Nightly News Full Episode - Jan. 27

tonight ice out in force in major US cities president Trump's Crackdown on illegal immigration ramping up our senior White House correspondent gab Gutierrez in Chicago with agents as an operation is underway plus the president Showdown with Colombia over deportations the new firings at the Department of Justice multiple officials who helped prosecute Donald Trump dismissed plus the president's expected executive orders impacting the US Military deep seek causing deep concern China's new artificial intelligence app putting us tech companies on notice and raising new concerns about security for Americans using it the emotional reunions for female Israeli soldiers freed by Hamas the American hostage who could see Freedom soon and today the Palestinians returning to Northern Gaza for the first time in more than a year the scare in the air why this flight runed 185 ft injuring dozens of people on board what United Airlines is saying is it working the new details about New York City's congestion pricing drivers cringing at the cost but is it going so well other major cities could soon join in and the good news tonight for fans of women's soccer the major milestone for an American Superstar but you believe it this is NBC Nightly News with Lester hold good evening and welcome the Trump Administration tonight messaging it will not be deterred in its mass deportation effort from a showdown with a strong Ally over military deportation flights to veryy public apprehensions in cities across the country immigration officials reporting over a thousand migrants were arrested on Sunday in what appears to be a labor intensive effort they say it's focused on tracking down and arresting undocumented immigrants with criminal records though officials admitting a wide net is capturing some without records the Trump administration's resolved to keep a key campaign pledge tested over the weekend when Colombia's president refused to allow a US military transport plane carrying Deportes to land touching off a diplomatic Showdown our Gabe Gutierrez followed ice agents as they hit the streets of Chicago as part of the Crackdown your car right tonight president Trump promised Crackdown on illegal immigration is underway we get a firsthand look in Chicago riding along with ice agents at dawn we are putting more resources towards enforcement now the first stop an apartment complex no one answerers the door they're not allowed to go inside so we're moving on it can take a team of federal officers hours to make one arrest I on this team we're close to 10 close to 10 just going after one that's a lot of M power it is we're now now heading to the Northwest part of the city yesterday they couldn't find one particular 25-year-old from Mexico with a lengthy criminal history but this morning a surveillance team has just seen him at work when we arrive at a tire shop 25-year-old Christopher L is arrested outside I says he has a criminal record including home invasion and aggravated battery agents lead him away in handcuffs a resident here telling us he supports president Trump's deportations I don't mind an immigrant but if they're breaking our laws they don't need to be here as ior Administration official tells NBC News ice arrested nearly 1,200 undocumented immigrants on Sunday some wanted for assault and armed robbery but adding only about half had prior criminal records in addition to being in the country illegally do you expect collateral arrests in these operations uh yeah you know I definitely expect it to happen I we have the the laws on the books and our officers are out there overnight the president's Mass deportation plan leading to a showdown with Colombia after that country's president abruptly turned the way two US military aircraft with thez saying a migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with the dignity a human being deserves Trump quickly threatening the country with a 25% tariff on all Colombian Goods the country's president backed down according to the White House agreeing to all of President Trump's terms including the unrestricted acceptance of migrants back near Chicago this woman is devastated because her father was arrested this morning it breaks my heart she says and at an ice processing center there's Christopher L the man we saw arrested earlier he denies the charges against him I went to school my whole life here from preschool all the way to my senior year facing possible deportation to Mexico he also says he'd leave behind a 5-year-old daughter he does have serious charges and convictions so I understand he has a daughter and that's unfortunate but we still have a job to do and we still have to follow and Gabe just moments ago president Trump spoke about that Showdown with Colombia yes last dur in a speech to House Republicans just now he suggested that he'd continue to use that tariff threat to try and get countries to take back Deportes from the US if they don't he says they'll pay a very high economic price Lester all right Gabe thank you and late today multiple Department of Justice officials who prosecuted president Trump were fired by the new Administration Kelly O'Donnell has late details tonight from his Durell golf resort in Miami a house Republican team meeting in a single week I've taken over 350 executive actions as president Trump asserts his government makeover I also signed an order to end the weaponization of our government against the American people new tonight a number of Department of Justice lawyers fired by the acting attorney general for playing a quote significant role in Prosecuting president Trump and new reaction after the president removed more than a dozen inspectors General the independent Watchdogs at agencies while president's hire and fire IGS president Trump failed to provide required 30-day notification to Congress mik where is one of those dismissed we're looking at what amounts to a threat to democracy a threat to to Independent oversight new policies for the Pentagon according to a White House fact sheet the orders would reinstate the who were dismissed for refusing the covid vaccine with full back pay and benefits another TOS restoring Merit and abolishes any remnant of the diversity equity and inclusion bureaucracy citing military Readiness and Order affecting transgender service members would prohibit males from using or sharing facilities designated for females and ends use of identification-based pronouns also new the White House released in Black and white this official portrait of first lady Melania Trump Kelly there's another headline tonight with President Trump's cabinet that's right the Senate easily confirmed treasury secretary Scott bassent more controversial figures have their confirmation hearings coming up this week including Robert Kennedy cash Patel and Tulsi gabard Lester Kelly O'Donnell thank you now to a rough day for the markets with Nvidia losing nearly $600 billion dollars in value triggered by a major AI advancement in China that us officials are already warning could be a threat to National Security Brian Chung is here Brian what do we know about this app Lester it's an AI chatbot called Deep seek and uh it's the number one free app on Apple's App Store those in the AI space have been impressed by how well it stands up to its American competitors but it's Wall Street that's shaken by how cheap its developers say they were able to train it just 5. 6 million now if true that would be more efficient compared to how much it cost to train chat GPT and go Go's Gemini AI which were made here in the US last big question for a lot of users will this have the same National Security concerns that we saw with Tik Tok well it could deep See's terms of use are governed by China and it raises serious con questions over censorship and guided answers now deep seek says it collects users keystrokes and stores information in Chinese servers as some lawmakers on Capitol Hill have already expressed concern and it's a good reminder by the way Lester to never give your personal sensitive information to any AI software all right Brian thank you very much almost 3 weeks after devastating wildfires destroyed homes in Southern California shock has given way to frustration for many who just want to rebuild Liz CZ is there tonight as the shock of the Los Angeles fires wears off for many the daunting reality is settling in overwhelming yeah and with that mounting frustrations about the cleanup after the US Army Corps of Engineers recently told residents it could take 18 months just to clear the debris before owners even begin to rebild build that timeline leaving many families in limbo it's not feasible how are people going to live in that timeline how do people's loss of use cover them when they're still paying their mortgages when they're now paying rents on top of it tonight the governor says he's cutting the red tape announcing an executive order waving permits for the California Coastal commission still questions remain about the rebuilding timeline the source of a tense exchange between President Trump and Los Angeles mayor Karen bass during the president visit to the Palisades burn area Friday they want to go to work and they're not allowed to do it and the most important people to be safe they're safe the mayor vowing to speed up the process you have emergency Powers just like I do and I'm exercising my emergency Powers you have to exercise them also I did exercise them I looked I mean you have a very powerful eer and if individuals want to clear out their property they can but officials still saying it can take up to 10 days to clean out a single property with more than 15,000 destroyed everybody's desperate to get back under their property Palisades community council president hopes public pressure will speed up the process if they make us jump through the Hoops that we normally have to jump through to build a house it's going to take a long time and there's too many houses that need to be built Liz CS NBC News Los Angeles in the Middle East an American could be among six more hostages expected to be released by Hamas this week as thousands of Palestinians make their way back to Gaza Raph Sanchez has late details tonight for Israel hope and fear side by side four female Israeli soldiers released from Hamas captivity over the weekend into the waiting arms of their parents after 477 days and six more hostages slated to be freed this week including arbell yahood a civilian and potentially American Keith seagull but also today a painful reminder not every story will end happily Israel says of the 26 hostages still waiting to be freed in this stage of the deal eight are already dead and growing dread over the fate of the youngest hostages cfir and Ariel bius along with their mother Sheri we spoke to the boy's Aunt last week what is it like to not know what happened to them it's um paralyzing not knowing so hard that sometimes I I just just want to scream just tell me even if it's the worst thing I just want to know and starting at dawn Israel finally allowing displaced Palestinian families to return to Northern Gaza a river of humanity making its way back we want to return this girl says return to a Gaza City in ruins the UN says 90% of houses are damaged or destroyed but that won't stop the Akila family who walked 10 miles to be here the children tied securely together as they push into the surging crowd the last leg of the long journey home and president Trump's Middle East Envoy Steve wickoff is heading here to Israel on Wednesday he also says he plans to head to Gaza Lester rap Sanchez thank you and in Poland dozens of Holocaust Survivors returning to alitz 80 years after Liberation honoring the roughly 6 million Jews and others murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators Jesse C is there the world may never see another Moment Like This eyewitnesses to genocide returning eight decades after they were liberated Eva oml was too young to remember but Nazi Germany's unspeakable Horrors are embedded in her skin she was tattooed before her second birthday you are just a number but this number is not only on the skin that's it's deep awit was Hitler's largest extermination camp a place where roughly 1. 1 million were killed for the rest their Humanity was stripped away often you could see two people sleeping in just one of these beds on these very basic bunks you could see 700 to a th000 people crammed into one building almost all of those murdered were Jews most sent immediately to the gas Chambers I hail on tightly to my mother's hand in the dark kettle car for countless hours while the cries and the prayers of so desperate women permeated my soul and haunt me to this day Tova fredman arrived here when she was five at one point her mother hid her among corpses so she wouldn't be killed I recall thinking I will never I will never let them know how much they are hurting me the Nazis tried to hide proof of their crimes but the evidence is still here piles of shoes glasses suitcases these survivors speaking at a time when anti-Semitism is surging in 2018 58% of Americans thought something like the Holocaust could happen again today 76% think it's a possibility we will never never ever allow history to repeat itself Jesse kersch NBC News binka Poland a story that must be told we'll take a break and in 60 seconds what caused the terrifying midair jolt and plunge of a United Airlines flight passengers seriously injured what we know right after this investigators are looking at Hawaii United Airlines flight experienced a sudden jolt over Africa injuring dozens of passengers before making an emergency landing Tom Castello has details on board United flight 613 at the aftermath of a terrifying few moments passengers holding tight to seat bags the cabin littered with food and personal belongings ceiling panels damaged and smeared with drink residue had happened just 90 minutes into the flight from Lagos n neria to Washington as flight attendants were serving passenger meals Flight Radar 24 shows the Boeing 787 Dramliner at 36,000 ft over the Ivory Coast when it experienced a sudden jolt dropping 185 ft then climbing more than 200 ft passengers and flight attendants went flying some hitting the ceiling and reportedly unconscious the pilot quickly announced they briefly lost autopilot and navigation and were returning to Lagos with ambulance is waiting the Nigerian airports Authority reports six people were seriously injured another the 32 trated for minor injuries United tells NBC News the plane return to Legos after a technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement this could have been something like cruise control in a car that suddenly disconnected and applied the brake it would provide quite a jolt the ntsp says it's joined the investigation into what happened meanwhile United says it paid for passenger hotels and meals back in Legos before another plane could take passengers to DC the 787 involved remains grounded in Nigeria Lester all right Tom thank you up next the surprising early results of New York's congestion pricing program will other American cities follow the lead here in New York the initial results are in the country's first congestion pricing plan charging drivers for ing the most crowded part of the city appears to have reduced traffic will other cities now follow here's Sam Brock New York's notorious for its traffic but on this Monday a pleasant surprise traffic is way down way down after a congestion pricing plan revved up earlier this month charging most drivers $9 to enter this section of Manhattan people are saving 10 20 30 40 minutes on their commutes getting in and out of the city the city's Transportation chair points to a before and after of this normally jammed road to get to Brooklyn around 600 p.

m. and to improved morning commute time since the change drivers taking the tunnel from Queens into Manhattan saw a 15% drop between 7 and 10: a. m.