CBS Evening News - 2002-12-17
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[0:00] Big savings, small prices.
[0:02] >> Were teens to blame for Salem's car
[0:04] theft problem?
[0:04] >> The story at 6.
[0:08] Tonight's headlines, Star Wars about to
[0:11] become a reality.
[0:12] Lot fights on with support waning.
[0:16] Venezuelan crisis worsens, rocks oil
[0:19] market.
[0:20] Also tonight, as many workers face
[0:22] reduced pensions, wait till you see what
[0:25] some corporate executives are getting.
[0:28] How safe is your SUV? Eye on America
[0:31] shows you what, if anything, is being
[0:33] done to check the rollover risk.
[0:36] And if you take [music] blood pressure
[0:37] drugs, a surprising new study could save
[0:40] you a lot of money.
[0:47] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:50] Rather reporting from CBS [music] News
[0:53] headquarters in New York.
[0:55] >> Good evening. They used to call it Star
[0:57] Wars, President Reagan's idea for a
[1:00] possible missile defense shield over
[1:02] America. Today, President Bush committed
[1:05] the people of the United States to
[1:06] actually building it. An expensive
[1:09] system which, it is hoped, would
[1:11] intercept incoming enemy missiles. So
[1:13] far, tests have produced mixed results
[1:16] at best. But the first actual deployment
[1:19] of a small-scale version, a sort of Star
[1:21] Wars Jr., is now slated for 2004.
[1:25] Supporters have high hopes and say
[1:27] they're confident the thing will
[1:28] eventually work. Critics call it pie in
[1:30] the sky and a kind of relief act or
[1:33] corporate welfare for big defense
[1:35] contractors. CBS's David Martin reports
[1:37] tonight on the launch of the Star Wars
[1:40] defense shield.
[1:41] >> 2 1 Mark. And visual
[1:45] >> After tens of millions of dollars of
[1:47] research and testing under four
[1:48] presidents,