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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND CBS.
>> DO YOU WANT TO LIVE AT HOME
WITH YOUR MOM?
>> NOT AT HOME, NO.
>> A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY WANTS TO
DIVORCE HIS PARENTS.
WILL THE JUDGE SAY YES?
A RASH OF LATE-SUMMER STORMS
RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.
DO YOU HAVE THE PROTECTION YOU
NEED?
AND "EYE ON YOUR HEALTH"--
TONIGHT, COULD YOUR DIET PREVENT
CANCER AND MAYBE SAVE YOUR LIFE?
THIS IS THE "CBS EVENING NEWS."
GOOD EVENING, DAN RATHER
REPORTING.
A JUDGE IN FLORIDA COULD DECIDE
AN UNPRECEDENTSED CASE IN FAMILY
LAW AS EARLY AS TONIGHT.
THE COURT HEARD DRAMATIC
TESTIMONY TODAY FROM THE BOY WHO
WANTS TO DIVORCE HIS BIRTH
PARENTS AND BE ADOPTED BY HIS
FOSTER PARENTS.
CORRESPONDENT JUAN VASQUEZ IS
COVERING FOR US.
>> MY NEXT WITNESS IS GREGORY
KINGSLEY.
>> THE STAR WITNESS TOOK THE
STAND TODAY.
12-YEAR-OLD GREGORY KINGSLEY
IS ASKING A FLORIDA COURT TO
DECLARE HIS MOTHER, RACHEL
KINGSLEY, UNFIT SO HE CAN BE
ADOPTED BY HIS FOSTER PARENTS,
GEORGE AND LIZ RUSS.
>> DO YOU LOVE GEORGE RUSS?
>> YES.
>> DO YOU LOVE LIZ RUSS?
>> YES.
>> DO YOU FEEL THAT THEY ARE
YOUR MOM AND DAD?
>> YES.
>> DO YOU LOVE RACHEL KINGSLEY
AS A MOTHER?
>> NO.
>> GREGORY MET HIS FOSTER FATHER
GEORGE RUSS AT A STATE-RUN CHILD
CARE FACILITY A YEAR AGO, AND
AFTER MOVING IN WITH THE RUSSES
AND THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN, HE
DECIDED HE WANTED TO BE ADOPTED
BY THE FAMILY.
HIS NATURAL FATHER AGREED, BUT
HIS MOTHER, WHO HAD LIVED WITH
HIM ONLY SEVEN MONTHS OUT OF THE
LAST EIGHT YEARS, DECIDED SHE
WANTED HIM BACK, EVEN THOUGH SHE
HAD PLACED HIM IN A FOSTER CARE
SYSTEM HE HAS COME TO DESPISE.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE
ANYTHING WRONG?
>> NO.
>> ARE YOU DOING THIS BECAUSE
YOU WANT TO HURT YOUR MOTHER?
>> NO.
>> WHY ARE YOU DOING IT?
>> I'M DOING IT FOR ME, SO I CAN
BE HAPPY.
>> ARE YOU DOING IT BECAUSE YOU
LOVE THE RUSSES TOO?
>> YES.
>> IN HIS HOUR ON THE WITNESS
STAND, GREGORY SAID HE DID NOT
RECOGNIZE HIS MOTHER WHEN HE SAW
HER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS,
LAST JULY.
BY THAT TIME, GREGORY HAD HIRED
HIS OWN LAWYER, INITIATING WHAT
HAS BECOME AN UNPRECEDENTED
CUSTODY BATTLE THAT SOME CHILD
CARE EXPERTS ARE ALREADY
CRITICIZING.
>> EVERY PARENT MAKES MISTAKES.
BUT WHEN YOU REACH THE POINT
WHERE CHILDREN ARE EMPOWERED TO
GO AND SAY, "I WANT A NEW SET,"
THAT'S FRIGHTENING.
>> I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT TO NOT
BLAME THOSE CHILDREN WHO SIMPLY
ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES IN THE
BEST WAY THEY CAN AND ARE
SAYING, "LOOK, I CAN'T BE YOUR
PUNCHING BAG ANYMORE."
>> ATTORNEYS FOR NATURAL MOTHER
RACHEL KINGSLEY SAY THAT IF THE
JUDGE RULES AGAINST HER, THEY
INTEND TO FILE AN IMMEDIATE
APPEAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE
ADOPTION PROCESS BEFORE IT
BECOMES FINAL.
JUAN VASQUEZ, CBS NEWS, ORLANDO.
>> AS EXPECTED, MAGIC JOHNSON
QUIT THE NATIONAL AIDS
COMMISSION TODAY.
THE FORMER PRO-BASKETBALL STAR
ACCUSED PRESIDENT BUSH OF
"DROPPING THE BALL" IN THE WAR
ON AIDS.
THE PRESIDENT SAID THROUGH A
SPOKESMAN THAT AIDS IS A
PRIORITY, AND HE REGRETS
JOHNSON'S DECISION.
PRESIDENT BUSH INSISTED AGAIN
TODAY THAT HE HAD NO ROLE IN
SENDING THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN
MISSILES TO THE AYATOLLAH
KHOMEINI.
BUT A FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL AID IS SAYING "MR. BUSH
KNEW DIRECTLY."
HOWARD TEICHER SAID TODAY HE
BRIEFED THEN VICE PRESIDENT
BOURBON THE OPERATION THREE
TIMES IN 1986.
IN FACT, TEICHER SAID, MR. BUSH
WAS SO EAGER TO GET INVOLVED,
THAT HE ASKED WHAT HE COULD DO
TO HELP.
PRESIDENT BUSH'S ECONOMIC
POLICIES CAME IN FOR MORE
CRITICISM FROM GOVERNOR BILL
CLINTON TODAY.
HE SAID THE PRESIDENT IS OUT OF
IDEAS AND OUT OF TIME.
TONIGHT CBS NEWS CORRESPONDENT
ERIC ENGBERG MATCHES THE CLINTON
WORDS AGAINST THE BUSH RECORD IN
A CAMPAIGN '92 REALITY CHECK.
>> THE ECONOMY IS THE ISSUE THAT
WILL WIN IT OR LOSE IT FOR BILL
CLINTON.
AS HE DWELLS ON THE RECESSION,
HIS EXUBERANCE FOR GLOOM-AND-
DOOM NUMBERS SOMETIMES GETS THE
BEST OF HIM.
>> THE PRESIDENT PROMISED US 15
MILLION NEW JOBS.
HE IS OVER 14 MILLION SHORT.
>> TRUE.
>> AND GET THIS: THIS
ADMINISTRATION, WHICH HATES THE
GOVERNMENT, HAS ACTUALLY
PRESIDED OVER A PERIOD WHEN
THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN
EMPLOYMENT IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
>> YES, BUT CLINTON DOESN'T
MENTION IT'S A DECLINE FROM THE
HIGH ACHIEVED IN MARCH 1990,
DURING THE BUSH YEARS.
>> AND NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THERE ARE
MORE PEOPLE GOING TO WORK IN
GOVERNMENT OFFICES EVERY DAY
THAN IN FACTORIES THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES.
>> TRUE, BUT ONLY IF YOU LUMP IN
EVERY COP, METER MAID AND BUS
DRIVER THAT WORKS FOR LOCAL AND
STATE GOVERNMENTS, MOST OF WHICH
ARE RUN BY DEMOCRATS.
>> THERE'S A 50% INCREASE IN THE
PEOPLE WHO GET UP EVERY DAY AND
PLAY BY THE RULES AND DO THEIR
BEST TO RAISE THEIR CHILDREN,
AND THEY'RE STILL LIVING BELOW
THE POVERTY LINE-- 18% OF THE
WORK FORCE, NEARLY ONE IN FIVE
AMERICANS!
>> CLINTON IS OVERSTATING THE
CASE.
CENSUS FIGURES SHOW 11% OF
AMERICAN FAMILIES LIVE IN
POVERTY.
CLINTON MAKES IT SOUND TWICE AS
BAD THROUGH STATISTICAL
CHICANERY.
ON THE EXPLOSIVE QUESTION OF
PASSING A TREATY TO LOWER TRADE
BARRIERS WITH MEXICO AND CANADA
AND RISK MORE U.S. JOB LOSSES,
CLINTON HAS SOUNDED ALL YEAR
LIKE HE WANTS IT BOTH WAYS,
PROTECTIONIST AND FREE-TRADER.
>> I DON'T WANT TO PROTECT
ANYBODY WHO CAN'T COMPETE AND
WIN, BUT I DON'T WANT TO STAND
BY IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND LET
PEOPLE WHO CAN COMPETE AND WIN
GET THEIR BRAINS BEAT OUT
BECAUSE OF UNFAIR PRACTICES IN
OTHER GOVERNMENTS.
I WON'T DO IT.
>> UNIONS AGAINST THE TREATY,
CONSUMERS FOR: THE CANDIDATE IN
THE MIDDLE AND STALLING.
>> WHEN I HAVE A DEFINITIVE
OPINION, I WILL SAY SO.
IT'S A VERY LONG AND COMPLEX
DOCUMENT.
IT WAS NEGOTIATED OVER A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT
AND CHECK IT ALL OFF.
>> TIME OUT: CLINTON HAS A
RETATION AS A COMMITTED POLICY
WONK WHO SOAKS UP DETAILS LIKE A
SPONGE.
BUT ON AN ISSUE WHICH WILL
LIKELY COST HIM VOTES NO MATTER
WHAT SIDE HE TAKES, THE ONE-TIME
RHODES SCHOLAR IS A CONVENIENTLY
SLOW LEARNER.
ERIC ENGBERG, CBS NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> AS THINGS NOW STAND, ROSS
PEROT'S VOLUNTEERS WILL BE
HOLDING A MASS MEETING IN DALLAS
ON MONDAY, AND PEROT WILL BE
MEETING THERE WITH TOP ADVISORS
TO THE BUSH AND CLINTON
CAMPAIGNS.
ALL OF THIS IN VONS OF PEROT'S
LATEST SELF DESCRIBED DECISION
ABOUT WHETHER HE PLANS TO
OFFICIALLY GET INTO THE CAMPAIGN
OR STAY OUT.
WITH PEROT OFFICIALLY OUT, AT
LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW, THE CLINTON
AND BUSH CAMPS HAVE BEEN GOING
AFTER FORMER PEROT SUPPORTERS.
THEY'RE ALSO TARGETING
ESPECIALLY YOUNG VOTERS.
MARK PHILLIPS REPORTS ON
CAMPAIGNING IN AMERICA.
>> WHAT HAS GEORGE BUSH DONE?
>> THE CANDIDATES MAY NOT HAVE
MET EACH OTHER FACE-TO-FACE YET,
BUT THEIR YOUNG SUPPORTERS HAVE.
>> CLINTON SCARES ME.
I DON'T LIKE HIM AT ALL.
>> DOES BUSH SCARE YOU MORE?
>> BUSH HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR
FOUR YEARS.
>> AND LOOK WHAT HE'S DONE.
>> COLLEGE CAMPUSES, ONCE
HOTBEDS OF POLITICAL PROTEST,
THEN COMPLACENT AND CONSERVATIVE
IN THE "ME GENERATION" 80'S, ARE
HOT AGAIN.
POLITICS HAS RE-REGISTERED, AND
HERE AT MIAMI OF OHIO UNIVERSITY
AND ELSEWHERE, THE POLITICS HAVE
CHANGED AGAIN.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TELL AMERICA
THAT OUR GENERATION IS
CONSERVATIVE, OUR GENERATION IS
REPUBLICAN.
>> INDEED, THE 18- TO
24-YEAR-OLD VOTE HAS BEEN
SOLIDLY REPUBLICAN SINCE 1980.
>> FOUR MORE YEARS, FOUR MORE
YEARS!
>> BUT THE CURRENT POLLS SHOW A
DRAMATIC SHIFT AND AS MUCH AS A
20-POINT LEAD FOR CLINTON.
>> FOUR MORE MONTHS, FOUR MORE
MONTHS!
>> WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED?
EVEN THE YOUNG REPUBLICANS WILL
TELL YOU.
>> A LOT OF MY FRIENDS' PARENTS
HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS.
THEY DON'T THINK THAT BUSH HAS
DONE A GOOD JOB, OR REAGAN, SO
THEY WANT A CHANGE.
>> SO COMPETING VOTER
REGISTRATION DRIVES ARE UNDER
WAY, AND THE BUSH/CLINTON PROXY
ARGUMENTS RAGE.
>> HE CAN'T FIND MONEY FOR
PEOPLE PROGRAMS.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.
HE'S SIGNED SEVERAL LAWS THAT
HAVE EXPANDED UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS.
>> HE VETOED IT TWICE.
>> NOT ONLY HAS THE CURRENT
GENERATION OF YOUNGER VOTERS
SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE
REPUBLICAN GRIP OF THE PAST
THREE ELECTIONS, BUT MANY SEEM
TO FEEL THAT GEORGE BUSH HAS
MADE VERY LITTLE EFFORT TO WOO
THEM, WHILE BILL CLINTON HAS
PUSHED EVERY GENERATIONAL BUTTON
HE CAN REACH.
>> YOU HAVE A LOT MORE ON THE
LINE IN THIS ELECTION THAN I DO.
>> HE'S FLATTERED THEM BY
APPEARING ON MTV.
HE'S IMPRESSED THEM BY PLAYING
HIS SAX ON "ARSENIO."
THE ROCK-AND-ROLLERS ARE BEING
URGED TO ROCK, ROLL, AND
REGISTER.
>> YOU THINK YOU DON'T COUNT?
COUNT THIS.
>> WOULD A RE-ENTRY OF ROSS
PEROT INTO THE RACE CHANGE THIS
EQUATION YET AGAIN?
>> HE'S A BILLIONAIRE.
HE'S LOOKING AT ALL THE THINGS
HE'S GOT.
HE'S GOT EVERYTHING MATERIAL
NOW, SO HE'S GOING THROUGH, "GOT
IT, GOT IT, NEED IT," AND UNDER
THE NEED IS THE PRESIDENCY.
>> ONE MORE FACT ABOUT YOUNG
VOTERS: WHILE THEIR TURNOUT HAS
BEEN DROPPING IN RECENT
ELECTIONS, THOSE WHO DO REGISTER
DO TEND TO VOTE.
>> I HAVE NO FAITH IN GEORGE
BUSH AT ALL.
>> AND THEY'VE BEEN REGISTERING
LATELY.
MARK PHILLIPS, CBS NEWS, OXFORD,
OHIO.
>> WALL STREET REGISTERED A BIG
LOSS TODAY, PULLED DOWN BY A
SELLOFF IN HEALTH CARE STOCKS,
WITH TRADERS CONCERNED THE
CLINTON HEALTH CARE PLAN WOULD
CUT INTO INDUSTRY PROFITS.
THE DOW INDUSTRIALS LOST MORE
THAN 37 POINTS IN HEAVY TRADING.
ALSO WORRYING THE MARKET: MORE
BAD NEWS ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
THE GOVERNMENT REPORTED USED
HOME SALES IN AUGUST DOWN,
DURABLE GOODS ORDERS DOWN,
PERSONAL INCOME DOWN, CONSUMER
SPENDING DOWN.
AT LEAST SOME OF THE BLAME GOES
TO HURRICANE ANDREW.
>> STILL AHEAD ON TONIGHT "CBS
EVENING NEWS", AN UPDATE ON THAT
TROPICAL STORM CRAWLING UP THE
EAST COAST NOW.
AND HOME INSURANCE, HOW MUCH DO
YOU NEED?
HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU PAY?
A MONEY CRUNCH REPORT.
>> TROPICAL STORM DANIELLE IS
MOVING UP THE MID AT LANE TICK
COAST TONIGHT GETTING STRONGER
AND FASTER.
SUSTAINED MAXIMUM MINDZ ARE
ESTIMATED AT 65 MILES AN HOUR.
STORM WAURNGS, THESE ARE NOT
HURRICANE WARNINGS, STORM
WARNINGS ARE UP FROM VIRGINIA TO
RODE ODE INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY
AND LONG ISLAND.
ALONG NORTH CAROLINA'S OUTER
BANKS, IT WRECKED THREE HOUSES
ON THE BARRIER ISLAND.
NO ONE WAS HURT THERE AND LIFE
IS SAID TO BE RETURNING TO
NORMAL.
>> MANY HOME OWNERS IN FLORIDA
AND LOUISIANA WILL ALWAYS REGRET
THAT THEY WEREN'T PREPARED FOR
THE HURRICANE LAST MONTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS THEY DIDN'T
HAVE INSURANCE OR ENOUGH OF IT.
RAY BRADY HAS TIPS ON MAKING IT
IN AMERICA.
>> HURRICANE ANDREW BLEW AWAY
MORE THAN JUST HOMES.
IT WIPED OUT THE SAVINGS OF
THOUSANDS WHO DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
HOME INSURANCE.
SURE, YOUR POLICY PROBABLY
COVERS DAMAGE FROM WIND, RAIN,
FIRE, AND LIGHTNING.
BUT IS THE INSURANCE RIGHT FOR
YOU, AND ARE YOU PAYING TOO MUCH
FOR IT?
>> WHAT YOU NEED TO INSURE IS
WHAT CAN BURN.
YOU DON'T INSURE YOUR LAND.
YOU DON'T INSURE YOUR BASEMENT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU JUST INSURE THE BURNABLE
VALUE.
>> ON THE OTHER HAND, MOST
POLICIES DON'T COVER YOU FOR
FLOOD OR EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE.
AND USUALLY, ONLY 50-75% OF YOUR
POLICY COVERS YOUR POSSESSIONS.
GOT VALUABLES?
YOU MIGHT NEED TO INSURE THEM
SEPARATELY.
EXPERTS RECOMMEND TOTAL
REPLACEMENT COST INSURANCE.
IF YOU HAVE A LOSS, IT PAYS YOU
IN TODAY'S COSTS, NOT THE COST
OF THE ITEM WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT.
>> IF YOU BOUGHT A SOFA FOR
$1,000 AND HAD REPLACEMENT COST
INSURANCE, AND IT WAS NOW WORTH
$1,200, YOU'D GET THE $1,200
COUCH.
>> CHECK OUT FEATURES THAT COULD
GIVE YOU AN INSURANCE DISCOUNT.
>> SMOKE ALARMS WILL GIVE YOU A
DISCOUNT.
NEARNESS TO A FIRE HYDRANT OR A
FIRE HOUSE WILL GIVE DISCOUNTS.
>> YOU CAN CHECK INSURERS'
RELIABILITY IN THE A.M. BEST
MANUAL IN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.
BUT HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU PAY IN
RATES?
THAT'S EASY: COMPARE CHARGES
WITH THE RATES IN YOUR AREA OF A
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE INSURER LIKE
STATE FARM INSURANCE.
ON A $100,000 POLICY FOR A HOME
IN BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA,
STATE FARM CHARGES $234 A YEAR;
IN NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, $196;
IN MARIETTA, GEORGIA, $317; IN
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA, $297.
>> IF YOU'RE PAYING MORE THAN
STATE FARM, YOU'RE PAYING TOO
MUCH.
IF YOU'RE PAYING LESS THAN STATE
FARM, YOU'RE GETTING A GOOD
DEAL.
>> ONE FINAL POINT: THE SAME
INSURANCE CAN COST YOU TWICE AS
MUCH, DEPENDING ON THE INSURER.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
INSURANCE, SHOP, SHOP, SHOP.
RAY BRADY, CBS NEWS, THE MONEY
CRUNCH.
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