NBC Nightly News - 2009-03-30
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[0:01] On the broadcast here tonight, taking
[0:03] the wheel. The president throws out the
[0:05] boss at GM and lays down the law to
[0:07] Detroit automakers taking government
[0:09] money. What they need to do to survive.
[0:12] Heartbeat. It's the number one killer in
[0:14] the country. And tonight, there's new
[0:16] information about heart disease. Red
[0:19] alert. After facing down the rising
[0:21] water, now a big decision awaits those
[0:24] along the Red River. And moms on a
[0:26] mission bringing halves and have nots
[0:29] together. It's their way of making a
[0:31] difference. Nightly News begins now.
[0:37] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:40] York, this is NBC Nightly News with
[0:42] Brian Williams.
[0:44] >> Good evening. Someone earlier today said
[0:46] GM now stands for government motors.
[0:49] President Obama has made one of the
[0:51] biggest decisions of his presidency. He
[0:54] took out the boss at General Motors. And
[0:56] while GM will get enough government
[0:58] money to live on for now, Chrysler, as
[1:01] we know it, may not. Ford is alone among
[1:04] the big three in not requesting
[1:06] government help. GM's longtime boss,
[1:09] Rick Wagner, is out of a job. The stock
[1:12] went down 96% during his tenure with GM.
[1:16] He'll walk away with an estimated $23
[1:18] million. All of this takes getting used
[1:21] to, a lot like the financial crisis
[1:23] itself. We begin our reporting with Phil
[1:26] Labau who covers the car business for
[1:28] CNBC. And for us, he is at the White
[1:30] House tonight. Phil, good evening.
[1:32] >> Good evening, Brian. These are bold
[1:34] moves to quickly determine the future of
[1:36] two American icons, General Motors and
[1:38] Chrysler. One now has a new CEO. And
[1:42] both, in the matter of a couple of
[1:43] months, could find themselves parked in
[1:45] bankruptcy court getting a sorely needed
[1:47] financial overhaul.
[1:49] Surrounded
[1:50] by his top aids and economic adviserss,
[1:53] President Barack Obama said it's time to
[1:56] finally fix America's stalled auto
[1:58] industry.
[1:59] >> We cannot continue to excuse poor
[2:02] decisions. We cannot make the survival
[2:04] of our auto industry dependent on an
[2:07] unending flow of taxpayer dollars.
[2:11] >> The president is putting GM and Chrysler
[2:13] on two different paths. Chrysler has 30
[2:16] days to show an alliance with Italy's
[2:18] Fiat Motors can make the American
[2:20] automaker profitable. If that happens,
[2:23] Chrysler could get up to another $6
[2:25] billion in federal money. Meanwhile, the
[2:28] White House will spend the next 60 days
[2:30] remaking GM into a leaner company by
[2:33] demanding concessions from auto workers
[2:35] and bond holders. And for the first
[2:38] time, the federal government is
[2:39] endorsing the idea of using bankruptcy
[2:42] to clean up GM's massive debts. We will
[2:45] do what it takes. And I think what the
[2:47] government was saying is that we will
[2:48] help this company do what whatever is
[2:49] required in order for us to emerge from
[2:51] this situation and be successful in the
[2:53] future.
[2:53] >> GM's new boss, Fritz Henderson, is a
[2:56] 25-year GM executive. CEO Rick Wagner is
[2:59] out, pushed out by the White House.
[3:02] Critics say that's going too far. What
[3:05] does the signal send to other
[3:06] corporations and financial institutions
[3:10] about whether the federal government
[3:12] will decide to fire them as well?
[3:14] >> To encourage Americans to buy American
[3:17] even if the automakers are bankrupt come
[3:19] with the cruise control.
[3:20] >> The Treasury Department will now back
[3:22] the warranties of vehicles sold by GM
[3:25] and Chrysler. But critics say that
[3:27] guarantee may not be enough to win over
[3:29] already skittish consumers. From a
[3:32] consumer standpoint, bankruptcy is is is
[3:36] a really a huge red flag for them.
[3:38] >> The White House is banking on a quick
[3:40] fix to get GM and Chrysler back on the
[3:43] road to profitability.
[3:44] >> If all of us are doing our part, then
[3:47] this restructuring, as painful as it
[3:49] will be in the short term, will mark not
[3:52] an end, but a new beginning for a great
[3:55] American industry.
[3:57] This is just the beginning of the Obama
[3:59] administration becoming very active in
[4:01] reshaping the auto industry. In fact,
[4:03] members of the Obama administration will
[4:06] be in Detroit working side by side with
[4:08] GM executives to rebuild that company.
[4:10] Brian,
[4:11] >> very active may be an understatement.
[4:13] Phil Leau starting us off at the White
[4:15] House tonight. Phil, thanks as always.
[4:17] For the American car industry, which has
[4:19] now lost close to 400,000 jobs in the
[4:22] last year, today's news adds insult to
[4:25] injury, especially for the folks who
[4:27] make the cars many of us drive. NBC's
[4:30] Peter Alexander is at a Chrysler plant
[4:32] in Warren, Michigan tonight. Peter, good
[4:34] evening.
[4:36] Brian, good evening to you. Workers here
[4:37] at Chrysler and at General Motors have
[4:39] gotten used to a lot of this bad news
[4:41] over much of the last two years. In that
[4:43] time alone, GM lost nearly 70 billion
[4:46] dollars. And many people here feel that
[4:49] Washington just doesn't understand
[4:51] Detroit.
[4:53] >> Some Americans who suffered the most
[4:55] during this recession have been those in
[4:56] the auto industry.
[4:57] >> Watching the president's remarks today
[4:59] didn't ease the suffering in Detroit.
[5:01] Just across the street from where
[5:02] General Motors designs its cars of the
[5:04] future, these factory veterans fear it's
[5:07] their future at stake.
[5:08] >> It's sad. I mean, it is. It's a whole
[5:10] way of life. It's the whole, you know,
[5:12] middle class. Um,
[5:14] I just see it disappearing.
[5:16] >> Daryl Thorne has worked for GM since he
[5:18] was 17.
[5:19] >> I'm scared to death. I don't know any
[5:20] other way to say it.
[5:23] I I don't I don't know any way around
[5:24] it. Like, my whole family is dependent
[5:27] upon this industry.
[5:28] >> Already, unemployment here at 13% ranks
[5:31] among the highest in the nation.
[5:34] At shift change outside Chrysler's
[5:36] Warren truck plant, workers are anxious
[5:38] about the government's 30-day deadline.
[5:40] I always had faith in Chryslers. I
[5:42] always thought they would be around, but
[5:44] I don't think so now.
[5:46] >> Still, not everyone here is ready to
[5:48] give up.
[5:48] >> We work damn hard to make sure that we
[5:50] put out a good product.
[5:51] >> But now, the companies making those
[5:53] products will have to change. And
[5:54] Governor Jennifer Granholm vowed her
[5:56] state will keep pace with those changes.
[5:59] >> The vehicles of the future will be built
[6:02] in Michigan in the United States. Auto
[6:05] critic Mark Felin warns that Chrysler
[6:07] remains on thin ice, but says GM has
[6:09] shown strong signs of improvement in
[6:11] quality and fuel efficiency that will
[6:13] keep them viable.
[6:14] >> They've shown that they get it. I mean,
[6:16] General Motors has demonstrated that it
[6:18] has a future. It needs a bridge to get
[6:20] from here to there.
[6:21] >> So, do hundreds of thousands of workers
[6:23] who are relying on these companies and
[6:26] on taxpayers to survive.
[6:28] >> They could come and padlock the place as
[6:30] a lot of places have done. So, you know,
[6:32] we're grateful. We're just going to sit
[6:34] back, wait, and pray.
[6:37] >> And the sense of hope in these
[6:38] communities is unmistakable, Brian. As
[6:40] one man told me tonight, "I owe
[6:41] everything in my adult life either to my
[6:44] parents or to GM." Peter Alexander in
[6:47] Warren, Michigan, where they make a lot
[6:48] of trucks every year. Peter, thanks. And
[6:50] to put a period at the end of this
[6:52] sentence, our NBC News political
[6:54] director, our chief White House
[6:55] correspondent, Chuck Todd, is with us
[6:56] from the White House briefing room
[6:58] tonight. Chuck, you and I spoke earlier.
[7:00] You made two points. Number one, the
[7:02] critics are already circling saying, "If
[7:04] you're going to fire the head of a car
[7:05] company, what about the some of these
[7:07] financial firms and bankers who got us
[7:09] in so much trouble?" And number two,
[7:11] it's your estimate that barring other
[7:13] huge global uh events. We look back at
[7:16] the Obama presidency, today's decision,
[7:19] firing the head of GM, is going to rank
[7:21] perhaps in the top five.
[7:23] >> It is. You know, there have been so many
[7:24] bailouts, we're kind of numb to it. But
[7:27] this really is a big one. It's Kennedy
[7:29] and the steel industry. It's Reagan and
[7:31] firing those air traffic controllers.
[7:33] It's Truman and the railroads. This is a
[7:35] big moment, pivotable, a pivotal moment.
[7:38] And the other thing about it is that not
[7:40] only did the president fire essentially
[7:43] fire the head of a corporation that's
[7:45] frankly an American icon, is that he
[7:48] said that the auto industry is going to
[7:50] be taken over by Washington. Washington,
[7:52] you know, has already been all over Wall
[7:54] Street. They're now Detroit is
[7:56] practically moving here. You've got
[7:58] Republicans hitting him for looking like
[8:00] a nationalization Democrat,
[8:02] progovernment Democrat. And then folks
[8:03] on the left, as you mentioned, upset
[8:05] that he hasn't fired Wall Street CEOs,
[8:08] but he did fire an auto CEO. Brian,
[8:10] >> right, the discussion will continue.
[8:12] Chuck Todd from the briefing room in the
[8:13] West Wing tonight. Chuck, thanks. On
[8:15] Wall Street here in New York,
[8:16] investigator investors were rattled by
[8:19] today's events, especially the ripple
[8:20] effects through the car business. Dow
[8:22] finished down 254, more than 3% of a
[8:26] loss on the day's trading. Tomorrow
[8:28] morning, President Obama flies to London
[8:31] for a summit of the so-called G20 group
[8:33] of nations. Together, they represent 85%
[8:37] of all the economies in the world. To
[8:39] say they are gathering at a crucial time
[8:42] for the world is a vast understatement.
[8:45] Tonight, we get a preview from a veteran
[8:47] analyst, Joshua Cooper Ramo. He's the
[8:50] author of the new book, The Age of the
[8:52] Unthinkable, which pretty much describes
[8:55] these times we're living in.
[8:58] The financial crisis, terrifying as it
[9:00] is, is simply a symptom of a larger set
[9:03] of problems we face. The very nature of
[9:05] the international system is exploding in
[9:07] complexity. The G20 in that regard, is
[9:09] possibly as important a summit as we've
[9:11] had since Yaltta at the end of World War
[9:13] II. And it's also a crucial moment for
[9:15] American leadership. Obama has got to
[9:17] get up and express a grand strategy for
[9:20] the United States and for the world
[9:22] because there's uneasiness all around
[9:24] the world. Now, the G20 is one of the
[9:26] last sort of gatherings at this moment
[9:28] of crisis where nations will come
[9:30] together to try and figure out is there
[9:32] a coherent set of values and interests
[9:34] that we all share that will keep us
[9:36] operating together in the face of
[9:39] immense pressure, particularly domestic
[9:40] pressure, to go our own ways. We now
[9:43] face a world that really transcends our
[9:45] ability to explain it or to manage it.
[9:47] The credibility of the people that we
[9:49] rely on to do that for us, whether
[9:50] they're the Secretary of the Treasury or
[9:51] the President of the United States, are
[9:53] very much on the line right now. To the
[9:55] extent they're unable to deliver
[9:57] solutions, it's going to make it easier
[9:58] for people to rise who come up with very
[10:00] simple and very dangerous solutions to
[10:02] the problems that can never be solved
[10:04] that way and that will be that will come
[10:06] really at the cost of the things we hold
[10:08] dear, our liberty, our freedom, all
[10:09] these other things. And so unless the
[10:11] G20 turns into a real hot pot of
[10:13] innovation and not just a machine for
[10:15] producing old ideas, we're all in a lot
[10:17] of trouble.
[10:19] >> Analyst and author Joshua Cooper Ramo,
[10:22] sobering report from him tonight in his
[10:24] own words. There is word tonight two
[10:27] American journalists detained by North
[10:29] Korea earlier this month are now
[10:31] expected to be put on trial for
[10:34] illegally entering that country. Yuna
[10:36] Lee and Laura Lang work for Current TV,
[10:39] the Californiabased media company
[10:42] founded by former Vice President Al
[10:44] Gore. For the latest on this story, we
[10:46] go to our Justice correspondent Pete
[10:48] Williams in Washington. Pete, good
[10:49] evening, Brian. Because the State
[10:52] Department has no formal relations with
[10:54] North Korea. It's working through
[10:55] Swedish diplomats who met with the two
[10:58] American journalists today. The two,
[11:00] Yuna Lee and Laura Ling, who is the
[11:02] sister of TV journalist Lisa Ling, work
[11:04] for Current TV and were in China for a
[11:06] story about North Korean refugees. They
[11:09] were arrested March 17th by guards on
[11:11] North Korea's northeastern border with
[11:13] China. North Korea is accusing them of
[11:16] quote illegal entry and hostile acts. An
[11:19] American official says the Chinese
[11:20] government is also helping as an
[11:22] intermediary, but the US is trying not
[11:24] to raise the profile of the two women,
[11:26] concerned that elevating their status in
[11:28] the eyes of the North Koreans could make
[11:30] it harder to get them released. Brian.
[11:32] >> All right, Pete Williams in our
[11:34] Washington bureau. Pete, thanks. You
[11:36] might have heard news from the health
[11:38] world this morning, and we wanted to
[11:39] touch on the story briefly here tonight.
[11:41] It's about combining different kinds of
[11:43] medications, and our health editor, Dr.
[11:46] Dr. Nancy Sniderman is with us here
[11:47] tonight with more on this. I heard you
[11:49] say today that if it appro if it's
[11:52] approved, it might help doctors trying
[11:53] to get patients to take a lot of things.
[11:55] >> Yeah. The question is, can you put five
[11:56] medicines into one? So, this was looking
[11:58] at over 2,000 people and what they found
[12:01] was the simple combination of five
[12:03] things. A lowd do statin, lowdose
[12:05] aspirin, and three commonly used blood
[12:08] pressure medications. All those put into
[12:10] one pill being dubbed the poly pill in
[12:13] people with no known heart disease
[12:15] reduce their risk of heart disease by 50
[12:17] to 60%. Obviously, if you can take one
[12:19] pill over five and it's safe, you're
[12:21] ahead of the game.
[12:22] >> And there was other news on the statin
[12:24] front today. Uh something funded by the
[12:26] company Astroenica. They make Crestor.
[12:28] >> You said it's good science number.
[12:30] >> It's very good science. It's a very good
[12:31] study and this is coming out of
[12:33] something we already knew last fall.
[12:35] Crestor a statin in people in a large
[12:38] trial over 18,000 people reduced the
[12:40] risk of heart disease and stroke. But
[12:42] what they also found was it reduced the
[12:45] the risk of deep vein thrombosis. Those
[12:47] clots that if they let go can go to your
[12:50] lungs and worst case go to your brain
[12:52] and cause a stroke, decreased it by 43%.
[12:56] Statins absolutely are the medications
[12:59] of the future and really something that
[13:00] everyone's going to have their eyes on.
[13:01] So, what may be a big-time unintended
[13:03] consequence, Dr. Nancy Sniderman, as
[13:05] always, good to see you. Thanks. We'll
[13:07] take a break when Nightly News continues
[13:09] here as we go along the way this Monday
[13:11] night. The latest challenge in the
[13:12] Midwest flood zone this evening after a
[13:15] rough weekend. And later tonight's
[13:17] making a difference report. The women
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[13:21] other people without being asked.
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[13:28] as flowers bloom and pollen floats
[13:30] through the air, while I sneezing
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[14:09] bones.
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[15:27] >> The relief was palpable over the weekend
[15:29] if you were watching the situation in
[15:31] the Dakotas. The worst case scenario for
[15:33] the flooded Red River did not come to
[15:36] pass, it turns out. But the problems
[15:38] haven't gone away, including a big
[15:40] snowstorm hitting the area tonight. And
[15:42] knowing this kind of flooding will
[15:44] happen again, the question now turns to
[15:47] what to do about the long run. Our own
[15:49] Kevin Tibbles remains on post tonight.
[15:52] He's with us again from Fargo. Kevin,
[15:54] good to see you again.
[15:57] >> Good evening, Brian. Well, just as
[15:58] people here thought they could breathe a
[16:00] sigh of relief, Mother Nature batters
[16:02] them and their flood walls with a
[16:04] blizzard.
[16:07] >> From the air, the impact is stunning.
[16:09] Water stretching for miles. And now a
[16:12] late winter storm tests the 50 mi of
[16:14] makeshift flood walls
[16:18] >> which today got an extra layer of
[16:20] protection. They use tools of war in
[16:23] this battle. Predator drones monitor for
[16:25] breaches.
[16:27] Blackhawk helicopters strategically
[16:29] place one-ton bags of sand. In other
[16:32] areas, the water simply overruns. And
[16:34] many here now call for a permanent dyke
[16:37] system, perhaps like the one installed
[16:39] after the devastating 1997 floods in
[16:42] nearby Grand Forks.
[16:43] >> And as you look at this map,
[16:45] >> Fargo's mayor is frustrated. He says
[16:47] each time his city fights these floods,
[16:49] the battle ends when the waters recede
[16:52] with no state or federal support for a
[16:54] permanent solution.
[16:55] >> Basically, after 1997, we were told to
[16:58] get in line.
[16:59] >> But there are solutions. In the 1960s,
[17:02] north of the border in the Canadian city
[17:03] of Winnipeg, they built the Red River
[17:06] Floodway, costing 300 million in today's
[17:09] dollars. When waters rise, gates open,
[17:11] diverting water for 30 miles around the
[17:14] city before rejoining the red on the
[17:16] other side. Winnipeg says it saved $10
[17:18] billion in damages. Still, building one
[17:22] in Fargo would likely displace many
[17:24] people.
[17:24] >> Anytime you put something like that in
[17:26] place, there are sacrifices by by lots
[17:28] of folks. But Fargo's emergency services
[17:30] manager says it's time.
[17:32] >> I can't think of a better stimulus
[17:34] package than getting contractors and
[17:35] people to work on a Red River for the
[17:38] protection.
[17:39] >> And scientists warn next year could be
[17:41] worse.
[17:42] >> I don't know how many 100red-year floods
[17:44] I've witnessed so far in my 30 years of
[17:46] living here along the Red River. So
[17:48] obviously the statistical model is
[17:50] wrong. Still, while a permanent flood
[17:52] solution is expensive, for many here,
[17:54] the heartache of another flood would be
[17:56] simply too much to bear.
[18:00] >> And Brian, this latest storm could drop
[18:02] as much as a foot of snow and packs
[18:05] heavy high winds. That's only going to
[18:07] put further pressure on a flood wall
[18:09] system here that's already strained to
[18:11] the brink. Brian,
[18:12] >> Kevin Tibbles in Fargo tonight, where
[18:14] life these days far from easy. Kevin,
[18:16] thanks. When Nightly News continues in a
[18:19] moment, late word of another major food
[18:22] recall. We'll be back with details in a
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[20:56] >> Tomorrow on Today, before the ER doors
[20:59] close, Meredith plays doctor
[21:01] >> overfl to cough
[21:03] >> or maybe not on NBC.
[21:07] >> Something of a breaking story we
[21:09] mentioned before the break tonight. A
[21:10] California nut producer is recalling its
[21:13] entire yearly crop of pistachios, over a
[21:17] million pounds of them. And a California
[21:19] processing plant is under investigation
[21:22] for a possible Salmonella outbreak. A
[21:24] nationwide recall of mixed nuts and
[21:27] trail mix went into effect last week.
[21:29] Officials have traced the problem to a
[21:31] California company called Setin Farms.
[21:34] There have been no reports of illnesses
[21:36] tied to this batch. A new recommendation
[21:40] for parents of kids between the ages of
[21:42] 12 and 18. Experts now say every child
[21:45] in that age group should be routinely
[21:48] screened for depression, which now
[21:50] strikes one in 20 teenagers and can of
[21:53] course lead to lower grades and frequent
[21:55] illness and alcohol and drug use. The
[21:58] recommendation in the Journal of
[21:59] Pediatrics says therapy and in some
[22:01] cases careful use of anti-depressant
[22:04] drugs can help. The ground shook for a
[22:07] while today in and around San Jose,
[22:10] California. The quake was a 4.3. No
[22:14] significant damage reported.
[22:16] Seismologists say they believe it is
[22:18] unrelated to the dozens of relatively
[22:20] small earthquakes recently at the
[22:23] southern end of the San Andreas fault.
[22:25] They're called a swarm of earthquakes in
[22:27] the earthquake business. They've been
[22:29] centered near Palm Springs in the Salt
[22:31] and Sea area of Southern California.
[22:34] When we come back here tonight, mothers
[22:36] on a mission. By doing so, they are
[22:38] making a difference.
[22:42] She's losing her battle against nasal
[22:44] allergies, but we found a WAY TO FIGHT
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[22:57] symptoms with Omnis. Side effects may
[22:59] include headache, nose bleed, and sore
[23:01] throat. Mission accomplished.
[23:03] Oh, incoming. Ask your doctor about
[23:05] Omnis. In the battle against nasal
[23:08] allergy symptoms, Omnireys combats the
[23:10] cause.
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[23:27] >> My grandkids are a great reason for me
[23:29] to keep my bones strong. But even with
[23:31] calcium, vitamin D, and exercise, I
[23:34] still got osteoporosis. I never thought
[23:36] I could do more than stop my bone loss
[23:38] and then my doctor told me I could with
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[23:42] your body to help stop and reverse bone
[23:45] loss. Studies show after one year on
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[23:49] reverse their bone loss. I know I did.
[23:52] >> Don't take Bonva if you have low blood
[23:54] calcium, severe kidney disease, or can't
[23:56] sit or stand for at least 1 hour. Follow
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[23:59] taking Bonva and tell your doctor if you
[24:01] have difficult or painful swallowing,
[24:02] chest pain, or severe or continuing
[24:04] heartburn. as these may be signs of
[24:06] serious upper digestive problems. If jaw
[24:08] problems or severe bone, joint, and or
[24:10] muscle pain develop, tell your doctor.
[24:12] >> I've got this one body and this one
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[24:21] you stop losing and start reversing.
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[25:11] >> This is a KJW News Channel 8 update.
[25:14] >> Next, the sexing case in Newport that
[25:16] has three people, including two teens,
[25:18] facing criminal prosecution. And the
[25:20] deadlines closing in on getting those
[25:22] studded tires off the roads. And we have
[25:25] more winter weather on the way up in the
[25:26] mountains. here in the valleys. I've got
[25:28] to warm up the end of the forecast at 6.
[25:34] >> We're back. It's time for our making a
[25:35] difference report. And please keep
[25:37] sending us your stories of the good
[25:39] deeds being done for others in this bad
[25:42] economy. This particular email comes to
[25:44] us from Mariah in Chester County, PA.
[25:47] She writes, "Our county library is
[25:49] offering a food for fines amnesty
[25:51] program during National Library Week,
[25:54] April 12th. We ask patrons who owe fines
[25:57] to bring non-p perishable food items and
[25:59] paper products to the library. Each item
[26:02] donated is worth a dollar towards fines
[26:05] owed. These items are then donated to
[26:07] the local food bank. It's a win-win for
[26:09] all. We are able to help those who
[26:12] recently lost jobs and need library
[26:14] resources but can't afford the fines.
[26:17] Plus, we also help those in need by
[26:20] putting food on the table. As we've been
[26:22] reporting, these kinds of stories are
[26:25] obviously everywhere. People helping the
[26:28] less fortunate without being asked. Like
[26:30] tonight's featured story about a mom
[26:33] from Connecticut reaching out to those
[26:35] living in the poverty of Appalachia, a
[26:38] region that has the shortest average
[26:40] lifespan in this country. The story
[26:43] tonight from NBC's Amy Robach.
[26:47] Even an unexpected spring snow shower
[26:49] couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of these
[26:51] kids.
[26:52] >> Thank you guys so much.
[26:54] >> Amy and Robert Guerreri have four kids
[26:56] and own several businesses.
[26:58] >> As moms, I think we can make a
[27:00] difference in this world.
[27:01] >> Amy and her friends worry their children
[27:03] think poverty only exists in far away
[27:06] places.
[27:06] >> It's been a mom brigade. I swear this is
[27:08] what's happening. on a mission to rally
[27:11] her town to give and give big money and
[27:14] much needed supplies. They'll deliver
[27:16] several times a year to an area with
[27:18] three times the national poverty rate.
[27:20] >> Could you imagine if every community can
[27:22] adopt a county how fast,
[27:25] >> you know, we can solve this problem?
[27:27] >> The moms who are a part of this effort
[27:29] say they hope that their town of Old
[27:30] Greenwich serves as a pilot program for
[27:32] other communities to pitch in and pay it
[27:35] forward.
[27:37] Working with CAP, the Christian
[27:39] Appalachin Project, which has served the
[27:40] poor in these hills for more than 40
[27:42] years, Amy promotes the benefits of good
[27:45] nutrition.
[27:46] >> Does anybody know how much water that
[27:48] you're supposed to drink in a day?
[27:50] >> If we had enough Amy's, then I'm sure we
[27:52] could change the face of poverty.
[27:54] >> She'll work with CAP to plan future
[27:56] missions, but it's the moms of
[27:58] Appalachia.
[27:59] >> Thank you very much.
[28:00] >> Fresh fruit
[28:01] >> and their kids Amy wants to help the
[28:03] most. just shows that people really do
[28:06] care. To help my kids, it's I mean,
[28:09] anything to help my kids.
[28:12] >> Margaret is a mom of four who just lost
[28:14] her husband.
[28:16] >> Good morning.
[28:16] >> I've met some of the most amazing
[28:18] amazing
[28:20] >> moms.
[28:22] >> No matter what comes in front of them,
[28:24] >> their kids always come first.
[28:26] >> By helping these kids, Amy knows she'll
[28:29] inspire her own. Hopefully they'll grow
[28:32] up and they can take over for what I'm
[28:33] doing here.
[28:34] >> Yeah, I am going to be back. I promise
[28:36] you that.
[28:36] >> A promise from one mom to another.
[28:39] >> I'll make it happen. Okay.
[28:40] >> Amy Robach, NBC News, Martin County,
[28:42] Kentucky.
[28:44] >> And that is our broadcast for this
[28:46] Monday night. Thank you for being with
[28:48] us. I'm Brian Williams. We hope to see
[28:50] you tomorrow night from London. Good
[28:52] night.
[29:03] Up in smoke. A moment of silence
[29:05] followed by flames, then applause.
[29:08] >> I'm just hoping for a sense of closure.
[29:11] >> How the burning of this abandoned home
[29:13] helps a murder victim's family heal. A
[29:16] picture is worth jail time. That's what
[29:19] a 17-year-old is facing over the cell
[29:21] phone video she took at a drunken party.
[29:23] It's part of a new trend called sexing.
[29:26] We're in Newport where prosecutors say a
[29:28] prank crossed the line and fishing as
[29:31] therapy. After war, many veterans keep
[29:33] struggling for peace of mind.
[29:35] >> I was drinking a lot. You know, it was
[29:36] like I didn't know how to do anything
[29:37] without drinking.
[29:38] >> How time spent on the water is having a
[29:41] ripple effect
[29:43] >> from the KGWHD
[29:45] studios,
[29:47] where the news comes first. News Channel
[29:50] 8 at 6 starts now.
[29:53] >> Hello, I'm Joe Don. and I'm Tracy Barry.
[29:55] First at 6, an emotional farewell today.
[29:59] The family of a murdered Hazel Dell
[30:01] teenager watch firefighters destroy part
[30:04] of the old crime scene. Fire crews
[30:06] burned out buildings near an overgrown
[30:08] field where the 13-year-old was found
[30:11] dead last month. News Channel 8's Kylie
[30:13] Bosshi is live on the scene with more.
[30:15] Kyle Tracy, this was all part of a
[30:17] training exercise fire crews Detroit
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