KPTV (Portland) 10 p.m. news - 1992-03-04 (partial)

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[0:02] And then that's all I have to do. It's

[0:05] scanning for viruses. Right now,

[0:06] >> antivirus programs are the only way to

[0:09] clear a computer of the Michelangelo

[0:11] virus, which threatens to wipe out

[0:13] everything on Friday, March 6th. The

[0:15] experts are advising people to buy one

[0:17] of these programs. Michelangelo is one

[0:20] of thousands of viruses.

[0:21] >> Be vigilant because uh again, these

[0:24] things are are here. They're widespread

[0:26] and we've seen the the extent of it in

[0:28] this particular incident.

[0:29] >> Of course, the cheapest way to avoid the

[0:31] Michelangelo virus is to just turn off

[0:33] your machine tomorrow and leave it off

[0:35] all day on Friday or set the clock on

[0:37] your computer a day ahead. But unless

[0:40] you use one of those antivirus programs,

[0:42] you're going to have to do the same

[0:43] thing next March 6th and every March 6th

[0:46] after that to avoid the virus. In

[0:48] Beaverton, Teresa Lu, the 10:00 news.

[0:52] >> Antivirus software costs about a hundred

[0:54] bucks. Supplies could be short tomorrow,

[0:56] so if you can get any, you're advised to

[0:57] try turning off the computer for a day

[0:59] and getting a program later to get rid

[1:01] of the virus. If you have a modem,

[1:03] though, several antivirus billboards are

[1:05] available by phone. Most local computer

[1:07] stores can supply information about

[1:09] that.

[1:10] >> Well, Tektronic says it expects to lay

[1:12] off 500 more people because of losses of

[1:15] three to$6 million this quarter. The

[1:18] Beaverton based high-tech company

[1:19] expects at least a 43% drop in earnings

[1:21] compared to last year's third quarter.

[1:24] Tektronics once was Oregon's largest

[1:26] private company with 24,000 employees

[1:29] worldwide. The company now is down to

[1:31] 11,528

[1:33] people including about 7,500 in the

[1:36] Portland area. Company spokesman says

[1:38] about half of the 500 jobs to be cut

[1:41] will be here in the Portland area. Cuts

[1:43] will come through layoffs and attrition

[1:45] over the next six months.

[1:47] Even more bad news over the next two

[1:48] years, as many as 6,000 AT&T operators

[1:51] will lose their jobs to computer

[1:53] technology. Al Henman has more on that.

[1:59] Gone is the day when you can count on

[2:01] hearing a human voice when you dial O

[2:04] for operator.

[2:09] >> Hello. Please say correct calling card,

[2:12] third number, person or operator. Uh,

[2:15] yes. I'd like to make a collect call,

[2:17] please.

[2:18] >> AT&T says it has perfected a

[2:20] sophisticated computer program capable

[2:23] of understanding and responding to the

[2:25] human voice. The voice recognition

[2:27] system developed by AT&T's Bell Labs is

[2:31] designed to master what computers do not

[2:33] do easily. Deal with the complexities of

[2:35] the spoken word. The key to AT&T's voice

[2:38] recognition system is its ability to

[2:41] spot and process key words in

[2:43] conversation.

[2:45] The long-distance telephone company says

[2:46] the new technology will replace as many

[2:49] as onethird of its 18,000 operators over

[2:52] the next two years. The operators union

[2:55] set off an immediate alarm, claiming the

[2:57] company was trying to influence upcoming

[2:59] contract talks.

[3:01] >> I mean, it doesn't take a wizard to to

[3:04] come up with the answer that it was done

[3:05] to put the fear into the employees.

[3:08] >> AT&T refutes that, saying it's kept the

[3:10] union involved throughout the testing

[3:12] process. AT&T says it will offer

[3:15] alternate jobs to as many of the

[3:17] displaced operators and managers as

[3:20] possible. The total jobs lost to

[3:22] computers could depend on how well

[3:24] customers respond. AT&T is promising a

[3:28] live voice at the other end of the

[3:30] phone. If you're having problems with

[3:32] their new voice recognition system, or

[3:34] if you simply want personal

[3:36] communication when you ask for personto

[3:38] person, please. Getting human help while

[3:40] connected to the computer comes with the

[3:43] word operator, not help.

[3:44] >> I personally would rather speak to

[3:48] a person and not a machine.

[3:49] >> The first voice recognition systems go

[3:52] online in June in Jacksonville, Florida

[3:54] and Seattle.

[3:55] >> This is AT&T.

[3:57] >> By the beginning of 1994, AT&T callers

[4:00] across the US will find a computer

[4:02] answering many of their calls and

[4:05] talking back. Thank you for placing

[4:07] >> Al Hinman, CNN Atlanta.

[4:10] >> We're going now to Michael O'Brien, who

[4:11] has the very latest on the status of the

[4:14] Seattle Mariners. Are they coming or

[4:15] going?

[4:16] >> Well, we're we're the very latest is

[4:17] about what we knew yesterday. [laughter]

[4:19] Wait a while. Terrific. Yeah, we're all

[4:21] on hold. Baseball owners now have

[4:23] delayed making a decision on the sale of

[4:25] the Seattle Mariners to the group led by

[4:27] Japanese investors. And owners are now

[4:29] developing a counter proposal. Baseball

[4:32] would like to see the Japanese stake be

[4:34] less than 50%, but Hiroshi Yamachi of

[4:36] Nintendo Japan has said he wants

[4:38] controlling interest or nothing.

[4:40] Meanwhile, team owner Jeff Smolon

[4:42] watches and waits.

[4:45] >> We're we're following the procedures,

[4:46] the guidelines set down by Major League

[4:48] Baseball, and I think it's moving

[4:50] according to the way it should move. I

[4:52] don't think it's we're any more less out

[4:54] of control than you ever are the first

[4:56] day you get in the game.

[4:58] >> Should the deal fall through, St.

[5:00] Petersburg, Florida wants the Mariners

[5:02] to move there. The San Francisco Giants,

[5:04] meantime, are looking to move to San

[5:06] Jose, but now the question is, does San

[5:09] Jose really want them? Voters must

[5:11] approve a big tax hike to build a new

[5:13] stadium for the team. And now there are

[5:15] many telling the city to stay out of the

[5:17] baseball business.

[5:18] >> According to the city, there is no money

[5:20] for the homeless. There is no money for

[5:23] city streets. There is no money for

[5:26] lowincome housing. How the hell do we

[5:28] get this money to build a ballpark?

[5:30] >> I think what you have to look at it is

[5:31] that the taxpayers are investing in a

[5:34] public private partnership that will

[5:37] then reap benefits to them through jobs

[5:39] and through the increase in the tax base

[5:41] that will help fund the programs that

[5:44] you know the opposition cares about for

[5:46] years to come.

[5:47] >> The San Jose vote is set for June. The

[5:49] latest polls show a 46% in favor, 42%

[5:53] opposed, and many of the big businesses

[5:55] have yet to take a stand.

[5:58] >> So, we have two teams on the move.

[6:00] >> Well, it'll be interesting when they

[6:01] find decide to decide [clears throat]

[6:02] about the mariners. Huh.

[6:03] >> Good point. See you in 20 minutes.

[6:04] >> I'll be back. See you later. Thanks.

[6:06] >> As we continue, uh, one Democrat,

[6:08] [music]

[6:08] one Democratic presidential wannabe that

[6:11] is, is reportedly very close to calling

[6:12] it quits, [music] but the rest of the

[6:14] pack, well, they were hard at work on

[6:16] the campaign trail today. We'll bring

[6:17] you up to date on all that uh just a few

[6:20] minutes from now.

[6:21] >> It all comes down to money. And then the

[6:22] Ender boss continues to chip away at the

[6:24] Teflon Dawn. A report on the John Gotti

[6:27] trial [music] just ahead.

[6:31] >> Jesus to diagnose genetic birth defects

[6:34] now faces up to 280 years in prison.

[6:37] Today, a Virginia jury convicted Dr.

[6:39] Cecil Jacobson on 52 counts of fraud and

[6:41] perjury. Jacobson was accused of using

[6:44] his own sperm to artificially inseminate

[6:46] as many as 75 patients. Prosecutors

[6:49] charged he tricked some women into

[6:50] believing they were pregnant.

[6:51] >> Absolute shock that I'd be found guilty

[6:53] of something I did not do. As I

[6:55] understand the charges, it involved

[6:57] willful intent, involved a scheme, and

[7:00] involved money.

[7:02] And as you who sat through the trial

[7:04] realize that I have no scheme,

[7:07] I certainly didn't willfully or

[7:08] intentionally harm anyone.

[7:11] And irregardless what they seem to

[7:12] think, I certainly made no money on the

[7:14] practice of medicine. Certainly not out

[7:16] of the infertility portion.

[7:17] >> I think that he was a good man and he

[7:19] did a lot of good, but I think that it

[7:21] was overwhelming evidence that he went

[7:24] wrong somewhere and he mistreated a lot

[7:26] of women.

[7:28] >> Jacobson is set to be sentenced in May.

[7:30] Health officials, meanwhile, estimate

[7:32] that 58,000 Americans will die this year

[7:35] from colloctal cancer. However, a new

[7:38] study shows a routine exam of the lower

[7:40] intestine with a special scope could cut

[7:42] the risk of developing fatal colorctal

[7:45] cancer by at least 60%. Now, this study

[7:48] is based on people who have the exam at

[7:50] least once every 10 years at a much

[7:52] lower risk rate.

[7:52] >> Well, the healthcare debate heated up on

[7:54] Capitol Hill today. Health Secretary

[7:56] Lewis Sullivan defended President Bush's

[7:58] proposals against Senate Democrats who

[8:00] touted their own plan. Jeff Lavine

[8:02] reports.

[8:06] The pro-life opponents are vowing a

[8:08] tough fight.

[8:10] We who claim to be pro-life argue that

[8:14] once conception has occurred, the human

[8:17] equation has unalterably changed. A new

[8:20] tiny member of the human family has been

[8:23] created. Not potential human life, but

[8:27] human life with potential. Basically, I

[8:29] think what women are asking for is the

[8:31] right to be treated as adults,

[8:34] the right to be dealt with as adults,

[8:36] the right to hear their different

[8:38] options. And I must say, as a woman, I

[8:41] get very frustrated when people seem to

[8:43] think that if women just hear the A

[8:46] word, they will run right out and have

[8:49] an abortion.

[8:50] >> The Supreme Court could use a

[8:52] Pennsylvania case to overturn Roie Wade.

[8:54] It will hear arguments in that case in

[8:56] April. In another courtroom in New York

[8:59] City, the prosecution continued its case

[9:01] today in a John Gotti murder trial. A

[9:04] man who claims he was Gotti's assistant

[9:06] in the mob described the mafia payoff

[9:08] system today. Meanwhile, several jurors

[9:10] have resigned from this case. Charles

[9:12] Felman reports.

[9:15] >> Inside this federal courthouse, there

[9:17] used to be 12 regular and six alternate

[9:19] anonymous jurors hearing the John Gotti

[9:22] murder racketeering trial in Brooklyn.

[9:24] This week, in an unusual development,

[9:26] two of the jurors were excused for

[9:28] undisclosed reasons. Court orders aimed

[9:31] at preventing jury tampering prohibit

[9:33] lawyers from saying why the jurors were

[9:35] released and prevent news organizations

[9:38] from even showing sketches of what they

[9:40] looked like. Although there is always

[9:42] speculation at any trial involving

[9:44] alleged mafia members, especially John

[9:46] Gotti, that jurors may be afraid,

[9:49] numerous sources tell CNN that that is

[9:52] not the case here. And the judge says no

[9:54] improprieties are involved. Meanwhile,

[9:57] prosecutors finished up their

[9:59] questioning of star witness Salvador

[10:01] Sammy the Bull Gravano, the mob turncoat

[10:04] who says he was Gotti's right-hand man.

[10:07] Gravano testified that his construction

[10:10] company alone contributed $100,000 a

[10:13] month in kickbacks to Gotti, helping to

[10:15] explain how a self-proclaimed plumbing

[10:17] salesman from Queens can afford two and

[10:20] $3,000 suits and one-of-a-kind neck

[10:23] ties. He also said other companies paid

[10:25] Gotti large kickbacks. On Tuesday,

[10:28] Gravano told how he and Gotti helped

[10:30] plan the rub out of godfather Paul

[10:32] Castellano. Gravano also calmly talked

[10:35] about how he murdered a close friend.

[10:37] And Wednesday, Gravano disclosed that he

[10:39] also killed the cousin of his

[10:41] brother-in-law in a mob dispute. Not

[10:43] everyone, however, has bad things to say

[10:46] about John Gotti. Jay Black, the lead

[10:48] singer of the 60s singing group Jay and

[10:50] the Americans, came to court to give his

[10:52] support.

[10:53] >> I describe him as a gentleman and uh

[10:57] just a great guy that doesn't deserve

[10:59] this. After three days of direct

[11:01] examination by the prosecutor, which was

[11:03] carefully prepared, Salvador Gravano is

[11:05] about to feel the heat of John Gotti's

[11:07] attorney, Albert Kger is considered one

[11:10] of the best cross-examiners in the

[11:12] United States. And beginning Thursday,

[11:14] he is expected to start his pounding of

[11:16] Sammy the Bull. Charles Feldman, CNN,

[11:20] New York.

[11:21] >> News from around the world when we come

[11:23] back.

[11:24] >> The candidates were busy uh putting the

[11:26] best spin [music] on yesterday's primary

[11:28] results. All that just ahead.

[11:35] >> What do you

[11:36] >> Nebraska Senator Bob Kerry won South

[11:38] Dakota's presidential primary last week,

[11:40] but he canled all campaign stops today

[11:42] to hold meetings with his advisers in

[11:44] Washington. Campaign sources tell CNN

[11:47] that Kerry is getting ready to withdraw.

[11:49] He finished fourth or worse in every

[11:52] Democratic contest yesterday. Most of

[11:54] the rest of the pack was back on the

[11:55] campaign trail today, though. Bill

[11:57] Clinton was in Florida, one of next

[11:59] week's Super Tuesday primary states. The

[12:01] Arkansas governor says he opposes the

[12:03] Bush administration plan to deport

[12:05] Haitian refugees. Falsangas admits

[12:07] Clinton has an edge in the South, where

[12:09] most of the Super Tuesday contest will

[12:10] be held. He spent the day in South

[12:12] Carolina, which has its primary this

[12:14] Saturday. Nevada's Democratic caucuses

[12:17] are this Sunday. And Jerry Brown, who

[12:18] took Colorado last night, was in Las

[12:20] Vegas today telling striking workers

[12:22] that his Democratic opponents have poor

[12:25] records on labor. Well, Tom Harkin

[12:27] didn't campaign today, but his aids say

[12:29] he isn't giving up the fight. Labor

[12:30] groups backing him reaffirmed their

[12:32] support today.

[12:34] >> The Republican candidates, President

[12:36] Bush and Patrick Buchanan, were busy in

[12:38] the South today. President Bush traveled

[12:41] to Tampa, and he expressed confidence uh

[12:43] at winning re-election. He has won every

[12:45] GOP primary so far, and his aids

[12:48] predict, well, he'll just win the rest

[12:49] of them, too. Today, though, Patrick

[12:51] Buchanan said the president should think

[12:54] about giving up. He told reporters in

[12:56] Louisiana that winning 30% of the vote

[12:58] in the primary so far is a victory. And

[13:00] he warned that the president risks

[13:02] becoming a Republican version of Jimmy

[13:04] Carter. The White House press secretary

[13:06] says Buchanan's suggestion that the

[13:08] president's surrender now is looney.

[13:11] >> It may get worse before it gets better.

[13:13] Well, the fourth round of Middle East

[13:15] peace talks has ended in Washington. And

[13:17] now the question seems to be what next?

[13:19] Arab and Israeli negotiators made little

[13:21] progress today. In fact, they couldn't

[13:23] even agree on a time and place for the

[13:25] next meeting. Now, this prompted a

[13:27] Syrian official to suggest postponing

[13:29] the talks until after the Israeli

[13:31] national elections in June.

[13:34] >> Some stories now from around the world.

[13:36] The death toll continues to rise and the

[13:38] Republic of Norno Carabach. Armenia and

[13:40] Azeraijan have been fighting over that

[13:42] tiny province for four years. Officials

[13:45] in Azerbaijan say seven more people were

[13:47] killed today and at least 1,000

[13:49] civilians were killed last week when

[13:51] Armenian soldiers invaded a village in

[13:54] Yugoslavia. Federal troops are

[13:56] patrolling the capital of Bosnia

[13:57] Herzgoina trying to keep Serbians and

[14:00] Muslims there apart. The Serbs oppose

[14:02] independence from Yugoslavia. They have

[14:04] set up armed encampments. Fighting today

[14:07] left at least eight people dead. When we

[14:10] return, Jim Donovan rejoins us. He'll

[14:12] fill us in on the forecast for tomorrow,

[14:13] of course, and that allimportant 5-day

[14:15] [music] outlook

[14:21] [music]

[14:27] till proven guilty, then you understand

[14:29] the dilemma. On the other hand, if you

[14:32] believe that if there's enough smoke,

[14:34] there has to be a fire, there's no

[14:35] dilemma at all. After that, the

[14:38] political decision to plug in your

[14:39] strongest candidate is easy. In the

[14:43] interest of due process, Washington

[14:45] Democrats should go carefully with their

[14:47] demands for Adam's resignation or their

[14:50] motives may be misunderstood.

[14:53] I'm Rick Meyers. If you would like to

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