CBS Evening News - 1999-08-26
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[0:00] 12:30.
[0:03] >> And then the rains came in buckets.
[0:06] Surprise flooding in the drought plague
[0:08] Northeast stops commuters in their
[0:11] tracks. We'll have the latest on
[0:13] Hurricane Dennis and where it may strike
[0:15] the mainland. Allegations that foreign
[0:18] aid to Russia may now be lining the
[0:20] pockets of Yelson's inner circle. And
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[0:32] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:37] Rather.
[0:39] Good evening. Dan is off tonight. I'm
[0:41] Bob Schaefer. Well, can you believe this
[0:43] weather? Three big storms still turning
[0:46] out in the Atlantic now. The one called
[0:48] Dennis just east of the Bahamas is now a
[0:51] full-fledged hurricane and is on a
[0:53] course that could take it toward the
[0:55] southeastern United States by the
[0:57] weekend. And that's just the part of it.
[0:59] There's been some weird weather all
[1:00] across the middle of the country. And on
[1:02] the West Coast, lightning strikes in
[1:04] drought conditions have set off
[1:06] thousands of acres of wildfires. Then
[1:09] along the east coast, the problem today
[1:11] was flooding.
[1:15] The biggest mess was in New York City
[1:17] where a surprise thunderstorm dumped
[1:19] more than 3 in of rain on the city just
[1:21] before morning rush hour. Instant river
[1:24] shut down some of the heaviest travel
[1:26] thorough affairs. Cars were abandoned,
[1:28] subways shut down, and some commuter
[1:31] trains stalled in up to four feet of
[1:33] water. In some places, raw sewage
[1:36] overflowed into the street. Severe
[1:38] thunderstorm watches and flood warnings
[1:40] are still in effect. The east coast has
[1:42] been plagued by drought, but officials
[1:44] say the rain came too late.
[1:48] Across the country, there were more
[1:49] freaky conditions. A twister ripped
[1:52] through tobacco farms in North Carolina.
[1:54] No injuries there. And in Parisburg,
[1:57] Ohio, what forecasters call a cold air
[2:00] funnel was caught on this home video.
[2:02] Tornado sirens sounded, but the funnel
[2:05] didn't touch down.
[2:09] >> In the west, the trouble has been fires
[2:11] set off by lightning. At least 300
[2:14] wildfires are raging across California,
[2:16] Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. More than
[2:19] 22,000 acres are burning north of
[2:22] Sacramento, California. With drought
[2:24] conditions there, firefighters have been
[2:26] unable to bring the fires under control.
[2:31] And then there are those potential
[2:33] hurricanes building in the Atlantic off
[2:35] the east coast. So far, just fairly high
[2:38] surf and a nice day along the beaches of
[2:41] North Carolina. But that could change by
[2:43] the weekend because our CBS News weather
[2:46] consultant Brian Norcross says the
[2:48] thinking now is that Hurricane Dennis
[2:51] will hit somewhere along the
[2:53] southeastern coast. Bob, we're feeling
[2:56] more confident that the storm is likely
[2:58] headed toward the southeast coast. We
[3:00] see no indication that it's going to get
[3:01] pushed out to sea at this point. Let me
[3:04] show you the satellite picture. And the
[3:05] developments today are these. First of
[3:07] all, Dennis is not moving very much, but
[3:09] we see signs now that it is
[3:11] intensifying. The other thing we see on
[3:13] this picture is a very strong, unusually
[3:15] strong for this time of year river of
[3:17] air right there, followed by another
[3:19] piece of energy dropping in like this.
[3:22] And this is going to act more or less
[3:23] like a scoop, we think, and pick up
[3:26] Dennis and propel it toward the
[3:28] southeast coast. But uh all indications
[3:30] are that later in the weekend there is
[3:32] going to be a hurricane approaching the
[3:34] southeast coast. Probably the Carolinas
[3:36] or Georgia would be the highest odds
[3:37] right now.
[3:38] >> And how powerful do you think this one
[3:40] will be?
[3:40] >> Well, we think it's going to be a
[3:42] significant hurricane event. We can see
[3:43] on the satellite picture. Let me go back
[3:45] to it just quickly. And what you'll see
[3:47] here is an eye developing right there.
[3:49] That's a sign of strengthening. So, our
[3:51] thinking is that at least 100 miles an
[3:53] hour, probably in the 110 to 115 mph
[3:57] range, which is does significantly more
[3:59] damage once you get over into that 111
[4:02] to 120 mph range. There's just a lot
[4:04] more energy in the storm.
[4:05] >> Okay, Brian, we'll stay in touch.
[4:07] >> Okay. And many people in Dennis's path
[4:10] know all too well the damage that a
[4:11] hurricane can obviously do, but some of
[4:14] them are beginning to fight back. Byron
[4:16] Pittz now has that part of the story.
[4:19] Summer vacation on the Carolina and
[4:21] Florida coast today. Hurricane Dennis is
[4:24] still only a worry for the weekend.
[4:27] >> But for those who have seen the dark
[4:28] side of hurricane's past, real
[4:30] preparation started months ago.
[4:33] >> And they protect the uh windows.
[4:36] >> Juan Perez will put up steel shutters if
[4:38] Dennis threatens his home in Homestead,
[4:40] Florida. Homestead was almost wiped off
[4:43] the map by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
[4:48] a $30 billion disaster that researchers
[4:50] say would have done far less damage if
[4:53] houses had been better constructed.
[4:56] >> For that reason, Perez and nine of his
[4:57] neighbors are part of a new experiment.
[5:00] Their homes retrofitted with metal
[5:01] girders and steel beams, sturdy
[5:04] materials designed to withstand
[5:05] hurricane force winds that can turn
[5:08] small objects into deadly missiles.
[5:12] >> Part of the thing with Andrew was also
[5:14] ignorance. uh you know a hurricane was
[5:16] coming and a lot of times people cried
[5:18] wolf so many times but uh at this time I
[5:21] feel that we're better prepared.
[5:23] >> Preparations for this latest wave of
[5:25] hurricanes will also include research
[5:27] provided by Clemson University here in
[5:29] South Carolina. Those 33 ft wind towers
[5:32] will be placed in the hurricane's path
[5:34] to measure wind speed. These we can put
[5:36] up in about 15 minutes. Civil
[5:39] engineering professor Tim Reinhold says
[5:41] that information will be more accurate
[5:43] than wind estimates in the past.
[5:45] >> We're hoping that as we get a better
[5:47] picture of what the winds and wind
[5:49] forces really were that we'll be able to
[5:52] improve our building codes to put the
[5:54] strength where it needs to be and to not
[5:56] force people to put strength where it's
[5:58] not really needed.
[5:59] >> Better information, better building
[6:01] materials, all designed to save lives
[6:04] when the next hurricane hits land. Byron
[6:07] Pittz, CBS News, Clemson, South
[6:09] Carolina.
[6:11] >> The uh federal raid yesterday at Miami
[6:13] International Airport may have crippled
[6:15] one drug smuggling ring, but US
[6:17] officials say it won't stop the flow of
[6:19] drugs from South America. They're
[6:21] attacking the problem from the other end
[6:23] now, trying to get the government of
[6:25] Colombia to crack down on drug
[6:27] suppliers. Diana Olic has our report.
[6:31] As US agents were busting American
[6:33] Airlines employees yesterday for
[6:35] smuggling drugs, the nation's drugar,
[6:37] General Barry McAffrey, was in South
[6:40] America working to stop the flow at its
[6:42] source. US officials have spent the
[6:45] summer warning of a state of emergency
[6:47] in South America, where local
[6:49] governments are unable or unwilling to
[6:51] block the flow of narcotics into the
[6:52] United States. The lush fields of
[6:54] Colombia now provide the world with 80%
[6:57] of its cocaine and America with 75% of
[7:00] its heroin.
[7:01] >> I come back from my trip sobered but
[7:04] certainly not panicked.
[7:05] >> Under Secretary of State Thomas
[7:07] Pickering met with Colombia's new
[7:09] president Andress Pastana and offered us
[7:11] funds on one condition. That is that
[7:13] Pastana first come up with a plan to
[7:15] asssure that the money stays in the
[7:17] right hands.
[7:19] But it may not be as simple as writing a
[7:21] check to help the national police
[7:23] destroy the drug farms. The Colombian
[7:25] government has been waging a 36-year war
[7:28] with Marxist rebels, now nearly
[7:30] synonymous with the drug trade.
[7:32] >> They reap profits from from trafficking,
[7:35] whether they're involved in corruption
[7:37] or pardon me, cultivation or uh or
[7:39] actually trafficking into the United
[7:41] States.
[7:41] >> Right now, Colombia is a country that's
[7:43] very weak. And Latin America analyst
[7:46] Peter Hikim says this country of 40
[7:48] million must first commit to helping
[7:50] itself.
[7:51] >> Most of the job has to be done by the
[7:53] Colombians and they haven't shown an
[7:56] ability or a willingness to really take
[7:58] charge yet.
[7:59] >> Colombia currently receives $289 million
[8:03] a year in US aid and is now asking for
[8:05] more. But the administration still wants
[8:08] to wait for Colombia's plan. something
[8:10] to convince Congress and the American
[8:12] people that the war on drugs must be
[8:14] fought in the jungles of Colombia as
[8:16] well as on the streets of America. Diana
[8:19] Olick, CBS News, at the State
[8:20] Department.
[8:21] >> And still ahead on tonight's CBS Evening
[8:23] News, we'll look at the safety of
[8:25] amusement park rides after a summer
[8:28] string of accidents. New research says
[8:30] the less you eat, the longer you'll
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[10:13] Attorney General Janet Reno addressed
[10:15] revelations today that federal agents
[10:17] did fire incendiary devices on the final
[10:20] day of the branch devidian siege at
[10:21] Waco. Despite years of government
[10:24] denials, Reno vowed to get to the bottom
[10:26] of it, saying her credibility is on the
[10:28] line, and she indicated she herself had
[10:31] been misled.
[10:33] >> We had had continuing discussions over
[10:35] the week of April the 12th as to whether
[10:37] the ga what the nature of the gas was,
[10:40] whether it was incendiary, and whether
[10:42] the devices were. I did not want those
[10:44] used. I asked for and received
[10:46] assurances that they were not
[10:48] incendiary. As we reported last night,
[10:51] government officials say the devices
[10:53] were fired long before the deadly
[10:55] inferno. They insist it was David Caresh
[10:57] who started the fire. Each summer,
[11:00] millions of us head to the amusement
[11:02] parks for a day of thrills and chills.
[11:04] We assume it's safe, but as we were
[11:07] reminded again this week, perhaps we
[11:09] shouldn't. And it turns out that in many
[11:11] places there are no laws requiring
[11:13] safety checks. Vince Gonzalez has a
[11:16] report.
[11:17] A Bay Area roller coaster called the
[11:19] Boomerang threw riders for a loop
[11:21] yesterday, slamming to a halt and
[11:23] stranding them 70 feet in the air where
[11:25] they hung for several hours in 100
[11:27] degree heat.
[11:28] >> I was scared to death. I thought I was
[11:30] going to die.
[11:30] >> Park officials emphasized today there
[11:33] were no injuries and their rides are
[11:34] safe.
[11:35] >> Theme parks are far safer than driving
[11:38] your car to the park. Safer than playing
[11:40] on playground equipment, safer than your
[11:42] own bathtub. It's been a bad week for
[11:45] amusement parks. At Paramount's Great
[11:47] American Park near Santa Clara Sunday, a
[11:50] boy fell 200 feet to his death from a
[11:52] ride called the Drop Zone. His mother
[11:54] saw it happen.
[11:55] >> I wanted to run in and catch him and I
[11:58] couldn't. And I saw him fall to the
[12:00] ground to his death right in front of my
[12:02] eyes.
[12:02] >> On Monday at Knottberry Farm, a big
[12:05] chunk of wood with nails snapped off the
[12:07] roller coaster and went flying, injuring
[12:09] five riders. I will never go on another
[12:12] roller coaster again, but I'm sure it
[12:14] was just a freak thing.
[12:16] >> Maybe a freak streak. Across the country
[12:18] Monday, a man was thrown from a roller
[12:20] coaster and killed at a Paramount Park
[12:22] in Virginia. In June, a teenager was
[12:25] killed when she was tossed off a ride at
[12:26] New York's Coney Island. Nationwide, six
[12:29] people have been killed in ride related
[12:31] accidents this year, a higher number
[12:33] than usual.
[12:35] California has one of the worst accident
[12:37] rates and is one of only 10 states that
[12:39] don't require ride inspections. The
[12:41] legislature is moving to change that.
[12:44] >> We are somewhat in the dark ages in the
[12:46] way we regulate our amusement parks.
[12:49] We've we do it for elevators and
[12:50] portable carnivals, but for theme parks
[12:53] and water parks, we don't. Federal
[12:55] safety officials say amusement park
[12:57] fatalities are very rare, but the number
[13:00] of injuries have nearly doubled in the
[13:02] last 5 years, meaning rides designed to
[13:04] feel dangerous sometimes are. Vince
[13:07] Gonzalez, CBS News, Los Angeles. And on
[13:11] the CBS Market Watch, the Labor
[13:13] Department says that summertime
[13:14] unemployment for young Americans ages 16
[13:17] to 24 is the lowest in 30 years, 10.1%
[13:21] in July. After a hundred years, one of
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[13:31] Street, stock prices fell today on
[13:33] profit taking. The Dow closed down 127
[13:36] points. NASDAQ was off 30. And just
[13:39] ahead on the CBS Evening News, Russia's
[13:41] latest financial scandal. Where did that
[13:44] money go?
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[15:50] >> American peacekeepers in Kosovo ran into
[15:52] a new obstacle today. Angry Serbs
[15:55] blocked the main road through the US
[15:57] sector, protesting the disappearance of
[15:59] two Serb men they say were kidnapped by
[16:02] ethnic Albanians. Russian troops helped
[16:04] negotiate an end to the protest, but not
[16:06] before US troops arrested one man who
[16:09] threw a rock at a military vehicle. The
[16:11] Serbs say the NATOled peacekeeping force
[16:14] is not protecting them against revenge
[16:16] attacks. Russia is promising an
[16:19] investigation tonight into new charges
[16:21] that billions of dollars in
[16:23] international aid wound up in the hands
[16:25] of Russian mobsters. The Kremlin also
[16:28] denied charges linking President Boris
[16:30] Yelen to a bribery scheme. Correspondent
[16:33] Mark Phillips reports.
[16:36] First came the allegations that the
[16:38] Swiss firm lining the Kremlin walls with
[16:40] new gold leaf got the job by lining the
[16:43] pockets of Kremlin manager Pavl Boredin
[16:46] and those of Boris Yeltson's daughters
[16:48] Lena and Tatiana with gold as well.
[16:50] Allegations all concerned deny. But
[16:53] today the government in Moscow announced
[16:55] an investigation into an even larger
[16:57] scandal that has further taken the gleam
[16:59] off the Russian image. a money
[17:01] laundering scam involving organized
[17:03] crime and a major US bank. How does it
[17:07] work? Instead of Russian exports
[17:09] producing an influx of muchneeded
[17:11] western hard currency, the proceeds are
[17:14] often mixed with criminal profits from
[17:16] overseas prostitution rings and the like
[17:18] and deposited in foreign accounts. The
[17:21] FBI has identified Russian crime boss
[17:24] Simeon Mcgillovich as a prime player in
[17:27] this racket. The Bank of New York alone
[17:29] is alleged to have been used to launder
[17:31] as much as $15 billion. Some of that may
[17:35] have included development loan money
[17:36] from the International Monetary Fund
[17:38] meant to prop up the Russian economy.
[17:41] Allegations of money laundering
[17:43] involving billions of dollars.
[17:45] Accusations of kickbacks for
[17:46] construction projects in Moscow. Many of
[17:49] those who have worked inside Russia's
[17:51] new world of cowboy capitalism say the
[17:53] only surprise is why it's taken this
[17:56] long for scandals like these to break.
[17:58] >> If you look under virtually any rock
[18:00] which has money around it, you're likely
[18:02] to find some corruption, some
[18:03] mismanagement, some capital flight.
[18:06] Under the detached stewardship of Boris
[18:09] Yeltson, Russian police have been
[18:10] unwilling or unable to take effective
[18:12] action, particularly as people like his
[18:15] former chief of staff, Anatoli Chibias,
[18:18] not to mention his daughters, have been
[18:19] implicated. And until attitudes change,
[18:22] it seems some of the wealth of the new
[18:24] Russia will continue to go astray. Mark
[18:27] Phillips, CBS News, London. And coming
[18:31] up on tonight's CBS Evening News next,
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[21:17] helping. Here's Elizabeth Kaledan.
[21:21] >> For the last 20 years, William Giri has
[21:23] eaten the same thing every day. Oatmeal
[21:26] and tea for breakfast, bananas and
[21:28] cottage cheese for lunch, a light dinner
[21:31] with very little meat. And since he just
[21:33] turned 100, he says he must be doing
[21:36] something right.
[21:37] >> No question about it. I would say it
[21:39] does help. I was never a heavy eater.
[21:42] Banana.
[21:43] >> Eating light may unlock the secret to
[21:45] longer life. New research in tomorrow's
[21:48] journal Science finds that cutting the
[21:50] calories mice eat in half keeps the
[21:52] genes that create energy active when
[21:55] they would normally be winding down in
[21:57] middle age.
[21:58] >> The finding intrigues gerontologists
[22:00] like Dr. Robert Butler, who says, "We've
[22:03] known for years that eating less is
[22:05] healthier, but we've never known how
[22:07] calorie intake affects certain genes
[22:09] responsible for aging." The unique thing
[22:12] here is just the overall calorie level,
[22:15] the volume, the amount of food also can
[22:18] extend life.
[22:20] >> Some nutritionists are skeptical and say
[22:22] aging and elderly people could be in
[22:24] danger of sacrificing crucial nutrients
[22:26] in an effort to reduce calories.
[22:29] >> There are many factors which affect our
[22:32] longevity. Caloric intake is just one of
[22:36] them. Genetics is another factor. uh our
[22:39] family history is a factor, our physical
[22:42] fitness is a factor. Still, according to
[22:45] experts on aging, the majority of people
[22:47] living long lives are thinner. So
[22:50] regardless of the other factors, cutting
[22:52] calories seems to play a big part. Just
[22:55] ask William Giri, whose doctor once told
[22:57] him he'd only live to be 90. Elizabeth
[23:00] Kaledan, CBS News, New York.
[23:04] Two United Airlines terminals at
[23:06] Chicago's O'Hare airport had to be shut
[23:08] down today after a man ran past guards
[23:10] at a security checkpoint. He disappeared
[23:13] into the crowd, so everyone in the
[23:14] terminals are already on planes. Had to
[23:17] go through security again. Passengers on
[23:20] arriving flights were kept on their
[23:22] planes after hours of delay. Everything
[23:24] should be back to normal later tonight.
[23:27] Coming up next on the evening news, road
[23:29] rage in the congested California surf.
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[24:07] >> M the dog. Who?
[24:09] >> It's just lying on the bun.
[24:11] >> Even that dog needs a new trick.
[24:13] >> Beat the cold bun blues with Pillsbury
[24:15] Crescent Dog. Just wrap them and bake
[24:17] them.
[24:17] >> Aren't these dogs fun?
[24:19] >> Oh, good dog.
[24:22] >> There's nothing like the way I feel
[24:23] after a good night's sleep. That's why I
[24:25] love my Tylenol PM. For me, there's just
[24:28] no reason to have trouble sleeping. I
[24:29] take Tylenol Pam before bed. It stops my
[24:32] pain and helps me sleep, so I'm ready
[24:34] for another great day.
[24:40] >> Hi, I have a question about buying
[24:41] stock. What's the difference between a
[24:44] market order and a limit order?
[24:51] >> Hello.
[24:56] Excuse me. When you have an investment
[24:59] question, does your online brokerage
[25:00] have anybody there to answer it?
[25:04] >> We do.
[25:16] Based on reactions so far, new banana
[25:19] strawberry neutrorain twist bars seem to
[25:21] be creating quite a stir. Could be the
[25:23] banana, could be the strawberry. But
[25:25] we've got a hunch it's the unique way
[25:27] they're twisted together. That's why we
[25:29] did it. New banana strawberry neutrorain
[25:32] twist bars. A twist you can't resist.
[25:38] >> NASA today unveiled the first pictures
[25:40] from its Chandra X-ray telescope in
[25:42] orbit. They show the aftermath of a
[25:44] supernova, an exploding star, in greater
[25:47] detail than ever seen before. Scientists
[25:50] say that Chandra is working perfectly.
[25:53] And finally tonight, everybody's gone
[25:55] surfing. Literally, that sounded like
[25:57] fun when the Beach Boys sang it long
[25:59] ago, but today so many people are
[26:01] surfing, it's hard to catch a wave.
[26:03] Jerry Bowen reports on how a surfing
[26:06] safari has turned into a traffic snarl.
[26:11] It's the Waterorld version of road rage,
[26:13] overcrowding on those perfect waves off
[26:16] the California coast. And for years, the
[26:18] locals have been running off strangers.
[26:20] >> This is our beach. And what the hell you
[26:22] think you guys are doing? I've never
[26:23] seen you out here. That kind of stuff.
[26:26] >> Steve Fuller's mistake three years ago
[26:28] was catching a wave off a San Diego
[26:30] beach that a local surfer wanted.
[26:32] >> Before I knew it, he reached over,
[26:33] grabbed me around the head, and put me
[26:35] in a headlock and started beating the
[26:37] crap out of me.
[26:38] >> 100 miles north on the Ventura County
[26:40] coast.
[26:41] >> But he goes like this. Victor surfer Vic
[26:43] Der says the locals are protecting their
[26:45] territory on and off the water.
[26:48] >> You can get thrashed.
[26:50] Yeah. That there there are people out
[26:51] here that have nothing better to do but
[26:53] you know go local and they will. I've
[26:56] seen a lot. I've seen people get socked
[26:58] in the face. Seen cars get destroyed. It
[27:02] is road rage. It's it's road rage to a
[27:04] large degree but it it is not based on
[27:06] an emotional issue. It's not
[27:08] frustration. It is actually hatred.
[27:10] Longtime surfer dude Brian Bil Bray, now
[27:13] US Congressman Bill Bray, says enough.
[27:16] The San Diego Republican, is proposing a
[27:19] bill to make surfer attacks a federal
[27:21] hate crime, a felony.
[27:23] >> Hate crimes are not something that just
[27:25] happened to somebody who's
[27:26] African-American or somebody who's gay
[27:28] or somebody who's Jewish or or whatever.
[27:30] >> And that's only the beginning. There's a
[27:32] bill making its way to the California
[27:33] legislature that would classify the
[27:35] surfboard as a deadly weapon when it's
[27:38] used to attack another surfer. And if
[27:40] it's board flips up, see these fins?
[27:42] Look how sharp that is.
[27:43] >> It's so bad that police and Palace
[27:45] Verdes are patrolling on jet skis and
[27:48] putting undercover cops out on
[27:50] surfboards to ride the waves and ride
[27:52] herd.
[27:53] >> It just gives us an opportunity to
[27:54] monitor for intelligence purposes. that
[27:56] there's somebody there causing trouble,
[27:58] we can identify them and and try and
[28:00] weed them out early on.
[28:01] >> And back in Ventura,
[28:02] >> it's getting pretty violent and pretty
[28:04] weird.
[28:05] >> Surfer Vic Der is urging everyone as
[28:08] best he can to just calm down.
[28:10] >> If you see some local people, let them
[28:13] do their thing. Don't bug them. Just go
[28:15] out to the side, mind your own business.
[28:18] >> In other words, take a deep breath and
[28:21] hang 10. Jerry Bowen, CBS News, Malibu.
[28:28] That's the news for Dan Rather. This is
[28:30] Bob Schiffer, CBS News in New York. Good
[28:32] night.
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