NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 7

>>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, THE. EXPLOSIVE WILDFIRES RAGING IN. LOS ANGELES AS LIFE THREATENING. WINDS SPREAD DANGER ACROSS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HOMES ARE BURNING IN THE ICONIC. PACIFIC PALISADES AS OFFICIALS. ORDER MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. THOUSANDS RACING TO GET OUT, VEHICLES ABANDONED IN THE. GRIDLOCK, FIREFIGHTERS RUSHING. TO REACH THOSE TRAPPED. THE FIRE FUELED BY SANTA ANA.

WINDS BURNING HUNDREDS OF ACRES. AND GUSTS OF WIND UP TO 100. MILES PER HOUR. OUR TEAM IN THE FIRE ZONE AS THE. FLAMES RAGE TONIGHT. THE DEEP FREEZE AND NEW WINTER. STORM WARNINGS WE ARE TRACKING. BEHIND IT. JUST BREAKING IN THE LAS VEGAS. CYBERTRUCK EXPLOSION. POLICE SAY IT WAS PLOTTED USING. AI INCLUDING CHAT GPT AND ARE. CALLING IT A GAME-CHANGER. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. SUGGESTING HE CAN USE THE. MILITARY TO SEIZE GREENLAND AND.

THE PANAMA CANAL, AND META CEO. MARK ZUCKERBERG ANNOUNCING MAJOR. CHANGES. WHY FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ARE. GETTING RID OF TONIGHT, 1K3 AND. THE LEGENDARY FOLK TRIO WHO. WROTE PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON, REMEMBERING PETER YARROW. A WIND STORM IS KICKING YOU HAVE. EXPLOSIVE AND RAPIDLY SPREADING. BRUSH AND WILDFIRES ALL OVER.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS. EVENING. HOMES ARE ALREADY ENGULFED IN. FLAMES IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES. SECTION OF L.A. FORCING. THOUSANDS OF TO FLEE AND. CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. FIRE EMERGENCY FUELED BY. POWERFUL SANTA ANA WINDS. OFFICIALS HAD WARNED OF EXTREME. FIRE DANGER. TONIGHT THE DANGER HAS BECOME A.

REALITY FOR THOSE CAUGHT IN THE. PATH. AS THE FLAMES AND SMOKE SPREAD. SOME DRIVERS ABANDONED VEHICLES. CAUSING GRIDLOCK FOR OTHERS, INCLUDING OUR OWN LIZ KREUTZ. LIZ JOINS US NOW FROM LOS. ANGELES. LIZ, IT IS A DESPERATE SITUATION. WITH SO MANY RUSHING TO GET OUT. >> Reporter: LESTER, THIS IS A. CHAOTIC SITUATION UNFOLDING NOW. WE ARE HEARING REPORTS OF PEOPLE.

TRAPPED. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. TRYING TO GET OUT CREATING. GRIDLOCK TRAFFIC. ALL OF THE CARS AROUND ME ARE. ABANDONED WITH PEOPLE THAT GOT. OUT TO GET OUT ON FOOT. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF. FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE WORKING THE. FIRE RIGHT NOW. ALL OF IT IS DRIVEN BY AN. INTENSE WIND EVENT THAT IS JUST. GETTING STARTED. THE WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRE BLAZES. THROUGH ONE OF SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA'S MOST ICONIC.

NEIGHBORHOODS. PEOPLE ARE WAITING AND IT IS A. PARKING LOT. >> I RUSHED OVER TO PACK MY. BELONGINGS AND I GOT THE. EVACUATION ORDERS. >> Reporter: RESIDENTS TOLD TO. GET OUT, SOME PEOPLE GETTING. TRAPPED. >> HOMEOWNERS ARE SAYING THEY. ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS ANY EXIT. ROUTES. THERE IS FIRE ON BOTH SIDES OF. THE ROAD. >> Reporter: MANY ABANDONING. CARS IN THE GRIDLOCKED TRAFFIC.

FIRE CREWS USING A BULLDOZER. PUSHING CARS OUT OF THE WAY TO. CLEAR A PATH. WE ARE IN BUMPER TO BUMPER. TRAFFIC. FLAMES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. WITH VERY LITTLE VISIBILITY. >> UP AND AROUND THOSE TWO. HOMES, THEY DIDN'T CATCH FIRE. BUT EVERYTHING AROUND THEM DID. >> Reporter: INSIDE THIS. HARD-HIT NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THIS IS A LARGE CLOCK HERE. A LARGE ANTIQUE BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. CLOCK. THERE ARE PHOTO ALBUMS THE.

FIREFIGHTERS PULLED FROM THE. HOME MINUTES BEFORE THE FLAMES. OVERTOOK IT. >> Reporter: SMOKE FROM THE. GROWING FIRE SEEN MILES AWAY. WE ARE IN THE HEART OF L.A. ON. SUNSET BOULEVARD. ALL OF THE FIREFIGHTERS TRYING. TO GET AHEAD OF THE WIND PUTTING. ON OUT THE FLAMES. FIREFIGHTERS USING AIR DROPS TO. PUT OUT THE FLAMES. 19 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG.

WARNINGS WITH WIND GUSTS. EXPECTED TO REACH 100 MILES PER. HOUR IN SOME AREA. >> THE ONLY THING I HEARD WAS. THE POWER LINES POPPING. THE FIREFIGHT CONTINUING INTO. THE NIGHT WHERE WINDS ARE. EXPECTED TO FAN THE FLAMES.

LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS. >> FIREFIGHTERS ARE IN A. TROPICAL STORM FIGHTING A HUGE. FIRE WHERE IT HASN'T RAINED IN. EIGHT MONTHS. YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS AND THE. SMOKE PLUME HEADING OFF OF THE. COAST. WINDS ARE GUSTING UP TO 60 MILES. PER HOUR, AND LATER TONIGHT THEY. GET STRONGER. THE FIRE IS GOING TO BURN DOWN. TO THE OCEAN. IT WILL BE TRYING TO PROTECT AS. MANY STRUCTURES AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL SEE THE HUMIDITY LOW.

TOO. EVEN IN DOWNTOWN L.A. WE COULD. HAVE GUSTS INTO THE 70s, AND NOW. LET'S DO A 180 TALKING ABOUT THE. NEXT MAJOR WINTER STORM ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. DALLAS TO LITTLE ROCK, THIS. COULD BE POTENTIALLY HISTORIC. SNOW AMOUNT. DALLAS UP TO FIVE INCHES. LITTLE ROCK SIX TO SEVEN INCHES. THE EAST COAST WILL GET. SOMETHING, BUT NOT AS BIG AS THE. LAST STORM WE FINISHED UP WITH. >> NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE.

CYBERTRUCK EXPLOSION IN LAS. VEGAS. STUNNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE. SPECIAL OPS SOLDIER WHO BLEW. HIMSELF UP AND ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE THEY SAY HE USED TO. PLAN THE ATTACK. A TOP POLICE SHALL CALLING AI IN. THE CASE A GAME-CHANGER. >> THAT IS RIGHT, LESTER. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST. TALKED ABOUT PROBLEMS BY LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OVER THE.

PAST YEAR AND SAY MATTHEW. LIVELSBERGER USE THE CHAT GPT TO. SEARCH LAWS AND WHAT HE WOULD. NEED TO SET OFF EXPLOSIVE POWDER. AND IF HE WERE TO USE A FIREARM. TO SET OFF THE EXPLOSIVE WHAT. SPEED A BULLET WOULD NEED TO. TRAVEL TO GET A SPECIFIC POWDER. TO EXPLODE AND ASKED AI HOW HE. COULD AVOID DETECTION. POLICE BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST. LARGE SCALE INCIDENT PLANNED. WITH THE HELP OF CHAT GPT IN THE.

U.S. AND HAS ALREADY BEEN USED. BY ISIS TO HELP THEM MAKE. ANONYMOUS PROPAGANDA. THE SHERIFF CONFIRMED AND CALLED. IT A MANIFESTO AND SAID THE. EMAIL IS AUTHENTIC AND. REFERENCED DRONES, THE CHINESE. SPY BALLOON AND OTHER EVENTS. TIED TO THE MILITARY.

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE. TAKING OFFICE AGAIN. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP OUTLINING. DRAMATIC STEPS TO ACQUIRE THE. PANAMA CANAL AND GREENLAND AND. EVEN RENAME THE GULF OF MEXICO. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IN A MARATHON NEWS. CONFERENCE PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP. IS NOT RULING OUT USING ECONOMIC. OR MILITARY COERCION TO TAKE THE. PANAMA CANAL AND ACQUIRE.

GREENLAND. WE NEED THEM FOR ECONOMIC. SECURITY. >> TRUMP SAYING A U.S. DECISION. TO RETURN CONTROL IN THE 90s. GAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE TO CHINA. AND ARGUING THE U.S. NEEDS. GREENLAND FOR NATIONAL SECURITY. >> YOU HAVE RUSSIAN SHIPS ALL. OVER THE PLACE. WE ARE NOT LETTING THAT HAPPEN.

>> Reporter: THE COMMENTS COME. AS DONALD TRUMP JR. VISITED. GREENLAND TODAY, AND THE DANISH. PRIME MINISTER VOWED THE COUNTRY. IS NOT FOR SALE, BUT HIS FATHER. LAYING OUT AN AGGRESSIVE POLICY, EVEN WANTING TO CHANGE THE NAME. OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. >> THE GULF OF AMERICA. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME. IT IS APPROPRIATE. IT IS APPROPRIATE. MEXICO, THEY HAVE TO STOP. ALLOWING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO.

POUR INTO OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: AFTER MOCKING. CANADA AS THE 51st STATE, TRUMP. IS USING THE IDEA OF ECONOMICS. TO ANNEX THE U.S. ALLY. >> CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. WOULD REALLY BE SOMETHING. YOU GET RID OF THAT ARTIFICIALLY. DRAWN LINE AND TAKE A LOOK AT. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. >> JUSTIN TRUDEAU RESPONDING. THERE ISN'T A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE.

IN HELL CANADA WOULD BECOME A. PART OF THE UNITED STATES. OVERSEAS TRUMP IS WARNING HAMAS. TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES SOON. >> IF THEY ARE NOT BACK BY THE. TIME I GET INTO OFFICE, ALL HELL. WILL BREAK OUT IN THE MIDDLE. EAST. >> Reporter: SPECIAL COUNSELLE. JACK SMITH'S REPORT CANNOT BE. RELEASED UNTIL AN APPEALS COURT. WEIGHS IN. TRUMP CALLED IT GREAT NEWS.

ALSO A NEW YORK APPEALS JUDGE. DENIED TRUMP'S REQUEST TO DELAY. SENTENCING IN HIS HUSH MONEY. CASE. >> Reporter: NEW FALLOUT AFTER. META'S MOVE TO ELIMINATE. TRADITIONAL FACT CHECKING. >> WE REACHED A POINT WHERE. THERE IS TOO MANY MISTAKES AND.

TOO MUCH CENSORSHIPS AND THE. FACT CHECKERS DESTROYED MORE. TRUST THAN THEY CREATED. >> Reporter: A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT. FROM THE FACT CHECKING PUT IN. PLACE AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST. WIN. NOW WILL RELY ON USER. INPUT, SIMILAR TO WHAT ELON. MUSK'S X PLATFORM DOES. THE COMPANY WILL LIFT. RESTRICTIONS ON HOT BUTTON. TOPICS LIKE GENDER IDENTITY AND. IMMIGRATION AND ALLOW MORE.

POLITICS INTO PEOPLE'S FEEDS AND. MOVE TRUST AND SAFETY TEAM FROM. CALIFORNIA TO RUBY RED, TEXAS. ALL DAYS BEFORE PRESIDENT-ELECT. RETAKES THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THE ELECTIONS FEEL LIKE A. CULTURAL TRIPPING POINT TOWARDS. PRIORITIZING SPEECH. >> Reporter: FOUR YEARS AFTER. FACEBOOK SUSPENDED MORE TRUMP'S. COUNT AND MONTHS BEFORE THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT ACCUSED. ZUCKERBERG OF PLOTTING AGAINST. HIM IN 2020, CALLING FOR LIFE IN. PRISON IF ZUCKERBERG DID IT.

AGAIN. AFTER TRUMP'S WIN, ZUCKERBERG. TRAVELLED TO MAR-A-LAGO, DONATED. TO THE TRUMP INAUGURAL FUND AND. NOW DANA WHITE IS JOINING META'S. BOARD. >> META. FACEBOOK. I THINK THEY HAVE COME A LONG. WAY. SOME CRITICS CONCERNED. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU SEE AS. THE TRUMP FACTOR, IF YOU WILL. HERE? >> THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A POLITICAL.

DECISION. >> Reporter: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION WILL SET KEY. POLICY ON ANTITRUST AND AI, AND. AS META PUSHED INTO THE WORLD OF. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NEW. TONIGHT NBC NEWS FOUND USER. GENERATED CHATBOTS VIOLATING. META'S POLICY OVER CREATING. CHARACTERS BASED ON RELIGIOUS OR. REAL LIFE FIGURES. META TOOK DOWN THE INDIVIDUAL.

ACCOUNTS AND SAY THEY ARE. IMPROVING THEIR DETECTION. MEASURES. >> A HISTORIC SCENE IN. WASHINGTON AS THE BODY OF FORMER. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ARRIVED. AT THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA. >> Reporter: ENDURING RITUALS. AND CEREMONY, MARK SALUTING A. MAN THAT VALUED A HUMBLE LIFE. >> HE SERVED THE PEOPLE.

HE LEFT THE WORLD BETTER THAN HE. FOUND IT. >> Reporter: THE HONOR OF LYING. IN STATE BRINGS TOGETHER THE. CARTER FAMILY WITH LEADERS, DIGNITARIES AND THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE TO SHOW GRATITUDE AND. RESPECT. >> TO HONOR AN EXTRAORDINARY. MAN, A MAN THAT MODELED THE. HONORS OF VIRTUE AND. CITIZENSHIP. >> Reporter: THE CITY WHERE. JIMMY CARTER GOVERNED BEGAN 600. MILES AWAY AT THE PLACE WHERE. HIS LEGACY ENDURES, THE CARTER.

CENTER IN ATLANTA, THE HOME BASE. OF THE CARTER'S GLOBAL. HUMANITARIAN WORK. THE JOURNEY TO WASHINGTON, A. PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT, DESIGNATED AS SPECIAL AIR. MISSION 39 CARRIED THE LATE. PRESIDENT TO JOINT BASE ANDREWS, TELLING THE STORY OF THE 39th. PRESIDENT, A STOP AT THE U.S. NAVY MEMORIAL HE AUTHORIZED IN. 1980. PRESIDENT CARTER BEGAN HIS. SERVICE AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY,

AND AS A NUCLEAR SUBMARINE. ENGINEER. RETRACING THE ROUTE WHERE CARTER. SET A MODERN TRADITION OF. WALKING THE PARADE ROUTE ON. INAUGURATION DAY. ONCE A POLITICAL OUTSIDER, AT. REST IN THE ROTUNDA TONIGHT. AT THURSDAY'S NATIONAL FUNERAL. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL DELIVER THE. EULOGY, A PERSONAL REQUEST OF. PRESIDENT CARTER. >> WE WILL TAKE A BREAK HERE. IN 60 SECONDS A NEW GOVERNMENT.

INVESTIGATION INTO A FEATURE IN. MORE. >>> BACK NOW WITH A FEDERAL. INVESTIGATION INTO A TESLA. SELF-DRIVING FEATURE THAT OWNERS. CAN USE MAKING PARKED VEHICLES. COME TO THEM. HERE IS EMILIE IKEDA. >> Reporter: THE TECHNOLOGY IS. HEAD-TURNING, ALLOWING YOUR CAR. TO COME TO YOU FROM ANYWHERE IN. THE PARKING LOT THROUGH TESLA'S. PHONE APP AND THE TOUCH OF A. BUTTON WITH NO DRIVER INSIDE.

TONIGHT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY. SAFETY ADMINISTRATION IS RAISING. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SMART SUMMON. FEATURE IN AN ESTIMATED 2.5. MILLION TESLAS, LAUNCHING A. PROBE OVER REPORTED PROBLEMS OF. FAILING TO DETECT PARKED. VEHICLES OR PEOPLE RESULTING IN. A CRASH AND THE OPERATOR NOT. HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO REACT. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING TWO. WEEKS AFTER A STORY WE AIRED ON. A SUMMONED TESLA. >> IT WAS AN EMPTY CAR DRIVING. ITSELF INTO MY CAR. >> Reporter: OUR WASHINGTON DC.

STATION SUSAN HOGAN WENT TO THE. INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY TO. TEST A VERSION OF THE. TECHNOLOGY, FINDING SUCCESS ON. THE FIRST TRY. >> SAYS THE SUMMON IS COMPLETE. >> A DIFFERENT RESULT WITH THE. LATER TONIGHT. >> I'M GOING TO STOP THAT. >> Reporter: ONE CASE ALMOST. JUMPING THE CURB. BETWEEN SMART SUMMON AND THE. SOFTWARE THE FEDERAL. INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERING 13. CRASH COMPLAINTS AND THREE MEDIA. REPORTS, FORTUNATELY NONE OF THE.

INCIDENTS HAD INJURIES. >> LIKE ALL AUTO PILOT FEATURES, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR. CAR. >> Reporter: THE TECHNOLOGY IS. MEANT TO BE USED IN PARKING LOTS. AND DRIVE WAYS ON PRIVATE. PROPERTY. >> YOU ARE LIMITED IN YOUR. CONTROL. YOU ARE SOMEWHAT GIVING YOUR. FUNERAL POTENTIAL LIABILITY TO. GENERATION. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.

>> COMING UP, THE AMAZING. CONNECTION AT A BAKERY IN. >>> THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. FROM A BAKERY ON CHICAGO'S. SOUTHSIDE WHERE THE OWNER AND. CUSTOMER DISCOVERED AN. INCREDIBLE CONNECTION. >> Reporter: THEIR CONNECTION. STARTED OVER SWEETS. >> PANCAKES WERE THE BEST I EVER. HAD. >> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN TEN.

YEARS LAMAR HUNTER FOUND HIMSELF. DRAWN TO GIMMIE SOME SUGAR. >> I WANTED A LITTLE PLACE LIKE. CHEERS, WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS. YOUR NAME. >> Reporter: HE DISCOVERED THAT. HE WAS ADOPTED AS A CHILD, AND. WITH THE HELP OF AN INVESTIGATOR. THEY FOUND HIS BIOLOGICAL. MOTHER. >> CAN'T TELL THE STORY WITHOUT. TALKING GOD. I WAS LED THE ENTIRE WAY.

>> Reporter: LED TO LENOIR WHO. PLACED HIM FOR ADOPTION WHEN SHE. BECAME PREGNANT AT 17. ONCE THE INVESTIGATOR FOUND HER. SHE ONLY HAD THE NAME AND NUMBER. TO CALL, THINKING HE WOULD BE A. STRANGER. >> CALLED HIM FROM THE BAKERY. LINE. >> GIMMIE SOME SUGAR POPS UP. I HEARD HER VOICE LIKE MISS. LENOIR. YEAH. THIS IS LAMAR. YEAH. THERE WAS A LOT OF OH, MY GOD.

>> NO. NO. NO. >> Reporter: JUST AS THE TWO. MADE UP FOR LOST TIME LENOIR WAS. FIGHTING BREAST CANCER, AND. RUNNING THE SHOP WAS TAKING A. TOLL. HE QUIT HIS JOB TO NOW RUN THE. BAKERY FULL TIME. >> HE LOVES IT LIKE I LOVE IT. >> Reporter: MOTHER AND SON. FEEDING THE SOULS OF THIS. COMMUNITY. >> THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR.

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