CBS Evening News - 1992-08-20
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[0:01] foreign
[0:08] big speech night here in Houston as
[0:10] President Bush tries to ignite his
[0:12] campaign for re-election bad news
[0:15] tonight for the airline industry and
[0:17] it's beginning to look like a long cold
[0:19] winter heat is the problem in the west
[0:22] as Wilden aspires forced thousands to
[0:25] evacuate
[0:26] this is the CBS Evening News
[0:35] live from the Astrodome in Houston Texas
[0:37] and the Republican National Convention
[0:39] day and rather reporting good evening in
[0:41] a short while President Bush will be
[0:43] down there on the podium delivering one
[0:45] of the most important speeches of his
[0:46] political career the question is what if
[0:49] anything the president can say to
[0:51] persuade voters to honor him with
[0:53] another four years in the White House
[0:54] our convention coverage begins tonight
[0:56] with Susan Spencer
[0:59] his spokesman may be downplaying any
[1:01] make or break
[1:06] high expectations and tonight I give my
[1:09] acceptance speech and if it catches fire
[1:11] it might give a whole new meaning to the
[1:14] story of the burning bush
[1:16] a new CBS News poll shows Mr Bush's
[1:18] appeals this convention week catching
[1:20] some fire already last week Governor
[1:23] Clinton was ahead by 18 points the
[1:26] latest poll out today shows his lead has
[1:28] narrowed to 11 points 51 to 40 percent
[1:31] with the president's most dramatic gains
[1:34] among white men Catholics and younger
[1:36] voters in the South and the Midwest I
[1:39] think it's very positive but I don't
[1:40] want to overstate that and I think you
[1:42] know when you begin to see polls done
[1:43] this weekend that'll be a better measure
[1:45] despite some progress Mr Bush's message
[1:48] of change seems t