This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Reports introduced.
(Miami: Mark Potter) The increasing number of Cubans leaving for the United States despite President Clinton's policy of detaining refugees featured; scenes shown of refugees at sea, being picked up by the Coast Guard and being searched for by volunteer pilots. [US Coast Guard Admiral William LEAHY, Brothers to the Rescue Bill SCHUSS - talk about the refugees.]
(White House: Brit Hume) The administration's position on Cuban refugees examined; scenes shown from Cuba of people heading out to sea and of Cubans reunited at a United States airport. [White House press secretary Dee Dee MYERS - comments.] [Cuban American National Foundation Jorge MAS CANOSA - says the goal is the liberation of Cuba.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Linda Pattillo) The impact of economic sanctions on the people of Haiti now that the military-backed government is holding back the humanitarian fuel shipment featured; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Salesian Fathers water project Father Luk LANNO - (thru translator) laments lack of fuel.] [US embassy spokesman Stanley SCHRAGER - comments.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Redeker) Courtroom hearings in the O.J. Simpson murder case focusing on the handling of evidence featured; scenes shown from L.A. superior court Judge Lance Ito's court. [LAPD criminalists Collin YAMAUCHI, Andrea MAZZOLA - respond to defense questions.]
(Studio: Catherine Crier) The grand jury investigation of the possible criminal activity of Simpson's friend Al Cowlings noted.
(Los Angeles: Brian Ross) The link of Cowlings to Los Angeles drug figure Joseph Ippolito, who has been tied to the Mafia, examined in detail; scenes shown of the figures in question. [Disguised FBI INFILTRATOR - cites the link.] [Cowlings' lawyer Donald RE - defends Cowlings and Ippolito.] [Organized crime specialist Steve BERTUCELLI - talks about Ippolito.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: John Cochran) The bitter partisan Senate debate over the crime bill featured. [President CLINTON - calls for bipartisanship.] Position of Senator Bob Dole on the need to negotiate outlined. [Senators John WARNER, DOLE, George MITCHELL - talk about the bill.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Frontera, California: Judy Muller) The case of battered wife Brenda Aris, who killed her abusive husband in 1986, reviewed. [At parole hearing, deputy district attorney Barbara MARMOR, Aris attorney Chee DAVIS, Rick Aris' sister Linda ROCCIA (Central Intelligence Agency) - talk about Brenda's legal case.] [Her daughter Lucretia ARIS - reacts to the parole board's decision.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Former NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) executive director Ben Chavis reported taking the organization to court to get his job back.
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) Report introduced.
(Moscow: David Ensor) A visit to Russia's nuclear research institute, which may be the source for bomb-grade nuclear material that has been smuggled to Germany, featured; scenes shown from the institute, where scientists are underpaid and security may be lax. [Kurchatov Institution Andrei GAGARINSKY - talks about the scientists' salary and security issues.]
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) A typhoon in Zhejiang Province, China, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Catherine Crier) The story of a lost Rwandan boy named "Nyashe" featured; scenes shown of him being trampled amidst a crowd of refugees. [Relief WORKER - comments.]
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