It was a good one for sure Brian and, as always, you handled it with style.  I am sure Mr. & Mrs. Obama believed the arrival of their son in Hawaii in 1961 was indeed a "gift certificate" given his achievements and success!  Cheers!

President's GIFT Certificate? That's a good one Brian! Maybe we should give Donald Chump a GIFT CERTIFICATE for the HAIR CLUB FOR MEN.....For a new RUG for his head! If that idiot runs for President in 2012, he will get laughed off the stage! 

Brian, Was gift certificate a Freudian slip? Hmmmmmm!!! Phyllis

It's very interesting that Brian chose not to acknowledge his other gaffe on Wednesday. During the story about hackers who hacked into Sony's PlayStation network, he used the word "relevations" instead of "revelations". Oh well--I guess getting Brian to admit to one gaffe is noteworthy enough. Asking him to admit to two gaffes would be expecting way too much.

Speaking of gaffes: On Tuesday's lead story about tornadoes, the producers used the abbreviation "AK" to identify Arkansas--three different times. "AK" is the abbreviation for Alaska. The correct abbreviation for Arkansas is "AR". It would take an average ten-year-old using Google about thirty seconds to come up with the correct abbreviation for Arkansas. So why can't the Nightly News producers do that? Maybe they need to hire a ten-year-old. (I guess there's one producer who knows how to use Google because at the end of Jim Cantore's report, Arkansas was finally identified as "AR".) Here's a mnemonic device to help the Nightly News producers remember the difference: Sarah Palin from Alaska really likes her AK-47. Alaska = AK.

Incredibly, this is not the first time this has happened. Just about a year ago (4/23/10), a Nightly News caption informed us that Mike Seidel was reporting from "Little Rock, AK". Committing this error once is appalling. Committing it twice is inexcusable. Is anyone at Nightly News paying attention? Does anyone care?

And as if that's not bad enough, last Dec. 31, Julie Martin told us she was reporting from Cincinnati, Ohio when she was actually reporting from Cincinnati, Arkansas. Why do people at Nightly News hate Arkansas so much? That's really not OK with ME (those are the abbreviations for Oklahoma and Maine, by the way). These errors are quite a "relevation" (that's Brian-speak for "revelation") about how little attention the producers pay to details.

Hitting the Quinecta: Wednesday's lead story about Pres. Obama presenting his birth certificate was a bonanza for Brian and his producers. It contained no fewer than five different promotions. The story was titled "Born In The USA" because it's Brian's life mission to relate every story to a Springsteen song. There was also plenty of footage of Donald Trump, because Brian and his producers are squeezing every last drop of promotional value out of Trump's media blitz so they can use it to plug "Celebrity Apprentice". Then there was a film clip of Michael Douglas in "The American President" because Douglas is one of Brian's make-believe friends. That movie happens to be from Universal, so it was also an opportunity to boost DVD sales for NBC's parent company. And just for good measure, they threw in a clip of "Oprah" because--well, because people just love her! Great job, Nightly News producers!

Finally, it's sickening and grotesque that the Nightly News producers used paparazzi news footage of Gabby Giffords walking onto the plane that will transport her to Florida for her husband's shuttle launch. This is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Can't they leave her alone? Hasn't she been through enough? Do the Nightly News producers have to exploit her over and over and over again? How utterly shameful.

Unfortunately, Obama's disclosure on Wednesday morning will not end the controversy, as extreme members of the "gifter" movement are calling for more proof of purchase, including actual merchandise receipts. Brian's reading of this story most likely had the inventor of the teleprompter spinning in his grave. . . and he just got there!

N B C FAN, I believe Brian's "gift certificate" was a Freudian slip. Paraphasing Jane Austen it is a truth

universally acknowledged to never say never. But you should never look a gift horse in the mouth, never

refuse a gift with criticism. I have learned a lot from your comments, but, frankly, I do not understand

your blatant criticism of Brian Williams. You come across as an ingrate to the NBC family, no offense,

for no apparent reason.

Brian and Lester, I remember Nikita Kruschev saying, "We will bury you within." That's not good

in recent developments of Russia's stance with NATO. Just my opinion. Have a nice weekend. Phyllis

Lester, Another terrific broadcast on Sunday, as always, even though the news coming from

Tuscaloosa is heartbreaking and so is the Libya coverage. I also watched this evening Brian's

Friday broadcast (taped) with you as head of the NBC team in Alabama. Be safe!!! Phyllis

Brian and Lester, Bin Laden Dead and on President Obama's watch and hopefully this will shut Donald

Trump up. Phyllis