NBC Nightly News - 1999-12-12
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[0:00] into auto insurance.
[0:01] >> Recognized by the Associated Press as
[0:03] Oregon's best newscast. News Channel 8
[0:06] with the news comes first.
[0:11] [Music]
[0:14] Restoring luster to the Olympic rings
[0:16] tarnished by a bribery scandal. Now
[0:19] comes the approval of sweeping reforms.
[0:23] The last of the firemen who fell in
[0:25] Worcester is brought out from the
[0:26] rubble. They're all my brothers and uh
[0:29] you know I didn't realize how how much
[0:31] they were my brothers until this week.
[0:33] >> Words of hope from the Middle East about
[0:35] the prospect for peace between Israel
[0:37] and Syria.
[0:38] >> We are serious about uh making peace
[0:41] with Israel
[0:42] >> and the crucial week ahead. Salvaging
[0:44] clues to the Egypt air crash from the
[0:47] bottom of the sea.
[0:51] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:54] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:58] by John Seanthaler.
[1:00] >> Good evening everyone. The International
[1:02] Olympic Committee, haunted by the worst
[1:04] scandal in its history, today took steps
[1:06] to rebuild its image and prevent future
[1:08] misconduct. One year ago, the committee
[1:11] was forced to reveal bribery
[1:12] allegations. And today, the IOC made
[1:15] some changes in the way it does business
[1:17] around the world. We have two reports
[1:19] tonight, beginning with NBC's Ron Allen.
[1:22] >> The members of the IOC gave up perhaps
[1:24] their biggest privilege, the opportunity
[1:26] to visit city's bidding for the games
[1:28] and anxious to pamper them with lavish
[1:30] hospitality in Salt Lake City. Those
[1:32] perks were exposed as bribery and
[1:34] corruption that plunged the Olympic
[1:36] movement into its worst scandal ever.
[1:38] >> The problem we face i