NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Nov. 15

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEW FALLOUT. FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD. TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL CHOICES. FOR HIS CABINET. SEVERAL OF MR. TRUMP'S PICKS, SUCH AS MATT GAETZ FOR ATTORNEY. GENERAL AND RFK JR. FOR HEALTH. SECRETARY FACING BACKLASH. SENATORS DEMANDING TO SEE AN. UNRELEASED HOUSE ETHICS REPORT. ON GAETZ. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON NOW SAYING. HE STRONGLY OPPOSES IT.

AND RFK JR.'S CONTROVERSIAL. VACCINE BELIEFS UNDER SCRUTINY. TONIGHT AS HE EYES THE NATION'S. TOP HEALTH JOB. IF THE SENATE WON'T CONFIRM. TRUMP'S PICKS, WILL HE SKIRT THE. PROCESS TO APPOINT THEM? >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE TRIAL. UNDER WAY FOR THE UNDOCUMENTED. MIGRANT CHARGED WITH MURDERING. GEORGIA NURSING STUDENT LAKEN. RILEY, PROSECUTORS SAYING HE. WAS, QUOTE, HUNTING FOR FEMALES. THE CHILLING NEW DETAILS. REVEALED IN COURT. >>> SCARES IN THE AIR. SEVERE TURBULENCE FORCING A.

PLANE TO MAKE A U-TURN. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE. CLIMBING TO AVOID HITTING A. MOUNTAIN AND THE ALASKA AIRLINES. PLANE BLOWING A TIRE ON TAKEOFF. >>> TRACKING TROPICAL STORM. SARAH TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE. U.S. >>> NEW DOCUMENTS REVEALING THE. MENENDEZ BROTHERS' LIFE BEHIND. BARS AS THE NEW D.A. SPEAKS OUT. ABOUT THEIR PUSH FOR FREEDOM. >>> AND THE REMARKABLE RESCUE. THE MAN TRAPPED UNDERGROUND FOR. MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS PULLED OUT.

ALIVE. GROUND FOR. MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS PULLED OUT. ALIVE. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. AMID THIS WEEK'S BLIZZARD OF. PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR KEY. ROLES IN THE NEXT. ADMINISTRATION, ONE NAME IS AT. THE CENTER OF GROWING DEBATE ON. BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL. DIVIDE. MATT GAETZ, WHO DONALD TRUMP. WANTS AS HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL. WOULD, IF CONFIRMED BY THE. SENATE, BECOME THE NATION'S TOP. COP. BUT THERE IS THE MATTER OF A NOW. CLOSED HOUSE ETHICS. INVESTIGATION OF GAETZ. CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL.

MISCONDUCT AND ILLICIT DRUG USE, WHICH HE DENIES, BUT THAT HAS. SOME LAWMAKERS ARGUING FOR THE. RELEASE OF THE INVESTIGATIVE. REPORT. WHILE ALSO TONIGHT THE. EYEBROW-RAISING PICK OF ROBERT. F. KENNEDY JR. TO BECOME HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY IS. UNDERGOING ITS OWN SCRUTINY OVER. SOME OF HIS STATED POSITIONS IN. THE PAST. RYAN NOBLES STARTS US OFF.

>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT PLEKT. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP AT. MAR-A-LAGO, BASKING IN THE GLOW. OF HIS DECISIVE ELECTION WIN. >> WE SWEPT ALL SWING STATES. WE WON THE POPULAR VOTE. I LOVE THAT. >> Reporter: AND REVEALING NEW. CABINET PICKS, INCLUDING NORTH. DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM AS. HIS INTERIOR SECRETARY. >> HE'S GOING TO HEAD THE. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND HE'S. GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. >> Reporter: THERE'S GROWING. SCRUTINY TONIGHT OVER HIS. SELECTION OF NOW FORMER. CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ AS. ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH MORE. LAWMAKERS DEMANDING THE RELEASE. OF A HOUSE ETHICS INVESTIGATION. OF GAETZ INTO ALLEGATIONS OF. SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND ILLICIT. DRUG USE, WHICH GAETZ DENIES.

THE INVESTIGATION ENDED AFTER. GAETZ RESIGNED FOLLOWING HIS. SELECTION. AND NOW HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE. JOHNSON ARGUING THE REPORT. SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED. >> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO. MAINTAIN THE HOUSE'S TRADITION. OF NOT ISSUING ETHICS REPORTS ON. PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER MEMBERS. OF CONGRESS. I THINK IT WOULD OPEN A. PANDORA'S BOX. >> Reporter: BUT KEY SENATE. REPUBLICANS WANT IT. A HOUSE DEMOCRAT ON THE PANEL. TELLING ME SENATORS IN CHARGE OF.

CONFIRMING GAETZ SHOULD SEE THE. EVIDENCE. >> I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL TO GET. THAT KIND OF INFORMATION BEFORE. THEY MAKE A DECISION OF THIS. MAGNITUDE. >> Reporter: THERE'S ALSO NEW. FALLOUT OVER TRUMP'S PICK OF. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. FOR HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY. >> IF YOU LIKE HEALTH AND IF YOU. LIKE PEOPLE THAT LIVE A LONG. TIME, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. POSITION. RFK JUNIOR. BOBBY. >> Reporter: KENNEDY SAYS THE. FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL. INDUSTRIES HAVE TOO MUCH POWER. OVER THE FDA, BUT HAS SPARKED. BACKLASH FOR PROMOTING DEBUNKED. THEORIES LINKING VACCINES TO. AUTISM. HE RECENTLY SPOKE TO NBC'S.

VAUGHN HILLYARD. >> I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY. ANYBODY'S VACCINES. I'VE NEVER BEEN ANTI-VACCINE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT SOME. REPUBLICAN SENATORS SEEM OPEN TO. VOTING YES. >> PUTTING HIM AT THE DEPARTMENT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND. TO ENACT THIS MAKE AMERICA. HEALTHY AGAIN AGENDA I THINK. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. >> Reporter: BUT THE GROWING. LIST OF PROVOCATIVE PICKS. LEAVING THE POSSIBILITY OF A. NOMINEE FALLING SHORT IN A. CONFIRMATION VOTE. REPUBLICANS ARE WARNING THE. GAETZ PICK COULD ALREADY BE IN.

TROUBLE. THE NEW SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER. SAYING HE IS OPEN TO APPROVING. NOMINEES DURING A RECESS WITHOUT. A SENATE VOTE. >> WE ALSO ARE NOT GOING TO. ALLOW THE DEMOCRATS TO OBSTRUCT. OR BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE. WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> Reporter: A MOVE DEMOCRATS. STRONGLY OPPOSE. >> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT. THE POSSIBILITY OF RECESS. APPOINTMENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR. SOMEONE LIKE MATT GAETZ. >> I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. IT SEEMS LIKE AN END RUN AROUND. THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS. >> THERE'S ALSO A NEW HEADLINE.

ABOUT TRUMP'S DEFENSE SECRETARY. PICK PETE HEGSETH. >> Reporter: HEGSETH WAS. INVESTIGATED IN 2017 FOR AN. ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT AFTER AN. EVENT FOR REPUBLICAN WOMEN. HE WAS NOT ARRESTED. HEGSETH'S ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS. NBC NEWS THAT HE WAS CLEARED OF. ANY WRONGDOING. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADDED THAT. HEGSETH VIGOROUSLY DENIES ANY. AND ALL ACCUSATIONS. LESTER. >>> IT'S NOT JUST MATT GAETZ, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP ALSO. MAKING OTHER PICKS FOR THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING HIS. CURRENT DEFENSE LAWYERS. LAURA JARRETT IS HERE. LAURA, YOU HAVE NEW REPORTING.

>> YES, LESTER. DESPITE ALL THESE WARNINGS FROM. REPUBLICANS THAT GAETZ MIGHT NOT. HAVE THE VOTES TO GET CONFIRMED, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S PICK FOR. THE NUMBER TWO PICKED TO BLANCH. IS MOVING FULL STEAM AHEAD, WORKING WITH GAETZ TO STAFF UP. MORE THAN A DOZEN ROLES WITHIN. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ACCORDING TO SOURCES FAMILIAR. WITH THE PLANNING. IF CONFIRMED, BLANCH WOULD HAVE. OVERSIGHT OVER PROSECUTORS AND. COULD BE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL. IF GAETZ FELL THROUGH. BLANCH IS SET TO BE JOINED AT. DOJ BY ANOTHER VETERAN.

PROSECUTOR WHO EARNED MR. TRUMP'S TRUST, SUCCESSFULLY. GETTING THOSE FEDERAL CHARGES. WIPED AWAY VERY SOON AND. POSSIBLY NOW ON THE VERGE OF. GETTING HIS PENDING SENTENCING. HERE IN NEW YORK IN THAT HUSH. MONEY CASE ALSO OFF THE TABLE, LESTER. >> LAURA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE SECURITY THREATS. TO PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP AND OUR. NEW REPORTING THAT IRAN HAS TOLD. THE U.S. IT WILL NOT TRY TO. ASSASSINATE HIM. ANDREA MITCHELL JOINS US.

THIS CAME IN A LETTER FROM IRAN. >> THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER. IN THE MESSAGE SENT LAST MONTH. TO THE U.S. VIA SWISS DIPLOMAT, IRAN SAID IT WOULD NOT TRY TO. KILL PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, A. U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS NBC NEWS. THAT FOLLOWS THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION'S WARNING TO IRAN. IT WOULD CONSIDER ANY THREAT. AGAINST TRUMP AN ACT OF WAR. JUST LAST WEEK THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT CHARGED IRANIAN. AGENTS WITH PLOTTING TO KILL. TRUMP BEFORE THE ELECTION, EVEN. RELEASING PHOTOS OF THEIR. WEAPONS. IRAN HAS VOWED TO RETALIATE. AGAINST TRUMP AND HIS NATIONAL. SECURITY OFFICIALS FOR THE. ASSASSINATION OF IRAN'S GENERAL.

SOLEIMANI IN 2020. TOP FORMER TRUMP OFFICIALS WHO. HELPED APPROVE THE SOLEIMANI. KILLING STILL GET. ROUND-THE-CLOCK SECURITY. LESTER. >> ANDREA MITCHELL, THANKS. >>> IN GEORGIA, THE TRIAL GOT. UNDER WAY FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF. KILLING A YOUNG JOGGER ON THE. CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF. GEORGIA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PROSECUTORS. REVEALING CHILLING DETAILS ABOUT. HOW THEY BELIEVE JOSE IBARRA.

MURDERED 22-YEAR-OLD NURSING. STUDENT LAKEN RILEY WHILE SHE. WAS OUT FOR A RUN IN FEBRUARY. >> HE WENT HUNTING FOR FEMALES. ON THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. CAMPUS. AND WHEN LAKEN RILEY REFUSED TO. BE HIS RAPE VICTIM, HE BASHED. HER SKULL IN WITH A ROCK. >> Reporter: 26-YEAR-OLD IBARRA. IS AN UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT FROM. VENEZUELA. THE CASE HAS BECOME A FLASHPOINT. FOR THE NATIONAL DEBATE OVER. IMMIGRATION. THE FIRST DAY OF THE HIGHLY.

ANTICIPATED TRIAL INCLUDED. TESTIMONY AND BODY CAMERA VIDEO. FROM THE POLICE OFFICER WHO. DISCOVERED RILEY'S BODY. >> FOUND IT. MA'AM, MA'AM! >> Reporter: ONLY THE AUDIO WAS. PUBLICLY SHARED. PROSECUTORS ALSO PLAYED A 911. CALL THEY SAY RILEY TRIED TO. MAKE. >> CLARK COUNTY 911. >> Reporter: AND POINTED TO AN. ARRAY OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE, INCLUDING RILEY'S SMART WATCH, WHICH TRACKED HER UNTIL THE.

MOMENT HER HEARTBEAT WAS NO. LONGER DETECTED. THEY SAY IBARRA'S DNA WAS UNDER. RILEY'S FINGERNAILS AND HIS. FINGERPRINT ON HER PHONE. THE DEFENSE TODAY ATTACKING THE. EVIDENCE AND CALLING ALLEGATIONS. OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SPECULATION. >> THE EVIDENCE THAT JOSE IBARRA. KILLED LAKEN RILEY IS. CIRCUMSTANTIAL. >> Reporter: AND TAKING ISSUE. WITH HOW THIS CASE HAS BECOME. POLITICAL. >> PEOPLE HAVE USED THIS CASE. FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAVE. GAIN, FINANCIAL GAIN, POLITICAL. GAIN. >> Reporter: EARLIER THIS YEAR.

RILEY'S DAD TOLD NBC NEWS HE'S. ALSO FRUSTRATED HIS DAUGHTER'S. DEATH BECAME INTERTWINED WITH. POLITICS. >> IT MAKES ME ANGRY. I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST USING. MY DAUGHTER'S NAME FOR THAT. SHE WAS AN ANGEL. >> WE JUST HEARD FROM LAKEN. RILEY'S FATHER. HE WAS IN COURT TODAY? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER, HE WAS ALONG WITH. SEVERAL OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO. WERE VERY EMOTIONAL. THERE WAS NO JURY, THOUGH. THAT'S BECAUSE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

IBARRA WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A. JURY TRIAL, WHICH MEANS HIS FATE. AND ANY POTENTIAL SENTENCING. WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF THE. JUDGE. LESTER. >>> WE'LL TURN TO THOSE SCARES. IN THE AIR. SEVERAL TERRIFYING INCIDENTS. ABOARD PLANES INCLUDING SEVERE. TURBULENCE AND A FLIGHT ORDERED. TO CLIMB FAST TO AVOID A. MOUNTAIN. TOM COSTELLO TELLS US IT ALL. COMES AHEAD OF THE THANKSGIVING. TRAVEL RUSH. [ SCREAMING ]. >> Reporter: PANIC AT 36,000. FEET. SAS FLIGHT 957 STOCKHOLM TO. MIAMI WAS WEST OF GREENLAND WHEN.

IT HIT SEVERE TURBULENCE. PASSENGERS, CUPS AND BACKPACKS. THROWN ABOUT THE CABIN. AS ONE ENGINE SHUT DOWN, PILOTS. GUIDED THE PLANE DOWN 8,000 FEET. BEFORE RESTARTING THE ENGINE. NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES, BUT SAS. SAYS ANY PLANE THAT HITS SEVERE. TURBULENCE MUST BE INSPECTED. UPON LANDING. STILL FAR FROM MIAMI, THE CREW. TURNED BACK, LANDING IN. COPENHAGEN. IN HONOLULU, THE FAA SAYS AN AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ORDERED A. DEPARTING AMERICAN AIRLINES.

FLIGHT TO CLIMB FAST TO AVOID A. MOUNTAIN AFTER THE CREW FAILED. TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN FAST. ENOUGH. AMERICAN SAYS THE CREW REQUESTED. AND RECEIVED RIGHT-TURN. CLEARANCE AND COMPLIED WITH. INSTRUCTIONS. >> THE CREW WAS LATE MAKING THE. TURN, BUT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A. GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING ALERT, SO IT SAYS THEY WERE WELL ABOVE. THE TERRAIN AT ALL TIMES. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, CHILDREN. BRACE FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. BEFORE A ROUGH BUT SAFE LANDING.

ON AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT AT. LAX AFTER BLOWING A TIRE DURING. TAKEOFF FROM WASHINGTON DULLES. THE SCARES COME A WEEK BEFORE. THE THANKSGIVING RUSH KICKS OFF. WITH AIRLINES EXPECTED TO CARRY. RECORD NUMBERS OF FLYERS, PAYING. HIGHER PRICES AND LEAVING FEW. OPEN SEATS. >>> LET'S TURN TO THOSE. DANGEROUS WILDFIRES HERE IN THE. DROUGHT-STRICKEN NORTHEAST WITH. TENS OF MILLIONS UNDER AHEAD.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AS. OTHERS ARE ALREADY CONSERVING. WATER. EMILY AKITA HAS THAT STORY. >> Reporter: SMOKE HOVERING OVER. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AS. FIREFIGHTERS MAKE HEADWAY ON THE. JENNINGS CREEK FIRE. OFFICIALS CAUTION THE WILDFIRE. RISK FOR MORE THAN 40 MILLION. REMAINS. FORECASTED 30-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS. COULD SPARK NEW FLAMES THIS. WEEKEND WITH CREWS FROM ACROSS. THE COUNTRY NOW JOINING THE. FIGHT. IT'S WELCOMED HELPED AMID AN. UNRELENTING FIRE SEASON. OF THE ROUGHLY 1300 WILDFIRES IN. NEW JERSEY THIS YEAR, NEARLY.

HALF OF THEM HAVE BROKEN OUT IN. JUST THE LAST SIX WEEKS, INCLUDING THIS ONE NOW. ENCROACHING ON HOMES JUST 50. YARDS FROM HERE. ALL WHILE CREWS ARE STILL. BATTLING SOME FIRES FROM MONTHS. BEFORE. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A FIRE BURN. THIS LONG? >> I HAVE NOT. >> Reporter: WE FOLLOWED FIRE. WARDEN BEN BRICK INTO THE FOREST. TO MONITOR A FIRE BURNING SINCE. JULY, THRIVING IN THE PARCHED. ROOTS AND DEBRIS UNDERGROUND. >> WE NEVER GOT THE RAINSTORMS.

AND THE TROPICAL MOISTURE THAT. WE NORMALLY RELY ON FOR THE. SUMMER MONTHS. SO WE HAVE THIS ON OUR HANDS NOW. AMONGST OTHER INCIDENTS. >> Reporter: THOSE DRY. CONDITIONS PROMPTING DROUGHT. WARNINGS AND WATCHES ACROSS THE. NORTHEAST WHERE OFFICIALS ARE. URGING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVATIVE. WATER. JIM McGILL'S FAMILY RELIES ON. WELL WATER IN HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK. AND NOW ROTATES SHOWER DAYS. >> ONE OF US WAS IN THE SHOWER. AND THE WATER STOPPED BECAUSE. THE WELL HAD RUN DRY. >> Reporter: GRIFFIN PUMP. SERVICE SAYS THEY'RE NOT ALONE. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MANY.

EXISTING WELLS GO DRY AND NOT. COME BACK IN A VERY, VERY LONG. TIME. >> Reporter: RIVERS AND. RESERVOIRS ARE DRYING UP TOO, LIMITING WHERE THE FIREFIGHTERS'. HELICOPTERS CAN PULL WATER FROM. TO DOUSE FLAMES IN HARD-TO-REACH. PLACES. >> WE'RE STRETCHING RESOURCES TO. THE LIMIT WITH ALL THE FIRES. WE'VE HAD, NOT ONE AT A TIME, BUT THEY ALL SEEM TO BE. FOLLOWING EACH OTHER. >> Reporter: ADDING TO THE RISK. IS THAT THE FORECAST SIMPLY. SHOWS NO RAIN IN THE COMING. DAYS, WHICH MEANS PROGRESS ON.

CONTAINING THE FIRES AROUND HERE. COULD QUICKLY BE REVERSED. LESTER. >>> WE'RE ALSO TRACKING TROPICAL. STORM SARAH AT THIS HOUR, BRINGING CATASTROPHIC FLOODING. AND MUDSLIDES TO AREAS OF. CENTRAL AMERICA, PARTS OF. HONDURAS COULD RECEIVE NEARLY. THREE FEET OF RAIN. BY MIDWEEK, MOISTURE FROM SARAH. IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE WITH A. FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TO. DELIVER SHOWERS AND. THUNDERSTORMS TO FLORIDA. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, NEW DETAILS. ABOUT THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS IN.

PRISON AND WHAT L.A.'S. SOON-TO-BE NEW D.A. SAYS ABOUT. CALLS TO RESENTENCE THEM AFTER. SO MANY YEARS. >>> PLUS, THE NEW RULING ABOUT A. DEATH ROW INMATE AND THE LEGAL. BA. >>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE. MENENDEZ BROTHERS' PUSH FOR. FREEDOM. THE BROTHERS TURNING TO PRISON. EMPLOYEES TO ARGUE FOR THEIR. RELEASE. IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE NEW. D.A. IN THE CASE. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT NEW DETAILS. ON THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS' LIFE. BEHIND BARS, A 600-PAGE LEGAL.

FILING INCLUDING LETTERS FROM. ERIC AND LYLE ABOUT HOW PRISON. HAS CHANGED THEM AS WELL AS FROM. SOME CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, ONE. HIGHLIGHTING ERIC'S WORK AS A. CAREGIVING MENTOR, HELPING. ELDERLY AND DISABLED INMATES, ANOTHER SAYING LYLE HAS SHOWN A. REMARKABLE COMMITMENT TO. THE REHABILITATION OF OTHERS. THIS AS L.A.'S INCOMING D.A. IS. PREPARING TO MAKE HIS OWN. RECOMMENDATION. >> I JUST WANTED IT TO STOP. >> Reporter: CRITICIZING THOSE. WHO HAVE FORMED AN OPINION ON. THE MURDERS BASED ON THE NETFLIX.

SERIES WHICH DRAMATIZES ERIC AND. LYLE'S STORY AND THEIR CLAIM. THEY KILLED THEIR PARENTS AFTER. YEARS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY THEIR. FATHER. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THE BROTHERS. WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED? >> AGAIN, I HAVE NOT DONE THE. THOROUGH REVIEW, AND I'M NOT. GOING TO BASE MY REVIEW, THOUGH. I VNTS HAVEN'T SEEN IT, ON SOME. NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY OR LIMITED. SERIES, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE. >> Reporter: THE ORIGINAL. PROSECUTOR ON THE TRIAL TELLING. "DATELINE" THEY SHOULD STAY IN. PRISON. >> IF JOSE MENENDEZ WAS SEXUALLY. ABUSING ERIC, THAT DIDN'T GIVE. ERIC THE RIGHT TO KILL HIS. MOTHER.

IT DIDN'T GIVE LYLE THE RIGHT TO. KILL HIS MOTHER OR HIS FATHER. UNDER THE LAW. >> Reporter: BUT THEIR. SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING THE. OUTGOING D.A. ARGUING 35 YEARS. AGO THE PUBLIC HAD A DIFFERENT. VIEW OF SEXUAL ABUSE. THE INCOMING D.A. SAYING THAT'S. NOT A FACTOR AS HE REVIEWS THE. CASE. >> WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A. CULTURE SHIFT IS IN SOME WAYS. IRRELEVANT FOR WHETHER OR NOT. THE FACTS AND THE LAW IN THE. CASE JUSTIFY A RESENTENCING AND. IF SO WHAT THAT RESENTENCING. SHOULD BE. >> Reporter: THE NEW D.A. TAKES. OFFICE DECEMBER 2nd, NINE DAYS.

BEFORE THE BROTHERS'. SCHEDULED RESENTENCING HEARING, WHICH COULD GET PUSHED BACK AS. THE D.A.-ELECT REVIEWS THE CASE. >>> AN UPDATE NOW ON THE CASE OF. TEXAS DEATH ROW PRISONER ROBERT. ROBERSON, WHOSE LIFE WAS SPARED. LAST MONTH AFTER AN. 11th-HOUR FLURRY OF LEGAL. MANEUVERING BY A BIPARTISAN. COMMITTEE OF TEXAS LAWMAKERS. TODAY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT. RULED ROBERSON'S EXECUTION CAN. GO FORWARD AND THAT LAWMAKERS. OVERSTEPPED THEIR AUTHORITY WHEN. THEY USED THEIR SUBPOENA POWER. TO BLOCK IT.

ROBERSON WAS CONVICTED OF A 2022. -- 2002 SHAKEN BABY DEATH OF HIS. 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, A NOW. BROADLY DISCREDITED MEDICAL. DIAGNOSIS. ROBERSON HAS LONG MAINTAINED HIS. INNOCENCE. A NEW EXECUTION DATE HAS NOT. BEEN SET, BUT ROBERSON RECENTLY. TOLD ME IN AN INTERVIEW THAT HE. IS AT PEACE. >>> UP NEXT, HE SLAPPED HIS MUCH. YOUNGER OPPONENT DURING THE. WEIGH-IN. MIKE TYSON IS BACK IN THE RING. TONIGHT AT AGE 58. THE STRANGE AND EPIC SHOWDOWN,

>>> BOXER MIKE TYSON BEGAN HIS. CAREER WHEN THERE WAS NO SUCH. THING AS STREAMING. TONIGHT THE 58-YEAR-OLD FORMER. HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION ENTERS THE. RING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN. YEARS, AND THE BIGGEST WINNER. MAY BE NETFLIX. HERE'S SAM BROCK. >> Reporter: IN A BLOCKBUSTER. BOUT TRULY TAILORED FOR THE. STREAMING ERA --. >> HE'S A MANUFACTURED KILLER. I'M A NATURAL BORN KILLER.

>> Reporter: LEGENDARY BOXER. MIKE TYSON AND YOUTUBE SENSATION. TURNED FIGHTER JAKE PAUL ARE. ABOUT TO DO MORE THAN JUST SHAKE. UP THE BOXING WORLD. THEY'RE LANDING AN UPPER CUT TO. TRADITIONAL SPORTS PROGRAMMING. WITH THEIR SHOWDOWN AIRING. TONIGHT ONLY ON NETFLIX. >> MIKE IS THE GREATEST. HEAVYWEIGHT OF ALL TIME, IN MY. OPINION. BUT IT'S MY TIME. >> Reporter: THE TEXAS-SIZED. TUSSLE AT AT&T STADIUM COULD BE. THE MOST WATCHED BOXING EVENT. EVER AND DOESN'T COST ANY. ADDITIONAL FEE FOR NETFLIX USERS.

AS STREAMING PLATFORMS ARE. DOUBLING DOWN ON LIVE SPORTS. WITH NFL GAMES NOW AIRING ON. PRIME AND APPLE TV INKING A. DEAL WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. >> HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO KILL. ME. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, MIKE? I'M READY. >> Reporter: THE 27-YEAR-OLD. PICKED UP BOXING IN 2018 AFTER. AMASSING MILLIONS OF FOLLOWS ON. SOCIAL MEDIA, TAKING ON A. 58-YEAR-OLD BOXING ICON WHO'S. BARELY FOUGHT THE LAST TWO. DECADES. A YEAR AGO THEY CONNECTED ON. TYSON'S PODCAST.

>> YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON, MAN. >> THANK YOU. >> Reporter: WHILE THE OUTCOME. OF THIS CLASH OF BRASH BOXERS IS. ANYBODY'S GUESS, THEY WILL BE. TAKING HOME TENS OF MILLIONS AND. COULD BE USHERING IN A NEW. STANDARD FOR STREAMING SPORTS. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. >>> COMING UP, THE REMARKABLE. RESCUE AFTER HOURS BURIED IN THE. RUBBLE. THE GOOD NEWS TO REPORT TONIGHT. >>> FINALLY, HE WAS TRAPPED. UNDER CONCRETE AND GRAVEL, BUT. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, A.

REMARKABLE RESCUE. MAGGIE VESPA WITH THE GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN. KENTUCKY, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER. SLOWLY LIFTED TO SAFETY AFTER. FALLING, AUTHORITIES SAY, ROUGHLY EIGHT FEET INTO A HOLE. ON A LOUISVILLE DEMOLITION SITE, LEAVING HIM COMPLETELY BURIED. FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS. YOU'VE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR MORE. THAN 20 YEARS. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE. THIS? >> I HAVE NOT. THIS WAS ABOUT AS A WORST CASE. SCENARIO AS YOU CAN THINK OF .

>> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS SAY. THE UNNAMED WORKER FELL THROUGH. A VOID SPACE OR AN EMPTY AREA ON. A CONCRETE FLOOR WITH MUCH OF IT. CAVING IN ON TOP OF HIM. CREWS USED BUCKETS AND EVEN A. VACUUM TRUCK. THE WORKER HAD A SMALL POCKET OF. AIR IN WHICH HE COULD BREATHE. >> HE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN. EVERYTHING HAS TO MOVE EXTREMELY. SLOW, BECAUSE IF YOU MOVE ONE. PIECE, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN. EFFECT ON THE REST OF THE SEAM. THAT COULD CAUSE A SECONDARY. COLLAPSE. >> HIS LEFT ARM WAS PINNED, CRUSHED UNDER RUBBLE. MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, HEY, I.

HAVE HIS RIGHT ARM FREE. >> Reporter: THIS PARAMEDIC. CLIMBING IN TO ADMINISTER AN IV. >> HELP IS HERE. TRY TO RELAX, TRY TO BREATHE. >> Reporter: THE LATE-NIGHT. RESCUE CAPPING A DEVASTATING. WEEK IN LOUISVILLE AFTER A. FACTORY EXPLOSION TUESDAY LEFT. TWO WORKERS DEAD AND A DOZEN. INJURED. AUTHORITIES STRESS THIS ACCIDENT. IS UNRELATED AND GIVING THANKS. THIS WORKER MADE IT OUT ALIVE. >> YOU CAN'T SAVE EVERYBODY, AND. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO THE WAY YOU. WANT.

IT'S A GREAT FEELING WHEN YOU'RE. ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY. >> MAGGIE VESPA, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. >>> HATS OFF TO THE HEROS THERE. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. FRIDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND. EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. THAT.