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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Andrea Mitchell) National Rifle Assn. pressure reported stalling compromise on Senate crime bill; details given of National Rifle Assn. objection to assault weapons ban; details of crime bill provisions outlined on screen. [Senator Joseph BIDEN - addresses Senate.] [Senator Bob KERREY - criticizes National Rifle Assn. letters to Senators.] Excerpts shown from NRA commercials. [National Association of Police Organizations Robert SCULLY - comments on assault weapons.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Interview presented with National Rifle Assn. executive director Wayne LaPierre. [LaPIERRE - defends actions.] Senator Kerrey's politics discussed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Natal Province: Richard Wagner) South African President F.W. de Klerk reported ending state of emergency; scenes shown of de Klerk in Capetown, South Africa; state of emergency in Natal, South Africa and some restrictive police powers noted remaining. [De KLERK - gives speech.] ANC leader Nelson Mandela reported visiting Europe to encourage continued economic sanctions against South African apartheid government; scenes shown of Paris. [MANDELA - says it is a victory.] Conservative whites, angry at reforms, noted nearly defeating government's parliament candidate; scenes shown of rally in Umlazi, South Africa. [Conservative party Francis HITCHCOCK - says de Klerk does not have mandate.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Moscow: Tom Pettit) Warsaw Pact meeting in Moscow, reported voting to remain in existence and seek new role in European affairs; Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski and other new Eastern European leaders noted attending; President Mikhail Gorbachev's proposal of united German alliance with both NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Warsaw Pact reported; scenes shown of meeting. [JARUZELSKI - (thru translator) says it's too early for Warsaw treaty funeral.] [Czech President Vaclav HAVEL - (thru translator) comments.] [Soviet foreign minister Eduard SHEVARDNADZE - (thru translator) comments on German reunification.] [USSR spokesman Gennady GERASIMOV - comments on military.] Kirghizia, USSR , unrest with Uzbeks mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ministers' meeting in Scotland reported; US willingness to compromise over unified German NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) affiliation noted; Secretary of State James Baker quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Kur) Michigan medical officials and prosecutors reported investigating case of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's device, which allowed Alzheimer's victim Janet Adkins' to commit suicide. [At radio show, KEVORKIAN - comments on demand for his device.] [With face obscured, multiple sclerosis patient Sherry MILLER - says why she wants to die.] Media attention to Kevorkian and right-to-die issue examined; excerpts from "Geraldo", "Hard Copy" and "Today" shows on subject shown. [Media analyst Robert LICHTER - comments on entertainment/news shows.] [On television show, KEVORKIAN - explains breaking taboo.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan reported accusing animal rights "terrorists" of jeopardizing medical research; Sullivan quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tornado watches reported in effect for parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Report introduced.
(Limon, Colorado: Roger O'Neil) Tornado warning featured saving lives in Limon, Colorado; scenes shown of tornadoes and devastation. [Two VICTIMS - describe experience.] [Amateur video photographer Dave BLANCHARD - describes tornado.] Bruce Huber's spotting of tornado on radar detailed. [Traveler Beatrice VASSICK - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) New computer program developed by National Meteorological Center reported allowing weather forecast to be extended.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Census Bureau announcement of progress on 1990 Census reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Analysis presented of Cold War end merging into technological war start; details given of USSR program to extend fiber optics telecommunications system from Europe to Japan; US government reported not allowing American companies to participate because it is easier for United States to eavesdrop into old system. Representative Sam Gejdenson quoted. Failings in United States government's ideology examined; Japan and Western Europe noted winning new war.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) General Motors Corporation announcement of deal to sell anti- pollution equipment to Soviet auto maker reported; today's General Motors Corporation stock market performance noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Orlando: Noah Nelson) Universal Studios and Walt Disney World-MGM Studios theme parks' competition for tourist dollars featured; details given; scenes shown of Orlando, Florida, theme parks. [Universal Studios Jay STEIN - threatens Disney.] [Walt Disney World vice president Tom ELROD - says Universal business will help Disney.] [Two TOURISTS - comment.]