NBC Nightly News - 2009-06-03
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[0:00] her husband in an emotional ceremony on
[0:02] Capitol Hill. And first couple from our
[0:05] special Inside the Obama White House, a
[0:07] glimpse at married life. Nightly News
[0:11] begins now.
[0:16] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:19] York, this is NBC Nightly News with
[0:22] Brian Williams.
[0:23] >> Good evening. I'm Anne Curry in for
[0:25] Brian Williams who is on assignment for
[0:26] part two of Inside the Obama White
[0:28] House. And tonight, as the White House
[0:30] is preparing for what it dubs a major
[0:32] speech to reach out to the Muslim world,
[0:34] it is also reacting strongly to a new
[0:37] audio tape from Osama bin Laden released
[0:39] today. A team of NBC News correspondent
[0:42] has a tales now on what is shaping up to
[0:44] be a key moment in America's foreign
[0:46] policy. First, NBC's chief White House
[0:48] correspondent Chuck Todd, who's traveled
[0:50] with the president to Riad, Saudi
[0:52] Arabia.
[0:54] After an overnight flight aboard Air
[0:56] Force One, the president landed here in
[0:58] Riad to a royal welcome. This quick stop
[1:00] was added after the Saudis quietly
[1:03] complained that Mr. Obama wasn't showing
[1:05] quite enough respect to the country they
[1:07] believe is America's strongest Arab ally
[1:09] here in the region. Under the sweltering
[1:11] Saudi sun, King Abdullah greeted
[1:13] President Obama in a red carpet
[1:15] ceremony. This stop here comes just 24
[1:18] hours before Mr. Obama flies to Cairo,
[1:20] where he will deliver a message to the
[1:22] world's 1.5 billion Muslims. The king
[1:24] hosted the president at his farm where
[1:26] he keeps his prized Arabian stallions
[1:28] and presented Mr. Obama with the King
[1:30] Abdul Aziz medal, the kingdom's