Video: How to survive a plane crash
A jetliner overshot its runway in Guyana and crashed, but everyone survived. Investigators are looking to find out not only what went wrong, but also what went right and kept people alive. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports. (Nightly News)
| Video: Don didn't drop enough to end drought
Parts of Texas are getting relief thanks to Tropical Storm Don, but experts say it won't be enough to break the state's devastating drought. NBC's Charles Hadlock reports. (Nightly News)
| Video: How do you make a deal in 72 hours?
After days of political back-and-forth, lawmakers need to find a deal before Monday's debt deadline. NBC's Lester Holt asks NBC's Chuck Todd how that might happen. (Nightly News)
| Video: Soldiers anxious over debt debate
In Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff got lots of questions from anxious soldiers about whether they'll be paid. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (Nightly News)
| Video: Capitol countdown on debt crisis
The House and Senate traded shots Saturday as the clock ticks down to a possible default and members scrambled to weekend strategy sessions. NBC's Luke Russert reports. (Nightly News)
| Video: Man riding shark video goes viral
A Massachusetts man who jumped from a boat onto a shark not known as a man-eater tells TODAYâs Lester Holt he âhad toâ do it, but quickly feared that there might be great white sharks around and swam back to the boat âlike Michael Phelps.â (TODAY)
| Video: DNA experts testify in Knox case
Prosecutors in Italy got their chance this week to cross examine DNA experts who testified that no genetic material was found on a knife that would tie American Amanda Knox to the 2007 stabbing death of her British roommate. NBCâs Keith Miller reports from Perugia. (TODAY)
| Video: 35 years later, âSon of Samâ repentant
David Berkowitz, the postal worker who terrorized New York City with a .44-caliber pistol and taunting letters to the tabloid press in 1976 and â77, writes from prison that he lives âin anguishâ over the killing spree and wishes he could undo what he did. TODAYâs Lester Holt reports. (TODAY)
| Video: Despite âDon,â Texas drought continues
Tropical Storm Don disappointed folks in Texas, who were hoping for a good soaking of rain after nine months of drought that is ruining crops and wreaking other havoc. NBCâs Janet Shamlian reports from Houston. (TODAY)
| Video: Rachelâs cause inspires thousands to give
Nine-year-old Rachel Beckwith turned down birthday presents so she could raise money for clean drinking water instead. Beckwith died in a car crash recently, but Charity: Water continues to receive donations in her name. Lee Cowan reports. (Nightly News)
| Video: âLife in a Day,â featuring you
âLife in a Dayâ is a documentary project that started last year when Hollywood heavyweights Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald invited everyone to videotape whatever was going on in their lives, wherever they were, and submit it. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo has more. (Nightly News)
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