CBS Evening News - 1992-08-31

Name: CBS Evening News - 1992-08-31
Uploaded: 2025-09-03
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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:02] After the storm, welcome relief for

[0:05] South Florida, but the recovery

[0:06] operation is still shaky.

[0:09] >> Well, I would like to thank the vice

[0:11] president.

[0:12] >> TV's Murphy Brown takes a high-profile

[0:14] shot at Dan Quail. The vice president

[0:16] fires back.

[0:18] >> Winning an Emmy is not a license to lie.

[0:22] >> And in Los Angeles, new charges and

[0:25] racism in the Denny beating case. This

[0:27] time the justice system is on trial.

[0:32] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:40] Good evening. I'm Connie Chung sitting

[0:41] in tonight for Dan Rather. At least two

[0:43] tent cities are finally up in South

[0:45] Florida tonight, ready to provide

[0:47] shelter for some of the thousands who

[0:49] lost their homes in Hurricane Andrew.

[0:52] And more supplies are on the way by

[0:53] land, sea, and air. But there is no end

[0:56] to the bickering and confusion in the

[0:58] relief operation. Scott P in Florida

[1:00] City, Florida begins our coverage

[1:04] today. Thousands of tons of relief

[1:06] supplies sailed, flew, and rolled into

[1:09] devastated South Florida. It is the

[1:11] largest mobilization since the war, sent

[1:14] to cope with a disaster the size of

[1:16] which is only now becoming clear. Today,

[1:19] damage estimates range as high as $30

[1:21] billion. And it now appears at least

[1:24] 85,000 homes are in ruins.

[1:27] >> How you doing?

[1:29] >> Okay, thank you.

[1:30] >> A week after the storm, the much delayed

[1:33] relief effort is rapidly picking up

[1:35] speed.

[1:35] >> I have everything I need for him. Every

[1:37] time I walk around the corner, someone's

[1:38] asking if I need it up.

[1:42] >> There are long lines, but at relief

[1:45] centers, supplies are now widely

[1:46] available, including food, wa