World News Tonight (ABC) - 2002-12-13

Name: World News Tonight (ABC) - 2002-12-13
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[0:00] sitting for

[0:01] >> [music]

[0:02] >> On World News Tonight, two powerful men

[0:04] under pressure. The Senate's Republican

[0:06] leader accused of racism struggling to

[0:08] keep his job. Boston's Roman Catholic

[0:11] cardinal forced to resign because of the

[0:13] sex scandal in the church.

[0:15] The smallpox vaccine and the college

[0:18] students who were the guinea pigs. The

[0:20] side effects were not pleasant. We'll

[0:22] take a closer look.

[0:23] The sperm bank babies who may now meet

[0:25] their fathers. This man may have

[0:28] inspired 10 families.

[0:31] And the family that wants to secede from

[0:33] the small town in Michigan.

[0:35] >> [music]

[0:35] >> It's all about $41.62.

[0:40] >> From ABC News world headquarters in New

[0:43] York.

[0:44] This [music] is World News Tonight with

[0:47] Peter Jennings.

[0:49] >> [music]

[0:50] >> Good evening, everyone. We're going to

[0:51] begin tonight with two very significant

[0:53] American figures making news late on a

[0:56] Friday. The Republican leader in the

[0:57] Senate, Trent Lott of Mississippi, and

[1:00] the former Secretary of State Henry

[1:02] Kissinger. Kissinger is giving up on

[1:04] public service, a commitment he made to

[1:06] President Bush rather than reveal his

[1:08] business connections. Senator Lott is

[1:11] working hard to keep his job and his

[1:13] influence as the senior Republican in

[1:15] the Congress. First to the senator's

[1:18] dilemma, here is ABC's Linda Douglas.

[1:20] Linda.

[1:21] >> Well, this is a very important

[1:22] appearance by Senator Lott, who as you

[1:24] know has been under fire for statements

[1:26] he made at Strom Thurmond's birthday

[1:28] party praising the uh the former

[1:29] segregationist candidate. Uh the most

[1:32] important audience today for Senato