This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Portland, OR: Kelly O'Donnell) Flooding in the Northwest featured; scenes shown of washed out highways in Oregon and of flood readiness in Portland, OR. [RESIDENTS, Oregon state police Bernie GUISTO - comment on the flooding.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Rick Davis) The all-time record high on the stock market announced; scenes shown from the market floor.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Clinton's signing of the new sweeping telecommunications bill reported; scenes shown of the signing ceremony. [CLINTON - praises the bill.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Puerto Plata: Kerry Sanders) The United States Navy's deep water search in the Atlantic Ocean for the Boeing 757 that crashed off the Dominican Republic reported; scenes shown. [NTSB Jorge PRELLEZO, United States Navy Captain Raymond McCORD - comment on the investigation.] Mechanical questions as to the plane's safety examined. [Alas Airlines spokesman Yapur DUARTE - claims the plane was in good condition.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The condition of AIDS patient Jeff Getty, who received a baboon bone marrow transplant, updated.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A government health panel's recommendation that people over 50 get tested regularly for colon cancer reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Robert Hager) The complete revision of communications law as President Clinton signed the new telecommunications act examined. [FCC Reed HUNDT, Nancy and Ken NEWBERRY - say they think the switch will be positive.] The change allowing local and long distance telephone companies and the television and cable industry to compete against each other for business outlined. [CLINTON - says laws have caught up with the future.] The likelihood that telephone and cable rates will initially go up for the consumer noted. The V-chip, which will allow parents to censor TV programming for their kids and implications of bill's section banning indecent speech and nudity on the Internet discussed.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Criticism of the bill by Consumer Federation of America Brad Stillman presented. [STILLMAN - worries about the vastness of collaboration by companies, rate increases for customers and the heavy regulation of new technology.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Des Moines: Gwen Ifill) Ultra-conservative presidential candidate Pat Buchanan featured; scenes shown of religious conservatives in Iowa. [Voter Dawn IDE - thinks the pro-life Buchanan will do well in Iowa.] [BUCHANAN - politicks and responds to Forbes' excoriation.] [FORBES - criticizes Buchanan.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Senators Arlen Specter and Ernest Holling's proposed new law aimed at Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes that would limit the amount of one's own money that could be spent on any given campaign outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) A computer project called "24 Hours in Cyberspace" detailed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Las Vegas: H. Norman Schwarzkopf) Las Vegas firefighters featured. [Paramedic Robin BROWN - gives calming instructions to an injured victim; talks about his job.] [Paramedic Mark WILLIAMS - comments.]
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