Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 2014-12-27

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Lester Holt (New York)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:31:00 pm

• New York, New York / Shooting of Police / The Funeral / Protests

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  05:31:00 pm — 05:36:30 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Today's funeral in New York City for police officer Rafael Ramos, who was shot to death last Saturday along with fellow officer Wenjian Liu, reviewed; photos shown.

  (Queens, New York: Ron Mott) The police funeral featured; scenes shown of cops from across the nation, the casket, the tributes, the church, the Ramos family. [Vice President Joe BIDEN, California COP, Indiana COP, Canadian COP, Commissioner William BRATTON, Mayor Bill de BLASIO - speak in tribute.]

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Los Angeles: Hallie Jackson) The demonstrations for police reforms in response to the killings of Eric Garner & Michael Brown featured; scenes shown from the protests in Los Angeles & pro-police demonstrations in Boston, Cleveland & Salt Lake City. [Two L.A. PROTESTERS; in Cleveland, Donna BROWN; Black Law Enforcement Alliance Marq CLAXTON@- comment on the police issue.]

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Further coverage of policing in America on "Meet the Press" noted.

• North Korea / Internet Outage / Sony Pictures

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  05:36:30 pm — 05:38:10 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Honolulu: Chris Jansing) The tensions between the US & North Korea when the Korean Internet again went down after the cyber attack on Sony Pictures, which released "The Interview," examined; North Korea statement quoted.

• Bush Health

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  05:38:10 pm — 05:38:30 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) The continued hospitalization of former President Bush reported.

• Gasoline Prices

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  05:38:30 pm — 05:40:20 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Washington: Tom Costello) The falling gasoline prices featured; map shown; details given about the rise in mass transit & energy independence. [GasBuddy.com Patrick DeHAAN@- cites motorists' savings.] [Oil & gas analyst Andrew LIPOW@- analyzes gasoline price wars.] [Seattle BIKER - cites parking costs.]

• Winter Weather / Storms

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  05:40:20 pm — 05:41:00 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Studio: Kim Cunningham) Severe storms in the South reviewed & a coming snow & rain storm in the West previewed; weather maps shown.

• Indian Ocean / Tsunami / Warning System

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  05:41:00 pm — 05:44:30 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) The 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami reported; scenes shown.

  (Khao Lak, Thailand: Katy Tur) The development of an early warning system in the Asian region featured; scenes shown of the waves 10 years ago & of the earthquake analysis system; details given about the issue of generational knowledge about tsunamis. [USAID Alfred NAKATSUMA@- notes the big shock to the international community.] [Jakarta Tsunami Early Warning Center director Mochammad RIYADI@- comments.] [NOAA tsunami program manager Michael ANGOVE@- talks about the buoy system.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Lester Holt)

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  05:44:30 pm — 05:44:50 pm

• (Commercial: Tamiflu; Salvation Army; Geico; "Into the Woods"; Dulcolax; Salvation Army.)

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  05:44:50 pm — 05:47:20 pm

• Colorado / Marijuana

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  05:47:20 pm — 05:49:40 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) The legalization of marijuana in Colorado noted.

  (Aspen: Gabe Gutierrez) Two approaches in Colorado to the marijuana industry examined; scenes shown from ski towns Aspen & Breckenridge. [Grower Jordan LEWIS; visitors WOMAN, Carlie FAULKNER, Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSALVO@; Breckenridge Mayor John WARNER, Breckenridge Cannabis Club Erik ANSHUS@ - offer differing opinions on the marijuana culture.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Lester Holt)

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  05:49:40 pm — 05:49:50 pm

• (Commercial: Farxiga; NyQuil; Volkswagen; "Dateline")

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  05:49:50 pm — 05:51:50 pm

• New Year's Eve

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  05:51:50 pm — 05:53:00 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) The work in New York City's Times Square on the ball that will drop on New Year's Eve shown.

• Cardboard Boxes

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  05:53:00 pm — 05:53:20 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Furniture made from cardboard boxes shown.

• Christmas Gift

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  05:53:20 pm — 05:53:40 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Video of a Christmas gift in which a son paid off his parents mortgage shown.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: Lester Holt)

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:53:50 pm

• (Commercial: Cialis; Metamucil; Aleve; Capital One; "People"; NBC New Year's Eve.)

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  05:53:50 pm — 05:56:20 pm

• World War II / Link to History / McCauley Family

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  05:56:20 pm — 05:59:00 pm

  (Studio: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Fullerton, California: Joe Fryer) A World War II story about American Warren McCauley, who served in Italy, featured; family photos shown. [Daughter Dee McCAULEY, Italian Bruna de MARIA {thru translator}, widow Twyla McCAULEY - talk about the McCauley bracelet.]

• Good Night

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  05:59:00 pm — 05:59:00 pm