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Opening statements are underway in the Emmett Cressel Capitol murder trial.
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And one day left of campaigning before election '98.
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News 7 at noon is next.
[Goodlatte]
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The candidates are facing the final hours the fall campaign.
And in the Sixth District Congressional race, Bob Goodlatte and David Bowers are dueling this afternoon in Downtown Roanoke.
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Joe Dashiell is covering the Goodlatte rally.
Joe?
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Virginians will also have five constitutional amendments to think about tomorrow.
Local lawmakers and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce came together last week in support of two of the proposed amendments.
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They said a yes vote on questions 3 and 4 will promote regional cooperation on industrial development.
They argued it will NOT lead to higher taxes as some opponents have warned.
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((SEN. BO TRUMBO: I DO NOT READ THE AMMENDMENTS AS INDICATING INCREASED TAXING AUTHORITY. WHAT I DO READ THEM AS SAYING IS THE FACT THAT WE CAN JOIN TOGETHER, FORGET ABOUT THOSE LINES DRAWN ON THE MAP AND START WORKING TOGETHER TO SATISFY THE NEEDS NOT ONLY OF TODAY, BUT THE FUTURE.))
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The group also publicized a web site: yes-3-yes-4-dot-com, that explains the Chamber's position on the Constitutional questions.
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The next gubernatorial election may be a few years away, but multi-millionaire Mark Warner is already thinking about it.
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Warner says he's considering a race for governor.
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((MARK WARNER/FORMER SENATORIAL CANDIDATE; I'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY A NUMBER OF FRIENDS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR NEXT TIME AND THAT'S CLEARLY A CONSIDERATION. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION, NEXT YEAR IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RACES. SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF ELECTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. BUT I AM GOING TO STAY INVOLVED.))
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Warner challenged Republican John Warner for a seat in the U-S Senate two years ago and lost by a narrow margin.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
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This weekend he toured Southwest Virginia to support ninth district congressman Rick Boucher.
Boucher's opponent is political newcomer Dr. Joe Barta.
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Mitch is now being called the worst disaster to hit Nicaragua in 25 years.
More on the situation there in just a few minutes on News-7 at Noon.
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And folks in the Mid-West has weather problems of their own to deal with.
Hundreds of people in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas are abandoning their homes to rising floodwaters.
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Nicaragua today is mourning its worst national disaster in 26 years.
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Mudslides triggered by remnants of Hurricane Mitch have buried at least four villages.
So far close to 400 bodies have been recovered but officials estimate up to 15-hundred were killed.
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Meantime, the death toll in Honduras from Mitch stands at about 250.
And in another blow, the mayor of the Honduran capital died yesterday in a helicopter crash while surveying storm damage.
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Floods are chasing hundreds from their homes in Kansas.
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Forecasters are predicting the flooding will spread as more rain falls today.
Local officials in Wichita and Augusta estimate 900 people have evacuated.
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((WE'VE GOT MOST HOMES WITH FULLY FLOODEDED BASEMENTS, STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, A LOT OF PROPOERTY DAMAGE INSIDE THE HOMES, PROBABLY 40 VEHICLES IN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA WE HAD TO EVACUATE, THE VEHICLES ARE A TOTAL LOSS. ))
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Flooding has also caused evacuations in Oklahoma.
Most of the rivers in northern Oklahoma are expected to crest today.
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[IRAQ]
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[WRITER=MEL]
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The clock on another confrontation between Iraq and the United Nations is ticking again.
But as Mark Phillips reports.. if this is to be another crisis, it's escalating slowly.. at least for now.
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((
THIS MORNING IN BAGHDAD, IRAQIS LEARNED THAT ONCE AGAIN THEIR
GOVERNMENT WAS CHALLENGING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. COOPERATION WAS
BEING WITHDRAWN FROM UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS WHO'VE BEEN TRYING TO MONITOR
WHETHER IRAQ IS STILL DEVELOPING NUCLEAR AND OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
AS INSPECTORS TRIED TO CHECK SOME OF THEIR MONITORING EQUIPMENT, THE
IRAQIS TRIED TO EXPLAIN JUST WHAT WITHDRAWL OF COOPERATION MEANS.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE THREATS OF SOME SORT OF RESPONSE ARE AGAIN BEING
MADE. PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS SAID ALL OPTIONS ARE OPEN. AND SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE WILLIAM COHEN HAS ADDED THAT THE US WOULD PREFER TO ACT WITH
THE UN RATHER THAN UNILATERALLY.
SOT/WILIAM COHEN/ SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
"He continues to flout the rules. He continues to break agreement after
agreemnt. And I think that all are concerned about this. The security
council should be concerned."
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((NARR/ BUT SADDAM HUSSEIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER WAS STILL BEING DEFIANT))
(aziz is now the deputy prime minister).
SOT/TARIQ AZIZ, IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
"He wants Iraq to comply but without any reward and that is not
acceptable."))
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
A decades old controversty is closer to being settled today--
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as new D-N-A tests reveal that Thomas Jefferson did father a child with one of his slaves.
That story is next when New-7 at Noon returns.
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[Jefferson-DNA]
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Descendants of one of Thomas Jefferson's slaves say they feel vindicated by the results of a genetic study.
The D-N-A study offers strong evidence that Jefferson fathered at least one of the children of Sally Hemings, a slave at Jefferson's Monticello estate.
Kristin Jeannette-Meyers reports.
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((
MEET THE WESTERINEN FAMILY OF STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK...ALMOST CERTAINLY
DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND HIS SLAVE, SALLY HEMMINGS.
SOT - They are my great great great grandparents, 5 generations away. 3
greats
JULIA JEFFERSON WESTERINEN S GREAT-GRANDFATHER, WAS THE SON OF ESTON
JEFFERSON...SALLY HEMMINGS YOUNGEST SON...THE QUESTION FOR CENTURIES HAS
BEEN: WHO WAS ESTON JEFFERSONS FATHER?...NEW DNA TESTS COMBINED WITH
EXISTING HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOW: IT WAS THOMAS JEFFERSON
SOT - It made more interesting than I thought I was...I m delighted...I
m French, Irish, Scotch...and Black
THE AFFAIR BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND HEMMINGS HAS LONG BEEN THE SUBJECT OF
HISTORICAL DEBATE AND EVEN A MOVIE...BUT UNTIL NOW MANY MAINSTREAM
HISTORIANS DISCOUNTED IT.
THE DNA ANALYSIS REVEALS THOMAS JEFFERSON'S Y CHROMOSOME HAS A RARE SET
OF GENETIC MUTATIONS...SHARED BY THE LIVING DESCENDANTS OF ESTON
JEFFERSON'
BUT IN AN UNEXPECTED TWIST, THE TESTS ELIMINATED JEFFERSON AS THE FATHER
OF HEMMINGS FIRST BORN SON, THOMAS WOODSON... CONTRADICTING THE
CENTURIES-OLD BELIEF OF THE WOODSON FAMILY'.
SOT - Robert Golden, Woodson Family Member - We have our oral history
that's gone on for so many generations, we have met people from coast to
coast with the same story, we know damn well it's true.
WHILE BOTH THE FAMILIES SORT THROUGH THIS NEW INFORMATION, OTHER
AMERICANS MAY NOW RE-EVALUATE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRIAVTE LIFE OF
A FOUNDING FATHER ..KJ-M, CBSN, NY.))
[Stocks]
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On Wall Street at Noon, the Dow was UP 116-points.
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[ANCHOR=Melanie]
Coming up in sports, Jeff Gordon is still king of the road.
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And it's finally a happy Monday in Washington, as the Redskins turn into Giant stompers for the afternoon.
Highlights are straight ahead, when News 7 at Noon continues.
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[Skins]
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It's win number one for the Washington Redskins.
Quarterback Trent Green returned to the lineup to lead the Skins past the Giants 21 to 14.
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On their first possession, Green goes down the field before faking the pass and rolling to the right for the score. Seven- nothing Washington.
But the lead wasn't safe.
On the kickoff, New York's David Patten breaks through the wall- he gets the 91 yard touchdown return, and it's all tied up at 7.
Green would lead the Skins on another long drive. He'll hit Stephen Davis on the 12 yard pass and the Skins were up 14-7 at the half.
Washington got things started again in the third quarter.
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Skip Hicks goes five yards for the score, and the Skins go on to win it 21 to 14.
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Carolina is also celebrating for the first time this season, after the Panthers beat Kerry Collins and his New Orleans Saints.
With the lead, Carolina defensive back Eric Davis picks off the pass and returns it 57 yards. Panthers go up 17 nothing.
The Saints didn't score a touchdown until the fourth quarter. Billy Joe Toliver rolls out and finds Cameron Cleveland on the two yard T-D pass to make it 24- 10 Panthers.
Carolina would added to its lead late in the game.
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Steve Beuelein connects with Rocket Ismail on the 35 yard pass and the Panthers go on to win it 31- 17.
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Kerry Collins didn't see any action on the field, but he did run into some trouble on the road.
Collins was charged with drunk driving early this morning after he was pulled over by police and refused to take a breathalizer test.
He was released after posting one-thousand dollars bond.
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While the Panthers and the Skins were enjoying their first victory of the year, the Minnesota Vikings were experienci
ng their first loss.
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The score was back and forth from the opening kickoff.
Minnesota would regain the lead in the third quarter when Randall Cunningham hooks up with Jake Reed on the three y
ard touchdown pass to make it 24- 17.
Tampa Bay added a field goal late in the
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fourth quarter. Mike Alstott takes the handoff and scores from six yards out and the Bucs win it 27 to 24.
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[Race]
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Jeff Gordon is the new Winston Cup points champion.
Gordon chased down Dale Jarrett to win the title and the A-C Delco 400 yesterday afternoon at the Rock.
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Jarrett took the lead from Rusty Wallace with 308 laps left.
The second caution of the day came out when Sterling Marlin slid on the track and got hit by Johnny Benson.
Jeff Gordon was as high as third and he would clinch the Winston Cup Points championship with just over 200 laps left.
But it was Rusty Wallace who dominated the race until Gordon passed him with 9 laps to go.
Gordon pulled ahead of Jarrett, winning the championship and the A-C Delco 400, his 12-th Winston cup win of the season.
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Rusty Wallace was third, Mark Martin fourth and Jeff Burton finished fifth.
[Waltrip]
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Darrell Waltrip finished 32nd. And next week's season finale in Atlanta could be his last race in the Tabasco Pontiac.
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Tabasco says it will NOT sponsor the team next season.
So team owner Tim Beverly is giving the three- time Winston Cup champion permission to find another ride for the '99 season.
Waltrip has had an up and down year, including some great performances while driving the number one car for Dale Earnhardt.
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But since returning to the old team he sold to Beverly, Waltrip's finished in the top 20 just twice in 12 tries.
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