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>>> ON THE BROADCAST TONIGHT --
DEADLY FORCE.
THE HARSH NEW WARNING FROM EGYPT
AFTER YET MORE VIOLENCE AS THE
DEATH TOLL FROM THE BRUTAL
CRACKDOWN SOARS TO MORE THAN
600.
>>> HOW SAFE?
A WAKE-UP CALL ON SECURITY AT
THIS COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR REACTORS.
HOW VULNERABLE ARE THEY TO
TERRORISM?
>>> WEIGHING THE RISK.
THE DEADLY IMPACT OF OBESITY,
THE TOLL ON AMERICANS FAR
GREATER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
AND WHERE IN THE COUNTRY THEY'RE
PUTTING ON THE MOST WEIGHT.
>>> AND AMERICAN CLASSICS.
THE MESSAG
THE LEGENDARY COLLECTION MANY
NEVER DRIVEN FINALLY UP FOR
SALE.
HAVE THEY GOT A DEAL FOR YOU.
"NIGHTLY NEWS" BEGINS NOW.
>> Announcer: FROM NBC NEWS
WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK,
THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH
BRIAN WILLIAMS."
>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M LESTER
HOLT SITTING IN FOR BRIAN.
A DAY AFTER ITS DEADLY CRACKDOWN
ON OPPOSITION PROTESTERS,
EGYPT'S GOVERNMENT TODAY VOWED
TO RESPOND TO ANY RETALIATION
WITH MORE DEADLY FORCE.
THE ESTIMATED DEATH TOLL FROM
YESTERDAY'S ARMED ASSAULT ON TWO
SIT-INS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED
SINCE THIS TIME LAST EVENING,
NOW TOPPING 600.
TODAY, AS FAMILIES CLAIM THE
BODIES OF THE DEAD, MEMBERS OF
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WHO WANT
THE COUNTRY'S ELECTED PRESIDENT
RESTORED TO POWER SAY THEY WILL
NOT BE CRUSHED AND PLAN ANOTHER
SHOW OF SOLIDARITY TOMORROW.
AND THAT TONIGHT HAS THE U.S.
STATE DEPARTMENT WARNING
AMERICANS TO LEAVE THAT COUNTRY
IMMEDIATELY.
ONCE AGAIN, NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL
IS IN CAIRO FOR US WITH THE VERY
LATEST ON THIS UNFOLDING CRISIS.
RICHARD?
>> Reporter: GOOD EVENING,
LESTER.
EVEN AFTER ALL THAT HAS
HAPPENED, TODAY EGYPTIAN
SECURITY FORCES OFFICIALLY
AUTHORIZED THE USE OF LIVE FIRE
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND,
QUOTE, KEY INSTALLATIONS.
UNDETERRED, THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD HOPES TO HAVE A
MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION HERE IN
DOWNTOWN CAIRO TOMORROW.
EGYPTIAN FORCES LOYAL TO THE
MILITARY WERE CLEANING UP TODAY
AND EVEN CELEBRATING AT THE SITE
WHERE HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS
FROM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WERE
GUNNED DOWN YESTERDAY.
SOME EGYPTIANS CAME OUT TO THANK
THE TROOPS FOR THE CRACKDOWN.
>> I SUPPORT ANYONE WHO
SUPPORTED US TO GET RID OF THE
TERRORISM WE SAW IN THE STREETS
THE PAST YEAR.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT IS
TRYING TO JUSTIFY ALL THE
VIOLENCE AND DEATH.
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY TODAY
DISTRIBUTED VIDEOS TO
JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE,
ALLEGEDLY SHOWING PROTESTERS
WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF CLEANUP
TO DO, BUT CAN EGYPT JUST SWEEP
AWAY WHAT MANY SAY WAS A
MASSACRE THAT TOOK PLACE HERE?