:02:03
(children singing Carol OfThe Bells)
:02:10
Yeah, l know that, Larry.
:02:12
(TV) Snowflurries
along the northeastern seaboard...
:02:16
Hi. Where are the telephones?
:02:18
- Over there.
- Thank you very much.
:02:20
(TV) LeonardAdkins is in a warmer clime...
:02:22
..with a story thatgrows
hotter by the minute.
:02:24
Security was tight today
at Escalan airportin Valverde,...
:02:28
..where governmentauthorities report...
:02:30
..that deposedgeneralRamon Esperanza...
:02:32
..will be delivered
for extradition to the United States.
:02:35
Only two years ago,
General Esperanza...
:02:37
..led his country's armyin a campaign
against communistinsurgents,...
:02:41
..a campaign fought with
American moneyandadvisers.
:02:44
Esperanza's fall from power
caused ripples...
:02:46
..in his country's recent election,
and closer to home as well,...
:02:51
..when high-ranking
Pentagon officials were charged...
:02:53
..with supplying him with weapons
despite the Congressionalban.
:02:56
Evidence thatEsperanza's forces...
:02:58
..violated the neutrality
ofneighbouring countries...
:03:00
..made Congress withholdfunds.
:03:03
Esperanza is accused
ofreplacing the funds...
:03:06
- ..by cocaine smuggling.
- (beeping)
:03:08
Although Esperanza was removed
as commanderin chiefthis year,...
:03:11
..the agreement to extradite him
was onlyreachedyesterday.
:03:15
Washington insiders say
a phone callmade ithappen,...
:03:19
..a phone call from a...
:03:23
(pager)
:03:24
All right, all right.
:03:29
lf l could find a phone,
l'd call you, whoever you are.