This program is 29 minutes long
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(Denver: Peter Alexander) The candidates’ day reviewed; scenes shown of Obama arriving in Denver, Romney with his sons, their motorcades; details given about the format of the debate; campaign ads shown. [Senator Marco RUBIO – campaigns for Romney.] [Former President Bill CLINTON – campaigns for Obama.] [September 30, OBAMA; October 1, ROMNEY – campaign.] [Senior Romney campaign advisor Kevin MADDEN†, Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie CUTTER†- comment on reaching the voters.] Romney’s debate rituals, including writing his father’s name on a notepad, noted.
(Studio: Brian Williams) Report introduced.
(Denver: Chuck Todd) The tasks for each candidate reviewed.
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(Denver: Andrea Mitchell) The condemnation of Syria’s deadly mortar attack in Turkey and the investigation into the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya reviewed.
(Studio: Brian Williams) Demonstrations in Tehran, Iran because the currency collapsed noted.
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(Golden, Colorado: Tom Brokaw) The views of undecided Colorado voters on the presidential race between President Obama and Mitt Romney featured; scenes shown from the city of Golden. [Colorado pollster Floyd CIRULI†- notes people are worried about the economy and the direction of the country.] [Golden voters Nancy Taylor MASON, Kelley Jackson CONDON††, Amy RUHL‡, John ELLIS††- talk about issues and the candidates.]
(Studio: Brian Williams) NBC coverage of the presidential debate noted.
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(New York: Robert Bazell) The deadly outbreak of meningitis possibly linked to tainted steroid injections in the spine featured; phone call alert played; map shown; figures on cases and deaths cited; details given about the recall of a steroid compound by the New England Compounding Center {NECC} near Boston. [Vanderbilt University Dr. William SCHAFFNER†- says the patients are otherwise pretty healthy.]
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(New York: Jeff Rossen) NBC investigation finding that many ionization smoke detectors don’t always work in smoldering, smoky fires featured; 911 call from Amanda Deputy††, whose children died from smoke inhalation, played; details given about the improved photoelectric detectors that give better warning. [DEPUTY – says the smoke detectors never went off.] [Texas A&M University Don RUSSELL††- says the assumption the detector will work is wrong; notes ionization detectors cost less money to make.] [Houston firefighter Brian LIEN†- says with a photoelectric his family would have time to get out.] [Consumer Product Safety Commission Arthur LEE†- says both technologies are working.]
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(Miami: Mark Potter) One more time at bat for Adam Greenberg†, whose career with the Chicago Cubs was ended when he got hit in the head his first time at bat, featured; scenes shown of him getting hit 7 years ago and at the plate now; details given about fan Matt Liston’s campaign that led to Greenberg’s one-day contract with the Miami Marlins. [GREENBERG – says he got the chance to play again.]
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