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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Jim Miklaszewski) President Bush's shift in his appraisal of the economy featured. [BUSH - comments on polls.] White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quoted about the recession; results given of ABC News/"Washington Post" poll on public confidence in Bush, New York Governor Mario Cuomo, the Democrats and the Republicans. [Republican presidential candidate Patrick BUCHANAN - criticizes Bush.] [In teleconference call to Bush's education program, BUSH - comments on helping those who are hurting.] New Hampshire's receipt of a Medicaid windfall; new passport processing center and new federal guarantees for small business loans; plans for Barbara Bush to go to New Hampshire to file Bush's name for the New Hampshire primary noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Arlington, Texas: Jim Cummins) UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) reaction to anticipated General Motors Corporation plant closings featured; GM's expected losses this year and plans to announce actions to cut its losses tomorrow noted; scenes shown of Arlington, Texas, plant likely to be closed. [UAW Mike SEILER, Ella HORTON, Todd SHAVER - comment in favor of making deal with General Motors Corporation to keep their plant open.] [UAW Bob HARLOW - comments against making deal.] [GM Joe SPIELMAN - denies pitting unions against each other, or whipsawing.] [UAW Mark DOUGLAS - comments on whipsawing.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Irving R. Levine) Retailers' use of sales to attract customers featured; scenes shown from stores. [Two SHOPPERS - comment on sales.] [Kitchenware manager Carollee BRODBECK, tie maker Robert DASKAL - comment on practical purchases.] [Shoppers Leslie MANLEY, Terry HORN - comment on discount stores prices.] Increase in retail bankruptcies noted. [President, National Retail Federation Jack SCHULTZ - notes effects of recession.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Today's agreement between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and President Mikhail Gorbachev to dissolve the USSR in favor of the new commonwealth as the new year begins reported. Report introduced.
(Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan: John Dancy) Doubt about the ability of Yeltsin to make good on his assurances about control of Soviet nuclear weapons in the republics featured; President Nursultan Nazarbayev's statement that Kazakhstan will keep nuclear weapons as long as Russia has them noted; scenes shown of him with visiting Secretary of State James Baker. [BAKER - suggests that Yeltsin may have mislead the press.] Baker's push to bring Soviet nuclear weapons under a single unified command, number of Soviet nuclear weapons, potential of ethnic conflict in Kazakhstan noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London: Fred Francis) Need for United States military presence in the Mediterranean Sea area featured; details given; scenes and map shown. [US Navy Captain Kent EWING - predicts political turmoil.] Questions about the status of the Soviet navy mentioned. Intelligence experts reported afraid that Soviet military equipment will fall into dangerous hands. [Southern NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commander Admiral Mike BOORDA - says these are times to be cautious.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Prosecution reported resting its case in the drug trafficking trial of Manual Noriega in Miami.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Golden, Colorado: Roger O'Neil) Efforts by citizens of Golden, Colorado, to stop land development there featured; scenes shown of protester being arrested; excerpts shown from home video and computer modeling. [Neighborhood activist Bini ABBOTT, canyon coalition Sharon FREEMAN - comment on fighting developers.] [MAN, quarry development opponent Jan WILKINS - make speeches against development.] [Quarry developer Ren GOLTRA - comments on involvement of pressure groups.] [County commissioner John STONE - comments on neighborhood activism.]
Tomorrow's "Daily Difference" segment previewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in Palatka, Florida; explosion in a Michigan automobile air bag factory; events at today's Middle East peace talks in Washington, DC, reported; scenes shown from Palatka, Romeo, Michigan, and Washington.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tokyo: John Chancellor) Reasons for Japan's success analyzed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Keith Morrison) Dominican Republic singer Juan Luis Guerra featured; his worldwide popularity noted; concert scenes shown, his song "Bubbles of Love" mentioned; historical footage and current scenes shown of Americans doing the mambo. [GUERRA - talks about his quest for crossover success.] [Musician Susie HANSEN - says singing in English would make the music more accessible to Americans.] [WOMAN - comments on Guerra's music.]
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