&gt;&gt;&gt; TONIGHT, TT3r HORRORú A TENNESSEE SCHOOL. AT LEAST THREE e1 CHáitREN, ALL 9 YEARS OLD, AND THREE ADULT STAFFERS KILLED INát RAMPAGE AT A PRIVATE q CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER WAS A 28-YEAR-OLD TRANSGENDER PERSON &gt;&gt;&gt; ALSO TONIGHT THE DEADLY PATH OF <u><i>32EJ)yTRUCTION IN THE </i></u> AT LEAST 22 PEOPLE KILLED.e1 ENTIRE TOWNS DESTROYED. THE POWERFUL EF4 TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR NEARLY 60 MILES. THE HARROWING STORIES w3 OF SURVIVAL AND THE NEW THREATS ON THE MOVE RIGHT NOW.i] AL ROKER IS HERE. &gt;&gt;&gt; NEW TESTIMONY IN THE DONALD TRUMP HUSH MONEY INVESTIGATION INxD NEW YORK.w3 THE TABLOID KING THE GRAND JURY HEARD FROM i] TODAY.Ñi &gt;&gt;&gt; ISRAEL IN CRISIS. TENS OF THOUSANDS qÑil=@&amp;H(L&amp; PROTESTING IN THE STREETS OVER A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN FROM PRIME MINISTER fá BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.wO/█ AND WHAT HE HAS NOW AGREED TO DO.+! &gt;&gt;&gt; AND THE REAL-LIFE Ñi ROSIE THE RIVETERS. THE SPECIAL HONOR TODAY FOR THE WOMEN <u>wBO PLAYED A CRITICAL </u> ROLE DURING WORLD WAR II.jé &gt;&gt; Announcer: THIS IS NBC "NIGHTLY NEWS" jF WITH LESTER HOLT. &gt;&gt;&gt; GOOD EVENING@u EVERYONE, AND WELCOME. HERE WE ARE AGAIN. MORE FAMILIES ADDED TO A TRAGIC AND GROWING LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVEw3 GOTTEN THAT HEART-CRUSHING CALL, WHO SENT OR TOOK THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL, NEVER IMAGINING THEY WOULD NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN. THAT SEARING PAIN AND SADNESS DESCENDING TONIGHT ON A NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE COMMUNITY WHERE A HEAVILY ARMED SHOOTER WALKED INTO A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND MURDERED THREE CHILDREN ALONG WITH THREE ADULTS IN WHAT POLICE CALL A TARGETED ATTACK. THE CHILDREN WERE JUST 9 YEARS OLD. THE SHOOTER IDENTIFIEDU LATE TODAY 3]█ NASHVILLE POLICE AS 5a█ 28-YEAR-OLD AUDREY HALE.5a█ HALE WAS FATALLY SHOT BY RESPONDING xD OFFICERS. THE SCENE RESEMBLING ONE WE ARE ALL WELL ACQUAINTED WITH BY NOW. CHILDREN LINED UP AND HURRIED AWAY FROM THE SCENE. PARENTS WAITING TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR CHILDREN AS SCORES OF FIRST RESPONDERS +! DESCENDED ON THE SCENE. IN A MOMENT MY e1 INTERVIEW WITH THE POLICE CHIEF. KATHY PARK LEADS US OFF TONIGHT FROM fáA5█ NASHV &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE START OF A SCHOOL DAY SHATTERED BY GUNSHOTS AT THE COVENANT SCHOOLt(e1 IN NASHVILLE. &gt;&gt; WE'RE UNDER A MASS CASUALTY ALERT. THE SCHOOL SHOOTING, MULTIPLE VICTIMS DOWN. &gt;&gt; Reporter: POLICE RUSHED TO THE SMALL PRIVATE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY A FORMER STUDENT ENTERED THE BUILDING THROUGH A SIDE DOOR, THEN FATALLY SHOT THREE 9-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS AND THREE ADULTS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE w3 SUSPECT, 28-YEAR-OLD AUDREY HALE, WHO IDENTIFIES AS TRANSGENDER, WAS KILLED BY POLICE. &gt;&gt; SHE WAS !jfQ" WITH AT LEAST TWO ASSAULT-TYPE RIFLES AND A HANDGUN. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE FIRST CALL CAME IN AT 10:13 A.M. CENTRAL TIME. POLICE SAY RESPONDING OFFICERS ENTERED THE SCHOOL MINUTES LATER AND HEARD SHOTS FIRED ON THE SECOND FLOOR.e1 AT 10:27 A.M., 14 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST CALL, POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER WAS DEAD.çót( &gt;&gt; WE'VE ALSO DETERMINED THERE WERE MAPS DRAWN OF THE SCHOOL IN DETAIL, OF SURVEILLANCE, ENTRY POINTML$Qá CETERA. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AMID THE q CHAOS PANICKED PARENTSÑi ANXIOUSLY WAITED OUTSIDE FOR UPDATES WHILE THEIR PRE-K THROUGH SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS WERE USHERED TO SAFETY. &gt;&gt; THEY WEREN'T LETTING THE PARENTS UP THERE, SO THEY WERE JUST RUNNING UP THE i] STREET. THERE WERE SO MANY POLICE CARS. AND THEN THE e1 AMBULANCES STARTED PULLING AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL. &gt;&gt; Reporter: INSIDE THE SCHOOL AVERY MIRIC'S MOTHER WAS TEACHING WHEN THE SHOOTER OPENED FIRE. &gt;&gt; I TEXTED HER AND I SAID JUST LIKE WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE SAID SHE'S HIDING IN THE CLOSET AND THAT THERE'S SHOOTING ALL OVER. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE SHOOTER LIVED IN THE NASHVILLE AREA i] ACCORDING TO POLICE, AND THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL MOTIVES. &gt;&gt; FROM MY INITIAL xDxD FINDINGS IS THAT AT jF ONE POINT SHE WAS A STUDENT AT THAT SCHOOL. BUT UNSURE WHAT YEAR. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE NATION IS NO STRANGER 'c█ TO GUN VIOLENCE. AND TONIGHT THIS MARKS THE THIRD MAJOR SCHOOL SHOOTING OF THE YEAR. &gt;&gt; SOMETHING'S GOT TO Ko█ BE DONE. THIS IS -- THREE PEOPLE LOST THEIR CHILDREN TODAY.V IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE. &gt;&gt; FOLKS -- &gt;&gt; Reporter: THE e1e1 PRESIDENT TODAY CONSOLING HEARTBROKEN FAMILIES WHILE CALLING CONGRESS TO PASS AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN. &gt;&gt; AND WE HAVE TO DO MORE TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S RIPPING OUR COMMUNITIES APART. &gt;&gt; Reporter: TONIGHT GRIEF GRIPPING ANOTHER COMMUNITY. THIS TIME A DEADLY DAY INSIDE AN AMERICAN SCHOOL. &gt;&gt; HOW IS THIS STILL HAPPENING? HOW ARE OUR CHILDREN STILL DYING? AND WHY ARE WE FAILING THEM? &gt;&gt; KATHY PARK IS NEAR e1 THE SCENE. KATHY, ARE THE FAMILIES NOW ALL REUNITED AT THIS HOUR? &gt;&gt; Reporter: WELL, LESTER, IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A TRAGIC DAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT ALL THE FAMILIES HAVE REUNITED WITH THEIR e1 STUDENTS.e1 MEANWHILE, THE SCENE IS STILL(úING!ó PROCESSED AT THIS HOUR. WE PLAN ON GETTING BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE EITHER TONIGHT OR SOMETIME TOMORROW. LESTER? &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT. KATHY PARK, THANK YOU.ok JOINING ME NOW IS NASHVILLE POLICE CHIEFe1e1 JOHN DRAKE. CHIEF DRAKE, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. BASED ON YOUR LAST BRIEFING, IT SOUNDS LIKE THINGS ARE MOVING VERY QUICKLY. YOU DESCRIBED THIS AS A TARGETED ATTACK. CAN YOU ELABORATE? SO THE PERSON WE KNOW fáe1 AS AUDREY HALE, SHE'S q A 28-YEAR-OLD NASHVILLIAN, WE HAVE BELIEF, OR WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT SHEq WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN THE NASHVILLE AREA AND SHE WENT TO THAT lp ACTUAL SCHOOL. AND SO THERE'S SOME e1 BELIEF THAT THERE WAS SOME RESENTMENT FOR HAVING TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAIL FOR THAT JUST YET. AND THAT'S WHY THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. &gt;&gt; YOU RECOVERED WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED AS A Ñi MANIFESTO.o6K█ YOU'VE ALSO SAID THAT HALE IDENTIFIED AS TRANS. DO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A CONNECTION TO THAT? &gt;&gt; WE FEEL THAT SHE IDENTIFIES AS TRANS, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION ok INTO ALL OF THAT AND IF IT ACTUALLY PLAYED A ROLE INTO THIS INCIDENT. AS WE KNOW MORE WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE THAT KNOWN.e1#@ &gt;&gt; BUT DOES THE e1 MANIFESTO POINT YOU INe1 A PARTICULAR DIRECTION THAT YOU CAN REVEAL?e1 &gt;&gt; IT DOES. IT HAS -- IN THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION WE'VE TURNED IT OVER TO THE FBI. WE'VE LOOKED OVER IT AS WELL. IT INDICATES THAT e1 THERE WAS GOING TO BE SHOOTINGS AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND THE THEM. THERE WAS ACTUALLY A MAP OF THE SCHOOL DETAILING SURVEILLANCE, ENTRY POINTS, AND HOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE CARRIED OUT ON THIS DAY. &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT. MYP(9-M TOM LLA AND FOR SO MANY IT'S NOT JUST THEIR TOWN THAT'S GONE.çó &gt;&gt; I LOST EVERYTHING, AND WE REALLY NEED HELP, MAN. &gt;&gt; Reporter: DeANGELO WHITE AND DIAMOND WALDINGTON LOST THEIR MOTHER, STEPFATHER ANDe1 BROTHER WHEN THE WIND TORE APART THEIR xD MOBILE HOME. HELEN MUNFORD WAS A TEACHER AND BUS DRIVER. DANNY A WELDER. THEIR SON JADARIAN WAS ONLY 14. &gt;&gt; SHE HAD SEVEN KIDS,e1 EIGHT GRANDKIDS. WE ALL -- THAT'S ALL WE KNOW, THEY'RE GONE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: TONIGHT THEY'RE STAYING WITH FAMILY BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR HOMES AS WELL. &gt;&gt; WHO HAVE WE GOT NOW? MAN, IT'S HARD, MAN. &gt;&gt; Reporter: IN ALL REPORTS OF AT LEAST 25 TORNADOES IN FOUR STATES SINCE FRIDAY. THERE'S EVIDENCE <u> TñRNADO ALLEY IS </u> EXPANDING, WITH FEWER Ñi TWISTERS IN THE GREAT PLAINS AND MORE IN THE SOUTHEAST. THIS IS THE SMALL TOWN OF ROLLING FORK BEFORE AND AFTER THE t( CATASTROPHIC EF4 TORNADO. IN MANY CASES PEOPLE STILL CAN'T BELIEVE JUST HOW STRONG THIS TORNADO WAS. THEY POINT TO THESE q TWO BIG RIGS. THEY SAY THEY WERE PARKED SIDE BY SIDE, WHEN THE TORNADO CAME IN IT LIFTED THEM UP AND TOSSED THEM TO A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ó"NDN&amp;EFT THEM LIKE THIS, MANGLED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. <u> SO WHY WAS TH</u> TORNADO SO DESTRUCTIVE? TORNADO SO DESTRUCTIVE? 1 AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY LONG-LASTING, ITS PATH A STAGGERING 59 MILES.xD AND IT TORE THROUGH VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. &gt;&gt; I GOT A BUNCH OF CLOTHES UNDER THE TREE THERE.ñr &gt;&gt; Reporter: GREG HENDERSON HAS LIVED HERE HIS WHOLE LIFE, BUT WHEN WE MET HIM HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS HOME. &gt;&gt; IT WAS HERE. &gt;&gt; YEAH, RIGHT THERE. NOTHING, MAN. &gt;&gt; Reporter: ALL THAT'S LEFT, DEBRIS fá AND A FEW BELOVED DAMAGED MEMENTOS. BUT HENDERSON'S lp NEIGHBOR LOST HIS LIFE. SO TONIGHT HE'S COUNTING HIS <u> hfQájINGS.</u> &gt;&gt; MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTER ARE SAFE. AND THEN I'M ALIVE. SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY. &gt;&gt; Reporter: IN ALL, 22 PEOPLE A'-█ DEAD, INCLUDING SEVERAL FRIENDS OF OPHELIA &gt;&gt; I TOLD HIM THANK YOU FOR SPARING MY LIFE, NOT ONLY MY LIFE, MY BROTHER'S LIFE. HE LOST EVERYTHING. MY SISTER. SHE LOST EVERYTHING. MY NEPHEWS.e1 THEY LOST EVERYTHING. &gt;&gt; TOM, YOU'VE BEEN i] REPORTING ON THE GROUND FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW. THE STORM WAS SO POWERFUL IT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING IN ITS TRACK e1 COULD WITHSTAND IT. &gt;&gt; Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, LESTER. MOBILE HOMES BUT ALSO HOMES MADE OF BRICK. AS YOU LOOK BEHIND ME HERE, THIS WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS DOTTED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURES. ALL OF THEM COMPLETELY GONE. THE MAYOR TELLS US HE THINKS 85% OF HIS TOWN IS GONE. I CAN TELL YOU, t( LESTER, IT'S PROBABLY EVEN MORE THAN THAT. AND WHEN RESIDENTS HERE SAY THEY'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, THEY'RE NOT EXAGGERATING. IT'S A MIRACLE ANYONE SURVIVED THIS TORNADO. &gt;&gt; DESTRUCTION AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE. TOM, THANK YOU. &gt;&gt;&gt; THE DESTRUCTION HAS LEFT SO MANY FAMILIES DESPERATE, e1 WONDERING HOW THEY WILL RECOVER FROM THIS DISASTER. PRISCILLA THOMPSON TONIGHT ON THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE WOMAN IN MISSISSIPPI. &gt;&gt; I COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. WE ALL COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.2 &gt;&gt; Reporter: MELINDA 5a█ WASHINGTON'S HUSBAND FRANTICALLY DUG HER OUT OF THE RUBBLE 42çS?áDNDNV HER 12-YEAR-OLD SON SCREAMING IN AGONY AS lp HIS MOM LAY BURIED. &gt;&gt; IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT FROM SEEING IT ON TV UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY LIVE IT. &gt;&gt; Reporter: BRUISED, BATTERED, BUT ALIVE, ok NOW LEFT TO FACE A NEW REALITY. &gt;&gt; WE'RE IN A SMALL e1 COMMUNITY. WE HAVE NOTHING.ok NO RUNNING WATER. NO LIGHTS. NO HOUSES.r NO TRANSPORTATION. &gt;&gt; Reporter: ROLLING çó FORK AND SILVER CITY ARE SMALL RÑ$LP&amp; TO"a WHERE MORE THAN A THIRD OF PEOPLE LIVE IN POVERTY. NEARLY THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. &gt;&gt; A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE RENTAL INSURANCE. I DIDN'T. NO VEHICLE INSURANCE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'Tq HAVE NOTHING. &gt;&gt; Reporter: SOME 2,000 PEOPL+XLOW DESPERATE FOR HELP. MANY OF THEM WITH HOMES THAT LOOK LIKE e1 THIS. &gt;&gt; WE'VE GOT MEMA AND FEMA, JOINT TEAMS ON e1 THE GROUND HERE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN SENDING FEDERAL RESOURCES TO HELP FILL THE GAP, APPROVING FUNDING FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING AND LOANS TO THOSE WITH NO i+ &amp;H(LC&amp; y'eJejU &gt;&gt; ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE IS HOUSING. &gt;&gt; Reporter: SOME RESIDENTS FEAR THE AIDe1 MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. K THAT COULD TAKE YEARS, NOT MONTHS.tP WHICH IS WHY HERE ARE COMING TOGETHER, LOOKING FOR SMALL GLIMMERS OF e1 HOPE, LIKE MELINDA'S COFFEE SHOP.e1 ONE OF THE FEW BUILDINGS STILL STANDING. ONE LESS THING TO REBUILD. AS THESE COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO PICK UP THE PIECES. &gt;&gt; I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PLA DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.Ñi AND SO I'M JUST TRUSTING GOD DURING THE PROCESS.@-D( I KNOW HE OF US FOR A REASON. AND SO I TRUST HIM. &gt;&gt; Reporter: PRISCILLAjF THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. &gt;&gt;&gt; HERE IN NEW YORK THE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING THE HUSH MONEY CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEARD FROM THE FORMER DNDND "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" TODAY.çó DAVID PECKER, WHO ALSOxDlp TESTIFIED IN JANUARY, HELPED ARRANGE THE DEAL BETWEEN MICHAEL COHEN, MR. TRUMP'S FORMER LAWYER, AND AN ADULT FILM STAR WHO SAID SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH MR. TRUMP. &gt;&gt;&gt; TURNING NOW TO THE CHAOS IN ISRAEL, FOR <u>M MONTHS7 (O,E;Q</u> &gt;&gt; Reporter: TONIGHT e, &gt;&gt; Reporter: OVERNIGHT BLOCKING TEL AVIV'S t( MAIN HIGHWAY. POLICE USING HORSES 3(WNDNDNP'D WATER CANNONS TO CLEAR THE WAY. THE COUNTRY PARALYZED THIS CROWD OF RIGHT-WING DEMONSTRATORS HAS GATHERED IN FRONT OF ISRAEL'S SUPREME COURT <u> j9 TO SUPPORT BENJAMIN </u> NETANYAHU. THEY WANT HIM TO PUSH AHEAD WITH HIS JUDICIAL OVERHAUL DESPITE THE MASSIVE e1 OPPOSITION. AND AFTER NEWS NETANYAHU WOULD DELAY HIS PLAN TO TAKE MORE CONTROL OVER THE COURT PRAISE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. &gt;&gt; WE WELCOME THIS ANNOUNCEMENT!█(áHP' OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL TIME AND <u> SO.CE FOR COMPROM</u> COMPROMISE IS PRECISELY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR. &gt;&gt; Reporter: STILL IT'S UNCLEAR IF THIS ISRAELI POLITICAL CRISIS IS OVER OR SIMPLY DELAYED. RAF SANCHEZ, NBC NEWS, JERUSALEM. &gt;&gt;&gt; IN 60 SECONDS, AFTER THOSE DEADLY TORNADOES THE NEW WEATHER THREATS IN THE WEST. AL ROKErAO &gt;&gt;&gt; IN PENNSYLVANIA THE DEATH TOLL IN THE <u> EXPLOSION AT A E</u> CHOCOLATE FACTORY HAS e1 <u>UNDNDN)ISEN TO SEVEN AF </u> POLICE SAID TWO MORE Ñie1 SEVERAL OTHERq&amp; WERE INJURED IN FRIDAY'S e1ok BLAST AT THE R.M. PALMER COMPANY PLANT ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWET PHILADELPHIA. THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. &gt;&gt;&gt; AFTER WEEKS OF r HEAVY FLOODING IN THE WEST WE ARE SET FOR 4█ EVEN MORE. AL ROKER IS HERE. AL, YOU'RE WATCHING A NEW THREAT TO CALIFORNIA.t'3K"TDNDNDN LESTER. ANOTHER BIG SéOAM. WE'VE GOT WIND ADVISORIES, WINTER STORM WATCHES AND e1 WARNINGS AND WE'VE GOT ALSO SOME HIGH WIND WARNINGS AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM COMES IN. HEAVIEST IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW NIGHT ON INTO WEDNESDAY.q AS THAT SYSTEM COMES IN IT'S GOING TO BRING THE HEAVIEST RAIN UP e1 TO THE NORTH IN SAN FRANCISCO TO UKIAH, QQ INCHES. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM THREE TOe1 FOUR FEET OF SNOW AS THAT SYSTEM MAKES It)w WAY EAST. 5 MILLION PEOPLE ON THURSDAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER FROM WICHITA TO SWEETWATER. FRIDAY IS THE BIG PROBLEM. 54 MILLION PEOPLE, WIND GUSTS OF 60. AND LESTER, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT TORNADOES FROM CEDAR RAPIDS TO GREENVILLE AND MEMPHIS. &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT, AL, THANK YOU. &gt;&gt;&gt; UP NEXT, EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY BY THE MAN e1 WHO SAYS ACTRESS GWYNETH PALTROW &gt;&gt;&gt; THE MAN WHO ACCUSES GWYNETH PALTROW OF INJURING HIM IN A SKIING COLLISION TOOkHMHE STAND AT THEIR TRIAL &amp;-P999AFTER THE JURY HEARD THE ACTRESS'S SIDE OF THE STORY. WE GET MORE FROM MrJyHEARD SOMETHING I'VE NEVER HEARD AT A SKI RESORT. AND THAT WAS A BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAM.r &gt;&gt; Reporter: MAKING HIS CASE ON THE STAND, TODAY TERRY SANDERSON, AT TIMES EMOTIONAL, TOLD A PARK CITY JURY IT WAS OSCAR WINNER GWYNETH PALTROW WHO PLOWED INTO HIM ON A DEER VALLEY SKI SLOPE IN 2016. &gt;&gt; IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND GOING TO HIT A TREE ANr@QAS GOING TO DIE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: EXPLAINING TO THE COURT HE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES INCLUDING FOUR BROKEN e1 RIBS AND A CONCUSSION, THE NOW 76-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE HAS PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER HE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND.e1 &gt;&gt; COMMUNICATION IS NOT AS SMOOTH AND IT'S -- IT'S BEEN MORE DIFFICULT, NO QUESTION. &gt;&gt; Reporter: AT THE ok CRUX OF THE LAWSUIT IN WHICH THE RETIRED e1 OPTOMETRIST IS SEEKING A MINIMUM OF $300,00x IS WHO THE JURY BELIEVES. &gt;&gt; I FEEL VERY SORRY FOR HIM. IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S HAD A VERY DIFFICULT LIFE. BUT I DID NOT CAUSE THE ACCIDENT. &gt;&gt; Reporter: PALTROW, THE ACTRESS TURNED LIFESTYLE GURU WHO IS COUNTERSUING FOR $1 PLUS LEGAL FEES, HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED SHE WAS THE VICTIM.5a█ &gt;&gt; I WAS SKIING AND LOOKING DOWNHILL, AS U 9 AND I WAS SKIED DIRECTLY INTO BY MR. SANDERSON. &gt;&gt; Reporter: WITH NO APPARENT VIDEO OF THE i] TONIGHT A HE SAID/SHE SAID IN WHICH THE JURY MUST DECIDE. MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS. &gt;&gt;&gt; UP NEXT FOR US TONIGHT, THEY HELPED HOLD THE COUNTRY TOGETHER DURING WORLD WAR II WITH THEIR RESOL &gt;&gt;&gt; FINALLY, IN THE HEAT OF WORLD WAR II &gt;&gt;&gt; FINALLY, IN THE HEAT OF WORLD WAR II THEIR HARD WORK KEPT AMERICAN TANKS ROLLING AND BOMBERS FLYING. 80 YEARS LATER THEY'RE STILL BEING HONORED. HERE'S ANDREA MITCHELL. &gt;&gt; Reporter: FROM THE FACTORY FLOORS TO RECRUITING POSTERS AND SONGS -- e1e1 ♪ ROSIE ♪ ♪ THE RIVETER ♪ FEW WOMEN IN AMERICAN U HISTORY ARE AS ICONIC AS ROSIE THE RIVETER. &gt;&gt; HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED WORKING IN THE <u><i>FNDN#ACTORY?e1</i></u> &gt;&gt; I JUST GRADUATED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. &gt;&gt; Reporter: PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON HOLD TO BUILD THE BOMBERS AND lp TANKS THAT HELPED WIN THE WAR. THESE ROSIES, MOST IN U THEIR 90s, FOUR OLDER THAN 100, ARE NOW BEING HONORED FOR THEIR SERVICE.U &gt;&gt; WE WORKEDxD LIKE HECK TO BEAT THE GUYS' BUTTS OUT OF THERE FOR DOING WHAT THEYé&gt;Ez TO OUR BOYS OUT IN PEARL HARBOR. &gt;&gt; Reporter: FROM A NATIONAL NECESSITY STARTING A REVOLUTION ñ FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE. AND PROUD OF IT. &gt;&gt; UP UNTIL 1941 IT WAS A MAN'S WORLD AND THEY DIDN'T REALIZE G HOW CAPABLE WOMEN ARE. THERE'S NOTHING I DON'T THINK THAT A q WOMAN CAN'T DO. IT'S UP TO THE WOMAN WHETHER SHE WANTS A CAREER RAISING A xD FAMILY OR WHETHER SHE WANTS TO BE AN ASTRONAUT. WE HAVYR!Q NOW. &gt;&gt; Reporter: TODAY INVITED TO WASHINGTON ON AN HONOR FLIGHT USUALLY RESERVED FOR WORLD WAR II VETERANS, Dm=CATED TO Th"w ROSIES.fá ASKING TOUR GUIDES TO LET THEM POSE IN FRONT OF TH STATUE IN THE CAPITOL.tú(P&amp;H&amp; AND VISITING THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. &gt;&gt; WE WEREN'T DOING IT FOR HONORS OR REWARDS. WE WERE DOING IT TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY AND SAVE OUR BROTHERS AND UNCLES WHENEVER WE WERE WORKING. &gt;&gt; DOING ALL THAT CRAPPY WORK IN THE t( FACTORY SO THEY CAN PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. IT WAS WORTH IT. TO HAVE THEM COME q BACK. &gt;&gt; Reporter: A GROUP PROUD OF ALL THEY ACCOMPLISHED IN THE WAR AND FOR WOMEN FOR YEARS TO COME. ANDREA MITCHELL, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.Ñi &gt;&gt; GREAT TO SEE AND HEAR FROM THEM. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" e1 FOR THIS MONDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING, EVERYONE.ñr I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.