The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (PBS) - 1991-05-24
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[0:12] Good evening. Leading the news this
[0:14] Friday, thousands of mourers attended
[0:16] the funeral of former Indian Prime
[0:17] Minister Gandhi. The Senate voted
[0:20] President Bush special authority to
[0:22] negotiate a free trade agreement with
[0:23] Mexico. And the United States helped
[0:26] Israel in the airlift of thousands of
[0:28] Ethiopian Jews. We'll have the details
[0:30] in our news summary in a moment. Robin,
[0:33] >> after the news summary, we have a
[0:34] conversation with outgoing CIA director
[0:36] William Webster, the weekly political
[0:39] analysis of David Gurgen and Mark
[0:41] Shields. Holman reports on new questions
[0:44] raised about a life-saving medical
[0:46] procedure. Finally, we meet a
[0:47] photographer who's found his way to make
[0:50] a difference.
[0:52] Funding for the NewsHour has been
[0:54] provided by AT&T.
[0:56] AT&T has supported the McNeeler NewsHour
[0:59] since 1983 because quality information
[1:02] and quality communications is our idea
[1:05] of a good connection. AT&T, the right
[1:08] choice
[1:10] and by PepsiCo
[1:13] and made possible by the financial
[1:15] support of viewers like you and the
[1:18] Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
[1:23] Rajie Gandhi was cremated today in a
[1:25] traditional Hindu ceremony. As many as a
[1:27] quarter of a million people came out to
[1:29] mourn the former prime minister slain in
[1:31] a bomb attack on Tuesday. We have a
[1:33] report from Edward Stern of Independent
[1:35] Television News.
[1:40] >> Arms reversed. All three services
[1:43] forming up for the Guard of Honor. The
[1:45] formality with which the state pays
[1:46] tribute to a former prime minister. But
[1:49] the people of India wanted to show their
[1:51] feelings for a leader who was more