NBC Nightly News Full Episode (November 17th)

>>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT. TRUMP GEARING UP TO GET HIS. CABINET PICKS CONFIRMED WITH. NEW REPORTING ABOUT SEXUAL. ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ONE. OF THEM, HIS PICK TO LEAD THE. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

ACKNOWLEDGING PAYING A WOMAN. WHO ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL. ASSAULT TO STAY SILENT, WHY. PETE HEGSETH'S LAWYER SAID HE'S. INNOCENT, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT. THE ACCUSATION AGAINST HIM. ASKED SOME LAWMAKERS RAMP UP. CALLS TO RELEASE A REPORT INTO. ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL PICK. A BIG 180 ON U.S. POLICY, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL LET. UKRAINE STRIKE INSIDE RUSSIA, WITH LONG-RANGE MISSILES. SUPPLIED BY AMERICA, WHAT THAT. COULD MEAN FOR A LARGER. CONFLICT. AND TONIGHT, A SMALL PLANE. CRASHING INTO THE PACKED. PARKING LOT OF A RACETRACK IN. CALIFORNIA, YOU CAN SEE IT. SMASHED BETWEEN THE RV. HOW EVERYONE ON BOARD.

MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED.>>> AND. MYSTERY IN DALLAS, WHO FIRED AT. A COCKPIT OF A SOUTHWEST PLANE. FULL OF PASSENGERS, THE SEARCH. FOR THE SHOOTER AS PEOPLE. ONBOARD SHARE THEIR STORIES.>> THAT IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE. THAT IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE. CHAINS. >>> AND POLICE INVESTIGATING. WHETHER BREAK-INS AT THE HOUSES. OF NBA PLAYERS COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE ROBBERIES AT.

A DEADLY E. COLI OUTBREAK IN CARROTS AT SUPERMARKET CHAINS.

WRONG BUT IT IS RAISING. QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER HE. COULD BE SUCCESSFULLY CONFIRMED. AS DEFENSE SECRETARY.>>. Reporter: PRESIDENT-ELECT. DONALD TRUMP AT A UFC FIGHT. OVER THE WEEKEND, WHILE.

PREPARING FOR HIS OWN BATTLE AS. CONTROVERSY GROWS OVER TWO OF. HIS TOP CABINET PICKS. NEW REVELATIONS TONIGHT THAT. MR. TRUMP'S CHOICE FOR DEFENSE. SECRETARY, PETE HEGSETH PAID A. WOMAN WHO ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL. ASSAULT AND HAD HER SIGN A. NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT. HIS ATTORNEY SAYING HIS CLIENT. IS COMPLETELY INNOCENT OF WHAT. HE CALLS A CONSENSUAL. ENCOUNTER. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTING. THE WOMAN'S FRIEND SENT A MEMO. WHICH NBC NEWS HAS NOT SEEN TO. THE TRUMP TEAM THIS WEEK.

ALLEGING PETE HEGSETH RAPED. THE STAFFER IN HIS ROOM AFTER. DRINKING AT A HOTEL BAR. POLICE CONFIRMED THEY. INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT WHEN. A WOMAN FILED THE COMPLAINT, THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY DID. THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY DID. NOT BRING CHARGES.>> WE WILL. FIGURE OUT IF HE CAN GET. CONFIRMED OR NOT, AND I DO. THINK HE IS A GOOD PICK FOR. THIS POSITION.>> Reporter: MATT. GAETZ IS RAISING MORE ALARMS,

LAWMAKERS CALLING FOR THE HOUSE. ETHICS COMMITTEE TO RELEASE ITS. REPORT OF A SINCE CLOSED PROBE. INTO ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL. MISCONDUCT AND ILLICIT DRUG USE. THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN DENIES. HOUSE SPEAKER, MIKE JOHNSON. INSISTS THE REPORT SHOULD STAY. SEALED. >> THEY WILL HAVE A RIGOROUS. REVIEW AND VETTING PROCESS IN. THE SENATE AND THEY DON'T NEED. TO RELY UPON A REPORT OR DRAFT. REPORT.>> Reporter: SOURCES. FAMILIAR SAY MR. TRUMP IS. CONSIDERING HIS TRANSITION TEAM. COCHAIR AND HIS ECONOMIC. ADVISER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY. ELON MUSK PUTTING HIS FINGER ON.

THE SCALE, WRITING, HOWARD LET. NICK WILL ENACT CHANGE. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S LATEST. PICK COMING SATURDAY, TAPPING FRACKING COMPANY CEO, CHRIS. FRACKING COMPANY CEO, CHRIS. WRIGHT AS SECRETARY. IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN TWO WEEKS. SINCE THE ELECTION AND.

PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP HAS. ALREADY ANNOUNCED PICKS FOR. MORE THAN HALF OF HIS CABINET. WITH JUST SIX TOP POSITIONS. REMAINING TO BE NAMED.>> AND A. BIG REVERSAL, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL LET UKRAINE USE LONG-RANGE. WILL LET UKRAINE USE LONG-RANGE. MISSILES SUPPLIED BY THE U.S. TO HIT INSIDE RUSSIA, UNTIL. NOW, THE PRESIDENT HAD RESISTED. THIS POSITION, CONCERNED IT.

COULD ESCALATE THE WAR IN. UKRAINE INTO SOMETHING EVEN. LARGER. KELLY O'DONNELL IS TRAVELING. WITH THE PRESIDENT IN BRAZIL, THIS MOVE COMING AS HE ONLY HAS. A COUPLE MONTHS LEFT IN OFFICE, SEEMS TO SEND A MESSAGE.>>. Reporter: EXACTLY, GOOD. EVENING, THIS IS A NOTABLE. SHIFT IN POLICY, TWO U.S. OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THAT. BIDEN IS GETTING UKRAINE THE. GREEN LIGHT TO USE AMERICAN-. MADE LONG-RANGE WEAPONS INSIDE. RUSSIA. UNTIL NOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD. RESTRICTED THE USE OF AMERICAN-. MADE WEAPONS TO THE UKRAINIAN. BATTLEFIELD TO PREVENT A BIGGER. WAR, BUT THE PRESIDENT IS. ALARMED BY NORTH KOREA SENDING. THOUSANDS OF ITS OWN SOLDIERS.

TO HELP RUSSIA, AND GIVEN THE. SENSITIVITY OF THIS CHANGE IN. MILITARY OPERATIONS, THE WHITE. HOUSE AND THE PENTAGON ARE NOT. COMMENTING ON THIS.>> THIS IS. ALMOST CERTAIN TO COME UP WHERE. YOU ARE IN SOUTH AMERICA AS THE. PRESIDENT GOES TO THE LAST. INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT OF HIS. PRESIDENCY.>> Reporter: THAT IS. RIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAME. THE FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT TO. TOUR THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST IN. BRAZIL, SO MAKING HISTORY. BEFORE HE JOINS THE OTHER. LEADERS OF THE G20 SUMMIT WHERE.

THEY WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE. STABILITY OF RELATIONS WITH.

PATRICK MAHOMES AND LAST WEEK WH. TO FIGHT THE FIRE. THE DANGER IS FAR FROM OVER.>>. IT IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT IS. OVER.>> GEORGE, IT SOUNDS LIKE. FIREFIGHTERS MAY FINALLY CATCH. A BREAK LATER ON THIS WEEK.>>. Reporter: RAIN IS IN THE. FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK, ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER INCH UP. TO HALF AN INCH, THAT WILL BE.