NBC Nightly News - 2009-05-03
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[0:01] Fighting the flu.
[0:03] New cases, new precautions, and the new
[0:06] view from health officials on what's
[0:07] next.
[0:09] Hard hit, strong storms across the
[0:11] South, and news tonight about that near
[0:13] catastrophe in Dallas.
[0:16] A fighting chance, out to save some of
[0:18] the world's most endangered creatures.
[0:21] And beating the odds.
[0:24] >> Spectacular!
[0:25] Spectacular upset!
[0:26] >> The stuff of horse racing legend. How an
[0:29] underdog who was counted out came
[0:31] storming back to the winner's circle.
[0:35] >> [music]
[0:39] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Lester
[0:42] Holt, reporting tonight from Los
[0:44] Angeles.
[0:45] >> [music]
[0:46] >> Good evening, and it was just a week ago
[0:48] tonight we reported a public health
[0:50] emergency had been declared after a
[0:51] handful of swine flu cases had been
[0:53] confirmed in this country. Tonight,
[0:56] according to the CDC, that handful has
[0:58] grown to at least 226 cases in 30
[1:01] states. And as experts predicted then,
[1:04] the spread has continued unabated.
[1:06] However, Mexico's health minister says
[1:08] the flu in his country is, in quote, the
[1:11] declining phase. While American health
[1:13] officials can't yet make that claim,
[1:15] they are beginning to consider the
[1:16] possibility the swine flu may not be as
[1:18] dangerous as first thought. Yet, there
[1:21] are some troubling unanswered questions
[1:23] that suggest this is no time to drop
[1:25] your guard. We have reports from both
[1:27] here and in Mexico. We begin with NBC's
[1:30] Rahel Mellus.
[1:32] >> [music]
[1:33] >> All across the country today, churches
[1:35] were withholding the wine, and there
[1:37] were no customary handshakes.
[1:40] >> The church has asked
[1:42] that
[1:43] we use other signs, nodding our heads or
[1:46] a wave.
[1:48] >> At Florida's A&M graduation, where
[1:50] former President Clinton spoke,
[1:52] >> Here's your sanitizer.
[1:55] >> face masks were also distributed before
[1:57] the diplomas. At the Centers for Disease
[2:00] Control, officials say the virus has
[2:02] caused no new deaths here, even though
[2:05] the number of confirmed cases is
[2:07] growing.
[2:08] >> Part of this increase is just catching
[2:10] up on the testing, and part of it is
[2:13] that we do think this virus is fairly
[2:15] widespread.
[2:17] >> On the morning talk shows, health
[2:19] officials were cautiously optimistic
[2:21] that the new flu strain isn't as
[2:23] dangerous as first feared, but they say
[2:26] swine flu is still considered a serious
[2:29] threat.
[2:30] >> What we don't know is what this new
[2:32] virus will do, what this new flu strain
[2:34] will do, and that's why I think taking
[2:36] precautions, being prudent at the
[2:38] outset, and then reinforcing as we move
[2:41] forward is the most important thing.
[2:43] >> US health officials are quick to point
[2:45] out the food supply here is safe, and
[2:48] there are no reports of animals being
[2:49] infected. Still, the pork industry is
[2:52] facing an economic threat. Authorities
[2:55] estimate US pork exports have dropped
[2:58] about 10% since the swine flu scare
[3:01] started, affecting an estimated $5
[3:03] billion market. Nationwide, schools are
[3:07] also taking precautions. More than 400
[3:10] have suspended classes because of
[3:12] possible cases of swine flu, hoping to
[3:15] prevent the virus from spreading any
[3:17] further. Raheema Ellis, NBC News, New
[3:20] York.
[3:22] >> I'm Michelle Kosinski in Mexico City,
[3:24] where the sense of fear is dissipating
[3:26] along with the haze after days of quiet.
[3:30] And officials granted NBC News unusual
[3:32] access inside the National Respiratory
[3:34] Hospital. 21 people died here. Felipe
[3:37] Mario is slowly recovering from
[3:39] pneumonia that raged within 2 days. He
[3:42] was afraid for his life, but now says he
[3:44] feels
[3:47] perfect.
[3:48] >> The last days, patients come
[3:51] quickly, and they come without the
[3:55] mechanical ventilation. So, now we are
[3:58] more relaxed.
[4:01] >> Heartening to this country as workers
[4:03] disinfect the subway and even Mexico's
[4:05] most wanted drug suspects protect
[4:07] themselves from the flu. There are still
[4:10] some new cases, but the national health
[4:11] secretary says this is now under
[4:13] control.
[4:14] >> Is it too early to say that the threat
[4:17] is ending?
[4:19] >> Well, to say that, yes.
[4:21] But,
[4:23] with the
[4:24] new statistics, we are thinking that we
[4:27] are going to the end faster than we saw
[4:30] before.
[4:31] >> Dr. Cordova told us most of the tests on
[4:33] the sick came back negative for swine
[4:36] flu as did many of the deaths.
[4:40] Gobernancio Sanchez had the deadly
[4:42] strain, but now his wife is taking him
[4:44] home.
[4:46] After 5 days battling pneumonia, he was
[4:48] shown the way into the sunshine.
[4:50] Something Felipe hopes to see. For now,
[4:53] thrilled to have survived.
[4:56] >> This will serve as an experience for all
[4:57] of us. We need to help each other, even
[5:00] strangers.
[5:01] >> As Mexico wakes up without a rising
[5:04] death toll, those on the front lines
[5:05] feel normal life will soon replace the
[5:08] reign of the flu. Michelle Kosinski, NBC
[5:11] News, Mexico City.
[5:14] >> Back in this country now, more strong
[5:15] thunderstorms could be in store for
[5:17] parts of the south tonight. Yesterday,
[5:19] at least a dozen people were injured
[5:21] just outside Dallas when severe winds
[5:23] made for a much rougher than expected
[5:25] workout for some NFL rookies. NBC's Jay
[5:28] Gray has the story.
[5:35] >> A Dallas Cowboys rookie mini camp
[5:42] quickly shifts to confusion and chaos.
[5:46] An indoor training facility known as the
[5:49] bubble was literally popped by
[5:51] straight-line winds gusting between 60
[5:53] and 70 mph.
[5:55] >> The wall started shaking, the lights
[5:56] started shaking, and all of a sudden it
[5:58] just went down.
[5:59] >> The three-story structure crumbled to
[6:01] the ground with about 70 people inside.
[6:03] Several were trapped underneath the
[6:05] twisted metal.
[6:06] >> Hello!
[6:07] >> The players, coaches, and members of the
[6:09] media that escaped were thrown into the
[6:11] role of first responder.
[6:13] They frantically ripped open the tarp
[6:15] roof
[6:16] >> Anything?
[6:18] >> looking for anyone pinned beneath the
[6:20] rubble.
[6:21] >> The steel frame was bent in everywhere,
[6:23] so you had to sort of duck and try to
[6:25] move your way in and out to try to get
[6:27] to anybody.
[6:28] >> 12 of the injured went to area
[6:29] hospitals. Three stayed overnight,
[6:31] including a special teams coach with a
[6:33] broken back. Sunday morning, Cowboys
[6:36] owner and general manager Jerry Jones
[6:38] got his first look at the devastation,
[6:40] along with dozens of fans who gathered
[6:42] just outside the facility.
[6:44] >> You know, it
[6:45] >> really crumpled. I mean, there isn't
[6:46] much left but a big pile.
[6:47] >> All of this damage was just the
[6:49] beginning to what was a weekend of
[6:51] violent weather as the storms moved to
[6:53] the east.
[6:55] High water closed down roadways in
[6:57] Tennessee, while high winds flipped this
[6:59] 18-wheeler, ripped shingles from roofs,
[7:01] and downed power lines.
[7:03] Water was the problem in Oklahoma. Heavy
[7:06] rains and hail led to flash flooding
[7:08] there.
[7:09] >> We could see more of the same, winds
[7:11] gusting higher than 70 mph, isolated
[7:13] tornadoes, and of course the flooding
[7:16] fears that uh will be lasting here
[7:17] through the early part of the week.
[7:19] >> And leaving behind deep scars
[7:22] that will last a lot longer.
[7:25] Jay Gray, NBC News, Dallas.
[7:28] >> When you're worth over $60 billion, you
[7:31] tend to be viewed as a walking, talking
[7:33] barometer of the US economy. And so,
[7:35] when famed investor and Berkshire
[7:36] Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett spoke to
[7:39] shareholders this weekend, a lot of
[7:40] people were there to listen, including
[7:42] CNBC's Becky Quick, who spoke to Buffett
[7:45] about the recession and the road to
[7:46] recovery. She joins us tonight from
[7:48] Omaha. And Becky, good evening.
[7:51] >> Good evening, Lester. You know, tens of
[7:52] thousands of people came out to listen
[7:54] to Warren Buffett this weekend. And
[7:56] while he did say that there are some
[7:57] difficult times ahead for this economy,
[7:59] he also offered some signs of hope.
[8:04] The country may be in a recession,
[8:07] but not here in Omaha.
[8:09] At least, not this weekend.
[8:12] You can thank this man. Famed investor
[8:15] Warren Buffett, the second richest man
[8:17] in the world, holding his annual
[8:19] shareholder meeting, or more accurately,
[8:22] his shareholder rodeo.
[8:26] And the mood here is cautious optimism.
[8:29] >> There was a strike at the heart of the
[8:31] American system like that, financial
[8:34] system, and we got past that.
[8:36] >> This year's festivities drawing a
[8:38] record-breaking 35,000 visitors from
[8:40] around the globe, 10% more than ever
[8:43] before, despite the recession, or maybe
[8:46] because of it.
[8:47] >> They have more to share today than
[8:48] they've ever had before.
[8:50] I think their wisdom is very valuable.
[8:53] >> Buffett's been anything but a
[8:54] cheerleader, last fall calling the
[8:55] severe downturn an economic war.
[8:58] And his outlook has improved, but only
[9:01] slightly.
[9:02] >> We're seeing the same phenomenon
[9:04] that people change their consuming
[9:06] behavior at the time of the economic
[9:09] Pearl Harbor in September last year. The
[9:11] daily figures I see indicate that that
[9:14] hasn't changed.
[9:15] >> But on this weekend, 78-year-old Buffett
[9:17] and his long-time business partner,
[9:19] 85-year-old Charlie Munger, are in high
[9:21] demand.
[9:22] >> If you're not
[9:24] interested in the economic
[9:26] scene right now,
[9:29] you're mentally dead.
[9:30] >> The duo fielded questions from
[9:32] shareholders for over 5 hours. No
[9:34] cameras are are in the Q&A session, and
[9:37] seats are first come, first serve.
[9:40] Buffett believes a full recovery won't
[9:41] be achieved without the help of the US
[9:43] government, and he has high praise for
[9:45] President Obama.
[9:47] >> The economy is the main focus of the
[9:49] administration, and he understands it.
[9:51] He's doing some things, you know,
[9:52] they're doing things big time.
[9:54] >> Mr. Buffett's support for President
[9:56] Obama may not be all that surprising. He
[9:58] is a long-time Democrat who raised money
[10:00] for President Obama. What was more
[10:02] surprising this weekend was Mr. Munger's
[10:04] support. He is a long-time Republican,
[10:06] but this weekend he said, "Right now,
[10:08] partisan bickering, there's no room for
[10:09] it." He said the problems in the economy
[10:11] are just too important to fix. Lester,
[10:13] back to you.
[10:14] >> Becky Quick in Omaha. Becky, thanks.
[10:16] Former Democratic presidential candidate
[10:18] John Edwards has acknowledged to the
[10:20] Raleigh News and Observer that federal
[10:22] investigators are checking into his
[10:23] handling of campaign funds. His
[10:26] political action committee is reportedly
[10:28] being looked at for paying more than
[10:30] $100,000 to a company owned by a woman
[10:33] with whom Edwards admits having an
[10:35] affair.
[10:36] If you consider politics a contact
[10:38] sport, then there were probably few as
[10:40] well cut out for the game as Jack Kemp,
[10:43] a long-time congressman from the state
[10:45] of New York and a member of the 1996
[10:47] Republican presidential ticket, died
[10:49] last evening at his home in Maryland
[10:51] from cancer. Here's NBC's Kelly
[10:53] O'Donnell.
[10:56] >> Jack Kemp excelled in two of the most
[10:58] watched arenas in American life, pro
[11:00] football
[11:02] and politics.
[11:03] >> Quarterbacks are always ready.
[11:06] >> Drafted by Bob Dole to run with him in
[11:08] 1996,
[11:09] >> My friends and neighbors, let me
[11:11] introduce the next Vice President of the
[11:12] United States, Jack Kemp.
[11:14] >> [cheering]
[11:15] >> Once right,
[11:17] joined the Republican ticket.
[11:19] Kemp often rallied campaign crowds with
[11:21] a pass, a throwback to his All-Star
[11:24] football career. He led the Buffalo
[11:26] Bills to two championships in the 1960s,
[11:29] and during In off-season, Kemp had
[11:31] worked for Ronald Reagan, then governor
[11:33] of California.
[11:35] His playing days over, Buffalo sent Kemp
[11:37] to Congress for nine terms. He became a
[11:40] prominent voice for supply-side
[11:42] economics.
[11:43] >> Hello Jack, how are you?
[11:44] >> But also broke with the Republican
[11:46] Party, supporting affirmative action and
[11:48] immigrant rights. Kemp called himself a
[11:50] bleeding-heart conservative.
[11:52] >> and there's got to be some passion in
[11:54] this party for the poor.
[11:56] >> During the first Bush administration,
[11:58] Kemp served as Secretary of Housing and
[12:00] Urban Development. He campaigned for
[12:02] John McCain in 2008 and urged
[12:05] Republicans to expand the party.
[12:07] >> And I say to conservatives, unity does
[12:09] not require uniformity or unanimity. You
[12:12] know, there there can still be
[12:13] differences.
[12:14] >> Married more than 50 years to college
[12:16] sweetheart Joanne, a father and
[12:18] grandfather, Kemp said that in football
[12:21] he had been both booed and cheered and
[12:23] that gave him perspective for a life in
[12:26] politics. Kelly O'Donnell, NBC News,
[12:29] Washington.
[12:31] >> Well, Nightly News continues this Sunday
[12:33] from Los Angeles to the rescue. The
[12:34] remarkable effort to save some of the
[12:36] world's most endangered creatures and
[12:38] send them back into the wild.
[12:40] And later, the long shot. What we're
[12:42] learning tonight about the horse and
[12:44] jockey that made a run for the history
[12:46] books. We'll be right back.
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[15:06] >> There's a race against time facing
[15:08] conservationists right now, trying to
[15:10] save a species threatened by a boom in
[15:12] fuels that ironically are aimed at
[15:14] saving the environment. NBC's Ian
[15:16] Williams reports on a bold initiative on
[15:18] the Indonesian island of Sumatra to find
[15:21] a new habitat for some struggling great
[15:23] apes.
[15:27] >> It's a tough ride to save these
[15:29] critically endangered orangutans heading
[15:31] to a new home deep in the jungle.
[15:34] >> Conserving wildlife in in this part of
[15:36] the world is becoming a a crisis.
[15:38] >> Ian Singleton's aim is to reclaim one of
[15:41] Sumatra's last remaining areas of
[15:43] protected forest for the orangutan.
[15:46] Their existing habitats are being
[15:48] destroyed to make way for plantations
[15:50] for pulp and palm oil, which is touted
[15:53] as a new green fuel.
[15:55] Only 6 and 1/2 thousand remain in the
[15:57] wild in Sumatra.
[16:00] More than half of those brought to
[16:01] Singleton's rescue center are in
[16:03] critical condition.
[16:05] Most are youngsters, some just babies.
[16:08] >> They're all a bunch of refugees, yeah, a
[16:11] very varied bunch, but most of them
[16:14] almost all of them, their mother was
[16:15] killed.
[16:16] >> So, that's why he broke the skull.
[16:17] >> Two-year-old Gerald's skull was broken
[16:20] by a farmer who killed his mother. Like
[16:22] most here, he was then sold as a pet.
[16:26] It can be years before they're fit and
[16:28] confident enough to be returned to the
[16:30] wild.
[16:31] Where freedom, at first,
[16:34] they
[16:35] until the day they don't come back.
[16:37] >> One day
[16:38] they may just say, "Ah, that's enough.
[16:40] I'm not going back in that cage again."
[16:42] And that's a success.
[16:43] >> That's is actually what you want, yeah.
[16:45] >> Waikiki never took the hint and keeps
[16:47] coming back.
[16:49] So, this 10-year-old is carried further
[16:51] into the jungle.
[16:53] Though once out of the cage, he's still
[16:55] reluctant to go.
[16:57] >> So, you think if we if we go, he's
[16:59] coming back down the tree again? So, you
[17:00] think if we go, then he'll go?
[17:02] >> Yeah.
[17:02] >> Yeah.
[17:03] >> I think so.
[17:04] >> Orangutans haven't lived in this part of
[17:06] the Sumatran forest for more than a
[17:08] hundred years. And while it's
[17:10] encouraging to see them back, they are
[17:13] still far from being safe.
[17:15] >> This has always been one of my
[17:16] favorites. They always
[17:17] >> 129 have already been released here.
[17:21] >> Brilliant. I mean, to see them up there
[17:22] doing what orangutans do naturally is
[17:24] fantastic.
[17:25] >> The odds are still stacked against them,
[17:28] but at least these orangutans are being
[17:30] given a fighting chance. Ian Williams,
[17:32] NBC News, Sumatra, Indonesia.
[17:37] >> We're back with our Seeking Solutions
[17:38] report right after this.
[17:43] >> All right.
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[17:49] >> Peripheral artery disease?
[17:50] >> Mhm.
[17:51] >> More than doubles your risk for heart
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[17:53] >> That's what I hear.
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[17:56] >> [music]
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[20:43] >> Here in Southern California today, tens
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[20:59] This year volunteers tackled more than
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[21:04] Now to our series seeking solutions,
[21:07] Americans helping themselves and each
[21:09] others to find ways to beat the economic
[21:10] downturn. In one community, a bank has
[21:13] discovered that its greatest success is
[21:15] a new loan program designed to help
[21:17] people who may not be able to get loans
[21:19] otherwise. CNBC's Margaret Brennan
[21:21] tonight seeking solutions in Jackson
[21:24] Heights, New York.
[21:27] >> Like many small business owners these
[21:29] days, Ramona Cabrera couldn't get a loan
[21:31] to keep her at-home hair salon running.
[21:35] >> Back then, I was looking for a way out.
[21:38] >> Until a client pointed her to Grameen
[21:40] America, a bank that gives loans to the
[21:43] working poor to start their own
[21:44] businesses.
[21:46] >> I've learned how to organize my finances
[21:48] so much better.
[21:49] >> Have your seat.
[21:50] >> Word spread through Ramona's
[21:52] neighborhood about this unusual new bank
[21:54] that makes loans mainly to immigrants
[21:56] with little financial education.
[21:59] Grameen's founder, Muhammad Yunus, has
[22:01] been loaning money to the poor for more
[22:03] than 20 years in his native Bangladesh.
[22:06] He won the Nobel Peace Prize for that
[22:08] idea in 2006.
[22:12] And a year later brought his ideas to
[22:14] America, to Jackson Heights, Queens. Why
[22:17] New York? Even in the financial capital
[22:20] of the world, there are women without
[22:22] access to banks or loans. And the
[22:24] program's founder wanted them to have
[22:26] the opportunity to build their own
[22:28] business.
[22:29] >> We don't see any difference between the
[22:31] poor in Dhaka and poor in Jackson
[22:33] Heights because they have the same
[22:34] problem.
[22:36] Problem of rejection.
[22:39] >> Here's how it works. Loan officers meet
[22:41] with borrowers each week, but there are
[22:43] a couple of twists. Loans are only given
[22:46] to women. Yunus claims that they're more
[22:48] likely to repay. And if the borrower
[22:51] doesn't repay her loan, none of her
[22:53] friends can get loans.
[22:55] >> The big factor here is trust because
[22:57] that's what um allows for the peer
[22:59] pressure to work. It's also what keeps
[23:00] them together.
[23:01] >> Grameen doesn't take a profit, recycling
[23:04] repaid funds to make more loans. In its
[23:07] first year, Grameen America reports that
[23:09] it made more than a million dollars
[23:11] worth of loans. 99% were repaid. Now,
[23:15] the bank is expanding. North Carolina is
[23:18] next.
[23:20] >> I pay all my bills, and now I can even
[23:22] save a little for extra things.
[23:25] >> And in this economy, every small success
[23:27] is a step in the right direction.
[23:30] Margaret Brennan, CNBC, New York.
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[26:34] >> Finally, tonight, the long shot.
[26:36] Yesterday morning, only the most
[26:37] die-hard of horse racing fans had ever
[26:40] heard of a gelding named Mine That Bird.
[26:42] Google that name today, and you'll
[26:44] likely get 50 million hits for the
[26:46] instant legend made at Saturday's
[26:48] Kentucky Derby. Chris Jansing has the
[26:50] unbelievable story.
[26:52] >> A SPECTACULAR
[26:54] SPECTACULAR UPSET.
[26:56] >> It is the stuff of horse racing legend.
[26:59] >> MINE THAT BIRD HAS WON THE KENTUCKY
[27:01] DERBY. AN IMPOSSIBLE RESULT HERE.
[27:04] >> A 50 to 1 shot with a Derby win as
[27:06] shocking as it was sensational.
[27:09] >> The second biggest upset in Derby
[27:11] history.
[27:12] >> It's like the Super Bowl, baby. You
[27:14] know,
[27:15] it's every jockey's dream.
[27:17] >> An unforgettable ride into Derby history
[27:20] by Calvin Borel, a jockey who had never
[27:22] even seen Mine That Bird until Monday
[27:24] and only took the job because he
[27:26] couldn't get a better mount.
[27:29] >> I dropped out of school in the eighth
[27:30] grade and
[27:31] I'm not good at computers, reading,
[27:33] writing, and stuff like this, but that's
[27:35] not what I wanted, you know. I wanted to
[27:36] be a jockey, you know, and my daddy told
[27:38] me, you know, he said, "Well, son, if
[27:39] that's what you want to do, go get it."
[27:42] >> The horse bought for a pittance, $9,500.
[27:46] His original owners were so pessimistic
[27:48] about his firing prospects, they had him
[27:50] gelded.
[27:52] And while most horses are flown to the
[27:53] Derby to avoid tiring them out, Mine
[27:56] That Bird made an arduous 21-hour drive
[27:59] from New Mexico in a trailer.
[28:01] On top of all that, Mine That Bird's
[28:03] last major race was here at Santa Anita
[28:06] and he finished dead last. He hadn't won
[28:08] a race in 7 months, but when a
[28:10] fourth-place finish made him eligible
[28:12] for the Derby, his owners figured, "Why
[28:14] not take a shot?" Still, number eight
[28:17] was so far behind, they almost stopped
[28:19] watching the race. After a quarter mile,
[28:22] Mine That Bird was 19th, last. Half
[28:25] mile, three quarters, still last.
[28:28] >> Well behind the rest of them is Mine
[28:29] That Bird.
[28:30] >> But then Borel moved him to the rail,
[28:32] zagged around some other horses, back to
[28:34] the rail, and squeezed through a mere
[28:37] sliver of an opening to a blazing
[28:39] finish.
[28:40] You have to go back to 1913 to find a
[28:42] bigger upset in Derby history. And
[28:45] there's no record the jockey then had a
[28:47] heart as big as Borel's.
[28:50] >> He just said I love you, too.
[28:51] >> My mom and daddy are no longer with us.
[28:54] >> I wish they were here.
[28:56] Oh, lord.
[28:59] If they could only be here to see what I
[29:01] accomplished in my life.
[29:02] >> A victory for underdogs everywhere. A
[29:05] blanket of roses for the long shot that
[29:07] could. And an offering to his parents in
[29:10] heaven for a miraculous finish. Chris
[29:13] Jansing, NBC News.
[29:14] >> And that's Anita.
[29:18] >> And that's NBC Nightly News for this
[29:20] Sunday. Brian Williams will be here
[29:22] tomorrow. And coming up tonight on
[29:23] Dateline, Chris Hansen with an
[29:25] undercover investigation. Could your
[29:27] winning lottery ticket wind up getting
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[29:31] >> One of the best dealers in the country,
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[29:38] >> Old evidence could give answers to a
[29:40] 20-year-old cold case. Tonight at 11.