NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 10

>>> THE NEW FRONT IN THE. >>> RIGHT NOW THE NEW FRONT. IN. THE TRADE WAR, MOMENTS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPOSED A 25%. TARIFF ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM, SAYING THEY PROTECT AMERICAN. JOBS BUT WILL THEY ALSO RAISE. PRICES? THE BACKLASH IN CANADA AS SOME. SAY THEY FEEL BETRAYED AND.

WON'T BUY AMERICAN. >> THE LEGAL SHOWDOWN OVER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S COST-CUTTING. ERROR -- EFFORTS, A JUDGE. RULING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE. DEFIED HIS ORDER. THE NEW PROTEST TONIGHT, AND. LAURA JARRETT ON THE EMERGING. LEGAL BATTLES. WINTER STORM THREAT, THE. NATION'S CAPITOL, BRACING FOR. DEEP COLD, HEAVY SNOW AND ICE, THE FLOOD THREAT IN THE SOUTH, AND OTHER STORMS BEHIND IT. >>> HAMAS, SIGNALS THEY MAY NOT. RELEASE MORE HOSTAGES. IT COMES AFTER THE UPROAR OVER. THE CONDITION OF FREE IS REALLY. MEN RELEASE THIS WEEKEND, AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL.

NEW PROPOSALALLERGIES, AND. QB ONE, SUPER BOWL MVP, JALEN. HURTS, HIS INSPIRING ODYSSEY. FROM BEING BENCHED IN THE. COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP, TWO. WINNING ON FOOTBALL'S BIGGEST. STAGE. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME, PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT, HE.

WANTS TARIFFS, THIS TIME, SIGNING A PROCLAMATION REQUIRING. FOREIGN STEEL AND ALUMINUM. MAKERS TO PAY A 25% TARIFF ON. GOODS THAT THEY IMPORT TO THE. UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENT ALSO WEIGHING THE. STAKES GLOBALLY, FLOATING THE. IDEA OF SLAPPING RECIPROCAL. TARIFFS ON EVERY COUNTRY. BUT THE HARDBALL APPROACH HAS. ITS RISKS, MAINLY, THAT THE. TARIFFS ARE LIKELY TO BE PASSED.

ALONG TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS. THE PRESIDENT SIGNING THE STEEL. TARIFF PROCLAMATION THAT THE. WHITE HOUSE JUST A SHORT TIME. AGO, WHILE OTHER BIG CHUNKS OF. HIS AGENDA INCLUDING A MASSIVE. GOVERNMENT DOWNSIZING, FACE. MAJOR LEGAL ROADBLOCKS TONIGHT, AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. DIGS IN ITS HEELS IN A BREWING. BATTLE OVER WHO CONTROLS. WASHINGTON. GABE GUTIERREZ IS AT THE WHITE. HOUSE WITH LATE DETAILS. >>> TONIGHT, AS PART OF HIS. CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO REBUILD THE.

AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SLAPPING NEW. 25% TARIFFS ON FOREIGN STEEL. AND ALUMINUM IMPORTS. >> IT'S A BIG DEAL. IT'S A BIG DEAL, THIS IS THE. BEGINNING OF MAKING AMERICA. RICH AGAIN. >> SOME AMERICAN STEELWORKERS. NOW PRAISING THE MOVE. >> WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT'LL. HELP OUR INDUSTRY. WE WILL BE ABLE TO REGROUP AND. WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY. ALIVE. >> CRITICS ARGUE, THE TARIFFS. WILL DRIVE UP PRICES ON U.S. CONSUMERS, THIS DISCOUNT STORE.

OWNER SAYS HE'S WORRIED THEY'LL. HURT HIS BOTTOM LINE. >> THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO ABSORB. SOME OF THAT, WHICH IS TOUGH IN. A BUSINESS THAT WORKS IN TIGHT. MARGINS ANYWAY AND IT'LL ALSO. BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE ECONOMY. IN GENERAL. >> THE PRESIDENT PROMISING NEW. TARIFFS THIS WEEK ON COUNTRIES. THAT RESTRICT THE SALE OF. AMERICAN GOODS. >> RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, VERY. SIMPLY, IF THEY CHARGE US, WE. CHARGE THEM, THAT'S ALL. >> THE TARIFF TALK COMES AMID A.

GROWING LEGAL SHOWDOWN OVER. TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO DOWNSIZE THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIS. AFTERNOON, A JUDGE KEEPING THE. PRESIDENTS BY OFF OFFER ON. PAUSE WHILE ANOTHER FEDERAL. JUDGE RULING THAT TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT FULLY. FOLLOWED HIS ORDERS TO UNFREEZE. FEDERAL SPENDING, PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAD STOPPED THAT. HE TOLD THE WHITE HOUSE TO.

RELEASE ALL THE MONEY BUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEFENDING. HIS COST-CUTTING EFFORTS. >> THE DAY YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED. TO LOOK FOR THEFT AND FRAUD ET. CETERA, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A. COUNTRY, SO NO JUDGE SHOULD BE, SHOULD FRANKLY BE ALLOWED TO. MAKE THAT KIND OF A DECISION. IT'S A DISGRACE. >> THE PRESIDENT NOW TELLING. BILLY MILLER YOU A MUST IN HIS. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY TO RULE OUT WASTEFUL. SPENDING IN IN THE EDUCATION. DEPARTMENT AND THE PENTAGON. TRUMP'S BUDGET DIRECTOR SAYS. THE AGENCY HAS A SURPLUS OF. OVER $700 MILLION AND THE. SPIGOT IS NOW BEING TURNED OFF. THE AGENCY SAYS IT HAS WON BACK.

$17.5 BILLION FOR AMERICANS. DEMOCRATS SLAMMING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. >> EVERY TIME YOU HEAR DOGE, THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY, YOU JUST REMEMBER, IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EVIL. >> IN A NEW MOVE, THE. PRESIDENT, ALSO LITERALLY. CHANGING CHANGE, INSTRUCTING. HIS TREASURY SECRETARY TO STOP. MINTING NEW PENNIES, IT COST. FOUR CENTS TO PRODUCE OF ONE. CENT COIN. >> THE PRESIDENT ALSO GAVE MORE. DETAIL ABOUT THE RECIPROCAL.

TARIFFS. >> THE PRESIDENT JUST SAID HE. WILL ANNOUNCE THEM OVER THE. NEXT FEW DAYS. ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF. OTHER COUNTRIES RETALIATING, THE PRESIDENT SAID, I DON'T. MIND, ARGUING HIS MOVE SAVES. AMERICAN JOBS. >>> THE NEW TARIFFS PROMISED BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD BE. ANOTHER TASK FOR THE USUALLY. CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE. U.S. AND CANADA.

>> THE PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCING FRESH TARIFFS AND. RENEWING TALK OF MAKING CANADA. THE 51st STATE, TONIGHT, MANY. CANADIANS SAY THEY ARE STEALING. THEIR RESOLVE FOR A TRADE WAR. >> WE FEEL BETRAYED. >> OUTSIDE TORONTO, THIS. RETIREE IS GOING TO BATTLE. ADVANCES SUPERMARKET, SEARCHING. FOR OVER AN HOUR TO FIND. PRODUCE NOT MADE IN AMERICA. >> THE TRAIL IS A STRONG WORD. >> IT IS, AND THAT'S HOW I. FEEL. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN NEIGHBORS. AND FRIENDS, AND PARTNERS AND.

ALLIES FOR YEARS. HUNDREDS OF YEARS. >> WITH CANADA A TOP SUPPLIER. OF STEEL AND ALUMINUM TO THE. U.S., PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LATEST. ANNOUNCEMENT COULD HAVE A MAJOR. IMPACT ON CRITICAL INDUSTRIES. IN BOTH COUNTRIES FROM CARS TO. CONSTRUCTION. WHILE THE PRESIDENT IS. TEMPORARILY PAUSED HIS MORE. SWEEPING 25% TARIFF ON CANADIAN. GOODS, IT'S LED TO DEKE -- DEEP. ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND ANGER.

>> WE'VE SEEN A REAL RESURGENCE. FROM OUR CUSTOMER BASE AS THEY. LOOK TO SHOP LOCAL AND SUPPORT. CANADIAN FANS. >> SO CUSTOMERS ARE ASKING YOU. --. >> DEMANDING. AND WE DON'T DO THAT VERY OFTEN. HERE IN CANADA. >> THE DEMANDS, STRETCHING TO. TRAVEL WITH MANY CANADIANS. CANCELING THEIR TRIPS TO THE. U.S. BOB HAS BEEN TRAVELING TO. FLORIDA EVERY WINTER FOR THE. LAST 24 YEARS. >> I CAN'T JUSTIFY GOING DOWN.

THERE RIGHT NOW. >> THE OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER. WAS RECENTLY CAUGHT ON A HOT. MIKE SAYING HE THINKS THAT. TRUMP'S TALK OF ANNEXATION IS A. REAL THING. ALL THE TRANSFORMING CANADIAN. POLITICS, FORCING THE CONSUMER. CONSERVATIVE PREMIER OF ONTARIO. TO A DRAMATIC U-TURN. >> PRIOR TO THE TARIFFS, YOU. SAID YOU WERE 100% TRUMP, DO. YOU REGRET THAT POSITION? >> TRUMP 1.0 IS TRUMP 2.0 AND I. NEVER THOUGHT IN 1 MILLION. YEARS HE WOULD THREATEN HIS.

CLOSEST ALLY AND TREASURED. PARTNER. >> WITH THE U.S. GBP ROUGHLY 10. TIMES THE SIZE OF CANADA'S, SOME SAY, ALL THEY CAN DO IS. WAIT. >> HOW DOES THIS END? >> IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS, THINGS. WILL GET BETTER IF YOU GUYS. DON'T MESS IT UP TOO MUCH. >>> LAURA, LET'S GO BACK TO THE.

LEGAL BATTLES OVER PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND THE COST-CUTTING. MOVES. HOW SERIOUS IS THIS? >> THE WORDS FROM THIS JUDGE IN. RHODE ISLAND, NOT MINCING. WORDS, IT'S THE FIRST TIME. WE'VE SEEN A COURT SAY THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS. DELIBERATELY DEFYING A COURT. ORDER WHICH IS NOTEWORTHY, THEN. WE HAVE ANOTHER JUDGE TONIGHT, SAYING THE ADMINISTRATION IS. SET TO PROVIDE STATUS REPORTS. BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE TRUSTED. THAT IS FOLLOWING THROUGH ALL. OF THAT RAISING THE QUESTIONS. OF WHETHER OR NOT THE COURTS. CAN PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL OPTION. STILL THE ADMINISTRATION HAS.

PLENTY OF LEGAL PASS TO. CHALLENGE THESE COURT ORDERS BUT. FOR NOW, MANY OF THEM ARE ON. HOLD. >>> SNOW IS STEADILY FALLING ON. SOUTH DAKOTA, JUST PART OF THE. NONSTOP STREAM OF STORMS THAT. WILL BE CROSSING THE COUNTRY. THIS WEEK. BILL, FROM ONE SWATH OF THE. COUNTRY TO ANOTHER? >> THESE ARE TWO FAST-MOVING. STORMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. WEEK THAT'S MY WORK AND SCHOOL. WEEK. THE STORM IS JUST GETTING. GOING, TOMORROW WE GO AND WATCH.

THE SNOW START IN KENTUCKY AND. MOVED TO VIRGINIA AND. WASHINGTON DC. THE SNOW AND ICE WILL BE THE. WORST IN THE MID-ATLANTIC. TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. D.C., UP TO HALF A FOOT, PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK, JUST. AN INCH OR TWO. IN THE MIDWEST, THIS WILL BE. YOUR WEDNESDAY STORM SO KANSAS. CITY, VERY DIFFICULT, BIG.

STORM, 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE. POSSIBLE, CHICAGO, ONE OF THE. BIGGER SNOWSTORMS YOU WILL. HAVE, GETTING UP TO 46 INCHES. AND WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR THESE. TWO STORMS WITH GETTING. FLOODING AND ISOLATED SEVERE. STORMS WEDNESDAY IN THE SOUTH. >>> WE ARE TRACKING A SMALL. PLANE CRASH IN ARIZONA TONIGHT, THE FAA CONFIRMING THAT A. LEARJET VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. AFTER LANDING AND CRASHED INTO. A PARKED PLANE AT SCOTTSDALE. AIRPORT. WE JUST GOT LATE WORD THAT ONE. PERSON HAS DIED AND TWO PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL. THE AGENCY SAYS IT WILL.

INVESTIGATE AND IS TEMPORARILY. PAUSING FLIGHTS. THE FAA SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ABOARD THE. AIRPLANE. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE CHILLING. CASE, THREE DEFENDANTS, CONVICTED OF TARGETING MEN. LEAVING GAY BARS, ACCUSED OF. DRUGGING THEM, STEALING THEIR. PHONES, DIRECT TAKING THEIR. BANK ACCOUNTS AND KILLING THEM. >> THESE THREE MEN TONIGHT. FOUND GUILTY OF A ROBBERY AND. MURDER SCHEME THAT TERRORIZED.

NEW YORK CITY'S GAY BARS FOR. MORE THAN A YEAR. HAMILTON, ROBERT, AND JACOB ARE. ALSO, CONVICTED OF MURDER , DRUGGING AND ROBBING. INTOXICATED GAY MEN. TWO OF THEM WERE KILLED, 25-. YEAR-OLD JULIO RAMIREZ AT 33-. YEAR-OLD JOHN HAMBURGER, HIS. MOTHER LINDA WEARS -- WAS IN. COURT FOR THE VERDICT. >> NOTHING WILL BRING JOHN BACK. BUT WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL. THAT HOPEFULLY NO ONE ELSE WILL. BE HURT BY THESE MEN. >> CLAIRE HAS BEEN ON A TWO-YEAR.

ODYSSEY FOR JUSTICE THAT TOOK. HER FROM HER HOME IN GEORGIA TO. NEW YORK MANY TIMES. WE SPOKE IN APRIL 2023. >> I CAN'T HELP THINK ABOUT HOW. LUCKY JOHN WAS TO HAVE YOU AS. HIS MOTHER. >> I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS. MY SON. >> PROSECUTOR SAID THE THREE. MEN GAVE THEIR VICTIMS DRUGS, INCLUDING FENTANYL AND COCAINE. THEY STOLE THEIR PHONES AND. SOMETIMES USING FACIAL. RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, DRAINED.

THEIR ACCOUNTS. IN A STATEMENT, NEW YORK'S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG. SAID THE CONVICTED TRIO WERE. MOTIVATED BY GREED AND TOOK. ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO JUST. WANTED TO ENJOY THE CITY'S. NIGHTLIFE. SHE SAID HER SON LOVED THE. CITY. >> JOHN WAS MY OLDEST SON, BEST. FRIEND AND JUST A GREAT HUMAN. BEING. >> TONIGHT, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS. SAY THEY WILL APPEAL BUT FOR. JOHN, JULIO AND THEIR FAMILIES, A STEP TOWARDS JUSTICE.

>>> TURNING TO THE MIDDLE EAST. NOW WHERE HAMAS SAYS THEY WILL. DELAY THE NEXT RELEASE OF. ISRAELI HOSTAGES CLAIMING. ISRAEL VIOLATED THE TERM OF THE. CEASE-FIRE DEAL WHILE ISRAEL. SAYS ANY DELAY WOULD ITSELF BE. A VIOLATION. >> IN WHAT MAY BE THE BIGGEST. TEST OF THE FRAGILE CEASE-FIRE. DEAL YET, TONIGHT, HAMAS SAYS. THEY WILL INDEFINITELY DELAY. THE NEXT RELEASE OF ISRAELI. HOSTAGES. HAMAS ACCUSING ISRAEL OF. VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THE DEAL.

BY REFUSING TO ALLOW AID INTO. GAZA, DELAYING PEOPLE FROM. RETURNING TO THE NORTH AND. CONTINUING SHELLING AND. GUNFIRE. ISRAEL HAS BEEN ALLOWING FOOD. AND WATER TO GAZANS BUT. OFFICIALS SAY THEY FALLEN SHORT. OF PROVIDING TENTS AND CARAVANS. AS AGREED TO IN THE DEAL. THE ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER. CALLING THE ANNOUNCEMENT A. COMPLETE VIOLATION OF THE CEASE-. FIRE AGREEMENT, ADDING, HE'S. INSTRUCTED THE IDF TO PREPARE. AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ALERT. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. WEIGHING IN. >> SATURDAY AT 12:00, IF.

THEY'RE NOT HERE, ALL IS GOING. TO BREAK LOOSE. >> THERE'S BEEN GROWING CONCERN. AMONG ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. OVER WHETHER THE DEAL WILL HOLD. FOLLOWING PLEASE FROM HAMAS FOR. MORE HUMANITARIAN AID AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REMARKS ABOUT. OWNING AND DEVELOPING GAZA. >> NO BIG MONEY SPENT, NO, THEY. WOULDN'T, BECAUSE THEY WILL. HAVE MUCH BETTER HOUSING, MUCH. BETTER. >> OVER THE WEEKEND, THREE. ISRAELIS WERE RELEASED. APPEARING GOD, FAMILY MEMBERS. SAID THEY WERE STARVED IN. CAPTIVITY AND KEPT MOSTLY IN.

THE TUNNELS UNDER GAZA. SIX ISRAELI AMERICANS ARE BEING. HELD CAPTIVE IN GAZA BEFORE. BEEN PRESUMED DEAD. 76 HOSTAGES IN ALL, STILL THERE. AND HUNDREDS GATHERING TONIGHT. IN HOSTAGE SQUARE, TO CELEBRATE. THE BIRTHDAY OF A CAPTIVE. ISRAELI INSTEAD, DEVASTATED TO. LEARN ABOUT THE DELAY. >> WE ARE LEARNING THAT PRIME. MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. WILL BE CONVENING HIS SECURITY. CABINET TOMORROW MORNING AND. LIGHT.

PEANUTS HAVE LONG BEEN A. FRUSTRATING AND SOMETIMES SCARY. ALLERGY FOR FAMILIES. TONIGHT, RESEARCHER SHARING. INFORMATION THAT SUGGESTS A NEW. WAY OF DEALING WITH THEM.

REHEMA ELLIS JOINS ME. >> NEW RESEARCH FROM A SMALL. STUDY SHOWS THERE MIGHT BE HOPE. FOR CHILDREN WITH MILD PEANUT. ALLERGIES TO ONE DAY ENJOY. EATING PEANUT PRODUCTS, THE. STUDY SHOWS CHILDREN MAY BE. ABLE TO DEVELOP A TOLERANCE BY. INCREASING SMALL AMOUNTS OF. PEANUT BUTTER OVERTIME. THE MEDICAL TEAM GAVE ABOUT. HALF OF THE 73 CHILDREN IN THE. STUDY IN EIGHTH OF A TEASPOON. OF PEANUT BUTTER, GRADUALLY. BUILDING UP TO A TABLESPOON AT. THE END OF AN 18 MONTH PERIOD,

NONE OF THE CHILDREN WHO ATE. THE PEANUT BUTTER HAD A SEVERE. REACTION AND THE TOLERANCE. LASTED, AFTER A TWO-MONTH. HIATUS, THE KIDS COULD EAT UP. TO THREE TABLESPOONS OF PEANUT. BUTTER, BUT A WARNING TONIGHT. TO PARENTS, DON'T TRY THIS. WITHOUT TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR. FIRST. >>> OUTRAGE IN L.A., WHY LOCAL. OFFICIALS. >>> AS RECOVERY EFFORTS. CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE LOS. ANGELES WILDFIRES, GROWING.

EPA'S NS OVER WHERE E THE. PROCESSING TOXIC WASTE. WHY LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY. WERE BLINDSIDED. >> AND THE LOS ANGELES BURN. ZONES IT'S ONE OF THE MOST. CHALLENGING NEXT STEPS, SAFELY. REMOVING MILES OF TOXIC DEBRIS, BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAVE. ASKED THE EPA TO SPEED UP THE. FIRST PHASE OF THE PROCESS. >> THE ORIGINAL COMMITMENT WAS.

60 DAYS. SPARE NO RESOURCE. >> ONE OF THE PROCESSING SITES. LOCATED 50 MILES EAST OF THE. ALTADENA BURN ZONE, ON LAND. OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. LONG OPERATED BY L.A. COUNTY. >> THIS HAS BEEN TURNED INTO. THIS PROCESSING CENTER. ALL OF THIS IS NOW CLOSE TO THE. PUBLIC, WHAT WE CAN SEE, THERE'S A LARGE TENT THAT'S. BEEN SET UP, THE EPA SAYS THIS. IS WHERE THEY ARE BRINGING THE.

DEBRIS AND THEY ARE SORTING AND. PACKAGING IT UP. >> THE USE OF THE SITE HAS. SPARKED OUTRAGE. >> WHY NOT ALTADENA? >> RESIDENTS PACKING THIS TOWN. HALL. >> CAN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES. AND SAY WOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR. CHILDREN, YOUR ELDERLY, TO BE. IN A PLACE WHERE THIS IS GOING. ON. >> THIS WOMAN SO LISA. >> I FEEL LIKE IT'S PART OF. ENVIRONMENTALLY RACISM. >> THE EPA ENSURES NO NEGATIVE. IMPACT. BUT FOR LOUISA.

>> THE BRIDGE OF TRUST HAS BEEN. BROKEN. >> THE FOUR MAYORS REPRESENTING. THE CITIES SURROUNDING THE PARK. TELL NBC NEWS THEY WERE. BLINDSIDED. >> WERE ANY OF YOU CONTACTED BY. ANYBODY AHEAD OF TIME OR. INFORMED THIS WAS GOING TO BE. THAT THIS THIS SITE? >> NO. NO. >> NO COMMUNICATION. >> THE CHIEF OF POLICE THOUGHT.

IT WAS A SANDBAG DISTRIBUTION. >> IT LOOKED LIKE A RODEO WAS. COMING INTO TOWN. >> THE GOVERNOR IN COMPETITION. WITH THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO. EXPEDITE EVERYTHING THROUGH. THIS PROCESS, IT FEELS LIKE WE. ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS. >> NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO. SEVERAL AGENCIES SEEKING. ANSWERS ABOUT WHO KNEW WHAT AND.

WHEN. THE L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHO. REPRESENTS CITIES AROUND THE. PARK DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED. BUT TOLD NBC NEWS THE DECISION. WAS MADE BY THE U.S. ARMY CORPS. OF ENGINEERS AND THE EPA. WHEN THEY ASKED WHEN THE COUNTY. LEARNED OF THE PARK THING USED, THE OFFICE DID NOT RESPOND BUT. ACCORDING TO THE EPA THE AGENCY. FIRST APPROACHED THE COUNTY ON. JANUARY 16, NINE DAYS BEFORE. ANY OF THE LOCAL MAYORS OR. RESIDENTS SAY THEY BECAME AWARE. OF THE PLAN. >> I BELIEVE THE HIGHER-UPS. KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. >> WHO?

IT IS, BUT AS THEY. SAY, YOU GOT IT. >> MORE THAN A STAR, HE'S A. TESTAMENT TO THE CITY OF. BROTHERLY LOVE ABOUT THE POWER. OF SELF BELIEF.