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Good evening. The Government Shutdown ended today, having ended with a whimper in the dark of night with members of congress leaving town to head home and face their constituents. The deal funds the government until january 15. It raises the debt limit until february 7. And the 16day Government Shutdown caused grave damage beyond the erosion of remaining faith and elected officials, beyond the damage to u. S. Prestige, it hurt a lot of americans, some of whom cant ever recover what they lost. Politically, its widely agreed to have been a big loss and selfinflicted wound mostly for the Republican Party. We have it all covered tonight, beginning with the cost. Our report from nbcs stephanie gosk. Reporter the barricades that triggered outrage at the world war ii memorial in washington were removed today. Combat ....
Brian williams. Good evening, im ann curry in for brian who is still in the air after reporting in south africa. And we begin with stunning new details. Were learning for the first time about what may have contributed to a plane yash in San Francisco last july. Now expert witnesses say it may have been an example of a pilot relying too much on computers. Its what they call ought make addiction. Nbcs tom costello has been following this closely and joins us with details. Reporter this was a veteran airbus pilot at the controls of a boeing triple 7. He may not have understand with his superior in the cockpit, they didnt real ease they were flying 40 Miles Per Hour too slow and didnt take action until just seconds before the crash when it was too late. From the ntsb, new video showing the plane crashing into the sea wall, cartwheeling around and slamming onto the runway. We offer ....
Companions. Neat nightly news begins now. Its been a long time, and its a far cry from the speech by president john f. Kennedy challenging americans to conquer space, which we did by the way in short order. These days our astronauts ride to space on board russian spacecraft. And they make up part of the crew of the space station. Theres a problem on board. One of two crucial pumps has blown. Theyre running on backup. It will take three spacewalks to fix it. The problem is, during the last spacewalk, an astronauts helmet filled with water. So today, nasa said the astronauts will wear snorkels along with exor ents pads to make sure they dont drown. They think they know why the astronauts helmet filled with water last july. Now theyve cut some rubber tubing to make sure and have snorkels for astronauts. On board today, they were inspecting the space suits theyll be wearing for saturdays mission. One of those suits will be the one worn by the italian astronaut last july when he nearly drow ....
Good evening. This was the day congress got to ask the Health Secretary some questions about how it is the rollout of the Health Care Website went so wrong. She said the buck stops with her, but that may not be enough for everybody. With each new day we learn of new frustrations with the system and americans are learning what it really means for them. Were going to begin with two reports, including our National Correspondent over concerns of the security. Reporter this was a day of aggressive questioning. The president s top official for the rollout of the Health Care Law vowed to get it right and said in just another 30 days, the persistent problems weve seen will be fixed. Secretary sebelius says no need for an extension. There will be plenty of ti ....
Williams. Its plainly visible on the currency we use. It says in god we trust. But even before this nation was a nation, the founders puzzled over a dilemma thats still a dilemma today. How much separation should there be between the government and religion. Prayer, said in public at things like town meetings our justice correspondent at the court for us tonight. Reporter nearly every government body in america opens its meetings with a prafrm the question for the justices, when does that go too far and violate the separation of church and state. Its the way cities and towns have opened Public Meetings for hundreds of years in a country with god on its currency, Something Like a prayer brings the Supreme Court to order. God save the United States and this honorable c ....