STORY TONIGHT. STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE MORE NEWS IS ON THE WAY. >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN. COMING TO YOU FROM NEW YORK HERE'S A LOOK AT THE STORIES WE ARE WATCHING TONIGHT. STARTING WITH GRAND JURY TESTIMONY FROM A FORMER AIDE TO DONALD TRUMP WHO WAS BOOKED IN ON JANUARY 6. THE YEARS WORTH OF WORK AND THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE. >>> ONE REPUBLICAN WANTS TO THROW AWAY DONALD TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT. AND THE DETAILS THAT ARE EVEN POSSIBLE. >>> NORTH KOREA REMAINS VIOLENCE ABOUT THE U.S. SOLDIER IN THEIR CUSTODY BUT THE SOLDIER'S FAMILY IS SPEAKING OUT. >>> IT SOUNDS LIKE A NO- BRAINER, CARS CAPABLE OF HARNESSING ENERGY FROM THE SUN. >> IS THIS THE FORCED SOLAR PRODUCED VEHICLE ON THE MARKET? >> IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST MASS PRODUCE SOLAR ELECTRIC CAR. YES. FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DOJ'S PROBE OF THE 2020 ELECTION MEDDLING AND JANUARY 6 RIOTS. A FORMER WHITE HOUSE AIDE TESTIFYING IN FRONT OF THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN WASHINGTON DC. HE WAS WITH FROM FOR MOST OF THE DAY ON JANUARY 6 AND WORKS FOR THE TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND RUSSELL WAS NOT THE ONLY TRUMP AIDE INVOLVED WITH THE INVESTIGATION. LEARNING TODAY THE FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY RUDY GIULIANI WAS ON THE SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH TEAM EARLIER THIS YEAR. HE HAS NOT RECEIVED A TARGET LETTER. THAT'S SOMETHING TRUMP SAYS HE RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON SUNDAY GIVING HIM UNTIL TODAY TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY WHICH HE DID NOT DO. >>> RYAN RILEY JOINS ME NOW. RYAN, WILLIAM RUSSELL IS THE NAME ONE OF US HAD NEVER HEARD OF UNTIL TODAY. WHO IS HE? DO WE KNOW ANYTHING OF HIS TESTIMONY? >> Reporter: A TRUMP AIDE FOR THE PRESIDENT FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY ON JANUARY 6, THERE ARE NUMEROUS INVESTIGATIONS. IT'S ABOUT THE ENTIRE TIME AFTER THE ELECTION AND INVOLVES POTENTIALLY A FAKE ELECTION SCHEME AND A LOT OF THE FUNDRAISING METHODS THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAD DONE TELLING SUPPORTERS THEY ARE PUTTING MONEY INTO THIS WHEN IT WAS JUST GOING BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN. SO I THINK THAT IS SOMEONE WHO COULD GIVE A LOT OF INSIGHT, POTENTIALLY TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS THINKING WHETHER OR NOT HE ACTUALLY BELIEVES IT'S ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION. IT DOESN'T MATTER IN THE END IF HE ACTUALLY BELIEVES THESE LIES AS LONG AS THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED THE INFORMATION AND HE HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION BEFORE HIM BUT KNOWING THAT THE LIES WERE NOT ACTUALLY TRUE, THIS IS SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS SHOWN INTEREST IN GIVEN THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES HE'S COME INTO THE GRAND JURY AT THIS POINT. TALKING ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE DURING THAT TIME LEADING UP TO JANUARY 5. >> IS THERE ANY INSIGHT INTO THE TIMING OF THIS TESTIMONY WAS HE CALLED BEFORE OR AFTER TRUMP RECEIVED THE TARGET LETTER? >> BASED ON THIS. THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WARNING BEFORE PEOPLE HAVE TO COME IN. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE FACT HIS LAWYER STAN WOODWARD WAS IN TRIAL LAST WEEK AND THE VERDICT CAME BACK. THERE WAS A LOT OF COURT ROOM DRAMA. THE AID OF COURSE IN ANOTHER CASE. REPRESENTING ANOTHER OF THOSE IN THE TRUMP WORLD. REPRESENTING AN ADMINISTRATION PHYSICALLY STORM IN THE CAPITAL ON JANUARY 6. THIS INDIVIDUAL GOT THE TRIAL. THE VERDICT CAME BACK. THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE WOODWARD WAS 25 MINUTES LATE FOR THE HEARING HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN AT 2:00 PM. HE HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THE JUDGE AND TALKED TO THE JUDGE. HE HAD HIM EXPLAIN THIS PUBLICLY SAYING THAT THERE WAS THIS GRAND JURY MATTER THAT WAS TAKING UP A LOT OF TIME. IT GOT INTO THE QUESTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. AND AFTER THAT THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE CALLED THEM. FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL OFFICE, EXPLAINING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WOODWARD WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE RELEASED. THEY WOULD BE QUESTIONING HIM BECAUSE HE HAD A PRIOR COMMITMENT TO GET THE VERDICT IN THIS CASE. A LOT OF DRAMA WITH ANOTHER JUDGE PULLING DOWN PROSECUTORS FROM THE GRAND JURY DURING THE PROCEEDINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL DELAY OR IF THERE WERE PLANS FOR THE INDICTMENT TODAY OR IF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD CAUSE DELAYS. WE WILL HAVE TO BRING HIM BACK TO FINISH TESTIMONY AT SOME POINT. >> ALL RIGHT WE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU WHEN WE FIGURE THIS OUT. >>> ON CAPITOL HILL LAWMAKERS SPENDING ALL DAY RESPONDING TO REPORTING THAT HELPED SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY PROMISED TO HOLD A VOTE THROUGH EXPUNGED TRUMP TO IMPEACHMENT. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD BEEN UPSET McCARTHY HAD NOT ENDORSED HIS CAMPAIGN SO THE DEAL WAS REPORTEDLY ON THE TABLE TO TRY TO EXCLUDE HIM OVER THAT RELATIONSHIP. McCARTHY SAYS NO SUCH DEAL EXISTS. >> THIS COULD BE PURELY FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES. THERE'S NO DEAL OUT THERE. >> NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST JOINS ME NOW. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS EXPUNGEMENT. HOW WOULD THIS EVEN WORK? THE VOTES EXIST IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. COULD THOMAS GO BACK AND WIPE SOMETHING FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD? >> ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL PARADOX OF EXPUNGEMENT. I HANDLE A LOT OF THESE, THEY ARE TYPICALLY CREATED BY STATUTES. LOW-LEVEL CRIME. THEY ARE CREATURE OF STATE LAW BUT BASICALLY YOUR QUESTION IS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM WITH EXPUNGEMENT. ERASING A RECORD, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHATEVER HAPPENED. A COMMON THING WHEN PEOPLE GET A DUI EXPUNGED, THEY GO THROUGH LIFE WONDERING TECHNICALLY THE RECORD COULD BE OUT THERE, COULD I SAY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR HAVE I NOT BEEN ARRESTED? IN THIS CASE THERE IS PROBABLY NOT AN OPTION FOR EXPUNGEMENT BECAUSE EXPUNGEMENT'S ARE CREATED BY LAW, SPECIFIC LAWS ALLOWING YOU TO EXPUNGE A RECORD . IN THIS CASE IT'S SOMETHING WITH A CREATIVE IDEA. MAYBE THE HOUSE COULD VOTE FOR IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT WILL EXIST IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD WHETHER OR NOT THEY VOTE FOR IT. >> THERE WERE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION INTRODUCED BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS. THEY WERE ABOUT THIS IDEA OF CLEARING THE RECORD. EVEN IF IT PASSED THROUGH THE HOUSE THERE IS NO WAY THIS WOULD GET THROUGH THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED SENATE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T VOTED ON THIS JUST YET IF THERE WAS A SCENARIO THAT UNIVERSALLY IT PASSES ONE OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS, ARE THERE LEGAL AVENUES CONGRESS COULD TAKE TO TRY TO DO THIS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT USUALLY HAPPENS? >> IMPEACHMENT EXISTS BY VIRTUE OF THE CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS NOTHING ABOUT EXPUNGEMENT PROCEDURES. THE ONLY EXPUNGEMENT'S ARE ALLOWED WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDED FOR BY STATUTE. IT DOESN'T SPEAK TO EXPUNGEMENT. THE HOUSE COULD VOTE ON IT AND AGREE ON IT AND COULD VOTE ON IT 100% IN FAVOR OF EXPUNGING THE RECORD BUT IF THEY CAN'T DO IT THEN THEY CAN'T DO IT. BRINGING UP ANOTHER GOOD POINT, THIS PROCEDURE EXISTED IN THE SENATE AS WELL WHERE THE TRIAL WAS SET UP SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE HOUSE COULD EXPUNGE ITS RECORD BECAUSE THERE'S NO CONTROL OVER THE SENATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EXPUNGE THE TRIAL AND RECORD OF THE TRIAL IN THE SENATE HOUSE. THIS IS A CREATIVE IDEA. AS CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY I FILED THESE INSTITUTIONS ALL THE TIME. THEY ARE GREAT FOR SOMEONE TRYING TO GET RID OF A DUI ON THEIR RECORD BUT THIS ISN'T A DUI ON SOMEONE'S RECORD, IT'S A CONST THE TWO SHUTTLE IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURE WHICH EXISTS FOR POSTERITY. YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY AND EXPUNGE IT. >> I FEEL LIKE I'M AN ILLEGAL CLASS. YOU MENTIONED THE ROLE OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN IMPEACHMENT AND HOW IT'S DESCRIBED, THOSE PROVISIONS, I THINK THEY'RE THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE USE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPEACHMENT OF THE TRIAL. THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE, THE SUPREME COURT NOTORIOUSLY ISN'T INVOLVED AS MORE THAN A FIGUREHEAD TO PROVIDE PRESIDE OVER THE TRIAL. >> IT WOULD BE A SEPARATION OF POWERS ISSUE. THE CONSTITUTION IS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT THE SUPREME COURT COULD INTERFERE WITH CONGRESS AND CONGRESS COULD INTERFERE WITH THE EXECUTIVE. THEY HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES BUT AS YOU SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO IMPEACHMENT, THERE IS NO QUESTION BUT THAT IT EXISTS AS A CREATURE OF CONGRESS. A TRIAL THAT GOES ON IN THE CONGRESSIONAL BODIES IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE. THE HOUSE ACCUSES THE SENATE TRIES. THE PRESIDENT CANNOT PARDON HIMSELF AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN AN OPTION FOR GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT THROUGH THE JEWISH INITIATORY THROUGH THE JUDICIARY. IT LOOKS LIKE A JUDICIAL TRIAL THAT'S JUST COSMETIC. IT'S A CREATURE ENTIRELY OF CONGRESS CREATED BY THE CONSTITUTION. THEREFORE THE JUDICIARY HAD VIRTUALLY NO CONTROL OVER IT OTHER THAN THE SYMBOLIC PRESIDING OVER THE PRESIDENTIAL IMPEACHMENT BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE BUT THAT IS SYMBOLIC ONLY. PROBABLY MORE CONFUSING THAN ANYTHING ELSE. >> THANKS FOR BREAKING THAT DOWN FOR US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE DETAINED AMERICAN SOLDIER IN NORTH KOREA. WE ARE HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF TRAVIS KING WHO SAYS HIS BEHAVIOR IS OUT OF CHARACTER. HIS UNCLE SAID HE'S BEEN GRIEVING THE DEATH OF HIS COUSIN SINCE FEBRUARY. >> I THINK HE NEEDS HELP. THAT'S NOT TRAVIS. IT'S OUT OF HIS CHARACTER. HE WAS NOT LIKE THAT EVER. SOMETHING'S GOING ON. >> THIS ISN'T HIM. >> IT'S NOT HIS PERSONALITY. >> FOR MORE I'M JOINED BY NBC'S MATT BRADLEY. >> Reporter: TROUBLING DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT THAT LED TO THIS YOUNG PRIVATES MAD DASH ACROSS THE BORDER INTO NORTH KOREA. HE IS ACCUSED OF AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT ASSAULTS AT TWO DIFFERENT NIGHT CLUBS OR BARS. WE KNOW HE WAS SERVING DETENTION IN A SOUTH KOREAN PRISON WHILE HE WAS WORKING OR WHILE HE WAS ENLISTED IN THE U.S. MILITARY HERE IN SOUTH KOREA. HE DECIDED TO SPEND 48 DAYS AND AFTER THAT HE DECIDED TO MAKE A MAD DASH ACROSS THE BORDER. THAT WAS NOT A SEPARATES OR THIRD ASSAULT. HE MADE A CHOICE TO GO TO PRISON AND SPENT 48 DAYS THERE. THIS WAS IN LIEU OF PAYING A FINE FOR DAMAGING A POLICE CAR AND THIS WAS AN ALTERCATION THAT OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS DETAINED BY POLICE DURING ONE OF THE TWO PREVIOUS ASSAULTS. HE DECIDED INSTEAD OF PAYING THE $5000 FINE HE WAS DUE WITH SOME SOUTH KOREANS WERE ABLE TO DO WHO IT SPENT 40 DAYS DOING LABOR AND WHEN HE WAS RELEASED ON JULY 10 WAS WHEN A WEEK LATER HE JOINED A GUIDED TOUR AND WENT TO THE BORDER AND DECIDED TO MAKE THE TREACHEROUS MOVE ACROSS THE BORDER, ONE THAT HAS EXPLODED INTO AN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC CRISIS. WE HEARD FROM OFFICIALS TODAY. MY COLLEAGUE INTERVIEWED THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AND SHE SAID THAT IT TURNS OUT THE UNITED STATES HAS HAD NO REAL DIRECT CONTACT WITH ANYONE IN NORTH KOREA DESPITE EFFORTS TO TRY TO CONTACT THE NORTH KOREANS TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO THE SOUTH KOREANS AND THE SWEDISH EMBASSY. THE FACT IS WE WON'T KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE FATE OF THIS SOLDIER, PRIVATE TRAVIS KING, BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE NORTH KOREANS RIGHT NOW. THE OVERWHELMING SOUND WE ARE HEARING FROM NORTH KOREA IS SILENCE ON THIS VERY TROUBLING MATTER. >> THANK YOU. >>> LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE HECTIC DAYS LAST WINTER WHEN THERE WERE HEADLINES. LESTER HOLT TRAVELED TO THE AIR DEFENSE COMMAND BORDER AND COLORADO OR NORAD TO GET A BEHIND-THE- SCENES LOOK TO FIND OUT HOW THEY DECIDED WENT TO SHOOT THE BALLOON DOWN. >> Reporter: ACTIONS INSIDE OF NORAD'S JOINT OPERATION CENTER WHERE POTENTIAL AIR AND MARITIME THREATS TO THE U.S. AND CANADA ARE TRACKED AND ANALYZED. WHETHER A CIVILIAN PLANE ENTERING RESTRICTED AIRSPACE AS IN THIS EXERCISE, A BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCH, AND AN UNWELCOME VISITOR OVER THE ARCTIC, OR A HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON. >> WE BELIEVE THAT WAS A SPY VEHICLE. >> ABSOLUTELY IT WAS A SPY BALLOON. BACK SIX MONTHS AFTER THE DRAMA THAT CAPTIVATED THE COUNTRY, NORAD COMMANDER GENERAL GLENN VAN KIRK SAT DOWN WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT DECISION-MAKING THAT LED TO THE BALLOONS ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION. IT WAS SET IN MOTION DAYS EARLIER IN A HIGH- STAKES MISSION TO INTERCEPT IT OVER ALASKA. >> WE SENT IN A PACKAGE THAT INCLUDED F-16S AT A SUPPORT PACKAGE WITH TANKER SUPPORT. >> Reporter: DID YOU KNOW WHAT THE MISSION WAS? >> WE WORKED WITH THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND HAD A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE MISSION ACTUALLY WOULD BE. WHEN WE INTERCEPTED THE HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOON OFF THE COURSE OF ALASKA I MADE THE ASSESSMENT THAT IT DIDN'T DEMONSTRATE HOSTILE INTENT. >> Reporter: THE BALLOON SAILED OVER CANADA AND THEN INTO THE U.S. AND TOWARD SENSITIVE MILITARY SITES. >> IT WAS A GREAT POLITICAL DEBATE OVER THE TIMING OF THE SHOOTDOWN. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE DID THINGS GO IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE? >> THERE WERE PLANS TO SHOOT IT DOWN SAFELY AND WE SHOT IT DOWN SAFELY AT THE PLACE AND TIME OF OUR CHOOSING. WE DECIDED BASED ON DIRECTION WENT TO SHOOT IT DOWN. >> THE BALLOON WAS SHUT DOWN OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. NOT BEFORE THE MILITARY SAYS THEY COLLECTED ITS SHARE OF INTEL AS WELL. >> WHAT I STRESSED TO YOU IS THAT THIS TURNED OUT, I THINK THE BEST IT COULD FOR THE NATION. WE KNOW THAT NO AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE IN IT AND MAINTAINED SAFETY. WE KNOW FOR A FACT WE MITIGATED THE COLLECTION AND MAXIMIZED OUR COLLECTION. >> THE BALLOON EPISODE WAS A FAR CRY FROM THE COLD WAR IMAGE OF NORAD WHEN THE THREAT OF A SOVIET NUCLEAR STRIKE WAS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THE ICONIC COMMAND POST BURROWED DEEP INSIDE OF COLORADO'S CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN. DEPICTED IN THE MOVIE WARGAMES NOW AN ALTERNATE JOINT OPS CENTER WITH U.S. AND CANADIAN OPERATORS STANDING WATCH. >> THIS IS DAUNTING AND HIGH STRESS. IT'S A BUSY ENVIRONMENT. >> THIS COMPLEX WAS ENGINEERED TO TO STAND WITHSTAND A DIRECT NUCLEAR ATTACK. THE BLAST DOORS ARE 3 FEET THICK. THE LAST TIME THEY WERE CLOSED OPERATIONALLY WAS ON 9/11. >> IT'S SELF SUSTAINED WITH INTERNAL WATER AND ELECTRICITY. >> THE BALLOON WAS DETERMINED NOT TO BE HOSTILE BUT JOINED A LIST OF GROWING THREATS FROM HYPERSONIC MISSILES TO CYBER THAT NORAD IS RAGING TO STAY AHEAD OF. >> I CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING I LIKE TO SEE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE HOMELAND AS WE NEED TO SEE IT. >> ASKING CONGRESS FOR THE OVER THE HORIZON RADAR AND WHY IT ALL MATTERS, THE MEMORIAL TO 9/11 THAT SITS OUTSIDE OF NORAD'S HEADQUARTERS PROVIDING THE ANSWER. >> REMINDING US OF OUR SOLEMN DUTY TO DEFEND IN OUR OWN WAY. >> STILL AHEAD, THE DANGEROUS HEAT BLANKETING PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. A LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO REMAIN COOL AND SAFE. >> IT'S THIS HUMIDITY . >> WE HAVE QUESTIONS OUTSTANDING. >> NEW WITH THE GENERATION OF NOW. NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HERE'S SOME OF THE HEADLINES WE ARE WATCHING. THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F KENNEDY JUNIOR TESTIFYING ON CAPITOL HILL FOR A REPUBLICAN-LED COMMITTEE ON CENSORSHIP USING THEIR TIME TO CHALLENGE THE SKEPTICISM. >> I WILL JUST SAY THIS ONE THING, TRUST IN THE EXPERTS. IT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF SCIENCE, IT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF DEMOCRACY , IT'S A FUNCTION OF RELIGION AND TOTALITARIANISM. >> RFK JUNIOR IS HOPING TO SNAG THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN FLORIDA CHANGED HOW THE COUNTRY WILL TEACH BLACK HISTORY. AMONG THE GUIDELINES. TEACHERS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THESE CHANGES LAST NIGHT. >> THEY NEED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATION'S PAST EVEN IF THE HISTORY IS UNPLEASANT. >>> SETTLING A CIVIL RIGHTS WALK-THROUGH IN RESPONSE TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS IN 2020. THE LAWSUIT WAS BROUGHT ON BEHALF OF 1300 PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED OR BEATEN BY THE POLICE DURING THE DEMONSTRATION THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. >>> 11 HORSES HAVE DIED IN A MUSTANG ROUNDUP IN NEVADA. THEY DIED AFTER BREAKING THEIR NECKS AND LEGS, PART OF A LARGER FEDERAL CAMPAIGN TO WRANGLE WILD HORSES ON FEDERAL LAND. >>> LAS VEGAS POLICE SEARCHED THE HOME CONNECTED WITH THE MURDER OF TUPAC SHAKUR. THE WARRANT SAYS THIS MAN BELONGS TO THE SOUTH SIDE COMPTON CRYPTS STRAIGHT STREET GANG. >>> WILDFIRES BURNING NORTH OF THE SKY HARBOR AIRPORT. OFFICIALS SAY THEIR OPERATIONS ARE NOT BEING IMPACTED BY THE FIRE. LOOKING AT THE SMOKE PLUMES BILLOWING OVER THE SKY. THIS SEEMS TO BE IN AN AREA THAT IS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. REMEMBER THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF A DEADLY HEAT WAVE WITH FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO THIS WITH TEMPERATURES OVER 110 DEGREES, IT'S SO HOT THAT THE HELICOPTER TAKING THESE VIDEOS HAD TO TURN BACK AND LAND. WE WILL BRING ANY UPDATES OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT HOUR. >>> PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A HUGE TORNADO BLEW THROUGH THE AREA. YOU COULD SEE A TORNADO PASSING THROUGH SOMEONE'S YARD IN A NORTH CAROLINA CITY. THE WIND TORE THE ROOF OFF OF THE HOME AND THE STORM LIFTED UP THE BURNING AND SPREAD IT AROUND THE YARD. THERE ARE FUSE WITH SHORTAGES. STORMS BARRELING OVER WISCONSIN CAUSING THIS SCARY SCENE IN WALMART. YOU COULD SEE THE HAIL AND RAIN FALLING IN AS PEOPLE FOUND SHELTER. THE STORMS DUMPED TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH. KENTUCKY IS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER FLASH FLOODING. THE HARDEST HIT AREA WAS MAYFIELD WHERE A FOOT OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY. >>> DECEMBER 10, THAT WAS THE TORNADO. IT RUINED MY JOB. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THAT JOB EVER SINCE. IT'S BEEN DEVASTATING. >> MANY OF THE PEOPLE RECOVERING FROM THESE STORMS ARE DEALING WITH SCORCHING HEAT. OVER 100 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE UNDER A HEAT ALERT AND THAT'S JUST TODAY. AT DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK IT'S TURNED POTENTIALLY DEADLY. A 71-YEAR-OLD MAN COLLAPSED ON TUESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES HITTING 121 DEGREES. IF THE CORNER RULES HIS DEATH IS HEAT RELATED IT WILL BE THE SECOND ONE UP AT PARK THIS SUMMER. IN MARICOPA COUNTY 18 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE HEAT. 69 MORE DEATHS ARE NOW BEING INVESTIGATED. FLORIDA IS PASSING TEMPERATURE RECORDS. OUR NEWS CORRESPONDENT HAS MORE ON HOW PEOPLE ARE HANDLING THE HEAT IN CORAL GABLES. >> I FEEL LIKE A BROKEN RECORD TALKING ABOUT ALL THE BROKEN RECORDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEAT. IT'S ALL ACROSS THE SOUTH, TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT ZONE REALLY LAYING IT ON THICK. HERE, THE SOUTHEAST, AND IN THE SOUTHWEST. IN PHOENIX WE SAW THE RECORD BROKEN FOR THE MOST AMOUNT OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TEMPERATURES ABOVE 110. TALKING ABOUT STRAIGHT TEMPERATURES. NOT THE HEAT INDEX. OVER WHERE WE ARE IN THE MIAMI AREA, TALKING ABOUT A RECORD BROKEN IN TERMS OF HOW MANY DAYS STRAIGHT OF THE HEAT INDEX IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS. THIS ISN'T JUST IMPACTING HUMANS, WE WILL GET TO THAT IMPACT IN A MOMENT BUT IT'S ALSO IMPACTING THE ANIMALS. THE ONES OUTSIDE. EVERYONE HAVING TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO REMAIN SAFE. >> WE COULD TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES BUT THEY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN FOR THEM. >> TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT JUST UNCOMFORTABLE BUT DANGEROUS AND IT'S DEADLY. WE'VE SEEN THIS IN DEATH VALLEY AND IN ARIZONA AND IN TERMS OF PEOPLE GETTING THIRD WE'VE SEEN THIS IN DEATH VALLEY AND IN ARIZONA AND IN TERMS OF PEOPLE GETTING 3RDDEGREE BURNS WE ARE FILLING UP WITH PETE WHOLE WITH HIGH INTERNAL BODY TEMPERATURES GETTING THIRD-DEGREE BURNS. THERE IS HEAT STROKE AND HEAT ILLNESS. HERE IN FLORIDA WE KNOW THAT A WOMAN WAS CHARGED IN NORTHERN FLORIDA FOR LEAVING AN INFANT INSIDE OF A HOT VEHICLE INSIDE OF A GARAGE. THE VEHICLE HAD A TEMPERATURE OF 133 DEGREES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHEN IT COMES TO EXTREME WEATHER IT'S DECEIVING BUT HEAT IS THE DEADLIEST FORM OF EXTREME WEATHER WITH A LOT OF COOLING SHELTERS OPEN RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING WHO MAY NOT HAVE IT. >>> IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY MEAL BUT McDONALD'S IS PAYING UP AFTER CHICKEN McNUGGETS BURNED A SMALL CHILD. >>> A RAMPANT RAMPAGE IN FLORIDA. THERE'S A SUBURB THAT'S BEEN OVERRUN BY THESE RABBITS. NEIGHBORS ESTIMATE THIS UP TO 60 TO 100 OF THESE FUZZY LITTLE GUYS. WHILE ADORABLE THEY ARE VERY DESTRUCTIVE. THEY JUST KEEP ON BREEDING. RESIDENTS RAISING MONEY TO CAPTURE, NEUTER, AND FIND ADOPTIVE HOMES FOR THESE BUNNIES BUT THE COST OF THIS COULD BE UP TO $40,000. UNTIL THEN THEY WILL KEEP KE WH >> STAY TUNED NOW, WEEKNIGHTS. >>> WELCOME BACK. LET'S GET YOU CAUGHT UP IN 30 SECONDS. THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY HEARING TESTIMONY OF A FORMER TRUMP AIDE WILLIAM RUSSELL WHO IS WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT ON JANUARY 6. THE SOLDIER WHO WENT ACROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER SPENT 48 DAYS IN PRISON. 100 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER A HEAT ALERT. OFFICIALS IN DEATH VALLEY ASSESSED THE DEATH OF A 71-YEAR- OLD MAN AND SAYS IT'S RELATED TO THE HEAT. >>> DON'T EXPECT A TRIP TO McDONALD'S TO END IN A THIRD DEGREE BURN. THIS INCIDENT ENDED IN A JURY AWARDING A LITTLE GIRL AND HER FAMILY $800,000 IN DAMAGES. HERE'S THE STORY BUT WE WANT TO WARN YOU THERE'S IMAGES OF THE CHILD'S INJURY THAT YOU MAY FIND DISTURBING. >> A HAPPY MEAL COSTING McDONALD'S $800,000 AFTER THE JURY AWARDED THE MASSIVE SUM TO THE FAMILY OF A CHILD WHO WAS BURNT BY A CHICKEN NUGGET. >> I'M HAPPY THAT THE JURY WAS THERE TO DECIDE A FAIR JUDGMENT. >> VIDEO SHOWING FOUR-YEAR-OLD OLIVIA IN THE BACKSEAT OF HER MOTHER'S CAR AS THEY LEFT THE McDONALD'S DRIVE-THROUGH WHEN A CHICKEN NUGGET FELL ON HER LEG. HER MOTHER DESCRIBING THE HORROR TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA STATION WHEN THEY HAD TO FILE THE LAWSUIT. >> I HEAR HER SCREAMING. IT'S MY DAUGHTER. IT'S WEDGED BETWEEN THE SEATBELT IS THE CHICKEN NUGGET THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO REACH. FOR THE SCREAMS PLAYING OUT IN COURT FOR THE JURY. AT A TRIAL IN MAY LAWYERS FOR LIVIA'S FAMILY ARGUED THE TEMPERATURE OF THE NUGGET WAS ABOVE 200 DEGREES BUT THE DEFENSE SAID IT WASN'T MORE THAN 160 DEGREES. THE JURY DELIVERING A VERDICT FINDING McDONALD'S AND UPCHURCH FOODS FAILED TO PUT WARNINGS ON THE FOOD BUT WERE NOT NEGLIGENT FOR CAUSING THE BURN. >> THIS YEAR THE SCAR IS STILL THERE. FOR FOUR YEARS LATER SHE STILL HAS THE SCAR ON HER LEG. THE McDONALD'S HAS RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT. ONE OF THEIR ATTORNEYS ARGUED THE CHILD DIDN'T SUFFER LONG TERM INJURY. >> Reporter: THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME McDONALD'S FACE LEGAL ACTION OVER BURNS FROM THEIR PRODUCTS. >> McDONALD'S WILL APPEAL A VERDICT IN THE CASE OF THE SPILLED COFFEE. BACK IN THE 90s ONE CASE MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES WHEN A 79-YEAR-OLD SUFFERED THIRD DEGREE BURNS AND SPENT THREE WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A McDONALD'S COFFEE SPILLED ONTO HER LAP. >> I SCREAMED NOT REALIZING THAT I WAS BURNT. I KNEW I WAS IN PAIN. >> Reporter: SHE REQUESTED $20,000 TO COVER MEDICAL BILLS BUT THE CASE WENT TO TRIAL AND A JURY AWARDED HER $2.7 MILLION. >> Reporter: THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CHICKEN NUGGETS WERE DEBATED IN THE CASE. McDONALD'S ARGUED IN PART THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COOK THE CHICKEN NUGGETS AT 160 DEGREES TO PREVENT SALMONELLA, THE JURY DIDN'T AGREE WITH THEM. >>> CHANGES IN WASHINGTON DC SPORTS. THE NFL OWNERS VOTING TO APPROVE THE SALE OF THE WASHINGTON COMMANDERS. THE TEAMS BEING SOLD TO A GROUP LED BY BILLIONAIRE JOSH HARRIS. MAGIC JOHNSON WILL BE PART OF THE TEAM AS WELL. HARRIS IS CALLING THIS A NEW ERA FOR WASHINGTON FOOT POLE FOOTBALL. >> THIS IS PART OF WHO I AM AND WHO HAVE BECOME AS A PERSON. BEING A FAN IS NOT ENOUGH. TO BE SUCCESSFUL WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS AND CREATE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, A NEW ERA OF WASHINGTON FOOT TALL IS HERE FOOTBALL IS HERE. >> THE GROUP IS TAKING OVER FROM OWNER DAN SNYDER OVER $6 BILLION. SNYDER HIMSELF WAS FIND $60 MILLION FOR A LEAK INVESTIGATION. HE WITHHELD REVENUE THAT HE WAS OPPOSED TO SHARE WITH OTHER TEAMS. INVESTIGATORS FOUND SNYDER SEXUALLY HARASSED A FORMER TEAM EMPLOYEE. HOURS ORTS HOST AND REPORTER JOINS ME NOW. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THIS SALE ITSELF CAME TO BE. THE SNYDER ERA WAS ROCKY AT FIRST. >> SIX PLAYOFF APPEARANCES IN 2014. THERE'S ALSO ALL OF THESE ALLEGATIONS OF TOXIC WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT. HOW DID THIS DEAL COME TO BE. >> DAN SNYDER SAID HE WOULD NEVER SELL THE TEAM. HE MADE VOWS THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE SHIPPED THEY WOULD NEVER CHANGE THE NAME THEN THEY CHANGE THE NAME. HE SAID HE NEVER SELL THE TEAM AND HE SOLD THE TEAM AND OF COURSE THIS WAS A DISTRESSED ASSET. THERE WAS A RECORD SALE. THAT'S WHAT I'M FLABBERGASTED ABOUT, TALKING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION, LOCAL INVESTIGATIONS. EVERYONE IS INVESTIGATING THIS. FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE. A CULTURAL FEAR BASED OFF OF ONE OF THE SUPPORTS. IT'S FLABBERGASTING I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS IS HAPPENING. >> WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE FOR FANS? NOW THAT WE HAVE DETAILS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO DAN SNYDER. THIS ONE RELATED TO ONE PARTICULAR INCIDENT BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE U.S. CONGRESS BECAUSE THERE WERE QUESTIONS ON WHAT THEY WERE AND WEREN'T TELLING SPORTS FANS ABOUT TOXIC WORKPLACE CULTURE. >> IT'S PART OF THE ISSUE. THE FIRST FINE YOU MENTIONED, $10 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE INVESTIGATION FROM 2021. TALKING $60 MILLION FINE. A FINE, THIS IS A NEW RECORD IN A BIG WAY. THE LEAGUE IS TRYING TO SET A STATEMENT HERE AND ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS THAT HE WASN'T WILLING TO COOPERATE. SITTING DOWN WITH THE FORMER CHAIR FOR INTERVIEW AND HE ONLY SAID WE WON'T TALK FOR AN HOUR. 10,000 DOCUMENTS. THE MAIN PERSON YOU WANT TO TALK TO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A YEAR TO WORK AROUND. THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THIS AS WELL. >> FOR SPORTS FANS IN THE WASHINGTON AREA, DID I HAVE A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO? >> I THINK THERE'S A LOW BAR . I ALWAYS THINK OF THIS IN TANDEM. THEY ALSO OWNED THE 76ers. IT'S BEEN A FIASCO. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE A GOOD THING AS FAR AS FOOT WALL FOOTBALL IS CONCERNED BUT IT COULD BE A START IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE LEAGUE IS THRILLED BY THIS BECAUSE ONE OF HE MOST VIABLE FRANCHISE HAS THE GOOD LIFE. THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIMISM. >>> COMIC CON IS UNDERWAY IN SAN DIEGO BUT WITH HOLLYWOOD ON STRIKE IT RETURNS WITHOUT A LOT OF STAR POWER THAT IT'S USUALLY ACCUSTOMED TO. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOW UP EVERY YEAR. BECAUSE OF THE STRIKE ACTORS CANNOT PROMOTE THEIR WORK BUT PICKETING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> WE ARE MADE UP OF ORDINARY PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING. >> FOR STAGE ACTORS THE SHOW WILL GO ON. THE STAGE WORKER STRIKE WHICH COULD HAVE SHUT DOWN 30 SHOWS IN NEW YORK CITY AND A NUMBER OF TOURING SHOWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OUR NEWS CORRESPONDENT JAY GRAY JOINS US NOW FROM COMIC CON. IT'S HAD A PRETTY ROCKY COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE PANDEMIC THAT COULDN'T TAKE PLACE IN THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. THERE ARE THESE STRIKES. HOW IS THIS IMPACTING THIS YEAR'S CONVENTION? >> IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR COMIC CON. FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO GATHER HERE. THIS HAS DONE NOTHING TO STRAY THE CROWD. THIS PLACE IS PACKED AND PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO COME IN. WHAT A LOT OF THE VETERANS OF COMIC CON ARE SAYING IT'S THEIR CHANCE TO GET BACK TO WHAT THE FESTIVAL WAS BEFORE ALL THE HOLLYWOOD STARS SHOWED UP. THE PANELS WITH THE BIG NAMES AND THE WRITERS, THEY'VE BEEN A BIG DRAW OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND PEOPLE WILL MISS THAT. WHAT BRINGS THEM HERE IS THE MERCHANDISE OBVIOUSLY IN THE MEMORABILIA. THEN THERE'S THE BOND BETWEEN THE LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE WHO LOVE SEEING EACH OTHER EVERY YEAR. THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THEIR YEAR. THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN. THERE'S SO MUCH TO SEE HERE. THERE'S SO MUCH TO PHONE HOME ABOUT. THE TRUTH IS, THIS IS DAY ONE. THEY WILL GROW OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. IT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THE WORLD JUST DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH HEROES. >> YOU ARE OUR HERO TONIGHT AND I HOPE SOMEONE IS STANDING NEXT TO THAT LIFE-SIZED ET. JAY GRAY, THANK YOU. >>> STILL AHEAD, A LOT OF THINGS TO GET TO. WILDFIRES RIPPING THROUGH GREECE AS TEMPERATURES LINGER A INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS. THE EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE FIRE IS NEXT. STAY TUNED. IT'S NBC NEWS NOW. >> LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 SECONDS. UKRAINIAN TROOPS HAVE BEGUN TO USE THE MUNITION THE UNITED STATES PROVIDED TO THEM A WEEK AGO. JOHN KIRBY AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS THEY ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE AGAINST RUSSIA. >>> THOUSANDS OF PERUVIANS TOOK THE STREETS TO PROCESSED POVERTY AND INEQUALITY AND CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RESIGN. MANY PERUVIANS ACCUSED HIM OF ILLEGITIMATELY REMOVING THE PREDECESSOR AND THROWING HIM IN JAIL. >>> SHAKIRA, THE POP ICON IS ACCUSED OF TAX FRAUD IN SPAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME. THIS TIME FOR ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES FROM 2018. SHE'S FACING TRIALS FOR TAX EVASION FROM 2012 TO 2014. >>> A LIONESS IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE LOOSE IN BERLIN. POLICE USING ALL KINDS OF METHODS TO TRACK HER DOWN. DRONES, HUNTERS, INFRARED CAMERAS, AND A VEST. THEY URGE RESIDENTS TO REMAIN INDOORS. IT'S UNCLEAR WHERE SHE CAME FROM. >>> FOR DAYS, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE HEAT WAVE ENGULFING EUROPE. THAT HEAT WAVE HAS LED TO MASSIVE WILDFIRES IN GREECE THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN. >> Reporter: WHEN TEMPERATURES WERE FINALLY BEGINNING TO'S COME DOWN. A HEAT WAVE STARTED TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO HIT 113 DEGREES ON SUNDAY. HERE AT THE ACROPOLIS IN ATHENS, WORKERS HAVE BEGUN GOING ON STRIKE FOR PART OF THE DAY SAYING THAT THEY SIMPLY REFUSE TO WORK WITH TEMPERATURES GETTING THAT HOT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE ARE WILDFIRES THAT HAD BEEN RAGING OVER DAYS WITH FIREFIGHTERS SCRAMBLING TO GET PEOPLE OVER DOZENS OF FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN BURNING NOT ON THE MAINLAND BUT ALSO ON MANY GREEK ISLANDS. WE SEE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, SENDING IN RESOURCES TO HELP FRANCE AND ITALY, SENDING IN FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT'S TO ASSIST FIREFIGHTERS HERE WHO SAY THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH A COMBINATION OF EXTREME WEATHER ELEMENTS THAT HAVE PUSHED THE FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM TO THE BRINK. THEY ARE MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HANDLE AS WE HAVE SEEN THE EXTREME HEAT TAKE EFFECT ACROSS THE GLOBE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IS NOT JUST A DEVASTATING HOME AND CAR FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE ON THEIR HOMES AS WELL AS IN THE TOWN BUT WE ARE SEEING SIMILAR SITUATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN EUROPE AS THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TO DRAG ON. IN SPAIN A 42-YEAR-OLD MAN IS REPORTED TO BE DEAD DUE TO THE HEAT AND IN ITALY, 23 OUT OF THE 27 BIGGEST CITIES ARE UNDER RED ALERT. AUTHORITIES URGING PEOPLE TO REMAIN INDOORS SAYING THAT THE ELDERLY, THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE VULNERABLE GIVEN THE ONGOING EXTREME HEAT. >> JOSH LETTERMAN, THANK YOU. >> THE WOMEN'S WORLD CUP WHICH HAS BEEN COHOSTED BY NEW ZEALAND HAS OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF. AND IN NEW ZEALAND, ONE NEW ZEALAND THEY WON A GAME AFTER 15 FAILED ATTEMPTS. TEAM USA, LOOKING FOR A A REPEAT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND ARE SET TO TAKE ON VIETNAM TOMORROW. MOLLY HUNTER HAS MORE FROM SYDNEY. >> Reporter: THE BIGGEST WOMEN'S A SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD. NEW ZEALAND'S BEAUTY AND CULTURE ON FULL DISPLAY WELCOMING 32 NATIONS INCLUDING THE NUMBER ONE RANKED U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM TO NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA FOR THE WOMEN'S 2023 FEE FOR WORLD CUP. IN AUCKLAND THE FANS SAY IT WAS TOO ROWDY. THEY HAD TO SHUT DOWN PART OF THE CITY AND CLOSING THE FANDOM. THE FIRST MATCH IS KICKING OFF AS PLANNED. BEATING NORWAY HERE AT HOME IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND IS THE OTHER MAIN HOST CITY. THEY CITED THE GROUP AROUND TO DEFEND THEIR TITLE. >> THE AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR A ECORD-SETTING REPEAT. >> WE WANT TO FIND OURSELVES AT THE END. TO GET THERE IS A LONG WAY. >> THE ROSTER WHICH INCLUDES THE VETERAN CAPTAIN WHO ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT AFTER THE TOURNAMENT AND 14 PLAYERS WHO HAD NEVER BEEN TO A WORLD CUP INCLUDING THE STAR FORWARD SOPHIA SMITH. >> WE HONOR WITH THE TEAM HAS DONE IN THE PAST. THIS IS THE FIRST. THIS IS THE 1st CUP THAT THE TEAM WILL WIN. >> MORGAN AND HER COCAPTAIN PRESENTING HIM WITH A JERSEY OF HIS OWN. DESPITE THIS PRESSURE, MORGAN SAYS THAT THERE LASER FOCUS IS ON THE FIRST GAME. >> ALL OF MY ATTENTION IS HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER . >> MOLLY HUNTER NBC NEWS. >> IF YOU DIDN'T REALIZE, AIA MAY BE WATCHING YOU . USING SURVEILLANCE TO THOSE WHO RIDE THE SUBWAY FOR FREE. >>> SOMEONE WOKE UP A BILLIONAIRE IN CALIFORNIA. WINNING THE POWERBALL TICKET OVER $1 BILLION IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. THE CASH VALUE IS WORTH $558 MILLION WITH APPLICABLE TAXES. THE THIRD-LARGEST POWERBALL JACKPOT EVER. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER, WHOEVER YOU ARE. >>> AND TONIGHT'S FEATURE OF EVERYTHING WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT AI BUT HOW IT'S IMPACTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IF YOU LIVE IN A CITY WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT YOU PROBABLY SEE SOMEONE HOPPING OVER THE GATES OR TURNSTILES TO GET IN FOR FREE OR SLIPPING ONTO THE BACK OF THE BUS AND NOT PAYING FOR THE RIGHT. ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED A SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE AND THE STATIONS. THE TECHNOLOGY USES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS WILL STOP WRITERS INVADING FARES EVADING FARES. OUR REPORTER JOINS US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE EXCLUSIVE REPORT. HOW EXACTLY DOES THIS WORK? FOR THE SOFTWARE INTEGRATES WITH THE EXISTING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT ARE IN THE NEW YORK SUBWAY STATIONS. THEY WATCH OVER THE CAMERAS AND TURNSTILES. THE SOFTWARE WILL CRACK. TWO PEOPLE DOUBLING UP GOING THROUGH HER AS THEY CYCLE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY EXIT. >> MTA SAYS THEY ARE USING THIS . THEY ARE TRACKING DOWN PEOPLE WHO ARE EVADING FARES BUT DO THEY HAVE CAPABILITY TO DO THIS AND IS THIS THE PLAN GOING FORWARD? >> THE COMPANY WE FOUND IS DEVELOPING SOFTWARE, SMALL SPANISH SURVEILLANCE TEST FIRM CALLED AWAY. THEY MARKET THEIR PRODUCTS IS SOME WAY TO FLAG STATION AGENTS TO STOP INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EVADED FARES. THEY HAVE PLANS FOR THIS STORY. THEY DECLINED TO SAY WHETHER THIS WOULD BE THE CASE INDEFINITELY FOR THE FUTURE. >> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND TO HAVE PRIVACY WORRIES. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM CRITICS AND WHAT SHOULD THEY KNOW TONIGHT. >> NYPD NO LONGER ARRESTS -- BY DEFAULT. THEY USUALLY TICKET THEM. THIS CHANGES THE HISTORY OF SUBWAY FARE IS ASIAN. MANY STRESS THAT THEY GET TOTALLY STRESSED OUT. THE KIND OF QUESTION THE WISDOM OF PUTTING MONEY INTO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. >> REALLY INTERESTING STUFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> AN ARREST TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS. CAR COMPANIES ARE USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO TAKE BIGGER RISKS WITH ONE COMPANY GEARING UP TO MAKE LEAPS BY HARNESSING THE GALAXY'S OLDEST POWER SOURCE. STEVE PATTERSON EXPLAINS. >> AUTOMAKERS ARE RACING TO PRODUCE A PICTURE FREE FOSSIL FUEL BUT THE ELECTRIC CAR OF TOMORROW IS ANYTHING BUT TRADITIONAL. >> THIS IS THE FUTURE. >> AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT COULD RUN ON THE POWER OF THE SUN. >> THIS IS THE FIRST SOLAR PRODUCED VEHICLE FOR MARKET. >> IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST MASS- PRODUCED SOLAR ELECTRIC CAR. >> THE COMPANY JOINING THE INTERNATIONAL SOLAR CAR STARTUPS IN THE RACE TO CREATE A VEHICLE CHARGED BY THE GENERATOR IN THE SKY. THE CAR IS TECHNICALLY CLASSIFIED AS AN AUTO CYCLE AND DESIGNED TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. >> GETS RID OF THE WEIGHT AND THE EXTRA ROLLING SYSTEMS, IT BECOMES MORE STREAMLINED. >> THIS WILL CAPTURE THE SUN'S ENERGY DELIVERING MILES WORTH OF POWER WITHOUT NEEDING TO BE PLUGGED IN. THE COMPANY HOPES TO START PRODUCTION NEXT YEAR AT A PRICE POINT OF BELOW $40,000. >> WE HAVE 44,000 ORDERS FOR THIS. >> TAKING IT FOR A TEST DRIVE NEAR SAN DIEGO. >> IN THE MOST PERFECT CONDITIONS LIKE ON A DAY LIKE TODAY YOU COULD GET 40 MILES FROM THE SUN ALONE. MOST COMMUTERS WILL NEVER HAVE TO PLUG THIS IN. >> IT COULD BARELY MAKE IT UPHILL WITHOUT OVERHEATING. WHILE THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, EXPERTS SAY THEY COULD CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK OF TRANSPORTATION PUTTING LESS STRESS ON THE POWER GRID AND UTILIZING FREE ENERGY. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. >> A DREAM OF THE GAS WAS WORLD BETTING BIG ON THE POWER OF THE SUN. KEITH PATTERSON, NBC NEWS. >> IT'S NOT JUST HEAT THAT HAS EXPERTS WORRIED LATELY, POOR AIR QUALITY HAS MANY CONCERNED AS WELL WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AND POOR AIR QUALITY TOGETHER, THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF EARLY DEATH. OUR MEDICAL REPORTER ERIC EDWARDS HAS MORE. >> Reporter: A THIRD OF THE U.S. POPULATION LIVE IN AREAS WITH HEAT ADVISORIES. TODAY IT WAS 120 DEGREES BUT THESE RECORD-BREAKING HEAT WAVES HAVE RECORD-SETTING WILDFIRES IN CANADA. AT ONE POINT IN NEW YORK CITY HAD THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE WORLD. >> A PICTURE THAT IS SIMPLY OTHERWORLDLY. >> MAKING IT HARD FOR MANY AMERICANS TO CATCH THEIR BREATH. >> IT'S A CONCERN TO HAVE ACCOMMODATION OF POOR AIR QUALITY AND HEAT. >> THE RISK OF DEATH INCREASED BY 21% WITH EXTREME HEAT AND AIR POLLUTION ACCORDING TO A 2022 STUDY. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS TO HER BODY WHEN IT GETS HIT WITH BOTH BESIDES DEHYDRATION? HEAT CAN TAKE A TOLL ON YOUR HEART. VESSELS GET SMALLER AND DECREASE THE FLOW OF OXYGEN TO YOUR TISSUES AND ORGANS. YOUR HEART BEGINS BEATING FASTER PUSHING YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE UP. ADD IN POOR AIR QUALITY. >> THERE IS LESS MOVEMENT OF THE AIR. >> TAKE YOUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, YOUR CELLS LIE IN YOUR AIRWAVES. WITH THE BARRIER PROTECTING YOUR BODY FROM POLLUTANTS. YOUR BODY'S ABILITY TO REGENERATE THAT PROTECTIVE BARRIER CANNOT KEEP UP AND SMOKE WITH PARTICLES SMALLER THAN SOME COULD EASILY GET THROUGH YOUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. >> YOU COULD GET TRAPPED. THAT'S WHERE YOU COULD GET MORE THIS INTO YOUR BODY. THIS COULD CAUSE MORE HAVOC IN OUR SYSTEM. >> WHAT COULD YOU DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF. >> WHETHER WE HAVE AN UNDERLYING DIAGNOSIS OR NOT.
