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While we emphasize at the outset that no jury has ruled and no one has been convicted in this case, if the confessions of some young men today are to be believed, the arson that destroyed so many churches in Alabama is even more strange and sad than we first thought. While we will leave it to others to understand the depths of human behavior, tonight we will deconstruct a crime spree that has taken from the innocent a basic right in this country: the right to worship. Arrests have been made, the damage is done, and innocent people are without a place to pray. We'll have the whole story covered for you tonight.
We will update the formidable moving parts in the port security story tonight, and in Iraq, where fears of civil war continue. Also on the broadcast, the story that jumped off the pages of this morning's New York Times: its about those under the influence of Ambien... and what they sometimes do... including but not limited to: operating a car.
Any other parents out there, like me, amazed that children ("kids these days...") are allowed to have open laptops in class... say NOTHING of Internet access during a TEST? Just the thought of it makes my grade-school years at the Middletown Village School in Middletown, N.J. seem like Hogwarts by comparison. We'll take a look at what the kids are up to in class.
And the story I warned about in this space yesterday because of its emotional impact... Ron Allen's story of rebuilding from the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans is airing on tonight's broadcast. It's an emotional look at an unusual case to emerge from the storm.
We hope you can join us.
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Homeland insecurity?
I object to the way in which Brian Williams chose to report the arrest of suspects in the church burnings in Alabama. Williams' context is, those poor people who have nowhere to pray. I thought all you people could pray anywhere. Williams' tone is inflammatory, as if those college students were religius infidels, instead of (apparently) just stupid. It is inappropriate for Williams to insert his own beliefs into the news. Is NBC now bringing us faith-based news?
Terry House, Los Angeles CA (Sent Mar 9, 2006 4:04:52 PM)
Margo, I second your post!!!!!! "FUN" should NEVER injure, maim, destory, or hurt another person!
I did something unusual last night, Brian, thanks to your post. I watched the Nightly News just so I could see the story. (Sorry - I'm more of a Today Show viewer! smile) It was a great story of rebuilding, in more ways than one. People like this fellow (and I can't remember his name!) will be the ones to rebuild the Gulf Coast. They have nothing to loose and everything to gain. Amen
Stephanie Umbro, Maine (Sent Mar 9, 2006 5:32:19 AM)
In my school in Pennsylvania, our math class is held using laptops to graph trig functions. After we make the Excel graphs we then use them to study for a test on the material. Technology should be used to help students prepare for test, not be used on them. I agree that if you are letting students use computers to take a test on a math, for example. The student is being cheated because they are losing the very vital skill of mental math.
Simple skills like mental math and spelling are being lost to calculators (how many cell phones know even have calculators on them) and spell check. Yes, technology is good in certain quantity, but just like anything else we should not over dose on it.
B. Randall, Portage, PA (Sent Mar 8, 2006 11:39:57 PM)
These kids, if found guilty, should and no doubt will get the punishment coming to them, however the reality is that poor people
in these communities will probably be better off, at least until other churches can swoop down and demand the weekly 10% jesus is coming fee.
Skip Skipper, Stanley, NC (Sent Mar 8, 2006 9:47:15 PM)
Brian (and the Nightly News team),
Congratulations on all nine of your 72nd annual National Headliner Awards!
A.C. Mendiones (Sent Mar 8, 2006 8:17:26 PM)
Have to respond to you Brian regarding "Jumping Pages" as I await Ron's Story. I am at a loss to explain how, exactly, stories are choosen at those neverending editorial meetings. Brian you stated above that Ambien jumped off the pages this morning. Is not this a form of plagarisim a la journalist?
Paul Season Wilmington,DE. (Sent Mar 8, 2006 8:10:14 PM)
Concerning cheating on tests in school.
My son who is very smart, says that you only need to know one thing, and that is how to find the answer to a question. He has proven it over and over, in business and more. If A student can find the answer He doesn't need to know all the answers to a test.Finding and under standing is the most important thing. Think about it.
Frank Kasher Clearwater Fl. (Sent Mar 8, 2006 7:15:59 PM)
Brian, I saw the piece that you talked about just now and i am so glad that I was able to view it. My heart goes out Smokey for having the courage to rebuild his life after such tragic loss. And his commitment to his neighborhood after Katrina show that the human spirit has a limitless capacity for love, caring and selflessness. I wish him all the best for him and his family. Thank you for sharing his story with us.
Darcy Searle (Sent Mar 8, 2006 7:05:34 PM)
An appropriate punishment would be to have these three young men work at rebuilding the churches, until all are finished and ready to use. I'm concerned that our young Americans are finding "fun" in causing pain to other people, such as burning down their churches or beating a homeless person to death. Life is about relationships and respect for our fellow human beings. What have our youth missed that they don't know this?
Anne Siegrist (Sent Mar 8, 2006 6:27:04 PM)
It is very simple. You have to teach the children from day one to be considerate, to respect other people, their posessions, ideas. In TV, in Church, in School this is the message ashould come across laud and clear and often. TV, Churches and Schools should not waste their time on nonsense that contribute nothimg to nobody.
Ferenc Hutterer (Sent Mar 8, 2006 6:26:00 PM)
I don't know what type of school you are referencing, but at college laptops or anything other than pencil/pen and paper during a test (and a basic calculator if needed) are all that are allowed, even at my technology-oriented university - Georgia Tech.
Nick Kloiber (Sent Mar 8, 2006 5:52:48 PM)
The questions which come to mind for me is this: at what point during these young men's lives did they totally misunderstand the concept of "fun"? At what point do we as a free society draw the line between childish play and responsible citizenry? What part of freedom did these young men fail to understand? I guess it makes me weary, bone-weary, to see the aftermath of some youths' vandalism, hate crime act, or bullying and hear the dog-eared and well-used phrase, "They're only kids...they didn't know any better."
Do we have any volunteers to retire that phrase and start holding children responsible for pranks and "fun" so the rest of us can enjoy our freedoms? Do I hear a second?
Margo Ungricht, Lehi UT (Sent Mar 8, 2006 4:42:14 PM)
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