NBC Nightly News - 2001-11-18
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[0:00] From
[0:02] NBC News in Washington, this is Meet the
[0:08] >> That's it for us right now. Nightly News
[0:10] is next and we'll be back at 6:30.
[0:12] >> Good evening.
[0:15] >> Thanks for watching the area's number
[0:17] one Sunday night news. Northwest News
[0:20] Channel 8, where the news comes first.
[0:24] [Music]
[0:31] The allout assault on the last Taliban
[0:34] stronghold. In the north, talk of
[0:36] surrender. In the south, the stage is
[0:39] set for a final battle as allies closed
[0:42] in on al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
[0:44] We're going to get him out of his hold.
[0:46] Sooner or later, we'll get him.
[0:48] >> In New York, a day of prayer by those
[0:50] who lost loved ones in the American
[0:52] Airlines crash last week. And the light
[0:55] show on display last night around the
[0:57] world.
[0:58] >> Oh, whoa. One, two.
[1:00] >> The best and brightest in decades.
[1:06] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[1:09] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[1:13] by John Seagan.
[1:15] >> Good evening everyone. US and Northern
[1:17] Alliance forces are closing in on the
[1:18] Taliban and Afghanistan tonight,
[1:20] preparing to mount major attack on the
[1:23] last territory still controlled by the
[1:25] Taliban. But US officials say the war
[1:27] against al-Qaeda's terrorist network and
[1:29] Osama bin Laden is far from over. In the
[1:32] southern stronghold of Kandahar, the
[1:34] Taliban is making a final stand. In the
[1:37] northern stronghold of Kundus, northern
[1:40] alliance leaders claim the Taliban are
[1:42] willing to surrender under certain
[1:43] conditions. We begin our coverage with
[1:46] NBC's Norah O'Donnell at the Pentagon.
[1:48] Nora,
[1:48] >> good evening, John. Tonight, US
[1:50] officials say the Taliban is i