World News Tonight (ABC) - 2001-01-18

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[0:00] I think it's kind of scary. Hero events

[0:02] begin. George Bush at the Lincoln

[0:04] Memorial and Bill Clinton on television.

[0:07] A late goodbye. The new president's

[0:10] choices for attorney general in the

[0:12] interior attacked again on Capitol Hill.

[0:15] The Reverend Jesse Jackson admits he

[0:17] fathered a child out of wedlock. An ABC

[0:20] News exclusive, the sailor's videotape

[0:23] from the USS Cole. And how much will

[0:26] Washington change now that the Texans

[0:29] are back?

[0:32] [Music]

[0:34] From ABC, this is World News Tonight

[0:37] with Peter Jennings reporting tonight

[0:39] from Washington. Good evening everyone.

[0:42] We caught a glimpse of a moving truck

[0:44] down there at the White House this

[0:45] afternoon and there is no clearer sign

[0:46] in this town that the changing of the

[0:49] guard is very close. The contested

[0:51] election delayed much of the

[0:53] organization, but they will get it done.

[0:55] The first big celebration for George W.

[0:57] Bush was at the Lincoln Memorial late

[0:59] this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bush, Mr.

[1:01] and Mrs. Cheney there to greet a large

[1:04] crowd of enthusiasts, which will only

[1:06] get larger by Saturday.

[1:09] My administration will serve all

[1:12] Americans, and this inaugural is for all

[1:15] Americans to enjoy.

[1:18] We'll have a better look at the

[1:19] celebration by the end of the broadcast.

[1:21] But first, the serious business. George

[1:23] Bush's nominees for his cabinet are

[1:25] still getting a going over in the

[1:26] Congress. And President Clinton caused a

[1:29] mild stir here by his reluctance to

[1:32] slide out of the spotlight. Mr. Clinton

[1:34] asked for and got a little time on

[1:37] television tonight to say goodbye.

[1:39] Here's ABC'

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