The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (PBS) - 1992-04-08
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[0:03] for the McNeel Lair NewsHour has been
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[0:28] [music]
[0:33] Good evening. I'm Jim Lair in
[0:34] Washington. [music]
[0:35] >> And I'm Robert McNeel in New York. After
[0:38] the news summary, Arthur Ash and the
[0:40] risk of AIDS from old transfusions. Then
[0:42] we examine where the Democratic
[0:44] presidential race stands after
[0:45] yesterday's primaries. Three other
[0:47] analysts join Gurgen and Shields. And we
[0:50] look at tomorrow's general election in
[0:52] Britain, which offers a referendum on
[0:53] the Thatcher legacy and a revival of
[0:56] Scottish nationalism.
[0:59] Part of helping the world live and
[1:01] communicate better is keeping it well
[1:03] informed.
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[1:08] NewsHour is provided by AT&T
[1:13] and by PepsiCo,
[1:18] [music]
[1:20] Pepsico
[1:23] and by the Corporation for Public
[1:24] Broadcasting and viewers like you.
[1:28] >> Arthur Ash has AIDS. The 48-year-old
[1:31] former tennis star announced that fact
[1:33] this afternoon at a news conference in
[1:35] New York City. He said it came from
[1:37] blood transfusions after his second
[1:39] heart bypass operation in 1983. His
[1:42] first was in 1979, a heart attack a few
[1:45] months before had ended his tennis
[1:47] career. Ash said he'd learned he had the
[1:50] HIV virus after a brain operation in
[1:53] 1988. He said he had not planned to go
[1:55] public, but was forced to when rumors
[1:57] were passed to members of the press.
[1:59] We'll have excerpts from his news
[2:01] conference and more on the story right
[2:02] after t