NBC Nightly News - 2009-02-27

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[0:01] On our broadcast tonight, the pull out.

[0:02] The president makes good on a big

[0:04] campaign promise, setting a date certain

[0:06] for getting most US combat forces out of

[0:09] Iraq. When will it end with all the bad

[0:12] economic news? And there's more today.

[0:14] What are the signs of a turnaround we

[0:16] should be looking for? The defender, a

[0:19] new job for man's best friend, putting

[0:21] that keen sense of smell to work in a

[0:23] life-saving way. and church service in

[0:26] every sense of the phrase. Making a

[0:28] difference for people who need a break.

[0:30] Also, something you probably never

[0:32] thought the airlines would consider

[0:34] charging for. Nightly News this Friday

[0:37] night begins now.

[0:42] From NBC News World Headquarters in New

[0:45] York, this is NBC Nightly News with

[0:48] Brian Williams.

[0:49] >> Good evening. After a war that has

[0:51] lasted six years and did such great

[0:53] damage to the president who launched it

[0:55] today, the new president, Barack Obama,

[0:57] made good on a campaign promise, and

[1:00] announced most of the combat forces in

[1:02] Iraq are coming out. They have withstood

[1:05] grueling combat rotations, a near

[1:07] constant battle tempo, and many of those

[1:10] in uniform have had trouble back at

[1:12] home. With the death toll in Iraq at

[1:14] over 4,200 Americans, and while there is

[1:17] another war to fight, today marked the

[1:19] beginning of the end of US combat

[1:21] presence in Iraq. We have two reports

[1:23] tonight, beginning with NBC's Savannah

[1:25] Guthrie at the White House. Savannah,

[1:27] good evening.

[1:28] >> Good evening, Brian. The president has

[1:30] set a hard target, at least 90,000

[1:32] troops out of Iraq by August 2010, but

[1:36] we still don't know when the troops will

[1:38] first start to leave. He's leaving a lot

[1:40] of discretion to his military commanders

[1:42] as to when and how to bring these troops

[1:44] home.

[1:46] >> Good morning, Marines.

[1:50] >> In a room full of Marines at Camp Lune,

[1:52] the president made his announcement. So,

[1:55] >> let me say this as plainly as I can. By

[1:58] August 31st,

[2:00] 2010,

[2:02] our combat mission in Iraq will end.

[2:05] The president's plan withdraws troops

[2:07] from Iraq on an 18-month timetable from

[2:11] 142,000 troops in Iraq now to 35 to

[2:14] 50,000 by August 2010. And all US forces

[2:18] will be out of Iraq by December 31st,

[2:21] 2011 under a security agreement the Bush

[2:24] administration negotiated with the

[2:25] Iraqis. Today, as he announced the

[2:28] beginning of the end of the war in Iraq,

[2:30] the president thanked American troops.

[2:33] In an age when so many people and

[2:34] institutions have acted irresponsibly,

[2:39] so many of you did the opposite.

[2:42] You volunteered to bear the heaviest

[2:44] burden.

[2:46] >> When the combat mission ends, the

[2:48] remaining American troops will have a

[2:49] new mission, advising and equipping

[2:51] Iraqi forces, supporting civilian

[2:54] efforts such as reconstruction, and

[2:56] conducting counterterrorism operations.

[2:59] The military will decide at what pace to

[3:01] withdraw troops. Commanders in Iraq want

[3:03] to keep a strong presence for Iraqi

[3:05] elections this year, so most troops

[3:07] likely won't come home until toward the

[3:10] end of the 18-month time frame. Defense

[3:12] Secretary Robert Gates says the

[3:14] president understood the need for

[3:16] flexibility. I think that uh he also saw

[3:19] the wisdom in allowing the the

[3:21] commanders in the field to be the best

[3:23] judges within that specific time frame

[3:26] of the pacing of those withdrawals. Here

[3:29] at Camp Ljun, the president's orders are

[3:31] already being felt. This base has 8,000

[3:33] Marines in Iraq right now, and nearly

[3:35] half of the 17,000 new troops the

[3:38] president has ordered to Afghanistan

[3:40] will come from here. Today, Marines said

[3:42] it meant a lot to get the news from the

[3:44] president face to face. He shook his

[3:46] hand today. Did you tell him anything?

[3:48] >> I told him thanks for coming because we

[3:50] appreciate him coming to Came Zoom.

[3:52] >> Well, on the way down to North Carolina

[3:54] today, the president made two calls. One

[3:56] to Prime Minister Nori al- Maliki of

[3:58] Iraq, the other to former President

[4:00] George W. Bush. What White House aids

[4:02] call a courtesy call. Brian

[4:04] >> Savannah, thanks. This nation is

[4:06] fighting two wars, of course, and the

[4:08] war in Afghanistan is ramping up. More

[4:10] troops, more money, a greater urgency

[4:12] about making up for lost ground. Our

[4:15] chief foreign correspondent, Richard

[4:16] Angel, joins us now from Kbble in

[4:18] Afghanistan. Richard, good evening.

[4:23] >> Good evening, Brian. President Obama has

[4:25] already promised to send an additional

[4:28] 17,000 troops to Afghanistan as the war

[4:31] here seems to be entering a new chapter.

[4:35] Cutting locks, breaking down doors. The

[4:38] 10th Mountain Division is putting down

[4:40] roots. Alpha Company was supposed to be

[4:43] in Iraq. Instead, it is part of the

[4:46] first wave of a US troop surge to

[4:48] Afghanistan.

[4:50] Their mission to defend a key highway to

[4:52] Kabell and keep the Taliban out of the

[4:55] capital.

[4:56] >> FCC gun one. Send it.

[4:58] >> To do that, 3,000 troops are spreading

[5:01] out in a series of small primitive

[5:03] outposts like this abandoned warehouse

[5:05] south of Cabo.

[5:06] >> Nope. The first priority, base defense,

[5:10] machine guns on the roof, cannons in the

[5:13] snow. Staff Sergeant Rick Zamora

[5:16] building a stove out of scrap metal has

[5:18] learned to improvise. It's his third

[5:21] tour to Afghanistan.

[5:22] >> You know, they pretty much, you know,

[5:26] whatever you can do to survive out here.

[5:27] >> Let's go. Same way.

[5:29] >> But the soldiers don't have much time to

[5:31] set up camp. Their commanders expect a

[5:33] Taliban offensive in one month. I

[5:36] believe that we're going to see much

[5:37] more activity, enemy activity in the

[5:39] spring. It's going to get worse here

[5:40] before it gets better.

[5:41] >> Worse because the Taliban will likely

[5:43] use more rocket attacks and more IEDs on

[5:46] convoys that struggle to move on

[5:49] Afghanistan's muddy roads. These M wraps

[5:52] were designed to survive bombs in Iraq,

[5:54] not navigate narrow trails in

[5:56] Afghanistan. The terrain here is a

[5:58] constant challenge, and in some places,

[6:00] there's just no way through it. This

[6:02] vehicle is stuck in mud that comes all

[6:04] the way up to my waist. These roads

[6:06] simply weren't built for these heavy

[6:08] American vehicles. It took this supply

[6:11] convoy 7 hours to travel just 15 miles.

[6:17] Another challenge working in

[6:19] temperatures that often drop below zero.

[6:22] The medic, Sergeant Joseph Ped, checks

[6:24] hands and feet for frostbite.

[6:26] >> I say you're looking blue. At night, the

[6:29] troops warm their feet by a fire. For

[6:32] many, it feels like this war, more than

[6:34] seven years after it began, is starting

[6:37] over.

[6:40] >> Most of the US surge troops will be

[6:42] heading to southern Afghanistan where

[6:44] the Taliban has a stronghold. US

[6:46] commanders expect a long hard fight.

[6:49] Brian

[6:50] >> Richard Angel in Kbble, Afghanistan for

[6:52] us tonight. Richard, thanks for that.

[6:54] And now back home to the US economy and

[6:57] more history making numbers. And fair

[6:59] warning, not the kind of history we want

[7:01] to be making these days. Turns out that

[7:03] in the last 3 months of last year, the

[7:05] economy shrank at a much faster pace

[7:07] than the government originally thought

[7:09] it had. GDP fell a breathtaking six.

[7:14] Worst performance since 1982. On Wall

[7:17] Street, stocks pushed to new lows with

[7:19] the S&P 500 breaking through the low

[7:22] from last November for the very first

[7:24] time. It was the end of another awful

[7:26] month. The Dow and the S&P both down

[7:29] about 11% in February. One of the big

[7:32] factors driving the markets today. As

[7:35] rumored, the government stepped up its

[7:36] commitment to the banking giant City

[7:38] Croup, which has been bleeding money.

[7:41] CNBC's Scott Con is with us from City's

[7:44] headquarter building in New York. Scott,

[7:45] good evening.

[7:47] Good evening to you, Brian. You can call

[7:48] this nationalization light. The

[7:51] government is stopping short of taking

[7:53] full control of Croup. That was an idea

[7:55] that struck fear in the markets and

[7:57] beyond. Instead, the American taxpayer

[8:00] will now own roughly a third of this

[8:02] bank, this huge bank with its huge

[8:04] problems, $28 billion in losses last

[8:08] year and counting. The government is uh

[8:12] not though going to add any taxpayer

[8:14] money to all of this. We are already

[8:15] into it after all for about $45 billion.

[8:19] Instead, it will restructure its

[8:21] existing investment that will squeeze

[8:23] some existing shareholders. So, what's

[8:25] the point? Well, it will give Cityroup

[8:27] some added stability as it tries to get

[8:29] its house in order. And it will also

[8:31] give the government some added control,

[8:33] although the current management will be

[8:35] allowed to stay. We should stress,

[8:37] Brian, if you bank here, nothing

[8:38] changes. Your accounts are still insured

[8:41] and you still have to pay your credit

[8:42] card and your mortgage. Brian,

[8:44] >> Scott Con at the City Bank Tower in

[8:46] Midtown Manhattan tonight. Scott,

[8:48] thanks. And with the economy and the

[8:49] stock market in freef fall, the question

[8:52] becomes, when and how will we get our

[8:55] first indication that things are getting

[8:57] better? CNBC senior economics reporter

[9:00] Steve Leeman has some answers. And the

[9:02] first installment, the final installment

[9:04] rather, of our week-long series here,

[9:06] Meltdown, making sense of it all.

[9:09] >> We will rebuild. We will recover. and

[9:12] the United States of America will emerge

[9:15] stronger than before.

[9:17] >> We all know the symptoms. Housing prices

[9:19] down more than 27% from their peak in

[9:21] 2006. The Dow down 50% from its high.

[9:26] But before we can recover, economists

[9:28] say other areas need to show signs of

[9:31] life.

[9:32] For banks, that means lending.

[9:35] Right now, many are too frightened to

[9:37] lend to customers or one another. The

[9:40] government projects a 100 banks could go

[9:42] out of business this year. Fed Chairman

[9:44] Ben Bernanki this week explained how

[9:46] he'll know the banks are getting better.

[9:48] >> How would we know when things were

[9:49] starting to turn around? When some major

[9:51] banks start going out and raising

[9:53] significant private capital

[9:54] >> in the private sector.

[9:55] >> In the private sector.

[9:56] >> Another good sign, when banks start

[9:58] giving money back to the government.

[10:00] Yesterday, Iberia Bank of Louisiana

[10:02] announced it's ready to return the $90

[10:04] million it got from the tarp.

[10:07] But you can't get the banks healthy

[10:08] until you get consumers spending again

[10:11] after years of loading up on debt.

[10:13] Consumers are saving more now than they

[10:15] have in years.

[10:16] >> If auto sales were to begin to improve,

[10:19] that would be a sign that financing is

[10:21] getting easier to come by and also that

[10:24] consumers are feeling confident enough

[10:26] to go out and purchase such a big ticket

[10:28] item.

[10:30] >> The kind of confidence that will

[10:31] kickstart spending requires a turnaround

[10:33] in the job market. The good news here,

[10:36] it's the highpaying jobs that will come

[10:37] back first.

[10:38] >> They tend to be managerial. Uh they tend

[10:41] to be uh administrative jobs. Uh those

[10:45] are the jobs that signal that more jobs

[10:48] will follow.

[10:49] >> More jobs, fewer defaults, and fewer for

[10:52] sale signs like these, leading us right

[10:54] back to housing where it all started.

[10:56] Steve Leeman, CNBC, Leonia, New Jersey.

[11:01] >> And a few quick items here this Friday

[11:02] night. We told you last night about the

[11:04] death of the great Denver paper, the

[11:06] Rocky Mountain News. Well, this

[11:07] morning's front page, the final edition,

[11:10] carried the paper's own obituary,

[11:12] modeled after its very first front page

[11:14] 150 years ago. Big change in New

[11:17] Orleans, where uniform troops on Humvees

[11:19] with blue flashing lights have patrolled

[11:21] those streets since Katrina back in '05.

[11:24] The National Guard is now pulling out of

[11:26] the city for the first time since the

[11:28] storm's aftermath. And the White House

[11:30] has released the official photo of the

[11:32] first lady. It was quickly noted she's

[11:34] the first to appear sleeveless. She's

[11:36] shown wearing a black dress and pearls

[11:37] in the photo taken in the blue room of

[11:40] the White House. There is much more when

[11:42] we continue here on a Friday night. What

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[14:15] >> They say that our economic survival in

[14:17] this competitive world starts with a

[14:19] good education. But what about the fact

[14:21] that American students are lagging

[14:23] behind Asia students in key skills like

[14:25] math and science? Tonight, one way to

[14:27] close that gap. NBC's Raheima Ellis

[14:30] reports tonight on what works.

[14:36] In Fall River, Massachusetts, an old

[14:38] Miltown south of Boston, life can be

[14:40] hard even for students. Challenged just

[14:43] getting to the town's only public high

[14:45] school that has no school buses.

[14:48] Described as an underachieving school,

[14:50] the principal says good teachers could

[14:52] make a difference, but attracting the

[14:54] best is difficult.

[14:56] >> KK congruent,

[14:57] >> especially in math and science. We're

[15:00] competing against uh many schools that

[15:02] offer higher salaries, better proximity

[15:04] to Boston and Providence.

[15:07] >> It's a critical problem nationwide.

[15:09] Educators predict in the next decade a

[15:12] shortage of at least 200,000 math and

[15:15] science teachers, mostly in urban

[15:17] schools. Now, a University of

[15:19] Massachusetts at Dartmouth program

[15:21] called Teach South Coast is trying to

[15:24] address that. Kristen Cody, a former lab

[15:27] technician, and Aaron Okonnell, who

[15:29] worked with troubled teens, are just two

[15:32] of 36 new teachers who will be certified

[15:35] in math and science in just 3 years. Why

[15:38] make the career change?

[15:40] >> I still like research. Um, I still love

[15:42] science and I try to bring that passion

[15:44] for science into the classroom. And I

[15:46] knew that I could take my love for math

[15:49] and and continue to make a difference

[15:51] and help these students. and they get

[15:53] help, including federal funding for an

[15:56] intensive year of training to get their

[15:58] licenses, free college classes, a

[16:00] full-time job. In addition, teachers get

[16:03] up to three years of guaranteed

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[16:07] classroom, the tables are turned, and

[16:10] the teachers become the students,

[16:12] learning methods and strategies to make

[16:14] them better instructors,

[16:15] >> going back and forth to see who is

[16:17] saying what.

[16:17] >> In exchange, they make a three-year

[16:19] commitment to work in high need

[16:21] districts. So these teachers are

[16:23] learning to teach in their context which

[16:26] is really which is extremely important

[16:28] and very rare.

[16:29] >> Training new recruits, one solution,

[16:32] experts say to a crucial math and

[16:34] science problem facing America's

[16:36] schools. Raheima Ellis, NBC News, Fall

[16:40] River, Massachusetts.

[16:41] >> See you tomorrow.

[16:42] >> And here's an item for all the people

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[19:49] >> Sunday exclusive. Robert Gates. His

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[20:00] If you have kids or grandkids, then you

[20:02] know that peanut allergies, often

[20:04] severe, have changed life in our schools

[20:07] these days. And they can, of course,

[20:09] make life miserable for the kids who are

[20:11] allergic. But one family has found a new

[20:14] solution. Their story from our chief

[20:16] science correspondent, Robert Bazelle.

[20:20] Inhal,

[20:23] and we're done. 8-year-old Riley Mirs

[20:25] has severe peanut allergy.

[20:27] >> Her mom, Sher, recalls a trip to the

[20:29] supermarket when the child was

[20:31] accidentally exposed to some peanut

[20:33] residue.

[20:34] >> Within 6 minutes, she couldn't breathe.

[20:37] She was minutes away from dying.

[20:38] >> Now, remember, you can kind of do a

[20:40] comparison.

[20:40] >> Because of the danger, Riley is

[20:42] homeschooled with a friend and kept from

[20:44] going most places.

[20:45] >> 13.

[20:46] >> Yep.

[20:49] >> But Riley's life is about to open up

[20:51] because of her new pet dog, Rocco. He's

[20:53] helping me be able to go places and not

[20:56] worry about my allergies to actually

[20:59] being a kid.

[21:00] >> Here you go, mom.

[21:00] >> Sherry Mirror saw a TV program about how

[21:03] dogs could be trained to find illegal

[21:05] fruits and vegetables in customs

[21:07] inspection.

[21:09] >> Just as they search for drugs or

[21:10] explosives,

[21:11] >> I thought, if a dog can do that, why

[21:13] can't a dog find what my daughter's

[21:15] allergic to and keep her away from it?

[21:17] >> Ready to go to work? She located Bill

[21:18] Witstein, who trains dogs for explosive

[21:21] detection at the Florida Canine Academy.

[21:23] >> Roco, show me. Good boy.

[21:25] >> He donated his time teaching the dog

[21:27] peanut detection.

[21:28] >> We found the dogs pick it up pretty

[21:30] easy.

[21:30] >> Sherry Mirs has set up a foundation to

[21:32] provide dogs for other allergic

[21:34] children.

[21:36] Portuguese water dogs are used for the

[21:38] project because like many breeds, they

[21:40] have an extraordinary sense of smell.

[21:42] But they also make wonderful companions

[21:44] for children.

[21:45] >> Roll over.

[21:47] Yay.

[21:48] >> Warren Camearini trains those and other

[21:50] breeds at Biscuits and Bath in New York.

[21:53] >> They're very loyal. They're in general

[21:56] very friendly. Their temperament is very

[21:58] even.

[21:59] >> He will sit and point with his nose

[22:01] where they're at.

[22:02] >> Witstein is now working with Riley and

[22:04] her mom, showing how to get Rocco to

[22:06] check out a room thoroughly for any

[22:07] trace of peanuts.

[22:09] >> See? Good boy.

[22:10] >> That will allow Riley to go wherever she

[22:13] wants. He's the best friend anyone could

[22:15] ever wish for.

[22:16] >> Robert Bazelle, NBC News, New York.

[22:20] >> Just when you think the airlines have

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[25:36] >> Next, killing sea lions at Botonal Dam.

[25:38] How soon it could begin. Plus, why the

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[25:44] >> With cloudy skies, February ends dry.

[25:46] But will March come in like a lion or a

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[26:01] >> In our making a difference segment this

[26:02] Friday night, what may be the very

[26:04] essence of a local community church. All

[26:07] congregations are only as good as their

[26:10] collective members. After all, it's just

[26:12] that this one gives its members

[26:14] everything it's got. The story from

[26:16] suburban Chicago and NBC's Jeff Ross.

[26:22] On a frigid Sunday morning in Shamberg,

[26:24] Illinois, the local high school

[26:29] is rocking. Its auditorium transformed

[26:32] into a church.

[26:33] >> God in heaven.

[26:34] >> And the pastor, Jim Samratic, is

[26:36] transforming lives with an out ofthebox

[26:39] idea.

[26:39] >> What time is it?

[26:42] >> You're giving away 100% of your

[26:45] donations, free money to people who need

[26:47] it.

[26:48] >> Absolutely. Huh?

[26:48] >> It's cold out. Chanel is a single

[26:51] working mother. Her 10-year-old daughter

[26:53] Shereice has cable pausy. They could

[26:56] barely pay the bills. And then a

[26:58] godsend. Waterfront Community Church

[27:01] just gave this family more than $11,000.

[27:05] >> It's like uh are they serious? Is it a

[27:07] joke? What is What do I have to do? But

[27:11] I have to do nothing. Shares, I want you

[27:13] to meet somebody. You helping us so

[27:15] much.

[27:16] >> Helping in a way most churches don't.

[27:18] When you donate money, most if not all

[27:21] of it can go toward church maintenance,

[27:23] staff salaries, electricity, and heat.

[27:26] But not here. Every dollar donated to

[27:29] Waterfront goes toward people in need.

[27:31] How do they do it? They sacrifice. No

[27:34] big, beautiful chapel. Instead, they

[27:37] rent the high school for service each

[27:39] week. The Christian rock band practices

[27:43] for free at a neighbor's house. Oh, and

[27:45] the pastor, Jim, doesn't have a fancy

[27:47] office. He works off his laptop here at

[27:50] a coffee shop.

[27:51] >> There's a bunch of churches I've talked

[27:53] to already that are interested in

[27:54] something like this. And I I say great.

[27:57] >> Just 4 months in, they've paid for

[27:59] everything from car repairs to a

[28:01] neighbor's brain surgery.

[28:02] >> If you see the eyes of the person on the

[28:04] other side and the tear in their eyes,

[28:06] it's awesome. It's awesome. That's what

[28:08] living is all about.

[28:09] >> A small church changing the rules

[28:12] >> and getting back to basics. Jeff Rosson,

[28:15] NBC News, Shamberg, Illinois.

[28:19] >> And that is our broadcast for this

[28:20] Friday night. And for this week, thank

[28:22] you for being with us. A reminder, next

[28:24] week, a new series of

[28:26] >> And hysterical mishaps.

[28:28] >> Hey, look, somebody threw a rock through

[28:30] the window

[28:31] >> from one of America's best loved

[28:33] comedians. It's the best of Red

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[29:30] >> Fresh, exciting, certifiably great.

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