World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-12-28
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[0:00] for the
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[0:02] [Applause]
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[0:09] future on World News Tonight this
[0:11] Tuesday spooked in Seattle the city
[0:14] cancels its official Millennium
[0:16] celebration prescription drugs for the
[0:19] internet a good thing for some but not
[0:20] without a valid prescription they still
[0:23] call it an orphanage but we'll take a
[0:25] closer look at what it means to live in
[0:27] one today and finally the loan Ranger
[0:30] the man who played him for years on
[0:32] television has
[0:40] died from ABC News world headquarters in
[0:43] New York this is World News Tonight with
[0:47] Peter Jennings good evening there's
[0:48] almost no getting away from the subject
[0:50] of terrorism and the Millennium today
[0:52] the mayor of Seattle canell the city's
[0:55] official celebration it's a
[0:57] controversial decision of course perhaps
[0:58] Seattle was or is a target for someone
[1:01] perhaps not but those who wish to
[1:04] disrupt the normal way of life have had
[1:06] their way today and in Seattle the 13th
[1:09] largest metropolitan area in the country
[1:11] not everyone is happy by any means ABC's
[1:14] Deborah Wong is
[1:17] there it was to be the centerpiece of
[1:20] the millennial celebrations 50,000
[1:23] people in the Seattle Center to watch
[1:25] the fireworks at midnight but after days
[1:27] of insisting the party would go on as
[1:29] planned officials admitted the city's
[1:32] modest police force could not guarantee
[1:34] Security in the 72 acre public space our
[1:38] concerned that uh that people have a
[1:40] safe New Year's Eve that uh that taking
[1:43] an extra precaution uh seemed to us to
[1:46] be The Prudent course of action
[1:48] officials say they've been considering
[1:50] cancelling the even