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May 4, 1996
Web posted at: 11:20 a.m. EDTNetworks go to court for Clinton video testimony
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The four major television news networks, backed by two news advocacy groups, have asked that the U.S. District Court in Little Rock release the videotape of President Clinton's Whitewater testimony.
CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS as well as the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Radio-Television News Directors Association filed papers Friday in Little Rock in support of their application.
They asked for immediate access to the videotape or that they be allowed to view the tape immediately and a copy be provided to them when the tape is played for the jury in open court.
President Clinton's private lawyer, David Kendall, said he was waiting to read the application and had no immediate comment.
But the White House is already on record strongly opposing release of the videotape, arguing that the president's critics would use it in political commercials. The White House has proposed that a transcript of the testimony be made available.
Two dead, two missing following plane crash
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- The Coast Guard continued to search the waters off a California state beach Saturday morning, looking for two people believed to have been on board a small plane that crashed Friday night.
Four passengers are believed to have been on the Cessna 310 when it went down just after 9 p.m. PDT, about 200 feet offshore. The flight originated at Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, and was headed for Los Angeles International Airport, according to Federal Aviation Administration Duty Officer Diana Joubert.
Joubert said the pilot reported problems with the landing gear and planned to circle the airport before landing.
Search teams recovered two bodies Friday night.
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