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and sure enough heller says gutierrez soon stops cooperating with authorities.ncial settlement with weinstein, signs a non- disclosure agreement and leaves the country. >> when you have the ability to be compensated with a lot of money, and on the other hand, you say, "oh my god," if you're a victim, "all my history is gonna come up," i don't blame her at all, i understand it. but remember, even without gutierrez's cooperation prosecutors still have that audio recording of weinstein seemingly admitting to sexual assault. >> they routinely lock up, prosecute and convict and jail subway gropers on a lot less evidence than that. >> reporter: but in the end the district attorney drops the case against weinstein saying his prosecutors just didn't have enough evidence to convict. >> i, like they, were very disturbed by the contents of the tape. our sex crimes prosecutors made a determination that this was not gonna be a provable case. >> i don't think that it should have been any reluctance on the part of the district attorney. there would've been two years of victims

gutierrez. mr. gutierrez votes yes. ms. bass. mr. richmond. mr. jeffries. >> aye. >> mr. jeffries votes eye. mr. cicilline. mr. swal well. mr. swal well votes aye. mr. lieu votes aye. mr. raskin. mr. raskin votes aye. ms. jayapal votes aye. mr. schneider votes aye. >> are there any other members who wish to be recorded? the gentleman from pennsylvania? gentleman from iowa. >> mr. king votes no. >> gentleman from new york. >> aye. >> mr. nadler votes aye. >> the clerk will report. >> did you get my no? >> mr. marino votes no. >> the clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, 14 members voted aye, 15 members voted no. >> the amendment is not agreed to. are there any other amendments? the gentlewoman from washington is recognized for the purpose of offering an amendment. >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> the clerk will report the amendment. >> amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute -- >> without objection the amendment is considered as read and the gentle lady is recogn e recognized to explain her amendment. >> i spoke in my last comments about the fact that

gutierrez vote yes. -- mr. deutsche post yes. mr. gutierrez votes yes. mr. cicilline? mr.swallow vote yes. mr. lee votes yes. u votes yes. mr. schneider vote yes. other members who wish to be recorded? the gentleman from florida, the gentleman from idaho, the chairman from virginia, the gentleman from pennsylvania, the .entleman from florida >> mr. collins votes no. >> the clerk will report. 13 members voted aye, 18 voted no. nays have it. the clerk will report the amendment. >> amendment offered by esther nadler. -- mr. nadler. >> explain the amendment. -- thank you. >> i reserve a point of order. >> point of order has been by the gentleman from iowa. >> the bill provides that htc workers shall be afforded wages that are at least as great as minimumicable state wage or 150% of the federal minimum wage, or 100 for some -- 150% of the federal minimum wage for people who do meat and poultry processing, and either the higher of the state or federal for everybody else. my amendment adds to that and the highest applicable state or federal minimum wage the following line bridge,

wewe'll have more on the crisisn puerto rico with compass minerals gutierrez -- thomas muller luis gutierrez after headlines. in more climate-related news, the death toll from california's drought-fueled wildfires has surged to 31 as hundreds more remain missing. on thursday, sonoma county authorities said they identififd at least 10 of thehe victims, ad that thehe majority were in ther 70's and 8080's. the bodies were soso charred, te only way to identify some of them was by the serial numbers them was by the e serial numbers on artificial l joints or other medical devices. the fires have now burnt nearly 200,000 acres, roughly the size of new york city. in vietnam, at least 50 people have been killed in floods and landslides after a tropical storm hit the northern and central parts of the country. tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, as the flooding submerged more than 30,000 homes. it has killed up to 40,000 animals. one resident of the hard-hit northwest province of hoa binh said -- "it's impossible to fight against this water, it's the strongest in years." the clima

so i urge my colleagues to oppose it and the question is on the gutierrez amendment. all in favor, say aye. the nays have it. the recorded vote has been requested. >> mr. smith, mr. smith votes no. mr. shabt votes no. mr. isa, mr. king. mr. franks. mr. goemer. mr. gomer votes no. mr. jordan votes no. mr. po, mr. morino. mr. merino votes no. mr. loudy, mr. labrador. mr. fairen thoel votes no. mr. collins votes no. mr. buck, mr. buck votes no. mr. rad cliff, he votes no. ms. roby votes no. mr. gates votes no. mr. johnson of louisiana, mr. johnson votes no. mr. bigs. mr. bigs votes no. mr. rutferred. mr. rutherford votes no. ms. handle volts no. mr. coniers votes aye. mr. nadler aye. ms. jackson lee. mr. cohen. mr. johnson of georgia. mr. johnson votes aye. mr. deutsche votes aye. mr. gutierrez votes -- fl jeffreys, mr. sis leany votes aye. mr. swaulwell, mr. lieu. mr. lieu votes yes. mr. rasken. mr. eye ms. i pall. >> aye. >> the gentleman from virginia, the chairman. >> he votes no. >> gentleman from idaho. >> votes no. >> gentleman from texas. >> mr. po votes no. >> g

you sit there and have a drink. >> it comes from a police sting operation after gutierrez, a one-timer miss italy, accused weinstein of groping her. >> can't i stay on the bar? >> no. you must come here now. >> no. i don't want to. >> i'm not doing anything with you. >> gutierrez secretly recorded their encounter at the tribecca grand hotel. >> if you want to leave when the guy comes with my jacket -- >> i'm used to that. come in. >> you're used to that? >> i'm not used to that. >> i won't do it again. sit here. >> the new york contributor obtained the recording. >> the number of times had woman says she is uncomfortable, she wants to leave is upsetting to listen to. >> and she says flat out no repeatedly. >> she says flat out no repeatedly. he he says it took place and describes it as something he is used to. >> weinstein then appeared to end the conversation. >> but yesterday it was too much. >> i will never do another thing to you. five minutes. don't ruin your friendship with me for five minutes. >> i know but it's kind of like, too much for me. i can't. >> please, you're making a

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tonight gabe gutierrez with the brutal reality on the ground. >> we're overhead right now. >> reporter: tonight in puerto rico, some feel the president's words add insult to injury. >> i'm completely sad, completely disappointed. >> reporter: the president seeming to break the promise he made last friday. >> we will not rest until that job is done. >> reporter: a promise echoed by vice president pence. >> we're with them for the long haul, and we will see this through. >> reporter: today puerto rico's governor with this plea. >> as u.s. citizens is we're not asking for better treatment, for less treatment. we're asking for equal treatment. >> reporter: in the remote town of anasco residents say they've seen little, if any, federal response. maria gonzalez says she has cancer and is desperate for a generator. what would your message be to fema? >> come on. do what you're supposed to do. >> reporter: fema says 19,000 civilian and military responders are in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. today the acting homeland security secretary met with officials here. >> we've heard some el

gabe gutierrez reports from san juan, puerto rico. he has the latest on recovery efforts and the controversial energy deal. >> the controversial $300 million contract will soon be canceled, says the head of the power authority after the governor said he wants to pull the plug. >> it's interfering with everything and doesn't go towards the best interests. >> the ceo of whitefish energy told nbc news he had nothing to hide. >> there's people out there on a witch hunt looking for something that doesn't exist. he first contacted the power authority after hurricane irma in september. >> i found them on linkedin. >> you used linkedin to get a $300 million contract? >> yes. >> ryan zinke, also from whitefish, montana, say they had nothing to do with the contract. fema said they had significant

. >> illinois congressman luis gutierrez on capitol hill. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> a quick reminder before i wrap up, 90% of the island of puerto rico does not have power right now and the epa says it is getting reports that people on that island still desperate for drinking water, because so many areas still don't have fresh drinking water, are breaking into super fun sites to try to get water out of wells there. water out of hazardous wastes sites. stuff is not good for them. the epa is warning that. that will wrap things up for me. ali velshi picks things up. >> we will stay on the story and continue to tell the truth on it, katy. you know i went there toecovery there is not what the president says it is. the president officially announcing his new pick for the department of homeland security. one of the first things onnen table for christine nielsen will likely be crafting a way forward on this topic we've just been

. >> the charge stemmed after ambra battilana gutierrez claimed weinstein groped her. police wider her the next day to see if weinstein would make a move. the "new yorker" obtained the audio. >> reporter: but less than two weeks after that encounter, vance decided to close the case, citing lack of evidence to prove criminal intent. attorney caroline polisi: >> they are doing a total mea culpa saying, had we known the n.y.p.d. was conducting this undercover operation, we would have counseled miss gutierrez what to say. >> reporter: due to the two-year statute of limitations on misdemeanor sexual assaults, weinstein could now never be charged criminally for what he allegedly did to gutierrez. but there is no statute of limitations in new york for alleged rapes that occurred after 2005. weinstein has not been charged with rape. a number of women who claimed weinstein assaulted him were paid settlements ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. according to a source involved in the internal investigation, the weinstein company did not pay one dollar to alleged victims of sex assau

it says please tell luis gutierrez the shipments are stuck. tell them the help is all a lie.l them that there's no trucks and there's no diesel, the stores are closing. we will probably not have food. no helicopters are dropping supplies. please push your public officials. so there is a new growing sense that we need for those who wish -- yesterday in the "new york times" the headline was, what's the most coveted thing for many in puerto rico? airline ticket out. but it shouldn't be only for those that have the possibility to get out. it should be for those that need. there are people on dialysis, people recovering from cancer and treatment. there is no water. there is no supplies. the electricity isn't up for 90%, and we are going into day 17. we have a moral responsibility to transport those who wish to come and put them in a safe place, especially if they're such warm, caring family members of the great puerto rico. we're 5 million strong. we will take care of our own. help us identify them and bring them to safety in orlando, connecticut, chicago, and throughout the natio

gutierrez lives in sonoma. and even though his neighborhood is not under mandatory evacuation orders, he did not want the take any chances. >> you know, event after event. and i just didn't want to be one of those people last minute with flames following you down the street kind of thing. >> evacuation centers are taking donations like clothing and blankets. it's going to be another long night. but people i talked to are trying to stay hopeful. >> it's a small community. and i know everyone is going to come together and help each other out. >> fairfield high school just announced it will also be serving as a shelter. and even though classes have been canceled, a lot of the people you're seeing are high school volunteers all coming together in this time of need. i'm told here at american canyon high school, they have plenty of donations. they will regroup tomorrow once they see how many people they have staying here, and we should get an update then. reporting like, elissa harrington, abc news. >> thank you. air

gutierrez lives in sonoma. and even though his neighborhood is not under mandatory evacuation orders, he did not want the take any chances. >> you know, event after event. and i just didn't want to be one of those people last minute with flames following you down the street kind of thing. >> evacuation centers are taking donations like clothing and blankets. it's going to be another long night. but people i talked to are trying to stay hopeful. >> it's a small community. and i know everyone is going to come together and help each other out. >> fairfield high school just announced it will also be serving as a shelter. and even though classes have been canceled, a lot of the people you're seeing are high school volunteers all coming together in this time of need. i'm told here at american canyon high school, they have plenty of donations. they will regroup tomorrow once they see how many people they have staying here, and we should get an update then. reporting like, elissa harrington, abc news. >> thank you. air

gabe gutierrez, nbc >>> we turn now to another disaster unfolding in the west. the death toll still climbing as nearly two dozen large fires burn in california. right now red flag warnings are in effect as more residents flee the flames that have already destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. nbc's joe fryer remains on the front lines tonight. >> reporter: surrounded by flames, smothered by hazardous smoke, california's wine country is on high alert tonight as winds pick up fanning the fires. >> we are not out of this emergency. >> reporter: today the size of the fires is growing. thousands more evacuating including the entire town of calistoga. shelters are packed. many unsure if their homes are still standing. >> i want to go home so bad that i'm ready now to sneak back in there. >> reporter: jake oliver's house was spared when he flagged down a fire truck. >> i said, help me, man. sa they're my heroes. >> reporter: firefighters are stretched thin. we met this crew from southern california. they just battled the destructive inferno in anaheim hills, then

i think luis gutierrez is a political hack.you can deal with sanctuary cities, and you can deal with the dreamers, the daca kids. and luis gutierrez doesn't care about actually fixing this problem, he cares more about having this as a political wedge issue. luis gutierrez, by the way, is someone who has sat behind closed doors with republicans talking about how we deal with immigration reform, and he understands that if you're going to get immigration reform done, you have to secure the border. we have to be able to say in the country who comes in and who goes out. and he knows darn well the pathway comes through the border, and this just shows he's trying to enflame his hispanic base or latino base and get them angry at the president. so, again, this is hacksmanship. sad. stuart: your wife -- i don't want to get personal, but your wife, who's billion on this program as our guest frequently, i believe, is his hispanic. how does she feel about this? >> so are my children, also hispanic. listen, she understands that we need immig

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that's so in miss gutierrez's case the woman you just heard. they faced off against lawyers. we talk at length in this story about the nondisclosure agreement thesis wome women werd to sign. >> one thing about your article, and i encourage everyone to read it. there seems to be a systematic way of trapping these women and trying to control or force them to have sex with him. >> there's a number of patterns that show up in these accounts. false pretext that seem like professional meetings and moved into hotel rooms. bathrobes, massages, ugly details of these stories described over and over again. and they also describe a feeling of guilt. i want to point to an italian actress who alleges rape. she talks about the fact that she wen back to her alleged attacker. that was a common theme in a number of these stories, it's one of things that kept the women silent. >> the people within the company though, you talked to multiple people who worked at harvey weinstein's company, that he used as honey pods to help lure women into his office or into a hotel room basing with the idea it w

gutierrez lives in sonoma. and even though his neighborhood is not under mandatory evacuation orders, he did not want the take any chances. >> you know, event after event. and i just didn't want to be one of those people last minute with flames following you down the street kind of thing. >> evacuation centers are taking donations like clothing and blankets. it's going to be another long night. but people i talked to are trying to stay hopeful. >> it's a small community. and i know everyone is going to come together and help each other out. >> fairfield high school just announced it will also be serving as a shelter. and even though classes have been canceled, a lot of the people you're seeing are high school volunteers all coming together in this time of need. i'm told here at american canyon high school, they have plenty of donations. they will regroup tomorrow once they see how many people they have staying here, and we should get an update then. reporting like, elissa harrington, abc news. >> thank you. air

miss gutierrez signed an affidavit to the effect of, the things that he admitted to in that tape didn't happen at all. that's a huge obstacle to any prosecution. >> and if they broke the nondisclosure? >> certainly they could work with vefrinvestigators then. but the farther back in time these allegations reach, the more difficult it is to make a prosecution. >> but the fact that their stories are so similar, does that give more to a d.a.? >> it does and it doesn't. there's -- d.a.s take things on a case-by-case basis. in any instance, they would have to prove that particular instant occurred. they can't bring a totality of the circumstances in to say that this guy is a bad guy. so certainly, they would need to mount a robust case and get as much evidence as they could. >> april, caroline said, putting men like this on notice. do you see this as a tipping point? is this a watershed moment within the industry? >> yeah, i mean, it can be, in some respects. but i also think that it's just a cultural issue. it has been an issue for a long time. a lot of people have looked the other way. i h

police asked gutierrez to wear a wire during her next encounter. the "new yorker" obtained that. >> you touched my breasts. >> oh, please. i'm sorry. just come on. i'm used to that. >> no, come on. i'm not used to that. >> i won't do that again. police, come here. >> the district attorney's office declined to prosecute the case because they could not establish criminal intent. ronen pharoah of the "new yorker" spoke to 13 women who all claimed between the 1990s and 2015 weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted the women. three called it rape. it was said any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unee kalle. >> do you think your reporting will change anything? >> i think that for these women it already has. they have done something that sends a message about accountability. >> i spoke to an attorney who's an executive who referred to one of the claims all part of weinstein's serial misconduct. >>> in las vegas, the city's national hockey league expansion team held their first home opener but the festivities were replaced by a dedication to those mass

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on puerto ricans are trying to cope with this ongoing disaster. >> this is where all the tables would have been. >> reporter: the restaurant jackie reyes owns in san juan is torn apart. and more than a month after hurricane maria, time is standing still. >> just think about one month without your income. that puts you like six months behind in your personal economy. >> reporter: across puerto rico's capital, the hum of generators is the sound track of a crippling reality. 80% of the u.s. territory is still without power. many businesses relying on cash and paper instead of credit cards and computers, a modern dark age. jose, a professor at the university of puerto rico, estimates the island has already lost nearly $3 billion in economic output since the storm. >> not just people, but some businesses are also migrating because they cannot operate. >> reporter: more than $70 billion in debt before maria, puerto rico is now mired in even deeper financial quick sand. damages reach up to $95 billion. joaquin's coffer ee shop also has no electricity and he's de

>> gabe gutierrez in san juan, puerto rico, for us. thanks. >>> still ahead tonight, dramatic rescue at sea. two women and their dog saved after they say they were stranded in the pacific ocean for nearly five months. how did they survive so long? >>> also, a car suddenly plowed into a restaurant. the shocking moment caught on camera. we'll be right back. >>> all right, we're back now with that incredible rescue in the pacific. the u.s. navy saving two women aboard their sailboat, lost after five months at sea. they had set a course from hawaii to tahiti when they lost power to their engine, drifting for months on end. tonight they are safely headed home after a harrowing experience. national correspondent miguel almaguer has more on the story. >> reporter: the sailboat was drifting in the ocean of blue 900 miles southeast of japan. this was the moment the u.s. navy reached two mariners and their dogs, lost at sea for five long months. [ barking ] jennifer appel greeted the sailors who brought the architect and her friend, natasha fuia

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gabe gutierrez, nbc news. ponce, puerto rico. >> a lawsuit has been filed against the makers of some of the most popular diet sodas on the market. the claim its that the word diet in the drinks is "misleading and unlawful." and that customers may have been deceived. nbc news, national correspondent, miguel alguimire has details. >> for millions of americans, the four letter word that makes the sodas desirable. diet. but tonight the three largest u.s. makers of carbonated beverages are being sued because of that claim. the lawsuits contend diet is false. misleading and unlawful. adding these popular drinks make consumers, reasonably believe the sodas are a diet aid. >> its, in fact, a scam and a fraud on the public that, that they have been selling marketing and, and producing this product as a diet product. >> calling the legal claims, meritless, the beverage association on behalf of the industry says diet beverages that contain zero or barely any calories have been shown to help people manage their diets. the

>> well, thank you congressman gutierrez.p on the fight. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in reverend jesse jackson, the president and founder of the rainbow push coalition. reverend jackson, you have spent a lot of this week helping to gather supplies and goods that you are sending and ultimately bringing to puerto rico. tell us about it. >> well, first of all, thank you very much. this week we'll be taking a plane load to puerto rico. as well as the cruise liners. let's cut the chase. debt forgiveness is humane. they have two tanks of free gas to travel. those who are living in the mountainous areas and the mountainous areas in puerto rico, in fact, should be airlift medicines and foods and xwen rateors to the areas. but the children and seniors in distress should be mass evacuations to america. within eight days of katrina, 80% of the people were evacuated to houston and around the country. mass evacuation of those who are ill. american hospitals would accept them. as well as children. and they're coming there and there ar

when the news became public, gutierrez became tabloid fodder.she stops cooperating with the authorities and leaves the country. but in the end, the district attorney drops the case against weinstein saying his prosecutors just didn't have enough evidence to convict. >> our sex crimes prosecutors made a determination that this was not going to be a provable case. >> reporter: since both the "new york times" and the new yorker published their stories, weinstein, through a spokesperson, issues a statement. "any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein." since the initial reports, his wife george jean chapman announced she's leaving him. even his own brother and partner bob weinstein calling him a very sick man. >> this was not someone we placed great love and affection for who fell. he was feared. he was admired. and some ways it's the kind of thing that only happens in the movies. >> reporter: now the question is whether harvey weinstein will be just another tawdry milestone for hollywood, or a possible breaking p

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, puerto rico. >>> there's a lot more to come. still ahead, for years you've been told it helps prevent heart disease, but now the fda is pushing back on claims about this product found in everything from coffee to salad dressing. >>> also, pop star selena gomez opening up for the first time about the life-saving gift she got from her best friend. >>> back now with some surprising health news. for the first time ever the fda says it wants to revoke a health claim the agency once approved that said drinking soy protein milk or eating other soy foods can keep your heart healthy. nbc's rehema ellis explains why they're taking a second look at that. >> reporter: for millions of americans who've trusted that consuming soy is good for their heart, this is a surprise. today the fda said it wants to remove a health claim on labels of hundreds of soy protein products. labels that say the products can reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol. >> that science is somewhat inconsistent and does not rate the standard that we wou

but tonight on the eve of one month since the hurricane hit, nbc's gabe gutierrez remains on the island shows us the daily struggle the majority of the island still faces. >> reporter: in old san juan, eddie ramirez runs a bed and breakfast. but after hurricane maria, he's become his neighborhood's power source. >> you feel helpless even though we're trying to do as much as we can. >> reporter: when he installed these solar panels years ago, he never dreamed they'd become his life line. now he's running extension cords to surrounding homes storing insulin, milk, and ice for his neighbors. >> we are trying so hard to be positive. it is so hard. >> reporter: almost 80% of puerto rico is still in the dark. but the governor claims that number will drop to 5% in less than two months. is it realistic to believe that the power generator will be up and running then? >> that's why i proposed it. >> reporter: at this aging power plant they rented two turbines from a florida company officials say will light up the city within two weeks. how do you fix this? >> its certainly a great challenge. >> r

here's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: in the wake of hurricane maria, not even a third of the island's cell towers are working. >> as long as we find out, yeah. >> reporter: for felix vazquez and his wife dawn, the last three weeks have brought a deafening silence. >> it's been horrible. it's been horrible. >> reporter: from their home in westport, connecticut, they desperately tried and failed to reach her mother, carol bruno. >> we sent e-mails daily. >> reporter: for some relatives on the u.s. mainland frustration is mounting, posting cries for help on social media. >> we've gone above and beyond to find her and we have not stopped. >> reporter: so we travel from san juan to the town of manati to look for carol. we pull up to her address. are you carol? and there she is. how hard has it been to not be able to speak with your family? >> well, it's been extremely hard, but you know, we tried. >> reporter: she still hasn't spoken to her son until we offer her our satellite phone. >> hi. >> hi! mommy, hi! >> oh, my god, carol! >> i love you. >> i love you, too. you're okay? >> hello? >>

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, puerto rico. >>> still ahead as we continue here tonight, toxic vehicles. the top automaker facing demands to recall one of the most popular suvs on the road over fears of poisoning. >>> also protests erupting as nfl owners and players meet face to face. what happened inside the room amid the "take a knee" firestorm? hope you can stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we're back now with a consumer alert about one of most popular automobiles on the road. the center for auto safety is calling on ford to recall more than one million of its explorer suvs. the group says concerns over carbon monoxide poisoning are triggering thousands of complaints. you may remember over the summer police departments across the country parked many of their explorers after similar complaints. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer has details. >> reporter: it's one of ford's most popular suvs, the explorer. tonight the center for auto safety, a consumer advocacy group, is calling for a recall of 1.3 million vehicles built between 2011 and 2017. it follows at least 2,700 complaints

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >>> now to a powerful new installment in our series, "one nation overdosed." it's estimated that our country now has nearly a million heroin users, and the death rate associated with the drug is skyrockets. but the smallest victims of this crisis don't often get counted in the statistics, the children. kate snow went to one of the hardest hit parts of the country, dayton, ohio, to see how one hospital has had to change everything to help children. >> are you hiding? >> reporter: jude seidler is the unlikely face of a crisis. the precocious 2-year-old was born to a mother who used heroin throughout her pregnancy. at 9 days old he went home with adoptive parents ashley and jay, and ever since they've been bringing him to dayton children's hospital. >> we've been able to chart his progress and where he is on the scale. >> reporter: what do you think? how's he doing? >> doing great. >> reporter: at the newborn follow-up clinic five specialists have been checking jude's development to make sure his speech, movement, coordination are all on t

nbc's gabe gutierrez is there with more. >> reporter: this helmet camera shows the urgent mission theitary in remote parts of puerto rico, children waiting for water. now people are getting so desperate, the epa says they're breaking into sealed off wells in the town of durado in an area on the superfund list, sites so polluted, the government considers their clean up a priority. even though there is a clearly marked dangerous sign, people were willing to risk it, ripping off this fence. this man from chicago helping with relief efforts comes here at night to find water. >> we're drenched, it's wet. we need to cool off some kind of way. there's no electricity. >> reporter: luis ortiz is filling up at a well the epa has deemed safe. >> this is the water that i drink for me and my wife and my kids. >> water is life. i make sure that public health is protected. >> reporter: adding to the frustration, an investigation is underway in another town, where puerto rico's secretary of state says the plants were wasted left out in heavy rain. >> pulling rats out, i got angry. >> reporter: only 1

robert gutierrez describes what happened. >> it just happened so quick, you know, that that wind it was really like howling and stuff and it was just like, you know, a dream. >> because of power issues some people were trapped inside of their garages and gutierrez manually pulled the doors open so they could get their cars out and escape and i think we salute him and people like him. >> there were so many stories yesterday that we heard and this morning that we've heard of people just helping their neighbors, knocking on doors and just having someone else's back. >> and that's where my friends live. they live in that complex, so i'm -- they weren't home at the time, i'm grateful that this man went and helped my friends' neighbors. what an ordeal. >> mike nicco, tell us what's going on today. >> it's amazing how strangers come to your aid. people you don't even know that will be helping you the next several days to several weeks. and let them. that's what they want to do. let them. let's talk about the rest of this day. we are not the only ones in the high fire danger. in six minutes our

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >>> suspected gunman in a deadly in police custody this evening. investigators are unsure what may have motivated him to kill three co-workers and wound two others in maryland before driving to delaware where he shot and injured a victim there. >> federal agents captured the suspect last night following the day-long manhunt. >>> the forecast is in for winter. folks at noaa say get ready for a warm one, not hot. of course, it is still winter. they say should be a mild season. not quite as the warm as the last two winters. they say la nina is to blame for warmer temps to come from california to maine. but will be a holder than normal winter in the pacific northwest. >>> still ahead tonight. wal-mart's new weapon in the shopping wars. how the retail giant plans to redefine the american mall as we know it. what does it mean for rival amazon and more importantly your wallet. >> shocking moment. the food truck explodes. flames quickly spreading to other cars. what caused it? (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything and we covered it, jul

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gabe gutierrez, nbc news, new york. >> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us.night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. ♪ ♪ >>> now on extra. harvey weinstein under fire, facing the camera. >> how you doing. >> ashley judd triggers a sensational scandal. why vanna white is standing behind him. >>> emotional diaries from his ravaged home land. >> looks like they nucleared us. >> ellen from puerto rico. jennifer lopez, behind the scenes of the hurricane relief song called the new "we are the world." >>> global bladerunner mania. we sit down with the cast as the mega sequel opens. >> i am going holy [bleep], harrison ford. >>> is this the first look khloe kardashian's baby bump? >> and tanika's interview with liz hurley. >> you hang with real royals, darling. >> why she says harry and meghan are a perfect match. >> i would love her to get married to prince harry. >>> "this is us" and this is