NBC Nightly News - 1999-09-09

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[0:01] broke up.

[0:10] >> Burning questions. What really happened

[0:11] in Waco? A former senator leads the

[0:14] investigation. He asks, "Was there a

[0:16] cover up? Did federal officials kill

[0:18] people?" Lifeline outbreak. When

[0:22] rainwater brings a potentially deadly

[0:24] disease, hundreds of people may be

[0:26] infected.

[0:28] NBC News in depth. New chaos in a

[0:30] corrupt Russia. A deadly bomb rips

[0:32] through a neighborhood. An attack on

[0:34] Yeltson's government. And a world away.

[0:38] Who paid for this California mansion?

[0:40] Where did he get the money? And the

[0:43] family. A smarter airbag. Will it save

[0:47] more lives?

[0:52] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:55] York, this is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:58] Brokoff.

[1:00] >> Good evening. It was almost 6 and a half

[1:02] years ago, the fiery and deadly end to

[1:05] the Branch Devidian compound in Waco,

[1:07] Texas. 80 cult members died that day and

[1:09] ever since there have been serious

[1:11] questions about the role of federal

[1:13] agents in those deaths. Today, after

[1:15] embarrassing recent disclosures from FBI

[1:18] tapes, Attorney General Janet Reno named

[1:20] a special investigator. Former

[1:22] Republican Senator John Danf of

[1:24] Missouri, as NBC Pete Williams reports.

[1:27] Now, this is an explosive political as

[1:30] well as law enforcement controversy.

[1:33] If someone can get to the bottom of what

[1:36] really happened at Waco and win the

[1:38] confidence of a skeptical Congress,

[1:39] Attorney General Reno today said Danfor

[1:42] is the one. Someone who is independent

[1:45] and someone who has the wisdom and

[1:47] determination to do the job the right

[1:49] way.

[1:50] >> His mission answer the troubling

[1:51] questions some new some