CBS Evening News - 1996-08-14
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[0:00] Watch Mike Donghue only on News Center
[0:03] 6.
[0:07] A CBS News exclusive. The abortion
[0:10] policy battle rises to the top of the
[0:12] dole camp. A deep split over what he'll
[0:15] say in tomorrow's acceptance speech.
[0:18] Also, a key victory in court for
[0:20] Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy
[0:22] McVey. Another theory in the search for
[0:25] a cause of the crash of TWWA Flight 800.
[0:29] One month later and the CBS News Andy
[0:32] Rooney poll, our one-man survey of
[0:35] delegates on the night the Doe Kimp
[0:37] ticket is officially nominated here in
[0:39] San Diego.
[0:42] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:47] with Dan Rather reporting from the
[0:49] Republican National Convention in San
[0:51] Diego.
[0:53] >> Good evening. All about the convention
[0:55] here in San Diego in a moment, but
[0:56] first, another story breaking this
[0:58] evening. An important victory in court
[1:00] for Oklahoma City bombing suspect
[1:02] Timothy McVey. Scott P is on the case.
[1:07] >> Key evidence against Oklahoma City
[1:09] bombing suspect Tim McVey was thrown out
[1:11] today in a decision that could
[1:13] profoundly affect the trial. At issue
[1:15] was a rambling statement defendant Terry
[1:18] Nichols volunteered to the FBI. Nicholls
[1:20] allegedly said he met McVey in Oklahoma
[1:23] City 2 days before the blast. And McVey
[1:26] told him, quote, "Something big is going
[1:28] to happen." Today, Judge Richard Mitch
[1:31] ruled Nichols own statement can be used
[1:33] against himself, but not McVey. The
[1:36] judge wrote, "Under the Constitution,
[1:38] McVey has a vital and indispensable
[1:41] right to question his accuser. If
[1:43] Nicholls does not testify, McVey could
[1:45] not challenge his statement." In June,
[1:48] defense atto