CBS Evening News - 1993-08-13

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[0:00] The Pride meets Monterey tonight at 7 on

[0:02] Coin TV.

[0:05] >> Tragic news for basketball superstar

[0:08] Michael Jordan. Authorities now

[0:10] investigating the murder of his

[0:12] 57year-old father. The president goes to

[0:15] California promising jobs, but his

[0:17] audience isn't buying. And Eye on

[0:20] America tonight, the trials of baby

[0:22] Jessica. Adoptive families worry. But

[0:25] should they?

[0:28] This is the CBS Evening News

[0:32] with Dan Rather and Connie Chung.

[0:36] Good evening. Dan has the night off.

[0:38] Triumph, turmoil, and now tragedy.

[0:41] Michael Jordan has seen it all this

[0:43] year. Today, police in North Carolina

[0:45] confirmed the worst fears about the

[0:47] basketball star's missing father. James

[0:50] Jordan shot to death. Killer and motive

[0:53] unknown. Correspondent Diana Gonzalez

[0:55] reports from North Carolina.

[0:58] >> A devastated Michael Jordan arrived late

[1:00] this afternoon in his home state of

[1:02] North Carolina after learning of his

[1:04] father's mysterious death. The FBI is

[1:07] now investigating the murder since James

[1:09] Jordan's car was found in North Carolina

[1:12] and his body was discovered in South

[1:14] Carolina.

[1:14] >> The probable cause to indicate that uh

[1:17] Mr. Jordan was uh was uh abducted and

[1:20] transported uh across state lines.

[1:24] >> 57year-old James Jordan's body was

[1:26] discovered 10 days ago floating in this

[1:29] creek in South Carolina.

[1:30] >> The only thing we know uh is that the

[1:32] cause of death was a single gunshot

[1:34] wound to the chest.

[1:35] >> The senior Jordan hadn't been heard from

[1:37] since he attended a friend's funeral 3

[1:39] weeks ago. Michael, who grew up to

[1:41] basketball stardom in North Carolina,

[1:44] wa

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