NBC Nightly News Full Episode - March 27

>>> TONIGHT, PROTESTERS TAKING TO. THE STREETS OVER. I.C.E. ARRESTS. THE BACKLASH TO A. TUFTS UNIVERSITY. GRADUATE STUDENT. BEING ARRESTED BY. FEDERAL AGENTS AND. SENT TO A DETENTION. CENTER HALFWAY ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. >> THE LEGAL BATTLE. AND HOW THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS. JUSTIFYING TAKING HER. INTO CUSTODY. >> DRASTIC CUTS. THROUGHOUT THE. COUNTRY'S HEALTH. AGENCIES. HHS SECRETARY ROBERT. F. KENNEDY JR.

ANNOUNCING HIS PLANS. TO ELIMINATE 10,000. FULL-TIME WORKERS. FROM THEIR JOBS. >> KING CHARLES. BRIEFLY HOSPITALIZED. DUE TO SIDE EFFECTS. FROM CANCER. TREATMENT. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT. HIS CONDITION. >>> WILDFIRES IN THE. CAROLINAS DOUBLING. AND TRIPLING IN SIZE. UP CLOSE WITH. FIREFIGHTERS USING. CONTROLLED BURNS TO. TRY TO GET THE FLAMES. UNDER CONTROL. >>> THE ARREST TODAY. IN THE ARSON ATTACK. ON TESLA CARS IN LAS. VEGAS. WHO AUTHORITIES. BELIEVE IS. RESPONSIBLE. >>> THE RARE MOVE. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, PULLING A KEY.

NOMINEE. WHY NOW? >>> NBC'S MOLLY. HUNTER ON THE GROUND. IN GREENLAND AHEAD OF. VICE PRESIDENT. VANCE'S VISIT, HEARING FIRST HAND. HOW PEOPLE THERE ARE. REACTING TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING THE U.S. NEEDS GREENLAND FOR. SECURITY REASONS. >> I WOULD SAY PLEASE. DO NOT TAKE US. >>> AND ON MAJOR. LEAGUE BASEBALL'S. OPENING DAY, HOW ONE. MAN AND HIS LAWN. MOWER ARE INSPIRING. MILLIONS.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME. WITH THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. WIDENING ITS NET. AGAINST FOREIGNERS. HERE BOTH LEGALLY AND. ILLEGALLY, A RALLY. WAS HELD TODAY NEAR. BOSTON IN SUPPORT OF. A TUFTS UNIVERSITY. DOCTORATE CANDIDATE. WHOSE ARREST BY. I.C.E. DESPITE HER. LEGAL STATUS HAS CAST. A CHILL ACROSS SOME. COLLEGE CAMPUSES. WHILE STRENGTHENING. THE GOVERNMENT'S. RESOLVE TO CRACK DOWN. ON STUDENT VISA. HOLDERS IT SAYS HAVE. ENGAGED IN CERTAIN. FORMS OF SOCIAL. ACTIVISM. THE WOMAN WAS WHISKED. OFF THE STREET BY.

FEDERAL AGENTS. EARLIER THIS WEEK, CAPTURED ON A NEARBY. CAMERA. WHILE SHE HELD A. VALID STUDENT VISA, HER APPREHENSION IS. BASED ON WHAT THE. GOVERNMENT SAYS WERE. ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT. OF HAMAS. HOMELAND SECURITY. DECLARING A VISA IS A. PRIVILEGE, NOT A. RIGHT. STEPHANIE GOSK WITH. THE STORY TONIGHT. FROM BOSTON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PROTESTS CALLING FOR. THE RELEASE OF A. TUFTS UNIVERSITY. GRADUATE STUDENT. THE 30-YEAR-OLD. TURKISH CITIZEN HERE. ON A STUDENT VISA. ACCORDING TO HER.

ATTORNEY. VIDEO OBTAINED BY NBC. NEWS SHOWS HER BEING. OBTAINED TUESDAY BY. SIX FEDERAL AGENTS. NOT WEARING UNIFORMS. AND MASKED. TELLING HER THEY'RE. THE POLICE AND TAKING. HER AWAY. >> AND THERE WAS NO. ALLEGATION THAT SHE'S. VIOLATED ANY LAW. WHATSOEVER. >> Reporter: MASSACHUSETTS. DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY. GENERAL ANDREA. CAMPBELL IS WORKING. WITH HER ATTORNEY. >> WHAT INFORMATION. SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU. LOOKING TO GET FROM. THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT? >> WHAT'S THE. TIMELINE HERE? IS SHE A THREAT TO. ANY COMMUNITY?

BECAUSE BASED ON. EVERY ASSESSMENT WE. HAVE DONE HERE IN. MASSACHUSETTS WHERE. OF COURSE SHE WAS. ATTENDING SCHOOL, SHE. IS NOT. >> Reporter: DHS. POSTING, DHS AND. I.C.E. INVESTIGATIONS. FOUND HER ENGAGED IN. ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT. OF HAMAS. A FOREIGN TERRORIST. ORGANIZATION. BUT GAVE NO FURTHER. DETAILS. A YEAR AGO, SHE. COWROTE AN OPINION. ARTICLE IN THE SCHOOL. NEWSPAPER THAT CALL. ON THE UNIVERSITY TO. LABEL THE WAR IN GAZA. A GENOCIDE, AND. DIVEST FROM COMPANIES. TIED TO ISRAEL. IMMIGRATION LAW GIVES. SECRETARY OF STATE.

RUBIO POWER TO DEPORT. VISA HOLDERS WHO. WOULD HAVE. POTENTIALLY SERIOUS. ADVERSE FOREIGN. POLICY CONSEQUENCES. TO THE U.S. >> WE REVOKED HER. VISA. WE GAVE YOU A VISA TO. COME AND STUDY AND. GET A DEGREE, NOT TO. BECOME A SOCIAL. ACTIVIST THAT TEARS. UP OUR UNIVERSITY. CAMPUSES. >> Reporter: DURING. THE CAMPAIGN, PPT PT. PROMISED TO DEPORT. FOREIGN STUDENTS. INVOLVED IN. PRO-PALESTINIAN. PROTESTS ON CAMPUSES. WHERE SOME JEWISH. STUDENTS REPORTED. BEING HARASSED AND. ASSAULTED. >> IF YOU HATE. AMERICA, IF YOU WANT. TO ELIMINATE ISRAEL,

WE WILL THROW YOU OUT. OF OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: DHS HAS. NOT REVEALED EVIDENT. OF HER ROLE IN. PROTESTS AND HER. FRIEND CALLED HER. DETAINMENT SHOCKING. >> THERE'S DEFINITELY. A FEELING OF FEELING. VERY UNSETTLED AND. SCARED RIGHT NOW AND. PEOPLE NOT KNOWING. WHAT TO DO. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, SHE IS BEING HELD IN. LOUISIANA, THE SAME. STATE WHERE MAHMOUD. KHALIL A COLUMBIA. STUDENT DETAINED IN A. SIMILAR CASE IS ALSO. BEING HELD. >> THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, HHS.

ANNOUNCED IT WILL CUT. AN ADDITIONAL 10,000. JOBS IN WHAT THEY. DESCRIBE AS A. DRAMATIC. RESTRUCTURING. OFFICIALS SAY THE. CUTS WILL SAVE. TAXPAYERS $1.8. BILLION ANNUALLY, BUT. NBC'S ANNE THOMPSON. REPORTS THERE IS DEEP. CONCERN TONIGHT. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY. RESPONSE --. >> Reporter: CONTROVERSIAL HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES. SECRETARY SLASHING. 10,000 JOBS. >> WE'RE KEENLY. FOCUSED ON PARING. AWAY EXCESS. ADMINISTRATORS WHILE. INCREASING THE NUMBER.

OF SCIENTISTS AND. FRONT LINE HEALTH. PROVIDERS. >> Reporter: THE CUTS. INCLUDE 3500. EMPLOYEES AT THE FDA. BUT NOT AFFECTING. INSPECTORS OR DRUG. MEDICAL DEVICE OR. FOOD REVIEWERS. 2400 AT THE CDC TO. FOCUS ON ITS CORE. MISSION OF PREPARING. FOR AND RESPONDING TO. EPIDEMICS. THIS ON TOP OF THE. 10,000 OTHER WORKERS. GONE IN ELON MUSK'S. DOGE EFFORTS. IN ALL, A QUARTER OF. THE AGENCY'S. WORKFORCE. >> YOU CAN'T. ELIMINATE A QUARTER. OF THE WORKFORCE AND. NOT HAVE SOME EFFECT.

ON AGENCY OPERATIONS. >> Reporter: KATIE, ONE OF THOSE LET GO. IN THE FIRST WAVE, SAYS TODAY'S NEWS. COMPOUNDS HER. DISILLUSION. >> NIH IS NOT THE. PLACE THAT I SPENT MY. ENTIRE CAREER TRYING. TO REACH ANYMORE. AT LEAST FROM THE. OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. THAT'S HOW IT FEELS. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, IN WEST. TEXAS WHERE THERE'S A. MEASLES OUTBREAK, IT'S VACCINE SKEPTIC. KENNEDY'S WORDS ABOUT. ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES. THAT MAY HAVE AN. IMPACT. >> ALSO, COD LIVER. OIL, WHICH HAS HIGH.

CONCENTRATIONS OF. VITAMIN A AND VITAMIN. D. >> Reporter: DOCTORS. AT COVENANT. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. IN LUBBOCK REPORT A. HANDFUL OF CASES, FEWER THAN TEN, INVOLVING LIVER. DAMAGE CAUSED BY TOO. MUCH VITAMIN A. ALL THE PATIENTS WERE. UNVACCINATED. DR. ANNA MONTANES IS. A PEDIATRICIAN IN THE. AREA. CAN COD LIVER OIL. PREVENT MEASLES? >> NO, MA'AM. >> Reporter: CAN IT. TREAT MEASLES? >> NO, MA'AM. THE ONLY THING THAT.

PREVENTS MEASLES IS. VACCINATION. >> Reporter: NOW, KENNEDY SAYS HE IS. GIVING THE HHS A NEW. CHARGE, TO END WHAT. HE CALLS A CHRONIC. ILLNESS EPIDEMIC, BY. CONCENTRATING ON SAFE. WHOLESOME FOOD, CLEAN. WATER, AND GETTING. RID OF ENVIRONMENTAL. TOXINS. LESTER. >> ANNE THOMPSON, THANK YOU. >> NEW TO NEWS. OVERSEAS AND A HEALTH. SCARE FOR KING. CHARLES. THE ROYAL SPENT SOME. TIME IN THE HOSPITAL. TODAY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE. SAID HE HAD SIDE. EFFECTS FOLLOWING HIS. ONGOING TREATMENT FOR.

CANCER. HE LATER WENT HOME TO. REST AND HIS. ENGAGEMENTS FOR. TOMORROW HAVE BEEN. CANCELED. >>> NOW TO THE FIRES. IN THE CAROLINAS. BURNING AND GROWING. AS AIR QUALITY. BECOMES A CONCERN FOR. RESIDENTS. NBC'S MARISSA PARRA. IS ON THE FRONT. LINES. >> Reporter: THE RACE. IS ON TO FIGHT THE. FLAMES IN THE. CAROLINAS. THE TABLE ROCK. COMPLEX FIRE NOW. DOUBLED IN SIZE. WITHIN ONE DAY. LEAVING MORE SCORCHED. EARTH BEHIND IT. YOU CAN SEE HOW. INTENSE THE FLAMES. GOT WHEN THE FIRE. CAME THROUGH HERE. THE TABLE ROCK AND.

PERSIMMON BRIDGE. FIRES IN SOUTH. CAROLINA TORCHING. NEARLY 6,000 ACRES. STOKING A NEW WAVE OF. EVACUATIONS AND. AGGRESSIVE MEASURES. TO KEEP IT FROM. SPREADING FURTHER. >> THIS IS A. TECHNIQUE WE USE. CALLED A BURN OUT. ESSENTIALLY WE'RE. USING THIS TO BOLSTER. OUR CONTAINMENT LINES. AND TO BURN OUT THE. UNBURNED FUEL BETWEEN. THE FIRE BREAK AND. THE WILDFIRE. >> Reporter: QUITE. LITERALLY FIGHTING. FIRE WITH FIRE. >> EXACTLY. >> Reporter: THIS. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN. SEEING, HELICOPTERS. LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE. BEHIND ME DROPPING. DOWN SO THEY CAN. CONNECT THAT ORANGE. BUCKET BENEATH IT. THEY'RE GOING TOS YOU.

IT TO FILL IT WITH. WATER AND THEN DROP. IT WHERE THEY NEED. TO. BUT SLOWING DOWN. EFFORTS, THE DEBRIS. LEFT FROM HURRICANE. HELENE. DURING HURRICANE. HELENE, YOU STAYED. HERE. >> I DID. I DID. >> Reporter: FROM HIS. HENDERSONVILLE. SANDWICH SHOP IN. NORTH CAROLINA, MATTHEW ROGERS TELLS. US HOW THE HOME HE. CALLS THE CABIN OF. HOPE SURVIVED HELENE. BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT. THROUGH THE FIRES. >> I SAW ON FACEBOOK. A HOUSE ON FIRE. BURNING. HONESTLY, I'M. THINKING ABOUT MY.

NEIGHBORS, BUT I KEPT. THINKING OF. FIREFIGHTERS. HONESTLY, I KEPT. THINKING OF BECAUSE. HURRICANE IN THAT. COMMUNITY BROUGHT US. TOGETHER. >> Reporter: ROGERS. LIKE SO MANY HERE. CLINGING TO HOPE ONCE. AGAIN. MARISSA PARRA, NBC. NEWS, HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. >> WE TURN NOW TO OUR. NEW REPORTING THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. FRUSTRATED WITH HIS. NATIONAL SECURITY. ADVISER FOR HIS ROLE. IN THAT GROUP CHAT. ABOUT A MILITARY. STRIKE IN YEMEN. HERE'S PETER. ALEXANDER. >> Reporter: NEW. TONIGHT, NBC NEWS HAS.

LEARNED PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS PRIVATELY. ANGRY WITH HIS. NATIONAL SECURITY. ADVISER MIKE WALTZ, ACCORDING TO TWO. REPUBLICAN SOURCES. AFTER WALTZ. MISTAKENLY ADDED A. JOURNALIST TO THAT. GROUP CHAT ABOUT. MILITARY STRIKES IN. YEMEN. DESPITE THE. PRESIDENT'S PUBLIC. DEFENSE OF WALTZ. >> I THINK IT WAS. VERY UNFAIR THE WAY. THEY ATTACKED. MICHAEL. HE'S A GOOD PERSON. >> Reporter: THE. BLUNDER CREATING A. DAYS-LONG CONTROVERSY. FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> IT'S EMBARRASSING, YES. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO. THE BOTTOM OF IT. >> Reporter: IT COMES. AS A FEDERAL JUDGE. JUST RULED AGAINST.

THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, ORDERING MEMBERS OF. THAT ENCRYPTED GROUP. CHAT ON SIGNAL. INCLUDING PETE. HEGSETH, TO PRESERVE. ALL OF THEIR TEXTS. FROM THAT CHAT. HEGSETH SHARED. SPECIFIC DETAILS. ABOUT WHEN FIGHTER. JETS WOULD TAKE OFF. AND WHEN BOMBS WOULD. DROP THOUGH HE. INSISTS NONE OF IT IS. CLASSIFIED. >> THEY KNOW IT'S NOT. WAR PLANS. NO UNITS, NO. LOCATIONS, NO ROUTES. >> Reporter: NOTABLY, THE JUDGE, JAMES. BOASBERG, RANDOMLY. ASSIGNED TO THE CASE, IS THE SAME JUDGE THE.

PRESIDENT WANTS. IMPEACHED FOR. BLOCKING DEPORTATION. FLIGHTS OF ALLEGED. GANG MEMBERS TO EL. SALVADOR. ROGER WICKER TODAY. REQUESTED AN. INVESTIGATION INTO. THE SIGNAL CHAT BY. THE PENTAGON'S ACTING. INSPECTOR GENERAL. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI SAYS A CRIMINAL. INVESTIGATION INTO. THE LEAK IS UNLIKELY. >> IT WAS SENSITIVE. INFORMATION, NOT. CLASSIFIED. AND INADVERTENTLY. RELEASED. >> MEANWHILE, PETER, PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST. WITHDREW HIS. NOMINATION FOR THE.

AMBASSADOR TO THE. U.N. WHAT'S THE BACKSTORY? >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT ANNOUNCE HE. HAS ASKED NEW YORK. REPUBLICAN ELISE. STEFANIK TO STAY IN. CONGRESS INSTEAD OF. SERVING AT THE U.N. THIS IS A DRAMATIC. REVERSAL. STEFANIK WAS EXPECTED. TO BE EASILY. CONFIRMED BUT THE. PRESIDENT EXPRESSED. CONCERNS ABOUT. REPUBLICANS KEEPING. WHAT IS A RAZOR THIN. MAJORITY IN THE. HOUSE. LESTER. >> PETER ALEXANDER, THANK YOU. >>> WITH NEW TARIFFS. ON IMPORTED CARS AND. AUTO PARTS EXPECTED. TO GO INTO EFFECT IN. A FEW DAYS, DEALERSHIPS BRACING.

FOR HIGHER PRICES. SO HOW MUCH MORE CAN. YOU EXPECT TO PAY? HERE'S CHRISTINE. ROMANS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AT CAR DEALERSHIPS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY --. YOUR PHONES ARE. RINGING. >> THEY'RE RINGING. CUSTOMERS ARE. CONCERNED. >> Reporter: WE FIRST. MET GEORGE LAST. MONTH. HE OWNS MITSUBISHI, KIA, HYUNDAI, SUBARU, AND GENESIS. DEALERSHIPS IN. MICHIGAN. >> THEY WANT TO MAKE. SURE THEY'RE GETTING. IN IF THEY NEED A. CAR, AND MAKING THAT. DEAL BEFORE THE. TARIFFS KICK IN. CONSUMERS ARE GOING. TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF.

THIS, AND IT'S GOING. TO BE PAINFUL. >> Reporter: CAR. SHOPPERS, DEALERS, AND MANUFACTURERS. BRACING FOR HIGHER. PRICES, AS THE. PRESIDENT PUTS 25%. TARIFFS ON IMPORTED. CARS AND AUTO PARTS. >> IF THEY'RE MADE IN. THE UNITED STATES, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO. TARIFF. >> Reporter: BUT. ALMOST HALF OF ALL. CARS SOLD IN THE U.S. AND 60% OF AUTO PARTS. ARE IMPORTED. GOLDMAN SACHS. ESTIMATING TARIFFS. COULD ADD 5 TO. $15,000 TO THE PRICE. OF FOREIGN-MADE CARS. AND $3,000 TO $8,000. ON CARS MADE IN THE.

U.S. BECAUSE OF. BORDER TAXES ON THE. PARTS. FOR DAMON JEFFERSON, WHO WORKS ON AN. ASSEMBLY LINE IN. DETROIT, THAT COST. MAY BE WORTH IT. >> THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE HAVE TO. REALIZE TRUMP IS. PUTTING THESE TARIFFS. IN PLACE TO BE ABLE. TO KEEP THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE WORKING. >> Reporter: THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. BANKING ON TARIFFS TO. SPUR MORE INVESTMENTS. AND BRING FACTORIES. BACK TO THE U.S. BUT RETOOLING A. FACTORY IS SLOW AND. COSTLY. >> THE PRESIDENT. WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL. VEHICLES IN THE. UNITED STATES BUILT.

IN THE U.S. WITH 100%. U.S.-MADE PARTS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO. HAPPEN. THE INDUSTRY IS SET. UP ON A REGIONAL. BASIS SO THERE WILL. STILL BE PRODUCTION. IN MEXICO AND IN. CANADA. >> Reporter: CANADA'S. PRIME MINSER SAYS THE. KROOUS. U.S. IS NO LONGER A. RELIABLE PARTNER. >> WE WILL RESPOND. FORCEFULLY. NOTHING IS OFF THE. TABLE TO DEFEND OUR. WORKERS AND OUR. COUNTRY. >> Reporter: HERE IN. MIAMI, THE CANADIAN. GOVERNMENT PAYING FOR. BILLBOARDS TELLING. AMERICANS, TARIFFS. ARE A TAX ON YOUR.

GROCERY BILL. CHRISTINE ROMANS. NBC NEWS. >> THERE WAS AN. ARREST TODAY. CONNECTED TO AN ARSON. ATTACK ON TESLA CARS. IN LAS VEGAS EARLIER. THIS MONTH. LIZ KREUTZ HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES. ANNOUNCING THE ARREST. OF A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN. WHO THEY SAY IS. RESPONSIBLE FOR USING. MOLOTOV COCKTAILS TO. TORCH SEVERAL TESLAS. AT A LAS VEGAS. SERVICE CENTER. >> THE SUSPECT'S NAME. IS PAUL KIM. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO. OFFICIALS, KIM IS. FACING BOTH STATE AND. FEDERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING ARSON,

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION. OF AN EXPLOSIVE, AND. DISCHARGING A FIREARM. INTO A VEHICLE. >> OUR SEARCHES. REVEALED NUMEROUS. ITEMS OF INTEREST TO. INCLUDE MULTIPLE. RIFLES, A SHOTGUN AS. WELL AS A BLACK. BACKPACK WITH PINK. PAINT, FACE MASKS. >> Reporter: POLICE. SAY WHEN KIM ARRIVED. AT THE SERVICE. CENTER, HE BEGAN. SHOOTING INTO THE. CAMERAS BEFORE SPRAY. PAINTING RESIST. ACROSS A FRONT DOOR. AND SETTING MULTIPLE. CARS ON FIRE. AUTHORITIES SAY. THEY'RE LOOKING INTO. HIS SOCIAL MEDIA TO. DETERMINE A MOTIVE. >> A PRELIMINARY. ASSESSMENT OF THE.

SUSPECT'S SOCIAL. MEDIA INDICATES LOOSE. BUT SELF-PROCLAIMED. TIES TO THE COMMUNIST. PARTY USA SOCIAL. MEDIA GROUP AS WELL. AS SOCIAL MEDIA. GROUPS CALLED. REVOLUTIONARY. COMMUNISTS. INTERNATIONAL, HIDDEN. PALESTINE. >> Reporter: THE. ARREST COMING AMID A. RISE IN VIOLENCE AND. VANDALISM OF TESA. LOCATIONS AND CARS. NATIONWIDE. EARLIER THIS WEEK, A. 33-YEAR-OLD MAN IN. TEXAS WAS ARRESTED. FOR ALLEGEDLY RAMMING. A MINI FOUR-WHEELER. INTO MULTIPLE TESLAS. AROUND THE CITY OF. TEXARKANA, JUST ONE. DAY AFTER INSIND YAE. DEVICES WERE FOUND.

AROUND A SHOWROOM IN. AUSTIN. WITH MORE PROTESTS. PLANNED AT TESLA. LOCATIONS THIS. WEEKEND, SALES IN. EUROPE HAVE DROPPED. BY AT LEAST 40%. ACCORDING TO A. INDUSTRY TRADE GROUP. THEIR QUARTERLY. EARNINGS ARE EXPECTED. NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'LL BE BACK IN. 60 SECONDS WITH THE. FAA'S NEW PUSH TO. >>> THE FAA IS. REVIEWING HOT SPOTS. AT AIRPORTS. NATIONWIDE. LOOKING TO AVOID A.

MIDAIR CRASH LIKE THE. ONE BETWEEN A. HELICOPTER AND A. PASSENGER PLANE IN. JANUARY AT REAGAN. NATIONAL AIRPORT. WITH MORE, HERE'S TOM. COSTELLO. >> Reporter: EIGHT. WEEKS SINCE JANUARY'S. MIDAIR CRASH, THE FAA. TODAY ANNOUNCED ALL. HELICOPTERS FLYING. AROUND REAGAN AIRPORT. MUST TURN ON THEIR. GEOPOSITIONING. TRANSMITTERS. BUT WITH SOME. EXCEPTIONS FOR. NATIONAL SECURITY. AIRCRAFT. ADSB COULD HAVE. PROVIDED MORE PRECISE. LOCATION INFORMATION. TO CONTROLLERS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE.

ARMY HELICOPTER WAS. FLYING TOO HIGH WHEN. IT CRASHED INTO THE. REGIONAL JET THAT. NIGHT. TODAY, A COMMANDER. GENERAL TOLD SENATORS. THE CHOPPER WAS. FLYING WITH ITS ADSB. TRANSMITTER OFF. TO AVOID PUBLIC. FLIGHT TRACKING. SOFTWARE. >> THE CREW, HOWEVER, WAS APPROVED TO. OPERATE WITH THAT. CAPABILITY OFF IN. ACCORDANCE WITH ARMY. POLICY. >> Reporter: ARMY. POLICY THAT CONTINUES. AROUND D.C. >> I AM AT A LOSS TO. COME UP WITH ANY. JUSTIFICATION FOR. RISKING THE LIVES OF. THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

WITH THAT DECISION. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, THE FAA. CONCEDES ITS OWN. DATABASE INCLUDED. MORE THAN 15,000. PROXIMITY WARNINGS, POTENTIAL CLOSE CALLS. BETWEEN PLANES AND. CHOPPERS OVER A. RECENT THREE-YEAR. PERIOD AT REAGAN. YET IT TOOK NO. ACTION. SINCE THE CRASH, THE. FAA HAS RESTRICTED. CHOPPER TRAFFIC. AROUND D.C. AND IS. NOW USING A.I. TO. IDENTIFY POTENTIAL. CONFLICTS AT 21 OTHER. AIRPORTS. >> THE NEXT BIG. ACCIDENT IS IN THE. DATA RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: INSIDE. THE HEARING TODAY,

FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE. 67 PEOPLE WHO DIED. TIM LILLY'S SON SAM. WAS THE FIRST OFFICER. ON THE PASSENGER JET. >> THIS HAS BEEN THE. HARDEST TWO MONTHS OF. MY LIFE. >> Reporter: THE ARMY. CHOPPER WAS NOT. TRANSMITTING ADSB. DATA, IT WAS SENDING. ITS TRON SPONDER. LOCATION DATA TO AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROL. IT PLANS TO COMPLETE. ITS INVESTIGATION. WITHIN A YEAR. LESTER. >> TOM COSTELLO, THANKS. >>> STILL AHEAD, THE. BIG CHILL.

>>> GREENLAND, A. REMOTE ISLAND AT THE. TOP OF THE WORLD, IS. FRONT AND CENTER. TONIGHT AS VICE. PRESIDENT JD VANCE. PREPARES FOR A VISIT. THAT HAS BROUGHT ON. AN ARCTIC CHILL. MOLLY HUNTER IS ON. THE GROUND THERE. >> Reporter: ON THE. EVE OF AN UNWELCOMED. SCALED BACK U.S. VISIT TO GREENLAND, THE COMPETITION OVER. THE ARCTIC IS HEATING. UP. AS VICE PRESIDENT JD. VANCE, SECOND LADY. USHA VANCE, NATIONAL. SECURITY ADVISER MIKE. WALTZ, AND ENERGY. SECRETARY CHRIS. WRIGHT PREPARE TO FLY.

TO THE REMOTE. NORTHWEST SPACE BASE. TO MEET WITH U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL, SKIPPING OUT ON THE. ORIGINALLY PLANNED. CULTURAL TOUR STOPS. IN GREENLANDIC. CITIES. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. PUTIN CAUTIONED THE. U.S. IS SERIOUS. EVERYBODY KNOWS VERY. WELL, HE SAID TODAY, ABOUT THE U.S. PLANS. TO TAKE OVER. GREENLAND. AND YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DOUBLED DOWN. >> WE NEED GREENLAND. AND THE WORLD NEEDS. US TO HAVE GREENLAND. INCLUDING DENMARK. DENMARK HAS TO HAVE. US HAVE GREENLAND.

>> Reporter: BUT WHY. THE FIXATION ON THE. LARGEST LEAST. POPULATED ISLAND IN. THE WORLD, A. TERRITORY OF DENMARK? GREENLAND IS 80% ICE, AND AS THE ICE MELTS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. DUE TO GLOBAL. WARMING, THAT'S WHERE. TRUMP SEES. OPPORTUNITY. UNDERNEATH ALL THIS. ICE LIES THE PROSPECT. OF AN ESTIMATED 1.5. MILLION TONS OF RARE. EARTH ELEMENTS AS. WELL AS OIL AND. NATURAL GAS RESERVES. STRATEGIC ARCTIC. SHIPPING LANES ALSO. OPENING UP, AND. RUSSIA AND CHINA. TOGETHER ALREADY. WORKING ON THE KEY. NORTHERN SEA ROUTE.

HERE IN THE CAPITAL. OF NUUK,ANDERS SAYS. THEY LIKE AMERICA. HERE, BUT NOT ENOUGH. TO WANT TO BE. AMERICAN. >> YOU FEEL. BACKSTABBED AND FEEL. LIKE IT CAN BE. DIFFICULT TO DEPEND. ON AMERICA IN THE. FUTURE. >> Reporter: BUT IT'S. ALL ABOUT. COLLABORATION, SAYS. THE GREENLANDIC MP. >> WE NEED TO LEARN. TO DANCE WITH THE. U.S. YEAH, WE NEED TO. FIGURE OUT HOW TO --. >> Reporter: DANCE. TOGETHER. >> YES, DANCE. TOGETHER. >> Reporter: MOLLY. HUNTER, NBC NEWS, NUUK, GREENPLAND.

>> WHEN WE COME BACK. HERE TONIGHT, A MAJOR. LEAGUE SURPRISE. >>> FINALLY, HE'S. FAMOUS FOR SURPRISING. SO MANY WITH HIS LAWN. MOWER. SHAQUILLE BREWSTER. INTRODUCES US TO THE. FAN GETTING A. SURPRISE OF HIS OWN. ON BASEBALL'S OPENING. DAY. >> Reporter: IT'S. MOMENTS LIKE THESE. THAT SPENCER SAYS. KEEPS HIM GOING. THE 26-YEAR-OLD. TRANSFORMS OVERGROWN. AND NEGLECTED LAWNS.

AROUND KANSAS. >> YES, NOW MY KIDS. >> Reporter: ALL AT. NO CHARGE TO. HOMEOWNERS. >> I HAVE PROBABLY. DONE AROUND 200 AT. THIS POINT. I HAVE BEEN DOING IT. FOR A LITTLE OVER. THREE YEARS NOW. >> Reporter: ALL. FREE? >> ALL COMPLETELY. FREE. >> Reporter: HIS TIME. LAPSE VIDEOS AND. CLIPS OF SHOCKED BUT. GRATEFUL NEIGHBORS. HAVE GONE VIRAL. BUT RECENTLY, IT WAS. SPENCER WHO GOT A. SURPRISE. >> I GOT A CALL FROM. A LOCAL NEIGHBOR. >> Reporter: A CALL. FOR HELP FROM THE. KANSAS CITY ROYALS, OFFERING THE CHANCE.

TO WORK WITH CREWS. GETTING THE FIELD. READY FOR TODAY'S. OPENING DAY. >> WE GOT A PHONE. CALL AND SCHEDULED A. DATE. AND IT WAS REAL. >> Reporter: SPENCER. SPENT THE DAY WITH. THE GROUNDS TEAM. LEARNING HOW TO CUT. AND STRIPE THE GRASS, EVEN CONDITIONING AND. PREPARING THE DIRT IN. THE INFIELD. >> IT WAS WEIRD. BECAUSE I'M USED TO. MOWING CRAZY. OVERGROWN LAWNS SO IT. WAS A LITTLE. NERVE-RACKING. >> Reporter: YOU HAVE. SOME 40 MILLION. FOLLOWERS BUT THIS. MADE YOU NERVOUS. >> FOR SURE. >> Reporter: TEAMING. UP WITH HEAD GROUNDS. KEEPER TREVOR VANCE. >> HE WENT TO WORK. >> Reporter: WHAT.

KIND OF JOB DID HE. DO? >> A REALLY GOOD JOB. I'D GIVE HIM AN. EIGHT. >> Reporter: THE. NEWEST VIDEO IN A. STREAM HE HOPES IS. INSPIRING OTHERS. >> BEAUTIFYING MY. COMMUNITY AND HELPING. OTHERS OUT. >> Reporter: AND A. PINCH YOURSELF FOR A. PERSON WHO CREATES. THEM FOR SO MANY. OTHERS. SHAQUILLE BREWSTER, NBC NEWS. >> NICE TO SEE HE. MADE THE CUT. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS THURSDAY. THANK YOU FOR.