. >> reporter: but that is exactly what nancy smith was accused of in the spring of 1993. >> it was a nightmare and it began one day and never ended and it's still a nirt today. >> reporter: nancy had been born and raised in lorain, ohio, a once booming industrial town on lake erie she stayed out of trouble and grew up with modest aspirations. >> i always knew i probably wanted to grow up and be a mother. get married, have a house. you know, what everybody dreams of. >> reporter: she never dreamed a divorce would leave her with four children to raise alone and she nerve dreamed that factories would shut down. driving a school bus was the best job nancy could find. it offered health insurance and by all accounts, she was good at it. but then in 1993, nancy smith's life changed forever. >> i went to the bus garage to get my bus and my boss came up and said they needed to talk to me downtown and that is when they told me that a mother had made an allegation against me on friday. >> reporter: did they tell you much about this mother? >> no, they would not give me no names. they really lef

now on friday, nancy smith's attorneys turned to ohio governor john kasich for his help.cy petition on her behalf. it could be several months, though, before a decision is made. lester? >> it's an incredible story, ron, and we'll see more of it tonight. nancy's incredible story on "dateline," 7:00 p.m. right here on nbc. we hope you'll join us. >>> up next, why are people talking about this burger king commercial? we'll hear all about it on "the week in buzz." first, these messages. [ male announcer ] strip away the styling. strip away the rearview monitors, tv screens, bluetooth... and even the cup holders. you know what's left? the only suv's with american-built f-alpha truck frames. the ruggedly capable pathfinder, xterra, armada. nissan. innovation for all. ♪ so i get claritin clear. this is all bayberry. bayberry pollen. very allergenic. non-drowsy claritin relieves my worst symptoms only claritin is proven to keep me as alert and focused as someone without allergies. live claritin clear. it's real milk full of calcium and vitamin d. and tastes simply delicious. for

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smith. >> what wallace could do that nobody else could do, he could go do that interview with johnny carson or a head of state or whomever. ronald and nancyplace between peers. it wasn't like he was reaching up in any way. they looked at him as an equal and that, i think, in many ways is what set him apart. >> you bring up a point there. you say he reached out to the younger correspondents as they came in and they were able to learn from him. i mean he's really one of the last of an incredible generation of journalists. what do you think modern news media can learn if his career? >> it's interesting because he did so much spectacular work. what we tend to not focus on very much is he had this ingrained show business past. >> i didn't know he was on stage. >> he was on stage, he did game shows, he did commercials, back in the old, old days of the news announcers were part show business, part news announcers, they weren't journalists per se, especially in the early days of television and he took some of that panache along with him, as he went into the business and that's what, there was an aspect of him that was, he was a performer. that se