The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) - 2000-01-13

Channel: malgent

Uploaded:

Duration: PT3541S

Read a transcript preview of “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) - 2000-01-13” from malgent, uploaded on 2025-10-16.

Transcript preview

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:01] Pacific Continental Bank offering

[0:04] personalized business banking guidance

[0:06] to individuals and companies in Oregon.

[0:09] Pacific Continental.

[0:22] Good evening. I'm Jim Lara. On the

[0:24] NewsHour tonight, Ray Suarez explores

[0:27] the escalating legal argument over Ilon

[0:30] Gonzalez, the six-year-old Cuban boy.

[0:33] Margaret Warner provides snapshots from

[0:35] the Gore and Bradley presidential

[0:36] campaigns. And Paul Salman gathers

[0:39] opinions at a gathering of economists.

[0:42] It all follows our summary of the news

[0:43] this Thursday.

[0:48] The biggest obstacle to feeding the

[0:50] world is not the food supply. It's just

[0:52] politics. Pooh is dedicated to opening

[0:54] the borders to get food to the people

[0:56] who need it

[1:16] and by the Corporation for Public

[1:18] Broadcasting. This program was also made

[1:20] possible by contributions to your PBS

[1:23] station from viewers like you. Thank

[1:25] you.

[1:27] >> Attorney General Reno urged a quick

[1:29] resolution today in the dispute over a

[1:32] six-year-old Cuban boy. She said it's

[1:34] vital for Elon Gonzalez to get on with

[1:37] his life. The US Immigration and

[1:39] Naturalization Services said the boy

[1:42] must be returned to his father in Cuba.

[1:44] Reno urged his relatives in Miami to

[1:47] accept any federal court rulings in the

[1:49] matter. She said she wants to avoid

[1:51] creating a dramatic scene.

[1:54] >> Let's not say that there is

[1:57] confrontation

[1:59] that will resolve it. Let us say that

[2:01] the court processes should take their

[2:04] course and then let's see what happens.

[2:07] You don't go in and pick up little boys

[2:10] like that. You work through the issue

[2:12] and then everybody sits down and figures

[2:14] out how

Sign up free to read and search the full transcript