Transcripts For WNBC NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20151

Transcripts For WNBC NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20151212

Infants possibly exposed to tuberculosis from a hospital work who tested positive. Cocaine hunters. Authorities try to reverse a big increase in cocaine smuggling. And star wars tribute. Nightly news begins now. And good evening. We begin tonight with new developments in the investigation of a terror attack that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, california, ten days ago. As they look for clues and physical evidence recovered, were hearing about another potential blind spot. Over this one, whether to look at Tashfeen Malik malik maliks posts on social media before she was given a visa to come to the United States. Reporter she wasnt shy about her quest for violent jihad on social media. American Law Enforcement officials told the New York Times Tashfeen Malik supported it and said she wanted to be a pachrt of it. Fbi investigators now believe malik and syed farook were independently radicalized as early as 2010. Maliks public social media posts may have been overlooked when hervey visa was processed. Today fbi divers in San Bernardino are seching ing searching a lake for the third day for evidence that they destroy. Authorities said no important evidence has been found in the lake so far. Investigators also farooks friend enrique marquez, who is not a suspect. He has been providing information on the guns he bought for farook, who discussed a possible plot for another planned attack scuttled in 2012. A new investigation and an arrest in a fire bombing of a mosque in what many fear is another crime of hate. As far as were concerned, it is an act of terrorism. The individual targeted us. We believe that it was targeted. Reporter a region on edge around San Bernardino. The scars are still very real. A Memorial Wall met those mourning morning the 14 killed here at home. And in restaurants and businesses across town, the county replacing Health Inspection tickets that once born the signature of syed farook. For two more victims. Shannon johnson being remembered as a hero, a man who helped last moments of his life. A new poll shows a big surge in iowa for senator ted cruz. The Des Moines Register poll of likely Republican Caucus goes has cruz at the top with 41 . Trump gets 21 . Reporter donald trump now trailing ted cruz by a whopping 10 points in iowa in the wake of his controversial call to ban all muslims from entering the u. S. Today trump defended himself in south carolina. We wont want people coming in and walking down World Trade Centers and having what happened last week in california with these rep r with protesters trying to stop the event. Praise from ted cruz on shaky ground. Hes now questioning his judgment at a private fundraiser earlier this week. Thats a question of strength, but its also a question of judgment. Reporter trump questioned his evangelical credentials by making a vague reference to his cuban background. I like him nevertheless. Reporter cruz today down playing the dissolving bromance. Sorry to disappoint. Donald trump is terrific. Deal with it. Chris christie refused reality tv star. Ive known donald trump for 13 years. I dont believe hes a bigot. Reporter chuck pressed marco rubio on trump. You call his comments offensive and outlandish. Thats different than the tone you just took with me right now. Its not going to happen, number one. Reporter todays iowa poll was taken from december 7th through the 10th when trump was in the throes of fallout from his controversial comments about banning muslims from entering the u. S. Ted cruz is now in third place in iowa with many caucus goers saying he doesnt have the credentials to combat terrorism. After two weeks of tough negotiations in paris, delegates at a global conference on approved a landmark agreement tonight aimed at reduce ing e ing Greenhouse Gases that are warming the planet. Nearly 200 nations agreed to reduce emissions. Just how much will they have to be reduced. The countries will have to submit emission targets every five years. But that target is only a goal. Its not legally behind binding. Tonight president obama hails the agreement. This agreement represents the best chance weve had to save the one planet that weve got. So i believe this moment can be a turning point for the world. Weve shown that the world has both the will and the ability to take on this measure we are learning of more victims. The initial death toll of 30 has now been raised to 42. Among them 24 patients, 4 caretakers, and 14 staff members. The u. S. Military has called the air strike a tragic mistake, saying several factors resulted in the hospital being misidentified as a building being occupied by taliban fighters. In Northern California tonight, a warning from Health Officials who say hundreds of newborns and many others may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a hospital after a nurse tested positive for the tb bacteria. Reporter officials at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center started informing parents friday. Their babies will have to take antibiotics months. The reason, more than 1,000 people, including 350 newborns, may have come in contact with a nurse who tested positive for tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attacks through the lungs. Dr. Steven harris worked with the infected employee who is now on leave. She was not coughing, so we would consider her to be a very low risk for actual spreading tuberculosis to most individuals. Reporter the hospital requires all employees get tested for tb. The nurse was checked in september and the results came back nothing. Tb was once considered eradicated in the United States. Now rates in Santa Clara County are three times the national average. Were seeing some more cases because we have so many people from other parts of the world coming into reporter babies cant be tested for the infection the same way as adults, so the antibiotics that kill tb must be taken as a precaution. In infants, the disease is more serious and much harder to diagnose and by the time its diagnosed, it can be much harder to treat. Reporter so far no tb cases have been linked to this exposure. A dramatic new look tonight at the battle against drug trafficking. While most Illegal Drugs enter the United States through mexico, theres a sea route from central and south america thats concerning authorities. The increase in smuggling has exploded. Reporter on a mission high in the sky, were with a flight crew from u. S. Customs and border protection. Were looking for drug trafficking. Reporter theyre scouring the vast Caribbean Sea for speedboats smuggling cocaine bound for the u. S. Theyre going to change their tactics. Were going to change our tactics. Reporter when they spot a suspected drug boat like this one, they radio the u. S. Coast guard or other ships to chase down the smugglers, who often try to outrun the officers, in this case leading to a highspeed collision at sea. Theyre seeing a steady spike in cocaine smuggling in the caribbean, up to nearly 100 tons a year, suggesting traffickers have opened another route to the u. S. To avoid Law Enforcement and Cartel Violence in mexico. Customs officials on cutters like this and others out there chasing the cocaine smuggling boats say most of the traffics aim for puerto rico. Once they get the drugs there, they can then fly them to the having to go through customs. Officials say the current caribbean cocaine routes are now sparking an even bigger problem, a crime wave. Theyre not just delivering a load of cocaine. Theyre delivering violence. Theyre delivering corruption. Theyre delivering instability to nations that cant absorb these problems. Reporter this fall the u. S. Virgin islands declared a state of emergency. In addition to the actual trafficking, the real problem these countries are facing is violence. Daytoday people getting killed. Reporter a new path to satisfy the insatiable American Drug habit now costing those who live along the way dearly. According to the calendar, its still nine days before winter, but for millions of people in the eastern part of the country, theres still not even a hint of it. Thats not the only on this weekend. How are you . Good evening. There is a lot going on across the country today. The eastern half of the country enjoying record warmth. Were looking at 22 states with record highs. As we go into sunday, highs will remain 15 to 30 degrees above average. Washington, d. C. About 71 degrees. Its been so warm this fall that some of the Cherry Blossoms are already starting to go into a second bloom. Its not just the heat thats the concern, but its also the fact that we have dew points running 60 to 70 can goes degrees. This is going to trigger storms. We are looking at a few tornados possible, but the biggest threat will be for large hail. Now in the Pacific Northwest we have seen day after day of these storms racing off the pacific. Flooding rains of 5 to in the mountains, this means a lot of snow. Well see at least a foot of snow all the way from the olympics down through the sierra and even into the rockies in denver. Were looking at a couple of inches, but in the highest elevations we could see as much as a foot of snow. Were also looking at maybe a break for the Pacific Northwest as we head into the week. Thank you very much. When nightly news continues, life without parole. The struggle by nonviolent offenders to get their sentence reduced. 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Reporter at least 50 drug offenders are serving life sentences without parole in oklahoma. Theyre not eligible for release on Good Behavior unlike scores of violent offenders. Ricky smothers convicted of raping a 4yearold and released on Good Behavior after 17 years. The nonprofit sentencing project estimates 10,000 people across the country are serving nonviolent crimes. Americans favor treatment over prison. In his recent interview with lester holt, president obama cited a Texas Program to reduce prison rates for lowlevel drug offenders. And what they found over five years was it saved money, reduced crime significantly, and gave people a second chance. Reporter and theres even widespread agreement among conservative groups that life without parole sentences for nonviolent criminals should be a thing of the past. Its just the Death Penalty stretched out over decades. Reporter this spring oklahoma limited life without parole for drug offenders. 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