Transcripts For WESH NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20160

Transcripts For WESH NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20160110

We will see right here on wesh good evening, the twists and turns in the real life drama of mexican drug lord el chapo sounded even more like a hollywood movie today, which is precisely what el chapo was apparently shopping for. Mexican Officials Say his efforts to have a film made about his life were part of his undoing. Then there is that secret meeting with Actor Sean Penn who wrote an article for Rolling Stone. El chapo answered questions from penn on video admitting to his life of crime. Gabe guttierez outside the mexican prison where el chapo is under increased security. Reporter tonight a enforcement official tells nbc news that mexican authorities want to speak with sean penn and mexican soap opera star, kate del castillo about their secret trip to chapo guzman. Its believed to be decades. The article published overnight. Guzman admitted that drugs destroy but said that unfortunately where he grew up there was no other way to survive. Asked if he was prone to violence, guzman said all he does is defend himself. Guzman only agreed to take the questions penn writes after a previous sevenhour face to face meeting days before a failed october raid. According to penn, this picture authenticates that meeting. In the rest of the interview conducted by el chapo saying i supply more heroin, cocaine and marijuana than any body else in the world. On friday the attorney general said guzmans desire to make a movie about himself and interaction with producers and actors led to his arrest. A mexican official confirms investigators were able to learn details of el chapos whereabouts from intercepted phone calls from del castillo and penn. I think the mexican authorities want to identify as many people closely associated with el chapo as they can. Reporter trusted source tells nbc news that authorities wear ware that penn and del castillo were in mexico to meet with guzman in october as Law Enforcement was closing in a planned arrest sweep was delayed to assure the two would not be harmed. When the raid eventually took place, el chapo and his Security Team escaped. It wasnt until three months later, friday morning that the mexican navy captured shootout in his home state. This tis the drainage tunnel where guzman tried to make a lastditch effort to escape. We reached out to penn and del castillo, neither has commented. On social media, the pair drew outrage many wanting them to face charges for not alerting authorities about their meeting with one of the most wanted criminals in the world. This isnt the first time penn dabbled in journalism previously had written articles for the nation and San Francisco chronicle. This time, Rolling Stone agreed to allow the final version to be approved by the subject before publication. The magazine says el chapo made no changes. Kate. Gabe, in mexico, thank you. And nbc news legal analyst joins me now. Karen, a lot of people online are wondering could sean penn be in trouble . First of all kate, lets say we dont have a lot of the specific facts to this case. But, yes, kate he could be in very serious legal trouble. Because there are a number of state and federal statutes duty to report and also aiding and abetting. So, they could come into play. I think that the key element that people need to be aware of that is, that sean penn even by just plagues himself in el chapos presence makes him a witness to ongoing felonies. And therefore, he made himself a witness. It is not just an interview. This is an Ongoing Investigation and he is a witness now. Thank you. Tens of millions of americans will be going back to work tomorrow hoping that work will become a thing of the past if you havent guessed. Powerball. And the next record may determine who will become a billionaire. Tonight the numbers and the odds. Reporter the moment that dashed millions of dreams. Lucky 13. Reporter then created more than a billion new ones. Pay off mine too. Parents mortgages. Reporter with no winner in saturdays record jackpot the powerball pot grows to unprecedented 1. 3 billion. Billboards cant accommodate the sum. 200 million, 20 million enough for us. Reporter double the previous record when Mega Millions paid a measly 656 million back in 2012. And exactly what lottery officials were going for when they made powerball harder bringing the odds from one in 175 million to one in 292 million. Columbia University Statistics professor phillip proder braeksz eaks it down. What are our odds . Your odds are extremely tiny, unbelievably tiny. Reporter thats what this means. We made the changes in october in response to our players. Reporter they were also facing a serious decline in revenue. Powerball sales down since the changes the pot rolled over 20 times. Growing to at least 1. 3 billion or 806 million in a lump sum. It is crazy. I dont know what we would do with it. Reporter across the country, cue the craziness. I have never seen cops directing traffic going into a gas station. Reporter and a purr ball powerball frenzy bigger than ever. For a thief who operated in five states in recent months it wasnt cash she was after but jewelry worth millions. Tonight a suspect is in custody and expected to appear in federal court in atlanta tomorrow. We get more tonight from blake mccoy. Reporter brazen and unusual, a woman with no mask entering Jewelry Stores across the south allegedly stealing millions of dollars worth of diamonds and watches. Now, after a ninemonth crime spree the fbi believes they abigail lee kemp, 24 years old arrested in georgia. Cameron parker grew up with her and says she was most recently waitressing at a twin peaks restaurant. From the suburbs you dont expeekt these kind of things to happen out here. You dont expect some one that you grew up with to do these sorts of things. Reporter the fbi believes her secret life of crime took her to five states. Six heists in all. The Jewelers Security Alliance estimates the total haul to be worth to keep doing it, they had 4 million in product. How much do you need, keep taking . You know . So, she obviously was very, very bold and obviously too bold. Reporter Jewelry Stores like banks have long been targets for criminals disguises from nuns, burkas, darth vader. Its this thiefs lack of disguise put her in the headlines. A second person arrested with kemp on no word from the fbi if it is this man her accomplice in some of the heists. Blake mccoy, nbc news. The socalled affluenza team is in a mexico City Detention Center fighting extradition to texas while his mother will be in a texas courtroom tomorrow trying to get out of jail. Charles hadlock had new details on how Authorities Say the pair escaped to mexico in the first place. Reporter tonya couch in a texas jail tonight. She could be set free tomorrow if her 1 million bond is reduced. Her Attorney Says she has done nothing wrong. The law. Reporter tonya couch charged with helping son ethan flee to mexico to avoid getting caught after authorities saw this video they believe is him at a party where alcohol was served a violation of his the privileged teen was convicted in a that killed four people when he was 16. A judge sentenced him to probation instead of jail time. His lawyers had argued from affluenza, suggesting he was too rich and spoiled to know right from wrong. Tonya couchs arrest warrant alleges ethan became scared when the party video surfaced december 2 and his mother was aware he was trying to come up with a plausible lie to say it wasnt him in the video. The next day before driving off to mexico in tonyas truck the warrant alleges tonya couch withdrew 30,000 from her personal bank account and told her husband that he would never see their son again. On december 10, ethan failed to show up for a scheduled meeting with his probation officer and the search was on. The two were captured in the resort city on december 28. Since her return, tonya told the sheriff she is uncomfortable in jail. Explained to her that this was a jail not resort. Ethan is fighting his extradition. It could be months before his return to texas. Charles hadlock, nbc news. Four days after tested a hydrogen bomb, the u. S. Responded with its own show of force over the korean peninsula, it did so with a symbol of the cold war still relevant as the the u. S. Responds to communist north korea in the 21st century. Ron allen at the white house with more on this. Hi, ron. Good evening, kate. The Administration Says b52 bomber capable of dropping atomic weapons flew over the peninsula to reassure the south and to warn the north that testing a Nuclear Device last week will have consequences. The massive cold jungun, seen, touring military headquarters in the days since the test blast. The u. S. Doubts the claim the bomb was tested but confirms the fourth test of some Nuclear Device in the last decade. The Obama Administration repeatedly said it will not accept north korea as Nuclear State and called for sanctions while the rogue nation builds an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Kate. Ron allen, thank you. The weather is a big concern for millions of people in the upper midwest and plains where bitter cold set in. In minneapolis, as the the Minnesota Vikings started their game against the Seattle Seahawks it was below todays match up between the seahawks and vikings was no exception. At kickoff it was 6 degrees below 0 making it the third coldest nfl game on record. The coldest game ever was the ice bowl back in 1967. That was over in green bay at lambeau field, 13 below. The brutal temperatures didnt scare the fans from tail gating before the game. Some out at 4 00 this morning. Tickets to some of the coldest seats in the the vikings, gjallarhorn, before the game it shapered. Maybe a bad omen, the vikings went on to lose by a single point. The coldest air of the season. Moving east. In the north east, 20s, 30s in the forecast for monday. Then a reinforcing shot of cold air tuesday through the midwest. Tuesday morning temperatures will only be about 10 degrees below zero and highs during tuesday afternoon will barely get into the single digits. All the cold air over the great lakes which are unfrozen. Bands of lakeeffect snow set up monday. We could see one to two feet of snow especially sunday. Temperatures then, kate, should be 50 degrees warmer than they were today. Theyre going to be happy to be in charlotte. Okay. Thanks so much. 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We get more on this tonight from kerry sanders. Reporter it remains unclear tonight, 57yearold Barbara Dawsons death, was avoidable, unanswered says her family. Did the city police or maybe even the staff at the Calhoun Liberty hospital where dawsons family said she had gone complaining of stump back pain set her death in motion. Thats Barbara Dawsons voice recorded on Police Dashcam pointed inside an empty police car. You can walk out of this hospital peacefully or i can take you out of the hospital. Reporter thats the voice of the Police Officer who physically else courted dawson from the hospital. The 57yearold patient was treated and discharged. When she refused to leave, Police Records show they were called to intervene. The officer arrested dawson for Disorderly Conduct and trespassing. As she neared the collapsed. In this Police Dashcam image you can see dawsons hands cuffed. After 18 minutes in the parking lot dawson was taken back inside the hospital. She was dead. The medical examiner says it was a blood clot in her lungs. The chief of police says the responding officer acted appropriately. The hospital says it is now conducting an internal review but cannot discuss more. We cannot answer questions that relate to an individual and their health care. Reporter family attorney benjamin krum. The federal law says you cant dump patients out just because they, they dont have sufficient insurance, socioecomonic status, that you have to make sure theyre stablized. Reporter Barbara Dawsons brother. You could take the same situation and put a dog in barbaras spot, and i guarantee you, those individuals reporter hindering the investigation, missing Security Camera video. The hospital says 13 cameras including the one pointed at the park lot malfunctioned. Those broken cameras since replaced too late to help explain what happened to barbara dawson. Kerry sanders, nbc news. 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Globally the force awakens has earned over 1. 7 billion with a b, dollars making it the third biggest worldwide hit of all time. A force indeed. Coming up, shortly tonight, nbcs coverage of the 73rd Golden Globe Awards honoring excellence in film and television. For a preview out to al roker on the red carpet at Beverly Hilton in beverly hills. Al, i understand there is more security than usual . Kate, there certainly is. They changed the security requirements getting in here. People cant just mill about. They have changed the traffic lanes. They have also, they had bombsniffing dogs, snipers around. They have really stepped up security this time around. As far as the movies themselves, a lot of folks are talking about carol and spotlight and there is also a, if you stallone for creed up for best supporting actor. And revenant, leo di caprio, a lot going on on Television Side of it the streaming services this is the year, amazon, hulu, netflix all gathering huge amounts of nominations and remains to be seen whether they will translate into wins. But pretty big stuff going on. And kate, the other question mark the weather. It turned out okay. A little cool. But cloudy. They have taken the tents down. So everything is looking pretty good, kate. You would bring up the weather. Okay. Al, have a great time out there tonight. Well be watching

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