World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-07-08

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[0:04] On World News Tonight this Thursday,

[0:05] last stop on the presidential poverty

[0:07] tour. Did Mr. Clinton make a difference?

[0:09] Is anyone listening?

[0:12] >> There's a drum beat against Sloban

[0:14] Mallich. Now, might the Yugoslav leader

[0:16] days be numbered?

[0:19] >> Watching people die from AIDS when you

[0:21] have the drugs that might save them.

[0:24] We'll take a closer look.

[0:27] and the US women's soccer team playing

[0:29] for the World Cup now and trying to

[0:32] build a legacy.

[0:40] From ABC News World Headquarters in New

[0:43] York, this is World News Tonight with

[0:47] Peter Jennings.

[0:47] >> Good evening. President Clinton is on

[0:49] the fourth day of his tour through some

[0:50] of the country's most impoverished

[0:52] areas. Today, he was in the Watts

[0:54] section of Los Angeles. No part of that

[0:56] city has had more difficulty or greater

[0:59] challenge in the last 40 years. This is

[1:01] also the final day of the president's

[1:04] poverty tour and it gives the occasion

[1:06] to many people to ask why he waited six

[1:09] and a half years to put such a focus on

[1:11] poverty and has the trip made a

[1:13] difference. We begin with ABC's John

[1:15] Cochran.

[1:17] >> Today, President Clinton got some help

[1:19] selling his investment package from

[1:21] Magic Johnson. Johnson has invested in

[1:23] movie theaters in the Watts area and had

[1:25] his own message for executives reluctant

[1:28] to move into troubled areas.

[1:30] >> It's good business. You got to remember

[1:33] we got income to spend.

[1:35] >> A tired president urged Congress to pass

[1:37] tax credits and loan guarantees and

[1:40] urged companies to take advantage of

[1:41] them.

[1:42] >> It is the morally right thing to do and

[1:45] it is in the self-interest of every

[1:47] American who participates in it. As the

[1:51] president made his way across the

[1:52] country this week to six very different

[1:54] pockets of poverty, his aids have been

[1:56] surprised at his good luck in trying to

[1:58] get the nation's attention. There were

[2:00] no high school shootings, no foreign

[2:02] crises to distract Americans from

[2:04] Clinton's focus on poverty. He traveled

[2:07] to Anaheim to make his final pitch to

[2:09] business executives who in public at

[2:11] least said they were impressed. How

[2:13] important are these incentives in

[2:14] getting businesses to invest in poverty

[2:16] areas?

[2:17] >> I think they're terribly important. I

[2:19] think that they must rank amongst the

[2:22] highest priorities

[2:24] uh that we have today in our society.

[2:26] >> So it is important for the president and

[2:28] congress to do something now.

[2:30] >> The president's plan has received a

[2:32] mostly positive reception from

[2:33] Republicans who are talking about

[2:35] compassionate conservatism and are eager

[2:38] to show their interest in helping the

[2:39] poor. Republicans are also quick to

[2:42] remind you they have visited the same

[2:44] areas and have their own package of

[2:46] incentives. We're delighted that the

[2:48] president is doing this tour that he is

[2:51] seeing out there what we saw four years

[2:53] ago.

[2:54] >> Nothing happened four years ago. This

[2:56] time both Republicans and the president

[2:58] say the chances of doing something for

[3:00] America's left out areas are pretty

[3:02] good. John Cochran, ABC News, Anaheim,

[3:05] California.

[3:07] >> On the streets and watched today, there

[3:08] was skepticism about the president's

[3:10] plans for economic revival. Skepticism,

[3:12] too, about private business. People have

[3:14] heard the promises before. Indeed, Watts

[3:18] is a place that has struggled, sometimes

[3:20] violently, to overcome the divisions of

[3:22] race and class and opportunity, and the

[3:25] pace of progress has sometimes been

[3:27] slow. Here's ABC's Brian Rooney.

[3:31] >> The 1965 riots left a brand on this part

[3:34] of South Central Los Angeles known as

[3:36] Watts. It's the worst riot in the

[3:39] history of Los Angeles County.

[3:41] >> And the area's reputation suffered

[3:43] further during even bigger riots in

[3:45] 1992. But look around. Investment, both

[3:49] public and private, has begun to change

[3:51] Watts. There's a shopping center like

[3:53] any suburban shopping center in America.

[3:56] Nice new homes with picket fences and a

[3:58] modern rail line.

[4:00] >> Things have completely changed, but

[4:01] businesses still have not moved in.

[4:03] Here, for instance, at this adult

[4:05] education center, people are trained or

[4:07] retrained for work in the new economy.

[4:09] But when they get a job, it's usually

[4:12] not in Watts.

[4:13] >> I would tell the president that we need

[4:15] jobs in the area. There are jobs outside

[4:17] the area, but we need jobs within the

[4:20] Watts community.

[4:21] >> Over the years, politicians have come to

[4:23] Watts offering training, economic

[4:25] incentives, and promises. But this has

[4:28] not produced many jobs. It is hard to

[4:30] find enough land for a big operation

[4:33] here. But as much as anything, the

[4:34] failure of businesses to come to Watts

[4:37] may simply be a lack of interest in a

[4:39] place they don't know or understand.

[4:41] Some people in Watts are on the verge of

[4:43] big success after getting help. Twin

[4:45] brothers Larry and Harry Mroy got an

[4:48] $800,000 investment of government money

[4:51] to develop management software for the

[4:53] Los Angeles Police and major companies.

[4:55] If the Mroy stay on track, they could

[4:58] employ hundreds of people.

[4:59] >> You're partners and you're developing

[5:02] something patiently investing over the

[5:05] long haul so that you have something

[5:07] that's valuable

[5:08] >> and demonstrate that this can be a place

[5:10] to invest and make money. Brian Rooney,

[5:12] ABC News, South Central Los Angeles.

[5:16] >> On the money tonight from elsewhere,

[5:17] good news from Japan as far as the

[5:19] United States is concerned. The Japanese

[5:21] government said today it will try to

[5:22] encourage economic growth by staying out

[5:25] of the economy and allowing more

[5:27] competition among businesses. And while

[5:29] we're in Japan, the Wall Street firm

[5:31] Goldman Sachs has begun sponsoring a

[5:32] program on television in Tokyo called

[5:35] Money Angels Play on Charlie's Angels.

[5:37] Of course, in this case, the program's

[5:39] female stars try to unlock the mysteries

[5:42] of financial planning. Goldman Sachs

[5:44] hopes the show will help its asset

[5:46] management business in Japan. On Wall

[5:48] Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial

[5:50] Average was down more than 60 points to

[5:52] close at 11,126.

[5:56] On the Nasdaq, stocks were up 28 almost

[5:59] 29 points. And finally, who could resist

[6:03] complaining about the new policy at the

[6:05] Better Business Bureau of Dallas? If you

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[6:09] now to file a complaint. 99.95.

[6:13] And the Food and Drug Administration is

[6:14] going to allow makers of whole grain

[6:16] cereals to say on the box that their

[6:19] products help prevent cancer and heart

[6:21] disease. It is the first time that any

[6:23] food has been certified as an effective

[6:27] specific way to fight two diseases.

[6:30] When we come back, more Serbs in the

[6:33] streets. Do they have Mr. Mallosvich's

[6:35] number? And World Cup soccer going for

[6:39] number one. And it's more than a girls

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[8:22] In North Korea today, a rare sighting of

[8:24] the country's leader, Kim Jong-el. He

[8:26] led a massive memorial service for his

[8:28] father, the leader who died five years

[8:31] ago. In Yugoslavia today, once again,

[8:34] several thousand people took to the

[8:35] streets to say that President Mallosvich

[8:38] had to go. It is certainly a summer of

[8:40] discontent there. Now, for years, the

[8:42] Serbs have tolerated Mr. Mallosvich,

[8:45] even though many acknowledged he was a

[8:47] butcher and a tyrant. The difference

[8:49] now, he's seen as a loser. Here's ABC's

[8:52] Bill Ricker.

[8:55] >> There is now a real feeling here that

[8:57] Slo Mallovich's days are numbered.

[9:03] Not only because of the size of the

[9:05] demonstrations, but because of the

[9:06] variety of people who attend them. A

[9:09] woman in Levat who lost a relative in

[9:12] the war. A refinery worker in Nobisad

[9:14] who no longer has a job. Soldiers from

[9:17] Kosovo who still have not been paid.

[9:20] >> What are we facing this time is uh

[9:24] genuine anger within the society itself.

[9:27] >> The protests are different in other

[9:29] ways. Some of them are erupting in

[9:31] cities once considered government

[9:33] strongholds. Military reservists have

[9:35] blocked roads as their form of protest

[9:37] and the Serbian Orthodox Church has also

[9:40] joined the call for Mallosvich to

[9:42] resign. Fact of the matter is opposition

[9:44] politicians are finding it hard to keep

[9:47] up with it all.

[9:48] >> We must act very fast and we must remove

[9:51] Milosovich in the next 6 months. Zoran

[9:54] Jingich is a philosopher turned

[9:56] politician who this week told

[9:57] demonstrators that Slo Mallovich has

[10:00] lost four wars leading Serbs in on tanks

[10:03] only to return on tractors. Mallosich

[10:06] has weathered popular uprisings before.

[10:09] But he still controls the police, his

[10:11] secret service, and the media which

[10:14] still presents only his views.

[10:16] Intelligence reports indicate Mallich

[10:19] has transferred money to other countries

[10:21] including South Africa. But that was

[10:23] before he was indicted as a war

[10:25] criminal, and other countries may now be

[10:27] reluctant to shelter him. For now, his

[10:30] regime is trying to win back some

[10:32] support. This week, showering protesters

[10:34] with leaflets urging them not to side

[10:37] with traders and collaborators. But on

[10:40] the street, the leaflets were ignored.

[10:42] Bill Reder, ABC News, Belgrade.

[10:45] >> One item about US politics today. It

[10:48] didn't take Mrs. Clinton long in her

[10:49] campaign for the Senate to disagree with

[10:51] her husband and the US government. Mrs.

[10:54] Clinton has told an Orthodox Jewish

[10:56] group she considers Jerusalem the

[10:57] eternal and indivisible capital of

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[14:01] for some time. So, what to do? Here's

[14:03] ABC's Ned Potter.

[14:06] Great God, what an awful place," said

[14:08] one of the first men to reach the pole,

[14:10] and his words still ring true. Right

[14:13] now, it's 80 below zero there. And it's

[14:15] mid- winter. For six straight months,

[14:17] the sun does not even rise. It must be

[14:20] terrible there for a woman to find she

[14:22] may be ill.

[14:24] This morning, an Air Force plane with

[14:26] emergency supplies took off from Tacoma,

[14:29] Washington. It could land at the South

[14:31] Pole, but not count on taking off. In

[14:34] the extreme cold, a plane's flaps and

[14:36] landing gear can freeze in place. Its

[14:38] wings can literally turn brittle.

[14:40] >> The temperatures are actually below the

[14:42] minimums that the aircraft could safely

[14:44] operate in.

[14:46] >> So, the crew will fly from Tacoma to

[14:48] Hawaii to New Zealand. And from there,

[14:50] they will go another 3,000 m to the pole

[14:53] to drop bundles of medicine and other

[14:55] supplies from midair. You do have to

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[15:00] they will freeze almost within about 5

[15:02] to 7 minutes. The South Pole research

[15:04] station has a doctor in a trauma center

[15:06] and can get medical advice by satellite

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[15:11] winter there go with the understanding

[15:13] that at least until November, they

[15:15] cannot come home in case of trouble. Ned

[15:18] Potter, ABC News.

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[17:54] We're going to take a closer look

[17:55] tonight at two countries where the

[17:56] weight of the AIDS virus is such that

[17:59] they hardly know where to turn. We mean

[18:01] weight in terms of burden. 33 million

[18:04] people in the world are infected with

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[18:09] them live in Asia and Latin America and

[18:12] Africa. It's a major dilemma. Should the

[18:15] wealthier nations provide AIDS drugs to

[18:17] those countries that cannot possibly

[18:20] afford them? We're going to start in

[18:21] South Africa. Here's ABC's Jackie Jud.

[18:26] >> Keep that spirit.

[18:27] >> Treating the more than 3 million AIDS

[18:30] infected patients in South Africa is a

[18:32] hopeless endeavor. ACT and the newer

[18:35] AIDS drugs that prolong life cost

[18:37] between $500 and $1,000 a month. That is

[18:41] not only out of reach of the average

[18:43] South African, but also the government.

[18:45] Some patients are not even told the

[18:47] drugs exist.

[18:49] >> Frustrating. I mean, what do you say to

[18:51] young people in their 20s, 30s who have

[18:55] such a limited life expectancy? So two

[18:58] years ago, the South African government

[19:00] decided that morally it had to do

[19:02] something. It passed a law that would

[19:04] allow cheap generic versions of the

[19:06] drugs to be locally produced or imported

[19:09] without the permission of drug

[19:11] companies. Certainly we in South Africa

[19:14] and in the countries that cannot afford

[19:16] these expensive drugs to say to the rest

[19:18] of the world uh is it all right that we

[19:22] cannot afford those drugs and therefore

[19:24] you're going to leave us to die.

[19:27] >> But the law never went into effect. Drug

[19:30] companies worldwide including American

[19:32] firms that produce AIDS drugs took South

[19:34] Africa to court. They alleged the law

[19:37] would violate patents, send profits

[19:39] tumbling, and stifle expensive research.

[19:42] The industry also argues, and many

[19:45] health professionals agree, that cheaper

[19:47] drugs alone are never the answer. The

[19:49] pills need to be taken in a systematic

[19:52] way. Patients need to be closely

[19:54] supervised, which the South African

[19:56] medical system cannot provide.

[19:59] >> Just giving people drugs without the

[20:01] proper treatment uh can create

[20:03] drugresistant strains of HIV. uh it can

[20:06] make people sicker, not better, and that

[20:08] threatens AIDS patients everywhere

[20:10] around the world.

[20:11] >> What happens next depends to some extent

[20:14] on the outcome of the court case, even

[20:16] if it should lead to cheaper drugs, that

[20:18] would only be a small piece of the

[20:20] puzzle. Ultimately, the international

[20:23] community may have to intervene to help

[20:25] Africa as a whole come to grips with

[20:28] this overwhelming crisis. Jackie Jud,

[20:31] ABC News.

[20:32] >> The science here is complicated. Unless

[20:34] the new age drugs are given under

[20:36] control circumstances, not only might

[20:37] they be ineffective, but there's a

[20:39] danger that the virus will find a way to

[20:41] overcome them and a more potent virus

[20:44] might develop. And anytime there's a new

[20:46] strain, there is of course a danger that

[20:48] it will spread. This is a concern they

[20:50] share in Zambia to the north of South

[20:53] Africa. And ABC's Richard Gizert is

[20:56] there.

[21:01] These men are HIV positive and they are

[21:03] working in one of Zambia's few growth

[21:06] industries, coffin making. AIDS is

[21:09] punishing this country too. 200 deaths a

[21:12] day.

[21:14] The newest drugs are hard to get here as

[21:16] well. But even if they were available,

[21:18] Zambian officials believe it is better

[21:20] to let someone like Veronica die than to

[21:23] give the drugs without the proper

[21:25] supervision. Because in Zambia, they

[21:27] agree with the drug companies that

[21:29] anything less than a full course of

[21:31] treatment with the right drugs could

[21:33] result in the HIV virus mutating into

[21:36] something even more deadly.

[21:38] >> And if you give them these drugs without

[21:40] all these supportive services we are

[21:41] talking about, we're talking about

[21:43] making all the types of HIV virus train

[21:45] resistance to the drug. Is this what we

[21:47] want to happen?

[21:48] >> The government even raids unlicensedies

[21:51] to make sure no one buys the latest

[21:53] drugs on the black market. What the

[21:55] government cannot stop, however, is

[21:57] someone like Winston Zulu, who managed

[21:59] for a while to get the drugs from

[22:01] Europe.

[22:05] >> But later, at the funeral of a friend,

[22:07] another victim of AIDS, he admitted his

[22:09] supply had run out before he had

[22:11] completed the required course. Have

[22:13] >> a real risk that uh the next time I

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[24:58] finals. And if you don't know what

[25:00] finals, you may already have missed some

[25:02] of the most exciting sports action in a

[25:03] long time. The US women's soccer team

[25:06] meets China in the World Cup finals this

[25:09] Saturday. ABC's Robin Roberts tonight on

[25:12] the coming Pasadena spectacle.

[25:24] The pitch of World Cup fever has reached

[25:26] a crescendo in just three short weeks.

[25:31] more than a half million people filling

[25:33] stadiums across the United States.

[25:36] >> This is beyond our wildest dreams. The

[25:37] the kind of excitement that's behind all

[25:39] this uh in Chicago, this girl was

[25:41] running after the bus. I mean, the girl

[25:43] must have ran a good 3/4 mile.

[25:46] >> It's an awesome um moment to walk out

[25:50] and feel uh the stadium erupt to our

[25:53] presence. Nearly 79,000 voices for the

[25:56] first game alone.

[25:59] In the history of Giant Stadium, the

[26:01] only crowd larger came to see the Pope.

[26:06] >> It's way beyond the Rose Bowl and Giant

[26:08] Stadium. And um we haven't reached the

[26:11] Pope status yet, but we're working on

[26:14] it.

[26:15] >> It's a far cry from 1991 when the US

[26:18] team returned victorious from China

[26:20] after the first World Cup. We came home

[26:22] and there was like what? Two people in

[26:24] the airport. You know, we were thinking

[26:26] ticker tape parade. I was going to be

[26:28] able to get away from my finals.

[26:30] >> Eight years and 2,000 media credentials

[26:32] later,

[26:33] >> they have arrived.

[26:34] >> Here is, ladies and gentlemen, your 1999

[26:37] US Women's World Cup.

[26:40] Soccer moms, soccer mamas.

[26:43] >> But it's not just soccer moms and their

[26:45] kids ATTENDING GAMES.

[26:48] >> THIS TEAM has also captivated mainstream

[26:50] America. are boring. You just keep

[26:53] choring. Please don't take my me away.

[26:57] >> We're just vibrant right now, alive,

[27:01] really having fun, and they are using

[27:04] that spark, our spark, um, to kind of

[27:08] spark their own vision or potential of

[27:10] themselves.

[27:11] >> These women have potentially influenced

[27:13] young lives, the impact of which may not

[27:15] yet fully be realized. 25 years from

[27:18] now, there's going to be a woman running

[27:19] for president and someone will ask her a

[27:21] question and say, "What was the defining

[27:23] moment in your childhood? Why are you

[27:24] here today?" And she'll say, "The 1999

[27:27] Women's World Cup."

[27:28] >> Time will determine if that will be the

[27:30] case. But in the meantime, this

[27:32] president seems to be a fan. Yes, even

[27:34] the first family has rallied behind Team

[27:37] USA. President Clinton will also attend

[27:39] the final game between the US and China

[27:42] Saturday here at the Rose Bowl. He'll

[27:44] have plenty of company. It's already

[27:46] sold out. A record crowd of more than

[27:48] 85,000 is expected. Robin Roberts, ABC

[27:52] News, Pasadena, California. That's our

[27:55] report on World News Tonight. Have a

[27:57] good evening. See you tomorrow. I'm

[27:58] Peter Jennings. Good night.

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