CBS Evening News - 2006-11-05

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[0:00] throwers.

[0:09] >> This is the CBS [music]

[0:10] Evening News with Russ Mitchell.

[0:13] >> And good evening. The judge concluded

[0:15] the 9-month trial of Saddam Hussein in

[0:17] stunning fashion with a guilty verdict

[0:19] and an order that the former Iraqi

[0:21] dictator be hanged. While US and Iraqi

[0:23] leaders were quick to praise the

[0:25] judgment, reaction among the Iraqi

[0:27] public was sharply divided along

[0:28] religious and geographic lines. Lara

[0:31] Logan has more on the dramatic day in

[0:33] Baghdad.

[0:35] >> His face said it all. The judge about to

[0:37] make history first made his prisoner

[0:40] stand.

[0:42] Then swiftly sentenced him to death.

[0:45] Saddam crying out in protest

[0:48] >> Long live the people. Long live the

[0:50] nation.

[0:51] >> and defiance.

[0:53] >> Down with the invaders. Go to hell, you

[0:55] and the court.

[0:57] >> He tried hard, but the former dictator

[0:59] couldn't drown out the judge's

[1:01] determined voice as he delivered the

[1:03] verdict. Death by hanging for crimes

[1:06] against humanity

[1:08] committed 24 years ago in the Shiite

[1:10] town of Dujail after a failed

[1:12] assassination attempt on Saddam's life

[1:15] that led to the killing of 148 men and

[1:18] boys.

[1:19] Also sentenced to die, Saddam's equally

[1:22] unrepentant half-brother, Barzan

[1:24] al-Tikriti, and Hamad al-Bandar, then

[1:27] head of the court that signed the

[1:29] execution order for the Dujail killings.

[1:32] As Saddam was escorted out of the

[1:34] courtroom, guards holding him tightly on

[1:36] either side, he shouted out in one last

[1:39] defiant cry. Staring straight at the

[1:41] media at the back of the courtroom, he

[1:43] said, "To hell with the occupiers." And

[1:45] then as he turned to pass the Iraqi

[1:46] prosecution team, he yelled out, "To

[1:49] hell with the traitors."

[1:52] There were many of those so-called

[1:53] traitors on Iraq's streets today out

[1:56] celebrating. Mostly Shiites who endured

[2:00] 35 years of brutal repression under

[2:02] [music] his regime.

[2:05] "This is the happiness of the whole

[2:06] Iraqi people." this man told us.

[2:09] The day that for millions here meant

[2:11] Saddam finally got what he deserved.

[2:14] "He's my uncle." this man says. "Saddam

[2:17] executed him. Now we're going to execute

[2:20] him."

[2:22] But here on the streets just north of

[2:24] Saddam's hometown, they were protesting,

[2:27] not celebrating. A cry of anger from

[2:30] Iraq's Sunnis who see in Saddam's

[2:32] downfall their own loss of power and

[2:34] protection.

[2:37] "They are killing us." this man cried.

[2:39] "We're in a bad situation without him.

[2:41] We want Saddam Hussein back." Evidence

[2:44] that a sentence meant to heal has

[2:46] instead left Iraq more divided. Lara

[2:50] Logan, CBS News, Baghdad.

[2:53] >> President Bush hailed the verdict in a

[2:54] brief public statement in Texas today

[2:56] before setting off on the final leg of

[2:58] campaign '06. Chief White House

[3:00] correspondent Jim Axelrod has the latest

[3:01] on that from the president's Texas ranch

[3:03] tonight. Good evening, Jim.

[3:06] >> Good evening, Russ. The president wants

[3:08] voters to see the verdict as evidence of

[3:10] the strides Iraq is making as a

[3:11] developing democracy. But that argument

[3:14] depends entirely on the reaction in

[3:16] Baghdad during the next 48 hours.

[3:20] >> And today we witnessed a landmark event

[3:22] in the history of Iraq.

[3:25] Saddam Hussein was convicted and

[3:27] sentenced to death by the Iraqi High

[3:30] Tribunal.

[3:32] >> The president reacted as he campaigned

[3:34] in Grand Island, Nebraska.

[3:35] >> Saddam Hussein trial is a milestone in

[3:38] the Iraqi people's efforts to replace

[3:40] the rule of a tyrant with the rule of

[3:43] law. And it's a major achievement for

[3:45] this young democracy.

[3:46] >> With the election looming, Democrats

[3:48] pointed to Republican criticism of the

[3:50] war in Iraq and new calls for Defense

[3:53] Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.

[3:55] Senator Joe Biden told Bob Schieffer on

[3:57] the CBS News program Face the Nation the

[4:00] verdict won't affect the midterms at

[4:02] all.

[4:03] >> No, I don't think so, but there's a

[4:05] special place [clears throat] reserved

[4:06] in hell for Saddam. That's

[4:08] That's the only thing I think will

[4:09] matter.

[4:09] >> With new polls suggesting that races are

[4:11] tightening, the president and

[4:13] Republicans are counting on their

[4:14] get-out-the-vote operation, widely

[4:16] credited for Mr. Bush's win 2 years ago,

[4:19] to do it again on this election day.

[4:21] Karl Rove told CBS Radio Republicans are

[4:25] ready.

[4:26] >> In fact, this year we have made more

[4:28] phone calls and knocked on more doors

[4:30] than we had at the similar point in the

[4:31] 2004 election.

[4:34] >> There is now one full day of campaigning

[4:36] left for the president. He will go to

[4:37] Arkansas, Florida, and back to Texas

[4:39] tomorrow. Tuesday morning, he'll wake up

[4:41] here in Crawford, vote here, and then

[4:43] fly back to Washington to watch election

[4:46] returns on a night that could forever

[4:48] change the course of his presidency.

[4:50] Russ?

[4:50] >> Jim, this has been described by some

[4:52] pundits as the president's last

[4:53] campaign. Do you get the sense that he's

[4:55] enjoying himself this time around? And

[4:57] does the White House think he's making a

[4:58] difference?

[5:00] >> Well, you know, he loves campaigning,

[5:02] very energized by the whole process. But

[5:04] the takeaway on this last swing of the

[5:06] president,

[5:07] uh, through these various states he's

[5:09] been to is that they've The White House

[5:11] has sent him to areas that are

[5:12] traditionally safe Republican

[5:15] conservative areas. It just goes to show

[5:17] how compromised Republicans are heading

[5:19] into election day that he's got to go to

[5:21] usually safe areas to pull people over

[5:22] the finish line. Russ?

[5:24] >> Jim Axelrod with the president in Texas.

[5:25] Thanks a lot.

[5:27] >> The five firefighters who died in last

[5:28] month's Esperanza wildfire were honored

[5:30] with a public memorial in Southern

[5:32] California today.

[5:33] Vince Gonzales has more on their

[5:34] sacrifice and on the solemn farewell.

[5:39] >> [music]

[5:41] >> Thousands gathered today not far from

[5:43] where the Esperanza fire took the lives

[5:46] of five firefighters from engine crew

[5:48] 57. Local, state, and federal fire crews

[5:51] were joined by residents and families of

[5:52] the dead as they paid tribute to their

[5:55] memory and dedication.

[5:57] >> They loved doing their jobs,

[5:59] but they also loved going home

[6:01] afterwards.

[6:03] This time, they could not go home.

[6:06] >> Empty helmets and small statues were

[6:08] stand-ins for the fallen. California

[6:11] Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called

[6:12] them heroes.

[6:13] >> We will never forget their bravery.

[6:16] We will never forget their valor.

[6:19] And we will never forget their

[6:20] sacrifice.

[6:21] >> Communities across Southern California

[6:23] are also mourning as the funerals for

[6:25] the firefighters continue.

[6:30] Just yesterday, Captain Mark

[6:31] Loutzenhiser, the commander of the

[6:33] doomed engine crew, was laid to rest.

[6:35] His wife left the ceremony carrying the

[6:37] flag that had covered his [music]

[6:38] coffin.

[6:39] >> A moment of silence, please.

[6:43] >> At a meeting earlier this week,

[6:44] residents of the fire zone were briefed

[6:46] about the blaze that blackened 60 square

[6:48] miles and destroyed 34 homes.

[6:51] >> It's going to [ __ ] this area.

[6:53] >> Then came news of an arrest.

[6:55] >> announcing that we have a suspect in

[6:56] custody for the Esperanza fire, Raymond

[6:59] Lee Oyler.

[7:00] >> Oyler, suspected in a string of

[7:02] suspicious fires, faces 26 charges,

[7:05] including five murder counts. If

[7:07] convicted, he could be sentenced to

[7:09] death. But today, the focus was on the

[7:12] five firefighters.

[7:13] >> These five men were on the front lines.

[7:17] They are truly heroes.

[7:20] >> [music and bell]

[7:21] >> California's fire season may be ending,

[7:23] but the wounds left by the deadly

[7:25] Esperanza fire will burn for some time.

[7:28] Vince Gonzales, CBS News, Los Angeles.

[7:32] >> And still to come on tonight's CBS

[7:34] Evening News, what Reverend Ted Haggard

[7:36] told members of his former congregation.

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[9:45] So, why does this Cinderella man

[9:47] sometimes act like a gladiator? His

[9:50] answer tonight on 60 Minutes.

[9:53] >> As your votes are counted, Katie Couric

[9:55] will be joined by Bob Schieffer and the

[9:57] team [music] of CBS News veteran

[9:58] correspondents. Campaign '06, election

[10:01] night, Tuesday.

[10:06] >> The followers of the clergy man known as

[10:07] Pastor Ted took another step today. In a

[10:10] written apology, he told his Colorado

[10:12] Springs mega-church of sexual

[10:14] improprieties, and he asked for the

[10:15] congregation's forgiveness.

[10:17] Kelly Cobiella has more.

[10:19] >> My dear New Life church family,

[10:23] I am so sorry.

[10:24] >> Reverend Ted Haggard's pulpit was his

[10:26] confessional today. In a two-page letter

[10:28] read by another pastor, he told

[10:30] thousands of followers that he's a

[10:32] sinner.

[10:32] >> I am guilty of sexual immorality.

[10:35] I am a deceiver and a liar.

[10:38] There is a part of my life that is so

[10:40] repulsive and dark that I've been

[10:43] warring against it all of my adult life.

[10:45] >> There was no explanation, no admission

[10:47] of a homosexual relationship or drug

[10:50] use, only this.

[10:52] >> The accusations that have been leveled

[10:53] against me are not all true,

[10:55] but enough of them are true

[10:58] that I have been appropriately and

[10:59] lovingly removed from ministry.

[11:01] >> Haggard was fired as head of

[11:03] conservative New Life Church on

[11:04] Saturday, the latest fallout from

[11:06] allegations he had a homosexual

[11:08] relationship with former gay prostitute

[11:10] Mike Jones.

[11:12] Jones told a Denver radio host that

[11:13] Haggard had paid him for sex and had

[11:16] used methamphetamine over the course of

[11:18] the past 3 years.

[11:19] >> I felt like this just needed to come

[11:21] out.

[11:21] >> It was a bombshell for the evangelical

[11:23] community. Haggard had lobbied against

[11:25] homosexuality and same-sex marriage. And

[11:28] as the leader of a massive mega-church

[11:31] and president of the National

[11:32] Association of Evangelicals, people

[11:34] listened.

[11:35] >> Do you know Mike Jones?

[11:37] >> No, I do not know Mike Jones.

[11:39] >> Haggard at first denied any involvement

[11:41] with Jones, but then changed his story

[11:43] admitting he paid for a massage and

[11:46] bought methamphetamine, but never used

[11:48] the drug.

[11:48] >> Did you ever have sex with him?

[11:50] >> No, I did not.

[11:51] >> In his goodbye letter, Haggard tried to

[11:53] make amends and said he plans to seek

[11:55] help.

[11:56] >> I'm sorry for the disappointment, the

[11:58] betrayal and the hurt.

[12:00] >> Today's sermon at the church Haggard

[12:02] founded focused on forgiveness. Many

[12:04] here were at best heartbroken, at worst

[12:07] angry and disappointed.

[12:09] >> You can't preach one thing and then live

[12:11] contrary to that.

[12:13] And I think that was the problem.

[12:15] >> Question now is will that disappointment

[12:17] have any effect on election day when

[12:20] voters here will have to decide whether

[12:21] they want to ban same-sex marriage.

[12:24] Kelly Cobiella, CBS News, Colorado

[12:26] Springs.

[12:28] >> Just ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

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[14:40] >> According to our latest CBS News poll,

[14:42] voter interest in this week's elections

[14:44] is the highest it's been in a quarter

[14:45] century. The possible large turnout has

[14:48] many election workers on edge,

[14:50] particularly in one bellwether state.

[14:52] Lee County investigates technology's

[14:54] impact and whether as Ohio goes, so goes

[14:56] the nation.

[14:59] >> To hear some people talk, you'd think

[15:00] the new electronic voting machines had

[15:02] gotten together and planned a takeover

[15:04] on election day. A 40-lb battle bot with

[15:07] a beady red eye that can't be trusted.

[15:10] But, like it or not, three out of four

[15:12] voters will shake hands with one of

[15:13] these things on Tuesday and for about

[15:15] half the voters here in Ohio, it will be

[15:17] their first time.

[15:19] There's no No there'll be some confusion

[15:21] and apprehension, which will probably

[15:23] make for long lines.

[15:25] >> This is question one

[15:26] >> But as unsettling as all that is,

[15:29] consider Don Washburn.

[15:31] >> They're all three numbers.

[15:32] >> He started working elections in 1948,

[15:35] the year Truman beat Dewey, when it was

[15:37] pretty sparse behind that voting

[15:39] curtain.

[15:39] >> There was nothing there but this small

[15:41] shelf with a pencil hanging on a string

[15:43] and

[15:44] and

[15:45] that's the way they voted, yeah.

[15:46] >> In the years since, he's pulled levers,

[15:48] pushed buttons, and poked punch cards.

[15:51] But this year, he's learned all about

[15:53] touch sensors, and memory chips, and 1.4

[15:56] million lines of computer code, all so

[15:58] that he can walk voters through their

[16:00] vote on Tuesday.

[16:01] >> Some of them

[16:03] grasp it just like that. They know it.

[16:05] Others, why

[16:07] naturally, they're

[16:08] they have a little hesitation and

[16:10] things, but what the heck, that's that's

[16:12] normal.

[16:12] >> You ask the voter's name and the voter's

[16:15] address.

[16:16] >> All across Ohio, classes like this one

[16:18] have helped teach poll workers the

[16:19] basics.

[16:20] >> Remember, when you vote, take ID.

[16:23] >> Public service announcements have been

[16:25] running, too, to get voters up to speed.

[16:27] It is, however, rocket science for some.

[16:30] Michael Hoover's been studying the

[16:31] voting machine manual like he's about to

[16:33] take his bar exam.

[16:34] >> How long did it take you to get through

[16:35] the instruction manual?

[16:37] >> Which time?

[16:39] I mean, it's it's I went through it two

[16:42] or three times.

[16:43] >> If the addresses do not match

[16:45] >> The stakes are high. The machines have

[16:47] jammed, some of them have lost power,

[16:49] and late last week in Cleveland, it was

[16:51] discovered that these machines are

[16:53] having trouble reading absentee ballots

[16:55] that have been folded.

[16:56] >> Is that correct?

[16:57] >> But for all their shortcomings, Don

[16:59] Washburn thinks they're still better

[17:01] than a paper and a pencil, no matter how

[17:03] much he sometimes wishes they were back.

[17:06] Mike Hogan, CBS News, Columbus.

[17:09] >> A record 38,000 plus runners started the

[17:11] New York City Marathon today. First to

[17:13] finish was Brazilian Marilson Gomes dos

[17:15] Santos, South America's first winner.

[17:18] Rafael Jelena Prokopchuka was the first

[17:20] woman finisher for the second year in a

[17:22] row. The most recognizable face in the

[17:24] crowd was Tour de France champion Lance

[17:26] Armstrong, who ditched his bike to run

[17:28] his first marathon in just under 3

[17:30] hours. Armstrong said it was the hardest

[17:32] physical thing he's ever done.

[17:34] >> How did you feel when the mayor put the

[17:35] medal around your neck?

[17:37] That was the second best feeling of the

[17:39] day. The best was crossing the line

[17:40] getting over

[17:41] >> Wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley of

[17:42] Australia suffered a spill but went on

[17:44] to win. At the finish, his pride and

[17:47] pain were evident to all.

[17:49] And up next on tonight's CBS Evening

[17:51] News. Remember the election night errors

[17:52] in 2000 and 2004? We'll take a look at

[17:55] what news organizations have done to

[17:57] make sure it doesn't happen again.

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[20:01] >> In the final hours of the campaign,

[20:03] what's the single most important item on

[20:05] both parties to do list? It's voter

[20:07] turnout and it's [music] crucial. Monday

[20:09] we'll go behind the scenes as both sides

[20:11] work to get their voters to the polls.

[20:13] Join Katie Couric, Bob Schieffer and the

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[20:16] coverage of campaign '06 on the CBS

[20:19] Evening News. See it now.

[20:24] >> If candidates have the greatest interest

[20:26] in what voters decide on election day,

[20:28] we in the news media are very close

[20:30] second. For years we've relied on exit

[20:32] polling to get an early line, but some

[20:34] high-profile glitches in recent

[20:36] elections have sent us all back to the

[20:38] drawing board. And that's tonight's

[20:40] Sunday cover. Will a drastically revised

[20:42] exit poll come out a winner on election

[20:44] night?

[20:46] >> It may not look like much, but on

[20:47] Tuesday the offices above this antique

[20:50] store in New Jersey will be the

[20:52] epicenter of American politics.

[20:54] >> When the first numbers start coming in

[20:55] here on election day, how crazy crazy is

[20:58] it going to get?

[20:58] >> Well, there there is a buzz. Joe Lenski

[21:00] will know election results before almost

[21:02] anybody. His company gathers exit poll

[21:05] information used by a consortium of the

[21:07] TV networks and the Associated Press to

[21:10] help quickly project who won and why.

[21:13] >> We will be at 1,000 polling locations

[21:15] and we will interview more than 100,000

[21:17] people.

[21:18] >> I'm taking national election poll.

[21:20] Exit polls.

[21:21] >> The process begins with surveys

[21:23] conducted outside polling places.

[21:25] >> I voted Democrat across the board.

[21:28] >> Three times a day, that info is called

[21:30] into headquarters and eventually

[21:32] funneled to organizations like CBS News,

[21:34] where it's dissected by Kathleen

[21:36] Frankovic, our director of surveys.

[21:38] >> For example, what was the biggest issue

[21:41] on the voters' minds? What were there

[21:43] any major demographic differences in how

[21:46] people voted?

[21:46] >> But in recent years, exit polling has

[21:49] been at the center of controversy.

[21:51] >> Fullerton, Florida pulled back into the

[21:53] undecided [music] column.

[21:55] >> In 2000, bad polling data from a

[21:57] previous consortium called Voter News

[21:59] Service added to the confusion over who

[22:02] carried Florida. Two years later, the

[22:04] same outfit had a crippling computer

[22:06] glitch.

[22:07] Lenski's group took over for 2004, but

[22:10] young pollsters tended to interview

[22:12] young voters, skewing the results.

[22:15] By midday, preliminary exit poll data

[22:17] leaked out to the internet, giving the

[22:19] false impression that Senator John Kerry

[22:21] would be president.

[22:23] >> And that is how exit polls have gotten

[22:24] the reputation for having been very

[22:27] wrong when they were a little wrong.

[22:29] >> Mark Blumenthal blogs on his website,

[22:31] pollster.com.

[22:33] >> There's this vacuum on election day

[22:36] in which people are just

[22:38] desperate to know what's going to

[22:39] happen.

[22:40] >> Now they'll have to wait even longer.

[22:42] This year, exit poll information will be

[22:44] withheld from the consortium until 5:00

[22:46] p.m. Eastern time.

[22:48] >> We're going to be extraordinarily

[22:49] careful in in what we say about an

[22:52] outcome.

[22:53] >> Lenski's team has also shortened the

[22:55] questionnaire, improved pollster

[22:57] training, and is moving the pollsters

[22:59] closer to voting areas to improve

[23:01] accuracy.

[23:02] >> But it's not like predicting the

[23:03] weather. It's not It's not an inexact

[23:04] science.

[23:05] >> Well, I think [laughter] they're getting

[23:06] better with the weather, too. But uh we

[23:08] learn year years after years, and we

[23:10] look at our models and we re-evaluate

[23:12] every year.

[23:12] >> It'll be up to the public

[23:14] >> Thank you.

[23:14] >> and the polling wonks

[23:16] >> I want you to look at Ohio State and I

[23:17] want

[23:17] >> to pick apart the data in the weeks and

[23:19] months to come.

[23:20] >> You don't do this if you don't get

[23:22] excited uh by looking at data and by

[23:24] looking at uh at at numbers and and and

[23:26] information.

[23:28] >> Another thing that pollsters are

[23:29] learning is that it will not get easier

[23:31] to gather exit poll data. Nearly 20% of

[23:34] voters now cast their ballot by mail,

[23:36] and that number will continue to grow.

[23:39] Next up on tonight's CBS Evening News, a

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[26:02] what the fuss was all about.

[26:05] >> The newest thing in apples isn't the

[26:07] iPod, it's this.

[26:10] The Honeycrisp.

[26:11] >> And?

[26:12] >> It's fabulous. Everyone's the

[26:13] Honeycrisper, and the Honeycrisper, and

[26:15] it's a big deal.

[26:16] >> Never tried it? Haven't even heard of

[26:18] it? No surprise. The Honeycrisp is one

[26:20] of the newest apple varieties, but it

[26:23] has quickly become the golden egg of the

[26:25] apple industry.

[26:26] >> This is it, huh?

[26:27] >> This is it. This is the Honeycrisp.

[26:29] >> For growers and sellers, there's reason

[26:31] to treat the fruit with a certain

[26:33] reverence. The apple industry's been in

[26:35] decline for years. Orchards are being

[26:37] gobbled up by developers. But this year

[26:40] demand for the Honeycrisp has grown so

[26:42] much shippers can barely keep up with

[26:45] orders. Growers are calling it the

[26:47] Moneycrisp.

[26:48] >> We're very pleased if we can get $20 a

[26:51] box for a

[26:52] box of Red Delicious, whereas the going

[26:54] price for a box of Honey Crisp right now

[26:56] is $60 a box.

[26:57] >> No other variety even comes close. Why

[27:01] so high? It's partly because the apple

[27:03] is so hard to grow. It bruises easily

[27:06] and the core is susceptible to disease.

[27:09] >> The Honey Crisp demands a good site,

[27:11] good soil, lots of things.

[27:14] >> It's picky.

[27:15] >> What's harder to explain, at least on

[27:17] TV, is just what makes the Honey Crisp

[27:20] special.

[27:21] >> It deserves the name.

[27:23] >> It's really good.

[27:25] >> Very light.

[27:26] >> Light in texture and it's sweet, crisp.

[27:29] >> It's very light and juicy. It's good.

[27:32] >> Does it live up to the name?

[27:33] >> I think it It is honey and it is crispy.

[27:36] >> And growers say it's a tasty trend

[27:39] that's likely to sell out soon.

[27:41] >> HC, Honey Crisp.

[27:43] >> Jewell W Chen, CBS News, Germantown,

[27:45] Maryland.

[27:46] >> I got to try one of those. And that's

[27:48] the CBS Evening News. Later on CBS 60

[27:50] Minutes and a profile of actor Russell

[27:52] Crowe. Tomorrow on The Early Show, the

[27:54] countdown to Election Day.

[27:56] Thanks for joining us this Sunday

[27:57] evening. I'm Russ Mitchell, CBS News in

[27:59] New York.

[28:01] Good night.

[28:02] >> [music]

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[28:13] >> As your votes are counted, Katie Couric

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[28:17] and a team of CBS News veteran

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[28:21] night, [music] Tuesday.

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[29:35] >> goes culture in our society is doing one

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[30:01] vote. Measures 41 and 48 may sound

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[30:29] >> The price you pay for the state police

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[30:35] >> When two totally different teams link

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[30:37] >> We had to work with the blondes.

[30:39] >> Will nice guys finish last?

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[30:52] >> We're tough to shame.

[30:54] >> [laughter]

[30:54] >> I've I've found that out. It's

[30:56] It's very tough to shame us anymore. And

[30:59] >> Jeff Flake is talking about his fellow

[31:01] congressman, and his story is a familiar

[31:04] one, immortalized 67 years ago in the

[31:07] film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Jimmy

[31:10] Stewart, the young idealist who runs up

[31:12] against the real Washington world of fat

[31:15] cats, special interests, and rotten

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[31:18] >> Everyone bears some blame here, but

[31:20] Republicans are going to be blamed

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[31:55] Now and then, we take you to places

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[31:59] We're going to do that again tonight.

[32:04] >> My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius.

[32:06] >> If Russell Crowe isn't the best actor

[32:08] working today, he [music] is certainly

[32:10] their equal.

[32:11] Intelligent and incredibly talented, he

[32:14] can also be volatile, [music] combative,

[32:16] even a little menacing.

[32:18] >> You were doing a play in Australia and

[32:20] that and that you head butted uh

[32:22] one of your fellow actors.

[32:24] >> Yes, he was screaming at me at the time.

[32:26] He was calling me all manner of things

[32:28] and

[32:30] all the other cast were

[32:32] holding my arms.

[32:36] So, that's all I had left to hit him

[32:37] with. And he kind of deserved it.

[32:44] >> I'm Ed Bradley.

[32:45] >> I'm Steve Kroft.