The News with Brian Williams (CNBC) - 2001-10-16 (partial)
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[0:00] as an historic many false alarms. Good
[0:02] evening to you once again. I'm Brian
[0:03] Williams and here are the stories we are
[0:06] looking at as we come on the air at this
[0:08] hour. US military tests have confirmed
[0:11] that the letter sent to Senate Majority
[0:13] Leader Tom Dashel contained anthrax. Not
[0:16] only that, officials say it is a very
[0:19] potent form of it. One broadcast report
[0:21] tonight called it military grade. Dashel
[0:25] says authorities have told him whoever
[0:26] sent it knew what they were doing. So
[0:29] far though, no staff members have been
[0:31] proven to have been exposed. In an
[0:33] exclusive interview with NBC News
[0:35] tonight, a part of which you'll be
[0:36] hearing in a moment, Homeland Security
[0:38] Chief Tom Ridge says from the White
[0:41] House, the threat of bioteterrorism is
[0:43] his number one priority, at least this
[0:46] week and in the weeks to come. What
[0:48] could be a challenging position in
[0:50] Washington. And as we mentioned, the
[0:53] United States forces prepare to begin
[0:55] day 11 of the US air campaign in the
[0:58] skies over Afghanistan. Three raids have
[1:01] already taken place tonight in the
[1:03] capital city of Kbble alone during heavy
[1:06] daylight bombing today. A bomb did hit a
[1:09] Red Cross warehouse in Kbble that stored
[1:12] blankets, tents, and plastic tarps meant
[1:14] to help Afghans get through the winter.
[1:18] First, we begin tonight with the story
[1:20] that has two television networks in
[1:23] effect covering themselves. What
[1:25] happened to cause such a great threat
[1:28] across this country? The topic of so
[1:30] much conversation today, so much anxiety
[1:33] across the nation. We begin tonight with
[1:35] NB