CBS Evening News - 2001-01-24
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[0:00] I know where close, but we'll take you
[0:03] to where business is booming and the
[0:05] outlook for the rest of the year good.
[0:08] An incredible security breach at the
[0:10] inauguration. The Secret Service and
[0:13] guards didn't see it. You will. Also
[0:16] tonight, how the last of the Texas 7
[0:19] were captured. And an intelligence
[0:21] disaster that cost American lives. An
[0:25] untold story you will hear tonight.
[0:33] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:36] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:39] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:42] President Bush is keeping up his drum
[0:44] beat of negative talk about the health
[0:46] of the US economy and using that in his
[0:48] efforts to sell Congress on a big tax
[0:50] cut. By most independent assessments,
[0:53] the economy is sending mixed signals.
[0:56] Four major corporations are cutting
[0:58] 20,000 jobs, but the Federal Reserve
[1:00] says laid-off workers should find new
[1:03] jobs quickly. A new survey of business
[1:05] people says their confidence in the
[1:07] economy is at a 20-year low, but
[1:10] consumer spending shows signs of coming
[1:11] back. Interest rates have just been cut,
[1:14] and America's bankers say they don't
[1:16] expect a recession. Many investment
[1:18] counselors say they expect the back half
[1:20] of the year to be at least fairly good.
[1:23] CBS's Anthony Mason reports for you
[1:25] what's up with the economy and what's
[1:27] down
[1:29] in the slowdown. The boom came down on
[1:32] thousands of workers today. Norfolk
[1:34] Southern Railroad said it will cut 2,000
[1:36] jobs. AOL is also getting rid of 2,000
[1:39] workers. Appliance giant Whirlpool is
[1:42] cutting 6,000 jobs. And telecom
[1:44] equipment maker Lucent made th