World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-12-16

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-12-16
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[0:09] [Music]

[0:12] On World News Tonight this Thursday at

[0:14] the White House, Syria and Israel make

[0:16] another commitment to the peace process.

[0:18] The president tells us that America will

[0:20] pay what it takes to make it happen. The

[0:23] Coline High School students are harassed

[0:25] again, how they wish they were no longer

[0:28] news. So, what does this handshake in

[0:30] New Hampshire mean? A demonstration of

[0:33] public virtue and shopping and shipping

[0:36] on the internet. With 9 days until

[0:38] Christmas, will your e present get

[0:40] there?

[0:48] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:51] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:54] Peter Jennings.

[0:55] >> Good evening. Nobody expected to make

[0:57] peace between Israel and Syria in 2

[0:59] days, but at the White House today, both

[1:01] countries could clearly see enough of an

[1:04] outline that they're going to go home

[1:05] and then right after the new year,

[1:07] they're going to come back to continue

[1:08] negotiations. Here's ABC's John Cochran.

[1:12] There was always a risk bringing

[1:14] together people who were mortal enemies.

[1:16] But the risk paid off when President

[1:18] Clinton said they have agreed to return

[1:20] to Washington on January 3rd and to do

[1:22] whatever is necessary to try to reshape

[1:25] the Middle East.

[1:26] >> They agreed to take steps to ensure that

[1:28] these negotiations will be conducted in

[1:30] a productive and positive atmosphere.

[1:33] >> That is code language for confidence

[1:35] building measures the president wants

[1:37] both sides to take. The Syrians could

[1:39] return the bodies of Israelis killed in

[1:41] the 19