World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-02-15
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[0:03] On World News Tonight this Monday, out
[0:06] of the impeachment battle and into the
[0:08] drug war. How Mexican traffickers are
[0:10] winning that war. Americans pilots get
[0:13] healthy in a hurry. Can the airline
[0:15] recover as quickly? Outsmarting nature,
[0:18] predicting disasters before they
[0:20] actually happen. We'll take a closer
[0:22] look. And this kid can play, but can he
[0:25] live up to expectations that go beyond
[0:28] basketball?
[0:35] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:38] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:41] Peter Jennings. Sitting in tonight,
[0:44] Connie Chung.
[0:45] >> Good evening. The Senate has decided
[0:47] that President Clinton gets to keep his
[0:49] job and today he went about doing it.
[0:52] Mr. Clinton went to Mexico to discuss
[0:54] trade and the flood of illegal drugs
[0:56] that comes to the US through Mexico. An
[0:58] estimated twothirds of all the illegal
[1:00] drugs that enter the US come over the
[1:03] border between the two nations. There
[1:05] was also time in the president's day for
[1:07] politics, not regarding his plans, but
[1:09] those of the first lady. ABC's Sam
[1:11] Donaldson is in Merida.
[1:14] >> Connie, there's no better way for a
[1:16] president to change the subject than to
[1:17] take a trip. But on this one to Mexico,
[1:20] President Clinton got a little added
[1:21] help. His scandalous past was all but
[1:24] swept aside by a flurry of speculation
[1:27] about his wife's political future.
[1:32] The atmosphere was cordial as President
[1:34] Clinton and Mexican President Ernesto
[1:35] Zado met to talk about some important
[1:37] bilateral issues. The two sides signed
[1:40] several minor agreements. But the big
[1:42] question is whether in fighting