NBC Nightly News - 1984-04-09

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[0:00] This week on Channel 4 News,

[0:04] >> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's largest

[0:06] city and a big piece of the vote in

[0:08] tomorrow's Democratic presidential

[0:10] primary.

[0:14] [music]

[0:14] >> This is NBC Nightly News reported by Tom

[0:18] Brokoff.

[0:20] >> Good evening. That's the Philadelphia

[0:21] skyline out there. And tonight, Vice

[0:23] President George Bush, a Republican, is

[0:26] directly in the middle of this campaign

[0:28] for the Democratic presidential

[0:30] nomination. He accused the Democratic

[0:32] candidates, especially Jesse Jackson

[0:34] today, of permitting anti-semitism to

[0:36] become part of the political process.

[0:38] Bush was referring to several statements

[0:40] from a prominent Jackson supporter, a

[0:43] Muslim who publicly warned Jews not to

[0:45] harm Jackson. All of this on the eve of

[0:48] the important Pennsylvania primary. Ken

[0:50] Bod tonight on the vice president's

[0:51] attack and the candidate's response.

[0:54] >> The vice president began by attacking

[0:56] this man, Muslim leader Lewis Farrakhan,

[0:59] a Jackson supporter. Bush called

[1:01] Farrakhan's threat to a black reporter

[1:03] revolting. He said Farrakhan's warning

[1:06] to Jews was anti-Semitic. Bush also

[1:08] condemned Jesse Jackson's refusal to

[1:10] disavow Farrakhan, then moved on to the

[1:13] other Democratic contenders.

[1:15] >> It's just as shocking as Reverend

[1:18] Jackson's behavior. I can't understand

[1:20] why the other two candidates are

[1:22] unwilling to speak out and lay aside

[1:25] partisan politics for the time.

[1:28] >> Both Manddale and Hart made it clear

[1:29] they thought Bush was playing politics

[1:31] on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary,

[1:33] but both men were hard on Jesse Jackson.

[1:36] Manddale in Pittsburgh.

[1:37] >> I objected immediately to what Mr.

[1:40] Farrakhan said. I said it was an outrage

[1:42] and it is and it [music] should be

[1:44] condemned for what it is.

[1:46] >> Heart in Allentown. He ought to

[1:48] repudiate that support, disassociate

[1:50] himself in every way he can from anyone

[1:52] of that sort who uh threatens violence

[1:54] or harms anyone else.

[1:56] >> Last night, Farrakhan praised Jackson

[1:58] for not allowing critics to drive a

[2:00] wedge between them.

[2:02] >> Jesse would not denounce his brother.

[2:07] >> And I will not back away from him.

[2:10] >> That's right.

[2:12] >> I'm with him

[2:15] to the end. Farrakhan said that those

[2:18] who believe he is hurting the Jackson

[2:19] campaign aren't for Jackson anyway.

[2:22] Today, Jesse Jackson condemned

[2:23] anti-semitism and admitted Farrakhan had

[2:26] made a mistake. But again, he refused to

[2:28] disavow the Muslim leader.

[2:30] >> We need not be so unkind and so punitive

[2:34] as to attempt to bury people with their

[2:36] eyes open just because they made a

[2:38] mistake.

[2:38] >> Jackson says it's not fair to hold him

[2:40] or other presidential candidates

[2:42] personally responsible for the remarks

[2:44] of their supporters. on the Farrakan

[2:46] matter. He will go no further. Ken Bod,

[2:49] NBC News, Philadelphia.

[2:51] >> At the same time, the US Department of

[2:52] Education charged today that an

[2:54] organization with which Jackson has been

[2:56] associated improperly spent more than

[2:59] $700,000 in federal money. And the

[3:01] education department wants the money

[3:03] back. Jim Cumins now in Chicago with

[3:05] that story.

[3:08] Jesse Jackson began the Push for

[3:09] Excellence program in 1978 to combat

[3:12] drug and alcohol abuse among primarily

[3:14] black school children.

[3:15] >> IF YOU PUSH DOPE IN YOUR veins

[3:19] rather than hope IN YOUR BRAIN, YOU MUST

[3:22] LIVE WITH THE consequences

[3:24] of that decision.

[3:26] >> It wasn't long before the Carter

[3:27] administration offered government grants

[3:29] to help fund this program, which had

[3:31] positive results in many cities around

[3:32] the country. The program was audited

[3:35] under the Reagan administration and

[3:36] today the Department of Education

[3:38] ordered Push Excel to repay $700,000 for

[3:42] unsubstantiated expenses. 23% of the

[3:45] money it got from the government over 3

[3:46] years. Jackson campaigning in

[3:48] Pennsylvania charged the timing of this

[3:50] announcement could be politically

[3:51] motivated.

[3:52] >> Nothing uh nothing alleged to be illegal

[3:55] or inconsistent. It's a very standard

[3:57] report. A spokesman for the Department

[3:59] of Education stressed that Jackson had

[4:01] no direct tie to the management of Push

[4:03] XL, nor is anyone else charged with

[4:05] wrongdoing. It was just not very tight

[4:07] financial control or bookkeeping that

[4:09] was the problem. The spokesman said Push

[4:11] Excel's lawyer disputes that.

[4:12] >> It hasn't even reached the legal stage

[4:14] yet. We're just arguing among

[4:17] accountants as to what is allowable and

[4:19] what isn't.

[4:20] >> Jackson says his group plans to appeal

[4:21] the government demand to repay $700,000

[4:24] in grants. and he suggested the

[4:26] organization may be able to reduce the

[4:27] amount through negotiation. Jim Cumins,

[4:30] NBC News, Chicago.

[4:32] >> On other matters, Jackson said today

[4:34] that he'll travel to Nicaragua within a

[4:36] month to meet with Sandinista leaders

[4:37] and right-wing rebels supported by the

[4:39] Reagan administration. Today, there were

[4:42] new developments in the growing feud

[4:43] between the Reagan administration and

[4:45] the Nicaraguan government. We'll have

[4:47] that story and more news when we

[4:48] continue from Philadelphia in a moment.

[4:57] Coming up, Marvin Calb in Washington on

[4:59] our tough talk to the World Court. John

[5:02] Chancellor comments from Philadelphia on

[5:04] the stakes in the Pennsylvania primary.

[5:07] And Robert Brazelle reports from the

[5:08] Kennedy Space Center on the plans to

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[6:45] Nicaragua went to the World Court in the

[6:47] Netherlands today and had it asked the

[6:49] court to order an end to United States

[6:52] undercover operations in Nicaragua,

[6:54] including the mining of that country's

[6:56] ports. The Reagan administration has

[6:58] shown what some critics say is contempt

[7:00] for the World Court. It says it won't

[7:02] accept the court's rulings in Central

[7:04] America for at least 2 years. Marvin

[7:06] Kelp tonight on what that means for US

[7:08] policy.

[7:11] Officials admit by this action the

[7:13] administration has badly damaged its

[7:15] case on Capitol Hill and funding for

[7:17] covert operations against Nicaragua,

[7:19] including the mining may now be cut off.

[7:22] >> On the House side, Speaker Tip O'Neal.

[7:24] >> Up to this point, I have contended the

[7:26] Reagan administration's secret war

[7:28] against Nicaragua has been morally

[7:30] indefensible. Today, it is clear that

[7:32] it's legally indefensible as well.

[7:35] Congress should immediately end all

[7:37] funding for his illegal adventure in

[7:39] Nicaragua before the mining of harbors

[7:42] escalates into the deployment of

[7:44] American armed forces.

[7:46] >> The Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

[7:47] dominated by Republicans, vibrated with

[7:50] unhappiness.

[7:51] >> I was just as surprised and shocked when

[7:54] I read this report as all of us were.

[7:57] >> I hope that the administration will

[7:59] reconsider this decision. One authority

[8:02] on international law strongly

[8:03] disapproves of the US action.

[8:05] >> Again, I think it makes a mockery of our

[8:07] great emphasis that we've always placed

[8:09] on the rule of law in the international

[8:10] arena.

[8:11] >> The State Department explanation is that

[8:13] the US was merely trying to head off a

[8:15] long propaganda diversion at the World

[8:17] Court. And besides,

[8:19] >> there may well be classified data that

[8:21] we do not wish to uh publicize.

[8:24] Nicaragua's foreign minister, Miguel

[8:26] Descoto, denounced the mining as well as

[8:28] the preemptive US move at the World

[8:30] Court.

[8:31] >> This is something that that is

[8:32] intolerable, that is illegal, that is

[8:35] unjust.

[8:36] >> The mining of Nicaragua's ports began

[8:38] early in January, a move designed by the

[8:41] CIA to hurt the Nicaraguan economy.

[8:43] Seven ships have been damaged in recent

[8:45] weeks, including a Soviet tanker and a

[8:48] Japanese freighter. Capitol Hill

[8:49] reaction has been so stinging that

[8:52] officials here are now saying the mining

[8:53] operation may have to be called off.

[8:56] Marvin Calb, NBC News, the State

[8:58] Department. And the Soviet Union today

[9:00] accused the United States of playing

[9:02] political games with the Olympic Games.

[9:04] It said the United States was making it

[9:06] tough for Soviet athletes and officials

[9:08] to attend the games in Los Angeles.

[9:10] Frank Burkholster here tonight with the

[9:12] United States point of view.

[9:14] I think

[9:15] >> the state department responded quickly

[9:17] to Soviet accusations that the United

[9:19] States was violating the Olympic

[9:21] charter. According to the Soviet news

[9:23] agency TAS, the US government actually

[9:26] was encouraging a ban the Soviets

[9:28] movement to which the American spokesman

[9:30] said,

[9:31] >> as I said, we certainly did not uh uh

[9:35] support ban the Soviet groups. However,

[9:37] the Soviets have to understand that

[9:39] while there are certain immigrate groups

[9:41] objecting to the Soviet presence at the

[9:43] Los Angeles Olympic Games under the

[9:45] American system of freedom of speech,

[9:48] such groups do have the right to express

[9:50] their views.

[9:53] >> The antis-siet groups in question

[9:55] appeared when the Korean airliner was

[9:56] shot down and in recent months have

[9:59] staged demonstrations when Soviet

[10:01] Olympics officials have visited the Los

[10:03] Angeles area. In addition to the

[10:05] demonstrations, TAS complained about

[10:07] visa problems. The United States replied

[10:10] there was only one visa problem. Alier

[10:12] Mishkin, a KGB agent, not an athlete.

[10:16] American Olympic Committee President

[10:18] Simon said the Russians really have no

[10:20] reason to complain.

[10:21] >> We're ready to the best of our ability.

[10:24] Uh I think we're gonna have the greatest

[10:26] games in history. I really do.

[10:30] And while TAS was taking verbal pot

[10:32] shots at the Los Angeles games, members

[10:34] of the Soviet rifle and pistol teams

[10:36] were happily trying out the facilities

[10:39] for the games they'll probably attend in

[10:42] July. Frank Berg Holter, NBC News, Los

[10:45] Angeles.

[10:47] >> It's common for Soviet ships to patrol

[10:49] in waters well off the United States

[10:51] coast, but what happened this weekend

[10:53] was uncommon. A close cruise by a Soviet

[10:56] task force in the Gulf of Mexico. It

[10:58] moved to within about 50 mi of

[11:00] Louisiana. Pentagon officials think

[11:02] that's at the closest that the Soviet

[11:04] ships have ever come to the United

[11:05] States.

[11:11] Coming up, Dennis Murphy reports from

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[12:53] more try tomorrow to catch a broken

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[12:58] Yesterday's attempt failed and engineers

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[13:06] tonight on how they'll try to do it.

[13:09] >> That's currently what we're doing. In

[13:10] their orbit 300 m above the Earth today,

[13:12] the astronauts prepared for their second

[13:14] and last chance to capture the disabled

[13:17] scientific satellite called Solar Max.

[13:20] The attempt may be difficult because of

[13:21] a shortage of fuel for some of the

[13:23] shuttle's rockets. Terry Hart will try

[13:26] tomorrow to grab the satellite with the

[13:28] shuttle's robot arm. Yesterday, George

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[13:33] to catch it because an attachment pin

[13:35] did not work. His attempt left the

[13:37] satellite spinning and wobbling out of

[13:39] control. But today, engineers at the

[13:41] Gddard Space Flight Center in Maryland

[13:43] stabilized the satellite with commands

[13:45] from the ground. Commander Robert

[13:47] Krippen got word of the success.

[13:49] >> Solar Max is established in a half a

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[13:54] >> that is outstanding news.

[13:56] >> The stable satellite will be easier for

[13:58] Hart to capture. The critical factor

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[14:04] to use the robot arm. Engineers here at

[14:06] mission control think there is just

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[14:10] today, James Van Hoffton showed a bee

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[14:16] weightlessness.

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[14:19] >> First reports are that they make more

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[14:24] Robert Bazelle, NBC News at the Johnson

[14:26] Space Center, Houston.

[14:29] And there is a report tonight that a

[14:30] Chinese astronaut will be aboard a

[14:32] shuttle mission in the not too distant

[14:34] future. Aviation Week magazine says a

[14:36] new US China technology agreement

[14:39] includes plans for a Chinese shuttle

[14:41] flyer and that President Reagan will

[14:43] make this announcement during his trip

[14:44] to China at the end of this month. The

[14:47] US Justice Department said today that it

[14:49] has broken the Italian connection now a

[14:52] billion dollar heroin operation run by

[14:54] organized crime. 31 people were charged

[14:57] today. Many identified as members of a

[14:59] big organized crime family operating out

[15:01] of New York City. Officials estimate the

[15:03] ring imported 330 pounds of heroin a

[15:07] year for 5 years. Street value more than

[15:10] 1.5 billion.

[15:12] Another smaller drug bust was announced

[15:14] in Miami today. This one involving US

[15:16] customs agents allegedly on the take.

[15:19] Dennis Murphy tonight on this inside

[15:21] operation.

[15:23] Still wearing their uniforms, nine

[15:25] airport sky caps were brought to Miami's

[15:27] federal courthouse this morning. They

[15:28] are charged with operating a drug

[15:30] smuggling ring inside the airport's

[15:32] customs area. US customs inspectors have

[15:34] also arrested two customs agents. One of

[15:36] them, John O'Sullivan, seen here

[15:38] yesterday, is accused of taking $1,000

[15:40] cash and a Caribbean vacation in

[15:43] exchange for allowing drug couriers to

[15:45] enter the United States with undisclosed

[15:46] amounts of cocaine and marijuana.

[15:49] In Miami, Sky Caps have unlimited access

[15:52] to the customs area. They can take

[15:53] luggage through inspection all the way

[15:55] to curbside. According to the federal

[15:57] indictments, the ring used two scams. In

[16:00] one, the Sky Cap would steer the drug

[16:01] courier to the allegedly corrupt

[16:03] inspector. In the other, the more common

[16:05] method, the Sky Cap would mix in the

[16:07] drug shipment with the luggage of

[16:08] innocent travelers. That was called

[16:10] juggling the bags. As the passengers

[16:13] cleared customs, the sky caps assisting

[16:16] them would pick up an extra bag, that is

[16:20] the courier's suitcase containing the

[16:23] narcotics, and then transport the

[16:25] courier suitcase outside the customs

[16:28] enclosure area. One customs agent

[16:30] guessed that unwitting Miami passengers

[16:32] have been bringing in drugs with their

[16:33] bags for at least 2 years. According to

[16:36] the prosecutors, the Sky Caps made in

[16:38] excess of $1,000 for every drug

[16:39] shipment. Tonight, the porters are being

[16:41] held in lie of $250,000 bond. Dennis

[16:45] Murphy, NBC News, Miami.

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[18:54] The most important issues in the

[18:56] Pennsylvania primary this time in order

[18:58] of importance are jobs, jobs, jobs. The

[19:01] unemployment rate in this state is more

[19:03] than a full point higher than the

[19:04] national average. These are especially

[19:07] difficult times in towns such as

[19:08] Ambridge on the Ohio River near

[19:10] Pittsburgh, a steel town. Don Oliver

[19:13] tonight on the campaign and Ambridge.

[19:16] >> Boy, what a hell of a way to live. Steel

[19:18] worker 17 years, you know.

[19:20] >> Hell of a way to live. Unemployed like

[19:22] tens of thousands of steel workers

[19:23] forced to get groceries from a charity

[19:25] food bank.

[19:28] This was once the world's largest steel

[19:30] fabricating plant. The Golden Gate

[19:32] Bridge, the Astrodome, the Gateway Arch

[19:34] in St. Louis, the Empire State Building.

[19:36] All made with steel from this plant. Now

[19:39] closed. 4,500 jobs lost because foreign

[19:42] steel companies make it better and

[19:44] cheaper.

[19:45] >> I think it's too late. When they were

[19:48] making the money and were in the black,

[19:51] they didn't put it back into the mills.

[19:53] >> Albert Jano has been out of work for 2

[19:55] years. He's watching the Democratic

[19:56] presidential race for leadership to cope

[19:58] with America's industrial problems. He

[20:00] is not encouraged.

[20:01] >> I don't think they really know what's

[20:03] going on. It

[20:04] >> would be my intention to bring the

[20:06] management, the workers, and private

[20:08] capital to the bargaining table.

[20:10] >> Gary Hart was first to offer a plan to

[20:12] rejuvenate basic industries.

[20:14] >> The government will guarantee private

[20:15] loans, but the condition is that every

[20:18] cent of those loans has to be put into

[20:20] modern equipment and modern plants and

[20:22] training. Montdale followed with

[20:24] something sounding similar combined with

[20:26] steel import quotas

[20:28] >> quotas for a limited period but I want

[20:30] it tightened up to guarantee that the

[20:33] proceeds will all be put back in the

[20:35] steel industry to modernize.

[20:37] >> Jesse Jackson would provide workers the

[20:39] chance to buy closed plants and mills.

[20:41] >> If the government can give tax breaks

[20:44] and can have loious loans for management

[20:45] and ownership, he can do it for the

[20:47] workers.

[20:48] >> The number of jobs being created does

[20:50] not equal the number being lost. They

[20:52] usually involve new skills, generally

[20:55] lower pay, and often the wrenching

[20:57] decision to leave a town that has been

[20:59] home for generations.

[21:02] Tomorrow, when they vote in the dying

[21:04] towns of Pennsylvania's steel valleys,

[21:06] these considerations will be paramount.

[21:08] Which man can help them the most?

[21:10] >> The only one that does does have a

[21:12] chance, I feel, is uh Gary Hart.

[21:15] >> Montdale has a has a better pro- labor

[21:18] record. The unemployed are waiting now

[21:21] for something more than just an

[21:22] unemployment check. They're waiting to

[21:24] see if this primary campaign will

[21:25] produce any long-term solutions to their

[21:28] problems. Donna Oliver, NBC News,

[21:30] Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

[21:33] In a way, the Pennsylvania primary is

[21:34] the final scene before an intermission

[21:36] in this melodrama, which is the campaign

[21:38] for the Democratic presidential

[21:40] nomination. No one is sure just how it

[21:42] will all turn out, but as John

[21:44] Chancellor points out in his commentary

[21:46] tonight, the Pennsylvania scene will set

[21:48] the stage for the second act.

[21:51] >> Whoever wins and whoever loses the

[21:53] Pennsylvania primary here tomorrow, the

[21:55] battle between Gary Hart and Walder

[21:57] Manddale will go on. Both men have

[22:00] enough resources and determination to

[22:01] stay in the fight, although both are

[22:03] understandably fatigued. Pennsylvania is

[22:06] just the end of the first round. Eight

[22:08] more weeks lie ahead. many more states.

[22:11] Almost 800 delegates still to be won.

[22:14] Nevertheless, defeat in Pennsylvania

[22:15] would be a hard blow to either Montdale

[22:18] or Hart. Hart has lost three big

[22:20] industrial states in a row, Michigan,

[22:22] Illinois, and New York. If Hart loses

[22:24] another industrial, heavily unionized

[22:26] state, Pennsylvania. It will be hard for

[22:29] him to argue that he attracts mainstream

[22:31] Democratic votes. A loss here would take

[22:34] the magic out of Hart's appeal. And

[22:35] there's been an element of magic that's

[22:37] got him this far. A defeat for Manddale

[22:40] would mean that his combination of

[22:42] endorsements and union support isn't

[22:44] foolproof. Pennsylvania is the third

[22:46] most unionized state. If labor can't win

[22:49] for Montdale here, will it be of much

[22:52] use in Western contest coming up?

[22:54] Manddale is already heavily dependent on

[22:56] labor money, but that help will be

[22:58] devalued if he can't win Pennsylvania.

[23:00] There is one candidate who probably

[23:02] won't win, but who can't lose, and

[23:04] that's Jesse Jackson. He is given no

[23:06] chance to carry the state, but his black

[23:08] support is so strong that he could carry

[23:10] Philadelphia, a very big city. But for

[23:13] Montdale or Hart, Pennsylvania is a

[23:15] special problem. Neither man's campaign

[23:17] is in good shape. In the long run, the

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[25:07] Whatever difficulties Jesse Jackson may

[25:09] have with critics such as Vice President

[25:10] Bush today, he's among friends when he

[25:13] goes before black audiences, especially

[25:15] in black churches. To those audiences,

[25:18] Jackson is much more than a political

[25:20] candidate. He's a symbol of something

[25:22] much more important. Tonight, the

[25:24] Jackson message and what it means to the

[25:27] people who come to hear him.

[25:30] >> April 4th, 1968.

[25:34] Dr. King was assassinated.

[25:37] Our hearts were broken. Our dreams

[25:40] shattered. Seemingly, we had lost our

[25:43] way.

[25:44] >> To me, Jesse Jackson is an extension of

[25:48] the dream of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther

[25:51] King. His dream is not dead. It lives on

[25:54] in Reverend Jesse Jackson.

[25:57] >> Everybody is somebody.

[26:00] >> That's the real world.

[26:03] STOP BEING FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SOMEONE

[26:06] ELSE won't lead you to freedom. DON'T

[26:08] CRY BY WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE.

[26:11] >> USE WHAT YOU GOT.

[26:12] >> COME ON.

[26:14] >> Jackson just showing us we can be

[26:16] whatever we want to be. We got all you

[26:18] need is the initiative. You know that

[26:20] you got to motivate yourself. If you

[26:22] don't motivate yourself, you can't look

[26:23] for nobody to motivate you.

[26:26] >> We've come

[26:28] a mighty long way.

[26:29] >> Mighty long way. Yes, sir. Mhm.

[26:31] >> From disgrace

[26:33] to amazing grace.

[26:36] >> In this campaign, we're waking up our

[26:38] nation.

[26:38] >> Yes, sir.

[26:39] >> WE NEED MORE

[26:41] >> THAN A NEW PRESIDENT.

[26:44] >> We need a new direction.

[26:48] >> Jesse is a young man with clear vision.

[26:52] There's an old saying that old men have

[26:54] dreams and young men have visions

[26:58] and they act upon them. And a young man

[27:00] has got to do what he has to do when

[27:03] he's young.

[27:05] >> IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY

[27:07] WHO WILL MARCH UP THE ROUGH SIDE OF THE

[27:09] MOUNTAIN

[27:11] >> AND FACE THE HEAT OF THE DAY,

[27:15] >> HERE AM I.

[27:17] >> SEND ME.

[27:18] >> IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO WILL GO TO JAIL

[27:21] FOR YOU,

[27:23] >> I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE.

[27:25] >> HERE AM I.

[27:26] >> SEND ME.

[27:28] Reverend Jackson, he's a bridge over a

[27:31] lot of problems that have been

[27:32] oppressing this country for years. The

[27:35] bridge is being constructed and with

[27:37] strong foundation. And the bridge is

[27:40] going to be completed. It is going to be

[27:42] completed.

[27:43] >> WE HAVE BEEN DOWN.

[27:45] >> WE'LL NOT BE DOWN ALWAYS.

[27:48] >> WE'RE GOING HIGHER.

[27:51] >> HIGHER.

[27:52] HIGHER. [cheering]

[27:54] HIGHER. HIGHER. HIGHER.

[27:59] >> [cheering]

[28:01] >> THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS ON THIS MONDAY NIGHT

[28:03] before the Pennsylvania primary. I'm Tom

[28:05] Bro in Philadelphia. Good night from all

[28:07] of us at NBC News.

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