World News Tonight (ABC) - 1999-05-12

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[0:00] the clock, good night.

[0:05] >> On World News Tonight this Wednesday,

[0:07] the Treasury Secretary resigns, the

[0:09] economy is strong, a legacy to be proud

[0:11] of. The Russian Prime Minister gets

[0:13] fired, what on earth is his boss, Boris

[0:16] Yeltsin, up to now?

[0:17] Do video games teach children to kill?

[0:20] Three families in Kentucky test that

[0:22] belief in court. And designing for the

[0:25] elderly, just don't let them think of

[0:27] themselves as elderly. The revolution in

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[0:37] >> From ABC News world headquarters in New

[0:39] York,

[0:41] this is World News Tonight with Peter

[0:43] Jennings.

[0:44] >> Good evening. The man who presided over

[0:45] the best economy in a generation is

[0:47] going back to private life. The

[0:48] Secretary of the Treasury, Bob Rubin,

[0:50] who said today that he really was

[0:52] resigning has been described in such

[0:54] glowing terms that he'd begun to sound

[0:56] indispensable. All sorts of people

[0:58] today, including the president, have

[1:00] called him the best Treasury Secretary

[1:02] since Alexander Hamilton, who was the

[1:04] first secretary in 1789,

[1:06] and did an enormous amount to put the

[1:08] United States on a firm financial

[1:10] footing. First from Washington, Sam

[1:12] Donaldson.

[1:15] >> Robert Rubin had wanted to leave last

[1:17] year, but was persuaded that in the

[1:18] middle of the Lewinsky scandal and world

[1:20] economic turbulence, that might

[1:22] seriously damage US economic leadership.

[1:25] So, the moment was delayed until today.

[1:27] A sad day, said the president.

[1:29] >> I will miss his cool head and steady

[1:31] hand,

[1:32] his sharp mind and his warm heart.

[1:34] Everybody believed as long as he was

[1:35] Secretary of the Treasury, nothing bad

[1:37] could happen.

[1:38] >> And in fact, the things that happened

[1:40] all seem to be good ones. Rubin is

[1:42] credited along with Mr. Clinton as first

[1:44] Treasury Secretary, Lloyd Bentsen, with

[1:46] fashioning the policy of fiscal

[1:47] restraint that led to the first balanced

[1:49] budget in 29 years. That in turn is

[1:52] given major credit for the kinds of

[1:54] improvements Americans have felt,

[1:56] including low unemployment and interest

[1:58] rates, the booming housing market,

[2:00] especially for lower income families,

[2:02] and the country's record length of

[2:04] economic expansion.

[2:06] Rubin said the credit belonged to the

[2:08] team.

[2:08] >> My view, Mr. President,

[2:10] you and the Vice President have

[2:12] repositioned our country. I am

[2:14] absolutely confident

[2:16] that this administration will not miss a

[2:18] beat with respect to the economic

[2:20] issues.

[2:21] >> As to Wall Street's feeling about

[2:22] Rubin's resignation, that seemed to be

[2:24] summed up by Merrill Lynch's chief

[2:26] economist.

[2:27] >> Certainly he'll be missed, uh but

[2:29] basically the economy is booming on its

[2:31] own right now, and any individual,

[2:33] however instrumental in helping some of

[2:36] these things happen, uh isn't going to

[2:38] derail our economic expansion.

[2:40] >> No man is indispensable, perhaps, but

[2:42] the team of Rubin and Federal Reserve

[2:44] Board Chairman Alan Greenspan had

[2:46] achieved almost a mystic mystical

[2:48] reputation among economic investors.

[2:51] Now, Rubin is leaving. What about

[2:52] Greenspan? His term is up in June of

[2:54] next year. A White House official told

[2:56] ABC News tonight it's a safe bet the

[2:58] President and the Vice President will

[3:01] want Greenspan to re-up for another term

[3:04] if he's at all interested. Peter.

[3:06] >> Thank you, Sam. Sam Donaldson at the

[3:07] White House. A short time after that

[3:09] White House ceremony, Mr. Rubin walked

[3:10] across the lawn and talked briefly to

[3:13] us.

[3:14] You have been warning us on a variety of

[3:16] occasions about the outside world having

[3:18] an impact on America. What are you most

[3:20] worried about now? Cuz not everything's

[3:22] been solved, has it?

[3:24] >> If you take the global economy outside

[3:27] of the United States, virtually every

[3:29] area, and certainly every major area,

[3:31] still relatively weak.

[3:32] And that in time could have a

[3:34] substantial impact on the United States.

[3:35] So, I think it's enormously in our

[3:36] interest to continue to focus, both in

[3:38] developing countries and in the

[3:40] industrial countries, on promoting

[3:41] growth, particularly growth led by

[3:43] domestic demand.

[3:45] >> Now, you have presided over a nearly

[3:47] perfect economy for the last 6 and 1/2 7

[3:49] years. Now, we're looking at a huge

[3:51] trade deficit, bigger than usual, and

[3:53] signs of inflation, and a stock market

[3:55] which a great many people think is

[3:57] overvalued. How much concern have you

[4:01] about that?

[4:02] >> I think Peter, when you look at

[4:04] everything that affects our economy, and

[4:05] you put it all together, my judgement at

[4:07] least is that the most likely scenario,

[4:10] the most probable scenario going

[4:11] forward, is a continuation of solid

[4:13] growth with normal ups and downs, and a

[4:15] continuation of relatively low

[4:17] inflation, but

[4:18] I do think that there's is no time to be

[4:21] complacent, and we have to focus on all

[4:22] of the issues that can affect this

[4:24] economy, and I I would particularly

[4:25] emphasize

[4:27] the issues abroad, the international

[4:28] economic issues, and maintaining our own

[4:30] fiscal discipline.

[4:31] >> By the end of the day, there was no

[4:33] significant change in stock prices in

[4:35] reaction to Mr. Rubin's departure, nor

[4:36] to the man who will likely replace him.

[4:38] The Deputy Secretary, Larry Summers. Mr.

[4:40] Summers certainly begins with good

[4:42] genes. Both his parents are economists,

[4:45] and two of his uncles won Nobel prizes

[4:47] for economics. Here's ABC's Betsy Stark.

[4:51] >> There's no question that Lawrence

[4:52] Summers has the right resume for the

[4:54] job. The youngest tenured professor in

[4:57] the history of Harvard University, a

[4:59] former chief economist of the World

[5:01] Bank, 44-year-old Summers is widely

[5:03] respected as a brilliant academic

[5:05] thinker who has learned a lot about

[5:07] policy making from Robert Rubin and Alan

[5:10] Greenspan.

[5:10] >> He's been groomed for the job for the

[5:12] last 7 years. He knows both the domestic

[5:15] side, the international side. He's more

[5:17] than ready.

[5:17] >> There need to be much larger and

[5:20] credible

[5:21] >> sometimes abrasive Summers may have

[5:23] needed grooming. His image may need

[5:25] polishing as well. Summers is ribbed by

[5:28] colleagues for his rumpled suits and his

[5:30] absent-minded behavior. He once left his

[5:33] passport at home en route to an economic

[5:35] summit.

[5:36] But Summers brings to the job a proven

[5:38] track record as an international

[5:40] troubleshooter. In 1994, he was

[5:43] instrumental in orchestrating the

[5:45] successful bailout of the Mexican

[5:47] economy. Last year, he traveled

[5:49] throughout Asia's crisis-stricken

[5:51] economies, putting together rescue

[5:52] packages and pushing reform. Earlier

[5:55] this year, he played a key role in

[5:57] negotiating aid for Brazil from the

[5:59] International Monetary Fund.

[6:04] The big question is how Wall Street will

[6:06] view him. While Rubin came from that

[6:08] culture, Summers does not.

[6:10] >> Where Larry Summers is a new kid on the

[6:12] block is going to be speaking as

[6:15] Secretary of Treasury to the financial

[6:16] markets, gaining their confidence and

[6:19] trust. That's his challenge.

[6:22] >> Today's muted market reaction is an

[6:24] early vote of confidence in Mr. Summers

[6:26] and the prosperity he has helped to

[6:27] build, but that confidence is bound to

[6:30] be tested in the months ahead.

[6:32] Betsy Stark, ABC News, New York.

[6:35] >> So, New York and Washington are calm.

[6:37] Now, we take you to Moscow. In Russia

[6:39] today, President Boris Yeltsin has fired

[6:42] another Prime Minister, Yevgeny

[6:43] Primakov, the fifth in 8 years. Once

[6:47] again, Mr. Yeltsin, whose personal

[6:48] health and habits already concern the

[6:50] rest of the world, has taken Russia to

[6:52] the edge of political chaos, seemingly

[6:54] to prove that he's in charge. ABC's

[6:57] Sheila McVicar is in Moscow tonight.

[7:00] >> On the eve of a move to impeach him, the

[7:03] president plunged Russia into crisis.

[7:07] Boris Yeltsin said he had to fire Prime

[7:10] Minister Yevgeny Primakov because,

[7:12] quote, energetic measures were needed to

[7:14] save Russia's economy.

[7:16] Almost no one believed that.

[7:19] The man Yeltsin nominated today, Sergei

[7:21] Stepashin, is a career policeman with no

[7:25] experience in economics. He is known

[7:27] primarily for his loyalty to Boris

[7:30] Yeltsin.

[7:31] Firing Primakov was really Yeltsin's way

[7:34] of lashing out at his enemies in the

[7:36] parliament, the communists and others

[7:38] who supported Primakov. These are the

[7:40] same people who want to impeach the

[7:42] president.

[7:46] >> I think Yeltsin miscalculated. He's

[7:48] acting out of emotion, not out of

[7:50] interest. Russia is now thrown into a

[7:52] constitutional crisis, which it cannot

[7:54] afford given all the other troubles that

[7:56] Russia has at home.

[7:57] >> For nearly a year under Prime Minister

[7:59] Primakov, Russia had regained some

[8:01] political stability. Its economy was

[8:03] even showing signs of a slight recovery.

[8:06] The world was a little less worried

[8:08] about Russia. Now Russia will probably

[8:11] go months before it has a functioning

[8:12] government, which means that the man in

[8:14] charge will be the 68-year-old

[8:16] president, hugely unpopular, very sick,

[8:19] given to strange outbursts and long

[8:22] absences from the Kremlin. That is what

[8:25] has so many people worried tonight.

[8:28] Sheila MacVicar, ABC News, Moscow.

[8:31] >> Mr. Yeltsin also threatened today to

[8:32] suspend the Russian efforts to reach a

[8:34] political settlement in Yugoslavia.

[8:36] Russia is important as a Serb ally. In

[8:39] Yugoslavia itself today, President

[8:41] Milosevic acknowledged for the first

[8:42] time that the NATO bombing campaign had

[8:45] caused, as he put it, many military and

[8:48] police casualties. He said the men had

[8:50] died courageously. The bombing has been

[8:53] very severe today. ABC's John McWethy is

[8:56] at the Pentagon.

[8:59] >> NATO called it the biggest day thus far

[9:02] in the air war against Yugoslavia. More

[9:04] than 600 missions flown, most of those

[9:07] against Serb forces in Kosovo.

[9:09] >> Every day Milosevic's forces are getting

[9:11] weaker

[9:12] and NATO is getting stronger.

[9:14] >> While hundreds of bombs were dropped

[9:16] today, it appears there was again at

[9:18] least one misfire. Just minutes before

[9:20] Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner

[9:23] for Human Rights, was to visit the Serb

[9:25] city of Nis, several residents say their

[9:28] neighborhood was hit.

[9:29] >> Cluster bomb three three cluster bomb

[9:32] bombs.

[9:33] >> From evidence on the ground, it appears

[9:35] that it was a cluster bomb. Cluster

[9:38] bombs are used against airfields and

[9:40] troop concentrations because one bomb

[9:42] spreads hundreds of canisters full of

[9:44] shrapnel over an area the size of two

[9:46] football fields. But a major human

[9:49] rights group today said NATO should stop

[9:51] using this type of bomb because the

[9:53] unexploded brightly colored canisters

[9:55] pose a particular danger to children.

[9:57] They look like toys.

[9:59] >> The Pentagon is using a weapon that is

[10:02] so attractive that children will pick it

[10:04] up and play with it and find themselves

[10:05] killed.

[10:06] >> Military officials say because this

[10:08] weapon is so effective against certain

[10:10] types of targets, they plan to continue

[10:12] using it.

[10:13] >> John McWethy, ABC News, the Pentagon.

[10:16] >> When we come back, we'll go on to the

[10:17] other news. Sony has rocked the music

[10:19] industry today. It's the internet again.

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[12:39] >> Sony Music said today it'll be the first

[12:42] major recording company to sell digital

[12:44] versions of its new releases through the

[12:47] internet. These virtual singles will be

[12:49] released at the same time as CDs go into

[12:51] the stores, but Sony's decision makes it

[12:53] very clear that they believe there is a

[12:55] real revolution going on in how music

[12:58] will be sold successfully. This is ABC's

[13:00] Brian Rooney.

[13:06] >> Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos are two

[13:08] of the biggest names in the recording

[13:10] business, so it rocked the music world

[13:12] when a little-known company called

[13:13] mp3.com

[13:15] announced it will sponsor the singer's

[13:17] summer tour.

[13:18] >> The potential here is enormous.

[13:19] >> mp3.com is one of the leaders in

[13:22] distributing music over the internet,

[13:24] allowing fans to download music into

[13:26] digital form and copy it into a new

[13:29] generation of portable players. No need

[13:31] for record stores, no $16 compact discs.

[13:35] >> This is about who's going to control the

[13:36] distribution to the consumer. And and

[13:39] so, the record labels, clearly they

[13:41] would like to control the distribution

[13:43] because they control the distribution

[13:44] now.

[13:45] >> Some websites already offer free music

[13:48] illegally.

[13:49] >> Away from

[13:51] my window.

[13:53] >> Bob Dylan doesn't get a penny. And

[13:55] that's what worries the record

[13:56] companies, that they and the artists

[13:58] won't get paid.

[13:59] >> That, you know, when people buy a copy,

[14:02] they're not able to then transfer it to

[14:04] 100,000 other people on a bulletin board

[14:07] on the internet.

[14:08] >> So, the record companies are trying to

[14:09] develop their own online music format

[14:12] with a copyright protection and control

[14:14] they want. But, the smart young upstarts

[14:16] who already offer music online predict

[14:19] failure for any attempt to hold on to

[14:21] old ways of doing business.

[14:23] >> The physical world of CDs is going to be

[14:25] history in 5 years. It's not a matter of

[14:27] if,

[14:28] it's a matter of when.

[14:30] >> For the record companies, it might be a

[14:32] game of musical chairs. Brian Rooney,

[14:34] ABC News, Hollywood.

[14:37] >> Other items on the money tonight, the

[14:38] Dow Jones Industrial Average was down

[14:40] about 25 points to close right on

[14:42] 11,000. On the Nasdaq, stocks were up

[14:45] more than 39 points, almost 40. One of

[14:48] the country's most expensive coffee

[14:49] house chain is raising its prices.

[14:52] Starbucks is going to charge 10 cents

[14:54] more for every cup. The Internal Revenue

[14:57] Service says it's given back 116 billion

[15:00] dollars so far this year. That is a 22%

[15:03] increase in refunds over last year,

[15:06] which may be helping to boost consumer

[15:08] spending.

[15:09] In a moment, we're going to take a

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[15:13] this question, could a video game

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[17:28] tonight at video games. Millions of

[17:29] people play them today, mostly kids. And

[17:32] in the wake of all the violence

[17:33] perpetrated by young people lately,

[17:35] there is an important question on the

[17:36] table. Do violent video games make for

[17:39] violent kids?

[17:41] In Los Angeles, the $6 billion video

[17:43] game industry is just about to begin its

[17:45] annual trade show. It is a virtual feast

[17:48] of new material for the casual player to

[17:51] the addicted. And in one of the new

[17:53] games being talked about a lot, players

[17:55] pick a favorite weapon to kill a

[17:57] particular enemy in a variety of ways,

[18:00] which brings us to an interesting

[18:01] lawsuit.

[18:03] The parents of three girls killed by a

[18:05] classmate in Paducah, Kentucky have sued

[18:08] 18 of the video game makers for

[18:10] contributing to their children's deaths.

[18:13] Here's ABC's Bill Blake

[18:18] >> Video game makers call them first-person

[18:21] shooter games. You see just what a

[18:23] shooter sees.

[18:25] >> It's just

[18:27] cool to

[18:28] kill all these stuff.

[18:29] >> One of the fastest growing kinds of

[18:31] game, they're enormously profitable. And

[18:34] partly responsible, say lawyers for

[18:36] victims' parents, for the deaths of

[18:37] three girls in a Paducah school. A boy

[18:40] who'd never handled a gun hit eight

[18:42] scrambling terrified kids in just eight

[18:44] quick shots. They charge video games

[18:47] taught him how.

[18:48] >> A technique that's totally

[18:49] counterintuitive, and that is to point

[18:51] the gun, pull the trigger, instantly

[18:54] move to the next target, pull the

[18:55] trigger again. Whereas the natural thing

[18:58] to do is to empty your gun into a target

[19:00] until that target falls.

[19:02] >> These lawyers argue these games also get

[19:04] kids used to killing, twisting the

[19:06] natural purpose of play, and even

[19:09] changing how the brain grows, as

[19:11] scientists explain.

[19:12] >> Play is the basis of a lot of the skill

[19:16] learning that goes on in development.

[19:19] Laying down networks that govern

[19:20] everything from physical skill to social

[19:23] behavior. New synapses, new connections

[19:25] between nerve cells form.

[19:27] >> Brain growth easily altered, say

[19:29] scientists, by interactive games.

[19:32] The military has used some of these same

[19:34] animated games for training.

[19:36] >> Don't call them first-person shooters,

[19:38] call them murder simulators.

[19:39] >> Former Army Colonel David Grossman, who

[19:41] trains police and soldiers how to shoot,

[19:44] says video simulation, whether animated

[19:46] or with actors, is great at helping

[19:48] overcome the natural resistance people

[19:51] have to shooting anyone.

[19:53] >> We are extraordinarily susceptible to

[19:55] programming. That's why we spend

[19:56] billions of dollars a year on these

[19:59] simulators.

[20:00] >> But military instructors constantly stop

[20:03] the action to analyze judgment and

[20:05] purpose.

[20:06] >> Explain to me real quick what you did

[20:07] there.

[20:08] >> None of which happens when kids shoot

[20:10] for hours alone.

[20:13] And such games are getting ever more

[20:15] realistic. The latest, a gun that gives

[20:18] a little kick.

[20:19] The issue, of course, is whether such

[20:21] realistic games might ever be enough to

[20:23] push an already troubled kid over the

[20:25] edge.

[20:26] >> For a a very minuscule percentage of the

[20:28] population, I would say that point may

[20:30] be valid.

[20:31] Um however, I I don't think you can

[20:33] govern an entire civilization based upon

[20:36] a minority interest.

[20:38] >> But it only takes a minority of one or

[20:40] two spraying bullets. The critics charge

[20:43] that the more you flood the youth market

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[20:54] >> Closer look for today. In a moment,

[20:56] wearing the third age suit, preparing

[21:00] for elderly baby boomers.

[21:02] >> The main thing we try to do with the

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[24:36] >> In our series on retirement this week,

[24:38] we've been trying to make the point that

[24:39] retirement is being completely

[24:40] redefined, and for that matter, so is

[24:42] the notion of being old, or older, or

[24:45] elderly, or whatever the phrase may be,

[24:47] as people continue to live longer and

[24:48] certainly work longer.

[24:50] Which does not alter the fact that even

[24:52] for the baby boomers, there going to be

[24:53] times when they will notice the years,

[24:56] and reluctantly.

[24:58] ABC's John Quiñones, who's been

[24:59] reporting this story for us, focuses

[25:01] tonight on design.

[25:04] >> They may not want to face it yet, but as

[25:07] baby boomers age, they will find it

[25:09] increasingly difficult to do the simple

[25:11] things, like this and this, or perhaps

[25:15] even see this. So, major car makers are

[25:18] now developing brand new ways to cope

[25:20] with the inevitable aches and pains of

[25:22] growing old.

[25:23] >> It has push-button controls on the

[25:25] steering wheel, so I don't have to

[25:26] remove my hands.

[25:27] >> This concept car is equipped with

[25:29] devices targeted at an aging, yet still

[25:32] active and technologically savvy

[25:34] population.

[25:36] With the push of a button, the front

[25:37] seats swivel, making it easier to get in

[25:40] and out. The steering column and the

[25:42] instrument panel both adjust. Even the

[25:45] pedals move toward your feet. And for

[25:48] those who find it hard to reach back for

[25:49] the seat belt,

[25:50] >> Yeah, if you have an arthritic

[25:51] condition, instead of just grabbing the

[25:53] seat belt buckle with one hand trying to

[25:55] put it in its receptacle, you can use

[25:57] both hands, clasp it in front of you,

[25:58] and it's all right in front of you.

[26:00] >> It's definitely where I feel the effects

[26:01] of the suit. It's much harder to bend

[26:03] through here.

[26:04] >> To help them design better cars,

[26:06] engineers at Ford wear what's called the

[26:08] third age suit.

[26:10] >> We like to have our younger engineers

[26:11] and designers wear the suit, try some

[26:13] things like getting in and out of the

[26:14] car, backing up, some of the typical

[26:16] tasks an older driver would do. And what

[26:19] it does is it helps add about 30 years

[26:21] in the way you feel and move.

[26:23] >> This new car, the Ford Focus, designed

[26:26] with the third age suit, has larger door

[26:28] openings, so that older drivers can

[26:30] swing their legs into the car more

[26:32] easily.

[26:33] >> Here in California's Silicon Valley,

[26:35] high-tech designers are working on a

[26:37] whole array of products and gadgets, all

[26:40] targeted at these older, demanding, and

[26:43] very influential consumers.

[26:45] >> If you think about maybe having a

[26:47] difficulty in seeing small type, you

[26:50] might want to have a book that allowed

[26:52] you to change the size of the type you

[26:53] read uh like an electronic book.

[26:56] >> Or this mountaineering watch.

[26:58] >> The buttons are large so it's very easy

[27:00] to operate and it's very easy to read

[27:02] but it doesn't look like a product for

[27:05] an old person.

[27:06] >> Nobody in the in the upcoming boom

[27:08] genera boomer generation is going to do

[27:10] anything that sounds like it's slowing

[27:12] down. The major challenge was to put in

[27:14] those enablers that the aging body needs

[27:17] to properly operate a vehicle safely.

[27:19] And then build it to disguise them so it

[27:21] doesn't look like it's an old person's

[27:23] vehicle.

[27:24] >> If I break my ankle playing soccer, you

[27:26] know, I want some like bright red carbon

[27:29] fiber crutches with, you know, with

[27:32] stereos built in.

[27:33] >> New age technology for a generation that

[27:36] won't go quietly into retirement. John

[27:39] Quinones, ABC News, San Francisco.

[27:43] >> Several of us here thought there were

[27:44] really good ideas in that piece. That's

[27:46] our report on World News Tonight. Later

[27:48] on 20/20, danger on the road, people

[27:50] throwing rocks at cars. And on Nightline

[27:53] from Macedonia to New York, a family of

[27:56] refugees starts over. I'm Peter

[27:58] Jennings, have a good evening. I hope

[28:00] we'll see you tomorrow. Good night.

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