CBS Evening News - 1992-03-02

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[0:03] Campaign '92, more and more voters say

[0:06] they don't like the choices.

[0:08] Guns and the growing threat to America's

[0:11] children in the streets and in the

[0:13] schools.

[0:14] Also, a high-tech health or horror, a

[0:17] hospital computer sets odds on your

[0:20] chances [music] of dying.

[0:22] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:25] >> [music]

[0:30] >> Good evening. Dan Rather reporting. The

[0:32] candidates for president of the United

[0:33] States are now facing their biggest test

[0:36] of the campaign so far. Primaries and

[0:38] caucuses are coming up tomorrow in seven

[0:40] states, including the first southern

[0:43] battle between President Bush and his

[0:45] challenger Pat Buchanan in Georgia. On

[0:48] the eve of the voting, a new poll finds

[0:50] growing dissatisfaction with all the

[0:52] candidates. More and more voters,

[0:55] Democrats and Republicans, say they want

[0:58] another choice.

[0:59] Our coverage begins with Richard

[1:00] Threlkeld in Georgia.

[1:03] >> They were all on the road today. Tsongas

[1:06] in Maryland. Brown among the homeless in

[1:08] Baltimore.

[1:10] Harkin in South Carolina.

[1:12] Clinton in Georgia.

[1:14] Kerry in Seattle. But the voters have

[1:16] turned cranky and the Democrats' new

[1:18] front-runner is none of the above. In

[1:21] today's CBS News/New York Times poll,

[1:23] more than half the Democratic voters we

[1:26] asked said they'd prefer someone else to

[1:28] the choices they've got.

[1:29] >> I don't believe there's anyone in whom

[1:31] we have any confidence.

[1:33] >> They just have no focus with country.

[1:34] They have no idea where they're going to

[1:36] take it.

[1:36] >> I wouldn't vote for any of them. I'm

[1:38] going to write somebody in.

[1:39] >> More voters say they'd prefer an unnamed

[1:41] Democrat to George Bush, but when the

[1:43] question becomes specific, Bush is 10

[1:46] points ahead of Bill Clinton.

[1:48] And Paul Tsongas.

[1:50] For which the candidates have only

[1:51] themselves to blame. They've been

[1:53] bashing each other instead of bashing

[1:55] George Bush.

[1:56] >> No one can argue with you, Paul. You're

[1:58] always perfect.

[2:03] >> I'm not perfect, but I'm honest.

[2:05] >> All they're doing is knocking the other

[2:06] guy, not saying what they're going to

[2:08] do.

[2:08] >> What's more, they're still having

[2:09] trouble connecting with voters. Less

[2:12] than a third of those polled believe any

[2:14] of the candidates understands what

[2:16] everyday life is like for them.

[2:20] And it's African-Americans who make up a

[2:23] third of the voters in the upcoming

[2:24] Democratic primaries who've been most

[2:27] alienated while the candidates have

[2:28] courted the middle class.

[2:30] >> We should be focusing on everybody

[2:32] because of that situation that's limited

[2:33] to to one group of people.

[2:35] >> They're They're just not looking at us

[2:36] and they're not taking us seriously.

[2:38] >> For the first time in more than a

[2:39] decade, Jesse Jackson is not running.

[2:42] He's trying to get out the black vote,

[2:44] but it's not easy in a year when black

[2:46] voters feel so left out.

[2:48] >> The preoccupation with middle class

[2:51] somehow suggests those who are now the

[2:53] working poor, who used to be the middle

[2:55] class, are not welcome.

[2:57] >> Bill Clinton is likely to win his first

[2:59] primary tomorrow here in Georgia, but

[3:01] the Tsongas campaign hopes to counter

[3:03] with victories in Maryland, Colorado,

[3:05] and Washington state. But neither of

[3:07] them seems that much closer to becoming

[3:09] something more than none of the above.

[3:11] Richard Rothchild, CBS News, Atlanta.

[3:16] Pat Buchanan, needing a Dixie version of

[3:18] New Hampshire, told Georgians today the

[3:20] White House is melting down in the face

[3:23] of his right-wing attack.

[3:24] >> The place is like a house of cards up

[3:26] there. They [clears throat] are

[3:27] frightened. They are nervous.

[3:28] >> The challenger, who has concentrated

[3:30] almost entirely on Georgia in recent

[3:32] days, hopes for a big anti-Bush

[3:34] crossover vote from working-class

[3:36] Democrats tomorrow. The potential is

[3:39] there. Today's poll shows the

[3:41] president's approval rating nationally

[3:43] has dropped to a new low of 40%.

[3:46] The new polling data strongly suggests

[3:48] Buchanan has not turned the corner

[3:50] toward being more than a protest

[3:52] candidate. 75% of Republicans nationwide

[3:56] still want to see the president

[3:57] reelected. Yet, as with the Democrats,

[4:00] there's uneasiness. More than a third of

[4:02] the Republicans want someone else to

[4:04] enter the race. Unfavorable attitudes

[4:07] toward Buchanan among Republicans have

[4:08] risen 11 points in just 10 days, a sign

[4:11] the White House attacks on him are

[4:13] scoring.

[4:14] Buchanan is much less popular with women

[4:16] than men voters, and the Bush ad team is

[4:19] trying to widen that gender gap by

[4:21] reaching into the challenger's past

[4:23] writings.

[4:24] >> And he even said women are less equipped

[4:26] psychologically to succeed in the

[4:28] workplace.

[4:29] >> The ad battle has been savage on both

[4:31] sides. After accusing the president of

[4:33] promoting smutty art, the challenger now

[4:35] stresses allegations he backed racial

[4:37] job quotas.

[4:38] >> What are you doing?

[4:39] >> To burnish his ties to the hard right,

[4:40] Buchanan today spoke out against taxes

[4:43] on yachts. And all the while, he

[4:45] questioned the president's courage.

[4:47] >> He will not fight.

[4:50] He's engaged in the politics of

[4:51] compromise and consensus.

[4:54] >> [snorts]

[4:54] >> Both sides have pulled out all the stops

[4:56] here, turning Georgia into a political

[4:58] mud wrestling contest that will

[5:00] determine whether Pat Buchanan has

[5:02] political legs or is just a one-time

[5:05] wonder.

[5:06] Eric Engberg, CBS News, Atlanta.

[5:09] >> United States Senator Brock Adams of

[5:11] Washington State has abandoned his

[5:12] reelection bid following accusations,

[5:15] mostly from unnamed, unidentified

[5:18] sources, that he may have sexually

[5:19] harassed female employees. Now, Senator

[5:22] Adams is under increasing pressure to

[5:24] resign his Senate seat, not just fail to

[5:26] run for reelection, but resign now. As

[5:29] correspondent John Blackstone reports,

[5:31] Adams so far is refusing to do that.

[5:34] >> Question now is whether Brock Adams can

[5:36] even last until his Senate term ends in

[5:38] January. The allegations published

[5:40] yesterday that he sexually harassed and

[5:42] abused eight women brought an immediate

[5:44] end to his campaign for reelection. But

[5:47] he insisted he would not be forced to

[5:49] resign his Senate seat.

[5:50] >> It is not an admission of anything and I

[5:52] will not be resigning and I will be

[5:54] continuing on my job.

[5:56] >> But the pressure for Adams to go was

[5:58] evident when Washington Governor Booth

[6:00] Gardner met reporters today.

[6:02] >> He feels he can serve out his term

[6:03] effectively.

[6:05] Let him make that judgment.

[6:07] >> The newspaper story was like a bomb

[6:09] blast devastating Adams long political

[6:11] career. It described situations over 20

[6:14] years in his political life in which

[6:15] women said he had fondled and kissed

[6:17] them inappropriately. The story echoed

[6:19] charges 3 years ago by congressional

[6:21] aide Kerry Tupper who said today she has

[6:23] been vindicated.

[6:25] >> I'm very glad that I will be able to

[6:27] look my daughter who will be born in

[6:28] July

[6:30] in the eye

[6:32] and tell her about the value of telling

[6:34] the truth.

[6:36] >> This has never been a case of a fair

[6:38] reporting thing. This has been a

[6:40] vendetta on one side and I don't

[6:42] understand why.

[6:43] >> The editors of the Seattle Times say

[6:45] they were in a dilemma. 3 and 1/2 years

[6:47] of research had convinced them the

[6:49] accusations were true even though none

[6:51] of the women had reported the incidents

[6:53] to police and none was willing to be

[6:55] named in the newspaper account.

[6:56] >> And it's clear that they're very

[6:58] fearful. They're embarrassed by what's

[7:00] happened and uh

[7:02] they don't want to become the story.

[7:03] They don't want to be Anita Hill.

[7:05] >> But if Adams sues the newspaper, seven

[7:07] of the women have signed affidavits

[7:09] pledging they are willing to tell their

[7:10] story in court. John Blackstone, CBS

[7:13] News, San Francisco.

[7:15] >> Mixed signals today about whether the

[7:16] economy is or is not ready to come out

[7:19] of the recession. There are some reports

[7:21] indicating possible strong growth in

[7:23] manufacturing and construction, but

[7:25] another report says consumers are

[7:27] showing little inclination to spend more

[7:29] money. Consumers are afraid. One reason

[7:32] for that may be that consumers are

[7:34] earning less money.

[7:36] Still ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

[7:37] News, protests over guns and violence in

[7:40] America's schools. And a child shot

[7:43] through the heart, survival on streets

[7:46] owned by the gangs.

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[8:56] >> New York City is trying to deal with

[8:57] what is becoming a national problem,

[8:59] crime in the classroom, guns in schools.

[9:02] New York's goal is to put its high

[9:04] schools back in the education business

[9:06] by keeping out guns the mayor says are

[9:09] and I quote now as easy to get as candy.

[9:13] Giselle Fernandez has the story.

[9:20] >> On a day the city of New York began a

[9:22] $28 million school security program,

[9:24] hundreds of parents, students, and

[9:26] teachers filled a Brooklyn street

[9:28] calling for an end to a plague that has

[9:30] killed three students at Thomas

[9:32] Jefferson High this school year.

[9:35] >> A little too late, a few days too late

[9:37] for my son.

[9:39] >> Today's stepped-up security won't help

[9:41] James and Ethel Sinclar. Last week, a

[9:43] classmate shot and killed their son,

[9:45] Tyrone, and his friend in a crowded

[9:47] school hallway. The shooting, a tragic

[9:49] reminder that kids and guns are a

[9:51] reality in city schools. A threat that

[9:54] often worried Tyrone's mother.

[9:55] >> And sometimes they say, "Mom, you just

[9:57] don't know. Say everybody out there

[9:58] carry gun."

[9:59] >> With the mayor's new plan, campuses

[10:01] throughout New York will look more and

[10:03] more like prison yards than school

[10:04] yards.

[10:05] Here in Brooklyn, Jefferson High School

[10:07] has one of the highest incidents of

[10:09] violence and weapons seizures. It will

[10:11] also be one of the first to use the new

[10:13] multi-million-dollar security system,

[10:15] which will include a high-tech X-ray

[10:17] machine for books and bags, as well as

[10:19] an increased police presence.

[10:22] For these students, stepped-up security

[10:23] checks began today.

[10:25] >> Now that he got them every day, you

[10:26] know,

[10:27] I just go in without um ever getting

[10:30] worried about people having knives and

[10:32] stuff in the school.

[10:33] >> But parents still do worry.

[10:35] >> Because when they put the metal

[10:36] detectors in, they can hide the guns a

[10:38] block away.

[10:39] And the problems are going to be there,

[10:40] they can't leave, they're going to still

[10:41] be there.

[10:42] >> No, what are you doing in the school?

[10:45] Me, too.

[10:48] >> In fact, 20% of high school students

[10:50] across the nation carry weapons into the

[10:51] classroom. It's a lesson they learn from

[10:54] the streets. Community leaders know that

[10:56] keeping guns out of school alone won't

[10:58] disarm America's children.

[11:00] Liz Fernandez, CBS News, Brooklyn.

[11:03] >> In one part of Los Angeles, school-age

[11:05] children are in mortal danger the moment

[11:08] they step out their front doors. Ron

[11:10] Allen reports tonight on how gang

[11:12] warfare claims so many young, innocent

[11:15] lives.

[11:17] The ever-escalating cycle of gang

[11:19] violence in Los Angeles claimed two more

[11:21] young victims over the weekend. A 7- and

[11:24] 9-year-old wounded by stray bullets.

[11:27] And that's why this shy, 12-year-old

[11:29] girl named Crystal Anguiano is still

[11:32] afraid to come out. It's a month to the

[11:34] day since she and her 2-year-old brother

[11:36] were caught in a gang crossfire.

[11:39] >> He was going to the ice cream truck.

[11:41] >> Your brother was going to the ice cream

[11:43] truck and you went to get him?

[11:45] >> [snorts]

[11:46] >> As many as 10 shots rang out. One struck

[11:49] Crystal in the heart.

[11:51] Still, she managed to carry her brother

[11:53] to safety.

[11:54] >> I saw her, she's dead, you know, I said,

[11:56] she's dead.

[11:58] I called her, Crystal, you fast.

[11:59] Crystal, answer to me.

[12:02] >> Yeah.

[12:02] >> Dr. Arthur Fleming says he sees bullet

[12:04] wounds like this white mark in the

[12:06] center of Crystal's x-ray every week.

[12:09] >> Just following Crystal's injury, we had

[12:12] a child come in shot to the head.

[12:15] Since that child was in, we've had

[12:17] another that came in that was in essence

[12:20] dead on arrival.

[12:21] >> As many as 200 youngsters a year are

[12:23] treated for gunshot wounds at the trauma

[12:25] center in the city's worst gang

[12:27] neighborhood. Here, one of the most

[12:29] common causes of death for children

[12:31] isn't any disease, it's gunshot wounds.

[12:34] >> This year, 50% of the innocent victims

[12:37] of gang violence are innocent victims or

[12:38] innocent innocent victims.

[12:40] >> This is the first year that we've

[12:42] noticed that trend and it's just an

[12:43] ever-increasing risk that people take

[12:45] being out there.

[12:47] >> Crystal's parents believe her recovery

[12:49] is a miracle.

[12:50] >> Can you tell me how you're feeling?

[12:52] >> Mhm.

[12:53] >> Does anything hurt you?

[12:55] >> No.

[12:56] >> Police have made some arrests in the

[12:58] case, but the fear of more stray bullets

[13:00] is part of life here and like Crystal, a

[13:03] lot of children worry every time they

[13:05] step outside.

[13:07] Ron Allen, CBS News, Los Angeles.

[13:11] >> Stay here with us now for more CBS News

[13:12] including Eye on America. Tonight, the

[13:14] battle on the beach. Million-dollar

[13:17] investors say they've been sandbagged by

[13:20] the government.

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[13:44] >> Well, we're here home.

[13:47] >> Thank you for a lovely dinner.

[13:49] >> Aren't you going to ask me in?

[13:52] For coffee.

[13:53] >> Well,

[13:55] I do have Taster's Choice.

[13:58] >> Then how can I refuse?

[14:00] >> Savor the sophisticated taste of

[14:02] Taster's Choice.

[14:05] >> Well,

[14:06] >> Just one more cup.

[14:08] >> Uh you

[14:09] said that two cups ago.

[14:11] >> You know how much I love your coffee.

[14:15] >> Then

[14:17] by all means,

[14:19] take it with you.

[14:28] >> It's nothing serious. It only wakes me

[14:30] up a couple of times a week.

[14:33] It really doesn't affect me.

[14:34] I avoid foods that are fried or spicy.

[14:37] I can deal with it. I just take

[14:39] antacids.

[14:40] >> If you have frequent heartburn symptoms

[14:42] like acid indigestion or burning in the

[14:43] chest, talk to your doctor. These may be

[14:46] signs of a serious medical problem. Your

[14:48] doctor has treatment plans that can

[14:49] help.

[14:50] >> It's only heartburn.

[14:52] I should learn to live with it.

[14:54] Right?

[14:54] >> Frequent heartburn, isn't it time you

[14:56] talked to your doctor?

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[15:10] >> Thick drama today in the murder and

[15:12] racketeering trial of John Gotti, the

[15:14] reputed New York mob chief. The

[15:16] government's star witness took the stand

[15:19] to testify against his former boss,

[15:21] Sammy the Bull" Gravano, in a late

[15:23] development, is reported to have

[15:25] fingered Gotti as the head of what's

[15:28] known as the Gambino crime family.

[15:31] The US Supreme Court agreed today that

[15:34] the Federal Communications Commission

[15:36] around-the-clock ban of {quote} indecent

[15:39] radio and television programming is

[15:41] unconstitutional. The court rejected an

[15:43] appeal filed by the federal government

[15:45] and private groups. They had argued that

[15:47] a total ban on indecent material is

[15:50] needed mainly to protect children.

[15:53] We all know that one of the most

[15:54] difficult things doctors have to do is

[15:56] talk to patients and their families

[15:58] about the chances of dying.

[16:00] But that's another field of medicine

[16:02] that someday could be taken over by

[16:03] technology. CBS News Health

[16:05] Correspondent Edie Magnus reports that

[16:07] computers are already starting to look

[16:09] at these ultimate questions.

[16:13] >> In a high-tech intensive care unit,

[16:15] alongside the machines working to keep

[16:17] the critically ill alive, there's a

[16:19] newcomer, a computer, which predicts the

[16:22] odds that while in the hospital, they'll

[16:24] die.

[16:24] >> And I think that kind of objective data

[16:26] to have as a as a backup when you're

[16:29] talking to the family is very, very

[16:30] important.

[16:31] >> The system is called Apache, an acronym

[16:34] for acute physiology and chronic health

[16:36] evaluation. It spits out a daily

[16:38] estimate down to the decimal point of a

[16:40] patient's chances of dying in the

[16:42] intensive care unit. Studies show about

[16:44] 95% of the time Apache's judgment is as

[16:47] accurate as the physician's.

[16:49] >> This isn't a death computer. Uh this is

[16:51] a computer that points out the magnitude

[16:53] of the problem and lets you know, boy,

[16:55] you better respond to it pretty quickly

[16:57] or this is what's going to happen.

[17:00] >> And doctors say Apache may help families

[17:02] answer the difficult question of when to

[17:05] give up. Computers are increasingly

[17:07] being used to complement patient care,

[17:10] to dispense medicine, to diagnose

[17:12] disease, and now for the first time to

[17:14] predict hospital mortality. Most doctors

[17:17] insist they're just another tool, a

[17:19] silicon second opinion of sorts.

[17:21] But will there come a day when the

[17:22] computer's judgement replaces their own?

[17:25] For example, Apache says this patient

[17:27] has a 53% chance of dying in the ICU,

[17:31] 91% if moved to a regular hospital ward.

[17:34] Critics worry that hospital

[17:35] administrators may pressure doctors to

[17:37] give up, that insurance may elect not to

[17:40] reimburse expensive procedures when the

[17:42] probability of death is so high.

[17:45] >> If individuals get hold of these scores

[17:47] uh as a panacea for trying to meet a

[17:50] certain end, whether it's reimbursement,

[17:53] resource allocation, life or death

[17:55] decisions, then I think we're going to

[17:57] run into real problems.

[17:58] >> Apache's creator concedes there may come

[18:01] a day when it may be used to ration

[18:03] care, but he argues with this system

[18:05] money won't be the determining factor.

[18:08] >> If this country decides that they cannot

[18:10] provide everything for everybody, a

[18:13] system like Apache which bases its

[18:15] prediction on the patient's ability to

[18:17] benefit as opposed to their ability to

[18:19] pay is a preferable choice.

[18:23] >> Doctors say even if the odds are stacked

[18:25] against patients, they'll never lose

[18:27] hope. They'll always view patients as

[18:29] human beings and not just as numbers on

[18:31] a screen. But it's unclear how

[18:33] influential the computer will be.

[18:36] Even Apache can't predict that.

[18:38] Edie Magnus, CBS News, New York.

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[20:23] >> I'm Paula Zahn.

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[20:37] >> Protecting the environment is a

[20:39] many-edged issue. For example, imagine

[20:41] this. You buy a piece of land and plan

[20:43] to build a home on it. Then the

[20:45] government comes along and says you

[20:46] can't build because of potential damage

[20:49] to the environment. So, you ask for

[20:50] payment, and the government says no. One

[20:53] couple in South Carolina says that's

[20:55] unconstitutional, and the US Supreme

[20:57] Court heard their argument today. Rita

[21:00] Braver has the story in tonight's Eye on

[21:02] America.

[21:06] >> Isle of Palms, South Carolina. That's

[21:09] where a dream began for David and Martha

[21:11] Lucas.

[21:12] >> I was going to build my house right

[21:13] here.

[21:14] >> But the dream became a nightmare after

[21:17] the Lucas' spent almost a million

[21:19] dollars to buy two lots, one for their

[21:21] house, another for investment, the state

[21:23] of South Carolina passed a beachfront

[21:25] conservation law.

[21:26] >> They drew a line back here behind these

[21:29] lots and said that I couldn't build on

[21:31] these lots. This guy enjoys his lot this

[21:34] guy and everybody else down here but not

[21:36] me.

[21:37] >> The only thing that we were allowed to

[21:38] do is put something that was not a

[21:40] permanent structure,

[21:41] um, specifically a tent or a motor home,

[21:45] a trailer.

[21:48] >> Once nearby Folly Beach was as wide and

[21:50] sandy as Isle of Palms.

[21:52] >> Unfortunately, beach erosion has taken

[21:55] that away and now with this hardened

[21:56] shoreline

[21:58] there is no dry sand beach and the waves

[21:59] lap up against these seawalls.

[22:01] >> Wayne Beam of the South Carolina Coastal

[22:03] Council claims that stopping new houses

[22:06] can prevent similar destruction of the

[22:08] beach near the Lucas' property,

[22:10] preserving the shore for all of South

[22:12] Carolina.

[22:13] >> Individual rights like this sometime

[22:14] have to be subjugated to to the overall

[22:17] good of the public.

[22:18] >> When the state told you, "Hey,

[22:21] you can't build on these lots." How much

[22:23] did they offer to pay you?

[22:25] >> Uh

[22:27] absolutely nothing.

[22:29] They said "Tough luck."

[22:31] >> And so the Lucas' sued all the way to

[22:33] the Supreme Court.

[22:34] >> And they take my property and not pay

[22:37] for it. Constitution says no.

[22:39] >> And David Lucas is part of a growing

[22:41] environmental backlash movement that has

[22:44] brought out angry activists all over the

[22:46] country.

[22:47] >> They consider that if I can watch birds

[22:50] and grow trees, that that's a use of my

[22:53] property.

[22:54] >> When Peggy Reagle was blocked from

[22:55] building on her Maryland farm because it

[22:57] was classified as protected wetlands,

[22:59] she founded FLOC, the Fairness to

[23:01] Landowners Committee.

[23:03] >> Thousands of people have called me and

[23:04] they break down in tears and they say,

[23:06] "I cannot believe this can happen in

[23:08] America."

[23:09] >> She claims private landowners should not

[23:11] be forced to pay the costs of

[23:12] conservation.

[23:13] >> They argue that it's too bad that, you

[23:15] know, Joe and Betty have to suffer, but

[23:18] it's for the good of everyone. Well, if

[23:20] it's for the good of everyone and for

[23:22] the public cause, then the public should

[23:25] bear the burden.

[23:26] >> And powers of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay

[23:28] Foundation fears that if property owners

[23:31] win in the Supreme Court, the government

[23:33] won't be able to afford protecting

[23:34] resources like the Chesapeake Bay.

[23:37] >> If every time I said, "You can't build a

[23:39] shopping center in this residential

[23:41] area. You have to put it someplace

[23:43] else." Do I have to compensate you for

[23:44] what you see as your lost value? It

[23:46] could have incredibly damaging effects.

[23:49] And the question now, whether the rights

[23:51] of individuals like David Lucas and

[23:53] Peggy Reigle should take precedence over

[23:55] the government's right to preserve

[23:57] natural resources for everyone.

[24:01] >> For Eye on America, this is Rita Braver

[24:04] in Cambridge, Maryland.

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[26:15] >> Here's news. Japanese car sales are down

[26:17] in Japan. American car makers might take

[26:20] some small comfort in the figures

[26:22] released in Tokyo today. Japanese car

[26:24] companies reported their domestic sales

[26:26] down for the 10th straight month. As

[26:29] correspondent Bill Whitaker reports, it

[26:31] appears Japan's car culture has reached

[26:33] some kind of a saturation point.

[26:36] The Japanese cars that give US

[26:38] automakers a headache are a growing pain

[26:40] for Japan, too. And for the same reason.

[26:43] There are just too many of them on the

[26:45] road. So many millions pour into central

[26:47] Tokyo each day that expressway speed

[26:50] during rush hour averages a mere 10 mph.

[26:54] It's a Japanese nightmare.

[26:57] >> This traffic is really terrible, but

[26:59] what can we do about it?

[27:03] >> At nightmare central, Tokyo traffic

[27:05] control, they've declared war on

[27:07] traffic. Traffic is winning.

[27:11] >> It's getting critical. Soon you'll be

[27:13] able to walk faster than you can drive.

[27:16] >> The only thing worse is parking. As part

[27:19] of its battle plan, Tokyo drastically

[27:21] raised parking fines. You can now get

[27:24] slapped with a $1,500

[27:26] ticket.

[27:28] This gadget-loving nation has devised

[27:30] this annoying $2.50 an hour parking

[27:32] meter that notifies police when your

[27:34] time is up.

[27:36] All this has Tokyo residents scrambling

[27:38] for any available parking space. No

[27:41] space is too small

[27:43] or too inconvenient. You can't even buy

[27:45] a car in Tokyo without first having a

[27:47] legal place to park it. The trouble and

[27:50] expensive cars is helping to drive auto

[27:52] sales down as much as 22%.

[27:55] And American auto makers wonder why they

[27:57] can't sell cars here.

[28:00] Still, Japanese car makers are betting

[28:02] things will have to get a lot worse to

[28:05] crush Japan's love affair with the car.

[28:08] >> And you have a choice. If it's really

[28:10] bad, then you can take a train.

[28:13] I leave the car somewhere and take a

[28:14] train.

[28:15] >> That's right. There's all

[28:20] >> made mistakes in my life that have

[28:23] served me in power and speech.

[28:25] I was too surprised

[28:26] >> Does David Duke still hold the racist

[28:28] beliefs of his youth, or has he changed?

[28:31] >> His immediate response to that was, "I

[28:34] haven't changed." He said the same

[28:35] things that drove me as a 17-year-old or

[28:38] 25-year-old are the same things that

[28:39] drive me today.

[28:41] >> Who is David Duke? Next time on

[28:43] Frontline.

[28:44] >> Tuesday night at 9:00.

[28:53] >> [music]

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