NBC Nightly News - 1982-04-09
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[0:00] Nashville
[0:02] >> with Roger Mud in Washington, Tom Brocoy
[0:05] in New York, and commentary by John
[0:07] Chancellor.
[0:10] >> Good evening. The British blockade of
[0:12] the Faulland Islands, an act of war
[0:14] still is scheduled for this Sunday
[0:16] night, Easter Sunday. The British fleet
[0:18] is headed for the islands while
[0:19] Secretary of State Hey is headed for
[0:21] Buenazari, trying to head off this
[0:23] confrontation. And in Argentina, they're
[0:25] saying if the British attack, they'll be
[0:27] ready. Steve Delaney is in London and
[0:29] Richard Valarani is in Buenesares.
[0:31] Tonight,
[0:35] >> the last element in the British Armada
[0:37] is at sea tonight, heading for the South
[0:38] Atlantic. The cruise liner Canbor
[0:40] refitted with helicopter landing pads
[0:42] and by far the world's most luxurious
[0:45] troop ship is taking 2,000 Marines and
[0:47] paratroopers toward the Faulland
[0:49] Islands. The British government has
[0:51] virtually shut down for this Easter
[0:53] weekend. The prime minister is at
[0:55] checkers, her country residence. Members
[0:57] of Parliament have scattered. The
[0:58] newspapers didn't publish. And at the
[1:00] foreign ministry, where there's an empty
[1:02] parking lot, the chief press officer has
[1:04] just begun a 10-day vacation.
[1:07] But when Sunday midnight comes, will the
[1:09] British be able to enforce their
[1:11] 200-mile war zone around the islands?
[1:14] The answer seems to be yes, using hunter
[1:16] killer submarines like these. Argentina
[1:19] does have anti-ub helicopters made in
[1:22] Britain. coming.
[1:23] >> But one British defense expert says no
[1:25] Argentine defense measures will prevent
[1:27] these subs from sinking whatever they're
[1:29] ordered to sink.
[1:31] >> And says that expert at least one
[1:33] sinking may be needed to demonstrate to
[1:35] the Argentines that the British mean
[1:37] business.
[1:38] >> Steve Delaney, NBC News, London.
[1:43] >> St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
[1:45] English citizens singing hymns at Good
[1:47] Friday services after hearing a sermon
[1:50] about the Prince of Peace.
[1:52] Near a riverport, signs of war.
[1:55] Argentine armored personnel carriers
[1:57] arriving by train presumably to be
[1:59] shipped south closer to the Faulland
[2:01] Islands.
[2:06] Downtown Buenosire, Roman Catholic
[2:08] processioners,
[2:10] business areas are deserted.
[2:13] The parks are crowded. Most Argentines
[2:15] are on holiday, not worrying about war.
[2:19] At the foreign ministry, a different
[2:20] atmosphere. Several former Argentine
[2:23] foreign ministers come to consult with
[2:24] the incumbent Nikonor Costendez about
[2:27] the position Argentina will take during
[2:29] the talks with Secretary of State H.
[2:31] Afterward, Costendez avoids sounding
[2:33] belligerent.
[2:34] >> He cannot understand why Britain has
[2:38] begun all this mobilization. However,
[2:41] top presidential aid Hector Glacius
[2:43] insists that the one subject Argentina
[2:45] will not discuss is sovereignty over the
[2:48] Falcon. Last night, President Leopoldo
[2:51] Galtier held meetings at government
[2:52] house well past midnight, preparing for
[2:55] his meeting with Heg tomorrow. The
[2:57] Argentines say they will not comment on
[2:58] Heg's mission until they see what he has
[3:01] brought from London. Many Western
[3:03] diplomats believe the timing of the
[3:04] government's move into the Faullands was
[3:06] designed to divert attention from severe
[3:08] domestic problems and to give the
[3:10] military rulers here time to try to
[3:12] build a popular political base on the
[3:15] strong nationalist sentiments currently
[3:16] sweeping the country. Richard Valerani,
[3:19] NBC News in Buenosis.
[3:22] >> And in Washington, the State Department
[3:24] today warned American ships to stay well
[3:26] away from the British blockade of the
[3:28] Faulland Islands. The State Department
[3:29] spokesman was careful to point out that
[3:31] this was just an advisory warning that
[3:34] it in no way represented an official
[3:36] American position on that blockade.
[3:38] Roger.
[3:40] >> Three retired US admirals, including
[3:42] Elmo Zumwalt, agreed today that just one
[3:45] or two British Navy submarines would be
[3:47] enough to sink the entire Argentine
[3:49] fleet. George Lewis reports.
[3:52] >> None of the carriers or other big ships
[3:54] in the British Armada will be anywhere
[3:56] near the Faulland Sunday night. At that
[3:59] point, the task force will be only
[4:01] halfway to its destination, still north
[4:03] of the equator. So, in order to enforce
[4:06] the 200-mile blockade, the British will
[4:09] have to use the submarines they have in
[4:11] the area, perhaps as many as six. Most
[4:14] naval analysts believe the Argentine
[4:16] Navy will have difficulty getting past
[4:18] the British subs, some of which are
[4:20] nuclearpowered.
[4:22] If the submarines surface to warn away
[4:24] Argentine ships before firing on them, a
[4:26] standard naval practice, the British
[4:29] could be putting themselves in some
[4:30] danger. There's the possibility of air
[4:33] strikes by Argentine planes. But the
[4:36] experts say the subs have plenty of
[4:38] defensive weapons, including
[4:39] surfaceto-air missiles. counting both
[4:42] the technological advantages of some of
[4:44] the British systems and the tactics and
[4:48] doctrine and the quality of the British
[4:50] leadership. I think I'd put my money on
[4:52] the British side. Naval experts say that
[4:55] an early show of superiority by the
[4:57] British may force the Argentines to
[4:59] rethink their occupation of the islands.
[5:02] If that doesn't work, the British may be
[5:04] in for a long tough blockade. George
[5:07] Lewis, NBC News, the Pentagon.
[5:11] The Common Market confirmed today that
[5:13] all 10 member nations have agreed to ban
[5:15] the sale of arms to Argentina. A full
[5:17] trade embargo, which would be the common
[5:19] market's toughest move since it was
[5:21] founded in 1957, still is a possibility.
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[6:35] >> the White House was jubilant about the
[6:37] producer price index today which shows a
[6:40] decline of onetenth of a percent in
[6:41] wholesale prices for the second month in
[6:43] a row. White House spokesman David
[6:45] Gergen telephoned the major news outlets
[6:47] to say it's almost seemed too good to be
[6:50] true. Most of the decline could be
[6:52] attributed to a drop in energy and food
[6:54] prices. Economics correspondent Irving
[6:56] Arvine reports.
[6:58] You'd have to turn the calendar back six
[7:01] years when Gerald Ford was president for
[7:03] the last time wholesale prices fell two
[7:05] months in a row. But that progress is
[7:08] partly the result of the recession.
[7:10] >> It reduces businessmen's profits.
[7:12] They've got weak markets and they can't
[7:13] really pass their costs on so much and
[7:15] that lowers inflation. Secondly, it
[7:17] moderates wage increases. That lowers
[7:19] the growth of cost and that lowers
[7:20] inflation. Most significant in today's
[7:23] figures, for the first time in 15 years
[7:25] since Lynden Johnson was president,
[7:28] wholesale prices fell two successive
[7:30] months across all stages of production.
[7:33] In energy, for example, crude oil that
[7:36] cost $100 was on average down to $97.80.
[7:41] In the intermediate stage at the
[7:43] refinery, a similar drop. And the
[7:45] finished product, gasoline, cost the
[7:48] service station operator less. But
[7:50] interest rates are not coming down
[7:53] because experts say lenders fear that
[7:56] >> as soon as the economy gets moving
[7:58] again, as soon as we get all these
[7:59] credit demands into the market, uh why
[8:02] there'll be more spending, more
[8:03] inflation, and we may indeed find
[8:05] ourselves at a higher rate than before.
[8:07] >> Most experts expect the inflation
[8:09] picture to improve for at least several
[8:11] months and for lower wholesale prices to
[8:14] show up in lower retail prices. Irving
[8:17] R. Lavine, NBC News, Washington.
[8:21] >> In news that was not so pleasing to the
[8:23] White House today, the budget office
[8:25] announced that its projected deficit for
[8:27] 1983 is now $12 billion, $10 billion
[8:31] more than when Mr. Reagan introduced his
[8:33] budget in February. This is still 18
[8:36] billion less than the deficit forecast
[8:38] by the Congressional Budget Office. Tom,
[8:42] >> United Auto Workers Union members have
[8:43] approved a new contract that will save
[8:45] General Motors between two and a half
[8:47] and three billion dollars over the next
[8:49] 30 months. The vote was close. Only 52%
[8:52] of the union members approved the plan.
[8:54] At International Harvester, the troubles
[8:57] continue. In fact, they may be
[8:58] irreversible. Here's Jim Cumins.
[9:03] International Harvester is in trouble
[9:04] since it owes the banks more than $4
[9:06] billion and it can't sell the trucks and
[9:09] tractors it builds because of the
[9:10] recession and high interest rates.
[9:12] That's why a growing number of experts
[9:13] believe Harvester could be the first big
[9:15] corporate victim of these hard economic
[9:17] times. When the economy turned sour,
[9:19] many Harvester dealers were forced to
[9:21] close, including Everett KD. He's going
[9:23] out of business after 26 years, in part
[9:26] because of customer doubts about whether
[9:27] the company will be around to service
[9:29] the machinery they buy. Many customers
[9:31] have asked me if they're going to make
[9:33] it and uh since they're concerned about
[9:35] that, I would think it's hurt my sales.
[9:37] >> Another dealer, Bill Walt, says company
[9:39] salesmen are getting desperate.
[9:41] >> They are asking us to buy equipment to
[9:43] help the international harvester out and
[9:46] uh as a dealer, I don't feel as I can
[9:49] afford to carry a large inventory due to
[9:52] interest. To stem its huge losses,
[9:54] Harvester has laid off more than a third
[9:56] of its 93,000 workers and is negotiating
[9:59] for $100 million in givebacks from the
[10:01] autoworkers union. Company officials
[10:03] refuse to comment, but some workers
[10:05] remain confident Harvester will survive.
[10:08] >> Company's been in business for over 100
[10:09] years. They're not going to go under.
[10:11] >> As big as Harvester is, I think they
[10:13] could come through.
[10:14] >> Other workers doubt it. Can you hold $4
[10:16] billion? You think you'd make? Most
[10:19] experts say International Harvester
[10:21] cannot depend on a government bailout or
[10:23] economic recovery for survival. Only the
[10:25] bankers can save the company now and
[10:27] they are nervous. Jim Cumins, NBC News,
[10:30] Melrose Park, Illinois.
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[12:07] The Reagan administration, which has
[12:09] charged from the beginning that
[12:10] Nicaragua is the major conduit of arms
[12:13] from Cuba, is trying again to normalize
[12:15] relations. This is the third attempt
[12:17] since August. Bernard Calb has details
[12:19] of the US proposal.
[12:22] The eight-point package represents what
[12:23] the US sees as a trade-off of each
[12:25] country's requirements. But the future
[12:27] of the entire package hinges on
[12:29] Nicaragua's acceptance of point number
[12:31] one, that Nicaragua's leftist regime end
[12:34] its support of insurgencies in
[12:35] neighboring countries, especially El
[12:37] Salvador. Among the other proposals,
[12:40] Nicaragua would agree not to import
[12:42] heavy offensive weapons, to limit arms
[12:45] and military forces, to reduce the
[12:47] number of foreign military advisers, and
[12:49] to accept international verification.
[12:52] The US has accused Nicaragua of
[12:53] assembling Central America's largest
[12:55] military force with Cuban and Soviet
[12:58] aid. Another proposal in effect calls on
[13:00] Nicaragua to follow through on pledges
[13:02] of free elections and non-alignment. In
[13:05] exchange, the US would join Nicaragua in
[13:07] a pledge of non-interference. The US
[13:10] would issue a statement aimed at calming
[13:11] Nicaraguan fears of an invasion by
[13:13] Nicaraguan exiles training in the United
[13:16] States. And finally, the US would
[13:18] propose direct economic aid and would
[13:20] invite Nicaragua's participation in the
[13:22] Reagan administration's Caribbean Basin
[13:25] Initiative. US officials say they are
[13:27] not extremely optimistic that Nicaragua
[13:30] will buy the package, adding the US
[13:32] would welcome counter proposals, the
[13:34] important thing being to start a
[13:35] dialogue. Bernard Calb, NBC News, the
[13:38] State Department.
[13:40] >> The administration's number two man in
[13:42] the education department, William Clen
[13:44] Jr., was fired on orders from the White
[13:46] House, reportedly from presidential
[13:48] adviser Edwin Me. According to NBC's Ken
[13:51] Bod, Clen ignored a me order that
[13:53] nothing leak out about President
[13:55] Reagan's decision to endorse a private
[13:57] school tuition tax credit plan. Tom,
[14:01] >> President and Mrs. Reagan were fully on
[14:03] vacation in Barbados today. And as
[14:05] presidents do, wherever they go, Mr.
[14:07] Reagan attracted a lot of attention when
[14:08] he went swimming. John Palmer now in
[14:10] Barbados.
[14:13] A gunboat was stationed just offshore.
[14:15] Police cleared swimmers from the beach.
[14:18] Secret Service agents patrolling in a
[14:19] rubber dinghy warned pleasure boats to
[14:21] stay away. Onlookers and photographers
[14:24] were kept 400 yardds back. The area
[14:27] around Cobbler's Cove was well secured
[14:29] by the time the president's helicopter
[14:31] passed overhead. With the business part
[14:33] of the president's working vacation now
[14:35] over, the Reagans went to the beach. The
[14:38] president was dressed for it. Mrs.
[14:39] Reagan was not.
[14:44] For 45 minutes with Secret Service
[14:46] agents alongside, the 71-year-old
[14:48] president put on an impressive
[14:50] demonstration of aquatic skill,
[14:52] freestyle, diving,
[14:55] and backstroke.
[14:57] Later, the president was joined by Mrs.
[14:59] Reagan and their hostess, longtime
[15:01] friend and former Hollywood actress
[15:02] Claudet Colbear. The president's concern
[15:05] about budget battles with Congress and
[15:07] foreign policy problems seemed a long
[15:09] way off. Asked about that by a reporter,
[15:12] Mr. Reagan said, "I'm very pleased to
[15:15] have a day off." John Palmer, NBC News,
[15:17] with President Reagan in Barbados.
[15:21] >> It was quiet on the borders of Israel on
[15:23] this Good Friday, but as John Chancellor
[15:25] points out in his commentary tonight,
[15:27] that quiet may not last long. John,
[15:30] >> yesterday we talked about the
[15:32] possibility of an Israeli invasion of
[15:34] Lebanon, which could amount to a
[15:35] full-scale war against the military
[15:37] units of the Palestine Liberation Army
[15:39] operating in Lebanon. The Israeli
[15:41] ambassador to Washington says it's only
[15:43] a matter of time before something
[15:45] happens there. There is a ceasefire
[15:48] between the Israelis and the PLO, but
[15:49] Israel seems to be changing its terms.
[15:52] Prime Minister Bean said last month that
[15:54] the killing of one Jew anywhere in the
[15:56] world would be a violation of the
[15:57] ceasefire. And at the funeral this week
[16:00] of an Israeli diplomat murdered in
[16:02] Paris, Foreign Minister Itsak Shamir
[16:04] said Palestinian terrorist organizations
[16:07] take their orders from the center of
[16:09] terror in Lebanon.
[16:12] Almost anything could touch off the
[16:13] fighting at a time when Arabs are being
[16:15] killed by Israelis on the West Bank and
[16:17] tensions are terribly high. And in a
[16:20] sense, the rhetoric of the Beagan
[16:21] government has almost committed it to
[16:23] move in Lebanon. It's an awful dilemma
[16:25] for Manakim Bean. Israel could purchase
[16:27] several years of peace by finishing off
[16:30] the PLO military units. But the price
[16:32] would be a terrible one. Thousands of
[16:34] refugees, hundreds dead, Israelis and
[16:37] Arabs, Israel condemned by the world and
[16:39] a disaster for American policy in the
[16:42] Middle East. Some Americans are betting
[16:44] that Bean won't invade Lebanon. The PLO
[16:46] is being very quiet right now because it
[16:48] knows what could happen to it. How long
[16:51] things will stay quiet, however, nobody
[16:53] knows.
[16:55] Saddak Gobza, the former Iranian foreign
[16:57] minister and one of the most familiar
[16:58] faces during the hostage crisis, was
[17:00] arrested by revolutionary guards at his
[17:02] Tran home, according to relatives. Goida
[17:05] was picked up with his brother and three
[17:06] friends two days ago, according to the
[17:08] report.
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[18:17] >> I've been giving my daughter tips on
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[18:44] If the Internal Revenue Service could
[18:46] get its hands on all the money that is
[18:48] not reported for federal taxation, the
[18:50] national budget would almost be
[18:52] balanced. The annual GMPP from what the
[18:54] experts call the underground economy is
[18:57] now estimated at close to half a
[18:58] trillion dollars. As James Pulk reports
[19:01] in tonight's special segment, hiding
[19:03] income is now the most popular way of
[19:04] tax cheating.
[19:08] Phoenix, Arizona, a small wholesale meat
[19:10] firm. For the past few years, an IRS
[19:12] affidavit says the owner, William Casey
[19:15] Jones, has been skimming $40,000 a year
[19:18] out of this meat business without paying
[19:20] income taxes on it. Unreported income
[19:22] has become the biggest form of tax
[19:24] cheating in America today.
[19:26] A construction worker.
[19:28] >> I'm taking home approximately 500 a
[19:32] week. cash under the table. No taxes at
[19:36] all
[19:37] >> for this carpenter who wants to be kept
[19:39] faceless and nameless. That's $26,000 a
[19:42] year.
[19:42] >> No taxes whatsoever.
[19:45] >> A writer hides his income by dealing
[19:47] only in cash.
[19:48] >> I need that money more than the
[19:49] government.
[19:51] >> A personnel consultant through major
[19:52] corporations admits he doesn't report
[19:54] all he earns.
[19:55] >> It sure is a real temptation when you
[19:58] know that you can get away with it uh
[20:00] not to slide one by. An auto mechanic
[20:02] moonlights for cash on work after hours.
[20:05] >> I've never really looked at like it was
[20:06] illegal. It It just never crossed my
[20:08] mind that I was cheating the government
[20:09] or anybody else.
[20:10] >> All this adds up to a staggering sum. By
[20:13] IRS estimates, $80 billion a year in
[20:16] taxes not paid to the government by
[20:18] people who don't report part or all of
[20:20] what they make. It's getting worse.
[20:22] Three times as bad as it was 5 years
[20:24] ago.
[20:26] An internal revenue service center in
[20:28] Philadelphia. As tax returns pour in
[20:30] this month, IRS computers may check
[20:32] who's cheating on deductions listed, but
[20:35] they have no way to find out what's not
[20:37] put down on paper. Cash income with no
[20:39] W2 forms, no reporting, no taxes paid.
[20:42] This year, IRS figures show $1 out of
[20:45] every five due, the government will not
[20:47] be paid. A burden the rest of the public
[20:49] must bear.
[20:50] >> The average wage earner is paying the
[20:53] tab for those people who are skimming
[20:54] and not paying their fair share. And
[20:56] that's so fundamentally unfair. The
[20:58] small businessman of America may be the
[20:59] worst offender. Any merchant with a cash
[21:02] register and an open drawer. IRS figures
[21:04] show this accounts for onethird of the
[21:06] nation's tax loss each year.
[21:08] >> Small business in many cases would have
[21:11] a tough time surviving if it did not
[21:13] have some of this untaxed income.
[21:16] >> We ought to make certain that some
[21:17] people and some businesses are at least
[21:20] paying some tax. Congress is talking
[21:22] about getting tough, cracking down on a
[21:24] few areas like bar tips. But critics say
[21:26] the IRS hasn't got enough people, enough
[21:28] auditors to catch everyone, that much of
[21:31] the hidden money simply can't be
[21:33] collected. The IRS commissioner thinks
[21:35] computers can be used to spot patterns
[21:37] on what businesses should be making and
[21:40] reporting. And we're using uh
[21:41] statistical analyses in a great many
[21:44] businesses now uh to give us at least an
[21:48] idea of whether or not uh there is
[21:50] skimming in that particular business.
[21:53] >> But IRS efforts to detect and crack down
[21:55] on skimming have meant frustration and
[21:57] failure. In Phoenix, the IRS began what
[22:00] it calls its BOP program. When Casey
[22:02] Jones wanted to sell his meat business,
[22:05] a buyer showed up. The buyer says Jones
[22:08] showed him his skimming totals on
[22:09] records kept in the kitchen at home.
[22:12] That buyer last year turned out to be an
[22:14] undercover IRS agent, but a federal
[22:16] judge ruled that was an illegal search.
[22:19] The judge threw the BOP program out of
[22:21] court. There are studies that say 5
[22:23] years from now this tax problem will be
[22:25] five times as bad. That as long as many
[22:28] people seem to be getting away with it,
[22:30] more people will try. James Pulk, NBC
[22:33] News, Philadelphia.
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[24:11] >> This is Good Friday, of course, the most
[24:13] solemn day of the Christian calendar.
[24:15] Pope John Paul II carried a cross
[24:17] through the moonlight ruins of ancient
[24:19] Rome tonight, stopping to pray at the 14
[24:22] stations of the cross.
[24:38] In Jerusalem, thousands of pilgrims
[24:40] walked the Via Dolar Rosa, believed to
[24:43] be the route Jesus took to his
[24:44] crucifixion. It winds through the Arab
[24:46] part of the city. Israeli soldiers stood
[24:49] guard as the faithful passed.
[24:56] And in this country, several dozen
[24:58] anti-uclear activists were arrested in
[25:00] New York City and Nevada today during
[25:02] Good Friday protest. Among them,
[25:04] anti-war priests Daniel Beragan and
[25:06] Daniel Ellsberg. Roger.
[25:09] The news from El Salvador has been
[25:11] mostly about the violent struggle for
[25:13] the hearts and minds and loyalty of the
[25:15] people. But there's a man in El Salvador
[25:17] who does not deal with all that. He
[25:18] cares about the souls of the people.
[25:20] Rick Davis has more.
[25:24] >> There was a mixture of sounds over the
[25:26] small town of Sanstopeek. The sound of a
[25:28] church bell
[25:32] >> mixed with a beat of hooves as cattle
[25:34] moved through the main street and the
[25:36] recorded blare from a truck leading a
[25:38] funeral procession to the church. It was
[25:41] a patriotic song in honor of Davidid
[25:43] Canteros, a delegate of the right-wing
[25:44] Arena party assassinated over the
[25:47] weekend. But this is the story of the
[25:49] man who said the funeral mass, Father
[25:52] Patricio Julio Busardo. His prayers for
[25:55] a right-wing politician should not be
[25:57] read as a political statement. The
[26:00] father's job is saving the souls of all
[26:03] the people here.
[26:05] And when the funeral was over, his day
[26:07] was not.
[26:12] >> At another mass, he would serve
[26:13] communion to 500 people. and he heard
[26:16] more than 500 confessions from Dawn
[26:18] until late at night. The people here
[26:20] don't know this priest well. This man
[26:22] born in Peoria, Illinois 67 years ago,
[26:25] whose father refused to pay extortion
[26:27] money to Al Capone's gang and in fear
[26:30] took the family back to Italy. They
[26:32] don't know he has built churches and
[26:34] colleges and seminaries all over Central
[26:36] and South America for 34 years. To the
[26:40] people, he is the new priest who came
[26:42] after others fled the violence or joined
[26:44] the rebels in the hills. Seven churches
[26:47] have closed in surrounding villages.
[26:49] Father Busardo does not condemn those
[26:51] who joined the rebels.
[26:55] >> If they did it with the purpose of
[26:57] helping the people and with good will.
[27:00] No one can condemn them. Only God can
[27:04] judge their actions.
[27:06] But Father Busardo feels the rebels have
[27:08] hurt the people, that instead of winning
[27:10] their hearts, they stole and killed
[27:12] their cattle, destroyed needed bridges
[27:14] and roads. He said he knows the people
[27:16] have suffered under repressive
[27:17] governments, and that the army has done
[27:20] wrong. But the rebels, he feels, are
[27:22] disliked most.
[27:24] >> They have demonstrated through elections
[27:27] that they don't like the rebels,
[27:29] especially when they walked for miles
[27:31] and hours to vote against the rebels.
[27:35] Father Busardo said he didn't have time
[27:37] to talk anymore. A young girl and her
[27:40] family were waiting in his church for
[27:42] the traditional blessing on her 15th
[27:43] birthday. This old priest is leaving
[27:46] here soon to return to Italy where his
[27:48] mother is near death. He hopes the
[27:50] Franciscans don't try to put him behind
[27:52] a desk. He needs to be with the people.
[27:55] Rick Davis, NBC Newske.
[28:01] >> That's nightly news for Friday. I'm
[28:03] Roger Mud in Washington
[28:05] >> and I'm Tom Bro in New York. From all of
[28:07] us at NBC News, have a nice weekend.
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[28:42] >> Coming up in just a minute on the scene
[28:43] at 6, reaction to a new state budget.
[28:46] Winners and losers reflect on the
[28:48] legislative session. Metro officials
[28:50] look forward to building a long- aaited
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