;; CATEGORY "0" "" "" ;; LABEL "O" "Overall" "Overall" ;; ;; CATEGORY "1" "Hub4 Focus Conditions" "" ;; LABEL "F0" "Baseline//Broadcast//Speech" "" ;; LABEL "F1" "Spontaneous//Broadcast//Speech" "" ;; LABEL "F2" "Speech Over//Telephone//Channels" "" ;; LABEL "F3" "Speech in the//Presence of//Background Music" "" ;; LABEL "F4" "Speech Under//Degraded//Acoustic Conditions" "" ;; LABEL "F5" "Speech from//Non-Native//Speakers" "" ;; LABEL "FX" "All other speech" "" ;; CATEGORY "2" "Speaker Sex" "" ;; LABEL "female" "Female" "" ;; LABEL "male" "Male" "" ;; LABEL "unknown" "Unknown" "" bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 0.806084 7.079850 Tonight this Thursday big pressure on the Clinton administration to do something about the latest killing in Yugoslavia bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 7.079850 14.007608 Airline passengers and outrageous behavior at thirty thousand feet What can an airline do bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 14.007608 23.097000 And now that El Nino is virtually gone there is La Nina to worry about One hot and one cold We will take a closer look bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 23.097000 28.647000 bn99en_1 1 spkr_1 28.647000 35.883000 From A. B. C. News World Headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight with Peter Jennings bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 35.883000 38.882133 Good evening We begin this evening with American threats to get more bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 38.882133 71.742000 deeply involved against the Serbs in what is left of Yugoslavia Emphasis on threats Tonight the Clinton administration and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are trying to stop the Serb campaign of violence in the southern province of Kosovo without having to get themselves too deeply involved It is very tricky The Serbs are trying to crush an independence movement in Kosovo and the Serbian leader is not easily restrained Given his promises in the past it is also a dilemma for Mr Clinton First here is A. B. C.'s John McWethy bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 71.742000 76.022817 With villages in Kosovo going up in smoke NATO defense ministers in bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 76.022817 81.095059 Brussels issued the toughest warning yet to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 81.155894 91.852000 stop the killing of ethnic Albanians who live in Kosovo withdraw your heavy forces and begin peace talks or face the possibility of military action by the West bn99en_1 1 spkr_44 91.863121 99.001000 Today we took some important steps to ensure that Mr Milosevic knows that his indiscriminate use of force is unacceptable bn99en_1 1 spkr_3 99.001000 108.532000 The planning is under way and the message is clear and unambiguous to Belgrade Think again change your mind change your tactics bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 108.539925 115.384033 The first step is to be a show of force Sometime in the next week jet fighters and bombers from at least the U. S. bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 115.384033 124.266161 Britain and France will conduct practice air strikes on bombing ranges just across the border from Kosovo in neighboring Albania and Macedonia bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 124.266161 138.068442 At the same time NATO military planners are looking at much tougher options that Pentagon officials say could include air strikes against Yugoslav military and police units There are deep misgivings here at the Pentagon about bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 138.068442 142.745247 the effectiveness of dropping bombs to make diplomatic points and as always bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 142.745247 146.182000 concerns that civilians could be hurt more than soldiers bn99en_1 1 spkr_4 146.182000 155.665401 There are no easy choices to be made here if the (p-) if the (%hesitation) situation cannot be (%hesitation) brought under control in Kosovo all of the options are bad bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 155.762000 166.296580 In Bosnia two and a half years ago the U. S. pushed the Allies into a massive air campaign that eventually drove Milosevic and his Bosnian Serb allies to the bargaining table bn99en_1 1 john_mcwethy 166.296580 177.642000 This time it is the Europeans pushing the United States with the hope that just the threat of air strikes will be enough to make diplomacy work again John McWethy A. B. C. News The Pentagon bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 177.642000 196.039000 President Clinton had another major foreign policy issue on the agenda today that is his pending trip to China He has been under attack by those who say he has abandoned the issue of human rights with the Chinese something he promised never to do when he ran against George Bush in nineteen ninety two A. B. C.'s Sam Donaldson is at the White House Sam bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 196.039000 205.072245 Peter the president basically argued today that getting tough on China over human rights the way his critics want would be like cutting off your nose to spite your face bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 205.072245 210.783273 Before an invited audience at the National Geographic building in downtown Washington the President noted bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 210.790878 214.428000 that a quarter of the world's population is Chinese bn99en_1 1 bill_clinton 214.428000 226.122000 (s-) Seeking to isolate China is clearly unworkable Most important choosing isolation over engagement would not make the world safer It would make it more dangerous bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 226.174905 228.836503 The President said engagement is paying dividends in bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 228.836503 239.081000 cooperation on nuclear non proliferation combating terrorism and international crime environmental matters trade and even he said in the field of human rights bn99en_1 1 bill_clinton 239.081000 253.239547 Seeking to isolate China will not free one more political dissident will not open one more church to those who wish to worship Instead it will limit our ability to advance human rights and religious and political freedom bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 254.116000 258.912548 Mr Clinton said he will press the Chinese leaders on human rights and religious freedom during his visit bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 258.912548 263.178708 but he will attend the traditional welcoming ceremony in Tiananmen Square bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 263.178708 267.962000 even though that is the place where Chinese dissidents were massacred in nineteen eighty nine bn99en_1 1 bill_clinton 267.962000 268.615973 If the choice is bn99en_1 1 bill_clinton 268.615973 275.245000 between making a symbolic point and making a real difference I choose to make the difference bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 275.269962 278.673000 But to some critics the symbolism is the difference bn99en_1 1 spkr_43 278.673000 286.863000 (I-) I fear the symbolism of that visit to Tiananmen Square where nine years ago students were murdered will overwhelm everything else he does bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 286.863000 290.964000 And to other critics this trip itself is being made for the wrong reasons bn99en_1 1 spkr_5 290.980992 300.365000 This is about profits for some large multinational companies at the expense of most products made in America at the expense of our national values bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 300.365000 303.087455 While in Beijing the President intends to go to church that bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 303.087455 316.409000 Sunday to make his point about religious freedom and the next day speak out forcefully at Beijing University on human rights Officials here believe the Chinese will be impressed And hope that his domestic critics will be also bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 316.409000 319.346000 Thank you Sam Sam Donaldson at the White House this evening bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 319.346000 344.083653 There is potentially encouraging news today about Pakistan and India whose nuclear tests have made so many people nervous Today Pakistan announced a halt to its tests and offered to hold peace talks on the disputed territory of Kashmir India responded by saying it is already observing a testing moratorium The news made little impression on the writers and thinkers who publish the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists In Chicago today bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 344.083653 346.159697 they set the hands of the so called bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 346.159697 353.909000 doomsday clock ahead by five minutes symbolizing an increased risk of nuclear war bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 353.909000 357.520914 In just a moment we will have some of the day's other news What is it bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 357.520914 364.920152 that is going on in the air Pilots and flight attendants say that passengers are increasingly getting out of hand And bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 364.920152 369.779471 El Nino might be almost gone maybe gone but what about La Nina bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 369.779471 373.660000 how bad will she be We will take a closer look bn99en_1 1 peter_jennings 373.660000 381.729000 In just a moment as El Nino fades away we will take a closer look at La Nina In other words there is more weather on the way bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 381.729000 388.252000 bn99en_1 1 spkr_1 388.252000 399.007000 From A. B. C. News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight with Peter Jennings Sitting in tonight Charles Gibson bn99en_1 1 charles_gibson 399.007000 402.395439 Good evening As the NATO warplanes roared across the skies near the bn99en_1 1 charles_gibson 402.395439 435.297000 former Yugoslavia today the message was clear the killing must stop The U. S. and its allies in the North Atlantico Treaty Organization launched what they call Operation Determined Falcon to try to convince the Serbs to stop massacring ethnic Albanians in the southern province of Kosovo Diplomacy has not worked and so the dialogue with Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic has shifted to the only thing he seems to respect military might and the threat however credible to use it Tonight's A. B. C.'s Jim Wooten is in the Serbian capital Belgrade bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 435.297000 437.917000 bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 437.917000 460.965781 Early today eighty five combat jets from the U. S. and a dozen other countries thundering off on a muscle flexing mission that took them over Albania and Macedonia well within range of Serb radar but some distance from the Kosovo border All meant to demonstrate NATO's formidable air power and how quickly it can be deployed bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 460.996198 487.338405 Yugoslav President Milosevic the man NATO was trying to intimidate made no public response to the message He did appear with military leaders this morning but Belgrade's government television called it an international scandal condemned by Russia Serbia's traditional ally In a rare foreign trip Milosevic went to Moscow this afternoon for talks with President Yeltsin tomorrow Kosovo is on their agenda bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 487.376428 493.338404 Serb police maintained their roadblocks there today and an army patrol identified this body bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 493.338404 500.517111 as that of an arms smuggler shot delivering weapons to the rebels another fairly typical day in Kosovo bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 500.517111 510.094000 More refugees arrived in Albania joining at least forty thousand others there And here in Belgrade there was some public criticism of Milosevic bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 510.094000 511.738000 bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 511.738000 518.920154 He needs problems in Kosovo these women say to divert public attention from the economic mess in Yugoslavia bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 518.942967 524.365023 Still most people on the streets were focused more on Yugoslavia's World Cup victory bn99en_1 1 jim_wooten 524.365023 533.995000 The mission was over in about four hours Message delivered The question is whether anybody here heard it or believed it Jim Wooten A. B. C. News Belgrade bn99en_1 1 charles_gibson 533.995000 548.071000 If president Milosevic did not get the message the Clinton administration is hoping that Boris Yeltsin will be able to straighten him out when he meets with the Serbian leader in Moscow tomorrow A. B. C.'s Sam Donaldson is in Washington tonight At the White House Sam bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 548.638785 550.250953 That is right Charlie The administration is bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 550.250953 571.566543 pinning its latest hopes for defusing the Kosovo crisis on Boris Yeltsin hoping that when they meet tomorrow Yeltsin can get the job done with Milosevic This morning President Clinton phoned Yeltsin and had a forty minute conversation aides described as excellent during which the two agreed Yeltsin would talk tough to Milosevic bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 571.566543 573.903000 Press secretary Mike McCurry put it this way bn99en_1 1 mike_mccurry 573.992397 583.580000 President Yeltsin indicated that he was going to do everything he could to convince (%hesitation) Mr Milosevic of the precariousness of (%hesitation) Serbia's position bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 583.580000 584.601000 bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 584.601000 594.190116 But everything does not include Russia's backing of the threat of force Russia opposes NATO using force in the Balkans and Milosevic knows it So McCurry had to say that despite bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 594.190116 599.931560 Russia's objection a U. N. resolution authorizing the use of force might still be necessary bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 599.931560 605.581749 And as for Russian defense minister Sergeyve's public complaint that no one had given Moscow advance notice bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 605.604563 607.832701 of the weekend NATO exercises bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 607.847910 610.996000 state department spokesman Jamie Rubin had to dispute that bn99en_1 1 jamie_rubin 611.110268 620.766000 The Russian (e-) authorities were well aware of what NATO was planning and and we were (s-) somewhat surprised therefore at their expressions of of shock bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 620.904945 630.836506 The hope here is that Yeltsin will make an impact on Milosevic but that may not be enough Milosevic has a history Charlie of not backing down until he is forced to bn99en_1 1 sam_donaldson 630.836506 632.780000 and that has not happened yet bn99en_1 1 charles_gibson 632.780000 640.398000 When we come back is independent counsel Kenneth Starr making his own job a lot harder We will take A closer look bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 640.398000 660.821000 Only minor injuries are reported from a series of tornadoes that struck central Indiana overnight There was widespread damage to buildings The Indianapolis area was hard hit A tornado blew out the back wall of a day care center minutes after it closed Tornadoes were also spotted in southeastern Nebraska bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 660.821000 666.755000 The extended weather forecast for the U. S. is coming up at thirty eight after the hour bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 666.755000 695.016000 Helicopter crews have rescued the climbers who remained on Mount (%hesitation) Rainier in Washington after being swept over a cliff by an avalanche Authorities say one climber died after dangling for several hours Five were injured with broken bones or hypothermia The group was swept into a crevice Saturday when the avalanche slammed into two climbing parties Members of the other party managed to stop their slide and escaped serious injury bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 695.016000 701.650192 Negotiators for General Motors and the United Auto Workers are trying to resolve strikes at two G. M. plants in Flint Michigan bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 701.650192 703.954376 Workers struck the second plant bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 703.984794 705.939168 yesterday They joined bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 705.939168 708.114069 thirty four hundred workers from another bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 708.114069 709.399241 Flint plant who walked off bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 709.399241 711.247148 the job last week bn99en_1 1 lyn_vaughn 711.247148 728.339000 One analyst says if General Motors cannot resolve the strikes by the end of next week all twenty eight of its North American plants could be idled That would affect three hundred thousand workers The union accuses G. M. of planning to move jobs from the United States overseas bn99en_1 1 susan_lisovicz 728.387836 736.068441 The world's oldest business is getting a boost thanks to the widely sold impotence drug Viagra A brothel in Nevada reports business bn99en_1 1 susan_lisovicz 736.068441 749.094000 is increasing and the owner attributes the growth to Viagra But according to the Nevada brothel owner's association the effect of Viagra's (e-) impact on the business is all hype and amounts to less than one percent of the increase in business bn99en_1 1 susan_lisovicz 749.475286 757.153000 For all the latest market news check out our web site at C. N. N. F. N. dot com you can use the site to get stock quotes and all the day's business news bn99en_1 1 susan_lisovicz 757.153000 763.149000 And now back on Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial is down seventy points The NASDAQ composite down twenty one bn99en_1 1 susan_lisovicz 763.171103 765.439000 That is Dollars and Sense back to you Lynn bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 765.439000 773.007000 bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 773.007000 777.655000 From the C. N. N. center in Atlanta it is Tuesday June twenty third and this is early edition bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 777.655000 784.296581 bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 784.296581 785.164000 All right Dave thank you bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 785.164000 790.904943 More news out of Florida now A man there says he is talking with his attorney about whether to appeal a court's decision that bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 790.904943 813.360000 threw out his verdict against a tobacco company Grady Carter won a seven hundred and fifty thousand dollar verdict against Brown and Williamson back in nineteen ninety six but a Federal appeals court yesterday in Tallahassee overturned that verdict The court says Carter who blamed the tobacco company for the lung cancer he developed after smoking for forty four years waited too long to file that suit bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 813.589357 815.305000 Seventy thousand dollars bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 815.305000 817.030000 You said it right lucky bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 817.030000 818.339000 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 818.363000 826.262000 A check of weather now with Dave Hennen Seems like we have talking about this for a long time now Trying to get the folks in Florida some wet weather Apparently not going to happen though bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 826.262000 826.841000 Dave bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 826.841000 916.800000 Yeah not real good chances and unfortunately what happens is when we do get wet weather in through Florida it is in the form of thunderstorms and so we get some rain but we also get lightning which starts new fires so kind of a catch twenty two with more thunderstorms in the forecast in parts of Florida today (%hesitation) Not a lot of activity though most of the heavier rain back to the Midwest at this hour and one severe thunderstorm watch box remains in effect (s-) central Missouri This line of storms move through the Kansas City area producing severe weather (%hesitation) winds up to eighty miles per hour at the airport in Kansas City and numerous reports of trees down and some wires down with some of those storms There was a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for these storms in Nebraska that has since expired So thunderstorms beginning to settle down a little bit now but later on this afternoon again may find some more severe thunderstorms and (th-) still some heavy rains occurring parts of Kentucky and back through Tennessee Here is the area we are outlining today for the threat for severe thunderstorms including Des Moines in through St Louis and again Kansas City another round of storms possible later on today up as far as the Twin Cities and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (t-) could see some strong to severe thunderstorms as well Heat will be a problem today once again (%hesitation) We do have heat advisories (%hesitation) in effect Again there were a number of record highs yesterday In Melbourne they set a record once again the eighteenth day this month They have had record high temperatures And looking for (%hesitation) some very warm conditions not only the Southeast but (%hesitation) back in through parts of the plains today Little Rock under heat advisory as is the case (%hesitation) with (%hesitation) (h-) heavy rains and flooding possible back through Missouri and into Iowa bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 916.800000 923.860000 bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 923.860000 928.399000 Hot weather hot flames and today brings more of the same bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 928.399000 932.550000 And China prepares for President Clinton's visit We will have details bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 932.550000 949.734000 bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 949.734000 953.461000 From C. N. N. headquarters in Atlanta this is Early Edition We are glad to have you join us I am Donna Kelley bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 953.505706 958.676000 And I am Bill Hemmer good morning once again in today for Leon Harris Quick check of our top stories now on this Tuesday morning bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 958.676000 976.187000 A hijacker who took a Spanish airliner with a hundred and thirty people on board is in custody The lone hijacker started releasing passengers shortly after landing in Valencia The Iberia Airlines jet was en route from Seville to Barcelona No one was hurt in that hijacking overseas bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 976.187000 985.406846 Wildfires that have raged across all but one of Florida's counties this month are expected to regain strength today as the heat builds Yesterday was a tough day for bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 985.406846 990.114071 firefighters with twenty thousand acres burning An average of eighty new fires bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 990.114071 995.057036 every day are being reported Most started by lightning More than a hundred homes and other buildings bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 995.057036 998.446000 so far have been damaged because of those wildfires bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 998.446000 1112.637000 That is right (%hesitation) taking you into (%hesitation) Missouri this morning some problems reported if you are traveling around the Kansas City area reports of I. seventy that is right there through downtown Kansas City (%hesitation) is closed in some spots because of flooded underpasses See numerous basements (%hesitation) flooded as well in the Kansas City area and wind gusts as strong as eighty miles per hour as this cluster of storms move through right there through the Kansas City area Now back in through Northeastern sections of Missouri It is going to move through the northern suburbs of St Louis in the next couple of hours and could cause some damaging winds as it continues to track off towards the northeast Still a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until ten central time in through much of Northern Missouri They are talking about extending this watch box a little bit farther towards the east as well into Illinois We will continue to watch that over the next couple of hours Temperatures today very hot in the Gulf coast region once again ninety plus (%hesitation) nearing one hundred again parts of South Georgia back in through North Florida where the fires remain it is going to be a very hazy day because of all the smoke and looking for temperatures to continue to be hot too in Texas Coolest weather in the Pacific Northwest only into the sixties Temperatures into the eighties in through parts of the Northeast Forecast later today on into Wednesday low pressure is moving through the Midwest triggering those showers and thunderstorms and we are going to see some wet weather in the Northeast as well but high pressure remains in control over the weather over the Southeast and that is going to continue on into Thursday with for the most part dry weather maybe a thunderstorm or two in Florida The big story here look at the heat nineties all the way up into the prairie lands of Canada and then (%hesitation) one hundreds continue to expand in the Southwestern U. S. Be some showers in the Pacific Northwest on Thursday By Friday scattered showers and storms in the east and along the Gulf Coast we begin to see some rain There is a lot of tropical moisture out in the central Gulf of Mexico We think some of that is going to migrate northward and produce the thunderstorms by later on in the week Temperatures remain very hot right on into Saturday most of the eastern half of the U. S. bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 1112.637000 1113.391637 Let us take a look now bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 1113.391637 1115.378000 at some forecasts and then we will check the airports bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1115.378000 1127.771000 bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 1127.771000 1132.288978 Here is your business traveler's advisory A busy one today let us begin in the eastern U. S. bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 1132.288978 1166.524000 some fog and hazy conditions could delay Atlanta travelers today Boston low ceilings and possible delays same story in Newark In Philadelphia we have some fog reported this morning and there were delays at Dulles Airport in Washington those are beginning to improve Into the Midwest we do have (%hesitation) some thunderstorms at least possible today in Chicago That will cause some rerouting and delays and expect delays Kansas City and St Louis because of thunderstorms Into the West delays today include Denver with some low clouds L. A. San Francisco low clouds and some fog this morning and Seattle low clouds drizzle and fog are possible throughout the day bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 1166.524000 1169.924659 Forty two minutes past the hour Early Edition will return in just bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 1169.924659 1171.346000 a moment bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 1171.346000 1178.638000 Well a massive pile of garbage from Philadelphia dumped in Haiti more than a decade ago may soon be heading back to the U. S. bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 1178.638000 1184.321000 C. N. N.'s Bruce Burkhardt reports on a long strange journey and what it will take to settle this situation bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1184.321000 1192.152800 The people in Gonaives Haiti a walk on beach is not a pleasant experience They stroll in the shadow of a huge bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1192.152800 1223.019718 pile of garbage and it is not even their garbage It came from Philadelphia More than ten years ago ash from Philadelphia's municipal waste incinerator left U. S. shores looking for a dumping ground The ship Khian Sea traveled for almost two years looking for a resting place for the ash It was turned away from several countries who did not want to be the garbage bin for another nation's waste The Khian Sea finally unloaded four thousand tons of the ash in Gonaives Haiti bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1223.019718 1232.398000 after claiming it was harmless fertilizer The waste laced with lead cadmium and other toxic substances is still there ten years later bn99en_1 1 antoine_adrian 1232.860021 1256.882835 Think only of what would happen if somebody will go to the Golden Gate and dump garbage on the Golden Gate It will be an outrage in the U. S. But tiny Haiti little Haiti has no right to have bn99en_1 1 antoine_adrian 1256.882835 1263.470000 its sites its (beauti-) this beautiful county protected by by any law bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1263.470000 1272.647093 The shipping company has agreed to pay about half of the tab for bring the ash back to the U. S. Governments of Haiti and Philadelphia have each agreed to bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1272.647093 1276.867628 chip in about a tenth of the total Environmentalists say in Philadelphia's case bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1276.867628 1278.105000 that is not enough bn99en_1 1 ann_leonard 1278.105000 1294.099000 And there is three main reasons why we think Philadelphia needs to pay First is it is their waste It is municipal waste from the city and it is the government's responsibility to ensure that municipal waste is handled safely Second they never paid for the disposal ten years ago And finally they have a budget surplus now bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1294.168005 1308.365725 Philadelphia says it has no legal obligation to give any money to the garbage relocation effort and that it has been generous in agreeing to chip in at all Environmentalists say they are about a hundred and fifty thousand dollars short of being able to bring this garbage back home bn99en_1 1 bruce_burkhardt 1308.365725 1322.162000 Meanwhile the U. S. is the only industrialized nation that has not ratified the Basel convention which bans export of hazardous waste to developing countries Bruce Burkhardt C. N. N. reporting bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 1322.162000 1332.228842 There is a new retirement home on the outskirts of Vienna Austria but it is not your usual home for the aged It is an official elephant sanctuary for sick and elderly animals from circuses and zoos bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 1332.228842 1334.320098 The center is in a safari park bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 1334.320098 1340.265000 The first three elephants in the center arrived from a French zoo three months ago They had been scheduled to go to a zoo bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1340.265000 1347.252000 bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 1347.252000 1352.320097 The fear and the flames we will look at the numbers and the faces as fires ravage bn99en_1 1 donna_kelley 1352.320097 1360.021000 the Sunshine State A question of territory Why was a North Korean submarine in South Korean waters (w-) bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1360.021000 1367.024000 bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1367.024000 1375.196000 The president in China Today brings new events and using the president's words disturbing news about human rights bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 1375.196000 1381.587000 Susan McDougal wakes up a free woman today we will talk about her early release and her next move bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1381.587000 1382.817000 bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1382.817000 1384.601466 Fire and fear bn99en_1 1 spkr_88 1384.650000 1385.200000 It is almost like bn99en_1 1 spkr_88 1385.200000 1389.191000 if you leave you feel like (e-) you are really saying it is going to happen bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1389.191000 1391.902328 Flames chase away reluctant homeowners as wild bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1391.902328 1394.534250 fires continue to sweep across Florida bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1394.534250 1400.964250 bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1400.964250 1415.883000 From the C. N. N. center in Atlanta it is Friday June twenty sixth and this is Early Edition Good morning welcome I am Miles O'Brien in today for Leon Harris bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 1415.883000 1419.373000 And I am Bill Hemmer good morning as well in for Donna Kelley nice to have you with us bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 1419.373000 1436.879000 Twelve minutes now past the hour The Boulder Colorado district attorney is pushing back the date he has set to decide whether to present the JonBenet Ramsey murder case to a grand jury Alex Hunter says that he needs more time to study this week's interviews with Ramsey family members C. N. N.'s Greg LaMotte now from Boulder bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1436.879000 1439.471000 bn99en_1 1 greg_lamotte 1439.471000 1452.685116 With a possible grand jury investigation looming John and Patricia Ramsey ended their self imposed silence and spent three days being interviewed separately by investigators with the Boulder County district attorney's office In addition bn99en_1 1 greg_lamotte 1452.685116 1461.384737 their eleven year old son Burke was also interviewed a few weeks ago in suburban Atlanta regarding the death of his six year old sister JonBenet bn99en_1 1 greg_lamotte 1461.384737 1468.380932 For John and Patricia Ramsey it was their first formal interview with investigators since talking with police in April of nineteen ninety seven bn99en_1 1 greg_lamotte 1468.380932 1501.673710 Their daughter was killed December twenty six nineteen ninety six Her beaten and strangled body was found in the basement of the Ramsey's Boulder home The Ramseys accuse police of zeroing in on them as the only suspects and as a result all but ended any cooperation with police For months however the couple has said it would be willing to cooperate with investigators from the district attorney's office On June first police handed the case over to the D. A. and less than two weeks later the Ramseys made their son available to be interviewed and then traveled to Colorado to be interviewed themselves bn99en_1 1 greg_lamotte 1501.742151 1513.415156 District attorney Alex Hunter is believed to be nearing a decision about whether to present the JonBenet Ramsey case to a grand jury Police formally asked the D. A. to empanel a grand jury to help in the investigation bn99en_1 1 greg_lamotte 1513.437970 1535.868000 Police indicated they wanted the subpoena power of the grand jury to force the testimony of reluctant witnesses which may have included the Ramseys Following the most recent interviews the District attorney says he is still leaning toward presenting the case to a grand jury despite describing the Ramseys as fully cooperative during the interview process Greg LaMotte C. N. N. Boulder Colorado bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1535.868000 1568.304000 Almost thirty five years ago a twenty six second film captured the attention of a stunned nation and now copies of the film Abraham Zapruder made of President John Kennedy's assassination in Dallas are going on sale The Washington Post reports today the film will be available at video stores beginning in August The forty five minute production includes historical narratives and interviews The original video has been kept at the national archives since the nineteen seventies The family the Zapruder family is in a dispute with the government over its ownership bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 1568.563442 1575.131000 Now fourteen minutes past the hour this Friday morning Still ahead here in C. N. N.'s Early Edition Dave Hennen'll be along a check of the weather outside coming up for you bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1575.131000 1580.832000 There was some relief overnight in Florida but fires continued to burn We will have a live report from there stay with us bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1580.832000 1584.148000 bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1584.148000 1594.403749 Rockwell is expected to announce it is cutting one in ten jobs The Wall Street journal says that amounts to about forty eight hundred employees Rockwell blames a slowdown in part bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1594.403749 1595.590061 due to the Asian economic bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1595.590061 1596.899000 crisis bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1596.899000 1606.464584 And economic news coming out of the president's trip to China treasury secretary Robert Rubin praised China for maintaining the value of its currency as the Japanese yen was plunging bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1606.464584 1612.189000 in Beijing Rubin said the U. S. continues to monitor the timing of efforts to shore up the yen bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1612.221237 1623.577000 A steady open indicated for the Dow industrials after they gave back a triple digit rally to close just eleven points higher The NASDAQ lost fourteen points as people took profits bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1623.577000 1624.266864 That is bn99en_1 1 deborah_marchini 1624.266864 1629.245000 the latest in business and financial news I am Deborah Marchini in New York Back to Bill and Miles at C. N. N. center bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 1629.245000 1630.682000 All right Deborah thank you bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 1630.682000 1636.689000 Again as the President travels through China he is being immersed in a culture with very different approaches to business bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1636.689000 1643.932266 Mr Clinton's visit could encourage more travel to China With that in mind C. N. N.'s Stephanie Oswald has some advice on planning a business trip bn99en_1 1 miles_obrien 1643.932266 1648.776373 to China in today's business travel and beyond report bn99en_1 1 stephanie_oswald 1649.141388 1661.651125 Most travelers headed to Asia these days are going to China According to Chinese tourism officials more than seven hundred thousand Americans are expected to visit this year Deborah Valentine author of bn99en_1 1 stephanie_oswald 1661.651125 1665.202227 Crosstalk a guide to multicultural communications says bn99en_1 1 stephanie_oswald 1665.202227 1669.870000 doing homework before you go can help the trip and business deals run smoothly bn99en_1 1 deborah_valentine 1669.870000 1670.495003 The most bn99en_1 1 deborah_valentine 1670.495003 1679.750000 important source is your U. S. Department of Commerce They can arrange (%hesitation) contacts for you They can provide printed matter for you to read before you bn99en_1 1 deborah_valentine 1679.750000 1680.275000 go bn99en_1 1 stephanie_oswald 1680.275000 1688.783978 Vern Yip searches the Chinese countryside looking for antiques some of which will end up in an Atlanta restaurant he is helping to design called Fuse Box bn99en_1 1 stephanie_oswald 1688.783978 1693.467000 He says a business trip in China is much different from one in the United States bn99en_1 1 vern_yip 1693.467000 1694.928463 I think when you go over there bn99en_1 1 vern_yip 1694.928463 1708.257000 you need to be prepared to not necessarily be (%hesitation) discussing business right away I think you need to sort of be open to the fact that (%hesitation) sometimes small talk is required Sometimes they really want to get to know you bn99en_1 1 stephanie_oswald 1708.257000 1711.959000 American hotel chains are capitalizing on business travel to China bn99en_1 1 spkr_59 1711.959000 1720.873000 We have opened ten hotels there in January and another twenty to thirty will open by midyear making Days Inn truly the largest franchised hotel chain in China bn99en_1 1 stephanie_oswald 1720.873000 1737.640000 The President's state visit could prompt even more travel to China The world tourism organization predicts China will be the most popular tourist destination in the twenty first century with more than fifty nine million visitors expected by the year twenty twenty Stephanie Oswald C. N. N. bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1737.640000 1740.145193 bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1740.145193 1787.256000 Today is June sixteenth and the perfect day to go to Davy Byrne's pub in Dublin Ireland and order up a Gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of Burgundy that is precisely what Leopold Bloom did ninety four years ago today according to Ulysses James Joyce's classic novel Of course today that Gorgonzola sandwich and wine will run you more than the seven pennies that Mr Bloom paid more like eight bucks And Davy Byrne's bar is pretty crowded today as Dubliners celebrate Bloomsday the way that Ulysses' famous protagonist did But while that bar is still standing other Ulysses landmarks have surrendered to Dublin's economic boom Robert Nicholson is the curator of the James Joyce museum in Dublin and Mr Nicholson you are right now in the Martello tower which is a building where James Joyce once lived and wrote and also where Ulysses begins is that correct bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1787.256000 1795.798000 That is right I am afraid he did not get much writing done here because he was only here for six days but the six days certainly made a terrific impact on him bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1795.798000 1804.652000 And he did do a lot of traveling around I wonder if you can speak about the travels of the protagonist Leopold Bloom specifically on Bloomsday are many of them still standing now bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1804.652000 1814.183000 Basically all the public buildings mentioned in Ulysses are still there Davy Byrne's which you mentioned is still alive and thriving though it has been thoroughly redecorated bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1814.183000 1823.157000 And the Clarence hotel I understand (%hesitation) has been bought and refurbished by the Irish rock band U. two (an-) and is now (%hesitation) occupied by Irish yuppies and designer beers bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1823.157000 1825.088157 Exactly Yes and Barney bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1825.088157 1826.866000 Kiernan's is now a hairdressers bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1826.866000 1827.194622 a bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1827.194622 1827.853000 hairdressers bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 1827.853000 1828.774000 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1828.774000 1830.697000 (i-) (e-) do you find that kind of sad in a way bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1830.697000 1838.404000 I suppose I do I mean you would love to be able to just find all these things exactly as Joyce wrote about them though it is an impossible dream bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1838.404000 1844.265000 Now that Dublin is booming have fortunes risen once again for James Joyce and Ulysses as well bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1844.265000 1860.444000 (%hesitation) yes (%hesitation) James Joyce is I suppose very much a commodity that (%hesitation) people are making money out of him and people discovered that James Joyce wrote about the place they work in so it is actually something to celebrate whereas maybe fifty years ago it was something to be deeply embarrassed about bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1860.444000 1863.018000 And and not particularly well received there in Dublin bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1863.018000 1887.752000 I think they were to a certain extent embarrassed because in all his books he writes loosely about Dublin and the Dublin he knew and he mentions real people real places real situations Most of what people were used to in Dublin was the glorious Irish literary revival which glorified the past and here was Joyce taking the rather more recent past and doing nothing at all very glorious with it bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1887.752000 1892.899000 Would you care to perform (m-) (%hesitation) your favorite passage for an American audience now bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1892.899000 1936.478000 Well I will read you a brief piece which describes breakfast in the Joyce tower Kinch wake up Bread butter honey Haines come in The grub is ready Bless us (%hesitation) Lord and these thy gifts Where is the sugar (%hesitation) Jay there is no milk Stephen fetched the loaf and the pot of honey and the butter cooler from the locker Buck Mulligan sat down in a sudden pet Haines sat down to pour out the tea I am giving you two lumps each he said But I say Mulligan you do make strong tea do not you Buck Mulligan hewing thick slices from the loaf said in an old woman's wheedling voice When I makes tea I makes tea as old mother Grogan said And when I makes water I makes water So I could go on like that but bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1936.478000 1940.092000 I think that was great and and it is wonderful for the ear as well bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1940.092000 1943.418000 Well yes I think Ulysses helps to be read aloud bn99en_1 1 lisa_mullins 1943.418000 1948.549000 Robert Nicholson is the curator of the James Joyce museum in Dublin happy Bloomsday bn99en_1 1 robert_nicholson 1948.549000 1950.550000 Happy Bloomsday to you bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1950.550000 1957.444000 bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 1957.444000 1973.072950 Fewer new cars on the road and fewer people at work The G. M. strike hits America where it hurts the bank account Swiss banks put a dollar amount on the pain of Holocaust victims But will it be enough bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1973.072950 1977.567246 bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 1977.567246 1979.846000 Do nuclear weapons have a good side bn99en_1 1 spkr_50 1979.846000 1983.763000 Nuclear weapons are not weapons of war they are political weapons bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 1983.763000 1991.339110 And In the South of France a lighthearted philosophy rules the day bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1991.339110 1993.719339 bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 1993.719339 1996.094375 The World Cup party continues bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 1996.094375 2001.557000 bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2001.557000 2003.889000 It is Friday June nineteenth bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2003.889000 2007.704128 From the C. N. N. center in Atlanta this is C. N. N. Morning News bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 2007.704128 2013.217000 bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2013.217000 2014.310000 Here is Daryn bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2014.310000 2015.125000 Good morning bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2015.125000 2016.018000 I am Bill Hemmer thanks for being bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 2016.181000 2017.412000 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagen 2017.412000 2018.049000 happy to be here bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 2018.049000 2022.523375 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2022.523000 2039.696524 The effects of the strike against General Motors now stretch from the assembly line to the showroom floor The G. M. plant in Doraville Georgia is among the latest to close It is the only G. M. factory that makes minivans The strike has now idled operations at twenty one assembly plants and eighty eight parts plants bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2039.696524 2041.148997 and as C. N. N.'s Ed bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2041.148997 2046.535000 Garsten reports car dealers and car buyers are beginning to feel the effects bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 2046.535000 2048.439000 bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2048.439000 2055.681312 Dave Lapine and his family were looking desperately for a Pontiac Transport minivan They found this one but it was not easy And they did not bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2055.681312 2056.893000 have much of a choice bn99en_1 1 dave_lapine 2056.893000 2059.308000 Well because of the strike and they cannot get them in bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2059.308000 2068.048000 You bet says Russ Shelton who owns the dealership where the Lapines found their Transport His lot is almost empty with less than a thirty day supply bn99en_1 1 russ_shelton 2068.048000 2073.468000 This time of year (%hesitation) there would be a whole bunch of cars all the way to the fence actually double parked and triple parked and on top of each other bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2073.468000 2075.384735 Now there is plenty of place to park bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2075.384735 2084.365725 No such problem at Gerald Brown's Chevy in Buford Georgia Plenty of cars and trucks to go around But that does not mean general manager bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2084.373330 2087.962682 Nelson Neal is not concerned about the supply of his highest profit bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2087.962682 2088.972000 vehicles bn99en_1 1 nelson_neal 2088.972000 2095.947000 As the strike wears on that is going to become more and more of a (%hesitation) of a thing There are just going to be fewer and fewer vans bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2095.962682 2113.636000 Truth is most G. M. dealers around the country do still have plenty of vehicles to sell for now Except in Michigan where thousands of people like Dave Lapine work for G. M. and use their employee discounts But for regular shoppers the strike shrunken supply is not putting a crimp in their choices bn99en_1 1 spkr_28 2113.636000 2116.220000 Because with all the dealerships you will find a car bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2116.220000 2135.821000 But for those who have made up their minds to buy a G. M. car time is of the essence The dwindling supply of ninety eights may mean bad news for bargain hunters those who usually wait until August for those end of model year clearance deals may find there simply are not any cars left to buy And if there are not any to sell dealer George Glassman says bn99en_1 1 george_glassman 2135.821000 2139.687000 We are going to have to become the best used car dealership that we are able to bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2139.687000 2140.738347 Well things bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2140.738347 2149.270667 will get worse today and possibly the worst case scenario will be complete by this weekend More assembly plants are expected to go down today bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2149.270667 2177.095761 The remaining of G. M.'s twenty nine assembly plants down by the end of the weekend Today G. M.'s only operating at about ten percent of capacity that is a loss of twenty thousand vehicles today (%hesitation) We are told by the union that bargainers were expected to gather around the respective bargaining tables both here at the metal stamping plant and across town at the Delphi plant at this hour No progress has been made in all the talks They tell us that talks will continue next week even though bn99en_1 1 ed_garsten 2177.095761 2187.856000 the U. A. W. is staging its convention in Las Vegas Both sides say they will go around the clock if they think sufficient progress can be made Ed Garsten C. N. N. reporting live from Flint Michigan bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2188.800000 2194.726000 We are coming up on thirteen minutes past the hour Still to come on morning news Flip Spiceland along with the first look at the bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 2194.726000 2196.222000 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2196.228842 2209.325000 Going to be hot We will check in with Flip on that Also coming up in the wake of India and Pakistan's nuclear testing we will take a closer look at the value of nuclear weapons Could they actually make the world safer Those stories and more after a break bn99en_1 1 rhonda_schaffler 2209.325000 2227.027000 Computer storage specialist Iomega is announcing yet another quarter of zip profits After the closing bell the maker of the popular Zip drive lowered its quarterly earnings expectation forecasting a loss of ten to thirteen cents a share To cut costs the company is laying off twelve percent of its work force bn99en_1 1 rhonda_schaffler 2227.027000 2248.311000 Finally the soaring popularity of Pfizer's impotence drug Viagra is speeding plans for a public share offering The Atlanta based Men's Medical holdings says business is so good it is attracting interest in a five million dollar I. P. O. slated for later this year Specializing in treating impotency the company says it is going to use the money to expand its business bn99en_1 1 rhonda_schaffler 2248.311000 2253.202000 That is the latest from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange We will have more morning news right after this break bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 2253.202000 2255.063000 bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2255.063000 2260.002000 That is the weather now it is time for your C. N. N. Allergy Report bn99en_1 1 dave_hennen 2260.002000 2306.502000 Fresno and Dallas are the allergy hot spot cities today where the grass pollen will be high Parts of Oklahoma and Texas as well as Northern California will see those high grass levels Moderate pollination stretches from the Southern Plains to the northeast also the North West Low counts are forecast for most of the Rockies the upper midwest and along the Gulf Coast On Saturday high counts continue with parts of the Southern Plains and Northern California Moderate pollination is forecast for the Mid Atlantic the North West and portions of the Plains Low pollen is once again expected in the Rockies and into parts of the Midwest In the allergy fact today there is no cure for asthma or allergies Allergy patients can however feel better when they are accurately diagnosed and medicated appropriately I am C. N. N. meteorologist Dave Hennen bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2306.710000 2313.194621 On the topic of health coverage more and more doctors and hospitals are banning video cameras in the delivery room bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2313.194621 2326.723139 An increase in malpractice lawsuits has insurance companies thinking twice about using a camera to record childbirth Many hospitals already prohibit the taping of the birth itself and others require families to turn off the camera if something goes wrong bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2327.057740 2333.780173 On Tuesday you might remember a woman in Florida gave birth to a baby boy and that could be seen live on the Internet bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2333.947473 2342.367000 Attorneys who handle malpractice cases say delivery room tapes can also be used to clear a doctor of any accusations of wrongdoing bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2342.367000 2357.145000 Some people in Southern California are still feeling the devastating blow from last winter is El Nino driven rains Some people who lived in their dream home high above the bluffs of Malibu will soon be homeless C. N. N.'s Charles Feldman has that story bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 2357.145000 2361.410000 bn99en_1 1 charles_feldman 2361.410000 2391.990000 El Nino came to Malibu with a vengeance this winter And while the rains and winds have left its legacy lives painfully on Residents of nine homes are being forced to leave so that the houses can be destroyed by a state agency in an effort to shore up the bluffs following a slide this past weekend The process is called erosion control but to the homeowners it is an overwhelming defeat bn99en_1 1 les_steinmetz 2391.990000 2404.174000 It was more difficult for me I come from a Holocaust family and it goes just right down your spine because I can just imagine how my family felt when they were asked to move in hours and I was asked to move in (hour-) bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 2404.174000 2406.562000 bn99en_1 1 charles_feldman 2406.562000 2412.082000 Les Steinmetz has spent the last few days moving his memories from his dream home bn99en_1 1 les_steinmetz 2412.082000 2424.004000 I have left the lights on (%hesitation) It shines at night still I was down here last night (%hesitation) from below and it is kind of like as I said on a respirator So I do not want to turn off the lights until they destroy this house bn99en_1 1 charles_feldman 2424.114777 2441.171000 You may have trouble understanding exactly how Les Steinmetz feels But Joanne Knapp understands all too well She will also lose the place she calls home and she insists even her dog Socks somehow shares her grief bn99en_1 1 joanne_knapp 2441.217436 2443.810593 My poor Socks is dying of cancer and he bn99en_1 1 joanne_knapp 2443.810593 2452.045000 he knows you know he knows what is going on He is not going to move even for me He is just guarding our house and he is not going to let anybody in bn99en_1 1 charles_feldman 2452.045000 2475.614000 Some disasters happen cataclysmically in a burst of horrible energy But others like the El Nino driven nightmare in Malibu strike more stealth like When the rain and winds stop and just when you think everything will be all right Charles Feldman C. N. N. Los Angeles bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2476.107169 2497.361813 And with more weather news now a fierce storm raked Northwestern Ohio last night a suspected tornado struck near the Davis Besse nuclear plant in Ottawa County forcing that to shutdown Plant officials say the idled reactor has not been damaged The storm also ripped off roofs and downed trees and utility poles At least thirty people were hurt two boaters are missing still bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2497.361813 2500.067000 on lake Erie as well big storm bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2500.067000 2501.365000 Let us bring in big bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2501.365000 2502.670000 Flip Spiceland to give us bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 2502.670000 2507.471000 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 flip_spiceland 2507.471000 2508.120000 Whatever bn99en_1 1 flip_spiceland 2508.120000 2509.500000 Another big storm to bn99en_1 1 flip_spiceland 2509.500000 2580.039000 tell you about here in the Pacific it is called Blas It is a hurricane the second tropical system of the season in the Eastern Pacific You can see it here (e-) at this point somewhat paralleling the coast but it is expected to remain out over open water and eventually move over colder water but that will not happen for another three days It is a very strong and powerful hurricane in the Pacific And there are some rain showers and blustery winds and certainly some high surf here along the coast but it is not expected to move toward any landmass at any time but we will continue to monitor it Good morning for those of you waking up in the West pretty good day today although there is another cold front moving in through the Northwest you can clearly see it here some rainfall with that and cool temperatures remain That is not the case however for much of the East The very hot weather continues to funnel its way to the North Florida will sizzle again We saw more records fall We might see some relief in this later in the week There is a disturbance out here in the Gulf of Mexico The national hurricane center is actually flying a couple of reconnaissance missions into it and that would be one of the things that would help bring down the heat wave in the South It would certainly provide moisture for places like Texas and Florida We will have more on this the entire national weather forecast when we see you again in about ten minutes here is Bill bn99en_1 1 daryn_kagan 2580.039000 2607.110000 California authorities thought they made a breakthrough in the case of a missing girl only to find out they were wrong Yesterday a badly decomposed body was found in San Benito county fifty miles from where a thirteen year old Christina Williams was last seen But investigators now say it was not Williams' body Williams vanished more than a week ago while walking her dog near her seaside California home officials are now trying to determine the identity of this body bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2607.110000 2638.693000 General Motors now turning up the heat on its striking workers and the walkout could lead to a possible court battle The strikes by workers at two parts plants in Flint Michigan have virtually brought G. M. to its knees The auto maker has filed a grievance with the U. A. W. accusing them of striking over non strikable issues The grievance could go to court after an arbitrator rules on the matter Union officials call G. M.'s action a public relations stunt They say they are striking over jobs health and safety bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2638.693000 2665.244000 A few notes now from overseas Iraq's official press agency is lashing out against U. N. chief inspector Richard Butler The ruling party's newspaper says that Butler fabricated evidence that Iraq put the deadly V. X. nerve agent in its missile warheads Butler says he will have the materials tested independently to verify those results but after hearing Butler's report the U. N. security council voted yesterday to keep sanctions against Iraq in place for at least three more months bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2665.244000 2685.760000 Also overseas in Northern Ireland catholic and protestant voters head to the polls today to make history Leaders in the Irish peace process are hoping that todays vote will help create a power sharing assembly with (represe-) (%hesitation) representatives from both communities Yesterday two people were injured when a bomb went off in the district of Newton Hamilton in bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2685.760000 2687.460000 Northern Ireland bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 2687.460000 2690.203000 bn99en_1 1 spkr_37 2690.203000 2694.015000 This is C. N. N. breaking news bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2694.419897 2703.564000 Another decision handed down by the Supreme Court C. N. N.'s Charles Bierbauer watching this as it relates to Ken Starr Vince Foster and the President Charles what have you find out bn99en_1 1 charles_bierbauer 2703.627302 2845.201000 We have a victory for the lawyers in this case (%hesitation) The lawyers who opposed Ken Starr's desire to get hold of some notes taken by the attorney for Vince Foster who was the deputy White House counsel This goes back into the complex of Whitewater specifically the Travelgate investigation What the court has ruled is that attorney client privilege is such a well established foundation of the legal profession that Mr Starr has not proven satisfactorily that he should be able to create an exception to it and gain access to those notes Specifically if Mr Foster were still alive there would be no question attorney client privilege would hold The question raised by the independent counsel was can that privilege be broken after the death of the client Supreme Court in a six to three decision says absolutely not It is too much a basis of the legal profession and the trust inherent between a client and an attorney So a blow for Ken Starr in that particular case That is the last of the six (tha-) (w-) opinions we will get today There are three more left to be delivered for this term two of which deal with the (%hesitation) the crucial issue of sexual harassment we expect we will hear about those tomorrow Very quickly the others that we have gotten this morning the court has struck down the line item veto saying if Congress wants to give the President that kind of power it has to do it by amending the constitution It has also reversed a decision with regard to the National Endowment for the Arts allowing that the Endowment can maintain a standard of general decency does not have to grant (%hesitation) funds to those who might be judged to violate (%hesitation) the question of decency in this country Also in a case (%hesitation) involving a dentist and his patient up in Maine The patient has H. I. V. positive The court has ruled that AIDS and the H. I. V. virus do constitute a disability under the Americans with Disability act and the need to be treated in such a fashion They sent that particular case back for more (%hesitation) investigation in the lower court but a certain victory (%hesitation) for the AIDS community today also granted by the Supreme Court And lastly in a case involving a suspected Nazi collaborator who has lived in the U. S. for years and faces deportation the court has ruled that the fifth amendment protection from self incrimination does not extend overseas Important less in the question of of former Nazis but very important to the U. S. government in prosecuting (%hesitation) (%hesitation) drug smuggling cases and terrorism cases Those decisions from the Supreme Court today bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2845.221277 2848.789000 (%hesitation) (th-) by my count Charles that is five three more pending correct bn99en_1 1 charles_bierbauer 2848.789000 2859.911310 (%hesitation) That is that is five there is one other (%hesitation) today that came out it deals with the coal act It will be of some interest to businesses because it says that the government cannot (%hesitation) retroactively reach bn99en_1 1 charles_bierbauer 2859.911310 2876.813293 back and make claims in particular in this case on a company that had been out of the coal business for years under the coal act had been required to provide funding for (%hesitation) some some health care benefits for retirees The court ruled it was a severe disproportionate and retroactive burden That makes six three to go bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2877.416434 2879.583735 Okay the correction is made bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2879.583735 2883.398000 Charles Bierbauer live there in Washington Thanks we will certainly be in touch Also bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2883.398000 2888.366375 In Washington is C. N. N.'s Bob Franken who joins us now with more on this attorney client privilege ruling and bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2888.366375 2890.905000 basically Bob this is a loss for Ken Starr bn99en_1 1 bob_franken 2890.905000 2967.575000 It is a it is a big loss for Ken Starr An unusual loss for Ken Starr and there are going to be cheers in the legal profession today This was considered by (%hesitation) most lawyers just an extremely basic case Attorney client privilege they believe has a certain amount of sanctity in the law it has been penetrated to some degree by lower court rulings Of course this was an unusual case This is one that had to do with whether or not the attorney client privilege extended beyond the death of the client And of course the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the attorneys (%hesitation) and (%hesitation) it had to do with notes that was taken notes that were taken by (%hesitation) Vincent Foster's attorney just nine days before he died So Kenneth Starr has lost one here The significance of it in (t-) the investigation is really (e-) (%hesitation) up for question (%hesitation) The question of Vincent Foster and what role he might have had in the Whitewater case has been (%hesitation) determined to some degree by other aspects of the (%hesitation) investigation And of course (%hesitation) Vincent Foster's files are in the hands of the independent counsel Do not forget (%hesitation) Ken Starr's investigation also extends to areas besides just Monica Lewinsky There is the entire Whitewater matter And it was always suspected that Foster might have had information about Whitewater But in any case an important legal principle was decided by the Supreme Court today as I said One that most lawyers are going to at least breathe a sigh of relief about bn99en_1 1 bill_hemmer 2967.575000 2985.569000 (%hesitation) Bob while we have you here we know you work in the grand jury beat right now but before that we saw you always on Capitol Hill There was also a ruling (%hesitation) from the Supreme Court relative to the line item veto basically saying Congress it is unconstitutional Congress wanted it passed it The President liked it as well How big of a setback for this Bob bn99en_1 1 bob_franken 2985.569000 3029.734000 Well it is it is a big setback but it is a setback it is a bipartisan setback it was one of the things that (%hesitation) the republican leadership and the president had agreed upon Of course the president's experience with (%hesitation) the line item veto came from his experience as a governor And in most states (%hesitation) the governors have the ability to (%hesitation) line out (%hesitation) spending appropriations that come from their legislature but the U. S. constitution very specifically leaves the appropriation process up to Congress And (%hesitation) many people believed that once the Supreme got Court got hold of this case it would not sustain a line item veto (%hesitation) (e-) Those people were correct and so now the line item veto which was one of the hallmarks by the way of the contract with America when the republicans first came in has been swept aside by the Supreme Court bn99en_1 1 joie_chen 3029.734000 3058.547000 Researchers also think they have explained one cause of sudden death among athletes They say that a single well timed blow to the chest can stop even a healthy heart In tests on pigs researchers found that if the chest is struck in just the right spot during the fraction of a second when the heart is preparing for its next beat the electronic signals get scrambled and it cannot resume its rhythm Such cases have been reported from the little league field all the way to the professional hockey rink bn99en_1 1 joie_chen 3058.547000 3080.456000 Products containing Olestra should still carry warning labels but the fat substitute is safe So says an advisory panel to the F. D. A. It has done a follow up check of Olestra two years after it was first approved The panel noted that Olestra does cause gastrointestinal problems in some people but it rejected claims that the fake fat can cause dangerous vitamin deficiency bn99en_1 1 jim_moret 3080.456000 3097.015000 It is now a federal offense to cross state lines to avoid paying child support President Clinton signed a bill into law today cracking down on so called deadbeat parents An estimated three million people are in violation of the new law It calls for up to two years in prison plus fines and restitution bn99en_1 1 jim_moret 3097.015000 3127.181000 Legislation to revamp the I. R. S. is complete Mr Clinton says as soon as Congress approves he will sign it The bill creates a new nine member oversight board responsible for law enforcement and tax collection It also expands taxpayer rights shifting the burden of proof from the taxpayer to the I. R. S. in certain noncriminal disputes and giving greater protection to so called innocent spouses those who have to pay for the tax problems of their former mates The bill will cost about thirteen billion dollars over ten years bn99en_1 1 jim_moret 3127.181000 3150.244000 Despite the threat of a presidential veto the bill to expand education savings accounts has cleared Capitol Hill The Senate passed the bill today The House approved it last week The bill would allow families to earn interest tax free on money set aside for school expenses from kindergarten through high school Opponents say it would only save families with kids in public school about seven dollars a year bn99en_1 1 joie_chen 3150.244000 3165.998000 At stake tomorrow how many seats each party will hold in the new assembly If this new government does take hold the still divided people of Northern Ireland will be charge of their own affairs for the first time in a quarter of a century C. N. N.'s Christiane Amanpour with reaction from within bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3166.068982 3187.532000 Twenty seven years ago a Catholic priest founded the Tyrone crystal factory to help the chronically unemployed in his district both Protestant and Catholic Today it is more profit maker than social worker but Tyrone Crystal's mixed workforce and management remain a bridge between the communities bn99en_1 1 spkr_51 3187.532000 3190.106681 We are friends We get on together (%hesitation) So long as bn99en_1 1 spkr_51 3190.106681 3195.412000 we have respect for each other And (%hesitation) politics and religion do not come into it bn99en_1 1 inter_segment_gap 3195.412000 3196.594000 bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3196.594000 3209.296592 Tourists economic revival new jobs Here they hope peace will bring all that and they will vote their hopes in Thursday's election for Northern Ireland's new power sharing assembly bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3209.298683 3223.004847 The people who want progress want to take the sectarianism out of politics and the antagonism out of daily life They look forward to a future where their main concern is over bread and butter issues not civil strife bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3223.204467 3229.920000 What matters most here a future free of death injury and fear bn99en_1 1 spkr_52 3229.920000 3232.687000 I will vote for someone who represents peace bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3232.687000 3242.693000 But protestants differ over the best road to peace and some powerful politicians prey on their fears In Northern Ireland that is a dangerous game bn99en_1 1 spkr_53 3242.693000 3244.510000 well you are useless (Wha-) bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3244.510000 3249.730345 Moderates who want peace are berated for agreeing to share power with catholics bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3249.730345 3253.104000 Still they campaign hard for Thursday's vote bn99en_1 1 spkr_54 3253.104000 3255.403000 To encourage people to vote yes bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3255.426566 3261.309652 Most protestants support David Trimble's party line even Sammy the Hacksaw McCaw bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3261.309652 3267.167981 He was a paramilitary and did life for killing a catholic bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3267.167981 3272.132000 Hacksaw grew up with hatred He wants to spare his children that bn99en_1 1 sam_mccaw 3272.132000 3281.465000 There is a chance you will have peace so why not take it If you keep saying no no no you will not know what the yes or what that thing was til you try bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3281.465000 3288.067394 Unless they do try he says the men of violence will be out on the streets again He should know bn99en_1 1 christiane_amanpour 3288.067394 3291.735000 Christiane Amanpour C. N. N. Northern Ireland bn99en_1 1 jim_moret 3291.735000 3314.985000 A postscript now to the nineteen ninety six suicide of admiral Mike Borda A navy spokesman says an official memo has been added to Borda's personnel file that confirms Borda did have the right to wear two combat V. awards Borda then chief of naval operations killed himself while his right to wear the valor awards was being investigated by news media The new memo was approved by navy secretary John Dalton bn99en_1 1 jim_moret 3314.985000 3319.062000 Let us check in again with Karen Maginnis who is tracking a hurricane in the pacific Karen bn99en_1 1 karen_maginnis 3319.062000 3393.587000 It is very impressive Jim on our satellite imagery a very clearly defined eye moving to the west northwest You can see just (it-) has a broad range effect Maybe some of the coastal areas in Mexico are picking up a little bit of cloud cover But winds associated with this at one hundred fifteen miles an hour so We plotted in our computer what we anticipate maybe a little false move there but (%hesitation) what is going to happen with hurricane Blas It is going to continue to move to the west northwest over the next couple of days and perhaps intensify So we will continue to monitor it and as it begins to move into some cooler water we think that that is when we will see a little bit of a decrease in its intensity All right Here we go It is the extended forecast A few showers in the northwest They really got walloped in coastal sections of Washington and Oregon It is going to be windy from Albuquerque to Dallas into St Louis into Bozeman Montana and perhaps into Salt Lake City But take a look at the jump in the temperatures lots of nineties through the Midwest triple digits in the desert Southwest Not much relief from the heat and it looks like very much (%hesitation) (e-) not much in the way of moisture except we might see a little bit more across sections of Florida on Sunday Temperatures back off across the Midwest just a few degrees Now back to Jim and Joie bn99en_1 1 joie_chen 3393.587000 3400.155000 Karen Thank you You know it is not just people who face life threatening accidents Sometimes pets do too bn99en_1 1 jim_moret 3400.155000 3409.925000 When it happens your furry friend may need a human hand quickly C. N. N.'s Jeanne Moos tells us how some pet owners are learning first aid for their Fidos and felines bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3409.925000 3414.742687 You are taking your dalmatian on a trip Inadvertently you slam the door bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3414.742687 3417.322000 on his tail What do you do bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3417.322000 3422.096000 The first thing that you want to do is basically (%hesitation) open the door bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3422.096000 3427.166000 Welcome to pet first aid class Put your moNey where your dog's mouth is bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3427.166000 3430.128000 scoop down in there and see if you grab anything out bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3430.128000 3434.350000 For twenty five bucks you can learn everything from where to take your pet's pulse bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3434.350000 3437.276000 Right inside the leg it is called the femoral artery bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3437.276000 3439.732000 To why your pet may feel warm bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3439.732000 3443.375000 Their normal body temp is about one oh one to one oh two bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3443.375000 3447.138943 Commie as in communist pinko is a slightly pink hairless bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3447.138943 3449.524876 sphinx who tends to get caught on the carpet bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3449.781530 3456.771761 Bubba is a bull terrier who was utterly patient about being a patient even when it came to demonstrating the Heimlich bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3456.771761 3460.210000 maneuver It is not just for people who are choking bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3460.210000 3462.450000 Lift up and squeeze (And-) bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3462.490371 3470.205000 And if you think learning the doggie Heimlich is a waste of time listen to this woman Her husband tossed a ball up in the air and her dog swallowed it bn99en_1 1 spkr_16 3470.205000 3476.608000 And it stuck right here and the dog freaked out The dog was having convulsions It was foaming from the mouth (e-) bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3476.637091 3477.810657 She had not yet learned the bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3477.810657 3482.252000 technique of lifting the hind end and squeezing under the dog's rib cage bn99en_1 1 spkr_17 3482.252000 3483.073000 Like this bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3483.073000 3483.908000 Okay bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 3483.908000 3487.617687 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3487.618000 3494.575000 The ball did not just fall out it shot out when this woman frantically laid down behind her dog spoon style and squeezed bn99en_1 1 spkr_16 3494.575000 3496.672000 Went right across the whole apartment bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3496.672000 3510.527000 The owner of New York Canine a dog walking dog sitting service organizes these first aid classes Instead of mouth to mouth they learn mouth to snout where you do not actually have to put your mouth on the dog's nose bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3510.527000 3514.497000 You can cup it and pretty well breathe through your hand that way bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3514.497000 3516.694706 mhm And you just keep their mouth shut bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3516.694706 3518.696000 And if your pet's heart has stopped bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3518.696000 3523.140000 Then you want to start pushing here Pump pump pump breathe bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3523.140000 3527.086000 If you had to do C. P. R. would you rather do it on a strange dog or strange person bn99en_1 1 spkr_18 3527.086000 3527.859000 Strange dog bn99en_1 1 spkr_19 3527.859000 3529.073000 Yeah I would rather do a dog bn99en_1 1 spkr_20 3529.073000 3532.164000 That is the God's honest truth a strange dog They are more grateful bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3532.164000 3536.470000 But if you want to do your own first aid better be sure you know what you are doing bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3536.470000 3541.837333 This guy came in the other day and he was trying to pick some ticks off his dogs and they were nipples bn99en_1 1 laura_robbins 3541.837333 3543.646000 (a-) bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3543.646000 3545.250000 That is a tick on your left bn99en_1 1 jeanne_moos 3545.250000 3552.327000 a male dog's nipple on your right Nipples tend not to have legs Jeanne Moos C. N. N. New York bn99en_1 1 jim_moret 3552.327000 3554.409000 And that is The World Today bn99en_1 1 joie_chen 3554.507197 3557.569000 Larry King Live is up next bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 3557.568875 5331.276250 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 spkr_2 5331.276000 5358.615000 Theresa Tritch was in Washington for a number of years as Money magazine's bureau chief here She is now up at (%hesitation) the corporate headquarters in New York City Thank you for being here this morning And (%hesitation) Sylvester Scheiber is a member of the social security advisory board he is also vice president for research at Watson Wyatt Worldwide which is based in Bethesda the Washington D. C. suburbs Thanks to both of you we will see you (%hesitation) at our coverage of the hearing at the (w-) (%hesitation) ways and means subcommittee and the topic is personal savings accounts for social security reform bn99en_1 1 excluded_region 5358.615000 5360.379000 ignore_time_segment_in_scoring bn99en_1 1 spkr_2 5360.379000 5364.865000 And next we are going to continue with our program and it is back to your telephone calls Open phone segment bn99en_1 1 spkr_2 5364.865000 5369.270000 Thanks (%hesitation) Next call is from Boothbay Harbor Maine on the liberal lines bn99en_1 1 spkr_15 5369.270000 5370.403000 Yes (%hesitation) good morning bn99en_1 1 spkr_15 5370.941000 5476.239000 Good morning (%hesitation) (e-) On that social security situation I think first of all people do not realize a lot of people who go out and invest do not understand the markets very well One fifty per cent of all stocks in this country is owned by one per cent of the population Before you start trying to (re-) (u-) turn it so the average individual will go out there and invest their social security money but they ought to first of all just get by the year two thousand and the Y. two K. problem which many people feel was going to definitely bring the world into a terrible recession So let us say if we get by that then you people when you see the markets drop tremendously especially since a lot of stocks are selling right now at twenty times the earnings of the company which is pretty high some stocks are selling at fifty times yearly earnings of the company and if to me there is one factor that I have never heard anyone bring up that I think is (av-) interesting way that you should take the (s-) (s-) (so-) social security money and invest it and get a better return a lot of in a lot of firms in across the country they have real estate trusts that have done rather well The majority of the profits are made go back to the stock holders Take the federal buildings across the country and maybe some rented federal lands and sell that at fair market value to the social security administration The social security administration will then form a real estate trust the American government people owning and (s-) through social security a lot of the government buildings and things across the country not the White House and not the Congress of course They would then charge rent fair market value rent to the government and other companies for this property property Their monies will come back into the government and be used to (%hesitation) pay social security and they will probably get a much higher return than basically buying federal (e-) (%hesitation) bonds bn99en_1 1 spkr_2 5476.239000 5477.147000 Thanks for the call bn99en_1 1 spkr_2 5477.147000 5480.091000 Next is Midland Michigan on the conservative lines bn99en_1 1 spkr_11 5480.091000 5511.756000 Yes (%hesitation) (e-) yes I would (jus-) (l-) like to comment about the drug policy and (%hesitation) (e-) (%hesitation) (th-) the children's drug policy yesterday I (%hesitation) was watching the (e-) on C. SPAN and I just noticed that it (s-) seems like the we just seem to want to throw more money at a failed policy The the child that they interviewed that had the drug problem seemed to think that no matter how much money we throw at this policy (er-) throw into the drug war it is going to do any good