This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Lobbying by President Clinton to get support in Congress for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) reported; Clinton's problems with Democrats, labor unions and Ross Perot, who oppose it, outlined. New chief foreign correspondent Garrick Utley introduced.
(Mexico City: Garrick Utley) The economic revolution in Mexico examined; scenes shown of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signing the pact. The impact of American corporate behemoths and US-style Mexican giants on the economy, especially the small store, detailed; store scenes shown. The question raised as to how many American jobs will be lost or created.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The Washington story reintroduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) Clinton's promotion of the free trade agreement featured; scenes shown of Clinton with former presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George Bush, all of whom support the pact. [CLINTON - says it will be a hard fight.] [BUSH, CARTER, FORD - back NAFTA.] [Senator Robert DOLE - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Arraignment of Dr. Jack Kevorkian on another charge of assisted suicide in Michigan reported; scenes shown from Detroit court.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Tallahassee: Mark Potter) Murder in Florida of English tourist Gary Colley and wounding of his wife Margaret Jagger featured; scenes shown. [Jefferson County Sheriff Ken FORTUNE - describes the shooting.] Jagger's call to dispatcher played. [Governor Lawton CHILES, commerce secretary Greg FARMER - react to the crime.] Florida's moves to protect its tourist industry noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plea bargain in the Oklahoma case of Herman and Druie Dutton, who shot and killed their abusive father, reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Official conclusion of the flooding in Saint Louis reported; scenes shown of the river.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Israel and Jordan reported signing a framework for peace while Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin stopped in Morocco; scenes shown.
(State Department: John McWethy) PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat's public relations campaign in the Capitol the day after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord featured; scenes shown of Arafat with American politicians. [Representatives Thomas FOLEY, Gary ACKERMAN - talk about Arafat.] [At the National Press Club, ARAFAT - comments.] His aim of seeking financial support and to change his image noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Protest in Beirut, Lebanon, against the peace agreement shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Amman: Charles Glass) The Palestinians in Jordan and their status in discussions between Israel and Jordan featured; scenes shown from the bridge connecting Jordan and the West Bank. [Palestinian builder Fuad ATTRA, carpenter Hussein AS-SAID - (thru translator) comment on the future.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Government report on infant mortality noted.
(Sacramento: Ken Kashiwahara) The Birthing Project, in which professional black women volunteer to become mentors to poor young black mothers, featured; scenes shown of an actual birth and of prenatal and postnatal care. [Birthing Project mentor Candy GREEN, Phoenix Birthing Project director Linda PARSON, Sacramento public health administrator and Birthing Project founder Kathryn HALL, mentor Deborah JOHNSON, new mother Camille HIGHTOWER - explain what can be done in the project.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: Jeff Greenfield) Rules on sexual behavior at Antioch College featured; clip shown from films "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Tom Jones", "Picnic" to illustrate the subtleties of sexual consent. [Antioch's Dean Marian JENSEN - says consent must be verbal.] [Student Andy ABRAMS, Christian FEUERSTEIN - back expressed consent.]
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