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>>> TONIGHT ON "GUNS
AND DRUGS," WE GO
TO THE JUNGLES OF PERU,
WHERE AN AMERICAN PRIEST IS
FIGHTING HIS OWN KIND
OF HOLY WAR -- A WAR AGAINST
DRUG TRAFFICKERS TRYING
TO CONTROL THE INDIANS
HE SERVES.
THIS PRIEST HAS GONE WELL
BEYOND THE POWER OF PRAYER.
NBC'S BRAD WILLIS.
>> SURVIVAL AND SALVATION
FOR THE INDIANS IN
THE MOUNTAINS OF PERU.
FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES,
THAT'S BEEN THE MISSION
OF FRANCISCAN FATHER MARIANO
GAGNON.
AS HIS FLOCK GREW,
THEY BUILT HOMES, SCHOOLS,
A CHURCH AND HOSPITAL.
THEN CAME REVOLUTIONARIES --
THE SENDERO, OR "SHINING
PATH."
THEY ORDERED THE INDIANS
TO GROW COCA PLANTS
FOR THE DRUG LORDS.
BUT THE INDIANS REFUSED,
AND THAT FORCED FATHER
GAGNON TO MOVE HIS MISSION
TO HIGHER GROUND.
BUT FIRST, THERE WAS A HEAVY
PRICE TO PAY.
>> IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR
THEY KILLED 84 OF MY PEOPLE.
WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED,
THEY BURNED THE HOUSES DOWN.
THEY BURNED THEIR FIELDS.
THEY'VE LOST EVERYTHING.
>> EVERYTHING, THAT IS,
EXCEPT THEIR FAITH IN THIS
MAN OF GOD.
IN THEIR NEW AMAZON
HIDEAWAY, FATHER GAGNON HAS
BROUGHT HIS PEOPLE SOMETHING
MORE THAN THE BIBLE -- NOT
WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
FROM A RELIGIOUS MAN.
HE HAS GIVEN THEM GUNS,
AND NOW PREACHES
THE THEOLOGY OF SURVIVAL.
>> DESPUES SI BIEN ES
CIERTO QUE NI LOS
AMERICANOS QUE SE
QUEDEN AQUI.
>> IF WE'RE ATTACKED,
I THINK THEY SHOULD DEFEND
THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND
THEIR CHILDREN.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND
THEIR WOMEN.
AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT ALSO
TO DEFEND THEIR LAND.
>> THEY KNOW THE
REVOLUTIONARIES WILL FOLLOW
THEM, AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN
IF THEY ARE FOUND.
>> ONCE THEY RUN AWAY
FROM THEM, SENDERO SENDS
A GROUP OF NATIVES,
AND THEMSELVES, TO KILL
THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY RAN
AWAY.
I HAVE VERY STRONG
CONVICTIONS, AND I THINK
MY PRESENCE HERE IS
NECESSARY FOR THEM.
OTHERWISE, THESE PEOPLE
WOULD BE COMPLETELY
FORGOTTEN.
[ SILENCE ]
[ NATIVES SINGING ]
>> "HELP ME JESUS,"
THEY SING, PRAYING
FOR PROTECTION IN THE ARMS
OF THE LORD.
BUT SHORTLY AFTER THESE
PICTURES WERE TAKEN,
THE SENDERO REVOLUTIONARIES
FOUND THIS SETTLEMENT.
THERE WAS A GUN BATTLE,
AND DEATH ON BOTH SIDES.
AT LAST WORD, FATHER GAGNON
HAS MOVED HIS MISSION EVEN
HIGHER INTO THE ANDEAN
MOUNTAINS.
>>> FATHER MNO DEFENS.
FATHER MARIANO DEFENDS
HIS ACTIONS, SAYING THE GUNS
WERE PROVIDED BY PERU'S
MILITARY.
HIS PERU SAYS
THTACK TNDIANS
HAVE CREATED A "CRITICAL
SITUATION."
TOMORROW, ON "FRIDAY
FIFTY'S NIFTY!
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EXERCISE
AND TO BE SURE
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>>> IN CONNECTICUT TODAY,
PEOPLE DID SOMETHING
ABOUT THE DRUG PROBLEM
THEY'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
NBC'S STEPHEN FRAZIER
REPORTS TONIGHT THEY GAVE IT
A "MOMENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS."
>>> AT A HIGH SCHOOL
IN STAMFORD, CLASSWORK
STOPPED FOR 5 MINUTES
FOR AN ANTI-DRUG ABUSE
MESSAGE.
>> EACH ONE OF US KNOWS
SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN
NEGATIVELY AFFECTED
BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
>> NOT FAR AWAY, 400 WORKERS
ASSEMBLING POSTAGE METERS
AT THIS PITNEY-BOWES FACTORY
STOPPED FOR A SIMILAR
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> THIS PROBLEM IS
SO PERVASIVE, THAT
NO GOVERNMENT, NO GROUP
OF MANAGERS OR ORGANIZATIONS
OR CORPORATE MANAGERS, CAN
SOLVE IT BY THEMSELVES.
>> DRUGS, IN CONNECTICUT?
THIS STATE ENJOYS
THE HIGHEST PER-CAPITA
INCOME IN THE NATION,
ITS AFFLUENCE OFTEN
SHELTERING IT FROM PROBLEMS
HURTING OTHER STATES.
Dr. Michael Sheehy: YOU CAN
MOVE TO CONNECTICUT,
BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM HIGH
TAXES, HIGH MORTGAGES,
A DECLINING ECONOMY
AND DRUGS AND ALCOHOL!
>> ALCOHOL IS THE MOST
COMMONLY ABUSED SUBSTANCE
HERE.
BUT A GROWING TRADE
IN *** AND OTHER ILLEGAL
DRUGS IS INCREASING,
BRINGING VIOLENCE AND CRIME
TO PARTS OF THIS PLACID
STATE.
>> THEY JUST SHOOT AT RANDOM
ANYTIME.
YOU JUST HAPPEN TO BE
WALKING BY AND YOU GET SHOT
FOR NOTHING.
YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
>> THE STATE SPENDS $50
MILLION A YEAR ON TREATMENT
FOR DREW DRUG ABUSERS BUT
SOME OF THE BIG CORPORATIONS
WHICH HAVE MOVED
HEADQUARTERS TO THE STATE
ARE CUTTING BACK THEIR DRUG
TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR
EMPLOYEES AS THEIR EARNINGS
DROP.
>> SO, HOW EFFECTIVE IS A
STATE-WIDE PAUSE TO THINK
ABOUT THE PROBLEM?
SOME PEOPLE HADN'T EVEN
HEARD OF THE EVENT.
W50I8 IT WAS HAPPENING, THIS
MAN WAS IN COURT, TESTIFYING
AGAINST A CRACK ADDICT WHO
BURGLARIZED HIS HOUSE.
>> THE GUY GOT TOTALLY OUT
OF HAND.
>> THESE POLICEMEN WERE TOO
BUSY TO STOP.
THEY WERE ARRESTING A MAN
LATER CHARGED WITH SELLING
***.
STEPHEN FRAZIER, NBC NEWS,
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.
FROM A DRUG CRISIS IN THIS
COUNTRY, TO A CRISIS
OF ANOTHER KIND IN
THE PERSIAN GULF.
JOHN CHANCELLOR HAS MORE
ABOUT THAT.
JOHN?
>> IRAQ HAS NOW CONTROLLED
KUWAIT FOR 12 WEEKS.
THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS IT
MUST WITHDRAW.
MILITARY FORCE MAY HAVE
TO BE USED.
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
HERE'S ONE WAY.
THE UNITED STATES WANTS
THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL
TO ORDER THE RESUPPLY
OF EMBASSIES IN KUWAIT CITY.
TWO MONTHS AGO, IRAQI FORCES
SURROUNDED THEM AND CUT OFF
WATER AND ELECTRICITY.
AMERICAN, BRITISH AND FRENCH
DIPLOMATS ARE STILL THERE.
SO, STEP ONE IS U.N.
APPROVAL OF SHIPMENTS
OF FOOD, WATER AND BASIC
NECESSITIES TO DIPLOMATS
HOLDING OUT IN KUWAIT CITY.
STEP TWO -- IRAQ WILL REJECT
THE U.N. ORDER ON GROUNDS
THAT KUWAIT NO LONGER
EXISTS.
STEP THREE -- A U.S. NAVY
LANDING SHIP, FLYING A FLAG
OF TRUCE, IS LOADED
WITH SUPPLIES AND STEAMS
TOWARD THE BEACH IN KUWAIT
CITY.
THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IS
LOCATED ON THAT BEACHFRONT.
WHEN THE SHIP NEARS
THE BEBEH, IT IS SHOWDOWN
TIME FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN.
REMEMBER, THE LANDING SHIP
IS ON A HUMANITARIAN MISSION
TO A LEGAL ENTITY CALLED
KUWAIT, ON A MISSION
SANCTIONED BY THE U.N.
IF SADDAM ALLOWS IT TO LAND,
HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE RIGHT
OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO ACT
IN A PLACE CALLED KUWAIT,
AND HE THEREBY ADMITS THAT
KUWAIT EXISTS.
IF HE SINKS THE SHIP,
OF COURSE, HE STARTS A WAR.
MY GUESS IS THAT HE WOULD
START THE WAR.
BUT TO DO IT, HE'D HAVE
TO SINK A PEACEFUL SUPPLY
SHIP, MAYBE WITH THE WHOLE
WORLD WATCHING ON
TELEVISION.
ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, IS
SPECULATION BASED ON AN IDEA
SET FORTH BY DON COOK,
AN AUTHOR AND FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT.
NONE OF THIS MAY EVER
HAPPEN.
THERE IS A GOOD ARGUMENT
TO BE MADE THAT IT
SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
IT COULD LEAD TO
AN EXTREMELY NASTY WAR.
BUT KEEP YOUR EYE ON THAT
U.N. RESOLUTION TO RESUPPLY
THE EMBASSIE
IT COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT.
TOM?
>> THANK YOU, JOHN.
>>> CONGRESS IS FINISHING
WORK ON A NEW IMMIGRATION
BILL.
THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE OF MY MOM AND DAD.
THE REST OF US JUST DRIVE 'EM.
HERE'S MY 10th BIRTHDAY PARTY.
HAT CAKE
SSEE ANCE...
TO WORK AT SATURN, THIS NEW CAR COMPANY.
I WASN'T SO SURE AT FIRST.
TO FIND A JOB,
LL THE KIDS TURNED ?
IT'S FUN DOING STUFF YOU'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
I LIKE IT HERE.
I'M NOT SO SURE
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LET'S PICK UP SOME LIGHT BULBS.
OOH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
GET IT? HUH? HUH?
YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT
IF YOU KEEP MAKING THESE RIDICULOUS JOKES.
COME ON! LIGHTEN UP.
GET IT? HUH?
WHEN TWO UNIVERSITY OF HUGH
STAU SCIENTISTS CLAIMED A
BREAKTHROUGH IN COLD FUSION?
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
ENERGY DISCOVERY OF THE
AGES?
THEN THERE WERE THE DOUBTS
AND THE MANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, NOW THERE ARE EVEN
MORE.
NBC SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT
ROBERT BAZELL.
>>> AT THE STATE CAPITOL
TODAY, THE STAR WITNESS WAS
MISSING AS UTAH LEGISLATORS
MET TO ASK WHAT IS HAPPENING
WITH THE $5 MILLION
THEY SPENT TO SET UP
THE COLD FUSION INSTITUTE --
DR. STANLEY PONS, ONE
OF THE TWO SCIENTISTS WHO
CLAIMED LAST YEAR THAT USING
THESE BUBBLING BOTTLES
THEY HAD HARNESSED
THE ENERGY OF THE SUN.
AFTER THE FIRST
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COLD
FUSION, A LOCAL NEWSPAPER
COMPARED STANLEY PONS
TO ISSAC NEWTON, ALBERT
EINSTEIN AND THOMAS EDISON.
AT THE MOMENT, HE MIGHT BE
BETTER COMPARED TO PEOPLE
IN OTHER PROFESSIONS,
BECAUSE HE HAS APPARENTLY
LEFT TOWN IN A BIG HURRY.
PONS SUDDENLY TOOK HIS SON
OUT OF THIS SCHOOL.
HE PUT HIS HOUSE UP
FOR SALE, LEAVING CARS
IN THE DRIVEWAY,
AND HE SUDDENLY FAXED
A REQUEST FOR A SABBATICAL
FROM HIS PROFESHIP
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.
Dr. Fritz Wills, Director
Cold Fusion Institute:
FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES,
DR. PONS DISAPPEARED, NOBODY
KNOWING WHERE HE IS,
NO TELEPHONE NUMBER LEFT --
IN FACT, AN IMPOSSIBILITY
IN THE LONGER RUN TO GET
A HOLD OF HIM THROUGH ANY
CHANNELS, THROUGH ANY NORMAL
CHANNELS.
>> THIS ISN'T THE WAY
ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS
NORMALLY BEHAVE, IS IT?
>> WELL, IT IS A LITTLE BIT
NON-STANDARD.
>> DR. MARTIN FLEISCHMANN,
THE OTHER MAN WHO CLAIMS
TO HAVE DISCOVERED COLD
FUSION, WAS AT HIS COUNTRY
HOME IN ENGLAND TODAY.
AND WHERE IS HIS COLLEAGUE,
DR. PONS?
Dr. Martin Fleischmann:
I HAVE A ROUGH IDEA WHERE
HE IS.
>> AND ABOUT PROOF OF COLD
FUSION?
>> WHAT CAN I SAY?
WE'RE TOTALLY CONFIDENT
ABOUT OUR WORK.
WE'RE HAPPY TO TELL PEOPLE
ABOUT IT.
BUT OF COURSE, WE ARE
RESTRICTED BY THE PATENT
CONSIDERATIONS .
>> OTHER SCIENTISTS SAY
THEY HAVE BEEN LISTENING
TO SUCH EXCUSES FOR A YEAR
AND A HALF, AND THEY EXPECT
TO HEAR MORE OF THEM
IF AND WHEN DR. PONS
RESURFACES.
RO BAZELL, NBC NEWS,
SALT LAKE CITY.
THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS"
FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.
I'M TOM BROKAW.
I'M OFF ON ASSIGNMENT.
JANE PAULEY WILL BE HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT.
I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN ON
MONDAY.