CBS Evening News - 1992-03-16

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[0:01] Violence spreads in South Africa on the

[0:04] eve of a whites only referendum on

[0:06] apartheid. In medical news, a major step

[0:09] toward understanding the cause of breast

[0:12] cancer. And eye on America. Tonight, a

[0:16] living hell. Doing hard times for

[0:19] someone else's crime.

[0:21] This is the CBS Evening News.

[0:29] Good evening, Dan Rather reporting. It

[0:31] is now Tuesday in South Africa, a day

[0:34] the government calls the most decisive

[0:36] in the nation's history. 3 million

[0:38] whites will vote on whether to go ahead

[0:39] with President D Clerk's reforms or turn

[0:42] back to apartheid. Police were out in

[0:44] force as the campaign ended with

[0:46] violence in black townships.

[0:48] Correspondent Alan Pizzy is our man in

[0:51] South Africa.

[0:53] >> It was a stark and almost unbelievable

[0:55] example of pre-referendum tension.

[0:58] White police forcing black soldiers out

[1:00] of a troubled spot in Suetto after the

[1:03] soldiers shot a woman.

[1:05] The police won some friends, but many

[1:08] here still believe right-wing elements

[1:10] of the security forces are behind

[1:12] township violence.

[1:13] >> We have the very strong feeling that

[1:15] they are here to kill us, not to

[1:17] protect, no, not to protect anybody.

[1:21] >> The referendum has made the strangest of

[1:23] bedfellows. The clerk's reform-minded

[1:25] government and liberals who normally

[1:27] oppose it united today in a lastminute

[1:29] plea for a yes vote. They have reason to

[1:32] fear the no vote. The end of apartheid

[1:35] privileges has sent many poor whites to

[1:37] soup kitchens and they blame President

[1:39] FW declar

[1:41] >> uh he's trying to get the whites level

[1:43] down to the blacks instead of lifting

[1:45] the blacks level up to the whites level.

[1:49] The racist neo-Nazi African

[2:03] formed the Iron Guard for the civil war.

[2:05] His followers say they will fight if

[2:07] tomorrow's vote favors negotiation with

[2:09] blacks. Their ally, the Conservative

[2:12] Party, is less virulent, but its message

[2:14] is a thinly disguised offer to return to

[2:16] apartheite if whites vote no.

[2:19] >> How can you protect the white nation? If

[2:22] you give the Americans the assurance you

[2:24] are in favor of one man, one vote,

[2:28] >> the choice for whites tomorrow comes

[2:29] down to a basic one. Say yes and hope

[2:32] that future security can be negotiated

[2:34] or snarl a defiant no to change and risk

[2:37] losing all in a bitter fight to the end.

[2:40] Alan Pezy, CBS News, Johannesburg.

[2:42] President Bush said again today that he

[2:44] is leaving and I quote all options open

[2:47] in dealing with the fact of Saddam

[2:49] Hussein's continued power. During a

[2:51] campaign trip, Mr. Bush said the United

[2:52] States is consulting its allies about

[2:55] how to make Saddam comply with terms of

[2:58] the Gulf War ceasefire and give up

[3:00] Iraq's remaining weapons of mass

[3:02] destruction. In the Democratic

[3:05] presidential race, Bill Clinton, Paul

[3:06] Sunis, and Jerry Brown are in a fast and

[3:09] furious hunt now for votes in tomorrow's

[3:11] Michigan and Illinois primaries. But

[3:14] Clinton and Brown are just plain furious

[3:16] at each other, about Clinton's wife.

[3:19] Richard Throel explains why.

[3:23] >> Suddenly, the day before two crucial

[3:25] Midwest primaries, the struggle among

[3:27] the Democrats has gone from negative to

[3:29] nasty, and it's personal. Bill Clinton

[3:32] today about Jerry Brown.

[3:33] >> I've got a lot of new ideas, but I have

[3:35] some oldfashioned ones, too. And if he

[3:37] goes after again, I'll hit him again. I

[3:38] mean, you know, he ought to be ashamed

[3:40] of himself.

[3:41] >> The her is Clinton's wife, Hillary, a

[3:43] partner in the Rose Law Firm, which does

[3:45] business with the state of Arkansas, and

[3:47] Clinton's the governor. In a Chicago TV

[3:49] debate last night, Brown claimed that's

[3:51] unethical.

[3:52] >> He is funneling money to his wife's law

[3:54] firm for state business. That's number

[3:56] one. You ought to be ashamed of yourself

[3:58] for jumping on my wife. You're not worth

[3:59] being on the same platform.

[4:00] >> I'll tell you something, Mr. Clinton.

[4:02] Now,

[4:02] >> don't try to escape it.

[4:03] >> The Clintons insist there's no conflict

[4:05] of interest, and Mrs. Clinton says she's

[4:07] proud of the choice she made.

[4:09] >> I suppose I could have stayed home and

[4:11] baked cookies and had teas, but what I

[4:13] decided to do was to fulfill my

[4:14] profession, which I entered before my

[4:16] husband was in public life. and I've

[4:18] tried very very hard to be as careful as

[4:21] possible and that's all I can tell you.

[4:23] >> At least one Arkansas legal authority

[4:25] agrees.

[4:26] >> The Rose firm seems to have responded

[4:28] properly to the ethical concerns and so

[4:31] has Hillary for that matter.

[4:33] >> But campaigning in Michigan, Jerry Brown

[4:35] was anything but apologetic.

[4:37] >> I'm not talking about his wife. I'm

[4:39] talking about Mr. Clinton. He's the man

[4:41] who's running for president. And this

[4:42] kind of uh bush league cronyism may work

[4:45] in the minor leagues, but the American

[4:47] people expect the president uh to act a

[4:50] little differently.

[4:51] >> Paul Sanongas, who's running behind in

[4:53] the polls and now has been partially

[4:55] eclipsed by the Clinton Brown fireworks,

[4:57] remains an innocent bystander.

[5:00] >> They want to have that at that's their

[5:02] choice. But I learned in Super Tuesday

[5:04] was not to get off my message.

[5:05] >> The Clinton candidacy has certainly

[5:07] prompted Americans to re-examine some

[5:09] things. How important is a candidate's

[5:12] past private life? Or whether somebody

[5:14] fought in Vietnam or found a way to

[5:16] avoid it? And now, as Hillary Clinton is

[5:18] asking, must a wife sacrifice her career

[5:21] if it might interfere with her husbands?

[5:23] Not the sort of campaign issues the

[5:25] voters were expecting. Richard Fel, CBS

[5:27] News, Chicago.

[5:29] >> In Washington, federal prosecutors

[5:31] confirm tonight that a criminal

[5:33] investigation is underway into the House

[5:36] of Representatives bad check

[5:38] embarrassment. and a former House member

[5:40] now in President Bush's cabinet may be

[5:43] among the bouncers. As for current House

[5:46] members who wrote bad checks,

[5:48] correspondent Mark Phillips reports

[5:49] they're now trying to keep from getting

[5:51] bounced by the voters.

[5:55] It's

[5:56] >> bad check enforcement. Can I help you?

[5:58] >> If members of Congress are still

[5:59] wondering why the country is so excited

[6:01] about the bad check scandal, they should

[6:03] have spent some time today at the Los

[6:05] Angeles District Attorney's Bad Check

[6:07] Office. This is where normal check

[6:09] bouncers end up.

[6:10] >> Well, I'm getting calls in stating that

[6:13] they don't feel they should have to pay,

[6:15] that we should go after the big guy, the

[6:17] congressman.

[6:18] >> The DA may not be going after the

[6:20] congressman, but the voters are, no

[6:22] matter what the excuse.

[6:24] >> I'm the one that knew what was going on

[6:26] in the

[6:26] >> Minnesota Congressman Jerry Sakorski's

[6:28] wife may have said it was all her fault

[6:30] that she wrote the family's bad checks,

[6:32] presumably all 671 of them, but the

[6:35] voters didn't seem to care. All we're

[6:37] trying to do is be as open and honest to

[6:40] what happened in our family. That's it.

[6:42] >> My wife said it couldn't happen like

[6:43] that. Not your knowing that that money

[6:45] was not there.

[6:47] >> My wife My wife keeps our checkbook.

[6:49] >> Other congressmen tried other defenses

[6:52] that they'd written only a few bad

[6:53] checks.

[6:54] >> Had I known then what I know now, I wish

[6:56] that the sergeant-at-arms had said,

[6:58] "Hey, Hoyer, you got these three

[7:00] checks."

[7:00] >> But whether it's three checks or

[7:02] hundreds, this has turned into a

[7:04] congressional scandal people can

[7:05] understand. unlike perhaps the savings

[7:08] and loan fiasco or trillion dollar

[7:10] budget deficit.

[7:11] >> So I didn't have a negative balance. You

[7:13] know, I actually put more money in the

[7:14] account than I wrote out.

[7:16] >> No matter what explanations are offered

[7:18] at town meeting or what callin show

[7:20] excuses are made, there seems to be one

[7:22] dominant public reaction.

[7:24] >> Has anybody in Congress thought of being

[7:27] fiscally responsible and not spending

[7:30] what you don't have? While voter

[7:32] dissatisfaction in the past was often

[7:34] directed at other people's congressmen,

[7:36] this time voter anger seems directed at

[7:39] specific members from specific

[7:40] districts, their own. Mark Phillips, CBS

[7:44] News, Capitol Hill. Straight ahead on

[7:46] tonight's CBS Evening News, a new lead

[7:49] in the search for the cause of breast

[7:51] cancer and a crackdown on so-called

[7:54] miracle drugs that promise the

[7:56] impossible.

[8:04] It's Domino's new better tasting pizza.

[8:06] >> Melted cheese. Big batter topping.

[8:09] Tender tastier crust.

[8:11] >> More melted cheese.

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[8:15] >> Try a medium with unlimited toppings.

[8:17] Now just $9.99.

[8:20] >> Hey, you're home.

[8:22] >> Thank you for a lovely dinner.

[8:24] Aren't you going to ask me in

[8:28] >> for coffee?

[8:29] >> Well,

[8:31] I do have tasters choice.

[8:33] >> Then how can I refuse?

[8:36] >> Savor the sophisticated taste of tasters

[8:39] choice.

[8:41] >> Well,

[8:42] >> just one more cup.

[8:44] >> You uh said that two cups ago.

[8:47] >> You know how much I love your coffee.

[8:50] Then

[8:52] by all means

[8:54] take it with you.

[9:05] There's a lot you can do to stay

[9:07] healthy, but nothing you can do about

[9:09] getting old. Still, many Americans spend

[9:12] plenty of time and money searching for

[9:14] the fountain of youth. And today, as

[9:16] correspondent Richard Roth reports,

[9:18] federal health officials went after

[9:20] suppliers of the impossible dream.

[9:23] >> Federal officials called it the first

[9:25] criminal prosecution of a major black

[9:27] market in so-called fountain of youth

[9:29] drugs. Pharmaceuticals ranging from

[9:31] animal glands to anesthetics sold

[9:33] illegally in the US as miracle treatment

[9:36] for the ills of growing old. This is

[9:38] health fraud, pure and simple.

[9:43] These crack medicines should not be used

[9:46] or sold. The indictment accuses four

[9:49] California people of smuggling more than

[9:51] 15 tons of drugs from Europe, where many

[9:53] of them are sold legally and retailing

[9:56] them through health food stores and

[9:57] other outlets in the US, a federal

[10:00] crime. A defense attorney called the

[10:02] case interference by Big Brother. an

[10:05] attempt by the government to say to its

[10:07] citizens, you may not use certain

[10:11] medicines or wholesome substances

[10:13] because we say we don't like them.

[10:16] >> Federal officials say they are trying to

[10:17] send a message. Americans are spending

[10:19] $2 billion a year on drugs and diet

[10:22] supplements to ward off aging. And more

[10:24] than just wasting money, they may be

[10:26] endangering their lives.

[10:27] >> They're not medicines. They're not

[10:29] drugs. Um they're considered food

[10:32] supplements. The FDA doesn't act against

[10:35] scores of substances sold in stores all

[10:37] over as long as no specific claims are

[10:39] made of therapeutic value, but the

[10:42] indictment today focused on products

[10:44] that are injected, not swallowed.

[10:46] >> This is not just the run-of-the-mill

[10:49] herb or home remedy. Um, these are

[10:53] agents that have very real risks and

[10:56] pose real dangers to people. For

[10:58] consumers, the FDA says a good test of a

[11:01] questionable substance is the most

[11:03] obvious one. If it sounds too good to be

[11:06] true, it probably is. Richard Roth, CBS

[11:09] News, San Diego.

[11:12] There is one medical dream getting

[11:14] closer to reality. Doctors in Japan have

[11:16] succeeded in actually locating specific

[11:19] genetic defects that may cause breast

[11:21] cancer. CBS News health correspondent

[11:24] Edie Magnus reports on what this

[11:26] remarkable research may mean to you in

[11:28] our continuing coverage of cancer

[11:30] stalking the killer.

[11:33] >> Beth Case has breast cancer despite

[11:36] taking precautions throughout her life

[11:37] to avoid getting it.

[11:39] >> I ate well. I watched my weight. I

[11:42] exercised. I had mammogs. And in spite

[11:45] of all those things, I still had breast

[11:48] cancer. Now, scientists at the Tokyo

[11:50] Cancer Institute have made what they say

[11:52] is a major breakthrough into the causes

[11:54] of this disease. Here on the long arm of

[11:56] chromosome 17, they identified a gene

[11:59] which under normal circumstances would

[12:01] suppress uncontrolled cell growth that

[12:03] causes tumors. But in patients who

[12:05] develop breast cancer, the researchers

[12:07] found this gene was either damaged or

[12:09] lost, a defect they believe increases

[12:11] the chance that tumors will form in the

[12:13] breast. Experts say the discovery makes

[12:16] it possible to develop a test that would

[12:18] diagnose early on the presence of this

[12:20] defective gene.

[12:22] >> The discovery of a gene that could lead

[12:24] to us knowing which women are going to

[12:25] get breast cancer could could be a very

[12:28] important development in helping us to

[12:31] develop methods to prevent the disease.

[12:33] >> We went from 20 years ago to mutilating

[12:35] surgery, radiation therapy to nice

[12:38] cosmetic effects now and improved

[12:40] survival. Now we go one step further.

[12:42] But how to prevent breast cancer remains

[12:44] controversial. While some say a low-fat

[12:46] diet may help, many women complain the

[12:49] government has not funded enough

[12:50] research to prove what prevention works.

[12:53] >> Without the funding, uh without the

[12:55] discoveries, more women will have breast

[12:57] cancer. Uh we will continue not to know

[13:00] how to prevent breast cancer and the

[13:01] legacy will continue.

[13:04] >> It's hoped this latest discovery will

[13:06] give impetus to more studies on cancer

[13:08] prevention. And down the line,

[13:10] identifying the gene responsible for

[13:12] breast cancer also holds out promise

[13:14] that gene therapy can be developed to

[13:16] reverse the defect. Stan

[13:18] >> Edie Magnus, thanks. A flicker of hope

[13:20] out there. Stay with us now for more CBS

[13:23] news, including an Academy Award

[13:25] controversy. Is Oscar sexist?

[13:36] Tylenol users discover a powerful name

[13:38] in aspirin free pain relief.

[13:39] >> It took away my headache. Aspirinfree

[13:41] Anisonin worked as well as Tylenol.

[13:43] >> Like Tylenol, aspirin free anin is 100%

[13:46] aspirin free acetaminophen. So it's

[13:48] gentle on your stomach.

[13:49] >> Now I have a choice.

[13:53] >> Draw from the facts.

[13:56] There's a way to maintain regularity

[13:59] without drugs.

[14:01] It starts here. A high-fiber diet, which

[14:04] can include Kellogg's O brand, an

[14:06] excellent source of wheat brand fiber,

[14:08] may help you stay regular, drug-free,

[14:11] and there's a lot to be said for that.

[14:13] Naturally,

[14:16] a high-fiber diet on Kellogg's Allbrand

[14:18] for drug-free regularity.

[14:21] >> You know, I can still remember the very

[14:23] first candy given to me by my

[14:25] grandfather. It was Worther's original

[14:28] and I was born. I had a little trouble

[14:32] opening that shiny golden wrapper. But

[14:34] then, well, I'll never forget that first

[14:37] taste. Sweet and creamy and just plain

[14:40] good. But there was something else, too.

[14:43] I remember feeling I must be somebody

[14:45] very special when my grandpa gave me his

[14:48] wonderful butter candy.

[14:51] So, now I'm the grandfather.

[14:55] And what else would I give my little

[14:57] grandson but my Worther's original.

[15:01] He's somebody special, too.

[15:06] You might think hard times can't touch

[15:08] your family. That's what they thought.

[15:10] How would you hang on to your American

[15:12] dream? 48 hours, Wednesday.

[15:16] The rift in the former Soviet military

[15:18] broke wide open today. Boris Yelson

[15:20] decreed that soldiers in Russia will now

[15:23] become part of a new Russian army.

[15:25] Yelson appointed himself acting defense

[15:28] minister and the president of Kazakhstan

[15:31] created a new Republican guard.

[15:33] Observers say all the former Soviet

[15:35] republics are now likely to create their

[15:37] own armies. Nuclear weapons are at least

[15:40] supposedly still under central Moscow

[15:43] control. In Turkey, rescuers have

[15:46] recovered nearly 400 bodies from the

[15:48] wreckage left by last week's earthquake.

[15:50] But the death toll is believed to be

[15:52] twice that high, with many more bodies

[15:55] buried in the rubble. With temperatures

[15:57] below freezing, Turkish officials say

[15:59] there's little hope now anyone could

[16:01] have survived. In this country,

[16:04] government weather forecasters are

[16:05] warning that parts of Texas could face

[16:07] the worst spring flooding in decades.

[16:10] They also predict floods in much of the

[16:12] Southeast. And California faces more

[16:15] drought this spring, which by the way

[16:18] arrives Friday. Now, a look at some

[16:21] other stories CBS News is covering.

[16:24] Chrysler chairman Leaka introduced

[16:26] Robert Eaton as his handpicked

[16:28] successor. Eaton takes over next year.

[16:30] He's an import. Eaton headed General

[16:33] Motors European operation.

[16:35] >> In New York, the St. Patrick's Day

[16:37] parade tomorrow will not officially

[16:39] include a contingent from the Irish

[16:41] lesbian and gay organization. A federal

[16:44] judge refused to force parade organizers

[16:46] to admit the gay group. In Houston, a

[16:49] judge withdrew approval for the

[16:51] castration of rape suspect Steven Butler

[16:54] after no doctor would do the surgery.

[16:57] Butler had volunteered to be castrated

[16:59] to avoid prison. And in Washington, a

[17:02] private investigator claims he solved

[17:04] the mystery of Amelia Heheart. Richard

[17:07] Gillespie says a piece of aircraft metal

[17:09] and part of a woman's shoe prove the

[17:12] aviation pioneer crashed on a remote

[17:14] Pacific island 55 years ago. US

[17:17] government officials are not convinced.

[17:20] And next up on the CBS Evening News Eye

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[19:11] ahead.

[19:16] This is about a couple of guys named

[19:18] Clarence Chance and Benny Powell. For

[19:20] the next few minutes, put yourself in

[19:23] their place. The place is prison. And

[19:27] what happened to them could happen to

[19:29] you. John Blackstone has their story in

[19:32] tonight's Eye on America.

[19:38] >> I want the record corrected. I want my

[19:42] children to know that daddy is not a

[19:44] murderer. I'm not a murderer.

[19:47] >> There are behind prison walls the

[19:50] innocent.

[19:51] >> You think that's something rare or

[19:53] extraordinary out there? Not at all.

[19:55] That happens all the time.

[19:56] >> Jim McCloskkey is a lay minister in

[19:58] Princeton, New Jersey. But he's more

[20:00] detective than clergyman.

[20:02] >> Okay, Crystal. I'll see you later.

[20:04] >> McClosky's mission is saving those who

[20:07] are wrongly imprisoned. I can't think of

[20:09] a worse earthly situation to be in

[20:12] except perhaps a painful terminal

[20:14] illness than to be in prison uh serving

[20:17] life or death for crimes you had nothing

[20:20] to do with.

[20:20] >> You don't want to believe you're in

[20:22] here. You don't want to believe this

[20:23] nightmare is real.

[20:26] >> Clarence Chance has been in California

[20:28] prisons for 17 years. So has Benny

[20:31] Powell. They were convicted together of

[20:33] murdering a Los Angeles sheriff's

[20:35] deputy. They have always insisted they

[20:37] were framed by the police.

[20:40] >> What the police did, they wrote a script

[20:42] like a Hollywood movie.

[20:44] >> It was in this service station restroom

[20:45] in December 1973 the sheriff's deputy

[20:48] David Andrews was killed. Shot five

[20:51] times in the head, chest, back, thigh.

[20:54] An 11-year-old girl was riding her

[20:56] bicycle past. She told police she saw

[20:58] two men flee to see. There were no other

[21:01] clues, no leads. But as Jim McCloskey

[21:04] worked to reconstruct the case years

[21:06] later, he saw a motive for a frame up.

[21:09] It

[21:09] >> was an unsolved murder of a police

[21:12] officer. The pressure was on the police

[21:14] to get somebody for this crime.

[21:16] >> I had no physical evidence.

[21:18] >> McCloskkey found Roger Federio, a

[21:20] retired LA detective who'd worked on the

[21:22] case. Federio says his boss didn't care

[21:24] if Powell and Chance were guilty. He

[21:27] just wanted to make arrests. It's

[21:29] amazing to me how in the hell Clarence

[21:30] went to jail convicted and Bal went

[21:34] along with him.

[21:36] So, like I said, we all make mistakes,

[21:40] but some of you made a big one here.

[21:42] >> What's it like to be sitting in a

[21:43] courtroom having people come up?

[21:48] It's

[21:51] frustrating and it shows you how little

[21:56] power we have. The system is still

[21:58] carrying on. It's still convicting

[22:00] innocent people. Two guys, both

[22:03] innocent, 17 and a half years.

[22:05] >> As he discovered more about police

[22:06] mishandling of the case, McCloskey began

[22:09] urging the district attorney to take a

[22:11] new look.

[22:12] >> It was not an easy cell.

[22:14] >> What is the truth? Now or then? Uh, it's

[22:17] hard.

[22:17] >> But eventually, McCloskey convinced even

[22:20] the DA. The trial was unfair because the

[22:22] defense attorneys didn't have the tools

[22:24] to work with because the police

[22:26] department did not hand them over the

[22:28] tools.

[22:29] >> With the district attorney's support, it

[22:31] is virtually certain a California court

[22:33] will rule next week that Chance and Pal

[22:35] were wrongly convicted. After 17 years

[22:38] behind bars, they're beginning to make

[22:40] plans for life on the outside.

[22:43] >> What do you think it's going to be like

[22:44] out there?

[22:45] >> Oh, I think I think I think it's going

[22:47] to be lovely. And that is one of my

[22:49] desires is get to know my sons. You see,

[22:51] and uh that's what I'm looking forward

[22:54] to.

[22:56] >> The system is messed up. Anyway,

[22:58] >> his son Keith has grown up while Powell

[23:00] has been in prison. Keith cannot

[23:02] remember ever seeing his father.

[23:04] >> They made a mistake. I mean, you know,

[23:08] maybe I could have knew my dad probably

[23:10] had something, but for their mistake, I

[23:14] don't know them. I want my children to

[23:16] know that daddy is not a murderer.

[23:20] >> When Powell and Chance walk free, Jim

[23:23] McCloskey will have accomplished his

[23:24] particular brand of salvation.

[23:27] Rescuing two more souls from hell at

[23:31] Folsam Prison, California. John

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[25:47] Director Jonathan Demi is now favored to

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[25:56] At the director Gill's presentation,

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[26:02] Lacatuta reports from Hollywood.

[26:07] Barbara

[26:09] >> Barbara Streryand arrived at the

[26:11] Director's Guild Awards this weekend,

[26:13] surrounded by cameras, adoring fans, and

[26:17] controversy.

[26:18] >> I love directing.

[26:20] >> For directing The Prince of Tides, she

[26:22] was nominated by the DGA, which almost

[26:24] always means an Academy nomination, too.

[26:27] But not this year.

[26:29] >> She deserves an Oscar nomination.

[26:30] >> Oh, you're sweet.

[26:31] >> But it's both, not sweetness, that get

[26:33] you the Oscar. And many here view the

[26:36] Stryand snub as a case of sexism. For in

[26:39] the entire history of the Academy, no

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[26:44] nominated.

[26:44] >> It was a deliberate snub. Uh once again

[26:47] to women to women in the industry.

[26:50] >> I can't say that that this nomination,

[26:53] the snub here was based on sexism. I

[26:55] really don't know. I think it's a

[26:57] combination of things.

[26:59] And uh the world is, you know, slowly

[27:01] getting used to women in control. How

[27:04] slowly? Of all the feature films made in

[27:06] 1990, women directed only about 5% of

[27:09] them. And women are far outnumbered as

[27:12] voting members of the Academy.

[27:14] >> Still, women have directed some of the

[27:16] most powerful, thoughtprovoking films of

[27:18] the past year. Not to mention this

[27:20] week's box office winner.

[27:23] >> But Lily Xanic, who directed a tough

[27:25] crime film called Rush, says women still

[27:28] have to go out of their way to prove

[27:30] themselves. But I don't think as women

[27:31] we can expect it to go from the boy town

[27:34] that it's been for so many years to a

[27:36] girl town or an equal town because for

[27:38] the first time we've had at least

[27:41] somewhat of a group uh directing.

[27:43] >> At the DGA awards this weekend, Stryand

[27:46] didn't win. The director who did seemed

[27:48] almost apologetic.

[27:50] >> White males have a better shot at

[27:53] everything in this country. It's nice to

[27:55] look forward to a genderfree, you know,

[27:57] a a gender blind, colorblind uh

[28:00] industry.

[28:01] >> Considering the way the movie town

[28:02] works, she and other women directors may

[28:05] be waiting a while.

[28:06] >> And cut.

[28:07] >> Bill Agata, CBS News Hollywood.

[28:10] >> And that's part of our world tonight.

[28:12] Dan Rather for the CBS Evening News

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