NBC Nightly News - 2009-03-16

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[0:13] At 6:00

[0:15] >> on our broadcast tonight, the outrage

[0:18] from the president on down. The growing

[0:20] anger at a big company saved by the

[0:22] taxpayers now handing out bonuses. End

[0:25] of an era. Another major American city

[0:28] gets the news that a cherished

[0:29] institution is going away. Capital

[0:32] crime, it's happening in the shadow of

[0:35] the White House. Now it is a severe

[0:37] epidemic. And labor of love finding a

[0:40] way to keep workers working. It's one

[0:42] man's way of making a difference.

[0:44] Nightly News begins now.

[0:50] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:53] York, this is NBC Nightly News with

[0:56] Brian Williams.

[0:57] >> Good evening. When the US economy first

[1:00] went south and the big insurance

[1:02] conglomerate AIG got into big trouble,

[1:05] we were all told that if AIG failed, it

[1:07] could be catastrophic for our whole

[1:09] economy. Now, we, the US taxpayers, own

[1:13] AIG, 80% of it. The company has received

[1:17] $180 billion dollar in taxpayer money.

[1:21] So, you can understand the outrage when

[1:23] word first broke that AIG was paying out

[1:26] some big bonuses to some of their

[1:28] employees. Today, the president joined

[1:31] in. We begin our broadcast here tonight

[1:33] with NBC's Tom Costello in Washington.

[1:36] Tom, good evening. Hi, Brian. The

[1:38] government is working on a plan that

[1:39] would force AIG to repay that bonus

[1:42] money as a condition for getting the

[1:44] next $30 billion in bailout money. Much

[1:46] of that bonus cash went to employees in

[1:49] the London office who were at the center

[1:50] of this disaster. AIG also under fire

[1:53] for using a huge chunk of its bailout

[1:55] money to pay off US and foreign banks

[1:58] that took enormous risks.

[2:02] With the nation's financial system still

[2:04] in peril, widespread outrage today at

[2:06] insurance giant AIG, after $180 billion

[2:10] of federal bailout money, taxpayers own

[2:13] 80% of the company. But AIG said it is

[2:16] contractually obligated to hand out $165

[2:20] million in bonuses to some of the very

[2:23] people who brought the company to the

[2:24] brink.

[2:25] >> I mean, how do they justify this outrage

[2:28] to the taxpayers who are keeping the

[2:29] company afloat? Today, the president

[2:31] told Treasury Secretary Gitener to

[2:33] pursue every legal avenue to block the

[2:36] bonuses. Bonuses the company insists it

[2:38] agreed to a year ago before the crisis

[2:41] hit. Now, AIG has emerged as the poster

[2:44] child for the kind of reckless behavior

[2:46] that torpedoed the economy.

[2:48] >> This was a hedge fund basically that was

[2:50] attached to a large and stable insurance

[2:52] company made huge numbers of

[2:54] irresponsible bets.

[2:56] >> AIG insurance is huge. 74 million

[2:59] customers worldwide covering real

[3:01] estate, aircraft, cargo shippers,

[3:04] healthcare providers, life, commercial

[3:06] property insurance, financial

[3:08] institutions, business and personal

[3:10] loans, cities and states. Many

[3:12] sophisticated investors also bought

[3:14] AIG's insurance to protect them should

[3:17] complicated investments go bad, which

[3:19] they did. Suddenly unable to meet its

[3:21] obligations, AIG was deemed too big to

[3:24] fail. With too many conventional

[3:26] customers depending on it, prompting the

[3:28] feds to step in with the taxpayer

[3:30] bailout.

[3:31] >> AIG had massive amounts of bets. The

[3:34] fear was that there would be a global

[3:35] financial meltdown if AIG went down.

[3:38] >> So where did AIG send that $180 billion

[3:40] in taxpayer money? Under pressure, the

[3:43] company this weekend revealed dozens of

[3:45] names, many of which also made risky

[3:47] bets, including some banks that already

[3:49] got bailout money. Goldman Sachs, Meil

[3:52] Lynch, Bank of America, Cityroup, and

[3:56] foreign banks also got money. Deutsche

[3:58] Bank, Societ General, and Barclay's

[4:00] Bank. The question now as a pays out

[4:03] bonuses, how much more will AIG need to

[4:06] prevent collapse? All we know is we own

[4:08] a company that's bleeding red ink by the

[4:10] tens and tens of billions of dollars and

[4:13] there does not appear to be any

[4:15] accountability.

[4:17] >> $62 billion dollar in losses in the last

[4:19] quarter. That's the biggest corporate

[4:21] loss ever. And we the taxpayers own it.

[4:23] Meanwhile, New York Attorney General

[4:25] Cuomo has subpoenaed AIG for the names

[4:27] of the employees getting bonuses and the

[4:30] people who approved those bonuses. Brian

[4:32] Tom Castello starting us off in our

[4:34] Washington DC newsroom. Tom, thanks.

[4:36] These AIG bonuses put the Obama

[4:38] administration in a tough spot. They're

[4:41] watching as public support is shrinking

[4:43] for these bailouts. Most of Washington

[4:45] was scrambling, lining up today to show

[4:48] its displeasure. There's new polling

[4:50] that shows these bailouts are unpopular.

[4:52] But what's the solution? Our chief White

[4:55] House correspondent, Chuck Todd, has

[4:56] that part of the story tonight. Chuck,

[4:58] good evening.

[4:59] >> Good evening, Brian. Well, that $168

[5:01] million in bonus money is a lot of

[5:03] money, but believe it or not, it only

[5:05] accounts for less than 1% of the $180

[5:09] billion that's been given to AIG. But

[5:12] it's that bonus money that had

[5:13] politicians of all stripes scrambling to

[5:16] show outrage.

[5:19] >> This is a corporation that finds itself.

[5:22] >> The president made it clear that he

[5:23] shares the country's anger over AIG and

[5:25] these bonuses to its trading arm. Under

[5:28] these circumstances, it's hard to

[5:30] understand how derivative traders at AIG

[5:34] warranted any bonuses,

[5:37] much less $165 million in extra pay.

[5:41] >> President Obama was not the only angry

[5:43] Washington politician.

[5:45] >> But what's most outrageous is the very

[5:47] people who got AIG and then the rest of

[5:49] the country in big trouble are the ones

[5:52] getting the break. Usually bonuses are

[5:54] only required when somebody did a good

[5:56] job rather than when they did a lousy

[5:58] job.

[5:59] >> But while anger was all the rage, there

[6:01] seemed to be near universal

[6:02] acknowledgement that nothing can be done

[6:04] to stop the bonuses.

[6:06] >> Clearly, not enough was done at the very

[6:08] beginning to put conditions on AIG.

[6:09] >> And so the focus was about how to

[6:11] prevent this from happening again.

[6:13] >> Going forward, the American people need

[6:15] to have complete certainty that taxpayer

[6:17] money is not wasted. The real fear among

[6:20] Washington leaders is that AIG's actions

[6:22] will make it harder to gather public

[6:24] support for future financial bailouts.

[6:26] Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanki

[6:28] acknowledged this in a rare TV interview

[6:30] when asked what keeps him up at night.

[6:32] >> The biggest risk is that, you know, we

[6:35] don't have the political will. We don't

[6:36] have the the commitment to to solve this

[6:39] problem. And that political will is

[6:41] challenged more and more every day as

[6:43] the level of coziness between Washington

[6:45] and Wall Street becomes more clear,

[6:47] coloring the public perception of how

[6:49] this crisis evolves. Goldman Sachs and

[6:52] AIG were big contributors to politicians

[6:54] of both parties. Goldman officials have

[6:56] moved in and out of government, and even

[6:58] this president's leading economic

[6:59] adviser, Larry Summers, as Bill

[7:01] Clinton's Treasury Secretary, advocated

[7:04] for some of the trading deregulation

[7:06] that ultimately left AIG exposed.

[7:10] Now, Brian, the this administration

[7:12] always likes to emphasize they're not

[7:13] going to look backwards. They always

[7:14] want to look forwards, but they are

[7:16] counting on the president's own

[7:17] credibility with the public to trump

[7:20] this cynicism that's growing out there

[7:22] that the public has for the rest of

[7:23] Washington and how they seem to cozy up

[7:25] to Wall Street.

[7:26] >> Chuck Todd at the White House for us

[7:28] tonight. Chuck, thanks. And by the way,

[7:29] the White House announced today that

[7:31] during the president's trip to

[7:33] California later this week, he will

[7:35] become the first sitting president to

[7:37] appear on a late night talk show.

[7:39] President Obama will visit with Jay Leno

[7:41] on the Tonight Show on NBC Thursday

[7:44] night. The obituary column these days is

[7:48] full of the death notices of American

[7:51] daily newspapers. And we learned today,

[7:53] fittingly perhaps on the internet, that

[7:55] another once great paper is going away.

[7:58] In Seattle, it's known simply as the PI,

[8:01] the Seattle Post Intelligencer, now

[8:04] becomes the largest daily newspaper yet

[8:06] to go out of business. The story tonight

[8:09] from NBC's Chris Jansing.

[8:12] >> It's the end of an era in Seattle. The

[8:15] Post Intelligencer newspaper is about to

[8:17] print its last edition. The victim of a

[8:19] weak economy and competition, including

[8:22] the internet. Mike Lewis worked at the

[8:24] PI for 9 years.

[8:26] >> I'm going to figure out if I can stay in

[8:28] journalism at all.

[8:29] >> About 10% of the staff has been offered

[8:31] jobs at an online edition of the paper,

[8:33] but with lower pay and fewer benefits.

[8:36] If Misery loves company, Seattle is

[8:39] certainly not alone. At least 10 major

[8:41] cities have newspapers that could either

[8:43] close or go online in the next year or

[8:45] so. It's a grim race to see who goes

[8:48] under first. The Philadelphia Daily News

[8:51] and Minneapolis Star Tribune are both in

[8:53] bankruptcy. The Boston Globe and San

[8:55] Francisco Chronicle have been losing as

[8:57] much as a million dollars a week. And

[8:59] the Miami Herald and Chicago Sun Times

[9:01] are for sale. So far, no takers.

[9:04] >> Newspapers are going to be shrinking.

[9:06] Staffs are going to get smaller.

[9:09] Long-term, I think print is going away.

[9:11] The internet is just a more convenient

[9:13] way of getting the information.

[9:15] >> 3 weeks after the Rocky Mountain News

[9:17] folded, today a group of former staffers

[9:19] announced a new online venture in Denver

[9:22] Times.com.

[9:24] The Post Intelligencer chronicled 146

[9:27] years of history, survived the 1889 fire

[9:30] that destroyed much of the city, but not

[9:32] the March of Time, technology, and lost

[9:35] ad revenues.

[9:36] >> I'm very upset about it. It's the worst

[9:38] thing that can happen uh to a newspaper

[9:40] editor and it's the worst thing that can

[9:42] happen to uh to a news consuming town.

[9:46] >> The demise of the PI's print edition,

[9:48] this sad chapter in the story of

[9:50] journalism was first reported online.

[9:53] Chris Jansing, NBC News, Seattle.

[9:56] >> Overseas tonight, some welcome news

[9:58] about a crisis averted in one of the

[10:00] most unstable and dangerous places on

[10:03] the planet, Pakistan. Our chief foreign

[10:05] correspondent Richard Angel is in

[10:07] Islamabad tonight with the latest on the

[10:09] showdown that was prevented at the very

[10:11] last minute.

[10:13] >> Jubilation today as thousands celebrated

[10:16] the end of a crisis that nearly toppled

[10:18] Pakistan's government. Today the US

[10:21] backed president Af Zardari reinstated

[10:24] Pakistan's popular chief justice Shodri.

[10:28] Today the chief justice was greeted at

[10:30] his home like a hero. is a symbol of uh

[10:34] independent judiciary and uh

[10:38] we everybody love him.

[10:40] >> It was a stunning concession. Zardari

[10:42] has long opposed the return of the chief

[10:44] justice who has accused him of

[10:46] corruption. So why did Zardari do it? He

[10:49] was forced.

[10:51] Thousands of protesters demanding the

[10:53] chief justice's return clashed with

[10:55] security forces this weekend. The

[10:57] demonstrators had threatened to march on

[10:59] Islamabad today until Zardari gave in.

[11:03] >> Many Pakistanis are celebrating the end

[11:05] for now of a political crisis. But this

[11:07] deal only CAME AMID HEAVY PRESSURE from

[11:10] both the United States and the Pakistani

[11:12] military which feared further unrest

[11:14] here would undermine the government's

[11:16] ability to fight al-Qaeda and the

[11:18] Taliban.

[11:20] NBC News has learned President Zardari

[11:22] called the chief of the Pakistani army

[11:24] on Saturday to stop the protest, but the

[11:27] army chief refused.

[11:28] >> He said that he would not like to use

[11:30] the army for this sort of a purpose

[11:33] which is totally political.

[11:34] >> And from the US, a fullcourt press,

[11:37] phone calls from Admiral Mike Mullen,

[11:39] Envoy Richard Hullbrook, and Secretary

[11:41] of State Hillary Clinton. She warned

[11:44] Zardari US aid could be affected by

[11:46] further unrest. The US has given

[11:48] Pakistan more than $10 billion since

[11:51] 2001.

[11:53] >> Well, I think they understand what's at

[11:54] stake.

[11:55] >> But tonight, even as Pakistan

[11:57] celebrated, a suicide bomber killed at

[12:00] least 10 at a bus station near

[12:01] Islamabad. A reminder of how unstable

[12:04] this country remains. Richard Engel, NBC

[12:07] News, Islamabad.

[12:09] >> And when our broadcast continues for a

[12:11] Monday night, it's a public health

[12:13] crisis, but it's not in some faroff

[12:16] place. This one is within sight of the

[12:18] White House. And later, an employer who

[12:21] isn't letting up even though this

[12:22] economy has let him down.

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[14:28] There has been a lot of attention paid

[14:30] in recent years to fighting the spread

[14:32] of HIV AIDS in Africa. This next story

[14:35] has to do with something happening here.

[14:37] An epidemic described as severe in the

[14:40] nation's capital, Washington DC, where

[14:44] three out of every 100 people currently

[14:46] have HIV or AIDS. A percentage that a DC

[14:50] public health official says is as bad as

[14:53] some West African nations. Our story

[14:56] from our chief science correspondent,

[14:58] Robert Bazelle.

[15:00] >> Announcing that at least 3% of the

[15:02] entire population over 12 is infected

[15:04] with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,

[15:07] Washington, DC officials said today it

[15:09] was time for the public and politicians

[15:12] to stop ignoring the problem.

[15:13] >> HIV is a STD.

[15:15] >> Derek White works with the DC Health

[15:17] Department.

[15:17] >> It's out here and we need to do

[15:19] something about it.

[15:20] >> How are things going?

[15:20] >> William Morris is terminally ill with

[15:22] AIDS at Joseph's House, a hospice. Nurse

[15:25] coordinator Priscilla Norris has worked

[15:27] with AIDS in DC for 25 years.

[15:29] >> Does it frighten you that how much worse

[15:31] it's getting?

[15:33] >> It um frighten I don't know that it

[15:36] frightens me. It um it really soers me

[15:39] enormously.

[15:40] >> Much of the epidemic is concentrated in

[15:42] the city's large African-American

[15:44] community, especially among the poorest

[15:46] segments of the population. But the

[15:48] numbers out today show a big jump in

[15:50] heterosexual spread, often from drug

[15:53] users to their partners and often

[15:55] through prostitution.

[15:56] >> There's still a very strong stigma

[15:59] around this disease within those

[16:00] communities, also within the Caucasian

[16:03] community that sort of sees it as it's

[16:05] no longer a problem um that can affect

[16:08] me. It only affects poor people or

[16:10] people who use drugs.

[16:12] >> Another problem, gay men and drug users

[16:14] often think newer treatments have solved

[16:16] the problem. It's about being able to

[16:19] put it a little bit on the back burner

[16:21] and go into denial a little bit more

[16:22] because their best friend's not dying at

[16:24] their feet.

[16:25] >> The percentage of infected people in

[16:27] Washington is the same as many West

[16:29] African nations that have big AIDS

[16:31] problems.

[16:32] >> The 3% figure could be way too low

[16:35] because officials estimate that less

[16:37] than half of the people who are infected

[16:38] with HIV know it.

[16:40] >> Thank you so much for coming in. That's

[16:42] why Washington is stepping up efforts

[16:44] like this one that goes into

[16:46] neighborhoods trying to persuade more

[16:48] people to find out if they are infected.

[16:51] Robert Bazelle, NBC News, Washington.

[16:54] Now we turn to the very latest tonight

[16:56] on the Bernie Maidoff swindle. Federal

[16:58] prosecutors have filed court documents

[17:01] outlining a wide array of personal

[17:03] property they intend to seize from the

[17:05] jailed money manager and his wife Ruth.

[17:08] Among the items listed, properties in

[17:10] Manhattan, the Hamptons, Palm Beach, and

[17:12] France. Also, a $17 million bank account

[17:16] in Ruth Maidoff's name, several yachts,

[17:19] four cars, and a piano. We'll take a

[17:22] break. When we come back, you'd think

[17:23] space travel was dangerous enough

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[17:43] Doctor says it's P A.

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[20:19] This may be a case of a great name and a

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[20:31] is really a near-death struggle for

[20:34] parent company General Motors with car

[20:36] sales way down. The car gets shipped to

[20:38] dealerships this spring. Base price

[20:41] $23,000.

[20:42] Chevy engineers proudly point out the

[20:44] base Camaro gets just under 30 m per

[20:48] gallon. Another era slowly coming to an

[20:50] end. Just nine more shuttle missions

[20:52] scheduled after this one. The shuttle

[20:54] Discovery launched successfully last

[20:57] night right around sunset after multiple

[20:59] delays. The crew of eight is headed for

[21:01] the space station, but here's a first.

[21:04] We're told the threat of orbiting space

[21:06] debris may force a slight detour in

[21:09] their flight. Some health news of

[21:12] particular interest to the millions of

[21:13] Americans who suffer from peanut

[21:15] allergies or have a family member who

[21:17] does. A new study of allergic children

[21:19] who were given small doses of peanut

[21:21] protein under a doctor's supervision

[21:24] over a 2 and a half year period shows

[21:26] that more than half of them became able

[21:29] by increasing the amounts over time to

[21:31] eat all the peanuts they wanted without

[21:33] any allergic reaction. Experts caution

[21:36] this was a small sample and more study

[21:39] of course is needed. The actor Ron

[21:42] Silver has died. He was best known to

[21:44] television viewers for his role in the

[21:46] NBC series The West Wing, but he was

[21:49] also a Tony Award winner on Broadway and

[21:51] a film veteran. Played lawyer Alan

[21:53] Dersuitz in the film Reversal of

[21:56] Fortune. He was an activist as well off

[21:59] camera, one of the founders of the

[22:01] Creative Coalition in Hollywood. A

[22:03] liberal most of his life. He later

[22:05] called himself a 9/11 Republican and

[22:07] switched sides politically. Ron Silver

[22:10] batt battled cancer of the esophagus for

[22:12] the past several years. He was 62 years

[22:16] old. We're back in a moment here tonight

[22:18] with a man who has found a way to keep

[22:20] his employees working. His way of making

[22:23] a difference.

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[22:47] >> Katawit is one of many treatment options

[22:49] in addition to diet and exercise that he

[22:51] discussed with his doctor.

[22:53] >> Katawit is not for everyone. It's not

[22:55] for people with liver problems and women

[22:57] who are nursing, pregnant, or may become

[22:59] pregnant. To check for liver problems,

[23:01] you need simple blood tests. Tell your

[23:03] doctor about any heart problems and all

[23:04] other medications you are taking or if

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[23:12] Along with diet and exercise, Katawit

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[23:56] >> It's clear we need more energy from all

[23:58] sources. And most Americans agree we

[24:01] need more domestic oil and natural gas.

[24:03] But does that mean you'll see more oil

[24:05] and gas platforms? Well, with advanced

[24:08] subse technology, one platform can now

[24:11] gather oil from wells 40 m away.

[24:14] So what used to take many just a few

[24:16] years ago now takes only one. That's

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[24:56] Nashville is hurting, but there's $2

[24:59] million in unpaid parking tickets

[25:01] they're not collecting. But

[25:02] >> we're doing everything we currently can

[25:04] do.

[25:04] >> But are they really? See what they're

[25:06] doing now. All because of questions

[25:08] channel 4 asked

[25:10] >> tonight on Channel 4 News at 6.

[25:12] >> Why green beer could make you sick. And

[25:14] we're not just talking about a hangover.

[25:16] At 6:00,

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[25:26] We continue to enjoy getting your emails

[25:28] following our request to hear about and

[25:31] then highlight some of the good being

[25:32] done out there in this economic

[25:34] downturn. We got more than one email on

[25:37] this next topic. This one happens to be

[25:39] from an in conquered North Carolina. She

[25:41] writes, "In Canapapolis, North Carolina,

[25:44] the owner of the Gem Movie Theater,

[25:46] which opened during the depression, is

[25:48] making Wednesday night free movie night

[25:50] for everyone. He says it's his way of

[25:52] giving back to the community he grew up

[25:54] in that has seen textile mills shut

[25:57] down, people out of work. He thinks

[25:59] everyone needs a little escapism to make

[26:01] them feel better. Catherine writes from

[26:04] Yuba City, California. There is a

[26:06] teacher at my son's school who buys

[26:07] groceries for her homeless and hungry

[26:09] students. She doesn't make much money

[26:11] and I'm sure she spends more on her

[26:13] students than she does on her own

[26:15] family. She says she just can't sleep at

[26:18] night knowing that her students are

[26:19] hungry and she knows they can't focus if

[26:22] they're hungry. Thank goodness for

[26:23] people like her here. Here here. And

[26:25] that brings us to tonight's Making a

[26:27] Difference report. It's about a man who

[26:29] has decided to do more work even though

[26:32] his own business has hit a slump. His

[26:35] story tonight from NBC's Kevin Tibbles.

[26:40] >> You can hear it. Tiny Humboldt, Kansas

[26:44] is a beehive of activity prepped for

[26:47] paint,

[26:49] trees pruned,

[26:51] a spruced up playground now alive with

[26:54] kids, and all the labor comes free of

[26:57] charge. Performed by workers who, in

[27:00] better economic times, would be here at

[27:04] the B and W plant making trailer

[27:06] hitches. With a staff of 180, it's

[27:09] Humboldt's largest employer. No problems

[27:12] today.

[27:13] >> Owned by successful local entrepreneur,

[27:15] Joe works.

[27:17] >> We did go through a lot of lean years

[27:19] and uh I know what it's like.

[27:21] >> With the economy in the tank, Joe says

[27:24] he's lost about half his business, but

[27:26] he just couldn't bring himself to lay

[27:28] off employees who he considers friends.

[27:32] So, at full pay, Joe gives his workers

[27:34] new tasks to improve their little town.

[27:38] If people aren't getting paid, then they

[27:40] can't buy groceries at the local grocery

[27:42] store. They can't buy gas at the gas

[27:45] station or eat lunch at the restaurant.

[27:47] >> Now, refurbished baseball diamonds await

[27:49] the first pitch of spring.

[27:51] >> This is above and beyond, I think. Yeah.

[27:53] Yeah. It's Smith Western values, but

[27:55] this is above and beyond.

[27:56] >> And houses of worship strapped for cash

[27:59] are blessed with a facelift.

[28:01] >> It's like a one big family, so what

[28:03] hurts one hurts the other, and what

[28:06] helps one helps the other. For Joe

[28:07] Works, who says the donated labor

[28:09] accounts for about 10% of his losses,

[28:12] it's a civic duty. Simple as that.

[28:14] >> Because I've been blessed by a business

[28:18] that's been successful and have made

[28:20] some money, I I don't want to hang on to

[28:22] that with a a greedy attitude. I want to

[28:26] share.

[28:27] >> Do you think that's kind of like what

[28:28] small town America used to be like?

[28:31] >> Yeah, I think so. I think America needs

[28:34] to get back to that more. Restoring a

[28:36] piece of the heartland, keeping one

[28:38] hometown alive for the next generation.

[28:42] >> Kevin Tibbles, NBC News, Humboldt,

[28:45] Kansas.

[28:46] >> And about all of the good news stories

[28:48] we profiled here on the broadcast last

[28:51] week. Well, tomorrow night, we will

[28:53] follow up on some of those. That is for

[28:55] now our broadcast for this Monday night.

[28:58] Thank you for being with us. Hope you

[28:59] had a good weekend. I'm Brian Williams.

[29:01] We of course hope to see you back here

[29:02] tomorrow. Good night.

[29:11] A left-wing smear machine. Janine GOP

[29:14] joins Keith with facts that prove the

[29:16] right is wrong. Countdown with Keithman

[29:18] tonight on MSNBC

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[29:32] all. Only on Channel 4 tonight, a

[29:35] decades old murder case finally makes it

[29:37] to court and family members on both

[29:39] sides get emotional. Good evening again

[29:42] everyone. Welcome now to Channel 4 News

[29:44] at 6.

[29:44] >> An accused killer who vanished without a

[29:47] trace 32 years ago was back in court

[29:50] this morning in Hoenwald for a long

[29:52] overdue hearing. And among those

[29:54] watching, the tearful family members he

[29:56] never told goodbye. Nancy Ammons tonight

[29:58] with a story you'll see only on Channel

[30:00] 4.

[30:03] Now free from a stroke and looking older

[30:05] than his 58 years, James Brewer is

[30:08] facing the judgment day he avoided 32

[30:10] years ago.

[30:11] >> How's your health?

[30:13] >> My health

[30:14] right here.