NEWS" FOR THIS SATURDAY. AM JOSE DIAZ-BALIAR SATURDAY. AM JOSE DIAZ-BALIAR >>> TONIGHT, THE AM JOSE DIAZ-BALIAR >>> TONIGHT, THE HISTORIC STORM >>> TONIGHT, THE HISTORIC STORM HEADING TO SOUTHERN HISTORIC STORM HEADING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HEADING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE NEW WARNINGS CALIFORNIA AND THE NEW WARNINGS OF JUST HOW AND THE NEW WARNINGS OF JUST HOW CATASTROPHIC IT COULD OF JUST HOW CATASTROPHIC IT COULD BE. CATASTROPHIC IT COULD BE. HURRICANE HILARY BE. HURRICANE HILARY THRASHING PARTS HURRICANE HILARY THRASHING PARTS OF MEXICO RIGHT NOW THRASHING PARTS OF MEXICO RIGHT NOW AND ON TRACK OF MEXICO RIGHT NOW AND ON TRACK TO HIT CALIFORNIA AS A AND ON TRACK TO HIT CALIFORNIA AS A DANGEROUS TO HIT CALIFORNIA AS A DANGEROUS TROPICAL STORM. DANGEROUS TROPICAL STORM. THE FIRST THERE IN 80 TROPICAL STORM. THE FIRST THERE IN 80 YEARS. THE FIRST THERE IN 80 YEARS. MAJOR CITIES BRACING YEARS. MAJOR CITIES BRACING FOR THE MAJOR CITIES BRACING FOR THE WORST. FOR THE WORST. >> THIS IS A VERY VERY WORST. >> THIS IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS >> THIS IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT STORM. DANGEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT STORM. >> SHELVES EMPTY, AND SIGNIFICANT STORM. >> SHELVES EMPTY, FLIGHTS >> SHELVES EMPTY, FLIGHTS ALREADY BEING FLIGHTS ALREADY BEING CANCELLED AND ALREADY BEING CANCELLED AND NATIONAL PARKS CLOSED. CANCELLED AND NATIONAL PARKS CLOSED. WHY THIS STORM COULD NATIONAL PARKS CLOSED. WHY THIS STORM COULD BE SO WHY THIS STORM COULD BE SO DEVASTATING. BE SO DEVASTATING. >>> ALSO BREAKING, DEVASTATING. >>> ALSO BREAKING, MASSIVE >>> ALSO BREAKING, MASSIVE WILDFIRES IN MASSIVE WILDFIRES IN WASHINGTON STATE. WILDFIRES IN WASHINGTON STATE. THOUSANDS FLEEING WASHINGTON STATE. THOUSANDS FLEEING THEIR HOMES, THOUSANDS FLEEING THEIR HOMES, THE VIEW FROM THE SKY, HITTING THIS THEATER, AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED, THEATER, AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED, MORE THAN 100 INJURED. SEVEN KILLED, MORE THAN 100 INJURED. >>> MAJOR DERAILMENT THE MAJOR DECISION ABOUT THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY >>> PROTESTS OVER THE DEATH OF A BELOVED ORCA HELD IN CAPTIVITY IT WAS SET TO GO FREE. WHY ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS ARE OUTRAGED. >> WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN THIS >>> AND THE UNITED AIRLINES PILOT WHO SAID HE HIT A BREAKING POINT, WHAT DROVE HIM TO ATTACK THIS PARKING GATE WITH AN AX >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH JOSE DIAZ-BALART. >>> GOOD EVENING, WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A HURRICANE BARRELLING TOWARD THE UNITED STATES THAT IN ITSELF IS A MAJOR HEADLINE, BUT WHAT MAKES THIS STORM SO HISTORIC AND SO DANGEROUS IS WHERE IT’S HEADING. STRAIGHT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IT IS LIKELY TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE IT HITS, SOMETHING THAT HASN’T HAPPENED THERE SINCE BEFORE WORLD WAR II. RIGHT NOW, HURRICANE HILARY IS BATTERING MEXICO HITTING RESORT TOWNS LIKE CABO SAN LUCAS, AND CITIES LIKE TIJUANA WHERE SO MANY MIGRANTS ARE CURRENTLY STAYING. NEARLY 30 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS SIX STATES ARE BRACING FOR POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FLOODING HERE’S WHY THE STORM COULD BRING A YEAR’S WORTH OF RAIN IN JUST 48 HOURS AND THE DRY, DESERT LANDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST WON’T BE ABLE TO ABSORB IT ALL. OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY WARNING SOME RESIDENTS TO PREPARE TO EVACUATE PRISCILLA THOMPSON BEGINS OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HURRICANE HILARY BEARING DOWN, SLAMMING PARTS OF MEXICO. NOW BARRELLING NORTH TOWARDS THE U.S. IN CABO SAN LUCAS, HEAVY RAIN POUNDING THE TOURIST HOT SPOT. AND TONIGHT, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THIS DIRE WARNING. >> MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT STORM. >> Reporter: RESIDENTS FROM SAN DIEGO TO PALM SPRINGS, BRACING FOR DISASTER FILLING SANDBAGS TO PROTECT AGAINST POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC FLOODS >> I’M PRETTY WORRIED, YEAH, YEAH >> Reporter: JUST A FEW INCHES OF RAIN IN DESERT AREAS LIKE PALM SPRINGS CAN BE CATASTROPHIC BECAUSE OF THE SUN BAKED, DRY HARD SOIL AND SAND WHICH DOESN’T EASILY ABSORB WATER, SENDING FLOOD WATERS RUSHING ON TO ROADWAYS AND INTO NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT IT’S NOT JUST RAIN OFFICIALS SAY THE STORM COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS, DEADLY MUD SLIDES, AND EVEN TORNADOES RESIDENTS NOW MAKING A RUN ON GROCERY STORES, SHELVES EMPTIED, AS PEOPLE RACE TO STOCK UP ON ESSENTIALS. >> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I’M PREPARED. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, OFFICIALS WITH THIS WARNING. >> IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ON THE ROADWAYS, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE ANY OF YOUR NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL. >> Reporter: AIR TRAFFIC ALREADY IN JEOPARDY. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CANCELLING ALL FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF PALM SPRINGS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING NATIONAL PARKS CLOSED, TOO, INCLUDING DEATH VALLEY, JOSHUA TREE, AND OTHERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, COMMUNITIES ON EDGE, AS THE STORM INCHES CLOSER. >> PRISCILLA IS IN PALM SPRINGS WHERE STORM PREPS CONTINUE PRISCILLA EVEN THE MILITARY IS GETTING READY FOR A WORST CASE SCENARIO ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, JOSE, AS PEOPLE HERE FRANTICALLY FILL SANDBAGS, THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN PREPOSITIONED IN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA ALONG WITH HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLES, AND EVEN THE NAVY IS MOVING THEIR SHIPS OUT OF THE SAN DIEGO BAY TO PREVENT DAMAGE JOSE. >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON IN PALM SPRINGS. THANK YOU, LET’S GET RIGHT TO NBC METEOROLOGIST ANGIE LASSMAN WHO’S TRACKING THE STORM ANGIE, WHAT’S THE LATEST >> JOSE, WE HAVE WEAKENING FROM HURRICANE HILARY AS EXPECTED NOW DOWN TO A CATEGORY 2 WITH 110 MILES PER HOUR WIND. AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW, MAKING LANDFALL AS A CAT 1 STORM, AND A BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM AS IT THREATENS PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BRINGING WITH IT AMPLE AMOUNTS OF RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS MONTANA THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE FLOOD ALERTS ARE UP FOR 26 MILLION PEOPLE, INCLUDING L.A., SAN DIEGO, LAS VEGAS, AND AS FAR NORTH OF AS BOISE. WE HAVE CATASTROPHIC RAIN HAPPENING HERE AS WE GET THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY, THAT’S THE TIMING, SUNDAY AFTERNOON SPECIFICALLY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. WE’LL SEE POTENTIALLY UPWARD OF 10 INCHES OF RAIN, EAST OF THE L.A. AND SAN DIEGO MOUNTAINS THAT’S THE BULL’S EYE OF THE MOST EXCESSIVE RAIN WE’RE EXPECTING. THE WINDS, 30 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR GUSTS, BUT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MILES PER HOUR, DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE A POSSIBILITY THROUGH SUNDAY >> ANGIE LASSMAN, THANK YOU. >>> IN WASHINGTON STATE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EVACUATING THREE MASSIVE WILDFIRES. THOSE FIRES HAVE ALREADY BURNED SEVERAL HOMES AND KILLED AT LEAST ONE PERSON, AND THERE ARE NEW CONCERNS TONIGHT ABOUT THE IMPACT THE SMOKE IS HAVING ON OUR AIR QUALITY. HERE’S JESSE KIRSCH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. CREWS BATTLING MULTIPLE WIND BLOWN WILDFIRES, AT LEAST ONE ALREADY TURNED DEADLY WITH THOUSANDS EVACUATED. THREE DIFFERENT WILDFIRES, THE GRAY, WINONA AND OREGON BLAZES ALL RAGING OUTSIDE SPOKANE SINCE FRIDAY HOW SEVERE ARE THESE FIRES COMPARED TO OTHERS YOU HAVE SEEN IN YOUR COMMUNITY BEFORE, WHERE DO THESE RANK? >> IT IS INCREDIBLE THE DESTRUCTION THAT OCCURRED IN THESE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW QUICKLY THAT FIRE OVERTOOK THAT COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFF TELLING ME AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD IN THE GRAY FIRE ZONE. >> I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE HAVE MORE FATALITIES AS WE’RE ABLE TO GET INTO AREAS AND INVESTIGATE. >> Reporter: AT LAST WORD, THAT BLAZE 0% CONTAINED. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING, DIFFICULT FIRES CHALLENGING, DIFFICULT FIRES THAT WASHINGTON STATE HAS SEEN BECAUSE OF THE FUEL LOAD, THE WIND, AND THE HEAVY POPULATION >> Reporter: THE REGION’S FIRES HAVE ALREADY DESTROYED AT LEAST 300 STRUCTURES, INCLUDING HOMES. >> I STARTED TO REMEMBER ALL THE TREASURES FROM FAMILY HEIRLOOMS THAT I’LL NEVER GET BACK. >> AND BEYOND THE FIRE ZONE, OFFICIALS WARN SMOKE FROM THESE BLAZES AS WELL AS CANADIAN BLAZES AS WELL AS CANADIAN WILDFIRES ARE MAKING AIR QUALITY DANGEROUS, IN MORE THAN HALF OF WASHINGTON STATE MEANWHILE, AUTHORITIES URGING PEOPLE TO EVACUATE THE WASHINGTON FIRE ZONES WHEN TOLD. >> WE KNOW PROPERTIES CAN BE REBUILT, POSSESSIONS CAN BE REPLACED, BUT LIVES ARE IRREPLACEABLE. >> Reporter: WITH THE UNPREDICTABLE FIRE THREAT FAR FROM OVER. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS. >>> AND NOW TO THE WILD FIRES THAT HAVE DESTROYED SO MUCH OF MAUI HAWAII’S GOVERNOR IS VOWING TO REBUILD THE HARDEST HIT AREAS, BUT TONIGHT THERE ARE GROWING CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AS SEARCH TEAMS ARE STILL SCOURING THE BURN ZONE FOR THOSE LOST DANA GRIFFIN HAS THE LATEST FROM MAUI. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE AGONIZING SEARCH FOR THE MISSING IN LAHAINA. >> WE CAN’T FOUND MY FRIENDS AND WE POST ON THE FACEBOOK, PLEASE CAN YOU SEE THEM, MY FRIENDS, ONLY WE NEED HELP PLEASE. >> Reporter: IN AN ADDRESS TO THE STATE. >> LAHAINA WILL RISE AGAIN. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN VOWING TO REBUILD AND NOT REPEAT HISTORY, THAT AS OF NOW LEFT A CONFIRMED 114 DEAD. >> WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF EXACTLY HOW THE FIRE STARTED, HOW OUR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR DEFENSES TO PROTECT US IN THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: THE PAINSTAKING PROCESS WILL TAKE YEARS. ♪ AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT INPUT. >> GIVE US TIME TO HEAL AND ALLOW US TO SIT AT THE TABLE. >> Reporter: ATF INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE FIRE’S CAUSE AS HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ARE HIT WITH A FIFTH LAWSUIT, ALLEGING POWER LINES OWNED BY THESE COMPANIES CAME INTO CONTACT WITH VEGETATION. >> Reporter: DO YOU REGRET NOT SOUNDING THE SIRENS? >> I DO NOT. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS MAUI’S RECENTLY RESIGNED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, HERMAN ANDAYA UNDER FIRE FOR NOT ACTIVATING THE ISLAND’S EMERGENCY SIRENS SAYING THAT COULD HAVE SENT PEOPLE TOWARD THE FLAMES. >> WE’RE NOT STUPID. WE KNOW WHAT A FIRE LOOKS LIKE. >> Reporter: WITH CELL SERVICE SPOTTY, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, KIM COMATO SAYS SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO REACH ONLY 8 OF HER 23 STUDENTS’ FAMILIES >> OWN THAT YOU WERE WRONG AND THAT IT COST LIVES THESE CHILDREN ON THE HILL, THE ONES WE CAN’T FIND, THOSE ARE OUR STUDENTS >> Reporter: THIS IS NOAA THE CADAVER DOG. HIS HANDLERS SAY THEY HAVE MANAGED TO FIND EIGHT OF THE VICTIMS SO FAR >> Reporter: IS THERE A PATTERN YOU’RE NOTICING. WHEN YOU’RE FINDING THESE BODIES >> SMOKE INHALATION PUTS YOU TO SLEEP. SO A LOT OF THESE VICTIMS WENT TO SLEEP BEFORE THEY WERE AFFECTED >> Reporter: WITH NEARLY 80% OF THE BURN AREA SEARCHED AND HUNDREDS STILL MISSING, MANY ON MAUI ARE HOLDING OUT HOPE WHILE LENDING A HELPING HAND TO EACH OTHER AS THE ROAD TO RECOVERY BEGINS. >> DANA GRIFFIN JOINS ME NOW FROM MAUI. DANA, THERE’S A NEW WARNING FOR RESIDENTS THERE? >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT, JOSE. OFFICIALS HAVE EXPANDED THE WATER ADVISORY, WHICH MEANS YOU SHOULD NOT DRINK IT EVEN IF YOU BOIL IT. IT’S A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE JAKE WARD, NBC NEWS, SAN FRANCISCO. >>> STILL AHEAD TONIGHT, PROTESTS OVER THE DEATH OF A BELOVED ORCA IN MIAMI AND THE QUESTIONS NOW BEING ASKED. >>> PLUS, THE BREAKING POINT THIS AIRLINE PILOT SAYS HE REACHED THAT LED HIM TO USE AN AX TO ATTACK A PARKING GATE. >>> BACK NOW WITH OUTRAGE IN >>> BACK NOW WITH OUTRAGE IN MIAMI AFTER THE DEATH OF A FAMED KILLER WHALE LOLITA THE ORCA WAS KEPT IN THE MIAMI SEAQUARIUM FOR 50 YEARS AND WAS SET TO BE FREED SOON MARISSA PARRA IS THERE. >> WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN THIS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, OUTSIDE THE MIAMI SEAQUARIUM, VOICING THEIR ANGER AFTER THE DEATH OF BELOVED ORCA LOLITA. >> HER MISERABLE EXISTENCE IS FINALLY OVER. >> Reporter: THE PARK’S DOORS CLOSED TODAY FOLLOWING LOLITA’S DEATH ON FRIDAY, GRIEF TAKING MANY FORMS >> SHAME ON YOU! >> Reporter: AS SHE WAS TAKEN FROM THE AQUARIUM FOR THE FINAL TIME, PROTESTERS DEMAND TO KNOW WHY IT DIDN’T HAPPEN SOONER WHILE SHE WAS STILL ALIVE. >> WE’RE ALL ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED THAT SHE WAS SO CLOSE TO FINALLY HAVING SOME SEMBLANCE OF A NATURAL LIFE. >> Reporter: THE 57-YEAR-OLD ORCA HAD SPENT ALL BUT FOUR YEARS OF HER LIFE RIGHT HERE SHE WAS THE MIAMI SEAQUARIUM STAR FOR DECADES, HER PRESENCE SPARKED JOY. >> FABULOUS. TO SAY THE AT LEAST, IT WAS FABULOUS. >> Reporter: AND FURY. >> FREE LOLITA >> Reporter: SHE’S BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE 1970 BEFORE SHE WAS LOLITA SHE WAS KNOWN AS TOKITAE, PRIOR TO TO HER CAPTURE AT 4 YEARS OLD EARLIER THIS YEAR, ACTIVISTS WERE DELIGHTED SEAQUARIUM AGREED SHE WOULD BE RELEASED IN TWO YEARS TO A NETTED SANCTUARY IN HER NATIVE WATERS JUST THIS WEEK AN UPDATE WITH DELIVERED HOPE >> TOKI BEING RETIRED IS A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME NOW SHE IS BETTER THAN EVER RIGHT NOW AND IS WAY MORE ACTIVE THAN SHE HAS BEEN IN THE PAST >> Reporter: DAYS LATER A NEW UPDATE DELIVERED HEARTBREAK. THE SEAQUARIUM SAYING AFTER SERIOUS SIGNS OF DISCOMFORT AND DESPITE RECEIVING THE BEST POSSIBLE MEDICAL CARE, LOLITA DIED FROM A SUSPECTED RENAL CONDITION. PITA CALLED THE TANK THE SMALLEST, BLEAKEST ORCA TANK IN THE WORLD. THE SEE KWAR YUM DID NOT RESPOND TO NBC’S REQUEST FOR COMMENT >> WE ARE FEELING A LOT OF PAIN AND SORROW FOR LOLITA NOW. >> Reporter: THE ONES THAT PRESSED FOR HER RELEASE THAT SHE NEVER LIVED TO SEE, HEARTBROKEN. >> MARISSA, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ANIMALS HELD AT THE SEAQUARIUN WITH LOLITA >> Reporter: SO THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE DOLPHINS JOIN LOLITA TO THEIR NEW HOME IN THE SANCTUARY. OBVIOUSLY WITH HER PASSING, ACTIVISTS ARE PUSHING FOR THE PLAN TO STAY THE SAME FOR THE DOLPHINS WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK YET FROM THE SEAQUARIUM ON WHAT THE NEW PLANS WILL BE. JOSE. >> MARISSA PARRA IN MIAMI, THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH >>> WE’RE BACK WITH A MAJOR >>> WE’RE BACK WITH A MAJOR TRAIN DERAILMENT IN OKLAHOMA TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DASH CAM VIDEO IN A TOWN OF MOORE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE CARS BEGIN TO TOPPLE OVER. FROM ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENT OF THE ACCIDENT 22 CARS WENT OFF THE RAILS OFFICIALS SAID THE CARGO WAS NOT A THREAT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. POLICE CONFIRMED A MECHANICAL ISSUE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DERAILMENT NOBODY WAS INJURED >>> AND NOW TO SOME SHOCKING VIDEO OUT OF DENVER. A UNITED AIRLINES PILOT REACHING HIS BREAKING POINT WHILE WAITING AT A PARKING LOT HE APPARENTLY GOT SO FRUSTRATED HE USED AN AX TO CHOP DOWN THE GATE GEORGE SOLIS HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: IT’S HARD TO LOOK AWAY AN AX WIELDING AIRLINE PILOT WAGING WAR ON A PARKING LOT GATE CAMERAS CAPTURING THE BIZARRE MOMENT AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHEN UNITED AIRLINES PILOT, KENNETH JONES, STILL IN UNIFORM, HACKS AWAY AT THE GATE OVER AND OVER AGAIN MORE THAN 20 TIMES. THE PILOT TOLD POLICE THAT MULTIPLE CARS WERE BACKED UP BEHIND THE GATE. THAT’S WHEN HE DECIDED TO GET THE AX HE ALREADY HAD IN HIS CAR AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM HIMSELF. HE TOLD POLICE HE HAD, QUOTE, HIT HIS BREAKING POINT. WHEN A PARKING LOT EMPLOYEE TRIES TO TAKE THE AX AWAY, THE PILOT WON’T LET GO BOTH OF THEM GRIPPING IT FOR TWO MINUTES UNTIL ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ARRIVES. >> THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT’S PROBABLY REALLY HAD A REALLY TOUGH TRIP, VERY STRESSED. >> Reporter: UNITED AIRLINES HAS SUSPENDED THE PILOT AS THEY INVESTIGATE. >> WILL THIS PILOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE COCKPIT? >> I THINK SO. I THINK HE WILL BE EVALUATED BY PROFESSIONALS AND I THINK ONCE THEY DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED IT AND TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE STRESS IN HIS LIFE TO A MANAGEABLE STATE, I THINK HE’LL RETURN TO FLY. >> Reporter: WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THE PILOT TURNED HIMSELF IN HE WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, A PILOT GOING TO EXTREMES AFTER HE WAS FORCED TO WAIT AT THE GATE GEORGE SOLIS, NBC NEWS >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE SURPRISING MESSAGE THIS YOUNG BOY LEFT ON A DOORBELL CAMERA THAT LEFT HIS NEIGHBOR ♪ ♪ >>> THERE’S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. OFTEN THE GOOD NEWS DOESN’T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THE BAD, SO EVERY SATURDAY WE HIGHLIGHT THE MANY PEOPLE WHO SPREAD JOY AND LOVE THIS IS JUST SOME OF THOSE STORIES THIS WEEK. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT ANDREA HAD BEEN WAITING FOR, EMBRACED BY FAMILY >> OH, MY GOD. THAT’S AWESOME >> AFTER FINDING OUT SHE HAD PASSED HER FINAL NURSING EXAM. A DREAM COME TRUE FOR THIS PROUD LATINA WHO CAME TO AMERICA AS A CHILD. ANDREA IS THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO GRADUATE COLLEGE IN THE U.S. >> WE KNOW THAT IT’S NOT EASY FOR US TO OBTAIN THE AMERICAN DREAM. AT LEAST SEEING ONE OR TWO PEOPLE HAVE HOPE, IT GIVES EVERYBODY ELSE HOPE. >>> AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VERY GOOD BOY THAT’S RETIRED MILITARY DOG RYDER GETTING A VERY SPECIAL PACKAGE FROM THE U.S. WAR DOG’S ASSOCIATION, FILLED WITH TOYS, A CERTIFICATE, AND MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICE. >> LOOK AT YOU >> RYDER SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY, SPENDING TIME OVERSEAS NAVY, SPENDING TIME OVERSEAS WITH HIS OWNER JOSH COSACHATA. ♪ >>> THAT’S THEO ZIGOTA, FINALLY GETTING GLASSES AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED AS LEGALLY BLIND HIS MOM SHAYLA PUTS THEM ON, AND THEN THEO SEES CLEARLY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, GIVING US ALL A VERY FIRST TIME, GIVING US ALL A SMILE AS BRIGHT AS SUNSHINE. >>> THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THAT CARES ABOUT YOU. >> IN MINNESOTA, THIS IS 13-YEAR-OLD JACKSON PERRELL. >> I’M JUST TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE. >> OUT WITH FRIENDS, KID WERE DINGDONG DITCHING. >> THEY’RE RUNNING AWAY AND STUFF. I’M TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU MATTER, MAN, OR GIRL BUT JACKSON HAD OTHER PLANS. SHARING A HEARTFELT MESSAGE ON A STRANGER’S DOORBELL CAMERA >> WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU MATTER TO SOMEONE KEEP THAT IN MIND. >> JACKSON, TELL MAE LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU DECIDED TO RECORD THAT MESSAGE >> I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE THE PERSON THAT WOULD SEE THE VIDEO NEEDED TO HEAR IT. >> ASHLEY MANN LIVES AT THAT HOUSE, AND WAS SO MOVED BY JACKSON’S WORDS, SHE POSTED THE VIDEO TO SOCIAL MEDIA. >> IT LEFT ME SPEECHLESS BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING I’D NEVER EXPECT A YOUNG KID TO SAY. >> JACKSON’S MOM, CARISSA, PROUD OF HER SON. >> I JUST STOOD THERE IN AWE AND AMAZEMENT. AND REALLY PROUD >> I’M JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT YOU MATTER, MAN. >> WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT JACKSON TO KNOW? >> THAT HE MATTERS, TOO. I MEAN, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY MATTERS IN THIS WORLD. WE’RE ALL HUMAN. WE ALL DESERVE A CHANCE TO HAVE HAPPINESS AND LOVE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. >> WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU MATTER TO SOMEONE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, DON’T FORGET THAT. >> EVERYONE MATTERS. THAT’S "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS SATURDAY. I AM JOSE DIAZ-BALART, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUR TIME AND GOOD NIGHT