USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS FIRE RAVAGED IDAHO.

Record ID: 979364

  • Title: USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS FIRE RAVAGED IDAHO.
  • Date: 9th August 2000
  • Summary: MOUNT HOME, IDAHO, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 8, 2000) (NBC-NO ACCESS USA/CNN/INTERNET) 1. LV/GV/MV: FIRES RAGING/ FIREFIGHTERS MOVING TOWARDS A BLAZE OFF IN THE DISTANCE/ BATTLING BLAZE/ FIREFIGHTER STRIKING THE GROUND WITH A HOE (6 SHOTS) 0.32 MOUNT HOME, IDAHO, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 8, 2000) (POOL-ACCESS ALL) 2. GV/PAN: PRESIDENT CLINTON ARRIVING IN IDAHO 0.50 3. GV//MV/PAN: PRESIDENT CLINTON WALKING ON TO STAGE/ CLINTON STANDING ON STAGE WITH IDAHO OFFICIALS (3 SHOTS) 1.01 4. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYING, "It matters that people don't die. It matters that property is saved. It matters that precious and irreplaceable things are saved and you are doing that. I know a lot of the fire fighters have been working here for weeks and weeks and probably for months. Given all the problems we have had this summer, you probably know that we have lost four million acres, which about twice the 10 year average, so we are in for a rough summer and I know how hard it is on you." 1.39 5. GV/ZOOM/MCU: CLINTON SHAKING HANDS WITH FIREFIGHTERS 1.54 MOUNT HOME, IDAHO, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 8, 2000) (NBC-NO ACCESS USA/CNN/INTERNET) 6. GV: FIREFIGHTER HOEING THE GROUND WITH SMOKE ALL AROUND 2.01 7. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARY CADA OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT SAYING, "It is pretty awful. We will always have resources and we will always put people on fires, but due to more fire activity across the U.S. -- it has just reached a point. We have to make do with less than what we normally have -- which is understandable. We will work with it and see what we can do. Sooner or later, we will get it out." 2.28 8. GV: FIREFIGHTERS DISCUSSING HOW TO TACKLE A BLAZE 2.41 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MOUNT HOME, IDAHO, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVABAB05ZXEKDZTXB3YR4O4LBM9Z
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