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[0:00] Most people do um do events like golfing

[0:03] and such like that. Why did you choose

[0:04] Bing Bong?

[0:05] >> Uh they wanted to be something

[0:06] different. You know, we want to kind of

[0:08] step outside the box of of the normal

[0:10] things people do. We still have the golf

[0:11] tournament in April, which is our big

[0:12] event, but uh this is something new and

[0:14] fresh and and I think everyone's excited

[0:16] about it.

[0:16] >> Check out your turnout, though. I mean,

[0:18] what are people expecting tonight?

[0:19] >> Um I don't know what they're expecting,

[0:21] but I know what they're going to see. A

[0:22] lot of bad players, a lot of bad ping

[0:24] pong players. And uh the biggest thing

[0:26] is to have some fun. You know, we're

[0:28] looking to raise a lot of money,

[0:29] obviously, but we all want to have fun

[0:30] and and uh get away from the game of

[0:32] football a little bit.

[0:32] >> David Bowen told me, "As long as you're

[0:34] an athlete, you can sure play a great

[0:35] game of ping pong." Is that true?

[0:38] >> Um, being an athlete helps, but it's a

[0:40] lot there's a lot of skill to the game,

[0:41] and I think we're all we're all learning

[0:42] that as we as we practice a little bit.

[0:44] >> Okay. You guys have great stuff in your

[0:45] goodie bags, but my question is, what

[0:47] the heck is this?

[0:48] >> I mean, does that make you better?

[0:50] >> I saw it in the uh it's from my my boy

[0:53] at Key West Aloe or Alo, however you say

[0:56] it down here. Um, I'm not quite sure

[0:58] what it is, but we appreciate the

[1:00] support.

[1:00] >> All right, it's going to be a lot of fun

[1:01] tonight. That's what we know. All right,

[1:02] guys, from the Hard Rock Casino down

[1:04] here in JT's Ping Pong Smash. Back to

[1:06] you, Jackie.

[1:07] >> That is a great event. Congratulations

[1:09] to Jason and everyone involved,

[1:10] including Y 100 as well. Well, there is

[1:12] more sweet news tonight about the health

[1:14] benefits from dark chocolate. A new

[1:16] study out of England has concluded that

[1:17] a chemical in dark chocolate called

[1:19] theob broine is more effective in

[1:21] suppressing a cough than codin and

[1:23] similar narcotic cough medicines. In

[1:25] order to get the equivalent amount of

[1:26] the dose used in the study, you'd have

[1:28] to eat a seven ounce block of dark

[1:30] chocolate every time you cough.

[1:33] Excuse me. That's a doctor's order, by

[1:35] the way, that probably none of us would

[1:37] have a problem following.

[1:42] And they're anything but hound dogs. But

[1:45] they have one thing in common. They're

[1:46] crying all the time. They're called New

[1:48] Guinea singing dogs, and they are the

[1:50] latest exhibit at the Miami Metro Zoo.

[1:52] These dogs are a smaller relative of the

[1:54] dingo and get their singing name from

[1:56] their howl. The dog exhibit was

[1:58] dedicated today along with a new pelican

[2:00] display at the zoo. And the birdines

[2:03] Macy store at the fall shopping mall is

[2:05] kicking off the holiday season with a

[2:07] hefty donation. Their hope is to make

[2:09] the holidays a little brighter for some

[2:10] South Florida children. The store will

[2:12] donate decorated holiday trees and

[2:14] special holiday plush toys to four local

[2:16] charities. The YMCA, South Children's

[2:18] Home Society, Miami Children's Hospital,

[2:19] and Baptist Children's Hospital. Good

[2:21] night. C at 11.

[2:23] >> Thank you for making NBC 6 your choice

[2:26] for news. Join Tony Credto and Jackie

[2:28] Nespald for NBC 6 News at 11. And for

[2:32] news 24 hours a day, log on to NBC6.net

[2:36] or listen to us on 87.7 FM.

[2:40] >> Tom Cameron, Hunley, David, John Ch.

[2:44] >> Terror attack. Gunman stormed the US

[2:46] consulate in Saudi Arabia. Eight are

[2:48] dead. Was this the work of al-Qaeda?

[2:52] >> Army fatigue. Like many, this man signed

[2:55] up for one year of service. The Army

[2:57] says he's needed longer in Iraq. Now the

[3:00] courts may decide when he gets to go

[3:02] home. An NBC News investigation. Suicide

[3:06] bombers. The men who go to Iraq to kill

[3:09] Americans. Tonight, inside the minds of

[3:11] these terrorists.

[3:14] And brainwaves. How this man has learned

[3:16] to control his computer. and how this

[3:19] breakthrough could mean new freedom for

[3:21] so many.

[3:25] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[3:28] York, this is NBC Nightly News with

[3:32] Brian Williams.

[3:34] >> Good evening. Eight people are dead

[3:35] tonight after an attack on a US

[3:37] consulate in Saudi Arabia in what was

[3:40] thought to be one of the most heavily

[3:42] defended compounds in that nation right

[3:44] up until the gunman entered. Tonight,

[3:47] terrorism is back in the news, and so is

[3:49] the complicated and troubled

[3:51] relationship between this nation and the

[3:54] Saudis and what may be the future of an

[3:56] entire region. We begin here tonight

[3:58] with the latest on what we know. Here is

[4:01] NBC News chief foreign affairs

[4:02] correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

[4:05] >> Late today, the Saudis find video of the

[4:07] attackers on security cameras. quite

[4:10] clear that those terrorists who attacked

[4:11] our consulate in Jedha had observed our

[4:15] procedures for some time.

[4:16] >> This attack on Jedha comes after a

[4:18] string of al-Qaeda attacks elsewhere in

[4:20] Saudi Arabia, often against American

[4:22] targets.

[4:24] >> This attack in Saudi

[4:26] uh is an overseas attack. No one should

[4:29] read that to mean, however, that they're

[4:31] not going to come here.

[4:36] >> Stand by. That obviously an impartial

[4:39] report from Andrea Mitchell will move

[4:41] along to the intelligence reform bill.

[4:43] The one that would create a new kind of

[4:45] intelligence jaw zar the one the 911

[4:48] commission supports along with both

[4:50] parties in Congress and the president of

[4:53] the United States. It is still a bill

[4:55] however and not a law because it's been

[4:58] stalled until now. That is our report

[5:01] tonight on that from NBC's Chip Reed.

[5:06] preventing another 9/11. That's the goal

[5:09] of the intelligence reorganization plan

[5:10] agreed to by congressional leaders

[5:12] today. For months, the bill was

[5:14] propelled forward by unwavering pressure

[5:17] from families of 9/11 victims who today

[5:19] held yet another vigil delivered yet

[5:21] another petition to Capitol Hill.

[5:23] >> Nothing nothing has changed

[5:26] >> and broke down in tears of frustration

[5:29] shortly before the deal was reached.

[5:31] Here we are today, you know, down to the

[5:34] wire just pleading for this legislation

[5:37] to go forward.

[5:38] >> The bill adopts many of the

[5:40] recommendations of the 9/11 Commission,

[5:42] most important, a cabinet level director

[5:44] of national intelligence to oversee all

[5:46] 15 US intelligence agencies.

[5:49] >> Now, we'll finally have one person who's

[5:52] in charge, accountable, and responsible

[5:56] for all of the United States

[5:58] intelligence efforts. The agreement

[6:00] follows a political stalemate that left

[6:02] the bill hanging in limbo for weeks. The

[6:04] holdup, a group of Republicans in the

[6:06] House of Representatives who argued that

[6:08] the new intelligence director might be

[6:10] too powerful.

[6:12] Possibly interfering with the Pentagon's

[6:14] control over battlefield intelligence,

[6:16] perhaps even putting US troops at risk.

[6:19] But late today, after negotiators quote

[6:21] tinkered with the language, a compromise

[6:23] was reached. It has now met the standard

[6:25] that we were most interested in, which

[6:27] is protecting our troops on the

[6:29] battlefield.

[6:29] >> Sources say the agreement was greased by

[6:31] personal phone calls from President Bush

[6:33] over the weekend and a strong

[6:35] endorsement today.

[6:36] >> It's a piece of legislation that uh is

[6:38] important for the security of our

[6:40] country.

[6:40] >> There is still a small chance that the

[6:42] 911 bill could be delayed again by

[6:45] immigration issues, but sources here say

[6:47] it now appears very likely that it will

[6:49] be passed by wide margins in both houses

[6:51] as soon as tomorrow. Chip Reed, NBC

[6:54] News, the capital.

[6:56] >> Owing to a technical problem here, let's

[6:58] revisit our lead story tonight on the

[7:00] terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia earlier

[7:02] today. Here again then, NBC's Andrea

[7:05] Mitchell.

[7:07] >> Intelligence sources, including the

[7:09] Saudis, tell NBC News the terrorists,

[7:11] calling themselves the Fallujah Brigade,

[7:13] had been casing the US consulate in

[7:16] Jedha for weeks. The attacks uh in Saudi

[7:19] Arabia remind us that the terrorists are

[7:22] still on the move.

[7:23] >> The consulate was heavily fortified with

[7:25] rings of security. So, how did they

[7:27] breach it? An eyewitness.

[7:29] >> There's such huge security around the

[7:31] embassy that how could anyone do this?

[7:33] >> How did it happen? 11:15 a.m. Saudi

[7:36] guards wave an official car past the

[7:38] outer checkpoint. Two cars pull up

[7:41] behind. They are stopped, but five

[7:43] attackers jump out and start firing and

[7:45] throwing grenades. Inside, most of the

[7:48] staff are sent to safe rooms. The

[7:50] terrorists run into the compound and are

[7:52] stopped at a second barrier guarded by

[7:54] US Marines. One of the terrorists calls

[7:57] police and says, "We are in the American

[7:59] embassy. We have 15 hostages." Saudi

[8:02] security forces which have trained for

[8:04] incidents like this attack. In the

[8:06] firefight, three attackers die. Two are

[8:09] injured and captured. Five foreign

[8:11] nationals working for the US are also

[8:13] killed. Was it al-Qaeda perhaps or a

[8:16] splinter group?

[8:17] >> These are likely al-Qaeda uh operatives

[8:21] or perhaps more likely al-Qaeda

[8:23] wannabes. Uh there are a lot of

[8:25] imitators.

[8:26] >> Late today, the Saudis find video of the

[8:28] attackers on security cameras.

[8:30] >> It's quite clear that those terrorists

[8:31] who attacked our consulate in Jedha had

[8:34] observed our procedures for some time.

[8:37] This attack on Jedha comes after a

[8:39] string of al-Qaeda attacks elsewhere in

[8:41] Saudi Arabia, often against American

[8:43] targets.

[8:44] >> This attack in Saudi

[8:47] uh is an overseas attack. No one should

[8:50] read that to mean, however, that they're

[8:52] not going to come here.

[8:54] >> Tonight, a Saudi al-Qaeda website is

[8:55] claiming responsibility for the attack.

[8:58] And the US is looking at whether the

[8:59] signal to attack came in last week's

[9:01] video from Osama bin Laden's top deputy.

[9:04] Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, Washington.

[9:07] >> Now to Iraq. Defense Secretary Donald

[9:10] Rumsfeld said today he envisions and he

[9:12] hopes US troops will be out of Iraq by

[9:15] the end of President Bush's second term,

[9:17] four years from now. But he said the

[9:20] final decision will depend in part on

[9:21] the security situation on the ground.

[9:23] And tonight, that is dangerous. Consider

[9:26] this. In just the past 12 months, over a

[9:28] thousand Iraqi police officers and new

[9:31] recruits have been killed. As NBC's

[9:34] Charles Sabine reports, wearing a police

[9:36] uniform in Iraq these days means a life

[9:39] in the line of fire.

[9:41] >> Colonel Sappa Ali did something

[9:43] courageous in Baghdad today. He showed

[9:46] up for work. At the Aljura station in

[9:49] South Baghdad, more than a quarter of

[9:51] the police officers did not. Across the

[9:54] country, 50,000 of 135,000 policemen,

[9:58] more than a third, are