The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) - 1999-10-05
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[0:00] The money line is
[0:03] >> [music]
[0:10] [music]
[0:12] >> Good evening. I'm Jim Lehrer. On the
[0:14] NewsHour tonight, Terrence Smith and Ray
[0:16] Suarez sort through the latest telecom
[0:19] deal, MCI WorldCom's buying of Sprint.
[0:23] Defense Secretary Cohen is here for a
[0:25] newsmaker interview about the test ban
[0:27] treaty, East Timor, and other issues.
[0:30] When Iffat leads our own argument over
[0:33] the issue the US Supreme Court heard
[0:35] today, campaign finance reform. And
[0:38] Margaret Warner and Dan Balz of The
[0:40] Washington Post provide a snapshot of
[0:42] the Gore presidential campaign. It all
[0:45] follows a summary of the news this
[0:46] Tuesday.
[0:51] It took millions of years to create the
[0:52] world's oil supply and 150 years to
[0:55] deplete it. Who is helping to cut the
[0:57] world's [music] need for oil with
[0:59] renewable energy sources?
[1:04] >> [music]
[1:12] >> This [music] program is made possible in
[1:14] part by a grant from Travelers
[1:15] Insurance.
[1:19] And by the Corporation for Public
[1:20] Broadcasting and by the annual financial
[1:23] support from viewers like you.
[1:25] MCI WorldCom won the right to buy Sprint
[1:28] today for $115 billion. The largest
[1:32] corporate sale in history was announced
[1:34] at a New York news conference. It
[1:36] combines number two long distance
[1:38] carrier MCI WorldCom and number three
[1:41] Sprint. AT&T is number one. The new
[1:44] company will be called WorldCom. It will
[1:47] control 35% of the market and offer
[1:49] other services. The deal is subject to
[1:52] approval by government regulators. The
[1:54] Federal Communications Commission
[1:55] chairman was immediately critical of it.
[1:58] We'll have full coverage right after
[1:59] this news summary