NJN News; Wednesday June 26, 2002

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dueling press conferences at the statehouse is legislative leaders from both sides talk about why there is still no budget deal the garden state states under the summer's first place gays and lesbians sued for the right to marry in new jersey people are flocking to the beaches of encouraging numbers from the state's tourism industry and elizabeth school turning out in major league soccer star jay use for wednesday june twenty six bucks with just four full days till the june thirtieth budget deadline a final budget bill has yet to be introduced in the legislature senate republican leader jon benet to day complained that his becoming the latest budget bill in modern times in new jersey although he said he's committed to getting it done by the midnight deadline sunday michael aaron reports i'm deeply disturbed by the report's that at this very moment we have not yet received the actual

appropriations bill time has expired but it's that it's related to your life and senator bob look welcome remember going without a budget bill and he complained that republicans are excluded by the governor and the democratic leadership from discussions to finalize the budget i had no doubt in my mind that the budget bill has been hidden because it is bad for new jersey from what we do know the budget will freeze to wait for the first time in over twenty years the budget will raise taxes on nearly every facet of business activity in new jersey ms budget increase state spending by two billion dollars governor mcgreevey today said he has included republican leaders in the discussion productive conversations or senegal or talent critically sen bennett as well senator dick protean the democratic assembly leadership and i am confident that it weeks and we will have a balanced budget a bipartisan basis

the governor has started planning for a possible government shutdown monday the budget isn't asked he says it's unlikely senate agreed to shut down its unlikely everyone remembers how the public blamed congress when the federal government was shut down by president clinton no real people talking about shutdown secondly democrats is no republican senators said they'll be a shutdown of government or committed to doing whatever it takes to avoid a shutdown of government negotiations on the corporate business tax are continuing bennett said praised democrats for being accessible on that issue this new arena bill kristol pass this week and it didn't rule it out entirely but said the priority is that the senate budget committee would meet sometime tomorrow possibly in the evening consider the cbc and the budget if there's a bill by then but he declined to say whether republicans will ultimately supplied the twenty first votes needed to pass a budget in twenty twenty deeply divided house we'll see but it so i can't say i will not be voting on it so we see some democrats have suggested the republicans should be

coming up with an alternative budget since they share control of the senate bennett said with a democratic governor and democratic assembly it's the democrats who are driving this process wherever those michael aaron jay a new strain democratic leaders were literally waiting in the wings to day waiting their turn to tell their side of the story on the budget state house correspondent jim parker has that story while republicans were having their say democratic senate leaders were waiting just outside the room eager to respond to reporters who tell the story of budget brinksmanship going on in the halls of the state house it really who's to blame and to the republican charge that that blame goes to democrats because of the lateness of introducing a budget bill with just days to go before the deadline they're getting treated for something like the budget was smitten back in march mr morris i mean i think that's that's a non issue

cody and the democrats say republicans haven't come to the table with counter proposals they bear responsibility to do so democrats say because past republican budget's left the state with a deep deficits democrats are attempting to race we passed the budget was two billion dollars in the hole last june night if you think that that was was a fish and budgeting and they take issue with us face and look in the mirror at the fraud they committed on the people of new jersey a year ago cody said he believes a budget bill can still be agreed to by the sunday night deadline he set it was reporters not democrats who had been raising the prospect of a government shutdown in their questioning but in interviews democratic leaders in recent weeks have been raising the prospect without prompting from the media earlier today the senate budget committees democratic members got together in their caucus room to discuss the spending plan and anyway changes and in the assembly the entire forty four member democratic caucus also met behind closed doors with a lot of our members are as raising informational questions or asking him tell us more about

this program and this appropriation but in many many cases they're saying i see that the budget appropriation for this item is x amount of dollars can we do it for less exactly where the process or the work or try to make government is accountable if we can hold sessions for both houses have been scheduled right through sunday in the event they are needed to pass a gym locker and say and news statehouse in other news high temperatures and humidity are prompting weather forecasters to issue excessive heat warnings for much of the state's residents are urged to limit outdoor activity and to check on senior citizens jerry henry has the story as temperatures soared into the mid nineties many levels reached sixty nine percent excessive heat warning for post it for several counties in new jersey today those who couldn't win an outdoor activity as advised by the national weather service border brought into like these roofers who's allegedly included a quick shower three three only a considerable success building heat related health problems in

trenton many senior citizens found refuge at several community centers like this one in some cases the centers have extended their hours all the concern about their safety in the health and well being on with the heat and humidity is high is it is reversing his to come to watch that five sailors airmen in this area the high temperatures of also caused a rise in electricity use most providers say they haven't reached peak levels yet and so forth going to dissipate any major problems during this early heat wave there is always the possibility of things happening at this point in time we have more than adequate generations and whether adequate transmission capability meanwhile those who had to brave the heat today say they were using any means possible to stay cool what a good or a lawyer that's about it take your time will solve crime think really easy work initiate if i can

and there's no relief at least for the next twenty four hours the national weather service says expect more of the same tomorrow as high temperatures and high humidity should raise the heat index level to rob a hundred by thursday afternoon gerry in the indian news us sen bob torricelli wants to keep evidence gathered in a federal probe of his finances from going public several news organizations have asked a federal court judge to unseal court documents describing what prosecutors uncovered torricelli his lawyers are asking that the papers remained sealed a five year probe closed in january with out charges against a senator chang was sentenced to prison for making illegal campaign contributions a hearing is scheduled for july first lesbian and gay couples want the legal right to marry and injures a seven couples have filed suit in state court for legal recognition of same sex unions sacca rethink has that story well the lambda legal defense and education on a gay civil rights group has filed suit on behalf of gay and lesbian

couples in new jersey want to marry their life partners the organization says new jersey's constitution affords every citizen the right away and equality under the law are denying marriage they argue both of those constitutional rights we have children now three are on board spending again in january and it's frightening to think about the things that they don't have because we can't get married same sex partners say in addition to seeking inheritance is insurance and health benefits it's also about recognizing their commitments and responsibilities many were inspired to file suit after learning that same sex partners the world trade center victims were having difficulties claiming damages and was a painful reminders we're seeing that the importance of this type of work and certainly was a contributing factor i think for all our families in their thinking that that scientists know after other person in the relationship who returned to her family to turn to immediate family in some

cases it's difficult to do that he was not completely accepted leonard justify a lawsuit in new jersey not only because of the couples were here are based on the state's legal history specifically the supreme court's reputation for judicial activism majors he's always been a leader in terms of civil liberties across the world when it comes to jokes there's a law against discrimination that includes a prohibition on discrimination based on sexual orientation in turn adoptions vice bills are also wowed critics at institution of marriage should not be changed marriage to serve the purpose of civilizations for thousands and thousands of years and for now to start redefining that institution of being between one man and one woman to start opening up to variations oh where'd you start to say without this morning in state superior court in hudson county zachary frank indian news the city of orange has reached a settlement with the children of a man who died in police custody

or off a son was wrongly suspected of killing a police officer in nineteen ninety nine each of his four children will now receive five million dollars from an annuity faison was arrested during the manhunt for the killer of orange police officer george joyce carnegie authorities say police beat and kicked him and twice use pepper spray phase and later died in police custody of an acute asthma attack another man later pleaded guilty to killing carnegie coming up next on injury and his new jersey has a new player in the biotech fields and in atlantic city landmark is getting a medal for us fb fb a relatively new player

in the biotech and pharmaceutical research is swinging for a homerun science and technology correspondent patrick reagan reports on a project that could if it succeeds change the way new drugs are developed despite appearances this lab does not belong to a company that's normally seen as a biotech or pharmaceutical lead scientist here at the sarnoff corporation hope to change that perception by adding innovations in drug discovery to the company's long list of contributions in other fields one such project called protein logic aims to provide faster cheaper and better identification of drug targets yom kippur shaw explains we are

trying to find that in a given disease process what other proteins that get differential in modified under certain disease a consensus once they didn't want to fight what are the more different proteins and watch other proteins that are connected in the pool laughing knowing the holy catholic the sequence of change is controlling a disease process increases the likelihood that pharmaceutical researchers will find a weak leg a protein that can be targeted with a drug to break that chain of events billions of moses planned and willie and the discovery of the right target like and the way it like to call it as the drug without it a proprietary process protein logic combines known methods such as protein analysis by mass spectrometry and standard gene cloning techniques in a novel series of

steps you have to find those proteins in their native form and final call they are ordering the wilson says in the cell level government and the disease biochemist shin shin dong has been putting protein logic to the test according to bridge our experiments comparing results from protein logic to well known pathways have already established proof of principle for the technology the second best place to go for a half and unknown that with something that is that was never known before then you can credibly me demonstrate that your technology is able to praise acknowledged by aspects of business drug discovery is relatively new as an are indeed focusing labs of sarnoff so were the satellite communications microelectronics and even color television at one time or another that your greed and jam news west windsor it could be a busy season that the new jersey shore

tourism experts say people are planning trips and record numbers but as adrian subpoena reports state officials are looking for even more visitors every year millions of trips are made to one hundred and twenty seven miles on the new jersey shore early reservations people planning a week's vacation things are really learning as they say the jersey shore may be the answer for people unwilling to splurge on an extravagant overseas vacation in this tight economy and a haven for those who fear flying after september eleventh the opposite part of not wanting to travel everyone seems to be a little bit up tight so on the other hand they do want to do a little getaway with a criticism peace and quiet you know and be on the beach and be with the kids in the family and that's all we can really say that we think is happening because it's just phenomenal risen officials expect sure tourism to go up ten percent this summer that could push the overall tourism revenues this year

over thirty two billion dollars for the sky theater and funny funny face a thirty five fifty thousand department is launching an advertising campaign today they invited travel journalist the atlantic highlands hoping their next feature of her overall campaign our publicity campaign will do more of these this year won't have publicly six more if officials say hotel occupancy and parts of the state's beaches is down about twenty percent they're hoping summer trips to the show or spark interest in this and other historical and cultural jams adrian sabine no nj news atlantic highlands atlantic city's million dollar pier is getting a one hundred forty million dollar transformation the new complex will be called park place on the boardwalk it will feature a collection of premier restaurants exclusive retail shops and world class venues to be built around the familiar monopoly game themed project is an essential part of the redevelopment

multimillion dollar here with approximately two hundred and eighty thousand square feet of retail space will be an attractive destination for the more than thirty seven million individuals who visit atlantic city every year thirty three million dollars of the cost will come from the casino reinvestment development authority and one hundred seven million dollars from york developer sheldon gordon when we come back the business news as president bush calls for an investigation into questionable business practices at worldcom and a new computer system will help pilots file flight plans electronic place the the

in business news it's been called one of the biggest cases of corporate fraud in american history and today president bush vowed a full investigation into the lending and accounting practices of worldcom the company admitted to disguising three point eight billion dollars in expenses as capital expenditures which means worldcom may have actually lost millions when the reported profits worldcom also announced it has fired its chief financial officer scott sullivan and says it will lay off some seventeen thousand workers beginning friday on wall street stocks sold off at the open after world comes announcement but the final numbers mask what a volatile session it actually was the dow jones industrial average was down

two hundred points early on but later bargain hunters moved in at the close the dow industrials ended down six points at the ninety one twenty level among the broad markets the amex last night an aztec finished up five and the s and p five hundred ended down two so why did the market recover after a sharp dive on news of the world calmed scandal economist joel naroff says that there were other favorable financial indicators so i think what happened is ultimately you with the fed's statement with the fed being willing to keep pumping money into the economy with good economic numbers i think investors ultimately by the end of the day you realize that worldcom is a one is the story here while there may be other businesses they're having problems that real fundamental issue is how the economy's doing in the closet doing that badly at all naroff believes the cumulative effect of accounting scandals like enron and worldcom does create a crisis of confidence

among investors amtrak is still operating today with the original deadline for shutting down the financially troubled rail line but now amtrak officials say it will keep running at least through the fourth of july weekend but will face a severe financial crunch around that time amtrak is looking for two hundred million dollars to keep operating through september thirtieth the end of the fiscal year the us transportation secretary says a solution is very close new technology has been unveiled to improve air traffic control communications at airports the new software is called tower data link service pls enables pilots to file a flight with a control tower from the traffic electronically system provide farmers with phoebe flight clearances pre departure information like whether an airport conditions communication between the crew is planets in the tower personnel much more efficient much more accurate and therefore safer and reduce congestion on the frequency of their forties it allows more people to operate in the same space the

system is currently being used at smaller airports but will be in place a commercial airports like newark by the end of the summer when we come back we'll visit any worse for training world cup netflix success the the world cup soccer games may be over for the us team but soccer fever remains strong especially at one catholic high school in newark are two stars from the us team graduated deseret taylor reports the

us soccer team's impressive performance at the world cup soccer games soccer fans here have been saying that's what was already growing in popularity among americans and nowhere is that more evident than in st benedict's a new word which has been some of the best soccer players in the world including two current stars of the us soccer team claudio radio in springfield labor hard to tell if they were here from et through ninety and i think that that those two guys had such an impact on though on the last world cup is not lost by any of the spirits free special old photos and plaques are evidence of the legacy of these players as well as other success stories like former world cup soccer captain tab ramos of carney says these alumni and others have inspired a whole new generation of young soccer players in new york and beyond to say you know they were the barracks are better as much in either with some good reputation saying that an express pass for producing great soccer players extends beyond ring and peralta last season this team was undefeated and many consider seabed expect to have won the best

soccer programs in the country we are fortunate to finish number one in the country ranked into polls and probably is proud of the fact that no team in high school in new jersey has ever gone twenty seven in all jacobs says it's hard to tell how many of his current players will go on to play professionally one prediction he is ready to make is that this sport will continue to grow in popularity in the united states and say that it will continue to play a vital role in that process does ray taylor enjoy news new york recapping our top stories on indian news there's still no budget bill republicans and democrats continue to blame each other for the delay legislative sessions are scheduled through saturday same sex couples in new jersey what the right to legally wed a suit on behalf of seven couples argues the ban violates their constitutional rights and in atlantic city landmark is getting a make over the city's million dollar pier will be built around the familiar monopoly thing it is

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