World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-12-22
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[0:08] [Music]
[0:11] On World News Tonight this Wednesday,
[0:13] the government struggles to deal with
[0:15] reports that New Year celebrations in
[0:17] three cities could be hit by terrorists.
[0:20] How much should they say without
[0:22] inducing panic? A local phone company
[0:25] allowed to sell long-distance service
[0:26] for the first time in 15 years. More
[0:29] competition. Will it mean lower phone
[0:31] bills? The most promising new drug for
[0:34] severe asthma to come along in 25 years.
[0:37] And a closer look at the very advanced
[0:39] science of merchandising. Sophisticated
[0:42] tactics retailers are using to influence
[0:45] what you buy.
[0:49] [Music]
[0:54] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:57] York, this is World News Tonight with
[1:00] Peter Jennings. Sitting in tonight,
[1:03] Aaron Brown. Good evening. It is a very
[1:05] delicate dilemma for the US government.
[1:07] How does it deal with the possibility of
[1:09] a major threat to public safety without
[1:12] creating a major panic a week and a half
[1:14] before New Year's in Seattle today?
[1:16] Akmed Rasam, arrested last week for
[1:19] bringing bomb- makingaking ingredients
[1:20] into the country from Canada was charged
[1:22] by a grand jury with five counts of
[1:24] possession of explosives, firearms, and
[1:27] providing false statements to enter the
[1:29] country. And today, the Justice
[1:30] Department issued another somewhat vague
[1:33] warning to Americans to exercise caution
[1:36] while attending holiday celebrations.
[1:38] But ABC's John Miller has learned that
[1:40] behind the scenes, the government's
[1:42] concerns are not nearly as vague.
[1:46] For several weeks, US inte