CBS Evening News - 1999-12-11

Name: CBS Evening News - 1999-12-11
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[0:00] by air. Mike Dau only on coin 6 News.

[0:04] People you know.

[0:05] >> Heart problems. Questions for

[0:07] presidential candidate Bill Bradley

[0:09] about the ailment that briefly disrupted

[0:11] his campaign.

[0:12] >> Questions as well about the political

[0:14] impact of a candidate's health. No

[0:16] problems at the stores as holiday

[0:18] shopping seems headed toward another

[0:20] record. And countdown to 2000. An

[0:24] economic revolution takes root in the

[0:26] farmlands of Africa.

[0:29] [Music]

[0:31] This is the CBS Evening News with Thalia

[0:35] Ashurus.

[0:38] >> Good evening everyone. Bill Bradley has

[0:40] resumed the normal routine of a

[0:42] campaigning candidate. He dismissed

[0:43] concerns about an irregular heartbeat,

[0:45] otherwise known as atrial fibrillation.

[0:48] Now, this wasn't Bradley's first such

[0:50] episode. In fact, it was his seventh. We

[0:52] begin our coverage with John Blackstone.

[0:54] >> Thanks very much. Bill Bradley met

[0:56] reporters in California this morning to

[0:58] deliver one message that his health is

[1:00] not a problem.

[1:01] >> There's no anxiety. Your heart just

[1:03] beats irregularly.

[1:05] >> Bradley said he missed medication he's

[1:07] been taking to control an occasional

[1:08] irregular heartbeat.

[1:10] >> Instead of it going thump thump thump,

[1:12] it'll go thump thump thump thump.

[1:16] >> The condition may have as much political

[1:18] significance as it does medical.

[1:20] >> Will this incident affect how you

[1:21] campaign in the future at all or you do

[1:23] less? No, he'll have no effect

[1:25] whatsoever.

[1:26] >> President Clinton seemed to agree today.

[1:29] >> I think you'll be disabled.

[1:30] >> Bradley was campaigning in Northern

[1:32] California Friday, showing no sign o