MSNBC Weekend Dayside 12:00 hour anchored by Stone Phillips.

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Event Date(s): 04/08/2001 | Description: 12:00:00 Weekend Magazine: Kids& Sexual Harassment anchored by Stone Phillips. The show is previewed over bump video. 12:05:05 Dateline NBC's Dennis Murphy reports the story"Special Delivery". Aerial of twilight and clouds. Aerial of Micronesian island. Native men wearing native attire doing native dance and singing native songs. Beauty shots of the island. Shots of paintings. Close up of a native. Close up of a drawing being carved in wood. Zoom in shot of the man holding up the carving. Shot of the carving supered with shots of bar girls dancing a baby and"Mercedita" Mansion exterior with pool in Saipan. Still of American billionaire Larry Hillblom seen. Hillblom's still becomes full screen. In outdoor interview and voice over on island of Saipan Hillblom's attorney buddy bob O'Connor (ph) says Hillblom was a force of nature. He adds everyone on the island looked to Hillblom. In interview Feliciano says"yes" when asked if Hillblom made her pregnant. In outdoor interview another island girl Julie Quortero (ph) says Hillblom's the father of her baby. In outdoor interview another island woman Kwalani Kinney (ph) says Hillblom's her child's father. Still of Hillblom with others zooms to Hillblom. Point of view shot of airstrip (from fast taxiing plane). DHL cargo plane in flight. DHL employee pushing carton down conveyor. Cartons moving down conveyor. DHL planes in flight and taxiing (partly superimposed). DHL truck driving down road. DHL helicopter in flight. Employee with carton t conveyor (Hillblom was the"h" in DHL and one of its founders) seen. In interview San Francisco lawyer and Hillblom's friend peter Donecey (ph) says Hillblom was a brilliant businessman who started from nothing. Panning shot of still from Donecey to woman to Hillblom seen. Still of Hillblom on boat seen. Donecey says Hillblom hadthe vision and created the air express industry. Still of Hillblom seen as DHL truck driving down city street and DHL employee carrying box are superimposed. In Saipan woman interviews Hillblom who's lying in hammock. Aerial of Saipan. panning shot of huge rocks on beach. World War II tank in sea. Long shot of the tank in sea. Aerial of hotels with pools seen. B/w campaign poster with photo of Hillblom wearing native headdress and caption"Bota. vote Larry lee Hillblom" seen as shot zooms to close up of photo. O'Connor and Murphy walk outdoors during interview. O'Connor says part of Hillblom's charm was that he never put on any airs. Close up panning shot up of photo of Hillblom wearing blue jeans seen. Surf pounds against rocks. Long shot of Hillblom's beachfront estate. Overhead shot of the estate including swimming pool seen. Still of Hillblom holding drink and microphone near man seen. Close up of passenger planes including continental taxiing and in flight seen. Close up of"continental" on side of plane seen. O'Connor says he has no idea how much Hillblom was worth estimating 500 million and maybe twice that much. Panning shot of trees to Hillblom's estate seen. O'Connor says Hillblom would spend 75 million dollars for a DHL plane and then go the supermarket to get 29 cent pound price for chicken. Panning shot from brush to ocean. Insert still of Hillblom. Insert footage of Hillblom's live in Filipino girlfriend Josephine Nikasa (ph). Full screen of Nikasa looking at ocean seen. Still of Hillblom and Nikasa seen. Nikasa stands on balcony as shot pans down estate's house. Point of view shot from cockpit of plane in flight of sky seen. O'Connor says Hillblom wanted them to fly every day. Point of view shot from plane in flight of sky pans to cockpit's dashboard. Plane in flight's wing seen. O'Connor says he told Hillblom he'd never fly with him. Panning shot of light plane debris from crash with fast moving blurry images. Various shots of the debris seen. Donecey says there wasn't a bone in Hillblom's face that wasn't shattered or broken from the crash. In San Francisco exterior of Ralph N Davies medical center diagnostic and treatment with name sign seen. Hillblom's mole (removed during plastic surgery following accident) in container. Close up of the mole seen. Vintage seaplane (bought by Hillblom) in flight. Hillblom at cockpit during interview in flight seen. Donecey says he told Hillblom to buy a 727 but Hillblom said it was too much money. File footage of seaplane on ground. seen. Point of view shot of ocean and island seen from plane's cockpit. Reel to reel. Air traffic controllers at tower and controller on phone seen as transmission between pilot Hillblom and control tower (for takeoff) is heard. Aerial of clouds at sun set. with some clouds dark seen. Footage of Hillblom and another man at seaplane controls seen. Aerial of ocean seen. In voice over Donecey says Hillblom said the plane could land on water so (after crash) he felt Hillblom was alive and floating on water. Rescuer looking out of search plane's window. Shot of the boat's wake. Searcher talking on boat's radio. Men carrying covered body and wreckage. Rescuers on boat (2 bodies and wreckage but not Hillblom recovered) seen. O'Connor says it was stupid because Hillblom could have bought a safe light plane but Hillblom had to save money. Hillblom's certificate declaring him dead lost at sea seen with superimposed clouds and aerial of ocean. Donecey says he never looked at the will until he opened it for the reading. Inserts of researchers using petri dish and microscope. Machine registering data. Exterior of University of California San Francisco hospitals with name on wall (Hillblom left bulk of his estate to medical research with California university named as chief beneficiary) seen. B/w footage of physician holding object to patient's head as they watch graph on monitor machine. Slow-motion footage of Hillblom's alleged children with close up of baby Mercedita's (ph) hand. Quortero's daughter"Jillian's" hands playing in sand. Basketball being dribbled by Kinney's son Larry Hillblom Jr seen. Close up of doll seen. In interview and voice over Kinney's lawyer David Loohan (ph) says if his client is Hillblom's only child he's entitled to everything. Larry Jr rides bike down street. Close up of Mercedita. Close up of Jillian. Close up of Larry Jr (all are claimed to be Hillblom's children) seen. Ocean is seen. Footage becoming freeze-frame of Hillblom's alleged children as shot becomes split screen with low shot of skyscrapers seen. Donecey says Hillblom wanted his money to go to charity. Says Hillblom denied they were his children and says he's defending his dead friend's interests. Sunset over island pulls back to long shot with insert b/w still of Hillblom seen. At sun set lit torch pans down to other torches. Donecey says (part voice over) it's wrong and a tragedy for stories about Hillblom buying girls' virginities adding one dies and one's name gets dragged through the mud. Still of Hillblom with ocean superimposed. Room in building seen through windows. Torch light superimposed. drink in bar superimposed. Bikini clad dancer superimposed. Exterior of building near water seen. 12:16:02 Phillips recaps the story thus far and preview the upcoming segment. 12:16:24 Murphy's report continues. Aerial of sea seen. Shot pans from sky to Hillblom's estate. In interview Donecey says it's not about keeping money from children who may be Hillblom's but is about"greedy lawyers." Hillblom Jr rides bike outdoors. In Saipan religious officials and mourners at memorial service for Hillblom seen. Kinney walks outdoors. In outdoor interview Kinney says she was 16 when she first met Hillblom. Still of a teenage Kinney seen. Low shot of tropical trees superimposed with darkened interior of a Palau bar seen as the trees disappear. Darkened bar interior seen as superimposed lights people dancing and woman singing are seen. Kinney says when she saw Hillblom she wanted him and Just wanted to go with him. Moon partially hid by clouds seen in nighttime sky as ceiling fan is superimposed. Exterior of hotel Nikko Palau seen. Donecey says (part voice over) he never met Kinney the entire time (was on same trip with Hillblom when Hillblom and Kinney met) and adds Kinney doesn't seem like Hillblom's type but adds"stranger things have happened." Kinney outdoors during the day and at night water seen. In outdoor interview Hillblom Jr says his name. Stills of Hillblom Jr seen. Hillblom Jr's grandmother (Hillblom Jr lives with her) walks down street. Exterior of the grandmother's house seen. Legs riding bike and doing wheelie pulls back to show Hillblom Jr on the bike. Hillblom Jr and friends play basketball outdoors. Their legs seen. Hillblom Jr Recalls meeting Hillblom when he was 6 but says he didn't understand Hillblom much (Hillblom Jr didn't speak much English). Rear shot of Kinney sitting on Bench looking at sea seen. In outdoor interview Kinney says Hillblom gave her money says she never named her price but Hillblom gave her money when she asked for it and adds others including the man who took care of Hillblom's boat"Abbie" (ph) knew about the money. Abbie walks on dock past boats and in outdoor interview on boat says Hillblom gave him money to give to Kinney and told him the money was for his (Hillblom's) son. Donecey says if Hillblom Jr was Hillblom's son Hillblom would have instructed him (Donecey) to send money says Kinney waited 11 years and never brought a formal action for paternity but After Hillblom died Kinney was in court the next day. Murphy and Donecey seen in interview through glass doors in meeting room. Researcher operates computer showing man's head with brain section. Hillblom Jr and others ride bikes outdoors. Hillblom Jr's lawyer David Loohan (ph) speaking outdoors and Loohan talking to others outdoors seen. In outdoor interview Loohan says Hillblom wrote his will before he had kids says Hillblom had plenty of time to disinherit and adds Hillblom could have changed his will if he wanted to say Hillblom Jr wasn't his son. Donecey notes why Hillblom didn't clean up his will. Panning shot of Saipan court building seen."presiding judge" sign outside the building's door pans to show Murphy on-camera and walks to"court room a" sign outside door. Courtroom a interior with superimposed insert still of Hillblom seen. Still of Hillblom Jr seen. Crashed sea plane debris seen. Loohan says he suspected there had to be something left of Hillblom (to prove paternity). Exterior of University of San Francisco hospital seen. B/w footage of microscope and computer and graphic mole samples (Hillblom's mole was kept) seen. B/w footage of laboratory's closed door with superimposed lock buttons seen. Close up of blood samples from mole seen. Donecey says DNA raises the litigation to another level adding it's just another legal tactic. Close up of lock buttons becomes out of focus. Slow-motion close up of Hillblom Jr seen. Loohan says Hillblom's lawyers offered 5 million dollars up front. Hillblom Jr walks outdoors near friends on bikes puts on snorkeling shoes and in water puts on fin. Loohan says he turned the offer down because he could be sued for having sold out if he took such a"miniscule amount" compared to the size of the estate. Donecey agrees it was a good amount and adds (part voice over) by making the offer (total over a lifetime could be 50 million dollars) the boy could have a life of luxury and Hillblom's request for a charitable trust could have been funded. Hillblom Jr seen in water with snorkel gear. Slow panning shot of laboratory research equipment and superimposed research experiments involving petri dishes and droppers seen. Loohan seen in interview. Slow-motion of DHL and continental airlines planes taxiing seen. Hillblom Jr in water seen. In voice over and interview Loohan says they want Hillblom Jr to participate in what his father was involved in and don't want simply cash. Kinney says she didn't take the offer because she didn't want it says she's not for sale and adds it was no respect. Hillblom Jr seen. B/w footage of research laboratory with insert footage of MRI scan machines and x-rays seen as sea is superimposed and shot becomes overhead shot slow-motion of sea seen. Babies"Mercedita" (ph) and"Jillian" (ph) who are also claimed to be Hillblom's heirs seen. Loohan says if they're also Hillblom's children they'd be happy to Share. Slow-motion close ups of the babies seen. In the Philippines near manila bikini-clad women dancing in bar as supered neons for different bar names are seen. Patrons and dancers seen. In outdoor interview Jillian's mother Julie Quortero (ph) says she was with Hillblom"plenty of times." 12:27:41 Phillips recaps the story and introduces the last segment. 12:28:02 Murphy's report continues. In Saipan; overhead shot of water pans up to island and imposed DHL and continental airlines logos seen. In manila; woman stands on street corner at night. Quick shots of go-go girls; man sleeping on sidewalk and child and handicapped man on sidewalk seen. Neon lights pans to Murphy reporting on-camera. In interview mother of millionaire Larry Hillblom's alleged child Julie Quortero (ph) says she had never been with a man before. Quortero tends to her infant daughter Jillian (ph). Women dancing in go-go bar in manila seen. In interview Quortero says she was not told by her"mama san" Hillblom was a special customer. Quortero says she was with Hillblom"plenty of times." Quortero plays with daughter and daughter plays with toy. Insert still of Hillblom and Quortero seen. In interview Quortero says Hillblom was the only guy she went with. In interview Hillblom's lawyer Peter Donecey says the charge Hillblom only liked virgins is unfounded. Go-go girls in bar seen. In interview Donecey says he and Hillblom did go to bars with go-go girls but he never saw him take one home. In interview Quortero's lawyer randy fennel (ph) says his client was a prostitute. Go-go girls seen. 16-year-old Mercedes Feliciano (ph) holds baby"Mercedita" (alleged to be Hillblom's.) In interview Feliciano says she was with Hillblom only. Insert still of Hillblom seen as Feliciano sits for interview. In interview Feliciano (through translator) says she told Hillblom she was pregnant and he said he would bring a doctor. Feliciano feeds baby Mercedita bottle. In interview Feliciano's lawyer Jerry Paraz (ph) says Hillblom gave Mercedes money as a live in partner not as a prostitute. In interview fennel says the only way to determine if Hillblom is the father of these children is DNA testing. Close up of Hillblom's removed mole seen. Close up panning shot up of lock& container; syringe ejecting liquid; liquid in tray being shaken back& forth on machine;& DNA test in the liquid seen. Donecey says (part voice over) Hillbloms' family says Hillblom denied the children were his& that's good enough for them (why brother& mother are refusing to cooperate with Saipan court's ruling they submit to DNA tests in lieu of Hillblom). Hillblom and Mercedita seen. Saipan court with judge's bench;& split screens with b/w stills of Loohan& Donecey;& b/w still of exterior of"one post plaza" building seen. Saipan beach; slow-motion panning shot of Marianas commonwealth legislature room with desks;& still of Hillblom seen. Name on wall"tenth northern Marianas commonwealth legislature" Pans to the meeting room with superimposed footage of Larry Jr; Mercedita;& Jillian seen. Loohan says something"stinks like hell" (Hillblom's friends used Influence to change inheritance laws& if approved by high court the alleged children don't get a share of the wealth). Graphic letter from Donecey to Saipan legislators with supered highlights"of counsel: Larry l. Hillblom (1943-1995);"&"millions of dollars would be available for other charitable...uses" seen. Donecey says Hillblom's intent was that some medical charity funding should go to Saipan;& adds it's not a bribe. Loohan says Hillblom's friends should be ashamed for trying to deny a child from establishing his paternity. Loohan talks to others outdoors;& stands outdoors with others including Kinney& Larry Jr. Loohan says he's in it to the end& that Donecey had better get used to that idea. Hillblom's plane (plane that Hillblom was lost in) takes off. Obscured shot of clouds seen as insert stills of Hillblom's confirmed children Larry Hillblom Jr; Jillian and Mercedita appear. In interview Donecey says Hillblom's children should be able to enjoy life as the children of a wealthy man. Hillblom's children seen. Stills of Hillblom's fourth child Winbay Laurie (ph) and the Vietnamese mother bay Laurie (ph) seen. Collage of money; stock market board; inserts of Larry Jr; Mercedita; Winbay& Jillian; DHL& continental airlines planes; medical researcher& still of Hillblom seen. In interview Donecey says he was surprised Hillblom had all those children. Still of Donecey and Hillblom seen. DNA researcher (face unseen) works with equipment. Clips of Hillblom Jr; Jillian and Mercedita and still of Winbay seen. Close up panning shot of money with insert clip of Hillblom seen. DHL plane and falling bills seen. In interview Donecey says everyone sees the settlement as a good end to a chaotic situation. Medical research laboratory seen. Aerial of clouds and setting sun. Collage of money; aerial of water; dancing women in native dress; drawing of pirates and large rocks jutting out of bay seen. In Hillblom's hometown of Kingsburg California; close up on sign seen. Islander carves storyboard. Island storyboard with superimposed boat at dock seen. Full screen of the boat at dock with superimposed bar girl wearing bikini dancing as native song is heard in voice over. 12:38:30 Murphy's report continues. In interview billionaire Larry Hillblom's lawyer Peter Donnici says after they got over the hump of name calling they were able to start talking rationally. A Micronesian resident carves into a storyboard. Split screen of still of the three alleged children of Hillblom Junior, Mercedita and Jillian and exterior of a hospital and scientists working in a laboratory seen. Junior, Mercedita and Jillian seen. Still of Hillblom seen. Donnici says the DNA was the first hint that Hillblom may have left some offspring. He says if they are his children they should be well provided for. Panning shot of skyscrapers seen. Stills of Hillblom's son Win Bay Lory seen. Insert stills of Win, Junior, Mercedita and Jillian seen. DNA injected into containers seen. Still of Hillblom seen. Black and white zoom in shot of a microscope with superimposed images of Hillblom's mole seen. Still of Hillblom seen. Bottle containing Hillblom's mole with superimposed close up of the mole seen. DNA under water seen with a dissolve of a still of Hillblom seen. Panning shot of flasks in a laboratory seen. Liquid poured into a test tube seen. Donnici says Hillblom's mother agreed she would provide blood if it turned out some of the claimants were truly siblings. Hillblom's mother received money which was completely justified. Close up of money superimposed with Hillblom seen. Clouds superimposed with stills of Junior, Win, Mercedita, and Jillian seen. Junior seen. Split screen of Jillian and Mercedita seen. Still of Win seen. In interview Junior's lawyer David Lujan says it was a few year work, Lujan says Junior quite a few million from the settlement. Quick shot of money seen. Split screen of DHL air courier aircraft and falling money seen. Superimposed images of Junior, Jillian, Win and Mercedita seen. Lujan says they always knew Junior was real so it was not that big a gamble. Lujan talks with people outdoors. Lujan says all the settlement offer taught him was that they were afraid of Junior and he was not about to take the first or second offer. Junior rides a bicycle. Still of a hotel superimposed with close up of Junior seen. Still of a golf course seen. Junior rides a bike. Moving bicycle tires seen. Split screen of Junior and Donnici seen. Lujan says hopefully Junior and Donnici will be good and profitable partners. Donnici says he looks forward to his partnership with Junior. Panning shot of a laboratory instruments, superimposed with a measuring flask and falling money seen. Students work in a laboratory. A student holds a measuring utensil filled with liquid superimposed with the measuring utensil full of liquid seen. Point of view shot of an automobile riding along the beach seen. A bus pulls into a law library. In Saipan exterior of a gallery seen. In the Philippines Mercedita seen. Mercedita plays with her mother. Still of Win seen. Close up of Jillian seen. In Guam Junior plays basketball. Lujan says the fight was not for the faint of heart. Panning shot of clouds and a sunset seen. Panning shot of coral underwater seen. Panning shot of money seen. Island dancers seen. Big rocks in the ocean with a dissolve of a sketch of buccaneers seen. In Kingsburg, California a road seen. Couds and a sunset seen. A Micronesian native carves on a storyboard. Still of Jillian, Junior, Win, and Mercedita and a still of Hillblom superimposed on a storyboard seen. 12:47:18 Dateline NBC's Sara James reports the story"Child's Play ?" (All shots of children are faces unseen) Young mother Amy Clothier (ph) walks on beach in southern Florida. Painted effect rear shot of children walking in elementary school hallway seen. In interview Amy says she always taught her daughter about strangers and older people, I never told her that a second grade boy could be talking to her like this. Children jump rope and talk on crowded school playground."School Bus" on yellow bus seen. Rear shot of children walking in line outside school seen. Empty classroom seen. Amy sits on bench and watches children on swings. In interview Amy says he (second grade classmate of her daughter) said tell your sister he wanted her to perform oral sex, make sure you tell her that. Pencils and books in school desk seen. In interview Amy says (her daughter told her about the boys behavior) pornographic language, grabbing, touching, groping, rubbing himself, rubbing her stuff on himself. Painted effect rear shot of children disembarking from school bus seen. Amy's daughter speaks to unseen psychiatrist with face obscured, Amy says he mostly just talked about sex and how he wanted to do it with ****, he used all these disgusting weird words, he talked to us all day long like that. Panning shot on flag in classroom seen. In interview Amy says the principal said the boy would be suspended for 10 days and won't be put back in that classroom. Desks in empty classroom seen. In interview Amy says after his 10 days were up he was put back in the classroom right next to my daughter. Rear shot of girl on swing seen. Amy's daughter tells unseen psychiatrist the boy tried to grab her anywhere he could but he grabbed **** in a specific spot, on her breast. Mother of unidentified girl whose breast was grabbed, Marcy Bass (ph), pushes unseen child on swing. In interview Bass says she was completely heartbroken when she heard, for her daughter's innocence to be taken away from her, for her to endure that on a daily basis. In interview with Amy and Marcy, mother Tanya Hawkins (ph) seen. In interview Tanya says she asked her daughter what was going on, she was crying and didn't want to tell me. Panning shot from pencils on desk to multiplication problems on chalk board in classroom seen. Blue shaded shot of children on playground equipment seen. In interview Amy says he was asking for oral sex, asking to touch breasts, constantly saying give it to me baby, asking for sex, grabbing them. Panning shot of school supplies pans to NBC's Sara James reporting on camera in empty classroom. In interview Amy, Marcy, and Tanya's attorney Alan Tannenbaum (ph) says problems from older grades are now in younger grades. Alan works at office desk. Children play basketball. Children play on swingset. In interview Alan says we are talking about a troubled child. James reports on camera outside the Supreme Court building. In interview Independent Women's Forum president Anita Blair says a child is not able to hire and fire classmates, give or deny raises, or require behavior for a paycheck. Blair works at desk. In interview Blair says bullying, teasing and harassment has existed since time immemorial, I don't think we ought to seperate one type of behavior and say because it is sexual we will allow these people to go into federal court and sue for multiple damages. Amy, Marcy, and Tanya in interview seen. In interview Amy says she doesn't know if the boy himself should be held responsible but the behavior has to be dealt with quickly because if he grows up thinking the behavior is ok he will go to junior high and high school thinking it is ok. Woman who sued her school for sexual harassment, Alma McGowan (ph) in mock United Nations session with other students seen. School bus with"Spencer County School" on side seen. Flag pole, tall grass and high school exterior in Spencer County, Kentucky seen. Flag and sign"Spencer County High School" seen. In interview Alma says bra strap pulling, hands between the legs, my skirts being yanked, yes in 6th grade. Exterior of Spencer County Schools office seen. Legs of Marcy and two children walk on beach at sunset seen. Marcy walks on beach. Alan works in office. Low shot of Supreme Court exterior seen. Empty classroom and globes seen. In voice over and interview Alan says one has to not only prove sexual harassment, one has to prove knowledge of harassment got to people in control and that their response on having the information was unreasonable. In interview Amy says she asked her daughter if she told her teacher, her daughter said the teacher told her she would take care of it, Amy says her daughter would say the boy is being disgusting or gross, I think it is up to the adult to ask what do you mean. Billboard"The School Board of Sarasota County, Florida" seen. Graphic school board court documents with insert supers"he was talking all the time","I wasn't ...aware", and"Q....admit that he had said those things?","A. yes.","he denies...touching" seen. Rear shot of Alan at office desk zooms out through door. In interview Amy says she is disappointed, it sends the wrong message (Alan withdrew complaint). Empty courtroom seen. Amy, Tanya, and Marcy in interview seen. Children play on playground jungle gym. In interview and voice over Amy says if we can get one person at school to stand up and pay attention so this never happens again and implement a program where sexual harassers are dealt with than we have done our job. Children sing and play ring around the rosie and sit down for"we all fall down" seen. 12:57:30 Phillips closes the show. 12:58:50 MSNBC Live update anchored by Gregg Jarrett.