Is lining up what cocod be key endorsements. High drama in the democratic contests, too. Weve got both races covered starting wit nbcs katy tur. Hi, katy. Reporter hey ere, lester, you know its crunch time when one candidate is flying known endorsements and the other issuing a warning. Donald trump is about to take the stage joined by arizona sheriff jozef arpaio known for his hardline stance on immigration. The clock is ticking in iowa. Six days left and donald trump is pulling ahead. Today leading in five of the last six major polls here. The race now a cage match between the billionaire and his texas rival ted cruz. Each looking for a knockout punch. We have a very powerfulndorsement comingngown today. Reporter for trump a major evangelical endorsement, jerry falwell, jr. , who spoke glowingly of trump at Liberty University last week. In my opinion donald trump lives the life of loving and helping others as jesus taught in the great commandment. Iowa gop caucusgoers identified as evangelical or born again in 2012, and while cruz has the edge among those voters by most accounts, trump is dominating among moderate voters, meaning he may only need to be competitive among evangelicals to win. And falwell could give trump the credibility he needs. Its a very, very close race, and so Little Things on the margins, it could make a little bit of a difference. Reporter cruz, meanwhile, is staying faithful to his ground game barnstorming iowa with another seven stops on his bus tour, remaining confident publicly. The judgment that the men and women of iowa are making is who has a proven record as a consistent severtive who has been the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Reporter but in a video obtained by cbn privately warning pastors and if donald wins iowa, he right now has a substantial lead in new hampshire. Theres a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. Reporter seven months of campaigning these last few days. Katy tur, nbc news, marshalltown, iowa. Thank you. Im casey hunt in iowa where Bernie Sanders says he feels like a winner. If we have a large ter turnout we will win and we will win big. Reporter Hillary Clinton trying to avoid reliving the past in iowa. I will work my heart out for you as your president. Reporter a new campaign ad showing voters just how long shes been in the fight. Its areminder for young voters. Ive been on the front lin of chahae and progress since i was your age. When i worked on health care back in 93 and 94, and i dont know if you were born then, i cant quite tell, but if you had been around and had been able to pay attention, i was trying to get us to unersal health care coverage. Repororr sanders is older than clinton. Youre 75 now. You would be nbc News Survey Monkey poll out today shows young voters support him by a wide margin, just like they backed barack obama in 2008. Are you the heir to president obama here in iowa . I wouldnt look, no. Obama in 2008 ran a campaign whihi is really going stay in the history books. Do i think in this campaign that we are going to match that . I would love to see us do that. I hope we can. Frankly, i dont think we can. Reporter sanders and clinton both leaving iowa today. A trademark crowd of thousands waiting for sanders in minnesota. Clinton fundraising on the east coast. With b bh candidates out of the state i think they both are looking ahead and saying that theres going to be a day where iowa is not the focus. Reporter coming into view, a slog of a nomination fight. If clinton cant pull out a win here in iowa. Sanders says hes going to fight for this nomination all the wayo the convention, but if he cant beat clinton in iowa, that road is going to be a lot harder. Lester . Thank you. We want to let you know tomorrow ill speak to Bernie Sanders about the race and about his chances just five days until iowa. Well have it for you right here tomorrow night. The big scare today at a Navy Medical Center in san diego after someone reported hearing gunshots. The federal Health Facility went into lockdown as Law Enforcement flooded the scene. Officers going room to room looking for a possible shooter. In the end, no one was found. Just thousands of people left with frayed nerves from a terrifying ordeal. In Northern California tonight, evacuations amid a re life cliffhanger. A neighborhood hanging on the edge as a powerful el nino eats away the coastline and may take homes with it. Cs Gabe Gutierrez has all the high drama. Reporter on the california coast just a few feet separate these apartments from disaster. The building hanging in the balance. And Michael Mchenry hanging on to what he has left. When it comes up, the whole place shakes and theres no way youre ing to sleep regardless of what you try to do. Reporter structure that once allowed him such stunning ruse is now teetering on the edge of oblivion. Still, despite evacuation orders, 5 of the 20 residents living here are refusing to leave. I have nowhere to go, so i will be here. Reporter the severe erosion blamed on el nino. This is what pacifica look like in 1997. This is what it looks like today. We knew that this day was going to come. Reporter last night the City Council Approved an Emergency Declaration allowing pacifica to ask for state and federal money to fight coastal erosion. The area has tussled with el nino before. Strong storms in 1998 booted several homes off this cliff. Then in 2010 two buildings were evacuated and condemned. This season torrential downpours might help relieve californias historic drought, but pacifica is feeling the downside, quite literally. Guarantees well have more numerous storms and thats a pounding effect on the coastal area and more chances for beach erosion. Reporter for Michael Mchenry its not just his home but his life that seems to be collapsing. Im about to be on the street. The ocean, if it wants us, its going to come take us. We dont have the power to slow it down or stop it. Reporter tonight hes moving his belongings bututas no place else to stay in this town tired of living on the edge. Residents here are allowed inside to pack, but they are not allowed and not supposed to spend the night. Still, some of them are ignoring that order even though another storm is expected this weekend. Lester. Such a rerkable scene. Gabe, thank you. On the east coast many are still digging out from the blizzard of 2016. In the Nations Capital the federal government remains shut down again today as did Many School Districts in several states. As Nbc News National CorrespondentMiguel Almaguer tells us, progress is being is not coming soon enough. Reporter in washington, d. C. The snsn emergency will be lifted tomorrow as many here are still kneedeep in frustration. Its like all of winter in one weekend. Reporter today in the bitter cold a woman rescued after spending three days trapped in her car. Its been nearly 70 hours since the last snowfall, and neighborhoods still look like this. Enough is enoughgh weve had the winters snow already. Were finished. Reporter in new jersey snow brought down the roof on this skating rink. At the shore, the floodwaters have receded but not the anger. Governor christie criticized last night after returning to the campaign trail. I dont know what you expect me to do, to go down there with a mop . I thinknkt takes had a little bit more than a mop for this. The home is not livable anymore. Reporter after outrage from some local officials tonight an apology. My apology was i really felt badly about it. Reporter in new york city they are enough to fill Yankee Stadium 66 times, and in queens a lot of it is still on the street. If you need an ambulance, how are they going to get through . God forbid you have a fire. Reporter in virginia there has been progress this. Neighborhood we showed you last night finally looks like this. Even though cancellations are down at airports, the complaints tonight are these smaller city streets where clearly the cleanup is f from finished. Lester . Miguel almaguer, thank you. The fbi says it has foiled a mass shooting plot in milwaukee. 23yearold Samy Mohammed h ha mzeh has been charged with possessing machine guns and a silencer. The fbi says he was planning to carry out a shooting rampage at a masonic temple. He was arrested after the fbi says he bought a gun from two undercover sources. Six Cleveland Police officers removed from the force today for the shooting deaths of an unarmed couple during a high speed chase where well over 100 bullets were as nbcs blake mccoy reports, it took the city more than three years to fire the ofofcers. Reporter a car sits riddled with bullets. Two people dead inside following a 2012 high speed chase through the streets of cleveland. It began when officers tried to pull over the car and mistook an engine backfire for gunshots. Drive into the parking lot. Reporter today new audio from investigators reveal the momomt that the unarmed pair was cornered. 120 rounds fired at Timothy Russell and Melissa Williams in just ten seconds. State investigators diagrammed the shooting showing how chaotic and dangerous all of that crossfire was to fellow officers. Then, thi photo showing the windshield afafr one overs stood on the hood of the car, even after the couple had been subdued and fired down at close range. The defendant is discharged. Reporter that officer, michael one criminally charge the. He was later acquitted. Tonight he has been fired along with five other officers, six face suspension, a 13th o oicer retired last year. It was very difficult, very difficult for all of us. Reporter the police union came out swinging calling this disciplinary action politically motivated. This is politics 101. We see it across the country. We certainly see it here in cleveland. Reporter the Justice Department has found Cleveland Police to have frequently used excessive force. Tonight a move meant to provide closure to a city and two families. Blake mccoy, nbc news, chicago. Now to the growing outrage over the toxic water crisis in flint, michigan. The mayor says it could cost as much as 1. 5 billion to fix the lead contaminated water system, but nbnbs stephanan gosk has found so far none of the pipes so far are not being replace snootd plumbers in weve got guys available. If i need 200 guys next i can get them. Reporter but the plummers in flint havent gotten the call. Nbc news has learned from city officials and the Plumbers Union theres currently no lead pipes being replaced and the plumbers tell us they havent done any work since the october announcement that the water wanes safe. Harold harrington showed us a lead service pipe. He would only touch it with gloves on. So the corrosive water basically strips the inside of the pipe. And yes, and exposes the lead. Reporter there are as many as 25,000 lines just like this in flint, running from the water main in the street to peoples homes. Buried five to six feet deep did. The only way to replace them is to dig them up. Thats going to take several years to complete the job, but the longer we delay, the longer people are at risk. Reporter professor Marty Kaufman is creating a map of thee lead pipes for city officials. Do you know where all. Lead pipes are . No, we do not. Reporter here is a what they are up against. The record for the Service Lines with kept on these 3 x 5 cards. This one is from 1948 handwritten in pencil, ililgible in parts and there are an estimated 50,000 cards in these cabinets. On top of that every home needs to be assessed by experts like harrington. The cost of those repairs will fall on the homeowner. In this case oscar brown, a great great grandfather who worked for 38 years on the Assembly Line at buick. Hes still paying a more than 100 had a month bilil for water hiss family cant drink. That line is lead. Reporter fixing the problem could cost as much as 10,000. I would be thinking that its not our fault. Reporter his great granddaughter blames the governor. I guarantee you his grandchildren isnt drinking this water. They are not bathing in this water. They not cooking with this water. So why should we . Its not fair. Reporter tonight tells us that the treatment they are now using in the water will create a protective layer around the pipes, and they will rely on experts to determine when the water is safe. 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Doesnt mean they are weak or a bad mom or doesnt mean they are strange and they can get help if they need it. Reporter how do you know whats just a common baby blues and whats depression . One difference doctors say is the time frame. Baby blues usually happen within the first two weeks of birth. If the severe anxiety lingers to the sixweek mark it could be more significant. Risk factors include history depression, prenatal anxiety and child care stress. Doctors say family members need to be aware of the issue as well. If you ask your loved one do you feel like you want to harm yourself or your baby . That is a question that is okay to ask. Therapy helps and for pregnant women the risk of medicationn must be weighed against the risk of doing nothing. Most Health Insurance including the Affordable Care act must now cover the screening so family portraits can be as happy as moms hope. Anne thompson, nbc news, new york. There is more Important Information ahead. 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I cado that finally tonight, our farewell to one of the great character actors in hollywood, from movies like the godfather to Barney Miller on tv. Abe vigoda was beloved and after several became the stuff of legend. Sadly this time its true. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles has a look back. Reporter he just had one of those faces, kind of droopy and warm, and those were the sorts of characacrs abe vigoda played best. As phil fish on the 70s cop sitcom Barney Miller. Save your money. Reporter vigoda was also the doublecrossing mobster sal itsio in the godfather until he was bumped off. Tell mike to mind his business. Reporter vigoda also gained notoriety for notot being dead. It was in 1982 that had a magazine declared he was no more. Vigoda played it for all it was worth on late nightht television. Come on. Be here with your own kind. Abe vigoda. Reporter he was also a favorite guest of the today show. Thank snow and abe even popped up with the sole purpose of reporting if he was dead or alive. It garnered10,00000 followers. He later appeared in a Super Bowl Ad for snickers candy bars back in 2010 with betty white. They were both 88 years old. That hurt. Reporter born Abraham Charles vigoda in brooklyn, new york, his career spanned the stage, the scrfen and television. He died in his sleep in his daughters home in new jersey. Abe vigoda was 94. Kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. And that wilil do it for us on a tuesday night. Im lester home. Amanda is on assignment and will join us in a few minutes. New tonight child enchangerment chahaes are filed againstta mother, in connection county. Authorities say 38yearold james takett lost connol of his car, smashing into this clermont business with a 5 Year Old Girl in the backseat. Mr. Tackett died at the scene the young girl was injured and taken to a hospitalbut is expected to recover. Tonight, new developments, as the mother of the little girl 27 year old hilary upton is facing child endangerment charges. Why . Well the Fayette County sheriff says tackett was a registered sex offenderwho did not register with the Sheriffs Office they ss ms. Upton knew that, but still let her 5year old daughter be alone with tackett. Kwwls lauren moss has been digging into this and speaking with the sheriff of fayette e ounty she joins us now live with the latest. Its a tragic story that has taken a bit sheriff fisher tells me the