CBS Evening News - 1992-03-11

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[0:02] president.

[0:03] >> Clinton is flying high. Sonis is stuck

[0:06] on the ground as the presidential

[0:08] campaign heads to Illinois and Michigan.

[0:11] Bank fees are booming and we'll tell you

[0:14] how to get your money's worth. Also, eye

[0:17] on America. Warning, blowing the whistle

[0:20] can be very risky business. This is the

[0:23] CBS Evening News.

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

[0:32] presidential campaign is now centered in

[0:34] the industrial Midwest with Bill Clinton

[0:36] the clear Democratic frontr runner.

[0:38] After his Super Tuesday sweep of the

[0:40] South, Clinton now has onethird of the

[0:43] delegates needed to win the Democratic

[0:45] nomination, far more than Paul Sonis and

[0:47] Jerry Brown. But as correspondent

[0:49] Richard Thrrell reports, that doesn't

[0:51] necessarily mean Clinton's problems are

[0:54] over.

[0:55] Bill Clinton was in Chicago today trying

[0:58] to complete the one-two punch he's been

[1:00] planning for months. Victory in Super

[1:02] Tuesday this week, victory in Illinois

[1:04] next week. He's got what's left of the

[1:06] old Chicago Democratic machine behind

[1:08] him, although Mayor Richard Daly insists

[1:11] he's officially neutral.

[1:14] The recession's cut especially deep

[1:16] among bluecollar families in Illinois

[1:18] and Michigan. So Clinton is running TV

[1:20] ads to try to show he's the working

[1:22] man's friend and Paul Sunis isn't.

[1:25] >> He even says he'll be the best friend

[1:26] Wall Street ever had. Isn't it time we

[1:29] close the book on the 1980s?

[1:31] >> The Sonis campaign faced with a must-win

[1:33] in one of these states has promised to

[1:35] get more aggressive, but that was not in

[1:38] evidence today. The candidate barely

[1:40] stopped in Illinois to talk to some

[1:42] inner city school kids and try to put

[1:44] the best face on last night. There are

[1:46] very few southern states left and now

[1:48] it's all neutral territory.

[1:49] >> To compound his problems, the song

[1:52] campaign got stuck in the mud for a time

[1:54] at a Chicago airport. The third man,

[1:57] Jerry Brown, will spend the next few

[1:58] days trying to court the local labor

[2:00] vote since union leaders don't much care

[2:03] for the labor records of either Sis or

[2:05] Clinton. Unless he wins one next week,

[2:07] Paul Sis is going to have to start

[2:09] worrying again about money. And even if

[2:12] he wins both states next week, Bill

[2:14] Clinton must worry about the one in four

[2:16] primary voters who still question his

[2:18] character.

[2:19] >> The true test of character is not

[2:21] perfection. If it were, no one could

[2:22] pass.

[2:23] >> So far, it's been Clinton versus Susan

[2:26] Brown. If Bill Clinton wins next

[2:27] Tuesday, it's going to be Bill Clinton

[2:29] versus Bill Clinton.

[2:30] >> Meanwhile, there's an effort by some

[2:32] Democratic leaders in Michigan to get

[2:33] out a vote for uncommitted in that

[2:35] primary. Not quite what you'd call a

[2:37] Bill Clinton bandwagon yet. Richard Pel,

[2:40] CBS News, Miami.

[2:42] >> On the Republican side, Super Tuesday

[2:44] was in many ways a blowout in favor of

[2:46] the Bush Quail ticket. The president now

[2:48] has an overwhelming lead in delegates

[2:51] needed for renomination. But as Susan

[2:53] Spencer reports, Mr. Bush still hasn't

[2:56] been able to put a stake through the

[2:57] heart of Pat Buchanan's we can't afford

[3:00] Bush campaign.

[3:02] Apparently betting that his big Super

[3:04] Tuesday wins would cut down on touchy

[3:06] Buchanan questions, Mr. Bush at long

[3:08] last appeared in the White House press

[3:10] room today. Is it time for Buchanan to

[3:13] get out?

[3:13] >> Anybody that runs for office would

[3:15] rather have no opposition. I mean that

[3:17] you don't have to be a uh TRW rocket

[3:20] scientist to get the to gather that one

[3:22] in.

[3:23] >> But Buchanan clearly hasn't gathered

[3:25] yet.

[3:26] >> In the Buchanan lexicon, there is NO

[3:28] WORD BEING QUIT.

[3:31] MEANWHILE, former President Nixon

[3:33] continued blasting all the candidates

[3:35] for not discussing foreign issues,

[3:37] especially Russia's financial needs for

[3:39] fear it wouldn't be politically popular.

[3:42] He has called the US response to Russian

[3:44] aid requests pathetically inadequate.

[3:47] >> But it's time that we understand that if

[3:50] Russia fails,

[3:52] the economic impact on this country

[3:55] would be enormous because the peace

[3:56] dividend then goes right down the tube.

[3:59] >> Mr. Bush denied he has differences with

[4:01] Mr. Nixon, but he would not say he will

[4:03] fight for more aid.

[4:04] >> There isn't a lot of money around. We

[4:06] are spending too much as it already is.

[4:09] So, to do the things I would really like

[4:11] to do, uh, I don't have a blank check

[4:14] for all of that.

[4:15] >> And the president repeated he's sorry he

[4:17] raised taxes last year, but he avoided

[4:19] pledging not to do it again. As for all

[4:22] those Republicans who keep voting

[4:23] against him,

[4:24] >> we're going to do well, and I really

[4:26] believe they'll come home to roost. The

[4:28] president won't say how he'll encourage

[4:30] that or how he might entice Buchanan out

[4:32] of the race. In fact, the campaign is

[4:35] afraid to try, worried that Buchanan

[4:37] would go public and turn an olive branch

[4:40] into another sign of presidential

[4:42] weakness. Susan Spencer, CBS News, the

[4:45] White House.

[4:46] >> And joining us now from Washington,

[4:47] Republican presidential candidate Pat

[4:49] Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan, thanks for being

[4:50] with us again today. President Bush said

[4:52] you should get out of the race now. Why

[4:54] not do that? And as the president says,

[4:57] encourage those Republicans who voted

[4:58] for you to get back on his team.

[5:01] >> Dan, that would kill the national debate

[5:02] that's going on. And it's a national

[5:04] debate I think we're winning even as

[5:05] we're losing delegates. And Republicans

[5:08] won't get on George Bush's team because

[5:09] they don't know where he stands. He's

[5:11] walked away from conservative

[5:13] principles. The country is in deep

[5:15] trouble. The American people think we're

[5:16] on the wrong track. And me getting out

[5:18] of the race isn't going to help Mr. Bush

[5:20] solve those problems which are his own.

[5:22] >> Republican Congressman N. Genrich, whom

[5:24] you've said you like and admire in the

[5:26] past, says you're an extremist closer to

[5:27] David Duke. Former Bush cabinet man

[5:30] William Bennett says, and I quote him

[5:31] here, "Your ideas flirt with fascism."

[5:33] And Mr. Bush's own handpicked Republican

[5:35] party chairman Rich Bond charges you

[5:37] with race baiting. Says you're kind of

[5:38] David Duke with a coat and tie. What's

[5:41] going on here? What's going on is I got

[5:44] 37% of the vote in Georgia and the

[5:46] Washington establishment panicked,

[5:49] including the kennelfed conservatives of

[5:51] Mr. George Bush. And I think a lot of

[5:53] them would like to have gotten in and

[5:55] run in this race and they didn't. But if

[5:57] they're trying to sell George Bush as a

[5:59] conservative, Dan, they got a very tough

[6:01] cell indeed. But their only alternative

[6:04] is to go out and smear Pat Buchanan. And

[6:06] I don't think it's working.

[6:08] >> Pat Buchanan is one of your goals to get

[6:11] Stan Quayle off the ticket, get yourself

[6:14] on the ticket with George Bush.

[6:15] >> No, I don't think u No, it's not. I

[6:18] don't want to get anybody fired. Either

[6:20] Darmin or Quail or anyone. Dan, my

[6:22] problem is with the president of the

[6:24] United States. He's the one that makes

[6:25] the decision regardless of his

[6:27] adviserss. He's the one that walked away

[6:29] from conservative principles. He's the

[6:30] one whom Ronald Reagan doesn't even know

[6:32] where he stands anymore. And he's the

[6:34] one responsible for this economy. He is

[6:36] down in the polls because of what he has

[6:38] done. I want to replace him. And if we

[6:41] can't replace him, I want to try to pull

[6:43] the party and the country back in the

[6:45] direction I believed it should go my

[6:47] entire life. And it was going in the mid

[6:49] 80s. And if George Bush loses in

[6:52] November, you're going to get the blame.

[6:55] >> Dan, you know, you got to take that risk

[6:57] uh when you consider running. And I

[6:59] considered it. And I considered sitting

[7:01] on my hands and sitting on talk shows

[7:03] and saying nice things about a man who

[7:05] was walking away from us even though I

[7:07] had supported him in 1988. And I'm in

[7:10] this race because George Bush abandoned

[7:13] our people. And sometimes, as Jack

[7:14] Kennedy said, party loyalty asks too

[7:17] much.

[7:18] >> Pat Buchanan live in Washington. Thanks

[7:20] for being with us. Want to note that we

[7:22] have, as we have in the past, invited

[7:23] President Bush to be interviewed in this

[7:25] broadcast. So far, he has declined.

[7:27] Still ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

[7:28] News. We'll take you inside Iraq, one

[7:30] year after Saddam lost the war. He is in

[7:33] total control. And the money crunch

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[8:49] The United States accused Saddam Hussein

[8:51] today of playing hideand- seek with his

[8:52] weapons of mass destruction. CBS News

[8:55] correspondent David Martin reports. US

[8:57] officials believe Iraq is still hiding

[9:00] two to 300 Scud missiles plus warheads

[9:04] filled with nerve gas. At the UN today,

[9:07] Iraq's deputy prime minister, Saddam's

[9:09] right-hand man, asked the Security

[9:10] Council to ease sanctions against Iraq.

[9:12] But the US ambassador said those

[9:14] sanctions will stay until and unless

[9:16] Saddam lives up to the ceasefire deal.

[9:18] That includes respecting the rights of

[9:20] all his people. From inside Iraq, CBS

[9:23] News correspondent Alan Pizzy reports.

[9:25] There is no sign of Saddam weakening or

[9:28] complying.

[9:31] >> The tumbleeed is 20th century and so is

[9:33] the destruction. But the people of

[9:35] Carbala are back in the Middle Ages,

[9:37] pounded there by Saddam's forces for

[9:39] having dared to try to resist him.

[9:42] Almost a year after Iraq's Shiite

[9:43] Muslims obeyed the West call to rebel,

[9:46] the debris is still being cleared.

[9:50] They are watched over by the Republican

[9:52] Guard troops Saddam held back from the

[9:54] Gulf War for just this purpose. The

[9:56] military is Saddam's protection now. He

[9:59] buys their loyalty. Buck privates in the

[10:02] Guard earn twice as much as a university

[10:04] professor. Fear is also crucial to

[10:07] Saddam's shield. Security men with

[10:09] military radios around the corners in

[10:11] every neighborhood. The absolute fear

[10:14] that marked Saddam's rule went with the

[10:16] war, a diplomat here said. But the

[10:18] control is as tight as ever.

[10:23] Saddam is still surrounded by loyalists,

[10:26] men who have as much to lose as he does

[10:28] if rebellion succeeded. He constantly

[10:30] shuffles ministers to keep them off

[10:32] guard, to ensure no one can establish a

[10:34] separate political power base. Anyone

[10:37] who got close enough to put a bullet in

[10:39] Saddam's head would have to be sure of

[10:41] success. Failure would bring retribution

[10:44] for generations to come. The Americans

[10:46] are the only ones who think Saddam is

[10:48] about to fall. An experienced diplomat

[10:50] here said and that may be based solely

[10:53] on the Bush administration's worst

[10:55] nightmare. Saddam Hussein remains in

[10:57] power and uh next October starts to

[11:00] increase the the you know his public

[11:05] abuse towards the president making it

[11:08] eminently clear to everybody that it's

[11:10] Bush's future that's on on the line

[11:14] rather than Saddam's.

[11:16] >> Well Saddam threatens to cut off the

[11:18] heads of rebels with 10 machine guns.

[11:21] His defense minister, Ali Hassan al-

[11:23] Majid, said terrorists and American

[11:26] lackeyis would be crushed. He was

[11:28] rallying the army's fifth corps for a

[11:30] rumored offensive against the Kurds.

[11:32] There is nothing here to suggest that

[11:34] Saddam Hussein can be overthrown by his

[11:36] own people. If the West really wants to

[11:38] remove him, they'll have to do the job

[11:40] themselves. Iraqis know better than to

[11:42] try it on their own. Alan Pizzy, CBS

[11:45] News, Carbala. Kuwait wants to buy

[11:48] nearly 800 US Patriot and Hawk missiles

[11:50] to defend itself against Iraq and other

[11:52] potential enemies. President Bush asked

[11:54] Congress today to approve that sale.

[11:57] From around the world now, more CBS

[11:59] News. British Prime Minister John Major

[12:02] went to Buckingham Palace today to tell

[12:04] the Queen he's calling an election next

[12:06] month. Major's Conservative Party faces

[12:08] a strong challenge from the Labor Party

[12:10] over the sagging state of the British

[12:12] economy. In Ireland, police uncovered a

[12:15] huge cache of explosives, including the

[12:17] makings of one of the biggest IRA bombs

[12:20] ever. It's believed the intended target

[12:22] was British forces in Northern Ireland.

[12:25] In this country, flooding in parts of

[12:27] Vermont's capital city stranded

[12:29] residents and shut down state

[12:30] government. An ice jam caused a river to

[12:33] overflow. No injuries reported. And in

[12:36] snowy gnome, Alaska, a musher who sings

[12:39] to his sled dogs won this year's

[12:41] 12,200-mile Iditarod race in record

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[14:34] >> THE survival of the wildest 48 hours

[14:38] tonight.

[14:41] America's commercial banks saw a big

[14:43] improvement in their profits in the

[14:44] final quarter of last year. A report

[14:46] from the FDI today says the banks earned

[14:48] four times as much as they did a year

[14:50] earlier. Now, you probably wouldn't mind

[14:53] sharing in the good fortune. Don't bet

[14:55] you're going to do it. Instead, bank

[14:56] deposits are earning less interest and

[14:59] you're being hit with all kinds of fees

[15:02] for bank services. Correspondent Ray

[15:04] Briggy has done his homework and done

[15:06] some reporting to tell you how to avoid

[15:07] the high cost of banking in tonight's

[15:09] report on the money crunch making it in

[15:11] America.

[15:12] >> Hey, say the banks have we got a deal

[15:14] for you. But talk to some of the people

[15:17] who acted on those ads. They believe the

[15:20] real robbers work inside the banks.

[15:22] >> My checking account used to be $7 a

[15:24] month. They charging like $ 950 a month.

[15:26] >> Oh, they're definitely ripping me off.

[15:30] >> Bank deregulation was supposed to cut

[15:32] consumer costs. But that say many

[15:35] Americans was like handing banks the key

[15:38] to the vault. Consumer charges and fees

[15:40] have been soaring.

[15:42] >> I think they're sneaky and I think uh I

[15:44] think it's uh exploitative. Yeah. Not so

[15:47] say bankers.

[15:48] >> We need to be compensated to make a

[15:50] reasonable profit for what the service

[15:52] that we're providing.

[15:55] >> Remember when automatic teller machines

[15:57] were free? Check your bank statement.

[15:59] Many banks now charge an average 87

[16:02] cents to use an ATM, up 102% since 1986,

[16:07] according to one survey. Got a checking

[16:10] account that charges penalties if you

[16:12] fall below the minimum balance? You may

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[16:21] Bounce a check. It happens to everyone,

[16:23] but these days it could cost you as much

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[16:28] >> I hadn't bounced one ever and all of a

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[16:34] >> How can you keep the bank out of your

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[16:41] here stand for? And what about this $2

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[16:46] And above all, check out those ads

[16:49] before you act. So says bank expert Bob

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[16:57] >> Comparison shop. I guarantee you if you

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[17:07] shopping around, you may be paying as

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[17:12] which may not sound like a lot, but

[17:14] after all, it's your money, even though

[17:16] a lot of banks are acting like it's

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[17:27] a change in the rules of mob warfare.

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[19:18] In New York City, jurors have been

[19:20] listening to tales of mob violence and

[19:22] revenge in the trial of reputed

[19:24] godfather John Gotti. Now, in the

[19:27] streets outside, the violence of trying

[19:30] to intimidate a jury and witnesses has

[19:33] suddenly spread and drawn innocent

[19:35] blood. Jacqueline Adams reports on the

[19:37] shots heard round the underworld.

[19:40] Even by mob standards, it was shocking.

[19:43] Two men wearing ski masks pumped three

[19:45] bullets into a civilian, a woman, a

[19:48] mother, wounding but not killing her.

[19:50] >> The idea of attacking a woman, attacking

[19:53] a relative, attacking someone outside of

[19:55] the m of the mafia, it would it would

[19:57] have been considered in the old days an

[19:59] infamia, a um infamous act.

[20:01] >> Patricia Capazola's apparent crime, her

[20:04] brother Pete Chiodto is a former mob

[20:06] enforcer turned informer. Like Sammy the

[20:09] Bull Gravano, who's been testifying for

[20:11] more than a week. Chiodto is a possible

[20:14] government witness in the murder and

[20:15] racketeering trial of mob boss John

[20:17] Gotti.

[20:18] >> For myself or for a guy like Sammy or

[20:20] for a guy like Pete, you know, we expect

[20:22] that. You know, we live by the gun, we

[20:23] die by the gun.

[20:26] >> Mob informant Henry Hill gained

[20:28] worldwide fame after his life story

[20:30] became the movie Good Fellas. The

[20:32] shooting of a blood relative like Mrs.

[20:34] Capazola, he says, sends a strong and

[20:36] powerful message. The message was keep

[20:39] your mouth shut because uh no one is

[20:42] safe any longer

[20:43] >> in the short term. Prosecutors fear that

[20:45] message may be heard that it may become

[20:47] more difficult to get inside

[20:49] information.

[20:49] >> People who maybe wanted to become

[20:51] informants or in the future would want

[20:52] to become informants are going to think

[20:53] twice about it because of their family.

[20:56] >> But in the long term, experts believe

[20:57] the attempt against Mrs. Capazolo shows

[20:59] just how wounded the mafia now is.

[21:02] >> The mafia is doomed. I mean, it is it is

[21:04] and it is acting like an organization

[21:06] that is in panic that recognizes that

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[21:09] >> Step right up. Read the story behind the

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[21:12] >> Outside the Brooklyn courthouse, where

[21:14] the Gotti trial continued, the extra

[21:15] attention was just what the hawkers of a

[21:17] new biography wanted. Clearly, the

[21:19] public is still fascinated by the mob.

[21:22] But tonight, its latest apparent victim

[21:24] remains hospitalized under 24-hour

[21:26] police guard. Jacqueline Adams, CBS

[21:29] News, Brooklyn. Coming up next, Eye on

[21:32] America. Tonight, fallout for a nuclear

[21:35] whistleblower.

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[23:14] >> When the doctor told me to come in right

[23:16] away, I was scared.

[23:20] really scared.

[23:23] But this burning pain was real.

[23:27] Boy, I got to tell you, was I relieved

[23:29] when my doctor said myanta? He said it

[23:32] was heartburn. Heartburn that needed

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[23:49] >> Ever see something at work that wasn't

[23:51] quite right? Maybe even very wrong.

[23:54] Maybe you thought about saying

[23:55] something. Blowing the whistle. This is

[23:58] a story about someone who did blow the

[24:00] whistle and what happened to him.

[24:03] Tonight's Eye on America reported by

[24:05] Aaron Hayes.

[24:09] >> Oakidge, Tennessee. It doesn't look like

[24:11] the kind of place where you need to

[24:13] watch what you say, but according to one

[24:15] man, it certainly is.

[24:17] >> Got a dog standing up there. I wouldn't

[24:19] treat him

[24:21] >> like they treated me.

[24:22] >> He is Bud Varnador, and they are the

[24:25] management of the Oakidge National

[24:26] Laboratory, America's premier nuclear

[24:29] weapons research site, with a 50-year

[24:31] tradition of keeping very big and

[24:34] sometimes dirty secrets. People like Bud

[24:37] Varnador who work at the nation's

[24:39] nuclear weapons facilities are supposed

[24:41] to be protected when they blow the

[24:42] whistle on the dirty secrets. That's

[24:44] what he did.

[24:45] >> And I felt like that if enough people

[24:48] saw it, they would agree that it wasn't

[24:51] right either.

[24:52] >> Environmental violations he exposed here

[24:54] were eventually addressed. But he kept

[24:56] talking about his concerns at the plant.

[24:58] He talked to CBS in a report aired last

[25:01] year. Finally, management decided

[25:04] Barnador needed a new office. all to

[25:06] himself.

[25:07] >> They had me in a radioactive waste room.

[25:10] >> This was it, his new office. He

[25:12] considered it punishment for talking.

[25:14] Took pictures and kept track. Things

[25:17] changed again, but not, his lawyers say,

[25:19] the way he had hoped.

[25:20] >> When a health physicist told him that he

[25:22] didn't he couldn't be in that room any

[25:24] longer because it was unhealthy,

[25:27] he was put into a chemical waste room.

[25:30] It was an abandoned mercury reclamation

[25:33] lab contaminated with mercury,

[25:35] cancer-causing compounds.

[25:37] >> Several different items of asbestous are

[25:39] around the room.

[25:40] >> He was given the job of doing an

[25:42] inventory of what was in that room. Um,

[25:45] bags of waste, open containers of

[25:48] mercury. Um,

[25:50] >> and this was his office.

[25:52] >> Yes.

[25:52] >> The problem,

[25:53] >> Bud Barnador was recovering from cancer.

[25:56] management knew it and he was scared to

[25:58] death of what was in those rooms.

[26:00] >> They felt like I'd quit

[26:04] or maybe they felt like it would kill

[26:05] me. I don't know. Either way, I was out

[26:07] of their hair.

[26:08] >> Martin Marietta Company runs Oakidge and

[26:10] several other nuclear weapons facilities

[26:13] for the US Department of Energy. Were

[26:15] there any other offices available? Any

[26:17] other places you could have put Bud

[26:19] Barnador than the radioactive waste

[26:21] storage room in the Mercury Reclamation

[26:23] Land? Any other place? Well, with a

[26:25] facility of 5,000, I would be kind of

[26:27] dumb to sit here and say that we

[26:28] couldn't find some spot to put him in.

[26:30] It was a place that was convenient to

[26:32] where the work that he was doing was

[26:34] located and it was convenient to the

[26:36] management that he was working under to

[26:38] look after him.

[26:39] >> The rooms, Martin Marietta insists, pose

[26:41] no danger and were not meant as

[26:43] punishment. The US Department of Labor

[26:45] was not convinced and ordered Martin

[26:47] Marietta to fix the situation. The

[26:49] company is appealing, but a bigger

[26:51] question is where was the Department of

[26:53] Energy in all of this? The department

[26:55] that had promised nuclear weapons

[26:56] workers safety if they blew the whistle

[26:58] on trouble in the industry.

[27:00] >> Bad to meet you, sir.

[27:01] >> Good to meet you.

[27:02] >> Good to meet you, sir.

[27:03] >> They showed up after a congressional

[27:05] investigation started last month.

[27:07] >> Bud Barnador sat down with highlevel

[27:09] energy officials and finally got to tell

[27:12] his story. They emerged with a public

[27:14] apology. You know, we have a person here

[27:16] who u who's seen a lot of tragedy in his

[27:19] personal situation and um you know, I

[27:23] feel for him as a human being

[27:25] >> and a promise.

[27:26] >> I'm going to see that there's a new day

[27:27] here if it's the last thing that I do on

[27:29] this job.

[27:29] >> But after what he went through, Bud

[27:31] Varnador is not convinced change will

[27:33] come that easily.

[27:35] >> Sort of like my granddaddy said, "It's

[27:37] not how much you throw up there, it's

[27:39] how much you make stick." He's in a

[27:41] clean office for now, suing Martin

[27:43] Marietta and certain that there are many

[27:45] more secrets to be spilled here once

[27:47] potential whistleblowers feel it is

[27:49] truly safe to talk. As a saying goes,

[27:52] it's not over till the fat lady sings. I

[27:55] think she's tuning up

[27:56] >> in Oakidge, Tennessee. This is Aaron

[27:58] Hayes for Eye on America.

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