. >>> and ann curry, in what is one of the most dangerous places on earth. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news headquarters this is "nightly news" with. >>> good evening, on another cold night in the northeast, and we'll get to that cold in just a moment. we begin tonight with a story of what some are calling an abuse of power and an act of political retribution by those close to one of the most prominent politicians in our country. the story begins on one of the busiest bridges in the world, you are looking live at the entrance of the george washington bridge linking new york and new jersey, part of a massive artery up and down the east coast. because of an enormous backup this past september, a scandal has erupted around chris christie. lot of republicans regard as the consensus candidate for the nomination in 2016. e-mails have been released showing the traffic backup was the work apparently of members of chris christie's staff, among others, and that it was intentional and political meant to make life difficult for a new jersey mayor on that sid

ann curry is in the capital city of bangui with the remarkable story of two women who came to help. >> reporter: the scene is almost surreal, people take shelter under the wings of an abandoned plane. this is bangui airport, now the country's biggest camp for displaced people. 100,000 fled their homes to escape the violence and came here. and in this desperate place, linda tries to manage the unmanageable. she is from norway, a former producer of that country's "who wants to be a millionaire" before she had an awakening. >> at the end of the day it is just a tv show. and i wanted to do something more with my life. >> reporter: she is now with doctors without borders, tending doing everything here from building a 50-bed hospital to tending lost children to overseeing thousands of vaccinations. >> in a camp like this with density this massive and hygienic conditions like this, a high, high risk of epidemic. >> reporter: she also runs a makeshift clinic that treats 400 people a day. it was there where we met tara boyles, a dr. from seattle who also left her old life behind. after her 12-

ann curry, nbc news, bangui. >> there is late word in this country tonight that larry speaks has died. he took over the press briefings in the reagan white house years after press secretary james bradie was shot in the assassination attempt on president reagan. a mississippi native and former print journalist, speaks had also worked for bob dole and president jerry ford. larry speaks was 74 years old. >>> still ahead for us on this friday night, the outbreak taking hold right across the country right about now. the death toll from flu is rising. nine people at one hospital alone. >>> and later, an exclusive look at the future of space travel rapidly approaching, and seats going fast. >>> back here with health news, the flu has spread, sharply from a week ago. there is a shortage of the main drug to treat it. it is flu season. it is worth paying attention to this latest threat. we get the latest tonight from nbc's janet shamlian. >> reporter: sean mccoy was surprised when his daughter came down with the flu on new year's day. the 2-year-old had a shot last fall. so did the entire famil

. >>> and ann curry, in what is one of the most dangerous places on earth.nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news headquarters this

as she told ann curry with nbc news. >> i was like i knew that ain't my child. i just kept saying i know that ain't my child. i was like oh, my god. i didn't know until the next morning until the police came knocking on my door. >> when they confirmed it was your son. >> it was my child. >> the guy who saved him, the young immigrant. have you met him? >> no. i never got to meet him. >> what would you like to say to him? >> i would like to tell him thank you. >> no charges are filed against the babysitter or boyfriend after finding there was no intent to cause harm. she is taking steps to make sure nothing as frightening as this happens in her laundromat including pointing out what seems obvious to most. >> i'm going to put up a real professional sign. when i first call the sign company and told them i want to put up this sign, they was laughing at me. they said, you're wasting your money. there's no need to put up this sign. it's common sense. everybody know washers are only for washing clothes. not to put baby. the sign company called me back after he saw the n

. >> does that mean that if i ask you about the anne curry affair, mums the word?andled with more grace. but i don't think the media pylon that followed was proportionate to the lack of grace. >> when i left the "today" show in garnered similar press, the iron curtain was falling people were still obsessing over -- did jane look happy today? i recognize there's a sense of proportion, way out of -- >> good morning, welcome to "today" on a monday morning i feel like i should have come to work in a -- >> that month jane pauley took up her anchor chair at the chair one more time. >> did you feel like it was -- it was wonderful. i make some remark about how it was like riding a bike when you haven't ridden a bike in 30 years. i've since amend that, like riding a bike when you haven't ridden a bike in 30 years on an interstate highway. it's a different world. very different world. >> a world she's now taking in at her own pace and loving it. >> i don't go with the glamour -- the great wall of china or vatican to meet the pope or way to meet queen elizabeth. when i send m

ann currie is there. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning.e've come here because of a level of violence that has gotten so out of control, so who are tisk that u.s. and u.n. officials fear it could turn into genocide. as one relief worker put it, this is like darfur and anarchy, now both sides live in fear. the violence has forced nearly a million people from their homes. the vast majority of them children, including this 8-year-old walking alone in a camp full of displaced people. her mother, father, brother, sister and grandparents killed. >> are you the only survivor of your family? >> i am. >> she tells us, she watched as her mother was shot. "i raised my hand to god like this but they didn't listen to me," she said, "and finally they killed my mother." she said she couldn't stop crying when she woke up today. she drew a picture of the life she's lost, her momenhome, the in the river behind it, the flowers that were near the front door. today she lives in camp on the ground of the mondastery with only one of the relatives she has left, he

curry had 43 points. one of his assists to anne makovec iguodala for the hunt. last chance now for the warriors.rison barnes misses the open shot. that is going to do it. golden state loses this game. they have lost three at home. how about this game? stanford take on ucla. the cardinal pulled away in the final 20 minutes. stanford wins. they have now won 17 in a row. 19th ranked lady bears hosted usc. cal led by as many as 11 early. but they could not stop crook. bears are now 5/2 in the pack 12. right to the ice now. sharks news. san jose signed joe thorton and patrick marleau. they need these guys. >> i'm the best quarter in the game. when you try me, a receiver like crab tree, that's the result you are going to get. >> and what richard sherman got was a find for taunting following the play against crabtree that sent the seahawks to the superbowl. i wonder if the childrenner will find ease little kids. >> i'm the best quarter in the game. you tell me, that is the result you are going to get. >> nice, i say don't fine them. that is too cool. number four, look at that, charlie wee bails that on