NBC Nightly News - 1993-06-03

Name: NBC Nightly News - 1993-06-03
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[0:01] In the eye of the storm, Lani Guinier's

[0:03] civil rights nomination, a huge

[0:05] presidential headache.

[0:07] A drug tunnel from Mexico, almost five

[0:10] football fields long, and it's not the

[0:12] only one.

[0:13] And our insiders report tonight, what is

[0:16] Ross Perot up to, anyway?

[0:18] >> This is NBC [music] Nightly News with

[0:21] Tom Brokaw.

[0:22] Sitting in tonight is Jane Pauley.

[0:25] >> Good evening. President Clinton is in a

[0:27] corner tonight. Should he withdraw the

[0:29] nomination of Lani Guinier to a top

[0:31] civil rights post? She's under attack

[0:34] for her liberal views, which puts

[0:36] Clinton in an awkward spot as he tries

[0:38] to move to the political center and save

[0:40] his budget. But Clinton is also under

[0:42] intense public pressure to stand by his

[0:44] nominee. Guinier is at the White House

[0:46] at this hour for a meeting with the

[0:48] president. NBC's Andrea Mitchell has the

[0:50] latest.

[0:52] >> The president was described as agonized

[0:54] over the decision. NBC News has learned

[0:56] that a White House official has told

[0:58] Guinier that she cannot be confirmed and

[1:00] should withdraw. She wanted more time to

[1:02] clear her name. That left the issue

[1:04] hanging all day.

[1:06] >> Mr. President, is the Guinier nomination

[1:08] withdrawn, sir?

[1:10] Good morning, everybody.

[1:12] Morning.

[1:13] >> A few hours later, he was defensive when

[1:15] asked if he was cutting and running by

[1:16] dumping Guinier.

[1:18] >> Now, you can't have it both ways, Bob.

[1:19] You can't say that I'm brave to the

[1:20] point of being crazy for offering an

[1:22] economic plan that raises taxes, cuts

[1:24] spending, and changes things, and for

[1:26] taking on issues like gays in the

[1:27] military, and th