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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Jim Wooten) Reconvening of new Congress featured. [Senator Daniel Patrick MOYNIHAN - says Social Security surplus is not government money.] Introduction of new bills by Senators Ernest Hollings and Alan Cranston noted. [Senator Edward KENNEDY - talks about President Bush and Panama.] Relationship between Bush and Congress reviewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Congress noted expected to override President Bush's veto of legislation designed to keep Chinese students from being deported from US.
(Capitol Hill: Sheilah Kast) Debate between Bush and Congress over issue of China featured; scenes shown of replica of Goddess of Democracy outside Capitol. [Representatives John MILLER, Richard GEPHARDT - say veto override will send message to Chinese government and spirit of Tiananmen Square will live again.] [At hearing, Chinese students - express concerns about families.] [Senator Alan SIMPSON - comments.] Lobbying by White House Chief of Staff John Sununu and Secretary of State James Baker on behalf of Bush mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush reported talking about crime and drugs while on the road; scenes shown of Bush touring inner city neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, where residents have been combatting drug dealers.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Flossmoor, Illinois: Chris Bury) Random drug testing of high school athletes in Flossmoor, Illinois, featured; scenes shown. [Student government president Amanda LEVENBERG - comments.] Extent of support for drug policy detailed. [STUDENT, CHEERLEADER, principal Charles SMITH - comment on drug testing.] Legal basis for testing only student athletes noted. [Chicago junior high school principal Linda BOND - defends testing before high school.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Atlanta: Al Dale) Continued investigation of junk dealer Robert Wayne O'Ferrell in connection with the mail bombings that killed judge and civil rights lawyer last month featured; scenes shown from Enterprise, Alabama. [O'FERRELL - says he has nothing to hide; talks about typewriter in question.] FBI raid on O'Ferrell's house yesterday recalled; possible link of O'Ferrell to bomb victim Judge Robert Vance examined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Jim Laurie) Continued confrontations between Azerbaijanis and Russian troops featured; scenes shown from Azerbaijan, USSR . [Soviet foreign ministry spokesman Gennady GERASIMOV - says there are no bodies of people killed by Soviet soldiers on ships leaving region.] Details given of action in capital city of Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR ; scenes shown of people mourning dead. Impact of crisis there on Moscow reviewed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of plans to bring Jews from Azerbaijan to Middle East reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Dean Reynolds) Wave of emigration of Jews from USSR to Israel because of limitations on such immigration by United States featured; scenes shown. [Israeli Knesset member Michael KLEINER - talks about absorbing immigrants.] Issue of where to put them noted. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said suggesting they go to the Israeli-occupied territories; details given of reaction of State Department and Palestinians to that resettlement plan. [Palestinian professor Sari NUSSEIBAH - says a settlement there diminishes chance of peaceful settlement.] [SHAMIR - says this is our country.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg, South Africa: Richard Sergei) Breaking up by police of black student protest about education system in South Africa featured; scenes shown from Capetown, South Africa. [White MAN - describes events.] Campaign by activists to highlight inferior quality of black education reviewed; school scenes shown. [Education minister Dr. Stoffel VAN der MERWE - says schools need to be upgraded, but gradually.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Wife and children of Manuel Noriega reported still inside Cuban ambassador's residence in Panama; details given as to why they may still be there.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Colombian drug cartel leader Pablo Escobar reported sending letter to newspaper stating that he wants to make peace with the government.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Ned Potter) "Green consumerism," people basing their buying habits on how they benefit the environment, featured. [SHOPPER - comments.] [Author of "The Green Consumer", Joel MAKOWER - says people can help on a personal level.] [Council on Economic Priorities Ben CORSON - compares products.] Results of poll on consumers and environmental products outlined on screen. [Marketing consultant Simon WILLIAMS - says this will be a consumer trend of the '90s.] Examples of green consumerism by companies given. [McDonald's Corporation senior vice president Shelby YASTROW, Loblaws Supermarkets David NICHOLS - comment on taking environmental concerns into account.] Green consumerism noted a powerful political force in Europe; examples given. [Environmental Action Jeanne WIRKA - says some products touted as environmentally friendly are still bad.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tomorrow's American Agenda segment previewed.
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