A boy and his dog and an unbreakable bond inspiring america. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening, there was so little time to flee as near 90mileanhour wind gusts and plunging humidity set a wildfire exploding overnight into a rampage outside gatlingburg, tennessee. Thousands fleeing their home, with little more than the clothes on their back. Homes and businesses left in smouldering ruins. We learned today, at least three people have been killed. Its happening southeast of knoxville, around the popular resort areas of tennessees great smokey mountains. Thats where Kerry Sanders has the latest. Wow. Reporter the fire storm exploded in seconds. Reporter residents and vacationers thought they were safe, until they looked out their windows. Panic. Thats all we had was panic. We could feel the heat coming off it was nothing but red. Oh, my god, its so hot. Reporter the escape was complicated by narrow mountain roads, flames everywhere. Michael reed separated from his wife and two children in the chaos. Tonight unsure if constance, chloe and 9yearold lily are alive. She called from the house phone and said there were flames across the street from our house and she didnt know what to do. I told her to call 911 and get out. That was the last time i heard from her. Reporter tonight with the fire still burning, authorities are beginning to assess the damage. Entire neighborhoods destroyed. 14,000 ordered to evacuate. 2,000 fled to shelters. At least 150 destroyed. Gatlinburg is a resort town about an hour from knoxville. The flames threatened several popular tourist destinations. The greatest smokey mountains, the most visited park in the country, an aquarium with 10,000 animals, and Dolly Partons dollywood theme park. Dollywood was spared, but this week, they released a Public Service announcement about wildfires, said shes heart broken and praying for all the families. At the park vista trapped dozens of guests. Mike and Julie Sanders got married yesterday here at westgate. A few hours later, the unimaginable. This whole place is on fire. How would you describe this . The gates of hell. The gates of hell . Reporter driving the fire, a record drought and wind gusts nearly 90 miles an hour. Tonight, officials are investigating the cause of the fire and have not ruled out arson. There are hot embers in the devastation here and that is a is calm right now, its predicted that the winds will pick up maybe to 60 miles per hour, can carry a hot ember miles from here, igniting another part of the smokey mountains. Lester . All right, Kerry Sanders tonight, thank you. Tonight, crash investigators in colombia have released a photograph of the black boxes from the plane that was carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team to a south American Championship playoff in medellin. Of the 77 people on board, six survived the crash, including just three team members. Reports on the tragedy and what may have caused the crash. Reporter the video and photos from the airport and then the plane are haunting. The young faces of Brazils Chapecoense soccer club, an underdog dream team, headed to the championship matches. But only hours later, tragedy. Daylight revealed the broken remains of the chartered plane, medellin. Slowly helicopters approach the site to remove the dead. Of the 77 people on board, only 7 were found alive. One of them, 31yearold goalie, Marcos Danilo died at the hospital but called his wife before passing away. Another player had just learned he was going to be a father. In the teams locker room today, three teammates who didnt make the trip were in disbelief. Amid vigils and moments of silence worldwide, soccer great pele said simply, brazilian mourning. Translator everybody has placed their confidence in god that things will go well for us. Our chapecoense team will have to go on. It is difficult, it is so difficult to speak. Reporter the plane was a British Aerospace 146, a regional jet with four engines used mostly for short distance flights. But flying from bolivia to medellin, the pilot reported an electrical problem and circled before crashing miles from the airport. Look at is if the airplane was too low on fuel, because it was right at its maximum range. Reporter a surviving Flight Attendant told rescuers, the plane had run out of fuel. Accompanying the team on the plane, 21 journalists, hoping to cover a fairy tale ending for a team that had surpassed all expectations, only to end in tragedy. Late word that surgeons had to amputate the right leg of surviving goalkeeper jackson follmann. Meanwhile, the Colombian Team that was scheduled to play today as the south American Soccer Confederation to award the championship title to their brazilian competitors. Lester . Tom costello, thank you. Now to the investigation at ohio state where the fbi is trying to determine what set off a student to plow his car into a crowd, then go on a horrific stabbing spree yesterday. Was there a connection to isis, or any other terror group . Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has more. Reporter tonight the fbi is poring over and other digital devices. Law enforcement tells nbc news, theres no established contact with isis or other terror groups, disputing a claim from the Islamic State media arm that he was working with them. Authorities say they also have no reason to think his family knew what he was planning. Artan smashed his car into an osu sidewalk and stabbed people with a butcher knife that Authorities Say he bought that morning at a local walmart. Law enforcement officials also say a post was left on expressing anger over attacks on muslims worldwide. It scares me. It scares me that i live right next door to that. And didnt even know. Reporter neighbor lou ann karna han was in shock. Very nice people. The boy was very pleasant. Reporter artans family fled somalia in 2007, lived in pakistan until 2014, when they moved to the United States. This is artan celebrating his graduation from Community College just last spring. Muslim. Amir caddar prayed with artan and saw him just two weeks ago. Did he sound frustrated with the country . No. At all. He actually loved america. He loved the fact of the opportunity he had here to go to school. Reporter bhu police say artan attacked that school. Flipped me up in the air. Reporter Professor William clark said he thought it was a Traffic Accident at first. But then several people started shouting immediately. Reporter ni injured are still in the hospital. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, colombus, ohio. A late flurry this evening of cabinet picks from president elect donald trump. Nbc news has learned steven man uchin is expected to be named trumps pick for treasury secretary tomorrow. And investor william ross is expected to be his pick to lead the commerce department. Pick for transportation secretary. We have a lot more on that in just a moment. But first, the president elect is overshadowing his own cabinet picks with his threat today about jailing or perhaps revoking citizenship for people who burn American Flags in protest. That, experts say, would be unconstitutional. We get details on this new fire storm from nbcs hallie jack president elect, today proposing punishment for a form of protest thats protected, though not popular. One flag was set on fire. One was reporter not long after this segment about a College Protest in which an American Flag was burned, a trump tweet. Quote, nobody should be allowed to burn the American Flag. If they do, there must be consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship, or year in jail. But burning the flag is a form of free speech under the first court. In this country, we have a long tradition of respecting unpleasant speech. I happen to support the Supreme Courts decision on that matter. Reporter its not that americans like flagburning. In fact, before those court rulings, 48 of 50 states had laws banning it. In 2005, Hillary Clinton backed a bill that would jail flagburners. Still to some, more troubling than trumps threat to imprison protesters who burn the flag, is his suggestion of strippinci unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has ruled that taking someones citizenship away cant be used as a punishment. That citizenship isnt a license that expires when someone commits a crime. Reporter now even newt gingrich, a high professional trump ally says he has his own concerns about certain trump tweets, like a recent one on voter fraud, pointing to the different weight of a president s words, versus a candidates. President s of the United States cant randomly tweet without it out. The president elect also on twitter to promote what hes calling his thank you tour, kicking off thursday in cincinnati. He seemed to enjoy the energy of those Campaign Rallies as candidate. Now as president elect, lester, packing his bags to get back on the road. All right, hallie jackson, thank you. Lets turn back to the president elects pick for health and human services. Its shining a spotlight on the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. Nbcs Kristen Welker has that story . Reporter since obamares implementation six years ago, georgia congressman tom price has been proposing ways to dismantle it. A mandate that the government tells you what kind of health care youve got to have . Is that what you want . No reporter now as trumps pick for secretary of health and human services, he has his chance. Mr. Trumps promise to eliminate obamacare currently enrolled, in limbo. Like adam kuns. And while their trump has said hes open to protecting those with preexisting conditions, kuns isnt convinced. Its about trying to stay alive. I cant live without insulin. Its not a choice that i have insulin. I either get it or i die. Reporter kate gon zeedo is worrying too, wondering if her Birth Control plan will be sc longer lasting iud. I made the appointment right after the election, because of uncertainties about what sorts of resources would be provided to me in the next four years. Reporter jim herrel says his community has been hit hard by the rising cost of premiums under obamacare. Anything would be better than obamacare. Anything . Anything. Reporter but will mr. Trump and congressman tom price be able to turn their promises for better, care into reality . Talking about repealing the cack Affordable Care act is the easy part. Figuring out how to replace is is going to be really tough. Reporter adam countries just hopes they keep people like him in mind, while crafting an alternative. There was emotional testimony today in the trial over a Deadly Police shooting caught on camera. A former South CarolinaPolice Officer taking the stand in his own defense, accused of gunning down a unarmed African American man last year. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has more on the drama in the courtroom and the video that stunned the nation. Reporter this bystanders dramatic video appeared to show a man shot in the back multiple times. Today in a South Carolina courtroom, the man accused of the murder, gave his first detailed account of what happened. Like im trained to do. Reporter Michael Slager said he pulled scott over for a broken tail light of 2015 and was preparing to write him a warning, but scott bolted from his car. In my mind, at that time, people dont run from a broken tail light. Reporter prosecutors say he fled because he was behind on Child Support payments and was in fear of being arrested. That mr. Scott didnt stop. Reporter the cell phone video, he says, picks up the encounter seconds later as scott breaks away from the struggle. The prosecutor pressed slager on why he moved the taser closer to scotts body. You dont leave a weapon in the middle of a field like that. Reporter slager said in hindsight he would not have chased him on foot and instead called for backup. His entire testimony was what he hes remembering now that he didnt remember then, which was just shocking. Reporter the jury, made up of 11 white people and one black man, is expected to begin deliberations later this week. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news. Still ahead here tonight, detecting Breast Cancer, the Alarming Number of women being diagnosed without the most common symptom. And one survivor who [ cough ] shh. I have a cold with this annoying runny nose. Better take something. Dayquil liquid gels doesnt treat a runny nose. Alkaseltzer plus cold and cough liquid gels fight your worst cold symptoms including your runny nose. Oh, what a relief it is before i had the shooting, burning, pinsandneedles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet. 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Back now with a detecting Breast Cancer. The most common symptom women report are lumps in the breast. But a recent study found that 1 in 6 patients have symptoms other than lumps which can be more difficult to identify. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren with more on the subtle signs you should be watching out for. Reporter in 2014, beth la flor did something that may have saved her life. Is it a miracle that youre here . Perhaps. Pretty close. Reporter she noticed a change in her breasts. Not a as a thickening. And thats what caught my attention initially. Reporter so she had a routine screening mammogram. It was negative. Reporter nothing . Nothing. Reporter but the nurse who works as a lackitation consultant couldnt ignore the changes to the shape of her breast, so she got another opinion from dr. Deborah rhodes at the mayo clinic. Theres a right area in the center of this corresponds to her tumor. Reporter stage three Breast Cancer against dense breast tissue. 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Reporter the dog belongs to buddys foster grandparents. Together the boy and the dog are nothing short of adorable. There was an instant bond. Reporter the photos never show a clear view of buddys face for his protection. Yet the two have more than 100,000 instagram followers. Because of that, foster grandma sandy had an idea, a book. I felt like, its a story that needs to be told. In addition to cute pictures. The good that theyve been able to do for each other. And for foster kids everywhere. Reporter the proceeds will go to a caregivers, like buddys foster mom, cary lewis. Foster care has been one of the hardest but absolute best things that weve ever done. Reporter there are more than 400,000 foster children in the United States. With more than 100,000 awaiting placement. The pictures tell you a lot about love, and joy, and sharing. Its such a powerful connection. Reporter who friend. Harry smith, nbc news. Cant get enough of those pictures. What a pair. Thats going to do it for us on a tuesday night. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and goodnight. Announcer this is breaking news now, from todays tmj4. We begin the 6 00 hour with traffic backed up for miles on miller parkway. Police have blocked off the road at avenue. That is where a fight for 15 rally is going on as we speak. People continue to gather to fight for the minimum wage to be raised to 15 an hour. This is all part of a nationwide fight for 15 day of disruption. Our reporter is on the ground, saying shes seen some people put into handcuffs. Weve reached out to Milwaukee Police to act about arrests and have not heard back yet. No word on when the rally gets over and when police will reopen news, shooting outside Vincent High School on milwaukees northwest side. The Fire Department tells us around 51 00 person was shot outside the school and taken to a hospital. A crew is headed to the scene and well bring you the very latest as soon as we get it. Next at 6 00, a Major Construction project in waukesha is going to take even longer to finish because of an impatient driver who drove right through fresh concrete. Good charles the driver even went so far as to remove the barricades around the concrete. Shannon Rikki Mitchell is live at the construction site with more information. Reporter this road was supposed to reopen about two weeks ago, but now drivers have to wait even longer because crews had to completely redo the eastbound side after a driver went right through the barricade for businesses along this