NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 2

>>> TONIGHT, THE. UNRELENTING SEVERE. WEATHER THREAT FROM. COAST TO COAST. >>> TONIGHT, THE. UNRELENTING SEVERE. WEATHER THREATS FROM. COAST TO COAST. CALIFORNIA BRACING. FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF. HIGH INTENSITY RAIN. WHILE NEW BANDS OF. DANGEROUS LAKE. EFFECT SNOW PUMMELED. THE NORTHEAST. FLOODWATERS. OVERWHELMING ROADS. IN SAN DIEGO. CARS SUBMERGED. ENTIRE BLOCKS. COVERED WITH WATER, AND MORE HEAVY RAIN. IS ON THE WAY. BILLY AND UNDER. ALERT TONIGHT, AND.

FLIGHT DELAYS. ALREADY STACKING UP, KICKING OFF ONE OF. THE BUSIEST TRAVEL. WEEKENDS OF THE. YEAR. >>> THE TERRIFYING. NEW DETAILS ABOUT. WHAT CAUSED A DEADLY. NEW YEAR'S EVE FIRE. OFFICIALS BLAMING. SPARKLERS AND. CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES. FOR AN INFERNO. LEAVING DOLLS. INSTEAD. HOW ONE SURVIVOR. MADE IT OUT ALIVE, AND THE MOTHER STILL. TRYING TO FIND HER. MISSING SON. >>> FOILED TERROR. PLOT. NORTH CAROLINA TEEN. CHARGED WITH. PLANNING AN ICE IS. INSPIRED NEW YEAR'S. EVE ATTACK USING. HAMMERS AND BUTCHER.

KNIVES GOOD HOW THE. FBI SAYS IT STOPPED. HIM. >>> SEARCH FOR A. KILLER. A DENTIST AND HIS. WIFE LEE SHOT INSIDE. THEIR HOME WITH. THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN. NEARBY. THE MANHUNT TONIGHT. >>> THE CHAOTIC. TRAFFIC STOP. A MAN TRYING TO FLEE. ON FOOT TACKLED BY. OFFICERS. A TEEN SPEEDING AWAY. IN A TRUCK, THEN. SLAMMING INTO A. POLICE CAR. >>> SCARY MOMENTS. A STUNT AT A BOWL. GAME GOING OFF. COURSE WHEN A MAN IN. A PARACHUTE IS. SUDDENLY CAUGHT IN.

THE GOALPOST'S. NOTHING BEFORE. FALLING TO THE. GROUND. >>> INSIDE NASA'S. NEW MISSION. THE ASTRONAUTS. PREPARING TO TRAVEL. DEEPER INTO SPACE. THAN ANY HUMAN EVER. BEFORE. >>> AND FREEZING. CANINE RESCUE. FIREFIGHTERS WORKING. FOR RICE TO SAVE A. YELLOW LAB TRAPPED. IN A FROZEN POND. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS.

>>> GOOD EVENING. I'M LAURA JARRETT, IN FOR TOM, AND A. NEW SYSTEM IS ON THE. MOVE TONIGHT. THREATENING THE WEST. COAST AFTER DAYS OF. DOWNPOURS. IT COULD BRING FRESH. ROUNDS OF HEAVY. RAIN, ADDING TO. SCENES LIKE THESE, ROADWAYS COVERED. WITH FLOODWATERS, ENTIRE BLOCKS. SUBMERGED, ROWS OF. CARS SURROUNDED BY. WATER. FIREFIGHTERS. CARRYING ONE PERSON. TO SAFETY WHO HAD. BECOME TRAPPED. INSIDE A FLOODED. HOME, AND IT'S NOT. JUST THE WEST COAST. POWERFUL SNOW HAS.

BEEN OVERWHELMING. PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. AND NORTHEAST TOO. MILLIONS REMAIN. UNDER WEATHER THREAT. TONIGHT. CAMILO BERNAL HAS. BEEN TRACKING IT ALL. AND STARTS US OFF. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: FROM. WHITEOUTS AND. TREACHEROUS ROADS IN. THE NORTHEAST TO. MORE FLOODING IN. ALREADY DRENCHED. CALIFORNIA, WHICH. TONIGHT IT'S BRACING. FOR YET ANOTHER. ROUND OF STORMS. IN THE BAY AREA, ROADS ARE STILL. SUBMERGED, CARS. WAITING SLOWLY. THROUGH, BUSINESSES. COMPLETELY. WATERLOGGED, SOME. EVEN USING BUCKETS.

TO SCOOP IT OUT. >> EVERY YEAR IT. SEEMS TO BE WORSE. AND WORSE. >> Reporter: IN SAN. DIEGO, WATER RUSHING. OVER THIS ROAD AND. COVERING THE LOWER. LEVEL OF THE PARKING. GARAGE. THIS COMMUNITY IN. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. IS STILL WAITING FOR. THE LAST FLOOD TO. RESEED AFTER. HISTORIC RAINFALL. CAUSED FLASH. FLOODING, MUDSLIDES, AND OVERFLOWING. WATERWAYS. WHILE IN ALTADENA, CREWS ARE USING THE. BRIEF PAUSE IN THE. RAIN TO CREEP UP,

ANTICIPATING MORE. DETAIL -- WHEN THE. RAIN STARTS UP AGAIN. THIS EVENING. WHILE THE WEST IS. WET, IN PARTS OF THE. NORTHEAST, IT'S THE. COLD AND THE SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW, SEEN HERE BLANKETING. ROADS, CREATING. THEIR WHITEOUT. CONDITIONS. OVERNIGHT, AND. CAUSING CARS TO SPIN. OUT. SEVERAL STATES ARE. GRAPPLING WITH. FREEZING. TEMPERATURES, AND. BOSTON'S CHARLES. RIVER NOW FROZEN.

OVER. >> AND CAMILO, YOU. ARE IN ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA, WHERE. THEY ARE STILL. CLEANING UP THE MUD. FROM LAST WEEK. >> Reporter: YEAH, LAURA, AND THIS IS. THE MUD THAT FLOWS. DOWN FROM THE. MOUNTAIN. WHILE CREWS WERE. ABLE TO CLEAN UP. TODAY, THE CONCERN. IS THAT IT COULD GET. A LOT WORSE OVER THE. WEEKEND. MEANWHILE, TRAVEL. ALREADY IMPACTED. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND HERE IN. CALIFORNIA. THE SAN DIEGO. AIRPORT HAD AT LEAST. TWO GROUND STOPS. BECAUSE OF WEATHER.

LAURA? >> CAMILA, THANK. YOU. ALL OF THE SETTING. UP ANOTHER VOLATILE. WEEKEND OF WEATHER. METEOROLOGIST KEVIN. JEANES IS HERE, AND. KEVIN, SOMEHOW THE. SNOW IN THE RAIN IS. NOT DONE WITH US. YET. >> IT IS. WE HAVE SNOW. CONTINUING TO CROSS. THE GREAT LAKES AND. THE NORTHEAST. MORE LAKE EFFECT. BAND'S. AND EVEN OUTSIDE THE. LAKE EFFECT, A GOOD. WIDESPREAD ONE TO. THREE INCHES OF SNOW. WILL COME DOWN. ACROSS THE LAKE. BUT HEAVY RAIN. CONTINUES OUT WEST. MORE FLOODWATERS. THAT ARE GOING TO. LEICESTER MONDAY. EVENING. YOU'RE LOOKING AT. WIDESPREAD RAIN. TOTALS THREE, FOUR, EVEN FIVE INCHES OF.

RAIN, AND BIG-TIME. HEAVY SNOW ACROSS. THE SIERRAS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO. CONTINUE FOR. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ANOTHER ROUND. TOMORROW, AN. ADDITIONAL ROUND OF. RAIN EXPECTED LATER. ON SUNDAY, HIGH. ELEVATION SNOW FELL. ABOUT 6000 FEET. ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO. FIVE EIGHT. LAURA? >> KEVIN, THANK YOU. >>> IN NORTH. CAROLINA, THE FBI. SAYING IT FOILED A. NEW YEAR'S EVE. TERROR PLOT. THE SUSPECT ACCUSED. OF HOPING TO UNLEASH. AN ISIS INSPIRED. RAMPAGE AT A. GROCERY STORE AND. BURGER KING. SAM BROCK HAS LATE. DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A POTENTIAL. NEW YEAR'S EVE. TERROR ATTACK FOILED. AFTER THE FBI.

ARRESTED 18-YEAR-OLD. CHRISTIAN STURTEVANT. , ALLEGING HE VOWED. TO USE THESE HAMMERS. AND KNIVES TO KILL. CUSTOMERS AT A. CHARLOTTE AREA. GROCERY STORE AT A. BURGER KING WHERE HE. WORKED IN WHAT. AUTHORITIES ARE. CALLING A ISIS. INSPIRED PLOT. >> IT WAS A VERY. WELL-PLANNED, THOUGHTFUL ATTACK. HE WAS PREPARING FOR. JIHAD, AND INNOCENT. PEOPLE WERE GOING TO. DIE. >> Reporter: A U.S. CITIZEN, THE. DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE SAYS THE. SUSPECT TURNED HIS. BACK ON HIS COUNTRY, CONSUMING ISIS. PROPAGANDA FOR YEARS. BEFORE POSTING. THREATENING MESSAGES. ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.

JUST WEEKS AGO. >> SO MR. TRAN 25. STARTED ON THE. INTERNET, MAKING. TIKTOK VIDEOS, AND. ESSENTIALLY REACHED. OUT TO WHAT HE. THOUGHT WAS A MEMBER. OF ISIS. IN REALITY IT WAS AN. UNDERCOVER AGENT. WITH NYPD IN NEW. YORK. >> Reporter: WHEN. POLICE EXECUTED A. SEARCH WARRANT AT. THE SUSPECT'S HOUSE. ON DECEMBER 29th, THEY SAY THEY FOUND. TWO KNIVES AND TWO. HAMMERS UNDERNEATH. HIS BED, HANDWRITTEN. DOCUMENTS, ONE. ENTITLED NEW YEAR'S. ATTACK 2026, A. KEVLAR VEST, AND. NOTES ON POSSIBLE. TARGETS. >> I CAN TELL YOU. FROM HIS NOTES HE.

WAS TARGETING , CHRISTIANS, AND. LGBTQ IT. INDIVIDUALS. >> ALL AFTER THE FBI. SAID JUST WEEK AGO. IT INTERRUPTED. ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S. EVE TERROR PLOT, THIS ONE FROM. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHERE THEY SAY FOUR. PEOPLE FROM A FAR. LEFT ANTIGOVERNMENT. GROUP TESTED. EXPLOSIVES IN THE. DESERT, PLANNING TO. USE THEM IN THE. ALLEGED ATTACK. TONIGHT, THE FBI SAYS. IT'S STILL. INVESTIGATING THIS. LATEST POTENTIAL. THREAT. >> WE'RE ALL BUYING. THE THINGS WE NEED. TO CELEBRATE, AND WE. COULD'VE HAD A. SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF.

LIFE, A SIGNIFICANT. INJURY HERE. >> AND SAM JOINED. THE ONSET HERE. WHAT IS THE. SUSPECT'S ATTORNEY. TELLING YOU? >> WE SPOKE EASILY. WITH HIS ATTORNEY ON. THIS PHONE TONIGHT, WHO SAYS THAT. THEFAMILY REACHED. OUT TO HIM. THIS WAS AFTER HE. WAS ARRESTED THAT. SAME DAY. THE. ATTORNEY SAYS HE. ONLY BRIEFLY GOT TO. REVIEW THE CHARGES, AND HE CANNOT SAY AT. THIS POINT HOW HIS. CLIENT PLANS TO. PLEAD, BUT WE DO. KNOW THAT HIS NEXT. HEARING IS A. DETENTION HEARING ON. WEDNESDAY. >> SERIOUS CASE. SAM BROCK, THANK. YOU. >>> NOW TO THE. INVESTIGATION INTO. THE DEADLY NEW. YEAR'S EVE INFERNO. AT A SKI RESORT IN.

SWITZERLAND. AUTHORITIES TONIGHT. SAYING THE BLAZE WAS. LIKELY CAUSED BY. SPARKLERS IN. CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES, AND THAT IGNITED THE. CEILING. DANIEL COMMANDED IS. THERE FOR US. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: VIDEOS. SHOW THE FLAMES. THERE ON THE CEILING. SPREADING QUICKLY. THROUGH THE PACKED. BAR, SOME. DESPERATELY TRYING. TO PUT THE BLAZE. OUT, OTHERS. SCRAMBLING TO. ESCAPE. AND TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY. THE INFERNO WAS. LIKELY CAUSED BY. SPARKLERS PLACED IN. CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES. AND HELD TOO CLOSE. TO THE CEILING, IGNITING THE. SOUNDPROOF LINING.

THESE PHOTOS, TAKEN. EARLIER THAT NIGHT, SHOW PEOPLE HOLDING. BOTTLES WITH THE. SPARKLERS INSIDE. THEM. AND THOSE SPARKLERS. ARE SEEN IN THIS. PROMOTIONAL VIDEO. FOR THE BAR POSTED. ONLINE. >> I HEARD A BIG. BOOM, AND EVERYBODY. WAS SCREAMING, SO. >> Reporter: 17-YEAR-. OLD EBENEZER BIHARI. TOLD US HOW HE WAS. PULLED TO SAFETY BY. A STRANGER, SAYING. HE SAW PEOPLE ON. FIRE. >> THEY FALL AND WAS. BURNING, AND THEIR. CLOTHES BURNED, AND. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. BECAUSE I WAS SO. SHOCKED. >> Reporter: SOME OF. HIS FRIENDS NEVER. MADE IT OUT.

AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE. WERE KILLED, 119. INJURED. OFFICIALS DESCRIBING. A BOTTLENECK AT THE. MAIN EXIT. >> ALL I WANT IS TO. FIND MY SON, SAYS. THIS MOTHER. HE'S 16 AND SENT A. VIDEO AN HOUR BEFORE. THE FIRE STARTED. IT'S UNIMAGINABLE TO. THINK YOUR CHILD. BURNED TO DEATH ON. NEW YEAR'S EVE, SHE. SAYS. INVESTIGATORS ARE. NOW LOOKING AT THAT.

CEILING AND WHETHER. THE BAR USED FOAM. MATERIAL THAT MET. SAFETY CODES. DEPENDING ON WHAT. THEY FIND, THERE. COULD BE CRIMINAL. CHARGES, AS. SWITZERLAND BEGINS. FIVE DAYS OF. NATIONAL MOURNING. LAURA? >> DANIELE. HAMAMDJIAN, THANK. YOU, DANIELE. >>> IN IRAN, WIDESPREAD PROTESTS. AGAINST THE. GOVERNMENT ARE. GROWING, AND NOW. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. SAYING THE U.S. IS, QUOTE, LOCKED AND. LOADED AND WILL COME. TO PROTESTER'S. RESCUE IF IRANIAN. AUTHORITIES. CRACKDOWN. HERE'S GABE. GUTIERREZ.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH DEADLY. CLASHES ERUPTING IN. IRAN, PRESIDENT. TRUMP BACKING THOSE. PROTESTING AGAINST. IRAN'S GOVERNMENT. AND THREATENING U.S. INTERVENTION, POSTING, IF IRAN. SHOOTS AND VIOLENTLY. KILLS PEOPLE. PROTESTERS, THE. UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA WILL COME TO. THEIR RESCUE. WE ARE LOCKED AND. LOADED AND READY TO. GO. A DEMONSTRATIONS IN. IRAN ARE WIDESPREAD, MANY OUTRAGED OVER. THE GOVERNMENT'S. HANDLING OF THE. ECONOMY. THEY APPEAR TO BE. THE BIGGEST PROTESTS. IN THE COUNTRY SINCE. 2022, FOLLOWING THE. DEATH OF A 22-YEAR-.

OLD WHO DIED IN. POLICE CUSTODY AFTER. SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR. NOT PROPERLY. COVERING HER HAIR. WITH A HIJAB, WHICH. LED TO A HARSH. GOVERNMENT. CRACKDOWN. THIS LATEST UNREST. COMES AMID IRAN'S. INCREASING TENSIONS. WITH ISRAEL AND THE. WEST. SIX MONTHS AGO, THE. U.S. BOMBED KEY. IRANIAN NUCLEAR. FACILITIES. EARLIER THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP. WARNED IRAN NOT TO. REBUILD ITS. BALLISTIC MISSILE. AND NUCLEAR. PROGRAMS, OR --. >> WE'RE GOING TO. HAVE TO KNOCK THEM. DOWN. >> Reporter: BUT.

TODAY'S MESSAGE GOES. FARTHER, SUGGESTING. THE U.S. MIGHT GET. INVOLVED IN IRAN'S. DOMESTIC POLITICS. BEYOND ITS NUCLEAR. AMBITIONS. AHEAD OF IRAN'S. PARLIAMENT POSTING. THIS OPEN ADMISSION. MAKES ALL-AMERICAN. BASES AND FORCES. ACROSS THE REGION. LEGITIMATE TARGETS. THAT THE U.S. INTERVENES, AND A. SENIOR IRANIAN. GOVERNMENT ADVISER. WARNING THAT U.S. INTERFERENCE IN THIS. INTERNAL MATTER. WOULD MEAN. DESTABILIZING THE. ENTIRE REGION. TWO WHITE HOUSE. OFFICIALS SAY THEY. HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. TO THE PRESIDENT'S. POST ABOUT POSSIBLE.

U.S. INTERVENTION IN. IRAN, AND THEY WOULD. NOT CLARIFY WHAT HE. MEANT BY LOCKED AND. LOADED. LAURA? >> GABE, THANK YOU. >>> TURNING NOW TO A. SHOCKING DOUBLE. HOMICIDE IN OHIO, A. DENTIST AND HIS WIFE. FOUND DEAD IN THEIR. HOME, THEIR TWO. YOUNG CHILDREN FOUND. IN ANOTHER ROOM. THERE UNHARMED, AND. NOW POLICE SEARCHING. FOR THE KILLER. HERE'S MAGGIE VESPA. >> I'D LIKE TO. PRESENT TO YOU MR. AND MISSES TEPE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A DENTIST. AND HIS WIFE. MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT TO.

DEATH IN THEIR. COLUMBUS, OHIO HOME, THE SAME ONE WHERE. THEY WERE MARRIED. FIVE YEARS AGO. POLICE SAY THEY. FOUND THE BODIES OF. SPENCER AND MONIQUE. TEPE DURING A. WELFARE CHECK , THEIR CHILDREN, AGES. ONE AND FOUR, UNHARMED IN A. SEPARATE ROOM, FAMILY CONFIRMED. >> THERE'S A BODY, THERE'S A BODY. >> THERE'S A BODY. INSIDE? >> YEAH. >> IT ALL STARTED. AROUND 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY WHEN. SPENCER'S BOSS. CALLED 911 CONCERN. HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TO. WORK. >> HE IS ALWAYS ON. TIME, AND HE WOULD. CONTACT HIM IF THERE.

WAS ANY ISSUES. WHATSOEVER. WE'RE VERY, VERY. CONCERNED, AND THIS. IS VERY OUT OF. CHARACTER. >> Reporter: LESS. THAN AN HOUR LATER, A 911 CALL FROM. OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. >> I CAN HEAR KIDS. INSIDE, AND I SWEAR. I THINK I HEARD ONE. OF THEM YELLED, BUT. WE CAN'T GET IN. >> Reporter: WITHIN. MINUTES, A CHILLING. UPDATE. >> HE APPEARS TO. HAVE -- BLOOD. >> Reporter: POLICE. ARE INVESTIGATING. THE CASE OF A DOUBLE. HOMICIDE, FINDING. THREE SPENT NINE. MILLIMETER CASINGS. AT THE SCENE, ACCORDING TO THE. POLICE REPORT. >> SPENCER, WHAT CAN. I SAY? FROM DAY ONE, I KNEW.

YOU WERE SOMETHING. SPECIAL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FAMILY. DESCRIBING MONIQUE. AS A LOVING, PATIENT, AND JOYFUL. MOTHER WHOSE WARMTH. DEFINED HER, AND. SPENCER AS A DEVOTED. AND PROUD FATHER, A. LOVING PARTNER, AND. A FRIEND TO EVERYONE. HE MET, ADDING, WE. ARE HEARTBROKEN. BEYOND WORDS. OUR FAMILY IS. COMMITTED TO SEEING. THIS TRAGEDY FULLY. AND FAIRLY BROUGHT. TO JUSTICE. MAGGIE VESPA, NBC. NEWS. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, SOME VIOLENT VIDEO. FROM CENTRAL. FLORIDA, WHERE. AUTHORITIES SAY A. TRAFFIC STOP LED TO. THE RECOVERY OF A.

MISSING CHILD, A. HIGH-SPEED CHASE, AND A SEX OFFENDERS. ARREST. JESSE KIRSCH HAS. THAT STORY. >> Reporter: WATCHED. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. FRANTICALLY TAKE. DOWN ONE SUSPECT ON. FOOT, ANOTHER DRIES. OFF, DELIBERATELY. RAMMING DEPUTY'S. VEHICLE AND ROLLING. OVER, ACCORDING TO. INVESTIGATORS. THE DRAMATIC SCENE. CAPTURED ON BODY AND. GAS CAMERA VIDEOS. RELEASED BY THE. FLAGLER COUNTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN. FLORIDA. IT ALL STARTED. DURING A TRAFFIC. STOP ON NEW YEAR'S. EVE AFTER THE. SHERIFF SAYS A.

WITNESS SPOTTED. REGISTERED SEX A. FRIEND OR DARNELL. HAIRSTON DRIVING. TWO BOYS. THE SHERIFF'S. DEPUTIES DISCOVERED. ONE OF THE TRUCK'S. PASSENGERS WAS AN 11-. YEAR-OLD BOY WHO HAD. BEEN MISSING FOR. ABOUT THREE DAYS. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY. AS THEY TRIED TO. CALL 60-YEAR-OLD. HAIRSTON, HE RAN. OFF, TRIPPED, AND. TRIED GRABBING A. DEPUTY'S GUN. MEANWHILE, THE. SHERIFF SAYS. HAIRSTON'S OTHER. PASSENGER, A 15-YEAR-. OLD BOY, FLED IN THE. TRUCK, DRIVING UP TO. 100 MILES PER HOUR. BEFORE PURPOSELY. RAMMING THIS PATROL.

CAR. THE SHERIFF SAYS THE. 11-YEAR-OLD LEADER. TOLD INVESTIGATORS. HE WAS LURED TO A. CAMPSITE AND. ATTACKED BY. HAIRSTON. >> AND HE WAS. STRANGLED SO. SEVERELY THAT THERE. WERE CLEARLY MARKS. ON HIS NECK, AND HE. ACTUALLY PASSED OUT, AND PROBABLY CAME. VERY CLOSE TO DYING. >> GIVE ME YOUR. HANDS. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY. HAIRSTON AND THE 15-. YEAR-OLD WERE BOTH. ARRESTED. MULTIPLE ALLEGED. CRIMES. NBC NEWS HAS NOT. BEEN ABLE TO. DETERMINE WHETHER. EITHER HAS A LAWYER. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC.

NEWS. >>> WHEN WE RETURN. IN 60 SECONDS, THE. NEW SPACE RACE. MEET THE ARTEMIS 2. CREW PREPARING TO GO. DEEPER INTO SPACE. THAN. >>> WELCOME BACK. THE SPACE RACE IS SET. >>> WELCOME BACK. THE SPACE RACE IS. SET TO HEAT UP AGAIN. WITH A GROUP. SCHEDULED TO MAKE A. RETURN VISIT AROUND. THE MOON, TRAVELING. FURTHER THAN ANY. HUMAN'S EVER. NBC SENIOR. CORRESPONDENT TOM. COSTELLO HAS MORE.

FROM HOUSTON. >> Reporter: AT THE. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. IN FLORIDA, THE DAWN. OF A NEW ERA IN. SPACE EXPLORATION. THE ARTEMIS 2 ROCKET. STACKED AND READY. FOR A FEBRUARY. LAUNCH, AND A VERY. BIG LUNAR FLYBY. COMMANDER REED. WISEMAN, PILOT. VICTOR GLOVER, MISSION SPECIALIST. CHRISTINA COOK, AND. CANADIAN ASTRONAUT. JEREMY HANSEN. >> WE ARE READY FOR. EVERY SCENARIO AS WE. RIDE THIS AMAZING. SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM. ON THE ORION. SPACECRAFT. 250,000 MILES AWAY. IT'S GOING TO BE. AMAZING.

>> Reporter: FARTHER. THAN ANY HUMANS HAVE. EVER TRAVELED FROM. EARTH, ARTEMIS 2 IS. A 10 DAY MISSION, SLINGSHOT IT AROUND. THE MOON WITH FOUR. ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD, TESTING ALL OF THE. CREW SYSTEMS BEFORE. ARTEMIS 3 IS SET TO. LAND ON THE MOON. THE ARTEMIS 2 CREW. WILL BE THE FIRST. ASTRONAUTS TO TRAVEL. SO CLOSE TO THE MOON. SINCE APOLLO 17 IN. 1972, AND THEN. THEY'LL KEEP GOING. DEEPER INTO SPACE. >> HOW DO YOU. PREPARE AND PRACTICE. FOR THAT, CHRISTINA? HOW DO YOU LITERALLY. SIT ELBOW TO ELBOW,

SHOULDER TO. SHOULDER, NO. PERSONAL PRIVACY, NO. PRIVATE SPACE, TO. PREPARE FOR THIS. INTENSITY? >> I THINK A BIG. PART OF PREPARING. FOR BEING IN A SMALL. SPACE TOGETHER IS. RESPECT AND. PRACTICE, AND WE. HAVE BOTH OF THOSE. THINGS. >> Reporter: IF THE. ARTEMIS 2 GOES. MISSION WELL, AND. ARTEMIS 3 GROUP. COULD LAND ON THE. MOON THE END OF THE. DECADE. >> WE HAVE LIFTOFF. >> Reporter: CRITICAL TO A LUNAR. LANDING SPACEX IS. MEGA ROCKET. STARSHIP, THE. BIGGEST EVER BUILT.

IN OCTOBER, A. PERFECT TEST FLIGHT. AFTER SEVERAL TEST. FLIGHTS ENDED IN. EXPLOSIONS EARLIER. IN THE YEAR. A FUTURE MOON. LANDING COULD HAPPEN. BY THE END OF THE. DECADE, BUT CHINA. ALREADY HAS ITS. SIGHTS SET ON THE. MOON AND PLANNING TO. LAND ITS OWN. ASTRONAUTS BY 2030. A FURTHER INCENTIVE. FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. AND NASA. >> WE'RE LOOKING TO. BE THE ARTEMIS. GENERATION, AND I'M. LOOKING FORWARD TO. US MAKING HISTORY OF. GOING BACK TO THE. MOON, BUT ALSO.

ASSISTING PRESENCE. ON THE MOON. >> Reporter: A MOON. BASE WOULD ALLOW. NASA TO SET ITS. SIGHTS ON A MARKS. LANDING, BUT A LOT. HAS TO GO RIGHT. BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, AND IT ALL STARTS. WITH ARTEMIS 2, THE. MISSION, LAUNCHING. IN THE NEW YEAR. TOM COSTELLO, NBC. NEWS, WASHINGTON. >> WHEN WE RETURN, HOW TESLA'S SLOWDOWN. HAS COSTED THE TITLE. OF THE WORLD'S. BIGGEST MAKER OF. EV'S. >>> AND THE BALL. GAME ENTRANCE GONE. WRONG. A PARACHUTE CATCHING. >>> WELCOME BACK. >>> WELCOME BACK.

TESLA'S CAR SALES. HAVE SLOWED SO MUCH, IT HAS LOST THE. TITLE OF THE WORLD'S. BIGGEST EV MAKER. TESLA SOLD MORE THAN. 1.6 MILLION VEHICLES. IN 2025, BUT CHINESE. RIVAL BYOB SOLD MORE. THAN 2.2 MILLION. ANALYSTS ARE BLAMING. THE DECLINING SALES. IN PART BECAUSE OF. BACKLASH TO CEO ELON. MUSK'S POLITICAL. WORK, ALONG WITH. EXPIRING TAX CREDITS. AND MORE. COMPETITION. >>> AND TAKE A LOOK. AT THIS MOMENT. BEFORE THE ARMED. FORCES BOWL IN FORT.

WORTH, TEXAS DURING. A PREGAME. DEMONSTRATION OF A. PARACHUTIST WAS. BRIEFLY TANGLED IN. THE STADIUM'S NET. BEHIND THE GOALPOST, AND THEN FELL TO THE. GROUND THERE. ANOTHER WAS CAUGHT. IN WINDS AND LANDED. OUTSIDE THE STADIUM, ACCORDING TO EVENT. ORGANIZERS. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT. QUITE A SCENE THERE, EVEN BEFORE KICKOFF. >>> AND IN RHODE. ISLAND, A DOG WAS. OUT FOR A WALK WHEN. OFFICIALS SAY IT. WANDERED ONTO A. FROZEN POND AND THEN. FELL THROUGH THE. ICE. AREA FIREFIGHTERS. DONNING PROTECTIVE. SUITS, YOU CAN SEE,

EVENTUALLY MANAGING. TO PULL THE YELLOW. LAB, NAMED PHOENIX, SAFELY BACK TO. SHORE. THAT'S A GOOD DOG. >>> WHEN WE. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, PHOTOGRAPHER CECIL. WILLIAMS HAS SEEN IT. ALL AN. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, PHOTOGRAPHER CECIL. WILLIAMS HAS SEEN IT. ALL, AND CAPTURED. MUCH OF IT WITH HIS. CAMERA. NOW, HIS ICONIC WORK. IS GOING FROM HIS. MUSEUM IN SOUTH.

CAROLINA TO THE. FASHION RUNWAY. HERE'S MARQUISE. FRANCIS. >> Reporter: ISIL. WILLIAMS HAS. CAPTURED DECADES OF. HISTORY. >> I REMEMBER ME. BEGGING MY MOTHER. FOR A CAMERA THAT. WAS ADVERTISED. IT COSTS $75. >> Reporter: THE 87-. YEAR-OLD. PHOTOGRAPHER. DOCUMENTED THE CIVIL. RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN. SOUTH CAROLINA, A. TAPESTRY OF TIME. DR. MARTIN LUTHER. KING JR. AND CORETTA. SCOTT KING, JESSE. JACKSON, THURGOOD. MARSHALL. HIS IMAGES ALL. DISPLAYED HERE IN A.

MUSEUM HE OPENED. WITH HIS WIFE IN. ORANGEBURG, WHICH HE. PLANS TO EXPAND. SOON. >> CIVIL RIGHTS AND. THE PURSUIT FOR. FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY EALLY. STARTED MUCH EARLIER. HERE IN SOUTH. CAROLINA, AND I AM. AN EYEWITNESS TO. THAT. >> Reporter: IN. 1951, WAYNE'S. PHOTOGRAPH BRIGGS. VERSUS ELLIOTT, THE. FIRST CASE THAT. CHALLENGE. SEGREGATION IN THE. STATE'S PUBLIC. SCHOOLS. A PRIEST CURSOR TO. BROWN VERSUS BOARD. OF EDUCATION. AND THESE ARE THE. SHELL CASINGS FROM. THE 1968 MASSACRE, WHERE POLICE. OFFICERS KILLED. THREE STUDENT. PROTESTERS ON A. COLLEGE CAMPUS. >> WHAT DO YOU FEEL. LIKE IS THE POWER OF.

AN IMAGE, AND THE. POWER OF. PHOTOGRAPHY? >> I THINK THAT THE. POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY. IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED. IT IMITATES LIFE TO. THE FULLEST. TO SEE WHAT AN IMAGE. IS ALL ABOUT, AND SO. IT HAS THAT POWER. AND CAPACITY TO TELL. A STORY MUCH. QUICKER. >> Reporter: WILLIAMS IS ALSO AN. ACTIVIST, PICTURED. HERE IN 1956. DRINKING FROM A. WHITES ONLY WATER. FOUNTAIN WHEN HE WAS. 25 YEARS OLD. >> THIS IS NOT THE. FIRST TIME THAT I. SAID, DEFY THE LAWS. AND THE REGULATIONS. THAT WE IN OUR SMALL. TOWN.

>> Reporter: THAT. IMAGE RESONATING. WITH THE NEW. GENERATION. WILLIAMS INVITED TO. THIS YEAR'S NEW YORK. FASHION WEEK, ALL. PART OF A LARGER. LESSON. >> WHENEVER HATE. COMES ALONG, JUST IN. GENERAL, PERIOD, IT'S NOT. SUSTAINABLE. IT'S SOMETHING. THAT'S AGAINST. MANKIND, AND IT. WON'T LAST. >> Reporter: MEANINGFUL MOMENTS. NOW FOREVER ON. DISPLAY. MARQUISE FRANCIS, NBC NEWS, ORANGEBURG, SOUTH. CAROLINA. >> Reporter: AN. IMPORTANT LEGACY. THAT WILL LIVE ON. FOR DECADES. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS. FOR THIS FRIDAY.

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