NJN News; Thursday, August 17, 2000 7:30 p.m.

and gm needs is made possible by pfc energy serving customers strengthening the business community and investing in new jersey's future first union serving the financial needs of individuals and businesses from connecticut to florida horizon communication solutions designed for the people and businesses of new jersey the new jersey education association people who care about your kit and by geraldine part dance foundation president clinton declares sussex a morris counties disaster areas as freshwater and molded from the latest concerns reflected in the wake of the great beach were so if they're how united jerseys democrats will have some answers to the party rallies or out or los angeles convention coverage continues at the convention where for her special assignment at atlantic city faces a no longer drop will explain and jr news for thursday august seventeenth

gm public television pictures he's only statewide television newscasts and julian lennon president clinton today declared sussex and worse counties disaster areas those were the counties hardest hit by flooding causing evacuations and damage estimated to exceed one hundred million dollars the declaration its flood victims are eligible for federal aid meanwhile as residents try to get their lives back in order there are new concerns about health in many places water supplies remain on drug war and families are concerned about mold spores and the self that's in the house right now is very musty eon and muddy now very muddy and tiger said his mother's in with us and he's eighty two years old he's an action as it is the red cross is handing out clean up kids for homes in its service center in jefferson township what's the final day of the democratic national convention in los angeles in just over two hours vice president al gore will accept his party's nomination to be president in his acceptance speech gore is expected to urge americans to reject republicans who would

quote take them back to the us he's also expected to set himself apart from president clinton this will be the most important speech of his political career where callers live at the staples center in los angeles with the latest that even michael and at gratz out more of promising specifics in his speech tonight what just what he's trying to get out from under the shadow of bill clinton the president is back in the news is facing another grand jury investigation in the monica lewinsky scandal starr's successor robert brady independent prosecutor and paddled of fifteen grand jury on july the eleventh at issue is whether clinton lighter but the justice wondered that night in sworn testimony an affair with paula jones' now the white house has reacted angrily to all this saying the timing of this newsweek quote weeks to high heaven what effect any of this has on tonight's proceedings remains to be seen meanwhile as we await more speech we have an in depth look tonight at the new jersey democratic party still reverberating from the shop that last months

dramatic showdown between jim mcgreevey involved torricelli over next year's gubernatorial nomination for selling them reestablished the public or geology an archrival ray lesniak reading actor george norcross torricelli backer for the cameras it's quite bitter feelings toward each other with the mirror there rivalries are really i think the party is set in a specific state in a sense i think were very united with respect that two thousand people are very much behind john courson i'm very optimistic about his chances by being outsourced to carry state there are divisions with respect to two thousand and one a long time to heal and i'm optimistic that time we one reason why there were no derailment aine in hudson county party chairman bob harrison's the

support or sell a problem in this review that is now the go to guy if they want a republican there says the leader but some county in its political community i think they're making a mistake because the congressman in hudson county or for that matter virtually anywhere else is not the person who operates the political situation does the mayors of those communities in boulder county committees to work is the fate of the public and their neighborhoods and that's where the rubber meets the road in south jersey democrat who refused to follow norcross is we held out for mcgreevey feel like they've finally proved the camden county leader no longer speaks for all south jersey democrat's norcross is a very important person is very powerful is a very bright individual but the reality is the interests of people in camden county georgia county democrats may very well be different than you just the democrats

he's a mailman a condo in salem and you know really one voice from any area the south he wins the cinnamon we understand him and counting all lost or wholesaling can win without him about it even before mcgreevey torricelli fourth line or your own senate primary the party split along or self lines so when democratic leader joe doria of the north in south jersey assembly caucus leader joe roberts had barely spoken in the year despite efforts here in los angeles at peacemaking ms roberts yeah

meanwhile despite with reviews of current hold on next year's gubernatorial nomination from democratic congressmen would like to replace for selling as the alternative to a grieving i think so state party chairman tom gibbons struggles gamely to keep things together and hold his position i think they're stronger we were a lot of things have settled down our most ancient arabia waterways a farmer will spend any money but clearly the internal party landscape and rearrange time is a sign this morning squabble a lawyer there's always factionalism within political parties jersey's democratic party scene through been specializing in unlikely know operas or heart protection that it will go away to ask anyway to foresee

anything in new jersey politics at the month we've had is really tough i think what we've learned as there are always an unforeseen force in the role three hours the man who has been called the field general of jim mcgreevey successful effort last month state sen john lynch of new brunswick for you that a lot of victories in your political career how satisfying was this one boy i was or really satisfy because we had worked so hard so long and build building the party from kate neighbor resorts all is that the parents of the governor and we felt very strongly about thirty years tennessee and so it was very important to the party and very satisfying to us was that newark mayor sharpe james his decision to back really voters had all the cards go back is the charging has held a press conference surrounded by decoding the minority leader in the senate nine kelly chairs an elected official's more the state including south jersey was that kind of a an outpouring that i think they're

convinced sharpe james to move forward into a fight ended and they certainly did a fragmented business partner thought of things and i think that you know we're still experiencing some of the aftershocks it's much less significant than the problems we're having in northwest new jersey with flooding and their little too much testosterone around but it is also going down i think that will be a united party there people were still jockeying for position then let's understand what happens all time we have congressional redistricting coming up we have a legislative reapportionment they're people looking to position themselves the better their own interests as it were members now go to cuyahoga county before the back really about mendez a week ago today announcing county and in there there are several strong leaders in hudson county it's early bob menendez is one of them and even if a friend of mine for a long time with someone that you can rely on expect reformer pope of growth which owns jim mcgreevey next year if i can't speak for them i'd think that they're positioning themselves for

a lot of reasons and early time will tell i i doubt seriously however in one load and again expert at this convention how successful are these very convention and then these are the height of the choreography is nervous and the sound is good and that for speeders a wonderful people seem to be very energized hear about genesee love or an unlikely president renee and i think from start to finish a so far the convention has been extremely successful will see tonight when al gore comes to center stage a lot of writing on this is awful well or so i think so and so that their perception issues and we know that our orphan of substances that strong leadership qualities as a visionary his wealth from he's not afraid to make decisions for that tonight i think your thoughts on joe lieberman last night a wonderful is undeniable unfurl a number of years and that is incredibly incredibly warm person and certainly has the leadership skills that are needed for the job fifteen seconds where they go on the fourth plane

ubs also soft and then you get back in two weeks after labor day when it's really engaged in the public starts getting engaged and many of the bowls announced it's too early we have some more on how new jersey is your feeling about al gore as they awaited speech tonight for more on that democracy or jean michel with the most important speech of al gore's book political career just hours away we did ask a couple of prominent democrats and some members of the new jersey delegation what the democratic presidential nominee has to do tonight to score big with the american public is going to demonstrate that he has a plan for the future were telling everybody knows there's also of themselves imagine sebastian for being on the side of working families in this country and i think that we will know him well now it's simply remind people on the things most important in their lives education of their children and rising academic standards affordability and access to health care the safety of our environment the safety of our whole lives and guns in crime who matters to represent you were the difficulties

to people that single contracts made available now abortion when affect election should not be difficult i would like to hear as education housing affordable housing like to hear something in the health care and medications or seniors couples the news because i had a sister that was sixty two years old when syrians during last night's roll call of the state delegations new jersey cast its one hundred twenty four votes for poor state democratic committee chairman tom get one told a packed arena here as new jersey goes so goes the nation and the delegation chairman john

corps i took the money others insist the security last wednesday at the next president and governor whitman made a trip out to la this week as a member of the

so called republican truth squad at a press conference with him was asked whether she could support concealed weapons law and a ban on against us are a ban on lawsuits against certain gun manufacturers position supported by republican presidential nominee and i would add that some of the most important things that we can do as we all stand here prouder that we have seen in our states a reduction in violent crime one of the most important things we can do to continue that kind of quality of life improvement is to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to support themselves and their families because that's really at the end of the day one of the most effective tools against crime whether it be with a gun or any other weapon well tonight is the democrats' party and the arena is already starting to buzz with excitement here anticipation about awards acceptance speech just a few hours away for now on jimmy poker with michel aoun and we'll send it back to the studio rich from los angeles to have this option and will win back

with more to enjoy music is made it's been wow acquitted on those charges that's the verdict in her trial the boxing under a legal microscope international boxing federation founder raab really escape conviction today

on most of the charges is in a bribery racketeering trial after deliberating for fifteen days the panel fell lee guilty of just six of the thirty three counts including money laundering and tax evasion he could however be sent to prison on the lesser charges a memorial today to remember those who died last week in the collision of two planes over burlington county civilian employees of the lake hurst naval air engineering center remember the seven co workers in the two pilots were killed the collision of their piper navajo and a piper sermon or killed eleven people at all federal estimate is may never figure out what caused the accident neither plane had a flight data recorder to the service was closed to the media atlantic city may soon be resembling the beaches of the caribbean to casinos have won approval to serve alcohol on the city's beaches can see jon has details officials in atlantic city has voted to allow the atlantic city health and enter a plaza hotel casino to serve alcohol on the beaches of so called special events the casino control commission voted four to nothing to allow drinks and francoise barre is but only two invited patrons and they get commission head james

hurley says it's about time we've always very much particularly from the city of atlantic city if they said you could they could serve they can't have a permit to have a party on the beach and serve alcoholic beverages and we've never had a problem with that so we're glad to see it happen city council last month finally signed off on the idea that you'll say it's good for the city as well as the casino industry likes it and they want to have fun and enjoy relax and sells elected head down and this is another way of saying this is an atlantic city lights and enjoy yourself it's more than just because of the layout of the genetic cocktail was not allowed to sue was wasting no time three pointers on for a big barbeque later this month the speech is you know the biggest heart mr resort there is not you know this beautiful ocean and then that beach a boardwalk anywhere else in east coast like this and we just wanted to give everybody every chance they can to enjoy special event will be monitored by

police and patrol where they are forecasting people you know there's a couple of everything serves the same principle we have a responsibility theyre like the abc doesn't any other records that destination atlantic city destination atlantic city dayton daily news atlanta when you're more charter school applications are being sent to trenton the state education department announced today it's received twenty seven new applications state officials local school boards and superintendents were view and provide input on the request the state education commissioner will announce which charters are approved early next year fifty six charter schools will be operating this fall new jersey and its health watch a breakthrough approach to treating cancer patients it's the nations first real time radiation therapy system of political correspondents early tesla tells us it was designed and manufactured right here in new jersey dr james wong of morristown memorial hospital is looking at are tumors

than it's provided by a unique piece of equipment called a c t and rails lin x or linear accelerator one invented it and siemens and islam based medical technology company built it does allow us to dubious to see the tumors inside of watching going to trigger the same time one stop shopping not the usual week long delay between initial diagnosis and actual radiation therapy therefore there's no time for the tumor to shift and if you rely on outside skin months you may be missing the tumor and that is dangerous then you can argue with a patient this equipment combines a ct scan to pinpoint the tumor with a linear accelerator to deliver precise radiation to the affected area doctors say it's much more accurate so we're going to move the new portable bala centimeters

was better because during the treatment they have to readjust direction mean so anywhere that was the position to accurately goes to the tumor and as a result there was complications that moment mars town memorial is the only hospital in the country that has this couple quit that but stevens says that will be installed in other cancer centers in the near future sarah lee kessler and jam news marra stan coming up business news a looming deadline the rising communication strike one of the latest alive city's casinos report a profitable second quarter of one of the results coming up next it in tonight's business day twelve of the rising communication

strike and still no sign of a settlement in fact one of the two unions evolved is threatening to walk out of negotiations at midnight unless the company presents an acceptable for at haha resistance operatives brought their children to a straight rally today in union they say the strike is starting to affect their families and they're urging the company to reach an agreement and all long island today to horizon workers are critical condition after they allegedly cut through an electric cable they thought was a phone cable bills workers are now facing criminal charges and a lot of city that is in order to report in eight point three percent increase in profits for the second quarter of the twelve casinos jointly reported gross operative profits of two hundred and four million dollars less water up from two hundred seventy two million the same period a year ago belize workplace caesars and harris were the three most profitable casinos hotel occupancy rates also rose to more than ninety four percent to an actress and john for the first six months the price of gasoline is falling a bit in new jersey aaa of central west jersey reports regular unleaded is now averaging a dollar fifty five a gallon

here down two cents over the past month the nationwide average is now a dollar forty nine a gallon and it's a decrease over the past month that means gasoline jerseys no higher than the nationwide average on wall street stocks rose across the board at lessening concern that the fed will not raise interest rates at its policy meeting next week investors were searching for companies that are expected to escape an expected slowdown during the second half of this year for the clothes and other strains added forty seven and a quarter point's eleven thousand fifty five among a broad markets the annex rooms six the nasdaq jumped nearly eighty points the s and five hundred and sixteen in the treasury market the tenure notice of three thirty seconds it sealed a five point eighty percent and still has been in jail is checked before christmas no complaints about the weather and beautiful day with

sunny skies unpleasant conditions with low humidity temperatures were mainly lower eighties that was a great dane think a lunchtime strollers these folks are doing today to liberty hall center for the union after spending an hour outside sure was tough to go back inside like most people they probably need a job as far as our ozone watch for marc stecker levels across the state and here's the new jersey forecast not as crazed today in north jersey it's like lighting with was in the mid sixties tomorrow periods of rain with a possible thunderstorm highs in the mid seventies in south jersey it's mike lahti with a chance of a shower lows in the upper fifties tomorrow showers and thunderstorms applies in the mid seventies and that's the news from all the syringe and news i'm actually have a good night at agassi eight is at

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