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I'm enormously proud of the effort that dominates our blog today... two of our finest correspondents have set out on a mission that we will all hopefully learn from: Carl Quintanilla is traveling from West to East in the Gulf states and Martin Savidge from East to West. They will end up in New Orleans on Friday and cover what they see en route. We have vowed to stay on this story, to document the suffering... and this is our way of shedding some light on those who don't always get the media attention along the way. The volume of other news of late has meant I haven't been able to travel back to the region as often as I'd like (since our last trip to Mississippi) and while we are planning our next trip to the Gulf, we are confident that this effort will keep the story front and center with our viewers. Please join us for the first two installments of their series of reports tonight, and let us know what you think.
To the major news of the day: a man I first met as a reporter when he was the deputy to a U.S. Attorney named Michael Chertoff, Judge Samuel Alito, was today nominated to fill the Sandra Day O'Connor vacancy on the Supreme Court. His nomination was immediately praised and immediately attacked (in keeping with the natural balance of Washington), and we will try to balance it all out tonight, and introduce the American people to this jurist and father of two. We received strong indications late last week that we should be taking a good, hard look at Alito. Truth be told, his bio was among those that I've been carrying around in my briefcase (of possible nominees) for months now, and please note that "Erick,"a poster on RedState.org had the right call AGAIN in predicting Alito, as he did with Roberts. Erick either has a good SCOTUS/White House contact... or is just really good at predicting those the President will nominate to the highest court in the land.
We're also enormously proud of the announcement NBC News made today: starting next week, NBC Nightly News will be available online and on-demand, after 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT each night. This is for all those viewers who have stopped me in airports and politely explained that while they watch whenever they can, their busy lives don't allow them to see their favorite newscast every night. Soon, there will be no excuse. It's an idea whose time has come, and we're all very excited about it.
Of special additional note tonight: a question-and-answer explainer from Robert Bazell on the bird flu, and a final remembrance of Rosa Parks. A lot going on, and we look forward to sharing it with you tonight.
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I appreciate your continued reporting on the Katrina related problems in the south and not ignoring it now that it is not "hot new".
Bob Larson, Eugene, Oregon (Sent Nov 2, 2005 12:53:05 AM)
"We're also enormously proud of the announcement NBC News made today: starting next week, NBC Nightly News will be available online and on-demand,"
YES!, YES! AND DOUBLE YES! This will be great. Thanks in advance!!
Russ, Zacatecas, Mexico (Sent Nov 1, 2005 10:35:49 PM)
Yes, please make NBC News available as a download which will play on the new iPods as well as a higher res version for people who want to watch on a computer (including Macs). I haven't been able to watch NBC News since 2000 when you dropped KRON in San Francisco for whatever that station is in San Jose a few hundred thousand of us couldn't get. It would be nice to see it again.
Steve Rhodes (Sent Nov 1, 2005 3:11:44 PM)
That's great!
I'm happy to hear that the newscasts will be online. It may sound silly, but prior to discovering the daily nightly, I felt the only news show worth watching was on Comedy central (Which oddly seemed to get to the point more than broadcast news). With the additional insight into what's going on, especially behind the scenes, I've been lured back to listening.
And now...
I think I'm ready to take the next step... [stunned silence] watching the news again.
Only, I'm one of those people who's never around when the broadcasts are happening; and even when I get to catch a broadcast, it's snowy -- no cable. [gasp]
My only hope is that you set it up as a video podcast.
Keep up the good work. I think you'll find that the other stations will *have* to follow in your footsteps.
Celso, Fairbanks AK (Sent Nov 1, 2005 12:10:58 PM)
I too want to ask, what about us Mac users? We can play Windows Media 9 and earlier on the Mac as long as there is no DRM in the file but, for some reason, MSNBC refuses the Mac platform anyway. This wouldn't possibly be due to NBC's relationship with Microsoft would it? Just wondering.
Jeff Knapp, Seattle, WA (Sent Nov 1, 2005 12:09:09 PM)
My question is - will the online broadcasts of NBC Nightly News be closed captioned like the traditional broadcasts are?
Concerned Deaf Viewer (Sent Nov 1, 2005 10:51:22 AM)
The netcast is a step in the right direction...but will Mac and Linux users still be shut out? Right now I can't view any of the "MSN Video" clips that are posted. I really don't see why you can't just post a link to download the video in a cross-platform format. Plenty of other sites, CNN included, have managed to get video to work on Macs. I certainly hope you don't eliminate the podcast, by the way--it is useful in its own right, and right now is the only thing non-Windows users can access.
Kurt Raschke, Montreal, Quebec (Sent Nov 1, 2005 10:47:32 AM)
Will these be video podcasts? The convenience of subscriptions right into iTunes would be awesome!
Kyle Rove, Washington, DC (Sent Oct 31, 2005 11:58:44 PM)
Thank you for offering your news online. We haven't had a TV in 10 years, and receive our news from public radio and the internet. During Katrina we watched your news video clips nightly. Because we have a young family, we have no intention of buying a TV. We like to stay abreast of current events, but find most of the news innappropriate for our children. Watching NBC News online, after the kids are in bed, is perfect for us. Thank you.
Kelly Brown, White Salmon, WA (Sent Oct 31, 2005 11:32:34 PM)
The on-line news service is great!! I have been waiting for this. Now, how long will it take to get other content streaming into our homes via the net? This may not be the last frontier, but it certainly is the next most obviously needed step. What I want (and am willing to pay for) is total access to broadcast services and any/all movies online. Seems like a "no-brainer" to me. I get the specific services I want, and the provider gets my hard-earned money!
Bill Spencer, Nashville, TN (Sent Oct 31, 2005 10:06:42 PM)
Wow, thank you for making NBC Nightly News available to your viewers online. I don't get to watch every night and this will make it easier to catch up on current events. I can't seem to watch any other news broadcast.
Jim Mizell, Pleasant Hill, Missouri (Sent Oct 31, 2005 9:49:21 PM)
I just watched the east/west reports that started tonight, of the journey through areas that have had little to no media coverage of the aftermath of the hurricanes. I think this is a really great idea, although one week seems like it will be the barest, faintest sketch of even a beginning of this kind of story. Still, of course, I know that there is no way you could even BEGIN to do a whole lot more, but it would be interesting, over the next few months I think, to see a revisiting of this idea, in different areas from Texas to Florida.
Sarebear, Centerville, Utah (Sent Oct 31, 2005 8:02:11 PM)
Hey! Thanks for the online coverage! Maybe one day the "suits" will realize that there are faithful folks out there who would actually sit through a whole 44 minute news broadcast instead of the 22 minute quickie! But it is a start! You folks are doing a fantastic job. Thank you!
BL, Englewood, FL (Sent Oct 31, 2005 8:00:21 PM)
I just want to say thank you for broadcasting NBC Nightly News now online! I am a 28-year-old that have been a faithful NBC News viewer since 2000. Now I can catch my daily dose of Nightly News online when I'm anywhere my laptop is! This goes without saying; but you guys are steps ahead everyone else! Keep up the great work!
Neil, Marion, IL (Sent Oct 31, 2005 7:00:45 PM)
Thank you for the DailyNightly!
As a viewer of the nightly news most of my life it's great to see blog avenue open.
Ray Jacobsen, Ashland, VA (Sent Oct 31, 2005 6:54:27 PM)
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