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ground. and down to the wire. a great horse in her last race. in last place to photo finish. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. president obama on day two of his ten day-day swing in asia is in new delhi india where he's been facing tough questions forced to publicly revisit last week's bruising election outcome back home the president admitted he's going to have to make some mid-course corrections when he gets back to washington and found himself having to defend american foreign policy on a highly delicate issue in india. it all happened during a surprising revealing question and answer session. the president held with local university students. lee cowan is traveling with the president and joins us from new

delhi with more, hello, lee. >> lester, more than half of india's population is under the age of 30 so the fact that the president and michelle obama spent so much time may not be too much of a surprise but he expected light questions but that didn't happen and he wasn't able to sidestep another request, to get out on the dance floor. >> reporter: for all the president's excitement about his first official visit to india, this morning he suddenly had reservations. over a plea to dance! ♪ his moves were polite and very brief. just a few seconds before he stopped dancing and started shaking hands. and that's compared to the first lady. the second day in a row seemed to take to the dance floor with ease. it was up to her to introduce the president at a sweltering town hall meeting at xavier

university and she almost dared students there to put her husband on the spot. >> i want to urge you today to ask my husband some tough questions. >> reporter: and, they did. one question or challenge the president on the u.s. relationship with pakistan. a bitter rival with india. >> why is pakistan so important to america so far as america has never called it a terroristic. >> reporter: but the president shot back with a challenge of his own. >> it may be surprising to some of you to hear me say this, but i'm absolutely convinced that the country that has the biggest stake in pakistan's success is india. >> reporter: there were even questions about his political troubles back home. the democrats thumping the mid-term elections posed a concern for one questioner but the president tried to reassure him and the nation that while the changes in foreign policy, domestically he said -- >> it requires me to make some

mid-course corrections and adjustments. and how those play themselves out over the next several months will be a matter of me being in discussions with the republican party, which is now going to be controlling the house of representatives. >> reporter: the president is now midway through his three-day trip to india flying to new delhi this afternoon and the first lady toured the gardens surrounding the tomb of the 16th century emperor before ending the night at a private dinner with india's prime minister. >> reporter: tomorrow, the president is expected to address india's parliament where, once again, the subject of pakistan and counterterrorism is sected to couple again. the next stop is indonesia but that's if conditions permit. the white house is watching the volcano in indonesia closely and they say so far no change in plans but are optimistic that the rain forecasted might help wash out the volcanic acid in the -- ash in the air that's cancelled several flights in and

out of the country. if the president cancels the trip it would be the third time in a row that indonesia has missed out on a trip by the president. >> lee, thanks. we'll talk about that now. indonesia is eager to play host to the president who lived in that country for several years when he was a boy. but for indonesians in harm's way from the big volcano, the president's schedule is the least of their concerns. we have this from london. >> reporter: it's night, mount merapi translates as "mountain of fire." a name that's most surely living up to itself this weekend. the most active volcano in the region, this is its most violent eruption in 100 years. tonight, more international flights have been cancelled, even at jakarta airport, 280 miles away. rescuers in are reaching the communities hit by the blast with heat of up to 800 degrees. the village is some eight miles from the summit covered in a

thick, white ash it's a ghost town. they search for survives, banging on the doors of houses but only the dead are left. some are so badly burned they will never be identified. those who escaped with their lives still overwhelmed the hospitals. this young man was with five families when they were caught by the burning ash and it was traveling at 60 miles an hours and they live with the threat of further eruptions because experts say there's no way of knowing how the volcano will behave next. >> each explosion will release a little bit of pressure but it may not be enough to stop the pressure that's building up. so it's -- i think it's hard to predict whether it's going to stop or not. >> tonight, many of those killed were buried in a mass grave. some in coffins, others simply in yellow body bags.

tears for loved one who is barely stood a chance. some victims found burned even as they tried to run. whole communities wait to see when they will escape the threat of this deadly volcano. and be able to breathe again. nbc news, london. haiti is still reeling tonight after hurricane tomas. it left mudslides in a country still crippled by january's earthquake. it's going to worsen the cholera epidemic which has claimed more than 500 lives. >> the mid-term elections are over but the battle to interpret the message that voters were sending has just begun. and now wonder. there's a lot at stake. for the latest, mike is at the white house. >> reporter: as republicans prepare to take control of the house they are taking a hard line on taxes and repealing the new health care law even as they disagree among each other on the best way to cut spending.

>> we'll let this chips fall where they may. >> reporter: a rising gop star warned even though voters sent democrats packing on tuesday they won't have much patience for republicans either. >> it's put up or shut-up time for our party. we lost our way the last decade, david, we did. the people expect us to do better and if the republican party wants to come back they'll have to do what they said. >> reporter: at the top of the to-do list, health care. republicans want to move quickly and scale back the next law hoping the election will bring one of their own to the white house. >> we're going to do everything we can to repeal and replace this thing and ultimately, 2013 is when it will be done the right way. >> reporter: another fight over tax cuts set to expire at year's end. president obama has signaled he is opened to a temporary extension for the wealthy. but insists that any permanent cuts be limited to the middle class. >> i want to make my priorities clear from the start. one, middle class families need permanent tax relief. >> reporter: but today, republicans insist, all the cuts

be made permanent. >> i am not for raising taxes in a recession, especially when it comes to job creators that we need so desperately to create jobs again. >> reporter: despite the high-profile tea party defeats one of their leaders took credit for tuesday's results. do you think the tea party costs the republican party control of the senate? >> that is a very silly thing to say, david. the tea party responsible for just about every republican who is elected around the country. >> reporter: but already, there are differences between gop leaders and their new tea party members. over earmarks, and special projects that many consider wasteful pork. today, the tough senate republican would not commit to a total ban. >> i'd be willing to consider it. the problem is it doesn't save money. it's an argument about discretion. >> we're not going to have earmarks so it's really silly for some senior republicans in the senate to try to block it. >> reporter: and, lester, there's some division on the other side of the aisle among house democrats. nancy pelosi's surprising decision to run for minority

leader pitted her top two lieutenants against each other for the number two spot. they spent the weekend on the phone trying to line up votes. >> thank you, mike. we haven't heard much from george w. bush since he left office almost two years ago but that's about to change. the former president has a new book out on tuesday and he spoke about it at length with "today's" matt lauer, how the president stays up on things now that he's out of washington. >> do you read a lot of newspapers? watch tv? surf the web? >> all due rb i watch no tv but i do search the web. i have a few places that feed my political curiosity. >> tell me some places, where do you go. >> i read the "wall street journal" every day and i have a ipad. i read bible, "wall street journal." and you know, i plit politico, for example. i'm -- politico.

i'm able to watch the gossip. it's like reading the box scores after a baseball game. and -- >> is it real clear politics that's got -- all political websites for the most part? >> yeah. and that's how -- >> do you like being an observer and not being in there, the guy in there mixing it up? >> absolutely. i have zero desire to mix it up. >> more of the interview on a special program "decision points" a conversation with george w. bush tomorrow night at 8:00, 7:00 central. and the former president will appear live on "the today show" this wednesday morning. it was a nice day for a run here in town today. the 41st running of the new york city marathon. more than 45,000 started the race. the first to finish of ethiopia completed the 26 mile course in 2:08.14. and the fastest, kenya at 2:28.20. the estimated 2 million

spectators watching the marathon got to see another winner. a man that spent much of his summer trapped a half mile underground. that story tonight from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: 12 miles in and looking good. triumph wasn't only at the finish line it was just being at the race at all. >> hitting those high-fooifs so many time your hands get blistered. he ran in the bright sush of the marathon, less than a month after being rescued from a half mile beneath the chilean desert. he ran as many as six miles a day in miss mining boots to stay in shape physically and mentally and in between, he sang elvis songs ♪ return to sender ♪ address unknown >> reporter: with a record 43,000 competitors today, there were plenty of stories. in the wheelchair division,

david wear. he won by two seconds. among the women, chile was second in the first marathon, the best finish by an american woman since 1990. >> what's lined up next? >> a nice trip to hawaii, a burger and a beer. >> and others ran for charities. one of them, ethan, a cancer survivor. >> it feels incredible to run here. >> reporter: but it was the rescued miner who seemed to be the favorite of spectators and competitors. after 16 miles, he slowed to a walk and then stopped for medical attention. he returned to the course as his knees were wrapped in ice. >> in the spirit of the race he'll get to the finish line. >> reporter: which is what he did, breaking into a run for the final few minutes, completing two feats of endurance. one below ground and the other on it. john yang, nbc news, new york. when nbc "nightly news" continues this sunday night, a

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in sports, the names of the also rans. the second-play finish is are often quickly forgotten but that will likely not be the case for zenyatta, who stood to finish her career unbeaten. they say you can't win them all but as george lewis reports this horse almost did and we mean "almost." zenyatta, at churchill downs in kentucky, trying to cement her legacy in a historic spot. trevor denman with the call. >> from the churchill downs

crowd, zenyatta is in if back. >> reporter: running true to form zenyatta starts running slowly, too slowly for her jockey. >> she has to be a good 18 or 20 lengths off the leader. >> reporter: so many times before, zenyatta put out a light burst of speed to win. could she do it again? zenyatta on the grand stand and she's now coming with a run. >> reporter: and run, she did. trying to catch up with a horse named blame. >> zenyatta, zenyatta and she turns and zenyatta has won it! >> reporter: a photo finish. zenyatta, unable to pull ahead in time. >> she didn't find her natural stride until midway through the race and it took her out of the even her come-from-behind style. >> reporter: after the race, jockey mike smith was in tears.

>> it hurts more -- more than i can explain. >> as for zenyatta, she heads back to her barn at hollywood park racetrack in los angeles. her owners, not exactly closing the door on her career just yet. >> she's tough. she loves what she's doing and they love the sport. so i wouldn't be at all surprised with any decision that's made. >> reporter: leaving opened the possibility that a horse that's attracted legions of new fans to racing might just run again. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. coming up next, football night in america. followed by nbc's sunday night football. the cowboys versus the packers. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. brian williams been here tomorrow night. from all of us at nbc news, good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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