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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(NYC: Lisa Myers) Vice President George Bush shown campaign in Cheyenne, Wyoming, day after interview with CBS anchor Dan Rather. [BUSH - comments on interview.] [RATHER -comments on interview.] Bush quoted regarding interview. Interview format discussed. [Last night BUSH - condemns interview as misrepresentation.] [RATHER and BUSH - argue.] [BUSH - refers to Rather's refusal to broadcast] [RATHER - closes interview.] Bush headquarters noted being flooded with calls. [Bush campaign spokesperson Rich BOND - describes calls.] CBS affiliates and New York City center reported receiving angry calls. [KIRO television in Seattle, WA, RECEPTIONIST - explains how computer overloaded.] [Executive CBS News producer Tom BETTAG - defends CBS' stance.] Letter requesting Bush interview quoted on screen. Network spokesperson quoted. [RATHER - comments on interview and Iran/Contra scandal.] [Pol. analyst Kevin PHILLIPS - declares Bush winner.] Bush aides quoted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: John Dancy) Iran/Contra scandal reported haunting Vice President George Bush's campaign [BUSH - dismisses questions.] Bush's role in Iran/Contra scandal reviewed. [BUSH - discusses position.] Bush's meeting with Israeli anti- terrorism expert Amiram Nir recalled; scenes shown. [BUSH - comments on Nir.] Bush aide Craig Fuller's memo noted contradicting Bush's stmts. Fuller's comments regarding meeting quoted. Hostage Lawrence Jenco reported being released before meeting Fuller's memo quoted on screen. Time at which Bush knew of arms for hostages swap speculated. [On July 23, 1987, Secretary of State George SHULTZ - mentions Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and himself were only ones against arms for hostages swap.] [Last night BUSH - says may have left room when Shultz objected.] [Former White House chief of staff Don. REGAN - says doesn't remember anyone at meeting being apoplectic.] [President REAGAN - says Bush wasn't present at meeting] Issue's unresolved nature noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Des Moines, Iowa: Dennis Murphy) Democrat cands. reported bickering during Boston, Massachusetts, debate; details given, scenes shown. [Cands. Albert GORE, Richard GEPHARDT - quarrel.] Polls noted indicating Gephardt, Michael Dukakis and Paul Simon running closely. [SIMON - campaigns.] [Simon campaign spokesperson Pat MITCHELL - comments on campaign] Impact of television ads. discussed. Gephardt's rise in polls noted coinciding with massive TV ad campaign Simon's ads. noted asserting Harry Truman-Hubert Humphrey characteristics. Dukakis' ads. featured; scenes shown. Gore's lack of ads. mentioned. Gore noted sending chartered plane to Iowa offering reporters free ride to Florida. Gore opponent quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Reagan reported changing aid to Contras package Report introduced.
(DC: Andrea Mitchell) Senators quoted regarding President Reagan's aid to Contras package [Senator John McCAIN - doubts lethal aid package will pass Senate vote.] White House concessions illustration and discussed. Reagan reported planning to announce Secretary of State George Shultz will attend Central American peace talks if aid package approved. [During State of Union address REAGAN - denounces Sandinistas.] [Senator Christopher DODD -comments on administration's improving position.] White House officials quoted regarding Contra aid vote.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Nicaraguan ambassador in Washington, DC quoted regarding Reagan's package
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Prime Min. Yitzhak Shamir quoted regarding Palestinians in occupied Israeli territories. "Jerusalem Post" article quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Death toll due to explosion in Las Esperanzas, Mexico, coal mine reported; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced. (Sacramento, California: George Lewis) California's interstate 5 noted one of busiest hwys. in country [California attorney general John VAN de KAMP - says highway is huge drug connection.] Van de Kamp quoted regarding truck stops and drug purchases. [TRUCKERS - say can buy anything at truck stop.] Drug deals noted made over citizen band radios. Drug dealer quoted on screen. Undercover investigation featured. [VAN de KAMP -tells how many arrests made during investigation.] Trucking accidents discussed. Drugs noted playing undetermined role in accidents. Wichita, Kansas, case in which trucker killed deputy by ramming truck into patrol car recalled. Trucker noted having cocaine in possession. Police reports noted indicating increase drug usage by truckers. [TRUCKER - says drugs used widely by truckers.] California officials quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Securities and Exchange Commission reported recommending charges be brought against junk bonds specialist Michael Milken and other members of Drexel Burnham Lambert Group. Milken and firm noted dealing with insider trader Ivan Boesky.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Last night's report revealing Hertz Corporation fraud scandal recalled. Hertz spokesperson reported admitting to overcharging customers for repair work and planning to refund money.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) White House reported claiming overwhelming support of President Reagan's State of Union address. Report introduced
(Studio: John Chancellor) President Reagan's State of Union address featured. Changes in United States during Reagan president addressed; details given. Poll results quoted regarding mood of United States citizens. Next president noted facing overwhelming problems.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) engineers reported finding faults in main rocket engine's seal. Shuttle delays noted being caused by problems.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(NYC: Fred Briggs) Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's career featured. [Voice of WEBBER - comments on work.] New York City opening of "The Phantom of the Opera" mentioned. Scenes shown from show. Lloyd Webber's success detailed; scenes shown. Lloyd Webber's collaboration with Tim Rice on "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" mentioned. Scenes shown from various Lloyd Webber prods. Lloyd Webber's "Requiem" honoring father and exhibiting talents of wife Sarah Brightman discussed. Critics' comments noted. [LLOYD WEBBER - comments on "Requiem".] [Theater critic John SIMON - comments on Lloyd Webber.] ["New York Times" music critic John ROCKWELL - praises Lloyd Webber.] "The Phantom of the Opera" featured. British actor Michael Crawford's performance as Phantom discussed; scenes shown from rehearsal with Brightman. Operatic nature of work noted. [LLOYD WEBBER - comments on opera.] Lloyd Webber compared to Phantom.
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