Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
>>> "AMERICA CLOSE UP"
TONIGHT -- HEALTH CARE.
IT COSTS A FORTUNE IN THIS
COUNTRY, AND 34 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE WITHOUT
INSURANCE.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
SAY THEY INTEND TO FIX
THE PROBLEM.
NBC'S LISA MYERS LOOKS
AT HOW THEIR PLANS AFFECT
PEOPLE.
IN THIS CASE, IN AUSTIN,
TEXAS.
>> AUSTIN WELDER
AND GENERATOR SERVICE ONCE
PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE
FOR ITS WORKERS, BUT NOW
CAN'T AFFORD TO.
Kurt Summers, Engineering
Executive:
FROM A MORAL AND ETHICAL
STANDPOINT, I FEEL LIKE I'M
LETTING THEM DOWN.
KURT SUMMERS, THE BOSS,
KNOWS HOW TOUGH IT IS.
HE ONLY RECENTLY HAS BEEN
ABLE TO AFFORD INSURANCE
FOR HIS FAMILY.
AND IT COVERS ONLY
CATASTROPHIC EXPENSES
AND PROVIDES NO COVERAGE
FOR HIS SON, BRANDON, WHO
HAS DOWNS SYNDROME.
Mrs. Kathy Summers:
IF THE KIDS GET SICK, CAN
WE AFFORD IT THIS WEEK OR DO
I JUST TAKE CARE OF THEM
HERE AND TRY NOT TO TAKE
THEM TO THE DOCTOR.
>> GETTING HEALTH INSURANCE
FOR ALL AMERICANS IS A GOAL
OF ALL THREE CANDIDATES.
PEROT HAS NO PLAN,
BUT PROMISES ONE
IF ELECTED.
BUSH AND CLINTON HAVE VAGUE
PLANS WITH SHARPLY DIFFERENT
APPROACHES.
Robert Lascewski, Health
Care Analyst:
ONE IS ABOUT MORE GOVERNMENT
INVOLVEMENT, MORE GOVERNMENT
INTERVENTION AND CONTROL.
ONE IS ABOUT RELAYING MORE
UPON THE MARKET SYSTEM
AND MORE INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.
>> MY PROGRAM IS THIS --
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT AS FAR
OUT OF IT AS POSSIBLE.
>> BUSH EMPHASIZES
INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.
HE'D GIVE WORKERS LIKE
STEVE MORAN AND HIS FAMILY
TAX CREDITS OR VOUCHERS
TO HELP THEM BUY PRIVATE
INSURANCE.
WITH AN INCOME OF $19,000,
MORAN'S FAMILY WOULD GET
A VOUCHER WORTH
ABOUT $2,800.
>> I WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY
BE ABLE TO GET SOME SORT
OF COVERAGE.
>> BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM
FOR MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES.
FRED SUMMERS, WHO MAKES
$27,000 AND HAS FIVE
CHILDREN, WOULD RECEIVE
A TAX BREAK WORTH ONLY
ABOUT $560.
>> THAT WOULDN'T EVEN GET US
STARTED.
THAT WOULD COVER ABOUT ONE
MONTHS HEALTH COVERAGE
FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
>> CRITICS SAY SUMMERS ISN'T
ALONE --
AS MANY AS 25 MILLION
AMERICANS STILL WOULD LACK
INSURANCE UNDER THE BUSH
PLAN.
>> UNDER OUR PLAN, HEALTH
CARE WOULD BECOME A RIGHT,
NOT A PRIVILEGE.
>> CLINTON'S PLAN WOULD
PROVIDE INSURANCE
FOR EVERYONE, BY REQUIRING
EMPLOYERS TO COVER
THEIR WORKERS.
MOST WORKERS LIKE THAT
IDEA.
MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
DON'T.
>> IT WOULD DAMAGE
OUR COMPANY AND MANY OTHER
COMPANIES FINANCIALLY
AND MAY PUT US OUT
OF BUSINESS.
>> CLINTON SAYS SMALL
BUSINESSES LIKE THIS WILL
GET TAX CREDITS TO EASE
THE BURDEN.
STILL, WORKERS LIKE MORAN
WORRY THAT THE BURDEN WILL
BE TOO GREAT.
>> THEN WE'LL ALL BE
WITHOUT JOBS.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE JOBS
AND WE DON'T HAVE
INSURANCE.
SO, I DON'T LIKE IT.
>> BUSH AND CLINTON AGREE
ON THE NEED TO REDUCE
SPIRALING HEALTH COSTS.
CLINTON'S SOLUTION --
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
TO CONTROL HEALTH-CARE
SPENDING.
BUSH SAYS THAT WILL REDUCE
QUALITY AND BUREAUCRATIZE
THE SYSTEM.
Gail Wilensky, Bush
Advisor:
WE DON'T WANT TO STRANGLE IT
BY PRICE CONTROLS
AND SETTING TOTAL SPENDING
BY GOVERNMENT FIAT.
BUSH'S PRESCRIPTION --
MORE COMPETITION.
CLINTON SAYS THAT WON'T
WORK.
Judith Feder, Clinton
Advisor:
IF WE DO NOTHING,
OR IF WE DO THE BUSH PLAN,
COSTS ARE GOING TO KEEP
RISING.
>> BOTH CANDIDATES CLAIM
THEY CAN SAVE ENOUGH
BY REINING IN HEALTH-CARE
COSTS TO PAY FOR INSURANCE
FOR TENS OF MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS WHO NEED IT.
EXPERTS SAY IN
THE SHORT-TERM AT LEAST,
THAT'S FANTASY.
>> WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT $30-$50 BILLION
OF ADDITIONAL SPENDING
TO GET EITHER OF THESE PLANS
OFF THE GROUND.
AND THAT MONEY IS GOING
TO HAVE TO COME FROM SOME
PLACE.
>> THESE WORKERS BELIEVE
THAT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
THE MONEY WILL COME
FROM THEM.
LISA MYERS, NBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>>> WE'LL HAVE MORE NEWS
IN A MOMENT.
>>> HERE'S A QUICK CHECK NOW
OF SOME OF TODAY'S OTHER
NEWS.
>>> UNDER INVESTIGATION
BY THE FBI --
U.S. TREASURER CATALINA
VILLALPANDO ON FELONY
CHARGES THAT WHILE IN OFFICE
SHE ACCEPTED SUBSTANTIAL
MONEY FROM A FORMER
EMPLOYER.
SHE'S NOW BEEN PLACED
ON INDEFINITE LEAVE.
>>> IN UTAH, RESCUE TEAMS
BATTLED BAD WEATHER
OVERNIGHT SEARCHING
FOR SURVIVORS FROM AN AIR
FORCE HELICOPTER CRASH
IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
12 BODIES EVENTUALLY
RECOVERED.
ONLY ONE PERSON SURVIVED.
>>> BACK TO POLITICS NOW.
ZACHARY TAYLOR OF THE WHIG
PARTY WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT
IN 1848.
EVER SINCE, A DEMOCRAT
OR REPUBLICAN HAS WON
THE JOB.
BUT OTHERS ALWAYS TRY,
AND THIS YEAR IS
NO EXCEPTION.
AS NBC'S NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT BOB KUR
REPORTS, BUSH, CLINTON
AND PEROT HAVE COMPANY.
>> THESE ARE THE NAMES
WE ALL KNOW.
YET MORE THAN 100 AMERICANS
HAVE BEEN RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT THIS YEAR.
WINTON WORSWICK -- THE REBEL
WITHOUT A CLUE.
SUSAN BLOCK -- THE SEX
CANDIDATE.
AND VENTRILOQUIST
IRVIN GUENTHER, THE LITTLE
PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE WHOSE
RUNNING MATE IS A REAL
DUMMY.
BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS, ALSO
INCLUDED ARE ALMOST TWO
DOZEN PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES WHO WILL APPEAR
ON VARIOUS BALLOTS AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
ONE OF THEM --
ANDRE MARROU THE LIBERTARIAN
PARTY CANDIDATE, IS
ON THE BALLOT IN EVERY
STATE, JUST LIKE
ROSS PEROT.
>> THE DEBATE COMMISSION
CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS KEPT US OUT
OF THE DEBATES FOR THEIR OWN
PARTISAN REASONS
AND THE PRESS IGNORED THAT
TO A GREAT EXTENT.
>> SO HE TRAVELS THE COUNTRY
SEEKING LOCAL COVERAGE
OF THE LIBERTARIAN'S CALL
FOR DRASTIC REDUCTION
IN THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT.
AND, IN ADS, MARROU INSISTS
THAT HIS TICKET WOULD DO
BETTER IF MORE VOTERS KNEW
ABOUT IT.
>> THEY ARE THE 4th CHOICE,
BUT NBC REFUSES TO COVER
THEIR CAMPAIGN.
NBC WON'T COUNT OR REPORT
THEIR VOTE TOTALS
ON ELECTION NIGHT.
>> DISRUPTION DURING
THE PRIMARIES, FRUSTRATION
BOILED OVER.
CANDIDATE LENORA FULANI,
OF THE NEW ALLIANCE PARTY,
DISRUPTED A BILL CLINTON
APPEARANCE IN ORDER TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO BEING SHUT OUT
OF DEBATES.
SHE'S ON THE FAR LEFT,
ON THE BALLOT IN 40 STATES
AND HAS RAISED $4 MILLION,
HALF OF IT IN FEDERAL
MATCHING FUNDS.
SHE BELIEVES PEROT'S
CANDIDACY HELPS ALL
INDEPENDENT EFFORTS.
>> I THINK THAT COMBINED
VOTE IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE
WELL ON OUR WAY TO BUILDING
A BROAD-BASED COALITIONAL
EFFORT THAT WILL TAKE
OVER POLITICS IN THIS
COUNTRY IN THE NEXT TEN
YEARS.
>> ALTERNATIVE CANDIDATES
HAD THEIR OWN DEBATE.
JOHN HAGELIN, OF
THE NATURAL LAW PARTY, HAS
ONE ANSWER.
>> THE MOST EFFECTIVE
TECHNIQUE THAT HAS BEEN USED
SO FAR AND HAS BEEN STUDIED
SCIENTIFICALLY FOR CUTTING
STRESS IS PROBABLY
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION.
>> ON ELECTION NIGHT, ONE
FRUSTRATION THESE CANDIDATES
SHARE IS AN INABILITY
TO FIND OUT HOW MANY VOTES
THEY GOT.
IF THEY GOT MORE THAN
A FRACTION, THE NETWORKS SAY
THEY'D REPORT IT.
BOB KUR, NBC NEWS,
NEW YORK.
>>> BACK IN A MOMENT
WITH ANOTHER SCREAMER
STORY.
>>> HOLLYWOOD CAN BE A SCARY
PLACE IN THE BEST OF TIMES.
SO WHEN IT COMES
TO HALLOWEEN, HOLLYWOOD IS
IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN.
NBC'S GEORGE LEWIS.
>> AAAUGH!
AAAUGH!
EEEEEEEK!
>> HEY KIDS, HOW'D YOU LIKE
TO BE THE FIRST ONE
ON YOUR BLOCK TO BE DIPPED
IN A VAT OF ACID AND MUTATED
INTO A HORRIBLE GHOUL?
THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
HOLLYWOOD THEME PARK
ACTUALLY DID A CASTING CALL
AT HIGH SCHOOLS
IN LOS ANGELES, AND THERE
WAS NO SHORTAGE OF ZOMBIE
WANNABEES.
>> AAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!
>> YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
>> WE'RE LOOKING FOR TALENT,
MALE OR FEMALE, WHO CAN
PROJECT TERROR.
>> EEEEEEEEYYYYYOWW!
>> THE PARK NEEDED ALL SORTS
OF BODIES -- WARM, COLD
AND OTHERWISE,
FOR ITS HALLOWEEN HORROR
NIGHTS.
A GUY NAMED BEETLEJUICE
EXPLAINED THE CONCEPT.
>> LOTS OF SCARY STUFF, LOT
OF FUN STUFF.
YOU KNOW, MAGICIANS,
MANIACS, KILLERS, PSYCHOS,
ME -- HA HA HA -- YOU OUGHT
TO CHECK IT OUT.
>> JUST LIKE THE STREETS
OF L.A., RIGHT?
>> BASICALLY, YEAH.
>> THE PLACE HAS BEEN
STOCKED WITH ALL SORTS
OF GOOLIES AND GHOSTIES
AND LONG-LEGGEDY BEASTIES
AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP
IN THE NIGHT.
PARKING STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN
TRANSFORMED INTO HAUNTED
HOUSES AND BACK LOT SETS
HAVE BECOME CHAMBERS
OF HORROR.
STUDIO PUBLICISTS GLEEFULLY
GLOAT THAT THE PRODUCTION
USES 4,000 GALLONS OF FAKE
BLOOD, 2,000 GALLONS
OF SPECIAL GOOEY SLIME,
1,000 TRAINED RATS, PLUS
SPIDERS, BATS, SNAKES
AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER
CUDDLY CREATURES.
AND KIDS, IF YOU DIDN'T PASS
THE AUDITION, YOU CAN ALWAYS
BUY A TICKET AND BE
TERRORIZED ON YOUR OWN
NICKEL.
OR YOU CAN WAIT FOR NEXT
YEAR'S AUDITIONS.
>> AAAAAAAUGH!
>> TRY TO VISUALIZE
SOMETHING TERRIFYING.
>> EEEEEEKKKKK!
>> THINK HOMEWORK!
>> YIIIIIIIKEEEE!
>> OR YOU'RE GROUNDED.
>> YYYYYEEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!
>> HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
>> AAAAAAAGGGGGGH!
>> AND DON'T CALL US --
WE'LL CALL YOU.
>> AAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!!
>> GEORGE LEWIS, NBC NEWS,
HOLLYWOOD.
>>> THINK "NIGHTLY NEWS."
GARRICK UTLEY WILL BE HERE
WITH CONTINUING ELECTION