>>> TONIGHT, THE DEADLIEST DAY IN GAZA SINCE THE WAR BEGAN AS A HOSTAGE RELEASED BY HAMAS SHARES HER HORRIFYING ORDEAL. >>> THE IMAGES, THE HAND OF A GIRL BURIED UNDER RUBBLE IN GAZA. THEN SHE IS PULLED OUT ALIVE. GAZA OFFICIALS SAYING MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. HOSPITALS NEAR COLLAPSE. >>> AND ONE OF TWO ISRAELI WOMEN RELEASED BY HAMAS SPEAKING OUT, SAYING SHE WENT THROUGH HELL. >>> PLUS, THE NEW VIDEO OF A HOSTAGE STILL BEING HELD. WHY HIS FAMILY WANTS YOU TO SEE IT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE PILOT ACCUSED OF TRYING TO CRASH A PLANE IN COURT TODAY. STUNNING NEW DETAILS. PROSECUTORS SAY HE TOLD POLICE HE'D TAKEN PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS ABOUT 48 HOURS BEFORE THE FLIGHT AND HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. >>> AND THE SECOND CONFRONTATION WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT AT THE EMERGENCY EXIT. >>> THE FOURTH TRUMP CO-DEFENDANT PLEADING GUILTY IN THE ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE. HER TEARFUL APOLOGY IN THE COURTROOM, WHILE IN NEW YORK, THE SHOWDOWN IN COURT AS MR. TRUMP FACED HIS FIXER TURNED FOE MICHAEL COHEN. >>> WHIPLASH IN THE HOUSE. REPUBLICANS PICKING A THIRD HOUSE SPEAKER IN THREE WEEKS. THEN HOURS LATER HE DROPS OUT. SO WHAT NOW? >>> TRACKING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON. >>> AND THE FATHER OF TWO FROM MIAMI LEFT HIS FAMILY BEHIND TO ANSWER ISRAEL'S CALL TO SERVE. >> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC NIGLY NEWS" WITH LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING D WELCOME, EVERYONE. AS THE PICTURE OF GAZA UNDER SIEGE GROWS DIMMER AND MORE URGENT, A NEWLY FREED ISRAELI HOSTAGE IS SPEAKING PUBLICLY ABOUT HER ORDEAL IN THE EMBATTLED TERRITORY, INCLUDING HER CAPTURE ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND THAT SHE DESCRIBES AS A HELL THAT WE NEVER KNEW BEFORE AND NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD EXPERIENCE. THE 85-YEAR-OLD OFFERING A GLIMPSE OF HER LIFE IN CAPTIVITY. THE ASSURANCES OF HER CAPTORS THAT THEY WOULDN'T HURT US, AND THE TUNNELS THAT RESEMBLED A SPIDERB. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE NEW PICTURES OF THE DESPERATE HOURS FOR CIVILIANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS INSIDE GAZA. OUR CAMERA CREW CAPTURING THE DRAMA OF ANOTHER CHILD PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE OF FALLING BOMBS. GAZA HEALTH AUTHORITIES REPORT MORE THAN 5700 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED THERE AS ITS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE FAILING, AS ISRAEL CONTINUES TO RETALIATE AGAINST HAMAS FOR THE OCTOBER 7th TERROR ATTACKS. IT'S WHERE WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH RICHARD ENGEL. >> Reporter: GAZA LOOKS LIKE IT WAS HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE. THE HAMAS-RUN HEALTH MINISTRY CLAIMS MORE THAN 700 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED IN JUST THE LAST 24 HOURS, NEARLY HALF OF THEM CHILDREN IN THE DEADLIEST DAY IN GAZA SO FAR. OUR CAMERA CREW CAPTURED ONE MOMENT, A SNAPSHOT OF GAZA TODAY. MULTIPLE WITNESSES SAY THIS THREE-STORY BUILDING WAS HIT BY AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE. FIRST YOU CAN SEE A HAND. THE GIRL IS ALIVE. AND NOT ALONE. WE COUNTED FIVE CHILDREN PULLED FROM THIS BUILDING, THREE LIVING, TWO APPEAR TO BE DEAD. RESIDENTS TELL US THEY'RE FROM THE SAME FAMILY. THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SAYS HAMAS BROUGHT THIS UPON GAZA WHEN IT LAUNCHED ITS BRUTAL ATTACK, MURDERING 1400 ISRAELIS, INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN AND BABIES. ISRAEL SAYS IT'S TARGETING HAMAS, AND TODAY STOPPED A CELL OF HAMAS DIVERS ATTEMPTING TO INFILTRATE ISRAELI TERRITORY BY SEA. >> THE TEST FOR THE WEST AND FOR CIVILIZATION IS HAMAS. IF HAMAS EMERGES VICTORIOUS WE WILL ALL LOSE. >> Reporter: AT LEAST 220 HOSTAGES ARE STILL IN GAZA. TODAY WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE HOSTAGES RELEASED LAST NIGHT, 85-YEAR-OLD YOCHEVED LIFSHITZ. >> A SWARM OF PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THE FENCE. >> Reporter: HER DAUGHTER HELPED HER DESCRIBE WHAT SHE CALLED TWO WEEKS OF HELL. >> SHE WAS TAKEN ON THE BACK OF THE MOTOR BIKE. >> Reporter: RECOUNTING HOW SHE WAS HIT BY STICKS BY HER KIDNAPPERS, KEPT INSIDE UNDERGROUND TUNNELS WITH FIVE OTHERS. LIFSHITZ'S HUSBAND REMAINS A HOSTAGE. WHILE TODAY THE FAMILIES PLEADED FOR THEIR RETURN. >> WHY IS NO ONE CRYING OUT FOR THESE PEOPLE BE ALLOWED FOR ACCESS TO THE RED CROSS? WHY IS NO ONE DEMANDING JUST PROOF OF LIFE? >> Reporter: ELI DAVID'S BROTHER IS BEING HELD TOO, KIDNAPPED FROM THE MUSIC FESTIVAL WHERE HAMAS GUNMEN EXECUTED HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS. HE SHARED WITH US THE VIDEOS HAMAS POSTED ONLINE. >> HE IS HANDCUFFED WITH HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK, AND A TERRORIST HOLDING A GUN IN ONE HAND AND IN THE OTHER HAND HEADLOCKING MY BROTHER. >> Reporter: ELI, LIKE MANY ISRAELIS WANTS THE WORLD TO SEE THESE IMAGES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ISRAEL IS UP AGAINST. >> WE KNOW THAT HE IS ALIVE. >> Reporter: SO FAR HAMAS HAS ONLY RELEASED FOUR HOSTAGES, ALL WOMEN. >> MY BROTHER IS A YOUNG MAN. HE IS NOT AN OLD MAN. HE IS NOT A BABY. AND MAYBE A DISADVANTAGE FOR HIM IN THAT SITUATION. SO NO HOPE AT THIS TIME. >> Reporter: THERE IS SO MUCH PAIN AND ANGER ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS CONFLICT, AND NOT A GLIMMER OF A RESOLUTION IN SIGHT. >> AND I WANT THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TO REMEMBER HIS NAME, TO NOT FORGET UNTIL HE COMES HOME. HIS NAME DAVID AND DON'T FORGET HIS FACE. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. >> RICHARD, EVERYONE IS WATCHING THIS, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IT COULD BE HEADED, INCLUDING THIS POTENTIAL ISRAELI GROUND OPERATION THAT WOULD TARGET HAMAS IN GAZA. WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> WELL, THERE IS STILL NO SIGNS THAT A GROUND INVASION IS IMMINENT, BUT ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE SIGNALING THAT THE WAR COULD LAST MONTHS. LESTER? >> RICHARD ENGEL TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> AS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENS IN GAZA, NEW CALLS AT THE UNITED NATIONS FOR A CEASE-FIRE, AND THE U.S. NOW SUGGESTING THERE SHOULD BE A PAUSE IN ISRAEL'S BOMBING CAMPAIGN. ANDREA MITCHELL HAS THAT PART OF THE STORY FOR US. >> Reporter: AS ISRAELI AIR STRIKES CONTINUE TO POUND GAZA, TWO-THIRDS OF THE HOSPITALS ARE OUT OF SERVICE, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. THE U.N. RELIEF AGENCY SAYS IT WILL HAVE TO STOP OPERATIONS IN GAZA TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN IT RUNS OUT OF FUEL. TONIGHT UNICEF SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON CHILDREN, AND CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE, A HUMANITARIAN DISASTER LEADING THE U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL TO ECHO THAT PLEA. >> I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLEAR VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW THAT WE ARE WITNESSING IN GAZA. >> Reporter: RESPONDING TO THE PRESSURE, THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME OPENING THE DOOR TO A PAUSE IN THE AIR STRIKES TO GET DESPERATELY NEEDED AID IN AND CIVILIANS OUT. >> THE HUMANITARIAN PAUSES MUST BE CONSIDERED FOR THESE PURPOSES. >> Reporter: THE ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS FACE-TO-FACE, SPEAKING PAST EACH OTHER. >> WE ARE HERE TODAY TO STOP THE KILLING, TO STOP THE MASSACRES BEING COMMITTED AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. >> Reporter: ISRAEL FOCUSING ON THE HAMAS MASSACRE 18 DAYS AGO. >> THIS MASSACRE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS MORE BRUTAL THAN ISIS. HAMAS ARE THE NEW NAZIS. >> Reporter: EMILEE RAUSCHENBERGER IS AMONG 400 AMERICANS STUCK IN GAZA WITH HER PALESTINIAN HUSBAND AND FIVE YOUNG CHILDREN, UNABLE TO GET OUT. HER FATHER IN FLORIDA SAYS FOOD AND WATER ARE GETTING HARDER TO FIND. >> THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE, AND IT SCARES ME TO DEATH. >> AND A MEET AGENT MEETING AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT TOMORROW, SECRETARY BLINKEN WILL URGE CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER TO PRESSURE IRAN AROUND ITS PROXY HEZBOLLAH NOT TO WIDE 10 WAR. >> ANDREA, THANK YOU. >>> THE OFFDUTY PILOT ACCUSED OF TRYING TO CRASH A REGIONAL JET HE WAS RIDING IN NOW FACES STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE WAS HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND ADMITTED USING PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS DAYS BEFORE THE FLIGHT. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO. >> ALL RISE. >> Reporter: IN AN OREGON COURTROOM THIS AFTERNOON, ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT JOSEPH EMERSON FACING 167 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, AND ENDANGERING AN AIRCRAFT, PLUS, INTERFERING WITH A FLIGHT CREW. >> THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT DEFENDANT HAS COMMITTED ONE OF THE OFFENSES. >> Reporter: TODAY AN FBI AFFIDAVIT CLAIMS WHILE OFF-DUTY, RIDING IN THE COCKPIT JUMP SEAT, EMERSON TOLD THE PILOT AND COPILOT I'M NOT OKAY, AND REACHED UP AND GRABBED THE RED FIRE SUPPRESSION HANDLES TO SHUT DOWN THE PLANE'S ENGINES. FOR NEARLY 30 SECONDS HE STRUGGLED WITH THE CREW BEFORE THEY KICKED HIM OUT OF THE COCKPIT, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. >> GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. WE'VE GOT THE GUY THAT TRIED TO SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN OUT OF THE COCKPIT. >> Reporter: EMERSON ALLEGEDLY WALKED THE REAR OF THE PLANE WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY TOLD A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, "YOU NEED TO CUFF ME RIGHT NOW OR IT'S GOING TO BE BAD." THEN WITH HANDCUFFS ON HIS RISK, HE TRIED TO OPEN THE EMERGENCY EXIT, THOUGH THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, SAYING "I MESSED EVERYTHING UP AND TRIED TO KILL EVERYBODY" AND SAID HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND HADN'T SLEPT IN 40 HOURS. THE AFFIDAVITS SAY EMERSON DENIED TAKING ANY MEDICATION, BUT TOLD POLICE HE HAD BEEN DEPRESSED FOR SIX YEARS AND HAD TAKEN PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. MARRIED WITH A FAMILY, NEIGHBORS SAY IT WAS ALL OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE VETERAN PILOT. >> HOW HE TREATS THE KIDS, THE FAMILY, NO INDICATIONS ANYTHING WERE WRONG. >> Reporter: BUT THE REQUIRED PILOT EXAMS DO NOT INCLUDE IN-DEPTH MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS. >> THE FAA REQUIRES PILOTS TO REPORT ANY KIND OF ISSUES REGARDING DEPRESSION OR MENTAL ILLNESS. BUT THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER INTENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING. OBVIOUSLY A BACKGROUND CHECK IS PERFORMED BY THE AIRLINE, AND MEDICAL RECORDS ARE REVIEWED. BUT THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH DEEP DIVING INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF A PILOT. >> TOM, WE UNDERSTAND EMERSON IS TONIGHT ON SUICIDE WATCH IN THE JAIL? >> THAT'S RIGHT. HE DID PLEAD NOT GUILTY TODAY, THOUGH HE ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE PULLED THE ENGINE SHUTOFF HANDLES BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A DREAM AND HE WANTED TO WAKE UP. AND HE TOLD THEM, "I'M ADMITTING TO WHAT I DID. I'M NOT FIGHTING ANY CHARGES YOU WANT TO BRING AGAINST ME." LESTER? >> ALL VERY DISTURBING. ALL RIGHT. TOM COSTELLO, THANKS. >>> TWO FORMER LAWYERS FOR DONALD TRUMP IN THE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT. ONE THE LATEST CO-DEFENDANT TO PLEAD GUILTY IN THE ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER. THE OTHER A STAR PROSECUTION WITNESS AT HIS FRAUD TRIAL IN NEW YORK. LAURA JARRETT HAS LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: FOR WEEKS ATTORNEY JENNA ELLIS FIERCELY DEFENDED THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AS HE FALSELY CLAIMED THE 2020 ELECTION WAS RIGGED. TODAY SHE SOBBED AS SHE TOLD A JUDGE SHE WAS WRONG. >> IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW, I WOULD HAVE DECLINED TO REPRESENT DONALD TRUMP IN THESE POST ELECTION CHALLENGES. >> Reporter: ELLIS IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM PLEADING GUILTY TO A FELONY FOR HELPING FUEL LIES ABOUT THOUSANDS OF DEAD PEOPLE CASTING VOTES IN 2020. >> I FAILED TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. >> Reporter: SMILING FOR HER MUG SHOT JUST TWO MONTHS AGO, NOW THE FOURTH CO-DEFENDANT TO FLIP IN FULTON COUNTY'S SPRAWLING ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS. MR. TRUMP HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, ARGUING HE IS BEING TARGETED BY DEMOCRATIC PROSECUTORS BECAUSE HE'S THE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER. HE WAS BACK IN A MANHATTAN COURTROOM TODAY, FACING A STATE'S STAR WITNESS, HIS FORMER FIXER TURNED FOE MICHAEL COHEN. >> THIS IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. >> Reporter: IT WAS COHEN'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY THAT JUMP-STARTED THE NEW YORK CASE, WHERE HIS FORMER BOSS NOW STANDS TO LOSE HIS NAMESAKE COMPANY, ACCUSED OF EXAGGERATING THE VALUE OF HIS ASSETS TO RECEIVE BETTER LOAN TERMS IN A $250 MILLION CIVIL FRAUD SUIT. >> IT WAS MY EXPERIENCE THAT MR. TRUMP INFLATED HIS TOTAL ASSETS WHEN IT SERVED HIS PURPOSES. >> Reporter: TODAY COHEN SAID HE WAS TASKED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT WITH BOOSTING MR. TRUMP'S TOTAL ASSETS TO ACHIEVE A NUMBER HE ARBITRARILY ELECTED, ONE MR. TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAMS HAS ARGUED REAL ESTATE VALUES ARE SUBJECTIVE. OUTSIDE OF COURT, MR. TRUMP TOOK AIM AT COHEN'S CREDIBILITY, POINTING TO HIS PLEA GUILTY PLEA FOR TAX FRAUD AND LYING TO CONGRESS. >> HE'S A PROVEN LIAR, AS YOU KNOW. SO HE'S A LIAR, TRYING TO GET A BETTER DEAL FOR HIMSELF, BUT IT'S NOT GOING WORK. WE DID NOTHING WRONG, AND THAT'S BEEN PROVEN. >> AND LAURA IS HERE. MICHAEL COHEN WILL BE BACK ON THE STAND AGAIN TOMORROW >> YES, HE WILL FACE MORE CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM TOMORROW AS THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOW THE JUDGE WHY HE SHOULDN'T BE TRUSTED GIVEN THE THINGS HE SAID IN THE PAST. MR. TRUMP ALSO BACK IN THE COURT TODAY. THEY WERE FEET FROM EACH OTHER TODAY, THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM IN FIVE YEARS. LESTER? >> LAURA JARRETT, THANK YOU. >>> HOUSE REPUBLICANS CHOSE ANOTHER CANDIDATE TO BE HOUSE SPEAKER TODAY, BUT TOM EMMER OF MINNESOTA DROPPED OUT LESS THAN FOUR HOURS LATER. GARRETT HAAKE IS AT THE CAPITOL. SO GARRETT, THIS CRISIS CONTINUES? >> YEAH,LESS. AS WE ENTER A FOURTH WEEK WITHOUT A HOUSE SPEAKER, REPUBLICANS SEEM NO CLOSER TONIGHT TO FINDING A NOMINEE WHO CAN ACTUALLY GET THE 217 VOTES NECESSARY TO CLAIM THE JOB. FOR A FEW HOURS TODAY, IT LOOKED LIKE TOM EMMER, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE NUMBER THREE HOUSE REPUBLICAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT CANDIDATE AFTER WINNING THE NOMINATION OF A SECRET BALLOT BUT WITH NEARLY 30 REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS REFUSING TO SUPPORT HIM AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP COMING OUT STRONGLY AGAINST HIM, EMMER WITHDREW TONIGHT WITHOUT EVER EVEN CALLING FOR A FLOOR VOTE ON HIS CANDIDACY. THAT SENT THE GOP BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH ANOTHER CLOSED DOOR MEETING PLANNED FOR TONIGHT. THE QUESTION STILL LOOMING, CAN ANYONE LEAD THIS FRACTURED PARTY, LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, GARRETT, THANKS. >>> WE'RE TRACKING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON. IT COULD BRING MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW. FROM PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST ROCKIES. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SYSTEM, HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLOODS ARE IMPACTING THE UPPER MIDWEST. AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA THROUGH THURSDAY. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THOUSANDS MORE JOIN THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS STRIKE. FROM PLANTS TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS, THE MASSIVE IM >>> BACK NOW. THE UNITED AUTO WORKER >>> BACK NOW. THE UNITED AUTOWORKERS ESCALATING THEIR STRIKE FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. THOUSANDS MORE WALKING OFF THE JOB. AND AS THE STRIKE NEARS THE SIX-WEEK MARK, THE REAL WORLD IMPACT ON CONSUMERS IS ONLY GROWING. HERE IS MAGGIE VESPA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ANOTHER 5,000 AUTOWORKERS WALKING OFF THE JOB, THIS TIME AT A GM PLANT IN TEXAS. >> INFLATION LEFT US BEHIND. THE GREEDY CEOs LEFT US BEHIND. WE JUST WANT WHAT'S RIGHT. >> Reporter: NEARLY SIX WEEKS INTO THE UAW STOPPAGE, CLOSE TO 45,000 AUTOWORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AGAINST AMERICA'S BIG THREE CAR COMPANIES. >> THEY'RE ALL ABOUT MONEY. YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO SHARE. >> Reporter: THE CAR COMPANIES PUSHING BACK AGAINST UAW'S LATEST ESCALATION. A NEW ANALYSIS ESTIMATES THE STRIKE HAS ALREADY COST THE AUTO INDUSTRY MORE THAN $9.3 BILLION. >> FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THE STRIKE, WE HAD SOME INVENTORY ON HAND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND GET TO OUR CUSTOMERS. IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE TIGHTER. >> WE CAN'T GET THE PARTS. >> Reporter: THE OWNER OF CHICAGO'S WINDY CITY MOTORS SAYS STAFF CAN'T FIND PARTS THROUGH NORMAL SUPPLIERS, INSTEAD, TURNING ONLINE, EVEN TO eBAY. REPAIRS THAT SHOULD TAKE DAYS HE SAYS NOW TAKE WEEKS. CUSTOMERS ARE NOW GETTING UPSET? >> YES, THEY'RE GETTING VERY UPSET. THEY'RE GETTING UPSET BECAUSE IT'S NOW AFFECTING THEIR LIFE. IF THEY CAN'T USE THEIR CAR, THEY CAN'T GET TO WORK. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, SIX WEEKS WITHOUT PAYCHECKS HITTING HOME FOR SOME WORKERS. >> YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GO ON THIS LONG? >> NO. >> Reporter: LAST MONTH, WE MET JAKE DESHON, A FATHER OF TWO ON STRIKE FROM DETROIT'S FORD PLANT. TONIGHT HE TELLS US HE IS BEHIND ON HIS MORTGAGE AND OTHER BILLS. HE SAYS THERE ARE MIXED EMOTIONS AMONG WORKERS. >> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE STRONG, THINKING WE CAN POSSIBLY GET A LITTLE MORE. I WOULD GO BACK TODAY. >> Reporter: YOU WOULD GO BACK TODAY IF YOU COULD? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: AS THE PICKET LINES GROW, SOME GROWING DESPERATE FOR A DEAL. MAGGIE VESPA, NBC NEWS, CHICAGO. >>> THERE IS MORE TO COME. UP NEXT, DRIVERLESS CARS MAY BE THE WAY OF THE FUTURE, BUT FOR NOW CALIFORNIA IS SUSPENDING ONE COMPANY'S CARS. WE'LL TELL Y >>> TONIGHT, CALIFORNIA IS SUSPENDING THE USE OF GM'S CRUISE DRIVERLESS VEHICLES SAYING THEY'RE NOT SAFE ENOUGH FOR THE PUBLIC. LET'S GET MORE FROM MIGUEL ALMAGUER. >> Reporter: STOMPING THE BRAKES ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OPERATED BY CRUISE EFFECTIVE TODAY. CALIFORNIA'S DMV HAS SUSPENDED THE COMPANY'S DEPLOYMENT AND TESTING OF SELF-DRIVING CARS AFTER A SERIES OF MISHAPS AND A SERIOUS CRASH. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SAYS CRUISE'S CARS AREN'T SAFE FOR PUBLIC OPERATION. A SERIOUS ROADBLOCK FOR THE COMPANY, OWNED IN PART BY GM, WHO WAS EXPANDING DRIVERLESS SERVICE IN CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO. >> MAJOR COMPANIES NEED TO RACK UP MORE MILES, MORE TESTING. SO THIS COULD POTENTIALLY SET THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE BACK. >> Reporter: AFTER OUR TEAMS IN THE FIELD WITNESSED SAFETY PROBLEMS -- >> IT'S JUST STAYING HERE. I'M NOT SURE WHY. >> Reporter: DRIVER LESS ERRORS. >> THIS IS NOT GOOD. >> Reporter: AND EVEN DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS, TODAY SUSPENSION BY THE DMV COMES UNDER HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY FOR CRUISE, WHO SAYS IT WILL COOPERATE WITH THE DMV'S INVESTIGATION. THE COMPANY SAYS IT PROACTIVELY SHARES SAFETY AND CRASH INFORMATION, HAVING ALREADY LOGGED MORE THAN FIVE MILLION DRIVERLESS MILES. CALIFORNIA'S DMV SAYS CRUISE CAN KEEP ITS CARS ON THE ROAD AS LONG AS SAFETY DRIVERS ARE INSIDE, AND THE COMPANY CAN REAPPLY FOR ITS SUSPENDED PERMITS IF IT NEEDS SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. BUT UNTIL THEN, IT SEEMS CRUISE HAS HIT THE END OF THE DRIVERLESS ROAD IN CALIFORNIA, PUTTING THE FUTURE IN THE BACK SEAT FOR NOW. MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS, LOS ANGELES. >>> AND UP NEXT FOR US TONIGHT, THE AMERICAN FATHER WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO SERVE AFTER THE UNTHINKABLE. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ONE AMERICAN WHO FELT COMPELLED TO SERVE. HERE IS KELLY COBIELLA. >> Reporter: MAJOR NELSON IS A LONG WAY FROM HOME. THE MIAMI FATHER OF TWO IN COMMAND OF A MILITARY PATROL BOAT OFF THE COAST OF ISRAEL. YOU LEFT YOUR JOB. YOU LEFT YOUR TWO YOUNG KIDS. YOU LEFT YOUR WIFE. >> I DON'T KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MOMENT. >> Reporter: THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 7th WAS HIS SON'S 4th BIRTHDAY. WATCHING THE HORROR UNFOLD IN HIS NATIVE ISRAEL, HE KNEW INSTANTLY HE HAD TO LEAVE. WHAT DID YOUR WIFE SAY WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING? >> THANK GOD I HAVE A VERY STRONG, BEAUTIFUL WIFE BACK AT HOME. SHE IS TAKING CARE OF OUR TWO KIDS. >> Reporter: WHAT DID SHE SAY TO YOU? >> SHE SAID MANY THINGS. >> Reporter: CAN YOU SHARE SOMETHING? >> SHE GAVE ME A KISS, BLESSED ME SOME PEACE, COME BACK HOME SAFE. >> Reporter: HE WAS ON THE NEXT FLIGHT TO HIS OTHER HOME, THE SEA. JOINING HIS FORMER SQUADRON. THE CREW ON THIS SHIP SPENDS DAYS AT SEA PROTECTING THE COAST NEAR GAZA. THEY SAY THE THREAT FROM HAMAS MILITANTS IS STILL REAL, AND IT'S THEIR JOB TO STOP IT. THE SAME GROUP THAT FOUGHT OFF HAMAS FAST BOATS AND DIVERS CHARGING TOWARD ISRAEL OCTOBER 7th, THWARTING HAMAS DIVERS AGAIN TONIGHT, THE IDF SAYS. YOU SPENT TEN YEARS IN THE NAVY. DOES THIS TIME FEEL DIFFERENT? >> YES, THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT TIME. >> Reporter: IT'S PERSONAL. HIS LOVED ONES ARE AMONG THE HOSTAGES, HIS CHILDREN WAITING FOR HIM BACK HOME. DO YOU MISS YOUR KIDS? >> I DO. VERY MUCH. >> Reporter: FIGHTING A WAR HE'S NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES. KELLY COBIELLA, NBC NEWS, OFF THE COAST OF ISRAEL. >>> AND THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, EVERYONE. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. GOOD N