World News Tonight (ABC) - 1998-09-27

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[0:01] On World News Tonight this Sunday,

[0:04] Hurricane George gaining strength and

[0:06] pounding the Gulf Coast as more than a

[0:09] million people evacuate. The end of an

[0:12] era after 16 years in office, German

[0:16] Chancellor Helmet Cole conceds defeat.

[0:19] And on the last day of the season

[0:21] schedule,

[0:23] DAVID NUMBER SEVEN,

[0:27] >> Big Mac shows why he is the home run

[0:30] king

[0:39] from ABC News. This is World News

[0:43] Tonight, Sunday.

[0:45] >> Good evening. I'm Carol Simpson. Slugger

[0:48] Mark Maguire wins the home run derby,

[0:50] hitting two more today, boosting the

[0:52] single season record to 70. But first,

[0:56] the growing fear along the Gulf Coast

[0:58] tonight as Hurricane George moves

[1:00] closer. Gor has stalled, giving it more

[1:03] time to gain strength. The hurricane

[1:05] could hit land as early as tonight. The

[1:09] deadly storm has already taken more than

[1:11] 300 lives and caused an estimated $2

[1:14] billion worth of damage. And with winds

[1:17] gusting up to 110 mph, much more damage

[1:20] is expected. ABC's Aaron Hayes is on the

[1:23] ground in New Orleans. But we begin

[1:26] tonight with ABC's Steve Osansami in

[1:29] Beluxy, Mississippi. Steve.

[1:31] >> Well, Carol, people here have tracked

[1:32] this storm's 1500mile violent journey,

[1:36] and they hope it spares their beaches,

[1:38] homes, and businesses. The winds have

[1:40] already begun to get dangerous and in a

[1:43] matter of hours, wind speeds could reach

[1:45] up to 110 m an hour.

[1:49] The Robinsons are moving to higher

[1:51] ground because across the street is the

[1:54] Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane George is

[1:56] just hours away from their beluxy home.

[1:59] >> Either you go now or you don't go. So,

[2:02] we're uh we're leaving and going to stay

[2:04] in the shelter until most that wind dies

[2:06] down. But down the road, Arva Hopkins

[2:09] and his family are watching the New

[2:10] Orleans Saints game. They aren't afraid

[2:13] of 10 to 15 ft storm surges because

[2:15] homes in this area sit 19 ft above

[2:18] water.

[2:18] >> Well, even if it reaches the 15 ft

[2:20] level, it won't get in the house here.

[2:24] >> 220ville Hospital.

[2:26] >> That's going to be the 11:00 count.

[2:28] Okay. They're on standby. They're ready

[2:29] to go whenever needed.

[2:31] >> Civil defense authorities tracking the

[2:33] storm say it's smarter to leave. They're

[2:36] quickly filling area shelters and

[2:38] reminding residents that Hurricane

[2:39] Camille nearly destroyed this part of

[2:42] the Gulf Coast in 1969.

[2:45] George, they say, is a much weaker

[2:47] storm. But since it's moving slowly, it

[2:49] could still cause serious damage.

[2:52] >> Hurricane force winds could be as much

[2:54] as 30 hours. We're looking at rainfall

[2:56] maybe in excess of 25 to 30 in. That

[3:01] presents a serious concern for emergency

[3:04] workers who can't do their job until the

[3:06] worst of the hurricane clears. This

[3:08] means anyone who needs help during the

[3:10] storm may have to wait. Carol,

[3:13] >> thank you. Steo Sansami in Beluxy.

[3:16] Because New Orleans is below sea level,

[3:18] city officials are extremely worried

[3:20] about severe flooding. ABC's Aaron Hayes

[3:23] is in New Orleans. Erin, what's

[3:25] happening there now? Well, Carol, the

[3:27] weather has been very calm most of the

[3:29] day up until about just over an hour ago

[3:32] when the winds did begin picking up,

[3:34] kicking up an occasional strong bursts,

[3:36] making it clear Hurricane George is on

[3:38] the way and people have been bracing for

[3:40] it. This has been a city on edge all

[3:43] day.

[3:44] >> Okay, back up when I call your name.

[3:47] Step forward and get on the bus, please.

[3:48] >> In New Orleans and south of the city, it

[3:51] was a scramble. We are 25 minutes behind

[3:55] the jet.

[3:56] >> Thousands decided this morning it was

[3:58] not safe to stay. Some boarded buses

[4:02] and thousands filled shelters. So many

[4:05] in fact that the city opened the

[4:06] Superdome as a hurricane shelter.

[4:09] >> Try to weather the storm.

[4:12] >> Please be patient.

[4:13] >> By noon, people were streaming in. Stay

[4:16] together,

[4:17] >> waiting in line, listening as George

[4:19] approached. The city could see hurricane

[4:22] storm winds by later on tonight.

[4:26] >> All weekend here, the preparation has

[4:28] been intense. Usually unflustered by

[4:31] hurricanes, the people of New Orleans

[4:33] know George is different and dangerous.

[4:36] And because much of the city is below

[4:38] sea level, the approaching storm surge

[4:40] is a serious threat.

[4:42] >> This is an awesome force of nature that

[4:44] you just can't play around with.

[4:46] >> Since Friday, the mayor has pressed

[4:48] residents to leave. They jammed the

[4:50] interstates, heeding his warning.

[4:52] >> We're out of here. Yeah, it's just

[4:54] crazy. I've never seen anything like

[4:56] this come through it before, so no one

[4:57] really want to stick around and see it.

[4:59] >> I am scared to death.

[5:01] >> The last plane out of New Orleans left

[5:03] this morning. The interstate shut down

[5:05] at noon. The streets of New Orleans

[5:07] stand empty. The people of New Orleans

[5:10] are waiting.

[5:12] And it is going to be a difficult wait.

[5:14] The National Hurricane Center says

[5:15] hurricane force winds should begin in

[5:17] the city about 2:00 this morning,

[5:19] continue for another 30 hours. Tropical

[5:22] storm force winds after that up to

[5:23] another 60 hours. And Carol, the storm

[5:26] surge moving this way is so forceful,

[5:28] the Mississippi River right behind me is

[5:30] flowing backwards.

[5:33] Amazing. Thank you, Aaron Hayes. Now

[5:35] joining us from Orlando, Florida is our

[5:37] hurricane expert, Bob Sheets. Bob, tell

[5:40] us where along the Gulf Coast you think

[5:42] the storm may make its biggest impact.

[5:44] >> Okay, Carol, I think it's going to be

[5:46] from New Orleans eastward over into uh

[5:49] basically the Pensacola area with the

[5:52] biggest impact probably in the

[5:53] Mississippi coast.

[5:55] >> It's devastated the Caribbean and it's

[5:57] supposed to bring a lot of damage here.

[5:59] What What is unique about this

[6:00] hurricane?

[6:01] >> It's very slow movement. It was

[6:03] indicated there. Even though the winds

[6:04] are 100 110 mph, which is strong, the

[6:07] big problem is going to be the water

[6:09] that's going to be pushed up there along

[6:11] the coast, 10 to 15t of waves, uh, storm

[6:14] surge, and then heavy rain because that

[6:17] storm is expected to hang around there

[6:19] for about 3 days. So, right here, all

[6:21] this area is going to have a tremendous

[6:24] amount of rain.

[6:26] >> Thank you very much for the update, Bob

[6:28] Sheets. Residents began returning to the

[6:31] Florida Keys today after the highway

[6:33] connecting the islands to the mainland

[6:35] reopened. Key West was pounded by George

[6:38] on Friday, forcing residents to flee.

[6:42] Still ahead on World News Tonight this

[6:44] Sunday, Mark Maguire doubles the

[6:46] pleasure and doubles the fun. German

[6:49] voters say goodbye to longtime

[6:51] Chancellor Helmet Cole. And a California

[6:54] police officer says hello to the father

[6:57] he never knew.

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[8:40] >> Now for our other big sports story of

[8:42] the day. On the last day of baseball's

[8:44] regular season schedule, the home run

[8:47] derby is probably settled, and it wasn't

[8:49] even close. Sammy Sosa and the Chicago

[8:52] Cubs may play one more game tomorrow,

[8:54] but it will take a miracle for Sosa to

[8:57] catch up. Mark Maguire hit two more

[8:59] homers today. He has 70. Sammy Sosa has

[9:03] 66. President Clinton called Maguire

[9:06] today and invited him and his son to the

[9:08] White House. ABC's John Frankle is in

[9:11] St. Louis. Pretty exciting, huh? John

[9:14] >> Carol, pardon the pun, but it was a

[9:15] blast to watch Mark Maguire end the

[9:17] season the way he started it, hitting

[9:19] home runs as if he were a machine with a

[9:22] pulse.

[9:33] Never enough. And dare Maguire

[9:35] disappoint

[9:37] IT GOES. CAN YOU COUNT to 70?

[9:41] >> If not for the end of the season, you

[9:43] get the feeling nothing could stop him.

[9:49] Even before Mark Magguire hit his first

[9:52] home run this season, there were great

[9:54] expectations. Looking up, it's a grand

[9:57] slam.

[9:58] >> The talk about breaking the record

[10:00] started in January.

[10:02] Maybe it goes back all the way to last

[10:04] September.

[10:06] >> The anticipation built as Maguire went

[10:08] through baseballs. Like most players, go

[10:10] through sticks of chewing gum.

[10:15] Raking ball HIT DEEP TO LEFT FIELD. The

[10:18] pressure intensified when he reached 50

[10:20] by mid August. Number 50 for Mark

[10:23] Maguire. I I'd have to say that I do

[10:26] have a shot.

[10:28] >> With an opportunity to break Roger

[10:30] Maris's 37year-old record, Maguire's

[10:33] every move was monitored. Fans in record

[10:35] numbers flashed their cameras hoping to

[10:38] capture history, which they did when

[10:40] Maguire was the first to reach 62.

[10:43] >> He did it. HE DID IT. I DEDICATED this

[10:46] home run to the whole city of St. Louis

[10:49] and all THE FANS HERE.

[10:51] THANK YOU FOR ALL the support. Finally,

[10:54] someone who's a good man is getting in

[10:55] the spotlight and I think people really

[10:57] respect that.

[10:58] >> And because they respect him so much for

[11:00] the way he carries his bat as well as

[11:02] himself, an example of good

[11:04] sportsmanship, honesty, unselfishness,

[11:08] and team spirit.

[11:12] >> Today, Maguire was honored as St.

[11:13] Louis's most distinguished citizen. This

[11:17] is a season that I will never ever

[11:18] forget and I hope everybody in baseball

[11:21] never forget. So, thank you very much.

[11:26] Maguire added that he is exhausted in

[11:28] awe of his own accomplishment and when

[11:30] asked if he wanted to break his own

[11:31] record, he said, "Let it stand as is."

[11:34] Carol,

[11:35] >> thanks, John. Now to the other side,

[11:38] Sammy Sosa. He was in Houston trying to

[11:40] slug the Cubs into the playoffs. Here's

[11:42] ABC's Dean Reynolds. How was it there,

[11:44] Dean?

[11:45] >> Carol, it was a disappointing day for

[11:47] Sammy Sosa on the home run front. Yes,

[11:49] he did have a couple of singles today,

[11:51] but the Cubs lost in extra innings to

[11:53] the Houston Astros. Still, by any

[11:55] measure, you'd have to agree that Sammy

[11:57] Sosa has had one heck of a year.

[12:01] >> Swan hit high in the air.

[12:02] >> Sosa didn't really enter the home run

[12:04] race until June when he clobbered 20

[12:06] round tripers. Everybody knew he was a

[12:09] power hitter. He had 40 homers last

[12:11] year, but they didn't know he was this

[12:13] kind of power hitter.

[12:17] Always differential to Magguire, Sosa

[12:19] seemed happy playing the second lead in

[12:21] this drama, never losing his head

[12:23] despite the crush of press coverage.

[12:25] >> Hi,

[12:27] >> sorry to make you way.

[12:28] >> Over time, the country came to know his

[12:30] playful nature and his obvious love for

[12:33] the game.

[12:33] >> Baseball being very, very good to me.

[12:36] >> His undeniable good sportsmanship and

[12:39] that trademark salutation to his mother

[12:41] and his countrymen in the Dominican

[12:43] Republic. Whereas the mighty Maguire

[12:46] inspired awe in the crowds that saw his

[12:48] rocket launches, there was something

[12:50] more human scale about Sosa that made

[12:53] people smile.

[12:56] Look at these faces in Houston this

[12:58] weekend or in any city where he played

[13:00] this summer. It was the same story. And

[13:03] incredibly, the Cubs are still alive

[13:05] because even though they lost here today

[13:06] to Houston, the San Francisco Giants,

[13:08] their main competitor for a playoff

[13:10] birth, also lost. The two teams will

[13:12] play tomorrow night at Wrigley Field in

[13:14] an extra regular season game, which

[13:16] means Sammy Sosa will have at least four

[13:19] more cracks at that record. Carol,

[13:21] >> and we wish him well. Thank you, Dean.

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[15:35] >> In Germany today, Helmet Cole became the

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[15:51] The end of the road for Helmet Cole.

[15:53] Father of a single Germany, founding

[15:55] force for European Union, world leader.

[15:58] 6,000 days in power all over tonight.

[16:10] >> A bitter defeat for him and his

[16:12] Christian Democrats by Ghart Schroeder

[16:14] and his jubilant social democrats. This

[16:17] is Germany's next chance.

[16:20] Huden,

[16:21] >> a younger, slimmer, media savvy governor

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[16:27] He didn't have to. Mr. Cole was blamed

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[16:34] too little on the Old East, for just

[16:37] about everything, in fact. And today, in

[16:39] an election that had history marked on

[16:42] every ballot, millions voted to send him

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[16:55] >> I'm very very happy.

[16:58] >> We all think this is a great change in

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[17:03] >> And as the celebrating began tonight,

[17:05] Mr. Schroeder pledged a continuity in

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[17:13] As for Mr. cold. He resigned as leader

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[17:24] Couldn't believe the German voters

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[17:30] had enough. Today, they said precisely

[17:32] that and the era of Helmet Cole has

[17:36] finally ended. Jim Wooten, ABC News,

[17:38] Bond.

[17:40] In New York, Secretary of State Meline

[17:42] Albbright has been meeting with

[17:43] Palestinian Chief Yaser Arafat and

[17:46] separately, Israeli Prime Minister

[17:48] Benjamin Netanyahu. There are signs the

[17:51] two sides are getting closer to a deal.

[17:53] Both leaders meet with President Clinton

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[17:57] When we come back, who comes out ahead

[17:59] if Paula Jones finally settles with the

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[20:08] >> In Washington, Attorney General Janet

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[20:25] President Clinton heads back home

[20:27] tonight after a weekend of fundraising.

[20:29] The White House today confirmed that it

[20:31] is involved in negotiations to settle

[20:34] the Paula Jones case. She's asking for a

[20:37] million dollars, but the White House

[20:39] says a settlement is not an admission of

[20:41] guilt. Here's ABC's Tim O'Brien.

[20:45] As the president was fundraising for

[20:47] other Democrats in Texas today, his own

[20:50] fundraisers were telling him they can

[20:51] raise enough to settle the Paula Jones

[20:53] case. Jones lawyer confirmed today it is

[20:56] now all about money. No apology needed.

[20:58] Let's assume hypothetically that a

[21:01] significant amount of money were offered

[21:02] to Mrs. Jones to settle her litigation.

[21:05] We would consider that a vindication.

[21:07] >> And settling is a good idea, says one

[21:10] veteran Washington insider.

[21:12] >> If it gets settled, I would think that

[21:15] improves the president's position on all

[21:17] of the impeachment charges.

[21:19] >> Former presidential candidate Ross Perau

[21:21] is now calling on Clinton to resign.

[21:23] >> Watch my lips.

[21:27] The president is mentally and

[21:30] emotionally unstable.

[21:32] >> One thing about Polo, he was a man that

[21:34] ought to be able to recognize mental and

[21:35] emotional instability. I wouldn't pay

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[21:42] >> There's enough information out for

[21:44] everyone to have an opinion. And there

[21:46] is still more to come. from another

[21:47] 65,000 pages of documents. Linda Trip's

[21:50] secretly recorded audio tapes and quite

[21:52] possibly videotape of the president's

[21:54] deposition in the Paula Jones case. Tim

[21:57] O'Brien, ABC News at the capital.

[22:00] >> While many Americans say they are sick

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[22:30] additions by three different publishers.

[22:33] The three versions were ranked one, two,

[22:36] and three on the USA Today bestseller

[22:38] list. And the Star Report will debut

[22:41] next week at number one on the New York

[22:43] Times list.

[22:45] >> It's a historical document, has romance,

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[22:51] uh, it has a little bit of everything.

[22:54] >> And there's more to come. The presses

[22:57] are working overtime on the latest

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[23:01] Evidence. It will include letters,

[23:04] email, and testimony from Monica

[23:06] Lewinsky.

[23:09] That book, Star Evidence, is expected to

[23:11] be on every major news stand in the

[23:13] United States and Canada tomorrow

[23:15] morning. Funeral services were held in

[23:18] Jacksonville, Florida today for Hope

[23:20] Bartlett, a television reporter at our

[23:22] ABC affiliate, WJXX.

[23:25] She died in a boating accident while

[23:27] working on a news story. Her goal was to

[23:30] be a network news anchor. We'd like to

[23:33] honor a request from her mother to

[23:34] mention her name on this newscast. Hope

[23:37] Bartlett was 23 years old. When we come

[23:40] back, one in a million, a father and son

[23:44] reunion.

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[25:19] Tonight, the John Benet murder case, new

[25:22] information, new details, and ABC News

[25:24] investigation. Barbara Waters, Diane

[25:27] Sawyer, 2020. Tonight, Monday, stay on

[25:30] top of the news and ahead of the

[25:32] headlines with Good Morning America.

[25:34] Plus, acclaimed author Alice Walker

[25:36] talks about her new book.

[25:37] >> On Good Morning America.

[25:41] For the second week in a row, Rush Hour

[25:43] tops the box office list, taking in more

[25:45] than $21 million. It was followed by

[25:48] Ronin. Urban Legend rounds out the top

[25:51] three. Finally tonight, a story as

[25:54] dramatic as any Hollywood movie, but

[25:56] it's not fiction. This weekend, we

[25:58] learned about an amazing story of

[26:00] separation and reunion. Here's ABC's

[26:03] Judy Mueller. LA Police Officer Kelly

[26:05] Bonitez was just finishing his shift on

[26:08] September 18th when he spotted a car

[26:10] with an expired registration. He decided

[26:12] to make one last traffic stop before he

[26:15] went home. I do like what I normally do

[26:16] on traffic stops. I went up to the

[26:18] driver, asked for his uh driver's

[26:20] license and registration.

[26:22] >> What happened next was anything but

[26:23] routine. In fact, it made headlines.

[26:26] Bonitez says at first the motorist gave

[26:28] him the usual runaround.

[26:30] >> He had told me that he was just on his

[26:31] way right that man to take care of it.

[26:33] Okay.

[26:34] >> Then something about the man's eyes got

[26:36] his attention.

[26:37] >> Maybe I saw a f a similarity or

[26:39] something myself. I noticed his eyes

[26:41] which made me look at his name on his

[26:42] driver's license. The name was the same

[26:44] as his father, Paul Bonitez, a man who

[26:46] broke up with his mother when Officer

[26:48] Bonitez was 4 months old. A father he'd

[26:50] not seen in 29 years. On a whim, he

[26:53] asked the motorist if he'd ever known a

[26:55] woman with his mother's name.

[26:56] >> At that point, he looked at my name tag,

[26:58] looked at me in the face, and he said,

[27:00] "My god, I'm your father."

[27:01] >> Paul Bonitez, a school teacher who had

[27:03] tried in vain over the years to track

[27:05] down his son, says there are no words to

[27:07] express what he felt at that moment.

[27:09] >> I mean, what do you say? What do you do?

[27:12] Where do you start?

[27:13] >> He got out of the car. He attempted to

[27:14] give me a hug and he went on to say how

[27:16] he's been looking for me and and I

[27:18] really thought he showed signs of shock

[27:20] >> after the motorist told him details only

[27:22] his true father could have known.

[27:24] Officer Bonitez was also in a bit of

[27:26] shock.

[27:26] >> For me, the mathematical odds of of me

[27:29] pulling him over on a traffic stop, I

[27:31] never thought in a million years it

[27:32] would ever happen.

[27:33] >> Ever since Officer Bonitez pulled his

[27:35] father over at this intersection,

[27:36] they've had little chance to get to know

[27:38] each other. But that's likely to change.

[27:40] And another extraordinary coincidence,

[27:42] they discovered that after years of

[27:44] looking for one another, they've been

[27:45] living 5 miles apart. They say they'll

[27:48] take their newfound relationship one day

[27:50] at a time. And for Paul Bonitez, there's

[27:52] an added bonus. His son decided to let

[27:54] him off with a warning. Judy Mueller,

[27:57] ABC News, Los Angeles.

[28:00] >> Officer Bonitez and his father will be

[28:02] guests tomorrow on Good Morning America.

[28:04] That's our report for tonight. Later on

[28:07] 2020 Sunday with Barbara Walters and

[28:09] Diane Sawyer, a report on startling new

[28:12] evidence in the John Benet Ramsay murder

[28:14] case. I'm Carol Simpson for all of us

[28:17] here at ABC News. Have a good week and

[28:19] good night.

[28:34] This is a virtual heart. I can see it

[28:37] and I can operate on it, but it isn't

[28:39] there. Monday on ABC's World News

[28:42] Tonight with Peter Jennings.