CBS Evening News - 1995-10-18
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[0:03] Washington. The Nation of Islam [music]
[0:05] leader calls on millions of voters to
[0:08] unite behind him while his critics call
[0:10] for caution. Pain relief without pills.
[0:13] The government endorses some unusual
[0:16] treatments for what ails you and I ought
[0:19] America. We love you. They call
[0:22] themselves the promisekeepers. Maybe not
[0:24] a million men, but getting there fast.
[0:30] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:34] Rather.
[0:35] >> Good evening. [music] The speaker of
[0:37] Iran's parliament late today added his
[0:39] congratulations to Lewis Farrakhan. He
[0:41] said the millionman march on Washington
[0:43] showed that the Islamic Revolution of
[0:45] Ayatollah Humeni has spread to the
[0:47] United States. Earlier, the Libyan news
[0:50] agency said Muar Gaddafi had called to
[0:52] praise the leader of America's Nation of
[0:54] Islam. Farrakhan himself was in
[0:57] Washington calling on followers to
[0:59] register to vote. He's trying to
[1:00] capitalize on the earned success of his
[1:03] march and expand his influence among
[1:05] African-Americans.
[1:07] Remaining his main problem, his own past
[1:11] >> and let it be in a public time.
[1:13] >> At today's news conference in
[1:14] Washington, Perkan called for millions
[1:16] of newly registered voters to march on
[1:19] the polls next year. We will be looking
[1:21] at every major political race in every
[1:25] district
[1:27] >> where black people can make a
[1:30] difference.
[1:31] >> I'm not talking about color. I'm talking
[1:33] about an agenda.
[1:34] >> But just what is the agenda of Louisis
[1:36] Farrakhan? He sees the Washington march
[1:39] as proof that he has entered the
[1:41] political mainstream. But Farrakhan's
[1:43] past has been on the frin