ABC Evening News - 1969-11-21
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[0:00] The Senate by a vote of 55 to 45 rejects
[0:04] Judge Haynesworth's nomination to the
[0:06] Supreme Court. President Nixon says he
[0:08] regrets that action and believes the
[0:11] nation regrets it too. Senator Mansfield
[0:13] calls for an investigation into those
[0:16] charges of American atrocities in Song
[0:19] and the Apollo 12 astronauts leave lunar
[0:22] orbit and head for home. Howard
[0:25] >> reports tonight from Steven Gear on how
[0:27] Judge Haynesworth received the word of
[0:29] his defeat. Bill DS on the widened army
[0:32] investigation into the incident at San
[0:34] Mi. Roger Peterson on the vice
[0:36] president's two newest targets. Dick
[0:39] Shoemaker on the problems of science
[0:41] fiction filmmakers that is trying hard
[0:43] to keep pace with fact. John Davenport
[0:46] on a west coast fishin. And tonight's
[0:48] commentary on Vice President Agnu and
[0:51] Network Television News.
[0:54] President Nixon, triumphant with the ABM
[0:57] and the draft bill, suffered his first
[0:59] major defeat in Congress today when
[1:01] Judge Haynesworth was rejected by the
[1:03] Senate 55 to 45. ABC Capitol Hill
[1:06] correspondent Bob Clark reports.
[1:10] The Haynesworth battle had raged for
[1:11] three months in the Senate and become a
[1:13] sort of loyalty test for Republicans
[1:16] when the president decided to fight it
[1:17] out to the bitter end. The showdown
[1:20] turned out all 100 senators in a rare
[1:23] spectacle of congressional drama. Vice
[1:25] President Agnu presided in his
[1:27] constitutional role as president of the
[1:29] Senate, but didn't get to cast the
[1:31] tiebreaking vote some had expected.
[1:34] Defeat was a bitter moment for
[1:35] Haynesworth supporters. The failure to
[1:38] confirm Ju