NBC Nightly News - 2003-03-16

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[0:06] Final deadline. President Bush says

[0:08] Saddam must disarm now or face the

[0:11] consequences.

[0:12] >> Tomorrow is a moment of truth for the

[0:15] world.

[0:16] >> In depth, deadly disease, the search for

[0:19] answers to the mystery illness that

[0:21] continues to spread around the world.

[0:24] Love and hate. A look from the Arab

[0:27] world where the values and views of

[0:29] America clash.

[0:31] And the war watch views from Americans

[0:34] on this Sunday as war looms

[0:40] from NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:43] York. This is NBC Nightly News with John

[0:47] Seanthaler.

[0:49] >> Good evening everyone. There are new

[0:50] signs tonight that President Bush is

[0:53] days, maybe even hours away from making

[0:55] good on his promise to disarm Saddam

[0:57] Hussein. The president declared today at

[0:59] the emergency summit in the Azors that

[1:02] tomorrow will be the moment of truth for

[1:04] the world along with the leaders of

[1:06] Britain, Spain, and Portugal. Mr. Bush

[1:09] set a one-day deadline for the UN to

[1:11] support a new resolution giving Saddam a

[1:13] final deadline. Otherwise, US forces are

[1:16] poised to invade Iraq. We begin our

[1:19] coverage with NBC's Campbell Brown, who

[1:21] is traveling with the president.

[1:25] >> Even on this isolated island in the

[1:27] Atlantic, anti-war protesters awaited

[1:30] President Bush. But it was immediately

[1:32] clear he along with Britain's Prime

[1:34] Minister Blair and Spain's Prime

[1:35] Minister Aznar had made up their minds

[1:38] to end the diplomacy.

[1:39] >> Tomorrow is a moment of truth for the

[1:42] world.

[1:43] >> Together, they delivered an ultimatum to

[1:45] the UN within the next 24 hours. in the

[1:48] negotiations join in support of

[1:50] disarming Saddam or there will be

[1:52] military action without UN backing. The

[1:55] president's frustration over the lack of

[1:57] support from other countries was evident

[1:59] today when he angrily interrupted a

[2:01] foreign reporter pressing him on exactly

[2:04] who would fight alongside the US.

[2:06] >> The United Nations Security Council

[2:08] looked at the issue four and a half

[2:09] months ago and voted unanimously

[2:12] to say disarm immediately and

[2:16] unconditionally. And if you don't, there

[2:18] are going to be serious consequences.

[2:20] The world has spoken and it did in a

[2:23] unified voice. Sorry.

[2:26] >> Even Prime Minister Blair passionately

[2:28] insisted further talk was a waste of

[2:30] time.

[2:31] >> We cannot simply go back to the Security

[2:33] Council for this discussion to be

[2:36] superseded by that discussion to be

[2:38] superseded by another discussion. That's

[2:40] what's happened for 12 years. That's why

[2:42] you still got the weapons of mass

[2:43] destruction. Privately, administration

[2:45] officials conceded the second resolution

[2:48] will likely not be brought to a vote.

[2:50] Given that where things stand now, they

[2:52] are certain to lose. The president put

[2:54] the blame squarely on the French and

[2:56] their veto threat.

[2:57] >> France showed their cards.

[3:01] After I said what I said, they they said

[3:02] they're going to veto anything that held

[3:04] Saddam to account.

[3:06] So cards have been played. Only Saddam

[3:09] Hussein going into exile, the president

[3:11] said, would now prevent a military

[3:13] strike. White House officials said the

[3:15] president still plan to address the

[3:17] nation before going to war to give

[3:20] Saddam one final ultimatum, a speech

[3:22] that could come as early as tomorrow

[3:24] night. As for the future of the UN, the

[3:27] president has repeatedly said it would

[3:30] be irrelevant if it did not act. Today

[3:32] he backtracked and said he would go to

[3:34] the UN for help rebuilding Iraq but only

[3:37] after military action. Campbell Brown

[3:40] NBC News with the president in the

[3:42] Azors.

[3:43] >> The president's statement today in some

[3:45] ways produced more questions than

[3:47] answers. Questions about how the UN

[3:49] Security Council will react to the

[3:51] deadline set by the president. NBC's

[3:53] chief foreign affairs correspondent

[3:55] Andrea Mitchell joins us tonight from

[3:56] our Washington bureau. And Andrea,

[3:58] what's going on right now behind the

[4:00] scenes? Behind the scenes, John,

[4:02] tonight, Secretary of State Powell and

[4:03] Tony Blair and possibly the president as

[4:05] well from his airplane are calling other

[4:07] leaders to give them one last chance to

[4:09] see if they will support the British and

[4:11] American UN resolution. But unless

[4:13] undecided members cave into US pressure,

[4:16] unlikely, the US and Great Britain are

[4:18] now expected to pull that resolution

[4:20] sometime tomorrow, in effect ending the

[4:22] diplomatic campaign to avoid war.

[4:24] Meanwhile, France and Germany have

[4:26] requested an afternoon meeting at the

[4:28] Security Council tomorrow to discuss

[4:30] their proposal for a foreign minister's

[4:32] meeting Tuesday to consider giving the

[4:34] inspectors more time, at least 30 days,

[4:36] to see if Iraq would comply with 12 key

[4:39] disarmament demands. Well, tonight, a

[4:41] senior US official told NBC News that

[4:44] was silly before the Azora summit, and

[4:46] now it's even sillier.

[4:48] >> Andrea, how about the report that Hans

[4:49] Blicks is filing tomorrow on Iraq? Well,

[4:52] Blicks's team is working tonight on a

[4:54] lengthy report listing those 12

[4:56] remaining disarmament issues that Iraq

[4:58] has not yet satisfied. But the UN has

[5:00] its own bureaucratic momentum. And this

[5:02] is a classic example. Blitz's report is

[5:05] required under a 4-year-old UN

[5:07] resolution. It is completely divorced

[5:09] from the reality that George Bush feels

[5:11] this diplomacy is going nowhere and he's

[5:13] about to give a final ultimatum for war.

[5:16] John,

[5:16] >> NBC's Andrea Mitchell in Washington.

[5:18] Andrea, thanks.

[5:19] >> Thank you. There was another warning and

[5:21] fresh defiance today from Saddam Hussein

[5:23] who threatened to strike back anywhere

[5:25] in the world if there is an invasion of

[5:27] his country. Meanwhile, the preparations

[5:29] for war continue in Iraq. NBC's Ron

[5:32] Allen reports from Baghdad.

[5:35] President Saddam Hussein kept up his

[5:37] country's preparations for war, rallying

[5:40] these military commanders, telling them

[5:42] it's a big lie that Iraq has weapons of

[5:43] mass destruction. And today, Saddam

[5:45] vowed to fight the US anywhere in the

[5:48] world.

[5:49] Saddam now has divided the country into

[5:51] four military districts, each under the

[5:53] control of a trusted aid, including one

[5:55] of his sons rather than military

[5:57] generals to ensure tighter control.

[6:00] This weekend, Saddam's ruling bath party

[6:02] has organized huge public demonstrations

[6:05] with some of the organizers wellarmed,

[6:07] ensuring high turnout for the marches.

[6:09] Meanwhile, the threat of war is

[6:10] hampering the UN inspectors. They've

[6:12] been forced to stop flying most of their

[6:14] helicopter fleet because insurers canled

[6:16] their coverage. And the number of

[6:18] inspectors here has dropped by several

[6:20] dozen to below 70. But the UN insists

[6:22] that's due to work contracts ending or

[6:24] breaks, not the start of an evacuation.

[6:26] Today, Iraq destroyed more illegal

[6:28] missiles and sent the UN another report

[6:30] about VX nerve gas. But still no grand

[6:33] gesture from here as the chief

[6:34] inspectors consider an 11th hour

[6:36] invitation for talks in Baghdad.

[6:38] >> I don't exclude it, but there are many

[6:40] other things that are happening in the

[6:41] world.

[6:41] >> And today in Kurdish controlled northern

[6:43] Iraq, a reminder of what this crisis is

[6:45] all about. These grim ceremonies marking

[6:48] the 15th anniversary of a chemical

[6:50] attack by Iraq's air force that left

[6:52] thousands dead. Sirens wailed, marking

[6:54] the precise moment the bombs fell. A

[6:57] young man expressed the fears of many

[6:59] with war looming.

[7:03] >> Saddam may use chemical weapons against

[7:04] us again, he says.

[7:07] Tonight, there's been no response from

[7:09] Iraq to the summit. But even before

[7:11] those meetings, more diplomats from

[7:13] countries who've been staying here,

[7:14] working for a peaceful outcome, have

[7:16] been urging their citizens and making

[7:18] plans to leave. Ron Allen, NBC News,

[7:22] Baghdad.

[7:23] >> There are now more than a quarter of a

[7:25] million US troops in the Persian Gulf

[7:27] region waiting for orders and getting

[7:29] ready for a war that could be hours

[7:31] away. We have two reports from the front

[7:33] line tonight. First, NBC's Chip Reed is

[7:36] with the US Marines in Kuwait near the

[7:38] Iraqi border.

[7:41] Late Sunday afternoon, a column of

[7:42] armored assault vehicles departs the

[7:44] Marine base camp in northern Kuwait and

[7:46] rumbles across the desert direction

[7:48] north. The third battalion of the fifth

[7:50] Marines, moving one step closer to Iraq.

[7:55] The Kilo Company has 12 of these

[7:58] machines. They're called amphibious

[7:59] assault vehicles. Yes, amphibious. They

[8:02] were designed for beach landings. They

[8:04] get to the beach, this ramp comes down

[8:05] and the troops come pouring out ready to

[8:07] fight. But they also work very well in

[8:09] the desert. In fact, on sand, they can

[8:11] average about 25 m an hour. Eagle base.

[8:15] Eagle base. This is Grizzly Range. Over.

[8:18] >> Marine commanders say speed will be the

[8:20] key to accomplishing their mission if

[8:22] there is war. The troops set up camp at

[8:24] this remote desert outpost called a

[8:26] tactical assembly area. Marine

[8:28] commanders say this does not necessarily

[8:31] mean war is imminent, but are pushing

[8:33] forces forward to be ready if the call

[8:35] comes.

[8:36] >> If in the event that uh the combat is

[8:38] called for, this just provides us one

[8:40] last area we can stage, organize for

[8:43] combat, and continue on towards the the

[8:45] line of departure from here.

[8:46] >> Fire the hole.

[8:51] Nearby, a tank killer missile team

[8:53] practices its aim, obliterating targets

[8:56] a mile and a half away.

[8:58] >> As far as knocking out enemy threat, the

[9:00] toe system knocks out tanks, anything

[9:03] that's big and ugly out there.

[9:07] >> I'm going to lay down my sword shield.

[9:15] >> Not everyone here spent Sunday

[9:17] practicing for war. At Sunday church

[9:19] services, chaplain rallied the troops.

[9:22] >> When there's a hot spot in the world,

[9:23] who do they call? The United States.

[9:26] >> For these Marines, a moment for prayer

[9:29] at a service that many here believe will

[9:31] be their last before going to war. Chip

[9:34] Reed, NBC News, in northern Kuwait.

[9:39] >> This is Dana Lewis with the 101st

[9:41] Airborne. In the midst of training for

[9:44] war, for a brief moment today, these US

[9:47] soldiers here in the Kuwaiti desert

[9:48] stopped, put their helmets and M16s down

[9:52] on a sandy chapel floor, and turned

[9:54] their attention to prayer. Still wearing

[9:57] bulletproof vests, but holding Bibles

[10:00] instead of guns. Army chaplain say since

[10:03] deploying here, the number of soldiers

[10:05] attending Sunday services has doubled.

[10:08] Young men and women so close to war

[10:10] contemplating mortality.

[10:13] And on this army base, religious

[10:15] boundaries are blurred. Chaplain from

[10:17] every faith form a religious platoon to

[10:20] provide spiritual counseling.

[10:22] Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, chaplain

[10:25] will follow soldiers to war. Unarmed,

[10:28] but assigned bodyguards.

[10:31] >> Chaplain Richard Compton visits every

[10:33] tent, each battalion, offering support,

[10:36] kind words. friendship to ease the

[10:39] isolation of being so far away from

[10:41] home.

[10:42] >> Loneliness. Loneliness is the biggest

[10:44] thing right now with his guys.

[10:47] >> Fear to some extent, but fear will come

[10:49] more once

[10:51] once things start moving.

[10:53] >> Sean Stoner, a sergeant for Bravo

[10:55] Company. His wife Maria is back in

[10:57] Tennessee pregnant with twins. Now he

[11:00] sought comfort from the chaplain.

[11:02] >> Just putting, you know, spiritual

[11:03] matters at, you know, kind of at ease.

[11:06] Rest assured that that area is covered.

[11:09] >> There are a handful of Muslim soldiers

[11:11] praying in this makeshift house of

[11:13] prayer. W Gabber says the war is not

[11:16] about Muslim against Muslim. It's only

[11:18] about Saddam.

[11:19] >> The cause that I'm fighting for is to

[11:21] save a lot of people from this tyrant.

[11:24] >> Every chaplain says dying is something

[11:26] almost every soldier has asked about.

[11:29] What do they tell them?

[11:30] >> Get them fired up. Get them energized.

[11:32] You know, use that fear that to keep you

[11:34] alive. So today, prayer keeps spirits

[11:37] high for Americans who could soon go

[11:40] into harm's way. Dana Lewis, NBC News in

[11:44] the Kuwaiti desert.

[11:48] And a reminder that you can find full

[11:50] coverage of a possible war with Iraq,

[11:52] updated 24 hours a day on our website,

[11:54] msnbc.com.

[11:57] Still to come on NBC Nightly News, the

[11:59] mystery illness. Health investigators

[12:01] from around the world are scrambling to

[12:03] find the cause of an illness that has

[12:05] killed at least eight people. But do

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[14:32] >> Monday, is anything short of war still

[14:35] possible? 11th hour talks continue, but

[14:37] so do massive military preparations. The

[14:40] latest NBC Night News Monday.

[14:43] NBC News in depth tonight, a medical

[14:46] mystery. Scientists around the world are

[14:48] trying to find the source of a rapidly

[14:50] spreading illness that's causing concern

[14:52] from Asia to North America to Europe. So

[14:55] far, there are no answers. In depth,

[14:58] here's NBC News chief science

[15:00] correspondent Robert Bazelle.

[15:03] In several Asian countries today, health

[15:05] officials continue telling hundreds of

[15:07] cases of the mysterious new illness that

[15:10] causes fever and pneumonia. Infections

[15:12] among medical workers have been a big

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[15:16] >> We have 43 staff who have been admitted

[15:19] to our public hospitals.

[15:21] >> Experts are highly concerned about the

[15:22] potential for the illness to spread

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[15:34] Singapore. The CDC today is sending

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[15:42] and respiratory problems. CDC director

[15:44] Dr. Julie Gerbering.

[15:46] >> I expect by tomorrow many passengers

[15:48] will be getting that alert as they

[15:50] arrive.

[15:50] >> So far, sophisticated lab tests have

[15:53] given no clue to the cause. Do you have

[15:55] any sense yet of what this is? Well, it

[15:58] looks like it's something that's being

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[16:02] that you have to have close contact with

[16:04] those secretions in order to get it. A

[16:06] lot of viruses fall into that category,

[16:09] but most of the viruses we're familiar

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[16:13] pneumonia.

[16:14] >> The first suspicion was influenza. In

[16:16] recent years, a potentially dangerous

[16:18] strain of flu from chickens infected a

[16:20] few people in Hong Kong, but that does

[16:22] not seem to be involved in this

[16:24] outbreak. We have a great deal of

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[16:27] fact that they're not finding influenza

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[16:41] >> A new pathogen that is a previously

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[16:46] many top researchers have worried about

[16:48] something new spreading around the world

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[16:53] they won't know whether those fears are

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[20:02] >> America is at a crossroads in the Middle

[20:04] East tonight. Not only is a military

[20:06] conflict looming, but the region is

[20:08] gripped by a cultural conflict as well

[20:10] and a question for many there. To love

[20:12] or hate America. NBC's Jim Meda reports

[20:16] from Jordan.

[20:18] >> Nadim Kayali appears as American as any

[20:21] Jordanian 20some. a US college education

[20:24] and a successful law practice back in

[20:26] Aman. Nadem cherishes the American

[20:28] values he's learned. Free thinking,

[20:30] personal responsibility, and he loves

[20:32] the lifestyle. Most of all, the sports

[20:35] like basketball, an addiction.

[20:37] >> I want try to watch Sports Center every

[20:39] day.

[20:41] >> But Nadim, an observant Muslim, is torn,

[20:43] like many young Jordanians these days,

[20:45] between loving the America he knows and

[20:47] hating an American foreign policy he

[20:50] says turns a blind eye to Arabs. The

[20:52] hypocrisy of that uh drives every single

[20:56] Jordanian Arab to

[21:00] the brink of their sanity.

[21:02] >> Anti-American feeling isn't new to

[21:04] Jordan, fueled mostly by the belief that

[21:06] Washington gives free reign to Israel to

[21:08] kill fellow Palestinians in the West

[21:10] Bank and Gaza Strip. Sed Hutari, the

[21:13] young suicide bomber who killed 21

[21:15] Israelis at a Tel Aviv disco two years

[21:17] ago, was a Jordanian. Still, Islamic

[21:20] extremism here is rare. But this

[21:23] loathing of the United States is

[21:25] widespread and analysts say is on the

[21:27] rise. An anger all the more troubling in

[21:29] a nation that prides itself on its

[21:31] American ties and its western way of

[21:34] life.

[21:35] >> This clash of civilizations is actually

[21:39] uh

[21:41] realizing itself, which is something

[21:43] that is a very scary thought.

[21:46] Fasttrack Jordanian students dream of

[21:48] high-paying jobs at American companies

[21:50] like Microsoft or Proctor and Gamble.

[21:52] But even they hate what they see America

[21:55] has become.

[21:56] >> It doesn't hear its people. You know,

[21:58] >> America doesn't hear its own people.

[22:00] >> And if something we have in common is

[22:02] that we hate American policies.

[22:05] >> And if America goes to war with Iraq,

[22:07] >> it's going to destroy everything. The

[22:09] whole the American dream. Nadim says

[22:12] he'll cling to that dream of working

[22:14] hard and earning the good life. But with

[22:16] war seemingly around the corner, he

[22:18] fears that even a friend like Jordan

[22:20] could become America's enemy. Jim Matum,

[22:23] NBC News, Aman.

[22:26] >> Israeli a mil military officials say the

[22:28] death of an American college student in

[22:30] the Gaza Strip was an accident.

[22:32] 23-year-old Rachel Corey of Olympia,

[22:34] Washington, was among a group of

[22:36] protesters trying to block an Israeli

[22:38] bulldozer from demolishing a home when

[22:41] she was run over. The US government is

[22:43] calling for an investigation.

[22:46] When we come back, a day of rest for a

[22:49] nation on edge.

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[25:08] >> All new Dineine Sunday. As the family of

[25:11] Elizabeth Smart celebrates her safe

[25:13] return, another mother continues a

[25:15] desperate search for her missing

[25:16] daughter.

[25:17] >> I hope that she's alive.

[25:19] >> But after 2 years, is the trail too

[25:21] cold? And is there more to the story

[25:23] than meets the eye? Little girl lost.

[25:25] The line tonight 7:6 central on NBC.

[25:28] Iraq. 11th hour talks. NBC Nightly News

[25:31] Monday.

[25:32] >> Last week, MSNBC was first. Elizabeth

[25:35] Smart has been found alive. First, fast

[25:39] and active. MSNBC.

[25:44] After months of negotiations, diplomatic

[25:46] flare-ups, and a huge military buildup

[25:48] in the Persian Gulf region, President

[25:50] Bush used blunt language today to say,

[25:52] "Time is run out for Iraq." He said,

[25:55] "Saddam Hussein's moment of truth has

[25:57] arrived." prompting a defiant reply from

[25:59] Saddam, who declared Baghdad will fight

[26:02] wherever there is sky, earth, and water.

[26:05] But throughout America, a country almost

[26:07] certainly on the verge of war, ordinary

[26:10] people spent their Sunday doing ordinary

[26:12] things, going to church, taking walks,

[26:14] watching baseball games, remarkably calm

[26:17] and thoughtful, still focused on peace.

[26:20] NBC's Joe John spent the day taking

[26:23] stock of America's mood.

[26:26] The prayer for peace, routine and

[26:28] ordinary, almost unnoticed most Sundays.

[26:32] >> Lord, in your mercy.

[26:35] >> But today at Washington's National

[26:37] Cathedral, with America on the verge of

[26:39] war, the message of peace was clear and

[26:42] resonant.

[26:43] >> Guide the people of this land and of all

[26:46] the nations in the ways of justice and

[26:50] peace.

[26:53] And in Harlem, at one of the country's

[26:55] best known African-American Baptist

[26:57] churches, war prompted a message less

[26:59] subtle, more directly critical.

[27:02] >> This war is serving as a smoke screen to

[27:06] an issue that is gripping all of us in

[27:08] the United States, and that is a failing

[27:12] economy. Throughout the country today,

[27:15] perhaps the last Sunday before war with

[27:17] Iraq, opinions of ordinary Americans

[27:20] were as diverse as America itself.

[27:23] >> I think uh America should uh stand

[27:25] behind any decision that the president

[27:27] makes, good or bad.

[27:28] >> I mean, I personally want to go to war,

[27:30] but if that's what it takes to resolve

[27:31] the issue, then I I'm standing behind

[27:33] the policies of our country.

[27:35] >> We just have to keep hope alive that if

[27:37] we do go to war, that God will have the

[27:40] final say. The prospect of war couldn't

[27:43] keep people away from the rituals of

[27:45] spring training in Florida. But the

[27:48] anxiety generated by sending American

[27:50] troops into harm's way lingered in the

[27:53] background of the serene Florida fields

[27:55] of play for players and fans alike.

[27:59] Whenever we leave the ball field, it

[28:01] monopolizes our time. Everybody goes

[28:02] home and, you know, tunes into to the

[28:05] news stations to find out what's going

[28:07] on. We're going to try to have as much

[28:09] fun as we can and hope for the best.

[28:11] >> Trust our leaders to take care of us.

[28:13] >> In Dearbornne, Michigan, home of one of

[28:15] the largest Arab-speaking communities

[28:17] outside the Middle East, strong words.

[28:20] >> I think it's terrible. It's going to be

[28:21] a hu a human tragedy and a catastrophe.

[28:25] >> But like the rest of the country,

[28:26] Dearbornne's ArabAmerican population

[28:29] harbors mixed opinions.

[28:31] >> We want to see Saddam Hussein out as

[28:33] soon as possible. As Americans brace for

[28:35] the uncertainty of war abroad, they find

[28:38] strength in the diversity of opinion at

[28:40] home. Joe John's, NBC News, Washington.

[28:45] >> That's NBC Nightly News for this Sunday.

[28:47] Thanks for watching. Now, here's Jane

[28:49] Paulie with a look at what's coming up

[28:50] tonight on Dline. Jane,

[28:53] >> thanks, John. As we celebrate the safe

[28:55] return of Elizabeth Smart, many cannot

[28:58] help but think of all the other children

[28:59] abducted every year. Tonight, the

[29:02] troubling, baffling story of one missing

[29:04] girl. No one seems to know where little

[29:06] Riia Wilson is, including those who were

[29:09] supposed to be a child's last resort.

[29:12] >> The state of Florida tells you they have

[29:14] lost.

[29:16] >> Yes,

[29:17] >> lost.

[29:19] >> Lost.

[29:20] >> How could a 4-year-old child just

[29:22] disappear? And who is to blame? That

[29:24] story tonight on Dine. John,

[29:26] >> thanks, Jane. That's Dine tonight, 76

[29:29] Central time. And a reminder to stay

[29:31] with NBC News for the latest on Iraq.

[29:33] Continuing coverage on MSNBC on cable

[29:36] and the internet and much more tomorrow

[29:38] morning on Today and with Tom Brokaw

[29:40] tomorrow night on Nightly News. I'm John

[29:42] Siginthaler in New York and I'll see you

[29:44] back here again next weekend if not

[29:46] before.