NBC Nightly News - 1999-12-26
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[0:00] get their news.
[0:00] >> Associated Press has Oregon's best
[0:02] newscast. News Channel 8, where the news
[0:05] comes first.
[0:11] >> Counting down to the millennium.
[0:13] Increasing security in the wake of
[0:15] terror concerns, especially in New York
[0:17] City.
[0:18] >> We're going to have 19,000 police
[0:20] officers out. I think we've planned for
[0:22] every contingency.
[0:23] >> Also a concern preventing Y2K computer
[0:26] glitches. The Russian offensive in
[0:29] Cheshna. Civilians in harm's way as the
[0:32] rebels hide among them.
[0:34] >> The fighters which are in Gnia will have
[0:36] nowhere to retreat.
[0:38] >> The continuing standoff aboard an Indian
[0:41] Airlines jet hijacked on Friday and the
[0:44] last full day in space for seven sent to
[0:47] save the Hubble telescope.
[0:52] From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:55] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:59] by John Seanthaler.
[1:00] >> Good evening everyone. We begin tonight
[1:02] with the countdown to the new millennium
[1:04] now just 6 days away. The concern not
[1:07] just a computer glitch, but terrorism.
[1:10] In the past week, the government has
[1:11] urged Americans planning to attend large
[1:13] New Year's events to be extra careful.
[1:16] Now, details are emerging about how law
[1:18] enforcement agencies are stepping up
[1:20] security at the biggest events. NBC's
[1:23] Campbell Brown reports.
[1:26] >> New York's Time Square, Washington DC's
[1:29] Lincoln Memorial, and Seattle Space
[1:32] Needle, each to be the site of huge
[1:34] Millennium celebrations. Each taking
[1:37] extraordinary security measures. In New
[1:40] York, a mile long, threeb block wide
[1:42] area around Time Square will be closed
[1:45] to traffic. All parked cars will be
[1:47] t