NBC Nightly News - 1992-09-11
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[0:02] A big F-15 sale to Saudi Arabia
[0:04] announced by President Bush in a key
[0:06] state. There's a new hurricane tonight.
[0:08] This one in the Pacific bearing down on
[0:10] Hawaii.
[0:11] And what does this woman have to do with
[0:13] the savings and loan scandal? A close-up
[0:15] report.
[0:19] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Broth,
[0:23] reporting tonight from NBC News
[0:25] headquarters in New York.
[0:27] >> Good evening. President Bush likes to
[0:29] sell fighter planes, especially when
[0:31] they're made in states crucial to his
[0:33] election. Last week, it was the F-16s
[0:35] made in Texas, sold to Taiwan. Today, it
[0:39] was F-15s made in Missouri, sold to
[0:41] Saudi Arabia. This just after telling an
[0:44] important Jewish group the president was
[0:45] still making up his mind on the Saudi
[0:47] sale. NBC's John Cochran tonight on what
[0:50] the president hopes to achieve with all
[0:51] this. John,
[0:52] >> Tom, like last week, the president's
[0:54] message to aircraft workers was their
[0:56] jobs are safe. And like last week, his
[0:58] other message was, "Vote for me."
[1:02] Overnight, the president added a stop at
[1:04] the Macdonald Douglas plant in St.
[1:06] Louis.
[1:07] >> I have decided to notify Congress to
[1:10] sell up to 72 of your F-15s to the
[1:13] country of Saudi Arabia.
[1:16] >> Bush's decision had been expected for
[1:18] weeks, but it still brought cheers. How
[1:20] many votes it will bring is less sure.
[1:23] >> I think this is great news. He just
[1:24] trying to save a few votes at this
[1:26] point. Uh, in my opinion, it's too late.
[1:28] >> Bush's aids say his decision will save
[1:31] or create 40,000 jobs, most of them in
[1:33] three states. Missouri, where any edge
[1:36] could swing the el