CBS Evening News - 1992-07-30
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[0:02] The economy slows down again. What that
[0:04] means for Americans. A new use for a
[0:07] silicone gel. It can make scars
[0:09] disappear. And eye on America. Tonight,
[0:13] an execution. The final hours in a
[0:15] battle over life and death.
[0:19] >> Why should he be allowed to live when
[0:21] all these people suffered and were
[0:22] tortured? Andrew,
[0:26] >> this is the CBS Evening News.
[0:34] Good evening. I'm Connie Chung sitting
[0:36] in tonight for Dan Rather. More bad news
[0:39] for the economy and in turn for
[0:40] President Bush. The government reported
[0:42] today on economic growth in the second
[0:44] quarter of this year and the figures do
[0:47] not bode well for the future.
[0:51] From factory floors to consumers at the
[0:53] checkout counter, the economy slowed to
[0:56] a crawl this spring. According to
[0:57] government figures out today, the gross
[1:00] domestic product, America's total output
[1:02] of goods and services, grew an anemic
[1:04] 1.4% from April through June. That's
[1:08] less than half the 2.9% growth for the
[1:11] first three months of the year. Today's
[1:13] GDP growth indicates that the economy is
[1:16] very sluggish and is likely to remain
[1:19] that way.
[1:19] >> Two reasons for the slowdown. American
[1:22] consumers who account for twothirds of
[1:23] the nation's economy are still holding
[1:26] back on spending. And with economies in
[1:28] other countries slowing down as well,
[1:30] the United States is selling fewer goods
[1:32] abroad. With growth that sluggish, many
[1:35] economists predict the job outlook may
[1:37] not improve before election day. my
[1:40] expectation that the unemployment rate
[1:42] will stay very high and there's a very
[1:45] significant risk that it will rise
[1:46] further over coming months and quarters.
[1:50] >> Don't tell that to President Bush. He
[1:52] was out campaigning for programs he says
[1:54] would create jobs. And he acknowledged
[1:56] the state of the economy, but not in the
[1:58] way some would want. Susan Spencer is
[2:00] traveling with the president.
[2:03] Mr. Bush blamed today's dismal economic
[2:05] news in part on Congress's failure to
[2:07] pass his economic program and called for
[2:10] approval of such job creating projects
[2:12] as the 8 billion dollar super collider
[2:14] near Dallas that he toured today. It's
[2:17] been criticized as an election-year
[2:18] boondoggle. But the president blasted
[2:20] those who would kill it, that includes
[2:22] Republicans, saying that wouldn't save a
[2:24] dime.
[2:26] >> Savings from killing the super collider
[2:28] will not be used to reduce the deficit
[2:31] as some said. Some members of Congress
[2:34] want to use this money to support
[2:36] organized interests whose backing they
[2:37] need in an election year. They will
[2:39] squander the taxpayers money today
[2:42] rather than invest in our economy with
[2:45] tomorrow in sight. And make no mistake,
[2:48] this is a battle being waged right now
[2:51] in the Congress between the patrons of
[2:54] the past and the architects of the
[2:57] future. Later, the president carried his
[3:00] economic message to strapped California,
[3:02] where there is no super collider to
[3:04] create instant jobs. Congressional
[3:06] Democrats continue to be unimpressed.
[3:09] >> The president needs a new slogan. Why
[3:10] not? Honey, I shrunk the economy.
[3:13] >> In fact, the campaign blames the economy
[3:15] for most of Mr. Bush's problems, and
[3:17] they seem unending. More conservatives
[3:20] today called on him to call it quits. I
[3:23] think instead of all the talk of dumping
[3:25] Dan Quayle, we ought to be talking about
[3:27] Dan Quayle dumping George Bush.
[3:29] >> But the talk continues. A former
[3:30] Republican state chairman today took out
[3:32] a newspaper ad asking Quaille to bow out
[3:35] so a quote draft dodger like Bill
[3:37] Clinton won't win. Vacationing in
[3:40] Montana, Quail again said, "Case closed.
[3:43] >> You're still on the ticket. Still feel
[3:44] you?"
[3:45] >> Absolutely. I I certainly hope I am. The
[3:48] White House quickly corrected that to
[3:50] just absolutely period and dismisses all
[3:52] the carping as predictable in this
[3:54] economy. What worries supporters is the
[3:57] sinking feeling that as long as the
[3:58] economy is going nowhere, so is George
[4:01] Bush's campaign. Susan Spencer, CBS
[4:04] News, Anaheim.
[4:06] >> Bill Clinton did not let today's
[4:07] economic news go by without a comment.
[4:10] He was in Little Rock when he took his
[4:11] best shot at the incumbent.
[4:14] >> Just the other day,
[4:16] Mr. Bush told the American people that
[4:19] he is the man we can trust to answer the
[4:22] phone in a time of crisis.
[4:24] Well, today's economic statistics
[4:26] confirm what the American people have
[4:28] been trying to tell the president for
[4:30] some time now. We are in a crisis, an
[4:34] economic crisis, and it's far more
[4:36] painful than this administration has
[4:39] ever understood. The phone is ringing
[4:42] and it's been ringing for a long time.
[4:45] Clinton says the president's growth plan
[4:47] now before Congress was quote cooked up
[4:49] for the election. The Federal Reserve
[4:51] has been cutting interest rates to try
[4:53] and stimulate the economy. So far, it
[4:55] hasn't worked. In the meantime, banks
[4:58] are giving depositors the smallest
[5:00] return on their money since the days of
[5:01] FDR and the New Deal. A lot of investors
[5:04] are now looking for a better deal. As
[5:06] Ray Brady reports in the Money Crunch,
[5:08] making it in America,
[5:11] >> a measly 3% on your money at the bank.
[5:14] If it makes you feel sick, you're not
[5:16] alone. Talk to people on any street in
[5:19] America. What do you think of the
[5:21] interest rates you're getting at the
[5:22] bank now?
[5:22] >> Horrible. Horrible. They couldn't sink
[5:24] any law. If they did, we'd have to close
[5:26] everything up.
[5:27] >> She's right. 3 years ago, a one-year
[5:30] certificate of deposit at the bank
[5:31] yielded more than 8%. A year ago, more
[5:35] than 6%. Now, it's a heartbreaking
[5:38] 3.37%.
[5:41] >> But you can find an investment yielding
[5:43] more. Just watch out for risk and make
[5:45] sure that it's an investment that's good
[5:47] for you and not just for the bank or
[5:49] broker.
[5:51] >> If you're a young parent worried about
[5:53] college down the road, you can find
[5:56] special investments.
[5:57] >> In Illinois, where I'm from, there are
[5:59] special college bonds we've invested in.
[6:01] >> I'm beginning to look more at stocks
[6:03] because they can't do too much with um
[6:05] CDs anymore.
[6:07] >> Figures show that more and more
[6:08] disillusioned savers are pouring money
[6:10] into Wall Street, buying stocks. But
[6:13] remember, for every winner on Wall
[6:15] Street, there's a loser.
[6:18] >> I just had my first experience with
[6:19] investing, and in one month, I lost
[6:21] $400.
[6:23] >> Utility stocks, though, are generally
[6:25] safer for income. That's why retirees
[6:28] like them. Dividend yields can run to
[6:31] more than 6 or 7% and sometimes even
[6:34] more.
[6:35] >> The tax exempt are doing better for me
[6:37] than anything else I have. Tax exempt
[6:40] bonds are free of federal taxes, often
[6:42] yielding an average 5 12 to 6%. And with
[6:46] the right ones, you don't pay a penny of
[6:48] state or local taxes either. And don't
[6:51] overlook government treasury bonds. The
[6:53] 30-year bond is paying 7 12% and the
[6:56] 7-year note 6.1% with no state or local
[7:00] tax. Not a bad way to go if you think CD
[7:03] rates won't get better.
[7:05] >> If things get better, I'll be shocked to
[7:07] death. I may they may kill me.
[7:09] >> For now though, all indications are the
[7:12] economy moves at a slow pace and
[7:14] interest rates stay down. So look at
[7:16] your investment options, but choose
[7:19] carefully. Ray Brady, CBS News, the
[7:23] money crunch.
[7:25] >> Still ahead on the CBS Evening News, a
[7:27] new non-surgical treatment for unsightly
[7:30] scars
[7:31] and dodging mortars in search of medals.
[7:34] An Olympian runs for her life.
[7:43] I found a safer aspirin. Echotrin for
[7:46] minor arthritis pain. Echatrin's orange
[7:48] coating makes it safer to your stomach
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[7:52] >> So I'm not concerned taking even the
[7:53] maximum dose.
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[8:45] The National Commission on AIDS said
[8:47] today it opposes mandatory AIDS testing
[8:50] for medical workers. It is also against
[8:52] making medical workers who have the AIDS
[8:54] virus say so. The commission says the
[8:56] health risk to patients is practically
[8:58] zero. In many cases, having surgery
[9:02] means having the scars to show for it.
[9:04] Well, there's something new now for
[9:05] removing scars. CBS News health
[9:08] correspondent Edie Magnets has our
[9:09] report.
[9:11] >> It's just wonderful. It shows off your
[9:13] fabulous cleavage.
[9:15] >> Jenny Abad thought she'd never shop for
[9:17] a low cut dress again. A heart bypass
[9:19] operation two years ago left her with a
[9:21] 7-in scar that wouldn't go away. All
[9:25] that has changed.
[9:26] >> I love it. I could walk in and buy
[9:28] whatever I like now.
[9:30] >> Her scar has virtually disappeared with
[9:33] a treatment called silicone gel
[9:34] sheeting. A new study finds it can
[9:36] remove certain scars known as kloids.
[9:39] Those which remain thick and raised long
[9:41] after a wound has healed.
[9:43] >> Existing or old kloids seem to flatten
[9:47] down completely in a lot of cases. It's
[9:50] very simple to use. It's not very
[9:52] expensive and it's very comfortable to
[9:55] wear.
[9:55] >> The treatment involves placing a sheet
[9:57] of silicone gel over a scar for about 12
[10:00] hours a day for up to 3 months.
[10:02] >> Dermatologists are finding this therapy
[10:04] succeeds where conventional methods such
[10:06] as plastic surgery, radiation or steroid
[10:09] injections fail.
[10:10] >> A lot of these treatments get recurrence
[10:13] of the kloids. The scars come back. The
[10:16] silicone sheets are manufactured by Dowo
[10:18] Corning, makers of the controversial
[10:20] silicone gel breast implant. The FDA
[10:22] says safety concerns about silicone
[10:24] don't apply to this treatment since it's
[10:26] used only on the surface of the skin.
[10:29] Researchers also found silicone gel
[10:31] sheets can prevent a scar from forming
[10:34] if applied to a wound immediately after
[10:36] surgery.
[10:37] >> I recommend it for just about everybody
[10:39] who's having a surgical procedure done.
[10:41] It's changed the way in which you do
[10:43] surgery.
[10:43] >> That's great. That looks perfect.
[10:46] >> Fashion model K. Skull Thorp says her
[10:48] career was nearly destroyed when a car
[10:50] accident left her with multiple injuries
[10:52] and scars.
[10:53] >> It was pretty horrendous to look at. I
[10:55] mean, it was horrible looking at myself.
[10:57] >> 3 months into silicone gel treatment,
[10:59] the scars above her cheek are nearly
[11:01] gone. Now she's using the gel to remove
[11:03] scars on her shoulder and hand.
[11:06] >> It is gradually fading, and I'm very
[11:09] pleased.
[11:11] >> Silicone gel sheets are available by
[11:13] prescription. and they cost about $40 a
[11:15] month. There are some side effects. An
[11:17] occasional rash can develop and
[11:19] sometimes a scar can reopen if the
[11:21] sheeting is placed too tightly. Connie.
[11:24] All right. Thank you, Edie. Good. Stay
[11:26] with us now for more of the CBS Evening
[11:28] News, including Hollywood out for blood.
[11:32] >> Hey, were you some kind of a freak?
[11:42] Every night during trout season, Ed
[11:44] Russell ties some of the best flies ever
[11:46] seen on Pinerest Lake. But sometimes his
[11:49] arthritis pain can make it tough to
[11:51] sleep. And that's when his wife Anne
[11:53] gives him Tylenol PM. Unlike ordinary
[11:56] pain relievers, it has extra strength
[11:58] Tylenol pain reliever, plus a gentle
[12:00] ingredient to help him sleep, which is
[12:02] good news for Ed, but not for the trout
[12:05] population of Pinerest Lake. Tylenol PM,
[12:09] it puts arthritis pain to rest.
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[12:34] >> Kellogg's cornflakes.
[12:37] >> Cornflakes.
[12:38] >> Taste them again for the first time.
[13:07] Hey
[13:09] baby.
[13:12] Why are these kids being arrested?
[13:14] >> Because the babies are dying and I want
[13:16] to save the baby.
[13:17] >> Children, the latest weapon in the fight
[13:19] against abortion. Ed Bradley. Street
[13:21] stories tonight. Stories tonight.
[13:25] >> A TWWA jet liner bound for San Francisco
[13:27] ran off the runway at New York's Kennedy
[13:29] Airport this evening and caught fire.
[13:32] TWWA says all 274 passengers and the
[13:35] crew of 12 were evacuated from the
[13:37] plane. a Lockheed L1011. At least 15
[13:41] injuries are reported on that TWWA plane
[13:43] at Kennedy Airport in New York. Chiefs
[13:46] of the US military branches conceded
[13:48] today that too many of their officers
[13:51] are not gentlemen. They also say one
[13:53] reason for that may be that too few
[13:55] officers are women and virtually no
[13:57] women are allowed in combat. David
[14:00] Martin reports.
[14:02] If you want to know how men in uniform
[14:04] really feel about women in combat,
[14:06] listen to how they talked among
[14:07] themselves at the now infamous Tail Hook
[14:09] Convention of Navy Flyers.
[14:11] >> I think the majority of people here
[14:13] don't want women in tack air.
[14:17] >> The pilots complained that women who
[14:19] serve on ships with men get pregnant.
[14:21] >> It's killing our readiness all across
[14:23] the board.
[14:27] Today, a congressional committee asked
[14:29] the joint chiefs of staff whether the
[14:31] tail hook scandal was the product of a
[14:33] culture which relegates women to
[14:34] secondass citizens by excluding them
[14:36] from combat. I agree upfront that the
[14:39] combat exclusion is discriminatory, then
[14:41] it works to the disadvantage of women.
[14:44] >> It prevents women from rising to senior
[14:46] positions, a fact painfully obvious at
[14:48] today's hearing.
[14:50] >> If there aren't even any women in the
[14:51] second row, I mean, where do women go?
[14:55] What do they do and how do we deal with
[14:58] those attitudes? There just doesn't seem
[15:00] to be the respect even among
[15:04] the top leaders that women are
[15:06] contributing anything.
[15:07] >> Nevertheless, the chiefs remain opposed
[15:09] to women in combat.
[15:11] >> Combat is about killing people.
[15:15] And I'm afraid that even though logic
[15:18] tells us that women can do that as well
[15:20] as men, I have a very traditional
[15:23] attitude about
[15:25] wives and mothers and daughters being
[15:27] ordered to kill people. A Pentagon
[15:29] commission is now studying whether to
[15:30] remove the restrictions on women in
[15:32] combat, but the issue is so sensitive
[15:35] the commission will not deliver its
[15:36] recommendations until after the November
[15:38] election. David Martin, CBS News. the
[15:41] Pentagon.
[15:43] >> Heavy fighting flared up overnight in
[15:44] the Bosnian capital of Sievo. Explosions
[15:47] lit up the sky as the city came under
[15:49] its worst shelling in weeks. At least 13
[15:52] people were killed. Far from the civil
[15:54] war, Bosnia's top runner is getting a
[15:57] chance to realize a dream. Mark Phillips
[15:59] has her story.
[16:03] >> No one ran a rougher, more perilous road
[16:05] to Barcelona than the long-distance
[16:07] runner from Sievo, Mercada Burich. Her
[16:10] local training ground shelled into
[16:12] ruins. Birds trained in the streets,
[16:14] dodging bullets with everyone else.
[16:17] All of Sievo has been running for its
[16:19] life. Morsa became a symbol of her
[16:21] people's stubborn spirit. Still,
[16:24] stubbornness alone would not get her
[16:25] through the Serbian blockade and to her
[16:27] dream of an Olympic run. Getting her
[16:30] here out from under the guns and into
[16:32] the peaceful Olympic sun took a risky UN
[16:34] flight.
[16:36] until the plane took off. She says, "I
[16:38] thought the shooting would start again
[16:40] and we wouldn't be able to leave here."
[16:43] She stepped into a world of unaccustomed
[16:45] notoriety where even the mayor knew of
[16:47] her heroics.
[16:48] >> Do you speak English?
[16:50] >> I saw you in TV. I was very emotional.
[16:53] >> The declared point of the Olympics is
[16:55] peaceful competition. But for someone
[16:57] like Mrs. Burich, who's been through
[16:59] what she's been through, peace is a
[17:01] difficult concept to grasp. Her family
[17:04] is still distraught over the
[17:05] disappearance of her brother two months
[17:07] ago and the ominous mass graves found
[17:09] nearby. Difficult thoughts to leave
[17:11] behind.
[17:13] >> Yes, I've been thinking about it all the
[17:15] time about my family, about my brother
[17:18] and all. This is a kind of a physical
[17:20] strain which I'm going through.
[17:23] >> Other athletes may hope for victory.
[17:25] Mrs. already has hers.
[17:27] >> Is it not really a victory already for
[17:30] you that you're here?
[17:34] Yes,
[17:35] >> my victory.
[17:36] >> There's been much talk about dreams
[17:38] here. None more deeply felt than the one
[17:41] now being lived by the runner who ran
[17:43] through hell to get here. Mark Phillips,
[17:45] CBS News, Barcelona.
[17:49] >> Coming up next, Eye on America. Tonight,
[17:52] the final minutes for a man fighting off
[17:54] death for two decades. And
[17:59] since when did vengeance become a
[18:01] virtue?
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[19:46] >> Convicted murderer William Andrews was
[19:48] executed in Utah this morning. He had
[19:51] been on death row longer than any other
[19:52] inmate in the country. 18 years. Those
[19:55] were 18 years of appeals, arguments, and
[19:58] protests as both sides in this case
[20:00] battled for justice. In tonight's Eye on
[20:03] America, Bob Mcamera shows you the final
[20:05] hours of that battle.
[20:08] What do we want
[20:10] >> in Utah this week? A war
[20:13] >> over crime and punishment.
[20:15] >> I'm not a murderer.
[20:16] >> Life and death.
[20:17] >> I think he should die.
[20:19] >> And time.
[20:20] >> Time's running out.
[20:23] >> 36 hours before the execution. This
[20:26] fight is measured in minutes and legal
[20:28] motions.
[20:29] >> I think about the victims. I think about
[20:32] the families of the victims. State
[20:34] Attorney Robert Wallace prepares another
[20:36] argument for the state supreme court.
[20:38] Another list of reasons why William
[20:40] Andrews should die.
[20:42] >> This process can't be dragged out
[20:44] farther. Uh I would be very disappointed
[20:46] if the process itself drags out.
[20:49] >> 10 copies for the Supreme Court.
[20:51] >> Let's get it up there as fast as we can.
[20:53] >> We were prepared for this because we
[20:55] assumed they would do this because they
[20:57] did it early on in the case. Attorneys
[20:59] Bob Anderson and Tim Ford are on the
[21:01] other side.
[21:02] >> Thanks. They are filing motions,
[21:04] fighting for Andrew's life,
[21:07] and this day they are losing.
[21:09] >> I'm real worried it's, you know, we're
[21:11] running out of possibilities
[21:13] and it is going to be carried out
[21:15] tomorrow if we can't stop it. I have a
[21:19] great deal of remorse for what I've
[21:21] done,
[21:22] but
[21:24] I'm still simply not a murderer.
[21:28] Andrews did participate in a 1974
[21:30] robbery that became a blood bath. He was
[21:33] there when five people were forced to
[21:35] drink drain cleaner, but he left before
[21:38] his partner shot and killed three of the
[21:40] victims. Still, both men got the death
[21:42] penalty from an all-white jury in a
[21:45] trial with heavy racial overtones.
[21:50] >> With the execution just over 24 hours
[21:52] away, protesters gather again at the
[21:55] Utah Governor's Mansion. pleading for a
[21:58] reprieve.
[21:58] >> We're here trying to get a fair hearing
[22:01] and equal justice for this man.
[22:03] >> There is no response.
[22:06] >> At the prison, Andrews prepares to die.
[22:09] >> It was a horrible crime and I hope that
[22:11] someday,
[22:14] the survivors
[22:17] of those victims will find it within
[22:20] their hearts.
[22:23] If not to forgive me, at least
[22:27] let go of the anger.
[22:29] >> This is the number for the Salt Lake
[22:31] NAACP. Who's calling, please? We are
[22:34] looking for a miracle. Part of me goes
[22:37] out as the hours pass. I am sad and I'm
[22:42] crying inside
[22:44] for Utah.
[22:46] >> The penalty is appropriate. The
[22:48] processes should go forward. and I'm
[22:51] attempting to try and have those
[22:52] processes completed.
[22:54] >> At the last minute, a brief delay, but
[22:56] soon the clock begins again.
[22:58] >> Justice is served in 5 minutes.
[23:01] >> Outside the prison, there is no common
[23:03] ground. And this time, there's no
[23:05] stopping the clock.
[23:09] >> Why should he be allowed to live when
[23:11] all these people suffered and were
[23:13] tortured?
[23:14] >> ANDREW,
[23:17] >> he's black.
[23:18] >> Listen. That's why all these people seen
[23:20] him like that. What do we want?
[23:24] >> When do we want it?
[23:28] >> On this date at approximately 1:46 a.m.
[23:31] the sentence was carried out. William
[23:34] Andrews has been executed.
[23:38] >> On a night filled with anger, vengeance,
[23:41] and despair, prison officials say
[23:43] William Andrews died at peace.
[23:47] in Salt Lake City. Bob McNamera for Eye
[23:49] on America.
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[25:28] >> Boy, this couch weighs a ton. Where does
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[25:32] >> Right there, please. Wow. If I lifted
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[25:37] >> You really believe in buffering?
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[26:00] >> They sleep all day, prowl the streets at
[26:03] night, and they have a taste for blood.
[26:06] The vampires are back from the dead and
[26:08] coming to a theater near you. Sydney
[26:10] Canard looks at the reincarnation of one
[26:12] of Hollywood's favorite villains.
[26:19] >> I am Dracula.
[26:22] >> Of all the movie monsters on the big
[26:24] screen, not one has had as many
[26:26] comebacks as the vampire. And now the
[26:28] blood sucker has invaded Hollywood once
[26:31] again.
[26:33] >> Vampires are very hot this year. Uh,
[26:36] every major studio has a vampire film
[26:38] either coming out or in the works.
[26:41] >> This is the night wanderer of the '9s
[26:44] who feeds on the blood of innocent
[26:45] victims. Everything from a female
[26:48] vampire gouging gangsters to the former
[26:51] pee-wee Herman as a neck biter being
[26:53] stalked by a valley girl. No longer just
[26:56] the stuff of bee movies, even Francis
[26:59] Ford Copela's Dracula will be sweeping
[27:01] into the theaters with a $40 million
[27:04] blooddrenched epic. So why is Hollywood
[27:07] now out for drive?
[27:08] >> I think it's a combination of sex and
[27:10] horror and the fear of death. And uh I
[27:13] think particularly with the AIDS
[27:15] epidemic, which is really has to do with
[27:17] contaminated blood, uh it makes it very
[27:20] contemporary. Oh god, what's your HIV
[27:24] negative?
[27:25] >> With the fear of AIDS repressing many
[27:27] people sexually, the erotic screen
[27:29] vampire may provide an outlet.
[27:31] >> The vampire
[27:33] does everything we're not allowed to
[27:35] during the age of AIDS. The vampire
[27:37] practices a kind of alternative
[27:40] sexuality. Um, is very promiscuous,
[27:42] often bisexual.
[27:44] >> Even here in Hollywood, our economic
[27:46] problems figure into this vampire craze.
[27:50] Back in the Great Depression of the
[27:51] 1930s, Bella Los Gozi charmed the
[27:54] audiences. And in this recession, the
[27:56] vampire is providing a healthy dose of
[27:58] escapism.
[27:59] >> It's like a roller coaster. You go on a
[28:01] roller coaster to experience fear and
[28:04] get the rush of, "Oh my god, we're going
[28:07] to die, but you know you're not. You're
[28:09] on a roller coaster."
[28:10] >> But it could be the vampire's appeal is
[28:13] just simple.
[28:14] >> They're usually wealthy. They're usually
[28:16] sexy. And I usually um get the most
[28:19] girls.
[28:20] >> With a nourishing night life, eternal
[28:22] youth, and lucky in love, in this
[28:25] stressful world, the vampire may be
[28:27] everything we all want to be. Sydney
[28:30] Canard, CBS News, Hollywood.
[28:34] And that's our news. Don't forget street
[28:36] stories tonight at 98 central time. I'm
[28:38] Connie Chung. I'll see you again
[28:39] tomorrow. Good night.
[28:47] Experience CBS News.
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