CBS Evening News - 1997-09-16
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[0:00] All right. Weeknights only on NewsCenter
[0:02] 6 at 6.
[0:05] >> An explosive new accusation tonight in
[0:07] the campaign money investigation.
[0:09] Senator Arlen Specter says the FBI knew
[0:12] but didn't tell about potentially
[0:15] damaging evidence against the Clinton
[0:17] team in its own file. The bodyguard
[0:20] [music] is talking. The only survivor of
[0:22] the crash that killed Princess Diana is
[0:24] interviewed by investigators.
[0:26] >> [music]
[0:26] >> And I on America, tonight how this woman
[0:29] went from mail room to millionaire by
[0:32] just exercising her options.
[0:36] This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:41] With Dan Rather reporting [music] from
[0:43] CBS News headquarters in New York. Good
[0:46] evening. There's breaking news tonight
[0:47] in the campaign fundraising
[0:49] investigation. U.S. Attorney General
[0:51] Janet Reno is ordering a shakeup in the
[0:54] Justice Department unit in charge of
[0:56] investigating illegal campaign
[0:58] donations. This came after Republican
[1:00] Senator Arlen Specter all but accused
[1:03] the FBI and Justice Department of a
[1:05] deliberate coverup. CBS News chief
[1:07] Washington correspondent Bob Schieffer
[1:09] is covering the case. Bob?
[1:11] >> Dan, this was not a great day for the
[1:12] Clinton White House. The Attorney
[1:14] General decided to bring in all those
[1:16] new people after Republican Senator
[1:19] Specter issued a withering indictment of
[1:21] the way she and the FBI have been
[1:24] handling the case thus far. Specter says
[1:26] the FBI now admits it has known for more
[1:29] than a year that a Democratic campaign
[1:32] contributor, in Specter's words, made
[1:34] significant campaign contributions as
[1:37] part of a plan of the government of
[1:39] Chi