NBC Nightly News - 2009-03-26

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[0:01] On the broadcast tonight, state of

[0:03] emergency along the Red River. The truly

[0:05] desperate hours begin now as they watch

[0:08] to see if the levies and sandbags will

[0:10] hold. Rules of the game. The

[0:12] administration pushes to remake the

[0:15] rules governing finance so the mess

[0:17] we're in can't happen again. Unsafe at

[0:20] home. Are you sure these construction

[0:22] materials weren't used where you live?

[0:25] And Price Cut. A woman who knows that to

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[0:30] making a difference. Nightly News begins

[0:33] now.

[0:37] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:40] York, this is NBC Nightly News with

[0:43] Brian Williams.

[0:45] Good evening. We may soon see some

[0:46] flooding records fall that have stood

[0:48] for a hundred years in this country. All

[0:50] eyes are on the Red River that separates

[0:52] North Dakota from Minnesota. This river

[0:55] runs from south to north and it's rising

[0:57] at a rate of 3 feet a day. The

[0:59] sandbagging operation is running at a

[1:01] furious pace and the water sadly often

[1:04] finds a way to win. Just tonight, the

[1:06] National Weather Service put out an

[1:08] unusual and startling statement and it

[1:10] reads in part, "The river is expected to

[1:13] behave in ways never previously

[1:16] observed." And in these final hours

[1:18] before the crest arrives, NBC's Kevin

[1:21] Tibbles is our man covering it tonight.

[1:23] He's in Morehead, Minnesota, just across

[1:25] the river from Fargo, North Dakota.

[1:27] Kevin, good evening.

[1:30] >> Good evening, Brian. More bad news for

[1:32] those along the Red River tonight. The

[1:34] mayor of Fargo even says area residents

[1:36] are now entering uncharted territory as

[1:40] the relentless rise of this river could

[1:43] hit a staggering 43 ft.

[1:46] >> Even after days of sandbagging, in some

[1:49] places, the water simply overwhelms. In

[1:51] Oxbow, North Dakota, and elsewhere,

[1:54] hundreds of homes have succumbed.

[1:56] >> It just kept coming closer and closer,

[1:58] and this is just too close.

[1:59] >> Today, emergency crews, some using

[2:01] airboats, combed the area, looking for

[2:03] people in need of help.

[2:04] >> It's gotten fairly serious. Uh we've had

[2:06] done a number of rescues today.

[2:08] >> In Bismar, they have twice used dynamite

[2:10] to break up ice jams clogging the

[2:12] Missouri River.

[2:15] Elsewhere, a growing sense of urgency.

[2:18] News the Red River will crest at higher

[2:20] than expected levels is pushing

[2:21] volunteers to their limit.

[2:23] >> People are very anxious. This is

[2:25] something that this town is

[2:26] unfortunately this is not something

[2:28] that's new to them.

[2:29] >> In Morehead, Minnesota, every available

[2:31] person, no matter what their age, is

[2:34] filling sandbags.

[2:35] >> That's cool.

[2:36] >> Or manning the lines.

[2:39] >> A human chain reinforces the wall

[2:41] outside Andre Ducharm's house. He's

[2:44] hoping for the best, but is prepared.

[2:46] They've asked us to have a conting

[2:47] contingency plan and get ready for get

[2:49] ready for the worst.

[2:51] >> Residents of local nursing homes have

[2:52] been evacuated to higher ground. And

[2:54] while many roads and bridges are closed,

[2:57] officials are making plans for mandatory

[3:00] evacuations. But for some, the strain of

[3:02] battling the swollen Red River has

[3:04] simply gotten to be too much.

[3:07] >> I'm done. I can't do this every 2 3

[3:09] years. This is crazy.

[3:12] And while the struggle to hold the river

[3:14] back goes on,

[3:16] the red

[3:18] keeps on rising.

[3:22] And Brian, volunteers will once again be

[3:25] working throughout the night to hold the

[3:26] water back. Forecasters say it will

[3:29] likely be Saturday when all of those

[3:31] sandbag walls and barricades, that's

[3:33] when they're really going to be tested.

[3:35] Brian,

[3:35] >> Kevin Tibbles on the job for us tonight

[3:37] in Morehead, Minnesota tonight. Kevin,

[3:39] thanks. Stephanie Abrams is the

[3:40] meteorologist on duty at this hour at

[3:43] the Weather Channel. Stephanie, let's

[3:45] start with the status of the flood zone.

[3:47] This is a lot of water. It's got to go

[3:48] someplace and 43 ft of it could be

[3:51] absolutely disastrous.

[3:53] >> Yeah, Brian, here's a look at the

[3:54] timeline. As you can see, we will break

[3:55] and surpass that record as we head into

[3:58] the weekend. The official forecast is to

[4:01] 42 feet, but as you guys have been

[4:03] mentioning, there is speculation it

[4:05] could get as high as 43 feet. And Brian,

[4:07] as if this isn't scary enough, it could

[4:09] stay at this new record level at least

[4:12] through the middle of next week.

[4:13] >> And Stephanie, while we have you, let's

[4:14] shift our focus to the south. I've been

[4:16] watching your coverage all day. A lot of

[4:18] dangerous weather in the American South.

[4:20] I understand it's going to stay in place

[4:22] through tomorrow night.

[4:23] >> Unfortunately, the severe weather is

[4:25] going to continue. For instance, today

[4:26] we've already seen golf ball size hail

[4:28] that can put a dent in your car. So,

[4:30] keep that in mind. We're talking hail

[4:32] tonight, gusty winds, a threat for

[4:33] tornadoes as well. Overnight, anywhere

[4:35] from Oklahoma to Texas all the way down

[4:37] to the panhandle of Florida. And get

[4:39] this, for Friday, we are expecting a

[4:42] tornado outbreak here in the deep south

[4:44] from I 10 all the way northbound into

[4:46] Arkansas and also Oklahoma. So, spring

[4:48] is definitely holding strong here.

[4:51] Anywhere from the flooding to the severe

[4:52] weather. Brian,

[4:53] >> Stephanie Abrams, thanks from the

[4:55] Weather Channel tonight. One more note

[4:56] on that violent weather in the south.

[4:58] One system already hit Mississippi in

[5:00] the early morning hours and a powerful

[5:02] tornado ra across central part of the

[5:04] state, injuring 20, damaging or

[5:07] destroying as many as 60 homes and a

[5:09] church. National Weather Service says

[5:11] the twister was an EF3, packing winds of

[5:14] 150 m an hour. Again, this same system

[5:17] will pose a danger in the region through

[5:19] tomorrow's evening hours. And a major

[5:22] snowstorm hit the Colorado Wyoming

[5:24] border today. A foot of snow already on

[5:26] the ground. 40 mph winds creating

[5:29] blizzard conditions for most of the day.

[5:31] Flights into and out of Denver's airport

[5:34] were cancelled. Schools around the

[5:36] region were closed. More snow is on the

[5:38] way tonight. Now to the US economy and

[5:42] more grim news, sadly on the jobs front.

[5:44] The number of Americans filing for

[5:46] unemployment benefits last week jumped

[5:48] to 652,000.

[5:50] That's 8,000 more than the week before.

[5:53] Total number of people receiving

[5:54] benefits now more than 5 a.5 million

[5:57] Americans. That's a new record high. And

[6:00] about this financial mess we are in

[6:02] today. The Obama administration made a

[6:04] move to change the rules governing the

[6:07] money business in this country. The

[6:09] Treasury Secretary Tim Gner was on

[6:11] Capitol Hill making the case for

[6:13] sweeping new powers to regulate Wall

[6:15] Street and beyond. The story from NBC's

[6:18] Tom Costello.

[6:20] With the nation's financial system still

[6:22] on the edge, the Treasury Secretary

[6:24] today asked Congress for unprecedented

[6:26] power to restore investor confidence and

[6:29] prevent another financial meltdown.

[6:31] >> What we need is better, smarter, tougher

[6:34] regulation.

[6:35] >> The Obama administration wants to create

[6:37] a new super regulator, policing risk

[6:40] across the entire financial system with

[6:43] the authority to supervise and take over

[6:45] at risk institutions that up till now

[6:47] have little or no oversight. insurance

[6:50] companies like AIG, hedge funds that

[6:52] would be required to disclose financial

[6:55] information, oversight of financial

[6:57] derivatives like credit default swaps

[6:59] that help sync AIG, even private equity

[7:02] firms that cater to wealthy investors,

[7:04] and the government would be able to

[7:06] require minimum cash reserves and

[7:08] maximum lending levels.

[7:10] >> We can't allow institutions to

[7:11] cherrypick among competing regulators

[7:13] and shift risk to where it faces the

[7:15] lowest standards and weakest

[7:16] constraints. While Democrats applauded,

[7:19] >> "The foxes have raided the AIG hen

[7:22] house, and the foxes don't want us to

[7:26] secure the hen house."

[7:27] >> Republican leaders withheld judgment,

[7:29] but acknowledged something needs to

[7:31] change

[7:32] >> and try to determine how we rebalance

[7:35] our regulatory system uh so that we

[7:38] don't have an economic crisis like this

[7:40] again. Amid widespread public anger

[7:43] today, public support for a new top cop

[7:45] from the shadows of Wall Street.

[7:47] >> Obviously, things fell through the

[7:49] cracks and now it's time to make sure

[7:51] that they don't again to a brokerage

[7:53] firm in Los Angeles.

[7:54] >> We need some way to uh prevent these

[7:57] extreme events from happening.

[7:59] >> Today, a deregulator under presidents

[8:01] Ford, Reagan, and Bush 41 said, "Times

[8:04] have changed.

[8:05] >> It's the difference between a prize

[8:06] fight and a barroom brawl. Uh, you got

[8:09] to have some rules or the place will all

[8:11] get decimated.

[8:13] >> The biggest opposition to more

[8:14] regulation may come from Wall Street

[8:16] itself, which isn't very popular with

[8:18] American families who have now lost 11

[8:21] trillion dollar in personal wealth. Tom

[8:24] Costello, NBC News, Washington. On Wall

[8:26] Street today, stocks resumed their March

[8:28] higher. They're now officially on their

[8:30] strongest run since this bare market

[8:32] started back in October of ' 07. The Dow

[8:35] was just up uh just up just under rather

[8:38] 175 points. That's 21% off its low point

[8:42] March 9th. NASDAQ was also up big 58

[8:45] points. S&P gained just under 19. Two

[8:48] program notes here. Later in this

[8:50] broadcast, we'll look at the system of

[8:52] bonuses that has caused so much outrage

[8:54] in the finance business. And later

[8:57] tonight, CNBC will present a special

[8:59] broadcast called Restoring Trust: How to

[9:02] Fix America's Economy. a look at some

[9:04] possible solutions to all this. That's

[9:06] tonight, 9 Eastern time on CNBC. Also on

[9:10] the president's list of concerns these

[9:12] days, this nation's two ongoing wars.

[9:15] He's promised a renewed focus on

[9:17] Afghanistan, where it's generally

[9:19] believed the US has been falling behind.

[9:22] Tomorrow, the president will spell out

[9:24] how he intends to make good on that

[9:25] promised turnaround. Tonight, our

[9:27] Pentagon correspondent Jim Mlashky has a

[9:30] preview. and everybody up there. Thank

[9:32] you.

[9:33] >> During the presidential campaign,

[9:34] candidate Obama had pledged to put more

[9:37] US military effort into winning the war

[9:39] in Afghanistan and tracking down Osama

[9:42] bin Laden.

[9:42] >> This is a war we have to win.

[9:45] >> But now, as president, he's redefining

[9:47] the US military goals. In his new

[9:50] Afghanistan strategy, administration

[9:52] officials say the president will refocus

[9:54] the military mission on America's sworn

[9:56] enemy, al-Qaeda, to deter, disrupt, and

[9:59] destroy al-Qaeda and its allies in both

[10:02] Afghanistan and Pakistan. To protect the

[10:04] United States against terrorist attacks.

[10:07] But what about the larger war against

[10:09] the Taliban? The president's nominee for

[10:11] ambassador to Afghanistan, Lieutenant

[10:13] General Carl Iikenberry, warned today,

[10:15] "With violence on the rise, time is

[10:17] running out." and more US troops are

[10:20] needed. Now,

[10:21] >> there will be no substitute for more

[10:23] resources and sacrifice.

[10:25] >> The president's already sending 17,000

[10:27] additional forces to Afghanistan, but

[10:30] not all of them to fight the war. His

[10:32] new strategy will focus instead on

[10:34] accelerating the training and doubling

[10:36] the size of Afghan security forces to

[10:39] take over the fight. But with the US

[10:41] military's emphasis on counterterrorism,

[10:44] some critics fear failure. The rhetoric

[10:46] is a throwback to earlier strategies

[10:48] that did not work in Iraq or

[10:49] Afghanistan.

[10:50] >> Others warn Obama's strategy will still

[10:52] mean a long-term commitment and no quick

[10:55] exits.

[10:56] >> We're going in for the long term with

[10:58] this set of measures. We're not coming

[11:00] out.

[11:01] >> And military commanders say they need an

[11:03] additional 10,000 US combat forces in

[11:06] Afghanistan by the end of the year. But

[11:08] the president's not expected to announce

[11:10] any further deployments. Jim Mlashky,

[11:13] NBC News, the Pentagon. And as we

[11:15] continue along the way here this

[11:17] Thursday evening, a building material

[11:19] people are just now finding out about.

[11:21] Problem is, it's already in some

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[11:46] >> And then I found out something I didn't

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[11:53] you may not.

[11:54] >> Most medicines don't treat both.

[11:56] >> So my doctor prescribed Adver. Adver

[11:58] treats both main causes to help prevent

[12:01] symptoms in the first place.

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[12:18] If you take Advare, see your doctor if

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[12:48] >> I was in the grocery store when I had a

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[12:54] chewed it. My doctor said the bear

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[12:59] your doctor about aspirin and your

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[13:02] long time.

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[13:32] Turn here. Americans hounded by bill

[13:35] collectors. Hidden cameras revealed

[13:37] their dirty tricks. Dine special series

[13:40] Friday 10:9 central on NBC. Next week on

[13:44] Today before the ER doors close,

[13:47] Meredith plays doctor

[13:48] >> overfl to cough

[13:50] >> or maybe not on NBC.

[13:54] >> A word of warning to homeowners tonight

[13:57] about something that is already a part

[13:59] of some American homes. The danger in

[14:01] this case may be in the walls as many

[14:04] are just now finding out. We get this

[14:06] story tonight from NBC's Mark Potter.

[14:10] Two and a half years ago in Bradenton,

[14:12] Florida, Kristen Cullatin moved in to

[14:15] what she thought was her dream home. But

[14:17] a little more than a year later, when

[14:19] she was pregnant, she moved out,

[14:21] claiming the house was unlivable and

[14:23] unhealthy.

[14:24] >> I am paying all the bills on the home,

[14:26] the mortgage, and I can't live here. The

[14:29] problem, she says, is that her house was

[14:30] built with defective drywall

[14:32] manufactured in China, and that her

[14:35] interior walls emit a noxious sulfur

[14:37] gas, which corrods pipes, wires, air

[14:41] conditioning coils, even jewelry, and

[14:43] smells like rotten eggs.

[14:45] >> I went to the doctor and he said, "If

[14:47] there's a smell in your home that you

[14:48] don't know what it is, you need to move

[14:50] out."

[14:52] Near Miami, Jessica Jazelle and her

[14:54] family also moved from their home built

[14:56] with Chinese drywall.

[14:58] >> We started waking up every morning with,

[15:00] you know, just real bad stuffy noses

[15:01] where we couldn't breathe. We started

[15:03] getting nosebleleeds.

[15:05] >> Homeowners attorneys say from 2004 to

[15:08] 2007, widespread hurricane repairs and

[15:11] the nation's building boom led to a

[15:13] shortage of US manufactured drywall. So,

[15:16] some builders used a substitute from

[15:18] China. These are just a few of the

[15:20] lawsuits that have been filed demanding

[15:22] compensation from builders and Chinese

[15:25] manufacturers. Attorneys say as many as

[15:27] 60,000 US homes may be affected. Most of

[15:31] the complaints are from Florida where

[15:33] federal and state officials are

[15:35] investigating.

[15:36] >> We're focused on the potential health

[15:37] effects as well as the potential safety

[15:40] risks of electrical corrosion.

[15:42] >> Dr. Alan Fineold, a pulmonologist hired

[15:45] by Kof Plasterboard Tian Jin, one of the

[15:48] Chinese manufacturers, insists there are

[15:50] no health risks.

[15:52] >> The smell could be disagreeable, but not

[15:54] dangerous.

[15:55] >> Chinese company says it's concern and is

[15:57] investigating the complaints about

[15:59] sulfur gas and corrosion.

[16:01] >> Want to get a walk?

[16:01] >> Meanwhile, Kristen Cullatin and her son

[16:04] stay at her mother's house, unable and

[16:06] afraid, she says, to live in her dream

[16:09] house. Mark Potter, NBC News. Miami.

[16:14] >> The ground has been shaking lately in

[16:16] earthquakerprone southern California and

[16:19] seismologists are worried it's taking

[16:21] place awfully close to the San Andreas

[16:23] fault and may signal a powerful quake to

[16:26] come. There have been more than 260

[16:29] relatively small tremors, most centered

[16:31] in the Salt and Sea area south of Palm

[16:34] Springs. And as this Caltech seismology

[16:37] animation shows, the ripple effects have

[16:39] been felt far out from the center of the

[16:41] shaking. We'll have a full report on

[16:43] this here tomorrow night when we

[16:45] continue with tonight's broadcast. Those

[16:47] Wall Street bonuses, how they work, and

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[19:28] >> It was just a week ago, you'll recall

[19:30] Washington was in a total uproar over

[19:32] the bonus payments at the bailed out

[19:34] insurance giant AIG. Today, that tone

[19:36] has changed. A bill to tax the bonuses

[19:39] at 90% has been watered down now in the

[19:42] House. President Obama saying the nation

[19:44] needs Wall Street to participate in his

[19:46] financial recovery plans. Still, the

[19:49] idea of bonuses just angers so many

[19:52] Americans, even though they're baked

[19:54] into the DNA of Wall Street. So, we

[19:57] asked New York Times financial columnist

[19:59] Andrew Ross Sorcin to walk us through

[20:01] the bonus system and tell us what he

[20:04] thinks about the future of the giant

[20:06] bonus check. Here he is tonight in his

[20:08] own words.

[20:11] The thing that's so different about Wall

[20:13] Street than just about any other

[20:14] business is the bonus

[20:17] is your salary. It is your income.

[20:20] >> He's got a 20 in there for 100.

[20:22] >> For most people who work on Wall Street,

[20:24] they get $75,000, $100,000 as their

[20:28] salary. But when you hear about the big

[20:30] numbers, it's all in the bonus. People

[20:32] don't get a million dollar salary. They

[20:34] get a million dollars in bonus. So some

[20:36] of these people are getting 10 times

[20:38] their base salary. You know, people on

[20:40] Wall Street are in the business of

[20:42] making money. They're in the money

[20:43] business. That's the entire business.

[20:45] That's the premise. That's the goal. And

[20:47] so when you think about what is

[20:49] incentivizing people, it is money.

[20:52] That's it. There's nothing else coming

[20:54] after that.

[20:56] There's no question that the bonus

[20:59] culture, if you will, is directly

[21:03] correlated to the crisis in that people

[21:06] were willing to take massive risks in

[21:09] order to get these massive bonuses. And

[21:12] for better or worse, in this case worse,

[21:14] the risks panned out to be very bad. And

[21:16] unfortunately for a lot of these guys,

[21:18] they still got the bonus because what

[21:20] was happening was they were taking bets

[21:23] that weren't going to pay off for five

[21:24] years, but on a personal level, they

[21:27] were going to pay off this year. And so

[21:29] they were just kicking the can down the

[21:31] road and pocketing the cash in the in

[21:34] between.

[21:34] >> Money for the needy,

[21:36] >> not for the greedy.

[21:38] >> There's no question that over the next

[21:39] several years, the pendulum will swing

[21:41] the opposite way.

[21:44] There's been an argument made for many

[21:46] years that there's been a brain drain

[21:48] throughout corporate America. That all

[21:49] the brainiacs coming out of Harvard and

[21:51] Yale and everywhere else have gone off

[21:53] to Wall Street. And now for the first

[21:55] time, we might actually see some of

[21:57] these brainiacs move back into corporate

[21:59] America where people are actually making

[22:01] tangible products instead of just

[22:03] shuffling around money.

[22:05] >> Andrew Rossen of the New York Times in

[22:07] his own words tonight. Another indicator

[22:09] of this down economy came today. This

[22:11] one has to do with passports. With the

[22:14] recession causing Americans to cut down

[22:16] on just about everything, it turns out

[22:18] passport applications are way down, a

[22:21] full 25% lower than last year. As more

[22:25] Americans clearly have chosen to stay

[22:27] closer to home, it's also having a

[22:29] ripple effect across the travel industry

[22:31] and around the world. When we come back

[22:33] here tonight, a woman using her talent

[22:35] to make a difference for those who need

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[25:10] >> This is a KGW News Channel 8 update.

[25:14] >> Next, it's called Busted, a tabloid that

[25:16] prints mug shots. Why police say it's a

[25:18] bad idea. Plus, bartering instead of

[25:20] buying. It's becoming more popular

[25:22] during this recession. Why the IRS says

[25:24] you may owe taxes. And our spring break

[25:27] weather has been taxing, but not

[25:28] tomorrow. All the news and weather at 6.

[25:32] As we continue to ask for and receive

[25:34] stories from our viewers on the acts of

[25:36] kindness that are going on in this bad

[25:38] economy right now, tonight we have an

[25:40] email from Molly in Jefferson, Maine,

[25:42] who writes, "In times of economic crisis

[25:45] and rising fuel prices, there's one

[25:47] local familyrun business in Maine that's

[25:49] making things a little easier for their

[25:51] customers." Owner Don Blanchard of

[25:53] Blanchard Fuel has cancelled oil

[25:56] contracts with his customers that were

[25:58] locked in at a high rate so that they

[26:00] may benefit from lower fuel prices. This

[26:03] was a huge sacrifice for him and his

[26:05] company as they actually lost close to

[26:07] $40,000. Don is a caring businessman

[26:10] who's doing his part to make life easier

[26:12] for customers. Tonight, we have another

[26:15] story sent in from one of our viewers,

[26:17] also from New England, about a woman

[26:19] performing a badly needed service and

[26:21] making a difference in the lives of her

[26:23] grateful customers. Her story tonight

[26:25] from NBC's Amy Robach.

[26:27] >> Here we go. Today is another day.

[26:29] >> This isn't just any day. This is Joyce

[26:31] Deleianis' day off, but she's back on

[26:33] the job to help those who have lost

[26:35] theirs.

[26:36] >> There's a lot of competition out there

[26:37] right now. So, there's I've been told

[26:40] many times they get hundreds of resumes.

[26:43] It was something Joyce was hearing from

[26:45] a number of her clients.

[26:46] >> I said, "Don't worry about it. When you

[26:48] need your hair done, you come, I do your

[26:50] hair as planned. You don't have to pay

[26:52] me."

[26:52] >> Joyce's cuts usually cost $70.

[26:56] >> So, I decided to give my time so they

[26:58] can save money. So, time is money. I

[27:01] give my time, they save money.

[27:03] >> And word spread quickly. Joyce's clients

[27:06] are helping their unemployed friends by

[27:07] handing out these complimentary coupons

[27:09] so that when they come into the salon,

[27:11] they don't have to pay. No questions are

[27:13] asked other than when they want their

[27:15] next appointment.

[27:16] >> Did you want to do 10:30 or 11:30?

[27:18] >> Can I do it later in the afternoon?

[27:20] >> Yeah.

[27:20] >> So, I might have a job by then.

[27:22] >> Men Sigel, a software engineer, has been

[27:25] looking for work for 6 weeks now.

[27:27] >> You're laid off. You're just sitting at

[27:29] home looking for jobs and, you know,

[27:31] getting depressed or driving yourself

[27:33] crazy. You know, it's just a great way

[27:34] to just get out.

[27:36] >> Debbie Barren, an executive assistant,

[27:38] was laid off 6 months ago.

[27:39] >> This is great. I mean, I'm so excited

[27:41] with my new hairo,

[27:44] you know, it really makes you feel good.

[27:46] >> And that good feeling has a ripple

[27:48] effect. And it's getting bigger and big

[27:50] and bigger.

[27:51] >> Joyce's day off tips have gone straight

[27:53] to the local food pantry. And clients

[27:55] have been moved to give money in Joyce's

[27:57] name.

[27:58] >> Every donation that comes in is

[28:00] important, whether it's $5 or $500,

[28:04] because we're buying for about 400

[28:08] people. cutting off one expense and

[28:10] inspiring others to pay it forward.

[28:16] >> Thank you. I really do appreciate it.

[28:18] >> I appreciate you.

[28:20] >> Amy Robach, NBC News, Burlington,

[28:22] Massachusetts.

[28:24] >> How about that? That's our broadcast for

[28:26] this Thursday night. Thank you for being

[28:27] with us. I'm Brian Williams. We of

[28:29] course will look for you right back here

[28:31] tomorrow evening. Good night.

[28:42] Captured. A father and son arrested in a

[28:45] brutal beating. Hear from a Wugal woman

[28:48] who once took in the teen who she blames

[28:51] for the boy going bad. An upshot in

[28:55] sales. While most retailers are

[28:57] struggling, business at gun shops is

[29:00] booming. Why more people are stocking up

[29:03] on guns and ammo. And picture this, a

[29:07] newspaper devoted to one thing,

[29:09] displaying mug shots. We talked to both

[29:12] collectors and critics

[29:15] >> from the KGWHD

[29:17] studios,

[29:20] where the news comes first. News Channel

[29:23] 8 at 6 starts now.

[29:26] >> Hello, I'm Tracy Barry.

[29:27] >> And I'm Joe Donland. First at 6, a life

[29:29] on the run is over. Father and son

[29:32] fugitives wanted in a brutal attack

[29:34] along the Wugal River are captured in

[29:36] Mexico and the pair could be sent back

[29:39] to Washington in days. News Channel 8's

[29:41] Kylie Bosshi has reaction in Wugal along

[29:43] with the latest developments. Kyle

[29:45] >> Joe, the father, Michael Collins,

[29:46] appeared in a California courtroom

[29:48] today. He waved extradition which paves

[29:50] the way for his swift return here to

[29:52] Washington where he and his son face

[29:55] attempted murder charges.

[29:58] The first images coming out of Mexico

[30:00] show a father and son arrested after

[30:03] weeks on the run. US Marshals nab

[30:05] 33-year-old Michael Collins and his son

[30:08] Tevin.

[30:08] >> I was relieved that they weren't on the

[30:11] run anymore.

[30:12] >> The suspect's friends and family fear

[30:14] the 16-year-old was lured into this

[30:17] international caper by his father.

[30:19] >> He just wanted to be with his dad so bad

[30:21] that he was going to do, you know,

[30:24] whatever his dad said.

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