World News Tonight (ABC) - 1983-10-23 (Marine barracks bombing)

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[0:04] From ABC News, this is World News

[0:08] Tonight Sunday. Now, from our Washington

[0:11] headquarters, here's Sam Donaldson.

[0:13] >> Good evening. Another crisis meeting at

[0:15] the White House. The second of the day

[0:16] is continuing at this hour as President

[0:18] Reagan wrestles with the problems thrown

[0:20] up for him and for the United States by

[0:22] today's bombings in Beirut. At least 146

[0:25] US Marines and more than 80 French

[0:27] troops were killed when their separate

[0:29] barracks were blown up this morning in

[0:31] two separate attacks. Many others, at

[0:33] least 59 US Marines, were injured. The

[0:35] grim search and rescue operation

[0:37] continues tonight in the rubble. Let's

[0:39] get the story of what happened in Beirut

[0:41] at about 6:20 a.m. Beirut time, 12:20

[0:44] a.m. in Washington from Aldale.

[0:48] Hours after the explosion at Marine

[0:49] headquarters, rescue workers were still

[0:51] pulling bodies out of the concrete

[0:53] rubble, what remained of a four-story

[0:55] building. It was a heartbreaking task as

[0:58] the death toll continued to climb

[0:59] through the long hours. Almost 200

[1:02] Marines normally slept in the building,

[1:03] but a lucky few were away at the time of

[1:05] the blast. It happened while most were

[1:08] asleep, it being Sunday morning when

[1:09] sleeping in is allowed. But this Sunday

[1:12] morning, suddenly a red truck came

[1:14] speeding through a marine checkpoint,

[1:16] accelerating as it crashed through two

[1:18] barriers and went around a third before

[1:20] plowing into the lobby of the building.

[1:22] The truck, carrying an estimated 2,000

[1:24] lb of TNT, blew up with the driver

[1:27] inside. Colonel Tim G, the Marine

[1:29] commander here, said the terrorist

[1:31] attack would not keep his men from doing

[1:33] their job. that these these kind of

[1:35] things just harden our resolve and that

[1:38] uh we will continue to do what we came

[1:40] here to do and that is to provide

[1:43] assistance for free and independent

[1:44] Lebanon. Bodies of the dead along with

[1:47] the severely wounded were taken to

[1:48] helicopters waiting at a nearby section

[1:50] of the airport. Slowly and carefully

[1:52] they moved them where they could be

[1:54] flown to US Navy ships lying just

[1:56] offshore. Some of the injured were

[1:58] brought back after treatment on the ship

[1:59] to be flown to medical facilities in

[2:01] West Germany. As the digging and

[2:03] searching went on, the Marines came

[2:05] under sniper fire, causing them to go on

[2:07] alert and take cover. The second suicide

[2:09] terrorist attack occurred at a French

[2:11] military headquarters about a mile away

[2:13] only 2 minutes after the Marine

[2:15] explosion. This time, security was all

[2:17] but non-existent. A bombladen truck

[2:20] reportedly pulled into the underground

[2:21] garage and exploded. The ninestory

[2:24] apartment block collapsed on scores of

[2:26] French paratroopers asleep inside.

[2:28] Rescuers pulled at least one survivor

[2:30] from beneath heavy concrete slabs. His

[2:33] screams had listened to him and told of

[2:34] his immense pain. Until this, the French

[2:37] had lost 17 men since coming here more

[2:39] than a year ago. No one knew this

[2:41] morning that the initial figure of 25

[2:43] dead would grow by day's end and still

[2:47] they searched. Al Dale, ABC News,

[2:50] Beirut. President Reagan was awakened

[2:53] with the news from Beirut at 2:27 a.m.

[2:55] about 2 hours after the bombing

[2:57] occurred. He cut short his weekend

[2:59] retreat at the Augusta National Golf

[3:00] Club in Georgia and returned to

[3:02] Washington to convene two long crisis

[3:04] meetings at the White House. One this

[3:06] morning and one this afternoon. The

[3:08] subjects, what happened, who did it, how

[3:10] to respond, and what changes should be

[3:12] made in security arrangements for the

[3:14] Marines and in US policy in Lebanon.

[3:17] Anne Compton has the latest from the

[3:19] White House.

[3:20] Sam, President Reagan is choosing which

[3:23] actions he will take to provide greater

[3:25] security for the American Marines who

[3:27] are still in Lebanon. In the White House

[3:29] situation room, he has been deciding on

[3:31] those safety measures for well over two

[3:33] hours. Determined to limit the

[3:35] vulnerability which cost the Americans

[3:37] so dearly.

[3:40] The staggering loss of life shocked

[3:42] President Reagan. His only public

[3:43] comment came in a driving rain when he

[3:45] arrived back at the White House.

[3:47] There are no words to properly express

[3:49] our outrage and I think the outrage of

[3:52] all Americans

[3:54] at the despicable act that we must be

[3:57] more determined than ever that they

[4:00] cannot

[4:01] take over that vital and strategic area

[4:05] of the earth or for that matter any

[4:08] other part of the earth. In the White

[4:11] House situation room, President Reagan

[4:12] made it clear that withdrawing or

[4:14] reducing American forces is no option.

[4:18] And on this week with David Brinkley,

[4:20] Secretary of Defense Weinberger said the

[4:22] mission of the Marines is still to keep

[4:24] the peace while Syria and Israel

[4:26] withdraw from Lebanon.

[4:28] >> The force is sized exactly to that

[4:30] mission and still is proper for the for

[4:33] the fulfillment of that mission. That

[4:35] mission is obviously made more difficult

[4:37] when you have a number of additional

[4:39] waring factions growing up and and uh

[4:42] arming themselves and shooting at each

[4:43] other and and at everyone else they can

[4:45] find.

[4:46] >> Former Secretary of State Kissinger, who

[4:48] shaped Middle East policy for nearly a

[4:50] decade, said the Marines are not being

[4:52] effective. He suggested it's time for

[4:55] Israel to become active with the US.

[4:58] >> I don't think Syria will withdraw unless

[5:00] the balance of power within Lebanon

[5:02] changes. And I must point out it is an

[5:05] amazing phenomenon that the Israeli army

[5:07] is sitting 20 km from where Americans

[5:09] are being killed and that there seems to

[5:11] be no coordination between our policies

[5:13] at all.

[5:15] >> The White House is pointing the finger

[5:17] of blame at terrorists who are linked to

[5:19] Iran's Hmeni regime. The US says it has

[5:22] both circumstantial evidence and

[5:24] intelligence information to that effect.

[5:27] Sam.

[5:28] >> And one decision was made quickly here

[5:30] in Washington to replace the dead and

[5:32] injured Marines and bring the 24th

[5:33] Amphibious Marine Unit back up to

[5:35] strength. At Camp Lune, North Carolina,

[5:37] fresh troops packed their equipment and

[5:39] prepared to fly off this evening for the

[5:41] M East. Base spokesman would not say

[5:43] exactly how many Marines will be on

[5:45] their way, but said their morale was at

[5:46] a fever pitch high. The spokesman said,

[5:49] "We were stunned by this terrible act of

[5:51] violence, but we're ready to go." At the

[5:53] Pentagon, John McCrethy is standing by,

[5:55] having collected a good deal of

[5:56] information today. John, first of all,

[5:58] who did it? Who do we think bombed our

[6:00] Marines in Beirut? Defense Secretary

[6:02] Weinberger all day long has been

[6:04] pointing a finger at Iran, and there are

[6:06] at least two bits of circumstantial

[6:08] evidence that help fortify his

[6:10] arguments. The first is the way that

[6:12] Iranian terrorists attacked the American

[6:14] embassy about 6 months ago is very

[6:16] similar to the way they've done it to

[6:18] the Marine headquarters this time. The

[6:20] second one is in the last two or three

[6:22] weeks, almost all of the sniping at

[6:24] American Marines around the Beirut

[6:26] airport has been due to Iranian snipers

[6:29] during this so-called ceasefire period.

[6:31] >> John, how could that pickup truck get

[6:33] past all the barriers, crash through all

[6:35] the barriers, and get right into the

[6:37] lobby of that building?

[6:38] >> Well, first of all, the airport is is

[6:40] open to the public, Sam. That airport is

[6:42] functioning as a regular municipal or

[6:44] civil airport. Therefore, it's not too

[6:45] easy, not too hard to get into that

[6:47] area. But secondly, the Marines are

[6:49] trying not to barricade themselves, not

[6:51] to put themselves behind high walls and

[6:53] make a fortress America in that area.

[6:55] They're trying to be visible as part of

[6:57] a multinational peacekeeping force to be

[6:59] seen.

[7:00] >> Now, in trying to arrange something new

[7:01] for security, Secretary Weinberger

[7:03] suggested today that perhaps some of the

[7:05] Marines would be withdrawn to ships off

[7:07] the coast, at least overnight, when

[7:08] they're not on duty. Is that a live

[7:10] option?

[7:10] >> I think it is a live option. What

[7:12] they're toying with now is moving at

[7:14] least the headquarters part of the

[7:15] operation, two to 300 troops onto ships.

[7:18] That would give the terrorists fewer

[7:20] targets to go after. Sam,

[7:21] >> do you have information about how many

[7:23] Marines are being sent from Camp Llejun

[7:25] to replace those who were killed and

[7:26] wounded?

[7:27] >> It now appears it'll be about two to 300

[7:29] Marines moving in that direction. In

[7:31] addition, I might point out that there

[7:32] is a Marine amphibious task force which

[7:34] is in the Atlantic Ocean now along with

[7:37] an aircraft carrier that had been

[7:38] diverted to the crisis in Grenada.

[7:40] They'd been heading down towards the

[7:41] Caribbean. They have now been again

[7:43] redirected to the Middle East. Those

[7:45] Marines were supposed to uh relieve the

[7:48] Marines that are in Beirut. Now, one one

[7:50] other thing, Sam, and that is on

[7:52] notification of next of kin. Probably

[7:55] not until tomorrow morning will any of

[7:57] the names of the dead and wounded begin

[7:58] to become public. That is because when a

[8:00] crisis like this happens and American uh

[8:03] soldiers are killed, it is the policy of

[8:05] the US government to officially send

[8:07] people out to those next of kin and tell

[8:10] them face to face that one of their

[8:11] loved ones has been killed. Thank you

[8:13] very much, John McQuey at the Pentagon.

[8:16] The reaction to the bombings in this

[8:17] country and most of the world has been

[8:19] one of horror, outrage, and frustration

[8:21] at not being able to immediately get at

[8:23] the perpetrators of the act. But such

[8:25] understandable reaction aside, the

[8:27] bombing may have produced one more

[8:29] casualty. Domestic US support for the

[8:31] president's policy. And we'll have a

[8:33] report on that in a moment.

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[9:46] >> One additional casualty of today's

[9:48] Beirut bombing could be public and

[9:50] congressional support for President

[9:51] Reagan's Lebanese policy. That of course

[9:53] may well have been the aim of the

[9:54] bombers. Rick Hume reports that while

[9:57] members of Congress are outraged by the

[9:59] bombing, it has caused them to express

[10:01] more and more discomfort with the

[10:02] president's policy.

[10:05] Just three weeks ago, with the crucial

[10:07] support of House Speaker O'Neal,

[10:09] Congress passed a war powers compromise.

[10:11] It allowed the president to keep the

[10:13] Marines in Beirut for 18 months, quieted

[10:16] his critics, and gave his Lebanon policy

[10:18] a veneer of bipartisan support. But

[10:21] today's event seemed to have shattered

[10:22] that.

[10:23] >> I think the Marines ought to be pulled

[10:25] out uh right away. I think it's uh

[10:27] perfectly clear that the mission that

[10:29] they have been uh assigned they are

[10:32] unable to carry out.

[10:34] >> It's a totally inadequate kind of

[10:36] assignment to put 1,200 Marines hunkered

[10:39] down at an end of a runway and told to

[10:41] sit still and be killed.

[10:43] >> No, I do not think this administration

[10:44] has ever defined the mission in a

[10:46] logical way. At least the military

[10:48] mission.

[10:48] >> We have known what the mission was. It

[10:50] was to be a presence. It was a symbolic

[10:52] presence. But I think with the events of

[10:55] the last 12 hours, that mission has

[10:59] evaporated.

[11:00] >> We need to clearly define the mission of

[11:01] what they're there for.

[11:03] >> Some who backed the compromise to keep

[11:04] the Marines in Lebanon still did today.

[11:07] >> I still believe that with the the the

[11:11] length of time that was determined up to

[11:13] 18 months is just as valid now as when

[11:16] we had enacted it. that it cannot be

[11:19] used as a means of of having us uh blown

[11:24] out of uh the Middle East. The Middle

[11:27] East and the peace in the Middle East is

[11:29] too important.

[11:30] >> But Tip O'Neal himself sounded like a

[11:32] man with growing doubts.

[11:34] >> Whether Marines were there for simply a

[11:37] symbol uh as a peacekeeping force with

[11:40] the other four nations,

[11:43] uh that is something that we have to

[11:45] talk about. And ABC News has learned

[11:47] that Senate Majority Leader Baker, who

[11:49] played a critical role in passing the

[11:50] War Powers Compromise, immediately urged

[11:53] the president in a private letter

[11:54] afterward to get the Marines out, citing

[11:56] what he called an obvious and perhaps

[11:58] growing danger that American troops may

[12:01] become involved in extensive

[12:02] hostilities. Baker urged that every

[12:04] avenue be explored to achieve removal of

[12:07] American troops from Lebanon at the

[12:08] earliest possible time. Baker had no

[12:11] comment today, and many others here who

[12:13] want the Marines out will be reluctant

[12:14] to say so. in the immediate aftermath of

[12:16] today's bombing. But there was never as

[12:19] much support for the Reagan Lebanon

[12:20] policy as the passage of the war powers

[12:22] compromise suggested and there will be

[12:24] even less now. Brit Hume, ABC News on

[12:28] Capitol Hill. That pressure to reexamine

[12:31] the mission and the consequent

[12:32] devisibility of keeping troops in

[12:33] Lebanon is being felt today in France as

[12:36] well as in this country. More than 80

[12:38] French paratroopers are presumed to have

[12:40] died in the bombing of their barracks

[12:41] this morning in Beirut. Greg Dobs has

[12:44] the latest from Paris.

[12:45] >> Nobody here has said anything like what

[12:47] President Reagan said today. That this

[12:49] attack only strengthens our resolve.

[12:52] However, the French Prime Minister

[12:53] Pierre Morwa did say that French troops

[12:56] will not leave Lebanon. The question he

[12:58] said doesn't even come up. However, in

[13:00] comments earlier in the day from the

[13:02] French foreign minister Claude Shaon,

[13:04] the question came up quite clearly. For

[13:06] while proclaiming that France is not

[13:08] accustomed to giving up under pressure,

[13:10] he did admit that it's fair to ask, "Are

[13:12] French military forces still necessary

[13:15] in Lebanon?" From the day the first

[13:17] French troops arrived, they in fact

[13:19] suffered the highest death toll among

[13:21] the international peacekeepers. And yet,

[13:23] the French government has suffered no

[13:25] significant opposition and even very

[13:27] little public questioning about sending

[13:29] them. And at least in these first hours

[13:31] after the bombings, there's been nothing

[13:33] from the public or from the political

[13:35] opposition to change that. Greg Dobs,

[13:38] ABC News, Paris. Two more notes on world

[13:41] reaction to the bombings. Pope John Paul

[13:43] II called them a new act of war

[13:45] perpetrated on young men while they were

[13:47] carrying out a mission of peace. In

[13:49] Moscow, the Communist Party newspaper

[13:51] Pravda said, "It appears the Vietnam

[13:53] story begins to repeat itself." In a

[13:56] moment, reports on caring for the

[13:58] injured and the agonizing weight of the

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[16:08] >> The US command in Lebanon lost no time

[16:10] in evacuating the seriously injured

[16:12] Marines out of the area after initial

[16:13] treatment and away to some of the best

[16:15] US medical facilities in Europe. 12 US

[16:18] servicemen were flown to Naples to the

[16:20] Navy hospital there. Four on stretchers,

[16:22] eight walking with assistance. Many more

[16:25] of the injured were flown to the

[16:26] military hospitals around Frankfurt,

[16:28] Germany. And Hal Walker picks up the

[16:30] story from there.

[16:32] 24 of the most seriously wounded Marines

[16:34] were evacuated to Rinmine Air Base

[16:36] aboard this Air Force C9 flying hospital

[16:39] nicknamed the Nightingale. 23 made it.

[16:42] One died on route. His name is being

[16:44] withheld pending notice to next of kin.

[16:47] On the ground in Germany, medevac

[16:49] helicopters and several ambulances stood

[16:51] by to receive the stretcher cases and

[16:53] speed them to nearby military medical

[16:55] facilities.

[16:57] The personnel on the ground worked with

[16:58] dispatch, easing the victims down the

[17:00] ramp of the hospital plane and moving

[17:02] them quickly for the next leg of their

[17:04] evacuation. The plane had been diverted

[17:06] to Lebanon from another mission in

[17:08] Turkey and was on the ground in Beirut

[17:10] within a few hours of the bomb blast.

[17:12] The injured were treated on board by a

[17:13] flying medical team, but no major

[17:16] procedures were performed in the air. 13

[17:18] went to this Air Force hospital in

[17:20] Vboden, which treated released American

[17:22] hostages flown here from Tehran nearly

[17:24] two years ago. Uh at this point in time

[17:27] we have several of the 13 with very

[17:30] severe injuries. 11 are expected to

[17:33] require surgery. While the evacuation

[17:36] plane is being beded down, the first of

[17:38] the Marine survivors are by now

[17:39] receiving the full medical treatment

[17:41] they require. Not yet home, but at least

[17:44] away from the terrorism of Lebanon. Hal

[17:47] Walker, ABC News at Rin Air Base.

[17:51] Notification of the kin, the next of the

[17:54] kin of the dead Marines in Beirut has

[17:56] now begun. But throughout the day,

[17:58] families of the men of the 24th

[17:59] Amphibious Marine Unit, the unit whose

[18:01] Marines are stationed in Beirut, waited

[18:03] in agony here in the United States for

[18:05] some news. Joe Spencer reports on the

[18:07] ordeal of some of those Marine families.

[18:10] >> It's been a day of uncertainty for

[18:12] Selena Foster as she waits to hear if

[18:15] her son John is alive. Every time that

[18:17] phone rang, I try to grab it and know if

[18:20] I'd grab it. And they said, you know, I

[18:24] don't think I could last long. And I

[18:25] know if prayer don't bring him back,

[18:27] nothing else will.

[18:28] >> Lance Corporal John Foster was hoping to

[18:30] come home next month after a six-month

[18:32] tour of duty in Beirut. He recently told

[18:34] a hometown reporter what was foremost on

[18:36] his mind.

[18:37] >> What goes through a guy's head?

[18:40] >> A lot of things, really. You know, I

[18:43] mean, hey, you think about you think

[18:45] about dying. really

[18:47] >> in Detroit. The family of Corporal John

[18:49] Nash is also waiting for word.

[18:52] >> Every time the phone rings and ready to

[18:54] melt, you know, worried,

[18:58] but like I said, I'd rather have him

[18:59] hurt than dead. I'd rather take care of

[19:01] him rest of my days than lose my son.

[19:04] >> In Milwaukee, though, Christine Goowski

[19:06] has already been told her husband is

[19:08] alive.

[19:09] >> Uh there were different times that he

[19:11] was in the building and could very

[19:13] easily have been there this morning. The

[19:15] fact that it was Sunday morning may have

[19:17] helped him but didn't help a lot of

[19:18] people who were still, you know, in

[19:20] their barracks.

[19:22] >> In the interview John Foster gave last

[19:24] month, he expressed fear about exactly

[19:27] what happened at the Marines airport

[19:29] headquarters today.

[19:30] >> Then you got to worry about whether

[19:32] they're going to hit the building or you

[19:34] know some of your friends going to get

[19:35] killed.

[19:36] >> He may be dead. I don't know. Ain't

[19:38] nobody say nothing. Not yet anyway. Or

[19:40] he may be wounded. You know, real

[19:41] serious ill said nothing. I'm just, you

[19:45] know, just sitting here and wait.

[19:47] >> Joe Spencer, ABC News, Robbins,

[19:49] Illinois.

[19:50] >> More news about the Marine bombing in

[19:52] Beirut if it becomes available during

[19:54] this broadcast. But in one other news

[19:55] note, former Florida Governor Ruben Ascu

[19:58] won a crucial Democratic presidential

[20:00] straw vote in his home state today, but

[20:02] it turned out to be a victory for frontr

[20:03] runner Walter Manddale as well. As

[20:06] Florida's favorite son, Ascu was

[20:08] expected to win all along. He got 45% of

[20:10] the vote, but Manddale ran an

[20:12] unexpectedly close second with 35%. John

[20:15] Glenn had 17% and was a distant third.

[20:18] When we return, Dick Shap will have

[20:20] today's sports news.

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[21:01] Every day when people go out to get more

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[21:11] world created the concept of

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[21:29] father of the bride. I am. He's my Etna

[21:32] agent. I met him when my Suzie was Earth

[21:34] size and my business wasn't much bigger.

[21:36] From day one, he's worried as much about

[21:38] my business as I have. And do I have

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[21:42] Do I have the right insurance? And

[21:44] thanks to him, I'm free to worry about

[21:46] other things,

[21:48] like how I'm going to pay for all this.

[21:51] >> Call your Edna agent.

[21:54] >> Edna, I'm glad I met you.

[21:59] >> Fran, I'll be with Dr. Sims.

[22:00] >> Uh, wait a minute.

[22:02] >> What's wrong?

[22:02] >> You need the uh breath deodorant. You're

[22:05] kidding.

[22:06] >> I did have onion soup here. Chlorettes

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[22:20] more, but it's worth it.

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[22:28] The odds were infinite that for the

[22:29] first time in eight years, neither Bill

[22:31] Rogers nor Alberto Salazar would win the

[22:33] New York City Marathon. Mostly because

[22:35] neither Salazar, who won the last three

[22:37] years, nor Rogers, who won the previous

[22:39] four, were entered.

[22:42] So when the cannon boomed, no one was a

[22:44] clear favorite among the more than

[22:45] 17,000 men and women heading across the

[22:47] Verzano Bridge from Staten Island to

[22:49] Brooklyn. During the first half of the

[22:51] race, a Tanzanian, Gimmus Shaheena, set

[22:54] a very fast pace, trailed by England's

[22:56] Jeff Smith. But a couple of miles later

[22:58] on the bridge from Queens to Manhattan,

[23:00] Smith was in front and far behind the

[23:02] two leaders almost half a mile was Rod

[23:04] Dixon of New Zealand already bothered by

[23:06] cramps in his right thigh. Shahena faded

[23:09] and with less than 2 miles to go, Smith,

[23:11] even though he too was bothered by

[23:12] cramps, seemed to have a comfortable

[23:14] lead over Dixon. Less than a mile from

[23:16] the finish, Smith still seemed to be in

[23:18] command. But then Dixon, once an Olympic

[23:20] mileer running only his second marathon,

[23:23] found new strength. And Smith, running

[23:25] his first marathon, couldn't meet the

[23:27] challenge. Dixon spurtled away and at

[23:30] the finish line at the 10th fastest

[23:31] marathon ever run in a 9-second lead

[23:34] over the exhausted Smith. Dixon seemed

[23:37] full of energy. He had proved himself a

[23:39] legitimate marathon runner, but he still

[23:42] had a mileer's mind.

[23:44] >> I think with a mile to go, I just said,

[23:46] "My god, a mileer's kick does the

[23:49] trick."

[23:50] >> Among the women, Greta Norway did the

[23:52] trick, winning easily. her fifth victory

[23:54] in the New York Marathon in six years.

[23:58] The National Football League season

[24:00] reached the halfway point today. And in

[24:02] the National Conference Central

[24:03] Division, the Minnesota Vikings

[24:05] strengthened their grip on first place.

[24:07] The Vikings, now 6-2, built up a 17-3

[24:10] lead over Green Bay, scoring first on

[24:12] Steve Dill's touchdown pass to Sammy

[24:14] White. Green Bay rallied and with only

[24:17] two seconds to play, Lynn Dicki

[24:19] connected with Mike Me to tie the score.

[24:22] Then five minutes into sudden death

[24:24] overtime, Minnesota's Benny Ricardo

[24:26] kicked a 32-y field goal to win the

[24:30] game. The NFL's tightest race is in the

[24:32] American Conference East. Buffalo and

[24:34] Miami now tied for first place. New

[24:36] England and Baltimore tied for second,

[24:38] only one game behind. And all alone in

[24:41] last place, the preseason favorites, the

[24:43] New York Jets, who blew a 21-point lead

[24:45] against Atlanta today. The best matchup

[24:48] of the day, unbeaten Dallas against the

[24:50] twice beaten Los Angeles Raiders. Coming

[24:52] up on ABC starting at 9:00 p.m. Eastern

[24:55] time, America's team against America's

[24:58] Renegades.

[25:05] >> I wasn't laughing at you. I was

[25:06] >> Don't Don't say it.

[25:10] >> Why you put up with me?

[25:12] >> Let's go back and have some coffee. This

[25:15] could take some time. Times

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[25:40] >> Yeah. Freed's the one that took a stick

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[25:50] your dental work, it helps clean in

[25:52] between to freshen your breath while you

[25:54] chew.

[26:01] >> Freshen your breath with non-stick

[26:03] predent.

[26:05] The new casualty figures for the Marine

[26:07] bombing in Beirut issued just a few

[26:09] minutes ago by the Pentagon are these.

[26:11] 146 Marines and sailors known dead.

[26:14] Another 69 Marines and sailors injured,

[26:17] many of them evacuated already, either

[26:19] to Naples or to Germany. President

[26:21] Reagan is still chairing a meeting of

[26:22] his National Security Council, the

[26:24] second of the day, attempting to

[26:25] determine how to beef up security for

[26:27] Marines in Beirut and the implications

[26:29] of this bombing for the long range

[26:30] policy that the president has held in

[26:33] Lebanon. At Camp Leune, two to 300

[26:35] Marines are scheduled to leave tonight

[26:37] for the M East to fill up the ranks left

[26:39] vacant by their dead and wounded

[26:41] comrades. The camp commander, Major

[26:43] General Al Gray, talked about the

[26:45] tragedy and the Marines duty.

[26:48] >> There's anger. There's concern.

[26:51] We

[26:53] don't like it when our comrades in arms

[26:56] suffer casualties. There is a little bit

[26:58] of frustration.

[27:00] Morale has remained exceptionally high.

[27:04] It's sort of a a natural kind of a thing

[27:07] for a for a marine or for that matter

[27:09] for a soldier or an airman or a coast

[27:12] guardsman as well. It's a natural kind

[27:14] of a thing to want to to be with your

[27:17] fellow Marines or your shipmates during

[27:19] times of crisis.

[27:21] >> General Gray from Camp Leune. President

[27:23] Reagan has just signed a proclamation

[27:25] asking that the United States flags be

[27:27] flown at half staff until Monday,

[27:30] October 31st in mourning for the dead

[27:33] Marines and sailors in Beirut. Well,

[27:35] that's our report for tonight. Peter

[27:37] Jennings will have the latest on today's

[27:38] tragedy in Beirut in a special report

[27:40] during halftime of tonight's Los Angeles

[27:42] Raiders Dallas Cowboys football game.

[27:45] And Tom Gerald will have a complete

[27:46] wrap-up of the day's events on a special

[27:48] expanded edition of the weekend report

[27:50] later tonight. I'm Sam Donaldson. For

[27:53] all of us here at ABC News, good night.

[27:57] From Washington, this has been World

[27:59] News Tonight Sunday.

[28:03] World News Tonight Sunday is a

[28:05] presentation of ABC News.

[28:10] Sunday, Hard Castle and McCormack are

[28:11] the main event.

[28:12] >> Watch this, Jeff. See that? Jeff, I

[28:14] wasn't even seeing as they take on the

[28:16] mob. What are you trying to do? Kill me?

[28:18] Hard Castle and McCormick. Then the game

[28:20] of the season, the Raiders and the

[28:22] Cowboys. An NFL special. All starting at

[28:24] 8:7 central tonight on ABC.

[28:27] >> When I play basketball, I know my shoes.

[28:29] But now I'm into tennis. And Foot Locker

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[28:43] >> Oh, they're great. I'll take them.

[28:45] >> Foot Locker sales pros. Experts even the

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[29:18] your first won't be the last of that. So

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[29:28] Barbara Eden, The Stranger Within, 11:45