>>> TONIGHT, THE GRIM DISCERIES NEAR GAZA'S LARGEST HOSPITAL AS ISRAELI FORCES SEARCH THE COMPLEX FOR EVIDENCE OF A HAMAS COMMAND CENTER. ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYING THE BODY OF ANOTHER HOSTAGE, A 19-YEAR-OLD FEMALE SOLDIER, HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, AND ISRAEL UNDER PRESSURE TO SHOW PROOF OF ITS CLAIM THAT HAMAS USED THE HOSPITAL AS A HUB OF OPERATIONS AFTER POSTING VIDEO OF AN ALLEGED HAMAS TUNNEL AT THE COMPLEX. OUR TEAM TONIGHT IN JERUSALEM. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, NEWS ON THE HEALTH OF FORMER FIRST LADY ROSALYNN CARTER. WHAT HER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED TODAY. >>> THE SURPRISE NEW TWIST IN THE ALEX MURDAUGH CASE. THE CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER TAKING A PLEA DEAL IN A SEPARATE CASE DAYS BEFORE ANOTHER TRIAL. >>> THE THANKSGIVING TRAVEL RUSH KICKING OFF. AIR TRAVEL EXPECTED TO BE RECORD-BREAKING AFTER A YEAR OF CLOSE CALLS ON THE RUNWAY. WHAT THE FAA SAYS IT'S DOING. >>> THE MIRACLE RESCUE, A 25-YEAR-OLD HIKER MISSING MORE TER SAYING SHE MADE UP HER SIDELINE REPORTS THE BACKLASH AND HOW SHE'S RESPONDING. >>> AND LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM, THEY'RE A THANKSGIVING STAPLE. HARRY SMITH ON HOW CRANBERRIES GET FROM BOG TO TABLE >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT >>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME. ISRAEL'S SEARCH FOR THE PRESENCE OF HAMAS WITHIN GAZA'S OVERBURDENED HOSPITALS IS REVEALING MORE THAN WEAPONS. ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAYING THEY HAVE RECOVERED THE REMAINS OF A 19-YEAR-OLD FEMALE ISRAELI HOSTAGE, A DAY AFTER THE BODY OF AN ISRAELI MOTHER WAS FOUND BOTH IN LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, WHICH HAS BECOME A FOCUS OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY GROUND OPERATION TONIGHT, ISRAELI FORCES ARE SEARCHING SEVERAL HOSPITALS AND SAY THEY HAVE DISCOVERED HAMAS TUNNELS AND WEAPONS STILL BELIEVING ALONG WITH AMERICAN OFFICIALS THAT THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX CONCEALS A HAMAS COMMAND AND CONTROL NODE WHILE FOR PATIENTS AND MEDICAL STAFF AND SOME OF THOSE VERY SAME HOSPITALS, THESE REMAIN DESPERATE HOURS AMID A STAGGERING DEATH TOLL KEIR SIMMONS LEADS OFF OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ISRAEL ANNOUNCING IT'S RECOVERED THE BODY OF 19-YEAR-OLD CORPORAL NOA MARCIANO, THE SECOND HAMAS HOSTAGE FOUND DEAD NEAR AL SHIFA HOSPITAL IN 24 HOURS, ISRAEL SAYS >> A WOMAN >> Reporter: ISRAE HAS SHOWN VIDEOS IT SAYS INDICATE HAMAS HELD HOSTAGES INSIDE HOSPITALS, AND TONIGHT HAMAS ADMITTING HOSTAGES WERE THERE. KFIR IS THE YOUNGEST HOSTAGE HELD CAPTIVE IN GAZA. HE'S JUST 10 MONTHS OLD. THIS VIDEO SHOWING HIS MOTHER TERRIFIED, HOLDING HIM AND HIS BROTHER WHILE THEY WERE ALL ABDUCTED BY HAMAS. WE SPOKE TO HIS COUSIN >> I'M GETTING ANGRIER BY THE DAYS BECAUSE THIS IS -- THIS IS SICK I DON'T WANT TO CELEBRATE HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY WITHOUT HIM. >> THERE IS AN AK-47 >> Reporter: THE REALE MILITARY SAYING IT FOUND HAMAS AK-47s, GRENADES AND OTHER WEAPONS AT AL SHIFA AND IT SAYS A TUNNEL ENTRANCE NEARBY ISRAEL AND THE U.S. SAYING HOSPITALS IN GAZA HAVE BEEN HARBORING COMMAND CENTERS. >> WE'RE JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. >> Reporter: THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT POSTING VIDEO OF PATIENTS PUSHED THROUGH RUBBLE FROM HOSPITALS IN THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH WHERE OUR CAMERA CREW TODAY FILMING MORE CHAOS AND BLOODSHED, AND NOW ISRAEL'S MILITARY WARNING IT WILL SOON HEAD SOUTH IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU SHOULD PUSH ON RATHER THAN STOP THIS STAGE FOR A HOSTAGE DEAL >> SO, WE ARE PUSHING FORWARD IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON HAMAS >> Reporter: DOCTORS SAY THE PRESSURE ON HOSPITALS IS UNBEARABLE, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PREMATURE BABY AT AL SHIFA, AND IN A VIDEO POSTED TODAY FROM ANOTHER HOSPITAL, PALESTINIAN PATIENTS LIE ON THE FLOOR >> WE HAD TO AMPUTATE LEGS OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF INFECTIONS THAT COULDN'T BE TREATED. IT'S A REAL WAR ON HOSPITALS. >> KEIR, WE'RE ALSO SEEING NEW WARNINGS TONIGHT ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA. >> Reporter: LESTER, TONIGHT THE U.N. SAYS GAZA IS ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION WITH ONLY 10% OF THE FOOD IT NEEDS GETTING THROUGH. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, KEIR SIMMONS, THANK YOU >>> THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SAFETY CONTINUES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN GAZA TONIGHT, ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS THE HARROWING JOURNEY OF ONE AMERICAN WHO FINALLY MADE IT TO SAFETY WEEKS INTO THIS WAR. >> AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T DIE, YOU STILL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN THE WORST NIGHTMARE THAT YOU'VE EVER LIVED. >> Reporter: 17-YEAR-OLD FARAH ABUOLBA SAYS NOWHERE IN GAZA IS SAFE. THE PENNSYLVANIA TEEN WAS VISITING FAMILY IN GAZA WHEN THE WAR STARTED. FARAH AND HER FAMILY WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE SOUTH. >> EVEN HERE IT'S NOT SAFE >> Reporter: NBC NEWS JOINED FARAH AND HER MOTHER ON THEIR TREK TO THE EGYPTIAN BORDER. >> I'M SO SCARED >> Reporter: AT ONE POINT THEIR BUS WAS BOMBED FARAH SAYS SHRAPNEL STRUCK HER HAND. SHE LOST TWO FINGERS >> MY HAND FALLS LIKE THIS, AND THIS FINGER FLEW I TOOK MY HIJAB, I WRAPPED MY HAND AROUND, AND I DIDN'T SCREAM, I DIDN'T CRY, AND I JUST KEPT PRAYING. >> Reporter: THE TEEN AND HER FAMILY THEN WALKED TWO MILES TO AL QUDS HOSPITAL. >> THE ENTIRE ROAD TO THE HOSPITAL IS JUST DEAD BODIES. >> Reporter: AL JAZEERA CAPTURING THIS MOMENT SHORTLY AFTER FARAH AND HER FAMILY ARRIVED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM THEY WERE TRAPPED INSIDE AL QUDS FOR 11 DAYS FARAH SAID BOMBS WERE DROPPING ALL AROUND. >> SO MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THEIR ROOMS THAT GOT HURT OR DIED THAT WE KNEW. HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS JUST TO SMELL FRESH AIR. ONE OF THE ONES ABOVE STARTED SHOOTING ALL AROUND, AND THE GUNSHOT WENT THROUGH HIS HEAD >> Reporter: THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT DOES NOT TARGET CIVILIANS AND ALLEGES HAMAS EXPLOITS HOSPITALS FOR COVER. ON TUESDAY THE IDF EVACUATED AL QUDS. WE RECONNECTED WITH FARAH FROM THE SAFETY OF CAIRO WHAT DO YOU WANT OTHER TEENAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES TO KNOW ABOUT GAZA >> THEY'RE JUST LIKE US, THESE LITTLE KIDS THAT HAVE GREAT BIG DREAMS HALF OF THEM GOT THEIR LIVES TAKEN AWAY FOR NO REASON. WHY DOES EVERYONE THERE HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH THIS >> Reporter: ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS, TEL AVIV. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, WE'RE GETTING SOME EXCLUSIVE INSIGHTS INTO HOW ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE IS RESPONDING TO THE HAMAS TERROR ATTACKS ON OCTOBER 7th HERE'S RAF SANCHEZ >> Reporter: ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FAILED TO STOP HAMAS TERRORISTS BEFORE THEY BURST THROUGH THE BORDER FENCE TO CARRY OUT THEIR MASSACRE, BUT IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED, THE SHIN BET, ISRAEL'S EQUIVALENT TO THE FBI, TOOK ON AN URGENT MISSION, INTERROGATING HAMAS SUSPECTS CAPTURED IN THE ATTACK RACING FOR INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THE HOSTAGES AND WHAT ISRAELI FORCES WOULD FACE INSIDE GAZA >> THERE IS A CLOCK ABOVE YOUR HEAD THAT IS TICKING THIS IS THE PRISONER. >> Reporter: SHALOM IS A SHIN BET VETERAN. >> WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SIT LIKE THIS WITH A MAN THAT YOU KNOW MASSACRED ISRAELI CITIZENS >> SOMETIMES YOU FEEL THAT YOU WANT MAYBE TO KILL HIM WITH YOUR BARE HANDS, BUT YOU DO NOTHING, OKAY, AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE OPPOSITE YOU HAVE TO CONNECT TO SOME DOTS IN HIS PERSONALITY. >> Reporter: ISRAEL RELEASING EDITED VIDEO OF THE QUESTIONING, AMMUNITION IN A GLOBAL INFORMATION WAR. >> IT'S FOR THE WEST IT'S NOT FOR US. >> Reporter: WE'RE NOT SHOWING THEIR CONFESSIONS OR REVEALING THEIR IDENTITIES, BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE SURE WHETHER THEY SPOKE UNDER DURESS >> WE SEE SOME OF THE PRISONERS, BRUISES ON THEIR FACES, MARKS ON THEIR WRISTS WERE THEY BEING TORTURED BY ISRAEL'S SECURITY FORCES? >> THEY WERE CAPTURED IN COMBAT. IT WASN'T A POLITE CAPTURE. THERE IS NO TORTURE IN SHABAK INTERROGATIONS. >> Reporter: AND IT'S POSSIBLE THOSE SAME HAMAS SUSPECTS COULD BE FREED IN EXCHANGE FOR THE HOSTAGES LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT RAF SANCHEZ, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS ON THE HEALTH OF ROSALYNN CARTER THE 96-YEAR-OLD FORMER FIRST LADY HAS ENTERED HOSPICE CARE AT HER HOME IN MAY SHE REVEALED SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA THIS COMES NINE MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND, FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, ALSO ENTERED HOSPICE CARE THE CARTER CENTER SAYS THEY'RE SPENDING TIME WITH EACH OTHER AND THEIR FAMILY. >>> IN SOUTH CAROLINA, ANOTHER CASE INVOLVING CONVICTED MURDERER ALEX MURDAUGH. THIS ONE INVOLVING FINANCIAL CRIMES AND A GUILTY PLEA TODAY. BLAYNE ALEXANDER HAS LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: DONNING AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT WITH HIS HANDS SHACKLED, TONIGHT ALEX MURDAUGH, THE ONCE PROMINENT SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY TURNED CONVICTED MURDERER, IS BACK IN COURT, THIS TIME PLEADING GUILTY TO A SLEW OF FINANCIAL CRIMES >> I PLEAD GUILTY, YOUR HONOR. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY HE DEFRAUDED FORMER CLIENTS OUT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NOW PLEADING GUILTY TO COUNTS INCLUDING MONEY LAUNDERING AND FRAUD >> DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT? >> YES, SIR, I DO. >> ALL RIGHT >> I HAD A LONG TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: MURDAUGH IS SERVING TWO LIFE SENTENCES FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND ADULT SON. AT THE TIME PROSECUTORS SAID HE KILLED THEM TO DISTRACT FROM HIS FINANCIAL CRIMES >> HE CARES FOR THESE VICTIMS, AND HE FEELS BADLY ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, ATTORNEYS FOR THE FINANCIAL VICTIMS SAY, THE PLEA WILL ALLOW THEM TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF HEALING ADDING, JUSTICE WAS SERVED IN THIS CASE. TONIGHT, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ON "DATELINE," CRAIG MELVIN SPOKE WITH THE INVESTIGATORS WHO HELPED PUT HIM THERE RECALLING THAT NOW INFAMOUS RECORDING THAT PUT MURDAUGH AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. >> PAW-PAW >> I LISTENED TO IT THREE TO FOUR TIMES TO MAKE SURE I WAS HEARING, BECAUSE I WAS IN DISBELIEF AT THE TIME I IMMEDIATELY GOT ON THE PHONE TO DAVID OWEN >> I WAS REALLY EXCITED. >> WHY >> BECAUSE I CAN PROVE THAT ALEX WAS LYING TO ME >> DID YOU KNOW IN THAT MOMENT THAT THE CASE HAD BEEN BLOWN WIDE OPEN? >> OH, YES. >> Reporter: MURDAUGH WILL BE BACK IN COURT TO BE SENTENCED FOR HIS FINANCIAL CRIMES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. BLAYNE ALEXANDER, NBC NEWS. >> AND "DATELINE: THE MURDAUGH MURDERS INSIDE THE INVESTIGATION" DEBUTS TONIGHT AT 9:00 EASTERN HERE ON NBC. >>> SIX DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND FOR MILLIONS THE TRAVEL RUSH IS UNDER WAY. THE FAA SAYS IT'S ACTING TO ADDRESS A SHORTAGE OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AFTER A SERIES OF CLOSE CALLS. HERE'S TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: CALLING THE NATION'S AIRSPACE SAFE BUT UNDER STRESS, THE FAA SAYS IT'S TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION AFTER 23 SERIOUS CLOSE CALLS THIS YEAR. >> ROGER >> Reporter: SOME BLAMED ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFFING SHORTAGES. 77% OF ATC FACILITIES ARE NOW UNDERSTAFFED AS THE FAA STRUGGLES TO REPLACE THOUSANDS OF RETIRING CONTROLLERS. THE FAA TODAY SAID IT'S MOVING ASAP TO MOVE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL GRADS STRAIGHT TO ON-THE-JOB TRAINING BYPASSING THE FAA ACADEMY. IT'S INCREASING ACADEMY CLASSROOM SIZES, HIRING MORE EXPERIENCED MILITARY AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY CONTROLLERS, AND ROLLING OUT TOWER SIMULATORS NATIONWIDE. >> THERE ARE NO EASY SHORT-TERM FIXES TO ADDRESS MANY OF THESE CHALLENGES. >> Reporter: THE FAA ACTION COMES AS AIRLINES EXPECT TO CARRY THE MOST THANKSGIVING TRAVELERS EVER, 30 MILLION PASSENGERS OVER THE NEXT 12 DAYS >> YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO BEAT THE CROWD >> Reporter: ON THE ROADS MORE THAN 49 MILLION ARE EXPECTED TO DRIVE STARTING WEDNESDAY. AT THE PUMP, $3.33 IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, 40 CENTS LOWER THAN LAST YEAR. 11 STATES ARE NOW UNDER $3 A GALLON, BUT AFTER TWO YEARS OF AVIATION MELTDOWNS, IT'S THE NATION'S AIR SYSTEM THAT'S HEADED FOR ANOTHER STRESS TEST A RECORD 2.9 MILLION PASSENGERS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, THE 26th. >> ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LEAVING ON THE FIRST FLIGHTS OF THE DAY, THAT 5:00 TO 7:00 A.M. BLOCK IS VERY BUSY. >> Reporter: SO, THE TSA EXPECTING ABOUT 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL FLY EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK, AND THE BIGGEST NUMBER ON SUNDAY AS EVERYBODY RUSHES HOME. LESTER. >> TOM, THANKS. >>> AS FOR THE COST OF THANKSGIVING, SOME SURPRISES. SENIOR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT CHRISTINE ROMANS IS HERE TWO BIG HOLIDAY TRADITIONS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE CHEAPE THIS YEAR. >> THAT'S RIGHT, THE DRIVE TO GRANDMA'S AND THE TURKEY PRICES DOWN THANKS TO FARMERS RAISING MORE BIRTHS AFTER AVIAN FLU LAST YEAR HURT THE FLOCK. A 16-POUND BIRD WILL COST A LITTLE OVER 27 BUCKS. FEEDING TEN FOR DINNER JUST OVER $61 DOWN FROM LAST YEAR'S RECORD HIGH. IT'S NOT JUST GAS PRICES LOWER BUT AIRFARE AND RENTAL CARS ARE CHEAPER IN FACT, THE CEO O WALMART, THE NATION'S LARGEST RETAILER, SAID HE IS SEEING DEFLATION, PRICES OF SOME MERCHANDISE AND PANTRY ITEMS ARE FALLING, THINK CHICKEN, EGGS AND SEAFOOD. THE BIG PICTURE, THE INFLATION RATE HAS COOLED FROM LAST SUMMER'S HIGH NOW JUST 3.2% IN OCTOBER AND MAKES WALL STREET STREET HAPPY, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO SHOP ON MAIN STREET, ANY INFLATION IS STILL ADDING TO MONTHS OF HIGHER PRICES. >>> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH THE STORY OF A REMARKABLE RESCUE, OFFICIALS IN TEXAS SAYING A 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WHO WENT MISSING MORE THAN A WEEK AGO AFTER GOING FOR A HIKE IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, WAS FOUND ALIVE TODAY. CHRISTIE PERRY WAS REPORTERS' TIRELESS WORK, SOMETHING SOME OF HER COLLEAGUES SAY THEY HAVE FELT, LESTER. >> EMILIE, THANK YOU. >>> AS THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR RAGES, WE'RE SEEING A DISTURBING RISE IN HATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SITES LIKE TIKTOK AND X COMING UNDER FIRE FOR WHAT'S BEING SHARED ON THE PLATFORMS INCLUDING BY ELON MUSK. HERE'S MIGUEL ALMAGUER. >> Reporter: AS NEW PROTESTS AND RALLIES UNFOLD ACROSS THE NATION, AT TIMES ENDING IN ARRESTS, TONIGHT THERE IS GROWING CONCERN OVER DIVISIVE RHETORIC AND DISINFORMATION ON THE STREETS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> YOU PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS. >> Reporter: TIKTOK REMOVING THE #LETTERTOAMERICA FROM ITS SEARCH FUNCTION AFTER A FLOOD OF VIRAL VIDEOS SHOWED U.S. USERS SHARING THE WORDS PENNED BY OSAMA BIN LADEN AFTER 9/11 WHICH INCLUDES ANTI-SEMITIC LANGUAGE AND CONDEMNS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. >> IT'S WILD. >> Reporter: AFTER THE CONTENT WAS WIDELY SHARED ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID, THERE IS NEVER A JUSTIFICATION FOR SPREADING THE REPUGNANT, EVIL AND ANTI-SEMITIC LIES THAT THE LEADER OF AL QAEDA ISSUED JUST AFTER COMMITTING THE WORST TERRORIST ATTACK IN AMERICAN HISTORY, TIKTOK ADDING, CONTENT PROMOTING THIS LETTER CLEARLY VIOLATES OUR RULES ON SUPPORTING ANY FORM OF TERRORISM, VOWING TO REMOVE THE POSTS. >> SOMETHING CAN GO VIRAL, AS WE HAVE SAID, INCREDIBLY QUICKLY, AND IF A FACT-CHECK IS COMING THROUGH 24 HOURS AFTER A PIECE OF CONTENT HAS GONE VIRAL AND ALREADY RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF VIEWS, AT THAT POINT IT'S VERY HARD TO PUT THE GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE, SO TO SPEAK. >> Reporter: WITH MILLIONS OF VIEWS ON TIKTOK, THE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SAYS, REFERENCES TO LETTER TO AMERICA ALSO SPIKED ON X MORE THAN 738 MILLION IMPRESSIONS ACROSS THAT PLATFORM. ITS CHAIRMAN, ELON MUSK, NOW UNDER FIRE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING HE PROMOTED ANTI-SEMITIC AND RACIST HATE AFTER HE REPLIED TO A POST VIEWED AS ANTI-SEMITIC. IT COMES AS IBM PULLED ADVERTISING FROM X AFTER ITS ADS APPEARED ALONGSIDE PRO-NAZI TWEETS. TONIGHT, THE POWER AND REACH OF THE INTERNET AND CALLS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO DO MORE TO STOP THE VITRIOL. MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS. >>> UP NEXT HERE TONIGHT, FROM BOG TO TABLE, HARRY SMITH ON >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, AN ODE TO A FIXTURE AT THE THANKSGIVING DINNER TABLE. HARRY SMITH ON OUR LOVE OF THE CRANBERRY. >> Reporter: EVERY FALL USUALLY JUST AFTER THE FIRST FROST, CRANBERRY FARMERS KNOW IT'S TIME, TIME TO HARVEST. >> ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR HARVESTS, I LIKE TO SAY WHEN I'M IN HERE, THE CRANBERRIES ARE GIVING ME LIKE A MILLION LITTLE HUGS. >> Reporter: BOGS IN MASSACHUSETTS, WISCONSIN, AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GLISTEN WITH THE COLOR OF A FRUIT THAT LANDS TART ON THE TONGUE. >> I'M LIKE A CRANBERRY, I'M TART AT HEART. >> Reporter: ALISON CARR'S FAMILY HAS BEEN CULTIVATING CRANBERRIES NEAR CAPE COD SINCE THE 1800s. >> A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO COMES FROM NOT ONLY WHAT WE DO THIS, YEAR BUT THE LEARNINGS AND TEACHINGS AND UNDERSTANDINGS FROM THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE US. >> Reporter: HARVEST IS PART OF CARR'S HERITAGE. >> THEY NEED TO GO THIS WAY. >> THEY NEED TO GO THIS WAY. >> Reporter: THAT HERITAGE DREW HER BACK TO THE FARM. >> I WENT TO NEW YORK CITY, AND I LOVED IT, AND THEY SAID, IF YOU LOVE THE FARM, YOU'LL COME BACK TO IT, AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. >> Reporter: CRANBERRIES ARE AMERICAN ORIGINALS, NATIVE TO THE CONTINENT LIKE CONCORD GRAPES AND BLUEBERRIES BUT THOSE OTHERS DON'T ENGENDER THE KIND OF CONTROVERSY THAT ACCOMPANIES THANKSGIVING DINNER. >> SO, HAS THERE EVER BEEN FAMILY DISPUTES WITH, NO, I LIKE THE CAN, NO, I WANT IT THAT WAY? >> I WOULD SAY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR -- THE ONES THAT THEY LOVE, SO NOT SO MUCH OF A DISPUTE BUT MORE OF THE PASSIONATE -- THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CRANBERRY SAUCE THAT THEY LOVE. ♪♪ >> Reporter: A SURVEY SAYS THE JELLIED VERSION FROM A CAN IS THE OVERWHELMING FAVORITE, BUT MOST OF THESE LITTLE RUBIES END UP AS JUICE, AND THERE IS LITTLE DISPUTE OVER THE CRANBERRY'S CONTRIBUTION TO A COSMO OR TO WHATEVER SHE'S HAVING. HARRY SMITH, NBC NEWS, ROCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. >> WHAT A GREAT LITTLE JOURNEY. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS." THERE'S A BRAND-NEW "NIGHTLY KIDS EDITN" DEBUTING TOMORROW MORNING, AND JOIN "MEET THE PRESS" THIS SUNDAY FOR THE LATEST NBC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL POLL AND MORE. THANKS FOR WATCHING, EVERYONE. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.