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CNN 20: 'Larry King Live' NAFTA Debate, November 9, 1993

Aired November 9, 2000 - 10:42 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

ANNOUNCER: Bringing you the world for 20 years, this is CNN.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LARRY KING, HOST, "LARRY KING LIVE": The night of the Gore debate, which is still the highest watched show in CNN -- regularly scheduled show in CNN history.

NAFTA was the North American, you know, the treaty organization that bound together treaties of Canada, Mexico and the United States, and was about to lose.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROSS PEROT, FMR. REFORM PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We can stop that without NAFTA and we can stop that with a good NAFTA. Just because...

AL GORE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: How do you stop that without NAFTA?

PEROT: Just cut that out, pass a few simple laws on this, just make it very, very clear that...

GORE: Pass a few simple laws on Mexico?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: First time in history that a sitting vice president debated a citizen.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GORE: This ain't your son's business, but isn't it...

PEROT: Now, do you guys ever do anything but propaganda?

GORE: Isn't it your business also?

PEROT: Would you even know the truth if you saw it?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: We broke a record for calls coming in from out of the country.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'd like to know...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you give a...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They are lurking. What are you people doing? Why...

GORE: Let me answer that.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: Gore took the ball that night and it was unbelievable. It was just -- even moderating it, just watching him, the way he took the ball. It was like he took the kickoff and never -- he was relentless. Each had equal time to speak, but Gore did so well that even in body language -- for example, Gore would look at him, Perot would turn away. Perot would look at the camera, Gore would look at Perot. He had him shaken.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GORE: How do you stop it without NAFTA?

PEROT: Give me your whole mind.

GORE: Yes, I'm listening. I haven't heard the answer, but go ahead.

PEROT: That's because you haven't quit talking.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: It was an amazing night.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GORE: Well, I'm wondering how do you stop it without NAFTA?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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