CNN PrimeNews - 1992-08-22
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[0:00] Make your day pay-per-view.
[0:04] This is CNN.
[0:09] [Music]
[0:14] >> The southeast coast of Florida starts to
[0:17] get ready, watching out for the first
[0:18] hurricane of the Atlantic season.
[0:22] Parched land goes up in flames in
[0:23] several western states, leaving hundreds
[0:25] of thousands of acres and dozens of
[0:27] structures in charred ruins.
[0:30] President Bush gets comfortable with
[0:32] voters in the Deep South, as the latest
[0:34] poll shows voters nationwide are only a
[0:37] little more comfortable with him.
[0:43] This is Prime News Saturday on CNN with
[0:47] Andrea Arseno at CNN Center in Atlanta
[0:51] and David French in Washington.
[0:58] >> Good evening. Thank you for joining us.
[1:00] Those stories are just ahead. But first,
[1:02] this developing story. A passenger ship
[1:05] with about 600 people aboard is said to
[1:07] be sinking off the coast of Malaysia.
[1:10] Lloyd's shipping intelligence in London
[1:12] reports the Royal Pacific collided with
[1:14] a fishing vessel in the Straits of Mala
[1:16] between Malaysia and Indonesia.
[1:19] Officials say the ship sent out an SOS
[1:22] call about an hour after leaving
[1:23] Singapore. One report says 477 people
[1:27] have been rescued and we'll keep
[1:28] updating you on the collision as details
[1:30] are made available. David
[1:32] >> and Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Andrew
[1:34] is gathering strength as it takes aim
[1:36] towards South Florida and the Bahamas.
[1:39] Southeast Florida, an area of about 5
[1:41] million people, is under a hurricane
[1:43] watch now, and people appear to be
[1:45] taking the warning seriously. Officials
[1:47] have been warning them to batten down
[1:49] the hatches and start stocking up on
[1:51] food and water. Some in C