World News Tonight (ABC) - 1992-03-27

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[0:01] When inquiring minds want to know

[0:03] >> if it is horrifying, shocking,

[0:05] devastating, incredible.

[0:06] >> How far will tabloid reporters go to get

[0:08] a story?

[0:09] >> We don't fly.

[0:11] >> The tricks of the tabloids are exposed

[0:13] on the next night talk with Jane

[0:14] Whitney.

[0:15] >> They blackmail, they get dirt, they get

[0:17] dish on these folks and they use it as

[0:19] leverage.

[0:19] >> Is it mindless entertainment or a dirty

[0:22] business?

[0:22] >> Truth has gotten much stranger than

[0:24] fiction. On the next night talk with

[0:26] Jane Whitney. Monday at midnight on KATU

[0:29] channel 2. Town Hall investigates

[0:32] healthc care bias against women. Sunday

[0:34] at 6

[0:37] >> from ABC. This is World News Tonight

[0:40] with Peter Jennings.

[0:42] >> Good evening. There's been a call for

[0:43] order in the Democratic party and the

[0:45] former California Governor Jerry Brown

[0:47] is paying no attention whatsoever. At

[0:49] issue here is Jerry Brown's daily

[0:51] assault on the Democratic front runner

[0:53] for the presidential nomination, Bill

[0:55] Clinton, which the Democratic leadership

[0:57] now believes often crosses the line

[0:59] beyond fairness to recklessness. Here's

[1:02] ABC's Morton Dean.

[1:04] >> Morning, Jerry. How are you?

[1:06] >> The party hierarchy is getting jittery

[1:08] about Jerry. Jittery about the possible

[1:11] long-term damage being done by his

[1:13] persistent attacks on Bill Clinton. The

[1:15] truth about Bill Clinton is that he's

[1:16] not electable and that he's taken the

[1:18] Democratic party for a ride.

[1:19] >> I frankly don't think that's

[1:21] particularly helpful or that kind of

[1:23] dialogue is particularly helpful to

[1:25] enhancing our chances of beating George

[1:27] Bush in November.

[1:28] >> The Democratic Party chairman says Jerry

[1:31] Brown is engaged in a scorched earth

[1:33] policy. Such criticism might upset some

[1:36] candidates, but not this one. It's

[1:38] perfect for the outsider image he works

[1:40] so hard to cultivate. We're not going to

[1:44] muzzle our campaign because the party

[1:47] hierarchy is is helping Clinton.

[1:50] >> Helping Clinton by attacking Brown.

[1:53] Failed candidate Tom Harkin joins in.

[1:55] >> The things I see happening in the Brown

[1:57] camp lead me uh lead me to believe that

[2:01] it might be somewhat destructive.

[2:02] >> And just in time for New York, Senator

[2:05] Pat Moyahan blasted Brown's proposal for

[2:08] a flat tax. It would put a silver bullet

[2:12] through the heart of social security.

[2:16] >> Some Washington insiders say the

[2:18] Democratic hierarchy is beginning to hit

[2:20] the panic button.

[2:21] >> Best chance they've had to win in years

[2:23] and years is coming unglued. And Jerry

[2:25] Brown is is u um he's shooting torpedoes

[2:29] at the front runner left and right and

[2:30] and Clinton is taking on water and

[2:32] they're, you know, they're scared to

[2:34] death. It's difficult to find anyone in

[2:37] this town who believes Jerry Brown can

[2:39] win his party's nomination. But more and

[2:42] more the feeling is that Brown's use of

[2:44] the so-called character issue can do

[2:46] real damage to Clinton and to the party.

[2:49] Morton Dean, ABC News, Washington. There

[2:52] was a clear example today of what effect

[2:54] those attacks often picked up by Mr.

[2:56] Brown straight off the media have on the

[2:58] Clinton campaign. The governor wanted

[3:00] the focus today to be on New York

[3:02] politics and his relations with blacks

[3:04] and members of the Jewish community. He

[3:06] was not able to do so. ABC's Chris Fury

[3:08] on why

[3:10] the cycle by now is very familiar for

[3:12] the Clinton campaign. It begins as it

[3:15] did today with a complicated front page

[3:17] story. This one in the New York Times

[3:20] reported that in 1988, Governor Clinton

[3:23] changed proposed ethics legislation so

[3:25] it would exclude him and many other

[3:28] office holders. Today's New York Times

[3:30] is reporting that

[3:30] >> on TV network morning shows picked up

[3:33] parts of the story. Radio stations ran

[3:36] the headline

[3:36] >> that he deleted a provision from a

[3:38] >> on the trail in Wisconsin. Jerry Brown

[3:41] seized the story's most sinister

[3:43] implication and made some hay.

[3:45] >> Now we find out that Clinton carves out

[3:47] a little exception for himself. And

[3:49] again, he's got an excuse. This guy is

[3:51] smooth. By this time, Governor Clinton

[3:53] trying to campaign in New York had been

[3:55] forced to switch gears once more into

[3:57] damage control.

[3:58] >> I can categorically tell you there was

[4:00] never any discussion about whether we

[4:03] should lessen the reporting requirements

[4:05] on the governor.

[4:06] >> In fact, Clinton said he had introduced

[4:08] an ethics bill that included his office

[4:10] and many others, but it died in the

[4:12] Arkansas Senate because so many public

[4:14] officials were against it. Clinton's

[4:16] staff produced armloads of documents to

[4:19] back him up.

[4:20] >> It's just false. It's just dead false.

[4:22] >> False or not, complex stories like this

[4:24] are a problem for Clinton because they

[4:27] are often reduced to a damaging

[4:29] headline. One headline reported Hillary

[4:31] Clinton's law firm did business with

[4:33] Arkansas state agencies. Much later, the

[4:36] story said she declined her share of

[4:38] fees from those cases. Another headline

[4:41] questioned Clinton's ties to the chicken

[4:43] industry. 11 paragraphs into the story,

[4:45] the paper noted Clinton had been a

[4:47] forceful critic of the industry. his

[4:49] negative rating is going way up with

[4:51] each story. So, there is an effect each

[4:53] time, no matter if the story is uh

[4:56] swatted back or not.

[4:58] >> All this, the doubts, the distortions,

[5:00] the denials boiled over last night when

[5:02] a member of the AIDS activist group Act

[5:05] Up heckled Clinton for almost 9 minutes.

[5:07] And I'm sick and tired of all these

[5:09] people who don't know me, know nothing

[5:11] about my life, know nothing about the

[5:12] battles I fought, know nothing about the

[5:14] life I've lived, make snotty nose

[5:16] remarks about how I haven't done

[5:18] anything in my life, and it's all driven

[5:19] by ambition. That's bull, and I'm tired

[5:22] of it.

[5:24] >> Clinton takes pride in standing up to

[5:26] criticism, but he is frustrated. Clinton

[5:28] knows a campaign that spends so much

[5:30] time putting out fires can hardly avoid

[5:33] getting burned. Chris Buri, ABC News,

[5:36] New York.

[5:37] >> In a moment, we'll have some of the

[5:38] other news. How the political fight over

[5:40] the economy puts the squeeze on some

[5:42] businesses. How a closed company uses

[5:45] shock tactics in its sales campaigns.

[5:47] And on this Friday, our person of the

[5:49] week here to stay.

[5:54] >> Healthy.

[5:55] A lot of foods are wearing that name.

[5:58] And yeah, they may have the numbers to

[6:00] back it up, but do they have a taste

[6:02] that'll make you want to eat them? Now,

[6:04] this is healthy favorite smoked turkey

[6:05] from Oscar Meyer. This is the real

[6:07] thing. Nothing funny. It's real turkey

[6:09] breast that's naturally low in fat and

[6:11] only 12 calories a slice.

[6:13] >> And the taste?

[6:14] >> Well, the proof's right here. New

[6:17] healthy favorites from Oscar Meyer. Who

[6:19] else could you trust?

[6:25] >> Every sport sedan is supposed to do well

[6:27] in the fast lane,

[6:30] but what about these lanes?

[6:36] At Lexus, we've achieved extremely tight

[6:39] tolerances between all major body

[6:41] panels. So, not only does the ES300 look

[6:44] like it's put together well,

[6:47] it actually is

[6:50] put together well.

[6:54] In economic news today, Americans made

[6:57] more money and spent more last month.

[6:59] Personal income rose 1.1%. That's the

[7:02] largest monthly increase in 3 years.

[7:04] Personal spending went up almost as

[7:06] much. Our ABC News Money Magazine poll

[7:08] also shows a glimmer of improvement in

[7:10] consumer confidence. While only 15%

[7:13] think the economy is getting better, a

[7:15] majority no longer think it is getting

[7:18] worse. Here's an example of how all the

[7:20] political maneuvering over the economy

[7:22] can hurt some businesses that get caught

[7:23] in the middle. Last January, when both

[7:25] Democrats and Republicans were talking

[7:27] about jumpstarting the economy, some

[7:29] companies began making plans. Two months

[7:32] later, while all the talk is going on,

[7:35] it is still just talk and some companies

[7:37] are hurting. Here's ABC's Steven Og.

[7:40] A month and a half ago, developer Jay

[7:42] Buukert was about to complete six homes

[7:45] and was planning to build 10 more. He

[7:47] was counting on Congress and the

[7:49] president to agree on a tax credit for

[7:51] firsttime home buyers. Now that the

[7:53] agreement is dead, the 10 lots remain

[7:55] undeveloped.

[7:56] >> We're just not going to build as many

[7:58] houses because we're in that price range

[8:00] that's affected by the tax credit.

[8:04] >> What's more, some of the sales he's made

[8:06] may have to be cancelled.

[8:08] >> We have two sales which were contingent

[8:10] upon the tax credit. So now we'll have

[8:12] to look for two more buyers.

[8:15] At Cincinnati Millron, which makes

[8:17] machine tools, executives said six weeks

[8:19] ago that if an investment tax credit

[8:21] were approved, a lot of orders then on

[8:24] hold would materialize. But that tax

[8:26] credit too went nowhere. And the orders

[8:28] remain on hold.

[8:30] >> We have had to continue to cut costs and

[8:33] even reduce employment where we had

[8:35] hoped that by now we would see stability

[8:37] and growth in orders and maybe even a

[8:39] growth of employment.

[8:41] >> Not everyone is so unhappy. Many

[8:43] economists have been saying all along

[8:44] that tax credits would do the economy

[8:46] more harm than good in the long run.

[8:48] >> Death is the best thing that could have

[8:50] happened to either one of these two tax

[8:52] programs. If Americans think that just

[8:54] one more round of tax reductions, one

[8:57] more round of consumption binge will

[8:59] straighten this economy out. They have

[9:01] to be crazy.

[9:02] >> Some economists say even talking about

[9:04] tax cuts got Wall Street worried about

[9:06] the federal budget deficit getting

[9:08] bigger. One result, long-term interest

[9:10] rates have begun to rise. If that keeps

[9:12] up, that could choke off or at least

[9:14] slow down an economic recovery. Steven

[9:17] Og, ABC News, New York. The Chrysler

[9:20] chairman, Leakoko, may have harsh things

[9:22] to say about Japanese car makers, but he

[9:24] appears to know a good deal when he sees

[9:25] one. Chrysler has sold nearly half of

[9:28] its stake in Japan's Mitsubishi Motors

[9:30] today for $25 million. Not bad on a $36

[9:35] million investment. We have a report

[9:38] from Japan tonight which reaffirms at

[9:40] least a basic American belief about the

[9:42] Japanese. When the Japanese find

[9:44] something American that can improve

[9:46] their product, they very quickly absorb

[9:48] it. What they've absorbed this time is a

[9:50] very successful American businessman

[9:52] hoping that he will boost sagging sales.

[9:55] ABC's Bill Ricker is in Tokyo.

[9:58] You have to look carefully to pick out

[10:01] Ron Shaw, an American businessman

[10:03] elected today to the board of directors

[10:06] of a Japanese company. Historic because

[10:08] it has happened only six times in

[10:10] Japan's corporate history. How did he do

[10:13] it?

[10:13] >> You should never be confrontational.

[10:17] You can negotiate. You can talk. You can

[10:20] discuss.

[10:21] But if you want to come in and start

[10:23] pushing people around and telling people

[10:24] how to do things, they're going to be

[10:26] very turned off to that.

[10:28] >> It also helps that Shaw is president of

[10:30] Pilot Pen Corporation of America, whose

[10:33] parent company is the oldest Japanese

[10:35] manufacturer of ink pens. In his 17

[10:38] years at the American subsidiary, sales

[10:40] have climbed from 1 million to $86

[10:43] million a year. Shaw says it's because

[10:46] the home office in Tokyo gave him

[10:48] complete autonomy. Now his Japanese

[10:51] bosses are putting him on their board of

[10:53] directors because they want to know how

[10:55] he used his freedom.

[10:57] >> They are hoping that maybe some of the

[11:00] unusual marketing and advertising and

[11:02] sales promotion ideas that we utilize in

[11:06] the states can now be brought here.

[11:09] >> In other words, the Americanization of a

[11:11] Japanese company. A rare turnabout.

[11:14] Japan is a country after all that

[11:16] usually criticizes not praises American

[11:20] management. Bill Ricker, ABC News,

[11:23] Tokyo.

[11:24] On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones

[11:26] Industrials lost about 36 points to

[11:28] close at 3231. The trading was moderate.

[11:31] That brought the loss for the week to

[11:33] nearly 45 points. The Food and Drug

[11:35] Administration wants companies that make

[11:37] certain high-risk medical devices like

[11:40] implants and heart valves to keep

[11:42] complete records of who gets them. No

[11:45] such records are required now. So when

[11:47] the safety of breast implants came up,

[11:49] for example, there was no quick way to

[11:51] contact all the women who have them. In

[11:54] our next segment, listening in on John

[11:57] Gotti,

[12:02] >> new American cuisine from the menu. I

[12:04] love it. The white meat, the muffin, the

[12:07] glazes, the spice, the style, the smile,

[12:10] the salsa with rice, the tangy, the

[12:12] trendy, the let me suggest new American

[12:15] criy. The menu, the best, the great

[12:18] combinations, the grilled with the care,

[12:20] the new way of eating with satwurkey,

[12:24] the sirloin. Woo! I'm impressed. New

[12:26] American cuisine, the menu, the best.

[12:46] The Isuzi Trooper right on time

[12:48] >> has been thoughtfully redesigned to

[12:50] include a new suspension system.

[12:52] >> Honey, pothole.

[12:53] >> I see it.

[12:54] >> Giving it an incredibly smooth, quiet

[12:56] ride on the road as well as off. Of

[12:58] course, these days, what's the

[12:59] difference?

[13:02] >> Easter is coming and Burlington's having

[13:04] its sensational kids clothing sale.

[13:06] These pretty spring dresses are reduced

[13:08] 1/3 to one half of Burlington's original

[13:10] low prices. And these good-looking boy

[13:12] suits are sale price at $39.75, even

[13:15] less for little boys. And these big line

[13:17] ring coats are also marked down to only

[13:19] $39.75.

[13:21] These days when saving money is so

[13:23] important, Burlington Coat Factory is

[13:25] really the place to shop. But shop now.

[13:28] The kids clothing sale at Burlington is

[13:30] a sellout every year.

[13:33] In New York City today, closing

[13:34] arguments in the federal racketeering

[13:36] trial of John Goti. The government says

[13:38] he's the most powerful crime figure in

[13:40] America. Juries have acquitted him three

[13:43] times before, but this time the

[13:45] prosecutors say there is a difference. A

[13:48] powerful new breed of electronic bug.

[13:50] Here's ABC's Karen Burns.

[13:53] >> For years, federal agents had tried in

[13:55] vain to penetrate the wall of secrecy to

[13:58] document what organized crime was doing.

[14:01] They targeted every inch of territory

[14:03] the mafia frequented with cameras and

[14:06] listening devices.

[14:07] >> There's nothing better than having the

[14:09] words right out of the horse's mouth.

[14:11] >> But in the beginning, tapes were muddy

[14:13] and inaudible.

[14:17] In an earlier trial of John Gotti, tapes

[14:19] recorded in 1986 pivotal to the case

[14:22] needed to be explained to the jury by

[14:25] the prosecutor. John Gotti has just

[14:27] become boss and I would submit to you

[14:30] >> jurors were not persuaded and the bad

[14:32] tapes became a factor in Gotti's

[14:34] acquitt.

[14:35] >> We've seen many cases where

[14:39] uh lack of clarity has led possibly led

[14:42] to or been a major factor in in a

[14:46] quiddle or hung juries.

[14:48] >> FBI agents realized they had to develop

[14:50] clearer audio recordings if they were to

[14:52] prosecute mobsters successfully. They

[14:55] were helped by the end of the Cold War

[14:57] and the advent of the CD player. Law

[15:00] enforcement and surveillance experts

[15:02] tell ABC News that federal agents got

[15:04] new high-tech equipment from

[15:06] intelligence agencies. And they say the

[15:09] development of digital audio for CD

[15:11] players and special filters enable them

[15:14] to pick up conversations as far as half

[15:16] a mile away. This wire, the size of

[15:19] three strands of hair, transmits sound.

[15:22] This mic is the size of a match head and

[15:25] what appears to be an electrical outlet

[15:27] is really a bug.

[15:29] >> Your imagination is the the only limit

[15:31] really. The the devices themselves are

[15:34] are so small that uh it would be

[15:37] impossible for you to find it just by

[15:39] looking at it.

[15:40] >> Agents have reportedly planted devices

[15:42] in parking meters, cars, chandeliers,

[15:44] church walls, halls, and an elderly

[15:47] woman's apartment above a mafia club.

[15:50] Thanks to the new equipment, the tapes

[15:52] in Gotti's current trial are clearer and

[15:54] so is the message on them.

[15:56] >> Any time we got a problem that's been

[15:59] killed

[16:01] most

[16:02] >> technology has at least begun to break a

[16:05] centuries old code of silence. Karen

[16:08] Burns, ABC News, New York.

[16:11] >> In other news today, the chief of the

[16:12] California public school system, Bill

[16:14] Hoig, turned himself into state law

[16:16] enforcement officials. He's accused of

[16:18] using federal money to pay for employees

[16:20] of his wife's education consulting firm.

[16:23] Foig says his conservative political

[16:25] opponents are behind the charges, upset

[16:27] with his education reform, such as more

[16:30] thorough instruction in evolution.

[16:33] In Philadelphia, police have arrested a

[16:35] 50-year-old man who they believe had sex

[16:37] with as many as several hundred teenage

[16:40] boys. The man has AIDS. Police have

[16:43] identified 40 of the boys. The city has

[16:46] set up a special AIDS hotline for boys

[16:47] to call for help if they're afraid to

[16:49] tell their parents. We'll be back in a

[16:51] moment.

[16:57] >> Step on it. It's our last chance. Color

[16:59] tile's biggest sale of the year has been

[17:00] extended.

[17:01] >> Wow. Save up to 67%.

[17:03] >> BASF Carpet $12.99 installed half price.

[17:06] >> Final tile 44.

[17:08] >> Ceramic tile 59. Both half price.

[17:10] >> Mini blinds buy one get three free.

[17:13] >> Don't miss out. Final floor is half

[17:15] price.

[17:16] >> Ceramic tile half price.

[17:17] >> Mini blinds buy one get three free.

[17:20] >> Color carpets half price. Color tiles.

[17:23] Biggest sale of the year.

[17:24] >> Last three days.

[17:25] >> Sail is Monday.

[17:28] >> Point of fact. It takes the average

[17:30] person an average of 20 keystrokes to do

[17:32] an average task with their PC.

[17:35] Counterpoint. You can do it with just a

[17:37] point and click with Microsoft Windows.

[17:43] Microsoft Word for Windows is so easy.

[17:46] It just takes one click to make your

[17:48] work look twice as good.

[17:51] Microsoft Word, the word processor for

[17:54] Windows.

[17:57] In 1984, there was only one company in

[18:00] the world that made a minivan. Since

[18:02] then, six companies have followed.

[18:05] However, if you want one that offers

[18:07] anti-lock brakes, all-wheel drive, a

[18:09] driver's airbag, and a built-in child

[18:11] seat,

[18:11] >> we go,

[18:12] >> there's only one company you can turn

[18:14] to.

[18:14] >> Hey, we're ready.

[18:16] >> The company that invented the minivan in

[18:18] the first place. Chrysler.

[18:20] In this business, you lead, follow, or

[18:24] get out of the way.

[18:27] >> If you buy dry dog food, there's

[18:29] something you should know. They're

[18:31] pretty much the same, right, Jake?

[18:33] Most of them start with ground corn as

[18:36] the number one ingredient, even a fancy

[18:38] brand like Science Diet. But Sarina one

[18:40] dog formula is different because it

[18:42] starts with chicken. Chicken, corn,

[18:44] wheat, and other wholesome ingredients

[18:46] provide high quality nutrition and a

[18:49] naturally good taste dogs love. To me,

[18:52] Purina One is the only one.

[18:54] >> Purina one, second to none.

[18:58] >> Some of the international news today. An

[19:00] aeroflot passenger plane landed safely

[19:02] today after it was almost shot out of

[19:04] the sky. It was flying over Norno

[19:06] Carabach where Armenians and

[19:07] Azerbaijanis are fighting a civil war

[19:09] when he was hit by something from the

[19:11] ground. Anti-aircraft fire or a missile

[19:13] that failed to explode, apparently fired

[19:16] by the Azerbaijanis. Nobody was

[19:18] seriously hurt. The Bush administration

[19:20] has decided to make its first purchase

[19:22] of Russian high technology. $15 million

[19:25] worth of equipment, including a Russian

[19:26] nuclear reactor designed to power

[19:29] equipment on spaceships, rockets for

[19:31] steering them, and plutonium for fuel.

[19:35] An Italian clothing manufacturer finding

[19:37] that it may be paying off to be

[19:39] provocative. You've probably seen some

[19:41] of the advertising run by the Benaton

[19:43] Group. Ads which certainly catch the eye

[19:46] in magazines and on billboards. They're

[19:48] meant to get attention. Here's ABC's Jim

[19:50] Vitamin.

[19:54] Knitting may be Beneton's business, but

[19:56] creating controversies is becoming its

[19:58] trademark.

[19:59] >> Boy,

[20:01] Ben,

[20:03] >> Beniton uses advertising the way bull

[20:05] fighters use capes to draw attention and

[20:08] provoke a reaction. Previous ad

[20:10] campaigns showed a priest in an

[20:12] uncissing, a baby minutes after birth,

[20:16] and the air filled with colorful

[20:18] condoms.

[20:19] But the company's 1992 campaign raises

[20:22] the provocation to a new level, using

[20:25] tragedy as its motif. The latest ads

[20:28] show, among other things, an American

[20:30] AIDS patient at the moment of his death,

[20:32] a victim of a mafia hit squad lying in a

[20:35] pool of blood, and a gunman carrying a

[20:38] human leg bone. What exactly does all of

[20:41] this have to do with selling sweaters?

[20:46] We are the link between selling clothes

[20:47] and talking about these problems. We

[20:49] believe people should discuss these

[20:51] issues. The creator of the ads claims

[20:54] the company has found a new way to

[20:56] communicate. We see thousands of image

[20:58] every day. We see incredible terrible

[21:00] image television magazine and we don't

[21:03] care. Strange enough in the Beneton when

[21:07] we use it for Beneton everybody's

[21:09] talking about that. Others though,

[21:12] including some magazine publishers and

[21:13] editors who refuse to run the ads,

[21:16] believe they're in bad taste.

[21:18] >> I'm sorry. Politics and separates really

[21:21] don't go together. AIDS and sweaters

[21:23] really don't go together. And I think

[21:26] advertising is at once powerful, yes,

[21:28] but it's also a very flimsy medium. And

[21:30] if it's not used the right way, it looks

[21:32] very disingenuous and it's very

[21:34] tasteless. Benaton claims it gets far

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[21:40] many times that amount. The company says

[21:42] it has no plans to change its style and

[21:45] that no subject is off limits. The

[21:47] company is convinced its shocking ads

[21:50] only help sales, but others are watching

[21:52] to see how far Benon can go before

[21:55] driving customers away. Jim Berman, ABC

[21:58] News, Traviso, Italy. Well, however

[22:01] Beneton intends the ads. The company

[22:03] announced today that profits were up

[22:05] nearly 24% last year. We'll be back in a

[22:07] moment.

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[24:02] >> A 2020 exclusive Friday.

[24:07] Finally this week, our person of the

[24:09] week, a young man left entirely to his

[24:11] own devices who met and overcame an

[24:14] enormous challenge. There were many

[24:16] occasions during his teenage years when

[24:18] someone with less determination and

[24:20] fewer convictions might have given up

[24:22] and drifted into oblivion. Not this

[24:25] young man. He was determined to honor

[24:28] his mother.

[24:30] >> It's great actually. I have been able to

[24:32] attain one of my objectives. Um it just

[24:35] means basically that I can move around

[24:39] and leave my life without having to

[24:41] worry. The worry, even fear that Miguel

[24:44] Perez has lived with since he was 14

[24:46] years old was that he would be deported

[24:49] back to his native El Salvador.

[24:51] Yesterday in Los Angeles, the

[24:52] immigration service, the INS, finally

[24:55] put his mind at ease.

[24:56] >> Miguel, I give this to you as evidence

[24:59] of your permanent resident status. With

[25:02] all of our best wishes and

[25:03] congratulations, you are truly

[25:05] deserving. You're a remarkable young

[25:07] man.

[25:08] >> Miguel Perez is a remarkable young man.

[25:11] He was born near San Salvador, the

[25:13] capital of El Salvador.

[25:15] >> I have very vague recollections from my

[25:17] childhood. It's been a while.

[25:21] >> What he does remember is a bloody civil

[25:23] war and his mother's strong opposition

[25:26] to the killing.

[25:27] >> A lot of young men were being drafted

[25:29] into the armed forces and they were

[25:31] being killed. And I think as a mother,

[25:33] as her only male son, she was attempting

[25:35] to protect my life. One avenue was to

[25:38] leave the country and seek a refugee in

[25:39] another country. That was 1984. Miguel

[25:42] was 14. His mother, Elena, had a heart

[25:45] condition. Nonetheless, she took him by

[25:47] the hand and made it as far as Tijana,

[25:50] Mexico. And then, like tens of thousands

[25:52] of other refugees from Mexico and

[25:54] Central America, she took her young son

[25:57] and sneaked across the border into the

[25:59] United States.

[26:00] >> We were in American soil for about 5

[26:02] minutes when we were apprehended. The

[26:04] rest of the trip was courtesy of the

[26:05] Border Patrol. As soon as they were in

[26:07] custody, Elena Perez applied for

[26:09] political asylum. But only weeks later,

[26:13] Elena, his mother, died of a heart

[26:15] attack. Miguel was suddenly alone in a

[26:18] strange land.

[26:19] >> When she died, I just promised her that

[26:21] I would carry on with what she wanted me

[26:24] to, and that was to complete my

[26:26] schooling and and become someone. In his

[26:29] quest to become an American, Miguel went

[26:31] first to live with his sister in Long

[26:33] Beach, California, who had come to the

[26:35] US legally. He entered high school

[26:38] without speaking a word of English.

[26:39] >> It was a think or swim situation. I had

[26:42] to learn English or die. Basically,

[26:46] >> Miguel is a very determined young man.

[26:48] He graduated 12th in his class of 500.

[26:52] Still, his immigration status was

[26:54] undecided. So he went on to college at

[26:56] Cal State Dominguez Hills where he

[26:59] majored in psychology and once again

[27:01] excelled. His case was noticed by

[27:03] Congressman Mvin Daimaly of California.

[27:06] Daimaly gave Miguel a part-time job in

[27:08] his local office and found him an

[27:09] immigration lawyer.

[27:10] >> This is part of what this country is all

[27:12] about. Giving immigrants a chance to

[27:15] succeed, especially when they show

[27:17] promise and they're willing to work hard

[27:18] and study. In 1990, Miguel's request for

[27:21] asylum was denied and he was ordered

[27:24] deported. His lawyer along with

[27:27] Congressman Daimaly and many of his

[27:28] professors appealed to the INS on

[27:31] grounds that Miguel had lived an

[27:33] exemplary life here for 7 years. The INS

[27:36] said it would reconsider.

[27:39] While the INS was making up its mind,

[27:41] Miguel Perez graduated from Cal State

[27:44] and was the validictorian of his class.

[27:46] He is currently on scholarship at Penn

[27:48] State University studying for his PhD in

[27:51] public health education. He wants to

[27:54] teach and

[27:55] >> assist people in maintaining their

[27:57] health and hopefully keeping a few

[28:00] dollars in their pocketbooks.

[28:02] >> I've got all the 1099s and all the W2s.

[28:04] So,

[28:05] >> and this morning, Miguel Perez got his

[28:07] first taste of what it really means to

[28:09] be an official American resident. He

[28:12] began to do his income tax. Now that the

[28:14] country has accepted him, he reminds us

[28:17] of the thousands like him who have so

[28:19] much to offer.

[28:20] >> We may speak a different language. We

[28:22] may look different, but we share the

[28:24] same ideals. We have the same dreams.

[28:26] And you know, we we want to make a

[28:28] contribution.

[28:30] >> And so we choose Miguel Pettis. The man

[28:32] from immigration said, "This is part of

[28:34] the American dream come true." For his

[28:36] part, young Mr. Perez says, "I had faith

[28:38] in the system." That's our report on

[28:40] World News Tonight. I'm Peter Jennings.

[28:42] Have a good weekend. We'll see you on

[28:43] Monday. tonight.

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