NBC Nightly News - 1992-07-17

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[0:02] Bill Clinton and El Gore take to the

[0:04] road, busting their message to America

[0:06] while President Bush goes fishing again.

[0:08] This time for Perau voters and a world

[0:11] conference on AIDS. Facing the tough

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[0:17] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:20] Brokoff reporting tonight from NBC News

[0:23] headquarters in New York.

[0:25] >> Good evening. Bill Clinton and Al Gore

[0:27] got what they needed from New York City,

[0:29] a unified Democratic party, a harmonious

[0:32] convention. So today, they loaded their

[0:34] message onto a bus and moved out of the

[0:36] Big Apple headed for the heartland.

[0:39] NBC's Andrea Mitchell is covering the

[0:41] Clinton Gore ticket.

[0:43] >> Before hitting the road, the Democratic

[0:44] ticket launched a major effort to win

[0:46] the backing of Ross Perau's supporters.

[0:48] Bill Clinton and Al Gore are both career

[0:50] politicians. And their kickoff rally had

[0:53] all the trappings of a traditional

[0:54] Democratic campaign.

[0:58] But to attract Perau voters, they are

[1:00] portraying their campaign as a

[1:01] grassroots movement for change.

[1:03] Supporting that claim, top Perau New

[1:06] York organizers who endorsed the

[1:07] Democrats today. We are here

[1:10] to begin a transition

[1:14] from people for Perau to Perau people

[1:17] for Clinton.

[1:19] >> The New York chairman turned in his

[1:21] Perau credentials in exchange for a

[1:23] Clinton button and a promise.

[1:25] >> We must honor that all of us and we must

[1:29] join with them to take our country back,

[1:31] move our country forward, lift our

[1:33] country up. That is the commitment that

[1:36] Al Gore and I make today. Now that it is

[1:38] a twoman race again, Clinton has to

[1:40] shift back to the old electoral map. He

[1:42] needs to get back the Reagan Democrats,

[1:44] moderates who deserted the party in

[1:46] 1980.

[1:47] >> And before we're through, we're going to

[1:49] go back to the heartland of America and

[1:52] into the hearts of America. We're going

[1:54] to take the people who were for parole,

[1:55] the people who are Democrats, the people

[1:57] who are Republicans, the people who had

[1:59] given up and dropped out and build a

[2:01] coalition to reclaim our country's

[2:03] heritage. Thank you. The Clintons and

[2:06] Gores then boarded the lead bus in an

[2:07] eight bus caravan heading across nine

[2:09] states from New York to St. Louis. They

[2:12] are trying to appeal to the middle class

[2:13] swing voter, the people Clinton was

[2:15] targeting in his acceptance speech. What

[2:18] is George Bush doing about our economic

[2:20] problems? He has raised taxes on the

[2:24] people driving pickup trucks and lowered

[2:27] taxes on the people riding in

[2:28] limousines.

[2:31] We can do better. On the bus tour's

[2:33] first stop, Clinton spoke to GE

[2:35] aerospace workers, the kind of people he

[2:37] claims his economic program would help.

[2:39] >> So, what we have to do is to make f

[2:42] change our friend, not our enemy, by

[2:45] keeping people first, and making

[2:47] government a partner with the private

[2:50] sector in creating jobs and making sure

[2:52] people can do them.

[2:53] >> Clinton is riding high after a

[2:54] successful convention, but knows that

[2:56] lead can evaporate overnight. Another

[2:59] reason to campaign hard right away is

[3:01] that he's anticipating a tough

[3:02] Republican counterattack.

[3:04] Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, with the

[3:06] Clinton campaign in Camden, New Jersey.

[3:09] >> At the same time, President Bush today

[3:11] ended a brief fly fishing vacation with

[3:13] Secretary of State James Baker in

[3:14] Wyoming and immediately began casting

[3:17] for Ross Perau voters himself. NBC's

[3:20] John Cochran is our White House

[3:22] correspondent. John,

[3:23] >> Tom, a president who once prided himself

[3:25] as the ultimate Washington insider.

[3:27] Today, lined up on the side of voters

[3:29] who are mad as heck at Washington and

[3:31] aren't going to take it anymore.

[3:34] >> Bush picked a good place to distance

[3:36] himself from Washington, a Wyoming

[3:38] picnic.

[3:39] >> Politics for too many people has become

[3:42] synonymous with slogans, posturing, and

[3:45] it's come to mean the opposite of

[3:47] progress. And today, I have a message

[3:50] for anyone who supported Ross Perau. And

[3:52] any American who identifies with that

[3:55] frustration that brought them together,

[3:58] I hear you and you've come through loud

[4:00] and clear. The Bush campaign also began

[4:03] face-to-face negotiations with parole

[4:05] workers. After meeting with parole

[4:07] volunteers in Louisville, Vice President

[4:09] Quail said he got no commitments, but

[4:11] will keep pushing.

[4:12] >> Uh they're let down. Uh they're

[4:14] frustrated, and we want to to reach out

[4:17] and to talk with them. Quail refused to

[4:19] repeat his accusation last month that

[4:21] Perau is a temperamental tycoon who has

[4:23] contempt for the Constitution. But later

[4:26] Quail offered a negative assessment of

[4:28] Perau as presidential material. I

[4:31] believe that Ross Perau would not have

[4:33] been a good president.

[4:34] >> Now that Bush is back on the road, his

[4:36] aids plan a campaign that sounds much

[4:38] like the successful strategy of four

[4:40] years ago. No Willie Horton this time

[4:42] maybe, but remember how the Bush

[4:44] campaign tried to nail Michael Dakus as

[4:46] a liberal? Well, the dreaded L-word is

[4:50] back

[4:50] >> and we will draw a dramatic contrast

[4:52] between the liberal tax and spend

[4:54] philosophy of of Governor Clinton's

[4:57] campaign and the economic growth and

[5:00] values agenda of President Bush.

[5:03] >> Bush and his surrogates will also try to

[5:05] appeal to Perau supporters by attacking

[5:07] Democrats in Congress again and again.

[5:10] >> They couldn't run a bank or a post

[5:12] office or a restaurant. How the hell can

[5:13] they run a country? The big temptation

[5:16] for the Bush campaign will be to go

[5:17] after Bill Clinton on the so-called

[5:19] character issue, his personal life. But

[5:22] so far, the president says he will not

[5:23] fight a dirty campaign. Tom,

[5:26] >> thank you, John. When Nightly News

[5:28] continues in a moment, we have a Supreme

[5:30] Court decision tonight on that

[5:31] controversy over a French abortion bill.

[5:35] And NBC's Keith Morrison tonight on the

[5:37] James Dean phenomenon. Dean dead a long

[5:40] time, but still worth a lot of money.

[5:41] and Time Warner is trying to keep the

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[6:48] The US Supreme Court this evening in

[6:50] effect upheld the FDA ban on that

[6:53] controversial French abortion pill

[6:54] RU486,

[6:56] denying a pregnant woman's claim that

[6:58] she does have the right to use that drug

[7:00] in this country. NBC's Robin Lloyd is in

[7:03] Washington now with late details. Robin.

[7:06] >> Tom. The Supreme Court ruled that the

[7:07] government should not be forced to

[7:09] return the abortion pill seized from

[7:11] Leyona Benton. The decision means that

[7:13] Benton may now be forced to choose

[7:15] another way of aborting. Tomorrow is the

[7:18] last day that it is still safe for her

[7:20] to take the pills. From the beginning,

[7:22] this was a test case. When Benton

[7:24] arrived from London 6 weeks pregnant,

[7:26] abortion rights groups had announced

[7:28] that she was defying the government ban.

[7:31] So, there was no surprise when the pills

[7:33] were seized. The Bush administration

[7:35] opposes RU486.

[7:37] And when a judge ruled the government

[7:39] had to return the pills to Benton, the

[7:41] Justice Department obtained a court

[7:43] order to prevent her from getting them.

[7:45] >> This lawsuit's only a small step in

[7:48] bringing the drug into the United

[7:49] States, but we think it's an important

[7:51] first one.

[7:52] >> The case has ignited heated passions.

[7:55] >> The RU486 abortion technique is

[7:57] dangerous. It's uh kills unborn babies

[8:01] and has killed and hurt women in France.

[8:05] >> At issue here is a 4-year-old policy by

[8:07] the FDA to allow some foreign drugs

[8:10] unapproved into this country for

[8:11] compassionate reasons. Abortion rights

[8:14] groups made that the central argument in

[8:16] their appeal to the Supreme Court. They

[8:18] say they will continue to seek a court

[8:20] order to remove the government's ban on

[8:22] the pills. Tom,

[8:26] >> thank you, Robin.

[8:28] California is still dead broke. It's now

[8:30] in its 17th day of the new fiscal year

[8:32] and still no budget. And while the

[8:34] governor and the legislature haggle over

[8:36] spending cuts, one thing is clear.

[8:39] Education will be the big loser. NBC's

[8:41] Diana Carri tonight.

[8:43] >> Governor Pete Wilson wants to slash more

[8:45] than $2 billion from the $25 billion

[8:48] education budget. Democrats in the

[8:50] legislature want to limit the cuts to

[8:52] half that. But whatever the compromise,

[8:55] students in kindergarten through college

[8:57] will suffer.

[8:58] >> Our budgetary resources have been

[9:00] drastically depleted.

[9:01] >> Today, trying to cut payroll, the

[9:04] University of California decided that

[9:05] professors may retire at 50 after just 5

[9:08] years of service. That means UC students

[9:11] could lose some older, more experienced

[9:13] professors. The state is steadily,

[9:18] if not intentionally

[9:20] withdrawing its support and there's a

[9:22] point beyond which this cannot go.

[9:25] >> On state university campuses, fees have

[9:27] gone up and severe layoffs have started.

[9:30] >> We have laid off all non-tenured

[9:32] faculty. That is a large part of our

[9:35] teaching force. If this trend continues,

[9:38] I believe all of education in the state

[9:41] of California will come to a screeching

[9:43] halt. It'll it's being dismantled.

[9:46] >> Educators in Los Angeles this week

[9:48] slammed the governor's latest proposal,

[9:50] which would require that children be 5

[9:52] years old by September 1st, not December

[9:55] 1st, to enter kindergarten. Many parents

[9:58] believe delaying school will hurt their

[10:00] kids.

[10:01] >> Most of your friends are going to

[10:03] school, except you're not. and I think

[10:05] it's going to hurt their self-esteem.

[10:07] >> School administrators are having trouble

[10:09] drafting their budget for the fiscal

[10:11] year because they don't know how deep

[10:13] the state budget cuts will be. The only

[10:15] certainty is that there will not be

[10:17] enough funds to maintain the same level

[10:19] of service. Diana Kuriki, NBC News, Los

[10:22] Angeles.

[10:23] >> In other news tonight, the United States

[10:25] had been doing quite well in exports

[10:28] recently, but the latest figures out for

[10:30] May show the trade deficit at its

[10:32] highest level in 18 months. $7 bill380

[10:36] million. That's much more than expected.

[10:38] On Wall Street today, stocks were down

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[12:18] >> On America Closeup tonight, networking

[12:21] is second nature to politicians, but for

[12:22] Bill Clinton, it's also an art form. The

[12:26] circle of friends, contacts, and allies

[12:28] that he's cultivated over the years even

[12:30] has its own name, the friends of Bill

[12:32] FOB. Nice to have when you're running

[12:34] for president. NBC's Bob Kerr begins our

[12:37] report in New York City.

[12:42] They were out in force again this week.

[12:44] Arkansas friends of Bill Clinton, full

[12:47] of pride and warmth for their home state

[12:49] hero. From Arkansas and beyond,

[12:52] Clinton's built a network of friends.

[12:56] One of the things that brought us

[12:58] together was a common intense feeling

[13:02] not just about the war in Vietnam, which

[13:04] was the topic of the day, but about the

[13:06] issues of racism in America.

[13:08] >> And now it's on to Chicago and let's win

[13:10] there.

[13:12] Since the day of uh RFK, there's been

[13:15] sort of a uh an outside the government

[13:18] think tank established that has thought

[13:21] about these issues that have

[13:22] contemplated the issues that are going

[13:23] to have to be addressed.

[13:25] >> Since college at Georgetown, Oxford, and

[13:27] Yale, Clinton has remained friends with

[13:30] fellow students who shared his interest

[13:32] in government. Uh, Bill Clinton's

[13:35] rolodex, his friends, his his

[13:37] acquaintances, his brain trust is very

[13:39] diverse. Extends all over the country.

[13:41] >> Roger Altman, Wall Street, former

[13:44] Treasury official, met at Georgetown.

[13:46] 46.

[13:48] William Coleman III, Detroit, lawyer,

[13:51] met at Yale Law School. 45. Randy

[13:54] Goodram, Hollywood, songwriter, friend

[13:57] since high school. 45. Robert Rich,

[14:01] Harvard, economist, met at Oxford. 46.

[14:05] Susan Thomasus, New York, lawyer,

[14:08] political operative, friend since the

[14:10] 60s. 48. Linda Bworth Thomasson,

[14:14] Hollywood, TV producer, designing women,

[14:17] friend from Arkansas. 44. Many of

[14:20] Clinton's close friends have become

[14:22] policy adviserss. And now this

[14:24] 40-something group is eager to move its

[14:27] floating conversation about issues to

[14:29] the Oval Office.

[14:31] >> He's been described as a master at the

[14:33] art of networking. Is he? Well, he's

[14:36] obviously got a very wide circle of

[14:38] friends and contacts and that doesn't

[14:40] happen uh by itself.

[14:43] >> And when he would think of something

[14:44] that he wanted to accomplish in Arkansas

[14:46] or any place in the country, if he

[14:48] thought of the person who knew something

[14:50] about that, he would call you up.

[14:56] Call on Randy Goodram to compose music

[14:58] for the Clinton biography shown at the

[15:00] convention. Call on another Arkansas

[15:03] friend, TV producer Linda Bworth

[15:05] Thomasson, to do the video.

[15:07] >> Okay.

[15:08] >> And when Clinton's campaign was in

[15:10] crisis in New Hampshire, friends rushed

[15:12] in to lift his spirits.

[15:14] >> It was like a high school reunion. I

[15:16] mean, there were so many old friends

[15:18] that did the same thing. We didn't call

[15:19] each other and plan anything. They just

[15:21] were. Everybody just showed up.

[15:23] >> Most of his friends are her friends,

[15:25] too. And some were hers first.

[15:28] >> She's absolutely central to this effort.

[15:31] What phrase do you want to use? Real

[15:32] partner. I mean, she sure is.

[15:34] >> She does not take the role as as wife.

[15:38] Uh, she takes the role as as as

[15:41] participant.

[15:42] >> Friends who think the world of them

[15:44] insist the country does not know the

[15:46] Clintons the way they do. So now, Bill

[15:49] Clinton hopes to widen his circle of

[15:51] friends. Bob Kerr, NBC News, New York.

[15:56] >> In a moment, hopes raised yet again in

[15:58] Bosnia. And John Chancellor's commentary

[16:00] tonight on Ross Perau.

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[18:04] Leaders of Bosnia, Serb, Croat, and

[18:06] Muslim faction signed a new ceasefire

[18:08] today in London. It begins on Sunday. It

[18:11] is scheduled to last for 14 days to

[18:13] allow talks toward a longer peace, but

[18:16] no peace today in Croatia. Two French

[18:19] soldiers were killed by a landmine, the

[18:21] first UN peacekeeping casualties there.

[18:23] In other developments today, more

[18:25] fighting in Bosnia. A motorbomb exploded

[18:27] in the center of the capital, injuring

[18:30] 15 people. British Foreign Secretary

[18:32] Douglas Herd was nearby meeting with

[18:34] Bosnia's president at the time.

[18:36] >> Czechoslovak President Vaslav Haval who

[18:39] led that country's peaceful revolution

[18:41] today announced his resignation. He said

[18:43] he was unable to prevent the breakup of

[18:45] the Czech and Slovak federations. And in

[18:49] Peru, the worst car bomb attack in that

[18:51] country's 12-year guerilla war. The

[18:53] massive overnight explosion killed at

[18:55] least 18 people, injured 140 others, and

[18:59] caused extensive damage.

[19:02] Time now for my partner with this

[19:03] commentary tonight, John Chancellor.

[19:05] John

[19:05] >> Tom, thank you. Well, Ross Perau

[19:09] chickenened out, broke his promises, and

[19:11] betrayed his followers. Anything else?

[19:14] His drop in the polls is given as one

[19:17] reason for his pulling out. Not

[19:18] persuasive. His ratings had dipped a few

[19:21] points, but he was still very much in

[19:23] contention. Before the Democrats met in

[19:26] New York City, Perau was ahead in the

[19:28] polls in more states than George Bush or

[19:31] Bill Clinton. Lesson two, Perau broke a

[19:34] big promise. He told the voters, "Give

[19:36] me 60 days and I'll tell you exactly

[19:39] what I'll do if I'm elected." He never

[19:41] did. The voters were still waiting when

[19:43] he jumped into Chapter 11. The country

[19:46] cheered when he said it was time to get

[19:47] a shovel and clean out the barn. But

[19:50] when it looked like a three-way

[19:51] election, which might be decided by the

[19:53] Constitution, he took a powder. The barn

[19:56] still needs cleaning out. The

[19:57] Constitution is still there, but Perau

[19:59] is gone. He appeared at a time of

[20:02] dangerous cynicism about politics in

[20:04] this country. His vanishing act will

[20:06] increase that cynicism. Low voter

[20:09] turnout is a scandal. Perau's careless

[20:11] abandonment of his supporters will drive

[20:13] voter turnout even lower. And this

[20:15] presidential campaign is probably going

[20:18] to get even dirtier and smellier than it

[20:20] has been. In a three-way contest, it's

[20:23] hard to throw garbage because you don't

[20:25] know who will benefit. In a two-way

[20:27] race, throwing garbage works. Ross Perau

[20:30] has demonstrated worldclass political

[20:32] cowardice. At least it's better that we

[20:34] learned this now before he could have

[20:36] done even greater damage.

[20:38] That's commentary, Tom.

[20:40] >> It is commentary, John. Thank you very

[20:42] much. The 8th annual AIDS conference

[20:44] gets underway in Amsterdam this Sunday.

[20:46] It was supposed to have been held in

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[20:50] United States policy that keeps

[20:51] foreigners suffering from AIDS out of

[20:53] this country. NBC science correspondent

[20:55] Robert Biselle reports that the

[20:57] Netherlands is leading the way in the

[20:58] AIDS battle.

[21:01] >> In Amsterdam, sight of the next AIDS

[21:03] conference, addicts turn in their used

[21:05] bloody needles.

[21:08] and get free new ones in exchange.

[21:12] >> Dutch school children not only get

[21:14] condoms starting from age 12, they

[21:16] receive highly detailed instructions in

[21:18] how to use them as part of a sex

[21:20] education curriculum. The chairman of

[21:23] the AIDS conference wants Amsterdam to

[21:25] be an example for the world. This is a

[21:27] place that really in some ways

[21:28] symbolizes what it is we're trying to do

[21:31] in AIDS, which is to move forward in

[21:33] very practical ways and not be inhibited

[21:35] by some of these uh old-fashioned uh

[21:38] very unproductive approaches. The AIDS

[21:41] program in the Netherlands is one aspect

[21:43] of one of the most tolerant societies in

[21:45] the world. Rico, 18, is working her way

[21:48] through school as a prostitute, one of

[21:50] the women in the windows of Amsterdam's

[21:52] large red light district. Well, I refuse

[21:55] to feel ashamed or um step back because

[22:00] my job as a prosecute, it is a job and I

[22:03] feel very good in it and I'm I'm proud

[22:06] of it.

[22:07] >> Rico is part of a prostitutes union. One

[22:09] goal to protect against AIDS.

[22:11] >> Where I work, they have to work on them

[22:14] otherwise they get out.

[22:15] >> HIV rates are very low in prostitutes

[22:17] and drug addicts here. And with all the

[22:20] sex education, the Dutch have rates of

[22:22] abortion and unwanted pregnancies 10

[22:25] times lower than in the US.

[22:27] >> If they are warned and they know, they

[22:29] will be more careful.

[22:31] >> Youngsters insist the education does not

[22:33] encourage sex and they say they are glad

[22:35] to have the information. When you um

[22:38] think about it, it's it's good that that

[22:42] it is there. So that's for for me it's a

[22:45] reason to be careful. It is not that

[22:47] most Dutch people condone prostitution,

[22:50] drugs or sex outside marriage. Menoulder

[22:53] is a minister in the Dutch Reformed

[22:54] Church, the largest church in the

[22:56] country.

[22:57] >> You can't say it is not permitted and

[22:58] then end of the question, you know, but

[23:01] that's not the end of the question with

[23:03] this disease. Then you have to choose

[23:04] and to look what is the the next option

[23:08] we can go and and

[23:11] help people to live and not to die. The

[23:13] conference here will include reports on

[23:15] research looking for a cure and a

[23:16] vaccine, but both are a long way off.

[23:19] Prevention remains the only hope for the

[23:21] tens of millions of people around the

[23:23] world expected to become infected in the

[23:25] next few years. And at this conference,

[23:28] many will be asking, why can't people in

[23:30] the United States and other countries be

[23:32] more like the Dutch? Robert Bazelle, NBC

[23:35] News, Amsterdam.

[23:38] Back in this country, that train loaded

[23:39] with 2,200 tons of New York City garbage

[23:42] now is back on the East Coast. In the

[23:45] past week, it has wandered the Midwest

[23:46] from Illinois to Kansas to Missouri,

[23:49] back to Illinois. Finally, now New

[23:51] Jersey. Workers today began unloading

[23:54] the unwanted debris and trucking it to a

[23:56] landfill on New York Staten Island.

[24:01] >> Boy, this couch weighs a ton. Where does

[24:03] it go, Miss Lansbury?

[24:04] >> Right there, please. Wow. If I lifted

[24:07] that, I'd need buffering for the aches

[24:08] and pains afterwards.

[24:10] >> You really believe in buffering?

[24:11] >> I certainly do.

[24:12] >> It's strong, huh?

[24:13] >> Extra strength Bufferin has the

[24:15] strongest dosage of aspirin that you can

[24:17] buy. And I've discovered that the

[24:19] buffers don't weaken it. They just help

[24:20] prevent aspirin stomach upset.

[24:23] >> Shouldn't you discover the strength of

[24:24] Bufferin? And for nighttime aches,

[24:26] pains, and sleeplessness, try Bufferin

[24:28] AF Night. It's aspirin free.

[24:31] >> Red Lobsters brought it back by popular

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[24:49] time. Shrimp and chicken just $4.99.

[24:52] Golden fried shrimp and grilled chicken

[24:54] breast. Plus potato and salad just

[24:57] $4.99.

[24:58] >> So hurry

[24:59] >> to Red Lobster for lunch.

[25:02] >> Morning. What's for breakfast in modern

[25:05] times?

[25:05] >> Oh, just uh cereal. Back in my century,

[25:08] we enjoyed grains kept whole for a more

[25:11] natural, hearty taste. Great grains. You

[25:14] bet. It's great. Toasted wheat, oats,

[25:16] and barley kept whole, full of flavor.

[25:19] M. Great. Dates, raisins, even pecans.

[25:23] This really is delicious. Now I'm

[25:25] hungry. Got another bowl.

[25:26] >> What was great back then is great

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[26:00] trust.

[26:02] James Dean made only three films before

[26:04] dying in a car crash at the age of 24,

[26:07] but his image has been big box office

[26:09] ever since, worth millions of dollars.

[26:12] And as NBC's Keith Morrison tells us

[26:14] tonight, one of the big studios decided

[26:16] to try to move in on the Dean family

[26:18] dividend.

[26:20] >> On down the Hollywood Walk of Fame, hard

[26:22] by the famous old Chinese theater, is

[26:24] the gritty business of the new

[26:25] Hollywood, Trading in the Dead. I'm not

[26:28] a real fan of James Dean.

[26:31] >> $25 for a bit of cardboard with the

[26:33] likeness of a man who died young 37

[26:36] years ago. He was a nice guy.

[26:38] >> Could James Dean have ever dreamed that

[26:40] his heirs would make $6 million a year

[26:43] net for the trinkets that bear his name?

[26:46] >> He's cool.

[26:47] >> Dean is the current king of the

[26:49] merchandise business. Marilyn not far

[26:51] behind with Elvis and a host of others,

[26:53] most of them worth more dead than alive.

[26:56] Albert Einstein.

[26:58] >> Merchandising uh has become a new

[27:00] business, a new industry.

[27:01] >> And where does the money go? Usually to

[27:04] the families of deceased famous people

[27:06] and their sharp pencileled agents. All

[27:08] very cozy. But then along came Time

[27:12] Warner, claiming the new money in those

[27:14] old bones rightfully belongs to the

[27:16] studio for which Dean worked. When his

[27:18] talent blazed through East of Eden and

[27:20] Giant and Rebel Without a Cause.

[27:22] >> On our trial team, we've called that the

[27:24] Rebel Without a Clause. And so ensued

[27:26] one of Hollywood's true nasty battles.

[27:28] Legions of lawyers dancing over the

[27:30] wording of a contract clause, fighting

[27:33] over a grave full of money. And

[27:35] ultimately, of course, many graves. Lots

[27:38] of money.

[27:39] >> What the studios are trying to do is

[27:41] they're trying to steal their names and

[27:43] likenesses.

[27:44] >> And finally, the judge had heard enough.

[27:46] It's the family's money. He said, "Keep

[27:48] it." Which made the family agent very

[27:50] happy. Uh, this case has cost my company

[27:52] and the Dean family almost $2 million.

[27:55] >> Will Time Warner appeal or leave the

[27:57] bones alone?

[27:58] >> We're going to evaluate our options.

[27:59] We're obviously very disappointed.

[28:02] >> And will James Dean rest in peace? One

[28:04] suspects that face never expected peace,

[28:07] >> but wouldn't be surprised by all this

[28:10] either.

[28:13] >> Keith Morrison, NBC News, Hollywood.

[28:17] >> That's not the news for Friday night.

[28:19] I'm Tom Brokoff. See you again on

[28:21] Monday.

[28:23] >> Dine. She was an American Gulf War hero

[28:26] held captive.

[28:27] >> This guy started kissing me

[28:29] >> in the hands of the Iraqi army.

[28:31] >> And then he started bondling me.

[28:33] >> Major Ronda Cornum's heroic fight for

[28:35] life.

[28:35] >> Was it the

[28:37] >> and Ron Peterson weekends

[28:39] >> this summer? Keep your cool by knowing

[28:41] what to expect. Rely on the weather team

[28:44] spirit of Channel 2 News.

[28:47] My mom had had a baby and gave her up

[28:49] for adoption. I never knew. Can you

[28:51] imagine trying to hide a pregnancy? You

[28:54] had five children and you hid them all.

[28:57] I knew that they wouldn't be happy, but

[28:59] I didn't think it would last after the

[29:00] baby was born.

[29:02] >> I can't explain the shine that I felt.

[29:06] And didn't you want to tell someone that

[29:07] you had a grandbaby? Women who hid their

[29:09] pregnancy on the next Oprah

[29:12] >> Monday at 4 on KATU Channel 2.

[29:17] Rely on the team spirit of Channel 2

[29:19] News Saturdays at 6:30 at 11:00.