NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 7

♪♪. ♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, THE. BREAKING NEWS AND THE. MISSING PLANE MYSTERY. ALONG THE COAST OF. ALASKA. >> RADAR CONTACT LOST. 25 MILES EAST NOME. >> THE DESPERATE. SEARCH WITH TEN PEOPLE. BELIEVED TO BE ON. BOARD, THE COAST GUARD. EXPLORING THE FREEZING. WATERS AND SNOWY AND. ICY CONDITIONS. A PLANE MATCHING THE. DESCRIPTION OF THE. PLANE JUST LOCATED. JUST IN, A FEDERAL. JUDGE.

HALTING PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO GUT. USAID'S WORK FORCE, CREWS PHYSICALLY. REMOVING THE SIGN OFF. ITS HEADQUARTERS. IT'S JUST PART OF THE. PRESIDENT'S SPRAWLING. PLAN TO DOWNSIZE THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. EYEING EDUCATION AND. THE MILITARY NEXT. TRUMP ALSO DELAYING. TARIFFS ON SMALL. PACKAGES FROM CHINA, AND SAYING HE WILL. FIRE SOME OF THE FBI. AGENTS WHO WORKED ON. JANUARY 6th. INVESTIGATIONS. FSHZ. WORKED ON JANUARY. 6th INVESTIGATIONS. >>> DIRECT STRIKE, THE MOTHER. AND DAUGHTER KILL. >>> DIRECT STRIKE, THE. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. KILLED IN A WINTER. TORNADO AND NOW TWO. MORE POWERFUL STORMS. LINING UP BEHIND IT.

80 MILLION UNDER. WINTER STORM ALERTS. >>> THE INTENSE BODY. CAM SHOWING HEROIC. NURSING HOME RESCUES. AS THE EATEN FIRE. CLOSED IN. ONE MONTH LATER, HOW. DID IT START. A NEW VIDEO MAY HOLD. THE ANSWERS. >>> AHEAD OF THE BIG. GAME, THE BUZZ ABOUT. NONALCOHOLIC BEER. OUR CHRISTINE ROMANS. PUTS THE BREWS SURGING. IN POPULARITY TO THE. TEST. CHRISTINE ROMANS PUTS. >>> AND THE GOOD NEWS, HOW TRAGEDY ON BOURBON. STREET SPARKED MORE. THAN ONE ACT OF. KINDNESS. ♪♪. Y ON BOURBON STREET. SPARKED MORE THAN ONE ACT OF. KINDNESS.

♪♪. >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND. >> Announcer: THIS IS NBC "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME, THERE IS BREAKING NEWS FOR THE. MISSING PASSENGER PLANE OFF THE. COAST OF ALASKA. THE PLANE VANISHED OFF RADAR. WITH NINE PASSENGERS AND A LONE. PILOT. TRIGGERING A MASSIVE SEARCH. CONTROLLERS LOST CONTROL WITH. THE PLANE ON WHAT COULD HAVE. BEEN A SHORT FLIGHT FROM. UNALAKLEET TO NOME. TONIGHT, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. AUDIO REVEALING AN URGENT CALL. TO THE PILOT, WARNING THE.

PLANE'S ALTITUDE APPEARED TO BE. DANGEROUSLY LOW, AND THEN. NOTHING. THE AIRPORT REPORTING. SNOW AND ICE. CONDITIONS AT THE. TIME. OUR TOM COSTELLO HAS. LATE WORD ON THIS. DESPERATE SEARCH. >> IT'S BREAKING AS WE. SPEAK. THE U.S. COAST GUARD. JUST ANNOUNCING IT HAS. LOCATED THE WRECKAGE. OF THIS PLANE. TBLS IT'S THE SAME. PLANE. IT'S SAID TO BE 34. MILES SOUTHEAST OF. NOME, ALASKA. THREE PEOPLE WERE. INSIDE. THEY WERE ALL. DECEASED. NO MENTION OF THE OVEN. SEVEN ON BOARD. OTHER SEVEN ON.

BOARD. IN THE VAST EXPANSE OF. THE BERING SEA OFF. ALASKA, AROUND THE. CLOCK SEARCH FOR A. SMALL COMMUTER PLANE. HEADED NORTH. >> 45 CHECK YOUR. ALTITUDE IMMEDIATELY. >> Reporter: IT WAS. 3:18 P.M. WHEN BERING. AIR WENT OFF RADAR, ROUGHLY 12 MILES. OFFSHORE. NO EMERGENCY LOCATER. TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE. PLANE. AT NOON TODAY THE.

COAST GUARD ANNOUNCED. SEARCH TEAMS HAVE. SPOTTED SOMETHING. >> AT THIS TIME, THERE. HAS BEEN SOME SORT OF. ITEM OF INTEREST THAT. HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. >> Reporter: THE. CESSNA OF GRAND. CARAVAN WAS FLYING TO. NOME, ALASKA, WITH. NINE PASSENGERS AND A. SINGLE PILOT. THE NOME FIRE. DEPARTMENT POSTING THE. PILOT TOLD CONTROLLERS. HE INTENDED TO ENTER A. HOLDING PATTERN WHILE. WAITING FOR THE RUNWAY. TO CLEAR. TIME LAPSE VIDEO SHOWS. THE CONDITIONS, SNOW, ICE AND 50 MILE PER. HOUR WINDS. >> THERE'S 0.

VISIBILITY, BASICALLY. YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. FROM THE AIR OR THE. GROUND. >> Reporter: AVIATION. EXPERTS SAY THE PILOT. COULD HAVE BECOME. DISORIENTED IN BAD. WEATHER OR HIT SEVERE. ICING CONDITIONS. >> THIS AIRCRAFT. EXPERIENCED SOME KIND. OF EVENT WHICH CAUSED. THEM TO EXPERIENCE A. RAPID LOSS IN. ELEVATION AND A RAPID. LOSS IN SPEED. >> Reporter: TODAY, THE FBI JOINED THE. SEARCH USING. TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT. CELL SIGNALS. ALASKA GOVERNOR. DUNLEAVY WRITING HE. AND HIS WIFE ARE. HEARTBROKEN BY THE. DISAPPEARANCE OF THE. BERING AIR FLIGHT OVER. NORTON SOUND.

IT COMES AFTER A. STRING OF AVIATION. DISASTERS, THAT. AMERICAN EAGLE. REGIONAL JET AND ARMY. BLACK HAWK CHOPPER. COLLIDED IN. WASHINGTON, 67 DEAD, AND A MEDEVAC JET. CRASHED IN NORTHEAST. PHILADELPHIA A WEEK. AGO, SEVEN DEAD. THE NTSB AND FAA. INVESTIGATING ALL OF. THE INCIDENTS. THE ALASKA STATE. POLICE TELL US THAT. ALL OF THOSE ON BOARD. THIS FLIGHT IN ALASKA. WERE ADULTS. THEIR NEXT OF KIN HAVE. BEEN NOTIFIED. LESTER. >> TOM, THANK YOU FOR. THAT.

>>> JUST IN TONIGHT, A. FEDERAL JUDGE HALTING. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S. MIDNIGHT DEADLINE TO. LAY OFF THOUSANDS OF. WORKERS AT USAID. IT'S JUST ONE PART OF. THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORT. TO SLASH THE SIZE OF. THE FEDERAL WORK. FORCE. GARRETT HAAKE REPORTS. NOW FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH. THE JAPANESE PRIME. MINISTER AS HIS. ADMINISTRATION. INTENSIFIES ITS EFFORT. TO CARRY OUT HIS. CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO. SLASH FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT SPENDING. >> ELON IS DOING A. GREAT JOB. HE'S FINDING. TREMENDOUS FRAUD AND. CORRUPTION AND WASTE.

>> Reporter: NOW. SAYING HE'LL DIRECT. ELON MUSK AND HIS. DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. TO LOOK FOR WASTEFUL. SPENDING AT THE. DEPARTMENT OF. EDUCATION AND THE. PENTAGON. >> IS THERE ANYTHING. YOU HAVE TOLD ELON. MUSK HE CANNOT TOUCH? >> WELL, WE HAVEN'T. DISCUSSED THAT MUCH. I'LL TELL HIM TO GO. HERE, GO THERE, HE. DOES IT. WE HAVE VERY SMART. PEOPLE GOING IN, SO I. HAVE INSTRUCTED HIM GO. INTO EDUCATION, GO. INTO MILITARY, GO INTO. OTHER THINGS AS WE GO. ALONG. >> THE FEDERAL. SPENDING IS SOCIAL. SECURITY, MEDICARE, PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE. HIM LOOK AT THOSE. PROGRAMS AS WELL?

>> THEY DON'T HAVE TO. BE LOOKED AT BY HIM. THEY COULD BE LOOKED. AT BY US. SOCIAL SECURITY WILL. NOT BE TOUCHED. IT WILL ONLY BE. STRENGTHENED. WE HAVE ILLEGAL. IMMIGRANTS ON SOCIAL. SECURITY, AND WE'LL. FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE. AND TAKE THEM OUT. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS. TODAY. PROTESTING OUTSIDE THE. DEPARTMENT OF. EDUCATION. >> I HAVE SECURITY. RESPONSIBILITY. >> GET OUT OF THE WAY. >> Reporter: STOPPED. FROM ENTERING THE. BUILDING BY A SECURITY. GUARD. >> DONALD TRUMP AND. ELON MUSK MUST NOT AND. WILL NOT DESTROY THE. DEPARTMENT OF. EDUCATION ON A WHIM.

>> Reporter: ANOTHER. TRUMP COST CUTTING. EFFORT THAT BUYOUT FOR. ALL FEDERAL WORKERS. HAS NOW BEEN ACCEPTED. BY MORE THAN 65,000. EMPLOYEES ACCORDING TO. A WHITE HOUSE. OFFICIAL, THOUGH A. JUDGE HAS TEMPORARILY. PAUSED THE PROGRAM. AND TONIGHT SIGNS ARE. COMING DOWN AT THE. U.S. AGENCY FOR. INTERNATIONAL. DEVELOPMENT, WHICH. DOLLS OUT FOREIGN AID. AS A FEDERAL JUDGE. LATE TODAY PRESSED. PAUSE ON THE. ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN. TO PLACE THOUSANDS OF. WORKERS ON. ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. THAT MOVE WOULD HAVE. LEFT AS FEW AS 611. ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES. LEFT. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. OUT OF 10,000 JUST TWO.

WEEKS AGO. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT. USAID, THAT'S A FRAUD. >> Reporter: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. BLASTING THE AGENCY. FOR WHAT IT CALLS. WASTEFUL SPENDING. POINTING TO $2 MILLION. GIVEN TO AN. ORGANIZATION FOR. GENDER AFFIRMING. HEALTH CARE IN. GUATEMALA, AND. $13 MILLION TO PUT ON. A "SESAME STREET". PRODUCTION IN IRAQ. >> IT'S PERFECTLY. APPROPRIATE TO. HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON. IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT. TO BE THE GUARDIANS OF. PERMANENT WASHINGTON. AND THE ABUSE OF. TAXPAYER DOLLARS,

BRING IT ON. >> Reporter: THOUGH. MUSK HAS MADE FALSE. CLAIMS ABOUT THE USAID. BUDGET, AND DEMOCRATS. ARE SLAMMING THE CUTS. >> GETTING RID OF AID. MAKES US ALL LESS. SAFE. IT IS ALSO DOWN RIGHT. ILLEGAL. >> Reporter: USAID. SUPPORTERS NOTING THE. AGENCY PROVIDES FOOD. AID TO 28 MILLION. CHILDREN PER YEAR. WORLDWIDE SUFFERING. FROM MALNUTRITION, AND. TREATS MORE THAN 5 1/2. MILLION. CHILDREN EVERY YEAR. WITH PNEUMONIA. ITS $40 BILLION BUDGET. LESS THAN 1% OF. FEDERAL SPENDING. OVERALL. THE AGENCY PREVIOUSLY.

PRAISED BY THE FIRST. LADY. >> WE WANT TO SHOW THE. WORLD THAT WE CARE. AND I PARTNERED AND. I'M WORKING WITH THE. USAID. >> I NOT ONLY LOST MY. JOB, I'VE LOST MY. LIFE'S WORK. >> Reporter: ROSE. ZULLIGER IS A. USAID CONTRACTOR. FURLOUGHED LAST WEEK. >> WE ARE GRIEVING FOR. THE THOUSANDS OF. PEOPLE AROUND THE. WORLD WHO ARE DYING. AS A RESULT OF THESE. CALLOUS ACTIONS. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE.

PRESIDENT WAS. ASKED ABOUT THE NEWLY. COMPILED LIST OF FBI. AGENTS INVOLVED IN. INVESTIGATING JANUARY. 6th CASES AND IF HE'S. PLANNING TO FIRE THEM. >> NO, BUT I'LL FIRE. SOME OF THEM BECAUSE. SOME OF THEM WERE. CORRUPT. I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT. THAT. >> GARRETT, JUST IN. MOMENTS AGO, PRESIDENT. TRUMP POSTED NEW. COMMENTS ABOUT HIS. PREDECESSOR. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, LESTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSTING HE IS. IMMEDIATELY REVOKING. FORMER PRESIDENT. BIDEN'S SECURITY. CLEARANCES AND. STOPPING THE. INTELLIGENCE. BRIEFINGS. BIDEN SET THE. PRECEDENT IN 2021 WHEN. HE BLOCKED TRUMP'S. INTEL BRIEFINGS. LESTER. >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, COMMUNITIES IN. TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.

ARE CLEANING UP AFTER. AT LEAST SIX TORNADOES. SWEPT THROUGH. OVERNIGHT KILLING AT. LEAST TWO PEOPLE. KATHY PARK IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PARTS OF THE SOUTH. RECOVERING FROM. TERRIFYING TORNADOES. SOME SHREDDING HOMES. APART OVERNIGHT. >> BRO, THERE'S A. TORNADO OVER HERE. >> Reporter: IN. TENNESSEE AND. KENTUCKY, SIX. CONFIRMED TORNADOES. WITH AN EF2 TOUCHING. DOWN EAST OF. KNOXVILLE, KILLING TWO. AND INJURING SEVERAL. OTHERS, INCLUDING. RICHARD WILLIAMS. HE MANAGED TO SURVIVE. BUT BARELY. >> IT LIFTED THE HOUSE.

AND FROM THAT IT JUST. SLUNG ME EVERYWHERE. >> Reporter: HE TOLD. US HIS EX-WIFE AND. 22-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. LIVE NEXT DOOR, AND. DIDN'T SURVIVE. >> THE LOVED ONES ARE. THE WORST. EVERYTHING ELSE IS. MATERIAL. >> Reporter: NEARBY, THIS FAMILY TOOK COVER. WITH JUST MOMENTS TO. SPARE. >> WE GET IN THE TUB, THE HOUSE IS RATTLING, DEAFENING NOISE. >> Reporter: SO THREE. OF YOU WERE HUNKERED. DOWN IN THAT ONE TUB? >> YES, MY SON.

I WAS ON TOP OF MY. SON, MY HUSBAND WAS ON. TOP OF ME. >> Reporter: THE. EXTREME WEATHER. SETTING OFF TORNADO. WARNINGS ACROSS THE. STATE. EVEN PUTTING THIS HIGH. SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME. ON PAUSE. >> WE ARE GOING TO. HAVE A TORNADO DELAY. >> Reporter: OTHER. STATES ALSO SLAMMED BY. SEVERE WEATHER THIS. WEEK. IN WEST VIRGINIA, HEAVY DOWNPOURS, FLOODED ROADS AND. STRANDED DRIVERS. >> LOOK AT THAT, COMING RIGHT DOWN OFF. THE MOUNTAIN. >> Reporter: WHILE UP. NORTH, A DANGEROUS DOSE OF. SNOW AND ICE, WITH. MORE ON THE WAY. AND BACK HERE IN.

TENNESSEE, FOR. FEBRUARY, IT IS RARE. TO HAVE FIVE TORNADOES. IN ONE DAY WHEN THE. STATE TYPICALLY SEES. THREE TORNADOES FOR. THE ENTIRE MONTH. LESTER. >> KATHY PARK, THANK. YOU, AND THE STORMS. ARE FAR FROM OVER. A WHOPPING 80 MILLION. PEOPLE NATIONWIDE ON. ALERT FOR HEAVY SNOW, FREEZING RAIN, AND. DANGEROUS ICE IN THE. DAYS AHEAD. IN THE BULLS EYE THIS. WEEKEND, THE. NORTHEAST, BUT THE. STORMS DON'T STOP. THERE, THEY'LL TRACK. ACROSS THE MIDWEST, PLAINS, AND EVEN DOWN. SOUTH, WELL INTO NEXT. WEEK.

>>> BREAKING NEWS NOW, A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT. AND ARREST NOW. CONNECTED TO THE DEATH. OF A LOCAL TELEMUNDO. REPORTER ON ASSIGNMENT. AT THE SUPER BOWL. SAM BROCK HAS THE. LATEST. >> Reporter: 27-YEAR-OLD SPORTS. REPORTER AND ANCHOR, ADAN MANZANO WAS FOUND. UNRESPONSIVE IN A. HOTEL ROOM ACCORDING. TO POLICE, AND LATER. PRONOUNCED DEAD, THOUGH THE CAUSE OF. HIS DEATH IS UNKNOWN. A WOMAN, DANETTE. COLBERT IS BEHIND BARS. AFTER AUTHORITIES. SAY THEY. TRACKED HER ON. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. ENTERING THE HOTEL.

ROOM EARLY WEDNESDAY. MORNING. >> A SHORT TIME LATER, THE FEMALE LEFT AND. CAME BACK, AND BY. 6:00 A.M., SHE LEFT. AND NEVER RETURNED. >> Reporter: LAW. ENFORCEMENT. LOCATED COLBERT IN NEW. ORLEANS LATE LAST. NIGHT, AND OBTAINED A. WARRANT FOR HER. RESIDENCE, WHERE THEY. FOUND MANZANO'S CREDIT. CARD, HIS CELL PHONE, NARCOTICS AND A. FIREARM, THOUGH THEY. DON'T BELIEVE IT'S. RELATED TO THIS CASE. >> CRIMINAL HISTORY. INCLUDES TWO INSTANCES. WHERE SHE DRUGGED A. VICTIM. >> FOR NOW, SHE'S. BEING CHARGED WITH. PROPERTY CRIMES, THOUGH POLICE SAY THAT. COULD CHANGE. MANZANO WAS PROFILED. BY A KANSAS CITY.

STATION ABOUT A YEAR. AGO, TALKING ABOUT. COVERING THE SUPER. BOWL. >> I USED TO DREAM. ABOUT IT. I NEVER EXPECTED IT. WAS GOING TO COME THAT. SOON. >> Reporter: THE YOUNG. TELEMUNDO JOURNALIST. AND FATHER LOST HIS. WIFE IN A CAR ACCIDENT. LAST YEAR. HE WAS RAISING THEIR. DAUGHTER ALONE. HIS KANSAS CITY. STATION POSTING IN. PART ON ITS WEB SITE, ADAN WAS A TRUE. PROFESSIONAL AND A. RISING STAR WHO. EXEMPLIFIED EXCELLENCE. IN HIS WORK. EVEN THE LOCAL SOCCER. TEAM. PAYING TRIBUTE SAYING.

HE COVERED SPORTING KC. AND ALL SPORT S. IN KANSAS CITY WITH. CLASS AND PASSION. QUESTIONS MOUNTING. AMIDST A DEVASTATING. DEVELOPMENT ROCKING. THE SPORTS WORLD AND. BEYOND. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S CRACK DOWN ON. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS. MORE ARE ON THEIR WAY. TO A DETENTION CENTER. AT GUANTANAMO BAY, AS. WE HAVE NEW REPORTING. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT. HAPPY WITH THE PACE OF. DEPORTATIONS. HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM. VISITING GUANTANAMO. BAY AS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. SEARCHES FOR WAYS TO.

HOLD THE UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS IT'S. ARRESTING. THIS WEEK, I.C.E. DETENTION FACILITIES. AT 109% CAPACITY. >> WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AS MANY BEDS AS WE CAN. GET. >> Reporter: STILL, NBC NEWS. HAS LEARNED PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAS EXPRESSED. ANGER THAT THE NUMBER. OF ARRESTS IS NOT. HIGHER, ACCORDING TO. THREE PEOPLE FAMILIAR. WITH THE DISCUSSIONS. AT I.C.E. AND THE. WHITE HOUSE. ONE SOURCE ADDING IT'S. DRIVING HIM NUTS. THEY'RE NOT DEPORTING. MORE PEOPLE. IT ALL COMES AS THE. NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL. RAMPS UP PRESSURE ON. SANCTUARY CITIES, SUING DEMOCRAT-LED. CHICAGO AND THE STATE.

OF ILLINOIS, ARGUING. THEY INTERFERE WITH. ARRESTING AND. DEPORTING UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS. >> THEY ARE CHOOSING. ILLEGAL ALIENS OVER. THE SAFETY AND. SECURITY OF THEIR OWN. CITIZENS. >> THE LAWSUITS ARE. AGAINST LAWS ON THE. BOOKS IN ILLINOIS. I MEAN, UNLIKE DONALD. TRUMP, WE FOLLOW THE. LAW IN ILLINOIS. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, IN SOUTH. TEXAS, EARLY THIS. MORNING, WE GET. ANOTHER FIRSTHAND LOOK. AT THE FRONT LINES. >> I HAVE NOTICED MOST. RECENTLY NOT AS MUCH. ACTIVITY.

>> WHAT WAS ONCE A. RECORD INFLUX OF. MIGRANTS NOW A. TRICKLE. WE DIDN'T SPOT ONE IN. FIVE HOURS WITH BORDER. PATROL. >> Reporter: USED TO. BE THAT THE. VAST MAJORITY OF. MIGRANTS HERE WOULD. TURN THEMSELVES IN. NOW, MOST OF THEM ARE. SINGLE ADULTS, TRYING. TO ESCAPE. IN 2021, THIS AREA SAW MORE. THAN 1,500 ILLEGAL. BORDER CROSSINGS A. DAY, NOW LESS THAN A. HUNDRED. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT. THIS QUIET? >> NOT THAT I CAN. REMEMBER. >> Reporter: NEARBY, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS.

OFFERING THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT 1,400 ACRES. OF LAND FOR A MASSIVE. DETENTION FACILITY. DAVID PORIS IS A FIRST. TIME TRUMP VOTER HERE. IN STARK COUNTY WHICH. VOTED REPUBLICAN IN. THE PRESIDENTIAL. ELECTION FOR THE FIRST. TIME SINCE 1892. >> YOU'RE HERE. ILLEGAL, YOU BREAK THE. LAW, YOU SHOULD BE. DEPORTED. >> Reporter: AND WE'RE. JUST LEARNING THAT THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. IS NOW USING FEDERAL. PRISONS TO HOUSE. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS. LESTER. >> GABE, THANK YOU. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN. 60 SECONDS WITH A. DRAMATIC NEWLY. RELEASED BODY CAM.

FOOTAGE OF WILDFIRE. RESCUES IN CALIFORNIA. THE HEROES WHO GOT. >>> WELCOME BACK. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. IT'S BEEN ONE MONTH. SINCE LOS ANGELES. WILDFIRES BEGAN. TONIGHT, NEW FOOTAGE. SHOWS THE DRAMATIC. EVACUATIONS AS FLAMES. SURROUNDED. NEIGHBORHOODS. INCLUDING A NURSING. HOME ALL AS THERE ARE. NEW CLUES TONIGHT. ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THE. DEADLY FIRES. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.

SHOWING A GLIMPSE INTO. THE HARROWING. EVACUATIONS AS THE. EATEN FIRE EXPLODED IN. ALTADENA. POLICE OFFICERS GOING. DOOR TO DOOR, TELLING. PEOPLE TO GET OUT. >> POLICE DEPARTMENT, EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. >> Reporter: OFFICERS. RUSHING INTO THIS. NURSING HOME, RESCUING. SEVERAL ELDERLY. PATIENTS BEFORE IT. WENT UP IN FLAMES. >> THE BUILDING IS ON. FIRE, MA'AM, WE GOT TO. GO. >> Reporter: ONE BY. ONE, ROLLING THEM OUT. OR PICKING THEM UP. >> I GOT YOU. THERE YOU GO. LET'S TAKE HIM OUT.

>> HELLO? >> Reporter: AT A. NEARBY ELDERLY HOME, >> OH, HI! >> Reporter: THIS FOOTAGE SHOWING. DEPUTIES DISCOVERING A. 100-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. ALONE INSIDE. >> I'VE BEEN TRYING TO. FIND A WAY OUT. >> LET'S GET YOU OUT. OF HERE. >> DON'T LOSE ME. >> I PROMISE I WON'T. >> WE WON'T LOSE YOU. DON'T WORRY. >> Reporter: THESE. DRAMATIC VIDEOS. HIGHLIGHTING THE. TERRIFYING INITIAL. HOURS OF THE LOS. ANGELES FIRES, WHICH. SPARKED ONE. MONTH AGO TODAY, KILLING 29 PEOPLE AND. DESTROYING THOUSANDS. OF HOMES. AS INVESTIGATORS STILL.

LOOK INTO THE CAUSE, CAL EDISON IS. ACKNOWLEDGING IN A NU. FILING THAT VIDEOS. LIKE THESE SHOW BASE. OF THE TRANSMISSION. LINE SUGGESTS A LINK. BETWEEN THEIR. EQUIPMENT AND THE. START OF THE FIRE. THE UTILITY ALSO. SAYING THEY HAVEN'T. IDENTIFIED EVIDENCE TO. CONFIRM THEY'RE. RESPONSIBLE. AND THE CAUSE OF THE. PALISADES FIRE IS ALSO. STILL UNDER. INVESTIGATION WITH. AUTHORITIES CONTINUING. TO LOOK INTO POTENTIAL. ARSON OR WHETHER A. SMALL BRUSH FIRE THAT. OFFICIALS THOUGHT HAD. BEEN PUT OUT. REIGNITED. LESTER. >> LIZ, THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK.

RIGHT HERE. WHEN WE RETURN, THE. >>> AS YOU MAKE THAT. LAST GROCERY RUN. BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL. ON SUNDAY, YOU MAY. WANT TO STOCK UP ON. THE GROWING TREND. BEFORE THE BIG GAME. CHRISTINE ROMANS NOW. ON THE BEER CHOICE. THAT'S SURGING IN. POPULARITY. >> Reporter: AT THIS. NEIGHBORHOOD BAR, THE. BEER LIST WITH. SOMETHING FOR. EVERYONE. >> WE BASICALLY HAVE. MODIFIED OUR ENTIRE. BEVERAGE PROGRAM TO. ACCOMMODATE MORE. NONALCOHOLIC DRINKERS. >> Reporter: JAMES.

WELLS IS A MANAGER AT. AMITY HALL IN NEW. YORK, POPULAR WITH. COLLEGE STUDENTS AND. LOCAL SPORTS FANS. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SIX. YEARS, WHAT ARE THE. TRENDS YOU'RE SEEING. NOW? >> IT'S DEFINITELY THE. NONCLICKS ARE ON A. RISE. >> Reporter: THEY'RE. STOCKING MORE. NONCLICK OPTIONS THAN. EVER BEFORE, MOSTLY. BEER AND. MOCK TAILS, WHICH. GENERALLY COST CLOSE. TO THE SAME OF THOSE. WITH CHRONOLOGICAL. SALES OF THE BEVERAGES. ARE SURGING UP 26% IN. THE PAST YEAR, TOPPING. $800 MILLION. INTO A TREND OF PEOPLE.

DRINKING LESS THAN. THEY DID DURING THE. PANDEMIC. A RECENT GALLOP POLL. FOUND WHILE 67% OF. AMERICANS SAID THEY. DRANK ALCOHOL IN 2022, THAT FIGURE DROPPED TO. 58% IN 2024. >> CONSUMERS HAVE. OPTED FOR A MODERATION. MINDSET. >> Reporter: KALEIGH. THERIAULT RESEARCHES. TRENDS IN ALCOHOL AND. BEVERAGES. >> THEY MAY HAVE. OVERCONSUMED TO THEIR. LIKING DURING THE. AT-HOME PERIOD DURING. COVID, AND COMING OUT. OF. THAT, THEY WERE MORE.

FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND. WELLNESS. >> Reporter: NONALCOHOLIC BEER. MAKING UP 84%. HEINEKEN MADE HISTORY. IN 2023 ADVERTISE ING. ALCOHOL-FREE BEER IN. THE SUPER BOWL FOR THE. FIRST TIME. THIS SUNDAY, YOU'LL. SEE MICHELOB ULTRA. ZERO WHEN THE EAGLES. TAKE ON THE CHIEFS. AS FOR THE PART THAT. REALLY MATTERS. THIS TASTES BETTER. THAN YOUR GRANDFATHER. OR GRANDMOTHER'S. NONALCOHOLIC BEER. >> TOTALLY. EVERY SPIRIT DOES TO. BE HONEST WITH YOU. >> Reporter: I MEAN, IT TASTES LIKE BEER. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: RESEARCH. SHOWS MOST ZERO PROOF.

DRINKERS BUY ALCOHOL, OFTEN. SWITCHING BETWEEN BOTH. IN THE EVENING. AT AMITY HALL, JOHN. WELLS SAYS. THE YOUNGER THE. PATRON, THE MORE. LIKELY TO REACH FOR A. NONALCOHOLIC DRINK. >> PEOPLE ARE TRYING. TO HAVE AN OVERALL. EVEN KEEL EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK THAT. INVOLVES SOMETIMES. ALCOHOL AND SOMETIMES. NOT. >> Reporter: WHICH. THIS SUNDAY COULD HELP. KEEP THE DRAMA ON THE. FIELD. CHRISTINE ROMANS, NBC. NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, BIG HEARTS IN THE BIG. EASY, THE SUPER BOWL. SURPRISE HELPING ONE. MAN.

>>> AND THERE'S GOOD. NEWS TONIGHT, JUST. WEEKS AFTER THE DEADLY. TERROR ATTACK IN NEW. ORLEANS, THIS. WEEKEND'S SUPER BOWL. IS GIVING ONE SURVIVOR. A CHANCE TO KEEP A. PROMISE TO A FRIEND. HERE'S JESSE KIRSCH. >> RIGHT NOW, THE BIG. EASY IS SUPER CHARGED. FOR SUPER BOWL LIX. BUT FOR SOME FOOTBALL. FANS, THIS WEEKEND IS. ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN A. PARTY IN THE STREETS. >> I TOLD MYSELF I. WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO. NEW ORLEANS. >> Reporter: NEW. YEAR'S DAY, RYAN. QUIGLEY WAS BADLY. INJURED IN A TERROR.

ATTACK ON BOURBON. STREET. HIS BEST FRIEND, TIGER. BECHS WAS KILLED. WHAT HAS THIS LAST. MONTH BEEN LIKE FOR. YOU? >> YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S. BEEN THE BIGGEST. ROLLER COASTER EVER. IT'S BEEN TERRIBLE, AND -- TO SAYS LEAST, BUT, LIKE, IT'S. ALSO BEEN SO BEAUTIFUL. TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE. TIGER HAS IMPACTED. >> Reporter: TIGER'S. STORY REACHED THE. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES. THE NFL FAVORITE FOR. THESE FORMER PRINCETON. TEAMMATES. THE EAGLES INVITED. RYAN TO A PLAYOFF. GAME, AND THEN TO WHAT.

HE THOUGHT WAS JUST A. TEAM FACILITY TOUR. >> IF YOU'RE NOT. FEELING IT, BUT WE'D. LOVE TO HAVE YOU DOWN. FOR THE SUPER BOWL, MAN. >> Reporter: THE. EAGLES SURPRISING RYAN. WITH TWO SUPER BOWL. TICKETS, SO HE CAN. KEEP HIS WORD TO. TIGER. >> I TOLD HIM, YOU. KNOW, IF WE MAKE IT, I. PROMISE WE'LL GO --. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU. TO THE SUPER BOWL. SO, I MEAN, I LOVE. HIM. I'D STILL TAKE HIM. >> TO BE ABLE TO. REWRITE THE STORY, TO. NOT LET EVIL WIN,

I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF TAKING. OUR POWER BACK. KEEP SMILES ON YOUR. FACES AND LOVE FAMILY. LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE. BEFORE. >> Reporter: INSPIRING. THE WORLD TO LIVE LIKE. TIGER FROM FOOTBALL'S. BIGGEST STAGE. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC. NEWS, NEW ORLEANS. >>> AND THAT IS. NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS. FRIDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.