CBS This Morning - 1992-03-10 (partial)

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[0:00] I actually got to see Howard Zen, which

[0:02] doesn't open for a couple weeks with

[0:03] Anthony Hopkins. Brilliant picture, an

[0:06] EM based on an Ian Forester novel.

[0:08] Really pretty. But I never seem to make

[0:10] it to the ones that are in the top five

[0:11] of the list. Now that the Olympics are

[0:13] over, I plan to do some Saturday matinea

[0:16] action.

[0:16] >> Well, I saw the Mambo Kings, so I should

[0:18] take a little

[0:18] >> I know. You loved it. First half of

[0:20] week, she said.

[0:21] >> Yes, indeed. All right, let's see. Who

[0:22] are we waking up this morning?

[0:26] In from the Mambbo Kings, Armand Sante,

[0:40] >> it's before the hour. Well, we all know

[0:42] type A people. That's everyone but us.

[0:44] They're tense, hard driving, maybe

[0:46] workaholics. Well, now there is a study

[0:48] that suggests some people are born that

[0:50] way. And Dr. Bob Arnett joins us with

[0:52] the details. So, what did this big study

[0:53] find? Well, as you point out, the type A

[0:56] person is going to be hard driving, time

[0:58] pressured, and if they're quick to

[1:00] anger, they may have a higher risk of

[1:01] heart disease. This study looked at

[1:04] moms. They tried to find type A pregnant

[1:06] moms. They administered this

[1:08] questionnaire. And they found that these

[1:10] mothers were more intense. They had to

[1:12] be perfectionist. So, whatever they did,

[1:14] thorough, successful at home, at work.

[1:17] Most of them, in fact, worked all the

[1:18] way through their pregnancy. They then

[1:20] looked at their children and they found

[1:22] that two days after they were born, they

[1:25] cried 40% more than other kids. Three

[1:28] months out, they were more intense. If

[1:31] you fed them, if you stimulated them, if

[1:33] you talked to them, they were much more

[1:36] energetic. They reacted much more than

[1:38] other kids. They were they were more

[1:39] fun, more full of beans. But the point

[1:41] these researchers make is that type A

[1:43] starts a whole lot earlier than anyone

[1:45] ever believed. And you can imagine these

[1:46] little kids running around the nursery

[1:48] in their sort of uh pinstriped smoks

[1:50] ordering the uh nurses to bring them

[1:52] their formula or change their cradle.

[1:54] >> Well, you know, a lot of those things

[1:55] are are would be good qualities, I would

[1:57] think, in a child. I mean, is there some

[1:58] reason to be worried about it?

[2:00] >> Well, there sure is. That is you take a

[2:01] type A mom and a type A child and you

[2:03] have a pressure cooker environment.

[2:05] There's this tremendous expectation that

[2:07] this child has to be perfect at

[2:09] everything that he or she does. And we

[2:11] all remember these kids from grade

[2:13] school. Perfect hair, perfect clothing.

[2:16] They just look like they were going to

[2:18] crack. We all waited for them to crack

[2:19] and some of them did.

[2:21] >> Well, is there um is there any advice

[2:23] that you can give to a type A parent?

[2:25] Can a type A parent take advice? Type

[2:28] >> A parents probably can't take advice,

[2:29] but we did canvas the country talking to

[2:32] child psychiatrists and psychologists to

[2:34] try and find out what they recommended

[2:36] doing. And they had five key points. The

[2:37] first one is go with the flow. that is

[2:40] you can't cha change a child's uh basic

[2:43] uh temperament. So if your child is a

[2:46] type A, you can't kind of try and slow

[2:48] them down and make them a type B and

[2:49] vice versa. So leave that temperament

[2:51] alone. Two, you want to give your child

[2:54] a break. That is type A parents tend to

[2:57] be tremendously demanding of their

[2:59] babies. They want their babies to smile.

[3:02] They want attention from them. The kids

[3:04] basically feel like they're being

[3:06] pestered. Number three, don't try to

[3:08] overeducate your baby. Remember the

[3:11] movie Baby Boom where the mothers are

[3:12] out there trying to teach their child

[3:13] their fourth foreign language by the age

[3:15] of two. They have little Q cards going

[3:17] back and forth. These kids are very

[3:18] inventive and they're better off left on

[3:20] their own rather than trying to

[3:21] overeducate them. Four, don't make your

[3:24] child's style match your own. That is if

[3:26] you're quick to dress, quick to wake up,

[3:28] trick, quick to go out the door. Don't

[3:30] try to make your child do that. If you

[3:32] do, try to constantly make your child go

[3:35] faster. the child's going to grow up

[3:36] feeling very inadequate. Last tip,

[3:39] remember the debate last Sunday where

[3:40] you had Bill Clinton telling Jerry Brown

[3:42] to chill out. You want to chill out. If

[3:44] you're a type A personality and you come

[3:46] into the house and you have those worst

[3:48] type A traits where you you're angry and

[3:51] anxious and tense and and and you really

[3:53] got to kind of push everybody around, go

[3:55] in another room, calm down, chill out,

[3:58] and then approach the child. Don't show

[4:00] your child the worst part of type A.

[4:03] >> Okay, Dr. Bob Barnett. And I guess the

[4:05] smallest line in the world is taip A

[4:06] parents who think they don't have a type

[4:08] A

[4:10] 12 before the hour. Stay with us for the

[4:12] star of the Mambo Kings, Armand Sante.

[4:16] >> This morning's health segment was

[4:18] sponsored by long ending. We'll see

[4:20] tomorrow on CBS this morning.

[4:22] >> 10 minutes before the hour right now.

[4:24] Armandante plays a stormy Cuban band

[4:26] leader in the musical movie The Mambo

[4:28] Kings. But Assand didn't exactly jump at

[4:31] that role when the director first

[4:33] offered it to him.

[4:35] >> He finally came to me one day and he

[4:36] said, "You don't understand." He said,

[4:38] "Um,

[4:40] if you don't do this role, I may not

[4:41] have a movie."

[4:45] >> Asante hesitated to go after the role

[4:47] because his roots are Irish and Italian

[4:50] rather than Latino. But to his surprise,

[4:52] his portrayal of a Cuban musician did

[4:54] not meet with resistance. and he's

[4:57] particularly grateful for the support of

[4:59] legendary mambo figures such as Tito

[5:01] Quente and Selia Cruz.

[5:03] >> Without that endorsement, I don't know

[5:05] if I would have had the confidence to

[5:06] dare to uh to impersonate a mambo king,

[5:10] so to speak.

[5:10] >> Prior to this latest starring role,

[5:12] Asante had appeared in films as buried

[5:14] as Private Benjamin and Bellisar the

[5:17] Cinjun.

[5:19] And as the sinister drug dealer in Q&A,

[5:21] he was praised for his textured

[5:23] performance.

[5:24] >> Hey, I guess that's for me to know. I

[5:26] NEED YOU TO FIND OUT. DEFECTOR

[5:28] VALENTINE.

[5:32] >> GEE, I'm really sorry, Mr. Riley. You

[5:34] know what it is. I'll tell you a couple

[5:36] of PRs from the old neighborhood. We get

[5:38] together always.

[5:39] >> I've had very interesting roles, but but

[5:41] uh but this is the most

[5:43] >> I think complex story and certainly the

[5:45] one that that um the relationships that

[5:49] which I myself identified with the most.

[5:51] >> Why? There maybe without me though,

[5:53] you'll be singing your love songs in a

[5:55] shower. somewhere, you know, and

[5:57] >> that could be good enough. You can keep

[5:59] using me. What the hell are you talking

[6:01] about? I use you

[6:02] >> to fulfill YOUR DREAMS.

[6:03] >> NO, NO, NO, NO. I DO IT FOR YOU.

[6:05] >> I do it for you.

[6:06] >> The real engine of the story is this

[6:09] incredible love story between two

[6:10] brothers who are

[6:13] >> all immigrants that come to this country

[6:16] and Cesar represents in a way the the

[6:18] dreamer within us, the the American

[6:20] dreamer within us. became a singer of

[6:22] songs.

[6:23] >> I love this country.

[6:33] >> For Asanti though, the characters were

[6:36] no less important than the music. The

[6:38] preparation for the film was really

[6:40] becoming acquainted with the Mambbo era

[6:42] and that era of Latin jazz, which was an

[6:44] amazing time. And mamba was probably

[6:46] probably the first dance in which a man

[6:48] and a woman expressed themselves equally

[6:50] in a very overt sensual manner on the

[6:52] dance floor. And so it must have been a

[6:54] very exciting time in the 50s in New

[6:57] York, the Palladium era.

[7:03] It's just an oddity that I happen to be

[7:05] an afficionado of Latin culture. I'm

[7:07] addicted to it. I feel like at one time

[7:09] in my life, maybe somewhere years, I was

[7:11] a Latino somewhere in time.

[7:19] Asante also told us he will still take

[7:22] on character parts when the roles

[7:23] interest him. He's already finished work

[7:25] on upcoming movies about Columbus and

[7:28] Jimmy Hawa. It's just about 6 minutes

[7:30] before the hour right now. We'll be

[7:31] right back.

[7:33] >> This portion of CBS This Morning was

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[7:52] which will be along with his unique look

[7:54] at the difference between Paul Sonis and

[7:56] Bill Clinton when it comes to the

[7:57] economy. And a little bit later on,

[8:00] Willie Nelson is back with some economic

[8:02] help for farm families facing hard

[8:04] times.

[8:09] And in the rain,

[8:12] >> Willie will tell us why he's planning

[8:14] yet another Far-made concert.

[8:16] >> And then later on, Paula, uh, how openly

[8:19] do the people in your family express

[8:21] their feelings? Mine certainly have no

[8:23] problem with that. Good.

[8:24] >> That's what we'll be talking about in

[8:26] part two of the series Secrets to Family

[8:28] Happiness. And how old is too old to

[8:30] climb Mount Everest? We're going to talk

[8:32] to a man who thinks 60 is just about the

[8:34] right age.

[8:35] >> First, it's time though to get caught up

[8:36] in the news this morning. Democrats in

[8:37] 11 states are choosing 783 national

[8:40] convention delegates today and 420

[8:43] Republican delegates will be selected in

[8:45] eight states. That's why they call it

[8:47] Super Tuesday. And in Florida, voters

[8:49] were at the polls early this morning to

[8:51] make their choices. We have two reports

[8:54] now from Scott Py in Miami and Randall

[8:56] Kingston at the White House. Scott, tell

[8:59] us about the Democratic campaign. Good

[9:01] morning.

[9:02] >> Good morning, Paula. This is likely to

[9:04] be a tough day for candidate Paul

[9:06] Songis. While he's likely to do well in

[9:08] Massachusetts and in neighboring Rhode

[9:10] Island, the South could very well be

[9:12] solid for Clinton.

[9:15] >> I'm not used to being in the sun.

[9:17] >> It is unfamiliar territory for Paul

[9:20] Sonis and the heat is on.

[9:22] >> The choice is very clear

[9:25] between a machine

[9:27] and a message.

[9:28] >> Today, Sunis hopes that machine isn't a

[9:31] steamroller. But the states are stacked

[9:33] against him. Sonis will do very well at

[9:36] home in Massachusetts and Rhode Island,

[9:38] but the South may be solid for Clinton.

[9:41] Six of the Super Tuesday states border

[9:44] Arkansas.

[9:46] Clinton's main support comes from

[9:48] workingclass whites and minorities.

[9:50] People worried about the economy. The

[9:52] Glover Machine Shop in Grand Prairie,

[9:54] Texas, has laid off 90 men this year.

[9:57] >> Well, he's Democrat. I've had enough

[10:00] Republicans. I like Clinton because he's

[10:02] for the middle class and Bush he he just

[10:05] talks a lot but he he's not really doing

[10:08] anything for us.

[10:09] >> Sus is very much a latecomer. So in

[10:12] terms of both organization and money in

[10:14] Texas and throughout most of the South,

[10:16] Bill Clinton is way ahead of Songis. If

[10:19] if songis that is can break Clinton's

[10:21] dominance anywhere in the south, it is

[10:23] likely to be here in Florida. With its

[10:26] large population of transplanted

[10:28] northeasterners and well-educated

[10:30] whites, typically's core vote. Paula,

[10:33] >> thank you, Scott. Scott Py reporting

[10:35] from Miami this morning. Republican

[10:37] challenger Patrick Buchanan insists

[10:38] delegate counts are not important to his

[10:41] campaign. But that hasn't stopped him

[10:43] from campaigning hard in Mississippi and

[10:45] Louisiana, hoping for an upset victory.

[10:49] >> The reason George Bush is a soft target

[10:51] for Pat Buchanan is the same reason he

[10:54] would have been a soft target for the

[10:55] Democrats in the fall, and that's

[10:57] because he's abandoned a gen an agenda

[10:59] and a vision that gave us three straight

[11:02] landslides. Patrick Buchanan has not won

[11:05] many delegates so far, but his

[11:06] sharpedged campaign is getting a lot of

[11:09] attention at the White House. Randall

[11:10] Kingston now joins us from there.

[11:12] Randall,

[11:13] >> good morning, Paul. I'm reacting to

[11:15] concerns that his campaign lacks

[11:16] direction and focus. President Bush

[11:18] appears to be on the verge of a major

[11:21] midcourse correction in his campaign

[11:23] strategy. With poll numbers showing his

[11:25] approval rating still plummeting, the

[11:27] president will be doing a lot less of

[11:28] the kind of person-toperson direct

[11:30] campaigning we've seen in the past few

[11:32] weeks. That puts him on the road a lot.

[11:34] Instead, he will remain in the Oval

[11:36] Office where he can appear to be

[11:37] presidential. And Mr. Bush is also

[11:39] expected to increase Congress bashing

[11:42] after March 20th. That is the deadline

[11:44] the president set for Congress to enact

[11:46] his economic growth program. It does not

[11:48] appear that will happen. And so, Mr.

[11:49] Bush will begin to blame Congress for

[11:51] the nation's economic problems. In fact,

[11:53] they have published reports that Mr.

[11:55] Bush may make a major national address

[11:57] spelling out his new campaign strategy.

[11:59] The president is refocusing some of his

[12:02] positions on economics. In a satellite

[12:04] interview yesterday, the president

[12:05] explained why he thought he made a

[12:07] mistake when he reiged on his no new

[12:09] taxes pledged. The thing I regret uh and

[12:13] the mistake was going for the tax

[12:15] increase. The good part of the 90

[12:17] agreement was the putting the caps on

[12:19] the domestic spending. Uh, and those

[12:21] caps are there. And now the Democratic

[12:25] control Congress is trying to raise

[12:26] taxes again and trying to move the caps

[12:29] and I'm going to veto that legislation.

[12:31] So, I am going to hold the line on

[12:33] taxes.

[12:35] >> Instill another step to refocus his

[12:38] message. The president is bringing

[12:39] aboard some new speech writers to the

[12:41] White House, hoping that new blood will

[12:43] help him explain better to the American

[12:44] people where he wants the country to go

[12:46] and why people should follow him for

[12:48] another term. Paula

[12:49] >> Randall, thank you. Randall Kingston

[12:51] reporting from outside the White House

[12:52] this morning. In other news, the issue

[12:54] of Iraq's alleged refusal to disarm is

[12:57] coming to a head at the United Nations.

[12:59] Iraq's deputy prime minister, Tariq Ziz,

[13:01] arrived in New York City last night to

[13:03] lobby the United Nations. He will

[13:06] address the UN Security Council

[13:08] tomorrow. Federal health officials want

[13:10] RJR Reynolds to put some popular

[13:13] cigarette ads. They are the ads

[13:15] featuring Old Joe, the cartoon camel.

[13:17] They are being faulted for having found

[13:20] favor with children. Charles Osggo joins

[13:22] us now with some thoughts on the Camel

[13:24] campaign. Good morning.

[13:25] >> Good morning, Paula. Morning, everybody.

[13:26] Well, they say old Joe has got to go,

[13:28] that he must go away because kids like

[13:31] those camel ads too much, the critics

[13:33] say. The US Surgeon General and the AMA

[13:35] as well say children have been buying

[13:37] what those advertisements sell. They

[13:40] want Joe Camel signs removed from every

[13:42] retail store. They're urging papers not

[13:43] to run those print ads anymore. They're

[13:46] demanding that the magazines do likewise

[13:47] and to a halt running ads because they

[13:49] say it's old Joe Camel's fault that

[13:52] cigarettes are catching on with kids

[13:53] across the land and camels for some

[13:55] reason seem to be their choice of brand.

[13:58] Old Joe's too smooth the character. They

[14:00] want him banished soon. He has no rights

[14:02] since after all he is just a cartoon.

[14:05] Whoever thought Joe Camel up has done

[14:07] the job too well. You can advertise the

[14:09] cigarettes as long as you don't sell.

[14:12] Apparently, they'd like the ads to turn

[14:14] young people off. Perhaps a skull and

[14:16] crossbones with a dreadful hacking

[14:17] cough. But kids these days can sometimes

[14:20] be a little bit perverse. You try to

[14:22] make things better, you can sometimes

[14:23] make them worse. The uglier, the more

[14:26] disgusting thing that you make of it,

[14:29] the more attractive it will be and the

[14:31] more the kids will love it.

[14:33] >> Charlie Osgood, thanks. 8 minutes after

[14:35] the hour. Actually, I'm a little ahead

[14:37] of myself. 7 minutes after the hour,

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