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Event Location(s): United States | Description: 070218 000223 Crucial Vote: Senate Vote On Health Care Overhaul The Senate will vote tonight on whether to debate health care reform. Democrats face united opposition from the Republicans and uncertain Democrats from conservative states. NBC’s Mike Viqueira reports live on-camera from outside the White House in Washington, DC. EJ 07:02:30 (1:54) EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC WS: The exterior of the US Senate and the dome of the Capitol Building. INT WASHINGTON, DC IN SENATE CHAMBERS HIGH WS: (Senate TV System) A man calls the Senate to order from the leadership desk. INT WASHINGTON, DC MS: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell adjusts the microphone at a press conference while flanked by South Dakota Senator John Thune, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl and other Republican Senators. INT WASHINGTON, DC IN SENATE CHAMBERS (Senate TV System) HIGH WS: People work at the leadership desk. GFX: Insert scrolling shots of Democratic Senators speaking from the Senate floor, including Majority Leader Harry Reid and North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad. MS: Speaking from Senate floor, Conrad says “I don’t’ know of a single credible reason to vote against going to consideration of legislation.” MS: People on the floor, before the leadership desk. GFX: Insert stills of Democratic Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln and of Democratic Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu. INT X CU: Computer monitor shows lists of pharmaceuticals. X CU: Computer monitor shows prices. INT MS: Tilt down from lights revealing surgeons working. EXT DAY WASHINGTON, DC WS: The dome of the Capitol Building. INT MS: In interview, National Journal’s Ron Brownstein says, “If Democrats cannot deliver on this core element of their agenda at a time when middle class voters are already questioning whether Washington is doing anything for them, will that produce a verdict that the Democratic Congress is unable to govern?” GFX: Header “Senate Bill.” GFX: Supers “Require All To Have Health Insurance”, “Require Many Large Employers To Offer Coverage Or Face Fine”, “No Rejection Base On “Pre-Existing Condition””, “Cost $848 Billion.” GFX: Header “Senate Bill.” GFX: Supers “Paid For With: Cuts In Medicare Spending, Tax On Expensive Health Plans, Higher Taxes On Incomes Above $250,000, 5% Tax On Elective Cosmetic Procedures.” INT WASHINGTON, DC IN SENATE CHAMBERS (Senate TV System) BRIEF CUTS: Shots of various Republican Senators speaking from the Senate floor. INT WASHINGTON, DC MS: In the press conference, Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn says, “I think what we need to do is kill this bill and then pivot to a common sense bipartisan bill building on the step by step reforms we all know are important in order to o what’s in the best interests of the American people.” Viqueira reports and closes live on-camera (no sign off). 070447 000417 Crucial Vote: Senate Vote On Health Care Overhaul: Republican New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg and Democratic Maryland Senator Ben Cardin Discuss Health Care Reform Republican New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg (in Washington, DC) and Democratic Maryland Senator Ben Cardin (in Baltimore, Maryland) join Lester Holt (in Studio 1A) in three-way live remote. Cardin says it’s a stark moment for the US Senate, we haven’t had major health care reform for many years, he thinks they will have the 60 votes to proceed. He says it’s to start the debate, not to end it. He says it’s critically important we get the cost of health care down and provide affordable options. He says it’s a consumer bill; it helps consumers keep their insurance and protects them from the arbitrary practices of insurance companies. He says they’re going to have to go through an amendment process and it’s too early to predict what’s going to happen at the end of the day but he’s optimistic the Senate will pass health care reform. Gregg says up until now it’s been theater and political hyperbole but this is the real thing, it’s a 200-page bill that costs a billion dollars a page, and a two trillion dollar expansion of government. He says he believes it will force people off their insurance plan and into a public plan and we’re stepping into the real business of legislating here and Republicans feel very strongly that this is the wrong approach. He says there are good ways to reform health care but in a government that’s already running up debt, expanding the government is a mistake. He says the cost of $800 billion that has been quoted isn’t correct because they’re matching 10 years of revenues and Medicare cuts against four or five years of spending. He says it’s expensive to create a brand new entitlement, and we can’t afford the entitlements we have. Cardin says the decision on mammogram guidelines has already been reversed. He says the Congressional Budget Office tells us it will bring down the cost of health care and we will save $130 billion on the deficit. He says we need to take action to bend the cost curve of health care and this bill does it. Gregg says the Congressional Budget Office made it clear that this will not bend health care costs, other than up. Cardin says let’s debate this issue on the floor of the Senate, vote to proceed. 070932 000151 Cancer Confusion: Cancer Screening Guidelines Released Earlier this week, new guidelines for breast cancer screenings recommended low risk women not begin routine screening at 40, but consider waiting until the age of 50. And now, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released new cervical cancer screening guidelines pushing back the age when women should begin getting pap smears and new screening guidelines for other diseases. INT MS: A woman speaks with Dr. Michelle Francis (ph) in an examination room. MS: The woman and Francis converse. MS: In interview, obstetrician-gynecologist Francis says, “The pap smear interval that they're recommending I think is an appropriate interval because the risk of cervical cancer in these young women is very low.” GFX: Graphic of female symbol. GFX: Supers “Age 18”, “3 yrs after sexually active.” GFX: Header New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines.” GFX: Graphics of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist report. GFX: Supers “Age 12-29 every 2 Years”, “Women 30+ After 3 Consecutive Negative Pap Smears (Every Three Years)”, “After Hysterectomy Not Necessary.” INT MS: In interview, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Howard Jones says, “Many of these early minor precancerous changes that we pick up on pap smears will go away by themselves, based on the patient's own immune response to these changes.” INT MS: Out of focus shot of a physician speaking with a woman in an examination room. MS: In interview, Francis says, “The anxiety that they have to go though by undergoing colposcopies when they may not need it, and then the procedure to remove the abnormal cells completely. There is an association with complications in pregnancy and those are the big concerns that I have.” STILL Microscopic view of cells. INT MS: Low shot of a woman receiving a mammogram. MS: A nurse assists a woman receiving a mammogram. MS: A doctor examines a woman with a stethoscope. MS: The doctor takes the woman’s blood pressure. MS: The doctor operates a blood pressure cuff (both faces unseen). GFX: Header “Screening Tests.” GFX: Supers “Age 30+”, “HEART DISEASE.” GFX: Supers “Blood Pressure”, “Cholesterol Panel”, “Glucose.” GFX: Supers Age 50+”, “Colonoscopy.” GFX: Supers Age 65+”, “Bone Density.” VO: NBC News Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snydemran reports and signs off from New York. 071147 000138 Held Hostage: British Couple Begs For Freedom A tape shows British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, who are facing nearly 30 days as captives of Somali pirates, pleading for help to save their lives. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports live on-camera from London, England. EJ 07:11:56 (:59) STILLS Photos of Paul and Rachel Chandler (British couple held hostage by Somali pirates). EXT DAY SOMALIA MS: Paul and Rachel stand together, captive to Somali pirates aiming their weapons at them. MS: Paul and Rachel. MS: Rachel says, “So we ask the government and the people of Britain and out family to do whatever they can to enter negotiations with these people to buy back our lives. MS: Paul says, “concerned that these people will lose patience and will not feed us and I have no doubt that they will not hesitate to kill us perhaps within a week or so of now if there is no response.” EJ 07:13:10 (:10) EXT DAY SOMALIA MS: Somali pirates push a small boat on the beach. MS: A pirate stands on the beach near the shore. EXT DAY AERIAL: A ships. MS: Armed pirates on the deck of a ship. Gosk reports and closes live on-camera (no sign off). 071400 000017 The Senate Armed Services Committee Says Alleged Fort Hood Shooting Gunman Sent At Least 18 Emails To a Radical Muslim Cleric STILL Photo of US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (accused of going on a shooting spree in Fort Hood, killing 13 and injuring 40 others). EXT DAY FORT HOOD, TEXAS 2009-11-05 MS: SWAT team police exit a van and duck under police cordon. MS: A police officer walks with a leashed dog. MS: Police officers converse. MS: Police stand ready behind a building corner. MS: An ambulance drives off. MS: Soldiers and medics carry an unseen inured person on a stretcher. MS: Soldiers and medics carry an unseen inured person on a stretcher into an ambulance. EXT DAY FORT HOOD MS: Soldiers and others at memorial service. VO: Tamron Hall. 071424 000012 Nine Children Are Injured and One Woman Dead After a 67-Year-Old Driver Lost Control and Plowed Into a Crowd Of Children Outside An Alabama Middle School EXT DAY FAIRFIELD, ALABAMA MS: Investigators converse on the road nearby a car in aftermath of an accident. MS: A sneaker lies on the ground nearby the car’s left-rear wheel. OHS: Police cars parked on the road nearby the car before a school (as seen through chain-link fence). MS: Two women walk on the road before parked fire trucks. MS: A police car drives VO: Tamron Hall. 071452 000017 The Cleanup Is Underway After Torrential Rains Swept Through Northern Britain’s Picturesque Lake District EXT DAY COCKERMOUTH, ENGLAND AERIAL: Flooded homes and other buildings. AERIAL: Floodwater flows past buildings. AERIAL: Floodwater flows past homes. WS: Floodwater flows in street. AERIAL: A person is air lifted from the floodwater. AERIAL: A rescue helicopter airlifts a person. Pan from a man standing in floodwater. VO: Tamron Hall. 071513 000017 A British Couple Says Their Ultrasound Scan Bears An Uncanny Resemblance To Michael Jackson 07:15:13 (:17) STILLS Split screen of an ultrasound scan of a fetus in utero and of performer Michael Jackson in-concert (an alleged resemblance to Jackson in the ultrasound scan, highlighted). 07:15:37 (:06) STILLS Split screen of an ultrasound scan of a fetus in utero and of performer Michael Jackson in-concert (an alleged resemblance to Jackson in the ultrasound scan, highlighted). VO: Tamron Hall. 071722 000152 Turnaround Town: Foreign Company Revitalizes City Many towns and cities are struggling for survival in the current economy. The southern town of West Point, Georgia, was once home to huge textile mills that pulled out in the 1990’s taking jobs and the city’s hope for the future. But there’s a new sense of optimism after carmaker KIA began production this week at a plant, creating over 2,000 jobs, with an additional 7,000 through its suppliers. EXT DAY WEST POINT, GEORGIA MS: Panning shot of foliage and the Chattahoochee River. WS: A pickup truck drives past a building. MS: West Point welcome sign. MS: A train rides tracks. MS: Darden Brothers Shoes owner Gus Darden converses with NBC’s Thanh Truong. MS: Darden Brothers Shoes awning. STILLS B&W photo of a textile mill. B&W photo of women working in the mill. B&W photo of a man working in the mill. EXT DAY WEST POINT MS: In interview, Darden (partial VO) says, "Well now in the 50's and 60's it was a very vibrant town." MS: Truong reports on-camera. INT MS: A robot arm places a windshield on a car in an auto assembly line. MS: A man works on a car. MS: A man works on a car. EXT DAY WEST POINT WS: A KIA Motors automobile plant. WS: KIA water tower. WS: The plant. WS: Entry sign nearby parking lot. MS: Historic Downtown West Point sign. MS: A man walks on a sidewalk towards a railroad crossing. MS: West Point Mayor Drew Ferguson in walk and talk with Truong. MS: In interview, Ferguson says, "The job loss here is like many areas across America, the good news is that we've got the jobs coming back right now, they're real and they're here." INT WEST POINT MS: Darden speaks with a customer while handling a sneaker. MS: A man walks by a sneaker display. CU: Someone (faces unseen) models a sneaker. MS: A sneaker on display. EXT DAY WEST POINT MS: In interview, Ferguson says, “I think my business has been up for 11 or 12 consecutive months, mostly double digit increases." INT WEST POINT MS: A man does construction in Pearl's Coffee Shop. EXT DAY WEST POINT MS: Exterior of Pearl's Coffee Shop. MS: Sign in window says the shop is opening soon. INT WEST POINT MS: Pearl's Coffee Shop’s April Ross speaks with Truong. EXT DAY WEST POINT MS: Pearl's Coffee Shop sign. INT WEST POINT MS: In interview, Ross says, "We feel like West Point is the point right now and it's a place that is flourishing." EXT DAY WEST POINT WS: Exterior of Korean BBQ House restaurant. MS: Korean BBQ House sign. MS: KIA Parkway street sign. WS: The KIA plant. MS: An American flag hangs. MS: In interview, Darden says, "Well we're Georgia proud, but I'm just delighted, but I'm just delighted to have KIA and think that's community wide." MS: Low shot of two men unwinding a string of Christmas lights. MS: The two men hang the lights from an awning. CU: Sign reads “Thank You Jesus For Bringing KIA.” VO: Truong signs off from West Point, Georgia. 071922 000302 “100 Heartbeats”: Hope For Endangered Species: Biologist Jeff Corwin Discusses His Book and Documentary About Endangered Species GFX: Graphic of the book “100 Heartbeats” by Jeff Corwin. EJ 07:19:49 (:58) CLIPS: Clips from the documentary “Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats” featuring biologist Jeff Corwin and orangutans, elephants, rhinoceroses, and sharks. EJ 07:21:04 (:30) CLIPS: Clips from “Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats” featuring Corwin and sharks. 07:22:21 GFX: Graphic plug for “Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats” airing 20:00:00 on MSNBC. Jeff Corwin joins Amy Robach live in Studio 1A. Corwin says he feels like his career has been working towards this moment. He says the mission was to explore this world where we have this exclusive club no species wants to join, because if you join it, you may be 100 life forms away from extinction. He says they explored the plight of these species and the heroes that are trying to save them. He says sharks look invincible but they’re incredibly vulnerable. He says sharks have been around hundreds of millions of years and 90% of shark species are down 90% with their population. He says sharks are highly evolved and incredibly complex creatures and it’s a species banking on long-term survival, for instance there’s one species that won’t start reproducing until they’re in their 20’s. He says we know so little about sharks, we don’t know how to save them. 073128 000232 American Student On Trial: Closing Arguments At Amanda Knox Trial In his closing argument in the Amanda Knox murder trial in Italy, the prosecutor described a scenario in which Amanda murdered her roommate out of jealousy and for revenge. NBC’s Michelle Kosinski reports live on-camera from Perugia, Italy. EJ 07:31:53 (1:47) INT PERUGIA MS: A penitentiary police officer escorts American student (and murder suspect) Amanda Knox in court. MS: The penitentiary police officer escorts Knox to counsel table. MS: Prosecutor Giuliano Minnini converses with a woman. MS: People watch Minnini give his closing argument via closed-circuit television. MS: Minnini gives his closing argument in court. MS: Knox. MS: Knox’s former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (and co-defendant). INT PERUGIA MS: Penitentiary police escort Rudy Guede (convicted of the murder Knox and Sollecito are on trial for) in hallway. EXT DAY PERUGIA OHS: Exterior of the house where Knox lived with her roommate, whom she’s accused of murdering. INT PERUGIA 2007-11-03 (Police Video) MS: A forensics investigator scrapes bloodstain on wall. MS: A forensics investigator holds up a bra. STILLS Photos of murder victim (and Knox’s roommate) Meredith Kercher. INT PERUGIA MS: Knox in court. MS: Knox. MS: Minnini gives his closing argument in court. MS: Knox. INT PERUGIA 2007-11-02 (Police Video) MS: Bedroom. MS: Bedroom. MS: Bloodstain on wall. GFX: Supers “...the argument spiraled out of control... She probably reached out and grabbed Meredith by her face and banged her repeatedly against the wall. Sollecito joined in... Amanda probably said to her ‘Ha! You stuck-up miss perfect, now we are going to show you.’ ...” INT PERUGIA MS: Sollecito in court. MS: Knox. INT PERUGIA 2007-11-02 (Police Video) MS: Bed. MS: Evidence markers on floor. GFX: Supers “The three of them began to remove Meredith’s clothes. She fought back with all her strength...” INT PERUGIA MS: Minnini in court. MS: Knox. INT PERUGIA Panning shot of Italian-language newspaper on the trial. CU: Newspaper shows diagram depicting the prosecutor’s scenario of Knox stabbing Kercher in the neck while Guede and Sollecito are holding Kercher. INT PERUGIA MS: Knox in court. MS: In interview, Knox’s defense lawyer Carlo Della Vedova says, “She was sad. She was very touched by the terrible words that were used against her, especially with reference to the fact that there was friction between her and Meredith, which is absolutely not true. Amanda was a friend of Meredith.” Kosinski reports and closes live on-camera (on sign off). 073934 000528 Cancer Confusion: New Cancer Screening Guidelines Released: Dr. Nancy Snyderman Discusses Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines GFX: Header “New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines.” GFX: Supers “Routine Paps Start At 21”, “20’s: Papas Every 2 Years.” GFX: Footer “Source: American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists.” GFX: Header “New Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines.” GFX: Supers “30’s: Paps Every 3 Years If Healthy”, “Hysterectomy – No More Paps Is Healthy”, “Ages 65-70 – No More Paps If Healthy.” GFX: Footer “Source: American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists.” GFX: Header “New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines.” GFX: Supers “Ages 40-49 – Only If At Risk”, “Ages 50-74 – Every 2 Years”, “Greeatest Benefit – Ages 60-69”, “Breast Self Exams Do Not Reduce Death Rates.” GFX: Footer “Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.” GFX: Graphic of viewer e-mail. GFX Supers “From: Robyn New Hampshire”, “Subject: Cancer Screening”, “I was diagnosed with breast cancer and finished chemo in March of 2009. I am 40 years old. I am one of the apparent acceptable losses in this study as are the approximated 100 I met while I was going through chemotherapy who were under 50. Most of who, like me had no family history of breast cancer. Chances are if I had not had the mammogram at 42 and waited until I was 50 I would have been diagnosed at stage 4.” NBC News Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman joins Amy Robach live in Studio 1A. Snyderman says the idea was to start pap smears when you’re 18 or three years after you’re sexually active but most changes in the cervix take years to develop. She says when you screen young women you are likely to find an abnormality and a lot of them go away but if you biopsy them and you cut away parts of the cervix, you could scar the area, leading to anxiety and over testing, which could interfere with fertility later, so let’s push back to 21 to begin pap smears. She describes the new cervical cancer screening guidelines for women in their 30’s and over (as noted in the supers). She says the Human Papilloma Virus vaccine is not always perfect and not always covered by insurance but the idea is to give it to pre-teens because you want to make antibodies to the virus before a girl is sexually active. She says it’s been poorly marketed; it’s not a pro-sex vaccine, it’s an anti-cancer vaccine. She says in the next week or so we’ll hear about boys getting the vaccine. She says boys carry the virus and girls get the cancer. She says we have to take these breast cancer stories with great respect, and with each story we have to dispassionately stand back and look at what was presented. She says the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is made up of doctors that look at the numbers. She says all they were saying was in the 40 to 50 year-old group mammography is an imperfect tool because a woman’s breast when she’s young is lumpy, meaning you’ve missed tumors or call them, leading to a lot of unnecessary testing, so all they’re saying is the yield is low. She says she’s heard from the women like Robyn, and they’re right. She says the Task Force never looked at cost and it wasn’t a recommendation to insurance companies and it’s not a government controlled group but within 48 hours Kathleen Sebelius said nothing was going to change and she thinks you can safely say nothing will change. She says yes it’s confusing, but use these guidelines to talk with your doctor. She says science, social policy, how we spend out money wisely; these are the conversations that intelligent Americans should be having and not the scream-fests. 07:47:22 Lifetime Of Laughs: One-On-One With Carl Reiner CLIPS: Actor Carl Reiner is seen in clips from various black & white television shows. CLIP: Reiner and actor George Clooney are seen in clip from "Ocean's 11". SUPER: Photo of Reiner and others is supered over shot of a document. CLIP: Actor Steve Martin is seen in clip from movie "The Jerk". EXT DAY PARTIAL VO: During interview with Holt and as photos of Reiner and his family are seen Reiner says "My parents loved comedy. They listened to the radio comedians. And when I heard a joke, I could retell it, and I knew I had a little talent because I would retell it and embellish it, make my friends laugh when I was very young." STILL: Reiner performing on stage. CLIP: Reiner is seen in clip from "Your Show of Shows." PARTIAL VO: During interview and as photo of Reiner as a young man and photo of Reiner and his wife are seen Reiner says "They were looking for horses, guns, situation comedies, and they offered me a few to do and I--my wife said the--and were them--and she's, `You can write better than this.' And I had never written a situation comedy." CLIP: Reiner is seen in clip from television show "Head Of The Family" (Image Entertainment). EXT DAY MS: During interview Reiner says "I said, `Hey, Reiner, what piece of ground do you stand on that nobody else stands on?' I actually asked myself that question. I said, `Well, you live in New Rochelle, you work in New York as a comedy actor, writer on the comedy variety show, you have two kids, you commute.' I said, `I'll write about that." CLIP: Reiner is seen in clip from television show "Head Of The Family" (Image Entertainment). CLIP: Clip from television show "Dick Van Dyke Show" seen. CLIPS: Clips from television show "Dick Van Dyke Show" seen. EXT DAY PARTIAL VO: During interview and as clip from "Dick Van Dyke Show" is seen Reiner says " I wrote about my own experiences, and when I ran out of my own experiences and other writers came in, I said, `What happened lately in your house? What happened with your wife? Did you have any kind of altercations with the kids?' whatever. And so we try to keep it as real as possible." Shot pans as Reiner reads from a children's book. GFX: Insert shots of books recently written by Reiner. EXT DAY MS: During interview Reiner says "Yes. We tell people if they do good deeds they will be rewarded in heaven, or punished in hell if they do bad deeds. And I said, `What if have the just desserts right away? You do something really good, you do some a big favor somebody and something good happens to you. And people said, "Hey, that guy must be a good guy. People love him. He must be doing good things." 2 MS: Reiner walks with Holt. Video zooms out as Reiner points to a drawing in a book. MS: During interview Reiner says "I got another book coming out next year." CLIP: Clip from "Dick Van Dyke Show" television show seen. PARTIAL VO: During interview and as clip from television show "30 Rock" is seen Reiner says "Two of my favorites is "The Office" and "30 Rock." That Tina Fey, oh, she can do no wrong. The fact she's the head writer and conceived the show is just wonderful. Oh, are you kidding? Anytime. Would she like to work with me? That's the question." Outside Segments 07:00:42 (:04) Tilt down to Studio 1A exterior. 07:30:00 (:13) Panning shot of cheering spectators, some waving and holding signs. 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