NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 5

. >>> TONIGHT, THE. FALLOUT AFTER THE. PRESIDENT SAYS THE. U.S. WILL TAKE OVER. THE GAZA STRIP. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING HE WOULD. CONSIDER SENDING IN. AMERICAN TROOPS AND. THAT THE U.S. WILL. OWN THE GAZA STRIP, EVEN SAYING MANY. PALESTINIANS WILL. HAVE TO RELOCATE TO. OTHER COUNTRIES.

HOUSE EYES DEEPER. CUTS FOR THE FEDERAL. WORK FORCE, INCLUDING AT THE. CIA, AN INTELLIGENCE. COMMUNITY. THEY CLIP WINGS IN. SEATTLE. THE INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT. PLUS. [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> THE SUSPECT IN. CUSTODY, AFTER A 12-. HOUR MANHUNT, AFTER.

A WORKPLACE MASS. HITS ARE INSPIRING. SO MANY TO GET UP. AND DANCE. >> Announcer: THIS. IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH LESTER HOLT.". >> GOOD EVENING. THE QUESTION OF. WHETHER THE U.S. COULD REALLY TAKE. OWNERSHIP OF THE. GAZA STRIP WAS. ALMOST SECONDARY. TODAY,A THE WORLD. FIRST TRIED TO. UNDERSTAND EXACTLY. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAS IN MIND. SOUNDING MORE LIKE. THE REAL ESTATE.

MOGUL OF HIS PRIOR. LIFE, MR. TRUMP. STUNNED LEADERS. INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. THE MIDDLE EAST LAST. NIGHT. WITH THE U.S. TO. TAKE OWNERSHIP IN. GAZA. IMAGINE A REBUILT. VERSION OF THE. TERRITORY AS THE. RIVIERA OF THE. MIDDLE EAST. IT'S A HARD TURN FOR. A PRESIDENT WHO CAME. TO OFFICE, WARY OF. FOREIGN VENTURES. NOW, LEAVING IT ON. THE TABLE FOR NOW, AMERICAN BOOTS ON. THE GROUND.

RELOCATING. PALESTINIANS IN. POTENTIAL DEFIANCE. OF INTERNATIONAL. LAW. OVERSEAS AND HERE AT. HOME, SHARP. REACTION. HIS ALLIES, SECRETING HIM FOR. THINKING OUTSIDE THE. BOX, WHILE CRITICS. CONDEMN THE IDEA. KELLY O'DONNELL. BEGINS OUR REPORTER. >> WITH HIS GLOBAL. MEGA PHONE. >> THE U.S. WILL. TAKE OVER THE GAZA. STRIP. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PROVOCATIVE AND. VOLATILE VISION OF. AN AMERICAN TAKEOVER.

OF WAR-TORN GAZA IS. RIVETING. YET TODAY, HE CITED. ONLY PRAISE. >> EVERYBODY LOVE. ITS. >> Reporter: BUT A. RARE SPLIT REACTION. FROM THE PRESIDENT'S. PARTY. >> WE HAVE TO BACK. ISRAEL 100%. SO WHATEVER FORM. THAT TAKES, WE'RE. INTERESTED IN HAVING. THAT DISCUSSION. >> Reporter: WHILE. OTHER REPUBLICANS. RAISE SERIOUS. DOUBTS. >> I'M -- I'M NOT. SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. PAY TO REBUILD GAZA. I DON'T THINK THAT'S. OUR RESPONSIBILITY. >> Reporter: HOWEVER, THE.

PRESIDENT'S OWN. WORDS OUTLINED U.S. CONTROL. >> I WANT TO BE. RESPONSIBLE FOR. DISMANTLING. DANGEROUS BOMBS AND. OTHER WEAPONS ON THE. SITE. >> Reporter: ALONGSIDE MR. TRUMP. DID NOT EXPLAIN HOW. HIS PROPOSAL SQUARES. WITH HIS FIERCE. CRITICISM OF FOREIGN. ENTANGLEMENTS AND. "AMERICA FIRST". WORLD VIEW. >> WHAT AUTHORITY. WOULD ALLOW YOU TO. DO THAT? ARE YOU TALKING. ABOUT A PERM NENT. OCCUPATION THERE? >> I DO SEE A LONG-. TERM OWNERSHIP. POSITION. AND I SEE IT.

BRINGING GREAT. STABILITY TO THAT. PART OF THE MIDDLE. EAST AND MAYBE THE. ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT ALSO SAID. HE WOULD SEND U.S. TROOPS "IF. NECESSARY.". NBC'S GARRETT HAAKE, PRESSING THE WHITE. HOUSE TODAY. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN. THIS REVERSAL AND. HOW BUILDING AND. OWNING SQUARES WITH. AMERICA FIRST. FOREIGN POLICY. >> I WOULD REJECT. THE PREMISE OF YOUR. QUESTION THAT THIS. FORCES THE UNITED. STATES TO BE. ENTANGLED IN. CONFLICTS ABROAD. THE PRESIDENT HAS. NOT COMMITTED TO. PUTTING BOOTS ON THE.

GROUND IN GAZA. HE HAS ALSO SAID. THAT THE UNITED. STATES IS NOT GOING. TO PAY FOR THE. REBUILDING OF GAZA. >> PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU OFFERED. PRAISE. >> HE SEES A. DIFFERENT FOCUS FOR. THAT PIECE OF LAND. THAT CAUSES SO MUCH. TERRORISM. >> Reporter: THIS. WOULD CAUSE EGYPT TO. ACCEPT REFUGEE. BUT THEIR. CONDEMNNITION WAS. SWIFT.

INSIDE GAZA TODAY, PALESTINIANS STOOD. FIRM. >> HOW I CAN MOVE TO. ANOTHER LAND. IT'S MY LAND. >> Reporter: THE. PREMISE CHANNELS THE. FAMILY BUSINESS. SON-IN-LAW, JARED. KUSHNER SPOKE OUT IN. MARCH. >> GAZA IS. WATERFRONT PROPERTY. IT WOULD BE VERY. VALUABLE. IF PEOPLE WOULD. FOCUS ON BUILDING UP. LIVELIHOODS. >> Reporter: TODAY,

DEMOCRATS. DEANNOUNCED THE. IDEA. >> ABSOLUTELY DUMB, STUPID, AND ILLEGAL. >> KELLY, SECRETARY. MARCO RUBIO IS. WEIGHING IN, CALLING. IT GENEROUS. >> Reporter: HE SAID. IT IS NOT A HOSTILE. MOVE AND THAT GAZA. IS FULL OF. UNEXPLODED. MUNITIONS, AND THAT. MAKES IT UNLIVABLE. HE STRESSED IT WOULD. NOT BE PERMANENT. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, KELLY. O'DONNELL, THANK. YOU. RICHARD ENGEL IS. STANDING BY. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP. FLOATED THIS IDEA AS. A TEMPORARY. SOLUTION. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING. FROM PEOPLE IN THE. REGION? >> Reporter: SO HE. MAY HAVE FLOATED IT, BUT IT CRASHED IN. THE MIDDLE EAST. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL. SENIOR ARAB LEADERS, ASK THEY ALL. DESCRIBED IT WITH. HORROR AND DISGUST. ONE OFFICIAL ASKING, WHY WAS IT EVEN. NECESSARY? WHY WOULD YOU HAVE. TO EVEN FORCIBLY. REMOVE PALESTINIANS. SIMPLY TO DO. RECONSTRUCTION? THEY COULD STAY IN. ONE PART OF GAZA, WHILE BUILDING TAKES. PLAIS IN ANOTHER. AREA. ONE OFFICIAL SAID.

THAT THIS PROPOSED. PLAN IS REALLY. TANTAMOUNT TO ETHNIC. CLEANSING. JORDAN AND EGYPT. HAVE PEACE TREATS. WITH ISRAEL. HAVE SAID THEY WON'T. BE PARTY TO. DEPOPULATING THE. GAZA STRIP. AND AT THE END OF. THE DAY, LESTER, IT. BOILS DOWN TO TRUST. PALESTINIANS DON'T. BELIEVE THAT IF. THEY'RE FORCED OUT, THEY WILL EVER BE. ALLOWED TO RETURN. >> Reporter: RICHARD. ENGEL, THANK YOU. LET'S TURN TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S.

FEDERAL SHAKE UP. WITH ONE BEING. PLACED ON LEAVE. AND CIA EMPLOYEES. NOW BEING OFFERED A. BUYOUT. HERE'S GARRETT. HAAKE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S LATEST MOVE. IN HIS CAMPAIGN. PLEDGE TO SLASH THE. SIZE OF THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT. ALL EMPLOYEES AT THE. U.S. AGENCY FOR. DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED. THIS E-MAIL, SAYING. MOST STAFF WILL BE. PLACED ON. ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. ON FRIDAY. >> HEY, ELON MUSK.

HAS TO GO. >> DEMOCRATS. PROTESTING. >> WE DON'T PLEDGE. ALLEGIANCE TO ELON. MUSK. >> WE ARE HERE TO. FIGHT BACK. >> YEAH. >> NO ONE ELECTED. ELON MUSK TO. NOTHING. >> Reporter: WHILE. REPUBLICANS. DEFENDING MUSK. >> USAID HAS GOT TO. ACTUALLY SERVE THE. INTERESTS OF. AMERICAN FOREIGN. POLICY. IT OUGHT TO BE TO. PROMOTE THE INTEREST. AND WELL BEING OF. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NOT SOME LEFT-WING. AGENDA. >> MUSK POSTING.

OVERNIGHT, THAT. REACTION ARE HOW YOU. KNOW DOGE REALLY. MATTERS. THIS IS THE ONE SHOT. THAT THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE HAVE TO. DEFEAT BUREAUCRACY. IN ANOTHER COST-. CUTTING MOVE, THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. OFFERING BUYOUTS AT. THE CIA AND OTHER. INTEL AGENCIES. MORE THAN 40,000. EMPLOYEES SO FAR, HAVE ALREADY. ACCEPTED AN EARLY. BUYOUT OFFER. >> FROM NOW, WOMEN'S. SPORTS WILL BE ONLY. FOR WOMEN. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> Reporter: AND. THIS AFTERNOON, THE. PRESIDENT SIGNING A.

NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER, BANNING TRANSGENDER. WOMEN FROM COMPETING. IN WOMEN'S SPORTS. AND WITHHOLDING. FUNDING FROM SCHOOLS. THAT DON'T COMPLY. >> WE WILL DEFEND. THE PROUD TRADITION. OF FEMALE ATHLETES. AND WE WILL NOT. ALLOW MEN TO BEAT. UP, INJURE, AND. CHEAT OUR WOMEN ASK. OUR GIRLS. >> THE HUMAN RIGHTS. CAMPAIGN RESPONDING, THIS ORDER COULD. EXPOSE YOUNG PEOPLE. TO HARASSMENT AND. DISCRIMINATION. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, A SECOND. FEDERAL JUDGE HAS. BLOCKED THE. PRESIDENT'S ORDER, OCCURS, THAT OFFERS.

BASIC DECENCY AND. RESPECT TO THAT. WORKER. >> Reporter: THE. POLITICAL GETTING. PERSONAL. HALLIE JACKSON, WASHINGTON. >>> YET ANOTHER. AVIATION INCIDENT IN. SEATTLE. WHERE A TAXIING. PLANE STRUCK ANOTHER. JET. THE TRANSPORTATION. SECRETARY ANNOUNCED. CHANGES. >> Reporter: THE FAA. AND NTSB ARE. INVESTIGATING WHAT. HAPPENED ON. SEATTLE'S SEATAC. AIRPORT. THE WING OF A 787,

SLICED INTO THE TAIL. OF A DELTA 7 37, WAITING TO BE. DEICED. AND ONE WEEK AFTER. THAT FATAL CRASH, AT. REAGAN INTERNATIONAL. AIRPORT. THE FAA SAID IT WILL. NO LONGER ALLOW. CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TO. SHARE THE SAME SPACE. AT THE SAME TIME, AROUND REAGAN. INTERNATIONAL. AIRPORT. SEAN DUFFY SAYS THE. NUMBER OF MILITARY. HELICOPTERS FLYING. AROUND D.C. WILL. HAVE TO BE REDUCED. >> IF WE HAVE.

GENERALS WHO ARE. FLYING IN. HELICOPTERS, FOR. CONVENIENCE, THROUGH. THIS AIR SPACE, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. GET IN A DAMN. SUBURBAN AND DRIVE. YOU DON'T NEED TO. TAKE A HELICOPTER. >> YEAH, DUFFY SAID. THE ADMINISTRATION. IS WORKING TO STAFF. UP AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROL FACILITIES. AND ELON MUSK SAYS. HAS DOGE TEAM WILL. MAKE RAPID SAFETY. UPGRADES TO THE AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROL. SYSTEM, HIS WORDS. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, TOM. THANKS. >>> A SUSPECT IS. UNDER ARREST TONIGHT. ON A CHARGE OF. AGGRAVATED MURDER, AFTER A MASS.

SHOOTING AT A. WAREHOUSE IN NOW. ALBANY, OHIO. MAGGIE WESKE. REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A 12-HOUR. MANHUNT FOR REGINALD. FOSTER III, THE. EMPLOYEE WHO INN. LEASHED A DEADLY. ATTACK, INSIDE THIS. ATTACK. ENDING WITH DRAMATIC. ARREST. [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> Reporter: NEWLY-. RELEASED 911 CALLS, APPEARING TO BE FROM.

VICTIMS, DETAILING. THE HORROR. >> I'VE BEEN SHOT ON. MY NECK. AND MY BUDDY IS ON. THE FLOOR. BUT I TOOK THE GUN. AWAY. >> MY BUDDY IS SHOT. ON THE FLOOR. HE'S DOWN ON THE. FLOOR. >> OKAY. IS HE BREATHING? >> I DON'T KNOW. I'VE BEEN SHOT. [ INAUDIBLE ]. I CAN'T BREATHE. >> OKAY. >> FIVE PEOPLE WERE. HURT. ONE KILLED. AUTHORITIES NOT. RELEASING NAMES AND. CONFIRMING THEY. RECOVERED A HANDGUN. AT THE SCENE. THEY SAY FOSTER WAS.

ON SHIFT FOR HOURS. BEFORE OPENING FIRE. AROUND 10:30 LAST. NIGHT. HIS MOTIVE, STILL. UNCLEAR. >> DO YOU THINK HE. TARGETED THOSE SIX. PEOPLE? OR DO YOU THINK THEY. WERE JUST AROUND? >> I THINK WE'RE. BEGINNING TO GET A. PICTURE OF THAT. WE NEED TO FIND OUT. WHERE IS HIS WORK. STATION COMPARED TO. THE OTHERS. >> INVESTIGATOR SAYS. FOSTER FLED USING A. RIDE SHARE SERVICE. AGENTS TRACKING HIM. DOWN MORE THAN 20. MILES AWAY, NEAR.

OHIO STATE. UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS. >> Reporter: COURT. DOCUMENTS SAY. FOSTER, WITH A $20. MILLION BOND. >> MAGGIE VESPA, THANK YOU. >>> THAT BLING RING. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH. NEWS DETAILS ON THE.

INTERNATIONAL CRIME. RING BUST FROM OHIO. TO DIAMOND DISTRICT. OF MANHATTAN TO. CHILE. IT COMES AS. INVESTIGATORS. REVEALED NEW. INFORMATION ABOUT. WHAT THEY FOUND WHEN. THEY WERE UNDER. COVER. LAURA JARRETT HAS. MORE. >> Reporter: NEW. DETAILS EMERGING IN. COURT TODAY, ON TWO. SUSPECTS, FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS HAD ON. DEMAND. STOLEN LUXURY GOODS. WORKING WITH THIS. INTERNATIONAL CRIME. RING. TARGETING HOMES OF. PRO ATHLETES. THIS PAWN SHOP IN. DIAMOND DISTRICT.

RAIDED BY THE FBI. TUESDAY, WHERE. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY. RECOVERED DOZENS OF. STOLEN, HIGH-END. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. AFTER AN UNDERCOVER. AGENT SPENT MONTHS, SELLING THEM STOLEN. GOODS FOR CASH. PROSECUTORS SAY. PHONE RECORDS AND. SURVEILLANCE LINK. DEMETRI TO THEFT. RINGS. NOVINSKI, TYPICALLY. TIED TO A GROUP, ALLEGEDLY BEHIND THE. BURGLARY OF. CINCINNATI BENGALS.

QUARTERBACK, JOE. BURROW. ACCORDING TO THREE. SOURCES FAMILIAR. WITH THE MATTER. TONIGHT, RELEASING. THIS GROUP, AS A. FEDERAL GRAND JURY. IN OHIO INDICTED. THREE OF THE MEN. AFTER STATE PATROL. OFFICERS FOUND THIS. LSU T-SHIRT AND. OTHER ITEMS IN THE. CAR. >> WHERE ARE YOU. GOING NOW? >> BACK IN NEW YORK, BOTH DEFENDANTS. PLEADING NOT GUILTY. TODAY. >> WE'VE HEARD. PROSECUTORS SAY MANY. THINGS BUT I'M. ANXIOUS TO SEE THE.

EVIDENCE. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY. THEY'RE A FLIGHT. RISK. AS RASH OF THEFTS. >>> BACK NOW WITH. >>> BACK NOW ABOUT A. STUDY OF A POTENTIAL. MEDICAL. BREAKTHROUGH. RESEARCHERS. EXPLORING IF THOSE. WILDLY POPULAR. WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS. CAN TREAT ADDICTION.

STEPHANIE GOSK. >> THE NEW CLASS OF. WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS, CALLED GLP-1s ARE. RADICALLY CHANGING. PEOPLE'S LIVES. BUT SOME PATIENTS. ARE NOTICING MORE. THAN THE POUNDS. COMING OFF. >> ANYONE ELSE KICK. THE WHINE WINE. HABIT? >> IT'S WHAT HELPED. ME GET SOBER. >> Reporter: CAN. THESE BE A POWERFUL. TOOL IN THE FIGHT. AGAINST ADDICTION. EARLY STUDIES AND. ANIMAL RESEARCH HAVE. SHOWN SOME PROMISE. >> WHAT WE'RE REALLY. MISSING AT THIS. POINT AND IT'S. CRITICAL, IS TO HAVE.

THOSE PLACEBO. CONTROLLED. RANDOMIZED CLINICAL. TRIALS. >> AND THOOTDZ WHAT. YOU'RE DOING? THAT THE WHAT WE'RE. DOING. >> STUDY. >> THE HOPE IS THAT. BY MEASURING. EVERYTHING FROM. BEHAVIOR DOWN TO. GENES, WE MAY BE. ABLE TO GET A BETTER. PICTURE OF WHY THESE. MEDICATIONS ARE. WORKING, IF THEY ARE. WORKING. >> Reporter: CARA. STAINBROOK STARTED. TAKING GLP-1 TO LOSE. WEIGHT A YEAR AND A. HALF AGO. >> MY VERY FIRST.

SHOT. I NO LONGER WANTED. FOOD. >> BUT THE SELF-. DESCRIBED DAILY. DRINKER STOPPED. DRINKING. >> I DIDN'T PICK UP. THE BOTTLE. AND YOU WERE PICKING. UP THE BOTTLE EVERY. DAY? >> YES. >> STAINBROOK IS NOT. PART OF THE STUDY. >> HOW LONG HAS THAT. BOTTLE BEEN IN THAT. CABINET? >> 19 MONTHS. >> Reporter: BUT HER. EXPERIENCE IS. EXACTLY WHAT. RESEARCHERS AT OSU. WANT TO UNDERSTAND. STUDY PARTICIPANTS. LOOK AT PICTURES OF. DRINKS WITH AND. WITHOUT ALCOHOL. >> WE ARE TRYING TO.

LOOK AT HOW THEIR. BRAINS RESPOND TO. THESE DIFFERENT. KINDS OF CUES. >> IT WAS WITH. INFRARED. >> I WANT YOU TO TRY. AS QUICKLY AS YOU. CAN. >> Reporter: THE. HOPE IS THAT GLP-1. WOULD HAVE THE SAME. BRAIN ACTIVITY, REGARDLESS OF THE. DRINK THEY SEE. >> WE KNOW THIS IS A. PERSON WHO MEETS THE. CRITERIA FOR ALCOHOL. USE DISORDER. >> Reporter: IF THE. DRUG WORKS, THOSE. BRAIN REGIONS MAZE. NO LONGER LIGHT UP. >> IT WOULD LOOK. LIKE THIS. >> NOTHING.

>> RIGHT. >> Reporter: THE. RESEARCHERS ALSO. MONITOR CHANGES IN. FOOD, USING VIRTUAL. REALITY. >> THEY HAD TO GIVE. ME ANOTHER PLATE. BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN. SO MUCH FOOD AT THIS. POINT UPON. >> Reporter: THE. STUDY WRAPPING UP. LATER THIS YEAR, PROMISING A CLEARER. PICTURE OF WHAT. THESE DRUGS CAN DO. >> IT IS VERY CLEAR. AT THIS POINT, THAT. WE ARE SORT OF AT. THE BEGINNING OF A. REVOLUTION IN.