NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 13

>>> TONIGHT EVACUATION ORDERS. AND DANGEROUS PILE UPS AS A. MAJOR STORM PUMMELS THE PACIFIC. COAST. THE MASSIVE FIERY CRASH IN. OREGON IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. MORE THAN 100 CARS, TRUCKS AND. SEMIS SHUTTING DOWN A BUSY. INTERSTATE. FIRST RESPONDERS HAVING TO GO. CAR BY CAR. MUCH-NEEDED RAIN TURNING BURN. SCARS INTO MUDSLIDES AFTER THE.

HISTORIC WILDFIRES. AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT ALL. THE REVOLT AT THE DOJ. TOP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LAWYERS. QUIT WHEN TRUMP LAWYERS TELL. THEM TO DROP THE ERIC ADAMS CASE. IN NEW YORK. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY WILL BE PART OF PEACE. TALKS TO END THE WAR AND IS. ASKED IF HE TRUSTS PRESIDENT. PUTIN. IN GERMANY A DRIVER PLOWING INTO. A LARGE CROWD WITH DOZENS. INJURED, LESS THAN A MILE FROM.

WHERE WORLD LEADERS SOON WILL. GATHER. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. CONFIRMED. HOW HE IS POISED TO RESHAPE THE. NATION'S APPROACH TO HEALTH S. PROMISE TO A YOUNG PHILLY FAN. INJURED IN THAT PHILADELPHIA. PLANE CRASH. >> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. JUST WEEKS AFTER FLEEING FIRES. THAT RAMPAGED ACROSS SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS OF BURNED. OUT COMMUNITIES ARE FACING NEW.

DANGER AHEAD OF A DANGEROUS. MUDSLIDE THREAT. THE WEST COAST ONCE MORE IN THE. PASS OF AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. BRINGING HEAVY RAIN, WIND AND. MOUNTAIN SNOW. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO A 100-CAR PILE. UP ALONG A MAJOR INTERSTATE IN. OREGON WITH SOME INJURIES. REPORTED THERE. BACK IN CALIFORNIA CHARRED HILL. SIDES WEAKENED BY JANUARY'S. FIRES ARE PRIMED FOR POTENTIAL. DISASTER FROM FEBRUARY'S FLOODS. DEBRIS FLOWS FORCING NEW.

EVACUATIONS AND WARNINGS AS. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. RIDES THROUGH THE BACK-TO-BACK. STORMS. MORGAN CHESKY STARTS US OFF. TONIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES. >> Reporter: YEAH LESTER, GOOD. EVENING. UNFORTUNATELY THEAT THE ATMOSP. RIVER IS CAUSING LANDSLIDES UP. AND DOWN THE PACIFIC COAST. HIGHWAY. TONIGHT A MASSIVE WINTER STORM. SYSTEM BLAMED FOR THE. FRIGHTENING SCENE OUTSIDE OF. PORTLAND, OREGON.

MORE THAN 100 CARS AND TRUCKS. PILING UP IN SNOWY CONDITIONS. WITH SOME CATCHING FIRE. >> THERE IS A VEHICLE ON FIRE IN. THE WESTBOUND LANE. >> IT IS NASTY. >> Reporter: INJURIES AND. MULTIPLE VICTIMS STUCK INSIDE. VEHICLES. A COLLISION THAT SHUT DOWN. INTERSTATE 84 ENTIRELY. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE SAME. SYSTEM UNLEASHING AN ATMOSPHERIC. RIVER OF RAIN. IN LOS ANGELES CHARRED HILL. SIDES FROM THE RECENT WILDFIRES. FACING A NEW THREAT.

OFFICERS GOING DOOR TO DOOR. FOLLOWING MANDATORY EVACUATIONS, STRETCHING FROM VULNERABLE. NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALTADENA TO. MALIBU. >> WE EXPECT THE HEAVY RAINS TO. LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WHICH PUTS BURN AREAS AT. PARTICULAR RISK FOR LANDSLIDES, MUD FLOWS. >> Reporter: CONDITIONS SO BAD. THE EPA IS HALTING CRUCIAL CLEAN. UP EFFORTS UNTIL THE RAIN. SUBSIDES. FIRE CREWS SPENT WEEKS SHORING. UP VULNERABLE AREAS TO KEEP HILL. SIDES AND DANGEROUS RUN OFF IN.

CHECK, BUT THE REAL TEST LIES. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH ROCK. SLIDES SHUTTING DOWN PARTS OF. THE PCH. A NEW WAVE OF ANXIETY SETTING. IN. >> DEFINITELY NERVOUS. MY MAIN CONCERNS IF THERE ARE. LANDSLIDES ON THE PCH, THAT. COULD POSSIBLY JAIL US IN. >> Reporter: BURN ZONE FEARS. AMID A NEW WEATHER NIGHTMARE. MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS, MALIBU. >> NOW TO AL ROKER. THE NEXT FEW HOURS CAN BE. PUNISHING. >> 32 MILLION OUT WEST IN.

CALIFORNIA LOOKING AT HEAVY RAIN. AND SEVERAL INCHES FALLING. BEFORE IT IS ALL OVER. THE STORM REDEVELOPS SATURDAY. MAKINGS IT WAY THROUGH THE. MIDSECTION OF THE COUNTRY, TORNADOES DOWN TO THE SOUTH. SUNDAY A WINTRY MIX ALONG THE. COAST WITH HEAVY SNOW FROM. CHICAGO, CLEVELAND, BUFFALO. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IN NORTHERN. NEW YORK AND ON UP INTO NEW. ENGLAND. FOUR TO SIX INCHES FROM MEMPHIS. TO CHARLESTON, FLOODING IS. POSSIBLE AND SEVERE WEATHER FROM.

ATLANTA DOWN TO HOUSTON FOR HIGH. WIND GUSTS AND TORNADOES. COMPLETE DETAILS COMING UP. TOMORROW MORNING ON "TODAY". LESTER. >> IN NEW YORK A DRAMATIC SET OF. RESIGNATIONS BY FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS AFTER THE TRUMP. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ORDERED THE. CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MAYOR ERIC. ADAMS BE DROPPED. LAURA, WHAT LED TO THIS? >> LESTER, WE OBTAINED THIS. LETTER FROM THE FORMER ACTING. U.S. ATTORNEY, THE TOP FEDERAL. PROSECUTOR IN MANHATTAN WHO.

REVEALS HER OFFICE WAS PREPARED. TO SEEK ADDITIONAL CHARGES. AGAINST ADAMS BUT RECENTLY. ATTENDED A MEETING WITH TOP DOJ. BRASS AND THE MAYOR'S LAWYER. SUGGESTED ADAMS COULD HELP THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH. IMMIGRATION MATTERS IF THE. CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE DROPPED. SHE REFUSED TO GO ALONG WITH IT. AND MULTIPLE OTHER PROSECUTORS. QUIT WITHIN THE DOJ. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOT. COMMENTING, BUT THE TOP DOJ. OFFICIAL WHO ORDERED THE CHARGES. DROPPED SAYS THAT SHE WAS.

INSUBORDINATE AND HAS PUT TWO. OTHER PROSECUTORS INVOLVED ON. ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. >> WHAT ARE ADAMS AND HIS. LAWYERS SAYING ABOUT THIS? >> ADAMS' ATTORNEY SAYS THE IDEA. THERE IS A QUID PRO QUO IS A. TOTAL LIE AND ADAMS SAYS THAT HE. DID NOTHING WRONG AND SUGGESTED. THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM WERE A. WEAPONIZATION OF THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT, PUNISHMENT FOR. SPEAKING OUT AGAINST FORMER. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION. POLICY. PROSECUTORS RECENTLY DISCLOSED. THE INVESTIGATION STARTED BEFORE.

ADAMS WAS ELECTED MAYOR. >> TOM AND LAURA, THANKS TO YOU. BOTH. NOW THE FALLOUT OVER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT. UKRAINE AND RUSSIA AGREED TO. START PEACE TALKS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED IF HE. TRUSTS RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT PUTIN. TO FOLLOW THROUGH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING THAT UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WILL HAVE A. SEAT AT THE TABLE IN THE. UPCOMING PEACE TALKS TO END THE. UKRAINE WAR. >> OF COURSE THEY WOULD. THEY ARE PART OF IT. WE WILL HAVE UKRAINE. WE WILL HAVE RUSSIA.

WE WILL HAVE OTHER PEOPLE. INVOLVED TOO. THE UKRAINE WAR HAS TO END. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY CAUTIONED WE CANNOT. ACCEPT ANY AGREEMENTS MADE. WITHOUT US. SOME NATO ALLIES REPORTEDLY. BLINDSIDED BY NEWS OF. YESTERDAY'S TRUMP-PUTIN CALL. ACCORDING TO A EUROPEAN OFFICIAL. AND FRUSTRATED OVER DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH APPEARING. TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO RUSSIA. BEFORE TALKS BEGIN. HEGSETH SAYING HE WAS BEING. REALISTIC ABOUT A WAR STUCK IN A. BLOODY STALEMATE. >> THE BORDERS WILL NOT BE.

ROLLED BACK TO WHAT EVERYBODY. WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE IN 2014. THAT IS NOT A CONCESSION TO. VLADIMIR PUTIN BUT A RECOGNITION. OF THE HARD POWER OF REALITIES. ON THE GROUND. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. ASKED IF IT HE TRUSTS THE. RUSSIAN LEADER. >> I BELIEVE HE WOULD LIKE. SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. >> Reporter: HE CALLED FOR. RUSSIA TO REJOIN THE G7 GROUP OF. THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED. ECONOMIES. THEY WERE EXCELLED IN 2014. >> I THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE TO. THROW THEM OUT. IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF LIKING. RUSSIA. ALL YOU TALK ABOUT RUSSIA.

THEY SHOULD BE SITTING AT THE. TABLE. >> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE. CLOSED OUT THE BUYOUT PROGRAM. FOR FEDERAL WORKERS OVERNIGHT AS. THE JUDGE ALLOWED THE. COST-CUTTING EFFORTS TO GO. AHEAD. 75,000 EMPLOYEES TOOK THE OFFER, SHORT OF THEIR GOAL OF 100,000. TONY YANG TOOK THE OFFER. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS PROCESS. HAS BEEN RESPECTFUL OF THE WORK. YOU PUT IN IN YOUR CAREER? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

ME BEING A DISABLED VETERAN, WE. PUT OUR LIFE INTO PUBLIC SERVICE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE MAN. COMES IN AND THROWS IT ALL AWAY. >> Reporter: ELON MUSK SAYS THE. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY SHOULD TAKE DRAMATIC. STEPS TO SLASH SPENDING FURTHER. >> WE NEED TO DELETE ENTIRE. AGENCIES. IF YOU DON'T REMOVE THE ROOTS OF. THE WEED IT IS EASY FOR THE WEED. TO GROW BACK. >> Reporter: DELETING AN AGENCY. WOULD REQUIRE AN ACT OF.

CONGRESS. HAMAS HAS BACKED DOWN SAYING IT. WILL RELEASE MORE HOSTAGES ON. SATURDAY. EARLIER THEY THREATENED TO PAUSE. RELEASES SPARKING WARNINGS FROM. ISRAEL AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> UKRAINE WILL BE A PRIMARY. FOCUS FOR LEADERS AT THE MUNICH. SECURITY CONFERENCE TOMORROW, BUT ON THE EVE OF THE SUMMIT A. SUSPECT RAMMED A CAR THROUGH A. NEARBY CROWD INJURING DOZENS. ANDREA MITCHELL IS IN MUNICH. TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING, LESTER. SECURITY MERE IN MUNICH IS. ALWAYS TIGHT FOR THE ANNUAL.

SECURITY CONFERENCE, BUT NOW. EVERYONE IS ON EVEN HIGHER ALERT. AFTER WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER. TODAY LESS THAN A MILE FROM. HERE. THIS WAS THE CHAOTIC AFTERMATH. MOMENTS AFTER A CAR PLOWED INTO. A CROWD IN MUNICH. FIRST RESPONDERS RUSHING TO. HELP. OFFICIALS CALLING IT A SUSPECTED. ATTACK. THE WITNESS SAID IT SEEMED TO ME. LIKE THE CAR ACCELERATED BEFORE. IT DROVE INTO THE CROWD.

THE SUSPECT WAS DRIVING THE. WHITE MINI COOPER. YOU CAN SEE THE DEBRIS ON THE. STREET, INCLUDING A STROLLER. OFFICIALS SAY THAT AT LEAST 30. PEOPLE WERE INJURED INCLUDING. CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO POLICE AN OFFICER. FIRED A SHOT AT THE MINI COOPER. BEFORE MOVING IN AND ARRESTING. THE DRIVER. THE SUSPECT IS A 24-YEAR-OLD. ASYLUM SEEKER FROM AFGHANISTAN. WHO LIVES IN MUNICH AND MAY HAVE. AN EXTREMIST BACKGROUND. THE INTERIOR MINISTER SAID HE. HAD A PREVIOUS CRIMINAL RECORD. RELATED TO DRUGS AND THEFT.

THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A. MOTIVE, BUT THE SUSPECT DROVE. INTO A CROWD OF 1,500 PROTESTERS. RALLYING FOR HIGHER WAGES, BUT. NO INFORMATION THAT THE ATTACK. IS LINKED TO THE SECURITY. CONFERENCE. THOSE ATTENDING INCLUDE JD VANCE. WHO ARRIVED WITH HIS FAMILY. HOURS AFTER THE INCIDENT. SECURITY IS TIGHT BUT PUBLIC. SPACES ARE A SOFT TARGET FOR CAR. RAMMING, INCREASINGLY COMMON. WITH 14 PEOPLE KILLED IN NEW. ORLEANS ON NEW YEARS DAY AND.

FIVE IN A CHRISTMAS MARKET IN. GERMANY IN DECEMBER. TONIGHT GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR. SAYING THAT THE SUSPECT IN. TODAY'S INCIDENT MUST BE. PUNISHED AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY. ANDREA MITCHELL, NBC NEWS, MUNICH. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. CONTROVERSIAL PICK TO LEAD THE. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. AFTER OVERCOMING INITIAL. REPUBLICAN SKEPTICISM. RYAN NOBLES IS ON CAPITOL HILL. THIS HAPPENED ON A LARGELY PARTY. LINE VOTE. >> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, LESTER. THE LONE GOP VOTE AGAINST ROBERT.

F. KENNEDY JR. WAS THE FORMER. GOP LEADER, MITCH McCONNELL. KENNEDY WAS QUICKLY SWORN IN. HE WILL PRESIDE OVER A $1.7. TRILLION BUDGET THAT OVERSEES. IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND. THE FOOD AND DRUG. ADMINISTRATION. KENNEDY SAYS HE WILL FOCUS ON. ENDING THE CHRONIC DISEASE. EPIDEMIC. HE FACED FIERCE PUSH BACK OVER. HIS CRITICISM OF VACCINES. KASH PATEL, TRUMP'S PICK TO RUN.

THE FBI IS EXPECTED TO GET A. CONFIRMATION VOTE NEXT WEEK AND. NOT ONE REPUBLICAN HAS COME OUT. AGAINST HIM. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN. WADING INTO THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR. TODAY. THE AMMUNITION, TARIFFS. THEY ARE NOT WITHOUT SETTING OFF. ALARM BELLS, INCLUDING IN HIS. OWN PARTY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP ORDERING HIS. ADMINISTRATION TO INVESTIGATE. IMPOSING TARIFFS ON ANY COUNTRY. WORLDWIDE IT DEEMS TO BE. EMPLOYING UNFAIR TRADE.

PRACTICES. >> THEY CHARGE US A TAX OR. TARIFF. >> Reporter: >> IT HAS BEEN VERY NASTY. THEY HAVE NOT TREATED US. PROPERLY. >> Reporter: THERE IS GROWING. CONCERN IN THE PRESIDENT'S OWN. PARTY OVER TARIFFS HE HAS. ALREADY ANNOUNCED. 25% TARIFFS ON CANADA AND MEXICO. WHICH ARE PAUSED FOR NOW. MITCH McCONNELL WRITING THE.

PRESIDENT'S AGGRESSIVE PROPOSALS. LEAVE BIG, LINGERING CONCERNS. FOR AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND. WORKERS. LEADERS ALSO CONCERNED. JIM FARLEY, THE CEO OF FORD. BLUNT IN A CALL WITH ANALYSTS. THIS WEEK. >> LONG-TERM, A 25% TARIFF. ACROSS THE MEXICO AND CANADIAN. BORDER WILL BLOW A HOLE IN THE. INDUSTRY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN. >> Reporter: THAT WORRY RIPPLING. THROUGH SMALLER BUSINESSES. AROUND DETROIT AS WELL. >> EVERY SINGLE MANUFACTURER.

WILL BE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY BY. AN INCREASE IN TARIFFS. >> Reporter: GEORGE GLASSMAN. SELLS FOREIGN-MADE VEHICLES. WHAT DO TARIFFS MEAN FOR YOUR. CUSTOMERS? >> HIGHER PRICES. >> Reporter: NO DOUBT? >> NO DOUBT. >> Reporter: WHEN THESE TARIFFS. GO INTO EFFECT IF AT ALL REMAINS. UNCLEAR. THAT UNCERTAINTY CREATES A. CHALLENGE OF ITS OWN FOR. BUSINESSES IN THE U.S. AND. CUSTOMERS TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD. LESTER. >> WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK IN 60.

SECONDS WITH AN ASTEROID THAT. COULD BE ON A COLLISION COURSE. WITH EARTH. HOW. >>> TONIGHT THE WORLD'S TOP. ASTRONOMERS HAVE THEIR EYES. TRAINED ON AN ASTEROID THAT. COULD BE ON A COLLISION PATH. WITH EARTH IN 2032. HERE IS NBC'S TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: A SINGLE ROCK, ASTEROID 2024YR4 IS GETTING A. LOT OF ATTENTION.

NASA'S ASTEROID TRACKER SAYS IT. HAS A 2.3% CHANCE OF CRASHING. INTO EARTH AROUND CHRISTMAS. 2032, MORE THAN THE 1% CHANCE. THEY GAVE IT LAST MONTH. GIVE US THE REALITY CHECK. IS THIS ASTEROID GOING TO HIT. EARTH? >> UP-TO-DATE CALCULATIONS SAYS. IT HAS A 2% CHANCE OF HITTING. EARTH IN 8 YEARS. >> Reporter: IN 2022 NASA'S. D.A.R.T. MISSION SUCCESSFULLY.

SLAMMED INTO AN ASTEROID 7. MILLION MILES FROM EARTH, PUSHING IT INTO A SLIGHTLY. DIFFERENT ORBIT. A CRITICAL FIRST TEST OF A. PLANETARY DEFENSE TO PUSH FUTURE. ASTEROIDS AWAY FROM EARTH. YR4 COULD BE 300 FEET LONG, NOT. AS BIG AS THE DINOSAUR KILLER. BUT BIGGER THAN THE METEOR THAT. EXPLODED OVER REMOTE RUSSIA IN. 2013 CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE BUT. NO DEATHS. IF YR4 HITS EARTH IT LIKELY WILL.

BE IN AN EMPTY OCEAN IN THE. SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. IT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD. POSSIBLY IMPACT EARTH, BUT THERE. IS A 98% IT WON'T. >> I'LL GO WITH THE 98, TOM, THANKS. WE ARE BACK. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH ALARMING. ALLEGATIONS. A NEW LAWSUIT SAYING INGREDIENTS. IN HAIR DYES USED BY THOUSANDS.

OF HAIRDRESSERS COULD BE GIVING. THEM CANCER. SENIOR CORRESPONDENT KATE SNOW. HAS OUR STORY. >> Reporter: HECTOR SPENT HIS. CHILDHOOD HELPING HIS FAMILY. WORK THE FIELDS IN CALIFORNIA. >> WE WERE OUT THERE IN THE HOT. SUN. >> Reporter: HIS ANSWER WAS TO. GO FROM CUTTING CROPS TO CUTTING. HAIR. >> HAIR WOULD ALWAYS GROW. I WOULD NOT BE OUT OF A JOB. >> Reporter: HE SAID THAT. COLORING HAIR FOR FOUR DECADES. TOOK A DIFFERENT TOLL ON HIS.

BODY. 2023 HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH. BLADDER CANCER. HE REMEMBERS THE CONVERSATION. WITH HIS DOCTOR. HE SAID WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A. LIVING. I SAID I AM A HAIRDRESSER. HMM. THAT EXPLAINS IT. >> Reporter: HE SAID THAT. EXPLAINS IT? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: IN THAT MOMENT YOU. THINK HE SAW IT BEFORE IN. HAIRDRESSERS? >> YEAH. >> HE IS THE PLAINTIFF IN A. LAWSUIT AGAINST 13 COMPANIES. ALLEGING HIS EXPOSURE TO CHECKS.

IN THE HAIR DYE PRODUCTS CAUSED. CANCERS. >> THESE ARE KNOWN CHEMICALS. THAT CAUSE CANCER. >> Reporter: SMITH MADE MILLIONS. FOR CLIENTS WHEN JOHNSON &. JOHNSON SETTLED CLAIMS THAT. THEIR BABY POWDER CAUSED CANCER. >> I AM ACCUSING THESE HAIR DYE. COMPANIES OF MANUFACTURING A. PRODUCT WHICH IS UNSAFE. AT A MINIMUM I WANT THE. MANUFACTURERS TO PROVIDE A.

WARNING. >> Reporter: SMITH POINTS TO A. SUBSTANCE FORMED WHEN HAIR. COLORING INGREDIENTS ARE MIXED. TOGETHER. DOCTORS SAY WHILE THERE IS NOT A. STRONG LINK OF CANCER TO. CLIENTS, THEY HAVE FOUND. REPEATED WORK EXPOSURE AND. INCREASED RISK FOR BLADDER. CANCER. IF FDA SAYS UNDER THE LAW. COSMETIC PRODUCTS AND. INGREDIENTS GENERALLY DON'T NEED. FDA PRE-MARKET APPROVAL AND THAT. THE INDUSTRY REFORMULATED.

PRODUCTS IN THE 1980s. BUT THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES DYES ARE. STILL DANGEROUS. >> THERE ARE DEFINITIVE STUDIES. SHOWING THE MANUFACTURERS DID. NOT DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE. GOING TO DOCUMENT>> Reporter: ARE YOU ALLEGING THE COMPANIES. ARE MISLEADING THE FDA AND THE. THOUSANDS OF SALONS AND WORKERS. AND PEOPLE THAT USE THE. PRODUCTS? >> 100%. >> Reporter: NBC NEWS REACHED. OUT TO EVERY COMPANY IN THE. LAWSUIT.

COTY SAYS THEY NO LONGER MAKE OR. SELL PRODUCTS IN THE U.S. ADDING. THE CLAIMS ARE. UNSUBSTANTIATEIATED AND WITHOUT. MERIT. BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB SAYS IT HAS. NO LIABILITY FOR PRODUCTS. MANUFACTURED BY CLAIROL SOLD IN. 2001. CLAIROL AND OTHERS HAD NO. COMMENT. SOME DO NOT COMMENT ON PENDING. LITIGATION. HECTOR HAD THE BLADDER REMOVED. AND A NEW ONE CREATED OUT OF HIS. INTESTINES.

HE SPENDS A LOT OF THE TIME NOW. CARING FOR HIS GRANDSON. >> I PRAY TO GOD IT WILL GIVE ME. MORE TIME TO SEE HIM GROW. I STILL HAVE THAT THOUGHT IN MY. MIND THAT THIS THING CAN COME. BACK. >> YOU STILL WORRY? HAD. >> YEAH. >> HE SAYS THAT HE WILL NEVER. WORK IN A SALON AGAIN. >> Reporter: EMILIE IKEDA, NBC. NEWS, THE CITY OF BROTHERLY. LOUVE. >> THAT IS GOOD NEWS. THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. THURSDAY. TH.