NBC Nightly News - 2000-09-14
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[0:00] days on the scene at 11.
[0:02] >> Deal. Finally, Bush and Gore agree to
[0:05] four debates. Tonight, details on where
[0:07] and when. Firestorm. A new call for
[0:11] criminal charges against Ford and
[0:12] Firestone in the place where some say
[0:14] this crisis began. In depth, the world
[0:18] comes to Sydney for the Olympics.
[0:20] Tonight, the American vowing to become
[0:22] the fastest woman on Earth. And home of
[0:25] the brave. An American hero gives his
[0:27] life to save a fellow soldier. Tonight,
[0:30] his widow returns to Normandy [music]
[0:32] to meet the man who survived.
[0:36] From [music] NBC News World Headquarters
[0:39] in New York, this is NBC Nightly News
[0:42] with Tom Brokoff. Substituting tonight,
[0:45] [music] Brian Williams.
[0:48] >> Good evening. They have agreed to
[0:49] disagree and they're going to do it four
[0:52] times. The Bush and Gore campaigns have
[0:54] cut a deal for a series of debates after
[0:58] weeks of arguments and counterarguments
[1:00] and false starts. It turns out both
[1:03] campaigns are going to accept after all
[1:06] the debates that were suggested by that
[1:08] commission set up to do just that. We
[1:11] get details tonight from NBC News
[1:13] correspondent David Gregory who was
[1:14] traveling with the Bush campaign in
[1:16] Pomona, California. David, good evening
[1:18] to you.
[1:19] >> Good evening to you, Brian. The question
[1:20] tonight, why the turnaround? Well,
[1:22] senior Bush advisers say the debate
[1:24] debate had become a huge distraction.
[1:26] And with his campaign sorely in need of
[1:28] a boost, it was time for Governor Bush
[1:30] to send a clear message that indeed he
[1:32] does want to go toe-to-toe with Al Gore.
[1:36] Meeting in Washington toda