This is how I see it.
OMAHA POLICE ARE SEEING A DANGEROUS TREND...D-V-D .DRIVERS VERY DISTRACTED...
THE STORY'S NEXT ON 3 NEWS AT FIVE.
[Notes:HEADLINE 2]
<"NO MORE LIES.">
[TAKE: cont vo]{***cont vo***}
THE PROTESTS STARTED BRIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE PRESIDENT GOT READY TO TALK TO OMAHA.
[Notes:HEADLINE 3]
<"Empower the individual to make decisions, have the individual look at the portfolio decisions.">
PRESIDENT BUSH TOLD THOUSANDS AT THE QWEST CENTER HE BELIEVES INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP COULD BE THE KEY TO SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY.
IN HIS CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL SECURITY AT THE QWEST CENTER THE PRESIDENT SAID AMERICAN WORKERS WOULD BE BETTER OFF MANAGING PART OF THEIR OWN RETIREMENT FUNDS.
HE SAID THE RETURNS ARE HIGHER... AND THE MONEY IS YOURS-- OR YOUR FAMILY'S-- TO KEEP, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS...
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH YOUR MONEY... THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTS STRICT INVESTMENT GUIDELINES TO MAKE SURE YOUR MONEY IS PROTECTED.
AND ANOTHER PROMISE FROM THE THE PRESIDENT TODAY, HE'LL FIX SOCIAL SECURITY *WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
OF COURSE-- ANY FIX NEEDS VOTES... AND AS KM3'S JOE JORDAN TELLS US-- MR. BUSH WAS HERE TWISTING ARMS AND TELLING AN ARENA FULL OF SUPPORTERS WHAT THEY WANTED TO HEAR..
[TAKE PKG]{***pkg***}
NO REAL SURPRISES FROM THE PRESIDENT.
HE'S CONVINCED SOCIAL SECURITY IS GOING BROKE, AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS WILL HELP SAVE IT.
NO COMPLAINTS FROM THIS NEBRASKAN...
<"WITH ANY OTHER PROBLEM IF YOU HAVE A ROADBLOCK UP AHEAD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE..I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT NOW.">
<"THE STATUS QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOUNG WORKERS AND YOUNG WORKERS UNDERSTAND THAT IN AMERICA.">
<"WHILE THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING SOCIAL SECURITY HE'S LOOKING FOR VOTES, TARGETING IN PARTICULAR NEBRASKA DEMOCRAT, SENATOR BEN NELSON. NELSON HAS BEEN WITH THE PRESIDENT ON KEY VOTES BEFORE BUT THIS TIME ITS FAR MORE UNCERTAIN.">
<"I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE NUMBERS DO. WHEN THE PRESIDENT LAYS OUT A PLAN THEN I CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.">
PUBLICLY THE PRESIDENT WAS MORE THAN KIND TO NELSON.
<"I'M PROUD THAT SENATOR BEN NELSON IS HERE HE IS A MAN WHICH I CAN WORK.">
BUT PRIVATELY WHO KNOWS?
ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN INSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMO, MR. BUSH, HIS POLITICAL GURU KARL ROVE, AND BEN NELSON.
[TAKE SOT
NAME: HAGEL SOUND
<"IS HE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD ARM TWISTING, DO YOU THINK? I WAS ASKED ALSO TO BE IN THE LIMO, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT AND SENATOR NELSON TO HAVE SOME QUIET TIME TOGETHER.">
NELSON IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR.
AND NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE THE PRESIDENT TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST NELSON.
BUT A NELSON VOTE FOR MR. BUSH'S SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN, JUST MIGHT KEEP THE PRESIDENT AWAY.
3 NEWS.
ANOTHER NEBRASKA CONGRESSMAN, JEFF FORTENBERRY OF LINCOLN, WAS ALSO IN THE PRESIDENT'S LIMO.
UNLIKE NELSON - FORTENBERRY IS A REPUBLICAN, BUT LIKE NELSON - FORTENBERRY IS STILL PLAYING WAIT AND SEE ON THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN.
OVERNIGHT, WE POLLED VOTERS ACROSS THE STATE TO SEE WHO LIKES THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN..AND WHO DOESN'T.
THE POLL WAS TAKEN FOR KM3 NEWS, BY THE
M-S-R GROUP.
[INSERT: TAKE POLL #1 "Enough money to pay benefits?"]{***gfx***}
WE ASKED "DO YOU THINK BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM TO PAY THE BENEFITS YOU ARE ENTITLED TOO?
[INSERT: TAKE POLL #1--ANSWER PAGE]{***gfx***}
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE ANSWERS BY AGE.
YOUNGER VOTERS WORRY MOST ABOUT THE SYSTEM RUNNING OUT OF MONEY.
75 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE 18-29 YEARS OLD THINK THE MONEY WILL RUN OUT BEFORE THEY RETIRE.
PEOPLE 30-49 ARE ALSO WORRIED..70 PERCENT
THINK THEIR MONEY WILL BE GONE.
NOW LOOK AT THE OVER 50 VOTERS...HALF ARE CONFIDENT THEY'LL COLLECT ALL THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
OUR SECOND QUESTION... WHICH WOULD YOU SUPPORT? PERSONAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS OR LEAVING YOUR MONEY IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM?
OUR POLL SHOWS YOUNGER VOTERS PREFER PRIVATE ACCOUNTS TO RELYING ON THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
SUPPORT FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS DECREASES AS PEOPLE GET OLDER, AND HAVE BEEN PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM LONGER. ONLY 40 PERCENT OF THE OVER-50 GROUP LIKE THE IDEA OF PRIVATE ACCOUNTS.
384 REGISTERED VOTERS WERE CALLED FOR THIS POLL.
SO WHO WERE THE PEOPLE CHOSEN TO JOIN THE PRESIDENT ON STAGE. DOCTOR SYLVESTER SCHEIBER LIVES NEAR WASHINGTON D-C AND HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
MARY MORNIN IS A SECRETARY AT ST. ROBERT'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL. SHE'S A DIVORCED SINGLE MOM... SHE HAS THREE KIDS AND WORKS TWO OTHER JOBS.
JERRY REMPE WORKS FOR OMAHA STEAKS.. HE TOOK HIS FATHER'S ADVICE AND STARTED PUTTING PART OF HIS PAYCHECK INTO HIS COMPANY'S 40IK PLAN, HE'S SEEN GOOD GAINS AND BELIEVES THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED PERSONAL RETIRMENT ACCOUNTS
AMANDA REMOSHEK OWNS HER OWN BUSINESS, WORKING WITH NON PROFIT GROUPS TO HELP THEM RAISE MONEY. SHE'S EXPECTING A BABY IN JULY AND IS WORRIED SOCIAL SECURITY WON'T BE THERE FOR HER OR HER CHILD.
AND ROSE DAVIS HAS BEEN TEACHING STUDENTS AT METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
[TAKE: 2-shot]{***2-shot***}
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO ROSE DAVIS' STORY.
ROSE TOLD THE PRESIDENT ABOUT LOSING HER MOTHER, THEN LOSING A FAMILY BUSINESS.
3'S IS HERE ...SHE THINKS A PERSONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT COULD HAVE HELPED HER FAMILY.
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
- THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ROSE.
SHE ALREADY LIKED THE IDEA OF PERSONAL ACCOUNTS BEFORE SHE STEPPED ON STAGE.
WHEN I TALKED TO HER HOURS LATER - ROSE WAS STILL ECSTATIC.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE SHE GOT TO MEET THE PRESIDENT - ALSO BECAUSE SHE THINKS HE LISTENED TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
[TAKE PKG]{***pkg***}
ROSE DAVIS IS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AT METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
HER MOTHER DIED JUST TWO YEAR AFTER SHE STARTED COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY. SHE WAS 67.
ROSE AND HER SISTER WORKED HARD TO PAY OFF THEIR MOTHER'S MEDICAL BILLS BUT HAD A DIFFICULT TIME DOING THAT.
WHEN THEIR MOTHER DIED - THE FAMILY SAW THEIR MOTHER'S SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS END.
<"So my bank account is empty so I could assist my sister.">
ROSE TOLD THE PRESIDENT HER SISTER EVEN HAD TO SELL HER BUSINESS TO PAY THE BILLS.
SHE LIKES THE IDEA OF PERSONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS...IN THAT PLAN, WHEN SOMEONE DIES, THE FAMILY STILL GETS THE MONEY IN THAT ACCOUNT.
<"The disposition of it after death is the most important factor. It will eliminate a lot of the bills and a lot of the financial woes that survivors go through after the death of a family member.">
THE PRESIDENT USED STORIES - LIKE ROSES--- TO PITCH HIS PLAN.
ROSE LIKES IT.
<"In reality - there's always going to be pros and cons on everything and i'm just looking at the end result. It would be better for Americans than it is right now.">
AS FOR MEETING THE PRESIDENT - ROSE SAYS IT WAS EXCITING AND LITTLE NERVE WRACKING.
<"very nervous... to the point I don't remember what I said">
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
AS FOR HOW ROSE DAVIS GOT PICKED TO BE ON STAGE WITH THE PRESIDENT: SHE WAS RECOMENDED BY FORMER MAYOR HAL DAUB...WHO KNOWS THE FAMILY
[TAKE: doublebox 2-1]{***doublebox***}
AND THE TROUBLE THEY HAD PAYING THE BILLS AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIED.
NOT EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SEE THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO SHAKE HIS HAND.
HUNDREDS TURNED OUT TO PROTEST HIS PLANS. 3'S EXPLAINS THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
[TAKE PKG]{***pkg***}
LONG BEFORE the president took his social security pitch to a captive audience---protestors just outside the qwest center were trying to reach anyone who would listen.
75 year old donna mcgrath picked up a sign because she lives on social security...and says tampering with it...will eventually mean getting rid of it.
<"i feel it's a way of dismantling it....phase it out.">
the head of the afl cio in nebraska......hit the pavement for workers and their families.t
<"needs to be looked at....doesn't need to be destroyed many families that's all they have">
the protest was pretty low key---organized by a group out of washington d.c. Called america's future---it set up similar events in all 5 states the president targeted to sell his new take on social security....But they insist the message---in this case anti-war, anti-bush and pro-social security is genuine nebraska.
<"these are just regular people students---should be in bed vested interest in their future.">
<"the protest.">
the president passed by what was left of the protest at 8;25...just minutes before he was scheduled to give his speech....he waived to the crowd ....as expected they did not.
3news,
TALKED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN IN HIS FOR WHAT ITS WORTH COMMENTARY LAST NIGHT.
HE SAYS HE GOT PLENTY OF FEEDBACK, AND HIS OPINION WASN'T VERY POPULAR WITH VIEWERS.
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
I LIKE THE IDEA OF TAKING MY OWN MONEY AND INVESTING IT... AFTER ALL... IT IS MY MONEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A HIGHER RATE OF RETURN...
I ALSO THROUGH OUT THIS IDEA... FOR TODAY'S RETIREES... IF YOU YOU DON'T NEED THE SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK... YOU DON'T GET IT...
I'M NOT VERY POPULAR WITH THAT STATEMENT... HERE'S WHAT VIEWERS ARE SAYING ON THE FEEDBACK PHONE LINES...
[TAKE PKG
DURATION:0:20]{***pkg***}
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
MORE FEEDBACK COMING UP TONIGHT ON THE 3 NEWS AT TEN...
ALSO TONIGHT... ARE YOU READY FOR THE THE SUPER BOWL... THE GAME MIGHT BE FUN TO WATCH... BUT EVERY THING ELSE IS NOT ON THE CUTTING EDGE... 2005... THE YEAR OF THE POLITICALLY CORRECT... PREGAME... HALFTIME AND POST GAME... MY THOUGHTS TONIGHT IN MY FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH COMMENTARY... ONLY ON THE 3 NEWS AT TEN...
THE STORY'S NEXT ON 3 NEWS AT FIVE.
[Notes:HEADLINE 2]
<"NO MORE LIES.">
[TAKE: cont vo]{***cont vo***}
THE PROTESTS STARTED BRIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE PRESIDENT GOT READY TO TALK TO OMAHA.
[Notes:HEADLINE 3]
<"Empower the individual to make decisions, have the individual look at the portfolio decisions.">
PRESIDENT BUSH TOLD THOUSANDS AT THE QWEST CENTER HE BELIEVES INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP COULD BE THE KEY TO SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY.
IN HIS CONVERSATION ON SOCIAL SECURITY AT THE QWEST CENTER THE PRESIDENT SAID AMERICAN WORKERS WOULD BE BETTER OFF MANAGING PART OF THEIR OWN RETIREMENT FUNDS.
HE SAID THE RETURNS ARE HIGHER... AND THE MONEY IS YOURS-- OR YOUR FAMILY'S-- TO KEEP, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS...
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH YOUR MONEY... THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTS STRICT INVESTMENT GUIDELINES TO MAKE SURE YOUR MONEY IS PROTECTED.
AND ANOTHER PROMISE FROM THE THE PRESIDENT TODAY, HE'LL FIX SOCIAL SECURITY *WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
OF COURSE-- ANY FIX NEEDS VOTES... AND AS KM3'S JOE JORDAN TELLS US-- MR. BUSH WAS HERE TWISTING ARMS AND TELLING AN ARENA FULL OF SUPPORTERS WHAT THEY WANTED TO HEAR..
[TAKE PKG]{***pkg***}
NO REAL SURPRISES FROM THE PRESIDENT.
HE'S CONVINCED SOCIAL SECURITY IS GOING BROKE, AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS WILL HELP SAVE IT.
NO COMPLAINTS FROM THIS NEBRASKAN...
<"WITH ANY OTHER PROBLEM IF YOU HAVE A ROADBLOCK UP AHEAD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE..I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT NOW.">
<"THE STATUS QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE TO YOUNG WORKERS AND YOUNG WORKERS UNDERSTAND THAT IN AMERICA.">
<"WHILE THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING SOCIAL SECURITY HE'S LOOKING FOR VOTES, TARGETING IN PARTICULAR NEBRASKA DEMOCRAT, SENATOR BEN NELSON. NELSON HAS BEEN WITH THE PRESIDENT ON KEY VOTES BEFORE BUT THIS TIME ITS FAR MORE UNCERTAIN.">
<"I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE NUMBERS DO. WHEN THE PRESIDENT LAYS OUT A PLAN THEN I CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.">
PUBLICLY THE PRESIDENT WAS MORE THAN KIND TO NELSON.
<"I'M PROUD THAT SENATOR BEN NELSON IS HERE HE IS A MAN WHICH I CAN WORK.">
BUT PRIVATELY WHO KNOWS?
ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN INSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMO, MR. BUSH, HIS POLITICAL GURU KARL ROVE, AND BEN NELSON.
[TAKE SOT
NAME: HAGEL SOUND
<"IS HE GETTING A PRETTY GOOD ARM TWISTING, DO YOU THINK? I WAS ASKED ALSO TO BE IN THE LIMO, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT AND SENATOR NELSON TO HAVE SOME QUIET TIME TOGETHER.">
NELSON IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR.
AND NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE THE PRESIDENT TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST NELSON.
BUT A NELSON VOTE FOR MR. BUSH'S SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN, JUST MIGHT KEEP THE PRESIDENT AWAY.
3 NEWS.
ANOTHER NEBRASKA CONGRESSMAN, JEFF FORTENBERRY OF LINCOLN, WAS ALSO IN THE PRESIDENT'S LIMO.
UNLIKE NELSON - FORTENBERRY IS A REPUBLICAN, BUT LIKE NELSON - FORTENBERRY IS STILL PLAYING WAIT AND SEE ON THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN.
OVERNIGHT, WE POLLED VOTERS ACROSS THE STATE TO SEE WHO LIKES THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN..AND WHO DOESN'T.
THE POLL WAS TAKEN FOR KM3 NEWS, BY THE
M-S-R GROUP.
[INSERT: TAKE POLL #1 "Enough money to pay benefits?"]{***gfx***}
WE ASKED "DO YOU THINK BY THE TIME YOU RETIRE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM TO PAY THE BENEFITS YOU ARE ENTITLED TOO?
[INSERT: TAKE POLL #1--ANSWER PAGE]{***gfx***}
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE ANSWERS BY AGE.
YOUNGER VOTERS WORRY MOST ABOUT THE SYSTEM RUNNING OUT OF MONEY.
75 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE 18-29 YEARS OLD THINK THE MONEY WILL RUN OUT BEFORE THEY RETIRE.
PEOPLE 30-49 ARE ALSO WORRIED..70 PERCENT
THINK THEIR MONEY WILL BE GONE.
NOW LOOK AT THE OVER 50 VOTERS...HALF ARE CONFIDENT THEY'LL COLLECT ALL THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
OUR SECOND QUESTION... WHICH WOULD YOU SUPPORT? PERSONAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS OR LEAVING YOUR MONEY IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM?
OUR POLL SHOWS YOUNGER VOTERS PREFER PRIVATE ACCOUNTS TO RELYING ON THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
SUPPORT FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS DECREASES AS PEOPLE GET OLDER, AND HAVE BEEN PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM LONGER. ONLY 40 PERCENT OF THE OVER-50 GROUP LIKE THE IDEA OF PRIVATE ACCOUNTS.
384 REGISTERED VOTERS WERE CALLED FOR THIS POLL.
SO WHO WERE THE PEOPLE CHOSEN TO JOIN THE PRESIDENT ON STAGE. DOCTOR SYLVESTER SCHEIBER LIVES NEAR WASHINGTON D-C AND HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY.
MARY MORNIN IS A SECRETARY AT ST. ROBERT'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL. SHE'S A DIVORCED SINGLE MOM... SHE HAS THREE KIDS AND WORKS TWO OTHER JOBS.
JERRY REMPE WORKS FOR OMAHA STEAKS.. HE TOOK HIS FATHER'S ADVICE AND STARTED PUTTING PART OF HIS PAYCHECK INTO HIS COMPANY'S 40IK PLAN, HE'S SEEN GOOD GAINS AND BELIEVES THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED PERSONAL RETIRMENT ACCOUNTS
AMANDA REMOSHEK OWNS HER OWN BUSINESS, WORKING WITH NON PROFIT GROUPS TO HELP THEM RAISE MONEY. SHE'S EXPECTING A BABY IN JULY AND IS WORRIED SOCIAL SECURITY WON'T BE THERE FOR HER OR HER CHILD.
AND ROSE DAVIS HAS BEEN TEACHING STUDENTS AT METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
[TAKE: 2-shot]{***2-shot***}
THERE'S MUCH MORE TO ROSE DAVIS' STORY.
ROSE TOLD THE PRESIDENT ABOUT LOSING HER MOTHER, THEN LOSING A FAMILY BUSINESS.
3'S IS HERE ...SHE THINKS A PERSONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT COULD HAVE HELPED HER FAMILY.
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
- THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ROSE.
SHE ALREADY LIKED THE IDEA OF PERSONAL ACCOUNTS BEFORE SHE STEPPED ON STAGE.
WHEN I TALKED TO HER HOURS LATER - ROSE WAS STILL ECSTATIC.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE SHE GOT TO MEET THE PRESIDENT - ALSO BECAUSE SHE THINKS HE LISTENED TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
[TAKE PKG]{***pkg***}
ROSE DAVIS IS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AT METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
HER MOTHER DIED JUST TWO YEAR AFTER SHE STARTED COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY. SHE WAS 67.
ROSE AND HER SISTER WORKED HARD TO PAY OFF THEIR MOTHER'S MEDICAL BILLS BUT HAD A DIFFICULT TIME DOING THAT.
WHEN THEIR MOTHER DIED - THE FAMILY SAW THEIR MOTHER'S SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS END.
<"So my bank account is empty so I could assist my sister.">
ROSE TOLD THE PRESIDENT HER SISTER EVEN HAD TO SELL HER BUSINESS TO PAY THE BILLS.
SHE LIKES THE IDEA OF PERSONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS...IN THAT PLAN, WHEN SOMEONE DIES, THE FAMILY STILL GETS THE MONEY IN THAT ACCOUNT.
<"The disposition of it after death is the most important factor. It will eliminate a lot of the bills and a lot of the financial woes that survivors go through after the death of a family member.">
THE PRESIDENT USED STORIES - LIKE ROSES--- TO PITCH HIS PLAN.
ROSE LIKES IT.
<"In reality - there's always going to be pros and cons on everything and i'm just looking at the end result. It would be better for Americans than it is right now.">
AS FOR MEETING THE PRESIDENT - ROSE SAYS IT WAS EXCITING AND LITTLE NERVE WRACKING.
<"very nervous... to the point I don't remember what I said">
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
AS FOR HOW ROSE DAVIS GOT PICKED TO BE ON STAGE WITH THE PRESIDENT: SHE WAS RECOMENDED BY FORMER MAYOR HAL DAUB...WHO KNOWS THE FAMILY
[TAKE: doublebox 2-1]{***doublebox***}
AND THE TROUBLE THEY HAD PAYING THE BILLS AFTER THEIR MOTHER DIED.
NOT EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SEE THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO SHAKE HIS HAND.
HUNDREDS TURNED OUT TO PROTEST HIS PLANS. 3'S EXPLAINS THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
[TAKE PKG]{***pkg***}
LONG BEFORE the president took his social security pitch to a captive audience---protestors just outside the qwest center were trying to reach anyone who would listen.
75 year old donna mcgrath picked up a sign because she lives on social security...and says tampering with it...will eventually mean getting rid of it.
<"i feel it's a way of dismantling it....phase it out.">
the head of the afl cio in nebraska......hit the pavement for workers and their families.t
<"needs to be looked at....doesn't need to be destroyed many families that's all they have">
the protest was pretty low key---organized by a group out of washington d.c. Called america's future---it set up similar events in all 5 states the president targeted to sell his new take on social security....But they insist the message---in this case anti-war, anti-bush and pro-social security is genuine nebraska.
<"these are just regular people students---should be in bed vested interest in their future.">
<"the protest.">
the president passed by what was left of the protest at 8;25...just minutes before he was scheduled to give his speech....he waived to the crowd ....as expected they did not.
3news,
TALKED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN IN HIS FOR WHAT ITS WORTH COMMENTARY LAST NIGHT.
HE SAYS HE GOT PLENTY OF FEEDBACK, AND HIS OPINION WASN'T VERY POPULAR WITH VIEWERS.
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
I LIKE THE IDEA OF TAKING MY OWN MONEY AND INVESTING IT... AFTER ALL... IT IS MY MONEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A HIGHER RATE OF RETURN...
I ALSO THROUGH OUT THIS IDEA... FOR TODAY'S RETIREES... IF YOU YOU DON'T NEED THE SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK... YOU DON'T GET IT...
I'M NOT VERY POPULAR WITH THAT STATEMENT... HERE'S WHAT VIEWERS ARE SAYING ON THE FEEDBACK PHONE LINES...
[TAKE PKG
DURATION:0:20]{***pkg***}
[TAKE LIVE]{***live***}
MORE FEEDBACK COMING UP TONIGHT ON THE 3 NEWS AT TEN...
ALSO TONIGHT... ARE YOU READY FOR THE THE SUPER BOWL... THE GAME MIGHT BE FUN TO WATCH... BUT EVERY THING ELSE IS NOT ON THE CUTTING EDGE... 2005... THE YEAR OF THE POLITICALLY CORRECT... PREGAME... HALFTIME AND POST GAME... MY THOUGHTS TONIGHT IN MY FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH COMMENTARY... ONLY ON THE 3 NEWS AT TEN...
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