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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Stewart) Attorney General Janet Reno reported calling for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate whether Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy received illegal gifts; scenes shown of Espy. [Former Department of Agriculture official Wilson HORNE - says Espy ordered him to take tough guidelines out of the computer.] Espy's ties to poultry company Tyson Foods mentioned. [Representative Jack KINGSTON - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Bob Schieffer) Heavy lobbying for health care reform featured; scenes shown of Hillary Clinton making personal phone calls to different businesses. [Senators Tom DASCHLE, George MITCHELL, Robert DOLE - offer differing opinions on the issue.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(White House: Rita Braver) President Clinton's politicking for the crime bill that is stalled in the House of Representatives featured. [White House Chief of Staff Leon PANETTA, CLINTON, majority whip Representative David BONIOR, Representatives Bobby SCOTT, Newt GINGRICH - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The ordered investigation by President Clinton into the expensive Spy Satellite construction project; scenes shown from Chantilly, Virginia.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Bill Whitaker) Media access in the O.J. Simpson murder case at a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles featured; scenes shown from the courtroom. [Media attorney Kelli SAGER, Simpson's defense attorney Robert SHAPIRO, prosecutor Marcia CLARK - offer differing opinions on a fair trial and issues of leaks to the press.] Judge Lance Ito cited.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) A Pensacola, Florida, grand jury reported indicting anti-abortion activist Paul Hill on two counts of murder.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Michigan court ruling in the child custody case involving Maranda's mother, who may loose custody because she attends college full-time, reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Today's scheduled meeting between major league baseball players and owners reported canceled and rescheduled for tomorrow.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Miami: Reed Galin) A series of boat hijackings in Cuba by refugees examined; details given of the Coast Guard's discovery of one such boat. [Florida International University Lisandro PEREZ - says we have a political problem here.] Scenes shown of Cuban refugees. [Pentagon spokesperson Dennis BOXX - reacts to Fidel Castro's threats.] Scenes shown from Cuba.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Secretary of State Christopher Warren reported saying a United States invasion of Haiti is not considered for now; scenes shown from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Bosnian soldiers reported overrunning forces of a rebel Moslem commander who had sided with the Serbs in northwestern Bosnia; scenes shown from Sarajevo.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Studies of the AIDS drug AZT and its impact on pregnancy cited; the 10th international conference on AIDS in Japan mentioned.
(New York: Bob Arnot) The issue of long-term survivors with AIDS featured. [Long-term HIV survivor Rob ANDERSON, National Insts. of Health Dr. Anthony FAUCI, San Francisco AIDS office Dr. Susan BUCHBINDER - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Statistics from the Census Bureau on the American family reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Washington: Eric Engberg) The resignation of President Nixon and its implications for American politics after Watergate reviewed; scenes shown of Nixon leaving the White House. [Succeeding President Gerald FORD, August 9, 1974, NIXON, Senate Watergate committee counsel Samuel DASH, Nixon biographer Stephen AMBROSE, Constitutional law scholar Paul ROTHSTEIN, two CITIZENS, Geraldine FERRARO - comment on Nixon, politicians and government.] Scenes shown from the movie "Clear and Present Danger". ["The Boston Globe" Tom OLIPHANT - comments.] [August 15, 1973, NIXON, AMBROSE - comment.]
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