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This will be abbreviated today, due to an item I am writing for air tonight on the White House Press Briefing Room.
We have the same basic structural news lineup that we did yesterday, and most of the same journalistic choices before us. Today, however, the heat affecting much of the nation is an even bigger news story. There are warnings posted in many cities, and voluntary restrictions in place, in hopes of saving the electric grid which was designed to handle the loads of seven decades ago. There have been deaths, and the plight of some seniors is truly sad. We will have it well covered tonight, along with a word about its cause... beyond the fact that it's summer.
We'll update you on the fighting today (a tremendous number of Hezbollah rocket launches, even for this conflict), including the wider ground war, and we'll take a wider view of what this has done to the U.S. image overseas. Anne Thompson will report on the bills coming due for those popular adjustable-rate mortgages, and as I mentioned, I'll close us out tonight on the end of an era in the White House Briefing Room, which was my daily home for a time -- and which will now be refurbished.
A word about some of our folks: Over the past two days I've spoken to separate groups totaling about 150 students. Some in college, some in high school, all with an eye toward a future in our business. What I should have told them and failed to is this: Watch Andrea Mitchell. Sit down and add up her hours over the past two weeks. Add up the hours she has flown, as well. Try to find someone in television who knows more about the State Department, Washington or the world. Watch David Gregory, commuting each day this week between New York and Washington while servicing two separate broadcasts. Watch Richard Engel and Martin Fletcher -- working a seemingly endless day and shaking off any jitters from incoming rockets or small arms fire. Take a good look at the men and women of this news division (special mention to those you don't see on camera -- who do the driving, the shooting, the producing, the editing -- while often working even longer hours in relative anonymity), and you will see how it is done. While tonight we continue to allow our summer interns to chronicle their experiences here, they have entered the small circle of those who have seen this operation from the inside out. They now know what we see everyday: there are no better people than the folks who work for this news division.
We hope you can join us tonight.
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Brian,
All I watch is NBC news, great job!
As stated earlier I too do not understand the US supporting Israel yet sending aid to Lebanon. Does anyone know the answer to this?
Linda Roling, Clinton, Iowa (Sent Aug 3, 2006 10:14:22 PM)
Thanks for the departing interns' posts. I enjoyed reading about their experiences and what they learned and wish them all much success in their future endeavors. I know getting into the news business is difficult, but if they keep at it...
For the poster with family in Gulfport, Mississippi, I wholeheartedly recommend "Rising From Ruin" on MSNBC.com. In the entries of people from Waveland and Bay St. Louis who are working hard to rebuild their communities and bring their own lives back against tremendous odds, and the "war stories" of storm survivors who respond to them, I'm sure he/she will find much of interest.
Olivia Elizabeth Burdon, Peoria, Ill. (Sent Aug 3, 2006 7:56:31 AM)
With regards to the heat... not that I for one minute doubt the suffering in the US at the hands of this heatwave, I just can't quite understand it. Here in the Middle East (and a relatively quiet part of it, I might add!) it's around 105 degrees every day, with incredible amounts of humidity on top of that. And in winter? - not a whole lot less than 80 degrees!! Is it just that this part of the world is conditioned to high temperatures, and as such can cope with the heat better? Almost makes me hope global warning ISN'T real 'cos I don't think we could take it any hotter over here!!
Keep up the good work... enjoyed the White House briefing room piece this evening!
(Sent Aug 3, 2006 6:30:36 AM)
Brian,
You and your NBC News team do an outstanding job. I don't know which I like best the Broadcast or the Blog. Keep up the good work.
David Galyean (Sent Aug 2, 2006 11:41:42 PM)
Brian, commenting on the story you did last night on the not yet finished Children's Hospital in Iraq, I have an idea for a new series. How about doing a once a week piece (simliar to the "Making a Difference" segment) highlighting some good news from Afganistan and Iraq. I can't tell you what a MUCH NEEDED breath of fresh air that would be to a country so weary of "bad news" coming out of those countries. It would also help present a more balanced look at what's going on in those two countries and being only once a week, wouldn't cut in too much to other news.
Jason Noah, Pleasant Grove, AL (Sent Aug 2, 2006 9:54:18 PM)
While Nightly News is just moments away on the west coast....a request is forthcoming: might there be a closing moment for an update on Barbaro? (good news!) Thanks.
(Sent Aug 2, 2006 8:30:59 PM)
Good broadcast tonight.
Wouldn't have thought the press area in The White House would be so bad - cool to see what Brian was like back-in-the-day.
Also, can anyone please tell me why the US seems to support Israel? America's reptutation internationally has been in a bad state for awhile. I know, being British I guess I'm not much better.
David Campbell, Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Sent Aug 2, 2006 6:59:09 PM)
Brian,
When anything, and I mean anything of significance happens in the nation or the world, I rely on NBC for my coverage. The professionalism shown by all of your corresspondents in the coverage of the Middle East Crisis is unparalleled in my opinion.
Also, having family living in Gulfport Mississippi, I appreciate your ongoing coverage of the non New Orleans stories. Please continue to update us on these people and their struggle.
Keep up the good work.
Lastly, when does Richard Engel sleep! He is on Imus, Today, Evening News, MSNBC shows.
(Sent Aug 2, 2006 6:05:49 PM)
From the standpoint of a soon-to-be college junior, hopefully one day a Nightly News intern, I thank you for these insights into the world of daily journalism. As viewers we all see the hard work each correspondent does in their reporting each night. But, unless you're in TV news or studying to be in it, it is rare to see or hear about the behind the scenes people who do so much work, as you stated above and have showcased on this site since its beginning. It's refreshing to read your posts along with the exiting intern's posts and know there are many people in this business who haven't lost sight of the goal - to inform truthfully and with care. I know I'm not alone when I say that you and the entire NBC News team are great role models for my generation of journalists. Again, thank you.
Jordan, Atlanta, GA - Student in New Orleans (Sent Aug 2, 2006 4:55:18 PM)
Brian,
Keep up the good work. I always look forward to your show.
Douglas C Holden, Van Buren Twp, Mi (Sent Aug 2, 2006 4:34:10 PM)
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