NBC Nightly News - 2000-08-23

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[0:05] A jetliner plunges into the sea. Now,

[0:07] new safety questions about hundreds of

[0:09] Airbuses flying in American skies.

[0:13] Bearing down the full force of the storm

[0:15] called Debbie closing in on Florida.

[0:17] Emergency evacuations underway.

[0:20] In depth lifeline, a new plan to help

[0:22] millions with Alzheimer's and diabetes.

[0:25] But will controversy kill it? and all

[0:28] that backstabbing, bugge eating, and bad

[0:30] behavior. How this summer's big hit may

[0:32] also be the best survival guide for your

[0:34] office.

[0:38] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:41] York, this is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:44] Brokoff. Substituting tonight, Brian

[0:47] Williams.

[0:48] >> Good evening. Word arrived late today

[0:50] that a jetliner has gone down in the

[0:52] Persian Gulf. The aircraft and Airbus

[0:55] 320 belong to Gulf Air. where there were

[0:58] 143 people on board the flight from

[1:00] Cairo to Bahrain when it went down in

[1:02] several feet of water in the Persian

[1:04] Gulf just a few miles from the airport.

[1:06] Tonight, the crash has focused a lot of

[1:08] attention on a previously little known

[1:10] regional airline and on a line of jets

[1:13] that's had its share of problems in the

[1:14] past. Our report this evening from NBC's

[1:17] Robert Hager.

[1:21] >> This is the very plane that crashed,

[1:23] seen on an earlier flight today. It had

[1:26] taken off in Cairo and was trying to

[1:28] land in Bahrain. A controller watches it

[1:31] circle as it makes two unsuccessful

[1:33] attempts and then crashes into the

[1:35] Persian Gulf, four miles offshore.

[1:38] Shocked relatives of those aboard gather

[1:40] in Cairo and Bahrain. But tonight, there

[1:43] are no signs of survivors. All 143

[1:46] aboard apparently lost. The US Navy with

[1:49] a large base nearby is helping in the

[1:51] search effort. We have uh uh three

[1:54] helicopters uh on scene right now. Two

[1:56] from the aircraft carrier George

[1:58] Washington and one shorebase helicopter.

[2:00] >> What could have happened?

[2:02] >> Early reports suggest that the crew

[2:04] might have made more than one landing

[2:05] attempt. Uh this would be very unusual,

[2:08] particularly if you were trying to deal

[2:09] with an onboard problem and you had an

[2:11] airport immediately available to land

[2:13] on.

[2:13] >> The Airbus A320 is a popular

[2:15] medium-range aircraft, a rival to the

[2:17] fleet's most widely flown plane, the

[2:19] Boeing 737. There are more than 170

[2:23] A320s being flown by US airlines now and

[2:26] lots more, hundreds on order. Northwest

[2:29] has the most 320s in the US, 70 of them.

[2:32] United has 56. America West 39. There

[2:36] have been seven Airbus 320 accidents all

[2:38] told. 92 killed in India 10 years ago,

[2:42] 169 off the Ivory Coast in January. But

[2:45] the best known crash occurred on camera

[2:48] in France 12 years ago on an Air France

[2:51] demonstration flight when the plane was

[2:53] flown too low and too slowly. The plane

[2:55] is highly automated and some pilots

[2:58] complain it's too much so others find

[3:00] the automation helpful. Just one of many

[3:03] things investigators will examine in

[3:05] this latest in a summer of international

[3:07] airline tragedies. Robert Hager, NBC

[3:10] News, Miami.

[3:12] Now to safety on the American road and

[3:14] what's become a nightmare for a once

[3:16] great and now belleaguered tire maker

[3:18] Firestone in the middle of a massive

[3:20] recall. NBC's Bob Kerr tonight on the

[3:23] effort to make things right.

[3:26] 15 days after the recall and with

[3:28] shortages across the country, the first

[3:30] of 5,000 replacement tires airlifted

[3:33] from Tokyo arrive in Los Angeles today.

[3:36] The latest attempt by Firestone to

[3:38] respond to consumer outrage over the

[3:40] delays and fear for their safety.

[3:43] >> Why? Why do they wait so long?

[3:45] >> Sherry McKini is furious about the

[3:47] delay. She says 2 days after the recall,

[3:50] her daughter was critically injured and

[3:52] her seven-month-old grandson hurt when

[3:54] the tire on her Ford Explorer shredded

[3:56] and her SUV rolled over. So far, the

[3:59] company says only 10% of the 6.5 million

[4:03] recalled tires have been replaced. And

[4:05] experts in crisis management say

[4:07] Firestone responded too slowly.

[4:10] >> They need to move a lot quicker and they

[4:12] needed to do whatever it took to make

[4:14] sure people felt safe and felt secure in

[4:16] their in their vehicles.

[4:18] >> So, how did the company respond? August

[4:20] 9th, Firestone says it could take 18

[4:22] months to complete the recall. Within

[4:25] days, tires are sold out. Many consumers

[4:27] turned away at Firestone stores. It's 5

[4:30] days after the recall before Firestone

[4:33] expands its consumer hotline hours

[4:35] because of overwhelming demand for

[4:37] information. Now, the company hopes to

[4:39] complete the recall by spring.

[4:42] Management experts say part of the

[4:44] problem may be the cultural difference

[4:46] between a Japanese-owned company like

[4:48] Bridgestone Firestone and American

[4:50] companies.

[4:51] >> The difference is speed. In Japan,

[4:53] things take a long time. to make a

[4:55] decision to deal with a problem takes a

[4:57] long time because you have to form a

[4:59] consensus.

[5:00] >> Firestone today says it moved very

[5:02] swiftly in response to consumer demand

[5:04] and that the recall is voluntary. It's

[5:06] hired a powerful PR firm to help deal

[5:09] with the crisis, but critics say a week

[5:11] passed before the company ran its first

[5:13] ad to reassure the public. Firestone

[5:17] estimates the recall will cost at least

[5:19] $350 million, not including public

[5:22] relations and legal fees. One research

[5:24] group says as many as 80 consumer

[5:26] protection lawsuits have been filed

[5:28] since the recall. Bob Kerr, NBC News,

[5:32] Monmouth County, New Jersey. We have an

[5:35] update tonight on the storm called

[5:37] Debbie having lost a bit of the spring

[5:39] in her step. The storm is nonetheless

[5:40] being taken very seriously as it churns

[5:43] across open water. Now, watches,

[5:45] warnings, evacuation notices have been

[5:48] posted. Joining us tonight from Miami,

[5:50] NBC News correspondent Carrie Sanders.

[5:52] Carrie, good evening to you.

[5:53] >> Well, Brian, tropical storm Debbie is

[5:56] weakening. The top winds now clocked at

[5:58] 50 mph. The hurricane experts say the

[6:01] organization of this storm is sloppy and

[6:03] it's beginning to fall apart, but they

[6:04] warn that could change.

[6:08] The eye of the storm passes north of

[6:10] Puerto Rico, sparing the island damage,

[6:12] but dropping enough rain to close roads

[6:14] and leave one dead. Tonight in Miami,

[6:17] the airport crowded. Scores of flights

[6:19] to the Caribbean cancelled. I need to

[6:22] get home to Antigga. That's all I need

[6:24] to do right now.

[6:25] >> Florida emergency officials taking no

[6:27] chances. Already ordering 10 to 15,000

[6:30] summer visitors to evacuate the Florida

[6:33] Keys.

[6:34] >> We're just disappointed. We were

[6:35] counting on staying through till

[6:36] Saturday and this is our only vacation

[6:38] um for the summer.

[6:40] >> Across South Florida today, the

[6:42] hurricane drill begins.

[6:44] >> You got batteries, flashlights,

[6:46] everything you need.

[6:47] >> Others buying plywood to cover windows.

[6:50] It's such a hassle to replace things, so

[6:52] it's better to be prepared and lock it

[6:54] all up.

[6:54] >> So, where is this storm headed? One

[6:57] possible course brings it to Florida by

[6:59] the weekend, but another takes it way

[7:01] west over Cuba. Or experts say it could

[7:04] even turn north along the east coast of

[7:06] Florida. The former director of the

[7:08] National Hurricane Center, Jerry Gerald,

[7:10] says Debbie may not have what it takes

[7:12] to become a hurricane again. I don't

[7:14] think it would become a hurricane again

[7:16] until possibly till it gets in the Gulf

[7:19] of Mexico.

[7:20] >> Predicting where a hurricane will hit is

[7:23] a difficult science. 3 days out, the

[7:25] margin of error is about 250 miles. In

[7:29] one day out, predicting where the

[7:30] hurricane will hit is an error no better

[7:33] than a 100 miles. Brian

[7:35] >> Carrie Sanders in Miami tonight. Thanks.

[7:37] When we continue on this Wednesday

[7:39] night, our Lifeline report, new

[7:41] information about a growing public

[7:42] health problem. Millions of Americans

[7:45] who have diabetes and don't know it.

[7:48] >> We have a large population of patients

[7:50] who are underrecognized and often

[7:52] undertreated even after they're

[7:53] recognized.

[7:54] >> Detecting diabetes, important health

[7:56] information that's in tonight's in-depth

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[10:30] An important story topping NBC News in

[10:32] depth tonight. A controversial

[10:34] announcement by the Clinton

[10:35] administration that will allow the cells

[10:37] of human embryos to be used in medical

[10:39] research. There are those who call this

[10:42] immoral, but others regard it at a as a

[10:44] godsend. We begin tonight's in-depth

[10:46] reporting with NBC's Claire Shipman.

[10:49] Jordana Santag and her son Jacob who

[10:52] suffers from an incurable nerve disease

[10:54] in a wheelchair in need of daily therapy

[10:57] and desperate for treatment. Doctors say

[10:59] research that starts with human embryos

[11:02] could change his life.

[11:04] >> We hope that that it will help him to

[11:07] move. It will help him to sit up, to

[11:10] speak, to say, "Mommy, I love you."

[11:12] Today, the administration announces new

[11:14] guidelines for federally funded research

[11:16] on newly discovered stem cells that can

[11:18] only be taken from human embryos.

[11:21] >> We cannot walk away from the potential

[11:24] to save lives and improve lives to help

[11:27] people literally get up and walk to do

[11:29] all kinds of things we could never have

[11:30] imagined. as long as we meet rigorous

[11:33] ethical standards.

[11:34] >> Rigorous ethical standards because the

[11:36] research involves taking cells from weak

[11:38] old embryos. Cells scientists hope will

[11:41] help grow new organs, treat spinal

[11:43] injuries, and possibly cure diseases

[11:46] from Parkinson's to Alzheimer's.

[11:48] >> We'll all benefit. All patients will

[11:51] benefit. That their initial diseases

[11:53] that people have focused on include

[11:55] diseases of the nervous system like

[11:57] Parkinson's disease and multiple

[11:59] sclerosis. Among the National Institutes

[12:01] of Health guidelines, cells will only

[12:04] come from frozen embryos donated by

[12:06] patients at fertility clinics. Embryos

[12:09] that would have been discarded. Federal

[12:11] money will not be used to support the

[12:13] actual harvesting of cells from embryos.

[12:15] Private researchers would do that work.

[12:17] And there will be no payment for embryos

[12:19] in an effort to discourage a market.

[12:22] Scientists struggled for years to come

[12:24] up with these rules, and they've been

[12:26] swamped with public commentary about a

[12:28] subject that generates fiery and

[12:30] familiar controversy.

[12:32] >> We don't think that the federal

[12:33] government should cross the line into

[12:34] sponsoring the taking of human life,

[12:37] even for research purposes.

[12:39] >> On the campaign trail today, where the

[12:41] subject of abortion is a lightning rod,

[12:44] both candidates refused to comment. The

[12:46] first grants won't be awarded until late

[12:48] next year when a new administration

[12:50] could reverse these rules. Until then,

[12:53] private stem cell research is the best

[12:55] hope for many like Jacob.

[12:57] >> Claire Shipman, NBC News, Washington.

[13:00] >> What else did you do?

[13:01] >> As Claire just reported, this cutting

[13:02] edge research could mean new hope for

[13:04] those with a more common health threat,

[13:06] diabetes. But first, there are warnings

[13:08] to tell you about tonight about the risk

[13:10] to millions of Americans who might not

[13:12] even know they suffer from the disease.

[13:14] New stats from the Centers for Disease

[13:16] Research show that in the 1990s, the

[13:19] number of diagnosed cases of diabetes

[13:22] increased by a third nationwide. Among

[13:24] older Americans, that number grew by

[13:26] 31%. But what about the cases that are

[13:29] not diagnosed? NBC's chief science

[13:32] correspondent, Robert Bazelle, continues

[13:33] tonight's reporting in depth. It is a

[13:36] growing and alarming public health

[13:38] problem. Gary Cook, a 58-year-old

[13:41] electrical engineer, never thought about

[13:43] diabetes until he underwent bypass

[13:45] surgery for severe heart disease last

[13:47] month. Turns out Cook had been a

[13:49] diabetic for up to 10 years. His family

[13:51] doctor never even noticed.

[13:53] >> I was shocked. I didn't expect it at

[13:56] all.

[13:56] >> The condition vastly increased his risk

[13:58] for heart disease and it caused nerve

[14:00] damage in his foot. Without treatment

[14:02] for a few more years, his foot would

[14:04] have required amputation. Diabetes

[14:07] specialists like Dr. Dr. David Dayan say

[14:09] many doctors are not paying enough

[14:11] attention to the severe and widespread

[14:13] danger.

[14:14] >> We have a large population of patients

[14:16] who are underrecognized and often

[14:18] undertreated even after they're

[14:19] recognized.

[14:20] >> 16 million Americans have diabetes, the

[14:23] inability to burn the blood sugar

[14:24] glucose properly. Most have what is

[14:27] called type 2 that usually strikes

[14:29] people in their 40s and later. According

[14:31] to a recent wakeup call from the

[14:32] American Diabetes Association, one-third

[14:35] of diabetics do not even know they have

[14:37] the condition. And incredibly, people go

[14:40] as much as 12 years without diagnosis.

[14:42] Why? Diabetes itself has few if any

[14:45] symptoms. The most common are excessive

[14:48] thirst and frequent urination.

[14:50] >> Since what we're mostly geared to do is

[14:52] to address symptoms, we don't pay

[14:54] attention to something that is generally

[14:56] has a low level of symptoms. But the

[14:58] danger of diabetes, not the symptoms,

[15:00] but what it causes. Kidney failure,

[15:02] 28,000 cases a year. Blindness, up to

[15:05] 24,000 new cases. Nerve damage leading

[15:09] to 56,000 amputations. And heart

[15:11] disease, 77,000 deaths a year. The good

[15:15] news, doctors can easily detect diabetes

[15:17] with a simple blood test. Once people

[15:19] know they have the condition, proper

[15:21] treatment can vastly reduce the chances

[15:23] of severe complications. The main goal?

[15:25] to keep the body's glucose at normal

[15:27] levels. The first step, lifestyle

[15:30] changes, diet and exercise. Programs

[15:32] like this one at Columbia Presbyterian

[15:34] in New York can help.

[15:35] >> The hardest part about managing diabetes

[15:37] is one accepting that they have it and

[15:40] needing to make a lifestyle change.

[15:42] >> If diet and exercise do not work,

[15:45] several pills or injectable insulin can

[15:47] bring down the glucose. But all too

[15:49] often, people still must demand the

[15:52] treatment.

[15:52] >> I think you go to your doctor and make a

[15:54] fuss. You need to make sure that your

[15:56] physician pays attention to it.

[15:58] >> Proper attention that could save tens of

[16:00] thousands of lives a year and prevent

[16:02] misery for millions. Robert Bazelle, NBC

[16:06] News, Boston.

[16:07] >> When we come back, three more recalls to

[16:09] report to you tonight. And then later

[16:11] on, staying afloat. They survived until

[16:13] the bitter end. Now, the lessons from

[16:15] the hit of the summer. Can it really

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[19:09] We have news tonight of three different

[19:11] product recalls affecting families with

[19:13] young children. Fiser Price is

[19:16] voluntarily recalling two products.

[19:18] They're called lift and lock swings and

[19:19] get upandgo walkers after reports of

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[19:24] Also being recalled, Lradle bassinets

[19:26] made by Kids Line Company after one of

[19:29] the products was involved in the

[19:30] suffocation of a three-year-old. A near

[19:32] miss tonight for the vice president.

[19:34] Attorney General Janet Reno says she

[19:36] will not appoint a special prosecutor to

[19:39] further investigate statements Mr. Gore

[19:41] made about his campaign fundraising.

[19:43] Reno's decision means she rejected the

[19:45] recommendation of one of her own top

[19:46] investigators. And not surprisingly, her

[19:49] announcement did not please everyone.

[19:51] NBC News justice correspondent Pete

[19:52] Williams.

[19:54] Campaigning in Florida today, the vice

[19:56] president tries to ignore the whole

[19:58] subject even though the news is a big

[20:00] relief. The campaign leaves it to his

[20:02] spokesman Chris Leane to issue an

[20:04] understatement.

[20:05] >> We're pleased with today's decision by

[20:06] the Justice Department.

[20:08] >> That decision from Attorney General

[20:09] Janet Reno rejects the idea of

[20:11] appointing an outside investigator, a

[20:13] special counsel, to examine statements

[20:15] Gore made earlier this year about his

[20:17] role in raising money during the 1996

[20:20] campaign. At least three Justice

[20:22] Department officials thought he might

[20:23] have lied to investigators during an

[20:25] interview last April about what he knew

[20:27] of fundraising at a Buddhist temple

[20:29] event. and at coffees at the White House

[20:31] that attracted big contributors. But

[20:34] today, she says more investigating would

[20:36] be pointless.

[20:37] >> I've concluded that there is no

[20:39] reasonable possibility that further

[20:40] investigation could develop evidence

[20:42] that would support the filing of charges

[20:44] for making a willful false statement.

[20:47] She concludes that some of the questions

[20:49] her investigators asked were ambiguous

[20:51] and that they disagreed with Gore on the

[20:53] very definition of a fundraiser,

[20:55] differing on whether that means money

[20:56] was raised at the event or later as a

[20:59] result of the event. Either way, she

[21:01] concludes there's no sign in the

[21:03] transcript that the vice president was

[21:04] lying. Reacting to the news, George W.

[21:07] Bush today says nothing about Janet

[21:09] Reno. Instead, he says the best way to

[21:11] put the scandals and investigations to

[21:13] rest is to elect someone new. But the

[21:16] Republican senator, who helped make the

[21:17] investigation public, is strongly

[21:19] critical. He says his committee will

[21:21] hold off any further work of its own on

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[21:26] >> The inference is undeniable that she's

[21:29] protecting Vice President Gore, but at

[21:32] this stage, it's up to the American

[21:33] public.

[21:34] >> Today's decision spares the Gore

[21:36] campaign another investigation over

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[21:40] Gore supporters find embarrassing, but

[21:43] not illegal. Pete Williams, NBC News at

[21:45] the Justice Department.

[21:47] >> On Wall Street today, mostly good news

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[21:59] back in a moment with some important

[22:01] life lessons to be learned from that pop

[22:03] culture phenomenon, Survivor.

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[23:00] >> Um, did you want to be alone?

[23:02] >> Oh, no, not at all.

[23:04] >> Okay.

[23:06] The irony is I started doing this to be

[23:08] part of the crowd.

[23:09] >> Me too.

[23:10] >> Oh, do you?

[23:10] >> No, no. I I just quit. Nicaderm CQ.

[23:13] >> Aren't the cravings unbearable?

[23:15] >> Well, I'm not jumping if that's what

[23:16] you're thinking. No. CQ is good on the

[23:18] cravings. It's strong medicine. It's

[23:20] with you 24 hours. It works.

[23:22] >> Nicaderm CQ now in a clear patch 2 for a

[23:25] more personal way to quit.

[23:27] >> Quit. Huh?

[23:28] >> Hey, join the crowd.

[23:30] >> He's upside down.

[23:31] >> This one has to go like that.

[23:36] Some children imagine that their father

[23:38] is the most powerful man in the world.

[23:44] >> Wonder where they got that idea.

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[24:43] to your health. Just ahead at 6, search

[24:46] crews take to the water looking for an

[24:48] elderly man missing for a week. Find out

[24:50] the latest in the hunt for this Dixon

[24:52] County man. Also, school kids learn a

[24:54] valuable lesson about keeping violence

[24:56] out of schools. And Kaia Jurgensson

[24:59] speaks about her life and death struggle

[25:01] for the first time. The news is next.

[25:07] Now to the idea of a big reward for bad

[25:10] behavior. As the hit show survivor

[25:12] prepares to crown a winner, some see

[25:15] lessons in the kind of backstabbing

[25:17] behavior of those island castaways that

[25:20] can be applied at work from the loading

[25:22] dock to the boardroom. Here with that,

[25:24] NBC's Anne Thompson.

[25:26] >> Survivors ready. Go.

[25:28] >> Tonight, the scheming, the conniving

[25:31] ends. The CBS show survivor rewarding

[25:34] the survival of the shrewdest.

[25:36] >> If I'm really going to survive and

[25:37] really do this, then it has to be on my

[25:39] own. Kelly, Sue, Richard, and Rudy. The

[25:42] final four, surviving a dozen weeks on

[25:45] TV. Each episode, someone voted off the

[25:48] aptly named Cutthroat Island. Described

[25:50] by some as a petri dish, a mirror of

[25:53] human behavior, especially at the

[25:55] office.

[25:56] >> I think that it does definitely have

[25:58] elements of real world corporate life.

[26:00] There's no question about that. The

[26:02] dress may be casual day gone too far,

[26:05] but business experts say the behavior

[26:07] has all the earmarks of a ruthless climb

[26:10] up the corporate ladder.

[26:11] >> You look right in the kitten's eye and

[26:13] snap its neck. It's nothing personal.

[26:14] You're hungry.

[26:15] >> This school year, associate professor

[26:17] Carol Barnett will use the show to

[26:19] illustrate what she calls pyramid

[26:21] politics to her business students at the

[26:23] University of New Hampshire. This

[26:25] involves people using each other uh for

[26:30] uh their own success and then abandoning

[26:33] alliances and relationships afterwards.

[26:36] So expedience is the name of the game.

[26:38] >> A skill set that social psychology

[26:40] professor Dr. James Dabs says favors one

[26:43] gender, men, over the other on the

[26:46] island and in the office.

[26:48] >> It has to be something that's very much

[26:51] delimited. It ends after a short period

[26:53] of time. a ruthless alliance emerges and

[26:56] in the end they have to turn on each

[26:58] other and that's a very I would say

[27:00] masculine activity

[27:02] >> but unlike in the office where everyone

[27:05] thinks they know everything the biggest

[27:07] secret of the island the winner has

[27:09] stayed secret no rumor mills no clues

[27:12] just a lot of guessing

[27:14] >> have you guys heard anything about that

[27:16] >> today the winner is topic A at this

[27:19] information services office in suburban

[27:21] Chicago the makavelian tactics

[27:23] irresistible to watch, but also

[27:25] disappointing to Brian Fabulous, who

[27:28] doesn't particularly like any of the

[27:30] final four.

[27:31] >> I think it's disturbing that, you know,

[27:33] the the good people, you know, the

[27:35] people that, you know, you you would

[27:37] maybe see yourself associating with,

[27:41] you know, on the outside, so to speak,

[27:42] away from Survivor Island, are getting

[27:44] voted off.

[27:45] >> The final four have been described as

[27:47] the schemer, the redneck, the traitor,

[27:50] the crusty old man. All survivors

[27:53] disproving the theory, nice guys finish

[27:56] first and America is addicted.

[27:59] >> We get off on watching people under

[28:01] pressure and if possible coming close to

[28:04] perishing or even perishing.

[28:06] >> GET MONEY.

[28:07] >> TONIGHT, a fight to the finish for $1

[28:10] million with strategies and tactics

[28:13] millions of Americans see every day for

[28:15] stakes far smaller. Anne Thompson, NBC

[28:19] News, Chicago.

[28:22] That's our broadcast from the equally

[28:23] tough island of Manhattan. Don't forget

[28:26] Dineine tonight at 8. I hope to see you

[28:28] later this evening for the news on MSNBC

[28:31] on cable at 9:00. Then again each

[28:33] evening on CNBC at 10. I'm Brian

[28:36] Williams. Good night everyone.

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[29:00] News. More Americans watch NBC News than

[29:03] any other news organization in the

[29:05] world.

[29:14] Her story of courage and determination

[29:17] touched thousands of Middle

[29:18] Tennesseeans. Now Kaia Jurgensson makes

[29:20] a triumphant return to Lipkcom

[29:22] University to say thanks and begin a new

[29:25] chapter in her life. Hear her

[29:27] inspirational words right now on the

[29:29] scene at 6. I'm Francine Cuchinello. He

[29:32] was bound, his body spray painted, and

[29:34] his lawyer says Nashville Electric

[29:36] Service knew about the practice and did

[29:38] nothing to stop it. That story coming

[29:40] up.

[29:41] >> Also tonight, murder charges are filed

[29:43] against the wife of NFL football star

[29:45] Fred Lane. Tonight, the father of the

[29:47] former Middle Tennessee High School

[29:48] standout speaks out. Plus, how do you

[29:51] raise a good kid? Tonight, you will hear

[29:53] some very simple answers. And the jury

[29:56] has returned a verdict in the Byron

[29:57] Looper murder trial. details right now

[29:59] on the scene at six.