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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pete Williams) The controversy over House Republicans' effort to limit damage awards to consumers against corporate defenders in big product liability cases reported. [Defense lawyer Victor SCHWARTZ - talks about the lack of predictability.] The Republican plan for tort management under federal control with damage caps detailed. [Public Citizen president Joan CLAYBROOK - comments on the guaranteed upswing of unsafe products.] [Victim's mother Janey FAIR - says publicity and lawsuits protect citizens.] [White House Press Secretary Mike McCURRY - comments on the hypocrisy of the states rights advocating Republicans' calling for a federally mandated structure.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Transportation Department's issuing of an order requiring the nation's trucks to have anti-lock brakes in an effort to cut down on large accidents examined. [National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Dr. Ricardo MARTINEZ - comments on the good sense of the new law.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: David Bloom) The resumption of the prosecution's case in the O.J. Simpson murder trial reported; scenes shown of defense witness Rosa Lopez in El Salvador and police detective Tom Lange on the stand. [In response to questions from defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, Junior, LANGE - comments on his theories as to who was killed first and on the evidence pointing to O.J.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Capitol: Lisa Myers) Washington's newest gay rights lobbyist, Candace Gingrich, featured. [Representative Newt GINGRICH - comments on his relationship with his half-sister Candace.] [Candace GINGRICH - says she would not vote for her half-brother because of his intolerance of gay rights.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A demonstration at a Republican luncheon in Washington, DC, over Republicans' welfare reform plans and the issue of big cuts in school lunch programs featured. Representative Newt Gingrich noted backing out of the speaking engagement.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Opening day in the fraud trial of former United Way president William Aramony, who is charged with misusing United Way funds for his own gain, reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The Arizona state Power Ball lottery winners Shirley and Don Spence shown holding their one hundred million dollar check.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Iowa City: Robert Bazell) New brain imaging techniques for schizophrenic patients that enable doctors to more efficiently help sufferers examined; scenes shown of schizophrenic patient Dan Faw visiting the university where he used to teach. [University of Iowa psychiatrist Dr. Nancy ANDREASEN - comments on the disease.] [Mother June JUDGE - comments on her two sons.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) In keeping with tradition, First Lady Hillary Clinton's donating of the dress she wore to the inaugural ball to the Smithsonian shown.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The Disney movie "The Lion King", which was released on video last week, reported selling twenty million copies so far.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Rolls-Royce's new Bentley, costing three hundred thirty thousand dollars, previewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tonight's to reinstate the death penalty in New York state featured. [New York Governor George PATAKI - gives his pro-death penalty opinion.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Conjecture and commentary concerning the latest developments in the O.J. Simpson trial featured. [NBC News special consultant Ira REINER, chief legal correspondent Jack FORD - comment on the Simpson case.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Rwanda: Keith Miller) The focus of the United Nations sponsored poverty summit in Denmark on the children of Rwanda reported; scenes shown of Rwandan children, who have suffered immensely this year. [Psychologist Magna RANDALLAN - says they saw their whole families slaughtered.] [Rwandan child "STEVE" - speaks about the killing of his family.]
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