NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 23

>>>. >>> TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKED. THE FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUING A. TEMPORARY PAUSE ON THE. PRESIDENT'S EFFORT TO LIMIT. BIRTH RIGHT CITIZENSHIP AS THE. PRESIDENT STARTS TO CARRY OUT. HIS LONG PROMISED IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN, GIVING NEW AUTHORITY. TO FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR. DEPORTATIONS AND SENDING TROOPS. TO THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER. COULD THERE BE A SETBACK FOR THE.

PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE TO RUN THE. PENTAGON? REPUBLICAN SENATORS VOTING NO ON. PETE HEGSETH. A MASSIVE BATTLE UNDERWAY IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS RACING. TO GET MLK. ASSASSINATION FILES DECLARING IT. WILL ALL BE REVEALED. THE LLY" MELTED HEARTS, BILLY. CRYSTAL AND MEG RYAN ARE. TOGETHER AGAIN. THE ONLY QUESTION NOW IS WHY.

>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. A FEDERAL COURT JUDGE. TEMPORARILY BLOCKED ONE OF THE. CENTER PIECES OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S RAPID FIRE RESHAPING OF. AMERICAN POLICY. TODAY A REAGAN-APPOINTED JUDGE. DECLARED THE ORDER BLATANTLY. UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND PUTTING A. PAUSE ON THE PRESIDENT'S ACTION. THE FIRST BUT LIKELY NOT THE. LAST LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CRACKDOWN. ON IMMIGRATION WHICH THE WHITE. HOUSE REPORTS IS UNDERWAY WITH. HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS OF. UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. NUMBERS SIMILAR TO THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION. GABE GUTIERREZ NOW WITH THE. LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE FIRST. LEGAL ROADBLOCK FOR PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S NEW IMMIGRATION AGENDA. A FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKING THE. PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO END BIRTH. RIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN. OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

THE 14th AMENDMENT SAYS THAT. ANYONE BORN IN THE U.S. IS A. CITIZEN. TRUMP SAYS IT IS A MAGNET FOR. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BUT THE. JUDGE TODAY CALLING THE MOVE A. BLATANT VIOLATION. THE LEGAL SHOWDOWN COMES. WHITE HOUSE PROMISED THE. IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IS. UNDERWAY. ICE AGENTS SEEN ARRESTED. MIGRANTS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.

IN BOSTON, WHILE THE PRESIDENT. IS SENDING 1,500 TROOPS TO THE. U.S./MEXICO BORDER. >> I DEPLOYED ACTIVE DUTY AND. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE. BORDER TO ASSIST IN RAPPELLING. THE INVASION. >> Reporter: THE MILITARY SAYS. THE MISSION IS LOGISTICAL. SUPPORT. THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION SENT. 5,9 HUNDRED TROOPS TO THE.

BORDER. THEY WILL HAVE REPORT FROM THE. DEA, FBI, U.S. MARSHALS. >> Reporter: ICE ARRESTED 308. UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ON. TUESDAY, BUT THOSE ARE NOT. UNIQUE TO THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. WE SAW THAT LAST MONTH FIRSTHAND. IN BOSTON AND LAST SEPTEMBER ICE. ARRESTED AN AVERAGE OF 282. MIGRANTS PER DAY.

THEY ARE HUNTING US. FROM THREE SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH. THE PLANNING NBC NEWS LEARNED. THE BORDER PATROL IS LOOKING TO. EXPAND THE USE OF WATER BUOYS. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RAMPING. UP HIS PUSH. IN A NEW MEMO THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT THREATENING OFFICIALS. BLOCKING THE PRESIDENT'S. IMMIGRATION POLICY WITH. PROSECUTION. BORDER AUTHORITIES ARE.

CONSTRUCTING MASSIVE SHELTERS. FOR THE BOTTLENECK OF MIGRANTS. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SHUT DOWN. THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. >> I KNOW THERE --. >> TWO REPUBLICANS SAID THEY. WILL VOTE AGAINST PETE HEGSETH. FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY. THE DEFENSE NARROWLY ADVANCED. HIM AND PUT HIM ON A PATH TO. FINAL CONFIRMATION TOMORROW. NIGHT AND JOHN RATCLIFFE WAS.

CONFIRMED AND WILL BE THE NEW. CIA DIRECTOR. >> WE WANT TO GO DEEPER ON THE. DECISION BY A JUDGE THAT. TEMPORARILY BLOCKS PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ORDER ON BIRTH RIGHT. CITIZENSHIP. LAURA JARRETT IS HERE. THE PRESIDENT HAS A STEEP LEGAL. HILL TO CLIMB. >> THE 14th AMENDMENT IS NOT. VAGUE ON THIS ISSUE. CITIZENSHIP IS AUTOMATIC FOR. ANYONE BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL NO. MATTER THE STATUS OF ONES. PARENTS, AND THE CONSTITUTION. CAN'T BE CHANGED BY EXECUTIVE.

ORDER, AND ONLY AN ACT OF. CONGRESS. THE JUDGE HAS NOW BLOCKED THE. EXECUTIVE ACTION FOR 14 DAYS TO. MAINTAIN STATUS QUO AND GIVE. DEMOCRATIC STATE OFFICIALS AND. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION A. CHANCE TO MAKE A FURTHER. ARGUMENT BEFORE THE ORDER IS SET. TO GO INTO EFFECT IN MIDDLE. FEBRUARY. AN APPEAL IS LIKELY ON THE. HORIZON. DOJ ATTORNEY MAKING IT CLEAR THE. U.S. SUPREME COURT IS LIKELY TO.

WEIGH IN AND HAVE THE FINAL SAY. >> LAURA, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE STILL INTENSE. FIREFIGHTER IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA TO GET NEW FIRES. UNDER CONTROL WITH TENS OF. THOUSANDS STILL EVACUATED AND A. NEW WORRY WITH RAIN IN THE. FORECAST. LIZ KREUTZ REPORTS FROM MALIBU. >> Reporter: SANTA ANA WINDS. SPARKING NEW FIRES ACROSS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM VENTURA. COUNTY TO SAN DIEGO TO LOS.

ANGELES WHERE OVERNIGHT A BRUSH. FIRE IGNITED NEAR THE FAMOUS. GETTY CENTER AND CLOSING IN ON. ONE OF THE CITY'S BUSIEST. HIGHWAYS. CREWS KNOCKING IT DOWN. ALSO WAGING A MASSIVE AIR AND. GROUND ATTACK TO GET A HANDLE ON. THE HUGHES FIRE IN NORTH L.A. COUNTY FORCING 38,000 PEOPLE. FROM THEIR HOMES. >> WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF. PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT ON SCENE. IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF.

TIME. >> Reporter: ACROSS SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA 10 MILLION FACING. DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS WITH. UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR WINDS. AND NOW RAIN IN THE FORECAST? >> RIGHT NOW IT IS A GOOD THING. BECAUSE IT IS NOT A LOT. >> Reporter: THE RAIN IS. BRINGING CONCERNS ABOUT. MUDSLIDES. CREWS CLEARING DEBRIS AND GIVING.

OUT SAND BAGS. >> IF THE RAIN POUNDS FOR A. SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME THERE. WILL BE A SLIDE. >> Reporter: MULTIPLE SCHOOLS. NEAR ALTADENA REOPENING FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE THE EATON FIRE. >> SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS LOST. THEIR HOMES. WE KNOW ONE WHOSE HOUSE BURNED. TO THE GROUND. >> Reporter: AN ATTEMPT TO. RETURN TO NORMALCY AS THE FIRE. THREAT LOOMS LARGE. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLANS TO VISIT. LOS ANGELES? >> LESTER, WE EXPECT PRESIDENT. TRUMP WILL VISIT LOS ANGELES. TOMORROW AND WILL SURVEY AND. VIEW THE DAMAGE FROM THE. WILDFIRES. JUST LIKE HERE IN MALIBU FROM. THE PALISADES FIRE. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE. DESTRUCTION. THE COASTAL HOMES WERE. DESTROYED. USUALLY YOU CAN'T SEE THE. PACIFIC OCEAN HERE ON THE. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY. STATE OFFICIALS IN CALIFORNIA. NOW HAVE SECURED $2.5 BILLION IN.

STATE FUNDING WHICH WILL BE. SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO CLEAN. UP AND RECOVER HERE IN LOS. ANGELES. >> LIZ KREUTZ IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA, THANK YOU. LET'S GET TO THE SHOOTING AND. STAND OFF IN SAN ANTONIO. A GUNMAN WOUNDING SEVERAL POLICE. OFFICERS AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT SEVEN SAN. ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS ARE. RECOVERING AFTER BEING INJURED. DURING AN HOURS-LONG SHOOTOUT.

RESPONDING TO A CALL AT THIS. APARTMENT COMPLEX. >> THE FIRST OFFICER THAT. ARRIVED. THERE WAS A CALL FROM A FAMILY. MEMBER. HE WOUND UP BEING SHOT. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE CALL. IS FROM A FAMILY MEMBER OF THE. SUSPECT STATING THERE WAS A. SUICIDE IN PROGRESS. SAN ANTONIO'S POLICE CHIEF SAYS. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED. 46-YEAR-OLD BRANDON SCOTT PULLIS. OPENED FIRE STRIKING SEVEN OF. THEM.

>> THE SUSPECT BARRICADED. HIMSELF INSIDE THE APARTMENT FOR. SEVERAL HOURS. THE END OF THE EVENT THE SUSPECT. WAS FOUND TO BE DECEASED. >> USING TEARGAS, EVACUATED. MEMBERS OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. FOR SAFETY AND ASKED OTHERS TO. SHELTER IN PLACE. >> I WAS COUGHING AND I WAS. SNEEZING. I COULDN'T TELL WHAT IT WAS. >> MARIO GARCIA LIVES IN THE. APARTMENT ABOVE AND HE HEARD.

GUNSHOTS AND HE FELT THE EFFECTS. OF THE TEARGAS. >> I WAS WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLY. BEING A CASUALTY. I WAS TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO. MINIMIZE THE RISK. I ENDED UP BEING IN MY BATHROOM. MOST OF THE TIME FURTHEST AWAY. FROM THE WINDOWS AND THE DOORS. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY PULLIS. WAS ARRESTED ON SATURDAY AND WAS. FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES, VIOLATION OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER. AND THREE ASSAULT CHARGES. AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING HE. WAS OUT ON BOND.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER. HE DIED FROM A SELF INFLICTED. GUNSHOT WOUND OR POLICE GUNFIRE. NONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS. INJURIES ARE LIFESECRET FILES. WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. OFFICIALS HAVE TO COME UP WITH A. PLAN AND PRESENT IT TO THE. PRESIDENT. >> WE WILL TAKE A BREAK HERE AND. IN 60 SECONDS, PERHAPS YOU HAVE. GOTTEN A TEXT.

>> THERE IS NEWLY RELEASED BODY. CAM FOOTAGE. THE VIDEO SHOWS OHIO STATE. TROOPERS SEARCHING THE MEN'S. CAR. INSIDE THEY ALLEGEDLY FOUND. TOOLS FOR BREAKING GLASS AND LSU. SHIRT WHERE BURROW PLAYED. COLLEGE BALL AND ONE OF THE. SUSPECTS WAS WEARING A BENGALS'S. HAT. TEXTS TELLING PEOPLE THEY OWE. MONEY TO A STATE TOLLING AGENCY.

TOM. >> I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL OF. THE TEXT MESSAGES TELLING ME I. OWE $6.99 TO MASSACHUSETTS EZ. PASS. WHEN I ASKED THE NEWSROOM IF. ANYONE RECEIVED THE MESSAGES. EVERYBODY'S HANDS WENT UP. ON THE WEBSITE MASSACHUSETTS EZ. PASS WARNS THE TOLL MESSAGE IS A. SCAM AND IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE.

COUNTRY. CRIMINALS IN WASHINGTON STATE, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, TEXAS, FLORIDA, MINNESOTA, VIRGINIA, CONNECTICUT, PROBABLY EVERY. STATE AND OTHER COUNTRIES TOO. WHEN GLEN GOT THE MESSAGE HE. CLIPPED THE LINK. >> I GOT THE REMINDER THAT I OWE. $6.99. >> Reporter: SECURITY PROS SAY. THE SOFTWARE WAS BUILT IN CHINA. AND SOLD TO CRIMINAL GANGS. AROUND THE WORLD. >> WHAT THEY WANT IS THAT.

ONE-TIME CODE FROM YOUR BANK SO. THAT THEY CAN ENROLL YOUR STOLEN. CREDIT CARD IN APPLE PAY OR. GOOGLE PAY. >> Reporter: THE SCAM IS. DESIGNED TO DECEIVE DRIVERS TO. ENTERING BANK OR CREDIT CARD. INFORMATION INTO A WEBSITE. CALLED A SMISHING SCHEME, CYBER. PROS SAY IT IS THE LATEST TWIST. TO A SCAM TELLING AMERICANS THEY. OWE AMERICANS FOR A POSTAL. DELIVERY.

BE SUSPICIOUS OF ANY MESSAGE. FROM THE TOLLING AGENCY AND CALL. THE PUBLISHED NUMBER IF YOU ARE. NOT SURE AND NEVER CLICK ON THE. LINK OR ACCEPT A ONE-TIME CODE. THAT COULD OPEN YOUR BANK. ACCOUNT. >> IF YOU ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH. TO HAVE BEEN PHISHED FOR YOUR. DEBIT CARD INFORMATION.