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[0:00] ABC News.
[0:01] >> 5 years.
[0:02] >> We'll see you back here tonight at 6:00
[0:04] with more local news. Now, here's Tom
[0:05] Brokaw.
[0:17] >> Judgment day in historic lawsuit. The
[0:20] judge issues his first ruling on
[0:23] Microsoft. What it means for you and the
[0:25] American economy.
[0:27] EgyptAir flight 990. Secrets of the sea.
[0:31] A high-tech robot finds the crucial
[0:33] black boxes. What now?
[0:36] In-depth tonight, lifeline. An important
[0:39] breakthrough for families. A new vaccine
[0:41] to prevent childhood infections and
[0:43] painful ear aches.
[0:45] And home of the brave. Children and
[0:48] grandchildren finally understanding what
[0:50] their grandparents did to help save the
[0:52] world.
[0:55] >> From NBC News, this is NBC Nightly News
[0:59] with
[1:00] >> Tom Brokaw, reporting tonight from Los
[1:03] Angeles.
[1:04] Good evening. It is the lawsuit of the
[1:06] '90s. Microsoft, the most powerful and
[1:09] successful company of the new age,
[1:11] accused of using and abusing its power
[1:13] illegally. A long, expensive, and very
[1:16] bitter lawsuit brought by the Justice
[1:18] Department. And tonight, the first major
[1:20] ruling by the judge in that case. A
[1:21] ruling that could affect everyone from
[1:23] individuals using Microsoft programs to
[1:26] giant corporations to millions of
[1:28] stockholders to Bill Gates, the man
[1:30] behind Microsoft, the richest man in the
[1:32] world. We begin tonight with NBC's Pete
[1:35] Williams and what we know of the
[1:36] decision which has just been released.
[1:38] Pete.
[1:39] >> Yes, just out, Tom. And in this
[1:41] decision, the judge presiding over the
[1:43] Microsoft trial sides overwhelmingly
[1:45] with the government tonight, finding
[1:47] that Microsoft went way beyond the