CBS Evening News - 1999-02-19

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[0:00] More Jean Brenet bombshells plus Michael

[0:02] Jordan rumors on 18.

[0:06] Are missiles and bombs heading for

[0:08] Kosovo? President Clinton warns the

[0:10] Serbs they will face allied air strikes

[0:13] unless they meet a Saturday deadline for

[0:16] a peace deal. Preventing repetitive

[0:18] stress injuries. The US government takes

[0:21] action to make the workplace safer. and

[0:24] Eye on America. How three young men

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[0:32] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:36] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News

[0:39] headquarters in New York.

[0:41] >> Good evening. Time is running out for

[0:43] Kosovo peace negotiators and the United

[0:45] States is very much involved. President

[0:48] Clinton warned today that the on-rushing

[0:50] deadline for a self-ruule agreement for

[0:52] the Serbian province is not negotiable.

[0:56] Failure of their talks, the president

[0:57] said, would leave the US and the NATO

[1:00] allies with no choice but military

[1:02] action. CBS's Scott Py at the White

[1:05] House has the story. Scott. Dan.

[1:07] Tonight, the president says there will

[1:08] be no extension of the deadline, which

[1:11] is now less than 12 hours away. In a

[1:14] news conference today, Mr. Clinton said

[1:16] that if there is no peace agreement,

[1:18] then there is no alternative to force.

[1:21] >> First, let me say I think it would be a

[1:23] mistake to extend the deadline.

[1:26] If there is an effective peace

[1:28] agreement, NATO stands ready to help

[1:30] implement it. We also stand united in

[1:33] our determination to use force. If

[1:36] Serbia fails to meet its previous

[1:39] commitment to withdraw forces from

[1:42] Kosovo and if it fails to accept the

[1:45] peace agreement. The conflict is in

[1:47] Eastern Europe over the remnants of what

[1:49] used to be Yugoslavia. Kosovo wants

[1:52] independence from Serbia. In the

[1:54] resulting civil war, Serbia has

[1:56] slaughtered countless Kosovar civilians.

[1:59] There is a peace plan that calls for

[2:01] forces to lay down their arms and allows

[2:04] a measure of freedom for Kosovo, but

[2:06] neither side has accepted. A top White

[2:09] House official tells CBS News tonight

[2:11] that Serbian President Slobon Mallovich

[2:13] must understand, quote, "The United

[2:16] States will not tolerate the destruction

[2:18] of the Kosvar people." after all that's

[2:21] gone on and all the people that have

[2:22] died and all the bloody fighting and all

[2:25] the incredibly vicious things that have

[2:26] been said, you know, we just need a we

[2:29] need a timeout here.

[2:31] The Secretary of State is in route to

[2:34] the peace talks. We spoke with Maline

[2:36] Albbright a short time ago. She told us

[2:38] that she called Melvich and told him

[2:40] that this is his last chance to avoid

[2:43] losing much of his country. All the

[2:45] same, US intelligence indicates that

[2:47] Malloich is preparing for a strike. Dan

[2:50] >> Scott Kelly at the White House. As

[2:52] Secretary of State Maline Albbright

[2:54] flies to France tonight for the final

[2:56] push at the peace talks outside Paris.

[2:59] She's very much aware, as is the world,

[3:01] that success or failure and probable

[3:03] military action are largely in the hands

[3:05] of one man. CBS's Rita Braver is

[3:08] covering the talks.

[3:10] >> The mood at the Rambuier peace talks was

[3:12] as gloomy as the sky. While the Serbian

[3:15] and Kosvar delegates remain locked away

[3:17] in the chateau, we caught up with one of

[3:19] the lead negotiators, Wolf Gang Petrrich

[3:22] of the European Union.

[3:23] >> Where are we right now?

[3:27] >> Well, in the middle of the end game and

[3:29] the high drama is building up.

[3:32] >> What's blocking this right now?

[3:35] >> One man. Really?

[3:36] >> Basically everything, I must tell you.

[3:38] and and above all to be very specific

[3:42] one man as you say and this is uh

[3:44] President Mashevich.

[3:46] >> The Yugoslav strong man calls the shot

[3:49] in Serbia and his intrigence has

[3:51] increased the threat of NATO bombing

[3:54] forcing many Westerners to flee

[3:55] Belgrade. Mallosvich who loves bathing

[3:59] the West objects to the Ramboet

[4:01] agreement's key provisions of

[4:02] self-government for Kosovo and the

[4:04] stationing of NATO peacekeeping troops

[4:06] there. He refused to even meet today

[4:09] with the American diplomat who flew in

[4:11] to give one last warning. Malloich sent

[4:14] out his foreign minister to react.

[4:16] >> One should not be threatening Serbia.

[4:19] One should not be behaving with Serbia

[4:23] through ultimatum.

[4:24] >> No one here is giving up hope yet. In

[4:27] fact, they expected Malloich to take it

[4:30] right down to the wire just the way he's

[4:32] doing it. Rita Braver, CBS News, Romero

[4:36] Boyet, France.

[4:37] >> If NATO opts for punitive air strikes,

[4:40] on call or hundreds of US and other

[4:42] warplanes and the kind of cruise

[4:44] missiles used against Iraq, but there's

[4:47] a lack of consensus on which weapons to

[4:49] use and how. CBS News national security

[4:52] correspondent David Martin explains.

[4:55] Crews for the F-17 stealth fighter

[4:57] boarded a transport plane in New Mexico

[5:00] today as a dozen of the radar evading

[5:02] aircraft got ready to deploy to Italy in

[5:05] preparation for strikes against Serbia.

[5:07] But Pentagon officials say there is

[5:09] little stomach among the NATO allies for

[5:11] a bombing campaign which is likely to

[5:13] enrage the Serbs and encourage the

[5:15] rebels in Kosovo to go back on the

[5:18] offensive. And there is disagreement

[5:20] over what kind of bombing campaign to

[5:22] launch. The Europeans want strikes with

[5:25] cruise missiles limited to targets in

[5:27] Kosovo, followed by a pause to see if

[5:29] Serb President Mallosvich has changed

[5:31] his mind. The US wants a full-scale

[5:34] bombing campaign throughout Serbia

[5:36] without any pause. Everybody at least

[5:39] agrees Westerners need to get out before

[5:41] any bombs start falling. British troops

[5:44] are practicing what they would do if

[5:46] they have to rescue the 1300

[5:47] international observers in Kosovo, but

[5:50] so far the observers have been leaving

[5:52] without incident. If it comes to

[5:54] bombing, the object will be to damage

[5:56] the Serb military and police forces

[5:58] which have been brutalizing Kosovo.

[6:00] Pentagon officials are confident they

[6:02] can do that, but not at all sure it will

[6:04] accomplish the larger goal of bringing

[6:06] peace to Kosovo. David Martin, CBS News.

[6:09] The Pentagon. While the crisis in Kosovo

[6:12] dominated the president's first post

[6:14] impeachment trial news conference, Mr.

[6:17] Clinton was also asked to reflect on the

[6:19] legacy of what he and the country have

[6:21] just been through.

[6:23] >> I hope that the presidency has not been

[6:25] harmed. I don't believe it has been. I

[6:29] don't think I can't say that I think

[6:30] this has been good for the country,

[6:32] but u we will see. I expect to have two

[6:36] good years here. The president was also

[6:38] asked today about what he thinks of the

[6:40] prospect of his wife possibly seeking

[6:42] six good years as United States senator

[6:45] from New York. The first lady herself

[6:47] consulted privately today with the

[6:49] retiring Democrat who now has the seat.

[6:52] It was your classic power lunch. CBS's

[6:54] Bill Plant is tracking the Hillary

[6:56] Clinton for the Senate story. Bill.

[6:58] >> Well, Dan, Hillary Rodm Clinton let it

[7:00] be known that she wanted some advice

[7:02] from Senator Moahan, whose decision to

[7:04] retire opened the way for her to think

[7:06] about his job. So, the former Harvard

[7:08] professor came to the White House with

[7:10] charts, maps, and statistics. A history

[7:13] lesson of sorts for the first lady,

[7:15] who's never lived in New York, on the

[7:17] state's voting patterns, which he warned

[7:19] are more complex than you might think.

[7:21] The president said today that if she's

[7:23] elected, his wife would do a fabulous

[7:26] job. But he cautioned that all this

[7:27] seems a little premature.

[7:29] >> You were elected. She has just been

[7:31] through a a very

[7:34] exhausting year and uh there are

[7:38] circumstances which have to be

[7:40] uh considered and I think some time

[7:43] needs to be taken here and I also think

[7:46] that even in a presidential race it's

[7:48] hard to keep a kettle of water boiling

[7:51] for almost 2 years

[7:53] >> now with all of the other potential

[7:55] candidates for the job on hold. Senator

[7:57] Moyahan reportedly told the first lady

[7:59] that the sooner she decides the better,

[8:01] particularly if the answer is going to

[8:03] be no. But there's no sign around here

[8:05] of a rush to judgment. This is Clinton's

[8:07] press secretary, told us earlier today,

[8:09] this is going to be like watching grass

[8:12] grow. Dan Buant, one of our White House

[8:15] correspondents. Still ahead on the

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[10:05] >> In Jasper, Texas, the trial stemming

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[10:12] seen under the microscope. Also brought

[10:14] into somewhat sharper focus today, the

[10:16] alleged ring leader of the racially

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[10:21] covering the trial.

[10:23] The man accused of plotting the most

[10:25] brutal racial murder since the civil

[10:26] rights days today broke his stony public

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[10:54] including the cigarette lighter with

[10:56] King's nickname on it.

[10:57] >> Puts all three of the defendants at the

[10:59] scene. We have to show they were all

[11:01] working together.

[11:03] But on the chain belief used in the

[11:05] murder, no DNA evidence was found

[11:08] because prosecutors said it was washed

[11:10] off. For James Bird's father and family,

[11:13] the sight of the chain was upsetting.

[11:15] >> It was very emotional.

[11:18] I've personally felt pain all the way

[11:20] down to the deepest part of my heart.

[11:22] >> To the people who line up to watch the

[11:24] trial each day, the sight of John

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[11:28] haunting to a town never suspecting a

[11:31] monster in their midst. I don't care if

[11:33] he was

[11:34] >> full of beer or full of dope or what he

[11:36] was. It's just not imaginable to me that

[11:39] >> anything like that can happen anywhere,

[11:42] much less here.

[11:43] >> We're not making any statement, period.

[11:47] >> For defense attorney Sunonny Cribs, it

[11:49] was a bad week. His client painted a

[11:51] hatefilled racist and linked to the

[11:53] murder. Cribs must mount a defense that

[11:56] now at best might see John William King

[11:59] get life in prison rather than death.

[12:02] Bob McNamera, CBS News, Jasper, Texas.

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[12:49] In 1976, the US Army exonerated Clipper

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[16:06] >> What we're saying is if you have workers

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[16:13] >> Government regulators today put

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[19:50] >> The whereabouts of US terrorist suspect

[19:53] number one, Osama bin Laden, is still a

[19:55] mystery tonight. Or is it? Afghanistan's

[19:58] radical Muslim Taliban rulers profess to

[20:01] being in the dark as to the exiled Saudi

[20:04] millionaire's current place of

[20:05] residence. US officials have their

[20:07] doubts about this as we hear from CBS's

[20:10] Jim Stewart.

[20:12] For two weeks now, rumors have spread

[20:14] that Osama bin Laden, the renegade Saudi

[20:16] millionaire who has sworn war on the

[20:18] United States, has left his Afghanistan

[20:20] hideout and disappeared. And Wednesday,

[20:23] when leaders of the Taliban, the Islamic

[20:25] militia that controls much of

[20:26] Afghanistan, visited the State

[20:28] Department, they said the same thing.

[20:30] >> He was there in in our control area, but

[20:33] since he left the area, we do not know

[20:36] where he is. Senior US officials tell

[20:38] CBS News, however, they don't believe

[20:40] that's entirely accurate. Bin Laden,

[20:43] they say, is still in Afghanistan and

[20:45] although not directly under Taliban

[20:47] control any longer, continues to plot

[20:49] his revenge against America for a cruise

[20:51] missile attack against his base camp

[20:53] last August. That attack came in

[20:55] retaliation for bin Laden's alleged role

[20:58] in attacks against two US embassies in

[21:00] East Africa. US officials further say

[21:03] they believe that constant monitoring of

[21:05] Bin Laden is now significantly limited

[21:07] his ability to launch terrorist strikes

[21:10] and that he may have suffered an illness

[21:11] recently. Although no details of the

[21:14] illness were provided,

[21:15] >> Kenneet Katsman, a terrorist expert

[21:17] working for Congress, says US pressure

[21:19] has kept Bin Laden on the move lately.

[21:21] >> Good old-fashioned detective work really

[21:24] has put some hurt on Mr. Bin Laden. uh

[21:27] he has not gotten a clear shot at any US

[21:30] embassies abroad. They've arrested uh

[21:33] quite a few of uh his cells, his

[21:35] networks.

[21:36] >> He is far from out of business, however.

[21:38] Bin Laden travels with 200 militia sworn

[21:41] to protect him as well as 10 senior

[21:43] advisers and US officials admit he still

[21:47] has access to a personal fortune of more

[21:49] than $200 million. Jim Stewart, CBS

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[24:10] >> Tonight's Eye on America is part of an

[24:12] ongoing CBS series exploring the new

[24:14] world of the internet. In a CBS Market

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[24:22] saying they solve more problems than

[24:24] they create. But problems do happen.

[24:28] CBS's Anthony Mason introduces you to

[24:30] three men who turned those problems into

[24:33] a business and a fortune in the money

[24:36] net.

[24:38] >> This is your second job.

[24:40] >> The CEO is just 30.

[24:41] >> You know, like dogs and cats living

[24:43] together.

[24:43] >> The vice president 27, the director 29,

[24:47] but this trio of web titans presides

[24:49] over one of the hottest companies on the

[24:52] internet.

[24:52] >> Revamp. Oh, really? Yeah. New look.

[24:54] >> Yeah. Oh, good. It was only 5 years ago

[24:57] that brothers Jack and Murray Hittery

[24:59] and their friend Nova Spivac came

[25:01] together.

[25:02] >> At that time, it was unclear exactly

[25:03] what would happen with the internet, but

[25:05] we knew it was going to be big and we

[25:07] knew we had to start something and we

[25:09] had to start it then.

[25:10] >> They started an internet consulting

[25:12] company that evolved into EarthWeb,

[25:16] a reference website for computer

[25:18] technicians. And the idea is to be the

[25:20] online service that every computer

[25:22] professional uses every day to get their

[25:25] job done.

[25:25] >> Earth Web now gets nearly 1 and a half

[25:28] million hits a month. The company has

[25:30] some 70 employees.

[25:31] >> We just took the entire floor uh to

[25:34] enable us to expand

[25:35] >> and it's still growing.

[25:37] >> Here's a cafeteria can fit 40 people.

[25:39] >> But back in the summer of 96, Earthweb's

[25:42] three musketeers were sharing a

[25:44] one-bedroom apartment and a single desk.

[25:47] We're now looking at the cubicle where

[25:49] we started this company.

[25:51] >> In the beginning, this cubicle in the

[25:53] middle of the Hittery family's New York

[25:55] clothing company was Earthweb's

[25:57] corporate headquarters.

[25:58] >> When you hired people to put them to

[26:00] work and you interviewed them and

[26:02] >> we showed them the conference room took

[26:04] the job. We showed them the

[26:06] >> Hit's father, David, remembers that

[26:08] while his apparel employees were home

[26:10] asleep, the trio worked through the

[26:13] night.

[26:13] >> But they really love what they're doing,

[26:14] and that's why they're so successful. Do

[26:15] you understand what they do?

[26:17] >> Oh, yeah. It took a while, but it's

[26:19] finally sunk in. Yeah.

[26:20] >> And sunk in deep last November when

[26:22] Earthweb went public. In the first two

[26:25] days of trading, the stock soared from

[26:27] 14 to 85.

[26:29] >> It has since come back towards Earth,

[26:32] settling in around $40 a share. Never

[26:34] mind. That still leaves Jack Murray and

[26:37] Nova together worth about $100 million.

[26:42] What what you did was overnight you guys

[26:43] became multi-millionaires.

[26:45] >> Well, you know, certainly on paper

[26:47] there's there's a there's there's

[26:50] >> think about it.

[26:51] >> Oh, come on.

[26:52] >> It's definitely

[26:54] >> too stressful.

[26:56] >> Yeah. But the fact is now we have to

[26:58] make it real.

[26:59] >> Real because while Earthweb had $3

[27:01] million in revenues last year, like many

[27:04] internet companies, it's never made

[27:06] money. But the CEO insists profits

[27:09] aren't important yet. Right now it's

[27:11] like the western land grab. Okay, the

[27:13] west has just been opened and whoever

[27:15] can grab the most land will win in the

[27:17] end. And the more of those people we

[27:19] have, the more profitable we'll be

[27:20] ultimately down the line.

[27:22] >> This is a new boardroom, a new uh

[27:24] conference, main conference. You've

[27:26] noticed you can see both the Twin Towers

[27:28] >> on the stock market. Their company is

[27:30] already a skyscraper.

[27:32] >> Obviously, the Empire State Building,

[27:33] >> but Earthweb's founders know that could

[27:36] collapse. of course the Chrysler

[27:37] building

[27:37] >> if they can't build a profit center on

[27:40] the internet

[27:41] >> in New York. I'm Anthony Mason for Eye

[27:43] on America.

[27:46] >> And that's part of our world tonight.

[27:47] Bob Schiffer will be along Sunday

[27:49] morning with Face the Nation. Now from

[27:50] 60 Minutes, Leslie Stall.

[27:53] >> Does he look like a guy who could take a

[27:55] bank for $350 million? It was so easy

[27:59] you have to wonder why everyone doesn't

[28:01] do it. Instead of pulling a gun, he

[28:03] pulled a stunt and walked away with a

[28:06] fortune. Also, how old is too old in

[28:09] Hollywood? Over 30 and you're over the

[28:12] hill. 60 Minutes Sunday.

[28:14] >> And we hope you'll join us again Monday

[28:16] for the CBS Evening News. Dan Rather

[28:19] reporting from CBS News World

[28:20] Headquarters in New York. Have a great

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