NBC Nightly News - 2009-03-13
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[0:00] So, why is the school board suddenly
[0:01] saying no deal?
[0:02] >> And cracking down on drug dealers, a new
[0:05] program that's racking up several
[0:07] arrests.
[0:08] >> Tonight on Channel 4 News at 6, working
[0:10] for you.
[0:16] >> On the broadcast tonight, looking up,
[0:18] President Obama points to some positive
[0:20] economic signs and says Americans will
[0:22] get through these tough times. On
[0:24] appeal, disgraced money manager Bernie
[0:26] Maid off wants out of jail until he's
[0:28] sentenced in June. Silent killer raising
[0:31] awareness of that health threat that
[0:32] took the life of one of NBC's best. And
[0:35] acts of kindness. Our series continues
[0:37] with an extraordinary commitment to a
[0:39] community's young women making a
[0:41] difference. Nightly News begins now.
[0:48] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:51] York, this is NBC Nightly News with
[0:53] Brian Williams.
[0:55] >> Good evening and for Brian Williams
[0:57] tonight, I'm Anne Curry. Against all the
[0:59] pessimism about the economy today, the
[1:01] Obama administration again sounded an
[1:03] optimistic note with the president's
[1:05] chief economic adviser saying fear is
[1:07] the enemy, reminding Americans of
[1:10] another challenging time in our nation's
[1:11] history. And to back up this optimism,
[1:14] the Obama administration is again
[1:16] pointing to what it says are the
[1:17] positive signs. NBC's White House
[1:19] correspondent Savannah Guthrie has
[1:21] details on all of this. Savannah,
[1:23] good evening, Ann. Well, this is a
[1:25] president who's walking a tight rope. He
[1:27] wants to paint a realistic portrait of
[1:28] where this economy is, but also set a
[1:31] reassuring tone and as you said, looking
[1:33] for signs anywhere, however small, that
[1:35] the economy is improving.
[1:38] with
[1:39] >> from the Oval Office today, the
[1:41] president continued to play the role of
[1:43] optimistin chief.
[1:45] >> If we are keeping focused on all the
[1:48] fundamentally sound aspects of our
[1:50] economy, then we're going to get through
[1:53] this and I'm very confident about that.
[1:55] >> The president's chief economic adviser
[1:57] echoed the theme in his first public
[2:00] speech. Lawrence Summers said, "An
[2:02] excess of fear is compounding the
[2:04] economic crisis. The central variable is
[2:08] whether we are successful in
[2:10] establishing confidence that the economy
[2:14] will recover
[2:16] uh growth will be restored and that we
[2:19] have a sustainable expansion.
[2:21] >> The administration has singled out a few
[2:23] recent trends as reasons for optimism.
[2:26] Housing inventory starting to decline,
[2:28] an unexpected rise in retail sales, and
[2:31] signs of less nervousness in the bond
[2:33] market. Still today, the Commerce
[2:35] Department reported the US trade deficit
[2:38] dropped to its lowest level in six
[2:40] years, signaling a deepening recession.
[2:43] >> There have been in the last several days
[2:45] just a few reasons for limited optimism.
[2:48] Uh I wouldn't go overboard. There's
[2:50] still a very long way to go.
[2:51] >> Meanwhile, at a meeting of G20 finance
[2:54] ministers in England, Treasury Secretary
[2:56] Tim Gener is pushing world leaders to
[2:58] enact strong stimulus packages of their
[3:00] own. But some European countries are
[3:03] resisting piling up more debt. World
[3:05] Bank President Robert Zelik said
[3:07] stimulus is just like a sugar high if
[3:10] the broader banking system isn't
[3:11] stabilized.
[3:13] And a blunt assessment to date from
[3:15] China, which holds nearly a trillion
[3:17] dollars in US debt.
[3:19] >> Of course, we're concerned about the
[3:21] safety of our assets. The premier said,
[3:23] "To be honest, I'm a little bit
[3:25] worried."
[3:26] >> White House press secretary Robert Gibbs
[3:28] had a message of reassurance. There's no
[3:31] safer investment in the world than uh in
[3:34] the United States
[3:37] >> and the president has been talking to
[3:38] world leaders today, Philippines, Saudi
[3:40] Arabia, Indonesia, which just
[3:42] demonstrates an the global nature of
[3:44] this crisis.
[3:45] >> Savannah Guthrie tonight. Savannah,
[3:47] thank you. And on that point, overseas
[3:49] markets were up today and so was the US
[3:51] stock market, which snapped a brutal
[3:53] four-week losing streak this week, if
[3:55] only by a little. The Dow was up just
[3:57] under 54 points in today's trading,
[3:59] capping a weekly gain of nearly 600
[4:01] points. That is a 9% increase for the
[4:04] week. CNBC's Trish Regan is now joining
[4:06] us from the New York Stock Exchange.
[4:07] Trish, what is behind this and could it
[4:09] continue?
[4:10] >> Well, Ann, this rally was really fueled
[4:12] by optimism over two key things that
[4:14] have been plaguing the economy for
[4:17] months. One, of course, is the banking
[4:19] sector. Two is the American psyche. Now,
[4:22] as far as the banks go, we got some
[4:23] information from some key banking
[4:24] executives this week in which they said
[4:26] that the banks are turning a profit. So,
[4:28] that was some good news for investors
[4:30] along with Dick Parsons, who's chairman
[4:32] of City Group, saying that he does not
[4:34] anticipate City will have to go to the
[4:35] government for additional money. On the
[4:38] other hand, as far as the consumers go,
[4:39] we got some very strong retail sales
[4:41] numbers for the month of January and
[4:43] some better thanex expected retail sales
[4:45] numbers for the month of February. So,
[4:47] it's showing that the consumer is
[4:49] somewhat resilient. We also got a
[4:51] stronger thanex expected consumer
[4:53] sentiment index today. That said, and we
[4:56] are not out of the woods yet. And I say
[4:57] that because number one, the banks still
[4:59] have all these toxic mortgage assets on
[5:02] their balance sheets that will likely be
[5:04] written off at the end of the quarter.
[5:06] That will cut into profitability. And as
[5:08] the unemployment rate ticks higher,
[5:11] you're dealing with a consumer that may
[5:12] not show the same amount of resilience.
[5:14] And so the question is whether it will
[5:16] last.
[5:16] >> All right, Trish Regan tonight. Thank
[5:17] you so much for your reporting on this,
[5:19] Trish. Meanwhile, confessed swindler
[5:21] Bernie Maid off is spending his second
[5:22] night in prison. Today, court papers
[5:24] revealed that he is worth more than $823
[5:27] million at the end of last year. Also
[5:29] today, his lawyer said that Maid Off
[5:31] wants to be out until he is sentenced.
[5:33] NBC's Anne Thompson is now joining us
[5:35] from outside the Maidoff apartment in
[5:36] Manhattan. An
[5:39] good evening and as expected, Bernie
[5:40] Maidoff's attorneys today filed an
[5:42] appeal to have him released from prison
[5:44] until he is sentenced in June. As
[5:47] investigators continued to dig to see
[5:50] who else may be criminally re may have
[5:53] played a criminal role in the Ponzi
[5:55] scheme, who was responsible and what
[5:57] happened to all that money?
[6:01] Bernard Maidoff's lavish lifestyle
[6:03] stretched from his infamous New York
[6:05] apartment to homes in Palm Beach and
[6:07] France. But at yesterday's hearing, maid
[6:10] off tried to restrict what the
[6:11] government can go after by stating to
[6:13] the best of my recollection, my fraud
[6:16] began in the early 1990s
[6:18] >> when the Ponzi scheme began. That's the
[6:21] trigger for the potential return of
[6:24] assets that have been that are in the
[6:27] maid off family.
[6:28] >> That would appear to put the Palm Beach
[6:29] house at risk. Purchased in 1994 and
[6:32] valued in 2007 at $7.4 million. But
[6:36] perhaps not the $7 million New York
[6:39] penthouse, which he moved to in 1984. It
[6:42] is still home for Maid Off's wife of 50
[6:44] years, Ruth, his confidant and
[6:46] bookkeeper. But was she his
[6:48] co-conspirator? A complaint filed by the
[6:50] Massachusetts Secretary of State says
[6:53] Ruth Maidoff transferred $15.5 million
[6:56] out of an account in the weeks before
[6:58] the scam unraveled, including $10
[7:01] million on the day Maid Off confessed to
[7:03] their sons. Prosecutors will also look
[7:06] at others close to Maid Off, his inner
[7:08] circle at the firm, including those sons
[7:10] and his brother Peter. Their attorneys
[7:13] say they knew nothing. Investigators
[7:15] will track how people were led to the
[7:17] scam, and examine the role of the
[7:18] auditors to see what they knew.
[7:21] >> This is a disaster. Um, and I think the
[7:24] government needs to step in and tell us
[7:27] what they're going to do for us. Victims
[7:29] may be eligible for up to a half million
[7:31] dollars from the Securities Investor
[7:33] Protection Corporation. So far, there
[7:35] are 5,000 claims.
[7:37] >> We have accountants working on this 7
[7:39] days a week, and we'll try to process
[7:41] claims as rapidly as we can.
[7:43] >> But some investors could be hurt twice.
[7:46] Anyone who got money from Maid Off since
[7:48] 2002 could be forced to repay profits
[7:50] under bankruptcy law.
[7:54] Why? Because those profits were the
[7:56] result of fraud. But talking to one
[7:58] victim's lawyer today, he said that
[8:00] regardless of when the maid offs moved
[8:03] into that penthouse, that penthouse
[8:05] behind me is the biggest symbol of fraud
[8:07] and the victims will go after it to get
[8:10] money and vengeance. An
[8:12] >> all right and Thompson tonight. An
[8:14] thanks. There is a new crack in the wall
[8:16] of secrecy that has long protected Swiss
[8:18] bank accounts and wealthy customers who
[8:20] have hidden fortunes in Swiss vaults.
[8:22] Officials in Switzerland now say the
[8:24] country will cooperate in cases of
[8:26] international tax evasion. NBC's Tim
[8:28] Mada has this story.
[8:31] >> For more than 70 years, its secret bank
[8:33] accounts have defined Switzerland as
[8:35] much as its neutrality or its clocks.
[8:37] Surviving Nazi spies, World War II, and
[8:40] even attempts by Jewish families to
[8:42] reclaim assets seized during the
[8:44] Holocaust.
[8:44] >> Enjoy my money.
[8:46] >> The stuff of Hollywood. Thomas Crown
[8:47] hiding a big heist in a Geneva bank. or
[8:50] Jason Bourne seeking identity in a Swiss
[8:53] account number on a chip implant. But
[8:55] today, Switzerland agreed to open the
[8:57] door to its fabled numbered accounts on
[8:59] a case-byase basis. Not doing so would
[9:02] have blacklisted Swiss banks, risking
[9:04] tens of thousands of jobs.
[9:07] >> We've decided for the best of our
[9:08] country because it's part of an
[9:10] international effort to improve our
[9:11] economy. He said
[9:13] >> with some $2 trillion of global wealth
[9:15] in its banks, Switzerland is the largest
[9:18] and latest tax haven to cave into
[9:20] international pressure after Lichenstein
[9:22] and Austria, Andor and Luxembourg are
[9:25] expected to follow. And on the heels of
[9:27] Bernie Maidoff's multi-billion dollar
[9:29] Ponzi scheme and other cases of massive
[9:31] fraud, US prosecutors now hope the Swiss
[9:34] move will give them access to more than
[9:36] 50,000 accounts belonging to mostly
[9:38] wealthy Americans in an ongoing battle
[9:40] with Swiss bank UBS.
[9:42] >> If you're wealthy and you've been hiding
[9:44] money in Switzerland and not reporting
[9:46] foreign accounts and the income from it
[9:48] on your US tax returns, you've got a
[9:51] real problem today.
[9:53] But defending UBS today, the Swiss
[9:55] government warned it would not
[9:56] compromise bank confidentiality unless
[9:59] there was specific and justified cause.
[10:02] Tax experts say the crackdown is real.
[10:04] That in the current global financial
[10:06] crisis, havens like Switzerland or the
[10:08] British Channel Islands are soft,
[10:10] predictable targets.
[10:11] >> Governments are now beset by a credit
[10:13] crunch. They're seeing falling tax
[10:15] revenues. They're thinking, "Hey, what
[10:17] are we going to do to get money in? What
[10:19] we'll do is we'll pick on the tax
[10:20] avoiders. We can get more money in that
[10:22] way, but also we can distract attention
[10:25] from the serious mistakes that we've
[10:27] made over a number of years.
[10:28] >> But don't count tax havens out just yet.
[10:31] Tax experts predict that money will be
[10:33] stashed and laundered where people least
[10:34] expect it long after secret Swiss
[10:37] accounts are gone. Jim Matum, NBC News,
[10:40] London.
[10:41] >> Today, President Obama made one of the
[10:43] clearest breaks yet with the Bush
[10:45] administration's policies on terrorism.
[10:47] The president is dropping the term enemy
[10:49] combatants, which will narrow the rules
[10:51] by which the government can imprison
[10:53] terror suspects and to hold them
[10:54] indefinitely. NBC's justice
[10:56] correspondent Pete Williams has more in
[10:58] Washington on the significant
[10:59] development today. Pete. And Barack
[11:02] Obama today abandoned a claim repeatedly
[11:04] made by George Bush that a president has
[11:06] the power simply by virtue of his office
[11:08] to declare people enemy combatants. Mr.
[11:11] Obama's justice department now says such
[11:13] a president gets authority only from the
[11:16] Congress. so it can be limited. The
[11:18] statement comes in a court filing on how
[11:20] the government believes appeals should
[11:21] be handled from detainees at Guantanamo
[11:24] Bay. It says anyone in the Taliban or
[11:27] al-Qaeda can be detained along with
[11:28] anyone who gave them substantial help.
[11:31] The new definition though drops anyone
[11:33] who unwittingly supports a terror group
[11:35] by making a contribution for example
[11:37] that ends up supporting terrorism. But
[11:39] for now, President Obama says he has the
[11:41] power given to him by Congress after
[11:44] 9/11 to detain some terrorists
[11:46] indefinitely. Human rights groups
[11:48] tonight say Obama should drop even that
[11:50] claim of power and either release the
[11:52] detainees or charge them with crimes,
[11:54] but a group representing some military
[11:56] victims of terrorism says that new
[11:58] definition is too permissive. An
[12:00] >> all right, thanks a lot, Pete Williams
[12:01] tonight. When NBC Nightly News continues
[12:04] on this Friday evening, rethinking
[12:05] education, the government's not so
[12:07] secret weapon for trying to improve your
[12:09] child's school.
[12:12] >> And later, a story we told you about
[12:14] successful women opening minds and doors
[12:17] for young girls.
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[14:22] >> President Obama has said in order for
[14:23] America to stay competitive in the
[14:25] global economy, the nation has to do
[14:27] better when it comes to education. To
[14:29] help make that happen, he's appointed a
[14:31] new education secretary and has given
[14:33] him an unprecedented bank account. NBC's
[14:36] Raheima Ellis takes a look now at the
[14:37] man in charge of improving our schools.
[14:40] >> Huge. In a classroom with high school
[14:42] students, Arie Duncan speaks softly but
[14:45] gets right to the point.
[14:46] >> You guys keep working hard. Do your
[14:48] part.
[14:48] >> President Obama's new Secretary of
[14:50] Education, like his boss, has a grand
[14:53] vision for reforming the nation's
[14:55] schools.
[14:56] >> I think we have the best chance, the
[14:58] biggest chance literally in decades to
[15:00] dramatically reshape public education in
[15:03] America and take it to the next level.
[15:04] >> We have to divide this by 12. While
[15:07] these kinds of bold promises are not
[15:09] new, Duncan has a new and powerful
[15:12] weapon. Money, and lots of it. The $100
[15:15] billion stimulus more than doubles his
[15:18] budget. There are funds to build and
[15:20] repair schools, protect districts from
[15:22] teacher layoffs and program cutbacks
[15:26] and help states actually do what No
[15:28] Child Left Behind promised, develop a
[15:31] standardized system for measuring
[15:32] achievement. Plus, the secretary has an
[15:35] unprecedented $5 billion dollar to
[15:38] reward schools that demonstrate
[15:40] innovation and reform.
[15:42] >> Arie Duncan's plan is take schools that
[15:44] he calls pockets of excellence and make
[15:47] them the norm rather than the exception.
[15:49] >> It's an extraordinary opportunity.
[15:50] >> As head of Chicago's public schools for
[15:52] the past seven years, he got things
[15:55] done, opened 75 new schools, and shut
[15:58] down 61 that were failing. Southeast
[16:01] Asia has
[16:02] >> by nearly all accounts a stunning
[16:04] measure of cooperation working with
[16:06] resistant parents and anxious teachers.
[16:09] But critics question even with a huge
[16:11] stimulus whether Duncan can turn around
[16:14] the nation's schools. This money is
[16:17] simply going to go make up for state and
[16:18] local budget cuts. It's not going to do
[16:20] a whole lot to change what happens
[16:22] inside the classroom.
[16:23] >> Duncan says America has to. We've
[16:26] stagnated and other countries have
[16:28] surpassed us and I think we need to get
[16:30] back to those glory days.
[16:32] >> The secretary is counting on the
[16:34] economic recovery plan to stimulate the
[16:37] nationwide school recovery as well.
[16:39] >> Thanks so much.
[16:41] >> Raheima Ellis, NBC News, Arlington,
[16:44] Virginia.
[16:45] >> And here's proof that they don't call
[16:46] the college basketball playoffs March
[16:48] Madness for nothing. The scene Madison
[16:51] Square Garden here in New York. the
[16:53] teams Syracuse and the University of
[16:55] Connecticut. The game, well, they're
[16:57] already calling it the eternal game. Six
[17:00] overtimes, 102 points scored after
[17:03] regulation play ended. After 3 hours and
[17:06] 46 minutes, Syracuse outlasted Yukon 127
[17:10] to 117. But Syracuse guard Johnny Flynn
[17:13] wasn't reveling in the win at the time.
[17:15] He told reporters all he was thinking
[17:17] about was get this game over with.
[17:20] When Nightly News continues in just a
[17:22] moment, what you need to know about a
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[20:03] There are new concerns about a hidden
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[20:12] young people. Its deadly potential is
[20:15] something we're all too familiar with
[20:16] here at NBC after it claimed the life of
[20:18] a muchloved member of our NBC family.
[20:20] The story tonight from NBC News chief
[20:22] science correspondent, Robert Bazelle.
[20:25] >> Were you on your leg a lot?
[20:27] >> Caitlyn Augustine is a college junior,
[20:29] almost 21. For a decade, she had a pain
[20:32] in the upper part of her leg.
[20:34] >> Little bit of swelling.
[20:35] >> I would go into the hospital like once a
[20:37] month, I would say, with very bad pain.
[20:39] >> At various times, doctors told her it
[20:41] might be sciatica, a bladder infection,
[20:44] or something with her ovaries.
[20:45] >> I had doctors even tell me it was in my
[20:47] head.
[20:47] >> These are all pictures of her abdomen.
[20:49] >> Finally, when she was 18, a CT scan
[20:52] revealed a huge blood clot called deep
[20:54] vein thrombosis or DVT. The big danger
[20:57] is that a piece of DVT can break off and
[20:59] go to the lungs and be fatal.
[21:01] >> Observation post.
[21:02] >> Most of us became aware of DVT because
[21:04] it killed our NBC News colleague David
[21:07] Bloom at the start of the Iraq war in
[21:09] 2003.
[21:10] >> This is the clock.
[21:11] >> Usually DVT strikes older people. But
[21:14] Dr. Katie Krishna here demonstrating DVT
[21:17] on an ultrasound says doctors should
[21:20] consider it more in younger people like
[21:22] Caitlyn. You have to be suspicious that
[21:24] something else is going on, like a
[21:26] familial problem that makes them prone
[21:29] to get clots.
[21:30] >> Get everyone you know in your family
[21:32] tested.
[21:32] >> In fact, after Caitlyn's diagnosis, her
[21:34] father Pat discovered that he and many
[21:36] family members have a genetic disorder
[21:39] that makes them susceptible to DVT.
[21:41] >> We didn't get really tested for anything
[21:43] until after she got diagnosed.
[21:45] >> It was a very, very scary time.
[21:47] >> By the time they discovered Caitlyn's
[21:49] clot, it was too large and calcified to
[21:51] be removed. Is it of constant worry for
[21:54] you?
[21:55] >> Constant. I mean, when after it
[21:57] happened, months after it happened, I
[21:59] had panic attacks all the time cuz I
[22:02] would always think that it was moving.
[22:03] >> Caitlyn worries less now. She must take
[22:06] blood thinning medication for the rest
[22:07] of her life. And she is working to
[22:09] educate others about the dangers of DVT.
[22:12] Robert Bazelle, NBC News, Babylon, New
[22:14] York.
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[25:27] Now, tonight's installment in our series
[25:29] of reports, we ask for stories of good
[25:31] things we know are going on in this bad
[25:33] economy. And we've been bowled over by
[25:35] the response and reaction. Emails like
[25:37] this one. Ken in Georgia writes, "My
[25:39] barber, Larry, has been giving free
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[25:43] as they're preparing to go on job
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[25:47] those in need know they can go to Larry
[25:49] for help." Another viewer in Grand
[25:51] Rapids, Michigan, wrote, "We all know
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[25:59] apartment complexes is allowing the
[26:01] residences residents rather who are
[26:03] unable to pay their rent to volunteer
[26:05] hours at a nonprofit organization.
[26:07] People are allowed to work for half
[26:09] their monthly rent. Which brings us
[26:10] tonight to another story. A story sent
[26:13] to us by Jennifer Syler of Edgewater,
[26:15] Maryland. Successful women extending a
[26:17] helping hand to the girls in their
[26:19] community and making a difference.
[26:22] Here's NBC's Amy Robach.
[26:24] >> I'm cute, pretty, and intelligent.
[26:27] They're bright, they're bubbly,
[26:30] >> and they have the world in front of
[26:31] them.
[26:32] >> I love your picture.
[26:33] >> A tough economy and the equally tough
[26:36] streets of inner city Baltimore makes
[26:37] life difficult for these girls as they
[26:39] move on to middle school.
[26:41] >> The majority of the girls come from
[26:44] communities high crime, a lot of single
[26:46] mothers. They want the best for their
[26:49] daughters, but they frankly just don't
[26:51] have the time, the money, the resources,
[26:54] the connections. And that's where we
[26:56] come in.
[26:56] >> If there's any way they can help me give
[26:59] her uh a better education, a better
[27:02] life, per se, I'm all for it.
[27:04] >> My sister circle paves the way for that
[27:06] better life.
[27:08] >> This program helps young girls who have
[27:10] the drive, but perhaps not the
[27:12] opportunity to stay in school, instead
[27:14] thrive in school, keeping them off the
[27:16] streets of East Baltimore. Heather Haron
[27:19] matches students with accomplished
[27:20] women. And what's significant, their
[27:22] mentors will stay with them for at least
[27:24] three years.
[27:26] >> Just being involved in Sister Circle,
[27:28] period, has changed my whole life
[27:30] completely.
[27:31] >> 17-year-old Candace Handy lost her
[27:33] brother TJ to street violence in 2006.
[27:36] >> On the surface, I think that I was
[27:39] appeared to be happy, but I really
[27:42] wasn't. Hunter Haynes has stood by
[27:44] Candace for the past seven years and has
[27:46] watched her grow from a shy girl to a
[27:48] confident high school senior fielding
[27:50] multiple college scholarships.
[27:53] >> If I can make one person's life
[27:55] significantly better while I'm here,
[27:58] then my life would have will have been
[28:00] as full of purpose as I could ever
[28:02] expect.
[28:03] >> I think I have the best mentor in the
[28:05] world. She means
[28:13] >> it's a person, not a project. It's a
[28:15] relationship. And that's why we believe
[28:17] in investing long term in these young
[28:20] women.
[28:20] >> Those are from your fellow sisters. Um,
[28:22] >> an investment that benefits an entire
[28:24] community, one child at a time.
[28:28] Amy Robot, NBC News, Baltimore.
[28:32] >> And we want to thank you for the
[28:33] thousands of comments you, our viewers,
[28:34] have sent us this week. If you've missed
[28:36] any of our Making a Difference report,
[28:37] you can see them online along with more
[28:39] video at nightly.msnbc.com.
[28:43] And we're going to continue these
[28:44] stories, so keep sending us your ideas.
[28:46] And that is our broadcast for this
[28:48] Friday night. Brian Williams are back
[28:50] here on Monday. I'm Anne Curry. And for
[28:52] all of us here at NBC News, thank you
[28:55] and good night.
[29:10] Sunday, the economy, two views on the
[29:13] way forward. Obama economic adviser Dr.
[29:15] Christina Romer and Republican whip Eric
[29:18] Caner. Only on Meet the
[29:21] >> working for you in high definition. This
[29:24] is Channel 4 News.
[29:25] >> I feel like um we are, you know, we're
[29:28] leaving these kids at a big
[29:29] disadvantage. Some are saying build now
[29:32] or the children will suffer. Good
[29:34] evening. Welcome to Channel 4 News at 6.
[29:36] >> Every school in this state is hurting
[29:38] right now. There simply doesn't seem to
[29:39] be enough money for anything. But in
[29:41] Rutherford County, some are not going
[29:43] down without a fight in their efforts to
[29:45] build two new middle schools. School
[29:47] board members say taxpayers could save
[29:49] millions if they build right now.
[29:51] Channel 4's Cara Kamari has the story.
[29:55] What are the perimeter and the area of
[29:58] Mason's yard?
[30:00] >> These Last Cass's fifth graders know all
[30:02] about area, whether it's mathematics or
[30:05] the area inside their cramped portable
[30:08] classroom.
[30:09] >> 690.
[30:10] >> Teacher Christy P worries about their
[30:12] education and their safety inside the
[30:15] trailer. I have a good group.