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THE WEEKEND PRIMETIME NEWSLETTER
AMERICA'S NEWSCHANNEL MSNBC
Saturday October 12, 2002- Sunday October 13, 2002
As of this writing police in Virginia are stopping white vans, searching for a
killer who shot a man to death at a gas station in Fredericksburg. If he is linked to
the spree killings that have terrified people in the Washington, DC suburbs over the
past week this would be the eight victim. On SATURDAY, we'll devote our primetime
programs to cases like this, that have been horrifying or mysterious, or both.
Then on SUNDAY, at 8PM ET we premiere NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: NUCLEAR
TERRORISM: BLINDING HORIZONS. Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist organization
have been trying to obtain nuclear weapons for almost a decade. Now, special
correspondent Peter Bergen, author of the New York Times best-seller Holy War, Inc.
goes back to Kabul to look at how real the threat is. Can bin Laden threaten not only
the United States, but the whole world with nuclear terrorism?
And we have some "lighter fare" for those of you looking in that direction.
Check out our premiere of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: BEAR BANDITS on SUNDAY at 6pm
ET.
Hope your weekend is a safe and happy one.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
8PM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: TO CATCH A KILLER
He murdered his entire family and lived as a fugitive for 18 years. Watch as a
sculptor's work leads to the capture of John List.
Hosted by John Seigenthaler.
9PM ET
MSNBC SPECIAL: ARIZONA FUGITIVE
For 29 years he managed to stay on the run-- avoiding a prison sentence for throwing a
firecracker at an anti-war rally. How did Howard Mechanic manage to elude capture for
three decades? And why did he run for public office knowing it could expose his real
identity? We'll show you how this mystery ultimately is solved and how an American
president gets involved.
10PM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: DEADLY BEHAVIOR
What is it that makes some people -so- evil? Childhood abuse? Chemical imbalance?
Genetics? The fact is, experts just don't know, making the job of criminal profilers
so difficult, and so necessary. It's these men and women who are charged with taking
physical evidence and developing a psychological profile of an unknown killer. In
this program, we'll see these profilers in action as we go deep inside a serial
killing case that has gone unsolved for decades.
Hosted by John Seigenthaler.
11PM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: TO CATCH A KILLER
12AM ET
MSNBC SPECIAL: ARIZONA FUGITIVE
1AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: DEADLY BEHAVIOR
2AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: TO CATCH A KILLER
3AM ET
MSNBC SPECIAL: ARIZONA FUGITIVE
4AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: DEADLY BEHAVIOR
5AM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: DISASTERS!
SUNDAY OCTOBER 13
6-8PM ET
***PREMIERE***
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: BEAR BANDITS
We travel into Yosemite National Park where black bears have vandalized more than 800
cars: smashing car windows, ripping upholstery and mangling doorframes. These four
legged bandits have developed a keen taste for junk food lazily stashed in coolers and
it's up to two rangers and their dog to keep the peace.
8-10PM ET
***PREMIERE***
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: NUCLEAR TERRORISM: BLINDING HORIZONS
With years of experience tracking Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda and other terrorist
organizations, special correspondent Peter Bergen investigates the secret world of
nuclear smuggling to answer the question: Is al Qaeda capable of carrying out a
nuclear attack on the United States?
Boyd Matson hosts.
10PM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THE .50 CALIBER MILITIA
They are radical defenders of the second amendment... and they are armed to the teeth.
We take you inside some of the country's most well-armed militias, who have a new
weapon in their arsenal-- the .50 caliber rifle. How real is their threat?
John Seigenthaler hosts.
11PM ET
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER: NUCLEAR TERRORISM: BLINDING HORIZONS
1AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: THE .50 CALIBER MILITIA
2AM ET
WEEKEND MAGAZINE: JACK LALANNE (premiere)
Long before personal trainers, before we'd even HEARD of aerobics...there was Jack
LaLanne. For more than a half-century Jack LaLanne has been telling us to exercise
and eat right, promising better and longer lives if we did. And he's been practicing
what he's preached. Every few years, Keith Morrison checks in with the father of
modern fitness around his birthday. And how old -is- he anyway?
3AM ET
MSNBC SPECIAL: AMERICA'S NEW HEROIN EPIDEMIC (2hrs)
5AM ET
MSNBC INVESTIGATES: A DRUG CALLED ECSTASY
*Schedule subject to change.
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