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remembering a giant in journalism and politics. william sapphire dead tonight at 79. good evening. we begin with a story tonight that proves the lodge arm of the law has a long memory, and today it reechled out across the atlantic to bris to juts today his life as an international fugitive lives in plain sight came ton end in switzerland. tom aspell has the report. >> reporter: roman polanski, revered director, rich, famous and totally at home on a red carpet. tonight he was to be the guest of honor at the zurich film

festival but instead he's in a jis jail facing extradition to the united states. >> he's always had to worry about just this possibility happening because he's obviously aware that there seems some vendetta against him. >> reporter: he made some of the defining films of the 1960s in poland and britain, then moved to hollywood to make "rosemary's ba baby" in 1968. it's still considered one of the darkest of horror movies. a year later his wife, t actress sharon tate, was murdered by cult followers of charles manson. she was eight months pregnant. his fans doub doubted his ability to recover, but he came back with china town in 1974 and a brief appearance alongside jack nicholson. shortly after that he was a fugitive from justice. >> do you know what happens to noisy fellas?

>> never dreamed of finding myself on the other side of the law. >> reporter: in 1977 poland ski was arrested and allowed to plead guilty to having unlawful sex with 13-year-old samantha ghali. claims the jug reneged?)s? on a sentencing deal. he receive aid director oscar for his 2003 film the pie nis. he couldn't go to california so his friend harrison ford traveled abroad to present it. u.s. justice hadn't forget. the los angeles district attorney's office informed swiss police he was expected in zurich this weekend. >> he's not a swiss citizen. so this case will turn on swiss law and how they will interpret what happened in the proceedings back in the u.s. >> reporter: he's being held in jail while the u.s. has 60 days to file for his extradition.

he has the right to contest his detention and any extradition decision in a swiss court. tom aspell, nbc news, london. now to difficult foreign policy challenges for the white house in the week ahead. they concern the nuclear threat from iran which today laurnlged missiles in another act of defiance and the debate over sending more american troops to afghanistan. we're at the white house tonight with the latest. mike. >> reporter: good evening. american officials are demanding unfettered access to iranian nuclear siths and threaten to impose severe sanctions if iran won't comply. today a show of defiance from iran, test launching mid-range missiles just two days after their secret nuclear plant was exposed to the world. the launch drew little reaction om washington, where officials say sufficienter sanctions are the best way to force iran to come clean. >> the reality is there is no military option that does anything more than buy time. >> reporter: but the war in

neighboring afghanistan, where insurgts are on the offensive, and the u.s.-backed government is accused of rampant corruption and vote rigging is at the top of the president's agenda. >> it's important that we examine our strategies to make sure they can deliver on preventing al qaeda from establishing safe havens. >> reporter: now the president faces the question of whether to send in more troops. as mr. obama's top general in afghanistan, stanley mcchrystal, has delivered a new review to include a call for 30,000 to 40,000 additional u.s. forces. but members of the president's own party are wary. >> are you going to say we're going to be responsible for putting in a viable national government in a country that really has never had one? >> reporter: republicans say if an iraq-style surge worked once, it can work in afghanistan. warn of daster if mccrystal doesn't send the troops he

wants. >> we'll lose. the taliban will be stronger than they were before. the moderates in afghanistan will go back in hiding or get killed. >> reporter: today the defense secretary says he has the mcchrystal report but has yet to show it to the president. >> i'm going to sit on it until i think or the president thinks it's appropriate to bring that into the discussion of the national security principles. >> reporter: meanwhile, mr. oba has reached out to john mccain, yesterday calling his former rival to talk about the way forward. >> the base of his party, americans are wary, understandably they're wary, and it's a very difficult decision for him. >> reporter: lester, general mcchrystal along with general petraeus and secretaries gates and clinton be here tuesday for a big meeting on afghanistan in the white house situation room. aids say a new strategy will number place. some frightening images from the philippines today as people were swept away. more than 100 are dead or missing. others struggled through the

waters to save and others were rescued by boats orel kopts. it was the result of a tropical storm that dumped nearly 17 inches of rain on the northern philippines in a 12-hour period. it triggered mudslides. the capital of manila was among the hardest areas hit. an estimated 300,000 have been displaced by the storm. in the meantime a cleanup is now in full swing in georgia after last week's devastating storms and flooding. damage is now estimated at a half a billion dollars. we get the latest from ron mott in georgia. >> reporter: on an otherwise beautiful fall sunday in this atlanta suburb, joyce ray and her family, like most in this neighborhood, sweated through an ugly to-do list. gutting the house piece by smelley, sopy piece. >> it is very depressing and shocking and everything. >> reporter: their community, among the many that flooded this week, is perhaps in worse shape of all with some homes swallowed

by ten feet of water or more. the cleanup effort has been nonstop and overwhelming. >> just losing everything. it's just traumatic. i mean, i know it's replaceable, but at this point you have -- we have no place to go. >> reporter: last monday the only place water seemed to go was up. >> it looks like the fire trucks were washed away. >> reporter: not high enough to keep one house from burning down but deadly enough to claim ten lives. it also gave larry cupp quite a scare. >> it kept coming up and up. >> reporter: georgia's insurance commissioner estimates property loss at half a billion dollars. this small town was particularly hard hit. as many as 2,000 people are homeless tonight, a third of the entire population of the town. still residents speak of rebuilding and restarting their lives no matter the mountain of hard work ahead so long as help is around. >> i'm"ym'y blessed. god came through and put people

around me that care about me. i'm always there for them when they need it, too. that's the key. good karma will go a long way. >> a long way to go together. ron mott, nk8um news, georgia. on the money tonight, some important new numbers to watch this week that could determine whether wall street continues the rally, which has kept the dow soang up nearly 50% from its marlch lows. what are the key in numbers to watch sharon? >> this week the markets will focus on a number of economic reports, the most closely watched on friday with the labor department september employment report. investors are very concerned about job losses because of the impact on the economy and particularly on consumer spending. the unemployment rate hit 9.7% in august and is expected to tick up closer to 10% this month. but the good news is the pace of job losses has been declining. 741,000 jobs were lost in

january of this year, compared to 216,000 in august. now, economists forecast the job losses will in come in under 200,000 for september. on the home front a widely watched price index comes out on tuesday and may offer another sign of recovery, but if it shows home prices continue to rise, the question remains whether that rise hinges on the first time home buyer's tax credit that expires december 1st. the markets are optimistic about manufacturing. one key measure is improvi and traders and investors want to see that growth continue. we're going to get the latest numbers there on thursday. but on the flipside, analysts are bracing for perhaps more bad news when it comes to auto sales, which also come out on thursday. u.s. sales topped 14 million in august thanks to the widely successful cash for clungers program, but now that the program has ended the sales plunge to 9 million vehicles. that's the worst level of the year, lester. william safire the long time

columnist and student of the english lexicon died today. in an age of talking heads and political pundits, no one quite found the right words like safire. he took little at face value. not the people he wrote about or the words he used to describe them. for more than 30 years he was a conservative voice at a left-leaning op ed page. his analysis was sharp and sophisticated. >> the attempt is to make anybody that disagrees with a president a bomb throwing nut. >> his legendary turn of phrase was a source of amusement and scorn, as when he once called hillary clinton a congenital openly wish he could punch him in the nose. william safire was a college dropout, but he had a natural gift with words and the english language. in 1959 as a p.r. man he organized vice president richard nixon's so-called tich table

debate with the soviet union. much later it was safire that gave us the famous phrase nattering nay bombs of negati negativi negativism. his key insight earned him a presidential medal of freedom in 2006. it made him a frequent guest on "meet the press." >> it was quite a moment, and you do get to bring your whole family. >> the deep respect he earned in washington was a far cry from 1973 when he joined the times and was resented as a nixon apoll gist. by 1978 he took home a pult zero for commentary. his last op ed column was entitled "never retire," and in fact he did. his popular magazine feature on language, a dissection of the words and frass we use and misuse, continues right up until just this month. but in describing his job,

safire always had just one word, pundit. william safire died of pancreatic cancer. he was 79. >> familieses forced to camp out in hard times still finding light to be thankful for. later making music on the world stage and making a difference by helping children make music all their own.

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like everybody else, but i've grown to live with it because my dad doesn't have a really good job to be able to afford a house. >> reporter: what's long been an overnight rest stop for wary travelers is now a neighborhood of young families. >> we went from a $250,000 to a $386 tent we take camping. >> reporter: with four childrens ages 2 to 17 they live minutes away in this house until his contracting work dried up. to keep the kids in the same schools, they came here. even with the recent addition of a small camper, they are literally living on top of each other. it's a scene being played out across the country, as camp grounds, rv parks and even national parks are becoming permanent homes. park stays are longer than ever and even in recession business is up 5% over last year. >> it was a lot of just

adjustments. going to the bathroom 75 feet away because it's in a totally parate building. >> reporter: hardship delivered the unexpected. >> you all right? okay. >> reporter: a sense of community they've never known. >> don't get me wrong. i long to be back in a home. but you have so many people that are kind of in the same boat, that they look out for each other, you know. >> reporter: from donated school supplies to the den of family life, it's not perfect, but it's hope. >> i'm hoping that i'll at least be in a house, but if not i'd rather stay here. >> reporter: recession's new neighborhoods as families wait out tough times. janet shamlian, n news, tennessee. up next tonight, attention air travelers. get ready for another new fee. she wants to make up.

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we turn now to the skies, and soaring airline fees. major airlines have found yet another fee to tack on, and this one hits travelers where it hurts and when it hurts, the holidays. jeff rossen has the details. >> reporter: thanksgiving is coming. that means christmas and new year's aren't far behind, but before you celebrate, the airlines are ready to collect. they're targeting holiday travelers. american airlines, united, delta and northwest and u.s. air ways charge $10 extra to fly on the sunday after thanksgiving and the weekend after new year's. >> another way and another scheme to continue to pump money out of the consumer. >> it's never-ending. >> reporter: fares are dropping. the surcharges are skyrocketing. at this time last year the

airlines collected $2.3 billion in fees alone. this year it spiked more than 50% to 3.8 billion. >> it's a flyer beware. their mission is to show you rock bottom prices. and then they're hoping that once you do that, you get the air travel fever. >> reporter: customers complain the fees are hidden. you book a flight and the fare seems reasonable and you get to the total fris and the cost has jumped. that's before you even get to the airport and pay those checked baggage fees. z >> all of a sudden we say what the heck just happened? >> reporter: most airlines charge $15 to $20 for the first checked bag. jeft blue and virgin america charge $30 for a preferred seat and british airways will charge about $60 just to select a seat well in advance. >> they put a flag up after i gave them my credit card and

said more seats were taken, and therefore your flight is now $50 more. >> reporter: there is a bright spot. customer complaints are actually down this year. but at what cost? jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. michael vick played his first nfl regular season game in more than two years today, but he saw limited action. he ran once for search yards and through two incomplete passes as his eagles routed the kansas city chiefs 34-14. he was released from prison in may after serving 18 months for his involvement in a dogfighting ring. she overcame tragedy to realize her dream, and she is now trying to help others realize theirs. my name is herb. i live in northport, alabama. i'm semi retired and i'm here to tell a story. my parents all smoked. my grandparents smoked. i've been a long-time smoker.

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virtueso. >> i believe that classical music uplifts us. >> reporter: she began playing the violin at three and by 10 was performing with the chicago symphony orchestra. she was destined for stardom, but tragedy intervened. in the winter of 1995, barton just 20 was thrown under the wheels a chicago train after her strap of her violin case became caught in the doors. she lost a leg and nearly lost her life. >> i was transported to a place you would have to call it a near-death experience, and i really had the choice to either stay there or come back. i knew i wanted to come back, because i knew that there was so many things that i still wanted to accomplish with my life. >> reporter: with more than 40 surgeries, it's been a long and painful recovery. >> gosh, if somebody had told me 14 years ago that 14 years later they wouldn't have quite finished putting me back to together, i would have said you've got to be kidding. that's not possible.

>> reporter: in the years since barton pine has not only rebuilt her career reporting 15 critically acclaimed albums. she dedicated thers to new musicians. in 2001 barton pine who grew up poor created a foundation to assist underprivileged performers, loaning high quality instruments and financial assistance. >> i knew i couldn't repay those that helped me, but i dreamed to be able to help other students in similar circumstances. >> reporter: she's expanded her effort overseas providing basic musical supplies in developing countries like haiti and ghana. >> this music speaks so deeply to them they're willing to go through great hardships in order to play the music. >> reporter: she also reaches out to schools in an effort to inspire. >> they realizes that classical music has to get over itself, has to get off the stuffy image, has to get out there where the

people leave. >> reporter: bartonine says despite her injuries she's achieved her goal >> my dreams have come true. i'm playing the music i love and traveling around the world sharing music with people and learning more new music every day. >> reporter: a dream nearly lost now fulfilled. peter alexander, nbc news, chicago. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. stay tuned next for "football night in america" followed by nbc's "sunday night football." the indianapolis colts take on the arizona cardinals. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. brian williams will be here tomorrow. from all of us here at "nbc tomorrow. from all of us here at "nbc nightly news," good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com