The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) - 1999-10-29

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[0:00] and the robbers.

[0:01] >> Portland Nursery, a passion for plants,

[0:04] a nursery for plant people at 50th in

[0:06] Stark and 90th in division.

[0:09] [Music]

[0:19] Good evening, I'm Jim Lara. On the

[0:21] NewsHour tonight, excerpts from last

[0:23] night's Republican candidate forum in

[0:25] New Hampshire with analysis by Tom

[0:27] Olipant and David Brooks substituting

[0:30] for Mark Shields and Paul Sheiggo. A

[0:33] Terrence Smith look at the opening of a

[0:34] new front on the TV morning news war and

[0:37] a Ray Suarez conversation with the new

[0:40] president of Nigeria. It all follows our

[0:42] summary of the news this Friday.

[0:46] [Music]

[0:48] It took millions of years to create the

[0:50] world's oil supply and 150 years to

[0:53] deplete it. Who is helping to cut the

[0:55] world's need for oil with renewable

[0:57] energy sources?

[1:00] [Music]

[1:10] This program is made possible in part by

[1:12] a grant from Travelers Insurance.

[1:16] and by the Corporation for Public

[1:18] Broadcasting and by the annual financial

[1:20] support from viewers like you. President

[1:23] Clinton today proposed new rules to

[1:25] protect patients privacy. They'd be the

[1:28] first federal regulations designed to

[1:30] keep computerized medical records

[1:32] confidential. They'd prevent the release

[1:34] of sensitive files to employers,

[1:36] marketers, and others without patient

[1:38] consent. They'd also allow patients to

[1:41] see who has viewed the material and take

[1:43] legal action against anyone who abuses

[1:46] it. The president spoke at the White

[1:48] House

[1:50] today. With a click of a mouse, personal

[1:52] health information can easily and now

[1:54] legally be passed around without

[1:56] patients consent to people who aren't

[1:58] doctors

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