Nightly News   |  September 01, 2010

Plastic bag ban fails

A controversial bill that would have banned plastic bags in California was defeated in the state's Legislature. NBC's Brian Williams reports

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: We told you here last night about a bill to ban plastic shopping bags that seemed poised for passage by the California state legislature . It turned out it did not pass. A fierce lobbying campaign by bag manufacturers convinced legislators that the ban would be, instead, a job killer.