MSNBC Dayside: America at War anchored by Lester Holt 17:30 hour.

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Event Date(s): 12/17/2001 | Description: 17:30:00 MSNBC Live: America at War anchored by Lester Holt. 17:29:30 Holt reports the latest developments over"America at War: The Latest" graphic. 17:30:10 Clip of White House press secretary Ari Fleischer commenting that the anthrax investigation revealing that it was a domestic source that killed US citizens. 17:30:25 Holt reports on the refumigation of the Hart Senate Office building after traces of anthrax spores found after first decontamination on 2001-10. Holt voices over daylight exterior panning low shot of a Hart Senate Office building in Washington, DC. 17:31:25 MSNBC News correspondent Monica Novotny reports how the Main Postal facility in New York City, New York is handling the busy Christmas holiday season. Voxpop. Zoom out on customers standing at a counter inside Morgan Mail Facility in New York. Close-up of a machine sorting mail. Slow motion shot of a customer handing postal employee a credit card. A woman sorts mail while wearing a mask. Shots of postal employees helping customers inside a postal facility. Shots of postal employees handling mail. Daylight exterior shot of a postal facility. Interior shots of people inside a postal facility. Voxpop. Exterior shot of a postal facility. Shot of a postal worker checking a public mailbox. 17:33:58 Holt voices over video of captured al-Qaeda soldiers being escorted to seats outdoors in Tora Bora, Afghanistan. 17:36:45 Holt voices over shot of captured al-Qaeda soldiers sitting on chairs in Tora Bora. 17:36:58 Holt is joined live by former Central Intelligence Agency Agent Jack Rice from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rice comments about possible methods the US will use against al-Qaeda fighters to find suspected terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Various shots of al-Qaeda prisoners detained in Tora Bora. MSNBC Exclusive video pans across al-Qaeda detainees in Tora Bora. Still of American Taliban John Walker Lindh. Video of Lindh. 17:42:16 Clip from MSNBC"Hardball" interview between host Chris Matthews and"Newsweek" correspondent Michael Isikoff. They discuss Lindh's fate. 17:43:20 Graphic plug www.msnbc.com. 17:46:10 Holt voices over low shot of an American flag being raised outside the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Shot of two US Marines saluting as others look on during a flag raising ceremony. 16:36:25 Holt voices over video of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld walking with others outdoors. Shot of Rumsfeld meeting with with new Afghan leader General Hamid Karzai at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Rumsfeld walks outdoors with unidentified man. 17:46:40 Holt voices over video of police leading a suspect to an awaiting police car on an airstrip of a San Diego, California airport. 17:47:20 NBC News correspondent Dan Lothian reports how new technology is aiding baggage screeners detect possible threats of terrorism. Please see NY-WENN-20011216-0001. 17:49:44 Holt is joined live in the studio by www.msnbc.com correspondent Mike Moran. They discuss how Operation Enduring Freedom will force the United States to rebuild its governmental infrastructure. 17:53:30 NBC News correspondent Shellee Smith reports how Benedictine Monk Father Karl Nielson is serving god as well as his country. Please see NY-WENN-20011216-0001. 17:55:50 Graphic plug www.msnbc.com. 17:58:49 MSNBC Business Traveler's Forecast. Graphic plug www.msnbc.com.