Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 2016-12-17

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Jose Diaz Balart (New York)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:31:00 pm

• Winter Weather

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  05:31:00 pm — 05:34:20 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) Report introduced.

  (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York: Morgan Radford) The deadly driving in winter weather reviewed; scenes shown of a tractor trailer on fire & a 55-car pileup, other accidents, salt for ice. [Four MOTORISTS - react to the weather.]

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart; studio: Rafael Miranda) The winter weather forecast discussed; weather & temperature maps shown.

• Corpus Christi, Texas / Toxic Water

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  05:34:20 pm — 05:35:50 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) Report introduced.

  (No location given: Tammy Leitner) The water crisis in Corpus Christi, Texas, after a chemical leak from an industrial plant examined; scenes shown of people in line for bottled water. [Mayor Dan McQUEEN†- comments.]

• Syria / Civil War / Aleppo

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  05:35:50 pm — 05:38:00 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) Report introduced.

  (Aleppo: Bill Neely) The desperate days in Aleppo, Syria, featured; scenes shown from the rubble of east Aleppo, militia driving back civilians, the destruction, the orphans. [Syrian army Gen. Fawaz MUSTAFA†- says they broke the evacuation deal.]

• US-China Relations / Drone

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  05:38:00 pm — 05:38:20 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) China's seizing of an American underwater drone taken in the South China Sea reported.

• Venezuela / Cash Crisis

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  05:38:20 pm — 05:38:50 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) The protests in Venezuela due to a cash crisis from the nation's economic downturn reported.

• University of Minnesota / Sexual Assault

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  05:38:50 pm — 05:41:10 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) Report introduced.

  (Chicago: Kevin Tibbles) The sexual assault controversy surrounding the football team at the University of Minnesota after allegations a woman had been assaulted in September examined; photos of 10 suspended players & a rally in support of the woman shown. [Football player Drew WOLITARSKY†- reads a statement ending the boycott.] [University president Eric TAYLOR - comments.] [PROTESTER - defends the woman.]

• Education / Teacher Shortage

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  05:41:10 pm — 05:43:30 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) Report introduced.

  (Los Angeles: Joe Fryer) The mission in Los Angeles through the Troops to Education program to get military veterans to help with the shortage of school teachers examined; scenes shown from the classroom; statistics cited. [Navy veteran teacher Jose PUENTES†- talks about the stress & now serving his country again.] [District Supt. Michelle KING - comments on teaching.] [Puentes student Raul RODRIGUEZ†- talks about his teacher as a role model.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Progressive; Salonpas; Salvation Army; Coricidin; Oral-B; Cosequin.

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  05:43:30 pm — 05:46:20 pm

• Los Angeles, California / Durst Murder Case

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  05:46:20 pm — 05:48:30 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) Report introduced.

  (Los Angeles: Gadi Schwartz) The twist in the murder case involving real estate heir Robert Durst examined; clips shown from HBO's "The Jinx"; details given about the disappearance of his wife Kathleen in 1982 & friend Susan Berman, killed in 2000, the court documents quoting Durst. [Attorney Dick De GUERIN - comments.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: TD Ameritrade; Planters; ancestry.com; Centrum; Cialis "Today"; "Nightly News"

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  05:48:30 pm — 05:51:20 pm

• Pope Francis

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  05:51:20 pm — 05:51:50 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) The 80th birthday for Pope Francis reported; scenes shown.

• World War II / Frank

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  05:51:50 pm — 05:52:10 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) New theories on who betrayed World War II diarist Anne Frank reported.

• Heimlich Death

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  05:52:10 pm — 05:52:30 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) The death of Henry Heimlich†, inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver to save those choking, reported; photos shown.

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Consumer Cellular; Salvation Army; Geico; Humira; "Meet the Press"

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:55:10 pm

• Arlington National; Cemetery / Wreaths

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  05:55:10 pm — 05:55:40 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) The annual tradition of placing holiday wreaths of the headstones at Arlington National Cemetery shown.

• Glenn Death / John & Annie

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  05:55:40 pm — 05:58:50 pm

  (Studio: Jose Diaz Balart) The final goodbye to astronaut/senator John Glenn, who died last week, reported.

  (New York: Anne Thompson) The long love affair of John & Annie Glenn featured; family photos & scenes of their life together shown; details given about Annie's stuttering speech problems. [The GLENNS - comment.] [NASA administrator Charley BOLDEN - talks about Annie.]

• Good Night

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  05:58:50 pm — 05:58:50 pm