NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 22

>>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE STUNNING REVELATION THAT. THE ENTIRE EAST WING OF THE. WHITE HOUSE SET TO BE. DEMOLISHED WITHIN DAYS. ALL PART OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. EXTENSIVE BALLROOM PROJECT. THE WALLS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. RIPPED OPEN TODAY. MASSIVE MACHINERY CARRIED. INTO THE EAST WING. THE NEW REPORT ON HOW. EXPANSIVE THE PRESIDENT'S. PLAN IS. >>> DEADLY NEW U.S. MILITARY.

STRIKE. ANOTHER ALLEGED DRUG BOAT. HIT, KILLING TWO. THIS TIME IN THE PACIFIC. WHAT THE PRESIDENT JUST SAID. ABOUT ATTACKS ON LAND. >>> RUSSIA'S NEW ATTACKS ON. UKRAINE STRIKING A. KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM. KIDS RUSHED FROM THE BLAST. TOYS AND TINY CHAIRS. SCATTERED EVERYWHERE. THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. TARGETING RUSSIA'S TWO. LARGEST OIL COMPANIES WITH. SANCTIONS. KEIR SIMMONS ON THE GROUND IN. MOSCOW. >>> THE NEW HURRICANE THREAT.

TROPICAL STORM MELISSA. DRENCHING THE CARIBBEAN AND. GROWING STRONGER. WHY THE MODELS OF ITS PATH. ARE SO CONFUSING. >>> A PLANE SMASHING INTO THE. MIDDLE OF A CROWDED SOCCER. FIELD. A WOMAN ON THE GROUND HIT. >>> AND THE VIDEO JUST IN OF. ANOTHER DEADLY SMALL PLANE. CRASH. WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >>> THE LOUVRE BACK OPEN AS. AUTHORITIES RACE TO FIND THE. STOLEN JEWELS. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. SECURITY CAMERA OUTSIDE THE. GALLERY. WHY IT WAS FACING THE WRONG. WAY. >>> AMAZON'S ROBOT.

REVOLUTION. WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THEIR. LAB WHERE AI IS GROWING AND. THE NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMAN. EMPLOYEES. >>> THE DRAMATIC RESCUE. A TRUCK DANGLING OFF AN. OVERPASS. THE RACE TO SAVE THE DRIVER. >>> MEDICAL MARVEL. A PARKINSON'S PATIENT PLAYING. THE CLARINET DURING BRAIN. SURGERY. HOW IT HELPED HER DOCTORS. >>> AND MICHAEL JORDAN. OPENING UP IN A REVEALING NEW. INTERVIEW. WHY HE DIDN'T TOUCH A. BASKETBALL FOR YEARS. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTING RIGHT. NOW. BASKETBALL FOR YEARS. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT. NOW.

>>> AND GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING JUST. HOW DRAMATIC AND EXPANSIVE. THE PRESIDENT'S WHITE HOUSE. BALLROOM PROJECT REALLY IS. NEW PICTURES SHOW THE EXTENT. OF THE DEMOLITION. YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. CARRIED INTO THE HISTORIC. EAST WING BUILDING TONIGHT. AND NOW NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED. THE ENTIRE EAST WING WILL. COME DOWN IN A MATTER OF. DAYS. THAT ACCORDING TO TWO WHITE. HOUSE OFFICIALS. IT IS A MAJOR SHIFT FROM WHAT. THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS.

SUMMER WHEN HE PROMISED THE. NEW BALLROOM WOULDN'T TOUCH. THE EXISTING EAST WING. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHOWING RENDERINGS OF WHAT. THIS NEW SPACE MAY LOOK LIKE. AND TAKE A LOOK. IT'S ALMOST BIGGER THAN THE. WHITE HOUSE ITSELF. A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGED THE. PROCESS IS FLUID AND SAID THE. DEMOLITION IS PART OF PLANS. FOR THE EAST WING TO BE QUOTE. MODERNIZED AND REBUILT. BUT CRITICS SAY THE. ADMINISTRATION IS TEARING. DOWN HISTORY. WE BEGIN WITH GABE GUTIERREZ. AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, NBC. NEWS LEARNING THE ENTIRE EAST. WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE WILL. BE DEMOLISHED WITHIN DAYS. ACCORDING TO TWO TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AS. THE PRESIDENT BUILDS A NEW. BALLROOM PAID FOR BY HIMSELF. AND PRIVATE DONORS. AMONG THEM, COMCAST, NBC'S. PARENT COMPANY. >> THIS IS PLAN. IT'S GOT TABLES SO YOU HONOR. A FOREIGN LEADER, WE HAVE A. PROPER SPACE. AN INTERIOR SHOT OF THE. BALLROOM.

I THINK THERE WILL BE NOTHING. LIKE IT. >> Reporter: LATE TODAY, THE. PRESIDENT SHOWING OFF. RENDERINGS OF THE MASSIVE. STRUCTURE WHICH HE SAYS IS. EXPECTED TO COST AROUND $300. MILLION. >> OVER THE YEARS, MANY. PRESIDENTS HAVE MADE CHANGES. THIS OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE THE. BIGGEST CHANGE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THEY. WANTED FOR AT LEAST 150. YEARS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. WHITE HOUSE IS FACING. BACKLASH. THE NON-PROFIT CREATED BY. CONGRESS TO HELP PRESERVE.

BUILDINGS WARNING THE. BALLROOM WILL OVERWHELM THE. WHITE HOUSE ITSELF, WHICH IS. ONLY ABOUT 55,000 SQUARE. FEET. DESPITE THE PRESIDENT. PROMISING THIS IN JULY. >> IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH. THE CURRENT BUILDING. IT WILL BE NEAR IT, BUT NOT. TOUCHING IT. >> Reporter: A WHITE HOUSE. OFFICIAL NOW SAYS THE SCOPE. AND THE SIZE OF THE BALLROOM. PROJECT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN. SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROCESS. DEVELOPS. DEMOCRATS ARE BLASTING THE. PLAN. >> HIS PERSONAL WHIM AND IT. IS SORT OF EMBLEMATIC OF THE. AUTHORITARIAN, TYRANNICAL.

APPROACH THAT THIS PRESIDENT. TAKES TO POWER. >> ALL RIGHT, GABE JOINS US. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. I KNOW YOU'VE ASKED TO SEE. WHAT IS HAPPENING. WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? >> A SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. OFFICIAL SAYS THE. ADMINISTRATION EXPECTS TO. TAKE REPORTS OF THE SITE SOON. ONCE DEMOLITION IS COMPLETE. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR, HAS TOLD. STAFF NOT TO SHARE PHOTOS OF. THE EAST WING BECAUSE THEY. COULD REVEAL SENSITIVE ITEMS.

>>> THERE WAS A NEW U.S. STRIKE ON WHAT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAYS IS. ANOTHER BOAT TRYING TO. SMUGGLE DRUGS INTO THE U.S. AND NOW THE PRESIDENT IS. WARNING STRIKES AGAINST THE. CARTELS ON LAND COULD BE. COMING SOON. HERE'S COURTNEY CUBE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS. VIDEO SHOWING ANOTHER DEADLY. U.S. MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST. A BOAT ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING. DRUGS TO THE U.S. KILLING TWO NARCO TERRORISTS. ON BOARD ACCORDING TO PETE. HEGSETH. POSTING THE STRIKE WAS IN. INTERNATIONAL WATERS BUT FOR. THE FIRST TIME, THE BOAT WAS. TRAVELING IN THE EASTERN.

PACIFIC RATHER THAN THE. CARIBBEAN SEA. PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT. SUGGESTING HE'LL SOON ORDER. STRIKES ON CARTELS SMUGGLING. DRUGS BY LAND, TOO. >> SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS IS. GOING TO HAPPEN. THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT'S. HAPPENING BY SEA AND WE'RE. GOING TO CONGRESS JUST TO. TELL THEM WHAT THEY'RE DOING. JUST TO KEEP THEM INFORMED. THEY HAVE TO DO IT FOR. NATIONAL SECURITY. WE HAVE TO DO IT TO SAVE. LIVES. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE. EIGHTH STRIKE THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED. AGAINST ALLEGED DRUG BOATS. SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER, KILLING AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE. TWO MEN SURVIVED A U.S. AIR.

STRIKE ON THEIR. SEMISUBMERSIBLE BOAT LAST. WEEK. THE US NAVY PLUCKING THEM. FROM THE WATER AND. TRANSFERRING THEM TO COLOMBIA. AND ECUADOR. BUT TONIGHT, A U.S. OFFICIAL. SAYS ECUADOR HAS ALREADY. RELEASED A MAN TRANSFERRED TO. THEIR CUSTODY. SOME LAWMAKERS HAVE. QUESTIONED THE LEGALITY OF. THE STRIKE, BUT PRESIDENT. TRUMP AGAIN TONIGHT DEFENDING. HIS EFFORT AGAINST CARTELS. >> YOU REALIZE THAT EVERY. TIME YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN, YOU'RE SAVING 25,000 AMERICAN. LIVES. EVERY ONE OF THOSE BOATS THAT. GETS KNOCKED OUT IS SAVING.

25,000 AMERICAN LIVES. NOT TO MENTION THE TORN UP. FAMILIES ALL OVER THE. COUNTRY. >> COURTNEY JOINS US NOW. LIVE. LET'S GO BACK TO THOSE TWO. SURVIVES IN ONE OF THOSE. STRIKES. DO WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO. THEM? >> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SAYS IT PROVIDED INFORMATION. TO SHOW THESE MEN WERE. TRAFFICKING DRUGS. WHILE. ECUADOR RELEASED THE. OTHER. TOM? >> OKAY, COURTNEY, THANK YOU. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON. RUSSIA TO MAKE A PEACE.

DEAL IN UKRAINE, UNLEASHING NEW. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA'S. TWO LARGEST OIL. COMPANIES SAYING THEY. ARE FUNDING RUSSIA'S. WAR MACHINE. KEIR SIMMONS IS IN. RUSSIA TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION RAMPING. UP PRESSURE ON END TO. END ITS WAR IN. UKRAINE. >> I JUST THOUGHT IT. WAS TIME. LOOK, THESE ARE. TREMENDOUS SANCTIONS. THESE ARE VERY BIG. AGAINST THEIR TWO BIG. OIL COMPANIES, AND WE. HOPE THAT THEY WON'T. BE ON FOR LONG. >> Reporter: NEW. SANCTIONS HITTING. RUSSIA'S TWO LARGEST. OIL COMPANIES IN. RESPONSE THE TREASURY.

DEPARTMENT SAYS TO. RUSSIA'S, QUOTE, LACK. OF SERIOUS COMMITMENT. TO A PEACE PROCESS. IT COMES AFTER NEW. RUSSIAN AIR STRIKES, FIREFIGHTERS CARRYING. CHILDREN FROM THE. RUBBLE AFTER UKRAINIAN. OFFICIALS SAY A. KINDERGARTEN WAS HIT. WHILE RUSSIA'S. PRESIDENT PUTIN TODAY. OVERSEEING A NUCLEAR. EXERCISE. AS ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS TELL NBC. NEWS, A TENSE CALL. BETWEEN SECRETARY OF. STATE MARCO RUBIO AND. RUSSIA'S FOREIGN. MINISTER ENDED AFTER. MOSCOW SAID FIGHTING. WILL CONTINUE UNTIL IT.

GETS CONCESSIONS FROM. UKRAINE. >> FOR TRUMP, A. PRIMARY GOAL IS TO. STOP THE WAR. >> AND THE KREMLIN. THINKS? >> THE KREMLIN THINKS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. BECAUSE THIS IS IN. FAVOR OF UKRAINE. >> Reporter: UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. HAS BEEN CALLING ON. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TO PUT. MORE PRESSURE ON. PRESIDENT PUTIN. TONIGHT THESE NEW. SANCTIONS ARE AIMED. DIRECTLY AT THE AT THE. KREMLIN'S WAR ECONOMY. TOM?

>>> NOW TO NEW HURRICANE. THREAT. TROPICAL STORM MELISSA. GROWING, THREATENING THE. CARIBBEAN AND EAST COAST. THE STORM IS BARELY MOVING. THAT'S A BIG CONCERN? >> HUGE CONCERN WITH. RAINFALL. THIS LOOKS LIKE OUR MOST. DANGEROUS THREAT OF THE. HURRICANE SEASON. NOW JUST SOUTH OF HAITI, IT'S. GOING THROUGH A SLOW CRAWL. NEAR JAMAICA. SOME OF THE WARMEST WATER ON. THE PLANET. THAT'S THE HIGH OCTANE FUEL. FOR THIS STORM.

THAT'S WHY WE THINK IT'S. GOING TO GET TO AT LEAST A. CATEGORY 4. WINDS TO A CATEGORY 5 NEAR. JAMAICA BY THE END OF THE. WEEKEND. >> THE TRACK IS CONFUSING. EXPLAIN WHY. >> THE WIND IS WHAT STEERS. THESE STORMS. THE WIND IS VERY, VERY LIGHT, ALOFT LIKE WHERE THE JETS. FLY. THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE A. SAILBOAT WITHOUT SAILS OVER. THE OCEAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE. DAYS. IT'S NOT UNTIL NEXT WEEK THAT. WE SEE THAT NORTHEAST TURN. THEN IT HEADS TOWARDS CUBA OR.

HAITI. >> GOING TO BE SOME TIME. UNTIL WE KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> NOW TO THE NEW CLASHES. INVOLVING IMMIGRATION. OFFICERS AND THE NEW DETAILS. ABOUT A SHOOTING THAT LEFT. TWO INJURED. HERE'S MORGAN CHESKY. >> I'M NOT GOING NOTHING. >> Reporter: SHOUTS AND. CONFUSION DURING AN I.C.E. RAID ON CANAL STREET. TONIGHT, THE DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY RESPONDING. AFTER THE OPERATION PROMPTED. BACKLASH FROM DEMOCRATIC. OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK. >> NONE OF IS THIS ABOUT.

PUBLIC SAFETY. IT IS ABOUT FEAR AND CHAOS. >> Reporter: DHS SAYING THIS. WAS A TARGETING RAID. RESULTING IN NINE ARRESTS OF. SUSPECTS IN THE COUNTRY. ILLEGALLY WITH HISTORIES. INCLUDING ROBBERY, ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND DRUG. TRAFFICKING. >> WE ARRESTED CRIMINALLY. ILLEGAL ALIENS WITH HORRIBLE. RAP SHEETS. IF THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THEY. WANT TO PROTECT, I DON'T. THINK SO. >> Reporter: AND NEW DETAILS. ON THIS OPERATION THAT ENDED. IN GUNFIRE IN L.A.'S POPULAR. FASHION DISTRICT. THIS VIDEO SHOWS OFFICERS. ARRESTING CARLITO PEDIAS WHO.

DOCUMENTS I.C.E. ACTIVITY ON. TIKTOK. PROSECUTORS SAY WHEN FEDERAL. OFFICERS TRIED TO SERVE AN. IMMIGRATION ARREST WARRANT ON. HIM, HE RAMMED OFFICERS'. VEHICLES. HIS SPINNING TIRES CREATING. SMOKE. WUNL AGENT FIRED HIS HANDGUN, WOUNDING BOTH THE MAN AND A. DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL HIT BY A. RICOCHET. >> ALMOST DAILY, WE HAVE TWO. TO THREE OF THESE RAMMING. INCIDENTS WHICH IS DEADLY. FORCE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HE SAYS.

HE IS DESCRIBED AS A PILLAR. OF THE VERY COMMUNITY HE WAS. ARRESTED IN. >> A LOT OF MEMBERS IN THAT. COMMUNITY, THEY DEPEND ON HIM. FOR KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHAT'S. GOING ON AROUND HIM. >> MORGAN JOINS US LIVE. I KNOW REPORTERS HAVE JUST. BROKEN A STORY ABOUT RECRUITS. TRYING TO JOIN I.C.E. RAIDS? >> YEAH, TOM, IN THE RUSH TO. HIRE THESE NEW OFFICERS, ONE. CURRENT AND TWO FORMER DHS. OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THAT. RECRUITS WERE GOING INTO. TRAINING BEFORE THEY'VE. COMPLETED THE AGENCY'S. VETTING PROCESS.

JUST SAYS MOST RECRUITS HAVE. FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT. TRAINING AND HAVE BEEN. THROUGH OTHER TRAINING AS. WELL. TOM? >> MORE OF THAT REPORTING ON. OUR WEBSITE. WE THANK YOU. >>> WE STAY OUT WEST. FRIGHTENING MOMENTS WHEN THE. PLANE CRASHED ON TO A SOCCER. FIELD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ONE WOMAN ON THE GROUND HIT. >> Reporter: A TERRIFYING. INCIDENT IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. THIS SMALL PLANE MAKING AN. EMERGENCY LANDING AT A. POPULAR PARK IN LONG BEACH. INJURING A WOMAN ON THE. GROUND AS IT CAME CRASHING.

DOWN. >> LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT. SOMEONE ON THE STRETCHER AND. THERE'S EMERGENCY SERVICES. HAVE RESPONDED. >> Reporter: THE FIRE. DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PILOT. SURVIVED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL. THIS WOMAN WHO WAS INJURED, 42-YEAR-OLD TIFFANY HARRISON. A FAMILY FRIEND TELLING NBC. NEWS SHE IS DEAF AND WAS. WALKING HER DOG WHEN PART OF. THE PLANE HIT HER FROM. BEHIND. >> HER MOTHER TOLD ME. DEFINITELY A BROKEN PELVIS. AND THREE BROKEN VERTEBRAE IN.

THE SPINE. >> Reporter: DATA SHOWS THIS. FLIGHT ORIGINATED EAST OF. L.A. AND WAS ON ITS WAY TO. THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT WHEN. IT LANDED HERE. NEIGHBORS SAY THIS IS OFTEN A. BUSY PARK FILLED WITH. CHILDREN PLAYING SOCCER. IN VENEZUELA, THIS HORRIFIC. CRASH. A SMALL PLANE JUST AFTER. TAKEOFF. AUTHORITIES THERE SAY TWO. CREW MEMBERS DIED ON BOARD. HERE AT HOME, TWO OTHER. AIRCRAFTS WERE FORCED TO MAKE. EMERGENCY LANDINGS TUESDAY. OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS, THIS PLANE. LANDED ON AN INTERSTATE AFTER.

REPORTING ENGINE ISSUES AND. IN SAN DIEGO, A PILOT. DIVERTED TO THE BEACH AFTER. HIS ENGINE BEGAN TO FAIL. >> LANDED ON THE BEACH. >> Reporter: FORTUNATELY, NO. ONE WAS INJURED IN WHAT WAS A. SERIES OF NEAR DISASTERS. ACROSS THE WEST. NBC NEWS, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. >>> TO PARIS NOW. THE LOUVRE REOPENING FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE THE MASSIVE. JEWEL HEIST. A HEIST WE KNOW NOW WORTH. $102 MILLION. RAF SANCHEZ IS IN PARIS LIVE.

FOR US. WE LEARNED NEW DETAILS ABOUT. THE SECURITY LAPSES THERE AND. A CERTAIN CAMERA? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM. THE DIRECTOR AT THE OUVRE. APPEARED IN FRONT OF A FRENCH. SENATE COMMITTEE AND. ACKNOWLEDGED FAILINGS ON HER. PART. SHE SAID THE ONLY SECURITY. CAMERA OUTSIDE THE APOLLO. GALLERY WAS FACING THE. OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE. BALCONY THE THIEVES USE TODAY. BREAK IN. SO NO ONE SAW THE GANG. CLIMBING UP THAT LADDER TRUCK. UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

SHE ALSO SAID THE MUSEUM'S. INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO OLD IT'S. DIFFICULT TO INSTALL MODERN. SECURITY SYSTEMS AND THAT SHE. OFFERED HER RESIGNATION TO. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT BUT. THAT IT WASN'T ACCEPTED. TOM? >> A LOT OF NEW REPORTING. WE THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE RETURN, THE. FUTURE OF AMAZON. WE GO INSIDE THE ROBOT LAB. HOW AI IS DRAMATICALLY. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH A LOOK AT.

AMAZON'S NEW ROBOT WORKFORCE. THE COMPANY SAYS THEY ARE THE. FUTURE BUT ALSO THAT HUMAN. WORKERS WON'T BE LEFT BEHIND. VICKY NGUYEN REPORTS FROM. INSIDE AMAZON'S INNOVATION. LAB. >> Reporter: AMAZON BELIEVES. THAT ROBOTS LIKE THESE ARE. THE FUTURE AT THIS FACILITY. OUTSIDE BOSTON, WE SAW HOW. THEY CAN LIFT, SCAN, AND. PLACE PRODUCTS. THE KIND OF WORK AARON MARTIN. USED TO DO. >> IT WILL SUCTION ON TO THE. BOX TO PICK IT UP THEN PLACE.

IT IN IT NEEDS TO GO. >> Reporter: IS THIS ROBOT. DOING WORK THAT HUMANS USED. TO DO? >> SIMILAR, YES. IT'S JUST THIS COULD RUN. 24/7. >> Reporter: FOUR YEARS AGO, HE WAS STOCKING BINS IN AN. AMAZON WAREHOUSE. >> I USED TO SELL PRODUCTS IN. ALS OF BINS. >> Reporter: NOW, MACHINES. CAN DO IT FASTER AND WITH. FEWER INJURIES. WE ASKED THE VICE PRESIDENT. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR WORKERS. WHEN PEOPLE ASK YOU YES OR. NOT WILL THE WORKFORCE AT.

AMAZON SHRINK AS A RESULT OF. AUTOMATION ROBOTS, AI, WHAT. DO YOU SAY? >> OUR POPULATIONS AND SIZES. WHERE PEOPLE SIT THEIR. FOOTPRINT IS GOING TO VARY AS. WE GROW. >> Reporter: SO IT WILL. CHANGE. >> IT WILL VARY AS WE GO. >> Reporter: IN JUNE, AMAZON'S CEO ANNOUNCED PLANS. TO QUOTE, REDUCE OUR TOTAL. WORKFORCE AS WE GET. EFFICIENCY GAINS USING AI AND. A "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORT. CITING -- TRANSLATING TO. 600,000 PEOPLE WHOM AMAZON.

DIDN'T NEED TO HIRE BY 2033. AMAZON SAYS THE DOCUMENTS IN. THE TIMES REPORT ARE. INCOMPLETE AND REFLECT THE. PERSPECTIVE OF JUST ONE TEAM. AND DON'T REPRESENT OUR. OVERALL HIRING STRATEGY. DO YOU SEE A TIME WHERE THE. NUMBER OF ROBOTS WILL BE. HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF. PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY AMAZON? >> I DON'T FORSEE THAT. AI IS GOING TO CHANGE THE. NATURE OF EVERYTHING WE DO. BUT THE KEY IS GETTING. FAMILIAR WITH IT. >> Reporter: FOR AARON.

MARTIN, THE SOLUTION IS. UPSCALING. >> YOU'VE GOT TO PAY TO GO TO. SCHOOL. >> Reporter: HE ENROLLED IN. AMAZON'S APPRENTICESHIP. PROGRAM. AMAZON SAYS MORE THAN 300,000. U.S. EMPLOYEES HAVE TRAINED. FOR NEW ROLES AS AI AND. AUTOMATION CHANGE OR REPLACE. THEIR JOBS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIKE CYNICAL. AND THEY'RE LIKE, AI'S. COMING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE. OUR JOBS, IT'S GOING TO RUIN. HUMANITY. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. THIS ISN'T TERMINATOR.

>> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, VICKY JOINS US IN STUDIO. IT'S NOT JUST AMAZON THAT'S. GOING TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF. AI. >> DEFINITELY NOT WALMART IS. SAYING ITS HEAD COUNT WILL. REMAIN FLAT OVER THE NEXT. THREE YEARS IN PART BECAUSE. OF AI. SO HIRING EXPERTS SAY TALK TO. YOUR MANAGERS. LEAN INTO AI. ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO TO. AI-PROOF YOUR JOB. >> ALL RIGHT, VICKY NGUYEN, WE THANK YOU. >>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH A NEW. VIDEO JUST IN. THE TRUCK DRIVER RESCUED. AFTER HIS RIG WAS DANGLING.

OVER A TEXAS OVERPASS. PLUS, LOOK AT WHY DOCTORS. NEEDED THIS WOMAN TO PLAY THE. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A. DRAMATIC RESCUE IN TEXAS. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. A TRUCK DANGLING OFF A. HIGHWAY OVERPASS AFTER THE. DRIVER LOST CONTROL TRYING TO. AVOID A COLLISION. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RACED IN. TO HELP RESCUE THAT DRIVER. WHO WAS STUCK INSIDE.

EVENTUALLY THEY WERE ABLE TO. PULL HIM TO SAFETY WITH ONLY. MINOR INJURIES. INCREDIBLE. >>> TO AN URGENT SEARCH FOR. AN AMERICAN WHO WENT. OVERBOARD A NORWEGIAN CRUISE. LINE SHIP NEAR MIAMI. THE PORTUGUESE AIR FORCE, THE. CRUISE LINE, AND NEARBY. FISHING BOATS ALL TRYING TO. HELP FIND THE 26-YEAR-OLD. >>> IN LONDON, A MEDICAL. MIRACLE. WATCH THIS. A PATIENT WITH PARKINSON'S. DISEASE PLAYS THE CLARINET. WHILE UNDERGOING DEEP BRAIN. STIMULATION. A PROCEDURE TO IMPROVE MOTOR.

SKILLS. THE 65-YEAR-OLD WOMAN STAYED. AWAKE FOR THE BRAIN SURGERY. PLAYING THE INSTRUMENT AS. DOCTORS IMPLANTED ELECTRODES. INTO HER BRAIN AND IT WORKED. DOCTORS WITNESSED AN INSTANT. IMPROVEMENT IN HER HANDS, MOVEMENT, AND ABILITY TO PLAY. MUSIC. INCREDIBLE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, MICHAEL JORDAN'S NBA. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THERE IS.

GOOD NEWS FOR BASKETBALL FANS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE. HEARING FROM THE LEGEND. HIMSELF. IN A RARE INTERVIEW, MICHAEL. DEDICATION TO THE GAME OF. BASKETBALL. >> STILL LOVE IT? >> LOVE IT LIKE YOU WOULDN'T. BELIEVE. I WISH I COULD TAKE A MAGIC. PILL, PUT ON SHORTS AND GO OUT. AND PLAY THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. TODAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I AM. THAT TYPE OF COMPETITION, THAT. TYPE OF COMPETITIVENESS IS WHAT.

I LIVE FOR, AND I MISS IT. I MISS THAT ASPECT OF PLAYING. TIME I'M TRYING TO SPEND WITH. FAMILY MEMBERS AND THINGS THAT.

NOW I ALREADY PAID FOR THE. HOUSE. SO WHEN I STEPPED UP TO SHOOT. THE FREE THROW, IT'S THE MOST. NERVOUS I'VE BEEN IN YEARS. >> STOP IT. >> IN YEARS. >> STOP IT. COME ON. PARENTS ABOUT WHAT I DID 30. YEARS AGO. >> OU KNOW, THIS IS ALL.

ABOUT. PAY IT FORWARD. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING. MORE OF MJ AND TERRICO THIS. SEASON. THAT'S NEWS FOR THIS. WEDNESDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE.