NBC Announces Upcoming Features for ROCK CENTER WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS

NBC has announced the following upcoming features for the Monday, January 2nd edition of ROCK CENTER WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS:

-WHAT real estate slump? While millions of American homeowners have seen the value of their property plummet, one type of U.S. real estate is BOOMING: farmland. Prices are rising so much so fast that there's even talk of a coming bubble. Harry Smith goes to Iowa where the price of farmland has risen as much as 23% just in the last year, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. What is driving prices up, and might it have a ripple effect?

-Lobster is often the priciest item on any menu. But what if your lobster dinner also exacted a terrible cost in human health and even human life? Natalie Morales goes to the isolated Miskito Coast in Honduras where lobster diving is a way of life - and where most of what is caught is shipped directly to the U.S. - and examines the devastating health effects on the men who plumb the depths for this delicacy.

-We've all seen the craziness in Times Square as millions of merrymakers gather there to ring in the New Year. But what happens after the confetti flies and the ball drops? And who has the honor of cleaning up the colossal mess? We'll show you!

Featuring anchor and managing editor Brian Williams and his all-star cast of correspondents Harry Smith, Kate Snow, Ted Koppel, Meredith Vieira, Natalie Morales, Richard Engel, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Matt Lauer and Ann Curry, "Rock Center with Brian Williams" airs Mondays at 10 p.m.

Broadcast live from the historic Studio 3B in Rockefeller Center, the weekly, hour-long newsmagazine is built around the week's most provocative events, compelling coverage, and newsmaker interviews. Williams and NBC’s trusted global news division take viewers deeper into the world’s most talked-about stories -- and raise the curtain on stories begging to be told.

In addition to the weekly primetime broadcast, there are constantly evolving digital editions of "Rock Center with Brian Williams" available online at RockCenterNBC.com and via the show’s iPad app.

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