NBC Nightly News - 1993-08-16
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[0:01] The president turns to healthc care
[0:02] reform and warns it will cost big money.
[0:05] James Jordan's accused killers in court
[0:08] charged with murder. And our insiders
[0:10] report on guard against nuclear
[0:12] terrorism.
[0:14] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro.
[0:18] Sitting in tonight, Jane Paulie.
[0:21] >> Good evening. Bill Clinton has a budget
[0:23] agreement behind him and a vacation
[0:25] ahead of him. But today was all about
[0:28] healthc care reform. He could hardly be
[0:30] tackling a more complicated,
[0:31] controversial, or costly issue. Getting
[0:34] a plan through Congress will be a real
[0:36] fight for the president. This time, he's
[0:38] likely to get some Republican support.
[0:41] And as NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports,
[0:43] he'll need it.
[0:45] Hitting the road for the first time to
[0:47] sell healthcare reform, the president
[0:48] came to Tulsa with a call to action, but
[0:51] very few details about what it would
[0:53] cost and who would pay. Speaking to the
[0:55] nation's governors, Clinton warned that
[0:57] Americans will have to learn that they
[0:58] can't keep getting something for
[1:00] nothing.
[1:00] >> I think every American should know that
[1:03] healthcare is not something paid for by
[1:05] the tooth fairy,
[1:07] that there is no free ride.
[1:10] >> Republicans were still complaining that
[1:12] the people making the biggest sacrifices
[1:14] will be small business owners and the
[1:16] workers they may have to lay off. Job
[1:18] losses and jobs placed at risk mainly in
[1:20] the small business sector range as high
[1:23] as $18 million under some proposals.
[1:26] >> Weary from the budget battle and clearly
[1:28] frustrated with Washington, the
[1:29] president pleaded with Republic