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There's no time for the usual posting today -- I'm outside the city on an interview for tonight's broadcast, and we're racing back to New York as I write this via BlackBerry.
The Imus story looms large tonight as does news from Iraq, and the diabetes findings that some may have heard reported this morning.
As they say, there's more you need to know -- so we'll hope to see you on the air tonight for the Tuesday edition of Nightly News -- at least then it will be clear where I was all afternoon!
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There are a lot of important stories to report on tonight's broadcast, and Brian outlines some of them in today's vlog.
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Discuss (5 comments) Email this | Link to thisEditor's note: Ian's report from Korea for tonight's broadcast will not air tonight as previously noted here. We will re-post this blog when his piece is rescheduled.
It must be the world’s strangest industrial zone - a zone where cell phones and western newspapers aren’t allowed, but described by its supporters as a blueprint for a unified Korea.
Reaching the Kaesong Industrial Complex isn’t easy, since it sits just the other side of the world’s most fortified border, the rather inappropriately named demilitarized zone (DMZ), separating the two Koreas. A dedicated road has been laid across the DMZ, passing through four fences - two on the southern side, two on the north, the gates manned by soldiers from the opposing armies. The road itself is fenced in, the land on either side littered with mines, watchtowers and bunkers. Yet everyday around 300 vehicles make the journey, servicing the rapidly expanding complex beyond.
Discuss (5 comments) Email this | Link to thisThere are several facets of the military effort in Iraq that deserve our time and attention tonight. On top of that, our own Andrea Mitchell is the only television correspondent accompanying the bi-partisan mission to North Korea.
We have an exclusive story tonight from Lisa Myers -- the juxtaposition of hallowed American ground and what many are calling a profound injustice to workers. In addition to her journalism as it will air on Nightly News tonight, she has prepared extra components for exclusive web viewing: Video 1 | Video 2
We'll keep some of the rest of the details of tonight's effort to ourselves until we can share them with you in real time. The topic below will be included in the broadcast as well.
Discuss (80 comments) Email this | Link to thisFor the record, I've appeared on the Imus Show as a reporter here at NBC News. I have relatives who graduated from Rutgers University. And, before it started disappearing, I had short, and rather tightly curled, hair -- so all of this is hitting very close to home.
I've heard Imus apologize, a few times. He sounds sincere. I understand he wants to meet the Rutgers team. He'll be on Al Sharpton's radio show.
But I still can't forget those words: "nappy headed hos," and then more banter about "jigaboos and wannabes." Where did that come from? How could Imus -- and don't forget his producer -- feel comfortable enough to think that's funny? How could they not anticipate a firestorm? When people speak that way publicly, it makes you wonder what's said, and felt, in private?
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It's the second Monday in April, and the weather outside is wacky, as Brian points out in today's vlog. He also previews some of the stories we're working on for tonight's broadcast, including special reports from Andrea Mitchell who is in North Korea.
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Discuss (3 comments) Email this | Link to thisWe will note in this evening's broadcast that tomorrow marks the fourth anniversary of the fall of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. I was sitting-in for Matt Lauer co-hosting the TODAY show that morning in 2003, and recall watching the scene play out on the studio monitor and thinking to myself, "Could it really be this easy?" We all know the answer to that question now, and tonight on the eve of that anniversary we have learned six US soldiers were killed in Iraq today. That brings to 10 the number of Americans killed there this weekend. This also on a day that radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr was heard from after a long silence, ordering his militia fighters to redouble their battle to oust American forces from Iraq, calling them the "archenemy." We'll have the latest out of Iraq as well as a report on President Bush's visit to Ft. Hood, Texas with some soldiers about to head back to the war zone just seven months after their last deployment.
And a lot of us are talking about the weather. In my 10-minute taxi ride to our Manhattan studios this afternoon I saw both huge snowflakes and brilliant sunshine. At least five cities saw Easter day temperatures at least 20-degrees below normal. Our colleagues over at NBC Weather Plus will help us understand why winter has decided to make a curtain call over such a wide area on the country.
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