World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-01-28

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-01-28
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[0:03] On World News Tonight this Wednesday,

[0:05] President Clinton gets out of Washington

[0:07] to talk about his State of the Union and

[0:09] he gets a friendly reception.

[0:11] Should a Secret Service agent be obliged

[0:13] to testify against the man it is his job

[0:16] to protect, we'll take a closer look.

[0:20] And if the president decides to attack

[0:22] Iraq, the US will be using some brand

[0:25] new weapons.

[0:34] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:37] York, Wednesday, January 28th, this is

[0:41] World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.

[0:43] >> Good evening. Yes, the president got out

[0:45] of Washington today and it was very easy

[0:46] to get the impression that he was happy

[0:48] about it. Mr. Clinton has not left his

[0:50] problems behind by any means, but when

[0:52] he went to the Midwest today to stump

[0:54] for the legislation he laid out in the

[0:55] State of the Union last night, people

[0:57] were glad to see him. Though the trip

[0:59] was not flawless. ABC's Sam Donaldson is

[1:02] with him.

[1:04] There it was. Air Force One stuck in the

[1:07] mud at the airport in Champagne Orbana,

[1:09] Illinois. The president on board unable

[1:11] to proceed. Was it a showstopper that

[1:14] the pilot trying to make a tight turn

[1:16] ran off the taxi way? But soon, Mr.

[1:18] Clinton and all the plane's baggage were

[1:20] hotting it along to a backup craft

[1:22] hastily flown in. And a day that was

[1:24] going very well for the president

[1:26] continued.

[1:31] When presidents travel, it's always

[1:33] impressive. But for Mr. Clinton today,

[1:35] it was also important. What would the

[1:37] people say about scandal?

[1:38] >> I'M TELLING YOU, WE'RE MOVING IN THE

[1:40] RIGHT DIRECTION. Vice President Gore was

[1:42] so