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The president was highly energized -- he was very familiar with reporters -- and clearly had a message in mind, coming off his six-hour stay in Iraq. Tonight we will have details from the event, plus we will debut some new numbers: our brand new NBC News poll, showing a change in President Bush's approval rating and that of Congress. Tim Russert will join me with those. We'll also check in on the ground in Iraq, which today saw another kind of "take back the streets" military initiative.  </p> <p>Robert Bazell will have a notable and interesting <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13320317/">report on this nation's emergency rooms</a>, Chip Reid on the outright theft from our government by some following Katrina, and Rehema Ellis on the campaign for, and the debate over, breast feeding. </p> <p>Remember to show the colors before the day is out: it is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13321758/">Flag Day</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/meeting_the_pre.html#below-fold">CONTINUED »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/meeting_the_pre.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (0 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Meeting the press ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/meeting_the_pre.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/meeting_the_pre.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/postcards_from_.html">Postcards from the edge</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Bruce Cummings|Senior Producer, NBC News Burbank"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (02:07 pm ET, 06/14/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p>When NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams ends on the East Coast and viewers there are doing the dinner dishes and settling in for the evening, 3,000 miles away here in Burbank, Calif., just a modest freeway drive from the Pacific (if any freeway drive out here can be called "modest"), Nightly is still 90 minutes from its first airing. And producers, a director, and a control room crew are at work to make sure we stay on top of news that happens as stations in the West prepare to broadcast Nightly during one of the three time periods when it is fed out from Burbank: 5:30, 6:00 and 6:30 Pacific.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/postcards_from_.html#below-fold">CONTINUED »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/postcards_from_.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (0 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Postcards from the edge ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/postcards_from_.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/postcards_from_.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/happy_birthday_.html">Happy Birthday, Hooah!</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Courtney Kube|NBC News Producer, Pentagon"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (01:09 pm ET, 06/14/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p>The U.S. Army celebrated its 231st birthday today with a ceremony in the Pentagon courtyard attended by soldiers, veterans, new enlistees and families. Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Peter Schoomaker, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth Preston sat on stage during brief remarks by Schoomaker, Harvey and Rumsfeld. </p> <p>Rumsfeld began by expressing his "deep appreciation" for the exceptional leadership of those on the stage. The secretary joked that he is one-third as old as the Army. (He is actually 75 and the Army is 231 years old, but who's counting.) Rumsfeld went on the praise the soldiers and their families who were present at the celebration, saying "you stepped forward voluntarily and raised your hands" to ensure our safety in a time of war. He added, "we are forever in your debt." </p> <p>Then the four leaders emerged from the stage to cut an enormous nine-foot long cake with a large saber. For lunch, attendees and the media were invited to sample a variety of Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) and the new "HooAH!" bar, designed to help delay fatigue and extend endurance. Former American Idol finalist and country music recording artist Josh Gracin provided the entertainment.</p> <p>Read more from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/courtney_kube/index.html">Courtney Kube</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/happy_birthday_.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (2 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Happy Birthday, Hooah! ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/happy_birthday_.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/happy_birthday_.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/inside_our_ers.html">Inside our ERs</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Rob Merrill|Daily Nightly editor"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (09:04 am ET, 06/14/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p>It's no secret they're overcrowded and overburdened. Now, there's new information showing how much they may need care themselves. Tonight, we'll tell you it means for you and your loved ones the next time you take a trip to the emergency room.</p> <p>Plus, full coverage of President Bush's press conference, slated to begin in just about 40 minutes. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/">Click here to watch a live stream</a>.</p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/inside_our_ers.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (1 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Inside our ERs ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/inside_our_ers.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/inside_our_ers.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/ladies_and_gent.html">Ladies and gentlemen...</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Brian Williams|Anchor & Managing Editor|bwilliams.jpg"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (04:51 pm ET, 06/13/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><p>...The captain has turned on the seatbelt sign, indicating our initial descent into Baghdad.</p> <p>The White House press pool reports describing the skulduggery-laden <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13297571/">presidential trip to Iraq</a> are overflowing in detail, super-secrecy and the element of surprise, right down to the president's personal use of the Air Force One public address system  to announce ("POTUS on board!") his own arrival. </p> <p>Tonight, we'll have the trip covered from start to finish, from Jim Maceda and David Gregory. We also hope to offer an accurate assesment of the challenges facing American G.I.s on the streets of Iraq these days, (in fact, during the president's visit) as our own Mike Boettcher rides along with the 101st Airborne  a storied group of first-rate soldiers who I might add took great care of us during our first trip at the very start of the fighting.</p></span></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/ladies_and_gent.html#below-fold">CONTINUED »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/ladies_and_gent.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (10 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Ladies and gentlemen... ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/ladies_and_gent.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/ladies_and_gent.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/politics_of_the.html">Politics of the playground</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Steve Majors|NBC News Producer, New Orleans"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (08:36 am ET, 06/13/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p>Katrina highlighted what many pundits called a racial divide in this city (though some residents bristled at that suggestion). Well, this past weekend, my daughters and I got our first lesson in the racial politics of New Orleans' playgrounds. Now, I don't claim to be an expert on my newly adopted hometown. I've lived here only a few weeks. Nor do I claim to be a student of the city's complex racial history. But I can write from a unique position, having been a keen observer of race and class all my life. </p> <p>You see, I'm biracial. My mom was black, but people tell me I look "completely white," whatever that's supposed to mean. My daughters are both adopted. The oldest is African-American. Her half-sister is half-black, though her skin and hair make her look Latina. You would think we'd fit in perfectly with the exotic racial gumbo of this city. And we do, for the most part.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/politics_of_the.html#below-fold">CONTINUED »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/politics_of_the.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (1 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Politics of the playground ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/politics_of_the.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/politics_of_the.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/eating_ourselve.html">Eating ourselves to death</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Robert Bazell|Chief Science & Health Correspondent|rbazell.jpg"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (07:10 pm ET, 06/12/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p> <p>A lot of people think the obesity epidemic is about how people look. That is wrong. The startling number of Americans with Type 2 diabetes tell us that the epidemic has real and severe health consequences.</p> <p>Type 1 diabetes  is an autoimmune disease that usually strikes in childhood. It is a genetic disease that has nothing to do with body weight. It accounts for about 5 percent of diabetes cases and the incidence rate has not changed.</p> <p>Type 2 diabetes is caused by obesity and genetic susceptibility. Our genes haven鈥檛 changed but the numbers of Americans known to have Type 2 diabetes doubled over the last decade to more than 14 million. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/eating_ourselve.html#below-fold">CONTINUED »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/eating_ourselve.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (9 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Eating ourselves to death ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/eating_ourselve.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/eating_ourselve.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/out_of_nowhere.html">Out of nowhere</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Brian Williams|Anchor & Managing Editor|bwilliams.jpg"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (04:42 pm ET, 06/12/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p>While a new color, "FEMA blue", has been added to the palette of roofing options all along the Gulf Coast this season, it was hard to believe our eyes when we looked up at television screens following our morning editorial meeting to see that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13272123/">Hurricane Warnings</a> had been posted for the Gulf Coast of Florida. It's not that Alberto is a big storm (as of this writing it is not even a hurricane... rather, a strong tropical storm), but it did come out of nowhere and intensified early today.  Most models now point to landfall early tomorrow, and a lot of rain for folks who don't need it. We will deal with the approaching storm tonight.</p> <p>We'll also deal with a dynamic situation in the Middle East... a lot of it having to do with internal Palestinian politics. The president held a meeting at Camp David today on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13268742/">war strategy</a>. Robert Bazell will report on what has become a diabetes epidemic in America. We will also mark the new longevity record set in the U.S. Senate -- as we go off the air with a profile of West Virginia Democratic Senator Robert Byrd tonight.</p> <p>A busy newscast this evening... we're off to put it together... and we hope you can join us.</p> <p>Read more from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/brian_williams/index.html">Brian Williams</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/out_of_nowhere.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (3 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Out of nowhere ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/out_of_nowhere.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/out_of_nowhere.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/tracking_albert.html">Tracking Alberto</a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Kerry Sanders|Correspondent|ksanders.jpg"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (12:49 pm ET, 06/12/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p>Alberto certainly caught people off guard. Veterans who've been through hurricanes, which accounts for a good portion of the state these days because we've had eight hurricanes in the last two years, know to be ready. But Alberto is a little bit of a surprise. Why? Weathercasters have suggested since the weekend that this ill-formed storm would likely be nothing more than a rainmaker. Now, with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13272123/">hurricane warnings issued along Florida's Northwest coast</a>, residents are flat-footed. There's very little time to put up shutters or plywood to protect homes. I live in Florida, and like so many in this state I took advantage of what they call tax-free hurricane days. It's where we buy hurricane supplies before hurricane season. And to encourage us to go get those items, they're all tax free -- things like batteries, flashlights and small generators. But even with that, it's one thing to be physically prepared, it's another thing to climb back on this emotional roller coaster. </p> <p>I'm currently on Interstate 75 traveling north from Charlotte Co., where Hurricane Charley hit two years ago, en route to Cedar Key, Fla. If projections are accurate, this tiny community which juts out on the West Coast could take a lashing whether Alberto is a hurricane or just a tropical storm. Cedar Keys has long been a small artists' community, but in recent years has experienced tremendous growth. Driving is slow going because the rain is coming down sideways and it's hard to see. There's plenty of traffic on the road and you're never quite sure whether the other guy knows how to drive in this sort of weather. If everything works out, we'll see you from Cedar Keys tonight on Nightly News.</p> <p>Read more from <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/kerry_sanders/index.html">Kerry Sanders</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/tracking_albert.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (5 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Tracking Alberto ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/tracking_albert.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/tracking_albert.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3>  <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/whats_next_.html">What's Next? </a></h1> <script type="text/javascript"> var sByline = "Dawn Fratangelo|NBC News Correspondent"; var aByline = sByline.split("|"); document.write("<h2>Posted by <b>"+aByline[0]+"</b>, "+aByline[1]+" (02:20 pm ET, 06/11/06)</h2>"); if (aByline[2]) { document.write("<p><a><img src='images/"+aByline[2]+"' width='126' height='82' alt='"+aByline[0]+", "+aByline[1]+"' style='FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 5px 12px 0px 0px' border=0 /></a></p>"); } </script> <p>That is the question on many fronts about the conflict in Iraq-- especially after the assassination last week of  terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Is it a turning point?  And if so, what kind?  Our correspondent in Baghdad, Jim Maceda, is taking a look at a new Al Qaeda threat to increase suicide bombings in retaliation for Zarqawi's death.  In a phone call to the newsroom Jim is also telling us about preparations now underway for what could be a major US military operation in Iraq. <br/>He'll have details tonight. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/whats_next_.html#below-fold">CONTINUED »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/whats_next_.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (6 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: What's Next? 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NBC News Middle East Correspondent Richard Engel is hanging on in spite of it, a sleepless three days now since the killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.   </p> <p>"I'm running on adrenalin," Engel tells me on the phone, his voice only slightly slurry, as he describes what he is filling for Nightly News tonight:  a dramatic show and tell of what's left of al-Zarqawi's hideout.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/exhaustion.html#below-fold">CONTINUED »</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/exhaustion.html#comments"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/comment.gif" alt="Discuss"/><strong>Discuss</strong> (5 comments)</a>  <span class="link-to"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/mailto:/?subject=MSNBC.com blog: The Daily Nightly&body=Latest post from NBC Nightly News: Exhaustion ( http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/exhaustion.html)"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/email.gif" alt="Email this"/><strong>Email this</strong></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615025242/http://dailynightly.msnbc.com/2006/06/exhaustion.html"><img src="/web/20060615025242im_/http://onthescene.msnbc.com/daily_nightly/images/linkto.gif" alt="Link to this"/><strong>Link to this</strong></a></span></h3> </div>  </div>  </div>  <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ /* Replacement calls. 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