World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-06-21
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[0:00] Tonight is next
[0:03] >> on World News Tonight this Monday.
[0:06] Silicone breast implants do not cause
[0:08] serious illness, says a government
[0:10] panel, but the lawsuits will go on. Two
[0:14] NATO soldiers killed in Kosovo. A new
[0:17] man on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.
[0:20] And a revolution in organ transplants,
[0:22] growing organs in the lab. We'll take a
[0:25] closer look.
[0:33] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:36] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:40] Peter Jennings.
[0:40] >> Good evening. There's been another
[0:41] attempt to resolve the longunning battle
[0:44] about the safety of silicone breast
[0:46] implants. A government panel of 13
[0:48] scientists commissioned by the Congress
[0:50] finds that silicone implants do not
[0:52] cause any major diseases. This has been
[0:55] a very controversial area of women's
[0:57] health. Thousands of women have sued the
[0:59] implant makers and in some cases the
[1:02] makers have made major financial
[1:03] settlements with the women. First,
[1:06] here's ABC's Deborah Amos.
[1:09] >> The panel looked at the existing science
[1:11] to answer this question. Do silicone
[1:14] breast implants cause disease? The
[1:16] answer is no. We could find no
[1:19] definitive evidence linking breast
[1:21] implants to cancer, immunologic
[1:24] diseases, neurological problems, or
[1:27] other systemic diseases.
[1:29] >> The panel also found no evidence that
[1:31] silicone used in implants is toxic to
[1:34] humans. Breastfeeding is okay. Silicone
[1:37] is not passed on to feeding infants.
[1:39] Women with breast implants are no more
[1:41] likely to have disease than the rest of
[1:44] the population. So implants were cleared
[1:47] of causing major diseases. But the panel
[1:49] found implants did commonly cause
[1:52] localized problems that often need
[1:54] surgery to correct if the implant breaks
[1:56] or the tissue around the implant
[1:58] shrinks.
[1:59] >> Rupture of the implant and contraure of
[2:03] around the implant which results in pain
[2:06] and disfigurement.
[2:08] >> Women who have had their implants the
[2:10] longest have the highest rate of
[2:11] rupture. So the panel had this warning.
[2:14] Breast implants don't last a lifetime.
[2:17] The odds of having at least one
[2:18] replacement are high. Deborah Amos, ABC
[2:21] News, New York.
[2:23] >> D Corning, which was once the world's
[2:25] largest silicone implant maker, said
[2:27] today it will honor the tentative3
[2:29] billion dollar settlement it reached
[2:31] with thousands of women in the US and
[2:33] Canada despite today's report. But the
[2:35] report could have a significant impact
[2:37] on cases yet to be decided. Here's ABC's
[2:40] Jackie Jud.
[2:42] NO MORE
[2:44] >> for women who firmly believe silicon
[2:47] implants did terrible harm and for the
[2:50] lawyers who represent them. The report
[2:52] settles nothing. Atlanta attorney Ralph
[2:55] Nolles has worked virtually fulltime on
[2:57] these cases since 1990.
[3:00] >> No one will quote surrender because
[3:02] there's no basis to surrender. Uh the uh
[3:05] litigation war is continuing to go
[3:08] forward. No basis they say because the
[3:10] report is analyzing old science.
[3:13] >> They reviewed the same literature that
[3:15] has been reviewed over and over and over
[3:17] again. That literature was not correct
[3:19] in the first place. So we can't expect
[3:21] this report to have a correct point of
[3:23] view. An enormous amount is at stake.
[3:26] Billions of dollars for women who say
[3:28] they want their health restored, for
[3:30] lawyers who get a piece of any
[3:32] settlement, and for their paid expert
[3:34] witnesses. Marsha Angel, the first
[3:37] prominent member of the medical
[3:38] establishment to challenge the women's
[3:40] claims, says the medical verdict is
[3:42] beyond question, but that will not end
[3:45] the debate.
[3:46] >> There are those with financial interests
[3:48] in believing or in saying that they
[3:50] believe that breast implants cause
[3:52] disease, who will try to discredit this
[3:54] report.
[3:55] >> Government researchers are working on
[3:57] yet another report about implants. This
[3:59] one involves original research. If no
[4:02] link to serious disease is found, it may
[4:06] finally end this longunning controversy.
[4:09] Jackie Jud, ABC News, Washington.
[4:12] >> Overseas today, NATO has suffered its
[4:14] first casualties in Kosovo. Two soldiers
[4:17] from Nepal serving in the British Army
[4:19] were killed when an explosive detonated.
[4:22] In many ways, Kosovo is a very different
[4:23] place than it was a week and a half ago.
[4:26] Many Serb civilians are gone. All of the
[4:28] Yugoslav army has left. Today, the
[4:30] Kosovo Liberation Army said it would
[4:32] give up most of its heavy weapons, which
[4:34] has caused some skepticism to say the
[4:36] least. Even the KLA leaders admit their
[4:39] fighters might still be interested in
[4:40] revenge. ABC's Morton Dean tonight from
[4:43] the capital of Pristina on a situation
[4:46] which is still very tense.
[4:49] The NATO soldiers were clearing
[4:51] explosives. A British officer said they
[4:53] were left in a schoolhouse by Serb
[4:55] forces. Two other men who were killed in
[4:57] the explosion were believed to be
[4:59] members of the KLA.
[5:04] >> Later, other explosives at the
[5:06] schoolhouse were purposely detonated to
[5:08] make the area safe. As for making the
[5:10] whole province safe on this first day of
[5:13] NATO's agreement with the KLA, there are
[5:15] continuing signs that disarming the
[5:17] Albanian rebels is going to be a
[5:19] difficult job. The rebels are very adept
[5:22] at hiding their weapons.
[5:23] >> No weapons.
[5:25] Yeah,
[5:26] >> the weapons soon reappear.
[5:29] >> It's very clear that many Albanians
[5:31] still rever the KLA. As the Zayn Nulahu
[5:34] family returned home after 4 months as
[5:36] refugees, they carried with them a
[5:38] treasured picture of a family member who
[5:40] fought and died for the KLA. The
[5:43] compound where 40 members of the family
[5:46] lived had been devastated in their
[5:48] absence. Other photographs of their KLA
[5:50] martyr had been defaced or destroyed. So
[5:54] everything is gone here. You are
[5:58] >> this was unforgivable they said and
[6:01] members of the family who claim KLA
[6:03] membership said they will not be
[6:05] deterred. They will punish the criminals
[6:07] no matter what kind of agreement has
[6:09] been signed with NATO.
[6:12] >> Morton Dean ABC News Padu Kosovo. In
[6:16] Germany today, President Clinton said
[6:18] again that the United States will not
[6:20] pay to repair the damage done by NATO in
[6:23] Serbia as long as Slobadan Mallosvich is
[6:26] in power. The Europeans have said that
[6:28] they will foot the bill for most of the
[6:31] rebuilding in Kosovo. It's quite a job
[6:33] and ABC's Terry Moran is beginning to
[6:35] get a handle on its proportions.
[6:38] Postwar Kosovo is a landscape of
[6:41] contrast. Gruesome sights, pastoral
[6:45] peace wrecked neighborhoods, ordinary
[6:48] streets. From the air, the difference is
[6:51] striking. Towns that appear intact,
[6:54] villages obliterated, burned by the
[6:56] Serbs.
[6:57] >> Generally, in the villages, it seems to
[6:58] have been much more um systematic uh
[7:03] burning of houses. Overall, one NATO
[7:06] officer estimates 10 to 15% of the
[7:09] buildings in Kosovo are damaged. The
[7:11] Serbs seem to have hit hardest where the
[7:13] KLA was strong or where the Albanian
[7:16] community was prosperous. There are
[7:18] places in Kosovo, such as the city of
[7:20] Patch in the West, where the Serbs have
[7:21] destroyed almost everything. The UN
[7:24] estimates that up to 90% of the
[7:26] buildings in this part of the country no
[7:28] longer exist. That is not true
[7:30] elsewhere. The old city of Pris in the
[7:32] south, virtually unscathed. The capital
[7:34] city of Pristino. Contrary to reports
[7:37] during the war, most neighborhoods are
[7:39] still intact. Then there is the damage
[7:41] done by NATO bombing. Devastating and
[7:43] likely to have longlasting effects.
[7:45] Refineries, factories, and barracks are
[7:47] destroyed. And yet, many bridges are
[7:49] still intact, and the main roads are in
[7:52] good condition. I mean, NATO bombing has
[7:54] had an impact, but I wouldn't want to
[7:56] overstate it.
[7:57] >> It is impossible to forget that all this
[7:59] physical destruction represents
[8:01] countless personal disasters. Okay, look
[8:04] at my home.
[8:05] >> And that as the Serbs leave this place
[8:06] and returning ethnic Albanians exact
[8:09] revenge, the destruction continues.
[8:12] Terry Moran, ABC News, Christina,
[8:14] Kosovo.
[8:15] When we come back, some of the other
[8:16] news. Murder along the railroad tracks,
[8:18] a new name on the FBI's 10 most wanted
[8:21] list. And two young baseball players,
[8:25] and one very ugly incident.
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[10:51] with eight murders in three states. And
[10:54] what connects them is the train. And now
[10:56] that he's on the list, a lot more people
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[11:00] reports from Texas.
[11:03] >> The manhunt, which now involves 300
[11:05] investigators, has been focusing on rail
[11:08] yards because the victims all live close
[11:10] to the tracks. RmIrez is accused of
[11:13] bludgeoning to death six people,
[11:15] including a minister and his wife, and a
[11:17] 73year-old woman. All but one of the
[11:20] victims lived along a stretch of tracks
[11:22] between Houston and San Antonio. But
[11:25] recently, Ramirez was cited nearly a
[11:27] thousand miles away in southern
[11:28] Illinois. And today, officials charged
[11:31] him with the murder of a father and
[11:33] daughter who lived just 100 yards from
[11:35] the tracks in the town of Gorum,
[11:37] Illinois. A positive fingerprint match
[11:40] was made by examiners at the Illinois
[11:43] Crime Laboratory with that of Raphael
[11:46] Rescendez Ramirez taken from one of the
[11:49] crime scenes.
[11:50] >> The agency says Ramirez is following a
[11:52] pattern, riding the rails, finding
[11:54] victims close by, taking their cars
[11:56] until they run out of gas, then hopping
[11:59] another train. But the FBI says it has
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[12:03] >> That is real dangerous. Very dangerous.
[12:06] a real violent person. We need to get
[12:09] him off the streets.
[12:10] >> Until he is caught, those living near
[12:12] the tracks live in fear. Mike von Frem,
[12:15] ABC News, Dallas.
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[12:44] On the Nasdaq, stocks were up 66 almost
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[16:00] >> Well, you've heard it on the news
[16:01] innumerable times. Many families have to
[16:04] live through it. Someone needs a
[16:05] transplant to survive and there isn't an
[16:08] organ available or it doesn't match.
[16:10] More than 63,000 Americans waiting now.
[16:13] And so tonight, we're going to take a
[16:15] closer look at the seeds of a revolution
[16:17] in organ transplants. First, from
[16:19] Boston, ABC's Guju Chang.
[16:24] >> This is the moment anyone in need of an
[16:26] organ transplant hopes for, but too
[16:29] often never arrives. As a surgeon, there
[16:32] is nothing more devastating to me than
[16:35] being in an operating room and not
[16:37] having the organ available for that
[16:40] patient. Dr. Anthony Atala of Children's
[16:43] Hospital in Boston is working on a
[16:45] solution. He is growing organs in his
[16:48] lab using tissue engineering. His team
[16:50] is creating bladders and transplanting
[16:53] them into animals. It's the first time
[16:56] it's ever been done. The whole concept
[16:59] is to be able to generate organs so that
[17:03] number one you don't have a shortage and
[17:05] number two you're able to avoid the
[17:07] issues of rejection.
[17:09] >> No rejection because the new organs are
[17:12] created from the patient's own cells.
[17:14] This is how it's done. They begin by
[17:17] collecting tissue from the original
[17:18] bladder. These cells are then combined
[17:21] with a complex mixture of hormones and
[17:23] nutrients which triggers rapid growth.
[17:26] >> Within 6 weeks, we have enough cells to
[17:28] cover a football field. Basically,
[17:31] >> the cells are layered over a
[17:33] biodegradable mold which is shaped like
[17:35] a bladder and which will eventually
[17:37] dissolve into the organ. The entire
[17:39] structure is left inside an incubator
[17:41] until it's ready to be transplanted back
[17:44] into the body. And once inside the body,
[17:47] the new organ functions like the
[17:49] original bladder.
[17:51] >> Cells are extremely smart. They know
[17:53] what to do if placed in the right
[17:55] situation.
[17:57] >> Dr. Atalis tests with the animal
[17:59] bladders have proven successful. So much
[18:01] so that his team is now working to grow
[18:03] human bladders. But he cautions human
[18:06] transplantation may be years away. We
[18:09] really do not want to get false hopes
[18:11] because there's still a lot that needs
[18:13] to be done to get to where we need to
[18:14] be.
[18:15] >> Despite their caution, researchers say
[18:17] that tissue engineered organs could not
[18:19] only do away with long waiting lists for
[18:21] organs, they could eliminate the dangers
[18:24] and costs of organ rejection.
[18:27] >> We've estimated that the health care
[18:30] costs to the United States alone due to
[18:32] tissue loss or organ failure are around
[18:36] uh half a trillion dollars. It's a
[18:39] triumph of medicine and engineering
[18:41] coming together with the promise of an
[18:43] endless supply of longerlasting, more
[18:46] compatible organs. Guju Chang, ABC News,
[18:49] Boston.
[18:50] >> Well, that's what's going on today. Now,
[18:52] take a look at what's going on in a
[18:53] sense tomorrow. ABC's Ned Potter reports
[18:56] on the kind of research that may reshape
[18:58] transplant surgery and medicine
[19:01] altogether.
[19:03] >> Any surgeon who has seen the body's
[19:05] inner workings knows its complexity.
[19:08] Which is why in this liver transplant,
[19:10] they are trying to use nature instead of
[19:12] going around it.
[19:15] >> Rather than remove the liver of a dead
[19:17] donor, doctors take just a fragment from
[19:20] a healthy 24year-old woman and move it
[19:22] into her ailing stepmother. Nature will
[19:25] do the rest. Unlike any other major
[19:27] organ, a fully functional liver can grow
[19:30] from one small part. The operation we
[19:32] did today is an important innovation,
[19:34] but it's only a step on the way to uh
[19:37] making more donor livers available for
[19:40] patients.
[19:41] >> So researchers hope to take a giant next
[19:43] step. Growing all the body's vital
[19:45] organs naturally for patients who need
[19:48] them.
[19:49] >> In my view, building a a whole vital
[19:53] organ is the holy grail of tissue
[19:55] engineering.
[19:56] >> Yes.
[19:56] >> At Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr.
[19:58] Joseph Aanti and his team are
[20:00] experimenting with heart and liver
[20:02] cells. The hope is that they can be
[20:04] manipulated so that from a tiny piece of
[20:06] heart tissue, for instance, you can grow
[20:08] a left ventricle or a right atrium. In
[20:12] lab animals, they've already grown heart
[20:14] valves, muscle, and sections of the
[20:16] digestive tract. Eventually, doctors
[20:18] hope there will be commercial
[20:19] laboratories so that if you need a new
[20:21] liver or some cartilage, or even if
[20:23] you've lost a tooth, they'll be able to
[20:25] grow a new one for you on demand. I
[20:28] think that the implications should we be
[20:30] successful at this quest are very
[20:33] profound for all of medicine and
[20:36] surgery.
[20:37] >> No problem.
[20:38] >> It may be someday that medicine will be
[20:40] able to give you a new part naturally.
[20:43] Ed Potter, ABC News, Boston.
[20:45] >> And just one last item today about
[20:48] medicine and the future. There was a
[20:49] transplant of a very different nature in
[20:51] Florida today. Six-year-old Adam Johnson
[20:54] was showing off his refurbished right
[20:56] arm. Last year, he had his upper
[20:58] armbbone removed because of cancer.
[21:01] Doctors replaced it by fusing the bone
[21:03] of someone who died with a bone from
[21:05] Adam's leg. It is the first time that a
[21:07] live bone has been fused with that from
[21:09] a cadaavver. And hopefully, it will grow
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[24:30] Tonight, workaholics.
[24:32] >> Does he ever take a day off? Uh, no.
[24:35] >> Is it an addiction like alcoholism?
[24:37] >> I love what I
[24:38] >> I love doing what I'm doing.
[24:39] >> Can they turn their work off and at what
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[24:47] >> Finally from us this evening, a story
[24:48] about Major League Sports, behavior,
[24:51] money, and talent. No doubt. Major
[24:54] League Baseball has just had its annual
[24:56] draft, and number 26 got our attention.
[24:59] Ben Christensen is a very talented
[25:01] pitcher, and yet many people wondered if
[25:03] he'd be passed over by the majors. ABC's
[25:06] Dean Reynolds explains why.
[25:09] >> So, I still throw every day. Ben
[25:11] Christensen was fielding calls from
[25:13] sports writers the other day. The
[25:14] Witchah State pitcher with the 96 mph
[25:17] fast ball had just been drafted by the
[25:20] Chicago Cubs.
[25:21] >> I'm just looking forward to getting out
[25:22] and throwing against some live hitters
[25:24] and you know really full speed again
[25:26] which I haven't got to do for a while.
[25:28] >> He hasn't had a chance to do it for a
[25:30] while because he was suspended after
[25:32] this incident on April 23rd. The player
[25:35] on the ground is the University of
[25:36] Evansville's Anthony Molina. He was hit
[25:39] in the face by a Christensen fastball.
[25:41] But what made this truly ugly was that
[25:44] Molina was not standing in the batters
[25:46] box at the time. He was standing here
[25:49] some 20 ft from home plate and the game
[25:52] hadn't even started yet. Witnesses said
[25:54] that as Christensen was warming up,
[25:56] Molina was facing away from the mound
[25:58] waiting for his turn at bat and that
[26:00] when he looked back at the pitcher for
[26:02] just a second, the ball hit him squarely
[26:04] in the left eye. If you did that on the
[26:07] street, you would be in jail. You would
[26:09] be arrested if you threw that object at
[26:11] somebody walking down the street that
[26:13] wasn't looking.
[26:15] >> Christensen says he threw Molina's way
[26:17] because he thought Molina was trying to
[26:19] gauge the speed of his pitches. A tactic
[26:22] Christensen and his coaches consider
[26:23] unsportsmanlike.
[26:25] >> Pitchers routinely brush back hitters to
[26:27] intimidate them. Oh, but when they're at
[26:31] the plate,
[26:32] >> not when they're closer to the on deck
[26:34] circle, as in this case. Molina needed
[26:37] 23 stitches to close the wound. His eye
[26:39] socket was fractured in three places.
[26:42] His baseball days are probably over.
[26:45] >> Yet, the notoriety of the incident did
[26:47] little to dampen big league interest in
[26:49] Ben Christensen.
[26:51] The Cubs say drafting him does not
[26:53] condone what he did.
[26:55] >> What he did, was it wrong? Absolutely.
[26:57] Does he deserve deserve a second chance?
[26:58] Yes, he absolutely does.
[27:00] >> Critics say the Cubs move is
[27:02] indefensible and made worse because
[27:04] Christensen will likely get a hefty
[27:06] signing bonus.
[27:07] >> Just look straight ahead of the light.
[27:09] >> As for Molina, the swelling is down, but
[27:12] he still has blank spots in his vision
[27:14] and questions for the Cubs.
[27:16] >> I kind of wonder why people would still
[27:18] be interested in in someone that would
[27:19] do that, you know? I mean, what if it
[27:22] would have happened to your own your own
[27:24] child? What would you think of? Would
[27:26] you draft a guy then?
[27:28] Today, Ben Christensen looks forward to
[27:31] a long enriching career at Wrigley
[27:33] Field. It's
[27:34] >> good seeing you again.
[27:35] >> While Anthony Molina looks forward to
[27:37] surgery on his eye later this summer.
[27:41] >> Dean Reynolds, ABC News, Witchah.
[27:44] >> And that is our report on World News
[27:46] Tonight. Don't forget 2020. And on Night
[27:48] Line this evening, they're going to deal
[27:49] with trying to help children before a
[27:51] high school tragedy erupts. I'm Peter
[27:53] Jennings. We'll see you tomorrow. Good
[27:55] night.
[28:07] Tomorrow, technology launches young and
[28:09] generous millionaires. The huge impact
[28:11] they're having on this country. Watch
[28:13] ABC's World News Tonight with Peter
[28:15] Jennings.
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[28:49] >> Now, News 2 at 6. First, fast. accurate.
[28:55] >> 5 days ago, he visited the volunteer
[28:57] state to launch his bid for the nation's
[28:59] top spot.
[29:00] >> Today, Vice President Al Gore made
[29:02] another stop here in Nashville for
[29:04] what's becoming a Tennessee tradition.
[29:07] Good evening, everyone. Mr. Gore took
[29:08] center stage today at the 8th annual
[29:11] family reunion conference.
[29:12] >> And tonight, we have team coverage of
[29:14] the event. We begin with News 2's Kelly
[29:16] S, who's live at the Langford
[29:18] Auditorium. Kelly,
[29:19] >> that's right. that the vice president
[29:20] just wrapped up the teleconference
[29:22] ending today's formal discussions of the
[29:24] first day of the family reunion part 8.
[29:27] Now the conference takes on a slightly
[29:29] different feel this year with Gore as a
[29:31] presidential candidate. This year's
[29:33] themes family and the community.
[29:37] It shouldn't be so hard to be a good
[29:40] strong family