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NBC Evening News for 2016-05-02

This program is 30 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction

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  12:00:34 am — 12:01:27 am

  Endorsement and takes aim at Cruise's reaction to a nasty fall by his running mate. No end in sight for cities and towns swallowed across the flood zone. A great grandmother wrote her four great grandchildren swept away misery for millions as a big threat barrels East. A better night's sleep stop the tossing and turning. Watching the clock as the hours go by the new advice from doctors to tens of millions Sleepless in America. How to Fight insomnia without first reaching for pills and coffee. Co...

• North Dakota / Donald Trump / Dick Dever / Lou Holtz

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  12:01:27 am — 12:04:01 am

  Good evening. We start with a rare uncomfortable and maybe enlightening moment on the campaign trail today when Ted Cruz went toe to toe with some diehard Donald Trump supporters. Cruz I have the underdog for the Republican nomination is playing the long game in an effort to force a contested convention and remained a contender. And so Cruz has pulled out the stops in Indiana site of tomorrow's primary. NBC is Hallie Jackson is there in one minute. You'll find out tomorrow. So Deanna don't want....

• Palestine / Lenda Asberry / Daniel Hudnall

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  12:04:02 am — 12:06:16 am

  On the heels of deadly flooding in the south this weekend the same violent weather system is on the move tonight bearing down right now in the mid Atlantic. Flood warnings and watches along with severe thunderstorm watches are up tonight across parts of at least six states while in the storm's wake seven people are already dead and some hard hit communities remain under threat. NBC Miguel Almaguer reports tonight from Louisiana. Misery and mayhem as this punishing storm moves east. Powerful down...

• Paisley Park / Tika Nelson / Aaron / Arsenio Hall

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  12:06:17 am — 12:08:21 am

  The stage is now set for what could be a major family drama over the fortune left behind by Prince. The fight reached a Minnesota courtroom today even as many troubling questions remain over how and why this superstar died. NBC Stephanie Gosk now with late details with concerns growing that prescription painkillers may have played a role in Prince's death. Today Arsenio Hall said he knew his friend was in pain. You know I was aware of hip pain, correct that he had. There was a point where he was...

• Detroit / Detroit Public Schools

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  12:08:22 am — 12:08:43 am

  There was no school for tens of thousands of kids in Detroit today a massive sickout among teachers protesting the possibility they won't be paid past the end of June as the struggling school district runs out of money. The emergency manager for Detroit Public Schools says they just don't have the cash to pay the teachers unless they get an infusion of funding from the state....

• Puerto Rico / Jose Gonzalez / Zika / Wendy

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  12:08:44 am — 12:10:33 am

  Now to what's being called a perfect storm over the Zika virus. Late today Puerto Rico home to nearly 4 million Americans defaulted on its largest debt payments so far. And there are fears that the money crisis could have an explosive effect on the Zika outbreak there. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez is in Puerto Rico with more. Wendy my formal. Dr. Gloria Rodriguez Vega is on the front lines of the battle against Zika. I have a commitment to this island. But Puerto Rico's growing financial crisis has forc...

• Chicago / Starbucks / Stacey Pincus

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  12:10:33 am — 12:12:16 am

  Let's talk now about the brewing coffee controversy at Starbucks the target of a lawsuit which claims the company has been short changing its customers by over filling their iced drinks with ice and not enough of the actual beverage. NBC has Tom Costello has details on this court battle. No stranger to controversy. Coffee giant Starbucks is now the target of a lawsuit in which a customer in Illinois accuses Starbucks of false and misleading marketing and sale of cold drinks and that Starbucks ha...

• Cuba / Americans / Cuban / President Obama

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  12:12:16 am — 12:13:56 am

  History has been made once again in Cuba where the first cruise ship from the U.S. and nearly four decades has docked in Havana. It's the latest sign of a thawing relationship between the two countries. After more than a half century of mistrust NBC has Kerry Sanders was on board that ship. He reports tonight from Havana early this morning. What was once unthinkable. For the first time in more than 40 years a U.S. cruise ship Adonia entered communist Cuba docking at the port of Havana. They were...

• Commercial: Malia Obama / Americans

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  12:13:57 am — 12:14:14 am

  Still ahead here tonight fighting insomnia. If you're one of the millions of Americans who toss and turn in bed what experts now say you should be doing to get a better night's sleep without taking a pill. Also Malia Obama is heading off to college but not right away. Is this a growing trend across the....

• Commercial: Tim Daly / Pfizer / pneumococcal pneumonia

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  12:14:17 am — 12:14:43 am

  I'm Tim Daly. We all need to be more aware of things when we're over 50. Take pneumococcal pneumonia. Some adults think they're too active or healthy to get sick. But as we age our immune system weakens increasing our risk. My mom had pneumococcal pneumonia and it was serious. She was weak had difficulty breathing and a terrible cough. If you're over 50. Talk to your doctor about your risk and see if you're up to date on your vaccinations. [WhoPneu.com] [Pfizer]...

• Commercial: Prevagen

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  12:14:47 am — 12:15:01 am

  Your brain changes as you get older but Prevagen hopes your brain with an ingredient. Originally discovered in jellyfish in clinical trials provision has been shown to improve short term memory. Prevagen the name to remember....

• Commercial

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  12:15:02 am — 12:15:16 am

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• Commercial

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  12:15:18 am — 12:15:31 am

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• Commercial

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  12:15:32 am — 12:16:18 am

  This just got interesting. I paused to take a pill. Or stop to find a bathroom. Cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and urinary symptoms of BPA like needing to go frequently day or night tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take Cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain or a deficit for pulmonary hypertension as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Do not drink alcohol i...

• Commercial: OJ Simpson / Robert Blake / JonBenet Ramsey

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  12:16:19 am — 12:16:40 am

  The most notorious crime stories of our time football hall of famer OJ Simpson remains under investigation and often in this country. For years the murder of JonBenet Ramsey I believe he disappeared seemingly without a trace is out of jail for a Florida toddler who's been missing for more than two months. Now the latest on the murder of the wife of actor Robert Blake it's what happened after the headlines. Today....

• New York / American College of Physicans / American College of Physicians / Judith Owens

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  12:16:48 am — 12:18:51 am

  We're back now with news for the tens of millions who are sleepless in America. Perhaps you're one of them. If you're not. Chances are a loved one is you know who you know who are tossing and turning and watching the minutes tick by dreading the morning. Now doctors are out with some new advice to help you get some disease before reaching for the pills. NBC Rehema Ellis explains. Like clockwork when the sun goes down. Millions of Americans don't. From Los Angeles. Sometimes I lie awake for a lon...

• Commercial

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  12:18:52 am — 12:18:55 am

  We're back in a moment with the race of a lifetime and a new world record....

• Commercial: Valley Orange Money / dot com

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  12:19:01 am — 12:19:28 am

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• Commercial: DrScholls

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  12:19:29 am — 12:19:42 am

  It all must treat all day. Push me to ride the Joe wave of comfort with DrScholls Massaging Gel Insoles they're proven to give you comfort which helps you feel more energized all day long. I want....

• Commercial: warfarin / Warfarin / JAXA

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  12:19:44 am — 12:21:13 am

  These little guys. They represent blood cells and if you have a thin and irregular heartbeat that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke they can pull together in the heart forming a clot that can break free and travel upstream to the brain where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke. But if you have a fib that's not caused by a heart valve problem Pradaxa can help stop clots from forming. Production was better than warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. In a clinical trial with...

• Commercial: Philips

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  12:21:14 am — 12:21:28 am

  Here's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber try Philips Fiber Good Gummies plus Energy Support. It's a new fiber supplement that helps support regularity and includes B vitamins to help convert food to energy. Good. Nice work Philips. The tasty side of fiber Philips....

• Commercial: Ascend Federal Credit Union

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  12:21:30 am — 12:21:54 am

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• Europe / Malia Obama / Ron Lieber / Hugh Jackman

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  12:22:01 am — 12:23:52 am

  Like so many parents. The president and first lady will soon watch one of their daughters graduate high school. But while first daughter Malia Obama has secured a spot at Harvard she won't be attending right away. NBC is Kristen Welker reports on Malia taking a so-called gap year and why more colleges are warming up to the idea. The world has watched her grow up. The older daughter of the nation's 44th president. But now Malia Obama is charting her own course heading to Harvard University in 201...

• Philadelphia / Ida Keeling

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  12:23:53 am — 12:24:27 am

  Now to a run for the ages in Philadelphia. Take a look at 100 year old Ida Keeling running in the 100 meter dash against competitors in the over 80 crowd this weekend at the Penn Relays shuffling down the track in a minute 17 seconds and setting a new world record for a woman 100 years or older. The crowd went wild and afterwards Ida did some pushups to celebrate and her advice to all of us love yourself. Do you have to do and what you want to do. Eat for nutrition not for taste and exercise at ...

• Commercial

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  12:24:28 am — 12:24:34 am

  When we come back the creative idea cooked up by one dad is drawing smiles on the faces of so many children....

• Commercial

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  12:24:37 am — 12:25:06 am

  Would you like to be a publisher's clearinghouse winner next month. Get ready because now you could make two million dollars immediately plus ten thousand dollars a month for life and a new car. It's a no win at all for eyes and it could be yours. Two million dollars plus ten thousand a month for lifelong financial security guard watch your mail or go to PCH dot com to enter. June 30th you could win it all....

• Commercial: National Eye Institute / PreserVision AREDS 2 / AMD

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  12:25:07 am — 12:25:36 am

  When my doctor told me I have age related macular degeneration AMD we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression and everywhere I look I'm reminded to stick to my plan including PreserVision AREDS 2 to my doctor said preservation areas too has the exact nutrient formula that the National Eye Institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced AMD. after 15 years of clinical studies preservation efforts too because my eyes are everything....

• Commercial: Joann / Tylenol

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  12:25:37 am — 12:25:48 am

  This is Joann. Her long days and hairstyles starts with shoulder pain. When did you want to trade the all day relief of two Aleve for six Tylenol and I'll give up my a lead for six Tylenol. No thanks....

• Commercial

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  12:25:52 am — 12:26:06 am

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• Commercial: Entresto

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  12:26:07 am — 12:27:01 am

  This too for people with heart failure. Tomorrow is not a given. But interest still is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. I love you to mom in the largest heart failure study ever Entresto help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. Women who were pregnant was not taken trust. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Don't take contrasted with an ACE inhibitor or Alice cure. If you've had NGO edema while taking an ace or medici...

• Commercial: Channel 4 I-Team

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  12:27:07 am — 12:27:22 am

  Why is the state agency spending thousands of dollars advertising to fans of certain politicians. Politics being involved in a department that's supposed to be apolitical. But Channel 4 I-Team follows the money. Tonight at 6:00 on Channel 4....

• Oakland / Brian Ware / Jayden Hendricks / Uteckas Savala

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  12:27:25 am — 12:29:24 am

  Finally tonight a story about what you could achieve when you color outside the lines. It started with a dad realized a lot of free crayons at family restaurants end up in the trash and it gave him an idea that's now brightening the lives of so many kids. NBC Gadi Schwartz has tonight making a difference report. In this kitchen there's no recipe for what Brian Ware is cooking because what he's cooking isn't dinner. We take the sword and crayons melted down. Can see some of the papers coming off ...

• Good Night

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  12:29:26 am — 12:29:32 am

  That's going to do it for us on a Monday night. I'm Lester Holt for all of us at NBC News. Thank you for watching and good night....