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[0:00] to you guys.

[0:00] >> It really does.

[0:01] >> That would be an adventure. Take me up

[0:03] town.

[0:04] >> Well, a new study suggests you'd better

[0:06] like what you do for a living or you and

[0:08] your family could be in for a rough

[0:09] night.

[0:10] >> Yeah. How about this? Researchers at the

[0:11] University of Florida say more and more

[0:12] people are taking bad moods home from

[0:14] work. Survey results show that those who

[0:16] reported a bad mood at the office later

[0:18] showed a bad mood at home.

[0:21] the work does seem to spill over uh onto

[0:24] the home life uh in that when people

[0:26] like what they're doing at work on on

[0:28] that day, it affects their mood even

[0:30] once they're home. And researchers go on

[0:32] to say the negative moods at home are

[0:33] reflective of so many Americans who are

[0:35] unhappy with their jobs. We should note

[0:37] that those who reported a good day at

[0:39] the office said they maintain that good

[0:40] mood at home as well.

[0:46] And Tom Brokaw said farewell as the

[0:48] anchor of NBC Nightly News last night

[0:50] and received a big farewell from his

[0:52] staffers. Brokaw will continue to cover

[0:54] politics for NBC News and work on

[0:56] documentaries.

[0:59] >> It's all yours, kid.

[1:02] >> And with a handshake and a nod, the 64

[1:04] year old brokaw handed his anchoring job

[1:06] off to his successor, Brian Williams.

[1:09] >> And tonight is Brian Williams first

[1:10] night as anchor of Nightly News.

[1:12] >> So why don't we say it? NBC Nightly News

[1:14] is next. That's our for now. We thank

[1:16] you so much for watching.

[1:17] >> Join us at 10 on WB39. Then Tony and I

[1:20] will be back here at 11 on NBC 6.

[1:22] >> Good night.

[1:23] >> Good night.

[1:36] Thank you for making NBC 6 your choice

[1:39] for news. Join Tony Cigretto and Jackie

[1:42] Nespald for NBC 6 News at 11. And for

[1:45] news 24 hours a day, log on to NBC6.net

[1:49] or listen to us on 87.7 FM.

[1:54] >> John Cameron's place.

[1:57] >> The new Iraq outbreaks of violence

[2:00] streak across the Iraqi map today.

[2:02] Still, President Bush insisting

[2:04] elections will proceed on schedule.

[2:07] An NBC News investigation. This man was

[2:10] accused of slaughtering innocent

[2:12] civilians. So, how could the UN keep him

[2:15] on the payroll working to stop genocide?

[2:19] Lifeline. The government says no for now

[2:21] to a testosterone patch for women. A

[2:24] controversial new way to raise a woman's

[2:26] sex drive. And there are new safety

[2:28] questions tonight.

[2:30] And a warning to parents about video

[2:33] games for toddlers. Do they really make

[2:35] your kids any smarter?

[2:41] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[2:44] York, this is NBC Nightly News with

[2:48] Brian Williams.

[2:50] >> Good evening. America's new reality tops

[2:52] our news tonight. US troops on the

[2:54] ground in Iraq. The violence there as

[2:56] the scheduled election approaches. And

[2:59] news tonight of more changes in the Bush

[3:01] administration, including a new head of

[3:04] homeland security. First though, to Iraq

[3:06] and the coming elections. the

[3:08] administration has now staked so much

[3:10] on. The president made clear today he

[3:12] plans to see it through, even if that

[3:15] means more US soldiers. But what if

[3:18] others on the ground in Iraq have

[3:19] different plans? We begin here tonight

[3:22] at the Pentagon and NBC News

[3:23] correspondent Jim Mclashesky. Jim, good

[3:25] evening.

[3:26] >> Good evening, Brian. Pentagon officials

[3:28] consider these elections absolutely

[3:30] critical, not only to Iraq, but to the

[3:32] Bush administration's exit strategy so

[3:34] American troops can at least start

[3:36] coming home sooner. Having just survived

[3:38] his own election battle, President Bush

[3:40] insisted today the January elections in

[3:42] Iraq must proceed on schedule.

[3:44] >> First of all, the election should not be

[3:46] postponed.

[3:48] It's time for the Iraqi citizens to go

[3:50] to the polls.

[3:54] But this is the hard reality today in

[3:56] Iraq. In Baghdad, mortar attacks into

[3:59] and around the heavily protected Green

[4:00] Zone killed two Iraqis. To the north in

[4:03] Beakuba, two city officials assassinated

[4:06] in cold blood. And as the election draws

[4:08] near, the level of insurgent violence is

[4:11] only expected to get worse. The US is

[4:13] raising the number of American troops in

[4:15] Iraq by 12,000 to tighten election

[4:17] security. But under current plans, it

[4:20] will be Iraqi security forces who stand

[4:22] guard at the polls. US military quick

[4:24] reaction teams will be kept at a

[4:26] reasonable distance posted nearby the

[4:29] potential hotspots to respond to any

[4:31] threat. It's all part of an effort to

[4:33] create the perception the Iraqis are

[4:35] conducting these elections entirely on

[4:38] their own. US military officials warn,

[4:40] however, that Iraq security forces are

[4:42] not yet up to the task and in many areas

[4:45] the heavy presence of American troops

[4:47] could challenge the very legitimacy of

[4:50] Iraq's first democratic election.

[4:52] There's a clear risk that Iraqis will

[4:54] see this as one more sign the United

[4:56] States is still calling the shots.

[4:58] >> But today in Baghdad, a US congressional

[5:00] delegation, both Republicans and

[5:02] Democrats, argued there still aren't

[5:04] enough American troops in Iraq to

[5:06] effectively fight and win the war.

[5:08] >> We need more troop strength here. We

[5:10] should have had more uh at the

[5:12] beginning. And so I hope after this

[5:15] election we don't all of a sudden have

[5:17] Secretary Rumsfeld telling everybody

[5:19] again that we can actually draw down our

[5:21] forces.

[5:23] >> In fact, some senior military officials

[5:25] now say the Pentagon made a serious

[5:27] mistake when it first failed to

[5:29] recognize the threat from Iraqi

[5:31] insurgents and then didn't order an

[5:33] aggressive counteroffensive much sooner.

[5:35] Brian

[5:36] >> Jim Mclashesky at the Pentagon tonight.

[5:38] Jim, thanks. Rooting out those

[5:39] insurgents in Fallujah was hard work and

[5:42] it took a tough fight that leveled much

[5:44] of that city when it was over. That must

[5:46] now be rebuilt. And that's the challenge

[5:49] facing US Marines now in Fallujah. NBC's

[5:52] Richard Engel has their story.

[5:55] A new mission in Fallujah. The same

[5:58] Marines who fought last month to rid the

[6:00] city of insurgents now rebuilding it.

[6:06] For 10 days in November, Marines and

[6:08] soldiers attack the city.

[6:11] This week, NBC News joined the Marines

[6:13] in Fallujah. We found it eerie,

[6:16] deserted. The only sign of life, stray

[6:18] animals. It smelled rotten with

[6:21] decomposing bodies and trash, broken

[6:24] sewers and dust. Images of violence

[6:26] frozen in time. A barber shop

[6:29] interrupted. A candy store ransacked.

[6:33] There are streets in downtown Fallujah

[6:35] where every building has been condemned

[6:38] and must be torn down before people are

[6:40] allowed to return. Some commanders

[6:42] estimate it will be 6 months before

[6:45] basic services are restored. Today

[6:47] there's no power. Water pipes are

[6:49] broken. This school flooded. Marines say

[6:52] only 5,000 people remain in the city. We

[6:55] met some taking refuge in a mosque.

[6:58] >> My family is gone. I stayed to protect

[7:00] my house. Now my house is gone. Why

[7:03] should I stay now?" asked this man.

[7:05] Already the Marines have teams out

[7:07] surveying the damage. They brought these

[7:09] Iraqi engineers to salvage what they

[7:12] could at the main power station. It's a

[7:14] priority with $250,000

[7:17] people waiting to leave refugee camps

[7:19] and return to Fallujah. When they do,

[7:22] Marines will pay them up to $2500 for

[7:25] damaged property or deaths. And they'll

[7:27] find new rules in the city. identity

[7:30] card checks, a curfew, no cars, and no

[7:33] congregating.

[7:34] >> Those rules will be carried by every

[7:36] single male who receives an

[7:38] identification card. It it is a martial

[7:40] law environment. There will be deadly

[7:42] force authorized for certain

[7:44] infractions.

[7:44] >> An environment unlikely to sit well with

[7:47] already resentful refugees.

[7:51] >> How will we greet the Americans in

[7:52] Fallujah? He asked. With guns and

[7:55] rockets. November's offensive did root

[7:57] out insurgents, but in a place where

[7:59] emotions run high, the question tonight

[8:02] is, will the refugees come back bitter

[8:04] or see their return as a new beginning.

[8:07] Richard Angel, NBC News, Fallujah.

[8:10] >> For a look at all of this and late news

[8:13] from the Bush White House tonight, NBC

[8:15] News Washington bureau chief, moderator

[8:17] of Meet the Press, Tim Russard. Tim,

[8:19] where does all of this leave this

[8:21] administration?

[8:22] >> Brian, the president clearly has drawn

[8:24] the line. These elections are going

[8:25] forward. The insurgents are going to do

[8:27] everything they can over the next seven

[8:29] weeks to create more chaos and bloodshed

[8:32] in Iraq. The line's been drawn. And you

[8:34] heard a Democratic and Republican

[8:36] senator in Baghdad on the ground saying

[8:38] the administration said should send more

[8:41] troops to Iraq.

[8:42] >> Let's talk about intelligence. The 911

[8:45] commission, you had both chairs on Meet

[8:46] the Press last weekend. They would like

[8:49] their report uh codified, the new

[8:52] intelligent ZAR. If both parties in the

[8:54] House and Senate are for it, if the

[8:56] president's for it, if the commission's

[8:57] for it, why isn't it happening?

[9:00] >> The Speaker of the House, Republican

[9:02] Dennis Hassard, wants a majority of the

[9:04] Republicans to be for it. If that bill

[9:07] was brought to the House floor tonight,

[9:08] Brian, it would pass. There are enough

[9:10] Democrats, Republicans combined. And so

[9:13] what the White House has to do, led by

[9:15] the president, is convince the House

[9:17] Republican leadership that the bill

[9:19] should be brought to a vote. The

[9:21] families of the September 11th victims

[9:22] are outraged by the delay. The Senate

[9:25] Republicans and Democrats together are

[9:27] saying, "Let's pass this consensus bill.

[9:30] It's going to take the president to be

[9:31] involved personally to bring it about."

[9:33] >> And Tim, we've been saying here tonight,

[9:34] there's late word out of the White

[9:36] House, the replacement for Tom Ridge,

[9:38] who has been this nation's first and

[9:40] only Secretary of Homeland Security, who

[9:43] announced his intention to leave just

[9:44] yesterday.

[9:45] >> Bernard Carrick, the former commissioner

[9:47] of police of New York City under Rudy

[9:49] Giuliani. He went to Iraq for several

[9:51] months, Brian, to help create a Iraqi

[9:53] police force. He came back and appeared

[9:56] with the president at Rose Garden.

[9:57] Praise the president's leadership in

[9:59] Iraq. the president.