:02:03
(children singing Carol Of The Bells)
:02:10
Yeah, I know that, Larry.
:02:12
(TV) Snow flurries
along the northeastern seaboard...
:02:16
Hi. Where are the telephones?
:02:18
- Over there.
- Thank you very much.
:02:20
(TV) Leonard Adkins is in a warmer clime...
:02:22
..with a story that grows
hotter by the minute.
:02:24
Security was tight today
at Escalan airport in Valverde,...
:02:28
..where government authorities report...
:02:30
..that deposed general Ramon 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 army in a campaign
against communist insurgents,...
:02:41
..a campaign fought with
American money and advisers.
: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 Congressional ban.
:02:56
Evidence that Esperanza's forces...
:02:58
..violated the neutrality
of neighboring countries...
:03:00
..made Congress withhold funds.
:03:03
Esperanza is accused
of replacing the funds...
:03:06
- ..by cocaine smuggling.
- (beeping)
:03:08
Although Esperanza was removed
as commander in chief this year,...
:03:11
..the agreement to extradite him
was only reached yesterday.
:03:15
Washington insiders say
a phone call made it happen,...
:03:19
..a phone call from a...
:03:23
(pager)
:03:24
All right, all right.
:03:29
If I could find a phone,
I'd call you, whoever you are.