Good Morning America (ABC) / CBS This Morning snippets - 1992-08-14
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[0:00] course with James Baker at the helm.
[0:03] >> Attention automobile owners. Is High
[0:06] Octane Gas a ripoff?
[0:10] [music and singing]
[0:14] >> And a toten tune from the country singer
[0:16] Mary Chapen Carpenter. And here's the
[0:18] old totapper [music] himself, Bill
[0:20] Evans. [laughter]
[0:21] >> Well, where is summer? It certainly
[0:22] hasn't been here. It's been everywhere
[0:24] but here. The weekend's going to be cool
[0:25] for the eastern twothirds of the nation.
[0:27] It's going to be hot in the western
[0:29] third [music] of the nation. Summer
[0:30] continues there. Hot in the west, cool
[0:33] in the east. That's how the weather
[0:34] shapes up.
[0:35] >> It's nice to have you here.
[0:35] >> Thanks a lot.
[0:36] >> Took a day off. A little short week for
[0:38] him.
[0:38] >> That's right. Charlie's taking a bunch
[0:39] of days off.
[0:40] >> A bunch of days off,
[0:41] >> but he's coming back on Monday.
[0:43] >> All right. Well, a lot of things going
[0:44] on though. As expected, [music] James
[0:45] Baker said goodbye to his staff at the
[0:47] State Department yesterday and is taking
[0:48] stock of the situation now at the Bush
[0:50] campaign, which is he's now been named
[0:52] ahead and he's got his work cut out for
[0:54] him. Right now, our latest poll shows
[0:56] Mr. Bush trailing [music] Bill Clinton
[0:57] by 26 points. So this morning we're
[0:59] going to talk a little strategy with
[1:00] Mary Maline, the outspoken deputy
[1:02] campaign manager for the Bush Coil
[1:04] campaign.
[1:05] >> Also in with a a woman who's really
[1:07] dedicated her life to the protection of
[1:09] creatures who really cannot speak for
[1:10] themselves. Jane Goodall, the chimp
[1:12] researcher, the conservationist. She's
[1:14] going to tell us about a campaign of her
[1:15] own involving young naturalists who are
[1:17] quite eager to make a difference.
[1:19] Leading the news at this hour, the
[1:20] question is, will there be military
[1:22] intervention in Bosnia? Lisa McCree of
[1:24] the ABC overnight program, World News
[1:26] Now, has that story and all the other
[1:27] news of the day. Good morning, Lisa.
[1:29] >> Good morning, Mike, and good morning to
[1:31] you. Those resolutions we've been
[1:33] telling you about all week at the UN
[1:35] about the war in Bosnia, well, the
[1:36] Security Council has now approved them.
[1:38] One resolution allows the use of all
[1:41] measures necessary to facilitate the
[1:43] delivery of humanitarian assistance. It
[1:45] also demands that international
[1:46] inspectors be allowed into those
[1:48] detention camps. The other resolution
[1:50] warns that anybody who commits or orders
[1:52] grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions
[1:54] on war crimes will be held individually
[1:57] responsible. So this morning, the
[1:59] question is, now that the UN's
[2:00] threatening military action, will that
[2:02] threat be carried out? Here's ABC's
[2:04] Barry Duncemore.
[2:07] >> The Security Council resolution, which
[2:09] approves the use of force to deliver
[2:11] humanitarian relief to Bosnia, was
[2:13] overwhelmingly approved. This is not a
[2:16] resolution which is prescribing the use
[2:18] of force. It is merely a resolution
[2:20] which is authorizing it as a last
[2:23] resort.
[2:24] >> If it comes to actually having to use
[2:26] force to deliver relief, the results may
[2:28] be underwhelming. At NATO, they are
[2:31] trying to draw up contingency plans. The
[2:33] problem is that most members of NATO,
[2:36] for one reason or another, refuse to
[2:38] provide ground troops. And the experts
[2:41] say that if the Sieo airport and a land
[2:43] corridor are to be given adequate
[2:45] security, it would take thousands of
[2:47] ground troops. In fact, the security
[2:50] council is counting on the threat of
[2:52] force to keep relief flowing. And for
[2:54] now, that may be working. The airlift is
[2:57] working well in recent days, and the
[2:59] ground convoys have been getting through
[3:01] much more frequently. If force does not
[3:04] have to be used, everyone, it seems,
[3:06] will be happy, except the Bosnians. The
[3:09] Bosnians see Western military
[3:11] intervention as the only hope to save
[3:13] their new country. But even with this
[3:15] latest security council resolution, such
[3:18] intervention looks increasingly
[3:19] unlikely. Barry Dunore, ABC News, the
[3:23] State Department.
[3:24] >> Serbia's Prime Minister Milan Panish is
[3:27] to be in Brussels today for the European
[3:29] community's newest attempt at peace
[3:30] talks. Last night, Panish was in Sievo.
[3:33] He seemed to be struggling with his
[3:35] emotions after the murder of ABC News
[3:37] producer David Kaplan. The 45-year-old
[3:40] Kaplan was killed by a sniper bullet as
[3:43] he rode in a car in Pish's motorcade
[3:45] through Sievo. Kaplan was the first
[3:47] American journalist to die in this war.
[3:50] Panish claims that snipers are being
[3:52] paid $500 to kill journalists. He
[3:54] offered no proof for that claim. And it
[3:56] should be noted Serbian forces are
[3:58] blamed for most sniping incidents in
[4:00] Sievo. Now on to the presidential
[4:02] campaign. As expected, President Bush
[4:04] announced yesterday that James Baker
[4:06] will leave his post at the State
[4:08] Department to run the White House and
[4:10] effectively run the Bush campaign as
[4:11] well. Bill Clinton campaigning in
[4:13] California said he didn't think too much
[4:15] of that. He called Baker a worthy
[4:17] political opponent, but said he's more
[4:19] interested in who's running the country
[4:21] than who's running a campaign. The focus
[4:23] of Clinton's day was a major foreign
[4:25] policy speech. In it, Clinton showed
[4:27] he's not shy about attacking Bush and
[4:29] Baker on that front.
[4:32] When it was clear to all that Yugoslavia
[4:34] was inexurably breaking apart, Mr. Bush
[4:37] and his Secretary of State gave short
[4:39] shrift to the yearnings of those seeking
[4:41] freedom.
[4:43] >> In Houston, where the Republicans are
[4:45] getting ready for their convention next
[4:46] week, reaction to Baker's job switch was
[4:49] naturally more upbeat. They're hoping
[4:51] the return of the GOP master strategist
[4:54] along with four nights of prime time
[4:55] Clinton bashing will turn their campaign
[4:57] around. Here's ABC's Mike von Frimmed.
[5:00] >> Republicans gathering at the Astrodome
[5:02] want to see George Bush come out
[5:04] swinging after his renomination here. So
[5:07] party insiders are delighted that the
[5:09] president is once again turning to Jim
[5:11] Baker, the master of many trades.
[5:14] >> He's coming to the White House as chief
[5:16] of staff to pull together domestic
[5:18] policy, economic policy, and foreign
[5:20] policy. And to Jim Baker, good policy
[5:23] makes good politics at a time like this.
[5:25] A time like this refers to the fact that
[5:28] the president is more than 20 points
[5:30] behind in the polls.
[5:32] >> Jim Baker to the rescue.
[5:33] >> While Jack Kemp may see it that way,
[5:35] others tried to downplay any panic in
[5:38] the party.
[5:39] >> I don't see any desperation in it. I
[5:41] think uh it's a recognition of the
[5:43] skills and competency uh and experience
[5:46] of Jim Baker. And the Republicans were
[5:49] quick to belittle the Democrats charge
[5:51] that the president was sacrificing
[5:53] leadership at the State Department to
[5:55] save his job.
[5:56] >> Well, it's just typical the Democrats to
[5:58] say that because to to to Bill Clinton,
[6:00] foreign affairs is just that, foreign.
[6:02] Uh he thinks the person that is the
[6:04] Secretary of State is the person that
[6:06] issues license plates in Little Rock.
[6:08] You're going to hear a lot more of that
[6:10] kind of Clinton bashing next week. All
[6:12] the convention speakers have been saving
[6:14] up their very best broadsides for the
[6:16] prime time show. Lisa
[6:18] >> Mike, one of the most controversial
[6:19] points on the platform has been the
[6:21] plank on abortion. Yesterday, Barbara
[6:24] Bush made a statement that some are
[6:25] reading as pro-choice. When asked if uh
[6:28] abortion and homosexual behavior was a
[6:30] matter of personal preference, she said
[6:31] yes. How's that playing in Houston?
[6:34] >> Well, it appears that they're trying to
[6:35] have it both ways. The party platform is
[6:38] very tough. It takes a very hard line
[6:39] about abortion, saying there should be a
[6:41] constitutional amendment opposing it.
[6:43] But at the same time, the Republicans
[6:44] are looking for ways to reach out to
[6:46] people who disagree with the platform
[6:48] and say that there's room for them. The
[6:49] president's going to be nominated by
[6:51] Lynn Martin, who supports a woman's
[6:53] right to abortion. And with Barbara
[6:54] Bush, she'll be a speaker at the
[6:56] convention. With her coming out with
[6:57] these comments now, it's really an
[6:59] attempt, I think, to reach out and say,
[7:00] "If you disagree with us on abortion,
[7:02] look to other things. Try and find some
[7:04] ways to attract as many voters as they
[7:06] can."
[7:06] >> Mike, you said that they're going to
[7:07] pick an issue a day to attack Clinton on
[7:09] when they get to Tuesday when they talk
[7:11] about the economy. How are they going to
[7:12] do that?
[7:13] >> Well, it's going to be tough because the
[7:15] economy is not doing well, but they're
[7:16] going to try once again to paint him as
[7:18] a liberal tax and spender.
[7:19] >> All right, Mike Von in Houston. Thanks,
[7:22] Mike. Well, coming up in just a few
[7:24] moments on Good Morning America, senior
[7:26] Bush Quail campaign strategist Mary
[7:28] Meline.
[7:30] The FBI is looking into a possible
[7:32] wiretapping scheme against former
[7:34] presidential contender Ross Perau. The
[7:36] Texas chairman of the Bush Quail
[7:38] campaign, James Overberweter, said a man
[7:40] came to his office offering to sell what
[7:42] he claimed were tape recordings of
[7:44] Perau's office phone. Obereter says he
[7:47] turned the offer down. FBI agents
[7:49] contacted Obereter after the visit. The
[7:51] campaign chairman says both he and Perau
[7:53] are cooperating with the investigation.
[7:56] Maybe Ross Perau was right when he
[7:58] talked about dirty tricks. Now we go to
[8:00] see if there any dirty tricks in the
[8:02] weather forecast. Back to Joan and Bill
[8:03] Evans. All right, Lisa. No dirty tricks.
[8:06] Bill Evans is here today. Meteorologist.
[8:08] That's just too cool. His map is just
[8:09] too cool for the room.
[8:10] >> You're absolutely right. Actually, too
[8:12] cool for this weather map. Actually, the
[8:13] cool.
[8:14] >> All right, Bill. Thanks very much. 10
[8:15] minutes past the hour right now. James
[8:17] Baker is the new man in the Bush
[8:18] campaign, but the campaign's most
[8:20] powerful woman is Mary Meline. The
[8:23] Republican convention gets underway on
[8:24] Monday. And the deputy campaign manager
[8:26] for the Bush Quail campaign, Mary
[8:27] Matlin, joins us now from the Sheridan
[8:29] Astredom Hotel in Houston. Miss Maline,
[8:31] good to have you with us this morning.
[8:33] >> Good morning, America. Well, let's
[8:35] begin, I guess, with the obvious, and
[8:36] that is Mr. Baker coming on board. Uh,
[8:39] regardless of what the job title is,
[8:40] >> what you're talking about here is a man
[8:41] who is perceived as being the savior of
[8:44] the Bush campaign. Uh, is James Baker
[8:47] expected to do what others apparently
[8:49] have not been able to do, and that is
[8:50] turn this campaign around? James Baker
[8:52] has been at the epicenter of remarkable
[8:55] accomplishments and remarkable changes
[8:57] all around the world and in America in
[9:00] the foreign policy area, the domestic
[9:02] policy area, and the economic policy
[9:04] area. He will help integrate a
[9:07] secondterm agenda for the president, and
[9:10] he's a man that knows how to deal with
[9:12] chains, and he's a man who gets things
[9:13] done. He he is a remarkable man, and
[9:15] he'll be great for the campaign. But
[9:17] apparently he's got to undo some things
[9:18] that either weren't being done or being
[9:20] done incorrectly. And I guess my next
[9:22] question is who's to blame for the
[9:24] problems in the campaign.
[9:26] >> There's no problems with the campaign,
[9:28] Mike. It's time for the general
[9:29] election. It's time for the time that
[9:32] President Bush wants to focus on the
[9:34] campaign. We'll be fine. Jim Baker will
[9:36] do a great job over there. Bob Teter has
[9:38] been doing will continue to do a great
[9:39] job of the campaign. We'll be just fine.
[9:41] guy, I know you don't want to read a lot
[9:42] into the polls because obviously margins
[9:44] come and go and shrink and gain, but
[9:45] still being this far back this late in
[9:48] an election year is some would perceive
[9:51] that as being a problem.
[9:54] >> This [snorts] is a very funny election
[9:55] year. It's unlike any we've seen before.
[9:57] For this entire year, all you've heard
[9:59] is the Democrats. They've been a swarm
[10:00] of locusts on the president. They never
[10:02] have anything but negative things to say
[10:05] about the president and about uh all
[10:07] kinds of affairs. They never tell you uh
[10:10] the good parts about the economy. They
[10:12] never tell you that our GDP is twice
[10:14] that of any country in the world. They
[10:15] never tell you that inflation is at a
[10:17] 20-year low, that interest rates are at
[10:19] a 20-year low. They never tell you that
[10:21] we're the world's number one exporter,
[10:23] that George Bush has increased exports
[10:25] 30% and created 1.8 million uh jobs.
[10:28] They don't tell you about the incredible
[10:30] trade agreements that the president has
[10:32] negotiated, most recently NAFTA, that
[10:34] are opening up whole new opportunities
[10:37] for trade and aerospace and
[10:38] manufacturing and agriculture and
[10:40] telecommunications. So, after a year of
[10:43] being pummeled like that, of course, the
[10:44] voters are having a negative view of
[10:47] this campaign. But when we get we get to
[10:49] the fall and they'll compare and
[10:50] contrast these two candidates who are
[10:52] very very different. One wants radical
[10:55] change. He wants national healthcare. He
[10:56] wants industrial policy. and they'll
[10:58] compare them to the proven record of
[11:00] George Bush for George Bush.
[11:02] >> I'm sorry. Let me let me jump in because
[11:03] we only have a limited amount of time.
[11:05] Uh, you really sense Rich Bond has said
[11:08] this outright that the media is biased
[11:09] against George Bush. You see it that
[11:11] way, too?
[11:13] >> Well, I think some of the media is
[11:15] biased. I mean, when the Washington Post
[11:17] calls the Clinton Gore ticket the
[11:19] heartthrob of the heartbeat of America
[11:21] or something like that, I mean, yes, I
[11:24] think they're a little bit biased. He's
[11:25] also criticized Hillary Clinton and
[11:27] that's endured the wrath uh I guess
[11:29] incurred the wrath I should say of
[11:30] Barbara Bush. Uh Mrs. Bush has also been
[11:33] quoted now as saying that she doesn't
[11:35] think abortion should be in the
[11:36] Republican party platform. Do you agree
[11:38] with Mrs. Bush?
[11:40] >> Well, a lot of people in the party share
[11:42] that view. It was openly and freely and
[11:44] fully debated. The platform is a
[11:46] president's platform. It was passed
[11:47] unanimously yesterday. Everybody knows
[11:49] where the president is on this uh very
[11:52] passionate issue and it's his platform.
[11:54] you comfortable with that stand
[11:55] individually uh as as a human being
[11:58] irrespective of political persuasions
[12:00] you agree with the the Republicans
[12:02] platform plank that abortion
[12:04] >> I'm not running I'm not running for
[12:06] president Mike it's irrelevant what my
[12:07] personal view is I support the president
[12:09] I support
[12:10] >> I understand that but you seem to be
[12:11] outspoken in saying you know the things
[12:13] you like about the platform the economic
[12:14] planks and the national projection of
[12:16] power around the world so why can't we
[12:18] get you to say what you think about the
[12:19] abortion plank
[12:20] >> I think the platform is fine I think the
[12:23] platform does what it's supposed to do.
[12:25] It represents the president views and
[12:27] and it represents the heart of the party
[12:29] and that's what's important.
[12:30] >> There's also seems to be a discrepancy
[12:31] over that that famous memo you wrote
[12:33] about the Democrats and about Clinton
[12:35] and Gore. Uh a moment ago you referred
[12:37] to them as a swarm of locusts and and as
[12:39] Mr. Reagan might say, there you go
[12:40] again. Um the president said you
[12:42] apologized for that memo. I heard you
[12:44] say yesterday you didn't that you stand
[12:45] by it.
[12:46] I do not apologize for defending the
[12:49] president and I certainly don't
[12:50] apologize for pointing out with a
[12:53] thousand% accuracy the hypocrisy of the
[12:55] Democrats who have not spent one day on
[12:58] the road not bashing and trashing the
[13:00] president and to this very day another
[13:02] item in that memo one of Bill Clinton's
[13:05] three national co-chairman a
[13:06] congresswoman Maxine Waters called
[13:08] George Bush a racist this from a
[13:10] campaign who talks about healing that's
[13:13] some of the items that weren't covered
[13:14] in that memo and when Bill Clinton And
[13:16] this is a campaign that called for me to
[13:18] be fired and they won't even apologize
[13:19] for a congresswoman, one of their three
[13:21] national co-chair persons calling the
[13:24] president of the United States a racist.
[13:25] I rest my case and I stand by that memo.
[13:28] >> Where do you think this campaign goes
[13:30] from here? You going to come out at this
[13:31] convention, do you think, with the
[13:33] momentum that you need to close the gap?
[13:35] Is this going to be a repeat of four
[13:37] years ago?
[13:38] >> Every election is different. We're going
[13:39] to have a fine convention. We're going
[13:41] to tell the truth about George Bush's
[13:43] record. We're going to talk about his
[13:44] agenda for the future. He's a remarkable
[13:46] man. We will come out of the convention
[13:48] pretty solid and we'll campaign very
[13:50] aggressively in the fall. We're going to
[13:51] talk about the record. We're going to
[13:53] talk about the agenda. We're going to
[13:54] talk about the qualifications of these
[13:56] candidates. And when the American public
[13:58] has an opportunity to compare and
[13:59] contrast and hear their voices, they
[14:01] will make the right decision. We'll be
[14:03] there in November.
[14:04] >> Miss Maline, we have to leave it there.
[14:05] We'll be seeing you in Houston over the
[14:06] next week. Mary Maline.
[14:08] >> Great. Have a good day, Mike.
[14:09] >> We appreciate it. 16 minutes past the
[14:11] hour. Question now. Premium gas. Is it a
[14:14] [music] waste of money? A debate when
[14:15] Good Morning America continues.
[14:20] [music]
[14:25] Minutes after car owners, when you pull
[14:27] up at the gas pump, are you paying for
[14:29] premium but getting no extra bang for
[14:31] your buck? Well, in a new report, the
[14:33] consumer group Public Citizen claims
[14:35] that motorists unnecessarily bought
[14:37] between$1 and3 billion dollars worth of
[14:40] high octane gas in 1990. The reasons,
[14:43] deceptive ads promoting the more
[14:45] expensive high octane fuel and
[14:47] mislabeled gas pumps that overstate
[14:49] octane ratings. Joining us now from
[14:51] Washington, Joan Claybrook, president of
[14:53] Public Citizen, and William O'Keefe,
[14:55] executive vice president of the American
[14:57] Petroleum Institute. We welcome you both
[14:58] to Good Morning America. Miss Claybrook,
[15:00] I'll start with you. We'll take up the
[15:02] issues uh one at a time from your study.
[15:04] Uh beginning with this advertising
[15:06] issue, and you cite a number of
[15:07] different ads that you say are
[15:08] misleading. We're going to start by
[15:09] taking a look at one of those ads. This
[15:11] was introduced in June 1991. Watch.
[15:16] >> Hop into AMO and take the Silver One
[15:19] tank test. Fill up with one tank full of
[15:21] Amo Silver. It'll clean up the [music]
[15:23] filthiest fuel injectors.
[15:26] Not five tankfuls.
[15:28] Not three tank fulls. New and improved
[15:31] Amo Silver with even more cleaning power
[15:34] does it in just one tank [music] full or
[15:37] your money back. So take the silver one
[15:40] tank test [music] and bring back the
[15:41] acceleration.
[15:44] Bring back the power.
[15:46] >> All right, Miss Claybrook, your problem
[15:48] with this ad? Well, the [clears throat]
[15:50] oil industry is spending uh some $200
[15:52] million a year to flood the airwaves
[15:54] with uh deceptive and misleading ads
[15:56] such as this one, which uh tell
[15:59] consumers that they have to buy premium
[16:01] or high octane gasoline in order to have
[16:03] cleaner engines, clean running engines
[16:05] in order to have more power. And neither
[16:07] one of those claims are accurate. Uh so,
[16:10] uh consumers are wasting up to $3
[16:12] billion a year. It's about $95 a person.
[16:15] Uh, and uh, they don't need gourmet
[16:17] gasoline to make their cars work.
[16:19] >> So, so that I understand and everyone
[16:21] understands, you're saying that the
[16:22] lower octane gases also have the
[16:23] detergents in them.
[16:25] >> That's right. The lower octane have the
[16:26] detergents and the auto companies have
[16:29] also said that the oil companies are
[16:31] engaged in trying to push the consumer
[16:33] into a higher octane uh, gasoline vine.
[16:36] But most cars, unless you own a Ferrari
[16:38] or a Lamborghini, are made uh, for 87
[16:41] octane.
[16:42] >> All right, Mr. Keith, why don't you
[16:43] explain what the gasoline octane rating
[16:46] means and then respond to these charges?
[16:48] >> Well, first, the octane rating
[16:50] [clears throat] is the quality of the
[16:51] gasoline that affects engine knock. Let
[16:54] me just make a couple of points. First,
[16:56] if anybody mislabels their gasoline,
[16:58] that is fraud and they ought to be
[17:00] prosecuted to the full extent of the
[17:02] law. Second, what motorists ought to do
[17:05] is read their manual which tells them
[17:07] what kind of gasoline to use and then
[17:09] judge on the basis of their own
[17:10] experience because some cars do after
[17:13] accumulating mileage develop a ping. Let
[17:16] me say about this report that it is
[17:18] factually flawed and that advertisement
[17:20] shows ex one reason why it is. That's a
[17:23] mid-range gasoline, not a premium. That
[17:26] report is factually bankrupt. They ought
[17:28] to file for protection under chapter 11.
[17:30] It contains halftruths and misstated
[17:33] information. It doesn't say the premium
[17:35] sales have been falling since ' 89 and
[17:39] it doesn't show the data before 86 where
[17:42] premium sales were less than uh required
[17:45] by cars. So, it's simply not true. Oil
[17:48] company expenditures for advertising
[17:51] have been flat when adjusted for
[17:53] inflation. And yet sales of premium
[17:55] gasoline rise and fall with the economy
[17:57] and the price of gasoline which has in
[18:00] real terms been falling less.
[18:01] >> I want to jump in here because I don't
[18:02] want to talk about prices or sales. I
[18:04] just want to try to figure out a couple
[18:06] of things that being first of all the
[18:08] detergent issue. Is it also in the
[18:09] lesser octane as well as the
[18:11] >> uh all all gasolines have detergents?
[18:14] Different brands have different
[18:16] detergent and additive packages. They're
[18:18] not all the same. Let me point out that
[18:20] there was a government study cited in uh
[18:23] Joan's report. It gave four reasons for
[18:26] the increased sale of premium gasoline.
[18:29] They only cited one.
[18:30] >> Okay. And Joan, I just want to ask you,
[18:33] you just heard him say that as cars get
[18:34] older, they need the premium. Do you
[18:35] disagree with that?
[18:36] >> I do disagree. Uh in fact, most cars are
[18:39] made by the auto companies uh to use
[18:41] less than 87 octane because the
[18:43] companies know that as cars get a little
[18:45] bit older, uh they need a slightly
[18:47] higher octane. that is 87 octane.
[18:49] [music] So, it's very misleading what
[18:50] they've said. And in addition, the sales
[18:53] of premium gasoline are way up right
[18:55] now. They went down during the
[18:56] >> I unfortunately have to jump out, but we
[18:58] will continue this. [music]
[19:02] [snorts]
[19:04] >> The BBC, Turner Broadcasting, and
[19:07] Timelight Video dare you to
[19:08] >> I'm Paul Aan.
[19:09] >> And I'm Mark McHu. And Harry is on his
[19:11] way to our Washington bureau from the
[19:12] vice president's residence. He'll join
[19:14] us a little bit later.
[19:14] >> He's driving like this right now. fast.
[19:17] >> Normally, what a 10-minute drive in the
[19:19] rain probably a lot longer.
[19:20] >> Trying to find a cab at that time of
[19:21] morning.
[19:22] >> A little bit tough. We have a very
[19:23] important meeting to tell you about this
[19:25] morning that's taking place in Atlanta.
[19:26] The subject, the new disease that seems
[19:29] to resemble AIDS. In just a couple of
[19:31] minutes, we'll be talking with Dr.
[19:32] Anthony Foucher, the head Fouchy, that
[19:34] is the head of AIDS research for the
[19:36] National Institutes of Health.
[19:39] >> And a little turn. Want the perfect tan
[19:41] in a hurry? Some products claim they'll
[19:42] help you get it. Coming up, a shame on
[19:45] you report reveals reveals the naked
[19:47] truth. It's catching Paulie.
[19:48] >> Oh no, it's Friday. [laughter] I think
[19:49] >> entertainment reporter Steve Kco talks
[19:51] to two of Hollywood's fastest rising
[19:52] stars, Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason
[19:55] Lee. That'll be coming up.
[19:56] >> Maybe you should move away with me. Away
[19:58] from me so it doesn't catch too much.
[20:00] Time now to get caught up on the news
[20:02] this morning. France offered to send
[20:04] troops to Bosnia under the UN's
[20:06] authorization to use force for relief
[20:08] efforts there. In Brussels, other NATO
[20:11] members this morning are considering
[20:12] what, if any, military action to take in
[20:14] the former Yugoslavia. Bert Quint
[20:16] reports on the crisis, including the
[20:18] story of one group of refugees who
[20:20] somehow managed to escape the fighting
[20:22] in Bosnia.
[20:24] The war was behind them as these 300
[20:26] women and children arrived in the
[20:28] Croatian port of Split. But the tears
[20:30] weren't only of relief.
[20:34] >> "I'm happy because I took my children
[20:36] out of hell," one woman said. But she,
[20:39] like so many others, had to leave her
[20:41] husband and parents behind. Perhaps to
[20:43] fight, perhaps to die in Bosnia. The
[20:46] next step in the journey through what
[20:48] was Yugoslavia to refuge in Austria and
[20:51] elsewhere in Europe was by ship.
[20:54] Meanwhile, it was becoming clear that
[20:56] much of the misery these people have
[20:58] escaped was not such a surprise to US
[21:01] officials after all. News Day newspaper
[21:04] in New York reports that US intelligence
[21:06] agencies told the administration months
[21:09] ago of widespread atrocities by the
[21:13] Serbian forces that ran these prison
[21:15] camps, including summary executions and
[21:18] beatings that caused thousands of Muslim
[21:21] deaths.
[21:23] Yugoslav Premier Milan Panage, who was
[21:26] in SVO yesterday, is expected now in
[21:29] Brussels, where a European mediator has
[21:31] opened a new round of talks with leaders
[21:34] of the republics that used to make up
[21:35] Yugoslavia. Bert Quint, CBS News,
[21:38] London.
[21:39] >> In Iraq, a UN weapons team has ended a
[21:41] 3-day inspection tour of suspected
[21:44] military sites. The team returned to
[21:46] Baghdad this morning. They didn't
[21:48] disclose where they went or what they
[21:50] may have found, but said the trip was
[21:51] worthwhile. The team leader said the
[21:53] group was watched closely by Iraqi
[21:55] officials, but received the normal level
[21:57] of cooperation. Back in this country,
[22:00] Republicans gathering in Houston for
[22:02] next week's convention are delighted
[22:03] with James Baker's latest career move.
[22:06] Baker resigned as Secretary of State to
[22:08] return to the White House as chief of
[22:09] staff and head of the Bush campaign.
[22:12] Naturally, what makes the Republicans
[22:14] happy means trouble for Bill Clinton,
[22:16] and he knows it.
[22:18] >> It'll be mean, but it'll be more
[22:19] cleverly mean. And they they haven't
[22:20] been very clever lately. They've been so
[22:22] overt in their meanness. I think they'll
[22:24] be uh I think they'll be negative like
[22:26] they were four years ago, but they'll
[22:27] probably try to be a little cleverer
[22:28] about it.
[22:29] >> Baker masterminded the president's
[22:31] successful 1988 campaign. An
[22:34] announcement from General Motors may
[22:36] trigger an auto price war. GM says it's
[22:38] raising prices on 1993 models just over
[22:41] 1 and a.5%. That's less than the
[22:44] increases announced earlier by Ford and
[22:46] Chrysler, which went as high as 3%. The
[22:48] other two say they will review GM's
[22:50] prices before deciding whether to scale
[22:53] back. In Southern California, an unusual
[22:56] summer storm dumped up to 6 ines of rain
[22:58] on parts of San Diego County in less
[23:00] than 3 hours yesterday. The storm
[23:03] knocked down dozens of trees, leaving
[23:04] branches scattered across roadways. High
[23:07] winds also down power lines, causing
[23:09] some outages as well. Scientists say
[23:12] material taken from a vast crater in
[23:14] southern Mexico supports the theory that
[23:16] the dinosaurs died after an asteroid hit
[23:19] the Earth 65 million years ago. The
[23:23] crater, 110 m across, straddles the
[23:25] coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
[23:27] Scientists say the rock that caused it
[23:29] was six miles in diameter and traveling
[23:32] 22,000 miles per hour. That's the news
[23:35] at just about 25 minutes before the
[23:37] hour. But Barney survived. Mark, he's
[23:39] with us every morning.
[23:41] >> Barney and Fred the Flintstones.
[23:42] >> No, I was actually thinking Barney the
[23:44] dinosaur. Barney wouldn't have reason to
[23:46] watch that at 8:00 in the morning.
[23:48] >> All right, I'll wait. I'll wait for the
[23:49] book. This weather segment is sponsored
[23:50] by Mountain Grown Folders Christmas.
[23:52] That's right. It's August suntan time.
[23:53] And there's a product out there that
[23:55] appeals to everyone who wants a tan
[23:57] fast. But is there any proof that it
[23:59] works?
[24:01] >> Shame, [music] shame, shame,
[24:05] shame on you.
[24:07] >> Suntan seekers beware. The Food and Drug
[24:09] Administration has just issued a new
[24:12] warning. It concerns a group of products
[24:14] called tanning accelerators. Now, these
[24:16] are not the self-tanning products. These
[24:19] products claim that if you rub them on a
[24:22] day or two before going to the beach,
[24:24] once you get into the sun, you'll tan
[24:26] quicker. That's what many people are
[24:28] looking for.
[24:29] >> As soon as you see the word overnight,
[24:31] you think you're going to get tan quick.
[24:33] So, yeah, I buy it.
[24:35] >> Estee Lauder's overnight pre-tan
[24:38] accelerator claims to work overnight to
[24:40] promote deeper, faster tanning.
[24:42] Coppertone calls its natural tan
[24:44] accelerator a technological breakthrough
[24:46] that speeds up the natural tanning
[24:48] process. Banana also promises its
[24:50] accelerator delivers a faster, deeper,
[24:53] longerlasting tan, as does New Skin
[24:56] Sunride Excel. Now, everyone knows about
[24:58] the sun's harmful rays, so tanning
[25:01] accelerators have a lot of appeal.
[25:03] >> I figure the faster I get a tan, the
[25:05] better.
[25:06] >> When you work during the week, you do
[25:07] everything you can to get a tan as
[25:08] quickly as you could. So, I guess these
[25:10] would be great if they worked.
[25:12] >> These would be great except for one
[25:14] thing. The manufacturers have never
[25:16] proven that these products work. So, the
[25:18] Food and Drug Administration has just
[25:20] sent a warning letter to seven companies
[25:22] that make these tanning accelerators,
[25:25] saying, "Show us some proof or stop
[25:27] making these claims."
[25:29] >> I know of no studies that show that tan
[25:31] accelerators work. Uh there have been
[25:32] several studies that have been done in
[25:34] controlled scientific uh areas that show
[25:37] that they don't work. The theory behind
[25:39] these accelerators is that they have a
[25:41] protein in them that's a building block
[25:44] for getting a tan. So, if you rub them
[25:46] on your skin, that protein will seep
[25:49] into your skin overnight and you'll tan
[25:51] faster once you're in the sun. But this
[25:53] dermatologist says those products cannot
[25:56] work.
[25:56] >> Your skin is really like a suit of armor
[25:58] and it's designed to not let things
[26:00] penetrate. These proteins will not
[26:02] penetrate into your skin to get to the
[26:04] point where the tan would be generated.
[26:06] Therefore, they don't work at all. After
[26:08] receiving the FDA's warning letter,
[26:10] Estee Lauder says it will now stop
[26:12] making the claims. As for the other
[26:14] companies, they say they don't have to
[26:16] prove the accelerators work because
[26:18] their products are cosmetics, not drugs.
[26:21] But the FDA disagrees, and so do some
[26:24] sunbathers.
[26:25] >> You'd have to have proof. Show me.
[26:28] >> Shame. Shame. [music]
[26:30] Shame.
[26:32] Shame on you.
[26:35] Now, a couple of companies claim they
[26:37] have done in-house tests that prove the
[26:39] accelerators do work, but they haven't
[26:41] made those test results available for
[26:43] independent scientists to look at.
[26:46] >> So, if your skin is supposed to be
[26:47] naturally resistant to this stuff, is
[26:48] there is there anything in here that's
[26:50] harmful?
[26:50] >> No, it's not harmful. No one's claiming
[26:52] that it is. They're just saying it
[26:53] doesn't work. So, don't waste your
[26:55] money. And in fact, I think what these
[26:56] companies will do, at least one has
[26:58] already said that it's going to remarket
[27:00] it as a moisturizer instead of claiming
[27:02] that it gives you a faster tan. That's
[27:04] the way around it, right? To say this is
[27:05] a cosmetic product like you were saying.
[27:07] >> Cosmetics, you can say anything you want
[27:09] and not have to prove it. But once you
[27:10] say it alters the body's function, that
[27:13] makes it a drug and you've got to prove
[27:15] it.
[27:15] >> It's a real ripoff. This stuff is what
[27:17] 10 bucks to 16 company it is.
[27:20] >> Arnold Dios, thanks.
[27:22] >> Don't take the stuff with you to the
[27:23] beach this weekend. Of course, it's
[27:24] going to rain anyway. Mark [laughter]
[27:26] >> 19 before the hour. Next on CBS This
[27:28] Morning, looking for clues to a mystery
[27:30] disease that looks an awful lot like
[27:32] AIDS.