CBS Evening News - 1997-09-17
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[0:00] Six.
[0:07] >> President Clinton scotches the big
[0:09] tobacco deal. He demands major changes.
[0:12] We'll report the impact, including the
[0:14] tobacco industry's reaction. Another US
[0:17] military air crash. Two pilots are
[0:20] rescued from the ocean after their F-16
[0:22] collides with another. The defense
[0:24] secretary says enough. He was born 9,000
[0:29] plus years ago and people are fighting
[0:31] over him. Why and what's at stake in Who
[0:35] Wins in tonight's Eye on America and
[0:38] Tears for a Clown. The life and death
[0:41] today of Red Skelton.
[0:45] >> This is the CBS Evening News [music]
[0:49] with Dan Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:52] headquarters in New York.
[0:54] >> Good evening. [music] The big tobacco
[0:56] industry settlement tonight is in limbo.
[0:58] President Clinton today refused to
[1:00] endorse the months in the making $368
[1:03] billion package. He says it's not just
[1:05] the money, but that the deal needs to do
[1:08] more to stamp out teen smoking with a
[1:11] big new tax on the price of a pack if
[1:13] that's what it takes. CBS News White
[1:15] House correspondent Scott Py broke this
[1:17] story two nights ago on this broadcast
[1:19] and here's now with another report.
[1:22] In the rarified air of the Oval Office,
[1:25] the historic agreement between the
[1:27] states and big tobacco went up in smoke.
[1:30] The president stood with some of the
[1:31] attorneys general who struck the deal.
[1:33] He praised their work, but explained he
[1:36] would not sign on.
[1:38] >> This is not primarily about money. This
[1:40] is about changing the behavior of the
[1:43] United States, both the behavior of the
[1:46] tobacco companies, the behavior of the
[1:47] American people, the future be