NBC Nightly News - 2000-02-23
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[0:00] was Hooteriffic. Next straight ahead,
[0:01] last week, George W. Bush visited this
[0:03] university looking for votes. Tonight,
[0:05] that school's controversial policies are
[0:07] causing big problems on the campaign
[0:09] trail. Plus, Nightly's Forgotten Heroes
[0:12] series continues with the story of a
[0:14] remarkable heroine, a nurse who became
[0:16] the most decorated woman in American
[0:18] military history. We will see you back
[0:19] here at 6:00. Here's Tom Brokaw.
[0:26] What now? After Michigan, McCain, the
[0:29] frontrunner, trying to convince
[0:31] Republicans he's one of them. Bush
[0:33] bowing he's the real Republican.
[0:36] In depth, inside Bob Jones University,
[0:39] how Bush's visit there won't go away, a
[0:42] political litmus test for religious and
[0:44] racial tolerance.
[0:46] Bad medicine, the Supreme Court on
[0:49] whether patients can sue their HMOs for
[0:52] putting cost ahead of care.
[0:54] And our special series, Forgotten
[0:57] Heroes. She served the sick and wounded
[0:59] in two wars, the most decorated woman in
[1:03] American military history.
[1:07] From NBC News world headquarters in New
[1:10] York, this is NBC Nightly News with Tom
[1:14] Brokaw.
[1:16] Good evening. Well, the race for the
[1:17] Republican presidential nomination is
[1:19] now in a critical stage. We're counting
[1:22] down to March 7th. That's a week from
[1:24] next Tuesday, when more than a third of
[1:27] the delegates will be chosen, and the
[1:29] nomination should be clear at that time.
[1:32] Should be.
[1:33] Tonight, it is clear that John McCain is
[1:35] a frontrunner for now, after his
[1:37] impressive win in Michigan, but he has
[1:39] independents and Democrats to thank for
[1:41] that.
[1:42] So, we go now to NBC's Anne Tho