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Knowingly sending children to class with covid, infecting others. the school shooting in michigan. were the parents of the suspected shooter on the run before their capture? new information tonight from the owner of the warehouse where they were found. the new allegation of sexual misconduct against news anchor chris cuomo brother of new york's former governor made hours after his firing from cnn. nbc news investigates how the growth in electric cars is leading to the destruction of critical rain forests. and a holiday tradition like no other. the new york city ballet's nutcracker is b...

We begin with the rise of nickel mining, a key tool empowering electric cars that is putting one of the world's most beautiful places in peril. jake ward investigates in partnership with the pulitzer center's rain forest investigations network. >> reporter: it's been called one of the most beautiful places on earth, a stunning tropical island in the philippines, a diver's paradise, an ecological wonder. 300 miles south of the pristine beaches, a giant swath of the rain forest was destroyed decades ago, making way for one of the world's largest nickel mines. and now the current majority owner n...

Rain forest and the local people. is it your feeling that we simply have to trade off some bits of our planet in order to have the life we want to build here? >> yes. i think human development, there has been a series of trade-offs over the years. >> reporter: a stark reminder that even clean energy comes with an environmental cost. jake ward, nbc news, san francisco. when we come back, we'll take you back stage for the magical return of the holiday stage for the magical return of the holiday wow... that's so nice! is that a photo of tepechitlan? yeah! the gift of ancestry®, is a walk throu...

Brazilian police say they have burned 131 boats used by gold miners in the heart of the Amazon, raising tensions in an isolated region rife with poverty and crime

Lobbing the resilience to do it because they are huge pressures for mercy to carry on doing it, but also in actually policing the products? we are part of the deforestation economy. all of these products are being imported into europe, into the uk, into wales, and our charity and the bwf last week lost a report to show wales�*s level of the four station footprint. for example we import 190,000 tonnes of soy. we need to seek strong legislation here in the uk and at the eu level to ensure that companies know where their products are coming from and that they are not causing deforestation of pl...