CBS Evening News - 1992-03-04

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[0:02] CBS News breaks the story. One

[0:04] presidential candidate is dropping out

[0:06] of the race. Michelangelo may be

[0:08] planning a birthday blowout for your

[0:11] computer. And a verdict in a case of

[0:13] conception and deception.

[0:16] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:24] >> Good evening, Dan Rather reporting. Bob

[0:27] Kerry is ending his campaign for the

[0:29] presidency. Tom Harkin is seriously

[0:31] considering doing so. Pat Buchanan says

[0:34] President Bush should quit his try for

[0:36] reelection. All of this in the wake of

[0:39] new primary and caucus results from

[0:41] seven states. Richard Throel, who broke

[0:43] the Kerry story this afternoon, begins

[0:45] our coverage.

[0:50] >> Bob Kerry suddenly canled a campaign

[0:52] trip to Florida and flew back to

[0:54] Washington late today. CBS News has

[0:56] learned that Carrie will announce his

[0:58] withdrawal from the race in a news

[1:00] conference tomorrow. Carrie, who

[1:02] finished as an also ran in every one of

[1:04] last night's primaries and caucuses, is

[1:06] now out of money and out of hope. Tom

[1:09] Harkin managed victories in the

[1:11] Minnesota and Idaho caucuses, but he

[1:13] finished well behind in the other

[1:15] primaries, and his campaign's also out

[1:17] of money and support. He too is

[1:19] currently closeted with advisers. It's

[1:22] essentially a twoman race now. And today

[1:24] in South Florida, one of them, Bill

[1:26] Clinton, fresh from his victory in

[1:28] Georgia, was playing to his strength,

[1:30] the black vote. That along with the

[1:32] white blue collar vote, should give

[1:34] Clinton solid victories next Tuesday in

[1:37] the six states close to his native

[1:38] Arkansas. Meanwhile, the Clinton

[1:41] campaign's hoping to poach some of the

[1:43] union support that was the foundation of

[1:45] Harkin's candidacy. Clinton will court

[1:47] the crucial labor vote in Michigan and

[1:49] Illinois by painting his competition

[1:52] Paul Sonis as Santa Claus for big

[1:54] business.

[1:55] >> He's the giveaway candidate, not me. I'm

[1:57] the responsibility candidate.

[1:58] >> Songis, who can claim to have done best

[2:00] of all of them yesterday, will pick up a

[2:02] lot more campaign money and some

[2:04] endorsements this week. He's guaranteed

[2:06] to win in the Northeast next Tuesday and

[2:09] will challenge Clinton hardest in

[2:10] Florida by claiming he's now got staying

[2:13] power. They've run a very slick campaign

[2:16] and they've got a machine. We have a

[2:19] message.

[2:20] >> With Bob Kerry going and Tom Harkin

[2:22] almost gone, the Democratic race is

[2:25] getting leaner. It's also probably going

[2:27] to get meaner, too. Richard Thrrell, CBS

[2:30] News, New York. Now, let's take a look

[2:32] at how the candidates stack up after

[2:34] last night's primaries and caucuses

[2:36] heading into the Super Tuesday primaries

[2:38] concentrated in the South next week.

[2:40] First, the Democrats. Keep in mind, it

[2:42] takes 2145 delegates to win the

[2:44] Democratic nomination. Bill Clinton, who

[2:46] had a big victory in Georgia last night,

[2:48] now has 254 delegates. Paul Sonos won in

[2:52] Maryland and Utah. He now has 119

[2:54] delegates. Next to Tom Harkin and Bob

[2:56] Kerry. Jerry Brown won Colorado, but

[2:58] trails with 35 delegates. Now, on the

[3:01] Republican side, it takes 115 delegates

[3:03] for the Republican nomination. President

[3:05] Bush won all of last night's contest and

[3:08] has the lion share the delegates chosen

[3:10] to date. Pat Buchanan has been picking

[3:11] up between three and four out of every

[3:14] 10 Republican primary voters in state

[3:16] after state. But under the Republican

[3:18] party rules, he doesn't have many

[3:20] delegates. Even without cutting in to

[3:22] President Bush's delegate total,

[3:24] Buchanan's cut of the vote has the Bush

[3:26] Quailo re-election campaign concerned to

[3:28] say the least about how to stop him.

[3:31] White House correspondent Susan Spencer

[3:33] has our report on that.

[3:35] >> Hi, good to see you. Pleasure. With Pat

[3:37] Buchanan grabbing another embarrassing

[3:39] third of Republicans, Mr. Bush conceded

[3:41] for the first time today that a vote for

[3:43] Buchanan is a vote specifically against

[3:46] him.

[3:46] >> I think that's a good way to analyze it.

[3:49] And uh but that'll turn around. Economy

[3:51] will turn around.

[3:52] >> As unconcerned as he likes to sound, his

[3:55] campaign is frankly stumped over how to

[3:57] stop the 30% thunder from the right. And

[4:00] these weekly protest votes are beginning

[4:01] to worry congressional Republicans as

[4:03] well as the White House. Buchanan had a

[4:06] suggestion for Mr. Bush today. Quit.

[4:08] >> Mr. Bush is in danger of becoming the

[4:10] Jimmy Carter of the Republican party. He

[4:12] is losing that segment of the electorate

[4:16] which is the swing vote in national

[4:18] elections

[4:20] and he is losing it to a candidate who

[4:24] 12 weeks ago was a television

[4:26] commentator.

[4:27] >> A Bush spokesman called that Looney

[4:29] Tunes. In Tampa, the start of a 4-day

[4:32] sixst state Super Tuesday blitz, Mr.

[4:34] Bush went after Buchanan, but as usual

[4:36] only indirectly.

[4:38] >> I think we've got to come together as a

[4:40] country to resist the politics of

[4:43] ugliness and hate, racial bigotry and

[4:46] discrimination.

[4:47] >> Assuming Mr. Bush wins big next Tuesday,

[4:49] he's expected to start campaigning from

[4:51] the White House for a while, targeting

[4:52] not Buchanan, but Congress, and trying

[4:55] to create the impression that Pat

[4:56] Buchanan just isn't worth the trouble.

[4:59] Susan Spencer, CBS News, Miami. A jury

[5:03] in Virginia took four days to decide the

[5:05] case of the fertility doctor accused of

[5:07] defrauding his patients and secretly

[5:09] fathering their children. Law

[5:11] correspondent Rita Braver reports the

[5:13] verdict.

[5:15] >> Dr. Cecil Jacobson, who may have

[5:17] artificially inseminated as many as 75

[5:20] women with his own sperm and who created

[5:22] false pregnancies in at least a dozen

[5:24] other patients, was found guilty of 52

[5:27] counts of fraud and perjury. I've spent

[5:29] my life trying to help women have

[5:31] children

[5:33] and it's a shock to be found guilty

[5:35] trying to help people.

[5:36] >> The harm that was done to these women

[5:37] justified this prosecution.

[5:39] >> Indeed, the verdict was welcome news to

[5:41] women like Deborah Gregory who received

[5:43] hormone injections from Jacobson and

[5:45] discovered he had lied to her after her

[5:48] third false pregnancy.

[5:49] >> It was devastating. Um before that he

[5:53] had said twice that I had miscarried.

[5:56] Um, and we have no reason to believe

[5:57] that I was ever pregnant. Um, I don't

[6:00] believe I ever was.

[6:02] >> The women inseminated with Jacobson's

[6:04] sperm would not speak. But the false

[6:06] pregnancy victim who wanted to remain

[6:08] anonymous understands their pain.

[6:10] >> What they see in their child as part of

[6:12] Jacobson. They'll have to look at that

[6:14] man every day for the rest of their

[6:15] lives. And so, in a sense, they'll never

[6:17] be able to put closure on it.

[6:19] >> False pregnancy victims Gene and James

[6:21] Blair went to the courthouse to hear the

[6:22] verdict for themselves. Each one of the

[6:24] pregnancies that he told us we had, we

[6:27] mourned them. It was like we lost a baby

[6:29] all those seven times.

[6:31] >> It was overwhelming evidence that he

[6:34] >> went wrong somewhere and he mistreated a

[6:36] lot of women.

[6:37] >> Sad. It's bad. Nobody won.

[6:40] >> Nobody won. The ladies didn't get

[6:43] pregnant. Lost. He lost. Everybody lost.

[6:47] >> Jacobson will be sentenced in May. He

[6:49] could spend the rest of his life in

[6:51] prison. Rita Braverber, CBS News,

[6:54] Washington.

[6:55] >> Still ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

[6:57] News, the nation's computer owners brace

[6:59] for Black Friday and Eye on America.

[7:02] Tonight, a life sentence for selling

[7:05] marijuana. Can drug laws be too tough?

[7:16] >> Do you have a cold?

[7:17] >> Yes, I do.

[7:18] >> Here's two cold medicines. This relieves

[7:20] these three symptoms. This nine. Choose

[7:22] one.

[7:23] >> Nine.

[7:23] >> You chose Drian cold over Sudaphate. Try

[7:25] it.

[7:27] >> The Drian really worked.

[7:28] >> Dristan, the face of relief today.

[7:30] >> When I was little, I was always getting

[7:32] caught with my hand in the cookie jar.

[7:35] And I still love sweet things like

[7:37] sunsweet pitted prunes. So, you see,

[7:40] nothing's changed except my cookie jar.

[7:46] Your GM dealer is serious about putting

[7:48] service back in the service department.

[7:50] How

[7:51] >> serious?

[7:52] >> Come in for a Mr. Good Wrench quick lube

[7:54] plus oil change and you could win one of

[7:57] 21 GM cars or light trucks.

[8:02] Or you could win one of millions of

[8:04] other prizes. In fact, everyone's a

[8:06] winner. Just come in, scratch, and win

[8:08] during the flag a winner sweep stakes at

[8:11] your Mr. Good Wrench Quick Lube Plus

[8:13] dealer. I think they really are serious.

[8:18] >> The FBI put out a nationwide alert today

[8:20] about a so-called computer virus set to

[8:23] go off Friday. It's nicknamed

[8:24] Michelangelo, but its masterpiece is far

[8:27] from the ceiling of the Cyine Chapel.

[8:29] It's a lowown work of sabotage that

[8:32] could wreck millions of computer

[8:34] programs around the world. John

[8:36] Blackstone has the intriguing story.

[8:40] On Capitol Hill today, the search is on

[8:42] for a high-tech vandal. The destructive

[8:45] computer virus called Michelangelo has

[8:47] found its way into computers at the

[8:49] highest levels of government and

[8:50] industry.

[8:51] >> We have found it. We found it in two

[8:53] offices so far. The Michelangelo virus

[8:55] >> in Los Angeles today at Hughes Aircraft,

[8:57] a major defense contractor. Officials

[8:59] admitted their computers have been

[9:01] infected, but they say they've

[9:02] apprehended the virus.

[9:04] >> That virus is set to do damage on

[9:07] Friday. And so, uh, we were able to

[9:10] identify the virus and actually get it

[9:12] fixed before damage was done.

[9:14] >> Fear is spreading fast that Friday could

[9:17] be computer doomsday.

[9:18] >> Thanks for the house call, doctor.

[9:20] >> This morning, Martin Tibbor, computer

[9:22] security expert, was out tracking down

[9:24] Michelangelo.

[9:25] >> Michelangelo is definitely one of the

[9:27] more malignant computer viruses that

[9:28] there are.

[9:30] >> The virus gets its name because it's

[9:31] time to begin widespread destruction

[9:33] this Friday. Michelangelo's 517th

[9:36] birthday.

[9:37] If the virus is not detected before

[9:39] Friday, it will destroy everything in an

[9:42] infected computer's memory.

[9:43] >> It overwrites data. It punches holes in

[9:46] your data and it makes your data

[9:47] unreoverable.

[9:48] >> It's going everywhere. I mean, big

[9:50] companies like ours and uh little

[9:53] companies.

[9:54] >> Computer users across the country are

[9:56] scrambling for protection from this

[9:57] information age killer.

[9:59] >> It's almost biological. It really is a

[10:01] virus.

[10:02] >> The virus has been spreading from

[10:03] computer to computer as information is

[10:05] shared. There's a lot of this gets going

[10:07] in and out of the firms moving around

[10:09] the city. So someone can become infected

[10:11] and not know it and thereby so then

[10:14] they're passing you know they're a

[10:15] carrier.

[10:15] >> It's the same idea as if you take your

[10:17] kids to daycare. If one kid has a cold,

[10:19] everybody else gets one as well.

[10:21] >> It spreads as easily as this. It's not

[10:23] known who started the Michelangelo

[10:25] virus. It's believed to have begun in

[10:26] Northern Europe. Somehow it got into

[10:28] software distributed by major computer

[10:31] companies and now lies waiting to erupt

[10:33] in as many as 5 million computers. Major

[10:36] computer users, telephone companies,

[10:38] airlines, banks say they have security

[10:40] measures to catch viruses like

[10:42] Michelangelo. Smaller businesses are

[10:44] taking the same action this week and are

[10:46] much relieved whenever they discover

[10:48] their Michelangelo free.

[10:50] >> Total infected files found zero. Yay.

[10:53] >> John Blackstone, CBS News, San

[10:55] Francisco. President Bush is reportedly

[10:57] preparing an election-year move to raise

[10:59] the stakes with Saddam Hussein. CBS News

[11:02] State Department correspondent Bill

[11:03] Plant reports that the United States may

[11:06] seize some of Iraq's foreign assets in

[11:08] this country and turn the money over to

[11:10] the United Nations. The funds then would

[11:12] be used for humanitarian aid inside Iraq

[11:15] and to compensate victims of the Persian

[11:17] Gulf War. In Houston, Texas, El Nino

[11:20] strikes again. Heavy rain is causing

[11:23] some of the worst flooding in years.

[11:25] This is new flooding. Some highways

[11:27] quickly turned into rivers trapping land

[11:29] after land of cars, leaving hundreds of

[11:31] Houston motorists waiting to be rescued.

[11:33] With the ground already saturated from

[11:35] heavy rain earlier in the year, today's

[11:37] downpour poor had no place else to go.

[11:40] Stay with us now for more CBS news,

[11:42] including medical care without

[11:44] insurance. A hardpressed American

[11:46] family's answer to a crisis.

[11:55] How could this happen? They've taken the

[11:57] secret.

[11:58] >> Europeans are upset. The Kellogg's

[12:00] Muslik cereal uses their secret recipe.

[12:03] >> This we kept in the family.

[12:05] >> After all, they've been guarding this

[12:06] delicious secret forever. Ah, but this

[12:09] luscious blend of sweet fruit, crunchy

[12:11] nuts, and crisp whole grains was

[12:13] destined to become Kellogg's Muslicks.

[12:16] I'm learning.

[12:17] >> You told this wasn't me. I swear.

[12:21] >> Kellogg's Muslan secret for great taste.

[12:25] >> My grand spaghetti recipes with ordinary

[12:28] grated topping. Oops. Some are 1/3 fats

[12:32] and fillers, but craft is 100% grated

[12:35] parmesan for 100% great taste.

[12:38] Granny would approve.

[12:40] >> I think I'll make fresh dressings.

[12:41] >> Good seasons.

[12:42] >> Mhm.

[12:43] >> Which oil?

[12:44] >> Pick a light one.

[12:49] M dressing is great.

[12:51] >> Good seasons. You make it fresh, you

[12:53] make it best.

[12:55] >> It's nothing serious. Only wakes me up a

[12:57] couple of times a week. It really

[13:00] doesn't affect me. I avoid foods that

[13:02] are fried or spicy. I can deal with it.

[13:05] I just take ant acids. If you have

[13:07] frequent heartburn symptoms like acid

[13:09] indigestion or burning in the chest,

[13:11] talk to your doctor. These may be signs

[13:13] of a serious medical problem. Your

[13:15] doctor has treatment plans that can

[13:16] help.

[13:17] >> It's only a heartburn. I should learn to

[13:19] live with it,

[13:21] >> right?

[13:21] >> Frequent heartburn. Isn't it time you

[13:23] talk to your doctor?

[13:25] >> She was a soap opera star until a

[13:28] stalker forced her to quit. Her real

[13:30] life terror on 48 hours tonight.

[13:37] It takes new orders to keep America's

[13:39] factories humming and people working.

[13:41] The government reported officially today

[13:43] that factory orders were up some in

[13:45] January, 4/10en of a percent. That's the

[13:48] third increase in four months and a

[13:50] hopeful sign. Even if it turns out the

[13:52] economy is in fact picking up, there are

[13:55] still millions of working Americans who

[13:57] cannot afford the increased cost of

[13:59] health insurance. Correspondent Juan

[14:01] Vasquez shows you tonight how one family

[14:03] coped with a medical crisis. A plan that

[14:06] works for them and some others.

[14:09] Are you saving your smile for dad?

[14:12] >> Yeah, you are.

[14:13] >> If you want to know what's wrong with

[14:15] America's health insurance system,

[14:17] consider the case of 19year-old Carrie

[14:19] Gurnie.

[14:20] >> She was always on the go, going to

[14:22] school, keeping down a part-time job,

[14:26] and never home. Always on the go.

[14:29] >> But that life came to a crushing end

[14:31] when she was involved in a car accident

[14:33] last May, leaving her with a crippling

[14:35] brain injury. Eventually, her parents

[14:37] brought her home. Today, even the

[14:40] smallest step is a victory.

[14:42] >> Yeah,

[14:43] >> good girl. That was a Yeah.

[14:46] >> Since Carrie has no insurance, her

[14:48] parents have devised an unusual method

[14:49] to pay for her recovery. Bartering. They

[14:52] took out an ad in a local paper offering

[14:54] to trade their services for professional

[14:56] care.

[14:57] >> Someone needs their house cleaned. By

[14:59] golly, I'm going to go do it if my

[15:01] daughter's going to benefit. Therapist

[15:03] Leanne Fine trades an hour of her time

[15:05] for an hour of house cleaning.

[15:07] >> Okay, open your hand. That's it, Carrie.

[15:10] >> When Carrie sleeps, her mother sews

[15:11] curtains for another therapist. Reed

[15:13] Gurnie is a certified mechanic who works

[15:16] on cars for anyone who can help his

[15:18] daughter. But there will never be enough

[15:20] cars or enough curtains to give Carrie

[15:22] all the help she needs. If Carrie had

[15:25] insurance, she wouldn't be at home.

[15:27] Rehabilitation facilities would be

[15:29] competing with each other to admit her.

[15:31] But at upwards of $1,000 a day, it's a

[15:34] sort of care that few Americans without

[15:36] insurance can afford.

[15:37] >> It would totally wipe them out. There's

[15:39] no way that they could ever pay for it.

[15:40] They'd be in debt forever.

[15:42] >> Whoever said life was going to be fair.

[15:44] It's a terrible way to think, but it it

[15:46] does depend on who you know and and how

[15:48] much money you have.

[15:49] >> The Gurnies know they don't have the

[15:50] kind of money to put Carrie in an

[15:52] intensive rehabilitation program. The

[15:54] state's programs are already out of

[15:56] money in this recession year.

[15:58] >> And she says, "Love you." But without

[16:00] insurance, without money, love alone

[16:03] cannot conquer all the obstacles to

[16:05] recovery.

[16:06] >> Juan Basquez, CBS News, Ovita, Florida.

[16:10] A new study out tonight provides the

[16:12] strongest evidence yet that it's a good

[16:14] idea to get routine colon examinations

[16:17] after you turn 50. This study indicates

[16:19] that a colon exam once every 10 years

[16:22] can cut your risk of dying from colon

[16:25] and rectal cancer by up to 30%.

[16:29] Sticking here with us now for the story

[16:30] of the new superstars of the Far East.

[16:44] People love the old type of granola

[16:46] because it was loaded with great taste.

[16:48] They didn't know it was also loaded with

[16:51] fat. Introducing a new type of granola.

[16:54] New Kellogg's low-fat granola for the

[16:57] new granola type. All the delicious

[16:59] whole grains, almonds, and raisins you

[17:01] love, but only half the fat of leading

[17:04] granas. So, if you like the great taste

[17:06] of granola, but don't want all the fat,

[17:08] try New Kellogg's low-fat granola. Great

[17:11] taste, half the fat.

[17:14] >> If you don't get to sleep, I won't get

[17:16] to sleep.

[17:17] >> NL safely helps you fall asleep fast so

[17:20] you can get your Z's. NL or maximum

[17:23] strength NL

[17:25] will help you get your Z.

[17:29] >> Tylenol users discover a powerful name

[17:31] in aspirin free pain relief.

[17:32] >> It took away my headache. Aspirin

[17:34] Anisonin worked as well as Tylenol.

[17:36] >> Like Tylenol, aspirin free anin is 100%

[17:39] aspirin free acetaminophen. So, it's

[17:41] gentle on your stomach.

[17:42] >> Now, I have a choice.

[17:44] >> How many times I told my dad to see a

[17:46] doctor? He was stubborn.

[17:51] But the pain in his stomach just

[17:52] wouldn't go away. He had to go.

[17:56] >> You should have seen the relief on his

[17:58] face when the doctor said myanta.

[18:00] He said it was indigestion and his kind

[18:02] of indigestion needed strong medicine.

[18:04] >> Milanta is strong medicine. Strongly

[18:07] recommended. In fact, myanta is the ant

[18:09] acid doctors recommend most.

[18:11] >> My doctor said myanta.

[18:14] >> I'm Harry Smith.

[18:15] >> And I'm Paul Aison. Diet delight or diet

[18:17] disaster?

[18:18] >> We'll weigh in our fat madness dieters

[18:20] tomorrow on CBS This Morning is practice

[18:22] for your head.

[18:27] The flow of drugs into America's streets

[18:29] has left a trail of ruin and violence

[18:32] and wasted lives. But in the war on

[18:34] drugs, is there such a thing as

[18:36] overkill? The question is framed in

[18:38] tonight's Eye on America as Bob Paul

[18:41] reports on crime, punishment, and

[18:43] marijuana.

[18:48] >> Get your hands up, man.

[18:49] >> With all the horror stories, with all

[18:51] the devastation linked to crack and

[18:53] heroin, shut up.

[18:55] >> You might find it hard to believe how

[18:56] serious prosecutors are these days about

[18:58] marijuana.

[19:00] Believe

[19:02] >> I'd rather have AIDS and have life

[19:04] without parole. I couldn't believe there

[19:06] could be such a thing

[19:10] >> in this country.

[19:11] >> Vernon Mroy, convicted by a state court

[19:13] in Alabama of possessing 10 pounds of

[19:16] marijuana. And Mark Young, convicted by

[19:18] a federal court in Indianapolis for

[19:19] helping distribute marijuana, have never

[19:21] been convicted of being violent. But

[19:23] after having been caught a third time

[19:25] for a marijuana offense, each was

[19:27] sentenced to mandatory life terms

[19:29] without the possibility of parole ever.

[19:32] That's one less drug dealer that's not

[19:35] out on the streets. No sympathy. We have

[19:39] two million Americans that are the

[19:40] victims of violent crime every year. We

[19:43] have got to do something about it. And

[19:45] the only way to do something about it is

[19:48] to grab drug thugs and violent criminals

[19:50] by the throat.

[19:51] >> Counts one and two dealing marijuana.

[19:54] What Congress did to grab offenders by

[19:56] the throat was to enact mandatory

[19:58] minimum sentences and give federal

[20:00] judges no choice but to impose them in

[20:02] certain cases.

[20:03] >> It's like living in Saudi Arabia where

[20:05] if you steal something, you get your

[20:06] hand cut off. That's the kind of justice

[20:08] that we are dishing out with mandatory

[20:10] sentences.

[20:11] >> When a mandatory minimum is uh is

[20:14] passed, you see it cuts with such a

[20:15] broad brush that it picks up everybody.

[20:18] >> The small fry,

[20:19] >> the small fry as well as the king fish.

[20:21] No one ever called Mark Young a

[20:22] kingfish. As a teenager, he got caught

[20:24] twice for relatively minor drug

[20:26] offenses. 20 years later, convicted for

[20:28] a third time for trying to help someone

[20:30] sell 600 lb of marijuana. He ended up

[20:33] with a mandatory life term. The

[20:35] >> law says he has two prior felony, drug

[20:38] convictions, and the third time is not a

[20:41] charm. The third time he goes for life.

[20:44] So while murderers in this country

[20:45] average just seven years in jail and

[20:48] rapist six, Mark Young for marijuana

[20:51] will serve the rest of his life.

[20:54] >> You feel it there must be a mistake that

[20:56] they could make a law like this.

[20:58] A law like this could exist in America

[21:02] that they're exterminating people for

[21:04] marijuana for marijuana.

[21:06] >> He didn't kill anybody. He didn't molest

[21:08] a child. didn't rape someone

[21:12] to put him away for life for that. I

[21:14] mean, I just kept saying all of you are

[21:17] crazy. The whole thing is just crazy.

[21:19] >> The question is whether what Congress

[21:21] intended and what happened to Mark Young

[21:23] works. Does it discourage criminals from

[21:25] committing crime?

[21:26] >> The conclusion of a commission appointed

[21:28] by Congress. There is no evidence

[21:30] mandatory minimums deter crime.

[21:33] >> It's the fact that some get it and some

[21:35] don't. It's a hit and miss proposition.

[21:37] Severity may be there, but not

[21:39] certainty.

[21:40] >> Because it's not always charged. Because

[21:41] the treatment is unequal, it hardly can

[21:43] have the deterrent effect it should

[21:45] have.

[21:46] >> In my judgment, it does not.

[21:50] >> Despite his life sentence, Mark Young

[21:52] just got married in an Indian ceremony

[21:54] in jail on Valentine's Day.

[21:57] >> You should stand by him

[22:00] for the rest of his life. No matter how

[22:02] good he does, uh, how good an inmate he

[22:07] is, how he changes in there, he has no

[22:10] chance of ever getting out.

[22:11] >> Am I sorry for their family? Do I wish

[22:13] it had not happened? Yes. Does my heart

[22:16] go out to them? Yes. But my heart has to

[22:19] go out to a greater degree to the

[22:21] victims of crime than it does to the

[22:24] people that are profiting from criminal

[22:27] behavior. Graham says lawmakers will

[22:28] impose more mandatory minimum sentences

[22:31] even though so-called small fry

[22:32] criminals complain the war on drugs has

[22:35] gone too far that punishment now is

[22:38] greater than the crime. Bob Faw in

[22:40] Greenwood, Indiana for Eye on America.

[22:52] >> Hey, you're home.

[22:54] >> Thank you for a lovely dinner.

[22:57] Aren't you going to ask me in

[23:00] for coffee?

[23:01] >> Well,

[23:03] I do have tasters choice.

[23:06] >> Then how can I refuse?

[23:08] >> Savor the sophisticated taste of tasters

[23:11] choice.

[23:13] >> Well,

[23:14] >> just one more cup.

[23:16] >> You uh said that two cups ago.

[23:19] >> You know how much I love your coffee.

[23:23] Then

[23:24] by all means

[23:27] take it with you.

[23:36] The hotter the fire and the harder the

[23:38] blows, the stronger the metal becomes.

[23:42] You know, it's that kind of hard work

[23:44] and perseverance that's forged Great

[23:46] Western into one of the strongest banks

[23:48] in the nation. For over hundred years

[23:51] now, they've put their sweat and skill

[23:53] into creating a safe, secure place for

[23:56] your money. Great Western Bank. They

[23:59] just don't make them like that anymore.

[24:02] No wonder they can say we'll always be

[24:04] there.

[24:06] >> Hi, honey. How did your checkup go

[24:08] today?

[24:08] >> Oh, the vet said, "I'm fine." And he had

[24:11] some advice about our pet odor problem.

[24:13] He recommended Arm and Hammer Pet Fresh.

[24:15] It absorbs carpet odors naturally with

[24:18] baking soda. And veterinarians tested

[24:20] Pet Fresh to be sure it won't irritate

[24:22] our pets.

[24:23] >> Why the house smells so fresh? You'd

[24:25] never know we had pets.

[24:26] >> That's natural freshness from the baking

[24:28] soda experts.

[24:29] >> Arm and Hammer Pet Fresh carpet

[24:31] deodorizer. Safe around pets.

[24:33] Recommended by vets.

[24:36] >> Why cook in oil, margarine, or butter?

[24:39] All natural Pam adds only onetenth the

[24:42] fat and calories and keeps food light

[24:44] and delicious. Pam cooking spray because

[24:47] how you cook is as important as what you

[24:50] cook.

[24:53] Some Japanese leaders criticize American

[24:56] workers. Some American leaders criticize

[24:58] back. Today, a United States senator

[25:01] went nuclear. The veteran Ernest

[25:03] Hollings told a group of workers in his

[25:05] native South Carolina that they should

[25:07] draw a mushroom cloud and underneath it

[25:09] write the words, I quote, made in

[25:11] America by lazy and illiterate workers

[25:14] and tested in Japan. Hollings said it

[25:17] was a joke. A Japanese spokesman said it

[25:20] was in questionable taste. For all the

[25:23] differences between us, Japanese and

[25:24] American tastes often seem similar, if

[25:27] not identical. But then there are other

[25:29] occasions when they seem worlds apart.

[25:31] An example of that might be the latest

[25:33] media craze in Japan. Our Tokyo

[25:36] correspondent Bill Whitaker reports.

[25:40] >> They're hot. They're superstars. They're

[25:43] 100 years old. Meet Japan's latest pop

[25:46] idols. Century old twins, Kinsan and

[25:49] Ginsan. That's Gold and Silver in

[25:51] English. After 100 years of quiet

[25:54] domestic life, they've become overnight

[25:56] sensations, signing lucrative TV and

[25:59] record deals. They can barely take a

[26:01] step without tripping over cameras.

[26:03] Hounded by fans even at the local

[26:05] temple.

[26:07] >> They're fresh. They're cute. I see them

[26:10] all the time on TV.

[26:13] >> I think they're wonderful. Everyone

[26:15] wishes they could live so long and be so

[26:18] healthy.

[26:21] >> As for Keenan and Deans, they're loving

[26:24] every minute of it.

[26:27] It's the stuff of Hollywood dreams. The

[26:30] twins were spotted by a producer who

[26:32] cast them in this commercial for Mail

[26:34] Order Mops and told them just to be

[26:36] themselves.

[26:41] >> It was an instant hit and rocketed them

[26:44] to fame. Japan's oldest TV stars became

[26:47] its oldest cover girls and now the

[26:49] world's oldest recording stars. They

[26:52] just cut their first CD. Until they

[26:54] actually saw it the day it was released,

[26:56] they didn't even know what a CD was.

[27:03] >> Now, gold and silver could go platinum.

[27:07] >> It's in the top 10 this week. We have to

[27:09] order more. There is a downside to fame

[27:12] and fortune. For the first time in their

[27:14] 100 years, Kinsan and Ginsan had to pay

[27:18] taxes the other day. But they say that's

[27:20] a small price to pay for the time of

[27:23] their lives.

[27:27] >> Bill Whitaker, CBS News, Tokyo.

[27:32] >> Ah, God bless him. Look at it this way.

[27:34] It's a long way from the annual swimsuit

[27:36] cover. Coming up on 48 hours tonight.

[27:39] Are you being followed? It happens more

[27:41] often than you might think. We'll take

[27:43] you into the frightening and dangerous

[27:45] world of the stalker. 48 hours. The

[27:48] Stalker tonight at 10 9 Central and

[27:51] Mountain. Dan Rather, I'll see you then.

[28:06] Experience CBS News, private lives, and

[28:11] politicians. You've seen the headlines.

[28:13] >> Today, it isn't even much of a

[28:20] Tannon, author of the bestseller You

[28:22] Just Don't Understand, helps demystify

[28:24] talk between the sexes.

[28:26] >> Many women feel that the work

[28:28] relationship is working so long as you

[28:30] can keep talking about it. And many men

[28:32] feel the relationship isn't working if

[28:34] you have to keep working it over.

[28:36] >> Join us for She Said He Said with

[28:38] Deborah Tannon.

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