NBC Nightly News open - 1988-03-07

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[0:00] Here

[0:02] comes Super Tuesday finally and a major

[0:04] dispute tonight about AIDS and

[0:06] heterosexuals.

[0:10] NBC Nightly News with Tom Broth.

[0:14] >> Good evening from our new home. Just in

[0:17] time for coverage of Super Tuesday, the

[0:19] biggest prize of this presidential

[0:21] campaign. By tomorrow night, Vice

[0:23] President George Bush is expected to

[0:25] have a commanding lead and the

[0:26] Democratic race could be down to just

[0:28] three. 20 states altogether, including a

[0:32] powerful block of the deep south,

[0:34] anchored by Texas in the west and

[0:35] Florida in the east, and the border

[0:38] states. Altogether, more than 30% of the

[0:40] delegates in each party will be selected

[0:42] tomorrow in primaries and caucuses that

[0:45] reach all the way to New England and the

[0:46] far west. And the Democrats today were

[0:48] going for the big hall in the big

[0:50] states. Jesse Jackson today in Texas

[0:53] where he is expected to do well and not

[0:55] just among blacks. He's become a

[0:57] candidate of many hats and by tomorrow

[0:59] night he's expected to be a candidate of

[1:01] many delegates.

[1:03] >> Tennessee Senator Al Gore in Houston,

[1:05] one of eight cities on his schedule

[1:07] today. Gore has bet all on Super Tuesday

[1:10] and he insists he'll survive tomorrow.

[1:13] >> Missouri Congressman Richard Gart

[1:15] running low on money in Texas today

[1:17] attacking Massachusetts Governor Michael

[1:18] Dukakus for wanting to cut the defense

[1:21] budget. As NBC's Dennis Murphy reports

[1:23] now, Dukakus is a target because he's

[1:25] looking strong for Super Tuesday.

[1:32] Today, Dukakus had a kiss for 74year-old

[1:35] Anne Acriman, one of his most

[1:37] influential backers in Florida. Acriman,

[1:39] a political activist,

[1:54] Well, you know how it is in a new home.

[1:55] Not all the doors close and the plumbing

[1:57] doesn't always work the first day that

[1:58] you're in it. And that's what's happened

[1:59] to us tonight. We hope to get back to

[2:00] that in just a few moments. On the

[2:02] Republican side, the Super Tuesday

[2:04] momentum appears to be mainly with Vice

[2:06] President George Bush. Although, as

[2:08] NBC's Lisa Myers reports now, Bob Dole

[2:11] is determined to carry on the fight

[2:12] beyond the South.

[2:32] despite the best laid plans. A federal

[2:34] judge today dismissed Vice Pat

[2:36] Robertson's $35 million liel suit

[2:38] against former Congressman Paul Pete

[2:40] McCloskkey after Robertson agreed to two

[2:43] conditions to pay about $20,000 in court

[2:45] cost and not to file the same liel suit

[2:48] again. Robertson brought the suit after

[2:50] McCloskkey accused him of ducking combat

[2:52] in Korea.

[2:54] And there's a chance that I'll be back

[2:56] right after this.

[3:05] There's one raisin cereal that stays

[3:07] crispier in milk than any other. There's

[3:11] never been a crisp crisp like this. This

[3:14] is crispy wheats and raisins.

[3:19] >> When your coffee is smooth and easy like

[3:21] Sunday morning and it tastes your way,

[3:23] it's necessarily Nes Cafe. Great coffee

[3:26] blends to change the way that's

[3:29] necessarily.

[3:34] >> How long does a John Deere last?

[3:36] >> How long does a John Deere last?

[3:40] How long does a John Deere last? Well,

[3:44] that's a good question.

[3:49] If you think you've heard all the news

[3:50] about aspirin, think again. Today,

[3:52] there's an even better aspirin formula.

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[3:57] relieves headache pain better than

[3:58] regular strength aspirin.

[4:01] >> Andison, a better aspirin formula.

[4:07] >> Tomorrow is Super Tuesday. Of course, it

[4:09] is the richest prize in this long

[4:11] presidential year. And for the

[4:12] Democrats, Michael Dukakus, Governor of

[4:15] Massachusetts.