MSNBC Weekend Dayside 18:00 hour Air Rage anchored by Stone Phillips
NBC ID: ART4ENSMGQ | Production Unit: MSNBC Live (Dayside) | Media Type: Aired Show | Media ID: MNBC-DAY-20010422-0011 | Air Date(s): 04/22/2001 | Event Date(s): 04/22/2001Transcript
Event Date(s): 04/22/2001 | Description: MSNBC 18:00:00 Weekend Magazine anchored by Stone Phillips. 18:05:24 NBC News correspondent Edie Magnus reports a Dateline NBC package entitled"Enemy At The Gate?" Close up of an airplane during takeoff seen. Panning shot of travelers in an airport seen. Close up of an airplane in flight seen. Wide shot of an airplane taxiing on a runway and another airplane coming in for a landing seen. Point of view shot of an airplane wing seen. A traveler lying down on chairs in an airport seen. Close up of an airline worker on a telephone seen. A traveler rubs his eyes at the airport. A traveler at the airport sits on the floor withher eyes closed. Panning shot of travelers sitting on board an airplane seen. Quick shot of the door on an airplane closing seen. An unidentified female on hidden camera says she just feels like taking her out back and beating the living hell out of her at this point. A woman tells an airline worker she has been back and forth four times. Panning shot of a traveler telling an airline worker that the airline's obligation was to get him to his destination at a certain time and they failed to do so. An airplane in flight seen. Rear shot of an airplane taxiing on a runway during takeoff seen. In Newark, New Jersey wide shot of a Continental Airlines jet taxiing on a runway seen. An airplane stops at the jetway seen. Zoom in shot of airport timetable monitor reading Orlando seen. Dissolve of a monitor reading delayed seen. Zoom in shot of a sign reading Continental and directions to various areas of Gate C seen. Point of view shot of the Gate 115 waiting area seen. Point of view shot of the counter at Gate 115 seen. Panning shot of travelers sitting at Gate 115 seen. Close up of travelers boarding an airplane at Gate 115 seen. Dissolve of people walking and people sitting in the waiting area seen. File shot of airplane traveler John Davis seen. Close up of Davis' wife Victoria seen. A woman holds their two year old daughter Kayla. Close up of airline worker Angelo Sottile seen. Slow motion shot of travelers standing at Gate 115 seen. Panning shot of travelers sitting in a waiting area seen. An airline worker rips a ticket and hands it to a passenger(faces unseen). Passengers board an airplane(faces unseen). An airline worker places a tag on luggage. Point of view shot of the jetway seen. NBC's Edie Magnus reports on camera. Zoom in shot of airport timetable reading Orlando seen. Stills of Davis seen. Panning shot of Davis in a courtroom and a judge walking to his bench seen. Zoom in shot of Davis speaking to a man in a courtroom seen. During press conference Davis says he defended himself, he reached up and grabbed him, he attacked him and he defended himself. During trial prosecutor Leslie Mann says now what happened in this case at least what the state is going to suggest to you is the following. A monitor showing Gate 115 seen. Mann says the victim was the victim, he wasn't attacking anyone, he wasn't assaulting anyone, he was assaulted. Gate agent Ana Bautista raises her hand to take the oath and sits. Close up of Davis seen. During testimony Bautista says Davis says who the f*** do you think you are, I don't speak to my wife like that, so you won't talk to my wife like that, Davis was pushing Sottile with his chest. Bautista acts out Davis' actions against Sottile with Mann watching. Bautista says Davis picked Sottile up and everything happened so quick it looked like he knew what he was doing. Bautista demonstrates Davis' actions in the courtroom. Bautista says at the time she thought Sottile was dead, she thought Davis had killed him because he saw Sottile bleeding through his nose. Slow motion shot of passengers in front of Gate 115 seen. Framed shots of two witnesses taking oaths in the courtroom seen. Zoom in shot of Victoria Davis hugging John Davis in the courtroom seen. During testimony an unidentified female says Victoria Davis said to Sottile don't you cop an attitude with me. During testimony an unidentified female says Victoria Davis says we are getting on that f*****g plane. Jesus I don't like your attitude, we don't have to do this, we don't have to fly this airline. NBC's Dan Abrams turns pages in a book in a library. In interview Abrams says the most important witness in this case are the passengers. Witness demonstrates the actions of John Davis from the witness stand. Abrams says they don't have any stake in the outcome. Witness for the prosecution Jim Lord takes oath on the witness stand. Davis stands in a courtroom. During testimonyLord says after the yelling face to face the passenger picks up the agent and slams him to the ground, they were nose to nose yelling but there was no contact by the agent. Panning shot of prosecuting attorneys carrying a dummy to the witness stand seen. Lord recreates Davis' actions on Sottile with the dummy. Lord says at a certain point in the confrontation Davis grabs Sottile, lifts him and slams him to the floor on his head. New York Times reporter Maria Newman turns pages in a notepad. In interview Newman says you could hear the gasps from the jurors. She thinks that really made the point how Davis was one human being throwing another and how he landed with a thud on the floor. Lord slams the dummy on its head in the courtroom. Abrams says the prosecutors wanted the jurors to be able to see how violent an episode this was, he thinks they wanted the jury to be able to picture it and imagine a human being, a person what that would feel like. Lord holds the dummy as attorneys watch in the courtroom. Wide shot of Sottile taking oath on the witness stand seen. During testimony Sottile says he has no memory of what happened to him. Sottile walks to a stage for a press conference wearing a halo. A doctor points to an x-ray of Sottile's injuries. Sottile stands at a podium during a press conference. Sotille demonstrates the mobility of his neck by turning his head in the courtroom and walks back to the witness stand. During testimony Sottile says he is in pain everyday. Sottile grimaces and grabs his neck during testimony. Sottile asks the defense attorney to stay in one place because he cannot follow him around the courtroom, he would like to follow him. Abrams says the defense attorney could have been doing this to try and show that Sottile can move his neck back and forth, but that is a risky strategy if that is what he was doing and in the end it backfired, Sottile said look this is hurting me. Close up of a medical expert with a model of a vertebrae demonstrating Sottile's injuries seen. During testimony surgeon Michell Ryder says what happened with the crack to the second bone it allowed the bones to shift out of position, the bone is broken in such a way that the spine could become unstable. Close up of Ryder holding the vertebrae model seen. Close up of a person pointing to Sottile's x-ray seen. During testimony Ryder says this injury pattern is more consistent with a person who has been in a motor vehicle accident or potentially a fall from a height it is not consistent with someone just tripping and falling. Zoom in shot of Sottile sitting on the witness stand seen. Lord holds a dummy in the courtroom. Bautista takes oath on the witness stand. Unidentified passenger testifies on the witness stand. Close up of Sottile speaking on the witness stand seen. Zoom in shot of sign reading Gate 115 seen. Newman says by the end of the prosecution's case, she thinks most of the audience thought it was a no-brainer that it was pretty clear cut and wondering why John Davis was even fighting this, that is not the impression you are left with at the end of the defense's case though. Davis' defense attorney speaks during the trial. 18:19:26 In Newark, New Jersey defense attorney for airline passenger John Davis, Anthony Pope says you can point a finger, you can say he did x,y,and z, but you have to then prove it. Wide shot of Pope speaking in the courtroom seen. Close up of Pope speaking in the courtroom seen. Pope says but you don't grab the guy's neck and you don't push his wife. Close up of Davis sitting in the courtroom seen. Pope says Davis' self defense came just when he tried to put him in a bearhug and hold him I submit to you and that is just what the evidence is going to reflect ladies and gentlemen. Wide shot of Davis' wife Victoria Davis walking into the courtroom seen. Victoria Davis takes oath on the witness stand. Close up of Victoria crying on the witness stand seen. Slow motion dissolve of a ticket agent ripping a ticket and point of view shot of a jetway seen. During testimony Victoria says plaintiff Angelo Sottile )points to a picture of Gate 115)came over here and stopped her and told her she is not getting her daughter and he put his hands on her chest and pushed her back. Victoria demonstrates how Sottile shoved her. Victoria says Sottile shoved her and told her she is not getting her daughter. In interview New York Times reporter Maria Newman says she thinks every mother can relate to that and think oh my God how can you keep a mother from doing that. Victoria stands next to a picture of Gate 115 and points to the entrance of the jetway. Slow motion shot of Gate 115 seen. Victoria says at that point she told him no one's gonna f'n stop her from getting her daughter. Close up of John Davis sitting in a courtroom seen. Victoria says the next thing she saw was Mr. Sottile's hand reach out for her husband's neck. Close up of John Davis sitting in the courtroom seen. Victoria says she just saw them struggle and she saw them fall to the ground. She says she saw her husband's feet leaving the air. Close up of a ticket agent checking a passenger's ticket(faces unseen). A man hands photographs to Victoria on the witness stand. Still of cuts on Davis' leg seen. Victoria looks through photographs on the witness stand. Still of red marks on John Davis' neck seen. Victoria says she saw fingerprints and it was all red and swollen underneath his chin. Point of view shot of the New Jersey Turnpike seen. Point of view shot of the Newark Airport seen. Panning shot of the Newark Airport seen. During testimony an unidentified female says Sottile took his hand and shoved Victoria and she fell back. During testimony an unidentified male says his son-in-law had Mr. Sottile in a bearhug with his arms around his chest and they were falling. Zoom in shot of John Davis sitting in the courtroom seen. A woman demonstrates how Sottile prevented Victoria from retrieving her daughter in the courtroom. A man demonstrates how Sottile grabbed John Davis' neck in the courtroom. A woman demonstrates how John Davis put Sottile in a bearhug in the courtroom. Wide shot of a woman in the courtroom demonstrating how Sottile and Davis fell together seen. Zoom in shot of Davis seen. Pope sits at his office and writes on a piece of paper. In interview Pope says when you assess their credibility in the aggregate, he thinks they all were credible. Zoom in shot of a baby in John Davis' arms seen. Newman says the Davis' seemed very united, there are babies in the crowd, there are crying babies, the mother is constantly running out to take care of her crying baby. Rear shot of a witness walking to the witness stand seen. New Jersey councilwoman Patricia Stotser takes oath on the witness stand. Sottile sits on the witness stand. During testimony Stotser says Sottile seemed very agitated. Stotser says he grabbed the Davis' and pushed them against the wall. Wide shot of Stotser being questioned on the witness stand seen. Stotser walks away from the witness stand and demonstrates on Pope how Sottile grabbed John Davis by the throat. A medical expert walks to the witness stand and takes oath. Wide shot of the witness demonstrating how Davis fell on top of the agent. During testimony the medical expert says Sottile's face came to the ground and landed on his forehead. Pope says you can't have the injury the way he had with being thrown or just a freefall type in the air, it just wasn't possible. John Davis walks to the witness stand and takes oath. Pope says there are two people that really for sure knew what happened and were right involved with it, one has no memory and the other one testified as to what happened. During testimony John Davis says he will never forget that day. Slow motion shot of people walking in an airport(faces unseen). In Orlando, Florida panning shot of the Magic Kingdom at Disney World seen. Slow motion shot of people walking into the jetway(faces unseen). Close up of Victoria sitting in the courtroom seen. John Davis speaks on the witness stand. Panning shot of the door at Gate 115 seen. During testimony John Davis says he said what the F*** are you doing touching my wife and he said he doesn't touch his wife, nobody's going to touch his wife. John Davis in the courtroom demonstrates on Pope how Sottile grabbed his neck. Davis demonstrates that Sottile brought his fist back to punch him. Davis demonstrates how he was on Sottile's back when the two fell. Davis says when they are moving, they start to fall, Davis' feet come up waist high maybe a little higher, they were diagonal going to the ground. Wide shot of Davis testifying on the witness stand during cross examination seen. Panning shot of an empty jury box seen. Davis says not once did he ever try to inflict bodily injury on Sottile. Newman says she doesn't think Davis ever lost his temper on the stand, he smiled often at the jury and smiled at his family. Close up of Victoria seen. In interview NBC's Dan Abrams says in a lot of cases you see the defendant not taking the stand. Davis is handed a picture of marks on his body on the witness stand. Abrams says the defendant almost had to take the stand here, he is saying this was self defense and for him to just sit there and not testify would have posed more questions about the defense than in most cases. Pope says if he has credibility with the jury, that is going to go a long way in creating reasonable doubt. Davis walks away from the witness stand. Davis plays with her baby that Victoria is holding. Newman says in someway we want to side with John Davis, we have all been there, we've dealt with delays, we've dealt with airline employees who treat us like a number, like a boarding pass. Panning shot of an empty jury box with framed shots of Davis taking oath on the witness stand and Sottile during a press conference seen. 18:32:00 In Newark, New Jersey panning shot of a judge dismissing the jury seen. Airline passenger John Davis and attorney Anthony Pope stand in a courtroom. Close up of airline employee Angelo Sottile seen. In interview an unidentified juror says you have a man's life in your hands, that is ten years he could have been getting, so they had to look at all the evidence. Panning shot of a jury box seen. Wide shot of a some of the jurors in the case seen. A female juror speaks during an interview. A male juror speaks during the interview. A male juror speaks to Magnus with back to the camera. A female juror speaks during the interview. The four jurors seen. In interview an unidentified male juror says they had a variety of people, the prosecution has witnesses from Florida, Jersey, people from different walks of life, social, racial and economic backgrounds and they all said they saw Mr. Davis physically pick Mr. Sottile up and throw him to the ground. Wide shot of witness John Lord demonstrating with a dummy how Davis threw Sottile to the ground. Zoom in shot of Gate 115 seen. A juror says they demonstrated how he fell he played Mr. Sottile and a taller guy in there, they reenacted the incident. They simulated the fight. They both were struggling, they didn't believe that Davis just through Sottile to the ground. Prosecuting attorney Leslie Mann speaks in the courtroom. Sottile speaks while on the witness stand. In interview an unidentified female juror says Sottile was supposed to call the Port Authority police why didn't he or anyone else ever pick up the phone and call the Port Authority police, all of this could have been avoided if the police could have gotten there and gotten the situation under control. Davis walks in a corridor in the courthouse. In interview an unidentified female juror says the case to her was about does he need to be locked up for breaking the defendant's neck. The judge walks to his bench and sits. Davis sits in the courtroom with Pope in the background. The judge says there will be no outbreak of any kind by anyone in the courtroom. Wide shot of people sitting in the courtroom seen. Panning shot of Davis' wife Victoria holding their son Brendon seen. The judge says bring out the jury and have them take their seats please. Panning shot of Davis and Pope seen. Close up of Victoria Davis with Brendon and their daughter Kayla seen. Zoom in shot of Sottile seen. The judge asks if the jury has agreed on a verdict. Close up of Davis seen. The judge says how does the jury find the defendant. The jury foreman says not guilty. Close up of Victoria, Kayla and Brendon seen. Close up of Sottile shaking his head seen. Close up of Davis crying in the courtroom seen. Close up of Victoria, Kayla, Brendon and Davis' family crying in the courtroom seen. Davis stands in the courtroom. Kayla walks through the courtroom barrier. Davis hugs Victoria and Brendon. During press conference Davis holding Brendon says it's hard to put in words, he is just glad it's over and they can go on with their lives. Victoria says she knew he was innocent, he's a good man and proud to have him as her husband. During press conference Mann says they presented the case as strongly as they could, their belief is that the evidence supported the charges, however the jury has spoken they accept the verdict of the jury. A juror says she would imagine that the verdict would tell them if something escalates maybe they should do the right thing and call the Port Authority or call their supervisor. A juror says maybe the verdict will tell them to just take people's tickets and that's it. A juror says they have to go by what the evidence is, what set it off, what the conditions were, they were not just going to go by Sottile having a broken neck and having to convict Davis, they are sorry he has a broken neck, the point is he thinks Sottile provoked it a little. 18:45:13 NBC News correspondent Lisa Rudolph reports a Dateline NBC package entitled"Easy Rider". Low angle shot of plane in flight seen. In part voice and in interview with Lisa Rudolph 12-year old Christopher Peregory says that he was thinking that he could make it on his own, says that he didn't have a master plan of what he was doing and that it was like he was on Christopher's stupid adventure. Low angle, rotating shot of plane in flight seen. Christopher walks outdoors. Schools buses parked outside Belle View School in northern Virginia seen. In interview with Rudolph, Christopher says that he called another student an inappropriate name and was sent to the principle's office."Principle" name on door seen. Layered shot of school exterior and Christopher walking outdoors seen. In interview Christopher says that he was upset. Dissolve shots of Christopher walking outdoors and exterior of movie theater seen. In interview Christopher, who sneaked into the movie theater, says that he complained when the movie didn't start. Train door slides to a close. Point of the shot of train cars seen. Close up of telephone seen. In interview Christopher's mom Renee (no last name given) recalls getting a phone call from Christopher's school, being told that her son had left the building and that they didn't know where her son was. Renee walks outdoors. Low angle shot of Renee walking outdoors seen. In interview Renee says that after 13 hours she was she was feared the worst. Panning shot to telephone on counter seen. In interview Renee recalls the phone ringing and her checking her caller ID and reading Missouri on the caller ID. Low angle shot of plane in flight seen. Framed photo of Renee and her son next to telephone seen. Renee recalls getting a collect call and being told that it was Christopher. Stills of Christopher seen. Renee, sitting next to her son, recalls asking her son how he got to Missouri and being told that he took a TWA plane. Dateline's Lisa Rudolph reports on camera inside airport terminal. The metro train moves on the tracks. From inside the metro, rolling shot of the Ronald Reagan National Airport seen. train moving on the tracks and sign"National Airport" seen. Christopher says that he decided to get off at the airport and walk around. Point of view shot of airport terminal seen. Delta plane seen on the tarmac. Panning shot of flight information monitors seen. A ticket agent asks unseen passenger for identification. Low angle shot of people walking in airport terminal seen. Airport worker asks older woman if she packed her own luggage. Airline worker places ticket on suitcase. Airline worker rips traveler's boarding pass. Hand places airline tickets in envelope. Hand stamps ticket. Christopher walks outdoors. Exterior of the Trans World Airlines (TWA) terminal seen. People walk through metal detectors inside the airport. Layered shots of Christopher walking outdoors, people walking inside metal detectors and people standing in line at a boarding gate seen. TWA sign seen on wall. In interview Christopher says that there was plane and he thought about just getting on. Christopher describes how he was able to sneak on the plane. (Blue tone) Point of view shot of corridor, boarding plane, and plane aisle seen. Christopher says that he sat in the coach section. People stand in line at the TWA counter. Christopher says that he didn't know where the plane was going. (Blue tone) Point of view shot of ticket agent ripping ticket, airline worker closing the plane door and travelers seated in their seats seen. Christopher recalls being asked if he wanted a drink or pretzels. Christopher says that no one asked to see his boarding pass, his ticket or what he was doing on the plane. Aerial of body of water and Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri seen. Christopher says that he wandered the airport in St. Louis for three hours and that after awhile he tried to get back on to another flight. Crowds of people walk inside airport terminal. Travelers stand in line. Man hands ID card to airline worker. Travelers stand in line at boarding gate. In part vo, Christopher says that the airport had better security and that two people were watching the gate. Aerial of St. Louis and the arch seen at night. Low level shot of people's feet walking seen. (Blue tone) Point of view shot of pay phone in airport terminal fades to still of Renee and Christopher seen. (Blue tone) Point of view shot of bed inside a juvenile detention center and of hand turning the key to lock the door seen. A TWA plane takes off from the runway. In interview Christopher says that he wished he were able to run right into his mother's arms after arriving at the airport, but that it was a lot more complicated. Renee walking outdoors, close up of barred windows, still of Christopher and of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport sign seen at airport. In part vo, Renee says that the airport and TWA officials have no right to question her son and put him through that and says that they should have waited until she was present before they questioned Christopher. Renee and Christopher walk outdoors on the pier. In interview with Rudolph, Christopher recalls being reunited with his mom and his mom pulling his ear. Shots of Christopher and his mom walking outdoors seen. Federal Aviation Administration logo etched in glass window seen. A TWA plane taxis on the tarmac. In interview former FAA Chief of Staff Michael Goldfarb (ph) says that a 12-twelve year old boy getting on a plane should not have happened. Goldfarb walks to his desk and sits. Goldfarb works at his desk. In interview with Rudolph, Goldfarb says that not checking someone for a ticket is a security lapse, says that it's having someone who they can't account for being on an aircraft and because anytime someone is on a plane without the knowledge of the airline, one can assume that there is an intent to cause that plane some harm. An Airline worker checks traveler's tickets. At a boarding gate, an airline worker rips ticket. A plane takes off the runway. Low angle shot of FAA sign outside building in Washington, DC seen. Travelers walk through metal detectors at the airport. Low level shot of travelers walking with their suitcases, of a traveler placing carry-on luggage x-ray machine, of airline workers walking along a corridor seen. In interview Goldfarb says that he think the FAA's own view is that that's an intolerable number of breaches in security. Planes move along the tarmac. Line of planes seen. Insert graphic FAA document and graphic excerpt"airports had fixed the problems" and"capable of providing high levels of compliance with regulations" seen. Christopher swinging on tree swing seen. In interview with Rudolph, Goldfarb says that they have room for improvement and that they are not there yet at 100 percent. Rudolph reports on camera at the TWA airport terminal. Insert graphic of TWA statement and graphic excerpt"He obviously is a troubled young man, and we sympathize with his family. However, this does not excuse his behavior in sneaking down a jet bridge and stealing hundreds of dollars' worth of transportation. TWA believes that the family's first step in helping this young man should be to stop blaming the victim of his theft and to face up to their problems." In interview Goldfarb says that TWA's missing the point here, that the point isn't whether the child is troubled or not and says that the point is that they appear to have a security violation and they should take that seriously. Camera pulls back from Trans World Airlines signs to travelers standing in lines at the counter. Airline workers tend to travelers at the counter. Close ups of hand ripping ticket, of hand writing in ticket, of hand placing ticket in envelope and of hand sliding address-o-graph over ticket seen. Christopher moves Monopoly piece on the board. Shots of Renee and Christopher play Monopoly seen. In interview Christopher says that the charges against him are very serious. Renee says that she's not responsible for what happened, says that she sent her child to school and that she never thought that she'd have to explain to him not to go onto an airline flight and says that regardless of his disciplinary problems, he should never have been able to walk onto that plane. Christopher walks outside his house. Low angle shot of plane in flight fades to Christopher swinging. Low angle shot of plane seen. 18:59:30 MSNBC Weather. Graphic plug of www.msnbc.com.