NBC Nightly News - 2009-02-19

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[0:01] On our broadcast here tonight, blowback,

[0:03] the slump deepens, the market tumbles,

[0:05] and striking evidence today on live TV

[0:08] of some very deep fault lines over the

[0:10] president's recovery plan. The finish

[0:12] line, the endless effort to keep the

[0:14] state of California in business.

[0:16] Tonight, what it's going to take and how

[0:18] painful will it be. Heart of darkness.

[0:21] It's one of the most lawless, dangerous

[0:23] places on earth. Anne Curry is there and

[0:25] reporting for us tonight. And take it to

[0:28] the bank. You will want to see the good

[0:30] news story we found in the midst of this

[0:33] bad economy. Also tonight, the Hollywood

[0:36] special effects that are made a long,

[0:38] long way from here. Nightly News begins

[0:41] now.

[0:46] From NBC News world headquarters in New

[0:48] York, this is NBC Nightly News with

[0:51] Brian Williams.

[0:53] >> Good evening. about the only consensus

[0:55] in this country these days is that the

[0:57] economy is bad and millions of Americans

[0:59] are suffering as a result. When the

[1:01] question becomes how to fix it, that's

[1:03] where people disagree. While the polls

[1:05] show most Americans support the

[1:07] president's plan, the White House will

[1:09] tell you the president couldn't wait to

[1:11] try to get everybody on board before

[1:13] acting. Today, more of those withering

[1:15] economic numbers came out. And the

[1:17] debate over using billions in taxpayer

[1:20] dollars to help homeowners in trouble

[1:22] spilled out onto live television today.

[1:25] CNBC's Trish Rean is here with us

[1:27] tonight for more on this. Trish, good

[1:29] evening.

[1:29] >> Good evening, Brian. It certainly did

[1:31] spill out onto live TV. We heard loud

[1:33] and clear from CNBC's Rick Santelli, who

[1:36] expressed something millions of

[1:37] Americans paying their mortgages on time

[1:40] may now feel.

[1:42] >> The government is promoting bad

[1:44] behavior. The day started with the

[1:46] populous shot heard around the world.

[1:49] CNBC's Rick Santelli, who covers the

[1:51] Chicago Merkantile Exchange, whipped up

[1:53] a frenzy when he spoke out from the

[1:55] trading pit against government money

[1:57] bailing out homeowners who are in over

[2:00] their heads.

[2:01] >> THIS IS AMERICA. HOW MANY OF YOU PEOPLE

[2:03] WANT TO PAY FOR your neighbor's mortgage

[2:05] that has an extra bathroom and can't pay

[2:07] their bills? Raise their hand.

[2:09] >> HOW ABOUT WE ALL

[2:12] PRESIDENT OBAMA, ARE YOU LISTENING? It

[2:14] couldn't have been any better than Rick

[2:16] Santelli.

[2:17] >> The government is promoting bad

[2:19] behavior.

[2:20] >> Santelli's outrage reverberated across

[2:22] the country from talk radio listeners in

[2:25] Fort Lauderdale, Florida, one of the

[2:26] hardest hit real estate markets.

[2:28] >> We have done everything we're supposed

[2:30] to do and I don't want to bail anyone

[2:31] out.

[2:32] >> Yeah. Well, now you're going to without

[2:34] anybody asking you to the streets of New

[2:36] York.

[2:37] >> I have seen people take advantage of the

[2:40] system and um and I don't believe that

[2:44] health is in order.

[2:44] >> They have their mortgages and it's their

[2:46] responsibility to pay them.

[2:48] >> President Obama's plan to save the

[2:49] housing market by stemming foreclosures

[2:52] will not only cost taxpayers $275

[2:55] billion, but also critics say will set a

[2:58] bad precedent. Why pay your mortgage if

[3:01] the government will ultimately bail you

[3:03] out?

[3:03] >> Is a bitter pill to swallow, but it's

[3:05] one we need to swallow so that the

[3:07] financial system, the economy uh don't

[3:10] slide away. The system is already in

[3:12] jeopardy. Today, the Dow closed at 7465,

[3:16] a 6 and a half year low. The number of

[3:18] Americans continuing to file for

[3:20] unemployment benefits hit a record high

[3:22] of nearly 5 million people today, while

[3:25] foreclosures are up 18% from a year ago.

[3:28] >> You have a choice. Either you can help

[3:29] your neighbor and uh help them so that

[3:32] they can stay in their home, or don't

[3:34] help them, and they'll lose their home

[3:35] and it'll cost you money because you

[3:37] will be worth less because your home

[3:38] will have just dropped in value. Now, so

[3:40] far there's no consensus on whether this

[3:42] housing plan will work. Investors are

[3:44] not showing a lot of enthusiasm though

[3:46] with the Dow hitting a level not seen

[3:47] since October 2002 and bank stocks like

[3:50] City and Bank of America both losing

[3:52] about 14% today. So, Brian, you know,

[3:55] there's some real concern out there that

[3:57] we're going to continue seeing a

[3:58] deterioration in housing prices and of

[4:01] course more problems.

[4:02] >> You told me earlier though a number in

[4:03] the newsroom that surprised me. We talk

[4:05] a lot about mortgage troubles. After

[4:07] all, it's what started this whole mess

[4:09] we're in. And yet, the percentage of

[4:11] Americans who pay their mortgages on

[4:13] time is

[4:14] >> 92%. Amazing, huh? It really shows you

[4:18] how confidence is very much a factor in

[4:20] all of this. And right now, the fear is

[4:22] among a lot of investors that that

[4:24] number will deteriorate. So, maybe next

[4:26] month it's not going to be 92%. And

[4:29] that's the fear as you see more and more

[4:30] mortgages that need to reset. Don't

[4:33] forget, a lot of these are adjustable

[4:34] rate mortgages. They will be resetting.

[4:36] And the concern is people might not be

[4:39] able to pay in the future.

[4:40] >> Trish Rean, always great to have you.

[4:42] Thank you very much. Still on the

[4:43] economy, but we go west to California

[4:45] and the long march to prevent the state

[4:47] from sliding into insolveny after some

[4:51] late night deal making. Now comes the

[4:53] very hard part. Higher taxes, deep cuts

[4:56] now in services, and lots more

[4:58] borrowing. Our report from NBC's George

[5:00] Lewis.

[5:02] At dawn this morning, exhausted

[5:04] legislators finally agreed on a state

[5:06] budget for California, ending a bitter

[5:09] partisan deadlock that had lasted almost

[5:11] three months.

[5:12] >> I think that the people are sick and

[5:14] tired of politicians fighting if it is

[5:17] in Washington or if it is in Sacramento.

[5:19] To end the fight here, the Republican

[5:21] governor and the Democrats who run the

[5:23] legislature made a deal with one

[5:25] Republican state senator who had been

[5:27] holding out against new taxes but wanted

[5:30] changes in election law. I did what was

[5:32] right for the people of California and I

[5:35] I'll defend my vote to the end. The new

[5:37] budget does have 12 billion in tax

[5:40] hikes. Sales taxes will increase 1% to 9

[5:43] and a4. The personal income tax rate

[5:46] will go up by a quarter of a percent.

[5:48] The legislature turned down a plan to

[5:50] increase gasoline taxes 12 cents a

[5:53] gallon, but doubled fees on car

[5:55] licenses. Among the budget cuts,

[5:58] education takes a big hit, $8.6 $6

[6:01] billion.

[6:02] >> This has been a long, very painful

[6:06] journey.

[6:07] >> A lesson for 45 other states also

[6:10] grappling with their budgets.

[6:12] >> This is what happens when partisans

[6:15] forced their elected representatives to

[6:18] pay more attention to ideology than to

[6:22] the needs and the concerns of the

[6:25] general public.

[6:26] >> A public not exactly delighted with

[6:28] their elected officials. ridiculous.

[6:31] It's a disgusting situation.

[6:33] >> And if the economy gets worse, the

[6:35] Golden State could need another new

[6:38] budget. George Lewis, NBC News, Los

[6:41] Angeles. President Obama made his first

[6:44] trip out of the country today to Canada,

[6:46] which proved to be very friendly turf.

[6:48] Our chief White House correspondent,

[6:50] Chuck Todd, traveling with the president

[6:52] with us tonight from Ottawa. Chuck, good

[6:54] evening.

[6:57] >> Good evening, Brian. Well, after 3 days

[6:58] of traveling on Air Force One, it seemed

[7:01] to be mundane for the president to be on

[7:03] the road, and that may be why he was a

[7:05] little bit unprepared for the rousing

[7:07] reception he he received today here in

[7:09] Ottawa.

[7:12] Canada's leaders welcomed Mr. Obama

[7:15] formally on his first presidential

[7:16] foreign trip today, but the enthusiasm

[7:19] was overwhelming among ordinary

[7:20] Canadians, thousands of whom braved

[7:23] freezing temperatures to catch a glimpse

[7:24] of the American leader. It was an

[7:26] incredible moment really to have the

[7:28] sort of collective feeling that yes, he

[7:30] knows we're here and he knows we're here

[7:32] to see him.

[7:33] >> The official reason for the presidential

[7:34] visit to tackle three issues, explore

[7:37] joint efforts to stimulate the economy,

[7:39] jumpstart joint energy research on

[7:41] climate change, and sort out policy

[7:44] toward Afghanistan. The joint press

[7:46] conference with Canadian Prime Minister

[7:47] Steven Harper was the president's first

[7:49] chance to discuss his decision to deploy

[7:52] 17,000 new troops to Afghanistan. I

[7:54] ordered the additional troops because I

[7:57] felt it was necessary to uh stabilize

[8:00] the situation there in advance of the

[8:02] elections that are coming up.

[8:03] >> Most of the public back and forth

[8:05] between the two leaders was friendly and

[8:06] agreeable, but there was some subtle

[8:08] tension over trade. The president wants

[8:11] to toughen the language in the North

[8:12] American Free Trade Agreement. with a

[8:15] NAFTA agreement that has labor

[8:19] provisions and environmental provisions

[8:20] as side agreements. Strikes me if those

[8:23] side agreements mean anything then they

[8:25] might as well be incorporated into the

[8:27] main body of the agreement so that they

[8:29] can be effectively enforced.

[8:31] >> But the prime minister in very

[8:32] diplomatic terms seem to lecture the

[8:34] president on protectionist tendencies.

[8:37] >> We expect the United States to adhere to

[8:40] its uh to its international obligations.

[8:42] I have every expectation. We're

[8:43] perfectly willing to look at ways we can

[8:46] we can uh address some of these

[8:48] concerns, which I understand.

[8:50] >> You know what I need is a key.

[8:51] >> The president wrapped up his day as a

[8:53] tourist, stopping at a local Ottawa

[8:55] market, appeasing ordinary Canadians who

[8:57] are upset that he had scheduled no

[8:59] public events.

[9:00] >> Nice to see you.

[9:02] >> Now, Brian, the president also made a

[9:04] little news on the auto front when he

[9:06] was saying that he believes the industry

[9:08] needs quote significant restructuring.

[9:10] Those are words that are normally

[9:12] associated with companies that end up

[9:14] having to file for bankruptcy. And one

[9:16] fun note, Brian, the president admitted

[9:18] in an interview with a Canadian

[9:19] television uh network that he has never

[9:22] seen a hockey game. That's not something

[9:24] that's going to make him very popular

[9:25] here in Canada. A

[9:26] >> whole lot of people want to fix that.

[9:28] Okay, Chuck Todd in Ottawa for us

[9:30] tonight, traveling with the president.

[9:31] Chuck, thanks. Secretary of State

[9:33] Hillary Clinton continued her trip to

[9:35] Asia today with a visit to South Korea.

[9:38] As you're about to see, as she goes

[9:40] about remaking that job, she sent some

[9:43] unmistakable signals to North Korea,

[9:45] where nuclear ambitions and an emerging

[9:48] power struggle now mixed together. Our

[9:50] chief foreign affairs correspondent,

[9:52] Andrea Mitchell, is traveling with

[9:54] Secretary Clinton in Seoul, South Korea.

[9:58] On the flight to Soul, Hillary Clinton

[10:00] abandoned the usual diplomatic nicities

[10:03] in unusually blunt talk. She said the US

[10:06] is concerned that a struggle to succeed

[10:08] North Korea's leader Kim Jong- is

[10:10] already underway and could turn into a

[10:12] full-blown crisis. Kim, who turned 67

[10:15] this week, looks frail. US and

[10:17] diplomatic sources say he has not

[10:19] recovered from a stroke last August.

[10:21] According to one recent visitor, he is

[10:23] no longer quote all there. What are the

[10:25] signs of a power shift? Today, the North

[10:28] threatened military action against the

[10:29] South. Last week, Kim replaced his

[10:32] defense minister. And now, word that

[10:34] Kim's youngest son in his mid20s would

[10:36] likely succeed his father. Especially

[10:38] troubling, the North has stopped

[10:40] dismantling its main nuclear facility

[10:42] and is now threatening to test a long

[10:44] range missile. These satellite pictures

[10:46] show the launchpad this week.

[10:48] >> How worried are you that they will test

[10:50] fire another long range missile? Well,

[10:54] it would not be helpful

[10:56] uh for them to do so.

[10:58] >> Clinton plans to name a former

[10:59] ambassador, Steven Bosworth, as her

[11:01] Korean envoy. He was just in Pyongyang.

[11:04] >> It's clearly going to be a very

[11:05] difficult process. As we all know,

[11:07] >> most experienced diplomats agree with

[11:09] Clinton that Kim Jong-il is fading from

[11:11] power, but some were surprised that she

[11:13] was so frank about it.

[11:16] >> Now, which school is that?

[11:17] >> On her first trip, Clinton is striking

[11:19] out on her own. earlier today, venturing

[11:22] into a poor Jakarta neighborhood and

[11:24] trying to reach young Indonesians by

[11:25] appearing on their favorite music show

[11:27] called Awesome.

[11:29] >> I was going to be on an awesome show.

[11:31] >> Exactly.

[11:32] >> What is your favorite music?

[11:34] >> It's really the the old standbys like

[11:36] the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and I

[11:39] am really, you know, very Oh, GOOD.

[11:44] >> I DON'T FEEL so old.

[11:46] >> A newly minted diplomat who isn't afraid

[11:48] to say what she thinks. Andrea Mitchell,

[11:51] NBC News, Soul.

[11:53] >> And when our broadcast continues here

[11:55] this Thursday night, Anne Curry reports

[11:57] from Africa on the search for justice in

[12:00] a place where it's often very difficult

[12:02] to find. And when we come back, could

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[14:12] >> We're back. back. And with all the

[14:13] headlines about big bank bailouts we

[14:15] hear day after day we report so many

[14:17] each night, it's easy to forget the

[14:19] backbone of this country's banking

[14:21] system is the regional and local banks

[14:23] that we pass by each day where we live.

[14:26] Tonight, we look at one North Carolina

[14:28] bank that didn't need taxpayer money,

[14:31] but took it anyway in order to make sure

[14:34] that money flows into the US economy.

[14:36] Here's NBC's Roger O'Neal.

[14:40] Finding answers to the big housing mess

[14:42] still seems pretty blurry.

[14:43] >> Are they more clear on one or more clear

[14:46] on two?

[14:47] >> But a small town banker in North

[14:49] Carolina is focusing on a plan for new

[14:51] home buyers.

[14:52] >> There's a

[14:53] >> which could be 2020.

[14:55] >> And B,

[14:56] >> it's a really simple plan.

[14:58] >> Kim Price says he'll use that federal

[15:00] TARP money for what it was intended for.

[15:03] >> We can use that money to fund these

[15:06] loans at lower interest rates.

[15:09] um to help move this economy and help

[15:13] move these these houses, help these

[15:15] builders.

[15:16] >> Price is a community banker, citizens

[15:18] south in Gastonia, an old textile town

[15:20] in the shadows of Charlotte. Like most

[15:23] of the nation's 8,000 small,

[15:24] locallyowned banks, Citizens is not in

[15:27] any trouble. Less than 1% of its loans

[15:30] are in default.

[15:31] >> Thank you, Mr. Miller. Have a good day.

[15:33] Community bankers like to say they know

[15:35] their customers by name, whereas at a

[15:37] big bank, you're just a number.

[15:40] >> Price says he's proud to continue his

[15:42] bank's 105-year-old conservative

[15:44] philosophy.

[15:45] >> I just wanted to be a a community

[15:47] banker. I saw them as a child when I

[15:49] grew up. You know, they were the

[15:50] respected people.

[15:51] >> He's a Boys and Girls Club kind of guy.

[15:54] No chauffeers, no jets,

[15:57] and relishes spaghetti night at home.

[16:00] >> Dinner time. Wash your hands. The price

[16:03] plan offers 3 and 12% interest for the

[16:05] first two years of a 30-year mortgage,

[16:07] and all closing costs are paid by

[16:09] builders.

[16:10] >> If I can sell this house, I can pay off

[16:13] a loan and start another house.

[16:15] >> The first house sold this week. It's

[16:18] been suggested rather than

[16:19] tongue-lashing the nation's big bankers

[16:21] who made bad decisions, Congress should

[16:23] start listening to small bankers with

[16:25] good ideas, the Kim prices who have not

[16:28] lost the trust of customers they know by

[16:31] name. Roger O'Neal, NBC News, Gastonia,

[16:34] North Carolina.

[16:36] From the economy to the world of sports,

[16:38] there's word that Tiger Woods is ready

[16:40] for his comeback. The golf great

[16:42] announced he will return to the course

[16:43] next week, defending his title in

[16:45] Arizona. He has not played since last

[16:47] June when he underwent reconstructive

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[16:52] begins next Wednesday. It'll be

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[16:56] and Sunday beginning at 2:00 p.m.

[16:58] Eastern time. We continue the Thursday

[17:01] edition in just a moment. And we'll have

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[19:54] >> We are back now with Inepth. And tonight

[19:56] it comes from our own Anne Curry who

[19:58] this week's on a return visit to Africa.

[20:00] Political and tribal strife in Darur

[20:03] have left a wasteland of famine,

[20:05] dislocation, and death. Two years ago,

[20:08] Anne first discovered everyday life

[20:10] there to be a struggle simply to

[20:12] survive. And now an has gone back again

[20:15] traveling to Chad and its border with

[20:17] the Darur region. And here tonight, a

[20:20] look at what she found this time.

[20:25] On our journey to the Chad Darur border,

[20:27] we are in search of two survivors we

[20:29] first met two years ago. Among the tens

[20:32] of thousands still living in refugee

[20:34] camps, still haunted by the atrocities

[20:36] they suffered, we found them. In 2006,

[20:40] 17year-old Aziza had told us then she

[20:43] was gathering firewood when suddenly

[20:45] three men rode up on horseback and

[20:47] chased her down. One of the men, an Arab

[20:50] wearing a Sunni uniform, caught her and

[20:52] asked her what tribe she was from. He

[20:54] said, "You are black. You have no place

[20:56] here." Then she said he grabbed her

[20:58] tightly and raped her. Then a trembling

[21:01] teenager. Today, Aziza is a woman with a

[21:04] quiet strength about her. She is now

[21:07] married, living with her husband's

[21:08] extended family and is about to have her

[21:11] first child.

[21:14] She says, "I married a man who is good

[21:16] to me. I am still scared when I collect

[21:18] firewood now for my baby, too. But if

[21:21] it's a girl, I will protect her. I don't

[21:23] want her to be a victim as I was. The

[21:26] scars on her neck and arms are gone,

[21:29] though there's still one that won't go

[21:31] away. She can't forget. Cummus was 13

[21:35] when we last saw him. An orphan, his

[21:37] mother dead, and he didn't know where

[21:39] his father was. He drew pictures for us

[21:41] of the attack on his village and said it

[21:43] had been hit by bombs from a Sudin

[21:45] plane, a plane he said just sent by a

[21:47] Sudanese president, Omar Albashir. He

[21:50] was full of fear.

[21:52] I'm scared because I ran away from death

[21:54] and to be killed here makes him scared.

[21:57] The scars Thomas suffered in a beating

[21:59] of a soldier then are still there. But

[22:01] he is now a tall, strong 15year-old who

[22:05] takes care of his blind grandmother.

[22:08] When he asked if the president of Sudan

[22:10] should be punished for the atrocities in

[22:11] Darur, he said maybe if he's prosecuted,

[22:15] it will mean he'll have rights. Thomas

[22:17] now spends his days selling bread on the

[22:19] street. He is too old for the refugee

[22:21] camp school, but still dreams of

[22:23] becoming a doctor. Two refugees of Darw

[22:26] tragedy, they refuse to be broken. In

[22:29] spite of everything, they still hope

[22:31] that someday they can go home. Anne

[22:34] Curry, NBC News. Chad,

[22:38] we want to let you know Ann's reporting

[22:40] from that troubled part of the world

[22:41] continues tomorrow. First on the Today

[22:44] program, then again here on this

[22:45] broadcast. And tomorrow it will include

[22:48] her conversation with actor and longtime

[22:50] activist George Clooney, who is also on

[22:52] the trip. When we come back here

[22:55] tonight, jobs going overseas right

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[25:32] >> This is a KJW News Channel 8 update.

[25:36] Next, Governor Kagowski is taking a pay

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[25:54] So this weekend, Americans will gather

[25:56] in front of television sets for that

[25:58] seemingly endless celebration of

[26:00] Hollywood known as the Academy Awards.

[26:02] It's the one night on the West Coast

[26:04] when the industry really does get to

[26:06] pretend that what they do is magic.

[26:08] Though there is magic to the science of

[26:10] movie making and the electronics, and

[26:11] some of that these days is getting made

[26:14] in a very unlikely place, a place called

[26:17] Bollywood, the bustling Hollywood of

[26:19] India. NBC's Ian Williams reports

[26:21] tonight from Mumbai.

[26:23] >> It was a big budget Hollywood movie, but

[26:26] the Oscar winning special effects for

[26:28] the Golden Compass were put together in

[26:30] India in a thatched village where beyond

[26:33] an ancient door, a video conference

[26:35] links the village with Los Angeles.

[26:38] >> The nose looks nice and fleshy. The

[26:40] village is a replica built inside a

[26:42] Mumbai commercial complex

[26:45] designed as a creative environment for

[26:48] the 250 employees of Rhythm and Hughes

[26:51] the LA based special effects studio.

[26:54] From here they've worked on 40 Hollywood

[26:56] movies India taking up the work when LA

[27:00] goes to bed. We're able to essentially

[27:02] have a 24-hour operations and get a lot

[27:04] more throughput of the work.

[27:07] Across Mumbai, colleges are struggling

[27:09] to meet the demand for animators.

[27:11] Trained in the importance of

[27:13] exaggerating expression, body modeling,

[27:15] Hollywood studios are attracted by the

[27:17] low costs, but also the English language

[27:20] skills and keen imagination of the

[27:22] Indian artists. Frame box alone has

[27:25] opened 50 colleges in less than a year.

[27:28] We can become multi-billion dollar

[27:30] outsourcing industry just like IT

[27:32] business.

[27:33] But production costs a tenth of those in

[27:35] the US aren't the only thing bringing

[27:38] American studios to India.

[27:41] >> They're after a slice of the Bollywood

[27:43] action. The Indian film industry is the

[27:46] world's biggest, turning out a thousand

[27:48] films a year. Bollywood continues to

[27:51] pack in the audience with a

[27:53] wellestablished action formula. But the

[27:56] potential here for computer animation is

[27:58] enormous.

[28:00] At Rhythm and Hughes, the race is on to

[28:02] create what they call an iconic

[28:04] character for India, an Indian bug

[28:06] bunny.

[28:07] >> The Indian entertainment market is

[28:10] booming. It's growing very fast and

[28:13] whoever can come up with those

[28:14] characters and those stories that

[28:16] resonate with the Indian audiences is

[28:18] going to be in a great position. And

[28:20] since opening in India, Rhythm and

[28:22] Hughes has also added more than 400 jobs

[28:25] in LA. This outsourcing business isn't a

[28:28] one-way street. Ian Williams, NBC News,

[28:31] Mumbai.

[28:33] >> And that's our broadcast for this

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