Good Morning America (ABC) and CBS This Morning snippets - 1993-11-17
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[0:00] Morning America. I'm Charles Gibson
[0:01] >> and I'm John Lennon. It is Wednesday,
[0:03] November 17th. While the battle lines
[0:05] have been drawn, sides have been taken,
[0:07] deals have been cut, and later today,
[0:09] Congress finally votes on NAFTA, the
[0:11] North American Free Trade Agreement. In
[0:13] a few minutes, we will get some last
[0:14] minute thoughts on the plan as well as a
[0:16] nuts andbolts explanation of what this
[0:18] will all mean to you if it does pass,
[0:21] >> Spencer. Well, we got some upheavalss in
[0:23] nature again today, Charlie. Actually,
[0:25] starting with yesterday morning, a
[0:26] tornado touched down near downtown
[0:29] Houston, Texas, causing property damage
[0:30] and injuring several people. The system
[0:33] that produced those storms will today
[0:35] produce violent thunderstorms in the
[0:37] southeastern US. And we'll tell you more
[0:39] about this coming up in this half hour.
[0:40] >> We're also going to follow up this
[0:42] morning with Michael Gillan who's out in
[0:43] Parkfield, California on the earthquake
[0:45] threat there. And in our next half hour,
[0:47] you're going to meet a new special
[0:48] correspondent on Good Morning America,
[0:51] one who is very big. Uh many people find
[0:53] him very cute and he is very yellow.
[0:56] We'll explain, but right now let's get
[0:57] to Morton Dean with the news. Morton.
[0:59] >> Right, Charlie. Good morning everyone.
[1:00] It's NAFTA day in the House of
[1:02] Representatives. The latest ABC News
[1:04] headcount shows President Clinton now
[1:06] has 213 of the 218 votes he needs to get
[1:10] the trade deal through the House today.
[1:13] It all comes down to how 28 still
[1:15] undecided House members will decid