NBC Nightly News - 1998-10-03

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[0:02] We now join our regularly scheduled

[0:04] program already in progress.

[0:06] >> And then later in the week the committee

[0:08] will vote on what many members of

[0:10] Congress say will determine when not if

[0:13] the inquiry proceeds. Susan O'Brien BC

[0:16] news at the capital.

[0:18] >> A complete text of the star report and

[0:20] President Clinton's video tape grand

[0:21] jury testimony can be found on our

[0:23] website at msnbc.com.

[0:27] A program note presidential impeachment

[0:29] prospects will be discussed in depth

[0:31] tomorrow on NBC's Meet the Press. House

[0:33] Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde,

[0:35] ranking Democratic Committee member John

[0:37] Conyers and former presidential

[0:39] candidate Ross Perot are among Tim

[0:41] Russert's guests.

[0:43] When NBC Nightly News continues in a

[0:45] moment hailing a baseball hero [music]

[0:47] in his fight against cancer.

[0:50] And later in focus the amusement park

[0:52] accident a grand jury is calling murder.

[0:57] >> After his heart attack [music] Ed's

[0:59] doctor told him to exercise and take

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[2:43] >> Big league baseball slugger Darryl

[2:45] Strawberry had surgery today to remove a

[2:47] cancerous growth on his colon. No word

[2:49] yet on the outcome. His New York Yankee

[2:51] teammates dedicated last night's victory

[2:54] to him. More from NBC's Rick Davis.

[2:58] >> The Yankee locker room last night, a

[2:59] mixture of joy and concern. They won

[3:02] their division title, but their thoughts

[3:03] were of a player not there, Darryl

[3:05] Strawberry.

[3:06] >> Uh, you know, we're all here praying for

[3:07] Straw and and hoping that he pulls

[3:09] through and you know, I'm sure he's

[3:10] going to do fine, but this is for him.

[3:12] >> Darryl Strawberry has fought back from

[3:14] personal problems. Now he must fight

[3:16] colon cancer.

[3:17] >> You know, I have a like I said, I have a

[3:18] great deal of confidence. I'm not afraid

[3:20] >> A survey done for NBC's Today Show

[3:23] indicated 130,000 Americans will get

[3:26] colon cancer. Slightly more than half

[3:28] will be women. About 10% 13,000 will be

[3:32] under 50.

[3:33] The symptoms, a change in bowel habits,

[3:35] blood in the stool, abdominal pain. If

[3:38] discovered early, there is an over 90%

[3:40] cure rate. There are several screening

[3:42] methods. The most accurate is

[3:44] colonoscopy. A lighted scope checks for

[3:47] polyps or growths and is able to remove

[3:49] them.

[3:49] >> I didn't feel queasy or or sore or

[3:52] anything. I was just

[3:54] I was fine.

[3:55] >> For those with a family history of colon

[3:57] or other cancers, doctors recommend a

[3:59] search for three known cancer-causing

[4:01] genes. But researchers emphasize most

[4:04] colon cancer is linked to behavior, a

[4:06] diet high in red meat and fat, high

[4:08] alcohol use, smoking, and lack of

[4:10] exercise.

[4:12] As Darryl Strawberry undergoes treatment

[4:13] at this New York hospital, he already

[4:15] has his own role model.

[4:18] High school friend and fellow big league

[4:20] ball player Eric Davis had colon cancer

[4:22] in 1997.

[4:23] >> I knew I had the determination and the

[4:25] drive to to rehabilitate and do all the

[4:28] things that was necessary for me to get

[4:29] better.

[4:30] >> Eric Davis came back to hit .327 this

[4:33] year, his highest average in 14 years in

[4:35] the major leagues. Quite a recovery

[4:37] model. Rick Davis, NBC News, New York.

[4:41] >> Word from Los Angeles tonight that Roddy

[4:43] McDowall has died of cancer. The

[4:45] British-born actor was 70 years old. Two

[4:48] weeks ago, McDowall made his last public

[4:50] appearance at the Los Angeles Zoo to

[4:52] celebrate the 30th anniversary of the

[4:54] film Planet of the Apes, in which he

[4:56] starred. McDowall started his career as

[4:59] a child actor, including a role in

[5:01] Lassie Come Home.

[5:03] In North Carolina today, police

[5:04] discovered packages containing

[5:06] explosives at two clinics where

[5:07] abortions are performed. Both were

[5:10] deactivated before they could explode.

[5:12] Last month, both clinics were damaged by

[5:15] fire.

[5:16] Now to America's war on terrorism. A

[5:18] company in California is working on new

[5:20] ways to protect airplanes from bombs.

[5:24] Details from NBC's Dan Lothian.

[5:27] >> 10 years ago, a terrorist bomb brought

[5:30] down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie,

[5:32] Scotland, killing 259 people on board

[5:36] and 11 on the ground. Now, after years

[5:39] of work, a Costa Mesa, California

[5:41] company is manufacturing a design the

[5:43] Federal Aviation Administration thinks

[5:46] will work.

[5:46] >> The bottom line is if if our container

[5:49] would have been in the Lockerbie

[5:51] incident, the aircraft would have

[5:52] survived, landed safely, and there would

[5:54] have been no no damage to the aircraft

[5:56] or no injuries.

[6:00] >> Using an explosive force twice as

[6:02] powerful as the one that brought down

[6:04] Pan Am 103, the FAA put this new luggage

[6:07] container, known as Eco's 3, to the test

[6:11] and it passed.

[6:12] >> Not only did it withstand the explosion,

[6:14] but the 2,000 degree fire that occurred

[6:16] after.

[6:17] >> Okay.

[6:18] >> This new luggage container is a

[6:20] combination of layers of aluminum and

[6:22] glass held in place by a well-riveted

[6:25] frame, 80 lb heavier than those now

[6:27] being used. Even though luggage is at

[6:30] times screened and there are procedures

[6:32] to match bags with passengers before an

[6:34] airplane ever takes off, some experts

[6:37] say the system is incomplete with big

[6:39] holes.

[6:40] >> Show me your picture IDs, please.

[6:42] >> Increased airport security due to

[6:44] America's current war on terrorism has

[6:47] also served to heighten awareness.

[6:49] Mary Schiavo, former Inspector General

[6:52] of the US Department of Transportation,

[6:54] thinks the additional protection is

[6:56] crucial these days.

[6:57] >> We act on a system of trust. We trust

[7:00] that people will put only their luggage

[7:01] on the planes. We trust they won't do

[7:03] anything stupid. We trust them and I'm I

[7:05] think that trust level is probably not

[7:07] deserved anymore.

[7:09] >> The FAA is moving forward with this

[7:11] explosive proof container, putting 10 in

[7:13] service overseas, one more step towards

[7:16] better protecting the traveling public.

[7:19] Dan Lothian, NBC News, Los Angeles.

[7:22] >> And when NBC Nightly News continues, who

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[9:09] >> And focus this evening, concerns about

[9:11] the safety of those amusement park

[9:13] rides. NBC's Jim Cummins on who's

[9:16] watching and who is not.

[9:19] >> They are usually safe. According to the

[9:21] most recent statistics, there are only

[9:23] about 16,000 injuries a year. By one

[9:26] estimate, twice that many people are

[9:28] hurt each year while using shaving

[9:30] equipment. But when accidents do occur

[9:32] at amusement parks, the incident sends

[9:34] shock waves through the communities

[9:36] involved. At this carnival in Austin,

[9:38] Texas last March, something went

[9:40] terribly wrong with a whirling ride

[9:43] called Himalaya. 15-year-old Leslie Lane

[9:46] was killed.

[9:47] >> She came flying out and she hit the wall

[9:51] over here.

[9:53] And there was another girl that had fell

[9:55] out and I think she had broke her leg

[9:57] because her leg was twisted.

[9:59] And there was a little bitty boy that

[10:02] fell out and his nose was bleeding.

[10:04] >> An investigation determined that the

[10:06] safety bar, which was supposed to hold

[10:08] passengers in their seats, gave way.

[10:11] This week a grand jury in Austin decided

[10:13] that the company which owns the ride

[10:15] should be punished. In what may be an

[10:17] unprecedented action, the owners of B&B

[10:19] Amusements, their employees, and the two

[10:22] men who inspected Himalaya were charged

[10:24] with murder. The indictment says that on

[10:26] the night of the accident, the ride was

[10:28] being operated at an excessive speed,

[10:30] even though it had inadequate safety

[10:32] equipment. It had not been adequately

[10:34] inspected. The maximum penalty, 99 years

[10:37] in prison. Defense attorneys say the

[10:39] charges are unfair and inappropriate.

[10:42] They could be reduced in the weeks

[10:43] ahead. A Texas law professor says

[10:45] getting a murder conviction in a case

[10:47] like this will be difficult.

[10:49] >> The prosecution has to prove one of two

[10:51] things.

[10:52] Either that the defendants

[10:55] actually and consciously wanted

[10:58] the victim to die or

[11:01] that they acted knowingly, that they

[11:02] were aware of a reasonable certainty

[11:05] that what they were doing would cause

[11:07] the victim to die.

[11:09] And so that's a a pretty steep burden.

[11:12] >> After the accident in Austin, the US

[11:14] Consumer Product Safety Commission

[11:16] issued three safety alerts about the

[11:18] Himalaya.

[11:19] And in a separate action, the commission

[11:21] urged all states to immediately inspect

[11:24] mobile rides called Ranger, Kamikaze, or

[11:26] High Flyer. While most states have some

[11:29] mandatory regulations or inspection

[11:31] programs, eight states don't require any

[11:34] safety inspections for amusement park

[11:35] rides. Six others, including Texas,

[11:38] permit private inspections rather than

[11:40] official government checks.

[11:43] The industry points out that horseplay

[11:45] by patrons who disobey park rules causes

[11:48] far more mishaps than faulty equipment

[11:50] does. And as amusement park rides try to

[11:52] provide more thrills and chills,

[11:55] accident prevention continues to be a

[11:57] top priority. Jim Cummins, NBC News,

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[14:09] >> Now to Kosovo, where tens of thousands

[14:11] of refugees and charges of atrocities

[14:13] committed by Serbian troops have led to

[14:16] threats of military intervention by

[14:18] NATO. For 8 months, a small separatist

[14:21] force in Kosovo has been fighting the

[14:23] might of the Yugoslav army, which is now

[14:25] scrambling to diffuse the situation and

[14:27] avoid NATO air strikes. NBC's Ron Allen

[14:30] is in the region tonight.

[14:34] >> A day of relative quiet allows supplies

[14:36] to reach some of Kosovo's desperate

[14:37] refugees. Serb soldiers are trying to

[14:40] prove their ceasefire is real, taking

[14:42] down checkpoints, putting away some of

[14:44] their heavy weapons, and showing the

[14:45] remains of Serbs who've been killed in

[14:47] the fighting. The question is whether

[14:49] Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic

[14:51] truly has halted his 7-month crackdown

[14:53] on ethnic Albanians, or if he's pulling

[14:55] back just enough to prevent NATO air

[14:57] strikes. He's a master at toying with

[14:59] the US and its allies.

[15:01] >> He will pursue Serbian nationalism as

[15:04] long as it suits him, and then, when he

[15:06] has gone too far, when it looks as

[15:08] though he might be hit

[15:10] uh in earnest by uh NATO, then he

[15:13] withdraws.

[15:15] >> Despite worldwide condemnation,

[15:17] Milosevic's crackdown in Kosovo plays

[15:19] well to a domestic audience. Serbs

[15:21] insist Kosovo is their cradle of

[15:23] religious and cultural history. The way

[15:25] they see it, Albanian extremists seeking

[15:28] independence are trying to steal

[15:29] something sacred.

[15:31] >> All the truth, the facts are on the side

[15:35] of Serbia.

[15:36] We are protecting our territory.

[15:39] >> And as for the recent massacres that

[15:41] might compel NATO to attack, the Serbs

[15:43] insist hundreds of their people also

[15:46] have been killed.

[15:47] >> Let's investigate. Let's Let's

[15:49] investigate all crimes.

[15:51] And after that we can talk

[15:53] about punishing or not punishing Serbia.

[15:58] >> After years of sanctions and isolation,

[16:00] people here feel bitter about threats of

[16:02] NATO airstrikes.

[16:06] The problems in Kosovo, he says, should

[16:08] be solved by our country's laws.

[16:11] Many here feel that once again, it's

[16:13] only the Serbs taking the blame. While

[16:16] Yugoslavia's leaders say they're doing

[16:17] everything possible to stop the

[16:19] bloodshed in Kosovo, the problem is

[16:21] they've made the same promises many

[16:22] times before. Assurances which have

[16:24] turned out to be temporary or simply not

[16:27] true.

[16:28] Ron Allen, NBC News, Belgrade.

[16:31] >> When NBC Nightly News continues in a

[16:33] moment, the monkey business they've been

[16:35] coping with in some cities in central

[16:37] Japan.

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[18:26] >> The debate rages on across America and

[18:28] Capitol Hill. [music] Should this man

[18:29] and his committee bring impeachment

[18:30] proceedings against the president?

[18:32] Monday morning on MSNBC.

[18:34] >> [music]

[18:36] >> And now this story. There are bandits on

[18:38] the loose in parts of Japan. Well,

[18:41] actually they're menacing monkeys who

[18:43] are stealing in broad daylight. Here's

[18:45] NBC's Kiko Itasaka.

[18:48] >> At this 17th century shrine, an

[18:50] illustration of an ancient proverb. See

[18:53] no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.

[18:58] But these real-life monkeys are full of

[19:00] malicious mischief. The Macaca fuscata

[19:02] have lived for centuries in the Nikko

[19:04] mountains of Japan feeding on leaves,

[19:07] seeds, and the occasional insect.

[19:10] But now routinely they head down the

[19:12] mountains in search of tastier food

[19:15] supplied by humans.

[19:16] >> I love the monkeys.

[19:18] >> Professor Masaki Koganazawa has studied

[19:21] monkeys his whole life. His research

[19:23] shows over the past decade, a dramatic

[19:26] change in the monkey diet.

[19:28] >> Bananas, oranges, and

[19:30] so sometimes feed the candies and other

[19:33] cake.

[19:35] >> He says don't blame the monkeys, it's

[19:37] because humans are always feeding them,

[19:39] giving them an insatiable desire for

[19:41] sweets.

[19:43] When they don't get enough handouts,

[19:45] they attack farmers' fields or steal

[19:47] what they want.

[19:51] And if at first they don't succeed, then

[19:54] they just try again and again.

[19:59] So now the humans are waging war against

[20:02] the monkeys.

[20:04] Putting to scare, not kill.

[20:07] And using high-tech tracking methods,

[20:09] attaching transmitters to monkeys, then

[20:12] monitoring their movements with radar.

[20:16] Eitaro Shimizu is a one-man monkey

[20:18] patrol.

[20:20] His mission, to keep the animals out of

[20:22] farmers' fields. But he says usually the

[20:25] monkeys outmaneuver him.

[20:28] >> My goal is just to scare them, but

[20:30] they're just too clever.

[20:33] >> [laughter]

[20:34] >> So far there are no signs this monkey

[20:37] mania is letting up. Increasingly bolder

[20:39] monkeys are now even invading major

[20:42] cities like Osaka and creating havoc.

[20:46] Scientists say the only solution is to

[20:48] start a major education drive to teach

[20:50] the humans to stop feeding the monkeys

[20:52] and to encourage the monkeys to return

[20:54] to their natural habitat.

[20:57] But as long as people ignore requests to

[21:00] stop the roadside feedings, this sort of

[21:02] monkey business will only get worse.

[21:06] Keiko Itohsaka, NBC News, Nikko, Japan.

[21:10] >> And we we have late word now on a story

[21:12] from our program, the cancer surgery

[21:14] today of Big League Baseball slugger

[21:17] Darryl Strawberry of the New York

[21:18] Yankees. And the news is hopeful.

[21:20] Doctors say the tumor they removed from

[21:22] his colon measured about 6 cm, but their

[21:25] initial belief is they there is no

[21:27] evidence the cancer has spread. A

[21:30] decision on chemotherapy will come

[21:31] later. But to repeat, initial

[21:33] indications are the cancer surgery on

[21:35] New York Yankee star Darryl Strawberry

[21:38] was a success.

[21:39] That is NBC Nightly News for this

[21:41] Saturday. Len Cannon will be here

[21:43] tomorrow. I'm Don Fortangelo. Good

[21:45] night, everyone.

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