MSNBC Weekend Dayside 12:00 hour anchored by Stone Phillips

NBC ID: ARS7IZE1ST | Production Unit: MSNBC Live (Dayside) | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: MNBC-DAY-20010506-0005 | Air Date(s): 05/06/2001 | Event Date(s): 05/06/2001

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Event Date(s): 05/06/2001 | Description: 12:00:00 Weekend Magazine begins. 12:00:30 Phillips previews the show over bump video. 12:05:30 Dateline NBC's Hoda Kotbe reports a story titled"All In The Family". In interview 48-year old Kay Burt says that she's like a Timex watch, she takes her licking and keep on ticking, says that she doesn't know what it is, but she just keeps going. Burt walks on bridge. Burt's reflection seen on water. Burt looks over the railing. In vo, Burt says that she has the desire and the determination to live. Low, wide shot of Burt walking on bridge. Burt walking outdoors fades to framed photo Burt's father Charles Kilgore and pans to Burt sitting with her daughter Cherry and a girl. Zoom out to black and white photo baby photo of Burt with her parents. In interview Burt, who needed a lifesaving blood transfusion at birth, says that doctors put her father on one table and her mother and her on the other and put blood directly into her from him. Black and white stills of Burt's father Charles Kilgore seen. Burt says that her father was her hero, says that he was happy, jolly, laughing all the time and that he made you feel good when you were around him. Dateline NBC's Hoda Kotbe seen. B&W family photo of the Kilgores zooming in on a young Kay seen. Layered shot of red flashing lights and b&w clip of an ambulance speeding along a street seen. B&W still of a Parkland Hospital seen. Burt says that she had asked her parents if she was dying because she wanted to know and that her parents told that she was. Computer graphic of human anatomy highlighting kidneys seen. B&W childhood photos of Kay, who was born with unusually small kidneys, seen. In interview Burt's doctor at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas in the 60s, Dr. Wadi Suki says that he knew that she was doomed to die by looking at her. Suki works at his desk. B&W still of Suki with others seen. Suki says that back then nothing could be done. Panning shot to Suki working at his desk. B&w stills of primitive dialysis machine and of Kay lying in hospital bed and connected to the dialysis machine seen. In interview Suki says that she (Kay) had the will to live, says that she wanted to go back to school, she wanted to be a cheerleader, and that she wanted to live a normal life. B&W stills of Parkland Hospital, of hospital corridor and of a young Kay with her father. In interview Burt says that she'd sneak down to the snack bar at Parkland and buy a hamburger and French fries, says that she would go back to her room and hide the food from the nurses and eat it in the bathroom. B&W newspaper photo of young Kay Kilgore and headline"Parents Formerly Lived in Ennls- Blood Donors Needed for Kidney Victim, Niece of Mrs. Minter" seen. Layered shot of b&w photo of Kat lying in hospital bed and crawling newspaper headline fades to white. B&W NBC News footage of surgeons performing a kidney transplant and of NBC News' reporter Chet Huntley reporting the event seen. In a two-camera interview with Kotbe, Burt recalls being told that she needed a transplant and her reaction. B&W clips of surgeons operating seen. In interview Burt recalls that doctor told her that she would die if she didn't go through the procedure. B&W shot of examining room fades to color shot of same room. Kotbe reports on camera. In interview Suki says that Charles Kilgore was determined to donate his kidney if he could and that there were many risks involved. B&W still of the Kilgore family zooming in on Charles Kilgore and of Kilgore with his young daughter Kay. In interview with Kotbe, Burt says that she was scared when she was wheeled into the operating room and saw all the lights and the doctors and the nurses with their masks on. In interview Suki says that he was only involved in one transplant before Burt's. Black and white film clips surgeons operating seen. In interview Suki says that when she (Kay) came out Dr. Peter's said that she was making urine and that those were sweet words, says that he'd never thought that passing urine sounded so sweet, but it was. Burt recalls seeing her father (after the surgery) and the both of them crying and her father telling her that she has to stop being sick because he was running out of parts. Close up of newspaper article regarding kidney transplant fades to b&w still of Kay (as a young woman) seen. Close up still of Kay seen. In interview Burt, who doctors warned her not to get pregnant, says that she got pregnant after getting married. Wedding photo of Kay and her husband seen. In interview Suki says that in those days they felt that with pregnancy, the head of the baby might crush the kidney or pull the connection to the bladder apart and that it was a scary thought. Burt says that she was determined to have the baby. Close up of newspaper headline regarding Burt giving birth seen. Baby photo of Burt's daughter Cherry seen. In interview Burt says that she couldn't believe that through the gift of life her father has given her, she'd given the gift of life. Stills of Cherry with her grandfather of Burt with her father and close up still of Burt seen. Burt says that she was able to beat the odds. Video clip of the 30th anniversary of the kidney transplant featuring Charles Kilgore, who was now battling cancer, and Burt with others in 1998 seen. Stills of Charles Kilgore seen. In interview Burt recalls kneeling next to her father and telling him that she couldn't live without him and asking him not to go away. Close up still of Kilgore seen. Burt says that she lost her very best friend in the world when her father died. Close up of Burt (fading to b&w shot) seen. B&W still of surgeons operating seen. Burt says that the kidney that her father gave her just failed. Rear shot of Kotbe and Burt walking outdoors seen. Burt walks with Kotbe. In interview Burt says that she told her family that she didn't want to go through surgery again, that she was prepared to die and that she didn't want to live. Close up of Burt sitting outdoors. 12:19:08 Preview clips of the upcoming segments. 12:19:20 Kotbe's report continues. In interview Burt says that it was eerie that two weeks after her father dies, her kidney (which she received her from father) started to fail. Camera pulls back on still of Charles Kilgore and widens to Burt and other family members sitting with Kilgore. Black and white still of Kilgore sitting with his daughter fades to close up still of Burt and Kilgore. Burt sits outdoors on a park bench. Rear shot of Burt walking outdoors seen. Close up of newspaper article with headline"Celebrating 30th Anniversary of Kidney Transplant" and still of Burt with unidentified man seen. Burt plays cards with her granddaughter Brittany (ph). In interview Brittany says that she told her grandmother that she wanted her to stay longer so she could see her graduation and that she told her that she loved her. Burt says that her heart broke (after she spoke with her granddaughter) and that she changed her mind and went on the dialysis machine. Close ups of a dialysis machine seen. In interview Baylor University Medical Center chief transplant surgeon Dr. Goran Klintmalm (ph) says that dialysis is not a normal lifestyle. Klintmalm seen with others in hospital. Klintmalm walks in hospital corridor. Camera pulls back on Klintmalm's face and widens to Klintmalm writing in patient's medical chart. Over the shoulder shot of Klintmalm writing in patient's chart seen. Burt recalls her daughter asking her where she had to go and what she had to do to save her life. Burt says that it meant the world to her when she heard her daughter say that to her. Panning shot from Burt to her daughter Cherry seen. In interview Cherry (no last name given) says that she thinks that being a donor is the greatest way to help someone. Sherry lays out cards on the coffee table as Burt and her granddaughter Brittany watch. Zooming shot to a framed photo of Burt's father seen. Kotbe reports on camera. Close up of Sherry sitting outdoors. Panning shot of Klintmal speaking with others at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. In interview Burt says that the doctors wanted to make sure that that her daughter was giving the kidney of her own free will and not thinking she had to do this. Low angle shot of Burt kissing her daughter on the cheek seen. In part voice over, Sherry says that she loves her mother and that she wanted to do this for her. Brittany slides down a slide. Still of Cherry's stepchildren. Overhead shot of surgeons operating seen. In interview Cherry says that she discussed it with the children and husband and that they all told her'If you feel like you need to do this, then you do this and we're behind you.' Burt walks outdoors with Kotbe. In interview with Kotbe, Burt says that she tried to talk her daughter out of donating her kidney and that there was no talking her out of it. In the early morning of 1999-11-11, Burt and her daughter walk past the media outside the hospital. In interview with the media, Cherry says that she's a kind of nervous. Cherry, lying in gurney, is wheeled down hospital corridor. Burt, lying in a gurney, waves as she's wheeled down a corridor. Cherry is wheeled into the operating room. Close up of surgeons wearing masks. Gloved hand carries Cherry's kidney that will be transplanted in her mother. Low angle shot of surgeon carrying metal basin, containing the kidney down a corridor and into another operating room seen. In vo and in interview Klintmalm says that taking that cold, lifeless organ and hooking it up to the blood vessels and seeing the transformation it's actually one of the miracles in medicine. Close up of surgeons operating seen. Close up of gloved hands holding surgical instruments seen. Still of Burt kissing her daughter's hand seen. In vo, Burt says that the new kidney started working right off the bat and that she started to feel better. A nurse wheels Burt, sitting in a wheelchair, along a corridor. Burt waves and thanks everyone as she nears the hospital doors. In interview Cherry says that she's glad that her mom's okay and that its going good for her. Camera pulls back on an open binder and widens to Suki holding patient's chart and speaking with unidentified doctor. In interview Suki says that he would call Burt's case as pioneering surgery, pioneering pregnancy and that to receive a kidney from a daughter she wasn't supposed to have had is very unique. Low angle shot of Burt standing outdoors and close up of Cherry seen. Brittany slides down a slide seen. In interview Burt says that she has been truly blessed in her life. 12:28:24 Dateline NBC's Maria Shriver reports on actress Suzanne Somers' battle with breast cancer in a story called"Step By Step". In interview actress Suzanne Somers says that as the tabloids were eating away at her credibility, it finally became too heavy for her and that she just couldn't stand it. Doorman assists Somers from back of the limousine. Close ups of tabloid newspaper"The National Enquirer" featuring Somers on the covers and articles regarding Somers having liposuction seen. In interview Somers says that the only way that she can cut this off at the knees was to go public with breast cancer and explain that, yes, she did have liposuction. Somers walks outdoors. In a Larry King interview, Somers says that she has been battling and surviving breast cancer. In interview with Dateline NBC's Maria Shriver, Somers says that as the words came out her heart started pounding because she knew the enormity of what she was saying, says that she decided to talk about it because the tabloids wouldn't let up, says that the tabloids didn't know that the liposuction was about breast cancer. Somers says explains that she had swelling from the radiation that wouldn't go away and that the liposuction was a way for her to get rid of the swelling. Somers and her husband Alan Hamel walk outdoors over a small creek. Low angle shot of Hamel and Somers walking along a trail seen. In interview Somers says that she is a product of her diet and that the swelling was a product of the radiation, says that she's taken good care for herself and that she didn't make a connection between people thinking that she was cheating because she wasn't cheating. Somers walks outdoors. Close up of the eight books that Somers has written and two of the books that are best-sellers seen. Close up of book"Suzanne Somer's Eat, Cheat, and Melt the Fat Away" book seen. Clip of Somer's infomercial featuring Somers seen. Clips of Somers in exercise commercials including the Buttmaster, the Torso Track, and the Thighmaster seen. Somers and Shriver walk outdoors. In interview as they walk, Somers says that she has bared her soul. Shriver and Somers walking seen. Speaking at the podium, Somers says that she felt shame that her father was the town drunk. Covers of Somers's books, Playboy cover featuring Somers, and black and white mug shot of Somers (for passing bad checks) seen. Clip from the television series"Three's Company" featuring Somers and actors John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt seen. In interview Hamel says that he has watched all these things over the years, that he's watched her evolve and that every time she goes through one of these things she gets stronger and more powerful. Somers closes car door and walks towards building. Hamel and Somers walk inside the lobby. Man, sitting in front of a computer, hands Somers a card. Hamel takes card and places inside his pocket. Close up of ultrasound screen showing an image seen. Rear shot of a woman tending to a patient seen. Tilt show from keyboard to ultrasound screen seen. Close up of woman performing ultrasound seen. Low angle shot of woman performing ultrasound on patient seen. In interview with Shriver, Somer recalls seeing a worried look on her doctor's face, and three doctors looking at the ultrasound image and telling her that it didn't look good. Panning shot from water trickling in a brook to Somers and Hamel leaning on bridge railing. In interview Hamel says that they were dealing with it on an emotional level and says that Somers takes time to think about what's the situation and then she gears up and she goes to war. Somers says that her strength was mustering itself that she wasn't going to let it (the cancer) beat her and that she was going to take charge of the cancer. Shriver walks along hospital corridor with doctors Mel Silverstein (ph) and James Weissman. Somers, Hamel and Shriver walk with Silerstein. Weissman enters examining room. Somers and Hamel exit office and walk along corridor. In interview Silverstein says that he suggested to Somers that she undergo chemotherapy and that Somers refused. Weissman says that they suggested that to Somers that she go on the drug Tamoxifen and that Somers told them that she wasn't going to go on Tamoxifen, that she wasn't wasn't going to have chemotherapy, that she was going to stay on her hormones medications. Weissman says that they counseled her and that they agreed to disagree. Somers sits on a large boulder next to a stream. Somers and her husband hiking seen. Low angle shot of Hamel and Somers walking along a trail seen. In interview Somers says that that balanced hormones prevents disease and that why should she stop taking something that she believes is a life giving nutrients. Close up of hand removing a test tube from laboratory equipment and inserting a pipette inside the test tube seen. Close up of a medicine vial labeled Iscador seen. Close up of vials of Iscador on conveyor seen. Gloved hands pick berries off a branch of mistletoe. Close up of berries being crushed seen. Laboratory worker places vials of mistletoe extract in box. (Viewed through magnifying glass) Vials of the extract seen. Laboratory worker looks at vials through magnifying glass. Camera zooms out on Dr. Molly McMullen-Laird (ph) holding syringe in vial to her placing cap over the needle. In interview McMullen-Laird says that Iscador is not something that someone would pick up over the counter or make it as a tea at home or treat themselves with it, says that it's something that needs to be done by a physician who understands cancer and knows about also the other treatments that the patient is receiving. Somers speaks and shakes hands with others. Shriver (her back to the camera) speaks with Silverstein and Weissman. In interview Silverstein says that they would not want the average American woman to walk away and get the idea that they would support alternative medicine instead of what they know works. In interview with Shriver, Somers says that she doesn't want people to do what she is doing, says that she's doing what she's dong for her and that she could be wrong, but that it's her life, her decision and that she didn't make this decision frivolously. Somers says that radiation, hormones and Iscador are things that she believed in and that she was willing to take that chance with her life. Somers says that if the doctors were to find cancer again, she would accept defeat that she wasn't right and have the treatment their way. Shriver speaks with Somers and her doctors after Somers's examination. Shriver and Somers walk outdoors. In interview Somers says that people are leaving flowers at her gate, that she is receiving letters and recalls a letter she received from actor Robert Goulet. Shots of Somers performing on stage. seen. Somers throws kisses and waves on stage. In interview Somers says that as she learns more about her own cancer, she will talk about what has worked for her, says that she thinks it's a responsibility of hers now and that it became public is a sign to her that this is the next mission. Somers says that her getting liposuction is part of her now like the Thighmaster is part of her now. 12:46:40 Dateline NBC's Rob Stafford reports on insurance battles. Hepatitis C sufferer Carolyn Powers (ph) rides her horse"April" through field in the Tijuana River Valley in California. In voice over and interview Powers says riding April"is like the epitome of relaxation?." Powers' hands (faces unseen) removing pills from pillbox seen as shot pans up to show Powers taking pills and liquid medication. Powers' hands (faces unseen) puts pill boxes in container. Powers' shadow walking near surf pans up to show Powers walking. Panning shot of clouds in sky over body of water to Powers standing on beach seen. Sun rise over body of water with close up of a silhouetted Powers watching seen. In interview Powers recalls the day she got sick, adding it felt like she was dying. Blurry close up of ambulance's red light flashing as siren blares, and blurry point of view shots of entering emergency room entrance and of gurney moving down hospital hallway seen. Powers says the hospital doctor told her he wouldn't let her die, adding that up till then she had no idea she was going to die. Powers in interview becomes freeze-frame black and white and blurry. Powers says the doctor had to transfuse blood. Blurry emergency room footage of doctors performing operation and using tubes seen. In interview Liver Specialist Dr. Kira Tasanine (ph) says Powers was"pretty sick" with advanced liver disease. Tasanine seen in interview in a hospital exam room. Tasanine says Powers had advanced cirrhosis of the liver and they discussed where to go from that point. Close up of an x-ray showing Heptatitis C virus seen. Powers says her doctor told her"Transplant, transplant, transplant," adding she was told she would die without a transplant. NBC's Rob Stafford reports on-camera in a hospital operating room. In 1977 interview in her hospital bed, woman who received a partial liver transplant from her sister Christie Larson (ph), Karen Frederick (Ph) asks how she could ever thank Larson. Larson seen in hospital bed next to Frederick. 2001-04-10 footage of Larson and Frederick walking in field seen. In interview Frederick says she still doesn't understand how marvelous the body is. Panning shot of surgery tools on table to doctors performing operation seen. Powers watches her horse run in fenced in area. Powers says her biggest concern of a partial liver transplant from her daughter would be that she would live and her daughter Nadine (ph) wouldn't. Family photos of Nadine and Powers together and with others seen. In interview Nadine says she's lucky she's able to give up half her liver to add 20 years to her mother's life rather than see her mother die in two years. Powers walks along Pacific Ocean. Exterior of UCSD Medical Center in San Diego, California seen. Powers says both she and Nadine decided to go forward with the transplant and at the last moment received a call saying Medi-Cal Insurance hadn't approved the operation. Graphic Medi-Cal letter and supered highlight"Recipient?maximum age of 15 years" seen. Graphic adult and child statues with part of an adult's liver going to the child, and graphic adult statues with part of one adult's liver going to the other adult (a larger portion) seen. Powers says both she and Nadine were"blown away" by Medi-Cal's policy because it didn't make sense. Graphic map of the Unites States highlighting the 39 states and District of Columbia that have Medicaid programs that pay for live adult to adult liver transplants seen. Asanine shows Powers' liver x-rays to Stafford. Panning shot of the x-rays seen. Asanine says without a transplant Powers only has a few years left providing she doesn't bleed, and months or weeks if she bleeds. Powers says she's focused on staying alive. Panning shot from document to Powers reading the document seen. Still of a younger Powers with a younger Nadine seen. Powers says she wouldn't promote the surgery if she didn't have a lot of faith in its safety (for Nadine). April uses her mouth to open gate and Powers leads April out of gate area, puts saddle on April, and rides April. Powers agrees that she's enjoying the battle. Overhead shot of Powers typing on computer. Close up of the same seen. Computer screen showing web site, Powers' hand (faces unseen) operating computer mouse on"TRANSPLANThealth" mouse pad, and panning shot from wall with clock and plaques on it to Powers operating computer seen. UCLA Medical Center's Dr. Robert Bucitel (ph) walks down hospital hallway with others. In interview Bucitel says the operation isn't considered experimental because the track record for the operation is"quite good." Bucitel shakes hands with patient in hospital bed. In interview Bucitel says most complications are"relatively minor" with risks"not that great." Panning shot of Powers writing a letter seen. Letter sent to Powers from Congressmen with supered highlight"Medi-Cal's policy as it relates to adult-to-adult Living Donor Liver Transplants" (letter criticized Medi-Cal's policy) seen. Letter sent to Powers by Senator Dianne Feinstein and supered highlight"I am deeply concerned that people will suffer and die unnecessarily" seen. Powers stands on shore looking at the Pacific Ocean with superimposed image of Powers seen. In interview Medi-Cal's Deputy Director Gail Margolis says Medi-Cal's policy on live donor transplants is that there's a high donor risk. Margolis walks down hallway. Margolis says in the mid 1990's one in 20 donors died during this type of operation which is too high a risk, and says she'd be happy to provide Stafford with that information. Hospital employees walk down hallway. Rear shot of nurse wheeling gurney down hallway seen. Panning shot from flowers in Powers' home to Powers talking on the telephone seen. In interview Powers says she's not religious but does feel as if she's here with this disease"to help change things." Powers tends to April in barn, and leads April out of barn. Powers says she's fighting for others because she can. Rear shot of Powers looking at sun set over the Pacific Ocean pans to show the sun set over the Ocean. 12:58:10 Phillips closes the show. 12:58:30 MSNBC Live update anchored by Alex Witt.

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