NBC Nightly News - 1996-02-14 - 2 of 2

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[0:00] roses for him. Romance tempered by

[0:03] suspicion and mistrust.

[0:05] >> You know, at this day and age, that's

[0:07] basically part of the game that you need

[0:09] to protect yourself from um sexually

[0:11] transmitted diseases, including HIV and

[0:14] AIDS.

[0:15] >> Love and love safely. Happy. But the

[0:16] facts reveal that outside the high-risk

[0:19] worlds of gay sex, prostitution, and IV

[0:22] drug use, the AIDS scare is much greater

[0:25] than the true threat, leaving some in

[0:27] the dating world paralyzed by fear.

[0:30] >> The prevalence of HIV infection in the

[0:31] population overall is low, that it is

[0:34] higher in certain areas among certain

[0:37] individuals. The national AIDS snapshot.

[0:39] Only 10% of all AIDS cases are

[0:42] contracted through heterosexual contact.

[0:45] Since 1993, that is 25,000 Americans.

[0:49] Compare that with cancer, a disease that

[0:51] has struck 3,600,000

[0:54] Americans in that same time period. But

[0:56] because AIDS is almost always fatal,

[0:59] talk about dating among members of this

[1:01] generation is dominated by the danger of

[1:03] sex and the stigma of HIV. Do you find

[1:07] yourself frightened, scared on on dates?

[1:10] >> It is. It's the '9s. I mean, it's it's

[1:12] scary out there. I mean, there's there's

[1:13] no question about that. No matter how

[1:15] safe you are, it can still happen to

[1:16] you.

[1:17] >> In the '9s, a date has become not only

[1:19] an opportunity to connect, but a chance

[1:22] for a detailed interview.

[1:24] >> Nice to meet you.

[1:25] >> Brad and Suzanne are meeting for the

[1:27] first time. It's a setup, a first date

[1:30] arranged by modern-day matchmakers.

[1:32] round one in a series of personal

[1:34] questionnaires.

[1:36] >> Is this person telling me the truth? Um

[1:38] is this person aware of his or her

[1:41] personal health situation. So yeah, it's

[1:44] very scary and um

[1:47] I think you take a lot of precautions

[1:49] and you move very slowly.

[1:50] >> But in the case of AIDS, warnings to

[1:52] just say no or slogans like sex kills

[1:55] may have hyped the fear beyond reality.

[1:58] the vast populace is paying for what it

[2:00] what really is a small amount of people

[2:02] are participating in.

[2:03] >> I still believe in romance. I'm a

[2:05] romantic at heart. Um I think once you

[2:09] uh sift through a lot, there's still a

[2:11] romantic hope in the end. That's what

[2:13] we're all hoping for, I guess.

[2:17] >> Which is why for those looking for love

[2:19] in the '9s, the symbol for romance is

[2:21] often latex, not roses. Jim Avala, NBC

[2:25] News, Chicago.

[2:27] One woman with strong opinions about all

[2:29] of this is 26-year-old Megan Dome.

[2:32] Recently, she wrote an article about

[2:34] love and romance in the '9s. It caught

[2:36] our eye, so we asked her to tell us

[2:39] what's going on out there in her own

[2:41] words.

[2:42] >> I think that dating in the '9s is now

[2:46] not only about, you know, do I get along

[2:48] with this person? Does he laugh at my

[2:50] jokes? Can he match his socks? It's also

[2:54] where has he been? you know, does this

[2:56] person pose a threat to my health? Could

[2:58] I die from this person? And that's

[3:00] really depressing. A whole generation is

[3:04] growing up with this idea that not only

[3:06] is trust something that's hard to come

[3:08] by, but it's actually naive to have

[3:11] trust in another person. Um, it's

[3:14] irresponsible. It's dangerous.

[3:16] Everything that romance is supposed to

[3:18] be about and relationships are about um

[3:21] is taking that leap of faith. And this

[3:23] really runs uh contrary to what the safe

[3:26] sex message says. I'm 26. I think a lot

[3:30] of people around my age have a lot of

[3:33] anger about the safe sex message. Um

[3:37] say, you know, this makes me so mad and

[3:39] so confused and so fearful that I almost

[3:42] want to rebel and and simply ignore it.

[3:46] There's a great clash between two very

[3:49] um primitive human instincts. the

[3:51] instinct to protect ourselves, to

[3:54] survive, to stay alive, to stay healthy,

[3:56] and the instinct to give ourselves over

[3:58] to another person. I feel like if I can

[4:02] trust somebody, there must be something

[4:03] wrong with me.

[4:06] >> Another sign of the times this

[4:08] Valentine's Day, a wedding where the

[4:10] bride and the groom were in different

[4:11] parts of California, but hooked up by

[4:14] their computers. The Reverend John

[4:16] Pearling doing the honors in Beverly

[4:18] Hills while his son Joseph the groom is

[4:20] logged on in Venice Beach.

[4:22] >> The bride, she's in Hollywood.

[4:25] Maybe the ritual kiss was by email.

[4:30] Why she was in a tree? We cannot say.

[4:32] When we come back, Pat Buchanan.

[4:34] >> Will he be hit by his own verbal

[4:36] whitening?

[4:37] >> I don't believe I've

[4:41] >> If it's Saturday night, it's steak

[4:42] night. That's just the way it's always

[4:44] been. And I always use my favorite steak

[4:46] sauce. It's tradition.

[4:48] >> Excuse me.

[4:49] >> What?

[4:51] Sometimes I'm in the mood for something

[4:53] different. Something rich, robust,

[4:55] something zesty, hearty,

[4:56] >> delicious.

[4:57] >> It's there and it's great.

[5:00] >> A steak sauce for me? Are you serious?

[5:02] >> Can you do that?

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[5:52] >> There's obviously a difference. I stand

[5:54] corrected.

[5:56] >> A soloist instead of my sister Patty.

[5:58] What a time for a cough. Patty gave me

[6:00] Robbitasen cough drops. They worked fast

[6:02] in those papers. Thanks to Robbitasen, I

[6:05] made my sister proud. Robbitasen cork

[6:08] drops from the corp experts.

[6:10] >> What would I like? M baked clams, ve

[6:13] parmesan. Oh, and garlic bread.

[6:15] >> Sounds good to me.

[6:15] >> Yeah. All the things that give me

[6:16] heartburn. And it's too late to take my

[6:18] Pepsi AC.

[6:19] >> What?

[6:19] >> The package says to prevent heartburn,

[6:21] you have to take it an hour before

[6:22] eating.

[6:23] >> An hour? You don't have to wait that

[6:24] long.

[6:24] >> I don't

[6:25] >> try my Tagman HB.

[6:26] >> Tagan?

[6:27] >> The label says it takes half the time of

[6:28] your Pepsid.

[6:29] >> You're kidding. I mean, I could take

[6:30] Tagaman HB now, order what I want, and

[6:31] not get heartburn.

[6:32] >> Sure, and it lasts for hours. Uh,

[6:34] >> waiter.

[6:36] Tag him at HB. Advanced prevention of

[6:38] heartburn in half the time.

[6:40] >> Is the great cleanup uplifting tonight

[6:42] at 6:30. Many communities are forced to

[6:44] throw out everything after the flood.

[6:46] But find out how losing material goods

[6:49] means building hope. Also waste water

[6:51] and pay a fine. Just ask Salem tonight

[6:53] at 6:30 on News Channel 8.

[6:56] >> Sky 8 only on Northwest News Channel 8.

[7:03] >> Presidential politics tonight. The

[7:05] latest casualty of the GOP race is Texas

[7:07] Senator Phil Graham. Graham spent more

[7:09] than $19 million and still had money to

[7:12] spend, but after placing fifth in the

[7:15] Iowa caucuses, he decided to call it

[7:17] quits today.

[7:18] >> Thank you very much.

[7:19] >> Graham declined to endorse anyone else

[7:21] today, but the man who knocked him out

[7:22] of the race, Pat Buchanan, immediately

[7:24] began courting Graham's supporters.

[7:26] Buchanan is a fiery social conservative.

[7:29] He's an economic populist, but is he too

[7:33] conservative to go all the way? Here's

[7:35] NBC's Gwen Eiffel.

[7:38] >> Pap Buchanan is a bull in a china shop,

[7:40] an upsetter of apple carts, a rocker of

[7:43] boats.

[7:46] >> A Washington insider who casts himself

[7:49] as an outsider, Buchanan manages to

[7:51] incite passion in an otherwise

[7:53] passionless race.

[7:57] The former Nixon speech writer, talk

[7:59] show host, and newspaper columnist has

[8:01] never held office, but he is a consmate

[8:03] politician. After bruising George Bush

[8:05] in the 1992 primaries, Buchanan's harsh

[8:08] tone at the GOP convention embarrassed

[8:11] the more moderate Bush.

[8:12] >> We also stand with President Bush in

[8:15] favor of the right of small towns and

[8:16] communities to control the raw sewage of

[8:20] pornography that so terribly pollutes

[8:22] our popular culture. Buchanan's 1996

[8:26] strategy is to tap into the rich vein of

[8:29] American social and economic anxiety.

[8:31] >> Put American workers first.

[8:34] >> His dire warnings against abortion,

[8:36] immigration, and the evils of

[8:38] international trade have his opponents

[8:40] plotting counterattack.

[8:42] >> What are they going to use? Century old

[8:43] cliches that he's a protectionist,

[8:45] isolationist.

[8:46] >> Actually, that's exactly what many

[8:48] economists are saying. He has a snake

[8:50] oil cure protectionism and that uh will

[8:54] not alleviate the concerns that working

[8:55] people have about the economy.

[8:57] >> Exit polls show Buchanan was strongest

[8:59] among households with incomes of under

[9:01] $30,000 a year. He's counting on those

[9:04] voters alienated a drift and with no

[9:06] Ross Perau to turn to to drive his

[9:09] campaign.

[9:10] >> There's always someone to blame in

[9:11] Buchanan's world. other countries.

[9:14] >> Conservatism that speaks up for

[9:17] workingclass Americans who are betrayed

[9:19] by these trade deals that send their

[9:21] jobs over to Mexico and China and places

[9:24] like that

[9:25] >> or immigrants.

[9:26] >> I will build a security fence and we

[9:29] will seal the border of this country

[9:31] >> or minorities who benefit from

[9:33] government programs.

[9:34] >> Affirmative action, racial set aids,

[9:36] these are tearing Americans apart.

[9:38] >> Buchanan is convinced he can win over

[9:40] disaffected voters. And if along the way

[9:42] he breaks a few bones, well, he is a

[9:45] former boxer. Gwen Eiffel, NBC News,

[9:48] Manchester, New Hampshire.

[9:51] >> Now to NBC News online. Beyond the day's

[9:53] headlines, the election results are one

[9:55] way to tell who's hot in politics. Then

[9:57] there are the ratings in this business

[9:59] and book sales.

[10:01] >> Rush Limbbo emerged a while back as the

[10:03] voice of angry conservatives. When

[10:05] Republicans won Congress in 1994, people

[10:07] thought Limbaugh would rise to even

[10:09] greater heights. But his radio and

[10:10] television ratings have tumbled and his

[10:13] books once huge bestsellers now are in

[10:16] the discount bins. And a book about

[10:18] Limbbo by the comedian Al Franken is

[10:20] riding high. It's number two behind

[10:22] Hillary Clinton's book and rising fast

[10:25] in the New York Times list out next

[10:27] week. Franken's book will be number one

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[12:11] >> A corn flakes for breakfast, huh?

[12:13] >> Yeah. She's into nutrition.

[12:15] >> Oh, yeah. Perhaps you should eat total.

[12:17] It has 100% of 11 of the many vitamins

[12:19] and minerals you need. To get that from

[12:20] cornflakes, you'll both have to add more

[12:22] than just milk.

[12:23] >> Yeah. such as

[12:24] >> well raspberries for vitamin C.

[12:26] >> Oh, okay.

[12:26] >> Catfish for B6.

[12:28] >> What?

[12:28] >> Beets for folic acid?

[12:30] >> Be and some crawads for nice.

[12:32] >> So, cornflakes for

[12:35] >> big total part of a balanced diet. One

[12:37] bowl 100%.

[12:39] >> Hey, had enough?

[12:41] >> Hey.

[12:41] >> Dine Wednesday. From the moment they saw

[12:43] each other at St. Cupid's Arrows flying.

[12:45] What made it so special? An amazing

[12:47] story of love at first sight. Dine

[12:49] tonight at a special time.

[12:53] If your personal computer seemed a

[12:54] little well festive today, it's with

[12:56] good reason. It was 50 years ago that

[12:59] its great-granddaddy was born. Just a

[13:01] half a century. My how the world has

[13:04] changed. NBC's George Lewis tonight on

[13:06] the golden beginning.

[13:08] >> It's called ENIAC for electronic

[13:10] numerical integrator and computer. And

[13:13] it was hailed as an engineering marvel.

[13:15] A

[13:15] >> giant electronic brain has started

[13:17] cogitating at the University of

[13:18] Pennsylvania. Today to mark the

[13:20] anniversary, Vice President Al Gore

[13:22] fired up the old machine one more time.

[13:25] >> This is one small note.

[13:28] >> It's fairly primitive by today's

[13:30] standards. A pocket calculator has more

[13:32] computing power. The original ENIAC had

[13:36] 18,000 vacuum tubes mounted in huge

[13:39] racks about the size of a house. A

[13:41] modern-day personal computer has a

[13:43] microprocessor which can contain 5

[13:46] million or so transistors on a piece of

[13:48] silicon about the size of a dime. The

[13:51] first microprocessor we shipped in 1971

[13:54] was actually higher performance than the

[13:56] original ENIAC. Since that time, we've

[13:59] increased the performance of computers

[14:01] by uh thousands of times. Way back when,

[14:05] Gordon Moore, one of the founders of the

[14:07] Intel Corporation, correctly predicted

[14:09] the rapid rise in computing power. But

[14:12] nobody foresaw the whole computer

[14:14] revolution that's turning our lives

[14:16] upside down.

[14:17] >> This computer thing is just not panning

[14:19] out.

[14:20] >> A tongue-in-cheek analysis from actor

[14:22] Tom Wilson, who's in an interactive

[14:24] computerized video game called Wing

[14:27] Commander 4.

[14:28] >> It'll calculate numbers a little faster.

[14:32] The open road to the American dream,

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