CBS Evening News - 1997-09-12
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[0:01] Highf flying football tonight at 11 on
[0:03] News Center 6.
[0:05] >> Here in Kolkata, India, the state
[0:07] funeral for Mother Teresa begins in just
[0:10] a few hours. A final rush of mourers
[0:13] turned out in stifling heat and monsoon
[0:15] rain before the doors close to get ready
[0:17] for the ceremony. No breakthrough in the
[0:20] Middle East. Secretary of State Mataline
[0:22] Albbright says Israel and the PLO still
[0:25] cannot agree to jumpstart the peace
[0:27] process. Also tonight, a new debate over
[0:30] the cost versus the benefit of the
[0:33] expensive and troubleprone B2 stealth
[0:36] bomber. And Britain after Diana trying
[0:40] to come up with a fitting monument to
[0:42] the people's princess.
[0:45] [music]
[0:46] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:50] with Dan [music] Rather reporting
[0:52] tonight from Kolkata.
[0:55] >> Good evening. It's morning here in
[0:56] Kolkata and in just a few hours India's
[0:59] state funeral will begin for Mother
[1:01] Teresa admired the world over for a
[1:04] lifetime of service to the poorest of
[1:06] the poor.
[1:08] Once again, mourners lined up outside
[1:10] St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church and
[1:12] waited for hours in the hot sun and the
[1:15] pouring rain for one last chance to see
[1:17] the woman many consider a saint. The
[1:20] body of Mother Teresa had been on public
[1:22] view for 6 days. Finally, the time came
[1:25] for Indian soldiers to close the church
[1:28] doors so preparations for the funeral
[1:30] procession could begin. That left the
[1:32] thousands outside disappointed,
[1:35] brokenhearted, and angry.
[1:39] And they protested loudly, chanting over
[1:42] and over, "We want to see mother." Some
[1:46] broke through barriers and headed for
[1:47] the church, but the p