NBC Nightly News - 2009-04-02

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[0:01] On the broadcast tonight from London,

[0:03] Turning Point. That's what President

[0:05] Obama is calling the summit that just

[0:07] wrapped up here tonight. But when and

[0:09] how will we know? London by storm. The

[0:13] overwhelming and emotional response here

[0:15] today to the first lady Michelle Obama.

[0:18] Brain waves. An uncommon new treatment

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[0:25] Now, a hospital in trouble has found out

[0:27] people can make a difference in some

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[0:32] Nightly News begins now.

[0:38] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Brian

[0:40] Williams.

[0:43] Good evening from London. One newspaper

[0:45] writer called this G20 gathering the

[0:48] first economic summit to rivet world

[0:51] attention in decades. And the BBC

[0:54] tonight called President Barack Obama

[0:56] the man everyone here in London wanted

[0:58] to get close to. It was the president's

[1:01] overseas debut. This gathering designed

[1:04] to unfreeze the global economy. And in

[1:06] the end, the White House is saying

[1:08] tonight the president emerged as

[1:10] something of a dealmaker as the nations

[1:13] representing most of the wealth on the

[1:15] planet decided how to spend money and

[1:18] regulate money. Our coverage here in

[1:19] London begins tonight with our chief

[1:21] White House correspondent Chuck Todd,

[1:23] who's here traveling with the president.

[1:24] Chuck, good evening.

[1:25] >> Good evening, Brian. You know, the

[1:26] president joked today that FDR and

[1:27] Winston Churchill could just solve all

[1:30] the world's problems 60 years ago over

[1:31] brandy and cigars. Well, that wasn't the

[1:34] case today as the president met with 19

[1:37] other world leaders today to focus on an

[1:39] issue that's dominated his presidency,

[1:42] the economy.

[1:45] Not surprisingly, President Obama

[1:47] declared the economic summit a success.

[1:50] >> We finished a very productive summit.

[1:52] There will be, I believe, a turning

[1:53] point in our pursuit of global economic

[1:56] recovery.

[1:57] >> But identifying concrete accomplishments

[1:59] out of a sometimes unwieldy meeting of

[2:01] the world's 20 wealthiest nations isn't

[2:04] easy.

[2:04] >> Our problems are not going to be solved

[2:06] in one meeting. They're not going to be

[2:07] solved in two meetings. The most

[2:09] substantial G20 action, a commitment to

[2:12] invest $1 trillion into the

[2:14] International Monetary Fund. Money that

[2:16] will prop up the world's forest economy.

[2:19] Other parts of the agreement are less

[2:21] tangible and it will take time to see if

[2:23] they really work.

[2:24] >> Unfortunately, we don't have effective

[2:26] means of enforcement. It has to be done

[2:29] basically on the basis of goodwill. And

[2:32] that's why these meetings can be very

[2:33] important to to establish that that

[2:36] sense of goodwill.

[2:37] >> And that's why the other outcomes today

[2:39] boil down largely to pledges. On

[2:41] regulation, a pledge to cooperate on a

[2:43] global level, including giving

[2:45] international economic organizations

[2:47] more authority. On stimulus, a pledge to

[2:50] respond faster to economic emergencies.

[2:52] On tax havens, a pledge to name and

[2:54] shame offending countries. on trade, a

[2:57] pledge to avoid protectionism. At his

[3:00] news conference, the president tried to

[3:01] answer two basic questions

[3:03] >> to Americans at home why the G20 was

[3:06] important to them.

[3:06] >> If we want to get Caterpillar back on

[3:08] its feet, if we want to get all those

[3:10] export companies back on their feet so

[3:13] that they are hiring, putting people

[3:15] back to work, putting money in people's

[3:16] pockets, we've got to make sure that the

[3:19] global economy as a whole is successful.

[3:21] >> And to the world, it was why America

[3:23] should still be trusted to lead. I would

[3:25] like to think that

[3:28] with my election and

[3:30] uh the early decisions that we've made

[3:34] that you're starting to see some

[3:36] restoration of America's standing in the

[3:39] world. Uh I wouldn't be here if I didn't

[3:42] think that we had important things to

[3:44] contribute.

[3:47] Now, Brian, uh, the White House is

[3:48] leaking word tonight that the president

[3:50] played diplomacy in diplomacy guy and

[3:53] chief where he was doing a little

[3:54] shuttle diplomacy between China and

[3:56] France over the issue of tax haven. It's

[3:58] been said it gets easier from here from

[4:00] here on to France and beyond. Chuck Todd

[4:03] here with us in London. Thanks. First

[4:05] Lady Michelle Obama has become a

[4:07] traveling event here in London. And

[4:10] there was evidence today proving why. In

[4:12] a new poll this week, her approval

[4:15] rating is right now higher than her

[4:17] husband's. Mrs. Obama visited a local

[4:20] school in London and positively

[4:23] overwhelmed her audience. Our report

[4:25] tonight from NBC's Donna Fzen.

[4:28] >> She has dazzled Britain with her style

[4:30] and her substance. From the palace to

[4:33] the streets, she has taken London town.

[4:36] This is just a small example of the

[4:38] first lady's ability to draw a crowd.

[4:40] Word spread that she's coming to a

[4:41] school near here and these people have

[4:43] been waiting for hours.

[4:46] Lady, United States of America.

[4:51] >> Erupting with shrieks of joy, the

[4:52] teenagers at this London girl school

[4:54] were completely surprised by the visit.

[4:57] The students, 90% of whom are from

[4:58] ethnic minorities, sang their hearts out

[5:01] for her.

[5:07] >> It clearly struck a chord. All of you

[5:10] are jewels. You are precious and you

[5:12] touch my heart

[5:14] and it is important for the world to

[5:17] know that there are wonderful girls like

[5:19] you all over the world. It was a speech

[5:22] from the heart. Mrs. Obama telling them

[5:24] they could all be just like her. We need

[5:27] strong, smart, confident young women to

[5:30] stand up and take the reigns. I want you

[5:33] to know that we have very much in

[5:35] common. Uh for nothing in my life's path

[5:40] uh would have predicted that I'd be

[5:42] standing here as the first

[5:44] African-American first lady of the

[5:46] United States of America. I wasn't

[5:48] raised with wealth or resources or any

[5:52] social standing to speak of. To such a

[5:55] diversity of girls, from such an

[5:57] inspirational woman, the message

[5:58] couldn't have be more powerful.

[6:01] You too can control your own destiny.

[6:05] Please remember that.

[6:08] Now, if you want to know the reason why

[6:10] I'm standing here, it's because of

[6:12] education. She also talked about men.

[6:16] The men in my life life taught me some

[6:18] important things as well. They taught me

[6:21] about what a respectful relationship

[6:24] should look like between men and women.

[6:27] They taught me about what a strong

[6:29] marriage feels like. When it was over,

[6:32] the hugs began. And it seemed they'd

[6:35] never stopped. Mrs. Obama even moving to

[6:37] the audience, ignoring Secret Service

[6:39] agents who tried to steer her away. As

[6:42] they left,

[6:43] >> Obama get away from me. The girls would

[6:46] hardly contain themselves.

[6:47] >> Is it important to have women like her

[6:49] as role models?

[6:52] >> Why is that?

[6:53] >> This is why we cannot encourage other

[6:56] children to be like her and not to just

[6:59] like lay around and give up. Some

[7:01] thrilled to tears all a result of what

[7:04] seems to be Mrs. Obama's powerful

[7:06] personal magic. Donna Fzen, NBC News,

[7:10] London.

[7:12] And there came a point today when the

[7:14] goodwill here at this summit collided

[7:16] headon with some grim numbers from back

[7:19] home, mostly having to do with the job

[7:21] market. The number of Americans filing

[7:24] for firsttime unemployment benefits last

[7:26] week came in at 669,000,

[7:30] the highest number in 26 years. On Wall

[7:33] Street though, there was a third day of

[7:35] big gains driven by this G20 summit and

[7:39] some new accounting rules that analysts

[7:41] say will help the banks. We'll talk

[7:42] about all of it later in the broadcast.

[7:44] The Dow up more than 216 points on the

[7:48] day. In Chicago tonight, a federal grand

[7:51] jury has returned a 16count criminal

[7:54] indictment against former Illinois

[7:56] Governor Rod Lgoyovich. The charges

[7:59] include racketeering conspiracy, wire

[8:02] fraud, extortion conspiracy, and making

[8:04] false statements. Five codefendants,

[8:07] including the former governor's brother

[8:09] and chief of staff, were also charged in

[8:11] this. The indictment accuses of using

[8:14] his office to enrich himself and others

[8:16] in exchange for official actions,

[8:18] including trying to sell President

[8:20] Obama's former Senate seat. Lgoyovich

[8:23] was impeached and removed from office by

[8:26] the Illinois legislature back in

[8:28] January. He has repeatedly denied

[8:30] wrongdoing. He's reported to be at the

[8:32] Walt Disney World Resort with his

[8:34] family. Tonight, there is word of

[8:37] another major arrest in Mexico in that

[8:40] ongoing war on drugs. A man authorities

[8:43] are calling one of Mexico's top drug

[8:46] traffickers has been taken into custody

[8:48] tonight. NBC's Mark Potter has more now

[8:50] on a big break in what has been a long

[8:52] and bloody war.

[8:57] >> The latest alleged cartel leader to be

[8:59] arrested is 32-year-old Vicente Curio

[9:01] Leva, who authorities say was seized

[9:03] while exercising at a park in Mexico

[9:06] City. He'd been living under an assumed

[9:08] name and was still wearing his tracksuit

[9:11] when he was paraded before

[9:12] photographers.

[9:15] Mexican authorities say Kariel Leva was

[9:17] a supervisor of the violent drug

[9:19] trafficking cartel based in Wararez,

[9:21] Mexico, across the border from El Paso,

[9:23] Texas. That cartel has been waging a

[9:26] vicious war against the Caloa cartel for

[9:29] control of smuggling routes into the US.

[9:32] Recently, the Mexican government sent

[9:34] thousands of troops to Wararez to

[9:36] restore order. This latest arrest was

[9:39] announced on the same day the US

[9:40] Homeland Security Secretary and the

[9:43] Attorney General are in Mexico

[9:45] discussing the drug war and what the US

[9:47] can do to reduce the flow of American

[9:49] weapons and cash to the Mexican

[9:51] traffickers. Curio Lea is the nephew of

[9:54] Vicente Curio Fuentes, allegedly the

[9:56] current head of the cartel and is the

[9:59] son of the former cartel boss, a motto

[10:01] core Fuentes who died during a botched

[10:04] operation to alter his appearance.

[10:06] Today, the US embassy issued a statement

[10:08] saying, "This is the latest in a series

[10:11] of arrests of drug kingpins in Mexico

[10:13] and underscores the determination of

[10:15] President Felipe Calderon and his

[10:17] administration to take the fight

[10:19] directly to the drug cartels. Since

[10:22] Calderon took office more than two years

[10:24] ago, his government says 34 cartel

[10:27] leaders have been arrested, but

[10:29] according to the latest list, 32 more

[10:32] are still at large." Mark Potter, NBC

[10:34] News, Miami.

[10:37] We are keeping an eye tonight on some

[10:39] severe weather in the American

[10:41] Southeast. There's already a report of a

[10:43] tornado in the Nashville area apparently

[10:46] causing some damage. All of this as part

[10:49] of a long line of storms makes its way

[10:51] from Arkansas across the south to the

[10:54] Florida panhandle. When our broadcast

[10:56] continues this Thursday night, a

[10:58] devastating health problem and a brave

[11:00] but risky decision to try to fix it. And

[11:03] later, the extraordinary steps some

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[13:13] measures the president's chief force as

[13:15] the G20 summit begins. How strong is

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[13:20] Chief Overberman tonight on MSNBC.

[13:24] Today is the second annual World Autism

[13:27] Awareness Day dedicated to education and

[13:30] advocacy on behalf of the millions

[13:32] diagnosed with an autism spectrum

[13:35] disorder. The advocacy group Autism

[13:38] Speaks, which was founded, by the way,

[13:40] by former NBC Universal President Bob

[13:43] Wright and his wife Suzanne, is pushing

[13:45] for legislation that would increase

[13:47] funding for research, treatment, and

[13:49] services. President Obama marked the day

[13:52] with a statement honoring the

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[14:05] some cases, but some can't be helped by

[14:08] either one of those options. Our chief

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[14:13] reports on one young woman who fell into

[14:15] that category and then volunteered for a

[14:18] risky treatment that could change her

[14:19] life.

[14:21] >> You have some very nice graphics in your

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[14:23] >> Emily Borgard is now back to being a

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[14:28] it has been a tough journey. In 2005,

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[14:52] >> Getting nervous. I can see.

[14:53] >> So, she and her family make a tough

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[14:57] >> We're kind of at the point of having the

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[15:02] >> Surgeon Robert Goodman precisely

[15:04] implants an electrical pacemaker in her

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[15:10] >> In fact, we only have room for about 3

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[15:14] >> This is an X-ray of the device.

[15:15] >> Neurologist Lawrence Hurt shows a device

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[15:23] >> It's like a mini computer.

[15:24] >> Exactly. There's a minicomp computer in

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[15:38] >> After the surgery, Emily's computer

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[15:42] >> The device detects the first signs of a

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[15:55] seizures.

[15:56] >> That must feel wonderful.

[15:57] >> Yes, that's it's a very nice feeling.

[15:59] >> 14 days with no seizures.

[16:01] >> Doctors believe the experimental device

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[16:06] suffer from epilepsy. Robert Viselle,

[16:08] NBC News, New York.

[16:11] >> When we continue tonight, it's the talk

[16:13] of London, the first lady, the queen,

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[19:06] When the purists in British society saw

[19:09] this picture last night, they positively

[19:12] huffed at the behavior of the American

[19:15] first lady because protocol dictates

[19:18] that you never touch the queen. But

[19:21] those protests didn't last long. Today,

[19:23] an unnamed source close to the queen in

[19:26] Buckingham Palace said emphatically,

[19:28] "There is no offense here. The

[19:30] reacharound hug was a mutual thing, a

[19:33] sign of affection, not at all a breach

[19:36] of protocol, so we can all breathe a bit

[19:39] easier. And now we turn to the business

[19:41] of this summit. We are joined by three

[19:44] of the very best. Here to cover this

[19:46] gathering, our chief foreign affairs

[19:48] correspondent Andrea Mitchell, CNBC's

[19:50] Maria Barta Romo, and making a return

[19:52] engagement, our chief White House

[19:54] correspondent, Chuck Todd. So this was

[19:56] the much balihood debut of the new

[19:58] president on the world stage. You cover

[20:00] the world stage. How do you think

[20:02] reviews will be in?

[20:03] >> The reviews are already in rave reviews

[20:05] partly because Europe was braced to

[20:07] blame America for the world's economic

[20:09] woes. Then Barack Obama comes and he's

[20:11] humble. He says he's coming to listen,

[20:14] not to lecture. He is blessed by the

[20:16] comparison with his predecessor because

[20:17] George W. Bush was very unpopular here

[20:20] in Europe. And it was more like Ronald

[20:22] Reagan coming with charm. And he also,

[20:25] if you want to compare it to anyone,

[20:26] John F. Kennedy, he was blessed by being

[20:28] the man who escorted Michelle Obama to

[20:30] London.

[20:31] >> And Maria, on your beat, not that

[20:32] anybody back home wants to hear that

[20:34] Wall Streeters are having a good day,

[20:36] but we're told the market is up based on

[20:38] what happens here. But will what happens

[20:39] here affect anybody back home?

[20:41] >> Well, I think there were some uh

[20:43] effective things and and real

[20:44] substantial things that came out of it.

[20:46] They are tripling the war chest for the

[20:48] international monetary funds so that the

[20:50] IMF can actually help the emerging

[20:52] economies that have been struggling even

[20:54] more so than the the larger economies.

[20:57] You are putting $250 billion under trade

[21:00] so that we ensure that the trade flows

[21:03] once again because it has collapsed.

[21:05] Also, we have seen hints and I stress

[21:07] just hints of some positive things

[21:09] recently. Brian careful.

[21:10] >> Yeah. I mean, we're getting the

[21:11] unemployment report out tomorrow. We

[21:13] probably will see more job cuts,

[21:15] unfortunately. But there's been a

[21:17] refinancing boom. That's positive. And

[21:19] of course, some changes in the way

[21:21] companies account for what's on their

[21:24] balance sheet was also a positive. Yeah,

[21:25] I think there was a lot of positives

[21:27] that came out of this summit.

[21:29] >> And Chuck, if it's Friday, it must be

[21:31] France. You guys head off to a lot of

[21:33] other nations now, but as we said at the

[21:34] top of the broadcast, it's downhill on

[21:37] risk from here really for the president.

[21:39] >> It is, you know, back to going to this

[21:40] again. And I was struck and I'll put my

[21:42] political director hat on that guess

[21:43] what? All politics is local. All of

[21:45] these world leaders were playing to

[21:47] home. And so when you had France's

[21:49] president or Germany's chancellor

[21:51] attacking the US, blame them. It's

[21:52] because that's what the the folks back

[21:54] home in Germany and France needed to

[21:56] hear. So that to me shows you that it

[21:58] doesn't matter what kind of democracy

[22:00] you have. If it's a member of Congress

[22:01] or if it's a world leader, when they

[22:03] come to an event like this, there's a

[22:04] lot of political posturing. We saw a lot

[22:06] of it. And guess what? Now all of them

[22:08] are taking credit for how well this

[22:10] thing went.

[22:11] >> Okay, you need to get to the airport

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[22:14] way, uh to Todd Baromo and Mitchell,

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[23:52] game. Honey Nut Cheerio cereal tastes

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[23:56] guess I can do this.

[23:57] >> Be happy. be healthy.

[23:59] >> If I know where the bathroom is, I can

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[24:12] That could be what you have. One in six

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[24:16] where involuntary bladder contractions

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[24:20] just coped, too. But then my doctor told

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[24:24] prescriptions. Shouldn't you talk to

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[25:03] >> Next, after Nightly News, a violent

[25:04] attack at a MAX station. Why police are

[25:06] calling it a hate crime. Plus, better

[25:08] food stamp benefits starting today. How

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[25:30] >> Stunningly beautiful shot tonight. Tower

[25:33] Bridge here in London. On our final

[25:35] night in London, we have a making a

[25:37] difference report beginning with a story

[25:39] a nightly news viewer posted on our

[25:41] website when we asked to hear about the

[25:43] good news stories going on in this bad

[25:46] economy. Len writes to us from New

[25:48] Jersey. Our CEO, Jack Windolf from

[25:51] Bowlinger Insurance in Short Hills, New

[25:54] Jersey, recently gave every one of his

[25:56] 434 employees $1,000 out of his own pay.

[26:01] He called it the Bowlinger mini stimulus

[26:03] package. His only condition was that the

[26:06] money was to be spent on ourselves or

[26:08] loved ones. We nominate Jack Wendoff as

[26:11] a true inspiration as we go through

[26:13] these tough economic times. That brings

[26:15] us to another story. It's about a

[26:17] hospital that had a problem and went to

[26:19] the folks who could make a difference.

[26:21] It turns out they were there the whole

[26:23] time. Our report from NBC's Peter

[26:25] Alexander in Boston.

[26:28] Boston's Beth Israel Deaconist Medical

[26:30] Center was a little like many of the

[26:32] people it sees in need of urgent care.

[26:35] With fewer patients and less money from

[26:37] government programs, Beth Israel

[26:39] Deaconist faced a $20 million budget

[26:41] deficit. a shortfall that put 600 jobs

[26:44] at risk.

[26:45] >> Over several years that

[26:46] >> earlier this month, CEO Paul Levy turned

[26:49] to his employees for ideas.

[26:51] >> I asked people what they could think of

[26:53] that might save their colleagues jobs.

[26:55] It's as simple as that.

[26:56] >> The response was overwhelming. The staff

[26:59] didn't want anyone to get laid off. Many

[27:01] offered to give up their own raises and

[27:03] benefits, even paid vacation.

[27:05] >> You don't go into healthcare if you

[27:07] don't want to help. So, if you're

[27:08] helping people day in and day out, why

[27:09] would you help your own? Facing an

[27:11] emergency of their own, the 13

[27:13] department chairs pledged $350,000.

[27:17] It was enough alone to save 10 jobs.

[27:20] >> The generosity proved contagious.

[27:22] >> I love this hospital. I've been a

[27:24] patient on this floor. Some of these

[27:25] nurses took care of me. You know, I you

[27:29] want to give back.

[27:30] >> Giving back especially to protect those

[27:32] colleagues who make the least. They know

[27:35] that the transporters, for example, have

[27:37] as much contact with patients and are as

[27:40] important to patient care as any nurse

[27:43] or any doctor in this place.

[27:45] >> The men and women who move patients

[27:46] around, the team of technicians who

[27:48] stock supplies, and the food service

[27:51] workers, many of them immigrants like

[27:52] Jalisa Vioro, whose husband was recently

[27:55] laid off, and Emily Clark.

[27:58] >> Everybody have to eat. Everybody have a

[28:01] family to feed. So, I appreciate that.

[28:04] >> Other cutbacks the staff suggested have

[28:06] helped too, like canceling the company

[28:08] barbecue and no longer providing meals

[28:10] at meetings. Their sacrifices and

[28:12] solutions have already saved 450 jobs.

[28:17] >> Will the surgery lead to seizures? No.

[28:19] >> A community of healing both for its

[28:21] patients and for one another.

[28:24] >> Thanks,

[28:24] >> Peter Alexander, NBC News, Boston.

[28:28] >> And that's our broadcast for this

[28:30] Thursday night. Thank you for being with

[28:32] us. I'm Brian Williams reporting tonight

[28:34] from London. We hope you can be with us

[28:36] tomorrow night from New York. Good

[28:38] night.

[28:52] Shoplifting surge. Hidden cameras catch

[28:55] them. Old thieves move in and make a

[28:57] beline for the priciest stuff in the

[28:59] store. How crooks managed to get away

[29:01] and return over and over again. Crime of

[29:05] color. Three men, all Native Americans,

[29:07] attacked at the Goose Hollow Max

[29:09] station.

[29:09] >> They're selected out because for a

[29:12] specific reason, it's not random.

[29:14] >> What investigators have to go on? Give

[29:17] and take. Oregon's only sperm bank is

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[29:23] >> There are definitely certain

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[29:31] >> From the KGWHD

[29:33] studios,

[29:36] >> where the news comes first. News

[29:39] generated at 6 starts now.

[29:42] >> Good evening. I'm Wayne Hly.

[29:44] >> And I'm Laurel Porter. Joe and Tracy are

[29:45] off tonight. First at 6, a shoplifting

[29:48] surge is costing retailers billions.

[29:51] Organized crime rings are stealing

[29:52] everything from electronics to designer

[29:55] jeans. The latest case involves thefts

[29:57] at local stores and malls, including

[29:59] Clackamus Town Center. That's where News

[30:01] Channel 8's Kylie Bosshi is live

[30:02] tonight. Kyle

[30:03] >> Laurel, these crime rings are bold.

[30:05] Investigators say they'll steal armloads

[30:07] of merchandise, often from high-end

[30:09] retailers like Nordstrom, and sometimes

[30:12] run right out the front door

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