MSNBC Special: Geraldo Rivera Reports 23:00 hour

NBC ID: ARTRKXVQKH | Production Unit: MSNBC, Special Report | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: MNBC-SP-20000831-0001 | Air Date(s): 08/31/2000 | Event Date(s): 08/31/2000

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Event Date(s): 08/31/2000 | Description: Repeat broadcast MNBC-SP-20000805-0001 23:00:00 MSNBC Special: Geraldo Rivera Reports anchored by Geraldo Rivera. 23:00:03 Magicians Penn and Teller stand in front of the famous"Welcome to Las Vegas" sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. Penn says"We're the richest nation on earth, and this is the place that we come to play with money. It means nothing to us. It's coming out of our ears." Teller holds money and tosses it away. World Series of Poker champion Chris Ferguson hugs stacks of money. Rolling shot along street lined with neon signs seen. Coins drop into a slot machine tray. Close up of a hand pushing button on slot machine seen. Ball spins around a roulette wheel. Hands gather chips from a roulette table. People dance as Elvis Presley impersonator sings. Black and white clips of casino exteriors, people walking on sidewalk, and showgirls dancing seen. In interview comedian and entertainer Alan King says"It was paradise, it was better than free love. It was an island of total immorality where you go three or four days and do all the things you heard about and wanted to do but weren't allowed to do." Clips of neon signs and lights seen. Black and white clips of singer Elvis Presley handshaking with pianist Liberace, and Elvis playing piano while Liberace is playing the guitar seen. Shot focusing in on sign"Elvis" seen. In interview singer and entertainer Wayne Newton says the town started to swing at midnight and stayed that way until 6 in the morning. Black and white clips of singers and entertainers from the"Rat Pack" including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. seen. King says there was booze, gambling, and wise guys. In interviews a poker dealer says he would be there in an interview (if he'd crossed a mobster). Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman says they are going to lose their mystique because people want to see a little Bugsy Siegel and not a little Mickey Mouse. Black and white still of Siegel seen. King says there used to be tumbleweeds where the strip is now. Neon lights flashing seen. Car drives toward casino entrance. Rolling shot showing exterior of Harrah's casino seen. Neon lights flashing outside a casino seen. Penn and Teller seen. Penn says when things get to be 5 years old, they blow them up. Clips showing casino buildings imploding seen. Sign"Casino" seen. Aerial of the strip at night seen. Cashier seen. Man blows whistle to control traffic. Person gives a bellman money. In interview casino employee Hattie Canty (ph) says Las Vegas is where the action is. In interview unidentified man says it's the untold story of the American labor movement. Customer stands next to cocktail waitress. Woman cleans a slot machine. Rolling exterior of the New York, New York Hotel and Casino seen. Rolling shot showing exterior of the Paris Hotel and Casino seen. Rivera reports on camera from Las Vegas. 23:05:50 Rivera voices over overhead panning shot of Las Vegas skyline at night, and dissolving to"Welcome to Las Vegas" sign seen. Exterior of the Paris Hotel and Casino with replica of the Eiffel Tower seen. Sphinx outside the Luxor Hotel and Casino seen. Clips of people riding on the"Space Shot" ride at the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino seen. Overhead shot of the strip along Las Vegas Boulevard seen. In interview King says he's not familiar with Las Vegas anymore, and notes it's not as much fun despite being bigger. People walk along sidewalk at night. Long shot of a blimp riding over Las Vegas, and blimp labeled"vegas.com" seen. In interview author Pete Earley says the corporations drove the mob out of Las Vegas. Earley walks outside. Rolling shot of a casino exterior seen. Earley says"You'll never find a place like Las Vegas. And it is pure American. Where else but in the middle of desert, where there should be nothing at all, would you build this great sanctuary to excess?" Overhead shot of Las Vegas skyline seen. Rolling shot showing exterior of the Paris Hotel and Casino seen. Rivera reports on camera. Overhead shot of atrium inside the Luxor seen. Sphinx entrance at the Luxor seen. Lobby of the Luxor seen. People dressed in Egyptian costumes. Luxor atrium seen. Clips of tourists walking along cobblestone walkway inside the Paris Hotel and Casino, and man playing accordion seen. Exterior of the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, fountain spraying water outside the Bellagio seen to the beat of music. Performers in costumes bang drums and march. Tourists watch volcano simulation outside the Mirage Hotel and Casino. Clips of bands performing outside seen. Tourist snaps photo of people that pose with people in costumes. Rolling exteriors of hotels and casinos including Monte Carlo, New York, New York, and Luxor seen. Magicians Penn and Teller stand outside the Excalibur Hotel and Penn discusses the hotels and architecture in Las Vegas. Exterior of the Excalibur seen. Excalibur casino floor area seen. Rivera with Venetian Hotel and Casino billionaire owner Sheldon Adelson inside the Venetian. In interview as they walk inside the hotel, Adelson remarks the intention was to duplicate the famous landmarks. Tourists lie on floor to snap photos of ceiling mural. Adelson says the combination of luxury, romance, and excitement would give them the longevity they were looking for. Mural lined atrium inside the Venetian seen. Adelson says the Venetian cost $2.5 billion, and disagrees it's not a risky investment. People perform near a canal replica of Venice. Adelson says there's no flooding, no odor, and no unsightly things floating in the canal. Tourists ride on a gondola ride at the Venetian. Venetian interiors including atrium, mural, Venetian exterior, and pigeons flying outside in the piazza seen. Side view of the Sphinx outside the Luxor seen. Long shot of Eiffel Tower replica seen. Lamppost with McDonald's fast food restaurant sign and an aircraft taking off seen. UNLV (University of Nevada-Las Vegas) Professor Hal Rothman rides up an escalator. In interview Rothman says Las Vegas is a place where a middle-class American is very comfortable. Man dressed in French garb says"Bonjour" to tourists and gives them pieces of bread. Adelson says Las Vegas is a form of entertainment, but the definition of entertainment has changed. King says he doesn't work Las Vegas anymore because there's very few places left for him to work. Group of signs seen. Entertainer Wayne Newton walks on stage. Newton says part of what made Vegas great is the star-policy entertainer. Clips of Newton greeting audience members seen. Rolling exterior of the Paris Hotel and Casino seen. Flashing spotlights seen. Man rides on a horse during a medieval show at the Excalibur. Man swings on a rope from a pirate's ship outside the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. Hotel marquee advertising Wayne Newton headline seen. Entertainers Sigfried and Roy with a white tiger in a cage. Aircraft pulls up to gate at McCarren International Airport. Former Olympic gynmast and current Mystere show performer Stella Umeh (ph) walks into airport terminal. Sign advertising Mystere seen. Umeh and other woman walk inside airport. Clips from show Mystere featuring Umeh and other performers seen. Umeh in voice over discusses the show Mystere. Clip from movie"Casino" featuring actors Robert Deniro and Don Rickles seen. File clip of former casino boss Frank Rosenthal seen. In interview Rosenthal says"The aura, the feeling, the service was so far superior to today's modern day Las Vegas." Rosenthal types on a computer. Rosenthal says Las Vegas is a subway scene, and when he was there it was a limo scene. Neon signs outside casinos seen. In interview current Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman says he's been in Las Vegas 35 years practicing law and representing the characters in the movie"Casino" in real life. Goodman walks behind then-Las Vegas mobster Tony Spalotra (ph). Goodman heads town council meeting. Goodman says Las Vegas is run by the mayor, and his relationship to the mob is a thing of the past. In interview Bear Stearns casino analyst Jason Ader says the mafia is out of the casino business overall. Overhead shot of the strip at night seen. Ader walks inside Bear Stearns office. Ader says the casinos are the best places to generate profits. Clips showing advertisements for topless entertainment. Goodman says it's not considered"sin city" anymore, and adds there's more things for adults to do than anyplace else. Exterior of the Pioneer Club seen. Neon"Mustang Sally" sign seen. Exotic dancer dancing seen. Sign for"Cheetah's" seen. In interview an unidentified exotic dancer says Vegas has history and excitement and everyone wants to go there. Exotic dancers, neon sign depicting lips, and"Welcome to Las Vegas" sign seen. Rothman says Las Vegas in a sin-free zone, and adds it's a place where a person can do whatever they want as long as they are willing to pay for it. Dissolving clips of flashing lights and neon signs seen. In part voice over Earley says"Vegas is a town of glitz and glamour, but underneath there's also this underbelly of despair, of heartache, of sex. It's the mirror image of the glitz and the glamour, and it's a very sad story." Rolling shots of casino exteriors at night seen. In interview an unidentified prostitute says people come to Las Vegas to gamble and pickup hookers, and states she's part of the entertainment. Neon sign seen. Reflection of person on a shiny floor, maid cleaning bathroom, maid making a bed, person cleaning a pond, maid cleaning glass, overhead shot of person cleaning a swimming pool, and woman cleaning slot machines seen. 23:16:40 Grap[hic plug www.msnbc.com. 23:18:32 Rivera reports on camera with a group of seated union workers. Long shot of Las Vegas skyline seen through red haze. In interview labor organizer Glen Arnado (ph) says Las Vegas is the untold story of the American labor movement. Long shot of the Las Vegas skyline seen. Man shouts into a loudspeaker. Striking union workers picket and shout"union power." Clips of striking union workers marching outside with picket signs seen. Frontier Hotel and Casino workers chanting during an outdoor picket rally seen. Sepia-toned and black and white video on 1991-09-21 of union workers and others fighting outside seen. On 1994-08-27 video of women fighting outside seen. Laborers hold hands and sway to music during a rally. Arnado says a number of strikers died during the 6 1/2 year strike, but it made the union real. Clip of Rainbow Coalition leader Jesse Jackson at a ribbon cutting ceremony seen. Clips of union workers applauding, whistling, and hugging seen. In interview Mexican-American worker Esmeralda Guzman (ph) says for the worker and immigrant there's no other way but the union way. Sepia-toned clip of migrant workers picking crops in a field seen. Rolling shot of Las Vegas welcome sign seen. Wide shot showing marquees for the Mirage and Venetian hotels seen. Guzman says she came to Las Vegas for the economic opportunities, and notes jobs are being handed out left and right. Rear shot of jet landing seen. Clips of jets taxiing and landing at airport seen. Arnado says people are coming to Las Vegas from every point in the United States and the world. Cocktail waitress carries tray. Bellman carries luggage. Maid makes a bed in a hotel room. Woman puts card into time clock. Man blows whistle to direct traffic. Casino worker seen. Man calls for a bellman. Worker loads luggage onto a cart. Overhead shot of casino floor including slot machines seen. In interview Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman says"For every room that we build here, for every new room, there are five families that have to move in order to service it." Maid opens sheets while making a bed. In interview Culinary Workers Union President Hattie Canty (ph) says this is the town to come to for action and work. Clips of maids at a training center preparing and cleaning a hotel room seen. Canty says the maids in Las Vegas carry the town on their backs. Overhead shot of hotel atrium seen. Guzman discusses the good wages, and says the work is very hard. Maid makes a bed. Woman cleans slot machines. Maid cleans a bathroom. Maid cleans glass tabletop. In interview high school student Abraham (only name given) says his mother comes home from work, eats a little dinner and goes right to bed. Rivera sits with a group of students. Unidentified student says her mother works hard and is wearing herself out. Abraham's mother Noemi (only name given) walks outside a house. Noemi walks inside a house. In interview Noemi says in 17 years she's cleaned at least 12,000 homes, and states she now has her own house. Guzman and daughter take laundry off clothing line, and they fold laundry. Guzman says moving into her own house was sweet. Overhead wide shot of homes seen. Construction workers hammer on a roof. Clips of migrant Latino community in Las Vegas seen. Unidentified student says most of the workers in a casino are Latino, and notes it wouldn't be Las Vegas if the Latinos didn't work at the casinos. Clips of light show from the"Fremont Street experience," tourists looking on, man uses camcorder, and tourists walking seen. Student says tourists don't realize there's communities and families in Las Vegas. Gamblers play slot machines. Cocktail waitress carries drinks on a tray. Roller coaster high above Las Vegas seen. Man puts towels inside a maid's cart. Maid cleans a sink. Exteriors of a school seen. Students inside a classroom seen. Student says the city needs to focus more on education and less on casinos. Goodman says the students are not getting the short end of the stick, and offers the students to come down to city hall and he'll listen to them. Children play at a basketball court. Construction worker smooths out cement. Clips of construction workers seen. Overhead shot of a golf course and construction site nearby seen. Aerials of homes and residential areas in Las Vegas seen. Traffic on congested road seen. Waterfalls outside casinos seen. Man plays golf in foreground of a waterfall. Overhead shot of haze lingering over Las Vegas skyline seen. Goodman says they have to manage the growth because that's what has made Las Vegas great. In interview UNLV (University of Nevada-Las Vegas) Professor Hal Rothman says the growth rate is phenomenal and doesn't know of another example of it in American history. Cashier opens cash register. Bellman receives a tip. Gamblers sit and play blackjack. Maid makes a bed. Man works a gondola ride at the Venetian Hotel and Casino. Arnado says a person can achieve the American dream and have a decent life for their family in Las Vegas. Clips of dice, stacks of chips being pushed on a table, playing cards being dealt from a shoe, playing cards on a blackjack table, dice being tossed at a craps table, hand pushing button on a slot machine, close ups of chips being taken from a rack, and money being placed in a hand seen. Author Pete Earleysays"It's about getting something for nothing. It's about putting a quarter in the machine and winning a million dollars. It's about imagining riches you could never win any other way." Close ups of coin put into a slot machine, reels spinning, and coins falling into a tray seen. 23:27:25 MSNBC Weather. Graphic plug www.msnbc.com. 23:30:43 Magicians Penn and Teller seen. Penn discusses people having the dream of getting rich in Las Vegas when in reality people just give their money away. Close up of a slot machine seen. Teller tosses money away. Venetian Hotel and Casino owner Sheldon Adelson shows Rivera the casino counting room (where all the money is processed and counted). Stacks of money seen. Adelson shows Rivera money. Fake volcano erupts outside the Mirage Hotel and Casino. People ride horses during a medieval show. Neon signs and flashing lights along the Las Vegas strip seen. Overhead shot of a casino floor seen. In interview former Las Vegas Mayor and current Harrah's Hotel and Casino Vice President Jan Jones agrees the soul of Vegas is still the gaming. Reflection of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in mirrored windows of a building seen. Jones says people like to gamble because they like the moment when they might become a millionaire, and states recreational gamblers understand than gambling is good entertainment. Former casino executive Frank Rosenthal says there's nothing entertaining about losing money, and notes casinos are in the gambling business. Woman plays slot machine at the airport. Panning shot of a Laundromat interior with slot machines seen. Overhead shot along the strip seen. In interview Bear Stearns casino analyst Jason Ader says the entire state of Nevada is dependent on casino gaming. Overhead panning shot of slot machines seen. Close ups of playing cards on a casino table, money being pushed into a table slot, money on table, and money is pushed into a slot seen. Overhead shot of slot machines seen. Innovative gaming designer Randy Adams shows a gambler how to play a slot machine. Shots of video slot machines seen. In interview Adams says"It looks like you're winning all the time. Well, you're not really winning. You're putting 45 coins in and you're getting 30 back, and 45 in and 25 back. Well, you think you're winning. You're not winning. I mean you just lost 20 coins, right?" Adams looks on as people play slot machines. Woman comments to Adams that she doesn't like the slot machine she's playing. Adams tells Rivera"The goal in our industry is to create more energy in each one of these casinos. It's not just about the making the machines more fun. It's trying to create an environment that breeds kind of a kind of a party atmosphere, an adult entertainment, if you will." Reel spins on a"Wheel of Fortune" slot machine. Clips of Monopoly and Wheel of Fortune slot machines seen. Adams says"The concept is that there's a perception of player skill that you can manipulate that wheel based on when you start it and stop it. No, there's no skill. It's all random." In interview author Pete Earley says the house always has the edge. Montage of playing cards being fanned out, slot machine reels spinning, dice rolling on a craps table, chips being picked up from a craps table, and slot machine lever being pulled seen. Woman looks on. Close up of a slot machine reel seen. Rosenthal says"Ninety-nine and nine tenths percent of all tourists and visitors to Las Vegas, Nevada are going to leave with there with their money in the state." Adams says"The idea is to try to create more fun, create more entertainment value for your dollar. And more revenue for the casino, right." Casino shuttle bus moves along road. Rolling shot out a windshield seen. Bus driver Joyce Gibbons (ph) introduces herself as she drives passengers. Clips of Gibbons driving her bus seen. Elderly man lugs an oxygen tank, and Gibbons carries oxygen tank. Gibbons carries a stool. Clips of senior citizens riding on the bus seen. Bus travels on road. Low panning shot of sign for Arizona Charlie's Hotel and Casino seen. People embark the bus. Gibbons introduces bingo players Lillian and Peggy. Lillian says the weather brought her to Las Vegas. Woman calls bingo numbers. Close up of numbered bingo balls seen. Clips of people playing bingo seen. Bingo number being colored with a marker on a bingo card seen. Gibbons drives the bus. Rolling shot in casino parking lot, and up to curb outside the casino seen. Clips of people playing bingo seen. Gibbons says she works for the casino and they pay her salary, but she's torn between the two of them. Clips of people playing slot machines seen. Hand shuffles casino chips. Poker dealers Tony, Joe, and Ron seen. People sit at table during a poker game. Tony, Joe, and Ron discuss the percentage of gamblers who can stay ahead of the house. Money being counted seen. Rivera reports on camera from Binion's Horseshoe Hotel and Casino during the World Series of Poker tournament. Poker champion Susie Isaacs says"You can't play if you don't pay." Issacs kisses a man. Close up of Issacs' championship bracelets seen. Clips of people playing poker during tournament, and man wearing sunglasses seen. Pile of prize money seen. Wide shot of poker room seen. Overhead shot of poker table seen. Television cameras near the poker table. Issacs says"They say a chip, and a chair and a prayer. You are in there." Dealer counts money. Man wears a shark hat. Close up of poker player holding a cigarette seen. Money and chips on table seen. Poker tournament announcer commences tournament play. Clips of poker players during tournament, woman smiling, man tosses cards away and smiles, and pile of chips seen. World poker champion Phil Hellmuth seen. Chips are pushed to a winner. In interview Hellmuth says"My biggest talent in poker is, is looking into people's souls, so to speak. Knowing exactly what they're doing, what they're thinking. And it rattles players, because I do read them so well." Hellmuth and others play poker. Rivera talks with professional poker player Amarillo Slim Preston. Still of Preston seen. Preston and Rivera walk inside poker room. Preston says being broke is for tourists, and notes it's no disgrace to get broke, it's a disgrace to stay broke. Former World Series of Poker champion Scotty Nguyen plays poker. Nguyen says"Lights, baby. Fast lane. Money. Power." Panning shot of poker tables and players seen. At the tournament final table, people applaud for finalist T. J. Cloutier. Preston looks on in audience. Hellmuth talks on cell phone from audience. Clips of 2000 World Poker Champion Chris Ferguson after winning, and hugging a woman seen. Ferguson sits at table embracing money and chips. Ferguson comments that anyone can get lucky. Overhead panning shot of Las Vegas skyline seen. Roulette wheel spins. 23:40:51 Graphic plug www.msnbc.com. 23:43:33 Fake volcano erupts outside the Mirage Hotel and Casino. Rolling exteriors of the New York, New York Hotel and Casino, and the Luxor Hotel and Casino seen. In interview author Pete Earley in part voice over says"As you drive by the volcano and you drive by the New York Skyline and you drive by the wonderful pyramid, they're the reminder that some people have lost everything to build these castles in the sky." Long shot of Las Vegas skyline seen. Low shot of painted mural on a ceiling seen. People ride on an escalator to a casino floor. Close up of a video poker machine seen. In interview video poker addict Liz (only name given) says she thought about committing suicide and wanted to die. Liz unlocks door to her van. Liz drives in parking lot. Shot focuses in on slot machines at entrance of a foodstore. Liz says"I wouldn't even get in the doors. The video poker machines are right there, and the first one that was vacant, that was mine. It's cost me as much as $500 for a gallon of milk, and I've gone home without the milk or the bread." Liz sews on a sewing machine. Liz says she's gambled her son's car payments. In interview gambling addict clinic director Dr. Robert Hunter says"I would much rather be a heroin addict than a pathological gambler." Hunter speaks with recovering gambling addicts. Chips on a craps table. Close up of slot machine reels spinning seen. Hunter says gambling is a silent addiction and notes the stigma for gamblers are similar to drug and alcohol patients 30 or 40 years ago. Slot machine reels spin, playing cards are fanned out, dice on a craps table, casino chips, coins fall, and cards on a blackjack table. Liz says she would zone out on the cards, and states she had to work. Close up panning shot of a slot machine seen. Rivera reports on camera from inside Harrah's Hotel and Casino. Montage clips of video poker slot machine seen. In interview recovering gambling addict, blackjack dealer Tammy (only name given) says her track marks were video poker. Tammy and her 3 children wash their sport utility vehicle (SUV). Tammy says she gambled through an entire pregnancy with her youngest daughter, and notes there's a lot of guilt and shame she had to work through. In interview Tammy's husband Michael (only name given) says"It's real emotional because it's something that has divided us, and has caused a great deal of anger and frustration in our family." Window for Hunter's office seen. Tammy and Michael listen to Hunter. Michael says he introduced Tammy to video poker. Close up of buttons being pushed on a video poker machine seen. Hunter says"My patients gamble to escape, to lose themselves. Video poker is the perfect game to get lost in. It's the distilled essence of gambling." Montage clips of video poker machines being played seen. Hunter says"The average problem gambler, it's roughly 20 years from their first bet to what we call bottom. For video poker players it's about two and a half years." Video poker machines inside a Laundromat seen. Tammy says it's very hard to get away from the machines because they are everywhere, and notes they've considered moving from Las Vegas. In interview former Las Vegas Mayor and current Harrah's Vice President Jan Jones says"I think that slot machines in supermarkets, in 7-elevens and convenience stores, that's not about entertainment. There's a real difference there. That's just about gambling. When it's just about gambling, that's different." Freight train passes by. In interview homeless gambling addict Carl Neilson (ph) says it took him 5 months to lose all of his money. People walk along railroad tracks. Panning shot to cardboard shacks underneath a highway overpass seen. Las Vegas Police Officer Eric Fricker (ph) walks up to homeless people to see how they are doing. In interview Fricker says"We've interviewed thousands of homeless here, and there is a good percentage who are here because of gambling. But the other downside is that once they do become homeless, the gambling kind of keeps them down sometimes. They're going to put their last quarter in to try to hit it big and maybe get out of being homeless." Neilson says a person with a gambling problem will spend their last $5 in a casino. Clips of slot machine, playing cards, flashing lights, roulette wheel spinning, chips being placed onto roulette table numbers, and slot machine button being pushed seen. In interview Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman says 1% of the population has a gambling problem and they are trying to address that problem. Overhead interior of the Venetian Hotel and Casino atrium seen. Rivera and Venetian owner Sheldon Adelson ride in a gondola. In interview Adelson says"I think Las Vegas does do a lot to help problem gamblers. You know, all of our employees are conversant in how to handle problem gamblers. When people seem to go overboard in their playing, our people will put their arm around and say, you know, `We want to help you. What can we do? Maybe you are playing a little too much.'" Chips being cleared from roulette table around a winning marker seen. Earley says he doesn't know of anyone being banned from a casino because they are an addict. Aerial of the Las Vegas strip at night seen. Hunter talks with people seated at his gambling clinic. Entrance to clinic seen. Rivera talks with poker dealers. Dealer Tony (only name given) says there's nothing anyone can do because if a person is on a mission, they're just bound to go broke. Jones says gambling is entertainment and in their business it gives people an opportunity to live out a fantasy in life. Earley discusses where the liability and responsibility ends in gambling. Sign"no losers" seen. Flashing red lights seen. Wide shot of Las Vegas skyline seen. Liz says if she goes back out to gamble, she's dead. 23:53:24 Magicians Penn and Teller seen. Penn says if people are given enough freedom, they're going to do something goofy. Men ride on an amusement park ride. Colored waterfall, dissolving to acrobatic performers on stage seen. Light show at the"Fremont Street experience" seen. Aerial of the strip along Las Vegas Boulevard seen. Marquee advertising entertainer Wayne Newton seen. In interview Newton says he loves Las Vegas and notes they both grew up at the same time. Overhead shot of the strip seen. Signs reflecting off windows of a building seen. Overhead shot of casinos along the strip seen. Flashing lights and moon in night sky seen. Colored water fountain seen. Rolling shots of casino exteriors including New York, New York, and the Luxor seen. In interview author Pete Earley in part voice over says"Las Vegas is the city that we love to hate. But I think there's also an underlying guilt that there really shouldn't be a Sodom and Gomorrah, where people can go and spend money foolishly and get drunk and do crazy things and possibly win a lot of money. And I think sometimes, that fear of letting yourself go, which is what Vegas is really all about, makes us kind of say, `Oh, isn't this a horrible place. When can I book the next flight?'" Montage clips of playing cards in table, gamblers playing blackjack, hands holding chips, spinning reels of a slot machine, ball spinning around a roulette wheel, close up of a glass of alcohol, panning shot of hotel lobby area, lights above at the"Fremont Street experience," bundles of money being handed over, and coins falling into slot machine tray seen. Clips of jets taxiing at McCarren International Airport, tourists walking outside, neon"Mustang Sally" sign,"Stardust" sign, and volcano simulation outside the Mirage Hotel and Casino seen. Rivera reports and closes on camera. 23:55:30 Rivera signs off the air. 23:59:02 MSNBC Weather. Graphic plug of www.msnbc.com.

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