NBC Nightly News - 1992-07-15
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[0:11] >> Next, Sally. They became thieves to
[0:13] afford their wedding.
[0:18] >> A big shakeup in the Rush Perau
[0:19] campaign. His campaign manager resigns.
[0:21] While in New York, the Democrats prepare
[0:23] to nominate Bill Clinton. And in
[0:26] California, an accident insurance scam
[0:28] turns deadly.
[0:33] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Broth
[0:37] reporting tonight from the Democratic
[0:39] National Convention in New York City.
[0:43] Good evening to all of you in the
[0:45] western part of the country from Madison
[0:46] Square Garden. And we do have a major
[0:48] political story tonight, but it's in the
[0:50] campaign of Ross Perau. On a night when
[0:53] Bill Clinton is preparing to come here
[0:54] to Madison Square Garden to acknowledge
[0:56] his nomination as the Democratic
[0:58] presidential candidate, the Ross Perau
[1:00] campaign has trouble at the top. One of
[1:02] the bigname political handlers brought
[1:04] in from the outside has resigned. NBC's
[1:07] John Cochran has more tonight. John.
[1:10] >> Tom, it was always going to be a tough
[1:12] fit at best. a man who hates the idea of
[1:15] handlers, hiring some of the best and
[1:17] most opinionated handlers in the
[1:19] business. And it didn't work.
[1:23] Ed Rollins and Hamilton Jordan had won
[1:25] in the past, but with candidates willing
[1:27] to take their advice. Jordan headed
[1:29] Jimmy Carter's victory in 1976, and
[1:31] Rollins directed Ronald Reagan's
[1:33] re-election in ' 84. Rollins wife quit
[1:36] her job at George Bush's White House so
[1:38] her husband could help Perau, but today
[1:41] Rollins left. It's a basic difference of
[1:43] of of when to get this thing started and
[1:46] and and how to get it finished.
[1:47] >> Back when Rollins and Jordan signed up,
[1:49] Perau admitted he needed help.
[1:51] >> I promise the people a world class
[1:53] campaign. There'll just be a handful of
[1:55] months to pull it off, get it done for
[1:57] the people. We better have some people
[1:59] around that have done it before that are
[2:00] world class at doing it.
[2:02] >> But Perau killed a plan by Ed Rollins to
[2:05] have TV ads produced by the man who
[2:07] turned out winning commercials for
[2:09] Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, the grassroots
[2:11] folks who worked to get parole on state
[2:13] ballots felt they were being pushed
[2:15] aside by the pros and they didn't like
[2:17] it.
[2:18] >> It wasn't by a democratic process that
[2:20] people were elected in or out. These
[2:22] people just came in and said, "You're
[2:23] gone, you're gone, you're gone and we're
[2:25] here."
[2:26] >> Outside experts brought in by Perau
[2:28] suddenly became disenchanted. Arms
[2:30] control expert Paul Nitsa quit as an
[2:32] adviser because he was shocked by the
[2:35] ideas of Perau's top foreign policy
[2:37] adviser. Perau also started to slip in
[2:39] the polls. Dissension in the Perau camp
[2:42] built amid reports that Hamilton Jordan
[2:44] was ready to quit. But when the
[2:46] announcement came late today, it was
[2:48] Rollins who was out.
[2:49] >> We were not able to reach a mutual
[2:52] agreement on the course that this
[2:55] campaign ought to take.
[2:56] >> Neither neither my arrival nor my
[2:58] departure will affect this campaign one
[3:00] one iota.
[3:00] >> Peru reportedly has also had trouble
[3:03] lining up a vice presidential running
[3:04] mate. The latest name mentioned is Bill
[3:07] Moyers, who served as Lynden Johnson's
[3:09] White House press secretary. A short
[3:11] time ago, we asked a top Clinton aid
[3:13] about uh the resignation of Ed Rollins.
[3:16] The Clinton aid said he thinks it's the
[3:18] beginning of the end for Ross Perau. He
[3:20] also said he was not sure if this is too
[3:22] soon to be good for Bill Clinton or
[3:24] whether it's perfect timing. Under the
[3:26] perfect timing scenario, now pro voters
[3:28] may look for someone else to vote
[3:30] against uh at the exact at the exact
[3:32] time when Bill Clinton is redefining
[3:34] himself. Under the too soon scenario, a
[3:38] three-way race has always been thought
[3:39] by Bill Clinton's people to be easier to
[3:41] fight at this time. Tom,
[3:43] >> well, what it means, John, is that
[3:45] they're all still trying to figure out
[3:46] what this is likely to do to their
[3:47] campaign. What are they saying at the
[3:49] Bush White House?
[3:50] >> They think it may help George Bush
[3:51] because Ed Rollins was a Ronald Reagan
[3:54] conservative. The feeling was that
[3:55] Rollins might be able to take along some
[3:56] Reagan conservatives into the parole
[3:58] camp. Now, that won't happen. They hope.
[4:00] >> All right, thank you, John Cochran.
[4:02] We'll have commentary from John
[4:03] Chancellor on all of this later in the
[4:04] program. Nothing, of course, so
[4:06] unexpected is likely to happen to Bill
[4:08] Clinton's campaign this week. He has
[4:10] this national convention well under
[4:12] control and the party moving in the
[4:14] direction he wants. NBC's Andre Mitchell
[4:16] tonight on what lies ahead for Bill
[4:18] Clinton. Andrea
[4:19] >> Tom, tonight is the night that Bill
[4:21] Clinton has been waiting for since he
[4:22] began his quest for the nomination. Now
[4:25] his challenge is to pull together a
[4:26] party that has a long tradition of
[4:28] splitting apart. While running to be the
[4:31] nominee, Clinton has also been trying to
[4:32] move the party with him toward the
[4:34] center. That meant winning over liberals
[4:36] like Mario Cuomo. In the past, a critic
[4:39] of Clinton's more moderate approach.
[4:41] Tonight, Cuomo will be nominating
[4:42] Clinton, a major coup for the nominee.
[4:45] >> Governor, how do you feel about our
[4:46] governor nominating you tonight? I'm
[4:48] pleased about it.
[4:49] >> I'm pleased about it. Think we'll get a
[4:51] fiery 1984 speech? I don't know what
[4:54] he's going to say.
[4:55] >> Cuomo is expected to give a strong
[4:57] speech for the ticket, even though he
[4:58] can't resist joking about those strange
[5:00] southerners.
[5:01] >> It's important that Bill Clinton remind
[5:03] us all that we have that in common, that
[5:05] you shouldn't be put off by the accents
[5:07] and the colors and the geography and the
[5:10] funny way he speaks. Okay. Cuomo
[5:14] recently put Clinton on the spot by
[5:16] suggesting that he will have to raise
[5:17] more taxes to pay for what he's
[5:19] promised. In an interview with NBC and
[5:21] PBS today, Clinton said he won't.
[5:23] >> I don't think so. And I'll tell you why.
[5:26] The difference between my program and
[5:28] the Republican program, which has not
[5:30] produced growth, is that my program is
[5:32] tied to investment. Liberals like Jesse
[5:34] Jackson have felt that Clinton was
[5:36] taking them for granted, even distancing
[5:38] himself from them in order to win back a
[5:41] larger group, the white male Democrats
[5:42] who defected to Reagan and Bush.
[5:45] Jackson's tepid endorsement came with
[5:46] this warning.
[5:47] >> As Democrats, it's not our mission just
[5:51] to fight FOR THE POLITICAL CENTER, but
[5:54] the moral center.
[5:55] >> The Democratic chairman defended
[5:57] Clinton's move to the center. We do have
[5:59] to get back some of those good
[6:01] Democratic voters who have been voting
[6:02] for Republicans for president.
[6:04] >> On social issues, Clinton has a strong
[6:06] liberal streak. It was his idea for two
[6:09] AIDS sufferers to speak to the
[6:10] convention.
[6:11] >> We must vote as if our life depends upon
[6:13] it. Mine does. Mine does. Yours could.
[6:18] And we all have so much to live for.
[6:20] >> Both wings of the party will be looking
[6:22] for signals in Clinton's acceptance
[6:24] speech of how he'll balance their
[6:25] competing demands. It's not an easy
[6:28] thing to do because
[6:30] um it's a unique opportunity and there's
[6:36] you know there's a lot I want to say and
[6:39] I don't want to take three days to say
[6:41] it.
[6:43] >> Holding this coalition together won't be
[6:44] easy except for one thing. Liberals and
[6:47] conservatives are all sick of losing.
[6:50] Tom,
[6:51] >> thank you Andrea. Well, since the
[6:53] economy is the big issue in this
[6:55] campaign and getting the federal budget
[6:57] in order, Bill Clinton's economic game
[6:59] plan is getting careful examination
[7:01] these days. And as NBC's Lisa Meyers
[7:04] tells us now, Clintonomics is new math
[7:07] that doesn't always add up. Lisa,
[7:09] >> Tom, Clinton has made his economic plan
[7:11] the centerpiece of his campaign. It has
[7:14] attracted a lot of attention and a lot
[7:16] of criticism.
[7:18] As he moved around New York this week,
[7:20] Clinton encountered some skepticism
[7:22] among a public weary of politicians
[7:24] promises.
[7:25] >> I I want to believe everything that
[7:26] you're saying. You know, it sounds real
[7:28] good and it's making everybody happy,
[7:31] but where are you getting all of this
[7:32] money from?
[7:35] >> That skepticism is shared by some
[7:37] economists. Clinton's plan claims you
[7:39] can increase spending, $50 billion a
[7:42] year, and still cut the budget deficit
[7:44] in half in four years. It's the hot
[7:47] fudge Sunday diet. You eat all the hot
[7:49] fudge Sundays you like and lose weight.
[7:50] It doesn't work that way.
[7:53] >> Many economists do give Clinton good
[7:55] marks for identifying important domestic
[7:57] priorities. He would spend more money
[7:59] for 23 different programs. Everything
[8:02] from student loans to roads and bridges
[8:05] to a high-speed rail system. He also
[8:08] would cut taxes for the working poor and
[8:10] the middle class. Every person in a
[8:12] middle class income range that is under
[8:14] $80,000 will either get some rate
[8:17] reduction or will get a tax credit
[8:19] instead of a tax deduction for their
[8:21] children.
[8:22] >> Here's what doesn't add up.
[8:23] >> And we're going to get this money to pay
[8:26] for this program
[8:29] by savings, by cuts, and by raising
[8:32] money where it can be fairly raised.
[8:34] Clinton will raise taxes on corporations
[8:36] and on what he calls the super rich,
[8:38] couples with incomes above about
[8:40] $180,000 a year. He also will cut
[8:43] defense spending by slightly more than
[8:45] President Bush to help pay for his
[8:47] programs. The problem is that the only
[8:50] specific domestic spending cut is
[8:52] elimination of a subsidy for beekeepers,
[8:54] which saves a meager $200 million a
[8:57] year. Beyond that, alleged savings are
[8:59] mostly through government reforms,
[9:01] cutting administrative costs, and every
[9:03] presidential candidate's dream, the line
[9:05] item veto. On the key issue,
[9:08] entitlements, government benefits like
[9:10] social security, Clinton's plan does
[9:12] very little. Governor Clinton says that
[9:15] he would find a total of some $4 billion
[9:17] in entitlement savings over four years.
[9:19] Heck, entitlements will be $900 billion
[9:22] a year four years from now. So, how does
[9:25] Clinton come up with the numbers to
[9:26] supposedly reduce the deficit? Growth.
[9:29] More than 70% of the projected drop in
[9:32] the deficit is based on the assumption
[9:34] that the economy will recover smartly
[9:36] under a Clinton presidency.
[9:38] >> Well, everybody tries that. Uh we once
[9:40] had a guy named Ronald Reagan was
[9:42] president. He tried that too, but it
[9:43] didn't work out very well.
[9:44] >> The bottom line is this. Clinton
[9:47] basically is proposing $50 billion a
[9:49] year in new spending, raising taxes on
[9:52] the wealthy more than he's cutting them
[9:53] for the middle class, then counting on
[9:56] the economy growing fast enough to bring
[9:58] the deficit down.
[10:00] >> You have to have spending cuts andor tax
[10:03] increases.
[10:05] There is no other magic potion to make
[10:08] deficits go down.
[10:09] >> Even economists who serve Democratic
[10:12] presidents say Clinton's plan simply is
[10:14] not credible. As far as the eye can see,
[10:17] I think the budget deficit under the
[10:19] Clinton plan would go on just the way it
[10:21] has over the last decade.
[10:24] >> This is more a political document than
[10:26] an economic plan. And Clinton has given
[10:28] no indication that once elected, he
[10:30] would take bold steps to bring the
[10:32] deficit under control. Tom,
[10:34] >> thank you, Lisa. When Nightly News
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[11:44] With politics occupying center stage
[11:46] here at Madison Square Garden, it was
[11:47] diplomatic drama a few blocks away at
[11:50] the UN headquarters. South African black
[11:52] leader Nelson Mandela was in town asking
[11:55] for international help. More now from
[11:57] NBC's diplomatic correspondent John
[11:59] Dancy.
[12:01] Mandela fit right into the New York
[12:03] convention scene today. He was a man
[12:05] searching for support and he got it from
[12:08] Bill Clinton. Clinton supported
[12:10] Mandela's call for a special UN envoy to
[12:13] investigate last month's massacre of at
[12:15] least 42 blacks in Baton Township
[12:18] outside Johannesburg. Mandela's
[12:20] organization, the African National
[12:22] Congress, accused the white government
[12:24] of President FW D Clerk of instigating
[12:27] the massacre, a charge D clerk denies.
[12:30] Mandela and his group broke off talks on
[12:32] a new government. And this morning on
[12:33] the Today program, Mandela dismissed the
[12:36] clerk's pledge to break up security
[12:38] units linked to the violence.
[12:40] >> We will have to wait and see what it
[12:43] does, but already it is there are
[12:46] indications
[12:48] that the move that he has taken is a
[12:51] smoke screen
[12:53] uh to mislead the world body. At a news
[12:56] conference, Mandela even suggested a UN
[12:59] peacekeeping force for South Africa. But
[13:01] that's not likely. The talks last spring
[13:04] between the government and the ANC were
[13:06] the most hopeful event in decades. And
[13:08] most members, even African states, are
[13:11] more interested in seeing them resume
[13:13] than in punishing South Africa.
[13:15] Mandela's indictment of the South
[13:17] African government before the Security
[13:18] Council today was indignant but
[13:21] restrained. It has the obligation to
[13:24] protect the lives and property of all
[13:26] the people.
[13:28] It has failed a dismally to do this. The
[13:32] US has been working behind the scenes to
[13:34] see the council session doesn't get out
[13:36] of hand and do more harm than good. The
[13:39] aim here is to get talks between blacks
[13:41] and whites in South Africa going again.
[13:44] John Dansley, NBC News, the State
[13:46] Department. In California today, the
[13:49] state attorney general announced the
[13:50] results of a three-month investigation
[13:51] into a new and dangerous scam on the
[13:54] freeways of Los Angeles. NBC's George
[13:57] Lewis has details for us tonight.
[14:02] Many truckers in California are spooked.
[14:04] They know that there are rings of
[14:06] criminals out on the freeways
[14:08] deliberately gunning for them, trying to
[14:10] create accidents that will result in
[14:12] huge insurance settlements. They just
[14:14] cause an accident, make it look like
[14:16] they're um in the right and then um sue
[14:20] the trucking outfit or whatever.
[14:22] >> Like they might be two lanes over it.
[14:24] They'll run right out there in front of
[14:25] you. Lock your brakes up. If you run in
[14:27] the tail end up, they've got a back
[14:28] entry. What are you going to do?
[14:30] >> A typical method of staging accidents is
[14:32] something the authorities call swoop and
[14:34] squat. One car pulls in front of the
[14:37] truck and slows down. Often a second car
[14:40] travels in the lane to the left of the
[14:41] truck to prevent the truck driver from
[14:43] changing lanes. Then a third car darts
[14:46] in front of the first car and stops,
[14:48] causing the first car to break suddenly
[14:50] and be rearended by the truck. Sometimes
[14:53] the scam backfires, as in this accident
[14:55] last month, which killed one man and
[14:57] seriously injured two others. The driver
[15:00] of the car which collided with the truck
[15:02] was arrested and charged with murder.
[15:04] All of this raises a question. Who would
[15:06] deliberately risk their lives in a
[15:08] collision with a big rig? The answer is
[15:10] usually poor immigrants newly arrived in
[15:13] this country desperate for work who are
[15:15] paid between $25 and $100 a piece by the
[15:18] ring leaders who stage these accidents.
[15:21] >> Today, the California Attorney General
[15:23] had a warning for the people who get
[15:24] recruited to carry out these accident
[15:26] scams.
[15:27] >> Don't do it. It's illegal, number one.
[15:29] But more importantly, to their own
[15:30] health and safety, you can die. And the
[15:33] people who are making the money out of
[15:35] this are not even going to spend time
[15:37] going to your funeral.
[15:39] >> While the authorities are paying more
[15:41] attention to this scam, it continues
[15:43] because it is so profitable. The
[15:45] California Highway Patrol says some of
[15:47] the insurance fraud rings can collect
[15:49] several hundred,000 a month. George
[15:52] Lewis, NBC News, Los Angeles.
[15:55] Other economic news today, not very
[15:58] encouraging. Production at the nation's
[16:00] factories, mines, and utilities last
[16:01] month fell 3/10en of a percent. That's
[16:03] the first drop in 5 months. And business
[16:06] inventories increased onetenth of a
[16:08] percent in May. That indicates continued
[16:11] consumer caution. On Wall Street today,
[16:13] stocks were down in heavy trading.
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[17:51] on America. Close up tonight. Party time
[17:53] off this convention floor. A packed
[17:56] social calendar this week for the
[17:57] delegates and for the politicians
[17:59] courtesy of big business. Almost 250
[18:02] scheduled events, give or take a brunch
[18:04] or cocktail reception or two. And don't
[18:07] worry about the check. There's always
[18:09] someone to pick up the tab now in hopes
[18:11] of picking up a vote later. More on that
[18:14] from NBC's Robert Hager.
[18:16] >> It's rough for politicians when they're
[18:18] off the floor here.
[18:22] >> Endless meetings.
[18:25] Noise and confusion.
[18:30] Hurrying from place to place.
[18:34] Food and drink on the run.
[18:40] mostly paid for by scores of
[18:42] corporations which send hundreds and
[18:44] hundreds of lobbyists to political
[18:46] conventions.
[18:47] >> Many thanks to Senator John Bro and the
[18:51] Consolidated Natural Gas Company for
[18:53] making this terrific street fair
[18:55] possible.
[18:56] >> Well, Consolidated Gas and a lot of
[18:58] others.
[19:04] Bro of Louisiana is an important member
[19:06] of the Senate Commerce Committee up for
[19:08] reelection this year. As is Tobacco
[19:11] State Senator Wendell Ford of Kentucky,
[19:13] leaving a brunch paid for by owners of
[19:16] the RJ Reynolds Company, which rented
[19:18] the penthouse of the fancy St. Regis
[19:20] Hotel and invited lots of potential
[19:22] campaign donors. And there's Louisiana
[19:25] Senator Bennett Johnston, treated to a
[19:27] pleasure cruise with the Louisiana
[19:28] delegation, paid for by the gas pipeline
[19:31] industry.
[19:36] There are a multitude of events like
[19:37] these. And if it's Republicans who are
[19:39] normally thought of as friends of the
[19:41] corporate world, notice the Democrats
[19:43] aren't shy about accepting this
[19:45] entertainment by big business. Some say
[19:47] it's harmless the way things are done in
[19:49] business and politics. Nathan Landau
[19:51] heads the Maryland delegation.
[19:53] >> There doesn't seem to be any strong arm
[19:56] arm twisting or pitches made at these
[19:59] lunchons and boat rides. Uh, it's more
[20:01] of a social atmosphere and getting to
[20:04] know people,
[20:05] >> which could count later though, right?
[20:07] >> It sure could.
[20:07] >> And that's a problem some say, such as
[20:10] the consumer advocacy group Congressw
[20:12] Watch, directed by Michael Waldman.
[20:14] >> It's a form of broad-based influence
[20:16] pedaling that maybe sees returns down
[20:19] the road. Uh, a corporation might spend
[20:21] a little bit of money on a party this
[20:24] week, but they may reap a lot later in
[20:26] special tax treatment, regulatory
[20:28] bailout, tax loophole, or whatever.
[20:31] >> And even if it's not that blatant,
[20:33] there's still so much entertaining at
[20:34] conventions nowadays that some say
[20:36] they're turning into political trade
[20:38] fairs. Robert Hager, NBC News, New York.
[20:43] I have more news and John Chancellor's
[20:45] commentary on the Perau campaign shakeup
[20:47] when nightly news continues in a moment
[20:49] from here at Madison Square Garden.
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[21:30] >> Ooh, that lobster's calling my name.
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[21:36] Wait, you brought your own dressing with
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[21:51] >> If it tastes too good to be fatree, it's
[21:54] craftree.
[21:55] >> Look, there's pepper. Where?
[21:58] Oh, give me.
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[22:15] >> When I go on vacation, I love going out
[22:17] at night to shows, dancing the night
[22:20] away, enjoying great nightclub
[22:22] entertainment. And on this vacation, I
[22:25] can enjoy everything without cover
[22:26] charges, minimums, or even reservations
[22:29] because it's all included. But what I
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[22:33] is that tomorrow night I can see another
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[23:02] Rome doctors said today that Pope John
[23:04] Paul II is in quote very good shape
[23:06] after four hours of surgery. They
[23:08] removed a large benign tumor from his
[23:10] colon. The 72-year-old pontiff will be
[23:13] hospitalized for 10 days. Here's a quick
[23:16] check now of some of today's other news
[23:18] in Bosnia about 30 mi from Sieo. A
[23:21] desperate cry from a city under siege by
[23:23] Serbians. A radio message from its
[23:26] Muslim defender said, "Without help, we
[23:28] will cease to exist."
[23:32] In this country, in Tennessee, fire
[23:34] destroyed a city block. 12 businesses
[23:36] wiped out, including the famous
[23:38] Brookley's Believe It or Not Museum.
[23:42] And that train loaded with 2,200 tons of
[23:45] New York City garbage now has been
[23:47] located in Illinois, where a local judge
[23:50] ordered it to move on. The engineer
[23:52] doesn't know where he'll go next.
[23:56] >> Speaking of not knowing where things are
[23:58] going to go next, here's John Chancellor
[23:59] with commentary now on the Ross Perau
[24:01] campaign shakeup today. John, you're
[24:02] right. We don't know. We have now seen
[24:05] act one and act two of the drama called
[24:08] Ross Perau Runs for the White House. Act
[24:10] one began last February when Perau said
[24:12] he'd be willing to run. At that time, he
[24:15] was in his lone ranger mode, the
[24:17] nonpolitician crusader. Act one was a
[24:20] runaway hit. Millions of people called
[24:22] him from every state. He zoomed upward
[24:24] in the polls and he began to look like
[24:26] he would be highly competitive in the
[24:28] November election. Act two began when
[24:31] Perau hired political professionals to
[24:34] help him with his campaign. Among them,
[24:36] Ed Roll Rollins, who ran Ronald Reagan's
[24:38] successful campaign in 1984. And as the
[24:41] professionals settled in, the press and
[24:43] the public began asking where Perau
[24:46] stood on policy questions. The
[24:48] professional said he couldn't win unless
[24:50] he answered those questions. He needed a
[24:52] platform and an advertising campaign.
[24:54] Perau began to look less like the Lone
[24:57] Ranger and more like just another guy
[24:59] who wants to be president. And his
[25:01] terrific poll ratings began to slip.
[25:04] Perau's problem is that he does well
[25:06] when he's not political, but he can't
[25:08] get elected unless he is political. So,
[25:11] we are now in act three. It looks as
[25:13] though Perau will try to continue with
[25:15] as few professionals as possible.
[25:17] Perhaps only Hamilton Jordan and try to
[25:20] get back to his lone ranger mode. It
[25:22] worked before. Maybe it will work again.
[25:25] If not, we are likely to see a dramatic
[25:27] act four. Tom, one more demonstration of
[25:30] UFO in American politics. The unforeseen
[25:32] occurring. We'll be back with the final
[25:34] look at what's coming up here tonight in
[25:36] just a moment.
[25:40] >> Morning. What's for breakfast in modern
[25:43] time?
[25:44] >> Oh, just cereal. Back in my century, we
[25:47] enjoyed grains kept whole for a more
[25:49] natural, hearty taste. Great grains. You
[25:52] bet. It's great. Toasted wheat, oats,
[25:54] and barley. Kept whole, full of flavor.
[25:58] Great dates, raisins, even pecans. This
[26:01] really is delicious. Now I'm hungry. Got
[26:04] another bowl.
[26:04] >> What was great back then? These great
[26:06] grains now. A great cereal from Post. I
[26:09] found a safer aspirin. Echotrin. For
[26:12] minor arthritis pain, Ecatrin's orange
[26:14] coating makes it safer to your stomach
[26:16] than plain or buffered aspirin.
[26:18] >> So, I'm not concerned taking even the
[26:20] maximum dose. The safer aspirin. That's
[26:22] Acatrin. And that's the truth.
[26:28] The first padded dash. The first
[26:31] shoulder harness. The first to install
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[26:36] built. The first car to offer both dual
[26:38] airbags and the world's only built-in
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[26:42] At a time when it has become fashionable
[26:44] to hop on the safety bandwagon, we
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[26:59] with the Gripper zipper. Tough tiny
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[27:40] This is a night of many voices at the
[27:42] Democratic National Convention in New
[27:43] York City. Bob Kerry, Paul Sonis, Jerry
[27:46] Brown as Senator Edward Kennedy speaking
[27:49] in behalf of his brother Robert F.
[27:50] Kennedy tonight. And of course, Mario
[27:51] Cuomo's nomination speech for Bill
[27:53] Clinton. And we expect that Clinton
[27:55] himself may appear here in the
[27:56] convention hall. heartened no doubt by a
[27:58] new ABC Washington Post poll that shows
[28:01] him with 45% to 28% for George Bush, 20%
[28:04] for Ross Perau. This in a week in which
[28:06] Bill Clinton is getting an enormous
[28:08] amount of favorable attention. And it's
[28:10] worth pointing out that at one point at
[28:12] this stage in the game four years ago,
[28:13] Mike Dakus also had a 17-point lead. And
[28:16] you know what happened to that. That's
[28:18] nightly news for now at 7 on the West
[28:19] Coast tonight. I'll be back on NBC for
[28:22] our coverage of the roll call and Bill
[28:24] Clinton's expected appearance here in
[28:26] this hall. See you then.