NBC Nightly News - 1982-04-05

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[0:02] This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

[0:06] in New York, Roger Mud in Washington,

[0:08] and commentary by John Chancellor.

[0:13] Good evening. President Reagan today

[0:14] proposed what amounts to a summit

[0:16] meeting with the Soviet Union, even

[0:17] though there has been no progress in

[0:19] Poland, Afghanistan, or Central America.

[0:22] In addition, the chances that the ailing

[0:24] 75-year-old Soviet President Leonet Brev

[0:27] could make such a trip seem remote. Judy

[0:29] Woodruff reports.

[0:32] >> The invitation to Brev came at a session

[0:34] with reporters when the president

[0:36] revealed his plans to speak to a United

[0:38] Nations conference on disarmament this

[0:40] June.

[0:41] >> I hope very much that President BRF uh

[0:44] will be on hand to do the same thing and

[0:46] address the same group. I think that

[0:50] this whole idea that I've been talking

[0:53] about since back in the campaign of arms

[0:57] reduction, arms control uh is one of the

[1:01] most important things that is facing us

[1:03] and would

[1:05] >> naturally head of state that here in our

[1:07] own country. Yes, I would very much

[1:09] think that he and I would have a

[1:11] meeting. The president refused to call

[1:13] the meeting a summit, but his aids say

[1:15] the proposal was intended to give the

[1:17] Soviets the summit they've been asking

[1:18] for. The president's attempt to take the

[1:21] initiative on nuclear disarmament came

[1:23] at the same time he was justifying a

[1:25] continued buildup in American nuclear

[1:27] arsenals because of what he described to

[1:30] a labor group an hour later as the

[1:32] Soviet threat. They built up and

[1:34] deployed a military arsenal unequaled in

[1:36] all history, capable of confronting our

[1:39] allies in Europe and Asia and

[1:40] threatening the free world's source of

[1:42] oil. We cannot allow this dangerous

[1:46] momentum to continue.

[1:47] >> The president is trying to have it both

[1:49] ways to call for a strong American

[1:51] deterrent against the Soviets at the

[1:52] same time he endorses arms control.

[1:55] That's because despite his determination

[1:56] to stay ahead of the Soviets, polls show

[1:58] that three4s of the American people want

[2:00] the nuclear buildup to stop. Judy

[2:03] Woodruff, NBC News. The White House.

[2:05] >> The president's meeting with the press

[2:07] took place today in the Oval Office. The

[2:09] first of what the White House now

[2:10] promises will be regular and frequent

[2:12] sessions with the media. The other half

[2:14] of the announcement today was that

[2:16] henceforth, Mr. Reagan will refuse to

[2:18] answer questions put to him during the

[2:20] so-called photo opportunities because

[2:22] the White House claims that system

[2:23] damages decorum. At today's session,

[2:26] there were 60 reporters, seven camera

[2:28] crews, and eight still photographers.

[2:30] Tom,

[2:31] >> President Reagan today also offered to

[2:33] act as an honest broker in trying to

[2:35] head off a confrontation between Great

[2:37] Britain and Argentina over the Faulland

[2:39] Islands, British territory now occupied

[2:41] by the Argentine military. But those two

[2:44] countries continued to talk of and

[2:46] prepare for war. Today, the only

[2:49] casualties were political. British

[2:50] Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington

[2:52] resigned. Here are reports from London

[2:54] and Buenazaris.

[2:58] Lord Carrington resigned on a point of

[3:00] honor. He had misread Argentine

[3:02] intentions and had counseledled a policy

[3:03] of negotiations which failed.

[3:06] >> I was wrong in the assessment of what

[3:08] they did uh and therefore I am

[3:12] responsible.

[3:13] >> Prime Minister Thatcher said she

[3:15] regretted losing Carrington, repeated

[3:17] her pledge to regain the Faullands and

[3:19] seemed certain that she could. I am not

[3:21] talking about failure with the kind of

[3:23] fleet and the kind of people we have

[3:26] assembled. I'm talking very quietly

[3:29] about succeeding in a very quiet, I

[3:33] hope, British way.

[3:34] >> It would be foolish to underestimate

[3:36] that quiet British determination to get

[3:38] the Faullands back. Mrs. Thatcher has

[3:40] made that pledge. Her people are solidly

[3:42] behind her. And if that effort means

[3:45] sinking the Argentine Navy, the prime

[3:47] minister is willing to do it. and she

[3:50] has in the Royal Navy the means to do

[3:52] it. The key ships in a big British

[3:54] Armada left port this morning for the

[3:56] long run down the South Atlantic to

[3:58] confront Argentina.

[4:00] Cramm to the decks with jets and assault

[4:02] helicopters, the British task force

[4:03] should be more than a match for the

[4:05] Argentine Navy. As the ships left the

[4:07] ancient harbor of Portsmouth, people

[4:09] gathered to cheer them on, as the

[4:10] British have done for centuries. Many of

[4:12] them felt a strong need to be there.

[4:14] >> And just wish them God's speed and good

[4:16] luck. That's all.

[4:17] >> I had a big lump in my throat. really.

[4:19] >> I hope they give them hell when they get

[4:21] out there.

[4:22] >> That spirit was reflected by newly

[4:23] returned Faulland's governor Rex Hunt

[4:25] who described the Argentine general

[4:27] >> and he looked very angry and his cheeks

[4:30] were twitching like mad and he see he

[4:33] was holding himself in with great

[4:35] restraint and he was very proper and he

[4:37] said I think it's very ungentlemanly not

[4:40] to shake hands and I said I think it's

[4:42] very univilized for you to invade our

[4:44] country. The Royal Marines who defended

[4:46] the islands also came back today

[4:48] reporting they had killed five times as

[4:50] many invaders as Argentina has admitted

[4:52] losing. Steve Delaney, NBC News, London.

[4:57] The Argentine military is strengthening

[4:59] its hold on the Faulland Islands with

[5:01] helicopters and tanks apparently with

[5:03] little resistance so far from the

[5:05] islanders. The people are bitter about

[5:08] the Argentine occupation.

[5:09] >> What do you think about the situation?

[5:12] >> I think it's complete mess. One British

[5:15] couple, John and Pam Dixon, who were

[5:17] visiting the island, said they were just

[5:18] 500 yards away from the government house

[5:21] when the Argentine troops attacked last

[5:23] Friday morning. They had a tape

[5:25] recording of what it sounded like.

[5:31] >> Pam Dixon says she believes the Faulland

[5:33] Islanders don't want the British to

[5:35] invade.

[5:36] >> The show of strength has to be made, but

[5:38] I do hope that by diplomatic means it

[5:40] will be possible to find a solution.

[5:46] Meanwhile, in Buenocitis today, signs of

[5:48] growing nationalist sentiment. At a

[5:50] military celebration, there were cheers

[5:52] of long live the Malvinus, the name the

[5:55] Argentines used to refer to the Faulland

[5:57] Islands. And the government is

[5:59] transmitting special television programs

[6:01] like this one intended to build up

[6:03] patriotism. High level military

[6:05] officials interviewed today would not

[6:07] say whether Argentina expects an armed

[6:09] confrontation with the British. But

[6:11] privately, military leaders here say

[6:13] they are taking all the necessary steps

[6:15] to prepare for war. What's frightening

[6:18] about all of this is that there appears

[6:19] to be little talk about the possibility

[6:21] of serious negotiations. At this point,

[6:23] the Argentine government is showing no

[6:25] signs of backing down. Robin Lloyd, NBC

[6:29] News, Buenocitis.

[6:31] In Washington today, the Argentine

[6:32] foreign minister defended his country's

[6:34] action before a meeting of the OAS, the

[6:37] Organization of American States. OAS

[6:39] delegates listened quietly and then

[6:41] closed their meeting following the

[6:43] speech.

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[7:55] President Reagan insisted today in a

[7:57] speech to the building unions, where

[7:58] unemployment is almost 18%, that there

[8:01] is good reason to believe economic

[8:03] improvement is on the way. Just before

[8:05] he gave the speech, it was to the same

[8:07] unions he addressed the day he was shot.

[8:09] The president told reporters, "I'm

[8:10] wearing my oldest suit today." John

[8:13] Palmer reports.

[8:16] No segment of American labor has

[8:18] suffered more from the current recession

[8:20] than building and construction trade

[8:21] unions, and their leaders meeting in

[8:23] Washington today put much of the blame

[8:26] for their troubles on the Reagan

[8:27] administration.

[8:29] >> We're not interested in theories.

[8:32] Theories don't feed families. Paychecks

[8:34] do.

[8:36] And we're not interested in political

[8:38] rhetoric.

[8:39] Rhetoric doesn't build buildings. It

[8:42] wasn't the kind of warm-up the White

[8:44] House wants for a presidential speech

[8:46] and there were scattered booze when Mr.

[8:48] Reagan appeared

[8:50] in an attempt to win over his audience.

[8:53] He began by recalling that shooting

[8:55] incident when he left the hotel a year

[8:57] ago.

[8:58] >> If it's all the same to you, though,

[9:00] when I finish speaking, I think I'll

[9:01] slip out the back door this time.

[9:05] Concerning the economy, the president

[9:07] said the recession is bottoming out and

[9:09] rejected any basic compromise on his

[9:12] budget.

[9:13] >> We cannot compromise on fundamental

[9:15] principles without compromising

[9:17] ourselves.

[9:19] We're not asking the Congress to do

[9:21] what's easy. We're asking them to work

[9:23] with us to do what's right. Despite the

[9:26] president's tough public stand against

[9:28] any basic compromise on his budget,

[9:30] House Speaker O'Neal said today he sees

[9:32] signs that the president is becoming

[9:34] more flexible on defense spending and

[9:36] said there's now a chance that private

[9:38] talks between the White House and

[9:40] Congress will produce a budget

[9:42] compromise. John Palmer, NBC News, at

[9:44] the White House.

[9:46] >> The latest car sales figures for the big

[9:48] three were released in Detroit today and

[9:50] the news was almost all bad. Sales were

[9:53] down 23% in March over a year ago and

[9:56] would have been down even more but for

[9:57] big promotion and rebate campaigns by

[9:59] Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. Tom,

[10:03] even in the best of times, any community

[10:05] worthy of its chamber of commerce is

[10:06] hotly competitive when it comes to

[10:08] attracting new jobs. But in these

[10:10] troubled times, the need for jobs is so

[10:12] great that some Illinois communities are

[10:14] willing to go an extra step. They'll

[10:16] even accept convicts as neighbors if it

[10:18] means more work. Here's Roger O'Neal.

[10:21] When Illinois prison officials fly into

[10:23] a town these days, there are welcoming

[10:26] committees.

[10:27] >> Handshakes farmers.

[10:28] >> Nice to meet you.

[10:30] >> motorcades into town and lots of

[10:32] friendly people.

[10:34] >> We're here today because you invited us

[10:36] to come here.

[10:37] >> 22 communities in Illinois are begging

[10:39] the state to build a new prison in their

[10:41] town.

[10:42] >> We're dying in Green County and we need

[10:44] this prison. We need it. I'm convinced

[10:47] that the Department of Corrections would

[10:49] make a a good neighbor.

[10:51] >> I suggest that the chairman have a vote.

[10:53] All right, everybody in favor, raise

[10:56] your hand.

[10:57] >> It sure didn't used to be that way.

[11:00] >> 5 years ago, Carolton had a chance to

[11:02] get a state prison build here. But 95%

[11:05] of the people said no. They didn't want

[11:06] a prison in their backyard. But that was

[11:09] before the local economy turned sour and

[11:11] people started losing their jobs.

[11:14] Streeter, Illinois wants the prison,

[11:15] too. Big industrial plant behind

[11:17] Streeters's welcome sign is closed. The

[11:20] glass factories are laying off workers.

[11:22] Lois Gian says Strereer is dying.

[11:25] >> Many of these buildings held

[11:28] family-owned businesses that have been

[11:29] in the community for years. They're

[11:32] closing.

[11:33] >> And what would a new prison do for this

[11:34] town?

[11:35] >> Finally, put it give us jobs.

[11:38] >> 300 new jobs and a $40 million a year

[11:40] boost to the local economy. That's why

[11:43] prisons are suddenly attractive.

[11:45] >> Economic times make strange bedfellows.

[11:48] >> Prison officials will recommend to the

[11:49] governor this month the town that should

[11:51] get the prize. Roger O'Neal, NBC News,

[11:54] Carolton, Illinois.

[12:05] >> You're a song dancer. Dad,

[12:08] >> right, Uncle Bill? If there's one thing

[12:10] the Harringtons can do, it's dance.

[12:13] >> Some days seem to go on forever.

[12:16] >> Oh, Grandpa Harrington.

[12:18] >> Which is a pretty good reason to stardom

[12:20] with Final Net. It's concentrated with

[12:22] all day hold that looks soft and

[12:24] natural.

[12:26] >> You're not a Harrington, are you?

[12:29] >> Final net holds up longer than you do.

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[12:41] We let 48 survivors of Charlie Company

[12:43] describe firsthand what it was like to

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[12:48] The cold sweat in the night, the charges

[12:51] of baby killing. We let you see

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[12:58] insights. We don't fit them all, we

[13:01] break it. Newsweek.

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[13:32] every day.

[13:34] Spring was wearing winter clothing in

[13:36] many parts of the country again today.

[13:38] Snow and cold temperatures hit the West,

[13:40] Midwest, and New England. It was, in

[13:42] short, not an ideal opening day for

[13:44] Major League Baseball. Here's Norma

[13:46] Quarls in the Midwest and Don Oliver in

[13:48] California.

[13:52] >> People in De Moine, Iowa woke up today

[13:54] to the worst snowstorm of the year. Last

[13:57] Friday, they had been enjoying 70°

[13:59] temperatures. Today, they were pushing

[14:00] snowb blowers. The low today, 20°. The

[14:04] unusually intense spring storm roared

[14:06] across the northern half of the nation

[14:08] with high winds and heavy snow. 8 in of

[14:10] snow fell on De Moines, causing hundreds

[14:12] of traffic accidents.

[14:14] >> You might want to get out of the way

[14:15] point.

[14:16] >> And although it's officially spring,

[14:18] winter storm warnings have been posted

[14:20] for parts of Illinois, Indiana, and

[14:22] Ohio. The April snowstorm is expected to

[14:25] blanket Chicago with 5 in of snow before

[14:27] it's over. The high winds and blowing

[14:29] snow are making travel difficult, if not

[14:31] impossible, in most sections of

[14:32] Illinois. This storm has set record low

[14:35] temperatures from the Great Lakes to New

[14:37] England. In Cincinnati, more than 51,000

[14:40] people bundled up to see one of the

[14:42] opening games of the baseball season.

[14:44] The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Red's

[14:46] game was delayed twice by rain, hampered

[14:48] by 20 mph winds, and finally called

[14:51] because of weather in the eighth inning.

[14:52] The Cubs officially won it 3 to2. They

[14:55] were happy for a win no matter what the

[14:57] weather. Normar's NBC News.

[15:03] >> In California's Sierra Nevada, the

[15:05] search for the missing in the Alpine

[15:07] Meadows avalanche had been held up for 3

[15:09] days because of bad weather and

[15:10] avalanche danger. The snow in some

[15:13] places is 40 ft thick. The weather

[15:15] cleared today and helicopters were able

[15:17] to drop dynamite charges to trigger

[15:19] slides and eliminate the danger of more

[15:22] avalanches. The area around Alpine

[15:24] Meadows in Valley had been

[15:26] evacuated. Rescue parties ready to go in

[15:28] to look for the missing man and woman.

[15:30] >> Uh it has been narrowed down to uh uh

[15:34] that building, the Summit Terminal

[15:36] building where the people had been and

[15:37] the immediate surroundings uh maybe

[15:40] maximum of an acre.

[15:42] >> At one point they thought they were

[15:43] ready to resume the search, but the road

[15:45] had been cleared and a number of local

[15:47] residents went in to try to get their

[15:48] cars out and block the road again.

[15:52] Late today, rescuers got inside the ski

[15:55] lodge hit with the snow last Wednesday.

[15:57] They found a woman alive, a resort

[15:59] employee, Anna Conrad, who was airlifted

[16:02] to a hospital, conscious and amazed that

[16:04] she had survived 5 days. Donald Oliver,

[16:08] NBC News, Alpine Meadows, California.

[16:11] >> And Mount St. Helens erupted twice last

[16:13] night. Today, the strongest earthquakes

[16:15] in almost 2 years shook the volcano as

[16:17] well. Scientists who flew by the crater

[16:20] today said the steam and ash eruption

[16:22] sent a mudslide down the side of the

[16:24] volcano. A little ash fell as far as 120

[16:27] mi away. There were no reports of

[16:29] injuries. The earthquakes mean another

[16:31] probably bigger eruption will happen

[16:33] soon. And in southern Mexico, another

[16:36] volcano, Elchinol, erupted over the

[16:38] weekend, forcing thousands from their

[16:40] homes there. Details still are sketchy,

[16:42] but Mexican authorities are saying that

[16:44] at least 100 people were killed, another

[16:47] 500 injured. Roger.

[16:50] The Supreme Court ruled today that

[16:51] private seniority plans which

[16:53] discriminate are legal as long as there

[16:55] was no intent to discriminate. In a 5

[16:58] to4 decision, the justices said even

[17:00] systems which cause a disproportionate

[17:02] impact on blacks and women are legal

[17:04] under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Also

[17:07] today, the federal government cut off

[17:09] funds to a school district in

[17:10] Mississippi in a discrimination case

[17:12] over basketball. Bonnie Urb reports from

[17:14] New Augusta, Mississippi.

[17:18] >> It all started over high school

[17:19] basketball. The new Augusta Hawks were

[17:22] having a winning season, but the black

[17:24] coach was starting all black players.

[17:26] Good

[17:26] >> job, block them out.

[17:28] >> The coach says the white school board

[17:30] chairman complained

[17:32] >> and he told me that uh I play too many

[17:33] blacks on the basketball team. I need to

[17:35] try to play white. And so I told him

[17:37] that I would.

[17:38] >> The school board chairman denies this.

[17:41] Coach Brillin put in more white players,

[17:43] but the team started to lose. He took

[17:45] the white players out. The next season,

[17:48] his duties were swapped with this man

[17:50] who coached the girls team. Both men

[17:52] refused to go along with the change,

[17:54] claiming discrimination. They were

[17:56] fired.

[17:57] >> When we put a a child on the court, we

[17:59] don't have to see what color's leg is.

[18:01] We put talent out there. We don't coach

[18:04] color. We coach talent.

[18:05] >> The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the

[18:07] school board's decision, saying the

[18:09] coaches were guilty of insubordination,

[18:11] but a federal judge ruled the coaches

[18:13] must be rehired or the school system

[18:15] will lose $200,000 a year in federal

[18:18] funds. The school board claims it can't

[18:20] rehire them.

[18:21] >> It's it's just an impossible avenue for

[18:23] us to take and we can't do it anyhow.

[18:25] There's no way. We'd be in violation of

[18:27] the state supreme court ruling. The

[18:29] losers in this case appear to be the

[18:30] children, most of whom are poor, many of

[18:33] whom are black. The federal cutoff is

[18:35] forcing the layoff of 17 remedial math

[18:38] and English teachers. Gone too will be

[18:40] the school's only nurse in a town where

[18:42] there is no doctor or dentist.

[18:45] >> Open your math.

[18:46] >> The school board chairman says he'd

[18:48] rather shut the schools than obey the

[18:50] federal government. The government's

[18:51] response, Perry County get it share

[18:54] federal funds. News, New Augusta,

[18:56] Mississippi.

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[20:05] last? 10 or 15 years is not unusual.

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[20:13] Pennsylvania through Indiana, Missouri,

[20:18] Kansas, Colorado, Utah, all the way to

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[20:33] In El Salvador, talks to form a new

[20:35] government continue. While over the

[20:37] weekend, a prominent right-wing

[20:38] politician was assassinated. The dead

[20:40] man was a close associate of Roberto

[20:42] Dobisan. The former army major who is a

[20:45] pivotal and controversial figure in the

[20:47] post-election dealmaking. All of this

[20:49] adds up to a very complicated situation,

[20:51] potentially embarrassing for the United

[20:53] States. John Chancellor has been

[20:55] watching these developments closely, and

[20:57] I'm happy to say that he'll be here on a

[20:58] regular basis to make this and other

[21:01] stories easier to understand. John,

[21:03] >> let's hope so, Tom. I want to talk about

[21:05] that election in El Salvador a week ago,

[21:07] yesterday. You were there and you saw

[21:09] it. A huge and inspiring turnout. The

[21:12] people of El Salvador going to the

[21:14] polls. A remarkable show of support for

[21:17] the electoral system. 1,400,000.

[21:20] The rebels tried to stop them but

[21:21] failed. The American government cheered.

[21:24] There's only one little problem. The

[21:26] election could turn out to be a disaster

[21:28] for American policy. The left-wing

[21:30] parties were not represented. Had they

[21:32] been, they might have got 20% of the

[21:34] vote. The votes were divided between the

[21:36] moderates and the right-wing, and the

[21:37] right-wing won. In the new constituent

[21:40] assembly, our friends, the Christian

[21:42] Democrats, will get 24 seats. The

[21:44] right-wing parties 36. To put it another

[21:46] way, the good guys will be outnumbered

[21:48] by the bad guys. And here's the best

[21:50] known bad guy, Roberto Dobby, a

[21:53] cashiered army officer linked to

[21:55] right-wing death squads, whose

[21:57] organization once machine gunned the

[21:58] American embassy. He's been banned from

[22:01] the United States. In a country where

[22:02] the blowtorrch is used for torture, his

[22:05] nickname is blowtorrch. His campaign

[22:07] song was El Salvador will be the tomb

[22:09] where the Reds will meet their doom.

[22:11] Now, everybody's trying to put the best

[22:13] face on this. El Salvador is totally

[22:15] dependent on American aid. American

[22:17] policy demands that whoever runs the

[22:19] place give at least the appearance of

[22:21] decency. But the victory of the right

[22:23] means the social reforms will now be in

[22:25] the hands of people who disagree with

[22:27] them. The chances of a negotiated

[22:29] settlement have been diminished and the

[22:30] war will go on for surrender now means

[22:33] suicide for the leftist leaders. An

[22:35] expert told me this weekend that the

[22:37] election, which could have been a way

[22:39] out of the mess we're in in El Salvador,

[22:41] has turned out to be a major

[22:42] miscalculation. Tom,

[22:45] >> a Delta jetliner headed for Miami from

[22:48] Chicago was hijacked to Cuba by three

[22:50] men who splashed gasoline on a flight

[22:52] attendant. After landing in Havana, the

[22:54] plane returned to Florida. No one was

[22:56] hurt. A report now from Shauna

[22:58] Singleary. Flight 591 was delayed more

[23:01] than 3 hours, but for the passengers, it

[23:04] was a long, tense night.

[23:06] >> There's three men throwing gasoline on

[23:08] the floor of the plane, threatening to

[23:10] th to set a match to it unless they went

[23:13] to Cuba.

[23:14] >> Before we really heard the announcement

[23:17] of the Capitan,

[23:19] uh, we were kind of nervous by the

[23:23] smell.

[23:24] >> Scared. I was so scared.

[23:26] >> The guy was so nervous. and you never

[23:28] knew if you wanted to blow up the plane

[23:30] or not.

[23:31] >> The hijackers were described as

[23:33] apparently a father and his two sons.

[23:35] The passengers said they were treated

[23:37] well during their brief stopover in

[23:39] Cuba.

[23:40] >> And then we get in there and they check

[23:42] our uh our bags, whatever, and

[23:45] everything's fine. They feed us dinner

[23:46] for nothing.

[23:47] >> This was the second time this year that

[23:49] a plane bound for Miami has been

[23:51] hijacked to Cuba. The FBI is working to

[23:54] identify the three Latin hijackers who

[23:56] were taken into custody by Cuban

[23:58] immigration officials. The FAA is trying

[24:01] to figure out how they managed to get

[24:02] the gasoline on the plane without being

[24:05] detected. Shauna Singleary, NBC News,

[24:08] Miami.

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[25:43] >> One of the great pleasures of summer

[25:45] life here in the capitol, whether for

[25:47] the resident or for the tourist, was to

[25:49] spread a blanket on the grass at the

[25:50] Wolf Trap Park and listen to some of

[25:52] America's greatest performers. Tonight,

[25:54] Wolf Trap is a capital loss. Bob Kerr

[25:57] reports.

[26:00] For 11 years, Wolf Trap has been the

[26:03] spot for outdoor performances near

[26:04] Washington.

[26:06] Last night, fire whipped by strong wind

[26:09] destroyed its beautiful cedar and steel

[26:11] amphitheater.

[26:13] >> Wolf Trap is a summer delight for hot,

[26:16] tired bureaucrats, diplomats, tourists,

[26:18] and just plain folks. One fireman said

[26:22] it burned like a barn. They're still

[26:24] trying to determine why.

[26:30] It's the summer home of the National

[26:32] Symphony Orchestra,

[26:34] a cultural gem, the only national park

[26:37] for the performing arts.

[26:40] >> Larissa Wanserski has worked at Wolf

[26:42] Trap for 6 years.

[26:43] >> We had a fire in 1971 in March, 15 weeks

[26:47] before the scheduled opening. And thanks

[26:50] to the friends throughout the nation who

[26:52] love Wolf Trap, we opened on time and

[26:54] damn it, we're going to do it again.

[26:56] >> But this time, it'll be more difficult.

[26:58] Opening night is only eight weeks away.

[27:01] Already efforts are underway to raise

[27:02] the 6 to8 million dollars needed to

[27:05] rebuild.

[27:05] >> I have to be stoic because so many

[27:07] people are so sad.

[27:09] >> Katherine Felen Shou donated the land

[27:11] for Wolf Trap. Today her phone rang

[27:13] constantly as people offered help.

[27:15] President Reagan called too.

[27:18] >> Benny Goodman, who performs at Wolf

[27:19] Trap, was shocked.

[27:21] >> It was a great summer place with music

[27:23] over there for opera, jazz, ballet,

[27:26] whatnot. I don't know. Well, it's

[27:27] irreplaceable. I think

[27:29] >> they will try to replace it though

[27:31] quickly. With a temporary stage possibly

[27:33] under a tent, Wolf Trap will try to

[27:35] salvage as much of its upcoming season

[27:37] as possible, but it won't be the same.

[27:40] Bob Kerr, NBC News, Wolf Trap Farm Park,

[27:43] Virginia.

[27:45] >> That's nightly news for Monday. I'm

[27:46] Roger Mud in Washington.

[27:49] >> And I'm Tom Broka in New York. Good

[27:51] night for all of us at NBC News.

[27:56] Tomorrow morning on today, the latest on

[27:58] the Fauln Island invasion, including a

[27:59] live interview interview from London

[28:01] with the former deputy foreign minister

[28:03] forced out by the Argentine takeover.

[28:06] Also, the anti-nuke movement, both from

[28:08] the American and European point of view.

[28:19] Monday, he's a devilish angel that sent

[28:21] to Earth to earn his wings.

[28:23] >> At least I'm invisible. Unfortunately,

[28:25] not silent.

[28:26] >> Gary Coleman's a kid with a broken halo.

[28:29] Then late night's biggest stars get a

[28:31] shot at prime time. The best of the new

[28:33] Saturday Night Live. All

[28:35] >> it all happens Monday on NBC.