CBS Evening News - 1992-08-12

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[0:02] Secretary of State Jim Baker takes over

[0:04] the Bush Quail campaign. And don't count

[0:07] out Ross Perau. He's still spending

[0:09] campaign money. We'll tell you why. And

[0:12] Eye on America. Tonight, kids at camp

[0:15] may not seem unusual, but in this case,

[0:18] it is.

[0:20] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:27] Good evening, Dan Rather reporting.

[0:29] President Bush has been sending out an

[0:30] SOS to his secretary of state and it's

[0:34] now clear that James Baker will answer

[0:36] it. He'll come back to run the Bush

[0:38] Quail campaign. White House

[0:40] correspondent Susan Spencer is standing

[0:41] by live. Susan

[0:43] >> Dan, the Baker deal could be announced

[0:45] as early as tomorrow and he's expected

[0:47] to bring a slew of aids with him to the

[0:49] White House to take over operations for

[0:51] what this dispirited place hopes will be

[0:54] the start of something big. Baker was

[0:57] avoiding cameras today, not yet ready to

[0:59] acknowledge his new job. One Republicans

[1:02] pray we'll see a repeat performance of

[1:04] the rescue of the last Bush campaign.

[1:06] >> He brings a kind of credibility that

[1:08] it's a signal that this campaign is for

[1:10] real and this campaign is going to be

[1:12] close and this campaign is going to be a

[1:13] lot better than what we've seen so far.

[1:15] >> There will be questions. Why can't Mr.

[1:17] Bush figure out his own message and

[1:19] write his own campaign? And Baker leaves

[1:22] the State Department at an awkward time.

[1:24] Iraq, Bosnia, the Middle East, all hang

[1:27] fire.

[1:28] >> I hope that that the move does not slow

[1:31] the move toward peace in the Middle East

[1:34] or otherwise weaken our responsibilities

[1:36] overseas.

[1:37] >> But Republicans will take the hits to

[1:39] have Mr. Bush's best friend coordinate

[1:41] this year's message that George Bush is

[1:43] a better economic bet than the

[1:45] Democrats. Exhibit A on that front was

[1:48] trotted out this morning. announcement

[1:50] of a groundbreaking free trade agreement

[1:52] reached with Canada and Mexico.

[1:54] >> This historic trade agreement will

[1:56] further open markets in Mexico, Canada,

[1:59] and the United States. And it'll create

[2:02] jobs and generate economic growth in all

[2:05] three countries.

[2:06] >> But organized labor thinks the pact will

[2:08] create scores of companies like Smith

[2:10] Corona, which just closed this New York

[2:12] plant to go south of the border for

[2:14] cheaper labor.

[2:15] >> They're going to send it to Mexico.

[2:16] >> They're going to send it to Mexico.

[2:17] >> Yeah. What are they saying in there?

[2:20] >> Well, within the next year, they're

[2:22] phasing the the plant right out.

[2:23] >> The notion that the president's version

[2:25] of free trade is going to create more

[2:28] and better jobs in the United States is

[2:30] pure fantasy.

[2:32] >> Governor Clinton, supported by Labor,

[2:34] said he wants to look the pact over, but

[2:36] he might back it if it protects US

[2:38] workers and the environment. Congress

[2:40] has to approve it. That won't happen

[2:42] until next year. And if he's president,

[2:44] Clinton could demand changes.

[2:47] Making sure that Bill Clinton has no

[2:48] chance to demand anything is of course

[2:51] Jim Baker's top priority. He hasn't had

[2:53] a challenge this big since 1976. And

[2:56] Gerald Ford did make a tremendous

[2:58] comeback. It just wasn't quite

[3:00] tremendous enough to win. Dan

[3:03] >> Susan, where does all this leave Vice

[3:04] President Quail? It's well known that

[3:06] Jim Baker is not a a fan of Quail as the

[3:10] vice presidential nominee.

[3:11] >> That's a very interesting question

[3:13] because in 1988, Mr. Baker made it quite

[3:15] clear that quail was not his choice. On

[3:18] the other hand, the general feeling

[3:20] around here is that the president's mind

[3:21] is absolutely made up and in any case,

[3:24] it's too late to change horses now.

[3:26] >> Susan Spencer live at the White House.

[3:27] Thanks. President Bush and Vice

[3:29] President Quail have opened a new attack

[3:32] on Mrs. Bill Clinton. They did so today

[3:34] through official spokesman Rich Bond,

[3:36] chairman of the Republican National

[3:38] Committee.

[3:40] Now, of course, advising Bill Clinton on

[3:42] every move is that champion of the

[3:44] family, Hillary Clinton, who believes

[3:47] kids should be able to sue their parents

[3:49] rather than helping with the chores as

[3:50] they were asked to do. She's likened

[3:54] marriage and the family to slavery.

[3:56] She's referred to the family as a

[3:58] dependency relationship that deprivives

[4:00] people of their rights. Governor Bill

[4:03] Clinton fired right back at President

[4:05] Bush and Vice President Quail and the

[4:07] GOP chairman, calling Rich Bond's

[4:08] remarks, and I quote, "Governor Clinton

[4:10] now, pitiful." Other members of his

[4:12] staff said, "Besides that, it's untrue."

[4:14] Governor Clinton said, "It shows that

[4:16] the Republicans have no plans of their

[4:18] own to talk about." There is no doubt

[4:21] about where President Bush and the

[4:22] Republican party platform stand on

[4:25] abortion. They favor a constitutional

[4:27] amendment to outlaw abortion. But there

[4:29] is interest in some new things.

[4:31] President Bush has been saying about

[4:33] abortion, a key issue with a lot of

[4:35] voters this year. Bruce Morton has our

[4:37] report.

[4:39] >> Women will decide their fate.

[4:41] >> Abortion is the issue that will not quit

[4:43] alive on Houston streets even after the

[4:45] Republican platform committee voted for

[4:47] a tough anti-abortion plank.

[4:49] >> We have to keep our pro-life plank just

[4:52] the way it's written.

[4:53] >> The committee voted in favor of language

[4:55] banning abortion except to save the life

[4:57] of the mother. One delegate proposed

[4:59] exceptions in cases of rape or incest.

[5:02] That's President Bush's position, but

[5:03] the committee voted it down. That didn't

[5:06] end the debate because last night the

[5:08] president reopened it by saying he'd

[5:10] support a granddaughter even if she had

[5:12] an abortion.

[5:13] >> Of course, I'd stand by my child. I'd

[5:15] love her and help her, lift her up, wipe

[5:18] the tears away, and we'd get back in the

[5:21] game.

[5:22] >> So, in the end, the decision would be

[5:23] hers.

[5:24] >> Well, whose else is who else's could it

[5:26] be? I want her to comply with uh you

[5:28] know I' I'd like to be able to influence

[5:31] for for the belief I have. You see, I'm

[5:34] offended by 1 million500,000

[5:37] abortions. I'm I'm offended by that lack

[5:41] of respect for life. So I'd try to say

[5:44] these values, but your question was if

[5:45] she went ahead and did it, what what

[5:47] would I do? I think and I'd say I' I'd

[5:49] love her.

[5:50] >> I thought he gave a very human response

[5:52] just like Dan Quil did the other day.

[5:53] >> Mr. Bush's comments didn't bother

[5:55] anti-abortion delegates on the platform

[5:57] committee either. They say his position

[5:59] is clear.

[6:00] >> I don't think that's a softening at all

[6:02] because what he actually said was he

[6:04] would support his child no matter what

[6:07] or his grandchild no matter what.

[6:09] >> One abortion rights delegate did see a

[6:11] change.

[6:12] >> In fact, the president, whether he knows

[6:14] it or not, is articulating a pro-choice

[6:17] position as far as public policy is

[6:19] concerned. My hope is that he'll come to

[6:21] see that and say so. CBS News did a

[6:24] random survey of more than a third of

[6:25] the 2200 delegates to this convention.

[6:28] They agree with the platform committee

[6:29] and the president on wanting to ban

[6:31] abortion, though 28% thought the party

[6:34] should take no stand on the issue. On

[6:36] the street, how the president's comments

[6:38] looked depended on where you stood.

[6:40] >> I don't think that uh Bush or Quail said

[6:43] the very similar comments by accident.

[6:46] They're trying to put a compassionate

[6:47] face on what is a very uncompassionate,

[6:50] cold, and uncaring policy.

[6:52] >> I believe that he he feels strongly on

[6:55] the issue, and he knows that that

[6:59] the majority of his votes come from the

[7:01] pro-life community.

[7:03] >> The issue won't go away. A lot of the

[7:06] politicians gathering here wish it

[7:07] would. Bruce Morton, CBS News, Houston.

[7:12] Twice within the past 24 hours,

[7:13] President Bush has bristled when he was

[7:15] asked about published but unconfirmed

[7:17] reports that he had an extrammarital

[7:19] affair. Today, in an interview with CBS

[7:22] News, First Lady Barbara Bush gave her

[7:24] reaction.

[7:26] >> I thought it was absolutely sick. And to

[7:29] take a story by a man who was dead,

[7:34] comes up every four years, the same

[7:36] story. I don't know the person who wrote

[7:38] the book, but they ought to have their

[7:39] mouth washed out with soap. It was

[7:41] disgraceful and for the press to pick it

[7:43] up is even worse.

[7:46] >> By the way, Mrs. Bush will be making an

[7:48] address to the Republican National

[7:50] Convention one week from tonight. The

[7:52] topic will be family values. It's been a

[7:55] month since Ross Perau quit. Said he

[7:57] would not run for president as an

[7:59] independent after all. But apparently

[8:01] that was not the end of his campaign.

[8:03] Not entirely. As Scott P has learned,

[8:06] Perau is still bankrolling operations to

[8:08] get his name on some state ballots.

[8:11] Perau Petition Committee.

[8:12] >> Yes, we're still here. Believe me,

[8:14] >> the glory days are gone, but the Perau

[8:16] Petition Committee is still here. And

[8:18] Ross Perau is spending big money to keep

[8:20] the lights on. CBS News has learned

[8:23] Perau spends at least a half million

[8:25] dollars a month to keep offices open in

[8:28] every state and make sure that he's on

[8:30] every ballot.

[8:32] >> He still wants to play uh the game a

[8:34] little bit. He doesn't want to get in

[8:35] the arena and I think he just wants to

[8:37] keep all options open

[8:38] >> and he appears willing to do whatever it

[8:40] takes. Perau still needs more signatures

[8:43] in Hawaii, Arizona, and New York. And

[8:46] with his New York tables vacant, Perau's

[8:48] lawyers considered hiring a professional

[8:51] firm to get the signatures. But instead,

[8:53] this week, the committee tried a

[8:55] $150,000

[8:57] ad campaign. While Perau is likely to

[9:00] get on all the ballots, he may have to

[9:02] fight to stay there. Some states are

[9:04] demanding he declare. In California, the

[9:07] state with the most electoral votes,

[9:09] officials say they will drop Perau's

[9:11] name from the ballot unless he hands in

[9:14] a written declaration of his candidacy

[9:17] within two weeks.

[9:19] Perau is expected to comply, but

[9:21] committee officials say he's only on the

[9:23] ballot to send a message. And if 10 15

[9:26] million people were to vote for Ross Bro

[9:28] or three million people vote for

[9:29] Rossboro, that's a lot of people who are

[9:31] discontent and they're saying so

[9:33] otherwise they might just stay home and

[9:35] not vote at all and we would never know

[9:37] what they were thinking. Next week Perau

[9:39] will at least look like a candidate

[9:40] again pitching his new book, the

[9:43] platform he would run on if he were

[9:45] running. Aids say he will be

[9:47] high-profile, traveling, talking issues,

[9:50] and leaving many wondering about his

[9:52] intentions. Scott Py, CBS News, Dallas.

[9:57] >> Still to come on the CBS Evening News,

[9:59] exclusive CBS News pictures and

[10:01] interviews from a Serbian concentration

[10:04] camp in Bosnia. And slow down, it's a

[10:07] school crossing in the strange summer of

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[11:19] >> There was a moment of mercy in the

[11:21] Bosnian civil war today. Serbian

[11:23] fighters who have been devastating

[11:24] civilians agreed to a temporary truce so

[11:27] that 300 women and children could leave

[11:29] Sievo on a convoy of buses. It was a

[11:32] bitter trade-off. chance for mothers and

[11:34] children to find safety as refugees,

[11:37] leaving their men behind, to fight or

[11:40] die, or both. A US officials charged

[11:43] today that Serbian forces have been

[11:45] moving prisoners out of concentration

[11:47] camps in Bosnia to prevent the Red Cross

[11:49] from seeing the worst conditions. CBS

[11:52] News correspondent Martha Tyer and her

[11:54] crew were the first to get inside one

[11:55] camp in southern Bosnia.

[11:59] Futch prison identified as one of the

[12:01] most notorious Serb death camps with

[12:04] reports of prisoners routinely tortured

[12:06] of daily executions. We were allowed

[12:09] access although strictly supervised to

[12:11] what were described as fighters.

[12:14] >> No, no civilians. They said we were

[12:17] taken from our homes. Our translator who

[12:20] once lived in the town of Horche spotted

[12:22] her high school Latin teacher Lyo

[12:24] Hussein. I am not a fighter he said

[12:27] although some are. Our treatment is

[12:29] correct, but we are all hungry. Shaban

[12:32] Churovich, here for two and a half

[12:34] months, was not the only one who looked

[12:36] gaunt and emaciated, although most did

[12:39] not. The prisoners told us they're

[12:40] treated well, but when the guards

[12:42] stepped out of the room, they told us

[12:44] that special forces take people away for

[12:46] interrogation and beat them. As soon as

[12:48] the guards came back, the prisoners

[12:50] looked afraid and clammed up. A human

[12:52] rights organization has named FOHA as

[12:55] one of many camps where inmates are in

[12:57] grave danger. Prison officials say these

[13:00] are prisoners of war, some of them

[13:01] wounded in battle, who have signed

[13:03] confessions, admitting military crimes.

[13:06] They are charged with genocide for

[13:08] waging war against the Serbs.

[13:12] At Fort, prisoners stare in wary silence

[13:15] as they devour the food that leaves them

[13:17] hungry. They have the look of men who

[13:19] think it's safest to be invisible,

[13:22] anonymous. The Serbs insist treatment at

[13:24] FORCH is good. They say have a look at

[13:27] how Serbs are treated in enemy camps and

[13:29] see how good. Martha Tyner, CBS News at

[13:33] FORH prison.

[13:36] >> There is more CBS News ahead, including

[13:38] Eye on America tonight. A summer camp

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[15:29] >> The US economy is sluggish at best.

[15:32] People aren't doing much buying and

[15:34] that's keeping prices down. The

[15:36] government reported today that wholesale

[15:38] prices rose just a tenth of a percent

[15:40] last month. Even with prices down and

[15:43] mortgage rates down, it's still getting

[15:46] tougher to buy that first home. The real

[15:48] estate industry said today that fewer

[15:50] and fewer Americans now can even come up

[15:52] with a house down payment. In news about

[15:55] health and medicine, there is a new

[15:57] weapon in the fight against hepatitis A,

[15:59] the liver disease that comes from eating

[16:01] contaminated food. Researchers report

[16:03] tonight that in tests on children, an

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[16:13] side effects.

[16:15] >> Now from around the world, more CBS

[16:18] news. In the African nation of Somalia,

[16:20] rival warlords agreed to let the UN send

[16:22] in 500 troops to guard food shipments

[16:25] for starving civilians. But it may be

[16:27] too late for millions dying in Somalia

[16:30] from the effects of civil war and

[16:32] drought. In Baghdad, Saddam Hussein

[16:34] blamed corrupt businessmen and quote

[16:36] irresponsible government officials for

[16:38] the decline in Iraq's economy and

[16:40] promised to punish them severely. The

[16:42] speech indicated UN sanctions may be

[16:45] biting harder than Saddam has previously

[16:47] admitted. In Boston, the QE2 sailed into

[16:50] dry dock for repair of the 74 ft gang in

[16:53] her hull. Meanwhile, investigators say

[16:55] they found a large unchartered rock on

[16:58] the ocean floor near where the ship ran

[17:00] ground last week. And in Long Beach,

[17:02] California, the legendary Spruce Goose

[17:05] is being dismantled. The huge World War

[17:07] II flying boat built by Howard Hughes

[17:10] will be moved to a museum in Oregon.

[17:13] >> Coming up next on the CBS Evening News,

[17:15] the summer of 92. The weather is a boat

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[18:55] views are provocative to some and

[18:57] controversial to others. An exclusive

[18:59] talk with Ross Perau tomorrow on CBS

[19:02] this morning with Harry Smith and Paula.

[19:06] All around the country, people are

[19:08] talking about the wild weather this

[19:10] summer. And in a lot of places, what

[19:11] they're saying is maybe it's cold

[19:14] outside. Jacqueline Adams reports.

[19:23] This summer, a funny thing happened on

[19:25] the way to the beaches. The temperatures

[19:27] plunged, the lifeguards bundled up, and

[19:30] only the most daring souls ventured into

[19:32] the water.

[19:33] >> How's the water?

[19:34] >> Great. cold, but it's it's fun. I

[19:37] >> No, it's not your imagination.

[19:39] Meteorologists confirm that in much of

[19:41] the country, the temperatures are way

[19:43] below normal. Last month was the third

[19:46] coldest July since 1895.

[19:49] >> Very cool and wet and stormy weather has

[19:53] affected much of the Midwest, the

[19:54] Plains, and the eastern part of the

[19:56] country.

[19:58] >> How cold is it? In Minneapolis last

[20:00] month, it was so cold the Snoopy float

[20:03] was frozen out of the annual aquatenial

[20:05] torch light parade.

[20:06] >> Feels like January.

[20:09] >> It's so cold at the New York Botanical

[20:11] Garden, the liies are well, little.

[20:14] >> Normally, by the first week in August,

[20:15] we would expect to see our canas uh head

[20:18] high, 6 ft high.

[20:20] >> For years, scientists have worried that

[20:22] carbon dioxide emissions were warming

[20:24] the Earth to dangerously high

[20:25] temperatures. This year though, the

[20:27] trends have all gone haywire and many

[20:29] believe Mount Pinatubo is to blame. Last

[20:32] year, the Philippine volcano erupted,

[20:34] sending tons of sulfurous particles into

[20:36] the upper atmosphere. And the volcano is

[20:39] rumbling again.

[20:40] >> Mount Pinatubo may have had some impact

[20:42] on blocking the incoming sunlight

[20:45] uh and possibly providing some cooling

[20:47] of the Earth here right now.

[20:48] >> Whatever the reason, the weather's

[20:49] hotter and drier in the Pacific

[20:51] Northwest. So dry, landscapers are

[20:54] painting the lawns. It's been so wet in

[20:56] the South and Midwest, carp have been

[20:59] caught in traffic. And it's been so

[21:01] chilly in Manhattan, air conditioner

[21:03] delivery men are in shock.

[21:05] >> I want it to be hot. People walking

[21:07] around sticky. They sweating. People

[21:09] have to take off their ties, their hats.

[21:11] Women, they got to go home and take a

[21:12] shower between lunch breaks. That's what

[21:14] I want to see.

[21:15] >> Well, maybe next year. Jacqueline Adams,

[21:19] CBS News, New York.

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[22:32] >> Her name is Sarah, and she's lucky cuz

[22:34] today she'll encounter egrets doing

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[22:39] She'll see how other moms take care of

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[23:33] For many American kids, growing up means

[23:35] a home, a school, a family, and summer

[23:38] vacation fun. For others, growing up

[23:40] means living in the street and trying to

[23:43] survive. A few of those kids are lucky

[23:45] this summer. They're getting a vacation,

[23:48] too. Meredith Vieira has tonight's Eye

[23:51] on America.

[23:55] >> I love you. I miss me.

[23:59] They could be anybody's kids on their

[24:01] way to summer camp. Except when they get

[24:04] homesick, it will be for a place that

[24:06] doesn't exist. They are homeless

[24:08] children, and for them, a pup tent in

[24:11] the woods is a far cry better than where

[24:13] they come from.

[24:14] >> Around here in the province, the

[24:16] children have a habit of picking on

[24:17] shelter children and doing bodily harm,

[24:21] >> and I don't want that.

[24:23] Rhonda and her 11-year-old son, Ncoan,

[24:25] have been living in a New York City

[24:26] shelter since January. They were forced

[24:29] out of their home after she stood up to

[24:31] some crack users and the family was shot

[24:33] at.

[24:34] >> Have a good time. Okay.

[24:36] >> Rhonda says Ncoan has changed since he

[24:38] got to the shelter. Always picking

[24:39] fights. He's ready to burst in here. She

[24:42] says

[24:46] >> it's a short distance from Ncoan shelter

[24:48] to endless square miles of national

[24:50] park. For the next 19 days, some 100

[24:53] city kids, most of them recruited from

[24:55] shelters, will have a chance to breathe

[24:57] again.

[24:58] >> We got here.

[25:00] >> Nicole is just seven, and already she's

[25:02] lived in a foster home in two basements.

[25:04] Now she and her sisters and her

[25:06] grandmother share one room in a shelter.

[25:09] She doesn't know where her father is.

[25:11] Her mother lives on the streets.

[25:13] >> My mother, she never bought me nothing

[25:14] for my birthday. Only my grandmother.

[25:17] >> Why hasn't your mom bought you anything?

[25:19] because she don't have no money. She buy

[25:21] her money on crack.

[25:23] >> Bob Bear, who's run the camp for 9

[25:25] years, just wants to give kids like

[25:27] Nicole back what's been taken away.

[25:30] >> Childhood is taken away from them when

[25:31] they have to worry about crime, about

[25:35] molestation, dealing with the reality of

[25:37] drugs and violence, homelessness. Um, a

[25:41] small child shouldn't have to worry

[25:42] about any of that. Small child should

[25:43] worry about, you know, skinning their

[25:44] skinning their knee on a rock, um,

[25:46] passing a swimming test. And you are

[25:48] >> Necoan.

[25:49] >> Ncoan. Okay.

[25:51] >> Ncoan is assigned to a cabin with four

[25:53] other boys and two counselors. Those who

[25:55] don't have clothes or toiletries are

[25:57] given them. Bear provides all the basics

[26:00] including love.

[26:02] The kids here get more individual

[26:04] attention than they would at an ordinary

[26:06] camp because that's what they need most

[26:08] to break down the walls they've built up

[26:10] to survive. With Necron, it isn't easy.

[26:13] >> He's very defensive. He's not so much

[26:16] angry as he is afraid to be hurt.

[26:19] >> People say that I'm just

[26:22] always got like a sad face. Sometimes

[26:24] when you're real happy, people just to

[26:27] spoil your fun.

[26:28] >> Ncoan doesn't want to be the man of the

[26:30] house. He wants to be 11 years old. And

[26:33] here he gets the chance. Nicole is used

[26:36] to swimming in a bathtub. But for 19

[26:39] days, she has a whole lake to explore.

[26:41] There's fishes in in that water, but

[26:43] they give you kisses.

[26:45] >> Watching her reminds Bear how resilient

[26:47] these kids are.

[26:49] >> She laughs, she smiles, she's outgoing

[26:52] in spite of what she's gone through.

[26:54] >> You got a lot of this and you got a lot

[26:56] of that. So,

[26:57] >> I mean, if this kid just catches one

[26:58] break, just one break and gets a little

[27:02] bit of stability in her life, she's

[27:03] going to be a dynamo.

[27:05] >> Merry Christmas, everybody. Santa always

[27:08] shows up on the last night of camp since

[27:10] he can't find a lot of these kids on

[27:12] Christmas Eve. The only thing missing in

[27:14] his sack is the money needed to keep

[27:16] this camp going. Homelessness is not the

[27:19] hot issue it used to be. And without

[27:21] funds, not even Santa can save the

[27:23] place.

[27:24] >> Y'all will miss it.

[27:26] >> I want to stay here forever.

[27:29] >> I wish I could save the world, but for

[27:31] 19 days, we can change their reality and

[27:32] give them a whole different life.

[27:35] Summer camp 1992.

[27:38] Ncoan found his smile again, and Nicole

[27:41] shared hers with everyone. There's not

[27:44] much distance between hopelessness and

[27:46] hope. And no real difference between

[27:48] these kids and anybody else's.

[27:51] >> In New York for Eye in America, I'm

[27:53] Meredith Vieira.

[27:57] >> And that's part of our world tonight.

[27:58] Coming up on 48 hours, the king we can't

[28:01] forget, even though his reign ended 15

[28:03] years ago. Find out why America is crazy

[28:06] about Elvis on 48 hours tonight at 10 9

[28:10] central time. Dan Rather for the CBS

[28:12] Evening News. See you again soon on 48

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