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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Day after president election noted. Report introduced.
(DC: Brit Hume) Press conference by President-elect George Bush featured. [BUSH - announces that James Baker will become Secretary of State.] Bush's position on Nicaraguan Contras noted. [BUSH - says he's gratified to be elected; refers to Martin Van Buren, last sitting vice president to be elected president] [On plane, BUSH - talks about yesterday's exit polls; refers to choice of Baker; comments on Senator Dan Quayle.] [President REAGAN - comments on election]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Popular and electoral vote reviewed; figs. shown. Report introduced.
(Boston, Massachusetts: Sam Donaldson) Efforts by Democrats to figure out why Dukakis lost featured; details given. [Democratic national committee chairperson Paul KIRK - says voters wanted status quo.] [DUKAKIS - discusses election results.] Democrat criticism of Dukakis campaign reported [Jesse JACKSON, Thomas O'NEILL, MAN - comment on campaign] Chief criticism said to be Dukakis' failure to respond to Bush's negative advertising campaign [DUKAKIS - responds to Willie Horton case and other aspects of campaign]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Failure of Republicans to win some Congress races despite victories there by Vice President George Bush noted; Senator and House of Representatives alignments outlined on screen. Unsettled Florida Senate race between Representatives Connie Mack and Buddy MacKay updated.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Voter turnout for Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 recalled. Report introduced.
(Studio: Lynn Sherr) Analysis of exit polls explaining Vice President George Bush's victory over Governor Michael Dukakis outlined on screen. Demographics of election reviewed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles, California: Ken Kashiwahara) Controversy over networks' declaring Bush the victor prior to closing of polls in West reported; details given, scenes shown. [VOTERS - complain about projections.] [ABC News vice president Robert SIEGENTHALER - says we report what we know when we know it.] [California secretary of state March Fong EU - says projections make a difference in voting.] [George Washington University professor William ADAMS - says there is no evidence that early projections depress voter turnout.] [Representative Al SWIFT - blames Senate for not passing election law.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tonight's "Viewpoint" on role of media in presidential campaign announced.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Highlights on propositions voted on in election reported; details given of California's approval of proposition backed by Ralph Nader to cut auto insurance rates, of California's rejecting of proposal to make doctors report names of AIDS patients, but passing of AIDS testing plan, of anti-abortion victories in Michigan, Colorado and Arkansas, of MD's keeping of gun control law.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Jeanne Meserve) Selection of James Baker as next Secretary of State reported; details given of Baker's foreign policy background, scenes shown. [Secretary of State George SHULTZ - praises Baker's qualifications.] [Ex- undersecy of State Lawrence EAGLEBURGER - analyzes thrust of new State Department] For. policy issues facing Baker and President-elect George Bush listed; telegram from USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev quoted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Fiftieth anniversary of beginning of Nazi Holocaust against Jews in Germany and occupied Austria noted. Report introduced.
(Darmstadt, West Germany: David Ensor) Kristallnacht, so named for broken glass in street after Nazi rampage against Jewish shops and synagogues, recalled; scenes shown of German chancellor Helmut Kohl making speech in Frankfurt synagogue; Kohl's visit to Bitburg cemetery with President Reagan recalled. Historical film from 1938 incident shown. [At opening of new temple, JEW - recalls 1938 events.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Consumer group's request that FDA (Food and Drug Administration) ban silicon breast implants reported Report introduced.
(DC: George Strait) Possible dangers of breast implants featured. [Public Citizen, Incorporated, spokesperson Dr. Sidney WOLFE - calls for ban.] [Dow Corning Corporation spokesperson Robert GRUPP - says there are no health threats.] Research findings that silicon causes cancer in lab mice detailed. [WOLFE - responds.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Air Force reported beginning general safety inspection of B-1 bombers after crash of plane near Abilene, Texas.; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Former attorney general under Richard Nixon, John Mitchell, reported suffering heart attack; Watergate issue mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: Richard Threlkeld) A look back at some undignified aspects of campaign '88 featured; scenes shown of Vice President George Bush and Michael Dukakis from campaign trail. Senator Lloyd Bentsen shown eating sandwich.
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