NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 28

>>> TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP. TESTING THE LIMITS OF HIS POWER. THE WHITE HOUSE ORDERING A PAUSE. ON MULTIPLE FORMS OF FEDERAL. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE CHAOS AND THE CONFUSION IN. WASHINGTON, AND THE SWIFT. BACKLASH INCLUDING LAWSUITS. A FEDERAL JUDGE LATE TONIGHT. DELAYING THE START DATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NEW BUYOUT. OFFER FOR ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

ICE ROUND-UPS IN NEW YORK CITY. AS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE. ARRESTED INCLUDING THE RING. LEADER OF A VIOLENT GANG. THE HISTORIC NUMBER OF. TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN KANSAS. KENNEDY FAMILY SPLIT ON THE EVE. OF HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING. CAROLINE KENNEDY BLASTING HIM AS. A "PREDATOR.". RETURN TO AUSCHWITZ.

SHE WAS A 14-YEAR-OLD WHEN THE. NAZI DEATH CAMP WAS LIBERATED. AND AT AGE 94 SHE RETURNS FOR. THE FIRST TIME SHOWING OUR JESSE. KIRSCH WHAT SHE IS AS THE WORLD. MUST REMEMBER. TIKTOK'S NEWEST SUITORS. THE BIG TECH EXECS WHO COULD BE. LINING UP TO BUY THE POPULAR APP. AS THE NEW DEADLINE TO AVOID A. SHUT DOWN NEARS. THE AIRBUS A-321 CATCHING FIRE. WHILE PREPARING FOR FLIGHT, AND.

TWO ENDANGERED MANATEES. RETURNING TO THE SEA. >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. THE SPEED OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. RUSH TO REMAKE THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE LEFT SOME. INS IT WAKE TODAY AND ULTIMATELY. CAUSED A FEDERAL JUDGE TO STEP. IN TEMPORARILY HALTING A TRUMP. ORDER TO PAUSE FEDERAL SPENDING. ON PUBLIC GRANTS AND LOANS.

IT LEFT MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT. DEPEND ON FEDERAL FUNDS FROM. NONPROFITS TO STATE PROGRAMS. CONFUSED AND SCRAMBLING FOR SOME. CLARITY. THE WHITE HOUSE STRESSING THE. SPENDING PAUSE WOULD NOT APPLY. TO FUNDS THAT ARE DIRECTLY PAID. TO INDIVIDUALS. THE TWO-PAGE MEMO SPECIFICALLY. CALLS OUT FOREIGN AID AND. PROGRAMS THAT TEND TO BE FAVORED. ON THE POLITICAL LEFT. THE COURT TODAY PAUSING THE. WHITE HOUSE PLAN FOR A WEEK. NOW TONIGHT A SWEEPING NEW SHAKE. UP TO REPORT, HITTING THE EMAIL.

BOXES OF EVERY FEDERAL WORKER. >> TONIGHT AS PART OF HIS. PROMISE TO REDUCE GOVERNMENT. SPENDING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. MAKING MORE THAN 2 MILLION. FEDERAL WORKERS AN OFFER. QUIT NOW AND RECEIVE A SEVERANCE. PACKAGE. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RECEIVED THE. OFFER BY EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON. AND THE WHITE HOUSE EXPECTS 5%. TO 10% OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE. TO ACCEPT IT LEADING TO HUNDREDS. OF BILLIONS IN FEDERAL SAVINGS.

TONIGHT A FEDERAL JUDGE. TEMPORARILY BLOCKED THE. PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT AT ANOTHER. SHAKE UP ORDERING A TEMPORARY. PAUSE ON GRANT, LOAN OR. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT MIGHT. RUN COUNTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ORDERS. >> NO MORE FUNDING FOR. TRANSGENDERISM AND WOKENESS. ACROSS OUR FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY. AND AGENCIES. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LOOKING OUT.

FOR YOU BECAUSE HE IS BEING A. GOOD STEWART OF YOUR TAXPAYER. DOLLARS. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT. RURAL HOSPITALS. AID TO THE ELDERLY. FOOD FOR PEOPLE IN NEED. THIS DECISION IS LAWLESS, DANGEROUS, ESTRUCTIVE AND. CRUEL. >> WHEN CONGRESS DEDICATES. FUNDING FOR A PROGRAM THE. PRESIDENT CANNOT PULL THAT. FUNDING ON A WHIM. >> Reporter: BUT REPUBLICANS.

DEFENDING THE FREEZE. >> LET'S GET A HANDLE ON ALL OF. THIS SPENDING AND FIGURE OUT IF. IT IS GOING WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED. TO GO. >> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE. SAYING INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE. WOULD NOT BE PAUSED OR REVIEWED. UNDER THE PLAN. >> SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE. BENEFITS, FOOD STAMPS, WELFARE. BENEFITS, ASSISTANCE GOING. DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT. BE IMPACTED BY THE PAUSE. >> Reporter: ALL OF IT SPARKED. CONFUSION ABOUT WHO WOULD BE. IMPACTED. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS HEAD START,

THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED. BUT CHRIS MURPHY POSTING HEAD. START REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEM IS. SHUT DOWN IN HIS STATE. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU. HEARD ABOUT THE ORDER OVERNIGHT? >> A SHOCK. >> Reporter: IN FLORIDA HER SON. IS MORE THAN ONE OF THE 800,000. CHILDREN SERVED BY THE PROGRAM. >> YOU LOOK FOR THE OPTIONS BUT. THERE ARE NOT MANY OPTIONS WHEN. YOU THINK OF AFFORDABILITY AND.

CHILD CARE. >> THE GO TEMPORARILY BLOCKING. THE PAUSE ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. UNTIL A HEARING NEXT WEEK. PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUED A NEW. ORDER IMPACTING TRANSGENDER. CHILDREN AND TEENS. >> Reporter: THE U.S. WILL NOT. FUND, PROMOTE OR ASSIST WITH. TRANSITION SURGERIES FOR ANYONE. UNDER THE AGE OF 19 AND. DIRECTING GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE. PROVIDERS TO EXCLUDE COVERAGE. FOR SURGERIES OR HORMONE.

TREATMENTS. ALL OF IT IS LIKELY TO SPARK A. LEGAL CHALLENGE. >> ANOTHER CORNERSTONE OF THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, CRACKING. DOWN ON UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS, PLAYING OUT IN NEW YORK AS WE. ARE LEARNING OF A QUOTO FOR. ARRESTS. HERE IS GABE GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: NEW YORK CITY AT. THE CENTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ESCALATING CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION, ARRESTING AN. ALLEGED RING LEADER WHO THEY SAY. IS WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING AND.

ASSAULT. THE NEW HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM IN BODY. ARMOR OVERSEEING THE ROUND UP. PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTING THE. ONGOING ARRESTS. >> WE ARE THROWING THEM THE HELL. OUT OF OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: TWO SOURCES. CONFIRMED TO NBC NEWS ICE AGENTS. TOLD NBC TO INCREASE THEIR. ARREST TO 1,200 TO 1,500 PER DAY. NATIONWIDE. ONE CALLING IT A QUOTO, ADDING. AGENTS MAY BE PENALIZED FOR NOT.

MEETING IT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY TRUMP'S. DEPORTATIONS ARE SPARKING FIERCE. BACKLASH. >> THERE IS A REAL GOAL TO STOKE. FEAR INTO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> Reporter: AND STRONG SUPPORT. >> REALLY HAPPEN THAT IT IS. HAPPENING. >> Reporter: AFTER NBC NEWS. REPORTED NEARLY HALF OF. UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAD NO. PRIOR RECORD BESIDES BEING IN. THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. PETER ALEXANDER ASKING THE WHITE. HOUSE. >> Reporter: IS VIOLENT. OFFENDERS NO LONGER THE.

PREDICATE FOR BEING DEPORTED? >> IF YOU ARE AN ILLEGAL. ENTERING THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA ILLEGALLY, YOU ARE BY. DEFINITION A CRIMINAL. >> Reporter: THE COST CAN BE. STAGGERING. DEPORTING ONE MIGRANT COSTS. AROUND $10,500. IN NEW YORK IT COSTS AN AVERAGE. OF $352 PER NIGHT TO HOUSE. ASYLUM SEEKERS. KATHERINE FROM VENEZUELA SAYS. SHE AND HER DAUGHTERS STAYED AT.

THIS HOTEL FOR SIX MONTHS. THAT COULD BE A PRICE TAG TO. TAXPAYERS OF MORE THAN $63,000. AND SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE. PLAN SAY LARGE SCALE ARRESTS. WILL HAPPEN IN THREE U.S. CITIES. PER WEEK. >> A TROUBLING HEALTH ALERT. A TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAK THAT HAS. BEEN GOING ON IN KANSAS WITH. ALMOST 150 PEOPLE INFECTED. WE GET MORE TONIGHT FROM ANNE. THOMPSON.

>> Reporter: A MODERN DAY. OUTBREAK OF AN ANCIENT DISEASE, TUBERCULOSIS. A BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT. AFFECTS THE LUNGS NOW IN THE. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AREA. STATE OFFICIALS REPORT 67 ACTIVE. CASES AND 79 LATENT CASES WHERE. PEOPLE ARE INFECTED BUT NOT SICK. AND CAN'T SPREAD IT TO OTHERS. TWO DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THE. OUTBREAK WHICH HEALTH OFFICIALS. SAY STARTED IN JANUARY 2024. OFFICIALS SAY THE RISK TO THE.

PUBLIC REMAINS LOW, A STATE. OFFICIAL TOLD THE KANSAS SENATE. COMMITTEE THEY ARE DOING. EVERYTHING THEY CAN. >> WE HAVE MOBILIZED STAFF AND. RESOURCES, ADDRESSING AN. UNPRECEDENTED TUBERCULOSIS. OUTBREAK IN ONE OF OUR COUNTIES. >> Reporter: SOME OF THE. PATIENTS ARE UNDER THE CARE OF. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH. SYSTEM. HOW SICK ARE PEOPLE IN THE. OUTBREAK? >> IT RANGES FROM VERY MILD. SYMPTOMS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN.

PERSISTENT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS OR. MONTHS TO EXTREMELY ILL, PATIENTS WHO HAD SYMPTOMS FOR. QUITE A WHILE AND THEN SEEK. MEDICAL CARE. >> Reporter: HOW LONG DOES IT. TAKE TO CLEAR? >> WE DO HAVE TREATMENT FOR THE. DISEASE, AND TYPICALLY THE. TREATMENT LASTS ABOUT SIX. MONTHS. >> Reporter: TB IS AN AIRBORNE. DISEASE SPREAD WHEN SOMEONE. COUGHS OR SNEEZES. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE COUGHING, CHEST. PAIN, FEVER AND FATIGUE. >> ANNE, I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR.

HIM SAY SIX MONTHS. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT. OURSELVES? >> THERE IS NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO, BUT DOCTORS SAY THE MOST. IMPORTANT THING IF YOU GET IT. YOU NEED TO HELP THE PUBLIC. HEALTH OFFICIALS TRACE YOUR. CONTACTS BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP. STOP THE SPREAD. >> THANK YOU. HEALTH CONCERNS ARE FRONT AND. CENTER TOMORROW AT ROBERT F. KENTUCKY JR.'S CONFIRMATION. HEARING FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES SECRETARY. HE IS FACING SHARP CRITICISM. FROM HIS COUSIN, CAROLINE AND.

SOME PARENTS ABOUT HIS VACCINE. POLICIES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT ON THE EVE. OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SENATE. CONFIRMATION HEARING TO LEAD THE. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES. CAROLINE KENNEDY IS LASHING OUT, CALLING HIM UNQUALIFIED TO. OVERSEE CRITICAL AGENCIES AND. POINTING IN PART TO HIS STANCE. ON VACCINES. >> BOBBY PREYS ON THE.

DESPERATION OF THE PARENTS OF. SICK CHILDREN, VACCINATING HIS. OWN KIDS AND DISCOURAGING OTHER. PARENTS FROM VACCINATING THEIRS. >> DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THE. LETTER RELEASED BY CAROLINE. KENNEDY? >> Reporter: RFK JR. IGNORED HIS. COUSINS CONCERNS. >> IT IS SCARY THAT PERSON WILL. BE MAKING HEALTH DECISIONS FOR. OUR FAMILY AND THE COUNTRY AS A.

WHOLE. >> Reporter: HER SON WAS BORN. WITH A HEART CONDITION MAKING. HIM VULNERABLE TO ALL TYPES OF. SICKNESS. HER FEARS BECOMING WORSE WITH. THE GROWING FEAR IN THE. COMMUNITY. >> IT IS A SCARY THING TO SEND. HIM OUT OF THE DOOR. IT IS COLD AND FLU SEASON. THERE IS A LOT OF ILLNESS GOING. AROUND. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE. CDC MORE AND MORE PARENTS ARE. CHOOSING NOT TO VACCINATE THEIR. CHILDREN AGAINST MEASLES AND. WHOOPING COUGH.

A REALITY THAT THIS DOCTOR IS. CONFRONTING IN HIS PRACTICE. DO YOU WORRY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO. DIE BECAUSE OF THE SKEPTICISM? >> SOME WILL. >> YOU ARE CONFIDENT IT WILL. HAPPEN. >> IF THE DISEASES COME BACK, MORE WILL DIE. >> Reporter: VACCINE SKEPTICISM. IS GROWING ACROSS 40 STATES AND. WASHINGTON DC. THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTENS. EXEMPTED LAST YEAR FROM ONE OR. MORE VACCINES WAS THE HIGHEST. EVER RECORDED FUELED BY CRITICS.

OF VACCINES AND VACCINE MANDATES. LIKE RFK JR. >> THERE IS NO VACCINE THAT IS. SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. >> Reporter: HE SAYS HE IS NOT. ANTI-VACCINE AND WON'T TAKE THEM. AWAY, BUT PARENTS WILL BE. WATCHING TOMORROW'S CONFIRMATION. HEARING CLOSELY KNOWING THAT THE. STAKES ARE HIGH. >> IN 60 SECONDS, TIME IS. RUNNING OUT FOR A SALE OF TIKTOK.

TO AVERT A BAN IN THE U.S. THE. BIG TECH EXECS WHO COULD BUY IT, AND. >>> SOME TERRIFYING MOMENTS. TONIGHT AT AN AIRPORT IN SOUTH. KOREA WHERE AN AIRBUS CAUGHT. FIRE BEFORE A FLIGHT TO HONG. KONG. 169 PASSENGERS AND 7 CREW. MEMBERS WERE EVACUATED AND THREE. SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

SOUTH KOREA'S NEWS AGENCY SAID. THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE PLANE'S. TAIL. TIKTOK IS BACK ONLINE AND MAJOR. TECH EXECS COULD BE IN TALKS TO. BUY THE APP. >> Reporter: THE LIST OF BUYERS. CONTINUING TO GROW WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING THE. LATEST TECH GIANT MICROSOFT. >> Reporter: IS MICROSOFT IN. DISCUSSIONS TO ACQUIRE TIKTOK? IS. >> I WOULD SAY YES.

A LOT OF INTEREST IN TIKTOK. >> Reporter: MICROSOFT HAD NO. COMMENT BUT EMERGED AS A. CONTENDER INITIALLY. OTHERS COULD INCLUDE ELON MUSK. OR LARRY ELLISON. >> I WOULD LIKE LARRY TO BUY IT. TOO. >> Reporter: MUSK HASN'T. COMMENTED AND ELLISON'S ORACLE.

ALREADY STORES TIKTOK'S DATA. A PAUSE ON THE BAN TAKING EFFECT. FOR 75 DAYS. LATER SAYING THAT IT COULD. HAPPEN WITHIN 30 DAYS. TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY CHINESE. OWNERSHIP SPARKING NATIONAL. SECURITY CONCERNS THAT CHINA. COULD STEAL USER DATA OR. MANIPULATE CONTENT. TIKTOK SAYS THAT IS NOT TRUE. CONCERNS ECHOING AROUND ANOTHER. CHINESE APP, DEEPSEEK, AN AI.

CHATBOT ON THE WHITE HOUSE'S. RADAR. >> THEY ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT. THEY MAY BE. >> Reporter: DEEPSEEK NOTES IT. COLLECTS USER KEYSTROKES AND. STORES THE INFORMATION ON. CHINESE SERVERS. >> YOU HAVE BEEN TESTING THE. APP. >> LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF. THE EXPERIENCES. WE ASKED DEEPSEEK ABOUT CHINA'S. GREAT FIREWALL, THE INTERNET. CENSORSHIP AND SURVEILLANCE. SYSTEM, PAUSED FOR A MOMENT AND.

SPIT OUT A LENGTHY ANSWER. IT WAS ONLY VISIBLE FOR SECONDS. AND THEN WIPED AND REPLACED AND. ASKED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING. ELSE. IF YOU ASK IT ABOUT RESUME OR. RECIPE HELP IT DOES COMPLETE. THOSE QUICKLY. >>. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH AN. EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF HORROR,

HOPE AND SALVATION. AN AMERICAN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. WHO RETURNED TO AUSCHWITZ TODAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME AND JESSE. KIRSCH MET WITH HER THERE. >> Reporter: FOG AND SNOW CANNOT. HIDE THE HORRORS THAT UNFOLDED. HERE. >> THERE ARE MANY THINGS I. BLOCKED OUT COMPLETELY. >> Reporter: THE ELECTRIFIED. FENCES CAGING PEOPLE LIKE. ANIMALS, THE STARVATION, THE GAS. CHAMBERS. WHAT ARE YOU FEELING NOW? >> I CAN'T GO IN.

I DON'T WANT TO GO IN. >> Reporter: THIS PLACE IS A. REFLECTION OF HUMANITY'S WORST, BUT AT 94 YEARS OLD RUTH COHEN. HAD TO RETURN. SHE WAS RIPPED FROM HER HOME AND. FORCED ON TO CATTLE CARS WITH. HER FAMILY AND REMEMBERS. ARRIVING AT AUSCHWITZ. >> FIRST MY DAD WENT THAT WAY. WITH MEN. MY MOTHER WENT THAT WAY WITH MY. BROTHER AND LITTLE COUSINS. WE WENT THAT WAY.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE LAST. PLACE RUTH SAW HER MOTHER, BROTHER AND TWO YOUNG COUSINS. THEY WERE LIKELY IMMEDIATELY. GASSED. >> IT IS AWFUL. IT IS TERRIBLE. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE GAS. CHAMBERS. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE. CREMATORY. NOW THAT I KNOW IT HURTS EVEN. MORE. >> Reporter: RUTH AND HER SISTER. WERE SENT TO THIS BLOCK HOUSE. AND SLEPT ON A WOODEN PLANK.

>> SIX OF US SLEPT THIS WAY. SIX OF US SLEPT THAT WAY. THERE WERE 12 IN ONE LITTLE. AREA. >> Reporter: WAS YOUR SISTER. NEXT TO YOU AND SLEEP NEXT TO. YOU EVERY NIGHT? >> YES. >> Reporter: HAVING HER THERE. DID IT HELP? >> I AM SURE IT SAVED MY LIFE. >> Reporter: YOU'RE SMILING. RUTH, SISTER AND FATHER WERE. EVENTUALLY TRANSFERRED TO OTHER. CONCENTRATION CAMPS WHERE THEY. WERE LIBERATED. WHAT DID THIS PLACE TAKE AWAY. FROM YOU?

>> MY LIFE, UNTIL I GOT IT BACK. IT TOOK MY FAMILY. ONLY ONE YEAR, 13 MONTHS. IT TOOK A LIFE AWAY. >> Reporter: THEY BUILT A NEW. LIFE IN AMERICA. NOW SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT. HISTORY DOES NOT REPEAT HERSELF. >> I HAVE TO BE A WITNESS FOR. THE WORLD THAT I WENT THROUGH. THE HORRORS. I MADE IT. I SURVIVED.

I MADE A LIFE. I HAVE CHILDREN. WONDERFUL CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING. TO CARRY, NOT MY LEGACY, BUT MY. HISTORY. >> Reporter: SHE IS SHARING THAT. HISTORY TODAY WITH HER DAUGHTER, BARBARA, WHO FOUND HER. GRANDMOTHER IN NAMESAKE IN THIS. BOOK OF NAMES. >> IT IS SO REAL. MY GRANDMOTHER IS PART OF ME. I HAVE HER NAME.

>> Reporter: WHAT WOULD YOU TELL. PEOPLE TO DO TO PREVENT. SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM. HAPPENING? >> I WOULD SAY ONE WORD, LOVE. LOVE WOULD NOT LET SOMETHING. LIKE THIS HAPPEN. >> A POWERFUL WOMAN WITH A. MOVING STORY. WHEN WE COME BACK THERE IS GOOD. NEWS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT IN PUERTO. RICO EFFORTS TO SAVE MANATEES.

FROM EXTINCTION MADE A BIG SLASH. TODAY. >> Reporter: IT IS A MOMENT MORE. THAN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING. A T SWIM THAT MAY HELP. ENSURE THE SURVIVAL OF A. SPECIES. ENDANGERED FEMALE MANATEES. CELEBRATED AS THEY WERE RELEASED. BACK INTO THE WATERS OF THE. CARRIBBEAN. THE PAIR GOT STRANDED AND. SEPARATED FROM THEIR MOTHERS AND. NURSED BACK TO HEALTH BY THE.

CARRIBBEAN MANATEE CONSERVATION. CENTER IN PUERTO RICO. JUST HOW EXCITING WAS IT TO BE. THERE FOR THEIR RELEASE TODAY? >> IT SIGNIFIES A LOT TO US. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF WORK THAT. THE ANIMALS GET TO TOUCH THE. SALT WATER AGAIN AND BE ABLE TO. CARRY ON FOR SPECIES. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT THEY MAKE. THEIR OWN LIVING IN THE OCEAN. >> Reporter: THE GENTLE GIANTS. NOW A HEALTHY 500 PLUS POUNDS. AND PART OF A MULTIGROUP EFFORT.

TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE THE. SPECIES WHICH HAS LONG BEEN. THREATENED BY LOSS OF HABITAT, BOAT STRIKES AND INFECTION. >> THERE ARE ABOUT 13,000. MANATEES WORLDWIDE. THANKS TO AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS, DONORS AND SPONSORS THE CENTER. HAS BEEN ABLE TO REHABILITATE. AND RELEASE 11 MANATEES. THEY WILL KEEP TABS ON THEM AS. THEY BEGIN LIFE BACK IN THE.

WATERS WHERE THEY BELONG. RADIO N. LIFE BACK IN THE WATERS, WHERE. >> THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR. THIS TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND. EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.