CBS Evening News - 1999-05-02

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[0:00] Central at 10:20.

[0:03] >> The American PS are free after 32 days.

[0:08] >> Thanks to God for allowing it to happen.

[0:10] The US servicemen are safe tonight in a

[0:13] military hospital in Germany. All

[0:16] because of the untraditional diplomacy

[0:18] of Jesse Jackson. just maybe this is an

[0:21] opportunity

[0:23] to break the cycle of of

[0:26] non-communication,

[0:28] lack of effective diplomacy, uh, and

[0:30] lack of trust. The release answers

[0:33] prayers and brings joy back home.

[0:36] >> I thank God this is this they're finally

[0:38] free. We thank God for using Reverend

[0:40] Jackson.

[0:42] >> His mission brings freedom to three men

[0:44] in uniform, but no end to the air war

[0:47] and the crisis over Kosovo.

[0:51] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:55] with John Roberts.

[0:58] Good evening. John is on assignment in

[1:00] Bgrade. I'm Anthony Mason. After more

[1:02] than a month in captivity, Staff

[1:03] Sergeants Christopher Stone and Andrew

[1:05] Ramirez and Specialist Steven Gonzalez

[1:08] are all free tonight. Mark Phillips has

[1:10] the remarkable story of their release

[1:12] and the reverend who brokered it. When

[1:15] they finally arrived at the Croatian

[1:17] border this afternoon, the walk across

[1:19] no man's land was a stroll to freedom,

[1:21] not a time to express any ill will

[1:23] toward their capttors.

[1:24] >> They treated us very humanely, very

[1:26] respectful, and very dignified.

[1:29] >> Did you say anything to them when you

[1:30] left?

[1:31] >> Uh, yes. We thanked them. We shook hands

[1:33] with uh the senior officers.

[1:37] >> Thank God Almighty.

[1:39] >> Whatever the release meant in the

[1:41] general scheme of things could be

[1:43] debated elsewhere. here. There was just

[1:45] the sweet fact of liberation to enjoy.

[1:48] >> The significance of the day was left to

[1:50] the man who had brought them out.

[1:52] >> I hope that uh that the NATO uh alliance

[1:56] will see this uh for what it's worth and

[1:58] not be cynical about the possibilities

[2:00] because the alternative to diplomacy

[2:02] will be a war with no end in sight.

[2:05] >> The examination and evaluation of the

[2:07] condition of the free soldiers began on

[2:09] their flight from Zagreb to Germany.

[2:12] They arrived here in crisp new uniforms

[2:14] and carrying flags saluted smartly

[2:17] before being taken to the nearby US

[2:19] military hospital. They still showed

[2:22] some signs of their violent capture. And

[2:24] the doctor who examined them said the

[2:26] month of captivity had produced other

[2:29] minor injuries as well.

[2:30] >> So there were injuries in addition to

[2:32] the ones we've saw them with first on

[2:33] the first time they appeared on Ser TV.

[2:36] >> Yes.

[2:37] >> Additional injuries.

[2:38] >> Yes. But

[2:42] the injuries that we've seen uh are

[2:44] result of their captivity uh from

[2:47] handcuffs and that kind of thing.

[2:49] >> However much this release is about the

[2:51] newfound freedom of three young

[2:52] soldiers, it's about more than that,

[2:54] too. It's about whether these three are

[2:56] a walking PR gesture by Slovenovich or

[2:59] whether they're a walking peacefielder.

[3:01] But those questions could wait for now.

[3:04] For now, Steven Gonzalez, Andrew

[3:06] Ramirez, and Christopher Stone are among

[3:09] friends and free. Mark Phillips, CBS

[3:13] News, Lanchul, Germany. Freedom for the

[3:16] three soldiers came early this morning

[3:18] in Belgrade. It was shortly before 2:00

[3:20] a.m. Eastern time when they were

[3:21] formerly turned over to Reverend

[3:23] Jackson's delegation in the Yugoslav

[3:25] capital. John Roberts reports on the

[3:27] handover.

[3:29] Hands clasped behind their backs because

[3:31] they were still prisoners, the three men

[3:33] seemed bewildered at their good fortune.

[3:37] Stone, Ramirez, and Gonzalez stared as

[3:40] their handover papers were signed. Then

[3:42] the moment of joy.

[3:44] >> Take your hands out behind your backs

[3:46] because you're free and you can embrace.

[3:49] >> In isolation for a month, they'd had no

[3:52] contact with the outside world. Now the

[3:55] world was all around them. And the first

[3:57] thing they did was phone home.

[3:59] >> I'm not sure. But we're free.

[4:01] >> In a mission that was part rescue, part

[4:04] diplomacy, Jesse Jackson saw the event

[4:06] as a symbol of what can be achieved

[4:08] through negotiation. And as he led them

[4:10] out of Bgrade, he took with him a letter

[4:13] from Slob and Mallovich to President

[4:14] Clinton, asking for a meeting on the

[4:17] issues that divide them. Jackson's

[4:19] delegation was hoping that the release

[4:21] of the prisoners would mark a turning

[4:22] point in the war and help to bring an

[4:24] end to the violence. But shortly before

[4:26] 10 tonight, Belgrade time, NATO bombs

[4:29] plunged much of Serbia into darkness by

[4:31] hitting the main power station at

[4:33] Orenovat, which supplies between a third

[4:35] and a half of Serbia. If it was the

[4:37] station, the power here could be off for

[4:39] weeks. But even as the soldiers were

[4:41] going home, both sides in the conflict

[4:43] were defending themselves against

[4:45] accusations of criminal acts of war. For

[4:49] NATO, it was yet another tragic case of

[4:51] bad timing. While attacking a bridge, an

[4:54] Allied war plane managed to bomb a bus

[4:56] instead of its intended target. The

[4:58] Serbs say upwards of 47 people died.

[5:00] NATO admits one of its pilots hit the

[5:02] bus, but says it wasn't on the bridge

[5:04] when the bomb was dropped. At the same

[5:07] time they were condemning the bombing,

[5:09] Yuguslav officials were denying charges

[5:11] that their troops are committing war

[5:12] crimes in Kosovo by raping Albanian

[5:15] women. and notions of Serbs raping

[5:19] Albanians

[5:21] does not exist anywhere but in

[5:24] imagination. But there is no need for

[5:26] imagination in counting the human toll

[5:29] of this conflict. Whether in a refugee

[5:31] camp or on a Kosovo roadside on a day

[5:34] when diplomacy bloomed, rarely has a

[5:36] solution seemed more needed and so

[5:39] elusive. John Roberts, CBS News,

[5:42] Belgrade. White House aids were talking

[5:45] tough today, but a diplomatic mission is

[5:47] underway. Scott P is standing by live at

[5:50] the White House with more. Scott, good

[5:52] evening, Anthony. Senior White House

[5:54] officials are calling the release of the

[5:56] PWS a publicity stunt. Mr. Clinton in a

[5:59] written statement today said he was

[6:01] grateful to Reverend Jackson, but the

[6:03] president added this quote, "Our

[6:05] thoughts also turned to the 1 million

[6:07] Kosvar refugees who are unable to go

[6:10] home because of the policies of the

[6:12] regime in Bgrade. Today, we reaffirm our

[6:15] resolve to persevere. There will be no

[6:18] letup in the bombing, we are told, here

[6:20] at the White House. But tomorrow,

[6:22] Russia's former prime minister, Victor

[6:24] Chernameir, will be meeting with the

[6:26] president late in the day." Chair Niran

[6:29] met with Mallosvich about nine hours on

[6:31] Friday, but a an official here at the

[6:34] White House says the president will be

[6:35] listening, not negotiating. Anthony

[6:37] Scott Py at the White House. Thanks.

[6:40] Family members of the PS have begun to

[6:42] leave for Germany and joyous reunion.

[6:44] Sandra Hughes tells us how the families

[6:46] reacted when the three soldiers finally

[6:48] reached freedom.

[6:50] >> Here he is.

[6:54] Huh?

[6:58] Hey, Mom. I'm free.

[7:02] >> Bursting with excitement and emotion she

[7:04] couldn't contain, Vivian Ramirez ran

[7:06] from her Los Angeles home in the middle

[7:08] of the night to share her good news. She

[7:11] just heard from her son, Sergeant Andy

[7:13] Ramirez.

[7:14] >> We cried. I mean, well, he didn't cry,

[7:16] but I cried. And we just like talked

[7:18] back and forth. I didn't I just I'm

[7:21] going to Germany. I'm going to go pick

[7:23] you up. I'm going to bring you home.

[7:25] Sergeant Christopher Stone's family was

[7:27] preparing to make the same trip from

[7:28] Cape, Michigan.

[7:30] >> He said he loved us. He missed us and he

[7:31] couldn't wait to see us again. And

[7:33] that's where we want to go right now as

[7:34] a family. So,

[7:36] >> we want to go.

[7:37] >> Okay.

[7:37] >> Thank you. Thank you very much.

[7:39] >> And in Huntsville, Texas, Rosie and

[7:41] Gilbert Gonzalez prayers were answered,

[7:43] too. Their son, Steven Gonzalez, who

[7:46] turned 22 in captivity, asked them to

[7:48] bring chips and hot sauce to Germany.

[7:50] Oh, the first thing I want to do is just

[7:52] look in his eyes and look at those

[7:54] beautiful eyes and look at that

[7:55] beautiful smile and just give him a

[7:57] great big hug. I don't think I don't

[7:59] think words are necessary at that point.

[8:01] I'm just going to hold him, hug him,

[8:03] squeeze him. You know, I I you know,

[8:05] finally, after a month of painful

[8:07] waiting, it won't be long before the

[8:09] mothers get their wish. All three

[8:11] families are on flights tonight to

[8:13] Germany. One happy ending while the war

[8:16] goes on. Sandra Hughes, CBS News, Los

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[9:58] Coline High School students are

[10:00] preparing tonight to return to class.

[10:02] Randle Kingston tells us that for many

[10:04] of the students with vivid memories of

[10:06] the Littleton massacre, it will be a day

[10:08] of wrenching emotions.

[10:11] 12 days after the massacre, under

[10:12] brilliant blue skies, a long line of

[10:15] pilgrims brought more flowers.

[10:19] >> And around the school building, more

[10:21] prayers for the victims of Coline.

[10:24] >> Tomorrow, the survivors of the massacre

[10:26] take another step towards reclaiming

[10:28] their lives when they return to school.

[10:30] But they won't be coming back here to

[10:32] Coline High because there was so much

[10:34] damage from the bullets and the bombs.

[10:36] I'm scared to go back to school, but I'm

[10:39] also really excited.

[10:40] >> Sophomore Hannah Sheiley says her

[10:42] family, her church, and her teammates

[10:44] are helping her to cope.

[10:45] >> Keep coming flat. Keep coming flat.

[10:47] That's it.

[10:47] >> Still, as she prepares to return to

[10:49] class at a new school, she worries. Why

[10:52] are you reluctant to go back?

[10:54] >> I know that things won't happen because

[10:56] there's so much security there, but I'm

[10:58] still kind of I don't feel safe anymore.

[11:01] >> Junior Brian Anderson says talking about

[11:03] the attack helps him. He miraculously

[11:06] survived when a bullet fragment struck

[11:08] him in the chest.

[11:09] >> And when it hit my chain, the chain kind

[11:12] of stopped it. I was able to pull the

[11:14] bullet out of my shirt.

[11:15] >> What are some pictures that remain

[11:17] captured in your mind?

[11:19] >> Every so often I still I see Eric

[11:21] outside shooting a gun and then turn and

[11:23] shoot me.

[11:24] >> Graduating senior Josh Ortwine won't be

[11:26] going to class at Coline again, but

[11:29] eventually he wants to visit the place

[11:31] where his schoolmates died. I think I'd

[11:33] like to go back here next year or this

[11:35] summer if they open the school back up.

[11:37] I think it'd help me to bring closure.

[11:40] >> At the latest memorial service at a

[11:42] natural amphitheater, there was more

[11:44] talk of closure, some return to normaly,

[11:46] though nothing will ever be the same

[11:48] here again. Randall Kingston, CBS News,

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[13:28] The parents of Eric Harris are refusing

[13:30] to talk to Colorado prosecutors unless

[13:32] they are granted immunity from

[13:34] prosecution. Though friends insist the

[13:36] Harrises were good parents, there are

[13:38] others who say the events in Littleton

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[13:43] parental liability. Eric Harris and

[13:45] Dylan Clebold fired the shots, but are

[13:48] their parents in some way responsible

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[13:52] killers cannot be charged, but in the

[13:54] rush to place the blame after the Coline

[13:57] High School massacre, the parents who

[13:59] raised them could be on trial.

[14:01] >> The parents uh are are thought by

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[14:06] been expected to know, then the

[14:08] possibility of them being charged in

[14:11] some way is certainly very real.

[14:13] >> And they could be in a lot of trouble.

[14:15] That's because Colorado's parental

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[14:28] parents of several teenagers for $90,000

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[14:34] >> In this case, uh the bank is taking the

[14:38] concept of parental responsibility too

[14:40] far.

[14:40] >> Attorney Charlie Stone represents one of

[14:42] the families being sued by the bank. In

[14:45] this situation where the parents had no

[14:47] knowledge, no actual knowledge

[14:49] beforehand or after, uh it seems bizarre

[14:54] to hold them responsible. Now, I believe

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[15:06] they're exposed to society and the

[15:09] various evils that are in society. The

[15:12] movement to hold parents more

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[15:15] help. A desperate effort to curb

[15:18] juvenile crime. And as lawmakers push to

[15:21] punish the parents, some challenge

[15:23] whether the courts are justified.

[15:25] >> I feel like I as her mother did

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[15:31] school.

[15:32] >> Helen Newton paid a hefty price for

[15:34] failing to control her child. In March,

[15:37] she was sentenced to 15 days in jail

[15:40] because her teenage daughter was a

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[15:43] >> The only thing putting me in jail for 15

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[15:49] don't think she's gotten any extra help.

[15:53] >> Some believe these tougher laws may

[15:55] ultimately hurt families. Imposing

[15:57] liability on parents could easily drive

[16:00] a wedge between parents and children

[16:02] where we most care about maintaining and

[16:05] shoring up that relationship.

[16:07] >> Guilty. And what is the verdict

[16:09] regarding Susan Provenino?

[16:11] >> Guilty.

[16:11] >> And when the court's attempt to hold

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[16:30] conviction was overturned on appeal.

[16:32] >> It's not clear that the law will succeed

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[16:37] But I think it will be a clarion call to

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[19:25] behind the throne in Yugoslavia. From

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