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On my first day as a Nightly News intern, I was told that this would be like nothing I had ever experienced. I was already overwhelmed by the towering shape of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the glittering studios and the sight of many broadcast personalities, often viewed from my television set, and now sprung into real form. Whether it was behind the lens or in front, I learned that every role in the newsroom is an integral cog of the news mechanism that comes with responsibility, talent, and, most importantly, a drive to be at the top.
My fellow interns and I have come a long way from loading ink in the copier to a gained insight and special knowledge of almost every aspect of the newsroom.
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Link to thisIsrael again today was in the business of bombing infrastructure, this time another critical route for relief supplies. Just as the volleys of Hezbollah rockets have been remarkable over the past few days for their sheer volume, the Israeli air strikes have now leveled just about all of the major bridges in Lebanon, and cratered most major highways. As we've said before, there will no doubt be calls for a kind of "Marshall Plan" to once again rebuild Lebanon. It will be interesting to see where the funding comes from. On the topic of the war, what a remarkable page one photo in today's New York Times.
David Gregory sat down for an interview with Secretary of State Rice this afternoon, portions of which we will air tonight. The early read is: the Secretary offers new terminology: "sectarian differences" (to describe the 100-or-so deaths each day in Iraq) in the place of "civil war"... a term which was apparently used one too many times at yesterday's Armed Services hearing, and widely picked up on by the media. David will join us with that tonight.
Discuss (18 comments) Email this | Link to thisTonight's installment in our Making a Difference series introduces you to the sheriff of Peoria County, Ill. But it was more than 400 miles from his jurisdiction where I caught up with Mike McCoy. I met him in Memphis. And he wasn't walking. This 57-year-old grandfather was running, for the 25th year, in a relay he founded as a fund-raiser for kids with cancer. Like any home-grown event, it started small and with all kinds of problems. Unlike most local charity events, Mike's annual trek between Memphis and Peoria has gone big time. When the relay ends tomorrow in Peoria, Mike will have raised more than $12 million for the St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to thisIn the short time that I've been here in the New Orleans bureau, I've been privileged to meet a number of interesting people and characters. I've introduced you to some of them on this blog. Whether their stories were quirky, poignant or inspirational, they all were certainly memorable.
Each day, I come across so many folks I wish you could meet personally. Now, the folks at MSNBC.com have offered me a novel way to do just that. "FACES FROM THE GULF" is a new separate picture-diary where I hope to offer you online snapshots of people I'm meeting during my time here in New Orleans.
In the past, I referred to this as a "stint." My apologies to folks who felt I was trying to portray it as negative thing. On the contrary, this has been an incredible professional and personal (I've brought my family along for the ride) journey. And that journey has barely just begun. Now I can share more of that with you. I'll still be contributing regularly to the The Daily Nightly. (And yes, I do read all your comments.) But "FACES FROM THE GULF" allows me to share smaller stories that I encounter here virtually everyday.
Discuss (8 comments) Email this | Link to thisWhat did the tooth fairy give you? That's what Celeste Molina asked her daughter when she woke her up for breakfast earlier this week. Our cameras were there for the cash bonus her daughter received: $5. That's a lot more than I got when my teeth came out, but you know, with inflation, it's probably about right.
The trouble is it's almost as much as what Celeste makes an hour working overnights at a local gas station in Columbus, Ohio. Minimum wage in Ohio and 28 other states is $5.15 an hour and has been since 1996. Tonight, correspondent Lisa Daniels talks to both sides about the issue and how it affects people trying to raise a family and sustain a business.
Discuss (11 comments) Email this | Link to thisChief White House Correspondent David Gregory stepped in front of our roving camera this morning while Brian wings his way back from Dallas. David is headed back to D.C. today, where later he'll interview Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the situation in Lebanon and Iraq.
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Discuss (0 comments) Email this | Link to thisToday we're in Dallas, where the broadcast will originate tonight from our NBC News Dallas Bureau, overlooking the city's skyline. While we were in the air, some of the major news of the day was made between the committee panel and the witness table at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services committee. The questioning from Senator Clinton of New York... and the answers from Secretary Rumsfeld were especially tense. We'll run a substantial portion of the key exchanges today, and we'll look at the debate and the semantics of today's back-and-forth "conversation." We'll also take a look at the policy and military implications.
Discuss (26 comments) Email this | Link to thisYou must be a resident of a state in order to run for Congress to represent that state.
False.
So said a three-judge panel of the the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, rejecting an attempt by Texas Republicans to take former Congressman Tom DeLay's name off the ballot in the November election. The only residency requirement that counts, the court said, is the one in the U.S. Constitution, which says that a candidate for Congress must be "when elected" an inhabitant of the state the candidate seeks to represent.
Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to thisAll morning here in Washington, we’ve been watching the Senate Armed Services hearing on Iraq. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is there. So is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace. So is Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East.
As we watch, we’re trying to figure out what’s new. Are there fireworks? Are they arguing? What’s the body language? What is said, what is NOT said? We hope to put this all in context for you on the broadcast tonight.
Discuss (9 comments) Email this | Link to thisAs Brian posted below, he's on a plane to Dallas, so David Gregory offers today's morning preview of the stories under consideration for tonight's broadcast. Click the link to the right (under the advertisement) to watch.
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