NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 24

>>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION AND. DEPORTATION PUSH. AN I.C.E. RAID IN NEWARK MET. WITH CRITICISM. MILITARY PLANES MET. WITH MIGRANTS TO. GUATEMALA. AND A PRESIDENT'S. TROOP SURGE AT THE. BORDER. NEW IMMIGRANTS OF.

THE FIRST 1500. MILITARY PERSONNEL. NOW ON THE GROUND. PLUS, PRESIDENT. TRUMP TARGETING. FEMA, TODAY, VISITING HURRICANE-. RAVAGEED NORTH. CAROLINA AND. SUGGESTS SCRAPPING. THE AGENCY ALL ALSO. AND THE CRITICAL. VOTE ON DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH. >>> AND BIRD FLU. SOARING ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, WITH EGG. PRICES ON THE RISE. MEGA RETAILER TARGET. ROLLING BACK ITS DEI.

POLICIES. GROWING DIVIDE AS. COMPANIES LIKE APPLE. AND COSTCO STAND. FIRM. >>> FOUR ISRAELI. HOSTAGES IN GAZA SET. FOR RELEASE. THE NAMES JUST. PROVIDED AS TENUOUS. HOLDS. RAF SANCHEZ HOLDS. FROM THE MOST. >>> THE NEW MESSAGE. FROM THE FAMILY OF. LYLE AND ERIK. MENENDEZ. WHAT OUR STEPHANIE.

TKPWOFRBG. >>> TOM COSTELLO. WITH SOME OF THE. CUTEST AMBASSADORS. THIS COUNTRY HAS. EVER SEEN. >> Announcer: THIS. IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH LESTER HOLT.". >> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME. THE NEW TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, MAKING VISIBLE. STRIDES TONIGHT, AS. IT LOOKS TO. DEMONSTRATE THE. SERIOUSNESS OF ITS. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN. SINCE YESTERDAY, I.C.E. AGENTS CARRYING OUT. SEVERAL HUNDRED. ARRESTS OF. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS WITH.

CRIMINAL HISTORIES. SOME ROUNDING UP A. WORKPLACE RAID IN. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT HAS DRAWN ANGER. FROM LOCAL. OFFICIALS. WHILE ON THE U.S.-. MEXICO BORDER, ADDITIONAL TROOPS. ARE NOW ON THE. GROUND TO REINFORCE. SECURITY. MILITARY AIR CREWS, NOW FLYING. DEPORTATION. MISSIONS. THE WIDECAST NET NOW. APPARENTLY INCLUDES. A DEPORTATION OF. CERTAIN MIGRANTS WHO. ARE TEMPORARILY. ALLOWED IN THE. COUNTRY UNDER RULES. ESTABLISHED BY THE. BIDEN.

ADMINISTRATION. IT'S WHERE WE BEGIN. TONIGHT WITH GABE. GUTIERREZ. >> TONIGHT, A. DRAMATIC ESCALATION. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ILLEGAL CRACKDOWN. THE FIRST OF 1500. TROOPS TOUCHING DOWN. IN EL PASO, TEXAS, TO SUPPORT BORDER. SECURITY. AND FOR THE FIRST. TIME, MIGRANTS BEING. DEPORTED, NOT ON. CHARTED FLIGHTS LIKE. BEFORE. TWO FLIGHTS LANDED. IN GUATEMALA. >> WE'RE GETTING THE. BAD, HARD CRIMINALS. OUT. THESE ARE MURDERERS. THESE ARE PEOPLE. THAT HAVE BEEN AS. BAD AS YOU GET. >> Reporter: AFTER A.

RECORD, 10 MILLION. BORDER CROSSINGS. ORCH THE LAST FOUR. YEARS. I.C.E. NOW ROUNDING UP. ARRESTS OF. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS, MAKING. 538 ARRESTS. YESTERDAY DOUBLING. ITS DAILY AVERAGE IN. SEPTEMBER. CITIES LIKE SAN. FRANCISCO, SALT LAKE. CITY AND ATLANTA. IN NEWARK, NEW. JERSEY, THIS VIDEO. APPEARS TO SHOW. I.C.E. AGENTS MAKING. ARRESTS. CITY OFFICIALS SAY. I.C.E. AGENTS RAIDED THIS. AND BRIEFLY.

DETAINING A MILITARY. VETERAN, WHILE. ASKING HIM FOR. DOCUMENTATION. >> THEY WERE. SCRAMBLING UP. DELIVERY RAMPS, BANGING DOWN. BATHROOM DOORS TO. MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS. HIDING INSIDE. >> Reporter: I.C.E. DOESN'T CALL THEM. RAIDS BUT "TARGETED-. ENFORCEMENT. OPERATIONS" WHILE. AGENTS MAY ENCOUNTER. U.S. CITIZENS. >> Reporter: DO YOU. PLAN TO USE CITY. RESOURCES TO IMPEDE. I.C.E. >> WE'RE NOT GOING.

TO PARTICIPATE IN. ANYTHING ILLEGAL. >> MORE THAN A THIRD. OF THE POPULATION. WAS BORN OUTSIDE THE. U.S. >>. Reporter: DONALD. TRUMP WON THIS. ELECTION. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY. TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS. WHO ARE WATCHING. THIS, SAYING, THAT'S. WHAT WE VOTED FOR? >> THEY'RE WRONG. I WOULD SAY, YOU'RE. WRONG. YOU WERE WRONG THEN. AND YOU'RE WRONG. NOW. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, ACCORDING. TO IN INTERNAL MEMO, OBTAINED BY THE NBC. NEWS, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS. REVERSING ANOTHER. BIDEN BORDER POLICY, ALLOWING I.C.E. OFFICIALS TO DEPORT. MIGRANTS WHO WERE. LEGALLY ALLOWED INTO.

THE COUNTRY. TEMPORARILY UNDER. THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION. DANIEL LIVES ACROSS. THE BORDER AND. PRAISES PRESIDENT. TRUMP FOR KEEPING. HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE. ON DEPORTATIONS. >> AMERICA NEEDS TO. TAKE CARE OF THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE. I'M GLAD THAT TRUMP. IS IN OFFICE, IMPLEMENTING THE. LAW. >> MEANTIME, GABE, YOU HAVE NEW. REPORTING ABOUT. MEXICO'S ROLE IN ALL. OF THIS. >> YES, LESTER, TWO. U.S. OFFICIALS TELL. NBC NEWS THAT MEXICO. DENIED ACCESS TO A.

U.S. MILITARY. DEPORTATION PLANE ON. THURSDAY. AS WE MENTIONED, TWO. PLANES LANDED IN. GUATEMALA TODAY. MEANWHILE, HERE IN. NEWARK, THE MAYOR. SAYS HE EXPECTS MORE. DEPORTATIONS. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAS ARRIVED IN LOS. ANGELES, WHERE HE'LL. BE TOURING AREAS. DEVASTATED BY. WILDFIRES, AFTER. VISITING A NORTH. CAROLINA. NEIGHBORHOOD. DESTROYED BY. HURRICANE HELENE, WHERE HE BLASTED. FEMA'S RESPONSE, AND. SUGGESTED CLOSING.

DOWN THE AGENCY. HERE'S PETER. ALEXANDER. >> TRUMP VISITING. PEOPLE DISPLACEED, RAVAGEED BY. HURRICANE HELENE. FOUR MONTHS OOZE. >> I TOTALLY FEEL. LIKE WE HAVE BEEN. FORGOTTEN. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT, ALONGSIDE. THE FIRST LADY, AGAIN COMPLAINING. THAT FEMA'S RESPONSE. HAS BEEN TOO SLOW. >> UNFORTUNATELY OUR. GOVERNMENT FAILED. YOU. ABOUT IT WASN'T THE. TRUMP GOVERNMENT. IT WAS A GOVERNMENT. RUN BY BIDEN. >> Reporter: AND.

TALKING ABOUT ELIM. FLATEING FEMA. ENTIRELY. >> FEMA NOT GOOD. IT'S BEEN A. DISASTER. I THINK WE'RE GOING. TO PROPOSE THAT FEMA. GO AWAY. >> AND GIVE MONEY TO. STATES AND GIVE. DIRECT CONTROL. BUT HE WOULD NEED. CONGRESS TO GYM HIM. THE AUTHORITY. >> A BREADTH OF. EXPERTISE AND.

RESOURCES TO RESPOND. THAT MOST STATES DO. NOT HAVE. A TOP DEMOCRAT. TONIGHT, PANNING THE. PROPOSAL. >> I MEAN, IF. THERE'S ONE REASON. WE'RE ONE NATION. UNDER GOD, IT'S TO. DEAL WITH DISASTERS. SO NO, WE SHOULDN'T. GET RID OF THEM. >> GREETED BY. GOVERNOR GAVIN. NEWSOM ON THE. TARMAC. AFTER REPEATEDLY. ATTACKING. CALIFORNIA'S LEADERS. OVER THE DEMOCRATIC. RESPONSE TO THE. DISASTER. AND AFTER A PAIR OF. DEMANDS BEFORE HE. WILL OFFER MORE. FEDERAL AID TO THE.

STATE. >> I WANT TO SEE TWO. THINGS IN LOS. ANGELES. VOTER I.D., SO THAT. THE PEOPLE HAVE A. CHANCE TO VOTE. AND I WANT TO SEE. THE WATER BE. RELEASED AND COME. DOWN INTO LOS. ANGELES AND. THROUGHOUT THE. STATE. >> Reporter: NEW. STOPL'S OFFICE SAYS. OTHER THE DON'T HAVE. TO. WRITING CONDITIONING. AID FOR AMERICAN. CITIZENS IS WRONG. ALL OF IT WITH A. FINAL SENATE. WITH FINAL PICK PETE. HEGSETH. EARLIER REVIEW OF.

HEGSETH'S DIVORCE. FROM SECOND WIFE. SAMANTHA, INCLUDES A. COURT-ORDERED. AGREEMENT THAT WOULD. PRECLUDE EITHER. SAYING NEGATIVE. THINGS ABOUT THE ARE. THE. IN RESPONSE FOR. COMMENT ON AFFIDAVIT. BY HIS FORMER SISTER-. IN-LAW, DANIELLE. HEGSETH. SAMANTHA TOLD NBC. NEWS, "THERE WAS NO. PHYSICAL ABUSE IN MY. MARRIAGE.". >> AND PETER, LET'S. TURN BACK TO FEMA. FOR A MOMENT. THE PRESIDENT IS. MOVEING FORWARD WITH.

HIS PLAN TO. EVENTUALLY OVERHAUL. IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER. THE PRESIDENT IS. SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE. ORDER THAT WILL. ESTABLISH A TASK. FORCE TO REVIEW AND. PROVIDE SOME OF ITS. SUGGESTIONS TO. DONALD TRUMP ABOUT. WHAT TO DO WITH THE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AGENCY. >> ALL RIGHT. PETER ALEXANDER. THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, BIRD. FLU SURGEING. HITTING POULTRY. FARMS HARD. AND SENDING EGG. PRICES SOARING. JUST AS CUTS OFF. COMMUNICATION FROM. THE CDC AND OTHER.

FEDERAL HEALTH. AGENCIES. HERE'S MAGGIE VESPA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A. COMMUNICATIONS. BLACKOUT FOR. AMERICA'S TOP PUBLIC. HEALTH AGENCIES, WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ACTING HHS. SECRETARY, INSTRUCTING THEM TO. REFRAIN FROM. PUBLICLY ISSUING ANY. DOCUMENT, UNTIL IT. HAS BEEN REVIEWED. AND APPROVEED BY A. PRESIDENTIAL. APPOINTEE. THIS AS VACCINE. SKEPTIC ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. THE PAUSE WITH HHS.

SAYING THEY'LL. ACCEPT MISSION. CRITICAL. ANNOUNCEMENTS ON A. CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. BUT DOES BIRD FLU. QUALIFY? WITH NEW CASES. REPORTED THIS MONTH. IN 20 STATES, INCLUDING THIS NEW. YORK DUCK FARM, WHERE NEARLY 100,000. BIRDS ARE SET TO BE. EUTHANIZED. THE VIRUS INFECTING. 67 PEOPLE IN THE. LAST YEAR, KILLING. ONE. PUBLIC HEALTH. AGENCIES WARN, THEY. CAN'T GO SILENT. >> YOU FEAR A BRIEF. OR TEMPORARY PAUSE.

COULD HAVE. CONSEQUENCES? >> YES, I DO. THERE WAS JUST. GUIDANCE UPDATES A. COUPLE OF DAYS. BEFORE THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION LEFT. OFFICE. >> BIRD FLU JUMPING. TO OTHER SPECIES, INCLUDING DAIRY. COWS. THE OUTGOING BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION, MANDATEING TESTING. OF AMERICA'S MILK. SUPPLY. >> THERE'S. ABSOLUTELY NO EGGS, WHATSOEVER. >> Reporter: THIS AS. EGG SHORTAGES MOUNT. AND PRICES SOAR, UP. 65% IN THE LAST. YEAR. INDIANA EGG FARMER. SAM KRAUS HAS SPENT.

MILLIONS, INSTALLING. SHOWERS AND TRUCK-. WASHING STATIONS. >> WE WANT, AS. FARMERS, JUST TO. FOCUS ON TAKING GOOD. CARE OF OUR FLOCKS. AND THEN WE'RE. LIVING WITH THIS. THREAT. >> WARPING OFFICIALS. ABOUT SICK OR DEAD. BIRDS? . >> THIS. DISEASE HAS ALMOST. 100% MORTALITY RATE. IN THE ANIMALS WE'RE. SEEING. SO REALLY, OUR. OPTIONS ARE. EUTHANIZE WHAT WE. CAN BECAUSE HUMAN. HEALTH IS GOING TO. BE THE UTMOST. PRIORITY. >> Reporter: MAGGIE.

VESPA, NBC NEWS. >>> BIG CHANGES. ANNOUNCEDA THE. TARGET, THE LATEST. RETAILER TO END ITS. DIVERSITY, EQUITY. AND INCLUSION. POLICIES. BRIAN CHEUNG JOINS. ME. SKWRAOLGSZ THE. COMPANY ANNOUNCING. TODAY THAT WOULD BE. SCALING BACK ITS. THREE-YEAR DEI. POLICY. IT SOUGHT TO. INCREASE THE AMOUNT. OF PRODUCTS IN. STORES FROM BE BLACK. BUSINESSES. NOW, IN A MEMO TO. EMPLOY SEES, THE. COMPANY CITED THE.

EVOLVING EXTERNAL. LANDSCAPE AS THE. REASON. BUT THIS IS A MAJOR. TURN FOR A COMPANY. HEADQUARTERED IN. MINNEAPOLIS, THE. SAME CITY, WHERE. GEORGE FLOYD WAS. MURDERED. NOW, TARGET JOINS. THE LIKES OF LOWE'S, WALMART AND McDONALD. IN SCALING BACK. POLICIES. MICROSOFT, APPLE AND. COSTCO, WHERE 98. PERCENT OF. SHAREHOLDERS VOTED. AGAINST SCALING BACK. DEI. >>> TURNING NOW TO.

THE CEASEFIRE. HOLDING FIVE DAYS. AFTER IT WENT INTO. EFFECT. UNDER THE DEAL, MORE. HOSTAGES ARE SET TO. BE RELEASED. TOMORROW. RAF SANCHEZ JOINS ME. NOW FROM ISRAEL. WE LEARNED TODAY, WHICH HOSTAGES WILL. BE FREED. >> Reporter: LESTER, HAMAS SAYS IT WILL. RELEASE FOUR FEMALE. SOLDIERS, THE FIRST. TIME IT HAS FREED. MILITARY PERSONNEL. AND A WARNING, SOME. OF THIS FOOTAGE IS. DISTURBING. >> THEY'RE KNOWN AS.

THE WATCH TOWER. GIRLS, UNARMED. OFFICERS FROM A. WATCH TOWER POST. >> THAT'S WHAT YOU. MEAN? >> WHAT? [ SPEAKING IN A. GLOBAL LANGUAGE ]. >> Reporter: WILMA. MALEVY PARADED. THROUGH GAZA. SWEAT PANTS STAINED. WITH FLOOD. NOW THEY'RE GOING. HOME. ALONG WITH TWO. COMRADES, IN. EXCHANGE FOR 200. PALESTINIAN. PRISONERS, AS THE. CEASEFIRE CONTINUES. TO HOLD NEARLY ONE. WEEK IN. PALESTINIAN FAMILIES. HAVE SPENT THE DAYS.

SINCE THE TRUCE, MAKING PAINFUL. PILGRIMAGES TO THE. RUINS OF THEIR. HOMES. AHMED SET OFF ON. THAT JOURNEY, A. LITTLE AFTER 9:00. A.M. SUNDAY. BUT UNBEKNOWNST TO. HIM, THE CEASEFIRE. HAD BEEN DELAYED. HAMAS HAD NOT HANDED. OVER THE NAMES OF. THE HOSTAGES IT. PLANNED TO FREE. SO ISRAEL'S AIR. STRIKES CONTINUED, ONE OF THEM. DESTROYING THIS. VEHICLE. THE IDF SAID IT WAS.

HITTING TARGETS. BUT IT ALSO HIT. ADLY. AND HIS 6-YEAR-OLD. DAUGHTER SALMA. SHE DIED ONE HOUR, 45 MINUTES BEFORE. THE GUNS FINALLY. WENT SILENT. ONE OF, IF NOT THE. VERY LAST CHILD. KILLED BEFORE THE. CEASEFIRE. >> SHE WAS LIKE A. ROSE, HER MOTHER. SAYS. A LITTLE GIRL WHO. IMAGINED HER OWN. WEDDING DAY, AND. PLEADED WITH HER MOM. FOR A BANANA, A RARE. LUXURY IN WAR-TORN.

GAZA. NOW FOR A LITTLE. GIRL WHO CAME SO. CLOSE TO SURVIVING. THIS PITYLESS WAR. >>> WE WILL TAKE A. BREAK HERE. AND IN 60 SECONDS, OUR. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH. WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN. THE MENENDEZ. BROTHERS MURDER. CASE. THEIR COUSIN, ON WHY. SHE BELIEVES THEY. DESERVE TO GET OUT. OF PRISON. SHE SPOKE WITH OUR. STEPHANIE GOSK. >> Reporter: WHEN. TWO BROTHERS SHOT. THEIR PARENTS THIS A.

BEVERLY HILLS HOME. IN 1989, FAMILY. DRAMA BECAME PUBLIC. FASCINATION. >> TO HAVE THE. FAMILY EXPOSED. DECADE AFTER DECADE. HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. >> ANAMARIA BARALT. IS THEIR FIRST. COUSIN. >> WE RAN AROUND, PLAYED IN POOLS. THEY WERE LIFE. >> Reporter: BARALT. NEVER THOUGHT HER. COUSINS WOULD BE. RELEASED. UNTIL NOW. >> WE'RE IN CONSTANT. CONTACT. >> Reporter: ARE. THEY HOPEFUL? >> I THINK THEY ARE.

CAUTIOUSLY HOPEFUL. >> Reporter: A. RESENTENCING HEARING. FOR NEXT WEEK IS. PUSHED TO MARCH, SET. IN MOTION BY. PREVIOUS DISTRICT. ATTORNEY GEORGE. GASCON, AFTER TV. SHOWS DREW ATTENTION. TO JOSE MENENDEZ'. ALLEGED ABUSE OF HIS. SONS. >> IF YOU LOOK AT. LYLE AND ERIK, I. THINK YOU ARE FORCED. TO CONFRONT THEIR. INCREDIBLE. REHABILITATION. >> Reporter: BUT. GEORGE GASCON HAS. BEEN REPLACED WITH A. NEW D.A., WHO SAID. HE IS NOT INTERESTED. IN WATCHING THE.

SHOWS. >> WE WILL LOOK AT. EACH CASE, SEPARATELY, WHICH IS. THE WAY THEY. ACTUALLY SHOULD BE. HANDLED. WE'LL LOOK AT EACH. VICTIM SEPARATELY. >> THE DECISION TO. PURSUE RESENTENCING. NOW RESTS IN HIS. HANDS. >> DIDN'T IT SEEM. LIKE THE NEW D.A. TOOK A STEP BACK, FROM WHERE GASCON. WAS? >> IT DID FEEL LIKE. IN HIS INTERVIEWS, HE WAS SAYING THAT. HOWEVER, I'M GOING. TO TAKE HIM AT HIS. WORD, WHEN HE SAYS. HE'S DOING THE HARD. WORK. >> Reporter: HOPING, SHE SAID, THAT HE. LOOKS NOT ONLY ATS.

WHAT HIS COUSINS. DID, BUT WHAT THEY. HAVE BECOME. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS. >>> AND STILL AHEAD. HERE TONIGHT. HE HELPED TRANSFORM. A NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, >>> SIX YEARS AGO, WE BROUGHT YOU THE. STORY OF KANSAS. CITY'S TROOST. AVENUE, HISTORICALLY. ECONOMIC AND RACIAL. DIVIDING LINE, UNDERGOING. TRANSFORMATION. SINCE THEN, THERE. HAS BEEN PROGRESS ON.

TROOST BUT AS. ANTONIA HILTON. REPORTS, THAT HAS. LED TO NEW PROBLEMS. FOR SOME. >> Reporter: LAST. DECEMBER, A DAY. BEFORE HE OPENED UP. HIS JUICE SHOP, RUBY. JEAN'S. CHRIS GOODE TOOK THE. SAME WALK HE WOULD. MAKE ON TROOST. AVENUE AS A CHILD. >> THIS IS THE SAME. BUS STOP YOU WOULD. GO TO AS A CHILD. >> YES. >> THE DIFFERENCE. IS, NOW HE OWNS PART. OF THE BLOCK. THIS IS HIS TREME TO. BRING NUTRITIOUS.

FOOD. GOODE LAUNCHED IN. JANUARY 20 15 TO. HONOR HIS. GRANDMOTHER, WHO. PASSED AWAY FROM. DIABETES. >> SHE LOVED US AND. THE WAY SHE LOVED US. WAS THROUGH FOOD. >> Reporter: GOODE. HELPED TO. REVITALIZE. FIVE YEARS LATER, HE. BOUGHT THE BUILDING. ON TROOST AVENUE. >> YOU LOOK WEST OF. THE LINE. IT'S ABOUT 95%. WHITE. YOU LOOK EAST OF THE.

LINE, IT'S ABOUT 95%. BLACK. >> Reporter: IN. 2018, LESTER. REPORTED ON THE ROLE. TROOST AVENUE PLAYED. AS KANSAS CITY'S. HISTORIC RACIAL. DIVIDING LINE. A TRANSFORMATION. UNDER WAY THEN. CONTINUES TODAY. NEW HIGH-END CONDO. BUILDINGS, TRENDY. RESTAURANTS AND. BUSINESSES LIKE RUBY. JEAN'S, FILLING LONG-. TIME VACANT REAL. ESTATE. BUT PROGRESS COMES. WITH A PRICE. >> WHAT'S IT BEEN. LIKE FOR YOU, TRYING. TO HOLD ON AND GROW. THIS BUSINESS. >> IT'S BEEN TOUGH.

>> Reporter: IN. 2023, GOODE RECEIVED. A LETTER FROM THE. COUNTY, FOLLOWING A. NEW PROPERTY VALUE. ASSESSMENT, HIS. TAXES WERE GOING UP. BY 657%. AT FIRST, HE THOUGHT. IT WAS AN ERROR. BUT HOMEOWNER TAXES. WERE GOING UP, TOO. TO GOODE, HIS LEVEL. OF INCREASE JUST. SEEMED UNFAIR. >> THERE'S SOMEBODY. STROKING A PIECE OF. PAPER, WITH A PEN, APATHETICALLY, UNCONSCIOUSLY, HAS. NO CONNECTION TO THE. SERVICE THAT WE. PROVIDE TO THIS. CITY, THE GRAVITY.

THAT WE FOR THIS. CITY. >> Reporter: BUT IN. A STATEMENT TO NBC. NEWS, JACKSON COUNTY. SAID THE INCREASE. WAS FAIR AND. REASONABLE, THAT. STATE LAW REQUIRES. THE COUNTY TO. REASSESS PROPERTIES. EVERY TWO YEARS. AND IN THE CASE OF. CHRIS GOODE, RISING. DEMAND AND. INVESTMENT IN THE. SURROUNDING AREA, HAVE DRIVEN HIGHER. PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH HAS IMPACTED. ASSESSMENT ACROSS. THE REGION. THE COUNTY ADDING, THAT ALIGNING. PROPERTY VALUES WITH. THE MARKET, HELPS.

ADDRESS HISTORICAL. SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES. GOODE IS FACING A. $60,000 TAX BILL HE. SAYS HE CAN'T PAY. AND REFUSES TO. LEAVE. >> I REFUSE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO. DRIVE US OUT OF. HERE. >> Reporter: AND NOT. RUNNING AWAY THE. DREAM. >>> COMING UP, THE. CROWDS CAN BARELY. CONTAIN THEMSELVES. AS THESE NEW. RESIDENTMAKE. STANDING RIGHT NOW. IS COVERED IN WATER. >> CONTINUED.

REPORTING. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, WASHINGTON AND MUCH. OF THE COUNTRY HAD. BEEN FIXATEED ON TWO. NEWCOMERS TO D.C. WHO HAVE STOLEN THE. ATTENTION BUT HAVE. ZERO INTEREST IN. POLITICS. >> WHILE NEW. OCCUPANTS HAVE MOVED. IN. IT'S THE OTHER NEW. RESIDENTS WHO HAVE. COMPLETE BIPARTISAN. SUPPORT. THEY'RE SNOW. SURFING, SOMERSAULTS. AND TREECLIMBING, STEALING HEARTS AT.

THE SMITHSONIAN. NATIONAL ZOO. ON LOAN FROM CHINA, 3-YEAR-OLDS BAO LI. AND QING BAO. >> WE'RE THE ONLY. PLACE WHERE PEOPLE. CAN SEE GIANT PANDAS. FOR FREE. >> WAITING IN 18-. DEGREE COLD AT 5:30. A.M. >> THEY'VE ALWAYS. BEEN SPECIAL. I'VE LOVED THEM. SINCE I WAS A KID. >> Reporter: THERE. IS SOMETHING SPECIAL. ABOUT WATCH WATCHING. A GIANT PANDA CHOMP. DOWN ON BAMBOO IN A. COLD DAY IN JANUARY. >> IT'S CALMING. >> I THINK.

PANDEMONIUM IS GOING. TO BREAK OUT HERE AT. THE ZOO. >> Reporter: PANDAS. FIRST CAME TO. WASHINGTON IN 1972. PART OF A DIPLOMATIC. AND GLOBAL. CONSERVATION PROGRAM. THAT WAS PUT ON. PAUSE IN 2023. AS U.S.-CHINESE. RELATIONS SOURED. NOW, BAO LI AND QING. BAO ARE FINDING. THEIR BEARING IN OUR. HOME. >> OUR SHARED LOVE. FOR PANDAS HAS. DEEPENED MY. CONVICTION THAT. CHINA AND THE UNITED. STATES HAVE MUCH. MORE IN COMMON THAN. WHAT DIVIDES US.

>> THEY'LL BE HERE. FOR 10 YEARS. TWO MORE PANDAS ARE. AT THE SAN DIEGO. ZOO, AS PANDAPLOMACY. RETURNS. TOM COSTELLO. >> I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.