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[00:00.000 --> 00:23.600]  On the broadcast tonight, a political earthquake in Washington. President Obama says no to
[00:23.600 --> 00:29.640]  a massive pipeline project and is immediately charged with having said no to thousands of
[00:29.640 --> 00:35.280]  new American jobs. Gone blank tonight, the big fight behind what happened to some big
[00:35.280 --> 00:42.260]  names on the web today and why they went away. A new twist in the cruise ship captain's story,
[00:42.260 --> 00:47.640]  how he ended up in a lifeboat while thousands of passengers were stranded, and tonight why
[00:47.640 --> 00:54.020]  the search for the missing may be over. And snow day, a city more accustomed to rain practically
[00:54.020 --> 00:59.920]  shut down tonight by something different and that storm is moving east. Plus, what are
[00:59.920 --> 01:05.760]  the absolute worst airport terminals in this country? See if the one you're thinking of
[01:05.760 --> 01:15.680]  made the new list. Nightly News begins now. From NBC News World Headquarters in New York,
[01:15.680 --> 01:21.160]  this is NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Good evening. It would have stretched from
[01:21.160 --> 01:27.000]  Canada to Texas and all along the countryside in between and it still might someday, but
[01:27.000 --> 01:34.920]  for now President Obama has said no to a massive oil pipeline project, a $7 billion job that
[01:34.920 --> 01:39.860]  would create a lot of jobs in this country. The president says he has his reasons. He
[01:39.860 --> 01:44.980]  feels rushed into a decision by Congress and there are questions about a lot of things
[01:44.980 --> 01:49.760]  including the environment. And his decision now to put this on hold has angered a lot
[01:49.760 --> 01:55.880]  of people from Canada on South Clear to Congress in Washington. And as of today, you can be
[01:55.880 --> 02:01.080]  sure as the campaign season enters the home stretch, we'll be hearing a lot more about
[02:01.080 --> 02:06.760]  this long stretch of pipe. It's where we begin tonight with NBC's Andrea Mitchell in Washington.
[02:06.760 --> 02:12.360]  Andrea, good evening. Good evening, Brian. This sure was a no-win situation for the president.
[02:12.360 --> 02:16.680]  On one side, environmentalists fighting the pipeline, which would have added to an existing
[02:16.680 --> 02:21.800]  pipeline and run from Canada all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. On the other side, union
[02:21.800 --> 02:26.920]  members wanting construction jobs. Plus, in an election year, all those Republican candidates
[02:26.920 --> 02:33.920]  accusing Mr. Obama of passing up all that Canadian oil. It would have been the longest
[02:33.920 --> 02:39.840]  pipeline outside of Russia and China, nearly 2,000 miles from Canada to the Gulf Coast,
[02:39.840 --> 02:45.380]  designed to deliver 700,000 barrels of oil a day. Within minutes, Republican candidates
[02:45.380 --> 02:52.640]  pounced. This is a stunningly stupid thing to do. And there's no better word for it.
[02:52.640 --> 02:57.320]  These people are so out of touch with reality, it's as though they were governing Mars. Even
[02:57.320 --> 03:02.360]  some Democrats objected. So I think the president made the wrong decision here. I think the
[03:02.360 --> 03:09.080]  Keystone pipeline is a good jobs opportunity. President Obama had wanted to delay a decision
[03:09.080 --> 03:13.480]  for another year, which would have put it beyond the November election. But Congress
[03:13.480 --> 03:18.600]  forced his hand, demanding he decide now. In a written statement today, Mr. Obama called
[03:18.600 --> 03:23.680]  that a rushed and arbitrary deadline, preventing a full assessment of the pipeline's impact
[03:23.680 --> 03:28.580]  on health, safety, and the environment. But oil industry lobbyists claim thousands of
[03:28.580 --> 03:34.520]  jobs will now be lost. The president has repeatedly said he wants new jobs, he wants to be a job
[03:34.520 --> 03:41.640]  creator. Yet today, he rejected the largest shovel-ready job creator in America today.
[03:41.640 --> 03:47.360]  How many jobs are at stake? That's debatable. The industry says at least 20,000. The State
[03:47.360 --> 03:54.920]  Department says 6,000. And a Cornell University study says at most 2,000 to 4,650 temporary
[03:54.920 --> 04:02.600]  construction jobs for two years. Today, environmental groups who protested against the pipeline
[04:02.600 --> 04:08.320]  for months warned it could even cost jobs if disaster struck. Far from being a job creator,
[04:08.320 --> 04:14.000]  this is a pipeline which, if it had a disastrous oil spill in America's heartland, would mean
[04:14.000 --> 04:19.220]  loss of jobs for thousands of farmers. The president called Canada's prime minister today
[04:19.220 --> 04:23.080]  to tell him of the decision. The prime minister reportedly said that Canada will now send
[04:23.080 --> 04:27.600]  its oil to China, especially because the State Department said that the pipeline company
[04:27.600 --> 04:31.760]  cannot amend its application to take care of environmental concerns. It has to start
[04:31.760 --> 04:35.480]  all over again, and that could take years, Brian. Andrea Mitchell starting us off from
[04:35.480 --> 04:40.040]  D.C. tonight. Andrea, thanks. And speaking of politics, with just two days to go now
[04:40.040 --> 04:45.200]  to the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich seized on Mitt Romney's revelation that he
[04:45.200 --> 04:49.920]  pays a much lower tax rate than the average middle-class American worker, and then he
[04:49.920 --> 04:54.840]  pounded away. Our political director, Chuck Todd, with us from Rock Hill, South Carolina
[04:54.840 --> 05:00.280]  tonight. Chuck, good evening. Good evening, Brian. Newt Gingrich definitely feeling his
[05:00.280 --> 05:06.240]  oats with less than 72 hours to go before the voting. In fact, on that tax issue, Newt
[05:06.240 --> 05:11.500]  Gingrich has a flat tax proposal that's 15 percent, and he joked today he wants to call
[05:11.500 --> 05:16.260]  it the Mitt Romney flat tax proposal to talk about that 15 percent. But there's something
[05:16.260 --> 05:21.280]  more going on here. This coronation of Mitt Romney that appeared to be in place about
[05:21.280 --> 05:25.840]  48 hours ago appears to have been erased. You've got Gingrich getting huge crowds all
[05:25.840 --> 05:30.600]  of a sudden here. You've got Romney's campaign clearly deciding they're in trouble. They
[05:30.600 --> 05:34.480]  did a conference call attacking Gingrich today. They launched a new Web ad, and even Mitt
[05:34.480 --> 05:39.400]  Romney is going after him again on the campaign trail. Something's happening here. You see
[05:39.400 --> 05:43.860]  a shift in polling. This thing's not over, Brian. All right. We'll stay on the story.
[05:43.860 --> 05:48.840]  Chuck Todd in South Carolina tonight. Chuck, thanks. Today in Washington, the secretary
[05:48.840 --> 05:55.100]  of defense addressed what some are calling an epidemic, rape inside the U.S. military.
[05:55.100 --> 06:00.320]  He promised new steps to fix one of America's shameful secrets just two days before a new
[06:00.320 --> 06:05.680]  documentary on the subject premieres at the Sundance Film Festival. We get more on this
[06:05.680 --> 06:07.840]  tonight from Jim Miklachewski at the Pentagon.
[06:07.840 --> 06:11.000]  They can't give us one of the bigger...
[06:11.000 --> 06:16.820]  It's a startling statistic. Women in the military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier
[06:16.820 --> 06:23.280]  than attacked by the enemy. A powerful new documentary, The Invisible War, captures the
[06:23.280 --> 06:25.520]  horror of military sexual assault.
[06:25.520 --> 06:32.120]  I remember holding the closet thinking, what just happened? A month later, I found out
[06:32.120 --> 06:33.120]  I was pregnant.
[06:33.120 --> 06:39.580]  There were more than 3,000 reports of military sexual assault last year. Since many go unreported,
[06:39.580 --> 06:44.960]  the Pentagon estimates the actual number is a staggering 19,000. Defense Secretary Leon
[06:44.960 --> 06:50.940]  Panetta pledged today protecting service members from sexual assault is a top priority.
[06:50.940 --> 06:59.600]  We have a moral duty to keep them safe from those who would attack their dignity and their
[06:59.600 --> 07:00.600]  honor.
[07:00.600 --> 07:05.120]  The Pentagon has taken several steps to make it easier for victims to report assaults and
[07:05.120 --> 07:11.280]  seek protection. But the military's record remains dismal. Only 8 percent of sexual assault
[07:11.280 --> 07:17.820]  cases have been prosecuted, and only 2 percent end in convictions. Panetta argues that military
[07:17.820 --> 07:21.720]  judges and prosecutors must be more aggressive.
[07:21.720 --> 07:26.040]  In order to make sure that the signal is sent that anybody who does this is going to be
[07:26.040 --> 07:27.040]  held accountable.
[07:27.040 --> 07:32.960]  But that will require a major shift in the military's mindset and male-dominated culture,
[07:32.960 --> 07:40.240]  while thousands of military women suffer in silence. Jim Mikliszewski, NBC News, The Pentagon.
[07:40.240 --> 07:45.680]  Now we go overseas to Italy and the disaster at sea tonight, five days after the accident
[07:45.680 --> 07:51.340]  aboard the Costa Concordia. Search and recovery efforts around the shipwreck for the more
[07:51.340 --> 07:57.560]  than 20 still missing are on hold because of safety concerns. And a big European weather
[07:57.560 --> 08:03.800]  system is moving in. That could mean big waves. And another satellite view to show you tonight,
[08:03.800 --> 08:09.800]  the incredible photo of the wreck as seen from space. NBC's Michelle Kosinski has our
[08:09.800 --> 08:14.040]  report from the scene tonight.
[08:14.040 --> 08:19.080]  All the work today had to be above the waterline, dropping huge hoses onto the ship, preparing
[08:19.080 --> 08:25.440]  to pump out half a million gallons of fuel, which can't happen until searchers finish
[08:25.440 --> 08:31.080]  that plans to blast four more holes into the Concordia's hull today and to find more bodies
[08:31.080 --> 08:32.080]  of the missing.
[08:32.080 --> 08:37.160]  Yesterday, they were able to plunge the depths of the once grand ship. Video released today
[08:37.160 --> 08:44.520]  shows it as it rests, lit now by searchlights. Today, the dangerously shifting vessel would
[08:44.520 --> 08:51.000]  not let them. Perched on rock above a slope that drops 200 feet, families of the unaccounted
[08:51.000 --> 08:54.760]  for, their photos hung in town, must also wait.
[08:54.760 --> 08:57.000]  I'm looking for my brother Russell.
[08:57.000 --> 09:02.480]  Russell Rubello, a waiter from India, who was last seen helping passengers escape on
[09:02.480 --> 09:03.480]  lifeboats.
[09:03.480 --> 09:05.680]  I'm very proud of him.
[09:05.680 --> 09:11.560]  The captain, many are calling the most hated man in Italy, Francesco Schettino, seen here
[09:11.560 --> 09:17.760]  greeting passengers before what's believed to be this voyage. He says he hopes it will
[09:17.760 --> 09:21.520]  be an unforgettable journey for them.
[09:21.520 --> 09:26.400]  Friday night, after he took the ship off course, hit rock, and left before desperate passengers
[09:26.400 --> 09:32.260]  did, he insisted to the furious port authority he did not abandon ship and reportedly told
[09:32.260 --> 09:37.200]  prosecutors he tripped and fell right into a lifeboat.
[09:37.200 --> 09:41.320]  He will go one day in a prison for a long time.
[09:41.320 --> 09:46.120]  Still, industry analysts using satellite data say Schettino took a virtually identical route
[09:46.120 --> 09:49.760]  last year, which they say was authorized and charted.
[09:49.760 --> 09:56.440]  It must have become perilously close, I mean, possibly within touching distance.
[09:56.440 --> 10:03.320]  Schettino may have had reason to believe this path was safe.
[10:03.320 --> 10:07.940]  Tonight was really threatening. The search, the stability of the ship, and the fuel situation
[10:07.940 --> 10:12.800]  are waves. Tonight expected to reach six feet high, storms on the way. It's been tough for
[10:12.800 --> 10:18.200]  everyone here to look at this day after day and know they're losing time.
[10:18.200 --> 10:19.200]  Brian.
[10:19.200 --> 10:23.000]  Michelle Kosinski on the Italian coast with the wreckage right there behind her tonight.
[10:23.000 --> 10:24.000]  Michelle, thanks.
[10:24.000 --> 10:29.120]  Now to the Middle East, inside Syria, where we're on the ground tonight after 10 months
[10:29.120 --> 10:35.640]  of protests and more than 5,000 dead in the uprising. The government cracked down there
[10:35.640 --> 10:41.120]  and the hope for a solution is dwindling. NBC's Eamon Mohideen is one of the few Western
[10:41.120 --> 10:44.520]  journalists in Damascus. Eamon, good evening.
[10:44.520 --> 10:49.060]  Brian, there was real hope when the Syrian government allowed Arab League observers into
[10:49.060 --> 10:53.520]  the country last month that they would find a way to resolve this conflict. But as that
[10:53.520 --> 10:58.280]  fact-finding mission wraps up its work today, there are serious doubts about whether it
[10:58.280 --> 11:01.500]  has made any difference at all.
[11:01.500 --> 11:07.040]  It was their last chance to hear firsthand what is happening inside Syria. Arab League
[11:07.040 --> 11:10.840]  monitors touring the country, speaking to witnesses and victims.
[11:10.840 --> 11:17.220]  We don't need this regime. Can you understand me? They are killing us.
[11:17.220 --> 11:21.680]  This is what the people wanted to show them, the violence inflicted by the Syrian military
[11:21.680 --> 11:26.920]  on neighborhoods captured on amateur footage like this. The head of the mission will present
[11:26.920 --> 11:33.040]  his team's findings to an Arab foreign minister's meeting in Cairo on Sunday.
[11:33.040 --> 11:37.440]  But already, many say the mission has been a failure. Since they arrived last month to
[11:37.440 --> 11:42.360]  ensure Syria's compliance with an Arab League agreement to end the violence, activists say
[11:42.360 --> 11:45.440]  as many as 600 people have been killed.
[11:45.440 --> 11:56.240]  The observers couldn't prevent the daily killing, and they failed to do anything to help the
[11:56.240 --> 11:57.720]  Syrian people.
[11:57.720 --> 12:02.200]  Several Arab League monitors tell NBC News their movements have been restricted by government
[12:02.200 --> 12:07.200]  security forces and that they were threatened and attacked. A few of the monitors quit in
[12:07.200 --> 12:12.680]  protest. The Syrian government says it is waging war on armed gangs terrorizing the
[12:12.680 --> 12:18.440]  country and says more than 2,000 of its security forces have been killed. The government claims
[12:18.440 --> 12:22.960]  to be complying with the Arab League agreement, releasing prisoners, allowing foreign media
[12:22.960 --> 12:27.900]  into the country to report freely. But today, when we tried to film long lines at a gas
[12:27.900 --> 12:33.440]  station to show the impact of economic sanctions, we were stopped.
[12:33.440 --> 12:37.280]  Now Brian, after we were taken to that police station, we were briefly questioned and then
[12:37.280 --> 12:42.220]  subsequently released. But it highlights the sense of nervousness among the Syrian government
[12:42.220 --> 12:46.600]  in allowing foreign media to operate here inside Syria. Back to you.
[12:46.600 --> 12:51.920]  Eamon Mohideen in Damascus for us tonight. Eamon, thanks. Back in this country, the big
[12:51.920 --> 12:57.160]  winter storm that hit Seattle today was not the apocalyptic disaster some were predicting
[12:57.160 --> 13:03.340]  and fearing. But for that part of the country, five inches of snow in one shot is a lot.
[13:03.340 --> 13:08.600]  Our report from NBC's Miguel Almaguer.
[13:08.600 --> 13:13.240]  This Washington state, a good day to stay home. Streets became neighborhood playgrounds.
[13:13.240 --> 13:16.760]  Look at all this stuff and it's still snowing right now.
[13:16.760 --> 13:21.760]  In Olympia, the state capital, some found new ways to get to work. While in downtown
[13:21.760 --> 13:27.520]  Seattle, where nearly a year's worth of snow fell in a single day, most streets were deserted.
[13:27.520 --> 13:36.520]  I came from Chicago and we experienced heavier snow than here, but everyone in Chicago can
[13:36.520 --> 13:43.920]  relate. Five inches paralyzing a community used to rain. Sites like these are rare. Snowmobiles
[13:43.920 --> 13:50.040]  in the streets, smart cars wearing chains. The winter blast left many hillside roads
[13:50.040 --> 13:53.480]  closed, schools shut down, and airlines canceled flights.
[13:53.480 --> 13:58.080]  We're definitely ready to go home. I'm just crossing our fingers and hoping for the best.
[13:58.080 --> 14:00.960]  Ray Slush took the day off with his St. Bernard Panda.
[14:00.960 --> 14:04.640]  If I get stuck in the snow, all I got to do is hook him up to the car and let him pull
[14:04.640 --> 14:08.160]  me out. In higher elevations, mountain passes were
[14:08.160 --> 14:13.160]  temporarily shut down because of avalanche danger, a storm on the move.
[14:13.160 --> 14:19.320]  It's going to shift to the south and give northern California, Utah, and Colorado some
[14:19.320 --> 14:25.040]  much needed snowfall. They haven't had a good storm like this since November.
[14:25.040 --> 14:29.920]  Already in Oregon, rain turned to slush and hammered Portland, while along the coast,
[14:29.920 --> 14:34.840]  hurricane force wind gusts knocked out power to 30,000.
[14:34.840 --> 14:39.120]  Brian, the good news, the snow here in Seattle is going to turn to rain. They're used to
[14:39.120 --> 14:44.280]  that in these parts. The bad news, it's headed in your direction. First Chicago, then the
[14:44.280 --> 14:46.080]  northeast. Brian.
[14:46.080 --> 14:51.440]  Miguel, thanks for that. A bad night in Seattle. NBC's Miguel Almaguer. Still ahead when we
[14:51.440 --> 14:56.400]  continue why so many internet searches came up empty today because of the fight we'll
[14:56.400 --> 15:01.000]  tell you about tonight. And later, it's happened before, getting a giant ship right in and
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[17:08.460 --> 17:12.320]  Depending on what you search for on the web today, you either got what you wanted or drove
[17:12.320 --> 17:17.940]  right into a black hole as some sites took themselves down to send a message to all of
[17:17.940 --> 17:22.220]  us wanting us to imagine a world without free knowledge.
[17:22.220 --> 17:27.400]  New media on the web ran up against older school media in this case, including the company
[17:27.400 --> 17:32.780]  we work for, in a fight over a bill aimed at preventing internet piracy.
[17:32.780 --> 17:35.500]  Critics say it'll lead somehow to censorship.
[17:35.500 --> 17:39.060]  NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
[17:39.060 --> 17:42.260]  Wikipedia pulled the plug for 24 hours.
[17:42.260 --> 17:47.960]  All done to protest against the Stop Online Privacy Act, or SOPA, now before Congress.
[17:47.960 --> 17:53.340]  This bill puts together the infrastructure for censorship in a way that's completely
[17:53.340 --> 17:55.700]  unnecessary to combat piracy.
[17:55.700 --> 18:01.480]  Those in the media industry supporting regulation, including NBCUniversal, claim online piracy
[18:01.480 --> 18:08.120]  costs some $135 billion a year and steals 2.5 million jobs worldwide.
[18:08.120 --> 18:12.980]  Your father's counterfeiting was people selling cheap knockoffs on street corners.
[18:12.980 --> 18:18.580]  Today those same criminal enterprises sell these products online, dupe consumers.
[18:18.580 --> 18:23.620]  They aim to block foreign websites that infringe on copyrights, from movies and television,
[18:23.620 --> 18:27.620]  to music, publishing software, and consumer products.
[18:27.620 --> 18:30.420]  Even material on YouTube could be affected.
[18:30.420 --> 18:33.960]  Not so long ago, much of our information came from these.
[18:33.960 --> 18:38.320]  But in the last decade or so, the proliferation of the internet has made ownership of this
[18:38.320 --> 18:41.500]  information very difficult to police.
[18:41.500 --> 18:46.780]  But the online revolt against SOPA has grown to include some 7,000 websites, including
[18:46.780 --> 18:53.020]  the tech site Wired, online magazine Boing Boing, and Mozilla, maker of the popular browser
[18:53.020 --> 18:54.240]  Firefox.
[18:54.240 --> 18:59.800]  Google blacked out its own familiar homepage today, adding the message, tell Congress please
[18:59.800 --> 19:01.620]  don't censor the web.
[19:01.620 --> 19:03.460]  Many in Congress today took note.
[19:03.460 --> 19:05.300]  Here's NBC's Kelly O'Donnell.
[19:05.300 --> 19:10.540]  Both Democrats and Republicans have been bombarded with calls and emails, and many are now backing
[19:10.540 --> 19:11.540]  off.
[19:11.540 --> 19:13.700]  Just ask any group of college kids and they'll tell you.
[19:13.700 --> 19:16.580]  There are a lot of people who think, well, why pay for it?
[19:16.580 --> 19:20.380]  If the price is too outrageous, it's probably going to get pirated.
[19:20.380 --> 19:25.740]  It also didn't take them long to discover Hitting Escape reopens the Wikipedia site.
[19:25.740 --> 19:28.980]  These days, information does travel fast.
[19:28.980 --> 19:32.500]  Kevin Tibbles, NBC News, Chicago.
[19:32.500 --> 19:37.420]  Up next here tonight, the new list of best and worst airports and an American legend
[19:37.420 --> 19:41.220]  taking on a new challenge.
[19:41.220 --> 19:49.780]  When BP made a commitment to the Gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined
[19:49.780 --> 19:50.780]  to see it through.
[19:50.780 --> 19:55.300]  Today, while our work continues, I want to update you on the progress.
[19:55.300 --> 20:01.020]  BP has set aside $20 billion to fund economic and environmental recovery.
[20:01.020 --> 20:06.100]  We're paying for all spill-related cleanup costs, and we've established a $500 million
[20:06.100 --> 20:11.540]  fund so independent scientists can study the Gulf's wildlife and environment for 10
[20:11.540 --> 20:12.540]  years.
[20:12.540 --> 20:16.700]  Thousands of environmental samples from across the Gulf have been analyzed by independent
[20:16.700 --> 20:20.180]  labs under the direction of the U.S. Coast Guard.
[20:20.180 --> 20:25.940]  I'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy.
[20:25.940 --> 20:30.260]  And the economy is showing progress, with many areas on the Gulf Coast having their
[20:30.260 --> 20:33.620]  best tourism seasons in years.
[20:33.620 --> 20:35.060]  I was born here.
[20:35.060 --> 20:37.780]  I'm still here, and so is BP.
[20:37.780 --> 20:44.740]  We're committed to the Gulf for everyone who loves it and everyone who calls it home.
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[21:30.060 --> 21:31.860]  I have a cold.
[21:31.860 --> 21:34.060]  I took DayQuilt, but my nose is still ready.
[21:34.060 --> 21:36.180]  Truth is, DayQuilt doesn't treat that.
[21:36.180 --> 21:37.180]  Really?
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[21:45.420 --> 21:52.920]  I had a printout of how many hours I've actually put in over my career, and it's 168,000 hours.
[21:52.920 --> 21:59.140]  So just think, if you had an eight-hour job, I'm like a man of 100-and-some years old.
[21:59.140 --> 22:04.580]  I've worked very hard to support my family, and I finally reached that point where I'm
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[22:29.820 --> 22:37.460]  On your wedding day, when everyone is looking at her, she'll be looking at you.
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[22:46.760 --> 22:49.740]  The folks at Frommer's Travel Guides are out with their list.
[22:49.740 --> 22:53.680]  None of the best beaches or best travel destinations as they usually do.
[22:53.680 --> 22:57.380]  This time, it's the best and worst airport terminals in the world.
[22:57.380 --> 23:01.060]  The most beautiful, according to them, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
[23:01.060 --> 23:08.020]  And there's one U.S. terminal in the top five, the iconic Terminal 5 at New York's JFK.
[23:08.020 --> 23:11.980]  But JFK deservedly gets it on the other end as well.
[23:11.980 --> 23:17.700]  Worst terminal in the world, Terminal 3 at Kennedy, described as dank, crowded and confusing.
[23:17.700 --> 23:22.580]  They say there's evidence the cleaning crew gave up in despair a while ago.
[23:22.580 --> 23:26.820]  LaGuardia's Terminal C is seventh worst in their top ten list.
[23:26.820 --> 23:29.660]  We put the entire list on our website.
[23:29.660 --> 23:34.180]  Speaking of JFK, perhaps you remember the horror stories from the two different elderly
[23:34.180 --> 23:38.820]  women who claimed they were strip searched in separate incidents around the holidays
[23:38.820 --> 23:40.060]  by the TSA.
[23:40.060 --> 23:44.660]  Today, the feds admitted wrongdoing and apologized to both women.
[23:44.660 --> 23:48.300]  In one case, they admitted to examining her colostomy bag.
[23:48.300 --> 23:54.300]  But even after the apology, both women say the TSA is lying in the final report.
[23:54.300 --> 23:58.980]  Both say they were asked to remove articles of clothing in a private screening area.
[23:58.980 --> 24:00.980]  Now to an image getting a lot of attention tonight.
[24:00.980 --> 24:05.940]  It shows a couple of prominent American citizens, two people a lot of folks look up to.
[24:05.940 --> 24:11.140]  But today, it was the secretary of state who was doing the looking up at Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
[24:11.140 --> 24:14.620]  NBA's all-time leading scorer, jazz aficionado, author.
[24:14.620 --> 24:19.860]  Well, he was named today as global cultural ambassador for the State Department.
[24:19.860 --> 24:24.780]  He'll travel the world as a sort of goodwill messenger for the United States, and he will
[24:24.780 --> 24:26.420]  stand out.
[24:26.420 --> 24:29.700]  Up next, what do you do with a giant crippled ship?
[24:29.700 --> 24:34.620]  One man has a very good idea.
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[25:34.420 --> 25:37.500]  I have what science calls the nightly stuffy nose thing.
[25:37.500 --> 25:41.620]  I can't breathe so I can't sleep, and the next day I pay for it.
[25:41.620 --> 25:43.220]  I try decongestants.
[25:43.220 --> 25:44.700]  I toss and turn.
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[26:35.140 --> 26:36.140]  What's the matter?
[26:36.140 --> 26:38.060]  Ugh, trouble with a car insurance claim.
[26:38.060 --> 26:39.300]  Ah, claim trouble.
[26:39.300 --> 26:42.740]  You should just switch to Allstate and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee.
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[27:07.500 --> 27:12.980]  Exit 6, another milestone for Apple, investing in our future from high-speed rail to schools.
[27:12.980 --> 27:17.300]  The governor laying out his plan for the state and turning a profit off the 49ers, our people
[27:17.300 --> 27:21.400]  are trying to cash in for the big game.
[27:21.400 --> 27:25.640]  This week, we've been covering the cruise ship disaster in Italy and asking how it could
[27:25.640 --> 27:26.900]  have happened.
[27:26.900 --> 27:29.680]  And right about now, it's time to ask what happens next.
[27:29.680 --> 27:34.340]  How do you move a cruise ship that is currently lying on its side in the water?
[27:34.340 --> 27:38.620]  Our report from NBC's Mark Potter.
[27:38.620 --> 27:43.380]  Even for salvers with years of experience, the huge ship Concordia presents a daunting
[27:43.380 --> 27:44.380]  challenge.
[27:44.380 --> 27:45.380]  How big a job is this going to be?
[27:45.380 --> 27:46.860]  This is a very big job.
[27:46.860 --> 27:51.540]  Bob Umdenstock of the Resolve Marine Group in Fort Lauderdale has worked 40 years in
[27:51.540 --> 27:53.180]  salvage operations.
[27:53.180 --> 27:57.400]  He believes removing the cruise ship could easily take more than a year.
[27:57.400 --> 28:03.980]  It could possibly be as difficult a job as anybody's ever attempted.
[28:03.980 --> 28:08.700]  The first concerns, he said, are for the victims, worker safety, and the environment as fuel
[28:08.700 --> 28:09.700]  is removed.
[28:09.700 --> 28:15.260]  Then, after complex engineering studies, an attempt could be made to right the ship, perhaps
[28:15.260 --> 28:18.300]  with a technique called parbuckling.
[28:18.300 --> 28:20.620]  Parbuckling involves rolling the ship upright.
[28:20.620 --> 28:25.820]  In order to roll it upright, you have to apply forces that induce that rolling.
[28:25.820 --> 28:29.840]  If the ship is parbuckled, chains attached to the top of the ship would be pulled with
[28:29.840 --> 28:31.600]  tugboats or barges.
[28:31.600 --> 28:35.860]  Other chains attached to the bottom of the ship would be pulled in the opposite direction.
[28:35.860 --> 28:40.400]  A third set of chains attached to land would keep the ship from moving away.
[28:40.400 --> 28:44.780]  The next challenge would be to ensure the ship floats by pumping out water, plugging
[28:44.780 --> 28:48.660]  holes if necessary, and sealing off damaged compartments.
[28:48.660 --> 28:53.980]  I think it's doable, but from what I know, certainly it has been done before with other
[28:53.980 --> 28:55.900]  ships in other circumstances.
[28:55.900 --> 29:00.300]  A French cruise ship, the Normandy, rolled over in New York Harbor during World War II,
[29:00.300 --> 29:02.300]  just like the Concordia.
[29:02.300 --> 29:05.380]  With a lot of work, salvers were able to raise it.
[29:05.380 --> 29:10.620]  Sixty years later, they face an even bigger challenge, moving massive tons of steel, securing
[29:10.620 --> 29:16.460]  a half million gallons of fuel, while quietly respecting those who died here.
[29:16.460 --> 29:18.620]  Mark Potter, NBC News, Miami.
[29:18.620 --> 29:20.880]  That's our broadcast for tonight.
[29:20.880 --> 29:22.100]  Thank you for being here with us.
[29:22.100 --> 29:25.820]  I'm Brian Williams, and of course, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening.
[29:25.820 --> 29:26.820]  Good night.
[29:26.820 --> 29:32.860]  We're on the move, we're on the mend, let's get it done.
[29:32.860 --> 29:34.660]  Getting California back on track.
[29:34.660 --> 29:38.460]  Right now it's six, the governor lays out his plan, and we'll tell you who it affects
[29:38.460 --> 29:39.460]  most.
[29:39.460 --> 29:44.460]  Good evening, and thanks for joining us.
[29:44.460 --> 29:47.260]  Good evening, and thanks for joining us.
[29:47.260 --> 29:48.260]  I'm Raj Mathai.
[29:48.260 --> 29:49.820]  And I'm Jessica Aguirre.
[29:49.820 --> 29:52.700]  The eighth largest economy is on the mend.
[29:52.700 --> 29:56.260]  That's the message Governor Jerry Brown is sending to Californians.
[29:56.260 --> 29:59.820]  In today's State of the State address, the governor spoke about his ongoing plan to turn