CBS Evening News & World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-12-01
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[0:00] savings.
[0:05] The best and worst dressed stars, plus
[0:07] Xena's baby boy, on ET.
[0:12] Crackdown in Seattle. The police get
[0:14] tougher with demonstrators disrupting
[0:16] the World Trade Conference. We'll give
[0:18] you a close look at just who these
[0:20] protesters are. The booming business of
[0:24] drugs and how it led to Mexico's killing
[0:27] fields. And the younger generation's
[0:30] long wait for social security is about
[0:32] to get longer.
[0:36] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:41] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:43] headquarters in New York.
[0:46] Good evening. Backed by the National
[0:48] Guard, police finally cleared protesters
[0:50] from the streets of Seattle today so
[0:52] President Clinton could address the
[0:54] organization they were trying to shut
[0:56] down. The meeting of the World Trade
[0:58] Organization was thrown into turmoil by
[1:01] violent demonstrations that went on into
[1:03] last night. That brought on today's
[1:05] crackdown as CBS News White House
[1:07] correspondent John Roberts reports.
[1:11] From first light, it was clear that
[1:13] police would tolerate no more violence.
[1:17] Anyone who dared to demonstrate was
[1:18] promptly handcuffed and carted away. Let
[1:21] them go! Let them go! By noon, 200 had
[1:25] been arrested. This is a deplorable use
[1:27] of violence against peaceful, unarmed
[1:30] demonstrators. Seattle is a city under
[1:32] siege today. National Guard troops
[1:35] patrol the streets. Shops and stores are
[1:37] boarded up. In the Emerald City, the
[1:40] holidays are on hold. Double tall latte,
[1:43] $2.50. Les Killian was one of few
[1:45] businessmen to brave the security net
[1:47] today. Uh we opened late today because
[1:50] of the curfew, uh but uh