CBS Evening News - 1993-08-09
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[0:01] You're watching K TV channel 6.
[0:07] President Clinton promises still more
[0:09] spending cuts and prepares for a rugged
[0:12] fight over healthc care reform. In
[0:14] Europe, more talk, no action on possible
[0:16] air strikes against the Serbs in Bosnia,
[0:19] while a 5-year-old victim of the
[0:21] fighting battles and wins against the
[0:23] war's bureaucracy. And eye on America
[0:29] tonight. Go on strike and lose your job.
[0:32] We'll investigate a national controversy
[0:34] that has both sides seeing red.
[0:38] >> This is the CBS Evening News
[0:42] with Dan Rather and Connie Chung.
[0:46] Good evening. Conniey's on assignment in
[0:48] the Carolinas. Well, if you're keeping
[0:50] track, President Clinton is now into his
[0:52] third 100 days. And now with the budget
[0:54] victory under his belt, he's plunging
[0:56] ahead to new battles over more spending
[0:59] cuts, over reform of the American health
[1:02] care system and Serbian aggression in
[1:04] Bosnia. Our coverage begins tonight with
[1:06] White House correspondent Bill Plant.
[1:10] >> The budget vote may have been a brush
[1:12] with disaster, but President Clinton was
[1:14] celebrating victory at a hastily
[1:16] organized campaign rally, still selling
[1:18] hard to convince doubters that his
[1:20] program is more gain than pain. There
[1:23] are $255 billion in specific spending
[1:27] cuts. No rhetoric, no hot air, no plugs,
[1:30] no we'll take about it later specific
[1:32] cuts.
[1:33] >> Yes, but there are new taxes, too. And
[1:35] deficits that will add another trillion
[1:37] dollars to the national debt over the
[1:39] next 5 years. And there's likely to be
[1:41] some short-term pain as well.
[1:44] >> Generally, if you have a tax increase
[1:45] and cu