WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:06.000 This is NBC Nightly News [music] with 2 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:07.680 Jose Diaz Bolard. 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:09.840 >> Good evening. We begin tonight with a 4 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:11.679 major escalation from President Trump as 5 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:13.840 he ramps up his push to acquire 6 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:16.240 Greenland. The president threatening new 7 00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:18.960 tariffs today on these eight countries 8 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:22.000 in Europe. All of them NATO allies. 9 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:24.400 including the UK. France. and Denmark. 10 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:26.640 which controls Greenland. President 11 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:29.439 Trump says the US needs Greenland for 12 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:31.679 our national security. but punishing our 13 00:00:29.439 --> 00:00:34.559 allies could have huge consequences 14 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:36.719 abroad and here at home with new tariffs 15 00:00:34.559 --> 00:00:39.440 potentially raising prices on American 16 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:41.280 consumers. Our Melanie Zenona is 17 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:44.239 traveling with the president tonight and 18 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:46.160 starts us off tonight. A dramatic 19 00:00:44.239 --> 00:00:48.399 escalation in President Trump's push to 20 00:00:46.160 --> 00:00:50.800 acquire Greenland that could affect the 21 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:52.399 cost of living here in the US. The 22 00:00:50.800 --> 00:00:54.239 president announcing plans to use 23 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:56.800 tariffs to punish some of our NATO 24 00:00:54.239 --> 00:00:59.359 allies. saying in a truth social post 25 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:01.680 that starting February 1st. he'll impose 26 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:03.760 a 10% tariff on all goods from Denmark 27 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:06.000 and seven other countries until 28 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:08.640 Greenland is sold to the United States. 29 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:11.439 The tariff will then increase to 25% on 30 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:13.520 June 1st if no deal is reached. Trump 31 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:15.119 teasing the idea on Friday. 32 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:16.400 >> May put a tariff on countries if they 33 00:01:15.119 --> 00:01:17.920 don't go along with Greenland because we 34 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.920 need Greenland for national security. 35 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.240 So. I may do that. The president's move 36 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:24.000 could hurt our allies abroad and make 37 00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:26.240 the cost of living even tougher for 38 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:28.159 Americans at a time when the president 39 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:30.240 is already struggling on the issue of 40 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:32.479 affordability. Foreign leaders are 41 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:34.880 firing back at this threat with the 42 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:37.439 European Union saying tariffs would risk 43 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:38.720 a dangerous downward spiral. The Danish 44 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:41.040 foreign minister called Trump's 45 00:01:38.720 --> 00:01:42.880 statement a surprise. noting just days 46 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:44.960 ago they had a constructive meeting with 47 00:01:42.880 --> 00:01:47.200 administration officials to discuss 48 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:49.520 increasing the US military presence in 49 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:51.680 Greenland at a massive protest in 50 00:01:49.520 --> 00:01:53.119 Denmark's capital today. People said 51 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:55.520 they're worried about the island's 52 00:01:53.119 --> 00:01:57.119 future. Our Ryan Nobles was there. 53 00:01:55.520 --> 00:01:59.040 >> Trump. you can see behind me in this 54 00:01:57.119 --> 00:02:00.960 crowd. people wearing red hats. very 55 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:02.960 similar to Donald Trump's Make America 56 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:04.799 Great Again hats. but they have a very 57 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:07.920 different message. Some say in English. 58 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:10.399 "Make America go away." Others are in 59 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:12.480 Greenland's native language with. if you 60 00:02:10.399 --> 00:02:14.400 translate it into English. a message 61 00:02:12.480 --> 00:02:16.080 saying enough is enough. 62 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:18.160 >> Trump's tariff announcement comes as a 63 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:20.080 bipartisan congressional delegation has 64 00:02:18.160 --> 00:02:21.040 been in Copenhagen to try to reassure 65 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:23.200 our allies. 66 00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:26.160 >> Greenland needs to be viewed as our 67 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:28.000 ally. not as an asset. And I think 68 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:30.480 that's what you're hearing with this 69 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.480 delegation. If the president pursues 70 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:34.560 purchasing Greenland. the price would be 71 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:36.480 exorbitant. Three people familiar with 72 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:38.640 the matter say it could cost as much as 73 00:02:36.480 --> 00:02:40.959 $700 billion. 74 00:02:38.640 --> 00:02:43.840 Greenlanders and Denmark though say the 75 00:02:40.959 --> 00:02:45.920 island is not for sale. 76 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.519 Melanie Zenona joins me now from West 77 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:49.519 Palm Beach. And Melanie. there's a lot 78 00:02:47.519 --> 00:02:52.080 of reaction to this tonight and an 79 00:02:49.519 --> 00:02:54.239 emergency summit set for EU ambassadors 80 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:56.000 tomorrow. 81 00:02:54.239 --> 00:02:58.319 >> That's right. EU ambassadors will meet 82 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:00.400 to weigh a response to the new Greenland 83 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:02.640 link tariffs tomorrow. This according to 84 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:04.560 a spokesperson. Meanwhile. the EU's 85 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:06.080 foreign policy chief said today that any 86 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:08.400 disputes could be figured out through 87 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:10.159 NATO and that all of this is just a 88 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.400 distraction from Russia's war in 89 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:14.720 Ukraine. Jose 90 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:17.200 >> Melanie Zenona in West Palm Beach. Thank 91 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:19.200 you. And don't miss Kristen Welker's 92 00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:21.680 lineup on Meet the Press tomorrow. 93 00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:23.840 including Treasury Secretary Scott 94 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:26.319 Besson. That's tomorrow morning right 95 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:28.800 here on NBC. 96 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:31.200 Just in tonight. US military say 97 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:33.920 American forces killed a top al Qaeda 98 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:35.760 leader in Syria. They say he was linked 99 00:03:33.920 --> 00:03:37.040 to that ISIS ambush that killed two 100 00:03:35.760 --> 00:03:39.519 American troops and an American 101 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:41.440 interpreter in Syria back in December. 102 00:03:39.519 --> 00:03:43.920 It comes after US Central Command 103 00:03:41.440 --> 00:03:46.239 already launched large-scale strikes on 104 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:48.159 ISIS targets in the region to retaliate 105 00:03:46.239 --> 00:03:50.640 for that attack. 106 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:52.879 Also in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme 107 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:54.879 Leader is blasting the West tonight. 108 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:57.200 blaming the US for those massive 109 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:59.280 anti-regime protests that prompted 110 00:03:57.200 --> 00:04:00.799 violent crackdowns. This is we're 111 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:02.720 getting a better picture of just how 112 00:04:00.799 --> 00:04:05.360 many people have been killed by the 113 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:06.720 regime in the unrest. Molly Hunter is 114 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:09.360 tracking all of his force tonight. 115 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:11.200 Molly. good evening. 116 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:13.680 >> Jose. today for the first time. Iran 117 00:04:11.200 --> 00:04:15.680 Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khani admitted 118 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:17.440 that thousands of people have been 119 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:19.919 killed. The US-based human rights group 120 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:22.320 estimates about 3.000 protesters have 121 00:04:19.919 --> 00:04:23.840 been killed by Iranian security forces. 122 00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:25.759 But because of the internet blackout 123 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:28.080 over the last week. the actual numbers 124 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.919 are very hard to independently confirm. 125 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:31.759 Now. in his speech today. Hameani didn't 126 00:04:29.919 --> 00:04:34.479 take any responsibility for the killings 127 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:36.880 that he described as quote inhumane and 128 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:39.040 savage. Instead. blaming the protesters 129 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:41.280 and also the United States for inciting 130 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:43.280 the violence. calling President Trump a 131 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:45.440 criminal. President Trump meanwhile told 132 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:48.400 Politico. quote. "It's time to look for 133 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:51.040 new leadership in Iran." Jose 134 00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:53.280 >> Molly Hunter. thank you. Here at home. 135 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:55.199 we are tracking dangerous winter storms 136 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:57.440 sweeping across the country. blanketing 137 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:00.400 much of the east with snow and another 138 00:04:57.440 --> 00:05:02.240 round set for tomorrow. With all of this 139 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:03.919 comes frigid temperatures from the 140 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:07.840 Dakotas all the way down to the Gulf 141 00:05:03.919 --> 00:05:10.000 Coast. Valerie Castro reports. Tonight. 142 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:13.039 across the country. a dangerous winter 143 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:15.680 storm wreaking havoc. A 12 vehicle 144 00:05:13.039 --> 00:05:17.919 pileup on I78 in Pennsylvania leading to 145 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:20.320 a traffic backup as far as the eye could 146 00:05:17.919 --> 00:05:22.800 see. State police say one person had to 147 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:24.720 be pulled out of the wreckage. Snow and 148 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:27.039 ice in New York City leading to ground 149 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:29.360 stops today at LaGuardia. JFK. and 150 00:05:27.039 --> 00:05:32.000 Newark. Flight cancellations and delays 151 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:34.000 piling up. And a new storm is now taking 152 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:35.759 shape off the coast. Rain and snow 153 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:38.000 showers said to hit areas from the Gulf 154 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:40.080 to the Appalachins and the Northeast. 155 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:42.479 It's one of multiple dangerous systems 156 00:05:40.080 --> 00:05:44.400 across the country. putting more than 50 157 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:46.960 million under winter alerts. 158 00:05:44.400 --> 00:05:49.039 >> Keep picking. They're coming for you. 159 00:05:46.960 --> 00:05:51.360 but I need you to keep picking. 160 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:53.120 >> Newly released body cam video shows how 161 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:55.280 rescue teams pulled a fisherman in 162 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:57.120 Michigan to safety earlier this week 163 00:05:55.280 --> 00:05:58.160 after he fell through the ice on a lake 164 00:05:57.120 --> 00:05:59.440 in Palum Zoo. 165 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:01.520 >> We're going to use this to move you up 166 00:05:59.440 --> 00:06:03.520 to a warm ambulance. All right. The 167 00:06:01.520 --> 00:06:05.600 fisherman later reunited with his 168 00:06:03.520 --> 00:06:07.440 rescuer in the hospital. 169 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:09.600 >> In New York City tonight. the mayor is 170 00:06:07.440 --> 00:06:11.280 warning people to stay off the roads as 171 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:12.479 the treacherous storm moves through much 172 00:06:11.280 --> 00:06:13.759 of the Northeast. 173 00:06:12.479 --> 00:06:15.600 >> I love ice skating. 174 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:17.759 >> And yet for some in the city. the 175 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:19.680 weather is a winter wonderland. It was 176 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:20.800 snowing earlier. You came out to take 177 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.560 advantage anyway. 178 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:24.240 >> Yeah. I mean the snow stopped and it's 179 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.360 New York so beautiful with the lights 180 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:27.600 and everything and it's a great 181 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:29.919 experience for the kids. 182 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:31.680 And Valerie Castro joins us live from 183 00:06:29.919 --> 00:06:34.160 Bryant Park in New York City. Valerie. 184 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:35.600 despite all this snow and cold. there's 185 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:38.560 worries tonight about possible 186 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:40.800 wildfires. 187 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:43.120 Yeah. I say tonight 7 million people are 188 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:45.919 under fire alerts in parts of Colorado. 189 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:47.919 Nebraska. Kansas. and South Texas where 190 00:06:45.919 --> 00:06:50.160 dry conditions and wind gusts of up to 191 00:06:47.919 --> 00:06:52.400 60 miles per hour are real cause for 192 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:54.479 concern. Jose 193 00:06:52.400 --> 00:06:57.360 >> Valerie Castro in New York City. Thank 194 00:06:54.479 --> 00:06:59.360 you. To Minneapolis and a city on edge 195 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:01.680 tonight as people once again took to the 196 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:04.000 streets today. But this time there were 197 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:06.240 dueling crowds demonstrating both in 198 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.520 support of and against ISIS presence 199 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:11.759 there. Shaquille Brewster reports. 200 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:12.720 >> Dueling protests tonight in Minneapolis 201 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:15.199 getting heated. 202 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:17.280 >> I'm 100% on board with ICE in every way. 203 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:19.280 >> Law enforcement on high alert as a 204 00:07:17.280 --> 00:07:20.960 conservative influencer and January 6th 205 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:23.599 defendant who was pardoned by President 206 00:07:20.960 --> 00:07:25.120 Trump planned a march downtown. And 207 00:07:23.599 --> 00:07:26.800 right in front of the Minneapolis city 208 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.479 hall. you see that conservative 209 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:30.880 pre-planned protest. but you have 210 00:07:28.479 --> 00:07:33.039 anti-ICE protesters surrounding them 211 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:35.199 trying to drown out that message. The 212 00:07:33.039 --> 00:07:37.120 latest round of demonstrations after the 213 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:39.280 fatal shooting death of Renee Good by 214 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:42.360 ICE officer Jonathan Ross. Get out of 215 00:07:39.280 --> 00:07:42.360 the car. 216 00:07:42.880 --> 00:07:46.080 >> Two people familiar with the 217 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:48.160 investigation into that shooting now 218 00:07:46.080 --> 00:07:50.319 telling NBC News federal officials are 219 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:52.000 investigating Good's partner. Becca. to 220 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:54.720 determine whether she may have impeded 221 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:56.240 that officer before he opened fire. In a 222 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.479 statement. her lawyer says there has 223 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:00.639 been no contact from the FBI or federal 224 00:07:58.479 --> 00:08:02.560 officials indicating Becca Good is the 225 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:04.319 subject of an investigation. as the 226 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:06.000 Justice Department also investigates 227 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:08.160 Minnesota Governor Tim Walls and 228 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:10.240 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry for 229 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:12.160 allegedly conspiring to impede federal 230 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:14.800 immigration agents through their public 231 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:14.960 statements. Two sources tell NBC News. 232 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:16.560 the 233 00:08:14.960 --> 00:08:19.440 >> most striking thing about this 234 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:22.639 investigation is that it appears so far 235 00:08:19.440 --> 00:08:26.720 to be centered primarily on the speech 236 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:29.120 of Walls and Fry. But if they find any 237 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:31.440 additional conduct. then speech plus 238 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:33.599 conduct can be punished. The Justice 239 00:08:31.440 --> 00:08:35.120 Department tonight not commenting. Fry 240 00:08:33.599 --> 00:08:37.039 calling it an obvious attempt to 241 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:38.959 intimidate me. Waltz writing. quote. 242 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:41.039 "The only person not being investigated 243 00:08:38.959 --> 00:08:43.360 for the shooting of Renee Good is the 244 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:45.519 federal agent who shot her." But even in 245 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:47.040 areas without protests. many residents 246 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:48.560 in Minneapolis are hurting. 247 00:08:47.040 --> 00:08:49.360 >> Um. you're just constantly your head's 248 00:08:48.560 --> 00:08:51.760 on a swivel. 249 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:53.600 >> Stores are empty. Like your day-to-day 250 00:08:51.760 --> 00:08:56.000 life is just very different. Pilates 251 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:58.080 instructor Sabrina Chavez says she sees 252 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:59.920 the impact in the faces of her clients 253 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:00.720 as she tries to project strength 254 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:02.640 herself. 255 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:06.399 >> It feels so heavy. 256 00:09:02.640 --> 00:09:08.320 >> I try the best I can like to be strong 257 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:09.600 for them so they can have some escape 258 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:13.440 and I want to be able to give that to 259 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:15.600 them. It's so heartbreaking. [snorts] 260 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:17.440 >> Aquil Brewster joins us tonight in St. 261 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:19.440 Paul Shag. A federal judge is also 262 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:23.920 putting restrictions on how agents and 263 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:25.040 officers respond to some protesters. 264 00:09:23.920 --> 00:09:26.720 That's right. That federal judge 265 00:09:25.040 --> 00:09:28.399 ordering agents like these to stop 266 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:30.800 pepper spraying. detaining. and pulling 267 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:32.399 over peaceful protesters. but DHS 268 00:09:30.800 --> 00:09:34.480 tonight saying that they're taking 269 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:37.440 appropriate and constitutional measures 270 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:39.279 to protect their agents. Jose 271 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:41.360 >> Shaquille Brewster in St. Paul. Thank 272 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:43.760 you. We're following a major measles 273 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.320 outbreak in South Carolina tonight. And 274 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:49.200 just as we're reaching the height of flu 275 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:50.959 season. here's Erica Edwards. 276 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:53.680 Tonight. the massive South Carolina 277 00:09:50.959 --> 00:09:56.160 measles outbreak surging. Infections 278 00:09:53.680 --> 00:10:00.240 nearly doubling in a week. now up to 279 00:09:56.160 --> 00:10:04.640 558. More than 500 others quarantined. 280 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:07.040 >> We have right now the largest outbreak 281 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:09.040 in the US and it's going to get worse 282 00:10:07.040 --> 00:10:11.040 before it gets better. 283 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:12.800 >> Those cases mostly centered in the 284 00:10:11.040 --> 00:10:14.880 northwest corner of the state. 285 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:17.680 >> What is it about the upstate that's 286 00:10:14.880 --> 00:10:19.839 prompted this outbreak? There are areas 287 00:10:17.680 --> 00:10:22.640 in the upstate where the vaccination 288 00:10:19.839 --> 00:10:24.399 rate is very low. That there are some 289 00:10:22.640 --> 00:10:26.399 areas in some schools where the 290 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:27.839 vaccination rate had actually been below 291 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:29.600 25%. 292 00:10:27.839 --> 00:10:31.360 >> State health officials say at least 293 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:33.040 eight schools have had exposures. 294 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:35.120 >> What's going on in Spartanber County now 295 00:10:33.040 --> 00:10:37.680 is the best example of is that even 296 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.839 small pockets of undervaccinated people 297 00:10:37.680 --> 00:10:41.920 can result in widespread transmission 298 00:10:39.839 --> 00:10:44.000 for this highly infectious virus. Most 299 00:10:41.920 --> 00:10:46.959 of those infected are children between 300 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:49.760 five and 17 years old. Nearly all 301 00:10:46.959 --> 00:10:52.640 unvaccinated. Despite the rise in cases. 302 00:10:49.760 --> 00:10:54.079 just 18 people showed up at free vaccine 303 00:10:52.640 --> 00:10:55.839 clinics this week. 304 00:10:54.079 --> 00:10:58.480 >> When you have those pockets where the 305 00:10:55.839 --> 00:11:00.480 rate is really. really low. that just 306 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:02.959 creates a tinder box. 307 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:05.487 >> Across the US. at least 10 states seeing 308 00:11:02.959 --> 00:11:06.160 new measles cases just this month. 309 00:11:05.487 --> 00:11:08.079 [cough] 310 00:11:06.160 --> 00:11:11.440 This outbreak hitting at the height of 311 00:11:08.079 --> 00:11:14.800 flu season with the CDC reporting 18 312 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:17.279 million Americans sickened so far and 15 313 00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:20.399 new pediatric flu deaths bringing this 314 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:22.560 season's total to 32. It's not too late 315 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:25.279 to get the flu shot. Experts say flu 316 00:11:22.560 --> 00:11:28.000 season can last into spring. Erica 317 00:11:25.279 --> 00:11:30.560 Edwards. NBC News. 318 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:32.720 >> Still ahead tonight. the Aremis 2 rocket 319 00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:34.800 moves into position for the first human 320 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:36.079 mission to the moon in more than 50 321 00:11:34.800 --> 00:11:38.640 years. 322 00:11:36.079 --> 00:11:40.720 And caught on camera. good Samaritans 323 00:11:38.640 --> 00:11:44.360 save a driver that plunged into the 324 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.360 water. Next. 325 00:11:46.880 --> 00:11:50.880 >> back now with a dramatic rescue in 326 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:52.720 Virginia Beach. Good Samaritans 327 00:11:50.880 --> 00:11:55.519 literally jumping in to save another 328 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:57.360 driver who was trapped in their SUV that 329 00:11:55.519 --> 00:12:00.000 plunged into the water. That driver was 330 00:11:57.360 --> 00:12:02.000 lifted out just as it was completely 331 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:04.560 submerged. Now. everyone involved was 332 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.800 checked out at the hospital. but no one 333 00:12:04.560 --> 00:12:09.600 was seriously hurt. 334 00:12:06.800 --> 00:12:12.000 >> Also tonight. NASA is preparing for 335 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:14.000 liftoff for its Artemis 2 rocket. now 336 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.320 set to make the first human mission to 337 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:18.480 the moon in more than a half century. 338 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:21.040 Gotti Schwarz has more on the big move 339 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.959 today. taking them one step closer to 340 00:12:21.040 --> 00:12:25.600 launch day. 341 00:12:22.959 --> 00:12:28.480 Tonight. NASA literally crawling closer 342 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:30.000 to launch. rolling this 11 million pound 343 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:32.320 moon rocket to the launch pad at the 344 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:34.639 Kennedy Space Center slower than 1 mile 345 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:36.800 an hour. 346 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:38.959 The hours long roll out is a milestone 347 00:12:36.800 --> 00:12:41.360 for the Aremis 2 mission set to send 348 00:12:38.959 --> 00:12:43.440 astronauts deeper into space than ever 349 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:45.680 before. If all goes to plan. the 350 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:47.440 fourperson crew of Reed Wiseman. Victor 351 00:12:45.680 --> 00:12:49.680 Glover. Christina Cook. and Canadian 352 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:52.240 astronaut Jeremy Hansen will slingshot 353 00:12:49.680 --> 00:12:54.800 around the moon as soon as next month. 354 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:55.519 This is the start of a very long 355 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:57.279 journey. 356 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:59.279 >> NASA says the crew could even look at 357 00:12:57.279 --> 00:13:00.399 parts of the moon never seen by human 358 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.000 eyes before. 359 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.360 >> I think others are going to join us in 360 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.120 staring at the moon a lot more as there 361 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:06.720 are humans flying around the far side. 362 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:08.720 Think that's just good for humanity. 363 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:10.560 >> The roughly 10-day mission is a crucial 364 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:12.720 test for NASA's plan to put people on 365 00:13:10.560 --> 00:13:14.000 the moon by the end of this decade. 366 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.279 >> We're swinging for the fence. trying to 367 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:17.360 make the impossible possible. 368 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:19.600 >> If Artemis 2 is successful. it'll set up 369 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:22.000 an even bolder push. Not just getting to 370 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:24.240 the moon. but staying there. The goal 371 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.399 setting up lunar bases before astronauts 372 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.839 eventually make their way to Mars. 373 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:30.560 >> We've been on this journey for about two 374 00:13:27.839 --> 00:13:32.320 and a half years. And we just we truly 375 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:34.560 look at that and see teamwork. 376 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:36.560 >> All the people here on Earth when they 377 00:13:34.560 --> 00:13:38.079 look up at the moon during our mission. 378 00:13:36.560 --> 00:13:40.240 before our mission. after our mission. 379 00:13:38.079 --> 00:13:42.800 during Artemis 3 and missions beyond all 380 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:45.120 the way to Artemis 100. they'll know 381 00:13:42.800 --> 00:13:47.920 that not only have we been there in the 382 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:49.440 past. but we actively go there. We send 383 00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:50.480 people there because we're humans that 384 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:52.880 must explore. 385 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:56.320 >> A mission celebrating human ingenuity at 386 00:13:52.880 --> 00:14:00.480 its finest and most daring. Gotti 387 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:01.839 Schwarz. NBC News. 388 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.279 >> There's good news [music] tonight. So 389 00:14:01.839 --> 00:14:05.440 often the good news doesn't get as much 390 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:07.040 attention as the bad. So every Saturday 391 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.120 we highlight the many [music] people who 392 00:14:07.040 --> 00:14:13.519 spread joy and love. And these are just 393 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:17.760 some of those stories this week. 394 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:20.000 Happy birthday to you. 395 00:14:17.760 --> 00:14:23.040 >> For this California family. neighborly 396 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.959 love goes far beyond a simple smile. 397 00:14:23.040 --> 00:14:26.800 Nancy Delgado and her kids made sure 398 00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:28.160 their neighbor Maria didn't celebrate 399 00:14:26.800 --> 00:14:30.160 her birthday alone. 400 00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:31.440 >> Why are we baking her the cake? What? 401 00:14:30.160 --> 00:14:33.600 >> Because they love her. 402 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:36.079 >> Because for the Delgadoos. Maria is more 403 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:38.480 than just a neighbor. She's family. 404 00:14:36.079 --> 00:14:40.240 >> I just [music] felt this warmth in me 405 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:42.320 seeing those two little guys. Their 406 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:43.440 mother Nancy says it's important to 407 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:45.440 build community. [music] 408 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:48.399 >> For me. it was planting that seed into 409 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:50.480 my children about kindness. Make a wish. 410 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:54.120 Maria. 411 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.120 >> Okay. My wishes 412 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:59.959 beautiful moment. 413 00:14:56.560 --> 00:14:59.959 >> Happy birthday. 414 00:15:00.560 --> 00:15:04.959 >> In Washington. [music] a gift that is 415 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:07.519 music to the ears. That's Charlie 416 00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:10.800 Hartzshorn opening a personalized vinyl 417 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:12.480 from his daughters Ally and Caitlyn. 418 00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:15.920 But the real present [music] was a 419 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:20.340 one-of-a-kind record and a singer he 420 00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:20.340 hasn't heard in decades. [music] 421 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:26.240 >> The woman singing. that's Charlie's 422 00:15:23.760 --> 00:15:28.160 mother. Judy. who passed away when he 423 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:30.560 was only 19 years old. 424 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:33.199 >> It's been over 30 years since I've heard 425 00:15:30.560 --> 00:15:36.000 her voice. And then to hear it not 426 00:15:33.199 --> 00:15:36.560 singing. I couldn't stop from from 427 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:38.240 crying. 428 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:40.480 >> His daughter. Ally. knew this was 429 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:43.120 exactly what her dad needed to hear. 430 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.959 >> A gift of time. I think. is much more 431 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:47.795 important than things that money could 432 00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:49.199 buy. 433 00:15:47.795 --> 00:15:51.759 [singing] 434 00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:54.560 >> The the true gifts that I think matter 435 00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:58.279 the most are the ones that you can feel 436 00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:58.279 the most love behind. 437 00:15:59.839 --> 00:16:04.399 And right before the Rose [music] Parade 438 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:06.791 in California. [cheering and applause] 439 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:09.199 >> applause for this trombone player. Josh 440 00:16:06.791 --> 00:16:11.440 [music] Boyd from the band director's 441 00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:12.959 marching band. His bandmates not 442 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.639 cheering him on for a musical 443 00:16:12.959 --> 00:16:17.199 performance. but to [music] honor his 444 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:19.759 late daughter Emily. She saved three 445 00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:21.839 lives through organ donation. and the 446 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:24.800 people surrounding John. their fellow 447 00:16:21.839 --> 00:16:26.399 donor families and organ recipients also 448 00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:28.959 part of the parade. [music] 449 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:32.336 What happens next? A gesture for an 450 00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:34.356 entire community words cannot describe. 451 00:16:32.336 --> 00:16:34.356 [music] 452 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.120 We thank you for watching and remember. 453 00:16:39.040 --> 00:16:43.199 stay updated on breaking news and top 454 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:46.880 stories on the NBC News app [snorts] or 455 00:16:43.199 --> 00:16:46.880 watch live on our YouTube channel.