This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) The cold winter weather in the East featured; scenes shown of Washington, DC, where the federal bureaucracy was shut down, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Atlanta where water is being rationed, New York City, snowy Kentucky and the icy Ohio River; map shown of cold regions. [NEW YORKER - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Roger O'Neil) Coping with the aftermath of the California earthquake featured; scenes shown of people waiting for assistance, of a van that ran off a severed section of highway and of damaged buildings. [Three PEOPLE, building inspector Bill FOSTER, resident Lesley GALAN - comment.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) Helping the kids cope with the disastrous earthquake featured; scenes shown while the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder are reviewed. [Psychologist Robert BUTTERWORTH - says children need security.] [Four KIDS - talk about how they feel.] [Psychologist Mory FRAMER - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Portland: David Bloom) The evidence linking figure skater Tonya Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly to the plot to attack rival skater Nancy Kerrigan featured; scenes shown of Harding practicing; charges in "The Oregonian" by bodyguard Shawn Eckardt that Harding participated outlined. [HARDING - comments.] Current position of the United States Olympic Committee noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Mike Jensen) The money to be made in figure skating examined; the million dollar jackpots for skaters Sonja Henie, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Katarina Witt, Kristi Yamaguchi and Kerrigan reviewed. The issue of the future marketing of Harding noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The entrance of female student Shannon Faulkner at the formerly all-male military academy The Citadel reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Joe Johns) The Children's Defense Fund's report on the impact of gun violence on America's children examined; scenes shown. [Children's Defense Fund Marian Wright EDELMAN - says children killing children has eclipsed unwanted pregnancies as the crisis.] [Former National Center on Child Abuse director Douglas BESHAROV - links teenage births to the violence.] The report's suggestions outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Signing by Massachusetts Governor William Weld of a law making nonpayment of child support a felony reported.
(Warwick, Rhode Island: Fred Briggs) The Rhode Island story of deadbeat dad James Brindamour, who deserted his family 10 years ago, never paid child support and now wants half of the his late daughter's life insurance, featured; scenes and photos shown. [Mother Rose BRINDAMOUR - comments.] [State family court Judge Howard LIPSEY - cites the law.] [Daughter's FRIEND - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The trial of Lorena Bobbitt reported going to the jury.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Pete Williams) Attorney General Janet Reno's appointment of Robert Fiske to act as special counsel to investigate President Clinton's role in the failed Whitewater real estate deal featured; Fiske's background reviewed. [FISKE - talks about the job; predicts that president and Hillary Clinton will be questioned under oath.] The investigation said to include the Whitewater deal, its links to the failed savings and loan Madison Guaranty and the Capital Management investment firm and the suicide of White House staffer Vince Foster. Position of Senator Robert Dole on separate Congressional hearings noted. [Representative Jim LEACH - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Housing starts figures for 1993 reported. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Orlando: Irving R. Levine) The tall tale of pro basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, whose business opportunities are leading to millions, revisited; scenes shown from Shaq's "I'm Outstanding" music video, from the basketball court and from his coming movie "Blue Chip". [O'NEAL - talks about his businesses and his image as Terminator and Bambi.]
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