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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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In this edition, She has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney, a state legislator, a U.S. Senator, and an ambassador. Now she wants to be President. We talk with Carol Mosely-Braun. |
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But first, the Department of Homeland Security has raised the national security threat level to orange, its second highest level. Federal Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge made the announcement Sunday saying attacks are possible during the holidays and that threat indicators are "perhaps greater now than at any point" since Sept. 11th. Jim VanDongen of the Office of Emergency Management told Chip Neal what is happening in New Hampshire. TRT: 1:42 OC:.those who might be more at risk. / shot freezes Tape: OL 115 |
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THIS IS PRIMARILY A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. AND FOR MOST MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO NOTICE A LOT OF CHANGES DAY TO DAY. AND THAT HOME LAND SECURITY MOST CONCERNED WITH INVOLVES TRANSPORTATION AND INVOLVES INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF VARIOUS TYPES. Reporter: WHAT SHOULD THE GENERAL PUBLIC DO? THIS IS A QUESTION WHERE THE GENERAL PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. PEOPLE SIMPLY NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT. BUT IN TERMS OF ANY SPECIFIC ACTIONS, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY PROBLEMS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. SO AS I SAY, IT IS A SITUATION WHERE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS SIMPLY GOING TO BE TRANSPARENT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Reporter: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG THE ORANGE ALERT WILL LAST? THERE IS NO INDICATION FROM WASHINGTON HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST. Reporter: WHERE IS THE MONEY TO COME FROM TO PAY FOR THE HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS THINGS? ON THE STATE LEVEL OR MUNICIPAL LEVEL? THAT'S A BONE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I UNDERSTAND SOME STATES HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO GET THE FEDS TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE OVERTIME. THAT IRN IS NOT RESOLVED AND I'M SURE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME TROS OVER THAT FOR SOMETIME TO COME. HOW IS THIS ALERT AFFECTING YOU? IT IS NOT AFFECTING MY DAILY LIFE. Reporter: DO YOU EXPECT IT TO IF IT CONTINUES?3OU HAVE PLANS TO FLY, FOR INSTANCE? I HAVE NO PLANS TO FLY. I WOULD NOT. VERY LITTLE EFFECT. RIGHT ANSWER IS JUST TO BE BRAVE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY POLITICIANS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT'S JUST THE MESSAGE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THE TIME. I DON'T THINK IT IS AFFECTING ME AT ALL HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I SUSPECT IT WOULD AFFECT MY BROTHER IN NEW YORK CITY OF. FOR THE MOST PART I'M JUST MOSTLY THINKING OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE MOTHER AT RISK |
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New Hampshire Outlook is expanding its coverage of the New Hampshire Primary with a series of in-depth interviews with the candidates. We begin with Ambassador Carol Mosely Braun. Richard Ager spoke with her earlier. |
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Reporter: WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK. AS A DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO YOU BECAME INVOLVED IN POLITICS AT AN EARLY AGE. WHAT FIRST GOT YOU INTERESTED IN THINKING THAT THE POLITICS WAS A WAY TO CHANGE SOCIETY? WELL, ELECTORAL POLITICS DIDN'T COME UNTIL MUCH LATER. I HAD BEEN. I HAD GROWN UP IN A VERY ACTIVE HOUSEHOLD. MY FATHER WAS AN ACTIVIST. HE LIKED TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES. SO I HAD AN INSTRUCTION AT AN EARLY AGE. -- I HAD ANODUCTION AT AN EARLY AGE. I PARTICIPATED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF MY OWN ACCORD MARCHING WITH DR. KING IN CHICAGO, MY OWN LITTLE SIT-IN AT A RESTAURANT WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER. I HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITY AND THEN WHEN I VOLUNTEERED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENTAL OR CONSERVATION CAUSE, FROM THAT, MY NEIGHBORS APPRECIATED MY WORK AND SUGGESTED THAT I STAND FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE. AND I FIRST SAID NO, I WASN'T INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. AND THEN ONE OF THE POLITICAL PUNDITS SAID DON'T RUN. YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY WIN. THE BLACKS WON'T VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE CHICAGO MACHINE. THE WHITES WON'T VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK AND NOBODY IS GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE A WOMAN. SOUNDS LIKE A RED FLAG FOR ME. IT WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR TO SIGN. THAT'S WHAT JUMP STARTED AKAY REAR-- A CAREER FOR ME IN THOROUGHLY OFFICE. YOU WENT ON TO SERVE AFTER EARNING YOUR LAW DEGREE AND SERVING AS U.S. ATTORNEY IN CHICAGO. YOU SPENT TEN YEARS IN THE LEGISLATURE INCLUDING SOME TIME AS THE ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER. BUT IN 19392, CLEARLY A MARATHON YEAR FOR YOU, YOU BECAME THE FOURTH AFRICAN AMERICAN AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE. WHAT MADE YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO GET ELECTED TO THE MOST BEEN CALLED THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CLUB IS IN THE W? WELL, I JUST HAD. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE WHAT I BELIEVE, KEEP MY PRMPS IN OFFICE AND HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE KEY TO THE HIGHWAY FOR ME. IN ILLINOIS, I JUST BELIEVED THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE AGREED WITH MY VIEWS AND POSITION ON THE ISSUES THAT THEY WOULD VOTE FOR ME. I CAMPAIGNED EVERYWHERE. I DIDN'T START OFF WITH AN ASSUMPTION THAT ONE PERSON WOULDN'T VOTE FOR ME OR THAT ANOTHER PERSON AUTOMATICALLY WOULD VOTE FOR ME. I NEVER CAMPAIGNED THAT WAY. I JUST PUT MYSELF OUT THERE AND SAY THIS IS WHERE I STAND AND THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE AND THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO. AND THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS RESPONDED TO THAT. I READ YOU WERE INSPIRED, THE YEAR BEFORE, IN 1991, BY ANITA HILL. WELL MORE BY THE NOMINATION. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS. ALSO CLARENCE THOMAS REPLACED THE POST BY THURGOOD MARSHAL. AND OF COURSE WITHOUT THE WARREN COURT AND THURGOOD MARSHALL'S LEADERSHIP, I WOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE THAT I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE, AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT CLARENCE THOMAS WAS NO THURGOOD MARSHAL AND THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY AS MUCH. AND I DID. AND WHEN I DID, PEOPLE STARTED TO COME AND SAY WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND INCUMBENT SENATOR, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR HAD VOTED TO CONFIRM, AND WITH THE ANITA HILL INCIDENT AS WELL, IT WAS. I SHOULD SAY THIS IS WHERE SHE ACCUSED CLARENCE THOMAS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT DURING THE HEARINGS. IT WAS ENOUGH TO ENFLAME THE WOMEN TO LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND TO SAY WE ARE NOT BEING REFLECTED OR REPRESENTED THERE. IT'S NOT RIGHT TO HAVE A PANEL. THERE WERE NO WOMEN REALLY. AT THE TIME IN 1991 AND WE TOOK IT ALL THE WAY UP TO 1996. YOU WENT ON TO EVERYBODY BUT YOU LOST YOUR REELECTION BID IN 1998 AND WENT ON TO BECOME APPOINTED MAHDI AL-BASSAM TO NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA WHICH NOBODY EVER MENTIONED. DURING THOSE HEARINGS WERE THEREWAS SOME CRITICISM OF TRIPS YOU TOOK TO FINALIA IN 1996 WHEN YOU VISITED THAT COUNTRY'S DICTATOR DESPITE ITS TERRIBLE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD. I KNOW YOU'VE GONE OUT TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT Y.DID YOU TAKE THOSE TRIPS? . I WENT TO A FUNERAL. IT WAS SO BLOWN OUT. IT WAS PURE POLITICS. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. I HAVE A 25ER-YEAR RECORD OF NOT JUST SUPPORT BUT ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ENDING APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA, AGAINST CHILD LABOR, AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PEOPLE, FOR NOT SUPPORTING THE REE REGIMES THAT HAD HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. DIFFICULT NOT GO TO ANYWHERE TO VISIT. I VISITED THE COUNTRY, WHICH OF COURSE I KNEW I TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY ACTUALLY IN MY LIFE AND I VISITED THE COUNTRY AND THEN ON THE SECOND OCCASION, WHILE I WAS SENATOR, I WENT TO IBRAHIM ABACHA'S FUNERAL. HIS SON I KNEW FROM THE UNITED STATES. SO TO HAVE SOMEONE WITH A 25-YEAR HUMAN ADVOCACY TO MAKE A NON-P.C. DECISION OF GOING TO A FUNERAL AND HAVE IT RESONATE SO WAS ONE OF THE. FOR ME AT LEAST. ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL PARTS OF MY ENTIRE SENATE TENURE. I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT IT ALL CAME OUT. I RECEIVED 98-2 VOTE ON CONFIRMATION FROM THE SENATE AND GOT OUR NATION'S HIGHEST SECURITY CLEARANCES AND MY HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD HAS SINCE BEEN UNIMPEACHED AGAIN BUT THAT IS WHERE YOU LOSE THE POLITICAL HARD BALL FIGHT AND I LOST THAT ONE BUT I'M BACK. YOU WENT ON TO SPEND WHAT I BELIEVE YOU CALLED TWO YEARS IN PARADISE. AMBASSADOR TO PARADISE. Reporter: WHAT WAS THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR TWO YEARS IN NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA. GOING TO THE SOUTH POLE WAS CERTAINLY RIGHT UP THERE. WHILE THERE IS AN AN ARCTIC TREATY THAT NO COUNTRY HAS SOVEREIGNTY CLAIMS ON THE CONTINENT, IT IS PART OF YOUR PORTFOLIO AS AMBASSADOR TO NEW ZEALAND. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP TO THE ANTARCTIC AND THE SOUTH POLE. THAT WAS A HIGH POINT. THE DIPLOMACY OBVIOUSLY WAS VERY EXCITING AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SERVE IN A COUNTRY WITH A WOMAN PRIME MINISTER, TO ADDRESS ANY NUMBER OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AND MILITARY ISSUES. IN FACT THE FIRST ISSUE, THE CONTROVERSY THAT I ENCOUNTERED WHEN I GOT TO NEW ZEALAND HAD TO DO WITH DOMESTIC STEAM FIGHTER JETS, THAT THERE WAS A SALE IN NEGOTIATIONS ON THAT. I GOT TO DO THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES. THAT REALLY GAVE ME A CHANCE TO GROW AND TO EXPAND BEYOND MY TIME, EVEN WHEN I HAVE LEARNED IN THE SENATE. AND SO IT WAS A GROWTH EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND ONE THAT I THINK MADE AN INDELIBLE MARK ON WHO I AM. THERE IS A MEMORABLE QUOTE FROM YOU. AFTER YOU LOST YOUR SENATE RACE IN 1998, YOU WERE ASKED IF YOU WOULD EVER RUN AGAIN FOR OFFICE. YOU WERE QUOTED AS SAYING NOT NEVER, NEIN, NYET. SOUNDS CLEAR TO ME. WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND? SEPTEMBER 11. SEPTEMBER 11 CHANGED MY MIND. IT CHANGED OUR WORLD AS YOU KNOW. I HAD COME BACK HOME FROM NEW ZEALAND AND WAS PREPARED TO BECOME A FARMER. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD BOUGHT A FARM IN 18730 IN ALABAMA. I WAS GOING TO GO AND GET THE FARM UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE THE LAST OF THE RELATIVES WHO LIVED THERE DIED WHEN I CAME BACK HOME. SO I STARTED TO DO THAT AND SOME OTHER THINGS. AND THEN WHEN SEPTEMBER 11 HAPPENED, MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDSD SUPPORTERS BEGAN TO ENGAGE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DIRECTION OUR COUNTRY WAS TAKING. Reporter: AND YOUR SON WAS IN THE PENTAGON I'M TOLD. HE WASN'T IN THE PENTAGON BUT HE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN THE FIRST SMOKE GO UP. AND IN FACT, I HEARD SOMEBODY. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIM AND SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND SAID OH THAT'S JUST A CONSTRUCTION FIRE. I SAID NO, THAT'S MORE THAN A CONSTRUCTION FIRE. SO ANYWAY, IT WAS SUFFICIENTLY. IT JUST CHANGED ALL OF OUR WORLDS, OF COURSE. SO FOR ME, WHEN MY FRIEND SAID IT'S NOT TIME FOR YOU TO GO OFF TO WALDEN POND JUST YET, I RESPONDED TO THAT. SO I'M HOLD MYSELF FORWARD AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR COUNTRY IS AT A CROSSROADS AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO MAKE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF AMERICA WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN. Reporter: NOW WHEN WE WENT INTO AFGHANISTAN, CAN I ASSUME YOU SUPPORTED THAT ACTION? YES. Reporter: WERE YOU THINKING OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THEN? OR WAS IT RATHER THE MOVE TOWARD IRAQ LATER? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE TIMING. I KNOW I WAS SUFFICIENTLY. AND I CAN'T TIME IT. I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY BEFORE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATIONS WERE GOING ON ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO NOW? AND I WAS FRANKLY APPALLED THAT AT THE KIND OF ALMOST KNEE JERK REACTION OUT OF FEAR THAT WAS HAPPENING. A EEAION AGO, OUR PRESIDENT TOLD US THE ONLY THING WE HAD TO FEAR WAS FEAR ITSELF. THE RESPONSE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION WAS TO SAY BE VERY AFRAID, AND BETWEEN THE PATRIOT ACT TAKING AWAY OUR PRIVACY, THE RESPONSES SHUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN, TURNING ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TURNING ON THE REST OF THE WORLD. WE HAD SUCH GREAT GOOD WILL AROUND THE WORLD FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 11 AND THEY FRITTERED IT AWAY. Reporter: SPEAKING OF BEING AFRAID, JUST TODAY OR YESTERDAY I SHOULD SAY, THE ALERT STATUS WAS RAISED AGAIN. DO YOUTIK THAT THAT KIND OF APPROACH, THESE SORT OF NEBULOUS WARNINGS TO THE UPON US WILL ARE OF ANY USE? NO. I THINK IT'S PANDERING TO FEAR. I THINK FRANKLY THAT WHILE OBVIOUSLY PREPAREDNESS IS IMPORTANT, EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PREPARED. AND IF ANYTHING, OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO MORE THAN IT'S DOING TO HELP THE FIRST RESPONDERS; THAT IS POLICE AND FIRE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL, OUR HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR WATER SUPPLY AND THE LIKE. THAT'S WHERE THE WORK SHOULD BE GOING ON. NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, TELLING PEOPLE TO BUY DUCT TAPE AND PLASTIC SHEETING. AND SO IT JUST SEEMED THAT WHETHER IT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OR IN REGARDS TO THE ECONOMY WORKING FOR EVERYBODY, THAT OUR COUNTRY WAS AT A GREAT CROSSROADS, AND WE HAVE, I THINK AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT AND TAP ALL OF THE TALENT TO BRING EVERY ASSET WE HAVE TO BEAR ON PUTTING THIS COUNTRY ON A SOLID FOOTING SO THAT OUR GENERATION WILL GIVE THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS NO LESS LIBERTY, NO LESS FREEDOM, NO LESS OPPORTUNITY, NO LESS OPTIMISM, NO LESS HOPE THAN WE INHERITED FROM OUR PARENTS. WE'LL GET TO DOMESTIC IDEAS IN A MOMENT. BUT CERTAINLY ABOUT IRAQ, DO YOU THINK WITH THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, THAT WE ARE SAFER? I HOPE THAT OUR SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ ARE SAFER, THAT THIS WILL HELP BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES ON SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY AND INSURGENCY GOING ON. IT DOES NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION OF THE WAR ON TERRORISM HAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FROM THE BEGINNING. |
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WE STILL HAVEN'T GONE AFTER BIN LADEN. WE STILL HAVEN'T SHUT DOWN AL QAEDA. WE HAVEN'T BROKEN UP THE TERRORIST CELLS THAT DID THREATEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NOBODY IS GOING TO HOLD ANY BROOK FOR SADDAM. HE IS A BAD GUY, GOOD HE IS GONE. Reporter: DID IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DID DO WITH THE WAR ON TERROR? LITTLE IF ANYTHING TO DO. THEY WENT IN AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE CAUTIO-pF THE INTERNATIONAL DMUBT-- COMMUNITY LOOKING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION THAT NOBODY THOUGHT WERE THERE. AND THEY MAY FIND SOMETHING NOW MAYBE. BUT EVEN SO, WE'VE LOST A YEAR IN THE REAL FIGHT, FIGHTING THE REAL WAR ON TERRORISM. SHOULD WE PULL OUT. ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT WITH HONOR. WE BLEW THE PLACE UP. WE CAN'T JUST CUT AND RUN. WE HAVE TO FIX IT BACK AND LEAVE IT IN NO WORSE SHAPE THAN WE FOUND IT. BUT I THINK THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE DOMESTIC SECURITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS ADDRESSED, AND THERE, I WANT TO JUST MAKE A CAUTION, AND THIS KIND OF GOES BACK, I'M ALMOST AT THIS POINT MAKING COMMERCIALS FOR THE CONSTITUTION ON ARTICLE ONE SECTION EIGHT. I HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL BEGIN TO DEMAND THAT PRESIDENTS FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION, THAT THE CONGRESS DO ITS JOB. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS CONGRESS HAS TO ISSUE DECLARATIONS OF WAR. WE HAVEN'T HAD A DECLARED WAR SINCE WAR WORLD II. VIETNAM WAS AN ACTION, KOREA WAS AN ACTION, THE FIRST GULF WAR WAS AN ACTION. WE HAVE THESE UNILATERAL DECISION MADE BY. AND RESOLUTIONS MADE BASED ON RESOLUTIONS. IT IS NOT RIGHT, NOT RIGHT LARGELY BECAUSE THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION PUT INTO OUR SYSTEM WHERE AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK IN THE FACE OF THE MOTHER OF SOME YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN NOW THAT HE. THAT WAS BEING SENT OFF AND SAY WE ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY. NOW THAT ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BEEN DISSIPATED BECAUSE OF THIS PRACTICE OF JUST SAYING HERE IS A BLANK CHECK TO THE PRESIDENT. I HOPE WE STOP THAT. SPEAKING OF THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES, LIBYA HAS ANNOUNCED THEY WILL RENOUNCE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROGRAMS. DO YOU GIVE ANY CREDIT TO PRESIDENT BUSH FOR HIS POLICIES HELPING TO INITIATE THAT? HE DIDN'T INITIATE IT. IT'S BEEN FLOATING AROUND FOR A WHILE. QADDAFI HAS BEEN TRYING TO COME INTO THE TENT FOR A WHILE NOW. AND I WILL COM-- AND I WELCOME IT FRANKLY. ALL OF US SHOULD. IT HAS BEEN A ROGUE STATE. YOU MAY RECALL THE PAN AM. HE WAS HARBORING THE TERRORISTS THAT BLEW UP THAT AIRPLANE. THE 15th ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK. THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. BUT SINCE THEN, EITHER WITH THE PAYMENT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN THAT, HE REALLY HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET HIMSELF, BRING LIMBS OUT OF EXILE, AND THAT IT HAPPENED ON PRESIDENTSHS WH, YOU KNOW, WILL NO DOUBT HAVE SOME POLITICAL RESONANCE. HE IS GOING TO TAKE CREDIT FOR IT AND THAT'S FINE. I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH HIM TAKING CREDIT FOR THAT, BUT THE POINT IS WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SEE TO IT THAT ALL THE ROGUE STATES ARE BROUGHT INTO A COHERENT MODEL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME SUPPORT FROM THE NATION STATES IN MEETING THIS NEW CHALLENGE OF TERRORISM THAT EXISTS WITHOUT BORDERS. Reporter: YOU'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ON DOMESTIC AGENDA. YOU'D LIKE TOE ESSENTIALLY REBUILD THE ECONOMY. ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THAT IS HEALTH CARE. WHAT IS YOUR HEALTH CARE SCHEME? SINGLE PAYER. SINGLE PAYER. IT IS ESSENTIALLY EXPANDING A SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM IS A SIE PAYER SYSTEM. AND IF WE EXPANDED TO EVERY AMERICAN, WE CAN HAVE UNIVERSAL COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, EVERYTHING FROM WELLNESS AND PREVENTION TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO LONG-TERM CARE CAN BE COVERED. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE HEALTH CARE. Reporter: NO HEALTH BENEFITS FROM THE JOB. INSTEAD IT'S A RIGHT. TAKE IT AWAY FROM. HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT? THE SAME WAY WE ARE PAYING FOR IT NOW. JUST SHIFT THE PAYMENT. RIGHT NOW THE PAYMENT IS COMING FROM THE PAYROLL TAX AS WELL AS OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK ESSENTIALLY. IF YOU BUY IT ON YOUR JOB. OR FOR THOSE FEW PEOPLE. THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN BUY PRIVATELY, IT STILL COMES OUT OF INCOME. IF WE CAN SHIFT THAT OVER, ESSENTIALLY TO THE TREASURY, TO THE INCOME TAX BASE, SHIFT IT OVER. SAVE A LOT OF MONEY. WIND UP WITH UNIVERSAL COVERAGE INSTEADF HAVING 46 MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, EVERYBODY WILL BE COVERED. YOU KNOW, I ASKED RICHARD GEPHARDT WHY NOT TRY THAT APPROACH. HE SAID WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT. IT WOULD NEVER PASS. THE IRONY THERE, OF COURSE. I'VE BEEN A LEGISLATURE, NOT CERTAINLY AS I HAVEN'T BEEN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, BUT I'VE BEEN A LEGISLATURE AS LONG AS RICHARD GEPHARDT HAS. HE JUST LOOKS OLDER. AND I HAVE PASSED LOTS OF BILL AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. AND THE PROCESS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU START OFF SAYING THAT THAT WHICH WE NEED TO HAVE DONE CAN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE WE SAY IT CAN'T, THAT'S A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE ENOUGH STAKE HOLDERS. THE PHYSICIANS ARE TIRED OF TAKING ORDERS FROM PEOPLE IN CALL CENTERS HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD. Reporter: BILL CLINTON TRIED TO DO THIS. IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT. WHAT CLINTON TRIED TO DO WAS ESSENTIALLY A VARIATION ON THE THEME OF WHAT WE V.IT PUT, FRANKLY, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CHARGE OF THE PROCESS. AND THEN YOU HAD ALL THESE BUREAUCRACIES TO TRY TO STRAIGHTEN OUT. Reporter: YOU WANT TO KEEP THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AS ADMINISTRATORS. EXACTLY. Reporter: WHY KEEP THEM IN AT ALL. SOMEBODY HAS TO DO THE PAPERWORK. I JUST AS SOON HAVE THEM DO IT INSTEAD OF CREATING A NEW FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY. WE HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC SYSTEMS, MEDICARE, MEDICAID,, SEVERAL PRIVATE SYSTEM NGZ, BLUE CROSS, BLUE SHIELD. ATE NAMPT YOU CAN'T GET THEM TO COME TOGETHER. THAT'S WHY WE SPEND 15% OF OUR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ON HEALTH CARE. NO OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATION IN THE WORLD SPENDS DOUBLE DIGITS. QUESTION IS ARE WE THAT MUCH SICKER THAN THE JAPANESE AND THE GERMANS AND THE FRENCH AND THE BRITS AND THE NEW ZEALANDER? I DON'T THINK SO. THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T PAY FOR HEALTH CARE IN A RATIONAL WAY. SO IF WE EXPAND IT TO EVERY AMERICAN, WE'LL HAVE UNIVERSAL, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE WITHOUT PRICE CONTROLS, WITHEGOTIATED RATES THAT WORKS FOR PROVIDERS AS WELL AS CONSUMERS. I THINK THE TIME HAS COME THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE READY FOR IT. BIG IDEA INDEED. I WANT TO GET TO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY WOMAN IN THIS RACE AND HAVE BECOME WELL KNOWN TO SAY IT IS TIME TO TAKE THE MEN ONLY SIGN OFF THE WHITE HOUSE DOOR. WHAT IS DIFFERENT OF A WOMAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THAN A MAN? DO YOU FIND YOURSELF BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY? YES AND NO. ON THE ONE HAND BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN, THERE ARE SOME WHO JUST GO WELL, SHE COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS. I'M STILL GETTING THE DON'T RUN, YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY INWIN COMMENTS FROM SOME. THERE ARE OTHERS, PARTICULARLY YOUNG GIRLS, I HEARD JUST TODAY IN FACT A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAYING WELL, I'D LIKE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE TO WIN EXCEPT I DON'T WANT THAT WOMAN TO WIN BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT. WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF CUTE. YOUNG GIRLS, PARTICULARLY ARE INSPIRED. WOMEN, I THINK, ARE INSPIRED BY THIS CANDIDACY. BUT LET ME SAY ONE THING. IT REALLY SERVES THE INTEREST OF THE WHOLE POPULATION. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, JUST AS A MATTER OF MATHEMATICS. IF YOU CAN HAPPEN 100% OF THE TALENT AVAILABLE TO YOU, YOU HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF SUCCESS THAN IF YOU CAN ONLY TAP HALF. I MEAN IT'S KIND OF FUNDAMENTAL. AND SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE MORE AND MORE WOMEN GETTING INVOLVED IN GOVERNANCE AND IN GOVERNMENT AT ALL LEVELS, AND THAT IN SO DOING, WHAT YOU'LL HAVE IS POLICY-MAKING WILL BE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE YOU WILL AUTO GET A DIFFERENT SET OF PERSPECTIVE AND I JUST BELIEVE THAT THAT SERVES THE COUNTRY AND THAT PARTICULARLY IN THESE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY HUGE NEEDS, SO MANY CRITICAL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED, THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO WASTE THE TALENT, THE INTEREST INTELLECT, THE CAPACITY WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY. Reporter: YOUR BIOGRAPHY STATES THAT YOU ARE A CATHOLIC BUT ATTEND A EPISCOPAL CHURCH. YOU MUST HAVE HEARD OF OUR NEW BISHOP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, GENE ROBINSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BISHOP. DO YOU APPROVE OF THE ACTION THE CHURCH TOOK IN APPOINTING HIM? OF COURSE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING HIM. HE IS A VERY BRAVE PERSON. Reporter: DO YOU THINK THE SUBJECT OF GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNIONS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN? THE HATERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DIVIDE US WILL TRY TO MAKE IT AN ISSUE. THAT'S THE TRAGEDY. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IN MY OWN LIFE EXPERIENCE, I HAD A RELATIVE IN AN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE AND INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES WERE ILLEGAL IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN OUR LIFETIME. AND THE SUPREME COURT HAD DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FUNDAMENTAL CIVIL RIGHT FOR A PERSON TO MARRY WHO THEY WANTED TO MARRY. IT SEEMED TO ME THE SAME THING APPLIES IF THE PERSON IS GAY OR IF THE PERSON IS BLACK OR THE PERSON IS WHITE. THAT OUGHT TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN RIGHT TO BE AND LIVE YOUR LIFE IN A LEGAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON YOU CHOOSE. SO I HOPE THAT THE VOICES WILL RISE UP SAYING THIS IS NOT A DEBATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW TO BE A WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY. INDEED, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT BRING US TOGETHER AS AMERICANS, THAT LIFT US UP AND THAT SPEAK TO OUR HIGHER VALUES. Reporter: NOW, RAEMT IS THAT ONLY ONE IN NINE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING ARE GOING TO WIN. THE POLLS DON'T SHOW YOU DOING THAT WELL. BUT STILL, IF YOU LOOK BEYOND THE POLLS, AND IF YOU ARE NOT THE ONE WHO DOES END UP WITH THE NOMINATION, WILL THIS STILL HAVE BEEN WORTH IT? DO YOU THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHEDING IN ELSE? I. LISTEN, FIRST OFF, I'M LOOKING TO WIN. I'M IN IT TO WIN IT. BUT, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS THE FIRST OF THE CANDIDATES TO RAISE THE PATRIOT ACT AS AN ISSUE. WHEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, I SAID FIRST, HEY, THEY TOOK MY ISSUE. BUT THEN I THOUGHT WE SHOULD ALL BE TALKING ABOUT PRIVACY AND LIBERTY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. THE HEALTH CARE ISSUE. THIS WHOLE PROCESS, I THINK, HAS HELPED TO SET UP AN ALTERNATIVE RESONANCE TO THE PROPAGANDA COMINGING OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FRANKLY AND GIVES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ANOTHER VISION OF A DIRECTION THAT WE CAN TAKE. WE CAN HAVE HARMONY AND THE SECURITY OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IF WE TAKE SOME DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO POLICY-MAKING. I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THE VISION TO GET THAT JOB DONE AND THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING. AMBASSADOR CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL WORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. |
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Tuesday, Richard speaks one-on -one with Senator John Edwards. We'll learn where he stands on the issues including the war in Iraq, and how he plans to take on the rest of the Democratic nominees. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. one-on -one with Senator John Edwards. We'll learn where he stands on the issues Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. one-on -one with Ambassador carol Moseley Braun. We'll learn where she stands on the issues Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook. Making adoption easier for both children and parents. Join us Monday at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 12/22/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, she has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney, a state legislator, a U.S. Senator, and an ambassador. Now she wants to be President. We talk with Carol Mosely-Braun. But first, the Department of Homeland Security has raised the national security threat level to orange, its second highest level. Federal Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge made the announcement Sunday saying attacks are possible during the holidays and that threat indicators are "perhaps greater now than at any point" since Sept. 11th. Jim VanDongen of the Office of Emergency Management told Chip Neal what is happening in New Hampshire. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jim VanDongen\Office of Emergency Management, Sharon Proulx\Rindge, Mary Halpin Carter\Concord, Mat Cairns\Concord, Sandy Vanscoyoc\New Boston |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 12/22/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 23:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, she has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney, a state legislator, a U.S. Senator, and an ambassador. Now she wants to be President. We talk with Carol Mosely-Braun. New Hampshire Outlook is expanding its coverage of the New Hampshire Primary with a series of in-depth interviews with the candidates. We begin with Ambassador Carol Mosely Braun. Richard Ager spoke with her earlier. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Amb. Carol Moseley Braun\Democratic Presidential Candidate |
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Day to day living for homeless families present many challenges. One is how to enroll and keep children in school when frequent moves is a way of life. A modest estimate has the number of homeless children in New Hampshire at nearly 900. That number has almost doubled since the late 1990s. The federal No Child Left Behind Act has mandated that school districts ensure these children get in to school. Producer Phil Vaughn was in Manchester to find out what the law provides. |
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