NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Dec. 29

>>> TONIGHT, DANGEROUS. WINTER WEATHER. SLAMMING SO MUCH OF. THE COUNTRY. NOT JUST SNOW AND ICE, BUT HURRICANE-FORCE. WIND IN SOME SPOTS, BLASTING THE NORTH AS. THIS STORM SYSTEM. REACHES DEVASTATING. PEAK STRENGTH. >>> LOOK AT THIS. DOZENS OF MANGLED CARS. PILING UP ON. SNOW-COVERED HIGHWAYS. THIS FIERY CRASH, YOU. SEE IT HERE, AFTER A. TRUCK LOST CONTROL, CRASHING OFF AN. OVERPASS. AND YOU SEE THIS CAR, BATTERED BY WIND AND. WAVES ON LAKE ERIE.

ALL OF IT PART OF A. MAJOR SYSTEM ON THE. MOVE TONIGHT. >>> PLUS, A DRAMATIC. ESCALATION WITH. VENEZUELA. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. SAYING THE U.S. TOOK. OUT A FACILITY HE SAYS. IS CONNECTED TO. ALLEGED DRUG BOATS. >>> THE PRESIDENT ALSO. PUSHING PEACE TALKS, MEETING FATE-TO-FACE. WITH THE ISRAELI GRUESOME C. FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT. CHAMPION ANTHONY. JOSHUA THE ONLY. SURVIVOR. >>> THE TERRIFYING. MID-AIR COLLISION, TWO. PILOTS WHO WERE CLOSE. FRIENDS KILLED AFTER. THEIR HELICOPTERS.

CRASHED. >>> THE HEAD OF A. MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR. FARMING EMPIRE CHARGED. ON SUSPICION OF. MURDERING HIS. ESTRANGED WIFE. >>> A DEADLY TRAIN. DERAILMENT. 13 PEOPLE KILLED. NEARLY 100 OTHERS HURT. AFTER A TRAIN WENT OFF. THE TRACKS RING. FINALLY RETURNED. >>> "NIGHTLY NEWS". STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH TOM. LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING. I'M HALLIE JACKSON IN. FOR TOM. AS WE COME ON THE AIR. TONIGHT A WINTER STORM.

IS BLASTING MILLIONS. OF PEOPLE WITH. DANGEROUS SNOW, ICE. AND WIND, FROM. MINNESOTA TO MAINE. SCENES LIKE THIS ONE. IN DETROIT PLAYING. OUT. YOU SEE IT THERE. DOZENS OF CARS AND. TRUCKS CRASHING ALONG. THE ICY INTERSTATE. THEN TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS. FIRE SWALLOWING A SEMI. TRUCK DANGLING OFF AN. OVERPASS AFTER IT LOST. CONTROL ON THE SNOWY. ROAD. IT IS NOT JUST THE. SNOW AND ICE TO WATCH. OUT FOR, BUT WIND, TOO. WITH A STAGGERING 95. MILLION PEOPLE UNDER. ALERTS FOR INTENSE. GUSTS TONIGHT, THEY.

HIT HURRICANE. INTENSITY IN BUFFALO, KICKING UP POWERFUL. WAVES YOU SEE ON LAKE. ERIE. ALL OF IT MAKING FOR A. MESSY RIDE HOME AS SO. MANY PEOPLE ARE. TRAVELING OVER THIS. HOLIDAY WEEK. OUR SHAQUILLE BREWSTER. IS TRACKING IT ALL. >> Reporter: A. DANGEROUS MIX OF. WINTER WEATHER TONIGHT. CAUSING CHAOS. ON DETROIT'S I-75 A. PILEUP LEAVING BEHIND. A TRAIL OF MANGLED. VEHICLES. STATE POLICE SAY MORE. THAN 59 CARS WERE. INVOLVED, PARTIALLY. SHUTTING DOWN THE. HIGHWAY. >> MULTIPLE VEHICLES. INVOLVED. >> Reporter: AND THIS. FIERY SCENE IN WESTERN.

MICHIGAN. THE COUNTY SHERIFF. SAYS THIS SEMI CRASHED. OFF AN OVERPASS INTO. THE ROAD BELOW. THE DRIVER WAS. HOSPITALIZED WITH. NON-LIFE-THREATENING. INJURIES. HEAVY SNOW AND WIND. BLANKETING THE. MIDWEST. >> ZERO VISIBILITY. >> Reporter: AT LEAST. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. IN IOWA. THIS VIDEO SHOWS A. STATE TROOPER AT A. 14-CAR CRASH. THE VEHICLES DIRECTLY. IN FRONT OF HIM ARE. BARELY VISIBLE. MINNESOTA'S GOVERNOR. DECLARING A SNOW. EMERGENCY AND. AUTHORIZING THE.

NATIONAL GUARD TO. ASSIST CREWS RESCUING. STRANDED MOTORISTS. RELENTLESS WINDS. THREATENING MILLIONS, MORE THAN 300,000. WITHOUT POWER TODAY. FROM TEXAS TO OHIO AND. MICHIGAN. GUSTS TOPPING 70 MILES. AN HOUR IN BUFFALO. ALONG LAKE ERIE THIS. CAR SWALLOWED BY. WAVES. IT IS THE SAME SYSTEM. THAT SPAWNED TORNADOS. ACROSS ILLINOIS. >> LOOK AT THE HOUSE. >> Reporter: RIPPING. ROOF OFF HOMES, SCATTERING DEBRIS. ACROSS RESIDENTIAL. NEIGHBORHOODS. WHILE THE HIGH WINDS. AND LOW VISIBILITY. BROUGHT TEMPORARY.

GROUND STOPS AND MORE. DELAYS TO AIRPORTS. >> WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT. A LOT EARLIER. >> Reporter: THE. TRAVEL RUSH FOR SOME. TURNING INTO A CRAWL. >> THERE'S SO MANY. PEOPLE, THE LINES ARE. KIND OF LONG. >> Reporter: A. POWERFUL WEATHER. SYSTEM BRINGING A. BRUTAL END TO THE. YEAR. >> AND SPEAKING OF. THAT TRAVEL RUSH OR. CRAWL, SHAQ IS JOINING. US FROM CHICAGO'S. O'HARE AIRPORT WHERE. IT IS LOOKING LIKE. PLENTY OF PEOPLE WILL. FACE FRUSTRATING. FLIGHTS HOME, SHAQ. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, HALLIE. ABOUT 8,000 FLIGHTS. NATIONWIDE ARE DELAYED. TONIGHT, MANY OF THOSE. DELAYS TIED TO WHERE. THE MESSIEST WEATHER.

EXISTS INCLUDING HERE. IN CHICAGO WHERE. NEARLY HALF OF ALL. FLIGHTS LEAVING O'HARE. ARE LATE. HALLIE. >> SHAQ BREWSTER, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S BRING IN. BILL KARINS NOW. BILL, LET'S TALK ABOUT. THE DANGEROUS WIND, SOME OF IT HURRICANE. FORCE, AND IT IS NOT. EVEN OVER YET. >> YEAH, JUST ARRIVING. ON THE EAST COAST. EVEN BY WESTERN. NEW YORK AND MICHIGAN. STANDARDS THIS WAS AN. INCREDIBLE STORM WITH. THE SNOW AND ALSO THE. HIGH WINDS ALL DAY. LONG. NOW WE ARE GETTING THE. STREAMERS COMING OFF. THE LAKES, THE. TEMPERATURES ARE. REALLY DROPPING, BUT. THE WINDS ARE STILL. THE THING THAT WILL BE.

HOWLING THROUGH THIS. EVENING. NUMEROUS LOCATIONS. ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. STILL UNDER WIND. WARNING. WE HAD A GUST OF 78. MILES PER HOUR EARLIER. TODAY IN BUFFALO. THOSE HIGH WINDS, 40. TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. NOW ARRIVING FROM DC. ALL THE WAY TO BOSTON. WHAT IS NEXT? PRETTY QUIET TUESDAY. NEW YEAR'S EVE WE'RE. QUIET, ROCKIES EAST. BUT A NEW STORM COMING. INTO AREAS OF THE WEST. UNFORTUNATELY FOR NEW. YEAR'S DAY, LOOKS LIKE. ANOTHER SOAKING. WITH THIS STORM WE. COULD BE DEALING WITH. MORE FLOOD PROBLEMS IN. CALIFORNIA, THIS ON. THE HEELS OF THE EPIC. STORM THEY HAD LAST.

WEEK. >> PLENTY TO WATCH, BILL. THANKS. >>> ALSO TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. REVEALING WHAT APPEARS. TO BE A DRAMATIC. ESCALATION IN HIS. PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. AGAINST VENEZUELA. GARRETT HAAKE IS. JOINING US NOW. GARRETT, IT SOUNDS. LIKE THE U.S. MILITARY. HIT ITS FIRST TARGET. INSIDE VENEZUELA? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT MAKING A. STUNNING CLAIM. REVEALING ON OR ABOUT. CHRISTMAS EVE U.S. FORCES STRUCK WHAT HE. DESCRIBED AS A BIG. FACILITY WHERE ALLEGED. DRUG SMUGGLING BOATS. WERE LOADED AND. LAUNCHED. THIS WAS CONDUCTED IN.

TOTAL CRECY. NBC NEWS CAN'T CONFIRM. WHEN OR WHERE IT TOOK. PLACE. THE PRESIDENT'S WAR ON. DRUG CARTELS SO FAR. INCLUDED DOZENS OF. ALLEGED DRUG BOATS. DESTROYED INCLUDING. ONE JUST TODAY AND. MORE NAN 100 PEOPLE, BUT A STRIKE AGAINST A. TARGET ON VENEZUELAN. SOIL MARKS A MAJOR. ESCALATION, AND THIS. NEW STRIKE IS ALREADY. DRAWING SCRUTINY FROM. LAWMAKERS INCLUDING. TOP DEMOCRAT IN THE. SENATE CHUCK SCHUMER, POSTING TONIGHT THAT. THE PRESIDENT MUST. PUBLICLY EXPLAIN HIS. STRATEGY IN THE. CARIBBEAN. HALLIE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> A BUSY START TO. THE WEEK FOR PRESIDENT.

TRUMP, ON THE PHONE. WITH RUSSIA'S LEADER. AS THE U.S. TRIES TO. SALVAGE A PEACE DEAL. IN UKRAINE AND LOOKING. TO REVIVE GAZA. CEASE-FIRE TALKS TODAY. WITH THE ISRAELI PRIME. MINISTER. GABE GUTIERREZ IS. COVERING IT ALL FROM. WEST PALM BEACH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ISSUING AN URGENT. WARNING AMID REPORTS. IRAN IS TRYING TO. REVIVE ITS BALLISTIC. MISSILE PROGRAM. >> IF THEY ARE WE'RE. GOING TO HAVE TO KNOCK. THEM DOWN. >> Reporter: IN JUNE. ISRAELI FORCES STRUCK. IRANIAN MISSILE BASES. AND MISSILE DEFENSES. AND THE U.S. DROPPED. MASSIVE BOMBS ON KEY. IRANIAN NUCLEAR.

FACILITIES. AN ADVISER TO IRAN'S. SUPREME LEADER NOW. RESPONDING ANY. AGGRESSION WILL. RECEIVE A STRONG, IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. >> IRAN MAY BE. BEHAVING BADLY. USUALLY, UH, WHERE. THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S. FIRE. >> Reporter: THE. WARNING COMING AS THE. PRESIDENT HOSTED. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT. HIS MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE. THE U.S. PUSHING FOR. THE START OF PHASE TWO. OF THE FRAGILE GAZA. CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN. ISRAEL AND HAMAS. IT WOULD INCLUDE THE. WITHDRAWAL OF MORE. ISRAELI FORCES, BUT. ONLY IF HAMAS LAYS. DOWN ITS WEAPONS.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE. GIVEN A VERY SHORT. PERIOD OF TIME TO. DISARM, AND WE'LL SEE. HOW THAT WORKS OUT. >> Reporter: TRUMP. ALSO SPEAKING THIS. MORNING BY PHONE AGAIN. WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. VLADIMIR PUTIN AS THE. U.S. PUSHES FOR A. CEASE-FIRE IN UKRAINE. >> IT WAS A VERY. PRODUCTIVE TALK. I MEAN WE HAVE A FEW. VERY THORNY ISSUES. >> Reporter: AFTER. RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES. TARGETED KYIV THIS. WEEKEND PUTIN TELLING. TRUMP UKRAINIAN DRONES. TRIED TO ATTACK HIS. RESIDENCE IN. NORTHWESTERN RUSSIA. OVERNIGHT WHICH.

UKRAINE DENIES. >> THIS IS NOT THE. RIGHT TIME. IT IS ONE THING TO BE. OFFENSIVE BECAUSE. THEY'RE OFFENSIVE. IT IS ANOTHER THING TO. ATTACK HIS HOUSE. >> Reporter: THAT TONE. LESS OPTIMISTIC THAN A. DAY EARLIER WHEN TRUMP. HOSTED VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY FOR PEACE. TALKS. >> I THINK WE'RE. GETTING A LOT CLOSER, MAYBE VERY CLOSE. >> Reporter: ZELENSKYY. TELLING REPORTERS. OVERNIGHT THE PEACE. PLAN ON THE TABLE. WOULD INCLUDE 15 YEARS. OF PROTECTIONS BY. OTHER COUNTRIES. AGAINST RUSSIA, BUT HE. IS ASKING TRUMP TO. EXTEND THOSE SECURITY. GUARANTEES FOR UP TO. 50 YEARS. >> GABE IS TRAVELING.

WITH THE PRESIDENT IN. SOUTH FLORIDA, JOINING. US NOW. GABE, THAT ALLEGED. DRONE ATTACK ON. PUTIN'S RESIDENCE MAY. CERTAINLY AFFECT PEACE. TALKS FOR THAT REGION. >> Reporter: YES, HALLIE. RUSSIA'S FOREIGN. MINISTER SAID TODAY. THAT HIS COUNTRY'S. NEGOTIATING POSITION. WILL BE RECONSIDERED. FOLLOWING THE. INCIDENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. HE EXPECTS TO MEET. AGAIN WITH ZELENSKYY. AND EUROPEAN LEADERS. SOMETIME NEXT MONTH IN. TH. ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER. INVESTIGATION. HALLIE. >> MORGAN CHESKY, THANK YOU. >>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS. TONIGHT AFTER A.

MID-AIR HELICOPTER. CRASH IN NEW JERSEY. WITH OFFICIALS SAYING. BOTH PILOTS, EXPERIENCED AVIATORS. AND FRIENDS, HAVE NOW. DIED. QUESTIONS OVER HOW THE. COLLISION COULD HAVE. HAPPENED. EMILIE IKEDA REPORTS. >> Reporter: AS. INVESTIGATORS TRY TO. PINPOINT WHAT CAUSED A. MID-AIR COLLISION. BETWEEN TWO. HELICOPTERS INCLUDING. THIS ONE SEEN. SPIRALING --. >> 100 BASIN ROAD. TWO HELICOPTERS. CRASHED. >> Reporter: -- POLICE. TONIGHT CONFIRMING. BOTH PILOTS, THE SOLE. MEMBERS ON BOARD, HAVE. DIED, IDENTIFYING THEM. AS NEW JERSEY RESIDENT.

71-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL. GREENBERG AND. 65-YEAR-OLD KENNETH. KIRSCH. >> THEY APPARENTLY ARE. FRIENDS AND FLY INTO. THE AIRPORT, HAVE A. MEAL TOGETHER AT THE. CAFE THAT'S THERE, AND. WERE LEAVING TOGETHER. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE. EXPERIENCED PILOTS. TOOK OFF FROM. HAMMONTON MUNICIPAL. AIRPORT OUTSIDE. PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY. MORNING AND WERE. FLYING IN CLOSE. PROXIMITY BEFORE. COLLIDING AND CRASH. LANDING 1 1/2 MILES. AWAY IN A FIELD NEAR.

CAITLYN COLLINS' HOME. SHE RUSHED TO HELP ONE. OF THE PILOTS BEFORE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO. THE HOSPITAL. >> SO I JUST LIKE HELD. HIS HAND AND TOLD HIM. EVERYTHING WAS GOING. TO BE OKAY. >> Reporter: THE FIERY. AFTERMATH SENDING. PLUMES OF SMOKE INTO. THE SKY AND LEAVING. BEHIND A TRAIL OF. PIECES FROM THE MAIN. AND TAIL ROTORS. STRETCHING 100 YARDS. LONG ACCORDING TO. INVESTIGATORS SEEN ON. THE GROUND. THE NTSB SAYS BOTH. HELICOPTERS WILL BE. MOVED FROM THE. ACCIDENT SITE TOMORROW. AS THE AGENCY TRIES TO. UNCOVER WHAT LED TO.

SOUTH JERSEY. EMILIE IKEDA, NBC. NEWS. >>> TONIGHT THE. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND. SECURITY SAYS FEDERAL. AGENTS ARE GOING DOOR. TO DOOR IN MINNEAPOLIS. LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE. FRAUD AS JEWEL YAY. AINSLEY REPORTS, IT. COMES AFTER A VIRAL. VIDEO POSTED BY A. CONSERVATIVE YouTuber. IGNITED INTEREST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS. IT IS KNOCKING ON. DOORS AT MORE THAN 30. BUSINESSES IN. MINNEAPOLIS TO ROOT. OUT THOSE THAT MAY BE. COLLECTING TAXPAYER. MONEY FRAUDULENTLY. >> THAT'S A SIMPLE. QUESTION, WHERE ARE.

THE CHILDREN. >> Reporter: IT COMES. AFTER A VIRAL VIDEO. MADE BY A RIGHT-WING. YouTuber REIGNITED. INTEREST IN THE ISSUE, THE VIDEO POSTED BY. NICK SHIRLEY WHO. IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS. AN INDEPENDENT. JOURNALIST, FOCUSED ON. THE AREA'S SOMALI. COMMUNITY AND RACKED. UP MORE THAN 100. MILLION VIEWS. SHIRLEY SAYS HE WENT. TO TEN CHILD CARE. CENTERS RECEIVING. FEDERAL AND STATE. SUBSIDIES AND FOUND NO. CHILDREN INSIDE. NBC NEWS HAS REACHED. OUT TO SHIRLEY ABOUT. THE TIMING OF THE. VISITS BUT HE HAS NOT. RESPONDED. >> THESE BUILDINGS. SHOULD BE OPERATING AS.

THEY'RE RECEIVING. LITERALLY MILLIONS OF. DOLLARS. >> WHILE WE HAVE. QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME. OF THE METHODS THAT. WERE USED IN THE. VIDEO, WE DO TAKE THE. CONCERNS THAT THE. VIDEO RAISES ABOUT. FRAUD VERY SERIOUSLY. >> Reporter: THE. MINNESOTA COMMISSIONER. OF THE DEPARTMENT OF. CHILDREN, YOUTH AND. FAMILIES SAID TODAY. MANY OF THE CENTERS. HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED. PREVIOUSLY AND NO. FRAUD WAS UNCOVERED. EIGHT OF THE TEN. DAYCARE CENTERS. FEATURED IN THE VIDEO. ARE STILL OPERATING. AND RECEIVING TAXPAYER. SUBSIDIES ACCORDING TO. THE COMMISSIONER. >> WHICH IS WHY OUR.

TEAMS ARE OUT TODAY. MAKING ADDITIONAL. UNANNOUNCED VISITS TO, AGAIN, CONFIRM THERE CHILDR. THE -- IN THESE CHILD. CARE CENTERS. >> Reporter: THE VIDEO. STOKING REPUBLICAN. ANGER TOWARDS THE. STATE'S DEMOCRATIC. GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WHO. THEY BLAME FOR NOT. DOING MORE TO CRACK. DOWN. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. IN A STATEMENT SAYING. THE GOVERNOR HAS. WORKED FOR YEARS TO. CRACK DOWN ON FRAUD. AND ASKED THE STATE. LEGISLATURE FOR MORE. AUTHORITY TO TAKE. AGGRESSIVE ACTION. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. UNDER BOTH BIDEN AND. TRUMP HAVE LAUNCHED.

MULTIPLE. INVESTIGATIONS INTO. ALLEGED FRAUD IN. MINNEAPOLIS. IN WASHINGTON, FBI. DIRECTOR KASH PATEL. SAID HIS AGENCY HAS. SURGED PERSONNEL AND. INVESTIGATIVE. RESOURCES TO MINNESOTA. TO DISMANTLE. LARGE-SCALE FRAUD. SCHEMES. JULIA AINSLEY, NBC. NEWS. >>> WHEN WE RETURN IN. 60 SECONDS THE HEAD OF. A FARMING EMPIRE NOW. CHARGED IN THE MURDER. OF HIS ESTRANGED WIFE. THE NEW DE.

>>> WE ARE LEARNING. MORE ABOUT THE ARREST. OF A FARMING TYCOON. FOR THE MURDER OF HIS. ESTRANGED WIFE WITH. THE CASE ROCKING. COMMUNITIES FROM. CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA. STEVE PATTERSON HAS. THOSE LATE-BREAKING. DEVELOPMENTS. >> Reporter: THE. MAGNATE OF A SPRAWLING. MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR. FARMING EMPIRE IS. AWAITING HIS FATE FROM. A CALIFORNIA JAIL, ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS. OWN WIFE. LAST WEEK 63-YEAR-OLD. MICHAEL ABATTI WAS. ARRESTED FOR THE. MUHIS. ESTRANGED WIFE KERRI. >> IT IS DIFFICULT ANY.

TIME WE LOSE SOMEONE. IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO. THE HOLIDAYS. >> Reporter: AB. NEARLY 400 MILES FROM. CALIFORNIA TO THE. COUPLE'S PROPERTY IN. ARIZONA'S WHITE. MOUNTAINS WHERE KERRI. WAS SHOT AND KILLED. NO DETAILS ON A MOTIVE. BUT THE SHERIFF SAYS. THEY'RE FOLLOW. >> THE ONLY THING THAT. IS GLARING I THINK. EVERYBODY KNOWS, THERE'S A DIVORCE IN. PLACE. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO. COME TO A RESOLUTION. >> Reporter: COURT. DOCUMENTS SHOW KERRI. ANN ABATTI SEPARATED. FROM HER HUSBAND AND. FILED FOR DIVORCE IN. 2023 AND HAD BEEN. RECEIVED $5,000 A. MONTH IN SPOUSAL.

SUPPORT BUT WAS. BATTLING IN COURT FOR. AN INCREASE TO $30,000. BEFORE A JUDGE RULED. IT SHOULD BE $6,400. SHE WROTE IN A 2024. FILING, I WENT FROM. LIVING IN A BEAUTIFUL. HOME WITH A POOL IN. EL CENTRO TO LIVING ON. A HOMESTEAD IN ARIZONA. STRUGGLING TO AFFORD. UTILITIES AND CHOPPING. WOOD TO KEEP THE HOUSE. WARM DURING THE. WINTER. THE MURDER ROCKING. TIGHT KNIT IMPERIAL. VALLEY WHERE THEY'RE. AMONG THE LARGEST. LANDOWNERS IN THE.

REGION, THE FAMILY. ACTIVE THERE MORE THAN. A CENTURY GROWING. THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF. CROPS WORTH MILLIONS. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT. TO AN ATTORNEY FOR. MICHAEL ABATTI WHO HAS. YET TO RESPOND. TONIGHT HE IS AWAITING. EXTRADIT. >>> BACK NOW WITH A. DEADLY TRAIN. DERAILMENT IN MEXICO. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST. 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED. AND NEARLY 100 OTHERS.

HURT WHEN A PASSENGER. TRAIN DERAILED IN. SOUTHERN MEXICO. SUNDAY. YOU SEE IT HERE, TRAIN. CARS LEFT LOPSIDED. JUST OFF THE TRACKS. AFTER THE MAIN ENGINE. DERAILED. MEXICO'S PRESIDENT. SAYS OFFICIALS ARE. STILL INVESTIGATING. WHAT HAPPENED. >>> IN CALIFORNIA, TAKE A LOOK HERE AT. THE MOMENT THIS SUV. LOSES CONTROL ON THE. HIGHWAY AND THEN FLIPS. ON TO ITS SIDE. YOU SEE IT THERE. THE DRIVER, HIS WIFE, THEIR TWO DOGS WERE. TRAPPED INSIDE, BUT. YOU SEE THE CAR IS. DANGLING OVER THE. EDGE. SO SCARY. THE MAN IN THE CAR.

BEHIND HIM RUSHES. OVER. HE GRABS THE DRIVER'S. DOOR TO KEEP THE SUV. FROM DROPPING AND THEN. YOU SEE OTHER PEOPLE. STEPPING IN, HELPING. THE FAMILY OUT OF THE. CAR AND SAVINGS THEIR. LIVES. THAT FIRST GOOD. SAMARITAN TELLING OUR. STATION KCRA IN. SACRAMENTO WHY HE. JUMPED INTO ACTION. >> I THOUGHT ABOUT MY. WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER, WHAT IF THERE'S A. FAMILY IN THAT CAR? SOMEBODY HAS TO HELP, YOU KNOW. >> JUST AN INCREDIBLE. ACT OF BRAVERY ON. CHRISTMAS DAY. >>> AND A NEW NAME IS. NOW JOINING THE. BILLIONAIRE'S LIST. FORBES REPORTS BEYONCE.

HAS OFFICIALLY REACHED. BILLIONAIRE STATUS. SHE BECOMES ONLY THE. FIFTH MUSICIAN TO HIT. THAT MILESTONE JOINING. HER HUSBAND, JAY-Z, ALONG WITH TAYLOR. SWIFT, BRUCE. SPRINGSTEEN AND. RIHANNA. GOOD COMPANY THERE. BEYONCE IS THE MOST. DECORATED ARTIST IN. GRAMMY'S HISTORY. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE. COUNTDOWN TO NEW. YEAR'S IS ON BUT. BEFORE TIMES SQUARE. CAN HOST ONE OF THE. BIGGEST PARTIES ON THE. PLANET OUR CAMERAS. WERE THERE CAPTURING. THE CONFETTI TEST WITH. 3,000 POUNDS OF IT.

TO. HONOR HIS MEMORY. HERE'S SAM BROCK. >> Reporter: CHARLES. McMAHON JR. OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, MARINE. CORPORAL. >> Reporter: 50 YEARS. AGO TOM BROKAW'S VOICE. AND THE SOUND OF THE. 21-GUN SALUTE SOOTHED. THE NATION MOURNING. THE DEATHS OF DARWIN. JUDGE AND CHARLES. LAST. SERVICE MEMBERS TO DIE. IN VIETNAM. NOW A HALF CENTURY. LATER, DAWN DE CHICO, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES. AT NBC NEWS, IS HOPING. TO DELIVER SOME. CLOSURE TO McMAHON'S.

FAMILY AFTER SHE. RECENTLY DISCOVERED A. LETTER CHARLIE WROTE. TO HER MOM CAROL, HIS. HIGH SCHOOL. SWEETHEART, ALONG WITH. SOME PHOTOS AND A. CLASS RING. >> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> I CANNOT BELIEVE MY. EYES. >> HI. >> HOW ARE YOU? YOU DO RESEMBLE YOUR. MOTHER. >> THANK YOU. >> Reporter: GEORGE. HOLLAND WAS CHARLIE'S. CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND. >> EVEN IN JUNIOR HIGH. HE WOULD SAY HE WANTS. TO BE A MARINE, I WANT. TO BE A MARINE. >> Reporter: AND. VANESSA McMAHON. >> CHARLIE'S NIECE. >> Reporter: HIS NIECE.

CRAVING INFORMATION. ABOUT AN UNCLE SHE. NEVER GOT THE CHANCE. TO KNOW. >> SO THIS IS THE RING. THAT WE FOUND. >> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. >> YES. >> Reporter: THAT. RING, THE ONLY MOMENTO. VANESSA HAS OF. CHARLIE'S. >> IT IS A LITTLE. THING, BUT DOES IT. FEEL LIKE SOME SORT OF. SENSE OF CONNECTION TO. CHARLIE? >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE RING WILL GO TO. MY SON, JOSEPH, WHO IS. A MARINE SECURITY. GUARD AS WELL, FOLLOWING IN CHARLIE'S. FOOTSTEPS. >> Reporter: AROUND A. KITCHEN TABLE, WE READ. CHARLIE'S LETTER TO.

DAWN'S MOM. 26th OF MARCH, 1974. >> Reporter: SOME OF. THE LAST WORDS CAROL. EVER RECEIVED FROM. CHARLIE. >> DON'T WORRY. THINGS WILL ALWAYS. WORK OUT ONE WAY OR. ANOTHER. PSS, SEE YOU WHEN I. COME HOME NEXT. LOVE, A MARINE. >> TELL ME WHAT YOU. ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT. NOW, JUST THE TONE OF. THAT? >> IT IS EMOTIONAL. IT IS EMOTIONAL. >> Reporter: AFTER. GENERATIONS OF.

UNSPOKEN PAIN, THIS. GROUP NOW LINKED BY A. PROMISE TO KEEP THEIR. LOVED ONE'S MEMORIES. ALIVE. >> IT IS LIKE. BREATHING THE SAME AIR. AS HIM AGAIN, SO I'M. HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE A. PIECE OF THAT. >> Reporter: SAM. BROCK, NBC NEWS, WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS. >>> INCREDIBLY. SPECIAL. THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M HALLIE JACKSON. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING AND HAVE A. GREAT NIGHT.