On this day 25 years ago: A devastating earthquake rattled Los Angeles in the early hours of the morning. "The death toll has been going up all day long," Tom Brokaw reports on our broadcast that evening. Tonight on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Miguel Almaguer looks back on the quake that left billions of dollars in damage and whether the city is prepared for another. | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

“Live from the Berlin Wall…” Tom Brokaw reports on the historic night in 1989. We're celebrating Brokaw's first 50 years with NBC News. Read some of his colleagues' fondest memories of working with him: http://nbcnews.to/2k73Ozf | NBC News

WATCH: Tom Brokaw with some thoughts tonight on where things stand and where things are headed as the nation prepares to elect a new president -- (tap the video for sound) | NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas