Good Morning America (ABC) / CBS This Morning snippets - 1992-12-08

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[0:01] You know, there's mixed emotion going on

[0:03] here. You have people who want the armed

[0:05] forces to come in because of course

[0:06] they're going to be saving lives and

[0:07] that's very important. On the other

[0:09] hand, to those people here who have been

[0:11] brandishing weapons, who have been

[0:12] making developing an economy for

[0:14] themselves because of journalists who

[0:16] are, you know, descended on the area,

[0:19] they are the people who don't want to

[0:20] lose that kind of money. So, there's

[0:22] really mixed emotion going on here.

[0:24] >> Interesting clarification of the point

[0:25] you made with Joan that actually when

[0:27] they stop being the only protection

[0:29] force that is there, some of those

[0:31] locals will lose a good bit of money.

[0:33] Hopefulness about the American troops

[0:34] are tempered by that. Denise Richardson,

[0:36] thank you and again our thanks to Bill

[0:38] Taylor. It was 141, the big American

[0:40] hardware, and it's a place that, as I

[0:41] understand it, the Air Force really

[0:42] wants. The difficulty is this.

[0:45] We talked to the security force there

[0:46] who said, "Well, we protected the field.

[0:49] We have 150 troops." I said, "You have

[0:51] anti-aircraft weapons?" because we had

[0:53] seen some on the road the day before.

[0:55] They said, "Yes, we positioned them

[0:56] around the field." So, I said, "Well,

[0:58] what are you going to do when the

[0:59] Marines come?" They said, "Well, we have

[1:00] been instructed to welcome them." And I

[1:02] asked them the critical question, "What

[1:03] will you do with your guns?" All I got

[1:05] were smiles. So, it's going to be really

[1:07] tough to figure out exactly what is

[1:08] going to happen. It's a very sticky

[1:09] issue. This whole country is an armed

[1:11] camp. Are they going to give up those

[1:13] arms? Will they give up their

[1:14] likelihood? I think it's a little

[1:15] unlikely. All right. Bob Arnot in

[1:17] Mogadishu live. Thanks again.

[1:20] Back in this country, military units are

[1:22] preparing for deployment in Somalia. One

[1:24] of the key units is based at Fort Drum,

[1:26] New York, where Giselle Fernandez is

[1:27] standing by this morning. Good morning,

[1:29] Giselle.

[1:30] Good morning, Paula. Pentagon sources

[1:32] tell CBS News that the soldiers here at

[1:34] Fort Drum won't be deployed before the

[1:36] weekend. Now, military officials on base

[1:38] won't confirm an actual target date, but

[1:40] they do say is that when the ports and

[1:42] airfields in Somalia are secured,

[1:43] they'll be ready to go.

[1:47] In the blustery cold of upstate New

[1:49] York, the Army's 10th Mountain Division

[1:51] prepares for imminent deployment.

[1:53] Soldiers specially trained in urban

[1:55] warfare will soon be called out from

[1:57] subfreezing temperatures and into

[1:59] Somalia's hot desert sands.

[2:02] Thank you. Last-minute processing

[2:04] continues. As many as 10,000 in the

[2:06] light infantry unit are being equipped

[2:08] for duty. Disease is the biggest

[2:10] concern. GIs are getting a litany of

[2:12] shots. They're also signing wills and

[2:15] squaring away finances. We need help

[2:18] here, too, but I think it's a good

[2:19] cause. Probably should have been done a

[2:21] lot long time ago. The timing is

[2:24] bittersweet, especially for families

[2:26] left behind. So, until the deployment,

[2:29] soldiers are celebrating Christmas as

[2:31] long as they can.

[2:34] The 10th Mountain Division just returned

[2:36] from Homestead, Florida. It was one of

[2:37] the largest contingents to respond to

[2:39] Hurricane Andrew. Many here now say that

[2:41] Somalia is another chance to promote the

[2:43] fast-changing image of the US Army and

[2:46] military as a humanitarian force as well

[2:48] as combat. Paula? Thank you, Giselle

[2:51] Fernandez, reporting for us this morning

[2:52] from Fort Drum, New York. 25 minutes

[2:54] before the hour, time to check in with

[2:55] Mark McEwen now.

[2:58] Is it cold like that everywhere this

[2:59] morning?

[2:59] >> Not everywhere, but in a lot of places.

[3:02] >> with this that cold air.

[3:03] >> it. This weather segment is sponsored by

[3:04] Drixoral, the 12-hour prescription

[3:07] strength cold medicine. Drixoral, let's

[3:09] talk about it. These are some of the

[3:11] delays you're going to run into around

[3:12] the country. You can see little fog

[3:14] activity around Little Rock. Watch out

[3:15] for that. That'll be

[3:17] burning off in the next couple hours, a

[3:18] little denser than the fog you're seeing

[3:20] down in the Tampa area. That fog will be

[3:22] just for an hour or so from as

[3:24] from the time I'm speaking to you now

[3:26] until it burns off. East Coast not too

[3:27] bad. Out to the west, you can see rainy

[3:29] conditions through the Phoenix, Tucson

[3:31] area, and also rain up across right

[3:33] around that Seattle area. Around the

[3:35] country, take a peek. They had a lot of

[3:36] rain in in the Southern California area

[3:37] yesterday. They're drying out some

[3:39] drying out going on. That storm is

[3:41] moving slowly towards the east, bringing

[3:43] lots of snow to the Central Rockies,

[3:44] about a half a foot of snow to the

[3:46] Central Rockies and the nearby mountain

[3:47] ranges. A little bit further to the

[3:49] east, it'll be clicking over to rain

[3:50] later on in the day. In Texas, we'll see

[3:51] rain later in the day. Also, storm

[3:53] number two coming in up across the

[3:55] Northwest with rain along the coastline

[3:56] and snow up in the mountains. Chilly but

[3:58] dry down through the Southeast. Sunny

[4:00] and cold as you can see on the map

[4:01] across the Northern Plains. A little bit

[4:03] colder up across

[4:04] the

[4:06] Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine area up

[4:07] there, New England area. Not too bad.

[4:09] Harry?

[4:10] That would be the northeast part of the

[4:11] country.

[4:12] >> Yeah, right. Thanks, Mark. It's 24

[4:14] minutes before the hour. Next on CBS

[4:16] This Morning, Bill Clinton faces the

[4:18] agony of cabinets building.

[4:27] I had an awful cold. He said Drixoral.

[4:30] For 10 years, pharmacists have

[4:31] recommended one cold medicine the most.

[4:33] >> I could barely breathe. He said

[4:35] Drixoral. 12-hour long prescription

[4:37] strong Drixoral.

[4:39] >> I don't know what to take.

[4:40] >> Take it from your pharmacist. Take

[4:41] Drixoral.

[4:58] Kmart has a good price on this Polaroid

[5:00] One for Christmas. The AT&T 705 with 12

[5:02] number memory. And it has buttons for

[5:04] emergency numbers, too. Police, fire,

[5:07] and pizza delivery? I wish somebody

[5:09] would give me a Polaroid instant camera

[5:10] for Christmas. Why don't you tell Robbie

[5:12] to get you this OneStep?

[5:14] >> Yeah, this OneStep would be 10 steps

[5:15] better than what he gave me last year.

[5:17] What was that?

[5:18] >> Nothing. I think I'm going to give the

[5:20] money I saved shopping here to the

[5:21] needy. Thanks, Mom. I didn't say greedy.

[5:27] Hi, I'm Bob Granger, here to answer one

[5:29] of your drugstore questions.

[5:31] Why are pharmacists always up on a

[5:33] platform?

[5:35] I have no idea. You see, medicine shop