voice. >> lizards that soar like dragons -- >> reporter: it's 10 years since the mind-shattering "planet earthn. >> it's a hard act to follow, it took us five years to make it. we had to go to places we hadn't been before. >> we can now show life on our planet in entirely new ways, bring you closer to animals than ever before -- >> camera technology is a big part of what we do. planting gyro-stabilized mounts. so you can lie there and move the camera past these creatures. makes the audience forget they're people, that they're even an audience. they feel, i'm there. >> reporter: motion-activated cameras at 16,000 feet to capture the reclusive snow leopard. >> i think it's probably the most amazing remote camera shot anyone's done anywhere. >> reporter: planning a staff of 1,000, 40 countries, four years in production. >> it's like a military operation at times. sometimes we would have six or seven shoots going out in the same weeks. >> reporter: in this series there's talk of evolution, survival, freshly hatched marine iguanas instinctively know to run for their lives. >> people are so complete

an effort uncovering true life stories that make planet earth the ultimate reality star. joe frier, nbc news, los angeles. >> pretty amazing planet. that's going to do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. below the face of this dam.uns: ==je/take vo=right now at 6: a w >>> i wouldn't want to have a million dollar home in the face of the dam. >> right now at 6:00, a new warning as new rain approaches. the swollen reservoir triggers flooding worries this time in the south bay. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. another storm is at our doorstep. each storm triggers various problems. let's take you outside right now. a live look in san francisco on your left and of course san jose. we're seeing a nice break from the rain but more rain is on the way, just in time for this holiday weekend. you can see the green on the radar there. that storm is coming in. >> we have several reports for you. we begin with michelle roberts concerning the anderso

an effort uncovering true life stories that make planet earth the ultimate reality star. ier, nbc news, los angeles. >> pretty amazing planet. that's going to do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all the of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >> so we want to know, what do you model? >> does it help that it's you, a woman, who is the ed snore. >> today i'm the one in the bathing suit, here's why. >>> a body image revolution with the s.i. swimsuit issue leading the way. i'm natie

an effort uncovering true life stories that make planet earth the ultimate reality star. nbc news, los angeles. >> pretty maizing planet. that's going to do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all the of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> regis and kelly secretly at war? >> kelly faces the camera today and regis reveals they no longer speak. now on "extra" ♪ extra, extra >>> regis and kelly, their top-secret falling out. >> she took it personal? >> yeah, i think so. >> regis with larry king claiming he hasn't talked to kelly since he left. now kelly responds today. >>> >>> harrison ford boarding a plane again, taking on questions about his near collision with a 737. >> are you okay? all your fans are worried about you. >>> mariah's first performance since new year's eve. where we spotted her after the show with boyfriend bryan tanaka. >>> days after his baby daddy spoof with jimmy kimmel, what matt's planning for their oscar showdown. >> he'll probably say something horrible about me, but -- >>> only on "extra," sophia's man joe

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tell them to protect medicare. >>> you know he who ruled planet earth?led planet earth and doesn't need a judiciary, lady gaga. we are still talking about her. she killed is and you say you're going to see? >> i am. after seeing her in the super bowl, i was absolutely convinced that this is a good use of my money to spend a couple of hundred dollars on lady gaga. >> she owned planet earth and a lot of great performances last night. bruno very good last night as well. >>> joining us from the white house is nbc news national correspondent peter alexander. president trump will visit canadian prime minister justin trudeau to the white house today and talk about women issues and good news and finally getting to something i know women are really watching this white house. peter? >> i think you're exactly right. >> reporter: the first face-to-face meeting for the prime minister of canada with the president of the united states. they are going to have a working lunch as well as a round table discussion focusing on women in the workplace and they will be launchin

. >> reporter: this saturday, "planet earth 2" premiers on bbc america after they stunned the audienceith video of the world. >> looking down upon the planet from upon high. earth 2 is downward. >> reporter: using new technology, they capture an ultrahigh definition of the animals like the slow motion journey of a sloth. or the battle between cuomo toe dragons looking for a mate. >> conclusions ability what life must be like for them. >> reporter: we sat down with michael, the executive producer and elizabeth white. she produced the first episode about islands that features a heart pounding scene of hatchling outrunning snakes. >> it's more dramatic than a car chase in a movie. >> people liken it to an indiana jones movie sequel. >> it's impossible not to be impressed. >> each episode focuses on a setting, mountain, jungle, grasslands and a new habitat, city. the series shines a light on various challenges facing the fragile planet, the product of two years of building across 40 countries, herculean effort uncovering true life story that is make planet earth the ultimate reality star.

did you see "planet earth"? >> i loved it. watched the series on dvd. >> they tell us "planet earth 2" has the most incredible scenes. we'll have more of that preview coming up. snakes and lizards. there's a washington joke there somewhere. but i'm not going to make it. >>> let's get right to our top story. the white house, dealing with a series of controversies, trump campaign's ties to russia. and the president's cabinet pick whose nomination failed. our political team is at the ready, starting with nbc's peter alexander. he's at the white house. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. donald trump's xt presidency is not a month old, but it is mired with a series of crises. all of it posing major challenges for an administration that's barely out of the blocks. after a tumultuous 48 hours, the president losing both his national security adviser and his pick for the labor department. another critical headline. "time" magazine profiling a white house in turmoil. still, president trump remains defian

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is planet in thest system and it is 13% larger than earth. receives the same starlight as mars and the asteroid belt. >> we do not have the technology to travel to these planets, but how long would it take to travel to? >> if we were able to travel at light speed, we would arrive in 39 years. a jet would take 44 million years. >> wow. these discovery so exciting? >> we have made a leap forward in the search for life on other worlds. it is not just one planets. it is several. if we did not have the zone right, we have many chances. system,planetary goldilocks has many sisters. we do not know much about the planets. we know about the masses, the sizes, the radiation. for now, we speculate. we have a new poster you can download from our website. as you can see, it has captured experience of how, from one planet, you could see the other .lanets in the sky when there is one, there is more. this is an amazing system and we know that there must be many more out there and waiting to be found. doing tore astronomers learn more about the system? is the

on the planet earth are right here in the united states of america. now, do not tell me that when it comes to human beings on the planet earth, americans have a greater proclivity for criminality. that is just not true. but yet, our so-called war on drugs took us from being on par with the rest of the planet earth and suddenly shot us up with a 800% increase on the federal level, 500% overall in our nation in throwing people in jail, these proportionately, overwhelmingly nonviolent people. and this drug war incontrovertibly has been persecuted on the poor. drug laws are not equally enforced in this country. leading one great legal mind in our country, brian stevenson, to say we have a nation that seems to sometimes treat you better if you're rich and guilty than poor and innocent. well, let me tell you, in america, if you just use the lens of race, there is no difference between blacks and whites for using drugs or dealing drugs, none whatsoever. but if you're african-american, you're about 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for those nonviolent dru

i loved planet earth. we're in the broadcast business. being a photographer and just the patience that your photographers had. can you dive in a little bit about also the intense pressure to film things that really have never been seen before? >> you're right. that is the pressure. the audience wants to see new things. and i think one of the reasons why it took ten years to do -- to come back to planet earth was we wanted to make sure that we had new stories to tell. also we want today make sure that we had new ways of telling them. i think that was the way that gave us the confidence to do a second series, the break throughs in new technology that opened up a whole new way of showing you the world of the creatures. that in a way is a difference between -- >> you know, that sequence would have been impossible ten years ago to show it like that. we couldn't have been able to get into the snakes' world and track alongside of them. >> people asking us what was that bright light? we have an answer for you. we know what the light was and the n

ten years after "planet earth" debut. we have our spectacular first look, today, thursday, february 16th, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. we're happy to have hallie jackson up from washington to fill in for savannah. it's like the spy who came in from the cold. >> i'm telling you, indoors for once. no scarf. no jacket. a pleasure. >> great to have you here. did you see "planet earth i"? >> i loved it. watched the series on dvd. >> they tell us "planet earth ii" has the most incredible scenes. look at this with the lizards and the snakes. >> it went viral. >> it did. there's a washington joke there somewhere. but i'm not going to make it. >>> let's get right to our top story. the white house, dealing with a series of controversies, including new questions over the trump campaign's possible tie toss russia, and the president's cabinet pick whose nomination fa

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we live in the greatest country on planet earth, you should be able to work full-time and make a livable wage. and other issues affecting social security and medicare, and immigration reform. i'm an immigrant myself. i was born in mexico. i couldn't speak a word of english. my story is the story of the american dream. you can accomplish anything and my family, people looking for that opportunity. >> host: what about coming as an 8-year-old not being able to speak english. >> i bring a different perspective. i remember living in mexico, playing on the streets of mexico, there wasn't pavement and being able to sit here in this building to have so much history, next door is john f. kennedy's freshman office is a big honor. you lived in poverty, you have been on minimum wage, you have lost a home, had of home foreclosed, when you see a mom working as a housekeeper in california, you have a bring a different perspective in congress. my parents are not former politicians, we don't come from a wealthy family. my parents are hard-working, you name the problem americans are going through right no

>> no, i'm good here on planet earth. >> thank you, i'm the same way. >> planet earth is just fine. i know what i can expect here. and that's -- i somehow feel like my whole family would not be into the idea of me moving, i would miss them too much. but a lot of reasons to do it, so i applause those who actually want to take the leap and go on out to space. but with that said, i'm fine here on planet earth where we did end up with a snowstorm yesterday. that left at least a little bit of snow behind. we actually did pretty well here, looks like the looking closely, photo came in early this morning from kyle higgins, 17 degrees, so very, very chilly beginning to the morning for him. out in the hatboro area. let's take new some of these spots, zoom in little more. seventeen, very chilly beginning to the morning for us, that comes in from lou, he has couple of clouds out there, nothing more right now, generally clear sky. twenty-one is the value that comes in this morning from william, pretty much clear skies, take you to one more going down into delaware, with 20 the best we can hope

and another 7-8 months to go back to the planet earth.hat's two years in outer space with lots of cosmic radiation. we'll have to do extra shielding to protect our astronauts. when you think of a transatlantic flight from new york to l.a., you get a dental x-ray amount of rays. kennedy: did you see the matt damon movie, mission to mars? >> i saw him in that. kennedy: i love your expertise and your brain. you are a well spring of knowledge. very good. coming up. is this child a small wizard who is this child a small wizard who can control buskers by waving achoo! (snap) achoo! (snap) achoo! achoo! (snap) (snap) achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45%. shorten your cold with a snap, with zicam. there's a lot of places you never want to see "$7.95." [ beep ] but you'll be glad to see it here. fidelity -- where smarter investors will always be. if only the signs were as obvious when you trade. fidelity's active trader pro can help you find smarter entry a

if i look around i can see planet earth in front of me. but this is the cool bit, it moves. ide it and see from outside of the planet, and appreciate it from this angle, and if i stand here, yep, a space station that's orbiting the earth as well. now, the glasses know where they are, spacially, as there are a couple of cameras on front of them. all of the processing is happening on the headset itself. the 0dgr—8 glasses will cost around £800 but they are basically a wearable computer. are some cheaper, lower tech ar options out there, though. there are lots of low—cost virtual reality headsets that make use of smartphones. this is a low—cost augmented reality headset that uses a phone. phones slot inside it here. put an ar app in it and the images on the screen is reflected right here. so, let's give it a go. so, when the headset‘s on, i can look down the screen and i can see graphics reflected from the phone just in the headset. now, it has another trick up its sleeve as well. you can attach peripherals on to it. i can see my hands in front of me and use them to cast flames.

both sides of this, exactly. >> all right, thank you. >>> and, you know, next up we'll talk about planet earthan ever. the new installment of the groundbreaking nature series, "planet of earth ii" is snagging record-breaking ratings with its revolution technology capturing mind-blowing images and its executive producer is joining us now. mike, we have to say congratulations first off and, second, this is incredible, incredible achievement by you are and your team. how hard was it to capture all this footage to make this film? >> well, you say -- it's more like five years. it is hard because you just have to go to the four corners of the planet. you can't show things that people have seen before. they want to see new things. that means real endeavor, real ambition so i think it was about 50 different countries, 47 different countries, about 10 different filming expeditions and thousands and thousands of hour, days in the field waiting for animals to do what we want them to do. we don't use scripts. >> what's so hypnotic you get it from the animal's perspective so often. it's got to be so diffic

the more we look, the more planets we find and the more earth—like planets we find, but this is especiallye quite populous throughout our galaxy, and it's the first time we've had planets going around a star like this and we've found seven of them. the best hope lies with huge new telescopes that'll come into service soon, improving the chances of getting a really close look at these alien worlds to see, for example, if they do have oceans and maybe, just maybe, discover if there are some hints about life. david shukman, bbc news. stephen kane is associate professor of astronomy at san francisco state university and director of the planetary research laboratory. for you, this must be heaven. what is most exciting? a number of things which are exciting about this discovery. one of the things that have been learned from the nasa kepler mission is to small planets are much more common. there are lots of terrestrial planets. as is being said, these planets orbit a very small star, much smaller than our sun and if this style were any smaller, it would not be a star. it wouldn't be able to burn

multiple earth sized planets. >> reporter: scientists delivered their stunning news. >> there's 7 earth sized planets orbiting the nearby star about 40 light years away. it gives us a hint that finding a second earth is not just a matter of if, but when. >> reporter: the researchers are from various countries and published details of their discovery in the science journal. judging by their distance from the dwarf star as well as their mass the planets could have water, not ice on their surface. they also say they may have solid ground made from rock and other materials. planets similar to earth have been found in the past but the scientists say this is the first time this many were found revolving around one star and relatively close to earth. >> what we really have in this story is a major step forward toward answering one of these very questions that are at the heart of so many of our philosophe philosophers, what we're thinking about when we're by ourselves. that is are we alone out there. >> reporter: the discovery has people around this planet exciting. >> it's very exciting news b

and another 7-8 months to go back to the planet earth. two years in outer space with lots of cosmic radiation. we'll have to do extra shielding to protect our astronauts. when you think of a transatlantic flight from new york to l.a., you get a dental x-ray amount of rays. kennedy: did you see the matt damon movie, mission to mars? >> i saw him in that. kennedy: i love your expertise and your brain. you are a well spring of knowledge. very good. coming up. is this child a small wizard who can control buskers by waving her wand? we'll talk about it next in the "topical storm." and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. to avoid long-term injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have a sudden decrease or loss of hearing or vision, or an allergic reaction, stop taking cialis and get medical help right away. ask

. >> nasa makes history discovering some earth side planets and some could support life. finding a second earth it's not just a matter of if, it's when. >> it's national marriage receipt ago day learn how to mix up your own at home. your knees starts right now. >> but first offer the top tonight the fbi now involved in the search for north virginia team who went missing after and thanks for staying with us at 11. i'm jim lokay. >> i'm shawn yancy. >> take a look that picture this is mic a lar mattta reported missing last friday. she was communicating with a man from astonia live in woodbridge with the developing details. marina. >> yeah, shawn, makayla mate is a nine grader forest pipe high schoolness wood breath and last friday she went from her house to the bus stop but never made it to crossclaim and police believe she's traveling with this man she met online. take a look at mic a. la prince william county is investigating this case until. fbi joined in on the investigation saying they believe mic cayla is with this one a national and her brother beliefs they met on int

of all the planets to follow up and see where the telescope we launched last year, the atmospheres and the signatures if there are any. the discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earthnot just a matter of if but when. scientists believe that around every star there could be one planet, 5, 7, you can imagine how many worlds are out there that have a shot at becoming a habitable ecosystem that we could explore. story is ae in this major step forward towards answering one of these very questions at the heart of so many of our philosophers. what we are thinking about when we are by ourselves, are we alone? a step forward with this, a big forward towards answering that question and i am really excited for you to hear about it now. host: that was one of the scientists involved in the discovery of this system. find out more at the nasa website, go to c-span.org to see more of the press conference. richard rogers says when it comes to the topic of space exploration and is it worth the cost, and american space exploration is a great investment, i am for it. billy from columbus, ohio, the support line, go ahead. caller: i believe we need to explore space because the earth wil

david attenborough‘s team came here for planet earth 2.uke and duchess of cambridge visited last year on their first tour of india. kaziranga is an incredible story of conservation success. there were only a handful of rhinos left when the park was set up a century ago. now, there are more than 2a00. but kaziranga's success has a dark side. this is the story they don't tell you on the glossy wildlife documentaries, and tourists like william and kate never hear about. so, what is kaziranga's untold secret? tourists have gone, the park is closed and i have been invited on a night patrol. walking in the forest in the dark is a dangerous business. what are you looking for? some animals might be sitting here, they might attack us. there is a rhino just next to us! he's looking at us. the park is huge, more than 400 kilometres square, and there are around 1200 park guards. it looks like this fellow had been in a scrap with another rhino. luckily, it was in no mood to charge us. the guards are here to protect him from the most vicious predator th

moree more we know, the planets we find, the more earth-like planets we find. this is exciting. it is the first time we have found planets going around a star like this. we found 7 of them. david: the best hope lies with cometelescopes that will come into service, improving chances of getting a close look to see if they have oceans and maybe discover if there are hints about life. laura: the chance of another civilization. her life was a mixture of glamour and heartache. 20 years after her death, princess diana's style and elegance is center stage at kensington palace. it will show off her most iconic dresses, including the one she wore to dance with john travolta at the white house. reporter: the public image was defined by the clothing that she wore. she was one of the world's most photographed women, and many of the top designers clambered to dress her. the results were eye-catching, dresses that linger in memory. 20 years after diana's death, 25 of those dresses have been brought together for an exhibition at kensington palace, marking the revolution of a demure newlywed to

saying that we stand with our ally, having the two men appear on camera worldwide to all of planet earthrth korea. >> dickerson: let's move on to the president's executive order on immigration. the president has said both see you in court and also suggested there might be a new executive order. which way is he going? >> it is a great, great topic, because there are so many things we can do. for one thing, we can take the case to the supreme court on the emergency stay. we can go back to to the district court and we can have a hearing on the merits. we can go to the bank to have it heard en banc or if we want to we can continue the female with the panel. additionally we are considering new and further executive actions that will enhance the security posture of the united states, i think the point, john, is that the president has enormous powers, both delegated to him by congress and under the constitution, his article 2 foreign affairs power to control the entry of aliens into our country and he is going to use that authority to keep us safe. >> dickerson: okay. we will wait for news on t

. >> planet earth style. >> obviously, their propaganda video is not as good at fishing everything upid attenborough does not have the to worry. >> national security visor michael flynn is under scrutiny as new details emerge what he discussed about the russian ambassador to the u.s. before trump took office. several officials say flynn did indeed talk about the sanctions imposed on russia as punishment for meddling in the election and accused him of leaving the impression relief may be possible after the inauguration. after denying sanctions were discussed flynn's spokesman acknowledged he could not be certain the topic never came up. >> today president trump will attempt a bromance with shinzo abe. >> the president is bracing for a tough negotiation on trade and security concerns but the leaders expect to squeeze some fun in there, as well. ar lot saenz joins with us more on that. good morning, arlet. >> good morning, diane and kendis. prime minister abe was the first to visit president trump at trump tower right after he won the election and even gave him a golden golf club as a si

if i look around i can see planet earth in front of me. but this is the cool bit, it moves. nd appreciate it from this angle, and if i stand here, yep, a space station that's orbiting the earth as well. now, the glasses know where they are, spacially, because there's a couple of cameras on front of them. and all of the processing is happening on the head set itself. the odgr—8 glasses will cost around £800 but they are basically a wearable computer. there are some cheaper lower tech ar options out there, though. there are lots of low—cost virtual reality headsets that make use of smartphones. this is a low—cost augmented reality headset that uses a phone. phones just slot inside it here. put an ar app on it and the images on the screen is reflected on these lenses right here. so let's give it a go. so when the headset‘s on, i can bring down the screen and i scan see graphics reflected from the phone just in the headset. now, it has another trick up its sleeve as well. you can attach peripherals on to it. i can see my hands in front of me and use them to cast flames. take that

both the public and private sectors are using science and technology to find out if the people of planet earth can someday be part of the red planet. i'm may lee in los angeles. let's take it "full frame."

both the public and private sectors are using science and technology to find out if the people of planet earth can someday be part of the red planet. i'm may lee in los angeles. let's take it "full frame."

seven earth-like planets. are we the closest yet to finding life beyond earth? >>> was a killer caught on camera? two teenage girls found dead, and police say what's on their phone could help catch their murderer. >>> burn notice. a new warning about heartburn and acid reflux medicine. dangero dangerous outcomes when people don't follow the directions. >>> at the palace. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> reporter: good evening to our viewers in the west. a fiery and maybe final act of defiance in the frozen north dakota encampment where protesters who have held their ground for months to stop a disputed oil pipeline are being removed tonight. police moved in late this afternoon, peacefully arresting some of the last holdouts, a dramatic force to close the encampment for good, but not before protesters set massive fires in a parting act of rebellion. nbc's blake mccoy is there tonight and has the latest. >> reporter: tonight law enforcement in north dakota m

make the investments so our children and grandchildren can be the number one on the planet earth. not just the infrastructure but that we will continue to be the dominant economy. >> they said it will take $28 billion over 20 years to make the investments needed to modernize. much of it along the most valuable route. >> we have the infrastructure and it suffers from reliability today. they're only going to get worse. and something has to be done. in fact you've seen recently the states of new york and new jersey come together. and we're got go start replacing a bridge up this. the first step in the long process that's well over 100 years old. >> the $12 billion gateway program which includes new york city and new jersey. a cheryl of berkshire hathaway with a focus on regulatory and tax reform as well as infrastructure improvement could be carried out to ensure freight and rail roads remain competitive against truckers using public roadways. >> commerce must find a way with the infrastructure they use to increase fuel taxes, a distance fee or similar proxy. this isn't something tha

this is on planet earth. what is known as a fire fall. this happens when the conditions are right at yosemite national park. this is flowing off of el capit aen, 4,000 feet up. when it flows just right, the lighting is right, only this time of year it looks like lava is flowing off the rock. the water at the clear temperature and the sky. it all has to be right. this scene only lasts about ten minutes. photographers go out there to wait for it. that must be hitting the lottery. michelle: it's gorgeous. you don't need a filter. nature's beauty is perfect. doug: it would be my luck to go out there on a cloudy day. come back next year! it has been a brutal winter. michelle: awful. we can't survive. doug: 15 cold days this winter. the story with the clear skies, 43 at reagan national. temperatures drop to 49 in reston. 43 in ann 42 in woodbridge. the skies are clearing. the winds are gusting with the falling temperatures. it will feel like the middle of february out there tonight and through tonight. wind gust at 30 miles per hour to annapoli

>> you are no longer on the same planet, you hear him talk about planet earth. longer the same place where a shiny city on the hill can exist. but what is really interesting, i mentioned yesterday that i'm just back from revisiting some of my trump voters in pennsylvania, a state that swung for trump and helped deliver him this victory. with his base, it working. that's why they're doing it. but we know a few things about donald trump. that will never be enough. he will always want to be more popular. it's working with his base and they probably have just a couple of shows. maybe they have more than a couple at fox news, sort of accepting their reality. everybody else is pushing and fighting across this network and others. the trump team has the posture they have because among their base, it working. >> charlie, i know this sometimes sounds like a copy of "psychology today" but there's a piece in the "new yorker" that quotes a former department of homeland security physical. the quote is this "trump needs a boogie man but more importantly he needs distraction an

the more we look, the more planets we find and the more earth—like planets we find, but this is especiallyuse this, sort of, ultra cool star that we've discovered, they're quite populous throughout our galaxy and it's the first time we've had planets going around a star like this and we've found seven of them. the best hope lies with huge new telescopes that'll come into service soon, improving the chances of getting a really close look at these alien worlds to see, for example, if they do have oceans and maybe, just maybe, discover if there are some hints about life. david shukman, bbc news. a political row has erupted over the compensation paid to the british fighter with so—called islamic state. ronald fiddler was formerly a detainee at guantanamo bay and is reported to have died in a suicide bombing in iraq. lord carlile, who reviewed terror laws for 10 years, said fiddler should never have been paid a penny. tony blair has defended himself from attacks that he was responsible saying the decision to award the compensation was taken by the mainly conservative government. 0ur deputy poli

the more we look, the more planets we find and the more earth—like planets we find, but this is especiallying because this, sort of, ultra—cool star that we've discovered, they're quite populous throughout our galaxy, and it's the first time we've had planets going around a star like this and we've found seven of them. the best hope lies with huge new telescopes that'll come into service soon, improving the chances of getting a really close look at these alien worlds to see, for example, if they do have oceans and maybe, just maybe, discover if there are some hints about life. david shukman, bbc news. and you can find more on how astronomers believe they may have made a crucial step towards finding life outside earth on the bbc website. go to bbc.com/news for further background and analysis. the un secretary—general has issued an urgent call for funds to avert famine in 4 countries. the un has already said more than 20 million people face possible starvation in south sudan, nigeria, somalia and yemen. so far, governments have pledged only about 2% of the nearly $4.5 billion needed. the us

seven earth-like planets. are we the closest yet to finding life beyond earth? >>> was a killer caught on camera? two teenage girls found dead and what was found on their phone may help catch their murderer. >>> heartburn and acid reflux medicines, danger o dangerous complications when patients don't follow directions. >>> diana's collection, fit for a princess. amazing displ amazing exhibit now on display. >> announcer: this in "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> fiery and final act of defines in the frozen north dakota encampment where protesters, who held their stand for months are being moved tonight. police moving in late this afternoon arresting some of the final holdouts. closing the protest encampment for good but not before protesters set massive fires in a parting act of rebellion. pete mccoy is there and has the latest. >> reporter: law enforcement in north dakota moving in. beginning to arrest the remaining protesters, refusing to clear the dakota pipeline access camp ahead of today's deadline. earlier, protesters set fire to teepees and dwellin