gabe gutierrez, nbc news -- >> omaha! >> reporter: nebraska. >> for omaha and the rest of this country, that's our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday night. have a good weekend. good night. mpl. >>> from bad to worse, agencies there is not enough water. good evening and thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. it's the first time it happened in history. the state water project of california says there is simply not enough water in the system. a startling reality that's hitting home for many farmers and many californians. nbc marianne favro is live to explain what the state's decision might mean for you marianne. >> reporter: well, really what the state did is tell farmers and residents they are not going to give them a single drop of water from the state water project. that's going to hit farmers hard and could dr

as nbc's gabe gutierrez reports, one of them is aiming high, trying to expand nationwide. >> in the mile-high >> this is like bringing kids to a candy store. >> at least one store says it never ran low on recreational pot. >> it's a sea of green. >> medicine man calls itself the largest marijuana dispensary in colorado. here under the watchful eye of armed guards and security cameras, the owners are building what they're calling the costco of weed. >> we're trying to make this into a industrial process rather than a stoner process. and i think we're being very successful with that. >> pete williams, his brother andy and their sister sally started selling medical marijuana in 2010. now ten relatives from three generations work here. there's kayla in reception. ryan on quality control. and grandma michelle counts the other kind of green. since recreational cannabis sales became legal in colorado on january 1st, business has been so good, these entrepreneurs are planning a $2.6 million expansion this spring. that will double growing capacity. this is weed in bulk. >> our margins are very low. so

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> a major blow to union organizers in the south.kers at the volkswagen plant in chattanooga, tennessee, voted against being represented by the united autoworkers on friday night. that vote is seen as a major setback for the union's efforts to make its way into the south, where foreign automakers have more than a dozen assembly plants. >>> expect to see a noticeable increase in gas prices in the coming weeks. oil analysts say the price at the pump will spike as spring approaches, but it won't be as high as the annual rise seen in years past. right now, the national average is $3.34 a gallon. aaa predicts a peak of between $3.55 and $3.75 a gallon. >>> and an underwater encounter of the eight-armed variety. take a look at this video. here you go. a pair of scuba divers in carmel, california, they were about 80 feet down in the water when they came across this guy, a giant pacific octopus, which as you can see here, swam up, gave the camera a little hug there, and then didn't let go, trying to pull their camera away. the octopus latche