NBC Nightly News - 1996-03-18

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[0:02] Major tobacco news tonight. These

[0:03] cigarette executives all swore that

[0:05] nicotine is not addictive. But now,

[0:07] another tobacco scientist tells another

[0:09] side of the story. John Selby, who

[0:11] murdered at abortion clinics, guilty in

[0:13] all counts. The family stories tonight

[0:15] in their own words. 911, big city

[0:18] overload on hold, busy lines. Who's

[0:20] going to rescue the emergency system?

[0:23] NBC News in depth. Healthw Watch, the

[0:25] umbilical cord, a lifeline at birth and

[0:28] now well beyond. A stunning discovery

[0:30] >> from NBC News. This is NBC Nightly News

[0:35] with Tom Bro.

[0:37] >> Good evening. For so long, America's

[0:39] major tobacco companies have been a

[0:41] powerful and fully unified force in this

[0:43] country. Politically well-connected, a

[0:46] major presence in the popular culture,

[0:48] quick to challenge any critics who said

[0:50] they were in effect selling a drug,

[0:52] nicotine. But tonight, the case against

[0:55] the tobacco companies appears to be much

[0:57] stronger. And it comes from people who

[0:59] were once part of the family. Scientists

[1:01] from the king of the tobacco companies,

[1:03] Philip Morris. We begin with NBC's Bob

[1:06] Kerr.

[1:08] The new affidavit address key questions

[1:10] in the tobacco wars. Is nicotine

[1:12] addictive? Does Philip Morris

[1:14] manipulate, blend, and measure nicotine

[1:16] for impact? Written by three former

[1:19] employees, the documents not only go to

[1:21] the heart of the government's proposal

[1:23] to regulate nicotine as a drug, but also

[1:26] could provide ammunition in ongoing

[1:28] federal grand jury investigations. In

[1:31] the affidavit released today by the Food

[1:33] and Drug Administration, the former

[1:35] employees appear to contradict

[1:37] congressional testimony given by the

[1:39] former head of Philip Morris and

[1:41] comments the tobacco industry recently

[1:43] submitted to the FDA. It may lead to a

[1:47] perjury charge against the CEO and it

[1:50] may lead to other criminal actions as

[1:52] well as civil actions against the

[1:54] tobacco companies. Philip Morris is the

[1:57] nation's largest. Sales of its brands

[1:59] were up last year with Marlboro, the

[2:01] most popular in the world, leading the

[2:03] way. Two years ago, company President

[2:05] William Campbell was among those

[2:07] testifying he did not believe nicotine

[2:10] was addictive.

[2:10] >> I believe nicotine is not addictive.

[2:12] Yes. But now in one affidavit, a former

[2:15] company scientist says he and a number

[2:17] of colleagues disagree. We believed that

[2:20] nicotine was the critical component of

[2:22] tobacco that compelled motivated people

[2:25] to smoke. Two years ago, Philip Morris

[2:28] President Campbell said,

[2:29] >> "I I can tell you under oath, we blend

[2:32] for tar, sir. We do not blend for

[2:34] nicotine." Now, in another affidavit, a

[2:37] second former Philip Morris scientist

[2:39] says in order to satisfy the customer's

[2:41] need for nicotine in lower tar

[2:43] cigarettes, blend changes were an

[2:46] especially important tool used to ensure

[2:48] desired nicotine levels. That

[2:51] description is no surprise to

[2:52] Congressman Martin, a former prosecutor.

[2:55] He was among the first to urge the

[2:57] Justice Department to investigate big

[2:59] tobacco. They knew that they were really

[3:02] engaged in uh a nicotine delivery system

[3:06] and they withheld all that information

[3:07] from the public and from the federal

[3:09] government. And I think they ought to be

[3:11] held accountable for what they knew and

[3:12] when they knew it.

[3:13] >> In a short statement today, Philip

[3:15] Morris said it hasn't had time to review

[3:17] the affidavit, but the company added

[3:20] that in all of this, they see nothing

[3:22] indicating that people can't quit

[3:24] smoking if they want to. Still, critics

[3:27] insist the latest disclosures show the

[3:30] industry was doing all it could to keep

[3:32] people hooked. And now it faces more

[3:34] questions than ever about those

[3:36] practices. Bob Kerr, NBC News,

[3:38] Washington.

[3:40] >> One of the most aggressive critics of

[3:42] the tobacco companies is Mississippi

[3:44] Attorney General Mike Moore, who's led a

[3:45] growing number of states and suing those

[3:47] companies for health costs to the

[3:49] states. And he joins us tonight from our

[3:51] Mobile, Alabama affiliate, WPMI. Mr.

[3:55] Attorney General, isn't it possible that

[3:56] the head of Philip Morris didn't know in

[3:58] fact what was going on down in the

[4:00] bowels of the company?

[4:02] >> From the information that we have, Tom,

[4:04] I think that's very unlikely. The

[4:05] affidavit of Ian UDES and the

[4:08] information that we've got from him

[4:09] today tells us that there's no question

[4:11] in anybody's mind that not only the

[4:13] chief executives knew, but everybody in

[4:14] the company knew that nicotine was

[4:16] addictive. So, I think he's in serious

[4:17] trouble.

[4:18] >> Last week, Liot, of course, broke away

[4:20] from the other tobacco companies. What

[4:22] are the chances now that the unified

[4:23] front will break up in America's tobacco

[4:25] companies?

[4:26] >> Well, Philip Mars is the 800lb gorilla.

[4:29] They're 50% of the market. Uh I I don't

[4:31] look for them to come forward that

[4:32] quickly. But I think the breaking the

[4:34] dam last week is going to help us all.

[4:36] And pretty soon the the truth's going to

[4:37] be out to the American public that

[4:39] nicotine is addictive, that cigarettes

[4:40] do cause cancer, and it's time for the

[4:42] industry to pay pay their fair share and

[4:44] quit advertising to kids. How many other

[4:46] scientists are out there in affidavit, a

[4:48] kind of ticking time bomb, if you will,

[4:50] for the tobacco industry?

[4:52] >> Well, we actually had another fellow

[4:54] come forward today, an engineer whose

[4:56] name is Jerome Rivers, and he will

[4:58] testify about how Philip Morris and

[5:00] others manipulated the nicotine levels

[5:02] using ammonia chemistry. Uh we have two

[5:04] other witnesses that are going to come

[5:06] out in the next couple of weeks. So, uh

[5:08] they're pouring in here.

[5:09] >> Mr. Attorney General, the final

[5:11] analysis, however, isn't it really a

[5:12] matter of personal responsibility?

[5:15] Well, it's personal responsibility if

[5:17] the if the industry was telling the

[5:18] truth. But if they've been lying to us

[5:20] for years and years about whether

[5:21] nicotine is addictive and you remember

[5:23] they raised their right hand and said in

[5:24] our opinion nicotine is not addictive

[5:26] and the entire country knew they were

[5:27] telling not telling the truth. We also

[5:29] know that they continue to say that

[5:31] cigarettes don't cause cancer and

[5:32] everyone knows that. So I don't think

[5:34] it's a personal choice when an industry

[5:36] and the only industry of its kind lies

[5:38] to the American public about the the

[5:40] health characteristics of their product.

[5:42] >> Mr. Attorney General, thank you very

[5:43] much for being with us tonight. Thank.

[5:45] >> In other news tonight, after two days of

[5:47] deliberation, the verdicts are in for

[5:49] John Selvi. He's the anti-abortion

[5:51] protester who admitted shooting two

[5:53] women's clinic workers to death in late

[5:55] 1994.

[5:57] His lawyers had argued an insanity

[5:59] defense before a suburban Boston jury,

[6:01] but the jurors didn't buy.

[6:04] >> Guilty of murder in the first degree.

[6:05] >> Guilty of murder in the first degree.

[6:07] >> Yes.

[6:07] >> By deliberate premeditated malice of

[6:09] forethought.

[6:10] >> Yes.

[6:11] >> And by extreme atrocity or cruelty? Yes.

[6:14] >> So say, you poor lady.

[6:15] >> Yes.

[6:16] >> So say you all.

[6:17] >> Yes.

[6:18] >> After the verdicts were read, the judge

[6:20] listened to statements from the victim's

[6:22] families and close friends. Here's what

[6:24] they had to say today in their own

[6:26] words.

[6:28] >> When Leanne was a small baby, her first

[6:32] words were, "Me chase the birdies,

[6:34] mommy."

[6:36] And her last words were screaming, "No,

[6:41] no, no. as you pumped 10 bullets into

[6:44] her body.

[6:46] You shot her in the back, and that's

[6:48] cowardly,

[6:50] and you were a little man with a big

[6:53] gun.

[6:54] >> Aside from the repetition of her name

[6:56] and the descriptions of her injuries, we

[6:59] have not had an opportunity to consider

[7:01] the impact of the murder of my sister,

[7:03] Shannon Elizabeth Lowey.

[7:05] >> This is her picture.

[7:09] >> She was 25 years old. She was beautiful

[7:13] and she had a glorious smile that she

[7:14] used often and generously. We miss her

[7:17] love which she gave always and

[7:19] unconditionally. We've suffered

[7:21] psychologically because of our disbelief

[7:23] at the incomprehensible obscenity of

[7:26] Shannon's murder.

[7:28] There is no way we could adequately

[7:30] adequately communicate to the court the

[7:33] power, the beauty, and the gift of this

[7:35] extraordinary woman in our lives. The

[7:38] loss of Shannon Lowi is beyond words to

[7:41] me.

[7:43] My the life I had is gone. The most

[7:46] wonderful, caring,

[7:48] loving person that I have ever met is no

[7:51] longer with me.

[7:52] >> Guilty of murder in the first degree.

[7:54] >> Yes. And now you go to prison

[7:57] and without hesitation.

[8:00] I hope you have sheer misery every day

[8:05] of your life.

[8:08] Salvi received a mandatory life sentence

[8:10] without parole. That's the maximum in

[8:12] Massachusetts. It has no death penalty.

[8:15] When we come back, NBC News and death

[8:16] tonight on the health watch. A miracle

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[8:22] >> Like when Danny was sick, there was

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[8:30] >> Storing blood from newborn babies. It

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[10:19] >> There are serious concerns tonight about

[10:21] one of the things in America that we've

[10:22] come to count on. 911. It should

[10:25] instantly put you in touch with

[10:26] authorities. But all over the country,

[10:29] serious problems. You're looking now at

[10:31] one of Miami's 911 centers. This one's

[10:33] the busiest in the southeast, handling

[10:35] almost a million and a half calls a

[10:37] year.

[10:38] >> Over the past 5 years, that number has

[10:40] gone up 10%. For many cities, a similar

[10:43] jump and problems responding to all of

[10:45] those calls. What can be done? What's

[10:47] going on? NBC's Robert Hager. With close

[10:50] to 30 million cell phones now in

[10:52] service, emergency 911 switchboards are

[10:55] suddenly being overwhelmed.

[10:57] >> 911, what is your emergency?

[10:59] >> In Los Angeles, nearly every freeway

[11:01] accident now brings scores of calls from

[11:03] passing motorists wishing to be helpful.

[11:05] Karen Douglas of the California Highway

[11:07] Patrol.

[11:08] >> Our calls have increased in the last 10

[11:10] years in LA County alone from just over

[11:13] 13,000 to almost a half million calls a

[11:15] year.

[11:16] >> Nationwide, it's up to 97 million calls

[11:18] a year. Now, dispatcher Yoshi McNeely,

[11:21] >> at times it just gets so busy. Just as

[11:23] you hang up one and before you're able

[11:24] to complete the information, you get

[11:26] your next call coming in.

[11:27] >> Sometimes a speedy answer can be the

[11:29] difference between life and death.

[11:33] >> Right here,

[11:34] >> we can't breathe. The roof's full of

[11:37] smoke.

[11:38] >> But millions of other calls are going

[11:39] unanswered.

[11:41] >> We're sorry. All circuits are busy now.

[11:44] Mike Yoffy, a freelance director who's

[11:46] worked for NBC in Los Angeles, was run

[11:48] off the road by a drunk driver.

[11:49] >> Tried 911

[11:51] and I got a recording and I got that

[11:54] same recording for 32 minutes. This was

[11:57] a legitimate emergency. I have blood

[12:00] dripping from my eye and I was getting a

[12:04] recorded message. At this grocery store

[12:07] in Akake, Maryland, a clerk was robbed

[12:09] at gunpoint while she listened to a

[12:11] recording saying 911 was busy. There

[12:14] have been other 911 problems as well. In

[12:16] New York, a glitch in a brand new system

[12:18] leaves some callers on hold as long as 8

[12:20] minutes. And in Chicago, the system cuts

[12:23] some callers off seconds after they get

[12:25] through.

[12:26] >> As for the cell phone problem, it's only

[12:28] going to get worse. With 28,000 new ones

[12:31] going into service every day. Officials

[12:33] say if it's not an emergency, don't call

[12:35] 911. Robert Hager, NBC News, Washington.

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[12:46] the town to evacuate two weeks ago. Last

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[12:55] However, the town's almost 2,000

[12:56] residents will be kept out a few more

[12:59] days for final safety results.

[13:03] Wall Street roared back to its winning

[13:04] ways today. The Dow gaining nearly 99

[13:06] points in very heavy trading for a

[13:08] record close. The Nasdaq up as well.

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[14:56] >> NBC News in depth tonight. A major

[14:58] medical breakthrough involving those who

[15:00] need bone marrow transplants. And

[15:02] something that used to be thrown away,

[15:04] it may now save lives. Bone marrow

[15:06] transplants are being used more and more

[15:08] to treat severe leukemia and other blood

[15:11] disorders. 4,000 Americans have them

[15:13] every year. However, officials estimate

[15:15] that 8,000 die each year because they

[15:19] can't find a matching donor. Onethird of

[15:22] those are children. Well, now there may

[15:25] be a dramatic solution to the problem.

[15:27] NBC science correspondent Robert Bazelle

[15:29] tonight has an in-depth look in his

[15:31] regular Monday Health Watch report.

[15:33] >> Yeah. By the time she was 24 hours old,

[15:37] Alexa Tillis had already made a donation

[15:39] that could amazingly give the gift of

[15:41] life to another person.

[15:43] >> Technicians at Mount Sinai Hospital in

[15:45] New York were able to take blood from

[15:47] the umbilical cord that attached Alexa

[15:49] to the placenta in her mother's womb and

[15:51] store it in a very cold freezer.

[15:54] >> Well, it's a boy baby.

[15:56] >> Until now, umbilical cord blood has

[15:58] always been discarded at birth. But

[16:00] recently, scientists made a remarkable

[16:02] discovery about umbilical cord blood. It

[16:04] can be preserved and later used as a

[16:07] substitute for bone marrow transplants,

[16:09] often the best treatment for leukemia

[16:11] and other diseases. I think the

[16:13] potential here is enormous for patients

[16:16] now who are dying because of lack of

[16:19] bone marrow donors. we'll be able to

[16:22] rescue significant numbers of patients

[16:24] and eradicate their underlying diseases

[16:27] using this source of cells. The bone

[16:30] marrow is the factory that makes up all

[16:32] the blood cells in the body. When a

[16:34] person has leukemia or some other blood

[16:36] disease, usually that means a problem in

[16:38] the bone marrow. Treatment often

[16:40] involves replacing the marrow with

[16:42] healthy cells from a donor. But donors

[16:45] with the correct genetic match can be

[16:47] very difficult to find. Officials have

[16:49] set up a national registry of 2 million

[16:52] people willing to be marrow donors. But

[16:54] even here, doctors find a match less

[16:57] than twothirds of the time. So, how does

[16:59] umbilical cord blood help? It turns out

[17:02] it contains many of the same blood

[17:04] making cells that are needed to rebuild

[17:06] the bone marrow.

[17:07] >> It provides what may be a safer donor

[17:10] source, but certainly is a more

[17:12] accessible donor source um for patients

[17:15] who are needing transplants.

[17:17] 16-month-old Tara Camzole needed a

[17:19] transplant because she has leukemia. Her

[17:22] parents decided on cord blood. Know

[17:24] >> we only have one shot at this and we

[17:26] really felt like we had to make a

[17:28] decision that we'd never look back and

[17:30] say, "What if?"

[17:31] >> She is one of about 200 people around

[17:34] the world who have gotten cord blood as

[17:36] an alternative to bone marrow.

[17:38] >> She's only 2 weeks from her transplant.

[17:40] Her bone marrow is already showing very

[17:42] good evidence that it's growing back,

[17:44] but she will have many more months uh to

[17:47] be followed before we know that her

[17:49] leukemia will not relapse.

[17:51] >> So far, most cord blood recipients have

[17:53] been children. Doctors are not sure cord

[17:55] blood has enough cells for an adult.

[17:58] While the results in children have been

[17:59] promising, many doctors, including

[18:01] Barbara Bayer of Children's Hospital in

[18:03] Boston, urge caution. We don't know yet

[18:08] uh when this will be appropriate and for

[18:11] what patient population.

[18:13] >> For now, only a few places store cord

[18:15] blood. The largest collection of more

[18:17] than 5,000 specimens is here at the New

[18:20] York Blood Center in an experimental

[18:22] program funded by the National

[18:24] Institutes of Health. These samples are

[18:26] available to anyone who needs them. At

[18:29] the same time, a few companies are

[18:30] offering to store infants blood

[18:32] privately to be used if that child ever

[18:34] needs a transplant. The cost, initially

[18:37] about $1,500 and then about $100 A YEAR.

[18:42] >> The Ryans are one of the few families

[18:45] for whom experts say private storage

[18:47] makes sense. Their first son, Danny, had

[18:49] leukemia, a disease that might run in

[18:51] families.

[18:52] >> So, when Adam was born, they decided to

[18:54] pay to store his blood privately just in

[18:57] case. gets his insurance.

[18:59] >> You can't put a price on life. You know,

[19:02] you just can't.

[19:03] >> But doctors say for most [screaming]

[19:04] children, the odds of ever needing the

[19:06] blood are not worth the cost. Still,

[19:08] doctors do enthusiastically agree that

[19:11] if the transplants continue to show

[19:12] promise, a massive program to store cord

[19:15] blood for public use would make a lot of

[19:17] sense. With blood that would have been

[19:20] thrown away, Alexa at this early stage

[19:22] in her life has made a contribution that

[19:25] could save a life now or many years from

[19:28] now. Robert Bazelle, NBC News, New York.

[19:33] It'll be about 3 years before we have a

[19:35] definitive idea about how well all of

[19:38] this works. When we come back, more news

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[21:52] >> NBC Wednesday.

[21:53] >> You have violated Cuban airspace.

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[21:57] >> An American [music] pilot shot down over

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[22:14] >> In Dunlain, Scotland, funerals for four

[22:17] children today as that small village

[22:18] begins burying the 16 children killed by

[22:20] a crazed gunman last Wednesday. At the

[22:23] request of family and towns people,

[22:25] there was no press coverage or

[22:26] photographs of today's services. The

[22:29] enormous media presence there, including

[22:30] our own, now leaving the village, which

[22:33] is asked to grieve in private. In the

[22:36] Philippines, fire swept through a

[22:37] nightclub, killing more than 135, many

[22:40] of them high school students,

[22:41] celebrating the end of the school year.

[22:43] Dozens more suffered thirdderee burns.

[22:46] And Taiwan flexed its military muscles

[22:49] for the cameras today. Its latest move

[22:51] in the war of nerves with China. China

[22:54] had to scrub its own planned exercises

[22:56] today in the Taiwan Straits because of

[22:58] bad weather. Time now for NBC News

[23:01] online. Beyond the day's headlines, the

[23:03] US Postal Service wants you to reach out

[23:05] and touch someone in writing. Remember

[23:08] that they've named this the National

[23:10] Card and Letter Writing Week to

[23:12] discourage Americans rather to encourage

[23:14] Americans to express themselves on

[23:17] paper. Personal cards and letters make

[23:19] up just 4% of all mail delivered by the

[23:22] postal service. The majority of mail,

[23:24] you'll not be surprised to learn, 55%

[23:26] from businesses to households. Yes, that

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[23:33] Vicky Thomas of London tossed a message

[23:35] in a bottle from a place called Bagner

[23:38] Regis in southern England 3 years ago.

[23:40] She was stunned this week when she got a

[23:43] reply from 29-year-old Andrew Fitch of

[23:46] Geraldton, Western Australia. That's

[23:49] 12,500 miles away. The bottle did not

[23:52] come postage due. I'll be back with more

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[23:58] You know,

[23:59] >> I [music] I knew Advil was good, but

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[24:44] guess which cereal will now carry the

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[25:55] >> Why take unnecessary chances?

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[26:01] >> But what really happened? For the first

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[26:10] As anyone who's made it through high

[26:11] school knows, although it may take

[26:13] tremendous talent, time, and dedication,

[26:16] a high school orchestra is not where

[26:18] letter jackets and homecoming kings are

[26:20] found. But NBC's Roger O'Neal found some

[26:22] high school musicians in a tiny Wyoming

[26:24] town who found a way to get everyone to

[26:27] listen and watch.

[26:29] There's a small town like Aftton,

[26:31] Wyoming in every state, 60 miles down a

[26:35] two-lane highway with a church steeple

[26:37] and free coffee refills. D

[26:41] >> where sports gets all the attention and

[26:44] music, well, music gets no [music]

[26:47] respect.

[26:53] >> Please show us some respect. Afton's

[26:56] music director is David Rutherford.

[26:59] >> If in music we want to want to wind up

[27:01] having uh the same recognition that kids

[27:04] in sports do, then we have to do it

[27:06] three times as big, three times as good.

[27:09] >> To get that in Afton, where barbed wire

[27:12] may be better known than Beethoven,

[27:15] >> Mr. Rutherford put on a silent film

[27:17] festival. How many tickets

[27:19] >> with his high school orchestra in

[27:21] accompaniment? [clears throat]

[27:23] >> So that the kids can [music] can get

[27:25] some recognition from their peers.

[27:27] Recognition that they

[27:28] >> with a chance of some light showers late

[27:30] tonight and early in the morning. By

[27:31] tomorrow, it looks like we'll see

[27:32] increased clouds in the east as well,

[27:34] becoming partly cloudy in the south with

[27:36] rain coastal and northern areas of the

[27:38] state. I'm Jason McLeave with your OPB

[27:40] forecast.

[27:45] Today you have become teachers.

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