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Engel Investigates Why Americans Would Join One of the Country\u2019s Most Dangerous Enemies, Preview Airs Tomorrow on \u201cTODAY\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also on Sunday\u2019s \u201cOn Assignment:\u201d Harry Smith Takes TV Cameras to Remote Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific for the First Time,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong>Watch Preview Here<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Olympic Legend Michael Phelps Opens Up to Matt Lauer About Starting a Family and His Relationship with His Own Father,<\/span><\/i><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/em>Watch Preview Here<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

NEW YORK \u2013 May 12, 2016 \u2013 For an exclusive report on NBC\u2019s \u201cOn Assignment\u201d Sunday night, Richard Engel tracks down\u00a0the identities of Americans who left their country to fight for ISIS. Among thousands of documents\u00a0obtained from a Syrian who claims to be an ISIS defector, NBC News found 15 names of Americans. For the last month, Richard Engel traveled across the country to find out why anyone would leave the U.S. to fight for one of its most dangerous enemies. A preview of the story airs tomorrow on \u201cTODAY.\u201d The full story premieres\u00a0Sunday night at 7p\/6C during \u201cOn Assignment,\u201d a new limited series from \u201cDateline NBC.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Engel asked Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, a recently retired FBI agent with years of experience tracking down radical Islamists, to help with the investigation. Together, they uncovered revealing details about how young Americans became ISIS Jihadists. In the report, Engel also interviews John P. Carlin, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security who serves as the Department of Justice\u2019s top national security attorney.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also on Sunday\u2019s \u201cOn Assignment,\u201d Michael Phelps opens up to Matt Lauer in an exclusive, candid interview about his family, DUI, rehab stay and the road to Rio. Phelps, who recently became a father, talks\u00a0to Lauer about the challenges in his home growing up after his parents divorced: \u201cI was a kid that always wanted a family. You know, whether we\u2019re, whether our parents are together or not, I still wanted a mom and dad. And I never had that for so long.\u201d He said one of the biggest obstacles he has overcome was the feeling of being abandoned by his father. For a preview of that story, click\u00a0here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Plus, a stunning environmental story: Harry Smith takes us to a Pacific island so protected and pristine that TV cameras have never been there and so fragile that he and his team had to rid their clothes of invasive microbes by sealing and freezing them before setting foot on its shores. It\u2019s called Palmyra, it\u2019s in the Pacific a thousand miles from Hawaii. It’s a living laboratory that showcases how life blossoms when man\u2019s influence is kept at\u00a0bay. Harry and his cameras dive right in, exploring threatened coral reefs, documenting rare creatures and sealife, and meeting the scientists who hope the secrets they uncover there will help heal the earth.\u00a0The story will be featured tonight on \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.\u201d For an additional preview of that story, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOn Assignment\u201d is a limited series produced by the \u201cDateline NBC\u201d team, with Senior Executive Producer David Corvo and Executive Producer Liz Cole. Lester Holt is the anchor and it airs on Sundays at 7p\/6C.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information contact:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dominique Cuce
\nNBC News
\n212-664-6192
\ndominique.cuce@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Members of the media can get more information about NBCUniversal and its programming on the NBCUniversal Media Village Web site at www.nbcumv.com<\/a>.<\/span>
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