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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: John Cochran) The political battle between the Republican Congress and President Clinton over the budget featured. [Representative Newt GINGRICH - wants a 7-year-plan budget plan.] [Senators Bob DOLE, Trent LOTT - criticize Clinton.] Excerpts shown from the Republicans' film clip of Clinton talking about balancing the budget. [Senator Tom DASCHLE - blames "Newt's nightmare."]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) White House announcement that Clinton plans to veto the Republican stopgap measure to keep the government going noted.
(White House: Brit Hume) The debate between the two sides over economic estimates on what it would take to balance the budget outlined; statistics cited. [October 19, CLINTON - sort of backs the Republican budget plan.] [White House press secretary Michael McCURRY - cites figures.] [Last night, Representative John KASICH - criticizes Clinton's figures.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Interview held with a Congressional affairs expert. [American Enterprise Institution Norman ORNSTEIN - says it is only a preliminary skirmish until the Republican Congress agrees on a reconciliation package; points out that Congress cannot override a presidential veto and it could turn into a no-win situation.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Dallas: Dean Reynolds) Multi-million dollar award from the Texas legislature to state government whistleblower architect George Green featured; details given of the investigation that led to Green being charged with a felony for a 13› telephone call after he blew the whistle and his subsequent lawsuit. [Lieutenant Governor Bob BULLOCK, GREEN - talk about the case.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Judicial agreement in the cases of civil lawsuits brought against O.J. Simpson by the families of murder victims Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) buyout plan for its supervisory staff reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report at the American Heart Association on a new type of heart bypass surgery reported.
(No location given: Tim Johnson) Results of a cholesterol study in Scotland examined. [Scotland coronary study Dr. James SHEPERD - suggests the use of the cholesterol-lowering drug provastatin for heart treatment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement that Secretary of State Warren Christopher will return to the United States to stay at the Bosnian peace talks until they succeed or fail reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Israel's arrest of a female law student in connection with the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The connection of the space shuttle Atlantis with the Russian Mir space station shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Ned Potter) The reassessment of the space shuttle program, which has become more complicated and costly than originally intended, featured; details given of the costly nature of the shuttle; scenes shown. [Early astronaut Pete CONRAD, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Gary PAYTON - talk about NASA's cost.] The quest for a reusable launcher to succeed the shuttle detailed; animation shown of the new prototype ships that could be run by private enterprise. The view of some engineers that old throwaway rockets would be the best way to go outlined. [Federation of American Scientists John PIKE, CONRAD - offer differing opinions on the future direction.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: Mark Litke) Japan's fall for the four-wheel drive vehicle featured; scenes shown from "offroado paradisu," a fake wilderness emulating the great American outdoors where Japanese drivers can wreck their own cars every weekend.
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