NBC Nightly News - 1992-03-10 (Western) (Super Tuesday)

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[0:16] Super Tuesday and Bill Clinton is having

[0:18] a super night with a solid claim as the

[0:20] front runner.

[0:26] This is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:28] Brokaw.

[0:30] Reporting tonight from NBC News

[0:32] headquarters in New York.

[0:33] Good evening. Super Tuesday, 11 states

[0:36] for the Democrats, eight for the

[0:37] Republicans. Most of them in the South

[0:39] and Southwest and they are crucial for

[0:41] the November election. And Arkansas

[0:44] Governor Bill Clinton tonight is taking

[0:45] a giant step closer to the Democratic

[0:48] presidential nomination. Let us show you

[0:50] his string of victories tonight. He is

[0:51] our projected winner in Texas,

[0:54] Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma, in the

[0:57] pivotal state of Florida and also in

[0:59] Louisiana. His principal Democratic

[1:02] challenger now is Paul Tsongas, the

[1:04] winner tonight in his home state of

[1:06] Massachusetts and in his backyard, the

[1:09] tiny state of Rhode Island.

[1:12] On the Republican side, President Bush

[1:14] is getting the clean sweep that he

[1:16] expected. He is the projected winner

[1:18] tonight in Texas, that's his adopted

[1:20] state of course, also in Massachusetts

[1:22] and New England, Mississippi, Tennessee,

[1:25] Oklahoma, Florida, Louisiana and Rhode

[1:28] Island. But in a couple of those states,

[1:31] Pat Buchanan is again getting the 30%

[1:33] protest vote and about 35% of the people

[1:36] who voted for President Bush said today

[1:38] they're not very happy with all of his

[1:40] policies. Well, as for the Democrats,

[1:41] Bill Clinton was a heavy favorite going

[1:43] in and with this string of overwhelming

[1:45] victories across the South, Clinton now

[1:47] is in solid shape as he heads for the

[1:50] industrial Midwest next week, Michigan

[1:52] and Illinois.

[1:53] NBC's Andrea Mitchell is covering the

[1:55] Democrats for us tonight. Andrea? Well,

[1:57] Tom, in the biggest matchup of the

[1:58] election year, Bill Clinton had every

[2:00] advantage over Paul Tsongas. Money,

[2:02] organization and geography.

[2:05] By the time they voted in Florida,

[2:06] today's toughest contest, many people

[2:08] had been hearing about Clinton for

[2:10] months. He started organizing the state

[2:12] last November. I do believe that in

[2:14] these states where I campaigned,

[2:16] uh people were really beginning to be

[2:17] open to the message again.

[2:19] Tonight, Tsongas was already conceding

[2:21] the South. Well, Florida is his home

[2:23] turf.

[2:24] Spent a lot of money, a lot of negative

[2:26] advertising.

[2:27] It worked. In fact, both sides spent

[2:30] about half a million dollars on

[2:31] advertising in Florida, much of it

[2:33] negative. As in most states, Clinton was

[2:35] strong with working-class voters, less

[2:37] educated voters and minorities. Clinton.

[2:40] Because?

[2:41] I'm Democratic. He's about the only one

[2:43] that, you know, that's good. Paul

[2:45] Tsongas' supporters were better educated

[2:47] and mostly white. Tsongas, I think he's

[2:50] a hybrid, Republican Democrat hybrid and

[2:52] that might help him actually in the

[2:54] election.

[2:55] But Clinton scored by hitting hot-button

[2:57] issues like Social Security. In a state

[2:59] with so many older voters, the Clinton

[3:01] campaign distributed thousands of

[3:03] pamphlets citing incomplete reports of

[3:05] Tsongas' position.

[3:07] Thrown off his message, Tsongas was left

[3:08] complaining and explaining.

[3:11] The impression that's being given

[3:12] is that I would do that across the

[3:14] board. That's not true.

[3:15] Clinton also hammered Tsongas for

[3:17] supporting higher gas taxes, a big issue

[3:19] in a state that depends on tourism.

[3:22] Raising the gas tax a nickel every year

[3:23] unrelated to roads would be very bad for

[3:25] this economy. After tonight, half the

[3:28] states will have voted and 40% of the

[3:30] pledged delegates will have been chosen.

[3:32] But neither Tsongas nor Clinton have put

[3:34] together the winning coalition of

[3:35] traditional Democrats and suburban

[3:37] independents needed for victory in the

[3:39] fall. Uh I don't intend to change this

[3:42] message a bit. I'm going to take it into

[3:43] Illinois, Michigan and see if it flies.

[3:45] Michigan and Illinois are neutral

[3:47] and we'll see what happens there. Jerry

[3:49] Brown is already in Michigan campaigning

[3:51] for next week's primary hoping his

[3:53] anti-Washington message will resonate

[3:55] with students and angry laid-off auto

[3:57] workers. And I'm here to fight the

[3:59] people who are making it irresponsible.

[4:01] It's the people in Congress and the

[4:02] people in the White House.

[4:04] The [snorts] Midwestern primaries will

[4:05] now be a big test for all three

[4:07] Democrats, especially Tsongas. After

[4:09] tonight's loss in Florida, he needs to

[4:11] prove he can hold his own against

[4:12] Clinton once they're on neutral

[4:14] territory. Tom. Thank you, Andrea.

[4:17] As for President Bush, his string of

[4:19] solid victories tonight is not likely to

[4:21] rid him of a Republican protest vote

[4:23] that has dogged him in one primary after

[4:25] another.

[4:27] NBC's John Cochran is at the White House

[4:28] now. John, how's the President's mood

[4:30] tonight? Tom, for a man who's certain

[4:32] he's going to win every primary, the

[4:33] President is not in the best of moods.

[4:37] Meeting with Republican congressional

[4:38] leaders, Bush refused to predict Super

[4:40] Tuesday results, but as reporters were

[4:42] leaving, he complained that even when he

[4:44] wins, he loses.

[4:47] It's weird out there, man.

[4:54] A 40-point win isn't considered a

[4:55] victory. I got to know what the hell is

[4:57] going on out there.

[4:58] But is the President really upset? Well,

[5:00] I mean, yes, of course he's ticked off.

[5:03] Well, let's let's be honest for a

[5:04] second. I think he's very disciplined.

[5:05] He's a very genial, pleasant person. But

[5:07] the truth is, the primary backers of the

[5:09] Buchanan campaign are the news media.

[5:12] I mean, the truth is that Buchanan were

[5:13] not useful to the media, you he would

[5:16] not be getting a ride. I think Newt is

[5:18] is soft-pedaling this whole thing. There

[5:20] is a growing suspicion in the country

[5:22] that people in the news media are

[5:24] concerned that if they don't have a race

[5:26] to cover, that in the midst of a

[5:28] recession that you could be out of work.

[5:30] Buchanan also feels he is being

[5:32] mistreated, not by the media, but by

[5:34] party chairman Rich Bond. Last month,

[5:37] Bond, a close friend of George Bush, was

[5:39] easygoing. Okay, I have a lot of respect

[5:41] for Pat Buchanan and I treat that I

[5:43] treat that obligation on my part very

[5:45] seriously. But two days ago, Bond

[5:47] accused Buchanan of race-baiting. But if

[5:50] he's going to basically hijack David

[5:51] Duke's message on race and religious

[5:54] tolerance and put a jacket and tie on it

[5:56] and try to clean it up, I'm just not

[5:57] comfortable with that. Today, Buchanan

[5:59] said Bond had slandered him and the

[6:01] thousands of people who had voted for

[6:03] him, people that George Bush may need

[6:05] this fall. Beyond this, I've said I will

[6:07] endorse Mr. Bush

[6:09] in the fall. If he wins the nomination,

[6:11] I will support the candidate of my

[6:12] party,

[6:13] but I'm not going to work for the party

[6:16] if Mr. Bond is kept on as chairman.

[6:19] And Bond will stay on, but so will Pat

[6:21] Buchanan. Bush aides now think Buchanan

[6:23] will stay on for the California primary

[6:25] in June, California where there are a

[6:26] lot of conservatives, Tom.

[6:28] John, any attempt for the President in

[6:30] the next 10 days or so to reach out to

[6:32] those conservatives again?

[6:34] Well, he's going to try to reach out to

[6:35] the nation and there's a big debate

[6:37] within the White House whether he should

[6:38] go on nationwide television, just what

[6:40] he should do. They don't frankly have

[6:41] their act together and they admit it.

[6:43] They don't know what to to do next.

[6:44] Thank you very much, John Cochran

[6:46] tonight at the White House on the

[6:47] President's mood on the And John

[6:49] Chancellor joins us now. He's been

[6:50] taking a look at what voters today were

[6:52] saying about why they made their

[6:53] choices. John, what did you find? Voters

[6:55] in eight states pulled as they came out

[6:56] of the polling places, a lot of

[6:58] uncertainty. 40% of the Democrats have

[7:01] reservations about their votes, not sure

[7:03] they voted for the right person. There

[7:05] are also many dissatisfied Republicans.

[7:07] Republicans who said, "Yes, I voted for

[7:09] him, but I have my doubts." Among

[7:11] Buchanan voters, 38% said that. Among

[7:14] Bush voters, 35% said that.

[7:17] The President is killing Pat Buchanan on

[7:19] the matter of experience in office, but

[7:22] the President's disapproval rating is

[7:24] holding at 35% among the voters we

[7:26] interviewed today. That pattern has been

[7:28] going on for some time. The voters found

[7:31] Bush more articulate than Pat Buchanan,

[7:33] but one in five voters said that neither

[7:36] one has made a given them a clear

[7:37] message.

[7:39] Uh among the Democrats we spoke with

[7:41] today, the charges that Bill Clinton

[7:43] avoided the draft is having no effect

[7:45] among those we spoke with today, but his

[7:48] black vote is building up a powerful

[7:50] alliance for him in the South. Uh the

[7:53] Clinton's black vote in Florida was 73%

[7:56] in Mississippi, 79. It went up as it

[7:59] went west. Uh Louisiana, 87% and in

[8:03] Texas, Clinton got 84% of the black

[8:06] vote, although the turnout was, I think,

[8:08] a little bit low among the blacks. We

[8:10] are learning about the constituencies,

[8:11] the people who like Tsongas and who like

[8:14] Clinton. People with higher educations

[8:16] and incomes like Tsongas. Some of them

[8:19] have been called Democratic Republicans.

[8:21] Older, less well-to-do and minority

[8:23] members like Clinton. They've been

[8:25] called Democratic Democrats. Tom.

[8:27] Thanks, John. It is the biggest election

[8:29] day of the year, of course, and guess

[8:30] who's back?

[8:32] Richard Nixon. And his target this time,

[8:34] President George Bush, a fellow

[8:36] Republican. Once the consummate Cold

[8:39] Warrior, Nixon now says that a historic

[8:41] opportunity is being missed to help

[8:43] Russia.

[8:45] NBC's John Dancy has more on that

[8:46] tonight. John? Tom, as if things weren't

[8:47] bad enough for George Bush, he now finds

[8:49] himself under attack from a former

[8:52] president, a Republican, for his

[8:54] handling of foreign policy.

[8:57] Nixon has sent a memo to friends calling

[8:59] American aid to Russia pathetically

[9:01] inadequate. He dismisses the Bush

[9:03] administration's international

[9:05] conference to aid Russia as a photo

[9:07] opportunity, long on rhetoric, but short

[9:10] on action. Nixon says the West must do

[9:12] everything it can to help Russian

[9:15] President Boris Yeltsin succeed and

[9:17] warns the Russian people may turn to the

[9:19] strong hand, even to dictatorship, if

[9:22] Yeltsin fails. At the White House today,

[9:25] President Bush played down Nixon's

[9:27] criticism. I don't think President Nixon

[9:29] and I have any difference on this. Uh

[9:31] there are certain fiscal, financial

[9:33] constraints on what we can do, but we

[9:35] have a huge stake in the success of

[9:39] democracy in Russia and in other in the

[9:41] other CIS countries. Intended or not,

[9:44] the Nixon memo had the effect of turning

[9:47] Bush's handling of foreign policy into a

[9:49] juicy political morsel. Bill Clinton

[9:53] pounced on it. about it is I think Baker

[9:54] and Bush have good instincts on what to

[9:57] do in the former Soviet republics, but I

[9:58] think they've been a little too timid in

[10:00] doing it. Timid? Nixon called American

[10:02] aid penny-ante. But the Bush

[10:04] administration is also being hammered

[10:06] from the other side by senators who

[10:09] think the US is already giving too much

[10:11] foreign aid. We got really

[10:14] true problems back at home here we're

[10:16] going to have to start taking care of.

[10:18] Nixon's Secretary of State Henry

[10:19] Kissinger agreed with many of his former

[10:22] bosses views and says Bush should ignore

[10:24] the political fallout of the foreign aid

[10:26] issue. And I think when Super Tuesday is

[10:29] over

[10:30] uh President Bush ought to come back to

[10:32] the American people and explain that he

[10:34] has done so well in the past

[10:36] what his international responsibilities

[10:39] are.

[10:40] But in the present climate, Bush seems

[10:42] to have little enthusiasm for explaining

[10:45] international responsibilities [snorts]

[10:46] to people who are worried about jobs and

[10:49] the economy. Tom?

[10:51] Thanks very much, John Dancy at the

[10:52] State Department tonight. And when

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[12:03] Manuel Noriega will not be taking the

[12:05] stand in his drug trial in Miami. The

[12:07] former Panamanian dictator exercised his

[12:09] legal right not to testify. Of course,

[12:12] that keeps government lawyers from

[12:13] cross-examining him. NBC's Norah

[12:15] O'Donnell is covering that trial.

[12:18] For weeks, Noriega's attorney said he

[12:20] might take the stand at his drug and

[12:22] racketeering trial.

[12:24] But today in a private session, Noriega

[12:25] told a federal judge why he would not

[12:27] speak out in his own defense.

[12:30] As defense attorneys rested their case,

[12:32] they explained their objections to the

[12:33] trial. We have never abandoned our

[12:36] posture that as a prisoner of war, he

[12:38] cannot and should not be tried for any

[12:40] crime in the United States, but should

[12:41] be repatriated back to his own country.

[12:44] During the nearly 6-month trial, federal

[12:46] prosecutors called a parade of Noriega

[12:48] associates and drug dealers.

[12:50] They claimed the former dictator had

[12:52] sold Panama to Colombia's Medellín

[12:54] Cartel

[12:55] allowing it to launder millions of

[12:56] dollars in Panamanian banks, set up drug

[12:59] labs and bribe public officials. During

[13:02] their month-long defense, Noriega's

[13:04] attorneys attempted to discredit

[13:05] government witnesses and pointed out

[13:07] that some had been offered deals in

[13:08] their own cases and even money to

[13:10] testify against Noriega.

[13:12] Near the end of their case, defense

[13:14] attorneys used CIA documents praising

[13:16] Noriega and the testimony of US drug

[13:19] enforcement agents to depict him as a

[13:20] valued ally in the drug war. Under

[13:23] questioning by the defense one US drug

[13:25] agent admitted that Noriega's troops

[13:27] backed up US agents in drug operations

[13:29] and seized millions of dollars in drug

[13:31] profits. The government says its case

[13:33] against Noriega is strong. But Jeff

[13:36] Weiner of the National Trial Lawyers

[13:37] Association disagrees. The government

[13:40] produced virtually no solid direct

[13:42] testimony of drug dealing involvement,

[13:45] money laundering involvement by Noriega.

[13:47] They produced a lot of people who had

[13:49] every incentive to lie and to tell the

[13:51] story that the government wanted told.

[13:53] Government prosecutors say they have

[13:55] some rebuttal witnesses to put on the

[13:56] stand and that should take about a week.

[13:59] But the jury will get this case without

[14:00] having heard from Noriega himself.

[14:03] Norah O'Donnell, NBC News, Miami.

[14:06] The US government tonight is watching

[14:08] closely something that may be going on

[14:09] between North Korea and Iran.

[14:12] A North Korean freighter thought to be

[14:14] carrying Scud missiles has now reached

[14:16] the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas,

[14:18] eluding US Navy ships. The missiles are

[14:21] believed intended for Iran or for Syria.

[14:24] Meanwhile, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister

[14:26] Tariq Aziz, remember him? Well, he tried

[14:29] and failed today to get the United

[14:30] Nations to lift trade sanctions against

[14:32] his country. Aziz said thousands of

[14:34] Iraqis have died as a result of those

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[16:16] A vicious late winter storm left misery,

[16:19] death and destruction today in parts of

[16:21] the Midwest and South. NBC's Roger

[16:23] O'Neil has more tonight.

[16:26] The storm roared out of the Rockies

[16:27] overnight and split in two, bringing

[16:29] violent and deadly weather to four

[16:31] southern states. In Zero, Mississippi, a

[16:33] tornado killed three people and hurt 42

[16:36] others. In Hale County, Alabama,

[16:38] thunderstorms spawned at least three

[16:40] tornadoes. Two more people were killed

[16:42] there. We heard a big uh roaring popping

[16:45] sound and I asked my sister, "Did you

[16:46] hear that?" And about that time the wind

[16:48] went in, the building fell down.

[16:51] At least 100 homes were destroyed or

[16:53] damaged along the 15-mile-long path the

[16:55] tornado took in eastern Mississippi.

[16:58] Further north in Chicago, the other half

[17:00] of the storm closed O'Hare International

[17:01] Airport. Radar screens in the control

[17:04] tower went blank early this morning. A

[17:06] malfunction forced air traffic

[17:07] controllers to hold all flights and send

[17:10] other planes coming into the world's

[17:11] busiest airport somewhere else.

[17:17] The airport has reopened, but now there

[17:19] are flight delays of up to 3 hours,

[17:21] which are expected to continue into the

[17:23] night. The two storm systems also send

[17:25] temperatures plunging, 50° swings in

[17:28] some states. Near Kansas City, apple

[17:30] trees fooled by the unusually warm

[17:32] weather began budding, only to be frozen

[17:34] last night. A far more serious

[17:36] consequence of the mild weather is the

[17:38] wheat crop planted last fall. Cold

[17:40] temperatures last October and November

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[17:44] weather caused them to develop

[17:45] prematurely. Now the cold again. As much

[17:48] as a third of the winter wheat crop may

[17:50] be lost. Where all this misery started

[17:52] in Colorado Sunday, spring weather has

[17:55] returned. 70° temperatures are forecast

[17:58] for the next couple of days.

[18:00] Roger O'Neil, NBC News, Denver.

[18:03] Remember that $27 million Virginia

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[18:09] up most of the tickets?

[18:11] Well, today the Australians got the news

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[18:32] put up $4,000 for tickets and expenses.

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[19:05] Look at this. For each of the 2,500

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[19:10] $400 a year. It will take 10 years

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[19:17] The Australian math whiz who dreamed up

[19:19] this idea says it was more than the

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[19:24] The US Public Health Service said today

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[19:41] struggling in recession,

[19:43] the gain was just 3/10 of 1%. On Wall

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[21:55] With no Jesse Jackson this time, the

[21:57] role of blacks in this presidential

[21:59] campaign has not been nearly as

[22:01] conspicuous as it was 4 years ago.

[22:03] So, to get an idea of what a new

[22:05] generation of black voter is thinking, I

[22:07] went to Florida A&M, one of the nation's

[22:09] hot, mostly black colleges.

[22:13] Florida A&M is in Tallahassee, the state

[22:16] capital, and that political world is

[22:18] made to order for Darryl Parks, Florida

[22:21] A&M's ambitious student body president,

[22:23] who wants to lift himself out of the

[22:25] poverty of his family's life in

[22:27] Florida's rural citrus industry.

[22:34] Ellis Gainey, a drum major in A&M's

[22:37] celebrated marching band, served in the

[22:38] Persian Gulf as an Army reservist.

[22:41] Christina Samuels, a senior journalism

[22:44] major. She's the daughter of Washington

[22:46] civil servants. She misses a black

[22:48] candidate in this campaign.

[22:51] When I open my paper in the morning and

[22:53] I see that there are no black

[22:55] candidates, it makes me wonder what my

[22:57] life is going to be like when I graduate

[23:00] from college.

[23:02] This black history museum is a

[23:03] centerpiece of the Florida A&M campus.

[23:06] While the students here are very proud

[23:08] of their black heritage,

[23:09] they're also very concerned about their

[23:11] future.

[23:12] Dr. Frederick Humphries, A&M's

[23:14] president. A lot of these kids

[23:17] are not as wedded to the Democratic

[23:19] Party

[23:20] as

[23:22] the blacks of my generation

[23:24] mean is and was

[23:26] because

[23:29] they're looking to see if there is a

[23:31] return for the loyalty.

[23:34] Darryl Parks agrees. He likes Clinton,

[23:36] but he's willing to consider others. For

[23:38] our generation, we've seen a Democrat do

[23:41] nothing for so long, you start looking

[23:43] for

[23:44] a different type of avenue, whether it's

[23:46] in the Democratic Party or Republican

[23:48] Party. Parks and Gainey are worried

[23:50] about their parents as well as their own

[23:52] future.

[23:53] I hope that my mom does not lose her

[23:54] job, you know, and it goes in with my

[23:56] father as well, you know.

[23:58] The

[23:59] economy right now

[24:01] is in shambles. The thing is the thing

[24:03] is that even when they're working,

[24:05] right? I know my mom could work 12 hours

[24:07] a day, right? And still not make enough

[24:10] money where she can live as comfortable

[24:11] as other people who work for a living

[24:13] do, too.

[24:14] In a political science class on the

[24:16] presidency, A&M students are following

[24:18] the campaign and the candidates closely.

[24:21] What about Jesse Jackson? You miss him?

[24:23] I don't particularly say we miss Jesse

[24:25] Jackson, but there are

[24:28] but it's the charisma that he had that

[24:29] brought people together is missing in

[24:31] the race.

[24:32] What do they think about all this talk

[24:33] of the middle class? I feel as long as

[24:35] they're concerned with the domestic

[24:37] issues of America, they've got my vote.

[24:39] Doesn't make any difference whether it's

[24:40] black or white. No. I disagree. When you

[24:44] talk about middle class and you're

[24:45] talking about cutting things like

[24:46] capital gains taxes and cutting certain

[24:48] taxes in order to make it easier to

[24:50] start a business, what about those of us

[24:52] who aren't necessarily into wanting to

[24:55] start a business, but just want to be

[24:56] able to go to work?

[24:59] And underlying all of their economic

[25:01] worries, the lifelong fact of racial

[25:04] discrimination. Christina Samuels

[25:06] believes not even prosperity will end

[25:08] that. We're still black, you know, no

[25:10] matter how middle class, upper middle

[25:12] class, we're still going to be black and

[25:15] we're still not going to be accepted.

[25:17] But Darryl Parks isn't giving up. He

[25:19] wants to go to law school and then he

[25:21] has a plan. For so long,

[25:24] blacks the doors haven't really been

[25:25] open because we weren't part of the golf

[25:28] course crew and that type of thing.

[25:31] So,

[25:32] I mean, you even found a lot of blacks

[25:34] playing golf now, you know, they

[25:36] you know, cuz we're we're determined to

[25:38] get out there and find out how how does

[25:40] this world work, you know, how I

[25:42] I'll be back with a final word on this

[25:44] Super Tuesday. One Nightly News

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[27:56] A reminder on this Super Tuesday, the

[27:58] numbers now are beginning to count up

[28:00] with more than a third of the delegates

[28:02] needed for a nomination at stake today

[28:03] alone.

[28:05] We'll have late results throughout the

[28:06] evening on this NBC station and then at

[28:08] 10:00, 9:00 Central time tonight, we'll

[28:10] count the vote for you, we'll tell you

[28:12] who voted and why and we'll look ahead

[28:14] with the help of the Democratic

[28:15] candidates. Also, Vice President Dan

[28:18] Quayle will be with us tonight,

[28:19] Governors Ann Richards of Texas and

[28:21] William Weld of Massachusetts. We'll see

[28:23] you then.

[28:40] Frank