NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 12

>>> TONIGHT, THE MAJOR. RESET WITH RUSSIA OVER. THE UKRAINE WAR, WITH. KYIV UNDER ATTACK, THE. PRESIDENT SIGNALING A. DEPARTURE TO THE. NEARLY 3-YEAR-OLD. CONFLICT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PHONE CALLS WITH. PRESIDENT PUTIN AND. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY SAYING PEACE. NEGOTIATIONS WILL. BEGIN IMMEDIATELY. THE SECRETARY OF. DEFENSE CALLING. UKRAINE'S GOALS. UNREALISTIC.

WHERE TRUMP AND PUTIN. COULD MEET NEXT. >>> THE NEW PRISONER. EXCHANGES. ONE TEACHER ON. AMERICAN SOIL. ANOTHER AMERICAN IS. RELEASED. >>> THE PARADE OF. WINTER STORMS IN THE. MIDWEST STRANDING. DRIVERS. THE FLOODING IN. ALABAMA. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS. DELAYED OR CANCELED. AL ROKER IS HERE WITH. THE LATEST. >>> MORE THAN 50. LAWSUITS THE TRUMP. WHITE HOUSE IS FACING. THE ADMINISTRATION. BLASTING THE COURTS AS. THE WEAPONIZATION OF. JUSTICE.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR. SPEAKING OUT. >>> WE'RE ON THE FRONT. LINES OF AMERICA'S. FARMS. THE LENGTHS FARMERS. ARE GOING TO PROTECT. FLOCKS AND WHY THEY. SAY EGG PRICES ARE. SOARING. >>> THE NAVY CREW. EJECTING BEFORE. SPLASHING INTO THE. PACIFIC. >>> THE OUTRAGE OVER. KANYE WEST'S. ANTI-SEMITISM. ARE GETTING READY AS. WE COUNT DOWN TO THE. WINTER GAMES.

>>> GOOD EVENING. A POTENTIAL PATH TO. END THE WAR IN UKRAINE. TONIGHT. KYIV WAS STRUCK BY A. HEAVY RUSSIAN AIR. ATTACK. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SPEAKING BY PHONE TO. RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT. PUTIN AND LATER. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY. AFTER FAILING TO END. THE WAR ON DAY ONE OF. HIS NEW TERM AS HE. BOLDLY PROMISED DURING. THE CAMPAIGN, MR. TRUMP TELLING MOSCOW. HIS TEAM IS READY TO. START NEGOTIATIONS TO. END THE WAR. IMMEDIATELY. U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY.

PETE HEGSETH QUICKLY. TAMPING DOWN ON. EXPECTATIONS THAT ALL. OF UKRAINE'S TERRITORY. WOULD BE IN PLAY. THE U.S. POURED. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN. UKRAINE'S WAR EFFORT. SINCE IT WAS INVADED. IN 2022. TONIGHT'S POTENTIAL. BREAKTHROUGH HAPPENING. ALONGSIDE PRISONER. RELEASES BETWEEN THE. U.S. AND RUSSIA. IT IS WHERE WE BEGIN. WITH GABE GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FAST MOVING DIPLOMACY. IS SIGNALING A. POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH.

IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE, AFTER CALLS WITH. PRESIDENT PUTIN AND. ZELENSKYY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. WILL START. IMMEDIATELY. >> PRESIDENT PUTIN. WANTS PEACE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. WANTS PEACE. I WANT PEACE. I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE. STOP GETTING KILLED. >> Reporter: AFTER. NEARLY THREE YEARS, THE WAR IS STILL. RAGING WITH RUSSIA. LAUNCHING A DEADLY. DRONE AND MISSILE. ATTACK ON KYIV. TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS. MARK A SEISMIC SHIFT. FOR THE U.S. FROM. PRIORITIZING WEAPON.

SHIPMENTS TO UKRAINE. DURING THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION TO NOW. ACTIVELY NEGOTIATING. AN END TO THE WAR. THE KREMLIN EVEN. INVITING TRUMP TO. MOSCOW. >> DO WE EXPECT THAT. HE WILL COME HERE AND. I WILL GO THERE AND WE. WILL MEET ALSO. PROBABLY IN SAUDI. ARABIA THE FIRST TIME. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SWEARING IN. HIS NEWLY CONFIRMED. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE. EVEN BEFORE. NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. PETE HEGSETH. CAUTIONING THAT. UKRAINE WILL LIKELY. HAVE TO GIVE UP. TERRITORY THAT RUSSIA.

SEIZED WHEN IT INVADED. CRIMEA IN 2014. >> RETURNING TO. UKRAINE'S PRE-2014. BORDERS IS AN. UNREALISTIC. OBJECTIVE. >> Reporter: DID. HEGSETH TAKE UKRAINE'S. TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. OFF THE TABLE? >> I HAVEN'T DONE. THAT. I'M BACKING UKRAINE. I'M BACKING UKRAINE. DON'T SAY THAT. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAYING NATO. MEMBERSHIP, A KEY. UKRAINE DEMAND, WAS. NOT PRACTICAL. HE WAS PRESSED AS. WHETHER HE VIEWS. UKRAINE AS AN EQUAL. MEMBER IN THE PEACE. PROCESS.

>> THAT'S AN. INTERESTING QUESTION. I THINK THEY HAVE TO. MAKE PEACE. >> Reporter: IT COMES. AMID A FLURRY OF. PRISONER RELEASES. THREE DETAINEES. RELEASED BY BELARUS, INCLUDING AN UNNAMED. U.S. CITIZEN. OVERNIGHT, A DRAMATIC. HOMECOMING FOR MARC. FOGEL. >> I FEEL LIKE THE. LUCKIEST MAN ON EARTH. RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: WHO. LITERALLY KISSED THE. GROUND AFTER THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SECURED. HIS RELEASE FROM. RUSSIA WHERE HE HAD. BEEN WRONGFULLY. DETAINED FOR 3 1/2. YEARS.

>> I'M NOT A HERO IN. THIS AT ALL. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A. HERO. >> Reporter: A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING NBC. NEWS, ALEXANDER VINIK. IS BEING SENT BACK TO. RUSSIA. IN EXCHANGE FOR. FOGEL'S RELEASE. >> TURN BACK TO THE. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. PRESIDENT TRUMP. INDICATING THIS WILL. START AS SOON AS. FRIDAY. >> Reporter: YES. VANCE AND RUBIO ARE. EXPECTED TO MEET WITH. ZELENSKYY FRIDAY IN. GERMANY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT. COMMITTED TO VISITING. UKRAINE, BUT HE SAID. HE WOULD THINK ABOUT. IT. >> GABE, THANK YOU. >>> THREE MONSTER. STORM SYSTEMS ARE. BRINGING HEAVY SNOW. AND EXTREME. TEMPERATURES ACROSS. THE U.S. MAGGIE VESPA JOINING. US LIVE FROM CHICAGO. THIS IS LIKELY TO BE. THE CITY'S BIGGEST. SNOWSTORM OF THE. SEASON. >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. CERTAIN AREAS COULD. SEE UP TO EIGHT INCHES. WHICH WOULD CLOBBER. SNOWFALL TOTALS THIS. WINTER. THE SAME SYSTEM WE ARE.

SEEING REPORTS IS. BEING BLAMED FOR. KNOCKING OUT POWER FOR. MORE THAN 100,000. PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA. ALL THIS AMID A. RELENTLESS WEEK OF. SEVERE WEATHER. TONIGHT, A PARADE OF. PARALYZING WINTER. STORMS MARCHES ON, WITH THE SECOND OF. THREE MONSTER SYSTEMS. NOW BURYING PARTS OF. THE GREAT PLAINS AND. UPPER MIDWEST IN UP TO. TEN INCHES OF SNOW. KANSAS CITY SEEING. NEARLY HALF A FOOT. OVERNIGHT. FARTHER SOUTH, VIDEO. SHOWS A TORNADO ON THE. GROUND NEAR COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI.

AND HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING ROADS IN. ALABAMA. IN ALL, 75 MILLION. AMERICANS ARE UNDER. WINTER ALERTS FROM THE. ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO. MAINE. >> THIS FEELS LIKE THE. WORST WINTER. >> I DIDN'T KNOW SNOW. COULD FALL THAT FAST. >> I WAS LIKE, OH, MY. GOSH. >> Reporter: ROADS AND. HIGHWAYS ACROSS. SEVERAL STATES A MESS. WITH WRECKS AND. DRIVERS STRANDED. >> I SLID AND WOBBLED. TWICE.

THEN I SLOWED DOWN. DRASTICALLY. >> Reporter: AT. CHICAGO, CREWS RACED. TO DE-ICE PLANES. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS. DELAYED OR CANCELED. NATIONWIDE. THIS AFTER A. YESTERDAY, A DELUGE OF. SNOW AND ICE SLAMMED. THE MID-ATLANTIC AND. EAST COAST WITH PARTS. OF VIRGINIA SEEING UP. TO 14 INCHES. IN FLORIDA, AUTHORITIES CONFIRM. THIS EF-1 TORNADO LEFT. MULTIPLE INJURED. THIS SCHOOL COLLAPSING. UNDER 700,000 POUNDS.

OF SNOW IN OREGON. AROUND PHILADELPHIA, EAGLES FANS DIGGING. OUT BEFORE FRIDAY'S. SUPER BOWL PARADE. >> WE CAN HAVE A. BLIZZARD, A HURRICANE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE. PARADE FRIDAY, I DON'T. CARE. >> Reporter: WINTRY. CHAOS UNFOLDING COAST. TO COAST WITH ANOTHER. SEVERE SYSTEM ALREADY. TAKING SHAPE. MAGGIE VESPA, NBC. NEWS, CHICAGO. >>> LET'S GET TO AL. ROKER. WE HEAR ANOTHER. THIS IS QUITE A TRAIN. >> IT'S NOT OVER YET. WE HAVE SEVERE. WEATHER, TORNADO.

WATCHES UNTIL LATE. THIS EVENING FOR. LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND. ALABAMA. STRONG STORMS ALONG. THAT. THEN TO THE NORTH, WE. HAVE HEAVY SNOW FOR 75. MILLION PEOPLE, UPWARDS FOUR TO EIGHT. INCHES AROUND THE. GREAT LAKES, UP INTO. NEW ENGLAND LATER ON. THEN MORE RAIN, AN. ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. 32 MILLION PEOPLE. LOOKING AT FLOOD. WATCHES. WE LOOK FOR A STRONG. FLOOD RISK, MODERATE. FLOOD RISK SANTA. BARBARA TO SAN. BERNARDINO. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF. RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THERE. INTENSIFYING EAST OF. THE ROCKIES BY SUNDAY. SNOW FROM CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, BUFFALO, ON UP INTO BANGOR. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. TO PILE UP NEAR THE. GREAT LAKES. WE WILL HAVE THE. LATEST TOMORROW. MORNING. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU. HERE. >>> TURNING TO. WASHINGTON WHERE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. FORMER PERSONAL LAWYER. WAS ON THE HOT SEAT. DOZENS OF CHALLENGES. TO THE PRESIDENT'S NEW. POLICIES ARE MAKING. THE WAY THROUGH THE. COURTS. HERE IS LAURA JARRETT.

>> THE UNITED STATES. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. MUST PROTECT THIS. NATION. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S FORMER. PERSONAL ATTORNEY. TURNED TOP DOJ NOMINEE. CLASHING WITH. DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS. ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY. >> I WILL FOLLOW THE. RULES AS TOLD TO ME BY. THE EXPERTS, CAREER. PROSECUTORS IN THE. DEPARTMENT WHEN IT. COMES TO --. >> I HAVE HEARD THAT. >> IT'S TRUE. >> IT MAY BE TRUE IN. THE ABSTRACT.

>> NO, IT'S NOT. ABSTRACT. >> DO YOU THINK HE. BROKE THE LAW BY. FIRING THESE ATTORNEYS. GENERAL -- THE. INSPECTORS GENERAL? >> I DON'T KNOW. I WASN'T PART OF THE. DECISIONS THAT HE AND. THE WHITE HOUSE. COUNSEL MADE. >> Reporter: EIGHT OF. THE FEDERAL WATCHDOGS. BANDING TOGETHER IN A. NEW LAWSUIT TODAY, ARGUING THE PRESIDENT. CONGRESS A 30-DAY. HEADS UP REQUIRED BY. LAW.

>> IGs ARE. INDEPENDENT. WE ARE NON-PARTISAN. WHICH MEANS THAT WE. ARE THE TAXPAYERS'. ADVOCATES WITHIN EACH. OF GOVERNMENT. AGENCIES. >> Reporter: THE LEGAL. CHALLENGES TO THE. PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO. RESHAPE THE GOVERNMENT. MOUNTING. THE ADMINISTRATION NOW. RACKING UP MORE THAN. 50 CIVIL LAWSUITS. SINCE INAUGURATION. DAY, ON EVERYTHING. FROM THE USE OF. GUANTANAMO BAY TO. PROPOSED FUNDING. FREEZES. JUDGES ACROSS PARTY. LINES ISSUING.

INJUNCTIONS BRINGING A. HALT TO NEARLY A DOZEN. TRUMP POLICIES OR. ACTIONS. >> I FOLLOW THE. COURTS. I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE. LAW. HOPEFULLY, THE COURTS. WILL BE FAIR. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE. VERY FAIR, JUST A. LITTLE BIT FAIR. THIS IS SO EGREGIOUS. WHAT'S TAKING PLACE. >> Reporter: A SITTING. MEMBER OF THE HIGHEST. COURT, SUPREME COURT. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR. WARNING OF THE DANGERS. OF AN EROSION TO THE. RULE OF LAW. >> COURT DECISIONS. STAND WHETHER ONE. PARTICULAR PERSON. CHOOSES TO ABIDE THEM. OR NOT, IT DOESN'T.

CHANGE THE FOUNDATION. THAT IT'S STILL A. COURT ORDER THAT. SOMEONE WILL RESPECT. AT SOME POINT. >> Reporter: A FEDERAL. JUDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS. HAS CLEARED THE WAY. FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. TO OFFER FEDERAL. EMPLOYEES A BUYOUT. THAT WAS A PROGRAM. THAT HAD BEEN. PREVIOUSLY ON HOLD. AFTER LABOR GROUPS. SUED. >> THANK YOU. >>> TO THE ESCALATING. SHOWDOWN OVER THE. DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. AND THE NEW VOW. TONIGHT TO ABOLISH THE. DEPARTMENT OF. EDUCATION. KELLY O'DONNELL HAS. LATE DETAILS FOR US.

>> Reporter: THE. DEBATE OVER DOGE. A FLASHPOINT IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. OVERHAUL OF. GOVERNMENT. >> GETTING READY TO BE. TURNED OFF. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS. HELD UP FOR SCRUTINY. ELON MUSK. THE BILLIONAIRE HEAD. OF THE DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. >> IT'S A DEMOLITION. PLAN THAT WILL RUN. THROUGH OUR. GOVERNMENT. >> Reporter: THE. DIVIDE IS CLEAR. DEMOCRATS CALL OUT AN. UNACCOUNTABLE. OVERREACH. >> DONALD TRUMP AND. ELON MUSK ARE. RECKLESSLY AND. ILLEGALLY DISMANTLING. THE FEDERAL.

GOVERNMENT. SHUTTERING FEDERAL. AGENCIES, FIRING. FEDERAL WORKERS. >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS PRAISE. MUSK'S METHODS TO. SLASH SPENDING. >> NOW THAT DOGE IS. TAKING REAL ACTION, DEMOCRATS ARE CHOOSING. TO DEFEND THE. BUREAUCRACY AND STATUS. QUO INSTEAD OF. STANDING UP FOR THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> Reporter: AT. TODAY'S BRIEFING, THE. PRESS SECRETARY SHOWED. WHAT SHE CALLED. RECEIPTS FOR SPENDING. IDENTIFIED AS. TERMINATED BY DOGE.

INCLUDING DIVERSITY. AND INCLUSION. PROGRAMS. A $4 MILLION TRAINING. CONTRACT AT JOB CORPS. A $2.3 MILLION. CONTRACT FOR DIVERSITY. TRAINING AT THE AIR. FORCE OFFICER SCHOOL. SHE ARGUED WITHOUT. EVIDENCE THE SPENDING. SHE CITED IS NOT. SIMPLY A POLICY. DISPUTE BUT SUGGESTED. FRAUD, WHICH IS A. CRIME. >> I WOULD ARGUE THAT. ALL OF THESE THINGS. ARE FRAUDULENT, WASTEFUL AND AN ABUSE. OF THE AMERICAN. TAXPAYERS' DOLLAR. >> Reporter: A. SEPARATE MOVE TO HALT. SPENDING FOR MIGRANTS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY. ANNOUNCED THAT. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM. CLAWED BACK $59. MILLION THAT HAD BEEN. PAID TO PROVIDE HOTEL. HOUSING FOR MIGRANTS. IN NEW YORK CITY. THE CITY SAYS IT IS. EXPLORING LITIGATION. TO GET THE MONEY BACK. >> KELLY, THE. PRESIDENT RAMPED UP. HIS DEMAND FOR CUTS AT. ANOTHER AGENCY, THE. DEPARTMENT OF. EDUCATION. WHAT DID HE SAY? >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAID HE. WANTS THE DEPARTMENT. OF EDUCATION CLOSED. IMMEDIATELY. HE LABELED IT AS A CON. JOB.

LASHING OUT AT THE. EMPLOYEES AND SPENDING. AS WASTEFUL. FEDERAL EDUCATION. MONEY SUPPLEMENTS. STATES AND LOCAL. SCHOOLS IN LOWER. INCOME COMMUNITIES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO. NOTE, ONLY CONGRESS. CAN ELIMINATE A. DEPARTMENT, NOT THE. PRESIDENT. >> KELLY O'DONNELL, THANK YOU. >>> ANOTHER PLANE. CRASH TODAY. THIS A U.S. NAVY F-18. FALLING INTO SAN DIEGO. BAY. THERE IT IS PLUNGING. THROUGH THICK FOG THIS. MORNING. TWO CREW MEMBERS.

EJECTED AND WERE. RESCUED. OFFICIALS ARE. PATROLLING THE AREA TO. RETRIEVE THE DEBRIS. FROM THE DOWNED. AIRPLANE. >>> WE WILL BE RIGHT. BACK IN 60 SECONDS. WITH A SKYROCKETING. COST OF EGGS AND HOW. THE PRICE OF. PROTECTING CHICKENS. >>> MARKETS CLOSED. MIXED IN REACTION TO. THE HOTTER THAN. EXPECTED JANUARY. INFLATION REPORT. PRICES ROSE 3%. COMPARED TO A YEAR. AGO. A KEY DRIVER OF THE. INCREASE WAS SHELTER, UP 4.4%. FOOD OVERALL UP A. MODERATE AMOUNT, 2.5%.

YEAR OVER YEAR. A KEY INGREDIENT IN. TODAY'S INFLATION. NUMBERS, EGGS, A DOZEN. SELLING FOR ABOUT. $2.50 A YEAR AGO AND. NOW NEARLY $5 A DOZEN. NATIONWIDE. ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS. MORE ON HOW BIRD FLU. IS SENDING EGG PRICES. SOARING. >> Reporter: AT THIS. FARM IN UPSTATE NEW. YORK, THE FARMER KNOWS. HIS EGGS ARE. EXPENSIVE. >> I NEVER THOUGHT I. WOULD SEE THE DAY. WHERE A DOZEN EGGS. COST MORE THAN A BALE.

OF HAY. >> Reporter: IT BECAME. $7 IN OCTOBER. NOW IT'S $8 A DOZEN. HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT. TO PASS ALONG THE COST. OF PROTECTING HIS. FLOCK OF 500 CHICKENS. MORE THAN 21 MILLION. CHICKENS DIED DUE TO. BIRD FLU SINCE. DECEMBER. WEEKS AGO, IT WAS. FOUND ON A CHICKEN. FARM A COUNTY AWAY. HE IS RAMPING UP. SECURITY, SANITIZING.

SHOES, SPORTING GLOVES. AND INSTALLING ROOFS. OVER HIS COOPS. >> WE ARE WATCHING FOR. IT. >> Reporter: SO FAR SO. GOOD? >> SO FAR SO GOOD. >> Reporter: PROTECT. HIS FARM FROM WILD. BIRDS. >> ANY WILD BIRDS THAT. LAND ON TOP, THEY WILL. NOT CROSS CONTAMINATE. INTO THE RUNS. >> Reporter: HE SPENT. THOUSANDS ON. BIOSECURITY. THE COST PASSED ALONG. TO CONSUMERS. THE MAIN PRICE PUSHER. FOR HIS EGGS, REPLACING OLDER HENS. THAT NO LONGER LAY. PROFITABLY.

THOSE COSTS HAVE. SKYROCKETED. FOR AMERICANS. STRUGGLING WITH. INFLATION FATIGUE, THE. DOUBLING OF EGG PRICES. IS AN ADDED SHOCK. >> I DON'T GET IT. I CAN'T AFFORD IT. I EAT LESS AND PAY. MORE. >> Reporter: THAT'S. WHEN PEOPLE CAN FIND. EGGS. RETAILERS NOW LIMITING. HOW MANY A CUSTOMER. CAN BUY. BACK AT THE FARM, DO. YOU WORRY YOU HAVE TO.

CHARGE MORE IF THIS. KEEPS GOING? >> THAT'S ON THE. HORIZON. >> Reporter: THE. CHICKEN FARMS ACROSS. THE U.S. ARE. SCRAMBLING TO KEEP THE. BIRD FLU AT BAY. BRACING FOR THE COST. OF EGGS TO CLIMB EVEN. HIGHER. ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC. NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH THE. OUTRAGE OVER KANYE. WEST. THE LATEST CONTROVERSY.

>>> WELCOME BACK. IT STARTED WITH AN AD. THAT AIRED IN SOME. CITIES DURING THE. SUPER BOWL. WHAT HAPPENED RENEWED. A DEBATE OVER. ANTI-SEMITISM, FREE. SPEECH AND THE TOXIC. BREW OF ONLINE. CULTURE. LIZ KREUTZ EXPLAINS. >> Reporter: CONTROVERSY WITHIN THE. GROWING CONTROVERSY. OVER KANYE WEST AND. HIS ANTI-SEMITIC. COMMENTS. A NEW VIDEO SHOWING. JEWISH CELEBRITIES. PROTESTING THE RAPPER.

THE VIDEO IS A FAKE. CREATED WITHOUT THE. ARTISTS' CONSENT. SCARLET JOHANSEN. SAYING, I AM A JEWISH. WOMAN WOULD HAS NO. TOLERANCE FOR HATE. SPEECH, BUT I FIRMLY. BELIEVE THAT THE. POTENTIAL FOR HATE. SPEECH MULTIPLIED BY. AI IS A GREATER. THREAT. ONE OF THE PEOPLE. BEHIND THE VIDEO. SAYING IT WAS NOT. CREATED FOR AN.

ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL. STATEMENT. IT COMES ON THE HEELS. OF HIS ANTI-SEMITIC. INSULT, SELLING. SWASTIKA T-SHIRTS. >> I WAS SHOCKED. >> Reporter: THE. WEBSITE SHUT DOWN. HIS VOICE AND HATEFUL. DECLARATIONS BACK ON. THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. THAT JUST A FEW YEARS. AGO RESTRICTED HIM. A SPOKESPERSON FOR. WEST SAYS HE. DEACTIVATED HIS X. ACCOUNT. IT'S PART OF A GROWING. TREND TO DIAL BACK ON.

CONTENT MODERATION. >> WHAT WE SEE FROM. META AND X IS THIS. FREE SPEECH, EMBRACING. THAT PEOPLE CAN SAY. WHAT THEY WANT AND. THAT IT IS ON THE. COMMUNITY TO SAY, THAT. IS NOT RIGHT OR THAT. IS NOT RIGHT OR THAT. IS NOT TRUTHFUL. >> Reporter: WITH MUCH. OF THE SPEECH ONLINE. PROTECTED BY THE LAW, MANY CALLING FOR. COMMON SENSE DECENCY. DAVID SCHWIMMER. SAYING --. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S. WORST THE FACT HE. IDENTIFIES AS A NAZI.

OR THERE'S NOT. SUFFICIENT OUTRAGE TO. REMOVE AND BAN HIM. FROM ALL SOCIAL MEDIA. AT THIS POINT. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS, MILAN. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. WEDNESDAY. THANK YO.