here is morgan chesky. >> reporter: high school senior deandre arnold never doubted he would graduate but now he may not get to walk with his class. >> he's not a problem. his hair is not a distraction. >> reporter: deandre was suspended last week over the length of his dreadlocks. school officials calling it a violation of its revised dress code deandre's mom disagrees.>> every day deandre hair is up, off the shoulders, above the earlobes out of the face. >> reporter: texas school district wants deandre to cut the length of his dreadlocks he says his hair is part of his culture. >> i really like that part of the trinidadian culture. >> reporter: tonight the district defending their actions. >> he is absolutely permitted to come back to school. full clarification, if he's in violation, what we do with him and any student is he could possibly go into in-school suspension. >> the school district could take a closer look at the changing case law around the country. it seems like the school district thinks it's on solid grounds but there are more recent cases are courts are striking down

lester >> morgan chesky in alabama, thank you. >>> up next, what auschwitz survivors told us 75 years after being set free . so, when my wife kat and i . learned california public school children couldn't get fresh produce in the cafeteria, we took action. we partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a non-profit. that program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson washington dc could use, right now. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. >>> we're back with a solemn commentation today. 75 years since the liberation of au auschwitz. a simple and powerful message, never forget. bill neely is there. >> reporter: at the auschwitz death camp where nazis murdered more than 1 million people, mostly jews, survivors returned today. their pain still raw >> i'm upset you can probably feel that. >> reporter: many afraid of new attacks on jews in the u.s. and europe. >> do not let this era happen again to any people. >> reporter: where prisoners were shot they shed tears. some returning for the first time wi

morgan chesky is there. >> reporter: it's the overnight inferno captured on camera raging at an alabama dock flames ripping through dozens of boats. some of them, officials say, used as family homesgene necklace. >> it gave me chills it was a horrendous scene. >> reporter: tonight authorities confirm eight people were killed some people dove into the frigid lake to escape crews pulled seven survivors from the water. daybreak unveiled the stunning scope of the damage the cause of the fire unknown and under investigation. the situation prompting memories of another nighttime boat fire, a blaze on a california dive boat last september that left 34 people dead. in alabama, recovery crews still searching through debris. >> we don't want anybody unaccounted for. >> reporter: tonight, investigators tell me they could take three, even four days befor they can pull these boats from theer >> morgan chesky in alabama, thank you. >>> up next, what auschwitz survivors told us 75 years after being set free >>> we're back with a solemn commemoration today. 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz. s

morgan chesky, nbc news >>> up next, another home run for yankee great derek jeter. his historic honor just announced. >>> the captain is going to cooperstown. legendary yankee derek jeter has just been announced as one of the league's latest hall of famers stephanie gosk now on the slugger's incredible career >> reporter: if one play could get someone in the baseball hall of fame, this would be it >> one of the most unbelievable plays you will ever see by a short stop. >> reporter: of course, derek jeter could also hit when it came time for his 3,000, jeter went deep. today the yankees short stop was inducted in the hall of fame. the kid from kalamazoo became gotham's golden child pretty fast >> number 2, derek jeter. >> reporter: his 20-year run on the team began in 1995 in that time, jeter won five world series, five gold gloves. he was a 14-time all-star short stop and played in more play-off games than anyone in history. tonight, in a move that really surprised no one, derek jeter is a hall of famer too. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york >> jeter missed unanimo

. >> joining me morgan chesky and ann garren. morgan, i'll start with you. kim jong-un threatening an unspecified, quote, shocking actual action in his words against the united states. do we have any idea what he meant? >> yasmin, that trademark ominous but very vague statement from kim who didn't elaborate on what exactly that action will entail. nor did he specify the type of strategic weapon the country plans to unveil to the entire world. those type of weapons typically refer to something delivering a nuclear payload such as an icbm. any attempt to resume any sort of nuclear testing would be perceived as a direct blow to diplomatic efforts from the trump administration which at least up until this point has had north korea's self imposed moratorium as a big of a bit win. >> the president reiterating last night that kim signed a denuclearization agreement and says he thinks kim is a man of his word. i want to tick through a bit of the history between these two individuals. just this year alone another nuclear summit in vietnam. this summer they met at the