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Welcome to our Saturday edition of the "Daily Nightly." As we take a look at what may be our top story tonight, I have to remind myself NOT to say, "This has been another deadly day in Iraq"... because it has been said so many times before. We will have to come up with another way to say it... but for Americans in Iraq... and Iraqis... this has not been a good day. 3 more Americans killed… and dozens more Iraqis. It's another example of the security problems facing the U.S. and Iraqi people. It's also one of the reasons President Bush is meeting with top U.S. military leaders to talk about Iraq.
We'll have the latest on the President's meeting from NBC's Kevin Corke at the White House. NBC's Jane Arraf reports on the violence in Iraq. We'll ask NBC military analyst retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona about what's next and where the Iraqi conflict may be headed. Plus, the political impact Iraq is having on Republicans and Democrats. And NBC's Jim Maceda reports on the challenges facing some Muslims in Europe... and what some are calling a new wave of intolerance.
Those are some of the stories we're following. We invite your questions and comments and we hope you'll join us tonight.
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Link to thisVICTORIA, GOZO, Malta -- On the small remote island of Gozo in the Maltese Islands, NBC News has camped out on Library Street in front of a two-story home hoping to catch a glimpse of the man who reportedly admits to having an inappropriate relationship with former Florida Congressman Mark Foley.
The Rev. Tony Mercieca remained holed up in his boyhood home today, ignoring the constant media throng gathered outside his door. Throughout the day, neighbors and townspeople in the Victoria section of the island offered words of support for the retired Catholic priest, who met Mr. Foley four decades ago while working in a South Florida parish.
A local newspaper in Florida reported on Thursday that Rev. Mercieca affirmed that he and a teenage Foley spent time together while both were nude -- in saunas and in rooms they shared during overnight trips. The newspaper quoted the priest as saying he recalled massaging Foley in an undressed state, while the boy served as an altar boy. Rev. Mercieca characterized their relationship as close but not sexual.
Discuss (7 comments) Email this | Link to thisOnce again, we will look at what many say is the opening stage of a U.S policy shift on Iraq. David Gregory is at the White House and Richard Engel is in Baghdad for us. We will also look at one of the hot Senate races in the country: Campbell Brown is just back from Missouri and will have that for us. Ron Allen has the story I very badly wanted to get on the broadcast tonight: the human remains that are still being found, intact, in New York City -- five years after 9/11.
Tonight, Kevin Tibbles will report on Good Times for Detroit. Let's face it -- it has been a tough slog for the Motor City, especially with the cuts in the car business. Sometimes a slot in the World Series can have a sweeping, therapeutic effect. And while we're on the subject: those poor Mets last night. What a heart-breaker.
Discuss (16 comments) Email this | Link to thisYou have to picture this: 10 little girls wearing pink and purple tutus, bursting with excitement over the ballet class they're about to have.
You might have thought it was a typical ballet class, if you didn't notice a few things. On one side of the room is a bunch of heaped metal -- walkers, crutches and poles. On the other side are student volunteers, ready to carry the girls over to the dance mats.
This ballet class was for little girls who have cerebral palsy or other debilitating conditions. The woman I was there to interview was one of those people you know is special from the outset -- Joann Ferrara -- a woman with so much energy I smile just thinking about her.
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Brian anchors the broadcast tonight, but Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory pinch hits on the Early Nightly.
Among the questions we'll try to answer tonight: What is the reality in Iraq? What is the strategy? And should there be a policy change?
Discuss (2 comments) Email this | Link to thisWith three months of pre-trial activity left before the beginning of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's January trial, his attorneys and Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald have been mired in negotiations and courtroom arguments on everything from admitting memory experts to which classified documents might be allowed at trial.
Today, Judge Reggie Walton, who is presiding over the case, revealed a rare insight on just how much the CIA leak case is on his mind.
In a footnote to an order extending the deadline for a pre-trial filing by both parties, the judge writes, "As the parties are aware, Judge Walton will be on vacation in Jamaica beginning November 18, 2006 and it is particularly important for the expeditious resolution of these motions that Judge Walton have something to work on while relaxing on the beach."
Discuss (8 comments) Email this | Link to thisThe comments of an American general are gathering lots of attention, and our coverage of this current violent period in Iraq continues tonight. And we must continue to remember that at the heart of this or any debate over Iraq... are the Americans serving there, and their families over here.
Also tonight, an update on the Congressional Page scandal, a report on dirty bombs (just how "easy" a science is it?) and our promoted story on the rush to educate our kids, beginning in the crib.
We'll also read a few of our viewers' e-mails on the broadcast tonight.
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Brian anchors the broadcast tonight, but the anchor of NBC Nightly News, Weekend Edition John Seigenthaler is on Early Nightly duty.
Click to watch the vlog and find out a few of the stories we're working on for the broadcast.
Discuss (2 comments) Email this | Link to thisI love my job. I really do. It allows me to combine my love for news with my fascination by technology. But on those days when I feel like my head just may explode from reading just one too many newsletters with the words "bleeding edge," "wiki," or "WiMax," I look up into a small, partially hidden corner of my office where I keep an Emmy from my days as a producer of "In The News," a broadcast, which, by the way, had more adults in its audience than kids.
I like it there so that it is not obvious to others, but I can look up and remind myself of a rewarding part of my career when I wrote and produced some of those two-and-a-half-minute spots. I remember the first time a pitch of mine became a piece. I remember the first piece I was assigned to write and produce. I remember the first time I supervised the recording session. I remember Chris gently editing while showing such kindness to a novice like me. And his edits added such clarity. But most of all, I remember listening to Chris Glenn say the words I wrote. It was the ultimate compliment as well as motivation to get it better the next time. His was a voice of authority - that of a teacher as well as a journalist. And he will be missed.
Discuss (6 comments) Email this | Link to thisTonight we have new polling numbers that will be of great interest to both parties with the elections now three weeks away. Tim Russert will unveil the results live on our air tonight. We'll also have the latest reporting from Iraq, and a report from the White House on the political strategy leading up to the election. As I write this, the Dow has just closed at yet another record high.
REMEMBERING THE VOICE OF A GENERATION
There's a great scene in "American Graffiti" -- one of many -- that takes place in a radio station. A young man discovers that the disk jockey he speaks with -- and the mythic voice of Wolfman Jack -- are in fact one in the same. Yesterday, when I heard Christopher Glenn had died, I remembered a similar scene.
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