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In the courtroom. and the nightmare before christmas. an airline glitch that gave too many pilots the holiday week off, meaning thousands of flights are in jeopardy of being cancelled. is yours one of them? this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. to our viewers in the west. we begin with a story that has stunned millions of morning television viewers and that has certainly struck to the core here at nbc news. our longtime colleague matt lauer fired over allegations made ...

Finally tonight here, our amy robach and her journey into the arctic and what the polar bears are telling us. >> reporter: our journey begins with boarding this small plane? fairbanks, alaska. our destination, the isolated island village in alaska, the population, just 239. a stark and striking landscape, but not quite the snow-blanket area you may expect. we head out and soon find what we came for. we left the shore three minutes ago. there are four polar bears right

One was from louisiana. eight other passengers were rescued. the cause of the crash is under investigation. with president trumps troop surge in afghanistan, the number of americans involved in that war is now at about 14,000 making the job of protecting those troops from taliban infiltrators all the more difficult. thats where a group known as the guardian an selgels comes in. hans nickels is in hafrg a afghanistan and spent time with them. >> reporter: the pilots alter their routes to avoid ...

Were found in the room. another possible clue has surfaced in the search for a missing argentine submarine. a burst of sound was detected near the subs last known location. authorities say it may have been an explosion. the "san juan" disappeared eight days ago with 44 crew members on board. it can remain submerged up to 10 days before the oxygen runs out. a.a.a. estimates more than 45 million americans will be on the roads this holiday weekend. the police are looking not only for drunchen drive...

Finally tonight, america strong. two 6-year-olds, battle buddies, fighting their personal war together. earning their wings and ready to fly. they may be small, but 6-year-olds jack kirkbride and houston pirrung are now americas toughest fighter pilots. these two little boys are living with leukemia, battletested at johns hopkins hopsital where they became fast friends. >> raise your hand? >> reporter: their bravery earning them a chance to wear the uniform and be pilots for a day at joint base ...

Just shy of the speed of sound, we were there in minutes. >> this is about the north edge of the air space, about seven miles from the north korean border. >> reporter: this is as far as you can go without provoking a war? >> yep. you can see in north korea there. >> reporter: is that where all the artillery is and all the rockets? >> yeah. >> reporter: captain moses, aka the beast, put the jet through paces, practicing combat maneuvers, how to attack north korean targets and evade their fire. w...

>> i think the first thing we were feeling was disbelief. >> thats over 100 homes. >> reporter: what was it that you were looking at that took your breath away? >> we were expecting to see a row of house, a structure, a school, something we could save. a at was the most discouraging part, because thats what we do. we go out and we help people. at that point there was no one to help. >> reporter: there was nothing left. >> nothing but homes that were vanished, homes that were vaporized. >> oh, no...

A c-130 on the ramp here in savannah awaiting its next message. before we go, my time on the ground in puerto rico was short but dont have to be there long to understand the depth of the need. essential things in life from making a call to buying a gallon of gas to getting enough food and water are a struggle there. brings me to the national guard, we traveled with into the hurricane zone. some full time and some part-time guardsmen but all answering the call to deliver essentials to fellow amer...

Our national correspondent miguel almaguer is there. >> reporter: this is one of our very first looks at some of the damage, and it really does stretch neighborhood to neighborhood, homes in the water, boats in the water. tonight this is the way in to the hardest-hit islands in the keys. irmas path of destruction obliterating homes, swamping neighborhoods and likely taking lives. >> it looks like a nuclear bomb went off. >> reporter: bryan holly rode out the storm among the 10,000 who refused to...

We were staying and take whatever she need. we werent able to bring urluggage with us. there wasnt enough room. and we told her to go in and take whatever she needed to keep her and her boys safe. >> what do you think you need there? >> the basic blocks of survival. food, water, access to medicine. i know so many things people around the world are currently spinning to deliver. from my small viewpoint in this massive machine, i can tell you that everyone that i know i operates in their craft whe...