NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 27

>>> TONIGHT, I.C.E. OUT IN FORCE IN MAJOR. U.S. CITIES. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION RAMPING. UP. OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT GABE. GUTIERREZ IN CHICAGO. WITH AGENTS AS AN. OPERATION IS UNDER. WAY. >>> PLUS, THE. PRESIDENT'S SHOWDOWN. WITH COLOMBIA OVER. DEPORTATIONS. >>> THE NEW FIRINGS AT. THE DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE. MULTIPLE OFFICIALS WHO. HELPED PROSECUTE. DONALD TRUMP.

DISMISSED. >>> PLUS, THE. PRESIDENT'S EXPECTED. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. IMPACTING THE U.S. MILITARY. >>> DEEPSEEK CAUSING. DEEP CONCERN. CHINA'S NEW ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE APP. PUTTING U.S. TECH. COMPANIES ON NOTICE. AND RAISING NEW. CONCERNS ABOUT. SECURITY FOR AMERICANS. USING IT. >>> THE EMOTIONAL. REUNIONS. FOUR FEMALE ISRAELI. SOLDIERS FREED BY. HAMAS. THE AMERICAN HOSTAGE. WHO COULD SEE FREEDOM. SOON. AND TODAY THE. PALESTINIANS RETURNING. TO NORTHERN GAZA FOR.

THE FIRST TIME IN MORE. THAN A YEAR. >>> THE SCARE IN THE. AIR. WHY THIS FLIGHT. PLUNGED 185 FEET, INJURING DOZENS OF. PEOPLE ON BOARD. WHAT UNITED AIRLINES. IS SAYING. >>> IS IT WORKING? THE NEW DETAILS ABOUT. NEW YORK CITY'S. CONGESTION PRICING. DRIVERS CRINGING AT. THE COST, BUT IS IT. GOING SO WELL OTHER. MAJOR CITIES COULD. SOON JOIN IN? >>> AND THE GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT FOR FANS OF. WOMEN'S SOCCER. THE MAJOR MILESTONE. FOR AN AMERICAN. SUPERSTAR.

>> Announcer: THIS IS. NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TONIGHT. MESSAGING IT WILL NOT. BE DETERRED IN ITS. MASS DEPORTATION. EFFORT. FROM A SHOWDOWN WITH. A STRONG ALLY OVER. MILITARY DEPORTATION. FLIGHTS TO VERY PUBLIC. APPREHENSIONS IN. CITIES ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS. REPORTING OVER 1,000. MIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED. ON SUNDAY IN WHAT.

APPEARS TO BE A. LABOR-INTENSIVE EFFORT. THEY SAY IS FOCUSED ON. TRACKING DOWN AND. ARRESTING UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS WITH. CRIMINAL RECORDS, THOUGH OFFICIALS. ADMITTING A WIDE NET. IS CAPTURING SOME. WITHOUT RECORDS. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S. RESOLVE TO KEEP A KEY. CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TESTED. OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN. COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT. REFUSED TO ALLOW A. U.S. MILITARY. TRANSPORT PLANE. CARRYING DEPORTEES TO. LAND, TOUCHING OFF A. DIPLOMATIC SHOWDOWN. OUR GABE GUTIERREZ. FOLLOWED I.C.E. AGENTS. AS THEY HIT THE.

STREETS OF CHICAGO AS. PART OF THE CRACKDOWN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PROMISED CRACKDOWN ON. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS. UNDER WAY. WE GET A FIRSTHAND. LOOK IN CHICAGO, RIDING ALONG WITH. I.C.E. AGENTS AT DAWN. >> WE ARE PUTTING MORE. RESOURCES TOWARDS. ENFORCEMENT NOW. >> Reporter: THE FIRST. STOP, AN APARTMENT. COMPLEX. >> NO ONE ANSWERED THE. DOOR. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO. GO INSIDE. SO WE'RE MOVING ON. >> Reporter: IT CAN. TAKE A TEAM OF FEDERAL. OFFICERS HOURS TO MAKE. ONE ARREST. >> I THINK ON THIS.

TEAM WE'RE CLOSE TO. TEN. >> Reporter: CLOSE TO. TEN. GOING AFTER ONE. SUSPECT. THAT'S A LOT OF. MANPOWER. >> YES, IT IS. >> Reporter: WE'RE. HEADING TO THE. NORTHWEST PART OF THE. CITY. YESTERDAY THEY. COULDN'T FIND ONE. PARTICULAR 25-YEAR-OLD. FROM MEXICO WITH A. LENGTHY CRIMINAL. HISTORY. BUT THIS MORNING A. SURVEILLANCE TEAM HAS. JUST SEEN HIM AT WORK. WHEN WE ARRIVE AT A. TIRE SHOP, 25-YEAR-OLD. CHRISTOPHER LARA IS. ARRESTED OUTSIDE. I.C.E. SAYS HE HAS A. CRIMINAL RECORD. INCLUDING HOME. INVASION AND. AGGRAVATED BATTERY. AGENTS LEAD HIM AWAY. IN HANDCUFFS. A RESIDENT HERE. TELLING US HE SUPPORTS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. DEPORTATIONS. >> IF THEY'RE BREAKING. OUR LAWS THEY DON'T. NEED TO BE HERE. >> Reporter: A SENIOR. ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIAL TELLS NBC. NEWS I.C.E. ARRESTED. NEARLY 1,200. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS ON SUNDAY. SOME WANTED FOR. ASSAULT AND ARMED. ROBBERY. BUT ADDING ONLY ABOUT. HALF HAD PRIOR. CRIMINAL RECORDS IN. ADDITION TO BEING IN. THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. >> DO YOU EXPECT. COLLATERAL ARRESTS IN. THESE OPERATIONS? >> YEAH. YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY. EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE THE LAWS ON. THE BOOKS AND OUR. OFFICERS ARE OUT. THERE. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT. THE PRESIDENT'S MASS. DEPORTATION PLAN.

LEADING TO A SHOWDOWN. WITH COLOMBIA AFTER. THAT COUNTRY'S. PRESIDENT ABRUPTLY. TURNED AWAY TWO U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT WITH. DEPORTEES, SAYING "A. MIGRANT IS NOT A. CRIMINAL AND SHOULD BE. TREATED WITH THE. DIGNITY A HUMAN BEING. DESERVES.". TRUMP QUICKLY. THREATENING THE. COUNTRY WITH A 25%. TARIFF ON ALL. COLOMBIAN GOODS. THE COUNTRY'S. PRESIDENT BACKED DOWN, ACCORDING TO THE WHITE. HOUSE AGREEING TO ALL. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. TERMS INCLUDING THE. UNRESTRICTED. ACCEPTANCE OF.

MIGRANTS. BACK NEAR CHICAGO THIS. WOMAN IS DEVASTATED. BECAUSE HER FATHER WAS. ARRESTED THIS MORNING. "IT BREAKS MY HEART,". SHE SAYS. AND AT AN I.C.E. PROCESSING CENTER. THERE'S CHRISTOPHER. LARA, THE MAN WE SAW. ARRESTED EARLIER. HE DENIES THE CHARGES. AGAINST HIM. >> I WENT TO SCHOOL MY. WHOLE LIFE HERE. FROM PRESCHOOL ALL THE. WAY MY SENIOR YEAR. >> Reporter: FACING. POSSIBLE DEPORTATION. TO MEXICO, HE ALSO. SAYS HE'D LEAVE BEHIND. A 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. >> HE DOES HAVE. SERIOUS CHARGES AND. CONVICTIONS. SO I UNDERSTAND HE HAS. A DAUGHTER.

AND THAT'S. UNFORTUNATE. BUT WE STILL HAVE A. JOB TO DO AND WE STILL. HAVE TO FOLLOW THE. LAW. >> AND GABE, JUST. MOMENTS AGO PRESIDENT. TRUMP SPOKE ABOUT THAT. SHOWDOWN WITH. COLOMBIA. >> Reporter: YES, LESTER, IN A SPEECH TO. HOUSE REPUBLICANS JUST. NOW HE SUGGESTED THAT. HE'D CONTINUE TO USE. THAT TARIFF THREAT TO. TRY TO GET COUNTRIES. TO TAKE BACK DEPORTEES. FROM THE U.S. IF THEY DON'T HE SAYS. THEY'LL PAY A VERY. HIGH ECONOMIC PRICE. >> GABE, THANK YOU. >>> LATE TODAY. MULTIPLE DEPARTMENT OF.

JUSTICE OFFICIALS WHO. PROSECUTED PRESIDENT. TRUMP WERE FIRED BY. THE NEW. ADMINISTRATION. KELLY O'DONNELL HAS. LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. FROM HIS DORAL GOLF. RESORT IN MIAMI A. HOUSE REPUBLICAN TEAM. MEETING. >> IN A SINGLE WEEK. I'VE TAKEN OVER 350. EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. >> Reporter: AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ASSERTS HIS GOVERNMENT. MAKEOVER. >> I ALSO SIGNED AN. ORDER TO END THE. WEAPONIZATION OF OUR. GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> Reporter: NEW. TONIGHT, A NUMBER OF. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. LAWYERS FIRED BY THE.

ACTING ATTORNEY. GENERAL FOR PLAYING A, QUOTE, SIGNIFICANT. ROLE IN PROSECUTING. PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND NEW REACTION AFTER. THE PRESIDENT REMOVED. MORE THAN A DOZEN. INSPECTORS GENERAL. THE INDEPENDENT. WATCHDOGS AT AGENCIES. WHILE PRESIDENTS HIRE. AND FIRE I.G.s, PRESIDENT TRUMP FAILED. TO PROVIDE REQUIRED. 30-DAY NOTIFICATION TO. CONGRESS. MIKE WARE IS ONE OF. THOSE DISMISSED. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT. WHAT AMOUNTS TO A.

THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, A. THREAT TO INDEPENDENT. OVERSIGHT. >> Reporter: NEW. POLICIES FOR THE. PENTAGON. ACCORDING TO A WHITE. HOUSE FACT SHEET THE. ORDERS WOULD REINSTATE. THOSE WHO WERE. DISMISSED FOR REFUSING. THE COVID VACCINE WITH. FULL BACK PAY AND. BENEFITS. ANOTHER TOUTS. RESTORING MERIT AND. ABOLISHES ANY REMNANT. OF THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. BUREAUCRACY, CITING. MILITARY READINESS AND. ORDER AFFECTING. TRANSGENDER SERVICES. WOULD PROHIBIT MALES. FROM USING OR SHARING. FACILITIES DESIGNATED.

FOR FEMALES, AND ENDS. USE OF. IDENTIFICATION-BASED. PRONOUNS. ALSO NEW, THE WHITE. HOUSE RELEASED IN. BLACK AND WHITE THIS. OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF. FIRST LADY MELANIA. TRUMP. >> KELLY, THERE'S. ANOTHER HEADLINE. TONIGHT WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S CABINET. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT. THE SENATE EASILY. CONFIRMED TREASURY. SECRETARY SCOTT. BESSENT. MORE CONTROVERSIAL. FIGURES HAVE THEIR. CONFIRMATION HEARINGS. COMING UP THIS WEEK. INCLUDING ROBERT. KENNEDY, KASH PATEL. AND TULSI GABBARD. LESTER? >> KELLY O'DONNELL,

THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO A ROUGH DAY. FOR THE MARKETS WITH. NVIDIA LOSING NEARLY. $600 BILLION IN VALUE, TRIGGERED BY A MAJOR. AI ADVANCEMENT IN. CHINA THAT U.S. OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY. WARNING COULD BE A. THREAT TO NATIONAL. SECURITY. BRIAN CHEUNG IS HERE. BRIAN, WHAT DO WE KNOW. ABOUT THIS APP? >> LESTER, IT'S AN AI. CHATBOT CALLED. DEEPSEEK. IT'S THE NUMBER ONE. FREE APP ON APPLE'S. APP STORE. THOSE IN THE AI SPACE. HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED. BY HOW WELL IT. STANDS UP TO ITS. AMERICAN COMPETITORS. BUT IT'S WALL STREET. SHAKEN BY HOW CHEAP. ITS DEVELOPERS SAY. THEY WERE ABLE TO.

TRAIN IT. JUST $5.6 MILLION. NOW, IF TRUE, THAT. WOULD BE MORE. EFFICIENT COMPARED TO. HOW MUCH IT COST TO. TRAIN CHATGPT AND. GOOGLE'S GEMINI AI, WHICH WERE MADE HERE. IN THE U.S. >> BIG QUESTION FOR A. LOT OF USERS. WILL THIS HAVE THE. SAME NATIONAL SECURITY. CONCERNS WE SAW WITH. TIKTOK? >> WELL, IT COULD. DEEPSEEK'S TERMS OF. USE ARE GOVERNED BY. CHINA AND IT RAISES. SERIOUS QUESTIONS OVER. CENSORSHIP AND GUIDED. ANSWERS. NOW, DEEPSEEK SAYS IT. COLLECTS USERS' KEY. STROKES AND STORES. INFORMATION IN CHINESE. SERVERS. SOME LAWMAKERS ON. CAPITOL HILL HAVE. ALREADY EXPRESSED. CONCERN, AND IT'S A. GOOD REMINDER, BY THE. WAY, LESTER, TO NEVER. GIVE YOUR PERSONAL.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION. TO ANY AI SOFTWARE. >> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> ALMOST THREE WEEKS. AFTER DEVASTATING. WILDFIRES DESTROYED. HOMES IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA SHOCK HAS. GIVEN WAY TO. FRUSTRATION FOR MANY. WHO JUST WANT TO. REBUILD. LIZ KREUTZ IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. AS THE SHOCK OF THE. LOS ANGELES FIRES. WEARS OFF FOR MANY THE. DAUNTING REALITY IS. SETTLING IN. >> OVERWHELMING. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: AND WITH. THAT MOUNTING. FRUSTRATIONS ABOUT THE. CLEANUP AFTER THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF. ENGINEERS RECENTLY. TOLD RESIDENTS IT.

COULD TAKE 18 MONTHS. JUST TO CLEAR THE. DEBRIS BEFORE OWNERS. EVEN BEGIN TO REBUILD. THAT TIMELINE LEAVING. MANY FAMILIES IN. LIMBO. >> IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING. TO LIVE IN THAT. TIMELINE? HOW DO PEOPLE'S LOSS. OF USE COVER THEM WHEN. THEY'RE STILL PAYING. THEIR MORTGAGES, WHEN. THEY'RE NOW PAYING. RENTS ON TOP OF IT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE'S. CUTTING THE RED TAPE, ANNOUNCING AN. EXECUTIVE ORDER. WAIVING PERMITS FOR. THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL. COMMISSION. STILL, QUESTIONS. REMAIN ABOUT THE. REBUILDING TIMELINE.

THE SOURCE OF A TENSE. EXCHANGE BETWEEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. LOS ANGELES MAYOR. KAREN BASS DURING THE. PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO. THE PALISADES BURN. AREA FRIDAY. >> THEY WANT TO GO TO. WORK AND THEY'RE NOT. ALLOWED TO DO IT. >> AND THE MOST. IMPORTANT --. >> A WEEK IS A LONG. TIME. >> -- THING IS FOR. PEOPLE TO BE SAFE. >> THEY'RE SAFE. >> Reporter: THE MAYOR. VOWING TO SPEED UP THE. PROCESS. >> YOU HAVE EMERGENCY. POWERS JUST LIKE I DO, AND I'M EXERCISING MY. EMERGENCY POWERS. YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE. THEM ALSO. >> I DID EXERCISE THEM. ALSO. I SIGNED AN EMERGENCY. DECLARATION. >> BECAUSE I LOOKED. YOU HAVE A VERY.

POWERFUL --. >> AND IF INDIVIDUALS. WANT TO CLEAR OUT. THEIR PROPERTY, THEY. CAN. >> Reporter: BUT. OFFICIALS STILL SAYING. IT CAN TAKE UP TO TEN. DAYS TO CLEAN OUT A. SINGLE PROPERTY WITH. MORE THAN 15,000. DESTROYED. >> EVERYBODY'S. DESPERATE TO GET BACK. ONTO THEIR PROPERTY. >> Reporter: PALISADES. COMMUNITY COUNCIL. PRESIDENT HOPES PUBLIC. PRESSURE WILL SPEED UP. THE PROCESS. >> IF THEY MAKE US. JUMP THROUGH THE HOOPS. THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE. TO JUMP THROUGH TO. BUILD A HOUSE, IT'S. GOING TO TAKE A LONG. TIME. AND THERE'S TOO MANY. HOUSES THAT NEED TO BE. BUILT. >> Reporter: LIZ. KREUTZ, NBC NEWS, LOS. ANGELES. >>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AN AMERICAN COULD BE. AMONG SIX MORE. HOSTAGES EXPECTED TO.

BE RELEASED BY HAMAS. THIS WEEK AS THOUSANDS. OF PALESTINIANS MAKE. THEIR WAY BACK TO. GAZA. RAF SANCHEZ HAS LATE. DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. FOR ISRAEL HOPE AND. FEAR SIDE BY SIDE. FOUR FEMALE ISRAELI. SOLDIERS RELEASED FROM. HAMAS CAPTIVITY OVER. THE WEEKEND. INTO THE WAITING ARMS. OF THEIR PARENTS AFTER. 477 DAYS. AND SIX MORE HOSTAGES. SLATED TO BE FREED. THIS WEEK, INCLUDING. ARBEL YEHUD, A. CIVILIAN, AND.

POTENTIALLY AMERICAN. KEITH SIEGEL. BUT ALSO TODAY A. PAINFUL REMINDER. NOT EVERY STORY WILL. END HAPPILY. ISRAEL SAYS OF THE 26. HOSTAGES STILL WAITING. TO BE FREED IN THIS. STAGE OF THE DEAL 8. ARE ALREADY DEAD. AND GROWING DREAD OVER. THE FATE OF THE. YOUNGEST HOSTAGES, KFIR AND ARIEL BIBAS, ALONG WITH THEIR. MOTHER SHIRI. WE SPOKE TO THE BOY'S. AUNT LAST WEEK. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO. NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

TO THEM? >> IT'S PARALYZING. NOT KNOWING IS SO HARD. THAT SOMETIMES I JUST. WANT TO SCREAM, JUST. TELL ME, EVEN IF IT'S. THE WORST THING, I. JUST WANT TO KNOW. >> Reporter: AND. STARTING AT DAWN. ISRAEL FINALLY. ALLOWING DISPLACED. PALESTINIAN FAMILIES. TO RETURN TO NORTHERN. GAZA. A RIVER OF HUMANITY. MAKING ITS WAY BACK. "WE WANT TO RETURN,". THIS GIRL SAYS. RETURN TO A GAZA CITY. IN RUINS. THE U.N. SAYS 90% OF. HOUSES ARE DAMAGED OR.

DESTROYED. BUT THAT WON'T STOP. THE AKILA FAMILY, WHO. WALKED TEN MILES TO BE. HERE. THE CHILDREN TIED. SECURELY TOGETHER AS. THEY PUSH INTO THE. SURGING CROWD. THE LAST LEG OF THE. LONG JOURNEY HOME. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. MIDDLE EAST ENVOY. STEVE WITKOFF IS. HEADING HERE TO ISRAEL. ON WEDNESDAY. HE ALSO SAYS HE PLANS. TO HEAD TO GAZA. LESTER? >> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK. YOU. >>> AND IN POLAND. DOZENS OF HOLOCAUST. SURVIVORS RETURNING TO. AUSCHWITZ 80 YEARS. AFTER LIBERATION, HONORING THE ROUGHLY. 6 MILLION JEWS AND. OTHERS MURDERED BY THE.

NAZIS AND THEIR. COLLABORATORS. JESSIE KIRSCH IS. THERE. >> Reporter: THE WORLD. MAY NEVER SEE ANOTHER. MOMENT LIKE THIS. EYEWITNESSES TO. GENOCIDE RETURNING. EIGHT DECADES AFTER. THEY WERE LIBERATED. EVA UMLAUF WAS TOO. YOUNG TO REMEMBER. BUT NAZI GERMANY'S. UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. ARE EMBEDDED IN HER. SKIN. SHE WAS TATTOOED. BEFORE HER SECOND. BIRTHDAY. >> YOU ARE JUST A. NUMBER. BUT THIS NUMBER IS NOT.

ONLY ON THE SKIN. THIS IS DEEP. >> Reporter: AUSCHWITZ. WAS HITLER'S LARGEST. EXTERMINATION CAMP, A. PLACE WHERE ROUGHLY. 1.1 MILLION WERE. KILLED. FOR THE REST THEIR. HUMANITY WAS STRIPPED. AWAY. OFTEN YOU COULD SEE. TWO PEOPLE SLEEPING IN. JUST ONE OF THESE BEDS. ON THESE VERY BASIC. BUNKS. YOU COULD SEE 700 TO. 1,000 PEOPLE CRAMMED. INTO ONE BUILDING. >> Reporter: ALMOST. ALL OF THOSE MURDERED. WERE JEWS.

MOST SENT IMMEDIATELY. TO THE GAS CHAMBERS. >> I HELD ON TIGHTLY. TO MY MOTHER'S HAND IN. THE DARK CATTLE CAR. FOR COUNTLESS HOURS. WHILE THE CRIES AND. THE PRAYERS OF SO MANY. DESPERATE WOMEN. PERMEATED MY SOUL AND. HAUNT ME TO THIS DAY. >> Reporter: TOVAH. FRIEDMAN ARRIVED HERE. WHEN SHE WAS 5. AT ONE POINT HER. MOTHER HID HER AMONG.

CORPSES SO SHE. WOULDN'T BE KILLED. >> I RECALL THINKING, I WILL NEVER, I WILL. NEVER LET THEM KNOW. HOW MUCH THEY ARE. HURTING ME. >> Reporter: THE NAZIS. TRIED TO HIDE PROOF OF. THEIR CRIMES. BUT THE EVIDENCE IS. STILL HERE. PILES OF SHOES, GLASSES, SUITCASES. THESE SURVIVORS. SPEAKING AT A TIME. WHEN ANTISEMITISM IS. SURGING.

IN 2018, 58% OF. AMERICANS THOUGHT. SOMETHING LIKE THE. HOLOCAUST COULD HAPPEN. AGAIN. TODAY, 76% THINK IT'S. A POSSIBILITY. >> WE WILL NEVER, NEVER, EVER ALLOW. HISTORY TO REPEAT. ITSELF. >> Reporter: JESSIE. KIRSCH, NBC NEWS, ZRZ BRZEZINKA, POLAND. >> A STORY THAT MUST. BE TOLD. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK, AND IN 60 SECONDS WHAT. CAUSED THE TERRIFYING.

>>> INVESTIGATORS ARE. LOOKING INTO WHY A. UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT. EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN. JOLT OVER AFRICA, INJURING DOZENS OF. PASSENGERS BEFORE. MAKING AN EMERGENCY. LANDING. TOM COSTELLO HAS. DETAILS. >> Reporter: ON BOARD. UNITED FLIGHT 613 THE. AFTERMATH OF A. TERRIFYING FEW. MOMENTS. PASSENGERS HOLDING. TIGHT TO SEAT BACKS.

THE CABIN LITTERED. WITH FOOD AND PERSONAL. BELONGINGS. CEILING PANELS DAMAGED. AND SMEARED WITH DRINK. RESIDUE. IT HAPPENED JUST 90. MINUTES INTO THE. FLIGHT FROM LAGOS, NIGERIA TO WASHINGTON. AS FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. WERE SERVING PASSENGER. MEALS. FLIGHT RADAR 24 SHOWS. THE BOEING 787. DREAMLINER AT 36,000. FEET OVER THE IVORY. COAST WHEN IT. EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN. JOLT, DROPPING 185. FEET, THEN CLIMBING. MORE THAN 200 FEET. PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT. ATTENDANTS WENT. FLYING, SOME HITTING. THE CEILING AND. REPORTEDLY. UNCONSCIOUS. THE PILOT QUICKLY.

ANNOUNCED THEY BRIEFLY. LOST AUTOPILOT AND. NAVIGATION AND WERE. RETURNING TO LAGOS. WITH AMBULANCES. WAITING. THE NIGERIAN AIRPORTS. AUTHORITY REPORTS SIX. PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY. INJURED, ANOTHER 32. TREATED FOR MINOR. INJURIES. UNITED TELLS NBC NEWS. THE PLANE RETURNED TO. LAGOS AFTER A. TECHNICAL ISSUE AND AN. UNEXPECTED AIRCRAFT. MOVEMENT. >> THIS COULD HAVE. BEEN SOMETHING LIKE. CRUISE CONTROL IN A. CAR THAT SUDDENLY. DISCONNECTED AND.

APPLIED THE BRAKE. IT WOULD PROVIDE QUITE. A JOLT. >> Reporter: THE NTSB. SAYS IT'S JOINED THE. INVESTIGATION INTO. WHAT HAPPENED. MEANWHILE, UNITED SAYS. IT PAID FOR PASSENGER. HOTELS AND MEALS BACK. IN LAGOS BEFORE. ANOTHER PLANE COULD. TAKE PASSENGERS TO. D.C. THE 787 INVOLVED. REMAINS GROUNDED IN. NIGERIA. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. >>> UP NEXT, THE. SURPRISING EARLY. RESULTS OF NEW YORK'S. CONGESTION PRICING. PROGRAM. >>> HERE IN NEW YORK. THE INITIAL RESULTS. ARE IN. THE COUNTRY'S FIRST.

CONGESTION PRICING. PLAN, CHARGING DRIVERS. FOR ENTERING THE MOST. CROWDED PART OF THE. CITY, APPEARS TO HAVE. REDUCED TRAFFIC. WILL OTHER CITIES NOW. FOLLOW? HERE'S SAM BROCK. >> Reporter: NEW. YORK'S NOTORIOUS FOR. ITS TRAFFIC. BUT ON THIS MONDAY A. PLEASANT SURPRISE. >> TRAFFIC IS WAY. DOWN. WAY DOWN. >> Reporter: AFTER A. CONGESTION PRICING. PLAN REVVED UP EARLIER. THIS MONTH, CHARGING. MOST DRIVERS $9 TO. ENTER THIS SECTION OF. MANHATTAN. >> PEOPLE ARE SAVING. 10, 20, 30, 40 MINUTES. ON THEIR COMMUTES. GETTING IN AND OUT OF.

THE CITY. >> Reporter: THE. CITY'S TRANSPORTATION. CHAIR POINTS TO A. BEFORE AND AFTER OF. THIS NORMALLY JAMMED. ROAD TO GET TO. BROOKLYN AROUND 6:00. P.M. AND TO IMPROVED. MORNING COMMUTE TIMES. SINCE THE CHANGE. DRIVERS TAKING THE. TUNNEL FROM QUEENS. INTO MANHATTAN SAW A. 15% DROP BETWEEN 7:00. AND 10:00 A.M. AND THE TWO MAJOR. TUNNELS CONNECTING NEW. JERSEY TO THE CITY SAW. 17% AND 48% DROPS. >> I KIND OF LIKE HOW. THE TRAFFIC HAS. REDUCED BUT I THINK. THE PRICES ARE KIND OF. INSANE. >> THESE ARE THE TOLL. READERS. >> Reporter: AARON. GORDON AND BLOOMBERG.

NEWS POSTED CAMERAS AT. ONE CORNER BEFORE AND. AFTER CONGESTION. PRICING. THEY FOUND NO CHANGE. IN COMMERCIAL OR. FOR-HIRE CARS. PERSONAL VEHICLES, THOUGH, DID DROP. BUT GORDON SAYS IT. DOESN'T APPEAR TO. DISPROPORTIONATELY. IMPACT ONE INCOME. GROUP OR ANOTHER. >> THERE WASN'T MUCH. OF A CHANGE AT ALL. EITHER IN THE SHARE OF. EXPENSIVE CARS OR IN. THE SHARE OF, YOU. KNOW, MEDIAN CARS OR. IN THE SHARE OF. CHEAPER CARS. >> Reporter: THE CITY. SAYS THIS PLAN HAS CUT. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN. HALF. SO THE STREETS ARE. SAFER.

THE QUESTION IS HOW. ADAPTABLE IS THIS PLAN. TO OTHER MAJOR U.S. METROS? >> WE'RE HEARING FROM. CITIES ALL OVER THE. COUNTRY ABOUT HOW WE. DID IT. WE HAVE MUCH GREATER. DENSITY THAN ANY OTHER. PLACE IN THE UNITED. STATES. BUT WE HAVE A GREAT. TRANSIT SYSTEM. >> Reporter: WHILE NO. TWO CITIES ARE THE. SAME, A POSSIBLE. SPRINGBOARD FOR AN. ISSUE THAT AFFECTS. MILLIONS EVERY DAY. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE'S GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT ABOUT A TEAM. USA WOMEN'S SOCCER. PLAYER'S. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.

ABOUT HARD WORK REALLY. PAYING OFF AND ANOTHER. BARRIER SHATTERED IN. WOMEN'S SPORTS. HERE'S STEVE. PATTERSON. >> Reporter: IT'S A. MOMENT THAT'S MORE. THAN A NEW PLAYEE PRODUCE OU.

BEST.". STEVE PATTERSON, NBC. NEWS. >> AND THAT IS. "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR. THIS MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.