11] >> Thanks very much, Brian Williams.

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[8:44] the Cali drug cartel's secret air force.

[8:47] Bargainpriced cargo planes perfect for

[8:49] smuggling tons of drugs worth billions

[8:51] of dollars. Where do they get them? From

[8:54] Ukrainian brokers, according to

[8:56] intelligence officials. brokers who work

[8:58] directly for a government-run factory in

[9:00] Ukraine.

[9:01] >> Perfect takeoff and landing performance

[9:03] from into both concrete and unpaved air

[9:06] strips.

[9:08] >> This sales video helped convince the

[9:09] drug lords to buy and lease the

[9:11] Ukrainian planes, Antonov 32s and 72s. A

[9:16] drug enforcement official says you could

[9:18] not design a better drug carrying plane

[9:20] if you started from scratch. The

[9:22] aircraft is designed for patrolling of

[9:25] 200 nautical miles.

[9:27] >> In other words, made to order for the

[9:28] multi-billion dollar drug trade. During

[9:31] an official visit at the White House

[9:32] today, Ukraine's president denied any

[9:35] involvement.

[9:37] >> According to our information, our

[9:39] aircraft are not involved in this sort

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[9:55] The CIA and Drug Enforcement

[9:57] Administration were tracking Ukrainian

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[10:13] >> I don't see how the State Department can

[10:15] say they didn't know anything. I They're

[10:16] obviously using that as a diplomatic

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[10:19] >> Why would the US cover up for Ukraine?

[10:21] Because it's an accident waiting to

[10:23] happen. A nuclear power right next to

[10:26] Russia, a struggling economy. Still, US

[10:29] officials are embarrassed and Ukraine

[10:31] says it's investigating. Andrea

[10:33] Mitchell, NBC News at the State

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[10:37] tonight, the fifth major train accident

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[10:45] members and spilling its cargo of

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[13:09] front runner, but his win in New

[13:11] Hampshire makes him the man to beat in

[13:12] the GOP field, even though his margin of

[13:15] victory was razor thin over Bob Dole.

[13:17] With all the votes counted, Buchanan won

[13:19] by just 2500 votes. But for Impact, it

[13:22] was a landslide. You're looking now a

[13:25] Buchanan rally at Mount Rushmore. Now

[13:27] that he's out front, Buchanan's

[13:29] controversial views will be getting a

[13:31] much closer second look. NBC's Gwen

[13:34] Eiffel tonight on the message and the

[13:36] messenger in depth.

[13:46] >> We're going to go to Washington and

[13:48] we'll be the lobbyist for those who

[13:49] don't have a lobbyist in Washington DC.

[13:53] Pat Buchanan is succeeding because he

[13:55] has a clear provocative message and he

[13:57] is the best messenger.

[13:59] >> And the issue economic issue that is at

[14:01] the core of this campaign and is really

[14:04] gnawing at the soul of America is this

[14:07] issue of good paying jobs being sent

[14:10] overseas by corporations which then

[14:12] build factories over theirs.

[14:13] >> He has little money even less

[14:15] organization. But Buchanan cuts through

[14:17] often by mocking people like UN

[14:19] Secretary General Bros. Bos Gali,

[14:22] >> we don't TAKE ORDERS FROM BOO BOO GALI.

[14:25] >> Buchanan's key themes, anti-immigration,

[14:28] anti-abortion, anti-forign trade. He's

[14:31] been known to call in to as many as 30

[14:33] radio stations a day, spreading a

[14:35] message that appeals to voters who worry

[14:37] when they read that businesses like this

[14:39] South Carolina mill are losing out to

[14:41] foreign competition. Pat Buchanan can

[14:43] hit a hot button from a mile away.

[14:45] America First is a theme that plays well

[14:48] against middle class fears and it treads

[14:50] a fine line between the politics of

[14:51] resentment and outright demagoguery.

[14:57] >> His strength is in his crossover appeal

[14:59] to both social and economic

[15:01] conservatives.

[15:02] >> This is a man of great passion. People

[15:04] are absolutely clear that he cares very

[15:06] deeply about what he's talking about. He

[15:08] also is very eloquent. He speaks in

[15:10] metaphors that takes people's anxieties

[15:12] and puts them into words. New Hampshire

[15:14] exit polls showed that Buchanan fared

[15:16] best among voters who worry about the

[15:18] economy. Those who do not have a college

[15:20] degree and those who said he stands up

[15:22] for what he believes in.

[15:24] >> They're all over America. They're

[15:26] workingass folks, middle class folks

[15:27] whose standard living has gone down.

[15:29] >> Buchanan has no pollster, no media guru.

[15:32] He writes his own ads and even he seems

[15:34] surprised by his success.

[15:35] >> I have never won a primary. And then I

[15:37] came back and looked at the TV and it

[15:39] was getting close again, closer and

[15:40] closer and I said, "Oh no." And then it

[15:42] got widened again.

[15:43] Buchanan, who has never served in the

[15:45] armed forces, is nonetheless fond of

[15:47] military terminology. Words that call

[15:50] his troops to the political front line.

[15:52] >> Do not wait for ORDERS FROM

[15:54] HEADQUARTERS. MOUNT UP EVERYBODY AND

[15:56] RIDE TO THE SOUND OF THE GUNS.

[15:58] >> For the faithful, it's a call to arms.

[16:01] Gwen Eiffel, NBC News, Columbia, South

[16:04] Carolina.

[16:06] Buchanan does have special appeal to

[16:07] those who feel disconnected from the

[16:10] business as usual in America, even when

[16:12] they don't agree with all of his views.

[16:15] One is John Lanor, a Democrat from

[16:17] Orange County, California, now ready to

[16:20] join the Buchanan Brigade. Why? Here he

[16:23] is in his own words.

[16:26] I'm John Lothenor. I'm 29 and I'm a

[16:28] Buchanan supporter. I voted for Clinton

[16:30] in the last election because at the time

[16:32] he seemed like a candidate for change.

[16:36] >> It looks like I'm voting for Buchanan

[16:38] this time.

[16:40] >> The primary issue is holding holding

[16:42] down American jobs and uh controlling

[16:45] trade because my age group, my friends,

[16:48] we are not getting ahead. We are barely

[16:50] holding on. Uh the business I work in

[16:52] here struggles every month just to get

[16:54] its bills paid from people who owe us.

[16:56] And for all the talk of a positive

[16:57] economy, we're not seeing it. I guess

[17:00] the main thing that appeals to me about

[17:01] Pat Buchanan is his consistency. He's

[17:03] been fighting for the ideas and not just

[17:06] necessarily fighting to get ahead

[17:08] politically. He's also a moral candidate

[17:10] and as I get older, I find myself voting

[17:12] in a more moral uh way. I don't agree

[17:15] with him uh on issues of abortion and

[17:18] affirmative action. I think I think his

[17:20] stands are extreme. I think they're

[17:22] severe, but I also believe that these

[17:24] are issues that will ultimately be

[17:25] decided by the Supreme Court, and I'm

[17:27] willing to put those issues aside just

[17:29] to see some change.

[17:33] >> I really think there are a lot more

[17:34] people out there that uh that are

[17:37] waiting for a candidate like Buchanan.

[17:40] John Lanor tonight in Orange County,

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[19:57] >> Is the presidential campaign headed down

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[20:01] why Pat Buchanan's shocking win could

[20:03] thrust Oregon into the spotlight. Plus,

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[20:19] >> Now, our regular Wednesday look at your

[20:21] tax dollars and how they're often being

[20:23] misspent. We call it the fleecing of

[20:25] America. Tonight, spy satellites,

[20:28] holdovers from the spare no expense era

[20:30] of the Cold War. NBC's Ed Rael

[20:33] investigates.

[20:35] You are looking at what critics call a

[20:37] monumental waste of your tax money.

[20:40] Grounded spy satellites. They're

[20:42] expensive enough, but the costs are

[20:44] staggering hundreds of millions of

[20:46] dollars when they remain here on the

[20:48] ground instead of floating in space. The

[20:50] Air Force's most powerful rocket, the

[20:52] Titan 4, is designed to carry the

[20:55] satellites into orbit. Instead, the

[20:57] rockets and their payloads sit and sit

[21:01] and sit. They've had corrosion problems,

[21:03] cracking problems, and other

[21:05] difficulties that have forced them to

[21:06] roll them back into the hanger and start

[21:08] all over again.

[21:10] >> Back and forth, in and out of the

[21:12] elements, transporting 22tory, 2 million

[21:15] pound rockets. The meter runs very fast

[21:17] until the satellite is actually

[21:19] launched. What's going on? Unnecessary

[21:22] bureaucratic delays. And that's

[21:24] according to someone who should know.

[21:26] General Charles her ran the space

[21:28] command until he retired 18 months ago.

[21:31] >> That it was well over a million dollars

[21:33] a day to have that thing standing on the

[21:35] pad. Now, none of us really know what

[21:37] the cost is, but believe me, it is

[21:39] significant.

[21:41] >> Why is the amount of money wasted so

[21:43] hard to pin down? Because it's a

[21:45] national security secret. The rockets

[21:47] and the satellites fall into the budget

[21:49] of the National Reconnaissance Office,

[21:51] the nation's top secret spy agency. The

[21:54] worst case of waste. After three years

[21:56] of delay, in May 1994, this rocket and

[22:00] its payload, a billion-dollar spy

[22:02] satellite came trumpet, finally blasted

[22:04] off. The delay spiraled. Parts

[22:07] deteriorated in the salt air. Others

[22:09] simply wore out. So, it was back and

[22:12] forth three times, a cycle of rust and

[22:14] repair costing $1 billion. Even more

[22:18] disturbing, as the years passed, the

[22:20] Cold War ended and the satellite's

[22:22] original mission, it ended before it

[22:24] ever got off the ground.

[22:25] >> You would think if a satellite had to be

[22:28] on orbit and it took it 3 years extra to

[22:30] get there, you'd wonder, well, did we

[22:33] really need it in the first place?

[22:35] >> In August 1993, another disturbing

[22:38] example of what the delays can cause.

[22:40] Vandenberg Air Force Base in California,

[22:42] a Titan explodes just after launch. An

[22:45] investigation blamed the accident on

[22:47] cracks in the rocket engine deteriorated

[22:50] while it simply sat delayed for months.

[22:52] The launch program has picked up its

[22:55] pace, but it is still experiencing

[22:57] monthsl long delays.

[22:58] >> Titan programs had a 95% success rate

[23:02] and any failure of one of these systems

[23:04] would cost much more than the longest

[23:07] delay we've ever had.

[23:08] >> Meanwhile, the Titan program continues

[23:10] to age. At Cape Canaveral this month, a

[23:13] $3.5 million repair job. The Titan

[23:16] transport rails were supposed to last

[23:18] for years. Instead,

[23:20] >> we discovered that the rails were

[23:22] sinking at a rate faster than

[23:23] anticipated.

[23:24] >> Critics say the Titan program is the

[23:26] fleecing of America. An expensive

[23:29] program that is already obsolete. And

[23:31] yet, the Air Force is in so deep it must

[23:34] keep it alive. Ed Rabel, NBC News, the

[23:37] Pentagon.

[23:39] >> Now to NBC News online. Beyond the

[23:41] today's headlines, it's been a long time

[23:43] since the days when only Americans and

[23:44] Russians went into space. But when the

[23:47] Colombia launches tomorrow, it will

[23:49] carry three US-born astronauts. Also,

[23:52] one native of Costa Rica, one Swiss and

[23:55] two Italians already in orbit right now,

[23:58] four Russians and one German. In France

[24:01] today, a birthday for someone who was

[24:03] already in her 80s when the space age

[24:06] started. In fact, Jean Kan was 28 years

[24:10] old when the Wright brothers first flew.

[24:12] She's the world's oldest living person,

[24:15] spunky enough at 121 to interrupt the

[24:18] official honoring her to ask if he was

[24:21] finished yet.

[24:23] When NBC Nightly News continues, the

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[25:17] What do you get from a breakfast with

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[25:49] >> Here we go.

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[25:52] >> Says who?

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[26:37] to the dry cleaners? What you need to

[26:39] know. Dateline NBC tonight.

[26:44] Chicago is having a very good year at

[26:46] the top and at the bottom. At the top,

[26:48] Jordan Pippen Rodman and the Bulls are

[26:50] running away with the NBA record book.

[26:53] At the bottom, a young man this week has

[26:55] given the city a lesson in manners and

[26:57] values that also belongs in the record

[27:00] books. Here's NBC's Linda Vester.

[27:04] >> Sunday night for Vince and Melissa

[27:06] Pakora, the happiest night of their

[27:08] lives.

[27:09] >> And good times and a bad,

[27:12] >> but the bad came the very next day.

[27:14] Monday morning outside their hotel, the

[27:17] Picoras packed their gifts in their car,

[27:19] including a binder holding $11,000.

[27:22] >> You know, do me a favor, Vince. Make

[27:24] sure you grab the binder.

[27:25] >> And uh she thought I had it. I thought

[27:27] she had it. And we just pulled away with

[27:28] it on top of the roof.

[27:30] >> Tickets in hand, they headed for their

[27:32] honeymoon. But where was the binder?

[27:34] >> I don't have the binder.

[27:35] >> I don't have it. And we just locked eyes

[27:38] >> and cancelled their honeymoon. That same

[27:40] morning, this young man, out of work for

[27:42] months, was on his way to a job

[27:44] interview.

[27:45] >> I saw the binder there and it was like

[27:48] scattered all over the um middle of the

[27:50] row. Got out of my car and picked it up.

[27:53] >> Then David Ye forgot about the binder

[27:55] until late Monday night when he drove

[27:58] home, turned on his television set, and

[28:00] watched the local news.

[28:01] >> The couple lost thousands.

[28:20] There's a news program with a moderator,

[28:23] not a referee. Where they focus on

[28:26] facts, not fluff, and look for

[28:29] substance, not the sensational.

[28:32] >> Bill Clinton is tired of being

[28:33] irrelevant. This is a pure partisan

[28:35] issue, but I think voters have a right

[28:36] to make a different choice.

[28:38] >> Washington Weekend Review with Ken Bods,

[28:43] not noise.

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