CBS Evening News - 1999-08-12

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[0:03] Murder and attempted murder charges

[0:05] against Los Angeles shooter Buford

[0:07] Furrow. Tonight, how he amassed an

[0:10] arsenal and slipped through the cracks

[0:12] of the legal system. On the CBS Weather

[0:15] Watch, the deadly tornado in Salt Lake

[0:17] City, just part of a year of unusual

[0:20] weather in the USA, and help for the

[0:23] weary traveler, a new FAA plan for

[0:26] reducing flight delays.

[0:31] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:35] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News

[0:38] headquarters in New York.

[0:40] >> Good evening. The man accused in the

[0:42] California shooting spree at a Jewish

[0:44] community center and the killing of a

[0:46] postal worker now faces the death

[0:48] penalty if convicted. Buford Furrow was

[0:51] formally charged today with murder and

[0:54] attempted murder. State officials also

[0:56] said flatly he chose victims because of

[0:59] quote race or nationality, religion or

[1:02] ancestry. Hate crimes under California

[1:05] law. CBS's Sandra Hughes begins our

[1:07] coverage.

[1:09] >> Investigators are learning more about

[1:10] Buford Furrow's history of hatred. Hate

[1:13] that may have led to the crimes he's now

[1:15] accused of committing. In this videotape

[1:18] obtained by CBS News, Furrow is seen

[1:20] acting as a security guard for the Aryan

[1:22] Nation's National Congress, a group that

[1:25] advocates the supremacy of the white

[1:27] race.

[1:27] >> You're going to have to go, buddy.

[1:29] >> Well, you can you can stay here in a

[1:30] van.

[1:31] >> Fur was formally arraigned today on

[1:33] federal murder charges after being

[1:35] transferred from Las Vegas late

[1:36] yesterday, where the 37year-old wore a

[1:39] maniacal grin and seemed to enjoy the

[1:41] attention even from a heckler or

[1:43] anything like that. Surrounded by

[1:46] federal agents, Furrow was flown by

[1:48] Blackhawk helicopter to Los Angeles

[1:50] where he again appeared to be grinning

[1:52] as he was escorted to jail. His demeanor

[1:54] wasn't surprising to many given his

[1:56] mental history. He was arrested for

[1:59] threatening a guard with a knife while

[2:00] being treated in a Seattle area

[2:02] psychiatric hospital. A sheriff's deputy

[2:04] almost killed him during that incident.

[2:06] >> My memory is very clear. Um, I actually

[2:10] uh was on the trigger and uh was in the

[2:13] process of of squeezing the trigger in

[2:15] this particular case.

[2:16] >> Furough faces five counts of attempted

[2:18] murder in state court for the North

[2:20] Valley Jewish Community Center

[2:21] shootings. In the murder of postal

[2:23] worker Joseph Alto, he faces both

[2:25] federal and state charges that carry a

[2:27] possible death penalty. Furrow is being

[2:30] held without bond. Prosecutors said he

[2:32] told them he picked the postal carrier

[2:34] because he was a minority who worked for

[2:36] the government. He asked if the mail

[2:38] carrier could mail a letter for him.

[2:40] When the mail carrier agreed, Furrow

[2:43] pulled out the Glock and shot the mail

[2:46] carrier two times.

[2:48] >> Flowers mark the spot where Eileto died.

[2:51] >> Another hate crime and

[2:57] I could never imagine that my brother

[2:59] would be part of it. But Furrow's other

[3:02] victims are reported improving today.

[3:05] The 5-year-old critically injured is on

[3:07] a respirator, but his vital signs are

[3:09] getting better. A six-year-old is in

[3:11] good condition. Another six-year-old and

[3:14] the 16-year-old both go home today.

[3:17] Sandra Hughes, CBS News, Los Angeles.

[3:20] >> Key questions tonight surrounding

[3:22] Buford's shooting spree include what

[3:24] weapons did he have and how did he get

[3:27] them, especially so many. It turns out

[3:30] not only could he buy them, this man

[3:32] once had a license to sell them. CBS's

[3:35] Vince Gonzalez has been tracking the

[3:37] weapons trail.

[3:39] >> CBS News has learned the gun Buford

[3:41] Furrow allegedly used to shoot up the

[3:43] North Valley Jewish Community Center was

[3:45] a rare Chinese import copied from this

[3:47] semi-automatic weapon, the Uzi.

[3:49] >> I heard uh shooting this boop.

[3:52] >> According to authorities, Furrow

[3:54] allegedly fired about 70 bullets from a

[3:56] Narinko 9mm assault weapon, hitting

[3:59] three children, a teen, and a

[4:00] 68-year-old receptionist.

[4:02] >> Sprays the entire lobby here. That's a

[4:04] victim here and a victim in here.

[4:06] >> Government sources also tell CBS that in

[4:09] addition to the Uzi lookalike from

[4:10] China, Furrow's arsenal also included a

[4:13] Glock 9mm pistol, two 308 Brazilian

[4:17] assault rifles, one 22 caliber Davis

[4:19] pistol, an Egyptian manufactured assault

[4:22] rifle, and one Bushmaster AR-15, the

[4:25] civilian version of the M16. We spoke

[4:27] today with the president of the main

[4:29] company that makes the Bushmaster. I

[4:31] think if the manufacturer sold the gun

[4:33] illegally or built an illegal gun and

[4:37] saw it go into the marketplace that he

[4:39] damn well is u is irresponsible. We

[4:42] don't do that. We only sell to people

[4:44] who have a federal firearms license.

[4:47] >> CBS News has learned that Furrow was a

[4:49] licensed federal firearms dealer from

[4:51] 1992 to 1995. But the former gun dealer

[4:55] should not have had a single weapon

[4:56] after he assaulted a staff member at

[4:58] this psychiatric hospital. A judge in

[5:00] Washington issued this order telling

[5:02] Furrow, "You are now ineligible to

[5:04] possess a firearm." That's Furrow's

[5:06] signature on the document. Law

[5:08] enforcement had the authorization to

[5:10] search his home and make sure he had no

[5:12] guns, but they never did. One

[5:14] corrections official told CBS News

[5:16] tonight, "We planned to. We just hadn't

[5:18] gotten around to it yet." Vince

[5:20] Gonzalez, CBS News, Los Angeles.

[5:23] >> By now, most everyone knows about the

[5:25] ability to buy guns easily. the gun and

[5:28] ammunition manufacturers lobby and the

[5:31] views of gun control advocates. You may

[5:33] not know much about rapid fire assault

[5:36] weapons and just how many of them there

[5:38] are out there. CBS's Byron Pittz has

[5:41] been checking the facts to find out for

[5:44] you.

[5:47] Cheaper than a home computer available

[5:50] in any city in America. Of the estimated

[5:53] 230 million guns in the US, more than a

[5:56] million are semi-automatic assault

[5:58] weapons. And federal agents say that's a

[6:01] conservative number because no one knows

[6:03] for sure.

[6:05] Lawing citizens own them for target

[6:07] practice, home security, or collector

[6:09] items. But street cops call these guns

[6:12] the pitbull of choice for dope dealers,

[6:14] hate groups, or anyone in a hurry to do

[6:17] harm. You can easily conceal this

[6:19] underneath like this here, you know, and

[6:21] they have it strapped around their

[6:22] shoulders. So when they need it, they

[6:24] just swing it out. They got it. You can

[6:26] hold it with one hand.

[6:27] >> Easy to conceal and easy to find.

[6:30] According to the Bureau of Alcohol,

[6:32] Tobacco, and Firearms, 30% of the guns

[6:35] used in crimes were stolen from a home

[6:37] or business. But the vast majority are

[6:39] purchased legally by a middleman, then

[6:41] handed over to a criminal. What we're

[6:43] finding is in over 50% of our

[6:46] investigations, the guns are being

[6:49] obtained through some sort of a straw

[6:51] man purchase through legitimate firearms

[6:55] dealers.

[6:57] So, no one in law enforcement was

[6:59] surprised a man like Buford Furrow had

[7:01] access to a semi-automatic assault

[7:03] weapon. The kind of weapon even guntore

[7:06] owners are becoming reluctant to sell.

[7:09] >> This is a Mac Tech 9. Why sell out

[7:12] something like this?

[7:14] >> That's one of the guns that I would love

[7:15] to see uh legislation passed against it

[7:19] because

[7:19] >> because there's no need for something

[7:21] like that. Not for hunters, not for

[7:23] personal protection.

[7:24] >> I mean, some people might say it's your

[7:25] business to sell as many as

[7:26] >> Yes, it's my business, but I also I also

[7:28] have uh a family. I have kids.

[7:30] >> Kids, the indelible image of the last

[7:32] shooting and now the newest face on an

[7:35] old debate. Byron Pittz, CBS News,

[7:38] Miami. From the president himself on

[7:41] down, the Clinton administration today

[7:43] talked about the need not only for

[7:45] making it harder to get guns, especially

[7:47] rapid fire ones, but for making hate

[7:49] crimes federal crimes. More about that

[7:53] from CBS News White House correspondent

[7:55] John Roberts.

[7:57] >> The president and his deputies today

[7:59] used the shootings to put pressure on

[8:01] Congress. It now appears that they were

[8:04] motivated by racial and ethnic hatred,

[8:07] >> and said they provided a compelling

[8:09] argument to pass the president's hate

[8:11] crimes bill, which has languished for 2

[8:13] years.

[8:14] >> And if we all agree that we do not want

[8:16] our children to live in a society where

[8:18] shootings at a school or a church are

[8:21] commonplace, then we must act now. The

[8:24] legislation being held up by Republicans

[8:26] in the House would expand federal powers

[8:28] to prosecute hate crimes and broaden

[8:31] their definition to include crimes

[8:33] committed on the basis of race,

[8:34] religion, country of origin, gender,

[8:37] disability, or sexual preference. Some

[8:40] say the bill doesn't go far enough and

[8:42] want to expand the government's

[8:43] authority to monitor hate groups

[8:45] >> to provide our law enforcement

[8:48] institutions

[8:49] a greater ability to prevent the crime

[8:52] and not just get the man.

[8:54] >> Others claim that violent hate crimes

[8:56] are adequately handled at the state

[8:58] level and that enacting a federal law is

[9:00] just a political statement that gives

[9:02] people a false sense of security. Do you

[9:05] think the fellow who walked into the

[9:06] school in Grenada Hills would be

[9:08] deterred by the fact that there's a

[9:10] federal criminal statute that prohibits

[9:11] what he's about to do?

[9:14] >> The White House admits that a big part

[9:16] of passing the bill is to send a message

[9:18] to the country that hate crimes are not

[9:20] acceptable. And while it is a

[9:21] politically popular idea, no one can say

[9:24] with any confidence that it would have

[9:26] deterred what appears to be a lone act

[9:28] by a very troubled person. Dan

[9:30] >> John Roberts at the White House. The man

[9:33] who shot President Reagan, assassinated

[9:35] him and attempted assassination in 1981

[9:39] left a Washington mental hospital today

[9:41] for an outing. CBS Washington affiliate

[9:43] W USA TV spotted a van carrying John

[9:46] Hinckley Jr. as it pulled out of the

[9:48] hospital grounds today, followed by

[9:50] Secret Service agents. A few weeks ago,

[9:52] a court ruling cleared the way Frankly

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[9:57] tonight's CBS Evening News, the FAA's

[9:59] new plan for reducing air travel delays.

[10:03] On the CBS Weather Watch, tornadoes show

[10:06] up in unusual places, and so do bears

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[11:49] over alleged US nuclear weapons secrets

[11:52] being spilled to China, US Energy

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[11:56] unspecified disciplinary action against

[11:58] a senior official and two employees at

[12:01] the US weapons laboratory at Los Alamos.

[12:03] Richardson did not name the three, but

[12:05] cited a quote total breakdown in the

[12:08] system unquote. Well, does this sound

[12:11] familiar? You rush to the airport only

[12:14] to find your flight isn't going

[12:15] anywhere. Maybe not for hours, maybe not

[12:18] for a lot of hours. It's happening more

[12:20] often. Bob or reports. The government

[12:22] today finally promised at least a little

[12:24] relief.

[12:26] >> Ask just about any frequent air

[12:28] traveler. These days, there's little fun

[12:30] in flying. Tempers are growing shorter.

[12:33] >> Would you call somebody, please, and get

[12:34] some help? We've been waiting here for

[12:36] hours.

[12:37] >> And trips more tedious. Delays often

[12:40] caused by bad weather and radar

[12:41] breakdowns are a daily occurrence. Take

[12:44] this recent Delta shuttle flight.

[12:46] Weather held it on the runway for 2

[12:48] hours before low fuel forced to return

[12:50] to the gate. Passengers then had to

[12:52] scramble for other flights.

[12:54] >> I think this is pretty silly. This is

[12:56] like amateur hour.

[12:57] >> For the first seven months of the year,

[12:59] flight delays are up by 18% over a year

[13:01] ago and up a whopping 70% in July alone.

[13:06] >> That is mind-boggling. And of course,

[13:08] not only does that adversely affect

[13:11] passengers, but our crews, our airlines.

[13:14] >> The FAA today promised changes.

[13:17] >> Cincinnati restrictions.

[13:19] >> The National Command Center, which

[13:20] monitors all air traffic, will have more

[13:22] authority to route planes around

[13:24] problems. The FAA says it will reduce

[13:26] large distances between airplanes in

[13:28] flight and will also try to prevent a

[13:31] storm in one place from causing delays

[13:33] across the country. and we spent uh once

[13:36] we were on a plane about 4 hours out on

[13:38] a ramp before we uh finally took off.

[13:41] >> The FAA says the changes will not

[13:43] compromise safety, but at the same time

[13:45] it's not clear they'll solve the

[13:46] problem. With millions more flying each

[13:49] year, the pressure on the air traffic

[13:50] system continues to build. Bob, CBS

[13:54] News, Washington.

[13:55] >> Up next, the CBS weather watch. The

[13:58] twister that hit without warning in

[13:59] Utah. Is it part of a larger pattern of

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[16:15] On the CBS weather watch tonight, as the

[16:17] crop killer drought persists in the

[16:19] east, the US Agriculture Department said

[16:22] today Midwest farmers will produce bin

[16:25] busting bumper crops because of the

[16:27] abundant rain many places there. The

[16:30] USDA says the soybean crop alone could

[16:33] reach an all-time record high.

[16:36] Salt Lake City scrambled today to

[16:38] recover from the sudden impact of a

[16:39] direct tornado hit yesterday. The city

[16:42] is the latest, but far from the only

[16:44] place on the map to experience dangerous

[16:46] and deadly weather extremes. Recently,

[16:49] we asked CBS's Jim Axelrod to explore

[16:52] just what, if anything, is going on

[16:54] here.

[16:56] Texas is the hottest place in the

[16:58] country. How hot?

[17:00] >> REALLY HOT.

[17:01] >> And it's getting hotter by the minute.

[17:04] >> It burns your skin and you make and you

[17:07] get all sunburn. Today is the 15th

[17:09] straight day over 100° here, but in the

[17:12] middle of August, tripledigit heat is no

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[17:19] other parts of the country, here they

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[17:23] weather.

[17:24] >> Oh my god.

[17:26] >> They can't say that in Salt Lake, where

[17:27] a tornado killed one and injured dozens

[17:29] Wednesday. The first tornado deaths on

[17:32] record in Utah. Early readings clock the

[17:34] twister as an F2 on a scale of 1 to

[17:37] five. Just four other F2s are known to

[17:39] have ever hit the state.

[17:41] >> This is something that happens in

[17:42] Kansas, not here.

[17:44] >> Exactly the thinking on Long Island,

[17:46] another unlikely tornado destination.

[17:49] And Minnesota, where high winds flatten

[17:51] 25 million trees in this summer of the

[17:55] unexpected. Forecasters don't know

[17:57] what's coming next.

[18:00] The Southwest has seen 100 mph hail.

[18:03] Crops in the Northeast are parched and

[18:05] burnt. In Seattle, August lightning is

[18:08] usually harder to find than a weak cup

[18:10] of coffee. Not last week.

[18:12] >> But the fact is that when we look back

[18:14] through history, we've had a lot of

[18:17] every kind of storm that there is in

[18:19] every place. There is nothing that's

[18:20] happening today that hasn't happened

[18:22] before. And there's nothing that's

[18:23] happening today that hasn't been worse

[18:25] in the past.

[18:26] >> Perspective for a world record snowfall

[18:28] in Washington state in June. Looking for

[18:31] a good mystery this summer? Try the

[18:33] forecast in the local paper. Jim

[18:35] Axelrod, CBS News, Dallas.

[18:37] >> Scientists tonight report evidence that

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[18:44] million years ago. That's a billion

[18:46] years earlier than previously believed

[18:48] to be the case. The oldest known

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[19:00] earliest roots whenever that may have

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[21:16] Russian forces stepped up air strikes

[21:18] today on Islamic militants in

[21:19] Dagiststan. Rebels there have held

[21:21] several villages in the Caucus'

[21:23] mountains near the border with Cheschna

[21:25] since last weekend. Russia is now

[21:27] airlifting additional troops and

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[21:31] demand an independent Islamic Republic

[21:34] for the mostly Muslim region.

[21:37] Against the advice of many in Congress,

[21:39] the US State Department is continuing to

[21:41] urge Colombia to push ahead with

[21:44] controversial and so far faltering peace

[21:46] talks aimed at reaching a compromise

[21:48] with narco gerillas. US under Secretary

[21:51] of State Thomas Pickering was in Bogota

[21:53] this week. The highest ranking American

[21:55] diplomat there in a decade. Before

[21:57] Pickering came, your reporter also lives

[21:59] in and around Colombia, the world's top

[22:02] cocaine producer, an increasing

[22:03] trafficker in heroine, and a country

[22:05] where rebels are slowly taking control.

[22:10] >> An explosive mix of guerrillas, guns,

[22:12] and drug money is threatening the entire

[22:14] country region by region. This is Cali

[22:17] in northern Colombia. This is a city

[22:20] that drug billions built. Using the map

[22:24] and some history, let's bring you up to

[22:27] date on an important developing story

[22:29] here. This mountain metropolis was the

[22:32] heart of a drug cartel that was crushed

[22:34] about 3 years ago. Since then, narco

[22:36] gerillas have emerged as the new power,

[22:39] protecting cocoa growers and heroin

[22:41] smugglers and terrorizing ordinary

[22:43] citizens.

[22:45] We've come to a church here in Kali

[22:47] where three months ago

[22:51] gorillas appeared at the gates, swept in

[22:54] and took more than 120 people. They

[22:56] kidnapped more than 120 people.

[23:00] Stunned relatives waited as the military

[23:02] chased the gorillas into nearby hills.

[23:05] Most of the hostages were eventually

[23:06] freed, but some 45 are still being held

[23:09] for ransom today. Facing the street just

[23:12] outside the church where the mass

[23:14] kidnappings took place. For two and a

[23:17] half blocks, beginning at the entrance

[23:18] of the church, sweeping all along here

[23:21] for at least 2 and 1/2 blocks, letters

[23:23] from many people expressing their pain,

[23:28] frustration, and outrage at the

[23:30] kidnappings.

[23:32] >> What's happening in Cali is a microcosm

[23:34] of what's happening in the rest of

[23:36] Colombia. And that has the White House

[23:38] worried. worried that a new crisis like

[23:41] the Balkans could erupt with small

[23:44] armies carving up the nation and

[23:46] spreading chaos to surrounding

[23:47] countries.

[23:49] The United States after cutbacks in the

[23:51] mid 1990s now gives Colombia about $300

[23:54] million a year in aid. In a change of

[23:58] policy and direction, the Clinton

[24:00] administration is now talking about

[24:01] possibly boosting that to a billion

[24:03] dollars next year.

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[24:53] >> Well, Ray, it's crunch time now.

[24:55] >> Right you are, Ted. Look, you got hungry

[24:58] kids coming on strong up the middle and

[24:59] around.

[25:00] >> Mom needs a big play to satisfy him.

[25:02] >> Watch. She goes right for the Totino's

[25:04] pizza roll. Tasty move. A great taste of

[25:07] pizza in bite-siz rolls. She spins to

[25:10] the microwave. Does she have enough

[25:11] time? Here they come. She rolls left.

[25:15] Oh, she rolls right.

[25:16] >> The Tino's pizza rolls. Sensational. And

[25:19] it looks like a big win for the home

[25:21] team.

[25:21] >> Let's see that again.

[25:35] Ask your doctor about Viagra.

[25:39] >> Out here, I'm in command. So, am I

[25:41] supposed to say, "Slow down, guys. I'm

[25:44] constipated." I don't think so.

[25:47] You've had to eat right. Sometimes you

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[25:54] an option. So, I rely on doctor

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[26:01] gently, which is important to a

[26:03] sensitive guy like myself. Metamucil,

[26:06] the doctor's natural choice for

[26:07] regularity.

[26:09] >> The drought in the Northeast is leaving

[26:11] wild animals without their usual food

[26:13] supply. Jacqueline Adams has some

[26:15] examples.

[26:18] To suburbanites, it's garbage, but to

[26:20] bears, it's gourmet. Now that the

[26:22] drought has dried up their food and

[26:24] water in the forests, bears are moving

[26:26] to the suburbs.

[26:27] >> We were having dinner uh up in our

[26:30] dining room right here, and the bear

[26:32] came up these back stairs right onto our

[26:34] back porch.

[26:35] >> In Highland, New York, no one was home

[26:37] when a bear feasted on Katherine Frier's

[26:39] bird feeders. She took photos of the

[26:41] damage to show her friends, never

[26:43] thinking the beast would come back for

[26:45] seconds.

[26:45] >> When I opened the door, he just kind of

[26:47] looked at me like, "Please get out of my

[26:48] way, lady. I want to eat my bird seeds."

[26:51] For the first time, Frier is seeing many

[26:53] wild animals in her yard. Indeed, in

[26:55] pockets throughout the Mid-Atlantic

[26:57] region, bear sightings are on the rise.

[26:59] Game commissioners say part of the

[27:01] reason is a bare population boom, but

[27:03] the drought is also to blame.

[27:05] >> Certainly, there's going to be less food

[27:06] on the table.

[27:07] >> In New York's lower Aderandac Mountains,

[27:09] the woods are normally lush and green.

[27:11] What big game biologist Dick Henry calls

[27:13] a bear and deer buffet. The drought,

[27:16] however, has withered the plants,

[27:18] emptied the acorns, and left the berries

[27:21] hard and dry. So, if a bear can't eat

[27:24] these blueberries, what is he going to

[27:26] eat?

[27:26] >> He has to beg for food, and that's when

[27:28] he winds up in someone's backyard.

[27:30] >> In a normal year, the local office of

[27:32] the Department of Environmental

[27:33] Conservation gets about 100 complaints

[27:35] about bears. But already this year, the

[27:38] number has topped 200. And that's before

[27:40] the bears begin trying to fatten up for

[27:42] the winter. at this point in time why

[27:44] they're going to be really hardressed to

[27:45] find natural foods.

[27:47] >> Because of the drought, Henry worries

[27:48] that New York's 5,000 bears are at risk

[27:51] of being shot to death or hit by cars as

[27:53] long as hunger keeps them in the

[27:55] suburbs. Jacqueline Adams, CBS News,

[27:57] News, New York.

[27:59] >> And that's part of our world tonight.

[28:00] I'll be back later with 48 hours. Aaron

[28:02] Morardi is here with a preview for you.

[28:05] >> Teachers from the classroom to the

[28:08] courtroom.

[28:08] >> This teacher is supposed to be teaching

[28:10] me math, not molesting me. If my son had

[28:13] been believed, it would have stopped.

[28:15] >> 24 years. The number of children that

[28:18] must have been involved.

[28:19] >> Later tonight on 48 hours.

[28:21] >> That's 48 hours. Tonight at 10 in the

[28:24] east and west, 9 most places in between.

[28:26] For the CBS Evening News, Dan Rather

[28:28] reporting. I'll see you again soon, 10 9

[28:31] central on 48 hours.

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