>>> TONIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
MESSAGE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HIS DRAMATIC SPEECH FROM POLAND
VOWING TO PROTECT NATO ALLIES
AND PUNISH RUSSIA ECONOMICALLY
AND WHAT HE AD LIBBED ABOUT
>>> TONIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
MESSAGE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HIS DRAMATIC SPEECH FROM POLAND
VOWING TO PROTECT NATO ALLIES
AND PUNISH RUSSIA ECONOMICALLY
AND WHAT HE AD LIBBED ABOUT
PUTIN.
>> THIS MAN CANNOT REMAIN IN
POWER POWER. THE WHITE HOUSE HAD TO WALK
THE WHITE HOUSE HAD TO WALK
BACKE RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES FR
THE POLISH BORDER.
AS THEY FOCUS ON EASTERN PART OF
UKRAINE AND RAISES THE PROSPECTS
OF NUCLEAR WAR
>>> AMERICAN VETERANS WHO HAVE
COME TO UKRAINE TO FIGHT
WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US ABOUT
THE HUGE RISK THEY'RE TAKING IF
CAPTURED BY RUSSIA
>>> ANOTHER BOOSTE
THE PRESIDENT MEETING WITH
REFUGEES AT SOME UKRAINIAN
LEADERS.
THE RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES FROM
THE POLISH BORDER.
AS THEY FOCUS ON EASTERN PART OF
UKRAINE AND RAISES THE PROSPECTS
OF NUCLEAR WAR
>>> AMERICAN VETERANS WHO HAVE
COME TO UKRAINE TO FIGHT
WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US ABOUT
THE HUGE RISK THEY'RE TAKING IF
CAPTURED BY RUSSIA
>>> ANOTHER BOOSTER SHOT
A NEW REPORT SAID THE WHITE
HOUSE WILL PROVIDE ALL AMERICANS
OVER THE AGE OF 50 A SECOND
BOOSTER SHOT
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
>>> THE ROCK STAR WHO SUDDENLY
DIED BEFORE A BIG SHOW
THE INVESTIGATION NOW INTO THE
CAUSE OF DEATH
>>> CASH IS KING
WE TAKE YOU TO SAINT PETERS
UNIVERSITY AS THEY MAKE HISTORY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
♪ ♪
>> Announcer: THIS IS "NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH JOSE DIAZ
BALART
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON
WE TALKED ABOUT SPLIT SCREEN
MOMENTS IN TELEVISION NEWS
WHEN TWO MAJOR EVENTS ARE
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TODAY
PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERING A
FORCEFUL ADDRESS FROM POLAND
VOWING TO PUNISH VLADIMIR PUTIN
FOR HIS WAR.
WHILE A FEW HUNDRED MILES AWAY,
ACROSS THE BORDER IN UKRAINE,
RUSSIAN MISSILES BLEW UP A FUEL
DEPOT HITTING A PART OF THE
COUNTRY THAT HAD BEEN LARGELY
SPARED FROM THIS WAR
SOME OF THOSE MISSILES HITTING
JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
THE PRESIDENT, FOR HIS PART,
COMMITTING TO STANDING WITH
UKRAINE BUT ONLY COMMITTING U.S.
FORCES TO DEFENDING NATO COUNTRIES.
HE FRAMED THE FIGHT AS PUTTING A
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> Reporter: IN A DIRECT AND
DRAMATIC FINISH TO HIS VISIT TO
EUROPE, PRESIDENT BIDE
LARGER WAR TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE CLARIFIED
SOME OF HIS STRONGEST REMARKS.
KELLY O'DONNELL IS TRAVELING
WITH THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT.
>> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, JOE BIDEN.
>> Reporter: IN A DIRECT AND
DRAMATIC FINISH TO HIS VISIT TO
EUROPE, PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED
FOR AN END TO VLADIMIR PUTIN'S
GRIP ON RUSSIA.
>> FOR GOD'S SAKE, THIS MAN
CANNOT REMAIN IN POWER
>> Reporter: THAT SOUNDED LIKE A
PROVOCATIVE CALL FOR REGIME
CHANGE IN RUSSIA
BUT THAT IS NOT THE U.S.
POSITION
SO WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS PUT OUT
A STATEMENT THAT THE PRESIDENT
ACTUALLY MEANT PUTIN CANNOT BE
ALLOWED TO EXERCISE POWER OTHER
HIS NEIGHBOR
FURTHER CLARIFYING, PRESIDENT
BIDEN WOULD NOT DISCUSSING
REGIME CHANGE.
BUT THERE WAS NO CLEAN UP ON
THIS WARNING TO RUSSIA
THAT IT DARE NOT EXPAND ITS WAR
BEYOND UKRAINE.
>> DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT MOVING
ON ONE SINGLE INCH OF NATO
TERRITORY.
>> Reporter: FROM THREAT TO
OLIVE BRANCH AIMED AT THE
CITIZENS OF RUSSIA.
>> YOU, THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE, ARE
NOT OUR ENEMY.
>> Reporter: THE HEART OF HIS
MESSAGE FOR UKRAINIANS
>> THE WE STAND WITH YOU
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
PERIOD
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
>> Reporter: EARLIER IN THE DAY,
THE PRESIDENT MADE HIS FIRST
DIRECT CONNECTION WITH REFUGEES.
UKRAINIAN CHILDREN, AND MOTHERS.
WRAPPED IN SECURITY AS HE MOVED
AROUND A WARSAW STADIUM TURNED
REFUGEE CENTER
MR. BIDEN SHARED WHAT HE HEARD
FROM THOSE WHO LEFT FAMILY
BEHIND TO FIGHT.
>> EACH ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN
SAID SOMETHING LIKE SAY A PRAYER
FOR MY DAD OR MY GRANDFATHER OR
MY BROTHER
>> Reporter: AND MR. BIDEN TOLD
REPORTERS IT FURTHER SHAPED HIS
VIEW OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
UKRAINE'S TOP DEFENSE AND
DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS TRAVELED TO
POLAND TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT
BIDEN.
TONIGHT THE STATE DEPARTMENT
SAID IT PLANS AN ADDITIONAL $100
MILLION IN AID
♪ ♪
FROM POLICY TALKS TO PAGEANTRY
POLAND'S PRESIDENT HONORED MR.
BIDEN WITH A MILITARY REVIEW AND
THE AMERICAN ANTHEM.
WHILE SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S
WORDS HERE CREATED HEADLINES,
HIS OVERALL MEANING RESONATED.
>> UKRAINE WILL NEVER BE A
VICTORY FOR RUSSIA.
>> KELLY JOINING ME NOW FOR
MORE
THERE WAS A LOT ON THE LINE
DURING THIS TRIP
WHAT COMES NEXT?
>> Reporter: WELL, JOSE, FIRST,
THE PRESIDENT FLIES BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES OVERNIGHT WHERE HE
SAID HIS FOCUS WILL BE ON ASPEC
MAINTAINING UNITY AMONG NATO
LEADERS.
ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE WAR
RESPONSE
AND UNITY IS CONSIDERED AN ASSET
BECAUSE THE LEADERS HE MET WITH
THIS WEEK DON'T KNOW WHAT PUTIN
WILL DO NEXT
JOSE
>> KELLY O'DONNELL IN WARSAW
THANK YOU.
>>> WE'LL BRING IN CHIEF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT ANDREA
MITCHELL IN POLAND
THE WHITE HOUSE HAD TO CLARIFY
THAT THE PRESIDENT DID NOT MEAN
TO CALL FOR REGIME CHANGE.
HOW WAS RUSSIA REACTING?
>> Reporter: JOSE, THE KREMLIN
REACTED ANGRILY TO THAT.
IT DID EARLIER TODAY WHEN THE
PRESIDENT CALLED PUTIN A
BUTCHER.
CLEARLY PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS
REACTING TO THE HORRORS OF THIS
WAR.
NO ONE WOULD THINK THAT PUTIN AS
THE MAN HE THOUGHT MIGHT IMPROVE
RELATIONS WHEN THEY MET LAST
JUNE.
>> AFTER THREE DAYS OF MEETINGS
WITH FOREIGN LEADERS, ANY
CONCRETE RESULTS
>> Reporter: YES, JOSE
PRESIDENT PLEDGED $1 BILLION IN
HUMANITARIAN AID TO UKRAINE AND
ITS NEIGHBORS.
IMPOSED NEW U.S. SANCTIONS ON
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS AND
THEIR DEFENSE INDUSTRY, AND
PROMISED TO DELIVER NATURAL GAS
TO EUROPE.
REPLACE WHAT THEY'LL LOSE FROM
RUSSIA
WHILE UKRAINE STILLMENTS MORE
WEAPONS FROM THE U.S., TONIGHT'S
SPEECH POWERFULLY REINFORCED
THAT AMERICA'S COMMITMENT TO
DEFEND POLAND AND THE REST OF
NATO IS SACRED
JOSE
>> ANDREA MITCHELL IN WARSAW,
THANK YOU.
>>> RUSSIA MAY BE OPENING NEW
FRONTS IN THE WAR WITH FRESH
ATTACKS TONIGHT IN WESTERN
UKRAINE NEAR THE POLISH BORDER
STRIKING WITHIN MINUTES OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ADDRESS IN
POLAND
GABE GUTIERREZ WAS AT THE CENTER
OF THE STRIKES NEAR LVIV
>> Reporter: THE INFERNO BURNING
IN THE NIGHT
AT LEAST TWO MISSILES STRIKING
FROM THE LVIV CITY CENTER.
SHATTERING THE RELATIVE CALM OF
WESTERN UKRAINE.
SENDING PEOPLE SCRAMBLING FOR
BOMB SHELTERS.
IT APPEARS TO BE A TARGETED
STRIKE
BLIND ME IS A FUEL DEPOT
YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES AND BLACK
SMOKE BILLOWING INTO THE AIR
IT'S AN OMINOUS SITE HERE IN
WESTERN UKRAINE.
SO CLOSE TO THE POLAND BORDER.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAID AT LEAST
FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED THIS MAN LIVES NEARBY.
THIS MAN LIVES NEARBY.
>> IT SURPRISED ME>> Reporter: A
ANOTHER LOCATION, ANOTHER
SMALLER EXPLOSION.
SHOT OVER THAT HILL.
RIGHT NOW WE HEARD
>> Reporter: AS WE WALKED TO
ANOTHER LOCATION, ANOTHER
SMALLER EXPLOSION.
SHOT OVER THAT HILL.
RIGHT NOW WE HEARD AT LEAST ONE
OTHER BOOM
HARD TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT IT
WAS.
>> THE ATTACKS CAME MORE THAN A
WEEK AFTER A MISSILE STRIKE HIT
A PLANE REPAIR FACILITY NEAR
LVIV'S AIRPORT
THE CITY CONSIDERED A SAFE HAVEN
FOR THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES DAILY.
LARGELY SPARED FROM THE
VIOLENCE
BUT THIS SENT A MESSAGE.
STRIKES COMING JUST AS PRESIDENT
BIDEN WAS PREPARING TO SPEAK IN
NEIGHBORING POLAND
THE WORLD HAD THOUGHT RUSSIA WAS
SHIFTING STRATEGIES BECAUSE
OVERNIGHT A TOP RUSSIAN GENERAL
SAID HIS MILITARY WAS
REFOCUSSING EFFORTS ON THE
EASTERN REGION OF DONETSK.
A COMMENT WIDELY INTERPRETED AS
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO CAPTURE
KYIV HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL
INSTEAD TODAY, RUSSIA UPPED THE
ANTE
THE DEFENSE MINISTER SAYING
NUCLEAR READINESS WAS A
PRIORITY
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WAS BRAGGING
ABOUT DESTROYING THE PLANET.
WHILE THE FIGHTING STILL RAGES,
TODAY SMOKE ERUPTED NEAR A PRO
UKRAINIAN RALLY NEAR CHER
EMOTIONAL NUCLEAR POWERPLANT
ALSO IN THE NORTH, ALL BUT CUT
OFF.
JOURNALISTS FROM SKY NEWS TRIED
TO ENTER THE REGION BUT SHELLING
OFF. JOURNALISTS FROM SKY NEWS TRIED
JOURNALISTS FROM SKY NEWS TRIED
if you are on dialysis.
BOMBARDED THEM
FORCING THEM TO DUCK FOR COVER.
>> GABE JOINING US NOW FROM
LVIV
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE SECOND
MISSILE STRIKE LOCATION TURNED
OUT TO BE?
>> Reporter: JOSE, UKRAINIAN
AUTHORITIES SAID IT WAS A
MILITARY FACTORY
NO ONE WAS KILLED BUT THE FUEL
DEPOT HIT EARLIER WAS
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO A
RESIDENTIAL AREA
JOSE
>> GABE GUTIERREZ IN LVIV, THANK
YOU.
>>> WE'VE REPORTED BEFORE
AMERICANS SIGNING UP TO FIGHT IN
UKRAINE.
NOW SOME OF THEM HAVE MADE IT
INTO THE COUNTRY
THEY'RE DOING IT ON THEIR OWN
WITH NO U.S. GOVERNMENT HELP OR
APPROVAL
AND THE STAKES COULD NOT BE
HIGHER WE TALKED TO U.S. VETERANS
WE TALKED TO U.S. VETERANS
HEADING TO THE FRONT LINES
>> Reporter: AMERICANS ARE
COMING IN TO FIGHT.
>> STAKES ARE HEAVY.
>> Reporter: JOHN SERVED IN THE
MILL FAIR FOR 10 YEARS
FOR HIS OWN SECURITY, HE ASKED
WE KEEP HIS IDENTITY SECRET.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT YOU CAME
HERE
>> WE HAVE TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FLEDGING
DEMOCRACY.
>> Reporter: JOHN SAID HE HAD A
LUCRATIVE FINANCIAL JOB BACK IN
THE UNITED STATES BUT AFTER
WATCHING COVERAGE OF THE RUSSIAN
INVASION TWO WEEKS AGO, HE QUIT.
>> I KIND OF MADE MY MIND UP
THERE, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE
WANT HELP.
I CAN COME OVER AND LEND MY
SKILLS
>> Reporter: HE AND SOME 20,000
OTHERS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD
RESPONDING TO PRESIDENT
ZELENSKYY'S VOLUNTEERS TO HELP
FIGHT THE WAR.
DAVID BRIEMER FROM ILLINOIS ALSO
ANSWERED THE CALL.
>> THESE ARE MY WOUNDED.
>> Reporter: HE WAS A U.S. ARMY
COMBAT MEDIC FOR FOUR YEARS.
>> THE FACT IT'S GOING ON.
IT'S A TERRIBLE SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE
AS LONG AS THEY'RE HERE, AND THE
CITIZENS WILL GO THROUGH THIS,
I'LL BE PROUD TO STAND NEXT TO
THEM.
>> Reporter: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGING
AMERICANS FROM COMING TO UKRAINE
TO FIGHT.
>> WE STILL DO NOT BELIEVE THAT
UKRAINE IS A SAFE PLACE FOR
AMERICANS TO GO.
WE URGE THEM NOT TO GO
>> Reporter: JOHN SAID HE FORMED
A FIGHTING UNIT WITH OTHER
FOREIGNERS INCLUDING AMERICAN AND BRITISH VETERANS
AND BRITISH VETERANS
HE SAID HE'S IN TOUCH WITHorter:
A FIGHTING UNI
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT ABOUT WHERE
UKRAINIAN
THEY'RE NEEDED THE MOST.
HE FULLY EXPECTS TO SEE COMBAT.
>> JUST HAVE TO GET IT IN YOUR
MIND YOU MAY NOT COME BACK AND
HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH THAT.
IF YOU'RE NOT OKAY WITH THAT,
PLEASE DON'T COME OVER
THIS IS NOT A GAME
THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME
>> Reporter: IT'S A DIFFERENT
SITUATION FOR YOU, IF YOU'RE
CAPTURED BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS,
RIGHT?
>> BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR US IF
WE GET CAPTURED, WE'RE GOING TO
END UP IN A RUSSIAN PRISON
PROBABLY FOR THE REST OF OUR
LIVES.
WORST CASE, PROBABLY --
>> Reporter: NBC NEWS, LVIV.
>>> HERE AT HOME, THE WHITE
HOUSE IS REPORTEDLY JUST DAYS
AWAY FROM ALLOWING ALL AMERICANS
OVER 50 TO GET A SECOND COVID
VACCINE BOOSTER SHOT
BUT HOW NECESSARY ARE THEY
KATIE BECK HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: AS SOON AS NEXT
WEEK, OLDER AMERICANS COULD HAVE
THE CHANCE TO GET A SECOND
BOOSTER SHOT
TO PROTECT AGAINST COVID-19.
THE FDA IS NOT EXPECTED TO
RECOMMEND THE SHOT, BUT WILL
LIKELY AUTHORIZE IT FOR THOSE
OVER 50 YEARS OLD, ACCORDING TO
THE "NEW YORK TIMES.
THE WHITE HOUSE ASKING WITH
HOPES OF KEEPING THE
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATH RATES
LOW.
>> CONFUSE PEOPLE WHEN IT'S NOT
SPECIFIC, IF IT IS LEFT UP TO
YOU.
>> IT CONFUSES PEOPLE.
WE ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THE PRETTY
CLEAR IT IS SAFER TO THINK ABOUT
HAVING A FOURTH SHOT SOONER
RATHER THAN LATER.
>> Reporter: DATA FROM A RECENT
ISRAELI STUDY SUPPORTS THAT
IDEA
AND SHOWS SECOND BOOSTERS CAN BE
EFFECTIVE AT LOWERING THE RICK
OF DEATH
THIS STUDY DONE AMONG OLDER
ADULTS FOUND MORTALITY DUE TO
COVID-19 DURING THE OMICRON
SURGE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER
AMONG THOSE WHO RECEIVED AN
ADDITIONAL BOOSTER DOSE.
IN THE MAJORITY OF STATES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, ENCOURAGING SIGNS
ON THE COVID FRONT
NUMBERS GOING DOWN
A NEW AND CONTAGIOUS VARIANT HAS ARRIVED.
ARRIVED. CDC DATA SHOWS ONE-THIRD OF D CO
CDC DATA SHOWS ONE-THIRD OF D CO
COVID CASES IN THE U.S. ARE NOW
WITH NEVADA, COLORADO, D.C., AND
NEW YORK ALL SEEING CASES RISE
IS THE TERM BOOSTER KIND OF
GETTING --
>> FOR THE FOURTH SHOT, IT
BASICALLY IS
THE OMICRON SUB VARIANT BA.2
WITH NEVADA, COLORADO, D.C., AND
NEW YORK ALL SEEING CASES RISE
IS THE TERM BOOSTER KIND OF
GETTING --
>> FOR THE FOURTH SHOT, IT
THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS BEHIND US
>> Reporter: THERE'S NO TELLING
HOW HIGH THE PEACOCKS WILL SOAR
AS THEY NEXT TAKE AIM AT UNC FOR
A SHOT AT THE FINAL FOUR ON
SUNDAY
NBC NEWS, JERSEY CITY.
>> WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH A
>>> A SUDDEN DEATH OVERNIGHT OF
A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S
MOST ADORED ROCK FANS IS LEAVING
FANS IN SHOCK.
TAYLOR HAWKINS, THE DRUMMER FOR
THE FOO FIGHTERS DIED DURING THE
SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR.
CALLING THE DEATH A TRAGIC AND
UNTIMELY LOSS.
PRELIMINARY TESTS SHOW THE
50-YEAR-OLD HAD 10 SUBSTANCES IN
HIS SYSTEM, INCLUDING OPIOIDS.
>>> WE'RE COMING UP ON THE
BUSIEST MONTHS TO BUY A HOUSE
AND THE MARKET HAS NEVER BEEN
HOTTER
WITH MORE PEOPLE MAKING ALL-CASH
OFFERS, IT CAN BE NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE TO FINANCE.
NOW A NEW TYPE OF COMPANY IS
HELPING THOSE BUYERS COMPETE,
EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE
CASH
SAM BROCK EXPLAINS
>> Reporter: OUR COUNTRY IS
PLAGUED BY A BASIC MATH PROBLEM.
LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE LINING UP TO
BUY HOUSES, BUT THERE JUST ISN'T
ENOUGH SUPPLY.
DOES IT FEEL LIKE A NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TASK TO DO IT WITHOUT
HELP
>> I WOULD SAY YES BECAUSE I
TRIED NINE TIMES
>> Reporter: 0 FOR 9.
>> 0 FOR 9.
>> Reporter: NINE OFFERS FOR COM
THE
HOMES AND NINE REJECTIONS.
IN HOT HOUSING MARKETS LIKE
ATLANTA, KYLE DONNELL GOT A HOT
TIP FROM HIS REALTOR
TRY A NEW COMPANY SHE WORKS,
HOMEWARD, IT'S ONE OF THE
GROWING GROUP OF RATTLE FIRMS
THAT PROVIDE VIERS WITH ALL-CASH
OFFERS STRENGTHENING THEIR HANDS
IN COMPETITIVE BIDDING WARS.
THE COMPANY BUYS THE HOUSE AND
KYLE WOULD BUY IT BACK FROM
THEM
WHAT KIND OF ADVANTAGE DOES
AFFORD TO THE PEOPLE COMING IN
WITH ALL CASH?
>> IT PROVIDES A GOOD ADVANTAGE.
AS WE KNOW IN REAL ESTATE, IN
THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, CASH
IS KING.
>> Reporter: ESPECIALLY AS BIG
INVESTMENT FIRMS ARE BUYING UP
INVENTORY WITH ALL-CASH OFFERS
LOOK AT THE TRENDS ON WHO IS
WINNING IN THE TUG OF WAR.
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020,
ONE IN FIVE HOMES WERE ALL-CASH
SALES.
A YEAR LATER, IT'S MORE LIKE ONE
IN THREE
IN SOME CITIES IT'S BEEN EVEN
MORE DRAMATIC LIKE IN COLUMBUS,
OHIO, THE PHOENIX METRO AREA, AT
THE TOP OF THE LIST, ATLANTA'S
METRO WITH NEARLY 70% OF HOMES
BEING SOLD FOR CASH.
>> IS THERE A LEARNING PROCESS
ARE SOME PEOPLE SPOOKED BY THE
FACT IT'S A NEW CONCEPT.
>> YEAH.
IT DEFINITELY SOME PEOPLE WHO
ARE HESITANT ABOUT IT BECAUSE
THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT IS THE CASH
>> Reporter: THE CEO SAID HIS
BUSINESS MODEL INVOLVES
CALCULATED RISK WITH CASH AS THE
LORE FOR CUSTOMERS
THE COMPANY'S STRATEGY TO
CONSOLIDATE THE VARIOUS ASPECTS
OF HOME BUYING INTO
ONE-STOP-SHOP.
>> WE KNOW WHEN YOU COME IN AND
SAY, HEY, I CAN CLOSE IN FIVE
DAYS
THERE'S NO CONTINGENCIES WITH
THE OFFER.
IT'S ALL CASH.
WHEN YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT, IT'S
100% GUARANTEED IT'LL GO TO THE
CLOSING TABLE.
WE KNOW YOUR NEGOTIATING POWER
GOES UP IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
>> Reporter: THEY CHARGE A 1%
PREMIUM TO TAKE ON THE ADDED
RISK
FOR KYLE, THAT MEANT $2600
AFTER A YEAR OF REJECTED BIDS,
>>> THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT
ABOUT THE CALL TO SERVICE.
FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, PEACE
CORPS. VOLUNTEERS HAVE DEDICATED
THEMSELVES TO HELPING OTHERS
TWO YEARS AGO, COVID SHUT THE
PROGRAM DOWN, BUT THIS WEEK IT
RESTARTED.
THE SERVICE, ONCE AGAIN,
FULFILLING NOT JUST VITAL NEEDS
BUT THE DREAMS OF THOSE WHO
SERVE.
>> I FEEL LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS A
LIFELONG DREAM OF MINE.
>> I CAN DO SOMETHING THAT
REALLY MATTERS.
>> HOPE I CAN BRING A LITTLE BIT
OF PEACE BACK TO THE WORLD
>> Reporter: TWO YEARS AGO,
THESE PEACE CORPS. VOLUNTEERS
WERE LIVING OUT THEIR DREAMS
ADAM HAD JUST ARRIVED.
>> YOU'RE THRUST INTO THE
SITUATION WITH, AT THAT TIME,
MEETING STRANGERS, AND BY
OVERNIGHT HAD A NEW FAMILY
I ACHIEVED MORE CHANGE AND
GROWTH INTERNALLY IN THOSE EIGHT
DAYS THAT I WAS THAN I EVER HAVE
IN MY LIFE
>> Reporter: JOE WAS A FORMER
MILITARY VETERAN WAS SENT TO
SENEGAL.
>> MAYBE I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING BEING SAID.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T NEED TO.
>> Reporter: ELAINE WAS SUPPOSED
TO GO TO PARAGUAY.
>> I LOVE THE FEELING OF
HELPING.
>> THEN COVID HIT. PARAGUAY.
THE PEACE CORPS. EVACUATED MORE
THAN 7,000 VOLUNTEERS IN EIGHT
DAYS.
>> I BIKED TO SCHOOL ONE DAY AND
EVERYONE WAS CRYING.
WE HAD TO GO HOME.
>> I WAS SORT OF ANGRY, AT SOME
POINT, AND JUST KIND OF, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, I WORKED HARD FOR
THIS.
>> BUT NOW THE PEACE CORPS. IS
BACK AND THE DREAMS OF THESE
THREE WILL FINALLY BE FULFILLED!
>> HEADING FOR FLIGHT TO MIAMI
WE'LL BE ARRIVING!
>> FOR THE NEXT 27 MONTHS WITH,
VOLUNTEERS WILL BE WORKING SIDE
BY SIDE LOCAL PARTNERS IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
THEIR MISSION?
WORLD PEACE.
>> TO REMIND THE WORLD THAT, YOU
KNOW, PEACE IS GOOD.
>> HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO
BE DOCTORS ARE WILLING TO SPEND
YOUR DAYS IN GHANA
>> I'M HOPING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE THAT IS IMPACTFUL AND
>> I'M HOPING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE THAT IS IMPACTFUL AND
WILL RESONATE IN MY COMMUNITY
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO
WILL RESONATE IN MY COMMUNITY S
I'VE HAD TO WAIT A LONG TIME FOR
THIS TO HAPPEN
I'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH A LOT
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME.
>> GETTING EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW
IT FEELS LIKE -- SORRY
I'VE HAD TO WAIT A LONG TIME FOR
THIS TO HAPPEN
I'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF
STUFF BUT WE'RE GOING BACK
>> THAT'S ""NBC NIGHTLY NEWS""
FOR THIS SATURDAY.
I'M JOSE DIAZ BALART
THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF