>>> ON THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, DEADLY INFERNO. DOZENS TRAPPED AND
FEARED KILLED IN CALIFORNIA AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT, AND THE
CEILING COLLAPSES AT A WAREHOUSE PARTY. TONIGHT, THE SAFETY
ISSUES BEING RAISED AS LOVED ONES WAIT FOR WORD ON THOSE STILL
MISSING. >>> CONTROVERSIAL CALL.
THE UNPRECEDENTED PHONE CVERSATION BETWEEN
PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP AND THE PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN AND HOW IT
COULD ALTER U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. >>> GLOBAL REACH, THE
EXPANDING AMBITIOUS OF THE RIGHT WING MEDIA COMPANY THAT
CHAMPIONED DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT AND SEES A BIGGER
OPPORTUNITY AFTER HIS ELECTION. >>> AND INSPIRING
AMERICA. TWO YOUNG ATHLETES ON TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS.
WHY WOULD ONE HELP THE OTHER HEADACHE IT TO THE FINISH LINE?
NIGHTLY NEWS BEGINS NOW. >> Announcer: FROM NBC
NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH JOSE DIAS BALART. >>> GOOD EVENING.
WE BEGIN WITH AN UNFOLDING TRAGEDY IN NORGE CALIFORNIA WHERE
IT APPEARS THERE COULD BE A STAGGERING DEATH TOLL AFTER A FIRE
BROKE OUT AS A WAREHOUSE BEING USED FOR A PARTY.
IT HAPPENED LAST YOOEK IN OAKLAND, JUST ACROSS THE BAY FROM
SAN FRANCISCO. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE
POSSIBILITY AS MANY AS 40 PEOPLE MAY HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.
AND THE QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY IN THAT BUILDING ARE GROWING
TONIGHT. NBC'S GOTTI SCHWARTZ IS THERE.
>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT IN OAKLAND A LATE NIGHT PARTY TURNED
INTO A WAREHOUSE INFERNO. UNDERSTAND, DOZENS
UNABLE TO ESCAPE WHAT FIREFIGHTERS DESCRIBED AS A WORST CASE
SCENARIO. >> THERE IS JUST A TRAGEDY AND THERE IS
NO EASY ANSWERS RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: TODAY AS
THE SMOKE CLEARS, YELLOW TARPS CONFIRMING A
GUT-WRENCHING DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO CLIMB.
FIREFIGHTERS SAY ABOUT 75 PEOPLE WERE INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE KNOWN AS
THE OAKLAND GHOST SHIP WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE SECOND STORY.
THE SPACE HOME TO A HANDFUL OF ARTISTS MOST INSIDE LAST NIGHT
WERE YOUNG AND THERE FOR WHAT MOST DESCRIBED AS A RAVE.
>> SOME ARE NOT FROM THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE VISITORS.
>> Reporter: BOB TRIED TO SAVE ONE OF HIS ROOMMATES BUT THE
FLAMES WERE TOO INTENSE. >> I WAS PULLING HIM
OUT. HE WAS A LARGER GENTLEMAN.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF IN THE WAY. AND THE FLAMES WERE
TOO MUCH. >> Reporter: NOW, THE FACEBOOK PAGE SET UP
TO ADVERTISE THE CONCERT IS A MESSAGE BOARD FOR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS TRYING TO FIND ANY INFORMATION ON THE MISSING.
>> IF MY BROTHER IS THERE I WANT TO FIND HIM.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF
THE BUILDING WHERE OTHER RAVES HAVE BEEN HELD.
PICTURES FROM BEFORE THE FIRE SHOW THE WAREHOUSE WITH A
MAZE-LIKE ENTRANCE AND NOT ENOUGH EXITS, WILES OF WOOD,
FLAMMABLE PAINT, AND TEKD STORY ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY SOME
SORT OF A MIKE SHIFT STAIRCASE. >> IT IS NOT DEEMED A
CRIME SCENE. >> Reporter: NOW AUTHORITIES ARE
PIECING TOGETHER EVERYTHING THAT WENT WRONG AS A COMMUNITY
STRUGGLES TO COME TO GRIPS WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ONE OF THE
DEADLIEST STRUCTURE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY.
RIGHT NOW THE DEATH TOLL STANDS AT NINE WITH OVER TWO DOZEN
STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR. TONIGHT WE CAN CONFIRM THERE IS AN
INVESTIGATION INTO THIS BUILDING INTO ZONING CODE
VIOLATIONS. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS GOT HERE LAST NIGHT THERE
WAS NO SMOKE ALARM NOR SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED
LIVES. >>> THERE IS ANOTHER BIG FIRE WE ARE
FOLLOWING TONIGHT. THIS ONE JUST OUTSIDE BOSTON THERE.
HAS BEEN A MASSIVE RESPONSE TO THE BLAZE THAT CLAIMED MULTIPLE
BUILDINGS. THANKFULLY NO REPORTS OF SERIOUS INJURIES
BUT THE FIRE IS STILL RAGING. WE GET MORE FROM NBC'S
RAY VIEIRA. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS RACED TO
CAMBRIDGE A BOSTON SUBURB. AS A TEN-ALARM FIRE
RAGED THROUGH AT LEAST SIX BUILDINGS TORCH THING SEVERAL CARS.
THEY WORKED THROUGH THE BLAZE TO MAKE RESCUES.
>> MULTIPLE POLICE OFFICERS WENT INTO THE BUILDINGS AND ASSISTED
IN THE EVACUATION OF THE RESIDENTS. >> Reporter:
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE IT STARTED IN A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AROUND 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WHIPPED UP
THE FIRE AS IT SPREAD TO SURROUNDING HOMES, A CHURCH, AND EVEN
KNOCKING OUT POWER THROUGHOUT THE AREA. >> IT'S SCARY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT MY OWN FAMILY. >> Reporter: STREETS
ARE CLOSED OFF AS NEIGHBORS BY THE BUS LOADS MAKE THEIR WAY
TO SAFETY SEEKING SHELTER FROM THE FLAMES.
NBC NEWS. >>> A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION AROUND THE
WORLD TODAY ABOUT A CONTROVERSIAL PHONE CALL BETWEEN
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP AND THE PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN.
THE U.S. BROKE FORMAL RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN ALMOST FOUR DECADES
AGO AS PART OF ITS RECOGNITION OF CHINA. TONIGHT MANY ARE
WONDERING WHETHER THE PHONE CALL SIGNALS A POTENTIAL POLICY
SHIFT. WE GET MORE FROM NBC'S KELLY O'DONNELL.
>> Reporter: TODAY IN CHINA MILLIONS WATCHED GOVERNMENT-RUN TV
REPORT ON DONALD TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL CONVERSATION, A
TEN-MINUTE CALL THAT UPENDED DECADES OF CAREFUL DIPLOMACY.
TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT SEIZED ON THE MOMENT BY RELEASING PHOTOS OF
HER ON THE PHONE WITH TRUMP, PROVOKING CHINA TO COMPLAIN TO THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT HAD NO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CALL.
>> IT DOES SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT-ELECT COMING
IN WHO IS VERY UNFAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE DIPLOMATIC
CHALLENGES THAT THE UNITED STATES FACES. >> Reporter: SINCE THE
DAYS WHEN NIXON OPENED THE DOOR TO CHINA, NO ISSUE HAS BEEN MORE
SENSITIVE FOR CHINA THAN THE STATUS OF TAIWAN, AN ISLAND
TERRITORY THAT GOVERNS ITSELF BUT THE U.S. DOES NOT FORMALLY
RECOGNIZE. I'M JANICE MACKIE FRAYER IN BEIJING WHY
THE CALL WAS TAKEN AS A SERIOUS AFFRONT. IF IT IS A MISTAKE IT
IS LIKELY TO BLOW OVER. IF IT WAS STRATEGIC
THERE IS THE CHANCE OF A MAJOR RIFT BETWEEN U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
BEFORE TRUF'S PRESIDENCY EVEN GETS STARTED.
>> TRUMP TWISTS THE ECONOMIC. >> I HAVE WOULD WE
CAN'T CONTINUE TO ALLOW CHINA TO RAPE OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: TRUMP USED TRIRT TO CHALLENGE HIS CRITICS.
INTERESTING HOW THE U.S. SELLS TAIWAN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
MILITARY EQUIPMENT BUT I SHOULD NOT ACCEPT A CONGRATS YOU LATORY
CALL? TODAY THE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S
ALLIES SAY TRUMP MAY BE SENDING A SIGNAL. >> CHINA IS EXTREMELY
RELEVANT TO US BUT WE CAN'T LET CHINA RUN ALL OVER YOUR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DO CYBER HACKING AND LET IT GO
UNCHECKED. >> TRUMP'S INITIAL MOVES ON THE WORLD
STAGE COME WITHOUT THE PERSON WHO WILL BECOME HIS DIPLOMAT.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE POSITION IS STILL OPEN.
TONIGHT SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH HIS SELECTION PROCESS THE
ME JOSE HE WANTS TO INTERVIEW OTHER CANDIDATES AND IS NOT
FEELING PRESSURE TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE DECISION.
>> KELLY O'DONNELL THANK YOU. MUCH MORE ON THIS
TOMORROW MORNING ON MEET THE PRESS. VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT
MIKE PENCE WILL BE AMONG CHUCK TODD'S GUESTS.
>>> OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A FORMER
NFL PLAYER TWO DAYS AGO. >> Reporter: GRIEF AND
HEARTACHE AS THE FAMILY OF JOE McKNIGHT LAID FLOWERS AT THE
SPOT WHERE THE FORMER NFL RUNNING BACK WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN AN
APPARENT ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. HIS MOTHER IS HEART
BROKEN. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. MY CHILD IS GONE.
>> Reporter: HIS SISTER SCRIBES HIM AS A DRIVEN FATHER AND
ATHLETE. >> JOE TOOK YOU IN LIKE HE WAS HIS FAMILY
EVEN IF HE MET YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> Reporter: FRIDAY
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY RELEASED THE SHOOTING SUSPECT, RONALD GASSER
FROM CUSTODY WITHOUT FILING CHARGES. THE SHERIFF SAYING A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED. >> WHEN WE SHOOT AND
KILL SOMEBODY IS IT'S A HOMICIDE. THE QUESTION IS, IS IT
JUSTIFIED OR NOT. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF, GASSER
WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER VIOLENT CONFRONTATION AT THE
SAME ENTER SECTION AGAIN TEARING. THE ALLEGED VICTIM IN
2006 TOLD INVESTIGATORS GASSER FOLLOWED HIM TO A
SERVICE STATION AFTER HE TRIED TO REPORT HIM FOR UNSAFE DRIVING AND
PUNCHED HIM SEVERAL TIMES. CHARGES AGAINST GASSER
WERE ULTIMATELY DISMISSED. McKNIGHT'S FAMILY
REMEMBERS HIM. >> HE KEPT PUSHING FOR IT TO MAKE A FUTURE.
HE STRESSED THAT WITH HIS SON, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANTS,
BUT SCHOOL COMES FIRST. >> Reporter: AND
MOURNS WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. HARVEY, LOUISIANA.
>>> IN BRAZIL TODAY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PAID THEIR
RESPECTS TO MEMBERS OF THAT SOCCER TEAM WHO WERE KILLED IN A PLANE
CRASH IN COLOMBIA AS VIDEO EMERGES OF ONE OF SIX PEOPLE WHO
SURVIVED THE CRASH. >>> >> Reporter: THOUSANDS PACKED THE
STADIUM TO SAY A FINAL GOOD-BYE TO THE PLAYERS WHO MADE THEIR
COUNTRY SO PROUD. TODAY RELEASED VIDEO OF PLAYERS WHO
SURVIVED THE CRASH. HE CALLED OVER AND OVER FOR HIS TEAMMATES
NOT KNOWING THEIR FATE. MONDAY'S CRASH TOOK
THE LIVES OF 77 TEAM, 19 OF THEM PLAYERS FOR BRAZIL'S SOCCER TEAM.
IT IS GOING. >>> IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG OPERATION TO
RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISIS. AS ISIS IS DRIVEN OUT
OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES THINK THEY LEAVE BEHIND A HIDDEN
AND DEADLY THREAT. WE REPORT FROM INSIDE IRAQ.
>> Reporter: THIS IS WHAT ISIS LEAVES BEHIND, IN VILLAGES
SURROUNDING MOSUL, THE FIGHTERS MAY HAVE MOVED ON.
THEIR ABILITY TO KILL REMAINS. INSIDE THE KITCHEN, A
BOMB A PRESSURE SWITCH ON THE FLOOR, AND ANOTHER INSIDE THE
FREEZER. A CHILD'S FOOTSTEP COULD SET OFF ONE OF
THESE BOMBS, BUT THE PRESSURE FROM THE BLAST, THE POWER FROM
THE BLAST IS STRONG ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY DESTROY A VEHICLE.
MOSUL WAS KNOWN FOR ITS PLASTICS PACK FREES AND THE
MILITANTS WERE TURNING THESE BOMB OUT BY THE THOUSANDS.
>> SO FAR THERE ARE TEN CASUALTIES AMONG THE VILLAGERS.
>> Reporter: THIS MAN HAS DEFUSED EXPLOSIVES AROUND THE WORLD WITH
THE MINES ADVISORY GROUP OR MAG BUT HE SAYS THIS IS THE WORST
HE HAS EVER SEEN. >> DON'T GET CLOSE TO THAT.
>> Reporter: THIS MAKES ME NERVOUS. THESE MINES HAVEN'T
BEEN DEFUSED. HOW MANY MINES ARE LAID BY THESE
DISTRICTS? >> HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS.
>> Reporter: CLEARING THEM IS A DANGEROUS AND PAINSTAKING TASK.
THE GOAL, TO MAKE IT SAFE ENOUGH FOR FAMILIES TO RETURN.
FOR SALAAM, WHO IS FROM IRAQ, IT'S PERSONAL.
>> ALL THE CHILDREN, I TAKE THEM AS MY CHILDREN, THAT'S WHY
WE ARE THERE, TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. >> Reporter: HE HAS
TOLD THESE LITTLE ONES WHERE NOT TO PLAY. THEIR GRANDFATHER
RAISED TWO GENERATIONS IN THIS TOMORROW, THERE IS NO
ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER, BARELY ANY FOOD, AND NOW A
FUNERAL TO PLAN. HIS SON WAS KILLED WHEN HE STEPPED ON AN
ISIS MINE. HE SAYS DAY AND NIGHT I MISS MY SON.
THIS FAMILIAR ARRIVED A DAY AGO, AND SO SALAAM HAS CLEARED
THEIR HOOM HOME, TOO. THESE KIDS ARE GETTING LIFE SAVING LESSONS
FROM MAG. HOW TO PLAY SAFELY, WHATNOT TO TOUCH THE,
AND HOW TO SURVIVE THE PEACE AFTER LIVING THROUGH THE WAR
AGAINST ISIS. LUCY CALF ON AND OFF, NBC NEWS, IRAQ.
>>> IN EUROPE, THE MAN SOME HAVE CALLED AUSTRIA'S DONALD TRUMP
IS ONE OF TWO CANDIDATES THAT PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN
TOMORROW IN THE THAT COUNTRY'S ELECTION. THE MEDIA COMPANY THAT
EMBRACED TRUMP HERE IS EXPANDING ITS REACH THERE AS BREITBART
SENSES A BIGGER OPPORTUNITY. NBC'S MATT BRADLEY HAS
MORE ON THIS FROM LONDON. >> Reporter:
BREITBART'S STEVEN BANNON HAS SHOWN HOW BIG RIGHT WING MEDIA
CAN DREAMLE NOW THE COMPANY HE LED BEFORE JOINING THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN IS TAKING ITS SHOW ON THE ROAD WITH PLANS TO EXPAND TO
GERMANY AND FRANCE. AS POPULIST CANDIDATES AND CAUSES ARE STROEG
INCREASED STRENGTH IN BALLOT BOXES ACROSS EUROPE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE FIGHTERS AND PICK
FIGHTS THAT MATTER. I THINK OUR BRAND IS UNIQUE IN AMERICA.
I THINK THAT WE WHEN EXPAND ABROAD WE'LL PROVEN IT'S UNIQUE
THERE AS WELL. >> Reporter: LAST MONTH BANNON PRAISED
LA PENN, THE 26-YEAR-OLD SKY ONOF THE FAMILY WHO FOUNDED
THE FAR RIGHT NATIONAL FRONT PARTY. LA PENN TWEETED SHE
WANTED TO WORK WITH BRIGHT BART. LA PENN TOLD NBC THAT
THE RISE OF THE INTERNET HAS GIVEN A VOICE TO RIGHT WING
ACTIVE HEISTS LIKE HERSELF. THAT WORRIES
TRADITIONAL JOURNALISTS. >> ALL OF THEM HAVE
THIS ANTI-IMMIGRANT AND THINLY VEILED RACIST UNDERTONE TO
THEM. THAT'S THE UNIFYING FACTOR.
>> Reporter: HE HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ABOUT TOMMY ROBINSON
WHO FOUNDED THE FAR RIGHT ENGLISH DEFENSE LEAGUE.
>> THEY CALLED ME NAZI. I HATE RACISM.
>> Reporter: HE WAS SO SUSPICIOUS OF US HE RECORDED HIS OWN LIVE
BROADCAST OF OUR CONVERSATION FOR HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
FOLLOWERS. YOU ARE RECORDING THIS CONVERSATION, PUTTING
IT ON PERI SCOPE, WHY IS THAT? >> I'VE BEEN IN MANY
INTERVIEWS, YOU CAN WATCH THEM ON AL GENTLEMAN ZEIERIA AND
I DON'T TRUST ANY MAINSTREAM MEDIA. >> Reporter: HE IS NOT
ALONE, INFO WARS, A RIGHT WING WEBSITE DIDN'T RESPOND TO
NBC'S INTERVIEW REQUEST. INSTEAD ITS EDITOR
TWEETED OUR E-MAIL SAYING HE WON'T SPEAK TO QUOTE, FAKE NEWS.
DOES THE UK NEED A BREITBART? >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: YEAH? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: TOO DO
WHAT EXACTLY? >> TELL THE TRUTH. TELL THE TRUTH.
THAT'S ALL PEOPLE WANT IS THE TRUTH. >> Reporter: MATT
BRADLEY. NBC NEWS, LONDON. >>> STILL AHEAD A NEW
WAVE OF MIGRANTS CROSSING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM
CENTRAL AMERICA AS THE DEBATE OVER IMMIGRATION
INTENSIFIES. >>> ALSO, INSPIRING AMERICA.
THE MEMORABLE MOM MONTHS UNTIL PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP
TAKES OFFICE THE DEBATE IN THIS COUNTRY OVER IMMIGRATION IS
HEATING UP. IT COINCIDES WITH ANOTHER INFLUX OF
MIGRANTS IN SOUTH TEXAS, WHICH HAS SEEN A SHARP INCREASE IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONDAY. GABE GUTIERREZ WENT TO
THE BORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHY AND HOW THE IDEA OF A WALL IS
FIGURING INTO THE DEBATE. >> Reporter: AT THE
U.S.-MEXICO BORDER, THIS YEAR'S ONSLAUGHT IS DIFFERENT.
AGENTS LIKE MARLENE CASTRO NOT JUST SHAYSING SMUGGLERS.
>> THEY DROP THEIR BUNDLES OF NARCOTICS. >> Reporter: BUT NOW
DEALING WITH FOR MAEMS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA WHO ARE RUNNING TO
U.S. FIRST, NOT FROM THEM, SURRENDERING AND SEEKING ASYLUM FROM
VIOLENCE BACK HOME. APPREHENSIONS ALONG THE RIO GRANDEE ARE
RISING, THE LARGEST SPIKE SINCE THE MASSIVE SURGE OF
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS DURING THE SUMMER OF 2014.
>> TRAVELING THROUGH HERE, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WOULD BE THE
BRUSH. OF COURSE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
>> Reporter: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST SEND 150 MORE
AGENTS HERE TO PROCESS THE MIGRANTS. IF THE FLOW SEEMS
NEVER ENDING, SO DOES THE DEBATE OVER HOW BEST TO SECURE THE
BORDER. >> ONLY FROM THE AIR DO YOU REALLY GET A
SENSE OF THE WINDING SCOPE OF THE RIVER. MORE THAN 300 MILES IN
THE RIO GRANDEE VALLEY ALONE. THE LANDSCAPE, A
MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE FOR ONE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD
TRUMP'S SIGNATURE PROMISES, BUILDING A WALL.
WOULD IT BE WORTH IT? >> YES, I NEVER LOOK AT ONE SINGULAR
SOLUTION TO A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM. >> Reporter: THE
SECTOR CHIEF SAYS A BRICK AND MORTAR WALL IS ONLY PART OF THE
ANSWER. >> IT INCLUDES AIRCRAFT.
IT INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY. IN SOME PLACES THE
FENCE IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. >> Reporter: AT THE
SACRED HEART CHURCH, THIS SISTER AND HER VOLUNTEERS ARE HELPING
MORE THAN 300 MIGRANTS A DAY, MANY WEARING ANKLE MONITORS
AWAITING IMMIGRATION COURT HEARINGS. SHE SAYS A WALL
WOULDN'T ADDRESS THE KULS OF THE INFLUX, VIOLENCE AND POVERTY
IN CENTRAL AMERICA. >> THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION TO SEND
PEOPLE BACK TO WHERE THEY ARE HURTING, MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO
GET KILLED BACK HOME. >> Reporter: THIS WOMAN BROUGHT HER
5-YEAR-OLD SON ON HARROWING THREE-WEEK JOURNEY FROM AL
SALVADOR AFTER SHE SAYS A GANG MURDERED HER NEPHEW.
WE ARE ALL HUMAN, SHE SAYS. THESE ARE THEIR FIRST
MOMENTS ON AMERICAN SOIL. AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE
WILL DECIDE IF THEY WILL BE THEIR LAST. GABE GUTIERREZ, NBC
NEWS, McCOWAN, TEXAS. >>> UP NEXT, THE CLOSE >>> SOME TOURISTS
CERTAINLY GOT THEIR MONEY'S WORTH OFF THE COWS OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA WHEN A 12 FOOT LONG GREAT WHITE SHARK NOT ONLY THE
BAIT BUT LOOK AT IT, JUMPED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WATER.
WHILE SOME WATCHED IT FROM A BOAT OTHERS GOT TO WATCH IT FROM A
SHARK TANK CLOSE TO THE SURFACE A. CLOSE ENCOUNTER THEY WILL
NOT SOON FORGET. >>> THE ANNUAL LIST OF THE MOST POPULAR DOG
NAMES IS OUT. THERE IS A SURVEY, IT'S COMPILED BY THE
FOLK AT ROVER.COM. TOP MALE DOGS, MAX, BUDDY, COOPER AND
JACK. ME FEMALE DOGS, LUCY, EASY DAISY, LOLA AND
LUNA AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. WE NAMED OUR PET
SENORITA CHOCOLATE. BUT IT'S NOT ON THE LIST.
WHEN WE COME BACK, OUR INSPIRING AMERICA
>>> FINALLY TONIGHT N THE WORLD OF SPORTS, FROM THE PROS ALL THE
WAY DOWN TO THE SCHOOL LEVEL, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT A MEMBER OF
ONE TEAM WILL HEND A HELPING HAND TO AN OPPONENT.
BUT THAT IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED AT A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL CROSS
COUNTRY MEET IN MINNESOTA. LLOYD HOOPER OF OUR
MINNEAPOLIS STATION, KARE, HAS TONIGHT'S INSPIRING AMERICA
REPORT. >> Reporter: LAST YEAR AS A SEVENTH GRADER
GRACIE BOOKER FINISHED JUST TWO RUNNERS BACK FROM THE TRIP TO THE
STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET. >> EVERYONE IS LIKE
YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT NEXT YEAR. I WAS EXCITED.
>> Reporter: NUMBER 744 WAS STILL EXCITED AT THE START THIS
YEAR'S SECTION MEET. FAST FORWARD NOW TO THE FINISH LINE.
GRACIE JUST COMING INTO VIEW, IS IN TROUBLE.
>> THE WINDHAM GIRL IS STRUGGLING. >> I JUST WANTED TO
CROSS THE FINISH LINE. >> Reporter: THEN THIS.
GRACERY PULLS HERSELF UP. >>> SHE KEEPS FALLING.
>> Reporter: AND THEN BAD GETS WORSE. GRACIE'S MOTHER
WATCHED IT ALL. >> I WAS TOLD YOU CAN'T GO OUT.
YOU CAN'T GO OUT. AND PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING YOU CAN'T
TOUCH HER. YOU CAN TOUCH HER. >> CAN'T TOUCH HER!
>> Reporter: IT IS A HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RULE.
HELPING COULD LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION. >> I JUST WANTED
SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING. >> JUST CRAWL!
>> Reporter: GRACIE'S SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE.
>> HER BODY JUST GAVE OUT ON HER. >> Reporter: THE
MYSTERY RUNNER TO GRACERY AT LEAST IS WEARING THE COLORS OF
MOUNTAIN LAKE. YOU ARE WITH ME. I'VE GOT YOU.
>> SHE IS LIKE MY ANGEL, I THINK. >> Reporter: THEN
GRACIE'S ANGEL ALL BUT CARRIED HER ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND IN
DOING SO BROKE THE RULES. SENIORLY ANNA LUNDGREN
IN HER FINAL HIGH SCHOOL RACE WAS LIKE GRACIE, DISQUALIFIED.
>> ESPECIALLY HER SENIOR YEAR, HER LAST RACE.
IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME. >> I DON'T REMEMBER
WHAT PLACE I WAS IN IN THE SECTION MEET LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR
BEFORE THAT BUT I KNOW I'M GOING TO REMEMBER THIS.
>> Reporter: GRACIE'S FALSE WERE LATER LINKED TO AN UNDS
DIAGNOSED CASE OF MON AUDIO. THE FLOWERS ARRIVED.
AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND GIFT. >> I GOT HER DQED SO I
FIGURED I BETTER DO IT AGAIN. >> Reporter: THERE IS
NO DENYING GLAS ARIE'S ANGEL BROKE THE RULES. RULES THAT WILL CHANGE
NEXT SEASON. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: WHEN RUNNERS WILL BE FREE TO STOP AND HELP HELP
WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS. TOO LATE FORLY ANNA. WHO DIDN'T FORGET, THE
MOST IMPORTANT VALUE GOLDEN. BOYD HOOPER,
MINNEAPOLIS. >>> THAT'S "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS
SATURDAY. I'M JOSE DIAZ BALL ART.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUR TIME.