CBS Evening News - 1996-07-19
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[0:04] They don't say it publicly yet, but
[0:06] crash investigators now believe it was a
[0:08] bomb that brought down TWWA 800.
[0:11] In-depth coverage tonight as they piece
[0:13] together what's looking more and more
[0:15] like a murder mystery. And the victims
[0:18] as the experts determine how they died.
[0:21] We will show you how they lived. Also
[0:24] tonight, should the abortion pill be
[0:26] legal? The government moves closer to a
[0:29] decision.
[0:32] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:36] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:39] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:42] Once again tonight, we're devoting much
[0:43] of the broadcast to indepth coverage of
[0:45] the latest on the crash of TWWA Flight
[0:47] 800. Rough seas at the crash site off
[0:50] the southshore of Long Island forced US
[0:52] Navy divers today to put off the search
[0:54] for the plane's flight recorders.
[0:56] although they think they may know where
[0:58] one of them is. But even without that
[1:00] key piece of evidence, investigators are
[1:02] moving toward concluding that it
[1:05] probably was a bomb. At this hour, the
[1:07] official death toll stands at 230. At
[1:10] least 100 bodies have been recovered.
[1:12] Nine US Coast Guard cutters will be
[1:15] searching in a difficult mission through
[1:16] the night for victims and wreckage. That
[1:19] wreckage, of course, could prove uh
[1:20] absolutely essential in determining how
[1:23] the blast came about what caused the 747
[1:26] to explode in flames and crash into the
[1:29] Atlantic. Wednesday evening, officials
[1:31] were being very cautious today in the
[1:33] wording of their public statements, but
[1:35] there is little doubt where the
[1:37] investigation is heading. We have a t