World News Tonight (ABC) - 1992-03-15

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[0:00] 207

[0:03] from ABC News World News Sunday. Here's

[0:08] Forest Sawyer.

[0:09] >> Good evening. Throughout the week,

[0:10] public outrage has been growing over the

[0:12] misuse of checking privileges in that

[0:15] special House of Representatives bank.

[0:17] With the news that some members have

[0:18] bounced hundreds of checks, and with an

[0:20] election only months away, congressmen

[0:23] wounded by the bad publicity have headed

[0:25] home to try and stop the bleeding. ABC's

[0:28] Sheila Cast has the story.

[0:32] >> Across the land, members of Congress are

[0:34] trying to control the damage, but

[0:36] questions about rubber checks dog those

[0:38] whose names show up on a leaked list of

[0:41] two dozen alleged abusers. New York

[0:43] Democrat Gary Ari thumbs up admitted 119

[0:46] checks. His colleague Jim Shyer is

[0:48] listed with 169, but says he can prove

[0:52] the records are wrong.

[0:53] >> There was never ever a single bounce

[0:56] check.

[0:59] Not one.

[1:00] >> Long Island Congressman Bob Razic is

[1:02] seeking the Democratic nomination to run

[1:04] to the Senate, but many voters first

[1:06] want an explanation of why he shows up

[1:08] with more rubber checks than any other

[1:10] incumbent, 972.

[1:13] Razic disputes that number.

[1:15] >> Unfortunately, I don't believe he will

[1:16] have my vote.

[1:17] >> It is a boy club and they do a lot of

[1:18] things that most people can't

[1:19] necessarily do. The tension generated by

[1:22] such high political stakes was apparent

[1:24] on this week with David Brinkley. The

[1:26] House's second ranking Republican, who

[1:28] himself admits to bouncing about 20

[1:30] checks, blamed the system controlled by

[1:33] Democrats.

[1:34] >> The speaker knew what was going on. He

[1:36] did not stop it. He did not tell those

[1:37] members he was withdrawing their banking

[1:39] privileges.

[1:39] >> Mr. Gingrich has shown a tendency to

[1:41] throw all caution to the wind, to engage

[1:44] in reckless attacks on individuals that

[1:46] is totally without truth. Congressmen

[1:48] with lots of bad checks can expect more

[1:50] attacks and scores of them are

[1:52] endangered by this scandal. Sheila Cast,

[1:55] ABC News on Capitol Hill.

[1:57] >> The House Bank, which failed to call in

[1:59] those bad checks, is only one privilege

[2:01] that's been enjoyed by members of

[2:02] Congress. Along with the title and the

[2:05] office, comes everything from big

[2:06] discounts to free health clubs and

[2:08] health care. Most of it underwritten

[2:11] with taxpayer dollars. Here's ABC's Anne

[2:14] Compton.

[2:15] In official Washington, political power

[2:18] is not a humbling experience. Perks are

[2:20] hard currency. And the House Bank was

[2:23] taken for granted as part of a lifestyle

[2:25] that includes free postage to voters

[2:27] back home. In fact, voters anywhere.

[2:30] Private dining rooms where the service

[2:32] is attentive and the price is

[2:33] subsidized. We cannot show you the

[2:36] gymnasiums where members work out. The

[2:38] barber shops and salons where haircuts

[2:40] cost as little as five bucks. stationary

[2:43] stores where everything from rubber

[2:45] bands to crystal goblets are wholesale

[2:47] and the clinics where drop-in treatment

[2:49] and prescriptions are free. Nothing is

[2:52] more prestigious than free parking at

[2:54] each congressional doorstep. And at

[2:57] Washington's busy airports, most

[2:58] travelers searching for an expensive

[3:00] parking spot drive right by the 177 free

[3:04] places for the power elite. Some perks

[3:06] have been discovered and discarded, such

[3:08] as cheap vacations in federal lodges in

[3:11] parks like the Grand Tetons. Some

[3:14] upstart newcomers warned that Congress

[3:16] had better not take advantage of

[3:17] taxpayers who are themselves struggling

[3:20] through a recession. What makes the

[3:22] House bank situation so eyeballing to

[3:26] millions of Americans is it's just

[3:27] further proof of abuse of privilege by

[3:30] too many members of Congress who are uh

[3:33] as well very much out of touch with the

[3:35] people back home.

[3:36] >> In every corner of official Washington,

[3:38] perks are an accepted way of life. The

[3:41] Congress, the White House, even the

[3:42] press. But the uses and abuses hit a raw

[3:46] political nerve when the voters begin to

[3:48] think that Washington doesn't care or

[3:51] understand what the average American is

[3:53] going through. An Compton, ABC News,

[3:55] Washington.

[3:57] >> And coming up, running against

[3:58] conventional wisdom with the Midwestern

[4:00] presidential primaries just ahead. Also,

[4:03] running for the top job, British style.

[4:06] And later in the broadcast, Rube

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[4:13] harder.

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[5:26] There is a new poll just out in Time

[5:28] magazine showing that if the

[5:30] presidential election were held today,

[5:32] Democrat Bill Clinton and President Bush

[5:34] would be tied with each receiving 43% of

[5:37] the vote. Clinton was hard at work in

[5:40] Chicago today trying to cement his

[5:41] apparent lead over his Democratic

[5:43] rivals. He visited four predominantly

[5:46] black churches, preaching racial unity

[5:48] and asking for prayers and for votes. As

[5:52] for Paul Zongis and Jerry Brown, they

[5:53] were keeping up their own frenetic pace,

[5:55] hoping to defy conventional wisdom and

[5:58] emerge from this Tuesday's primaries in

[6:00] Illinois and Michigan, not only hanging

[6:02] on, but gaining momentum. We have two

[6:05] reports, beginning with Mike von Friends

[6:06] with his August campaign.

[6:09] This Greek from Massachusetts is looking

[6:11] for a little luck of the Irish to rub

[6:13] off here in the Midwest. But the latest

[6:16] polls show Paul Saris in big trouble in

[6:18] both Illinois and Michigan.

[6:22] He is still struggling in his attempts

[6:23] to connect with black voters.

[6:26] His position on striker replacements is

[6:29] tremendously unpopular with the crucial

[6:31] union vote. So faced with the fact that

[6:33] he is pushing hard but not getting very

[6:35] far, Sonis is now talking about staying

[6:38] in the race to try to force a brokered

[6:40] convention.

[6:41] >> Fact is, you have people who are worried

[6:44] about Bill Clinton electability and want

[6:47] to get to the convention with their

[6:48] options available. Though they

[6:50] occasionally seem friendly on the

[6:52] campaign trail, Sonis now says if

[6:54] Clinton wins the nomination, there is no

[6:57] way he would run as his vice president.

[6:59] Philosophically, to be part of an

[7:01] administration whose economic policies I

[7:03] felt were inappropriate and disastrous.

[7:05] I you know me, you'd come up and ask me,

[7:09] "What do you think of the middle class

[7:10] tax cut?" I'm going to swallow my

[7:13] feelings and say, "I think it's a great

[7:14] idea." I couldn't do that. The

[7:16] conventional wisdom is that Sonis needs

[7:18] a win on Tuesday to stay in the race.

[7:20] But the candidate and his aids claim the

[7:22] conventional wisdom is wrong. That no

[7:24] matter what happens here, they say they

[7:26] have the message and the money to go on.

[7:28] Mike Montre, ABC News, Chicago.

[7:32] >> This is Linda Patillo in Michigan. Jerry

[7:35] Brown has found an enthusiastic audience

[7:37] here from union halls

[7:41] >> to college campuses.

[7:42] >> Now do it for us.

[7:43] >> I will. Look, it's real simple. I mean,

[7:46] this whole society is in turmoil. And

[7:49] those at the top have rigged it, so they

[7:51] always win. And an increasing number of

[7:54] the people in this country are always

[7:55] losing. That's what I want to change.

[7:59] That message has appealed in this state

[8:01] hit so hard by the recession. Brown

[8:04] hopes to use it to revive the same

[8:06] coalition of minorities, labor, and

[8:08] students that gave Jesse Jackson a

[8:10] victory in Michigan four years ago. One

[8:13] measure of how successful he's been,

[8:15] front runner Clinton is worried enough

[8:17] to air a television ad attacking Brown.

[8:20] And for the first time, his outsider

[8:23] campaign is being endorsed by insiders

[8:25] like Detroit Congressman John Conurs.

[8:28] >> How many of you donated today to Jerry

[8:31] Brown's campaign?

[8:32] >> But because of his refusal to take

[8:34] donations over $100, Brown does not have

[8:37] the money to blanket the region with TV

[8:39] ads like his rivals. Get your flyers

[8:42] right here.

[8:43] >> In a state where his anti- big money

[8:45] campaign is catching on, his own lack of

[8:47] money may keep him from getting his

[8:49] message out. Linda Patillo, ABC News,

[8:52] Detroit.

[8:53] >> Well, while the presidential hopefuls

[8:55] have been busy giving the industrial

[8:57] heartland a hard sale, ABC's Jack Smith

[9:00] has been following along, trying to see

[9:02] what voters are actually buying.

[9:05] If you want to know what they're

[9:07] thinking in the Midwest,

[9:09] >> come to Lou Mitchell's west of Chicago's

[9:11] Loop.

[9:12] >> Thank you for coming, gentlemen.

[9:14] >> Owner Nick Noble won the award for best

[9:16] place for endless coffee refills.

[9:20] And everyone here has an opinion. For

[9:22] instance, about front runner Bill

[9:23] Clinton.

[9:24] >> I don't trust him. I just think he's a

[9:26] real political animal. So I don't he

[9:30] doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy. How

[9:32] about the questions of character that

[9:34] used to dog Clinton up in New Hampshire

[9:36] and so on.

[9:36] >> It didn't matter cuz everybody been

[9:38] through something. I think he's going to

[9:40] make it and give my love.

[9:44] >> Thank you.

[9:45] >> They've looked over Paul Songis here as

[9:47] well.

[9:47] >> Does he look like a leader?

[9:48] >> No.

[9:50] >> What does he look like?

[9:52] >> Like he wants to be, but it's not quite

[9:54] there.

[9:55] >> Songus looks like Elmer Fud, said this

[9:57] man. But that's okay. He supports him.

[10:00] As a matter of fact, Elmer Fun is a very

[10:01] popular fellow and I think we're

[10:04] underestimating his potential.

[10:06] >> Songuses.

[10:06] >> Yeah, um what about Quinn?

[10:11] >> I wonder who's going to do his hair.

[10:16] >> Does Jerry Brown have support here, too?

[10:19] You bet. Why? We asked. Just shakes

[10:23] things up. I like the idea he shakes

[10:25] things up.

[10:26] >> Even when he was the moon bean governor

[10:28] of California, I've always admired him.

[10:29] So, I'm leaning towards him,

[10:30] >> but not Pat Buchanan. We couldn't find

[10:33] anyone who supported him,

[10:34] >> but I'm comfortable with Bush. I don't

[10:36] think he's perfect, but I I'm

[10:38] comfortable with him.

[10:39] >> I think I'm going to vote for George

[10:40] Bush to send Mr. Buchanan a message.

[10:43] >> Sending a message. It's what voters here

[10:45] will be doing Tuesday after breakfast

[10:47] and a bit of coffee, of course. Jack

[10:49] Smith, ABC News, Chicago.

[10:52] >> American politicians aren't the only

[10:54] ones out crisscrossing their country,

[10:55] stumping in a support for a national

[10:57] campaign. Their British counterparts are

[11:00] outc courting voters as well. But as

[11:02] Mike Lee reports, British politics is

[11:04] about as different from American

[11:06] politics as kidney pie is from apple

[11:09] pie.

[11:13] >> The 600-year-old British Parliament is

[11:16] democracy's original chamber of sound

[11:18] bites.

[11:19] >> If the honorable gentleman wants to know

[11:22] about clap trap, he should listen to

[11:23] what he's just said. In contrast to the

[11:26] US Constitution, British law requires

[11:29] that twice each week for 15 minutes, the

[11:32] leader of the nation must slug it out

[11:34] face to face with his main rival for

[11:36] office.

[11:37] >> Is it not clear that he is not only the

[11:40] prime minister of recession, he is a

[11:42] prime cause of recession.

[11:46] >> It is an opportunity for the people to

[11:48] see their leaders responding

[11:50] spontaneously.

[11:52] Frankly, if you can't cut it standing up

[11:54] in front of the nation, being haranged

[11:56] by the opposition, then you shouldn't be

[11:57] there.

[11:58] >> Could you imagine the US president

[12:00] having to put up with this twice a week?

[12:03] >> Will the prime minister in the last

[12:05] couple of weeks left to him in that

[12:06] office try answering a question? Or sit

[12:11] down?

[12:12] >> And what does all of this rudeness

[12:14] accomplish? leadership which is good at

[12:16] standing up to weekly gunfire. It

[12:18] doesn't necessarily mean that they're

[12:19] good at any of the other things that

[12:21] leaders have to do.

[12:22] >> Because party leaders here are on

[12:25] constant display between elections. The

[12:28] British public has much more time than

[12:30] American voters in which to compare the

[12:32] main candidates for national leadership.

[12:35] Parliament by law will soon adjourn

[12:38] until after the April 9th British

[12:40] election. Opposition parties demand to

[12:42] continue this debate in a TV studio like

[12:45] a US campaign engaging

[12:46] >> in a televised debate. The

[12:48] >> prime minister says no.

[12:49] >> And as the honorable gentleman knows,

[12:52] every every party politician that

[12:54] expects to lose tries that trick.

[12:59] >> Perhaps the British public has little

[13:01] need for US style TV debates at election

[13:04] time because the face-to-face debate

[13:06] here seldom stops. Come all

[13:10] >> Mike Lee, ABC News, London.

[13:13] >> And when we come back, South Africa's

[13:15] crucial vote on race reform for whites

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[15:23] Another earthquake hit eastern Turkey

[15:25] today, just two days after a massive

[15:28] quake killed up to 800 people and left

[15:30] 180,000 homeless. The new trembler came

[15:33] as emergency tents and food poured into

[15:36] the disaster area. Rescue teams are

[15:38] still searching for the victims and

[15:40] possible survivors of the first

[15:42] earthquake. Now, South Africa political

[15:45] analysts say that support for racial

[15:47] reform is slipping. In the final hours

[15:49] before Tuesday's referendum on whether

[15:51] to abolish a part, the country's

[15:54] reform-minded President D Clerk and his

[15:56] ruling national party had been hoping

[15:58] for a landslide victory, but now the

[16:00] outcome is very much in doubt. More from

[16:03] ABC's Mark Litkkey.

[16:08] It has been an enthusiastic, emotional

[16:10] campaign. Both sides warning that the

[16:12] future of South Africa is at stake. But

[16:15] it's a future to be decided by less than

[16:17] 10% of the people. Once again, blacks

[16:20] must stand by helplessly as white South

[16:22] Africans decide their fate. Here in the

[16:25] black township of Suto, feelings are

[16:27] mixed as the referendum approaches.

[16:29] Hope, fear, anxiety, but most are

[16:33] resigned to being excluded. Yes, no

[16:35] vote. Still the same. It means nothing

[16:37] to us because this this referendum is

[16:41] being decided by a minority, a white

[16:43] minority. Doesn't concern us. They might

[16:46] have cared more had life here improved.

[16:49] But 2 years after apartheid began

[16:51] crumbling, little has changed. Most

[16:53] blacks still live in impoverished

[16:55] townships, more than 7 million in dismal

[16:58] squatter camps. Rising unemployment and

[17:00] deepening despair have fueled a dramatic

[17:03] increase in crime and violence.

[17:05] >> There's more bloodshed in the land.

[17:07] >> The price is high.

[17:10] We can't get jobs. So what is the

[17:12] reference for? To me it's make no sense.

[17:16] >> Though strongly opposed to the white

[17:18] only vote, Nelson Mandela has urged

[17:20] whites to vote yes to continue working

[17:23] for peace, warning of chaos if they

[17:25] don't. If the whites make a mistake and

[17:28] vote for repression, the country is in

[17:33] for a hard time, there's going to be

[17:35] unprecedented turmoil.

[17:40] >> A group of South African artists

[17:41] released a song of hope this week called

[17:44] Peace in Our Land. It is a message aimed

[17:46] at all races, but it will be a white

[17:49] minority that decides whether peace in

[17:51] the land is possible. Mark Litkkey, ABC

[17:54] News, Johannesburg.

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[20:05] >> Chasing criminals through the streets of

[20:07] American cities. When is it just too

[20:09] dangerous to the public? The American

[20:11] agenda this week on World News Tonight.

[20:16] >> We turn now to sports. Ray Gandalf is in

[20:18] New York for college basketball's

[20:19] conference championships. And he has a

[20:21] look at a different kind of champion who

[20:23] has vanquished a formidable foe. Ray,

[20:27] thank you. Forest Indiana has finished

[20:29] second to Ohio State in the Big 10. The

[20:32] Buckeyes backed into the title today

[20:35] when Purdue, led by Woody Austin,

[20:37] rattled off 10 unanswered points in the

[20:40] second half and squeezed the Hooers.

[20:43] Duke's top ranked Blue Devils, scoring

[20:45] at will against North Carolina, won the

[20:48] ACC tournament. And Dave Johnson of

[20:51] Syracuse hit a jumper over Georgetown's

[20:54] Alonzo Morning with 4 seconds left to

[20:57] win the Big East Championship game. Few

[21:01] athletes who use drugs ever sank lower

[21:04] than Frankie Mitchell and lived. His

[21:07] story does not have a happy ending yet,

[21:09] but it has a very hopeful second

[21:11] chapter.

[21:13] >> Drugs on this corner here, that corner,

[21:17] uh, about three blocks down this this

[21:21] street over here. I mean, it was like

[21:23] every corner. We went for a walk the

[21:25] other day with Frankie Mitchell through

[21:27] the hard streets of Philadelphia where

[21:30] he began smoking crack cocaine 5 years

[21:33] ago.

[21:34] >> This is the house where I used to come

[21:35] and smoke at. It' be a lot of people. I

[21:37] mean it'd be so crowded and then you

[21:39] can't even hardly move around.

[21:41] >> You mean like 10, 12 or 15 or 20?

[21:44] >> You got people upstairs, you got people

[21:45] on the first floor, you got people on

[21:47] the second floor. I mean it's like a

[21:48] party house.

[21:51] And all that time, Frankie Mitchell was

[21:53] pursuing his career as a professional

[21:55] boxer. He was using when he lost a fight

[21:59] for a world title in 1990. He was still

[22:03] using when he won the North American

[22:05] Boxing Federation lightweight title last

[22:08] July. And then he moved into the streets

[22:12] and became literally a homeless

[22:14] champion.

[22:15] >> I was very comfortable just sleeping on

[22:17] the sidewalk before the weather got bad.

[22:19] And then one I went over and

[22:22] see the uh top one right there.

[22:24] >> Yeah, let's go over there.

[22:25] >> I put a a bit put a big piece of plywood

[22:28] up to the window cuz it was real cold

[22:30] and windy. And I'll lay my um sleeping

[22:35] bag out and act like ain't nothing

[22:37] happening. Just fall asleep.

[22:40] >> Man, you slept in the house, man. Nice

[22:42] together, man. My brother.

[22:44] >> Yeah. I got a couple ones here, man.

[22:46] right there.

[22:46] >> I collect uh scrap metal and aluminum

[22:49] cans and and when people pull out the

[22:52] trash, I would go out on my little runs

[22:54] and you go and purchase your drugs and

[22:57] you come right back to this atmosphere.

[23:01] And that's all you do. When you get

[23:02] tired of smoking, you sleep. When you

[23:04] wake up, you eat and right back into it.

[23:08] Oh jeez. I smoke anywhere from $100 to

[23:10] $1,000 a week when I was using. It makes

[23:13] you feel so so good and pleasant, you

[23:16] know, and and the more you use, the more

[23:18] you want to use. And that's the

[23:20] addictive part of of uh cocaine, you

[23:23] know, you don't care about nobody but

[23:24] yourself.

[23:25] >> From South Philadelphia, there is

[23:28] Frankie the Matabar Mitchell.

[23:30] >> But when Frankie Mitchell successfully

[23:32] defended his title last Tuesday night

[23:35] against Roberto Medina for a purse of

[23:38] $6,000,

[23:39] he was clean. He stopped using cocaine

[23:43] four months ago just like that by

[23:46] himself. Cold turkey. Frankie Mitchell

[23:49] has bounced up from the bottom. He's

[23:52] trying on a new life and so far there is

[23:55] no crack in it.

[23:57] >> Happy for you, man.

[23:59] >> Thanks.

[23:59] >> Stay hungry, man.

[24:00] >> Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I'm in a different

[24:03] atmosphere and it's like it's like a

[24:06] turnoff now, you know? I have no desire

[24:09] to use, you know, just like I said, I

[24:11] have no desire to use uh get high any

[24:14] longer any longer. And uh it's I feel

[24:18] good. I feel real good.

[24:21] Frankie Mitchell has a roof over his

[24:23] head now. Managers who stuck by him and

[24:26] many, many people in his corner. Hang in

[24:29] there, Champ Forest. Thank you, Ray. And

[24:33] when we come back, doing it the hard way

[24:35] and liking it.

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[25:11] >> We built this business.

[25:14] >> I hit the brakes. You know, they're at a

[25:16] lock brakes.

[25:17] >> It was close, but we stopped in time.

[25:20] >> Build this business.

[25:23] >> Every year they plant new trees. The

[25:25] outside said they make good things from

[25:26] trees.

[25:28] After my accident, they advanced my

[25:31] insurance benefits and built me a ramp

[25:33] and got me back on my feet.

[25:35] >> We built this business to build your

[25:39] dreams.

[25:41] >> Monday, what's at stake at political

[25:43] reforms? Cease in South Africa.

[25:45] >> Then don't let the recession ruin your

[25:46] relationship. Later in the week, we'll

[25:48] have Victoria Principal on Good Morning

[25:50] America.

[25:52] Tonight, we conclude our broadcast with

[25:54] an ode to the genius of Rube Goldberg, a

[25:57] man skilled at making the simplest

[25:59] projects endlessly complicated. And who

[26:02] ever thought there'd be a prize for such

[26:04] a thing? Here's Charles Murphy.

[26:07] >> Well, the beginning is being put

[26:08] together over there.

[26:09] >> What are these young engineers doing?

[26:11] Trying to build a better mouse trap?

[26:13] >> Spins it around. When this hits this

[26:15] pole, it connects another circuit that

[26:17] activates a timer.

[26:18] >> No. Trying to win the Rube Goldberg

[26:20] contest at Purdue University. These

[26:23] homemade machines must perform a simple

[26:25] task. Open a lock with a minimum of 20

[26:28] steps.

[26:29] >> Yeah.

[26:29] >> Kind of a combination between

[26:30] cleverness, attractiveness, and

[26:33] functionality.

[26:34] >> It must be true to the ideas of the late

[26:36] Rube Goldberg. Goldberg believed there

[26:39] were two ways of doing things, the

[26:41] simple way and the hard way. and that a

[26:44] surprisingly large number of people

[26:47] prefer doing things the hard way like

[26:50] kicking out the cat. Clock is wound,

[26:53] tightens string, extends hat rack. You

[26:55] get the idea. Did Goldberg ever meet

[26:58] Murphy? You know Murphy's law.

[27:00] >> The more grandiose the plan, the more

[27:03] that can go wrong with it.

[27:06] >> Purdue's 007 stops for a dry martini

[27:10] shaken, not stirred. Served by

[27:12] Goldfinger with an olive. Oops. That'll

[27:15] cost points and the car fails to make a

[27:17] double loop. The rest of the journey

[27:19] though is smooth.

[27:22] The winning team from the University of

[27:24] Wisconsin Milwaukee sent Indiana Jones

[27:27] on a deadly journey. What does the

[27:29] future hold for these young minds?

[27:31] Remember Rube?

[27:33] >> The candle lights this rocket which goes

[27:36] to the moon and takes the mouse in the

[27:39] trap along with it. never to be heard of

[27:42] again.

[27:42] >> At 85, still trying to build a better.

[27:49] >> All going to be served at this

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[27:56] >> Announcing the 25th anniversary Skipper

[27:58] Platter now through March 29th.

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[28:03] >> The Furniture Club is having an

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[28:12] Plus, someone's going to get a ski

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[28:17] Save on this all leather sofa with

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[28:33] >> After the storm, the full report tonight

[28:35] at 6:30.