The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) - 1999-10-28
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[0:00] ual investor since 1935.
[0:02] [Music]
[0:13] Good evening, I'm Jim Lara. On the
[0:15] NewsHour tonight, awami home and update
[0:17] of the Washington struggle for a budget
[0:19] agreement. Excerpts from last night's
[0:21] Gore Bradley exchange in New Hampshire.
[0:24] A conversation with presidential
[0:25] candidate Pat Buchanan. A Terrence Smith
[0:28] look at what the recalled Bush biography
[0:30] revealed about book publishing and
[0:32] another scary Halloween essay by Roger
[0:35] Rosenblat. It all follows us on Read the
[0:38] News this Thursday.
[0:43] The biggest obstacle to feeding the
[0:44] world is not the food supply, it's just
[0:46] politics. Who is dedicated to opening
[0:49] the borders to get food to the people
[0:51] who need it?
[0:55] [Music]
[1:04] This program is made possible in part by
[1:06] a grant from Travelers Insurance
[1:10] and by the Corporation for Public
[1:12] Broadcasting and by the annual financial
[1:15] support from viewers like you. A double
[1:18] shot of economic news sent the stock
[1:20] market back up today. The labor
[1:22] department reported employment costs,
[1:24] wages, salaries, and benefits rose
[1:26] just8% in the third quarter. The Federal
[1:29] Reserve looks to that figure and others
[1:31] to measure inflation. In another report,
[1:34] the Commerce Department said the economy
[1:36] grew at an annual rate of 4.8% July
[1:39] through September, making up for a
[1:41] springtime low. Then on Wall Street, the
[1:44] Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up
[1:46] about 2.5%
[1:48] 227 points at 10,622.
[1:51] The Nasdaq index was up 72 at 2875.
[1:56] President Clinton commented on the
[1:57] activity.
[2:00] >> If we keep this going in February
[2:04] without having had a war, wars guarantee
[2:07] you an economi