NBC Nightly News - 1982-08-18
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[0:00] Six.
[0:04] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro in
[0:08] Jerusalem and Roger Mud in Washington.
[0:12] Good evening. Wall Street rejoiced today
[0:14] in the continuing drop in the interest
[0:16] rates and it did so with the busiest day
[0:18] in its history. When the closing bell
[0:20] sounded at the New York Stock Exchange,
[0:22] the scene looked like a graduation at
[0:23] the Naval Academy.
[0:29] The volume broke the old record from
[0:30] January 1981. Almost 133 million shares
[0:34] changed hands today and the Dow Jones
[0:36] average stood at 829.43,
[0:39] down 1.81 from yesterday. One economist
[0:43] at EF Hutton was heard to say today, "I
[0:45] think we got right to the brink of a
[0:47] depression, and I think the Federal
[0:48] Reserve realized that by easing up on
[0:50] its tight money policies." For more on
[0:53] today's market story, here is NBC
[0:54] business correspondent Mike Jensen.
[0:57] >> Wall Street has never seen anything even
[0:59] approaching it. Not only was it record
[1:01] volume, it was 43% higher than anything
[1:04] the New York Stock Exchange had ever
[1:05] seen before. An explosion of trading.
[1:09] >> It's a dramatic stampede of uh people
[1:13] into the stock market. Uh the most
[1:16] dramatic stampede uh in the history of
[1:19] the stock market. Prices were on a
[1:22] roller coaster. After the market opened
[1:23] at 10:00 a.m., the Dow Jones average
[1:25] shot up 18 points in the first hour of
[1:27] trading. Then it dipped a bit to plus
[1:29] 12. By midafternoon, it was back up to
[1:32] 18. Then it plummeted, closing at minus
[1:35] 1.81.
[1:37] The Wall Street explosion had echoes all
[1:39] over the world. In London, where in late
[1:41] trading people sold out while they were
[1:43] still ahead, as they did in New York,
[1:46] also in Australia, Tokyo, Hong Kong,
[1:49] investors stampeding, not wanting to
[1:51] miss their chance. But New York led the
[1:53] way. It was a day so frantic that some
[1:56] brokers had time for only a hot dog.
[1:59] Amid the frenzy, there was some careful
[2:01] calculation and a lot of confusion. The
[2:04] rally was triggered by falling interest
[2:05] rates, but those same rates were caused
[2:07] partly in anticipation of a very
[2:09] sluggish economy. That's bad for Wall
[2:12] Street. So are big federal deficits. And
[2:15] some Wall Street experts think the
[2:16] deficit will grow if the current tax
[2:18] bill in Washington doesn't go through.
[2:20] >> We think that if the tax bill fails,
[2:23] there will be a a uh a shakeout in the
[2:27] bond market and the stock market. For
[2:30] the last two days, the stock market has
[2:32] been dominated by the big boys, the
[2:34] insurance companies, the banks, the
[2:35] pension funds. Tomorrow, the small
[2:37] investors are expected to move in. But
[2:40] the cynics on Wall Street say that when
[2:42] the small investor gets in, the rally is
[2:44] already over. Mike Jensen, NBC News, New
[2:47] York. More of the big banks cut their
[2:50] prime lending rate from 14.5 to 14%
[2:53] today. among them Chase Manhattan,
[2:55] Morgan Guaranty, Manufacturers Handover,
[2:57] Irving Trust, and First National of
[2:59] Chicago. The prime is now at its lowest
[3:01] level in almost 22 months. The Commerce
[3:04] Department reported today that Americans
[3:06] personal income jumped a full percentage
[3:08] point in July. The increase said the
[3:10] government was from higher social
[3:12] security payments and from the second
[3:13] phase of the Reagan tax cut. But now,
[3:16] what the president is working on is a
[3:18] tax increase. And tomorrow, the House
[3:19] has scheduled its crucial vote on the
[3:21] $98 billion bill. Judy Woodruff reports
[3:24] from the White House on the final blitz.
[3:28] >> The White House went all out to create a
[3:30] sense of momentum, climaxing late today
[3:33] with a staged unity rally in the Rose
[3:35] Garden featuring congressional leaders
[3:37] from both parties and starring the
[3:39] president.
[3:40] >> We're all Americans. We all want to get
[3:42] the American economy moving. And we all
[3:44] realize that to achieve this, we must
[3:47] cut federal deficits to bring down
[3:49] interest rates and create jobs. aiming
[3:52] to leave the impression there's
[3:53] widespread support for the bill, the
[3:55] White House first released a telegram in
[3:57] favor from 20 labor leaders and later
[3:59] escorted business leaders before the TV
[4:02] cameras to say the economy will be in
[4:04] even bigger trouble if the bill is
[4:06] defeated.
[4:06] >> If that takes place, I think the
[4:08] investor confidence you've seen in the
[4:10] stock market during the last day or two
[4:12] will be thwarted. As members of Congress
[4:14] arrived at the White House, aids here
[4:16] acknowledged they were exaggerating the
[4:18] risks of a loss, but defended it as
[4:20] necessary to bring in the last wavering
[4:22] votes. House GOP leader Michael,
[4:24] however, said he's already certain of
[4:26] victory.
[4:26] >> I know we're going to win.
[4:28] >> Some news support came from conservative
[4:30] southern Democrats known as Bowl Weevils
[4:33] who held their noses and jumped aboard.
[4:35] >> Uh, nobody's overjoyed about raising
[4:37] taxes. None of my constituents are
[4:39] saying, "Vote to raise my taxes." But
[4:41] none of them are saying vote to give us
[4:43] a $200 billion deficit either.
[4:45] >> To fend off an 11th hour case of jitters
[4:47] among moderate and liberal Democrats,
[4:49] the president sent a letter to all House
[4:51] members pleading for support. Even
[4:53] longtime Democratic foes of the
[4:55] president, like Ways and Means Chairman
[4:57] Rostowski, put aside partisan politics
[4:59] to lobby fellow liberals. White House
[5:02] officials say they'll win, but Democrats
[5:04] are making sure it's at a high price.
[5:06] The president squarely identified with a
[5:08] tax increase one year after he
[5:11] championed tax cuts. Judy Woodruff, NBC
[5:13] News, at the White House.
[5:15] >> And the Congress today completed action
[5:17] on the budget reconciliation bill, which
[5:19] is a package of almost 14 billion dollar
[5:22] in spending cuts through 1985. The House
[5:25] vote this morning was 243 to 176. The
[5:28] Senate vote this afternoon was 67 to 32.
[5:32] Nightly News will continue in a moment
[5:33] with Tom Brokoff's reports from the
[5:35] Middle East.
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[7:17] Good evening from Jerusalem where
[7:19] everything tonight appears to be in
[7:21] order for the government of Prime
[7:22] Minister Bean to formally accept the
[7:24] terms of the agreement for the
[7:25] withdrawal of the PLO from West Beirut.
[7:28] Bean appeared at a memorial service
[7:30] tonight and although he didn't talk
[7:32] about the agreement, an Israeli official
[7:34] close to him said the prime minister is
[7:36] a happy man as a result of the deal
[7:38] worked out by mediator Philip Habib. The
[7:40] Beagan government is expected to
[7:42] formally accept the deal tomorrow.
[7:45] An Israeli source said tonight that
[7:47] these are the numbers involved.
[7:50] 7,100 PLO fighters and officers will
[7:52] leave. Another thousand foreign
[7:54] nationals fighting with the PLO also
[7:56] will go. 1300 PLO teachers,
[7:59] administrators, and so on. And a
[8:02] thousand Palestinian fighters controlled
[8:04] by the Syrians.
[8:06] As for the Syrian troops, final details
[8:08] on their withdrawal from Lebanon are
[8:10] expected to be delivered here to
[8:11] Jerusalem before tomorrow morning's
[8:13] cabinet meeting. And a high level
[8:15] Israeli source said tonight that that
[8:17] captured Israeli pilot is expected to be
[8:20] returned by the PLO to Israel on Friday.
[8:23] That means the scheduled evacuation of
[8:25] the PLO first to Cyprus and then to Arab
[8:28] countries can begin on Saturday. Final
[8:32] details of all of this were worked out
[8:34] today in East Beirut. And Paul Miller
[8:36] has details on that. American
[8:39] negotiator Philip Hhabib's work on a
[8:41] plan for the withdrawal of PLO fighters
[8:44] from West Beirut apparently is nearly
[8:46] complete. After Habib met twice with
[8:49] Lebanese officials today, the Lebanese
[8:51] cabinet met and endorsed Hhabib's plan.
[8:54] Prime Minister Shafiq Wazan said all
[8:56] outstanding issues have been settled.
[8:58] The cabinet also decided to invite
[9:00] troops from the United States, France,
[9:02] and Italy to serve in the multinational
[9:05] force which will supervise the PLO
[9:07] withdrawal. Foreign Minister Fouad Bro
[9:10] said he will formally request the troops
[9:12] tomorrow and he expects the troops to
[9:14] start arriving and the PLO to start
[9:16] leaving this weekend. I hope that uh the
[9:21] schedule will be implemented as on
[9:24] Sunday next Sunday or Saturday.
[9:28] >> Sources here said the twoe withdrawal
[9:31] schedule will begin with some
[9:32] Palestinians leaving from Beirut's port.
[9:35] Paul Miller, NBC News, East Beirut.
[9:39] Even if all the Syrian and the PLO
[9:41] fighters withdraw from Lebanon, several
[9:43] powerful forces will be left behind.
[9:45] Muslim military units which have been
[9:47] fighting alongside the PLO. They are
[9:50] Lebanese and they plan to stay in their
[9:52] country. In the 1970s, they fought a
[9:55] savage civil war with the Christian
[9:57] forces which are now allied with Israel.
[10:00] All of this has added to the climate of
[10:02] fear in West Beirut.
[10:05] Today, many West Beirut residents were
[10:07] getting out ahead of the scheduled PLO
[10:09] evacuation. These are families whose
[10:11] homes were destroyed or their jobs wiped
[10:13] out by the war or both. Many are afraid
[10:16] of more trouble when the PLO leaves.
[10:19] Hussein Muslammani and his wife are two
[10:22] of these new refugees. Muslammani, a
[10:24] Lebanese, worked and lived in this
[10:26] apartment building. It was destroyed by
[10:29] Israeli air attacks. With his wife, he
[10:32] wants to return, but for now, life is
[10:35] just too difficult.
[10:38] No food, no water, no electricity.
[10:42] >> The Musulmani family will live with
[10:44] relatives in southern Lebanon for the
[10:46] time being, but other Lebanese will stay
[10:49] behind. Misar Kamhoui is a Lebanese
[10:52] Muslim and he says the fighting will go
[10:54] on even after the PLO leaves.
[10:57] >> We are going to continue fighting Israel
[10:59] because it's this battle is not the
[11:00] battle of the PLO and the Israelian.
[11:03] >> Yeah.
[11:04] >> It's the battle that they conquered
[11:05] Lebanon. Are you a fighter?
[11:08] >> Sort of.
[11:08] >> Sort of. Yeah.
[11:10] >> For now, the people of West Beirut
[11:12] understandably are grateful this war
[11:14] apparently is about to end. But there
[11:16] are many rhythms to life in Beirut. And
[11:19] once the PLO leaves, old animosities
[11:22] will remain. The fear is that sooner or
[11:25] later, Beirut once again will be rocked
[11:27] by violence.
[11:29] Tonight in West Beirut, explosive
[11:32] reminders of the continuing difficulties
[11:33] in that city. four or five powerful car
[11:37] bombs exploded, killing several people.
[11:40] Roger.
[11:42] >> The White House said today it expects a
[11:44] formal request for peacekeeping troops
[11:46] from the Lebanese government tomorrow.
[11:48] When that request arrives, President
[11:50] Reagan himself is expected to make a
[11:51] public announcement of the US Marine
[11:53] deployment. And the French government
[11:56] today outlawed Direct Action, a
[11:58] terrorist group which has claimed
[11:59] responsibility for some of this month's
[12:01] anti-Semitic attacks in France. The
[12:03] decision to ban the group came shortly
[12:05] after President Franis Miter announced a
[12:08] crackdown on terrorism. Direct actions
[12:10] leader was released under from prison
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[13:54] Ever since the Republican victory in
[13:56] 1980, conservatives have waited, not
[13:58] always patiently, to introduce
[14:00] legislation on abortion and school
[14:02] prayer. And this week, North Carolina
[14:04] Senator Jesse Helms finally got his
[14:06] chance. He's using a money bill on the
[14:08] Senate floor to begin debate on these
[14:10] issues. And all week, both sides have
[14:11] fought for parliamentary position. The
[14:14] first to be recognized today would have
[14:15] the advantage. John Dancy reports.
[14:18] The atmosphere was tense as pro and
[14:20] anti-abortion forces shouted for the
[14:22] floor. North Carolina's Helms and
[14:24] Oregon's Pacwood shouted in unison, "Mr.
[14:26] President, Mr. President." But South
[14:28] Carolina's strong Thurman, a staunch foe
[14:30] of abortion, was presiding. He
[14:31] recognized Helms. Helms introduced two
[14:34] amendments. One against abortion, the
[14:36] other four voluntary school prayer.
[14:38] After a headcount had showed the
[14:39] original Helm's amendment faced certain
[14:41] defeat, Helm's new amendment dropped
[14:44] strong language saying life begins at
[14:46] conception and substituted weaker
[14:48] language that the Supreme Court ered in
[14:50] an earlier decision by not recognizing
[14:52] the humanity of the unborn child. The
[14:55] school prayer amendment would remove the
[14:57] Supreme Court's jurisdiction to rule on
[14:59] state and local school prayer
[15:00] regulations. Wer of Connecticut took the
[15:03] floor. The essence of what we have here
[15:05] is a court stripping amendment. The
[15:07] issue is whether or not Congress can by
[15:09] statute overturn the Constitution of the
[15:11] United States. Helm's opponents claim
[15:14] that is the issue now, not abortion, not
[15:16] school prayer.
[15:17] >> If we can take away from the courts the
[15:19] right to hear cases involving freedom of
[15:21] religion,
[15:23] then there's nothing that we can't take
[15:25] away from the courts. Freedom of speech,
[15:27] freedom of press, self-inccrimination.
[15:29] >> Pacwood and the others think Helms has
[15:30] made a fundamental mistake. While a
[15:32] number of senators might be willing to
[15:34] vote against abortion and for school
[15:36] prayer, far fewer are willing to get
[15:38] involved in a test of wills with another
[15:40] branch of government. Wer says flatly
[15:42] that the social issues are dead for this
[15:44] session of Congress. John Dansy, NBC
[15:47] News at the capital. The FBI is
[15:50] investigating the disappearance of a
[15:51] doctor and his wife who run an abortion
[15:53] clinic in Granite City, Illinois. The
[15:56] couple has been missing for 6 days and
[15:58] may have been kidnapped by anti-abortion
[16:00] religious group. Roger O'Neal reports.
[16:04] >> The owner of the Hope Clinic for Women,
[16:06] an abortion clinic in southern Illinois
[16:08] near St. Louis, was last seen six days
[16:10] ago. A group calling itself the Army of
[16:13] God, says it kidnapped Dr. Hector
[16:14] Zavales and his wife Rosalie Gene from
[16:17] their home in Edwardsville Thursday
[16:18] night. When police went to the home, the
[16:20] couple's two expensive cars were still
[16:22] there. The television set on and nothing
[16:24] apparently was missing. FBI agents said
[16:27] they have received a number of letters
[16:28] from the Army of God, which claims to be
[16:30] a anti-abortion group. A local newspaper
[16:33] says one rambling letter claims man is
[16:35] evil and demands a highranking
[16:37] government official denounce abortions
[16:39] before the Zavalises will be freed.
[16:41] >> We're looking at all possibilities and
[16:44] certainly nothing is closed to us at
[16:46] this time.
[16:47] >> The abortion clinic has been the scene
[16:49] of numerous anti-abortion
[16:50] demonstrations. Eight months ago, police
[16:52] say someone tried to burn the clinic
[16:54] down. CHURCH.
[16:59] >> There have been strong feelings on both
[17:01] sides of the abortion question in the
[17:02] St. Louis area. A number of
[17:04] anti-abortion leaders, including
[17:06] Reverend Edwin Arensson, have been
[17:08] questioned by the FBI, but all people
[17:10] deny any knowledge of the kidnapping or
[17:12] the Army of God group's existence.
[17:14] >> But before they left, uh, it was
[17:17] definite that they did not clear my name
[17:20] yet.
[17:21] >> Established anti-abortion groups in the
[17:23] St. Louis area have denounced the
[17:25] kidnappings. Roger O'Neal, NBC News.
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[19:18] >> The Pro Football season is almost upon
[19:21] us, but a player strike could arrive
[19:22] before the first kickoff. Negotiations
[19:25] between players and owners are almost at
[19:27] a standstill, and this week there's a
[19:28] new bone of contention. Robert Hagar
[19:31] reports on that. It started with a show
[19:33] of strength by the players this week.
[19:34] Ever since pro football players like the
[19:36] Seattle Seahawks and the St. Louis
[19:38] Cardinals last Friday defied the owners
[19:40] to shake hands in union solidarity
[19:43] before exhibition games. Relations have
[19:45] been getting worse. The Seahawks owner
[19:47] says he'll find players a half a game's
[19:49] pay for each incident, thousands of
[19:51] dollars per game for most players. And
[19:53] other players around the league have
[19:54] been fined at least $100. In Washington,
[19:57] the players have asked the National
[19:58] Labor Relations Board to seek a court
[20:00] injunction preventing further fines.
[20:02] Seahawks player representative Sam
[20:04] McCullum said today the Seahawks just
[20:06] might not play this weekend.
[20:08] >> But there's a slight possibility that
[20:09] you know we may not go to Minnesota. But
[20:10] the team hasn't talked about in depth
[20:12] yet. It's only been kind of very surface
[20:14] talk.
[20:14] >> The negotiator for the players
[20:16] association Ed Garvey wants the NLRB to
[20:18] say something by Friday. Some of the
[20:20] teams have indicated to us that they are
[20:22] so exasperated by the fines for the
[20:24] simple act of shaking hands to show
[20:26] solidarity and the fact that the Seattle
[20:29] players are not getting paid at all that
[20:31] they would like to take some action. If
[20:32] by Friday noon we have no action at all,
[20:36] then the players want to have another
[20:37] meeting to decide what they're going to
[20:39] do.
[20:40] >> Owners negotiator Jack Dolan took his
[20:42] case to the NLRB today. You know, our
[20:44] concern really was for the fans sitting
[20:46] in the in the stands if they were going
[20:47] to be a delayed or a postponed or
[20:49] cancelled game because of activity. So,
[20:51] what we were hoping to do is to uh you
[20:54] know, to nip that right in the bud.
[20:55] >> But the Players Association announced
[20:57] today that if there is a strike, it
[20:59] signed a deal with a cable TV operation
[21:02] to try to form six all-star teams and
[21:04] play an 18game unofficial NFL season
[21:06] this fall. Robert Hager, NBC News,
[21:09] Washington. Continuing along Route 30,
[21:12] Douglas Kiker wound up today not in a
[21:14] big league city where salaries are in
[21:16] the six figures, but in Clinton, Iowa,
[21:18] where the baseball players average $200
[21:20] a week and where their professional
[21:22] careers are just beginning.
[21:26] >> An August evening in Clinton, Iowa.
[21:28] >> Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
[21:30] Welcome to beautiful Riverview Stadium.
[21:32] >> The time and the place for some enduring
[21:35] American chemistry.
[21:37] >> I wasn't going to waste that ticket I
[21:38] called you for last night. Glad you did.
[21:41] >> Summer, small towns, and baseball.
[21:51] >> It's a long way up to the major leagues
[21:53] from here.
[21:59] >> In fact, this is the start of that long
[22:01] climb. Not triple A or double A, but
[22:04] single A. Class A minor league baseball.
[22:08] It's Kaji coming.
[22:14] >> It's not just the baseball the fans turn
[22:16] out for.
[22:20] >> They come to see their boys, kids in
[22:22] their late teens and early 20s from all
[22:25] over the country whom the people of
[22:26] Clinton take into their homes and into
[22:28] their hearts. The giants of Clinton, the
[22:31] heroes of the town.
[22:33] >> Anything that happens to them happens to
[22:34] me. They're they're close to us and and
[22:36] they're just like a family, you know.
[22:38] >> This is the last two weeks pictures that
[22:40] I've taken of the Giants. These are the
[22:42] Swinsson brothers and uh this is the
[22:46] pictures of on the field during the
[22:48] game.
[22:50] >> Why do you do it?
[22:52] >> So I have memories.
[22:57] >> But baseball alone is not enough to fill
[22:59] the seats on a class A stadium. What's
[23:02] needed is a succession of extra added
[23:04] attractions.
[23:06] >> Happy birthday to you.
[23:09] >> All right. Happy birthday.
[23:12] >> The gimmicks are climaxed by this.
[23:14] $1,000 $1 bills are spread over the
[23:17] pitcher mouth,
[23:19] unleashing the dash for cash.
[23:29] And while all this crowd-pleasing hoopla
[23:31] is taking place,
[23:33] manager wind is trying to win a baseball
[23:36] game.
[23:36] >> I try to make it.
[23:38] >> So the young men play hard, fighting for
[23:40] their chance to make it to the big
[23:41] leagues.
[23:44] Only a handful will make it up the
[23:46] ladder to the majors, but all of them
[23:48] have their dreams.
[23:49] >> Winning the World Series, getting that
[23:51] ring to put on your finger.
[23:52] >> Everybody dreams of being up there. I
[23:54] wouldn't mind starting for the angel at
[23:55] shortstop Anaheim.
[23:56] >> It's baseball and it's baseball that's
[23:58] fun to watch, but it's more than that.
[24:00] It's also a sort of community fair. Most
[24:03] of all, it is small town America
[24:06] enjoying itself on an August evening.
[24:09] Douglas Ker, NBC News, along Route 30 in
[24:12] Clinton, Iowa.
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[25:50] >> It takes a lot to get Californians out
[25:52] of their cars, but the city of San Diego
[25:54] appears to have found a way. Meredith
[25:56] Lewis has a report on a high-tech
[25:58] version of an old standby, the trolley.
[26:01] >> Welcome aboard San Diego Trans.
[26:04] >> When San Diego first put its trolleys on
[26:06] the tracks a year ago, everything that
[26:08] could go wrong did. The trolley's timet
[26:11] was considered a practical joke and a
[26:13] good excuse for being late for work. It
[26:15] was about a half an hour late and I'm 15
[26:18] minutes late now, so I better move.
[26:19] >> On Sea Street downtown, where the
[26:21] trolleys mix with automobiles, the
[26:23] traffic signs at first baffled many
[26:25] motorists. In the first months, one man
[26:28] was killed and more than two dozen
[26:30] people were injured in collisions with
[26:31] the trolleys. A bright red trolley car
[26:34] as big as two houses apparently became
[26:37] invisible to some drivers. But a year
[26:39] later, most people are getting used to
[26:41] the trolleys. Traffic accidents are few
[26:44] and for the most part the trolley cars
[26:46] run on schedule. In fact, the system is
[26:48] usually so efficient it's drawing a lot
[26:50] of people out of their cars. A rare
[26:52] event in Southern California.
[26:54] >> It gets me to work on time. I don't have
[26:56] to drive or have to worry about the
[26:57] parking. The parking is the biggest
[26:58] biggest reason I ride the trolley.
[27:00] >> I get home more relaxed at night riding
[27:02] this. I don't have to worry about the
[27:04] other crazies out on the road or
[27:05] anything.
[27:07] About 12,000 passengers ride the
[27:09] trolleys daily to and from work and on
[27:12] sightseeing trips down to Tijuana.
[27:14] Tickets are sold from computerized
[27:16] machines, and there's no conductor on
[27:18] board to collect tickets.
[27:20] >> Check your tickets, please.
[27:22] >> But there are roaming ticket inspectors
[27:24] looking for people trying to take a free
[27:26] ride. They report, however, that fewer
[27:28] than onethird of 1% fail to buy tickets.
[27:31] And the best news, the trolley system is
[27:34] nearing break even. We're returning 82%
[27:37] of our operating costs through the fairs
[27:40] collected and I believe that's the
[27:42] highest in the nation.
[27:44] >> The trolleys are running along so well
[27:46] that the city has plans to extend more
[27:48] lines to the airport and to eastern
[27:50] suburbs by 1986.
[27:53] Meredith Lewis, NBC News, San Diego.
[27:57] >> That's Nightly News for Wednesday. I'm
[27:59] Roger Mud in Washington
[28:01] >> and I'm Tom Brokaw in Jerusalem. Good
[28:04] night for all of us at NBC News.
[28:07] >> Tomorrow morning on Today, Treasury
[28:09] Secretary Rean on your taxes and the
[28:11] Wall Street explosion. Jane Paulie
[28:14] reports on taxpayers complaints about
[28:16] Pentagon spending.
[28:26] >> She's dead, man.
[28:28] >> Who asked you? Come on, it's over.
[28:31] >> This is good.
[28:33] When a patient is missing and you don't
[28:35] notify security.
[28:36] >> I thought I could handle it.
[28:38] >> It's a very stupid way for a little boy
[28:41] to die.
[28:47] >> Coming up in just a minute on the scene
[28:48] at 6, state officials say flood damage
[28:50] is much higher than earlier estimated.
[28:53] And Governor Alexander surveys flood
[28:54] ravage southeastern Tennessee where
[28:56] flood waters have killed three people.
[28:59] Also in the news tonight, Metro
[29:00] officials are unhappy about a lack of
[29:02] progress in convention center planning.
[29:05] And what kind of people turned out for
[29:06] the Cumberland Plateau Birthday Bash?
[29:08] We'll find out in part three of Alan
[29:10] Nelson's series on the huge weekend
[29:12] country concert.
[29:15] These stories and more news coming up on
[29:17] the scene at 6.
[29:23] Going out with friends is always
[29:25] special, especially when you're going to
[29:27] Red Lobster because you can have lobster
[29:29] tail. A fried shrimp fan can dip