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Today's posting comes with apologies (some may consider this a blessing) for brevity. Owing in part to yet another unsettled news day, and in part to my schedule -- I've been in a continuous production meeting today regarding the hour-long Katrina special we are airing on the NBC Television Network Monday at 8 p.m. ET.
In the fleeting moments I've had to look away from my computer screen today, I've noticed the cable news networks have had their cameras trained on various aircraft-related emergencies -- part of the drama today, playing out in skyways, runways and taxiways in various parts of the nation and the world. A lot of this fits beneath a post-U.K.-terrorist-plot umbrella of what will become yet another "new normal" for all those of us who fly. Having flown both internationally and domestically since the new restrictions have been put in place, I can confirm: it's a new world out there -- in terms of delays, discarded personal items, bag checks and checked bags. As an aside: I take no joy in admitting that our traveling group found it quite easy to avoid the random-bag-check delays at the gate the other day -- we just found our way to the second of the two lines forming to scan boarding passes. By putting distance between ourselves and the inspectors, we were allowed to board without delay, and we all commented on how easy it was (having already cleared primary airport security, of course) to avoid a second check prior to boarding. By the way, while it goes without saying that none of us had anything to hide, I've yet to meet anyone who truly relishes delays at the airport... say nothing of the thought of someone wearing surgical gloves reaching into your carry-on and laying your possessions out on a table. Our return flight to New York had no such random bag search at the gate -- and all of this is probably in keeping with the definition of "random." We're also awaiting a ruling on an airline strike possibility, which of course will complicate matters in the skies and on the ground.
We're keeping an eye on President Ford's health and we're thinking of him today. We have solid stories tonight on both Lebanon and Iraq. We have the already-promised look at the Presidents Bush, father and son, and we hope to get to some of your e-mails.
Have a good and safe weekend, and I hope you can join us for our Friday broadcast.
We will next see you on Monday night from New Orleans -- when I also hope you can join us for the special we've worked so hard to bring you.
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(Sent Aug 30, 2006 2:57:35 PM)
Tomorrow is my birthday. This time last year I was embarking on a cross country trip moving myself and my two children from Orange County, CA back to Orlando, FL. God had a different plan in mind. I ended up in a 14ft ditch outside of Phoenix. Had I not wrecked, we would have been pulling through New Orleans the day Katrina hit. My birthday will forever be a remembrance of the devastation and lives lost. May God continue to bless each of you in the states who lost so much. Brian, thank you for caring.
God bless,
Lisa Sweet, Charlotte, NC (Sent Aug 28, 2006 1:20:03 PM)
Brian,
Now that the journalists from Fox News have thankfully been freed, I'm wondering if you can comment on discussions you may have had about the difficulty of covering such a sensitive story. It is my understanding since it was before my time that the Iran Hostage Crisis, for example, was covered wall-to-wall, but in this instance, there seemed to be a lot of restraint not just at NBC but everywhere.
Noah Goldstein, Boston, MA (Sent Aug 28, 2006 12:50:05 AM)
Good to see you'll be down here. I just moved in at Tulane University, so I am new to New Orleans. Everywhere we go, we have faculty and staff telling us how much they love us freshmen because we're here! But until they let us go on service trips, we're still learning from you. Keep up the good work!
Megan Cox, Happy Valley, Oregon/ New Orleans, Louisiana (Sent Aug 27, 2006 2:06:53 AM)
Having watched NBC news closely during the war in Lebanon, I saw almost every major correspondent (Brian, Lester, Ann, etc.) shuttle back and forth from the front lines. I'm surprised to read these posts describing travel on commercial flights.
NBC should have access to private jets to ferry their newspeople quickly and safely to their dangerous jobs on the front lines. To quote George Castanza from "Senfeld", they should give them "the Ted Dansen jet".
Ryan Ford, Las Vegas, NV (Sent Aug 26, 2006 4:41:09 PM)
Thanks for the first-rate "Making a Difference" segment on the New Orleans mom who, with her "Katrina Crew" is helping clean up New Orleans--a Herculean task akin to cleaning the Augean Stables.
I may be in the landlocked Midwest, but Ernesto really has my adrenalin flowing. I'd hoped that with the hurricane season's slow start, we'd be getting a well-deserved breather from big storms. I just cringe at the thought of another one hitting hard-hit Louisiana and Mississippi(or anyplace else in this country where landfall would result in a major disaster). I hope the forecasts I've been hearing turn out to be wrong and Ernesto fizzles out.
To end on a lighter note, thanks for the "Viewer E-mail" piece. I always enjoy those.
Have a good trip to New Orleans.
Olivia Elizabeth Burdon, Peoria, Ill. (Sent Aug 26, 2006 11:14:58 AM)
I have a really good story from MS when our church went to help the Katrina people down there from CT and MA. Would like to be part of your story..A
Alec Wasserman Bloomfield, CT (Sent Aug 25, 2006 5:50:09 PM)
Special thanks for those of us here in Louisiana. It is so nice to know there are anchors like yourself who have not forgotten us.
Michele, New Orleans (Sent Aug 25, 2006 5:03:35 PM)
Glad to hear you'll be in NOLA Monday and thanks for announcing when the hour-long NBC special on Katrina is going to be on. I'll be marking my calender...
(Sent Aug 25, 2006 4:36:25 PM)
Hi Brian,
Just caught the Early Nightly. Nice sign on your desk; appropriate. Fan of Truman or did it just seem fitting?
As always, look forward to your broadcast tonight and especially to the special on Monday.
By the way, you mentioned a blogger made a comment about your wardrobe the last time you read emails on the air, although I think the comment was completely unsubstantiated, well-played.
Alexis, Redlands, CA (Sent Aug 25, 2006 4:22:26 PM)
The Mexican fisherman story of being at sea for months is too far fetched...The men are clearly in good health. I wish responsible investigative journalists would step in to fill the gap.
PW (Sent Aug 25, 2006 4:14:31 PM)
Brian -
It will be good to hear your perspective on what has happened in New Orleans next Monday. It was a tragic chain of events to our fellow citizens and although there are some camps who wish to leverage the new shift in political demographics....we cannot forget our fellow americans who have carried on so long in the face of little or no government support.
Please hold our public officials accountable to their promises...then the voters will have to hold them accoountable for their actions.
Best Wishes,
Peter from Atlanta
Peter, Atlanta (Sent Aug 25, 2006 4:07:21 PM)
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