NBC Nightly News Full Episode - March 10

>>> TONIGHT, THE. WORST DAY FOR STOCKS. THIS YEAR, AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WON'T. RULE OUT THE. POSSIBILITY OF A. RECESSION. THE MAJOR INDICES ALL. WEIGHED DOWN. THE WORST DAY FOR THE. NASDAQ SINCE 2022. TECH STOCKS HIT HARD, ESPECIALLY TESLA. ALL AS THE HITS KEEP. COMING ON THE TRADE. WAR WITH CANADA. THE INCOMING PRIME. MINISTER SQUARING OFF. WITH THE PRESIDENT. CHINA HITTING BACK ON. AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS.

THE IMPACT ON FARMERS. AS THEY LOOK WITH. CONCERN ON THEIR. FIELDS. PLUS, THE LEGAL LEFT. TURN FOR THE MENENDEZ. BROTHERS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. IN THE CASE NOW. OPPOSING. RESENTENCING, ACCUSING THEM OF. LYING. AND WHAT HE SAID. WOULD GET HIM TO. CHANGE HIS MIND IN. OUR ONE WOUN RR. INTERVIEW. PLUS, LAURA JARRETT. AND WHAT'S NEXT IN. THE CASE. >> THE SPRING BREAK. SEARCH. A MISSING AMERICAN. COLLEGE STUDENT LAST. SEEN ON A BEACH. HER PARENTS SPEAKING. OUT. THE MOUNTING. QUESTIONS TONIGHT. >> CAUGHT ON VIDEO, THE WINTER TORNADOES.

HIT NORTH FLORIDA. THE WHISTLEBLOWER. SPEAKING OUT ACCUSING. FACEBOOK OF. COMPROMISING ETHICS. TO ACHIEVE GROWTH AT. ALL COST TO EXPAND IN. CHINA. META TRYING TO BLOCK. HER BOOK. WHAT SHE'S TELLING. OUR STEPHANIE GOSK. >> AND THE GOOD NEWS. AS THE PUSH TO HIRE. MORE PILOTS TAKES. OFF, ONE OF THE. YOUNGEST SETS HER. SIGHTS ON THE WILD. BLUE YONDER. >>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. CALLING IT A PERIOD. OF TRANSITION. MANY INVESTORS. PERHAPS SEEING. SOMETHING MORE. CONCERNING. AS U.S. MARKETS. EXTENDED THEIR. POST-ELECTION LOSSES. TODAY. THE WEEK STARTING. WITH ANOTHER MAJOR. SELL-OFF. THE DOW LOSING NEARLY. 900 POINTS. SHEDDING 2% OF ITS. VALUE. THE NASDAQ TUMBLING. 4%. ITS WORST DAY SINCE. 2022. THE S&P 500 SUFFERING. ITS WORST ONE-DAY. DROP SINCE DECEMBER. THE MARKET TUMBLE. GETTING A SHOVE BY. THE UNCERTAINTY AND. IMPACT OF TRUMP.

TARIFFS AND THE TRADE. WAR THEY HAVE. TRIGGERED. BUT IT'S WHAT THE. PRESIDENT DIDN'T SAY. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE. RISK OF A RECESSION. THAT IS FUELING MUCH. OF THE ANXIETY WE'RE. SEEING TONIGHT. ALONG WITH WORRIES. OVER THE PACE OF. ECONOMIC GROWTH. IT'S WHERE WE START. TONIGHT WITH NBC'S. BRIAN CHEUNG. BRIAN, WALK US. THROUGH IT ALL. >> Reporter: IT WAS. THE WORST DAY FOR. STOCKS THIS YEAR. IT'S BEEN QUITE A. ROLLER COASTER RIDE. WITH THE S&P 500. LOSING OVER 7% SINCE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. FIRST FULL DAY IN. OFFICE. THE SELL-OFF. ACCELERATED AS THE.

WHITE HOUSE ESCALATED. ITS TRADE WAR WITH. MEXICO, CANADA, AND. CHINA. UNDERSCORING. INVESTORS' CONCERN. OVER TARIFFS DRAGGING. DOWN THE U.S. ECONOMY. THE BRUTAL DAY ON. WALL STREET NOT AIDED. BY THE PRESIDENT'S. REMARKS IN WHICH HE. DECLINED TO RULE OUT. A RECESSION AS A. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECT. OF HIS TARIFF. NEGOTIATIONS. IT'S WORTH POINTING. OUT THE ECONOMY IS. NOT SHOWING SIGNS OF. A RECESSION AT THE. MOMENT WITH. UNEMPLOYMENT NEAR. MULTIDECADE LOWS. >> THE TRADE WAR. STOKING SOME OF THESE. WORRIES IN THE MARKET. ENTERED NEW TERRITORY.

TODAY WITH FRESH. TARIFFS FROM CANADA. AND CHINA. TARGETING THE U.S. KELLY O'DONNELL NOW. WITH THAT STORY. >> Reporter: TARIFF. TURMOIL. THE PRESIDENT'S TRADE. WAR CHURNING VOLATILE. MARKETS AND PROVOKING. COUNTERMEASURES FROM. ADVERSARIES AND. FRIENDS. INCLUDING CANADA'S. NEXT PRIME MINISTER, MARK CARNEY. >> MY GOVERNMENT WILL. KEEP OUR TARIFFS ON. UNTIL THE AMERICANS. SHOW US RESPECT.

>> Reporter: BUT. UNCERTAINTY RENEWS. ANXIETY. PRESIDENT TRUMP DID. NOT APPEAR ON CAMERA. TODAY. THAT'S RARE, BUT HE. DID WEIGH IN ON THE. RISKS OF RECESSION. NOTABLY NOT RULING IT. OUT IN A FOX NEWS. INTERVIEW THAT AIRED. SUNDAY. >> I HATE TO EDICT. THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL IS A PERIOD OF. TRANSITION BECAUSE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS. VERY BIG. >> Reporter: MORE. FROM CANADA. THE PROVINCE OF. ONTARIO HIKING ENERGY. COSTS WITH A 25% TAX. ON ELECTRICITY. EXPORTED TO MORE THAN.

1.5 MILLION AMERICAN. HOMES AND BUSINESSES. >> IF THE UNITED. STATES ESCALATES, I. WILL NOT HESITATE TO. SHUT THE ELECTRICITY. OFF COMPLETELY. >> Reporter: A NEW. ECONOMIC PUNCH FROM. CHINA, IMPOSING 15%. TARIFFS HITTING THE. HEARTLAND. CHICKEN, WHEAT, CORN, AND COTTON. AND 10% ON PORK, BEEF, PRODUCE, DAIRY, AND SOYBEANS. FARMER JOSH GACKLE. SELLS SOYBEANS FROM. HIS NORTH DAKOTA.

FARM, PART OF $13. BILLION IN U.S. SOYBEAN EXPORTS TO. CHINA. >> IT WOULD BE. DIFFICULT FOR U.S. FARMS TO TRY TO GET. THROUGH SOME TYPE OF. LONG-TERM TRADE WAR. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. HE WILL IMPOSE MORE. TARIFFS STARTING. WEDNESDAY WITH 25% ON. STEEL AND ALUMINUM. IMPORTS. MUCH OF THAT SUPPLY. COMES FROM CANADA. LESTER. >> KELLY O'DONNELL, THANK YOU. >> THERE'S BREAKING. NEWS IN THE MENENDEZ. BROTHERS CASE. THE L.A. DISTRICT. ATTORNEY WITHDRAWING. THE PREVIOUS D.A.'S. RECOMMENDATION THAT.

THE BROTHERS BE. RELEASED. THE NEW D.A. ACCUSING. THEM OF LYING. OUR LIZ KREUTZ. INTERVIEWED HIM ABOUT. THE CASE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE LOS ANGELES. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. DELIVERING YET. ANOTHER OBSTACLE TO. THE MENENDEZ BROTHER. IN THEIR FIGHT FOR. FREEDOM AFTER 30. YEARS BEHIND BARS. >> THEY DO NOT MEET. THE STANDARD FOR. RESENTENCING. THEY DO NOT MEET THE. STANDARDS FOR. REHABILITATION. THEY POSE AN. UNREASONABLE RISK OF. DANGER TO THE. COMMUNITY, AND THEIR. RESENTENCING SHOULD. NOT THEREFORE BE.

GRANTED. >> Reporter: D.A. NATHAN HOCHMAN. WITHDRAWING HIS. PREDECESSOR'S. RECOMMEND AKZ THAT. THEY SHOULD BE. RESENTENCED. HE SAYS IT SHOULD BE. LEFT UP TO A JUDGE. >> OUR POSITION IS. THEY SHOULDN'T GET. OUT OF JAIL. >> Reporter: THE. BROTHERS WHO ARE. CURRENTLY SERVING. LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. FOR THE 1989 MURDERS. OF THEIR PARENTS. ARGUE THEY ACTED IN. SELF DEFENSE AFTER. YEARS OF ABUSE AT THE. HANDS OF THEIR. FATHER. BUT IN A SCATHING. 50-MINUTE REBUKE AND. 87-PAGE FILING THE. D.A. CAST DOUBT ON. THOSE CLAIMS SAYING. THE BROTHERS HAVE. REPEATEDLY LIED AND.

CHANGED THEIR STORY. AND THEY ORIGINALLY. SAID THEY ACTED OUT. OF SELF DEFENSE. BECAUSE THEY FEARED. THEIR PARENTS WERE. GOING TO KILL THEM. DO YOU BELIEVE SEXUAL. ABUSE IS A FACTOR IN. THEM KILLING THEIR. PARENTS? >> I BELIEVE THEY. BELIEVE THAT SEXUAL. ABUSE OCCURRED. AS THEIR OWN ATTORNEY. ACKNOWLEDGED, SEXUAL. ABUSE DOES NOT. JUSTIFY KILLING THE. ABUSER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, OUTRAGED MENENDEZ. FAMILY MEMBERS WHO. SUPPORT THE BROTHERS. RIPPING INTO THE D.A. SAYING HE HAS. BLINDERS ON TO THE. FACT THAT ERIK AND. LYLE WERE REPEATEDLY. ABUSED, FEARED FOR.

THEIR LIVES, AND HAVE. ATONED FOR THEIR. ACTIONS. >> IF THEY GO AHEAD. AND SINCERELY AND. UNEQUIVOCALLY FOR THE. FIRST TIME IN 30. YEARS LAY OUT THAT. THEY HAVE NOW LIED ON. THEIR ENTIRE DEFENSE. AND FINALLY ADMIT. THAT THEY KILLED. THEIR PARENTS IN COLD. BLOOD, THEN THAT WILL. BE A NEW INSIGHT THAT. THE COURT SHOULD THEN. CONSIDER. >> THEY HAVE SHOWED. REMARKABLE. REHABILITATION. >> Reporter: THE. BROTHERS'S ATTORNEY.

SAYING DESPITE THE. POSITION, THEY'RE. HOPEFUL THE JUDGE. WILL BE ON THEIR. SIDE. DO YOU STILL BELIEVE. ERIK AND LYLE WILL. GET OUT OF PRISON? >> DO I? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE LAW IS GOING TO. BE FOLLOWED AND IF. THE LAW IS FOLLOWED. THEY SHOULD BE OUT. >> WHAT WOULD MAKE. THE D.A. CHANGE HIS. MIND IN THIS CASE? >> Reporter: WELL, LESTER, HE SAYS. WHETHER IT'S IN A. WRITTEN DECLARATION, A VIDEO MESSAGE OR AN. UPCOMING COURT. HEARING HE WANTS THE. BROTHERS TO PUBLICLY. APOLOGIZE NOT JUST. FOR THE MURDERS BUT. FOR A LITANY OF LIES.

BUT THEIR FAMILY, THEY SAID THEY HAVE. APOLOGIZED AND THEY. HAVE BEEN. REHABILITATED, HELPING COUNTLESS. LIVES WHILE IN. PRISON. >> LAURA, ALL THE. TWISTS AND TURNS. WHERE DOES THE CASE. GO FROM HERE? >> REALLY, THE BALL. IS WITH THE JUDGE TO. DECIDE WHETHER TO GO. FORWARD WITH THE. RESENTENCING FOR. LATER THIS MONTH. IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR. HE CAN NOW THAT THE. D.A. IS BACKING AWAY. THE REAL UPSHOT I. HEAR IS REALLY GOING. TO PUT MORE PRESSURE. ON GAVIN NEWSOM, THE. GOVERNOR THERE. HE CAN GRANT CLEMENCY.

ANY TIME HE WANTS. >> LAURA, THANK YOU. VERY MUCH. >> NOW TO THE. DESPERATE SEARCH FOR. A MISSING U.S. COLLEGE STUDENT WHO. DISAPPEARED THURSDAY. DURING A SPRING BREAK. TRIP IN THE DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC. JESSE KIRSCH HAS THE. LATEST FROM ON THE. GROUND IN PUNTA CANA. >> Reporter: BY AIR, WATER, AND LAND, TONIGHT AUTHORITIES. ARE SCRAMBLING TO. FIND SUDIKSHA KONANKI. WHO VANISHED FROM. THIS DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC BEACH MORE. THAN FOUR DAYS AGO. >> WE TALKED TO HER. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT,

THAT IS MARCH 5th. NIGHT. >> Reporter: TODAY, HER FATHER SPEAKING. TO LOCAL MEDIA IN. PUNTA CANA, DISTRAUGHT YET. GRATEFUL FOR WHAT. AUTHORITIES ARE. DOING. >> THEY'RE REALLY. HELPING US TO FIND. OUR DAUGHTER. SO FAR, THEY HAVE. HELPED US TO FIND IN. THE WATER. BUT IT'S BEEN THREE. DAYS. THEY COULDN'T FIND. HER IN THE WATER. >> Reporter: THE. UNIVERSITY OF. PITTSBURGH JUNIOR WAS. SPENDING SPRING BREAK. HERE AT A RIU RESORT.

IN PUNTA CANA WHEN. SHE WENT MISSING. EARLY THURSDAY. MORNING. POLICE SAY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SHOWED HER AND HER. FRIENDS GOING TO THE. BEACH AREA. EVENTUALLY, HER. FRIENDS CAME BACK TO. THE HOTEL. BUT AROUND 4:15 A.M., POLICE BELIEVE. KONANKI DISAPPEARED. INVESTIGATORS. REVEALING THEY HAVE. INTERVIEWED A YOUNG. MAN WHO WAS ALSO AT. THE BEACH AROUND THAT. TIME. BUT OFFICIALS SAY. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF. FOUL PLAY WAS. INVOLVED. IN A STATEMENT, RIU. HOTELS SAYS IT'S. DEEPLY CONCERNED. ABOUT THE. DISAPPEARANCE OF ONE.

OF OUR GUESTS AND IS. WORKING CLOSELY WITH. THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. INCLUDING THE POLICE. AND THE NAVY TO. CONDUCT A THOROUGH. SEARCH. >> SHE WENT TO THE. BEACH WITH SEVERAL. PEOPLE. AND SHE DID NOT COME. BACK. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. >> JESSE, YOU'RE. OUTSIDE THAT RESORT. COMPLEX. WHAT MORE ARE YOU. HEARING? >> Reporter: YEAH, LESTER, LOCAL MEDIA. REPORTING THAT. KONANKI'S CLOTHING. WAS FOUND ON THE. BEACH WHERE THERE. WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS. OF VIOLENCE SPOTTED. MEANWHILE, THE. SHERIFF WHERE SHE'S. FROM BACK IN VIRGINIA. SAYS TODAY HER. FRIENDS WERE STILL.

BEING HELD IN THE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FOR FURTHER. INTERVIEWS. LESTER. >> JESSE KIRSCH, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO. FLORIDA AND MAJOR. DAMAGE FROM A STRONG. EF-2 TORNADO THAT. RIPPED THROUGH HOMES, VEHICLES, AND TREES. NEAR LAKE MARY. THIS WAS THE SCENE. FROM THE ROAD AS IT. SWEPT THROUGH TODAY. WE ALSO GOT THIS VIEW. OF THE DESTRUCTION. FROM ABOVE. THANKFULLY, THE. SYSTEM IS MOVING. OFFSHORE NOW. >>> ELON MUSK TONIGHT. CLAIMING SAVINGS TO. TAXPAYERS FROM THE. LAYOFFS IN THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WORKFORCE, BUT IN.

ALABAMA, GABE. GUTIERREZ SPEAKING TO. FORMER FEMA EMPLOYEES. WHO SAY THE CUTS HAVE. GONE TOO FAR. >> Reporter: JUST. DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP PLACED NEW. LIMITS ON ELON MUSK'S. DOWNSIZING OF THE. FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY, PLACING CABINET. SECRETARIES IN CHARGE. OF LAYOFFS MUSK. TONIGHT TOUTING. COOPERATION. >> WHAT WE DO IS IN. CONSULTATION WITH THE. CABINET SECRETARIES. >> Reporter: DID YOU. EVER THINK THIS WOULD. HAPPEN? >> NO. >> Reporter: AIR. FORCE VETERAN AND. MOTHER OF TWO HAD. BEEN WORKING AT.

FEMA'S CENTER FOR. DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS. IN ALABAMA. SHE HELPED TRAIN. FIRST RESPONDERS. UNTIL SHE WAS LAID. OFF ON PRESIDENTS'. DAY. >> I THOUGHT THEY'RE. GOING TO TAKE A. SCALPEL TO FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. >> Reporter: SINCE. INAUGURATION DAY, MORE THAN 200 FEMA. EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN. CUT. A GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG. REPORT IN 2022 FOUND. THE AGENCY WAS. UNDERSTAFFED BY 35%. ALSO AMONG FEMA'S.

LAYOFFS, MARINE CORPS. VETERAN AND FATHER OF. THREE JOHN WHIPLER. >> I'M SURE THERE ARE. THINGS THAT NEED TO. BE CUT DOWN AND. REMOVED BUT DOES. EVERYTHING NEED TO. BE? >> Reporter: UNDER. FIRE FOR ITS RESPONSE. TO HURRICANE HELENE. LAST YEAR, FEMA DREW. BACKLASH FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> AND FEMA'S TURNED. OUT TO BE A DISASTER. I THINK WE'RE GOING. TO RECOMMEND THAT. FEMA GO AWAY. AND WE PAY DIRECTLY, WE PAY A PERCENTAGE. TO THE STATE. >> Reporter: BUT. EILEEN HAS THIS. MESSAGE FOR THE. PRESIDENT. >> REALLY LOOK AT. WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO.

FAMILIES AND. INDIVIDUALS ACROSS. AMERICA IN SMALL. TOWNS, TOWNS, COUNTIES, AND STATES. THAT VOTED FOR YOU, AND REALIZE THAT. YOU'RE NOT DRAINING. THE SWAMP. YOU'RE JUST HURTING. YOUR EVERYDAY BLUE. COLLAR AND WHITE. COLLAR WORKERS THAT. WERE TRYING TO BE. PUBLIC SERVANTS AND. HELP YOU MAKE AMERICA. GREAT AGAIN. >> Reporter: ALSO, MARCO RUBIO SAID THAT. 83% OF ALL FOREIGN. AID PROGRAMS UNDER. USAID WOULD BE. CANCELED.

>> GABE, THANK YOU. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, PROTESTS ERUPTING. AFTER I.C.E. ARRESTED. A PALESTINIAN. ACTIVIST AS PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYS HE WON'T. BE THE LAST. >> AND EXPLOSIONS OFF. >>> HERE IN NEW YORK, THE ARREST OF A. PRO-PALESTINIAN. ACTIVIST BY. IMMIGRATION AGENTS IS. SPARKING PROTESTS. THE FORMER COLUMBIA. UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS. A GREEN CARD HOLDER. WHO WAS INVOLVED IN. DEMONSTRATIONS ON. CAMPUS. HERE'S EMILIE IKEDA.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, ANGER SPILLING ONTO. NEW YORK CITY. SIDEWALKS AFTER. FEDERAL IMMIGRATION. AGENTS ARRESTED. MAHMOUD KHALIL, WHO. HIS LAWYER SAYS IS A. LEGAL PERMANENT. RESIDENT WITH A GREEN. CARD. KHALIL RECENTLY. FINISHED A MASTERS AT. COLUMBIA AND HELPED. LEAD PRO-PALESTINIAN. PROTESTS ON CAMPUS. HIS LAWYER ADDING, HE. WAS DETAINED ON. SATURDAY IN FRONT OF. HIS WIFE, A U.S. CITIZEN WHO IS EIGHT. MONTHS PREGNANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY.

SAYS KHALIL LED. ACTIVITIES ALIGNED TO. HAMAS, A DESIGNATED. TERRORIST. ORGANIZATION. BUT TONIGHT, A. FEDERAL JUDGE. STEPPING IN, TEMPORARILY BLOCKING. ANY EFFORT TO REMOVE. KHALIL FROM THE U.S. COLUMBIA BECAME A. FLASH POINT FOR. PROTESTS AGAINST. ISRAEL LAST SPRING. WE INTERVIEWED KHALIL. THEN. >> WE WANT TO. DIVESTMENT FROM THE. ISRAELI OCCUPATION. >> Reporter: IN THE. WAKE OF THE. NATIONWIDE PROTESTS, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. VOWED TO CRACK DOWN. ON ANTI-SEMITISM ON. COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

TODAY, HE CALLED. KHALIL'S DETAINMENT. THE FIRST ARREST OF. MANY TO COME. >> ANY RESIDENT ALIEN. WHO COMMITS A CRIME. IS ELIGIBLE FOR. DEPORTATION. >> Reporter: DHS. WOULD NOT COMMENT ON. WHAT IF ANY CHARGES. KHALIL IS FACING. THE WEBSITE SAYS HE'S. CURRENTLY DETAINED IN. LOUISIANA. >> PEOPLE ARE BEING. DISAPPEARED UNDER OUR. GOVERNMENT'S WATCH. WITH NO RECOURSE, NO. CHARGES, AND IT'S A. MASSIVE ESCALATION. THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD. BE CONCERNED ABOUT. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE. ASSOCIATED PRESS,

KHALIL WAS UNDER. INVESTIGATION BY A. NEW COMMITTEE AT. COLUMBIA THAT. ADDRESSES CASES OF. ALLEGED. DISCRIMINATION. KHALIL TELLING THE. A.P. THE ALLEGATIONS. AGAINST HIM ARE. MOSTLY SOCIAL MEDIA. POSTS THAT I HAD. NOTHING TO DO WITH. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. SAYING IT'S COMMITTED. TO FOLLOWING THE LAW. AND TO THE FREEDOM OF. SPEECH. KHALIL'S LAWYER IS. CHALLENGING HIS. DETAINMENT. LESTER. >> EMILIE IKEDA, THANK YOU. >>> NEW VIDEOS OF. EXPLOSIONS OFF THE. COAST OF ENGLAND. THE UK COAST GUARD. SAID THIS FUEL TANKER. AND CARGO VESSEL. COLLIDED OFF THE.

BRITISH COAST OF THE. NORTH SEA. SETTING BOTH SHIPS ON. FIRE AND SENDING. BLACK SMOKE INTO THE. AIR. A DEFENSE OFFICIAL. TELLS NBC NEWS THAT. THE SHIP WAS CARRYING. FUEL THAT WAS TO BE. USED BY THE U.S. NAVY. >>> UP NEXT, A FORMER. FACEBOOK EMPLOYEE. SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT. HER WARN. >>> NOW TO AN NBC. NEWS EXCLUSIVE. OUR INTERVIEW WITH A. FORMER DIRECTOR AT. FACEBOOK WHO HAS. WRITTEN AN EXPLOSIVE.

NEW BOOK ABOUT HER. TIME AT THE COMPANY. SHE TOLD OUR. STEPHANIE GOSK SHE. WAS PARTICULARLY. TROUBLED BY. FACEBOOK'S DEALINGS. WITH CHINA. >> I WANT TO TALK. ABOUT SOMETHING. IMPORTANT TODAY. >> Reporter: META'S. CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG. SAYS HE WANTS. FACEBOOK TO BE A HOME. FOR FREE SPEECH. >> TIME TO GET BACK. TO OUR ROOTS AROUND. FREE EXPRESSION. >> Reporter: BUT IN. HER BOOK, CARELESS. PEOPLE, FORMER. FACEBOOK DIRECTOR. SARAH WYNN-WILLIAMS. SAYS THE COMPANY WAS. READY TO ABANDON. THOSE PRINCIPLES. ROUGHLY A DECADE AGO.

TO GAIN ACCESS TO A. CRITICAL MARKET BY. APPEASING THE CHINESE. GOVERNMENT. >> THEY WANTED A. VERSION OF FACEBOOK. THAT COULD CENSOR. THAT WOULD GIVE THEM. CONTROL. SORT OF THE. ANTI-FREEDOM OF. EXPRESSION VERSION OF. FACEBOOK. >> AND TO DO THAT, DID FACEBOOK HAVE TO. COMPROMISE SOME OF. ITS POLICY? >> TO ME, IT SEEMED. LIKE FACEBOOK. COMPROMISED ALMOST. EVERY POLICY IT HAD. >> Reporter: RELYING. ON DOCUMENTS, EMAILS, AND HER OWN. EXPERIENCE, THE. FORMER DIPLOMAT WHO. HELPED FACEBOOK. NAVIGATE GLOBAL. RELATIONS WITH WORLD.

LEADERS CHRONICLES. HER SIX YEARS WORKING. FOR THE ECONOMY. AND HER OWN. DISILLUSIONMENT WHEN. SHE SAYS SHE. RESALIZED ALL. FACEBOOK CARED ABOUT. WAS IN HER WORDS. GROWTH AT ALL COSTS. >> MORE. >> BIGGER. >> MORE MONEY, MORE. PEOPLE USING THE. PRODUCT, MORE. >> Reporter: META IS. TRYING TO BLOCK THE. BOOK'S PUBLICATION. SET FOR TOMORROW. IN A STATEMENT, THE. COMPANY WRITES, WE DO. NOT OPERATE OUR. SERVICES IN CHINA. TODAY, WE ULTIMATELY. OPTED NOT TO GO. THROUGH WITH THE. IDEAS WE HAD. EXPLORED, WHICH MARK.

ZUCKERBERG ANNOUNCED. IN 2019. BACK IN 2015, WYNN-WILLIAMS SAYS. ZUCKERBERG WAS. DESPERATE TO BREAK. INTO CHINA AND. ACTIVELY STRATEGIZED. WAYS TO MAKE IT. HAPPEN. AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT. PROVIDED BY. WYNN-WILLIAMS WEIGHED. THE PROS AND CONS OF. FACEBOOK CONDUCTING. SURVEILLANCE FOR THE. CHINESE GOVERNMENT. ONE EMPLOYEE RAISING. THE CONCERN IT COULD. LEAD TO DEATH, TORTURE, AND. INCARCERATION OF. FACEBOOK USERS IN. CHINA. >> THERE WERE PEOPLE. WITHIN FACEBOOK WHO. THOUGHT WE MIGHT GET.

PEOPLE KILLED BECAUSE. OF THIS. >> RIGHT, BUT THAT'S. OKAY TO GOOD YOU GET. INTO CHINA. >> Reporter: IN. ANOTHER DOCUMENT, FACEBOOK STAFFERS LAY. OUT HOW THE COMPANY. COULD REACT IF THEIR. PLANS WERE LEAKED TO. THE PUBLIC. INCLUDING DRAFTING. FAKE HEADLINES THEY. MAY NEED TO RESPOND. TO, LIKE CHINA NOW. HAS ACCESS TO ALL. FACEBOOK USER DATA. OR FACEBOOK GRANTS. BACKDOOR ACCESS TO. CHINESE USER DATA. NBC NEWS HAS REVIEWED. THAT DOCUMENT AS. WELL. IN THE END, A DEAL TO. OPERATE IN CHINA. WASN'T REACHED. IN 2017,

WYNN-WILLIAMS WAS. FIRED, SHE BELIEVES. IT WAS RETALIATION. FOR A SEXUAL. HARASSMENT ACCUSATION. SHE MADE. A META SPOKESPERSON. SAID EIGHT YEARS AGO, SARAH WYNN-WILLIAMS. WAS FIRED FOR POOR. PERFOORMANCE AND. TOXIC BEHAVIOR AND AN. INVESTIGATION AT THE. TIME DETERMINED SHE. MADE MISLEADING AND. UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS. OF HARASSMENT. THE MOTHER OF THREE. SAYS SHE WROTE THIS. BOOK KNOWING THE. REACTION COULD BE. FIERCE. >> I THINK PEOPLE. DESERVE TO KNOW THE. TRUTH. THEY DESERVE TO KNOW. WHAT THIS BIG. POWERFUL COMPANY IS.

REALLY LIKE. >> Reporter: WITH. META SET TO BECOME. EVEN MORE INFLUENTIAL. IN THE AGE OF. ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE, THAT IS. WHY SHE SAYS SHE IS. SOUNDING THE ALARM. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> WHEN WE COME. BACK, ONE OF THE. YOUNGEST LICENSED. PILOTS TO EVER TAKE. FLIGHT. >>> FINALLY, SHE GOT. HER PILOT'S LICENSE. BEFORE MOST TEENS GET. THEIR DRIVER'S. LICENSES. ANTONE YOU HILTON.

INTRODUCES US TO A. YOUNG AVIATOR. >> Reporter: IT'S NOT. EVERY DAY YOU SEE A. 17-YEAR-OLD JUGGLE. CLASS AT SPELMAN. COLLEGE AND THEN GO. SOARING THROUGH THE. CLOUDS. AND KIMORA FREELAND. HADN'T IMAGINED THIS. LIFE ITHER. >> I NEVER THOUGHT. ABOUT BEING A PILOT. >> Reporter: AT 12, HER MOM HAD AN IDEA. TO PUT HER ON A LIST. FOR A SCHOLARSHIP. PRIVATE PILOT. PROGRAM. AT 15, SHE GOT IN. AT 17, AFTER TWO.

YEARS OF FLIGHTS AND. INTENSE STUDIES SHE. MADE HISTORY AS THE. YOUNGEST LICENSED. PILOT IN NEW YORK. STATE AND ONE OF THE. YOUNGEST BLACK FEMALE. PILOTS IN THE. COUNTRY. WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY. WHEN THEY FIND OUT. YOU FLY? THE TRAINING PROGRAM. UNITED YOUTH AVIATORS. INTRODUCED HER TO. OTHER BLACK KIDS. EAGER TO TAKE FLIGHT. SHE FOUND COMMUNITY. IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE. LESS THAN 3% OF. PILOTS ARE BLACK. DID YOU WORRY ABOUT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU. WOULD FIT INTO. THISDRY? >> NO, I JUST KNEW I.

WANTED TO CREATE. CHANGE AND I COULD. SHOW PEOPLE YOU CAN. DO THIS. >> Reporter: SO SHE. SHOWED ME A BIT OF. WHAT SEAS LEARNED. DEMONSTRATING MORE. MASTERY OF THIS PLANE. THAN I HAD OVER A CAR. AT THIS AGE. >> I GOT MY DRIVER'S. LICENSE FOUR DAYS. AFTER I GOT MY. PILOT'S LICENSE. >> SHE'S PLANNING TO. FINISH COLLEGE IN. JUST THREE YEARS AND. BECOME A COMMERCIAL. PILOT. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE. YOU'RE MAKING. HISTORY? >> I FEEL LIKE WHAT I.

DID, EVERYONE CAN DO. IT. I'M SO AMAZED EVERY. TIME I FLY. >> SHE MIGHT EVEN. OPEN HER OWN AVIATION. SCHOOL ONE DAY. FOR NOW, SHE'S GOING. TO ENJOY THE VIEW. >> AIMING HIGH. THAT'S TERRIFIC. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS. FOR THIS MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE.