[laughter] david: dr. rajiv shah is dedicating his life to solving the problems of health and hunger. he began his career at the gates foundation. from there, he joined the obama administration. now he is the head of the rockefeller foundation and i had a chance to sit down with him and talk about solving these global problems. tell us, what is the rockefeller foundation? i know the rockefeller name but what does the foundation do? dr. shah: the foundation was created more than 100 years ago by john d. rockefeller. the idea was to use science and innovation to lift up as many people around the world as possible. over that period of time, it has helped launch a green revolution -- has create -- helped create the field of modern medicine, launch a green revolution that held almost one million people move off the brink of hunger and starvation, and today our big focus is around climate and energy. david: if i said to you, i have a great idea for the rockefeller foundation, what is your polite way of saying no

david: i see.think technology will still be centered in the united states largely around the silicon valley area? deborah: what's amazing about what technology has done over the last 20 years is now you can start an app anywhere in the world. you can live anywhere. you can have aws and set up and not have to have a system administrator or a server you have to build. now it is so much easier with these tools to look at a problem you have and solve it anywhere. i think that distributes the ability for us to bring technology together any place. david: artificial intelligence, ai, is changing the world and has changed the world dramatically, people believe. what will ai be able to do for you or not do for you? deborah: one of the most incredible things is gen ai is coming and changing things. so much of what we do every day already involves ai. last year, the 1950 census came and you had millions of pages of records that are handwritten. people going door to door and writing it down. we had done the 19

david: how long did you run uab? dr.ickers: i was there for nine and a half years, almost 10 years. david: did you say, i'm a great surgeon, i got what i want right here, this is my native state, i don't need to leave? dr. vickers: it was more of the former, like you said. i have a good place. i have a good job. i have built a level of trust in the community. i have a compelling mission, and i think i need to really think very hard about leaving it. i would say there are very few places that would intrigue you enough to consider leaving it, and memorial sloan kettering is one of them. david: as you rose from an only child in alabama to where you are now, you must have encountered a fair amount of racial prejudice. dr. vickers: i had my share of it. i learned early on from one of my mentors at johns hopkins -- he was one of the faculty there, and he reminded me that people will often have difficulties with you, but don't make their problem your problem, and so one of my early experiences of taking care of a patient who ha

[laughter] david: dr. raj shah is the head of the rockefeller foundation, and i had a chance to sit down with him and talk about the earth's problems. what is the foundation and what does it do? dr. shah: the foundation was created more than 100 years ago by jon d. rockefeller. the idea was to use science and innovation to lift up as many create -- helped almost one billion people move off the brink of hunger and starvation, and today our big focus is around climate and energy. david: if i said to you, i have a great idea for the rockefeller foundation, what is your polite way of saying no? dr. shah: [laughter] it depends on the idea, i guess. in general, we love hearing new ideas. we tend to be more focused than other institutions. almost 50% of our giving right now is focused on ending energy poverty around the world, which we can talk about. we tend to source our strategies and then go find partners that can find value to implement and ghost strategies as opposed to just taking recommendations broadly.

david discovered, that's a.t here and we find a computer and he finds the location of a club. >> right off the bat? >> sure did. >> who knew? it was as of this conservative bible belt state to somehow needed to secret outlets for its more lured desires. >> he would go on the internet and there are a lot of the swinger sites. david would look for people on these swinger websites. >> the swingers club that david found was one of many in fayetteville, and this particular one catered to both couples and singles. >> how did that affect your marriage? >> i think it improved it because so many marriages fall apart because somebody cheats. but it is not the sex, it's the betrayal and lies. i do not associate sex and love together. >> in fact, we both like it a lot? >> we did, we did. >> shannon often met couples at hotels, but sometimes they even brought them home. always trying to be discreet, of course, so therefore children would not find. out but the kids found themselves hustled off to a friends place for the weeke

david: your mother? dr.h: my mom is in early childhood education specialist, and she started a montessori school iran that throughout my childhood. david: you grew up in the detroit area. i assume you are a superstar student. is that right? dr. shah: i was a good student. i grew up in an indian american community that was pretty focused on being a good student. david: you went to the university of michigan? dr. shah: i did. go blue. david: what did you study? dr. shah: i started as an engineer. i grew up in a family where you were either a doctor or an engineer. i quickly switched to literature, science and arts and started studying economics and policy. david: when you graduated from michigan, i assume you did reasonably well. decided to go to medical school. dr. shah: i did. david: medical school was not enough. you wanted to get another degree as well. dr. shah: in reality, i felt that i was supposed to be a doctor because i grew up with that. i got very interested in politics and policy, so i wanted to l

he's in david's company. he eventually becomes the commanding officer of david's company. but through his letters, we were able to decipher that some of david's early letters are most likely written by him. so most likely dictated by david. but written by john louderback to send messages home and the as we follow these letters through the conflicts, you really start to see the individual personalities come through. you see different penmanship, different grammar, different phrases that are used by the writers. for example, this is one of rachel's letters. she uses a blue ink almost exclusively through the war. there's a few th a not. but. but she's really thiss is is one of the ways you could quickly tell that it was one of rachel's letters. an here she draws a piurof a a s. flag with the words union forever on it. this is the only one that she lustrated. but again, it it gest such a personal touch. it it's so important to to see who these people were, what, you know, why were they writing these letters and it's it again, they really become these individuals instead of jus

david?> david: always bringing us the hope. rob marciano on a friday night, rob, thanks. >>> there was yet another air scare. a boeing 747 cargo jet with one engine on fire just after takeoff from miami international airport. you can see the flames here shooting from the engine. the pilot then declaring a mayday, requesting clearance to land right away. once on the ground, a hole was found right above that engine. abc's victor oquendo from miami tonight. >> oh my god, it's on fire! >> reporter: tonight, the terrifying scene in the skies over miami. >> i hope they're okay. >> reporter: melanie recording this video while out on a walk with her mother. >> i didn't know if those were pieces of plane falling off, if it was going to explode or fall out of the sky. >> reporter: sparks shooting out from the engine of an atlas air cargo plane just minutes after it departed miami international airport after 10:00 p.m. thursday for puerto rico. >> mayday, mayday. giant 095 heavy. engine fire. request e

david? >> david: jon karl live in washington. jon, thank you. >>> we turn now to the israel-hamas war, and we have new reporting tonight on a daring and secret operation freeing a palestinian mother and her american brother-in-law inside gaza. how many americans remain there? martha raddatz in the region again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, news of a daring, secret operation that freed a palestinian mother and her american brother-in-law who were caught in the fighting inside gaza. 44-year-old zahra sukaik and farid sukaik, a u.s.-palestinian citizen, escaped gaza on new year's eve. she is the mother and he the uncle of a member of the u.s. military, reportedly serving in south korea. the clandestine mission in the war-torn region was coordinated by the u.s., israel, and egypt, according to u.s. officials. officials say the u.s. military played no role in the actual rescue, but did tell the idf where to find the individuals. it's the only known operation to extract an american citizen and close family members since the israeli-ha

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david: well, you survived that.fter you accomplished about global immunization program, you said you wanted to do something different. so you decided to leave. what to do next? dr. shah: i was at gates for a while. after president obama got elected, i got a phone call to join the obama administration. it had always been my dream since i left medical school to work for gore that i would get a chance to serve in the administration, so i moved to washington, d.c. david: so you wanted initially to work for the secretary of agriculture, who i guess is tilde secretary of agriculture -- dr. shah: [laughs] it is, yes tom vilsack. , david: he has had a couple of tours of duty in the position. you later got asked to be the head of usaid. what is usaid? dr. shah: the united states agency for international development is america's prime development and humanitarian agency. it was founded by john f. kennedy. it has a very clear and direct mission. the idea is bringing dignity, security, hope and opportunity to the poorest parts

david, i forgive you.ore. >> but there is a question for which gael will most likely never get a comprehensive answer. >> why? and how could he ever harm such a nice person? i mean, nici was such a good person. >> the hardest question always the why. the coldest fact, the young woman gone too soon. >> that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. hello, i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline. >> it was rough, it was a rough time for the whole community. >> it hit her town like a lightning bolt. the strange disappearance of carrie olson. >> it was scary. everyone loved carrie. >> it was so painful.

david? >> david: rob, thank you. >>> we turn now to the race for the white house, and after the new hampshire primary last night, it is looking more and more likely the u.s. could be witnessing a biden/trump rematch taking shape. there is news. president biden with a big endorsement from the united auto workers. the president already turning his sights to this potential showdown with donald trump. trump with a victory in new hampshire last night. nikki haley tonight saying she's still in this, but does she have a realistic path, as this country prepares for a potential 2020 rematch now? here's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, 24 hours after the new hampshire primary, president biden knowing full-well another donald trump match-up could be womaning, today welcomed the endorsement of the powerful auto workers union. four months after traveling to michigan to walk the picket line with striking workers. the first president in history to do so. >> look, i kept my commitment to be the most pro-

david? >> david: terry moran from the court tonight. terry, thank you. >>> now, to the israel-hamas war, and tonight, you will see the stunning moment families of hostages storm israel's parliament, demanding lawmakers do more to get the hostages freed. and tonight here, our matt gutman takes us inside a massive hamas tunnel and what they were shown, proof the israelis say that hostages had been held there. >> reporter: as the idf launches its biggest offensive in weeks, tonight, family members of the more than 100 hostages still held in gaza storming a finance committee meeting of the israeli parliament, demanding they act to bring them home. slamming the desk and shouting "now." [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: the lawmakers sitting there stunned, in a moment highlighting the growing pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who reportedly rejected the deal presented by hamas to end the war in exchange for their release. the idf taking us into khan yunis, in recent days, to there's a half mile straightaway, a series of turns. it o

david: where were you born? >> i was born in the marvelous, alabama, a small town in the black belt of alabama. april farming area, where my parents were educators. david: your parents were extremely well have been educated for blacks in the south at that time. how did they did so well-educated? >> on my father's side, it was really parents who themselves have limited education. my grandfather with a fourth-grade education didn't learn how to read and wait until he was in his 40's. lee felt his children needed a college education. and all my mother's side, her mother in the 1920's had to travel 200 miles to an academy started by presbyterians in the southern part of alabama to get her high school degree and then went 10 summers to get her bachelors degree. so they had foundations of understanding the value of education and the ability particularly for a negro in the south to have a chance to advance their lives and careers. david: you grew up in a segregated environment, i assume. you were the only child of your

david? >> david: we'll have to see. rachel scott leading us off, thank you. >>> the other developing story as we come on tonight, this deadly avalanche in california at a ski resort near lake tahoe. skiers on the trails buried in snow. the video tonight showing the desperate rescue operation. the race to dig through the snow. some of it at least ten feet deep. search teams battling brutal cold and winds gusting to 100 miles an hour at times. abc's mola lenghi tonight with the images coming in. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying moments after an avalanche at a ski resort near lake tahoe. trapping people under the snow. >> there's a slide at the mountain with subjects buried. >> reporter: experts saying this was a rare in-bound avalanche, one that occurs in a controlled area designated for skiing. one man killed, another person injured. two more rescued, according to officials. >> this is a very sad day for my team and everyone here. >> reporter: the debris field, 150 feet wide and ten feet deep. palisades tahoe reporting t

david? >> david: the alarming moments on the subway just a short time ago. erielle, thank you. >>> the other breaking story at this hour, we're learning more about the deadly school shooting early this morning in perry, iowa. police say a student shooter opening fire just before classes began this morning. the gunman, police say, a 17-year-old student who shot five students and a principal. a sixth grader did not survive. the suspect then taking his own life. police receiving the call of an active shooter at 7:37 this morning, at the scene in seven minutes. students rushed from the building. the students were returning for their first day of school after the christmas and new year's break. rachel scott in perry iowa tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a first day back to school shattered by gunfire. >> units, we've got an active shooter situation at perry high school. >> reporter: the calls to police from perry high school, northwest of des moines, coming just after 7:30 a.m. law enforcement swar

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david? >> david: aaron katersky leading us off. >>> the new storm moving in tonight and through the weekend. heavy rain and flooding from the gulf into the northeast all over again. after 80 degrees in weekend today, a new storm moving into the east this weekend. tonight, the flood threat from louisiana up through west virginia right now. severe weather along the gulf and heavy rain for the i-95 corridor, washington, d.c. up through new york city, boston. there could also be significant snow from ohio to new york to new england. senior meteorologist rob marciano back with us live tonight tracking it all. hey, rob. >> hey, david. the final big wave of this very active week about to come through. at least one day for most everybody east of the mississippi. right now it's over texas. the flood watches run up the appalachians. severe thunderstorms along i-10. heavy rain i-20 to i-40, atlanta included. that pushes east into northeast d.c. you'll cool down with rain. rain but not cold enough for s

david? >> david: so many states are going to feel this. let's get to senior meteorologist rob marciano to time all of this out. hey, rob. >> hi, david. this is winding up. the rain's going to turn back to snow in chicago. blizzard conditions in some areas will continue. what this storm is pulling in its wake is nothing short of jarring. the wind alerts, windchill alerts. that's a huge part of the country. every state but arizona has something going on. the low is going to push across chicago, the back side brings in cold air. heavy rain is going to push up across the northeast with coastal flooding, wind as well. not quite as bad as earlier in the week but certainly the potential for seeing some flooding. then the low continues to amplify as it crosses the great lakes and the wind's going to stream off the great lakes tomorrow. 1 to 3 feet of lake-effect snow through the day tomorrow, through tomorrow night, and does include parts of the buffalo game as well. look at these windchills across

david? >> david: rob marciano leading us off. rob, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the breaking news from texas at this hour. the explosion at a hotel in downtown fort worth. the windows blown out, debris spread across the streets. reports of at least 11 people injured there, and they are searching at this hour, going from room to room, inside that hotel. authorities warning people to stay away from the area. abc's mat rivers in texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, emergency responders rushing to the scene of an explosion in downtown fort worth, texas. a city official saying there was a gas leak. >> pretty significant chunks of that building have been blown out into the street. >> reporter: debris from the sandman hotel scattered. windows blown out. entire sections of the facade collapsing onto the street. firemen combing the site. at least 11 injured, some treated on the sidewalk. remarkably, no one believed killed. witnesses saying they originally thought the explosion was thunder. >> and all of a sudden we just heard

david: that the point.ofit margin, they say the profit margin is between 5% and 10%, you can't dip much more into your own pocket and make a profit, right? >> those are the restaurants that are considered successful. let's not forget the restrictions we had. the covid era debt a lot of small businesses have on the books so our state legislatures should be looking at policies to help small business to help job creation, not do things that could potentially put them out of business and hurt people. david: there is a problem of tip fatigue on the part of consumers. everybody wants a tip, you go to purchase a cup of coffee you leave a tip. does that mean tip percentages at restaurants have gone down significantly because people are so fed up with all this chipping? >> good point. they fluctuated but the tip credit applies to full-service restaurants where you sit down, someone is serving you. this is not an issue that impacts the coffee shop where they flip around the screen and give you a few options. i would

david: what about india?obviously is a market we really like because it's early cycle of an economic upswing. india bonds will be going into the emerging market indexes, that should be a catalyst for more interest. we see it as a fantastic diversifier across the asia-pacific and emerging markets overall. david: you don't seem excited about china. >> i think it is a question of convenience. my first trip to china after covid, i was convinced that reopening trade will allow momentum, but that did not happen, as we know. i think the economic transformation that the government is engineering will take time. so it is a confidence game. but i will stress to you, if you own chinese companies, with great balance sheets, business models, and earnings growth, but confidence into the market will take time. if you have a longer time horizon, i think valuations are very underwhelming for china. david: would you be increasing at this point? >> when you say what is the catalyst, it is policy. consistency, i would argue, you

david? >> david: pierre thomas in washington. pierre, thank you. >>> on capitol hill tonight, house republicans revealing hunter biden will sit for a closed deposition on february 28th, as part of their impeachment inquiry into president biden. republicans had threatened to hold him in contempt of congress because he insisted on being questioned in public and not behind closed doors. >>> we turn now to the race for the white house. donald trump now taking aim at nikki haley and haley firing back, asking, who lost the midterms, and who lost the last presidential election? with days to go now until new hampshire, rachel scott is there. >> reporter: tonight, with five days to go, donald trump and nikki haley taking aim at each other. >> so good to see you, thank you. spread the word. let's get out on tuesday. >> reporter: haley staking her entire campaign on a strong showing here, calling the former president a drag on the republican party. >> you look right now, congress is getting nothing done. why? because there's no majority in

david? >> david: victor oquendo in florida. victor, thank you. >>> we turn now to the border, and tonight, the eye-opening message from a leading senate republican who was asked if house republicans should tune out donald trump on this. rachel scott on the hill. >> reporter: today, donald trump turning up the pressure on republicans to reject the border security bill their own party has demanded for months. trump attacking the compromise bill senate republicans and democrats are working on together, saying, "call it the stupid bill. and make sure it doesn't get passed." >> a bad border deal would be worse than no deal at all. >> reporter: trump wants to kill the bill so he can run on immigration in the general election. but senate republican leader mitch mcconnell vowing to push forward. >> obviously, this is an incredibly challenging political discussion we've been having. i still favor trying to make law when you can. >> reporter: conservative republican senator james lankford of oklahoma, who has been leading the negotiation

david? >> david: that is a key question. and we applaud those flight attendants, we saw them with their masks on, helping those children in your report there. gio, thank you. >>> we turn now to former president trump, in federal court today, his attorneys making the case that presidential immunity protects trump from anything related to the election and january 6th. a judge then asking trump's lawyers, if a president orders the assassination of a political rival, would presidential immunity protect the president? their answer made news. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: today, donald trump looking on in court as his attorney tried to convince a skeptical panel of judges the former president should have complete immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn the election he had lost. this was the central argument from trump's lawyers. >> to authorize the prosecution of a president for his official acts would open a pandora's box from which this nation may never recover. >> reporter: judge florence pan immediately challengi

david? >> david: alex perez tonight. alex, thank you. >>> overseas tonight, and the war in the middle east. the iran-backed houthi militants confirming they targeted a second american cargo ship in the gulf of aden. the white house says they have limited the houthi's arsenal but not eliminated tonight. and iran revealing they have fired at targets in syria, pakistan, and at israeli-linked ships. >>> meantime, the first shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by hamas has arrived in gaza. part of a deal brokered by qatar and egypt. a qatari spokesman said 1,000 boxes of medicine would be provided for palestinians. the red cross will deliver the aid. this is the first agreement between israel and hamas since a temporary truce in november that freed dozens of captives. >>> back in washington, d.c., to the high stakes meeting at the white house late today involving funding for ukraine. president biden sitting down with congressional leaders from both parties, warning them of the urgent need for ukraine. the speaker