NBC Nightly News Full Episode - August 25

WILDFIRE EMERGENCY AS. SUMMER HEAT PUTS. FIREFIGHTERS TO THE. TEST ACROSS THE GLOBE. MORE THAN 1,200. FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING. WILDFIRES IN OREGON, FROM THE GROUND AND. FROM THE AIR, ALREADY CHARRING. NEARLY 22,000 ACRES. POWERFUL WINDS AND. DANGEROUS HEAT STOKING. FIRES IN NAPA VALLEY. FIREFIGHTERS WERE. DROPPED OFF BY. CHOPPERS IN REMOTE. AREAS. PLUS THE DUST STORMS.

OVER THE WEEKEND THAT. KICKED UP WINDS OF 50. MILES PER HOUR, THREATENING THE. BURNING MAN FESTIVAL. AND THE FIGHT OVERSEAS. WITH RECORD WILDFIRES. IN EUROPE. A HELICOPTER LOSING. CONTROL WHILE TRYING. TO PICK UP WATER. EVERYONE ON BOARD. SOMEHOW SURVIVING. >>> THE INTENSE. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON. A GAZA HOSPITAL. THE CHAOS AND THEN A. SECOND BLAST EXPLODING. AS FIRST RESPONDERS. RUSHED TO THE SCENE. FIVE JOURNALISTS. KILLED. THE QUESTION TONIGHT, HOW COULD ISRAEL. MISTAKENLY STRIKE A.

HOSPITAL TWICE? >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP. CREATING SPECIALIZED. NATIONAL GUARD UNITS. AND NOW SUGGESTING HE. MAY TARGET CHICAGO. NEXT ON HIS FEDERAL. CRACKDOWN ON CRIME, CALLING THE CITY A. KILLING FIELD. ILLINOIS'S GOVERNOR. TELLING THE PRESIDENT. TO STAY OUT OF HIS. STATE. >>> THE MASSIVE HOME. EXPLOSION IN MISSOURI. THAT PEOPLE SAID FELT. LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. A NEIGHBOR'S HOME ALSO. EXPLODING. WHAT POLICE THINK. HAPPENED. >>> THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ON EDGE AS AN. OUT-OF-CONTROL HOT AIR. BALLOON IS FORCED TO.

MAKE AN EMERGENCY. LANDING. HOW PEOPLE ON THE. GROUND HELPED SAVE. LIVES. >>> WILL PRESIDENT. TRUMP GET HIS FACE ON E. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. AS WE COME ON THE AIR. HERE, CREWS ARE. BATTLING WILDFIRES. ACROSS THE WEST AND. THE GLOBE. INTENSE WINDS, LOW. HUMIDITY AND DANGEROUS. HEAT FOR MILLIONS ARE.

CREATING THE PERFECT. CONDITIONS AS 50 LARGE. FIRES BURN. IN CENTRAL OREGON THE. FLAT FIRE LEVELING. HOUSES AND PROMPTING. EVACUATIONS, BURNING. NEARLY 22,000 ACRES. AND JUST 5% CONTAINED. IN CALIFORNIA CREWS. ARE GETTING THE UPPER. HAND ON THE PICKETT. FIRE. BUT THE DANGEROUS. FIGHT IS RAGING ACROSS. THE GLOBE INCLUDING IN. EUROPE WITH ONE OF. THEIR WORST SUMMERS. EVER. WATCH THIS. A HELICOPTER LOSING. CONTROL AS IT TRIED TO. PICK UP WATER FROM A. LAKE.

SOMEHOW THE PILOT AND. CREW MANAGED TO ESCAPE. ALIVE. THE STAKES ARE HIGH. AND THE HEAT IS ON. WE START TONIGHT WITH. MORGAN CHESKY FROM LOS. ANGELES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HIGH WINDS AND BRUTAL. HEAT FUELING A BITTER. WEST COAST FIREFIGHT. FLAMES IN CENTRAL. OREGON SCORCHING HOMES. AND MORE THAN 21,000. ACRES. THE FIGHT TO CONTAIN. CRUCIAL FROM ABOVE. WHERE KEY DROPS SAVED. ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS.

>> WE DID HAVE SOME. NEW GROWTH YESTERDAY, BUT CAUGHT IT. RELATIVELY EARLY. >> Reporter: RED FLAG. WARNINGS NOW COVER. PARTS OF OREGON, WASHINGTON AND. CALIFORNIA, WHERE. CREWS ARE BATTLING THE. PICKETT FIRE IN NAPA. VALLEY. THE TERRAIN SO ROUGH. HELICOPTERS DROPPED. OFF FIREFIGHTERS BY. DAY BEFORE SEARCHING. FOR HOT SPOTS AT. NIGHT. >> IT'S AMAZING. YEAH. I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM. RUN AT NIGHT BEFORE. THIS YEAR. SO IT'S PRETTY. INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: DESPITE. BURNING NEARLY 7,000. ACRES, CREWS SAY. THEY'VE REACHED 13%.

CONTAINMENT AND. COUNTING. >> IT'S COMFORTING TO. KNOW THAT THEY WERE ON. IT RIGHT AWAY. WE ALSO GOT LUCKY WITH. THE WIND. >> Reporter: IN. NEIGHBORING NEVADA --. >> OH, MY GOD. THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE. YARD. >> Reporter: FIERCE. WINDS WHIPPING THROUGH. THE POPULAR BURNING. MAN FESTIVAL THIS. WEEKEND. THE 50-MILE-PER-HOUR. GUSTS DESTROYING TENTS. AND TEMPORARILY. SHUTTING DOWN ENTRY, LEAVING THOUSANDS. STUCK IN THEIR CARS. FOR HOURS. CAMP SITES COVERED IN. LAYER AFTER LAYER OF. DUST. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EVEN NEW YORK WASN'T.

IMMUNE TO WILD. WEATHER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FORCED HUNDREDS TO. TAKE SHELTER AT THE. STATE FAIR, WHERE. HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH. WINDS WREAKED ABSOLUTE. HAVOC. >> AND MORGAN JOINS US. LIVE TONIGHT FROM. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MORGAN, THESE ONGOING. HEAT ALERTS AREN'T. HELPING FIREFIGHTING. EFFORTS. >> Reporter: NO, TOM. IN FACT, THEY'RE. COMPLICATING THE. ONGOING FIREFIGHTS IN. THESE MULTIPLE STATES. AND AT LAST CHECK 11. MILLION AMERICANS. REMAIN UNDER THESE. HEAT ALERTS. ON THE WEST COAST. WHERE THE FIRE RISK. REMAINS INCREDIBLY. HIGH. TOM? >> OKAY.

MORGAN CHESKY FOR US. MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THOSE. DEADLY ISRAELI AIR. STRIKES ON A HOSPITAL. IN GAZA THAT KILLED 20. PEOPLE INCLUDING. SEVERAL JOURNALISTS. ISRAELI OFFICIALS. CALLING IT A MISHAP. BUT UNDER PRESSURE. TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN HOW. THIS HAPPENED. HERE'S MOLLY HUNTER. >> Reporter: OUTSIDE. OF SOUTHERN GAZA'S. ONLY FUNCTIONING. HOSPITAL, CHAOS AFTER. AN ISRAELI STRIKE. MINUTES LATER, WITH. FIRST RESPONDERS AND. JOURNALISTS ON THE. SCENE, A SECOND BLAST. SEEN LIVE ON THE AIR, STRIKING THE SAME. SPOT.

AND HERE THAT MOMENT. INSIDE THE HOSPITAL. IN ALL, 20 PEOPLE WERE. KILLED. THE NOW MANGLED. STAIRCASE AT THE SIDE. OF NASSER HOSPITAL WAS. A LIFELINE FOR. JOURNALISTS, A. WELL-KNOWN PLACE TO. ACCESS WI-FI. FIVE JOURNALISTS ARE. AMONG THE DEAD. HUSSAM AL MASRI WITH. REUTERS. MARIAM ABU DAGGA A. PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE. A.P. MOHAMMED SALAMA WITH.

AL JAZEERA AND. FREELANCER MOAZ ABU. TAHA AND AHMED ABU. AZIZ. TONIGHT ISRAEL SAYS. IT'S INVESTIGATING. PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. POSTING, "ISRAEL. DEEPLY REGRETS THE. TRAGIC MISHAP AT THE. HOSPITAL.". >> WE ARE OPERATING IN. AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX. REALITY. HAMAS TERRORISTS. DELIBERATELY USE. CIVILIAN. INFRASTRUCTURE. INCLUDING HOSPITALS AS. SHIELDS. >> Reporter: IN. WASHINGTON PRESIDENT. TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT. IT TODAY. >> WELL, I'M NOT HAPPY. ABOUT IT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE. IT. AT THE SAME TIME WE.

HAVE TO END THAT WHOLE. NIGHTMARE. >> Reporter: THE. COMMITTEE TO PROTECT. JOURNALISTS SAYS AT. LEAST 189 JOURNALISTS. HAVE BEEN KILLED IN. GAZA IN THE LAST 22. MONTHS. AND TODAY THE GAZAN. PRESS CORPS PLACING. BLOOD-STAINED CAMERAS. ON THEIR PRESS VESTS, SAYING GOOD-BYE TO. FIVE MORE OF THEIR. OWN. >> WITH THAT, MOLLY. JOINS US LIVE FROM. JERUSALEM. MOLLY, THE BIG. QUESTION TONIGHT, RIGHT? HOW DOES ISRAEL. EXPLAIN THESE MISHAPS, AND WHAT ARE THEY. SAYING MORE TONIGHT? >> Reporter: TOM, THEY. HAVEN'T EXPLAINED. ALL THEY'VE SAID IS.

THAT THERE WAS A. STRIKE EARLIER TODAY. IN THE AREA OF NASSER. HOSPITAL, THEY'VE. LAUNCHED AN. INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, THE A.P. AND REUTERS HAVE. ALREADY ISSUED A JOINT. LETTER DEMANDING. ANSWERS FROM ISRAELI. AUTHORITIES. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT, MOLLY, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME. PRESIDENT TRUMP. TONIGHT SUGGESTING. HE'LL TAKE HIS. CRACKDOWN IN. WASHINGTON TO MORE. STATES AND SEND MORE. NATIONAL GUARD TO. OTHER CITIES, WHICH IS. SPARKING SHARP. BACKLASH. HERE'S GARRETT HAAKE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. NATIONAL GUARD. SOLDIERS DEPLOYED BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO. CRACK DOWN ON CRIME IN.

WASHINGTON, D.C. ARE. NOW ARMED, FOLLOWING A. NEW PENTAGON ORDER. AS THE PRESIDENT. FLOATS THE POSSIBILITY. OF EXTENDING FEDERAL. DEPLOYMENTS TO OTHER. U.S. CITIES INCLUDING. CHICAGO. >> WE MAY WAIT. WE MAY OR MAY NOT. WE MAY JUST GO IN AND. DO IT, WHICH IS. PROBABLY WHAT WE. SHOULD DO. THEY NEED HELP BADLY. CHICAGO DESPERATELY. NEEDS HELP. >> Reporter: BUT LATE. TODAY THIS FROM. CHICAGO'S DEMOCRATIC. MAYOR, WHO NOTES THE. CITY'S MURDER RATE IS. DOWN 32% FROM LAST. YEAR. >> THIS STUNTING THAT. THIS PRESIDENT IS. ATTEMPTING TO EXECUTE. IS NOT REAL.

IT DOESN'T HELP DRIVE. US TOWARDS A MORE. SAFE, AFFORDABLE BIG. CITY. >> Reporter: AND. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC. GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER. POSTING THIS VIDEO. ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN. >> AND WE'VE GOT A LOT. OF PEOPLE RUNNING, HAVING A GREAT TIME. >> Reporter: INSISTING. THE CITY DOES NOT NEED. ASSISTANCE FROM. FEDERAL LAW. ENFORCEMENT. >> MR. PRESIDENT, DO. NOT COME TO CHICAGO. [ APPLAUSE ]. YOU ARE NEITHER WANTED. HERE NOR NEEDED HERE. >> Reporter: BUT SO. FAR THIS YEAR THE CITY. IS STILL AVERAGING. OVER ONE KILLING A. DAY. JUST THIS WEEKEND. THERE WERE THREE.

HOMICIDES AND 27. PEOPLE WERE SHOT. >> WE STILL HAVE A. PROBLEM. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. ILLEGAL GUNS. WE HAVE A HIGH MURDER. RATE. WE NEED HELP WITH. THAT. IF TRUMP REALLY WANTS. TO HELP, WHAT HE CAN. DO IS GIVE US A. FEDERAL HOMELAND. SECURITY GRANT SO WE. CAN HIRE MORE POLICE. OFFICERS. >> Reporter: WHILE THE. PRESIDENT PUSHING BACK. ON DEMOCRATIC. CRITICISM HE'S. BEHAVING LIKE A. DICTATOR. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE. SAYING MAYBE WE'D LIKE. A DICTATOR. I DON'T LIKE A. DICTATOR.

I'M NOT A DICTATOR. I'M A MAN WITH GREAT. COMMON SENSE AND I'M A. SMART PERSON. AND WHEN I SEE WHAT'S. HAPPENING TO OUR. CITIES AND THEN YOU. SEND IN TROOPS, INSTEAD OF BEING. PRAISED THEY'RE SAYING. YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE. OVER THE REPUBLIC. >> ALL RIGHT. GARRETT JOINS US LIVE. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. GARRETT, THE PRESIDENT. ALSO MAKING HEADLINES. ON CRIME WITH SOME NEW. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. INCLUDING ON CASHLESS. BAIL? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM. THE PRESIDENT. TARGETING SEVERAL. DEMOCRATIC-RUN CITIES. AND STATES INCLUDING. WASHINGTON, D.C. AND. CHICAGO, WHICH USE A. CASHLESS BAIL SYSTEM. IN THEIR COURTS. THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES. THOSE HURT PUBLIC. SAFETY. THE ORDER SIGNED TODAY.

COULD BE USED TO CUT. OFF SOME FUNDING FOR. PLACES THAT KEEP USING. THOSE SYSTEMS AFTER 30. DAYS. AND IN A SEPARATE. ORDER SIGNED TODAY HE. ALSO CREATED A NEW. SPECIALIZED NATIONAL. GUARD UNIT THAT COULD. BE DEPLOYED IN CITIES. FOR POLICEWORK GOING. FORWARD. TOM? >> GARRETT HAAKE WITH. A LOT OF HEADLINES. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. GARRETT, WE THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THOSE. ASTONISHING IMAGES. FROM MISSOURI. MULTIPLE HOMES. DESTROYED AFTER A. MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN A. NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE. OF ST. LOUIS. HERE'S ADRIENNE. BROADDUS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE ALARMING AFTERMATH. IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. OUTSIDE ST. LOUIS.

TWO HOMES FLATTENED BY. AN EXPLOSION. OTHERS BURNED TO THE. GROUND. RESIDENTS TERRIFIED. >> I HEARD BOOM AND MY. DOOR SHOOK AND MY. BELLS ON MY DOOR SHOOK. AND I SAID OH MY GOD, IS IT AN EARTHQUAKE? >> Reporter: MULTIPLE. INJURIES WERE ALSO. REPORTED. >> THEY WALKED THE. PEOPLE OUT ON. STRETCHERS. >> Reporter: FOR MILES. PEOPLE COULD SEE THIS. THICK BLACK SMOKE. RISING. >> SOON AS I HEARD IT. OR FELT IT I GOT UP. AND RAN OVER THERE AND. I SEEN ONE HOUSE THAT. WAS ALREADY CRUMBLED. >> Reporter: FIRE. OFFICIALS SAY THE. EXPLOSION TRIGGERED. MULTIPLE ALARMS ACROSS.

THE CITY, KNOCKING OUT. POWER AND FORCING A. NEIGHBORING WALMART TO. EVACUATE. >> UPON ARRIVAL THE. INITIAL CREWS FOUND. MULTIPLE BUILDINGS. BURNING. A TOTAL OF FIVE WERE. REPORTED. WE DO HAVE THREE. INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE. BEEN TRANSPORTED TO. THE HOSPITAL AT THIS. TIME. >> Reporter: THE CAUSE. OF THE EXPLOSION IS. UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND AUTHORITIES ARE. STILL TRYING TO. DETERMINE THE SCOPE OF. THE DAMAGE. >> SOME ARE DAMAGED SO. MUCH WE COULDN'T GET. IN THERE, WE HAD TO. SEND CADAVER DOGS IN. >> Reporter: AND. TONIGHT AS THEY LOOK. AT THE DEVASTATION. PEOPLE HERE SAYING.

IT'S A MIRACLE NO ONE. WAS KILLED. >> I GOT A CALL FROM. MY SISTER. SHE WAS SCREAMING IN. THE PHONE LIKE "HELP, HELP, LIKE MY HOUSE.". I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL. THAT SHE AND MY NIECE. AND NEPHEW, THEY'RE. ALL FINE. THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. MOST. EVERYONE IS SAFE. >> Reporter: ADRIENNE. BROADDUS, NBC NEWS. >>> IN LOS ANGELES. TODAY THE POLICE. DEPARTMENT CHARGING. SEVERAL GANG MEMBERS. THEY SAY ARE. RESPONSIBLE FOR NEARLY. 100 RESIDENTIAL. BURGLARIES ACROSS THE. CITY. AND AUTHORITIES SAYING. THE GROUP USED. SOPHISTICATED TECH TO. BREAK IN. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

LOS ANGELES POLICE. BUSTING WHAT THEY. DESCRIBE AS A PROLIFIC. BURGLARY RING. RESPONSIBLE FOR 92. HOME BREAK-INS ACROSS. THE CITY. >> TEN SUSPECTS, ALL. ADULT CAREER CRIMINALS. WITH PRIOR ARRESTS FOR. VIOLENT AND PROPERTY. CRIMES, HAVE BEEN. IDENTIFIED. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE. SUSPECTS RANGING IN. AGE FROM 18 TO 47 CALL. THEMSELVES THE RICH. ROLLIN' BURGLARY CREW, PART OF A SOUTH L.A. GANG THAT USES. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO. TARGET MULTIPLE. HIGH-END. NEIGHBORHOODS. >> THEY ARE. SOPHISTICATED.

THEY DO THINGS LIKE. HAVE THE ABILITY TO. JAM YOUR WI-FI. CAMERAS, JAM YOUR. WI-FI ALARMS. >> Reporter: THE. ARRESTS COME AMID A. WIDER STRING OF HOME. BREAK-INS FROM. CELEBRITIES TO. EVERYDAY RESIDENTS. LIKE THIS RECENT HEIST. SHOWING MASKED THIEVES. FLEEING A HOME WITH. DUFFEL BAGS FULL OF. RANSACKED ITEMS. THE VICTIM SAYING IT. HAPPENED JUST MOMENTS. AFTER HE LEFT HIS. HOME, LEADING HIM TO. BELIEVE HE WAS BEING. WATCHED. >> WE'VE SEEN CASES. WHERE CAMERAS HAVE. BEEN PUT IN FLOWER. BEDS ACROSS THE STREET. FROM THE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING. TO POLICE, DURING THIS. LATEST ROUND OF. ARRESTS AUTHORITIES. RECOVERED MULTIPLE. FIREARMS AND. AMMUNITION, BURGLARY. DEVICES INCLUDING. WINDOW PUNCH TOOLS, RADIOS, FACE MASKS, HEAD LAMPS AND CANS OF. BEAR MACE. AND LOADS OF STOLEN. GOODS FROM HIGH-END. JEWELRY TO DESIGNER. PURSES. >> THESE ARE NOT. CRIMES OF NEED. THESE ARE CRIMES OF. GREED. WE'RE GOING TO TRACK. YOU DOWN AND WE'RE. GOING TO PUT YOU IN. JAIL OR PRISON. >> Reporter: AND TOM, THE D.A. SAYS THAT. SOME OF THE ARRESTED. SUSPECTS WHO HAVE. PRIOR RECORDS CAN NOW. FACE LIFE SENTENCES IF. CONVICTED. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT, LIZ.

>>> NOW TO AN ALERT. FOR ANYONE WHO GETS. SHIPMENTS FROM. OVERSEAS. MAIL CARRIERS AROUND. THE WORLD ARE PAUSING. SERVICE TO THE U.S. IN. RESPONSE TO AN. EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED. BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY. BRIAN CHEUNG, WHO. JOINS US LIVE. AND BRIAN, WHAT KIND. OF PACKAGES ARE WE. TALKING ABOUT HERE? >> YEAH, TOM, IT COULD. CHOKE UP ETSY OR EBAY. ORDERS FROM ABROAD OR. EVEN A FAMILY MEMBER'S. CARE PACKAGE FROM. REACHING YOU. THAT'S BECAUSE THE. PRESIDENT SIGNED AN. EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING. AN EXEMPTION FRIDAY. THAT'S ALLOWED GOODS. UNDER $800 TO COME. INTO THE U.S. WITHOUT. EXTRA CHARGES FOR THE. LAST DECADE. THAT'S HAVING A MAJOR. IMPACT AROUND THE.

WORLD. LOOK AT THIS LIST OF. COUNTRIES. MAIL CARRIERS IN ALL. OF THESE PLACES SAY. THEY'RE STOPPING. SHIPMENTS TO THE U.S. ENTIRELY FOR NOW SINCE. THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW. THOSE TARIFFS WILL BE. COLLECTED. AND BY THE WAY, THE. ADMINISTRATION SAYS. THIS IS TO STOP. FENTANYL FROM COMING. INTO THIS COUNTRY. >> SO BRIAN, WHEN. THOSE TARIFFS KICK IN. ON FRIDAY WHAT. HAPPENS? THE PRICES IMMEDIATELY. GO UP? >> YEAH, WELL, AT SOME. POINT IF THE. INTERNATIONAL. SHIPMENTS DO PICK BACK. UP THOSE ITEMS WILL BE. TARIFFED AT THE. COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RATES. SET BY THE. ADMINISTRATION, WHICH. RIGHT NOW RANGE FROM. 10% TO 50%, WHICH.

COULD MEAN HUNDREDS IN. ADDED COSTS. IN FACT, I SPOKE WITH. A STATIONERY STORE. OWNER WHO TOLD ME. TODAY THAT'S NOT GOING. TO BE GOOD FOR THEM. >> I WOULD SAY ABOUT. HALF OF WHAT WE HAVE. IS FROM OTHER. COUNTRIES. >> ARE YOU GOING TO. HAVE TO RAISE YOUR. PRICES? >> YES. WE ARE. AND A LOT OF FRIENDS. OF MINE WHO ARE IN. RETAIL, WE'VE ALL SORT. OF SAID THE SAME. THING. >> ONE IMPORTANT NOTE, THOUGH, GIFTS SHIPPED. FROM ABROAD UNDER $100. WILL REMAIN. TARIFF-FREE, MEANING. NO ISSUE IF YOU'RE. GETTING A POSTCARD OR. A SOUVENIR FROM. ABROAD, TOM. >> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANKS FOR EXPLAINING. THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> IN 60 SECONDS. WE'LL BE BACK WITH THE.

IDEA AS BIG AS MOUNT. RUSHMORE. THE PRESIDENT'S. SUPPORTERS HAVE. FLOATED WHETHER HIS. FACE COULD ONE DAY BE. ON THE AMERICAN. LANDMARK. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH A PUSH BY SOME OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. SUPPORTERS TO ADD HIM. TO MOUNT RUSHMORE. THE FACES OF FOUR. PRESIDENTS ARE ALREADY. CARVED INTO THE. MOUNTAIN, EACH. STANDING 60 FEET HIGH. SO IS THERE ROOM FOR A. FIFTH? WE SENT RYAN NOBLES TO. SOUTH DAKOTA TO FIND.

OUT. >> Reporter: MOUNT. RUSHMORE, AN AMERICAN. ICON. >> DID IT JUST BLOW. YOUR MIND? >> IT WAS A LITTLE. OVERWHELMING WHEN YOU. FIRST SEE IT. >> Reporter: UNTOUCHED. FOR MORE THAN 80. YEARS, THERE IS NOW AN. EFFORT BY SOME. SUPPORTERS OF DONALD. TRUMP TO ADD HIS FACE. TO THE MONUMENT. >> I THINK HISTORY IS. GOING TO SHOW THAT. HE'S IN THE SAME. PANTHEON. >> Reporter: CONGRESSWOMAN ANNA. PAULINA LUNA HAS A. BILL IN CONGRESS THAT. WOULD ADD TRUMP TO. MOUNT RUSHMORE. INTERIOR SECRETARY. DOUG BURGUM LEFT OPEN. THE POSSIBILITY. >> WILL WE EVER SEE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FACE. ON MOUNT RUSHMORE? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> WELL, THEY. CERTAINLY HAVE ROOM. FOR IT. >> Reporter: BUT THE. PRACTICAL REALITY IS. MUCH DIFFERENT. DAN WENK IS THE FORMER. SUPERINTENDENT AT MT. RUSHMORE. >> YOU CAN'T CHANGE. SOMEBODY'S WORK OF. ART. >> Reporter: OVER THE. YEARS PEOPLE HAVE. PROPOSED ADDING FACES. TO THE SCULPTURE, FROM. SUSAN B. ANTHONY TO. RONALD REAGAN. WENK SAYS THE ANSWER. IS ALWAYS THE SAME. >> IT DOESN'T MATTER. BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE. DONE. >> Reporter: BUT ASIDE. FROM THE HISTORIC, POLITICAL AND ARTISTIC. REASONS AGAINST.

CHANGING MOUNT. RUSHMORE THERE'S ONE. BIG BARRIER. AND IT'S. NON-NEGOTIABLE. >> I WOULDN'T WANT TO. BE MESSING WITH MOUNT. RUSHMORE. >> Reporter: FROM AN. ENGINEERING AND. GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. ADDING ANY FACE IS. NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A CLOSE LOOK SHOWS THE. MOUNTAIN FILLED WITH. DEEP FRACTURES LIKE. THIS MASSIVE FRACTURE. THAT RUNS RIGHT BY. WASHINGTON'S HEAD. PAUL NELSON, AN. ENGINEER WHO WORKED ON. THE MOUNTAIN, WARNS. ANY NEW CARVING COULD. CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE. >> BUT IT'S NOT. SOMETHING THAT CAN BE. MESSED WITH. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? >> NO. NO. YEAH.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO. START BLASTING OR. CARVING ROCK. >> Reporter: WHILE THE. MOUNTAIN LOOKS DEEP. AND WIDE FROM THE. FRONT, A SIDE VIEW. REVEALS A MASSIVE. VALLEY BEHIND THE. SCULPTURE, LEAVING. VERY LITTLE ROOM TO. CARVE. FOR PERSPECTIVE. ROOSEVELT'S HEAD IS. 100 FEET BEHIND THE. ORIGINAL GRANITE. >> YOU HAVE TO REMOVE. SO MUCH ROCK THAT ONCE. YOU REMOVE THE ROCK TO. GET SOMETHING. CONFIDENT THERE'S NOT. ANY ROCK LEFT. >> Reporter: FOR DAN. WENK THE CONVERSATION. IS FINE AS LONG AS. THAT'S WHERE IT ENDS. >> I LOVE CONTROVERSY.

>> LIKE BRING IT ON. >> HE'S LIKE BRING IT. ON. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW. WORTHY SOMEONE IS. IF THE ROCK IS NOT. THERE, YOU CAN'T CARVE. THEM. >> Reporter: PUTTING. AN END TO THIS AGE-OLD. DEBATE. AT LEAST FOR NOW. RYAN NOBLES, NBC NEWS, MOUNT RUSHMORE, SOUTH. DAKOTA. >>> ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT. WITH SUCH GREAT. >>> WELCOME BACK.

JUST DAYS AFTER HE WAS. RELEASED FROM. DETENTION, KILMAR. ABREGO GARCIA IS BACK. IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY. ABREGO GARCIA SPOKE. TODAY FOR THE FIRST. TIME PUBLICLY SINCE. THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER. HIS STATUS ERUPTED, CALLING HIS RELEASE A. MIRACLE BEFORE. SURRENDERING BACK TO. I.C.E. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS. THREATENED DEPORTING. HIM TO UGANDA, THOUGH. A JUDGE PAUSED THAT. FOR NOW. ABREGO GARCIA'S CASE. DREW HEADLINES AFTER. HE WAS DEPORTED TO EL. SALVADOR IN MARCH. SUPPORTERS SAY HE WAS. WRONGLY REMOVED. BUT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS. ACCUSED HIM OF BEING A. MEMBER OF MS-13, WHICH.

HIS ATTORNEYS HAVE. DENIED. >>> AND TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS. A HOT AIR BALLOON. HOVERING JUST ABOVE. HOMES IN BEDFORD, ENGLAND BEFORE HITTING. THE STREET. THE PILOT WAS FORCED. TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY. LANDING AFTER THE WIND. SUDDENLY CHANGED. LOCALS JUMPED INTO. ACTION AND GRABBED. ROPES. THE PILOT HAD THROWN. DOWN, GUIDING THE. BALLOON DOWN SAFELY. >>> AND TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS. ALL THESE SKYDIVERS. BREAKING THE VERTICAL. WORLD RECORD FRIDAY. HIGH ABOVE ILLINOIS. AFTER FIVE DAYS THE. GROUP SAYS THEY. FINALLY GOT THE. WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THEY NEEDED, GETTING. AL.