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>>THE GENUINE
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GETTING "THE BIG PICTURE".
PRESIDENT CLINTON AND
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER JOHN
MAJOR DRINK-IN THE VIEW OF
PITTSBURGH FROM THE BANKS OF
THE MONONGAHELA RIVER TONIGHT.
IT WAS ONE STOP.. OUT OF
HALF-A-DOZEN STOPS TONIGHT FOR
THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME
MINISTER..
IT'S BEEN A BUSY -- AND
HISTORIC EVENING, AND IT'S NOT
QUITE OVER YET.
OUR SHEILA HYLAND IS LIVE AT
THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW.
SHEILA, THEY HAVEN'T KEN
OFF YET?
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GUNSHOTS ON THE HIHGWAY
TONIGHT... RIGHT BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
DROVE BY ON THEIR WAY TO THE
AIRPORT.
POLICE CHASED AT LEAST ONE
CARJACKING SUSPECT ON 2-79 IN
GREENTREE NEAR THE PARKWAY
CENTER MALL.
THERE WERE GUNSHOTS.
LOTS OF THEM, AS YOU CAN
SEE.
BOTH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND
THE SUSPECT FIRED.
THE SUSPECT CRASHED THE CAR
AND RAN UP THE HILL.
A HELICOPTER SPOTTED HIM
FROM OVERHEAD.
POLICE FOUND HIM AND HAD TO
BRING HIM DOWN THE HILL ON A
STRETCHER.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY NAMES YET
AND WE DON'T HAVE HIS
COITION.
THE PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE
WAS NOWHERE NEAR THE AREA AT
THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
IT PASSED BY SOMETIME
LATER.
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ASIDE FROM THAT SMALL
GLITCH... A NICE VISIT FOR THE
PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER.
THEY DID MANA TO HAVE A
LITTLE FUN..
THEY STOPPED OFF AT STATION
SQUARE AND VISITED A SPORTS
STORE WHERE THE PRESIDENT TRIED
ON A STEELER HAT.. AND THE
PRIME MINISTER BOUGHT A
PENGUIN JERSEY.
THEN THEY WADED THROUGH THE
SHOPPING CROWD.. SKI HANDS
AND HAVING THEIR PICTURES
TAKEN.
SHOPPERS TOLD JACK MARTIN IT
WAS PRETTY EXCITING.
I shook his hand twice and he
remembered me from the first
time and he shook my hand with
both his hands. He was so
warm, great smile
I was so excited, i'm going to
have it framed, 8 by ten. This
is the camera. We went up and
said, can we have a picture and
he said sure thing, so we
backed up and took a picture.
AFTER THEIR VISIT INSIDE..
THE PRESIDENT AND PRIME
MINISTER WENT OUTSIDE FOR AS
THEY STOPPED AND LOOKED AT THE
OLD STEEL-MILL LADLE THAT'S OUT
IN ONE OF THE COURTYARDS AT
STATION SQUARE.
THEN THEY WENT -- ON THE
DUQUESNE INCLINE -- UP TO MOUNT
WASHINGTON.. WHERE THEY DID
SOME MORE HANDSHAKING WITH THE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD
GATHERED THERE HOPING TO MEET
THEM.
THEN IT WAS "INSIDE" THE TIN
ANGEL RESTAURANT FOR A WORKING
MEETING.
THAT MEETING WAS CLOSED TO
THE MEDA.. SO WE DON'T KNOW
FOR SURE WHAT THEY TALKED
ABOUT.
THE MENU WAS TOP SECRET
TOO.. ALTHOUGH WE DO KNOW..
THAT THEY ORDERED OFF THE MENU
-- NO SPECIAL DISHES.
FOR MANY JUST CATCHING A
GLIMPSE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
AND PRESIDENT WAS REWARD ENOUGH
FOR STANDING IN THE COLD..
BUT UP ON MOUNT WASHINGTON..
ONE LUCKY FAMILY GOT A MUCH
BIGGER TREAT.
ANGIE MORESCHI HAS THEIR
STORY.
THE GRAHAM FAMILY CAME HERE TO
MT. WASHINGTON TO SEE THE
PRESIDENT.. LOOKING FOR A ONCE
IN A LIFE-TIME EXPERIENCE...
AND THEY GOT IT.
ANGIE: HOW CLOSE DID YOU GET?
I GOT TO SHAKE HIS HAD.. HOW
WAS IT. A BIG THRILL FOR ME.
SOMETHING MY KIDS CAN TALK
ABOUT YEARS FROM NOW.
KATHY: HE WALKED UP AND AKSED
HOW WE WERE.. AND SHOOT HANDS
VERY WARM.. HE ONLY DID ABOUT
THREE PEOPLE AFTER US.. SO WE
WERE IN A REAL GOOD SPOT.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL..
BRIAN: WE WANTED TO GIVE HIM
A T-SHIRT FROM OUR BASEBALL
LEAGUE AND MY SON WANTED TO
GET HIS BASEBALL CARD SIGNED..
HE GOT A BILL CLINTON BBALL
CARD.. ANDTHE SECRET SERVICE
GUY TOOK IT AND SAID HE WAS
GONNA BRING IT BACK IF WE WAIT.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WELL, LOOK FOR YOURSELF..
CLOSELY. PRESIDENT CLINTON
INDICATES WITH HIS HAND THAT HE
HAS TO SIGN SOMETHING. THE
SECRET SERVICE AGENT IS WAITING
IN TOE.. WITH THE SHIRT AND THE
BASEBALL CARD IN HAND. HE
STOPS SIGNS IT.. AND THEN
PROCEEDS INTO THE RESTAURANT
FOR DINNER WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER.
NATS: HE SIGNED IT SO.. YOU
GOT A WINNER..
THE SECRET SERVICE AGENT.. THEN
HAND DELIVERS THE TREASURED
MEMENTOS BACK TO THE GRAHAM
FAMILY... MORE THAN THEY EVER
COULD HAVE DREAMED OF.
NATS: "I'LL TAKE THE SHIRT ..
I'LL TAKE THE SHIRT.. HE SIGNED
HIS BASEBALL CARD.. WASHINGTON
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
AN AUTOGRAPHED SHIRT.. AN ■
AUTOGRAPHED CLINTON BASEBALL
CARD.. AND ONE HAPPY KID.
ANGIE: WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THAT? GETTING SIGNED BY
THE PRES? UNBELIEVABLE.
KATHY: WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
WE JUST WANTED TO SEE HIM JOB
IN WANTED TO GIVE HIME A
SHIRT AND SEE HIM JOGGIN.. BUT
NOW I'LL HAVE 3 KIDS FIGHTING
OVER ONE SHIRT.
ANGIE SU CLOSE: SO, AFTETHE ■
THRILL OF SEEING THE PRESIDENT,
SHAKING HIS HAND..AYBE EVEN
GETTG HIS AUTOGRAPH.. THE
CROWD DISPERSED IN JUST
MINUTES. AFTER STANDING IN THE
COLD FOR THREE HOURS. YOU CAN'T
BLAIM THEM. ANGIE MORESCHI ?■
WTAE 4 NEWS.
AS A WHOLE, THE PRESIDENTIAL
VISIT WENT SMOOTHLY... IF NOT
ON TIME.
BUT THAT'S COME TO BE
EXPECTED FROM PRESIDENT
CLINTON.
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OTHER BIG NEWS TONIGHT...
FR WASHINGTON COUNTY
SHERIFF JAMES "FUZZI" FAZZONI
COMMITTED SUICIDE TODAY.
FAZZONI WAS EXPECTED TO
PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT
TODAY TO CHARGES OF HE SOLD
JOBS IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
BUT HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.
A SURPRISING THING HAPPENS TO EGG NOODLES...
WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THE YOLKS AND YOU ADD EXTRA EGG WHITES.
THEY GET LIGHTER, FLUFFIER...