MSNBC Morning Blend (October 9, 1999)

Soledad O'Brien anchors this classic two-hour block of news from MSNBC News. Stories and features include Jim Forman reporting on a boxing match featuring Margaret MacGregor duking it out against Loi Chow, the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation, Russian President Boris Yeltsin's hospital experience, a proposed HMO bill amid lawsuits, a Time & Again 2000 Millenium Minute with Jane Pauley, an Elvis Presley auction, controversy on a DNA case featuring an uknown serial rapist only known as John Doe, Michael Jackson's divorce filing with Debbie Roe, a summary of last night's MLB playoff games, employee benefit tips including choosing a health plan, security measures on e-mail that include messages that could unexpectedly disappear, flu shots, Donald Trump's plan to run for US President via the Reform Party along with Craig Crawford's thoughts (keep in mind MSNBC was closer to the center in terms of its bias back then), a rebroadcast of Dateline NBC's As Seen On TV story about infomercials, and more. Includes commercial breaks and promos.