CNN PrimeNews - 1992-08-27 - Hurricane Andrew

Name: CNN PrimeNews - 1992-08-27 - Hurricane Andrew
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[0:00] [Music]

[0:02] This is CNN.

[0:07] >> Stung by criticism that the government

[0:09] isn't doing enough to help hurricane

[0:10] victims, President Bush announces he

[0:12] will send in the army. And in Iraq anger

[0:16] and defiance, but so far no challenge at

[0:18] the Western Allies no-fly zone.

[0:26] This is CNN's Prime News. taking the

[0:29] time to examine world events, issues,

[0:31] and newsmakers with Bernard Shaw in

[0:34] Washington and Susan Brookke in Atlanta.

[0:40] Thank you for joining us. President Bush

[0:42] is sending US troops to Florida to help

[0:44] victims of Hurricane Andrew. This

[0:46] evening in Toledo, Ohio, the president

[0:48] called it a vital mission.

[0:50] We are going to fulfill the request of

[0:54] the governor for federal participation

[0:57] by the military and then we will do be

[0:59] doing a lot more because as these

[1:01] reports have come in today the damage is

[1:03] far more widespread than than even we

[1:06] had feared. Uh we've directed the

[1:09] department of defense to supply

[1:11] comprehensive assistance to the affected

[1:13] areas including mobile tents, food,

[1:16] water, field kitchens. uh and have also

[1:19] directed them to supply whatever

[1:21] transportation is necessary, including

[1:24] aircraft and uh helicopters to fulfill

[1:26] that vital mission.

[1:28] >> Pentagon officials say several thousand

[1:30] troops will be involved. The first will

[1:32] come from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

[1:34] Army personnel in Miami say one of the

[1:36] first missions will be to set up in

[1:37] Homestead, Florida, and begin preparing

[1:39] meals. It is not a moment too soon. As

[1:42] CNN's Charles Jacob reports, people who

[1:44] are homeless and hungry, as well as

[1:46] those who have been t