CBS Evening News - 1992-07-27
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[0:01] UN weapons inspectors head back to
[0:03] Baghdad while Saddam Hussein mocks the
[0:05] US and the UN. A growing hazard for
[0:09] people who work on computers. Repetitive
[0:11] motion injuries. An eye on America.
[0:14] Here's looking at you, kid. Private
[0:17] eyes. What do they really do?
[0:19] >> What is Bogart? Uh putting on a trench
[0:21] coat and smoking a cigarette. I mean,
[0:23] what did Bogart ever do that was so um
[0:27] smart?
[0:29] This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:38] >> Good evening. I'm Connie Chung sitting
[0:40] in tonight for Dan Rather. President
[0:42] Bush and Saddam Hussein are both
[0:43] claiming victory tonight in their latest
[0:45] showdown. Saddam gave in and will allow
[0:48] UN weapons inspectors to search his
[0:50] agriculture ministry. But under a
[0:52] compromise, no American inspectors will
[0:55] be allowed inside. Iraqi officials are
[0:57] calling the outcome quote brilliant. The
[1:00] month-long standoff may have brought
[1:01] them valuable time. Barry Peterson in
[1:04] Bahrain explains in the first of two
[1:06] reports from the Persian Gulf.
[1:08] As UN ambassador Ralph Aayus arrived in
[1:11] Bahrain tonight, he made it clear there
[1:12] was still plenty to find inside the
[1:14] agriculture ministry even if some
[1:16] records or materials have been removed
[1:18] or destroyed. If it's big building there
[1:21] are many interesting things in the
[1:23] ministry because
[1:25] >> doc well m we say material definitely
[1:28] documents and interesting equipment.
[1:31] >> The team will examine the very structure
[1:33] of the agriculture ministry suggesting
[1:35] that at one point it may have housed
[1:37] weapons production and sources tell CBS
[1:40] what they find inside the ministry could
[1:42] finally tell them exactly what kind of
[1:44] warheads Iraq's missiles were designed
[1:46] to carry. So, this is one of the most
[1:48] unusual teams the UN has ever put
[1:51] together with specialists in all facets
[1:53] of Iraq's weapons program.
[1:55] >> Experts in the ballistic missile area,
[1:58] uh, chemical, biological, as well as
[2:01] nuclear.
[2:01] >> In a late night briefing, UN Ambassador
[2:03] Akayas warned his team that they will be
[2:06] carefully watched by the Iraqis, but
[2:08] team leaders insist they will not come
[2:10] back empty-handed.
[2:12] Barry Peterson, CBS News, Bahrain.
[2:18] They may still be clearing the rubble
[2:20] from his last war, but Saddam Hussein
[2:22] remains defiant. The compromise over
[2:24] weapons inspections is being hailed here
[2:27] as an Iraqi victory, and Saddam's
[2:29] official spokesman said today that Iraq
[2:31] must trample UN resolutions under its
[2:34] feet.
[2:37] The exclusion of Americans from the UN
[2:39] team, which will finally enter the
[2:41] Ministry of Agriculture, is cited as
[2:43] proof of Saddam's triumph. American
[2:45] inspectors are portrayed as the roots of
[2:47] all evil.
[2:48] >> I describe them as a tool
[2:52] pushed by the USA.
[2:55] >> Iraq's deputy prime minister TK Aziz
[2:57] tonight accused UN inspection chief
[2:59] Ralph Akus of lying and charged that the
[3:02] entire crisis was an American engineered
[3:04] charade to insult Iraq and bolster
[3:06] President Bush's fading popularity. Iraq
[3:09] Aziz said achieved positive results from
[3:12] the standoff.
[3:15] Public reaction to Saddam's latest
[3:17] one-on-one with the rest of the world
[3:19] was limited by the knowledge that
[3:20] contrary opinions are unwise here.
[3:23] >> I have no opinion about that.
[3:24] >> That is my country. I can't speak about
[3:26] that. Please, just I want peace in this
[3:29] world and in my country.
[3:33] >> Ordinary Iraqis are more concerned with
[3:35] struggling to make ends meet under
[3:37] United Nations imposed sanctions that
[3:38] have sent prices soaring. Saddam
[3:41] acknowledged the problem when he warned
[3:43] merchants that they were acting in the
[3:44] interests of the enemy if they made
[3:46] excessive profits. The fact that
[3:49] imported items are available for those
[3:50] who can afford them is an indication
[3:52] that sanctions breaking is something of
[3:54] a growth industry here. More active
[3:56] defiance of UN resolution. The view here
[3:59] is that Saddam Hussein has played a
[4:00] cunning hand. He defied the UN, taunted
[4:03] the US, and then backed down before
[4:05] military action against him could be
[4:07] justified, making him look strong at a
[4:10] time when his arch enemy, President
[4:11] Bush, appears to be in political
[4:13] trouble. Alan Pizzy, CBS News, Baghdad.
[4:17] >> President Bush is sending more military
[4:19] might to the Persian Gulf as a signal to
[4:21] Iraq, a third aircraft carrier, and a
[4:23] second Patriot Patriot anti-aircraft
[4:26] missile battery to Kuwait. Mr. Bush
[4:28] called a meeting of his top national
[4:29] security adviserss for tonight. Earlier,
[4:32] as Susan Spencer reports, the president
[4:34] was on the campaign trail, trying to
[4:36] capitalize on his face off with Saddam.
[4:39] After a tense weekend dominated by Iraq,
[4:42] Mr. Bush got a warm welcome in solidly
[4:44] Republican Kent County, Michigan, as he
[4:47] questioned whether the Democrats are
[4:48] really trustworthy enough to hold high
[4:50] office. And aids charged that some of
[4:53] Bill Clinton's foreign policy ideas are
[4:55] downright reckless. Mr. Mr. Bush clearly
[4:57] thinks Iraq's retreat speaks volumes
[5:00] about his own qualifications.
[5:02] >> And let me just kind of put a a a
[5:05] surgeon general's note on this speech. I
[5:08] have not shifted gears yet from trying
[5:10] to make some good things happen for this
[5:12] country, including yesterday making some
[5:15] decisions uh about standing up to be
[5:18] sure that Saddam Hussein lives up to
[5:21] these UN resolutions. He's going to do
[5:24] it. He may not know it, but he is going
[5:25] to live up to those resolutions. And uh
[5:30] >> using the word trust 19 times, Mr. Bush
[5:34] implied that Democrats couldn't be
[5:35] trusted to deal with Saddam or anything
[5:37] else. He never uses names. Others aren't
[5:40] so shy.
[5:41] >> Now, today, Bill Clinton stands for
[5:42] change, just like Jimmy Carter and
[5:44] Wadler Manddale stood for change.
[5:47] Because Bill Clinton wants to raise
[5:48] taxes just like they did.
[5:50] >> Later in Wisconsin, Mr. Bush mocks the
[5:52] Democrats theme of putting people first.
[5:55] >> They say they want to put people first,
[5:58] but if you look real close, the people
[6:01] that they put first are all on the
[6:03] government payroll. And I stand with the
[6:06] flag waving yes and the god-fearing yes
[6:08] and the taxpaying hardworking people of
[6:11] America. A leader of a free people must
[6:15] understand that government cannot only
[6:18] help, it can hinder. He must have the
[6:21] confidence to say, "I trust you. I trust
[6:24] the people."
[6:25] >> The Bush camp has long conceded that
[6:28] character issues would play a big role
[6:29] this year. The new who do you trust
[6:32] theme may be only the opening salvo.
[6:35] Susan Spencer, CBS News, Appleton,
[6:37] Wisconsin.
[6:39] >> Campaigning in California today,
[6:40] Democratic presidential nominee Bill
[6:42] Clinton fired right back at President
[6:44] Bush.
[6:46] I don't believe in using phrases like
[6:49] read my lip because who knows what the
[6:52] future holds.
[6:54] I have seen a president promise a
[6:58] kinder, gentler nation and then practice
[7:00] a meaner, harsher politics.
[7:08] I have heard the promise
[7:11] of a new harmony, a greater tolerance,
[7:14] and then seen it manifested
[7:17] in a bitter fight against civil rights
[7:19] legislation.
[7:22] >> Still ahead on the CBS Evening News,
[7:24] changes in the workplace as the disabled
[7:27] win sweeping new rights.
[7:30] And the modern private eye may be
[7:32] keeping an eye on you.
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[8:07] My mouth felt so clean and so healthy
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[8:12] dentists recommend Arm and Hammer than
[8:14] any other baking soda toothpaste. I see
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[8:29] strength medicine for itches and rashes.
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[8:42] There's a new federal law on the books
[8:44] and in the workplace. Starting today,
[8:47] American businesses must do more to help
[8:49] millions of people with disabilities,
[8:51] not with charity, but with a paycheck.
[8:54] Sydney Canard reports.
[8:56] >> Because she is blind and dependent on
[8:58] her guide dog, jobs have not come easy
[9:00] for Marta Vanluan.
[9:02] >> Hi, anybody getting up?
[9:03] >> But the San Francisco Transit Company
[9:05] employing Marta has installed an
[9:07] expensive Braille computer to help her
[9:09] answer customer calls.
[9:11] >> Good morning, Golden Gate.
[9:12] >> A company commitment is also what put
[9:15] Charles Jared, who is deaf, into the
[9:17] workforce in Oklahoma. The fact that I
[9:19] have
[9:19] >> the fact that I have a handicap should
[9:22] not make any difference when I apply for
[9:24] a job.
[9:25] >> Until now, hiring such workers has
[9:27] largely been up to individual companies.
[9:29] But today, a sweeping federal law went
[9:31] into effect, prompting firms like Ker
[9:33] McGee to hold training sessions,
[9:35] teaching management how to implement the
[9:37] tough rules. Currently, only 30% of the
[9:40] 14 million of this country's working age
[9:42] handicapped are employed. But the new
[9:44] law is expected to change all that. It
[9:47] covers all people that have a
[9:48] substantial limitation one of life's
[9:50] activities
[9:52] uh such as hearing or thinking or seeing
[9:55] or breathing or selfcare.
[9:58] >> The new act requires businesses to
[10:00] remove physical and communication
[10:01] barriers. It orders companies to make
[10:03] reasonable accommodations such as
[10:05] providing special equipment for the
[10:07] disabled. Employers can no longer ask
[10:10] about illness on applications. But the
[10:12] act also states employers will not have
[10:15] to make changes that cause them undue
[10:17] hardship. It's estimated the new act
[10:19] will save the government over $200
[10:21] million, taking some of the disabled off
[10:24] the public assistance programs, putting
[10:26] them on the tax roles. One company
[10:29] operating hospitals with 10% of its
[10:31] workforce disabled says hiring the
[10:33] handicap has been less costly than
[10:36] expected. But some small businessmen are
[10:38] alarmed, saying the new regulations will
[10:40] be a financial drain. And
[10:42] >> it's just one more notch in in the in in
[10:44] the gun that the government's pointing
[10:46] at small business.
[10:47] >> But like it or not, companies with more
[10:49] than 25 employees must comply
[10:51] immediately with the new act or face
[10:53] stiff penalties. Sydney Canard, CBS
[10:57] News, Los Angeles.
[10:59] Two American companies have been caught
[11:01] trying to do business with Libya in
[11:03] violation of US embargo. The US Treasury
[11:06] says the Bank of New York has been fined
[11:08] $225,000
[11:10] and the big brewing company Annheiser
[11:12] Bush paid a $25,000 fine for three
[11:15] attempts to send beer to offshore oil
[11:17] rigs owned by Libya.
[11:20] Now, a look at some other stories CBS
[11:22] News is following. Republicans who want
[11:24] to change the party's anti-abortion
[11:26] stand left Washington today on a caravan
[11:28] to Houston. They'll roll through six
[11:30] states on their way to the Republican
[11:32] convention in Houston. At the Astrodome
[11:34] today, the GOP put up the party flag and
[11:36] got ready to roll up the AstroTurf and
[11:38] roll out the carpet for the delegates.
[11:40] It's three weeks to the opening gavvel.
[11:43] In Ohio, flooding has killed at least
[11:45] two people and another is missing. 75
[11:47] homes were damaged. The governor
[11:49] declared a state of emergency in two
[11:51] Ohio counties. And in Nevada,
[11:53] firefighters are battling a brush fire
[11:55] that has burned 2,300 acres. Making
[11:57] their job more difficult are rocky
[11:59] terrain, snakes, and old mine shafts in
[12:01] the area. Stay with us now for more of
[12:04] the CBS Evening News, including why
[12:06] slumping General Motors is such a hot
[12:08] cell overseas.
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[13:16] >> How could this happen? They've taken the
[13:18] secret.
[13:19] >> Europeans are upset. The Kellogg's
[13:21] Muslick cereal uses their secret recipe.
[13:24] >> This we kept in the family.
[13:25] >> After all, they've been guarding this
[13:27] delicious secret forever. Ah, but this
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[13:32] nuts, and crisp whole grains was
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[13:38] You told
[13:40] >> it wasn't me. I swear.
[13:42] >> Kellogg's Muslick's the European secret
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[13:47] >> You read Hamlet in kindergarten.
[13:49] >> Now meet his father, Wonder Kids, on a
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[13:57] The real estate industry says worries
[13:59] about the economy are keeping Americans
[14:01] from buying homes. Sales of used homes
[14:04] fell nearly 3% in June, the third
[14:06] monthly drop in a row. The industry
[14:08] hopes the recent cut in mortgage
[14:10] interest rates will bring buyers back
[14:11] into the market. The US auto industry is
[14:14] also looking for a jump start when it
[14:16] comes to producing cars more profitably
[14:18] and efficiently. General Motors doesn't
[14:20] have to look far for a good example. It
[14:23] turns to General Motors Europe, the very
[14:25] model of auto industry success. CBS News
[14:28] money correspondent Ray Brady explains.
[14:36] Those workers are turning out one of the
[14:38] most popular cars in all of Europe. It's
[14:41] called the OPPO in Germany and the Vox
[14:43] Hall in Britain. Hot selling cars made
[14:46] by General Motors. Hotelling cars made
[14:49] by whom? General Motors Europe is
[14:51] probably the great success story in the
[14:53] automotive world for the 1980s.
[14:55] >> Look at the record. While General Motors
[14:57] was laying off thousands and losing $8.7
[15:00] billion on car sales in North America
[15:03] last year, GM Europe was driving hard
[15:06] into new markets and earning $1.7
[15:09] billion.
[15:11] Does GM Europe have a secret other car
[15:13] companies should know? One thing strikes
[15:16] you fast about GM Europe. There are no
[15:18] fancy executive offices attached to its
[15:21] plants. Space is kept limited. That
[15:24] keeps management lean, efficient, and
[15:26] close to the operation.
[15:29] So when its cars were not selling a few
[15:31] years ago, its lean management team went
[15:33] to work. Listen to Lou Hughes, the
[15:36] company's 43-year-old head, tell how to
[15:39] make a car buyers want.
[15:41] >> It's not rocket scientist stuff, but
[15:42] it's got to be an appealing car. It's
[15:44] got to have quality. It's got to have
[15:46] performance. While GM at home was
[15:48] turning out lookalike models, you could
[15:50] hardly tell a Chevy from a Caddy, GM
[15:53] Europe brought out a redesigned car with
[15:55] its own distinctive look. You know,
[15:58] they're Opals.
[16:01] Cars they promoted with glitz
[16:06] and rock and roll. When the Berlin Wall
[16:09] came down, GM Europe drove through it
[16:11] fast, starting a new car plan in the
[16:14] east and signing up mechanics like Litz
[16:17] Meer Ram as car dealers, quickly out
[16:20] selling even mighty Volkswagen in the
[16:23] east.
[16:23] >> Obviously number one in East Germany
[16:25] now.
[16:26] >> So could this Cinderella story be
[16:28] repeated at mighty General Motors in the
[16:31] US? absolutely no doubt at this moment
[16:34] that GM needs to take some of its
[16:37] successful ventures in Europe back to
[16:39] the US.
[16:41] >> That's already happening. Three of
[16:43] General Motors top executives are from
[16:45] GM Europe. So, what's coming out of this
[16:48] plant may not be just autos, but knowhow
[16:51] that could help get American cars
[16:53] rolling again. Ray Brady, CBS News,
[16:58] Russelheim, Germany.
[17:01] Coming up next, computer keyboards and
[17:03] an epidemic of injured wrists tonight.
[17:06] Should manufacturers be held
[17:08] responsible?
[17:14] >> Boy, this couch weighs a ton. Where does
[17:16] it go, Miss Lbury?
[17:17] >> Right there, please. Wow. If I lifted
[17:20] that, I'd need buffering for the aches
[17:21] and pains afterwards.
[17:23] >> You really believe in buffering?
[17:24] >> I certainly do.
[17:25] >> It's strong, huh?
[17:26] >> Extra strength bufferin has the
[17:28] strongest dosage of aspirin that you can
[17:30] buy. And I've discovered that the
[17:31] buffers don't weaken it. They just help
[17:33] prevent aspirin stomach upset.
[17:35] >> Shouldn't you discover the strength of
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[18:15] beneath the surface of your skin. To
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[18:44] are these kids being arrested?
[18:46] >> Because the babies are dying and I want
[18:47] to save the baby.
[18:48] >> Children, the latest weapon in the fight
[18:50] against abortion. Ed Bradley Street
[18:52] Stories Thursday.
[18:55] >> At the Olympics today, the US basketball
[18:58] team beat Croatia. The country expected
[19:00] to give the Americans their toughest
[19:02] challenge. The score was 103 to 70, but
[19:05] there was a price. Magic Johnson left
[19:07] the game limping with a strained knee.
[19:09] It is not known if Johnson will miss any
[19:11] games. More Americans are working with
[19:14] computers these days, and more are
[19:16] complaining of work-related injuries.
[19:18] So, what's the problem? A government
[19:20] study says pressure on the job could be
[19:22] a factor, but some workers say it isn't
[19:24] them, it's the equipment. Jacqueline
[19:27] Adams reports on repetitive motion
[19:29] injuries.
[19:33] >> With 185,000 injuries at last report,
[19:37] some are calling this the first computer
[19:39] age epidemic.
[19:42] It struck journalists, mail sorters,
[19:44] supermarket clerks, transcribers, anyone
[19:47] who hammers away at a computer all day
[19:49] long. All suffering repetitive stress
[19:53] injury, sharp pain and numbness in the
[19:56] hands, wrists, elbows.
[19:58] >> It got to the point where I just
[20:00] couldn't type anymore. The pain was just
[20:02] unbelievable pain.
[20:04] >> Go get the name.
[20:05] >> Carol Soier, mother of three, had worked
[20:07] as a medical typist for more than 20
[20:09] years. After 18 months on an AT&T
[20:12] computer keyboard though, she says she
[20:14] became crippled, unable to make a
[20:17] living.
[20:17] >> How do you work without your hands? I
[20:20] can't think of anything I can do without
[20:21] my hands.
[20:22] >> Sevier is one of what could eventually
[20:24] be a thousand plaintiffs in a massive
[20:27] product liability suit launched against
[20:29] a who's who of 57 high-tech firms, all
[20:33] manufacturers of computer equipment.
[20:35] When you see so many people hurt, all of
[20:38] whom use the same equipment,
[20:41] you begin to realize that the equipment
[20:43] must be responsible.
[20:45] >> Attorney Steven Phillips contends the
[20:46] manufacturers deliberately marketed
[20:48] computer keyboards they knew were
[20:51] unsafe. There were people internally in
[20:53] these companies who were telling them
[20:54] that there are real problems here and
[20:56] they simply disregarded those warnings
[20:59] and marketed the product without telling
[21:02] the users that this was going to be
[21:05] something they should look out for.
[21:06] >> Of the major manufacturers, Eastman,
[21:08] Kodak, AT&T, and NCR all refused to
[21:12] comment. IBM, the defendant in 30% of
[21:15] the cases, says its keyboard design
[21:17] alone is not to blame.
[21:18] >> I wish I had been warned that this could
[21:20] happen. Though IBM says it's up to the
[21:22] worker to use the equipment safely,
[21:24] injured newspaper editor Gail Sims
[21:27] disagrees. She and 19 other employees at
[21:30] the Philadelphia Inquirer are suing to
[21:32] force the manufacturers both to admit
[21:34] their guilt and to change the
[21:36] technology, which they say has changed
[21:39] their lives irreparably.
[21:42] Jacqueline Adams, CBS News,
[21:44] Philadelphia.
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[23:57] >> There's an awful lot of snooping going
[23:59] on in this country. Did you know that
[24:01] there are more than 25,000 private eyes?
[24:04] Maybe you think you've seen enough
[24:06] movies to know what they do. Well, Mark
[24:08] Phillips has done some snooping of his
[24:10] own. He'll show you what PIs really do
[24:13] in tonight's Eye on America.
[24:22] Once it was Spade and Marlo and Bogey
[24:26] and Mitchum.
[24:29] Now it's Terry Laskkey. Private eye.
[24:32] Some things never change.
[24:34] Bernie, there's a model.
[24:36] >> This is Laskkey in room 304.
[24:38] >> All right, driver. Let's go.
[24:40] >> Some things may never change, but let's
[24:42] face it, some things will never be the
[24:44] same either.
[24:45] >> Her hair was the color of gold and old
[24:47] paintings. She was giving me the kind of
[24:49] look I could feel in my hip pocket.
[24:51] >> Most of these characters you see in the
[24:52] film, I live in a room with a bare light
[24:54] bulb and you know, and it's always
[24:55] Robert Mitchum or somebody like that.
[24:58] Um, so that's it's different. It's not
[25:00] the way we do it
[25:02] >> today. They tend to pound the keyboard,
[25:05] not the pavement.
[25:06] >> The modern-day private investigator
[25:08] rides more in his computer than he does
[25:09] in a 32 Dodge.
[25:10] >> And having found his prey in some data
[25:13] bank, the modern private investigator is
[25:15] less likely to pack his Smith and Wesson
[25:16] 38 revolver than he is his Sony 8mm
[25:20] video camera.
[25:21] >> Terry and his partner, cameraman Neil.
[25:23] Is
[25:23] >> that him?
[25:24] >> On a stakeout. Cut to the chase.
[25:27] >> Oh, come on, man. They're in pursuit of
[25:30] a man suing civilians because of
[25:31] injuries he says he suffered in a
[25:33] construction accident.
[25:34] >> I can't see him. You see his car?
[25:36] >> I got him.
[25:37] >> They're trying to show the man can get
[25:38] around quite well. And does
[25:40] >> I got him. Oh, he's walking pretty fast.
[25:44] He's He's looking good.
[25:45] >> Like so much else in the working world,
[25:47] the private eye's job has changed, too.
[25:49] Spade and Marlo may have gotten involved
[25:51] with beautiful women and track down
[25:53] murderers in exotic places. Today's
[25:55] private eye is more likely to spend
[25:57] endless hours on a stakeout sitting in a
[25:59] station wagon in Brooklyn.
[26:01] >> And uh let's go to the video tape.
[26:03] >> And they've got the pictures to prove
[26:04] it.
[26:05] >> This is a woman had a hyctomy.
[26:07] >> The woman who brought a million dollar
[26:08] malpractice suit claiming a botched
[26:10] operation forced her to walk with a
[26:12] cane.
[26:12] >> This is the day where she's shopping
[26:13] with no cane. Well, now there she is at
[26:16] the picnic and the cane's in the car.
[26:18] And even though she spends a good part
[26:20] of the day, as you'll see, drinking
[26:21] beer, she still doesn't need a cane to
[26:23] hold her up.
[26:24] >> So much for the million-dollar suit. The
[26:26] woman settled for a lot less. Or the man
[26:29] who wasn't supposed to be active, but
[26:31] who was caught on the golf course. He
[26:33] not only cheats in his medical claims,
[26:35] he cheats at golf, too.
[26:36] >> He He looks back over his shoulder
[26:38] there. Where is that guy? And he's not
[26:41] in sight. I think I'll take another
[26:43] shot.
[26:45] The claim, like the man's elicited
[26:47] score, considerably reduced.
[26:49] >> We call this film The Chainsaw Massacre.
[26:51] >> And the executive with the malpractice
[26:53] suit for back injury that he said kept
[26:55] him from sitting, standing, or walking.
[26:57] Taped climbing a ladder and using a
[26:59] chainsaw to cut down a tree.
[27:01] >> That tree's going. There it goes.
[27:03] >> The suit was dropped.
[27:04] >> The suit was dropped.
[27:05] >> No money.
[27:06] >> Zero.
[27:07] >> Some of America's most expensive home
[27:09] videos for the people caught on them.
[27:11] Terry's clients in the insurance
[27:13] industry estimate upwards of $20 billion
[27:15] a year in fraudulent claims.
[27:20] Greed was behind Bogart, San Francisco's
[27:22] search for the famous Golden Falcon. And
[27:25] in New York, greed is the stuff of Terry
[27:27] Lasky's old movies, too. His first jobs
[27:30] were on film, where more primitive
[27:32] equipment meant using more guile. Like
[27:34] the time they posed as film students to
[27:36] get shots of a man who claimed he
[27:38] couldn't work. Or the little old lady
[27:40] who claimed she needed a wheelchair. She
[27:42] needed it all right to push her mother
[27:44] around town.
[27:45] >> And bingo the fat lady sings.
[27:47] >> Compare this
[27:49] >> to Boy's two-fisted approach.
[27:51] >> What is Bogart? Uh putting on a trench
[27:54] coat and smoking a cigarette. I mean,
[27:55] what did Bogart ever do that was so um
[27:59] smart?
[28:01] with appropriate apologies. This is now
[28:03] the stuff private eye dreams are made
[28:05] of.
[28:06] >> I'm Mark Phillips in New York for Eye on
[28:08] America.
[28:11] >> Watch what you do. And that's our news.
[28:13] I'm Connie Chung for Dan Rather. I'll
[28:15] see you again tomorrow night. Thank you
[28:16] for joining us and for all of us at CBS
[28:18] News. Good night.
[28:37] Experience CBS News.
[28:40] >> What do you think most companies would
[28:41] do to workers who can't read or write?
[28:43] Probably fire them? Not their company.
[28:45] Find out why on Eye on America on the
[28:47] CBS Evening News tomorrow.
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