The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (PBS) - 1993-07-15 - 1 of 2
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[0:22] Good evening. I'm Roger Mud in
[0:23] Washington
[0:24] >> and I'm Jim Lara in New York. After our
[0:26] summary of the news this Thursday, we
[0:28] sample life along the flooded
[0:30] Mississippi River as lived and reported
[0:33] by six newspaper editors and writers.
[0:35] Then Jeffrey Kay has a major documentary
[0:38] report on the search for the homosexual
[0:40] gene.
[0:42] Major funding for the McNeel Lara
[0:44] NewsHour has been provided by PepsiCo.
[0:53] PepsiCo
[0:56] and by the Archer Daniels Midland
[0:58] Company,
[1:01] ADM, Supermarket to the World,
[1:05] and by New York Life, yet another
[1:08] example of New York Life's wise
[1:10] investment philosophy, and by the
[1:12] Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and
[1:15] by the annual financial support from
[1:17] viewers like you.
[1:20] Flood waters receded in some Midwestern
[1:22] towns today, but rose in others. Heavy
[1:25] rain made matters worse in Kansas and
[1:27] Nebraska. Rivers in Iowa were generally
[1:30] lower, but De Moine was still shut down
[1:32] and its residents went without running
[1:34] water for a fifth straight day. Damage
[1:37] estimates over the eight state region
[1:39] are now approaching $5 billion. In
[1:42] Quincy, Illinois, sandbaggers work to
[1:44] protect a mile long, 34 foot high levy.
[1:48] If it fails, flood waters will close the
[1:50] only open bridge across the Mississippi
[1:53] for a 212 mile stretch. President
[1:56] Clinton has asked Congress to approve
[1:58] nearly 2.5 billion dollars as the first
[2:01] installment of f