NBC Nightly News - 1992-11-06

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[0:00] Hello. How was it?

[0:01] >> These men will cost you money if they

[0:03] don't get their trade act together.

[0:05] >> While Clinton names his transition team

[0:07] and considers a summit

[0:08] >> as the transition director.

[0:10] >> And with the change in the White House

[0:12] comes a change in American political

[0:13] humor.

[0:14] >> No, I'm not going to vote for you.

[0:17] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:20] Brokoff. Reporting [music] tonight from

[0:22] NBC News headquarters in New York.

[0:25] >> Good evening. Think of the world these

[0:27] days as one big outdoor market. We're

[0:29] all buying and selling from each other.

[0:32] But one of the smaller merchants now

[0:34] wants to play by his own rules. So the

[0:36] biggest guy in the block says, "Okay, if

[0:38] you want to sell your stuff at my place,

[0:40] I'm jacking up the prices for some of

[0:42] that triple." [snorts] That has set off

[0:44] a panic among the other merchants. And

[0:46] sooner or later, it will cost you, the

[0:48] consumer. That's essentially what's

[0:50] going on tonight between the United

[0:51] States and Europe. And France is playing

[0:53] the part of the smaller merchant. NBC's

[0:56] Keith Miller is in London now. Keith

[0:58] >> Tom, America fired the first shot across

[1:00] the Atlantic and the Europeans spent all

[1:03] day seeking first aid to try to repair

[1:06] the break in the trade talks before the

[1:08] trade war takes any casualties.

[1:12] Europe appeared anything but unified in

[1:14] its response. In London, Bulls greeted

[1:17] European Commission President Jacqu

[1:19] Delore. Some European officials accused

[1:22] the law of sabotage, claiming he put in

[1:24] the trade talks the interests of his

[1:26] native France before the good of Europe.

[1:29] >> At an urgent meeting with British Prime

[1:31] Minister John Major, Delore was told to

[1:33] do what it takes to get the talks going

[1:35] again. The dispute is over subsidies

[1:38] paid to French oil seed farmers. The

[1:41] seeds are used in producing margarine,

[1:43] mayonnaise, and cooking oil. US

[1:45] officials say the subsidies deny

[1:47] American farmers $2 billion in trade

[1:50] each year. Farmers in France are a

[1:53] powerful and sometimes violent lobby and

[1:56] the government facing elections doesn't

[1:58] want to antagonize them. And French

[2:00] politicians are now calling for

[2:02] retaliation against the American tariff

[2:05] increases.

[2:07] If we lay down every time the Americans

[2:09] raised their fingers, said Agricultural

[2:11] Minister Jean Pierre, we wouldn't exist.

[2:15] At Jeopardy is a breakthrough worldwide

[2:18] trade agreement that has taken six years

[2:20] of sometimes torturous negotiations. The

[2:23] 105 nation GAT treaty would dismantle

[2:27] national communications monopolies,

[2:29] allowing companies like AT&T to compete

[2:32] worldwide.

[2:33] Open air routes which would allow US

[2:35] airlines to compete in markets they are

[2:38] shut out of overseas.

[2:40] Open national borders for banks like

[2:42] City Corp. It all adds up to an

[2:45] estimated annual increase in world trade

[2:48] of $200 billion.

[2:50] >> Not far below the surface a great deal

[2:52] of anger at the French in the attitude

[2:54] that they've got at the moment which is

[2:56] holding up these this breakthrough

[2:58] >> and uncertainty among consumers. The

[3:00] Americans are very clever because they

[3:02] they [snorts] have just put the finger

[3:04] on the place where it hurts.

[3:07] >> Richard Schubin of Pasadena, California

[3:09] took some of the ammunition out of the

[3:11] trade war by purchasing a case of French

[3:14] wine before the tariffs take effect on

[3:16] December 5th. Despite all the talk about

[3:19] getting back to the bargaining table,

[3:21] European trade ministers are drawing up

[3:23] a hit list of American products to be

[3:26] targeted if the trade war escalates.

[3:28] Tom, thank you. Keith, the American

[3:30] general in this early skirmishing, which

[3:32] could lead to an all-out trade war, is

[3:34] with us tonight. A lawyer, former

[3:35] Secretary of Housing, now the US Trade

[3:37] Representative, Ambassador Carla Hills.

[3:40] Madame Ambassador, is there any sign

[3:41] tonight that the French or the Germans

[3:43] are going to blink?

[3:45] >> Well, this isn't a question of blinking,

[3:46] Tom. This is a question of trying to

[3:49] wind up a debate that's gone on for 5

[3:52] years, and we have done everything in

[3:54] our power. We've won two panel cases

[3:57] which is like saying two court cases we

[3:59] have offered to arbitrate twice and uh

[4:02] really if we didn't take action today as

[4:05] we did in effect we would just debase

[4:08] the international trade rules that

[4:11] govern trade.

[4:12] >> How long can you wait before you decide

[4:15] to activate other items on the hit list

[4:17] that you've organized? We hope very much

[4:19] that by postponing the implementation of

[4:22] these increased tariffs by 30 days that

[4:25] we can get back to the bargaining table

[4:27] and to reach a solution that's in

[4:29] everyone's best interest on both sides

[4:31] of the Atlantic.

[4:32] >> What are the chances that this trade war

[4:34] could spread to the Asia to Asia and to

[4:37] the Pacific?

[4:38] >> I think not at all. This is a confined

[4:41] dispute. Uh the European action has been

[4:43] found illegal and it's been found

[4:46] illegal visav not only the United States

[4:48] but other countries but I don't think

[4:50] it's going to spread. I am confident

[4:52] that we can find a solution if we can

[4:54] just muster the political will to

[4:56] address the issues.

[4:57] >> If we don't find that solution quickly

[4:59] what are the American products that will

[5:00] be on their hit list in Europe?

[5:02] >> I have no idea. I really don't. There's

[5:05] no basis for Europe to counter retaliate

[5:07] against the United States. We have acted

[5:09] according to international rules and we

[5:12] have uh taken action the only action

[5:15] that was available to us and in fact we

[5:17] have garnished the European trade in

[5:20] order to secure our judgment that has

[5:22] been hanging out there for many many

[5:25] years.

[5:26] >> Are you uh satisfied that now that

[5:28] you've gotten their attention that we

[5:29] can in fact avoid an all-out trade war?

[5:32] >> I believe that we can avoid it. We

[5:34] simply have to sit down and have a

[5:36] common sense negotiation and we're ready

[5:38] to do that.

[5:39] >> Ambassador Carla Hills, thank you very

[5:40] much.

[5:41] >> Thank you.

[5:42] >> When Nightly News continues in a moment,

[5:43] Clinton names the men who will run his

[5:45] transition team and John Miller tonight

[5:48] on the long road back for Lloyd Sweet P.

[5:51] Daniels

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[5:55] >> Can he make it all the way?

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[7:00] >> Bill Clinton went for power today when

[7:01] he named the top of his transition team.

[7:03] Two influential lawyers, one from

[7:05] Washington, the other California, one

[7:07] black, one white. Washington lawyer and

[7:10] former Urban League President Vernon

[7:11] Jordan and former Deputy Secretary of

[7:14] State Warren Christopher of Southern

[7:15] California. NBC's Andre Mitchell tonight

[7:18] in Little Rock. Clinton's choices are

[7:20] both highly regarded national figures,

[7:22] not campaign officials. That was

[7:24] intended as a strong signal of the kind

[7:26] of appointees Clinton is seeking for his

[7:28] cabinet.

[7:30] >> Vernon Jordan will be in charge of the

[7:32] transition.

[7:33] >> And I'm honored and pleased to serve my

[7:35] friend Bill Clinton and our friend Al

[7:37] Gore.

[7:38] >> Warren Christopher will run the

[7:39] day-to-day operation. Our first

[7:41] priorities is to to help uh

[7:45] President-elect Clinton and Senator Gore

[7:47] to begin to choose the cabinet officers

[7:50] and the team that they will uh use and

[7:53] depend upon to run this government.

[7:56] >> Christopher had been rumored as a

[7:58] possible secretary of state, but he said

[8:00] to assure objectivity, he has taken

[8:02] himself out of consideration.

[8:03] information uh for myself. Uh I've told

[8:06] Governor Clinton that I have assumed

[8:08] undertaking this role. I would not have

[8:10] major responsibility in in the future.

[8:13] >> Jordan and Christopher got high marks

[8:15] from Clinton for the way they helped him

[8:17] make his first big decision, the

[8:19] selection of Al Gore to be his running

[8:20] mate. Clinton has said he will take his

[8:23] time about making other decisions, but

[8:25] world events won't wait. Again today,

[8:27] questions about the possibility of a

[8:29] trade war with Europe. Well, what he

[8:30] said is he's he's going to look at it

[8:32] right now. He's not going to comment. We

[8:34] have one president.

[8:35] >> To Clinton, nothing is more important

[8:36] than the economy, not even decisions he

[8:39] can make right away, such as reversing

[8:41] the Bush administration's ban on

[8:42] abortion counseling or family planning

[8:44] clinics.

[8:45] >> But clearly, the governor has has

[8:46] positions on uh choice that he's

[8:48] articulated throughout the campaign. The

[8:50] number one priority is the economy and

[8:52] getting it moving.

[8:53] >> Until Clinton decides who will get jobs

[8:55] in his administration, his campaign

[8:56] staff is in limbo. Most are packing to

[8:59] go home. As the trappings of his future

[9:01] office descend on the president-elect,

[9:03] residents of Little Rock are discovering

[9:05] what folks in Plains and Kenna Bunkport

[9:07] learned. Their city will never be the

[9:09] same.

[9:10] >> Nor will life for Clinton or Gore.

[9:15] >> I don't have a pimp.

[9:16] >> I HAVE A

[9:18] picture

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[9:27] Christopher said today Clinton will be

[9:28] creating an economic security council in

[9:30] the new White House and his first

[9:32] priority will be choosing his economic

[9:34] team. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, Little

[9:37] Rock.

[9:39] >> Russia's Boris Yelson has his own

[9:41] transition to worry about these days

[9:42] once the daring reformer. Yelson now is

[9:45] an embattled incumbent. His country's

[9:47] transition to capitalism and democracy

[9:49] is slow and painful. A top foreign

[9:52] policy priority for Bill Clinton. NBC's

[9:54] Bob Abernathy tonight in Moscow.

[9:58] >> Boris Yeltson told his adviserss today

[10:00] his opponents want to destroy his

[10:02] government and smash his reforms. He and

[10:05] his advisers are telling Americans this

[10:07] is no time to ignore Russia.

[10:10] >> General support of Russian democracy. It

[10:12] is absolutely indispensable.

[10:14] >> Yeltson is besieged. Russia's first

[10:17] steps toward capitalism have brought

[10:19] more goods for sale, but they've also

[10:22] brought widespread misery. Increased

[10:24] crime, falling production, soaring

[10:27] prices, and painful insecurity.

[10:31] Meanwhile, ethnic fighting around the

[10:33] borders has spread into southern Russia,

[10:35] taking 150 lives this past week.

[10:38] Yeltson's critics worry that it could

[10:40] spread further and say in the old days,

[10:43] Moscow could keep order.

[10:45] The far left and far right have formed a

[10:48] coalition opposing Yeltson with their

[10:50] own security guards. More important, the

[10:53] men who run Russia's biggest industries

[10:55] have created a powerful lobby. They

[10:58] don't want fast reforms to cause mass

[11:00] unemployment.

[11:01] >> The main line is to go with reforms, but

[11:05] to go slowly,

[11:08] to go step by step.

[11:11] Russia's Conservative Congress meets

[11:13] December 1st and could fire all

[11:15] Yeltson's cabinet members unless he

[11:18] fires some of them first. He's expected

[11:20] to do that.

[11:22] >> Yeltson wants from the Clinton

[11:24] administration continued technical aid,

[11:27] more private investment, quick action to

[11:29] carry out the START treaty, and strong

[11:32] political support such as he's had from

[11:34] President Bush and from the retiring US

[11:37] ambassador. They've crossed the Rubicon

[11:39] for reform and democracy out here. The

[11:42] nature and the pace of it is what we

[11:43] have to be concerned about.

[11:44] >> The message tonight from the Kremlin to

[11:46] Little Rock is the opposition here is

[11:49] forcing a slowdown in reform, but it

[11:51] will continue if the US helps. Bob

[11:54] Abernathy, NBC News, Moscow.

[11:57] >> In this country, October unemployment

[11:59] dropped to 7.4%. That's a six-month low,

[12:02] and it's the fourth straight monthly

[12:04] decline. However, the government said

[12:06] 9,300,000

[12:07] people still are without jobs. More

[12:10] [snorts] than a million others have

[12:11] given up looking. On Wall Street today,

[12:13] stocks were down slightly. Trading today

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[13:51] >> America close up tonight. The case of

[13:53] Leonard Peltier. The Native American is

[13:56] serving two life sentences for murdering

[13:58] two FBI agents 17 years ago. An appeals

[14:01] court in Minnesota hears arguments

[14:02] Monday on whether he should be granted a

[14:04] new trial. But new trial or not, many

[14:07] people believe that Peltier has been in

[14:10] long enough.

[14:12] [music]

[14:14] Fellow Native Americans have drummed up

[14:15] worldwide support for Peltier's cause.

[14:18] The 48-year-old Chippoa says he's more

[14:20] hopeful than ever about gaining freedom

[14:22] after 16 years in federal penitentiies.

[14:26] The shooting took place at the

[14:28] Pineriidge Reservation in South Dakota.

[14:30] [snorts] It was a deeply divided

[14:32] reservation in the 70s between Indians

[14:34] loyal to a tribal chairman who organized

[14:36] vigilante groups and more traditional

[14:39] Sue who opposed him. AIM the American

[14:42] Indian Movement came in to help the

[14:44] traditionals that led to the occupation

[14:47] of the village of Wounded Knee in 1973.

[14:50] The reservation was still tense in June

[14:53] 1975 when the FBI agents were killed.

[14:56] Bob Rabidu was with Peltier that day.

[14:59] But now Leonard was one of those firing,

[15:01] right?

[15:02] >> Yes, Leonard was. He was he stopped in

[15:04] front of a large uh oak tree by fence

[15:08] line

[15:09] and uh he took that position and he uh

[15:12] never left that position.

[15:13] >> Mr. Pelter, you say you didn't intend to

[15:15] kill anybody when you were firing at

[15:17] them from that oak tree. Come on. What

[15:19] did you have in mind? You were heavily

[15:20] armed.

[15:21] >> I was shooting towards them. Yes,

[15:23] towards the cars anyway. But uh I didn't

[15:26] see anybody. So I know in my heart I

[15:28] never killed nobody.

[15:29] >> But someone did. The two FBI agents,

[15:32] 28-year-old Jack Kohler and 27year-old

[15:35] Ron Williams, were found dead next to

[15:37] their cars, fatally shot at close range.

[15:40] A 27year-old Indian Joe Stunts also was

[15:44] killed in the firefight. Rabadu and

[15:46] another Indian were acquitted of these

[15:48] murders. In a separate trial, however,

[15:51] Peltier was convicted as the one who

[15:53] fired the fatal shots.

[15:55] >> We think that he was the trigger man. We

[15:57] think the evidence proves he was, but we

[16:00] don't have to prove that. And in fact,

[16:02] we didn't prove that. What we basically

[16:04] proved that he was a guilty participant.

[16:07] >> On Monday, Peltier's attorneys will

[16:09] argue that because he was tried as the

[16:11] principal who shot the two agents and

[16:13] not as an ader, his due process rights

[16:16] were violated and he should be granted a

[16:18] new trial. They will also claim that the

[16:21] FBI suppressed a teletype stating that

[16:23] the shell casings found near the agents

[16:25] bodies were not identifiable with the

[16:28] AR-15 rifle which Peltier was using the

[16:31] day the agents were killed. Peter Mat

[16:34] wrote a book about the Peltier story

[16:36] called In the Spirit of Crazy Horse and

[16:39] Mat has interviewed an unidentified man

[16:42] whom he calls Indian X. This man claims

[16:45] that he shot and killed the two FBI

[16:47] agents. He knew the situation, the

[16:49] physical location, the situation of the

[16:51] shootout so well. And I've been over

[16:53] that ground very, very carefully several

[16:55] times. I don't believe a guy could

[16:58] possibly be faking it. It just rang

[16:59] true.

[17:00] >> Incident at Ogalala.

[17:04] >> Peltier also hopes that Incident at

[17:06] Oglala, a documentary by Robert Redford,

[17:09] also will help his cause. Redford and

[17:12] Senator Daniel Inoway of Hawaii are

[17:14] among those who have been pushing for a

[17:16] new trial for Pelier. I just decided

[17:18] some time ago to channel all my energies

[17:21] into the issue of whether or not this

[17:22] man received a fair trial and it's my

[17:25] conclusion that he didn't. Leonard

[17:27] Peltier hopes the three appellet court

[17:29] judges in Minnesota will agree.

[17:34] Senator Inoaya is joined by 50 other

[17:36] members of Congress and 18 religious

[17:39] leaders who have filed briefs asking for

[17:41] a new trial for Peltier.

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[19:45] Here's a quick check now of some of

[19:47] today's other news. Jordan's King

[19:48] Hussein with a discouraging health

[19:50] report. He said he must return to

[19:53] Minnesota's Mayo Clinic for more

[19:54] treatment. Doctors recently removed a

[19:56] cancerous kidney.

[19:59] In Florida, a DC7 cargo plane bound for

[20:02] Santa Domingo with 16 tons of texiles

[20:05] lost an engine on takeoff and ditched in

[20:07] shallow water. Five crewmen suffered

[20:09] minor injuries but swam away.

[20:13] Magic Johnson sued by a Michigan woman

[20:15] who claims that he gave her the AIDS

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[20:21] but he can't say if he got the virus

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[20:25] >> You want to leave?

[20:27] >> Pro basketball. Well, the NBA starts its

[20:29] new season tonight. Magic Johnson won't

[20:30] be there, of course, but Lloyd Daniels

[20:33] will be. And as NBC's John Miller

[20:35] reports now, it's a miracle that he ever

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[20:40] by the age of 16.

[20:42] >> Now, Daniels with the inbound,

[20:43] >> the greatest high school basketball

[20:45] player to come out of New York City

[20:46] since Kareem Abdul Jabar.

[20:48] >> I have to say, I depict Lloyd Daniels as

[20:50] being a Magic Johnson with a Larry Bird

[20:52] jump shot. He was incredible.

[20:54] >> His mother died when he was three. His

[20:56] father just walked away. To Lloyd,

[20:58] school was just a place to play

[21:00] basketball. Lloyd suffered from

[21:02] dyslexia. He could barely read and

[21:04] write. As one coach put it, Lloyd could

[21:07] do everything with a basketball, but

[21:09] autograph it.

[21:10] >> You know, I didn't help myself. And of

[21:11] course, they didn't help me. You know,

[21:12] all they wanted to use me because I was

[21:14] a good basketball player. Nobody really

[21:15] cared for Lloyd Daniels.

[21:17] >> Even with only third grade academic

[21:19] skills, Daniels was admitted as a

[21:21] full-time student at the University of

[21:23] Nevada, Las Vegas. Before

[21:27] he played a single game, Lloyd's true

[21:29] weakness became public for all the

[21:31] basketball world to see. Caught in a

[21:34] police sting trying to buy rock cocaine.

[21:36] >> I messed up. I was a young kid growing

[21:38] up. And it's just hard, you know, coming

[21:40] from these streets and nobody lead you

[21:42] in the right way.

[21:43] >> If anything should have shook Daniels

[21:45] from his self-destructive path, it was

[21:47] the shooting. Shot three times by a

[21:49] teenage drug dealer he robbed of crack.

[21:52] He survived that just barely, but

[21:54] learned nothing.

[21:55] >> That didn't even wake me up. And that's

[21:56] the scary part about drugs and alcohol

[21:58] that you really got to realize, hey,

[22:00] drugs and alcohol is nothing to play

[22:02] with.

[22:02] >> Daniels will take it coast to coast.

[22:04] >> It was advice from a minor league coach

[22:06] that finally turned Daniels around.

[22:08] >> George Car was the first guy that said,

[22:11] "Hey Lloyd, you really need to go work

[22:13] on yourself. Forget about basketball.

[22:14] Just go take care of your personal

[22:16] life."

[22:17] >> Now Lloyd is straight. After a couple of

[22:19] seasons in the Miners, he gets his last

[22:21] chance.

[22:24] Tonight, Daniels will be playing for the

[22:25] San Antonio Spurs. His biggest fans, a

[22:28] new wife and daughter. And after a

[22:30] lifetime of bad choices and tough

[22:32] breaks, a lot of people will be rooting

[22:35] for him.

[22:35] >> You have to give him credit because um

[22:37] he have overcome his problem, you know,

[22:39] but like I said, he's living on the edge

[22:40] every day.

[22:41] >> He's going to be an NBA player. I think

[22:43] he's a great example of if a human being

[22:45] is living, you shouldn't give up on him.

[22:48] I know the NBA is rough. I've been on

[22:50] the worst streets of Brooklyn. The

[22:51] streets can't be no worse than Brooklyn.

[22:53] The NBA ain't worse than Brooklyn. I'm

[22:55] real happy with life now. I'm clean

[22:57] playing the NBA. I got a family. Yeah,

[22:59] I'm happy with life.

[23:03] >> John Miller, NBC News, New York.

[23:08] When Nightly News continues, America's

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[25:24] >> Whatever else you think of the campaign,

[25:26] it was a vintage year for stand-up

[25:28] comics. Bush, Quail, Clinton, Gore,

[25:30] Perau, Stockdale, a bumper crop. But now

[25:34] we're left with only Clinton and Gore.

[25:37] Is that enough? NBC's George Lewis

[25:39] tonight. The cultural elite comedy

[25:42] division has a bit of a problem.

[25:44] >> Now, here's a deal.

[25:47] >> The deal is that a lot of the political

[25:49] figures the comics have been making fun

[25:51] of are now leaving the scene.

[25:53] >> WHO AM I? WHY AM I HERE? CUZ you see

[25:57] this election's about who can take the

[25:59] heat. It's hot in there. Very hot.

[26:02] >> The heat is on the comics to come up

[26:04] with some new material.

[26:05] >> House. All Bush QUAIL REPUBLICAN JOKES

[26:08] MUST GO. NO REASONABLE offer refused. So

[26:10] please, they're all available. Just take

[26:11] them.

[26:12] >> It's probably about time for change. I

[26:13] mean, we've sort of run the gamut on

[26:15] quail jokes. Uh so it's time to probably

[26:18] move on to more fertile ground.

[26:21] >> The American people are looking for a

[26:22] change. Hi, baby. How are you?

[26:26] The curtain's about to rise on a whole

[26:28] new cast of characters. It's it's a

[26:30] brand new soap opera.

[26:31] >> The past in anticipation of the

[26:33] transition. Impressionist Jim Morris has

[26:36] been working on his Bill Clinton.

[26:38] >> I practically got teeyed and I want you

[26:41] I want you to know that I care.

[26:44] >> But what if these guys turn out to be

[26:46] not all that funny? No problem, say the

[26:48] comics. There are plenty of other

[26:49] targets of opportunity. The US Senate,

[26:52] for example.

[26:53] California now has two women senators.

[27:00] >> Finally, Ted Kennedy will have a reason

[27:03] to show up every day.

[27:05] >> And the king of late night comedy says

[27:07] you can have fun with all the goofy laws

[27:09] that elected officials keep passing.

[27:11] >> I would like to see uh daylight savings

[27:14] time become uh optional.

[27:18] You can either participate in the

[27:20] daylight savings time if you will or you

[27:23] don't have to if that suits you uh

[27:25] better. For example, for you it would be

[27:27] 3:00. For me it would be 2:00. So what

[27:29] what's the problem?

[27:30] >> And if all else fails, these guys can

[27:32] always go after the news media.

[27:35] >> As a anchor of NBC Nightly News, I would

[27:40] have to say that this election year has

[27:42] been a lola polla. So, good luck America

[27:46] and good luck President Clinton. And

[27:49] good luck to you, too, Tom.

[27:51] >> Are you laughing at me?

[27:53] >> Not this reporter. George Lewis, NBC

[27:55] News, Hollywood.

[27:58] >> Uh, this NBC News personnel note. George

[28:00] Lewis has been reassigned to the

[28:02] overnight news desk in Bogota, Colombia.

[28:04] That's Nightly News for this Friday

[28:06] night. I'm Tom Bro. Gary Cutley will be

[28:08] here tomorrow night. I'll see you again

[28:09] on Monday. [music]

[28:11] said he didn't.