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NBC Evening News for 2016-05-17

This program is 30 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction

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  12:00:16 am — 12:01:16 am

  Tonight crisis mode urgent help now being deployed with the TSA overwhelmed by swelling lines and some passengers now being told get to the airport three hours earlier. What the TSA chief is saying tonight moments before disaster. Disturbing new details on what investigators say happened to the man at the controls right before that deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia. Death threats and chaos as Bernie Sanders supporters fight for delegates and cry foul. Fueling fears of pandemonium at the D...

• Atlanta / Peter Neffenger / American Airlines / TSA

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  12:01:16 am — 12:03:51 am

  Good evening. Urgent help is on the way for travelers at one of the nation's busiest airports. tonight and after hundreds missed their flights on Sunday because of understaffed TSA checkpoints and very long lines. Today the head of the TSA apologized to passengers affected by the bottleneck at Chicago's O'Hare Airport and dispatched a crisis team to get things moving increasingly long waits at security checkpoints across the country have caused tens of thousands to miss flights this year and the...

• North Philly / Amtrak / Brandon Bostian / NTSB

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  12:03:52 am — 12:05:57 am

  Tonight disturbing new details on the news we first told you about here last night a little more than a year since that deadly Amtrak disaster outside of Philadelphia. The NTSB today issued a final judgment on the cause. Much like distractions on the road investigators say the train's engineer was also distracted by radio traffic and the automatic braking technology that could have prevented the accident is still not in place on 80 percent of the nation's passenger tracks. Here's NBC Tom Costell...

• Kentucky / Roberta Lange / Bill Clinton / Hillary Clinton

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  12:05:57 am — 12:08:35 am

  Let's turn now to the 2016 race. Hillary Clinton's lead in the general election slipping in our NBC News survey monkey poll to just three points over Donald Trump since last week. But there's much drama over Clinton's other opponent tonight Bernie Sanders after Nevada's Democratic convention erupted in chaos over the weekend as our Andrea Mitchell explains his supporters are accused of violent outbursts and now death threats. Chaos in Vegas. Angry Bernie Sanders supporters at the Democratic Part...

• Texas /

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  12:08:35 am — 12:08:53 am

  Another potentially violent night of weather for millions of the South and Southwest. A funnel cloud was spotted in Vero Beach Florida this evening as storms dropped more than nine inches of rain triggering flash flooding. Powerful storms will hammer Texas into the night with more flooding hail and tornadoes possible....

• Beijing / Allyson Felix / Allison Felix / Alan Abrahamson

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  12:08:54 am — 12:11:00 am

  Now to a new Olympic bombshell word of yet another alleged doping scandal. This time the suspected cheats come from 12 different countries. The International Olympic Committee accusing at least 31 athletes. The IOC says the positive test results come from retesting samples from the Beijing Games. And the question tonight could some of the athletes preparing for Rio be banned from those games. Our national correspondent Miguel Almaguer has details. Tonight in a major doping crackdown stretching b...

• U.S. / Fred Gould / Scott Faber / National Academy of Sciences

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  12:11:00 am — 12:12:55 am

  There's big news tonight for everyone concerned about what's in our food especially genetically modified foods are known as GMO as are a lot of what Americans eat. Though you may not even know it but a brand new study seeks to put minds at ease over GMOs declaring them safe to have on our plates and in our environment. NBC is Rehema Ellis has more. Food with genetically modified ingredients is in almost every aisle of the grocery store from cereal to soups to bread. But since the day GMOs hit th...

• Santa Barbara /

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  12:12:56 am — 12:13:22 am

  California grand jury has indicted an oil pipeline company and one of its employees in connection with a pipeline break that spilled more than a hundred thousand gallons of crude oil along the Santa Barbara coast last year closing beaches and killing over 100 hundred animals Plains All American Pipeline says the indictment contains 46 charges of state law violations. The company says it was an accident and there was no criminal behavior,....

• Baghdad / ISIS / ISIL / U.S. Navy

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  12:13:23 am — 12:14:58 am

  Series of ISIS bombings has made this one of the most violent days of the year so far in Iraq's capital. At least 76 people were killed in three separate bombings across Baghdad. It comes as American troops get closer than ever to the front lines against ISIS in Iraq. We get more from NBC's Bill Neely bloodshed in Baghdad. A wave of ISIS bombers striking outdoor market center restaurants soft targets. Scores killed. Concrete blast walls didn't protect the shoppers from the female suicide bomber ...

• Commercial

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  12:14:59 am — 12:15:15 am

  There is a lot more ahead for us here tonight. Don't get burned this summer by your sunscreen. A surprising number may not protect as advertised. We'll tell you which ones have come under question how to protect yourself and your family. Also caught on camera What is lighting up the night sky....

• Commercial: Rodgers Potter / USAA

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  12:15:19 am — 12:15:49 am

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• Commercial: ClaireiSpra / ClariSpray / Claritin

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  12:15:49 am — 12:16:03 am

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• Commercial: Nexium 24 hour

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  12:16:04 am — 12:16:19 am

  Nexium 24 hour introduces new easy to swallow tablets. So now there are more ways for more people to experience complete protection from FREQUENT HEARTBURN Nexium 24 hour that easy to swallow. tablet is here....

• Commercial: Bayer

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  12:16:19 am — 12:16:33 am

  With the right steps. 80 percent of recurrent ischemic strokes could be prevented and I'm doing all I can to help prevent another one. A Bayer aspirin regimen is one of those steps in helping prevent another stroke. Be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen....

• Commercial: Flonase

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  12:16:34 am — 12:16:48 am

  Moments are beautiful unless you have allergies. Flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve both itchy watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. Go ahead embrace those beautiful moments Flonase changes everything....

• Commercial

  #1175863

  12:16:49 am — 12:17:17 am

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• Commercial

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  12:17:20 am — 12:17:30 am

  NBC begins a new program called today you feel better than you had a chance to be something that hopefully can give you enough to stay with you for a long time. {Today]....

• Commercial

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  12:17:34 am — 12:17:50 am

  Friday I can't let it go and I won't let it go. A story that needs to be told. Fighting and determined to think I'm going to walk away. took a loan. [Dateline]....

• California / Rebecca Bryant / Jessica Krantz / CVS

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  12:17:50 am — 12:20:00 am

  The American Academy of Dermatology says that sunscreen with an SPF of 30 blocks 90 percent of the sun's rays protecting you from cancer. If you apply it correctly and often enough. But tonight Consumer Reports says they found that many of the sunscreens on the market aren't doing the job as well as they claim. So how do you know which labels you can trust. As we head into summer here's NBC's Morgan Radford. In California today Rebecca Bryant and her two kids are relying on sunscreen to have a l...

• Commercial

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  12:20:01 am — 12:20:03 am

  We're back in a moment with history being made in the military....

• Commercial

  #1175868

  12:20:09 am — 12:20:38 am

  We've been together since 2012. Dinner is absolutely our favorite time together. I do notice that sometimes a better than her I get my healthy bowl of Beneful and she eats a cheese stick and a cracker. That's what she ate last night. Cheese chicken a cracker. Can you believe what some people put in their bodies. Beneful originals is a healthy blend your dog will love with whole grains real beef and accents of vegetables bountiful healthy with a side of happy....

• Commercial

  #1175869

  12:20:38 am — 12:20:53 am

  I've got allergies. I'm doing just fine. Claritin provides 24 hour relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 allergies. Yeah over 200 allergies. The flares in my allergies still come between me and the three live Claritin clear....

• Commercial: Prevagen

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  12:20:53 am — 12:21:07 am

  Your brain changes as you get older but Prevagen hopes your brain with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish in clinical trials Prevagen has been shown to improve short term memory. Prevagen. The name to remember....

• Commercial: Alka Seltzer

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  12:21:09 am — 12:21:23 am

  Her friend. Sorry. Now I'm no burning here trying new Alka Seltzer heartburn relief gummies. They work fast and don't taste chalky terrible tasty. You don't have happened you Alka Seltzer heartburn relief gummies. Enjoy the relief....

• Commercial: ELIQUIS ELIQUIS / Eliquis / DeVita

  #1175872

  12:21:23 am — 12:22:36 am

  I had so many thoughts once I left the hospital after a TvT blood clot. What about my wife. What we're building together. And could this happen again. I was given warfarin in the hospital but wondered was this the best treatment for me. I spoke to my doctor and she told me about ELIQUIS ELIQUIS treats TvT and P blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does Eliquis treat TvT and P blood clots but Eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatm...

• Commercial: Ascend

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  12:22:39 am — 12:23:03 am

  What if you could keep an eye on your finances whether you're at the butcher the baker or the soy latte maker at a. We offer online bill pay remote deposit and other services so you can take your accounts with you and every transaction is safe and secure. Stay on the go with Ascend's e servicesrvices and see what's possible....

• New Jersey / Portland Police Department

  #1175874

  12:23:10 am — 12:23:35 am

  A lot of stunned people across the northeast late last night wondering what in the world that was streaking across the sky hundreds of sightings of a fireball from New Jersey all the way to Canada. The Portland Police Department joked and I'm quoting here The meteor or alien spaceship was caught on camera at approximately 0 0 50 hours. Let's hope the visitors are friendly. They said. For the record it was a meeor....

• Italy / James Gandolfini

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  12:23:36 am — 12:23:58 am

  A disturbing story tonight from Italy involving a paramedic who rushed Sopranos star James Gandolfini to the hospital the day he died of a massive heart attack. At a hearing today prosecutors accused the paramedic of stealing Gandolfini's Rolex watch either from his hotel room or right off his wrist as he lay dying three years ago. The judge delayed the start of the trial until November....

• Guantanamo Bay / Eric Fanning / Senate / U.S.

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  12:23:59 am — 12:24:15 am

  History has been made with the confirmation of the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service. The Senate today confirmed Eric Fanning as Army secretary he was nominated eight months ago and he was held up in dispute over closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay....

• Commercial

  #1175877

  12:24:16 am — 12:24:23 am

  Up next here tonight what happens to tributes left behind for fallen heroes. We'll go inside a vault of memories....

• Commercial: Restasis

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  12:24:26 am — 12:25:10 am

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• Commercial: K9 Advantix II / Advantix II.

  #1175879

  12:25:16 am — 12:25:25 am

  Do you. More than just a pet to protect them with K9 Advantix II to it kills fleas ticks and mosquitoes. K( Advantix II. For the love of dog....

• Commercial: Tums

  #1175880

  12:25:32 am — 12:25:41 am

  Fight hard burn fast. With Tums do we delight the mouth watering soft chew that goes to work in seconds to conquer heartburn fast on chewy delights only from Tums....

• Commercial

  #1175881

  12:25:44 am — 12:25:55 am

  Same time tomorrow new Dr. Scholl's stimulating step insoles they massage key pressure points with each step for all day. Comfort to keep you feeling more energy. It's got skills. New Dr. Scholl's stimulating step insoles....

• Commercial: Trivago

  #1175882

  12:25:57 am — 12:26:10 am

  You think you've already found your ideal hotel well before you book check on Trivago to see whether you can book it somewhere else or an even better. Hotel Trivago....

• Commercial: Miralax

  #1175883

  12:26:13 am — 12:26:25 am

  It's easy to love your laxative when that lacks loves your body back. Only Miralax hydrates eases and softens to one block naturally. So you have peace of mind from start to finish. Love your laxative Miralax....

• Commercial: Liberty Mutual Insurance

  #1175884

  12:26:26 am — 12:26:55 am

  You both have a perfect driving record perfect no tickets no accidents that is until one of you clips the food truck ruining your perfect record. Yeah. No. You think your insurance company would cut you some slack right. No. Your insurance rates go through the roof. Your perfect record doesn't get you anything anything. Perfect. For drivers with accident forgiveness Liberty Mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. See car insurance and a whole new light. Liberty Mutual Insurance...

• Commercial: Guy Clark

  #1175885

  12:26:56 am — 12:27:14 am

  Tonight at 6:00 remembering music legend Hall of Fame songwriter Guy Clark has passed away. I think a very special artist and a Belmont student and his brother arrested for setting off bombs last year. The story says NBC. [Local News 5]....

• Vietnam / Peter Printner / Janet Donlin / National Park Service

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  12:27:14 am — 12:29:19 am

  Finally tonight a rare look inside a place where memories of fallen American heroes live on every day. Tributes are at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in our nation's capital. And while they are left behind they are not lost. They end up in a vault for safekeeping. And our Kevin Tibbles takes us inside. The things we carry to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Respect honor. Heavy hearts. But many who visit this solemn black wall with its 58000 names often leave something behind a memento their family...

• Good Night

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  12:29:20 am — 12:29:24 am

  And that's going to do it for us on a Tuesday night on Lester Holt. Thank you for watching and goodnight....