World News (ABC) - 2006-11-20
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[0:01] Welcome to World News. Tonight,
[0:03] America's nemesis offers to help out in
[0:06] Iraq. Can Iran accomplish what the US
[0:09] has not? And what are its real
[0:11] intentions? He won't do it. Public
[0:14] outrage forces [music] Fox to pull the
[0:16] plug on OJ Simpson's deal to tell the
[0:19] world how he might have killed his
[0:21] ex-wife. No book, no TV interview.
[0:25] Stolen Futures, an ABC News
[0:26] investigation of a hidden tragedy
[0:28] affecting thousands of teenagers every
[0:31] day. It's our series Silent Epidemic
[0:34] and Healing [music] Power. An historic
[0:37] reunion after unprecedented surgery
[0:39] involving 10 patients, five kidneys, and
[0:43] the future of organ transplants.
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[0:48] From ABC News headquarters, this is
[0:52] World News with Charles Gibson.
[0:54] >> Good evening. In a move with potentially
[0:57] stunning implications, the president of
[0:59] Iran has invited the president of Iraq
[1:01] to come for a visit. Simple on its face.
[1:04] However, Middle East analysts say in
[1:06] essence, the Iranian president Makmoud
[1:08] Ahmedad, part of President Bush's axis
[1:10] of evil, is putting himself in a
[1:12] position to mediate the war in Iraq and
[1:14] make himself even more of a power in the
[1:17] region. Here's our national security
[1:19] correspondent, Jonathan Carl. John,
[1:21] >> Charlie, with so many ideas swirling
[1:23] around about how to change course in
[1:24] Iraq, Iran now sees an opening. The
[1:27] country seen as enemy number one to the
[1:29] United States is now making a bid to
[1:32] play kingmaker in Iraq.
[1:35] Iran is in a showdown with the US over
[1:37] its nuclear program and threatening to
[1:40] wipe Israel off the map. And now Iran's
[1:43] president is playing the Iraq card,
[1:45] inviting the president of Iraq, to a
[1:47] summit. The message, Iran, not the US,
[1:51] can solve Iraq's problems.
[1:52] >> What Iran is saying to Iraq is, look, if
[1:56] you want stability in your country and
[1:58] you think we can help you, don't go
[2:00] through Washington. Come directly to us.
[2:02] >> It's a move designed to limit US
[2:04] influence in the region.
[2:06] >> It's a very clever move on Iran's part.
[2:08] Ahmed Jad and Iran have cut the United
[2:11] States out of the part of the Middle
[2:13] East in which the United States is most
[2:15] centrally involved and that is Iraq.
[2:17] Syria made a similar move over the
[2:19] weekend, sending a high level delegation
[2:21] to Baghdad for the first time since the
[2:23] fall of Saddam Hussein and formally
[2:26] reestablishing diplomatic ties with Iraq
[2:28] for the first time in 24 years. The Bush
[2:31] administration is facing pressure to
[2:33] meet with Iran in Syria. British Prime
[2:35] Minister Tony Blair says it should
[2:37] happen. And the commission co-chared by
[2:39] former Secretary of State James Baker is
[2:41] expected to say the same thing.
[2:43] Meanwhile, the US accuses both countries
[2:46] of being the problem, not the solution.
[2:48] Today, the US military accused Syria of
[2:51] allowing more than 100 foreign fighters
[2:53] every month to cross its border into
[2:55] Iraq. And the US blames Iran for arming
[2:58] Shia militias, supplying the bulk of the
[3:00] roadside bombs responsible for killing
[3:03] so many US troops. I believe what
[3:06] President Akmadin Nad is doing is the
[3:08] equivalent of the of an arsonist setting
[3:11] a fire and then welcoming the victims
[3:13] into his house. There is one item on the
[3:16] top of the agenda for both Iran and
[3:18] Syria. Both countries are asking the
[3:20] Iraqi government to force the United
[3:23] States to set a timetable for the
[3:25] withdrawal of US troops. Something,
[3:26] Charlie, that the Iraqis have said they
[3:28] do not want to do. And John, I'm curious
[3:30] if the people at the Pentagon and maybe
[3:32] even the State Department feel that
[3:34] President Akmadin Najad is in any way
[3:36] thumbming his nose at the United States
[3:37] by interceding in this way and if
[3:39] there's anything we can do about it.
[3:41] >> Well, they believe that is exactly what
[3:42] President Akmad is doing. But they
[3:44] acknowledge there's not much they can do
[3:46] about it. Publicly, the only thing that
[3:47] the United States said today was at the
[3:49] State Department saying that they
[3:50] welcome any effort by Iraq's neighbors
[3:53] to add to the stability in the country,
[3:55] but privately they say they do not trust
[3:56] the Iranians to do that in any way. All
[3:58] right, Jonathan Carl reporting tonight
[4:00] from the Pentagon. Thanks. In Indonesia,
[4:02] President Bush said he is awaiting
[4:04] recommendations from the military before
[4:06] deciding whether to send more US troops
[4:08] to Iraq or to begin bringing them home.
[4:10] The president spoke as he ended his
[4:12] week-long Asian visit. He shrugged off
[4:15] the protest that greeted him in in
[4:17] Indonesia as a sign of a healthy
[4:18] democracy. And the president is now
[4:21] heading home. Still overseas in London,
[4:24] a spy story with real life deadly
[4:26] implications. An outspoken former
[4:28] Russian spy is in intensive care
[4:30] tonight, his condition deteriorating
[4:33] after friends say he was deliberately
[4:35] poisoned for criticizing the Kremlin.
[4:37] Who poisoned Alexander Litenko and why
[4:40] are the questions, but there is a clear
[4:43] pattern of critics of the current
[4:44] Russian regime being poisoned or shot in
[4:47] recent years. Here's ABC senior foreign
[4:49] correspondent Jim Shudo.
[4:52] Tonight, a once vibrant Alexander Lipena
[4:55] is fighting for his life and telling a
[4:58] story fit for a Cold War spy novel. The
[5:03] victim, a former KGB colonel. The
[5:06] weapon, Thallium, a colorless, odorless
[5:09] poison. Once a KGB favorite, and the
[5:11] motive, say Litman Yanka's friends, his
[5:14] sharp criticism of the Russian
[5:16] government. He publicly blamed Russian
[5:19] President Vladimir Putin for the murder
[5:21] of Russian journalist Anna Politovskaya.
[5:24] Another prominent government critic shot
[5:27] dead last month in Moscow. The spy game
[5:30] intrigue began like so many good spy
[5:33] stories with a secret meeting at this
[5:35] London restaurant. Levvenka's contact
[5:38] identified himself only as Mario and
[5:40] promised damning information about a
[5:43] murder.
[5:44] He gave me some papers which contained
[5:46] some names on it. And several hours
[5:48] after the meeting, I started to feel
[5:50] sick.
[5:51] >> Just in time, say his friends, to
[5:53] prevent him from releasing the names of
[5:55] four Russian agents who he was going to
[5:58] allege orchestrated Politico's murder.
[6:01] Lipanka had already angered the Russian
[6:04] government with a book claiming it was
[6:06] behind 1999 apartment bombings that
[6:09] killed 300 people. The Russians blamed
[6:12] Chetchin separatists and used the
[6:14] bombings as an excuse to attack them.
[6:16] Today, a Kremlin spokesman called
[6:18] charges of Russian involvement in Lit
[6:20] Vignenko's poisoning sheer nonsense. But
[6:23] some Russia analysts see an alarming
[6:25] pattern for the Kremlin's most vocal
[6:27] opponents. Case in point, Ukrainian
[6:30] President Victor Yusenko poisoned with
[6:33] dioxin after battling a pro-Russian
[6:36] candidate. People who are in opposition
[6:38] to the regime are incredibly scared. Uh
[6:42] they now feel that there is no limits to
[6:44] what the state will do to silence them.
[6:46] >> Tonight in intensive care, Lit Vignyanka
[6:49] has little doubt he was the Russian
[6:51] government's latest target. Jim Shudo,
[6:55] ABC News, London.
[6:58] In this country tonight, there has been
[7:00] a sudden and abrupt about face on OJ
[7:02] Simpson's TV and book deal to tell the
[7:05] world how he would have killed his
[7:06] ex-wife if he had done it. With outrage
[7:09] growing by the day, the deal is off. Fox
[7:11] has pulled the plug and stopped the
[7:13] presses. ABC's David Mure has been
[7:15] following this story since the Simpson
[7:16] book and TV deal was first announced.
[7:18] David,
[7:19] >> Charlie, good evening. You know, when I
[7:20] talked to OJ Simpson's first attorney
[7:22] last week, the first time he told me he
[7:24] never would have advised Simpson to do
[7:26] this book. Tonight he has talked to his
[7:28] client Simpson and he says he is
[7:30] indifferent after learning of the
[7:31] cancellation. But so many others were
[7:34] far from indifferent about this book and
[7:35] this interview. Even the most outspoken
[7:38] faces of Fox.
[7:39] >> Everybody been
[7:40] >> the OJ Simpson interview, If I Did It is
[7:43] done, cancelled.
[7:45] >> You wrote, "I have never seen so much
[7:46] blood in my life."
[7:47] >> In a statement, Rupert Murdoch, the
[7:49] chief executive of News Corp, said, "I
[7:51] and senior management agree with the
[7:53] American public that this was an
[7:54] ill-considered project. We are sorry for
[7:57] any pain that this has caused the
[7:58] families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown
[8:00] Simpson. The move to pull the interview
[8:02] and the book came after mounting
[8:04] criticism both outside and inside the
[8:07] network. A dozen Fox affiliates refused
[8:09] to air it. Even the face of Fox, Bill
[8:12] O'Reilly, railed against it.
[8:14] >> You know, it's all about money. What
[8:15] other reason is to have this? It's
[8:17] money. It is extremely unusual not just
[8:20] for public pressure to force this kind
[8:22] of cancellation, but to have your own
[8:24] network, your own commentators, your own
[8:26] affiliates holding their noses,
[8:28] denouncing this thing, refusing to air
[8:30] it in a way that uh just finally
[8:33] convinced Rupert Murdoch that he had
[8:34] made a big fat blunder.
[8:36] >> The interview was slated to run next
[8:38] week during November sweeps when
[8:40] networks try to capture their highest
[8:42] ratings, which in turn set rates for
[8:44] advertising. The book was to come out
[8:46] November 30th. I don't know what they
[8:48] were thinking, but it certainly anything
[8:49] they were thinking started with the
[8:50] dollar sign.
[8:51] >> In it, Simpson describes hypothetically
[8:53] how he would have murdered his ex-wife
[8:55] and the mother of his children had he
[8:57] been the murderer. ABC News first
[9:00] reported last week it was not OJ Simpson
[9:02] who wrote the book, but ghostriters.
[9:04] Simpson was given an advance for the
[9:06] project. Just how much is not known.
[9:08] It's been reported the entire deal was
[9:10] worth $3.5 million. We've learned any
[9:13] money already paid went to his children.
[9:16] Legal experts say that was likely part
[9:18] of the legal maneuvering to keep any of
[9:19] the proceeds from the family of Ron
[9:21] Goldman, who won a civil judgment
[9:23] against Simpson for $33 million.
[9:26] >> I can't do no more of this.
[9:27] >> And even though the interviews have been
[9:29] pulled, media experts say, don't forget,
[9:32] they've already been done. It's not
[9:33] going to be uh at the end of November.
[9:35] But these tapes will be seen by people.
[9:37] This book will be published uh in one
[9:39] form or another. This little project is
[9:42] going to rear its ugly little head again
[9:44] before this is all over. In fact,
[9:46] tonight, a source tells ABC News 400,000
[9:48] copies of the book have already been
[9:50] printed. It's not known whether they've
[9:52] been shipped. And Ron Goldman's sister
[9:53] has issued a statement saying she was
[9:55] shocked when she learned of the
[9:56] cancellation. But Charlie, she called
[9:58] Fox's turnaround the responsible choice
[10:00] and the right thing to do.
[10:02] >> All right, David Mure reporting. Thanks.
[10:04] So many people have very strong feelings
[10:06] about the Fox decision on OJ Simpson.
[10:08] Many people asking what were they
[10:10] thinking in the first place? And you can
[10:12] register your opinion at abcnews.com.
[10:15] And a television star who made a lot of
[10:17] people laugh has now made a lot of
[10:19] people angry with a racially offensive
[10:21] outburst. Michael Richards played Kramer
[10:23] in the sitcom Seinfeld, but he turned
[10:25] vicious at a club on Friday, insulting
[10:28] two black hecklers with the most
[10:29] offensive of epithets.
[10:34] >> Oh my god.
[10:40] Jerry Seinfeld said in a statement that
[10:42] he was sickened by what he called a
[10:44] horrible mistake. And comedian Paul
[10:46] Rodriguez was there and said he kept
[10:47] expecting a punchline that never came.
[10:51] >> The audience came here expecting to see
[10:53] Kramer and they got Mark Ferman.
[10:56] >> That's right.
[10:58] >> And now still ahead on this broadcast,
[11:00] an ABC investigation. The crisis dooming
[11:03] too many teenagers to a lifetime of
[11:05] failure. Our special series, Silent
[11:07] Epidemic. The new plan to stop drunk
[11:10] drivers before they even start their
[11:12] cars. Combining new laws and new
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[11:17] emotional reunion after the world's
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[11:28] >> This is World News with Charles Gibson.
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[14:10] We are going to take a closer look at a
[14:12] crisis stealing the futures of millions
[14:14] of young Americans. Students dropping
[14:16] out of high school. So many do. As many
[14:19] as onethird of all public high school
[14:21] students who start their freshman year
[14:23] don't graduate. And the economic
[14:25] implications of that for them are
[14:28] enormous. With the start of our new
[14:30] series, The Silent Epidemic, here's
[14:32] ABC's Pierre Thomas.
[14:35] >> Meet 16-year-old Eli. Earlier this year,
[14:38] Eli decided he was going to drop out of
[14:41] high school.
[14:42] >> I was just tired of school. you know, I
[14:44] didn't like it and had made my mind up
[14:46] that I just wasn't going to go to school
[14:48] anymore.
[14:49] >> His mother was frantic,
[14:50] >> terrified. I didn't really see how I
[14:53] could force him to go cuz you you can't
[14:55] force them to learn if they don't want
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[14:57] >> She's right. Eli's school, Barry and
[15:00] High in southern Georgia is part of a
[15:02] national epidemic. More than 40% of
[15:05] students here do not graduate. Sheila
[15:07] Henley is what is known as a graduation
[15:09] coach. She has the daunting job of
[15:12] trying to stop the epidemic.
[15:13] >> I have um sat with students and
[15:17] literally begged, "Please don't do
[15:20] this."
[15:20] >> Every day, it's estimated that 2500
[15:23] students drop out of the nation's high
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[15:44] It's like watching them drown.
[15:46] >> There are so many kids who are hurting
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[15:52] >> If you have any doubt about the value of
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[15:56] High school dropouts have a shorter
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[16:19] >> Nationally, 68% of state prison inmates
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[16:24] Sheriff Jerry Brogden sees the
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[16:29] >> 81.2% 2% of the inmates we have in here
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[16:35] >> Anthony White, 17, inmate number 19103,
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[16:46] >> Felt like I, you know, I was grown.
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[16:53] >> And now,
[16:54] >> now I wish I would have listened. As for
[16:56] Eli Thomasson, Sheila Henley, the
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[17:01] convinced him to stay in school.
[17:04] >> He said, "You know, mom, she probably
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[17:07] >> The struggle is how to save more. Pierre
[17:10] Thomas, Barryian County, Georgia. And
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[20:18] There was a deadly school bus crash in
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[20:30] feet off the overpass. The three
[20:32] students who died were all teenage
[20:35] girls. The group known as MAD, Mothers
[20:37] Against Drunk Driving, joined with the
[20:39] government today, launching a nationwide
[20:41] campaign with an ambitious goal to end
[20:44] drunken driving entirely.
[20:46] Alcohol-related traffic deaths have
[20:48] plunged 40% to just under 17,000 a year
[20:51] since MAD was founded 25 years ago, but
[20:54] the rate of decline has now leveled off.
[20:56] Here's ABC's Dan Harris.
[20:59] >> A drunk driving crash seen from a
[21:01] dashboard camera.
[21:07] 7-year-old Katie Flynn is killed.
[21:10] >> It ripped my granddaughter's head off.
[21:12] It uh took my leg off
[21:16] and and it was just as just like we got
[21:18] hit with a bomb.
[21:20] >> It's absolutely devastating to lose a
[21:22] child. I can in no way explain it to you
[21:25] with words.
[21:26] The goal that Mothers Against Drunk
[21:28] Driving announced today is ambitious to
[21:31] eradicate all crashes like this one.
[21:33] >> I think jump starting the dialogue is
[21:35] absolutely imperative.
[21:37] >> Have you had anything to drink tonight?
[21:38] >> One of the key elements of MAD's new
[21:40] campaign. It wants states to require
[21:43] ignition interlock technology in the
[21:45] vehicles of all convicted drunk drivers.
[21:48] The devices will not allow you to start
[21:50] your vehicle if your blood alcohol is
[21:52] over a set limit. Here's how one of
[21:54] these interlock devices work. This is a
[21:56] product from a company called Smart
[21:57] Start. It's like having a breathalyzer
[21:59] in your car.
[22:04] It says I've passed, which means I
[22:07] should be able to start the car up. An
[22:10] interlock law might have prevented the
[22:13] death of 21-month-old Courtney Burch.
[22:15] His father is now the president of MAD.
[22:18] >> Right now, drunk drivers continue to
[22:20] drive because they can. As technology
[22:22] advances, MAD eventually wants all
[22:25] vehicles to have devices that detect
[22:27] whether the driver has been drinking.
[22:29] This is vehemently opposed by some of
[22:32] the nation's most popular restaurant
[22:33] chains.
[22:34] >> There won't be beers at ball games.
[22:36] There won't be wine with dinner. This is
[22:38] going to eliminate all responsible
[22:40] drinking prior to driving.
[22:42] >> But MAD says the devices could help turn
[22:45] the dream of ending drunk driving into a
[22:49] reality.
[22:50] Dan Harris, ABC News, New York.
[22:53] >> And up next, five degrees of separation.
[22:56] 10 people and one medical miracle.
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[23:31] >> When dad was first diagnosed with
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[23:50] >> Our doctor said ariscept was one
[23:52] treatment option for mild to moderate
[23:54] Alzheimer's disease. Studies show it
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[23:57] may include effects on memory and
[24:00] behavior. Ariscept is well tolerated but
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[24:43] >> Give your immune system the nutrients it
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[25:32] >> I'm Steve Dunn. Next, the Northwest only
[25:34] all local newscast. A woman is run down
[25:36] by a hit-and- run driver while
[25:37] detectives [music] say the suspect may
[25:39] not be who he says he is. Plus, a
[25:41] warning for those who use the automatic
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[25:44] bills. Next,
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[25:59] and see this Good Morning America
[26:01] tomorrow.
[26:04] Finally, tonight, something of a medical
[26:06] marvel that has brought 10 people
[26:08] together in a most unlikely way. Organ
[26:11] transplants aren't groundbreaking
[26:13] surgery anymore. But when the operation
[26:14] involves 10 people in a long, complex,
[26:18] fiveway kidney swap, that is medical
[26:20] history and perhaps the medical future
[26:23] all tied up in one. It has just happened
[26:25] at John's Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
[26:27] ABC's John McKenzie is there.
[26:31] >> 10 people, half of them needed a kidney,
[26:34] half of them donated a kidney. But not
[26:36] until this morning, almost a week after
[26:38] the surgeries, did they learn just who
[26:41] saved whose life?
[26:42] >> Oh, we're so happy. Aren't we happy?
[26:45] >> Oh, yeah.
[26:46] >> We've all made each other happy.
[26:47] >> Were you starting to wonder whether
[26:48] you'd ever get this kidney?
[26:50] >> Oh, absolutely. Yeah, I had pretty much
[26:51] given up hope because I'm I'm so hard to
[26:54] match.
[26:55] >> This surgical event required 12
[26:57] surgeons, 18 nurses, and dozens of
[26:59] support staff working in six different
[27:01] operating rooms. Trying to keep track of
[27:04] where each kidney was supposed to go
[27:05] looked like something out of an NFL
[27:07] playbook. Christine, George, Gary,
[27:10] Gerald, and Sheila all needed kidneys,
[27:12] and each had someone who'd offered
[27:14] kidneys. While Christine's mother,
[27:16] Florence, was not a compatible donor for
[27:18] Christine, she was a good match for
[27:20] George. George's wife, Sharon, turned
[27:22] out to be just the right tissue type for
[27:24] Gary. And on it went. Doctors gave
[27:27] Leslie's kidney to Gerald, Sandra's
[27:28] kidney to Sheila, and Honor's kidney to
[27:31] Christine. Bingo, five successful
[27:34] transplants. Doctors here say this
[27:36] approach, if used widely across the
[27:37] country, could dramatically increase the
[27:39] number of kidney transplants each year.
[27:41] Their message is if you need a kidney,
[27:43] locate a donor and let the hospital
[27:46] figure out just the right match. Some of
[27:48] the kidney recipients here today were
[27:50] still tender physically and emotionally.
[27:53] >> A person
[27:56] didn't know me and I didn't know that.
[27:58] That really hit home. I can never thank
[28:03] her enough. And just, you know, how do
[28:07] you thank somebody who saved your life
[28:09] and made your life better? And on this
[28:11] of all weeks,
[28:13] >> I don't even need a turkey. I've had my
[28:15] gift. I've had my our Thanksgiving right
[28:18] now, right here today.
[28:21] >> John McKenzie, ABC News, Baltimore.
[28:25] >> And that is World News for this Monday.
[28:26] I'm Charlie Gibson. Hope you had a good
[28:28] day. And for all of us at ABC News, have
[28:30] a good night.
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[28:34] >> The classic holiday favorite you've been
[28:37] waiting for all year is finally here.
[28:38] here. What kind of a Thanksgiving dinner
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[28:41] >> A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Tonight at
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[28:49] >> Now on K2 News at 6:30, a group of
[28:52] mothers pushing for technology they say
[28:54] could eliminate drunk driving. But why
[28:57] some local police say it's not the best
[28:58] way to stop drunk drivers. Plus, a woman
[29:01] is run down by a hit-and-run driver. Why
[29:03] detectives say the suspect may not be
[29:05] who he says he is. and how a flock of
[29:08] peacocks is pitting neighbor against
[29:10] neighbor in Marian County and what the
[29:12] city is doing to smooth out the ruffled
[29:14] feathers.
[29:16] >> Live at 6:30, [music]
[29:17] K2 News, the spirit of the Northwest.
[29:20] >> Good evening. Thank you very much for
[29:22] being with us everybody. I'm Steve Dunn
[29:23] >> and I'm Deborah Nap. One strike and
[29:25] you're out. As people hit the road this
[29:26] holiday, a group of mothers wants to
[29:28] change state laws to target even
[29:30] first-time drunk drivers. As K2's Brian
[29:32] Barker reports, it would require
[29:34] thousands of people to take a breath
[29:35] test every time they turn the key.