World News Tonight (ABC) - 2000-08-20
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[0:00] and outback models.
[0:03] >> On World News Tonight this Sunday,
[0:06] dramatic first pictures of the doomed
[0:08] Russian submarine
[0:11] and conflicting reports about exactly
[0:14] what happened down there. The death toll
[0:17] climbs as investigators search for the
[0:19] cause of a New Mexico pipeline
[0:21] explosion.
[0:22] Critics of a new court ruling in
[0:24] California say it could turn murder
[0:27] witnesses into murder victims.
[0:31] And old McDonald's it's not. Things are
[0:34] different these days down on this farm
[0:42] >> from ABC.
[0:44] This is World News Tonight Sunday.
[0:48] >> Good evening everyone. I'm Carol
[0:50] Simpson. It is a dark, dangerous, and
[0:53] delicate operation. Norwegian divers
[0:56] struggled all day and through the night
[0:58] with the escape hatch of the Russian
[1:00] nuclear submarine that sank to the sea
[1:02] floor a week ago. No luck opening it and
[1:06] no sign of life from the 118 crew
[1:08] members. As ABC's Richard Gizbert
[1:11] reports, there are conflicting accounts
[1:13] between the Russian and Norwegian navies
[1:16] about the condition of the submarine.
[1:20] Today, the joint Norwegian British
[1:22] rescue team went to work on its mission,
[1:24] getting into the Russian submarine on
[1:26] the ocean floor. The divers were lowered
[1:29] to the sub in a diving bell 350 ft below
[1:32] the surface, they emerged. These
[1:34] pictures are shot by cameras mounted on
[1:36] their helmets and relayed to the
[1:38] communication center on the ship. Okay.
[1:40] By tapping on the submarine surface with
[1:42] the hammer, the dive team can hear which
[1:45] parts of the sub are flooded and where
[1:47] the remaining air pockets are. Where
[1:49] there is air, there may be life. At one
[1:52] stage, they tap out a message. Is
[1:54] anybody alive in there? Apparently, they
[1:56] get no reply. The divers find extensive
[1:59] damage to the submarine, filming a piece
[2:01] of the hull. But this is where the
[2:03] arguments begin. The Norwegians disagree
[2:05] with Russian claims that the escape
[2:07] hatch was too bent in the accident to be
[2:10] locked onto by a rescue sub. Russia's
[2:12] deputy prime minister went on TV today,
[2:16] >> saying the inspection showed a serious
[2:18] crack. That's why we think the British
[2:21] sub will not be able to dock onto the
[2:23] hatch. A few hours later, the Norwegian
[2:26] military, whose divers were at the sub,
[2:28] contradicted him. Well, our divers have
[2:30] been down there today, and they have
[2:33] confirmed that the uh rear outer hatch
[2:37] has not been damaged. Eventually, the
[2:39] divers try to open a valve on the escape
[2:41] hatch, but cannot. Working at this depth
[2:44] is risky, and the communications room is
[2:46] tense. The divers say they need a tool
[2:50] to help them open the valve. So, they
[2:52] relay measurements of the valve to the
[2:54] communication center, and the Russians
[2:56] sketch out diagrams. Then the work on
[2:58] the tool begins.
[3:01] Watching the entire operation with the
[3:03] help of a translator is the
[3:04] commanderin-chief of Russia's northern
[3:06] fleet. He knows whatever slim hope there
[3:09] is of saving Russian lives is now in
[3:12] foreign hands. Eventually, the new tool
[3:14] works. The valve is opened. What
[3:17] happened then is also in dispute.
[3:19] Russian state television said no air
[3:21] bubbles came out, meaning the hatch was
[3:23] flooded and probably contained the body
[3:25] of a crew member who tried to escape.
[3:27] The Norwegians say there was air in the
[3:29] hatch. The rescue team has moved to a
[3:32] nearby naval base where it's using
[3:33] another Russian sub to practice entering
[3:36] the escape hatch. This has been an
[3:38] extraordinary day at sea. A team of
[3:40] foreign divers that the Russians seemed
[3:42] reluctant to invite here in the first
[3:44] place now says it's willing to risk a
[3:46] further rescue operation that the
[3:48] Russians say is impossible. In short,
[3:51] the Russian military and government have
[3:53] some explaining to do. Richard Gizbert,
[3:55] ABC News, Morman.
[3:58] >> Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged
[4:01] today that the rescue effort would go on
[4:03] until the last moment in the hope of
[4:05] saving someone. Putin and other
[4:08] government officials have been under
[4:09] severe criticism for their handling of
[4:12] the crisis. The incident highlights the
[4:15] deteriorating infrastructure of the once
[4:18] mighty Russian military. Equipment,
[4:20] weapons, vessels continue to crumble. As
[4:23] ABC's Hillary Brown reports,
[4:27] the Kursk was considered to be Russia's
[4:29] safest, most modern submarine in an
[4:31] otherwise decrepit nuclear fleet. Now it
[4:34] lies broken on the sea floor with two
[4:37] nuclear reactors on board. Is the
[4:39] Russian Navy capable of floating it to
[4:41] the surface as it says it will
[4:43] >> with great difficulty and phenomenal
[4:46] cost? And I think that's what's going to
[4:48] lead them to leave her there.
[4:50] >> It's believed that the Navy at first
[4:52] expected the men of the curse to save
[4:54] themselves. Critics say that the poor
[4:57] maintenance and training that are
[4:59] endemic in the Russian military made
[5:01] that impossible. It's absolutely clear
[5:03] that uh safety system were inadequate
[5:08] because no one of them worked.
[5:11] >> 2/3 of Russia's nuclear submarines are
[5:13] inoperable and have been decommissioned.
[5:16] 70% of all the Navy's vessels need major
[5:19] repairs. The basic problem is money. In
[5:23] the past decade, the military budget
[5:25] here has been cut by 25% a year. The US
[5:29] military budget is now 60 times that of
[5:32] Russia. The Navy simply cannot maintain
[5:35] its Soviet era vessels or buy new
[5:37] equipment. Its ports are lined with the
[5:40] rusting corpses of nuclearpowered
[5:42] submarines and battleships. It's said
[5:45] that the cashstrapped northern fleet now
[5:47] generates the greatest and least
[5:49] protected concentration of nuclear waste
[5:52] on Earth. The last Russian nuclear
[5:55] submarine to go down was the Comm
[5:56] Simalitz in 1989. It lies at a depth of
[6:00] 16,000 ft in the same Arctic waters as
[6:03] the Kursk. Environmentalists say it is
[6:06] still leaking radiation. They fear that
[6:09] the Kursk in only 350 ft of water will
[6:12] be a much greater risk to the
[6:14] environment. Rich fishing grounds close
[6:16] to an inhabited shore. Some experts
[6:19] argue that the West should wave Russia's
[6:22] enormous debt in return for the
[6:24] dismantling of the Navy's nuclear
[6:25] submarines and a cleanup of its nuclear
[6:28] waste. They see this as an international
[6:31] problem which will take an international
[6:34] effort to solve. Hillary Brown, ABC
[6:36] News, Moscow. If you would like more
[6:39] information on the British rescue vessel
[6:42] and the downed submarine, visit our
[6:44] website at abcnews.com.
[6:48] In this country, investigators in the
[6:50] Southwest are trying to determine how a
[6:52] weekend camping trip turned into a
[6:54] tragedy. 10 people are now dead in a
[6:57] natural gas pipeline blast near a
[7:00] popular tourist attraction. The latest
[7:02] from ABC's Neil Carlinski.
[7:06] >> The sheer magnitude of the blast
[7:07] surprised even investigators. The
[7:09] explosion left a crater 86 feet long and
[7:12] 20 feet deep. The heat was so intense it
[7:15] melted the tires off cars parked nearby
[7:17] as well as sleeping bags and tents.
[7:20] >> The evidence out there at the scene
[7:22] indicates it was uh it was horrendously
[7:25] hot. It incinerated everything uh in its
[7:28] in its path.
[7:29] >> Today, a team of six investigators from
[7:31] the National Transportation Safety Board
[7:33] flew in from Washington. They arrived at
[7:35] the scene by midm morning. The blast,
[7:37] which lit up the early morning sky on
[7:39] Saturday, was caused by a natural gas
[7:41] leak on a main pipeline here, which
[7:43] supplies power plants in Texas, New
[7:46] Mexico, Arizona, and California. Three
[7:48] families were camping along a river
[7:50] about 200 yards away when the gas
[7:53] ignited. Of the 10 killed, half were
[7:55] children, three of them infants,
[7:57] including a set of twins. Two other
[7:59] people are now in critical condition at
[8:01] a hospital in Texas. The nearest
[8:03] witnesses were north of here about 25
[8:06] miles away in the town of Carlsbad.
[8:08] >> We thought it was a large house fire
[8:10] real relatively close to Carl'sbad, but
[8:13] it must have been so large uh for us to
[8:15] have seen it because it was about 25 mi
[8:17] away.
[8:18] >> Company officials from El Paso Energy
[8:20] say the line was last checked on August
[8:22] 2nd.
[8:23] >> This pipeline was buried about 6 feet.
[8:26] There's no indication uh at this time.
[8:28] Uh we saw no indication that it was
[8:30] third party damage or foul play. It it
[8:33] does appear that the pipeline ruptured
[8:35] under underground.
[8:36] >> New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson was
[8:38] expected to tour the scene even as
[8:40] investigators continue to sift for
[8:42] clues. At this point they say the gas
[8:44] could have ignited with something as
[8:45] simple as two rocks striking together.
[8:48] Neil Carlinsky, ABC News, Carlsbad, New
[8:50] Mexico. When World News Tonight this
[8:53] Sunday continues, riding a wave, Al Gore
[8:56] continues his campaign cruise today on
[9:00] wheels. Did Ford's recommendations make
[9:03] Firestone tires unsafe?
[9:06] And a family farm gets an unusual
[9:09] makeover.
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[10:51] Now to politics. The Gore campaign gets
[10:54] back on the water tomorrow for the final
[10:56] leg of a postconvention riverboat tour.
[10:59] The candidate took to land today to
[11:01] cover more stops in less time. Here's
[11:04] ABC's Terry Moran.
[11:06] >> This morning in Molen, Illinois.
[11:08] >> All right, this election is about you.
[11:10] Al Gore hit the campaign trail, riding a
[11:12] postconvention bounce in several
[11:14] national polls and what seems like a
[11:16] wave of adrenaline on the stump.
[11:17] >> I'll be like Harry Truman and I'll tell
[11:19] them the truth and they'll just think
[11:20] it's hell.
[11:21] >> Ever since leaving Los Angeles late
[11:23] Thursday night,
[11:24] >> the vice president and running mate Joe
[11:26] Lieberman have been drawing large crowds
[11:28] in small towns and generating the kind
[11:30] of excitement this campaign has not seen
[11:32] in months.
[11:34] >> How are you little boy?
[11:36] >> Good for you. For instance, late last
[11:39] night in Clinton, Iowa,
[11:42] >> Gore showed up hours late and delivered
[11:44] a speech that roused the waiting crowd
[11:46] with traditional Democratic
[11:48] anti-corporate themes.
[11:50] >> I'm telling you, I know what a
[11:51] difference it makes if you've got
[11:53] somebody whose heart and is in the right
[11:54] place, who believes in you, who's
[11:56] willing to fight for you, who's not
[11:58] afraid to take on the special interest.
[12:00] Whether it's the drug companies, the
[12:02] insurance companies, the HMOs, big oil,
[12:05] I don't care. The vice president was
[12:07] clearly enjoying himself dancing with
[12:09] his wife Tipper as the crowd roared. But
[12:12] on the Sunday morning talk shows, the
[12:14] Bush campaign blasted Gore's new
[12:16] populist approach.
[12:17] >> Rather than relying upon a positive
[12:20] agenda, they're going to they're going
[12:21] to rely on a divisive class warfare
[12:23] tone. And that's not helpful. That's not
[12:24] where America wants to be.
[12:27] But the vice president who's just about
[12:28] to pull out of this rally was add it
[12:30] again here in Musketone, Iowa. And he's
[12:32] clearly decided to make this populist
[12:34] line of attack his campaign theme for
[12:36] now. It's the kind of rhetoric that's
[12:38] historically been used when times are
[12:40] bad. And in these good times, the
[12:41] question is, will it work? Terara.
[12:45] Thanks, Terry. ABC's Terry Moran
[12:47] reporting from Musketone, Iowa with the
[12:49] Gore campaign.
[12:51] A summer evenings trip to get some ice
[12:53] cream turned interesting for President
[12:55] Clinton and the first lady near Lake
[12:57] Placid last night. After a female fan
[13:00] called the president over to sign her
[13:02] shirt, she promptly removed it. She was
[13:06] removed by authorities on the sidelines
[13:09] as the first couple proceeded back to
[13:11] their car.
[13:13] Last night, we reported that Governor
[13:15] George Bush said he would rather not
[13:18] participate with Vice President Gore in
[13:20] formal debates, instead preferring
[13:23] venues such as cable news talk shows. In
[13:26] fact, the Bush campaign says it is
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[13:33] on Presidential Debates. When we come
[13:36] back, the Firestone Tire controversy
[13:38] takes a turn.
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[15:45] >> Those western wildfires continue to
[15:47] burn. 98 fires in 11 states covering
[15:51] more than 1 million acres. And this
[15:55] note, an eerie anniversary is marked
[15:58] today. Exactly 90 years ago, the big
[16:01] burn devoured 5 million acres, entire
[16:05] towns, killing 87 people in Montana and
[16:08] Idaho in many of the same areas the
[16:11] fires burned today.
[16:13] There are new allegations about an
[16:15] inconsistency between Ford and
[16:17] Firestone's tire safety recommendations.
[16:20] Could that conflict have led to the tire
[16:22] problems on Ford's sports utility
[16:25] vehicles? ABC's Jim Shuto reports.
[16:29] >> Inside the door of every Ford Explorer
[16:31] are instructions to inflate the tires to
[16:34] 26 lbs per square in or PSI, well below
[16:37] the maximum 35 PSI the tires designed
[16:40] for. Internal Ford documents obtained by
[16:43] ABC News show that the company
[16:45] considered recommending a higher tire
[16:47] pressure, but decided not to after
[16:49] computer simulations showed that tires
[16:51] with higher pressure increase the risk
[16:54] that the Explorer would roll over. On
[16:56] August 9th, Firestone recalled 6.5
[16:59] million tires used mainly on the
[17:01] Explorer SUV because they're prone to
[17:03] losing their treads at high speeds. Tab
[17:06] Turner, who supplied the Ford documents
[17:08] to ABC, represents clients who are suing
[17:11] Firestone,
[17:12] >> and this is a combination of a tire and
[17:14] a vehicle problem. This is not just
[17:16] unique to Firestone. Ford is up to its
[17:19] chin in this problem.
[17:20] >> Ford says it conducted tests earlier
[17:23] this year to see if the lower tire
[17:24] pressure the company recommended might
[17:26] have contributed to the failure of the
[17:28] Firestone tires. It found no connection.
[17:31] Ford says that problems like the ones
[17:33] that led to the recall arise only at
[17:35] pressures well below 20 PSI.
[17:37] >> The 26 PSI level recommended by Ford has
[17:41] absolutely nothing to do with a
[17:42] Firestone tread separation issue.
[17:44] >> But Firestone employees have testified
[17:46] in two lawsuits against the tire maker
[17:48] that tire pressures of 28 PSI or lower
[17:52] can lead to tire failure. Today, a
[17:54] Firestone spokesman told ABC the
[17:56] employees testimony is wrong. However,
[17:59] tire experts say low tire pressure could
[18:02] aggravate flaws if a tire is defective.
[18:04] >> At lower pressures, tires will flex
[18:07] more, and uh if there is a manufacturing
[18:10] defect, that flexing and the heat
[18:12] generated from the flexing could cause a
[18:15] problem.
[18:16] >> Ford has blamed the tire troubles
[18:17] entirely on manufacturing problems at
[18:20] Firestone, but plaintiff's lawyers say
[18:22] this new information could open Ford up
[18:24] to expensive lawsuits. Jim Shudo, ABC
[18:27] News, Washington.
[18:29] >> When we come back, whose rights carry
[18:32] more weight, the accuser or the accused?
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[19:24] >> Welcome back. Please get out a pen and
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[19:55] >> Here comes that heartburn again. It
[19:57] happens time after time. You've changed
[19:59] your diet. You've tried to treat it, but
[20:01] the pain keeps coming back two or more
[20:04] days a week. That frequent persistent
[20:06] heartburn may be due to acid reflux
[20:08] disease. Potentially serious.
[20:12] It's pryloac time. Time to see your
[20:15] doctor about America's most prescribed
[20:17] acid control medicine. Your results may
[20:20] vary, but for many people, one daily
[20:22] dose of Pryloc provides 24 hours of
[20:24] complete heartburn relief. Ask your
[20:26] doctor for more information about Pryloc
[20:28] and if it's right for you. The most
[20:30] common side effects are headache,
[20:31] diarrhea, and abdominal pain. 24 hours
[20:34] of complete heartburn relief is possible
[20:37] with a purple pill they call Pryloc.
[20:41] Despite predictions, the end of
[20:43] bilingual education has apparently not
[20:46] spelled disaster for California's
[20:48] Spanish-sp speakaking school children.
[20:50] In the past two years, second graders
[20:52] with limited English skills scored nine
[20:55] points higher in reading and 14 points
[20:58] higher in math on the state standardized
[21:01] tests. A case in California is putting a
[21:04] key judicial principle to the test. Does
[21:07] a defendant have the right to confront
[21:09] his accuser, even if it puts the
[21:11] accuser's life at risk? ABC's Judy
[21:14] Mueller reports.
[21:16] >> Jose Urebe was stabbed 37 times in his
[21:19] LA County jail cell with a homemade
[21:21] knife. Three inmates were charged with
[21:23] his murder based on information provided
[21:25] by several other prisoners. In order to
[21:28] protect those witnesses from retaliation
[21:30] by the so-called Mexican mafia,
[21:32] prosecutors asked the court to conceal
[21:34] their names. Although it will make
[21:38] investigation of the case more difficult
[21:39] for the defense
[21:41] in this case that is more speculative
[21:45] than the near certainty that these
[21:48] witnesses will be injured or killed.
[21:50] >> But the rights of the witnesses are in
[21:52] direct conflict with the rights of the
[21:54] defendants to receive a fair trial.
[21:56] >> You are breaking down the fundamental
[21:59] bedrock of the integrity of the criminal
[22:01] process if you do this. The defense
[22:04] objected on sixth amendment grounds that
[22:06] the accused has a right to confront his
[22:08] accuser.
[22:09] >> You can't have an effective challenge
[22:11] without effective pre-trial discovery,
[22:14] investigation, and cross-examination.
[22:17] >> The California Supreme Court agreed. In
[22:19] its ruling last week, the court said
[22:21] witness identities could not be kept
[22:23] secret, but it added a loophole. Trial
[22:26] judges can decide just when those
[22:28] identities should be revealed, perhaps
[22:30] as little as a day ahead. Even so,
[22:32] prosecutors say it sends a terrifying
[22:34] message to potential witnesses.
[22:36] >> What it has said in over a thousand
[22:38] unsolved gang murders is don't see and
[22:42] don't tell
[22:44] and don't become a witness.
[22:46] >> Prosecutors say many murderers have
[22:48] walked because witnesses are afraid to
[22:49] testify. Gangs have a long history of
[22:52] killing eyewitnesses, even young ones.
[22:54] An 8-year-old Connecticut boy last year,
[22:56] a 15-year-old Rhode Island girl last
[22:59] May. and the justice system is
[23:01] illprepared to protect them. Only a few
[23:03] states, including California, have
[23:05] witnessed protection programs, and only
[23:07] a few people are willing to enter a
[23:09] program that requires them to take on a
[23:11] new identity.
[23:12] >> That's a terrible price for an an
[23:15] innocent person who wants to be a good
[23:18] citizen to have to pay.
[23:20] >> The prosecution's appealing to the US
[23:22] Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the Joseé
[23:24] Urebe murder trial remains on hold. Judy
[23:27] Mueller, ABC News, Los Angeles.
[23:30] >> When we return, farmers who cultivate a
[23:32] new clientele.
[23:41] >> She's in the black Bonavville.
[23:44] >> The 2000 Bonavville with Magnus steer
[23:46] for handling so precise it can even out
[23:48] maneuver itself.
[23:50] >> Stop all black Bonavvilles.
[23:54] The 2000 Bonavville SSEI. Luxury with
[23:57] attitude. Now during the Pontiac US
[24:00] Olympic countdown, get 1,500 cash back
[24:03] on every 2,000 Bonavville. See your
[24:05] Pontiac dealer today.
[24:08] >> Need fast ditch relief from insect bites
[24:10] and poison ivy. Plus the power of
[24:12] Cortisone 10 plus with vitamins plus
[24:15] aloe. Among these, it's the only one
[24:17] with the medicine doctors recommend
[24:19] most. Try Cortisone 10 plus. What are
[24:21] you itching for?
[24:24] >> I'll trade you this salad for your
[24:25] pudding. Nope. This newspaper for that
[24:28] comic. Trade mints.
[24:30] >> No, I'll trade you my 1998 Gateway PC
[24:34] for a brand new Gateway Essential PC
[24:36] with an Intel Pentium 3 processor plus
[24:39] training.
[24:40] >> Deal.
[24:40] >> Buy a Gateway Essential PC with the
[24:42] Yourware program and trade it in for the
[24:44] purchase of a new one after 2 years.
[24:46] Visit one of our 300 stores or call us.
[24:48] Also on my little sister for a scanner.
[24:54] >> It's allergy season and for once I'm not
[24:56] miserable. It's the nasler. Unlike
[24:58] these, it can't make you drowsy. And
[25:00] unlike these, there's no possibility of
[25:02] nervousness. Maybe that's why allergists
[25:04] recommend nasler. Nasler, the best way
[25:06] to stop suffering is never to start.
[25:09] >> Most people would have walked.
[25:10] >> Take the quart million dollars.
[25:12] >> But this Berkeley grad student,
[25:14] >> I'm not sure about that, though. You're
[25:15] going to show me more guts if you take
[25:17] the money and walk away.
[25:18] >> Took the gamble.
[25:19] >> Bad midler is my final answer.
[25:21] >> And
[25:22] >> no, was Diane Katon
[25:25] an all new millionaire tonight 98
[25:27] central on ABC.
[25:30] >> Finally tonight, at a time when many
[25:32] family farms in this country are
[25:34] struggling to survive, there is one
[25:36] that's thriving. As ABC's Dan Harris
[25:39] reports, these farmers are catering to a
[25:42] lucrative but extremely demanding
[25:44] market.
[25:46] >> You know you're not at the average
[25:47] family farm when the workers are wearing
[25:49] lab coats.
[25:51] The proprietors, Lee Jones, his brother
[25:54] Bobby, and their father Bob will try to
[25:56] convince you that they're simple
[25:58] farmers, but they're savvy enough to
[26:00] have made their small farm outside of
[26:02] Cleveland, Ohio, the source for exotic
[26:04] vegetables for Ritzy restaurants from
[26:07] Los Angeles to New York City.
[26:09] >> We're constantly looking for what's
[26:11] next. What's going to be the hottest?
[26:13] What's going to be the coolest? It's
[26:14] going to be the very best flavored
[26:16] product that we can give and provide to
[26:18] that chef so that he can just amaze his
[26:21] customers.
[26:22] >> The Joneses engage in research and
[26:24] development, experimenting with ways to
[26:26] make peashoots golden yellow and garlic
[26:29] roots tender enough to eat. So, it's
[26:31] nice intense garlic flavor.
[26:34] >> They sell 65 types of tomatoes and 56
[26:37] varieties of peppers. And this is pricey
[26:40] produce. Six pints of the purple
[26:42] Brussels sprouts will run you $98. But
[26:46] fancy farming pays off. The Joneses have
[26:48] experienced roughly 40% growth over each
[26:51] of the last 2 years. The Joneses have
[26:54] not always been this prosperous. Back in
[26:56] 1980, when they were still involved in
[26:58] traditional farming, a hail storm
[27:00] destroyed most of their crop and they
[27:02] lost their farm. It was in the years
[27:04] after that, when they were struggling to
[27:06] get by, that they discovered this niche
[27:08] market. It was a way that we could stay
[27:10] in agriculture and survive,
[27:12] >> survive and thrive by giving chefs like
[27:15] Chris Hastings the latest weapons in the
[27:18] culinary arms race.
[27:20] >> People go, "Wow, amazing. I've never put
[27:22] anything like that in my mouth ever."
[27:24] >> Each order is harvested by hand, packed
[27:26] in ice, and meant to be on the plate
[27:29] within 18 hours. While most neighboring
[27:32] farms have only a handful of workers,
[27:34] the Joneses employ 65 so as to cater to
[27:37] the whims of the often difficult chefs.
[27:40] >> I can remember going out by flashlight
[27:42] and picking an order for a guy that
[27:43] needed 1,000 baby bell peppers and he
[27:45] needed them for next day's service. And
[27:47] I got that call at 8:00 at night. It's
[27:50] worth it though. In an economy that has
[27:52] not been very friendly to the family
[27:53] farm, this family has gone from near
[27:56] bankruptcy to bounty. Dan Harris, ABC
[28:00] News, Hiron, Ohio.
[28:02] >> They look yummy. That's our report.
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