CBS Evening News - 1992-07-16

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[0:01] So therefore, I will not become a

[0:03] candidate.

[0:04] >> The billionaire from Texas shocks his

[0:06] supporters. He quits. Across the

[0:09] country, thousands of Perau faithful are

[0:12] left in the lurch, wondering what to do

[0:14] next.

[0:15] >> We are absolutely stunned.

[0:19] He cannot leave. He cannot leave.

[0:22] >> And for Bill Clinton, even more pressure

[0:25] now to give the speech of his life.

[0:28] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:36] live from Madison Square Garden in New

[0:38] York City and the Democratic National

[0:39] Convention. Dan Rather reporting. Good

[0:41] evening. The biggest news to hit

[0:43] delegates here inside the hall is out of

[0:46] Dallas again. Ross Perau quit. He's out

[0:49] of the race. He will not run for

[0:51] president. And suddenly, it's a whole

[0:53] new race. The election is once again a

[0:56] twoman campaign. This presents new

[0:59] opportunities for both President Bush

[1:01] and Governor Clinton and new challenges.

[1:04] For example, it puts even more pressure

[1:06] on Democratic nominee Clinton as he

[1:08] prepares to give his acceptance speech

[1:10] tonight. Our coverage begins with Bill

[1:12] Lagatuda in Dallas. Unpredictable to the

[1:16] bitter end, Ross Perau appeared today

[1:18] with stunning news. The can do candidate

[1:21] could not finish what he had started.

[1:23] Our objective is to improve our country,

[1:27] not disrupt the political process. I

[1:29] believe it would be disruptive

[1:32] for us to continue our program. So

[1:36] therefore, I will not become a

[1:37] candidate.

[1:38] >> Perau says he made his decision last

[1:40] night in a meeting with senior advisers,

[1:42] all of whom urged him to stay in the

[1:44] race.

[1:44] >> Notwithstanding the fact he's leaving

[1:46] the race, he's he's had a very positive

[1:48] impact on our system. Not even Ed

[1:51] Rollins, who quit in frustration

[1:52] yesterday, thought Perau should stop

[1:54] running.

[1:55] >> He's got to do what what his his

[1:57] conscience tells him he has to do. Uh

[1:59] but I but I hope that the the millions

[2:00] and millions of people who supported him

[2:02] uh don't lose faith in the political

[2:04] process.

[2:04] >> Perau's campaign blew up the political

[2:07] landscape. He announced on a talk show

[2:09] he'd run if the people wanted him to,

[2:11] and millions did. In weeks, putting him

[2:14] on the ballot in 24 states, well on the

[2:16] way to all 50. And for a while, the

[2:19] remarkable movement looked like it might

[2:21] take Perau all the way. For no one was

[2:24] better able to articulate a nation's

[2:26] anger.

[2:26] >> A government that comes from you and get

[2:28] rid of a government that comes at you

[2:30] than we have today.

[2:32] >> Today, Perau said the wakeup call has

[2:35] been heard.

[2:36] >> All you have to do is listen to what

[2:38] both of the party candidates are saying

[2:40] now. They are basically

[2:43] focused totally on the things that so

[2:45] concerned you. In the end, the man who

[2:47] loved the rough and tumble of the

[2:49] business world found he despised the

[2:51] even more brutal cut and thrust of

[2:53] politics, the probing of his past,

[2:56] opposition attacks, the plummeting

[2:58] polls, the bloodletting in his campaign.

[3:01] >> The only thing that matters to me is

[3:04] what the American people want.

[3:06] >> And though his legions of volunteers

[3:08] wanted him to tough it out, Perau, the

[3:10] politician, made a tycoon-like decision

[3:13] to cut his losses. Now that the

[3:15] Democratic Party has revitalized itself,

[3:19] I have concluded that we cannot win in

[3:21] November.

[3:23] >> Perau was cool and remarkably

[3:25] unemotional, considering he'd just

[3:27] broken the hearts of millions who were

[3:28] counting on him. And his stunning

[3:30] appearance here today gave credence to

[3:32] all of the critics who said Perau was

[3:34] the kind of player who, if he didn't

[3:36] like the game, would pick up his

[3:37] football and go home. Dan,

[3:40] >> Bill, one question. Why was there

[3:42] anything that represented the quote

[3:44] final blow?

[3:45] >> Combination of things, Dan, the polls,

[3:47] all the bad press, the fact that his

[3:49] campaign staff had literally exploded

[3:51] underneath him this week. And Ross Perau

[3:53] is the kind of man who's used to getting

[3:54] things his way. He learned to his

[3:56] detriment that he couldn't control this

[3:58] one. Dan

[4:00] >> in Dallas covering Ross Perau. Thanks.

[4:02] People here, people everywhere were

[4:03] stunned by Perau's sudden pull out. But

[4:06] as CBS News9 Scott P reports, it was

[4:09] especially personal and emotional and

[4:11] disappointing for the people who were

[4:12] hoping, petitioning, and pulling for

[4:14] Perau.

[4:17] >> Unbelievable. In Dallas, volunteers

[4:20] stood shocked and silent. One of them

[4:22] picked up a video camera as Perau tossed

[4:25] all their work away. Campaign Chairman

[4:27] Tom Loose came to say goodbye, but

[4:29] couldn't find the words.

[4:31] Uh, let me say uh really hang in there.

[4:37] It's okay.

[4:41] >> It was a long way down from the Perau

[4:44] campaign high.

[4:46] >> I feel betrayed.

[4:48] I think we have been victims

[4:51] of what is probably the greatest

[4:53] political conjob

[4:55] in

[4:57] our lifetime. The grassroots volunteer

[5:00] phenomenon that swept the nation ended

[5:02] in grief and anger from coast to coast.

[5:05] >> This is the equivalent of a death in a

[5:07] family.

[5:08] >> We are absolutely stunned.

[5:11] He cannot leave. He cannot leave.

[5:15] >> And the idea that Mr. Perau dropped out

[5:17] before Mr. Clinton even gave his

[5:19] acceptance speech, it it it's stunning

[5:23] and staggering and unbelievable to all

[5:25] of us.

[5:26] >> Across the nation, there is denial. Good

[5:28] morning, Rossboro Petition Committee.

[5:30] >> The Dallas phone bank had as many as

[5:31] 2,000 calls on hold at a time.

[5:34] >> We mandated that he get in the race and

[5:36] we're not letting him out.

[5:38] >> Man from Western Pennsylvania and he is

[5:41] so upset he threw away his t-shirt and

[5:44] he threw up his bumper stickers and he

[5:46] said, "Mr. Pearl can go to hell."

[5:48] >> After all, they had his word.

[5:50] >> I'm a very simple person and I'll do

[5:52] what I say I will do and that's what I

[5:54] told the people I would do. They are

[5:56] certainly delivering on their end.

[5:59] >> In the end, he simply dismissed them. A

[6:01] nationwide electronic town layoff. So

[6:05] many volunteers energized by the

[6:07] prospect of a new honest campaign were

[6:10] left simply to wonder today whether it

[6:12] had all been politics as usual. Scott P,

[6:17] CBS News, Dallas.

[6:20] >> A bombshell. No doubt. Let's try to get

[6:22] some analysis from our CBS News

[6:23] political consultant, Kevin Phillips.

[6:25] How does this affect the other

[6:26] campaigns? First, President Bush.

[6:28] >> Well, I think George Bush profits in

[6:29] some very obvious ways. Uh, in terms of

[6:32] key states like Texas and Florida, he's

[6:34] now in a much better position. He

[6:36] doesn't have Mr. Meabucks out there able

[6:38] to fund all kinds of advertising that

[6:40] could be very critical of George Bush.

[6:43] He doesn't have to fight a two-front

[6:44] war. Those are the big pluses. The

[6:47] downside for him is that Ross Perau is

[6:49] out because the change bandwagon is

[6:52] rolling in the hands of Bill Clinton.

[6:54] And that could be the big new problem

[6:55] for George Bush

[6:56] >> and the effect on the Clinton campaign.

[6:58] >> That's the thing. Bill Clinton has

[7:00] gotten a couple of gifts from Ross

[7:02] Perau. He's gotten problems, but also

[7:04] some help. He's been given the chance to

[7:07] appeal to the Perau people in his big

[7:08] speech. It's a very nice bit of timing

[7:11] for him. The second thing is that Ross

[7:13] Perau is saying the Democratic party has

[7:15] been revitalized. He's making it look

[7:17] like the surge of Bill Clinton as Mr.

[7:19] change is part of what Ross Perau is

[7:22] leaving because there's a new change man

[7:24] out there. So I think Clinton has a big

[7:26] opportunity. If he muffs it, then the uh

[7:30] Perau departure is a plus for George

[7:32] Bush. Things to look for. What do you

[7:34] expect next in the overall campaign?

[7:36] Well, I think in terms of Ross Perau,

[7:38] we're going to watch him perform in some

[7:40] interesting directions, but I think the

[7:42] overall campaign is now going to be a

[7:46] bid for the Perau vote in large part

[7:48] with Ross Perau making some winks, I

[7:51] think, to the benefit of the Democrats.

[7:52] >> Kevin Phillips,

[7:53] >> thanks. Still ahead on tonight's CBS

[7:55] Evening News from Madison Square Garden,

[7:57] you'll hear what President Bush and

[7:59] Governor Bill Clinton had to say about

[8:01] the Perau decision.

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[9:19] Now back live at Madison Square Garden

[9:21] and the post perau presidential

[9:24] campaign. It didn't take long for the

[9:25] shock waves out of Dallas to reach the

[9:27] delegates here. Bill Plant reports the

[9:29] impact of Ross Perau's pull out on the

[9:31] Clinton campaign.

[9:33] >> This began as Bill Clinton's big day and

[9:36] his alone, but then forced to share the

[9:38] spotlight, Clinton reached out and

[9:40] touched Ross Perau by phone, trying to

[9:42] turn this stunning surprise to his

[9:44] advantage. I told him that I was deeply

[9:48] moved by his statement, very impressed

[9:50] by his campaign, and that I wanted to

[9:53] reach out to his supporters because I

[9:55] thought they wanted the same sort of

[9:56] change that I did. and I appreciated his

[9:58] saying that Al Gore and I'd revitalize

[10:00] the Democratic party.

[10:01] >> As Clinton got ready for his speech

[10:03] tonight, members of his staff were hard

[10:04] at work on spin patrol, explaining why

[10:07] this was good.

[10:08] >> The most critical part of any message,

[10:11] this year's change. Well, we were having

[10:13] a hard time competing with Perau for the

[10:15] change message. But even the political

[10:17] pros mostly agree

[10:19] >> because what made Perau is still alive

[10:21] in the land with or without Ross Perau

[10:23] the individual and Bill Clinton's got a

[10:25] much better chance to appeal to those

[10:27] dissident voters.

[10:28] >> I believe that every Perau voter,

[10:32] particularly the hardcore Perau voters

[10:34] are anti- Bush voters.

[10:36] >> A CBS News poll conducted Tuesday and

[10:38] Wednesday agrees. In the three-way race,

[10:40] Clinton's support went up dramatically

[10:42] while Perau's went down. And Clinton was

[10:45] the second choice of a majority of Perau

[10:47] supporters so that in a twoman election

[10:50] today, Clinton would get 49% of the vote

[10:53] to the president's 42%.

[10:55] And Clinton may now be strong enough to

[10:58] go one-on-one with George Bush. Clinton

[11:00] needed Ross Perau uh a short time ago.

[11:03] And if anything, the bad breaks that

[11:04] Bill Clinton got at the front end of

[11:06] this process appear to be evening out

[11:08] with a lot of good breaks now at the

[11:10] back end.

[11:11] >> But no way is Clinton home free.

[11:14] >> I think our problem is that there's that

[11:15] almost all of the country is

[11:17] competitive. Um, and sorting out to

[11:18] where we go is the problem.

[11:21] >> But first, the big speech tonight. As of

[11:23] this afternoon, Bill Clinton had

[11:24] rewritten it 19 times. We're told that

[11:27] it now includes an appeal to Ross

[11:29] Perau's supporters. And if the speech

[11:31] goes half as well as as Bill Clinton

[11:33] hopes that it will, he'll be on a real

[11:36] high, probably a much better high than

[11:37] he would have gotten if he had inhaled

[11:39] 20 years ago. Dan,

[11:41] >> thanks, Bill. President Bush is pleased

[11:43] with Perau's sudden departure from the

[11:45] race. Randall Kingston is in Wyoming

[11:48] traveling with the presidential party

[11:50] and has that story.

[11:52] President Bush was fishing at Jim

[11:54] Baker's secluded ranch when he learned

[11:56] he had just landed a political big one.

[11:58] Ross Perau's withdrawal. Late this

[12:00] afternoon, reporters were hastily

[12:02] summoned for a 100mile bus trip to a

[12:04] military facility near the ranch where

[12:06] the president laid claim to Perau's

[12:09] supporters. Uh told him that of course I

[12:12] would welcome his support and the

[12:14] support of those who have gotten behind

[12:16] him. Uh we share the same principles

[12:19] with many of those people and we're

[12:21] going to work hard to win them over, get

[12:24] their support. Uh but uh it was a good

[12:26] phone call and I uh probably will be

[12:30] talking to uh Mr. Perau again before too

[12:33] long.

[12:34] >> The president's campaign strategists

[12:35] view a twoman race as a godsend. With

[12:38] Perau out, they argue Clinton's

[12:40] selection of a southern running mate

[12:42] won't help. Now they're stuck with a

[12:45] total regional approach in a two-way

[12:47] race and it's going to really hurt them

[12:49] in the end.

[12:49] >> Perau's withdrawal may help Mr. Bush,

[12:51] but the president remains in political

[12:53] deep trouble with insiders criticizing

[12:56] Chief of Staff Sam Skinner's White House

[12:57] operation and worried about campaign

[12:59] strategy. The speculation, indeed, the

[13:02] hope continues that Secretary of State

[13:04] James Baker will take a leave of absence

[13:06] and put Mr. Bush's campaign back on

[13:08] track. The president himself fueled that

[13:11] speculation today, saying all options

[13:13] about Baker are open. Randall Kingston,

[13:15] CBS News, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Coming

[13:18] up later on the CBS Evening News, more

[13:20] about the parole pull out and Bill

[13:22] Clinton's big night in the spotlight.

[13:23] But immediately up next here from

[13:25] Madison Square Garden, the rest of the

[13:26] day's news.

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[15:09] Gas X. Bill Clinton accepts his party's

[15:12] presidential nomination as campaign 92

[15:14] continues to heat up. Join Dan Rather

[15:17] and the CBS news team at the Democratic

[15:19] convention tonight.

[15:22] >> There is news beyond the convention

[15:23] tonight in Rome. The Pope got out of his

[15:25] hospital bed for a few minutes today.

[15:27] His doctors say John Paul is making an

[15:29] excellent recovery. A non-cancerous

[15:32] tumor was removed from his colon

[15:34] yesterday. Doctors acknowledged today

[15:36] that the pope, who is 72, had not had

[15:39] the internal examination recommended by

[15:41] the US National Cancer Institute for men

[15:44] over age 50. The leader of Serbian

[15:47] forces in Bosnia says he has ordered a

[15:49] ceasefire. The Serbian leader was in

[15:50] London today for peace talks sponsored

[15:52] by the European community. Hundreds of

[15:54] thousands of people are trapped by

[15:56] Serbian military forces in Sieo and

[15:59] other towns in eastern Bosnia. In this

[16:02] country, Americans are flooding banks

[16:03] with applications for mortgages. A trade

[16:05] group says applications jumped more than

[16:08] 70% last week from the week before. Most

[16:11] of the applications are from homeowners

[16:12] trying to refinance now that interest

[16:15] rates have fallen to their lowest level

[16:17] in 19 years. A report out today says

[16:20] radiation released over four decades

[16:22] from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation

[16:25] contaminated seafood and drinking water

[16:27] hundreds of miles away. The plant is in

[16:30] southern Washington state. The report

[16:32] prepared for the energy department says

[16:34] as many as 2,000 people were exposed to

[16:36] the radiation. In Orange County,

[16:38] California, Rodney King was released

[16:40] from jail this morning. He was arrested

[16:42] last night on drunken driving charges.

[16:44] King's lawyer says the incident may be

[16:46] related to stress he suffered since he

[16:48] was beaten by Los Angeles police

[16:49] officers last year. In Beverly Hills,

[16:52] demonstrators faced off today outside

[16:54] the annual meeting of Time Warner

[16:56] Incorporated. Pro Police advocates are

[16:59] protesting the rap song Cop Killer,

[17:01] saying Time Warner should pull it off

[17:03] the market because it celebrates

[17:05] violence against police. Free speech

[17:07] advocates are rallying around Time

[17:09] Warner Company, backing its refusal to

[17:11] censor the song, as they put it. Well,

[17:14] it's a long road to the Democratic

[17:15] presidential nomination, and Governor

[17:17] Bill Clinton has made some friends and

[17:19] some enemies along the way. We'll have

[17:21] that story when the CBS Evening News

[17:23] continues from Madison Square Garden.

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[19:08] >> He promised to solve the nation's

[19:10] problems his way and millions got on the

[19:12] bandwagon. An in-depth look at Ross

[19:14] Perau tomorrow on CBS this morning with

[19:16] Harry Smith and Paul Aison.

[19:20] Back now at the Democratic National

[19:21] Convention in New York. It's been a long

[19:23] and winding road to Madison Square

[19:25] Garden for Governor Bill Clinton. Ups

[19:27] and downs and a lot of potholes on the

[19:30] way. Correspondent Richard Fel is down

[19:32] on the convention floor now with more

[19:34] about those who like Bill Clinton and

[19:36] those who don't. Richard.

[19:37] >> Hi Dan. All his life, Bill Clinton has

[19:39] shown an extraordinary talent for making

[19:41] friends. At the same time, he's making

[19:43] other people very suspicious. He is,

[19:45] after all, a politician

[19:48] and a politician with star quality. They

[19:51] don't call him Elvis for nothing. On the

[19:53] campaign trail, people want to touch

[19:55] him, talk to him. He is extraordinarily

[19:58] outgoing, friendly, warm, curious, and I

[20:01] think that that has uh has given him a

[20:05] capacity for friendship, which is out of

[20:07] the ordinary.

[20:08] >> Michael Mandelbomb, a college chum, is

[20:10] part of a huge informal network of

[20:12] people, influential insiders Clinton has

[20:15] cultivated during his career. Among

[20:17] those in the Clinton campaign, they're

[20:19] known as FOBs, friends of bills. Clinton

[20:23] also has his enemies. Among them,

[20:25] Sheffield Nelson, the Republican he

[20:27] defeated in the last election.

[20:29] >> Bill will tell you what you want to

[20:30] hear, and we'll change his stories as as

[20:32] much as he needs to to fit in line with

[20:35] uh the group he's talking to.

[20:36] >> Baloney.

[20:39] Baloney.

[20:40] >> David Leopoulos has known Clinton since

[20:42] they were playmates, campaigned for him

[20:44] in New Hampshire, and says Clinton is

[20:46] anything but two-faced. A person that

[20:50] felt like that wouldn't be in the race

[20:52] after what he's been through. He is

[20:53] focused on making a difference in

[20:55] people's lives.

[20:56] >> But his critics say Clinton is too

[20:58] focused on trying to be all things to

[21:00] all people. Paul Greenberg was the first

[21:02] to call Clinton Slick Willie. It was

[21:05] just a general reference to his style

[21:08] which struck us as slippery, as smooth,

[21:11] as slick, always finding the politically

[21:15] correct stand to take and one that

[21:18] presumably would benefit him.

[21:20] >> But his friends insist it's Clinton's

[21:22] political style that allows him to get

[21:24] things done. And there's nothing wrong

[21:26] with being politic or ambitious if it's

[21:29] in a good cause.

[21:30] >> Bill is ambitious, but that's not the

[21:32] kind of ambition it is. Bill is in his

[21:36] every cell of his body committed to

[21:39] making a difference for people in this

[21:42] world.

[21:43] >> Now, Bill Clinton must show how he'll

[21:45] make a difference and he's got strong

[21:47] convictions and that he will act on them

[21:48] even when it's not always popular. Dan

[21:51] >> Richard, thanks. Well, the last time

[21:54] Bill Clinton addressed one of these

[21:56] conventions, people couldn't stop

[21:57] talking about how he couldn't stop

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[24:22] >> In a short while, Governor Bill Clinton

[24:24] will stand here, stand and deliver his

[24:26] acceptance address. In it, he will

[24:28] attempt to tell the American people who

[24:30] he is, what he stands for, and where he

[24:33] intends to take America if elected. The

[24:36] governor may also want to, in one way or

[24:38] another, appeal to supporters of Ross

[24:40] Perau. Governor Clinton will choose his

[24:42] words carefully, but words alone do not

[24:46] make a speech.

[24:49] It's not enough to say, "I accept your

[24:51] nomination." It's the way that you say

[24:53] it. The magic is not in the microphone.

[24:56] It's in the man.

[24:59] >> I pledge myself

[25:02] to a new deal for the American people.

[25:06] >> Franklin Roosevelt had the magic.

[25:08] >> So did Edley Stevenson. So did John

[25:11] Kennedy and so did Ronald Reagan.

[25:15] Once before, Governor Bill Clinton spoke

[25:16] before a national television audience

[25:18] when he nominated Michael Dakus at the

[25:20] 1988 Democratic convention in Atlanta.

[25:23] He spoke and spoke and spoke. Delegates

[25:27] cheered when the speech neared its end.

[25:29] >> In closing,

[25:34] >> the nominee has been working away on

[25:36] tonight's speech behind closed doors in

[25:38] his hotel suite. He knows it's the

[25:40] biggest moment of his professional life.

[25:42] People who know Bill Clinton say he's

[25:44] capable of a great speech. Can he match

[25:48] the spellbinding rhetoric of Jesse

[25:50] Jackson?

[25:51] >> Keep hope alive. Keep hope alive.

[25:56] >> Can he inspire the faithful like Mario

[25:58] Cuomo?

[25:59] >> All of them equal members of the

[26:01] American family.

[26:03] >> Will the magic be working for him

[26:05] tonight? We'll know in a couple of

[26:07] hours.

[26:09] And of course that magic takes just the

[26:11] right mix of ingredients of style and

[26:13] substance. Joining us now is CBS News

[26:15] political consultant Joe Klein. Joe,

[26:17] what do you can we expect of the Clinton

[26:19] speech tonight? Well, uh, the Clinton

[26:21] people, a bunch of rip gamblers. They

[26:23] really like the fact that they expect a

[26:26] much larger audience tonight because of

[26:28] Perau dropping out today. They figure

[26:30] that the Perau supporters are going to

[26:31] look at Clinton, give him a second look.

[26:33] And as you said in that piece, the

[26:34] important thing isn't going to be so

[26:36] much what he says, but how he seems. Is

[26:38] this a man who can be trusted? You know,

[26:40] before we thought this was going to be

[26:41] the speech of his life. Now it's even

[26:43] more important than that. This is a

[26:45] moment of the highest possible political

[26:47] drama.

[26:47] >> Certainly an upside challenge, an

[26:50] opportunity for Clinton. What's the

[26:51] downside danger to him of Perau pulling

[26:53] out?

[26:54] >> Well, I think that uh the toughest thing

[26:56] for him is bombing like like he did last

[26:58] time. But you know, Dan, a year ago, a

[27:00] year ago tonight, I was walking through

[27:02] Logan Airport with Bill Clinton. Not a

[27:04] soul knew who he was. He he still, even

[27:07] though he's familiar to us now, is

[27:08] unknown to most the American public. And

[27:10] he's got to introduce himself tonight in

[27:13] a way that's sympathetic. This is a man

[27:15] who's a professional politician all his

[27:16] life in a year when politicians don't

[27:18] have that good a reputation, but people

[27:20] want change. And the most important

[27:22] thing for him to accomplish is to show

[27:25] that he knows what kind of change they

[27:26] want and that he can be someone who can

[27:28] do it. Whether or not he can do that,

[27:30] who knows? It's a big big night.

[27:31] >> Well, it isn't going to be long before

[27:33] we know. Thanks, Joe Klein. We'll be

[27:35] back on the air with the grand finale of

[27:37] the Democratic convention. Bill

[27:38] Clinton's acceptance speech even more

[27:41] important now than it was before. Coming

[27:43] up on this CBS station tonight at 9 in

[27:46] the east, 6:00 in the West, it'll be

[27:48] 8:00 in the central time zone. For now,

[27:51] Dan Rather, Madison Square Garden in New

[27:53] York. We'll see you again soon.

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