CBS Evening News - 1993-04-14

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[0:02] South Africa is raped by civil unrest on

[0:05] a day of mourning for a murdered black

[0:07] leader. In this country, three teenagers

[0:10] are charged with murder and their small

[0:12] town is in shock following a classroom

[0:14] attack. And I on America, tonight people

[0:18] fighting for their lives and disease is

[0:21] not their only enemy.

[0:22] >> They say they shortened my life.

[0:25] >> I always call it like a, you know,

[0:27] premeditated murder.

[0:30] >> [music]

[0:30] >> This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:36] >> [music]

[0:37] >> Dan Rather reporting, good evening.

[0:39] Strikes and riots swept across South

[0:41] Africa today, the worst civil unrest

[0:44] there in 2 years. It was a day of

[0:46] mourning for a black leader gunned down

[0:48] over the weekend and more were gunned

[0:50] down today. At least three people were

[0:52] killed in the black township of Soweto.

[0:54] CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey is

[0:57] there.

[0:59] >> Fueled by anger, grief and indignation,

[1:02] thousands of chanting blacks laid siege

[1:04] to Soweto's main police station. For

[1:06] many blacks, the murder of Communist

[1:08] Party Chief Chris Hani is part of a

[1:10] police and government conspiracy.

[1:13] The police were under orders to restrain

[1:15] themselves and emboldened by the

[1:17] unprecedented inaction, demonstrators

[1:19] taunted the heavily armed riot squad

[1:21] from atop the guard posts.

[1:26] Marshals had almost calmed them down

[1:28] when a band of men brandishing homemade

[1:30] weapons suddenly appeared at the police

[1:32] gates and the scene erupted.

[1:37] Police opened up with riot guns. Chaos

[1:40] reigned as the crowd panicked and fought

[1:41] to escape the line of fire.

[1:43] A BBC camera crew, caught in the open,

[1:46] was hit.

[1:49] Dozens of others were also hit.

[1:51] Desperate officials dragged wounded and

[1:53] bleeding people to safety, commandeering

[1:56] cars to ferry them the hospital.

[1:58] ANC officials blamed the police.

[2:01] >> Without any warning, they started

[2:03] shooting with live ammunition into the

[2:04] crowd. This kind of behavior will plunge

[2:07] this country into absolute deep

[2:09] bloodshed.

[2:10] >> The police claimed they acted with

[2:12] restraint and were forced to shoot. The

[2:14] simple fact is that the shooting plays

[2:16] into the hands of the black extremists

[2:18] who prefer violent confrontation to the

[2:20] ANC's tactic of peaceful struggle and

[2:23] negotiation. Tens of thousands who

[2:25] packed a soccer stadium for a rally

[2:27] heard Nelson Mandela make yet another

[2:29] call for peace.

[2:31] >> There should be no violence.

[2:34] >> But few seem to be listening.

[2:36] In Cape Town, a march degenerated into a

[2:38] rampage of looting along the main

[2:40] street.

[2:42] It was unprecedented violence in these

[2:44] white areas. Police opened fire to

[2:46] disperse rioters. It was a variation on

[2:49] a scene repeated in cities across the

[2:51] country.

[2:52] Black and white alike here had begun to

[2:54] hope they might have a chance to

[2:56] negotiate a peaceful future.

[2:59] Today, that future looks frighteningly

[3:01] like a return to the recent past.

[3:04] Alan Pease, CBS News, Soweto.

[3:07] >> Day five of deliberations in the Rodney

[3:09] King beating trial ended early. The

[3:11] judge granted a request from a juror who

[3:13] felt sick and wanted to see a doctor.

[3:16] The deliberations are set to resume

[3:18] tomorrow in the trial of four Los

[3:20] Angeles police accused of violating

[3:22] King's civil rights. Bill Lagattuta

[3:24] brings us up to date.

[3:27] A crowd gathered, the cameras were

[3:29] switched on, but it was a false alert

[3:31] late today. Just the news about the sick

[3:34] juror. There were no verdicts yet. This

[3:36] morning, perhaps feeling a part of the

[3:38] media circus or just wanting to lighten

[3:41] the tension, defendant Stacy Koon and

[3:43] his lawyer arrived looking rather silly.

[3:46] But there's nothing funny about what's

[3:48] going on in Los Angeles. Every hour, a

[3:50] new batch of rumors.

[3:52] >> I didn't hear anything about that,

[3:53] ma'am.

[3:54] >> Every day, increasingly urgent calls to

[3:56] keep the lid on. At the grocery store,

[3:59] >> Remember

[4:00] >> on a hip new video being shown in

[4:02] schools.

[4:03] >> [music]

[4:10] >> The town's chief peacemaker is the new

[4:12] police chief, Willie Williams. Last

[4:14] night, addressing an enormous crowd of

[4:16] anxious homeowners. Earlier, repeating

[4:19] his concern about all the guns in LA.

[4:21] >> Keep them in the house. Keep them out of

[4:24] your pockets. Keep them out of the

[4:25] stores.

[4:25] >> His steady, reassuring manner in this

[4:28] crisis time has made Williams easily the

[4:30] most popular political figure in the

[4:32] city.

[4:33] >> I don't believe we're going to have

[4:35] another riot.

[4:36] >> The mayor, Tom Bradley, is retiring

[4:38] soon. And with all the madness lately,

[4:40] those who want his job raise a good

[4:43] question.

[4:43] >> why would someone want to be mayor of

[4:46] this particular city at this particular

[4:48] time?

[4:49] >> City councilman Mike Woo has been

[4:51] leading in the mayor's race.

[4:53] >> I will not be the kind of mayor who will

[4:55] pit one ethnic group against another

[4:57] ethnic group.

[4:57] >> Where have you been, Mr. Woo, as crime

[5:00] has taken over our city?

[5:02] >> Wealthy businessman Richard Riordan has

[5:04] almost caught up to Woo. And there are

[5:06] 22 others who want the mayor's job.

[5:09] Lately, the campaign commercials haven't

[5:11] failed to capitalize on a city's

[5:14] insecurity.

[5:15] >> weren't a surprise. The riots were

[5:17] inevitable.

[5:17] >> Of course, riots are not inevitable this

[5:20] time, not with all the police and all

[5:22] the words of calm. Still, for many, a

[5:24] bunker mentality has set in. When the

[5:26] verdicts come, head for home, protect

[5:29] the family, and hope nothing happens.

[5:32] Bill Lagattuta, CBS News, Los Angeles.

[5:36] >> The standoff at Ohio's maximum security

[5:38] prison in Lucasville is in its fourth

[5:40] day. The governor ordered 500 National

[5:42] Guard troops to the prison to support

[5:44] tired police forces. Hundreds of inmates

[5:47] who rioted Sunday are holding eight

[5:49] guards hostage in a sealed-off cell

[5:51] block. And they are now threatening to

[5:53] kill one of those hostages.

[5:56] For people in the small towns of

[5:57] America, it becomes more evident every

[6:00] day that they are not immune to the

[6:02] violence that plagues our country's big

[6:04] cities.

[6:05] Giselle Fernandez reports tonight that

[6:07] what used to be unthinkable has happened

[6:10] again, this time in a small community on

[6:13] the southern coast of Massachusetts.

[6:17] >> No one ever thought it would happen in

[6:19] Dartmouth, Massachusetts, not at the

[6:21] nationally acclaimed high school. But

[6:22] this week a 16-year-old freshman was

[6:24] stabbed to death in his classroom right

[6:26] in front of horrified students.

[6:28] >> He always said he wanted to make a

[6:29] difference.

[6:33] Violence has got to stop.

[6:36] >> Jason Robinson, number 50 in this home

[6:38] video, was sitting in his social studies

[6:40] class when three teenagers burst in and

[6:42] stabbed him.

[6:43] >> He was like trying to stop him. He was

[6:45] bleeding and just holding up a t-shirt

[6:47] to his stomach.

[6:48] >> The three students have been charged

[6:50] with first-degree murder. They were

[6:51] allegedly seeking retaliation against

[6:53] one of Jason's friends after a weekend

[6:55] fight.

[6:56] >> Dartmouth High School doesn't have

[6:57] graffiti like this on its walls, nor the

[6:59] kind of gangs that we normally associate

[7:01] with New York or other big cities.

[7:02] That's why the death of Jason Robinson

[7:04] so shocked the suburban residents of

[7:06] Massachusetts. They thought they were

[7:08] safe.

[7:09] >> You figure you're going to come into

[7:10] school, you think you should feel safe

[7:12] at school, but um

[7:15] you know, when something like this

[7:15] happens, it gives you kind of a hairy

[7:17] feeling.

[7:18] >> One of the biggest problems we have in

[7:19] the area of school safety around the

[7:20] country is the denial in suburban areas

[7:23] or rural areas that this can happen

[7:25] here, that young people are arming

[7:27] themselves.

[7:28] >> Are you going to be checking for weapons

[7:30] being brought into the school?

[7:32] >> At Dartmouth High, there is no more

[7:34] denial. Parents riveted by the reality

[7:36] of Jason's murder are now demanding

[7:38] action.

[7:39] >> What are you going to do, is, the school

[7:41] is to do is, we're going to ensure the

[7:43] safety of my daughter.

[7:45] >> Administrators not used to big city

[7:46] violence say they'll look into hiring

[7:48] guards and possibly installing metal

[7:50] detectors. But the question is, will

[7:52] turning campuses into armed camps stop

[7:54] the violence? It's a question experts

[7:56] say schools across the nation, in big

[7:59] cities and now in small towns, can no

[8:01] longer afford to ignore. It's a lesson

[8:03] Dartmouth, Massachusetts learned the

[8:05] hard way.

[8:06] Giselle Fernandez, CBS News, New York.

[8:09] >> Straight ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

[8:11] News, Dr. Bob Arnot with encouraging

[8:13] news for women facing menopause. And

[8:15] later, Eye on America, tonight the risks

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[8:33] >> Can't even

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[8:36] >> Sadness, terrible, terrible sadness.

[8:38] >> I have to get up and I don't want to.

[8:40] >> Oh my god, how worthless am I?

[8:42] >> Pleasure seems to have gone out of life.

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[9:31] >> Over the next decade, 40 million women

[9:33] in America will pass through menopause.

[9:35] The greatest threat to their lives,

[9:37] heart disease. Now there's new evidence

[9:40] that menopausal hormone treatment also

[9:43] cuts coronary risk as we hear from

[9:45] health correspondent Dr. Bob Arnot.

[9:49] >> Patsy Kendall of Greensboro, North

[9:51] Carolina is a vigorous 53 year old

[9:54] woman. A big change from four years ago.

[9:57] >> I was having

[9:59] difficulty sleeping. I was having mood

[10:02] irritability that I was not used to. I

[10:05] was having reduced energy and a reduced

[10:08] libido.

[10:09] >> Patsy couldn't exercise much then. She

[10:11] suffered severe symptoms of menopause.

[10:14] But now like 3 million other American

[10:16] women, she's found relief with hormone

[10:19] replacement therapy.

[10:20] >> It resumed

[10:22] my good feelings toward myself and

[10:26] toward life. I can honestly say I feel

[10:30] as good or better than I did when I was

[10:33] 20 years old.

[10:34] >> A study today provides the best evidence

[10:36] yet that hormone replacement therapy may

[10:39] have a major added benefit.

[10:41] The New England Journal of Medicine

[10:42] reports that it reduces the risk of

[10:44] heart disease by at least 42%.

[10:47] >> This effect applies to a broad range of

[10:50] risk factors and a broad range of women

[10:53] in the United States.

[10:54] >> The study could also solve one of the

[10:56] thorniest dilemmas for women and their

[10:58] doctors. How many hormones to take? The

[11:01] study says two. Estrogen plus

[11:03] progesterone provide the best protection

[11:05] against heart disease. But not without

[11:07] risk. Other studies suggest that hormone

[11:10] replacement could increase the risk of

[11:12] cancer of the breast and uterus. Which

[11:15] leaves many women clamoring for more

[11:17] extensive studies.

[11:18] >> It feels like the middle ages when you

[11:20] talk about estrogen replacement.

[11:22] Everybody has an idea or an opinion and

[11:24] it doesn't seem to be scientific

[11:27] research to back it up.

[11:29] >> While this report is promising for

[11:31] menopausal women, there is a problem

[11:33] with these studies in general. They

[11:34] don't distinguish clearly enough between

[11:36] the effects of the hormones and the

[11:38] effects of healthy lifestyles. Many

[11:40] women who take hormones also exercise,

[11:42] eat healthy diets, and make regular

[11:44] trips to the doctors. That could explain

[11:46] some of their reduced risk of heart

[11:48] disease. Only larger studies can give

[11:50] women the definitive word the exact

[11:53] risks and benefits of hormone

[11:54] replacement therapy. Dan?

[11:56] >> Doctor, in the meantime, how can women

[11:58] decide whether they should take the

[12:00] hormone?

[12:01] >> They and their doctors need to take a

[12:02] look at their individual risk factors.

[12:05] So, women who have a high risk of

[12:06] coronary artery disease are the ones who

[12:08] are going to benefit the most from

[12:09] hormone replacement therapy. Those who

[12:11] have a high risk of breast cancer have

[12:12] the most to lose.

[12:13] >> Dan, Dr. Bob Arnot, thanks.

[12:15] >> Stay with us now for more CBS News

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[13:58] >> They call it the city that never sleeps.

[14:01] They're right. So, what's going on all

[14:04] night long?

[14:04] >> [music]

[14:05] >> An all new 48 Hours, tonight.

[14:10] >> President Clinton's special

[14:11] representative in Yugoslavia has

[14:13] delivered another warning to Serbian

[14:14] forces. Regional Bartholomew told them

[14:17] again to come to a quick settlement and

[14:19] to stop what he called humanitarian

[14:22] horrors. But the horrors continued in

[14:25] Bosnia where Serb gunners rained shells

[14:28] on a Muslim enclave killing eight people

[14:30] and wounding 21. This came as civilian

[14:33] casualties, including many women and

[14:35] children, were still being evacuated

[14:37] from Monday's shelling that killed 56

[14:39] people. In Tokyo, Secretary of State

[14:42] Christopher called on America's

[14:43] wealthiest allies to come up with more

[14:45] aid now for Russia and President Boris

[14:48] Yeltsin. US officials say President

[14:50] Clinton will soon pledge an additional

[14:52] $2 billion in aid to Russia, more than

[14:55] doubling the present US commitment of

[14:57] $1.6 billion. In Moscow today, Yeltsin

[15:01] threatened to resign if he loses a

[15:03] nationwide referendum later this month.

[15:06] He's hoping for a boost from the trial

[15:07] of his arch enemies, 12 old-line party

[15:11] communists charged with leading the 1991

[15:13] Soviet coup.

[15:15] Correspondent Anthony Mason covered the

[15:17] trial's opening day.

[15:19] >> Unrepentant, the 12 accused instigators

[15:22] of the infamous August coup were given a

[15:24] communist escort to court this morning.

[15:27] Among them, the former Soviet vice

[15:29] president, prime minister, defense

[15:31] minister, and KGB chief. Together, 20

[15:34] months ago, they tried to oust President

[15:36] Gorbachev and ordered tanks into the

[15:38] streets. Today, they stood charged with

[15:41] high treason and betrayal of the

[15:43] motherland.

[15:43] >> You may change political system through

[15:45] legal means, but if you are trying to

[15:48] change to change the government,

[15:50] conspiring and arresting president,

[15:52] sorry, it's a crime.

[15:54] >> The defendants say they were only trying

[15:55] to save the Soviet Union. Whatever the

[15:58] verdict, said former vice president

[16:00] Gennady Yanayev.

[16:03] History will exonerate us.

[16:05] The communists have made them idols in

[16:07] their effort to oust Boris Yeltsin. The

[16:09] president campaigning for a vote of

[16:11] confidence in the referendum a week from

[16:13] Sunday, is watching the trial closely. A

[16:16] guilty verdict in this courthouse may be

[16:18] critical for Boris Yeltsin. Almost 2

[16:21] years after the coup made him a national

[16:23] hero, the Russian president is still

[16:25] waging psychological warfare with the

[16:28] remnants of the Communist Party.

[16:30] >> If those people are acquitted,

[16:33] it means that Yeltsin actually can be

[16:35] accused of

[16:37] splitting apart the Soviet Union,

[16:40] of bringing the country to the state

[16:41] where it is now. On the psychological

[16:43] level, Yeltsin would lose the game.

[16:46] >> At stake in the ongoing power struggle

[16:48] is Russia's future. The commotion around

[16:50] the courthouse today showed the country

[16:53] is still battling with its past.

[16:55] Anthony Mason, CBS News, Moscow.

[16:59] >> Coming up next,

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[19:04] Millions of Americans have been holding

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[19:18] >> It's a razzle-dazzle mini circus,

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[19:32] >> By the first week of this month, barely

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[19:50] >> I filed early cuz my mother made me.

[19:52] >> But for some, there's a big problem, one

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[20:00] With this change,

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[20:13] >> The idea was Americans would have more

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[20:25] >> It basically just catches people totally

[20:27] by surprise.

[20:28] >> I was very surprised because I

[20:30] the reason I owe money is because I

[20:33] didn't have it withheld during the year.

[20:35] >> So, the IRS is trying to be Mr. Nice

[20:38] Guy. It's like, "Need more time? Come

[20:41] in. Ask for this, extension form 4868,

[20:46] you'll get four more months to pay up."

[20:49] Mailing the extension form by midnight

[20:52] tomorrow, April 15th, we'll forget the

[20:54] normal 5% penalty for late filing, says

[20:57] this new Mr. Nice Guy. You'll still pay

[21:00] interest, 7% annual rate, on what you

[21:03] owe. But if you pay 90% of your tax up

[21:06] front, you can avoid additional

[21:08] penalties.

[21:09] >> This is all Still, don't be deceived.

[21:11] It's not all fun and games at the tax

[21:14] agency. It's still got all those

[21:16] auditors ready to cast a baleful eye on

[21:19] any return taking advantage of its new

[21:22] friendly spirit. Ray Brady, CBS News,

[21:26] The Money Crunch.

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[23:39] >> For years Americans have lived with a

[23:41] certain faith about life and death.

[23:43] We believe people fighting for their

[23:45] lives are entitled to the best help

[23:47] available, regardless of the risk,

[23:49] regardless of the cost.

[23:51] But today that faith is hard up against

[23:54] reality.

[23:55] Bob Faw reports on courage and its cost

[23:59] in tonight's Eye on America.

[24:02] >> Nancy Samuels was dying of breast cancer

[24:04] and had only one chance to live, a bone

[24:07] marrow transplant procedure, which costs

[24:09] over $100,000

[24:11] and is very risky.

[24:13] >> I'll take every day I can get.

[24:14] >> But her insurance company called the

[24:16] treatment experimental and like most

[24:18] insurance companies refused to pay for

[24:20] it.

[24:21] >> To be told that there's one treatment,

[24:24] you have one

[24:25] chance of saving your life, and then to

[24:28] have your insurance company say, "No, we

[24:29] will not pay for that treatment." Um

[24:33] is terrifying.

[24:34] >> Borrowing money, Nancy had the operation

[24:36] then sued, the company settled. This

[24:39] breast cancer victim, who wants to

[24:40] remain anonymous, also learned that bone

[24:43] marrow was her only hope. Her insurance

[24:45] company wouldn't pay either.

[24:47] >> People that cannot afford to pay for the

[24:50] treatment, then they have to let to die?

[24:53] It is like being so unfair. I'm only 33

[24:57] years old and I still want

[25:00] to see this beautiful world.

[25:02] >> She also sued and won, but her insurance

[25:05] company fought her every step of the

[25:07] way.

[25:08] >> They're just afraid of opening Pandora's

[25:09] Box and once they say yes to some

[25:11] person, then how can they say no to the

[25:13] next person?

[25:14] >> As the Clinton administration wrestles

[25:16] with how much health care America needs

[25:18] and can't afford, insurance companies

[25:20] argue they shouldn't have to pay for a

[25:22] procedure which the National Cancer

[25:24] Institute has not endorsed.

[25:26] >> We don't know enough to say whether it

[25:29] is more effective

[25:31] than standard therapies.

[25:33] >> But the procedure in which marrow cells

[25:35] are removed from the bone or the blood

[25:37] then replaced after the patient gets

[25:38] massive doses of chemotherapy is

[25:41] considered very effective by many

[25:43] doctors.

[25:43] >> When you have the vast majority of

[25:45] people involved in the field believing

[25:47] that such treatment is the right

[25:48] treatment for the individual, it is no

[25:50] longer experimental.

[25:51] >> Some bone marrow centers claim cure

[25:53] rates for breast cancer of 25% or

[25:56] higher, but the insurance industry

[25:57] contends those findings are premature.

[26:00] >> We don't know that it's sound medicine.

[26:03] We're not in the business of

[26:04] second-guessing the National Cancer

[26:06] Institute.

[26:07] The jury is still out.

[26:09] >> Any more of that lawsuit?

[26:10] >> Caught in the middle of the medical

[26:11] crossfire are patients like Mary Doll

[26:13] Imers. At the time the legal wrangling

[26:15] over whether her insurance company would

[26:17] pay had ended 1 year after she was

[26:19] supposed to have a bone marrow

[26:21] transplant, doctors told Mary it was too

[26:24] late for the procedure to save her life.

[26:26] >> I say they shortened my life.

[26:29] I always call it like a, you know,

[26:31] premeditated murder. They know that time

[26:34] is of the essence

[26:35] and um

[26:39] just taking their time.

[26:41] >> Their issue is not her life. Their issue

[26:43] is their dollars.

[26:45] >> This procedure raises questions which

[26:46] the country has not yet answered. How to

[26:48] balance the benefits of high-tech

[26:50] medicine against its astronomical cost.

[26:53] Can we afford to pay for procedures like

[26:55] this?

[26:56] Can we afford not to?

[26:58] >> If this therapy is better,

[27:00] then it may be well worth the investment

[27:02] of extra dollars. If on the other hand,

[27:05] it is not better, uh we should not be

[27:07] spending resources on that that are

[27:09] desperately needed for other kinds of

[27:11] medical illnesses.

[27:12] >> It's a question not about statistics,

[27:15] but about real people, real pain.

[27:17] >> I'm fighting my insurance company and

[27:19] I'm fighting

[27:20] >> cancer. You know, we are all human

[27:22] beings. We all deserve a chance

[27:25] to fight for to keep going and live, you

[27:29] know.

[27:29] >> Happy birthday, Patrick.

[27:32] >> Mary Doll Imers, who helped son Patrick

[27:34] celebrate his sixth birthday last week,

[27:36] wonders

[27:37] >> [music]

[27:37] >> if she'll live to celebrate another.

[27:40] >> What we can do, I don't know. At this

[27:42] point, um I don't know.

[27:44] >> Hold them steady.

[27:45] >> One more. Get it out.

[27:46] >> This is Bob Faw in San Francisco for Eye

[27:50] on America.

[27:51] >> Okay.

[27:52] >> And that's part of our world tonight.

[27:53] I'll be back later on 48 Hours with a

[27:56] report on the night people and what goes

[27:58] on while the rest of us sleep.

[28:01] As 48 Hours all night long, you'll see

[28:04] and hear some interesting stuff. Tonight

[28:05] at 10:00, 9:00 Central time.

[28:08] Dan Rather reporting for the CBS Evening

[28:10] News. I'll see you later on 48 Hours.

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[28:31] >> Your taxes are due and you've got a case

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[28:34] Face it, it's too late for this year,

[28:36] but what about next year?

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[28:42] year.

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