This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: John Donvan) President Clinton's plan to move people off welfare into jobs examined; positions that will and will not be open listed. [CLINTON - announces the government hiring of 10,000 welfare recipients.] [White House policy advisor Elaine KAMARCK - comments on jobs.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The challenge of moving people from welfare to work examined; statistics cited. [Employment Policies Institution Richard BERMAN - says people need a history of working.]
(New Orleans: Carole Simpson) One example of a business using people from the welfare rolls featured; scenes shown from the Marriott in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the Pathways to Independence Program hires, trains and employs them. [Senior project manager Ken TULLY, trainer Brenda WILLIAMS, working mother Lana Tasha TAYLOR - comment on the Marriott project.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Denver: Dean Reynolds) The FBI investigation into racing fuel in the case against Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh featured; scenes shown from a Texas racing track where nitro-methane was purchased by a man resembling McVeigh. [Speedway general manager Gary COX - comments on the inquiry.] [ABC legal analyst Jeffrey TOOBIN - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tonight's special on McVeigh previewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stay of execution in Florida for a convicted cop killer while the state considers replacing the electric chair reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Failure of the witness in the Ennis Cosby murder case to pick suspect Mikhail Markhasez out of a lineup reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The questioning of Hillary Clinton and President Clinton about the Whitewater affair reported. [Hillary CLINTON - answers questions about Webster Hubbell.] [President CLINTON - jokes about Hillary's interview.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Democrats' charges that a Republican-led House committee will be conducting a witch hunt unless it investigates both parties noted.
(Capitol Hill: John Cochran) Why committees in both the House and Senate will be investigating the same campaign finance issues examined. [Senator Trent LOTT, Representatives Tom DeLAY, Gary CONDIT, Senator Fred THOMPSON, Representative Dan BURTON - offer views on why the committees cannot get together for a joint investigation.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Cokie Roberts) The White House strategy vis-a-vis having two committees doing campaign finance investigation outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) The problem of students "ditching" school introduced.
(Los Angeles: Michele Norris) A solution to truancy in Los Angeles featured; scenes shown to illustrate the effort to keep kids off the street and in school by ticketing offenders, assessing fines against them and taking them to court. [LAPD officer Catherine MacWILLIE, truancy hearing Judge David SEARCY, student Jimmy MEJIAS - cite the consequences of truancy.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The spread of the program to 36 California communities noted.
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#172449
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Ada, Minnesota: Erin Hayes) The fight in Ada, Minnesota, for farmers Ken and Wanda Visser featured; scenes shown from his flooded lands where his cows fell into the ice. [The VISSERS - reacts to the river flooding and trying to save their livestock.]
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