NBC Nightly News - 1995-09-22
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[0:00] small businesses and help keep Oregon's
[0:02] economy and animals healthy.
[0:05] The Oregon Lottery, it does good things.
[0:10] O.J. Simpson tells the court he's
[0:11] innocent, but he doesn't take the stand
[0:14] and the prosecution is furious.
[0:15] record stands now that I did not, could
[0:17] not, and would not have committed this
[0:19] crime.
[0:21] Tonight, NBC News in-depth, what the
[0:23] jury has not heard as it prepares for
[0:25] final arguments.
[0:27] The Powell parade, it's marching to
[0:29] friendly music. Is the general ready to
[0:31] run as a Republican?
[0:33] And our American close-up, Richard
[0:35] Holbrooke,
[0:36] the American determined to bring peace
[0:38] to the Balkans.
[0:40] From NBC News,
[0:42] this is NBC Nightly News with Tom
[0:45] Brokaw.
[0:47] Good evening. O.J. Simpson did not take
[0:49] the witness stand and face the many
[0:51] questions of Marcia Clark and other
[0:52] members of the prosecution team, but in
[0:54] a move that stunned and outraged those
[0:57] lawyers, Simpson did speak in court
[0:59] today, proclaiming his innocence and
[1:02] invoking his children before he was cut
[1:04] off.
[1:05] It was another tumultuous day in this
[1:07] epic trial, but now the two sides
[1:09] and everyone else are ready for closing
[1:12] arguments. We begin tonight with NBC's
[1:13] David Bloom.
[1:16] It came at the end of the case and out
[1:18] of the blue. O.J. Simpson standing,
[1:21] ostensibly to waive his right to
[1:23] testify, instead, proclaiming his
[1:25] innocence. It was a moment of high drama
[1:28] the jurors did not see, but which
[1:31] prosecutors fear the jury will almost
[1:33] certainly hear about.
[1:34] Uh good morning, your honor.
[1:36] As much as I would like to address some
[1:38] of the misrepresentations made a