NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 8

>>> TONIGHT, THE. HISTORIC AND. CATASTROPHIC. WILDFIRES IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, TURNING DEADLY, AFTER 80,000 PEOPLE. ARE FORCED TO. EVACUATE THEIR. HOMES. THE APOCALYPTIC. IMAGES. A STATE OF EMERGENCY. IN LOS ANGELES, AS. THOUSANDS OF ACRES. BURNED, IMPACTING. ONE OF THE MOST. PICTURESQUE PLACES. IN THE NATION. MULTIPLE WILDFIRES, RAGING OUT OF. CONTROL TONIGHT. FUELED BY HURRICANE-.

FORCED WINDS. THE FIRE IN THE. PACIFIC PALISADES, NOW THE MOST. DESTRUCTIVE IN THE. CITY'S HISTORY. AN ESTIMATED 1,000. STRUCTURES. DESTROYED. MORE THAN A MILLION. WITHOUT POWER. THE GROUNDS OF THE. ICONIC GETTY VILLA, UP IN FLAMES. FIRST, HELICOPTERS. IN PLANES, TAKING. OFF TO JOIN THE. FIGHT. AND DESPERATE. HOMEOWNERS, RACING. TO SAVE THEIR HOMES, WITH WATER HOSES. STREETS CHOKED WITH. ABANDONED CARS LAST. NIGHT, NOW EMPTY. OUR TEAM IN THE FIRE. ZONE. ALSO TONIGHT, THE. NEW WINTER STORM SET.

TO SWEEP ACROSS THE. COUNTRY FROM THE. SOUTH TO THE. NORTHEAST. AL ROKER IS HERE. PRESIDENT-ELECT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ASKING TO HALT HIS. HUSH MONEY TRIAL. >>> MAN WITH. MACHETE, TRYING TO. ENTER THE VIEWING. FOR FORMER PRESIDENT. JIMMY CARTER AT THE. CAPITOL. AND LATE TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT.

TRUMP ARRIVING TO. PAY HIS RESPECTS. THE DRIVER'S. CONDITION TONIGHT. AND THE PERSONAL. LOSS IN CALIFORNIA'S. WILDFIRE DISASTER. OUR CORRESPONDENT, RETURNING TO FIND. HIS CHILDHOOD HOME, DEVASTATED. >> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS," WITH. LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING. AND WELCOME. I'VE COVERED. WILDFIRES IN. CALIFORNIA SINCE THE. EARLIEST DAYS OF MY. CAREER, WHEN I DON'T. REMEMBER ANYTHING. QUITE LIKE THE. FIRESTORMS RAGING. ACROSS SOUTHERN.

CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. MULTIPLE MAJOR. INFERNOS, DESTROYING. THOUSANDS OF HOMES. AND BUSINESSES. KILLING AT LEAST. FIVE PEOPLE AND. DEFYING EFFORTS TO. CONTAIN THEM. FIREFIGHTERS IN. PACIFIC PALISADES, OUTMANNED, AND IN. SOME CASES, OUT OF. WATER. HYDRANTS RUNNING. DRY. FIREFIGHTING. AIRCRAFT GROUNDED. FOR A TIME BY FRESH. WINDS. SOME GUSTING A. HUNDRED MILES PER. HOUR. ROWS OF HOMES AND. RESTAURANTS, ALONG. THE PACIFIC COAST. HIGHWAY, WERE. CONSUMED BY THE. FLAMES. THIS IS WHAT IT.

LOOKED AND SOUNDED. LIKE. >> ALMOST HAUNTING, THE PACIFIC. PALISADES FIRE, GROWING TO NEARLY. 16,000 ACRES. 40 MILES AWAY, THE. EATON FIRE TURNED. DEADLY AND HAS. EXPLODED TO OVER. 10,000 ACRES. TONIGHT, THOUSANDS. IN THE REGION ARE.

UNDER EVACUATION. ORDERS, FILLING. SHELTERS, SCHOOLS. ARE CLOSED, WHILE. POWER IS OUT FOR 1.5. MILLION SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIANS. GADI SCHWARTZ IS IN. THE FIRE ZONE TO. START OUR COVERAGE. >> THIS AREA OF. ALTADENA HAS BECOME. AN ABSOLUTE. WASTELAND. YOU'VE GOT ROWS AND. ROWS OF HOME THAT. HAVE BURNED SOME ARE. STILL STANDING. BUT IT'S JUST A. MATTER OF TIME. >> THFERSZ THE.

MOMENTS THE SUN ROSE. OVER THE FIRE, ABOVE. PASADENA, BUT YOU'D. NEVER KNOW IT. >> AGAIN, YOU HEAR. THE EXPLOSIONS. SO MANY, THERE IS NO. HOPE. >> SOME DOING. EVERYTHING THEY. COULD TO FIGHT BACK. THERE ARE PEOPLE. STILL HERE, TRYING. TO FIGHT THIS FIRE.

WITH GARDEN HOSES. THERE IS STILL WATER. IN THE AREA. BUT WITH THIS MUCH. DESTRUCTION, IT. ALMOST SEEMS. FUTEILE. >> YOU HAVE BEEN. HERE SINCE 4:00 A.M. SHOULD. >> YEAH. >> YOU NOW HAVE A. FULL CONTINGENT OF. FIREFIGHTERS HERE. SEEMS LIKE RIGHT IN. THE NICK OF TIME. >> THEY SAVED THIS. HOME FOR NOW. A SCENE THAT PLAYED. OUT ACROSS SO MANY. FIRELINES FROM THE. FOOTHILLS OF THE. ANGELES MOUNTAINS TO. THE PALISADES. >> I'VE BEEN TRYING. TO MAKE ENTRANCE. THEY'RE SMASHING.

DOWN THAT DOOR. THEY GOTTA GO. INSIDE. GOTTA MAKE SURE NO. ONE ELSE IS HERE. >> WHO ELSE IS IN. THE HOUSE? >> Reporter: HOMEOWNERS ON. ROOFTOPS, TRYING TO. WET DOWN EVERYTHING. >> I'M GOING TO HELP. YOU. >> IT'S HARD TO SHOW. THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS. GOING ON. >> AS WE HEADED DOWN. SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE LOOSE IS WORSE. THAN ANY FIRE WE'VE. EVER SEEN. THIS LOOKS LIKE THE. APOCALYPSE HERE. >> IN THE CHAOS, WAY. TOO OFTEN,

FIREFIGHTERS LEFT. WITH HYDRANTS WAY. TOO DRY. >> A FIRE HYDRANT. WITH MULTIPLE. SYSTEMS DRAWING. WATER FOR SEVERAL. HOURS IS NOT. SUSTAINABLE. >> THEY HOPED TO. HELP WITH WATER. PRESSURE. >> OUT OF EVERY FIRE. HYDRANT YOU'VE SEEN, WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND? >> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE. FINDING MOST ARE. DOWN OR LOW. PRESSURE. >> IF YOU HAD A. HYDRANT FOR THIS. BUILDING? >> IF WE HAD A. HYDRANT FOR THIS.

BUILDING, WE MIGHT. HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. SAVE THE BACK HOUSE. >> THIS APARTMENT. COMPLEX IS UNTOUCHED. FOR NOW. BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW. CLOSE THOSE FLAMES. ARE ARE. FIREFIGHTERS ARE. MAKING THEIR WAY UP. AGAIN, THEY'RE. HAVING TO IGNORE. MASSIVE STRUCTURES. LIKE THIS HUGE. APARTMENT COMPLEX. LOOKS LIKE IT'S. GOING TO GO UP. IMMINENTLY. BECAUSE THEY ARE. JUST OVERWHELMED. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH. WATER UP HERE. >> Reporter: THE. WIND ALSO GROUNDING. THAT CRITICAL. SUPPORT FROM THE SKY. FOR MOST OF THE DAY. AND WHEN. FIREFIGHTERS WERE. ABLE TO MAKE A STAND. AND SAVE A HOME,

THERE WAS NO. VICTORY. JUST A BRIEF. REPRIEVE FROM THE. HELPLESSNESS OF. FIGHTING FIRE. AGAINST THE WIND. >> GADI, I FEEL LIKE. YOU REALLY TOOK US. INTO WHAT IT IS LIKE. THERE. THIS DEVASTATION. GOES WELL BEYOND THE. HOMES DESTROYED IN. PACIFIC PALISADES. >> YEAH, WELL BEYOND. THE HOMES. THE SCOPE OF THIS IS. SO DIFFICULT TO. COMPREHEND. WE'VE SEEN SCHOOLS. WE'VE SEEN. SYNAGOGUES, CHURCHES. HERE, ALONG THE. PALISADES. THIS IS THE HEART OF.

THE PALISADES. YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS. HERE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE. NEIGHBORHOODS ABOVE, BELOW, AND TO EACH. SIDE OF THE HEART OF. THE PALISADES. AND SO FAR, THEY'RE. SAYING ABOUT A. THOUSAND. THAT'S PRELIMINARY. STRUCTURE. A THOUSAND LOST. WE CAN TELL YOU, THAT NUMBER IS GOING. TO CLIMB. SIGNIFICANTLY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UNTIL TODAY, IT WAS. HARD TO IMAGINE. DESTRUCTION ON THIS. SCALE. TODAY, OUR LIZ. KREUTZ SAW SOME OF. THE WORST OF IT.

>> A MASSIVE AND. DEADLY WILDFIRE IS. UNFOLDING IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FROM THE PACIFIC. PALISADES TO. PASADENA. MULTIPLE INFERNOS, CONTINUING MASS. DESTRUCTION OF HOMES. AND BUSINESSES. TEPS. OF THOUSANDS. >> LAST NIGHT WAS. ONE OF THE MOST. DEVASTATING WE'VE. SEEN IN OUR CITY. HISTORY. >> ON THE COAST, THE. PALISADES FIRE, EXPLODING TO 60. MILES AN HOUR.

75-MILE-AN-HOUR. WINDS OVERNIGHT. OVERTOOK THE ICONIC. CITY OF MALIBU, AND. CREATED THIS. APOCALYPTIC SCENE, STRETCHING FOR MILES. ON THE CALIFORNIA. COAST. >> WE'RE WATCHING. MULTIPLE BEACH FRONT. PROPERTIES HERE GO. UP IN FLAMES. FIRST RESPONDERS. TRYING TO GET HOLD. OF THE FIRE. ALL THE NEIGHBORING. PROPERTIES HERE. DESTROYED, AS THE. WINDS ARE PICKING. UP. >> IN THE PACIFIC. PALISADES, OFFICIALS. SAY AT LEAST A. THOUSAND STRUCTURES. LOST. ACROSS SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA, HIGH. WINDS AND PROTECTED.

POWER SHUTOFF HAVE. LEFT MORE THAN A. MILLION PEOPLE IN. THE DARK. AT THE EATON FIRE, 45 MINUTES FROM THE. COAST, AT LEAST FIVE. PEOPLE HAVE DIED, AND MORE THAN A. HUNDRED STRUCTURES. DESTROYED. AS WIND-WHIPPED. EMBERS EXPANDED THE. FIRE'S PATH, IT. FORCED THE. EVACUATION OF THE. ASSISTED LIVING. FACILITY. >> YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE. ON STRETCHERS. AND THE RAPID EFFORT. TO TRY TO GET THESE. PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S. WAY. >> FOR MANY, THE. RACE TO GET OUT WAS. BY ANY MEANS. NECESSARY. >> WHICH IS YOUR. HOUSE? >> YEAH. BACKYARD IS ON FIRE. I'M OUT OF HERE.

>> Reporter: SOME OF. THE MOST EXPENSIVE. REAL ESTATE IN THE. WORLD, REDUCED TO. RUBBLE ON PACIFIC. COAST HIGHWAY. >> HERE, HOME AFTER. HOME AFTER HOME OF. BEACH FRONT. PROPERTIES ARE. DESTROYED. USUALLY, YOU WOULD. SEE THE PACIFIC. OCEAN THERE. NOW, IT'S JUST ASHES. AND SMOKE. >> Reporter: AS. FIRES STILL BURN, OFFICIALS URGING. RESIDENTS NOT TO. IGNORE EVACUATION. ORDERS. >> A HIGH NUMBER OF. INJURIES TO. RESIDENTS WHO DID. NOT EVACUATE, IN. ADDITION TO FIRST. RESPONDERS WHO ARE. ON THE FIRE LINE.

>> TODAY, PRESIDENT. BIDEN MEETING WITH. LOCAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING GOVERNOR. GAVIN NEWSOM. >> HAVE YOU EVER. SEEN ANYTHING LIKE. THIS? >> THE CLOSEST. APPROXIMATION. BUT AT THIS STAGE, NOTHING COMES CLOSE. >> TONIGHT, THE. FLAMES STILL. THREATENING HOMES. IN MALIBU, STEVE. WIGGINS SAYS HE. TRIED EVERYTHING TO. SAVE HIS. >> I KEPT SPRAYING. ALL THE EMBERS. AND NEXT THING I.

KNOW, A 30-FOOT WALL. OF FIRE WAS COMING. AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. AND I COULDN'T SEE. AND IT WAS SO SMOKY. AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S TIME TO LEVER. >> HE CAME BACK. TODAY TO FIND. NOTHING. WE LOST EVERYTHING. WE OWNED. BUT DISGDZ DOESN'T. EVEN LOOK LIKE A. HOUSE ANYMORE. JUST LOOKS LIKE --. SOMETHING.

>> A LOT OF. HEARTBREAK, LIZ. THE FIRE STILL. ACTIVE TONIGHT. >> YOU CAN SEE THE. CREWS HERE. AS THEY TRY TO PUT. OUT THE FLAMES. MILLIONS ACROSS L.A. ARE ON ALERT RIGHT. NOW, WITH SOME. EVACUATION ORDERS, EVEN ISSUED IN SANTA. MONICA, WITH RED. FLAG WARNINGS, CONTINUING THROUGH. AT LEAST FRIDAY. LEST ARE. >> LOOK AT WHY. RESOURCES MAY BE SO. STRETCHED. LOS ANGELES COUNTY. IS THE MOST POPULOUS.

COUNTY IN THE. NATION. WITH MAJOR URBAN. CENTERS, SPARKLING. BEACH COMMUNITIES. AND RUGGED. MOUNTAINS. PACIFIC PALISADES, WHERE THE FIRST FIRE. BROKE OUT YESTERDAY, SITS ON THE COAST, TO MALIBU TO ITS. NORTH. ICONIC SANTA MONICA. TO ITS SOUTH. MOVING INLAND, 25. MILES TO THE NORTH. AND EAST OF THE. PALISADES, IS THE. SYLMAR AREA. THAT'S WHERE THE. HEARST FIRE IS. BURNING. AND THEN ANOTHER 25. MILES SOUTHEAST OF. THERE IS ALTADENA.

NEAR PASADENA. WHERE THE DEADLY. EATON FIRE IS RAGING. TONIGHT AND WHERE WE. FIND OUR STEVE. PATTERSON. >> LESTER, THE AIR. QUALITY HERE HAS. BEEN MISERABLE FOR. NOW MORE THAN 24. HOURS. YOU CAN FEEL IT. AND WHEN THE SMOKE. BILLOWS LIKE THIS, IT TRAVELS FOR. MILES. AREA HOSPITALS NOW. FILLING UP WITH. SMOKE INHALEX PERTS. SAYING, IF YOU HAVE. AN AIR PURIFIER, USE. ONE. IF YOU HAVE TO BE. OUT IN THIS, WET.

RAGS AND SURGICAL. MASKS WILL NOT WORK. TODAY, YOU NEED N95. WITH PURIFIER. IT'S HAZARDOUS TO. EVERYONE NOT JUST. THE MOST AT RISK. GROUPS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, STEVE. PATTERSON. OUR COLLEAGUES AT. OUR SISTER STATION. IN LOS ANGELES, KNBC, HAVE BEEN. WORKING NONSTOP FOR. 24 HOURS, WITH THIS. DISASTER. THEIR DEEP. CONNECTIONS, REFLECTED IN SO MANY. OF THIS COVERAGE. INCLUDING THIS, WHEN.

REPORTER MICHELLE. BAES WAS ON THE AIR, AS NEIGHBORS BATTLED. FLAMES, CONSUMING. THE HOME NEXT DOOR. >> Reporter: THIS. HOME NEXT TO IT WAS. A FIRE. THEY WERE MAKING. GAINS. THEY WERE MAKING. GAINS. THEN ALL OF A. SUDDEN, THE WIND. PICKED UP. AND YOU CAN JUST SEE. HOW IT'S FUELING THE. FIRE NEXT DOOR. AS THESE NEIGHBORS. DESPERATELY TRY TO. KEEP THEIR HOME FROM. CATCHING FIRE. SO YOU'RE JUST. HELPLESS, AS YOU. WATCH THESE PEOPLE. DOING PROBABLY, YOU.

KNOW, YOU PUT. YOURSELF IN THEIR. SITUATION. AND -- AND IT'S. REALLY DARK. AND IT'S REALLY. FIERY HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF. EXPLOSIONS. AND THERE'S JUST NO. HELP IN SIGHT. AND YOU'RE JUST. WONDERING WHEN THIS. IS ALL GOING TO END. >> RIVERSIDE COUNTY, PLEASE. STOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. PRAISE THE LORD. I MEAN -- THEY'RE. GOING TO REALLY. DOUSE THIS FIRE. HERE.

>> AN AMAZING. TELEVISION MOMENT, AND CERTAINLY AN. AMAZING MOMENT OF. HUMANITY. LET ME BRING IN AL. ROKER NOW. AL, WHAT ARE THE. CONDITIONS THAT. HELPED FUEL THESE. FIRES? IS THERE ANY SENSE. AND SIGN OF RELIEF? >> THERE IS SOMEY. LEAF COMING, LESTER. WE SAW THOSE AIR. FLIGHTS. WINDS HAVE DIED. DOWN. SINCE OCTOBER 1st, THEY'VE GOTTEN LESS. THAN 10% OF AVERAGE. RAINFALL. THE GOOD NEWS IS. THIS HIGH PRESSURE, LOW PRESSURE COMBO. SQUEEZING THESE OUT,

THAT'S BEEN THE. PROBLEM. NOW THEY'RE STARTING. TO MOVE TO THE EAST. AND SEPARATE. SO THE WINDS ARE. STARTING TO DIE. DOWN. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE. THOSE WINDS. OVERNIGHT. NEXT THING WE'RE. WORRIED ABOUT, THAT. STORM SYSTEM IN THE. SOUTHWEST. THAT'S GOING TO. CAUSE 52 MILLION. PEOPLE TO BE UNDER. WINTER WARNING. SNOWFALL IN DALLAS. 3 TO 6 IN TUPELO. PLUS ICY CONDITIONS. IN TEXAS TO THE. SOUTHEAST. BIG TRAVEL PROBLEMS. OVER THE NEXT 24. HOURS. >> OKAY, AL. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UPDATE. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE LATEST ON. PRESIDENT-ELECT. TRUMP'S NEW LEGAL. SHOWDOWN. HIS LAST-DITCH. APPEAL TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT. TRUMP'S SENTENCING. IN HIS HUSH MONEY. CASE MR. TRUMP. MAKING A LAST-DITCH. APPEAL TO CALL IT. OFF. >> MOST LIKELY. TOMORROW, LESTER. THAT'S WHEN THE. COURT HAS INDICATED.

THAT THEY WOULD LIKE. TO HEAR FROM THE. GOVERNMENT, HEAR. FROM THE PROSECUTOR. SO WE'LL PROBABLY. HEAR THEN. BUT REMEMBER, EVEN. IF THEY DO NOT BLOCK. THIS SENTENCING, AND. IT ACTUALLY MOVES. FORWARD. THE JUDGE, WHO IS. OVERSEEING THE CASE, JUAN MERCHAN, HAS. ALREADY INDICATED HE. IS NOT LIKELY TO. GIVE THE PRESIDENT. PRISON TIME. HE WILL LIKELY BE. GIVE LETTING HIM OFF. WITHOUT REQUEST. PUNISHMENT AT ALL. AT THE SAME TIME, WE. HAVE THIS SITUATION. AROUND THE FINAL.

REPORT FROM SPECIAL. PROSECUTOR, JACK. SMITH. THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT. TO KEEP THIS UNDER. WRAPS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SAYING TODAY, HE. INTENDS TO RELEASE. THE PART OF THE. REPORT THAT HAS TO. DO WITH ELECTION. INTERFERENCE CLAIMS. REMEMBER, HE STILL. HAS TWO CODEFENDANTS. IN THAT CASE. >>> PAYING TRIBUTE. TO FORMER PRESIDENT. JIMMY CARTER. BUT A FRIGHTENING. MOMENT TODAY, CAPITOL POLICE.

SAYING A MAN WAS. ARRESTED AT THE. ENTRANCE, WITH THIS. MACHETE AND THREE. KNIVES IN HIS BAG. POLICE SAY HE FACES. MULTIPLE CHARGES. >>> WE'LL TAKE A. BREAK. AND COMING UP, ARE. YOU PAYING TOO MUCH. RENT? JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. ACCUSES SOME OF THE. >>> CAUGHT ON CAMERA. IN FLORIDA, A CAR. BLOWING THROUGH THE. RAILROAD GATE, SMASHED BY A HIGH-. SPEED PASSENGER. TRAIN IN NORTH MIAMI. BEACH. POLICE SAY THE.

DRIVER SUFFERED. NONLIFE-THREATENING. INJURIES. NOW, TO A NEW. DEVELOPMENT IN A. STORY WE BROUGHT YOU. LAST SUMMER, THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WIDENING ITS LAWSUIT. AGAINST A REAL. ESTATE SOFTWARE. COMPANY, TO INCLUDE. SIX MAJOR LANDLORDS. AND PROPERTY. MANAGERS. HERE'S ANTONIA. HILTON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT, EXPANDING A LAWSUIT. AGAINST REEL PAGE, ACCUSING THE. SOFTWARE COMPANY OF. COORDINATING WITH. LANDLORDS TO POOL. NONTENANT DATA AND. COORDINATES TO KEEP.

REPRESENTS. ARTIFICIALLY HIGH. NOW ADDING SIX. PROPERTY MANAGERS TO. THE SUIT. INCLUDING GREYSTAR, CAMDEN, CORTLAND, WAKEFIELD AND WILLOW. BRIDGE, REPRESENTING. 1.3 MILLION UNITS. MANY LANDLORDS USE. REEL PAGE TO HELP. SET RENTAL PRICES. >> ONT MYSELFED. MARKET PREFERENCE. >> THIS SUMMER, THE. DOJ ALLEGED THEIR. SOFTWARE FACILITATED. A PRICE-FIXING.

SCHEME. THIS AALLOWED. COMPANIES TOUT P. PROFIT OVER PEOPLE. >> COMPETING. LANDLORDS CONDUCTED. PHONE AND E-MAIL. DISCUSSIONS, EVEN. COCKTAIL HOURS, AND. PARTICIPATED IN. MONTHLY USER GROUPS, PROMOTED BY REAL. PAGE TO SHARE. INFORMATION. THEY SAID A PROPERTY. MANAGER HAD FAILED. TO COMMUNICATE DUE. TO PRICE-FIXING. LAWS. THAT COMPETITOR. REPLIED, PRICE. FIXING LAWS, HUH? THAT'S A NEW ONE.

>> PRICE FIXING, AS. ALLEGED, IS NOT ONLY. AFFECTING PROPERTIES. MANAGED BY REAL. PAGE'S CLIENTS, IT'S. CAUSING A RENT. INCREASE ACROSS THE. BOARD. >> REAL PAGE TOLD. NBC NEWS THAT THEY. DENY THE DOJ'S. CLAIMS, AND PLAN TO. DEFEND THEM, SAYING. THEIR PRACTICES ARE. LEGAL. AND SAYING THE --. TIME TO STOP. SCAPEGOATING REAL. PAGE FOR OUR HOUSING. PROBLEMS. TWO OTHERS DENIED. THE CLAIMS, VOWING. TO VIGOROUSLY DEFEND.

THEMSELVES IN COURT. >> CUSHMAN AND. WAKEFIELD, A. MANAGEMENT COMPANY. TOLD NBC, THAT THEY. SHOULD NOT HAVE. FILED THE COMPLAINT. AND NBC SAYING THEY. HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR. OWN SOFTWARE. ANTONIA HILTON, NBC. NEWS NEW YORK. >>> AND NEXT, WHAT. WAS LOST IN LOS. ANGELES. THE SCOPE OF THESE. WILDFIRES, HITTING. >> SO MANY HAVE BEEN. DEVASTATED BY THE.

LOS ANGELES. WILDFIRES, INCLUDING. OUR JOCAB SOBOROFF, WHO RETURNED TO THE. AREA WHERE HE GREW. UP. >> Reporter: I GREW. UP IN PACIFIC. PALISADES. BORN AND RAISED. HERE. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN. ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF. FIRES, AND EVEN. EVACUATED SOMETIMES. BUT NOTHING LIKE. THIS. THE WHOLE TOWN WAS. GONE AS WE KNEW IT. >> THIS WAS THE. PALISADES, PUBLIC. LIBRARY. IT'S STILL ON FIRE. I BROUGHT MY KIDS. HERE. THIS WAS LIKE THE.

PRIDE OF THE. COMMUNITY, WHEN THIS. THING WAS BUILT. THE WEIGHT OF IT. ALL, WAS VERY, VERY. INTENSE, TO THINK. ABOUT. >> IN MY 26 YEARS, THIS COULD BE ONE OF. THE TOP, MOST. DEVASTATING FIRES. >> WHAT HAPPENS IN A. SITUATION LIKE THIS, WHERE THE HIGH. SCHOOL IS DESTROYED. YOU'VE GOT CHURCHES. DESTROYED. THE TWO SUPERMARKETS. IN THE COMMUNITY. DESTROYED. HOW DO YOU COME BACK. FROM SOMETHING LIKE. THIS. >> YOU COME BACK ONE. DAY AT A TIME. >> TO ME, SUNSET. BOULEVARD IS THE. HEART OF MY. COMMUNITY. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE.

HOUSE LEFT STANDING. HERE. WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DO THEY DO? >> THERE'S JUST. NEVER, EVER, EVER. BEEN ANYTHING LIKE. THIS. >> I MEAN, I KNOW MY. HOUSE IS GONE. BUT I KIND OF JUST. NEED TO SEE IT. FIRSTHAND TO JUST. LET IT SET IN. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE. IT. >> I THOUGHT I WAS. GOING TO WAKE UP. THIS MORNING AND IT. WAS GOING TO BE A. BAD DREAM. >> THIS IS THE FIRST. TIME THAT I'VE SEEN. THE HOUSE THAT I. GREW UP IN. AND I DON'T REALLY. KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

>> MOM --. >> LOOK AT THIS. >> YOUR BIRDHOUSE? >> YEP. >> I'M SO SAD. EVERY ONE OF YOU. GUYS WAS BORN IN. THAT HOUSE. >> I KNOW -- IT. MAKES ME SAD, TOO. >> THIS WAS A. REALLY, REALLY. SPECIAL PLACE FOR. THE SOBOROFF FAMILY. AND I'M VERY SORRY. TO SEE IT GO.

AND I'M VERY SORRY. FOR ALL THE. RESIDENTS OF PACIFIC. PALISADES AND. EVERYONE GOING. THROUGH THIS RIGHT. NOW. I LOOK AROUND THE. TOWN, THE. NEIGHBORHOOD, THE. PLACE THAT I GREW UP. IN, I TALK TO MY. FRIENDS, WHO I SPENT. TIME WITH ON THE. STREETS. AND IT'S HARD TO. IMAGINE, WHAT COMES. NEXT. AND WHAT HAPPENS. NEXT. >> HOPEFULLY, JACOB, MUCH BETTER DAYS. AHEAD. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS. FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF.