NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 9

>>> TONIGHT, THE SUMMER OF. FLOODS. THE VIDEO SHOWING THE RUSH OF. WATER AND WOOD CARRYING HOUSES. AND FAMILIES AWAY. DOZEN OF SWIFT WATER RESCUES AS. PEOPLE WERE STRANDED IN NEW. MEXICO IN THEIR HOMES, CARS, TREES. DEVASTATING NEWS FOR A FORKLIFT. FAMILY. TWO CHILDREN SWEPT AWAY. THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING. THE RAPID RISE OF THE WATER.

173 MISSING IN THE TEXAS HILL. COUNTRY. CADAVER DOGS ARE BEING USED TO. HELP OUT SEARCH AND RESCUE. TEAMS. THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING. ABOUT WHY A BETTER SYSTEM WAS. NOT IN PLACE WHEN COUNTY. DOCUMENTS SHOWN THEY HAVE KNOWN. ABOUT THE ISSUE FOR A DECADE. AL ROKER STANDING BY ON MORE ON. WHY THE WILD SUMMER HAS BEEN SO. VOLATILE FOR FLOODS, AND THE. NEXT THREAT THAT IS COMING UP. BIDEN'S PHYSICIAN REFUSING TO. ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE. FORMER PRESIDENT'S HEALTH WHILE.

HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, INVOKING THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO. A COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS. PULLED FROM THE FLAMES, THE. HEART STOPPING VIDEO CAPTURING. THE MOMENT OFFICERS RESCUED. PEOPLE TRAPPED IN A BURNING CAR. WHO KILLED A MAINE PADDLEBORDER? THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER. A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD AFTER. GOING OUT AT DUSK. WOULD YOU LET YOUR KIDS INTO A. DRIVERLESS CAR. THE NEW MOVE FROM WAYMO ALLOWING. TEENS TO HAIL A RIDE WITHOUT MOM.

OR DAD. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT AS WE COME ON THE AIR. WITH ANOTHER AMERICAN COMMUNITY. FACING DEADLY FLOODING AND. DESTRUCTION. THIS WEEK FOLLOWING SO MUCH PAIN. IN TEXAS AND NORTH CAROLINA, RUSHING WATERS SLAMMING NEW. MEXICO, A HOUSE UNMOORED,

FLOATING AWAY DOWN A RUSHING. WALL OF WATER. LOOK AT THIS, AN AVALANCHE OF. DEBRIS AND WATER CRASHING. THROUGH A TOWN. THE STORM TURNING DEADLY FOR. THREE, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN. SUDDENLY THIS RIVER IS INUNDATED. WITH WATER. HORSES SWEPT AWAY IN RUSHING. WATERS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE. FLOODS.

THE AFTERMATH IMMENSE AS THE. SMALL TOWN WORKS TO FIND THE. MISSING. STEVE PATTERSON LEADS US OFF. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: RESIDENTS IN SCENIC. SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO RECKONING. WITH THE FURY OF RAGING. FLOODWATERS AND TAKING STOCK OF. ANYTHING LEFT. THE FLOOD SO TERRIBLE IT CLEANED. OUT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO. POWERFUL IT RIPPED HOMES AWAY. FROM THEIR OWNERS. THIS STORE SPED UP VIDEO SHOWS.

JUST HOW HIGH THE WATER ROSE. EXHAUSTED RESCUE WORKERS MADE. THE DISCOVERY THEY WERE HOPING. TO AVOID, THREE DEAD AND TWO. YOUNG CHILDREN, A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY. AND 4-YEAR-OLD GIRL. >> THE LITTLE BOY WAS FOUND. UNDER THE UTILITY TRAILER OF THE. BRIDGE. LITTLE GIRL WAS ABOUT 50 FEET. AWAY FROM HIM. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS FROM. TEXAS CONFIRMING THE CHILDREN. BELONGED TO A SOLDIER AND THEIR.

SPOUSE. >> MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND HOMES. STARTING TO FLOAT AWAY. >> Reporter: RESCUERS WORKING. AROUND THE CLOCK. 65 SWIFT WATER RESCUES MADE JUST. YESTERDAY. >> WE HAD PEOPLE IN TREES. WE HAD PEOPLE IN THE WATER. WE HAD PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOUSES. >> THE VILLAGE'S RIVER RISING 18. FEET IN 30 MINUTES. >> THE MUD IS EVERYWHERE. >> Reporter: LIFELONG RESIDENT. ERIC LAROSCO SAY HE AND HIS.

FAMILY'S DECADE-OLD HOME IS TOO. FAR GONE. >> YOU SEE THE WORK THAT YOU PUT. IN IT. NOT JUST FOR US BUT EVERYONE IN. THE COMMUNITY GOING THROUGH THE. FLOOD DAMAGE. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY PART. OF THE PROBLEM ARE BURN SCARS. FROM ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO. NOW THE TOWN'S MAYOR SAYS THEY. ARE RUNWAYS FOR DISASTER. HOW DIRECT IS THE DEVASTATION WE. SEE TODAY TO THE FACT THAT THERE. WAS A SATURATION ON THE SCAR.

RUNNING OFF INTO TOWN? >> IT IS 100% RELATED TO THAT. THERE IS NOTHING TO ABSORB IT. AND SLOW IT DOWN. THE WATER PICKS UP WHATEVER. DEBRIS AND PUSHES IT. >> Reporter: PUNISHING RESIDENTS. JUST FOR CALLING THE HILL SIDES. HOME. STEVE PATTERSON AND TEAM JOIN US. LIVE. WE HEARD THE MAYOR MENTION THE. BURN SCARS. HOW LONG DOES IT POSE A THREAT. TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE? >> TOM, THE MAYOR SAYS IF THE.

COMMUNITY GETS A RAIN THAT BAD. ANY TIME IN THE NEXT THREE TO. FIVE YEARS THERE IS A POTENTIAL. FOR MORE DISASTROUS FLOODING. OFFICIALS ESTIMATE ABOUT 35. HOMES, JUST RESIDENTIAL HOMES. HERE, HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. >> STEVE PATTERSON AMID ALL OF. THE DESTRUCTION IN NEW MEXICO. I WANT TO BRING IN AL ROKER. THE THREAT STILL NOT OVER? >> THAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM.

THE SUMMER IS THE PEAK FLOODING. SEASON, AND URBANIZATION AND. LAND. A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THE AREAS. THEY DIDN'T LIVE IN BEFORE. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THAT. WE HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WATCHES AND WARNINGS DOWN INTO. THE CAROLINAS. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MAKE THEIR. WAY IN. WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY FOR. FLASH FLOODING STRETCHING FROM. NEW YORK INTO PENNSYLVANIA AND. DOWN INTO THE CAROLINAS. WE HAVE THE RISK OF SEVERE. WEATHER IN THE NORTHEAST AND ALL.

OF THE WAY INTO THE PLAINS FOR. TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 70 MILES PER HOUR. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. MORE SEVERE WEATHER FROM. BURLINGTON INTO COLUMBIA. WE ARE TALKING, TOM, ANOTHER. FIVE INCHES OF RAIN THAT ARE. POSSIBLE ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC. AND HEAVIER RAIN IN THE UPPER. MIDWEST. WE ARE NOT DONE BY A LONG SHOT. >> WE WANT TO HEAD TO TEXAS. MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE ARE STILL. MISSING AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC.

FLOODS THERE. OFFICIALS ARE FACING QUESTIONS. ABOUT WHETHER ENOUGH WAS DONE TO. WARN RESIDENTS ABOUT RISING. FLOODWATERS. >> Reporter: FROM HIGH ABOVE A. HEART BROKEN HILL COUNTRY TO THE. DEPTHS OF THE MUDDY. DEBRIS-FILLED WATERS, CREWS. BATTLING TO FIND THE MORE THAN. 170 PEOPLE STILL MISSING. HEARTBREAKING DETAILS ARE. EMERGING. ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE HERE. SHARING WHEN THEY WALKED UP CELL.

PHONES WERE STILL RINGING. BENEATH THE RUBBLE. THE DEATH TOLL AT LEAST 119. LIVES. THIS RISING SOPHOMORE DIED IN. THE FLOODING. THE FAMILY OF 8-YEAR-OLD MARY. INDICATE SAID SHE ENTERED THE. GATES OF HEAVEN. SHE WAS ATTENDING CAMP MYSTIC. THESE NEW IMAGES CAPTURE A. TELLING SCENE. CADAVER DOGS CARRIED OUT THEIR.

GRIM WORK NEARBY. AMID QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER. MORE SHOULD BE DONE TO WARN. PEOPLE, LOCAL OFFICIALS SAID. THEY ARE LASER FOCUSED ON SEARCH. EFFORTS. >> WE ARE NOT RUNNING OR GOING. TO HIDE FOR ANYTHING. THAT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT A. LATER TIME. >> Reporter: RECORDS SHOW A. FORMER COMMISSIONER SAID THE. FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM WAS SIMPLY. ANTIQUATED, CALLING IT MARGINAL. AT THE BEST. RECORDS SHOW THE CONCEPT OF.

FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN. DISCUSSED AT LEAST TWO DOZEN. TIMES BY THE COUNTY. WHAT IS THE REASON THE SYSTEMS. ARE NOT IN PLACE? >> MORGAN, WE GREW UP TOGETHER. I WASN'T AN OFFICER IN THOSE. DISCUSSIONS. I AM MORE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE. THAN THE PAST. WHEN YOU LAID EYES ON THIS WHAT. STOOD OUT? >> MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER. >> Reporter: LARRY MINOR SAID.

HIS TEAMS HAVE SEEN THE. UNTHINKABLE. CADAVER DOGS LEADING WORKERS TO. REMOTE AREAS. >> WE WILL STAY UNTIL WE GET IT. DONE. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE CLOSURE. >> Reporter: TO THE FAMILIES OF. THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT TO. THINK RIGHT NOW? >> I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF LOSS. I FEEL FOR THEM. WE ARE PRAYING FOR THEM. >> IT IS TERRIBLE WHAT THEY ARE.

SEEING. DAY SIX OF THE SEARCH. MORGAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE. RAINING WHERE YOU ARE. HOW LARGE IS THIS SEARCH AREA? >> TOM, THIS IS A MONUMENTAL. EFFORT. THE GUADALUPE RIVER RUNS FOR 22. MILES THROUGHOUT KERR COUNTY AND. MUCH OF THE AREA NOT ONLY HAS. DEBRIS ALONG THE BANKS THAT YOU. CAN SEE BEHIND ME AND UNDERWATER. AS WELL. POSING A RISK FOR THE DIVE. CREWS. THAT IS WHY IT IS AN ALL HANDS. APPROACH HERE. THE LAST TIME THAT A LIVING.

SURVIVOR WAS FOUND WAS FIVE DAYS. AGO. WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE WANTS TO. ADMIT IT, WE ARE PERHAPING THE. MIRACLE STAGE HERE. >> TO WASHINGTON NOW AND THE NEW. ESCALATION IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. TRADE WAR. HE SAYS IT WILL BRING BACK. AMERICAN JOBS BUT COULD INCREASE. THE PRICE YOU PAY INCLUDING A. STEEP NEW TARIFF ON PRODUCTS. FROM BRAZIL, AND IT IS COFFEE. GABE GUTIERREZ WITH THE LATE. DETAILS. >> Reporter: THE NEW TRADE. ULTIMATUM THAT COULD IMPACT THE. PRICE THAT YOU PAY FOR IMPORTS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SLAPPING CERTAIN. COUNTRIES WITH HIGHER TARIFFS. 20% ON GOODS FROM THE. PHILIPPINES AND 30% ON GOODS. FROM IRAQ. >> IT WAS BASED ON COMMON SENSE. BASED ON DEFICITS. >> Reporter: THE PRTD ANNOUNCING. A 50% TARIFF ON PRODUCTS FROM.

BRAZIL. SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARED. LIBERATION DAY THE WHITE HOUSE. HAS DECLARED PARTIAL FRAMEWORKS. WITH THE UK, VIETNAM AND CHINA. >> WE ARE TAKING IN HUNDREDS OF. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. >> Reporter: SOME COMPANIES SAY. THE PRESIDENT'S TARIFFS LEVELED. THE PLAYING FIELD. >> WE FIND IT OFFENSIVE THAT.

THERE ARE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS, IN MY OPINION DUMPING PRODUCTS. IN THE COUNTRY, AT PRICES BELOW. OUR PRICE TO MAKE THEM HERE. WE ARE HIRING A LOT MORE PEOPLE. IN THE U.S. AS A RESULT OF THIS. >> Reporter: OTHERS SAY THE. IMPACT IS DEVASTATING. >> THE UNCERTAINTY IS THE. BIGGEST PROBLEM. >> Reporter: HEALTHER RUNS A. PACKAGING COMPANY IN. PENNSYLVANIA. >> THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE LAST.

30 TO 40 YEARS HAS SEEN A. DECREASE IN THE PLANTS AND THE. MACHINERY AND SKILLED LABOR WE. HAVE. >> WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS. ABOUT THE DRAMATIC FALLOUT. BETWEEN ELON MUSK AND DONALD. TRUMP. IN A NEW PODCAST CALLED IT A. VERY TROUBLESOME ENDING. THIS COMES AFTER THE PRESIDENT. SAID THAT HE THINKS IT IS. RIDICULOUS FOR MUSK TO START A. NEW POLITICAL PARTY. >> GABE GUTIERREZ AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. IT IS COMING DOWN TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. NOW TO THE FIREWORKS ON CAPITOL. HILL WITH FORMER PRESIDENT. BIDEN'S DOCTOR SUBPOENAED BY. REPUBLICANS DECLINING TO ANSWER. QUESTIONS ABOUT BIDEN'S HEALTH. WHILE IN OFFICE. >> Reporter: TODAY THE KIND OF. HOUSE CALL A FORMER WHITE HOUSE. PHYSICIAN DID NOT WANT TO MAKE. DR. KEVIN O'CONNER WHO TREATED. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR 16. YEARS ASSERTED HIS FIFTH. AMENDMENT RIGHT TODAY DECLINING. TO GIVE TESTIMONY AFTER BEING.

SUBPOENAED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS. INVESTIGATING MORE BIDEN'S. MEDICAL AND MENTAL FITNESS WHILE. IN OFFICE. >> DR. O'CONNER, WERE YOU EVER. TOLD TO LIE ABOUT THE. PRESIDENT'S HEALTH? >> THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED. I THINK THIS ADDS MORE FUEL TO. THE FIRE THAT THERE WAS A COVER. UP. >> Reporter: A LAWYER INSISTS. THAT THE DOCTOR COULD NOT.

TESTIFY WITHOUT RISKING HIS. MEDICAL LICENSE WRITING THAT DR. O'CONNER WILL NOT VIOLATE HIS. OATH OF CONFIDENTIALITY FOR ANY. OF HIS PATIENTS, INCLUDING. PRESIDENT BIDEN. THE 82-YEAR-OLD FORMER PRESIDENT. IS NOW BEING TREATED FOR AN. AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER. RECENT BOOKS MENTION EPISODES OF. MENTAL DECLINE WHILE HE WAS. PRESIDENT.

JASMINE CROCKETT DEFENDED. BIDEN'S MENTAL FITNESS. >> I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO. INTERACT WITH THE PRESIDENT. I NEVER HAD A CHILDREN. >> DR. O'CONNER IS AMONG SEVERAL. CLOSE BIDEN AIDES TO COME IN AND. TESTIFY. >> KELLY O'DONNELL, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A. WOMAN IN MAINE WHO POLICE SAY. WAS JUST OUT PADDLE BOARDING.

>> TONIGHT THE HUNT FOR A. POTENTIAL KILLER AFTER THE BODY. OF SUNSHINE STEWART WAS FOUND. NEAR A CAMP SITE IN MAINE. STATE POLICE SAY AN AUTOPSY WAS. PERFORMED AND THEY CONSIDER THE. DEATH A HOMICIDE. HER BODY WAS FOUND UNDER UNUSUAL. CIRCUMSTANCES BUT NOT RELEASING. THE CAUSE OF DEATH. LAST SEASON ON JULY 2nd. PADDLEBOARDING ACROSS THIS POND.

IN THE SMALL TOWN OF UNION, THE. BODY WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT. DAY. >> SHE IS ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE. THAT I EVER KNEW. SHE WAS SOMEBODY THAT BELIEVED. IN EVERYONE THEY EVER MET. SHE WAS A BIOLOGIST. SHE WAS A CARPENTER.

SHE HAD AN INCREDIBLE LIFE. >> APPEALING TO ANYONE THAT MAY. HAVE SEEN SUNSHINE PADDLING. STATE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN. THEIR DAILY TO ACCESS THE CRIME. SCENE. POLICE RULED OUT ACCIDENTAL. DEATH OR DROWNING AND POLICE. URGING THE PUBLIC TO REMAIN. AWARE OF SURROUNDINGS AND REPORT. SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR TO LAW. ENFORCEMENT. >> I GREW UP IN UNION. AS FAR AS I KNOW NOTHING LIKE.

THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE. TO HAVE IT HAPPEN TO SUNSHINE, HOW CAN THAT BE? IT JUST MAKES IT FEEL LIKE. NOTHING WILL BE RIGHT AGAIN. EVER. >> WE WILL BE BACK IN 60 SECONDS. >> WE ARE BACK WITH STUNNING NEW. IMAGES OFF OF A MASSACHUSETTS.

BEACH. THE FIN OF A GREAT WHITE SHARK. FEET AWAY FROM A PADDLE BORDER. >> Reporter: IT WAS A SPLIT. SECOND THAT FELT LIKE A. SHARK-FILLED ETERNITY FOR. MARGARET BOWLES. >> WE WERE SHOCKED TO SEE THE. FIN POPPING UP. >> Reporter: MARINE SCIENTISTS. CONFIRMING THE DORSAL FIN. PROTRUDING FROM THE WATER WHERE. THE HARVARD STUDENT WAS PADDLE. BOARDING BELONGED TO A GREAT. WHITE SHARK. SHARK SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN. GRABBING HEADLINES ALL SUMMER,

FROM THE STUNNING AERIAL OF THE. GREAT WHITE SHARK SWIMMING OFF. OF THE COAST OF NEW YORK TO A. 20-FOOT BASKING SHARK POPPING UP. IN A RHODE ISLAND BAY. YOU WERE ON THE DECK AND OVER. YOUR SHOULDER YOU SAW THE SHARK? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: THEN, ONLY WEEKS. AGO, A 9-YEAR-OLD NEARLY HAD HER. HAND SEVERED FROM A SHARK ATTACK. IN FLORIDA. >> SOMETHING HARD BIT ME AND I. TRIED TO TAKE ME AWAY. >> Reporter: SURGEONS WORKED FOR.

SIX HOURS TO PUT LEAH'S HAND. BACK TOGETHER. BOWLES FEELING FORTUNATE THIS. ENCOUNTER WAS HARMLESS. >> THE DORSAL FIN WAS FOUR FEET. AWAY FROM THE BOARD PUTTING THE. HEAD ABOUT A FOOT AWAY. >> Reporter: DOES THAT TERRIFY. YOU? >> I THINK THAT A NEAR MISS IS. STILL A MISS. >> Reporter: THE ATLANTIC SHARK. INSTITUTE SAID IT IS RARE TO SEE. A GREAT WHITE SHARK THAT FAR. AWAY FROM THE CAPE. THEY HAD THEIR EARLIEST SIGHTING.

EVER IN NEIGHBORING RHODE. ISLAND. >> WE ARE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH. BODY CAM VIDEO SHOWING THE. MOMENT THE FIRST RESPONDERS. PULLED PASSENGERS OUT OF A. BURNING CAR SAVING THEIR LIVES. AND. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH NEW. BODY CAM VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW. YOU, CAPTURING THE MOMENT. ATLANTA FIREFIGHTERS PULLED. PASSENGERS FROM A BURNING CAR. FIRST RESPONDERS RACING TO THE. SCENE OF THE FIERY CRASH, AND.

QUICKLY CUTTING THE PASSENGER. OUT OF THE SEATBELT, PULLING HER. AWAY FROM THE BLAZE AND RUSHING. BACK TO RESCUE THE DRIVER. OFFICERS SAY THE CRASH JULIED. JULY 4th AS THEY TRIED TO PULL. THE DRIVER OVER FOR DRAG RACING. THE AGE-OLD QUESTION FOR MOM OR. DAD, CAN YOU PICK ME UP. THE ANSWER FOR MOM AND DAD NOW, JUST WAYMO IT. OFFERING TEENS BETWEEN 14-17. RIDES STARTING IN PHOENIX.

THEY CAN HAIL THE FULLY. AUTONMOUS RIDES. A LITTLE BOY NEAR CINCINNATI. THOUGHT HE CAME UP WITH A HACK. FOR THE CLAW MACHINE. HE TRIED TO CLIMB INSIDE AND GOT. STUCK, AND HE WON A FREE CHANCE. TO GET RESCUED BY POLICE AND. FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE EVENTUALLY. ABLE TO PULL THE LITTLE GUY OUT. ALL RIGHT. FOR DECADES BARBIE LOOKED MUCH. THE SAME. WHILE THE NEW MODEL JUST OUT. LOOKS SI.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT A BRAND-NEW. BARBIE WILL HIT TOY STORE. SHELVES COMING WITH SPECIAL. ACCESSORIES, INSULIN PUMP AND. GLUCOSE MONITOR. HERE IS EMILIE IKEDA. >> Reporter: AFTER SIX DECADES. OF BARBIE, THERE IS NO QUESTION. THE BELOVED DOLL CAN DO IT ALL. SHE ROCKS DIFFERENT HAIR STYLES, EXPLORES COUNTLESS CAREERS AND. CELEBRATES DIFFERENT.

BACKGROUNDS. THIS WEEK MATTEL IS EXPANDING. HER REPERTOIRE, EXPANDING THE. FIRST BARBIE DOLL WITH TYPE ONE. DIABETES. AFTER PAST CRITICISM OVER. BARBIE'S EARLY LACK OF. DIVERSITY, MATTEL SAID IT MARKS. AN IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR STEP. FOR INCLU SIEVITY. >> I ALWAYS WANTED A BARBIE LIKE. ME WITH A PUMP LIKE ME. >> Reporter: REACTION, ALREADY. POURING IN. >> SHE IS JUST LIKE ME!

>> Reporter: MATTEL WORKED WITH. A NONPROFIT TO DEVELOP THE DOLL. YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO GIVE SOME. KIDS THE BARBIE. WHAT WAS THEIR REACTION? >> IT WAS AMAZING. THE MOMENT THAT WE UNVEILED. BARBIE. THE SCREAMS, THE SHRIEKS, THE. JOY IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY. FRANKLY THE TEARS. I WAS CRYING. THE KIDS WERE CRYING. THEN THEY STARTED CHANTING. BARBIE. BARBIE. BARBIE. >> Reporter: 4-YEAR-OLD CORA.

SHOWED HER MONITOR. >> WHAT DOES IT DO? >> IT HELPS ME STAY HEALTHY. >> Reporter: JUST LIKE BARBIE. >> WHEN SHE SAW THIS BARBIE, IT. IS THE ONLY TIME I HAVE SEEN HER. ASK FOR A DOLL. SHE SAW SOMETHING IN IT THAT SHE. SEES IN HERSELF. THAT IS REALLY COOL. >> EMILIE IKEDA, NBC NEWS. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT. THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. WEDNESDAY. I AM TOM LLAMAS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE ARE HERE. FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.