NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Dec. 22

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, THE. DANGEROUS WEATHER. POUNDING THE WEST. COAST JUST AS HOLIDAY. TRAVEL RAMPS UP. AND THE MAJOR STORM. TAKING AIM AT THE EAST. RIGHT BEFORE. CHRISTMAS. >>> THE FLOODING. DISASTER OUT WEST, DRAMATIC RESCUES. CAUGHT ON CAMERA, FIREFIGHTERS USING A. LADDER TO SAVE. CHILDREN. THE RACE TO REACH. TRAPPED DRIVERS. AND WE'RE TRACKING THE. SNOW AND RAIN MAKER. SET TO HIT THE EAST. COAST TOMORROW. >>> HIGH SEAS PURSUIT.

THE U.S. COAST GUARD. CHASING DOWN AN OIL. TANKER NEAR VENEZUELA. THE PRESIDENT'S NEW. THREAT AGAINST THE. MADURO REGIME. >>> NEW QUESTIONS. ABOUT THE EPSTEIN. FILES. WHY DID THIS PHOTO OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP. DISAPPEAR FROM THE. FILES ONLY TO BE. REPOSTED, AS VICTIMS. AND LAWMAKERS SAY MORE. NEEDS TO BE RELEASED? >>> THE BATTLE AT "60. MINUTES" GOING PUBLIC. CBS NEWS' LEADER. HALTING A STORY RIGHT. BEFORE AIR. THE CORRESPONDENT. BLASTING THE DECISION. AS, QUOTE, POLITICAL. >>> CHILLING NEW BODY.

CAM VIDEO, THE. TERRIFYING MOMENTS A. SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT. PULLED A GUN ON POLICE. THEN TRIED TO PULL THE. TRIGGER. WHAT THE OFFICER DID. NEXT. >>> MASS BURGLARS. TARGETED A HOUSE WITH. CHILDREN STILL AT. HOME. THE MOTHER SPEEDING. HOME TO HELP, THEN. RAMMING INTO THE. CROOKS' CAR WITH THEM NILOW. DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG. CANCER. WHAT THE 82-YEAR-OLD. SINGER IS REVEALING. ABOUT HIS PROGNOSIS. >>> THE KANSAS CITY. ATER. BOTTLE INTO THE. STANDS, STRIKING A. CHILD. >>> AND THE HOLIDAY. LIGHT DISPLAY POWERED. BY COMPASSION.

HUNDREDS GATHERING. OUTSIDE A CHILDREN'S. HOSPITAL NIGHT AFTER. NIGHT TO WISH SWEET. DREAMS TO THE LITTLE. ONES OUTSIDE. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN WITH A NEW. WARNING JUST. ANNOUNCED. LIFE THREATENING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ACROSS PARTS OF. CALIFORNIA. COMMUNITIES NOW. BRACING FOR. EVACUATIONS, AS. MILLIONS PREPARE TO. TRAVEL FOR THE. HOLIDAYS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. FIREFIGHTERS CLIMBING.

A LADDER OVER RUSHING. FLOOD WATERS TO REACH. CHILDREN THAT WERE. TRAPPED INSIDE THAT. HOME. THE WATER RISING FAST. BENEATH THEM. AND ACROSS THE WEST, NEIGHBORHOODS. UNDERWATER. FIRST RESPONDERS. SWIMMING OUT TO. SUBMERGED VEHICLES. TRYING TO REACH. DRIVERS. LOOK AT THAT. PLUS WE'RE TRACKING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM. ON THE MOVE TONIGHT. RAIN AND SNOW EXPECTED. TO POUND THE EAST. COAST. YOU SEE IT THERE ON. THE RADAR RIGHT AS THE. TRAVEL RUSH REALLY. PICKS UP. WE'RE TIMING OUT BOTH. STORM SYSTEMS AND HOW. IT COULD IMPACT YOUR. HOLIDAY TRAVEL.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. LIZ KREUTZ ON THOSE. DEADLY FLOODS OUT. WEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE WRATH OF MOTHER. NATURE IMPACTING. TRAVEL COAST TO COAST. >> I DON'T KNOW IF. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE. IT. >> Reporter: PARTS OF. THE WEST COAST SLAMMED. WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN. AND FLOODING. IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORITIES SAY A. DRIVER DIED AFTER. THEIR CAR GOT STUCK IN. RISING WATERS. THE MAYOR SAYING THAT. PERSON HAD CALLED 911. FOR HELP, BUT THEIR. PHONE DIED. BY THE TIME POLICE. OFFICERS ARRIVED, IT. WAS TOO LATE. >> POLICE SWIMMING. THROUGH THE WATER,

BREAKING THE GLASS OF. THE VEHICLE, PULLING. THE VICTIM OUT OF THE. VEHICLE. IT WAS REALLY. UNFORTUNATE. >> Reporter: ACROSS. THE REGION, FIRST. RESPONDERS MAKING. MULTIPLE WATER. RESCUES, HERE SEEN. SWIMMING OUT TO A. SUBMERGED VEHICLE. SHERIFFS ALSO. RESPONDING TO. TRAPPED RESIDENTS IN. RURAL AREAS BY JET. SKI, WHERE IN SOME. PLACES THE WATER WAS. CHEST DEEP. EVEN THESE GOATS. NEEDING RESCUE. AND LOOK AT THIS. THE FORCE OF THE STORM. SO STRONG IT CAUSED A. DELUGE OF WATER TO. ERUPT FROM AN. OVERSATURATED DRAIN. A POWERFUL STORM ALSO.

HITTING THE SIERRA, NEVADA. >> RIGHT NOW THERE'S. PROBABLY ABOUT A FOOT. OF WATER. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS RESCUED. MULTIPLE PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, STUCK IN THIS RENTAL. HOME OUTSIDE TAHOE. YOU CAN SEE THEM. CLIMBING OVER A. LADDER EXTENDING OVER. THE FLOOD WATERS TO. GET TO SAFETY. AMONG THOSE BRACING. FOR A DELUGE, SAN. FRANCISCO, WHERE. ALMOST ALL OF THE. POWER IS FINALLY BACK. ON AFTER THAT MASSIVE. BLACKOUT OVER THE BUSY. PRE-HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THAT BROUGHT THE CITY. TO A STANDSTILL. VIDEO SHOWS. SELF-DRIVING WAYMO.

CARS STALLING IN THE. STREETS, UNABLE TO. NAVIGATE THE DOWNED. TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE COMPANY. TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING. SERVICE. THE CAUSE OF THE. ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT. LED TO SO MANY OUTAGES. IS STILL UNKNOWN. MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, SOME 122. MILLION AMERICANS ARE. ESTIMATED TO TRAVEL. THIS HOLIDAY SEASON ON. THE ROADS AND IN THE. AIR HOPING TO GET OUT. IN TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. LIZ JOINS US NOW LIVE. FROM L.A.X. LIZ, WE'LL GET TO. THOSE DELAYS IN A. MOMENT. BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE. SOME BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. L.A. IS ANNOUNCING. EVACUATION ORDERS. AHEAD OF THE STORM. >> Reporter: YEAH. TOM, THE CITY HAS. ANNOUNCED ISOLATED.

EVACUATION ORDERS. STARTING TOMORROW FOR. SOME OF THE AREAS. IMPACTED BY THE FIRES. EARLIER THIS YEAR. AS FOR AIRPORTS ACROSS. THE COUNTRY, WELL, TODAY THERE HAVE BEEN. JUST SCATTERED. CANCELLATIONS AND. DELAYS. WITH THAT STORM MOVING. IN, IT COULD BE A MUCH. DIFFERENT PICTURE. TOMORROW. TOM? >> LIZ. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> AS TENS OF. MILLIONS ARE UNDER. FLOOD ALERTS AS THIS. LIFE-THREATENING. ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. INTENSIFIES. BILL KARINS IS HERE. TONIGHT. BILL, MORE SERIOUS.

FLOODING TO COME AS WE. HIT PEAK HOLIDAY. TRAVEL. >> HORRIBLE TIMING. CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY. FAR WILL GET THE WORST. STORM THEY'VE HAD ON. THIS HOLIDAY. MINOR SNOW EVENT. TOMORROW MORNING, NEW. YORK CITY, PLOWABLE IN. YORK CITY. NEW HAMPSHIRE AND. MAINE. IN THE WEST, THE STORM. COMES IN TUESDAY. NIGHT. ON CHRISTMAS EVE IS. WHEN IT'S ITS. STRONGEST. HIGH WIND GUSTS ON THE. COASTS, POWER OUTAGES, ROCK SLIDES, MUD. SLIDES, LANDSLIDES. WE WILL SEE TREES. COMING DOWN. THIS IS FROM CENTRAL. CALIFORNIA SOUTHWARD. AND THE HIGH RISK IS. FOR THE MOUNTAINOUS. AREAS JUST TO THE.

NORTH OF L.A. AS WE GET TO CHRISTMAS. DAY ITSELF, WE'RE. STILL WATCHING ANOTHER. BATCH, ROUND TWO. COMING INTO. CALIFORNIA. EVERYONE ELSE IS. PRETTY FINE, THE REST. OF THE COUNTRY. BY THE TIME WE GET TO. FRIDAY, A. MINI-SNOWSTORM IN THE. NORTHEAST. BUT ALL OUR ATTENTION. ON SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. >> EXTREME WEATHER ALL. WEEK. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, BILL. >>> NEXT TO THE U.S. PURSUIT OIL TANKER. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP AMPS. UP HIS PRESSURE. CAMPAIGN AGAINST. VENEZUELA. GARRETT HAAKE HAS THE. DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. RAMPING UP HIS. PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. AGAINST VENEZUELA, WITH NEW U.S. EFFORTS.

TO SEIZE OIL TANKERS. LOADED WITH VENEZUELAN. OIL THAT'S UNDER. SANCTION. >> WE'RE KEEPING IT. WE'RE KEEPING THE. SHIPS ALSO. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE COAST GUARD. REMAINS IN WHAT TWO. U.S. OFFICIALS CALL AN. ACTIVE PURSUIT OF THE. "BELLA 1" A TANKER. PLACED ON A U.S. SANCTIONS LIST LAST. YEAR, CURRENTLY FLYING. A FALSE FLAG. ITS SEIZURE APPROVED. BY A FEDERAL JUDGE, ACCORDING TO ONE OF. THE OFFICIALS. AND OVER THE WEEKEND, COAST GUARD TEAMS. BOARDING A TANKER DHS.

SAYS WAS LAST DOCKED. IN VENEZUELA. AFTER THAT SEIZURE. EARLIER THIS MONTH, ALSO APPROVED OF A. FEDERAL JUDGE, OF THIS. TANKER, "THE SKIPPER,". OFF THE VENEZUELAN. COAST. THE INTERCEPTIONS OF. OIL TANKERS COME AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCED A BLOCKADE. OF VENEZUELAN OIL. PART OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S WAR ON DRUG. CARTELS. >> IF THEY WANT TO. COME BY LAND, THEY'RE. GOING TO END UP HAVING. A BIG PROBLEM. THEY'RE GOING TO GET. BLOWN TO PIECES. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT. OUR PEOPLE POISONED. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT CALLING.

VENEZUELA'S. AUTHORITARIAN LEADER. NICOLAS MADURO AN. ILLEGITIMATE NARCO. TERRORIST. >> IF HE PLAYS TOUGH, IT WILL BE THE LAST. TIME HE'S EVER ABLE TO. PLAY TOUGH. >> Reporter: SPARKING. A CLASH OVER THE U.S. RESPONSE. >> I AM ALL IN THE. CAMP FOR REGIME. CHANGE. WE SHOULD NOT BE. WAGING WAR AGAINST. VENEZUELA. >> Reporter: MADURO'S. REGIME ACCUSES THE. U.S. OF HIJACKING AND. THEFT OF 4 MILLION. BARRELS OF OIL, WHILE. IN COMMUNIST CUBA, WHICH DEPENDS ON CHEAP. VENEZUELAN OIL, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT. POTENTIALLY BLOCKED. SHIPMENTS. CUBA'S PRESIDENT. SAYING RECENTLY ITS. ECONOMY IS ALREADY,

QUOTE, PARTIALLY. PARALYZED. >> GARRETT JOINS US. NOW LIVE. GARRETT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP JUST GAVE AN. UPDATE ON THAT TANKER. THE U.S. IS PURSUING. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAID TONIGHT. THE U.S. IS STILL. PURSUING THAT SHIP, PART OF THE SO-CALLED. DARK FLEET OF VESSELS. USED TO TRANSPORT. SANCTIONED OIL AROUND. THE GLOBE. HE PREDICTED THE U.S. WILL ULTIMATELY SEIZE. IT TOO. TOM? >> GARRETT HAAKE. TONIGHT FOR US. >>> THERE'S NEW. CRITICISM OF THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. TONIGHT AFTER ITS. RELEASE OF THOUSANDS. OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE. PART OF ITS FILES ON. JEFFREY EPSTEIN. TONIGHT SURVIVORS. SAYING THE DOJ IS NOT. MAKING ENOUGH OF IT.

PUBLIC. HERE'S RYAN NOBLES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. UNDER PRESSURE AFTER. CRITICS SAY IT DID NOT. RELEASE ENOUGH OF ITS. FILES ON THE LATE SEX. OFFENDER, JEFFREY. EPSTEIN. >> RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE. DEFYING THE LAW. THEY ARE DEFYING. CONGRESS. THEY HAVE NOT MET A. VERY SIMPLE STANDARD. LAID OUT IN THE LAW. THAT WAS BIPARTISAN. >> Reporter: TOP. SENATE DEMOCRAT CHUCK. SCHUMER THREATENING TO. SUE, WHILE TOP DOJ. OFFICIALS INSIST THEY. FOLLOWED THE LAW, RELEASING HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS.

FRIDAY. >> THE EPSTEIN FILES. EXISTED FOR YEARS AND. YEARS AND YEARS AND. YOU DID NOT HEAR A. PEEP OUT OF A SINGLE. DEMOCRAT FOR THE PAST. FOUR YEARS. >> Reporter: 15 PHOTOS. WERE TAKEN DOWN FROM. THE DOJ WEBSITE, INCLUDING ONE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT ONE WAS REPOSTED, THE DOJ SAYS, AFTER. CONFIRMATION THERE. WERE NO VICTIMS IN IT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. NEVER BEEN ACCUSED OF. WRONG DOING RELATED TO. EPSTEIN. >> WHAT THIS WHOLE. THING IS WITH EPSTEIN. IS A WAY OF TRYING TO. DEFLECT FROM THE. TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. THAT THE REPUBLICAN. PARTY HAS.

>> Reporter: FORMER. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. WAS SEEN IN MANY OF. THE PHOTOS IN THE. INITIAL RELEASE, INCLUDING THIS ONE. TAKEN IN A HOT TUB. WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED. PERSON. AND SEEN HERE SWIMMING. WITH EPSTEIN. CO-CONSPIRATOR. GHISLAINE MAXWELL AND. AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. THE DOCUMENTS DO NOT. GIVE ANY CONTEXT OR. IMPLY CRIMINAL. ACTIVITY. TONIGHT A CLINTON. SPOKESPERSON CALLING. ON THE DOJ TO RELEASE. ALL DOCUMENTS. CONNECTED TO CLINTON. SAYING SELECTIVE. RELEASES IMPLY WRONG. DOING BY INDIVIDUAL. WHO IS HAVE BEEN.

REPEATEDLY CLEARED. >> I THINK BILL. CLINTON'S A BIG BOY. HE CAN HANDLE IT. >> Reporter: AND NOW. AN EPSTEIN SURVIVOR. SAYS THE DOJ IS. REDACTING TOO MUCH. INFORMATION IN THE. FILES. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT. TOOK OUT DETAILS, INCLUDING VICTIM. INFORMATION. >> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THERE'S SO MUCH THERE. THAT HAS BEEN. REDACTED. >> RYAN JOINS US NOW. LIVE. RYAN, WHAT HAPPENS. NOW WITH THIS. POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. AGAINST THE DOJ BY. SENATE DEMOCRATS? >> TOM, IT WILL TAKE. SOME TIME. CONGRESS DOES NOT EVEN. RETURN UNTIL AFTER THE.

NEW YEAR. AND AT THIS POINT, THERE'S NO BUY-IN FROM. GOP LEADERSHIP. IN ORDER FOR THIS TO. MOVE QUICKLY, REPUBLICAN LEADERS. WILL HAVE TO BE. INVOLVED. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT. RYAN, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT A "60. MINUTES" CORRESPONDENT. IS SLAMMING CBS NEWS'. EDITOR AND CHIEF FOR. SHOVING A REPORT THAT. WAS SUPPOSED TO AIR. LAST NIGHT ABOUT A. NOTORIOUS PRISON IN EL. 'S READY.

STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> TONIGHT A POLICE. OFFICER IN OHIO IS. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. A SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT. PULLED A GUN ON HIM. AND TRIED TO SHOOT. HIM, ALL OF IT. CAPTURED ON THE. OFFICER'S BODY CAM. HERE'S JESSE KIRSCH. >> HEY, HEY, HEY. >> NO, NO, NO, NO. >> Reporter: THIS IS. THE MOMENT OHIO POLICE. SAY A SHOPLIFTING. INCIDENT DEVOLVED INTO. AN ATTEMPTED MURDER. >> LET ME SEE YOUR. HANDS, NOW. >> Reporter: IN. CANTON, OHIO, POLICE. SAY 21-YEAR-OLD SHANE.

NEWMAN AND 23-YEAR-OLD. KATERINA JEFFREY WERE. SUSPECTED OF. SHOPLIFTING AT THIS. WALMART ON THURSDAY. WHEN A POLICE OFFICER. LED THEM TO THE. STORE'S LOSS. PREVENTION OFFICE. THE INCIDENT SHOWN ON. POLICE EDITED BODY. CAMERA FOOTAGE. >> IN HERE GUYS. >> WHY DO WE HAVE TO. GO IN THERE? >> BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT. IT IS. >> Reporter: INSIDE, THE OFFICER CHECKS. NEWMAN FOR WEAPONS. >> DO YOU GOT ANYTHING. ON YOU I NEED TO KNOW. ABOUT. WHY ARE YOUR HANDS IN. YOUR POCKETS? >> MY PHONE. >> I'M GOING TO PAT. YOU DOWN REAL QUICK. >> THAT'S COOL. >> Reporter: WATCH.

MINUTES LATER AS. NEWMAN TURNS. POLICE SAY NEWMAN. TRIED TO SHOOT THE. OFFICER, BUT THE. HANDGUN DID NOT FIRE. >> SHANE, PLEASE STOP. >> Reporter: POLICE. SAY THE OFFICER AND A. WALMART EMPLOYEE. SECURED NEWMAN WHO ARE. LATER SAID THIS. >> THE ONLY REASON WHY. I DID THAT BRO IS. BECAUSE I WANTED TO. RUN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. NEWMAN IS FACING. MULTIPLE CHARGES. INCLUDING ATTEMPT TO. COMMIT MURDER, WHILE. JEFFREY IS CHARGED. WITH COMPLICITY TO. COMMIT ROBBERY. NEWMAN'S ATTORNEY. DECLINED TO COMMENT ON. THE ALLEGATIONS. JEFFREY'S LAWYER DID. NOT RESPOND TO NBC. NEWS' REQUEST FOR.

COMMENT. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC. NEWS. >>> WE WANT TO SHOW. YOU NOW SOME WILD. VIDEO OF A MOTHER'S. BRAVERY IN CALIFORNIA, WHAT SHE DID WHEN SHE. REALIZED HER HOME WAS. BEING BROKEN INTO WITH. HER CHILDREN INSIDE. DANA GRIFFIN SPOKE TO. THE MOM AND HAS THE. DRAMATIC VIDEO. >> Reporter: A. CALIFORNIA MOTHER'S. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO. STOP BURGLARS AT HER. HOME CAUGHT ON CAMERA. >> I SEE THE GUY AND I. WAS IN PANIC. I WAS IN SHOCK, YOU. KNOW? AND I, LIKE, HIT THEIR. CAR UNINTENTIONALLY.

>> Reporter: SHE WAS. ON THE PHONE WITH HER. MOM WHO WAS INSIDE. WATCHING HER THREE. YOUNG KIDS WHEN ALL OF. A SUDDEN --. >> MY MOM SCREAMING. MY KIDS ARE IN THE. HOUSE. SHE'S SCREAMING LIKE I. DON'T KNOW -- LIKE. CRAZY. >> Reporter: THE MOM, WHO ASKED TO CONCEAL. HER IDENTITY DUE TO. SAFETY CONCERNS, RACED. HOME FROM GETTING. COFFEE, SO PANICKED. SHE RAMMED THE PARKED. SEDAN THAT TURNED OUT. TO BE THE GET AWAY. CAR. >> WHAT WAS GOING. THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. IN MY MIND, I THOUGHT. THEY KILLED MY FAMILY. >> Reporter: TWO.

BURGLARS TAKE OFF. RUNNING. MOMENTS LATER, A THIRD. MAN, BELIEVED TO BE. THE DRIVER, EMERGES. FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF. THE CAR AND TAKES OFF. TOO. THE COLLISION SO. INTENSE THE DRIVER'S. SIDE DOOR JAMMED. CLOSED. HER G WAGON DAMAGED. TOO. VIDEO SHOWS LAPD. COLLECTING EVIDENCE, INCLUDING HANDHELD. RADIOS THAT APPEARED. TO BE MONITORING. POLICE ACTIVITY. AS FOR THIS FRANTIC. MOTHER, SHE'S GOT ONE. PARTING MESSAGE FOR. THE MEN WHO TERRORIZED. HER FAMILY. >> NEXT TIME, I'M. GOING TO.

>>> WELCOME BACK. IT LOOKS LIKE THE END. OF AN ERA FOR ONE OF. THE MOST STORIED. STADIUMS IN AMERICA. THE CHIEFS ANNOUNCING. THEY WILL MOVE FROM. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, JUST ACROSS STATE. LINES TO PLAY IN. KANSAS STARTING IN. 2031. ARROWHEAD IS FAMED FOR. ITS ELECTRIC. ATMOSPHERE, THREE HAPPENED E. GAME GOT UNDERWAY. INCREDIBLY, NO ONE WAS. HIT AND NO ONE WAS. INJURED, BUT A CLOSE. CALL. >>> ALL RIGHT. WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. HOLIDAY LIGHTS. WHY THIS GROUP COMES. ♪♪.

>>> TONIGHT, A SPECIAL. AND UNIQUE HOLIDAY. TRADITION. A MIDWEST COMMUNITY. RALLYING TOGETHER TO. MAKE THIS TIME OF YEAR. A LITTLE BRIGHTER FOR. SOME VERY DESERVING. CHILDREN. IN THE MIDDLE OF. DETROIT, THIS HOLIDAY. DISPLAY ISN'T JUST. ABOUT THE MUSIC. ♪ SANTA CLAUS IS. COMING TO TOWN ♪. >> Reporter: OR THE. CHEER.

[ CROWD CHANTING ]. >> Reporter: IT'S. ABOUT THE CHILDREN. OUTSIDE, HUNDREDS OF. PEOPLE FROM THE. COMMUNITY GAZING UP. WITH FLASHLIGHTS IN. HAND TO SIMPLY SAY, GOOD NIGHT, TO THE. PATIENTS AT CORWELL. HEALTH CHILDREN'S. HOSPITAL. AND AS THE LIGHTS. BEGI. THESE FACES LIGHT UP. THE CHILDREN INSIDE. MARVELING AT THE. HOLIDAY LIGHTS AND. DECORATIONS, AS THEY. WAVE THEIR OWN BEAMS. BACK. >> HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS?

>> Reporter: INCLUDING. 4-YEAR-OLD ZOE, DIAGNOSED WITH A. NEURAL BLASTOMA. HER FAVORITE PART, THE. MASSIVE FIRE TRUCK. ITS LADDER EXTENDED. HIGHER THAN HER FIFTH. FLOOR ROOM. >> THAT'S PRETTY COOL. >> HOW BIG WAS THE. LADDER? >> IT WAS SO BIG. >> Reporter: THE MOON. BEAMS FOR SWEET DREAMS. PROGRAM TAKES PLACE. FOR TWO WEEKS EVERY. DECEMBER AT THE. HOSPITAL. WITH SIGNS, COSTUMES,

AND PLENTY OF LIGHTS. BRIGHTENING THE. SPIRITS OF THE. PATIENTS AND THEIR. PARENTS. >> I'M GETTING CHOKED. UP. WHEN IT HAPPENS TO. YOU, OH, MY GOSH. I DON'T -- I DON'T. KNOW IF WE DESERVE. THIS, BUT IT'S NOT. ABOUT WHAT YOU. DESERVE. IT'S ABOUT WHAT OTHER. PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO. GIVE, AND THEY'RE. WILLING TO GIVE A LOT. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL. >> Reporter: PROOF THE. SIMPLEST ACT CAN BRING. A GLIMMER OF LIGHT. ♪ SANTA CLAUS IS. COMING TO TOWN ♪. >> Reporter: AND.

SPREAD SOME. MUCH-NEEDED HOLIDAY. JOY. >> SUCH A GREAT. TRADITION. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.