World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-09-18

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[0:00] See you at 6

[0:04] >> on World News Tonight this Friday. It

[0:07] has been decided the president's

[0:09] testimony before the grand jury will be

[0:11] made public. So will Monica Lewinsky's.

[0:14] And it is going to be pretty graphic on

[0:16] the state of the nation. Mortgage rates

[0:18] and gas prices are plummeting all over

[0:21] the country. And what it was that Henry

[0:24] Ford gave America along with the Model

[0:27] T.

[0:35] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:38] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:42] Peter Jennings. Good evening. Yesterday,

[0:44] it was nasty in Washington. Today, it

[0:46] was almost poisonous. The Republicans

[0:48] had their way, and the public is going

[0:50] to see all the president's testimony to

[0:52] the grand jury and most of Monica

[0:54] Lewinsky's sometime on Monday. That is 4

[0:57] hours of tape and 2800 pages in the

[1:00] House Judiciary Committee where it was

[1:02] decided. It was absolute party line.

[1:05] First of all, here's ABC's Linda

[1:07] Douglas.

[1:09] >> Democrats came out of the Judiciary

[1:10] Committee meeting and said, "So much for

[1:12] bipartisanship.

[1:14] >> We got rolled, but we're still

[1:16] fighting." The Republican majority, in

[1:18] my opinion, appears intent not on a an

[1:22] impartial inquiry, but on bringing about

[1:25] maximum feasible embarrassment for the

[1:27] president.

[1:28] >> Democrats saw a rare opening to put the

[1:30] Republicans on the defensive today.

[1:32] Although both sides agreed to edit out

[1:35] 155 sections from the Star material,

[1:37] Democrats wanted to cut out 30 other

[1:39] passages from Monica Lewinsky's

[1:41] testimony, additional details about her

[1:44] sexual encounters with the president.

[1:46] Republicans said, "No.

[1:47] >> If someone doesn't want to watch this,

[1:49] then don't watch it. Um, we have the

[1:52] responsibility to move this into the

[1:53] public domain and give the president of

[1:55] the United States the benefit of the

[1:56] doubt."

[1:57] >> Republicans tried to downplay the

[1:58] disputes because they fear the public

[2:00] will begin to see them as a partisan

[2:02] lynch mob chasing after the president.

[2:05] That is exactly what the Democrats hope

[2:07] voters will think. This has become an

[2:09] effort that has been in fact now

[2:11] engineered by the rightwing of the

[2:14] Republican party to take over the

[2:17] impeachment process. I may have a

[2:19] different uh definition of

[2:21] bipartisanship.

[2:22] Uh but it is not it doesn't include

[2:25] surrender to everything the Democrats

[2:26] want.

[2:27] >> We got a long fine. I don't deny that it

[2:28] was civil. We're very civil. It was very

[2:30] civil and very partisan. In fact, a

[2:32] majority of both parties in the House

[2:34] voted to release all of Star's evidence,

[2:36] except parts found to be not relevant.

[2:39] Some Republicans charge the judiciary

[2:41] Democrats are the ones playing partisan

[2:43] games, trying to protect the president.

[2:45] >> I don't know what they're afraid of. Are

[2:47] they afraid of the truth? Uh, the

[2:50] American people deserve and have the

[2:52] right to know the truth.

[2:54] >> Now, the Judiciary Committee is

[2:56] notoriously partisan here in the House.

[2:58] Fierce liberals on one side, outspoken

[3:00] conservatives on the other side, few in

[3:02] between. And Peter, if today was a sign

[3:04] of things to come, this could be a very

[3:07] long and bitter process.

[3:08] >> Thanks, Linda. Linda Douglas on Capitol

[3:10] Hill tonight. The committee did not

[3:11] excise any part of the president's

[3:14] testimony, nor the prosecutor's detailed

[3:16] questions about his physical contact

[3:18] with Monica Lewinsky. They did fight

[3:20] over part of Miss Lewinsky's testimony.

[3:23] Here's ABC's Jackie Jud.

[3:26] The committee argued bitterly over what

[3:28] to take out of Monica Lewinsk's

[3:30] testimony when she took prosecutors

[3:32] through all 10 sexual encounters that

[3:35] she claims to have had with the

[3:37] president. Committee sources say that

[3:39] some of the more salacious details that

[3:41] are not necessary to establish what was

[3:44] going on between Lewinsky and the

[3:45] president will not be made public. Even

[3:48] with those deletions, a committee

[3:50] Republican concedes the document will be

[3:53] very graphic. Sources say it will

[3:55] include not only the acts Lewinsky says

[3:57] she performed on the president, but also

[4:00] what he did to arouse her. That's

[4:03] critical because it goes directly to the

[4:05] question of whether Mr. Clinton

[4:06] committed perjury when he denied that he

[4:08] had sexual relations with Lewinsky.

[4:11] Republicans privately complained today

[4:13] that Democrats wanted to take out much

[4:16] more about the president's actions.

[4:18] Democrats complained that Republicans

[4:20] were so anxious to embarrass the

[4:22] president. They would not even agree to

[4:24] delete Lewinsky's accounts of phone sex.

[4:27] Even though the two were not physically

[4:28] together, and it would not go to the

[4:30] issue of perjury, the committee had no

[4:33] trouble in agreeing to delete

[4:34] information dealing with issues of

[4:36] security and privacy, things like

[4:38] witnesses credit card numbers and how

[4:40] the White House telephone system

[4:42] operates. But what remains will leave

[4:45] absolutely no doubt about what Monica

[4:47] Lewinsky says went on in the Oval Office

[4:50] complex. Peter,

[4:51] >> thank you, Jackie. Jackie Jud in

[4:53] Washington. Later in the broadcast,

[4:55] we're going to take a closer look at how

[4:56] women particularly are reacting to

[4:59] Monica Lewinsky. When we come back, some

[5:01] of the other news today. Let the good

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[6:46] about the economy today. Mortgage rates

[6:49] are at a 30-year low and gas prices are

[6:52] competing for equal attention. First on

[6:55] mortgages, ABC's Bob Jameson.

[6:58] Not since 1967, when the average price

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[7:19] >> They need 57,000 altogether.

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[7:27] >> Business is up tremendously. We've never

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[7:32] >> Looking at homes in Marietta, Georgia

[7:34] today, Lon and Janet Schuford said they

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[7:40] >> Oh, it's going to be marvelous. It'll

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[7:46] >> The reason mortgage rates are falling is

[7:48] complicated. In the recent global

[7:50] turmoil, billions of dollars moved out

[7:51] of world stock markets and into US

[7:53] Treasury securities. And mortgage rates

[7:56] are linked to the interest or yield the

[7:58] government pays on Treasury securities.

[8:00] >> So, a lot of investors have been putting

[8:02] money into US treasuries, which exerts

[8:05] downward pressure on Treasury yields,

[8:07] and mortgage rates follow Treasury

[8:10] yields downward. And as mortgage rates

[8:12] have fallen, the real estate business

[8:14] has skyrocketed with some predicting

[8:16] record home sales and housing

[8:17] construction this year. That is a boost

[8:20] to the entire economy. Bob Jameson, ABC

[8:22] News, New York. And another indication

[8:25] this week that gas prices will continue

[8:26] to go down. In fact, the market has

[8:30] changed so much that in some places they

[8:32] are selling gas to push fast food.

[8:35] Here's ABC's Steve Osami.

[8:39] 75 cents buys a gallon of regular unled

[8:42] in suburban Atlanta. And further into

[8:45] town, the prices aren't much higher.

[8:47] >> They're excellent. They're excellent. I

[8:49] hope they'd hang on for a while.

[8:50] >> Anything under a dollar is good.

[8:53] >> What's happening is that the financial

[8:55] crisis in Asia has forced those

[8:57] countries to cut their usual purchases.

[9:00] So now most of the oil producing nations

[9:02] in the Middle East are too burdened with

[9:04] surplus to keep prices high. In Chicago,

[9:07] that means gas sells for $114 a gallon,

[9:10] 11 cents cheaper than this time last

[9:12] year. In Los Angeles, $19, 34 cents

[9:16] cheaper. And in Houston, it costs 97

[9:19] cents a gallon, 22 cents less than it

[9:22] costs last September. What surprises

[9:25] analysts, however, is that the price of

[9:27] gas has fallen nearly twice as much as

[9:29] the price for the crude oil used to make

[9:31] it. Some say one explanation is that

[9:33] where Americans buy their gas is

[9:35] changing, too. Gas pumps are now found

[9:38] alongside convenience stores, and some

[9:40] stations have gone into business with

[9:42] fast food franchises. Cheap gas has now

[9:45] become a lost leader, a way to lure

[9:48] customers in and get them to buy other

[9:50] products. And even major oil companies

[9:53] are following the trend.

[9:55] >> Everybody is looking for additional

[9:56] means of income. And because today the

[9:59] marketplace is getting tighter,

[10:01] >> the industry is already trying to

[10:03] stabilize prices by slowing down its

[10:06] refining. But even so, some analysts

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[10:10] friendly, gas prices could still fall

[10:12] another 5 to 10 cents before Christmas.

[10:16] Steoami, ABC News Atlanta.

[10:19] >> On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones

[10:21] Industrials gained a little under 22

[10:22] points to close at 78.95.

[10:26] On the NASDAQ market, stocks gained 17

[10:29] and a half points. The Food and Drug

[10:31] Administration has approved another drug

[10:33] for people with AIDS. It is called

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[10:53] today, the Senate failed to overturn

[10:55] President Clinton's veto of a bill

[10:57] banning some late term abortion.

[11:00] Supporters of the bill fell three votes

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[13:43] President Clinton. 275,000

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[13:54] about Kosovo in the former Yugoslavia.

[13:57] Mr. Clinton said this week that

[13:58] something must be done. He hasn't said

[14:02] what. ABC's Mike Lee is there.

[14:08] By the tens of thousands, they've been

[14:10] on the run, clogging the narrow trails

[14:12] through Europe's most deadly territory.

[14:14] They are ethnic Albanians, terrified,

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[14:25] There was no food to carry for my

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[14:39] >> Other refugees are ill. They do not have

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[14:51] strive for dignity. A new house of

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[15:02] The Serbs have destroyed dozens of

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[15:11] have created the largest refugee

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[15:20] And they add the West is doing what it

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[15:34] >> What about the promises of Bush and

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[15:39] many of us will have to die before

[15:41] there's a response?" Mike Lee, ABC News,

[15:44] Kosovo. The Pentagon does say it's

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[15:54] yet. President Clinton has received the

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[15:59] race. There's nothing earthshaking here,

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[16:41] The other two people, George Washington

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[16:45] When we come back, how do women feel

[16:48] about Monica Lewinsky? We'll take a

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[19:17] As we said, we're going to take a closer

[19:18] look at how women are reacting to Monica

[19:20] Lewinsky. For one thing, more women than

[19:21] men think that Mr. Clinton should stay

[19:24] in office. It's interesting. and the

[19:26] country has never even heard her voice,

[19:28] but we know so much about her. Here's

[19:30] ABC's Aaron Hayes.

[19:33] >> At the beginning,

[19:35] >> January 21st, 1998,

[19:38] >> she was little more than a rumor.

[19:40] >> She did work at the White House, but was

[19:43] there a relationship between her and the

[19:45] president?

[19:46] >> There is no improper relationship.

[19:48] >> She was

[19:49] >> that woman

[19:49] >> a mystery. But today, there is little

[19:53] left secret about her. Monica

[19:56] >> Monica Lewinsky in detailing her grand

[19:58] jury portrait of an unfaithful president

[20:01] revealed much about herself as well. Not

[20:04] a pretty picture either. And many women

[20:06] in light of the Star report find

[20:08] themselves reassessing Miss Lewinsky.

[20:11] >> What I learned was Ms. Lewinsky really

[20:14] pursued the president and the president

[20:18] was interested. I had a little sympathy

[20:20] for her, but since the report, I do not.

[20:23] >> From an Atlanta trade show,

[20:25] >> she's one of the most willing victims

[20:27] I've ever seen

[20:30] >> to a San Francisco children's music

[20:32] class.

[20:32] >> I think she was pushing it to the limit

[20:34] to see how far she could take it.

[20:37] >> Women's talk about Monica Lewinsky

[20:40] reveals little sympathy.

[20:41] >> She sounds like a very immature,

[20:43] childish young woman.

[20:44] >> She knew exactly what she was doing.

[20:46] >> Yeah. like, "Hey, I'm having an affair

[20:48] with the president."

[20:50] >> But then after things started falling

[20:51] apart, she had a job search underway and

[20:54] a very ambitious one. She wasn't

[20:56] satisfied with a job in the Pentagon.

[20:58] Apparently, Revlon didn't measure up to

[21:00] her expectations. You know, she had a

[21:01] big plan for herself. But many say that

[21:04] makes them that much angrier with the

[21:06] president

[21:08] >> because Monica Lewinski's behavior

[21:11] strikes me as not only unacceptable in

[21:14] the workplace, but a sign of a troubled

[21:18] young woman.

[21:19] >> Troubled enough, says editor Cynthia

[21:21] Tucker, that any sensible man would have

[21:23] sent her home, not invited her into his

[21:26] life. Tucker's newspaper is calling for

[21:28] the president's resignation. We trust

[21:31] him to have extremely good judgment in

[21:35] very critical situations. And this was a

[21:38] situation in which he showed extremely

[21:41] poor judgment.

[21:42] >> It wouldn't have been too much, I think,

[21:44] to behave for 4 years, 8 years just to

[21:48] be presidential, just to be noble for a

[21:50] little while. Indeed, many women feel

[21:53] deceived by the man once hailed as the

[21:56] feminist president and disappointed that

[21:59] a young woman could acquire enough power

[22:01] to threaten a presidency using some of

[22:04] the oldest tricks in the book. Aaron

[22:07] Hayes, ABC News, Atlanta. When we come

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[23:51] >> The new 2020 now on three nights

[23:54] tonight. Could one punch land you in

[23:57] jail for 25 years? It happened to this

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[24:00] >> My life was ruined. Hugh DS Barbara

[24:03] Walters 2020 tonight.

[24:07] >> Finally this evening for just a minute

[24:09] or two some relief from You Know What.

[24:11] We thought about this first for Labor

[24:13] Day weekend, but You Know What

[24:14] intervened. However, as best we can

[24:16] tell, the Congress will not deliver its

[24:18] next avalanche of grand jury material

[24:20] until Monday at the earliest. And the

[24:22] weather looks to be pretty good in most

[24:24] places. And of course, the Miss America

[24:25] pageant doesn't start until after dark.

[24:27] So, there is time to get out in the

[24:29] garden and live again. that great

[24:30] American cultural experience.

[24:35] According to the latest surveys, many of

[24:37] us cook all year round on the barbecue

[24:39] now. So the end of summer is

[24:41] meaningless. We actually barbecue more

[24:44] than ever. This is how it looked in the

[24:47] 1950s when America headed for the

[24:49] backyard in large numbers. The country

[24:52] was booming. And at the Weber Brothers

[24:54] Sheet Metal Company outside Chicago,

[24:56] they decided to cut a buoy in half. The

[24:59] kettle barbecue was born.

[25:02] >> Leisure was the crucable. If you had

[25:04] leisure time, you were cool. You were

[25:07] well to do. You were a great person.

[25:09] >> That original kettle mass-produced, sold

[25:12] for $29.95. How times have changed.

[25:15] Today, Frank Mlen in Boston has a

[25:18] monument to barbecue in his garden.

[25:20] >> This is a lot more substantial. Um, and

[25:23] you can really put on a uh, so to speak,

[25:25] a party with uh, something this large.

[25:28] >> Today, barbecue is just about as high

[25:30] tech as anyone would want. You can spend

[25:32] several thousand dollar.

[25:34] >> Do people buy a barbecue for life?

[25:38] >> I suspect there are a whole lot of

[25:39] people who do buy barbecues as a fashion

[25:42] statement because I've seen them coming

[25:43] out in different colors.

[25:44] >> Molly O'Neal is the food writer for the

[25:46] New York Times. Now, I have a black and

[25:48] I will always stick by my black, but

[25:50] I've seen red ones and blue ones and I

[25:53] suppose it could become part of your

[25:55] decor.

[25:56] >> James Shelby is something of a purist.

[25:59] >> This thing is a good maybe 10, 15 years

[26:01] old.

[26:01] >> More people use gas grills now, but Mr.

[26:04] Shelby prefers charcoal.

[26:07] Surprisingly, it was Henry Ford who

[26:09] helped invent the briquette. Mr. Ford

[26:12] had a reputation as a thrifty man. He

[26:15] was sitting around trying to figure out

[26:16] what to do with scrap lumber that he had

[26:18] left over from um forms that they used

[26:20] to build Model T's and he came up with

[26:22] the idea that maybe he could make

[26:23] charcoal out of it. In the early days,

[26:25] you could only get charcoal briquettes

[26:26] at Ford dealerships. Mr. Ford started

[26:29] America's largest manufacturer of

[26:30] charcoal and called it after a relative,

[26:32] Mr. Kingsford. Today, briquettes are a

[26:36] mixture of wood waste, coal, and starch.

[26:39] And last year, Americans burned 888,000

[26:44] tons of briquettes.

[26:46] >> Where do you stand on gas versus

[26:48] charcoal?

[26:48] >> I don't see why bother with gas. To me,

[26:51] it's not barbecue. It's grilling. You

[26:53] don't get that uh sense of wildness and

[26:56] um you don't get

[26:57] >> smoke

[26:58] >> and you don't get dirty. Whatever kind

[27:00] of fuel you use, the Environmental

[27:01] Protection Agency says that backyard

[27:04] barbecues have a marginal impact on the

[27:06] environment and the EPA has no intention

[27:09] of regulating them. So, have a nice

[27:12] weekend. You men especially, it is a

[27:14] man's moment mostly.

[27:16] Sometimes it's the only way we know how

[27:18] to cook.

[27:20] That is our report on World News

[27:21] Tonight. Don't forget 2020 Friday. A

[27:24] town has found a unique way to battle

[27:26] boldness. A Night Line, an airplane

[27:28] pilot convicted for flying drunk flies

[27:31] again. And on Monday, with the videotape

[27:34] of the president's testimony and other

[27:35] evidence coming out, we are going to

[27:36] have a special 1-hour World News Tonight

[27:39] to accommodate it. I'm Peter Jennings.

[27:41] We hope you have a nice quiet weekend.

[27:43] Good night.

[28:04] Monday, a big news day. The president's

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[28:09] in perspective in a special 1-hour

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[28:24] >> ABC Saturday is a night of glamour. Jim

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[28:31] >> People won't believe this. They'll think

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