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[0:00] like they run the ball hard and they run

[0:01] through tackles and and really punish

[0:03] people who are trying to tackle them.

[0:04] >> It don't matter if you kick it off, kick

[0:06] off, return, or punt return. We got the

[0:07] guys that's going to got the ability to

[0:08] going to make the plays. So that's what

[0:10] we're trying to show.

[0:12] >> Michigan trying to bounce back from last

[0:14] week's loss to Notre Dame taking on San

[0:15] Diego State. Second quarter, Matt Bluei,

[0:19] something like that, finds Robert Ortiz

[0:20] for the 14 yd score. Aztecs go up 2117.

[0:23] Same score in the third. Michigan

[0:25] freshman Chad Henny finds Brilen

[0:27] Edwards. That's the go-ahead score.

[0:29] Final seconds. Henny trying to run out

[0:31] the clock gets clobbered by Heath

[0:33] Farwell. Both sides get a little into

[0:36] it. Michigan escapes with a 2421

[0:39] win. Can I buy a vow on that guy's last

[0:41] name? Eighth ranked West Virginia taking

[0:44] on number 19 Maryland. Third quarter,

[0:46] Turfs down seven. Joel Stadium throws it

[0:48] up for Derek Fenner. Nice grab. Final

[0:50] seconds, 130 all. Mountaineers field

[0:52] goal blocked. We're going to overtime in

[0:54] OT. Rasheed Marshall finds Chris Henry

[0:57] for the winning score. West Virginia

[0:59] wins 1916. Take a look at some scores

[1:01] from around the state. UCF losing to

[1:03] Penn State 3713. FAU leads Middle

[1:05] Tennessee State in the fourth. FAMU

[1:07] falls to Temple and Gramling beats

[1:10] Bthoon Cookman by one. Both Florida and

[1:12] Florida State in action tonight.

[1:13] Highlights at 11. The Dolphins trying to

[1:16] avoid going 0 and2 in a Sunday night

[1:18] battle with the Bengals. Cornerback Pat

[1:19] Sertan doubtful to play tomorrow with a

[1:22] groin injury. So Miami secondary will

[1:24] have their hands full. Last week,

[1:25] Bengals QB Carson Palmer threw 238 yards

[1:28] and two touchdowns on the Jets. Receiver

[1:31] Chad Johnson had a 99 yard game.

[1:34] >> You definitely have to be aware of what

[1:35] he of where he is on the field,

[1:36] especially when you're a top-notch

[1:37] receiver like he is. And you know, they

[1:39] have a couple other good ones over

[1:40] there, too. So, u they definitely

[1:41] present some problems, but we have to go

[1:42] and handle them.

[1:43] >> They got a good group of guys, very

[1:45] talented, catch the ball real well and

[1:47] block, you know. So, we got a challenge.

[1:49] We just got to go out there and play

[1:50] ball and, you know, fly around and have

[1:52] fun. Uh we just got to go out there and

[1:53] be physical with them and you know

[1:55] disrupt their timing. Uh they're a good

[1:56] offense. You know, we've been watching

[1:57] them on tape. They they come out their

[1:59] breaks well. You know, the quarterback

[2:00] has a good strong arm. So, it's going to

[2:02] be a big challenge this weekend. We're

[2:03] looking forward to it.

[2:04] >> The Marlins pulled together 13 hits last

[2:07] night against the division leading

[2:08] Braves. Good. But they scored only once

[2:10] in the 8-1 loss. Not good. Josh Beckin

[2:13] on the hill tonight trying to make up

[2:14] some wild card ground. Starting the day

[2:16] four and a half games behind San

[2:18] Francisco. First inning. Beckett to Drew

[2:22] looking to end the inning. In the

[2:23] second, we are still scoreless. Yanks

[2:26] with a two and a half game lead on the

[2:28] Red Sox in the AL East. First inning,

[2:30] Jorge Pada comes through with the bases

[2:32] loaded. A two-run single gives the Yanks

[2:34] a three-0 lead. Still in the first,

[2:36] bases juice, still juice for Ruben

[2:38] Sierra grounds to first, but the Socks

[2:40] can't turn the double play. Two-run

[2:43] score. Five nothing Yanks. John Leieber

[2:46] holding it down for New York. no hitter

[2:48] into the seventh. David Ortiz ends the

[2:50] no no with a solo shot to left. Yanks

[2:54] still win big 14 to4.

[2:57] >> After day one of the RDER Cup, the

[2:58] Europeans hold their biggest lead ever

[3:00] over the Americans 6 and 12 to one and a

[3:02] half. The Americans trying to get

[3:04] something going on day two. US trails 84

[3:07] after the morning session. Phil

[3:09] Mickelson nailing the birdie putt on

[3:11] five. He and David Toms win their match

[3:14] four and three. But the Europeans take

[3:16] the rest of the afternoon matches. And

[3:18] after day two, Europe leads 11 to five

[3:20] with 12 singles matches tomorrow. Europe

[3:22] needs only three points to win the RDER

[3:25] Cup. That's a look at sports. I'm Guy

[3:27] Rawlings. Martha, back to you.

[3:28] >> All right, Guy. Thank you so much. And

[3:29] that's the NBC 6 News for now. Now, stay

[3:31] tuned for the NBC Nightly News and we'll

[3:33] see you back here tonight at 11. Have a

[3:35] good night, everyone. See you a little

[3:36] later.

[3:52] under the gun. 10 more hostages grabbed

[3:55] in Iraq. Threats to execute more

[3:57] Americans and another deadly car

[3:59] bombing.

[4:00] Ivan's wake. Floodwaters swamped the

[4:03] eastern half of the nation. And now the

[4:05] long-term misery for those who survived

[4:07] the storm in Florida.

[4:10] In-depth, the face of terror. Who is the

[4:13] mastermind behind the terrorist attacks

[4:15] on Russia?

[4:17] And Home Run Derby. Baseball's most

[4:20] exclusive club has a new member, and

[4:22] he's not like the others.

[4:27] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[4:30] York, this is NBC Nightly News with

[4:33] Brian Williams.

[4:34] >> Good evening. The news from Iraq is very

[4:37] bad again tonight. There's been another

[4:39] outbreak of violence and that means

[4:41] civilians and soldiers, Americans and

[4:43] others are being targeted, captured, and

[4:46] killed. And it's all designed to send a

[4:48] message to the American government and

[4:50] the Iraqi government that the view of

[4:53] one Iraq is not shared by all Iraqis. We

[4:56] begin in Baghdad tonight with NBC's Mike

[4:58] Kersh.

[5:03] >> 10 more hostages reported taken in Iraq

[5:05] today. Their nationalities so far

[5:07] unknown. Apparently employees of an

[5:10] American Turkish firm and threatened

[5:12] with execution in three days if their

[5:14] company doesn't pull out of Iraq.

[5:17] >> This following pictures earlier today of

[5:19] the two American hostages on Al Jazer

[5:21] television. Jack Hensley of Georgia,

[5:24] Eugene Armstrong with family in Michigan

[5:26] and a British man were grabbed two days

[5:28] ago from their house in Baghdad's

[5:30] affluent Mansour district in a daring

[5:32] early morning raid by 10 gunmen. and my

[5:34] job consists of installing and

[5:37] furnishing camps.

[5:39] >> This kidnapping operation claimed today

[5:40] by Jordanian Abu Musab Al Zarqawi,

[5:43] threatening the beheading of the

[5:45] hostages in 48 hours unless all Iraqi

[5:48] women held at the notorious Abu Grae

[5:50] prison and another prison in the south

[5:52] are released. The US denies it is

[5:54] holding any female Iraqi prisoners at

[5:56] those facilities. Snatching Americans

[5:58] right in the heart of Baghdad in broad

[6:00] daylight is just the latest tactic of an

[6:03] increasingly daring and sophisticated

[6:05] insurgency now using many methods to

[6:07] attack. Two more American soldiers

[6:09] killed and eight wounded today in

[6:11] Baghdad when a suicide car bomber

[6:13] slammed into their convoy. Another

[6:15] suicide car bombing attack today on an

[6:17] Iraqi National Guard recruiting station

[6:19] in the northern city of Kirkuk. At least

[6:22] 20 killed, 16 wounded. Some,200 of

[6:25] Iraq's security forces seen as

[6:27] collaborators with the US have been

[6:29] killed by insurgents. Local business and

[6:31] political leaders are targets, too.

[6:33] Today, a senior Iraqi oil official

[6:35] nearly escaped assassination, while the

[6:37] body of a deputy regional governor was

[6:39] found riddled with bullets.

[6:41] >> The security situation in Iraq is so bad

[6:44] right now that the jihadists and the

[6:46] insurgency frankly think they control

[6:47] the streets.

[6:48] >> In fact, US forces have had to pull out

[6:51] of some key towns like Fallujah. And now

[6:53] only strike insurgents from a distance

[6:55] with warplanes and artillery

[6:58] with civilians caught in the crossfire

[7:00] turning more ordinary Iraqis against

[7:03] Americans here. Americans like Jack

[7:05] Hensley and Eugene Armstrong who came to

[7:07] help rebuild this country. Mike Kersh,

[7:10] NBC News, Baghdad. So with those scenes

[7:13] from Iraq making up part of the

[7:15] backdrop, the campaign for the

[7:17] presidency continues with just 45 days

[7:19] to go until Americans vote. And the

[7:22] issue of national security and America's

[7:24] place in the world is looming large. And

[7:27] with the Kerry campaign now facing the

[7:29] serious prospect of watching the race

[7:32] slip through their hands. We have two

[7:34] reports tonight. Beginning with NBC's

[7:36] David Gregory who is traveling with the

[7:38] president

[7:39] >> that choice. I will defend America every

[7:42] time.

[7:44] With the war a central issue on the

[7:45] campaign trail, the president is

[7:47] preparing a week-long effort to convince

[7:49] Americans that conditions inside Iraq

[7:52] are not as dire as recent violence

[7:53] suggests.

[7:55] >> This week, Mr. Bush will encounter war

[7:57] critics in New York when he addresses

[7:58] the United Nations General Assembly

[8:00] about conditions in Iraq. And next

[8:02] Thursday, for the first time, the

[8:04] president welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister

[8:06] Iat Alawi to the White House. In his

[8:09] weekly radio address today, Mr. Bush

[8:10] said the US and its allies must show

[8:12] resolve as Iraq struggles toward

[8:14] democracy, but predicted more violence.

[8:17] >> Terrorist enemies are trying to stop the

[8:19] progress of both those countries, and

[8:21] their violent and merciless attacks may

[8:23] increase as elections draw near.

[8:25] >> Despite criticism from Senator Kerry and

[8:28] some Republicans who said this week,

[8:29] "The US is not winning in Iraq and a

[8:32] growing insurgency US forces are

[8:34] struggling to contain." The president

[8:36] remains outwardly confident. In an

[8:39] interview with the Union leader of New

[8:40] Hampshire published today, he dismissed

[8:42] this week's national intelligence

[8:44] estimate, which warned of potential

[8:46] civil war in Iraq by next year. The

[8:48] Iraqis are defying the dire predictions

[8:51] of a lot of people by moving toward

[8:53] democracy, the president said.

[8:55] Campaigning in North Carolina Friday,

[8:57] Mr. Bush spoke more extensively about a

[8:59] US exit strategy.

[9:01] >> Once we get these folks trained and get

[9:03] them on the path to stability democracy,

[9:05] our troops are coming home with the

[9:06] honor they earned.

[9:09] Despite voter anxiety over the

[9:11] president's handling of Iraq, he has

[9:13] widened his lead over Senator Kerry. A

[9:16] new poll shows an eight-point advantage.

[9:19] Bush campaign advisers feel they have

[9:21] successfully undermined K's national

[9:23] security credentials by exposing his

[9:25] inconsistent positions on the Iraq war.

[9:28] The CBS News New York Times poll found

[9:31] 60% of respondents said they did not

[9:34] have confidence in Mr. carry to deal

[9:36] wisely with an international crisis.

[9:38] Nevertheless, the White House knows that

[9:40] Iraq remains the most unpredictable

[9:43] factor in this race now entering its

[9:45] final stage. David Gregory, NBC News,

[9:48] with the president in Kenny Bunkport,

[9:50] Maine.

[9:52] This is Carl Kinttonia in Boston where

[9:54] today John Kerry and his wife tried to

[9:56] keep up with the Bushes taping an

[9:58] episode of Dr. filled.