World News Tonight (ABC) - 2000-08-18

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[0:06] On World News Tonight this Friday,

[0:08] George W. Bush has harsh words for Al

[0:10] Gore only hours after Mr. Gore's

[0:12] convention ends. He says the attacks are

[0:15] unnecessary.

[0:16] >> You know, I think that's politics as

[0:17] usual. I think people are tired of it.

[0:19] >> The Russians get close to their sunken

[0:21] submarine, but they still can't get

[0:23] inside. Their president says the crew

[0:25] was doomed as soon as the submarine went

[0:28] down. Life-saving in the worst weather

[0:30] imaginable, these men risk their lives

[0:33] in hurricanes and high seas to rescue

[0:36] people in terrible danger.

[0:37] >> It's physical, mental, and you got to

[0:39] have the heart to do it. You got to have

[0:40] a calling to do this.

[0:42] >> And adding life to older people's lives

[0:44] by teaching them new tricks. A 21st

[0:48] century life

[0:56] from ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:58] York. This is World News Tonight with

[1:01] Peter Jennings. Sitting in tonight, Jack

[1:05] Ford. Good evening. The conventions are

[1:07] over and the attacks have already begun.

[1:10] George W. Bush came out swinging today

[1:12] only hours after Al Gore accepted his

[1:14] party's nomination for president. We'll

[1:16] have Mr. Gore's response in just a few

[1:18] moments. But first, Mr. Bush flew

[1:20] straight to Mr. Gore's home state of

[1:21] Tennessee this morning and delivered a

[1:23] broadside against the vice president.

[1:25] ABC's John Yang joins us from Memphis.

[1:28] John, good evening.

[1:30] Good evening, Jack. George W. Bush ended

[1:32] a week-l long break at his ranch in

[1:33] Texas and came straight to Al Gore's

[1:35] backyard, a rally in Memphis.

[1:39] This November, Texas and Tennessee are

[1:42] going to be in the Bush Cheney column.

[1:46] >> He took aim at the vice president's

[1:47] acceptance speech, blasting the

[1:49] administration for what he calls missed

[1:51] opportunities.

[1:52] >> Last night, we heard a laundry list of

[1:55] new promises, which I thought was an

[1:57] attempt to cover up old failures.

[2:01] >> And he went on to ridicule one of those

[2:03] promises. My opponent said his first

[2:06] legislative proposal would be for

[2:08] campaign funding reform, and that's

[2:11] fine, although he's a little short on

[2:12] credibility on the issue.

[2:16] >> With his Democratic opponent now

[2:17] officially the nominee of his party,

[2:19] Bush said voters would have a clear

[2:21] choice in the fall.

[2:22] >> They got one candidate who wants four

[2:25] more years of fingerpointing and

[2:27] politicizing and blaming. Will we

[2:31] prolong four more years of Clinton Gore?

[2:34] Or will we give America a fresh start?

[2:38] >> Bush, who says he wants to raise the

[2:40] tone of the political debate, criticize

[2:42] the populist theme Gore sounded, saying

[2:44] the vice president is

[2:45] >> a candidate who will pit one group of

[2:47] people against another. A candidate who

[2:50] wants to wage class war for to get

[2:52] ahead.

[2:53] >> The Bush campaign's foray into Gore's

[2:55] home state underscores his comfortable

[2:57] position as the summer ends. The

[2:59] Republican governor is a credible

[3:01] competitor in some traditionally

[3:03] Democratic states.

[3:04] >> He's playing in in territory that ought

[3:06] to be uh uh Gors, and Gore is

[3:09] campaigning in a state like Wisconsin,

[3:10] which ought to be an easy state for the

[3:12] Democrats to to carry.

[3:15] >> Bush dismisses the Democratic charge

[3:17] that he's light on substance, but his

[3:18] aids know he has to respond to it. So,

[3:21] they promise a series of policy speeches

[3:23] with specifics, Jack, in the coming

[3:25] weeks. First up, one tomorrow on

[3:27] education. John, thank you. ABC's John

[3:30] Yang live from Memphis. Meanwhile, Mr.

[3:32] Gore took a redeye flight last night

[3:34] from Los Angeles to Wisconsin and

[3:36] embarked on a campaign boat ride down

[3:37] the Mississippi. He gave his first

[3:39] interview after last night's big speech.

[3:41] ABC's Terry Moran, who joins us from

[3:43] Harper's Ferry, Wisconsin. Terry, good

[3:44] evening. Good evening, Jack.

[3:46] inaugurating this next crucial phase of

[3:48] his campaign. Al Gore said bon voyage

[3:51] this morning to supporters in Lacrosse,

[3:53] Wisconsin, just up river from here as he

[3:55] set out on this very picturesque and

[3:58] politically strategic journey.

[4:02] The vice president was a bit horsearo

[4:04] but clearly eager to hit the trail.

[4:07] Allow yourselves to believe. Open your

[4:09] hearts. Let's claim our future. Joined

[4:12] by running mate Joe Lieberman and their

[4:14] families, Gore spent a glorious

[4:16] Midwestern day aboard the riverboat Mark

[4:18] Twain as it paddled downstream past the

[4:20] high bluffs and small towns along the

[4:22] upper Mississippi. And in an exclusive

[4:25] interview on board with ABC News, Gore

[4:27] said he felt good about his performance

[4:29] last night.

[4:30] >> Do you think you connected with the

[4:32] American people last night?

[4:33] >> I felt it. I hope they did. He also

[4:36] responded to Republican criticisms that

[4:38] his populist message pitting what he

[4:39] calls working families against

[4:41] corporations and upperincome Americans

[4:43] amounts to a kind of divisive class

[4:45] warfare.

[4:46] >> I see it as a uniting approach to put

[4:49] the emphasis on on working families.

[4:51] I've done that all my career.

[4:53] >> But do you think in these good times

[4:54] people are more comfortable with

[4:56] corporate success?

[4:58] >> Uh look, profits are a good thing, but

[5:01] uh all things in moderation. The Bush

[5:04] campaign also argues that Gore has been

[5:06] in power while problems festered.

[5:09] >> You haven't done the job is what

[5:10] Governor Bush said. Why should we have

[5:12] confidence that you can get it done now?

[5:14] >> Well, um, actually in the last 7 and 1/2

[5:18] years, we did turn the biggest deficits

[5:21] into the biggest surpluses, but we have

[5:24] much more to do.

[5:25] >> And why have why do you still have more

[5:27] to do?

[5:28] >> While we have made progress, we haven't

[5:30] made enough. Gore reacted to news that

[5:33] another grand jury was investigating

[5:35] President Clinton's conduct in the

[5:36] Monica Lewinsky affair.

[5:37] >> It's not proper to comment on a legal

[5:40] proceeding, but I'll tell you what I am

[5:41] going to comment on. This election is

[5:44] about the future of America.

[5:47] >> And how about that long lingering kiss

[5:49] last night on stage with Tipper?

[5:52] >> I was kind of overcome with the emotion

[5:54] of the moment.

[5:55] >> You weren't trying to send a message at

[5:56] all about

[5:58] >> Yeah, I was trying to send a message to

[5:59] Tipper.

[6:01] Well, the pictures were pretty. The Gors

[6:02] and Liebermans and even the press corps

[6:04] were having fun, but underneath it all

[6:05] things were very serious on board the

[6:07] Mark Twain. The race is tight. Governor

[6:09] Bush is on the attack and the battle is

[6:11] joined. Jack Terry, thank you. ABC's

[6:14] Terry Moran in Washington today. Mystery

[6:16] solved. The Gore campaign was angered

[6:18] last night by a leak to the news media

[6:21] just before the vice president's speech.

[6:23] So, just who leaked that a new grand

[6:25] jury was conducting a criminal

[6:27] investigation into President Clinton's

[6:28] handling of the Monica Lewinsky affair?

[6:30] Well, the answer was quite a surprise.

[6:32] We go now to ABC's Bob Woodruff at the

[6:34] Justice Department. Bob? Well, Jack,

[6:37] after all this fingerpointing, it turns

[6:38] out this was not a Republican dirty

[6:40] trick after all. It was not even coming

[6:42] from the Independent Council's office.

[6:44] In fact, it came from a federal judge.

[6:47] Judge Richard Cadill is one of the three

[6:48] judges that oversees the independent

[6:51] council's office. He says he

[6:52] inadvertently gave out the information

[6:54] to an AP reporter when he called him on

[6:56] an unrelated matter. He just let it

[6:58] slip. So today there were apologies all

[7:00] around. And I have to say, Jack, this

[7:02] has to be one of the quickest ends to a

[7:04] leak investigation in the history of the

[7:05] planet. Bob,

[7:06] >> is there any suggestion that the judge

[7:08] might have had some sort of political

[7:10] axe to grind on his own?

[7:11] >> No. Actually, quite the contrary. In

[7:13] fact, it turns out this judge is a

[7:14] Democrat. He was appointed by Jimmy

[7:16] Carter, President Jimmy Carter, back in

[7:18] the 1970s. He's one of the senior judges

[7:20] on the seventh circuit in Chicago. And

[7:23] in fact, he voted to end the Lewinsky

[7:25] investigation, the independent council's

[7:27] investigation of the Lewinsky matter

[7:28] last year. This year, he voted to

[7:30] continue it. And that is actually part

[7:31] of the story because when the reporter

[7:33] called him up this year and said, "Why

[7:34] did you vote to continue the Lewinsky

[7:36] matter this year and not last year?"

[7:38] That's when he let these words slip. He

[7:40] said, "Because there is a new grand jury

[7:42] panel that has been uh put into into

[7:44] effect." And he said that's why we have

[7:46] to keep this going. And that of course

[7:48] was what he should never have said,

[7:49] Jack.

[7:50] >> All right, Bob, thanks very much. ABC's

[7:51] Bob Woodruff from Washington. Overseas

[7:54] today in the icy waters of the Arctic

[7:55] Circle, the Russians are still trying to

[7:58] save their submariners on that sunken

[8:00] submarine. Prospects are bleak that

[8:02] there's anyone left to save. The US is

[8:04] preparing a team of experts to advise

[8:06] the Russians on a rescue, or if it comes

[8:08] to that, on a salvage operation.

[8:10] President Vladimir Putin, who returned

[8:12] early to Moscow from his vacation, is

[8:14] being asked a number of questions. ABC's

[8:16] Richard Gizburn is in the port city of

[8:18] Merasque.

[8:20] >> For the rescue effort, it was another

[8:22] futile day at sea. The Russians are now

[8:24] saying their submersibles have managed

[8:26] to reach the escape hatch on the Kursk,

[8:28] but they are unable to latch on because

[8:31] the submarine is too damaged. No one

[8:34] knows if the British submersible that

[8:35] arrives here tomorrow will do any

[8:37] better. The Russian government has been

[8:39] criticized for failing to ask for

[8:41] foreign help sooner and for failing to

[8:43] keep its own people informed. including

[8:46] the sailor's families.

[8:49] >> Today, Russians finally learned who was

[8:51] actually on the submarine, not from

[8:53] their government, from a newspaper that

[8:56] bought the list of names from a military

[8:57] source for 18,000 rubles, about $600.

[9:02] The military announced that it will

[9:03] brief the country twice a day on the

[9:05] rescue operation. And in another change,

[9:07] the head of Russia's northern fleet

[9:09] spoke emotionally from the rescue scene

[9:11] about the slim prospects for success.

[9:16] I will stay here until I fulfill my

[9:18] task. He said no matter what the

[9:20] outcome, I won't leave. And he confirmed

[9:23] that the sub was sunk by an explosion

[9:25] that he says may have been caused by a

[9:27] collision at sea. The about face that

[9:30] the Russian military took today on how

[9:32] it manages the flow of information here

[9:34] may have come too late to benefit

[9:35] President Putin.

[9:38] Putin owes much of his popularity to his

[9:40] successful handling of the military.

[9:42] Four months ago, the Navy made him an

[9:44] honorary submariner. Today, the Moscow

[9:47] papers openly questioned Putin's honor

[9:49] and said his government's lies led to

[9:51] tragedy.

[9:55] >> Clearly stung by the criticism, Putin

[9:57] defended himself today. He said that

[9:59] from the moment of the accident, there

[10:01] had been little chance of saving the

[10:02] crew. And he added that at times of

[10:04] crisis, Russians have a strange habit of

[10:07] looking for scapegoats. He must be

[10:08] hoping that they haven't found one in

[10:10] their president. Richard Gizbert, ABC

[10:13] News, Merk.

[10:15] >> Coming up, John McCain's battle with

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[10:20] his surgery.

[10:22] And the swimmers who face some of the

[10:24] worst weather imaginable to rescue

[10:27] people in peril.

[10:29] >> We go out so that others may live. We

[10:32] put our life on the line so that other

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[13:10] John and Cindy McCain were optimistic

[13:12] today as they greeted reporters outside

[13:14] their home carrying a basket full of

[13:16] sunscreen for the crowd. McCain will

[13:19] have surgery tomorrow to remove two

[13:21] melanomas on his upper left arm and left

[13:23] temple.

[13:24] >> We expect it to be uh relatively short,

[13:27] relatively simple and as I say, I'm very

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[14:23] a lot of sun as a P in Vietnam.

[14:26] >> Actually, I was amused by some of that

[14:27] thing about talking about my years as

[14:29] president of war. The one thing I wanted

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[14:32] sun. I went

[14:34] >> The senator will spend tomorrow night at

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[14:43] Phoenix.

[14:44] >> On the money tonight on Wall Street, the

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[17:34] >> tonight on Night Line. Hope is running

[17:36] out for Russian sailors trapped in a sub

[17:38] at the bottom of the sea. Foreign help

[17:40] is coming, but is it too little too late

[17:42] tonight? And Sunday, is Al Gore his own

[17:45] man? Both campaigns weigh in with the

[17:47] latest. Ralph Nater says he isn't. He'll

[17:50] explain why in an exclusive interview on

[17:52] This Week Sunday.

[17:55] In the Atlantic Ocean today, tropical

[17:57] storm Alberto became Hurricane Alberto

[18:00] once again. No August storm has lasted

[18:03] this long in at least a century, but

[18:05] this one is never expected to make land.

[18:07] Another tropical storm named Chris has

[18:09] formed in the Caribbean. Meteorologists

[18:11] are predicting a rough hurricane season

[18:13] this year. That may mean more work for

[18:16] an elite group in the Coast Guard. And

[18:18] we certainly mean elite. Out of 36,000

[18:21] Coast Guard military personnel, only 233

[18:24] men and two women are active duty rescue

[18:27] swimmers. You may have read about them

[18:29] and the best-selling book, The Perfect

[18:30] Storm. They're based in 23 stations

[18:33] across the country, and what they do is

[18:35] save lives by facing nature at its

[18:38] fiercest. ABC's Ron Claybourne is at a

[18:40] Coast Guard base in North Carolina.

[18:43] It was a daring rescue. A truck driver

[18:46] pulled from his tractor trailer just

[18:48] moments before it was engulfed by

[18:50] floodwaters during Hurricane Floyd.

[18:52] Saved by a member of a littleknown Coast

[18:55] Guard team called Rescue Swimmers.

[18:57] >> There he is.

[18:58] >> Specially trained to save lives.

[19:00] >> They got him.

[19:01] >> In the worst physical conditions

[19:03] imaginable.

[19:03] >> We go out so that others may live. We

[19:06] put our life on the line so that other

[19:08] people may live.

[19:10] >> It's risky work. bucking climbers stuck

[19:13] on cliffs, pulling survivors from the

[19:15] water in the middle of a fierce storm.

[19:18] >> You just stay focused in on what you're

[19:19] doing and you know that your life and

[19:20] the person's life that you're trying to

[19:22] rescue, you know, is in your hands.

[19:24] >> In their 15-year existence, the Coast

[19:26] Guard swimmers have rescued or assisted

[19:28] an estimated 5,000 people. But what's

[19:31] most remarkable is that they've done

[19:32] this without losing a single rescue

[19:35] swimmer in the water.

[19:36] >> STAY WITH THE COW, YAMIS. YOU'RE FALLING

[19:38] BEHIND, YAMIS. ONLY THE most determined

[19:40] become RESCUE SWIMMERS.

[19:42] >> More than half of those who apply don't

[19:44] make it.

[19:46] >> You need extraordinary physical

[19:48] conditioning to endure the grueling

[19:49] 16week training program. But that alone

[19:52] is not enough.

[19:55] >> A lot of it's mental, a lot of it

[19:57] physical, but in the long run, it all

[19:59] comes from the heart because you really

[20:00] have to want to do this.

[20:03] It was the chance to save lives, to put

[20:05] it all on the line that appealed to

[20:07] 21-year-old Justin Leki.

[20:09] >> You definitely got to have it physically

[20:10] and mentally to make it through here.

[20:12] You got to want it. I mean, they're not

[20:13] giving it to you. You have to work for

[20:14] it.

[20:17] >> While the trainees are drilled each day,

[20:21] >> the veteran swimmers practice over and

[20:23] over their skills and maneuvers.

[20:25] >> Rescue swimmers outside the cabin going

[20:27] down. They must be prepared to risk

[20:29] their own lives. As the Coast Guard

[20:31] motto says, so that others may live. Ron

[20:35] Clayborn, ABC News, Elizabeth City,

[20:37] North Carolina.

[20:39] In yet another man versus nature battle,

[20:41] Mount Oyama in Japan erupted again

[20:43] yesterday for the fifth time in less

[20:45] than a month. It spewed smoke and ash

[20:48] 16,000 ft into the air. The volcano is

[20:50] located on a small resort island off

[20:52] Tokyo. No one's been hurt in the

[20:54] eruption, but officials are evacuating

[20:56] nearby residents. When we return, using

[21:00] technology to help the elderly stay

[21:02] connected. A 21st century life.

[21:06] >> There's a new prescription treatment

[21:08] called Remade that could change your

[21:10] life by giving you lasting relief from

[21:11] the pain and stiffness of rheumatoid

[21:13] arthritis.

[21:16] Your doctor may add remade if you are in

[21:18] methtoate already and not responding

[21:20] well. You take one dose of remade every

[21:22] 8 weeks after the first three doses. Of

[21:25] course, remade is not for everyone.

[21:27] Serious infections requiring

[21:28] hospitalization have been reported. If

[21:30] you are prone to or have a history of

[21:32] infections, currently have one, or

[21:34] develop one while taking remade, tell

[21:36] your doctor right away. There's a risk

[21:38] of serious infusion reactions with

[21:39] hives, difficulty breathing, and low

[21:41] blood pressure.

[21:43] Ask your rheatologist about remade or

[21:45] call today.

[21:51] You are absolutely gorgeous. Yes, you

[21:54] are. Oops. He's not going to like that.

[22:00] >> Perfect. Now, tell me this isn't the

[22:03] finest crop you've ever seen.

[22:15] Why don't you go next?

[22:17] >> For the best flakes, we only accept the

[22:19] best corn. Kellogg's Corn Flakes.

[22:24] Don't let the minty taste fool you.

[22:27] Scope kills just as many bad breath

[22:29] germs as the leading mouthwash.

[22:33] Scope kills germs before they kill your

[22:36] breath.

[22:37] Misleading mouthwash kills bad breath

[22:39] germs.

[22:41] >> Scope kills just as many bad breath

[22:43] germs. It just doesn't taste that way.

[22:48] >> Scope kills germs before they kill your

[22:50] breath.

[22:52] >> Welcome back. Please get out a pen and

[22:53] paper.

[22:56] >> You have an extra pen. Regular or gel

[22:59] ink?

[22:59] >> Gel.

[23:00] >> Comfort grip or standard? Comfort.

[23:07] Do you have any paper?

[23:08] >> Stables has everything you need for back

[23:10] to school.

[23:10] >> Bobby,

[23:12] you have any chalk?

[23:16] >> Regular or dustfree?

[23:18] >> Want low prices? Staples. Yeah, we've

[23:21] got that.

[23:22] >> It's allergy season and for once I'm not

[23:24] miserable. It's the nasal. Unlike these,

[23:27] it can't make you drowsy. And unlike

[23:29] these, there's no possibility of

[23:30] nervousness. Maybe that's why allergists

[23:32] recommend nasal least. Nasler, the best

[23:35] way to stop suffering is never to start.

[23:37] >> You see what Devon did yesterday?

[23:39] >> Yeah.

[23:40] >> You shouldn't have laid up on that short

[23:41] par five. He should have used the three.

[23:44] Wouldn't gone for it. What's she

[23:46] thinking?

[23:47] >> See what Tell did yesterday.

[23:50] >> Yeah. They should have offered 68 bucks

[23:52] a share for that Italian multinational.

[23:56] They should have acquired something less

[23:57] long-term debt, better distribution in

[24:00] Pacific Rim. When we created a smarter

[24:02] kind of investment firm, we created a

[24:04] smarter kind of investor.

[24:06] >> Dumb.

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[24:18] Start smarter with Good Morning America

[24:20] weekdays.

[24:24] A brief review of our main story

[24:25] tonight. Their conventions behind them.

[24:27] Al Gore and George W. Bush vaulted into

[24:30] full campaign mode today. Mr. Gore spent

[24:32] the day on the Mississippi reiterating

[24:34] the promises of his speech of last night

[24:36] while Mr. Bush wasted no time waiting to

[24:39] tear them down in Gore's home state of

[24:41] Tennessee.

[24:43] Our final item tonight, a 21st century

[24:45] life through abcnews.com. Peter Jennings

[24:48] has been asking for your suggestions of

[24:50] people you'd like to learn more about

[24:52] and received one email that stood out.

[24:55] Patty Shannon works for AT&T Wireless in

[24:57] Seattle. She saw a recent piece on this

[25:00] broadcast about a man who believes that

[25:02] the elderly should be treated with more

[25:04] respect. And then she thought of a man

[25:06] who is doing just that. He is bringing

[25:09] the internet age to an older one.

[25:13] >> That'd be nice.

[25:13] >> Older people do like to try new things.

[25:16] They're not afraid. We put that burden

[25:18] on them that they're afraid to try new

[25:20] things unfairly.

[25:22] >> Each day that 37year-old Frank Cas goes

[25:24] to work, he brings along an attitude. I

[25:27] needed to do something with my life to

[25:29] to help people. So, what I'd like you to

[25:31] do is go back to your desktop. Mr. CS

[25:33] works at the Bay View Manor, a Seattle

[25:35] senior's home. He loves working with

[25:37] computers and his affection is

[25:39] contagious. Two years ago, he was

[25:42] approached by residents at the manor who

[25:44] had heard he knew something about

[25:45] computers and they wanted to know more.

[25:48] >> They're bombarded really daily uh about

[25:51] computers here in the Seattle area. So

[25:53] in the city of Bill Gates and Microsoft,

[25:55] Frank Cos began offering computer

[25:57] classes to the elderly at the Bay View

[25:59] Manor.

[26:00] >> It's a way to stay connected. It's a way

[26:02] to stay active. They can visit places

[26:05] that they have visited in the past, but

[26:07] they can do it via the internet now.

[26:08] >> I don't know why people say, "Oh, I am

[26:11] too old to do this."

[26:13] >> For Emily Richards, it's all about

[26:14] email.

[26:16] >> This really, really is wonderful. It has

[26:19] connected her to her granddaughter all

[26:21] the way across the country in

[26:23] Alexandria, Virginia.

[26:24] >> She's so excited and it's it's just such

[26:26] a neat new way to communicate with her.

[26:28] >> One resident will say, "Well, I got an

[26:29] email from my granddaughter who lives on

[26:31] the East Coast." And the next day, the

[26:33] other resident's coming down saying,

[26:35] "When are your next classes starting?"

[26:36] >> Frank Cas grew up in Seattle. He found

[26:39] his job at this nonprofit senior's home

[26:41] 7 years ago because he was tired of

[26:44] climbing the corporate ladder and wanted

[26:46] to do something to help people. Now he's

[26:49] helping the people of the 20th century

[26:51] join the 21st.

[26:53] >> This is a a generation that has tackled

[26:55] some of the greatest problems in our our

[26:57] nation's history. And this is this is an

[27:00] easy one for many of them.

[27:01] >> It's very easy for Vera Eastley. She

[27:04] uses her new laptop to write stories

[27:06] about her past so her children and

[27:09] grandchildren will know more about their

[27:11] family.

[27:12] >> The little church was painted white.

[27:15] hitching posts for the horsedrawn

[27:17] buggies, wagons, and saddle horses who

[27:20] brought the families to worship and

[27:22] socialize.

[27:23] >> She wants, I guess, in a sense, a legacy

[27:27] so that these stories in her family are

[27:29] not forgotten.

[27:30] >> Connecting with the past by connecting

[27:32] with a man who helps them connect with

[27:35] the 21st century.

[27:36] >> I can only hope that at at their age

[27:39] that I am that willing to embrace new

[27:42] things.

[27:44] And you can connect with Frank Cas for

[27:46] an internet chat that immediately after

[27:48] this broadcast on abcnews.com. That's

[27:51] all from World News Tonight on this

[27:52] Friday. Night Line will have a report a

[27:54] little bit later this evening on the

[27:55] sunken Russian submarine. I'm Jack Ford.

[27:56] We'll see you all next week. Have a good

[27:58] night and a good weekend.

[28:17] More Americans get their news from ABC

[28:20] News

[28:22] than from any other source.

[28:25] Now that my son's a bit older, I can

[28:26] share advice with them. The women, for

[28:29] example,

[28:31] it's really important to remember that

[28:32] when you really like a girl, you should

[28:33] play cool. Women are much more

[28:35] interested if a man isn't a sure thing.

[28:38] It's true. Then that's my advice.

[28:49] >> Now, News 2 at 6. First, fast, accurate.

[28:54] >> And have you determined whether or not

[28:55] you are going to wave your privilege

[28:57] against selfinccrimination later in

[29:00] these proceedings?

[29:01] >> No, I have not. Accused killer.