NBC Nightly News - 1996-02-20 (New Hampshire primary)

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[0:01] Pat Buchanan, the projected winner in

[0:03] New Hampshire. A long rough road ahead

[0:05] for the Republican presidential

[0:07] nomination. How to fly free as a federal

[0:09] employee. FAA inspectors in the air a

[0:11] lot claiming safety is the issue.

[0:14] Healthw Watch tonight. More on the

[0:15] Dockery case. Another patient

[0:16] unconscious suddenly speaks. Are there

[0:19] clues? And lessons in democracy from

[0:22] kids for their parents trying to teach

[0:24] voting from the ground up. I'm going to

[0:25] take it right.

[0:28] >> From NBC News, this is a special edition

[0:31] of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brothal.

[0:35] Reporting tonight from New Hampshire.

[0:38] Good evening from Bedford, New

[0:40] Hampshire. And tonight, there is a new

[0:42] front runner for the Republican

[0:43] presidential nomination. He is Patrick

[0:46] Buchanan. NBC News projecting that Pat

[0:49] Buchanan will be the winner of this

[0:50] first in the nation primary since 1952.

[0:54] of all Republicans who got to the White

[0:55] House won this primary. We are

[0:57] projecting Pat Buchanan the winner

[0:59] tonight. About oneif of the vote has

[1:01] been counted so far. As you can see,

[1:02] Buchanan with a lead of about three

[1:04] points over Bob Dole and Lamar Alexander

[1:07] still a respectable third. So these

[1:10] three likely will go on from here to

[1:13] contest for the Republican presidential

[1:14] nomination. Moving on to the Dakotas

[1:17] tomorrow, also to South Carolina and

[1:19] Georgia and Arizona in the coming weeks.

[1:22] This is a major race for the Republican

[1:25] presidential nomination. What happened

[1:27] today? Let's begin now with NBC's David

[1:30] Bloom.

[1:31] >> One sign of just how tight this race is,

[1:33] Kansas Senator Bob Dole lobbying tonight

[1:36] for votes in Derry, New Hampshire in the

[1:38] waning moments before the polls closed.

[1:41] Be a long night for me.

[1:43] >> At times today, Dole was self-confident.

[1:45] We're going to win, right? Looking good.

[1:48] >> At other moments, full of doubt. And I

[1:50] think I am the best prepared candidate.

[1:52] Now whether that I think that is going

[1:54] to prevail, but uh

[1:55] >> Dole's voice trailed off. Last minute

[1:57] poll showed a photo finish. Dole,

[2:00] Patrick Buchanan, Lamar Alexander, but

[2:03] not necessarily in that order. Today

[2:05] brought mild weather, which usually

[2:07] means high voter turnout. So where was

[2:10] Buchanan? The conservative commentator,

[2:12] ever the workhorse, was inside his hotel

[2:15] room. He did 25 talk radio show

[2:18] interviews before noon.

[2:20] >> Look, we got guys looking over at the

[2:21] Great Wall at China. It's just an

[2:22] excellent model for what we want along

[2:24] the Canadian border.

[2:25] >> While other candidates were gladhanding,

[2:28] >> Buchanan was still on the radio

[2:31] imploring supporters to vote.

[2:33] >> We got to look out for the interest of

[2:34] America.

[2:35] >> Your dad already voted.

[2:36] >> Former Tennessee Governor Alexander is

[2:38] the other immediate threat with a simple

[2:40] message even school children now know by

[2:42] heart. Alexander beats Clinton and don't

[2:45] even

[2:48] >> That's very good. That's an A+.

[2:51] >> Alexander's hope is that as in Iowa,

[2:53] he'll benefit from a backlash against

[2:55] negative advertising.

[2:57] >> Here at Dole campaign headquarters in

[2:59] Manchester, New Hampshire, the news has

[3:01] yet to sink in. They're still

[3:03] celebrating. Two important points to

[3:05] make. Number one, on paper, Bob Dole

[3:08] still has the best organization, the

[3:10] most money going into the crucial

[3:12] primaries over the next month. Point

[3:14] number two, you cannot understate the

[3:16] huge psychological damage. He is no

[3:19] longer a venerable, now a vulnerable

[3:21] front runner, if he still has that title

[3:23] at all. Tom,

[3:25] >> thank you very much. David Bloom tonight

[3:26] at Dole headquarters. David, can you

[3:28] hear me now?

[3:29] >> Yes, I can hear you, Tom. What does Bob

[3:31] do now do to try to persuade those

[3:34] people out there who had doubts from the

[3:36] first place about whether he can take on

[3:39] not only Bill Clinton but now Lamar

[3:40] Alexander and Pat Buchanan. The most

[3:44] important thing that Bob do has to do is

[3:45] to convince his infrastructure, the

[3:48] governors, the the senators, the uh the

[3:51] House of Representatives where he's got

[3:53] strong support ostensibly. But here in

[3:56] New Hampshire and the support of the

[3:57] state's popular governor, that wasn't

[3:59] enough. Deputy Damage Control. He said

[4:01] tonight we'll get the Canon someplace

[4:03] else.

[4:04] >> Thank you very much, David Bloom.

[4:06] Joining me now from election

[4:07] headquarters in New Hampshire is NBC's

[4:09] News Washington Bureau chief and

[4:10] moderator of Meet the Press, Tim

[4:12] Russard. Tim, Bob Dole took a major hit

[4:15] tonight. huge Tom Pap Buchanan winning

[4:17] this primary makes him the front runner

[4:19] as you said and puts him in a position

[4:22] onto Arizona, the Dakotas, South

[4:25] Carolina in a multicandidate field. As

[4:28] long as Bob Dole and Lamar Alexander

[4:30] stay in the field, Pap Buchanan has a

[4:32] hardcore base of 20 to 30% he could win

[4:35] the primaries over the next two or three

[4:37] weeks. And Tim, is there anything that

[4:40] Bob Dole can do now? Because even among

[4:42] his supporters, there were real

[4:44] questions about whether he could go all

[4:45] the way.

[4:46] >> Tom, he has to go out to the country and

[4:48] say, "I'm going to fight for this." And

[4:50] he has to try to urge Lamar Alexander to

[4:52] get out. But Alexander won't get out.

[4:53] Bob Dole has to suck it in and say to

[4:56] people, "This is my last harrah. I'm

[4:58] going to give you a rationale why I

[4:59] should be president." He hasn't thus

[5:00] far.

[5:01] >> All right. Thanks very much, Tim

[5:02] Russard. If this all were a popularity

[5:04] contest, I think I know who would finish

[5:06] last among New Hampshire voters this

[5:08] year. We would. the news media,

[5:10] especially television. There was a time

[5:12] when New Hampshire voters went eye to

[5:14] eye with the candidates, but no more.

[5:17] >> Back up.

[5:19] >> If you're a presidential candidate, this

[5:21] is your view of New Hampshire.

[5:23] >> Back on. Back up.

[5:24] >> If you're a New Hampshire voter, this is

[5:27] your view of the candidates.

[5:28] >> I see a bit of them. I love to shake his

[5:30] hand.

[5:30] >> More reporters than voters. Chaotic. And

[5:33] if there's any voters here within 10

[5:35] miles of here.

[5:37] >> It's a kind of traveling electronic

[5:38] stockade.

[5:39] >> Can I just get some comments?

[5:41] >> Everyone is a hostage.

[5:42] >> It's the worst I've ever been. I covered

[5:43] OJ and uh definitely more vicious.

[5:47] >> Never have so many cameras come so far

[5:50] to cover a few candidates. Have you ever

[5:52] seen this many TV cameras?

[5:54] >> No, I haven't either.

[5:55] >> It's worse than a nightmare. It's your

[5:57] worst nightmare

[5:58] >> from across this country

[6:00] >> and well beyond.

[6:04] pity the unsuspecting who get in the way

[6:06] of this thundering herd.

[6:08] >> Folks, this is a police officer. Put the

[6:10] cameras right here.

[6:12] >> Is this really necessary? In a word, no.

[6:16] >> It's become a kind of mindless video

[6:18] game.

[6:18] >> It's like Buffalo. The one runs over the

[6:21] cliff, you all follow right with it.

[6:23] >> Television has transformed the American

[6:24] presidential campaign.

[6:29] This year it is in danger of running it

[6:32] off the road.

[6:33] There is no easy solution, but common

[6:36] sense, discretion, and some manners

[6:38] would be a beginning. We have much more

[6:40] coming up on NBC Nightly News Tonight,

[6:42] including an in-depth look at the

[6:44] economic anxiety driving a lot of

[6:46] primary voters. Up next, back in

[6:48] Washington, some federal bureaucrats who

[6:51] love to fly free.

[6:53] >> Stop the abuses that waste the assets of

[6:55] the FAA. and more important waste

[6:58] opportunities to increase the safety to

[7:00] the flying public.

[7:02] >> Still ahead, Healthw Watch. The mystery

[7:04] of a man who woke up after seven years.

[7:06] We found another case that could shed

[7:08] some light.

[7:11] >> When I was young, you and mom made sure

[7:13] I ate right.

[7:14] >> Well, you were my little girl.

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[7:20] >> Insure is recommended number one by

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[7:31] >> Drink Insure as a meal

[7:33] >> or in between. Ensure to your health,

[7:35] Dad.

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[7:48] clusters with chopped walnuts and crispy

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[7:55] >> Hey you,

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[7:57] >> Look what Betty Crocker's whipped up. A

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[8:01] >> that's totally fat-free.

[8:03] >> Fat free.

[8:03] >> You heard me. Now all the best of

[8:05] Betty's in a fat-ree, ready to eat

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[8:08] >> Betty ought to get a reward for these.

[8:11] >> From Italy, where generations have

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[8:42] A federal judge today moved the Oklahoma

[8:44] City bombing case out of that state,

[8:45] saying jurors there would be too

[8:47] prejudiced. The trial of bombing

[8:49] suspects Timothy McVey and Terry Nichols

[8:51] will now be held in Denver, 500 miles

[8:53] away, despite the request of victim's

[8:56] families to hold it within easy driving

[8:58] distance. News from Washington tonight,

[9:00] a new report from the Transportation

[9:02] Department says employees of the Federal

[9:04] Aviation Administration, the FAA, have

[9:07] been flying free. And not all of that

[9:09] travel is jobreated. Here's NBC's Robert

[9:12] Hager.

[9:14] It's been a secret lucrative benefit for

[9:16] many employees of the Federal Aviation

[9:18] Administration. Free air travel to

[9:20] glamorous destinations

[9:24] for vacations in London, in Munich, Las

[9:26] Vegas, and elsewhere. Under the pretense

[9:28] of doing their jobs, the FAA employees

[9:31] get the airlines to fly them wherever

[9:32] they want to go for free. Under

[9:35] government rules, airlines usually make

[9:36] the space available in cockpits or in

[9:38] the passenger cabin whenever the FAA

[9:40] asks. But the free seats are supposed to

[9:43] be used for official government purposes

[9:45] only, to inspect or evaluate safety or

[9:48] for air traffic controllers to get away

[9:50] from their scopes and to familiarize

[9:52] themselves with what goes on in flight.

[9:54] But now, a new report written by the

[9:56] Department of Transportation's own

[9:57] Inspector General and obtained by NBC

[10:00] News finds FAA employees are abusing the

[10:03] system, commonly using the free flights

[10:05] for vacations and extended weekends to

[10:07] visit relatives or for personal reasons.

[10:10] The report says in a recent 16-month

[10:12] period, the FAA asked the airlines for

[10:14] 248,000

[10:16] free flights. But a sampling showed

[10:18] among one group of FAA employees, safety

[10:21] evaluators, 62% used the flights

[10:24] primarily for personal purposes. Among

[10:26] another group, inspectors, it was 35%.

[10:30] How does the scam work? Too many visits

[10:32] to FAA facilities at popular

[10:34] destinations and too few to others.

[10:36] According to Mary Skiavo, who supervised

[10:38] the investigation,

[10:39] >> some sites were visited many, many, many

[10:41] times in one year, and many sites have

[10:44] completely gone uninspected, unvisited,

[10:46] unnoticed because people are busy going

[10:48] to vacation locations instead of other

[10:51] places.

[10:51] >> Example, in just over a year's time,

[10:53] controllers from one facility in Chicago

[10:56] took 134 separate free flights to Las

[10:59] Vegas. There have been no traffic

[11:00] control problems in Las Vegas. One

[11:02] safety evaluator used 24 free flights

[11:05] for trips to Florida without reporting a

[11:07] single problem there. FAA administrator

[11:10] David Henson today promised to stop any

[11:12] abuses, but said he wants to continue

[11:14] the program in some form that it has

[11:16] benefits when run correctly, but as is

[11:19] the inspector general's report calls it

[11:21] a clear violation of ethical standards.

[11:24] Robert Hager, NBC News, Washington.

[11:27] And the federal government today issued

[11:29] new safety rules for passenger trains

[11:31] just 5 days after that fiery collision

[11:33] of two trains in Maryland that killed

[11:34] 11. Starting at midnight, all passenger

[11:37] and commuter trains must leave must have

[11:40] limits on their speeds when they're

[11:41] leaving the station. They must certify

[11:44] all exits, including windows, work

[11:46] properly, and are well marked. The

[11:48] government also is demanding new long

[11:50] range safety plans from all rail

[11:53] companies in 45 days.

[11:56] Off the coast of Wales tonight, a huge

[11:58] oil spill is threatening to become one

[12:00] of Britain's worst ever. Tugboats failed

[12:03] to reflow a tanker leaking oil since it

[12:05] ran ground 5 days ago. Just offshore

[12:08] from a major wildlife sanctuary already

[12:11] spilled 6 million gallons, a third of

[12:13] the ship's cargo. The three-mile slick

[12:16] threatens the area's rare birds, marine

[12:18] life, and seals.

[12:21] I'll be back with more on this primary

[12:22] night. An in-depth look tonight at a New

[12:24] Hampshire family, their economic

[12:26] anxieties that translate across this

[12:28] country.

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[12:53] >> The fact that dairy foods and my stomach

[12:55] don't agree won't keep me from enjoying

[12:57] every bite of ice cream. I just take New

[13:00] Lactate Extra Strength. It has 50% more

[13:02] of the natural ingredient that helps me

[13:04] digest dairy.

[13:06] >> New Lactate Extra Strength for the love

[13:08] of dairy.

[13:09] >> When I want clam chowder, I want the

[13:10] real thing, nothing wimpy. And now

[13:12] Healthy Choice makes this great clam

[13:15] chowder. Thick, creamy, really chunky,

[13:17] and less than three grams of fat. With

[13:20] Healthy Choice Chowder, I eat what I

[13:22] like. This is for real.

[13:24] >> My new denture adhesive is Polygrip

[13:26] Free. It is free of artificial flavors

[13:29] and it's free of artificial colors.

[13:31] Polygrip Free holds my dentures tight. I

[13:34] can enjoy more of my favorite foods.

[13:37] Polygrip Free.

[13:39] >> An important message from the makers of

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[13:54] for safe, dependable, overnight relief

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[14:03] >> Look for a coupon in this Sunday's

[14:04] paper. Correct. All caring for women for

[14:07] over 40 years.

[14:10] NBC News in depth tonight. Economic

[14:13] anxiety. It was the big issue in the

[14:15] voting today, well ahead of taxes and

[14:17] the federal deficit, and it is expected

[14:19] to be a big issue across the country for

[14:21] the rest of this election year. New

[14:23] Hampshire is a classic example of what's

[14:25] going on. At a glance, it seems to be

[14:28] doing well. Household income in this

[14:30] state is in the top five in the country.

[14:33] Unemployment is under 4%, two points

[14:35] below the national average. But the only

[14:39] growth in jobs in New Hampshire is for

[14:41] those paying $35,000 a year or less.

[14:44] Jobs paying more than that are in

[14:46] decline. The state's largest employer

[14:48] has laid off 40% of its workforce in the

[14:50] last 10 years. All that help Pat

[14:53] Buchanan, but many in New Hampshire have

[14:55] decided they'll have to work their way

[14:57] out of this on their own.

[14:59] >> On the TV that took

[15:01] >> these are the faces of economic anxiety.

[15:04] Tom and Kathy Chamberlain and their two

[15:06] boys. A few years ago, they were talking

[15:08] about building a second home. Now, they

[15:11] worry just about getting meals on the

[15:13] table.

[15:13] >> We're surviving right now, but

[15:16] we don't know how it's going to be in a

[15:18] few years.

[15:21] >> Tom was a homebuilder. He went bankrupt

[15:23] when the real estate market collapsed.

[15:25] The anger, the frustration, I think it

[15:28] was like a grieving process. Now, we're

[15:31] trying to look forward to the future and

[15:33] plan in a different direction.

[15:36] Tom is studying to be a nurse. He hopes

[15:38] to have a degree in two years. Kathy

[15:41] found work at United Way where she makes

[15:44] $25,000 a year, the family's primary

[15:47] income. There's a lot of economic

[15:49] anxiety in New Hampshire. The state went

[15:51] through a severe recession 5 years ago.

[15:53] It's just now beginning to recover.

[15:56] >> The jobs that we lost were largely in

[15:59] manufacturing and construction. The jobs

[16:01] that we've added for the most part uh

[16:04] since uh 1991 have been in services and

[16:07] trade sectors.

[16:08] >> That happened across the state.

[16:12] As a result, many New Hampshire workers

[16:14] believe they're losing ground.

[16:16] >> On 87, I made uh 25,000

[16:20] and that was just basically 40 hours, 40

[16:23] something hours. And working here, we

[16:26] usually work over 50 hours and I made

[16:29] like 21.

[16:31] >> Not surprisingly, the Republican

[16:32] candidates say they have the answers.

[16:35] There'll be more jobs and more

[16:36] opportunity for all Americans.

[16:38] >> You've got to protect the American

[16:40] workers standard of living.

[16:41] >> The jobs that we have in America will

[16:43] come from a cutting edge of technology.

[16:45] >> But what should we really expect from

[16:48] these promises?

[16:49] >> The issue isn't can I get a job or can I

[16:51] get a better job. The issue is can I

[16:54] hold on to the money that I have? And

[16:56] those are the kinds of things that I

[16:57] think that really lie behind the general

[17:00] malaise.

[17:01] >> The Chamberlins agree

[17:02] >> and they don't buy the Buchanan argument

[17:04] that American jobs will be protected by

[17:07] shutting down imports.

[17:08] >> I think that there are a lot of people

[17:10] out there hurting and

[17:13] they're hurting and when they do that

[17:15] they just want to say no, I don't want

[17:16] anybody. Don't take my jobs away.

[17:18] >> And how do you answer that? life is

[17:20] balance and that every action has a

[17:23] repercussion. How many people really

[17:26] want to work for 425 an hour to uh put

[17:30] shoes together or to slow or to do peace

[17:32] meal garment making?

[17:34] >> After a lot of soularching, the

[17:36] Chamberlins decided how they would vote.

[17:39] >> Tom Chamberlain today voted for Bill

[17:41] Clinton in the Democratic primary. Kathy

[17:44] Chamberlain voted for Lamar Alexander in

[17:46] the Republican primary. I think we're

[17:49] eventually going to be able to work

[17:50] through this. It just takes time to

[17:52] shift gears and change directions.

[17:54] >> I think having been there, we're

[17:56] stronger for it. And I think that's what

[17:59] our parents experienced as well. We're

[18:02] going to be okay. Uh but it's going to

[18:04] be because of us, not anybody in the

[18:05] Oval Office.

[18:07] >> Must have.

[18:09] >> Four years ago, Bill Clinton campaigned

[18:10] here promising to fix the economy. The

[18:13] numbers look to be better, but the

[18:14] anxiety has not been relieved. When we

[18:17] come back, a medical detective story.

[18:19] How can patients talk after years of

[18:22] silence?

[18:25] >> Mhm.

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[18:29] >> No,

[18:30] >> you do.

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[18:58] >> You have a 30-year mortgage,

[19:02] so shouldn't you have a 30-year faucet?

[19:06] Mowing. Buy it for looks, buy it for

[19:08] life.

[19:10] >> Time out. Time out. Time out for the new

[19:14] kid in the house. New honey frosted

[19:15] waties.

[19:16] >> Hey, what about crispy waties and

[19:18] raisins?

[19:19] >> Mine's a frosted flavor. They're sweet

[19:21] like me.

[19:22] >> Very sweet.

[19:24] >> Mine's got a big crunch and raisins.

[19:27] >> Does have raisins.

[19:28] >> He's got the raisins. All right.

[19:29] >> Honey, frosted waties. Crispy waties and

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[19:38] need your waties.

[19:39] >> Raymond, you look constipated. Here we

[19:42] go.

[19:42] >> You should take Phillips Milk of

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[19:44] >> Says who?

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[19:47] they take Phillips Milk of Magnesia

[19:49] most. Raymond.

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[19:55] >> I'm on the road 345 days out of the

[19:57] year. And luckily for me, everywhere I

[19:58] go, there's a mailboxes etc. An office

[20:01] on the road, if you will. I drive a 27

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[20:24] >> The threat of flooding may be over, but

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[20:28] up tonight at 6, we'll show you which

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[20:37] Tonight at 6 on News Channel 8.

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[20:48] >> The economy, the big issue here in New

[20:50] Hampshire. And there was some news on

[20:51] that subject from the chairman of the

[20:52] Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan,

[20:54] today. He told Congress that the current

[20:56] slowdown is temporary, that the Fed is

[20:59] ready to cut interest rates again if

[21:01] necessary to avoid a recession. However,

[21:04] that was not enough to make Wall Street

[21:06] happy. The Dow was down in very heavy

[21:08] trading. So was the NASDAQ.

[21:11] Now, medical news. The mysterious case

[21:13] of Gary Docky, the patient in Tennessee

[21:15] who suddenly spoke after years of

[21:17] silence and then lapsed back into

[21:20] silence. What's going on here? Healthw

[21:23] Watch tonight with NBC's Robert Bazelle

[21:25] on the latest on this medical detective

[21:27] story.

[21:29] Gary Dockery is still not speaking

[21:31] tonight, but NBC News has learned that

[21:32] his doctors hope a case that occurred in

[21:34] this Wisconsin hospital six years ago

[21:37] will provide clues on how to get him to

[21:39] talk again. Dr. Ronald Cranford was a

[21:41] consultant on the Wisconsin case.

[21:43] >> There's a striking parallel between this

[21:45] case in 1990 from Madison, Wisconsin,

[21:48] and the Dockery case in Chattanooga,

[21:49] Tennessee.

[21:50] >> Docky suffered severe brain damage when

[21:52] he was shot in the head 7 years ago. He

[21:54] was transferred from a nursing home to

[21:56] this hospital where he got several drugs

[21:58] to treat a lung infection. That's when

[22:00] he suddenly started to speak and did not

[22:02] stop for 18 hours. The Wisconsin case

[22:05] generated headlines similar to the

[22:07] Dockery case. In both cases, initial

[22:09] news reports incorrectly said the men

[22:11] had been in comas. The unidentified

[22:14] Wisconsin man had not spoken for 10

[22:16] years following a car accident. He too

[22:18] was transferred to a hospital. He got a

[22:20] dose of Valium prior to dental work.

[22:22] That's when he started to speak.

[22:24] >> So we went from just a barely

[22:26] communicative stage to talking readily

[22:29] and easily and reading and writing and

[22:31] counting.

[22:31] >> After that, from time to time, doctors

[22:33] could get the man to speak again with

[22:35] doses of Valium, but eventually it

[22:37] stopped working. Docker's physicians say

[22:39] he did not get Valium when he entered

[22:41] the hospital, but he did get several

[22:43] other drugs that affect the brain. They

[22:45] say they will experiment with them one

[22:46] by one to see if they can unravel the

[22:48] mystery of how to get Dockery to speak

[22:50] again. Robert Bazelle, NBC News, New

[22:54] York.

[22:55] >> Now to NBC News online. Beyond the day's

[22:57] headlines, today may be primary day here

[22:59] in New Hampshire, but around the world

[23:01] it's Fat Tuesday. In New Orleans, the

[23:04] annual Marty Gro blowout.

[23:07] An estimated 1 million party goers in

[23:10] Big Easy.

[23:12] In Rio, it's called Carnival. Hundreds

[23:14] of thousands of tourists contributing to

[23:17] an estimated billion dollar windfall to

[23:19] the city.

[23:21] All of this precedes, of course, the

[23:22] more somber day for Christians, Ash

[23:24] Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. And

[23:26] this is a meaningful day for others as

[23:28] well. Muslims all over the world are

[23:30] marking the end of the holy month of

[23:32] Ramadan, a day of prayer, feasting, and

[23:36] celebration.

[23:38] >> I'll be back with more from New

[23:39] Hampshire in a moment. Some of the

[23:40] Granite State's most motivated voters.

[23:43] Who are they? They may surprise you.

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[25:52] Date line tonight. Bacon, eggs, waffles,

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[25:57] what you don't know about these

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[26:01] tonight.

[26:04] >> One of the national shames of our

[26:05] political system is the low voter

[26:07] turnout. The Manchester Union leader,

[26:08] the local newspaper here, ran a picture

[26:11] of South Africans standing for hours in

[26:13] the sun to vote. South Africans, a kind

[26:15] of guilt trip for New Hampshire voters.

[26:18] Another organization has a new idea.

[26:20] Here's NBC's Bob Paul.

[26:24] >> You know your school?

[26:25] >> Yeah. North Elementary.

[26:27] >> Okay.

[26:27] >> Today, these Manchester school children

[26:29] did what many of their parents can't be

[26:31] bothered or forget or frankly don't want

[26:33] to do. They voted for president. Let me

[26:35] ask you, who'd you vote for?

[26:39] >> It was an overwhelming experience for

[26:41] some like Megan May McGloin.

[26:43] >> Who' you vote for?

[26:44] >> Uh, I don't know. Somebody who started

[26:46] with M.

[26:47] >> M. For most though, it was very serious

[26:50] business indeed. Secret time.

[26:52] >> You're not going to tell me. Would I

[26:55] vote for? I'd like to keep that myself.

[26:57] >> Why? I got a right to ask.

[26:59] >> You just did. Yeah, but I got a right to

[27:00] keep it to myself.

[27:02] >> The idea here, teach them how to vote

[27:04] now so they'll vote for real when

[27:06] they're older and hope some of their

[27:08] enthusiasm.

[27:08] >> Now, can I call you a partisan? Are you

[27:10] really into this?

[27:11] >> Yeah.

[27:11] >> Rubs off on their parents.

[27:13] >> Parents so that they were better

[27:14] informed to vote because their children

[27:16] are involved in kids voting.

[27:18] >> The people running this project insist

[27:19] that it works. That where it's been

[27:21] tried, voting has increased by an

[27:23] average of 3%. in some cases even more.

[27:27] >> It worked today in the Titson family.

[27:29] >> If they didn't have this, I wouldn't be

[27:30] here today with with um kids being able

[27:33] to vote. That's what brought me here.

[27:35] >> These are the Democrats. These are the

[27:37] Republicans.

[27:38] >> Of course, not every parent can be

[27:40] shamed into voting because you're

[27:42] disillusioned. You probably won't vote.

[27:44] >> Yeah, you're right. Journey for jobs and

[27:47] freedom

[27:48] >> on OPV Wednesday at 10:30.

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