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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Portland: David Bloom) Admission by figure skater Tonya Harding that she learned about the attack against rival Nancy Kerrigan and did not tell the authorities featured; scenes shown. [HARDING - says she had no prior knowledge, but failed to report what she later knew; wants the opportunity to perform at the Olympics.] Response of United States Olympic Committee executive director Harvey Schiller and the United States Figure Skating Association noted.; scenes shown of her bodyguard Shawn Eckardt and ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, who have implicated her.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) CDC (Centers for Disease Control) report on gun deaths reported; statistics comparing traffic versus shooting deaths from 1968-1991 shown. Information presented on where the risk from deaths is greatest cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) The position of President Clinton's administration in the battle against crime featured. [FBI director Louis FREEH - says FBI agents are needed on the streets.] [Attorney General Janet RENO - comments.] [At Washington, DC, school visited by Vice President Al Gore after gunfire took place yesterday, Dunbar senior Tonya GREEN, GORE, senior Elaina FOULKES - talk about crime.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Statement from Attorney General Janet Reno about 3-strikes legislation reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(No location given: Mike Schneider) The issue of banning handguns examined; scenes shown from the site of the November 28, 1992, barbershop murders in Catonsville, MD. [Victim's son Troy BRODIE, victim's mother Thelma PETERS - recall the murder of their relatives.] Editorial in the "Los Angeles Times" calling for near-total ban on handguns and assault weapons recalled. ["Los Angeles Times" Tom PLATE, Senator John CHAFEE, Emory University Dr. Arthur KELLERMANN - comment on guns and crime.] "New England Journal of Medicine" study comparing homicide rates in Seattle and Vancouver, Canada, where handguns are banned cited. [Two Catonsville MEN, BRODIE - offer views on handguns.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Sara James) Feedback from last night's question on media violence outlined. [Three CALLERS - offer views on censoring violence in art and entertainment.] Internet and fax comments from three responders quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Larry Carroll) New ways of getting there in California after the earthquake featured; scenes shown of people flying and riding motorcycles. [Two FLYERS, Los Angeles traffic operations center Stan HIGGINS, motorcycle commuter Michael TUBBS - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) on the research status of a chicken pox vaccine reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Call from Congress to President Clinton to lift the arms embargo on Bosnia reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Bob Kur) Announcement by Iran/Contra figure Oliver North that he is running for the Senate seat from Virginia against Charles Robb featured; scenes shown of North while his political maneuvers are reviewed. [NORTH - comments.] [Senator John WARNER, political analyst Larry SABATO - point out North's felony convictions and that he lied.] [On "Larry King Live", NORTH - defends his motives.] [Senate candidate James MILLER - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Casting of former Vice President Dan Quayle in a potato chip ad to be shown on Super Bowl Sunday reported; ad shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Jackson, Mississippi: Bob Dotson) The third trial of avowed racist Byron De La Beckwith, charged with the 1963 murder of civil right leader Medgar Evers, featured; artist sketches and historical scenes shown while the case is reviewed. [BECKWITH - jokes about Evers' death.] [After testifying, EVERS - comments.] [Evers' neighbor Pam HAWTHORNE, widow Myrlie EVERS - talk about the case.]
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