NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Dec. 2

>>> TONIGHT, THE. MASSIVE WINTER BLAST. PUMMELING MILLIONS. RIGHT NOW. THE STORM SWEEPING. FROM KENTUCKY TO NEW. ENGLAND, BRINGING. BRUTAL COLD AND. TREACHEROUS SNOW. THE DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS SENDING. THIS TRUCK SKIDDING. OFF AN OVERPASS. HOW RESCUERS REPEL. DOWN TO SAVE THE. DRIVER WITH THE SNOW. AND ICE TRIGGERING. HUNDREDS OF CRASHES. ACROSS THE STORM ZONE. SOME SPOTS GETTING. NEARLY A FOOT OF SNOW.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE. NEW REVELATIONS ON. THOSE BOAT STRIKES IN. THE CARIBBEAN. HE WAS WHEN THT. WHAT WAS ORDERED? OUR REPORTERS PRESSING. THE DEFENSE SECRETARY. TODAY. >>> PLUS, THE. PRESIDENT'S FIERY. RHETORIC ON SMALLOMALIANS. IN AMERICA SEEMING TO. SAY HE DOESN'T WANT. THEM HERE. >>> NEW IMAGES JUST. IN. THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. SPOTTED NEAR A SUBWAY. SPOT MOMENTS BEFORE. PROSECUTORS SAY HE. OPENED FIRE. WHAT HE ALLEGEDLY.

YELLED BEFORE HIS. DEADLY AMBUSH. >>> $1,000 FOR EVERY. BABY BORN IN AMERICA. HOW YOU CAN GET THAT. MONEY FOR YOUR CHILD. >>> A SELF-DRIVING CAR. APPEARING TO DRIVE. UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO. AN ACTIVE POLICE SCENE. WITH PASSENGERS ON. BOARD AS OFFICERS DRAW. THEIR WEAPONS. >>> URGENT NEW. WARNINGS ABOUT THE. TIKTOK DOOR KICK. CHALLENGE. THE TEENS ARRESTED FOR. THE VIRAL TREND AND. THE WARNING FROM. POLICE TO THEM. IT COULD GET THEM WRONG REASO.

WHAT THE GIANTS KICKER. IS SAYING AFTER THIS. BOTCHED PLAY. >>> AND OUR. CORRESPONDENT GOES. ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE. TALLEST BASKETBALL. PLAYER EVER. EVEN SHAQ LOOKS UP TO. THIS COLLEGE FRESHMAN. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. A DANGEROUS STORM. SYSTEM BARRELED EAST. TODAY BRINGING A BLAST. OF SNOW AND ICE TO. MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST. FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THIS SEASON. MILLIONS WERE POUNDED. BY SNOW AND ICE AND. FREEZING RAIN, AND. BRUTALLY COLD. TEMPERATURES, AND IN. MANY PLACES, THE. WEATHER TOOK A. DANGEROUS TURN. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IN WEST VIRGINIA, A. TRUCK DANGLED OVER THE. SIDE OF AN ICY. HIGHWAY. YOU CAN SEE HOW FAST. THAT SNOW WAS FALLING. EMERGENCY CREWS. WORKING FOR OVER AN. HOUR TO RESCUE THE. DRIVER FROM THE. PRECARIOUS POSITION. IN CONNECTICUT, ONE. TRACTOR TRAILER. COMPLETELY OVERTURNED. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. CAUSING CRASH SCENES. LIKE THIS ONE TO PLAY. OUT ON ROADWAYS UP AND.

DOWN THE NORTHEAST. CORRIDOR. AT THIS HOUR, 14. MILLION PEOPLE REMAIN. UNDER WINTER ALERTS. AND THE OFFICIAL START. OF WINTER IS STILL. WEEKS AWAY. ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS IN. SNOWY PENNSYLVANIA FOR. US TONIGHT AND LEADS. US OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A FAST-MOVING STORM. STRIKING THE. NORTHEAST. WREAKING HAVOC ON THE. ROADS AS FAR SOUTH AS. WEST VIRGINIA. >> ADVISING IT IS A. WEDGE. >> ADVISING THAT THE. SEMI IS OVER THE.

LEDGE. >> Reporter: WHERE FOR. OVER FIVE HOURS, THE. CAB OF THIS TRACTOR. TRAILER DANGLED. PRECARIOUSLY OVER THE. SIDE OF A BRIDGE. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, THE LOAD OF BRICKS THE. DRIVER WAS HAULING, THE ONLY THING THAT. KEPT HIM IN THE AIR. VIDEO SHOWS THE. HARROWING MOMENTS THE. DRIVER WAS RESCUED. MEANWHILE IN. PENNSYLVANIA, TROOPERS. RESPONDED TO MORE THAN. 500 CALLS REPORTING. CRASHES, AND HIGHWAYS. SHUT DOWN, AND AT THE. NATION'S AIRPORTS, FLIGHTS DELAYED AS. CREWS WORK TO DE-ICE. PLANES. TONIGHT, 14 MILLION.

AMERICANS UNDER WINTER. ALERTS WITH SNOW UP TO. 10 INCHES IN PARTS OF. NEW ENGLAND, AND. WINTER SUPPLIES FLYING. OFF STORE SHELVES. >> WE HAVE BEEN SUPER. BUSY, SELLING OUT OF. ICE MELTER AND SHOVELS. AND EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: IN. SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, AN ALERT. WARNING OF EXTREME. COLD AND AN ALL-OUT. EFFORT TO STAY AHEAD. OF THE SNOW. THE PLOWS HAVE BEEN. WORKING THE ROADS. SINCE 7:00 A.M. >> WE JUST HAVE TO. WATCH FOR PEDESTRIANS. YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW. THEY JUST -- THEY'LL. WALK RIGHT IN FRONT OF.

YOU OR BEHIND YOU. I ALMOST HIT A UY ON. A MOPED. >> PSA, YOU SEE A. SNOWPLOW, STEER CLEAR? >> I WOULD THINK SO. >> Reporter: TODAY, PROFESSIONAL SNOWPLOW. DRIVER TODD BEST CAME. OUT OF RETIREMENT. >> WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE. FOR THE FOLKS DEALING. WITH ALL THE SNOW? >> STAY HOME. >> GOOD ADVICE RIGHT. THERE. ERIN JOINS US LIVE. FROM SCRANTON, AND. THERE ARE SCHOOL. CLOSURES UP AND DOWN. THE EAST COAST. TONIGHT? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM. HERE IN SCRANTON, SCHOOL IS OUT FOR THE. DAY, AS WAS THE CASE.

FOR HUNDREDS OF. SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE. NORTHEAST. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT. STORM IS SET TO PUSH. OUT TONIGHT, BUT IT. WILL BE FOLLOWED BY. SOME PRETTY CHILLY. TEMPS. TOM? >> ERIN McLAUGHLIN. LEADING US OFF. TONIGHT. ERIN, THANK YOU. >>> AND IN WASHINGTON. TODAY, OUR REPORTER. PRESSING DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. ON THAT CONTROVERSIAL. STRIKE ON A BOAT IN. THE CARIBBEAN THAT. SOME WERE SAYING IS A. WAR CRIME. GABE GUTIERREZ ON WHAT. HEGSETH REVEALED ABOUT. HIS OWN INVOLVEMENT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DEFENDING STRIKING A. BOAT ALLEGEDLY. CARRYING DRUGS TO THE.

U.S. TWICE IN EARLY. SEPTEMBER. >> I WANT THOSE BOATS. TAKEN OUT, AND IF WE. HAVE TO, WE'LL ATTACK. ON LAND ALSO JUST LIKE. WE ATTACK ON SEA, AND. THERE'S VERY LITTLE. COMING IN BY SEA. I THINK WE'VE KNOCKED. OUT OVER 90% OF IT. >> Reporter: TWO. PEOPLE INITIALLY. SURVIVED AND THE. ADMINISTRATION SAYS. THE DECISION FOR A. SECOND STRIKE, KILLING. ALL ON BOARD, WAS MADE. BY ADMIRAL FRANK. BRADLEY. TODAY, DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. SAID EVEN THOUGH HE. WATCHED THE FIRST PART. OF THE ATTACK LIVE, HE'D ONTO HIS. NEXT MEETING BEFORE. THE SECOND STRIKE.

>> ADMIRAL BRADLEY. MADE THE CORRECT. DECISION TO ULTIMATELY. SINK THE BOAT AND. ELIMINATE THE THREAT. WE HAVE HIS BACK, AND. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ARE SAFER BECAUSE. NARCO TERRORISTS KNOW. YOU CAN'T BRING DRUGS. THROUGH THE WATER. >> SO YOU DIDN'T SEE. ANY SURVIVORS TO BE. CLEAR AFTER THAT FIRST. STRIKE? >> I DID NOT. PERSONALLY SEE. SURVIVORS, BUT I. STAND -- BECAUSE THE. THING WAS ON FIRE. IT WAS EXPLODED AND. FIRE AND SMOKE. YOU CAN'T SEE. ANYTHING. YOU GOT DIGITAL --. THIS IS CALLED THE FOG. OF WAR. >> Reporter: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS. LABELED DRUG CARTELS. FOREIGN TERRORIST.

ORGANIZATIONS, BUT. DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING. THE TARGETING OF. INCAPACITATED. SURVIVORS A POTENTIAL. WAR CRIME. SOME REPUBLICANS ARE. ALSO SKEPTICAL. >> I THINK BOTH. STRIKES WERE ACTUALLY. ILLEGAL. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN. JUST NAME PEOPLE AND. SAY, HEY. WELL, THEY'VE GOT. DRUGS. WELL, WHERE'S THE. PROOF? >> Reporter: IT COMES. AS THE ADMINISTRATION. RAMPS UP ITS CRACKDOWN. ON ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION. A SENIOR LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. TELLS NBC NEWS AN. I.C.E. RAID IS PLANNED. IN THE ST. PAUL AREA. WHERE THERE'S A LARGE. SOMALI POPULATION.

>> YOU TOLD ME TO LOOK. INTO MINNESOTA AND. THEIR FRAUD ON VISAS. AND THEIR PROGRAMS. 50% OF THEM ARE. FRAUDULENT. >> Reporter: FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS HAVE. CHARGED DOZENS F. PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA'S. SOMALI COMMUNITY FOR. ALLEGEDLY STEALING. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS. OF DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER. MONEY MEANT FOR SOCIAL. SERVICE PROGRAMS. >> I SEE THESE PEOPLE. RIPPING IT OFF. THEIR COUNTRY STINKS, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM. IN OUR COUNTRY, BUT. WHEN THEY COME FROM. HELL AND THEY COMPLAIN. AND DO NOTHING BUT.

BITCH, WE DON'T WANT. THEM IN OUR COUNTRY. LET THEM GO BACK TO. WHERE THEY CAME FROM. AND FIX IT. >> GABE JOINS US NOW. LIVE FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE. BACK TO THAT BOAT. STRIKE. YOU HAVE NEW REPORTING. TONIGHT ON THE. TIMELINE HERE AND ALSO. WHEN ADMIRAL BRADLEY. WILL APPEAR BEFORE. CONGRESS? >> Reporter: YES, TOM. SECRETARY HEGSETH TOLD. ME HE DID NOT LEARN. ABOUT THE SECOND. STRIKE UNTIL HOURS. AFTER IT HAPPENED. ALSO, ACCORDING TO. LAWMAKERS AND THREE. SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH. THE PLANNING, ADMIRAL. BRADLEY WILL NOW BRIEF. LEADERS OF BOTH THE. HOUSE AND SENATE ARMED.

SERVICES AND. INTELLIGENCE. COMMITTEES ON. THURSDAY. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT, GABE. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> NOW TO THE SUSPECT. IN THAT DEADLY AMBUSH. OF NATIONAL GUARD. SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH. MURDER TODAY IN COURT. AS WE'RE SEEING NEWLY. RELEASED IMAGES OF. THAT ATTACK. HERE'S RYAN NOBLES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEWLY RELEASED. SURVEILLANCE IMAGES. SHOWING THE SUSPECT. OUTSIDE A WASHINGTON, D.C. METRO STATION, ONE MINUTE BEFORE. PROSECUTORS SAY HE. UNLEASHED HIS DEADLY. AMBUSH. RUNNING AROUND THE. CORNER, AND OPENING. FIRE ON NATIONAL GUARD. SOLDIERS ON PATROL.

CONTINUING TO SHOOT, THEN BENDING DOWN AND. LOOKING AT THEIR. BODIES ON THE GROUND. PROSECUTORS SAY THE. SUSPECT YELLED, ALLAHU. AKBAR AND HE WAS. SUBDUED BEFORE. RELOADING. FROM A HOSPITAL BED, HE PLED GUILTY TO ALL. CHARGES INCLUDING. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. HE IS AN AFGHAN. NATIONAL AND WORKED. WITH THE CIA IN. AFGHANISTAN. HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE. U.S. DURING THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION AFTER. THE CHAOTIC U.S. WITHDRAWAL.

THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAYS. THERE WAS NO PROPER. VETTING. >> MAKE NO MISTAKE. THERE'S NO VETTING. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO HE. IS. HE HAS NO CONNECTIONS. TO THE COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAS HALTED ALL. VISA PROCESSING FOR. PEOPLE FROM. AFGHANISTAN. 24-YEAR-OLD STAFF. SERGEANT ANDREW WOLFE. WAS CRITICALLY INJURED. IN THE ATTACK. SARAH BECKSTROM WAS. KILLED. >> SHE WAS, LIKE, A. PERFECT HUMAN BEING. 20 YEARS OLD, JUST. STARTED. SHE WAS, LIKE, A BABY. SHE TOLD THE PARENTS. THAT SHE WAS GETTING.

HER PROMOTION, AND. THEY WERE SO PROUD OF. HER. THEN THEY GET A CALL. THAT THIS HAPPENED. >> ALL RIGHT, RYAN. NOBLES JOINS US NOW IN. STUDIO. SO RYAN, I KNOW YOU. HAVE SOME NEW. REPORTING ABOUT THAT. OTHER NATIONAL GUARD. SOLDIER, THE ONE THAT. SURVIVED AND HOW HE'S. DOING TONIGHT. >> YEAH. ANDREW WOLFE REMAINS. IN SERIOUS CONDITION, BUT THERE ARE SIGNS. THAT HE'S IMPROVING. WEST VIRGINIA'S. GOVERNOR SAID THAT HE. WAS ABLE TO WIGGLE HIS. TOES AND GIVE THE. NURSES IN HIS HOSPITAL. ROOM A THUMBS UP, BUT. TOM, HE STILL HAS A. VERY LONG AND. DIFFICULT RECOVERY. AHEAD OF HIM. >> ALL RIGHT, RYAN. NOBLES. RYAN, WE THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS NOW TO.

MOSCOW WHERE PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ENVOYS ARE. MEETING WITH PRESIDENT. PUTIN, TRYING TO GET. HIM TO SIGN OFF ON A. U.S. PROPOSAL FOR. PEACE IN UKRAINE AFTER. A FIVE-HOUR MEETING. TONIGHT. HERE'S KEIR SIMMONS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, EVEN BEFORE HIS. MEETING WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ENVOYS, STEVE. WITKOFF AND SON-IN-LAW. JARED KUSHNER, RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT PUTIN IN AN. ING MOOD, ACCUSING NATO. COUNTRIES OF. SABOTAGING PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S PEACE EFFORTS. IN UKRAINE. "WE'RE NOT GOING TO. HAVE A WAR WITH.

EUROPE. I'VE ALREADY SAID, BUT. IF EUROPE SUDDENLY. WANTS TO WAGE A WAR. WITH US AND STARTS IT, WE'RE READY RIGHT. AWAY," PUTIN SAID. PUTIN DESCRIBING. RECENT CHANGES TO THE. U.S. PEACE PROPOSAL AS. ABSOLUTELY. UNACCEPTABLE. >> AND THERE ARE. PEOPLE OVER IN RUSSIA. TO SEE IF WE CAN GET. IT SETTLED. NOT AN EASY SITUATION, LET ME TELL YOU. WHAT A MESS. IT'S A WAR THAT NEVER. WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF. I WERE PRESIDENT. NOT EVEN A CHANCE. >> Reporter: KUSHNER. AND WITKOFF WERE TAKEN. TO LUNCH AT A SWANKY. MOSCOW RESTAURANT,

WHILE THE KREMLIN. RELEASED FOOTAGE OF. PUTIN IN MILITARY. FATIGUES BEING BRIEFED. ON THE WAR. APPEARING EMOTIONAL. OVER THE, QUOTE, SLAUGHTER OF UKRAINIAN. SOLDIERS BY HIS OWN. RUSSIAN TROOPS, BUT. BLAMING UKRAINE. ON THE STREETS OF. MOSCOW, THIS MAN. TELLING NBC NEWS --. >> I WANT TO SEE. PEACE. >> Reporter: EVERYONE. IS JUST TIRED OF IT. THE CASUALTIES, THE. VICTIMS, HE SAYS. TONIGHT, THE KREMLIN. SAYS THE FIVE-HOUR. MEETING WAS. CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT THAT. THEY STILL DISAGREED.

ON CRUCIAL POINTS LIKE. DIVIDING TERRITORY. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. SAYS THE U.S. WILL. BRIEF HIM TONIGHT. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT, KEIR, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME, THE WHITE HOUSE. ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH. DATE FOR WHAT IT CALLS. TRUMP ACCOUNTS. $1,000 INVESTMENTS FOR. EVERY CHILD BORN IN. THE U.S. CHRISTINE ROMANS HAS. THIS ONE. >> Reporter: AT THE. WHITE HOUSE TODAY, A. CELEBRATION FOR NEW. INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS. FOR EVERY CHILD BORN. IN AMERICA. WHAT THE. ADMINISTRATION CALLS. TRUMP ACCOUNTS NOW SET. TO LAUNCH ON JULY 4th.

NEXT YEAR. >> TRUMP ACCOUNTS WILL. BE THE FIRST AND I. GUESS YOU COULD SAY. REAL TRUST FUNDS FOR. EVERY AMERICAN CHILD. >> Reporter: THOSE. ACCOUNTS IF BABIES. BORN BETWEEN JANUARY. 1st OF THIS YEAR. THROUGH 2028 WILL. RECEIVE $1,000 OF. FEDERAL FUNDS THAT. WILL GROW TAX-FREE. THE MONEY IS TO BE. INVESTED IN BROAD. STOCK MARKET INDEX. FUNDS AND CAN BE USED. FOR EDUCATION, HOUSING, OR CONVERTED. INTO A RETIREMENT. ACCOUNT ONCE THE CHILD. TURNS 18. >> WE BELIEVE THIS IS. THE GREATEST.

INVESTMENT THAT WE. COULD POSSIBLY MAKE IN. CHILDREN. >> Reporter: AT. TODAY'S EVENT, WHAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED. ONE OF THE MOST. GENEROUS ACTS IN THE. HISTORY OF THE. COUNTRY. TECH BILLIONAIRES. SUSAN AND MICHAEL. DELL, ANNOUNCING THEY. WILL DONATE. $6.25 BILLION TO. EXPAND THE ACCOUNTS TO. AN ADDITIONAL 25. MILLION CHILDREN. >> OUR GIFT WILL COVER. MOST OF THE CHILDREN. THAT ARE 10 AND UNDER. THAT ARE NOT PART OF. THE FEDERAL PROGRAM, THE 0 TO 2-YEAR-OLDS, AND WHO ALSO LIVE IN.

ZIP CODES WHERE THE. IMMEDIATE INCOME IS. $150,000 OR LESS. >> Reporter: THE GIFT? $250 PER CHILD. OTHERS LIKE FAMILY. MEMBERS AND EMPLOYERS. CAN CONTRIBUTE UP TO. ANOTHER $5,000 A YEAR. INTO THE ACCOUNTS. >> I HAVE SPOKEN WITH. A NUMBER OF OTHER. WEALTHY AMERICANS, PHILANTHROPISTS, AND. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT. OTHERS WILL JOIN US. >> CHRISTINE JOINS US. NOW LIVE, AND. CHRISTINE, HOW DO. PARENTS OPEN THESE. TYPES OF ACCOUNTS? >> Reporter: TOM, THE. WHITE HOUSE SAYS ONCE. THIS PROGRAM IS. LAUNCHED NEXT SUMMER, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FILL.

OUT AN IRS FORM TO GET. THAT ACCOUNT SET UP, AND CONTRIBUTIONS CAN. COME FROM RELATIVES, FROM EMPLOYERS, AND. FROM PLANT HILANTHROPISTS. IF ACCOUNTS MAX OUT. WITH $5,000 A YEAR. EVERY YEAR, THEY COULD. BE WORTH ALMOST. $200,000 ONCE THAT. CHILD TURNS 18, TOM. >> $200,000. ALL RIGHT. WE THANK YOU. >>> WE WANT TO SHOW. YOU NEW VIDEO TONIGHT. SHOWING A WAYMO. ROBOTAXI. OFFICERS WITH WEAPONS. DRAWN AND EVERYTHING. IT'S RAISING FRESH. QUESTIONS TONIGHT. ABOUT THE SAFETY OF. DRIVERLESS CARS.

LIZ KREUTZ NOW WITH. THE DRAMATIC IMAGES. >> OH MY GOD. >> Reporter: IN THIS. VIDEO TAKEN IN. DOWNTOWN L.A. --. >> WHAT THE [ BLEEP ]. IS THAT WAYMO DOING? >> Reporter: YOU CAN. SEE A LINE OF POLICE. CARS BLOCKING THE ROAD. AND A MAN LYING ON THE. GROUND. ENTER THIS WAYMO. DRIVERLESS TAXI WHICH. WHILE SERVICING RIDERS. PROCEEDS TO TAKE A. LEFT TURN DRIVING. RIGHT PAST THE ACTIVE. POLICE STOP AND. OFFICERS WHO ARE SEEN. WALKING TOWARDS THE. SUBJECT WITH WEAPONS. DRAWN. WAYMO TELLING NBC NEWS.

THAT WHEN ITS ROB. OGSTAXI CAME ACROSS. THE SCENE, IT TURNED. INTO AN UNBLOCKED AREA. WHERE ALSO CARS WERE. ALSO DRIVING AND THAT. IT QUICKLY LEFT. IN A STATEMENT, THE. COMPANY. SAYING, "SAFETY IS OUR. HIGHEST PRYORTY, AND. WHEN WE ENCOUNTER. EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE, WE LEARN FROM THEM.". WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO. TRAIN A DRIVERLESS CAR. ON EVERY SINGLE. POTENTIAL TRAFFIC. SCENARIO? >> NO. THAT'S THE CATCH WITH. THIS TECHNOLOGY. THE QUESTION IS, CAN. YOU TRAIN IT ON ENOUGH. THAT IT MAKES FEW. ENOUGH MISTAKES THAT. YOU'RE WILLING TO. TOLERATE THE MISTAKES?

>> Reporter: ACCORDING. TO WAYMO'S DATA, THEIR. SELF-DRIVING CARS HAVE. 90% FEWER SERIOUS. CRASHES COMPARED TO A. HUMAN DRIVER, BUT. THEIR VEHICLES ARE. STILL FACING. CHALLENGES. LAST YEAR, A PASSENGER. GOT STUCK IN A WAYMO. AFTER THE CAR. REPEATEDLY CIRCLED. AROUND A PARKING LOT. AT A PHOENIX AIRPORT. >> THIS CAR IS JUST. GOING IN CIRCLES. >> Reporter: AND A. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. IS NOW UNDER WAY, AND. WAYMO'S REPEATEDLY. PASSING STOPPED SCHOOL. BUSES WITH LIGHTS. FLASHING. AS FOR THIS LATEST. DIGIT, TOM, LAPD TELLS.

NBC NEWS THAT THE. WAYMO DID NOT IMPACT. OFFICERS' TACTICS, BUT. POLICE DID BLOCK THE. INTERSECTION AFTER THE. TAXI MADE THAT TURN. TOM? >> OKAY, LIZ, THANK. YOU. >>> WE ARE BACK IN 60. SECONDS WITH THE. TIKTOK TREND ALARMING. POLICE. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THE VIRAL TIKTOK. CHALLENGE THAT POLICE. ARE WARNING COULD GET. TEENS SHOT. THE DARE, KICKING.

STRANGERS' DOORS IN. THE MIDDLE OF THE. NIGHT. EMILIE IKEDA REPORTS. >> 911, WHERE IS YOUR. EMERGENCY? >> BRANCH LANE. SOMEONE JUST TRIED TO. KICK IN OUR FRONT. DOOR. >> Reporter: WATCH AS. A MASKED TEEN. FORCEFULLY SHOVES HIS. FOOT INTO A FRONT. DOOR, PART OF A SOCIAL. MEDIA TREND RAISING. ALARM ACROSS THE. COUNTRY KNOWN AS THE. DOOR KICK CHALLENGE. ST. JOHNS COUNTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS. THREE TEENS DID THIS. AT MULTIPLE HOMES IN. FLORIDA. THEY TRACKED THEM DOWN. FROM ABOVE. >> WE GOT IT SECURED. >> Reporter: AND. ARRESTED THE TRIO FOR.

LOITERING AND. PROWLING. >> YOU GUYS WANT TO. GET SHOT BY A. HOMEOWNER WHEN YOU'RE. KICKING THEIR NT. DOOR AND THEY THINK. YOU'RE BREAKING IN TO. KILL THEM? >> Reporter: SAYING. IT'S NOT A HARMLESS. PRANK. LISTEN TO THE. FRIGHTENED HOMEOWNER'S. REACTION. >> MY HUSBAND WAS. GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR. WITH OUR GUN, BUT HE. DID NOT. >> Reporter: HOME. SECURITY CAMERAS HAVE. CAPTURED THE DOOR KICK. CHALLENGE FROM ARIZONA. TO MINNESOTA TO. CALIFORNIA. >> WHAT MAY BE FUN, OR.

A COOL THING TO DO. AMONGST THEIR FRIENDS. AND POST IT ON SOCIAL. MEDIA IS VERY. TRAUMATIC TO THOSE AND. TERRORIZING TO THOSE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF. THE DOOR. >> Reporter: THIS. YEAR, TWO YOUNG PEOPLE. WERE SHOT AND KILLED. IN SIMILAR INCIDENTS. IN VIRGINIA AND TEXAS, AND LAST MONTH, OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO, THERE WERE FIVE. REPORTS OF DOOR. KICKING LEAVING. NEIGHBORS ON EDGE. >> IT WOULD BE. UNNERVING FOR SURE. TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. >> Reporter: AS POLICE. NOW TRY TO SILENCE THE.

CONCERNING TREND. EMILIE IKEDA, NBC. NEWS. >>> ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH WHAT THE. POLICE OFFICER WHO. ARRESTED LUIGI. MANGIONE IN COURT. TODAY. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH AN UPDATE ON. LUIGI MANGIONE. AT A HEARING TODAY, PROSECUTORS PLAYED. NEVER BEFORE SEEN BODY. CAM VIDEO OF THE.

MOMENTS LEADING UP TO. THE ARREST. AN OFFICER TESTIFIED. WHEN HE APPROACHED. MANGIONE AT THAT. McDONALD'S, HE. IMMEDIATELY KNEW HE. WAS THE MAN POLICE. WERE LOOKING FOR.MANAGE YOENGS. ARE TRYING TO GET. EVIDENCE THROWN OUT. AHEAD OF HIS TRIAL. >>> TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS. A TRUCK BARRELS. THROUGH A FENCE IN THE. WATERS OF A MARINA. TWO WOMEN INSIDE FOR. TRAPPED BY THE AIR. SO I JUST . THE GIANTS LOST AND FALL TO. 2-11. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A TRULY.

GIANT GATOR, OUR JESSE KIRSCH. GOES ONE ON ONE WITH THE TALLEST. COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER TO. EVER PLAY THE GAME AND HE. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT FROM. THE WORLD OF COLLEGE. BASKETBALL, AND THE. FRESHMAN PLAYER WHO IS. LOOK UP TO.

JESSE KIRSCH, NBC. NEWS, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. >> AND THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. TUESDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.