NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 29

>>> TONIGHT, CONFIRMATION N. HEARING CONFRONTATIONS.. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOMINEE FOR. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES GRILLED ON CAPITOL. HILL. >> IT'S TIME TO MAKE SURE WE. BLOW THE WHISTLE ON ACTUALLY. WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE. >> ROBERT F KENNEDY JR. FIRING. BACK OVER CLAIMS HE OPPOSES. VACCINES.

>> I SUPPORT THE MEASLES. VACCINE, I SUPPORT THE POLIO. VACCINE. >> DOES HE HAVE THE VOTES TO BE. CONFIRMED? >>> THE WHITE HOUSE RESENDING. THAT CONTROVERSIAL MEMO. FREEZING FEDERAL SPENDING AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NEW MOVE TO. PREPARE GUANTANAMO BAY TO HOLD. THOUSANDS OF DETAINED MIGRANTS. >>> FARMER SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ. SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON. AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF TAKING. BRIBES. >>> THE GOLD BARS AND LUXURY. CAR THAT LED TO HIS FATE. >>> THE MILITARY JETS SPINNING. OUT OF CONTROL LANDING IN A. FIERY CRASH, THE PILOT EJECTING.

AND PARACHUTING TO SAFETY. >>> HAMAS NAMING THE NEW GROUP. OF HOSTAGES SET FOR RELEASE. TOMORROW. >>> RESIDENT TRUMPS SPECIAL. ENVOY MEETING WITH PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU. >>> A.I. , ONE OF THE TOP LEADERS IN. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CRIES. FOUL OVER THE NEW CHINA BASED. A.I. PROGRAM DEEPSEEK. >>> GOOD NEWS, ON AN IMPORTANT. MISSION TO SAVE THE STEELHEAD.

>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. VACCINES, CONSPIRACY THEORIES. AND ABORTION RIGHTS MADE FOR. SOME HEATED EXCHANGES WITH. SENATE DEMOCRATS TODAY AS RFK. JR. FACES FIRST SENATE. CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY. A. JOB THAT WOULD PUT HIM IN. CHARGE OF MORE THAN A DOZEN. AGENCIES FOCUSED ON THE HEALTH. OF AMERICANS. ARMED FOR THE INEVITABLE. QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PAST. STATEMENTS OPPOSING VACCINES. KENNEDY TOLD THE PANEL RIGHT.

FROM THE TOP HE WAS NOT ANTI-. VACCINE. NONETHELESS, DEMOCRATS GRILLED. THE NOMINEE OVER HIS PREVIOUS. CLAIM THAT NO VACCINE IS SAFE. AND EFFECTIVE. KENNEDY VALLEY IF CONFIRMED HE. WOULD NOT DISSUADE AMERICANS. FROM RECEIVING CERTAIN. VACCINATIONS. SOME OF THE SHARPER CLASHES. CAME OVER HIS CHANGING. POSITIONS ON ABORTION. RYAN NOBLES WAS THERE FOR. TODAY'S HEARING AND HAS OUR. REPORT. >> TONIGHT RESIDENT TRUMPS. CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE TO QUOTE. MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN.

FACING A HEATED CONFIRMATION. HEARING. >> FRANKLY YOU FRIGHTEN PEOPLE. >> ROBERT F KENNEDY JR. NOMINATED AS HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES SECRETARY SAYING HIS. MISSION WILL BE TO REDUCE. CHRONIC DISEASES HE CALLS A. CRISIS. >> AMERICANS OVERALL HEALTH IS. IN GRIEVOUS CONDITION. I'M NOT HERE BECAUSE I WANT A. POSITION OR JOB, I HAVE A GOOD. LIFE. I WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE. WE WILL FIX IT.

>> IMMEDIATELY GRILLED BY. DEMOCRATS OVER HIS VIEWS ON. VACCINES. >> ALL OF MY KIDS ARE. VACCINATED. >> INCLUDING HIS DEBUNKED CLAIMS. TIED TO AUTISM. >> I SUPPORT THE MEASLES. VACCINE, I SUPPORT THE POLIO. VACCINE, I WILL DO NOTHING AS. HHS SECRETARY THAT MAKES IT. DIFFICULT OR DISCOURAGES PEOPLE. FROM TAKING IT. >> ANYBODY WHO BELIEVES THAT. AUTO LOOK AT THE MEASLES BOOK. YOU WROTE. >> SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. ASKING ABOUT BABY CLOTHES SOLD. ON HIS FORMER ORGANIZATIONS.

WEBSITE. >> ONE OF THEM IS UNDER FAXED. UNAFRAID. >> I HAVE NO POWER OVER THAT. ORGANIZATION. >> THAT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO. ARE YOU SUPPORTIVE OF THESE? >> I'M SUPPORTIVE OF VACCINE. >> THERE ARE TOO MANY CHEMICALS. IN FOOD MAKING AMERICAN SICK. TODAY THE FORMER DEMOCRAT. TURNED INDEPENDENT OFFENDED BY. REPUBLICANS. >> I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL BE. CONFIRMED AND YOU ARE GOING TO. DO SUCH A SOLID JOB FOR THE.

PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. >> ARE YOU A CONSPIRACY. THEORIST? >> THAT IS APPLIED TO ME. MAINLY TO KEEP ME FROM ASKING. DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. >> AT ONE POINT QUIZZED BY. REPUBLICAN BILL CASSIDY SEEN AS. SOMEONE WHO MIGHT VOTE NO ON. KENNEDY. >> DOES MEDICARE PAY MORE, PAY. LESS? WE DO THAT? >> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE BECAUSE. I'M NOT IN THERE.

>> DEMOCRATS PRESSING KENNEDY. OVER HIS PREVIOUS SUPPORT FOR. ABORTION RIGHTS. >> WHEN WAS IT YOU DECIDED TO. SELL OUT THE VALUES YOU'VE HAD. YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN ORDER TO BE. GIVEN POWER BY PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT EVERY ABORTION IS A. TRAGEDY. >> THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU SAID. BACK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN 2023. >> ARGUING THE ATTACKS ARE. REALLY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> ALL THESE DEMOCRATS ARE. OPPOSED TO ME, THEY USED TO BE. MY FRIENDS. NOW THEY'RE AGAINST ME BECAUSE. ANYTHING PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES, ANY DECISION HE MAKES HAS TO BE.

LAMPOONED, DERIDED. >> A LOT OF FIRE TODAY. YOU HAVE NEW REPORTING ON WHERE. THINGS STAND AFTER THAT. HEARING. >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS LEFT. THAT HEARING TODAY CONFIDENT. THAT RFK JR. CALLED MANY. CONCERNS THAT REPUBLICANS MAY. HAVE ABOUT HIS NOMINATION. HE CAN ONLY AFFORD TO LOSE. THREE GOP VOTES AND STILL WIN. CONFIRMATION. TOMORROW MORE CRITICAL HEARINGS. ON TAP INCLUDING TRUMPS. CONTROVERSIAL NOMINEES.

>> RYAN NOBLES, THANK YOU. >>> AFTER A DAY OF CONFUSION. AND CRITICISM THE WHITE HOUSE. REVERSED COURSE RESENDING THAT. MEMO FREEZING SOME FEDERAL. ASSISTANCE. WHILE THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED. NEW PLANS FOR GUANTANAMO BAY, GARRETT HAAKE WITH LATE. DETAILS. >> AFTER ROLLING OUT HUNDREDS. OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND ACTIONS. IN HIS FIRST WEEK PRESIDENT. TRUMP WITH A RARE WALK BACK. THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND. BUDGET SAYING IT RESCINDED ITS. CONTROVERSIAL MEMO APPEARING TO.

FREEZE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR. PROGRAMS ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT. THAT MONDAY MEMO PAUSED QUOTE. GRANT LOAN OR FEDERAL FINANCIAL. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT. RUN COUNTER TO THE PRESIDENT. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. >> SHOWS A SECURITY, MEDICARE. AND MEDICAID IF NOT BEEN. AFFECTED BY ANY ACTION WE ARE. TAKING IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR. FORM. WE ARE MERELY LOOKING AT PARTS. OF THE BIG BUREAUCRACY WHERE. THERE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS WASTE. AND FRAUD AND ABUSE. >> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE. UNDERLYING ORDERS FREEZING. FUNDING FOR DEI, CLIMATE AND.

OTHER TARGETED PROGRAMS ARE. STILL IN PLACE. ALL OF IT TEMPORARILY BLOCKED. BY A FEDERAL JUDGE. >> THEIR EXPLANATIONS HAVE. CREATED NO CLARITY OR. CERTAINTY, THERE ARE A LOT OF. PROGRAMS THEY ARE SAYING WON'T. BE AFFECTED. THAT IS NOT WHAT ORGANIZATIONS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE. EXPERIENCING. >> TONIGHT ANOTHER SWEEPING. ORDER AMID PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ESCALATING CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION NATIONWIDE. HE. ANNOUNCED THE DEPARTMENTS OF. DEFENSE AND HOMELAND SECURITY. WILL BEGIN PREPPING THE NAVY'S.

GUANTANAMO BAY FACILITY TO HOLD. DETAINED MIGRANTS. >> WE HAVE 30,000 BEDS IN. GUANTANAMO TO DETAIN THE WORST. CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS. THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> THE MASSIVE NAVY BASE IN. CUBA STILL HOLDS 15 TERROR. DETAINEES AND HAS BEEN USED TO. TEMPORALLY HOUSE MIGRANTS. BEFORE. >> WHAT CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT. WOULD THERE BE? >> IT'S THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. IN THE INDUSTRY. YOU CAN'T FIND STATE FEDERAL OR.

LOCAL CITY THAT HAS HIGHER. STANDARDS THAN US. >> THE PRESIDENT SIGNED HIS. FIRST BILL INTO LAW, THE. BIPARTISAN LAKEN RILEY AT THAT. REQUIRES -- 22-YEAR-OLD NURSING. STUDENT WAS MURDERED BY AN. UNDOCUMENTED VENEZUELAN MIGRANT. WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR. SHOPLIFTING. >> THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF CHANGE. THAT WILL EVER BRING HER BACK. OUR HOPE MOVING FORWARD IS THAT. HER LIFE SAVES LIVES. >> THERE'S A FALLOUT FROM THE. PRESIDENT'S BUYOUT OFFER EMAILED. TO NEARLY EVERY FEDERAL. EMPLOYEE LAST NIGHT WHICH THE.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT COULD SAVE. TENS OF BILLIONS. >> WE THINK A SUBSTANTIAL. NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL NOT SHOW. UP TO WORK AND THEREFORE OUR. GOVERNMENT WILL GET SMALLER AND. MORE EFFICIENT. >> DEMOCRATS URGE FEDERAL. WORKERS NOT TO ACCEPT. >> HE DIDN'T HAVE AUTHORITY TO. DO THIS. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THIS GUY. >> GEORGE BUCHANAN WORKED FOR. THE VA FOR NEARLY 11 YEARS. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN. HE FIRST SAW THE EMAIL? >> A LITTLE SHOCK. I THOUGHT IT WAS COMBATIVE,

CONDESCENDING, INSULTING. ESPECIALLY AS A VETERAN. >> IF WE CAN CIRCLE BACK TO THE. ANNOUNCEMENT TO SEND MIGRANTS. TO GITMO IT TOOK SOME OF THE. PENTAGON BY SURPRISE ME. UNDERSTAND. >> OFFICIALS TELL US MANY OF. THE PENTAGON WERE CAUGHT OFF. GUARD. THE MILITARY HAS NO CURRENT. ORDERS OR GUIDANCE FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE BEYOND THIS BRIEF. ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY. SAYS THIS WILL REQUIRE MONEY. FROM CONGRESS ANY IT COULD TAKE. MONTHS TO FULLY RAMP UP.

>>> IN NEW YORK A FEDERAL JUDGE. SENTENCED FORMER SENATOR BOB. MENENDEZ TO MORE THAN A DECADE. IN PRISON FOR HIS CONVICTION ON. BRIBERY, EXTORTION AND OTHER. CHARGES. JONATHAN DEAN HAS LATE DETAILS. FIRST. >> A SENTENCE FOR A MAN WHO WAS. ONCE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL. MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. HANDING DOWN AN 11 YEAR. SENTENCE TO BOB MENENDEZ, A. DEMOCRAT FROM NEW JERSEY. FOR NUMEROUS CRIMES INCLUDING. BRIBERY, EXTORTION AND ACTING. AS A FOREIGN AGENT.

>> THIS PROCESS IS POLITICAL. AND IT'S CORRUPTED TO THE. COURT. >> JUDGE SIDNEY STEIN SLAMMING. MENENDEZ SAYING HE LOST HIS WAY. AND FAILED THE VOTERS. MENENDEZ WAS CONVICTED OF. TAKING CASH, GOLD BARS AND A. NEW MERCEDES AND EXCHANGE FOR. ACTIONS THAT IN PART BENEFITED. FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. AN FBI SEARCH OF HIS HOME. TURNED UP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. OF DOLLARS, SOME STUFFED IN. BAGS, CLOTHING EVEN SHOES. PROSECUTORS ALSO SAY HE USED. HIS POSITION AS CHAIR OF THE.

SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS. COMMUNITY TO HELP NEW JERSEY. BUSINESSMEN, TWO OF THEM. SENTENCED TODAY, 1 TO 7 YEARS. IN FEDERAL PRISON AND THE OTHER. EIGHT. MENENDEZ ASKED FOR A LESSER. SENTENCE CITING HIS YEARS OF. PUBLIC SERVICE. HE RESIGNED FROM THE SENATE IN. AUGUST AFTER HIS CONVICTION. THE 71-YEAR-OLD EMOTIONAL IN. COURT RECOUNTING HIS LIFE STORY. COME OF THE CHILD OF CUBAN. REFUGEES WHO BECAME A MARE, CONGRESSMAN AND FINALLY A U.S. SENATOR. >> I AM INNOCENT AND I LOOK.

FORWARD TO FILING APPEALS ON A. WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES. >> HIS WIFE SCHEDULED TO GO ON. TRIAL IN MARCH FOR HER ALLEGED. ROLE IN THE SCHEME. SHE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. MENENDEZ SAID HE DID NOT KNOW. HIS WIFE WAS TAKING CASH AND. GOLD BARS FROM LONGTIME FRIENDS. >> ANOTHER STORY ON YOUR RADAR. TONIGHT, THERE'S NEWS ABOUT THE. CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING NEW. YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. A LAWYER FOR ADAMS REACHED OUT. TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WITH. A PLEA FOR THE CHARGES TO BE. DROPPED AGAINST HIM. ACCORDING. TO TWO OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON THE. MATTER SO FAR WE ARE TOLD. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE NO. PLANS TO JOB THE CASE. >> THANKS. LET'S TURN TO THE HARROWING. INCIDENT IN ALASKA. >>> CAPTURING AN F 35 FIGHTER. JET PLEDGING AND CRASHING IN A. FIERY EXPLOSION, THE PILOT. SAFELY EJECTING. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MORGAN. CHESKY HAS MORE. >> THIS VIDEO NOW CRUCIAL.

EVIDENCE CAPTURING AN F 35. FIGHTER JET IN FREEFALL BEFORE. SLAMMING TO EARTH IN A FIERY. CRASH. >> IT IS ON THE RUNWAY. >> THE PILOT WITNESSING THE. FIREBALL FROM A PARACHUTE AFTER. EJECT IN SECONDS EARLIER. THE AIR FORCE AS THE JET WAS. ABOUT TO LAND DURING A. SCHEDULED TRAINING MISSION. >> THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING. STANDARD PROCEDURES, EXPERIENCE. A MALFUNCTION. >> THE ROUGHLY $80 MILLION. AIRCRAFT IS CONSIDERED. UNPARALLEL FOR ITS STEALTH. CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY TO.

CONDUCT LONG-RANGE LASERGUIDED. BOMBING MISSIONS. RECENT CRASHES HAS DRAWN. SCRUTINY. LAST MAY A CRASH JUST AFTER. TAKEOFF IN NEW MEXICO. 2022, >> SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. >> THIS PILOT IN TEXAS FORCED. TO REJECT ON THE GROUND DURING. A VERTICAL LANDING ATTEMPT. THE NEXT YEAR A GOVERNMENT. WATCHDOG REPORT FOUND ONGOING. MAINTENANCE CHALLENGES LEFT THE. F-35 JETS MISSION CAPABLE, ONLY.

55% OF THE TIME. FORMER FIGHTER PILOT HEATHER. PENNEY HAS FULL CONFIDENCE IN. THE AIRCRAFT. >> I HAVE NO CONCERNS FOR THE F-. 35 PROGRAM ACROSS ANY VARIANCE. SINCE ITS FIRST FLIGHT IN 2006. TO TODAY WHICH IS NEARLY 20. YEARS ONLY 10 F-35 HAVE BEEN. LOST TO CRASHES AND SOME OF. THOSE HAVE BEEN DUE TO PILOT. ERROR. >> INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO WHAT. EXACTLY CAUSED TUESDAY'S. MALFUNCTION. AS OF RIGHT NOW NO OTHER F-35. HAVE BEEN GROUNDED.

>>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND MORE. ISRAELI HOSTAGES ARE SET TO BE. RELEASED BY HAMAS. AS A SENIOR AMERICAN OFFICIAL. VISITED GAZA FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN YEARS, KIER SIMMONS IS IN. TEL AVIV TONIGHT. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW? >> AMONG THE THREE HOSTAGES SET. TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW THE. LAST FEMALE CIVILIAN, ARBEL. YEHOUD, WILL BE RELEASED . GAZA'S FRAGILE CEASE-FIRE. ALMOST COLLAPSED WHEN SHE WAS. NOT AFRAID. THREE AMERICANS ARE ALSO STILL. HELD IN GAZA. AMONG THEM, 64-YEAR-OLD KEITH.

SIEGEL WHOSE WIFE WAS FREED. MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. THE MAN WHO HELPED NEGOTIATE. THIS CEASE-FIRE VISITED. DEVASTATED GAZA TODAY. HE IS THE FIRST AMERICAN. OFFICIAL TO VISIT GAZA IN. DECADES. TONIGHT HE SAW PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU. NEXT WEEK, NETANYAHU WILL SEE. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BE THE. FIRST FOREIGN LEADER TO SEE THE. PRESIDENT THIS YEAR.

>>> WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING A. FRIGHTENING SCENE OUT OF INDIA. POLICE SAY AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE. DIED IN A STAMPEDE AT THE. WORLD'S LARGEST RELIGIOUS. GATHERING. IT HAPPENED AT A FESTIVAL IN. NORTHERN INDIA. POLICE SAY. ANOTHER 60 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. AND TAKEN TO HOSPITALS. >>> WE WILL TAKE A BREAK AND IN. 60 SECONDS A NEW TWIST. INVOLVING CHINESE A.I. APP DEEPSEEK. >>> WE ARE. BACK NOW WITH A NEW. WRINKLE TO DEEPSEEK, THE. CHINESE A.I.

APP. THE CHAT BOTS AMERICAN. COMPETITORS ARE NOW ALLEGING. THE CHINESE MAY HAVE COPIED. THEIR TECHNOLOGY. BRIAN CHEUNG HAS MORE. >> THEY LOOK SIMILAR. I CHAT BOTS THAT HELP YOU CHEF. UP A RECIPE OR WRITE A POEM. ON THE LEFT, OPENAI CHATGPT. ON THE RIGHT, CHINESE APP. DEEPSEEK SPARKING CONCERNS THAT. THE U.S. MAY BE LAGGING BEHIND. CHINA IN THE A.I. RACE. LEADERS IN THE U.S. NOW ALLEGE. CHINA MAY HAVE CHEATED BUILDING. A COMPETITOR BY TAPPING DATA.

FROM A LARGER MODEL LIKE OPENAI. IN A PROCESS CALLED DISTILLING. >> THERE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THAT WHAT DEEPSEEK DID HERE IS. THEY DISTILLED THE KNOWLEDGE. OUT OF OPENAI MODEL. >> AND OPENAI SPOKESPERSON. SAYING WE ARE AWARE OF AND. REVIEWING INDICATIONS THAT. DEEPSEEK MAY HAVE. INAPPROPRIATELY DISTILLED OUR. MODELS ADDING THEY WILL WORK. WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO. TAKE AGGRESSIVE PROACTIVE. COUNTERMEASURES. EXPERTS SAY IT'S NOT CLEAR IF. DEEPSEEK IS REALLY A COPYCAT.

>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE A KNEE-JERK. REACTION WHEN IT COMES TO. ANYTHING CHINA DEVELOPS TO. THINK OF IT AS POTENTIALLY. STOLEN. THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE. EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY ESPECIALLY. IN A.I. >> ALL WHILE OPENAI FACES A. LAWSUIT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES. OVER UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ITS. CONTENT FOR TRAINING. OPENAI SAY THE CASE IS WITHOUT. MERIT BECAUSE TRAINING IS FAIR. USE. THE PRESIDENT'S PICK FOR. COMMERCE SECRETARY TELLING THE. SENATE HE WANTS TO FURTHER. TIGHTEN CHINA'S ACCESS TO U.S. TECH. >> THEY BOUGHT TONS OF AND THEY.

FOUND THEIR WAYS AROUND IT. DRIVE THERE DEEPSEEK MODEL. IT'S GOT TO END. >> NVIDIA SAYING IS READY TO. WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. DEEPSEEK IT'S NOT RESPOND TO. REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE FREE APP. IN THE U.S. APPLE APP STORE. COME IN SECOND PLACE ITS. AMERICAN COMPETITOR CHATGPT. >> WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF CONCERN. THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF. NATIONAL SECURITY RISK? >> DEEPSEEK'S TERMS OF USE ARE. GOVERNED BY CHINA AND IT TRACKS.

A HOST OF DATA INCLUDING YOUR. KEYSTROKES AND STORES THEM ON. CHINESE SERVERS. INTERESTINGLY, TONIGHT MICROSOFT SAYS IT IS. ALLOWING DEVELOPERS TO DOWNLOAD. A VERSION OF DEEPSEEK THAT THEY. SAY UNDERWENT EXTENSIVE. SECURITY BS WHICH WILL MAKE IT. TRUSTWORTHY. >>> STILL AHEAD, NEW CONCERNS. >>> BACK WITH CONCERNING NEWS. ABOUT. ACRO. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH CONCERNING. NEWS ABOUT KIDS ACROSS THE SS. COUNTRY. THE RESULT OF THE NATION'S. REPORT CARD SHOW CHILDREN.

NATIONWIDE ARE LOSING GROUND IN. READING. ANNE THOMPSON EXPLAINS. >> PAMELA CALLS HER SON. CHRISTIAN --. >> COVID KID. HE GREW UP DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> HE STARTED KINDERGARTEN ON. ZOOM. NOW IN THE FOURTH GRADE SHE. SAYS READING IS STILL A. CHALLENGE EVEN WITH TUTORS, AFTERSCHOOL HEALTH AND COACHING. BY MOM. >> I AM NOTICING AN IMPROVEMENT. BUT IT'S STILL A WORK IN. PROGRESS. >> A NEW STUDY SAYS POST-. PANDEMIC REBOUND REMAINS.

ELUSIVE. WHAT'S BILLED AS THE NATION'S. REPORT CARD FINDS AVERAGE. SCORES IN READING DECLINING IN. BOTH FOURTH AND EIGHTH GRADES. COMPARED TO 2022. IN MATH THERE WAS NO. SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN SCORES AT. EIGHTH GRADE, THE BRIGHT SPOT, IMPROVEMENT IN FOURTH GRADE. SCORES. >> THIS IS A FIVE ALARM FIRE. >> A DISAPPOINTING REPORT FROM. THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF. EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS SAYS. EDUCATION RESEARCHER DAN. GOLDHABER. >> WHAT DOES IT TELL US ABOUT.

CLASSROOMS POST-PANDEMIC? >> STUDENTS ARE STILL. STRUGGLING POST-PANDEMIC. WE ARE NOT BACK TO NORMAL EVEN. THOUGH MANY PARENTS IN THE. PUBLIC MAY THINK WE ARE BACK TO. NORMAL WHEN IT COMES TO STUDENT. ACHIEVEMENT. >> IT'S NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC. MATH SCORES DECLINED IN 2013. FOR BOTH GRADES, READING SCORES. RECENTLY FOLLOWING A SIMILAR. PATH. GOLDHABER SAYS NO ONE IS QUITE. SURE WHY. >> COULD BE SCREENS, HANGOVER. FROM THE GREAT RECESSION,

RELAXATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY, GRADE INFLATION. >> STATISTICS FOR PARENTS LIKE. PAMELA WITH BIG DREAMS FOR. CHRISTIAN. >> I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO BE. COLLEGE READY. ONE DAY. >> A LOT OF PARENTS HAVE THAT. DREAM. GOLDHABER WORRIES BECAUSE OF. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SUCCESS. ON TESTS LIKE THESE AND. OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE AND. BEYOND THOSE DREAMS MAY BE. HARDER TO FULFILL.

>>> FINALLY, THE RESCUE MISSION. IN. THE WATER AFTER THE. WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. GADI SCHWARTZ WITH THE GOOD. NEWS TONIGHT . >> THROUGH THE ASHES OF THE. PALISADES FIRE INTO TOPANGA. CREEK, AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS. WADING THROUGH MURKY WATER. ARMED WITH NETS AND FISHING. POLES THAT LOOK A LITTLE MORE.

GHOSTBUSTERS THAN YOUR EVERYDAY. ANGLER. WITH THOSE BEEPS, AND. ELECTRICAL CHARGE. THE QUICKEST WAY TO MASS. EVACUATE THE ELUSIVE LITTLE. RAINBOW TROUT HIDING UNDER ROCKS. . A MISSION WHERE TIME IS. RUNNING OUT. >> ALL OF THIS FILLS UP WITH. DEBRIS AND ASH. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? >> THERE IS A VERY HIGH CHANCE. THAT THE ENTIRE POPULATION. WOULD BE WIPED OUT. >> THESE AREN'T JUST ANY.

RAINBOW TROUT, THIS IS ONE OF. THE FEW PLACES IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA WHERE WHAT START AS. RAINBOW TROUT CAN MORPH INTO. STEELHEAD TROUT AND SWIM INTO. THE SEA. >> HAD YOU DESCRIBE THE MAGIC. OF THE RAINBOW TROUT INTO. STEELHEAD TROUT? >> HOW TO DESCRIBE THE MAGIC? NATURE HAS MIRACLES THAT. SOMETIMES WE GET A CHANCE TO. GET A GLIMPSE OF AND LEARN. ABOUT. >> ON THIS DAY 271 ENDANGERED. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEELHEAD. CAUGHT AND TAKEN TO THE. PROTECTION OF A NEARBY HATCHERY. JUST IN TIME WHEN THEY WILL.

WAIT OUT THE RAINY SEASON THAT. THREATENS TO OVERWHELM THEIR. FRAGILE HABITAT. FOR THE FISH THAT ONCE NUMBERED. IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS HERE. BIOLOGISTS ESTIMATE THERE ARE. NOW ONLY HUNDREDS. EVEN THOUGH. MOTHER NATURE HAS GIVEN THEM. THE RESILIENCE NEEDED TO THRIVE. IN RIVER STREAMS AND THE SEA, WHEN DISASTER STRIKES THERE ARE. TEAMS LIKE THESE ALWAYS WILLING. TO LEND A HUMAN HAND. GADI SCHWARTZ, NBC NEWS, TOPANGA CREEK, CALIFORNIA. >>> THAT IS NIGHTLY NEWS FOR.

THIS WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU FOR.