CBS Evening News - 1999-08-21

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[0:00] 1899

[0:03] >> hurricane warning. The Gulf Coast of

[0:05] Texas is on the alert as Hurricane Brett

[0:07] bears down. Taking no chances, thousands

[0:10] start leaving the coast for safer

[0:12] ground. In Turkeykey's earthquake zone,

[0:14] one young survivor beats the odds. And

[0:17] how candidate Bush handled the week's

[0:18] troubling brew of questions.

[0:24] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:29] >> and good evening. I'm Russ Mitchell.

[0:31] Hurricane Brett is in the Gulf of Mexico

[0:32] this evening, taking aim at the coast of

[0:34] southern Texas. The category 2 storm is

[0:37] moving northn northwest slowly at about

[0:39] 8 milesPH, but it is strengthened

[0:41] quickly and experts predict it may

[0:43] become a category 3 storm by the time it

[0:45] hits land sometime tomorrow. And

[0:47] forecasters say it will likely hit near

[0:49] Brownsville, Texas on the Mexican

[0:50] border, but could do damage up the

[0:53] coastline. Jeffrey Kaufman is keeping

[0:55] our eye on the storm.

[0:59] >> They're bracing for Brett. The first

[1:02] hurricane of the Atlantic season is

[1:03] swirling off the coasts of Texas and

[1:05] Mexico. Already blowing winds of 105

[1:08] miles hour.

[1:10] >> I think we're going to get a lot of

[1:11] flooding. A lot of water.

[1:14] >> Authorities are taking no chances.

[1:16] Residents in vulnerable coastal areas

[1:19] have been ordered to evacuate and a 250

[1:22] mile stretch of the Gulf Coast has been

[1:24] put on hurricane alert. Well, they're

[1:26] wiping out everything. I mean, whatever

[1:27] we have, that's what they're taking.

[1:29] >> If Brett becomes a category 3 hurricane,

[1:32] it could bring winds of up to 130 m an

[1:35] hour, storm surges up to 12 ft, damage

[1:38] to buildings, and destruction of mobile

[1:40] homes, and serious flooding that would

[1:42] destroy buildings in coastal and

[1:44] low-lying areas. If this storm doesn't

[1:46] make a turn to the left and to the west

[1:48] pretty soon, we're going to have a

[1:50] serious problem on the Texas coast.

[1:52] >> We're halfway through the Atlantic

[1:54] hurricane season, and until now, it had

[1:56] been easygoing. But forecasters say,

[1:59] don't be seduced. The worst is yet to

[2:02] come.

[2:03] >> This is a nonelino year, and that's one

[2:05] of the reasons that we anticipate that

[2:07] it may be a pretty active hurricane

[2:08] season.

[2:09] >> Far out in the Atlantic looms the next

[2:11] threat, Tropical Storm Cindy.

[2:15] In Texas, they had been savoring a

[2:16] hurricanefree decade until now. Jeffrey

[2:20] Kaufman, CBS News, New York.

[2:23] >> In Turkey, the death toll from Tuesday's

[2:25] earthquake continues to climb. 12,000

[2:27] are dead, and relief workers now say

[2:29] that number could eventually reach

[2:30] 40,000. While in the rubble, there have

[2:33] been a few miracles. Alan Pizzy reports

[2:35] for many, the days after the quake are

[2:37] going from bad to worse.

[2:41] Against all the odds, 10-year-old Shiran

[2:43] Franco was lifted from the rubble of a

[2:45] hotel by Israeli rescuers this morning,

[2:47] three days after her mother was found

[2:49] alive.

[2:52] >> Shiren's twin brother died. Her father

[2:54] and grandparents are still buried but

[2:56] believed dead.

[2:59] And in the devastated town of Gchuk, a

[3:01] young man trapped for 5 days was rescued

[3:04] by his neighbors.

[3:06] Rescuers

[3:08] themselves are at risk. With dead bodies

[3:10] under the rubble and filth everywhere,

[3:12] every cut and graze carries the chance

[3:14] of infection. Tetanus shots are now

[3:16] being given to diggers. But everyone is

[3:19] at risk and they know it. Chaos ensued

[3:22] when dust masks and antibiotics appeared

[3:24] at a distribution point.

[3:27] It's not that medical help isn't

[3:28] available. Broken limbs and cuts are

[3:30] obvious and easily treated. What doctors

[3:33] who are forced to work in hospital

[3:35] grounds and temporary buildings really

[3:36] fear is waterbornne diseases

[3:39] >> gastroenterteritis disease and tifos and

[3:42] disantarius those kind of disease

[3:44] >> gastroenterteritis typhoid distent

[3:46] treatment

[3:46] >> yes

[3:48] >> 7-year-old Marva is already a victim of

[3:50] gastroenterteritis

[3:52] the summer weather that makes it

[3:53] possible for people to live and be

[3:55] treated outside is also a curse it makes

[3:58] it easier for diseases to breed

[4:01] every possible Open space is packed with

[4:04] people who can't go home. In this city

[4:06] blocks sized park alone. Nearly 2,000

[4:08] are camped out with just two taps to

[4:10] supply them with fresh water. Whole

[4:13] families are living, sleeping, cooking,

[4:15] and eating next to stagnant ponds and

[4:18] fountains choked with rotting vegetables

[4:19] and cigarette butts. The men and women

[4:22] sweeping up kept repeating the same word

[4:24] microbe. Doctors say the danger will

[4:27] become acute in about 7 days time. That

[4:30] people can keep going under such

[4:32] circumstances speaks volumes for the

[4:34] human spirit,

[4:38] but there is a limit to how much anyone

[4:40] can bear.

[4:43] Alan Pizzy, CBS News, Corz.

[4:47] It was estimated today the earthquake

[4:48] has left as many as 200,000 people

[4:50] homeless. US A official Hugh Palmer saw

[4:53] the extent of the devastation for

[4:55] himself near the town of Gchuk, where

[4:57] much of the damage is blamed on shoddy

[4:59] construction and weak building codes.

[5:02] >> It's just obvious when you drive down

[5:04] the street and you see, you know, three

[5:07] or four buildings that maybe have a

[5:09] little damage, but clearly uh are intact

[5:12] and nobody would have been injured. And

[5:14] then next door to them is just a pile of

[5:16] rubble where a building you're told of

[5:18] the same size uh and appearance, general

[5:21] appearance, just collapsed.

[5:24] The obvious difference has to have been

[5:26] in the construction of the buildings

[5:28] that collapsed.

[5:30] >> And there are more frustrations for

[5:31] crews battling that raging fire at

[5:33] Turkeykey's largest oil refinery.

[5:35] Government officials had thought the

[5:36] blaze at the Tupris refinery in Ismmit

[5:38] had been extinguished, but today a new

[5:40] fire broke out, sending yet more smoke

[5:42] into the already polluted skies.

[5:44] Tonight, firefighters say they believe

[5:46] they have the fire under control. Still

[5:49] to come on tonight's CBS Evening News,

[5:50] how faithful has the government been to

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[7:39] President Clinton hit again today at the

[7:41] Republicans's huge tax cut, saying it

[7:43] would reduce funding to national parks

[7:45] and could cause some to be shut down.

[7:47] While on his own vacation in

[7:48] Massachusetts, Mr. Clinton announced his

[7:50] plan to protect another vacation spot.

[7:52] Yellowstone National Park. Bill Plant

[7:55] reports.

[7:56] Pressuring Congress to spend more on

[7:58] conserving the nation's heritage,

[8:00] President Clinton announced a $13

[8:02] million deal for additional land on the

[8:04] northern border of Yellowstone National

[8:06] Park. By removing a threat to the

[8:08] underground springs that feed

[8:09] Yellowstone's geysers, we'll ensure that

[8:11] Old Faithful remains faithful for years

[8:14] to come.

[8:14] >> The 9300 acre parcel of forest and

[8:17] grassland is intended to help bison and

[8:19] other roaming herds survive the winters

[8:22] and keep them from spreading disease to

[8:24] domestic cattle. Mr. Mr. Clinton also

[8:26] spoke of measures to protect

[8:28] California's Big Su coastline and the

[8:30] Atlanta birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther

[8:32] King Jr., but he wants more, a billion

[8:35] dollars a year to acquire 110 sites in

[8:39] 40 states and territories.

[8:41] >> We need more parks. Uh we need to

[8:43] protect those precious areas all around

[8:45] the country that are in danger of being

[8:48] paved over or plowed under uh to

[8:50] development and sprawl. But Congress

[8:53] says the White House is not cooperating.

[8:55] >> While we're taking action to protect our

[8:57] environment and the public health, the

[8:59] Republican leadership's risky tax plan

[9:01] would actually roll back our progress.

[9:03] >> House Republicans called the president's

[9:05] rhetoric just one more attempt to scare

[9:07] the American public with threats of dire

[9:10] consequences. But the White House is

[9:12] betting that promises to preserve the

[9:13] nation's heritage will put pressure on

[9:16] Congress for funds and bring voters to

[9:19] the Democrats. Bill Plant, CBS News with

[9:21] the president on Martha's Vineyard.

[9:23] >> On the trail to election day 2000, the

[9:26] George W. Bush campaign hit a bump this

[9:28] week. The question, did the candidate

[9:30] use illegal drugs? The answer came peace

[9:32] meal. And Phil Jones looks at the

[9:34] controversy it has stirred.

[9:37] >> All this week, George W. Bush has been

[9:40] cooking up a political recipe to deal

[9:42] with the mess that boiled up Wednesday

[9:44] in Texas when he refused to answer

[9:46] questions about alleged cocaine use.

[9:49] Somebody floats a rumor and then it

[9:50] causes you to ask a question. And that's

[9:53] the game in American politics and I

[9:55] refuse to play it.

[9:56] >> Hey, here we go.

[9:57] >> When he hit the campaign trail the next

[9:59] day, he escalated his efforts to turn

[10:01] the issue into a press problem instead

[10:03] of his own. He was asked if this was

[10:06] ever going to go away.

[10:07] >> That depends on you. I tell you, the

[10:09] American people want it to go away.

[10:11] >> Tom Rosensteel is head of a journalism

[10:13] watchdog organization.

[10:14] >> At this moment, the subject is how

[10:17] George Bush Jr. is responding to our

[10:19] questions. I don't think most voters I

[10:22] know most voters don't care and this is

[10:25] only marginalizing us as as journalists.

[10:28] >> I've answered the question. I've uh I

[10:30] told the people of this country that

[10:33] years ago I made some mistakes.

[10:35] >> By the time Bush headed back to Texas

[10:37] yesterday, he had gone further than he

[10:39] said he would, ruling out drug use, but

[10:42] only back to when he was 28 years old.

[10:45] >> If I ever get in a fight, I want you on

[10:46] my side. Bush's own demeanor may be

[10:48] adding to the controversy.

[10:50] >> The sort of cockiness, the Texas in him

[10:52] is going to rub the Washington press

[10:55] corp.

[10:56] >> Steven Hess is a scholar on politics who

[10:59] thinks Bush's advisers will face a

[11:01] strategic question.

[11:02] >> I wonder at what point they're going to

[11:05] say to themselves, "Hey, we better uh

[11:09] sand down the edges.

[11:11] Uh he's appearing to be a little smarty.

[11:16] >> From some of Bush's strongest

[11:18] supporters, the spin is he has weathered

[11:20] his first campaign storm. Bush, they

[11:23] say, never wavered and now he's back on

[11:26] message. Phil Jones, CBS News,

[11:28] Washington. There is more to come on

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[13:56] There is word tonight that the Pizza Hut

[13:58] restaurant chain has settled a racial

[14:00] discrimination suit filed by a black

[14:01] family. The family claimed that even

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[14:21] $2,100. That is just one case history

[14:24] cited by opponents of payday loans, a

[14:26] controversial kind of credit that is

[14:28] under fire both in Congress and the

[14:30] courts. Cynthia Bowers reports.

[14:33] >> A few months ago, retired postal worker

[14:36] Henry Jefferson was in desperate need of

[14:38] quick cash. So, he went to a new kind of

[14:40] loan company, Payday Advance Companies,

[14:43] willing to give him small one and $200

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[14:48] He got the money, but at a high cost. It

[14:51] makes me angry, but I mean, you know,

[14:53] what can I do?

[14:55] >> This two week, $100 loan cost him $40 in

[14:58] interest. That's an annual rate of more

[15:01] than 500%.

[15:03] >> You end up paying back two and three

[15:05] times the amount that you get. So, it's

[15:08] a losing game, you know, any way you

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[15:14] That's because Henry and many others

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[15:18] and roll it over, which means they pay

[15:20] that big interest fee again and again.

[15:23] Gan Fox of the Consumer Federation says

[15:26] payday advance is like legalized loan

[15:29] sharking.

[15:30] >> Payday lending is extremely expensive.

[15:32] They get you in a perpetual debt cycle

[15:35] and they lead to coercive collection

[15:37] practices.

[15:38] >> Payday Advance is advertised as a quick,

[15:41] easy 10-minute loan. They're available

[15:44] on the internet, at conventional check

[15:46] cashing outlets, and through

[15:47] privatelyowned companies. All you need

[15:49] is a checking account, ID, and proof of

[15:52] employment, and you can borrow a few

[15:54] hundred.

[15:56] There's no denying it's a lucrative

[15:58] enterprise, virtually unheard of just 10

[16:00] years ago. Payday lenders are

[16:02] proliferating. They number nearly 8,000

[16:05] today. It's already a billiondoll

[16:07] business tailor made for today's economy

[16:10] with low unemployment but lots of people

[16:12] living paycheck to paycheck. James

[16:15] Zeniello represents the largest payday

[16:17] lending companies in the country. He

[16:20] says there is a need for this service.

[16:22] >> Uh banks have found it less financially

[16:24] advantageous to serve a need of less

[16:27] than $1,000.

[16:29] >> Henry Jefferson wishes he'd turn to a

[16:31] family member for help. I just hope and

[16:33] pray that other people uh think twice

[16:36] before they make the same mistake I

[16:38] made.

[16:39] >> It's a lesson that Henry has learned a

[16:41] little too late. Cynthia Bowers, CBS

[16:44] News, Chicago.

[16:46] >> A huge fire at Ohio's biggest tire dump

[16:48] is contained tonight, but far from out.

[16:51] As many as 6 million tires are burning,

[16:53] and clouds of smoke have drifted 70

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[19:05] >> The drug questions and Governor Bush,

[19:06] plus the Republicans and social issues.

[19:09] Haley Barber, Ralph Reed, plus

[19:11] representatives Lindsey Graham and Tilly

[19:12] Fowler face the nation Sunday.

[19:17] >> The Browns are back and after three

[19:19] seasons of waiting, it's homecoming

[19:20] tonight in Cleveland. For fans who

[19:22] followed the Browns in their previous

[19:24] incarnation, it doesn't matter that this

[19:26] edition is football's newest team. Lee

[19:28] Cowan has more.

[19:31] >> Game day programs here.

[19:33] >> This Saturday in Cleveland was like a

[19:35] Sunday of old.

[19:38] >> Y

[19:38] >> football is back and so are the fans.

[19:41] >> Here we go. HERE WE GO.

[19:44] THE last time pro football was played

[19:46] here was in 1995 before the team's owner

[19:49] turned the Cleveland Browns into the

[19:51] Baltimore Ravens. Today, fans have

[19:54] reason to be proud again, having proven

[19:56] to the NFL that 50 years of Brown

[19:59] history shouldn't be kicked aside.

[20:02] >> They're bluecollar. They want a

[20:04] bluecollar football team. You can't go

[20:06] any place in town without someone

[20:08] showing you signs that they're Brown

[20:10] football fans. Blue collar may be, but

[20:12] this is more blue blood. The old stadium

[20:15] was known as the mistake on the lake. A

[20:17] mistake Cleveland was not about to make

[20:19] again. This time around, taxpayers

[20:22] agreed to fund a state-of-the-art

[20:23] facility to the tune of $200 million,

[20:27] replacing a shrine with a monument and

[20:30] bringing a tradition back home.

[20:32] >> It was extremely important to the people

[20:34] of Cleveland and to the entire community

[20:36] that they retain their name, their team,

[20:39] their colors. I don't think anybody at

[20:40] the National Football League realized

[20:43] just what it meant.

[20:45] >> What it means is a brand new team

[20:48] playing in a fancy new home. Part of a

[20:50] three and a half billion dollar effort

[20:52] to revitalize downtown. A crucial part

[20:54] to fans who saw Cleveland without the

[20:57] Browns as not Cleveland at all.

[21:00] >> The football spirit sort of died out. I

[21:04] mean, they didn't care. All they wanted

[21:06] to do is see Baltimore get beat. The new

[21:09] Browns that return to the field tonight

[21:10] will be made up largely of players given

[21:12] up on by other teams. But after a

[21:15] three-year wait, they will be more than

[21:16] welcomed here. In a city that never gave

[21:19] up on its football team, no matter what

[21:21] the cost. Lee Cowen, CBS News,

[21:24] Cleveland.

[21:26] >> Actress Gina Davis has won an Oscar, but

[21:28] she will not be winning an Olympic medal

[21:29] next year. Davis, who took up archery

[21:32] two years ago, failed today to qualify

[21:34] for the US Olympic team. She finished

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[24:15] >> Finally, this evening, helping people in

[24:17] need does not always get you thanks, but

[24:19] sometimes through sheer chance, you'll

[24:21] get some deserved recognition. That's

[24:23] the case tonight as Steve Hartman proves

[24:25] yet again that everybody has a story.

[24:31] >> Going to Adams County, Washington.

[24:35] >> Adams County is right in the heart of

[24:37] Washington's wheat belt. So, I pulled

[24:39] into town thinking I might interview a

[24:41] farmer, but I didn't get a farmer.

[24:44] >> Gillis? Heck, I didn't even get a

[24:47] Gillis.

[24:49] The person who answered is Carol Freed.

[24:52] She's 46, divorced, and now living with

[24:55] her friend Kathy Gillis. They have a

[24:57] garden, but still not quite the farm

[25:00] story I envisioned.

[25:02] >> Three lovely beans.

[25:05] >> Well, you're not very good at this.

[25:07] >> No. Fortunately though, Carol is good at

[25:10] nurturing

[25:12] human life.

[25:17] >> You ready? Now, Sue City Sue,

[25:20] >> this is the Life Care Center nursing

[25:22] home where Carol Frerieded is resident

[25:24] care coordinator.

[25:26] >> Can I help you put your sweater on?

[25:27] Right.

[25:28] >> And if you want to know what her job is

[25:29] like, all you have to do is spend a few

[25:31] moments with one of the residents. And

[25:34] if you really want to know, make it

[25:36] Helen.

[25:37] >> Oh, you're a cute dog. You're a little

[25:41] beagle.

[25:42] >> 88-year-old Helen Reed is the

[25:44] quintessential grandma, but with an

[25:47] edge.

[25:48] >> If you bite me, I'll kick your butt.

[25:50] Where's my napkin? Some dirty bastards

[25:54] got it. I'll go in the laundry and get

[25:56] the damn thing if I have to.

[25:58] >> Armed with a sharp tongue and a pair of

[26:01] fly swatters. I hate bugs.

[26:03] >> Helen demands nothing less than full

[26:05] service nursing.

[26:06] >> Cream and sugar in your coffee.

[26:08] >> Yeah.

[26:09] >> And then complains when she gets it.

[26:11] >> I'm not going to drink any more coffee.

[26:13] I know that. I'll puke.

[26:17] >> Obviously, it can be a thankless job.

[26:20] But Carol has been at this 15 years

[26:23] because she doesn't need a shallow thank

[26:25] you to make her job rewarding. No, her

[26:28] motives come from a much deeper well.

[26:32] My grandma was just always there.

[26:34] >> Growing up, Carol spent every summer

[26:36] with her grandma.

[26:38] >> We always did fun things. We went to the

[26:39] races. I mean, a 9-year-old goes to the

[26:42] races. It's not allowed to let me buy my

[26:44] own ticket. You know, I could pick my

[26:46] own horse.

[26:47] >> She died in ' 81.

[26:49] >> Does that feel better?

[26:51] >> But Carol says every day she still sees

[26:53] a little bit of her right here.

[26:55] >> I love you. Well,

[26:57] >> thank you, sweetheart. I love you.

[26:58] >> I love you. They're all really something

[27:00] special. It may take you a while to

[27:02] figure it out, but it's in there.

[27:08] >> At the risk of violating our FCC

[27:10] license.

[27:11] >> Oh,

[27:12] >> I decided to ask Helen what she thought

[27:14] of Carol.

[27:14] >> You're welcome.

[27:15] >> Keep in mind, though, that Helen doesn't

[27:17] have many nice things to say about

[27:18] nurses in general.

[27:20] >> They don't do a damn thing.

[27:22] >> What do you think of Carol?

[27:25] >> I like her.

[27:26] >> And when that ice cracked,

[27:29] I knew that I had found a gem in Carol

[27:33] Freed.

[27:36] >> You can't get new grandmas and grandpas.

[27:39] >> You can't get back what you could learn

[27:40] from them, but didn't take the time to

[27:42] learn.

[27:45] >> Once it's gone, it's gone.

[27:51] >> You're off to Lincoln County, Colorado.

[27:54] >> Until then, I'm Steve Hartman, CBS News.

[27:58] boys

[28:00] >> in Adams County, Washington.

[28:04] >> And that's the CBS Evening News.

[28:06] Tomorrow and Sunday morning, earthquake

[28:08] aftermath and the Peace Corps in Jordan.

[28:10] Then on Face the Nation, Republicans and

[28:12] the drug question. Thanks for joining us

[28:14] this Saturday evening. I'm Russ

[28:16] Mitchell, CBS News New York. Good night.

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