Transcripts For WRC NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 201712

Transcripts For WRC NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20171210

A refreshing look back at some pretty digital wonders. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening, when the winds kicked up they reignited the largest blaze in southern california. That fire, the thomas fire, has spread into more communities north of los angeles. Tonight there are fears it could threaten an area full of opulent homes. One official calling it the most taxes fire hes ever seen. For a week now firefighters have waged a relentless battle with no letup. We begin tonight with kristin dahlgren. Reporter in the hills above carpent carpintercarpente carpenteria. Firefighters try to stop the relentless spread. If the wind comes it will get this in 10 from the air constant assault. Choppers lining up to grand prix water, one after the other dousing the flames. But the blaze just keeps coming. The firefighters gather here, one of them in the truck has been injured. They are trying to treat him. This is where they are trying to make a stand, trying to save these homes but the fire getting very close to one along the ridge there. The work is dangerous and exhausting. Crews who have been on seven days straight barely get a moment to rest. Thats the nature of the work. We go from zero to 100. Reporter now more evacuations in Santa Barbara county. Residents told to won and embers are flying. Its intensified. Reporter more than 400 firefighters battling the thomas fire, the regions largest blaze. Its unreal, a gut check on how strong the fire is. Just trying to get out of the way and save as many lives as possible. Reporter for now Louise Contreras his home are saved. Were blessed. For him and fire crews dont know what high winds tonight will bring. As we watch the fire spreading down the hills to more populated areas, kate, we have a new evacuation warning for montecito. Kristen dahlgren out west. Chris tep, thank you. Less than two days to go before the Controversial Senate election in alabama. Today were hearing the strongest endorsement yet from President Trump and new denials from republican candidate roy moore who has been accused of Sexual Misconduct. Gabe gutierrez reports from alabama on the latest. Reporter tonight President Trump with his most direct involvement yet in the critical Alabama Senate race. Hi. This is President Donald Trump and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. It is so important. Reporter the president recording this robocall for republican roy moore. Im going to make america safer and stronger and better than ever before, but we need that we need roy voting for us. Reporter moore speaking with the host of media outlet, the voice of alabama politics. Ive stood for moral values so they are attacking me in that area. I understand that. But its also part of the scheme of Political Parties today and political candidates in both parties, quite frankly, to degrade your opponent. Reporter he once again repeatedly denied allegations of Sexual Misconduct with teen girls decades ago. I have written cards, graduation cards. I have known families. I have known a lot of people throughout my life. But these allegations are completely false. I did not date underage women. I did not molest anyone. Reporter even members of his own party are breaking ranks with the president. Are you comfortable the leader of your party is all in for roy moore . There are a number of people in my party who are not, including myself and Many Republican senators. I didnt vote for roy moore, i wouldnt party can do better. Reporter today moores opponent, Democrat Doug Jones continued his frantic push for africanamerican voters campaigning with cory booker. Only one candidate can reach across the aisles and work with both republicans and democrats. That is not roy moore. Reporter with less than 48 hours before the polls open, doug jones had five stops. Roy moore hasnt had any events since tuesday. With unreliable polling so far, this race could go either way. Kate. Thanks. Another deadly confrontation with the police. This one involving a man who attacked a sheriffs deputy in florida responding to 911 call. It was caught on body cams of the toifrs at the incident. Reporter it took moments for the a 911 call at a disturbance in ft. Lauderdale lakes, florida. It leads the deputy to a confrontation with 42yearold john pierre. The deputy employs his taser. Pierre is not harmed according to police. But he then grabs the deputy. The deputy was attacked, attacked by mr. Pierre. Reporter backup arrives urging pierre to back down. Get your hands off and get down. Reporter pierre lets go of the deputy. According to police he charges toward the backup. Deputy Steve Bannon Briggs who then fires his weapon. Mr. Pierre chose a path of noncompliance. Reporter pierres family is bewildered. So violently. Thats not my brother. Hes not like that. Reporter the sheriff said they released the video so the public could see what happened. This was forced to deal with. Reporter for policy both deputies on administrative leave. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting. A grand jury will determine whether it was justified. Maya rodriguez, nbc news, lauderdale lakes, florida. They will meet to come up with final tax bill. President trump tweeted, quote, the bill is shaping up even better than projected. He said the end result will be not only important but special. There are some sticking points, however. Chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson is following all of it for us. Reporter good evening to you. The president and congress are hoping for a big win with this 1. 5 trillion tax cut bill. Right now the lawmakers are trying to figure how to square the house version with senate version. Both bills doubled standard deduction and cut tax rates and both benefit the wealthy more than the middle class. When you look at [000 07 58;00] sticking points here, theres a few of them. One surrounds capping deductions for state and local taxes. That is something that affects people in high tax states the most. Places like california and new york. So republicans, especially in the house, who represent those areas, have some real concerns. Lawmakers are also deciding on just how big that Corporate Tax rate cut should be, 20 or 22 . Critically whether to make individual tax cuts permanent or temporary. Multiple sources close to the process say they expect negotiation toss continue early this week with a goal of getting a final bill to the floor before christmas. Kate. All right. Well be watching it. Hallie jackson at the white house. In china a rare public protest today as hundreds of Migrant Workers demonstrated in beijing. At issue a recent eviction order thats forcing tens of thousands of migrants from their homes. The government says its because of safety concerns after a deadly fire. As reported, others see a different motive. Reporter in a strewn with signs of life interrupted, shes packing up. After 10 years of living here, she has one day to clear out. We have no choice but to obey, she told us. Likely thousands of chinese migrants are being evicted. Many given little notice by police. In a massive housing crackdown following a deadly fire at a mig rabb migrant settlement last month, entire city blocks condemned. Roughly 20 square miles of buildings will be leveled. Here where the fire was it is widespread destruction with vast fields of rubble and debris and more buildings about to be demolished. Chinas government says its about safety but many expect its population control. An effort to force the poor out of a city they helped build, from land that soared in value. The city adoption on an estimated 8 million paying jobs that keep it running. Ive done so many jobs here, she says, how can i not be upset. The massive evictions struck a nerve on social media, that the communist party would encourage migrants to pursue the dream only to force them out in freezing weather. Any discussion of it was pulled down by censors. Migrants feel abandoned as the buildings around them. Our dream is destroyed, he says. All of the demolition work tearing down that freeman, that will be done by migrants. Janis mackey, cnn news. Were launching new stories on cnn nightly news about children and mental health. Were calling it 1 in 5 kids at risk. In a given year teens have emotional, behaviordi depression in the very youngest of kids, preschoolers. I dont want to go to my room. It looks like any other meltdown but sometimes her daughter myra would have epic meltdowns. They would be very long in length. Easily 30, 45 minutes. Streaming, yelling, hitting. Smack me in the face. Kicked me. I was wondering, is this because im a single parent . Is this because Mental Illness runs in our family . Reporter vickie found help at university of st. Louis and learned long and frequent tantrums can be a sign of depression. Psychiatrist sees depression in children as young as three and says researchers know childrens emotions are more complex than once thought. If you have a preschool child who is not jo, enjoying peers, play, not participating. Thats a problem. That could be a sign of depression. It could be a sign of depression, particularly if it persists. In a lab year they are teaching parents to label and identify their emotions. Studies show as many as 300,000 preschoolers have depression and are at risk of having it all through their lives. The hope is if you identify it early and start treating it early, you can make it better. Yes, thats the hope, and that you might change a lifelong trajectory. This picture here on the brain shows you the pattern of electrical activity. Her and her colleague found children with depression have physical differences of the idea, rewire the brain as it develops. Reporter people might say why label a kid so young. The benefits of early identification, Early Intervention far outweigh the stigma. We would never say dont diagnose a speech and language disorder in a 3yearold, wait until they are 10. No one would ever do that. Reporter after 36 weeks in the study, vickie now has tools to help myla. She makes sure they spend special time together. Im glad you kept looking and didnt give up. I know. Sometimes people give up. Sometimes people do give up. Now myla can say im disappointed. Im really nervous. These are words that you typically would not hear a 4yearold say. She says myla is a different kid now and shes a different mom. When you think about where we started to where we are now, shes put a lot of work in, too. It shows. It shows. Shes just a special kid and now more people can see that. She hopes myla wont have future problems withment health disorders. The doctor isnt promoting medication is helping these kids. She is a special kid. Still tonight, your internet connection. What you get to see and how fast may be about to change. A most unlikely football Liberty Mutual saved us almost eight hundred dollars when we switched our auto and home insurance. Liberty did what . Yeah, they saved us a ton, which gave us a little wiggle room in our budget. Wish our insurance did that. Then we could get a real babysitter instead of your brother. Hey, welcome back. This guy. Right . Yes. Ellen. Thats my robe. You could save seven hundred eighty two dollars when liberty stands with you. Liberty mutual insurance. Youany profession,ob, image matters. I want some gray. But not too much. 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Business correspondent jo ling kent reports on whats at stake. Laura vitali hosts a popular show on youtube with 3 million subscribers. These days she and her husband joe see a looming threat. Ive lost sleep over the possibility of Net Neutrality taken away. I would be at risk of going out of business. Reporter whats the concern and what is Net Neutrality . Say youre craving a pizza after seeing lauras creation. You pick up the phone and order from your Favorite Local spot. Now imagine if your phone company redirected you to dominos because they had a special deal with dominos or your phone provider charged you extra for calling your favorite spot. Phone Companies Must stay neutral, just like Internet Service providers under current net ra from watching laura on youtube or binging on netflix. All that could change thursday. They are voting on Net Neutrality and internet providers that currently prevent them from blocking websites or slowing them down. Internet providers like charter, at t, comcast would have the ability to build fast lanes and slow lanes on the internet. The five fcc commissioners are expected to vote 32 along party lines in favor of the proposal put forth by President Trumps fcc commissioner. He wants to roll back obama era regulations of internet providers saying the federal government should stop micro managing internet. Could you see internet providing packages. If you want social media, you pay extra for that. You pay extra to access netflix. All these are speculative hypothetical examples. But you know, in theory they would be legal supporters of the proposal including Industry Lobbying Group u. S. Telecom promise consumer fears are unfounded. Consumers care their content isnt blocked, their content isnt throttled. Those principles existed before the current rules and they will exist after. Fcc commissioner voting against the proposal disagrees. We know they have the technical ability to do so. 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