NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Nov. 19

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT. DONALD TRUMP MAKING ANOTHER. SURPRISE PICK TAPPING A TV. PERSONALITY FOR HIS NEW. ADMINISTRATION. MR. TRUMP IN TEXAS FOR ELON. MUSK'S SPACEX LAUNCH AND LATE. TODAY ANNOUNCING HE WILL. NOMINATE TV'S DR. MEHMET OZ TO. OVERSEE THE MEDICARE AND. MEDICAID AGENCIES THAT TENS OF. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS DEPEND ON. FOR HEALTH CARE, AND MR. TRUMP. SAYS HE'S NOT RECONSIDERING HIS.

PICK FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL MATT. GAETZ AS A SOURCE TELLS NBC NEWS. A HACKER STOLE DAMAGING. TESTIMONY FROM THE WOMAN WHO. ALLEGES GAETZ HAD SEX WITH HER. WHEN SHE WAS 17. GAETZ DENYING ALL ACCUSATIONS. ALSO TONIGHT, UKRAINE FOR THE. FIRST TIME LAUNCHING LONG-RANGE. U.S.-MADE MISSILES INTO RUSSIA, AND VLADIMIR PUTIN'S NEW NUCLEAR. WARNING AS THE WAR REACHES ITS. 1,000th DAY. CAUGHT ON CAMERA, THE DEADLY. HOUSE EXPLOSION IN OHIO.

A POWERFUL BOMB CYCLONE. TARGETING THE WEST KEFT AND A. NEW BRUSHFIRE IN THE NORTHEAST. THE NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWN. IN COURT OF LAKEN RILEY SHOWING. THE FINAL MOMENTS OF HADDER LIFE. AND THE IMAGES OF THE MAN. ACCUSED OF KILLING HER. AHEAD OF FEMA GRILLED IN THE. GOVERNMENT'S HURRICANE RESPONSE. AND THE NOW FIRED EMPLOYEE WHO. TOLD WORKERS TO STAY AWAY FROM. THE HOPES OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS. AND YOUR TICKET INSIDE THE. FANCIFUL AMUSEMENT PARK DREAMED. UP BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST.

FAMOUS ARTISTS. >>> THIS IS NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH LESTER HOLT". >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. TONIGHT PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD. TRUMP IS ENGAGING IN THE FIGHT. TO SAVE THE NOMINATION OF MATT. GAETZ TO BECOME ATTORNEY. GENERAL, EVEN AS A COMPUTER HACK. APPEARS TO HAVE UNEARTHED. POTENTIALLY DAMAGING INFORMATION. ABOUT THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN. SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE. CONFIRM THE HACK ACCESSED SWORN. TESTIMONY FROM A CIVIL CASE OF. TWO WOMEN INCLUDING ONE WHO SAYS.

SHE HAD SEX WITH GAETZ WHEN SHE. WAS 17. AN ACCUSATION GAETZ DENIES. WITH SOME SENATE REPUBLICANS. ALREADY WAVERING OVER THE GAETZ. PICK CONSIDERING ON OVER WHETHER. TO RELEASE THE INVESTIGATION. THE PRESIDENT ELECT IS NOT. ACTIVELY LYING FOR GAETZ TO FILL. OTHER KEY SPOTS AND TODAY NAMING. DR. OZ TO LEAD MEDICARE AND.

MEDICAID SERVICES. GARRETT HAAKE HAS LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: TODAY. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP TRAVELING. TO WITNESS THE SPACEX ROCKET RUN. BY BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK AND. ANNOUNCING TWO NEW. ADMINISTRATION PICKS.TV PERSONA. MEHMET OZ AS THE CENTERS FOR. MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES. ADMINISTRATOR WHO TRUMP SAYS. WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., TO TAKE UP THE. ILLNESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. CRITICS HAVE ACCUSED DR. OZ AT.

AT TIMES OFFERING QUESTIONABLE. MEDICAL ADVICE AND THE WALL. STREET EXECUTIVE TO SERVE AS. COMMERCE SECRETARY ALL WHILE. TRUMP TONIGHT WAS ASKED IF HE'S. RECONSIDERING HIS CHOICE FOR. ATTORNEY GENERAL. FORMER FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MATT. GAETZ. >> NO. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS AN. UNIDENTIFIED HACKER WAS ABLE TO. GAIN ACCESS TO A FILE CONTAINING. DEPOSITIONS OF TWO WOMEN WHO. HAVE MADE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST. GAETZ IN WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS. DAMAGING TESTIMONY ACCORDING TO. A SOURCE FAMILIAR AND AN EMAIL. OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS.

THOUGH IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE. HACKED MATERIAL WAS RELEASED. ONE OF THE DEPOSITIONS IS FROM A. WOMAN WHO ALLEGES SHE HAD SEX. WITH GAETZ WHEN SHE WAS 17, AN. ACCUSATION GAETZ STRONGLY. DENIES. BOTH TESTIFIED BEFORE HOUSE. ETHIC COMMITTEE ON WHETHER TO. RELEASE THE REPORT. HE'S AGAIN TODAY. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS THE TEAM IN. PLACE TO DO WHAT THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE HAVE ELECTED HIM TO DO. AND WE WILL SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. IN SENATE REPUBLICANS WANT TO.

REVIEW IT. THERE NEEDS TO EMBRACE, INVITE. AND CONSENT WITH FULL. ENTHUSIASM. >> GAETZ HAD ALLEGATIONS OF SEX. TRAFFICKING, BUT PROSECUTORS. ULTIMATELY DID NOT FILE CHARGES. GAETZ HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. >> NOBODY SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED. BECAUSE OF A MEDIA REPORT. >> IT'S MORE THAN A MEDIA. REPORT. HE WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE. DEPARTMENT HE WANTS TO LEAD. >> AND THEY DIDN'T PROCEED. FORWARD. >> A TRANSITION OFFICIAL TELLS. NBC NEWS TRUMP HAS BEEN, QUOTE, HEAVILY WORKING THE PHONES, CALLING REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO.

PUSH FOR GAETZ. >> I WOULDN'T BET MY HOUSE ON IT. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. >> IF ALL DEMOCRATS OPPOSED. NOMINEE, THEY CAN ONLY LOSE. THREE REPUBLICAN VOTES TO BE. CONFIRMED. >> WHAT THESE PICKS TELL ME IS. DONALD TRUMP GOING THROUGH THE. SAME MOVIE. CHAOS, CON TEMP FOR THE LAW AND. DISRESPECT FOR THE AMERICAN. PUBLIC. >> THE TRUMP TEAM WILL MAKE A. BIG PUSH ON CAPITOL HILL.

VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE AND. PETE HEGSETH FACING REPUBLICANS. >>> PRESIDENT-ELECT'S HUSH MONEY. CASE THEY OPPOSED DISMISSING AND. SAID THE SENTENCING COULD BE. DELAYED. LAURA JARRETT IS HERE. THE JUDGE HAS A BIG DECISION TO. MAKE. >> ANOTHER FIRST.

THE JUDGE COULD POSTPONE THE. SENTENCING UNTIL HE IS NO LONGER. IN OFFICE, 2029. THAT'S SOMETHING THE D.A. PROPOSED FOR THE FIRST TIME. TODAY. WE CAN ALSO SEE HIM WIPE OUT THE. CONVICTION ENTIRELY. THAT'S WHAT THE DEFENSE TEAM. WANTS. OBVIOUSLY, THE PROSECUTION. PUSHING BACK. NO WORD YET FROM JUDGE MERCHAN. ON WHEN EXACTLY HE WILL RULE, BUT YOU HAVE TO EXPECT HE WILL. DO THIS SOME TIME BEFORE. INAUGURATION DAY. >> LAURA JARRETT, THANK YOU. >>> THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY UKRAINE HAS. FIRED AMERICAN-MADE LONG-RANGE.

MISSILES ON TARGETS FROM RUSSIA. AS RUSSIAN PRESIDENT V VLADIMIR. PUTIN HARDENS HIS DECISION. KEIR SIMMONS HAS DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT ANXIOUS. HOURS AFTER UKRAINE FIRED. AMERICAN MADE LONG-RANGE. MISSILES CALLED ATACMS AT A. NUCLEAR ARMED RUSSIA FOR THE. FIRST TIME ACCORDING TO TWO U.S. OFFICIALS. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE. WHITE HOUSE APPROVED THEIR USE. OUTSIDE UKRAINE'S BOARDS.

TONIGHT PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS. LOERED THE BAR FOR NUCLEAR. WEAPONS. UNDER A NEW NUCLEAR DOCTRINE, RUSSIA COULD DEPLOY ITS ARSENAL. IF ATTACKED BY A NON-NUCLEAR. COUNTRY ALLIED WITH A NUCLEAR. STATE, UNMISTAKABLY DIRECTED AT. UKRAINE AND THE U.S. >>> I'M KELLY O'DONNELLA THE RIO. de JANEIRO G20 SUMMIT WHERE. LEADERS HAVE BEEN GATHERED. INCLUDING PRESIDENT BIDEN AND. SERGEY LAVROV WHO TODAY CALLED. THE UKRAINIAN MISSILE ATTACK AN.

ESCALATION AND HE TALKED ABOUT. PUTIN MAKING CHANGES TO HOW. RUSSIA COULD USE ITS NUCLEAR. ARSENAL. >> WE ARE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF. DOING EVERYTHING NOT TO ALLOW. NUCLEAR WAR TO HAPPEN. >> Reporter: AS FOR THE ATACMS, UKRAINE SAYS THEY WILL HELP. RESIST THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. SUPPORTEDED BY NORTH KOREAN. TROOPS JUST MONTHS BEFORE. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP TAKES. OFFICE AND IS EXPECTED TO DEMAND. A DEAL. UKRAINE TODAY MARKING 1,000 DAYS. OF WAR WITH RUSSIA WITH TALKS ON.

THE HOSHZON, BUT NO SIGN OF. COMPROMISE. >> HE'S MADE ONE CALLINGING IT. RHETORIC. >> LESTER, THANKS. >>> BACK NOW TO THE HOUSE. EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON CAMERA. OUTSIDE CINCINNATI. THE BLAST KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND. INJURING A THIRD. HERE'S ERIN McLACHLAN. >> Reporter: NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE. MOMENT A HOUSE EXPLODED SENDING.

SHOCKWAVES THROUGH A. NEIGHBORHOOD IN BETHEL, OHIO. >> WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ON SCENE SHOWING OR ADVISING THE. HOUSE IS GONE. >> OFFICIALS SAY THE BLAST. KILLED A MAN AND A WOMAN. A NEIGHBOR TOLD REPORTERS A. HEATING AND AIR REPAIRMAN WAS. FOUND AT THE SCENE COVERED IN. SOOT. >> HE'S BENT OVER WITH HIS HANDS. ON HIS KNEES TRYING TO GET A. BREATH AND STUFF. LIKE, HIS FACE WAS DIRTY AND I. GOT CLOSER AND SAID ARE YOU OKAY. AND HIS WHOLE HAIR WAS SINGED. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY HE IS. BEING TREAT AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

ANOTHER HARROWING VIDEO SHOWS. THE FIRE THAT IMMEDIATELY. FOLLOWED AFTER THE EXPLOSION. >> IT SOUNDED LIKE IF SOMEONE. HAD DROVE INSIDE THE SIDE OF MY. HOUSE. I FELT THE SHOCKWAVE THROUGH A. BRICK HOUSE. >> Reporter: THE STUNNING. FOOTAGE WAS CAUGHT ON A. NEIGHBOR'S DOOR BELL CAMERA, NOW. PART OF AN ONGOING. INVESTIGATION. >> IT DEFINITELY HAD A LARGE. AMOUNT OF ENERGY TO MAKE A HOUSE. LIKE THAT GO APART. >> Reporter: THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS. THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IS. UNHERE.

THE VICTIMS HAVE YET TO BE NAMED. ERIN McLACHLAN. IT'S BEEN TW MONTHS SINCE MILTON. HEADED TO THE SOUTH. TODAY TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR FEMA. ABOUT THE AGENCY'S RESPONSE AS. THOSE WHO LOST EVERYTHING STILL. WAIT FOR HELP, HERE'S STEPHANIE. GOSK. >> Reporter: THE MOST. DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN NORTH. CAROLINA'S HISTORY. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER. HURRICANE MILTON RIPPED APART. FLORIDA'S ALREADY BATTERED WEST.

COAST. TODAY ON CAPITOL HILL DEANNE. CRISWELL CRITICIZED OVER THE. AGENCY'S RESPONSE. >> DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE. DONE BETTER? >> WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE, AND WE. WILL REVIEW ALL --. >> IS THAT A YES? IS THAT A YES? >> NOBODY'S PERFECT. >> MELINDA WILLIAMS SPOKE TO US. IN WHAT'S LEFT OF HER NORTH. CAROLINA HOME. >> I AM ONLY ALIVE BY GOD'S. GRACE. >> Reporter: SHE WAS IN THE. HOUSE WHEN THE WATER TORE IT OFF. THE FOUNDATION. SOMEHOW MANAGING TO SURVIVE. >> DO YOU RECOGNIZE --. >> I DO.

>> Reporter: THE HOUSE IS. WRAPPED AROUND THIS TREE. >> THAT'S MY KITCHEN. BUT WHILE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. HAS HELPED SHE'S SEEN LITTLE. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. HER APPLICATION STILL PENDING. >> IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY'VE. FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE PEOPLE. >> Reporter: YOUR NEIGHBORS? >> YES. >> Reporter: YOU. YOU FEEL FORGOTTEN. >> I DO FEEL FORGOTTEN BY THE. GOVERNMENT. I DO. >> Reporter: WILLIAMS TOLD US. SHE WAS GIVEN A $750 CHECK FOR. IMMEDIATE NEED, BUT STILL NO. ASSISTANCE TO REBUILD HER LOST.

HOME. >> I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANYBODY. THAT I KNOW THAT'S REALLY. RECEIVED ANY REAL HELP. >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN WEEKS. >> IT'S BEEN WEEKS. >> Reporter: AT TODAY'S MEETING. ADMINISTRATOR CRISWELL DEFENDING. THE AGENCY'S RESPONSE. >> I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF WHAT. THE 22,000 MEMBERS OF THE. WORKFORCE HAVE DONE. >> Reporter: BUT FEMA, SHE SAYS, NEEDS MORE MONEY. >> THE COST OF THESE TWO. DISASTERS IS OUTPACING ALL. PREVIOUS DISASTERS IN THE. PREVIOUS TEN YEARS EXCEPT. HURRICANE MARIA. >> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATOR.

ALSO GRILLED OVER A FEMA. EMPLOYEE NO FLORIDA WHO WAS TOLD. TO SKIP HOMES AFTER HURRICANE. MILTON. THAT WORKER WAS NOT FOLLOWING. FEMA POLICY AND HAS BEEN FIRED. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY. INVESTIGATING. >> YOU SAID THIS IS. REPREHENSIBLE AND YOU'RE SAYING. IT'S THE ONLY TIME AND THEY'RE. SAYING NO, NO, NO, IT'S COMMON. PLACE. >> Reporter: IT IS ESTIMATE TO. BE $170 BILLION AND FOR SOME. THERE'S AN URGENT NEED.

>> HARD. IT'S MY HOME IT JUST ISN'T HERE. ANYMORE. >> Reporter: THIS IS TEMPORARY. HOUSING BEING SET UP BY FEMA. THEY SAY INDIVIDUALS CAN QUALIFY. FOR UP TO $85,000 IN FEMA. ASSISTANCE, BUT SOME OF THE. PEOPLE WE SPEAK TO HERE IN NORTH. CAROLINA SAY THE APPLICATION IS. COMPLICATED AND THE HELP IS. TAKING TOO LONG. LESTER? >> STEPHANIE GOSK, THANK YOU. >>> A DRAMATIC DAY IN THE TRIAL. OVER THE GEORGIA NURSING STUDENT.

LAKEN RILEY. THE PROSECUTION RESTING AFTER. SHOWING RILEY JOGGING DURING THE. FINAL MOMENTS OF HER LIFE. THEY INTRODUCED VIDEO THAT. APPEARS TO SHOW JOSE IBARRA, THE. UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT ACCUSED. OF KILLING HER LURKING AT AN. APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR THE CRIME. SCENE. ONE FORENSIC EXPERT TESTIFIED. THAT DNA FROM UNDER RILEY'S. FINGERNAILS MATCHED IBARRA. IBARRA'S LEGAL TEAM HAS CALLED. THE EVIDENCE CIRCUMSTANTIAL. >>> IN HONG KONG, A MAJOR BLOW. TO WHAT'S LEFT OF THE.

PRO-DEMOCRAT SEE PRO-. PRO-DEMOCRACY AS DOZENS WERE. SENTENCED TO PRISON TODAY. JANICE MACKEY FRAYER JOINS US. AND THERE IS ALREADY A BACKLASH. TO THIS CASE. >> Reporter: LESTER, THE U.S. IS. TRONGLY CONDEMNING THE. SENTENCES. ALL, BUT TWO OF THE SEVEN. PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS WERE. GIVEN JAIL TERMS OF UP TO TEN. YEARS. THEIR OFFENSE? HOLDING AN UNOFFICIAL PRIMARY. VOTE TO PICK OPPOSITION. CANDIDATES. THE TRIAL IS SEEN AS THE MOST. TELLING SIGN OF BEIJING'S. TIGHTENING GRIP ON HONG KONG.

SINCE IMPOSING A NATIONAL. SECURITY LAW IN 2020. THE GOVERNMENT HERE WAS NEEDED. TO STOP PROTEST IN THE CITY. CHINA HAS PRAISED THE HONG KONG. COURT'S ACTION, BUT CRITICS SAY. THIS IS THE END OF THE RULE OF. LAW IN HONG KONG. >> JANICE MACKEY FRAYER, THANK. YOU. IN 60 SECONDS THE LEGAL BATTLE. OVER DOCUMENTS FOUND IN SEAN. COMBS' JAIL CELL. WHAT.

>>> MUSIC MOGUL SEAN COMBS. APPEARED IN A COURTROOM HERE IN. MANHATTAN TODAY AS HE FIGHTS TO. BE RELEASED FROM JAIL WHILE. AWAITING TRIAL ON SEX. TRAFFICKING AND OTHER CHARGES. CHLOE MELAS JOINS US NOW. HIS LAWYERS ARE MAKING A CLAIM A. JUDGE IS TAKING SERIOUSLY. >> Reporter: LESTER, COMBS'. LEGAL TEAM MAKING AN EYEBROW. RAISING CLAIM THAT PROSECUTORS. WRONGLY TOOK POSSESSION OF 19. PAGES OF NOTES FROM HIS JAIL. CELL NEXT WEEK AND THAT THESE. SHOULD BE COVERED BY.

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. HIS ATTORNEY SAYING THIS IS A. COMPLETE INSTITUTIONAL FAILURE. AND DANGEROUS, BUT PROSECUTORS. SAY THESE DOCUMENTS WERE SWEPT. UP AS PART OF A PRE-PLANNED. SWEEP OF THE JAIL AND THAT THE. NOTES ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL AT. ALL. THEY'RE MOSTLY INSPIRATIONAL. QUOTES AND TO-DO LIST, AND THEY. DO TALK ABOUT PAYING OFF A. WITNESS AND FINDING DIRT ON TWO. ALLEGED VICTIMS ACCORDING TO. PROSECUTORS. FOR NOW THE JUDGE IS TELLING. PROSECUTORS NOT TO USE THESE DO. YOU MEAN AS PART OF THEIR CASE. AND WE DID GET A PREVIEW TODAY. INTO THIS BATTLE AS TO WHETHER.

OR NOT COMBS SHOULD STAY BEHIND. BARS AHEAD OF HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL. IN MAY AND THERE'S A BAIL. HEARING ON FRIDAY. LESTER. >> CHLOE MELAS, THANK YOU. >> FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING ANOTHER. FEAR IN UPPER MANHATTAN AHEAD OF. THE HISTORIC DROUGHT IN THE. NORTHEAST. WHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE. COUNTRY A POWERFUL BOMB CYCLONE. IS TAKING AIM. DYLAN DREYER IS WITH US. WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING? >> LESTER, THIS WILL BE A. POWERFUL STORM FOR THE WEST. COAST. WE HAVE THIS ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. OF MOISTURE, ALL OF THIS.

MOISTURE OFF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. WILL HIT NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. AND SOUTHWESTERN OREGON. IF WE WERE TO PUT THIS ON A. SCALE WE WOULD SAY THIS IS ON. THE EXTREME SIDE OF THESE TYPES. OF SYSTEMS ESPECIALLY FOR. NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE. NOT ONLY WILL WE SEE A LOT OF. RAIN. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HIGH WINDS. GUSTING TO 50 TO 75 MILES PER. HOUR, COMBINE THAT WITH UP TO A. FOOT OF RAIN AND THAT MEANS. DOWNED TREES AND DOWNED POWER. LINES AND MUD SLIDES ARE A. POSSIBILITY AND THERE IS A. COLDER SIDE OF THE STORM IN THE. HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

WE COULD SEE TWO FEET OF NO IN. THE MOUNTAIN RANGES. >> THANKS. >>> WE HAVE A CONSUMER ALERT FOR. YOU TONIGHT ABOUT HOME. WARRANTIES. SOME PROMOTIONS SEEM TO PROMISE. TO COVER EVERYTHING UNDER YOUR. ROOF, BUT AS VICKY NGUYEN FOUND. OUT, WHEN THINGS BREAK IT'S NOT. ALWAYS SO EASY TO GET THEM. REPLACED. >> HOME WARRANTY.

>> Reporter: AMERICAN HOME. SHIELD IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S. BIGGEST HOME WARRANTY COMPANIES. WITH MORE THAN 2 MILLION. SUBSCRIBERS AND ITS ADS MAKE A. SIMPLE PROMISE. >> COVERED REPAIRS AND REPLACE. AMS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. >> Reporter: PAY A FEE AND. THEY'LL COVER YOUR APPLIANCES, NO REPAIR RECORDS NEEDED, EVEN. UNDETECTIBLE PREEXISTING. CONDITIONS. BUT IN LAS VEGAS JULIAN SANCHEZ. AND PATRICIA NUNEZ SAYS THEY. LOST THEIR COOL WITH THE COMPANY. DURING THE CITY'S HOTTEST SUM OR. RECORD. >> MOST OF THE TIME IN THIS ROOM. WE WOULD REACH ONWARD OF THE.

HIGH 90s TO LOW HUNDREDS. >> THEY SAY AHS DECLINED TO. REPAIR OR REPLACE THE AIR. CONDITIONER AFTER IT BROKE DOWN. IN MAY DESPITE THE COUPLE'S. MONTHLY COVERAGE PAYMENTS FOR. THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE COMPANY SAID THIS REPAIR MAN. SEEN HERE TO INSPECT THE UNIT, BUT JULIAN SAID HE LEFT IT IN. EVEN WORSE SHAPE. >> THEY REMOVED A PIECE OF MY AC. UNIT AND THEY LEFT IT ON MY. ROOF. >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU. EXPECT? >> I EXPECTED A QUICK DIAGNOSTIC. AND THEN A FIX AND WHAT I GOT. WAS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.

>> Reporter: AHS DENIED THE. REPAIR CLAIM AND SAID THE UNIT. HAD STOPPED WORKING BECAUSE OF. FOREIGN DEBRIS AND NOT THE. NORMAL WEAR ASK TEAR COVERED IN. THE CONTRACT. THE UNRELENTING HEAT FORCING THE. COUPLE AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN. TO DO HOMEWORK AND SLEEP ON THE. GROUND FLOOR. >> IT'S JUST BEEN ATROCIOUS THE. WAY THAT THE COMPANY HAS DEALT. WITH EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY'S. FRUSTRATION ECHOED IN THOUSANDS. OF COMPLAINTS FILED WITH AHS. WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. >> THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO DENY. THE CLAIM.

>> Reporter: CONSUMER ATTORNEY. SAYS AHS OFTEN USES THE TERM NOT. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR TO DENY THE. CLAIM IN THE PHRASE. >> DO YOU THINK THAT'S. INTENTIONAL TO BE VAGUE? >> OF COURSE. EVERY SINGLE CASE I HAVE IS THE. SAME. THEY COME OUT THERE AND DIAGNOSE. THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAY NOT. NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S GOOD. FOR BUSINESS, BAD FOR CONSUMERS. >> Reporter: AMERICAN HOME. SHIELD DECLINED AN INTERVIEW, BUT SAID IN PART IN A STATEMENT. IT BELIEVES THE CORRECT COVERAGE. DECISION WAS MADE, ADDING AS A.

GESTURE OF GOOD WILL AND AN. ACCOMMODATION TO MR. SANCHEZ WE. WILL FIX HIS UNIT AT NO COSTS. MELANIE SAYS THE CONSUMERS. SHOULD READ THE CONTENT AND. REVIEW. >> READ THE COMPLAINT DATA AND. REVIEW AND REACH A DECISION FROM. THERE. DID THE COMPANY RESPOND AND DID. THEY GET IT ALL SETTLED? >> Reporter: THE FAMILY WORKING. WITH ALEX BACHUA SAYING THEY. DECLINED THE OFFER AND THEY WANT. A REPLACEMENT.

VICKY NGUYEN, . >>> FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT ABOUT A ONE-OF-A-KIND. EXPERIENCE FEATURING LONG LOST. ART FROM SOME VERY FAMOUS NAMES. IT OPENS TOMORROW IN NEW YORK, BUT REHEMA ELLIS HAS A SNEAK. PREVIEW. >> Reporter: THIS IS LUNA LUNA. ON DISPLAY, A SPECTACULAR. AMUSEMENT PARK IN MANHATTAN. THE EXHIBIT, THE WORK OF FAMOUS.

ARTISTS DELIGHTING WIDE-EYED. KIDS. >> IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. >> Reporter: AND KIDS AT HEART. >> IT BLEW MY EXPECTATION. >> IT'S LIKE I'M DREAMING. >> Reporter: MICHAEL GOLDBERG. RESTORED A DREAM THAT BEGAN IN. 1987. >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE. WAS THIS INCREDIBLE PROJECT THAT. I'D NEVER HEARD OF. >> Reporter: THE PRODUCT. SHOWCASING A FERRIS WHEEL WITH. JEAN MICHEL'S PAINTINGS AND. DAZZLING ICONIC IMAGES AND A.

MIRRORED DOME BY SALVADOR DALI. AND IT WAS STORED IN A TEXAS. WAREHOUSE FOR 36 YEARS WITH. INVESTORS LIKE SUPERSTAR RAPPER. DRAKE, GOLDBERG ACQUIRED THE. CONTENTS SIGHT UNSEEN. >> WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOU IN. TERMS OF WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND? >> I WAS BEYOND ANXIOUS. EVENTUALLY IT WAS A PILE OF. DUST. >> Reporter: IT TURNS OUT MOST. OF IT WAS STILL PRESS TEEN. INCLUDING HERRING'S CAROUSEL. >> EVERYTHING HELD UP AND IT. LOOKED LIKE HE PAINTED IT DAYS. AGO. >> Reporter: TODAY MOEF OF THE. ART WORK IS SO VALUABLE IT'S.

HANDS OFF, BUT THIS NEW EDITION. BY EFRAIN AND PABLO IS ALL HANDS. ON. ♪♪. ♪. >> Reporter: IT'S A GIFT THAT. JUST KEEPS ON GOING. >> Reporter: LUNA LUNA, NOW. COMING FULL CIRCLE FOR A NEW. GENERATION TO ENJOY. REHEMA ELLIS, NBC NEWS, NEW. YORK. >>> LOOKS LIKE FINE. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT, PLEASE TAKE. CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.