NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 16

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT THE. POTENTIAL SET. BACK IN THE ANNOUNCED. CEASEFIRE. DEAL IF GAZA AS NEW. STRIKES. THERE LEAVE DOZENS. DEAD. ISRAEL LAUNCHING NEW. ATTACKS ON GAZA AND. TEE LAYING A KEY. CABINET VOTE TO RATIFY. THE CEASEFIRE, ACCUSING HAMAS OF. PROVOKING A. LAST-MINUTE CRISIS. THE MILITANT GROUP. TAKE IT IS STILL. COMMITTED TO THE DEAL. AND TO RELEASE DOZENS.

OF HOSTAGES, INCLUDING. AMERICANS. OUR RICHARD ENGEL IS. IN JERUSALEM. >>> THE NEW CONCERNS. IN CALIFORNIA'S FIRE. ZONE. MUD AND DEBRIS SLIDES. ONE HOME THAT SURVIVED. THE FLAMES SPLIT IN. HALF. AND THE NEW LAWSUITS. WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR. THESE DEADLY BLAZES. >>> THE BRUTAL COLD. BLAST WE ARE TRACKING. SET TO IMPACT MORE. THAN 300 MILLION. AMERICANS. >>> MAJOR NEWS ON. TIKTOK DAYS BEFORE THE. U.S. IS SET TO BAN THE. CHINESE-OWNED APP.

THE SUDDEN PAUSE BY. THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION. WHAT IT MEANS FOR. USERS. >>> JUST IN, ELON. MUSK'S SPACEX LOSING. ITS. MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR. STARSHIP AFTER ITS. UNMANNED LAUNCH. >>> THE NEW ROUND IS THE. VISIONARY DIRECTOR. BEHIND "TWIN PEAKS". AND "BLUE VELVET.". REMEMBERING THE. LEGENDARY DAVID LYNCH. >>> AND THE TRIBUTES. POURING IN FOR THE. BELOVED HALL OF FAME. BASEBALL ANNOUNCER AND. ACTOR BOB UECKER. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS".

WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL. BE A WHILE BEFORE THE. WORLD CAN LET OUT ITS. BREATH AS THE FIRST. DELICATE STEPS IN THE. PATH TO A CEASEFIRE. AND HOSTAGE RELEASE IN. GAZA HAVE ALREADY HIT. ROCKY GROUND. TODAY LESS THAN 24. HOURS AFTER AN. ISRAEL/HAMAS TRUCE WAS. STRUCK,ERS ISRAEL'S. CABINET DELAYED A. CRITICAL VOTE ON THE. PACT, ACCUSING HAMAS. OF CREATING A CRISIS. FOR THE PART, ISRAEL. LAUNCHING A NEW ROUND. OF DEADLY STRIKES. TARGETING HAMAS IN. GAZA. HAMAS SAYS IT'S.

COMMITTED TO THE. CEASEFIRE AND. RELEASING # 3 HOSTAGES. IN THE DEAL'S FIRST. PHASE, INCLUDING TWO. AMERICANS. DURING A SIX-WEEK. TRUCE BEGINNING. SUNDAY, ISRAEL HAS. AGREED TO PULL BACK. ITS TROOPS FROM GAZA. AND RELEASE A NUMBER. OF PALESTINIAN. PRISONERS HELD IN ITS. JAILS. TONIGHT DESPITE THE. RENEWED ATTACKS, THE. U.S. EXPRESSING. CONFIDENCE THAT THE. AGREEMENT WILL HOLD. WHILE HOSTAGE FAMILIES. WORRY THE LENGTHY. TIMELINE OF BRINGING. THEIR LOVED ONES HOME. RICHARD ENGEL REPORTS. TONIGHT FROM ISRAEL.

>> Reporter: THIS BOY. TRIES TO DIG HIMSELF. OUT AFTER ISRAEL BEGAN. BOMBING GAZA AGAIN. HE WAS RESCUED ALIVE, AMID FEARS A CEASEFIRE. AND HOSTAGE DEAL WITH. HAMAS COULD COLLAPSE. BEFORE IT EVEN BEGINS. THE DIRECTOR OF GAZA'S. FIELD HOSPITALS TOLD. NBC NEWS MORE THAN 100. PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND. CHILDREN, HAVE BEEN. KILLED SINCE THE. AGREEMENT WAS. ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT. THE ISRAELI MILITARY. SAYS IT'S STRIKING. HAMAS MEMBERS AND.

WEAPONS FACILITIES. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. TODAY POSTPONED A. GOVERNMENT MEETING, EXPECTED TO RATIFY THE. CEASEFIRE, BLAMING. HAMAS FOR ADDING NEW. CONDITIONS. HAMAS DENIES IT. THE DELAYS AND. CONTINUING AIRSTRIKES. ARE TERRIFYING, BOTH. GAZANS AND THE. FAMILIES OF ISRAELI. HOSTAGES. >> IT'S A NIGHTMARE. SOMETIMES. >> Reporter: IN TEL. AVIV TONIGHT I SPOKE. WITH ELI DAVID. HIS 24-YEAR-OLD. BROTHER IS NOT. EXPECTED TO BE. RELEASED IN THE FIRST. PHASE OF THE DEAL, WHICH LASTS SIX WEEKS.

ELI SAYS THE DEAL IS. TOO COMPLEX AND COULD. FALL APART. >> I THINK IT IS A. VERY BAD DEAL, BUT WE. CANNOT GO AGAINST IT. BECAUSE IT SAVES. LIVES. INNOCENT PEOPLE. THEY HAVE BEEN HELD. UNDERGROUND, INSIDE. TERROR TUNNELS, MAYBE. TORTURED, AND THEY. WILL BE COMING BACK TO. THE FAMILIES. >> Reporter: YOU KNOW. YOUR BROTHER ISN'T. SUPPOSED TO BE A PART. OF THIS FIRST GROUP? >> NO. >> Reporter: SO,

HOPEFULLY, WHEN WE SEE. THOSE INITIAL HOSTAGES. COMING OUT, HOW ARE. YOU EXPECTING TO FEEL? HAPPY, SAD, JEALOUS, ALL OF THESE THINGS? >> I WILL BE HAPPY FOR. SURE, BUT ALSO FOR. SURE I WILL BE. JEALOUS, AND I WILL BE. MORE AND MORE AFRAID. BECAUSE IF IT WILL. CONTINUE, I MEAN, 42.

DAYS ARE MANY DAYS. THAT HOSTAGES CAN BE. EXECUTED, FOR EXAMPLE. >> Reporter: IN GAZA, A WOMAN RESPONSIBLE. FOR 24 DISPLACED. CHILDREN, WORRIES THE. WAR WILL NEVER END. YOU SEE THE CONDITIONS. ARE HORRIBLE, THEY. SAID CEASEFIRE. IT'S NONSENSE. ALL NIGHT THEY WERE. BOMBING HERE, SHE. SAYS. THE AGREEMENT WOULD. ALLOW IN TE PRITLY. NEEDED HUMANITARIAN. AID. LIVING IN A TENT WITH.

LITTLE ACCESS TO FOOD, WATER AND MEDICINE, SHE SAYS SHE CAN'T. SURVIVE LIKE THIS FOR. MUCH LONGER. >> RICHARD, WHERE DO. THINGS STAND TONIGHT. GIVEN THE. CIRCUMSTANCES? >> Reporter: WELL, IT. IS STILL A GO. ISRAELI OFFICIALS TELL. US THAT THE ISRAELI. CABINET IS EXPECTED TO. MEET TOMORROW T THAT. THEY WILL LIKELY. RATIFY THIS DEAL TO. BEGIN ON SUNDAY, WHICH. IS WHEN WE COULD SEE. THE FIRST HOSTAGES. COMING OUT OF THE. GAZA. >> RICHARD ENGEL IN. JERUSALEM TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. >>> IN CALIFORNIA. THERE IS A NEW CONCERN. IN AREAS WIPED OUT BY. THE DEADLY WILDFIRES. THE THREAT OF. MUDSLIDES WHEN RAINS. FINALLY COME. AS TENS OF THOUSANDS. STILL HAVE NOT BEEN. ALLOWED TO RETURN TO. THEIR HOMES. MORGAN CHESKY NOW WITH. THE LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A. NEW DANGER EMERGING. ACROSS A FIRE-STRICKEN. CITY. THIS PALISADES HOME. SPLIT IN HALF AFTER. OFFICIALS SAY A WATER. LEAK CAUSED A SCORCHED. HILLSIDE TO GIVE WAY. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT.

THERE IS STILL. SMOLDERING SCENE. PILING ON ANXIETY. AHEAD OF ANY FUTURE. RAIN. IF YOU WERE IN A FIRE. EVACUATION ZONE IS. THERE A LIKELY CHANCE. YOU WILL BE EVACUATED. COME RAINY SEASON FOR. MUDSLIDES? >> THERE IS A LIKELY. CHANCE. WE WILL HAVE TO TELL. HOMEOWNERS TO BE. ALERT. >> Reporter: TEAMS. FACING 36 SQUARE MILES. OF INSPECTIONS BEFORE. MORE THAN 80,000. EVACUATED RESIDENTS. CAN SAFELY RETURN TO. THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. >> THEY ARE SHUTTING. OFF THE NATURAL GAS. THEY ARE CUTTING THE. ELECTRICAL LINES SO. THERE IS NOTHING THAT.

YOU CAN TOUCH AND GET. ELECTROCUTED IF IT WAS. RE-ENERGIZED BY. ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: LOS. ANGELES WATER AND. POWER CREWS TESTING. HYDRANTS TO FIND THE. SOURCE OF THAT ON. GOING WATER LEAK. THE DEPARTMENT NOW THE. TARGET OF OF A CIVIL. LAWSUIT OVER A. RESERVOIR THAT WAS. OFFLINE FOR. MAINTENANCE. SOME PALISADES FIRE. VICTIMS ALLEGING A 117. MILLION GALLON WATER. STORAGE COMPLEX WAS. EMPTY LEAVING FIRE. CREWS LITTLE TO NO. WATER TO FIGHT THE. PALISADES FIRE. DAN GRIGSBY LOST HIS.

HOME OF 37 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO. ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS. LAWSUIT? >> ACCOUNTABILITY, I. WOULD SAY, AND MAKE. SURE IT ABSOLUTELY. NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. >> Reporter: L.A.'S. WATER SYSTEM ALREADY. UNDER INVESTIGATION. AFTER CREWS REPORTED. SHORTAGES ON THE. PALISADES AND EATON. FIRES. OUT OF EVERY FIRE. HYDRANT YOU HAVE SEEN, WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND? >> MOST ARE DOWN OR. LOW PRESSURE. >> Reporter: IF YOU. HAD A HYDRANT FOR THIS. BUILDING? >> WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN. ABLE TO SAVE THE BACK.

HALF. >> Reporter: LAST. YEAR, MARTIN ADAMS. RETIRED FROM LEADING. LOS ANGELES WATER AND. POWER. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL. THE HOMEOWNERS WHO SAW. THAT WATER GO DRY IN A. TIME OF NEED? >> THE ONE THING THAT. IS IMPORTANT TO. UNDERSTAND UPFRONT, THERE IS NO WATER. SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. THAT COULD PROVIDE THE. KIND OF WATER DEMAND. REQUIRED IN THIS FIRE. >> Reporter: AND. TONIGHT OFFICIALS SAY. THERE ARE NOW MORE. THAN 5,000. FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE. CONVERGED TO JOIN THIS. FIREFIGHT. THEIR KEY MISSION, PUTTING OUT THE HOT. SPOTS AND DRIVING UP. THOSE CONTAINMENT.

NUMBERS. LESTER. >> MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> A HEADS UP ABOUT A. DEEP FREEZE. MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. ABOUT TO LOOK LIKE. THIS AS TEMPERATURES. PLUNGE GOING INTO THE. WEEKEND. THEY WILL FEEL IT. FIRST FROM THE. NORTHERN ROCKIES TO. THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THEN ACROSS THE NATION. ON SUNDAY. MORE THAN 300 MILLION. AMERICANS WILL. EXPERIENCE BELOW. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. BY MONDAY. >>> TURNING TO THE. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF. TEXAS. ELON MUSK'S SPACEX. LOSING CONTACT WITH. ITS MASSIVE. MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR. STARSHIP ON ITS.

UNMANNED SEVENTH TEST. LAUNCH. TOM COSTELLO JOINS US. NOW WITH MORE. TOM, WHAT HAVE YOU. LEARNED? >> IT HAPPENED AT 5:30. P.M., LESTER. STARSHIP WAS OFF THE. PAD QUICKLY. IT LOOKED GREAT AND A. FEW MINUTES AFTER. LIFT-OFF IN FACT THE. BOOSTER ROCKET CAME. BACK DOWN TO THE PAD. JUST AS SPACEX PLANNED. AND DEMONSTRATED THEY. CAN DO. THAT INCREDIBLE MOVE. HOWEVER, THE SAME TIME. STARSHIP, THE. SPACESHIP, APPARENTLY. DISAPPEARED. BUT SPACEX SAYS THAT. THEY LOST TELEMETRY.

WE HAVE VIDEO FROM THE. TURKS AND CAICOS. ISLANDS OF WHAT MAY BE. STARSHIP BREAKING UP. OVER THE ISLANDS. SO NOW SPACEX SAYS. THAT THEY WILL TRY TO. UNDERSTAND THE ROOT. CAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. AS IT APPARENTLY. DISASSEMBLED, IN THE. WORDS OF SPACEX, BROKE. APART OVER THE. ISLANDS. THEY WANT TO USE THIS. ROCKET SOME DAY TO GO. IT THE MOON AND MAYBE. MARS. >>> TONIGHT A STUNNING. ABOUT FACE OVER. TIKTOK. FOR MONTHS THERE WAS. RARE AGREEMENT IN. WASHINGTON THAT IT. SHOULD BE BANNED IF. IT'S CHINESE OWNER.

DIDN'T SELL IT. NOW THE WHITE HOUSE. AND OTHERS WHO OPPOSED. IT ARE TRYING TO KEEP. IT ALIVE. HERE'S SAVANNAH. SELLERS. >> Reporter: A MAJOR. REVERSAL CONCERNING. ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST. POPULAR APPS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING. THEY WILL NOT. IMPLEMENT THE BAN ON. TIKTOK SET TO IF INTO. EFFECT THIS SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO TWO. ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS. HAPPENING BECAUSE OF. US. >> THE FIGHT ISN'T. OVER. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE. EXTENDED. >> Reporter: THE. BATTLE OVER THE FUTURE. OF THE APP HAS GONE TO. THE TO SUPREME COURT.

NOW THE ADMINISTRATION. SAYS IT WON'T ENFORCE. MASSIVE FINES ON THE. COMPANIES WHO PROVIDE. USERS ACCESS TO. IT'S A STARK SHIFT. FROM WHEN THE LAW WAS. PASSED WITH MASSIVE. BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THE PRESIDENT SIGNING. IT INTO LAW. >> FEELS LIKE WE ARE. LOSING, LIKE, A. COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: NOW. SOURCES SAY DEMOCRATIC. LAWMAKERS CALLED THE. WHITE HOUSE ASKING FOR. INTERVENTION AND. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, WHO ONCE TO OPPOSED. THE APP, SIGNALED HE. WILL INTERVENE. NATIONAL SECURITY. OFFICIALS STILL WARN.

THAT TIKTOK'S CHINESE. PARENT COMPANY. BYTEDANCE COULD STEAL. AMERICAN USER DATA OR. MANIPULATE DATA WHICH. TIKTOK DENIES. CHRISTOPHER WRAY HAD. HAD THIS WARNING LAST. YEAR. >> WHO IS TIKTOK? AND ULTIMATELY IT. BOILS DOWN TO THE HAND. WHICH IS A MATTER OF. CHINESE LAW OF THE. CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND. THE CHINESE COMMUNIST. PARTY. >> Reporter: DAYS. BEFORE MR. TRUMP'S. INAUGURATION. ACCORDING TO THREE. SOURCES, TIKTOK'S CEO. IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND.

ALONG WITH THE WORLD'S. THREE RICHEST MEN, ELON MUSK, JEFF BEZOS. AND MARK ZUCKERBURG. JUST LAST NIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK. AIM AT BIG TECH AND. WHAT HE CALLED THE. DANGEROUS. CONCENTRATION OF POWER. AMONG A SELECT FEW. >> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. THE POTENTIAL RISE OF. A TECH INDUSTRIAL. COMPLEX. THE TRUTH IS SMOTHERED. BY LIES FOR POWER AND. PROFIT. >> AND BACK TO TIKTOK. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR. FROM THE SUPREME COURT. WHETHER IT UPHOLDS THE.

LAW IN THE FIRST. PLACE? >> THAT'S RIGHT. IN FACT, THE SUPREME. COURT JUST ANNOUNCED. THEY WILL HAVE A. RULING TOMORROW. THAT LAST-MINUTE. NOTICE SUGGESTS THERE. IS A GOOD CHANCE WE. GET THAT TIKTOK RULING. SINCE THAT SUNDAY. DEADLINE IS QUICKLY. APPROACHING. >> THANK YOU. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, MORE. HIGH STAKES. CONFIRMATION HEARINGS. FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT. TRUMP'S CABINET. GARRETT HAAKE JOINS. US. IT IS FOR TREASURY. SECRETARY, HE WAS. PRESSED ABOUT TRUMP'S. ECONOMIC PLANS? >> YES, SCOTT BESSENT,

A BILLIONAIRE HEDGE. FUND MANAGER, DEFENDED. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S. VIEWS ON TARIFFS AND. FOCUSED ON EXTENDING. THE 2017 TRUMP TAX. CUTS THAT ARE SET TO. EXPIRE THE END MUCH. THIS YEAR SAYING IF. THEY ARE NOT RENEWED. IT WILL CAUSE A. ECONOMIC CALAMITY AND. TAX INCREASE ON THE. MIDDLE CLASS. HE SAID HE DOESN'T. SUPPORT RAISING THE. MORAL OUTRAGE. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE. CONFIRMED WITH. BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. IN FACT, REPUBLICANS. ARE INCREASINGLY. OPTIMISTIC THEY WILL. GET ALL OF THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT'S. NOMINEES SO FAR. CONFIRMED. THE FIRST VOTES LIKELY. TO COME ON.

INAUGURATION DAY. ITSELF. LESTER. >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANK YOU. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, CAN. AN INSURANCE PLAN. MEANT TO BE A LAST. RESORT OPTION FOR. PEOPLE. >>> THE DAMAGE FROM. THE CALIFORNIA. WILDFIRES IS JUST. BEGINNING TO BE. TALLIED, BUT THERE IS. ALREADY GROWING. CONCERN ABOUT AN. INSURER KNOWN AS THE. STATE'S LAST RESORT. MAY RUN OUT OF MONEY. LIZ KREUTZ WITH OUR. REPORT.

>> Reporter: THESE. WERE THE HARROWING. MOMENTS THEY SAW THEIR. ALTADENA HOME OF 30. YEARS GO UP IN FLAMES. >> FEELS LIKE A BOMB. JUST CAME IN AND. EXPLODED ON OUR TOWN. >> Reporter: ACROSS. TOWN IN THE PACIFIC. PALISADES ANOTHER. FAMILY STUNNED BY THE. DEVASTATION OF THEIR. COMMUNITY, TOO. >> I FROZE, LITERALLY. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU. SAW YOUR HOME? >> SORRY.

AND THEN THE NEXT. HOUSE AND THE NEXT. HOUSE AND THE NEXT. HOUSE. >> Reporter: TWO. DIFFERENT. NEIGHBORHOODS, TWO. DIFFERENT LIFE STORIES. BUT SIMILAR IF ONE. WAY. BOTH FAMILIES ARE ON. CALIFORNIA'S FAIR. PLAN, THE STATE. CREATED INSURER OF. LAST RESORT THAT HAS. DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF. RESIDENTIAL POLICIES. IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. AS PRIVATE INSURERS. RAISED HOMEOWNERS'. RATES OR DROPPED THEM. THE EDWARDS FAMILY. SAYS THEY WERE DROPPED. BY THEIR INSURER LAST. YEAR AND STRUGGLED TO. FIND A REPLACEMENT. >> AND THEY SAID, NO,

SORRY, WE CAN'T COVER. YOU. YOU ARE TOO CLOSE TO. THE FIRE ZONE. >> Reporter: ESTIMATES. FOR THE LOS ANGELES. FIRE SHOW INSURED. LOSSES ARE ALREADY. ABOUT $25 BILLION FOR. JUST THE FAIR PLAN, IT'S AS MUCH AS 8. BILLION. THE CHALLENGE THE PLAN. ONLY HAS $377 MILLION. AVAILABLE TO PAY. CLAIMS, AND ABOUT. $5.75 BILLION IN. REINSURANCE TO HELP. COVER THE PLAN'S. LOSSES. IT'S A SCENARIO THE. FAIR PLAN'S OWN. PRESIDENT WARNED ABOUT. LAST YEAR.

>> WE ARE ONE EVENT. AWAY FROM A LARGE. ASSESSMENT. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY. TO SAY IT, BECAUSE WE. DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. ON HAND, AND WE HAVE A. LOT OF EXPOSURE OUT. THERE. >> Reporter: IN. SEPTEMBER INSURANCE. COMMISSIONER LARA. ISSUED THIS BULLETIN. OUTLINING AN AGREEMENT. FOR WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. SHOULD THE FAIR PLAN. RUN OUT OF MONEY. THE INSURANCE. COMPANIES CAN REQUEST. PERMISSION TO HAVE. FAIR PLAN POLICY. HOLDERS SHARE THE. COSTS, MEANING THEIR. RATES COULD SOAR. >> HE IS NOT DOING HIS. JOB. HE IS NOT PROTECTING.

CONSUMERS. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN. AND FORMER CALIFORNIA. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. JOHN GARAMENDI. CRITICAL OF THE DEAL. LARA MADE. THE REALITY IS THE. COMMISSIONER HAS NOT. BEEN TRANSPARENT AND. HE IS NOT FORCED THE. INSURANCE COMPANIES TO. EXPLAIN AND TO JUSTIFY. WHAT THEY ARE DOING. >> Reporter: WE TALKED. TO COMMISSIONER LARA. TWO DAYS AFTER THE. FIRE STARTED. CAN THE INSURER OF. LAST RESORT SUSTAIN. THIS? >> SO, CURRENTLY WE. DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.

POLICIES ARE IN THE. INSURER OF LAST RESORT. THAT WE CALL THE FAIR. PLAN. WE WILL GET A BETTER. PICTURE ONCE THE FIRE. IS CONTAINED. >> Reporter: THE FAIR. PLAN ALSO SAYING IT'S. TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE. IF AN ASSESSMENT WILL. BE SOUGHT AND THE. COMMISSIONER ADDING, HE ISSUED CLEAR RULES. TO SAFEGUARD FINANCIAL. STABILITY AND POLICY. HOLDERS ONLY HAVE TO. COVER ADDITIONAL COSTS. AS A LAST RESORT. FOR FAMILIES LIKE. THESE, IT'S THE LAST. THING THEY THOUGHT. THEY'D HAVE TO DEAL. WITH. WHAT'S NEXT? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S. GONNA HAPPEN.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M SORRY. >> Reporter: IT'S. OKAY. I'M SO SORRY. >> BUT I'M VERY. HOPEFUL WE'LL REBUILD. I AM SO HOPEFUL THAT. >>> THE BASEBALL WORLD. HAS LOST ONE OF ITS. FUNNIEST VOICES. >> HIS FIRST OFFERING.

JUST A BIT OUTSIDE. >> HALL OF FAMER BOB. UECKER, THE MAN KNOWN. AS MR. BASEBALL, AND. THE LONG TIME. ANNOUNCER FOR THE. MILWAUKEE BREWERS HAS. DIED. UECKER PLAYED SIX. SEASONS IN THE MAJORS, MOSTLY AS A BACKUP. CATCHER. WENT ON TO A. SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A. BROADCASTER. >>> FINALLY, IT'S THE. LITTLE ENGINE THAT. COULD. AN INVENTION THAT CAN.

SAVE HOMES FROM. WILDFIRES. GADI SCHWARTZ WITH THE. GOOD NEWS ABOUT A MAN. ON A FIREFIGHTING. MISSION. >> Reporter: AT A HOME. IN PASADENA, THERE IS. A ONE-MAN. ENGINE-BUILDING FIRE. BRIGADE. >> THERE IS YOUR. FIREFIGHTER. >> Reporter: GETTING. PARTS IN BY THE HOUR. FOR A CONTRAPTION THAT. IS SO IN DEMAND, IF. YOU STOP BY YOU BETTER. BE PREPARED TO HELP. >> ANOTHER SHIPMENT. JUST ROLLED UP. >> Reporter: DAVID. WITTMAN IS A HIGH. SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER. ON A MISSION.

>> I WANT TO SAVE. HOME. I'M SICK OF SEEING. NEIGHBORHOODS BURN TO. THE GROUND. >> Reporter: HE IS. ASSEMBLING A SYSTEM. THAT SNAPS INTO. BACKYARD POOLS. THIS IS THE FIRE. ENGINE, THIS IS THE. FIREFIGHTER AND THE. POOL IS THE HYDRANT? >> YEAH. PERFECT. EVERYONE IS LINING, IT'S JUST A POOL. NOT ANYMORE IT'S NOT. IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD. DEFENSE SYSTEM. ALL THOSE POOLS. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE. SEEN NEIGHBORHOODS. WIPED OUT, OBLITERATED, AND THERE. IS POOL AFTER POOL. AFTER POOL AFTER POOL. >> Reporter: HE SAYS.

HE IS TRYING TO BUILD. SYSTEMS SO PEOPLE. DON'T HAVE TO STAY. BEHIND TO PROTECT. THEIR HOMES. THE BEST THING IS NO. ONE IS IN DANGER? >> NO ONE IS IN. JEOPARDY. >> Reporter: HE SAYS. DAVID'S LITTLE ENGINE. THAT COULD SAVED HIS. HOME IN THE PALISADES. HIS SON POSTING THE. TESTS BEFORE THE FIRE. AND THE AFTERMATH. >> IF THIS WASN'T. SOAKING FOR FIVE. HOURS, THE FIRE WOULD. HAVE LIT UP AND BURNED. EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: AS FOR. PATENTS OR WHETHER. OTHERS MY COPY HIS. PRODUCT. >> IF I CAN EDUCATE.

PEOPLE TO MAKE THESE. THEMSELVES, GREAT. >> Reporter: FOR NOW, THE TEACHER HAPPY TO. SHOW THE WORLD WHAT A. SIMPLE SOLUTION CAN. DO. >> I CALL IT. EVACUATING IN STYLE. AT LEAST YOU TRIED. >> Reporter: GADI. SCHWARTZ, NBC NEWS, PASADENA. >>> THAT'S.