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Alice Redding CT. — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:20:29 GMT

A few other noteworthy events;
1789 A day of thanksgiving was set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
1832 Public streetcar service began in New York City.
1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing.
1943 The HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying U.S. soldiers, was hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 American troops.
1949 India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.
1950 China entered the Korean War, launching a counter-offensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the United States and South Korea.
1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing.
1943 The HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying U.S. soldiers, was hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 American troops.
1949 India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.
1950 China entered the Korean War, launching a counter-offensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the United States and South Korea.
1965 France launched its first satellite.
1992 The British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
1998 Tony Blair gave the first speech ever by a British prime minister to an Irish parliament.
2000 Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified Republican George W. Bush the winner over Democrat Al Gore in the state's presidential balloting by 537 votes.
2002 WorldCom and the government settled a civil lawsuit over the company's $9 billion accounting scandal.

and so, it goes...

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D Williams, Brooklyn, NY — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:25:10 GMT

Who is really writing the blog these days, Brian Williams or Andrew Franklin? If It's Andy, then we're getting a blog suspiciously like K.C.'s over at C.B.S.

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Susan Seligman — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:48:59 GMT

Brian,

I look to you every evening for current info and wouldn't miss it or tune in to anyone else.

I watch the BBC and Le Journal nightly as well, not for filler, but for hard news, some of which you do not give on your Nightly News 'ever.' Please tell me why in the past week I haven't seen anything in your reports regarding the transit strikes in France and reporting on the fact that Putin is arresting anyone who does not go along with his current reasoning, hence a throw back to communism. These stories and others often missed are far from fluff and /or filler. Don't you think they warrant coverage?

I look forward to reading your comments.

Best regards,

Susan Seligman
220 Boulevard
Scarsdale, NY 10583
sherman988@aol.com

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Vicki Leonard — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:11:57 GMT

I've checked out the first installment of the report about AA females and I am pleased for the attention finally!! I do hope this report will give solutions.

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Lisa McNeil,Alpharetta,Georgia — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:27:17 GMT

Good Evening Mr.Williams, First of all thank you once again to Mr.Franklin for his wonderful pieces. I had no known that the film "Casablanca" premiered 65 years ago today. It is a classic film with many memorable lines. Now on to the broadcast. With regards to Vice President Cheney I really hope he is feeling better soon. His heart problems have been numerous and this new problem doesn't help. Hopefully he will be able to return to work soon. The report from Andrea Mitchell about President Bush meeting for a Mideast Peace Summit means that leaders of the Mideast countries will meet, but not necessarily want to get along. Hopefully there will be some progress on all the issues of conflict in this mideast region, yet it takes a long time to come to fruition. Mr Bazell's report on the technology for human body mapping was very interesting. It is really great how far we have come in discovering new ways of getting information. Thank you for the broadcast Mr.Williams. And to borrow a line from "Casablanca" I just want to say you can "Play it again Brian" tomorrow on the "Daily Nightly" and Nightly News". Peace to all!

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Lynn G., Minneapolis, MN — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:55:18 GMT

My dad landed in Casablanca, and he always loved this movie. I suspect it brought back memories for him.

As for why Iraq and Afghanistan movies are not hits these days... well you said it here:
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the Second World War was repeatedly dramatized and mythologized on the big screen even as its battles were being fought"

Drama and myth are out of fashion, and any movie that is made about the war will be instantly attacked by whichever political persuasion thinks it's all wrong. For movies, it's better to stick to Hogwarts and Indiana Jones.

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Jackie Rawlings Riverside California — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:08:19 GMT

Brian so much news so little time. I don't expect any success in the Bush Summit without Iran's involvement. It's strange but these Summit's go back to Jimmy Carter's time and Bush really thinks a last minute effort will solve problems that couldn't be solved in all these years. Bush is a lam duck President that has brought chaos around the world. Israel is celebrating it's 60th anniversary of settling on the land once owned by Palestinian. Israel bombed Syria now they expect Syria to just fold. I guess Connie Rice wanted one thing positive for the Bush legacy even if it didn't work.

Lott is leaving because to many investigations are going on and his name will come out. Yes Lott is the King of Lobby money and those crimes will come to light also. But it's mainly about the Katrina money and how he got his second home rebuilt with taxpayers money while others were left out.

Hastert was one of the worse Law Makers so far. To knowingly allow Foley to attack kids and let him continue to just for him to vote for the GOP bills is sick.

As an African American I'm glad your doing a report on Black Woman. It's so sad to see the hopes and effort by those before us only to result in this mess. Yes Black woman have always had it better then black man. I see one of my daughters is a small business owner, the other served in the US Military. My sons are hard workers and just keep their noses clean. I've asked my sons what's it like for them and they told me a black man knows his place in America. Both young men have friends of all cultures and don't deal with the White House's race issues. I did notice when my son Preppie was attending Nebraska and was a football player he was treated special but that's what happens with any black male in sports. As for me I had hope when JFK allowed us teenager know we were Americans but as for today and the way the current Administration is going backward I'm losing that positive attitude. I hope the young people will do what my generation didn't do and that is fulfill the words in the Constitution " All men/woman are created equal".

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Jane, Ca — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:15:04 GMT

This was nothing more than the traditional black woman chat that drives African American women away from main stream. I used to think it was only in the "community" that black female progress would be undermined, devalued, and treated as nothing more than an insult to black men. Now, it's clear more than ever that the mainstream has defined us as people in purely misogynistic terms. With what other group could female college rates and achievement be viewed as a problem besides with black women?

If you want insight into the state of black women, look towards the biased interpretation of justice we see in NBC and other stations. Compare black men who molest black girl children or any one who molests black girl children to those who molest white children. Black women don't get raped, they don''t get molested, they don't get kidnapped, they don't invent, and they don't save lives- according to mainstream media. So, why the hell can't you let us alone to get our measly little undergraduate degrees?

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Dot, Illinois — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:09:48 GMT

Mr. Williams:

I suppose one should feel hopeful that a new peace inititative is even being attempted. But after seven years in office and little action on the part of President Bush with respect to that area, I am not expecting too much success. Why should the leaders of these countries listen to him; he will be out of office in a year.

The report about black women was interesting. Perhaps they, as mothers, can hand their attitudes on to their sons to counteract the negative influences on young black men's lives.

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AverageBro — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:30:42 GMT

What an oversensationalized piece of crap. It it possible to highlight the successes and challenges of black women without bashing black men in the process?

http://www.averagebro.com/2007/11/nbc-news-to-black-women-it-sucks-to-be.html

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frank Lafata — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:34:51 GMT

It's getting to the point where the commercials are as long as the news report. What happen? is the network that concerned with money?

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Joshua NYC — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:19:49 GMT

I want to know why is Brian not doing the Early Nightly

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JackieB, Lawrence, KS — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:37:48 GMT

As a black person, I find the "new piece" that on African American women to be high prejudical. Its the usual hyped up "black women are doing better but black men are dragging down the whole race crap."

Have any of you hear of this? "There are lies, damned lies and statistics." You can wonk stats anyway you want to and have the stats come out to what you want them to say.

If NBC News is so concerned about Black America, how about doing more than a five minute piece at the end of the Nightly News? How about Dateline? Or is Dateline merely a Chris Hanson production?

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Buddy the electrician colorado — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:28:27 GMT

I just wanted to comment on the debate, to which brian might comment

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Paul Danahy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:48:18 GMT

over the weekend you had a video clip in B&W of world war 11 scenes. How do I get to that. Thanks