World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-01-16
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[0:00] Fast, accurate. [music]
[0:05] >> On World News Tonight this Saturday, the
[0:07] president's accusers wrap up their
[0:09] opening arguments. [music]
[0:10] >> These are not trivial matters. These are
[0:13] not partisan [music] matters. These are
[0:16] matters of justice.
[0:18] >> A massacre in Kosovo, a turning point in
[0:21] the region. The US diplomat calls it an
[0:24] unspeakable [music]
[0:24] atrocity.
[0:26] And in the Midwest and in the Northeast,
[0:29] [music] finally a break from the snow.
[0:32] Now it's time to clean up [music]
[0:40] from ABC.
[0:42] This [music] is World News Tonight
[0:45] Saturday.
[0:46] Good evening. I'm Erin Brown. The
[0:48] Republicans have now had their say, but
[0:50] just for now. Congressman Henry Hyde
[0:53] telling the Senate, "The impeachment of
[0:54] the president is not about who we hate,
[0:57] but what we love, the rule of law." The
[0:59] president's men will get their turn
[1:01] beginning on Tuesday afternoon. They
[1:03] must counter three days of frequently
[1:05] familiar, but often powerful arguments
[1:08] that the president has committed high
[1:10] crimes that demand his removal from
[1:12] office. The day in the Senate, beginning
[1:14] with ABC's Linda Douglas.
[1:17] In the final four hours of their
[1:19] presentation, the House manager shifted
[1:21] away from the details of the case to the
[1:23] big picture. Henry Hyde argued
[1:25] forcefully that the president's acts are
[1:27] not sexual transgressions, but
[1:29] violations of the public trust.
[1:31] >> These are not trivial matters. These are
[1:34] not partisan matters. These are matters
[1:38] of justice.
[1:39] >> Most senators sat in wrapped attention
[1:41] as the managers focused for the first
[1:43] time on their conviction that Mr.
[1:45] Cl