CBS Evening News - 1993-08-11
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[0:00] Pride meets Monterey Friday at 7 on Coin
[0:02] TV.
[0:06] >> Cracking down on crime, the president
[0:08] pushes for new federal laws, especially
[0:10] gun control.
[0:12] >> Heavy crop damage in the Midwest and a
[0:14] prolonged drought in the Southeast. Will
[0:17] they result in higher food prices this
[0:19] fall?
[0:20] >> And the Pope comes to America. Tonight,
[0:22] a special report on moral authority
[0:25] versus Western rebellion.
[0:28] This is the CBS Evening News
[0:33] with Dan Rather and Connie Chung.
[0:36] Good evening. Fresh off his victory on
[0:39] deficit reduction, President Clinton is
[0:41] plunging into a campaign for another
[0:43] major bill. This one on crime reduction.
[0:46] The goal is to get illegal guns off the
[0:49] streets and put more police officers
[0:52] back on. Correspondent Linda Douglas
[0:54] begins our coverage.
[0:56] President Clinton ran for office as a
[0:58] law and order Democrat. Today, he
[1:01] unveiled his crime fighting agenda, a
[1:03] mix of stiffer sentences, gun control,
[1:05] and alternative forms of punishment.
[1:08] >> The plan is not as tough. It is fair. It
[1:11] will put police on the street, and
[1:13] criminals in jail.
[1:14] >> Under this proposal, Mr. Clinton will
[1:15] become the first president to actively
[1:17] fight for gun control laws. He urged
[1:20] passage of a law requiring a 5-day
[1:22] waiting period to purchase a handgun.
[1:24] And he also issued an executive order
[1:26] banning the import of assault pistols.
[1:28] Imported assault rifles already are
[1:30] banned. Like last year's failed
[1:32] Republican plan, this one would extend
[1:34] the federal death penalty to some 50
[1:36] crimes and limit federal inmates to one
[1:39] appeal. Fulfilling a campaign promise.