NBC Nightly News - 2004-10-19 - 2 of 2 (Extra open at end)

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[2:18] >> NBC News in depth tonight. Divided we

[2:20] stand. The one common point of view

[2:22] about this election is that America is a

[2:24] deeply divided country on the major

[2:26] issues of the campaign. So all this

[2:28] week, ordinary Americans with distinctly

[2:30] different points of view. Tonight, the

[2:32] war in Iraq and against terrorism. Two

[2:35] veterans with family members in uniform.

[2:38] Divided we stand.

[2:41] You were pretty much a lifer in the

[2:43] American Army.

[2:44] >> I was a lifer. Yes, sir.

[2:46] >> Stan Gooff, Delta Force, Rangers,

[2:49] Special Ops. Retired after 26 years

[2:52] serving in seven conflict areas,

[2:54] including Somalia, Guatemala, and

[2:56] Vietnam. His own son served in Rammani,

[2:59] Iraq.

[2:59] >> You were in Operation Desert Storm.

[3:01] >> Yes, sir.

[3:01] >> Steve Robertson, 20 years of military

[3:03] service behind him and a lifetime

[3:06] commitment ahead through his work at the

[3:07] American Legion. He has a son and wife

[3:10] both on active duty. Two men with a rich

[3:13] sense of duty to their country now

[3:15] sharing the worries of having family

[3:16] members in uniform.

[3:18] >> And yet like the candidates themselves.

[3:21] >> And he rushed to war in Iraq without a

[3:24] plan to win the peace.

[3:26] >> A free Iraq is essential for the

[3:28] security of this country.

[3:30] >> And so many Americans, they remain

[3:32] deeply divided.

[3:33] >> People in military service and

[3:35] ex-military people are not monolithic.

[3:37] Um,

[3:37] >> but they've seen things from the ground

[3:38] up as

[3:39] >> they have seen things from the ground up

[3:40] and so they have a different perspective

[3:42] and you know we tend to be sort of

[3:43] hard-headed and irassable sometimes. Um,

[3:47] but a fair number of veterans that I

[3:50] know now are very much against this war.

[3:53] >> You've been a supporter of the war. Any

[3:56] doubts at all creeping in?

[3:57] >> No, sir. No, no doubts. The purpose of

[4:00] us being there is to help expand

[4:02] freedom.

[4:03] >> We've created more generalized

[4:05] animosity. uh to the United States than

[4:08] we could have ever dreamed of uh pre-

[4:10] 911.

[4:11] >> My major concern are the troops. I do

[4:14] not want to ever be in a position where

[4:16] I am questioning whether the troops

[4:18] should be there.

[4:19] >> People are very reluctant uh to change

[4:22] their minds.

[4:22] >> Well, especially when American uh young

[4:24] men and women in uniform are in harm's

[4:26] way.

[4:26] >> That's right. And there's this idea that

[4:28] that somehow uh it's it's unsupportive.

[4:31] >> Do you worry that the American military

[4:33] is being stretched too thin? My wife is

[4:35] a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force

[4:36] active duty. My son's a second

[4:38] lieutenant in Korea. You're absolutely

[4:40] right. I worry about him.

[4:41] >> But at the end of the day, you still

[4:44] fully support the president's decision

[4:46] to go to war.

[4:47] >> Yes, sir.

[4:50] >> Why?

[4:52] >> Because I believe that he did not make

[4:54] the decision unilaterally. Our trust is

[4:57] the fact that our civilian leadership

[4:58] are making good decisions. The kind of

[5:02] questions that we have to ask about this

[5:03] administration are questions that are

[5:05] not going to make people very

[5:06] comfortable.

[5:07] >> And would you stay in Iraq if you were

[5:08] the president or?

[5:09] >> Absolutely not.

[5:10] >> Get out right now.

[5:11] >> Yes. Yes. I mean, if people say that if

[5:14] we leave there's a risk of a civil war,

[5:15] there's a civil war right now.

[5:17] >> If you were called tomorrow and they

[5:18] said, "We need you back in uniform to go

[5:21] to the Middle East." What would you say?

[5:23] >> Absolutely. Once I got past the PT test,

[5:26] my bags would be packed and I'd go.

[5:29] That's the mission of a soldier.

[5:31] duty, honor, country, and deep divisions

[5:34] about the future.

[5:37] >> Tomorrow night here on NBC Nightly News,

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[5:49] Iraqi orphan is starting a new life in

[5:52] an unlikely place for him.

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[9:23] collapsed building and 11 more injured

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[9:47] simulator. Developed by scientists here

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[10:36] life storms like this week's. Robert

[10:38] Hager, NBC News, Ames, Iowa.

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[11:08] at the end of the day. I'll be right

[11:11] back with a fresh start for a young

[11:13] Iraqi boy at a place called Boytown.

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[14:12] >> NBC 6 News at 11. South Florida's news

[14:15] leader.

[14:18] It is always one of the most poignant

[14:20] stories of war. The orphan kid who's

[14:22] adopted by an American military outfit

[14:24] and finds a new life. Tonight, just such

[14:26] a story out of Iraq all the way to

[14:29] Nebraska. From one of the most dangerous

[14:31] cities in the world to one of the

[14:33] safest. NBC's Kevin Tibbles tonight from

[14:36] Boytown.

[14:38] >> After a 15-hour flight to freedom, the

[14:40] young Iraqi US soldier simply called

[14:43] Johnny is on American soil.

[14:46] >> Johnny is a 16-year-old child of the

[14:48] Baghdad streets, an orphan. Here's a

[14:50] kid. He's in terrible, terrible danger

[14:55] of being killed.

[14:57] Can we help him? Oh, yes, we can. He is

[15:00] welcomed by Father Val Peter of

[15:02] Nebraska's fabled Boy Town, the small

[15:05] orphanage that grew to nurture thousands

[15:07] of vulnerable kids. Immortalized in this

[15:09] 1938 film,

[15:11] >> at Boytown, everybody worships as they

[15:13] please.

[15:14] >> Since 1917, the First World War,

[15:16] children have sought refuge here. Today

[15:19] with war in Iraq, Boytown's ageless

[15:21] motto of he ain't heavy, he's my brother

[15:24] still rings true.

[15:26] >> Johnny was brought to Boytown's

[15:27] attention by the fourth battalion of the

[15:29] 27th Field Artillery in Baghdad. He

[15:32] helped them locate weapons caches.

[15:34] >> American people give me new chance and

[15:36] new life. This young man

[15:40] >> is a hero.

[15:41] >> But insurgents put a bounty on his head.

[15:43] Johnny had to be rescued.

[15:45] >> I told him that yesterday on the

[15:46] airplane ride back. I says, "Johnny,

[15:48] you're going to get to be a boy again."

[15:50] He I said, "A teenager." He says, "What

[15:51] is that?" I says, "Johnny, you're going

[15:53] to get to be a boy again." And he just

[15:54] had a big grin on his face.

[15:56] >> Today, Boytown's newest citizen was

[15:58] embraced. In Iraq, he had no family.

[16:01] Here, all are brothers and sisters. His

[16:04] new room in a home he shares with seven

[16:06] other boys.

[16:07] >> Daddy, I really miss you.

[16:08] >> Best of all, I miss you, too.

[16:10] >> And this afternoon, a phone call to

[16:12] Lieutenant Colonel Brian McCieran, whose

[16:14] troops credit Johnny with saving lives.

[16:17] I'm real proud of you, buddy.

[16:18] >> A new life for Johnny in America's

[16:21] heartland. Kevin Tibbles, NBC News,

[16:23] Boytown, Nebraska.

[16:27] >> That's nightly news for Tuesday. I'm Tom

[16:29] Brokoff. I'll see you back here tomorrow

[16:31] night.

[16:46] Nightly News is a presentation of NBC

[16:49] News. More Americans watch NBC News than

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[17:06] >> After September 11th, our world changed.

[17:09] Either we fight terrorists abroad or

[17:11] face them here. John Kerry and liberals

[17:13] in Congress have a different view. They

[17:15] opposed Reagan as he won the Cold War.

[17:18] Voted against the first Gulf War. Voted

[17:20] to slash intelligence after the first

[17:22] trade center attack. Repeatedly opposed

[17:25] weapons vital to winning the war on

[17:26] terror. John Kerry and his liberal

[17:28] allies. Are they a risk we can afford to

[17:30] take today?

[17:32] >> I am George W. Bush and I approve this

[17:34] message.

[17:35] >> What is Islamic Jihad? a murderous band

[17:38] of terrorists who hate America.

[17:40] Incredibly, under Betty Caster's weak

[17:42] leadership, Islamic Jihad used her

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[17:47] terrorist, it was a cell. Betty Caster

[17:50] was warned, but refused to fire a single

[17:52] one and defended them under academic

[17:54] freedom. Freedom to plot terrorism.

[17:57] That's the same Betty Caster who called

[17:59] America the bully of the world. I'm Mel

[18:03] Martinez and I approve this message.

[18:05] Here's what I've heard from families all

[18:07] across America. You need someone to

[18:10] fight for you. I believe it's the middle

[18:12] class that needs a tax cut. I believe in

[18:15] creating opportunity. So, I'll end tax

[18:17] breaks for companies that ship jobs

[18:20] overseas. I'll lower the cost of

[18:22] prescription drugs. And with a strong

[18:24] military and strong alliances, we will

[18:27] defeat terror. I believe our future

[18:29] belongs to freedom, not to fear. I'm

[18:32] John Kerry and I approve this message.

[18:35] >> Your NBC Entertainment Hour begins now

[18:38] with Extra.

[18:43] >> Tragic news of a Mary Kate Olson relapse

[18:46] as the star shoots down reports she's

[18:48] back at war with her eating disorder.

[18:50] >> All of it just proved to be too much.

[18:52] >> Has the young mogul spiraled out of

[18:54] control and dropped out of school? And

[18:56] the one thing that may have set her off,

[18:59] Tracy Gold faces the judge. The Growing

[19:02] Pain star answers DUI charges and

[19:04] accusations she put her kids lives in

[19:06] danger. Extra star justice team is

[19:09] inside court.

[19:10] >> Tracy, how you doing?

[19:12] >> Oprah and Nicole Kidman's French

[19:14] connection.

[19:15] >> I'm in Paris.

[19:17] >> What the two superstars are doing in the

[19:19] city of lights and why Nicole's glammed

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[19:26] on the set of their new movie and the

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[19:35] Then, Will and Jada, John and Kelly,

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[19:39] >> Love was in the air for a few hot power

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[19:44] >> how are you?

[19:44] >> I'm very good. I got both sides from

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[19:52] >> Hello again. I'm Dana Deon.

[19:53] >> What's up everybody? I'm Mark McGrath.

[19:55] Is Mary Kate Olsson in trouble again?

[19:57] Just four months after seeking treatment

[19:58] for an eating disorder, the young star's

[20:01] health is under scrutiny. Mike Bryant

[20:03] reports.

[20:04] >> Troubling reports today that Mary Kate

[20:06] Olsen may be battling her demons again.

[20:09] US Weekly reports the beautiful young

[20:11] star has had a relapse of her eating

[20:13] disorder, has left New York University,

[20:15] and is back home in LA to recover.

[20:18] >> She realizes she is not doing well. Uh

[20:21] she the stresses of school were a little

[20:22] too much for her and she has left

[20:23] temporarily. US Weekly editor Janice Min

[20:26] helped break the story, even appearing

[20:28] this morning on the Today Show.

[20:30] >> This is an upsetting story.

[20:31] >> Mary Kate's reps categorically deny the

[20:33] report to Extra, saying the 18-year-old

[20:36] is simply back home on business. But Min

[20:38] tells Extra her sources reveal Mary Kate

[20:41] has been troubled lately, especially now

[20:43] that her sister Ashley is reportedly

[20:45] dating 30-year-old Scott Sardaniano.

[20:47] >> One of the things that potentially was

[20:49] troubling to Mary Kate was that Ashley

[20:50] actually did develop this serious

[20:52] attachment to a new boyfriend. When

[20:53] you're a twin, that can be very

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