Vanderbilt Television News Archive

NBC Evening News for 2016-08-17

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction Lester Holt (Rio de Janeiro)

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  05:30:20 pm — 05:31:20 pm

• Brazil / Olympic Games / Robbery

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  05:31:20 pm — 05:34:20 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Rio de Janeiro: Miguel Almaguer) Questions about the robbery of 4 American swimmers, including Ryan Lochte, at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics examined; details given about the order to seize the passports of Lochte and teammate Jimmy Feigen†† over inconsistencies in their stories; surveillance video shown of Lochte, Feigen, Jack Conger†† and Gunnar Bentz††; statement from the USOC quoted. [LOCHTE - describes what happened.]

• West / Wildfires

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  05:34:20 pm — 05:36:50 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) The spreading wildfires in California introduced; scenes shown from Phelan.

  (Phelan, California: Jo Ling Kent) The effort to stop the advance of the Blue Cut fire featured; scenes shown from San Bernardino County; map shown; details given about the destruction of the Route 66 landmark Summit Inn. [MAN, incident commander Mike WAKOWSKI†, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMAHON†, San Bernardino County Fire Chief Mark HARTWIG†, WOMAN, resident Carol HILL‡- comment.]

• Decision 2016 / Clinton vs Trump

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  05:36:50 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (New York: Katy Tur) The shake-up in Donald Trump's campaign staff with Breitbart News head Stephen Bannon† taking over as CEO and Kellyanne Conway becoming campaign manager featured. [TRUMP, NBC News/MSNBC political analyst Charlie SYKES†- comment.] [Hillary CLINTON – says Trump has shown us who he really is.]

  (New York: Hallie Jackson) Trump’s first intelligence briefing tonight previewed. [TRUMP, NBC News national security analyst Juan ZARATE†- comment.]

• South / Flooding

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:42:10 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Estherwood, Louisiana: Gabe Gutierrez) The flooding disaster in the South updated; scenes shown from Estherwood and Denham Springs, Louisiana; map shown. [Homeowner Blaine KOCH‡, flood victim Tyler McCLEARY†- comment.]

• Medicine / Thyroid Cancer

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  05:42:10 pm — 05:44:00 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) The tripling of the number of thyroid cancer cases noted.

  (New York: John Torres) A report claiming most thyroid cancers don’t need to be treated right away because they are not life-threatening examined; details given about the harshness of the treatments. [Patient Megan SODANO‡, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Dr. Luc MORRIS†- comment.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Safelite; Alka-Seltzer; Cosequin; Xeljanz; “Today.”

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  05:44:00 pm — 05:46:50 pm

• Brazil / Olympic Games / Shields

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  05:46:50 pm — 05:49:30 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Flint, Michigan: Ron Mott) American boxer Claressa Shields†† profiled; details given about her childhood; scenes shown of her former home in Flint and her gold medal match in London in 2012 at age 17. [SHIELDS, former boxer Laila ALI††, sister Briana SHIELDS††– comment.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Humana; Salonpas; Servpro; MD Anderson Cancer Centers; Prilosec; Prevagen; Ford; Ascend.

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  05:49:30 pm — 05:52:40 pm

• Hiller Death

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  05:52:40 pm — 05:53:10 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) The death of film director Arthur Hiller reported; film clips shown.

• Brazil / Olympic Games

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  05:53:10 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) The loss for American beach volleyball players Kerri Walsh-Jennings & April Ross reported.

• Brazil / Olympic Games

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:54:00 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) The show of sportsmanship when American runner Abbey D'Agostino† and New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin†† helped each other up after colliding and then finished their race; scenes shown. [D’AGOSTINO – comments.]

• Upcoming Items & COMMERCIALS: Lyrica; Pepto-Bismol; Cosequin; Claritin; Cialis; Channel 4 News.

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  05:54:00 pm — 05:57:00 pm

• Brazil / Olympic Games

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:58:50 pm

  (Rio de Janeiro: Lester Holt) Report introduced.

  (Rio de Janeiro: Stephanie Gosk) The surprise for gymnast Simone Biles when she met her celebrity crush, actor Zac Efron, after her performance at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro reviewed; “Today” show footage shown. [BILES – comments.]

• Good Night

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  05:58:50 pm — 05:58:50 pm