NBC Nightly News - 2001-08-20
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[0:05] Money, the Fed meets tomorrow. Tonight,
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[0:26] secrets of getting rid of those extra
[0:28] pounds.
[0:32] >> From NBC News world headquarters in New
[0:35] York,
[0:36] this is NBC Nightly News with Tom
[0:39] Brokaw. Substituting tonight, Brian
[0:42] Williams.
[0:43] >> Good evening. The number of acres
[0:45] currently on fire in this country is now
[0:47] approaching half a million. Tonight, in
[0:50] the dry as a tinder American West,
[0:52] resources are being stretched.
[0:54] Firefighters are working hard and around
[0:56] the clock in some cases. It is a war
[0:59] being fought on the ground and in the
[1:01] air, and they are hoping for a hand at
[1:03] least from another source, a change in
[1:05] the weather. But will that stop the
[1:07] flames? We begin tonight with NBC News
[1:10] correspondent Chip Reid in Leavenworth,
[1:12] Washington. Chip, good evening to you.
[1:14] >> Good evening, Brian. Here in central
[1:16] Washington, the winds have slowed down,
[1:18] and that has given firefighters a real
[1:20] opportunity to make some progress here
[1:22] on the Icicle fire. But in other parts
[1:24] of the West, high winds are creating
[1:26] havoc, especially in northern
[1:28] California.
[1:29] >> Go go go!
[1:31] >> In northern California, 900 firefighters
[1:33] racing to contain a blaze today. In less
[1:36] than 24 hours, it exploded from a small
[1:38] brush fire to more than 2,000 acres.
[1:41] >> Come o