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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) President Bush's meeting with business leaders, who he has invited to accompany him on his trip to Asia, featured; presence of General Motors Corporation chairman Robert Stempel noted; scenes shown. [BUSH - comments on his trip, his message to the Japanese, new jobs.] [Chrysler chairman Lee IACOCCA - comments on change in administration policy.] Bush's past role in dealing with the Japanese, United States trade deficit drop in October, unemployment filings administration's blame of the news media for consumers' lack of confidence noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) Cutbacks in companies due to overseas competition featured; scenes shown of "America first" demonstrators. [Hughes Aircraft Michael SMITH - says companies offering best value will survive.] Historical footage shown of American goods; overseas competitors and American spending in the 1980's recalled; ways to reduce debt listed; discussion held about when America will get out of the economic doldrums.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Arab owners of BCCI reported pleading guilty to US racketeering charges today.
(New York: Brian Ross) Implications of BCCI plea bargain featured. [Attorney General William BARR - comments on BCCI cooperation in investigation as part of plea bargain.] Scenes shown of former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford and his law partner Robert Altman, who ran the Washington, DC, bank BCCI admitted secretly taking over. [Former BCCI adviser Bert LANCE - comments on CIA involvement.] BCCI dealings of Senator Orrin Hatch, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, American ambassador to Bahrain Charles Hostler, and former President Jimmy Carter mentioned. [In December 1990, CARTER - comments on BCCI.] [Manhattan district attorney Robert MORGENTHAU - comments on investigation.] Elements of plea bargain detailed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland three years ago this week recalled. Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Efforts to develop bombproof airplane luggage containers featured. Research at SRI International to design a wrapper to put around luggage containers to deflect explosions lengthwise and at Omega Engineering to design a container to deflect explosions out of planes reported; details given; scenes and animation shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Corpus Christi: Bill Schechner) Civil lawsuits by rape victims against owners of the property where their rapes occurred featured; details given of rape civil suits of Julie Bliski and Aurelia Garcia; photograph shown of convicted rapist Brian Euwers. [BLISKI - comments on being robbed and sexually assaulted, on her civil suit.] [GARCIA - testifies.] [Rape counselor Maryann BARCLAY - comments on effect of civil suits on rape victims.] [Juror in Bliski case Steve MEWSZEL - comments.] [Owner of management company in charge of Bliski's condominium Annette BERRY - says she feels victimized.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) New York Governor Mario Cuomo's statement on whether he will run in the '92 Democratic presidential campaign; meeting in Italy between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Italian President Francesco Cossiga; Secretary of State James Baker's meeting with NATO counterparts in Belgium reported; scenes shown from New York, Rome, Italy, and Brussels, Belgium.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg: Charles McLean) Convention for a Democratic South Africa to be attended by Nelson Mandela with a delegation from the African National Congress, South African President F.W. de Klerk, and eleven government officials featured; scenes shown. Mandela's rival for black leadership Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi noted pulling out of the convention when his ally Zulu King Goodwill Zelethini was denied participation. [BUTHELEZI - (transcription on screen) comments.] White conservative party and far right Afrikaner Resistance Movement noted refusing invitations to participate; scenes shown of parade. [White farmer Vesels VENTER, white veterinarian Ernest REDLINGHASE - express fear of democracy.] [Far right MAN, WOMAN - comment on blacks.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) National shouting contest today in Japan reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Irving R. Levine) Extravagant gifts featured; details given; stores mentioned; scenes shown. [Sharper Image Brad WHITE - describes electric shaver.]
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