NBC Nightly News Full Episode - March 4

>>> TONIGHT, THE. PRESIDENT POISED TO. ADDRESS A DIVIDED. NATION AS HE GOES TO. BATTLE ON TRADE AND. STUNS THE WORLD, FREEZING AID TO. UKRAINE. THE HIGH-STAKES. SPEECH AT A PIVOTAL. MOMENT IN THE TRUMP. PRESIDENCY. THE DEEP CUTS. SLASHING BUDGETS AND. FEDERAL WORKERS SIX. WEEKS IN. ELON MUSK EXPECTED TO. BE ON HAND. THE SUDDEN SHUT OFF. OF AID TO UKRAINE AS. THEY FIGHT OFF THE. RUSSIAN INVASION.

MOSCOW PRAISING THE. MOVE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. CALLING THAT OVAL. OFFICE MEETING. REGRETTABLE AND WHERE. DO THINGS STAND WITH. THE MINERAL DEAL? THE MARKET ROLLER. COASTER AS THE. PRESIDENT DEEPENED. THE TRADE WAR, BUT. COULD A COMPROMISE BE. IN THE WORKS? THE MAJOR TARIFFS. AGAINST CANADA, MEXICO, AND CHINA. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN. TRUDEAU SWIFTLY. RETALIATING. BEIJING SET TO LEVY. TARIFFS ON BEEF, SOYBEANS, AND MORE. AND TARGET'S CEO. WARNING THE PRICE OF. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. FROM MEXICO COULD GO.

UP IN JUST DAYS. OVER 100 MILLION. UNDER WIND ALERTS. FROM A MONSTER. CROSS-COUNTRY STORM. SERIOUS DAMAGE IN. OKLAHOMA. THE INTENSE DUST. STORM IN TEXAS. MARDI GRAS CUT SHORT. AL ROKER IS HERE AS. THE SEVERE STORM. THREAT LINGERS. THROUGH TOMORROW. THE STUNNING VIDEO. LAWMAKERS DEPLOYING. SMOKE GRENADES IN. PARLIAMENT IN EUROPE. WHAT STARTED IT? AND SPEAKING FROM. SPACE, WHAT BUTCH. WILMORE AND SUNI. WILLIAMS TOLD US AS. THEY FINALLY GET SET.

TO RETURN HOME. >> GOOD EVENING, AND. WELCOME TONIGHT FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP. WILL DELIVER A. PRIMETIME ADDRESS TO. A JOINT SESSION OF. CONGRESS AFTER A. BLISTERING PACE IN. HIS FIRST SIX WEEKS. IN OFFICE, FOCUSED ON. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. AND SHRINKING THE. SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, THE PRESIDENT IS. EXPECTED TO UPDATE. HIS EFFORTS TO MUSCLE. THROUGH A PEACE DEAL. BETWEEN RUSSIA AND. UKRAINE. MR. TRUMP TEMPORARILY.

PAUSING ARM SHIPMENTS. TO UKRAINE WHOSE. LEADER VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY TRIED TO. MOVE PAST THAT. PAINFUL OVAL OFFICE. DUST-UP LAST WEEK, POSTING ON SOCIAL. MEDIA, UKRAINE IS. READY TO COME TO THE. NEGOTIATING TABLE. IN ADDITION TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSITIONING HIMSELF. AS A PEACE MAKER, HIS. GAMBIT ON TRADE AND. TARIFFS ALSO BEING. PUT TO THE TEST. AS STOCKS TAKE. ANOTHER BEATING. PETER ALEXANDER. BEGINS OUR REPORTING. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP THE. SEQUEL, SET TO.

ADDRESS BOTH CONGRESS. AND THE COUNTRY FOR. THE FIRST TIME IN HIS. SECOND TERM. TONIGHT'S THEME, THE. WHITE HOUSE SAYS, THE. RENEWAL OF THE. AMERICAN DREAM, WITH. THE PRESIDENT ALREADY. MAKING A SALES PITCH. FOR HIS FIRST SIX. WEEKS. >> WE'RE SETTING A. LOT OF RECORDS. I THINK EVERY WAY. WE'RE SETTING. RECORDS. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP AIDES. SAY WILL TOUT HIS. PLEDGE TO BE A PEACE. MAKER. IT COMES AS UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY NOW SAYS. HE'S READY TO SIGN. THAT MINERALS. AGREEMENT DESIGNED TO. HELP THE U.S. RECOUP. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IN AMERICAN AID WHICH. IS SEEN AS THE FIRST.

STEP IN AN EVENTUAL. PEACE DEAL WITH. RUSSIA. ZELENSKYY POSTING I. WOULD LIKE TO. REITERATE UKRAINE'S. COMMITMENT TO PEACE. MY TEAM AND I STAND. READY TO WORK UNDER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. LEADERSHIP. THOSE COMMENTS COMING. JUST HOURS AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SUSPENDED MILITARY. AID TO UKRAINE, A. MAJOR POLICY. REVERSAL, WHILE THE. WAR IS STILL RAGING. AND CRITICIZED. ZELENSKYY FOR SAYING. A PEACE DEAL IS, QUOTE, STILL VERY, VERY FAR AWAY. A WHITE HOUSE. OFFICIAL TELLING NBC. NEWS THE PAUSE ALLOWS. A REVIEW TO INSURE. THE AID IS. CONTRIBUTING TO A.

SOLUTION TO THE. CONFLICT. >> YOU HAVE TO BE. MORE THANKFUL. LET ME TELL YOU, YOU. DON'T HAVE THE CARDS. >> Reporter: IT. FOLLOWS THAT. DISASTROUS OVAL. OFFICE MEETING. ZELENSKYY POSTING IT. DID NOT GO THE WAY IT. WAS SUPPOSED TO, ADDING IT IS. REGRETTABLE IT. HAPPENED THIS WAY. IT IS TIME TO MAKE. THINGS RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT'S. DECISION TO PAUSE AID. IS SPARKING. BIPARTISAN CRITICISM. >> THIS IS. PREPOSTEROUS, LAUGHABLE, CHILDISH. AND IT IS. EMBARRASSING FOR. DONALD TRUMP. >> WE'LL SEE HOW THE. PRESIDENT DEALS WITH.

IT IN HIS SPEECH. TONIGHT. BUT A PROLONGED. CESSATION OF SUPPORT. FOR UKRAINE, I THINK, IS A DISASTER. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. TONIGHT IS ALSO. EXPECTED TO TOUT. PROGRESS ON KEY. CAMPAIGN PROMISES, INCLUDING SECURING. THE BORDER. UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN. IN EACH OF THE LAST. THREE FEBRUARYS, MIGRANT CROSSINGS. SOARED PAST 150,000. EACH MONTH. BUT THIS FEBRUARY, UNDER PRESIDENT. TRUMP, THOSE MIGRANT. CROSSINGS PLUMMETED. TO JUST 8300, THE. LOWEST NUMBER IN AT. LEAST 25 YEARS. >> WE HAVE GONE FROM.

THE WORST BORDER EVER. IN HISTORY TO THE. STRONGEST BORDER. >> Reporter: THEN. THERE'S THE. PRESIDENT'S. DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. WITH ELON MUSK SET TO. ATTEND TONIGHT. >> DOGE IS A THREAT. TO THE BUREAUCRACY. IT'S THE FIRST THREAT. TO THE BUREAUCRACY. >> Reporter: BUT. DEMOCRATS HAVE. SLAMMED THE RAPID. COST CUTTING AND PLAN. TO BRING FIRED. FEDERAL WORKERS AS. THEIR GUESTS. >> WHAT IS THE STATE. OF THE UNION, WE ASK. CHAOS IS UP. CORRUPTION IS UP. AND COSTS ARE UP FOR. REGULAR PEOPLE. >> Reporter: A LOT. HAS CHANGED IN FIVE. YEARS, PRESIDENT.

TRUMP'S LAST ADDRESS. CAME BEFORE COVID. WITH SPEAKER NANCY. PELOSI OVER HIS. SHOULDER RIPPING UP. HIS SPEECH. BUT TONIGHT, THERE'S. A REPUBLICAN SPEAKER. AND A DIFFERENT VICE. PRESIDENT. >> HE'S GOING TO TALK. A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF. THE SUCCESSES WE HAD. HE'S ALSO GOING TO BE. HIMSELF WHICH MEANS. HE'S GOING TO POKE A. LITTLE FUN AND WE'RE. GOING TO HAVE A GOOD. TIME. >> WE HAVE ALSO. LEARNED WHO THE. PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL. GUESTS WILL BE. >> Reporter: AMONG. THOSE ATTENDING. TONIGHT, MARC FOGLE. WHOSE RELEASE FROM. RUSSIA PRESIDENT. TRUMP RECENTLY. NEGOTIATED. THE FAMILY OF COREY.

COMPERATORE, THE. PENNSYLVANIA. FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS. KILLED IN LAST. SUMMER'S. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. ON THE PRESIDENT, AND. PEYTON McNABB, A. FORMER HIGH SCHOOL. ATHLETE WHO SUFFERED. SERIOUS INJURIES. AFTER A TRANSGENDER. WOMAN SPIKED A. VOLLEYBALL HITTING. HER FACE DURING A. GIRLS MATCH. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, PETER. ALEXANDER, THANK YOU. >> MARKETS TUMBLED. FOR THE SECOND DAY IN. A ROW OVER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S NEW TARIFFS. THE DOW LOSING MORE. THAN 1300 POINTS IN. TWO DAYS. NOW, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS. SIGNALING A TARIFFS. PULL BACK COULD COME.

AS SOON AS TOMORROW. WITH MORE, HERE IS. CHRISTINE ROMANS. >> Reporter: ONLY. HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON. AMERICA'S THREE. BIGGEST TRADING. PARTNERS KICKED IN, RATTLING THE MARKETS. AND ESCALATING FEARS. OF A GLOBAL TRADE. WAR, THE. ADMINISTRATION. APPEARED TO EASE OFF. >> AND THE. PRESIDENT'S LISTENING. BECAUSE YOU KNOW HE'S. VERY, VERY FAIR. AND VERY REASONABLE. SO I THINK HE'S GOING. TO WORK SOMETHING OUT. WITH THEM. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE. A PAUSE. NONE OF THAT PAUSE. STUFF. BUT I THINK HE'S. GOING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU DO MORE, AND I'LL. MEET YOU IN THE. MIDDLE SOME WAY.

>> Reporter: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. HOWARD LUTNICK. EARLIER IN THE DAY. DCHDING NEW TARIFFS. SAYING THEY'RE NOT. INFLATIONARY. >> THIS IS NOT A. TRADE WAR, THIS IS A. DRUG WAR. >> Reporter: INSISTING TRUMP'S 20%. TARIFFS ON CHINA AND. 25% TARIFFS ON MEXICO. AND CANADA ARE ABOUT. FEBTINAL COMING INTO. THE U.S. >> LET'S LOOK AT THE. FACTS. OUR BORDER IS ALREADY. SAFE AND SECURE. FAR LESS THAN 1% OF. FENTANYL FLOWS AND. LESS THAN 1% OF.

ILLEGAL CROSSINGS. INTO THE UNITED. STATES COMES FROM. CANADA. >> Reporter: CANADIAN. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN. TRUDEAU TEARING INTO. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> IT'S NOT IN MY. HABIT TO AGREE WITH. THE "WALL STREET. JOURNAL," BUT DONALD, THEY POINT OUT THAT. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A. VERY SMART GUY, THIS. IS A VERY DUMB THING. TO DO. >> Reporter: MEXICO'S. PRESIDENT TODAY. VOWING RETALIATION. CHINA AND CANADA NOW. TARGETING TENS OF. BILLIONS IN AMERICAN. FARM GOODS WITH.

TARIFFS OF THEIR OWN. WALL STREET ON EDGE, AS COMPANIES BRACE. FOR A TRADE WAR. SHIPPING GIANT MAERSK. WARNED IT WILL COST. MORE TO MOVE GOODS. INSURANCE LEADER. PROGRESSIVE SEES. HIGHER INSURANCE. RATES AS CARS GET. MORE EXPENSIVE. BEST BUY SAID VENDORS. WOULD PASS ON HIGHER. PRICES FOR. ELECTRONICS. AND TARGET'S CEO HAD. THIS WARNING ON THE. PRICES OF FRUITS AND. VEGETABLES COMING. FROM MEXICO. >> THE CONSUMER WILL. LIKELY SEE PRICE. INCREASES OVER THE. NEXT COUPLE DAYS IF.

THERE'S A 25% TARIFF, THOSE PRIES WILL GO. UP. >> THESE COMMENTS. FROM THE COMMERCE. SECRETARY LATE IN THE. DAY SEEM LIKE A. POTENTIAL SHIFT IN. POLICY. >> Reporter: HARD TO. SAY IF THIS WAS A. REACTION TO ALL OF. THE BACKLASH, BACKLASH EVEN FROM. SOME WITHIN THE. PRESIDENT'S OWN. PARTY. AND NOT LOST ON THE. WHITE HOUSE IS. CONSUMER SPENDING. JUST DROPPED FOR THE. FIRST TIME IN NEARLY. TWO YEARS. NEW TARIFFS COULD. HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON. PEOPLE'S WILLINGNESS. TO SPEND MONEY. >> CHRISTINE, THANK. YOU. >>> JOINING ME NOW, KRISTEN WELKER,

MODERATOR OF "MEET. THE PRESS," AND. HALLIE JACKSON, WHO. ANCHORS NIGHTLY NEWS. SUNDAY. KRISTEN, WE'RE ONLY. SIX WEEKS INTO THE. NEW TERM. THIS IS STILL A VERY. CRITICAL SPEECH. >> IT IS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS. INTO TONIGHT WITH AN. APPROVAL RATING THAT. IS HIGHER THAN WHERE. HE WAS AT THIS POINT. IN HIS FIRST TERM. LOWER THAN WHERE A. NUMBER OF HIS. PREDECESSORS WERE AT. THIS POINT. OF COURSE, HE HAD A. FLURRY OF ACTIVITY, PASSED A RECORD. NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE. ACTIONS BUT HE'S ALSO. FACING SOME. HEADWINDS. MOST AMERICANS SAY HE. SHOULD BE MORE. FOCUSED ON LOWERING.

PRICES. OF COURSE, THERE'S. THAT UNCERTAINTY ON. THE WORLD STAGE. SO HIS CHALLENGE. TONIGHT IS GOING TO. BE TO CONVINCE. AMERICANS THAT HIS. BOLD MOVES WILL HELP. THEIR BOTTOM LINE, AND THIS IS THE. BIGGEST STAGE HE WILL. HAVE LIKELY THIS. YEAR. >> AND WE SHOULDN'T. FORGET DEMOCRATS. WHILE OUT OF POWER, THE BALANCE POWER. STILL IS IMPORTANT TO. HIM AS WELL. >> AS ONE DEMOCRATIC. MEMBER PUT IT, THE. PARTY HAS GOTTEN OFF. TO A LACKLUSTER START. WHEN IT COMES TO A. COHESIVE STRATEGY TO. TRY TO OPPOSE THE NEW. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. BUT THERE IS SOME. HOPE NOW AMONG.

DEMOCRATS THAT THEY. ARE FINDING THEIR. FOOTING WHEN IT COMES. TO BEING LASER. FOCUSED ON ISSUES. LIKE THE ECONOMY, LIKE THOSE TARIFFS WE. HAVE BEEN TALKING. ABOUT, LIKE MEDICAID, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU'RE STILL SEEING. SOME OF THOSE. DIVISIONS LIKE FOR. DEMOCRATS, ATTEND, DON'T ATTEND. HOLD UP A SIGN, DON'T. HOLD UP A SIGN. THE RESPONSE WILL. COME FROM MICHIGAN. DEMOCRAT ELISSA. SLOTKIN, THE SENATOR. WHO WON A STATE THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. FLIPPED IN THE 2024. ELECTION. SHE'S EXPECTED TO LAY. OUT THE PARTY'S. VISION FOR THE. ECONOMY AND NATIONAL. SECURITY. >> THANKS TO BOTH OF. YOU.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP. FRONT AND CENTER. TONIGHT AFTER HIS. SWEEPING ELECTION. VICTORY. BUT HOW ARE THOSE. TRUMP VOTERS REACTING. TO HIS FIRST SIX. WEEKS IN OFFICE? SHAQ BREWSTER WENT TO. BATTLEGROUND. WISCONSIN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. IN WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, MANY TRUMP. VOTERS ARE STILL. GETTING USED TO THAT. WHIRLWIND START TO. THE PRESIDENT'S. SECOND TERM. HOW ARE YOU FEELING. SIX WEEKS IN? >> I'M FEELING THAT. THE WORLD IS -- IT'S. A LOT MORE STABLE. THAN IT WOULD HAVE. BEEN UNDER BIDEN. >> WHEN WE MET.

28-YEAR-OLD ZACH LAST. YEAR, HE TOLD US HE. WAS EMBARRASSED BY. HIS 2020 VOTE FOR. PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> I AM NOT TOO HAPPY. WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. >> Reporter: HE. RELUCTANTLY BACKED. TRUMP. HE TELLS US HE STANDS. BY HIS CHOICE SO FAR. >> HE'S KEEPING MOST. OF THE PROMISES, TRYING TO GET THE. PROMISES HE SAID. TRUMP IS ALREADY. DOING WHAT HE SAID. HE'S GOING TO DO. >> Reporter: REALTOR. JEFF WAS ONCE MAYOR. HERE AND SAID THIS IS. WHAT HE VOTED FOR. WHAT ARE THE THINGS. THAT EXCITE YOU THE. MOST? >> I'M REALLY HAPPY. HE'S SECURING THE. BORDER.

I LOVE WHAT DOGE IS. DOING, AND I'M ALSO. REALLY HAPPY TO SEE. WE'RE NO LONGER. FUNDING UKRAINE. COMPLETELY NEEDLESS. WAR. >> LOVE HIM OR HATE. HIM, YOU NEED TO GIVE. HIM A CHANCE. >> Reporter: STILL, TRUMP VOTER LAURIE. QUESTIONS THE. PRESIDENT'S PACE. >> I DON'T WANT TO. HAVE TO REGRET VOTING. FOR HIM LATER ON. BECAUSE HE JUMPED. INTO SOMETHING TOO. FAST. >> Reporter: WHILE. FINANCIAL ADVISER. CHIP SNYDER IS. WORRIED ABOUT TARIFFS. POTENTIALLY CAUSING. PRICES TO RISE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO.

HEAR FROM THE. PRESIDENT ON TARIFFS? >> I WANT TO HEAR HIS. PLAN FOR TARIFFS. I'M WILLING TO SUFFER. A LITTLE PAIN BUT. THERE'S A TIME LIMIT. >> Reporter: IN A. SWING STATE THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. FLIPPED WE FOUND. BROADER SUPPORT FOR. HIS TOUGHER. IMMIGRATION POLICIES. EVEN AMONG SOME WHO. DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, SHAQ. BREWSTER, THANKS. JOIN SAVANNAH. GUTHRIE, HALLIE. JACKSON, KRISTEN. WELKER, AND MYSELF. FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. JOINT ADDRESS. COVERAGE GETS UNDER. WAY AT 9:00 EASTERN. >> TONIGHT, MUCH OF.

THE COUNTRY IS. BRACING FOR SEVERE. WEATHER THAT IS. SHAKING UP SOME OF. THE NATION'S BIGGEST. MARDI GRAS. CELEBRATIONS. OUR JESSE KIRSCH IS. IN THE STORM ZONE IN. NEW ORLEANS. WHAT'S THE SCENE. LIKE? >> Reporter: WE'RE. EXPECTING HEAVY RAIN. SHORTLY PLUS THE. POSSIBILITY OF. DAMAGING WINDS AND. POTENTIALLY EVEN. TORNADOES. DESPITE THIS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. FILLING BOURBON. STREET, AS NEW. ORLEANS AND CITIES. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BRACE FOR A ROUGH. NIGHT AHEAD. TONIGHT, THE. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.

STORMS ARE BEARING. DOWN ON TENS OF. MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS. FROM THE UPPER. MIDWEST TO THE DEEP. SOUTH. >> THIS IS MOVING. FAST. IF YOU'RE UNDER THAT. TORNADO WARNING, YOU. NEED TO BE IN YOUR. SHELTER NOW. >> Reporter: EVERYTHING FROM. BLIZZARD WHITE OUTS. TO TORNADOES ARE. POSSIBLE. >> IT WENT RIGHT. THROUGH HERE. >> Reporter: AT LEAST. TWO TWISTERS ALREADY. CONFIRMED IN. OKLAHOMA. WITH DUST STORMS. BLOWING OVER PARTS OF. TEXAS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. OF POWER OUTAGES.

REPORTED. AND DALLAS-FT. WORTH. AIRPORT TEMPORARILY. GROUNDED ALL FLIGHTS. OUTSIDE DALLAS, THESE. SMALL AIRPLANES. TOSSED AROUND. MEANWHILE, SEVERAL. HOMES AND BUILDINGS. WERE DAMAGED. >> I WAS SCARED. I SAID A PRAYER, GOD, DON'T LET US GET. KILLED. >> Reporter: THE. DANGEROUS STORM. SWEEPING ACROSS THE. SOUTH ON FAT TUESDAY. JEOPARDIZING MASSIVE. MARDI GRAS. CELEBRATIONS. NEW ORLEANS STILL. HOSTED ITS MAJOR. PARADE THIS MORNING.

BUT CUT THE EVENT. SHORT. TENS OF THOUSANDS. STILL LINED THE. STREETS. >> WE'LL ALWAYS COME. OUTSIDE. WE'RE NOT ABOUT TO. STOP. WE'RE NOT STOPPING. NOTHING. >> Reporter: IN ALL, ROUGHLY 15 MILLION. PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF. SEVERE WEATHER. ROUGHLY 16 MILLION. PEOPLE ARE UNDER. WINTER ALERTS, AND. ROUGHLY 17 MILLION. PEOPLE FACE RED FLAG. FIRE WARNINGS. MEANWHILE, TOMORROW. BRINGS LITTLE RELIEF. AS THIS STRETCH OF. SEVERE WEATHER KEEPS. MARCHING ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC.

NEWS, NEW ORLEANS. >> WE'RE JOINED NOW. BY AL ROKER. AL, THE STORM THREATS. STILL IMPACTING. MILLIONS INTO. TOMORROW. >> ABSOLUTELY, LESTER. JESSE AND HIS CREW. ARE GOING TO HAVE TO. TAKE COVER IN JUST A. BIT. AS YOU SEE, 16. MILLION PEOPLE, WINTER STORM WATCHES, AND EVEN BLIZZARD. WARNINGS. AND DOWN TO THE. SOUTH, UNTIL 1:00. A.M. CENTRAL TIME, WE. HAVE A TORNADO WATCH, ANOTHER ONE, AND IN. FACT, THIS LINE OF. HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS. MOVING INTO NEW. ORLEANS IN ABOUT 30. MINUTES, AND THERE. ARE TORNADO WARNINGS. JUST TO THE SOUTH. THERE. NOW, WE'RE ALSO.

LOOKING TOMORROW AT. 38 MILLION PEOPLE. FROM PITTSBURGH TO. JACKSONVILLE, POSSIBLE OF TORNADOES. AND WIND WITH 65. MILES PER HOUR GUSTS. FROM PITTSBURGH TO. SAVANNAH AND THEN. HEAVY RAIN THROUGH. MUCH OF THE EASTERN. HALF OF THE COUNTRY. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT. UP TO A FOOT OF THE. SNOW IN THE U.P. OF. MICHIGAN. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST. TOMORROW MORNING ON. "TODAY.". >> AL, THANK YOU. >>> UP NOW TO A. CHAOTIC SCENE FROM. SERBIA'S PARLIAMENT. TODAY. OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS. THROW A SMOKE GRENADE. AND USING PEPPER.

SPRAY INSIDE THE. CHAMBER. TURNING IT INTO A. PLUME OF SMOKE. ONE LAWMAKER. SUFFERING A STROKE IN. THE MIDDLE OF THAT. SCENE. THE LAWMAKERS. PROTESTING WERE. BACKING STUDENT. DEMONSTRATIONS OVER A. RAIL STATION ROOF. COLLAPSE THAT KILLED. 15 PEOPLE. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, A. MAJOR LAWSUIT JUST. DROPPED AGAINST THREE. BIG BANKS. WHY A GOVERNMENT. AGENCY IS ABANDONING. THE SUIT OVER. >>> A MAJOR.

DEVELOPMENT AS THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. DROPPED A LAWSUIT. GOING AFTER SOME OF. THE NATION'S LARGEST. BANKS OVER THEIR. PEER-TO-PEER PAYMENTS. NETWORK ZELLE. BRIAN CHEUNG IS HERE. WHAT'S GOING ON? >> Reporter: LESTER, THE ORIGINAL LAWSUIT. FROM THE CONSUMER. FINANCIAL PROTECTION. BUREAU ALLEGED. JPMORGAN CHASE, WELLS. FARGO AND BANK OF. AMERICA DIDN'T TAKE. MEANINGFUL ACTION. AGAINST FRAUD THAT. COST CUSTOMERS $870. MILLION ON ZELLE, WHICH THE BANKS. CO-OWN. AN ALLEGATION THE. BANKS HAD DENIED. TODAY, THE CFPB.

ABRUPTLY DROPPED THE. SUIT WITHOUT. EXPLANATION. IN A STATEMENT, ZELLE. WELCOMED THE DECISION. TO DROP THE LAWSUIT. WHICH IT SAID WAS. ILLEGALLY AND. FACTUALLY FLAWED. JUST LAST MONTH, PRESIDENT DONALD. TRUMP INSTALLED. RUSSELL VOUGHT AS. ACTING DIRECTOR OF. THE CFPB. UNDER VOGT, THEY HAVE. CLOSED ITS OFFICES. AND SOUGHT TO FIRE. HUNDREDS OF. EMPLOYEES. AND LAST WEEK, THE. AGENCY MOVED TO. DISMISS OTHER. LAWSUITS AGAINST. OTHER BANKS AND LOAN. SERVICERS TOO. >> THANKS.

>> STILL AHEAD. TONIGHT, NASA. ASTRONAUTS BUTCH. WILMORE AND SUNI. WILLIAMS ARE SPEAKING. OUT, AND FINALLY ON. THE VERGE OF. . >>> FOR NINE MONTH, TWO NASA ASTRONAUTS, BUTCH WILMORE AND. SUNI WILLIAMS, HAVE. BEEN STUCK IN SPACE. TODAY, OUR EMILIE. IKEDA SPOKE TO THEM. AS THEY PREPARE TO. MAKE THE LONG RETURN. HOME. >> STATION, THIS IS. HOUSTON. >> Reporter: SPEAKING. OUT FROM SPACE. >> WE ARE READY.

>> Reporter: NASA. ASTRONAUTS SUNI. WILLIAMS AND BUTCH. WILMORE NOW CLOSING. IN ON THEIR LONG. AWAITED RETURN TO. EARTH. >> WE'LL BE COMING. HOME RIDING THE. PLASMA, SPLASHING. DOWN IN THE OCEAN, SO. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE. LOOKING FORWARD TO. >> Reporter: ALONG. WITH AN ASTRONAUT WHO. ARRIVED ON A. DIFFERENT MISSION, THE GROUP IS EXPECTED. TO SWAP OUT WITH A. NEW CREW AND RETURN. HOME THIS MONTH. NEARLY 300 DAYS LATER. THAN WILLIAMS AND. WILMORE INITIALLY. PLANNED. WHAT HAS BEEN THE. MOST CHALLENGING. ASPECT ABOUT THE. CHANGING TIMELINE IN.

SPACE? >> THANKS FOR THAT. QUESTION BECAUSE. IMMEDIATELY IT BRINGS. TO MIND FAMILY AND. ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE. GROUND WHO SUPPORT. US. >> Reporter: THEIR. UNEXPECTEDLY LONG. STAY COMPLICATED BY. TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. HAS CAPTURED. WIDESPREAD ATTENTION. AND CONCERN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SUGGESTING THEY WERE. VIRTUALLY ABANDONED. IN SPACE BY THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION, BUT. THE ASTRONAUTS INSIST. THEY'RE NOT STUCK. STEERING CLEAR OF. POLITICIZING THEIR. TIME IN ORBIT. >> FROM MY. STANDPOINT, POLITICS. HAS NOT PLAYED INTO. THIS AT ALL. WE CAME UP PREPARED. TO STAY LONG EVEN.

THOUGH WE PLANNED TO. STAY SHORT. THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. >> Reporter: THE. VETERAN ASTRONAUTS. HAVE KEPT BUSY AT THE. INTERNATIONAL SPACE. STATION WITH HUNDREDS. OF EXPERIMENTS, 3D. PRINTING, AND SPACE. WALKS. WILLIAMS EVEN SETTING. A RECORD FOR THE MOST. SPACE WALK TIME BY A. WOMAN. A STAGGERING 62 HOURS. AND 6 MINUTES. AND WHILE THE PAIR IS. EXCITED TO SOON. EMBRACE THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND PUPS, THEIR SENSE OF WONDER. BRIGHTER THAN EVER. >> WE'RE GOING TO THE. MOON AND MARS. THAT'S WHAT MY PLAN.

IS. >> I'LL BE RIGHT. BESIDE BUTCH. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, FOR THE BIRDS. MEET THE GROUP WHOSE. PASSION FOR. CONNECTING WITH. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT ONE WOMAN'S. LOVE OF BIRD WATCHING. AND HER DETERMINATION. TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. FOR EVERYONE. HERE'S MAGGIE VESPA. >> Reporter: ON A. SNOWY SATURDAY. OUTSIDE DETROIT, THE. DRAW OF THE GREAT.

OUTDOORS IS. UNDENIABLE. >> IS THE RIVER IN. FRONT OF ME? >> Reporter: NO. MATTER HOW YOU. EXPERIENCE IT. WELCOME TO THE GREAT. BACKYARD BIRD COUNT, A BIRD WATCHING. RETREAT FOR THE. BLIND. >> AT LEAST FOUR OR. FIVE. I KNOW IT'S SEVERAL. >> Reporter: ON THIS. DAY, HEARING THE. TRADEMARK CALLS OF. CANADA GEESE, BLUE. JAYS, AND MORE. THIS IS ABOUT FEELING. NATURE, EXPERIENCING. NATURE. >> YEAH, IT'S ABOUT.

SENSING NATURE, I. LIKE TO SAY. >> Reporter: THE. OUTING ORGANIZED BY. DONNA, WHO FOUNDED. BIRDING BY EAR AND. BEYOND THROUGH THE. UNIVERSITY OF. MICHIGAN DEARBORN, AFTER A GENETIC. CONDITION STOLE HER. SIGHT AS A CHILD BUT. LEFT HER LOVE OF. EXPLORING INTACT. WHETHER THROUGH. LISTENING, FEELING, EVEN HIKING. >> WITH THE RIGHT. TRAINING AND THE. RIGHT SKILLS WE CAN. LIVE LIFE LIKE OTHER. PEOPLE. WE SAY WE LIVE THE.

LIFE WE WANT. >> EVEN OUT IN THE. WOODS? >> THIS IS THE LIFE I. WANT. >> Reporter: HER. SPIRIT INSPIRING. FIRST-TIME AND. VETERAN BIRDERS. ALIKE. >> I CAN SMELL THE. FLOWERS. WE CAN HEAR THE. BIRDS. >> THERE'S A. STEREOTYPE THAT WE. CAN'T EXPLORE NATURE. BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE. AND SO GOING AGAINST. THAT STEREOTYPE, I. LOVE IT. >> Reporter: CONFIDENCE AND A. CONNECTION WITH. NATURE UNIVERSAL IN. EVERY SENSE. MAGGIE VESPA, NBC. NEWS, PROUD LAKE. STATE PARK, MICHIGAN. >> THAT IS NIGHTLY.

NEWS. A REMINDER TO JOIN US. TONIGHT FOR PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S JOINT ADDRESS. TO CONGRESS. WE GET UNDER WAY WITH. OUR COVERAGE AT 9:00. P.M. EASTERN. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE.