MSNBC Dayside: AMERICA AT WAR: ECONOMY WATCH 16:30 hour anchored by Alex Witt.

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Event Date(s): 03/09/2002 | Description: 16:30:00 MSNBC Live: AMERICA AT WAR: ECONOMY WATCH anchored by Alex Witt. Witt previews the show. 16:32:13 Clip of President George W. Bush speaking from the White House Rose Garden earlier this morning about the economic stimulus bill he is about to sign in Washington, Dc. 16:36:30 NBC News correspondent Campbell Brown reports on pension plans and corporate accountability. Then-Enron official Jeffrey Skilling delivers speech in Houston, Texas Then-Enron officials Skilling and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ken Lay on stage. Enron's name logo statue outside the company's headquarters. Enron flag flies on flagpole. Army Secretary Thomas White (a former Enron executive who kept his Enron holdings well after he promised Congress he would sell to avoid a conflict of interest) walks to podium and delivers speech. At a White House press conference, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says "The president has confidence in Secretary White that he will comply with the ethics' requirements." Footage of a highlighted Lay near others becomes footage of Lay talking to former President George Bush as current President George W. Bush nearby signs autographs for others nearby in Enron Field in Houston. President Bush walks on stage as others applaud at the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award ceremony. Audience applauds. In speech Bush says "Business people must answer not just to the demands of the market or self-interest, but to the demands of conscience." Background still of the White House. Insert still of Bush. Insert overhead shot of the New York Stock Exchange floor in New York City, New York. Democratic Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd walks to press conference podium. Dodd says "The speech sounds good, but if you're not willing to put your money where your mouth is on this issue, then it's just wallpaper." Former Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) Chairman David Ruder's hands (faces unseen) looking through papers in office near framed photos of Ruder with others pans to Ruder looking at the papers. In interview Ruder says "There's no way to ensure corporate morality. People will always be greedy and we will always have some dishonest people." NBC's Campbell Brown signs off from outside the White House. 16:41:30 NBC News correspondent Dan Lothian reports on new safety measurements for sports utility vehicles (SUVs) Overhead video of two cars crashing. Overhead shot of unidentified men running to a damaged car. Shot of a damaged car. Panning close up of a damaged cars. Clip of accident victim Debbie Jackson commenting on her accident. Shot of a car being tested. Shot of a car being crashed into in a test. Shot of a dummy getting knocked around in a test crash. Shot of an unidentified man watching crash tests on a monitor. Clip of institute for highway safety's Brian O'Neill commenting on car safety. Shot of a car stopping in front of Lothian who reports on camera. Shot of crash test dummies. Clip of O'Neill commenting on injury risks to women. Shot of cars driving. Shot of a car being crashed into in a test. Shot of a dummy getting knocked around in a test crash. Back shot of a car driving. Clip of an unidentified man commenting on car safety. Shot of Jackson walking with an unidentified man. Clip of Jackson commenting on car safety. Shot of a dummy getting knocked around in a test crash. Overhead video of two cars crashing. 16:43:40 "Today" Travel Editor Peter Greenberg reports on bargain travel plans. Passengers with luggage stand at check in counter near agent as man places the passengers' luggage on conveyor. Panning shot from "First" sign to First Class American Airlines check in agent talking to passenger. Ticket pops out of machine. Travel Editor Peter Greenberg reports on-camera near the First Class counter of American Airlines. In interview passenger says "I'm doing it by using my frequent flier miles." In interview man says "Maybe try to schmooze a little bit." In interview next to woman, man says "It helps to dress nicely and to be polite to everybody." In interview next to his friend, man says "The best tip is just if you have a friend that has a lot of frequent flier miles...you ride their coat tails right onto the airplane" as the friend laughs and agrees. Panning shot of American ticket agents looking at tickets. Alaska Airlines agents behind counter and mother with child in front of the counter. Hands (faces unseen) type on computer keyboard. In interview Alaska Airlines' Carla Nay says "As long as seats are available, on the spot they can be upgraded for the $50 fee to most of our cities." Ticket agent's hands (faces unseen) stamp ticket. Flight attendants wheel unseen cart down plane's aisle past passengers. Panning shot from passengers in seats to feet (faces unseen) of other passengers and to passenger (faces unseen) reading book. Passengers give tickets to ticket agent before boarding flight. Panning shot of business class passengers (faces unseen) in seats and legs of flight attendant (faces unseen). Greenberg debarks taxi and reports on-camera outside the Anthenaeum Hotel. In interview Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills' Martha Sullivan says "The best way to get a great value is to contact the reservation manager of each of the hotels." In interview Anthenaeum Hotel's Sandy Bulloch says (part VO) "I will actually call the GM or fax the GM. I probably won't e-mail. And I'll say, `I'm coming into New York. I'd like a booking for two nights, such and such dates. What's the best deal you can do?' And someone will get back to you. If it's not the general manager, the secretary will, and you make yourself sound slightly important, quite nice, quite humble, and someone will get back and you'll probably get the best deal of the day." Hotel clerk on telephone takes notes. Panning shot of interior of a hotel suite. Sullivan says (part VO) "Tell the reservation agent why you're coming to visit. If it's for a special occasion, anniversary, an engagement, a wedding, they're more inclined to help make that a special event for you." Panning shot of reservation clerks at hotel desks. Bulloch says "Get to know the people within the hotel and make friends with them." Hotel front desk employee talks to customer. Anthenaeum Hotel's doorman opens door for woman entering the hotel. Bulloch says "Always schmooze. I mean, schmoozing, Peter, is what it's all about, isn't it? " 16:49:26 NBC News correspondent Virginia Cha reports on how people are avoiding taxes in America by sending their money on a Caribbean vacation by using Caribbean banks for tax evasion. United States Treasury building including its name carved on the exterior. People walk down sidewalk. Man walking outside the Guardian Bank and Trust in the Cayman Islands pans to the bank's windows. Black and white footage of hands counting money. In hearing Guardian Bank And Trust's owner John Mathewson testifies "Clients opening an offshore account were doing so for tax evasion." Mathewson stands and takes oath with his hand raised. Slow-motion of hand (faces unseen) banging judge's gavel. In interview Democratic Michigan Senator Carl Levin says "We lose about $70 billion a year in taxes to people who are illegally evading their taxes." Panning shot from New York Harbor to NBC's Virginia Cha reporting on-camera with the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island and the New York City skyline behind her. In interview Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau says "All of the taxpayers in the United States have to make up that $70 billion." Point of view shot (from unseen boat) of moving through waterway towards trees and dock. Background still and slow-motion footage of people in bank. Capitol building. Superimposed document of new legislation. Black and white footage of hand (faces unseen) operating calculator. Cayman Islands flag. Superimposed tax form becomes regular footage. People walk on beach. Panning shot of beachfront homes. Cha signs off from New York City. 16:51:48 NBC News correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reports on taxes. Please see NY-NN-20020304-0001. 16:54:11 Clip from interview between Witt and "SmartMoney" Magazine journalist Vera Gibbons in New York City, New York. They discuss ways to keep your current job.