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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: John Cochran) President Bush's budget proposals featured; record budget deficit noted; scenes shown of Senate Republicans giving Bush a grade on last night's State of the Union address. [BUSH - talks about election year.] [Bush economic adviser Michael BOSKIN - notes effect of passing Bush budget.] [Republican presidential candidate Patrick BUCHANAN - talks about Bush.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Andrea Mitchell) Congressional Democrats' reaction to Bush's budget proposals featured. [Representative Richard GEPHARDT, Senator Ernest HOLLINGS - talk about tax cuts.] Scenes shown from State of the Union address. [Representative Leon PANETTA - comments on election year.] [Senator George MITCHELL - says Congress will act.] [Senator Lloyd BENTSEN - talks about March 20 deadline set by Bush.] [Democratic presidential candidates Governor Bill CLINTON, Paul TSONGAS - talk about Bush proposals.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: Mike Jensen) Bush's efforts to stimulate home buying featured. [Valerie WATNIK, Denver builder John OSBORNE - comment on proposed tax credit for first-time home buyers.] [WOMAN, MAN - talk about proposed revision of payroll withholding plan.] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's comments on the economy; lowering of the Dow Jones average mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Russian President Boris Yeltsin's proposal that the United States and Russia no longer target each other with nuclear weapons, details of his proposed nuclear arms reductions reported. Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Fred Francis) Impact of Yeltsin's proposals on the US featured; examples of expected defense spending cutbacks noted; various scenes shown of military equipment. [Steelworker Dennis WISE - talks about being unemployed.] [Northrop Jeanette SMITH - cites threats to national security.] [Defense Secretary Dick CHENEY - talks about military cutbacks.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Jim Miklaszewski) Overloading of United States refugee system by Haitian refugees featured; scenes shown of United States Coast Guard rescues of refugees, temporary refugee center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Incidence of AIDS among Haitian refugees, President Bush administration policy and Miami federal court ruling on them noted. [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) director Benjamin HOOKS - comments on race issue.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Jury selection in the rape trial of boxer Mike Tyson, scalpers' sales of tickets for seats at the trial reported; scenes shown from Indianapolis, IN, courthouse.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Proposed plans for health care reform featured; details given of national health care plan, President Bush's free market proposal, and "play or pay" plan; scenes shown from Bush's State of the Union address. [Christine and David BRAVO-CULLEN - talk about inability to afford health insurance, health care reform plans.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Russian President Boris Yeltsin's upcoming trip to London and the United States reported. Report introduced.
(Moscow: Bob Abernethy) Yeltsin's effort to project a presidential image on his first foray into world diplomacy featured; scenes of him proposing arms cuts today; September 12, 1989, scenes shown of him on his first United States trip; various other scenes shown. [YELTSIN - (thru translator) talks about his schedule, health and character.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Commentary introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) President Bush's State of the Union address and the Democrats' response given by Representative Tom Foley critiqued.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Death of composer and musician Willie Dixon reported; scenes shown of him performing; his songs mentioned. Rolling Stones member Keith Richards' comment on Dixon noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Denver: Roger O'Neil) Telephone voice mail featured. [NBC reporter Roger O'NEIL - talks on voice mail call.] [First Union bank president Ed CRUTCHFIELD - comments canceling the bank's voice mail system.]
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