World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-06-30

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[0:03] On World News Tonight this Wednesday,

[0:04] the great money chase. George W. Bush

[0:07] shatters every fundraising record for a

[0:10] presidential candidate. The great money

[0:12] watch. The Federal Reserve raises

[0:14] interest rates. What will it mean to the

[0:16] economy? On the coattales of Viagra,

[0:19] insurance coverage for the birth control

[0:21] pill and punishment versus

[0:24] rehabilitation. We'll take a closer look

[0:26] at juvenile justice.

[0:35] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:38] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:41] Peter Jennings.

[0:42] >> Good evening. We're going to begin

[0:43] tonight with the power of money. The

[0:45] Federal Reserve has raised the interest

[0:47] rates, and we'll get to that in a

[0:48] moment. It was the small increase that

[0:50] everyone expected, but we're going to

[0:52] start with the big number. We learned

[0:54] today that the governor of Texas, George

[0:57] W. Bush has already raised $36 million

[1:00] and more to support his presidential

[1:03] campaign. It's a staggering amount of

[1:05] money to have raised a year and a half

[1:07] before the election, and it says a great

[1:09] deal about politics. In the 17 weeks

[1:12] since he was clear he was running, Mr.

[1:14] Bush has raised more money than any

[1:16] other candidate has ever raised. First,

[1:19] ABC's Jane Clayson, who's with the

[1:21] governor in California.

[1:24] I'm looking for work.

[1:26] >> From breakfast meetings to glitzy

[1:28] dinners, in the last two days in

[1:30] California alone, George W. Bush raised

[1:33] $3.7 million.

[1:35] >> I'm gratified. It's It's beyond

[1:38] expectations. As we say,

[1:40] >> 36.2 million is more than all the other

[1:43] Republican candidates combined and twice

[1:45] as much as Vice President Gore, who so

[1:48] far has pulled in around 18 million.

[1:50] Money doesn't win it, but it's a pretty

[1:52] good start.

[1:53] >> No one has ever raised this much this

[1:55] early in the race, which enables Bush to

[1:58] intimidate other candidates and pay for

[2:00] expensive television advertising. It's

[2:03] also made him the man to meet. On his

[2:05] first trip to California as a candidate,

[2:08] Bush is paying particular attention to

[2:10] the traditionally liberal parts of the

[2:12] Hollywood establishment.

[2:14] >> Good afternoon, ma'am. Last night,

[2:16] Democrats like Warren Batty arrived in

[2:18] their fancy cars and limousines to meet

[2:20] the Republican front runner.

[2:22] >> I frankly came away with saying, "Well,

[2:24] they may not like the status quo as much

[2:27] as some people assume they do."

[2:28] >> It was always Bush's goal to raise this

[2:31] kind of money so he would not have to

[2:32] accept federal matching funds, which

[2:35] limit how much a candidate can spend in

[2:37] every state. from a plunder.

[2:39] >> And the money also protects Bush from

[2:41] candidates with deep pockets like Steve

[2:43] Forbes, who can use his own money to

[2:45] outspend just about anyone. In

[2:48] California, Bush really hasn't started

[2:50] spending yet. He doesn't need to. Far

[2:52] ahead in the polls, he's already getting

[2:54] the kind of television coverage you

[2:56] usually have to pay for. Jane Clayson,

[2:59] ABC News, Los Angeles.

[3:01] >> Well, we all know probably that money is

[3:03] power in politics. And so we're joined

[3:05] tonight by the ABC political analyst

[3:07] George Stephanopoulos who used to work

[3:09] in politics on Bill Clinton's campaign.

[3:11] What does all this money mean to a

[3:13] candidate at this point, George?

[3:14] >> Well, it means an awful lot. What it

[3:16] shows first of all, Peter, is just how

[3:18] hungry uh the Republican party is to win

[3:21] the White House back. And the advantages

[3:23] it gives to Bush right now are that it

[3:25] it might even crowd out the field. You

[3:27] could see lesser candidates like Dan

[3:29] Quail or Lamar Alexander get out of the

[3:31] race. It means that it keeps the

[3:33] steamroller going, keep keeps his poll

[3:36] numbers up. And most important of all,

[3:38] it really helps him next spring. Usually

[3:41] nominees get in trouble between the time

[3:43] they clinch the nomination and the time

[3:45] they accept it at their conventions. In

[3:47] 1992, Bill Clinton was broke. He had to

[3:49] go on free media. In 1996, Bob Dole was

[3:52] broke. That won't happen to Bush.

[3:54] >> He had a phrase then, "Money is his

[3:56] quitessential political power at the

[3:58] moment."

[3:58] >> Oh, there's no question about it, Peter.

[4:00] and it's a real sign of uh that the

[4:03] Republican party is making a bet that

[4:05] George W. Bush is going to go all the

[4:07] way and what they want to do now is

[4:08] protect him over the long run.

[4:10] >> Thank you very much, George

[4:11] Stephanopoulos, ABC's political analyst.

[4:13] In one way, the announcement from the

[4:15] Federal Reserve today about interest

[4:16] rates was pretty much what the

[4:18] economists in Wall Street had

[4:19] anticipated, a quarter of a point. But

[4:22] it's significant for two reasons. It is

[4:24] a modest increase designed to slow a

[4:26] very robust economy down just a little.

[4:28] And because of the statement from the

[4:30] Federal Reserve which accompanied it,

[4:31] it's also a bit of a surprise. The Fed

[4:34] said that another increase in the near

[4:36] future was not likely. Here's ABC's

[4:39] Betsy Stark.

[4:41] Alan Greenspan had put investors on

[4:43] notice that a rate increase was coming

[4:45] today, but the Fed's decision to adopt a

[4:48] neutral wait andsee stance toward future

[4:50] rate increases came as a very pleasant

[4:53] surprise, especially on Wall Street.

[4:57] >> It implies that the Federal Reserve may

[5:01] not hike interest rates at its next

[5:03] meeting in August if inflation risks

[5:06] remain well contained. Soon after the

[5:09] Fed's announcement, several major banks

[5:11] raised their prime lending rates by a

[5:13] quarter point. Since most credit cards

[5:16] are tied to the prime, that means

[5:18] millions of Americans can expect steeper

[5:20] rates. By one estimate, a quarter point

[5:23] increase in interest charges could cost

[5:25] consumers an additional $750 million

[5:28] over the next year.

[5:31] Businesses taking out loans to build new

[5:33] factories or upgrade equipment can

[5:35] expect to see their borrowing costs

[5:37] rise, too. For the moment, however,

[5:40] mortgage rates are not likely to rise,

[5:42] largely because they've already moved

[5:44] almost a full point higher on the threat

[5:46] of higher rates. There was good news in

[5:49] higher rates for some. Americans who

[5:52] hold bank CDs or keep their money in

[5:54] traditional savings accounts will earn a

[5:56] little extra interest on their money.

[5:59] While there was relief today that the

[6:00] Fed isn't likely to raise interest rates

[6:02] anytime soon, that relief could be

[6:04] temporary. Here on Wall Street and in

[6:07] Washington, you better believe they're

[6:08] going to be scrutinizing every new

[6:10] economic report for signs of inflation.

[6:12] Peter,

[6:13] >> thanks very much. Betsy Stark on Wall

[6:15] Street itself. As we said, Wall Street

[6:16] was not particularly surprised by the

[6:18] amount of the increase, but apparently

[6:20] pleased that another is not in the

[6:22] works. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

[6:23] has up more than 155 points to close at

[6:26] 10,970.

[6:29] On the Nasdaq, stocks were up 44 points

[6:31] to close at 2686.

[6:34] And that is a record. And there's one

[6:37] other telling story today about money in

[6:40] Fernandina Beach, Florida. Today, just

[6:42] north of Jacksonville, the downtown

[6:44] business community held a funeral for

[6:46] itself. We have seen it before. Another

[6:49] small group of businessmen and women who

[6:51] think they are being buried by Walmart.

[6:54] Here's ABC's Steve Osansami.

[6:58] A white hearse, a black casket, rows of

[7:02] families in mourning. This is what the

[7:04] business people of this small town say

[7:06] will happen to them when a new Walmart

[7:08] superstore moves to town. The Walmart

[7:12] promises hundreds of jobs and more tax

[7:14] revenue, but it will take business from

[7:16] Emily's boutique.

[7:19] and this small tire shop.

[7:21] >> We're looking at the big picture that

[7:23] they will put a tremendous amount of

[7:25] people out of business on this island.

[7:26] >> The city already has a smaller Walmart

[7:29] many people use. The concern is that the

[7:32] new one would become one of the biggest

[7:34] businesses here, large enough to house

[7:36] most of the shops downtown.

[7:39] Across the country, as Walmart has

[7:41] opened thousands of big stores, little

[7:43] mom and pop shops have closed. Downtown

[7:47] Gran Solene, Texas shuttered businesses.

[7:49] >> But for every 100 people they employ,

[7:52] Walmart, about 150 people lose their

[7:56] jobs and the mom and pop stores,

[7:58] independently owned stores.

[7:59] >> But Walmart insists it's in business for

[8:01] people, not just profit.

[8:03] >> We're going to be adding our grocery

[8:05] department. It's going to be a Walmart

[8:06] super center. And and uh we've been told

[8:08] by our customers that this is going to

[8:10] be a outstanding addition to the

[8:12] community of Fernadita Beach. And many

[8:14] residents here look forward to the lower

[8:16] prices and greater choices.

[8:18] >> Let's get with it and do some progress.

[8:21] >> But other residents still enjoy the

[8:23] isolation, the quaint neighborhoods, the

[8:25] quiet life. The superstore threatens

[8:28] that.

[8:28] >> We live here, we work here, we uh die

[8:32] here, we pay taxes here. Uh this is our

[8:36] town.

[8:36] >> Steoami, ABC News, Fernandina Beach,

[8:39] Florida.

[8:40] >> Economic story today from top to bottom.

[8:42] When we come back, Viagra's surprising

[8:45] side effect on women's contraceptives.

[8:48] And are governments making money on

[8:51] underage smokers? The answer is yes.

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[10:57] There is some landmark news being made

[10:59] across the country this summer about

[11:01] pills. Tonight, what one pill can do for

[11:04] another. After many years of struggle by

[11:06] women largely, more than half a dozen

[11:08] states have rather suddenly passed

[11:09] legislation that requires insurance

[11:11] companies to pay for birth control

[11:14] pills. It is thanks to Viagra. Here's

[11:17] ABC's Bob Jameson.

[11:20] It is the little blue pills unexpected

[11:22] political side effect. Viagra is

[11:24] becoming the decisive factor in the

[11:26] argument about whether birth control

[11:28] pills should be paid for by insurance.

[11:31] After 40 years, just 15% of traditional

[11:33] health care plans that cover

[11:35] prescription drugs pay for

[11:36] contraception. But after only a year,

[11:39] 40% pay for Viagra, even though it costs

[11:42] twice as much as the pill. Yet, the pill

[11:45] is the most widely used prescription

[11:46] drug for women 15 to 44. But Viagra has

[11:50] made a difference in the California

[11:52] legislature. After 5 years of struggle,

[11:54] women advocates are on the verge of

[11:56] winning coverage for the pill.

[11:58] >> More power to Viagra. Um it's it's just

[12:01] an ironic set of circumstances that it

[12:04] took um a pill uh to benefit the sex of

[12:07] men to finally get contraception which

[12:09] really benefits men and women and

[12:11] prevents uh pregnancy.

[12:13] >> The Viagra argument is succeeding across

[12:15] the country. New Hampshire's legislature

[12:17] yesterday passed a contraceptive bill.

[12:19] Since Viagra hit the market, legislators

[12:22] in eight states have voted to require

[12:23] insurers that provide drug coverage to

[12:25] pay for contraception. 11 more states

[12:28] have voted to require at least partial

[12:30] coverage for birth control.

[12:32] >> I think this jumpstarted an issue that

[12:34] had been percolating in state

[12:35] legislatores now for several years and

[12:38] it really put this issue on the map for

[12:40] rank and file people all over the

[12:42] country.

[12:43] >> The next stop is Congress where previous

[12:45] efforts to mandate coverage for birth

[12:47] control have failed. But this time the

[12:49] advocates say they've got Viagra on

[12:51] their side. Bob Jameson, ABC News, New

[12:54] York. Another big story about health. A

[12:57] study published in the American Journal

[12:58] of Public Health today estimates that

[13:00] teenagers buy more than $2 billion worth

[13:03] of tobacco a year. Teenagers who were

[13:05] not supposed to be buying cigarettes at

[13:07] all spent $2 billion on them, which

[13:09] produced hundreds of millions of dollars

[13:11] in tax revenue. Many people, of course,

[13:14] say the money should be used to stop

[13:15] kids from smoking, but hardly anywhere

[13:18] is it happening. Here's ABC's Bill

[13:19] Ricker.

[13:22] This is how easy it is for kids under 18

[13:24] to illegally buy cigarettes. And a lot

[13:27] of them are. The new study estimates 4

[13:30] million minors are smoking 1 billion

[13:32] packs a year. That's up 80% in 10 years.

[13:35] And no one seems to be doing much about

[13:37] it.

[13:38] >> There's a federal law that requires all

[13:39] states to enforce a law prohibiting the

[13:42] sale of tobacco to minor. But with only

[13:45] one or two exceptions, all the states

[13:46] are doing a lousy job of enforcing these

[13:48] laws.

[13:50] Not for lack of funding. In fact, state

[13:52] governments earned nearly $300 million

[13:55] last year just from tobacco taxes paid

[13:57] by underage smokers. Why wasn't the

[14:00] money from these tax stamps used on

[14:01] enforcement? The attorney general of

[14:03] Connecticut blames legislators. And

[14:06] >> it is a national problem that is simply

[14:08] unconscionable

[14:09] for states to be receiving so much in

[14:12] revenue, blood money really, and looking

[14:14] the other way. Most states deposit their

[14:16] tobacco taxes into a general fund where

[14:19] it is available for any legislative

[14:21] project from pothole repair to stadium

[14:23] construction. The federal government is

[14:26] also making money on young smokers,

[14:28] taking in $222 million in tobacco taxes.

[14:32] But when the administration asked for

[14:34] $134 million to beef up the FDA's youth

[14:37] tobacco prevention program, Congress

[14:39] approved only 34 million. Critics blame

[14:42] big tobacco's campaign contributions.

[14:45] >> With enough money, uh, our congressmen

[14:48] might not make the proper decisions, and

[14:51] I think when it comes to tobacco, they

[14:53] are not making decisions that take care

[14:56] of our young people.

[14:57] >> To underscore the point, the authors of

[14:59] today's report say only five states are

[15:02] spending a substantial amount of their

[15:04] tobacco taxes on enforcement. Bill

[15:06] Ricker, ABC News, New York.

[15:09] >> An item about growth. Today, the fastest

[15:11] growing city in the country is Phoenix.

[15:13] That's what the Census Bureau says. Its

[15:14] population has increased more than 20%.

[15:17] Over the last 8 years, think of it this

[15:19] way. The Sierra Club says that the

[15:22] Phoenix area is losing an acre of desert

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[15:38] officials. It expires at midnight.

[15:40] Congress has not renewed it. In a

[15:43] moment, juvenile justice, what to do

[15:46] with teens who break the law. We'll take

[15:48] a closer look.

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[18:07] tonight at juvenile justice. A 100 years

[18:09] ago this week, the Illinois General

[18:11] Assembly created the first court in the

[18:13] United States devoted exclusively to

[18:15] trying and sentencing juveniles. It was

[18:18] the brainchild of a woman in Chicago

[18:20] named Jane Adams who was outraged by

[18:23] stories of children being abused in

[18:25] adult jails and felt that delinquent

[18:27] children should be educated and

[18:29] rehabilitated with punishment a last

[18:31] resort. Punishment versus

[18:34] rehabilitation. We are still having the

[18:36] debate. First from Chicago, ABC's Dean

[18:39] Reynolds.

[18:41] From Chicago's west side, the towers of

[18:43] the American dream are clearly visible.

[18:46] visible even through the cell windows at

[18:48] Cook Countyy's juvenile detention center

[18:50] where officials firmly believe in

[18:52] rehabilitation.

[18:53] >> We help kids every day. There are kids

[18:56] who are success stories because of our

[18:58] intervention in their lives. The century

[19:01] old juvenile justice system here is

[19:03] rooted in the belief that all kids are

[19:04] salvageable, that whatever the public

[19:07] pressure, their cases should remain

[19:09] confidential, that none should be

[19:11] treated as an adult, and that early

[19:13] intervention by a counselor can save

[19:15] many kids from hopeless lives behind

[19:17] bars. Sally Henderson was convicted of

[19:20] assault as a teenager. Today, she's a

[19:23] college grad with a job in television.

[19:25] >> I thank God and the juvenile court

[19:27] system for a second chance. Jason Smith

[19:30] was selling drugs at 13. Today he

[19:32] counsels young people.

[19:33] >> There's no bad kid. There's none. You

[19:36] know, they just make some wrong

[19:37] decision.

[19:38] >> I don't think there's anyone alive today

[19:40] who didn't make mistakes at 13, 14, or

[19:42] 15.

[19:43] >> The judges here believe the public

[19:44] should keep that in mind amid all the

[19:46] calls to stiffen penalties for young

[19:48] offenders, to incarcerate them with

[19:50] adults, or simply to do away with the

[19:53] juvenile justice system altogether. I

[19:56] think that that's a very quick and easy

[19:58] solution and it is a reactionary

[20:00] response. If we incarcerate them when

[20:03] they're 12 and they're eligible 30 years

[20:06] later to be released, they're 42.

[20:09] They're older, they're stronger, and

[20:12] they're much wiser in terms of criminal

[20:14] behavior. Juvenile justice advocates

[20:16] here say the number of young offenders

[20:18] has actually dropped in recent years and

[20:20] that outrages such as school shootings

[20:22] obscure the fact that most young

[20:24] offenders are not violent.

[20:26] >> People begin to believe that every kid

[20:28] is potentially a mass murderer and we

[20:31] begin to stigmatize a whole population

[20:33] of young people because a few of them do

[20:35] these atrocious acts.

[20:37] >> The response to these and other offenses

[20:39] by the young officials here say should

[20:41] not be soft or hard. It should be smart.

[20:45] Dean Reynolds, ABC News, Chicago.

[20:47] >> More and more states are prosecuting

[20:49] children as adults, though the legal age

[20:51] to describe a juvenile differs from

[20:53] state to state. There are 3,500

[20:55] juveniles in prison with adults. Some

[20:57] are under 10 and some as old as 20. A

[21:01] large study in Florida found that 30% of

[21:04] children who serve time with adults were

[21:07] arrested within a year after they were

[21:09] released. Only 19% of those released

[21:12] from the juvenile system were arrested

[21:14] in the year afterwards. In Texas, they

[21:17] have found that the threat of getting

[21:19] tough makes a difference. Here's ABC's

[21:21] James Walker.

[21:23] >> These young boys convicted of murder,

[21:25] kidnapping, and robbery have been handed

[21:27] long sentences and one last chance to

[21:29] shorten them at the Giddings Juvenile

[21:31] Facility.

[21:32] >> I'm 16 years old. I'm responsible for

[21:34] capital murder.

[21:35] >> Isaiah was given what is called a

[21:37] determinate sentence. That means if he

[21:39] behaves, he will be released on

[21:41] probation at 21. But if he misbehaves,

[21:43] he could be transferred from this

[21:45] campus-like facility to an adult prison

[21:48] for up to 40 years.

[21:49] >> I think about it every day going to

[21:51] prison. The threat of it keeps my

[21:53] behavior in check.

[21:55] >> In 1995, Texas added the word punishment

[21:57] to the juvenile justice code for the

[21:59] first time. Judges now have the power to

[22:02] determine sentences for violent

[22:04] offenders for 16 new crimes, including

[22:07] aggravated assault and aggravated

[22:08] robbery.

[22:09] >> You screw up and you can go to prison

[22:11] for 40 years.

[22:13] >> Judge Hal Gaither helped write the new

[22:15] law. On this day, he gave a determinant

[22:18] sentence to this 11-year-old sex

[22:20] offender, sending him away for therapy.

[22:22] The determinant sentence allows us to

[22:24] keep them in the juvenile system, give

[22:25] them a final opportunity to be

[22:27] rehabilitated, and then if it if it

[22:29] turns out that that they really

[22:31] shouldn't be trusted back on the street,

[22:33] we can correct that problem and send

[22:34] them on to prison.

[22:36] >> 16-year-old Jose could have served his

[22:38] entire 5-year sentence for attempted

[22:40] murder here, but because of fighting, he

[22:42] will probably be transferred to an adult

[22:44] prison. When they explained to me that I

[22:47] could be sent off,

[22:50] I was thinking like I can call that

[22:52] bluff. You know what I'm talking about?

[22:54] But now they have proved me wrong.

[22:56] >> Most have gotten the message. Just 5%

[22:59] have behaved badly enough to be

[23:00] transferred.

[23:01] >> Most of these kids coming into the

[23:03] system aren't going to change unless you

[23:04] make them change. Unless there's like

[23:07] that clinch, you know, the the hammer

[23:09] that can come down.

[23:14] >> And the hammer has already fallen on

[23:16] these boys. They are now in adult

[23:18] prison, some for a very long time. James

[23:22] Walker, ABC News, Giddings, Texas. The

[23:25] National Center for Juvenile Justice

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[23:28] and restorative justice for juvenile

[23:31] offenders to protect the community to

[23:33] meet out some punishment and

[23:35] rehabilitation because most young

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[27:01] Finally from us this evening, the

[27:03] intersection. There is surely no

[27:04] neighborhood in the country which does

[27:06] not have at least one intersection that

[27:08] drives people to distraction because

[27:10] there's so many accidents.

[27:14] The insurance company State Farm knows

[27:16] about accidents and so they did a top 10

[27:19] all with an estimated 200 or more

[27:21] accidents a year.

[27:24] Three of them, no less, are in the

[27:25] suburbs of Dallas or Fort Worth in

[27:27] Texas. Three are in California. Las

[27:31] Vegas, Nevada, and Detroit made the top

[27:33] 10, and so did Shamberg, Illinois.

[27:37] Naturally, today we went looking to see

[27:39] what it was that made these particular

[27:40] intersections so much more dangerous

[27:43] than others, despite all the victims

[27:45] they have claimed so far. We were

[27:48] watching so closely today that everyone

[27:50] was on their best behavior. Still, it

[27:53] makes you dizzy. That's our report on

[27:54] World News Tonight. I'm Peter Jennings.

[27:56] Have a nice evening. We'll see you

[27:56] tomorrow. Good night.

[28:06] Tomorrow, roll up your car window.

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