you're never too old to push to achieve new goals. >> man, he's inspiring me right now. >> he's going for it. >> i need to get to the gym. >> reporter: tonight, the january 6th committee completing its final report and sending a potential criminal referral to the justice department for lawmakers debating charges from insurrection to conspiracy as they prepare to release their firefighter report what happens next? the border battle heading to the supreme court. a trump-era rule used to limit the number of migrants allowed to seek asylum set to be liftedin days. the new warning, a record number of migrants may head to the border american tourists trapped in peru as the country descends into political violence. what the state department is doing to get them out. >> we stay or we have to

self-evacuate. snow piling up across the northeast. more than 140,000 without power. dramatic video of a couple rescued after their car plummets 300 feet into a canyon how their phone saved them each without cell service >> we're one of a million people who gets to walk away basically unscathed. is this the future of policing some departments start streaming body cameras live. critics are firing back. and the biggest comeback in nfl history. how the vikings clinched it with just three seconds left in overtime good evening since the january 6th committee began its investigation in the year and a half ago, there were questions about the ultimate purpose and end game of the congressional panel. that end game is starting to come into focus ahead of their final presentation on monday this weekend the committee is

debating which charges to refer to the department of justice, and for whom the committee has made it clear from the beginning that its members believe former president trump is responsible for the attack on the capitol. sources tell nbc news they may refer charges to the department of justice against mr. trump charges that could include insurrection this is unchartered territory. a congressional committee asking for charges to be brought against a former president we have more from capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight the january 6th committee completing its final report and deciding on potential criminal referrals to the justice department for former president trump's role in the attack on the capitol. >> we fight like hell. >> reporter: members still debating charges for insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of congress, and conspiracy to defraud the federal government >> charging a former president with crimes like insurrection or obstruction would be completely unprecedented.

>> reporter: the weight of the decision not lost on members who say they're confident they have enough evidence to be able to pull the trigger after an exhaustive year and a half-long investigation. >> we've been very, very careful in crafting these recommendations and tethering them to the facts that we've uncovered. >> reporter: while all three charges are possible, three sources actively involved in the panel's deliberations tell nbc news a final call has not been made the referrals carry no real legal weight with the justice department still running its own probes into the former president. >> doj will likely make a big point of saying that irrespective of any referral from congress, they will decide to prosecute or not prosecute independently of congressional recommendations. >> reporter: the committee will vote on the referrals during a final public presentation on monday as it's set to be disbanded when republicans take back control of the house in the new year >> we've worked very successfully as a team on committee, republicans and democrats together

and i'm looking forward to wrapping this up >> and we are joined from capitol hill the committee is suggesting there could be other referrals issued on monday >> reporter: that's right. chairman bennie thompson says five to six different types of referrals for othertargets are also being considered. for ethics violations, as well as legal misconduct. jose >> reporting from washington thank you. and nbc news will have live coverage of the committee's final presentation monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. and now to the crisis, the humanitarian crisis at the border and a controversial trump-era policy set to end within days following a court ruling friday night. officials now fear illegal crossings at the border could grow far worse monica alba has more >> reporter: tonight restrictions that have kept hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border set to expire in days after a d.c.

court of appeals ruled against a group of 19 republican-leaning states friday that wanted to maintain the trump-era policy known as title 42. the public health rule was implemented in march, 2020, in response to the covid pandemic since then migrants have been turned away an estimated 2.5 million times. now u.s. officials are bracing for a major influx, as many as 10,000 people per day. unless the supreme court acts ahead of wednesday's deadline. >> the supreme court can choose to issue an unpublished, short, unsigned order this week on monday or tuesday that would block the lifting of title 42. the supreme court also may choose not to act at this time >> reporter: either way the white house is stressing it will continue to fully enforce immigration laws and work to expand legal pathways for migration while discouraging disorderly and unsafe migration.

advocates on the ground concerned about the growing humanitarian crisis. with migrant centers overwhelmed as temperatures continue to drop >> the numbers are just simply greater than the capacity to receive them and offer them hospitalality while e we assssim to makake travelel p plans to me further into the u.s. where they may have family, relatives, friends. >> and monica alba joins me now. what is the biden administration doing to prepare for wednesday's deadline >> reporter: well, dhs is planning to surge resources to the border including personnel, transportation, and medical support. but it's unclear at this point just how vast the need will be jose >> monica alba at the white house. thank you. we have breaking news out of peru where american tourists are trapped at machu picchu. one of the country's top tourist destinations they've been caught in the middle of political turmoil now spreading across the country molly hunter spoke with several of the stranded americans trying

to get out >> reporter: tonight deadly protests across peru now paralyzing travel and stranding american tourists in machu picchu after former president pedro castillo was impeached, arrested, and detained earlier this month, his supporters took to the streets clashing with police so far more than 20 people have been killed. his former vice president, now president, defiant declaring a state of emergency the political unrest now choking off tourism up in the andes, the roads down are blocked, trains have been halted, an estimated several l hundred tourists including americans now trapped at the base of famed machu picchu >> as far as they know, they're trying to airlift us over. but we have not heard one helicopter yet >> tuesday is when the roads were blocked and stuff and our guide had to bribe the

protesters to move the rocks >> there was 18 roadblocks >> reporter: brian vega, part of miami-dade fire rerescue, is considering hiking his way out >> we stay or we have to self-evacuate and hope to get back safely. it is a 30-kilometer hike to the next town where there's roads. >> reporter: the state department raising the peru travel advisory to level three, reconsider travel, citing civil unrest >> we miss our families, though. we would like to get home. >> reporter: now peruvian authorities saying they expect to transfer nearly 9,000 people to lima by tonight with more humanitarian flights expected tomorrow molly hunter, nbc news it has been a weekend of bitter cold and snow across the northeast. nearly 145,000 customers do not have electricity tonight after heavy, wet snow downed trees and power lines across the interior of the northeast some parts of new hampshire got

more than 30 inches of snow. across the nation, hospitals are in crisis mode with the so-called tripledemic of covid, flu, and rsv overwhelming emergency rooms. and with just one week to go until christmas eve, doctors are bracing for the worst. dana griffin reports from inside one l.a. area e.r. >> reporter: rsv, flu, and covid cases are on the minds of doctors as the tripledemic threatens to derail the holiday season >> we are seeing an increase in volume of patients >> reporter: dr. nicholas orosco is an emergency medical physician at st. joseph medical center in burbank, california. in the morning at st. joseph, the e.r. is usually quiet, but doctors tell me things can change rapidly within hours rooms can fill one about 5% to 10% of people battling respiratory illnesses nationwide covid cases have increased by more than 35% the past two weeks, with deaths up 25%.

and flu activity remains high with 15 million cases and over the,000 deaths so far this season but there is some good news. >> it really looks like rsv has peaked and is on its way down. >> reporter: tonight a growing number of medical centers are in need of a lifeline sometimes inundated by patients with mild symptoms so when should you come to the hospital when should you stay home? >> i would say if you have a fever, if you have a mild cough, try to treat those symptoms at home if you're severely short of breath, if you are really nauseated and vomiting, that's when you should come to the hospital >> reporter: the doctor credits vaccines saying cases are less severe >> we still are seeing a lot of covid and flu cases, but we are not needing to hospitalize a lot of these patients. >> reporter: another doctor tells me his greatest fear is covid fatigue. people are exhausted with wearing masks and not getting boosted. but if we're diligent, he says,

we could avoid a winter surge. jose >> dana griffin in los angeles thank you. today is known as super saturday, often one of the busiest shopping days of the year and it is on track to be the biggest super saturday ever. and if you need to ship those gifts, a key deadline just passed we have more on the final holiday shopping rush. >> reporter: call it the holiday homestretch. >> i'm a big procrastinator. >> reporter: so-called super saturday, last saturday before holiday festivities kick in. is shopping today stressful? >> yes, it is. >> reporter: a record 158.5 million americans are expected to shop in stores and on line today. up ten million from last year. one reason -- look at the calendar >> we're getting both last-minute shoppers as well as people who would normally be shopping around this timeframe >> reporter: after years of pandemic lockdowns and supply chain delays from clothes to toys, more people are picking

presents in person >> we want to see their guests touch them, feel them. >> reporter: for those shopping on line, deadlines for delivering by christmas are looming. today is the last day for usps ground it's too late for fedex ground, too. both carriers, though, and u.p.s. have faster options available including express and priority experts anticipate 100 milillion online ordrders will ship p eacy between now and christmas eve. it's go time for carriers of all kinds. can you describe fedex's partnership with santa claus do you all work closelely? i would think so >> we are santa's elves. >> reporter: do you see winter weather, perhaps severe weather across the country having an impact on this homestretetch > w we do see a littltle bitf winter weather expected in the midwest and some in the nonortheast. however, w we are re-routing the packages >> reporter: and if there's one day to mark on your calendar - >> ship it by december 22nd if you want it there in time for christmas.

>> reporter: advice aimed at helping this holiday deliver as reliably as santa himself. >> and maggie joins us now from a mall in lielizabeth, new jers. we saw major shipping delays how are they faring now? >> reporter: yeah, sounds like they're faring well. a lot of retailers and warehouses have stocked occupy goods, and carriers have adjusted shipping routes in short, businesses say consumers should have every reason to believe that their gifts will arrive by the day promised when they bought them jose >> maggie vespa in elizabeth, new jersey thank you. still ahead, an incredible survival story a car plunges 300 feet off a cliff. the amazing rescue caught on camera, and the willing to that saved the cocouple that t you m alreadady have

we are back with an incredible survival story. a car plunged 300 feet off a california cliff the two inside made it out alive thanks in part to technology on their phone that helped rescuers reach them our priscilla thompson spoke with the survivors just a short time ago >> reporter: a dramatic rescue by the los angeles sheriff's department a couple hoisted about 300 feet through the air from the depths of california's monkey canyon. their car spun off the road and over a cliff in angeles national forest tuesday it rolled and crashed with chloe

fields and christian zalada inside >> we were completely upside down my side was open, so we crawled out of there i was hyperventilating and crying >> reporter: the couple frantically searched for chloe's phone. they found it about ten yards away, shattered, and with no cell service but there was an alert >> said collision detected, would you like us to report it to emergency services. swipe to initiate. >> reporter: the iphone 14 sent the couple's coordinates to rescuers via satellite and helped them text with emergency services >> now your iphone can connect with help you need when you're off the grid >> reporter: first apple launched emergency satellite messaging and a crash detection feature for the iphone 14 this fall the device can detect extreme force. >> it can automatically notify

emergency services and emergency contacts if you're in a severe car crash. >> reporter: the service free for the first two years is now priceless to chloe and christian. >> we got a lot of life ahead of us >> reporter: priscilla thompson, nbc news we are back in a moment with the controversial plan to fight crime. the police deparartment's now le strereaming bodydy cam videoeo

we are back with a historic

nfl comeback today, the minnesota vikings trailed the colts at halftime but they rallied time and scored 36 in the second half and then with just second left into overtime, this field goal pu them over the top for the biggest comeback in nfl history. they won 39-36 there's that field goal. police body cameras have become an important way to solve crimes and hold cops accountable but now some departments are taking the technology a step further, streaming those cameras live, bu some say it goes too far [ siren >> reporter: in birmingham alabama, a police chase, and like more and more of them, it is on camera the difference, this chases

is streaming live from the officer's body camera. >> as soon as i spotted him, i immediately put on the camera. it captured everything from beginning to end >> reporter: the man bails, the pursuit ends, suspect in custody, no one seriously hurt and wesley says he finds the gun. >> i didn't know he what he was going to do. he could have tried to ram me or could have pulled a firearm, so wanted everything to be captured from the moment i saw him. >> reporter: not just captured on memory card like most body cameras but sent live. here they conduct a version of instant replay or quarterbacking a scene. >> we have a house and there is too many officers on one side of the house we can reallocate resources. we can see that video. each body cam has a gps. >> reporter: the chief says it is not just officer safety, but transparency he can review what his officers did or did not do before he leaves the office to talk to the community.

for officer wesley, using th body camera is now routine walk me through the process. >> just basically hit it twice it activates from here, it's recording, of course now, to know it is being streamed live. >> reporter: so you feel at that point, i hear those two beeps i'm good to go i'm back focused on my job i don't need to think about this anymore. i know i'm going to be okay. >> that's correct. >> reporter: police say is not just about transparency with these cameras, but about officer safety and making their investigations better, too, but privacy experts say they have their concerns >> the purpose of body cameras is to serve as independent evidence of what goes down when something dramatic happens it is for evidence and accountability it is not to provide the police with roaming surveillance cameras. >> reporter: are these cameras continuously streaming back and live >> no, they're not they're only activated by us and when it is activated remotely, the office is given an

alert. >> it can make cases more accurate >> it could mean the difference between someone being found guilty and not guilty. >> reporter: law enforcement agencies across the country now weighing the benefits of going live with this new technology. tom winter, nbc news birmingham, alabama. when w we come back, a newew traditition, dads tataking t thr kidsds to "the n nutcracker.r.

there's good news tonight about holiday traditions evolving to reach new fans ♪ inside philadelphia's academy of music, a beloved holiday classic has now also become a special way for dads and kids to bond over ballet. >> say cheese. >> cheese. >> it's a big idea dreamed up by lloyd freeman, a trustee with the philadelphia ballet and was determined t promote diversity and show one of his favorite shows with other families what is it about it that you love so much >> what i love about the "nutcracker" is that it it is one of those things that kind of gets you in the holiday spirit. >> reporter: lloyd started a

daddy and me program offering discounted tickets to fathers and father figures so they could bring sons and daughters to enjoy the show's magic >> some of the stigma associated with the ballet is that it is for women. we wanted to come in and bring that diversified audience, wanted to bring more men, more people of color to come and bring their kids to go to the "nutcracker. ♪ >> it was really fun >> reporter: it was a chance to make memories. >> it was like a dress-up day. >> reporter: for this man, the show's diverse cast an audience sent a powerful message. >> it was great to see dancers who looked like my daughter. >> reporter: for the reeves family, it was about breaking barriers >> to be able to come out to the ballet and see lots of different faces, lots of different cultures represented, it is very important so everyone feels like i am part of that. >> reporter: part of a future where anyone can reach for the

stars. >> i might become a singer or dancer >> reporter: what would you say to that kid who was watching us, what would you tell that kid >> hold fast to the dream and the dream even bigger. the sky is absolutely the limit. ♪ [ applause ] i'm jose diaz-balart thank you for the privilege of your time, and good night. right now at 6:00, the pipe is fixed but the damage isn't done. part of a san francisco neighborhood flooded after a water main burst sending water gushing into homes and

backyards. also another hit for twitter but the reason a bay area university plans to stop using the site after the eon must buy. >> not what they expected on the trip to the post office and what we know after a car crashes into the building. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you for joining us. we are just one week away from christmas and hanukkah begins tomorrow. it's a big shopping weekend across the bay area. today is known as super saturday. millions of americans are expected to be out grabbing the final gifts. this year rising cost and inflation are making people think twice about how much they spend. red the malls were >> reporter: the malls were bustling today