NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Nov. 21

>>> TONIGHT, THE STUNNING. REVERSAL FROM MATT GAETZ. WITHDRAWING HIS NAME AFTER. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP PICKED HIM. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN TAKING. HIMSELF OUT OF THE RUNNING TO. BECOME THE NATION'S TOP LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL AS NBC NEWS. LEARNS HE WAS ACCUSED OF NOT. ONE, BUT TWO SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS. WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL. GAETZ, WHO WAS NOT CHARGED. SAYING HE'D BECOME A.

DISTRACTION, AND JUST IN, MR. TRUMP'S NEW PICK FOR THE ROLE, AND MR. TRUMP'S PICK FOR DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH BREAKING. HIS SILENCE ON CAPITOL HILL. AFTER A POLICE REPORT DETAILING. A SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION. AGAINST HIM BECAME PUBLIC. HE DENIES WRONGDOING, BUT IS HIS. NOMINATION IN JEOPARDY, AS WELL? >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE STORM. HITTING COAST TO COAST, THE. FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE. SEASON HITTING THE MIDWEST AND. BRINGING DESPERATELY NEEDED RAIN. TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE.

ATMOSPHERIC RIVER SOAKING THE. WEST COAST. >>> THE UNEXPECTED TWIST FOR. ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT AND WHY. HIS CONVICTION FOR A HATE CRIME. HOKE HAS BEEN THROWN OUT AND A. DRAMATIC ESCALATION, RUSSIA. FIRING WHAT 2 SAYS IS A NEW KIND. OF BALLISTIC MISSILE THE. LEGENDARY COLLEGE COACH WHO JUST. MADE HISTORY ON THE HARDWOOD. ♪♪. ♪. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME.

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP'S. EFFORTS TO FILL KEY ROLES IN HIS. NEW ADMINISTRATION HIT A BIG. SETBACK TODAY WHEN HIS EMBATTLED. CHOICE TO BECOME THE NEXT. ATTORNEY GENERAL MATT GAETZ. WITHDREW HIS NAME FROM. CONSIDERATION. GAETZ WHO IMMEDIATELY RESIGNED. HIS CONGRESSIONAL SEAT AFTER. LEARNING OF HIS SELECTION LAST. WEEK POSTED ON X TODAY THAT HIS. CONFIRMATION WAS UNFAIRLY. BECOMING A DISTRACTION. GAETZ' CHANCES OF CONFIRMATION. WAS ON ROCKY GROUND ALMOST FROM. THE START OVER ALLEGATIONS OF.

ILLICIT DRUG USE AND SEX WITH A. 17-YEAR-OLD. GAETZ DENIES ALL OF THE. ACCUSATIONS WHICH WERE THE. SUBJECTS OF A NEW CLOSED HOUSE. ETHICS INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP. PREDICTING GAETZ HAS A WONDERFUL. FUTURE. GABE GUTIERREZ LEADS OFF OUR. COVERAGE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S. EMBATTLED PICK FOR ATTORNEY. GENERAL IS OUT. FORMER FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN MATT. GAETZ ROCKING WASHINGTON BY. WITHDRAWSING HAD NAME, POSTING. ON SOCIAL MEDIA IT IS CLEAR THAT.

MY CONFIRMATION WAS UNFAIRLY. BECOMING A DISTRACTION TO THE. CRITICAL WORK OF THE TRUMP-VANCE. TRANSITION. ON CAPITOL HILL, SOME DEMOCRATS. ROLLING THEIR EYES. >> HOLY [ BLEEP ], I DIDN'T SEE. THAT COMING! >> WHILE SOME REPUBLICANS. SEEMING RELIEVED. >> ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT GAETZ. DROPPED OUT TODAY? >> I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW. ABRUPTLY IT HAPPENED. >> Reporter: TWO SOURCES WITH. DIRECT KNOWLEDGE, SAID HE. NOTIFIED THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. EARLIER TODAY AND IT WAS GAETZ'S.

CALL. GAETZ'S WITHDRAWAL WAS WELCOME. BY THE TRANSITION TEAM ADDING. THAT THE HOUSE ETHICS REPORT. STARTED TO LEAK OUT AND THERE. WAS NO WAY FOR MATT TO MAKE IT. TODAY PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP. POSTING I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE. RECENT EFFORTS OF MATT GAETZ IN. SEEKING APPROVAL TO BE ATTORNEY. GENERAL. HE WAS DOING VERY WELL, BUT AT. THE SAME TIME DID NOT WANT TO BE. A DISTRACTION FOR THE. ADMINISTRATION FOR WHICH HE HAS. MUCH RESPECT. THE SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL COMES JUST. A DAY AFTER VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT. J.D. VANCE ACCOMPANIED GAETZ TO. CAPITOL HILL SITTING WITH.

MEETINGS WITH SENATORS. >> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A. HEARING. THE FOLKS HAVE BEEN VERY. SUPPORTIVE. >> Reporter: BUT PRESSURE HAS. BEEN BUILDING ON GAETZ FOR DAYS. >> HOW TROUBLING WERE THE. ALLEGATIONS? >> THINK VERY TROUBLING. >> A GROWING NUMBER OF SENATORS. WERE DEMANDING THE HOUSE ETHICS. REPORT THAT HE PAID WOMEN FOR. SEX INCLUDING A 17-YEAR-OLD BACK. IN 2017. JUST TODAY A SOURCE FAMILIAR. TELLING NBC NEWS THERE WAS. ALLEGEDLY A SECOND SEXUAL. ENCOUNTER WITH THE 17-YEAR-OLD.

THAT INCLUDED ANOTHER WOMAN. GAETZ HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED THE. ACCUSATIONS AND A JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION INTO. SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS ENDED WITH. PROSECUTORS FILING NO CHARGES. AGAINST GAETZ. TONIGHT, MULTIPLE SOURCES TELL. NBC NEWS THAT FIVE REPUBLICAN. SENATORS WERE PREPARED TO VOTE. AGAINST GATES' NOMINATION AND HE. CAN ONLY AFFORD TO LOSE THREE. GOP VOTES. >> Reporter: ALL OF THOSE, A. BLOW TO TRUMP WHO HAD BEEN. LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO SHAKE UP. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WHICH HE. BLAMES WHAT HE CALLS PARTISAN.

PROSECUTIONS AGAINST HIM. HE HAD NO SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT. THE PICK. >> ARE YOU RECONSIDERING THE. NOMINATION OF MATT GAETZ? >> NO. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IT'S NOT. CLEAR WHAT'S NEXT FOR GAETZ OR. HIS POLITICAL CAREER. >> APPARENTLY, HE WAS AWARE OF. REALITY. >> GABE, WE HAVE JUST LEARNED. WHO PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP IS. NAMING TO REPLACE GAETZ. >> Reporter: YES, LESTER. MOMENTS AGO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE. PLANS TO NOMINATE FORMER FLORIDA. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI AS.

HIS NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL. LESTER? >> GABE GUTIERREZ AT THE. CAPITOL. THANK YOU. >>> TRUMP'S PICK FOR DEFENSE. SECRETARY IS UNDER NEW SCRUTINY. TONIGHT AFTER A POLICE REPORT. REVEALS THE DETAILS OF A SEXUAL. ASSAULT ALLEGATION AGAINST PETE. HEGSETH WHO DENIES WRONGDOING. AND NO CHARGES WERE FILED. RYAN NOBLES HAS MORE ON. HEGSETH'S TRIP TO CAPITOL HILL. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S. PICK FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH DEFENDING HIMSELF AFTER. A POTENTIAL NEW HURDLE IN HIS. CONFIRMATION FIGHT. NBC NEWS OBTAINING A POLICE.

REPORT DETAILING A WOMAN'S. ALLEGATION HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. HER. >> DID YOU SEXUALLY ASSAULT A. WOMAN IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA? >> IT IS VERY SIMPLE. THE MATTER WAS FULLY. INVESTIGATED AND I WAS COM. COMPLETELY CLEARED. >> THE WOMAN SAID SHE MET. HEGSETH AT A TOTAL WHERE HE WAS. SPEAKING IN 2017. AT ONE POINT SHE BLACKED OUT. ALLEGING HE TOOK HER PHONE AND. BLOCKED HER ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE. ROOM AND REMEMBERED SAYING NO A.

LOT. POLICE INVESTIGATED AND DID NOT. FILE ANY CHARGES AGAINST. HEGSETH. HE SAID THE ENCOUNTER WAS. CONSENSUAL. HIS ATTORNEY SAID HEGSETH LATER. PAID HER TO KEEP HER FROM GOING. PUBLIC SO HIS CAREER WOULD NOT. BE HURT AND SAYING MR. HEGSETH. IS INNOCENT. IT WAS FULLY INVESTIGATED BY. POLICE AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AS. WELL AS MULTIPLE EYEWITNESS. STATEMENTS SHOW THAT SHE WAS THE. AGGRESSOR. HEGSETH TODAY ON CAPITOL HILL. WITH VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT VANCE, MEETING WITH REPUBLICAN SENATORS. WHO WILL DECIDE IF HE GETS THE. JOB. >> SENATOR, DID YOU TALK TO HIM.

ABOUT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT. ALLEGATIONS? >> IT'S A DISGRACE THAT THOSE. ALLEGATIONS ARE NOTHING, BUT. WHAT YOU SAID, ALLEGATIONS THAT. ARE HE SAID/SHE SAID. THIS IS A CASE THAT'S BEEN. DISMISSED. >> HE DID PAY HER TO KEEP HER. STORY QUIET. >> I DON'T KNOW THE. CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND IT. I THINK ALL OF THOSE WILL COME. OUT, BUT I BELIEVE HIS STORY. >> HEGSETH IS A FORMER FOX NEWS. HOST AND DECORATED COMBAT. VETERAN, BUT HIS LACK OF. GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE RAISING. QUESTIONS AMONG SOME GOP. SENATORS OVER HIS QUALIFICATIONS. TO RUN THE LARGEST FEDERAL.

GOVERNMENT AGENCY. >> THERE NEEDS TO BE LEGITIMATE. VETTING. WHEN I SAY LEGITIMATE I MEAN. JUST THROUGH A VETTING THAT THE. COMMITTEES DO. THIS IS OUR JOB. >> TWO OTHER TRUMP PICKS FACING. NEW BACKLASH. TULSI GABBARD, THE FORMER. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN AND. MILITARY VETERAN PICKED AS THE. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE SLAMMED BY NIKKI. HALEY OVERNIGHT. >> THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR A. RUSSIAN, IRANIAN, SYRIAN, CHINESE SYMPATHIZER. >> Reporter: A TRUMP TRANSITION. SPOKESPERSON RESPONDING TO THAT.

TULSI GABBARD IS A COMBAT. VETERAN WHO SAW DEVASTATION. CAUSED BY WARS CHAMPIONED BY. PEOPLE LIKE NIKKI HALEY. THERE'S NEWLY REVEALED AUDIO OF. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., CRITICIZING RUMP SUPPORTERS. EIGHT YEARS AGO. >> THE WAY THAT YOU BUILD A. TRULY VICIOUS MOVEMENT IS WITH A. RELATIVELY SMALL CORE OF LEVEL. IJ RENT IDIOTS. >> Reporter: RFK JR. SAYS I NO. LONGER HOLD THIS BELIEF AND I. REGRET HAVING MADE THOSE. STATEMENTS. >> LET ME BACK UP TO PETE.

HEGSETH. ANY INDICATION ON HOW THE. MEETING HAD TODAY. >> THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO. MET WITH HIM BELIEVE HE HAS A. PATH TO CONFIRMATION AND EVEN. THOUGH THERE ARE SOME SKEPTICAL. PEOPLE IN THE GOP RANKS THERE IS. NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN SENATOR. THAT HAS COME FORWARD TO SAY. THAT THEY WILL NOT SUPPORT HIM. LESTER? >> RYAN NOBLES, THANK YOU. >>> THIS EVENING TENS OF. MILLIONS ARE IN THE PATH OF. STORMS FROM MUCH-NEEDED RAIN IN. THE NORTHEAST TO A BLAST OF. WINTER WEATHER IN THE NORTHWEST. TO A ONCE IN A DECADE.

ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT COULD. BRING DISASTER TO THE NORTHWEST. HERE'S STEVE PATERSON. >> TONIGHT, THE NORTHWEST. RECOVERING FROM THE FIRST OF A. ONE-TWO PUNCH AFTER A SO-CALLED. BOMB CYCLONE SLAMMED PARTS OF. WASHINGTON STATE KNOCKING OUT. POWER TO ALMOST 300,000. IN CALIFORNIA, WIND SPEEDS. CLOCKED AS HIGH AS 98 MILES PER. HOUR AND A RELENTLESS DELUGE OF. RAIN. A FIRE HOSE OF MOISTURE HAS.

DUMPED ABOUT NINE INCHES OF RAIN. ON TO PARPTS OF NORTHERN. CALIFORNIA WITH AS MUCH AS 15. INCHES EXPECTED. FIVE FEET OF SNOW COULD FALL IN. THE MOUNTAINS. >> THE ROADS AREN'T IN THE. GREATEST CONDITION SO YOU HAVE. TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. >> OFFICIALS NOW BRACING FOR THE. POSSIBILITY OF CATASTROPHIC. FLOODING. ROADWAY CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE. VERY QUICKLY. IT'S ONE IN A SERIES OF STORMS. FROM COAST TO COAST. FROM THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER OUT.

WEST, AND THE FIRST REAL WINTER. WEATHER MESS IN THE MIDWEST. IN ILLINOIS, COATED ROADS LED TO. SPINOUTS AND STRANDED PASSENGERS. WHILE SEVERAL IFRNS OF SNOW. BLANKETED PARTS OF OHIO, BUT IN. THE EAST THE WEATHER IS A. WELCOME SIGHT. THE WEATHER REELING FROM A. HISTORIC DROUGHT IN NEW YORK, HUNDREDS OF BRUSHFIRES INCLUDING. THE JENNINGS CREEK FIRE THAT. TORCHED 500 ACRES IN NEW JERSEY. AND NEW YORK. >> THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR IT, FOR ALMOST THREE MONTH NOUS. WITHOUT ANY STEADY RAIN.

>> Reporter: A PROCESSION OF. STORMS SIEGING COAST TO COAST. BRINGING RELIEF, WORRY OR WOE. DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE. >> Reporter: AND RIGHT NOW, THIS. IS WHERE THE WORRY IS. ALL OF THIS NON-STOP RAIN HAS. THE POTENTIAL TO SWELL RIVERS. WHICH CAN SPARK FLASH FLOODING, EASILY OVERWHELMING ROADS AND. EVEN COMMUNITIES. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT. STEVE PATTERSON, THANK YOU. >>> A MAJOR TWIST IN THE CASE. THAT ONCE CAPTIVATED THE. COUNTRY. ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT CLAIMING. HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A HATE.

CRIME AND THEN CONVICTED OF. MAKING IT ALL UP. LAURA JARRETT WITH THE STUNNING. RULING TODAY OVERTURNING THAT. CONVICTION. >> THE CONVICTION OF ACTOR. JUSSIE SMOLLETT TOSSED OUT. TODAY, NEARLY FIVE YEARS AFTER A. JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF FALSELY. REPORTING HE'D BEEN THE VICTIM. OF A HATE CRIME. THEY WERE WRONGLY PROSECUTING. THE SERIES STAR "EMPIRE" IN 2021. AFTER PEOPLE DROPPED CHARGES.

>> IF THIS WAS A REGULAR JOE. DOWN STREET THIS CASE COULD. NEVER HAVE GONE TO TRIAL. >> SMOLLETT SAYING TWO MEN. BRUTALLY ATTACKED HIM IN. DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, YELLING. HOMOPHOBIC SLURS AND TYING A. NOOSE AROUND HIS NECK PROMPTED. WIDESPREAD SYMPATHY AND POLICE. ARRESTED TWO BROTHERS WHO SAID. SMOLLETT PAID THEM. >> HE DID THIS ALL IN THE NAME. OF SELF-PROMOTION.

SMOLLETT MAINTAINED HE WASN'T. LYING. >> I WOULD NOT BE MY MOTHER'S. SON IF I WAS CAPABLE OF ONE DROP. OF WHAT I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF. >> THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS OFFICE. SOON DROPPED THE CHARGES WITH A. NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT AND. COMMUNITY SERVICE. KIM FOX WHO LEADS THAT OFFICE, BUT RECUSED HERSELF WAS. CRITICIZED AT THE TIME, BUT SAYS. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, THE. APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL. PROSECUTOR AND FRESH INDICTMENT. HELPED LEAD TO SMOLLETT'S. CONVICTION AND SENTENCE OF 30. MONTHS' PROBATION WAS CLEARLY. WRONG. >> THE POLITICS AND THE SNOWBALL.

OF THIS CASE, I THINK, HAD. PEOPLE TAKING POSITIONS THAT. WERE REALLY UP ENDING CRIMINAL. JUSTICE LAW AS WE KNOW IT. >> THE COURT TODAY NOT WEIGHING. THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM, BUT. UNANIMOUS IT WOULD BE. FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR. THE CHARGES NOW DISMISSED ONCE. AND FOR ALL. LAURA JARET, THBS NEWS. >>> RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR.

PUTIN ANNOUNCING IT HAS FIRED A. NEW MISSILE TO UKRAINE AND THIS. SEEMS TO BE IN RESPONSE TO AN. AMERICAN MOVE. >> Reporter: LESTER, THIS WAS A. MEDIUM-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE. DESCRIBED AS EXPERIMENTAL. CAPABLE OF TRAVELING AT FAST. SPEEDS OVER LONG DISTANCES. IN UKRAINE, PICTURES SHOW BRIGHT. FLASHES IN THE SKY. PUTIN ON TELEVISION SAYING IT'S. IN RESPONSE TO THE U.S. AUTHORIZING THE FIRING OF. LONG-RANGE ROCKETS INTO RUSSIA. BY UKRAINE. WHILE THE PENTAGON SAYS IT WAS.

NOTIFIED BRIEFLY IN ADVANCE. IT WAS NOT CARRYINGING A NUCLEAR. WARHEAD, BUT IT IS NUCLEAR. CAPABLE AND RUSSIA RESERVES THE. RIGHT PROVIDING UKRAINE WITH. WEAPONS INSIDE. THAT'S THREATENING MESSAGES, THANK YOU? >> TONIGHT, THE INTERNATIONAL. CRIMINAL COURT WITH THE FORMER. DEFENSE MINISTER AND THE. MILITARY CHIEF OF HAMAS CHARGING.

THEM WITH CRIMES AGAINST. HUMANITY. RAF SANCHEZ JOINS US. RAF, WHAT DO THE COURTS SAY? >> Reporter: LESTER, THE COURT. SAYS THERE ARE REASONABLE. GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT. NETANYAHU AND HIS DEFENSE. MINISTER USED STARVATION AS A. WEAPON OF WAR BY BLOCKING. HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA. NETANYAHU STRONGLY DENIES THAT. SAYING THE COURT'S RULING. UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY'S FIGHT. AGAINST TERRORISM AND BOTH THE. WHITE HOUSE AND THE INCOMING. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION UNITING IN. CONDEMNING THE DECISION.

NETANYAHU THOUGH, A WORLD LEADER. NOW WANTED FOR WAR CRIMES AND. WHILE HE'S UNLIKELY TO FACE. IMMINENT ARREST, HE COULD BE. ARRESTED IF HE STEPS FOOT IN ANY. COUNTRY THAT'S A MEMBER OF THE. COURT INCLUDING THE UK, FRANCE. AND CANADA. >> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK YOU. >> IN 60 SECOND, FOUND ALIVE. THE MAN WHO FAKED HI.

>>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE. OF A WISCONSIN FATHER OF THREE. WHO ALLEGEDLY FAKED HIS DEATH. WHILE KAYAKING AND THEN FLED THE. COUNTRY. AUTHORITIES SAY RYAN BOGWART. SENT THEM A VIDEO AND SAID HE. WAS SAFE, BUT WOULDN'T GIVE HIS. LOCATION. THEY SAY HE ALSO REVEALED HOW HE. DID IT INVOLVING AN INFLATABLE. BOAT, A 70-MILE TRIP ON AN. E-BIKE D BUSSES TO CONDITION. DA TO CATCH A TRAIN AND HE IS. BELIEVED TO BE IN EASTERN.

EUROPE. >>> IT'S ONE OF THE MOST. UNSOLVED CASES IN AMERICAN. HISTORY. A NEW DOCUMENTARY SHINING LIGHT. ON THE MURDER OF JOHN JONBENET. RAMSEY AND HER FATHER HOPING THE. KILLER CAN BE CAUGHT. >> Reporter: NEARLY THREE. DECADES OF A THE BODY OF HIS. 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS FOUND IN. THE BASEMENT OF THE FAMILY'S. COLORADO HOME, JOHN RAMSEY, THE. FATHER OF MURDERED JONBENET.

TELLING SAVANNAH GUTHRIE HE. BELIEVES THE KILLER WILL BE. BROUGHT TO JUSTIS. >> YOU STILL BELIEVE THIS CAN BE. SOLVED? >> BELIEVE IT CAN BE SOLVED IF. THE POLICE ACCEPT HELP FROM. OUTSIDE THEIR SYSTEM. THAT'S BEEN THE FLAW FOR 25. YEARS. >> Reporter: THE MURDER MYSTERY. THAT FIRST CAPTIVATED THE NATION. 25 YEARS AGO AND THE CONSPIRACY. THEORIES THAT HAVE HAUNTED THE. FAMILY EVER SINCE. >> I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE INSIDE. THE SYSTEM TO GET THIS MESSAGE.

TO YOU. THEY BELIEVE YOU KILLED YOUR. DAUGHTER. >> Reporter: ARE NOW THE FOCUS. OF A THREE-PART NETFLIX. DOCUSERIES WHICH RAISES NEW. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE. INVESTIGATION. >> SOME PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT'S. EVER GOING TO BE SOLVED. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE RAMSEY. FAMILY TELLS NBC NEWS THEY WANT. THE BOULDER POLICE TO BRING. OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO TEST KEY. EVIDENCE USING NEW TECHNOLOGY. IN A STATEMENT, THE BOULDER. POLICE SAYS IT'S COMMITTED TO. FOLLOWING UP ON EVERY LEAD AND. CONTINUES TO WORK WITH DNA. EXPERTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. PARTNERS UNTIL THIS CASE IS.

SOLVED. >> TODAY, FINDING THE KILLER IS. NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY LIFE. I LOST JONBENET. IT'S NOT GOING TO BRING JONBENET. BACK AND I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE. THIS CHAPTER. >> WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. >>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WILL. FLY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT NOT.

EVERYONE WILL ARRIVE WITH THEIR. LUGGAGE. CHRIS KIMURA OF OUR NBC BAY AREA. STATION HAS ONE FRUSTRATED. FLYER'S STORY AND THE NEW. PARTNERSHIP WITH APPLE TO HELP. FIND THAT LOST BAG. >> FOR DAN ADAMS, IT WAS. SUPPOSED TO BE. >> THE VACATION OF A LIFETIME. >> BUT HIS FIRST STOP IN. BARCELONA WAS UNPLANNED. THE UNITED AIRLINES' BAGGAGE. OFFICE. >> FIRST BAG CAME OUT, SECOND. BAG CAME OUT, THIRD BAG CAME OUT. AND THE FOURTH ONE DIDN'T. >> Reporter: LOCATING THAT. FOURTH BAG WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

EASY. A $20 TO $30 BATTERY-POWERED. WI-FI TRACKER THAT TRANSMITS ITS. LOCATION TO THE SMARTPHONE. DAN'S AIR TAG SHOWED THE MISSING. BAG WAS NEAR TERM SO HE TOLD THE. UNITED AGENT WHO WENT LOOKING. SHE CAME BACK AND SAID NO SIGN. OF YOUR BAG. PROBABLY SOMEBODY TOOK IT. I SAID NOBODY TOOK IT THE AIR. BAG LOOKS LIKE IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT WAS FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY. FROM BARCELONA. >> Reporter: IT STOPPED AT AN.

APARTMENT 30 MILES OUTSIDE OF. BARCELONA. IT DECLINED TO DISCUSS SPECIFICS. AND IT'S INVESTIGATING AND. WORKING WITH LOCAL LAW. ENFORCEMENT. >> Reporter: IN, YEAR UNITED AND. 14 OTHER CARRIERS WILL BEGIN. INTEGRATING AIR TAG DATA INTO. THEIR TRACKING SYSTEMS UNDER A A. NEWLY ANNOUNCED DEAL WITH APPLE. >> WE ARE SEEING LESS BAGS. MISHANDLED. >> Reporter: THE LATEST REPORT. CARD FROM AUGUST SHOWS U.S. AIRLINES COLLECTED 41 MILLION. BAGS AND SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED.

MORE THAN 99% OF THEM ON TIME. KATIE NASTR ORECK MENDS SNAPPING. PHOTOS OF YOUR BAG ANY TIME YOU. CHECK IT. >> IF YOU HAVE PICTURES TO SORT. OF GO BACK TO, IT CAN BE EASIER. TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE. GETTING THE VALUE OF YOUR. CONTENTS BACK. >> AS FOR DAN, UNITED DECLARED. HIS BAG MISSING FOR GOOD AND. PAID HIM FOR.