NBC Nightly News - 2009-03-27 - 2 of 2
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[0:01] Well, in addition to the 17,000 extra
[0:03] troops the president has already ordered
[0:05] to the region, he's ordering another
[0:07] 4,000 to train Afghan security forces. A
[0:10] renewed emphasis on civilian
[0:12] reconstruction uh efforts there. He's
[0:14] ordering more workers there and more
[0:16] emphasis on Pakistan, which a lot of US
[0:18] officials regard as a trickier problem
[0:21] even than Afghanistan. The president
[0:22] wants another $1.5 billion dollars in
[0:25] aid to Pakistan over the next five
[0:27] years, but he wants to tie it to
[0:29] benchmarks of progress. So, it it's a
[0:31] clear new strategy that he is outlining
[0:34] today, Brian, and it was wellreceived on
[0:36] Capitol Hill by both Republicans and
[0:38] Democrats. The only real criticism we
[0:39] heard was from the left who pointed out
[0:41] the president did not outline a clear
[0:43] exit strategy today.
[0:45] >> Savannah Guthrie at the White House for
[0:47] us tonight. Savannah, thanks. And we
[0:48] want to get the latest now on the
[0:50] situation on the ground in Afghanistan.
[0:52] For that, we turn to our chief foreign
[0:54] correspondent, Richard Angel, who's with
[0:56] us tonight from Kbble. Uh Richard, you
[0:59] and I have both driven through the
[1:00] countryside there. You can't help but
[1:02] see the old rusting turrets from Russian
[1:05] tanks. Uh evidence of a previous failed
[1:08] effort. Uh in light of this announcement
[1:10] today, how do you think policy will
[1:12] collide there on the ground with
[1:14] reality?
[1:17] those that Russian hardware is
[1:20] everywhere. It's so plentiful here. The
[1:23] Afghans use it to build bridges and
[1:24] dams. A very grim reminder of how
[1:27] difficult it is to fight in this
[1:28] country. But today, we saw the United
[1:30] States take ownership of the war in
[1:33] Afghanistan. Something had to change.
[1:36] For years, the war here has been
[1:38] floundering. The NATO leadership has
[1:40] been confused. We also saw today the
[1:43] United States redefine the mission and
[1:46] pull in the goalposts. Throughout his
[1:48] speech, President Obama never once
[1:50] mentioned nation building, never once
[1:52] mentioned the idea of democracy. It was
[1:55] a simple mission that was put forward, a
[1:57] a difficult one, but that was at least
[1:59] very clear to prevent al-Qaeda and the
[2:01] Taliban from returning to power in
[2:04] Afghanistan and Pakistan. And that is
[2:07] something that many commanders here
[2:09] believe with extra troops they can
[2:11] accomplish.
[2:12] >> Richard Engel live for us tonight in
[2:13] Kbble on this day of the announcement in
[2:16] Washington. Richard, thanks. And now we
[2:17] turn to a story we told you about last
[2:19] night here on the broadcast. The
[2:21] elevated earthquake activity Southern
[2:24] California has been experiencing lately
[2:26] known in the trade as a swarm of
[2:29] earthquakes which can sometimes signal a
[2:32] big one to come. We wanted to take a
[2:34] closer look at the risk. And from
[2:36] Southern California tonight, our own
[2:38] George Lewis has the story.
[2:40] >> Seismologist Robert Clayton from Caltech
[2:43] University picked a great time to take
[2:45] students on a field trip to the Sultan
[2:47] Sea. They got here on Sunday just as a
[2:50] swarm of more than 300 earthquakes began
[2:53] shaking the area. The strongest,
[2:55] magnitude 4.8, was felt over a wide area
[2:58] of Southern California. I was in my tent
[3:01] early in the morning when it happened
[3:02] and I felt it shake and scientists have
[3:05] recorded it in detail. They're
[3:07] fascinated because this area is close to
[3:09] the south end of the San Andreas fault.
[3:12] >> We don't know how much little additional
[3:14] stress it will take to set it off.
[3:16] >> The San Andreas is where, according to
[3:18] scientists, the next big one will likely
[3:20] occur. The last big one was the 1906 San
[3:23] Francisco earthquake on the north part
[3:26] of the fault. Southern California has
[3:28] long been a seismically active area.
[3:30] Scientists say this basin is 16 million
[3:33] years old. And the southern end of the
[3:36] San Andreas fault has not experienced a
[3:38] major earthquake in 300 years.
[3:42] So what are the chances all this shaking
[3:44] is the precursor to another big one?
[3:47] >> It's not a huge number. It's still on
[3:49] the order of 5%. That was enough for one
[3:52] school district in the Los Angeles
[3:54] suburbs to cancel all after school
[3:56] activities this week.
[3:58] >> Our number one um issue with a a crisis
[4:01] situation is that we want our children
[4:03] and our staff and our families to be
[4:05] safe.
[4:07] >> Last November, 5 a half million people
[4:09] in Southern California participated in a
[4:11] drill simulating a magnitude 7.8
[4:14] earthquake. The epicenter of that mock
[4:17] earthquake was the very place that's
[4:19] shaking right now. So, Californians are
[4:22] once again reminded of the need to be
[4:25] prepared. George Lewis, NBC News, at the
[4:28] Sultan Sea.
[4:30] Now to Texas and a story people have
[4:32] been reacting too strongly across the
[4:34] country today. Imagine racing to the
[4:36] hospital in the middle of the night to
[4:38] be by the side of a dying family member
[4:40] only to be pulled over by a cop who
[4:42] stops you just short of the hospital.
[4:45] Our Justice correspondent Pete Williams
[4:47] picks up the story from there.
[4:50] >> 1450.
[4:51] >> It happened around 1:00 a.m. last week
[4:53] in suburban Dallas. NFL player Ryan Moes
[4:56] of the Houston Texans rushed his wife to
[4:58] the hospital after an urgent call that
[5:00] her mother laid dying from breast
[5:02] cancer. As Moes rolled through a red
[5:04] light, a police cruiser chased him with
[5:06] flashing lights and siren.
[5:09] When Moes pulled into the hospital
[5:11] parking lot, witnesses say the officer,
[5:13] Robert Powell of the Dallas police drew
[5:15] his gun. Moes pleaded with the officer
[5:17] who insisted on asking for license,
[5:20] registration, and proof of insurance.
[5:22] >> You go this right now.
[5:23] >> You were at a red light.
[5:25] >> My My mother is dying on right now.
[5:28] YEAH, THAT'S KIND RIGHT NOW. All I'm
[5:31] asking you is just hurry up and you
[5:33] stand here talking to me.
[5:34] >> Okay, I can screw you over. I'd rather
[5:37] not do that. Your attitude will dictate
[5:39] everything that happened.
[5:42] >> And right now, your attitude sucks.
[5:44] >> Nearly 15 minutes later, the officer
[5:47] handed Moz a traffic ticket, but it was
[5:49] too late. His mother-in-law was dead.
[5:51] After a storm of protest, the Dallas
[5:54] police chief put the officer on paid
[5:55] leave and apologized. I am uh
[5:59] embarrassed and disappointed by the
[6:01] behavior of one of our police officers.
[6:03] >> Moes told a radio talk show that the
[6:05] officer even ignored a nurse who said
[6:07] the woman was dying.
[6:08] >> He stole a moment away from me that I
[6:11] can never get back.
[6:12] >> The officer says this all could have
[6:14] been avoided if Moz had just stopped his
[6:16] car and explained what was happening.
[6:18] And some experts on policing say that
[6:20] might have been an answer. Late tonight,
[6:22] Officer Powell says he showed poor
[6:24] judgment and lack of sensitivity. And
[6:26] the police chief says he failed to use
[6:28] common sense. Pete Williams, NBC News,
[6:30] Washington.
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[9:00] This economic crisis we're in started as
[9:02] a housing crisis and there is a vivid
[9:04] example of what that means for a whole
[9:06] lot of people. It's playing out publicly
[9:08] in California. It's tragic in this day
[9:11] and age or any time. And this one's
[9:13] reviving memories of the shanty towns of
[9:15] the Great Depression as California tries
[9:18] to deal with it. Chris Jansing reports
[9:20] from Fresno.
[9:22] >> There are so many homeless in Fresno.
[9:25] The tent cities have names. Taco Flats,
[9:27] The Hill, New Jack City, at least 2100
[9:31] homeless.
[9:32] >> Carpenters and trade folks. Um, you
[9:34] know, truck drivers. Jobs have dried up.
[9:37] Um, and uh for in some cases, their luck
[9:40] has just dried up. David Lloyd became
[9:42] homeless for the first time just two
[9:43] months ago.
[9:45] >> Every day I'm out looking for work and
[9:47] get told no constantly.
[9:49] >> He's pitched his tent along F Street.
[9:51] Many of the newly homeless avoid the
[9:53] shanty towns and chronically homeless,
[9:55] worried about drugs and alcohol abuse
[9:57] and violence
[9:58] >> and their stresses are really high
[10:01] because they're scared or they're
[10:03] intimidated by the sometimes the
[10:05] clientele out here. Many of these newly
[10:07] homeless have gone from a house or
[10:08] apartment to a friend or neighbor's
[10:10] couch. And this is rock bottom. Taking
[10:13] an innovative turn, the nonprofit
[10:15] Pavarella House has constructed two
[10:17] communities for homeless people who are
[10:19] job hunting or in school.
[10:21] >> I thank God for this place cuz I mean,
[10:23] if this place wasn't here, I'd be on the
[10:25] street.
[10:26] >> 130 people like Perry Bowererman live in
[10:28] 8x10 storage sheds. Minimal but safe.
[10:31] Berman has his social security statement
[10:33] chronicling 10 years income from working
[10:35] in a warehouse. A decade of a very
[10:38] different life.
[10:39] >> And when I worked this last job, uh, I
[10:41] had my own house. My first house, I was
[10:43] so so happy. When I lost my job,
[10:46] everything just came tumbling down.
[10:47] >> Now he's studying at City College,
[10:49] working for a nursing degree. Across the
[10:52] country, smaller cities like Fresno are
[10:54] desperately searching for answers to
[10:56] homelessness. In St. Petersburg,
[10:58] Florida. It's estimated about 30% of the
[11:01] people at this tent city are the new
[11:03] economic homeless. 100 people live in
[11:06] this Seattle shanty town. And Nashville
[11:08] is also one of 325 cities and counties
[11:12] working with the federal government on
[11:14] the surge in homelessness. Back on F
[11:16] Street, David Ly has taken in 72year-old
[11:20] Carl.
[11:20] >> There's some good people out here.
[11:22] There's some really good people. They
[11:23] don't deserve to be out here. out
[11:25] [snorts] of their homes but not yet out
[11:27] of hope. Chris Jansing, NBC News,
[11:30] Fresno, California.
[11:32] >> We learned today there's a big change
[11:34] coming to the Olympics. You may recall
[11:35] the Olympic torch relay last summer was
[11:38] disrupted more than once. Part in
[11:40] protest against human right rights
[11:42] abuses in China and its policy toward
[11:44] Tibet. Well, as a result, the
[11:46] International Olympic Committee has now
[11:48] decided to end that long multinational
[11:50] Olympic flame relay. From now on, it
[11:53] will be confined to the host country
[11:55] only. This ban officially starts in
[11:58] 2014. But Vancouver and London, the next
[12:01] two host cities up in the games, say
[12:03] they had already planned to keep the
[12:05] relay a local event. When our broadcast
[12:08] continues here in just a moment, more
[12:09] and more Americans falling into debt.
[12:12] We'll look at some of the tactics being
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[14:58] >> More of those stats. We learned today
[15:00] officially what a lot of people already
[15:01] knew. Incomes and wages were down again
[15:04] last month. And now consumer debt in
[15:06] America stands at an astonishing $2.5
[15:09] trillion. That debt has become a big
[15:12] industry. Debt collectors are busier
[15:14] than ever. The flip side is this. The
[15:16] Federal Trade Commission says it gets
[15:18] more complaints about debt collectors
[15:20] than any other single industry. This is
[15:22] a story the Dline NBC is going to take
[15:25] on later this evening. We have a short
[15:28] portion, a preview, the brief story of
[15:30] one victim who happens to be a war
[15:32] veteran.
[15:34] For Sergeant Charles Houston and his
[15:36] wife Lata, the collection calls came out
[15:38] of the blue.
[15:39] >> Unfortunately, I do have to submit my
[15:41] paperwork over to the military
[15:43] investigators.
[15:45] >> The caller said he was an investigator
[15:47] and told the Iraq war vet he owed
[15:49] $11,000 on a car loan that the couple
[15:52] thought they'd settled years ago.
[15:53] >> And they was going to start some actions
[15:55] on me, have me put out the military.
[15:57] >> He was treating this like a criminal
[15:58] matter.
[15:59] >> Yes. But it turned out the calls weren't
[16:02] coming from an investigator.
[16:05] >> Small part of Chris Hansen's reporting
[16:07] on the financial crisis. Again, you can
[16:09] see the full report tonight on Dline NBC
[16:12] at 109 central. It wasn't all that long
[16:15] ago in human history that the only
[16:17] screen people could watch was the one at
[16:20] the local movie theater. Then came
[16:22] television. Then computers, cell phones,
[16:24] Blackberries, screens of all kinds are
[16:26] now everywhere. And it's come down to
[16:28] this. A study just out today says the
[16:31] average American adult now spends about
[16:34] 8 and a half hours a day watching a
[16:37] screen of some sort as you happen to be
[16:40] right at this very moment. One of the
[16:43] great names in television news featured
[16:45] a middle initial. And today when we
[16:48] learned that Irving R. Lavine had died,
[16:50] we knew we had lost one of the great
[16:52] names, one of the great men of
[16:54] television news.
[16:56] This is Irving Rar Lavine, NBC News.
[17:00] Vatican City, Anchora, Turkey, Rome,
[17:03] Munich, Tokyo. Irving R. Lavine, NBC
[17:07] News, Washington.
[17:09] Now it can be told the R was for Rascin.
[17:13] Irving R. Lavine was the son of Russian
[17:15] immigrants. He was an Ivy Leaguer and an
[17:17] Army veteran. He worked for NBC for 45
[17:21] years, half of those years overseas,
[17:24] including a decade in Rome, many years
[17:26] in Russia. In addition to that bow tie,
[17:29] he was best known for blazing a trail
[17:32] covering economics on television,
[17:34] something we do today with an entire
[17:36] cable network. Before the letter CBC
[17:39] existed, there was only Irving R.
[17:42] Lavine. He was a stickler. He was a
[17:44] charmer. But most of all, he was a
[17:47] writer. Irving R. Lavine was 86 years
[17:50] old. We're back here in a moment with
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[19:54] The plans to open the night spot by
[19:56] summer. We've got a cool wintry weekend
[19:58] on the way. All the news and weather on
[20:00] the snow to the Cascades at 6.
[20:05] >> Tonight, we end another week of making a
[20:07] difference reports. Many of you are
[20:09] still doing what we asked, sending us
[20:11] the stories you've encountered where you
[20:13] live. Stories about the folks doing good
[20:15] things for others in this economic
[20:16] downturn. We got this email from Julie
[20:19] in Colorado. During these tough
[20:20] financial times, there are still a lot
[20:22] of generous people out there. My
[20:24] sister-in-law is pregnant with
[20:25] spontaneous triplets, no fertility
[20:27] drugs, and she will have to leave her
[20:29] job as a nurse. For a going away
[20:31] present, her co-workers donated 96 hours
[20:34] of their own paid time off and gave it
[20:37] to her. You know, every penny is tough
[20:39] to part with these days, and for those
[20:40] co-workers to donate their own paid time
[20:43] off is an act of generosity that makes
[20:45] me want to be a better person. Americans
[20:48] are awesome people. Well, tonight we
[20:50] close the broadcast in a great corner of
[20:52] America, Baltimore, Maryland, and a
[20:54] father and son team who call themselves
[20:57] socially conscious developers, turning
[20:59] an eyesore into a blessing for a lot of
[21:02] folks and making a huge difference for
[21:04] that city. Our report from NBC's Mike
[21:06] Taibbe. Right. When we were in today, I
[21:08] haven't seen it.
[21:08] >> Donald and Tibo Mannequin are father and
[21:10] son builders who saw the same things in
[21:13] Baltimore's long vacant Millerin Can
[21:16] >> sitting there getting beaten up and
[21:18] broken glass falling out. It looked like
[21:20] a war zone, you know.
[21:21] >> But they also saw in that scarred
[21:24] 135year-old building a question they
[21:26] were ready to answer. Can we play some
[21:29] small role in real est as as real estate
[21:32] developers to bring out the best in the
[21:36] building and the people that occupy it
[21:38] and the community as a whole?
[21:42] They got some tax breaks and real input
[21:44] from all quarters to turn this into
[21:47] this. 40 lowcost apartments for teachers
[21:50] as low as $700 a month and inexpensive
[21:54] office space for two dozen educational
[21:56] nonprofits.
[21:57] >> They actually reached out to the
[21:59] community, didn't just speak to them,
[22:01] but actually listen to them.
[22:02] >> They believed in the project and we
[22:04] believe in them. We just like them.
[22:06] >> For every bedroom, there's a bath.
[22:08] >> Donald's loyalty to teachers came from
[22:10] actually running the city's school
[22:11] system for a few years.
[22:13] >> Where are you teaching?
[22:14] >> I'm at Lamel.
[22:15] >> Oh, yeah. Lamel Middle School. and
[22:17] teachers call up and they ask for which
[22:19] apartments are available or
[22:20] >> and with TBO on board Miller's court
[22:23] became reality
[22:24] >> at the end of the day I mean people
[22:25] everybody's going to be high-fiving each
[22:28] other walking by the building
[22:29] >> the finish line is just weeks away and
[22:32] will include common workspaces and a
[22:34] coffee shop even an outdoor fire pit and
[22:36] botchi ball court you know the old
[22:38] cliche that if something sounds too good
[22:40] to be true it probably is well it
[22:42] doesn't apply in this case the story is
[22:44] true and it seems to be very good for
[22:46] everyone involved. Teachers like Nick
[22:49] and Kate Dostra can't wait to move in.
[22:51] >> I like that it was around kind of a
[22:53] common mission. It was just to provide
[22:56] something good for um a lot of people
[22:59] who are doing a lot for the city.
[23:00] >> And the mannequin father and son team in
[23:03] business to do well.
[23:04] >> Supposed to break even uh when we open
[23:06] our doors
[23:07] >> are also by all accounts doing good.
[23:10] Mike Taibbe, NBC News, Baltimore.
[23:14] And that is our broadcast for this
[23:15] Friday night and for this week. Thank
[23:17] you for being with us for all of it. I'm
[23:19] Brian Williams. Lester Holt will be here
[23:21] with you this weekend. We of course hope
[23:23] to see you back here next week. Have a
[23:25] good weekend. Good night.
[23:38] Danger zone. A man shot several times at
[23:41] a restaurant days after a stabbing at
[23:43] nearby Lloyd Center. How this looks to
[23:45] be yet another gang hit swinging into
[23:47] town. An old Portland hotel may soon be
[23:50] a place where couples go to swap
[23:52] partners. Is a swingers club coming
[23:54] here?
[23:55] >> I thought from a zoning perspective that
[23:57] uh that really wouldn't be allowed on
[23:59] this block.
[24:00] >> And sign of controversy. The battle over
[24:02] this Portland landmark may soon be
[24:04] decided. How the city is preparing to
[24:06] play hard ball
[24:08] >> from the KGWHD
[24:10] studios
[24:13] where the news comes first. News Channel
[24:16] 8 at 6 starts now.
[24:19] >> Hello, I'm Joe Donlin.
[24:20] >> And I'm Tracy Barry. First at 6 wasn't a
[24:23] gang related shooting. Now police won't
[24:26] rule it out. The shooting happened
[24:27] inside a northeast Portland restaurant
[24:29] and now the search is on for the gunman.
[24:31] News Channel 8 Jagger is live in
[24:33] Northeast Portland with the story
[24:34] tonight. An
[24:35] >> Tracy, police say and they want you to
[24:37] know that this was an isolated incident.
[24:39] It was not a random attack. The shooting
[24:42] happened here at about 9:30 last night
[24:44] and still the timing is scary. A night
[24:47] when people are enjoying a late dinner
[24:49] and night cap perhaps it's left this
[24:51] neighborhood feeling uneasy.
[24:54] Police rushed to the scene of a barroom
[24:56] shooting inside this Chinese restaurant.
[24:58] When they got there, they found Charles
[25:00] Pascal shot four times below the waist.
[25:03] >> The incident did occur inside the bar of
[25:06] this establishment. And uh again,
[25:08] detectives are trying to piece all that
[25:10] together. They have to talk to
[25:13] witnesses, again, talk to the victim to
[25:15] try
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