CBS Evening News - 1998-02-23

Name: CBS Evening News - 1998-02-23
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[0:00] Dodge dealer near you.

[0:04] >> What now with Saddam? He cuts a deal

[0:07] with the UN Secretary General, but

[0:08] President Clinton says the US military

[0:11] will stay at full force in the Gulf. And

[0:13] a swath of Central Florida is a shambles

[0:16] tonight. Dozens are dead and more

[0:18] missing from tornadoes spawned by El

[0:20] Nino.

[0:24] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:28] With Dan Rather reporting from CBS News

[0:31] headquarters in New York.

[0:33] >> Good evening. Saddam Hussein has dodged

[0:35] a big bullet. There will be no US attack

[0:37] on Iraq. Not now, maybe not ever.

[0:41] Saddam got concessions and he's claiming

[0:43] victory. President Clinton today gave

[0:45] conditional backing to the deal worked

[0:46] out by the UN Secretary General. Saddam

[0:49] is to give UN weapons inspectors what's

[0:51] called full freedom to do their jobs,

[0:53] but they'll now have chaperones

[0:55] appointed by Kofi Annan. CBS coverage

[0:58] begins with White House correspondent

[0:59] Scott Pelley. Scott.

[1:01] >> Dan, today the president did not adopt

[1:03] the agreement. Instead, he said the

[1:05] United States is willing to test it. The

[1:08] agreement does grant full access to UN

[1:10] inspectors, but also grants concessions

[1:12] to Saddam. And Mr. Clinton warned big

[1:15] ifs remain.

[1:17] >> All Americans should have a positive

[1:19] reaction to the fact that we finally

[1:21] have a commitment to open all these

[1:23] sites and to let the inspectors finish

[1:25] their job. We need clarity, we need

[1:27] verification, and I intend to keep our

[1:30] forces uh

[1:31] at high levels of preparation in the

[1:33] Gulf in the near term to see what

[1:35] happens in terms of of honoring these

[1:37] obligations.

[1:38] >> Iraq is obligat