NBC Nightly News - 1992-03-18

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[0:00] Gentlemen, the the

[0:01] >> a new day in South Africa. A partate is

[0:04] voted out. In Texas, a shootout during

[0:07] spring break

[0:09] and a royal marriage seems to be headed

[0:11] for a royal breakup.

[0:14] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro

[0:17] [music]

[0:18] reporting tonight from NBC News

[0:20] headquarters in New York.

[0:22] >> Good evening. It's been one of the great

[0:24] political, economic, and moral issues of

[0:26] our time. A partaid in South Africa. the

[0:29] domination of a black majority by

[0:31] whites. But now a new South African

[0:34] nation, an overwhelming white vote to

[0:36] move swiftly to end a partate. A

[0:39] personal triumph for South Africa's

[0:40] president. NBC's Charles Mlan is in Cape

[0:43] Town tonight.

[0:45] >> President FW D Clerk celebrated his 56th

[0:48] birthday by making history.

[0:51] Today we have closed the room on our

[0:55] birthday

[0:58] >> in Cape Town. He was hailed as a hero.

[1:01] >> I think he's the greatest statesman

[1:03] South Africa's ever had.

[1:05] >> More than 85% of South Africa's whites

[1:08] voted in yesterday's referendum and a

[1:10] full 2/3 of them endorsed D clerk's

[1:13] program of reform. we can now start with

[1:15] a great negotiating process and uh we

[1:18] can really look forward to bite South

[1:20] Africa.

[1:21] >> Leader of the no voters conceded defeat

[1:24] but the leader of the neo-Nazi Africa

[1:26] resistance movement said he'd have to

[1:28] consult with his generals before making

[1:30] a statement. Right-wing extremists have

[1:33] vowed to fight rather than submit to

[1:36] what they refer to as black communist

[1:38] rule.

[1:41] Blacks were not allowed to vote, but

[1:43] leaders like Nelson Mandela had urged

[1:45] whites to support the reform process.

[1:49] >> And now, said Archbishop Desmond Tutu,

[1:51] it's time to get on with it.

[1:52] >> Mr. Declair has been given the mandate

[1:56] that he wants, and we hope he's now

[1:58] going to move like lightning. Blacks

[2:00] want rapid progress on negotiations to

[2:03] set up a multi-racial interim

[2:05] government, which will write a new

[2:06] constitution, giving all South Africans

[2:09] the vote. The clerk's victory opens the

[2:12] door to black political power and almost

[2:14] ensures that yesterday's referendum will

[2:17] go down in history as South Africa's

[2:19] last whites only election. Charles Mlan,

[2:22] NBC News, Cape Town. And with this vote,

[2:26] FW D Clerk joins Mikau Gorbachov,

[2:29] Lefluenza, Vos Havl, leaders who in

[2:32] recent times have changed the course of

[2:33] history in their countries with a bold

[2:35] vision and personal courage. In American

[2:38] politics, all the primaries and the

[2:40] polls show the voters are looking for

[2:41] similar qualities in their politicians.

[2:44] American voters are in a restless mood,

[2:46] and that's bad news for incumbents who

[2:48] don't measure up. NBC's Andrea Mitchell

[2:51] tonight on the cautionary lessons of the

[2:53] Illinois primary. Andrea

[2:55] >> Tom, incumbents got more than a wakeup

[2:57] call from the voters. There are alarm

[2:58] bells going off all over Washington.

[3:03] >> The biggest surprise was Carol Mosley

[3:05] Braun, a local Chicago official who won

[3:07] the Democratic Senate nomination in

[3:09] Illinois without money or support from

[3:11] most women's groups. They thought she

[3:13] didn't have a chance.

[3:14] >> This democracy is alive and well, and

[3:16] ordinary people can have a voice with no

[3:18] money.

[3:20] She defeated two-term Senator Alan

[3:22] Dixon, a 43-year veteran of party

[3:24] politics.

[3:25] >> I had a wonderful public life.

[3:28] >> Braun decided to run because of the way

[3:29] the Senate treated Anita Hill. Dixon

[3:32] voted in favor of Clarence Thomas's

[3:34] nomination

[3:34] >> and its presumption of innocence for

[3:38] those accused.

[3:39] >> Dixon was also damaged by a brutal ad

[3:41] campaign from a multi-millionaire

[3:43] businessman, the third candidate in the

[3:45] race.

[3:45] >> Dixon lied. Support for the senator

[3:48] eroded further last week after the House

[3:50] check bouncing scandal became public.

[3:52] Voters did not make a distinction

[3:54] between senators and congressmen. The

[3:56] winning edge came from women, many angry

[3:58] about Dixon's vote for Clarence Thomas.

[4:01] >> Thank you.

[4:02] >> Republican women in the suburbs even

[4:04] asked for Democratic ballots to vote for

[4:06] her, the first black woman nominated by

[4:08] a major party to run for the Senate.

[4:10] also kicked out, Chicago Congressman

[4:12] Charles Hayes, who admits bouncing 716

[4:15] checks. And the end of the road for one

[4:18] of Congress's most controversial

[4:19] members, Gus Savage. He went out with a

[4:22] vintage attack.

[4:23] >> And to the racist

[4:26] and reactionary

[4:29] Jewish misleaders.

[4:31] >> The winner against Savage Mel Reynolds,

[4:33] a former road scholar, still wearing a

[4:35] bandage from injuries suffered last week

[4:37] during a drive-by shooting. Reynolds had

[4:39] lost twice before to Savage. This time,

[4:42] redistricting hurt Savage by adding

[4:44] better educated suburban voters to the

[4:46] district. It's still early in the

[4:48] primary season and six incumbents are

[4:50] out. 34 other members have seen the

[4:52] warning signs and decided to quit. Tom,

[4:55] >> thank you, Andrea. One politician who

[4:57] didn't quit when the going got tough is

[4:58] the leader now of the Democratic pack

[5:00] chasing the presidential nomination.

[5:02] That of course is Arkansas Governor Bill

[5:04] Clinton, the big winner in Illinois and

[5:06] Michigan. A wellpracticed politician who

[5:08] can go with the flow. NBC's Lisa Myers.

[5:13] >> The man draped in flags last night in

[5:15] Chicago was the old Bill Clinton.

[5:17] Moderate, a disciple of the new

[5:19] politics.

[5:20] >> We don't want anybody to have something

[5:22] for nothing anymore. Not the CEOs of our

[5:24] biggest companies, not the workers in

[5:26] our plant, not the students in our

[5:28] schools. We want opportunity and

[5:30] responsibility.

[5:32] This Clinton denounces what he calls the

[5:35] brain dead politics of both parties.

[5:37] >> No more division by race. No more

[5:40] division by income. No more class

[5:42] warfare. Like

[5:43] >> no more what? Then who was that man a

[5:46] couple of weeks ago denouncing his

[5:48] opponent as a friend of the rich.

[5:50] >> Senator Song said he wanted to be the

[5:52] best friend Wall Street ever had.

[5:54] >> And who ran this ad?

[5:55] >> Training and making the rich pay their

[5:57] fair share. Bill Clinton. He'll put

[5:59] people first.

[6:00] >> That's Bill Clinton. the populace

[6:02] sounding a lot like Tom Harkin. There's

[6:04] also another Clinton, the one who

[6:06] appeared in Florida doing an imitation

[6:08] of Walter Manddale with unbridled

[6:10] appeals to special interest.

[6:12] >> Used to say, "Look, Mr. President, quit

[6:14] pushing Israel around in public and

[6:16] never saying anything about the Arabs."

[6:18] >> He's gone to the moderate side with the

[6:20] Democratic leadership council and then

[6:22] he's gone to the hearken side and he's

[6:24] gone with the populist message. So,

[6:26] that's a tremendous part of the spectrum

[6:28] that he's gone through. And there's

[6:30] another Clinton change of tune. At

[6:32] first, he sounded like a tight wad.

[6:34] >> We need to give people a sense that

[6:36] there's some discipline and some

[6:37] restraint in spending.

[6:38] >> But along the campaign trail, he's come

[6:40] up with a long list of goodies for just

[6:42] about everyone. Among them, a national

[6:45] apprenticeship program, college loans

[6:47] for everybody, tax cuts for the middle

[6:50] class and the poor, and more. an

[6:52] investment tax credit, a new business

[6:54] tax credit, uh a low-income housing tax

[6:57] credit, a research and development h tax

[6:59] credit, energy conversion tax credits,

[7:02] changes in the real estate rules for

[7:03] people that are investing in this

[7:04] economy. I'm all for that.

[7:06] >> Some site Clinton's flexibility is proof

[7:08] that he's a formidable politician. Among

[7:11] others, it reinforces the nickname slick

[7:13] Willie.

[7:14] >> He's become a creature of what the

[7:17] political system uh says he needs to be

[7:20] to win. that if he has a political

[7:22] ideology, it's very well hidden.

[7:26] >> Not long ago, George Bush said he'd do

[7:28] whatever it takes to get elected. And

[7:30] Bill Clinton, he may meet his match.

[7:33] Lisa Meyers, NBC News, Washington.

[7:37] >> George Bush's current opponent, of

[7:38] course, is fellow Republican Pat

[7:40] Buchanan, who has yet to win a primary.

[7:42] He's still in the race, however, but he

[7:44] said today that he would scale back his

[7:46] campaign, and he'll no longer use those

[7:48] attack ads against the president.

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[8:52] >> Dow Corning is getting out of the

[8:54] business of silicone breast implants. It

[8:56] will announce tomorrow that it will no

[8:58] longer manufacture these controversial

[9:00] devices. NBC's Robert Hager is here now

[9:02] with exclusive details in the story.

[9:04] Robert. Tom. NBC News has learned that

[9:06] Dow Corning has decided it's had enough.

[9:09] At a news conference tomorrow morning,

[9:10] the company will say it'll quit

[9:12] manufacturing the controversial devices,

[9:14] leaving only two smaller companies, Mcan

[9:16] Medical and Mentor Corporation still

[9:19] marketing the silicone implants.

[9:22] Dow Corning has been by far the largest

[9:24] manufacturer, making about 80% of

[9:26] silicone implants on the market, $18

[9:29] million worth last year. Tomorrow, Dow

[9:32] Corning will say it will no longer

[9:34] manufacture the devices. It will set

[9:36] aside $10 million for research into the

[9:39] health effects of devices already

[9:41] implanted in 1 million American women.

[9:43] And it will pledge financial aid for

[9:45] implant removal for women who require

[9:48] removal for medical reasons and can't

[9:50] afford to pay for the operations. The

[9:53] decision comes after two stormy hearings

[9:55] before the Food and Drug Administration

[9:57] and criticism by FDA Commissioner Dr.

[9:59] David Kesler last January. But the

[10:01] manufacturers of silicone gel implants

[10:04] have failed thus far to provide adequate

[10:07] evidence that they are marketing a safe

[10:09] product. We still do not know how often

[10:12] the implants break or how long they

[10:15] last. Scientists advising FDA recently

[10:18] suggested permitting silicone implants

[10:20] for reconstruction of breasts removed

[10:22] because of cancer but sharply limiting

[10:25] operations for cosmetic purposes. Dow

[10:27] Corning is apparently not interested in

[10:29] the risk or expense of proceeding under

[10:31] those conditions. Congressman Theodore

[10:33] Weiss, who wouldn't confirm Dow

[10:35] Corning's plans, warned there should be

[10:36] no strings attached.

[10:38] >> Dow Corning now supposedly is is making

[10:41] an offer to pay for taking out the

[10:44] implant in return for a waiver of legal

[10:48] rights these women may have against the

[10:51] company. That's outrageous.

[10:53] >> There is another choice for a woman who

[10:55] still wants an implant. a saltwater fil

[10:57] device which some surgeons say is more

[10:59] difficult to implant but which is

[11:01] believed to be completely safe. Tom,

[11:04] thank you Robert. In other medical news

[11:06] tonight, the National Institutes of

[11:07] Health reports a new drug for cystic

[11:09] fibrosis patients. It's not a cure, but

[11:12] it's called the most effective treatment

[11:13] yet for the lung congestion that this

[11:15] disease causes. Spring break time in

[11:18] Galveston, Texas, and an investigation.

[11:20] NBC's Larry Weidman with the story of

[11:23] what happened when guns and beer mixed

[11:25] on the beach.

[11:27] >> A weekend beach party turned ugly.

[11:29] Rodney Franklin was there with his

[11:31] camcorder when the trouble started.

[11:32] >> At first, we thought I thought it was

[11:34] firecrackers.

[11:35] >> Witnesses said partygoers began shooting

[11:37] guns into the air. As many as 50 shots.

[11:40] Police were called.

[11:41] >> We went in and tried to find out where

[11:43] the uh gunshots was coming from.

[11:45] >> Franklin's tape picks up the story.

[11:47] People in panic. a pickup truck in the

[11:50] center of the picture. The driver fires

[11:52] a gun and the passenger standing beside

[11:54] the truck sticks a pistol into the air

[11:56] and fires it. That man was 21-year-old

[11:58] Wendell Baker. Moments later, he was

[12:00] dead, shot by Galveastston Police

[12:02] Sergeant Michael Putnell, who said Baker

[12:04] reloaded his pistol and refused to drop

[12:06] it. Franklin disagrees.

[12:08] >> I see big Baker doing like this like as

[12:12] >> cowering sort of.

[12:13] >> Yeah. Like, you know, don't do it. I'm

[12:15] okay. You got me. Don't do anything.

[12:17] With Baker dead, the two officers were

[12:19] surrounded.

[12:20] >> They was trying to get to the officer

[12:21] that was involved in the shooting. They

[12:23] was very, very hostile.

[12:25] >> In the end, one person was dead, three

[12:27] others wounded. Police confiscated 10

[12:29] guns. Now, heavy police presence has

[12:32] been added to the spring break Sun and

[12:34] Sand.

[12:34] >> Pretty soon, they're going to have to

[12:35] have a device for people to come in with

[12:38] a gun like they do in the airport.

[12:41] >> Galveastston trying to find a way to

[12:43] deal with young people and their guns.

[12:45] Larry Weidman, NBC News, Houston.

[12:48] >> On Wall Street today, the Dow

[12:49] Industrials fell slightly. Trading today

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[14:28] >> Our daily difference tonight, crime and

[14:29] punishment and our chief financial

[14:31] correspondent Mike Jensen is here

[14:32] because Pakistan, it turns out, want

[14:34] your money. What's the deal, Mike?

[14:36] >> Tom, Pakistan seems determined to get

[14:39] drug money and cash from the underground

[14:41] economy one way or another. And what

[14:43] better way than to advertise for it in

[14:46] the Wall Street Journal. This

[14:48] advertisement is directly in flagrant

[14:52] violation

[14:53] of everything that bankers in this

[14:56] country and that uh those in law

[14:58] enforcement have talked about with

[15:00] respect to money laundering and the

[15:02] so-called war on drugs.

[15:04] This uh is corporate crime on its face.

[15:09] >> This is the ad he's talking about. Look

[15:11] at the language. Talk about a natural

[15:14] for tax cheats and drug lords. The

[15:17] Washington Post ran the same ad but with

[15:19] watered down language. Earlier this week

[15:22] in Pakistan, where the money markets are

[15:25] freewheeling and anything goes, a

[15:27] Pakistan central bank official laid it

[15:30] on the line. This is a way to launder

[15:32] the black money, he told a reporter. The

[15:35] money would be invested in 5-year, 8 and

[15:38] 3/4% Pakistan bonds. Crooks need to do

[15:42] that so the IRS won't catch up with

[15:44] them. They funnel their money through

[15:46] numbered bank accounts or buy securities

[15:49] that don't require any identification.

[15:53] Today, everybody involved was

[15:55] backpedaling furiously. This is what the

[15:58] bank official in Pakistan said he really

[16:00] meant, nothing more. At the New York

[16:03] branch of the Pakistan bank, the manager

[16:06] refused to talk on camera, but off

[16:09] camera he offered this. I can't say it's

[16:12] money laundering. I don't even have the

[16:14] circulars yet. I'm totally ignorant.

[16:17] >> Another Pakistani banker in New York

[16:20] said this about the ad.

[16:21] >> This is primarily meant for Pakistani

[16:24] investor in Pakistan. This is not meant

[16:27] for general public here.

[16:29] >> What did ordinary people in New York

[16:31] think about all this?

[16:33] >> Well, I suppose it's okay if people have

[16:34] got the money to do it.

[16:36] >> I haven't.

[16:38] >> The interest rate is pretty good. You

[16:40] know,

[16:40] >> maybe the Wall Street Journal are the

[16:42] ones who have the money. I don't think

[16:44] Pakistan have that much money.

[16:46] >> It's a cynical world out there. I once

[16:49] asked a Swiss banker how he could

[16:51] justify maintaining numbered accounts

[16:53] for dictators and drug lords. He

[16:55] shrugged and he said, "My friend, money

[16:57] has no conscience." Tom,

[16:59] >> thank you, Michael. Back in a moment,

[17:00] more news and John Chancellor's

[17:02] commentary when we continue.

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[19:07] >> Here's a quick check now of some of

[19:08] today's other news from around the

[19:10] world. 20 are dead from Tuesday's

[19:12] bombing of the Israeli embassy in

[19:14] Argentina. The Islamic Jihad said it set

[19:16] off the bomb to avenge Israel's killing

[19:19] last month of Hezbollah leader Shik

[19:21] Msawi.

[19:24] When the door blew off this United 747

[19:26] in flight 3 years ago, nine people died.

[19:28] Investigators blamed shoddy maintenance.

[19:30] Then the door was recovered and

[19:32] examined. A new report has cleared

[19:34] United saying the problem was faulty

[19:37] electronics.

[19:38] Leona Helmsley, the self-styled New York

[19:40] hotel queen, lost her bid to stay out of

[19:43] jail for tax evasion. She was ordered to

[19:45] begin serving her four-year term on

[19:47] April 15th. That is tax deadline day. It

[19:51] was Leona Helmsley who said only little

[19:53] people pay taxes. John Chancellor now

[19:54] with his commentary on American

[19:56] politics. John.

[19:57] >> Tom. Bill Clinton has now won almost

[19:59] half the delegates he needs to get the

[20:01] Democratic presidential nomination. He

[20:04] has confronted and survived more crises

[20:07] this year than most politicians face in

[20:09] a lifetime. The Jennifer Flowers

[20:11] scandal, questions about his draft

[20:13] status during the Vietnam War, and an

[20:16] inaccurate accusation that he funneled

[20:18] state money to his wife's law firm. This

[20:20] man can take a hit. Martin Nolan of the

[20:23] Boston Globe called him the razorback

[20:26] Rasputin.

[20:28] Nolan wrote, "He's been shot, stabbed,

[20:30] and electrocuted, and set a fire, yet he

[20:32] keeps on coming." So, why are Paul Sonis

[20:35] and Jerry Brown still in the race? Well,

[20:37] the headlines about Clinton's problems

[20:39] give them some hope. A lot of voters

[20:42] have developed doubts about Clinton's

[20:44] character because of those stories, and

[20:46] many politicians are wondering if

[20:47] another shoe may drop, a high heeled

[20:50] shoe in this year's jargon. Another

[20:52] accusation about Clinton's personal life

[20:54] that would make him quit. There's no

[20:56] reason to believe this will happen, but

[20:58] two groups hope that it will. His

[21:00] opponents for the nomination and some

[21:02] influential Democrats who don't like any

[21:04] of the candidates and who want a

[21:06] brokered convention. In the meantime,

[21:08] Bill Clinton keeps on winning while his

[21:10] enemies wait for something to knock him

[21:12] off. They don't think Clinton will

[21:14] stumble, but another scandal might do

[21:16] the job. I've been covering this stuff

[21:19] for 40 years, and I've never seen a year

[21:21] in which the hope of scandal played such

[21:24] an important role. Tom,

[21:26] >> thank you, John. And the top priority in

[21:28] this year's campaign in terms of

[21:30] substance is the economy, of course, the

[21:32] recession hurting families clear across

[21:34] the country, hurting children. This

[21:36] week, in conjunction with USA Today,

[21:39] we've been looking at the American

[21:40] family. One out of every five American

[21:43] kids lives below the poverty level. How

[21:45] can a community fight back? Scranton,

[21:47] Pennsylvania is typical. The economy

[21:49] here has been troubled since coal mining

[21:51] died out in the 1940s.

[21:54] Sue Caswell grew up in this area. She

[21:56] never graduated from high school and she

[21:58] has five children.

[22:00] >> You have to have an education to make it

[22:03] somewhere in this world anyway, you

[22:04] know, anymore. You know, like I can do

[22:07] hard work, you know, and not get paid

[22:08] the amount that I would want to get

[22:10] paid, you know, like to raise the

[22:12] children that I have. I'm going to have

[22:13] to make a penny.

[22:14] >> Caswell and other mothers who live in

[22:16] subsidized housing bring their children

[22:17] to a program called Family Matters. The

[22:20] kids are cared for while their mothers

[22:23] get tips on parenting.

[22:24] >> The very next positive thing that you

[22:27] can do for your child is to give them an

[22:29] ear.

[22:31] And you've just said that when you say

[22:33] that Victor is a talker, that also means

[22:36] that you have to be a what?

[22:38] >> A listener. Absolutely. A good listener.

[22:40] >> This program has given Sue Caswell the

[22:42] self-esteem to pursue her high school

[22:44] equivalency diploma. And her children

[22:46] benefit as well. When you feel good,

[22:49] they feel good, you know, and they're

[22:51] different perspective over everything.

[22:54] >> The Family Matters program is funded by

[22:56] the state. At a time when other states

[22:58] are cutting back on assistance to poor

[23:00] children, Pennsylvania Governor Robert

[23:03] Casey proposed expansion of services in

[23:05] his recent budget. And a big piece of

[23:07] that subsidized health care for all

[23:10] uninsured children up to age six.

[23:13] >> In very practical terms, it pays

[23:14] dividends later. your health care costs

[23:17] later are lower. You have fewer ch

[23:19] children winding up in in in prison in

[23:21] incarceration, fewer children who are

[23:24] malnourished, fewer children who can't

[23:26] read. Uh and all of these things pay off

[23:29] richly in social and human and also also

[23:31] fiscal dividends for taxpayers.

[23:33] >> Child advocates worry that Governor

[23:35] Casey will cut funding from other social

[23:37] programs to finance his new proposals.

[23:40] But in lean times for all, Pennsylvania

[23:43] is making children a priority.

[23:48] Friday night at 8 Eastern time, I'll

[23:50] have a special report. Families in

[23:52] crisis in this country. NFL owners today

[23:55] decided to end the controversial

[23:57] practice of refereeing by instant

[23:59] replay. It accounted last year for 90

[24:01] reversed calls. Critics say using

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[26:14] >> They had such a swell wedding and now it

[26:16] appears they're headed for a sensational

[26:18] breakup. Prince Andrew and the Duchess

[26:21] of York Fergie. NBC's Keith Miller.

[26:25] Just a thin smile from the Duchess of

[26:27] York this morning as reporters asked if

[26:30] the royal marriage was on the rocks.

[26:32] From Buckingham Palace, silence.

[26:36] But headlines scream.

[26:39] Newspapers suggest the final straw was

[26:42] Fergie's friendship with Texan Steve

[26:44] Wyatt.

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[26:48] It was a fairy tale wedding for the

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[26:52] of a commoner and a royal in love.

[26:55] >> Fergie Fergie

[26:57] >> visiting Florida earlier this year, she

[26:59] was outgoing, friendly, and smiling. But

[27:02] what is popular in the United States is

[27:05] not popular in the United Kingdom.

[27:07] >> It's been enormously difficult. There is

[27:09] no uh there is no school where you can

[27:12] learn how to become a member of the

[27:14] royal family. It really is a case of

[27:16] swim or or sink.

[27:18] >> Critics gave her a dressing down for her

[27:21] idea of dressing up. Newspapers said she

[27:25] was too fat. When she lost weight, they

[27:28] suggested she was sickly. And when she

[27:31] was seen relaxing, she was dubbed

[27:33] Fergie, her royal idleness.

[27:36] >> Absolutely.

[27:36] >> The threat to her privacy led her to

[27:38] destroy letters, which could cause her

[27:40] embarrassment.

[27:41] >> Yes, I take a shredding machine around

[27:42] with me everywhere. Absolutely I do. No

[27:45] question. Everything is shredded. And I

[27:46] think that's very sad.

[27:48] >> The royal family is said to be seeking

[27:50] legal advice before announcing the bad

[27:53] news. Like any separation, it's now up

[27:55] to the lawyers to figure out who gets

[27:57] what, but Fergie is entitled to keep at

[27:59] least one thing, her title. She will

[28:02] remain a duchess, but without a duke.

[28:05] Keith Miller, NBC News, London.

[28:10] >> That's Nightly News for this Wednesday

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