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>>> THE REMNANTS OF A CATEGORY TWO STORM IS SET TO HIT. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RULING OUT ANOTHER DEBATE AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM, IT MAY BE ONE AND DONE. >>> CHECK OUT THIS PICTURE WE ARE GETTING OUT OF NASHVILLE. THIS IS A PLANE WITH TIRES BLOWN OUT AFTER A NEAR COLLISION ON THE RUNWAY. WE WOULD TELL YOU WHY IT HAPPENED AND WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT. >>> A GIANT LEAP FOR CIVILIAN KIND. HISTORY MAKING SPACEWALK OR STRETCH THAT COULD CHANGE THE FUTURE OF TRAVELING. >>> NEWS OF A NEW FIRE BURNING IN CALIFORNIA. NORTH OF SACRAMENTO. QUINCY FIRE. OFFICIALS SAY IT IS SPREADING FAST. NO BUILDINGS ARE UNDER THREAT IN THE LAST HOUR THE COUNTY SHERIFF TOLD PEOPLE TO GET OUT. GET OUT NOW. THE NEW FIRE COMES AS PROSECUTORS ARE CHARGING SOMEBODY WITH NINE COUNTS OF ARSON. ACCUSING THE SUSPECT OF STARTING A MASSIVE FIRE SCORCHING THE AREA ON PURPOSE. THAT IS THE LINE FIRE. IT IS 18% CONTAINED. THERE ARE TWO COMBINED BURNING 110,000 ACRES OF LAND. THAT IS LIKE 110,000 FOOTBALL FIELDS. FIREFIGHTERS HOPING THEY WILL GET A SILVER LINING. FORECASTERS PREDICTING THE WEATHER WILL GET COOLER AND IT WILL RAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE. THAT MAY HELP GET A HANDLE. MORGAN IS JOINING US FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. YOU'RE IN THE AREA BEING DESTROYED BY THE BRIDGE FIRE. TALK ABOUT THAT AND THE NEW FIRE. 70 WILDFIRES THAT ARE BURNING IN THE WEST. THAT IS A LOT TO DO WITH. >> Reporter: 70 FIRES. THE BRIDGE FIRE WE ARE STANDING BY, THE LARGEST BURNING MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. HALF OF THE TOTAL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THE FIRE IN SACRAMENTO IS CONCERNING BECAUSE IT IS HOTTER THERE THAN HERE. BOTH PLACES HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. DRY FUEL AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAST-MOVING FLAMES THAT TORE THROUGH THE AREA ABOUT 36 HOURS AGO. THE REMNANTS OF THIS BEHIND ME, ALL BUT GONE. SMOLDERING. WHEN THE PEOPLE EVACUATED THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST, AS THEY COME THIS WAY YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT BUT THEY COULD NOT BRING EVERYTHING THEY WANTED. UNFORTUNATELY IT IS A GLIMPSE OF THE DAMAGE AROUND WRIGHTWOOD TODAY. WE KNOW ON THE LINE FIRE, AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED OF THE ARREST OF THE 34-YEAR-OLD FACING MULTIPLE ARSON CHARGES. WE DO NOT KNOW THE MOTIVE BUT WE DO KNOW INVESTIGATORS TRACKED HIM DOWN USING LICENSE PLATE READERS. HE CURRENTLY IS IN CUSTODY TO NOTE IT WAS INTENTIONAL THAT ADDS INSULT TO INJURY. THERE IS A THREAT. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED A LITTLE BIT, FIRE CREWS SAY THEY ARE MAKING SLOW AND STEADY PROGRESS ON THE LINE FIRE. 0% CONTAINED ON THE BRIDGE FIRE. WE HAVE SEEN WATER DROPS ALL DAY LONG. I WANT YOU TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE THINGS STAND AS A RELATES TO THE ONGOING FIRE. >> THE REPORTS I AM GETTING OFFICIALLY ARE THAT WE ARE HOLDING OUR OWN ON THE LINE FIRE. AS LONG AS WE DO NOT HAVE DRAMATIC WIND CHANGES OR WEATHER CHANGES, WE WILL SEE FIREFIGHTERS INCREASING THE CONTAINMENT. >> Reporter: 18% CONTAINMENT ON THE LINE FIRE. FINGERS CROSSED THE NUMBER GOES UP. ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THE 0% ON THE BRIDGE FIRE. >>> THE GULF COAST, THE LAST HOUR, WE LEARNED THAT FRANCINE HAS GOTTEN WEAKER. THE TROPICAL STORM DOWNGRADED TO A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT IS LESS WET. A TON OF RAIN TO THE SOUTH. A TORNADO THREAT. AFTER LOUISIANA TOOK A DIRECT HIT WHEN FENCING MAKE -- MADE LANDFALL AT A CATEGORY TWO. PEOPLE ARE NOW CHINA MAKE THEIR WAY BACK INTO THEIR HOMES. SOME STREETS -- LOOK AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. PEOPLE CANNOT GET AROUND. RESCUERS HAD TO TRY TO PULL PEOPLE OUT OF HOUSES, CARS, AS HURRICANE WIND KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND POWER. IN THAT PERSON COMING OUT OF THE WINDOW. A GOOD SAMARITAN HELPING. >> THAT WAS LIVE ON OUR AFFILIATE STATION IN NEW ORLEANS. INCREDIBLE MOMENT. A NURSE WENT INTO A FLOODED UNDERPASS TO AVE A DRIVER. THE NURSE WAS WATCHING THE STATIONS COVERAGE AND SAW WHAT HAPPENED. DECIDED TO STEP IN WHEN HE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AN ABSOLUTE GOOD SAMARITAN SITUATION. HE ENDED UP TALKING TO JESSE KIRSCH. HE SAID HE WAS USED TO HIGH STRESS SITUATIONS. >> I TRY TO FIND SOMETHING TO BREAK THE WINDOW. THERE WAS NOTHING THERE SO I WENT TO MY HOUSE AND GRABBED A HAMMER. I GOT THEM OUT. WE RESPOND AS FAST AS WE CAN THAT NEED OUR ASSISTANCE. REMAKE THE GOVERNOR SAY NOBODY WAS KILLED. I SPOKE TO HIM ON THE SHOW ABOUT THE STATES NEED FOR MORE RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO IS TO GET THE WHITE HOUSE TO GIVE US A DECLARATION TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURES. WE WILL DEAL WITH THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TOMORROW TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF FAILURES THEY HAD. TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT REPEATED IF WE AVE ANOTHER STORM. >> LOUISIANA IS GETTING SMOKE. 263,000 OUTAGES IN LOUISIANA. MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE ARE AFFECTED, AS WELL. STEPHEN ROMO IN MISSISSIPPI. YOU HAD PEOPLE GOING INTO SHELTERS. GIVE A SENSE OF THE LANDSCAPE AND WHAT COMES NEXT? IN >> THERE WERE ONLY BE TWO SHELTERS THAT ARE OPEN FOR TONIGHT. THAT WILL CLOSE AT 10:00 A.M. TOMORROW. MANY PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO STAY THERE BECAUSE OF THE POWER OUTAGES. FROM HERE TO ALABAMA. THE GULF COAST, DURING THE MONTH , THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO STAY IN WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING. FAMILIES GOING TO THE SHELTERS. GO FOR, -- THEY WERE HIT WITH MUCH MORE FLOODING. PEOPLE HERE WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF. >>> IT WILL BE RAINY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADO THREATS. >> WE WILL SEE IF WE GET TORNADOES THAT FORM? WE HAVE HAD A NEW TORNADO WATCH ISSUED IN THIS PINK AREA. WHAT IS LEFT, THE TOP OF MEMPHIS. HE MADE LANDFALL 24 HOURS AGO. IT TOOK FROM THEN TO MOVE TO THE NORTH. TOP OF MEMPHIS, HEAVY RAIN. NEVER SAY PICKED UP BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH A COUPLE MORE INCHES COMING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONNECTED TO FRANCINE. ISOLATED TORNADOES. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY ACTIVE TORNADO WARNINGS. SOME STRONG WINDS BUT NO FLAREUP OF TORNADOES YET. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY. WE HAVE 10 MILLION PEOPLE WITH LESS FLOOD WATCHES. WE WILL GET ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS LATER TONIGHT IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL RING, 2 TO 3 INCHES. CONDITIONS ARE AS BAD AS THEY WILL GET. AS FAR AS WHAT IS NEXT, THE ATLANTIC, NOT WORRIED. RICO, YOU WILL HAVE SQUALLY WEATHER. 30% CHANCE OF DEVELOPS. OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA, NOT A GOOD LATE SUMMER BEGAN. LARGE WAVES WITH RIP CURRENTS. I WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING TRYING TO DEVELOP. A 30% CHANCE. WILL NOT TURN INTO A BIG STORM BUT ENOUGH TO RUIN YOUR PLANS IF YOU WANTED TO GET AWAY ONE LAST TIME BEFORE THE END OF SUMMER. >> THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD BE A TRAVEL AGENT. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON STAGE AT ABOUT A GROUND STOP IN ARIZONA. HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR . HE AND VIVI HARRIS ARE BACK ON THE TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE DEBATE EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE DEBATE MAY BE THE LAST ACCORDING TO DONALD TRUMP. THERE WILL NOT BE A THIRD DEBATE. THE P HARRIS SAID SHE WOULD BE DOWN FOR. THE BIGGEST FUNDRAISING PUSH SINCE HE GOT BACK IN -- IT COMES AS THERE ARE OTHER DYNAMICS AT PLAY. REMEMBER THE MOMENT WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE THE CLAIM THAT MIGRANTS IN OHIO ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS? OBVIOUSLY THAT IS BASED ON WHAT WE DESCRIBE AS A RACIST CONSPIRACY THEORY. IT HAS TAKEN A HUGE TOLL ON SPRINGFIELD. POLICE HAD TO EVACUATE SEVERAL BUILDINGS INCLUDING THE SODA >> CITY HALL. DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO FUEL THE FIRE AT THAT RALLY. >> ILLEGAL HAITIAN MIGRANTS TAKING OVER A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. SPRINGFIELD. I WAS THERE. I CAMPAIGNED THERE A WHILE AGO. SPRINGFIELD WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. WHAT A PLACE. IF YOU MAKE NO MENTION OF PETS. >> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WRAPPING UP A RALLY AS SHE RAMS EFFORTS TO FLIP THAT STATED THE LATEST POLLING SHOWS CLOSE MARGINS. SHE HAS ALREADY MADE 15 BATTLEGROUND TRIPS TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 20. WE WILL HAVE A REPORT FROM SPRINGFIELD BUT I WILL START WITH MIKE WHO IS TRAVELING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA. GIVE A SENSE OF THE VIBE. WE'VE SEEN THE CAMPAIGN, TO SAY THAT WE HAVE RAISED A TON OF MONEY. I BELIEVE THAT THEY RAISE SO MUCH MONEY THAT THEY DON'T NEED VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO SPEND HER TIME AT FUNDRAISERS. SHE WANTS BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN STATES LIKE WHERE YOU ARE. >> Reporter: THE AGGRESSIVE PUSH THE CAMPAIGN IS TALKING ABOUT IS ALL ABOUT HAVING SET PIECES BEHIND THEM. ADD TO SECURE THE NOMINATION AND PICK A RUNNING MATE, ROLL THEM OUT, DO THE CONVENTION, PREPARE FOR A DEBATE. NOW THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE CAMPAIGN AND NOT REALLY DEAL WITH FUNDRAISING. THE VIES ARE DIFFERENT. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA, LATE JUNE, PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD A HORRIBLE DEBATE. DEMOCRATS AT THE RALLY WERE ENTHUSIASTIC FOR HIM BUT NOT QUITE IN IT THE WAY VOTERS WERE TODAY THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO. TAKE A LISTEN. >> THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER WITH HOPE AND JOY AND UNITY, I WANTED TO BE PART OF IT. >> IT IS HER TURN. IT IS A WOMAN'S TERM. IT WILL BE WONDERFUL. >> SHE HAD A DIFFICULT LINE TO RIDE THERE. I CAN'T IMAGINE HER HAVING DONE BETTER. AMUCK I WAS TALKING TO A VOLUNTEER WHO SAID THAT SIX WEEKS AGO I WAS GOING TO -- NOW PEOPLE ARE ENTHUSIASTIC. THEY ARE BRINGING FRIENDS AND SIGNING UP TO VOLUNTEER. >> TO ALL OF THIS, TALK US TO THE DYNAMICS AT PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT IS NEXT FOR HER? THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS BEING A VIBE ELECTION. THERE ARE CALLS FOR HER TO PUT POLICY MEAT ON THE BONE. THERE ARE SIMILAR CALLS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM CAMPAIGN SOURCES ON THAT? >> Reporter: SHE UNDERSCORED THAT IT WILL BE A CLOSE ELECTION. THE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED THE AGGRESSIVE PUSH, THEY SAID SHE WOULD DO MORE INTERVIEWS BUT EMPHASIZE LOCAL INTERVIEWS. >>> VAUGHN HILLYARD IN ARIZONA. SHIFT YOUR SHOULDER. IS HE STILL ON THE STATES? >> Reporter: YES. HE HAS BEEN GOING FOR A WHILE. >> THIS IS THE FIRST LOOK AT THE POSTDEBATE PLAYBOOK. IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE DEBATE PLAYBOOK AND PRE-DEBATE PLAYBOOK. THE FORMER PRESIDENT GETTING OUT THERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO. >> Reporter: IMMIGRATION IS THE LINE. IT IS NOTABLE BECAUSE AT THE DEBATE WHEN HE BROUGHT UP EATING PETS, -- THE MESSAGING OF A MIGRANT CRISIS THAT IMPACTS THE COUNTRY. ON A SOCIAL MEDIA POST HE SAID THAT SENATE CANDIDATES SHOULD FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION AND NOTHING ELSE. HE TOOK THE STAGE HERE AND TALKED ABOUT CARRIE LAKE, HE TOLD HER THAT SHE FOCUS ON THE BORDER AND IMMIGRATION AND NOTHING ELSE TO WIN. SHE WISHED HE DIDN'T FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE BORDER BECAUSE SHE WANTED HIM TO TALK ABOUT OTHER ISSUES. DONALD TRUMP MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO FOCUS ON THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE COUNTRY. >> WHAT ABOUT HIS RUNNING MATE? WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIM? >> Reporter: EARLIER TODAY HE WAS ON CNBC. HE FOCUSED ON IMMIGRATION. WHEN HE REFERENCED SPRINGFIELD, HE SAID THE U.S. WOULD BE MORE PROSPEROUS IF IT WAS NOT IN THE SITUATION IT IS BY LETTING SO MANY MIGRANTS ENTER THE COUNTRY SETTING DISEASES AND TAKING U.S. JOBS. IT IS A HARD-LINE NASTY ROTATION MESSAGE WE HAVE HEARD. THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THINGS TO PICK UP OUR -- >>> THE TENSION IN SPRINGFIELD IS -- PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE CLAIMS OF IMMIGRANTS EATING PETS, SOME ARE SCARED TO WALK THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY ARE WORRIED THEY MIGHT BE TARGETED AND PEOPLE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE VIOLENT WITH THEM. IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR THEIR STORIES BECAUSE THEY FLOOD INSECURITY IN HAITI AND THEY ARE FEELING IT HERE IN SPRINGFIELD. THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS WHO BELIEVE THE ALLEGATIONS AND SAY THEY ARE CREDIBLE. THEY SAY THEY DO NOT WANT THE COMMUNITY TO TURN INTO A HAITIAN COMMUNITY. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT AMERICAN. CRITICS SAY THAT THE STORY OF AMERICA IS THAT COMMUNITIES CHANGE. GERMANS, POLISH, IRISH PEOPLE, THEY COME HERE AND MAKE AMERICA THEIR HOME. THERE IS A LOT OF TENSION HERE THAT COULD BE CONNECTED, A NUMBER OF BOMB THREATS. THAT CAUSED EVACUATION OF CITY HALL AND OTHER BUILDINGS INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY ARE NOT SURE IF BUSINESS CONNECTED TO THE CLAIMS? WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY TALKED ABOUT THIS. TAKE A LISTEN. >> IT IS UNDIGNIFIED AND AN INSULT TO ALL AMERICANS. IT IS SPREADING FILTH THAT MAKES THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING SMEARED, AND PUTS LIVES IN DANGER. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON THE COMMENTS. COMMENTS ABOUT HAITIANS ABUSING ANIMALS. SAYING THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE FROM PRESENCE. WE KNOW THEY ARE COMING LEGALLY BY THE THOUSANDS. THEY ARE COMING AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE. IT IS A POLITICAL STORY CONTINUING. BACK TO YOU. >>> NEW YORK, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY ANNOUNCING A NEW COMMISSIONER. THE CURRENT ONE STEP DOWN BECAUSE OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO NIGHTCLUB CONNECTIONS. HIS TWIN BROTHERS CLUB SECURITY BUSINESS. THE FORMER COMMISSIONERS ATTORNEY SAYS HE IS NOT THE TARGET AND WILL CONTINUE TO COOPERATE. THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT ERIC ADAMS -- LAST WEEK RAIDED THE HOMES INTO HIS TOP STAFFERS INTO POSSIBLE CORRUPTION. THE LINK TO THE MAYOR IS NOT CLEAR. >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING. THE NURSE EXPECTED TODAY THAT THERE WOULD BE A RESIGNATION OF NEW YORK CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER. THE LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE U.S. IT JUST HAS BECOME TOO MUCH. THE DISTRACTIONS JUST OVER A WEEK AGO HIS CELL PHONE WAS TAKEN BY FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. NOT ONLY WAS HIS PHONE TAKEN, TOP MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF. I HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT EVERY TIME WAS ASKED ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION, IT GOES TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. IS ABOUT WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED? RUMORS ARE FLYING AROUND. THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NYPD. ULTIMATELY COULD NOT ATTEND THE MEMORIAL YESTERDAY BECAUSE I HAD BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A NEW STORY HERE. THE DECISION WAS MADE THIS MORNING BY HIM AND HIS ATTORNEYS TO RESIGN. HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED AND HIS ATTORNEY SAY HE'S NOT A TARGET OF THE INVESTIGATION. THEY SAY HE EXPECTS TO COOPERATE. ACCORDING TO THREE PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THIS INVESTIGATION, INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT HIS BROTHER, JAMES, WAS INVOLVED IN RECEIVING MONEY FROM NIGHTCLUBS IN NEW YORK CITY IN EXCHANGE FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? IT APPEARS TO BE THE INQUIRY BY THE PROSECUTORS. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THERE ARE CHARGES? SOMETIMES INVESTIGATIONS DO NOT END UP WITH CHARGES AT ALL. THE RUMOR MILL WHICH IS PROLIFIC HAD TO COME TO AN END. THAT'S WHAT THE RESIGNATION REPRESENTS. >>> SOME SCHOOLS IN KENTUCKY ARE SHUTTING DOORS AS THE STATES GOVERNOR IS MAKING ANYBODY WITH TIPS ABOUT A MAN WHO APPARENTLY SHOT FIVE PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY TO SPEAK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ASAP. THE GOVERNOR MEETING WITH POLICE ABOUT THE MANHUNT SAYS THEY ARE PULLING OUT THE SOUNDS. SIX DAYS IN, AND NOTHING. >> IT IS SO IMPORTANT THE SEARCH IS DONE PROFESSIONALLY AND CAREFULLY. WE HAVE NOT LOST ANYONE YET FROM THE SHOOTER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO NOT LOSE ANYONE GOING FORWARD. >> THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE ON THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN LEXINGTON AND KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE. IT IS A FOREST. THE POLICE DO NOT HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE HE'S NOT THERE, IT IS DENSE. IT IS LIKE A JUNGLE. THE WHOLE THING UPENDED LIFE IN THIS PART OF KENTUCKY. A DOZEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ONLINE ONLY BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM PARENTS. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS -- DIMMED FOR NOW WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES GETTING ASKED. ADRIAN IS FOLLOWING THIS FOR THE SUSPECT SHOT UP MULTIPLE CARS AT RANDOM. TOOK OFF. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED. FORTUNATELY NOBODY DIED. THAT IS GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE VICTIMS BUT SIX DAYS IN, PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE. >> Reporter: THEY ARE. EVEN 75 MILES OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. GOODNESS, FOUR OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT ON SATURDAY WERE RELEASED. THE PERSON IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. ALL FIVE ARE EXPECTED TO PHYSICALLY SURVIVE FROM INJURIES. A NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEARBY HAVE CLOSED. HE SHIFTED TO ONLINE LEARNING. FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY OPEN, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE WILL BE ESCORTING THE SCHOOL BUSES. A PATROL CAR WILL FOLLOW BEHIND FROM THE BUS STOP TO THE SCHOOL. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKLASH. SOME PARENTS CHOOSING TO KEEP THE CHILDREN HOME. TWO IT IS STUNNING TO HEAR THE DETAILS. THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THIS TODAY AND HE SAID IT WAS CONCERNING THAT HE BOUGHT THE GUN AND USE THAT ON THE SAME DAY. YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE MANAGER WHERE HE PURCHASED A GUN. >> Reporter: HAS A BACKGROUND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE DIDN'T PHYSICALLY SEE THE ALLEGED SHOOTER. I ASKED ABOUT THE NUMBER, THE AMOUNT OF AMMO. 1000 ROUNDS. WAS THAT ALARMING? HERE IS WHAT HE SAID. >> THAT IS NOT UNUSUAL. YOU CAN BUY AMMO ONLINE AND HAVE IT SHIPPED TO YOUR HOUSE. I KNOW GUYS THAT BY CASES. THERE TYPICALLY IS 1000 ROUNDS. PEOPLE WHO DO THAT ARE OFTEN AVID SHOOTERS. >> Reporter: IT WOULD RAISE AROUND FLAG AS SOME OF THE REQUESTED 20,000 ROUNDS. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT JOSEPH LEFT THAT AREA. >> Reporter: COMING UP, NO REAL ANSWERS ON THE MYSTERIOUS FLUKE CASE THAT IS SPOOKING PEOPLE. >>> INCREDIBLY ROPE -- HEROIC RESCUE, POLICE OFFICER SAVING KIDS WITH SECONDS TO SPARE. >>> STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >>> THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. >>> WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >>> BREAKING NEWS. ALASKA AIRLINES FLAME BASICALLY HEAVEN TO STOP HIS TAKEOFF TO AVOID A POTENTIAL CRASH WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRLINE PLANE ACCORDING TO ALASKA. 176 PEOPLE, NOBODY GOT HURT. HERE IS SOME VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE PLANE. ANOTHER SHOT OF ITS TIRES APPARENTLY BLOWN OUT. OFFICIALS ON THE TARMAC RESPONDING. THE TIRE IS THERE. SEEMS LIKE WE ARE TALKING MORE AND MORE ABOUT NEAR MISSES. THIS ONE HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. WHAT IS GOING ON? >> Reporter: MORE INCURSIONS ON THE RUNWAY BECAUSE THERE IS GREATER CONGESTION AND THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THIS COUNTRY CLOSE TO A RECORD HIGH. AS A RESULT THERE IS GREATER PRESSURE ON AIRCRAFT RICK -- AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS ALIGNED FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING. WE HEAR ABOUT THE INCIDENT. THEY ARE SCARY. THE FORTUNATE THING, THIS ABORTED TAKEOFF AVOIDED A MAJOR DISASTER. WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS INCREASINGLY. THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT BECAUSE THERE IS GREATER CONGESTION WITH FLIGHTS THAT AIRPORTS ARE HANDLING. >> WHAT ARE AIRLINES AND PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE PLANES SAYING? >> Reporter: THEY ARE WORRIED. THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR BY THE NTSB. IT INCLUDED EXECUTIVES AND SAFETY ADVOCATES. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. ALL OF THEM GETTING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS OR AIRPORTS OR PILOTS TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE TARMAC BEFORE A TAKEOFF OR LANDING? SOME TECHNOLOGY WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IT INTO AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME. >>> FIVE THINGS OUR TEAM THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW. NUMBER ONE, THE FATHER OF THE TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR PEOPLE LAST WEEK IS ASKING A JUDGE FOR PROTECTION WHILE IN JAIL. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY LETTING HIS SON ACCESS THE GUN USED. THE DADS LAWYER SAID HE NEEDS TO BE SEPARATED FROM OTHER INMATES BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF THREATS. NUMBER TWO, CDC HAS THE IDEA OF THE INFECTION OF THE PATIENT WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR BIRD FLU. THEY HAD NO CONTACT ACCORDING TO THE CDC WITH COWS, POULTRY OR DAIRY. IT COULD BE A ONE OFF AFTER GOING TO A ZOO OR FARM WITH ANIMALS THAT WERE INFECTED. THE PERSON RECOVERED BUT THE INVESTIGATION GOES ON. NUMBER THREE, IDAHO SUPREME COURT TRANSFERRING THE CASE OF AN ACCUSED SERIAL KILLER INTO ADA COUNTY. WHERE WOULD BRYAN KOHBERGER GET HIS TRIAL? ACCUSE OF USING -- KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. HIS LAWYER SAID THEY COULD NOT GET A FAIR TRIAL IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE MURDERS HAPPEN. NUMBER FOUR, TEXAS POLICE OFFICER SAVING TWO CHILDREN FROM A HOUSE FIRE. THE OFFICERS HAD TO TAKE OUT AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THEY OPENED THE WINDOW AND PULLED OUT THE TWO LITTLE BOYS. LOOK AT THIS, MINUTES LATER YOU CAN SEE FIRE SHOOTING OUT OF THE WINDOW. THE KIDS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE FINE. NUMBER FIVE, YOU MIGHT SAY GOODBYE TO BRAT SUMMER BUT YOU CAN SAY HELLO TO AUTUMN. >>> NEW YORK, A LAWYER FOR HARVEY WEINSTEIN SAYS HE EXPECTS NEW CHARGES AGAINST HIS CLIENT. HE FACES A NOVEMBER TRIAL FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. WE HAVE NOT EN THE CHARGES. THEY ARE SEALED RIGHT NOW. THIS IS CONFUSING, DID HE HAVE A TRIAL? WHAT ABOUT THE L.A. THING? THERE HAVE BEEN CASES ON TWO COASTS FOR YEARS NOW. MORE THAN 80 WOMEN SAID HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OR HARASSED THEM. WE HAVE NO CHARGES FILED AGAINST WEINSTEIN. TELL US WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW? >> WE BASICALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. THREE INCIDENTS. ONE FROM 2005 TO 2006. ANOTHER FROM 2006 AND ANOTHER FROM 2016. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ONE WOMAN OR MULTIPLE? THE INDICTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE UNSEALED NICELY. WE WERE THE FIRST TO REPORT THAT A GRAND JURY HAD CONVENED TO HEAR FROM NEW POTENTIAL ACCUSERS. CLEARLY THE NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS DETERMINED TO RETRY WEINSTEIN. THEY SAID THEY HEARD FROM OTHER VICTIMS AND THEY WERE GOING TO GET HIM BACK IN A COURTROOM. >> SOME PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT THIS AND GUM --, WHY IS HE STILL BEHIND BARS? >> Reporter: IF HE HAD NOT BEEN SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS FOR SEPARATE ACCUSATIONS IN CALIFORNIA, HE POTENTIALLY COULD BE A FREE MAN WAITING FOR THE POTENTIAL NEW TRIAL. BECAUSE HE HAS THIS PRISON SENTENCE WHICH HE HAS NOT BEGUN TO SERVE, HE'S CURRENTLY IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL. HE'S RECOVERING FROM A HEART PROCEDURE. HE HAS BEEN HELD IN RIKERS. I WANT TO PLAY SOUND FROM ONE OF HIS ATTORNEYS OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE. >> EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK HIGHLY OF HIM, AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD BE UPSET. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. YOU DO NOT TARGET A HUMAN BEING AND TALK TO 100 PEOPLE TO FIND SOMEONE TO SAY SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH ABOUT HIM THAT WE COULD GET AN INDICTMENT. >> IT'S LOOKING LIKE HE WILL GO TO TRIAL ON NOVEMBER 12th. IT COULD BE HE FACES THE ORIGINAL CHARGES, AS WELL. WE WILL LEARN MORE WHEN THE INDICTMENT IS UNSEALED. >> WHAT ABOUT HIS HEALTH? HIS LAWYER SAID HE HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS. WHAT IS GOING ON? >> Reporter: HE HAD MAJOR HEART SURGERY AND RECOVERY AT BELLEVUE. HIS TEAM WAS SUCCESSFUL TO GET HIM TO STAY AT BELLEVUE. IT'S UNCLEAR IF HE WILL BE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE AT A CHILD THIS FALL. >>> THE DANGEROUS FLOODING SWEEPING SOME DEADLY REPTILES OUT OF THE ZOO AND INTO THE STREETS IN NIGERIA. WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME VERY INTERESTING VIDEO. >>> HISTORIC SPACE STRETCH. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF CIVILIANS SPACE TRAVEL, NEXT. >>> RECOVER HUNDREDS OF INTERNATIONAL STORIES EVERYDAY. BECAUSE IT COULD BE TOUGH TO READ OR WATCH OR LISTEN TO THE MALL, TEAMS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE DONE FOR YOU. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE WATCHING. >>> VIETNAM, A HUGE TYPHOON A WEEK AGO KILLED MANY. PEOPLE ARE CLEANING UP THEIR HOMES WHERE MUD IS CODING EVERYTHING. LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS ARE OVERTAKING RICE FIELDS. >>> NIGERIA, RESCUE TEAMS DEPLOYING BOATS TO SAVE PEOPLE FROM ROOFTOPS. YOU SEE EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND PEOPLE WAITING FOR HELP. THE FLOODS HIT A ZOO AND KILLED A LOT OF ANIMALS. >>> SINGAPORE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER FOR A MASS LED BY POPE FRANCES. 50,000 PEOPLE WAITED OUTSIDE THE STADIUM. HIS FINAL STOP ON HIS TOUR. >>> FOUR CIVILIAN ASTRONAUTS ARE INSIDE THE SPACE X CAPSULE AFTER MAKING HISTORY. COMPLETING THE FIRST EVER SPACE WALK BY ASTRONAUTS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. BILLIONAIRE PAID FOR THE MISSION MAKING HIS WAY OUTSIDE THE CAPSULE. WATCH. THE APPLAUSE YOU HEAR IS FROM SPACE X ENGINEERS ON EARTH. CIVILIANS ARE NOT LIKE REGULAR JOES. DEAR IT IS THE MISSION COMMANDER. YOU HAVE ENGINEER, SARAH. ROUNDING OUT THE CREW, AN AIR FORCE PILOT. TOM COSTELLO IS JOINING US. AN AMAZING MOMENT. ANYTIME HUMANS GO INTO OUTER SPACE OR DO ANYTHING IT IS INCREDIBLE. WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY LEARN FROM THIS SPACEWALK? WHAT ARE LESSONS THEY ARE TAKEN AWAY? >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHY IT MATTERS. THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY A NONGOVERNMENTAL ASTRONAUT HAS DONE A SPACEWALK. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. ELON MUSK -- >> IT'S NOT LIKE ME GOING THERE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS. THEY HAVE DONE TRAINING. >> HE IS A BILLIONAIRE. JARED ISAACMAN. HE IS A VERY ACCOMPLISHED PILOT. A VERY SMART GUY. HE IS A VETERAN ASTRONAUT. MAKE NO MISTAKE. HE HAS TWO SPACE X ENGINEERS WITH HIM AND A RETIRED COLONEL FROM THE AIR FORCE. THE POINT OF THE MISSION IS THE CHECKOUT THE SPACESUITS. IS ABOUT SEEING IF THE SUITS CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE FOR MOON MISSIONS, MARS MISSIONS. THE CURRENT SPACESUITS THEY WEAR AS FACE-OFFS, THEY ARE 40 YEARS OLD. >> I AM 40 AND I AM OLD. >> I WOULD NEVER GUESS THAT. I WOULD A SIDE, 25. HERE IS THE DEAL. I DO NOT THINK YOU CAN CALL THIS A SPACEWALK. I WOULD CALL IT A SPACE STRETCH. LITERALLY, STRETCHING OUT THE ARMS AND LEGS OF THE SPACESUIT. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE IF IT IS A GOOD SUIT TO USE IN THE FUTURE? WAS I GOING TO POP A SEAM? HOW GOOD IS THE CONNECTION FOR HIS OXYGEN? THAT IS CRITICAL. HE DID KEEP HIS HAND ON THE CONNECTING HANDLE. HIS FEE ALSO WERE CONNECTED DOWN BELOW INSIDE THE SHIP. THAT IS FINE. IF IT WERE ME, I PROBABLY WOULD KEEP TWO HANDS ON THE HANDLE. >> I WOULD KEEP MY FEET ON EARTH. DID HE HAVE A VERDICT ON THE SUITS? >> SO FAR, SO GOOD. I THINK YOU WANT TO ASK ME HOW MUCH -- >> I THINK YOU WANT TO PRODUCE YOURSELF? GO FOR IT. >> ONE OF THEM IS CLEARLY -- WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT IS CUTTING EDGE? THEY HAVE DONE THIS, THIS SHIP DOES NOT HAVE AN AIRLOCK. THEY LITERALLY HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE AND ALL OF THE AIR FLOWED OUT. IT MEANS THE OTHER ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP. SO THEY WOULD NOT DIE FROM NO OXYGEN. THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES ON. >> IT IS FASCINATING AND AN AREA OF GROWTH. THERE IS NOBODY ELSE I WOULD RATHER HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH. WE WOULD DO IT TOMORROW AGAIN. >>> PITTSBURGH IS BECOMING A HOTSPOT FOR THE FASTEST-GROWING NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE IN THE WORLD. IT IS STILL A MEDICAL MYSTERY. >>> TONIGHT ITS ORIGINAL WITH IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON A TOPIC WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING. TONIGHT, PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WITH UNUSUALLY HIGH RATES OF PARKINSON'S. THE DISEASE AFFECTS MORE MORE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AS THE POPULATION GETS OLDER. SCIENTISTS ARE DIGGING INTO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. THEY THINK THAT POLLUTION AND CHEMICALS USED IN MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURE. IT IS LIKE PITTSBURGH WAS A HUGE MANUFACTURING HUB AND PARTS OF CALIFORNIA WITH A LOT OF AGRICULTURE, OR DOUG THE PARKINSON'S BELTS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BOXING CLASSES ARE PACKED. IT IS A FITNESS CLASS NOBODY HOPES TO HAVE TO JOIN. FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH PARKINSON'S. >> THE WORD GOT OUT ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING WE HAD HUNDREDS OF FIGHTERS. >> Reporter: IT CAUSES TREMORS AND MUSCLE STIFFNESS. PATIENTS END UP IN WHEELCHAIRS. THE FASTEST NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE IN THE WORLD. 90,000 AMERICANS WILL RECEIVE A DIAGNOSIS THIS YEAR AS THE POPULATION AGES. NEARLY 1 MILLION ARE LIVING WITH HER. >> I WAS TOLD IT'S A SLOW- MOVING DISEASE BUT IT WILL NOT GO AWAY. >> Reporter: CHILDREN CLOSE TO THE FACTORIES PLAYED IN A CLOUD OF SMOG AND DUST. >> YOU WOULD SEE DUST AND WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS. WE WERE JUST HAVING FUN. >> Reporter: THE CHILDREN ARE SENIOR CITIZENS AND MANY HAVE PARKINSON'S. THIS AREA IS A HOTSPOT ACCORDING TO A STUDY. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. SOME PLACES MORE THAN QUADRUPLED THE ESTIMATED NATIONAL AVERAGE. SOME SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING IT THE PARKINSON'S NOTE. A SERIES OF REGIONS WITH UNUSUAL HIGH RATES. EXACTLY WHY PEOPLE GET IT IS STILL A BIG MYSTERY. ONE STUDY FOUND THAT REDHEADS COULD BE MORE LIKELY TO GET IT. OTHERS SHOW THAT SMOKERS ARE LESS SO. RESEARCHERS DON'T KNOW WHY BUT THEY THINK ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN WHO GETS PARKINSON'S. WHICH AND HOW MUCH, STILL UNCLEAR. >> IF THE DISEASE WAS DUE TO CHANCE YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR WORLD HAVE HIGHER RATES THAN OTHER PARTS. IN A PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY. HE BELIEVES CHEMICALS USED IN MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURE TRIGGER THE DISEASE. EVEN IF THE FACTORIES AND FARMS ARE LONG GONE. CHEMICALS STILL USED TODAY THOUGH THE EPA PROPOSED A RULE TO BENNETT. IN PITTSBURGH, UNDERTAKEN GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT ARE THOUGHT TO CONTRIBUTE TO PARKINSON'S. >> WHAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING ON IS TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT. >> Reporter: INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF PARKINSON'S, HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2021. HE WAS RESEARCHING A CHEMICAL USED IN PESTICIDES. >> I WAS PROBABLY CARELESS. I EXPOSED MYSELF TO IT. MY GUESS IS THAT MY LABORATORY WORK WITH MAKING A MODEL OF PARKINSON'S LED TO MY GETTING PARKINSON'S. >> Reporter: THERE IS MUCH RESEARCH TO DO BUT HIS WORK HELPED LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER PARKINSON'S BELT. CALIFORNIA MY SCIENTISTS AS PARKINSON'S ALLEY. PESTICIDES ARE STRONGLY LINKED TO PARKINSON'S. >> OF IDEOLOGY -- HOW MANY POUNDS PER ACRE SPECIFIC AREAS GOT TREATED WITH THE PESTICIDES AND THE INCIDENCE OF PARKINSON'S. TWO SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT GENETIC -- THE WHOLE, LEARNING ABOUT THE DISEASE COULD HELP PREVENT AND TREAT IT. THERE IS NO CURE. DOCTORS HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBING THE SAME COCKTAIL OF DRUGS TO FOR DECADES. IT DOES NOT TREAT OR STOP PROGRESS. EVENTUALLY THEY STOP WORKING. FOR NOW, EXERCISE IS KEY FOR SLOWING PROGRESSION OF THIS DIAGNOSIS. >> I DO IT EVERY DAY. I DO NOT HEAR FROM MY REGULAR SCHEDULE. YOU CAN MAKE TIME IF YOU WANT TO. >> Reporter: IT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPS. >> HERE YOU ARE NOT ALONE. EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME BOAT. IT HAS BECOME A FAMILY FOR ME. IN A FAMILY DESPERATELY IN NEED OF A CURE. >>> COMING UP, THAT IS QUEEN ELIZABETH. WE WOULD TELL YOU WHAT A STATUE THAT LOOKS LIKE MISSES DOUBTFIRE IS TRIGGERING CALLS FOR A ROYAL REDO. >>> PROTESTERS REDOUBLE THEIR NUMBERS AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >>> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK IS AT RISK. >>> THAT IS TOTALITY. >>> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD SEE MYSELF IN SPACE. >>> THE ROYAL FAMILY HAS BEEN HONORING QUEEN ELIZABETH MARKING TWO YEARS SINCE SHE DIED. ONE CORNER OF THE UK, A MOVEMENT TO HONOR HER IS INSTEAD DRAWING RIDICULE. JOSH LEDERMAN TAKES A LOOK. >> Reporter: IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DIGNIFIED TRIBUTE TO THE LONGEST-SERVING MONARCH. IS IT? THE STATUE OF THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH UNVEILED IN NORTHERN OTHER WIND -- IRELAND -- SOCIAL MEDIA, CRITICS NOT QUITE AS FILET. A VIEWER CALLING IT THE WEIRDEST STATUE EVER. ANOTHER SAYING IT IS TRULY AWFUL. DRAWING CHEEKY COMPARISONS TO ROBIN WILLIAMS CHARACTER ON MISSES DOUBTFIRE. ANOTHER USER SAYING IT SHOULD BE REMOVED AND MELTED DOWN. CALLING THE PEACE OFFENSIVE. THE SOCIAL MEDIA GOSSIP OFFENSE OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SWITCHED OFF SOME FACEBOOK COMMENTS. IS DEFENDING THE WORK IN A STATEMENT. SAYING THAT ART CAN SPARK DIVERSE OPINIONS. THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN IN PERSON SEEM TO LIKE IT. >> I HAVE NEVER MET THE QUEEN OR THE PRINCE IN THE PAST BUT THEY LOOK QUITE SMALL. IN THE ARTIST DID NOT RESPOND FOR COMMENT. GET IT WRONG, THE MOCKERY DOES NOT STOP. THIS STATUE OF LUCILLE BALL UNVEILED IN 2009. THIS CULTURE OF -- IN SLOVENIA. TORCHED AND REPLACED WITH A BRONZE VERSION. WHO CAN FORGET WHEN THIS SUCKER STAR WENT VIRAL FOR THE WRONG REASONS. RIDICULED ONLINE AND SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. >> ANY HAS TO ASK ABOUT HIS GREAT SUBJECT, WHAT WOULD HE LOOK LIKE IF HE HAD A STROKE? >>> JOSH LEDERMAN IS JOINING US. WE HAVE TO COVER EVERYTHING. POLITICS IN THE UK TO STATUE GAIT. >> Reporter: THERE IS ANOTHER MEMORIAL CLOSER TO WHERE I AM. THAT ONE WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN LONDON AT ST. JAMES PARK. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT WILL BE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PROTECT -- THIS ARTIST IS CLEARLY GETTING MORE EYEBALLS ON THIS WORK THEN HE PROBABLY EVER ANTICIPATED. >> 1000%. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT WE APPRECIATE IT. THAT DOES IT FOR THIS HOUR. I WILL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS AND HERE AGAIN ON MONDAY ON NBC NEWS NOW WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE PICKING UP RIGHT NOW. >> TONIGHT TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE CONTINUING TO SLAM THE U.S. WITH HEAVY WIND AND RAIN AS MUCH OF THE GULF COAST IS UNDERWATER. FRANCINE MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE LASHING LOUISIANA WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RESIDENTS WAKING UP TO A FLOOD DISASTER. THIS OWNERS CLEANING UP WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR DECIMATED STORES. WE WILL TALK TO A WOMAN WHOSE HOME WAS FLOODED AFTER RENOVATING FROM ANOTHER HURRICANE. THE STORM WREAKING HAVOC WITH 11 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER FLOODWATERS. TONIGHT INFERNO EMERGENCY. THREE MAJOR FIRES RAGING ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH CREWS GRAPPLING WITH THE FLAMES AMID THE STIFLING HEAT WAVE AS INVESTIGATORS HIT THE SUSPECTED ARSONIST WITH NINE CHARGES. THE LONG SENTENCE HE COULD BE FACING. >>> THE POLICE COMMISSIONER RESIGNS STEPPING DOWN AMID A BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INVOLVING TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. ALLEGATIONS DETAILING HOW THE SCHEME WORKED AND PUTTING TIES TO THE TWIN BROTHER AND THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. >>> PROTESTS ERUPTING. VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENTS THE PROTESTERS IN MEXICO STORMED THE SENATE BUILDING. WHY A NEW LAW IS BRINGING CHAOS TO THE COUNTRY. THE MAYOR'S PARTY ACCESS. THE SELF-PROCLAIMED SUPER MAYOR IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON ANOTHER LAVISH PARTY AND LIVE STREAMING IT. WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT ALL THIS TONIGHT. >>> A DAREDEVIL BIKER SHOWING A MAN RACING ACROSS THE SEA ON WHEELS HOW THE THRILLSEEKER WAS ABLE TO GLIDE MORE THAN 20 MILES AN OPEN WATER. >>> BREAKING NEWS COMING IN TONIGHT DETAILS ON BOMB THREATS IN SPRINGFIELD OHIO. THE TOWN AT THE CENTER OF A MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN. TOP STORY STARTS NOW. >> GOOD EVENING I'M IN FOR TOM LLAMAS. THE GULF COAST REELING FROM FRANCINE'S WRATH AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO DRENCH THE SOUTHERN U.S. A LOOK AT THE MAJOR STORM SURGE THAT HIT LOUISIANA, AN ENTIRE HIGHWAY BLOCKED BY RUSHING WATERS. SOME PEOPLE HAVING TO JUMP INTO KAYAKS TO EVACUATE THE FLOODED HOMES AND HERE IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS WERE FACING, DRONE VIDEO SHOWING ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS COMPLETELY UNDERWATER. LOUISIANA MAY BE IN THE CLEAR BUT MANY STATES ARE BRACING FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. WE ARE TRACKING OUT WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED. >> TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE OVERNIGHT THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GULF COAST WITH DAMAGING WIND AND DRENCHING RAIN. POWER KNOCKING OUT THOUSANDS. TAKING THE HOME OF THE CATEGORY TWO STORM. >> A LOT OF RAIN AND HIGH WIND WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> IT WEEKEND TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO REPORTS OF ANY STORM RELATED FATALITIES AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THIS WAY. >> DAN STEVENS SAYS THE STORM SURVIVED IN 2021 AND WELL FRANCINE WAS A WEAKER STORM THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT. >> WHAT WAS THE REACTION WHEN YOU CAME OUT HERE? >> YOU THINK A SMALL STORM LIKE THAT COULD NOT DO THIS. >> A POWER LINE BEHIND HIS HOME. >> I SUSPECTED IT WAS ONE OF THE TREES. >> THE STORM NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE . >> WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT BUT WE WERE PREPARED FOR THIS. >> THE EXTREME WENT KNOCKING DOWN TREES CUTTING INTO HIS HOME . >> FRANCINE PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH AND ON THE MOVE AGAIN . >> KATHY JOINING US , LOOKING AROUND YOU YOU'RE IN THE THRIFT STORE, A VISIBLE REPRESENTATION OVER WHAT BUSINESS DEALERS ARE DEALING WITH. HOW ARE THEY COPING AND THE THREAT ISN'T OVER YET, RIGHT? >> GOOD EVENING YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD YOU CAN HEAR THAT BANGING BEHIND ME. TO MY LEFT THAT WAS A BRICK WALL AT SOME POINT BUT THIS MORNING IT WAS COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF FROM FRANCINE BUT AS YOU COULD SEE THE CREWS MOVED IN QUICKLY AND THEY HAD TO PUT UP A TEMPORARY WALL SO THE CREWS ARE MOBILIZING QUICKLY TO GET EVERYONE ONLINE BUT THE BIG HEADLINE TONIGHT IS THE POWER OUTAGES WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT AND COULD BE DAYS BEFORE EVERYONE IS ONLINE AGAIN. >> IT'S DIJ@ VU FOR MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS. >> FOR MORE ON THE HUMAN IMPACT SPEAKING ABOUT HURRICANE FRANCINE WE ARE JOINED BY KEITH AND DESIREE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA IN NEW ORLEANS WHICH HAD MAJOR FLOODING FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE YESTERDAY AND ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE SITUATION. IN 2021 HURRICANE IDA CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THEIR HOME AFTER A TREE FELL ON THE ROOF. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR SORRY -- HOW BADLY WE FEEL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO COPE WITH ALL OF THIS? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE ARE BEYOND FRUSTRATED. FEELING OVERWHELMED AND STRESSED HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE COMPLETED TOTALLY RENOVATING THE HOUSE FROM HURRICANE IDA. THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS AND DRAINAGE EFFORTS SO TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN IS OVERWHELMING AND IS EXTREMELY STRESSFUL. >> I COULD ONLY IMAGINE IT WAS PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DO THAT RENOVATION IN THE FIRST PLACE. AS YOU HAVE SEEN THE FLOODWATERS COME AND WHAT WERE YOU EXPERIENCING IN THOSE MOMENTS AND IT FEEL LIKE A RETIREMENT IS ACE INTO A DEGREE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WE HAVE PTSD, HONESTLY . THE WATER WAS COMING IN AND STARTED TO SEEP IN THROUGH THE DOOR. WE GOT TOWELS AND WE PUT TOWELS OUT AND WERE RINGING THEM OUT IN BUCKETS. MY HUSBAND TURNS AROUND AND WALKS TOWARD THE KITCHEN. HE DISCOVERED THE WATER HAD STARTED COMING UP THROUGH THE FLOORS IT WAS UNDERNEATH THE STEPS AND HAVE A POINT OUR ENTIRE DOWNSTAIRS WHICH IS A LIVING AREA, MY HUSBAND'S OFFICE IN THE BATHROOM IT WAS INUNDATED WITH WATER. >> 7 INCHES. 7 INCHES CAME IN. DEFINITELY PTSD. THIS HAPPENED QUICKLY. MONITORING THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE STORM THE WIND REALLY STARTED TO PICK UP WHEN WE LOST THE ELECTRICITY AND WITHIN MINUTES THERE WAS NO STANDING WATER ON THE STREET AND WITHIN MINUTES IT WAS COMING IN LIKE A RIVER. >> YOU COULDN'T SEE ACROSS THE STREET. IT WAS LIKE A WATERFALL. THE REASON THIS HAPPENED THE POST SYSTEM, THE PUMP SYSTEM WENT DOWN. THEY SEEMED TO WORK LESS THAN THEY WERE. WE LATER FOUND OUT THERE WAS A POWER FAILURE AT THE PUMPING STATION AND NO ONE HAD A BACKUP PLAN SO ONCE AGAIN HERE WE GO. >> INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES . HAVING COVERED ALL THE STORMS ALONG THE GULF, ALL THE STATES WERE THERE'S BEEN THIS ISSUE WITH THE HIGH INTENSITY OF STORMS IT'S HARD TO GET INSURANCE FOR MANY HOMEOWNERS AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH TRAGEDY EVERY SINGLE YEAR OR A FEAR OF IT. COULD THIS INFLUENCE YOUR OPINION ABOUT STAYING WHERE YOU ARE VERSUS PERHAPS AM ULTIMATELY MOVING TO ANOTHER PLACE? >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS, IT'S PROBABLY THE FOURTH TIME THEY FLOODED NOT JUST FROM HURRICANES BUT ALSO FROM TROPICAL STORMS. IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOUR INSURANCE RATE INCREASES EVERY YEAR. PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE. YOU CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS INDEFINITELY. IT PUTS TOO MUCH EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL STRAIN ON THE FAMILY. >> EVEN OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE EARLY TO MID 20s. THEY TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS, THEY WANT TO BE HERE AND WOULD LOVE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE AND SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES HERE BUT THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO. WILL THE CITY EVEN BE HERE FOR THEM? THIS IS AN AWFUL SITUATION. >> IT'S A REGIONAL CRISIS AND THE CRISIS THAT NO ONE HAS ANY GOOD ANSWERS FOR GOING FORWARD BUT CERTAINLY CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER REINFORCEMENT OF HOW BAD THINGS ARE GETTING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. WE APPRECIATE THIS. >> THANK YOU ALL. >> FOR MORE ON FRANCINE'S LINGERING THREAT AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH JOINED LIVE OUR NEWS METEOROLOGIST. THE STORM IS POST-TROPICAL AND IT'S IMPACTING MILLIONS. >> JUST BECAUSE IT'S LOST ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS IT'S NOT NOT GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS . THERE IS A SHIELD OF RAIN THAT WE'VE PICKED UP AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED POCKETS, MOSTLY URBAN AREAS COLLECTING AND WE HAVE THIS AREA DOWN HERE IN ALABAMA. THE SUN WAS OUT NOW ONE OF THESE BANDS IS COMING THROUGH WITH WHAT IS LEFT OF FRANCINE CAUSING A THREAT OF TORNADOES. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS LINE AND IT WAS LOOKING INTENSE BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD TORNADOES. THE WORST OF THE STORMS IS TOWARD THE WEST. ANOTHER ONE OUT BY TUSCALOOSA SO WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THESE POSSIBLE TORNADOES. WE ARE DROPPING FLOOD WATCHES. PANAMA CITY DROPPED DOWN WITH THIS. FROM MEMPHIS TO CENTRAL ALABAMA, ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU'RE CAUGHT IN THE PERSISTENT DORMS STORMS. TOMORROW IS NOT AS BAD AS TODAY BUT WE HAVE MINOR TRAVEL ISSUES. >> IT WILL CERTAINLY REEK A LITTLE BIT OF HAVOC. WIDENING THE SCOPE DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY OTHER STORMS COMING IN? >> THE ONLY AREA OF CONCERN WOULD BE OFF TOWARD THE SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA COAST. A STORM COULD DEVELOP. ALL THIS OTHER STUFF OUT HERE WILL REMAIN IN THE ATLANTIC. YOU'LL HAVE SOME SQUALLY WEATHER FOR THIS TROPICAL WEEK. IT WON'T CAUSE ANY DAMAGE BUT THE AREA ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST, RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE WAVES. NOT GOOD FOR THE BEACH WEEKEND UNFORTUNATELY. >> CERTAINLY NOT, BILL KARINS THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES. >>> TO THE RAGING WILDFIRES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FIREFIGHTERS CAN YOU TO BATTLE FLAMES AS AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO TWO COUNTIES. THE MAN SUSPECTED OF STARTING ONE OF THOSE FIRES IS FACING NINE COUNTS OF ARSON. OUR REPORTER TALKS WITH A SURVIVOR ON THE GROUND. >>> FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST. >> YOU HOPE THE WIND DOESN'T SHIFT AND WE ARE STILL WORRIED. >> 5 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING IS HUMIDITY AND WIND THREATENS TO SPREAD THE EXISTING FIRE. >> THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED . >> FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. THE GOVERNOR EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTER TOURING THE FIRE ZONE AND AFTER THE STORM SIX VOTED OVER TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL AS THE BRIDGE FIRE CHEWED THROUGH REDWOOD CALIFORNIA. >> THE SOUTH SIDE WAS FULLY ENGULFED AND HAD TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911 BUT COULDN'T GET THROUGH. >> HE DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOWED PICTURES OF WHERE THIS WAS IN THE IMMEDIATELY SAID OKAY WE WILL GET RIGHT ON THIS. >> THE SMOKE LEAVING THE AIR UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE. THE MUSIC FESTIVAL NOW CANCELED. INVESTIGATORS HIT THE SUSPECTED ARSONIST WITH NINE CHARGES ACCUSING HIM OF STARTING THE LINE FIRE. >> I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC WE WILL GO HARD ON THE CASE. >> IS CONVICT THAT HE COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE HIS FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. >> JOINING US FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY. YOU HAVE NEW REPORTING ABOUT THE AIRPORT FIRE STARTED. >> Reporter: IT WAS ACTUALLY AN ACCIDENT. SOME OF THE DEVASTATION YOU'RE ONE OF THESE HOMES, AND INVERTER TABLE HERE, A SHOWER, THE CHIMNEYS ARE USUALLY THE ONLY THINGS LEFT IN THE FIRES AND YOU HAVE BURNED-OUT CARS BURNED DOWN TO THEIR FRAMES. IT WAS A CREW OF ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKERS USING HEAVY EQUIPMENT MOVING BOULDERS WHICH SPARKED A FIRE AND IN THIS CLIMATE IS A BIG NO-NO, HEAVY EQUIPMENT DURING TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES SO THOUGH NOW THEY HAVE TO REVIEW THE POLICY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> TURNING TO THE BOMBSHELL RESIGNATION FROM THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER STEPPING DOWN AMID AN ONGOING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE NYPD'S NIGHT CLUB ENFORCEMENT HOW ONE BROOKLYN BAR OWNER SAYS HE WAS TOLD HIS PROBLEMS WITH THE NYPD COULD GO AWAY IF YOU PAID EDWARD CABAN'S BROTHER, A WORKER AND MAYOR ADAMS OFFICE TRYING TO ARRANGE THE DEAL TOLD HIM. OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOLLOWS THE TRAIL FOR THE EXCLUSIVE REPORT. >> I FELT LIKE I HAD AN ULTIMATUM EITHER YOU DO THIS OR YOU WILL BE SHUT DOWN AND WE WILL BE SURE TO SHUT YOU DOWN. >> HE SAID IT WAS THIS MAN, THE MAY ORAL STAFFER , RAY MARTIN, WHO SAID HE COULD PAY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER'S BROTHER TO GET BETTER TREATMENT FROM THE NYPD. >> HE SAID HE WAS AN ASSISTANT TO ERIC ADAMS AND HE KNEW PEOPLE AND THEY DROPPED EDWARD CABAN'S NAME BECAUSE HE'S THE NYPD COMMISSIONER AND I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE NYPD. >> THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS OTHER JAMES CABAN SAID HE COULD HELP WITH HIS PROBLEMS IF HE PAID HIM $2500 UPFRONT. THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SAYS HIS BAR WASN'T FACING ANY CHARGES OF WRONGDOING BUT THERE WERE DOZENS OF NOISE COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOUD MUSIC. KELLY SAYS HE FELT TOO MANY POLICE FROM THE PRECINCT THERE CONTINUED SHOWING UP HURTING HIS NEW BUSINESS ALONG MERMAID AVENUE. HE SAID HIS PLEAS FOR HELP FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BOARD WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. HE SAID HE DIDN'T EXPECT RAY MARTIN FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD GIVE HIM THIS ADVICE. >> HE WENT ON ABOUT HOW HE THINKS I SHOULD CLOSE THE BAR AND IF I DON'T CLOSE THE BAR THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET THE POLICE TO STOP WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHICH IS TO SPEAK TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. >> JAMES CABAN EX-COP IS THE BROTHER OF EDWARD CABAN. TEXT MESSAGES FROM 2023 WHERE MARTIN FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ENCOURAGED KELLY TO CONTACT JAMES CABAN. >> REMINDER TO CALL JAMES. >> THESE PHONE RECORDS AND TEXT SHOW HE AND THE COMMISSIONERS BROTHER DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE BUSINESS WHICH WAS A JUICE BAR DURING THE DAY AND LICENSED TO SERVE ALCOHOL ON WEEKENDS NIGHTS HE SPOKE TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER IN THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT FROM THE COMMUNITY BOARD IS THAT THEY ARE REGISTERED AS A JUICE BAR AND DOING PARTIES THERE WITH LOTS OF NOISE COMPLAINTS. >> YOU HAVE A LICENSE TO SERVE ALCOHOL THE COMMUNITY BOARD NEW IT WAS SUMMER TIME SO THEY KNEW WE WERE GOING TO DO THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT EVENTS. >> RECORD SUGGESTS THEY SPOKE BY PHONE WHEN KELLY SAYS JAMES CABAN ASKED HIM FOR THE INITIAL $2500. >> HE SAID HE WILL MEDIATE MY ISSUES WITH WILL THE NYPD AND BRING THEM TO ME TO HAVE A MEETING AND RESOLVE THESE ISSUES IS WHAT HE SPECIFICALLY SAID HE COULD DO BUT HE SAID I HAD TO PAY HIM FOR IT AND I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING EXTORTED AND I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOOD I'LL DEAL WITH IT HOW I DEAL WITH IT THEN IT GOT WORSE. >> KELLY SAYS THE RAY MARTIN AND THE JAMES CABAN CONNECTION BOTHERED HIM. >> I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU GOT TO PAY ME SOME MONEY IF YOU WANT THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY. THAT DOESN'T FALL WITH ME. >> MARTIN DIDN'T RETURN OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT. >> HE UNEQUIVOCALLY DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. HIS WORK AS A CONSULTANT AND ACTING AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND A PRIVATE COMPANY IS PERFECTLY LEGAL, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIS PREVIOUS CAREER AS AN NYPD OFFICER. OUR CLIENT HAS COOPERATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE IT WILL BE CLEAR THE CLAIMS ARE UNFOUNDED AND LACK MERIT. THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW YORK CONSULTANT. >> EVERYTHING WE HEARD FROM THE BAR OWNER IF THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE IT'S A MINIMAL UNETHICAL AND POSSIBLY CRIMINAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD BE DEALT WITH. >> I'VE BEEN REALLY HURT AND DISAPPOINTED AND STRESSED. >> KELLY ISN'T MAKING THE ALLEGATIONS ONLY NOW BUT POST HIS CONCERNS IN FEBRUARY ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT AT THE TIME FEW NOTICED. KELLY CLOSED HIS BUSINESS IN FEBRUARY. >> I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A THEME GOING ON IN NEW YORK CITY SPECIFICALLY. TO BE HONEST. >> CITY HALL TODAY ISSUING A STATEMENT, WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS ATTENTION AFTER RECEIVING THE INQUIRY WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN AN INTERNAL REVIEW AND FOUND MR. MARTIN VIOLATED THE TERMS OF HIS EMPLOYMENT. HE WAS TERMINATED FOR CAUSE YESTERDAY AND WE EXPECT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES TO ACT ETHICALLY AND IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST. HE HAS NOT RETURNED A REQUEST FOR COMMENT. WE SPOKE WITH THE BAR OWNER AGAIN AND HE SAYS THE FEDS AND DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION ARE WITH HIM INTERVIEWING HIM THIS AFTERNOON IN CONNECTION WITH THE ONGOING CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INTO CITY HALL AND IN THE NYPD. >> IT'S FASCINATING BECAUSE THERE WAS A DOCUMENTATION TRAIL WITH TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE RECORDS IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THERE'S BEEN A DIRECT THREAT BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ONE OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS? >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE COME FORWARD PUBLICLY BY NAME AND FACE AND SAID THIS HAPPENED TO HIM AND WHAT'S AMAZING IS YOU POINTED OUT E SAVED THOSE MESSAGES AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE PHONE COMPANY WHO PROVIDED PHONE RECORDS MAY APPEAR TO SHOW THOSE CONVERSATION. >> THE IMPLICATIONS ARE HUGE SO YOU'VE GOT A SITUATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS THERE'S BEEN A DIFFERENT POLICE COMMISSIONER WHERE'S THE NEXT STEP FOR THE NYPD? >> FOR THE NYPD THE FOCUS HAS GOT TO BE PUBLIC TRUST AND TRYING TO WORK TO KEEP THE CRIME DOWN. THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN SHOOTINGS BUT THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ONGOING PROBLEMS IN THE NYPD IS UNDER PRESSURE ON THAT FRONT AND ON THE ALLEGED CORRUPTION FRONT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EYE-OPENING REPORTING THERE. >> MOVING TO SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SPRINGFIELD OHIO. BOMB THREATS PROMPTING EVACUATIONS IN THE CITY AT THE CENTER OF CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS THE PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS. >> THE TENSION HERE IN SPRINGFIELD OHIO WILL IS PALPABLE . PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT THESE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS WILL IMPACT LIFE HERE. THEY ARE VERY WORRIED AND SOME SAY THEY ARE SCARED TO WALK THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY WORRY THEY COULD BE TARGETED OR THAT PEOPLE COULD GET VIOLENT WITH THEM. THEY SAY THEY ARE FEELING INSECURITY HERE IN SPRINGFIELD SOME RESIDENTS BELIEVE THESE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS AND SAY THEY ARE CREDIBLE THEY ALSO SAID THEY DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO BECOME A HAITIAN COMMUNITY BUT WANT TO KEEP IT IN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THE STORY OF AMERICA IS THAT IT DOES CHANGE. YOU HAVE GERMANS AND POLISH PEOPLE AND IRISH PEOPLE, PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES COME HERE MAKING AMERICA THEIR HOME. THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION HERE. THERE WAS ALSO A BOMB THREAT AND THE NUMBER OF THREATS WHICH CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF CITY HALL INCLUDING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. THEY AREN'T SURE IF IT'S CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS. THE PRESS SECRETARY TALKED ABOUT THESE ISSUES. >> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DEBUNKED A VERY BIZARRE AND VERY HATEFUL SMEAR. WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS AN ATTEMPT TO TEAR APART COMMUNITIES AND DISRESPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE COUNTRY DESERVES. >> JUST TODAY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON THESE COMMENTS . COMMENTS ABOUT HAITIANS ABUSING ANIMALS SAYING THAT THERE'S PEOPLE COMING HERE FROM PRISON BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THESE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS HAVE COME HERE LEGALLY BY THE THOUSANDS AND THEY ARE COMING HERE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE BUT THE STORY CONTINUES. BACK TO YOU. >> YES, WORDS HAVE CONSEQUENCES THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRISON FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP HOLDING THAT TO BE DEBATES. >> DOING RALLIES IN CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES. VICE PRESIDENT HARRISON NORTH CAROLINA . >> WHILE HE TRIES TO PULL THE NATION BACKWARD WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA. >> KAMALA HARRIS SHOWED UP SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC. >> THE DEBATES WILL BE THERE LAST. >> WE HAVE DONE TO DEBATES AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> THE CAMPAIGN IS ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE PHASE TO FLIP NORTH CAROLINA WHICH DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON SINCE 2008. >> HE INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WITH NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT. HE SAID CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. >> THE TEAM RAMPING UP A PLAN FOR YOUNGER VOTERS. THIS GROUP SAYS ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DROPPED OUT. >> SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU WITH THE SAME VALUES AS YOU ON THE TICKET IS SO ENCOURAGING. >> I THINK SHE'S DOING WHAT POLITICIANS DO, TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN AMERICA. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA ESTATE HE NARROWLY LOST IN 2020, GOING AFTER HER RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> I'M ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION DESTROYING THE MIDDLE-CLASS AND AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> SUPPORTERS SAY HE DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK'S DEBATE . >> I THINK HE WON BECAUSE HE HIT THE MARKS AND TOUCHED ON ALL THE POINTS THAT I THINK AMERICANS WANT TO HEAR OF. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE COULD DO FOR US SHE JUST TALKED. >> WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND RECORD FUNDRAISING NUMBERS IN THE FUTURES PLAN? FOR AS WE MENTION THE CAMPAIGN IS ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE PHASE IN OFFICIAL TELLING NBC NEWS IN THE 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE DEBATES THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN RAISED $47 MILLION THE BIGGEST FUNDRAISING HALL SINCE SHE BECAME THE NOMINEE. >> 600,000 PEOPLE DONATED FROM TUESDAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THEY SAY NEXT WEEK SHE WILL BE RECEIVING HIGH-POWERED FUNDRAISING HELP. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL FUNDRAISERS LOS ANGELES. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS NOT DOING ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HE'S MADE THESE KINDS OF DECLARATIONS BEFORE DO WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THIS IS HIS FINAL DECISION? >> AS YOU KNOW IT'S ANYONE'S GUESS WHAT HE SAYS. THE VICE PRESIDENT IN HER SPEECH EARLIER TODAY AND CHARLOTTE SAID SHE WANTED ANOTHER DEBATE AND EXPECTED THE CAMPAIGN TO REALLY HAMMER THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE TERM CAMPAIGN SAYS THIS WAS THE FINAL ONE THOUGH WE HAVE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE COMING UP. >>> STILL AHEAD THE NEW INDICTMENTS FOR HARVEY WEINSTEIN, THE GRAND JURY ISSUING THE DISGRACED MOVIE MOGUL NEW CHARGES MONTHS AFTER HIS NEW YORK CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED. WHAT WE KNOW. >>> THE SUPER MAYOR WHOSE INVESTIGATION IS IN THE HOT SEAT ONCE AGAIN. ALLEGATIONS HE SHE IS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND A LAVISH COMMUNITY EVENT. >>> CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY CHANGING ITS NAME AFTER 150 YEARS. WHAT THEY ARE CHANGING IT TO NY. STAY WITH US. >> FOR THE LATEST ON THE NBC NEWS AVENUE GET THE AFT. ON THE GROUND REPORT. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS AVENUE NOW. >> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR FEET. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICES OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >>> BACK NOW ON THE STORY THAT WE BROUGHT YOU IN MARCH. THE MAYOR OF DALTON ILLINOIS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR MISUSING PUBLIC FUNDS. THIS TIME SHE'S ACCUSED OF THROWING AN EXTRAVAGANT COMMUNITY PARTY WITH R&B SINGER'S WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED TAXPAYERS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. >> THIS IS SUPER MAYOR. >> THE SELF-PROCLAIMED SUPER MAYOR IN THE HOT SEAT ONCE AGAIN. SHE IS THE MAYOR OF THE CHICAGO SUBURB OF DALTON AND THE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR ACCUSED OF MISUSING PUBLIC FUNDS INCLUDING SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A ONE-DAY COMMUNITY EVENT WHICH INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY R&B SINGER'S. >> YOU HAD A COUPLE EVENTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS OR SO WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT UNNECESSARILY. >> HENYARD PUSHING BACK CALLING THE ALLEGATIONS BASELESS. >> YOU THOUGHT I WAS DONE, DID KNOWN NOTHING. BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO ANY OF THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD START A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. >> THIS COMES AFTER THE CHICAGO MAYOR WHO WAS HIRED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO INVESTIGATE THE VILLAGES FINANCES REVEALED HER EARLY FINDINGS . THE VILLAGES GENERAL DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING FUND WAS $3.6 MILLION IN DEBT. CHECKS WORTH OVER $6 MILLION HAD BEEN APPROVED BUT NOT SENT TO VENDORS. MULTIPLE PURCHASES UNDER INVESTIGATION INCLUDING AN AMAZON BILL TOTALING MORE THAN $40,000 AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO ANNUAL REPORT OR AUDIT SINCE 2021 THE YEAR THAT HENYARD WAS ELECTED. >> I'M ANGRY , THAT TYPE OF MONEY COULD HAD BEEN USED AS A RESOURCE AND FOR OTHER THINGS. >> LIGHTFOOT SAID HENYARD'S ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. HENYARD MEN HAVE LANDS HENYARD MADE HEADLINES PUTTING UP SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS WITH HER PICTURE ON THEM WITH ALLEGATIONS SHE PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHO IS ACTUALLY HER MAKEUP ARTIST AND DENIED THESE CLAIMS. THE TRUSTEES EVENTUALLY VOTING TO OVERRIDE THE VETO SO THAT THE LIGHTFOOT INVESTIGATION COULD BEGIN. >> I HOPE HERE'S US BECAUSE THE VILLAGE OF DALTON AND THORTON TOWNSHIP IS IN A CRISIS NOW. >> ACCORDING TO NBC CHICAGO HENYARD IS AT THE CENTER OF A WIDE-RANGING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AND THE NUMBER OF LAWSUITS. WE REACHED OUT TO TIFFANY HENYARD AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. >> ANOTHER CHAPTER TO COME THERE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK A POTENTIAL MEDICAL GRADE THROUGH, AND INJECTABLE HIV DRUG SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES HIV INFECTIONS OUTPERFORMING DAILY PILLS. WILL IT SOON BE ON THE MARKET? WE HAVE DETAILS ON THE NEXT. >> WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST . >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION GET THE NBC NEWS AVENUE. YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS ON THE GROUND REPORTING AND INTERVIEWS, DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS AVENUE NOW. >>> BACK NOW WITH TOP STORIES NEWSFEED. THE NEW YORK CITY GRAND JURY ISSUED A NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST THE DISGRACED MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN MONTHS AFTER HIS INITIAL CONVICTION WHICH WAS OVERTURNED IN NEW YORK IN APRIL. THE DETAILS OF THE NEW CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. HE'S CURRENTLY RECOVERING FROM EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY BUT COULD FACE ARRAIGNMENTS AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK. >>> AND HIV PREVENTION PROVING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ACCORDING TO ONE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. CLINICAL TRIALS FOR THE COMPANY SHOWS TWICE A YEAR DRUG INJECTIONS REDUCED HIV RISK BY 96% IN PARTICIPANTS. WHICH OUTPERFORMED PILL FORM DRUGS TAKEN DAILY. THEY NOW AND TO SEEK FDA APPROVAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE TIMELINE WITH THE PRICE FOR PATIENTS IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. >>> THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP COMPANY ANNOUNCING A CHANGE IN ITS CORPORATE NAME AFTER 150 YEARS. THEY ARE DROPPING SOUP FROM ITS NAME. IT WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY. THIS WILL HIGHLIGHT ITS EVOLVING PRODUCT LINE. THIS IS PENDING SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL WITH AN ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR NOVEMBER. >>> COMMISSION MAKING HISTORY. THE FIRST-EVER PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS TO COMPLETE A SPACE WALK. THE MOMENT WAS CAPTURED 800 MILES ABOVE EARTH. TOM COSTELLO HAS THE DETAILS. >> THEIR OPENING THIS INTO SPACE. >> THIS HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, HE OPENED THE HATCH OF HIS SPACESHIP AND STEPPED INTO SPACE. THIS WAS THE RISKIEST PART OF A FIVE DAY MISSION ORBITING THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATION AND WITHOUT AN AIRLOCK, ALL OF THE ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THEIR SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. TODAY'S SPACE WALK WILL CREATE MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH. >> THESE ARE THE SUITABILITY CHECKS HE IS PERFORMING. >> AS THEY TESTED THEIR SPACE SUITS, ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DAY WHERE ON THE MOON. ALREADY THEY'VE CLIMBED 870 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSION AND THE FIRST TIME WOMEN TRAVELED SO FAR CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING TECHNOLOGIES AND POSTING HELLO EARTH ON X USING LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATION. THE MASTER CHIEF SAID TODAY REPRESENT A GIANT LEAP FORWARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. THE SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY. >> THIS WILL EXPAND THE ABILITY FOR THE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. WE ARE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE. >> THIS JUST MAY BE THE FINAL STEP. >> FROM WASHINGTON DC TONIGHT. THIS OPENS UP A NEW CHAPTER IN THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THEY ARE WORKING WITH SPACE ACTS. THEIR SHIP AND THEIR ENGINEERS. THERE SUITS THAT THE ASTRONAUTS ARE TESTING. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO MAYBE TAKE THIS NOW ONTO POTENTIALLY THE MOON BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT THIS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN SPACE, SPACE X IS OWNING THIS SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY AND THEIR BIGGEST COMPETITION IS REALLY GOING TO BE CHINA. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> PROTESTERS TRYING TO SWARM THE SENATE IN MEXICO. CROWDS GATHERING AS LAWMAKERS PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL REFORM TO THE COUNTRY'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM. WHAT MEXICO IS DOING THAT ONLY ONE OTHER COUNTRY IN THE MODERN WORLD HAS EVEN TRIED. >> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> FOR THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION GET THE NBC NEWS APP. YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS AND ON THE GROUND REPORT, AND NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >> WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW? TO >> THE CHAOS RIPPLING THROUGH MEXICO AS LAWMAKERS PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL OVERHAULING THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THE 7000 JUDGES LEFT TO BE ELECTED RATHER THAN APPOINTED AS MEXICO BECOMES THE SECOND COUNTRY AFTER BOLIVIA TO PUT THE MAJORITY OF ITS JUDGES ON THE BENCH BY POPULAR VOTE. OUR ELLISON BARBER BREAKS THIS DOWN. >> Reporter: PROTESTERS STORMING THE MEXICAN SENATE HOPING TO STOP A CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL WHICH WOULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE COUNTRY'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM. >> THEY ARE BETRAYING THE PEOPLE, HE SAYS, SELLING THE VOTE SHAMEFULLY FOR THIS TO BE APPROVED. IT WILL LEAD US TO A DICTATORSHIP. >> THE VOTE TEMPORARILY DELAYED BUT NOT AVOIDED. A TOTAL OF 127 VOTES WITH 86 VOTES IN FAVOR, ONE SENATOR ANNOUNCING, THEREFORE WE HAVE A QUALIFIED AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE REFORM. UNDER THE SYSTEM THE COUNTRIES NEARLY 7000 JUDGES WILL NOT BE APPOINTED TO THE BENCH BUT ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE INCLUDING THOSE ON THE SUPREME COURT. THE CHIEF JUSTICE HAS REPEATEDLY WARNED AGAINST THESE REFORMS ARGUING THAT THEY JEOPARDIZE THE IMPARTIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND PUTS PRESSURE ON JURORS TO VOTE FOR WHAT IS POPULAR. >> ONE OF THESE KEY ISSUES FOR JUDGES IS THAT THEY FOCUS ON LONG-TERM INTERESTS. >> THE LAW PROFESSOR OF FORMER DEPUTY JUSTICE OF THE COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES. >> WHEN JUDGES BECOME POLITICIANS THEY WILL START THINKING LIKE POLITICIANS DO. IF THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH THE NEXT ELECTION. FOR MEXICO'S OUTGOING PRESIDENT HAS PUSHED BACK AGAINST CRITICISM. HE AND MEXICO'S INCOMING PRESIDENT SAY THAT THE OVERHAUL WILL HELP TO ROOT OUT CORRUPTION. >> SUPPORTERS OF THESE CHANGES HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS AS WELL. SOME CARRYING BANNERS SAYING PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG DO NOT FEAR THE PEOPLE. >> WE BELIEVE MORE DEMOCRACY IS NEEDED IN THE JUDICIARY ONE SUPPORTER SAYS. THE JUDICIARY SHOULD BE ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE PEOPLE REMOVE THOSE WHO DO BADLY SO THIS IS A CONTROL MECHANISM. BUT THE LAW PROFESSOR THAT WE SPOKE TO SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW THE MONEY. >> ELECTIONS REQUIRE FUNDING AND REQUIRE MONEY SO WHO WILL FUND THESE JUDGES? IS THIS THE CARTELS? PRIVATE INTEREST? IF SO, WHAT IS THE OUTCOME YOU'D EXPECT? >> DESPITE CONCERNS, A MAJORITY OF STATES RATIFIED THE PROPOSAL. PRESIDENT LOPEZ WILL SIGN AND PUBLISH THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ON SUNDAY. >> WE MOVE TO TOP STORIES GLOBAL WATCH. THE UN AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES SAY SIX OF ITS STAFFERS WERE KILLED IN AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA, ONE STRIKE HITTING A SCHOOL IN THE SURROUNDING AREA SURROUNDING A REFUGEE CAMP. ISRAEL SAYS THEY WERE TARGETING THE HAMAS MILITANTS OPERATING INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. ANTIWAR PROTESTS GROWING VIOLENT IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA OUTSIDE OF THE MILITARY ARMS CONVENTION. VIDEO SHOWS PROTESTERS THROWING ROCKS, SETTING FIRE, THROWING HORSE MANURE AT POLICE. 39 WERE ARRESTED. MELBOURNE POLICE SAYING IT'S THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES. >>> A GEORGIAN DAREDEVIL ISN'T WALKING ON WATER BUT RIDING A BIKE ON IT AND APPEARS TO BREAK THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. VIDEO SHOWING THE MOTORBIKE ARRIVING, A MODIFIED BIKE, WRITING IT ON 20 MILES OF THE SURFACE OF THE BLACK SEA. IT WAS OUTFITTED WITH HANDMADE SKIS BUT HAD TO MAINTAIN A HIGH- SPEED TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM SINKING AND IT TOOK MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING TO ACCOMPLISH. >>> COULD AI HELP US TO BETTER PREDICT HURRICANES? WE TALKED TO A STOP WHERE DEVELOPER USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK HOW HURRICANES ARE TRACKED AND PREDICTED TO HELP BETTER PREPARE. WE BREAK THIS ALL DOWN NEXT. >> NOW IS RAW . NOW IS REAL. >> THE BIG QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE DANGEROUS RESCUE THAT WAS CAPTURED ON LIVE TELEVISION DURING HURRICANE FRANCINE. A NURSE RACING TO SAVE A MAN'S LIFE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM AS HIS TRUCK WAS BEING SWALLOWED BY THE FLOODWATERS. FOR >> Reporter: WITH HURRICANE FRANCINE , THIS IS WHY. >> THE WATERS TO THE WINDOW OF THE PICKUP TRUCK. >> Reporter: AND NBC AFFILIATE WAS LIVE ON THE AIR AS THIS PICKUP TRUCK WOUND UP IN FEET DEEP FLOODWATERS FLOATING AND SPINNING WITH SOMEONE TRAPPED INSIDE. THE REPORTER, JONAH GILMORE, ALERTING THE POLICE. >> SOMEONE HAD DRIVEN INTO THE WATER. >> Reporter: MILES CRAWFORD LIVES CLOSE BY. THE NURSE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> HE'S CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT. HE BROKE THE WINDOW. >> THE MAN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. >> HE FELL IN THE WATER. >> Reporter: AS THEY MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND WE LEARNED ABOUT MILES CRAWFORD AND HUGHES HUMILITY IS HUMILITY. >> THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL AND YOU PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK GOING INTO THE FLOODWATER TO SAVE A LIFE. >> HONESTLY IT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THESE DOORS HERE. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THIS SITUATION AT HAND. BE KIND TO OTHERS. WE JUST HELP THEM OUT. >> Reporter: KINDNESS, EXACTLY WHAT SO MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD USE TONIGHT. >> AS HURRICANES BECOME FREQUENT AND INTENSE DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, THEY WARN TO PREPARE. THE SAME KIND OF TECH USED IN DRIVERLESS KARST FORECAST HURRICANES UP TO AN AVERAGE OF THREE DAYS EARLIER THAN TRADITIONAL FORECASTS. JOINING ME NOW TO DISCUSS THIS IS THE CHAIR TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY, A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, THE LARGEST PRIVATE WEATHER COMPANY IN THE WORLD. HE ALSO HAS A PHD IN METEOROLOGY. SAM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. THE TECHNOLOGY YOU CREATED WILL PROJECT A POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A TROPICAL STORM INTO A HURRICANE AND ITS INTENSITY IT LANDFALL. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THESE MODELS. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WALK ME THROUGH THIS. WHAT AM I LOOKING AT? HOW ARE THE MAPS INTERPRETED. >> ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WE HAVE A TRADITIONAL MODEL LENS. THESE ARE HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL MODELS WHICH COULD BE DETERMINED IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE ATMOSPHERE. HOW THE ATMOSPHERE COULD DIVERGE FROM VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO GET AN ACCURATE LOOK AT HOW THE ATMOSPHERE MIGHT DEVELOP. THE ISSUE HERE IS WHEN YOU BEGIN BLENDING THESE IN TOGETHER. WE WASH OUT THE AMPLITUDE OF SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS THAT YOU SEE IN THE EXTREME EVENTS LIKE HURRICANES AND WHEN YOU PLAN THESE ALTOGETHER IT COULD BE FINE FOR PARTLY CLOUDY AND 70 BUT FOR A CASE OF A HURRICANE YOU WANT TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE AMPLITUDE OF THESE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS LIKE OF THE RAINFALL AND THE STRONG WINDS. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE HAVE OUR DTN MODEL. THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL THOSE SAME MODELS, THE 100 MODELS IN THE LEFT BUT WE USE SOMETHING CALLED SEMANTIC SUBLIMATION TO IDENTIFY THE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL MODELS AND WE OPTIMIZE THE READING FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL MODEL AND STITCH THIS TOGETHER IN SUCH A WAY WHERE WE CAN RETAIN THE DETAIL AND RETAIN THE AMPLITUDE IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IN CASES LIKE THIS WE ARE LOOKING AT LIKE HARVEY AND FLORENCE, HISTORIC FLOODING WHEN THEY MADE THE LANDFALL. LOOKING AT THE MODEL BLEND ON THE LEFT, YOU MAY NOT SEE THE SAME AMPLITUDE OF RAINFALL. OUR DTN MODEL IS ABLE TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT HOW EXTREME A STORM LIKE THAT COULD BE. >> IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY IT'S LESS ABOUT BLENDING THE VARIOUS MODELS BUT MOVING IN WITH PINPOINT ACCURACY ON THE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEN CREATE A PORTRAIT BASED ON THIS. EXPLAIN WHAT AMPLITUDE MEANS FOR VIEWERS AND MYSELF INCLUDED. WHEN YOU'RE ZOOMING IN ON THESE CHARACTERISTICS LIKE WIND SPEEDS AND RAINFALL TOTALS THAT COULD BE DEVASTATING HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? >> YES, THE AMPLITUDE IS LOOKING AT THE LARGEST VALUES. WHEN WE BLEND THESE DIFFERENT FORECASTS TOGETHER YOU ARE DOING THIS IN A NOT -- YOU END UP WITH THE STORM HERE OR THERE. WHEN YOU BLEND THESE TWO TOGETHER YOU ARE AVERAGING A HIGH NUMBER WITH A LOW NUMBER. THIS ENDS UP SMOOTHING IT OUT AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WE ARE REALIGNING THE PRECIPITATION FIELD AND YOU SEE THOSE HIGHER PRECIPITATION RATES NEAR THE CENTER OF THE STORM AND HIGHER RATES REPRESENTED REALLY WELL AND IT'S REALLY COMPACT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACTS DIFFERENT RAINFALLS. >> I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THE SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY WHETHER IT'S THE AMERICAN MODEL OR EUROPEAN MODEL HOW DOES THIS DIFFER AND WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS COVERING THE HURRICANES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? WE COULD'VE USED SOME OF THIS ADVICE. >> AI HAD EXPLODED IN INFORMATION AND METEOROLOGY. WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THROUGH THE USE OF AI. I SHOULD SAY, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER MODELS LIKE THAT. EXCELLENT MODELS WHICH ARE VERY USED FOR FORECASTS IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL WEATHER SENTENCE. THERE'S A LOT OF FANTASTIC DATA OUT THERE. AN AMAZING PLETHORA TO BE HONEST. REALLY THE CHALLENGES HOW DO YOU OPTIMIZE THE USE OF ALL OF THAT DATA? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS WE MENTIONED THE DATA THAT CAME IN. STAY TUNED. MORE NEWS ON THE WAY. >>> I WANT TO CHECK IT OUT, I SEE A GUY WAS IN THE WATER, THE WATER WAS STEADILY RISING, SO I THOUGHT GO AND GET HIM. >> INCREDIBLE MOMENTS OF THE ACTIONS OF AN E.R. NURSE SAVING A MAN STUCK IN A TRUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF HURRICANE FRANCINE, ALL OF THAT UNFOLDING ON LIVE TV. THIS IS ONE OF DOZENS OF RESCUES ALL ACROSS LOUISIANA LAST NIGHT. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ, AND THIS IS "STAY TUNED NOW." ♪ >>> ANTENNAE, LOUISIANA IS IN RECOVERY MODE AFTER TAKING A DIRECT HIT FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE 24 HOURS AGO. YOU SAW THE WORST CONDITIONS LIVE ON THE AIR LAST NIGHT UNFOLDING BEFORE US. IT HAS SINCE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM, BUT NOT WITHOUT LEAVING DAMAGE. WINDS OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR. THIS COMMUNITY COMPLETELY UNDERWATER. WASTE-DEEP WATER LED TO RESCUES AS PEOPLE'S HOMES BECAME FLOODED. 100 HOMES TOOK ON WATER. ONE WOMAN JUST FINISHED RENOVATIONS AFTER HURRICANE IDA IN 2021. >> THIS IS VERY, ERY UPSETTING, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS NEW, BECAUSE OF IDA. HALF OF OUR PATIO AND ROOF, SO WE HAD TO GET A NEW ROOF. WE JUST GOT A NEW FENCE. THE FENCE IS HALFWAY DOWN. OKAY. HERE WE GO AGAIN. [ LAUGHTER ] >> TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER, A LOT OF THOSE OUTAGES CAUSED BY FALLING DEBRIS LIKE THIS TREE BRANCH THAT CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED ON A POWER LINE IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH IT IS KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, AND THOSE FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS TO NORTHERN FLORIDA ARE UNDER FLOOD WATCHES. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. NBC NEWS METEOROLOGIST, BILL KARINS, WILL HAVE THE FORECAST, BUT LET'S GET TO KATHY PARK IN LOUISIANA, FIRST. KATHY, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE DAMAGE YOU ARE SEEING ON THE GROUND? >> Reporter: SO, GADI, WE ARE IN ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT LOUISIANA COMMUNITIES OF HOUMA. TODAY WAS A DAY OF RECOVERY. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE STANDING RIGHT NOW. WE ARE AT A LOCAL BUSINESS, A THRIFT SHOP A POPULAR THRIFT SHOP MANY TURN TO IN THIS COMMUNITY. AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM, THERE WERE EIGHT SENSORS ON THE ROOF THAT ALL WENT OFF AT ONCE. SO HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE WAS NOT HERE, AND THANKFULLY NO INJURIES TO REPORT, BUT THIS IS THE SCOPE OF THE DAMAGE. OVER HERE, THE ROOF OPENED UP LIKE A TIN CAN. FAR TO THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE LIGHT OVER THERE. THERE WAS A BRICK WALL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT COLLAPSED. CREWS MOBILIZED QUICKLY ACTUALLY, THINGS HAVE QUIETED DOWN, BUT THEY PUT UP A MAKESHIFT WALL AND PLAN ON MAKING REPAIRS PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE COMING DAYS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE GOOD NEWS IS NO INJURIES. WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER ABOUT THE STORM. TAKE A LISTEN. ARE YOU SURPRISED THE STORM DID SO MUCH DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY? >> THE LAST MAJOR HURRICANE TO COME THROUGH WAS PROBABLY 150- MILE-AN-HOUR WOOD, AND THIS ROOF DID NOT COME OFF. SOMETIMES YOU ARE LUCKY, SOMETIMES YOU ARE NOT. MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. >> Reporter: AND GADI, HE WAS REFERRING TO HURRICANE IDA IN 2021. THIS AND SEVERAL LOUISIANA COMMUNITIES ARE SCARRED FROM THAT EVENT. IT WAS A DEVASTATING CATEGORY 4. WITH UNPREDICTABILITY, YOU HEARD THAT BUSINESS OWNER TALKING ABOUT WINDS OF OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR. HERE, IT WAS CLOSE TO 70-80. TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE. THIS IS ALL THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE WINDS CAME IN THIS DIRECTION AND CAUSED ALL THIS DAMAGE. ASSESSING AS FAR AS WHAT TO DO NEXT, BUT IT SEEMS FOLKS ARE PULLING TOGETHER TO GET BUSINESSES UP AND RUNNING ONCE AGAIN. >> A REMINDER OF THE POWER OF MOTHER NATURE THERE. DO WE KNOW HOW POWER RESTORATION EFFORTS ARE GOING? REPORT: STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. AND ACCORDING TO THE UTILITIES THEY HAVE PREPARED IN ADVANCE, THEY WERE GEARING UP FOR THIS, THEY HAVE CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. THEY DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL TIMELINE, BUT IT APPEARS IT WILL TAKE DAYS FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE THE POWER RESTORED. DRIVING AROUND THE COMMUNITY MANY HAVE GENERATORS HERE, IN LOUISIANA. THEY KNOW THE DRILL WHEN IT COMES TO OPERATION. ONE MAN TOLD ME HE HAD THREE GENERATORS ON-HAND. SO OBVIOUSLY FOLKS HERE WERE PREPARED GOING INTO THIS STORM. AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO RIDE IT OUT DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE POWER TO COME BACK ONLINE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S HOT HERE AND WILL REMAIN HOT PRETTY MUCH THE REST OF THE WEEK. GADI? >> SOUNDS LIKE A VERY RESILIENT COMMUNITY THERE. KATHY PARK, THANK YOU. >>> FOR MORE ON WHERE THE REMNANTS OF FRANCINE ART LET'S CHECK IN WITH NBC NEWS METEOROLOGIST, BILL KARINS. HEY THERE, BILL. >> GADI, THE STORM HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN, FLASH FLOODING, MAYBE AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THE STORM ITSELF IS MORE OF A REGULAR, OLD STORM, BUT IT'S BEEN POURING ALL DAY IN MEMPHIS AREA. HEAVIER RAIN BANDS ARE SHIFTING INTO KENTUCKY NEAR PADUCAH. THIS HERE, THE RED COLOR ARE THE NEW THUNDERSTORMS. THIS COLD FRONT IS KICKING TO CENTRAL ALABAMA, AND IS PINK LINE IS A NEW TORNADO WARNING THAT GOES UNTIL ABOUT 10:00 P.M. WE COULD SUSTAIN TORNADOES HERE. THERE IS A SECOND LINE FORMING BEHIND IT. THERE'S NO ACTIVE WARNINGS, HAVEN'T HEARD ANY REPORTS OF TORNADOES, BUT FROM BIRMINGHAM TO MONTGOMERY, I KNOW YOU WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THIS IN CASE ANYTHING BEGINS TO SPIN UP. THE OTHER THREAT OF COURSE WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL, WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS, WE COULD ALSO SEE A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IN ALABAMA. NEAR THE CENTER OF WHAT'S LEFT OF THE STORM OVER MEMPHIS COULD PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING. EVEN ALL THE WAY TO PANAMA CITY STORMS MAY COME THROUGH. THAT THREAT IS MINIMAL. WE HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH FLASH FLOODING TODAY. GOOD NEWS. OUR COMPUTERS ARE TELLING US THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT, 2-TO THREE INCHES NEAR BIRMINGHAM. YOUR MEMPHIS AREA, NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1-2 INCHES IN ADDITION. DROUGHT TOMORROW IT WILL SIT HERE AND DRIFT. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF STORMS. MOST AREAS WILL GET A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE. WE WON'T SEE DAMAGING STORMS, HIT AND MISS THROUGH THE REGION. AND THESE WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST. SO, DON'T EXPECT BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AND THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT'S NEXT AS WE ARE AT THE PEAK OF HURRICANE SEASON. WE HAVE A COUPLE AREAS OF INTEREST. ONE IS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALREADY, BUT THAT'S GOING TO MOVE SLOWLY, SO WE WON'T FOCUS ON THAT. IF ANYONE HAS PLANS FOR PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, THAT'S HEADING YOUR WAY. OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING STRONG WILL DEVELOP, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GREAT SUMMER BEACH WEEKEND. RIP CURRENTS UP AND DOWN THE COAST, AND RAINY CONDITIONS. NOTHING THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TOO MANY PROBLEMS. YOU HAVE A COOLING TREND COMING THAT WILL REALLY HELP FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. THROUGH SATURDAY, SOME AREAS OF THE COAST IN THE 60s EVEN INTO SUNDAY. ALL THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIRES, IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY GOT A BREAK NOW. >> BILL KARINS, THANK YOU. AS YOU HEARD, SOME RELIEF AND A WELCOME CHANGE IN THE FORECAST FOR CREWS BATTLING FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >>> AT LEAST THREE MAJOR WILDFIRES ARE BURNING RIGHT NOW WITHIN 100 MILES OF LOS ANGELES. THE LARGEST, BRIDGE FIRE, OVER 50,000 ACRES WITH 0% CONTAINMENT. 100 HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN JUST ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES ORDERED TO EVACUATE SINCE THE FIRE BLEW UP. RESIDENTS ARE STILL UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS. MORGAN, HOW IS IT LOOKING RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: WE ARE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THEM, AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON, BECAUSE OVER MY SHOULDER IF WE CAN PUSH IN YOU'LL GET A GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE DEVASTATION THAT HAS STRICKEN THIS TIGHTKNIT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS. THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF A LARGE HOME HERE. YOU CAN SEE NEIGHBORING HOMES ARE STILL STANDING TONIGHT, GADI. EVERYONE ABLE O GET OUT SAFELY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE EVERYTHING WITH THEM. HERE IS SOME OF THE DAMAGE WE ARE SEEING IN AND AROUND THE BRIDGE FIRE DAMAGE ZONE. AS YOU MENTIONED, 50,000 ACRES, THE LARGEST IN THE STATE, ONE OF THREE MAJOR FIRES. THE CAUSE IS STILL UNKNOWN, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, GADI IT'S TOUGH TO SEE. YOU SMELL THE SMOKE FROM MILES AWAY, AND WHEN YOU GET A DAMAGE LOOK, HOW THESE FLAMES TORE THROUGH HERE OVERNIGHT FORCING EVACUATIONS, AND THE FACT IT'S 0% CONTAINMENT RIGHT NOW INCREDIBLY CONCERNING. >> I AM GLAD YOU SHOWED THOSE OTHER HOUSES THERE. IT'S STILL UNPREDICTABLE HOW THESE FIRES BEHAVE, AND IT'S ALMOST RANDOM WHICH HOUSES GO UP. OFFICIALS SAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. IS THAT TRUE? ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN? >> Reporter: I WOULD ADD THAT WHILE FIRES CAN ABSOLUTELY SHIFT WITH THE WIND WHAT SAVED THESE HOMES WAS THE TIRELESS WORK OF FIRE CREWS WHO WERE ABLE TO CUT LINE AND PROVIDE SOME SORT OF BARRIER BETWEEN THE WORST OF THE FLAMES AND THESE HOMES BEHIND ME. AS FAR AS IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, IT COULD BE. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WE HAVE TEMPERATURES ABOUT 30- 40 DEGREES COOLER TODAY THAN WHAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK. WHEN THIS BRIDGE FIRE REALLY EXPLODED, THE HIGH EAT CAN TREATED TO THE GROWTH OF THE LINE FIRE AS WELL AS THE FIRE CURRENTLY BURNING IN ORANGE COUNTY, THE AIRPORT FIRE. CREWS ARE HOPING COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL AT LEAST HELP THEM STAY FRESH ON THE FIRE LINES, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S NO RAIN COMING. INCREDIBLY DRY CONDITIONS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, PLENTY OF FUEL TO BURN. >> SPEAKING OF THE LINE FIRE THERE'S SO MUCH ANGER AND OUTRAGE OVER WHAT'S HAPPENED. AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE, SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS WERE HURT IN THAT FIRE, SO, WHAT CHARGES IS THE SUSPECT FACING? >> Reporter: NINE ARSON -RELATED CHARGES COMING AGAINST 34-YEAR-OLD MAN, WHO WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BACK ON TUESDAY, BECAUSE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO USE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS TO TRACE HIS VEHICLE AND USE LICENSE PLATE READERS TO TRACK DOWN HIS LOCATION. THAT IS HOW THEY PUT HIM INITIALLY IN CUSTODY. NO WORD ON HIS MOTIVE, BUT FOR THE ARSON-RELATED CHARGES, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS RELATED TO BODILY INJURY TO A FIREFIGHTER, AND HE'S CHARGED WITH STARTING THREE SEPARATE FIRES AS WELL. SO, THAT IS JUST SOME OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TO READ ONLY ADDING INSULT TO INJURY TO KNOW ALL THAT DAMAGE FROM THE LINE FIRE WAS INTENTIONALLY SET READ. >>> MILLIONS UP AND DOWN THE COAST WITHIN SHAKING DISTANCE OF A QUAKE THAT STRUCK NORTH OF MALIBU THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE USGS PEOPLE COULD FEEL THAT TREMOR AS FAR SOUTH AS SAN DIEGO. IT WAS 4.7 MAGNITUDE, CONSIDERED MODERATE ON THE RICHTER SCALE. OF LATE WE HAVE SEEN A RECORD BROKEN FOR QUAKES MEASURING AT MAGNITUDE 4 OR HIGHER. THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILAR QUAKES LIKE THE ONES FILTER DATE WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. LIZ KREUTZ JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS. THERE'S A BIG QUESTION, IS ALL THIS SHAKING A FOREWARNING BEFORE A BIG ONE? >> Reporter: YEAH, IT'S BEEN A REALLY ACTIVE YEAR, GADI. WE FELT THE ONE IN L.A. THIS MORNING. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DON'T KNOW. THERE IS A SPLIT AMONGST SCIENTISTS, INCREASED ACTIVITY CAN MEAN "THE BIG ONE" IS POTENTIALLY COME IN, BUT OTHERS BELIEVE THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY GOES DOWN BEFORE A BIG QUAKE. WE JUST KNOW IT'S BEEN AN ACTIVE YEAR FOR MODERATE QUAKES. THIS IS THE SECOND TO HIT LOS ANGELES WITHIN THE PAST MONTH. WE HAD THIS ONE THIS MORNING, AND JUST A MONTH AGO THERE WAS ONE EAST OF PASADENA WE SAW IN OUR BUREAU. THERE WAS ONE NORTH OF HERE IN BAKERSFIELD, AND SO WE ARE FEELING THESE QUAKES. WE ARE IN EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY, GADI. IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE A REALLY MASSIVE DESTRUCTIVE ONE, 6.7 IN 1994, NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE, IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE A QUAKE THAT BIG. >> SPEAKING OF WARNINGS, THE ALERT WENT OUT TO ALL OUR PHONES-- I'M SURE YOU GOT ONE-- IT'S PRETTY INTENSE. IT DID NOT MINCE WORDS. IT WAS LIKE, EARTHQUAKE HAPPENING, TAKE COVER. IT WAS NOT CHAOTIC WHERE I WAS, BUT SHOULD WE EXPECT ALERTS LIKE THIS FOR EVERY QUAKE? IS THERE A THRESHOLD? >> Reporter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eporter: PREPARATION INCLUDES WATER, FOOD, FLASHLIGHTS, BATTERIES, MANY TIMES THE POWER GOES OUT-- REALLY AS YOU-- NOTHING BIG HANGING OVER YOUR BED, WE EARTHQUAKE PROOF OUR HOMES. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING HANGING ON YOUR BED THAT COULD FALL ON YOU. IF YOU FEEL THAT QUAKE STOP, DROP, AND TAKE COVER, GADI. >> LIZ KREUTZ WITH HOPEFULLY ADVICE WE WON'T NEED BUT IS LIFE-SAVING. >>> DUELING RALLIES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA, WHILE VICE PRESIDENT EMILIE HARRIS PAID A VISIT TO NORTH CAROLINA. WE WILL GET THE LATEST ON THE RACE IN A MOMENT. >>> NEW CHARGES AGAINST HARVEY WEINSTEIN. MORE ON HOW THIS WILL PLAY INTO A REAL RETRIAL. >>> META, SNAPSHOT SNAPCHAT MORE ON TONIGHT'S FUTURE OF EVERYTHING. STAY TUNED. >>> A TO HAVE YOU WITH US, I'M JOE FRYER. >> AND I AM SAVANNAH SELLERS >> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> NEW REPORTS OF DRONE ATTACKS BY HOUTHI MILITANTS-- >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION. >> NOW LET'S GET TO SOME FINANCIAL HEADLINES. NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALKING TUITION AS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMAN GETS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION FOR FAMILIES. >> COULD THIS IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE? >> 100%. >> MORNING NEWS NOW, WEEKDAYS AT 7:00, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK. HERE ARE SOME OF THE HEADLINES WE ARE WATCHING TONIGHT. AT LEAST 14 WERE HURT INCLUDING A DOZEN STUDENTS IN A SCARY SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. A CAR T-BONED THE BUS, CAUSING IT TO ROLL OVER. MULTIPLE INJURIES REPORTED. >>> SHAKE UP FOR THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OF NYPD RESIGNING AFTER LINKS TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. LAST WEEK THE FBI RAIDED HIS HOME, TAKING HIS CELL PHONE. THE FEDS ARE LOOKING INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S NIGHTCLUB ENFORCEMENT. >>> HUNDREDS OF BOSTON HOTEL WORKERS ARE ON TO GET LINES PROTESTING WHAT THEY CALL DIFFICULT WORKLOADS AND LOW WAGES. A LOT OF THEM SAID THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING IN THE CITY. IT FOLLOWS A WALKOUT, AND THAT STRIKE IS EXPECTED TO LAST THREE DAYS. >>> NORTH DAKOTA'S NEAR-TOTAL ABORTION BAN IS NO MORE, A JUDGE STRIKING IT DOWN, BASICALLY SAYING IT VIOLATED THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION. NORTH DAKOTA DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY FREESTANDING ABORTION CLINICS. THE REPUBLICAN AG THERE SAYS HE WILL APPEAL. >>> AND THE FDA IS AIR POD PRO HEADPHONES AS HEARING AIDS MARKING THE FIRST OVER-THE COUNTER HEARING AID SOFTWARE FOR THE FUTURE WAS ANNOUNCED A FEW DAYS AGO WITH A SECOND GENERATION APPLE AIR PODS. STUDY AMONG PEOPLE WITH MILD TO MODERATE HEARING LOSS BASICALLY FINDING IT WORKS SIMILAR TO THE DEVICES. >>> WE ARE LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM THE ELECTION. IF YOU ASK TRUMP WE WON'T BE GETTING MORE DEBATES, AS OF NOW. TAKING TO TRUTH SOCIAL TODAY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID HE WON'T PARTICIPATE IN ANY MORE DEBATES, BECAUSE HE SAYS HE WON THE ONE ON TUESDAY. AT A RALLY IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, HE REPEATED THAT STANCE. >> POLLS CLEARLY SHOW I WON THE DEBATE AGAINST "COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS." BECAUSE THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> LET'S BRING IN ALEX IN ARIZONA, TONIGHT BE GOOD TO SEE YOU. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE SHUTTING DOWN THE IDEA OF A POSSIBLE THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. BUT, LIKE, IS THERE ANY CHANCE WE MAY SEE ANOTHER ONE ANYWAY? >> Reporter: WELL, GADI , TYPICALLY CANDIDATES WANT TO DEBATE WHEN THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE RACE. A LOT OF THE POLLS WE'VE SEEN IN THE BATTLEGROUNDS HAVE SHOWN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS NECK AND NECK. BUT, IF THAT DYNAMIC WERE TO CHANGE, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF HARRIS STARTED TO BUILD A LEAD YOU COULD SEE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RECONSIDER THE PROSPECTS OF ANOTHER DEBATE AS A MEANS OF SHIFTING THAT DYNAMIC. FOR THE POLITICAL JUNKIES WHO ARE WORRIED THERE WON'T BE MORE DEBATES CIRCLE OCTOBER 1st ON YOUR CALENDAR. THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL SEE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' RUNNING MATE, TIM WALZ, AND TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE, JD VANCE, THEY SQUARE OFF, OCTOBER 1st. >> NEVER SAY NEVER. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S DEBATE PERFORMANCE? DID HE WIN THERE? >> Reporter: WELL REALLY, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO VOTERS ALL DAY ALONG WITH OUR COLLEAGUE, VON HILLIARD. IT'S BEEN A MIXED REACTION. MANY TRUMP SUPPORTERS WAITING TO SEE HIM AT A RALLY, SOME SUPPORTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT, AGREEING, AND SOME A LITTLE BIT MORE SKEPTICAL, I WANTED YOU TO HEAR A CONVERSATION OUR COLLEAGUE, VON HILLIARD, HAD. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF DONALD TRUMP'S PERFORMANCE? >> NOT MY FAVORITE, I AM A HUGE DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER, CLEARING GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM. HE REFERRED BACK TO THE BORDER TOO MUCH INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. WE WANT THE BORDER STRENGTHENED IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THAT LOOKED BAD ON HIM, AND OF COURSE THAT HE PEOPLE GETTING DOGS IN OHIO, THAT WAS NOT GOOD FOR HIM. >> AS YOU HEARD,OMMENTS STICKING WITH VOTERS NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS READ >> AND THE WHOLE PET-EATING COMMENTS THERE HAS BEEN MAKING WAVES. IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT DOUBLING DOWN ON THOSE CLAIMS? WHAT DID WE HEAR TODAY? >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOT BACKING DOWN ON THOSE CLAIMS. JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO HE REPEATED THEM ON STAGE AT THIS RALLY, IN TUCSON, AND HE WAS ASKED BOUT THEM DURING AN INTERVIEW ON TELEMUNDO. I WANT YOU TO WATCH A CLIP FROM THAT INTERVIEW. >> WELL IT'S COME FROM STORIES, IT'S COME FROM TELEVISION, AND SOME OF THE-- PETS, I DON'T KNOW, CATS, DOGS, BOTH, BUT SOME WERE TAKEN BY THE MIGRANT . AND IT'S A SHAME. IT'S SAD. >> Reporter: AND OF COURSE, GADI, IT'S IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT THIS CLAIM THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS REPEATING OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN, HAS NOT BEEN SUBSTANTIATED. WE SEE NO EVIDENCE THAT HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN OHIO ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. >> ALEX TABET, IN ARIZONA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. >>> LET'S STAY WITH THOSE UNSUBSTANTIATED PET-EATING COMMENTS FOR A SECOND HERE. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, THE CITY AT THE CENTER OF THIS, IS FACING FALLOUT FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS. THE CITY WAS FORCED TO CLOSE CITY HALL AFTER RECEIVING A BOMB THREAT WHICH PROMPTED EVACUATIONS, AND IT'S UNCLEAR WHO MADE THE THREAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THE CITY SAYS IT INCLUDED COMPLAINTS OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN THE CITY. YAMICHE ALCINDOR IS IN SPRINGFIELD WITH MORE ON HOW PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE RESPONDING. >> Reporter: THE TENSION HERE IN SPRINGVILLE, OHIO, IS PALPABLE. PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY WORRIED THAT BASELESS CLAIMS OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ABUSING PETS ARE GOING TO IMPACT LIFE HERE. THEY ARE WORRIED, SOME OF THEM ARE SAYING THEY ARE SCARED TO WALK THE STREETS, THEY ARE WORRIED THEY MIGHT BE TARGETED, AND THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE VIOLENT WITH THEM. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE. THEY FLED SECURITY IN HAITI TO COME HERE. THEY SAY, ONE PERSON TOLD ME YESTERDAY, THEY DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO TURN INTO A "HAITIAN COMMUNITY," BUT THE COMMUNITIES CHANGE, YOU HAVE ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO MAKE AMERICA THEIR HOME. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION HERE, AND A NUMBER OF BOMB THREATS CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF CITY HALL AND OTHER BUILDINGS, INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI. THEY ARE UNSURE WHO MADE THOSE ALLEGATIONS, THEY ALSO AREN'T SURE WHETHER THE THREAT IS CONNECTED TO THESE BASELESS CLAIMS. KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID. >> SPRINGFIELD OHIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DEBUNKED THIS VERY BIZARRE AND HATEFUL SMEAR THAT'S OUT THERE. IT IS SPREADING FILTH THAT MAKES THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING SMEARED HERE, IT PUTS THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. AND, AND IT IS JUST-- IT IS JUST HATE SPEECH. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. >> Reporter: AND JUST TODAY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW DOUBLING DOWN ON THOSE COMMENTS, AGAIN , COMMENTS ABOUT HAITIANS ABUSING NIMALS AND SAYING PEOPLE WERE COMING HERE FROM RISEN. WHAT WE KNOW IS THESE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING LEGALLY HERE BY THE THOUSANDS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A POLITICAL STORY IS CONTINUING. BACK TO YOU. >> YAMICHE ALCINDOR, THANK YOU. >>> WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MIGHT ANNOUNCE THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEBATES VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE. >> AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. BECAUSE, THIS ELECTION AND WHAT IS AT STAKE COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT. >> HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA TRYING TO BUILD ON TUESDAY'S MOMENTUM. SHE HELD A RALLY IN GREENSBORO, PART OF THIS PLAN TO TRY AND FLIP THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE, WHICH NO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT CANDIDATE HAS WON SINCE BARACK OBAMA IN 2008. GABE GUTIERREZ, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, ON THE TRAIL TONIGHT. HEY THERE, GABE. >> Reporter: GADI, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' SECOND RALLY OF THE DAY, THIS ONE HERE IN GREENSBORO, TWO HOURS EARLIER SHE WAS IN CHARLOTTE WITH ANOTHER LARGE CROWD. DEMOCRATS FEEL THEY CAN WIN BACK NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BARACK OBAMA WON IN 2008. SINCE THEN, DONALD TRUMP WON BACK IN 2016, AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN STRUGGLING HERE IN THE TAR HEEL STATE. RECENT POLLS SHOW VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS NOW LEADING TRUMP ACCORDING TO ONE POLL, BY THREE ERCENTAGE POINTS WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR, BUT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS IT IS ENTERING A NEW MORE AGGRESSIVE PHASE OF ITS CAMPAIGN AS IT TRIES TO CAPITALIZE ON HER DEBATE PERFORMANCE FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK. CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL TELLS NBC NEWS THAT THE CAMPAIGN RAISED SOME $47 MILLION IN THE 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE DEBATE INCLUDING NEARLY 600,000 INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN IS REALLY TRYING TO REACH OUT TO YOUNGER VOTERS HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SOME VOTERS TOLD US DURING HER CHARLOTTE RILEY. >> THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER WITH HOPE, JOY, UNITY, I WANTED TO BE PART OF THAT. >> IT'S WOMEN'S TURN, AND IT'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. >> SHE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT LINE TO RIDE THERE. I COULDN'T IMAGINE HER HAVING DONE BETTER. >> Reporter: HARRIS BLASTING TRUMP OVER HIS DECISION THIS AFTERNOON NOT TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. SHE IS ARGUING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE IT. AS OF NOW, THERE IS NO OTHER DEBATE SCHEDULED BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FORMER-- DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING HELP NEXT WEEK. SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TILL NBC NEWS THAT BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON WILL HOST SEPARATE FUNDRAISING EVENTS NEXT WEEK. GADI? >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GABE GUTIERREZ. TURNS OUT JON BON JOVI IS NOT JUST A ROCK 'N ROLL LEGEND, AUTHORITIES NOW SAY HE IS A STRAIGHT-UP HERO. MORE ON THAT AFTER THE BREAK. >>> THIS IS FRANCIS, JANITOR AT A NORTHERN VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS WEEK, HE GOT THE SURPRISE OF A LIFETIME. HIS STUDENTS GIFTED HIM THAT BRAND-NEW RED JEEP AND HIS REACTION WAS PRICELESS, LITERALLY FALLING TO THE FLOOR AT ONE MOMENT. HE WAS ASKED WHAT HE WANTED FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. WELL, THE BOYS SET UP A GOFUNDME, AND NOW HE IS RIDING TO WORK IN STYLE. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GUY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK. HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES OUT WEST WE ARE FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW. EARLIER THIS WEEK WE LEARNED THE TRIAL OF BRYAN KOHBERGER ACCUSED OF TELLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS WILL BE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE KILLINGS TOOK PLACE BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL JUROR BIAS. TODAY THE IDAHO SUPREME COURT ISSUED THE DECISION OFFICIALLY MOVING THAT TRIAL FOR THE STATE CAPITAL OF BOISE, TRIAL SET NEXT SUMMER. >>> NEW HOPE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE PAST 12 SAN DIEGO STATE, BOISE STATE, FRESNO, COLORADO STATE BUT DON'T CELEBRATE JUST YET. TWO MORE SCHOOLS HAVE TO LEAVE THE CONFERENCE AND JOIN THE PAC- 12 TO COMPETE AT DIVISION I LEVEL MET >>> IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, LAST ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS RECEIVED THE OLYMPIC FLAG FROM THE CLOSING CEREMONY INSTALLED TODAY AT CITY HALL WHERE IT WILL STAY UNTIL THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED 2028 GAMES IN LOS ANGELES. >>> DAYS AFTER HE WAS RUSHED FROM PRISON TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY DISGRACED HOLLYWOOD MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS SLAPPED WITH A NEW SET OF CHARGES ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, WHO SAY HE'S BEEN INDICTED FOR NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS IN NEW YORK. THE INDICTMENT IS TECHNICALLY SEALED UNTIL HE A PORT APPEARS IN COURT, BUT HERE'S WHAT LAWYERS SAID EARLIER TODAY. >> EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK HIGHLY OF MR. WEINSTEIN, AS CITIZENS OF THIS STATE, CITY, COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD BE UPSET, LIKE THIS IS NOT RIGHT, YOU DON'T TARGET A HUMAN BEING, LET'S TALK TO 100 PEOPLE, AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOMEONE WHO SAID SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH ABOUT HIM THAT WE CAN GET AN INDICTMENT. >> LET'S BRING IN NBC NEWS NEWS LEGAL ANALYST ANGELA CENEDELLA. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CHARGES? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN READ BETWEEN THE LINES TO MARK ANY POTENTIAL CLUES? >> WE KNOW FROM WHAT LAWYERS SAID TO REPORTERS THAT THEY APPEAR TO BE ADDITIONAL SEX CRIME ALLEGATIONS FROM 2005, 2006, AND 2016. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR TRIAL, NOVEMBER 12th FOR THE OLD CHARGES. BUT, PROSECUTORS INDICATED THEY INTEND TO COMBINE ALL CHARGES INTO ONE, BIG SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT, AND TRY TO CHARGE HIM ALL TO GET APPEARED THE PROBLEM WITH THAT FOR THE PROSECUTORS IS THE DEFENSE HAS A REALLY GOOD ARGUMENT TO DELAY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO PREPARE FOR THESE CHARGES. SO, THEY ARE UNDER SEAL BUT CAN BE UNSEALED AT ANY TIME BY THE PROSECUTOR UP UNTIL MR. WEINSTEIN IS FORMALLY ARRAIGNE , LEADING UP UNTIL THE CHARGES ARE FORMALLY READ TO HIM BY A JUDGE. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS WITH ALL OF THE LEGAL CASES ON BOTH COASTS, AS WELL AS OVERSEAS. CAN YOU REMIND US ON THE CONVICTION THAT WAS OVERTURNED IN APRIL, AND, LIKE, HOW DOES IT FIT INTO ALL OF THIS CANNOT >> Reporter: SO HE HAS BEEN INDICTED IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK. THAT NEW YORK CONVICTION WAS DRAMATICALLY THROWN OUT BY THE NEW YORK APPELLATE COURT JUST RECENTLY, WHEN THEY DECIDED IT WAS UNFAIR TO MR. WEINSTEIN THAT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WAS BROUGHT IN THE FORM OF WHAT IS TESTIMONY ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE CRIMINAL CHARGES, SO THEY SAID THIS IS A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION WITH A CLOSE DECISION, 4-03. IT WAS OVERTURNED, AND THAT CONVICTION WAS THROWN OUT. WHAT IT MEANS THOUGH IS THAT THE PROSECUTOR THEN HAD THE DECISION EITHER TO DISMISS CHARGES ENTIRELY OR RETRY THE CASE. AND, THEY HAVE JUST BEEN SO INTENSE IN PUBLIC, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS RETRIAL COMES INTO PLAY, GADI. >> ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE HE IS HAVING SOME PRETTY SEVERE HEALTH ISSUES IT SEEMS. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? >> WE KNOW HE DOES NOT-- HEART SURGERY RECENTLY. HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE PERFECTLY HEALTHY FOR THE TRIAL TO PROCEED, BUT HE HAS TO BE WITH IT AND HEALTHY ENOUGH TO DEFEND HIMSELF AND ATTEND THE TRIAL. THIS TRIAL AND ALL HEARINGS ARE ESSENTIALLY PAUSED UNTIL MR. WEINSTEIN RECOVERS, SOMEWHAT, AND IS ABLE TO ATTEND A COURTROOM HEARING. >> SO MUCH TO KEEP TRACK OF, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL YOU ARE KEEPING TRACK OF IT FOR US, ANGELA. >>> IT IS DAY SIX IN THE SEARCH FOR THE MAN WHO OPENED FIRE ON 12 CORALS AND SENT FIVE TO THE HOSPITAL IN KENTUCKY. HE FIRED UPON TRAFFIC AND SLIPPED AWAY. THANKFULLY NONE OF THE VICTIMS DIED. IT IS STRESSED HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS. >> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE CAREFULLY, THAT WE HAVE NOT LOST ANYONE FROM THE SHOOTER, AND THAT WE DON'T GOING FORWARD. >> NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT, ADRIENNE BROADDUS, HOW HAVE THEY NOT CAUGHT THIS GUY YET? >> YOU GOT TO REMEMBER THESE SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAMS ARE SEARCHING A NATIONAL FOREST, SO WE ARE TALKING ACRES UPON ACRES OF FOREST. THEY CANNOT BE OUT THERE AND NEED OTHER TECHNOLOGY. THOSE ON THE SEARCH WILL EXHAUST ALL RESOURCES THEY SAY UNTIL THEY FIND JOSEPH COUCH DEAD OR ALIVE. THEY ARE DEALING WITH ELEMENTS OF ANIMALS, SNAKES IN PARTICULAR , SINKHOLES, AND CAVES, AS THEY SEARCH FOR THIS 32-YEAR OLD, GADI. >> ADRIENNE, THAT VIDEO PAINTS A PICTURE, BUT IF HE'S IN THAT HEAVILY WOODED AREA, HOW DO THEY TRACK HIM? IS THERE A CHANCE HE MAY HAVE ALREADY DIED AND THAT WOULD MAKE THE SEARCH EVEN WORSE? >> THAT IS THE MILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION. AUTHORITIES ARE USING DRONES, HELICOPTERS, DOGS, AND THERMAL IMAGING TO SEARCH THAT AREA. BUT HERE'S THE DEAL, SEARCH CAN ONLY STAY IN THE SKY FOR SO LONG. ONCE BATTERIES DIE ON THE DRONES THEY HAVE TO RECHARGE THE BATTERIES. WHEN HELICOPTERS RUN OUT OF FUEL THEY HAVE TO LAND AND REFUEL. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HAVE TOLD US THEY RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES. OTHER AGENCIES ARE LENDING THEIR AIRCRAFT. THEY'VE HAD LEADS JOSEPH WAS SPOTTED IN OUTSIDE COUNTIES. THOSE LEADS DID NOT PAN OUT, BUT THEY SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH. A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS HAVE SHIFTED TO ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PHYSICAL OPEN POLICE ESCORT WILL FOLLOW SCHOOL BUSES, FROM THE STOPS TO THE SCHOOL TO ACCRUE SAFETY. >> ADRIENNE BROUGHT US, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> JON BON JOVI MAYBE KNOWN AS A ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND, BUT NOW HE IS BEING CALLED A HERO. HE SAFELY COAXED A WOMAN FROM A LEDGE TODAY. >> Reporter: A CHANGING MOMENT, THE LEGENDARY ROCKER IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, TUESDAY, WHEN POLICE SAY HE AND HIS TEAM HELPED SAVE A WOMAN ON A NASHVILLE BRIDGE. THE WOMAN STANDING DANGEROUSLY ON THE LEDGE OVER THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. BON JOVI SEEN WALKING OVER AND TALKING WITH HER, FOR ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE HELPING HER CLIMB OVER THE RAILING TO SAFETY. THE TWO LATER EMBRACING IN AN EMOTIONAL HUG. GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER WHO HAD BEEN FILMING ON THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME MAY HAVE JUST BEEN THE RIGHT PERSON TO TALK TO IN THAT HEART-WRENCHING MOMENT. >> Reporter: THE MUSICIAN HAS HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING OF ADDRESSING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS THROUGH HIS ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY ACROSS THE U.S. INCLUDING THOSE FACING HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS. A MISSION BON JOVI TOOK TO HEART THIS WEEK, IN NASHVILLE, AND IS LIVING EVERY MOMENT. >> WITH THE POWER OF PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND ILLS, TO FIND THE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LEASES WHERE THEY LIVE AND WORK, YEAH, I DO THINK WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS. >>> SPEAKING OF HEROIC LET'S GO BACK TO OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT AND THAT INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF AN E.R. NURSE IN NEW ORLEANS WHO JUMPED INTO THE WATERS OF FRANCINE TO SAVE ANOTHER. JESSE KIRSCH GOT A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH THE HERO TODAY. >> Reporter: FRANCINE HAMMERED NEW ORLEANS, PEOPLE, TOLD TO STAY HOME. THIS IS WHY. >> THAT WATER IS ALMOST TO THE WINDOW OF THE PICKUP TRUCK RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: NBC AFFILIATE, LIVE ON THE AIR, AS THIS TRUCK FLOATED AND SPUN WITH A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE. REPORTER, JONAH GILMORE, ALERTED POLICE. >> OFFICER, WE HAVE A TRUCK RIGHT HERE. >> SOMEONE HAS DRIVEN INTO THE WATER. BLACK MILES CRAWFORD LIVES NEARBY. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL NURSE, GRABBED A HAMMER AND RAN BACK. >> Reporter: THE MAN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. >> Reporter: THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AS THEY MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. WE LEARNED ABOUT MILES CRAWFORD AND HIS HUMILITY. >> WE GOT TO SAVE LIVES, RIGHT? >> SOMEONE IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL VERSUS PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK TO SAVE SOMEONE IN THE WATER. >> HONESTLY THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE DOORS YOU. WE DO THE BEST WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM, HELP THEM OUT. >> Reporter: WHAT SO MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD USE TONIGHT. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS, NEW ORLEANS. >>> COMING UP, AN ATTEMPT TO REMEMBER THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH. THAT AND MORE AFTER THE BREAK. >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE WORLD. ISRAEL ACCUSED OF VIOLATING HUMANITARIAN LAW SAYING SIX WERE AMONG 18 REPORTEDLY KILLED IN A STRIKE IN GAZA, THEY SAY IT WAS TARGETING HAMAS MILITANTS . SEVERAL U.N. WORKERS HE CLAIMED WERE MEMBERS OF HAMAS. NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN FOUND. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME ISRAELI FORCES HAVE TARGETED AT SCHOOL. >>> U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN WRAPPING UP A TOUR IN POLAND, THE ENTIRE TRIP, FOCUSING ON UKRAINE. LEADERS HAVE BEEN ASKING WESTERN ALLIES FOR MORE HELP IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA. >>> AND A TYPHOON HAS BECOME THE STRONGEST STORM TO IMPACT ASIA THIS YEAR, IT'S BEING BLAMED FOR OVER 200 DEATHS IN VIETNAM WITH HUNDREDS STILL MISSING. LANDSLIDES ARE STILL IMPACTING THAT AREA OF THE COUNTRY. >>> SEVERE FLOODING IN THE NORTHEAST REGION, DESPISING 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE REGION OF NIGERIA. 50% OF THE CAPITAL CITY IS UNDERWATER. THE FLOODING ALSO KILLING MULTIPLE ANIMALS AT THE LOCAL ZOO. AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED OF CROCODILES AND SNAKES BEING SWEPT INTO THE AREA DUE TO THE FLOODING. >>> THE LATE QUEEN, AN ATTEMPT TO HONOR HER, WILL THE ART IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER, SO YOU HAVE TO DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. JOSH LEDERMAN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A LONG-STANDING TRIBUTE, BUT IS IT? THE BRONZE STATUE OF THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH UNVEILED IN NORTHERN IRELAND DRAWING A COLLECTIVE "HUH?" ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CRITICS, NOT SO POLITE. ONE CALLING IT THE WEIRDEST STATUE EVER, ANOTHER SAYING IT'S TRULY AWFUL, DRAWING CHEEKY COMPARISONS TO ROBIN WILLIAMS' CHARACTER IN MRS. DOUBTFIRE. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SWITCHED OFF FACEBOOK COMMENTS AND SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN DOWN THE WHOLE POST ON THE SCULPTURE. THOSE SAYING ART CAN SOMETIMES SPARK DIVERSE OPINIONS, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN IT IN PERSON APPEAR TO LIKE IT. >> I'VE NEVER MET THE QUEEN OR PRINCE PHILIP IN THE PAST, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE IT IS OR NOT, BUT THEY LOOK QUITE SMALL. >> Reporter: THE SCULPTOR DID NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. BUT IT CAN BE DIFFICULT,ONE MISSTEP. OR THIS STATUE TORCHED AND REPLACED WITH A BRONZE ONE. RIDICULED ONLINE AND ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. >> THE FIRST QUESTION ANY GREAT SCULPTOR WOULD ASK THEMSELVES IS WHAT WOULD HE LOOK LIKE IF HE HAD A STROKE? >> Reporter: ENCOURAGING FANS OF THE LATE QUEEN TO SEE IT ANYWAY AND DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES. >>> BEFORE WE GO IT IS TIME FOR THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING. SOME OF THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ARE TEAMING UP TO PROTECT KIDS ONLINE. AND HUMANS MADE MORE SPACE HISTORY. MORE ON THAT AFTER THE BREAK. STAY TUNED. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS-- WELL, THE WATER LEVELS HAVE CERTAINLY RECEDED FOR NOW-- STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL-- LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM "GROUND ZERO," AS IT'S BEING REFERRED TO-- THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY-- WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-- IN FACT WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CANNOT GO ANY FARTHER-- HERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND. >>> AND IN TONIGHT'S "FUTURE OF EVERYTHING," AN UNLIKELY TEAM UP TO CREATE THRIVE, TILT TO PREVENT SUICIDE OR SELF-HARM. CONSIDER THIS. BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR THEY TOOK 12 MILLION PIECES OF SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM CONTENT ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ALONE. LET'S BRING IN MAIA ENGLUND. >> Reporter: SNAP, TIKTOK, META, ESSENTIALLY A SOUNDING BOARD. IF TALK-- NOTIFY THRIVE. NUMERIC CODE AND SPREADS THAT CODE OUT TO SNAP CHAT AND META THAT CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY SIMILAR VIDEOS AND HOPEFULLY REMOVE IT FROM THEIR PLATFORMS AS WELL. GADI? >> THIS THRIVE IS NOT FOR YOU OR ME, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A SLACK OR INTERNAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THESE COMPANIES? >> Reporter: YEAH, IT WILL HAPPEN ON THE BACK END FOR THESE COMPANIES TO SHARE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF REACH THAT SOME OF THESE REALLY HARMFUL VIDEOS HAVE. >> ALL THREE OF THESE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE BEEN SUED BY PARENTS AND COMMITTEES CLAIMING CONTENT HAS LED TO SUICIDES. HOW BIG IS A PROBLEM? >> Reporter: IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. I SPOKE WITH META REPRESENTATIVES WHO SAID THIS PROBLEM IS TOO BIG TO HANDLE ALONE. META ALONE REMOVED 12 MILLION PIECES OF CONTENT FEATURING SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM IN WAYS THAT VIOLATED ITS POLICIES. SOME OF THESE VIRAL CHALLENGES CAN BE DEADLY, GADI. >> HAS THERE BEEN RESPONSE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA WATCHDOGS? >> Reporter: YES, WE SPOKE WITH COMMON SENSE MEDIA, A TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA WATCHDOG. THEY SEND US BACK A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART THIS PROGRAM SEEMINGLY WELL INTENTIONED IS AKIN TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES FEEL PRESSURE FROM LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES TO MAKE PRODUCTS SAFER FOR KIDS. WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THEM WORKING TOGETHER TO REMOVE HARMFUL CONTENT. WITHOUT PROPER REGULATORY GUARDRAILS THE JURY IS OUT ON WHETHER THIS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT MET IMPACT THAT KIDS AND TEENS ARE FACING ONLINE. IT SEEMS LIKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE WILL BE MONITORING EFFECTS THIS WILL HAVE ON THE PLATFORMS. >> AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STEPS FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS CAN TAKE IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS ADDITIONAL HELP RIGHT NOW WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT? >> Reporter: YEAH, I THINK LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A RESOURCE TO THEM GOES A LONG WAY. PEOPLE ARE ONLY LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY, SO IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY YOU DON'T THINK ARE STRUGGLING IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE THERE FOR THEM. BRINGING IN A PROFESSIONAL, AND THAT SUICIDE HOTLINE, 988, IS AVAILABLE TO CALL OR TEXT, TOO. >> IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING, AGAIN, YOU CAN CALL 98 EIGHT 988 OR LIFELINE.ORG. >>> AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE POLARIS DAWN . THE FIRST PRIVATE COMPANY SPACEWALK. TOM COSTELLO TAKES US THROUGH IT. >> Reporter: HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER A COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT OPENED THE HATCH AND STEPPED INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. THIS WAS THE MOST RISKY PART OF THE FIVE-DAY MISSION ORBITING THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATION AND WITHOUT AN AIRLOCK ALL FOUR POLARIS DAWN ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THE SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. TODAY'S SPACEWALK MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH. AS THEY TESTED THEIR BRAND-NEW SPACE SUITS THAT ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DAY WEAR ON THE MOON. THEY CLIMBED 870 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS, AND THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVELED SO FAR, CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES. That's what represents a giant leap forward for the commercial space industry. SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAUT, MARK KELLY. >> THIS EXPANDS THE ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND WE ARE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE. >> JUST MAYBE THE FINAL FRONTIER. NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >> WHAT A VIEW, THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE YOU HERE TOMORROW. BUT UNTIL THEN, STAY TUNED TO NOW. >> TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE CONTINUE TO SIGN THE COUNTRY RAIN WITH HEAVY WIND AND RAIN. FRANCINE MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE LASHING LOUISIANA WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, RESIDENTS ARE WAKING UP TO A FLOOD DISASTER, BUSINESS OWNERS CLEANING UP WHAT'S LEFT. WE WILL TALK WITH A WOMAN WHOSE HOME WAS FLOODED JUST AFTER RENOVATING FROM ANOTHER HURRICANE WITH THE STORM WREAKING HAVOC. WE ARE STANDING BY TO TIME IT OUT. >>> THREE MAJOR FIRES RAGING ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CREWS GRAPPLING WITH THE FLAMES AMID A STIFLING HEAT WAVE AS THE ARSONIST IS HIT WITH NINE CHARGES. >>> THE NYPD POLICE COMMISSIONER RESIGNS, STEPPING DOWN AMID A BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INVOLVING TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. ALLEGATIONS DETAILING HOW THE ALLEGED SCHEME WORKS INCLUDING TIES TO HIS TWIN BROTHER AND THE OFFICE OF MAYOR ADAMS. >>> VIOLENT PROTEST, THE MOMENT PROTESTERS IN MEXICO STOED THE SENATE BUILDING. A NEW LAW BRINGING CHAOS TO THE COUNTRY. >>> THE SELF-PROCLAIMED SUPER MAYOR THAT IS IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON ANOTHER LAVISH PARTY AND THEN LIVE STREAMING IT. >>> DAREDEVIL BIKER, THE MAN RACING ACROSS THE BLACK SEA ON WHEELS. HOW THE THRILLSEEKER WAS ABLE TO GLIDE 20 MILES ON OPEN WATER, FIRST, DETAILS ON BOMB THREATS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. THE TOWN AT THE CENTER OF A MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN. TOP STORY STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING, TONIGHT THE GULF COAST REELING FROM THE WRATH OF FRANCINE AS THE TROPICAL STORM DRENCHES THE SOUTHERN U.S. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE MAJOR STORM SURGE HITTING LOUISIANA WITH ENTIRE HIGHWAYS DROPPED BY RUSHING WATERS. SOME PEOPLE HAVING TO JUMP IN KAYAKS TO EVACUATE FLOODED HOMES. THIS IS WHAT RESIDENTS WERE FACING, DRONE VIDEO SHOWING NEIGHBORHOODS COMPLETELY UNDERWATER. NOW LOUISIANA MAY BE IN THE CLEAR BUT MANY STATES ARE BRACING FOR MORE HEAVY RAINFALL. WE WILL TRACK OUT THE STORM, FIRST WE WANT TO GET TO HOUMA, LOUISIANA. >> TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE. OVERNIGHT THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMING LOUISIANA GULF COAST WITH DAMAGING WIND AND DRENCHING RAIN. POWER KNOCKOUT TO THOUSANDS. THE TOWN OF HOUMA TAKING THE BRUNT OF THIS CATEGORY 2 STORM. >> A LOT OF HIGH WIND AND DRIVING RAIN, RESULTING IN SEVEN RESCUES. >> FRANCINE WE CAN INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS MORNING. >> AS OF NOW WE HAVE NO REPORTS OF STORM -RELATED FATALITIES. >> MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. >> THIS MAN STORM SURVIVED IDA FROM 2021 AND THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT FROM FRANCINE. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? >> WOW. >> IS TREE CRASHING INTO A POWER LINE. >> I HEARD A CRACK AND A POP. >> NEXT DOOR, ALBERT SAYS THAT A STORM NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE. >> WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT BUT NOT FOR THIS. >> EXTREME WIND KNOCKING DOWN TREES THAT CUT STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME. >> WE HEARD THE LOUD BOOM. >> FRANCINE PECKING A POWERFUL PUNCH, NOW ON THE NEWS AGAIN. >> JOINING US FROM HOUMA, LOOKING AROUND YOU IN THAT THRIFT STORE THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT SO MANY BUSINESS OWNERS ARE DOING SO HOW ARE THEY COPING TONIGHT AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER YET ENTIRELY. >> GOOD MORNING, THERE IS A BIG CLEANUP IN THIS THRIFT SHOP, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT COME YOU PROBABLY HEAR THAT THINKING. OVER TO MY LEFT WAS A BRICK WALL AT ONE POINT, THIS MORNING IT WAS SHEARED OFF FROM FRANCINE. CREWS HAVE MOVED IN QUICKLY AND THEY HAVE PUT UP A TEMPORARY WALL. THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY THEY ARE GETTING EVERYONE BACK ONLINE. THE OTHER BIG HEADLINE IS THE POWER OUTAGES. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT POWER AND IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE EVERYONE RETURNS BACK ONLINE. >> UNTHINKABLE AND DI■@■VU FOR MANY. FOR MORE ON THE HUMAN IMPACT FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE WE ARE JOINED BY RESIDENTS OF THE LAKEVIEW AREA OF NEW ORLEANS. WHICH HAD MAJOR FLOODING. THEY ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE SITUATION, IN 2021 HURRICANE IDA CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HOME AFTER A TREE FELL ON THE ROOF. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE WANT TO EXPRESS HOW SORRY WE FEEL FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR STATE OF MIND AND HOW YOU ARE COPING WITH ALL OF THIS? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE ARE BEYOND FRUSTRATED AND OVERWHELMED AND STRESSED. HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WE JUST COMPLETED TOTALLY RENOVATING THE HOUSE FROM HURRICANE IDA. WE DID A LOT OF FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS AND DRAINAGE EFFORTS AND TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN, IS JUST OVERWHELMING AND LIKE I SAID EXTREMELY STRESSFUL. >> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE TO DO THE RENOVATION. AS YOU SEE THE FLOODWATERS COMING IN, WHAT WERE YOU EXPERIENCING IN THOSE MOMENTS AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE RE- TRAUMATIZATION? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE PTSD HONESTLY. THE WATER WAS COMING IN, SWEEPING IN THE BACK DOOR AND WE WENT AND GOT TOWELS. WE PUT DOWN TOWELS, AND THEN MY HUSBAND TURNS AROUND AND WALKS TOWARD OUR KITCHEN. WE FOUND OUT, HE DISCOVERED THE WATER STARTED COMING UP THROUGH THE FLOOR, UNDERNEATH OUR STEPS. AT THAT POINT THE ENTIRE DOWNSTAIRS WHICH IS A LIVING AREA, MY HUSBAND'S OFFICE, A BATHROOM, WAS COMPLETELY INUNDATED WITH WATER. >> 7 INCHES CAME IN AND IT IS PTSD. IT HAPPENED QUICKLY. MONITORING THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE STORM IN THE EYE WALL STARTED PASSING OVER, THE WIND STARTED PICKING UP, THAT'S WHEN WE LOST ELECTRICITY AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES THERE WAS STANDING WATER ON THE STREET AND IT WAS JUST COMING UP LIKE A RIVER. >> ABSOLUTELY, YOU CANNOT SEE ANYTHING, IT WAS LIKE WATERFRONT PROPERTY. OUR UNDERSTANDING, THE REASON THIS HAPPENED IS WE ARE ON A PUMP SYSTEM AND THE PUMP SEEMED TO GO DOWN, THEY SEEM TO NOT WORK MORE THAN THEY WORK. LATER WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THERE WAS A POWER FAILURE AT THE PUMPING STATION AND NOBODY HAD A BACKUP PLAN. SO ONCE AGAIN HERE WE GO. >> INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. I HAVE TO ASK YOU GUYS COVERING SO MANY STORMS ALONG THE GULF, LOUISIANA AND FLORIDA, STATES WHERE THERE HAS BEEN SUCH AN ISSUE WITH HIGH INTENSITY OF STORMS, IT'S HARD TO GET INSURANCE AND IT FEELS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO THE TRAGEDY EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AT LEAST THE FEAR OF IT. DOES THAT INFLUENCE YOUR OPINION OR FEELINGS ABOUT STAYING WHERE YOU ARE OR MOVING TO AN OPEN PLACE? >> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS, THE FOURTH TIME. THIS HOUSE WE ARE IN NOW HAS FLOODED FROM NOT JUST HURRICANES, BUT TROPICAL STORMS. A REALLY HARD RAIN. IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE YOUR INSURANCE RATES INCREASE EVERY YEAR. TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE EVERY YEAR AND YOU CANNOT LIVE LIKE THIS INDEFINITELY. IT'S EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL STRAIN ON A FAMILY. >> EVEN CHILDREN, CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THEIR MID-20s, THEY SAT AROUND TALKING TO THEIR FRIENDS. THEY WANT TO BE HERE, THEY WOULD LOVE TO RAISE FAMILIES HERE AND SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES HERE, BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO. IS THE CITY EVEN GOING TO BE HERE FOR THEM? IT HAS BEEN AWFUL. >> A REGIONAL CRISIS AND A CRISIS THAT NOBODY HAS ANY GOOD ANSWERS FOR MOVING FORWARD. CERTAINLY CLIMATE CHANGE, JUST HOW BAD THINGS ARE GETTING, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND FOR PROJECTING SUCH STRENGTH AS YOU DEAL WITH ANOTHER OBSTACLE IN YOUR LIFE. >> THANK YOU ALL. >> FOR MORE ON THE LINGERING THREAT OF FRANCINE I AM JOINED LIVE IN STUDIO BY NBC NEWS METEOROLOGIST, HEAVY RAIN IS STILL LINGERING IN THE PECKING MILLIONS. >> STILL LOOKS LIKE A STORM ON THE RADAR. JUST BECAUSE IT IS NOT TROPICAL DOES NOT MEAN IT WON'T CAUSE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE WIND BUT THERE IS A SHIELD OF RAIN. PICKING UP 3 INCHES IN MEMPHIS WITH ISOLATED POCKETS MOSTLY IN URBAN AREAS WHERE THE WATER IS COLLECTING AND WE HAVE THIS AREA IN ALABAMA. THE SUN GOES DOWN TODAY AND ONE OF THE BANDS IS COMING THROUGH FROM WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE. A TORNADO WATCH 10:00 P.M. THIS EVENING FOR BIRMINGHAM AND MONTGOMERY. WATCHING THIS LINE, LOOKING INTENSE WITH NO REPORTED TORNADOES. BIRMINGHAM THE WORST IS TO YOUR WEST SIDE AND IT IS WEAKENING. ANOTHER BY TUSCALOOSA. LET'S KEEP AN EYE ON THESE ISOLATED BANDS FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES. PANAMA CITY DROP ITS FLOOD WATCH, NOW DROPPING TO 9 MILLION PEOPLE. FROM MEMPHIS TO CENTRAL NORTHERN ALABAMA AT LEAST ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SO IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN THOSE THUNDERSTORMS, THE BIRMINGHAM AREA WE PREDICT ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN. MEMPHIS WITH ANOTHER INCH. TOMORROW NOT AS BAD AS TODAY, BUT MINOR TRAVEL ISSUES. >> STILL GOING TO WREAK HAVOC. WIDENING THE SCOPE OF THIS DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANYMORE STORMS FOR THE WEEKEND? >> MY ONLY AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA COAST. NOTHING YET BUT A STORM COULD DEVELOP, SUBTROPICAL WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF A REGULAR STORM VERSUS A TROPICAL STORM AND THIS IS THE AREA. ALL OF THIS WILL STAY IN THE ATLANTIC, PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS YOU WILL HAVE SQUALLS FROM THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE. THIS AREA ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA COAST FOR THE WEEKEND, RECURRENCE AND LARGE WAVES, OFTEN ON RAIN. >> BILL KAREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING WEST TO THE RAGING WILDFIRES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE FLAMES WITH AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION EXTENDED TO TWO COUNTIES. A MAN SUSPECTED OF STARTING ONE FIRE NOW FACING NINE COUNTS OF ARSON. >> HIGH FIRE DANGER COST THE WEST. >> WE HOPE THE WIND DOES NOT SHIFT. WE ARE STILL WORRIED. >> 5 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WIND THREATEN TO SPREAD EXISTING FIRES. >> THERE IS MORE POTENTIAL FOR PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED. >> FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN FOUR COUNTIES. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. AFTER THOSE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL. AS THE BRIDGE FIRE BEGAN CHEWING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> THE WHOLE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN WAS FULLY ENGULFED. AND TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911. >> CHRIS DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF WHERE IT WAS AND THEY SAID WE WILL GET ON IT. >> LEAVING THE AIR UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE WITH A WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL CANCELED. TODAY INVESTIGATORS HIT THE SECOND ARSONIST WITH NINE CHARGES ACCUSING HIM OF STARTING THE LINE FIRE. >> WE ARE GOING TO GO HARD ON THIS CASE. >> IF CONVICTED HE COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE. THE FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. >> JOINING US FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY, THERE IS NO REPORTING ABOUT HOW THE AIRPORT FIRE STARTED? >> IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS SOME DEVASTATION FROM ONE OF THE HOMES. YOU CAN SEE IN THE CORNER YOU HAVE A SHOWER. WE ALL KNOW THE CHIMNEY IS USUALLY THE ONLY THINGS THAT WILL LAST IN THESE FIRES AND YOU'VE GOT BURNT OUT CARS THAT ARE NOW BURNED TO THEIR FRAMES. IT WAS A CREW OF ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKERS WHO WERE USING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MOVING BOULDERS THAT STARTED THE FIRE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A BIG NO-NO, HEAVY EQUIPMENT UNDER TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES. NOW THE DEPARTMENT IS REVIEWING THEIR POLICIES. >> COINCIDENTAL AND DEVASTATING. >> TURNING OUT TO THE BOMBSHELL RESIGNATION FROM THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN, STEPPING DOWN EARLIER TODAY AMID AN ONGOING FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INTO THE NYPD NIGHTCLUB ENFORCEMENT. ONE BAR OWNER SAYS HE WAS TOLD HIS PROBLEMS COULD GO AWAY IF YOU PAID THE BROTHER OF EDWARD CABAN. A WORKER FROM THEIR ITEMS OFFICE TRY TO ARRANGE THE DEAL. CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOLLOWING THIS TRAIL WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. >> I FELT LIKE I HAD A ULTIMATUM. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THIS? WE WILL MAKE SURE. >> THIS MAN, STAFF MEMBER MARTIN SAYS HE COULD PAY THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS BROTHER TO HELP GET BETTER TREATMENT FROM THE NYPD. >> HE SAYS ERIC ADAMS COMING THOSE PEOPLE AND HE DROPPED THE NAME OF EDWARD CABAN , THE NYPD COMMISSIONER. I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE NYPD. >> LATER THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS BROTHER JAMES TOLD HIM HE COULD HELP WITH THE NYPD PROBLEM IF YOU PAID HIM $2500 UPFRONT. THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SAYS THAT THE BAR WAS NOT FACING CHARGES OF WRONGDOING, BUT THERE WERE DOZENS OF NOISE COMPLAINTS TO 311 ABOUT LOUD MUSIC. KELLY SAYS HE FOUND TOO MANY COPS FROM THE PRECINCT KEPT SHOWING UP, HURTING IS RELATIVELY NEW BUSINESS. AND HE SAYS THE PLEA FOR HELP FROM THE NYPD AND COMMUNITY BOARD WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. KELLY SAYS HE NEVER EXPECTED THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD GIVE HIM THIS ADVICE. >> HE WENT ON ABOUT HOW HE THINKS I SHOULD JUST CLOSE THE BAR AND IF I DON'T CLOSE THE BAR THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET THE POLICE TO STOP DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. TO SPEAK TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. WHO WAS JAMES CABAN. >> JAMES CABAN A FORMER COP IS THE TWIN BROTHER OF NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN. KELLY SHOWED PHONE RECORDS AND TEXT MESSAGES FROM AUGUST 2023 WHERE MARTIN FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ENCOURAGED KELLY TO CONTACT JAMES CABAN. REMINDER TO CALL JAMES, KELLY SAYS THESE PHONE RECORDS AND TEXTS SHOW HE AND THE BROTHER OF THE COMMISSIONER WILL DISCUSS THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THIS BUSINESS WHICH WAS LICENSED TO SERVE ALCOHOL ON WEEKEND NIGHTS. JAMES CABAN WROTE, I TALKED TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED AS A JUICE BAR NOW YOU ARE DOING PARTIES. A LOT OF NOISE COMPLAINTS. >> IF YOU HAVE A LICENSE TO SERVE ALCOHOL IT SHOULDN'T MATTER. THE COMMUNITY BOARD NO WE WERE DOING THIS IN THE SUMMERTIME SO THEY KNEW WE WOULD DO THESE EVENTS. >> RECORDS SUGGESTS THE TWO SPOKE BY PHONE AND THAT'S WHEN KELLY SAYS JAMES CABAN ASKED HIM FOR $2500. >> HE SAID HE WILL REMEDIATE MY ISSUES WITH NYPD. HE COULD BRING THEM TO ME, HAVE A MEETING AND RESOLVE THE ISSUES. AFTER HE SAID I HAD TO PAY HIM I FELT LIKE THAT WAS HIM TRYING TO EXTORT ME. SO I SAID I'M GOOD I WILL JUST DEAL WITH IT AND IT GOT WORSE. >> KELLY SAYS THE CONNECTION BOTHERED HIM. >> I THOUGHT HE WOULD SAY OKAY LET'S CALL IT A MILL AND FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. NOT EXPECTING FOR YOU TO BE LIKE, YOU GOT TO PAY ME THE MONEY IF YOU WANT THE PROBLEM TO GO AWAY. THAT DOESN'T SIT WITH ME. >> MARTIN DID NOT RETURN THE REQUEST FOR COMMENT, ATTORNEYS FOR JAMES CABAN HAVE SAID MR. CABAN DENIES WRONGDOING, HIS WORK AS A CONSULTANT AND ACTING AS LIAISON BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PRIVATE COMPANY IS PERFECTLY LEGAL ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIS PREVIOUS CAREER AS A NYPD OFFICER. FULLY COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE IT WILL BE CLEAR THE CLAIMS ARE UNFOUNDED AND LACK MERIT. FORMER NYPD CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT AND NEW YORK CONSULTANT TERRY MONAHAN. >> EVERYTHING WE HEARD, IF THE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE, AT MINIMUM IT IS UNETHICAL AND CRIMINAL IN THE WAY. >> I HAVE BEEN REALLY REALLY REALLY LIKE HURT AND DISAPPOINTED AND STRESSED. >> KELLY IS NOT JUST MAKING ALLEGATIONS NOW, HE POSTED CONCERNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN FEBRUARY. AT THE TIME, FEW NOTICED. KELLY CLOSE DOWN THE BAR IN FEBRUARY. >> THAT WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON IN NEW YORK CITY SPECIFICALLY. TO BE HONEST. >> CITY HALL TODAY ISSUED THIS STATEMENT, WE APPRECIATE THE NEW STATION FOR BRINGING THIS STORY TO OUR ATTENTION. AFTER RECEIVING THIS INQUIRY WE BEGAN INTERNAL REVIEW AND FOUND MR. MARTIN VIOLATED THE TERMS OF HIS EMPLOYMENT. MR. MARTIN WAS TERMINATED FOR CALLS YESTERDAY, WE EXPECT ALL EMPLOYEES TO ACT ETHICALLY IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST. MARTIN WAS FIRED AND IS NO RETURN REQUEST FOR COMMENT, WE TALKED TO THE BAR OWNER AND HE SAYS THE FED AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -- INVESTIGATION AGENTS ARE INTERVIEWING HIM THIS AFTERNOON IN CONNECTION WITH THE ONGOING CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AND CITY HALL AND THE NYPD. >> THERE WAS A DOCUMENT TRAIL, THERE WERE TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE RECORDS FROM MARTIN. IS THAT THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS BEEN A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ONE OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS? >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME A BAR OWNER HAS COME FORWARD AND PUBLICLY SAID THIS HAPPENED AND WHAT'S AMAZING, HE SAVED THE TEXT MESSAGES AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE PHONE COMPANY, T MOBILE, THEY PROVIDED PHONE RECORDS AND THEY APPEAR TO SHOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOOK PLACE. >> THE INDICATIONS ARE HUGE AND IT IS THE THIRD TIME IN THREE YEARS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A DIFFERENT POLICE COMMISSIONER IN THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION SO WHERE'S THE NEXT STEP? >> THE FOCUS HAS GOT TO BE PUBLIC TRUST AND TRYING TO WORK CRIME DOWN, THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION IN SHOOTINGS BUT THERE IS A CONCERN OF QUALITY- OF-LIFE PROBLEMS IN NEW YORK CITY WHICH CONTINUES AND THE NYPD IS UNDER PRESSURE ON THAT FRONT. NOW ON THIS ALLEGED CORRUPTION FRONT. >> A FLURRY OF INVESTIGATIONS, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORTING. >>> MOVING TO SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. BOMB THREATS PROMPTING EVACUATIONS AT THE CENTER OF CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS THAT PREISDENT TRUMP MADE DURING TUESDAY'S DEBATE ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS. NOW, THE REPORT. >> THE TENSION IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO IS PALPABLE. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THESE CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IS GOING TO IMPACT LIFE HERE, HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE WORRIED, IN FEAR TO WALK THE STREETS BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED PEOPLE MAY TARGET THEM AND BE VIOLENT WITH THEM. IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR. THEY FLED HAITI NOW THEY FEEL INSECURITY HERE IN SPRINGFIELD. SOME RESIDENTS BELIEVE THE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS AND SAY THEY ARE CREDIBLE AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY, ONE PERSON SAYS, THEY DON'T WANT IT TO TURN INTO A HAITIAN ONLY COMMUNITY. THE STORY OF AMERICA IS COMMUNITIES DO CHANGE AS THERE ARE GERMANS AND POLISH PEOPLE AND IRISH PEOPLE, PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WHO COME HERE TO MAKE AMERICA THEIR HOME. THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION HERE WHICH POSSIBLY, NOT SURE IF IT WAS CONNECTED, BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BOMB THREATS CAUSING THE EVACUATION OF CITY HALL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AUTHORITIES ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. THEY ARE NOT SURE WHO MADE THE ALLEGATIONS AND THE BOMB THREAT AND THEY'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS. THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. >> SPRINGFIELD, OHIO HAS TO BUMP THIS BIZARRE AND HATEFUL FEAR THAT IS OUT THERE. IT IS HAPPENING HERE, AN ATTEMPT TO TEAR APART COMMUNITIES AND DISRESPECT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY DESERVES. >> JUST TODAY FORMER PREISDENT TRUMP IS NOW DOUBLING DOWN ON COMMENTS. COMMENTS ABOUT HAITIANS ABUSING ANIMALS, SAYING THAT SOME PEOPLE COME HERE FROM PRISON. WE DO KNOW THESE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING HERE LEGALLY BY THE THOUSANDS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT ALSO THEIR COMING HERE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE. A POLITICAL STORY THAT IS CONTINUING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. NOW TO THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, HARRIS AND TRUMP HOLDING THEIR FIRST RALLY SINCE THE TUESDAY NIGHT DEBATE FACE-OFF IS A TRY TO FLIP BATTLEGROUND STATES. NOW, TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> RALLIES IN CRITICAL DATAGRAM STATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO PULL THE NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> FORMER PREISDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA. >> KAMALA HARRIS SHOWED UP. >> HE SAYS TUESDAY'S DEBATE WILL BE THERE LAST. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE TWO DEBATES, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> HARRIS WANTS ANOTHER. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER. >> HER CAMPAIGN IS ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW THEME TRYING TO FLIP NORTH CAROLINA WHICH DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON SINCE 2008. >> DONALD TRUMP INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. HE HAS NO PLANS TO REPLACE IT. HE SAID, HE SAID. >> THE HARRIS TEAM RAMPING UP A PUSH FOR YOUNGER VOTERS. TODAY WE MET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST, THEY SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU AND HAS THE SAME VALUES ON THE TICKET IS ENCOURAGING. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HER SHIFT TO THE CENTER? >> SHE'S DOING WHAT POLITICIANS DO. >> FORMER PREISDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA GOING AFTER HARRIS'S RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> I AM ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ALSO ANGRY. >> SUPPORTERS SAY HE DELIVERED AT THE DEBATE. >> I THINK TRUMP WON BECAUSE HE HIT ALL THE MARKS AND TALKS DOWN ALL THE POINTS AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DID NOT TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE WOULD DO. >> NOW, FROM NORTH CAROLINA, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND RECORD FUNDRAISING NUMBERS AND THEIR FUTURE PLANS? >> AS WE MENTIONED, THE CAMPAIGN SAYS THEY ARE ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW PHASE, IN 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE DEBATE THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN RAISED $47 MILLION. BIGGEST FUNDRAISING HALL SINCE HE BECAME THE NOMINEE. NEARLY 600,000 PEOPLE DONATED FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY. RESOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER SAY THE NEXT WEEK SHE WILL BE GETTING HIGH-POWERED DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING HELP, FROM BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON HOLDING FUNDRAISERS IN LOS ANGELES NEXT FRIDAY. >> 600,000, THE MOST EYE POPPING IN THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS NOT DOING A SECOND DEBATE, BUT FORMER PREISDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS MADE DECLARATIONS BEFORE. DO WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THIS IS HIS FINAL DEBATE? >> AS YOU KNOW THAT'S ANYONE'S GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE SAID THIS BEFORE, THE VICE PRESIDENT EARLIER TODAY IN CHARLOTTE SAYS THAT SHE WANTED ANOTHER DEBATE AND EXPECTED THE CAMPAIGN TO BE HAMMERING THAT. AS OF NOW THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS THE ONE THIS WEEK WAS THE FINAL ALL THE WE HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE COMING UP. >> GABE, THANK YOU. START THE NEW INDICTMENT FOR HARVEY WEINSTEIN, THE DISGRACED MOVIE MOGUL WITH NEW CHARGES, MONTHS AFTER HIS NEW YORK CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED. >>> THE SUPERMAN ARE UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION IN THE HOT SEAT ONCE AGAIN. ALLEGATIONS THAT HE USED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND A LAVISH COMMUNITY EVENT. >>> THE FAMOUS CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY CHANGES ITS NAME AFTER 150 YEARS. WHAT ARE THEY CHANGING IT TO AND WHY? STAY WITH US. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON THE STORY FROM MARCH. THE MAYOR OF ALTON, ILLINOIS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR MISUSING PUBLIC FUNDS. TONIGHT THOSE ALLEGATIONS CONTINUE, BUT THIS TIME SHE IS ACCUSED OF THROWING AN EXTRAVAGANT PARTY WITH R&B SINGERS WHICH MAY HAVE COST THE TAXPAYERS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. >> TONIGHT, ILLINOIS SELF- PROCLAIMED SUPER MAYOR IN THE HOT SEAT ONCE AGAIN. THE MAYOR OF THE CHICAGO SUBURB AND THORNTON TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR ACCUSED IN A PUBLIC MEETING OF MISUSING PUBLIC FUNDS INCLUDING SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A ONE DAY COMMUNITY EVENT THAT INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY R&B SINGERS. >> A COUPLE OF EVENTS IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS OR SO. >> PUSHING BACK CALLING THE ALLEGATIONS BASELESS. >> YOU SAW THAT I WAS YOUNG, DUMB, DID NOT KNOW NOTHING. THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU MANIPULATE ME. I DID NOT DO ANY OF THAT SO I DIDN'T AND YOU THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. >> WEEKS AFTER THE CHICAGO MAYOR WAS HIRED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO INVESTIGATE FINANCES, REVEALING HER EARLY FINDINGS. THE VILLAGES DAILY OPERATING FUND $3.6 MILLION IN DEBT. CHECKS WORTH OVER $6 MILLION APPROVED. MULTIPLE PURCHASES WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION, EXCLUDING AN AMAZON BILL TOTALING MORE THAN $40,000 AND THERE HAD BEEN NO ANNUAL REPORT OR AUDIT SINCE 2021, THE YEAR ELECTED. >> I AM A ANGRY. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FOR RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. >> THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. >> CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION. >> EARLIER THIS YEAR HEADLINES WERE MADE WHEN SHE VETOED A MEASURE FOR AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION INTERN MISSED USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS BY PUTTING UP SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS WITH ALLEGATIONS SHE PAID THOUSANDS TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS WHICH WAS FOR THE MAKEUP ARTIST. >> WHEN THE DUST CLEARS YOU WILL SEE. >> TRUSTEES EVENTUALLY VOTING TO OVERRIDE THAT VETO SO THE INVESTIGATION COULD BEGIN. >> I HOPE SOMEONE HEARS US AND SOMEONE SAVES US. BECAUSE THE TOWNSHIP IS REALLY IN A CRISIS. >> ACCORDING TO NBC CHICAGO SHE IS AT THE CENTER OF A WIDE RANGING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT AND DID NOT HEAR BACK. >> ANOTHER CHAPTER TO COME THERE. WHEN WE COME BACK A POTENTIAL MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH WITH A NEW STUDY SHOWING AN INJECTABLE HIV DRUG SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES HIV INFECTIONS. WILL THE DRUG SOON BE ON THE BOOK? ALL THE DETAILS, NEXT. >>> GET THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH TOP STORY NEWSFEED, A GRAND JURY HAS ISSUED NO SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST HARVEY WEINSTEIN. THE NEW INDICTMENT COMES MONTHS AFTER HIS INITIAL RAPE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED IN NEW YORK IN APRIL, DETAILS OF THE NEW CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. WEINSTEIN IS RECOVERING FROM EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY AND COULD FACE ARRAIGNMENT NEXT WEEK. >>> A BREAKTHROUGH IN HIV PREVENTION PROVING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CLINICAL TRIALS SHOW THAT TWICE A YEAR DRUG INJECTIONS REDUCED HIV RISK BY 96% OF PARTICIPANTS, OUTPERFORMING THE PILL FORM DRUGS TAKING DAILY, GILEAD IS AIMING FOR FDA APPROVAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE BUT THE PRICE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. >>> THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP COMPANY ANNOUNCES A CHANGE IN ITS CORPORATE NAME AFTER 150 YEARS. A MAJOR CHANGE, IT IS DROPPING SOUP FROM ITS NAME AND IT WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY. THIS REBRAND HIGHLIGHTS THE EVOLVING PRODUCT LINE, NOW THE CHANGE IS PENDING SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL AT THE ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR NOVEMBER. >>> SPACE MISSION MAKING HISTORY, TWO MEMBERS ON POLARIS DAWN BECOMING THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS TO COMPLETE A SPACEWALK. THE MOMENT CAPTURED 800 MILES ABOVE EARTH. TOM COSTELLO WITH MORE. >> OPENING DRAGON RESILIENCY. >> IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. >> THE CROWD IS ABOUT TO GO WILD. >> FOR THE FIRST EVER A COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT OPENING THE HATCH TO HIS SPACEX SHIP AND STEPS INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. THIS WAS THE RISKIEST HEART OF A FIVE DAY MISSION ORBITING THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY SPACE STATION. WITHOUT AN AIRLOCK ALL ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THEIR SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. SO TODAY'S SPACEWALK WAS REALLY MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH. AS HE AND THE ENGINEER TESTED THEIR NEW SPACESUITS THAT ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DAY WHERE ON THE MOON. ALREADY TO HAVE CLIMBED 870 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS AND OF THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVELED SO FAR CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND POSTING HELLO EARTH ON X USING NEW LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATION. THAT REPRESENTS A GIANT LEAP FORWARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY. >> THIS EXPANDS THE ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND WE ARE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE. >> JUST MAYBE THE FINAL FRONTIER. >> TOM COSTELLO JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON D.C. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE. THE SUCCESS OPENS UP A NEW CHAPTER IN THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE. >> THAT'S RIGHT, THEIR WORKING HAND IN GLOVE WITH SPACE X AND THIS IS SPACEX TECHNOLOGY, THEIR SHIPS AND ENGINEERS AND IT IS THERE SPACESUITS THAT THE ASTRONAUTS ARE TESTING OUT. THEY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO MAYBE TAKE THIS ONTO THE MOON POTENTIALLY. MAKE NO MISTAKE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY OF SPACE, SPACE X IS OWNING THIS SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY. THEIR BIGGEST COMPETITION WILL BE CHINA. >> TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, PROTESTERS TRYING TO SWARM THE SENATE IN MEXICO, THE CROWD GATHERING AS LAWMAKERS PASS A CONTROVERSIAL REFORM TO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. WHAT MEXICO IS NOW DOING THAT ONLY ONE OTHER COUNTRY IN THE MODERN WORLD HAS TRIED. >>> NOW IS RAW. NOW ISRAEL. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE CHAOS RIPPLING THROUGH MEXICO AS LAWMAKERS PASS A CONTROVERSIAL BILL OVERHAULING THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. 7000 JUDGES TO BE ELECTED RATHER THAN APPOINTED, MEXICO BECOMES THE SECOND COUNTRY AFTER BOLIVIA TO PUT THE MAJORITY OF ITS JUDGES ON THE BENCH BY POPULAR VOTE. ELLISON BARBARA BREAKS IT DOWN. >> PROTESTER STORMING THE MEXICAN SENATE HOPING TO STOP A CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL THAT WOULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THEY ARE BETRAYING THE PEOPLE THIS MAN SAYS, SELLING THEIR VOTES SHAMEFULLY. IT IS GOING TO LEAD US TO A DICTATORSHIP. THE LATE-NIGHT VOTE TEMPORARILY DELAYED, BUT NOT AVOIDED. A TOTAL OF 127 VOTES WITH 86 IN FAVOR, ONE SENATOR ANNOUNCED THEREFORE WE HAVE A QUALIFIED AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE REFOR . UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM THE NEARLY 7000 JUDGES WILL NOT BE APPOINTED TO THE BENCH, THEY WILL BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE. INCLUDING THOSE ON THE SUPREME COURT. CHIEF JUSTICE HAS REPEATEDLY WARNED AGAINST REFORMS ARGUING THEY JEOPARDIZE IMPARTIAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS AND PUT PRESSURE ON THE JURY TO VOTE FOR WHAT'S POPULAR. >> ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES FOR JUDGES IS THAT THEY FOCUS ON LONG-TERM INTEREST. >> UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW PROFESSOR, A FORMER DEPUTY JUSTICE OF THE COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES. >> AS THEY BECOME POLITICIANS AND THEY START THINKING LIKE POLITICIANS. IF THEY ARE CONCERN WITH THE NEXT ELECTION. >> MEXICO'S OUTGOING PRESIDENT HAS PUSHED BACK AGAINST CRITICISM. HE AND MEXICO'S INCOMING PRESIDENT SAY THAT THE OVERHAUL WILL HELP TO WEED OUT CORRUPTION. >> SUPPORTERS OF THE CHANGES HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS, AS WELL. SOME CARRYING BANNERS THAT SAYS PEOPLE HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG. DO NOT FEAR THE PEOPLE. WE BELIEVE MORE DEMOCRACY IS NEEDED IN THE JUDICIARY ONE SUPPORTER SAYS. THE JUDICIARY SHOULD BE ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE, PEOPLE WOULD REMOVE THEM SO THIS IS A CONTROL MECHANISM. THE PROTESTERS WE SPOKE TO SAY THAT PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW THE MONEY. >> ELECTIONS REQUIRE FUNDING AND MONEY. SO WHO IS GOING TO FUND THE JUDGES? IS IT THE CARTEL? IS IT PRIVATE INTEREST? AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE OUTCOME YOU WOULD EXPECT? >> DESPITE THE CONCERNS A MAJORITY OF STATES RATIFIED THE PROPOSAL, THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL SIGN AND PUBLISH THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ON SUNDAY. ELLISON BARBARA, NBC NEWS. >>> THE UN AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES SAYS THAT STAFF MEMBERS WERE KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA, HITTING A SCHOOL AND SURROUNDING AREA INSIDE OF A REFUGEE CAMP WITH 18 PEOPLE KILLED IN ALL ACCORDING TO THE DEFENSE MILITARY, ISRAEL SAYS THEY WERE TARGETING HAMAS MILITANTS OPERATING IN THE SCHOOL. >>> ANTIWAR PROTEST IN AUSTRALIA OUTSIDE OF A MILITARY ARMS CONVENTION. VIDEO SHOWING PROTESTERS SETTING FIRES, THROWING LOCKS, BOTTLES AND HORSEMEN WERE AT POLICE. AT LEAST 39 WERE ARRESTED. RUBBER BULLETS, SMOKE GRENADES AND PEPPER SPRAY, POLICE SAY IT IS THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS IN TWO DECADES. >>> A GEORGIAN DAREDEVIL IS RIDING A BIKE ON WATER. INCREDIBLE VIDEO SHOWS THE COMPETITOR RIDING A MODIFIED BIKE MORE THAN 20 MILES ON THE SURFACE OF WATER IN THE BLACK SEA. THE BIKE WAS OUTFITTED WITH HANDMADE SKIS BUT HAS TO MAINTAIN HIGH-SPEED TO PREVENT FROM SINKING. THIS TOOK MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING TO ACCOMPLISH. WHEN WE COME BACK COULD AI HELP US TO BETTER PREDICT HURRICANES? CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY IMPROVING THE WAY HURRICANES ARE TRACKED AND PREDICTED. OBVIOUSLY VERY APROPOS TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW. WE WILL BREAK IT ALL DOWN, COMING UP NEXT. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW, COMING AT US EVERY SECOND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. NOW IS RAW. NOW ISRAEL. >> THIS IS IT, WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD? WHAT MATTERS HERE AT HOME? >> NBC NEWS DAILY, WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 UNTIL 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> >>> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> WE HAVE IMPORTED NEWS ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> MENTAL HEALTH. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A DANGEROUS RISK ON LIVE TV DURING HURRICANE FRANCINE. RACING TO SAVE A MAN'S LIFE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM AS HIS TRUCK WAS SWALLOWED BY LIGHTNING AND FLOOD WATERS. >> WITH HURRICANE FRANCINE HAMMERING NEW ORLEANS THE CITY TOLD PEOPLE TO STAY HOME. THIS IS WHY. >> WATER ALMOST TO THE WINDOW OF THE PICKUP TRUCK. >> LIVE ON THE AIR AS THE PICKUP TRUCK WOUND UP IN DEEP FLOODWATERS FLOATING AND SPINNING WITH A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE. ONE REPORTER ALERTING POLICE. >> OFFICERS WE HAVE A TRUCK. >> SOMEBODY HAD DRIVEN INTO THE WATER. >> MILES CRAWFORD LIVES CLOSE BY. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NURSE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> THEY ARE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT. >> THE MAN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. AS THE PAIR MOVED TOWARD HIGHER GROUND, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND THEN WE LOOK FOR CRAWFORD. >> THERE IS A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL AND YOU PUT IN YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK IN THE FLOODWATER. TO SAVE A LIFE. >> THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE DOORS. WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND. BE KIND, IF THEY NEED HELP THEM HELP THEM OUT. >> EXACTLY WHAT SO MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD USE TONIGHT. NBC NEWS, NEW ORLEANS. >> AS HURRICANES BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND INTENSE A NEW TECHNOLOGY IS EMERGING THAT MAY BE ABLE TO WARNED AUTHORITIES EARLIER TO START PREPARING, TO UTILIZE THE A.I. LEARNING THE SAME TECH USES DRIVERLESS CARS TO FORECAST HURRICANES UP TO THREE DAYS EARLIER THAN TRADITIONAL FORECASTS. 20 ME NOW IS THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER WHO DEVELOPED THE TECHNOLOGY, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, THE LARGEST PRIVATE WEATHER COMPANY IN THE WORLD AND HE HAS A PHD IN METEOROLOGY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME. THE TECHNOLOGY BETTER PROTECTS TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPMENT INTO A HURRICANE AND ITS INTENSITY. LOOKING AT THOSE MODELS IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND WALKING THROUGH THIS WHAT I MIGHT LOOKING AT AND HOW ARE THE MAPS INTERPRETED? >> ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WE HAVE A TRADITIONAL MODEL. THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL MODELS THAT CAN BE RETURNED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT WE LIKE TO TAKE IN ALL THE DATA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THERE IS THE CHAOS THEORY AND HOW THE ATMOSPHERE DOES DIVERGE VERY QUICKLY. SO HOW THESE INDIVIDUAL MODELS WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET A ACCURATE LOOK AT HOW THE ATMOSPHERE MIGHT EVOLVE. THE ISSUE IS WHEN YOU START BLENDING MODELS TOGETHER YOU WASH OUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN EXTREME EVENTS. WHEN YOU BLEND MODELS TOGETHER, THAT CAN BE FINE FOR PARTLY CLOUDY AND 70, BUT FOR A HURRICANE WE WANT TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE AMPLITUDE OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS LIKE HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WIND. SO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WE HAVE OUR MODEL BLEND WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE SAME MODELS, THE 100 MODELS AND WE USE SOMETHING CALLED SEMANTIC COMPUTATION TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE CYCLONES IN EACH OF THESE MODELS. THEN WE OPTIMIZE THE WEIGHT OF THE MODELS AND THEN STITCH IT BACK TOGETHER IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RETAIN THE DETAIL AND AMPLITUDE. THIS IS IMPORTANT IN CASES LIKE HARVEY AND WE HAD HISTORIC FLOODING WHEN THEY MADE LANDFALL. LOOKING AT THE MODEL BLEND TO THE LETTER COULD BE WASHED OUT AND YOU MAY NOT SEE THE SAME AMPLITUDE OF RAINFALL ON THE RIGHT OF THE MODEL IS ABLE TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT JUST HOW EXTREME A STORM LIKE THAT COULD BE. >> IF I UNDERSTAND IT IS LESS ABOUT LENDING VARIOUS MODELS, BUT MOVING IN WITH PINPOINT ACCURACY WITH A SMALL SNAPSHOT AND THEN CREATING A PORTRAIT. EXPLAIN WHAT AMPLITUDE MEANS FOR THE VIEWERS AND MYSELF INCLUDED. WHEN YOU ARE ZOOMING IN AND YOU TALK ABOUT THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND WE HAVE RAINFALL TOTALS HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? >> THE AMPLITUDE IS LOOKING AT THE LARGEST VALUES AND THE LARGER VALUES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HURRICANE. WHEN WE BLEND THESE MODEL FORECASTS TOGETHER, YOU ARE DOING IT IN A NOT SO SOPHISTICATED WAY. YOU END UP WITH MAYBE A STORM HERE OR THERE AND WHEN YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER YOU ARE AVERAGING A HIGH NUMBER WITH A LOW NUMBER AND ANOTHER HIGH NUMBER WITH A LOW NUMBER AND IT ENDS UP SMOOTHING OUT. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WE ARE REALIGNING THE PRECIPITATION FIELD AND WE GET THOSE MUCH HIGHER PRECIPITATION RATES. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE EYE REPRESENTED REALLY WELL AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPACT. THIS IS ALL PART OF RETAINING THE DETAIL THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IMPACTS TO EXPECT. >> I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE SO MUCH SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY AND RADAR WHETHER IT'S THE AMERICAN OR EUROPEAN MODEL, HOW DOES THIS DIFFER AND WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS COVERING HURRICANES FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? >> IT IS INCREDIBLE. THE LAST FEW YEARS HOW A.I. HAS EXPLODED AND I AM VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THROUGH THE USE OF A.I. NOW I CAN SAY, YOU MENTION GFS AND A COUPLE OF MODELS ARE LIKE THAT. THESE ARE EXCELLENT MODELS THAT ARE RUN REGULARLY AND, THEY ARE USED FOR FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND HURRICANE CENTER. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TAKING THE SAME DATA. THERE'S A LOT OF FANTASTIC DATA AND USING A PLETHORA OF DATA TO BE HONEST. THE CHALLENGE IS HOW DO YOU OPTIMIZE THE USE OF THE DATA? ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES, IS SATELLITE AND RADAR THEY MAKE THE BEST USE OF IT. A.I. IS ONE SOLUTION THAT IS HELPING US TO ADDRESS THAT CHALLENGE. AND ACTUALLY GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS DATA SO YES. >> THAT CERTAINLY HELPS. WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO WRAP IT UP BUT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHARED WITH GOVERNMENTS AS WELL SO THAT INFORMATION COULD BE DISSEMINATED TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TOP STORY, I AM SAM BROCK IN NEW YORK, STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOR YOU, MORE NEWS RIGHT ON THE WAY. >>> TONIGHT, THE PATH OF >>> TONIGHT THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE, POWER KNOCKED OUT FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE SOUTH. THE NEW IMAGES, TOWNS UNDERWATER AFTER FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE IN LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE, HEAVY RAIN AND POWERFUL WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES ONTO HOMES, THIS DRAMATIC RESCUE INTO NIGHTS FRANCINE'S REMNANTS ON THE MOVE. MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS, OUR TEAM IN THE STORM ZONE. >>> THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AS RAGING WILDFIRES SPREAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED, THE RACE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. >>> ALASKA AIRLINES PLANES BLOWS ITS TIRE DURING TAKEOFF, AVOIDING A POTENTIAL COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRPLANE. CLEARED TO LAND ON THE SAME RUNWAY. THE FAA NVESTIGATION. >>> A RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, DONALD TRUMP SAYING THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER DEBATE AS HE AND KAMALA HARRIS HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S SHOWDOWN. BOTH CANDIDATES IN KEY BATTLEGROUNDS THEY HOPE TO FLIP. THE AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES FROM ORBIT, THE SPACE POLARIS CREW MAKING HISTORY, THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACE WALK. >>> THE LIFE-SAVING SCENE PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TV AS HURRICANE FRANCINE HIT. THE HERO, E.R. NURSE WHO CAME TO THE RESCUE SPEAKING OUT TO US. >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> WELCOME, 24 HOURS AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE IN LOUISIAN ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS TAKING STRONG HITS. WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 80 MILES ANA AS A HO CATEGORY TWO STORM, THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THE LIGHTS BACK ON, PLACES LIKE BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS TAKING STRONG HITS. WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR. BRINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. BY MID AFTERNOON TODAY, 285,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS LOUISIANA WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER. BUT IT WAS THE RAIN, RAIN THAT TRIGGERED WIDESPREAD FLOODING. WORSE THAN RESIDENTS TELL US THEY EXPECTED. 5-7 INCHES RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS. SOME POCKETS SEEING UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN. THE RAPID FLOODING MEETING MANY PEOPLE TRAPPED FORCING URGENT RESCUES, THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM MOVING INLAND NOW. BUT STILL DANGEROUS AS KATHY PARK REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TOWNS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE. OVERNIGHT THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GULF COAST, DAMAGING WINDS AND DRENCHING RAIN. POWER KNOCKED OUT FOR THOUSANDS. THE TOWN TAKING THE BRUNT OF A CATEGORY TWO STORM. >> A LOT OF HIGH WINDS. WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> FRANCINE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS MORNING. >> AS OF RIGHT NOW, HAVE NO REPORTS OF ANY FATALITIES AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. >> MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. >> IS STORE ? >>SURVIVED IDA IN 2021 AND WHILE FRANCINE WAS A WEAKER STORM, THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU CAME OUT HERE? >> WOW. YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STORM LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> THIS TREE CRASHED INTO A POWERLIN DOOR, ALBERT SHORE E SAYS T. >> I SUSPECTED IT WAS ONE OF THE TREES. >> AND NEXT DOOR, ALBERT SHORR SAYS THE STORM NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE. >> WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT BUT NOT PREPARED FOR THIS. >> THE EXTREME WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES THAT CUT STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME. >> A LOUD BOOM AND THE CEILING FELL DOWN. >> PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH. AND NOW ON THE MOVE AGAIN. >> JOINING US FROM HARD-HIT LOUISIANA, KATHY AS WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST THE STRENGTH FROM THE STORM IS NOT OVER. >> THAT IS RIGHT, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS NOW ON THE MOVE HEADED NORTH TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SO FLOODING AS WELL AS TORNADOES ARE A POSSIBILITY MEANWHILE HERE IN LOUISIANA AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS STILL A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD AND THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. >> KATHY PARKES, THANK YOU. TURNING TO THE RAGING WILDFIRES IN THE WEST. >>> CALIFORNIA EXPANDING ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DANGEROUS HEAT FUELS THREE MASSIVE INFERNOS. DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. DANA GRIFFIN IS IN THE FIRE ZONE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST. >> MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS, AS LOW WE HOPEMIDITY A THE GUSTY WINDS D SHIFT, WE ARE STILL WORRIED. >> 5 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATENED TO SPREAD EXISTING FIRES. >> THERE IS MORE POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED IN HEAVEN FOR BID ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN FOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTER TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. >> AFTER THOSE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES. AS THE SOUTH SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN HIGH WAS FULLY ENGULFED. AND HAD TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911. >> COULD NOT GET AND THEY IMMED SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT ON IT. >> Rep THROUGH. S >> SO CHRIS DURAND SAID HE DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOW THEM PICTURES WHERE IT WAS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID OKAY WE ARE GOING TO GET RIGHT ON IT. >> THE SMOKE LEAVING HAIR AND HEALTHY TO BREATHE, WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL NOW CANCELED. AND TODAY, INVESTIGATORS HAD SUSPECTED ARSONIST JUSTIN WITH NINE CHARGES ACCUSING HIM OF STARTING ACCUSING HIM OF STARTING THE LINE FIRE. >> I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC WE'RE GOING TO GO HARD ON THIS CASE. >> Reporter: HE HAS NOT ENTE THEA PLEA. LINE IFF >> WE WILL GO HARD ON THIS CASE. >> HE HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA IF CONVICTED, THE DA SAYS HE COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE, HIS FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. >> DANA JOINS US FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHERE THE AIRPORT FIRE AS IT'S KNOWN SPREAD FROM A NEIGHBORING COUNTY AND DANA UNDERSTAND THIS BLAZE WAS SPARKED BY ACCIDENT. FOUR THAT'S RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION, THESE HOMES CAN GO UP WITHIN MINUTES. IT WAS ACTUALLY IN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CREW THAT USED HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPARKING THE FIRE. THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING THEIR POLICIES. >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, A CLOSE CALL ON THE RUNWAY IN NASHVILLE, AND ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWING OUT ITS TIRES WHEN IT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST PLANE. AND IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE FIRST TIME FROM THE HERO FEDEX PILOTS WHO AVOIDED ANOTHER NEAR MISS LAST YEAR. HERE IS AARON McLAUGHLIN. >> Reporter: TODAY AT THE NASHVILLE AIRPORT, AND ALASKA AIRLINESA SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO CROSS FROM THE SAME TAKEOFFNWAY, ABORTEDG TO AND PLAIN TIRES BLOWN OUT. AFTER A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO CROSS FROM THE SAME RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE FAA. >> CANCEL TAKEOFF. >> ALASKA AIRLINES RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE PILOTS OF THE SEATTLE BOUND PLANE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE RAKES. THE STOP STILL ABRUPT, THE PLAIN TIRES DEFLATED DUE TO HEAT BUILDUP FROM THE RAPID STOP. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING. THE NEWS JUST DAYS AFTER A SLOW SPEED COLLISION AT HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT WHEN A DELTA AIR BUS BOUND FOR TOKYO HIT A MUCH SMALLER REGIONAL JETS. KNOCKING OFF ITS TAIL. >> YOU COULD HEAR THE METAL SCRAPING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANE. AND, SHAKING REALLY BADLY. >> THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS ON RUNWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THIS NEAR MISS IN AUSTIN LAST YEAR. A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND A FEDEX PLANE CLEARED TO LAND. FROM THE SAME FOGGY RUNWAY. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THE FEDEX PILOT SPOKE OUT. >> NEVER DID I IMAGINE THE PLANE WAS GOING TO E RIGHT THERE, I THOUGHT WORST CASE HE WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. >> THERE IS RELIEF BUT CONCERN. AFTER NEWS OF YET ANOTHER POTENTIAL CLOSE CALL. AARON McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS. >>> TURNING TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAYING HE WILL NOT AGREE TO ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, AS BOTH CANDIDATES HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S FACE-OFF. GAVE GUTIERREZ IS IN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. >> Reporter: DUELING RALLIES IN CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA. >> SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC. >> HE SAYS TUESDAY'S FIERY DEBATE WITH EDITORS WILL BE THERE LAST. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE TWO DEBATES AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL THERE WILL NO, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> THE CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW PHASE IN TRYING TO SLIP AND FLIP NORTH CAROLINA WHICH THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON SINCE 2008. >> INTENDING TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND HAS NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT. HE SAYS, HE SAIDeporter: HARRIS TEAM NOW RAMPING UP ITS PUSH FOR YOUNGER CONCEPTSA PLAN. >> RAMPING UP ITS PUSH FOR YOUNGER VOTERS, TODAY WE MET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY AND THEY YOU,SAY THE TICK ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU AND HAS THE SAME VALUES AS YOU ON THE TICKET IS ENCOURAGING. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HARR THINKCORD O SHEE I IS ECONOMY.DOING WHAT POLITICIANS DO WITCHES TRY TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN AMERICA. >> WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA ESTATE HE NARROWLY LOST IN 2020 GOING AFTER HARRIS IS RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> I AM ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION DESTROYING OUR MIDDLE CLASS AND OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ALSO ANGRY ABOUT THAT. >> SUPPORTERS SAY HE DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK'S DEBATE. >> I THINK HE WANT TO BE HIT ALL THE MARKS AND TOUCHED ON ALL THE POINTS THAT I THINK AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO FOR US, SHE JUST TALKED. >> AND JOINING US NOW FROM THE HARRIS RALLY IN GREENSBORO AND THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING SOME HEAVYWEIGHT HELP ON THE FUNDRAISING SIDE. >> YES, LESTER SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TOLD NBC NEWS THAT BARACK OBAMA WILL HOLD FUNDRAISERS FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MEANWHILE DROPPING TWO ACCOUNTS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN GEORGIA, ELECTION INTERFERENCE STATE AND FACES EIGHT MORE IN THAT CASE. >> THANK YOU. >>> GROWING FALLOUT FROM SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO. A RASH OF BOMB THREATS. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, TODAY HERE IN SPRINGFIELD, BOMB THREATS LED AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE CITY HALL AND HE NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE IT IS NOT TO WHO MADE THE THREATS OR WHETHER THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS OF USING PETS. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JOHN PIERRE CALLS THE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATION QUOTE VERY BIZARRE AND VERY HATEFUL. MEANWHILE SOME RESIDENTS WERE SO CONCERNED WITH ATTENTION THAT THEY KEPT THEIR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL. >>> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL CLAIM OFTEN HEARD FROM THE RIGHT THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE VOTING IN AMERICA'S ELECTIONS. BUT IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP? JULIA AINSLIE WITHOUT VOTE WATCH REPORTS. >> Reporter: ON THE DEBATE STAGE. >> A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE. >> AND THAT CAMPAIGN STOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT, IT'S ILLEGAL. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FREQUENTLY REPEATS FALSE CLAIMS ABOU. IT'S ILLEGAL FOR VOTE FORMIGRANT BUILDINGS. P >> THEY CAN'T SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH FOR THE MOST PART BUT THEY ARE SIGNING THEM UP. >> IT'S ILLEGAL FOR NON-US CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. OR IN ANY FEDERAL ELECTION. AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW REPORTED INCIDENTS OF NONCITIZENS TRYING TO VOTE ILLEGALLY. THERE IS ALSO NO EVIDENCE OF ANYONE TRYING TO GET UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS TO VOTE ACCORDING TO EXPERTS. 17 DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY. INCLUDING IN DC WHERE NONCITIZENS EVEN THOSE HERE ILLEGALLY CAN VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. HERE AT THIS VOTER REGISTRATION FAIR IN D.C., ANY D.C. ANY DC RESIDENT CAN REGISTER TO VOTE EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE POLE THEY WILL BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT VALID LIKE THIS ONE, THE ONLY LISTS LOCAL CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL. >> WE CHANGED THE LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO HELP HAVE A VOTE AND HAVE A SAY IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND DECISIONS THEY MAKE. >> CHARLES ALLEN IS ON THE CITY COUNCIL. >> COULD YOU BE REGISTERED IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN VOTE HERE? >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT HERE AND CLAIM RESIDENCY HERE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS SO WE HAVE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS PEOPLE THROWING THINGS LIKE THAT OUT AND THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN. >> THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS IT HAS FOUND ALMOST 2000 NONCITIZENS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY VOTED BUT IS UNCLEAR IF THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUPS QUESTION THE CLAIMS. STILL THE LAW IS ALLOWING NONCITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY HAVE SPARKED BACKLASH ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND ECHOED BY ELON MUSK AND CONSERVATIVE MEDIA HOST. AND INSPIRED A BILL HAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER TO VOTE. >> YOU JUST CHECK A BOX. SO NONCITIZENS ARE ON VOTER ROLLS. >> THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPER SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LIVES. WASHINGTON. >>> THE HISTORY MAKING MOMENT HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH, THE ALL CIVILIAN CREW ON THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK. THE INCREDIBL >> HISTORY WAS MADE TODAY HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE EARTH AS THE CREW OF THE POLARIS DON OPENED THEIR SPACESHIP TO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. TO PERFORM THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS. TOM CASTILLO WITH THE AWE- INSPIRING IMAGES. >> Reporter: NOW OPENING. >> IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. >> I HAVE A FEELING THE CROWD IS ABOUT TO GO WILD. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT JARED OPENED HIS HATCH AND STEPPED INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. >> THIS WAS THE RISKIEST PART OF A FIVE DAY MISSION. ORBITING THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATION. AND WITHOUT AN AIRLOCK ALL ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THEIR SHIP. TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. >> TODAY'S SPACEWALK REALLY MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH? >> AS ISAAC MANN AND ENGINEER SARAH GILLIS TESTED THEIR BRAND- NEW SPACE SOUPS THE ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DAY WHERE ON THE MOON. >> ALREADY THEY CLIMBED 870 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS AND THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVELED SO FAR. CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES. AND POSTING HELLO EARTH ON X USING NEW LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS. BILL NELSON SAID TODAY REPRESENTS >> THIS EXPANDS THE A GIANT FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAUT, MARK KELLY. >> THIS EXPANDS THE ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND WE ARE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE OF ESPECIALLY LOW EARTH ORBIT. >> MAY BE THE FINAL FRONTIER. TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >>> UP NEXT, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN BREAKING HER SILENCE, HER EMOTIONAL MESSAGE AFTER HER BRONZE MEDAL WAS TAKEN AWAY ON A TECHNICALITY. >>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTROVERSIES OUT OF THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES, NOW TEAM USA GYMNAST, JORDAN CHILES IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER HEARTBREAK AFTER HER BRONZE MEDAL WAS STRIPPED AWAY. WE GET MORE FROM STEPHANIE GOSS. >> Reporter: AT THE VMA'S. >> YOU KNOW WHAT ? >> Reporter: BUT FOR >> FLAVOR FLAVOR SHOWING HIS SUPPORT FOR GYMNAST, JORDAN CHILES. >> I GOT YOU SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM YOU. >> THE EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER OF WINNING AND THEN BEING STRIPPED OF AN OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDAL IS NOT OVER. >> THE BIGGEST THING THAT WAS TAKEN FROM ME WAS, THE FORBES POWER WOMEN'S SUMMIT ABOUT THE CO THAT RSY ANIT WAS THE RECOGNITION OF WHO I WAS. >> THE TWO TIME OLYMPIAN OPENING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CAMERA AT THE POWER WOMEN SUMMIT ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY AND BACKLASH ONLINE. INCLUDING RACIST COMMENTS. >> TO ME, EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON IS NOT ABOUT THE METAL. IT IS ABOUT YOU KNOW, MY SKIN COLOR, I FELT LIKE EVERYTHING LIKE HAS BEEN STRIPPED. >> SHE FINISHED FIFTH IN THE FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL. AT FIRST. >> THERE HAS BEEN AN INQUIRY PUT IN. >> THE COACH CHALLENGED THE SCORE. >> THE REVISION, A SHOCKED ARBITRATION FOR SPORT RULED TEAM USA'S CHALLENGE WAS MADE FOUR SECONDS TOO LATE, JORDAN CHILES MOVED UP TO THIRD AND WON BRONZE. BUT DAYS LATER THE CELEBRATION TURNED INTO FRUSTRATION. THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT WORLD TEAM USA'S CHALLENGE WAS MADE FOR SECONDS TOO LATE. STRIPPING JORDAN CHILES OF THE METAL AND GIVING BRONZE TO ROMANIAN GYMNAST. CALLING THE RULING DEVASTATING. >> I FOLLOW THE RULES, MY COACH FOLLOWED THE RULES. >> THE U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS IT IS PURSUING AN APPEAL. RIGHT? THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS. WHERE DOES THAT STAND? >> IT'S NOT OVER. BUT USA GYMNASTICS WON'T SAY WHETHER THEY HAVE JORDAN CHILES SAYS SHE IS DETERMINED TO STAY POSITIVE. >> I'M GOING TO SHINE BRIGHT BECAUSE THE STAR IS NEVER GOING TO GET DIMMED AND I WILL KEEP WALKING FORWARD. >> WHAT A ROLLER COASTER, THIS IS NOT OVER, THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS, WHERE DOES IT STAND? >> THEY WON'T SAY WHETHER THEY HAVE FILED THE APPEAL, NOW IF AN APPEAL IS FILED THAT COULD TAKE MONTHS TO RESOLVE WHICH WOULD MEAN JORDAN CHILES WOULD BE STUCK IN THIS LIMBO FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU CAN TELL FROM THOSE COMMENTS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR HER. >> GOOD TO HEAR FROM HER, THANKS SO MUCH. THREE THE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT THE E.R. NURSE WHO SAVED A MAN ON LIVE TV. AS HURRICANE FRANCINE RAVES, HE SPEAKS OUT TO US, NEXT. >> THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT, A HERO E.R. NURSE AFTER SAVING A MAN'S LIFE, LIVE TV AT THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE FRANCINE. HERE IS JESSE KIRSCH. >> Reporter: THE CITY TOLD PEOPLE TO STAY HOME. THIS IS WHY. >> THE WATER IS ALMOST TO THE WINDOW OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK. >> THEY WERE LIVE ON THE AIR AS THIS PICKUP TRUCK WOUND UP IN FLOODWATERS SPINNING WITH A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE. REPORTER JONAH GILMORE ALERTED POLICE. >> OFFICERS, WE HAVE A TRUCK OUT HERE. >> DRIVEN INTO THE WATER. >> MYLES CRAWFORD LIVES CLOSE BY. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NURSE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT RIGHT NOW. THE GUY BROKE THAT WINDOW. >> THE AN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. >> THERE IS A GOOD SAMARITAN HELPING HIM. >> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THEN WE HEARD ABOUT MYLES CRAWFORD AND HIS HUMILITY. >> I AM A NURSE. SO GOTTA SAVE LIVES, RIGHT? >> THERE IS A DIFFERENCE FROM SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL AND YOU PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK IN FLOODWATER, TO SAVE A LIFE. >> HONESTLY THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE DOORS RIGHT HERE. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND. HE NEEDED HELP. AND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP, HELP THEM OUT. >> EXACTLY WHAT SO MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD USE TONIGHT. NBC NEWS, NEW ORLEANS. >> THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS THURSDAY, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, I AM LESTER HOLT, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. >> THE GUY, THIS IS LIFESAVING. THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. >> WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS. >> STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. >> PUTTING A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. >> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK IS AT RISK. >> THE CRAZIEST RIGHT TO HAVE EVER HITCHED. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT. >> NBC NEWS NOW. >> IT'S A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND HOPE. >> PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >> NOW IS BROUGHT. >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. >> WHAT WE KNOW AND THE BIG QUESTIONS IS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW, IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> MEET THE PRESS, EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION. GET THE NBC NEWS APP. YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS. ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING AND NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >> WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. TOP STORY, STREAMING WEEKNIGHT AT 7 PM ON NBC NEWS NOW. >> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CHICAGO. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. >> FOLKS WERE FIRED UP HERE. >> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU? >> THE MOMENT IS NOW. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT REALLY MATTERS ARE THE VOICES OF VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW, IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> RIGHT. >> KRISTIN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS, EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW, IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION, ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION HURRICANE FRANCINELOUISIANA, AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE., POWER KNOCKED OUT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE SOUTH, THE NEW IMAGES, TOWNS UNDERWATER AFTER FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE IN LOUISIANA. AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HEAVY RAIN, POWERFUL WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES ONTO HOMES, THEIR DRAMATIC RESCUES AND TONIGHT FRANCINE'S REMNANTS ON THE MOVE, MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS, OUR TEAM IN THE STORM ZONE. >>> TONIGHT A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AS RAGING WILDFIRES SPREAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED AND THE RACE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. >>> ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWS ITS TIRES AFTER THE PILOT SLAMS THE BRAKES ON TAKEOFF AVOIDING A POTENTIAL COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRPLANE CLEARED TO LAND. ON THE SAME RUNWAY. THE FAA INVESTIGATION. >>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, DONALD TRUMP SAYING THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER DEBATE AS HE AND KAMALA HARRIS GET ON THE COMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SINCE TUESDAY'S SHOWDOWN, BOTH CANDIDATES IN KEY BATTLEGROUND THEY HOPE TO FLIP. THE AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES FROM ORBIT. >>> THE SPACE X POLARIS CREW MAKING HISTORY THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACE WALK. >>> THE LIFESAVING SCENE PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TV AS HURRICANE FRANCINE HITS. THIS HERO E.R. NURSE THAT CAME TO THE RESCUE SPEAKING OUT TO US. >> THIS IS NBC, NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME, 24 HOURS AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE IN LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM, THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THE LIGHTS BACK ON. PLACES LIKE BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS TAKING STRONG HITS. WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR. RINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. BY MIDAFTERNOON TODAY, 285,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS LOUISIANA WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER. IT WAS THE RAIN, TORRENTS OF RAIN THAT TRIGGERED WIDESPREAD FLOODING. WORST THAN RESIDENTS TELL US THEY EXPECTED. 5-7 INCHES RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS. SOME POCKETS SEEING UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN. THE RAPID FLOODING LEADING MANY PEOPLE TRAPPED, FORCING SOME URGENT RESCUES. THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM MOVING INLAND NOW BUT STILL DANGEROUS, AS KATHY PARK REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE. OVERNIGHT, THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GULF COAST, DAMAGING WINDS AND DRENCHING RAIN. POWER KNOCKED OUT TO THOUSANDS. THE TOWN OF HOUMA TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE CATEGORY TWO STORM. >> A LOT OF HIGH WINDS. WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> FRANCINE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS MORNING. >> WE AS OF RIGHT NOW HAD NO REPORTS OF ANY FATALITIES AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. >> MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. >> DAN STEVENS SAID HIS STORE SURVIVED IDA IN 2021. AND WHILE FRANCINE WAS A WEAKER STORM, THEY STILL TOOK A BIG HIT. >> YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STORM LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> THIS TREE CRASHED INTO A POWER LINE BEHIND DAVID MOUNTS HOME. >> I HEARD THIS CRACKING AND POPPING AND I SUSPECT IT WAS ONE OF THE TREES. >> NEXT TO DOOR, ALBERT SHORR SAYS THE STORM NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE. >> WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT BUT WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS. >> THIS EXTREMES, CUTTING STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME. >> THE CEILING FELL DOWN. >> PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH. AND NOW ON THE MOVE AGAIN. >> KATHY JOINING US NOW FROM HARD-HIT, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, AS WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST THE THREAT OF THE STORM IS NOT OVER. >> THAT'S RIGHT, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS NOW ON THE MOVE HEADED NORTH FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SO FLOODING AS WELL ALES TORNADOES ARE A POSSIBILITY. HERE IN LOUISIANA YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD AND THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. TRENT RETURNING TO THE STORM TO THE RAGING WILDFIRES IN THE WEST. CALIFORNIA EXPANDING ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DANGEROUS HEAT FUELS THREE MASSIVE INFERNOS. DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. DANA GRIFFIN IS IN THE FIRE ZONE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST. >> WE HOPE THE WINDS DON'T SHIFT. AND WE ARE STILL WORRIED. >> >> THERE'S STILL A POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED, AND HEAVEN FORBID, ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN FOUR MILLIONTI PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATENED TO SPREAD EXISTING FIRES. >> THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED AND HEAVEN FORBID ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTY. GOVERNOR GAZZA NEWSOM EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AS, AFTER TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. >> AFTER THE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL. AS THE BRIDGE FIRE IN BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA. >> THE WHOLE SOUTHSIDE OF MOUNTAIN HIGIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911, COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. >> Reporter: SO, CHRIS DURANT DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF WHERE IT WAS AND EVERYTHING. AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE H GOING TO GET RIGHT ON WAS I >> R ENGULFED. AND HAD TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911, COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. >> SO CHRIS DURAND SAYS HE DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOW THEM PICTURES WHERE IT WAS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID WE ARE GOING TO GET ON IT. >> THE SMOKE LEAVING AARON HEALTHY TO BREATHE. A WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL NOW CANCELED. AND TODAY, INVESTIGATORS HAD SUSPECTED ARSONIST JUSTIN WITH NINE CHARGES ACCUSING HIM OF STARTING THE LINE FIRE. >> I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC WE WILL GO HARD ON THIS CASE. >> HE HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA, IF CONVICTED HE COULD GO IN FOR LIFE, HIS FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. >>> DANA JOINS US FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY WITH THE AIRPORT FIRE AS IT IS KNOWN SPREAD FROM A NEIGHBORING COUNTY AND I UNDERSTAND THIS BLAZE WAS SPARKED BY ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION, THESE HOMES CAN GO UP WITHIN MINUTES. IT WAS ACTUALLY IN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CREW THAT USED HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPARKING THIS FIRE, THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING THEIR POLICIES. >>> THANK YOU. JUST INTERNET, A CLOSE CALL ON THE RUNWAY IN NASHVILLE, AND ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWING OUT ITS TIRES WHEN IT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST PLANE AND IT COMES AS WE HEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THAT HERO FEDEX PILOTS WHO AVOIDED ANOTHER NEAR MISS LAST YEAR. HERE IS AARON McGLOCKLIN. >> Reporter: TODAY AT THE NATIONAL AIRPORTS AND ALASKA AIRLINES TAKEOFF ABORTED AND PLAIN TIRES BLOWN OUT. AFTER A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS CLEAR TO CROSS FROM THE SAME RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE FAA. >> ALASKA AIRLINES RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE PILOTS OF THE SEATTLE BOUND PLANE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE STOPS SO ABRUPT, THE PLAIN TIRES DEFLATED DUE TO HEAT BUILDUP ON THE RAPID STOP. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING. >> THE NEWS DAYS AFTER A SLOW SPEED COLLISION AT ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT WHEN A DELTA AIR PLANE HIT A SMALL REGIONAL JET KNOCKING OFF ITS TAIL. >> YOU COULD HEAR THE METAL SCRAPING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANE. AND SHAKING REALLY BADLY. >> INCLUDING THIS NEAR MISS I FEDEXIN LAS IS ON THE . >> THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THIS NEAR MISS IN AUSTIN, LAST YEAR. A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHX PILS SPOKE OUT.T CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND A FEDEX PLANE CLEARED TO LAND. FROM THE SAME FOGGY RUNWAY. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THE FEDEX PILOTS SPOKE OUT. >> NEVER DID I IMAGINE THAT THE PLANE WAS GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE, I THOUGHT IT WORST CASE HE WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. >> THERE IS RELIEF BUT ALSO CONCERN. AFTER NEWS OF YET ANOTHER POTENTIAL CLOSE CALL. AARON McGLOCKLIN, NBC NEWS. TRENT RETURNING TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAYING HE WILL NOT AGREE TO ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. AS BOTH CANDIDATES HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S FACE-OFF. WE HAVE THE REPORT IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> Reporter: DUELING RALLIES IN CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> RESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA. >> SHE SHOWED UP SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC. >> TUESDAY'S FIERY DEBATE WITH HARRISE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> Reporter: BUT HARRIS WANTS ANOTHER. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER WILL DEBATEBE THERE LAST. >> BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE TWO DEBATES AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> HARRIS WANTS ANOTHER. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW PHASE. AND TRYING TO FLIP NORTH CAROLINA WHICH DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON SINCE 2008. >> INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN TO REPLACE IT. HE SAID, HE SAYS CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. >> HARRIS'S TEAM NOW RAMPING UP ITS PUSH FOR YOUNGER VOTERS, TODAY WE MET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY THAT SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE THAT LOOK LIKE YOU THAT HAS THE SAME VALUES AS YOU ON THE TICKET IS ENCOURAGING AND EXCITING. >> I THINK THAT SHE IS DOING WHAT POLITICIANS DO WITCHES TRY TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN AMERICA. >> WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA ESTATE HE NARROWLY LOST IN 2020 GOING AFTER HARRIS AND HER RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> I AM ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION DESTROYING OUR MIDDLE CLASS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ALSO VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT. >> TRUMP SUPPORTERS SAY HE DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK'S DEBATE. >> I THINK TRUMP WON BECAUSE HE HAD ALL THE MARKS AND TOUCHED ON ALL THE POINTS THAT I THINK AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO FOR US, SHE JUST TALKED. >> AND JOINING US NOW FROM THE HARRIS RALLY IN GREENSBORO AND THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING SOME HEAVYWEIGHT HELP FROM THE FUNDRAISING SIDE. >> YES, SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TO NBC NEWS THAT BARACK OBAMA WILL HOST FUNDRAISERS FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MEANWHILE A JUDGE TODAY DROPPED TWO COUNTS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE COME HE STILL FACES EIGHT MORE IN THAT STATE, LESTER? >>> FEAR AND THERE IS GROWING FALLOUT FROM WHAT SOMETHING PRESIDENT TRUMP SAIDA RASH OF B THREATS. OUR YAMICHE ALCINDOR IS THERE. YAMICHE, GOOD EVENING. >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING. THAT'S RIGHT. TODAY HERE IN SPRINGFIELD, BOMB THREATS LED AUTHORITIES ABOUT ASIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO, THE CITY AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL A RASH OF BOMB THREATS. WE ARE THERE, GOOD EVENING. >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING THAT'S RIGHT TODAY HERE IN SPRINGFIELD, BOMB THREATS LET AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE CITY HALL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO MADE THE THREATS OR WHETHER THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ABUSING PETS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JOHN . CALLED THE ALLEGATIONS VERY BIZARRE AND VERY HATEFUL. MEANWHILE SOME RESIDENTS WERE SO CONCERNED WITH ATTENTION THAT THEY KEPT THEIR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL. LESTER? >>> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL CLAIM OFTEN HEARD FROM THE RIGHT THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE VOTING IN AMERICA'S ELECTIONS, BUT IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP? JULIA AINSLIE REPORTS. >> Reporter: ON THE DEBATE STAGE. >> A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN AND ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE. >> AND I CAMPAIGN STOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT, IT'S ILLEGAL. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FREQUENTLY REPEATS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT MIGRANT VOTING. >> THEY CAN'T SPEA NONU.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OR IN ANY FEDERAL ELECTION. AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW RECORDED INCIDENTS OF NON-CITIZENS TRYING TO VOTE ILLEGALLY. THERE'S KSO NO EVIDENCE OF ANYONE TRYING TGET TODOCUMENTENGLISH NTS FOR THE MOST PART BUT THEY ARE SIGNING THEM UP. >> IT'S ILLEGAL FOR NON-US CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT OR IN ANY FEDERAL ELECTION. AND THERE HAS BEEN FEW REPORTED INCIDENTS OF NONCITIZENS TRYING TO VOTE ILLEGALLY. THERE IS ALSO NO EVIDENCE OF ANYONE TRYING TO GET UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS TO VOTE ACCORDING TO EXPERTS. >> 17 DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY. INCLUDING IN DC. WERE NONCITIZENS EVEN THOSE HERE ILLEGALLY CAN VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. >> VOTER REGISTRATION FAIR IN DC, ANY RESIDENT CAN REGISTER TO VOTE EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE POLLS THEY WILL BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT BALLOT THIS ONE THAT ONLY LISTS LOCAL CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL. >> WE CHANGED THE LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO HELP AND HAVE A VOTE AND HAVE A SAY IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND IT WAS A DECISION THEY MAKE. >> HE IS ON THE DC CITY COUNCIL MORE THAN 30 DAYS. SO, WE'VE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS WHERE PEOPLE THROW THINGS LIKE THAT OUT AND THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN. >> Reporter: THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS IT FOUND >> COULD YOU BE REGISTERED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND VOTE HERE? >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT HERE AND CLAIM RESIDENCY HERE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. CLAIMS. STILL, THE LAWS ALLOWING NON-CITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY HAVE SPARKED BACKLASH SO WE HAVE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS AND PEOPLE THROW STUFF LIKE THAT OUT AND IT'LL HAPPEN. >> THE STATE OF TEXAS AS IT FOUND ALMOST 2000 NONCITIZENS PREVIOUSLY VOTED BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY BEEN CHARGED IN LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUPS QUESTION THE CLAIMS. THE LAW HAS SPARKED BACKLASH ACROSS CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER TO VOTE. >> IF YOU SEE THE FORM, YOU JUST CHECK A BOX. SO, NON-CITIZENS ARE ON VOTER ROLLS. >> Reporter: THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPER SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LOOMS. JULIA AINSLEY, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >>> IN JUST 60 SECONDS, THE THE COUNTRY. AND FUELED TRUMP'S CLAIM OF WIDESPREAD MIGRANT VOTING. WHICH HAVE BEEN ECHOED BY ELON MUSK AND CONSERVATIVE MEDIA HOSTS. AND INSPIRED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER TO VOTE. >> IF YOU SEE THE FORM YOU JUST CHECK A BOX SO NONCITIZENS ARE ON VOTER ROLLS. >> THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPER SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LOOMS. NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >>> THE HISTORY MAKING MOMENT HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH, THE ALL CIVILIAN CREW ON THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACE WALK. THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES ARE NEXT. >> HISTORY WAS MADE TODAY HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE THE EARTH AS THE CREW OF THE POLARIS DON OPENED THEIR SPACESHIP TO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. TO PERFORM THE FIRST EVER SPACE WALK BY PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS. TOM CASTILLO WITH THE AWE- INSPIRING IMAGES. >> OPENING. >> IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. >> I HAVE A FEELING THE CROWD IS ABOUT TO GO WILD. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT OPENED THE HATCH TO HIS SURE LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT WORLD. >> Reporter: THIS WAS SPACE X SHIP AND THEN STEPPED INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. >> BACK AT HOME WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT WORLD. >> THIS WAS THE RISK IS PART OF A FIVE DAY MISSION ORBITING THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATION AND WITHOUT AN AIRLOCK ALL ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THEIR SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. >> TODAY'S SPACE WALK, REALLY MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH? >> THESE ARE THE CHECKS. >> AS THEY TESTED THEIR BRAND- NEW SPACESUITS, ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DAY WHERE ON THE MOON. >> TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS, AND HA THEY VELED SOHAVE CLIMBED . CONDUC 870 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS AND THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVELED SO. NASA C FAR. CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES. AND POSTING HELLO EARTH ON X. USING NEW LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS. NASA CHIEF BILL NELSON SAID ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, AND WE'RE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE OF ESPECIALLY LOW EARTH ORBIT. >> Reporter: AND JUST MAYBE THE FINAL FRONTIER. TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >> GLAD THEY COULD HANG ON. >>> UP NEXT, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES BREAKING TODAY, REPRESENTS A GIANT LEAP FORWARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAUT, MARK KELLY. >> THIS EXPANDS THE ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND WE ARE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE BUT ESPECIALLY LOWER EARTH ORBIT. >> AND JUST MAY BE THE FINAL FRONTIER, TOM CASTILLO, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >>> OLYMPIC GYMNAST, JORDAN CHILES BREAKING HER SILENCE, HER EMOTIONAL MESSAGE AFTER HER BRONZE MEDAL WAS TAKEN AWAY ON A TECHNICALITY. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS,ASKING AND DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> THIS IS IT, WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN A 2024 RACE. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. >> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW. IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. >> OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> UNDERSTANDING WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW, IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT, START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO? >> OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN ASAP, SO HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> I HAVE TO KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> IT SPARKLING, IT'S HAPPENING. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, ASKING AND DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL GOES ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN A 2024 RACE. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. >> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW. IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> KRISTIN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS, EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW, IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW. >> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION. >> SOME FINANCIAL HEADLINES, NEW ROLES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> THE NEW CLASS OF FRESHMEN GETS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> DO YOU THINK THIS COULD IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE? >> 100%. >> WEEKDAYS AT 7 PM. >>> THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE,R FRANC ASHORE IN POWER KNOCKED OUT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE SOUTH. THE TREES ONTO HOMES. THE DRAMATIC RESCUES. AND TONIGHT, FRANCINE'S REMNANTS ON THE MOVE. MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS. OUR TEAM IN THE STORM ZONE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A STATE OF EMERGENCY EW IMAGES, TOWNS UNDERWATER AFTER FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE IN LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. HEAVY RAIN AND POWERFUL WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES ONTO HOMES. RHEUMATIC RESCUES AND TONIGHT'S FRANCINE'S REMNANTS ON THE MOVE, MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS, OUR TEAM IN THE STORM ZONE. >>> PLANE BLOWS ITS TIRES AFTER A PILOT SLAMS THE BRAKES ON DURING TAKEOFF, AVOIDING A POTENTIAL COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRPLANE CLEARED TO LAND ON THE SAME RUNWAY. THE FAA INVESTIGATION. >>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. DONALD TRUMP NOW SAYING THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER DEBATE, AS HE AND KAMALA HARRIS HIT THE CAA STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AS RAGING WILDFIRES SPREAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED AND THE RACE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. >>> AND ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE FLATTENS ITS TIRES AFTER AVOIDING A POTENTIAL COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRPLANE CLEARED TO LAND ON THE SAME RUNWAY. THE FAA INVESTIGATION. >>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, DONALD TRUMP SAYING THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER DEBATE AS HE AND KAMALA HARRIS HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S SHOWDOWN. BOTH CANDIDATES IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES THEY HOPE TO FLIP, THE AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES FROM ORBIT. >>> THE SPACE X ALARIS DON CREW MAKING HISTORY, THE FIRST EVERON LIVE TV PRIVATE AS SPACE WALK. >>> THE LIFE-SAVING SCENE PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TV AS HURRICANE FRANCINE HITS. THE HERO E.R. NURSE WHO CAME TO THE RESCUE SPEAKING OUT TO US. >> THIS IS NBC, NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> WELCOME, 24 HOURS AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE IN LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM, THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THE LIGHTS BACK ON, PLACES LIKE BATON ROUGE IN NEW ORLEANS TAKING STRONG HITS AND WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR WITHOUT POWER.. RINGING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. BY MIDAFTERNOON TODAY, 285,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS LOUISIANA WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER. IT WAS THE RAIN, TORRENTS OF RAIN THAT TRIGGERE. SOME POCKETS SEEING UP TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN. THE RAPID FLOODING LEAVING MANY PEOPLE TRAPPED, FORCING SOME URGENT RESCUES. THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM MOVING INLAND D WIDESPRD FLOODING. WORST THAN RESIDENTS TELL US THEY EXPECTED. 5-7 INCHES RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS. SOME POCKETS SEEING UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN. THE RAPID FLOODING LEAVING MANY PEOPLE TRAPPED FORCING SOME URGENT RESCUES. THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM MOVING INLAND NOW BUT STILL DANGEROUS AS KATHY PARK REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TOWNS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DAMAGING LOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE. OVERNIGHT, THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GULF COAST FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DRENCHING RAINS. POWER KNOCKED OUT FOR THOUSANDS. THE TOWN OF HOUMA TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE CATEGORY TWO STORM. >> A LOT OF HIGH WINDS. WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> FRANCINE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION >> MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. >> Reporter: DAN STEVENS SAYS HIS STORETHIS MORNING. >> AS OF RIGHT NOW HAVE NO REPORTS OF ANY WHEN YOU CAME OUT HERE? >> WOW FATALITIES AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. >> MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE. >> HIS STORE SURVIVED EITHER IN 2021. AND WHILE FRANCINE WAS A WEAKER STORM, THEY TOOK A BIGGER HEAD. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU CAME OUT HERE? >> WOW, YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STORM LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> THIS TREE CRASHED INTO A POWER LINE BEHIND DAVID'S HOME. >> I HEARD THIS CRACK AND POP AND SUSPECTED IT WAS ONE OF THE TREES. >> NEXT DOOR, ALBERT SHORR SAYS THE STORter: FRANCINE PACKING A POWERFULM NEARLY TO >> WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT BUT WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS. >> THE EXTREME WINDS KNOCKING HOUMA, LOUISIANA. KATHY, AS WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST, THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM ISN'T OVER. >> Reporter: LESTER, THAT'S RIGHT DOWN TREES THAT CUT STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME. >> WE HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND THE CEILING FELL DOWN. >> PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH. AND NOW ON THE MOVE AGAIN. >> KATHY JOINING US NOW FROM HARD-HIT, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, AS WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE BROADCAST THE THREAT FOR THE BIG CLEANUP AHEAD, AND THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. LESTER. CALIFORNIA EXPANDING ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY, AS DANGEROUS HEAT FUELS THREE MASSIVE INFERNOS. DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. OUR DANA GRIFFIN IS IN THE FIRE ZONE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST. >> WE HOPE THE WINDS DON'T SHIFT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORRIED. >> Reporter: 5 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS, AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATEN TO SPREAD EXISTING FIRES. >> THERE'S STILL A POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED, AND HEAVEN FORBID, ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN FOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTER TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. AFTER THOSE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL. AS THE BRIDGE FIRE CHEWED THROUGH WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA -- >> THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN HIGH WAS FULLY ENGULFED. AND HAD TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911, COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. >> Reporter: SO, CHRIS DURANT DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTM STORM IS NOT OVER. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS NOW ON THE MOVE HEADED NORTHWARD FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SO FLOODING AS WELL AS TORNADOES ARE A POSSIBILITY MEANWHILE HERE IN LOUISIANA AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS STILL A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD AND THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. >>> WE WILL TURN FROM THE IN WEST.CALIIA EDING STATEOF EEN FIN N THE FIRE ZONE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST. >> WE HOPE THE WINDS SHIFT AND WE ARE STILL WORRIED. >> 5 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATENED TO SPREAD EXISTING FIRES. >> THERE I INVESTI INVESTIGATORS HIT SUSPECTED ARSON TWIST JUSTIN HALSTENBERG WITH NINE CHARGES, ACCUSING HIM OF STARTING THE LINE FIRE. >> I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC WE'RE GOING TO GO HARD ON THIS CASE. >> Reporter: HE HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA. IF CONVICTED, THE D.A. SAYS HE COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE. HIS FAMILY DECLINED TO COMMENT. >> DANA JOINS US NOW FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY, WHERE THE AIRPORT FIRE, AS IT IS KNOWN, SPREAD FROM A NEIGH NEIGHBORING COUNTY. DANA, I UNDERSND THIS BLAZE WAS SPARKED BY ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER. YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION. THESE HOMES CAN GO UP WITHIN MINUTES. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CREW THAT USED HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPARKING THIS FIRE. THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING THEIR POLICIES. LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, DANA, THANK YOU. >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, A CLOSE CALL ON THE RUNWAY IN NASHVILLE. FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED AND HEAVEN FORBID ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK THE FLAMES IN FOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTER TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. AFTER BOTH FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES. >> AS THE BRIDGE FIRE IN TO THEIED IPLEIMESO CALL, CONOT >>HOW PICTURESWHER THEE DERTMEN AS AND ETHIND TH DIATELY OKAY WE ING ET O. HE S LEA ERI HEY TOATHE A WEED M FESL NO CANC. D TO INVGATOIT ECTESONIITH STARTIHE LFIRE HIMILY DECD TOHECOUL AWAR LIFE. MMEN JOI US FROMERSI TY WTHE AIRPFIRE IT ACTY INRANGT, YOUCAN THE STA UNTYLIC S CREW T EO LEER? R POLIES > JN TONIT,LOSE CA ORUNWN VILLLASKA RL PLANE OWT ITRES WHE TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST PLANE. AND IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE FIRST TIME IN THE HERO FEDEX PILOTS WHO AVOIDED ANOTHER NEAR MISS LAST YEAR. HERE IS AARON McGLOCKLIN. >> Reporter: TODAY AT THE NASHVILLE AIRPORT AND ALASKA AIRLINES TAKEOFF ABORTED AND PLAIN TIRES BLOWN OUT. AFTER A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO CROSS FROM THE SAME RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE FAA. >> CANCEL TAKEOFF. THE STOP SO E PLANE TIRES DEFLATED DUE TO HEAT BUILDUP >> RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING THE PILOTS OF THE SEATTLE BOUND PLANE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE STOP IS SO ABRUPT, THE PLAIN TIRE INVESTIGATING. >> THE WHOLE TAIL OF THAT CRJ IS OFF. >> Reporter: THE NEWS DAYS AFTER A SLOW SPEED COLLISION AT ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT WHEN A DELTA AIR BUS BOUND FOR TOKYO HIT A MUCH SMALLER REGIONAL JET. KNOCKING OFF ITS TAIL. >> YOU COULD HEAR THE METAL SCR THE PLANE. AND SHAKING BADLY. >> THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS ON RUNWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THISA FED CLEARED TO LAND FROM NEAR MISS IN AUSTIN LAST YEAR. A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND A FEDEX PLANE CLEARED TO LAND. FROM THE SAME FOGGY RUNWAY. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE FEDEX PILOTS SPOKE OUT. >> NEVER DID I IMAGINE THE PLANE WOULD BE RIGHT THERE, I THOUGHT IT WORST-CASE HE WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. >> THERE IS RELIEF BUT CONCERN, AFTER NEWS OF YET ANOTHER POTENTIAL CLOSE CALL. NBC NEWS. >>> TURNING TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S FACEOFF.FORMER PREST TRUMP TODAY SAYING HE WILL NOT AGREE TO ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. AS BOTH CANDIDATES HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S FACE-OFF. WE HAVE THE REPORT IN NORTH CAROLINA IS TRYING TO PULL OUR NA. >> Reporter: DUELING RALLIES IN CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA. >> KAMALA HARRIS TWO DEBATES AND BECAUSE THEY WERE CCESSFUL, THSHOWEDLL UP BE N SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC. >> SAYING TUESDAY'S FIERY DEBATE WILL BE THERE LAST. >> BECAUSE WE'VE DONE TWO DEBATE AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> BUT HARRIS WANTS ANOTHER. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> THE CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW PHASE AND TRYING TO FLIP REPLACE IT. HE SAID -- HE SAID, NORTH CAROLINA AT WHICH DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T WON SINCE 2008. >> DONALD TRUMP INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. HE HAS NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT. HE SAYS, HE SAID VOTERS. TODAY, WE MET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY. THEY SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU, WHO HAS THE SAME VALUES AS YOU, ON THE TICKET IS ENCOURAGING AND EXCITING. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HER SHIFT TO THE CENTER ON SOME POSITIONS? >> I THINK SHE'S DOING WHAT POLITICIANS DO, WHCONCEPTS OF A PLAN. >> THE TEAM NOW RAMPING UP ITS PUSH FOR YOUNGER VOTERS TODAY WE MET WITH THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST, UNIVERSITY AND THEY SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU ON THE TICKET, IT IS SO ENCOURAGING. >> I THINK THAT SHE IS DOING WHAT POLITICIANS DO. >> WHILE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA ESTATE HE NARROWLY LOST IN 2020 GOING AFTER HARRIS'S RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> I AM ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION DESTROYING OUR MIDDLE CLASS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ALSO ANGRY ABOUT THAT. >> SUPPORTERS SAY HE DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK'S DEBATE. >> HE HAD ALL THE MARKS. HE TOUCHED ON ALL THE POINTS THAT I THINK AMERICANS ARE TALK. >> AND GABE JOINING US NOW FROM THAT HARRIS RALLY IN GREENSBORO. AND GA LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO FOR US, SHE JUST TALKED. >> AND JOINING US NOW FROM THAT HARRIS VALLEY IN GREENSBORO AND THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING SOME HEAVYWEIGHT HELP ON THE FUNDRAISING SIDE. >> YES, SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER SAY THAT BARACK OBAMA WILL HOST FUNDRAISERORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE.S FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, MEANWHILE A JUDGE TODAY DROPPED TWO COUNTS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUM FALLOUT FROM SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID DURING THE DEBATE, PUSHING A BASELESS CLAIM ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN P IN THE END GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE, HE STILL FACES EIGHT MORE IN THAT CASE. >>> THANK YOU. FEAR IS GROWING FALLOUT FROM SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID DURING THE DEBATE, PUSHING A BASELESS CLAIM ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO. TODAY THE CITY AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL, A RASH OF BOMB THREATS. WE ARE THERE. GOOD EVENING. >> Reporter: EVACUATE CITY HALLD A NUMBER OF OTHER GOOD EVENI THAT'S RIGHT, TODAY HERE IN SPRINGFIELD, BOMB THREATS LET AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE CITY HALL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHO MADE THE THREAT OR WHETHER THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ABUSING PETS. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JOHN PIERRE CALLED THE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS QUOTE VERY BIZARRE AND VERY HATEFUL. MEANWHILE SOME RESIDENTS WERE SO CONCERNED WITH ATTENTION THAT THEY KEPT THEIR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL. >>> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL CLAI BUT IS THEM ANY EVIDENCEOFTEN CK IT HEARD UP FROM THE RIGHT THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE VOTING IN AMERICA'S ELECTIONS. BUT IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP? JULIA AINSLIE WITH OUR VOTE WATCH REPORTS.- AND AT CAMPAIGN STOPS >> Reporter: ON THE DEBATE STAGE. >> A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN OR TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE. >> AND I CAMPAIGN STOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT. IT'S ILLEGAL. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FREQUENTLY REPEATS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT MIGRANTS VOTING. >> NONU.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR P THEY ARE SIGNING U ELECTION. >> THAT'S NOT TRUE, IT'S ILLEGAL FOR NON-US CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. OR IN ANY FEDERAL ELECTION. AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW REPORTED INCIDENTS OF NONCITIZENS TRYING TO VOTE ILLEGALLY. THERE IS ALSO NO EVIDENCE OF ANYONE TRYING TO GET UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS TO VOTE. ACCORDING TO EXPERTS. 17 DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY. INCLUDING IN DC WHERE NONCITIZENS EVEN THOSE HERE ILLEGALLY CAN VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. RESIDENT CAN REGISTER TO VOTE, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE POLLS, THEY'LL BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT BALLOT, LIKE THIS ONE, THAT ONLY LISTS LOCAL CA VOTERES FOR REGISTRATION F DC, ANY DC RESIDENT CAN REGISTER TO VOTE EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, BUT WHEN THEY GET TO THE POLE THEY WILL BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT BALLOT LIKE THIS ONE. THE ONLY LISTS LOCAL CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS LIKE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL. >> WE CHANGED THE LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO HELP AND HAVE A VOTE AND HAVE A SAY IN THEIR GOVERNMENT AND THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE. >> CHARLES ALLEN IS ON THE DC CITY COUNCIL. >> COULD YOU BE REGISTERED IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND VOTE HERE? >> YOU WOULD HAVE OF TEXAS SAYS IT FOUND ALMOST 2,000 NON-CITIZENS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED, TO BE A RESIDENT HERE AND CLAIM RESIDENCY HERE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. SO WE HAVE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS FOR PEOPLE THROWING THINGS LIKE THAT OUT AND THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN. >> THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS IT FOUND ALMOST 2000 NONCITIZENS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUPS QUESTION THE CLAIM. STILL THE LAW IS ALLOWING NONCITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY HAVE SPARKED BACKLASH ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND FUELED TRUMP'S CLAIM OF WIDESPREAD MIGRANT VOTIN ON VOTER ROLLS. >> RepG ter: THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPER SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LOOMS. JULIA AINSLEY, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >>> IN JUST 60 SECONDS, THE HISTWHICH HAVE BEEN ECHOED BY ELON MUSK AND CONSERVATIVE MEDIA HOSTS. AND INSPIRED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER TO VOTE. >> IF YOU SEE A FORM YOU CHECK A BOX. SO NONCITIZENS ARE ON OTER ROLLS. >> THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPER SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LOOMS. NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. >>> THE HISTORY MAKING MOMENT HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH, THE ALL CIVILIAN CREW ON THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACE WALK. THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES ARE NEXT. >>> NEWS LIVES IN AT THE NOW. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW. IT IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> THE GAZA BORDER. >> IT'S A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND HOPE. >> PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >> NOW IS RAW. >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, >>ET'SREAKN WHE KNOW AND BIGUESI L OUNDIN >> NFOR GENEON OF NOW,I. >> THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTI T THE NBWS APP, USTEURCE REPORTAND MAKE >>HAT GOIO HA? >> RHT. >> NLIV >>'S B DOWAT W KNOW EWS FOR GENEON O W. >> STON TEL AV >>IDENUMP WAS EAKIHEREN BUER, ON TTHERE OF BAR >>S HET THENA GOINLDS. FORM US >>, GOT FEGOOD. >> WIGHT 7 PM ON N E . >> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> THEY ARE GI THE EAHAT TH IS AL. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERSUR ARE THE VOICES OF THE VOTERS. >> IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> KRISTIN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS, EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW. NBC O. ♪ >>> I'M GOING TO CHECK IT OUT AND THEN ALL THAT -- THERE WAS A GUY IN THERE AND THE WATER WAS DEFINITELY RISING. I RAN BACK OUT, GRABBED THE HAMMER AND RAN BACK. AND WENT IN THERE AND GOT HIM. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF THE MOMENT A NEW ORLEANS E.R. NURSE JUMPS INTO ACTION TO SAVE A MAN STUCK IN A SINKING TRUCK DURING A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY THE MIDDLE OF HURRICANE FRANCINE ALL OF THAT UNFOLDING ON LIVE TV THIS IS JUST ONE OF DOZENS OF RESCUES ALL ACROSS LOUISIANA LAST NIGHT I'M GADI SCHWARTZ, AND THIS IS "STAY TUNED NOW. ♪ >>> TONIGHT, LOUISIANA IS IN RECOVERY MODE AFTER TAKING A DIRECT HIT FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE, 24 HOURS AGO YOU SAW SOME OF THE WORSE CONDITIONS LIVE ON OUR AIR UNFOLDING BEFORE US. IT'S SINCE WEAKENED TO A POST-TROPICAL STORM, BUT NOT WITHOUT LEEING THIS MASSIVE PATH OF DESTRUCTION, FLOODED ROADS, ROOFS RIPPED OFF FROM THE FORCE OF 100 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS JUST LOOK AT THIS COMMUNITY, COMPLETELY UNDER WATER HERE, WAIST DEEP WATER LED TO DOZENS OF RESCUES AS PEOPLE'S HOMES BECOME FLOODED 100 HOMES TOOK ON WATER HERE OUR NBC AFFILIATE IN NEW ORLEANS SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN WHO HAD JUST SPENT RENOVATING HER HOME AFTER 2021'S HURRICANE IDA. >> IT'S VERY, VERY UPSETTING BECAUSE EVERYTHING OUT THERE IS BRAND NEW BECAUSE OF IDA IDA BLEW OFF OUR PATIO COVER AND HALF OF OUR ROOF SO WE HAD TO GET A NEW ROOF. WE JUST GOT A NEW FENCE. YOU CAN TELL THE FENCE -- AND NOW THE FENCE IS HALFWAY DOWN. IT'S LIKE, WOW OKAY HERE WE GO AGAIN >> MEANWHILE, TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. A LOT OF THOSE OUTAGES CAUSED BY FALLING DEBRIS, LIKE THIS TREE BRANCH RIGHT THERE THAT CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED ON A POWER LINE IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW AS THE STORM MOVES NORTH, IT IS KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND 11 MILLION PEOPLE FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS TO NORTHERN FLORIDA ARE UNDER FLOD WATCHES AT THIS MOMENT WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE, BILL KARINS WILL HAVE THE FORECAST. BUT FIRST, LET'S GO TO NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT KATHY PARK IN LOUISIANA. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DAMAGE YOU'VE BEEN SEEING ON THE GROUND >> Reporter: SO, GADI, WE ENDED UP IN HUMA, LOUISIANA, ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DEBRIS ON THE GROUND TODAY WAS A DAY OF RECOVERY. I WANT TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A LOCAL BUSINESS THIS IS A THRIFT SHOP, A POPULAR THRIFT SHOP THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TURN TO IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE TOLD AT THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM, THE OWNER, THERE WERE EIGHT SENSORS ON THE ROOF AND IT ALL WENT OFF AT THE SAME TIME AND HE NEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG HE WASN'T HERE FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES TO REPORT BUT THIS IS THE SCOPE OF THE DAMAGE I MEAN, THIS OVER HERE, THE ENTIRE ROOF BLEW OVER AND FLEW UP IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TIN CAN AND THEN OVER TO MY LEFT, OVER FAR TO THE RIGHT, YOU KIND OF SEE THE LIGHT OVER THERE THERE WAS A BRICK WALL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. AND IT COLLAPSED DURING THE STORM AS WELL. THE CREWS MOVED IN, THEY MOBILIZED REALLY QUICKLY ACTUALLY THINGS HAVE QUIETED DOWN A BIT THEY PUT UP THIS MAKE-SHIFT WALL AND PLAN ON MAKING REPAIRS PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE COMING DAYS. THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS IS NO INJURIES EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER HERE ABOUT THIS STORM. TAKE A LISTEN. ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THE STORM DID SO MUCH DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY >> I REALLY AM THE LAST MAJOR HURRICANE WAS PROBABLY 150 MILES AN HOUR WIND. AND THIS ROOF DID NOT COME OFF WE'VE HAD SO MANY STORMS, SO IT'S KIND OF A WAY OF LIFE IN A WAY. YOU JUST ACCEPT IT SOMETIMES YOU'RE LUCKY SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT IT'S UNPREDICTABLE, YOU'RE RIGHT. MOTHER NATURE IS UNPREDICTABLE RESIDENTS ARE SCARRED FROM I DSHS A IT WAS A CATEGORY 4. GOING BACK TO THAT UNPREDICTABILITY YOU HEARD THE BUSINESS OWNER TALKING ABOUT 100 PLUS MILES PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. HERE IT WAS CLOSER TO 70, 80 MILES PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE IT WAS ALL THE ANGLE AT WHICH THE WIND CAME IN THIS DIRECTION AND CAUSED ALL THIS DAMAGE SO, A LOT OF ASSESSING AS FAR AS WHAT TO DO NEXT. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER, PULLING TOGETHER TO GET THIS BUSINESS BACK UP AND RUNNING ONCE AGAIN >> YEAH. WHAT A REMINDER OF THE POWER OF MOTHER NATURE THERE. DO WE KNOW ON HOW THE PROGRESS IS GOING ON RESTORING POWER? >> Reporter: SO THAT IS STILL THE BIG HEADLINE ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS PREPARED IN ADVANCE. THEY HAD CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL TIMELINE. IT APPEARS IT WILL LIKELY TAKE DAYS FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE THEIR POWER BACK ON. BUT JUST DRIVING AROUND THIS COMMUNITY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GENERATORS HERE IN LOUISIANA THEY KNOW THE DRILL WHEN IT COMES TO STORM PREPARATION HURRICANES, PEOPLE NOT ONLY HAVE JUST ONE GENERATOR, ONE MAN TOLD ME THAT HE HAD THREE GENERATORS ON HAND. SO, OBVIOUSLY FOLKS HERE ARE PREPARED OR WERE PREPARED GOING INTO THIS STORM. AND THEY'RE PREPARED TO KIND OF RIDE IT OUT DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE THE POWER TO COME BACK ONLINE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S HOT HERE IT'S GOING TO STAY HOT PRETTY MUCH THE REST OF THE WEEK. SO A LOT THEY'LL HAVE TO ENDURE FOR THE COMING DAYS. GADI >> SOUNDS LIKE A VERY RESILIENT COMMUNITY THERE. KATHY PARK, THANK YOU. >>> FOR MORE ON WHERE THE REMNANTS OF FRANCINE IS HEADED NOW, LET'S CHECK IN WITH BILL KARINS HEY THERE, BILL. >> GADI, THE STORM IS MUCH, MUCH WEAKER THE WIND IS NOT DOING ANY MORE PROBLEMS BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WEATHER. WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING, HEAVY RAIN AND MAYBE AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING THE STORM ITSELF IS NO LONGER WHAT WE CALL A TROPICAL SYSTEM NOW. IT'S JUST A REGULAR OLD STORM. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT STOPPED POURING. IT'S BEEN POURING ALL DAY IN THE MEMPHIS AREA AND STARTING TO HAVE WATER ISSUES THERE. SOME HEAVIER BANDS ARE SHIFTING UP TOWARDS PADUCAH THIS IS KICKING THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS PINK LINE IS A NEW TORNADO WATCH THAT'S BEEN ISSUED THIS WILL STAY UP TO 10:00 P.M. THIS EVENING CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOS IN THIS. IT WOULD BE ALONG THIS LINE HERE ACTUALLY A SECOND LINE FORMING BEHIND IT. THERE'S NO ACTIVE TORNADO WARNINGS HAVEN'T HEARD ANY REPORTS OF TORNADOES. FOR OUR FRIENDS FROM BIRMINGHAM TO MONTGOMERY, YOU'LL HAVE A CLOSE EYE ON THIS AS THIS LINE GOES THROUGH IN CASE ANYTHING DOES BEGIN TO SPIN UP. THE OTHER THREAT, OF COURSE, IS HEAVY RAIN FALL WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. WE COULD IN ADDITION TO THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS, GNASH FLOODING IN ALABAMA. NEAR THE CENTER, WHAT'S LEFT OF THE STORM OVER MEMPHIS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PANAMA CITY, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY COME THROUGH THAT THREAT HAS BEEN MINIMAL WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF FLASH FLOODING THAT'S GOOD NEWS HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL, 2 TO 3 INCHES. NEAR THE MEMPHIS AREA, NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS, THE BOOT THERE IN MISSOURI, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES IN ADDITION I KNOW A LOT OF AREAS ALREADY HAD RIGHT AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. HERE IS HOW IT WILL ALL PLAY OUT AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW IT WILL JUST SIT HERE AND KIND OF DRIFT THERE WILL BE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOST AREAS WILL GET A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE DAMAGING STORMS BUT JUST HIT AND MISS STORMS OR ANYONE TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION THIS WILL LINGER ALL THE WAY INTO SATURDAY HERE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST. SO, DON'T EXPECT BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES. YOU'LL HAVE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND DEFINITELY THUNDERSTORMS OF COURSE, THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHEN EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT'S NEXT. WE'RE AT THE PEAK OF THE HURRICANE SEASON YOU DO EXPECT ACTIVITY OUT THERE. WE HAVE A COUPLE AREAS OF INTEREST ONE IS ALREADY A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BUT THAT'S GOING TO MOVE VERY S SLOWLY ODDS ARE IT TURNS OUT INTO THE OPEN ATLANTIC ANY WAY. ANYONE HAS PLANS FOR PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, A WEAK SYSTEM IS HEADING YOUR WAY THIS AREA OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST, DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING STRONG WILL DEVELOP IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A GOOD LATE-SUMMER BEACH WEEKEND. WAVES ROUGH, RIP CURRENTS UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST. SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. NOTHING THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TOO MANY PROBLEMS. FOR ALL OUR FRIENDS OUT WEST, IT WILL STAY DRY, BUT YOU HAVE A COOLING TREND COMING THAT WILL REALLY HELP THESE FIRE FIGHTING EFFORT. HEAD THROUGH SATURDAY, SOME AREAS IN THE COAST IN THE 60s AND 70s IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, EVEN INTO SUNDAY. GADI, ANYONE ON THE FRONT LINES OF ALL THESE BIG FIRES IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY GOT A BREAK WITH THE WEATHER AND THAT'S HAPPENING NOW. >> IT SURE IS. BILL KARINS, THANK YOU AS YOU JUST HEARD, SOME RELIEF IN THE FORECAST IN A WELCOME CHANGE FOR CREWS BATTLING THOSE FIRES OUT HERE INTO CALIFORNIA AT LEAST THREE MAJOR WILD FIRES ARE BURNING RIGHT NOW WITHIN 100 MILES OF LOS ANGELES THE BIGGEST OF THEM THE BRIDGE FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES WITH 0% CONTAINMENT. MORE THAN A DOZEN HOMES DESTROYED IN THE TOWN OF WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA JUST ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES ORDERED TO EVACUATE WHEN THE FIRE BLEW UP EARLIER THIS WEEK TONIGHT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORS STILL UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. MORGAN CHESKY JOINS US NOW FROM WRIGHTWOOD MORGAN, HOW DOES IT LOOK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW? >> Reporter: YOU MENTION TTD EVACUATED NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE STANDING THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THEM AND FOR VERY GOOD REASON JUST OVER MY SHOULDER, IF WE CAN PUSH IN, YOU'LL GET A GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE DEVASTATION THAT HAS STRICKEN THIS TIGHT KNIT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF A LARGE HOME HERE. YOU CAN SEE NEIGHBORING HOMES, THEY ARE STILL STANDING TONIGHT, GADI EVERYONE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE EVERYTHING WITH THEM THIS JUST SOME OF THE DAMAGE WE'RE SEEING IN AND AROUND THIS BRIDGE FIRE DAMAGE ZONE. MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES, THE LARGEST IN THE STATE ONE OF THREE MAJOR FES CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN. BUT GADI, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS -- IT'S TOUGH TO SEE YOU SMELL THE SMOKE FROM MILES AWAY BUT TO GET HERE AND WITNESS THE DANIEL FIRST HAND, YOU JUST GET AN IDEA AT HOW QUICKLY THESE FLAMES TORE THROUGH HERE OVERNIGHT, I SHOULD ADD. FORCING THE EVACUATIONS. AND THE FACT THAT IT'S 0% CONTAINED RIGHT NOW, INCREDIBLY CONCERNING >> YEAH. I'M GLAD YOU SHOWED THOSE OTHER HOUSES THERE IT'S SO UNPREDICTABLE HOW THESE FIRES BEHAVE AND ALMOST RANDOM HOUSES GO UP OFFICIALS THERE ARE SAYING THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, IS THAT TRUE? >> Reporter: WELL, I WOULD ADD THAT WHILE FIRES CAN ABSOLUTELY SHIFT WITH THE WIND, WHAT SAVED THESE HOMES WAS THE TIRELESS WORK OF FIRE CREWS ABLE TO CUT LINE AND PROVIDE SOME SORT OF BARRIER BETWEEN THE WORST OF THE FLAMES AND THESE HOMES BEHIND ME AS FAR AS IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, WELL, IT COULD BE I'LL TELL YOU WHY, GADI, WE HAVE TEMPERATURES ABOUT 30 TO 40 DEGREES COOLER TODAY THAN WE HAD OTHER THE WEEKEND EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN THIS BRIDGE FIRE REALLY EXPLODED. THE HOT HEAT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH OF THE LINE FIRE AS WELL AS THE FIRE CURRENTLY BURNING IN ORANGE COUNTY, THE AIRPORT FIRE CREWS ARE HOPING THAT THESE COOLER TEMPS WILL HELP THEM AT LEAST STAY MORE FRESH ON THE FIRE LINE. BUT WE DO KNOW THERE'S NO RAIN COMING STILL INCREDIBLY DRY CONDITIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY PLENTY OF FUEL LEFT TO BURN HERE, GADI. >> MORGAN, SPEAKING OF THE LINE FIRE, THERE'S SO MUCHANGER AND OUTRAGE OVER WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THAT CASE. AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE. A MAN HAS APPEARED IN COURT TODAY. SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS WERE HURT IN THAT FIRE WHAT KIND OF CHARGES IS THE SUSPECT STARTING THAT FIRE IN RIGHT NOW AND WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION. >> Reporter: NINE ARSON CHARGES TAKEN AGAINST THE 34-YEAR-OLD MAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE ABLE TO USE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS TO TRACE HIS VEHICLE AND USED LICENSE PLATE READERS TO TRACK DOWN HIS LOCATION. THAT IS HOW THEY PUT HIM INITIALLY IN CUSTODY NO WORD ON HIS MOTIVE. BUT AS FOR THOSE NINE ARSON-RELATED CHARGES, WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THEM, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM, IS RELATED TO BODILY INJURY TO A FIREFIGHTER AND THAT HE'S CHARGED WITH STARTING THREE SEPARATE FIRES AS WELL SO THAT IS JUST SOME OF WHAT WE LEARNED THERE. BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ONLY ADDING INSULT TO INJURY TO KNOW ALL OF THAT DAMAGE FOR THE LINE FIRE WAS INTENTIONAL GADI >> SO SENSELESS, MORGAN CHESKY DOWN THERE ON THE FIRE LINES MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> ALSO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A LOT OF US WOKE UP TO PRETTY STRONG ROCKING AND ROLLING, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE COAST WITHIN SHAKING DISTANCE OF A QUAKE THAT STRUCK NORTH OF MALIBU THIS MORNING AND ACCORDING TO THE USGS, PEOPLE COULD FEEL THAT TREMOR THROUGHOUT THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA AND AS FAR SOUTH AS SAN DIEGO. NOW IT WAS A 4.7 MAGNITUDE QUAKE AN THAT'S CONSIDERED MODERATE ON THE RICHTER SCALE. THE CITY OF MALIBU SAYS NO MAJOR DANIEL REPORTED. SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT MORE MODERATE EARTHQUAKES THAN USUAL, BREAKING A 65 YEAR RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF QUAKES MEASURING MAGNITUDE 4 OR HIGHER. SEVERAL SIMILAR EARTHQUAKES LIKE THE ONE FELT TODAY JUST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. LIZ KREUTZ JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS THE BIG QUESTION, IS ALL THIS SHAKING A FOREWARNING OF THE BIG ONE? WHAT ARE EARTHQUAKE EXPERTS SAYING AFTER ALL THESE MODERATE QUAKES WE'VE BEEN SEEING >> Reporter: YEAH. IT'S BEEN A REALLY ACTIVE YEAR WE FELT THE ONE HERE IN L.A. GEOLOGISTS ARE SPLIT ON THIS SOME DO BELIEVE AN INCREASE IN SEISMIC ACTIVITY CAN MEAN THAT THE BIG ONE IS POTENTIALLY COMING BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT SEISMIC ACTIVITY GOES DOWN BEFORE A BIG QUAKE. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WE DO KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY ACTIVE YEAR FOR THESE MODERATE QUAKES HERE. THIS IS THE SECOND QUAKE TO HIT LOS ANGELES IN JUST THE PAST MONTH. WE FELT THE ONE HERE THIS MORNING IN LOS ANGELES AND THEN JUST A MONTH AGO THERE WAS THE ONE EAST OF PASADENA WE FELT HERE IN OUR BUREAU AS WELL. AND PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS ONE A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HERE IN BAKERSFIELD. AND SO WE'RE FEELING THESE QUAKES IT'S A REMINDER WE'RE IN EARTHQUAKE COUNTRY, GADI. IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE A 6.7 QUAKE IN 1994, THE NORTH RIDGE EART EARTHQUAKE, 30 YEARS SINCE A QUAKE THAT BIG. >> AND SPEAKING OF WARNINGS, I MEAN, THAT ALERT THAT WENT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PHONES -- I'M SURE YOU GOT ONE. IT'S PRETTY INTENSE. IT MINCED NO WORDS IT WAS VERY MUCH LIKE, EARTHQUAKE HAPPENING TAKE COVER IT WASN'T LIKE A SUPER HORRIBLEETTE QUAKE, WHERE I WAS AT LEAST THEY HAPPEN A LOT. SO SHOULD WE EXPECT EARTHQUAKE ALERTS LIKE THIS FOR EVERY QUAKE? OR IS THERE A THRESHOLD SO WE KIND OF WEED OUT THE SMALL ONES? >> YEAH, SO THERE IS A THRESHOLD, GADI. THE QUAKE ALERT SYSTEM, THE SHAKE ALERT SYSTEM GOES OFF FOR 4.5 MAGNITUDE QUAKE OR HIGHER. THIS ONE WAS ORIGINALLY A 5.1. IT WAS DOWNGRADED TO A 4.7 IT JUST MET THAT THRESHOLD THERE. THERE HAS BEEN A BIG UPGRADE TO THIS SHAKE ALERT SYSTEM. IN FACT, PARTICULARLY WITH ANDROID PHONES EARLIER THIS MONTH, ANDROID ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT THEIR SHAKE ALERT INTO ALL OF THEIR ANDROIDS COUNTRY WIDE, PRIOR TO THIS IT WAS JUST FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON THAT WOULD GET ALERTS FOR THOSE QUAKES. NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANDROID ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU'LL GET AN ALERT FOR A QUAKE IF IT'S IN YOUR AREA APPLE DOES NOT HAVE THAT IN THEIR SYSTEM SO YOU HAVE TO GO AND DOWNLOAD THE MY SHAKE APP BUT I GOT THAT ALERT, TOO, GADI. IT WAS VERY LOUD I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FOR YOU, FOR ME IT CAME RIGHT WHEN THE SHAKING ENDED. SOME PEOPLE IT COMES BEFORE. FOR ME IT WAS RIGHT WHEN IT ENDED. >> MINE CAME RIGHT WHEN MY WIFE IS LIKE, EARTHQUAKE. OH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MY PHONE SAID TRYING TO KEEP OUR DAUGHTER CALM EARTHQUAKES CAN BE NICE. THIS IS A NICE ONE JUST TRYING TO TEACH HER TO REMAIN COOL UNDER THIS EARTHQUAKE PRESSURE. BUT IT IS SUCH A GOOD REMINDER THAT WE LIVE ON ALL KIND OF FAULT LINES HERE, INCLUDING THE SAN ANDREAS OBVIOUSLY. CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN OUR EARTHQUAKE KITS AGAIN? >> Reporter: YEAH. SO SO MUCH WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR. OF COURSE, HAVING THAT GO-BAG. WATER, PROTEIN BARS, SNACKS, BATTERIES, FLASHLIGHTS THAT WORK BECAUSE OFTEN DURING A BIG QUAKE THE POWER CAN GO OUT REALLY AS MAYBE YOU WOULD TELL YOUR DAUGHTER, THAT'S WHY WE EARTHQUAKE PROOF OUR HOMES NOTHING OVER YOUR BED. THIS WOKE A LOT OF PEOPLE UP YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING HANGING OVER YOUR BED THAT CAN FALL ON YOU. WHAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS SAYS, IF YOU FEEL THAT QUAKE, STOP, DROP AND TAKE COVER GADI >> LIZ KREUTZ WITH SOME HOPEFULLY -- WE DON'T NEED IT -- LIFE-SAVING ADVICE THERE LIZ, THANK YOU. >>> DON'T GO ANYWHERE. UP NEXT, DUALING RALLIES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN THE BATTLEGROUND OF ARIZONA TONIGHT. WHILE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA. >>> PLUS, NEW CHARGES AGAINST HARVEY WEINSTEIN HOW THIS WILL PLAY INTO A RETRIAL IN NEW YORK CITY. >>> AND SOCIAL MEDIA SUICIDE PREVENTION META, SNAPCHAT AND TikTok ARE TEAMING UP TO FLAG DANGEROUS CONTENT ON THE PLATFORMS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON TONIGHT'S FUTURE OF EVERYTHING JUST STAY TUNED. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TikTok ATZ WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN OR NOT THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAS EVER HITCHED. DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING >> I FEEL GREAT. >> STAY TUNED NOW. WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC ON "NBC NEWS NOW. ♪ >> PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER >> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE >> KNOW WHAT IS IT IN. >> WE HAVE BIG STORY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. >> WHY IS IT SO STUFF RIGHT NOW? >> NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WELCOME BACK HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER HEADLINES WE'RE WATCHING TONIGHT, AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE WERE HURT INCLUDING A DOZEN STUDENTS IN THIS SCARY SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. NOW A CAR T. BONED THAT BUS CAUSING A ROLLOVER TEN KIDS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CAR'S DRIVER HAD TO BE RESCUED AND ALSO BEING TREATED FOR INJURIES. >>> AND A SHAKE-UP FOR THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER RESIGNING TODAY AFTER BEING LINKED TO A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. JUST LAST WEEK THE FBI RAIDED HIS HOME, TAKING HIS CELL PHONE AND SOURCES FAMILIAR TELL NBC NEWS THAT THE FEDS ARE LOOKING INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S NIGHTCLUB ENFORCEMENT. >>> AND HUNDREDS OF BOSTON HOTEL WORKERS ARE OUT ON PICKET LINES AGAIN TODAY PROTESTING WHAT THEY CALL DIFFICULT WORKLOADS AND LOW WAGES. A LOT OF THEM SAY THEY CAN'T EVEN AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING IN A CITY. THIS FOLLOWS UP A WALK-OUT EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THAT STRIKE IS EXPECTED TO LAST THREE DAYS. >>> NORTH DAKOTA'S NEAR TOTAL ABORTION BAN IS NO MORE. A JUDGE THERE STRIKING IT DOWN TODAY. BASICALLY SAYING IT VIOLATED THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION THE UNDOING OF THE BAN WILL TAKE EFFECT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR NEXT FEW WEEKS RATHER, BUT NORTH DAKOTA DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY FREE STANDING ABORTION CLINICS. THE REPUBLICAN A.G. SAYS HE WILL APPEAL. >>> THE FDA IS APPROVING APPLE'S AIR POD PRO HEADPHONES AS HEARING AIDS FIRST OVER THE COUNTER HEARING AID SOFTWARE IT WAS ANNOUNCED A FEW DAYS AGO WITH THE SECOND GENERATION APPLE AIR POD PROS AND THE SOFTWARE WAS STUDIED PEOPLE WITH MILD TO MODERATE HEARING LOSS. BASICALLY IT FOUND SIMILAR WAY TO SIMILAR DEVICES. >>> WE'RE LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY IF YOU ASK FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WE WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY MORE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING RIGHT NOW. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TAKING TO TRUTH SOCIAL SAYING HE WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN ANY MORE DEBATES BECAUSE HE SAYS HE WON THE ONE ON TUESDAY AT A RALLY IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, TODAY, HE REPEATED THAT STANCE >> POLLS LITERALLY SHOW THAT I WON THE DEBATE AGAINST COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE TWO DEBATES AND BECAUSE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE >> LET'S BRING IN NBC'S 2024 CAMPAIGN ALEX TABBAT IN ARIZONA. GOOD TO SEE YOU, ALEX. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HE SEEMS TO BE SHUTTING DOWN THAT IDEA OF A POSSIBLE THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BUT IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT WE MAY SEE ANOTHER ONE ANY WAY? >> WELL, GADI, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT TYPICALLY CANDIDATES WANT TO DEBATE WHEN THEY WANT TO CHANGE A DYNAMIC OF THE RACE A LOT OF THE POLLS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN THESE BATTLEGROUNDS HAVE SHOWN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS NECK AND NECK BUT, IF THAT DYNAMIC WERE TO CHANGE, IF HYPOTHETICALLY HARRIS STARTED TO BUILD A LEAD, YOU COULD SEE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RECONSIDER THE PROSPECT OF ANOTHER DEBATE AS A MEANS OF SHIFTING THAT DYNAMIC NOW FOR THE POLITICAL JUNKIES WHO ARE WORRIED THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE DEBATES, CIRCLE OCTOBER 1st ON YOUR CALENDAR THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL SEE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ AND JD VANCE SQUARE OFF OCTOBER 1st. GADI >> NEVER SAY NEVER SO, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM VOTERS OUT THERE ABOUT THIS LAST DEBATE PERFORMANCE DO THEY THINK THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THERE? >> Reporter: WELL, REALLY I'VE BEEN TALKING TO VOTERS ALL DAY, ALONG WITH OUR COLLEAGUE VAUGHN HILLYARD AND IT'S BEEN A MIXED REACTION SOME OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS, ALL OF WHOM ARE VERY DEDICATED BY THE WAY, WAITING FOR HOURS IN THIS 100 DEGREE WEATHER TO SEE HIM AT A RALLY. SOME SUPPORTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT, AGREEING THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WON SOME A LITTLE MORE SKEPTICAL I WANT YOU TO HEAR A CONVERSATION THAT OUR COLLEAGUE VAUGHN HILLYARD HAD WITH ONE OF TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS JUST A FEW HOURS AGO. >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S PERFORMANCE? >> IT WASN'T MY FAVORITE OF HIS PERFORMANCES I'M A HUGE DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTER. CLEARLY GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM. I THINK HE REFERRED BACK TO THE BORDER A BIT TOO MUCH. INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. AGAIN, WE WANT THE BORDER TO BE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA, WE CARE ABOUT THE BORDER, BUT I THINK THAT LOOKED BAD ON HIM AND OF COURSE THE DOG -- EATING THE DOGS UP NORTH LOOKED BAD ON HIM. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THOUGHT HE DID OKAY. >> Reporter: AND YOU HEARD IT THERE, GADI. SOME OF TRUMP'S COMMENTS ON TUESDAY NIGHT STICKING WITH VOTERS NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. >> AND SHE BROUGHT UP THE WHOLE PET-EATING COMMENTS THERE. THAT HAS BEEN MAKING WAVES IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT BACKING DOWN ON THOSE CLAIMS OR DOUBLING DOWN ON THOSE CLAIMS WHAT HAVE WE HEARD TODAY >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOT BACKING DOWN ON THOSE CLAIMS JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO HE REPEATED THEM ON STAGE AT THIS RALLY IN TUCSON. HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THEM DURING AN INTERVIEW EARLIER IN THE DAY ON TELEMUNDO I WANT YOU TO WATCH A CLIP FROM THAT INTERVIEW >> WELL, THAT'S COME FROM STORIES. IT'S COME FROM TELEVISION AND SOME OF THE PETS, I DON'T KNOW, CATS, DOGS OR BOTH BUT SOME OF THE PETS WERE TAKEN BY THE MIGRANTS AND IT'S A SHAME IT'S SAD >> Reporter: AND OF COURSE, GADI, IT'S IMPORTANT TO STATE THAT THIS CLAIM THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS REPEATING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN SNOT BEEN SUBSTANTIATED. WE SEE NO EVIDENCE THAT HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN OHIO ARE EATING PEOPLE'S PETS. GADI >> ALEX TABET OUT THERE IN TUCSON FOR US. ALEX, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT, BRO. >>> LET'S STAY WITH THOSE UNSUBSTANTIATED PET-EATING COMMENTS HERE. THE OHIO CITY, SPRINGFIELD, AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THIS IS FACING THE FALLOUT FROM FORMER PRESIDENT'S COMMENT. NOW THE CITY WAS FORCED TO CLOSE ITS CITY HALL TODAY AFTER RECEIVING A BOMB THREAT, WHICH PROMPTED EVACUATIONS AND IT'S NOT CLEAR RIGHT NOW WHO MADE THE THREAT, BUT THE CITY'S MAYOR SAYS IT INCLOUDED COMPLAINTS ABOUT HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN THE CITY NBCESIA MEESH ALCINDOR IS IN SPRINGFIELD WITH MORE ON HOW PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING. YAMICHE? >> Reporter: THE TENSION IS PAL PALPABLE THIS BASELESS CLAIMS ARE REALLY GOING TO IMPACT LIFE HERE. HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE VERY WORRIED. SOME OF THEM ARE TELLING ME THEY'RE SCARED TO WALK THE STREETS BECAUSE THEIR WORRIED THEY MIGHT BE TARGETED AND THAT PEOPLE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE VIOLENT WITH THEM. SO IT'S VERY HEART BREAKING TO HEAR THEIR STORIES BECAUSE THEY FLED INSECURITY IN HAITI AND NOW THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE FEELING INSECURITY HERIN SPRINGFIELD MEANWHILE, THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS WHO BELIEVE THESE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS AND SAY THAT THEY'RE CREDIBLE. THEY ALSO SAY THEY DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY, ONE PERSON TOLD ME YESTERDAY, THEY DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO TURN INTO A HAITIAN COMMUNITY. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, CRITICS OF THAT SAY THE STORY OF AMERICA IS THAT COMMUNITIES DO CHANGE. YOU HAVE GERMANS AND POLISH PEOPLE AND IRISH PEOPLE, ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES COME HERE AND MAKE AMERICA THEIR HOME BUT THE OTHER THING I SHOULD NOTE, THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION HERE AND THAT ALSO POSSIBLY, WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S CONNECTED, THERE WAS A BOMB THREAT, A NUMBER OF BOMB THREATS, AND THAT CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF CITY HALL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS, INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. THEY'RE NOT SURE WHO MADE THOSE ALLEGATIONS AND MADE THAT BOMB THREAT THEY ALSO AREN'T SURE WHETHER IT'S CONNECTED TO THESE BASELESS CLAIMS THAT BEING SAID, THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY TALKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID. >> THE SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DEBUNK THIS VERY BECZAR AND VERY HATEFUL SMEAR OUT THERE. IT'S SPREADING FILTH THAT MAKES THE LIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING SMEARED HERE -- IT PUTS THEIR LIVES IN DANGER. AND IT IS JUST -- IT IS JUST HATEFUL SPEECH THAT'S WHAT IT IS. >> Reporter: AND JUST TODAY, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS NOW DOUBLING DOWN ON THOSE COMMENTS AGAIN, COMMENTS ABOUT HAITIANS ABUSING ANIMALS AND SAYING THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HERE FROM PRISONS WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THESE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING LEGALLY HERE BY THE THOUSANDS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT ALSO THEY'RE COMING HERE, THEY SAY, TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A POLITICAL STORY THAT IS CONTINUING BACK TO YOU. >> YAMICHE ALCINDOR, THANK YOU. >>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MIGHT BE ANNOUNCING THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEBATES. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE. >> AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE BECAUSE THIS ELECTION AND WHAT IS AT STAKE COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT. HARRIS THERE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, TRYING TO BUILD ON TUESDAY'S MOMENTUM SHE ALSO HELD A RALLY IN GREE GREENSBORO, PART OF THE PLAN TO FLIP THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE WHICH NO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS WON SINCE BARACK OBAMA BACK IN 2008 NBC'S GABE GUTIERREZ, SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, HE'S ON THE TRAIL TONIGHT HEY THERE, GABE. >> Reporter: GADI, THIS IS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' SECOND RALLY OF THE DAY THIS ONE HERE IN GREENSBORO, A FEW HOURS EARLIER SHE WAS IN CHARLOTTE TO ANOTHER LARGE CROWD. NOW, DEMOCRATS FEEL THAT THEY CAN WIN BACK NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BARACK OBAMA WON IT IN 2008 SINCE THEN, DONALD TRUMP WON BACK IN 2016 AND IN 2020 PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD BEEN STRUGGLING HERE IN THE TAR HEEL STATE. BUT RECENT POLLS SHOW THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS NOW LEADING TRUMP, ACCORDING TO ONE POLL FROM QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY, SHE'S LEADING HIM BY 3 PERCENTAGE POINTS. THAT'S STILL WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR, BUT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS IT IS ENTERING A NEW, MORE AGGRESSIVE PHASE OF THIS CAMPAIGN AS IT TRIES TO CAPITALIZE ON HER DEBATE PERFORMANCE FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK A CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL TELLS NBC NEWS THAT SHE -- THAT THE CAMPAIGN RAISED SOME $47 MILLION IN THE 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE DEBATE AND THAT INCLUDED NEARLY 600,000 INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS NOW, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN IS REALLY TRYING TO REACH OUT TO YOUNGER VOTERS HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE TYPE OF VOTERS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS STRUGGLED WITH LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SOME VOTERS TOLD US DURING HER CHARLOTTE RALLY. W. THE WHOLE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER AND JUST HOPE AND JOY AND UNITY AND -- I WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT. >> IT'S HER TURN NOW IT'S WOMEN TURN. AND SHE'S GOING TO BE IT AND IT'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL >> AS A WOMAN, SHE HAD A REALLY DIFFICULT LINE TO RIDE THERE I CAN'T IMAGINE HER HAVING DONE BETTER >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ALSO BLASTING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER HIS DECISION THIS AFTERNOON NOT TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE SHE SAID -- SHE SAID IN HER RALLIES THAT SHE WANTS ONE BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE IT IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THAT MEANS GOING FORWARD. BUT AS OF NOW, THERE IS NO OTHER DEBATE SCHEDULED BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS NOW, THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING SOME HIGH-POWERED DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING HELP NEXT WEEK RESOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TELL NBC NEWS THAT BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON WILL HOLD SEPARATE FUNDRAISERS NEXT FRIDAY IN LOS ANGELES. GADI >> GABE GUTIERREZ. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> COMING UP, TURNS OUT THAT JOHN BON JOVI ISN'T JUST A ROCK N ROLL LEGEND. NOW POLICE IN NASHVILLE ARE SAYING HE IS A STRAIGHT-UP HERO. THAT'S AFTER THE BREAK. >>> BUT FIRST, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS THIS, THIS IS FRANCIS. HE IS A JANITOR AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL AND THIS WEEK, HE GOT THE SURPRISE OF A LIFE TIME. HIS STUDENTS GIFTING HIM THAT BRAND NEW RED JEEP AND HIS REACTION IS PRICELESS. LITERALLY FALLING TO THE FLOOR AT ONE MOLT. STUDENTS AT JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL ASKED FRANCIS WHAT HE WANTED FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. GUESS WHAT HE WANTED A BRAND NEW JEEP WRANGLER. THE BOYS GOT UP A GOFUNDME AND $20,000 LATER THAT MOMENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE. NOW FRANCIS IS RIDING TO WORK IN STYLE. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GUY WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> LIVE FROM PARIS. LIVE IN TEL AVIV WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA EVERY WEEKNIGHT, IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAY LIST. TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS ON NBC NEWS NOW WEEK NIGHTS AT 7. >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION. GET THE NBC NEWS APP YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING AND NEWS MAKER INTERVIEWS DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. 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HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES HAPPENING OUT WEST WE'RE FOLLOWING RIGHT THOUSAND EARLIER THIS WEEK WE LEARNED THAT THE TRIAL OF BRYAN KOHBERGER, THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS WILL BE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE KILLINGS TOOK PLACE BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL JUROR BIAS NOW, TODAY THE IDAHO SUPREME COURT ISSUED ITS DECISION OFFICIALLY MOVING THAT TRIAL TO A COUNTY, HOME OF THE STATE CAPITAL BOISE THERE. THAT TRIAL IS SET FOR NEXT SUMMER >>> AND NEW HOPE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE SPORTS FOUR SCHOOLS, SAN DIEGO STATE, BOISE STATE, FRESNO STATE AND COLORADO STATE ARE SIGNING UP. JOINING HOLDOVERS WASHINGTON STATE AND OREGON STATE IN 2026 BUT DON'T CELEBRATE JUST YET AT LEAST TWO MORE SCHOOLS HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CURRENT CONFERENCE AND JOIN THE PAC-12 SO IT CAN COMPETE AT THE DIVISION I LEVEL. >>> AND THE OLYMPIC FLAG IS NOW IN THE PLACE OF THE CITY OF ANGELS LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS GOT THE FLAG FROM THE PARIS OLYMPICS FROM THE CLOSING CEREMONY THERE. AND IT WAS INSTALLED TODAY AT CITY HALL WHERE IT WILL STAY UNTIL THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED 2028 GAMES IN LOS ANGELES. HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS SLAPPED WITH A NEW SET OF CHARGE. THIS, ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS SAY HE'S BEEN INDICTED FOR NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS IN NEW YORK THE INDICTMENT IS TECHNICALLY SEALED UNTIL HE APPEARS IN COURT NEXT WEEK, SO WE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THESE NEW CHARGES BUT HERE IS WHAT HIS LAWYER SAID EARLIER TODAY. >> EVEN IF YOU DON'T THINK HIGHLY OF MR. WEINSTEIN AS CITIZENS OF THIS CITY, THIS STATE, THIS COUNTRY, YOU SHOULD BE UPSET YOU SHOULD BE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THIS IS NOT HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THING. YOU DON'T TARGET A HUMAN BEING AND THEN SEE, LET'S GO TALK TO 100 PEOPLE AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOMETHING BAD ENOUGH ABOUT HIM THAT WE CAN GET AN INDICTMENT. >> BIG WORDS THERE SO LET'S BRING IN NBC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST, ANGELA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CHARGES? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN READ BETWEEN THE LINES HERE I KNOW IT'S SEALED ANY POTENTIAL CLUES? >> WE KNOW FROM WHAT HIS LAWYER SAID, TWO REPORTERS OUTSIDE OF THE HEARING TODAY, THEY APPEAR TO BE ADDITIONAL SEX CRIME ALLEGATIONS THAT STEM BACK FROM 2005, 2006 AND 2016. NOW, CURRENTLY HE IS SCHEDULED TO GO ON TRIAL ON NOVEMBER 12th. NOW, THIS IS FOR THE OLD CHARGES. BUT PROSECUTORS HAVE INDICATED THEY INTEND TO COMBINE BOTH THE OLD AND NEW THESE CHARGES INTO ONE BIG, SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AND TRY TO CHARGE HIM ALL TOGETHER NOW THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, THOUGH, FOR THE PROSECUTORS IS THAT THE DEFENSE THEN HAS A REALLY GOOD ARGUMENT FOR MORE TIME, TO DELAY BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE FOR THESE NEW CHARGES. SO, THEY ARE UNDER SEAL BUT THEY CAN BE UNSEALED AT ANY TIME BY THE PROSECUTOR UP UNTIL MR. WEINSTEIN IS FORMALLY ARRAIGNED, UP UNTIL THOSE CHARGES ARE FORMALLY READ TO HIM, FORMALLY READ TO HIM BY A JUDGE >> AND ANGELA, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS WITH ALL OF THE LEGAL CASES ON BOTH COASTS, AS WELL AS OVERSEAS, CAN YOU REMIND US ON THE CONVICTION THAT WAS OVERTURNED IN APRIL HOW DOES IT FIT INTO ALL OF THIS. >> YEAH, GADI, LOOK, HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED BOTH IN CALIFORNIA AND IN NEW YORK. IN CALIFORNIA HE WAS SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS. AND IN NEW YORK, 23 YEARS FOR THIRD DEGREE REAPE. NOW THAT CONVICTION WAS THROWN OUT BY THE NEW YORK APPELLATE COURT WHEN THEY DECIDED IT WAS UNFAIR TO MR. WEINSTEIN THAT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WAS BROUGHT IN THE FORM OF WITNESS TESTIMONY ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT THAT WEREN'T ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE CRIMINAL CHARGE. SO THEY SAID THIS IS A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE DECISION 4-3. BUT AS A RESULT, IT WAS OVERTURNED AND THAT CONVICTION WAS THROWN OUT NOW WHAT THAT MEANS, THOUGH, THE PROSECUTORS HAVE THE DECISION, EITHER TO DISMISS CHARGES ENTIRELY OR TO RETRY THE CASE. AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO INTENT AND PUBLIC THAT THEY ARE GOING TO RETRY MR. WEINSTEIN. THAT'S WHERE THIS NOVEMBER 12th RETRIAL COMES INTO PLAY, GADI. >> AND ALL THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE HE'S HAVING SOME PRETTY SEVERE HEALTH ISSUES, IT SEEMS WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT >> SO, WE KNOW THAT HE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IN RIKERS RIGHT NOW BUT APPEARS TO BE CLOSE TO US HERE AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL. HE HAD EMERGENCY HEART SURGERY RECENTLY, ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY NOW HERE IS THE THING WITH THIS TRIAL, HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE PERFECTLY HEALTH Y FOR THIS TRIL TO PROCEED HE HAS TO BE WITH IT TO ATTEND THE TRIAL. REALLY ALL OF THIS TRIAL AND ALL HEARINGS ARE ESSENTIALLY PAUSED UNTIL MR. WEINSTEIN RECOVERS SOMEWHAT AND IS ABLE TO ATTEND A COURTROOM HEARING. >> SO MUCH TO KEEP TRACK OF. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ON IT FOR US ANGELA, THANK YOU. >>> AND KENTUCKY, DAY SIX FOR THE GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE NOW HERE IS THE MAN POLICE SUSPECT OPENED FIRE ON TRAFFIC IN KENTUCKY AND SLIPPED AWAY JOSEPH COUCH, THANKFULLY NONE OF THE VICTIMS DIED THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT COUCH IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS >> SO IMPORTANT THAT THE SEARCH IS DONE PROFESSIONALLY AND CAREFULLY. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T LOST ANYONE YET FROM THIS SHOOTER, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE ANYONE GOING FORWARD >> JOINING US NOW IS NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ADRIENNE BROADDUS. HOW HAVE THEY NOT CAUGHT THIS GUY YET? AND DO THEY HAVE ANY LEADS >> WELL, GADI, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THESE SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAMS ARE SEARCHING A NATIONAL FOREST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS AN THOUSANDS OF ACRES AND AT NIGHT, THE SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAMS CAN'T BE IN THAT FOREST WALKING ON LAND SO THEY HAVE TO DEPEND ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY BUT, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE WHO ARE LEADING THIS SEARCH ARE GOING TO EXHAUST ALL RESOURCES, THEY SAY, UNTIL THEY FIND JOSEPH COUCH. AND THAT IS DEAD OR ALIVE. THEY ARE DEALING WITH ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS, SNAKES IN PARTICULAR, SINK HOLES AND CAVES AS THEY LOOK FOR THIS 32-YEAR-OLD. GADI >> ADRIENNE, THAT VIDEO PAINTS THE PICTURE THERE. BUT IF HE IS IN THAT SUPER WOODED AREA, HOW DO THEY TRACK HIM IN TERRAIN LIKE THIS AND IS THERE A CHANCE THAT HE MAY HAVE ALREADY DIED AND THAT WOULD MAKE THE SEARCH EVEN WORSE? >> THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION THERE'S NO EVIDENCE, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS THAT COUCH HAS LEFT THE AREA. INVESTIGATORS ARE USING TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRONES, HELICOPTERS, DOGS AND THERMAL IMAGING TO SEARCH THAT AREA BUT HERE'S THE DEAL, HELICOPTERS CAN ONLY STAY IN THE SKY FOR SO LONG THOSE DRONES CAN ONLY STAY IN THE SKY FOR SO LONG. ONCE THE BATTERY DIES ON THE DRONES, WE HAVE TO BRING THEM DOWN, RECHARGE THE BATTERY WHEN THE HELICOPTERS RUN OUT OF FUEL, THEY HAVE TO BRING THE HELICOPTERS DOWN AND REFUEL. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HAVE TOLD US THEY HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE FROM SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES SO OTHER AGENCIES ARE LENDING THEIR AIRCRAFT NOW, THEY'VE HAD A NUMBER OF LEADS THAT JOSEPH COUCH WAS SPOTTED IN OUTSIDE COUNTIES. THEY FOLLOWED UP ON THOSE LEADS. THEY DIDN'T PAN OUT. BUT AGAIN, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH UNTIL THEY FIND HIM. SCHOOLS, A HANDFUL OF THEM, IN THAT AREA, ARE CLOSED OR HAVE SHIFTED, I SHOULD SAY, TO ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE PHYSICALLY OPEN, KENTUCKY STATE POLICE WILL ESCORT THE SCHOOL BUSES. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT MEANS A PATROL CAR WILL FOLLOW THE SCHOOL BUS FROM THE BUS STOP TO THE SCHOOL TO ENSURE SAFETY GADI >> ADRIENNE BROADDUS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> AND JOHN BON JOVI MAY BE KNOWN AS A ROCK N. ROLL LEGEND, BUT TODAY HE IS CALLED A HERO. HE SAFELY WALKED A WOMAN OFF A BRIDGE SAFELY. AND NBC'S STEPHANIE GOSK SHOWS US THAT. >> Reporter: THE LEGENDARY ROCKER IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME TUESDAY WHEN POLICE SAY HE AND HIS TEAM HELPED SAVE A WOMAN ON A NASHVILLE BRIDGE THE WOMAN STANDING DANGEROUSLY ON THE LEDGE OVER THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. BON JOVI THEN SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE RELEASED BY POLICE WALKING OVER AND TALKING WITH HER FOR ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE HELPING HER CLIMB OVER THE RAILING TO SAFETY. THE TWO LATER EMBRACING IN AN EMOTIONAL HUG. THE GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER WHO HAD BEEN FILMING A MUSIC VIDEO ON THE BRIDGE AT THE TIME, MAY HAVE BEEN JUST THE RIGHT PERSON TO TALK TO IN THAT HEART-WRENCHING MOMENT ♪ ♪ THIS ONE GOES OUT TO THE MAN ♪ ♪ THIS ONE GOES OUT TO THE ONES IN NEED ♪ THE MUSICIAN HAS HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING TO SPEAKING TO INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS THROUGH HIS JBJ SOUL FOUNDATION. THE ORGANIZATION HELPS PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY ACROSS THE U.S., INCLUDING THOSE FACING HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS. ♪ ♪ MY HEART IS LIKE AN OPEN HIGHWAY ♪ >> Reporter: A MISSION BON JOVI TOOK TO HEART THIS WEEK IN NASHVILLE AND IS LIVING EVERY MOMENT >> WITH THE POWER OF WE WITH PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND THE ILLS THAT NEED -- MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACE WHERE THEY LIVE AND WORK, YEAH, I DO THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT >> Reporter: STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS >> STEPHANIE GOSK, THANKS FOR THAT >>> AND SPEAKING OF HEROICS, LET'S GO BACK TO OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT AND THAT INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF AN E.R. NURSE IN NEW ORLEANS. SHE JUMPED INTO ACTION TO SAVE A MAN IN RISING FLOOD WATERS NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT JESSE KIRSCH GOT A CHANCE TO CATCH ONE THE HERO TODAY >> Reporter: WITH HURRICANE FRANCINE, HAMMERING NEW ORLEANS THE CITY TOLD PEOPLE TO STAY HOME THIS IS WHY. >> THAT WATER IS ALMOST TO THE WIN DOE OF THE PICKUP TRUCK. >> Reporter: THIS PICKUP TRUCK WOUND UP IN FEET DEEP FLOOD WATERS, FLOATING AND SPINNING WITH A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE. REPORTER JONAH GILMORE ALERTED POLICE >> OFFICER DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK RIGHT HERE >> MY BROTHER TEXT ME SAYING SOMEBODY HAD JUST DRIVEN INTO THE WATER. >> Reporter: MILES CRAWFORD LIVES CLOSE BY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NURSE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> LOOKED LIKE THEY'RE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT RIGHT NOW. THAT GUY JUST BROKE THAT WINDOW. >> Reporter: THE MAN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. >> OH MY GOODNESS, HE JUST FELL IN THE WATER GOOD SAMARITAN HELPING HIM. >> Reporter: AS THE PAIR MOVES TOWARD HIGHER GROUND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THEN WE LEARNED ABOUT MILES CRAWFORD AND HIS HUMILITY. >> I'M A NURSE, SO GOTTA SAVE LIVES, RIGHT >> Reporter: THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL AND YOU PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK IN FLOOD WATER TO SAVE A LIFE >> HONESTLY, THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THOSE DOORS RIGHT HERE WE JUST DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND BE KIND TO OTHERS. IF THEY NEED ANY HELP AND YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM, JUST HELP THEM OUT >> Reporter: EXACTLY WHAT SO MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD USE TONIGHT, KINDNESS. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS, NEW ORLEANS. >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY, JESSE. THANK YOU. >>> COMING UP, AN ATTEMPT TO REMEMBER THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH IS CAUSING A BIT OF STIR FOR LOOKING SLIGHTLY SIMILAR TO A FAMOUS MOVIE CHARACTER. ONE CLUE, A DRIVE-BY FRUITING? THAT AND OTHER HEADLINES TRENDING AROUND THE WORLD ARE COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING AND NEWS MAKER INTERVIEWS, DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW >>> WE'RE TALKING POSSIBLY A TRILLION GALAXIES. >> YES. >> THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER THE MOON OR MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. ♪ >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS. "TOP STORY" LIVE IN TEL AVIV WE'RE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, COURTING BREAKING NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN OUR REPORTERS ARE SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE CONVENTION FLOOR AS THIS HISTORIC EVENING UNFOLDS. ♪ FANS HERE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG-TIME COMING. >> YEAH. GOSH IT FEELS GOOD. >> Announcer: EVERY NIGHT IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAY LIST. "TOP STORY" WITH TOM LLAMAS ON NBC NEWS NOW, WEEKNIGHTS AT 7. >> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THE DRUG SUPPLY. >> WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> MENTAL HEALTH. >> BIG PICTURE, WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW? >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024, ELECTION, GET THE NBC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING AND NEWS MAKER INTERVIEWS DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >> NOW IS RAW. HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THIS. >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW AND THEN THE BIG QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS >> BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. >> PRETTY, PRETTY BAD. ♪ >> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE WORLD U.N. LEADERS ARE ACCUSING ISRAEL OF VIOLATING HUMANITARIAN LAW SAYING SIX OF ITS WORKERS WERE AMONG THE 18 PEOPLE REPORTEDLY KILLED BY AN AIR STRIKE ON A SCHOOL IN GAZA NOW THE IDF SAYS IT WAS TARGETING HAMAS MILITANTS AND THAT SEVERAL OF THE U.N. WORKERS WERE MEMBERS OF HAMAS. NO EVIDENCE WAS GIVEN TO BACK UP THAT CLAIM GAZA'S CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY SAYS THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME ISRAELI FORCES HAVE TARGETED THAT SCHOOL >>> U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN WRAPPING UP A THREE-NATION TOUR TODAY IN POLAND THE ENTIRE TRIP FOCUSSING ON UKRAINE. LEADERS THERE HAVE BEEN ASKING WESTERN ALLIES FOR MORE WEAPONS IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA. THE LAST STOP WAS IN WARSAW AFTER BLINKEN SPENT YESTERDAY IN KYIV WITH BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY. >>> AND TYPHOON YAGI, THE STROST STRONGEST TROPICAL STORM TO IMPACT ASIA. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE STILL MISSING. LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS ARE STILL IMPACTING NORTHERN PARTS OF THAT COUNTRY. NIGERIA, A DAM COLLAPSE UNLEASHED SEVERE FLOODING IN THE NORTHEAST REGION, DISPLACING 1 MILLION PEOPLE EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND 50% OF THE CAPITAL CITY ARE UNDER WATER. THE FLOODING ALSO KILLING MOST OF THE ANIMALS A THE LOCAL ZOO, BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT CROCODILES AND DEADLY SNAKES WERE SWEPT INTO A LOCAL COMMUNITIES THERE. >>> OVER IN THE UK, THE ROYAL FAMILY IS HONORING QUEEN ELIZABETH II ONE CORNER OF THE COUNTRY, AN ATTEMPT TO HONOR THE LATE RULER IS, WELL, ART IS ALL IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, I GUESS SO YOU'LL HAVE TO DECIDE FOR YOURSELF NBC'S JOSH LEDDERMAN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DIGNIFIED TRIBUTE TO THE UK'S LONGEST-SERVING MON ARC. >> ARK. >> THE BRONZE STATUE OF THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH UNVEILED IN NORTHERN IRELAND, DRAWING A COLLECTIVE, HUH? >> I THINK IT COULD BE A BETTER RESEMBLANCE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN >> ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CRITICS NOT QUITE AS POLITE. ONE VIEWER CALLING IT THE WEIRDEST STATUE EVER IT IS TRULY AWFUL. DRAWING CHEEKY COMPARISONS TO ROBIN WILLIAMS CHARACTER IN "MRS. DOUBT FIRE." >> IT'S HOT HERE. >> Reporter: ANOTHER USER SAYING IT SHOULD BE REMOVED AND MELTED DOWN, CALLING THE PIECE ACTUALLY OFFENSIVE. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SWITCHED OFF FACEBOOK COMMENTS AND SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN DOWN ITS WHOLE POST ABOUT THE SCULPTURE IT'S DEFENDING THE WORK IN A STATEMENT SAYING ART CAN SOMETIMES SPARK DIVERSE OPINIONS BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THE SCULPTURE IN PERSON SEEM TO LIKE IT THE IT STANDS ALONG AN EXISTING STATURE OF PRINCE PHILIP AND THE CORGIS THEY LOOK SMALL. >> THE ARTIST DIDN'T RESPOND TO NBC'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT. BUT SCULPTING CELEBRITIES CAN BE A THANKLESS TACK GET IT WRONG AND THE MOCKERY DOESN'T STOP LIKE THIS STATUE OF LUCELLE BELL AND WHO CAN FORGET WHEN THIS BUST OF PORTUGUESE SOCCER STAR CRISTIANO RONALDO WENT WRONG FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. >> THE FIRST QUESTION ANY GREAT SCULPTURE MUST ASK ABOUT HIS SUBJECT IS WHAT WOULD HE LOOK LIKE IF HE HAD A STROKE. >> Reporter: IN ELIZABETH'S CASE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGING FANS OF THE LATE QUEEN TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND COME SEE IT ANY WAYS. >>> BEFORE WE GO, TIME FOR THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING SOME OF THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TEAMING UP TO PROTECT KIDS ONLINE AND HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE EARTH TODAY. HUMANS MADE MORE SPACE HISTORY WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT AFTER THE BREAK, SO STAY TUNED >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS. TOP STORY LIVE IN TEL AVIV. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. OUR REPORTERS ARE SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE CONVENTION FLOOR AS THIS HISTORIC EVENING UNFOLD. >> FANS AT TBERCY ARENA GOING WILD. >> WEEKNIGHTS AT 7 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS I'M GADI SCHWARTZ, BREAKING NEWS >> SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. >> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS. RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >> THE FUTURE OF TikTok AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK IS THIS A BAN OR NOT. >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE >> HOW ARE YOU DOING >> I FEEL GREAT. >> STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC ON "NBC NEWS NOW". >> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CHICAGO. >> NOW, NEVER STOP >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. >> PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR FEET FOLKS WERE FIRED UP HERE. >> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT DONALD TRUMP WINS IN NOVEMBER? >> THE MOMENT IS NOW >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT REALLY MATTERS ARE THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> LESTER HOLT AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. ♪ >>> AND IN TONIGHT'S FUTURE OF EVERYTHING, A SURPRISE TEAM-UP BETWEEN META, SNAP AND TikTok. NO, THIS IS NOT A NEW APP OR BUSINESS IT'S A PROGRAM CALLED THRIVE AND IT AIMS TO PREVENT CONTENT FUTURING SUICIDE OR SELF HARM. WE THINK ABOUT HOW BIG THAT PROBLEM IS, CONSIDER THIS, META SAYS BETWEEN JUST APRIL AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THEY TOOK ACTION ON OVER 12 MILLION PIECES OF SUICIDE AND SELF HARM CONTENT ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ALONE LET'S BRING IN NBC NEWS DIGITAL REPORTER MAYA WITH MORE ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC HERE. HOW IS THIS THRIVE PLATFORM GOING TO WORK? >> Reporter: YEAH. IT'S A FIRST OF ITS KIND COLLABORATION WITH THOSE THREE BIG COMPANIES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. SNAP, TikTok AND META. ESSENTIALLY IT'S SERVING AS A SOUNDING BOARD SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF TikTok WERE TO IDENTIFY A HARMFUL GRAPHIC VIDEO THAT VIOLATES ITS CONTENT GUIDELINES, AFTER IT REMOVES THE VIDEO FROM TikTok, IT WOULD NOTIFY THRIVE. THRIVE ASSIGNS THAT A NUMERIC CODE OR HASH AND SPREADS THAT OUT TO SNAPCHAT AND META META CAN TAKE THAT COPE, IDENTIFY IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR VIDEOS AND HOPEFULLY REMOVE IT FROM THEIR PLATFORMS AS WELL GADI >> SO THIS THRIVE IS NOT FOR YOU OR ME, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A SLACK, IF YOU WILL, OR INTERNAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THESE COMPANIES, IS THAT RIGHT >> YEAH. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE BACK END FOR THESE COMPANIES TO SHARE INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF REACH THAT SOME OF THESE REALLY, REALLY HARMFUL VIDEOS HAVE >> AND ALL THREE OF THESE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE BEEN SUED BY PARENTS AND SUED BY COMMUNITIES CLAIMING CONTENT HAS LED TO SUICIDES. HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS THIS FOR YOUNG USERS? >> IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROBLEM I SPOKE WITH SOME FOLKS AT META TODAY. THEY SAID THIS WAS TOO BIG TO TACKLE ALONE THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THIS HUGE, HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP AS YOU MENTIONED AT THE TOP, GADI, META ALONE REMOVED 12 MILLION PIECES IN WAYS THAT VIOLENT ITS GUIDELINES INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, JUST BETWEEN THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND JUNE UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THESE VIRAL CHALLENGES CAN BE DEADLY GADI >> HAS THERE BEEN ANY RESPONSE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA WATCHDOGS? >> YEAH. SO WE SPOKE WITH COMMON SENSE MEDIA TODAY. THEY'RE A TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA WATCHDOG THEY SENT US BACK A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, THIS PROGRAM, SEEMINGLY WELL-INTENTIONED, IS AKIN TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WHEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES ARE FEELING PRESSURE FROM LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES TO MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS SAFER FOR KIDS. WE ARE GLAD TO SEE THE COMPANIES WORKING TOGETHER TO REMOVE THE TYPES OF CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH SELF HARM AND SUICIDE. WITHOUT PROPER REGULATORY GUARDRAILS THE JURY IS OUT ON WHETHER THIS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE HARM THAT KIDS AND TEENS ARE FACING ONLINE SO DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE'LL BE MONITORING TO SEE WHAT EXACT IMPACT THIS THRIVE PLATFORM WILL HAVE ON THE PLATFORMS. >> MAYA, VERY IMPORTANTLY, FINALLY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STEPS THAT FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS CAN TAKE IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS ADDITIONAL HELP RIGHT NOW WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT >> YEAH. I THINK LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A RESOURCE TO THEM GOES A REALLY LONG WAY. WE KNOW THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ONLINE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO THEY CAN RELATE TO OR SPEAK TO AND SO, EVEN IF YOU HAVE FRIEND AND FAMILY WHO YOU DON'T THINK ARE STRUGGLING, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE FOR THEM OF COURSE, BRINGING IN A PROSE PROFESSIONAL AND THAT SUICIDE HOTLINE 9-8-8 IS AVAILABLE TO CALL OR TEXT TOO GADI >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING, AGAIN, CALL 988, 9 8 LIFELINE.ORG ONLINE. >>> MILES AND MILES AND MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, ANOTHER HISTORY-MAKING MOMENT, THANKS TO THE PRIVATE SPACE RACE THAT'S RIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLARIS DAWN, THE CREW PERFORMED THE FIRST-EVER SPACEWALK BY PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE AT NBC NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT TOM COSTELLO TAKES US THROUGH IT >> NOW OPENING DRAGON RESILIENCE INTO SPACE. >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. >> I HAVE A FEELING THE CROWD IS ABOUT TO GO WILD [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER A COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT, JARED ISAACMAN OPENED THE MATCH TO HIS SPACEX SHIP, THEN STEPPED INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. >> BACK AT HOME, WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT FROM HERE, EARTH SURE LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT WORLD. >> Reporter: THIS WAS THE RISKIEST PART OF A FIVE-DAY MISSION, ORBITING THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATION AND WITHOUT AN AIR LOCK, ALL FOUR POLARIS DAWN ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THEIR SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. >> CLINCHING LEFT HAND. >> Reporter: TODAY'S SPACEWALK REALLY MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH >> THESE ARE THE SUIT MOBILITY CHECKS THAT JARED IS PERFORMING. >> Reporter: AS ISAACMAN, AND ENGINEER SARA GILLES TESTED THE BRAND NEW SPACE SUITS THAT ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DAY WEAR ON THE MOON ALREADY THEY'VE CLIMBED 870 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS AND THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVELED SO FAR CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND POSTING HELLO, EARTH, ON X USING NEW LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS NASA CHIEF BILL NELSON SAYS TODAY REPRESENTS A GIANT LEAP FORWARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY >> THIS EXPANDS THE ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. AND WE'RE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE OF LOWER EARTH ORBIT. >> Reporter: AND JUST MAYBE THE FINAL FRONTIER. >> WHAT A VIEW TOM COSTELLO, THANK YOU. THAT DOES IT FOR US TONIGHT. TO. UNTIL THEN, STAY TUNED NOW. >>> TONIGHT, TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE CONTINUING TO SLAM THE U.S. HEAVY WINDS AND RAIN AS MUCH OF THE GULF COAST IS UNDERWATER. FRIEND SEEN FRANCINE LASHING LOUISIANA WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RESIDENTS THERE WAKING TO A FLOOD DISASTER. BUSINESS OWNERS CLEANING UP WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR DECIMATED HOMES. WE SPEAK WITH A WOMAN WHO JUST BARELY RECOVERED FROM HURRICANE IDA. OUR BILL KARINS IS STANDING BY TO TIME OUT MORE. >>> INFERNO EMERGES. THREE WILDFIRES RAGING ACROSS CALIFORNIA, CREWS GRAPPLING WITH STIFLING HEAT WAVES AS NINE CHARGES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE ARSONIST RESPONSIBLE. >>> STEPPING DOWN BRIBERY SUSPECT NYPD HEAD-- >>> VIOLENT PROTESTER AGAIN. NEW VIDE RESIDENTS STILL IN DANGER, AND MORE ARE BRACING FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. WE WILL HAVE BILL KARINS TRACK WHERE THE STORM IS HEADED NEXT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE. OVERNIGHT THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GULF COAST WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND DRENCHING RAIN. POWER KNOCKED OUT FOR THOUSANDS. THE TOWN OF HOUMA TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE CATEGORY 2 STORM. >> ABOUT SEVEN RESCUES OCCURRED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> Reporter: FRANCINE DECREASED TO TROPICAL STORM. >> NOW SUFFERED FATALITIES, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. >> Reporter: STEVENS SAYS HE SURVIVED IDA IN 2021, AND WHILE THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? >> WOW-- YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STORM WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> Reporter: A TREE CRASHED BEHIND HIS HOME. >> I HEARD A CRACKING AND POPPING AND SUSPECTED IT WAS ONE OF THE TREES. >> Reporter: ALBERT SHORT NEXT DOOR SAYS THE STORM NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE. >> WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT, BUT NOT FOR THIS. >> Reporter: EXTREME WINDS KNOCKED DOWN TREES STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME. FRANCINE PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH, AND NOW ON THE MOVE AGAIN. >> KATHY JOINS US TONIGHT FROM HOUMA. YOU ARE IN THAT THRIFT STORE, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW FOLKS ARE COPING TONIGHT, AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER YET, RIGHT? >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING, SAM. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE IS STILL A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD. YOU PROBABLY HEAR THAT BANGING BEHIND ME. TO MY LEFT, THAT WAS A BRICK WALL AT ONE POINT. IT WAS REALLY SHEARED OFF FROM FRANCINE, BUT CREWS HAVE QUICKLY PUT UP A TEMPORARY WALK MUSCLE CREWS ARE MOBILIZING QUICKLY TO GET EVERYONE BACK ONLINE. THE OTHER HEADLINE TONIGHT, THOSE POWER OUTAGES, TENS OF THOUSANDS STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT, AND IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE EVERYONE IS BACK ONLINE, SAME. >> THINKABLE, AND YET IT IS DEJA VU FOR MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS. SPEAKING OF HURRICANE FRANCINE, RESIDENTS OF LAKEVIEW AREA, THEY ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE SITUATION IN 2021 HURRICANE IDA CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AFTER A TREE FELL ONTO THE ROOF. KEITH, DESIREE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WE WANT TO EXPRESS HOW SORRY, HOW BADLY WE FEEL FOR WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU TELL US YOUR STATE OF MIND AND HOW YOU ARE COPING WITH ALL THIS? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, SAM. WE ARE JUST YAWNED FRUSTRATED, OVERWHELMED, AND STRESSED, HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND WE JUST COMPLETED TOTALLY RENOVATING THE HOUSE FROM HURRICANE IDA, AND WE DID A LOT OF FLOOD MITIGATION AT FIRST. TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN IS OVERWHELMING, AND LIKE I SAID, JUST EXTREMELY EXTERNALLY STRESSFUL. >> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE STRESS AS YOU WERE RENOVATING. WAS THIS TRAUMA ALL OVER AGAIN? >> PTSD YES, HONESTLY. THE WATER WAS COMING IN, STARTING TO SEEP INTO THE BACK DOOR. WE GOT TOWELS AND PUT THEM OUT AND WE WERE WRINGING THEM INTO POTS. WE WALKED TOWARDS OUR KITCHEN-- AND WE FOUND OUT, HE DISCOVERED THE WATER STARTED COMING UP THROUGH THE FLOOR THROUGH THE WALLS UNDERNEATH. AT THAT POINT OUR ENTIRE DOWNSTAIRS, WHICH IS A LIVING AREA, MY HUSBAND'S OFFICE, AND A BATHROOM, WAS COMPLETELY INUNDATED WITH WATER. >> SEVEN INCHES. YEAH. SEVEN INCHES CAME IN. AND IT'S DEFINITELY PTSD. IT HAPPENED QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, I MONITORED THE-- SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE STORM. AND WHEN THE EYE WALL STARTED PASSING RIGHT OVER, UM-- THE WINDS REALLY STARTED PICKING UP, WE LOST ELECTRICITY, AND WITHIN MINUTES-- THERE WAS NO STANDING WATER ON THE STREET. AND WITHIN MINUTES-- IT WAS JUST COMING UP, AND LIKE ABSCESS IT WAS A RIVER. >> ABSOLUTE RIVER. IT LOOKED LIKE A WATERFRONT PROPERTY. OUR UNDERSTANDING THE REASON THIS HAPPENED-- SYSTEM, AND THE POSTS WERE DOWN. THE POSTS NEED TO GO DOWN MORE THAN THEY WERE AND WHAT WE LATER FOUND OUT-- THERE WAS A POWER FAILURE AT THE PUMPING STATION, AND APPARENTLY NO ONE HAD A BACKUP PLAN. >> WOW. >> SO ONCE AGAIN HERE WE GO. >> INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES ARE MAJOR. HAVING COVERED LOUISIANA AND OTHER STATES WHERE THERE'S BEEN SUCH AN ISSUE OF THE HIGH INTENSITY OF STORMS IT'S HARD TO GET INSURANCE FROM ANY HOMEOWNERS, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS TRAGEDY EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AT LEAST THE FEAR OF IT. DOES THAT INFLUENCE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT STAYING WHERE YOU ARE VERSUS PERHAPS MOVING TO ANOTHER PLACE? >> ABSOLUTELY. FOURTH TIME. >> IT GETS TO THE.WHERE YOUR RATES INCREASE EVERY YEAR, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE EVERY YEAR. AND YOU JUST CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS INDEFINITELY. IT'S SO HARD ON THE FAMILY. >> EVEN OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN ARE IN THEIR EARLY TO MID 20s, AND THEY TALK WITH THEIR FRIENDS, THEY WANT TO BE HERE. THEY WANT TO HAVE FAMILIES HERE AND SPEND THEIR LIVES HERE, BUT THEY ARE STARTING TO FEEL THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, IS THE CITY EVEN GOING TO BE HERE FOR THEM? IT'S BEEN AWFUL, JUST AN AWFUL SITUATION. >> IT IS A REGIONAL CRISIS, AND UNFORTUNATELY A CRISIS NO ONE HAS GOOD ANSWERS FOR MOVING FORWARD. CLIMATE CHANGE, CERTAINLY ANOTHER REINFORCEMENT OF HOW BAD THINGS ARE GETTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US AND SHOWING SUCH STRENGTH. >> THANK YOU ALL. >>> FOR MORE ON THE LINGERING THREAT OF FRANCINE I AM JOINED BY 10 TO METEOROLOGIST BILL KARINS . RAIN IS STILL IMPACTING MILLIONS IN THE SOUTH. >> JUST BECAUSE IT LOST ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS DOES NOT MEAN IT WON'T CAUSE DAMAGE. THERE'S A BIG SHIELD OF RAIN IN MEMPHIS, ISOLATED POCKETS HERE, SLEEP URBAN AREAS WHERE WATER IS COLLECTING, AND WE HAVE THIS AREA DOWN HERE IN ALABAMA. THE SUN WAS OUT TODAY, AND ONE OF THE BANDS IS COMING THROUGH FROM WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE AND IS CAUSING A THREAT TO TORNADOES. THAT GOES UNTIL 10:00 P.M. INCLUDING BIRMINGHAM. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS LIVE. WE HAVE NOT HAD REPORTED TORNADOES. BIRMINGHAM, THE WORST OF THE STORMS IS TO YOUR WEST SIDE, AND IT HAS WEEKEND, SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. ANOTHER ONE UP BY TUSCALOOSA. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT. FOR MEMPHIS THROUGH NORTHERN ALABAMA, AT LEAST ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN THOSE PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS. BIRMINGHAM AREA, ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN, MEMPHIS, ABOUT ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN. NOT AS BAD TOMORROW, BUT STILL DIFFICULT. >> WIDENING THE SCOPE A BIT, BILL, DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY OTHER STORMS TOWARD THE WEEKEND? >> INTO THE WEEKEND MY ONLY OTHER AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE OFF THE CAROLINAS. WE WILL CALL IT SUBTROPICAL, IT IS SORT OF NORMAL VERSUS A TROPICAL STORM. OUR FRIENDS IN PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, THEY WILL HAVE SQUALLS THE NEXT FEW DAYS THAT WON'T CAUSE YOU ANY DAMAGE, BUT AROUND THE SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA COAST THIS WEEKEND, RIP CURRENT, LARGE WAVES, ON AND OFF RAIN. NO GOOD FOR A BEACH WEEKEND. >> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, BILL. >>> OUT WEST TO THE RAGING WILDFIRES THAT HAVE BEEN FOR STATING SOUTHERN COMPANY. FIRES CONTINUE TO BATTLE THE FLAMES AS EMERGENCY DECLARATION HAS EXTENDED TO TWO COUNTIES. THE MAN SUSPECTED OF STARTING THE FLAMES NOW FACING CHARGES. >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST. >> WE HOPE THE WINDS DON'T SHIFT, AND WE ARE STILL WORRIED. >> Reporter: 5 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATEN TO SPREAD EXISTING FIRES. >> THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED AND HEAVEN FORBID ANYBODY BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> Reporter: FIRES PUSHING FIREFIGHTERS TO THEIR LIMITS. THE GOVERNOR EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTER TOURING THE DISASTER. HARROWING TAILS OF SURVIVAL AMONGST DISASTER. >> THE WHOLE SIDE OF MOUNTAIN HIGH WAS FULLY ENGULFED. I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911. COULDN'T GET HROUGH TO THEM. >> Reporter: KRISTA RAN SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE FIRE TO PERMIT. NO SMOKE LEAVING AIR UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE, A WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL NOW CANCELED. AND TODAY INVESTIGATORS HAVE INITIATED NINE CHARGES AGAINST THE MAN WHO BEGAN THE FIRE, WHO HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA. IF CONVICTED HE COULD BE PUT AWAY FOR LIFE. HIS FAMILY HAS DECLARED THEY WILL NOT COMMENT. >> REPORTING ABOUT HOW THE AIRPORT FIRE STARTED? >> Reporter: YEAH, SAM, IT WAS ACTUALLY AN ACCIDENT. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE DEVASTATION HERE AT ONE OF THE HOMES. AN INVERTER TABLE, YOU HAVE A SHOWER, WE ALL KNOW THE CHIMNEYS ARE USUALLY THE ONLY THINGS THAT LAST IN THESE FIRES, AND YOU HAVE BURNT OUT CARS THAT ARE BURNED DOWN TO THE FRAMES. IT WAS A CREW OF ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKERS, WHO WERE USING HEAVY EQUIPMENT MOVING BOULDERS THAT SPARKED THIS FIRE. THIS IS A BIG NO-NO, HEAVY EQUIPMENT UNDER TRIPLE-DIGIT WEATHER IN CALIFORNIA. SO NOW THEY ARE REVIEWING THEIR POLICY, SAM REED >> WOW, COINCIDENTAL, AND JUST AS DEVASTATING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> NOW TO THE BOMBSHELL RESIGNATION FROM NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE NIGHTCLUB ENFORCEMENT. EIGHT ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO ARRANGE THE DEAL. >> Reporter: >> I FELT LIKE I GOT AN ULTIMATUM, EITHER YOU-- GET WITH THIS, OR YOU ARE GOING TO GET SHOT DOWN. >> Reporter: SHAMEL KELLY SAYS THIS MAN FIRST TOLD HIM HE COULD PAY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER'S BROTHER TO GET BETTER TREATMENT FROM NYPD. >> HE SAID HE WAS AN ASSISTANT, THAT HE KNOWS PEOPLE, AND THAT HE DROPPED THE CABAN NAME THAT HE WAS THE COMMISSIONER, THAT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT NYPD. >> Reporter: LATER JAMES CABAN SAID HE COULD HELP WITH HIS NYPD PROBLEMS IF HE PAID HIM $2500 UPFRONT. THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SAYS KELLY'S BAR WAS NOT FACING CHARGES OF WRONGDOING, BUT THERE WERE DOZENS OF NOISE COMPLAINTS TO 311 ABOUT LOUD MUSIC. KELLY SAYS HE FELT TOO MANY COPS FROM 603 PRECINCT KEPT SHOWING UP, HURTING HIS RELATIVELY NEW BUSINESS. HE SAYS IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. KELLY SAYS HE NEVER EXPECTED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD GIVE HIM THIS ADVICE. >> HE WENT ON ABOUT HOW HE THINKS I SHOULD JUST CLOSE THE BAR, AND IF I DON'T CLOSE THE BAR THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO GET POLICE TO STOP DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND THAT'S TO-- SPEAK TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS, WHICH WAS THE JAMES CABAN GUY. >> Reporter: AN EX-COP, JAMES CABAN, TWIN BROTHER OF EDDIE CABAN. HE SHOWED US RECORDS FROM AUGUST, 2023, WHERE MARTIN FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ALLEGEDLY ENCOURAGED KELLY TO CONTACT JAMES CABAN. HEY, REMEMBER TO CALL JAMES-- THESE PHONE RECORDS AND TEXTS SHOW HE AND THE COMMISSIONERS BROTHER DISCUSSED THE ISSUES SURROUNDING HIS BUSINESS, WHICH WAS A JUICE BAR BY DAY AND LICENSED TO SERVE ALCOHOL ON WEEKEND NIGHTS. JAMES CABAN ALLEGEDLY WROTE SPOKE TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT FROM THE COMMITTEE BOARD IS THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED AS A JUICE BAR, NOW YOU ARE DOING PARTIES THERE. LOTS OF NOISE COMPLAINTS. >> LICENSED TO SERVE ALCOHOL, AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM THE COMMUNITY BOARD, THEY KNEW WE WERE GOING TO DO WEEKEND EVENTS. >> Reporter: FACEBOOK BY PHONE. THAT'S WHEN CABAN ASKED HIM FOR THE INITIAL $2500. >> HE SAID HE WILL MEDIATE MY ISSUES WITH NYPD. HE COULD BRING THEM TO ME, HAVE A MEETING, RESOLVE OUR ISSUES IS WHAT HE'S BASICALLY SAID HE COULD DO. AFTER HE SAID I HAD TO PAY HIM FOR IT I THOUGHT IT WAS HIM TRYING TO EXTORT ME, SO I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOOD. I WILL JUST DEAL WITH IT HOW I DEAL WITH IT. AND GOT ROAST WORSE. HE WOULD BE LIKE OKAY, LET'S CALL A MEETING, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS. I AM NOT EXPECTING FOR YOU TO BE LIKE YOU GOT TO PAY ME FOR MONEY IF YOU WANT THIS PROBLEM TO GO AWAY, NO. LIKE THAT DOESN'T GO FOR ME. >> Reporter: ATTORNEYS ISSUED THIS STATEMENT, MR. CABAN UNEQUIVOCALLY DENIES ANY WRONGDOING, HIS WORK AS A CONSULTANT AND ACTING AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND A PRIVATE COMPANY IS PERFECTLY LEGAL, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIS PREVIOUS CAREER AS AN NYPD OFFICER. OUR CLIENT HAS FULLY COOPERATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ONCE THEIR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE IT WILL BE CLEAR THESE COMPLAINTS LACK MERIT. >> EVERYTHING WE HEARD FROM THE BORROWER, IF ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE, IT'S AT MINIMAL UNETHICAL AND POSSIBLY CRIMINAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD BE BORROWING. >> I HAVE BEEN REALLY, LIKE, HURT, DISAPPOINTED, STRESSED OR DEPRESSED. >> Reporter: KELLY IS NOT JUST MAKING THE ALLEGATIONS NOW, HE POSTED HIS CONCERNS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BACK IN FEBRUARY. AT THE TIME FEW NOTICED. AS FOR JUICE AND MOORE, A CLOSED IN FEBRUARY. >> IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN NEW YORK CITY SPECIFICALLY TO BE HONEST. >> Reporter: THIS STATEMENT, WE APPRECIATE SNBC FOR BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO OUR ATTENTION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER RECEIVING THIS INQUIRY WE IMMEDIATELY CAN AN INTERNAL REVIEW AND FOUND THAT MR. MARTIN VIOLATED THE TERMS OF HIS EMPLOYMENT MR. MARTIN WAS TERMINATED FOR CAUSE YESTERDAY. WE EXPECT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES TO ACT ETHICALLY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. WE JUST SPOKE WITH THE BORROWER AGAIN, AND HE TELLS US THE FEDS AND PREVENTIVE INVESTIGATION AGENTS ARE WITH HIM INTERVIEWING THIS AFTERNOON THE CONNECTION WITH THE ONGOING CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION IN THE CITY HALL AND NYPD. EXPECT THIS IS FASCINATING, JONATHAN, BECAUSE THERE WAS A DOCUMENT TRAIL. THERE WERE TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE RECORDS. IS THIS THE FIRST TIME-- HAPPENED TO HIM, AND AS YOU POINTED OUT HE SAVED THE TEXT MESSAGES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH HIS PHONE COMPANY, T-MOBILE, THEY PROVIDED RECORDS WITH PERMISSION. >> AND YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IT'S THE THIRD TIME THERE HAS BEEN A THIRD COMMISSIONER, WHERE, OR WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? >> IT HAS GOT TO BE PUBLIC TRUST AND WORKING TO KEEP CRIME DOWN. THERE IS A CONCERN, ONGOING CONCERN ABOUT QUALITY- OF-LIFE PROBLEMS IN NEW YORK CITY, THAT CONTINUES, AND NYPD IS UNDER PRESSURE ON THAT FRONT, AND NOW ON THIS ALLEGED CORRUPTION FRONT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EYE-OPENING REPORTING. >>> MOVING UP TO SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, TONIGHT BOMB THREATS PROMPTING EVACUATIONS IN THE CITY AT THE CENTER OF CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE DURING TUESDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS. YAMICHE ALCINDOR IS THERE WITH A REPORT? >> Reporter: THE TENSION IN SPRING FIELD, OHIO, IS PALPABLE. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THESE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ABUSING PETS WILL IMPACT LIFE. THESE IMMIGRANTS ARE VERY WORRIED, SOMEWHERE WORRIED TO WALK THE STREETS THINKING THEY MIGHT BE TARGETED. IT'S HEARTBREAKING, BECAUSE THEY FLOOD INSECURITY IN HAITI, AND NOW THEY SAY THEY ARE FEELING INSECURITY HERE, IN SPRINGFIELD. MEANWHILE SOME RESIDENTS WHO LEAVE THESE UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS AND SAY THEY ARE CREDIBLE SAY THEY DON'T WANT THIS UNITY, ONE TOLD ME YESTERDAY-- THEY DON'T WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO BECOME A "HAITIAN COMMUNITY," BUT THEY WANT IT TO BE "AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY" ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES COME HERE AND MAKE AMERICA THEIR HOME. BUT THE OTHER THING TO NOTE, THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION HERE, AND THAT ALSO POSSIBLY, WE ARE NOT SURE IF IT'S CONNECTED, BUT THERE WAS A BOMB THREAT, A NUMBER OF BOMB THREATS, AND THAT CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF CITY HALL AND OTHER BUILDINGS OCCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY ARE WORKING WITH FBI TO INVESTIGATE. THEY ARE UNSURE WHO MADE THE ALLEGATIONS WERE MADE THAT BOMB THREAT. THEY AREN'T SURE WHETHER IT IS CONNECTED TO THESE BASELESS CLAIMS. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE, TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID. >> THE SPRINGFIELD, OHIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DEBUNKED THIS VERY BIZARRE AND VERY HATEFUL SMEAR THAT IS OUT THERE. IT IS WITH-- IT'S-- WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS NO ATTEMPT TO TEAR APART COMMUNITIES, AND-- DISRESPECT. LET'S NOT FORGET, ALSO DISRESPECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY DESERVES. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS NOW DOUBLING DOWN ON THOSE COMMENTS, COMMENTS ABOUT HAITIANS ABUSING ANIMALS SAYING THERE ARE SOME COMING HERE FROM PRISON. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THESE HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING LEGALLY BY THE THOUSANDS WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS, TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY A POLITICAL STORY THAT IS CONTINUING. >> YAMICHE, THANK YOU. >>> TODAY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HOLDING THEIR FIRST RALLIES SINCE THAT TUESDAY NIGHT DEBATE. WHILE THE EACH TRY TO FLIP BATTLEGROUND STATES, GABE GUTIERREZ IS ON THE TRAIL TONIGHT. >> Reporter: ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA-- >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ARIZONA. HE SAID TUESDAY'S FIERY DEBATE WITH HARRIS WILL BE THEIR LAST. >> BECAUSE WE'VE DONE TWO DEBATES, AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> Reporter: BUT HARRIS WANTS ANOTHER DEBATE. HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW PHASE OF FLIPPING NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT WON SINCE 2008. >> DONALD TRUMP INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. HE HAS NO PLANS TO REPLACE IT. HE SAID, HE SAID-- HE SAID CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. >> Reporter: WE MET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, WHO SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPED OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU WHOSE NAME IS ON THE TICKET, THAT IS SO ENCOURAGING. >> I THINK SHE IS DOING WHAT POLITICIANS ARE TRYING TO DO, REPRESENT EVERYONE IN AMERICA. >> Reporter: WHILE IN ARIZONA, A STATE TRUMP NARROWLY LOST IN 2020, GOING AFTER HARRIS' RECORD . >> I AM ANGRY ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ALSO VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT. SUPPORTERS SAY TRUMP DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK'S DEBATE. >> I THINK TRUMP WON BECAUSE HE HAD ALL THE MARKS, ON ALL THE POINTS THAT I THINK AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS, OR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO FOR US. SHE JUST-- TALKED. >> GABE JOINS US FROM NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND RECORD FUNDRAISING NUMBERS, AND THEIR FUTURE PLANS? >> Reporter: YEAH, SAM. THE CAMPAIGN SAYS IT IS ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NEW PHASE, AND SENIOR CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS TODAY IN 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE DEBATE THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN RAISED $47 MILLION IN ITS FUNDRAISING HALL. NEARLY 600,000 PEOPLE DONATED FROM TUESDAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY. SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TELL NBC NEWS NEXT WEEK SHE WILL BE GETTING SOME HIGH- POWERED DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING HELP, FROM BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON, SET TO HOLD FUNDRAISERS NEXT WEEK. >> 600,000, THAT MIGHT BE THE MOST EYE-POPPING NUMBER. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S NOT DOING A SECOND DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, BUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE THESE KINDS OF DECLARATIONS BEFORE. DO WE HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE THIS ACTUALLY IS HIS FINAL DECISION? >> Reporter: AS YOU KNOW, SAM, IT IS ANYONE'S GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE HAS SAID BEFORE THE VICE PRESIDENT IN HER SPEECH IN CHARLOTTE, SHE-- SHE SAID SHE WANTED ANOTHER DEBATE AND EXPECTS THE CAMPAIGN TO BE HAMMERING THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. AS OF NOW THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS THE ONE THIS WEEK WAS THE FINAL ONE ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE COMING UP, SAM. >> GABE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> THE NEW INDICTMENTS FOR HARVEY WEINSTEIN. THE GRAND JURY ISSUING NEW CHARGES MONTHS AFTER HIS NEW YORK CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED. WHAT WE KNOW. >>> PLUS THE SO-CALLED SUPER MAYOR ALREADY UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION ONCE AGAIN. ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE USED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND A LAVISH COMMUNITY EVENT AND PARTY. >>> THE FAMOUS CAMPBELL'S SOUP COMPANY CHANGING ITS NAME AFTER 150 YEARS. WHAT THEY ARE CHANGING IT TO, AND WHY. STAY WITH US. >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV, WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA COVERING BREAKING NEWS-- PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. OUR REPORTERS ARE ACROSS THE CONVENTION FLOOR ON A HISTORIC EVENING. FANS HERE AT THE BERCY ARENA ARE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> YEAH, IT FEELS GOOD! >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS-- WELL, THE WATER LEVELS HAVE CERTAINLY RECEDED FOR NOW-- STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL-- LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM "GROUND ZERO," AS IT'S BEING REFERRED TO-- THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY-- WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-- IN FACT WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CANNOT GO ANY FARTHER-- HERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE ASKING THE HOSTAGES, DEMANDING THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON, AND ON. AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> THIS IS IT. WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HEY THERE, I'M HALLIE, AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO. CREWS-- OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN, ASAP. SO HOW "S" IS THE "P?" IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> YEAH, YOU'VE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL-- IT'S SPARKLING! IT'S HAPPENING! >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY, ON NBC . >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH AN UPDATE ON THE STORY WE FIRST BROUGHT YOU BACK IN MARCH. THE MAYOR IN ILLINOIS IS NOW ACCUSED OF ENTERING AN EXTRAVAGANT COMMUNITY PARTY WITH R&B SINGERS THAT MAY HAVE COST TAXPAYERS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. >>, GUYS, THIS IS SUPER MAYOR. >> Reporter: ILLINOIS SUPER MAYOR TIFFANY HENYARD IN THE HOT SEAT ONCE AGAIN. MAYOR OF THE CHICAGO SUBURB ACCUSED OF AGAIN MISUSING PUBLIC FUNDS INCLUDING SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A ONE-TO COMMUNITY THAT EVENT INCLUDED R&B SINGERS. >> THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW EVENTS IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO THAT ARE EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY. >> Reporter: SHE FIRED BACK CALLING IT BASELESS. >> BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO ANY OF THAT YOU GUYS STARTED THIS WHOLE SMEAR CAMPAIGN-- >> Reporter: IT COMES WEEKS AFTER FORMER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HIRED BY DOLTON SPORTIF TRUSTEES TO INVESTIGATE THE FINANCES. THE GENERAL FUND WAS $3.65 MILLION IN DEBT. CHECKS HAD BEEN APPROVED BUT NOT SENT TO VENDORS. AN AMAZON BILL TOTALING MORE THAN $40,00 , AND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO ANNUAL REPORT OR AUDIT SINCE 2021, WHICH IS THE YEAR HENYARD WAS ELECTED. >> I'M VERY ANGRY. THAT'S MONEY FOR MORE RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT OTHER THINGS. >> Reporter: LIGHTFOOT SAID HENYARD'S ADMINISTRATION DID NOT COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. HENYARD MADE HEADLINES WHEN SHE VETOED A MEASURE FOR AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION INTO HER ALLEGED MISUSE OF DOLTON TAXPAYER DOLLARS, PUTTING UP IMAGES IN THE CITY. SHE HAS DENIED THE CLAIMS. >> YOU WILL SEE, MARK MY WORDS. >> Reporter: THE EVENTUALLY TO OVERRIDE THE VETO. >> I HOPE SOMEONE SAVES US IN DOLTON . >> Reporter: A NUMBER OF LAWSUITS. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO TIFFANY HENYARD AND DID NOT HEAR BACK.. >> TRYMAINE LEE, THANK YOU. >>> AN INJECTABLE HIV DRUG HAS OUTPERFORMED DAILY PILLS. ALL THE DETAILS NEXT. >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV, WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA COVERING BREAKING NEWS-- PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. OUR REPORTERS ARE ACROSS THE CONVENTION FLOOR ON A HISTORIC EVENING. FANS HERE AT THE ARENA ARE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> YEAH, IT FEELS GOOD! >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW IS RAW. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THIS? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW AND THE QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV, WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA-- >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS," STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE TALKING POSSIBLY A TRILLION GALAXIES? >> YES. >> THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT'S THE MOON, WHETHER IT'S MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> HEY THERE, I'M HALLIE, AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO. CREWS-- OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN, ASAP. SO HOW "S" IS THE "P?" IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> YEAH, YOU'VE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL-- IT'S SPARKLING! IT'S HAPPENING! >>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION GET THE NBC NEWS APP. YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING, AND NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS-- >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON-- >> NOW IS REAL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> AND WE ARE BACK NOW WITH TOP STORY'S NEWSFEED. INURE TO THE GRAND JURY HAS ISSUED NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST DISGRACED HOLLYWOOD MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN MONTHS AFTER WEINSTEIN 'S INITIAL RAPE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED IN NEW YORK. ONE STATE IS RECOVERING FROM EMERGENCY-- HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. CLINICAL TRIALS FROM PHARMACEUTICAL GILEAD SHOWED INJECTIONS -- APPROVAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SO THE PRICE FOR PATIENT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. >>> IN A HISTORIC MOVE THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP COMPANY ANNOUNCES A CHANGE IN ITS CORPORATE NAME AFTER 150 YEARS. A MAJOR CHANGE. IT IS DROPPING SOUP FROM ITS NAME, IT WILL BE KNOWN AS THE CAMPBELL'S COMPANY. THIS REFLECTS THE EVOLVING PRODUCT LINE. THE CHANGE IS PENDING SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL AT THE ANNUAL MEETING SET FOR NOVEMBER. >>> NOW TO THE SPACE MISSION MAKING HISTORY TONIGHT. CREW ON BOARD THE POLARIS DAWN HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TO COMPLETE A COMMERCIAL SPACE WALK . OUR TOM COSTELLO HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. >> I HAVE A FEELING THE CROWD IS ABOUT TO GO WILD. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER A COMMERCIAL SPACE MAN, JARED ISAACMAN, OPENED THE HATCH AND STEPPED INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE . >> IT LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT WORLD. >> Reporter: PART OF A FIVE-DAY MISSION ORBITING HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATION, AND WITHOUT AN AIRLOCK ALL POLARIS DAWN ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE EXITING THE SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. TODAY'S SPACE WALK MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH. AS JARED AND SARAH TESTED THEIR NEW SPACESUITS THAT ASTRONAUTS MIGHT WEAR ONE DAY ON THE MOON, ALREADY DECLINED 870 MILES ABOVE EARTH, THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELED SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS IN THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVELED SO FAR. CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND POSTING "HELLO EARTH" ON X USING NEW LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF BILL NELSON SAID THIS REPRESENTS A GIANT LEAP FORWARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAUT MARK KELLY. >> THIS EXPANDS ABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS, AND WE ARE MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE ESPECIALLY AT LOWER EARTH ORBIT. >> Reporter: AND JUST MAYBE THE FINAL EARTH FRONTIER. >> JOINING US NOW, TOM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE HERE. THE SUCCESS OF POLARIS DAWN OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW CHAPTER IN THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE. >> THEY ARE WORKING HAND IN GLOVE WITH SpaceX. IT'S THEIR SHIP, THEIR ENGINEERS, AND THEIR SPACESUITS THESE ASTRONAUTS ARE TESTING OUT. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE GOT THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO MAYBE TAKE THIS NOW ONTO POTENTIALLY THE MOON. MAKE NO MISTAKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRIVATE SPACE INDUSTRY SpaceX IS OWNING THIS SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW. THEIR BIGGEST PETITION IS REALLY GOING TO BE CHINA. >> TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> UP NEXT IN MEXICO A CROWD GATHERS AND TRIES TO SWARM THE SENATE AS THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM REFORM MEASURE HAS BEEN PASSED. WHAT THE ONLY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE MODERN WORLD HAS TRIED. >>> FIRE IS GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS-- HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY BAD. >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE TALKING POSSIBLY A TRILLION GALAXIES? >> YES. >> THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT'S THE MOON, WHETHER IT'S MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS-- WELL, THE WATER LEVELS HAVE CERTAINLY RECEDED FOR NOW-- STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL-- LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM "GROUND ZERO," AS IT'S BEING REFERRED TO-- THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY-- WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-- IN FACT WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CANNOT GO ANY FARTHER-- HERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS-- >> NOW IS RAW. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION GET THE NBC NEWS APP, YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING AND NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS-- HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY-- PRETTY BAD. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE AMERICAS AND THE CHAOS RIPPLING THROUGH MEXICO AS LAWMAKERS PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL BILL OVERHAULING THE COUNTRY TO JUST SHOW SOME. LEAVING 7000 JUDGES TO BE ELECTED RATHER THAN APPOINTED. AFTER BOLIVIA VOTED TO PUT ITS JUDGES ON THE BENCH BY POPULAR VOTE. >> Reporter: MEXICANS STORM THE SENATE HOPING TO STOP A CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL THAT WOULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE COUNTRY'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THEY ARE BETRAYING THE PEOPLE, THIS MAN SAYS, SELLING THEIR VOTES SHAMEFULLY FOR THIS REFORM TO BE APPROVED, IT WILL LEAD US TO A DICTATORSHIP. THE LATE-NIGHT DROVE TEMPORARY DELAYED BUT NOT AVOIDED, A TOTAL OF 127 VOTES WITH 86 VOTES IN FAVOR. ONE SENATOR ANNOUNCED THEREFORE WE HAVE THE QUALIFIED AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE REFORM. UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM THE COUNTRY'S NEARLY 7000 JUDGES WILL NOT BE APPOINTED TO THE BENCH, THEY WILL BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE INCLUDING THOSE ON THE SUPREME COURT. CHIEF JUSTICE NORMA PENA HAS ARGUED THEY JEOPARDIZE AN IMPARTIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND PUT PRESSURE ON JURORS TO VOTE FOR WHAT'S POPULAR. >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES FOR A JUDGE IS THAT THEY FOCUS ON INTEREST. >> A FORMER DEPUTY JUSTICE OF THE COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES. >> THEY WILL START THINKING LIKE POLITICIANS, THEY WILL BE CONCERNED WITH THEIR NEXT ELECTION. >> Reporter: BUT PRESIDENT OBRADOR HAS PUSHED BACK AGAINST CRITICISM. HE AND MEXICO'S INCOMING PRESIDENT, SHEINBAUM, SAY THIS WILL HELP PREVENT CORRUPTION. SUPPORTERS OF THE CHANGES HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS AS WELL, SOME CARRYING BANNERS THAT SAY PEOPLE HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG, DON'T FEAR THE PEOPLE. WE BELIEVE THAT MORE DEMOCRACY IS NEEDED IN THE JUDICIARY. THE JUDICIARY SHOULD BE ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE. THIS IS A CONTROL MECHANISM. BUT OTHERS SAY PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW THE MONEY. >> IT REQUIRES MONEY. SO WHO IS GOING TO FUND THESE JUDGES MARK IS AT THE CARTEL? IS IT PRIVATE INTERESTS? AND IF SO, WHAT IS THE OUTCOME THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT? >> A MAJORITY OF-- SIGNED AND PUBLISHED THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ON SUNDAY. ELLISON BARBER, NBC NEWS. >>> WE MOVE NOW TO TOP STORY'S DOUBLE WATCH. SIX STAFF MEMBERS WERE KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA, THE STRIKE HITTING A SCHOOL IN THE SURROUNDING AREA INSIDE A REFUGEE CAMP. AROUND 18 WERE KILLED. THE ISRAEL MILITARY CLAIMS THEY WERE TARGETING HAMAS OPERATIVES INSIDE THAT SCHOOL. >>> VIDEO SHOWS PROTESTS SETTING FIRES, THROWING ROCKS, BOTTLES, AND EVEN HORSE MANURE AT POLICE IN MELBOURNE, AS POLICE RESPONDED WITH BATONS, RUBBER BULLETS, SMOKE GRENADES, AND PEPPER SPRAY. POLICE SAYING IT IS THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS AND OVER TWO DECADES. >>> A GEORGIAN DAREDEVIL IS RIDING A BIKE ON WATER APPEARING TO BREAK THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. INCREDIBLE VIDEO SHOWS THE COMPETITOR RIDING A MODIFIED BIKE 20 MILES ON THE WATER ON THE BLACK SEA. THIS TOOK OVER SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK COULD A.I. HELP US TO BETTER PREDICT HURRICANES? WE WILL SPEAK WITH THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK AND PREDICT HURRICANE BEHAVIORS AND TO HELP FOLKS BETTER PREPARE. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS-- WELL, THE WATER LEVELS HAVE CERTAINLY RECEDED FOR NOW-- STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL-- LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM "GROUND ZERO," AS IT'S BEING REFERRED TO-- THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY-- WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-- IN FACT WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CANNOT GO ANY FARTHER-- HERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL TELEVISION. >> I'M MORGAND RADFORD. >> I'M VICKI NGUYEN. >> I'M KATE SNOW. >> AND, I'M ZINHLE ESSANMUAH. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD-- >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP THERE ALONG THE BORDER. >> AND WHAT MATTERS HERE, AT HOME. >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY SHOWING MORE ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> LET'S ZERO IN ON EXERCISE. WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR HEALTH? >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> "NBC NEWS DAILY," WEEKDAYS AT 12:00-4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND. AND OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> THIS SHOULD HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? IT'S GOING BACK AND FORTH TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. >> GO AHEAD, NICE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY, ON NBC . >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST- TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A DANGEROUS RESCUE CAPTURED DURING HURRICANE FRANCINE. AN E.R. NURSE RACING TO HELP A MAN NEARLY SWALLOWED UP IN THE FLOODWATERS TRAPPED IN HIS TRUCK. HERE IS JESSE KIRSCH. >> Reporter: THE CITY WAS TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME. THIS IS WHY. >> THAT WATER IS THE MOST TO THE WINDOW OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: NBC AFFILIATE WNBC WAS ON THE AIR AS FLOODWATERS WERE SPINNING THIS TRUCK WITH A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE. REPORTER JONAH GILMORE ALERTED POLICE. >> OFFICER, WE HAVE A TRUCK OVER HERE! >> INTO THE WATER. >> Reporter: MILES CRAWFORD LIVES CLOSE BY. THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NURSE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT. THE GUY JUST BROKE THAT WINDOW. >> Reporter: THE MAN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. AS THE PAIR MOVED TOWARDS HIGHER GROUND OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, AS WE SPOKE WITH MILES CRAWFORD. >> SUCH A DIFFERENCE SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU VERSUS YOU PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK TO SAVE SOMEONE IN THE WATER. >> THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THESE DOORS RIGHT HERE. WE JUST DO THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT HELP THEM OUT. >> Reporter: IT'S WHAT MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD USE TONIGHT. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS . >>> A NEW TECHNOLOGY IS EMERGING THAT MAY BE ABLE TO WARN AUTHORITIES EARLIER TO START PREPARING FOR HURRICANES, USING A.I. , THE SAME TECHNOLOGY USED IN DRIVERLESS CARS TO PREDICT HURRICANES UP TO THREE DAYS EARLIER THAN TRADITIONAL FORECASTS. A SOFTWARE ENGINEER WHO DEVELOPED THAT TECHNOLOGY, SAM, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE WEATHER COMPANY IN THE WORLD, ALSO HE HAS A PHD IN METEOROLOGY. SAM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TONIGHT. THE TECHNOLOGY YOU'VE DEVELOPED MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT MORE OF A HURRICANE BEFORE IT MAKES LANDFALL. WHAT AM I LOOKING AT? HOW ARE THESE MAPS INTERPRETED? >>, SO ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WE HAVE A TRADITIONAL MODEL TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL MODELS THAT COULD BE BUILT ON DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS. WE LIKE TO TAKE IN ALL THIS DATA, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE ATMOSPHERE, AND HOW THINGS CAN DIVULGE VERY QUICKLY. IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GET AN ACCURATE LOOK AT HOW THE ATMOSPHERE MIGHT EVOLVE. THE ISSUE HERE THOUGH IS THAT ONCE YOU BLEND THESE MODELS TOGETHER YOU START TO WASH OUT SOME OF WHAT YOU SEE IN EXTREME EVENTS LIKE HURRICANES. WHEN YOU BLEND THEM ALTOGETHER THAT CAN BE FINE FOR PARTLY SUNNY, BUT WE WANT TO REPRESENT THE AMPLITUDE LIKE THE HEAVY RAINFALL, AND THE STRONG WINDS READ AND SO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WE HAVE OUR DTN MODEL LENS. THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE MODELS ON THE LEFT, BUT WE USE A METHOD TO IDENTIFY THE CYCLONE WITHIN THESE INDIVIDUAL MODELS. THEN WE OPTIMIZE EACH MODEL AND IT STITCHES BACK TOGETHER IN SUCH A WAY THEY ARE ABLE TO RETAIN THAT DETAIL AND AMPLITUDE. PIECES LIKE HARVEY AND FLORENCE WHERE WE HAD HISTORIC FLOODING WHEN THEY MADE LANDFALL, IT MIGHT BE WASHED OUT. YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THE SAME AMPLITUDE OF RAINFALL. OUR DTN MODELS CAN PREDICT HOW EXTREME A STORM LIKE THAT WOULD BE. >> IT'S LESS ABOUT BLENDING VARIOUS MODELS AND REALLY MOVING IN WITH PINPOINT ACCURACY ON A SMALL SNAPSHOT AND CREATING A PORTRAIT BASED ON IT. WHAT DOES AMPLITUDE MEAN? WHEN WE ARE TALKING DEVASTATING WINDS HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? >> YES, THE AMPLITUDE IS LOOKING AT THE LARGEST VALUES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HURRICANE. AND WHEN WE BLEND THESE DIFFERENT MODEL FORECASTS TOGETHER YOU ARE DOING IT IN A NOT SO SOPHISTICATED WAY. YOU END UP WITH A STORM HERE, A STORM THERE. AND WHEN YOU PUT THE TWO TOGETHER YOU ARE AVERAGING A HIGH NUMBER WITH A LOW NUMBER, AND ANOTHER HIGH NUMBER WITH A LOW NUMBER, AND IT ENDS UP SMOOTHING IT OUT. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WE ARE REALIGNING THE SEDATION FIELD, AND YOU SEE THOSE MUCH HIGHER VISITATION RATES. YOU SEE THE EYE REPRESENTED WELL, AND YOU SEE HOW IT IS MORE COMPACT ACTUALLY. THIS IS ALL PART OF RETAINING THE DETAIL THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT IMPACTS. >> THE EUROPEAN MODEL, THE AMERICAN MODEL, HOW DOES THIS DIFFER? AND WHERE WERE YOU WHEN WE RECOVERING HURRICANES THE LAST FEW YEARS? >> [ LAUGHTER ] WELL, I GUESS IT'S INCREDIBLE. THE LAST FEW YEARS HOW A.I. HAS EXPLODED IN INNOVATION AND METEOROLOGY, AND I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT'S AHEAD. I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THROUGH THE USE OF A.I. NOW, YOU MENTIONED THE GFS AND A COUPLE OTHER MODELS LIKE THAT TOO. THESE ARE EXCELLENT MODELS THAT ARE RUN REGULARLY AND USED FOR FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. WE ARE TAKING THAT SAME DATA. THERE'S A LOT OF FANTASTIC DATA OUT THERE. AND THERE'S AN AMAZING PLETHORA OF DATA TO BE HONEST THE CHALLENGE IS HOW DO YOU OPTIMIZE ALL THAT DATA? ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WITH SATELLITE AND RADAR AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF DATA COMING IN AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF IT. A.I. IS ONE SOLUTION HELPING US TO ADDRESS THAT CHALLENGE. AND ACTUALLY GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS DATA. PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOIN THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "TOP STORY." FOR TOM LLAMAS, I' SAM BROCK IN NEW YORK. STAY RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE WE V MORE NEWS ON THE WAY >>> TONIGHT THE PATH O DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE, POWER KNOCKED OUT TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE SOUTH. THE NEW IMAGES, TOWNS UNDERWATER AFTER FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE I LOUISIANA. POWERFUL WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES ON TO HOMES. THE DRAMATIC RESCUES, AN TONIGHT'S FRANCINE'S REMNANTS ON THE MOVE MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS. OUR TEAM IN THE STORM ZONE >>> ALSO TONIGHT A STATE O EMERGENCY DECLARED AS WAGING WILDFIRES SPREAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DUDSENS OF HOMES DESTROYED THE RACE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. >>> AN ALASKA PLANES BLOWS ITS TIRES AFTER THE PILOT SLAMS TH BRAKES ON DURING TAKEOFF AVOIDING A POTENTIAL COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRPLAN CLEARED TO LAND ON THE SAM RUNWAY THE FAA INVESTIGATION. >>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. DONALD TRUMP NOW SAYING THER WON'T BE ANOTHER DEBATE AS H AND KAMALA HARRIS HIT TH CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S SHOWDOWN. BOTH CANDIDATES IN KEY BATTLEGROUNDS THEY HOPE TO FLIP. THE AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES FRO ORBIT. THE SPACEX POLARUS DAWN CREW MAKING HISTORY THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK. >>> AND THE LIFE-SAVING SCEN PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TV A HURRICANE FRANCINE HIT THE HERO ER NURSE WHO CAME T THE RESCUE SPEAKING OUT TO US. >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. 24 HOURS AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE I LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 2 STORM, THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THE LIGHTS BACK ON PLACES LIKE BATON ROUGE AN ENORMOUS TAKING STRONG HITS. WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR, BRINGING DOWN TREE AND POWER LINES. BY MIDAFTERNOON TODAY, 285,000 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROS LOUISIANA WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER. BUT IT WAS THE RAIN, TORRENTS OF RAIN, THAT TRIGGERED WIDESPREA FLOODING, WORSE THAN RESIDENTS TELL US THEY EXPECTED. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS. SOME POCKETS SEEING UP TO TO EIGH INCHES OF RAIN THE STORM MOVING INLAND NOW BU STILL DANGEROUS AS KATHY PAR REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AR PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE OVERNIGHT, THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GUL COAST WITH DAMAGING WINDS AN DRENCHING RAINS. POWER KNOCKED OUT TO THOUSANDS THE TOWN OF HOMA TAKING TH BRUNT OF THE CATEGORY 2 STORM. >> A LOT OF WINDS AND RAIN LOT OF HIGH WINDS, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> Reporter: FRANCINE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THI MORNING. >> WE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, HAVE N REPORTS OF ANY STORM-RELATED FATALITIES, AND WE WANT TO KEE IT THAT WAY. >> MOTHER NATURE'S UNPREDICTABLE. SGLN DAN STEVENS SAYS HIS STOR SURVIVED IDA IN 2021, AND WHIL FRANCINE WAS A WEAKER STORM, THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YO CAME OUT HERE? >> WOW YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STOR LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> Reporter: THIS TREE CRASHED INTO A POWER LINE BEHIND DAVID'S HOME >> I HEARD THIS CRACKING AND POPPING AND SUSPECTED IT WAS ONE OF THE TREES >> Reporter: AND NEXT DOOR ALBERT SHORT SAYS THE STOR NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE >> WE WAS PREPARED FOR IT, BUT WE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS >> Reporter: THE EXTREME WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES THAT CUT STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME >> ALL THE CEILING JUST HAD FELL DOWN >> Reporter: FRANCINE PACKING POWERFUL PUNCH AND NOW ON TH MOVE AGAIN >> KATHY JOINING US NOW FROM HARD-HIT HOMA, LOUISIANA KATHY, AS WE MENTIONED AT TH TOP OF THE BROADCAST, THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM ISN'T OVER >> LESTER, THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS NOW ON THE MOVE, HEADED NORTH TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SO FLOODING AS WELL AS TORNADO ARE A POSSIBILITY. MEANWHILE, HERE IN LOUISIANA, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD AND THOUSANDS AR STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT. LESTER >> OKAY, KATHY PARK, THANK YOU >>> WE'LL TURN NOW FROM TH STORM TO THE RAGING WILDFIRES IN THE WEST CALIFORNIA EXPANDING ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DANGEROUS HEAT FUELS THREE MASSIVE INFERNOS DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. OUR DANA GRIFFIN IS IN THE FIR ZONE TONIGHT >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGE ACROSS THE LEFT. >> THE WIND ZONE SHIFT, WE'R STILL WORRIED. >> Reporter: 5 BILLION PEOPL UNDER RED EFLAG WARNINGS AS LO HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREA ON THE SPREAD EXISTING FIRES >> THERE'S STILL A POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED AND, HEAVEN FORED BY, ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTER PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN FOU SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM EXTENDIN THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTE TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. AFTER THOSE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL. AS THE BRIDGE FIRE CHEWE THROUGH WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA -- >> THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE O MOUNTAIN HIGH WAS FULLY ENGULFED AND HAD TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES T CALL 911, COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. >> Reporter: SO CHRIS DURAN SAYS HE DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF WHERE IT WAS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT ON IT >> Reporter: THE SMOKE LEAVING AIR UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE A WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL NOW CANCELED AND TODAY INVESTIGATORS HI SUSPECTED ARSONIST JUSTIN WITH NINE CHARGES, ACCUSING HIM O STARTING THE LINE FIRE >> I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC THA WE'RE GOING TO GO HARD ON THIS CASE >> Reporter: HE HAS NOT ENTERE A PLEA IF CONVICTED, THE D.A. SAYS H COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE HIS FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. >> DANA JOINS US NOW FRO RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHERE THE AIRPORT FIRE, AS ITS KNOWN SPREAD FROM A NEIGHBORIN COUNTY DANA, I UNDERSTAND THIS BLAZ WAS SPARKED BY ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION. HOMES CAN GO UP WITHIN MINUTES IT WAS AN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CREW THAT USED HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPARKING THIS FIRE THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING THEIR POLICIES, LESTER >> DANA, THANK YOU >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, A CLOSE CALL ON THE RUNWAY IN NASHVILLE. AN ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWING OUT ITS TIRES WHEN IT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISIO WITH A SOUTHWEST PLANE IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE FIRST TIME FROM THE HERO FEDEX PILOTS WHO AVOIDED ANOTHER NEA MISS LAST YEAR HERE'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN >> Reporter: TODAY AT TH NATIONAL AIRPORTS, AN ALASKA AIRLINES TAKEOFF ABORTED AND PLANE TIRES BLOWN OUT AFTER FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO CROSS FROM THE SAME RUNWAY. >> CANCEL TAKEOFF PLANS. >> Reporter: ALASKA AIRLINES RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING TH PILOTS OF ITS SEATTLE-BOUN PLANE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED TH BRAKES NO ONE WAS INJURED AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING. >> THE WHOLE TAIL OF THAT IS OFF. >> Reporter: THE NEWS JUST DAY AFTER A SLOW SPEED COLLISIONN AIRBUS BOUND FOR TOKYO HIT A MUCH SMALLER REGIONAL JET, KNOCKING OFF ITS TAIL. >> YOU COULD HEAR THE A ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT. >> YOU COULDER THAT META SCRAPING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE O THE PLANE AND IT'S SHAKING REALLY BADLY >> SOUTHWEST ABORT FEDEX IS ON THE GO >> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS ON RUNWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDIN THIS NEAR MISS IN AUSTIN LAS YEAR A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGH CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND A FEDE PLANE CLEARED TO LAND FROM THE SAME FOGGY RUNWAY. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, TH FEDEX PILOTS SPOKE OUT >> NEVER DID I IMAGINE THAT TH PLANE WAS GOING TO BE RIGH THERE. I THOUGHT WORST CASE HE WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT TO LIFT OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THERE'S RELIEF BUT ALSO CONCERN AFTE NEWS OF YET ANOTHER POTENTIA CLOSE CALL ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS. >>> WE'LL TURN NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAYING HE WILL NOT AGREE T ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS BOTH CANDIDATES HIT THE CAMPAIG TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S FACEOFF. GABE GUTIERREZ IS IN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT >> Reporter: TONIGHT DUELING RALLIES IN CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF TH COUNTRY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYIN TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP IN ARIZONA >> KAMALA HARRIS SHOWED UP SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC >> Reporter: HE SAYS TUESDAY'S FIERY DEBATE WITH HARRIS WILL BE THEIR LAST >> BECAUSE WE'VE DONE TW DEBATES AND BECAUSE THEY WER SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE >> Reporter: BUT HARRIS WANT ANOTHER. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS T HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> Reporter: HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NE PHASE TRYING TO FLIP NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH DEMOCRAT HAVEN'T WON SINCE 2008 >> DONALD TRUMP INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. HE HAS NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT HE SAYS -- HE SAID -- OF A PLAN. >> Reporter: HARRIS' TEA RAMPING UP ITS PUSH FOR YOUNGE VOTERS WITH EMET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY. THEY SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPE OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU, WHO HAS THE SAME VALUES A YOU ON THE TICKET, THAT'S JUST SO ENCOURAGING >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HER SHIFT TO THE CENTER ON SOM ISSUES? GOING AFTER HARRIS RECORD O THE ECONOMY. >> I'M ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION DESTROYING OUR MIDDL CLASS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPL ARE ALSO VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT >> Reporter: TRUMP SUPPORTER SAY HE DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK' DEBATE >> I THINK TRUMP WON BECAUSE H HIT ALL THE MARKS. HE TOUCHED ON ALL THE POINTS THAT I THINK AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO THE FOR US, SHE JUST TALKED >> AND GABE JOINING US NOW FRO THAT HARRIS RALLY IN GREENSBORO, AND GABE, THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING SOME HEAVYWEIGHT HELP ON THE FUNDRAISING SIDE >> Reporter: YES, LESTER SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER SAY HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA WILL HOLD FUNDRAISERS NEXT WEEK FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS A JUDGE TODAY DROPPED TWO COUNTS AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTIO INTERFERENCE CASE. HE STILL FACES EIGHT MORE IN THAT CASE, LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, GABE GUTIERREZ THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS GROWING FALLOUT FROM SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP SAID DURING THE DEBATE PUSHING A BASELESS CLAIM ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO TODAY IN THE CITY AT THE CENTE OF IT ALL, A RASH OF BOM THREATS. WE ARE THERE GOOD EVENING >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING. TODAY HERE IN SPRINGFIELD, BOM THREATS LED AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE CITY HALL AND A NUMBE OF OTHER BUILDINGS, INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE WH MADE THE THREATS OR WHETHER THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANT ABUSING THREATS. THEY CALLED THE UNFOUNDE ALLEGATIONS, QUOTE, VERY BIZARRE AND HATEFUL SMEAR. SOME RESIDENTS WERE SO CONCERNED THEY KEPT THEIR CHILDREN HOM FROM SCHOOL, LESTER? >> YAMICHE, THANK YOU. >>> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL CLAIM HEARD FROM THE RIGHT THAT UNDOCUMENTE IMMIGRANTS ARE VOTING IN AMERICA'S ELECTIONS, BUT I THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK I UP AINSLEY WITH OUR VOTE WATC REPORT >> Reporter: ON THE DEBATE STAGE -- >> A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN, THEY'R TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE >> Reporter: -- AND AT CAMPAIG STOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY -- >> IT'S ILLEGAL AS HELL >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP FREQUENTLY REPEATS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT MIGRANTS VOTING >> THEY CAN'T SPEAK A WORD O ENGLISH FOR THE MOST PART, BUT THEY'RE SIGNING THEM UP. >> Reporter: THAT'S NOT TRUE IT'S ILLEGAL FOR NON U.S CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT NOR ANY FEDERAL ELECTION AND THERE HAS LISTEN FEW RECORDED INCIDENTS O NONCITIZENS VOTING ILLEGALLY THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANYON TRYING TO GET UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS TO VOTE ACCORDING T EXPERTS, THOUGH 17 DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS ALLOW PEOPL WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY INCLUDING IN D.C., WHERE NONCITIZENS, EVEN THOSE HERE ILLEGALLY, CAN VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. ANY D.C. RESIDENT CAN REGISTER TO VOTE. THEY'LL BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT BALLOT LIKE THIS ONE THAT ONLY LISTS LOCAL CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS LIKE THE SCHOOL BOAR AND CITY COUNCIL >> I DO NOT HAVE A DRIVING LICENSE. >> WE CHANGED THE LAW TO MAK SURE THAT ALL LOCAL RESIDENT ARE ABLE TO HELP -- HAVE A VOT AND HAVE A SAY IN THEI GOVERNMENT AND THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE. >> Reporter: CHARLES ALLEN IS ON THE D.C. CITY COUNCIL. COULD YOU BE REGISTERED IN, SAY, ANOTHER COUNTRY AND VOTE HERE? >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE RESIDENT HERE AND CLAIM RE EDENSY HERE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS WE'VE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS, AN THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN >> Reporter: THE STATE OF TEXA SAYS IT'S FOUND ALMOST 2,000 NONCITIZENS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSL VOTED, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED AND LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUPS QUESTION THE CLAIMS STILL, THE LAWS ALLOWING NONCITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY HAVE SPARKED BACKLASH ACROSS TH COUNTRY. IT INSPIRED A BILL THAT WOUL REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP T REGISTER TO VOTE >> IF YOU'VE SEEN THE FORM, YO JUST CHECK A BOX SO. NONCITIZEN ARE ON VOTER ROLLS >> Reporter: THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPE SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LOOMS. JULIA ANSLY, NBC NEW WASHINGTON >>> IN JUST 60 SECONDS, TH HISTORY MAKING MOMENT HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH. THE ALL SIFL YAN CREW ON THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES ARE NEXT >>> HISTORY WAS MADE TODAY HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE EARTH AS THE CREW OF THE POLARIS DAWN OPENED THEIR SPACESHIP TO TH BLACKENS OF SPACE TO PERFORM THE FIRST EVER SPACEWALK BY PRIVAT ASTRONAUTS TOM COSTELLO WITH TH AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES >> NOW OPENING DRAGO RESILIENCE >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. >> I HAVE A FEELING THE CROWD IS ABOUT TO GO WILD >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIM EVER, A COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT JARED ISAACMAN, OPENED THE HATCH TO HIS SPACEX SHIP, THEN STEPPED INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. >> BACK AT HOME, Y'ALL HAVE LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT HERE IT SURE LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT WORLD. >> Reporter: THIS WAS TH RISKIEST PART OF A FIVE-DA MISSION, ORBITING THREE TIME HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATION. WITHOUT AN AIR LOCK, ALL FOU ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THEIR SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE TODAY'S SPACEWALK REALLY MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH. >> THESE ARE THE MOBILITY CHECKS JARED IS PERFORMING. >> Reporter: AS ISAAC MAN AN ENGINEER SARAH GILLIS TESTED THEIR BRAND NEW SPACESUITS I THAT ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DA WEAR ON THE MOON ALREADY THEY'VE CLIMBED 87 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELE SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS AN THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVEL SOD FAR, CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES, AN POSTING HELLO EARTH ON X, USIN NEW LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS NASA CHIEF BILL NELSON SAI TODAY REPRESENTS A GIANT LEA FORWARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAU MARK KELLY >> THIS EXPANDS THE ABILITY FO COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND WE'R MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE BUT ESPECIALLY LOWER ORBIT >> Reporter: AND JUST MAYBE TH FINAL FRONTIER TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS WASHINGTON >> GLAD THEY COULD HANG ON >>> UP NEXT, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES BREAKING HER SILENCE. HER EMOTIONAL MESSAGE AFTER HE BRONZE MEDAL WAS TAKEN AWAY ON A TECHNICALITY >>> IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGES CONTROVERSIES OUT OF THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES. NOW TEAM USA GYMNAST JORDA CHILES IS OPENING UP ABOUT HER HEARTBREAK AFTER HER BRONZ MEDAL WAS STRIPPED AWAY. WE GET MORE FROM STEPHANIE GOSK. >> Reporter: AT THE VMAs -- >> YOU KNOW WHAT? >> Reporter: -- RAPPER FLAVO FLAV SHOWING HIS SUPPORT FOR GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES. >> I GOT YOU SOMETHING THE CAN'T TAKE AWAY FROM YOU >> Reporter: FOR CHILES TH EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER O WINNING AND THEN BEING STRIPPE OF AN OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDAL I NOT OVER >> THE BIGGEST THING THAT WA TAKEN FROM ME WAS THAT IT WA THE RECOGNITION OF WHO I WAS >> Reporter: THE TWO-TIM OLYMPIAN OPENING UP ON CAMER FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE FORBES POWER WOMEN SUMMIT ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY AND BACKLASH ONLINE, INCLUDING RACIST COMMENTS. >> TO ME EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON, IT'S NOT ABOUT TH MEDAL, IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE -- MY SKIN COLOR I FELT ELIKE EVERYTHING, LIKE, HAS BEEN STRIPPED. >> Reporter: IN PARIS, CHILE FINISHED FIFTH IN THE FLOO EXERCISE FINAL, AT FIRST >> THERE'S BEEN AN INQUIRY PUT IN >> Reporter: HER COACH CHALLENGED THE SCORE >> A CHANGE IN NUMBERS >> Reporter: WITH THE REVISION A SHOCKED CHILES MOVED UP TO THIRD AND WON BRONZE BUT DAYS LATER THAT CELEBRATIO TURNED INTO FRUSTRATION. THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT RULED TEAM USA'S CHALLENGE WAS MADE FOUR SECONDS TOO LATE STRIPPING CHILES OF THE MEDA AND GIVING BRONZE TO ROMAN YAN ANA. CHILES CALLED THE RULING DEVASTATING. >> I FOLLOWED THE RULES. MY COACH FOLLOWED THE RULES. >> Reporter: THE U.S. OLYMPI COMMITTEE SAYS IT IS PURSUING AN APPEAL CHILES SAYS SHE IS DETERMINED TO STAY POSITIVE. >> I'M GOING TO SHINE BRIGHT BECAUSE THE STAR'S NEVER GOING TO GET DIMMED. AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO JUST KEEP WALKING FORWARD >> WHAT A ROLLER COASTER STEPHANIE. THIS ISN'T OVER, RIGHT, THERE' AN APPEALS PROCESS >> USA GYMNASTICS WON'T SA WHETHER THEY'VE FILED TH APPEAL IF AN APPEAL IS FILED, IT COUL TAKE MONTHS TO RESOLVE YOU CAN TELL FROM THOSE COMMENTS IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR HER >> GOOD TO HEAR FROM HER >>> GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT TH ER NURSE WHO SAVED A MAN ON LIVE TV AS HURRICANE FRANCINE RAGED HE SPEAKS OUT TO US NEXT >>> FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. A HERO ER NURSE SPEAKING TO US AFTER SAVING A MAN'S LIFE ON LIVE TV AT THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE FRANCINE HERE'S JESSE KIRSCH. >> Reporter: THE CITY TOLD PEOPLE TO STAY HOME. THIS IS WHY. >> THAT WATER IS ALMOST TO THE WINDOW OF THAT PICKUP TRUC RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: NBC AFFILIATE WDS WAS LIVE ON THE AIR AS THI PICKUP TRUCK WOUND UP IN FEET-DEEP FLOOD WATER, FLOATIN AND SPINNING WITH A MAN TRAPPE INSIDE REPORTER YOU THAT GILMOR ALERTED POLICE >> OFFICER, WE GOT A TRUCK RIGHT HERE >> I GOT A TEXT SAYING SOMEBOD HAD DRIVEN INTO THE WATER. >> Reporter: MILES CRAWFOR LIVES NEARBY THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTE NURSE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACK SEAT RIGHT NOW THAT GUY BROKE THE WINDOW. >> Reporter: THE MAN ESCAPED WITH DIFFICULTY. >> OH MY GOD GOODNESS, HE FELL IN THE WATER THE GOOD SAMARITAN IS HELPIN HIM. >> Reporter: THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, THEN WE LOOKED AT MILES CRAWFORD AND HIS HUMILITY. >> THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL AND YO PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK IN FLOOD WATER TO SAVE A LIFE >> HONESTLY, THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIN THOSE DOORS OUT HERE WE JUST DO THE BEST THAT WE CA WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND BE KIND TO OTHERS, AND IF THEY NEED ANY HELP AND YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM, HELP THEM OUT >> Reporter: EXACTLY WHAT SO MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD US TONIGHT. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS NEW ORLEANS. >> THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THI THURSDAY, THANK YOU FO WATCHING, I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER GOOD NIGHT >> THIS IS A LIFE-SAVING AMERICAN RIGHT HERE. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AN ON >> NOW IS REAL >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY I ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE >> NOW IS CONSTANT >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOS TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS, I' GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREA HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEI NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNO IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN OR NOT THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVE HITCHED. THAT IS TOTALITY COULD YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE >> HOW YOU FEELING >> I FEEL GREAT. STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 ■ASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC O "NBC NEWS NOW. >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, GET THE NBC NEW APP. YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR TH LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS ON-THE-GROUND REPORTING, AND NEWS MAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS THEY'R ASKING THAT THE HOSTAGES - DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED >> NOW IS RAW. >> THE TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL >> THIS IS IT. WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE >> NOW IS CONSTANT >> MORNING NEWS NOW. BREAKING NEWS. >> NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> HEY THERE, I'M HALLIE, AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THEN THE POLITICAL FALLOUT START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO CRUISE OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOS ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN ASAP, SO HOW S IS THE P? IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN >> I CAN KEEP TALKING UNTIL TH EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> NOW YOU'VE LAID DOWN TH GAUNTLET, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL IT STARTS T SPARKLE. IT'S SPARKLING IT'S HAPPENING >> IT'S HAPPENING. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOS TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, GET THE NBC NEW APP. YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR TH LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS ON-THE-GROUND REPORTING, AND NEWS MAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC >>> TONIGHT THE PATH O DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE, POWER KNOCKED OUT TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE SOUTH. THE NEW IMAGES, TOWNS UNDERWATER AFTER FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE I LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY HURRICANE. HEAVY RAINS, POWERFUL WIND KNOCKING DOWN TREES ON TO HOMES. THE DRAMATIC RESCUES AND TONIGHT'S FRANCINE'S REMNANTS ON THE MOVE MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS. OUR TEAM IN THE STORM ZONE >>> ALSO TONIGHT A STATE O EMERGENCY DECLARED AS RAGING WILDFIRES SPREAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. THE RACE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. >>> AN ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWS ITS TIRES AFTER THE PILO SLAMS THE BRAKES ON DURING TAKEOFF, AVOIDING A POTENTIA COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRPLANE CLEARED TO LAND ON TH SAME RUNWAY. THE FAA INVESTIGATION. >>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. DONALD TRUMP NOW SAYING THER WON'T BE ANOTHER DEBATE AS H AND KAMALA HARRIS HIT TH CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S SHOWDOWN. BOTH CANDIDATES IN KEY BATTLEGROUNDS THEY HOPE TO FLIP. >>> THE AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES FROM ORBIT THE SPACEX POLARIS DAWN CREW MAKING HISTORY THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK. >>> AND THE LIFE-SAVING SCEN PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TV A HURRICANE FRANCINE HIT THE HERO ER NURSE WHO CAME T THE RESCUE SPEAKING OUT TO US. >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. 24 HOURS AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE I LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 2 STOR THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THE LIGHTS BACK ON, PLACES LIK BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEAN TAKING STRONG HITS WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR, BRINGING DOWN TREE AND POWER LINES. BY MIDAFTERNOON TODAY 285,00 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROS LOUISIANA WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER. BUT IT WAS THE RAIN, TORRENTS OF RAIN, THAT TRIGGERED WIDESPREA FLOODING, WORSE THAN RESIDENTS TELL US THEY EXPECTED. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS. SOME POCKETS SEEING UP TO EIGH INCHES OF RAIN THE RAPID FLOODING LEAVING MAN PEOPLE TRAPPED, FORCING SOME URGENT RESCUES THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM MOVING INLAND NOW BUT STILL DANGEROUS AS KATHY PARK REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AR PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE OVERNIGHT THE POWERFUL SYSTE SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GUL COAST WITH DAMAGING WINDS AN DRENCHING RAIN POWER KNOCKED OUT TO THOUSANDS THE TOWN OF H OMA TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE CATEGORY 2 STORM. >> A LOT OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN LOT OF HIGH WINDS, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> Reporter: FRANCINE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THI MORNING. >> WE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, HAVE N REPORTS OF ANY STORM-RELATED FATALITIES, AND WE WANT TO KEE IT THAT WAY. >> MOTHER NATURE'S UNPREDICTABLE. >> Reporter: DAN STEVENS SAY HIS STORE SURVIVED IDA IN 2021 WHILE FRANCINE WAS A WEAKE STORM, THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT. WHAT WAS YOUR REA WHEN YOU CAM OUT HERE >> WOW YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STOR LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> Reporter: THIS TREE CRASHED INTO A POWER LINE BEHIND DAVID'S HOME >> I HEARD THIS CRACKING AND POPPING, AND I SUSPECTED IT WA THIS -- ONE OF THE TREES >> Reporter: AND NEXT DOOR ALBERT SHORT SAYS THE STOR NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE >> WE WAS PREPARED FOR IT, BUT WE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS >> Reporter: THE EXTREME WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES THAT CUT STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME >> WE HEARD A LOUD BOOM. ALL THE CEILING JUST HAD FEL DOWN >> Reporter: FRANCINE PACKING POWERFUL PUNCH AND NOW ON TH MOVE AGAIN >> KATHY JOINING US NOW FROM HARD-HIT HOMA, LOUISIANA KATHY, AS WE MENTIONED AT TH TOP OF THE BROADCAST, THE THREAT FROM THIS STORM ISN'T OVER FRANCINE IS HEADED NORTH TOWAR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY, SO FLOODING AS WELL AS TORNADOS ARE A POSSIBILITY. MEANWHILE, HERE IN LOUISIANA A YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD AND THOUSANDS AR STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT, LESTER >> OKAY, KATHY PARK, THANK YOU >>> WE'LL TURN NOW FROM TH STORM TO THE RAGING WIDE FIRES IN THE WEST. CALIFORNIA EXPANDING ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DANGEROUS HEAT FUELS THREE MASSIVE INFERNOS DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. OUR DANA GRIFFIN IS IN THE FIR ZONE TONIGHT >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGE ACROSS THE WEST. >> WITH THE WIND ZONE SHIF WE'RE STILL WORRIED. >> Reporter: 5 BILLION PEOPL UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATEN TO SPREAD EEXISTING FIRES. >> THERE'S STILL A POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED AND, HEAVEN FORBID, ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTER PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN FOU SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM EXTENDIN THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTE TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. AFTER THOSE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL. AS THE BRIDGE FIRE CHEWE THROUGH WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA -- >> THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE O MOUNTAIN HIGH WAS FULLY ENGULFED AND HAD TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES T CALL 911, COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. >> Reporter: SO CHRIS DORAN SAYS HE DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF WHERE IT WAS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT ON IT >> Reporter: THE SMOKE LEAVING AIR UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE A WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL NOW CANCELED AND TODAY INVESTIGATORS HI SUSPECTED ARSONIST JUSTIN WITH NINE CHARGES, ACCUSING HIM O STARTING THE LINE FIRE >> I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC THA WE'RE GOING TO GO HARD ON THIS CASE >> Reporter: HE HAS NOT ENTERE A PLEA IF CONVICTED, THE D.A. SAYS H COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE HIS FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. >> DANA JOINS US NOW FRO RIVERSIDE COUNTY WITH TH AIRPORT FIRE, AS ITS KNOWN SPREAD FROM A NEIGHBORIN COUNTY DANA, I UNDERSTAND THIS BLAZ WAS SPARKED BY ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION. THESE HOMES CAN GO UP WITHIN MINUTES. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CREW THAT USE HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPARKING THI FIRE THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING THEIR POLICIES, LESTER >> ALL RIGHT, DANA, THANK YOU. >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, A CLOSE CALL ON THE RUNWAY IN NASHVILLE. AN ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWING OUT ITS TIRES WHEN IT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISIO WITH A SOUTHWEST PLANE AND IT COMES AS WE HEAR FOR TH FIRST TIME FROM THE HERO FEDEX PILOTS WHO AVOIDED ANOTHER NEA MISS LAST YEAR HERE'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN >> Reporter: AT THE NASHVILL AIRPORT, PLANE TIRES BLOWN OUT AFTER A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO CROSS FROM THE SAME RUNWAY, ACCORDING TO THE FAA >> CANCEL TAKEOFF PLANS. >> Reporter: ALASKA AIRLINES RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING TH PILOTS OF ITS SEATTLE-BOUN PLANE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED TH BRAKES THE STOP SO ABRUPT THE PLANE TIRES DEFLATED DUE TO HEAT BUILDUP FROM THE RAPID STOP. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING. >> THE WHOLE TAIL OF THAT CRJ' OFF. >> Reporter: THE NEWS JUST DAY AFTER A SLOW-SPEED COLLISION A ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT WHEN A DELTA AIRBU BOUND FOR TOKYO HIT A MUCH SMALLER REGIONAL JET, KNOCKING OFF ITS TAIL >> YOU COULD HEAR THE META SCRAPING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE O THE PLANE AND IT'S SHAKING REALLY BADLY >> SOUTHWEST ABORT, FEDEX IS O THE GO >> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS ON RUNWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDIN THIS NEAR MISS IN AUSTIN LAS YEAR A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGH CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND A FEDE PLANE CLEARED TO LAND FROM THE SAME FOGGY RUNWAY. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, TH FEDEX PILOTS SPOKE OUT >> NEVER DID I IMAGINE THAT TH PLANE WAS GOING TO BE RIGH THERE. I THOUGHT AT WORST CASE HE WOULD BE AT THE TOEFBD RUNWAY ABOUT TO LIFT OFF >> Reporter: TONIGHT THERE'S RELIEF BUT ALSO CONCERN AFTE NEWS OF YET ANOTHER POTENTIA CLOSE CALL ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS. >>> WE'LL TURN NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAYING HE WILL NOT AGREE T ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS BOTH CANDIDATES HIT THE CAMPAIG TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S FACEOFF. GABE GUTIERREZ IS IN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT >> Reporter: DUELING RALLIES I CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES O OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYIN TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP IN ARIZONA >> KAMALA HARRIS SHOWED UP SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC >> Reporter: HE SAYS TUESDAY'S FIERY DEBATE WITH HARRIS WILL BE THEIR LAST >> BECAUSE WE'VE DONE TW DEBATES AND BECAUSE THEY WER SUCCESSFUL THERE WILL BE N THIRD DEBATE >> Reporter: BUT HARRIS WANT ANOTHER. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS T HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> Reporter: HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NE PHASE TRYING TO FLIP NORTH CAROLINA WHICH DEMOCRATS HAVEN'T WON SINCE 2008 >> DONALD TRUMP INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. HE HAS NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT HE SAYS -- HE SAID CONCEPT OF PLAN >> Reporter: HARRIS' TEAM NO RAMPING UP ITS PUSH FOR YOUNGE VOTERS TODAY WE MET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY THEY SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPE OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU, WHO HAS THE SAME VALUES A YOU ON THE TICKET, THAT'S JUST SO ENCOURAGING >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HER SHIFT TO THE CENTER ON SOM ISSUES >> I THINK SHE'S DOING WHAT AL POLITICIANS DO, REPRESENT AL PEOPLE MANY AMERICA. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP IN ARIZONA GOING AFTER HARRIS' RECORD ON THE ECONOMY. >> I'M ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION DESTROYING OUR MIDDL CLASS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPL ARE ALSO VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT >> Reporter: TRUMP SUPPORTER SAY HE DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK' DEBATE >> THINK TRUMP WON BECAUSE H HIT ALL THE MARKS. HE TOUCHED ON ALL OF THE POINT THAT I THINK AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO FOR US SHE JUST TALKED. >> AND GABE JOINING US NOW FRO THAT HARRIS RALLY IN GREENSBORO. AND GABE, THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING SOME HEAVYWEIGHT HELP ON THE FUNDRAISING SIDE >> Reporter: YES, LESTER SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TELL NBC NEWS HILLARY CLINTO AND BARACK OBAMA WILL HOST FUNDRAISERS NEXT WEEK FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MEANWHILE, A JUDGE TODAY DROPPED TWO COUNTS AGAINST FORME PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE HE STILL FACES EIGHT MORE IN THAT CASE, LEST EAR? >> ALL RIGHT, GABE GUTIERREZ THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS GROWING FALLOUT FROM SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP SAID DURING THE DEBATE PUSHING A BASELESS CLAIM ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO TODAY THE CITY AT THE CENTER O ALL HIT WITH A RASH OF BOM THREATS. YAMICHE IS THERE >> TODAY NEAR SPRINGFIELD BOMB THREATS LED AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE CITY HALL AND A NUMBE OF OTHER BUILDINGS, INCLUDING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO MADE TH THREATS OR WHETHER THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ABUSING PETS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETAR KAREEM JEAN PIERRE CALLED TH UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS A VERY BIZARRE AND HATEFUL SMEAR. SOME RESIDENTS KEPT THEI CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL, LESTER >> YAMICHE TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL CLAIM OFTEN HEAR FROM THE RIGHT THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE VOTING IN AMERICA'S ELECTIONS. BUT IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP JULIA AINSLEY WITH OUR VOT WATCH REPORTS. >> Reporter: ON THE DEBATE STAGE -- >> A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN, THEY'R TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE >> Reporter: -- AND AT CAMPAIG STOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY -- >> IT'S ILLEGAL AS HELL >> Reporter: -- FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FREQUENTLY REPEATS FAULT CLAIMS ABOUT MIGRANTS VOTING >> THEY CAN'T SPEAK A WORD O ENGLISH FOR THE MOST PART, BUT THEY'RE SIGNING THEM UP. >> Reporter: THAT'S NOT TRUE IT'S ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO VOTE IN ANY FEDERAL ELECTION THERE HAVE BEEN FEW RECORDED INCIDENTS. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANYON TRYING TO GET UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS TO VOTE, ACCORDING TO EXPERTS. THOUGH 17 DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY, INCLUDING IN D.C. WHER NONCITIZENS, EVEN THOSE HERE ILLEGALLY, CAN VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. HERE AT THIS VOTER REGISTRATIO FAIR IN D.C., ANY D.C. RESIDEN CAN REGISTER TO VOTE, EVEN I THEY'RE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. WHEN THEY GET TO THE POLLS THEY'LL BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT BALLOT LIKE THIS THAT ONLY LISTS LOCAL CANDIDATES >> I DO NOT HAVE A DRIVING LICENSE. >> WE CHANGED THE LAW TO MAK SURE THAT ALL LOCAL RESIDENT ARE ABLE TO HELP -- HAVE A VOT AND HAVE A SAY IN THEI GOVERNMENT AND THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE. >> Reporter: CHARLES ALLEN IS ON THE D.C. CITY COUNCIL. COULD YOU BE REGISTERED IN, SAY, ANOTHER COUNTRY AND VOTE HERE? >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE RESIDENT HERE AND CLAI RESIDENCY HERE FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS WE'VE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS, PEOPLE THROW THINGS LIKE THAT OUT, AN THEY DON'T HAPPEN. >> Reporter: THE STATE OF TEXA SAYS IT'S FOUND ALMOST 2,000 NONCITIZEN WHO IS HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED, AND LIBERAL ADVOCAC GROUPS QUESTION THE CLAIMS THE LAWS ALLOWING NONCITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY HAVE SPARKE BACKLASH ACROSS THE COUNTRY AN FUELLED TRUMP'S CLAIM OF WIDESPREAD MIGRANT VOTING, WHICH HAS INSPIRED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP T BE ABLE TO VOTE. >> NONCITIZENS ARE ON VOTE ROLLS. >> Reporter: THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPE SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LOOMS. JULIA AINSLEY, NBC NEW WASHINGTON >>> IN JUST 60 SECONDS, TH HISTORY MAKING MOMENT HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH. THE ALL CIVILIAN CREW ON THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES ARE NEXT >>> HISTORY WAS MADE TODAY HUNDREDS OF MILES ABOVE EARTH AS THE CREW OF THE POLARIS DAWN OPENED THEIR SPACESHIP TO TH BLACKNESS OF SPACE TO PERFORM THE FIRST EVE SPACEWALK BY PRIVATE ASTRONAUTS. TOM COSTELLO WITH TH AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES >> NOW OPENING DRAGO RESILIENCE >> Reporter: IT HAPPENED SOMEWHERE OVER AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. >> I HAVE A FEELING THE CROWD IS ABOUT TO GO WILD >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIM EVER, A COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT JARED ISAACMAN, OPENED THE HATCH TO HIS SPACEX SHIP THEN STEPPE INTO THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE. >> BACK AT HOME WE ALL HAVE LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT FROM HERE EARTH SURE LOOKS LIKE TH PERFECT WORLD. >> Reporter: THIS WAS TH RISKIEST PART OF A FIVE-DA MISSION, ORBITING THREE TIME HIGHER THAN THE SPACE STATIO AND WITHOUT AN AIR LOCK, ALL FOUR POLARIS DAWN ASTRONAUTS HAD TO SUIT UP BEFORE OPENING THEI SHIP TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE. SO TODAY'S SPACEWALK REALLY MORE OF A SPACE STRETCH >> THESE ARE THE CAPABILIT CHECKS THAT JARED IS PERFORMING. >> Reporter: AS ISAACMAN AND ENGINEER SARAH GILLIS TESTED THEIR BRAND NEW SPACESUITS THA ASTRONAUTS MIGHT ONE DAY WEAR ON THE MOON ALREADY THEY'VE CLIMBED 87 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, THE FURTHEST HUMANS HAVE TRAVELE SINCE THE APOLLO MISSIONS, AND THE FIRST TIME WOMEN HAVE TRAVEL SOD FAR, CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND POSTING HELLO, EARTH ON X USIN NEW LASER LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS NASA CHIEF BILL NELSON SAI TODAY REPRESENTS A GIANT LEA FORWARD FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY SENATOR AND RETIRED ASTRONAU MARK KELLY >> THIS EXPANDS THE ABILITY FO COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND WE'R MOVING TO COMMERCIALIZE MORE BUT ESPECIALLY LOWER THE ORBIT >> Reporter: AND JUST MAYBE TH FINAL FRONTIER TOM COSTELLO, NBC NEWS WHAT. >> GLAD THEY COULD HANG ON >>> UP NEXT, OLYMPIC GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES BREAKING HER SILENCE. HER EMOTIONAL MESSAGE AFTER HE BRONZE MEDAL WAS TAKEN AWAY ON A TECHNICALITY >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES O THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE ANYTHIN ANYMORE. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT W KNOW >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION O NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES O THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP >>> NBC DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FO AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION >> I'M MORGAN RADFORD. >> I'M VICKY NGUYEN. >> I'M KATE SNOW >> AND I'M ZINHLE ESSAMUAH >> WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD -- >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP THERE ALONG TH BORDER >> -- AND WHAT MATTERS HERE AT HOME >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY SHOWING MORE ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> LET'S ZERO IN ON EXERCISE WE KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR HEALTH >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FO SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> NBC NEWS DAILY, WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 ON "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> "TOP STORY" LIVE FROM PARIS. LIVE IN TEL-AVIV WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA >> EVERY NIGHT IT'S YOUR NEW PLAYLIST "TOP STORY" WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 O "NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW IS RAW >> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THIS >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT W KNOW, AND THEN THE BIG QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION O NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS, I' GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREA HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEI NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNO IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN OR NOT THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVE HITCHED. THAT IS TOTALITY COULD YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE >> HOW YOU FEELING >> I FEEL GREAT. STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 ■ASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC O "NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS WELL, THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING NOW STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM GROUND ZERO AS IT'S BEIN REFERRED TO. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGH NOW? WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN TOLD W CAN'T GO ANY FARTHER HERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICK SAND, AND OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN I CUT OFF. >> THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ACTUALL UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION O NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES O THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICK SAND, AND OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN I CUT OFF. >> THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ACTUALL UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OT, E NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> TONIGHT THE PATH O DESTRUCTION FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE, POWER KNOCKED OUT TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN THE SOUTH. THE NEW IMAGES, TOWNS UNDERWATER AFTER FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE I LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY HURRICANE. HEAVY RAIN, POWERFUL WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES ON TO HOMES. MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD ALERTS. OUR TEAM IN THE STORM ZONE >>> ALSO TONIGHT A STATE O EMERGENCY DECLARED AS RAGING WILDFIRES SPREAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. THE RACE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. >>> AN ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWS ITS TIRES AFTER THE PILO SLAMS THE BRAKES ON DURING TAKEOFF, AVOIDING A POTENTIA COLLISION WITH A SOUTHWEST AIRPLANE CLEARED TO LAND ON TH SAME RUNWAY. THE FAA INVESTIGATION. >>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. DONALD TRUMP NOW SAYING THER WON'T BE ANOTHER DEBATE AS H AND KAMALA HARRIS HIT TH CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S SHOWDOWN. BOTH CANDIDATES IN KEY BATTLEGROUNDS THEY HOPE TO FLIP. >>> THE AWE-INSPIRING IMAGES FROM ORBIT THE SPACEX POLARIS DAWN CREW MAKING HISTORY THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK. >>> AND THE LIFE-SAVING SCEN PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TV A HURRICANE FRANCINE HIT THE HERO ER NURSE WHO CAME T THE RESCUE SPEAKING OUT TO US. >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. 24 HOURS AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE ROARED ASHORE I LOUISIANA AS A CATEGORY 2 STOR THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THE LIGHTS BACK ON PLACES LIKE BATON ROUGE AND NE ORLEANS TAKING STRONG HITS WINDS GUSTING TO NEARLY 80 MILES PER HOUR, BRINGING DOWN TREE AND POWER LINES. BY MIDAFTERNOON TODAY 285,00 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROS LOUISIANA WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER. BUT IT WAS THE RAIN, TORRENTS OF RAIN, THAT TRIGGERED WIDESPREA FLOODING, WORSE THAN RESIDENTS TELL US THEY EXPECTED. FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS. SOME POCKETS SEEING UP TO EIGH INCHES OF RAIN THE RAPID FLOODING LEAVING MAN PEOPLE TRAPPED, FORCING SOME URGENT RESCUES THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM MOVING INLAND NOW BUT STILL DANGEROUS AS KATHY PARK REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TOWNS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AR PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER DAMAGING BLOW FROM HURRICANE FRANCINE OVERNIGHT THE POWERFUL SYSTE SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GUL COAST WITH DAMAGING WINDS AN DRENCHING RAINS. POWER KNOCKED OUT TO THOUSANDS THE TOWN OF HOMA TAKING TH BRUNT OF THE CATEGORY 2 STORM. >> A LOT OF WIND-DRIVEN RAIN LOT OF HIGH WINDS, WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT RESCUES DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. >> Reporter: FRANCINE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THI MORNING. >> WE, AS OF RIGHT NOW, HAVE N REPORTS OF ANY STORM-RELATED FATALITIES, AND WE WANT TO KEE IT THAT WAY. >> MOTHER NATURE'S UNPREDICTABLE. >> Reporter: DAN STEVENS SAY HIS STORE SURVIVED IDA IN 2021 AND WHILE FRANCINE WAS A WEAKE STORM, THEY TOOK A BIGGER HIT. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YO CAME OUT HERE? >> WOW YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STOR LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THIS. >> Reporter: THIS TREE CRASHED INTO A POWER LINE BEHIND DAVID'S HOME >> I HEARD THIS CRACKING AND POPPING AND I SUSPECTED IT WAS THIS -- ONE OF THE TREES >> Reporter: AND NEXT DOOR ALBERT SHORT SAYS THE STOR NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE >> WE WAS PREPARED FOR IT, BUT WE WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS >> Reporter: THE EXTREME WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES THAT CUT STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME >> WE HEARD A LOUD BOOM. ALL THE CELLING JUST HAD FEL DOWN >> Reporter: FRANCINE PACKING POWERFUL PUNCH AND NOW ON TH MOVE AGAIN >> KATHY JOINING US NOW FROM HARD-HIT HOMA, LOUISIANA KATHY, AS WE MENTIONED AT TH TOP OF THE BROADCAST, THIS THREAT FROM THIS STORM ISN'T OVER >> Reporter: LESTER, THAT' RIGHT. WHAT'S LEFT OF FRANCINE IS NOW ON THE MOVE HEADED NORTH TOWAR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SO FLOODING AS WELL AS TORNADO ARE A POSSIBILITY. MEANWHILE HERE IN LOUISIANA, A YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL A BIG CLEANUP AHEAD AND THOUSANDS AR STILL WITHOUT POWER TONIGHT, LESTER >> OKAY, KATHY PARK, THANK YOU >>> WE'LL TURN NOW FROM TH STORM TO THE RAGING WILDFIRES IN THE WEST CALIFORNIA EXPANDING ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DANGEROUS HEAT FUELS THREE MASSIVE INFERNOS DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED. OUR DANA GRIFFIN IS IN THE FIR ZONE TONIGHT >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGE ACROSS THE WEST. >> FELT THE WIND ZONE SHIFT, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WORRIED. >> Reporter: 5 BILLION PEOPL UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATEN TO SPREAD EXISTIN FIRES. >> THERE'S STILL A POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED AND, HEAVEN FORBID, ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTER PUSHING BACK FLAMES IN FOU SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM EXTENDIN THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTE TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. AFTER THOSE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL. AS THE BRIDGE FIRE CHEWE THROUGH WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA -- >> THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE O MOUNTAIN HIGH WAS FULLY ENGULFED AND HAD TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES T CALL 911, COULDN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. >> Reporter: SO CHRIS DORAN SAYS HE DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF WHERE IT WAS AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT ON IT >> Reporter: THE SMOKE LEAVING AIR UNHEALTHY TO BREATHE A WEEKEND MUSIVE FESTIVAL NO CANCELLED. AND TODAY INVESTIGATORS HI SUSPECTED ARSONIST JUSTIN WITH NINE CHARGES, ACCUSING HIM O STARTING THE LINE FIRE >> I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC THA WE'RE GOING TO GO HARD ON THIS CASE >> Reporter: HE HAS NOT ENTERE A PLEA IF CONVICTED, THE D.A. SAYS H COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE HIS FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT. >> DANA JOINS US NOW FRO RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHERE THE AIRPORT FIRE, AS ITS KNOWN SPREAD FROM A NEIGHBORIN COUNTY AND DANA, I UNDERSTAND THI BLAZE WAS SPARKED BY ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION. THESE HOMES CAN GO UP WITHIN MINUTES. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CREW THAT USE HEAVY EQUIPMENT SPARKING THI FIRE THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING THEIR POLICIES, LESTER >> ALL RIGHT, DANA, THANK YOU. >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, A CLOSE CALL ON THE RUNWAY IN NASHVILLE. AN ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE BLOWING OUT ITS TIRES WHEN IT SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISIO WITH A SOUTHWEST PLANE AND IT COMES AS WE HEAR FOR TH FIRST TIME FROM THE HERO FEDEX PILOTS WHO AVOIDED ANOTHER NEA MISS LAST YEAR HERE'S ERIN McLAUGHLIN >> Reporter: TODAY AT TH NASHVILLE AIRPORT PLANE TIRE BLOWN OUT AFTER A SOUTHWES FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO CROSS FROM THE SAME RUNWAY, ACCORDING T THE FAA. >> CANCEL TAKEOFF PLANS. >> Reporter: ALASKA AIRLINES RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING TH PILOTS OF ITS SEATTLE-BOUN PLANE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED TH BRAKES THE STOP SO ABRUPT THE PLANE TIRES DEFLATED DUE TO HEAT BUILDUP FROM THE RAPID STOP. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED. THE NTSB AND FAA ARE INVESTIGATING. >> THE WHOLE TAIL OF THAT CRJ' OFF. >> Reporter: THE NEWS JUST DAY AFTER A SLOW-SPEED COLLISION A ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD JACKSON AIRPORT WHEN A DELTA AIRBU BOUND FOR TOKYO HIT A MUCH SMALLER REGIONAL JET, KNOCKING OFF ITS TAIL >> YOU COULD HEAR THE META SCRAPING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE O THE PLANE AND IT'S SHAKING REALLY BADLY >> SOUTHWEST ABORT FEDEX IS ON THE GO >> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS ON RUNWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDIN THIS NEAR MISS IN AUSTIN LAS YEAR A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGH CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AND A FEDE PLANE CLEARED TO LAND FROM THE SAME FOGGY RUNWAY. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THE FEDEX PILOTS SPOKE OUT >> NEVER DID I IMAGINE THAT TH PLANE WAS GOING TO BE RIGH THERE. I THOUGHT AT WORST CASE HE WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE RUNWA ABOUT TO LIFT OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THERE'S RELIEF BUT ALSO CONCERN AFTE NEWS OF YET ANOTHER POTENTIA CLOSE CALL ERIN McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS. >>> WE'LL TURN NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAYING HE WILL NOT AGREE T ANOTHER DEBATE WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS BOTH CANDIDATES HIT THE CAMPAIG TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE TUESDAY'S FACEOFF. GABE GUTIERREZ IS IN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT >> Reporter: TONIGHT DUELING RALLIES IN CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF TH COUNTRY. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA >> WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS TRYIN TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARDS, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP IN ARIZONA >> KAMALA HARRIS SHOWED UP SPEWING EMPTY RHETORIC >> Reporter: HE SAYS TUESDAY'S FIERY DEBATE WITH HARRIS WILL BE THEIR LAST >> BECAUSE WE'VE DONE TW DEBATES AND BECAUSE THEY WER SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE >> Reporter: BUT HARRIS WANT ANOTHER. >> WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS T HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. >> Reporter: HER CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S ENTERING AN AGGRESSIVE NE PHASE AND TRYING TO FLIP NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH DEMOCRAT HAVEN'T WON SINCE 2008 >> DONALD TRUMP INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. HE HAS NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT HE SAID -- HE SAID CONCEPT OF PLAN >> Reporter: HARRIS' TEAM NO RAMPING UP ITS PUSH FOR YOUNGE VOTERS TODAY WE MET THIS GROUP FROM WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY THEY SAY ENTHUSIASM IS SURGING SINCE PRESIDENT BIDEN DROPPE OUT. >> HAVING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU, WHO HAS THE SAME VALUES A YOU ON THE TICKET, THAT'S JUST SO ENCOURAGING, EXCITING >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HER SHIFT TO THE CENTER ON SOM ISSUE? >> I THINK SHE'S DOING WHA POLITICIANS DO, WHICH IS TRYIN TO REPRESENT EVERYONE IN AMERICA. >> Reporter: WHILE FORME PRESIDENT TRUMP IN AS, A STATE HE NARROWLY LOST IN 2020, GOIN AFTER HARRIS' RECORD ON TH ECONOMY. >> I'M ANGRY ABOUT RAMPANT INFLATION DESTROYING OUR MIDDL CLASS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPL ARE ALSO VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT >> Reporter: TRUMP SUPPORTER SAY HE DELIVERED AT THIS WEEK' DEBATE >> I THINK TRUMP WON BECAUSE H HIT ALL THE MARKS. HE TOUCHED ON ALL THE POINTS THAT I THINK AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO HEAR ABOUT. >> SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHAT HER AGENDA WAS OR WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO FOR US, SHE JUST TALKED. >> AND GABE JOINING US NOW FRO THAT HARRIS RALLY IN GREENSBORO. AND GABE, THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE GETTING SOME HEAVYWEIGHT HELP ON THE FUNDRAISING SIDE >> Reporter: YES, LESTER SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER TELL NBC NEWS THAT HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA WIL HOLD FUNDRAISERS NEXT WEEK FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. MEANWHILE, A JUDGE TODAY DROPPED TWO COUNTS AGAINST FORME PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE HE STILL FACES EIGHT MORE IN THAT CASE, LESTER? >> ALL RIGHT, GABE GUTIERREZ THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS GROWING FALLOUT FROM SOMETHING FORMER PRESIDEN TRUMP SAID DURING THE DEBATE PUSHING A BASELESS CLAIM ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN OHIO TODAY THE CITY AT THE CENTER O IT ALL A RASH OF BOMB THREATS. OUR YAMICHE IS THERE YAMICHE, GOOD EVENING. >> Reporter: GOOD EVENING. THAT'S RIGHT, TODAY HERE I SPRINGFIELD BOMB THREATS LED AUTHORITIES TO EVACUATE CITY HALL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER BUILDINGS, INCLUDING A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO MADE TH THREATS OR WHETHER THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE BASELESS CLAIMS ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS ABUSING PETS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETAR CALLED THE UNFOUNDED INVESTIGATIONS A, QUOTE, VER BIZARRE AND HATEFUL SMEAR. SOME WERE SO CONCERNED THEY KEPT THEIR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL. >> YAMICHE TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> AND THERE IS ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL CLAIM OFTEN HEAR FROM THE RIGHT THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE VOTING IN AMERICA'S ELECTIONS. BUT IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP JULIA AINSLEY WITH OUR VOT WATCH REPORTS. >> Reporter: ON THE DEBATE STAGE -- >> A LOT OF THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COMING IN, THEY'R TRYING TO GET THEM TO VOTE >> Reporter: -- AND AT CAMPAIG STOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY -- >> THEY'RE NOT CITIZEN, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT IT'S ILLEGAL AS HELL >> Reporter: -- FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FREQUENTLY REPEATS FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT ILLEGAL MIGRANT VOTING THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S ILLEGAL THERE HAVE BEEN FEW INCIDENTS OF NONCITIZENS TRYING TO VOTE ILLEGALLY. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ANYON TRYING TO GET UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS TO VOTE, ACCORDING TO EXPERTS, THOUGH 17 CITIES AN TOWNS ALLOW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT U.S. CITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY. INCLUDING IN D.C. WHER NONCITIZENS, EVEN THOSE HERE ILLEGALLY, CAN VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. HERE AT THIS VOTER REGISTRATIO FAIR IN D.C., ANY RESIDENT CAN REGISTER TO VOTE, EVEN I THEY'RE NOT AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. WHEN THEY GET TO THE POLLS THEY'LL BE GIVEN A DIFFERENT BALLOT LIKE THIS ONE THAT ONLY LISTS LOCAL CANDIDATES FOR POSITIONS LIKE THE SCHOOL BOAR AND CITY COUNCIL >> I DO NOT HAVE A DRIVING LICENSE. >> WE CHANGED THE LAW TO MAK SURE THAT ALL LOCAL RESIDENT ARE ABLE TO HELP -- HAVE A VOT AND HAVE A SAY >> Reporter: CHARLES ALLEN IS ON THE D.C. CITY COUNCIL. COULD YOU BE REGISTERED IN, SAY, ANOTHER COUNTRY AND VOTE HERE? >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE RESIDENT HERE AND CLAI RESIDENCY HERE FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS WE'VE SEEN HYPOTHETICALS, PEOPLE THROW THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY JUST DON'T HAPPEN. >> Reporter: THE STATE OF TEXA SAYS IT'S FOUND ALMOST 2,000 NONCITIZEN WHO IS HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF THEY'VE BEEN CHARGE AND LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUP QUESTION THE CLAIMS. STILL, THE LAWS ALLOWING NONCITIZENS TO VOTE LOCALLY HAVE SPARKED BACKLASH ACROSS TH COUNTRY AND FUELLED TRUMP' CLAIM OF WIDESPREAD MIGRAN VOTING, ECHOED BY ELON MUSK AN CONSERVATIVE MEDIA HOSTS AND INSPIRED A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP T REGISTER TO VOTE >> IF YOU'VE SEEN THE FORM, YO JUST CHECK A BOX, SO NONCITIZENS ARE ON VOTER ROLLS >> Reporter: THE RIGHT TO VOTE NOW UNDER AN EVEN SHARPE SPOTLIGHT AS THE ELECTION LOOMS, JULIA AINSLEY, NBC NEW WASHINGTON >>> IN JUST 60 SECONDS, TH HISTORY MAKING MOMENT HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH. THE ALL CIVILIAN CREW ON THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES ARE NEXT >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS WELL, THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING NOW STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM GROUND ZERO AS IT'S BEIN REFERRED TO. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGH NOW? WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN TOLD W CAN'T GO ANY FARTHER HERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES O THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AN ON >> NOW IS REAL >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY I ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE >> NOW IS CONSTANT >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> "TOP STORY" LIVE FROM PARIS. LIVE IN TEL-AVIV WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY" WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 O "NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AN ON >> NOW IS REAL >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY I ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE >> NOW IS CONSTANT >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE THA YOU'RE TRYING TO GET OUT T YOUNG PEOPLE >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR DRU SUPPLY >> WE'VE GOT IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> MENTAL HEALTH, BIG PICTURE, WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS "NBC NEWS NOW." >>> I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO HURT HER. >> HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO SOMEONE WE KNEW? >>> HOMECOMING QUEEN HANNAH HILL WAS JUST 18 WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED. EVERYBODY'S SWEETHEART. >> THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO PEOPLE LIKE HER. >> WAS IT HER >> DID YOU VERBALLY ABUSE HER? >> YES. >> TO PHYSICALLY ABUSE HER? >> YES. >> OR WAS ANOTHER MAN IN HER LIFE? THEY HAD BEEN TOGETHER THE NIGHT SHE DIED. MORE THAN 13 YEARS OULD GO BY AS HANNAH'S FAMILY FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE. TWO POSSIBLE SUSPECTS. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. DID YOUR KID KILL HANNAH HILL? >> TWO TRIALS. >> IT WAS VERY INTENSE. >> WOULD THERE BE JUSTICE FOR HANNAH HILL? I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS "DATELINE." HERE IS DENNIS MURPHY WITH OUR STORY. >> SHE WAS A GIRL WHO MADE BIG ENTRANCES. >> SHE COULD WALK IN THE ROOM AND LIGHT UP PLACE. SHE COULD MAKE A WHOLE ROOM SMILE. >> SHE WAS HAPPY, SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE FUN. >> BUT, HER SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE , CONN FROM HER HOUSE JUST LIKE THAT, THAT ENSHROUDED YOUNG HANNAH HILL IN MYSTERY. >> LAST WEDNESDAY SHE WAS SEEN. WE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT THE POLICE BUREAU. >> SHE WAS DAYS FROM TURNING 19. A FORMER HOMECOMING QUEEN WITH A FEW FRIENDS AT THE BASEMENT OF HER MOM AND DAD'S. SHE WISHES SHE COULD ANSWER ONE QUESTION. WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE SO SUDDENLY THAT I? HER BROTHER, JUSTIN, DOES NOT KNOW. >> SHE GOT DRESSED AND SET I'LL BE BACK IN A BIT. LOVE YOU. NEVER SEEN HER AGAIN. >> THE THING WAS THE NEXT MORNING THURSDAY IN MAY, 1999, WAS GOING TO BE A RED LETTER DAY. SHE WOULD DRIVE HER USED-CAR SHE WAS PROUD TO BE NAMED FOR TO HER FIRST DAY OF FULL-TIME SECRETARY WORK AT THE COMPANY THAT MAKES-- SWING BY HIS PLACE IN THE MORNING TO PICK HIM UP. HE SAYS SHE WAS A NO SHOW. >> YOU WAKE UP WITH THIS GUT FEELING SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT. A PAGE TO NO ANSWER, AND SHE ALWAYS CALLED ME BACK. ALWAYS. AND SHE DIDN'T. >> THE KITS RELIED ON PAGERS BACK THEN. CELL PHONES AND TEXT MESSAGING WERE IN THE FUTURE FOR HANNAH'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS. DAD LOVED HIS GIRL. >> HANNAH WAS A VERY LOVING KI . SHE ALWAYS LOVED EVERYBODY. >> SHE LIKED THE SPICE GIRLS AND CEOVER): Tara Ferguson was the best friend forever. She's so fun and silly and funny. FOREVER. >> SHE WAS SO FUN AND SILLY, AND FUNNY. >> NO DOUBT SHE WAS PRETTY, YOUNG GIRL. >> SHE WAS A HOPELESS ROMANTIC AND-- >> EVERY GIRL HAS THE SAME DEFINITION OF PRINCE CHARMING. A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT WITH MORE THAN A FEW ROUGH EDGES. >> DEFINITELY HER ONE TRUE LOVE, SHE REALLY LOVED HIM AND WAS REALLY HAPPY. >> AND BRAD REMEMBERS BEING CAPTIVATED BY THE GIRL WITH THE BROWN EYES. QUICKLY THEY BECAME A COUPLE. BUT BY LATE SPRING, 1999, AND HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY THOUGHT SHE WAS GROWING DISTANT. THEY WORRIED THAT BRETT WAS TALKING HER INTO A WORLD WHERE SHE DID BELONG. >> SHE TRUSTED EVERYBODY. >> SAW THE BUS BEST ANYBODY? >> NOW HANNAH HAD VANISHED INTO THE NIGHT. THURSDAY TURNED TO FRIDAY AND CLOSE FRIENDS WERE FRANTIC. >> WE WERE CALLING EACH OTHER BACK AND FORTH. I AM PAGING HER. SHE IS NOT CALLING. THAT JUST WASN'T LIKE HER. >> WE ARE FREAKING OUT NOW. WE ARE PASSING OUT FLYERS, HAS ANYONE SEEN MY SISTER? >> AND YOU HEARD NOTHING? >> NOTHING. >> HE WENT TO THE POLICE STATION, ONE OF SEVERAL VISITS TO THE COPS. ALONG DAYS BECAME LONGER NIGHTS WITH NO WORD FROM HANNAH. BY TUESDAY EVENING SHE WAS MISSING FOR NEARLY A WEEK. THE POLICE FINALLY RETURNED TO ASK FOR HELP FROM THE MEDIA. >> IT GOT REALLY REAL. >> THAN A BREAKTHROUGH, HANNAH'S CAR WAS PARKED ON CAIN ROAD, A QUIET DEAD END STREET. DETECTIVES POPPED THE TRUNK. IT WAS WORSE THAN HE HAD EXPECTED. >> WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF STUFF AND A LOT OF YEARS. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE? >> IT'S SICKENING. IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN'T UN- SEE. >> Reporter: HER BODY HAD BEEN FOUND NAKED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. >> MISSING PERSON HANNAH HILL LAST SEEN ON CAIN ROAD. >> PICTURES OF HER CAR BEING TOWED AWAY MADE THE EVENING NEWS. >> DEVASTATED. HOW COULD THIS >> I JUST KIND OF BLACKED OUT, EVERY EMOTION HIT ME AT ONCE. >> WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HANNAH AND WHY? >> AND THE EVEN BIGGER QUESTION, WHO? WHO HAD KILLED HANNAH? POLICE FOCUSED ON HANNAH'S BOYFRIEND, BRAD. >> HE WAS A DRUG DEALER, HE LIKED TO CHASE OTHER GIRLS. >> WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> HEY THERE, I'M HALLIE, AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO. CREWS-- OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN, ASAP. SO HOW "S" IS THE "P?" IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> YEAH, YOU'VE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL-- IT'S SPARKLING! IT'S HAPPENING! >>> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL TELEVISION. >> I'M MORGAND RADFORD. >> I'M VICKI NGUYEN. >> I'M KATE SNOW. >> AND, I'M ZINHLE ESSANMUAH. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD-- >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP THERE ALONG THE BORDER. >> AND WHAT MATTERS HERE, AT HOME. >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY SHOWING MORE ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> LET'S ZERO IN ON EXERCISE. WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR HEALTH? >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> "NBC NEWS DAILY," WEEKDAYS AT 12:00-4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND, NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> WOULD YOU GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS CONSTANT. THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND. AND OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> THIS SHOULD HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> AT THE LATEST UPDATES OF THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP . >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE ANYTHING ANYMORE. >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST- TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV, WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA COVERING BREAKING NEWS-- PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. OUR REPORTERS ARE ACROSS THE CONVENTION FLOOR ON A HISTORIC EVENING. FANS HERE AT THE ARENA ARE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> YEAH, IT FEELS GOOD! >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE TALKING POSSIBLY A TRILLION GALAXIES? >> YES. >> THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT'S THE MOON, WHETHER IT'S MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HANNAH HILL WAS BURIED IN A FAMILY PLOT IN KENTUCKY THE DAY AFTER WHAT WOULD HAVE EEN HER 19th BIRTHDAY. FOR HER FRIENDS, THE QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET WHERE HEReady CAR BECAME facing Antense scrutiny for taking a full week to find Hannah's car. FOR DETECTIVES THE HEAT WAS ON TO FIND HER KILLER. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY FACING INTENSE SCRUTINY FOR TAKING A FULL WEEK TO FIND HANNAH'S CAR. ABANDONED ON CAIN ROAD WHERE JUST HOURS AFTER HANNAH FIRST DISAPPEARED RESIDENTS CALLED POLICE TO TAKE A LOOK. >> AT LEAST FIVE NEIGHBORS CALLED POLICE BUT WE HAVE A CAR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S TOTALLY UNEXPLAINED. AND YOU NEED TO COME OUT HERE. >> ADMIRE WAS A REPORT REPORTER. A BLACK EYE FOR THE DEPARTMENT POLICE FAILED TO MAKE THE CONNECTION AFTER TICKETING THE CAR. Condition of the body, the forensic results? >>ER: Very possible. DID SOMEBO HERE? >> AGAIN LIKE I SAID THAT'S INVESTIGATION-- VERY POSSIBLE. IT GAVE TIME FOR WHOEVER DID THIS TO COVER HIS TRACKS. >> WHO DID DO IT? IN THE WEEK AFTER HANNAH PLAY UNDETECTED THE POLICE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF HER BOYFRIEND, BRAD AUBE ONE. WHEN DETECTIVES CHECKED MET WITH AND HIS FAMILY THEY GOT AN EAR FULL. >> HE WAS NEVER A FAN OF BRAD. MR. HILL DIDN'T LIKE HIM, AND HE MADE NO BONES ABOUT IT. >> WHEN KIDS GET SOMETHING IN THEIR HEADS THE MORE YOU TRY THE FURTHER THEY GET AWAY FROM YOU. >> HANNAH'S FRIENDS SAW THINGS THEY DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT BRETT, TOO. >> I TOLD HER SHE WAS PROBABLY BETTER THAN THE AND COULD DO BETTER, AND HE WAS NOT GOOD FOR HER. >> WHEN THEY MET HIM POLICE WERE STRUCK BY BRETT OFF HIS DEMEANOR. BEFORE HANNAH'S CAR WAS FOUND WASHINGTON OFFICER WAS PULLING WEEKEND DUTY WHEN INTO THE STATION WALKED A FUMING TEENAGER DEMANDING TO KNOW WHAT WAS BEING DONE TO FIND HIS MISSING GIRLFRIEND. >> HE WAS ABRASIVE. >>'S ATTITUDE WAS NOT THE ONLY THING TO CATCH THE EYES OF OFFICERS. >> WE NOTICED SOME SCRATCHES BUT WE RAISED OUR EYEBROWS OUT ON THAT. >> HE MADE NOTE OF THE ANGRY BOYFRIEND WITH THE SCRATCHES. HE'S GOT PHYSICAL ENTRIES, HE IS COMING OUT AGGRESSIVELY. >> EITHER HE LOVED HER AND WAS BEING AGGRESSIVE, OR DID IT AND WAS USING US AS A TOOL. >> BRAD WAS VISIBLY UPSET AND TOLD HIM HE HAD BEEN A BAD BOYFRIEND, JEALOUS, CONTROLLING. >> DRUG DEALER, AND HE LIKED TO CHASE OTHER GIRLS. >> >> HE HAD TO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR BRAD. RESPECTFUL FINGERPRINTS AND PALM PRINTS. NEVER ONCE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT AN ATTORNEY, HIS RIGHTS, JUST WHATEVER YOU NEED TO FIND MY GIRLFRIEND. >> THEN CAME THE AWFUL DAY THEY DISCOVERED HANNAH'S BODY. >> GIVE ME SOMETHING TO GO ON. >> TO DETECTIVES BRAD WAS A PUZZLE, ANGRY AND ABRASIVE ON ONE HAND, AND YET COOPERATIVE AND SEEMINGLY DISTRAUGHT ABOUT HANNAH'S DEATH ON THE OTHER. >> IT JUST DIDN'T CLICK WITH A BORN. >> QUESTIONS SWIRLED AROUND BRAD IN THE HOURS AFTER HANNAH'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED, BUT NOW THE CASE WAS ABOUT TO SPIN IN A WHOLE NEW DIRECTION. INVESTIGATORS HAD OBTAINED HANNAH'S PHONE LOGS AND LEARNED SHE MADE FOR CALLS ON HER LAST NIGHT. WENT TO A GIRLFRIEND, TWO TO BRAD, AND ANOTHER TO A BOY NAMED DANNY ROSS. >> IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME. EXPECT DETECTIVES LEARNED HE LIVED IN A THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT NEXT TO A PORNOGRAPHY SHOP. THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. >> HE HAS A PHONE IN HIS HAND. I SAY I AM DETECTIVE HUGHES, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU. HE SAYS I HAVE MY ATTORNEY ON THE PHONE. ATTORNEY? THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. >>> COMING UP. DID THAT LEAD TO MURDER? WHEN "DATELINE" CONTINUES. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL TELEVISION. >> I'M MORGAND RADFORD. >> I'M VICKI NGUYEN. >> I'M KATE SNOW. >> AND, I'M ZINHLE ESSANMUAH. >> WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD-- >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP THERE ALONG THE BORDER. >> AND WHAT MATTERS HERE, AT HOME. >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY SHOWING MORE ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> LET'S ZERO IN ON EXERCISE. WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT. WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR HEALTH? >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> "NBC NEWS DAILY," WEEKDAYS AT 12:00-4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV, WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA-- >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS," STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING, HERE IN CHICAGO. >> NOW NEVER STOPS. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. >> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU DONALD TRUMP WINS IN NOVEMBER? >> ARE PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW DEMOCRATIC TICKET? >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. YOU SEE BEHIND ME A TYPICAL-- HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY-- PRETTY BAD. >>> CLOSER TO THE GAZA BORDER. >> THE STORY IS RESILIENCE AND HOPE. >> PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HEY THERE, I'M HALLIE, AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO. CREWS-- OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN, ASAP. SO HOW "S" IS THE "P?" IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> YEAH, YOU'VE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL-- IT'S SPARKLING! IT'S HAPPENING! >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, I AM JOE FRYER. >> AND I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> DEVELOPING NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW. >> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> NEW REPORTS OF DRONE ATTACKS BY HOUTHI MILITANTS-- >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION. >> NOW LET'S GET TO SOME FINANCIAL HEADLINES. NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALKING TUITION AS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMAN GETS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION FOR FAMILIES. >> COULD THIS IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE? >> 100%. >> MORNING NEWS NOW, WEEKDAYS AT 7:00, ON NBC NEWS NOW. he mue >>> INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE MURDER OF HANNAH HILL HAD FOLLOWED HER PHONE LOGS TO THE DOORSTEP OF 20-YEAR-OLD DANNY ROSS. DANNY WAS A FRIEND OF HANNAH'S BOYFRIEND, BRAD AUBE BORN. HE WAS THE HOST AT A NONSTOP FUN HOUSE AND CRASH PAD. WERE YOU SURPRISED HANNAH WAS HANGING WITH THAT CROWD? >> NO, I MEAN YOU HUNG OUT WITH PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T DO SOME GREAT STUFF, BUT I GUESS WE JUST GOT, NOT THAT IT WAS OKAY, BUT WE WEREN'T DOING IT, SO WE WERE PRETTY NICE, TOO. >> DAYS INTO PROBATION ON A DRUG CHARGE HE ASKED TO HAVE LAWYERS PRESENT WHEN HAVING A CONVERSATION. THE TECH IS LOOKED AT A TAPE RECORDER AND BEGAN AN INTERVIE . THEN HE TOLD THE DETECTIVE HE WOULD STAY IN THE NIGHT HANNAH DISAPPEARED BUT VOLUNTEERED ASTONISHING INFORMATION. >> THAT MAKES HIM THE LAST PERSON TO HAVE SEEN HANNAH ALIVE. >> YES. >> DENNY OFFERED A TIP FOR THE COPS, TAKE A LOOK AT HANNAH'S BOYFRIEND, BRAD AUBE BORN. to knt >> BUT DANNY, NOT BRAD, WAS SUDDENLY THE PERSON COPS WANTED TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT. 3:00 A.M. THEY RETURNED TO DENNY'S WITH A SEARCH WARRANT. OFFICERS CHARGING UP THE STAIRS SAY THEY HEARD A THUD, AND IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE THEY FOUND A GARBAGE BAG BENEATH HIS WINDOW, IN IT, HANNAH'S MISSING CLOTHES. >> IS THAT CASE CLOSED? >> IT'S NOT, BUT IT IS A BIG FACTOR. >> I ALWAYS CALL THAT BAG OF EVIDENCE THE KEY FACTOR IN THIS WHOLE CASE. THE MAGIC BAG. >> CRITICS OF THE POLICE WORK IN THE CASE LIKE LOCAL JOURNALIST ED MEYER, WASN'T BUYING IT. >> WHY WOULD HE KEEP A POTENTIAL BAG OF EVIDENCE THAT COULD HANG HIM INSIDE HIS APARTMENT FOR A FULL WEEK? >> THEN SHE INSISTED HE DIDN'T TOSS THE BAG AT THE WINDOW. HIS FINGERPRINTS WERE NOT FOUND AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BAG WAS NOT CHECKED. IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE BAG WAS OUT THERE FOR MINUTES OR DAYS. >> AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE MURDER OF 18-YEAR-OLD HANNAH HILL. >> THE ARREST OF DENNY WAS COMPENSABLE TO HANNAH'S FRIENDS. >> I CAN'T SEE WHY SOMEONE WE KNEW WOULD WANT TO HURT HER. >> HER FATHER WAS STUNNED, TOO. >> DENNY ROSS, WELL, A YOUNG KID, WHO GOT HIMSELF IN A SITUATION BY TELLING THE TRUTH. >> THE FATHER SAYS DENNY WAS AN AVERAGE CAREFREE GET EXCITED ABOUT A NEW JOB IN INTERNET MARKETING, NOT A KILLER. >> HE WOULD MEET A PERSON WHO DOESN'T STOP SMILING. YOU WILL FEEL AT HOME WHEN YOU ARE AROUND HIM, BECAUSE HE HAS A PERSONALITY. >> HANNAH'S DEATH WAS RULED A HOMICIDE BY ASSOCIATION SAYING SHE WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH BUT LITTLE ELSE WAS CLEAR. FOR INSTANCE, THE SAMPLE WAS NOT USEFUL, BECAUSE IT DEGRADED SO MUCH DURING THE WEEK HER BODY LAY IN THE TRUNK OF HER CAR. THEN THERE WERE CRITICS SAW AS INVESTIGATIVE LAPSES. POLICE NEVER CHECKED READ A BORN'S BY THE NIGHT HANNAH DISAPPEARED, NEVER CHECKED HER PAGER RECORDS AND NEVER PERFORMED A KEY CHEMICAL TEST DENNY'S APARTMENT. >> CHEMICAL IS SPRAYED ON THE ALLEGED EVIDENCE, AND IT WILL SHOW US BLOOD AND CAN BE TESTED. THAT WAS NEVER DONE. >> VISIBLE BLOOD SPOTS WERE FOUND ON THE APARTMENT WALLS, BUT IN THE DOZENS OF SAMPLES OF BLOOD AND FIBERS SENT FOR TESTING NOTHING CAME BACK TO HANNAH. NO DNA, NO BLOOD. A HOMICIDE, BUT NO TRACE OF HER? >> NOR WAS THERE A TRACE OF HER IN HANNAH'S CAR. DESPITE EVIDENCE-- DENNY ROSS STOOD TRIAL FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF HANNAH HILL. EXPECT TO BEAT HER INTO SUBMISSION SO HE COULD RAPE HER. >> YOUNG PROSECUTORS ARGUED THE CASE, THAT DENNY HAD RAPED AND KILLED HANNAH. A DREAM TEAM HIRED BY DENNY'S FATHER MOTHERLY DEFENSE ATTORNEY WAS DAVID CHESTNUT FROM LAS VEGAS. >> HE RUSHED IN AND IGNORED EVERYTHING ELSE. >> HER MOTHER WAS CALLED TO THE STAND. IT ALL CAME DOWN TO THE CONTENTS OF THE TRASHBAG FRONT BENEATH THE WINDOW. OF ALL THE DNA TEST RUN ON HANNAH'S CLOTHING ONLY WHEN CAME BACK TO DENNY, A SMALL SEMEN STAIN ON HER UNDERWEAR. >> THEY ARE KIDS, THEY ARE FOOLING AROUND, THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE RAPED HER. >> IN THE MIDST OF DELIBERATIONS CAME A STUNNING TURN, THE JUDGE WALKED INTO THE JURY ROOM AND DECLARED A MISTRIAL. SHE SAID SHE TOOK A DRASTIC MEASURE, BECAUSE SHE WAS GETTING A REPORT ONE OF THE JURORS WAS TALKING ABOUT A LIE DETECTOR TEST, A LIE DETECTOR TEST BRAD AUBE BORN HAD TAKEN AND PASSED. THAT THE JUDGE SAID WAS JURY MISCONDUCT. >> THE COURT FINDS THE JURY IS ABLE TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS REQUIRED BY LAW. >> PROSECUTION WAS they had already reached a decision on the major counts. >> IT WAS NOT A GOOD DAY. >> NOR WAS A GOOD DAY FOR THE DEFENSE. >> EVERYONE WAS BROKENHEARTED, INCLUDING DENNY. >> DENNY'S TEAM WAS MORE HEARTBROKEN TO LEARN THEY ALREADY REACHED A DECISION ON THE MAJOR COUNTS. DATELINE SPOKE WITH FOUR JURORS AFTER THE TRIAL, AND THEY SAID THEY ALREADY SIGNED AND SEALED BALLOTS ON ALL CHARGES EXCEPT THE LESSER CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. >> RAPE. >> NOT GUILTY. >> MURDER? >> NOT GUILTY. >> CLOSE TO BEING ACQUITTED. JURORS VOTED IN HIS FAVOR, LAWYERS WENT BACK TO TEST IT ON BEING TRIED AGAIN ON GROUNDS OF DOUBLE JEOPARDY. DENNY POINTED IN JAIL FOR OVER A YEAR WHILE THE COURTS TRIED TO SORT OUT WHAT TO DO WITH HIM. IN SEPTEMBER, 2001, HE WAS RELEASED ON $1 MILLION BOND. >> IT'S GREAT TO FINALLY BE OUT. >> DENNY'S FREEDOM WOULD BE SHORT-LIVED. YOU'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. FOR HANNAH'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY THE SHOCK OF HER VIOLENT DEATH FOLLOWED BY THE INCONCLUSIVE TRIAL TOOK AN ENORMOUS TOLL. RADO BORN NOW LIVED UNDER A SHADOW OF SUSPICION WITH PEOPLE STILL WONDERING IF HE HAD KILLED HANNAH. HE TUMBLED DEEPER INTO DRUGS AND EVEN DID TIME FOR ROBBING A BANK. HARDEST HIT OF ALL PERHAPS, HANNAH'S MOTHER. >> SHE WENT INTO A SHELL. IT RIPPED THAT FAMILY APART. >> SEVERAL YEARS AFTER HANNAH'S MURDER THE FIGURE OF AN ANGEL APPEARED IN A TREE NEAR WHERE HER CAR HAD BEEN FOUND, A SMALL SHRINE TO HANNAH'S MEMORY. FOR HER FRIEND SHE FOUND SHE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT, EMOTIONALLY, ALL BOTTLED UP, HANNAH FROZEN FOREVER AT 18. >> YOUwith no resolu HAD. A BAB. SHE NEVER GOT TO DO THAT. >> NO. >> THE CASE WAS IN THE DEEP FREEZE MAKING THE GLACIAL PROCESSION THROUGH THE COURTS. SEASONS PASSED WITH NO RESOLUTION, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE IN STARTLING FASHION. >>> COMING UP, A SECOND TRIAL, BUT AT TIMES IT WAS HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO WAS THE DEFENDANT. WAS IT DENNY ROSS? HANNAH'S OLD BOYFRIEND? WHEN "DATELINE CONTINUES >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? IT'S GOING BACK AND FORTH TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. >> GO AHEAD, NICE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, I AM JOE FRYER. >> AND I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> DEVELOPING NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW. >> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> NEW REPORTS OF DRONE ATTACKS BY HOUTHI MILITANTS-- >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION. >> NOW LET'S GET TO SOME FINANCIAL HEADLINES. NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALKING TUITION AS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMAN GETS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION FOR FAMILIES. >> COULD THIS IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE? >> 100%. >> MORNING NEWS NOW, WEEKDAYS AT 7:00, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST- TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS-- WELL, THE WATER LEVELS HAVE CERTAINLY RECEDED FOR NOW-- STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL-- LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM "GROUND ZERO," ISAS IT'S BEING REFERRED TO-- THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY-- WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE-- IN FACT WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CANNOT ESPECIALLYGO ANY FARTHER-- HERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. LET ME GIVE YOU A HAND. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED THAT THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. >> FOLKS ARE FIRED UP HERE. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING, HERE IN CHICAGO. >> NOW NEVER STOPS. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. >> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU DONALD TRUMP WINS IN NOVEMBER? >> ARE PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW DEMOCRATIC TICKET? >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND. AND OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> THIS SHOULD HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW IS RAW. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THIS? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW AND THE QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY, ON NBCg . >>> THE TRIAL OF DENNY ROSS FOR RAPE AND MURDER HAD COLLAPSED. THE CONVICTION LOST IN WHAT SO MANY CALLED A FUMBLE. BUT-- SOLVING THE CASE IS WHAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH. >> JERRY HUGHES, NOW LIEUTENANT HUGHES QUINN TOILED AWAY IN HOPES OF A SECOND CHANCE AT CONVICTING DENNY ROSS. >> THE CASE WENT THROUGH YEARS OF APPEALS, STATE, FEDERAL, AND THE OHIO SUPREME COURT. >> FINALLY THE OHIO SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED A LOWER COURT DECISIONS AND RULED DANNY COULD BE RETRIED FOR HANNAH'S MURDER. THE SECOND TRIAL BEGAN. HANNAH'S MOTHER WAS DREADING >> SHE SAID I HAVE TO BE THERE, AND I KNOW THAT WAS PROBABLY HARD FOR HER, BUT THAT'S WHAT SHE FELT SHE HAD TO DO. >> ON THE FATEFUL EVENING IN MAY, 1999-- >> THE PROSECUTORS LAID OUT THE THEORY OF THE CRIME THAT HANNAH HILL WAS LURED OVER TO DENNY ROSS' BACHELOR PAD FOR WHAT WOULD BE A FATAL ENCOUNTER. NEARLY 70 WITNESSES WERE CALLED. SOME OF THEM TESTIFYING OFF CAMERA FOR THINGS DENNY TOLD THEM OVER THE YEARS ABOUT HANNAH'S DEATH. >> HE MADE A COMMENT TO ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO [ BLEEP ] HANNAH. >> I WAS HAVING SEX WITH THIS GIRL AND ENDED UP [ BLEEP ] HE , SHE DIED. she'd been afraid. >> FOR YEARS, SHE DENIED BEING THERE THE NIGHT HANNAH DIED, BUT MONTHS BEFORE THE SECOND TRIAL SHE CHANGED HER STORY SAYING NOW SHE WAS THERE THAT NIGHT AND HADN'T SPOKEN UP EARLIER, BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN AFRAID. >> WHAT DID YOU OBSERVE, WHAT DID YOU HEAR, WHAT DID YOU SEE? >> DANNY AND HANNAH IN THE BEDROOM. I HAD AN IDEA, I KNEW THEY WERE [ BLEEP ] AROUND. I HEAsome, all, or none of what these people testified to. >> THE SUN WAS COMING UP IN THE EAST HE WOULD GET A SECOND OPINION. >> I THINK YOU LOOK AT SOMEBODY FOR WHO THEY ARE WHEN THEY COME BEFORE YOU THE JURY CAN BELIEVE SOME, NONE, OR ALL OF WHAT THEY TESTIFY TO. >> AN EXPERT WITNESS IS LIKE THIS PATHOLOGIST SAID DNA TESTING HAD ADVANCED SO MUCH IN THE YEARS SINCE HANNAH'S DEATH NOW THEY COULD DETECT DENNY'S DNA ON BLOOD DROPLETS DISCARDED ON THE TRASHBAG AND EVEN ON HER T-SHIRT IN THE CAR. >> ONE OF THE CUTTINGS INSIDE THE POCKET IS CONSISTENT WITH DENNY ROSS >> IT SEEMED TO BELIE HIS ACCOUNT OF TWO TEENAGERS MAKING OUT, KISSING AND STUFF. >> THERE'S NOT AN EXCHANGE OF BLOOD UNLESS IT'S VIOLENT. >> ONE OF THE MOST ELECTRIFYING PROSECUTION WITNESSES WITH THIS ONE WHO SAID SHE FIRST MET DANNY AT A BAR IN 2004 FIVE YEARS AFTER HANNAH'S DEATH. DENNY WAS OUT ON BOND AT THE TIME. SHE SAID SHE INVITED HIM BACK TO HER PLACE WHERE SHE SAYS HE VIOLENTLY ATTACKED HER. >> HOW WERE HIS HANDS FIXATED ON YOUR NECK MARKS BACK FROM BEHIND. HE WAS CHOKING ME FROM BEHIND, AND SQUEEZING UNTIL I COULD NOT BREATHE. I PASSED OUT A FEW TIMES. >> WHAT WERE YOU DOING AT THIS POINT? >> CHOKED HIM ABOUT IT, LEFT FOR DEAD. THE IMPLICATION WAS CLEAR, IS THIS WHAT HAPPENED TO HANNAH HILL YEARS BEFORE? >> PEOPLE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR, IT'S WHAT WE DO, WE FORM HABITS, AND KILLERS ARE NO GOOD PERSECUTORS NEW DENNY'S LAWYERS WOULD OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE KILLER IN THIS TRIAL, AND WITH THAT BE? WHY BRAD BORN, THE SCRATCHED-UP BOYFRIEND. BRAD WAS PUT ON THE STAND. I WAS A HEROIN ADDICT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. >> THE STORY BRAD TOLD OF THIS RELATIONSHIP WAS FOR SURE A PRESENTATION. >> I WAS NOT A GOOD BOYFRIEND. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT NOT A GOOD BOYFRIEND MEANS? >> I-- I ABUSED HER. >> DID YOU VERBALLY ABUSE HER? >> YES. >> DID YOU PHYSICALLY ABUSE HER? >> YES. >> BRAD TESTIFIED DAYS BEFORE HANNAH DISAPPEARED THERE WAS A FIGHT ABOUT HIM CHEATING ON HER, THAT'S WHEN SHE SCRATCHED HIM. >> DOES THAT ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE SCRATCHES ON YOUR ARMS? >> MUST PAINFUL HE SAID WAS THE FACT HE INTRODUCED HANNAH TO DENNY IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> IF NOT FOR YOU DENNY WOULD NOT HAVE MET HANNAH, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, MR. AHLBORN? >> YES. EXPECTED TO BLAME YOURSELF FOR HANNAH'S MURDER? >> YES. >> DO YOU STILL BLAME YOURSELF FOR HER MURDER? >> YES. >> DID YOU KILL HANNAH CAN EXPECT ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> EXECUTORS HAD THEIR CHANCE,, BUT NOW DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WOULD HAVE THEIR CRACK AT HIM IN CROSS-EXAMINATION. >>> DID BRAD HAVE A MOTIVE FOR KILLING HANNAH, MAYBE SOMETHING HE READ IN HER SECRET DIARY? >> DID YOU READ THAT? >> WHEN "DATELINE" CONTINUES >>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, I AM JOE FRYER. >> AND I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> DEVELOPING NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW. >> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> REPORTS OF NEW DRONE ATTACKS BY HOUTHI MILITANTS-- >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION >> NOW LET'S GET TO SOME FINANCIAL HEADLINES. NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALKING TUITION AS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMAN GETS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION FOR FAMILIES. >> COULD THIS IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE? >> 100%. >> MORNING NEWS NOW, WEEKDAYS AT 7:00, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND. AND OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> THIS SHOULD HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> CLOSER TO THE GAZA BORDER. >> THE STORY IS RESILIENCE AND HOPE. >> PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >>> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR-- >> WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> MENTAL HEALTH. BIG PICTURE. WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW? >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, I AM JOE FRYER. >> AND I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS. >> DEVELOPING NOW ON MORNING NEWS NOW. >> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> NEW REPORTS OF DRONE ATTACKS BY HOUTHI MILITANTS-- >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION. >> NOW LET'S GET TO SOME FINANCIAL HEADLINES. NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALKING TUITION AS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMAN GETS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> THIS IS A MAJOR DECISION FOR FAMILIES. >> COULD THIS IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE? >> 100%. >> MORNING NEWS NOW, WEEKDAYS AT 7:00, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR-- >> WE HAVE IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> MENTAL HEALTH. BIG PICTURE. WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW? >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? IT'S GOING BACK AND FORTH TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. >> GO AHEAD, NICE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> CLOSER TO THE GAZA BORDER. >> THE STORY IS RESILIENCE AND HOPE. >> PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV, WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, COVERING BREAKING NEWS-- PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. OUR REPORTERS ARE ACROSS THE CONVENTION FLOOR ON A HISTORIC EVENING. FANS HERE AT THE BERCY ARENA ARE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> YEAH, IT FEELS GOOD! >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVE IN THE NOW. >> LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE ANYTHING ANYMORE. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW. >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. id kill H? >>> FOR 13 YEARS OF HEARINGS, APPEALS, AND TRIALS, DENNY ROSS HAD ONE LOYAL PERSON IN HIS CORNER. HIS FATHER, ALAN. >> DID YOU ARE KID KILL HANNAH? OH MY GOD, SHE'S DEAD, DITCH THE CAR, WALK HOME? >> AND MAKE YOURSELF A SUSPECT BY TELLING POLICE SHE WAS THERE? NO. NO. MY SON DIDN'T DO THIS. night ut >> LOOKING FOR A SHOULDER TO CRY ON, THE TEENAGER UPSET HER BOYFRIEND, BRAD, THE GUY SHE RECENTLY SCRATCHED UP, HAD CHEATED ON HER. THE FATHER SAYS THE NIGHT UNFOLDED AS THEY FOOLED AROUND A LITTLE, KISSED, AND A STUFF, AND HANNAH LEFT A FEW HOURS LATER. HAD SOMEONE BEEN WAITING BELOW FOR HER TO LEAVE THE NOTORIOUS PARTY HOUSE MARK SO DENNY ROSS WAS FRAMED BY THE TRUE KILLER IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? >> THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. >> THAT'S THE SERIES TAKEN TO COURT. PREPARING FOR TRIAL TWO WAS A DAUNTING TASK. >> THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF DATA. >> THEY INSISTED DENNY IS INNOCENT. THAT THEY FAILED TO FIND HANNAH'S CAR. >>'S INTO THE DEATH OF HANNAH HILL INTO AN INVESTIGATION OF DENNY ROSS. >> DENNY'S LAWYERS TOLD JURORS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS POLICE HAD FAILED TO DO. LIKE CHECK RECORDS-- IN HIS APARTMENT AND LEFT NO TRACE OF THE MURDER. >> NO BLOOD. NO EXCREMENT, NOTHING THAT BELONGED TO HANNAH HILL, AND YET THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS SUPPOSEDLY MURDERED. >> SPOTS WERE SO TINY THEY ARGUED THEY DIDN'T PROVE ANYTHING AND THAT BLEEDING DIDN'T PROVE A VIOLENT ENCOUNTER. >> WE GET PAPER CUTS, RIGHT? >> THE DEFENSE CHALLENGED THE CREDIBILITY, THE FORMER STRIPPER WHO 12 YEARS ALONG CHANGED HER STORY NOW TESTIFYING SHE HEARD DANNY HURTING HANNAH THE DAY SHE DIED, THE DEFENSE TEAM GOT HER SHE HAD SMOKED A LOT OF POT THAT NIGHT AND HAD A PATTERN OF LYING EVEN IN A FORMAL PRETRIAL INTERVIEW WITH DENNY'S LAWYER. >> YOU DECIDED IT WAS BETTER TO LIE TO ME, CORRECT? IT WAS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO LIE TO ME? CORRECT? >> YES. >> WHAT I CAME TO THIS WOMAN had happened to Hannah. ROGER SYNENBERG: Do you know where Hannah Hill was between May 19, 1999, at 9:00 PM to May 20, 1999, WHO HAD ELECTRIFIED THE COURT BY SAYING DENNY ATTACKED AND CHOKED HER, ATTORNEYS LOST THE PRETRIAL BATTLE TO KEEP HER OFF THE STAND, THEY INSISTED NO MATTER WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY SHE COULDN'T TELL THE JURORS ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HANNAH. >> YOU KNOW WHERE DENNY WAS AT 9:00 P.M. TO MAY 20th, 1999 AT 2:00 A.M.? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> NOW FOR THE QUESTIONS. >> ATTORNEYS THE FOCUS ON THE OTHER WITNESSES WAS THE PROSECUTOR ATTEMPT TO SHIFT ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE TRUE KILLER PACK BRENDA BARNES ADVICE IS TO WHERE HE WAS THAT NIGHT WAS THAT HE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION WITH HIS ROOMMATES, AND THEY NEVER INTERVIEWED THE ATTORNEY: You were a bad boyfriend but you were also abusive. ROOMMATES. >> NOW DENNY'S ATTORNEYS WOULD HAVE A SHOT AT THE ONE MAN WHO COULD CREATE REASONABLE DOUBT IN THEIR CASE. BRAD AHLBORN. THEY BEGAN BY ATTACKING HIS DEPICTION OF HIMSELF AS A BAD BOYFRIEND. >> YOU WERE A ABUSED HER, YOU SLAPPED HER-- EXPECT LAWYERS TRIED TO TRIP BRAD UP. 's diari >> YOU ARE TRYING TO CONFUSE ME. >> BUT DID BRAD HAVE A MOTIVE FOR KILLING HANNAH? FOR THE ANSWER DENNY'S ATTORNEYS WOULD TURN TO HANNAH'S DIARIES. >> PAGE AFTER PAGE IN HER OWN HANDWRITING YOU COULD ARGUE SHE WAS SET UP WITH BRETT ARE BORN AND WAS REACHING OUT ON THE VERY NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED. >> THE DIARY ENTRY SPEAKING FROM HER GRAVE HANNAH'S OWN WORDS TELLING JURORS WHO SHE WAS THINKING OF. DENNY. HERE ON NOVEMBER 11th, AGAIN ON DECEMBER 2nd, AND YET AGAIN ON DECEMBER 16th IN HANNAH'S HANDWRITING, DENNY. THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY GOT BRAD TO ADMIT HE READ THE DIARY CATALOGUING HER VISITS TO DENNY. >> DID YOU RECOGNIZE ON THE 19th RESIDENTS IT HURT REALLY BAD I'VE NEVER LOVED SOMEONE SO MUCH. at Denny >> DID YOU READ THAT MARK >> I DON'T REMEMBER. >> WAS IT JEALOUSY THEN THAT WAS THE MOTIVE? a long string of sketchy witnesses, and most of all, an angry, abusive, jealous boyfriend. >> DENNY'S LAWYER CLOSED BY SAYING THE STATE'S CASE COULDN'T POSSIBLY ADD UP TO A CONVICTION COULD INCONCLUSIVE DNA, A LONG STRING OF SKETCHY WITNESSES, AND MOST OF ALL, AN ANGRY, ABUSIVE, JEALOUS BOYFRIEND. >> AND YOUR DELIBERATIONS WHO IS THE EVIDENCE STRONGER, AND you know, no matter what it is., BRAD LABORDE WHO HAS REASONABLE DOUBT THEN? >> HAD THE DEFENSE MADE A PERSUADABLE CASE? FOR HANNAH'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE WAS ONE HOPE AND JUSTICE FOR HANNAH. >> TRUTH COMES OUT NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. >>> COMING UP. >> ALL RIGHT. >> WE HAD TWO FAMILIES OUT THERE, WE HAD TO TAKE TIME TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. >> WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> AT THE LATEST UPDATES OF THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP . >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA THIS IS A REAL FIGHT >> PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR FEET. FOLKS ARE FIRED UP HERE. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HEY THERE, I'M HALLIE, AND WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO. CREWS-- OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN, ASAP. SO HOW "S" IS THE "P?" IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> I'LL JUST KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> YEAH, YOU'VE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL-- IT'S SPARKLING! IT'S HAPPENING! >>> TOP STORY LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV, WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA COVERING BREAKING NEWS-- PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. OUR REPORTERS ARE ACROSS THE CONVENTION FLOOR ON A HISTORIC EVENING. FANS HERE AT THE BERCY ARENA ARE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> YEAH, IT FEELS GOOD! >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS, >> EVERY WHITE NIGHT IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS-- STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN, OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GREAT! >> "STAY TUNED NOW," WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC, ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW IS RAW. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THIS? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW AND THE QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST- TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. THISIT'S COMING AT US EVERY SECOND, ISFROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE ASKING THE HOSTAGES, DEMANDING THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON, AND ON. AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> THIS IS IT. WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. >> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. THIS IS LIKE QUICKSAND. AND OFFICIALS SAY AN ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> THIS SHOULD HELP FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE HAD TO JUMP IN THE OCEAN. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF on another human being. JUROR: We have two families out there. We had to take our time and make that right decision. NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. why a >> WE HAD TWO FAMILIES OUT THERE . >> WHAT WOULD THE MAKE OF THE WEEKS OF TESTIMONY, WHY AM MURDERED DEFENDANT WHO DIDN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE ONE. >> I THOUGHT HE WAS A LAWYER. >> HE DIDN'T DO THIS. >> SEVEN JURORS SPOKE TO DATELINE AND TOLD US INITIALLY THEY WEREN'T DIVIDED. THEY RECORDED SOME OF THE PROSECUTION WITNESSES AS LITERALLY UNBELIEVABLE. >> YOU AS A JUROR HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION, DO I BELIEVE WHAT THIS PERSON IS TELLING ME? >> THAT'S REALLY TELL YOU ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY TELL YOU HOW MANY DRUGS THEY PUT IN THEIR SYSTEM. >> THE WOMAN WHO TESTIFIED DENNY CHOKING AND ATTACKING HER, JURORS LEAVE HER ABOUT BEING ASSAULTED BUT NONETHELESS HER TESTIMONY WAS NOT THE DECIDING FACTOR IN THEIR FINAL DECISION. >> HE STILL WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THERE? >> YES. >> THE INVESTIGATION IN THE EARLY DAYS AFTER HANNAH'S DISAPPEARANCE STILL THE CASE. POLICE WORK LEFT THEM WITH SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. >> I WASN'T CONVINCED HE DROPPED THE >> MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY PAST, AND FOR THOSE OUTSIDE THE JURY ROOM THE WAIT WAS EXCRUCIATING. THE JURORS SAY THEY WEIGHED BRAD AHLBORN'S TESTIMONY CAREFULLY. BUT DID YOU BELIEVE IT? >> LOOKING AT HIS BODY LANGUAGE, I BELIEVED HIM. >> NONE OF HIS DNA WAS THERE. NONE OF US FELT IT WAS HIM. >> THEN KMART OF A DECISION. LAWYERS, FRIENDS, FAMILY, ALL ASSEMBLED AT THE COURT. HANNAH'S BROTHER STAYED AWAY, SHAKING. >> I WAS TERRIFIED. >> AND JUST MOMENTS IT WAS NO MORE NEED FOR GUESSWORK. >> COUNT ONE IS IT YOU DETERMINATION THAT DEFENDANT COMMITTED MURDER IN THIS COUNT IN THAT HE DID PURPOSEFULLY CAUSE THE DEATH OF HANNAH HILL? IS THAT YOUR DECISION? >> YES. >> DENNY ROSS, GUILTY ON ALL FIVE COUNTS. IN THE BACK OF THE COURTROOM, AND HIS FRIEND, TARA, WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN. >> IT WAS VERY INTENSE. I REMEMBER THINKING THANK YOU, GOD, AND A SENSE OF RELIEF. >> THE LONG YEARS OF WORK FOR PROSECUTORS AND DETECTIVES PAID OFF. JURORS TOLD US N THE END IT CAME DOWN TO THE BLOOD EVIDENCE ON HANNAH'S CLOTHES. >> THE DNA OUTWEIGHED A LOT OF UNKNOWNS FOR US. >> IT SAID DENNY ROSS WAS THERE. >> IS A RESULT OF THE CASE HAVE MADE MANY CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE MISTAKES LIKE THE FAILURE TO LOCATE HANNAH'S CAR NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. >> 13 YEARS ON CAN RESIDENTS BE5 ASSURED d murder of this woman >> I BELIEVE SO. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES. >> DENNY ROSS WAS SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HANNAH'S DEATH. HE WON'T SERVE THAT TIME FOR YEARS TO COME. WHAT JURORS DON'T KNOW HE'S ALREADY SERVING 25 YEARS FOR THE RAPE ADenny Ross's window.OF -- TRIAL REPORTER ED MYERS SAYS HE WAS STILL SUSPICIOUS OF ABOUT HOW THE BAG OF EVIDENCE APPEARED BENEATH DENNY ROSS' WINDOW. DESPITE THE FACT BORN BY HANNAH'S-- LIVING UNDER A CLOUD OF SUSPICION HAD TAKEN ITS I can't. DENNIS MURPHY (VOICEOVER): On a rainy Sunday after the verdict, >> DOES THIS FOR THE CLEARING INTO MARK >> THE ONLY THING I'M GUILTY OF IS BEING A BAD BOYFRIEND, AND I CAN'T CHANGE THAT. I WISH I COULD. IF I HAD THREE WISHES, ALL THREE OF THEM WOULD BE TO CHANGE THAT. I CAN'T. >> ON A RAINY SUNDAY AFTER THE VERDICT HANNAH'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY GATHERED FOR A BALLOON RELEASE IN HER MEMORY. THEY PASSED AROUND MARKERS AND WROTE MESSAGES FOR THE LOST GIRL, HER BROTHER. bright star. Love, Tara. >> THE FATHER, THE BEST Let go! Let go! Aww!FRIEND >> THEN WITH A BRIEF PRAYER, THE BRISK WIND CARRIED AWAY THERE GOODBYE. A FAREWELL TO HANNAH HILL, NEVER FORGOTTEN BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, OR, AS IT TURNED OUT, BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. >> THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. I'M LESTER HOLT. THANKS FOR JOINING US. >>> MA'AM, PLEASE. LESTER HOLT (VOICEOVER): Moving on from a messy divorce, >> MAN. >> SHE WAS A BRIGHT YOUNG MOM TO BE. >> SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL. >> CONFIDENT, STRONG. >> MOVING ON FROM A MESSY DIVORCE, JUMPING INTO A NEW ROMANCE. NO ONE COULD BELIEVE IT WHEN THEY FOUND HER. >> THEY EXPLAINED IT WAS A HOMICIDE. >> THEN, POLICE FOUND SOMETHING ELSE. REVEALING RECORDINGS. >> EVERYTHING CHANGED INSTANTLY. >> RIGNEY IS ESSENTIALLY SPEAKING FROM THE GRAVE. >> YOU CAN SEE THE EMOTIONS SHE WENT THROUGH. >> KICH! POLICE TUBERCULAR? >> ALL AT ONCE IN A FLASH YOUR LIFE JUST CHANGES. >> I'M LESTER HOLT AND THIS IS DATELINE. trying to hide something? ANDREA CANNING (VOICEOVER): This story begins here at a suburban office outside Knoxville, Tennessee. >> IMAGINE ALL OF YOUR PHONE CONVERSATIONS BEING RECORDED FOR POSTERITY. HOW WOULD IT FEEL? WHAT IS DIFFERENT? >> WHAT TALK LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING? >> THE STORY BEGINS HERE AT A SUBURBAN OFFICE OUTSIDE KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. IS A LOT LIKE ANY OFFICE IN AMERICA, BUT WHEN WORKERS HERE TALKED ON THEIR PHONES EVERY WORD WAS CAPTURED. >> SOUNDS WHICH IS ABOUT TO KILL SOMEBODY. >> AND OH, THE STORIES THEY TOLD, UNFILTERED AND INTIMATE, WITH DETAILS ABOUT OFFICE ROMANCE. >> OH MY GOD, HE WAS SO HOT. >> AND IN ONE HEARTBREAKING CASE, MAYBE CLUES ABOUT A MURDER. >> THIS WAS A REAL WHODUNIT. >> NORMAN CLARK LOVES SPORTS. NORMA SALLY SAYS HE WAS A TOP ATHLETE AND A GOOD FRIEND, TO. >> SHE WAS A LOVING HARD WORKER, CARING. >> AS A BOY, NORMAN HAD DREAMS OF PLAYING IN THE NBA. HE WAS WORKING HERE, VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE. THE 23-YEAR-OLD RIGNEY ELDRIDGE STARTED THERE THE VERY SAME DAY. >> SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT WAS HER SMILE THAT GOT ME. >> Reporter: THAT SMILE GOT HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE. HER BROTHER SAID SHE EMBRACED LIFE WITH A CONTAGIOUS ENTHUSIASM. >> SHE LIKED TO PLAY SOCCER, SHE WAS A GIRLY GIRL AND A TOMBOY AT THE SAME TIME. SHE WAS LL ABOUT LIVING IN THE MOMENT. >> AT VANDERBILT MORTGAGE, NORMAN AND BRITNEY WERE COLLECTORS, CALLING PEOPLE TO KEEP UP WITH HOUSE PAYMENTS. >> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT BRITNEY THAT YOU FORMED THIS CONNECTION WITH? >> SHE WAS GOOD AT THE JOB. I USED HER AS A TO S TO TEACH ME. SHE HELPS ME OUT A LOT, AND THEN WE STARTED TALKING MORE AND MORE. >> WHAT YOU THINK SHE LIKED ABOUT YOU? >> I THINK SHE LIKED THAT SHE And that's when things got complicated. LISTENED. JUST PLATONIC, STRICTLY FRIENDS, THEN IT DEVELOPED MORE PROBABLY EIGHT MONTHS LATER. >> IT DEVELOPED A LOT MORE. THEY BECAME LOVERS, AND THAT IS WHEN THINGS GOT COMPLICATED. NORMAN WAS SINGLE, BUT BRITNEY, IT TURNS OUT, WAS MARRIED. HER HUSBAND WAS A MAN NAMED TERRY ELDRIDGE. A TRUCK DRIVER WHO DROVE HIS RIG AT NIGHT. >> HE WAS HAPPY, BUT SHE WANTED CHILDREN. SHE DID NOT. >> WERE THERE ANY OTHER ISSUES? >> THEY DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WORK TOGETHER. AGENCIES ARE A LOT. >> A MARRIED WOMAN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A COWORKER, NOT EXACTLY THE SCRIPT FOR A FAIRYTALE ROMANCE. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, NORMAN AND BRITNEY KEPT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ON THE DOWN LOW. >> THEY NEVER WENT OUT TO EAT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, JUST ONE TIME. >> OF COLLEAGUES COULD HAVE HEARD THE REPORTED INTEROFFICE PHONE CALLS, THEY WOULD HAVE DISCOVERED SOME SUGGESTIVE FLIRTY BANTER. >> I COULD SURE USE YOUR BIG STRONG MANLY MUSCLES. >> WE ALL COULD. >> MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THEIR AFFAIR STARTED, NORMAN AND BRITNEY WERE STILL KEEPING THINGS QUIET. THEN, IN FEBRUARY 2011, THE SECRET AFFAIR BECAME NOT SO SECRET. BRITNEY'S HUSBAND FOUND OUT, AND NOT LONG AFTER, SHE MOVED OUT, AND A DIVORCE WAS IN THE WORKS. >> DID THINGS START GETTING A LITTLE TOO SERIOUS AND REAL? >> I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME THEY WERE GETTING A DIVORCE, SHE JUST TOLD ME THAT THE SHE WAS MOVING OUT, AND OTHER SOUND THAT WE HAD BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR. >> NOT LONG AFTER MOVING OUT, BRITNEY DELIVERED SOME UNEXPECTED NEWS TO HER MOTHER, ROBIN. SHE WAS PREGNANT. THE FATHER WAS HER COWORKER, NORMAN CLARK. >> WHEN BRITNEY TOLD YOU THAT SHE WAS HAVING A CHILD WITH NORMAN, WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> KIND OF SHOCKED AT FIRST. SURPRISED. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL. >> DID YOU THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE OR WAS IT A BLESSING TO HAVE A BABY? >> IT WAS A BLESSING TO HER. I GUESS I WAS HAPPY FOR HER, YOU ARE JUST THERE TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO DO TO SUPPORT HER. >> NORMAN SAYS THE BABY CERTAINLY WASN'T PLANNED, BUT HE SAID THAT BRITNEY WAS STILL HIS BEST FRIEND, AND TOOK THE WHOLE THING IN STRIDE. >> I KNEW THAT SHE WANTED TO HAVE A BABY. >> THIS IS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE MESSY. IS THAT A DIVORCING HER HUSBAND, SHE'S FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU. >> I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY IT WAS MESSY. IT WAS OBLIGATED. >> THIS WOULD NOT BE NORMAN'S FIRST EXPERIENCE AT PARENTHOOD. A YEAR EARLIER HE HAD A BABY GIRL WITH THE NASHVILLE WOMAN HE HAD BEEN SEEING. NORMAN HELPED TO SUPPORT HIS DAUGHTER AND SAID HE WAS READY TO TO DO THE SAME FOR BRITNEY. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE BEING A FATHER? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CHERISH? >> IT'S THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD BUT I BECAME A BETTER MAN, THAT A PERSON. >> HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED MORE KIDS? >> YES. >> BRITNEY WAS EXCITED ABOUT BECOMING A MOTHER, AND SHE WAS THRILLED TO LEARN THAT SHE WAS HAVING A BOY. >> HAD SHE PICKED OUT A NAME FOR THE BABY? >> SHE DID. >> SHE COULDN'T WAIT TO GET THINGS READY FOR IT. >> DECIDED TO KEEP WORKING FOR AS LONG AS SHE COULD. DECEMBER 13th, 2011 WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM HER DUE DATE. IT IS A DAY HER FRIENDS AND COWORKER WOULD NEVER FORGET.orm. BRITNEY, UNCHARACTERISTICALLY, WAS LATE TO WORK. >> SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AT 8:30. I WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT KNEW ANYTHING ABOUTo check, I WANT TO KNOW NORMAN'S DESK AND I SAID, CAN YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH BRITNEY'S MOM? >> I ASKED Iy.F SHE HAD HEARD FROM BRITNEY AND SHE SAID SHE HADN'T, SO SHE WOULD CHECK ON HER. >> WAS YOUR FIRST THOUGHT MAYBE THAT BRITNEY HAD GONE INTO LABOR? >> IT WAS. I THINK EVERYBODY'S FIRST INSTINCT IS THAT SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. >> ROBIN WENT TO HER APARTMENT TO BE SURE HER DAUGHTER WAS OKAY BUT WHEN SHE CALLED NORMAN IT WAS NOT HAPPY NEWS ABOUT A NEW BABY. >> IT WAS A FRIGHTENING PHONE CALL. SHE WAS VERY UPSET. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW SHE SOUNDED ON THE PHONE. >> ROBIN WAS FRANTIC, AND HER WORLD WAS ABOUT TO BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. >>> WHEN WE RETURN. >> OH MY GOSH. >> WHAT? MAN? WHAT? >> AN AWFUL DISCOVERY INSIDE BRITNEY'S APARTMENT. >> THE 911 OPERATOR SAID GO BACK IN THERE. >> MA'AM, PLEASE. STAY CALM. MA'AM, HOLD ON, HONEY. >> ALL AT ONCE, JUST IN A FLASH, YOUR LIFE CHANGES. >> WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> NOW IS RAW. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> WHAT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME IS TYPICAL. >> WE'RE TALKING POSSIBLY 1 TRILLION GALAXIES? >> YES. >> THAT NUMBER IS SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT IS THE MOON OR MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >> THE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. >> DEVELOPING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. >> NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALKING TO TUITION AS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMEN GET READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> COULD THIS IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE? >> 100%. >> MORNING IS NOW, STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >> TOP STORY, LIVES IN TEL AVIV. EVERY WEEKNIGHT, IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY," WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00, ONbecause she always showed upN. >> ROBIN OWENS WILL NEVER FORGET THE DAY SHE LEARNED HER PREGNANT DAUGHTER, BRITTANY, DID NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK. >> IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR HER BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS SHOWED UP, EVEN IF SHE DIDN'T FEEL GOOD, SHE WOULD BE THERE, SO I JUST KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. >> HER FEAR BECAME A TERRIFYING REALITY THE MOMENT SHE STEPPED INTO HER DAUGHTER'S UNLOCK DEPARTMENT. >> THE WHOLE PLACE IS A MESS, I DON'T SEE HER ANYWHERE, I'M HAULING OUT FOR HER AND I'M SCARED TO DEATH. >> WITHOUT TAKING ANOTHER STEP, SHE CALLED 911. >> I GOT AN EMERGENCY. MY DAUGHTER. HER WORK JUST CALLED ME AND I CAME OVER TO HER APARTMENT AND IT LOOKS TRASHED. >> THE 911 OPERATOR SAID, YOU KNOW, GO BACK IN THERE AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIND HER. >> SCENE HERE IN THIS POLICE VIDEO, ROBIN SAW RITNEY'S NEW FLATSCREEN TV LYING ON THE FLOOR. >> OH MY GOD. >> Reporter: NEXT TO THE LIVING ROOM COUCH, THE SCATTERED CONTENTS OF HER PURSE. THEN, ROBIN HEARD THE SOUND OF RUNNING WATER COMING FROM THE BATHROOM. >> OH GOD. >> MA'AM, TALK TO ME. >> I HAD BEEN EVERYWHERE FROM THE BEDROOM, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN THERE. AND I GET TO THE DOORWAY OF THE BEDROOM. AND I JUST GOT A GLIMPSE OF HE , AND I JUST KNEW THAT SHE WAS GONE. >> SHE'S ON THE FLOOR, DEAD. >> ARE YOU SURE? >> YES, SHE'S NAKED. >> IN WHAT ROOM? >> IN HER BEDROOM. >> OF GOD FOR GOD. >> MA'AM, HOLD ON, HONEY. HOLD ON. >> I RAN STRAIGHT OUT OF THE APARTMENT, AND BY THIS TIME, ALL THE EMERGENCY CREWS WERE COMING. >> ROBIN WAS IN THE PAIN WAS MORE THAN SHE COULD BEAR. AT THE SCENE, A POLICE CRUISER DASH CAM CAPTURED AN OFFICER TRYING TO CONSOLE HER. >> OH GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WOULD HAPPEN, WHY? >> IT'S THE WORST HORROR A MOTHER COULD EVER HAVE TO WITNESS. >> IT IS. YOU WOULDN'T THINK ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN 1 MILLION YEARS, AND ALL AT ONCE, JUST IN A FLASH, YOUR LIFE JUST CHANGES. >> BRITNEY ELDRIDGE HAD BEEN STRANGLED AND STABBED IN THE THROAT. POLICE FOUND HER ON THE FLOOR, NEXT TO HER BED. HER NAKED BODY, PARTIALLY COVERED BY LINGERIE. SHE WAS JUST 25 YEARS OLD. THE UNBORN BOY THAT SHE HAD NAMED ZEKE, WAS GONE TO. >> AFTER THE SHOCK HAD WORN OFF, YOU MUST BE That's a question that's never answered, is why? DID THIS? >> I'M THINKING, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN ANYONE MURDER A YOUNG LADY WHO IS 8 1/2 MONTHS PREGNANT? I'M THINKING, WHY? THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT IS NEVER ANSWERED, IS WHY. >> WERE YOU THE ONE WHO BROKE THE NEWS TO JESSE? THAT MUST HAVE BEEN EXTREME DIFFICULT. >> IT WAS VERY HARD. >> JEFFREY, BRITNEY'S OLDER BROTHER, WAS AT THE GYM. >> WHEN I GOT MY PHONE I HAD 40 MISSED CALLS OR SOMETHING AND SHE SAID SOMEBODY KILLED YOUR SISTER. >> DID YOU IMMEDIATELY ASK WHO DID THIS? >> I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT. >> ALL JEFFREY COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THAT BRITNEY WAS GONE. HIS SISTER WHO HAD ALWAYS FILLED HIM WITH PRIDE. SHE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT BECOMING A MOM. NOW THAT DREAM WOULD NEVER BE REALIZED, AND IN ITS PLACE WOULD BE A MURDER INVESTIGATION. >> IT WAS A VERY CLOSED OFF SCENE THEY HAD CRIME SCENE TAPE AROUND. >> WHEN REPORTER JAMIE SATTERFIELD OF THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL HEARD ABOUT A BODY BEING FOUND, SHE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE SCENE. >> OUR POLICE TALKING TO YOU? ARE THEY TELLING YOU ANYTHING? >> NO. THAT CAME LATER, AS DID THE CRIME SCENE FOLKS. >> WHAT INVESTIGATORS FOUND WAS A RANSACKED APARTMENT, SUGGESTING A BURGLARY INTERRUPTED THAT HAD TURNED VIOLENT. IN FACT, THERE HAD BEEN A SERIES OF BURGLARIES IN THE AREA IN RECENT DAYS. FOR JAMIE SATTERFIELD, THERE WERE THINGS TO SPECULATE ABOUT IN THOSE EARLY MOMENTS, BUT NOTHING CONCRETE TO REPORT. >> WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GO ON. >> DID YOU HAVE AN OPEN MIND, AS TO THE SCENARIOS OR WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED? WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS? >> I COULDN'T FOCUS ON ANY ONE PERSON. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHO DID IT AND WHY. >> I NEVER HAD A SPECIFIC PERSON IN MIND YOU COULD HAVE DONE IT. I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE. >> THERE WEREN'T MANY CLUES, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS. 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THAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY MIND AT THE TIME. >> NORMAN SAYS OFFICERS BLOCKED HIM FROM ENTERING THE APARTMENT, AND IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, THEY HAD HIM IN THE BACK OF THIS POLICE CRUISER. >> I AM IN TROUBLE? >> NO, SIR, YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE. >> I'M REALLY CONFUSED RIGHT NOW. >> VOTERS WERE ASKING QUESTIONS, AND SO WAS NORMAN. >> WHY FOR ME? >> YOUR THE BOYFRIEND. >> I SAT THERE FOR A WHILE, PROBABLY FOR AN HOUR, I WAS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR. >> DID YOU WONDER WHY YOU WERE SITTING THERE FOR SO LONG? >> I WAS. I UNDERSTOOD THEY WANTED TO ASK ME QUESTIONS, I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR AND BEING TREATED LIKE THAT? >> HOW WERE YOU TREATED? >> I WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I WAS VOLUNTARILY ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION. THEY AUTOMATICALLY RUSH TO JUDGMENT ON WHO I WAS. >> WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> THAT'S MY BABY. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> I CAN'T EVEN GRIEVE? >> I'M DEVASTATED THAT IS HAPPENED TO MY FRIEND AND MY CHILD. >> THE YOU START TO THINK, I NEED TO GET A LAWYER? THE TONE YOU THINK TAKING WITH ME? >> NO. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR ME TO HAVE A LAWYER. I WAS INNOCENT. >> DETECTIVES HAD MORE QUESTIONS FOR NORMAN DOWNTOWN AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. >> HE DIDN'T ASK FOR A LAWYER, EITHER. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU STILL WANT TO TO TALK? >> NORMAN SAID HE HAD NOTHING TO HIDE AND TRY TO BE HELPFUL. HE TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HE DID HAVE PLANS TO SEE BRITNEY THE NIGHT THAT SHE WAS KILLED, AND ENDED UP GOING STRAIGHT HOME AFTER WORK >> THEY WANTED DNA? >> IF I COULD GET A SALIVA SAMPLE FROM YOU? >> HE LET THEM TAKE A SAMPLE IMMEDIATELY. THAT NIGHT, DETECTIVES DROVE NORMAN TO HIS HOUSE. THEN, IT WAS BACK TO HEADQUARTERS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF QUESTIONING. IT HAD BEEN A VERY LONG DAY. NORMAN FELT HE HAD COOPERATED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. BUT, BY NOW, HE HAD REACHED THE END OF HIS ROPE. >> I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING I WANT. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION. >> DETECTIVES SPENT HOURS WITH NORMAN THAT DAY, BUT AFTER THAT SECOND INTERVIEW, HE WAS RELEASED. NORMAN WAS RELIEVED, BUT THERE WOULD BE TOUGH DAYS family.AHE. JUST ONE DAY LATER, HE ATTENDED A CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL VIGIL FOR BRITNEY. >> OUR YOU RECEIVED AT THOSE VIGILS? >> OPEN ARMS FROM THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU KNOW, THEY KNEW THAT I HAD JUST LOST TWO PEOPLE THAT I LOVED ALSO. >> BRITNEY'S FAMILY BURIED HER A FEW DAYS LATER, STILL NOT KNOWING WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE, OR EVEN WHO WOULD WANT TO HARM HE . OF COURSE, THERE WAS SOMEONE POLICE KNEW THEY NEEDED TO LOOK AT. THE MAN BRITNEY HAD RECENTLY DIVORCED, HARRY ELDRIDGE. BRITNEY WAS 17 YEARS YOUNGER THAN TERRY. SHE WAS ONLY 22 WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE WAS IN TROUBLE. >> REALLY STARTED TO FALL APAR , BECAUSE SHE WAS REALLY WANTING TO HAVE A FAMILY, AND SETTLE DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND HE WAS OUT DRIVING A TRUCK ALL THE TIME AND SHE JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE, THIS IS NOT RIGHT FOR ME ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, LIKE IT USED TO BE. >> THE FINAL STRAW WAS WHEN TERRY FOUND OUT THAT BRITNEY WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HER COWORKER, NORMAN CLARK, AND WAS PREGNANT WITH HIS BABY. LESTER HOLT (VOICEOVER): --and from someone else's. How many women were seeing at the time? Maybe 15 to 20. LESTER HOLT (VOICEOVER): When "Dateline" continues. >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, GET THE NBC NEWS APP. THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >> WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THE DRUG SUPPLY. >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? >> WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. >> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK IS AT RISK. >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVER HITCHED. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> I FEEL GREAT. >> STAY TUNED NOW ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NBC IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AND HERE AT HOME. >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >>> UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> I COULD KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER START SPARKLING. >> WILL NOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL IT STARTS TO SPARKLE. >> IT'S HAPPENING. >> NBC IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHAT MATTERS HERE AT HOME. >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY SHOWING ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> WE KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EXERCISING, WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR HEALTH? >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> NBC NEWS DAILY. WEEKDAYS AT 12:00 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING, NOW. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA. THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. >> FOLKS WERE FIRED UP, HERE. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT REALLY MATTERS IS THE VOICE OF VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED TV NEWS >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS MEET THE PRESS, SUNDAYS ON NBC. >>> AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES COVERING MURDER INVESTIGATIONS, JAMIE SATTERFIELD KNEW THIS ONE WAS A NO-BRAINER. THE HUSBAND WHO DISCOVERED HIS WIFE WAS HAVING ANOTHER MAN'S BABY WAS SOMEONE DETECTIVES NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE. >> DID YOU WONDER, IMMEDIATELY, ABOUT BRITNEY'S EX-HUSBAND? >> THE EX-HUSBAND IS ALWAYS THE FIRST SUSPECT. THEIR DIVORCE WAS A LITTLE BIT UGLY. >> SO, DETECTIVES QUESTIONED BRITNEY'S EX-HUSBAND, TERRY ELDRIDGE. >> THEY DID TAKE A DNA SAMPLE. >> IT CROSSED MY MIND, WHAT IF TERRY DID THIS? YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES. YOU KNOW, COULD A PERSON HAVE DONE THIS, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE REASON? >> WHEN THE RESULTS OF TERRY'S DNA TEST CAME BACK FROM THE LAB IT DIDN'T MATCH SAMPLES FROM THE CRIME SCENE. POLICE ALSO FOUND OUT HE WAS NOWHERE NEAR BRITNEY'S APARTMENT AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER. HIS ALIBI WAS AIRTIGHT. >> HE ENDED UP NOT BEING MUCH OF A PLAYER IN THE CASE ONCE THEY RULED HIM OUT. >> ELDRIDGE WAS CLEARED OF ANY WRONGDOING. CLARK HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED AND RELEASED, TO. IF POLICE HAD ANY LEADS, THEY WERE HOLDING THEM CLOSE. >> I WAS CURIOUS WHY THEY WERE BEING SO TIGHTLIPPED ABOUT IT. I THINK MY PRIMARY CONCERN WAS, THIS IS JUST A CASE THAT WOULD GET SHELVED. >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT BRITNEY'S FAMILY FEARED MOST, TO. SHE AND THE BABY THAT SHE WAS CARRYING WOULD BE FORGOTTEN. >> WE ARE HER VOICE, WE HAVE TO KEEP HER MEMORY ALIVE. >> A FULL YEAR PASSED, THEN TWO, WITH NO ARRESTS. BUT INVESTIGATORS WERE STILL WORKING THE CASE, IN PART, BECAUSE THEY HEARD FROM SOMEONE WITH INSIDE INFORMATION. SOMEONE UNEXPECTED. THE VICTIM, nversations. >> THIS IS BRITNEY, CAN I HELP YOU? >> REMEMBER, BRITNEY'S EMPLOYER RECORDED EVERY CALL SHE MADE ON COMPANY PHONES. IT WAS DONE FOR QUALITY CONTROL, BUT NOW, INVESTIGATORS COULD LISTEN TO HER CONVERSATIONS. THOSE CALLS EXPLAINED A LOT ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH NORMAN CLARK. >> OUR THINGS WITH YOU? >> WELL, VERY ODD WITH NORMAN. >> BRITNEY'S CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS MADE IT CLEAR, THE ODDITIES WITH NORMAN BEGAN THE DAY SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS PREGNANT. >> HE WAS EMAILING ME LIKE NORMAL, VENISON AS I TOLD HIM, EVERYTHING CHANGED. INSTANTLY. >> WPPSI. >> YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S WEIRD. >> ANDREA RAY, A CLOSE WORK FRIEND, SAID BRITNEY OFTEN GAVE HER AN EARFUL ABOUT NORMAN. >> I THINK SHE HAD HOPES THAT HE WOULD RESPOND TO HER PREGNANCY IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND THAT IT WOULD SOMEHOW BRING THEM TOGETHER. BUT, THAT WAS NOT THE RESPONSE THAT SHE GOT. >> I CAN'T TAKE THAT MID-50s THINKING ALL OF THIS, LIKE HOW CAN YOU NOT, FOR ONE THING. >> HE'S A GUY, THAT'S WHY NOT. >> BRITNEY WAS STILL IN LOVE WITH NORMAN, AND PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD. SHE SEEMED DESPERATE TO FIGURE OUT HER FUTURE AS A MOTHER, AND HOW NORMAN WOULD FIT INTO HER LIFE. NORMAN, TO PUT IT MILDLY, WAS NOT ACTING LIKE HE WAS READY FOR A COMMITMENT. >> ARE YOU DOING? >> I'M GREAT. >> INVESTIGATORS HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF NORMAN'S RECORDED WERE CALLS, TO. THEY WERE VERY REVEALING. >> >> DID YOU EVER GET WITH HER? >> I BRING THAT UP LAST WEEK. >> YEAH, THAT WAS ONLY MY SECOND TIME SEEING HER. >> YOU WILD, MAN, YOU WILD, DUDE. >> NORMAN, IT TURNS OUT, WAS IN OTHER RELATIONSHIPS AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS WITH BRITNEY. NORMAN SAID HE LOVED SEX WITH WOMEN, LOTS OF WOMEN. >> HOW MANY WOMEN WERE USING AT THE TIME? >> MAYBE 15 TO 20? >> NORMAN, THAT'S A LOT OF WOMEN. >> I WAS SINGLE AND A VERY FRIENDLY PERSON. THEY KNEW I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP. SO, FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS. >> HOW DO YOU EVEN MEET THAT MANY LADIES? >> THROUGH WORK, ONLINE DATING SITES. >> WERE YOU SLEEPING AROUND WITH MULTIPLE COWORKERS? >> YES. >> DID THAT EVER GET MESSY? >> NO. >> IT SEEMS A LITTLE ODD, THAT ALL THESE WOMEN WERE OKAY WITH YOU SLEEPING WITH ALL THESE OTHER WOMEN. I WOULDN'T BE OKAY WITH THAT, BUT MAYBE I'M OLD FASHIONED. >> WELL, WITH THE DIFFERENT WOMEN THAT I MET, I WAS HONEST UP FRONT, I SAID THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. >> 15 TO 20 WOMEN AT THE SAME TIME? HARD TO BELIEVE THAT BRITNEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT. AND NORMAN DIDN'T QUITE FIT THE IMAGE OF A PLAYBOY. HE WAS LIVING IN HIS PARENTS BASEMENT, BUT WAS BARELY STAYING AHEAD OF THE DEBT COLLECTORS WHO WOULD CALL HIM AT WORK. >> YOU ARE STILL DUE FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER. >> FOR THE PAYMENT? >> YEAH. >> INVESTIGATORS MAY HAVE SIMPLY WRITTEN OFF NORMAN AS A LOW-BUDGET DUNHUANG, EXCEPT FOR THIS. THREE DAYS BEFORE BRITNEY WAS MURDERED, AFTER MONTHS OF IGNORING HER, NORMAN SUDDENLY SHOWED AN INTEREST IN HER AND THEIR BABY. >> AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS TEXT NORMAN SENT ME LAST NIGHT. HE SAID I WILL BE BACK SUNDAY, STAY PREGNANT UNTIL THEN. PROMISED. >> SHE SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS? AND I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA. AND SHE SAID WELL, I GUESS HE WANTS TO BE A PART OF HIS BABIES LIFE. >> WELL HE DOESN'T GET A TROPHY FOR THAT. >> WHY THE SUDDEN INTEREST? WHAT WAS NORMAN THINKING? INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE AN ENTRY FROM BRITNEY'S DIARY PROVIDED A HINT. SHE WROTE THAT SHE PLAN TO TAKE NORMAN TO COURT FOR CHILD SUPPORT FOR HER BABY. >> SHE KNEW THAT HE HAD A CHILD WITH SOMEONE ELSE, AND THAT HE DID BUT DISSIPATE THEIR, SO WHY WOULDN'T HE HEAR? >> ANDREA SAYS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MURDER SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH BRITNEY, AND TEXTING WITH NORMAN AT THE SAME TIME. >> SHE SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET MONDAY AFTER WORK, AND I SAID, TELL HIM NO. >> BUT BRITNEY SAID YES. NORMAN INSISTS HE BLEW OFF THEIR DATE AND DID NOT GO TO HER APARTMENT ON MONDAY, THE NIGHT THAT SHE WAS MURDERED. BUT HER FAMILY DIDN'T BELIEVE i, HIM.self." THEY HAD GROWN VERY SUSPICIOUS OF NORMAN AND WONDERED WHY POLICE DID NOT MOVE IN ON HIM. >> HOW FRUSTRATED WERE YOU THAT HE WAS WALKING AROUND? >> VERY FRUSTRATED. I EVEN CALLED THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR AT ONE POINT AND TOLD HIM IT DIDN'T COME GET HIM, I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT MYSELF. >> ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS? >> DEAD SERIOUS. >> DESPITE THE FAMILY'S FRUSTRATIONS, THE CASE WAS MOVING FORWARD. ALMOST 2 1/2 YEARS AFTER BRITNEY WAS KILLED, PROSECUTORS PRESENTED EVIDENCE TO A GRAND JURY. THEY CHARGED NORMAN CLARK WITH THE MURDERS OF BOTH BRITNEY AND HER UNBORN SON. CLARK WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 14th, 2014. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. >> WHEN YOU ARE ARRESTED FOR SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T DO, AND THEN THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, THAT IS WHEN THINGS REALLY GET HARD. THAT IS WHEN I REALLY GOT SCARED. >> NORMAN CLARK HAD REASON TO BE SCARED. IF CONVICTED, HE COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. >> HAVE TAKEN A GOOD YOUNG MAN AND DESTROYED HIS LIFE. >> COMING UP, NORMAN CLARK ON TRIAL. AND, ON THE STAND? GIRLFRIENDS. MANY GIRLFRIENDS. BUT WHERE WAS THE EVIDENCE? >> DNA, HAIR SAMPLES, THEY ALL CAME BACK NEGATIVE. >> WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> TOP STORY LIVES IN TEL AVIV. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT, IT IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY," WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHT AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOST MEET THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN HAT WE KNOW. >> NEWS FOR HE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> KRISTEN WELKER HOST MEET THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >> NBC NEWS DAILY IS NUMBER ONE FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL TELEVISION. WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AND WHAT MATTERS HERE AT HOME. >> LET'S ZERO IN ON EXERCISE BUT WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT? WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR HELP? WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> NBC NEWS DAILY, WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. >> SEVERE STORMS WREAK HAVOC. >> THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION BILL. >> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. >> IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVER HITCHED. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> DATINGS NOW, WEEKNIGHT THAT 8:00 EASTERN, 5:00 PACIFIC >>> TOP STORY, LIVE FROM PARIS. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT, IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY," WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHT AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS FOR THE ENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. IS HAS APPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WITH THIS LAW WILL AND WILL NOT DO. >> CRUISE AND OFFICIALS WILL DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN. HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? >> I COULD KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER START SPARKLING. >> WILL NOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL IT HAS TO SPARKLE. 'S BUDGET SPARKLING. IT'S HAPPENING. >>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, GET THE NBC NEWS APP. YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE, FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING, AND INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> I'M GADI SCHWARTZ. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. >> STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. >> THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. >> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. >> IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVER HITCHED. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> STAY TUNED NOW, WEEKNIGHT THAT 8:00 EASTON, 5:00 PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW. Knoxville, Tennessee courtroom. >>> IN AUGUST OF 2015, NEARLY 4 YEARS AFTER BRITNEY ELDRIDGE'S DEATH. NORMAN CLARK, A MAN WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW WENT ON TRIAL FOR MURDER IN A KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE COURTROOM. >> HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU GOING INTO TRIAL? YOUR LIFE IS ON THE LINE HERE, YOUR FUTURE. >> I WAS EXTERNALLY NERVOUS SCARED TO DEATH. >> THE PROSECUTION TOLD THE JURY THAT NORMAN CLARK STRANGLED AND STABBED BRITNEY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT HER TO HAVE HIS BABY. REPORTER JAMIE SATTERFIELD. >> THEY BELIEVE THE BABY WAS THE TARGET, THAT THIS BABY WAS GOING TO RUIN NORMAN'S LIFE, AND SO HE KILLED BRITNEY, MORE TO KILL THE BABY. AND SHE WAS COLLATERAL DAMAGE. >> PROSECUTOR LESLIE PAINTED AN UGLY PORTRAIT OF CLARK. AND AND HAVING TROUBLE PLAYING HIS BILLS. PLAYBOY TRYING TO JUGGLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN. >> THE JURY HEARD ALL ABOUT NORMAN CLARK'S PROLIFIC SEX LIFE AND SEVERAL OF HIS LOVERS TO THE STAND. to be attentive to 15 different women. That is one of the reasons that the prosecution said he was just-- he broke. >> HE MUST'VE BEEN STRETCHED SO THIN, TO BE ATTENTIVE TO 15 DIFFERENT WOMEN. >> THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE PROSECUTION SAID HE WAS JUST BROKE, AND NOW HERE IS THIS BABY, AND BRITNEY SAYING, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO COURT. >> NEXT, THE PROSECUTION ESTABLISHED A TIMELINE TO PLACE CLARK AND BRITNEY'S APARTMENT AT THE TIME SHE WAS KILLED. HERE IS BRITNEY LEAVING WORK AT IT:05 P.M. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER ESTIMATED HER TIME OF DEATH AS EARLY AS 830. AN FBI SELF AN EXPERT TESTIFIED THAT CLARK'S PHONE PINGED OFF A TOWER NEAR BRITNEY'S APARTMENT AT 8:28, AND AGAIN, AT 9:05. anna >> REMEMBER, CLARK'S ALIBI IS THAT HE WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER. THAT FRIEND, LEANNE, WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF HIS MANY GIRLFRIENDS. CLARK WAS AT LEANNE'S THAT NIGHT, BUT HER TESTIMONY SEEMS TO SHRED HIS ALIBI. >> THE TESTIMONY IS THAT HE COMES INTO YOUR BEDROOM WITHOUT CALLING YOU, WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, AND YOU RECOGNIZE THE TIME AS? >> 11:30. >> PROSECUTOR SAID IF CLARK WAS AT BRITNEY AT 8:30 AND ARRIVED TWO HOURS LATER, THAT GAVE HIM PLENTY OF TIME TO COMMIT MURDER, STAGE THE CRIME SCENE AND CLEAN HIMSELF UP. AFTER PREVENTING A CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE, THE STATE RESTED. NORMAN CLARK'S DEFENSE ATTORNE , GREG ISAAC, DERIDED THE STATE'S CASE AS ALL THEORY. THEY HAVE NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, NO EYEWITNESSES, NO PROOF CLARK WAS A KILLER. >> HE GAVE A STATEMENT, HE GAVE HAIR SAMPLES, THEY ALL CAME BACK NEGATIVE. >> THE DEFENSE AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKED THE STATE CASE AND WITNESSES, STARTING WITH LEANNE, THE WOMAN CLARK SAYS HE SPENT THE NIGHT WITH. THE QUESTION WAS, WHEN DID HE GET TO HER HOUSE? >> 10:35 AT THE TIME HE ARRIVED? YOU WERE ASLEEP WITH THE TELEVISION ON, CORRECT? >> THE DEFENSE DROVE HOME THE POINT. SINCE LEANNE WAS SLEEPING, HER TESTIMONY ABOUT WHEN CLARK ARRIVED WAS MEANINGLESS. ISAAC SAID THAT CLARK ACTUALLY ARRIVED MUCH EARLIER AND WATCHED MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ALONE BEFORE GETTING INTO BED. >> THE DEFENSE ARGUED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT CLARK COULD HAVE COMMITTED A VIOLENT MURDER, CLEANED UP HIMSELF AND THE CRIME SCENE, STAGED A BURGLARY, AND THEN MADE IT ACROSS TOWN, ALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. >> THE STATES FBI EXPERT SAID CLARK'S CELL PHONE PLACED HIM NEAR BRITNEY'S APARTMENT THE NIGHT SHE WAS KILLED. THE DEFENSE COUNTERED WITH THEIR OWN EXPERT WHO SAID THE STATE GOT IT WRONG. >> WE HAD ONE OF THE NATION'S PREEMINENT EXPERTS ON THIS, HE AND THE FBI AGENT TESTIFIED TOGETHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS WHERE THE EXPERTS CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT? >> EXACTLY. >> IT WAS A RUSH TO JUDGMENT UP IN THE KILLING ON NORMAN CLARK, THE DEFENSE SAID. CLAIMING THAT INVESTIGATORS OVERLOOKED THE MOST OBVIOUS EXPLANATION FOR THE CRIME. THE KILLER WAS A BURGLAR WHO WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT. >> THERE WERE 12 BREAK-INS THAT OCCURRED WITHIN A 3 TO 4 WEEK PERIOD IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY, AND 10 OF THE 12 INVOLVED FLATSCREEN TVS. THERE WAS ALSO A BREAK-IN IN THAT VERY SAME COMPLEX FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE HOMICIDE OF BRITNEY ELDRIDGE. SO, VERY POWERFUL. >> WHY NOT TAKE THE TV? >> MAYBE THE PERSON GOT STARTLED, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, THAT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT'S JOB. NOT MINE. >> THE DEFENSE SAID THERE IS POWERFUL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE BURGLARY THEORY THAT WOULD PROVE NORMAN CLARK'S STATEMENT. >> THERE WERE TWO UNKNOWN DNA SAMPLES ON THE LINGERIE THAT COVERED HER BODY IN THE BEDROOM WHERE SHE WAS FOUND MURDERED. DNA FROM AN UNKNOWN MALE CONTRIBUTOR, NOT FROM NORMAN CLARK'S. >> AS THE TRUCK TRIAL DREW TO A CLOSE, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS TOLD THE JURORS TO FOCUS ON THE EVIDENCE, NOT ON NORMAN CLARK'S WOMANIZING. >> CLARK DID NOT TAKE THE STAND, BUT HE SAID THE STATE DID NOT PROVE ITS CASE. >> THE PROSECUTOR SAID THAT YOU HAD THE MEANS, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND YOU HAD THE MOTIVE TO KILL BRITNEY. >> AND I FEEL THAT ALL THAT IS WRONG. DEFINITELY FAR FROM THE MOTIVE, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. OPPORTUNITY? IT'S PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE. >> IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE. >> TO ME IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THAT DONE IN THAT SHORT Right, I don't understand how they could SPAN. >> THE MOTIVE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT'S PERSPECTIVE WAS VERY CLEAR. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP, YOU DIDN'T WANT THE BABY, YOU WANTED IT TO GO AWAY SO YOU COULD CONTINUE TO LIVE YOUR LIFESTYLE. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD SAY THAT, WHEN IF YOU KNOW MY LIFESTYLE, THEN YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE CHILDREN. I TAKE CARE OF MY OWN CHILD, >> THERE'S ALSO THE PART OF YOUR LIFESTYLE THAT YOU ARE SLEEPING WITH 15 DIFFERENT WOMEN. >> RIGHT, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MURDER. >> NORMAN CLARK'S MOTHER WAS IN THE COURTROOM SUPPORTING HER SON. WHEN THE JURY STARTED DELIBERATION, SHE WAS ANXIOUS. >> THEY HAVE TAKEN A GOOD YOUNG MAN, AND THEY DESTROYED HIS LIFE. >> BRITNEY'S MOTHER, JEFFREY, WAS CERTAIN THE JURY WOULD RETURN THE VERDICT HE WANTED. >> I THOUGHT WE'VE GOT THIS, WITH NO DOUBT WHATSOEVER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO COME BACK AND RETURN A GUILTY VERDICT. >> BUT, NOBODY ON THE OUTSIDE REALLY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS IN A JURY ROOM. AFTER DELIBERATING FOR SIX HOURS, THIS JURY GAVE UP. THEY CAME CLOSE, BUT COULD NOT REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT. THE VOTE WAS 11 NOT GUILTY, ONLY ONE >> THEY COME BACK HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT IS AN 11 1 ACQUITTAL. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SHELLSHOCKED. >> DEVASTATED. JUST DEVASTATED. >> NORMAN CLARK HAD BEEN HELD IN JAIL FOR 15 MONTHS SINCE HIS ARREST. HE WAS RELEASED AFTER HIS MISTRIAL, IT WAS STILL AN ACCUSED MURDERER. >> DID YOU FEEL A CLOUD HANGING OVER YOUR HEAD? >> YES, MA'AM. ABSOLUTELY. A HUGE DARK CLOUD OVER MY HEAD. >> THAT CLOUD WOULD REMAIN, BECAUSE PROSECUTORS DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD TRY NORMAN CLARK AGAIN. SAME CHARGES, SAME EVIDENCE, SAME PROSECUTOR. WHAT IT LEAD TO A DIFFERENT OUTCOME? >>> COMING UP, FILE NUMBER TWO. >> YOU ARE STILL NOT GOING TO PROVE THAT I WAS GUILTY. >> MORE DRAMA IN THE JURY ROOM. >> IT BECAME VERY HOSTILE. >> ANOTHER SURPRISE IN THE COURTROOM. WHEN DATELINE CONTINUES. >>> FOR THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, DOWNLOAD THE NBC APP. SOURCE FOR BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTING, AND NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >> TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >> TOP STORY, LIVE FROM PARIS, LIVE IN TEL AVIV. >> WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT IT'S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. >> TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS, STREAMING WEEKNIGHT AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING NOW. >> STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >> LESTER HOLT REPORTING FROM GROUND ZERO, AS IT IS BEING REFERRED TO. >> THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? >> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE CANNOT GO ANY FURTHER. >> SOME RESILIENT FOLKS I WANT YOU TO MEET. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING, NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> NOW NEVER STOPS. >> PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR FEET. PEOPLE ARE FIRED UP. >> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT DONALD TRUMP WINS IN NOVEMBER? >> THE MOMENT IS NOW. >> THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NBC NEWS NOW. >> GROWING FRUSTRATIONS OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS. >> NEW DRONE ATTACKS. >> THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. >> WAS GETTING FINANCIAL HEADLINES. NEW RULES ARE COMING TO GAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALKING TUITION AS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMEN GETS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> TO THIS IMPACT HOW PEOPLE WOULD VOTE? >> MORNING NEWS NOW, STREAMING WEEKDAYS AT 7:00. >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. >> SEVERE STORMS CONTINUED TO WREAK HAVOC. >> THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. >> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS, HERE IS IS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. >> IS THIS A BAND? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVER HITCHED. >> G DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> I COULD GO TO SPACE. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> KRISTEN WELKER HOST MEET THE PRESS EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> NORMAN CLARK'S SECOND TRIAL BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017. IT HAS BEEN SIX LONG YEARS SINCE BRITNEY HAD BEEN KILLED. PERHAPS IT WOULD PLAY OUT A LOT LIKE TRIAL ONE, BUT WITH ONE BIG CHANGE. CLARK HAD A NEW COURT-APPOINTED LAWYER. KIT ROGERS. >> WAS YOUR STRATEGY GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM GREG ISAACS'S STRATEGY IN THE FIRST TRIAL? >> DIDN'T DIFFER, I WAS BASICALLY SAYING LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE. TO ME, WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A BURGLARY THAT WAS INTERRUPTED AND WENT BAD. >> PROSECUTOR, LESLIE, HAD BEEN ON THE STATE FROM THE VERY START. >> CLARK WILL BE EXPOSED. THIS BABY WOULD CHANGE HIS WAY OF LIFE AND THE SOLUTION TO THAT PROBLEM WAS MURDER. >> SHE WAS VERY EMPHATIC THAT NORMAN CLARK WAS NOT ONLY GUKINDr six days o OF stA ony,W: SLEAZY HUMAN BEING. >> DID YOU WORRY THAT THE GERMAN WOULD JUST NOT LIKE NORMAN? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> BECAUSE OF HIS LIFESTYLE? >> THAT WAS A BIG WORRY. AT THE BEGINNING THROUGH THE WHOLE TRIAL. >> AFTER SIX DAYS OF TESTIMONY, IT ALL SEEMS TO COME DOWN TO NORMAN CLARK, AND WHAT KIND OF MAN HE IS. ANDREA CANNING (VOICEOVER): Those same arguments had led to a mistrial before. Incredibly, when this jury got the case, it also came down to a lone holdout. Only this time, the majority wanted to convict. >> THOSE SAME ARGUMENTS HAVE LED TO A MISTRIAL BEFORE. INCREDIBLY, WHEN THIS JURY GOT THE CASE, IT ALSO CAME DOWN TO A LONE HOLDOUT. ONLY THIS TIME, THE MAJORITY WANTED TO CONVICT. WE SPOKE TO TO JURORS ABOUT THEIR DELIBERATION. >> THE PERSON WHO VOTED NOT GUILTY, WHO WAS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MIND, WHAT WAS THEIR ISSUE? >> WE ASKED, AND THE RESPONSE THAT WAS MADE, WAS THAT I'M THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM. >> I HAVE A PHD. YOU GUYS ARE ALL GANGING UP ON ME. >> AT THAT POINT IT BECAME A VERY HOSTILE ROOM. AND WE DECIDED TO CALL IT. >> AFTER FOUR LONG DAYS, THEY WERE HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED. ANOTHER HUNG JURY. >> YOU JUST WAKE UP AND WONDER, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? YOU KNOW? WHY IS MY BABY SISTER NUTTIER? WHY CAN PEOPLE ON THE JURY NOT SEE WHAT I CAN SEE? >> I CAN'T KEEP GOING THROUGH THESE TRIALS COMING OUT WITH THE SAME VERDICT. WE CAN'T DO IT. >> THE FAMILY MAY NOT HAVE A DUTY TO DO IT AGAIN. AFTER SIX YEARS AND TWO TRIALS, PROSECUTORS SAID THAT WAS IT. THEY DECIDED TO DISMISS THE CHARGES AGAINST NORMAN CLARK. >> ALL THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT WAS TRYING TO SHOW THE JURY THAT I HAD A LOT OF WOMEN, I LOVE SEX, AND THAT I HAVE BILLS TO PAY. THAT'S IT. YOU CAN TRY TO DESTROY MY CHARACTER, BUT YOU STILL ARE NOTHING TO PROVE THAT I AM GUILTY. >> EVEN WHEN DISMISSING THE CASE, PROSECUTORS MADE IT CLEA , THEY BELIEVE THEY TRIED THE RIGHT MAN, AND WOULD FILE NEW CHARGES AGAINST CLARK IF THEY GET NEW EVIDENCE. >> DID YOU KILL BRITNEY? >> I DID NOT. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE EVERYTHING ADDS UP TO YOU BEING HER KILLER? >> WHAT DO I SAY TO THEM? I DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO THEM. I DON'T LIKE IGNORANCE IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE IGNORANT AND THAT IS VERY SAD AND I WILL PRAY TO YOU. >> BRITNEY'S FAMILY PRAYED, TOO, FOR JUSTICE. AND DISCLOSURE, AND HOW TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE LOSS THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. >> OVER SIX YEARS, I FOCUSED ON ANYTHING ELSE, EXCEPT FOR GETTING JUSTICE. THERE IS NO CLOSING THE BOOK. BOND. THERE ARE STILL TIMES THAT I WILL THINK, NO, I NEED TO TELL BRITNEY ABOUT THIS. YOU CAN'T CALL HER, YOU CAN EMAIL HER, YOU CAN'T TEXT HER. ALL YOU CAN DO NOW IS GO TO HER GRAVE. AND THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH. >>> THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. I'M A LESTER HOLT, THANKS FOR JOINING US. >>> I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING. >> IT WAS SHOCKING. I HAD A BAD FEELING. >> SHE DID SAY, HE HAD A GUN AND I HAVE A FEELING YOU MIGHT SEE IT. >> A STORY OF SAND, SUNSETS, AND FATAL ATTRACTION. SHE HAD SO MUCH TO GIVE, SUCCESSFUL IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT LOVE, THEN SHE FOUND HIM >> SHE SAID, SHE FELT SO GOOD IN HIS ARMS. >> HE WAS ANDSOME, SOPHISTICATED, AND CRAZY ABOUT HER. THERE WAS TALK OF MARRIAGE, THEN SUDDENLY, THERE WAS TALK OF TROUBLE. >> SHE WAS FRIGHTENED ENOUGH NOT TO GO HOME. >> SHE HAD FEAR SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO HER. >> MY SISTER IS NOT ANSWERING HER PHONE. >> HOW DID LOVE GO SO LONG? IN A SURPRISING TWIST, IT WOULD TAKE NOT ONE, BUT TWO TRIALS TO DISCOVER THE TRUTH. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WAS NOT COway thD OF KILLING MY SISTERta ANYMORE. >>> NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, A GORGEOUS ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF CAPE COD. IT IS SIMPLE AND ELEGANT IN A WAY THAT SAYS, SERIOUS MONEY. THE BEACHES ARE PRISTINE, THE FOOD PHENOMENAL, AND THE SHOPPING-- PACK YOUR CREDIT CARD. AS A CITY FOR ROMANCE WITH IT START, SUNSET, AND SEA BREEZES, NANTUCKET IS 50 SHADES OF FABULOUS. BUT THEN, THE FOG ROLLS IN, MYSTERIOUS AS EVERYTHING CHANGES . SUDDENLY, IT SEEMS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN THIS MOODY PLACE, MAYBE EVEN SINISTER THINGS. >> MY 11, STATE YOUR EMERGENCY. >> SISTER, SHE'S NOT ANSWERING HER PHONE. >> IT WAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 2004. A GREAT DAY. OFFICER, OF THE NANTUCKET POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHEN THE CALL CAME IN. >> SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE AND PICK UP MY SON AT DAYCARE. SHE WILL NOT ANSWER HER PHONE. SIGMUND I WILL SEND SOMEONE OVER IT NOW. >> HE MET HIS PARTNER AT HAWTHORNE LANE. THERE WERE TWO HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH WERE OWNED BY LONGTIME ISLAND RESIDENTS, BARBARA COTA LACK. >> I SAID, EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU MS. ROCKEFELLER? SHE SAID, NO, AND POINTED TOWARD THE COTTAGE. >> THE OFFICERS WALKED TO THE COTTAGE AND KNOCKED, NO ANSWER. IT WAS THE FIRST HINT OF TROUBLE. >> I MOVED AROUND THE BAY WINDOW , I SAW SOMEONE LAYING ON THE GROUND. >> FURTADO WAS LOOKING AT A CRIME SCENE. >> I TURNED TOWARD SERGEANT COAKLEY AND TOLD HIM, WE HAD SOMETHING. >> FURTADO'S PARTNER KICKED IN THE DOOR, A BODY ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR, A WOMAN STOPPED TO DEATH. HURTADO HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT AND WAS HIT BY A WAVE OF TEARS EMOTION. >> SHOT, FRIGHTENED, PRETTY MUCH HOW IT WENT AND THE POLICE TRAINING KICKED IN. >> THE COPS PULLED THEIR WEAPONS. >> IMMEDIATELY DREW OUR WEAPONS FOR OUR SAFETY. SO WITH WEAPONS DRAWN, WE PROCEEDED TO CLEAR THE HOUSE. >> IT WAS ALL CLEAR, BUT HORRIFYING. THERE WERE SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE, BLOOD IN THE BEDROOM AND IN THE LIVING ROOM BY THE BODY. OFFICER POSADA RADIOED IN. >> I MADE THE COMMENT, JUST GOT HERE. >> IT WAS FURTADO'S FIRST HOMICIDE, BUT HE IF HE WAS A STRANGER TO HOMICIDE, SO WAS NANTUCKET. THERE HADN'T BEEN A MURDER ON THE ISLAND FOR 2 DECADES. >> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, THAT WAS KIND OF THE WAY IT WAS, UNTIL THAT DAY. >> HER NAME WAS ELIZABETH, BUT EVERYONE CALLED HER BETH. SHE WAS AN UNLIKELY VICTIM. SHE WAS 44 YEARS OLD, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN FROM NEW YORK WHO SOLD HER COMPANY FOR A TINY PROPHETS AND MOVED TO THIS NANTUCKET COTTAGE JUST MONTHS BEFORE. >> THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE GIFT OF MAKING PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AROUND HER. I WOULD BE WITH HER, WE WOULD GO IN THE STORE TO RUN AN ERRAND AND SHE WOULD BE CHATTING UP THE CLERK, GETTING INTO A CONVERSATION, WE WOULD BE LIKE, COME ON, LET'S GO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> VIBRANT, ADVENTUROUS, BETH WAS CERTAINLY ALL OF THAT AND MORE, BUT WERE WHAT TOM REMEMBERS MOST IS HER WAY WITH PEOPLE. >> SOUNDS LIKE BETTER, BIGGER, MORE LOVED, IT IS A GIFT. SHE WOULD MAKE EVERYONE FEEL MORE LOVED. >> THE THIRD OF FIVE CHILDREN, WAS RAISED IN PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY. >> MY MOM STAYED HOME WITH US, CARED FOR US, MY DAD WAS HOME AT 5:30, DINNER AT 6:00. >> THE FAMILY HEADED TO NANTUCKET, WHERE BESS'S FATHER, JOHN THE LOCHTEFELD WAS A LOCAL ARTIST. FOR YEARS, IF IT WAS SUMMER, BETH WAS ON THE ISLAND. LESLIE COSTELLO MET BETH MORE THAN THREE DECADES AGO. THEY WERE FRESHMEN TOGETHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. >> THE LAST TIME SHE WAS IN CALIFORNIA, WE WERE GOING TO GO OUT SURFING, I SAID, BETH, SHE HAD NEVER SERVED BEFORE HERE SHE HAD THE KEYBOARD, YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE FUN BOOGIE BOARDING. I WANT TO GO FOR IT, I WANT TO LEARN TO SURF. ALWAYS WILLING AND WANTING TO EMBRACE A NEW EXPERIENCE WITH JOY. >> AFTER COLLEGE, BETH SETTLED IN NEW YORK AND STARTED HER OWN COMPANY. IN THE VIDEO, SHE TALKS ABOUT THOSE EARLY DAYS. >> YOU WORK YOUR FINGERS TO THE BONE. >> SHE CHOSE A TOUGH GIG, HELPING ARCHITECTS NAVIGATE NEW YORK'S BYZANTINE BUILDING REGULATION. >> THAT SEEMS LIKE THE KIND OF BUSINESS FOR A TOUGH, SAVVY, HARD EDGED, TIGHT WOMAN. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE WOMAN YOU ARE DESCRIBING, REALLY. >> SHE WAS ENORMOUSLY ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE SHE WAS HARD- WORKING, SHE WAS HONEST. SHE SHINED AND PEOPLE COULD JUST TRUST HER. >> BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, THERE WAS JUST ONE PART OF HER LIFE THAT WAS, LOVE, FINDING SOMEONE TO SPEND HER LIFE WITH. DID SHE TALK ABOUT THAT? >> SHE DID WANT A FAMILY. >> IN EARLY 2004, THAT DREAM SUDDENLY SEEMED TO BE WITHIN REACH. >> SHE WAS THINKING, THIS COULD BE THE GUY, ABSOLUTELY. >> IT WAS LABOR DAY WEEKEND, A SUNNY DAY IN NANTUCKET. BERNADETTE CALLED HER FRIEND, BETH. >> I SAID, HI, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK I'M LOOKING AT YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND RIGHT NOW. SHE SAID, REALLY? AND I SAID, YEAH, AND SHE SAID, I'LL BE RIGHT OVER. >> BERNADINE HAD ONLY KNOWN AS A FEW MONTHS, NOT LONG, ONLY A FEW MONTHS. SO, WHEN BERNADETTE'S OLD FRIENy , TOM, CAME TO STAY AT HER NANTUCKET HOME, SHE INTRODUCED HIM TO BETH. >> IT WAS A CONNECTION. IT WAS ELECTRIC. THE MINUTE SHE WALKED IN, SHE WAS LIKE, WHOA. >> BETH HAD FINALLY MET MR. RIGHT. PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE, OR PRETENDED TO BE. >> THERE WAS A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT BETH'S NEW BEAU, BUT THERE WAS ALSO SOMETHING A LITTLE TROUBLING, ESPECIALLY AFTER HE MET BETH'S FRIENDS. >> I THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY SOPHISTICATED AND CHARMING, AND HE SAID UNDER HIS BREATH, BOY, I SHOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN AN ACTOR. >> WHEN "DATELINE" RETURNS. >>> "TOP STORY" LIVE FROM PARI . LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. WE ARE HERE IN PARIS. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT, IT IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS," STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> NEWS IS RAW. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO FEEL LIKE THIS? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> "TOP STORY" LIVE FROM PARIS. TOP STORY, LIVE IN TEL AVIV. COVERING BREAKING NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. BIG DAY HERE AT THE ARENA, FANS GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. >> GOD, IT FEELS GOOD. SEGMENT EVERY NIGHT, IT IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS," STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CELLO 2 NEWS, THE WATERS ARE CERTAINLY RECEDING NOW. I'M LESTER HOLT, REPORTING FROM GROUND ZERO, AS IT IS BEING REFERRED TO. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IN FACT, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, WE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER. >>> WAS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR DRUG SUPPLY. >> IMPORTANT NEW THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> BIG PICTURE, WHY IS THIS SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW? >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW, NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HI THERE, I AM HALLIE, WE ARE COMING ONTO THE AIR TONIGHT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE OLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WITH THIS NEW LAW WILL AND WILL NOT DO. CREWS WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GET HIS BACK OPENED ASAP, HOW IS THE B, IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPEN? NOW YOU HAVE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TAKE UNTIL IT SPARKLES. IT IS SPARKLING, IT IS HAPPENING! >>> WE ARE TALKING POSSIBLY A TRILLION GALAXIES? THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT IS THE MOON, WHETHER IT IS MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP F SOMETHING BIG. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICANS' MOST TRUSTED NEWS ANCHOR. >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, GET THE NBC NEWS APP, YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTS AND MAKING INTERVIEWS, DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP >>> IN SEPTEMBER 2004, BETH LOCHTEFELD WAS A WOMAN IN LOVE. HER BROTHER, TOM, REMEMBER HIS EXUBERANT PHONE CALLS ABOUT THE NEW MAN IN HER LIFE. >> OF COURSE, SHE WAS OVER-THE TOP, I MET THIS GUY, FRIEND OF A FRIEND, AND OF COURSE I HAD LEARNED AFTER MANY OF THOSE PHONE CALLS TO TRY NOT TO GET TOO EXCITED FOR HER. >> AT 37, TOM TOOLAN WAS A WALKING, TALKING SLOUGH MACHINE, TOLD, HANDSOME, QUIRKY. BETH HAD LITTLE IN COMMON WITH HIM. >> HE WAS GOOD LOOKING, CAME FROM A CATHOLIC FAMILY WHOSE PARENTS WERE STILL MARRIED 30 YEARS LATER, THAT WAS A BIG ATTRACTION FOR BETH. >> TOM TOOLAN'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND, BERNADETTE , HAD INTRODUCED THE COUPLE. BERNADETTE HAD KNOWN TOM SINCE HE WAS A TODDLER. THEYbroker at Smith Barney.ME a APARTMENT WELDING IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. >> HE WAS FOUR YEARS YOUNGER, SAME AGE AS MY BROTHER. HE ALWAYS FELT LIKE A LITTLE BROTHER TO ME. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW CLOSE WE WERE. >> TOM WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL, THEN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. AFTER COLLEGE, HE SOLD CARS FOR 8 WHILE, AND THEN LANDED A JOB. OTHER JOBS FOLLOWED INCLUDING A STINT AS A BANK EXECUTIVE ON WALL STREET. HE SEEMED TO HAVE IT ALL WITH TIME TO SPARE. >> SHE CALLED SAYING, OH MY GOSH, JUST WAITING FOR HIM HERE. I HAVE TO THANK YOU. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN. >> TOM WAS SMITTEN TOO, FROM DAY ONE. EVEN THOUGH TOM LIVED IN NEW YORK AND IN NANTUCKET, THEY STARTED SEEING EACH OTHER REGULARLY. BETH AT 44 WAS EAGER FOR MARRIAGE AND A FAMILY. VERY SOON, THERE WAS TALK OF RINGS, ALTHOUGH BETH'S BROTHER SAYS, IT WAS MAINLY TOM DOING THE TALKING. >> MATTER OF FACT, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FIRST DAY HE SAID, I'M GOING TO MARRY YOU, AND SHE WAS LIKE, YEAH RIGHT. >> BETH HESITATED AS SHE LEARNED MORE ABOUT HER NEW MAN. HE TOLD HER HE HAD DRINKING PROBLEMS, BUT FOR BERNADETTE FOGNINI PLAYING CUPID, THE DRINKING HARTLEY SEEMED LIKE A DEALBREAKER. >> I KNEW HE HAD A DRINKING PROBLEM. REGARDLESS, I KNEW 1 MILLION PEOPLE WITH DRINKING PROBLEMS. >> OTHER FRIENDS HAD MISGIVINGS. LEWIS TAUGHT BETH JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS ON NANTUCKET AND SHE CONFIDED IN HIM. >> SHE GOES, WELL, I MET SOMEBODY. I GO, THAT IS GREAT. THEN SHE SAYS, HE SMOKES AND DRINKS. I SAID, WOW, BETH, THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A GOOD MIX FOR YOU. THIS SHE SAYS, WELL, HE'S A LITTLE CRAZY, THEN SAYS, WELL I AM A LITTLE CRAZY TOO. >> IF SHE WAS MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM, SHE HAD HER REASONS. >> SHEET SAID, SHE FELT SO GOOD IN HIS ARMS, SHE FELT SO PROTECTED. SHE TOLD ME, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS ON WITH A MAN THAT WANTS TO BE WITH ME. >> AND BESIDES THAT, BETH WAS A FIXER. >> WHEN SHE WOULD DATE GUYS, A LOT OF TIMES SHE WOULD SAY TO HERSELF, WELL, HE'D BE REALLY GREAT, EXCEPT FOR THIS, BUT I THINK WE CAN WORK ON THAT. >> NO SURPRISE, THEN, THAT BETH DECIDED TO WORK ON TOM'S DRINKING PROBLEM WITH HIM. >> I BELIEVE YES, SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP HIM DRY OUT. >> A FEW WEEKS AFTER THEY MET, BETH AND TOM TO CALIFORNIA TOGETHER. TOM HAD MEETINGS THERE AND BETH DECIDED TO TAG ALONG. IT WAS THEIR FIRST EXTENDED TRIP TOGETHER AND FOR BETH, IT WAS AN EYE OPENER. NOW, SHE SAW THINGS SHE COULD NOT DISMISS. >> HE'S A MESS, SHE SAID. HE COULDN'T GET ON THE PLANE. THEY MISSED THE PLANE. I SAID, WHAT WERE YOU DOING, WHAT HE WOULD DO YOU MEAN? SHE SAID, I SAT BACK AND WATCHED HIM, HE WAS IN THE HOTEL ROOM SMOKING CIGARETTES, NOT PACKED, JUST A MESS. >> WITH WANTED TO INTRODUCE TOM TO FRIENDS ON THE WEST COAST, TOP OF THE LIST WAS LESLIE COSTELLO, A COLLEGE FRIEND. LESLIE LIVES IN SAN DIEGO AND SHE WAS EAGER TO MEET BETH'S NEW BEAU, BUT SHE WAS LESS IMPRESSED. >> HE WAS DISTANT AND INFORMAL. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND HIM. >> THE TRIP ENDED BADLY. >> WERE IN A TAXI AND HE HAD A TEMPER TANTRUM. I GUESS SHE SAID, LETS US OFF HERE, WHATEVER SHE SAID, HE TURNED AND REALLY YELLED AT HER AND SHE SAID, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SCARY. >> AND HE WAS DRINKING. >> SHE SAID, HE'D HAD EIGHT BEERS BY THE TIME HE GOT TO THE AIRPORT AND GOT ON THE PLANE. >> BERNADETTE SAYS, ON THE WAY HOME, TOM ASKED BETH, WHAT HER FRIENDS THOUGHT OF HIM? HE SAID SOMETHING CHILLING IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, SOMETHING THAT TROUBLED HER SO MUCH, SHE TOLD BERNADETTE ABOUT IT RIGHT AWAY. >> SHE SAID, WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT ME? I SAID, HE THOUGHT YOU WERE REALLY SOPHISTICATED, CHARMING, THINGS LIKE THAT AND HE SAID UNDER HIS BREATH, BOY, I SHOULD HAVE REALLY BEEN AN ACTOR. THAT JUST WENT RIGHT INTO HER GOT. >> IT WAS AT THAT POINT PERHAPS, SHE BEGAN ASKING, WAS THE REAL TOM TOOLAN? SHE TOLD FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE THE RELATIONSHIP THE FOUR SEASONS TEST TO SEE HOW THINGS STOOD IN A YEAR, BUT IT WAS BECOMING CLEAR THAT TOM TOOLAN WAS NOT INCLINED TO LET ONE SEASON PASS, LET ALONE FOUR. >>> COMING UP, A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP BECOMES A TERRIFYING ONE. >> WHY SHE DID NOT LEAVE THAT NEXT DAY, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. >> WHEN "DATELINE" CONTINUES. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CHICAGO. >> NOW NEVER STOPS. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA. PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR FEET, FIRED UP HERE. >> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT DONALD TRUMP WINS? >> THE MOMENT IS NOW. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICES OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >>> NEWS IS RAW. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THAT? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LUCKIER, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HELPING RIGHT NOW ON "MORNING NEWS NOW,"-- >> GROWING FRUSTRATION OVER THE MIGRANT CRISIS HERE THE STORM IS CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS THE REGION >> NOW, LET'S GET TO FINANCIAL HEADLINES. NEW RULES ARE COMING TO CAP CREDIT CARD LATE FEES. >> TALK INTUITION IS A NEW CLASS OF FRESHMEN GET READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. >> YOU THINK THIS COULD IMPACT HOW PEOPLE VOTE MARKS >> ABSOLUTELY. >> "MORNING NEWS NOW" STREAMING WEEKDAYS DAILY. >>> WAS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING ALONG THE BORDER. >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT THERE, SHOWING ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR THE ECONOMY. >> LEFT ZERO IN ON EXERCISE, WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT. WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> "NBC NEWS DAILY" WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW . >>> YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST, BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, ON THE GROUND REPORTER, AND INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> NOW IS REAL. >> YOU GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN 2024 RACE. >> NOW IS CONSTANT. THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS-- STILL TOO CLOSE TO CALL. >> I AM LESTER HOLT, REPORTING FROM GROUND ZERO, AS IT IS BEING REFERRED TO. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW, IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. NEWS IS RAW. >> THE TUNNEL JUST GOES ON AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS OR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THE FIRE HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. >> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS ETHICAL. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY BAD. >> KRISTEN WELKER HOSTS "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. n >>> IN OCTOBER 2004, BETH LOCHTEFELD WENT TO NEW YORK TO BE WITH HER BOYFRIEND, TOM TOOLAN. BY THEN , THE TWO HAD BEEN DATING FOR SIX WEEKS, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP WAS FRAYING. BETH WAS BEGINNING TO SEE A TROUBLING SIDE OF THIS NEW GUY AND SHE HAD STARTED TO GIVE HIM ULTIMATUMS. >> HE STARTED DRINKING AND IT WOULD GET REALLY UGLY. SHE WOULD SAY, YOU'RE A GOOD GUY, BUT WHEN YOU ARE DRINKING, YOU ARE AN IDIOT AND YOU NEED TO DECIDE BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND ME. AND HE WOULD APOLOGIZE AND SAY, I CHOOSE YOU, I WANT YOU, I DON'T WANT THE ALCOHOL. >> THAT WEEK, BETH INVITED HER BROTHER TO MEET HER BOYFRIEND PEERED PERHAPS, SHE WANTED HIS TAKE ON TOM. >> FIRST IMPRESSION, YOU SEE HIM WALK IN? >> HE HAD LONGISH BLONDE HAIR, SORT OF COMBED BACK IN A DOUBLE- BREASTED BLUE BLAZER ON. HE LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OFF OF "THE LOVE BOAT," CAPTAIN STEWIE. VERY POMPOUS, VERY, I DON'T KNOW. HE SEEMED FAKE TO ME. >> THAT NIGHT, OVER DINNER, BETH'S BROTHER KEPT ASKING TOM TOOLAN WHAT HE DID FOR A LIVING . >> AND HE COULDN'T REALLY TELL ME TO MY SATISFACTION WHAT HE DID. I AM AN INVESTOR, THIS, THAT. WHAT DO YOU INVEST IN? HE CANNOT REALLY GIVE ME AN ANSWER. >> BETH'S BROTHER SAYS TO ME TOOLAN WAS DRINKING DURING DINNER . AFTERWARDS, THEY HAD BACK TO THE APARTMENT AND ON THE WAY HOME, BETH TOLD FRIENDS THAT SOMETHING SHOCKING HAPPENED. SHE'D SEEN HIM DRUNK, SHE SEEMED ANGRY, BUT SHE'D NEVER SEEN HER NEW BOYFRIEND LIKE THIS. >> HE HAD PUT HER IN A HEADLOCK AND WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET SAYING, I WANT TO BEAT YOUR HEAD IN. AND SHE SHARED WITH ME, I WENT BACK TO HIS APARTMENT TO GET MY CELL PHONE AND PALMPILOT AND GET OUT OF THERE. AND I WONDER IF I SHOULD'VE JUST LEFT THAT STUFF BEHIND AND LEFT AT THAT MOMENT. >> LITTLE DID BETH KNOW THAT TOOLAN HAD APPARENTLY BEEN AGGRESSIVE WITH AT LEAST ONE OTHER WOMAN AFTER HE'D HAD A FEW DRINKS. >> I THOUGHT, WOW, FLOWERS, THIS IS NICE. HE WAS SUCH A GENTLEMAN. >> BECKY HAMMOND, WHO WAS WORKING AS A BARTENDER AT A NEW YORK SPORTS BAR DATED TOOLAN WANTS. >> WE HAD PLANS AT EIGHT NEWARK ATHLETIC CLUB, THAT WAS NICE, THAT WAS A NICE DATE. >> DINNER WAS PLEASANT, THEN CAME DRINKS. >> I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A BARTENDER. >> I GOT INTO A CAB TO GO HOME AND BECKY SAYS, TOOLAN TRIED TO GROPE HER, WHEN THEY REACHED HER STREET, SHE DID NOT WAIT AROUND. >> I JUMPED OUT AND I LITERALLY RAN ACROSS THE STREET. >> AND NOW, FOUR YEARS LATER, BETH LOCHTEFELD WAS IN A FRIGHTENING SITUATION WITH THE SAME MAN, BUT THAT NIGHT, INSTEAD OF WRAPPING HER STUFF FROM TOOLAN'S APARTMENT INSTEAD OF LEAVING, BETH STAYED. AND LESLIE SAYS THAT BETH TOLD HER LATER THAT THINGS WENT FROM BAD TO TERRIBLE. >> HE GOT VERY VIOLENT WITH HER THAT NIGHT AND HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. AND I THINK THAT BETH WAS PROBABLY SORT OF IN A STATE OF -- IT'S A CONFUSING THING WHEN IT SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSEDLY CLOSE TO VIOLATES YOU . MY GUESS IS, SHE WAS PROBABLY JUST IN A STATE OF SHOCK AND WHY SHE DIDN'T LEAVE THAT NEXT DAY, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. >> BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, TWO DAYS AFTER THE DINNER WITH HER BROTHER, BETH HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE NEW YORK. FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY, IT WAS CLEAR THAT SHE INTENDED TO CALL IT QUITS WITH TOOLAN. SHE EVEN LEFT A MESSAGE AT HER BROTHER'S CONNECTICUT HOME SAYING, SHE WAS COMING TO SPEND THE NIGHT, BUT BY NOW, SOMETHING ELSE WAS BECOMING CLEAR, TOM TOOLAN WAS NOT GOING TO LET BETH GO. >> HE rre as it sounds, HE FOLLOWED HER, SHE ENDED UP IN THE METROPOLITAN AND SHE SAID, I WAS STANDING THERE IN FRONT OF THIS PAINTING AND IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY DARK PAINTING THINKING, THIS PAINTING REMINDS ME OF TOM TOOLAN. >> AS BIZARRE AS IT SOUNDS, THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT TOM TOOLAN CHOSE TO PROPOSE TO HER. HE CHOSE THE MOST PUBLIC PLACE POSSIBLE, A GALLERY IN THIS WORLD FAVORITE FAMOUS MUSEUM, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. HE HAD PROPOSED TO BETH BEFORE, BUT NEVER LIKE THIS. >> HE PULLED HIS RING OUT, GETS ON HIS KNEES AND PROPOSES TO HER AGAIN. AND SHE SAYS, I WAS NOT-- SHE DID NOT FEEL SAFE ENOUGH SAYING, NO. SHE KNEW SHE WAS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION, SO SHE SAID TO HIM, I NEED MORE TIME. >> SHE WAS LIKE SO UPSET, BECAUSE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOW OR NEVER. IT HAS TO BE NEVER, THESE WERE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF BETH'S MOUTH. >> BETH RUSHED OUT OF THE MUSEUM, TOOLAN PURSUIT HER. HE WAS SCREAMING, I'M GOING TO GET DRUNK WITH MY FRIENDS, SHE WAS JUST GOING TO GO GET HER STUFF AND GET OUT AND HE, AT THE LAST MINUTE, HOPPED IN THE CAB WITH HER, THEY ENDED UP AT HIS APARTMENT. >> AT SOME POINT THAT NIGHT, BETH CALLED HER BROTHER. IN RETROSPECT, HE SAYS, SHE SOUNDED TERRIFYING. >> HER WORDS WERE VERY MEASURE . SHE WAS TALKING VERY SLOWLY AND ENUNCIATING VERY CLEARLY, UNLIKE HER. AND SHE KEPT SAYIN , I'M HERE WITH TOM, IN THE CITY , WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THINGS OUT AND I DID NOT EVEN THINK TO ASK HER, ARE YOU OKAY? OR COUGH TWICE IF YOU ARE IN TROUBLE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> HE HAD NO IDEA HIS SISTER WAS IN DANGER. >> I WAS SORT OF TIRED. I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE BREAKING UP, MAKING UP KIND OF THING. >> LATER FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HE WOULD LEARN THE HORRIFYING DETAILS OF BETH'S ORDEAL THAT NIGHT. >> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING HIM HE WAS HOLDING HER AT GUNPOINT. >> BETH'S BROTHER SAYS, YES NO PROOF OF THAT OR EXACTLY WHAT OTHER DETAILS THAT WENT ON THAT NIGHT, BUT HE PIECED TOGETHER A STORY OF VARIOUS ACCOUNTS. >> HE HELD HER CAPTIVE SHE TRIED TO GET AWAY, HE WAS EITHER DRUNK OR TIRED, AND HE ENDED UP-- SHE WAS LAYING DOWN IN THE BED, AND HE ENDED UP LAYING ON HER LEGS AND ENDED UP GOING TO SLEEP OR PASSING OUT HIMSELF, AT WHICH POINT SHE SLIPPED OUT AND SLIPPED AWAY. >> I UNDERSTAND, SHE DID NOT EVEN WANT TO USE THE ELEVATOR BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID THE DEAN DING WOULD WAKE HIM UP, SO SHE ENDED UP TAKING THE STAIRS. >> IT WAS AROUND 4:00 A.M. WHEN BETH MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE APARTMENT. >> WHERE WAS SHE GOING TO GO? >> SHE WAS GOING STRAIGHT TO LaGUARDIA, HITTING THE NEXT FLIGHT TO NANTUCKET AND GO HOME. >> IT WAS NOW SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23rd. AT 8:00 A.M., BETH CALLED HER BROTHER. IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THE TWO SPOKE. >> SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD BROKEN UP WITH HIM AND HE HAD CALLED HER ABOUT 50 TIMES SINCE ON HER CELL PHONE, THAT I WOULD NOT STOP CALLING HER. >> DID THAT RAISING ALARMS WITH YOU? >> NO, IT DIDN'T. >> JUST GOT WAS HEARTBROKEN? >> YEAH, SO I WAS THINKING, WELL SHE'S GOING TO GO UP TO NANTUCKET, EVERYTHING WILL BE OVER AND THINGS WILL BE FINE. >> ACCEPT, THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. TRAGEDY WAS JUST TWO SHORT DAYS AWAY. >> COMING UP, A SURPRISE VISITOR AND A PANICKED PHONE CALL. >> HE SAID TO ME, BARBARA, LOCK YOUR DOOR, DON'T GO OUT, I'M CALLING THE POLICE. >> WHEN "DATELINE" CONTINUES. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS THE WATER IS BREAST-FEEDING RECEDING. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER. THERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS HERE. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> THE FRONT LINES ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE. OFFICIALS SAY, AN ENTIRE TOWN IS CUT OFF. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. >>> I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ . >> THE SUPREME COURT PUTTING A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE CRAZIEST RIDE I HAVE EVER HITCHED. DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> I FEEL GREAT! STAY TUNED FOR. >>> YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, OR THE GROUND REPORTING, AND NEWSMAKING INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC APP NOW. >>> NEWS IS RAW. HOW HARD IS IT TO FEEL LIKE THIS? NOW IS REAL. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >>> YOU'VE GOT TO SEE THIS. I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ . WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT BUT I LIVE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE DOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK IS HERE. IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED! DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? STAY TUNED NOW FOR WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> A STORY OF RESILIENCY AND HOPE. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >>> WE ARE TALKING POSSIBLY 1 TRILLION GALAXIES? THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. WHETHER IT IS THE MOON, WHETHER IT IS MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> STILL TO COME ON THE CHANNEL 2 NEWS, THE WATERS ARE RECEDING NOW. LESTER HOLT, REPORTING FROM GROUND ZERO, AS IT IS BEING REFERRED TO. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT RESILIENCY. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER. THERE ARE SOME RESILIENT FOLKS HAD. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING, NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CHICAGO. >> NOW NEVER STOPS. >> THIS IS A REAL FIGHT, PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR FEET, FOLKS FIRED UP HERE. >> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. THE MOMENT IS NOW. THE ONLY VOICE THAT REALLY MATTERS ARE THE VOICES OF THE VOTERS. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> AFTER A TERRIFYING NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS HELD CAPTIVE IN TOM TOOLAN'S NEW YORK APARTMENT, BETH LOCHTEFELD AND MANAGED TO ESCAPE AND GET ON TO NANTUCKET, HER ISLAND REFUGE. SHE CALLED HER FRIEND, LESLIE, THE MOMENT SHE GOT BACK. >> SHE DID SAY, YES A GUN AND I AM AFRAID HE MIGHT USE. I'M NOT GOING TO STAY HERE TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT MY BROTHERS HOUSE. >> THAT SAME DAY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, BETH STOPPED BY THE NANTUCKET POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASK ABOUT FILING A RESTRAINING ORDER. >> FOR HER TO EVEN GET TO THE POINT OF STOPPING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT PROBABLY TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE OF HER. >> YEAH, I THINK SO. I THINK SHE HAD VERY WELL- FOUNDED FEARS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE INCIDENT IN NEW YORK, WHERE HE HELD HER CAPTIVE. >> BUT BETH DID NOT FILE THE PAPERWORK, SHE SPENT THAT NIGHT AND THE NEXT AT HER BROTHER, PETER'S HOME. SEA I WOULD HAVE TO SAY SHE HAD FEARED THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO HER. >> ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 25th, BETH RETURNED TO HER COTTAGE IN THE MORNING, COLLECTED TOM TOOLAN'S CLOSE, PARCELED THEM UP AND MAILED THEM BACK HIM. SHE RETURNED TO THE COTTAGE AND CHATTED WITH HER LANDLADY, BARBARA, IT WAS JUST AFTER 10:30. >> SHE CAME IN THE YARD AND WE WERE TALKING THE IN THE DRIVEWAY. SHE WAS GOING TO DO SOME WORK ON HER COMPUTER AND WE WERE GOING TO BE TO GET AROUND 1:00. >> BETH WITH INSIDE THE COTTAGE TO WORK. >> THAT IS THE LAST I THOUGHT OF BETH. >> BARBER CONTINUED TO GARDEN. A SHORT TIME LATER, SHE WAS FEELING UP A WHEELBARROW, WHEN SUDDENLY SHE HEARD A VOICE BEHIND HER. >> THE BOY SAID, IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THIS HOUSE, I TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED RIGHT AT HIM. >> THE MAN, ODDLY DRESSED FOR NANTUCKET IN A HAT AND OVERCOATS, WAS INQUIRING ABOUT THAT LOCHTEFELD'S COTTAGE. >> I SAID, I DON'T KNOW. >> SOMETHING ABOUT HIM BOTHERED HER. >> I KNEW BETH HAD BEEN SEEING SOMEONE AND I THINK SHE MORE OR LESS TOLD ME THAT I THINK IT IS OVER. THAT IS WHAT I WAS LIKE, IT IS THE BOYFRIEND THAT HAS COME BACK. >> HE MOVED TOWARD THE COTTAGE DOOR. BARBARA WENT TO HER HOUSE TO HAVE LUNCH, BUT SHE WAS UNEASY. >> AS I SAID, IT WAS AN INTUITION. >> BARBER SAID, SHE CALLED BETH'S BROTHER, PETER, BUT COULD NOT REACH HIM, SHE CALLED BETH'S PARENTS, BUT COULD NOT REACH THEM EITHER. SHE KNEW BETH WAS PLANNING TO PICK UP HER NEPHEW BEFORE 1:00 P.M., BUT BETH'S CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. AND THEN SHE NOTICED THE SHADE IN BETH'S BEDROOM WINDOW HAD BEEN DRAWN. >> I HAD A BAD FEELING. I HAD ABOUT FEELING. >> SHE CALLED ce. 911 OPERATOR: 911. PETER LOCHTEFELD: Just come to Nantucket. He's at her house now.PETE AGAIN, THIS TIME SHE HAD REACHED HIM. >> I TOLD HIM I THINK THERE SOMEONE IN THE YARD AND I THINK IT IS BETH'S BOYFRIEND. HE SAID TO ME, BARBARA, LOCK YOUR DOOR, DON'T GO OUT . I'M CALLING THE POLICE. >> 911? >> IT WAS THEN THAT SERGEANT DANIEL FURTADO OF THE NANTUCKET POLICE ARRIVED AT THE COTTAGE AND WITH HIS PARTNER MADE THE DISCOVERY, BETH LOCHTEFELD'S BODY ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR . IT WAS JUST WEEKS AFTER SHE THOUGHT SHE FOUND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE AND DREAMED OF A NEW BEGINNING. FOR THE LOCHTEFELD FAMILY, LIFE WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME . >> WHAT DID YOU LOSE ON THAT DAY? >> I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, I LOST PROBABLY MY BEST FRIEND AND CONFIDANT, EXCEPT FOR MY WIFE. SHE WAS MY CLOSEST SIBLING. WE ALWAYS GOT ALONG REALLY WELL. >> LESLIE COSTELLO GOT A CALL THAT SAME DAY. >> WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS, HOW WAS IT TOLD TO YOU? >> HE KILLED HER. AND I REMEMBER JUST BEING IN SHOCK. I DID NOT SEE IT COMING, I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS COMING, IT WAS SHOCKING. >> YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHO IT WAS? >> OH YEAH, I DID. >> TOM TOOLAN WAS ARRESTED WITHIN HOURS OF THE MURDER, PICKS UP IN RHODE ISLAND , DRIVING A RENTAL CAR WITH BOTTLES OF BEER AND VODKA IN THE CAR WITH HIM. HIS BLOODIED CLOTHES IN A BAG ON THE BACKSEAT. RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE VIDEOTAPED HIS ARREST AND RECORDED HIS VOICE IN THE CRUISER. >> WHY AM I IN THIS SITUATION, SIR? >> TOOLAN WAS HELD WITHOUT BAIL AND ARRAIGNED A MONTH LATER. BERNADETTE WAS IN THE COURTROOM. SHE COULD BARELY CONTAIN HERSELF. >> IT WAS REALITY HITTING ME, SITTING THERE THAT THIS HAPPENED , THIS REALLY HAPPENED. AND HE WALKED IN, AND IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE BRINGING IN KING KONG, LIKE A MONSTER. AND I FELT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT, SHE'S GONE. >> TOOLAN WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. AHEAD LAY A TRIAL AND EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS ABOUT A MAN FINALLY STRIPPED BARE OF ALL PRETENSE. >>> COMING UP, WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE WAS ANYTHING BUT. >> LIKE THE PERFECT STORM, HAD ALL OF THESE SWIRLING TOGETHER INSIDE THIS MAN'S HEAD. >>> WHEN "DATELINE" CONTINUES. >>> HEY THERE, I AM HALLIE. WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR TONIGHT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OBLIGATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. LET'S START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WILL NOT DO. CREWS WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GET THIS BACK OPEN ASAP, IN OTHER WORDS, HOW S IS THE P, IN OTHER WORDS, HE ALSO WILL IT BE OPEN? YOU LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE SPEAKING UNTIL IT SPARKLES. IT IS HAPPENING! >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE ARE ENERGIZED BY THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR FEET. FOLKS ARE FIRED UP HERE. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICE OF THE VOTERS. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS . I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ . WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. PROTESTERS HAVE DOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS AT HIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK IS AT RIS . IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? I FEEL GREAT! STAY TUNED NOW WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> "TOP STORY " LIVE IN TEL AVIV. COVERING BREAKING NEWS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE. >>> FANS HERE AT THE ARENA, GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. >> THAT FEELS GOOD. >>> EVERY NIGHT, IT IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST, "TOP STORY" WITH TOM LLAMAS STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW IS WRONG. >> OUR HOUSE IS NO HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NOW IS REAL. JUNE LOSE FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ . WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A COLD ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? STAY TUNED AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, PHARMACOPEIA PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> >>> LET'S START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WILL NOT DO. CREWS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN ASAP. HOW S IS THE B? IN OTHER WORDS, HOW SOON WILL IT BE OPENED? >> I CAN KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER START SPARKLING. >> YOU HAVE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET, NOW WE HAVE TO CONTINUE UNTIL IT STARTS SPARKLING, IT IS SPARKLING! >>> NEWS IS RAW. >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >>> LET'S WORK KNOW WHAT WE KNOW AND THE B QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> IN JUNE 2007, WHILE TOURISTS WANDER THROUGH OLD NANTUCKET TOWN, LOOKING FOR SOUVENIRS, TOM TOOLAN WENT ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF BETH LOCHTEFELD IN A COURTHOUSE IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS AS SMARTLY TURNED OUT AS EVER, LOOKING LIKE THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVE HE'D LONG WANTED TO BE, THE SORT OF GUY WHO'D FIT RIGHT IN ON THIS CONEY ISLAND. THE DEFENSE WOULD ARGUE THAT TOOLAN'S POLISHED EGGS . IT WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A FACADE FOR A PROFOUNDLY TROUBLED MAN. THEY DID NOT SAY THAT HE DID NOT KILL LOCHTEFELD, BUT THEY WOULD ARGUE THAT HE SHOULD GO TO PRISON FOR IT. HE WAS, THEY SAID, NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY. TOOLAN'S ATTORNEY, KEVIN REDINGTON, AGAIN BY HINTING AT THE TERMINAL THAT LURKS WITHIN TOM TOOLAN was just that, Reddington declared, an act, because Tom Toolan was a mess, . THE UNIVERSE ACT WAS JUST THAT, REDINGTON DECLARED, AN ACT, BECAUSE TOM TOOLAN WAS A MESS , PLAYED NOT JUST BY ALCOHOL ABUSE, BUT DRUG ADDICTION TOO. >> HIS DRINK OF CHOICE WOULD BE ABSOLUTE VODKA, RIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE, DRINK A FIFTH A DAY. HE WAS DOING PRESCRIPTIONS LEGALLY, HE WAS TAKING THEM ILLEGALLY. >> WHEN BETH BROKE UP WITH HIM, REDINGTON TOLD THE COURT, TOOLAN SNAPPED . THE DRINKING, THE DRUGGING, AND EVEN DEEPER TROUBLES, ALL OF THEM COMBINED TO PUSH HIM OVER THE EDGE. >> THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT THOMAS TOOLAN WAS SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL DISEASE AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, THAT HE WAS WELL WITHIN OUR LEGAL DEFINITION OF INSANE. >> AND WHO BETTER TO TELL THE JURY ABOUT THE DEFENDANT'S DEMONS THAN THE DEFENDANT'S MOTHER. >> MY NAME IS DOLORES TOOLAN. >> SHE RECITED SORTED TEX-MEX OF HER SON'S LIFE. >> YES, I WOULD SAY, WHEN HE WAS 16, 17. >> HIS BATTLE WITH DRUGS. >> DID YOU KNOW HE HAD OCCASION TO MAKE PURCHASES OTHER PLACES FROM DRUGSTORES? >> YOU GOT SOME PRESCRIPTIONS FROM THE INTERNET. >> SHE TOLD THE COURT THAT SHE AND HER TRY TO STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT, SITTING HIM TO REHAB SEVERAL TIMES, BEGINNING IN 1999. >> A MUST. >> NOW TO DESCRIBE TOOLAN'S ESTATE IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE MURDER. >> DID YOU AT SOME POINT RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM YOUR SON? >> YES. >> SHE DESCRIBED A CONVERSATION WITH HER SON TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MURDER. HE WAS INCONSOLABLE OVER THE BREAKUP WITH BETH. >> HE SAID, SHE'S GONE, SHE'S GONE, SHE'S TAKEN ALL HER STUFF. HE SAID, I WAS ASLEEP AND SHE JUST LEFT. >> THE NEXT DAY, SUNDAY, THE TOOLAN FAMILY WENT TO MANHATTAN TO SEE THEIR SON . HE WAS A TERRIBLE SHAPE. >> HIS WHOLE BODY HAD EXITED, YOU KNOW, THIS SMELL OF ALCOHOL. >> THE DEFENSE BELIEVE, THAT ESTABLISHED TOOLAN'S STATE IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE MURDER. NOW IN THE DAY ITSELF. WHEN TOOLAN WAS PICKED UP IN RHODE ISLAND HOURS AFTER THE MURDER, HE HAD BEEN DRINKING. SOBRIETY TEST PUT HIM AT TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT. >> MULTIPLY THAT BY SIX. >> A FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY DOING SOME TOXIC CALCULATIONS ESTIMATED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER, TOOLAN'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .30. >> THAT WAS THE NEXT LEVEL OF BYE FUSION TO THE STUPOR PHASE. >> THE DEFENSE ARGUED, TOOLAN WAS PROFOUNDLY IMPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER, THAT WAS JUST FROM THE DRINKING. ADD IN THE DRUGS-- TOO MUCH DID DRUGS PLAY IN TOM TOOLAN'S LIFE? >> HE WOULD TAKE WHATEVER HE COULD GET HIS HANDS ON. METHAMPHETAMINE, ZOLOFT. >> THERE WAS MORE. THE DEFENSE REVEALED THAT TOOLAN SPENT YEARS FIGHTING DEPRESSION AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER ME BUT IN THE LATE 80s HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. FINALLY, THE DEFENSE WAS READY FOR ITS KNOCKOUT PUNCH. A NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST. >> MY OPINION IS THAT HE HAS PROFOUND FRONTAL OBJECTIVES DYSFUNCTION. >> TESTIFIED THAT YEARS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE HAD BROUGHT ABOUT THAT UNTIL DEFECT. BECAUSE OF THAT, TOOLAN CANNOT CONTROL HIS IMPULSES, SO THE DEFENSE ARGUED HE CANNOT BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER. >> IT IS LIKE THE PERFECT FORM. YOU HAVE THE FRONTAL LOBE DEFECT, A PERSON IS UNABLE TO CONTROL THEIR EMOTIONS AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, COUPLED WITH THE LOWERING OF INNOVATIONS THROUGH THE ALCOHOL. YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE SWIRLING TOGETHER INSIDE THIS MAN'S HEAD. >> THE PROSECUTOR'S JOB WAS TO BLOW THAT ARGUMENT AWAY, TO ARGUE THAT TOM TOOLAN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE MURDERED BETH LOCHTEFELD , THAT HE WAS SO ENRAGED BY THE BREAKUP, THAT HE PLANNED AND CARRIED OUT A COLD, CALCULATED KILLING. >> I WILL PRESENT TO YOU, LATEST AGENDA, A TIMELINE. >> PROSECUTOR TOLD THE COURT THAT ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER, THE SECURITY GUARD IN NEW YORK'S LaGUARDIA AIRPORT STOPPED TOOLAN FROM BOARDING A PLANE TO NANTUCKET BECAUSE HE WAS CARRYING A 10 INCH KNIFE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE KNIFE, TOOLAN OFFERED A SERIES OF STORIES. >> HE SAID, HE FORGOT IT WAS IN THEIR. >> HE WAS HAVING LUNCH WITH HIS SISTER IN NANTUCKET, AND SHE WANTED HIM TO BRING A KNIFE. >> PROSECUTOR PRESENTED EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THE NEXT WARNING, TOOLAN BOARDED ANOTHER PLANE BOUND TO NANTUCKET, THIS TIME WITHOUT A KNIFE. WHEN HE LANDED, HE WENT SHOPPING ORGANIZED. TOOLAN MAY HAVE DRINKING THAT DAY, PROSECUTORS ARGUED, BUT HE WAS USED TO CONSUMING QUANTITIES OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS WITHOUT SHOWING IT. THE PROSECUTOR CALLED WITNESSES WHO WOULD TESTIFY THAT TOOLAN DID NOT DRUNK. THAT IS WHAT THE CLERK WHO SOLD HIM THE KNIVES TESTIFIED. >> I WOULD SAY, HE WAS SOBER. >> AND THE RENTAL CAR AGENT AT THE NANTUCKET AIRPORT. >> THE HE SEEMED INTOXICATED AT THAT ONES? >> NO. NOT LIKELY. >> THE PROSECUTOR PLAYED A SURVEILLANCE TAPE FROM THE AIRPORT AT MASSACHUSETTS. TOOLAN FLEW TO THE AIRPORT, ARRIVING AT AROUND 1:15. JURORS COULD RENTING A CAR, WALKING OUT TO GET IT, DRIVING AWAY IN A GRAY, CHEVROLET IMPALA. >> YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE HOW HE IS WALKING. HE'S NOT CALLING, STUMBLING. THE PERSONS ARE INTERACTING, THEY ARE INTERACTING IN A NORMAL WEIGHT . >> AND THERE WAS AUDIO IN THE BACK OF THE STATE TROOPER'S CRUISER AFTER TOOLAN'S ARREST IN RHODE ISLAND . >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON? >> THE PROSECUTOR ARGUED, TOOLAN WAS COHERENT. HE WAS CAPABLE OF THINKING CLEARLY AND DISTINGUISHING RIGHT FROM WRONG, DESPITE THE ALCOHOL. IN THE PROSECUTION ALSO HAD A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST WHOM THEY THOUGHT WOULD DELIVER THEIR OWN KNOCKOUT PUNCH. >> WHERE YOU ABLE TO FORM AN OPINION CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THOMAS TOOLAN III OCTOBER 25th, 2024 2004 IN RESPECT TO THE KILLING OF BETH TOOLAN? >> ON THAT DAY, HE DID NOT HAVE A MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT. >> AND SO, THE PROSECUTORS TOLD THE JURY, TOM TOOLAN WAS CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE WHEN HE STABBED BETH LOCHTEFELD TO DEATH . THE TESTIMONY TOOK NINE DAYS IN ALL. AS THE SUMMER ARRIVED ONE NANTUCKET, THE SURF AND SEA BEGUILING VISITORS WITH STORES BECKONING SHOPPERS INSIDE THE NANTUCKET SUPERIOR COURT, THE JURY IN THE TOOLAN MURDER TRIAL GOT THE CASE. >>> COMING UP, THE END OF A TRIAL, BUT NOT IN OF A STORY, WHEN "DATELINE" CONTINUES. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOST "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOST "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> "TOP STORY" LIFE IN TEL AVIV . >> WE ARE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, COVERING BREAKING NEWS. >>> FANS HERE ARE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. >> I KNOW IT HAS A LONG TIME COMING. >> GOD, THAT FEELS GOOD. >> EVERY NIGHT, YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST, "TRAN07 WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 NBC NEWS NOW . >>> LIVES IN THE NOW, COMING AT US EVERY SECOND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THIS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE HOSTAGES, DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES. >> IS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON, AND ON, AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> THIS IS IT. WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CHICAGO. >> NOW NEVER STOPS. >> THEY ARE ENERGIZED THE IDEA. PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR FEET, FOLKS WERE FIRED UP HERE. >>> NOW IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW DEMOCRATIC TICKET? THE MOMENT IS NOW. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICES OF THE VOTERS. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE ASKED AND THAT THE OSTRICHES, DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES RELEASED. >> THIS TUNNEL JUST GOES ON, AND ON, AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >>'S VISIT, WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. >>> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW? LIVE >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOST "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> THE JURY IN THE TOM TOOLAN TRIAL TOOK FIVE HOURS TO REACH A VERDICT. >> DO YOU GET OUT OF LIFE EVERY TIME YOU MARK >> AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND JURORS RETURN TO THEIR SEATS, THE COURT ROOM SUBTLY SEEMED TOO SMALL FOR A BIG DRAMA. >> YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP IN THE COURTROOM. EMOTIONS WERE PALPABLE, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S-EX. >> HIGH-STAKES WITH SUBTLE HINTS. >> YOU COULD TELL, YOU COULD JUST FIGURE THINGS WEREN'T GOING THAT WELL. >> IS THE DEFENDANT GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? >> GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER, GUILTY OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON. A STOIC TOM TOOLAN, A DISTRAUGHT MOTHER , AND NO REJOICING FROM THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. >> WE ARE RELIEVED, TROUBLED, VENGEFUL, AND DANGEROUS MAN CAN NEVER HARM ANOTHER INNOCENT PERSON. >> TOM TOOLAN WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. THAT IS WHERE THINGS STOOD FOR 4 YEARS. BUT IN AUGUST 2011, EVERYTHING CHANGED. THE MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OVERTURNED TOM TOOLAN'S CONVICTION . THE COURT SAID, THERE WERE FLAWS IN THE JURY SELECTION PROCESS AND ORDERED A NEW TRIAL. THE TRIAL GOT UNDERWAY IN JUNE 2013. THIS TIME AT A COURTHOUSE ON THE MAINLAND IN DUNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS. FOR THE LOCHTEFELD FAMILY, GOING THROUGH IT A SECOND TIME WAS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING AND WORRYING. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WAS NOT CONVICTED OF KILLING MY SISTER ANYMORE, AND HE WAS, AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED. >> BUT FOR TOM TOOLAN, IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SECOND CHANCE . THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT LOOKED THINNER THAN HE HAD THE FIRST TRIAL, AND THIS TIME, A NEW DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARGUES THE CASE. >> THIS IS NOT A WHO DONE IT, THIS IS NOT A WHERE, WHEN, HOW CASE. THIS IS A WHY CASE. >> ROBERTS OPENED WITH AN ADMISSION THAT THE FIRST TEAM NEVER MADE EXPLICITLY, THAT TOOLAN DID KILL BETH LOCHTEFELD. WHAT THE JURY HAD TO DECIDE WAS WHY? >> DIFFICULT ISSUE TO LOOK IN SOMEBODY'S MIND AND YOU'RE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT MIND. WAS HE A COMMON CRIMINAL? >> IT WAS THE INSANITY DEFENSE ALL OVER AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, PRESENTED IN COURT BY AN ATTORNEY WHO WAS KEENLY AWARE HE HAD AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH HIS HAND. >> THE REAL QUESTION IS, WAS ANYONE WILLING TO LET SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE SOME THIS HORRIFIC QUOTE, UNQUOTE OFF THE HOOK BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND UNDERLYING MENTAL ISSUES. >> THE PROSECUTOR HAD THE GLOVES OFF ONCE AGAIN. >> 52 DAYS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 52 DAYS FROM THE TIME ELIZABETH BETH LOCHTEFELD THAT THOMAS TOOLAN , UNTIL HE STABBED HER 23 TIMES UNTIL SHE DIED. >> HE TOLD THIS NEW SET OF JURORS JUST WHAT HE SAID DURING THE FIRST TRIAL, THAT TOM TOOLAN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS THE DAY HE KILLED BETH LOCHTEFELD. >> IT WAS A CHOICE THAT HE MADE, KNOWING IT WAS WRONG , AND HE UNDERSTOOD THAT AT THE TIME AND STILL CHOSE TO DO IT. THAT IS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY IS. >> THIS TIME, THE TRIAL WAS CONSIDERABLY SHORTER AND THIS TIME WHEN THE JURY WENT OUT TO DELIBERATE, THEY WERE BACK THE SAME DAY. >> THE DEFENDANT, THOMAS TOOLAN, IS CHARGED WITH MURDE . IS HE NOT GUILTY, OR IS HE GUILTY? >> THE JURY HAS FOUND HIM GUILTY. GUILTY OF WHAT, PLEASE? >> GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. >> GUILTY AGAIN ON ALL COUNTS. AND STOICISM FROM THE DEFENDANT SINCE THE AGAIN TO LIFE. BETH'S SISTER, KATHY, READ A STATEMENT IN COURT. >> THIS PARTY CANNOT BRING BETH BACK, BUT IT DOES BRING A MEASURE OF JUSTICE. >> FOR TOM LOCHTEFELD, IT WAS SATISFYING, EVEN THOUGH FOR YOU , THE FIRST CONVICTION WAS THE ONE THAT MATTERED. >> ON THAT DAY, WE ALL TOOK A WALK UP TO THE'S GRAVESITE AFTER THE CONVICTION. I JUST REMEMBER FEELING THAT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL, JUNE DAY, AND HE FELT LIKE WOW, THIS IS FINALLY, I AM FINALLY NOT UPSET YOUR ANYMORE. AND IT WAS GOOD AGAIN. >> FOR THOSE WHO WERE CLOSE TO LOCHTEFELD, THERE IS A REAL SENSE OF LEISURE THIS TIME. THE TRIAL BEHIND HIM, BETH'S FATHER, THE ARTIST JOHN LOCHTEFELD, FINISHED THE BOOK HE AND BETH HAD WORKED ON TOGETHER. IT WAS PUBLISHED AFTER SHE DIED. HE ILLUSTRATED HER WORDS AND DEDICATED THE BOOK TO BETH AND HER DREAMS. THE DREAMS SHE LIVED AND THOSE THAT DIED TOO SOON WITH HER. >>> THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, I AM LESTER HOLT, THANKS FOR JOINING US. >>> FRANCINE PUSHES >>> FRANCINE PUSHES INLAND AFTER LASHING LOUISIANA, OVER 100 PEOPLE STILL IN THE DARK AFTER STORMS THROUGH TOUR THROUGH THE BAYOU STATE. I AM TRACKING THE REMNANT, PLUS A FIRE DANGER OUT WEST. COULD IT E THE END OF THE DEBATE, A SECOND DATE? WE ARE LIVE WITH HER DONALD TRUMP IS, HE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER SHOWDOWN WITH MACK PIERCE AFTER THE ELECTION. PRESIDENT BIDEN LETTING UKRAINE USE WESTERN WEAPONS, COULD IT TURN IN THE WAR? >>> WORKING OVERNIGHT, MORE TURBULENCE FOR BOEING WITH MORE THAN 30,000 WORKERS SET TO STRIKE THIS MORNING. >>> SAY HELLO TO A ROYAL CONTROVERSY. THE STATUE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH DRUG COMPARISON TO MRS. DOUBTFIRE. THE RESEMBLANCE IS SPOOKY ON THIS FRIDAY, THE 13th. "EARLY TODAY" STARTS RIGHT NOW. R >>> GOOD MORNING, GLAD YOU ARE WITH ME. I AM FRANCES RIVERA. THE STORY IS DELAY TOP PRIORITY IN LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. ABOUT 130,000 OUTAGES REPORTED AT THIS HOUR. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS, THAT IS DOWN FROM THE HALF 1 MILLION WHO WERE LEFT IN THE DARK AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM. FRANCINE HIT THE GULF COAST WITH INTENSE, DAMAGING WINDS AND BARRELED ACROSS LOUISIANA, BRINGING LIFE RAINING WAVES. PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST STILL FACED FLOODING THREAT'S THIS MORNING. FOR MORE ON FRANCINE'S PATH, HERE IS KATHLEEN MARK. >>> RESIDENTS OF SOUTH LOUISIANA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER A DEVASTATING BLOW WITH HURRICANE FRANCINE. THE POWERFUL SYSTEM SLAMMED INTO LOUISIANA'S GHOST WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND RAIN. POWER KNOCKED OUT FOR THOUSAND . HE TOWN OF HOUMA, TAKING THE BRUNT OF A CATEGORY TWO STORM. >> A LOT OF HEIGHT RANGE AND WINDS. >> FRANCINE A TROPICAL TO DEPRESSION. >> AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO OF ANY STORM RELATED FATALITIES AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. >> DAN STEVENS SAYS, HIS STORE SURVIVED ITEM IN 2021 AND WHILE RINSING WITH A WEAKER STORM, THEY TOOK A DEGREE IT APPEARS >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU CAME OUT HERE? >> WOW. YOU WOULD THINK A SMALL STORM LIKE THAT WOULD NOT DO THAT. >> THE TREE CRASHED INTO A POWERLINE LINE IS HOME. NEXT DOOR, ALBERT SHORT SAYS, THE STORM NEARLY TOOK HIS LIFE. >> WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT, BUT NOT FOR THIS. >> Reporter: THE TREES CUT STRAIGHT INTO HIS HOME. THE MOVE AGAIN. FRANCINE PACKING A POWERFUL PUNCH, AND NOW ON THE MOVE AGAIN >> THANKS TO KATHY FOR THAT REPORT. >>> NOW TO THE DEBATE OVER HAVING ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN THE DEBATE. YEAR'S CAMPAIGN SAYS, IT TOOK HIM $47 MILLION AFTER THE SHOWDOWN WITH DONALD TRUMP TUESDAY. NBC NEWS CANNOT CONFIRM THOSE NUMBERS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE, BUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THEY KNOW. NBC'S BRIE JACKSON JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING, WHY IS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP REJECTING A REMATCH? >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, HE HELD HIS RALLY IN ARIZONA, WHERE HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS AND TAXES ON OVERTIME PAY. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL NOT DEBATE HERE IS AGAIN. MR. TRUMP SAYS, HE WON THE DEBATE, AND ALSO SAYS THAT BECAUSE EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN, IT IS TOO LATE. WELL, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HELD TWO LARGE RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA WHERE SHE PUSHED FOR ANOTHER SHOWDOWN. TRUMP SAYS, IT IS TIME TO ON. >> I THINK WE REALLY PUT OUR FOCUS ON RUNNING THE COUNTRY., SHE SHOULD GO OUT AND RUN THE COUNTRY PROPERLY THAT OF WORRYING ABOUT A DEBATE. WE HAD TWO DEBATES. I THINK THEY WERE VERY GOOD DEBATES. MUCH, EVERYTHING WAS DISCUSSED AND YOU WANT TO GET ON WITH YOUR BUSINESS. >> I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE! WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS. BECAUSE HERE IS THE THING, IN THIS ELECTION, WHAT SETS THEY COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT. >> GIVE HIM A LITTLE BREAK. THAT ONE LEFT A MARK. THAT ONE LEFT A MARK, SO HE IS WITH IT. LOOK, WHO HE WAS WAS ON FULL DISPLAY THE OTHER NIGHT. HIS TRUE COLORS WERE OUT THERE. NOT JUST HIS MAKEUP. >> AND DONALD TRUMP HAS ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE HAS A FUNDRAISER AND A PRESS CONFERENCE AT ONE OF HIS GOLF COURSES LATER THIS MORNING. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL CONTINUE HER SWING STATOR BY RETURNING TO THE CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATE OF INSULIN YESTERDAY. FRANCIS. >> NO RESCUE OVER THE WEEKEND, THANK YOU. >>> FALLOUT AND FEARS ABOUT VIOLENCE AFTER DONALD TRUMP PUSHED THE BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS FOR TUESDAY'S DEBATE. THURSDAY, SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN SPRING FIELD, OHIO WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE OVER A BOMB THREAT. THAT INCLUDES CITY HALL AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY, THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO MADE THE THREAT OR WHETHER IT WAS CONNECTED TO TRUMP'S UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS. THE RESIDENTS WERE SO UNCONCERNED THAT THEY KEPT THEIR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL. THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY CALLED THE CLAIMS DARK AND HATEFUL. >>> A COUNTER INCENTIVE, HOPING TO DISLODGE UKRAINE FROM THE AREA THAT WAS CAPTURED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO. 2000 IMAGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN RETAKEN BY RUSSIAN CLAIM UKRAINE HAS CLAIMED A HOLD AROUND 500 SQUARE MILES OF RUSSIAN TERRITORY AFTER THE INVASION AUGUST 6. FOR THE LATEST, LET'S GO TO CLAUDIA. GOOD MORNING, CLAUDIA, WHAT IS THE REACTION FROM THE UKRAINIAN SIDE? >> THE PRESIDENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT RUSSIA HAS LAUNCHED ITS DEFENSE. IT SAYS THAT DESPITE THAT AND EVERYTHING, IT IS STILL GOING ACCORDING TO THE UKRAINIAN PLAN. IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW LONG THE UKRAINIANS CAN HOLD THEIR POSITIONS INSIDE RUSSIA, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A MAJOR COUNTER DEFENSIVE BY RUSSIA, OR THIS IS JUST THEM PROBING THE GROUND AHEAD OF A BIG OPERATION IN THE FUTURE. WHAT REALLY COULD CHANGE THAT, AND THE COURSE OF THE WAR IN GENERAL, IS IF NATO ALLIES WILL ALLOW UKRAINE TO USE LONG-RANGE MISSILES AND WEAPONS TO HIT TARGETS INSIDE RUSSIA, AS ZELENSKYY HAS BEEN DEMANDING. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A DISCUSSION TOPIC WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN HERE SIMON TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BRITAIN HAS MADE IT CLEAR, AT LEAST THEY'VE SIGNALED, THAT THEY ARE KEEN TO ALLOW UKRAINE TO USE BRITISH LONG-RANGE MISSILES INSIDE RUSSIA, WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN, ALONG BEING DOUBTFUL ABOUT THE APPROACH AND TO ALLOW NATO ALLIES TO DO SO, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE MAY BE CLEAR, MAYBE CHANGING HIS MIND. RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY, IN THE MEANTIME, SAYS, IF LONG- RANGE MISSILE MISSILES ARE USED INSIDE OF RUSSIA, THEY COULD RETALIATE WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, FRANCIS. >> VERY WELL TAKE THE BORDERS, ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. >>> TO BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT, BOEING WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AFTER MORE THAN 94% OF UNION MEMBERS VOTED TO REJECT THE NEW LABOR CONTRACT. THE PROPOSAL WOULD'VE INCLUDED A 25% WAGE INCREASE, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO HEALTHCARE AND RETIREMENT AND IF IT'S FOR WORKERS IN THE SEATTLE AREA AND OREGON. HOWEVER, THE WORKERS SAY, THE INCREASE IS TOO SMALL, CONSIDERING THERE WAGES HAVE BEEN STAGNANT FOR DECADES AS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE. THIS IS A STOPPAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING THE AREA 737 MAX. THE COMPANY SAYS, IT IS READY TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE TO REACH A NEW AGREEMENT. >>> IS CHRIST MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A NEW YORK JURY. THE INDICTMENT IS UNDER STALE IN THE DA'S OFFICE AND DID NOT SEE WHAT THE CHARGES WERE. AS NBC NEWS REPORTED EARLIER THIS MONTH, A GRAND JURY HAS BEEN CONVENED TO HEAR NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST WEINSTEIN. A TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR NOVEMBER 12th. BACK IN 2022, WEINSTEIN WAS SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS FOR RAPE IN CALIFORNIA AND HE IS CURRENTLY APPEALING THAT SENTENCE AND HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. THE NEW CHARGES COMES AFTER HE UNDERWENT HEART SURGERY. HE IS STILL RECOVERING IN A MANHATTAN AT ALL. >>> THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS WILL STAND TRIAL IN IDAHO. THE TRIAL WAS MOVED TO BOISE YESTERDAY. EARLIER, A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE RULED IN FAVOR OF TRAN20 FOR KOHBERGER. THEY ARGUED THAT THE PLACE WHAT WHERE THE KILLING TOOK PLACE WOULD BE UNFAIR. HIS TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JUNE. ALL >>> TURNING TO A WILDFIRE EMERGENCY OUT WEST, LITERATURE THAT I REMITTED HE ARE AIDING FIREFIGHTERS IN PUSHING BACK THE FLAMES IN FOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. THE FIRES ARE STILL KEEPING TENS OF THOUSANDS FROM THEIR HOME. SUSPECTED ARSONIST WAS HIT WITH NINE CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY STARTING THE LINE FIRE. OFFICIALS ARE ACCUSING HIM OF SPARKING TWO OTHER BLAZES. HE HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA, BUT IF CONVICTED, THE DA SAYS, HE COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE. HIS MOTHER TELLING "L.A. TIMES" HE DID NOT LIGHT THE FIRE. >>> TRACKING RAIN IN THE WEEKEND? >> IT'S ALL SOUTHEAST AND CONNECTREMINISCEF HURRICANE FRANCINE. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FOR THE WEEKEND? >> RAN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WAS LEFT OVER WITH FRANCINE AND WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IS UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE REGION. SOME OF THAT RAIN WORKING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH THE LEFTOVER OF FRANCINE COUNTING FLOOD ALERTS. 17 MILLION INCLUDED IN THIS. WE WILL WATCH CLOSELY ALABAMA HERE AS WE GET THROUGH THE DAY FOR THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THAT FLOODING. NOTICE THE RAIN IS STILL CIRCULATING AROUND THAT LOW, AS IT WEAKENS. IT STILL STICKS AROUND THIS AREA HERE, EVEN AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW. WE WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. LIKE I SAID, SPECIFICALLY PARTS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, UP INTO TENNESSEE, RATHER, TO THE WEST OF NASHVILLE. OTHERWISE, QUITE ACROSS THE WEST. SUNSHINE FOR THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST. WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THAT CONTINUES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FALL WEATHER, THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON. LET'S SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. >>> 86 DEGREES IN OMAHA, LOW 80s FOR DES MOINES. WE HEAD TO UPPER 80s IN JACKSONVILLE, MID 80s FOR CHARLESTON. LOW 90s WITH FULL SUNSHINE FOR DALLAS, OKLAHOMA CITY, AND HOUSTON TODAY. THAT IS A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST. FRANCIS, BACK TO YOU. >>> HISTORY MADE IN OUTER SPAC . TWO CIVILIAN ASTRONAUTS ABOARD THE SPACE X CAPSULE POLARIS DAWN, COMPLETED THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK. BILLIONAIRE JARED ISAACMAN AND SPACEX ENGINEER DER GILLIS EXITED THE CAPSULE. EACH SPENT ABOUT 10 MINUTES IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE. THE POLARIS DAWN'S OVERALL MISSION IS TO TEST PROCEDURES AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD BE USED IN THE FUTURE OF LONG DURATION SPACE MISSION. >>> COMING UP, THE BILLS BULLDOZE THE DOLPHINS IN A THURSDAY NIGHT THRILLER. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A MINUTE WITH COMPARISONS BETWEEN QUEEN ELIZABETH AND MRS. DOUBTFIRE. >>> I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ, YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. >> SEVERE STORMS CONTINUING TO WREAK HAVOC. >> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. >> IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN RACE? >> I AM FEELING GREAT! >> I TUNED NOW FOR NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. COMING AT US EVERY SECOND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE OSTRICHES, DEMANDING THAT THE HOSTAGES BE RELEASED. >> THIS TOWN JUST GOES ON, AND ON, AND ON. >> NOW IS REAL. >> THIS IS IT. WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >>> "NBC NEWS DAILY" IS NUMBER ONE IN NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD-- >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP AROUND THE BORDER. >> AND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT HOME. >> NEW NUMBER SHOWING ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> LET ZERO IN ON EXERCISE. WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT. >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE. >>> WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> THIS WEEK MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE QUEEN ELIZABETH II HAS PASSED. THE WORLD ROYAL FAMILY HELD CHURCH SERVICES THIS WEEK TO HONOR THE LATE MONARCH. A NEW STATUTE MEANT TO ELEVATE HER IS DRAWING RIDICULE. >> Reporter: IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DIGNIFIED TRIBUTE TO UK'S LONGEST SERVING MONARCH. >> BUT IS IT? THE BRONZE STATUE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH UNVEILED IN IRELAND DRAWN A COLLECTIVE-- >> I DON'T THINK IT RESEMBLANCE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. >> Reporter: ONE VIEW ON X, CALLING IT THE WEIRDEST STATUE EVER, ANOTHER SAYING, IT IS TRULY AWFUL. DRAWING CHEEKY COMPARISONS TO ROBERT WILLIAMS'S CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE, "MRS. DOUBT FIRE." ANOTHER USER SAYING, IT SHOULD BE REMOVED AND MELTED DOWN, CALLING THE PIECE, ACTUALLY OFFENSIVE. THE SOCIAL MEDIA ITSELF GOT OFFENSIVE. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SWITCHED OFF FACEBOOK COMMENTS AND SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN.IT'S POST ON THIS CULTURE. IT CONTINUES TO SAY, ART CAN SOMETIMES SPARK DIVERSE OPINIONS, BUT PEOPLE THAT HAVE SEEN THE SCULPTURE IN-PERSON SEEM TO LIKE IT. >> I'VE NEVER REALLY MET THE QUEEN OR PRINCE PHILIP IN THE PAST, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS ACCURATE OR NOT, BUT THEY LOOK QUITE SMALL. >> THE ARTIST DID NOT RISK Reporter:ON TO NBC'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT. BUT GET IT WRONG AND THE MOCKERY DOES NOT STOP, LIKE THIS STATUE OF LUCILLE BALL, UNVEILED IN HER HOMETOWN OF 2009, LOCALLY ORULTIMATELY POSITIONING TO A PLAYBOOK. OR THE SCULPTURE OF MELANIA TRUMP IN HER HOME COUNTRY, TORCHED BY ARSONIST, REPLACED WITH A BRONZE VERSION. AND WHO CAN FORGET WHEN THIS PORTUGUESE SOCCER START WITH VIRAL FOR THE WRONG REASON, RIDICULED ONLINE AND ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. >> THE FIRST QUESTION INTEGRATES SCULPTURE MUST ASK ABOUT HIS SUBJECT IS, WHAT WOULD HE LOOK LIKE IF HE HAD A STROKE? >> IN ELIZABETH'S CASE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGING FANS OF THE LATE QUEEN TO COME AND SEE IT ANYWAY AND DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES. >> TOO ANY TIMES, IT IS JUST SO OFTEN. >>> STILL TO COME, A BUFFALO STAMPEDE. THE BILLS AGAINST THE DOLPHINS IN A WILD THURSDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN. WE HAVE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS. >>> PLUS, THE HERO RESCUE. AN PR NURSE RACES TO SAVE A DRIVER WHILE IT ALL PLAYS OUT ON LIVE TV. >>> A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND HOPE. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. >>> NOW IS RAW. >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LOGO HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW AND THE QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> LESTER HOLT , AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR. >>> I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ . WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION LAW. >> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. >> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK IS HERE. >> THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE? STAY TUNED FOR WEEKNIGHTS 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOST "MEET THE PRESS" WEEKNIGHTS ON NBC. >>> LESTER HOLT REPORTS. >> REPORTING FROM ZERO, AS IT IS BEING REFERRED TO. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST RISK RIGHT NOW? I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. IN FACT, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE CAN'T GO ANY FARTHER. >> WE'VE GOT SOME RESILIENT FOLKS. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THIS HISTORIC NIGHT. >> THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE IN CHICAGO. >> NOW NEVER STOPS. >> ARE ENERGIZED. PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR FEET, FOLKS ARE FIRED UP HERE. >> IS WHERE IT COUNTS. >> OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT HIS NEW DEMOCRATIC TICKE ? >> THE MOMENT IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW? >>> NOW IS RAW. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT'S LIKE THIS? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> PASSED TO THE OUTSIDE, WIDE OPEN INSIDE THE 10. >> LEAVE IT TO JAMES COOK TO COOK THE DOLPHINS. THE BUFFALO BILLS' STAR RUNNING BACK DOMINATED MIAMI WITH THREE TOUCHDOWNS, INCLUDING AN EXPLOSIVE 40 YARD RUN INTO THE END ZONE, LATE INTO THE SECOND QUARTER. AN EXCITING MOMENT IN THE THIRD, TO A TODD MAGEL TOOK A HUGE HIT FROM DeMAR HAMLIN AND SUFFERED HIS THIRD CONCUSSION OF HIS NFL CAREER. FROM THERE THE BILLS RAN AWAY WITH IT 31-10. EVERYBODY'S FACES WHEN THEY SAW THIS, NUMBER ONE, 2020 THE FIRST TIME, OUR MINDS IT IS SEARED WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AND DeMAR HAMLIN WITH HIS CARDIAC ARREST. >> IT IS HARD TO WATCH. YOU CAN WRITE AFTER THE HITS HOW HE PAUSES AND STAYS ON THE GROUND. HAPPILY, A QUICK RECOVERY FROM HIM. >>> OVER TO COLLEGE BALL, IT MIGHT NOT BE LIGHTS OUT FOR PAC- 12 AFTER DARK. FOUR SCHOOLS, SAN DIEGO STATE, BOISE STATE, AND COLORADOSTATE ARE SIGNING UP READY TO JOIN THE HOLDOUT. WASHINGTON STATE, OREGON STATE IN THE 20 2060S AND. THE CONFERENCE WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT AFTER BIG NAMES LIKE WASHINGTON AND USC FAILED TO LAST YEAR'S MASSIVE REALIGNMENT . DO NOT CELEBRATE YET . AT LEAST TWO MORE TEAMS WILL NEED TO JOIN THE PAC-12 SO HE CAN COMPETE ON THE DIVISION I LEVEL. THOSE MOUNTAIN WEST TEAMS IN ORDER TO SWITCH OVER CAN COST THEM A COOL $7 MILLION COMBINED. >> A LITTLE SOMETHING THERE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A NEW CONTRACT IS TAKING LIGHT FOR AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANT. >>> A NEW ERA FOR APPLE'S LATEST AIR PODS. >>> YOU GOT TO SEE THIS. I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ , WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. SEVERE STORMS CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC. THE SUPREME COURT PUT A PAUSE ON A CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION LAW. >>> THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. IS THIS A BAN OR NOT? THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN BASE? I FEEL GREAT! STAY TUNED FOR 8:00 P.M. EASTERN WEEKNIGHTS AND:00 P.M. PACIFIC ONLY ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR DRUG SUPPLY. AN IMPORTANT NEWS THIS HOUR ABOUT YOUR MONEY. >> BIG PICTURE, WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW? >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> YOU HAVE GOT TO SEE THIS. >>> I AM GAUDI SCHWARTZ. SEVERE STORMS CONTINUING TO WREAK HAVOC. >>> PROTESTERS HAVE REDOUBLED THEIR NUMBERS RIGHT HERE AT THIS MAKESHIFT BARRICADE. THE FUTURE OF TIKTOK AS WE KNOW IT IS AT RISK. THE CRAZIEST RIDE I'VE EVER HITCHED. THAT IS TOTALITY! >> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN SPACE. >> WEEKNIGHTS AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN, 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC ON NBC NEWS NOW . >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> THE HOUGHT SIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> NOW IS RAW. NOW IS REAL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN 2024 RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW, NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOST "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR. >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATE FROM THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> NOW TO YOUR HEADLINES THIS MORNING, AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAVE APPROVED A FIVE-YEAR LABOR DEAL THAT GIVE CABIN CREW RAISES UP MORE THAN 10% STARTING IN OCTOBER. THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES RETROACTIVE PAY FOR TIME SPENT NEGOTIATING. THE FDA SIGNED OFF ON A SOFTWARE OF APPLE AIRPORT'S 2. THE FEATURE WILL ALSO HAVE THE AIR PODS ADJUSTING TO SOUND LEVELS BASED ON THE RESULTS. >>> NOVO NORDISK SAYS, AN EXPERIMENT A WEIGHT LOSS DRUG BEATS OZEMPIC FOR WEIGHT LOSS. PATIENTS HAVE LOST 25% MORE WEIGHT. >>> KRISPY KREME IS MAKING FRIDAY THE 13th YOUR LUCKY DAY. CUSTOMERS CAN GET A DOZEN ORIGINAL GLAZED FOR $.13 WITH THE PURCHASE OF A DOZEN OR 16 MINI DONUTS TODAY. >>> WE ARE TALKING POSSIBLY 1 TRILLION GALAXIES? THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT IS THE MOON, WHETHER IT IS MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> THE STORY OF RESILIENCY AND HOPE. >>> PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. >>> KRISTEN WELKER HOST "MEET THE PRESS" EVERY SUNDAY ON NBC. >>> THE STORY OF RESILIENCE AND HOPE. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. >>> "NBC NEWS DAILY" IS NUMBER 1 FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING UP ACROSS THE BORDER. >> AND WHAT IS BUILDING UP HERE AT HOME. >> NEW NUMBERS SHOWING ENCOURAGING SIGNS FOR OUR ECONOMY. >> THEY WERE IN ON EXERCISE. WE KNOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IT. >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA? >> WEEKDAYS AT FROM 2:00 TO 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NEWS LIVES IN THE NOW. >> LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE ANYTHING ANYMORE. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> WE ARE BAC >>> WE AREK BACK WITH AIN NEW N . A LOCAL NEWS CREW CAUGHT THIS GOOD SAMARITAN WHO HELPED RESCUE A DRIVER AFTER HIS TRUCK BECAME SUBMERGED IN FLOODWATERS AT THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE FRANCINE. THAT HERO IS A LOCAL E.R. NURSE AND HE SPOKE TO JESSE KEARSE ABOUT THE RESCUE. >> Reporter: WITH HURRICANE FRANCINE HAMMERING NEW ORLEANS, PEOPLE WERE WARNED TO STAY HOME, THIS IS WHY. >> THAT WATER IS ALMOST TO THE WINDOW OF THE PICKUP TRUCK RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: NBC AFFILIATE WVSU WAS ALIVE, OR THE AIR IF THIS PICKUP TRUCK ENDED UP IN FLOODWATERS, FLOATING AND SPINNING WITH A MAN TRAPPED INSIDE. THE REPORTER ALERTED POLICE. >> OFFICER, WE HAVE A TRUCK RIGHT HERE. >> Reporter: MYLES CRAWFORD LIVES NEARBY. HE IS A UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NURSE AND HE GRABBED A HAMMER AND WALKED INTO THE WATER. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE CLIMBING OUT OF THE BACKSEAT NOW. THE GUY DID BREAK THE WINDOW. >> THE MAN ESCAPED, WITH DIFFICULTY. >> Reporter: OH MY GOSH, YOU JUST FELL IN THE WATER. THE GOOD SAMARITAN IS HELPING HIM. >> Reporter: THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, AND THEN WE LEARNED ABOUT MYLES CRAWFORD, AND HIS HUMILITY. >> A REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE BEING BROUGHT TO YOU IN A HOSPITAL, AND YOU PUTTING YOUR OWN LIFE AT RISK IN FLOODWATER TO SAVE A LIFE. >> HONESTLY, THAT WAS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT GOES ON BEHIND ME. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND. IF YOU NEED HELP AND YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP, HELP OUT. >> Reporter: EXACTLY WHAT SO MANY IN LOUISIANA COULD USE. >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SCENE TO CAPTURE ON CAMERA AND GET THAT HERO AFTERWARDS, JUST AMAZING. >>> MORE HEROICS IN TEXAS, WHERE TWO OFFICERS ARE BEING CREDITED THIS MORNING FOR SAVING TWO CHILDREN FROM A HOUSE FIRE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, A WOMAN TOLD HIM HER TWO KIDS WERE STILL INSIDE. BODY CAMERAS SHOWED OFFICERS DISLODGING A WINDOW ON THE SCENE AND PULLING TWO BOYS TO SAFETY. MICROMAX ARRIVED, BUT BY THEN, THE HOUSE WAS ENGULFED. THOSE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BE FINE. >>> BEFORE WE GO, HERE IS OUR BROKER WITH A LOOK AT WHAT IS AHEAD. >>> HOST AND COMEDIAN RICKY SMILEY LIVE IN STUDIO 1A. >>> ALLIE TRUITT IS LIVE IN STUDIO, FRESH OFFER MEDAL WINNING PERFORMANCE IN PARIS. >>> ALL OF THAT AND MORE COMING UP THIS HOUR ON "TODAY." >>> FOR ENDING THE WORK WEEK WITH "EARLY TODAY. " >>> HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. WE HOPE YOU'RE UP EARLY TO JOIN US NEXT WEEK. WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. >>> IS THIS THE END OF THE DEBATE OVER A SECOND DEBATE? WE ARE LIVE WITH WHY DONALD TRUMP SAYS, HE WILL NOT GO TOE TO TOE WITH KAMALA HARRIS AGAIN AFTER TUESDAY SHOWDOWN. >>> NEW THIS MORNING, THE U.S. SINCE IT'S SITES ON THE IRAN HECK THAT TARGETED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. THE NEW CHARGES REPORTEDLY IN THE WORK. >>> FRANCINE FALLOUT, OVER 100,000 PEOPLE ACROSS LOUISIANA STILL IN THE DARK AFTER A HURRICANE TUMBLED THE STATE AND THE DANGER IS REAL NOT OVER. OUR ANGIE LASSA IS TRACKING THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM. >>> WORKING OVERNIGHT, THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ARE OFFICIALLY ON STRIKE THIS MORNING, DESPITE A DEAL THAT WOULD NAB THEM A BIG BUMP IN PAY. >>> THE GOVERNMENT HAS THREATENED TO BLOCK TIKTOK IF IT DOES NOT FIND A NEW OWNER. WE LOOK AT HOW I THEN MAC WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. >>> WHY STILL THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WHEN YOU CAN BUY THE CONSTITUTION? THE NATIONAL TREASURE SAID TO SCORE 6 FIGURES AT AUCTION. >>> IT IS FRIDAY, THE 13th. >>> "EARLY TODAY" DARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD MORNING, HAPPY FRIDAY. I AM FRANCES RIVERA. >>> ME BEGIN WITH A FINAL SPRINT FOR THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN SAYS, IT'S AGAIN $47 MILLION IN THE 24 HOURS AFTER THE SHOWDOWN WITH DONALD TRUMP TUESDAY. NBC NEWS CANNOT CONFIRM THOSE NUMBERS, BUT WE DO KNOW VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS CALLING FOR ANOTHER DEBATE, BUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYING NO. NBC'S BRIE JACKSON, JOINS US NOW. >> GOOD MORNING, FRANCES. PRESIDENT TRUMP DID HOLD HIS FIRST POST DEBATE RALLY IN ARIZONA, WHERE HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS TO END ALL TAXES ON OVERTIME PAY AND ALSO CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL NOT DEBATE HARRIS AGAIN. MR. TRUMP SAYS, HE WON THE DEBATE AND ALSO SAYS THAT BECAUSE EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN, IT IS TOO LATE. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HELD TWO LARGE RALLIES IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE SHE PUSHED FOR ANOTHER SHOWDOWN, BUT MR. TRUMP SAYS, IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON. >> I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON RUNNING THE COUNTRY. FRANKLY, SHE SHOULD GO OUT AND RUN THE COUNTRY PROPERLY INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT A DEBATE. WE HAD TWO DEBATES, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WAS DISCUSSED, AND YOU WANT TO GET ON WITH YOUR BUSINESS. >> I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS MAX, BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, IN THIS ELECTION, WHAT'S AT STAKE COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT. >> GIVE HIM A LITTLE BREAK, THAT WILL LEFT A MARK. THAT WILL LEFT A MARK. WHO HE WAS WITH ON FULL DISPLAY THE OTHER NIGHT, HIS TRUE COLORS WERE OUT THERE, NOT JUST HIS MAKEUP. >>> DONALD TRUMP HAS ARRIVED IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE HE HAS A FUNDRAISER AND PRESS CONFERENCE AT ONE OF HIS GOLF COURSES LATER THIS MORNING WHILE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL CONTINUE HER SWING STATE TO HER BY RETURNING TO THE CRITICAL BATTLEGROUND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. >>> NEW FALLOUT AND FEARS ABOUT VIOLENCE AFTER DONALD TRUMP WAS A BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORY ABOUT ASIAN IMMIGRANTS AT TUESDAY'S DEBATE. ON THURSDAY, SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE OVER A BOMB THREAT. THAT INCLUDES CITY HALL AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY, THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THEY MADE THE THREAT OR WHETHER IT IS CONNECTED TO TRUMP'S UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS. SOME RESIDENTS WERE SO CONCERNED THAT THEY KEPT THEIR CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY CALLED THE CLAIMS BIZARRE AND HATEFUL. >>> NEW THIS MORNING, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER AN ALLEGED IRANIAN HACK THAT TARGETED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN. PRESS WHEN CHARGES WILL BE CITO PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER. THE AP SAYS, IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WHEN THE CHARGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED OR WILL BE CHARGED. THE DOJ HAS PRINCELY WARN AGAINST ATTACKS BY IRAN AND RUSSIA TO INFLUENCE THE UPCOMING U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS COULD INCLUDE HACKING AND COVERT SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS. >>> RUSSIA HAS LOST A COUNTER OFFENSIVE IN THE REGION, AND TOWELS AND VILLAGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN BY RUSSIAN FORCES. UKRAINE HAS CLAIMED A HOLD OF 500 SQUARE MILES OF RUSSIAN TERRITORY AFTER THE INVASION ON AUGUST 6th. FOR THE LATEST, LET'S GO TO CLAUDIA VARGO WAS FOLLOWING THE STORY. GOOD MORNING, CLAUDIO. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS, DESPITE THAT, EVERYTHING IS STILL GOING ACCORDING FOR THE UKRAINIAN PLAN, BUT WE STILL DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG, OF COURSE, UKRAINIAN TROOPS CAN HOLD THEIR POSITIONS INSIDE RUSSIA, BECAUSE IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A MAJOR OFFENSIVE BY THE RUSSIANS, OR THEY ARE JUST HOLDING THE GROUND OF THE BIGGER OPERATION IN THE FUTURE. WHAT COULD REALLY CHANGE THAT AS WELL OVER THE COURSE OF THE REST OF THE WAR, IS WHETHER NATO AND WESTERN ALLIES WILL FINALLY ALLOW UKRAINE TO USE WESTERN, LONG-RANGE MISSILES AND WEAPONS TO HIT TARGETS INSIDE RUSSIA, AS PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY HAS BEEN DEMANDING. THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER IN THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. BRITAIN HAS MADE CLEAR THAT THEY WANT UKRAINE TO USE BRITISH LONG-RANGE MISSILES INSIDE RUSSIA, WHILE BIDED HAS BEEN SO FAR VERY WEARY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF NATO ALLIES DOING THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE, HE MAY BE CHANGING HIS MIND FOR THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE IN RUSSIA WARNED THAT IF THE U.S. LONG-RANGE MISSILES ARE BEING USED INSIDE RUSSIA, THEY MAY RETALIATE BY USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. >> VERY PIVOTAL AND HIGHLY CONSEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. >>> TO BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT, BOEING WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AFTER MORE THAN 94% OF UNION MEMBERS VOTED TO REJECT THE NEW LABOR CONTRACT. THE PROPOSAL WOULD HAVE INCLUDED A 25% WAGE INCREASE. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO HEALTHCARE AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR WORKERS IN THE SEATTLE AREA AND OREGON. HOWEVER, THE WORKERS SAY, THE INCREASE IS TOO SMALL, CONSIDERING WAGES HAVE BEEN STAGNANT FOR DECADES AS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASES. THE WORK STOPPAGE HALTS PRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY'S AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING THE SELLING OF THE 737 MAX. BOEING SAYS, IT IS READY TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE TO REACH A NEW AGREEMENT HERE >>> TO THE SHAKEUP FOR THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS RESIGNED. PART OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION LAST WEEK SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS, THE FEDS ARE LOOKING INTO THE DEPARTMENT'S NIGHTCLUB ENFORCEMENT. NBC NEWS HAS OBTAINED AN EMAIL SENT TO MEMBERS OF THE NYPD, WHERE HE SAYS, HE DID NOT WANT TO E A DISTRACTION. HIS LAWYERS SAY, YOU EXPECT TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE INVESTIGATION. >>> SOUNDS ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA PICKING UP THE PIECES AFTER HURRICANE FRANCINE. THE STORM THAT SLAMMED THE COAST AS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE, AND AT THIS HOUR, STILL 130,000 ACROSS THE STATE. WE SPOKE WITH ONE MAN AFTER A TREE CRASHED INTO HIS HOUSE, BARELY MISSING HIM. >> Reporter: YOU WERE JUST INCHES AWAY FROM GETTING HIT? >> THE BOARD THAT BROKE LIKE THAT, WE MOVED IT TO ME BUT IT WAS LAYING ON TOP OF THE COUCH RIGHT HERE. IF IT HAD HAVE BEEN, IT WOULD HAVE IT MEET. >> THE REMNANTS OF RINSING CONTINUE TO POSE FLOOD RISKS AND THE SOUTHEAST. >>> TURNING TO THE GROWING FIRE EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA , FIND CREWS CONTINUE TO BATTLE THREE MASSIVE FIRES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA THAT HAVE THIS LACED TENS OF THOUSANDS. DANA GRIFFIN HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WEST. >> HOPEFULLY THE WINDS DON'T SHIFT AND WE ARE STILL WORRIED. >> Reporter: 5 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS AS LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS THREATENED TO SPREAD EXISTING FIRES. >> THERE STILL POTENTIAL FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DISRUPTED AND HEAVEN FORBID ANYBODY BE INJURED OR KILLED. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS PUSHING BACK SLAVES AND FOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AFTER TOURING THE FIRE ZONE. AFTER THOSE FIRES EXPLODED OVERNIGHT TUESDAY, HARROWING TALES OF SURVIVAL. AS THE BRIDGE FIRE THROUGH TOUR THROUGH CALIFORNIA-- >> THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNTAIN HIGH WAS FULLY ENGULFED , AND IT WE TRIED ULTIPLE TIMES TO CALL 911, CANNOT GET THROUGH TO THEM. >> Reporter: SO HE SAYS, HE DROVE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF WHERE IT WAS AND EVERYTHING AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SET, THEY WOULD GET ON IT. >> Reporter: THE SMOKE LEAVING UNHEALTHY DEBRIS. THE WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL NOW CANCELED. SUSPECTED ARSONIST WAS ACCUSED OF STARTING THE LINE FIRE. >> I ENSURE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE WILL GO HARD ON THIS CASE. >> Reporter: DSS, HE COULD GO AWAY FOR LIFE. HIS FAMILY HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT HERE >>> LET'S TURN TO NBC METEOROLOGIST ANGIE LASSEN TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME HELP. >> WE FINALLY MADE IMPROVEMENTS. UNFORTUNATELY A PROCESS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST, RAIN TODAY AND TOMORROW. WE'VE GOT POST-TROPICAL FRANCINE STILL WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS GEORGIA, ALABAMA, PARTS OF TENNESSEE, AS WELL AS MISSISSIPPI AND FLORIDA. WE WILL BE WATCHING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN TO FALL ACROSS THAT REGION AS THE SYSTEM CIRCULATES AROUND IN THAT AREA. HAD SOME FOR FOLKS THERE, FLASH FLOODING A POTENTIAL. SPECIFICALLY WATCHING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA, WHERE WE CAN SEE BIRMINGHAM DEALING WITH FLASH FLOODING TODAY. OTHERWISE, SUNSHINE ON THE MAP FOR SATURDAY CRUSTY GREAT LAKES, MIDWEST. ACROSS THE WEST, IT WILL BE QUIET. WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THE SEPTEMBER WARMTH CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR TOMORROW AND SUNSHINE STICKS WITH US ACROSS THE NORTHERN EAST. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 89 DEGREES IN WICHITA. SUCH UNEXPECTED FOR SIOUX FALL . LOW 80s IN INDIANAPOLIS. WE HEAD TO THE 90s FOR OKLAHOMA CITY AND DALLAS, 89 DEGREES WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR'S REPORT SHREVEPORT. RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MONTGOMERY. THAT IS A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST . >>> EARLY TODAY, BACK IN A MINUTE WITH WHAT A TWO TIKTOK BAN COULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. A GIANT LEAP FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. WE THANK YOU 80 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH FOR THE FIRST EVER PRIVATE SPACEWALK. >>> "TOP STORY" LIVE FROM.. WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, COVERING BREAKING NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. BAND HERE GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> EVERY NIGHT, IT S YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS," STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW . >>> WE ARE TALKING POSSIBLY 1 TRILLION GALAXIES. THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS SO HARD TO COMPUTE. >> WHETHER IT IS THE MOON, WHETHER IT IS MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> A STORY OF RESILIENCY AND HOPE. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. >>> NEWS LIVES IN NOW. IT IS COMING AT US EVERY SECOND FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. NEWS IS MORE NOW THAN EVER. >> JUST OUTSIDE OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, THEY ARE ASKING THAT THE HOSTAGES, DEMANDING THAT THE OSTRICHES RELEASED. >> NOW REAL. >> WE GET TO SEE DEMOCRACY IN ACTION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 20s BEFORE RACE. >> THE FUTURE IS NOW. NEWS FOR THE FUTURE OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> A STORY OF RESILIENCY AND HOPE. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER. >>> IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA APPS AROUND. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUSHING TO BAN THE PLATFORM TIKTOK IF IT DOES NOT CHANGE OWNERSHIP. BUT WHAT WOULD A TIKTOK AN REALLY LOOK LIKE HERE IS NBC NEWS'S ZINHLE ESSAMUAH . >> Reporter: THE VIDEO SHARING APP, TIKTOK ME ONCE KNOWN FOR DANCING VIDEOS AND CLASSIC PRANKS AND TRENDS IS NOW FACED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A NATIONWIDE BAN IN THE UNITED STATES. >> WHAT THIS WOULD DO, IT WOULD DEMAND BYTEDANCE, THE OWNER OF TIKTOK, EITHER SELL OFF TIKTOK TO AN AMERICAN RUN COMPANY, OR IT WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO EXIST. >> THE BAN IS SET TO TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 19, 2025, BUT LEGAL ACTION AND A POTENTIAL SALE COULD DELAY THAT PROCESS. A QUICK HISTORY LESSON, TIKTOK IS OWNED BY CHINESE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY BYTEDANCE. AS OF APRIL 2024, TIKTOK HAS MORE THAN 1 BILLION ACTIVE USERS WORLDWIDE. 170 MILLION OF THOSE USERS ARE IN THE U.S. A BIPARTISAN BILL TO BAN THE APP WAS FIRST PROPOSED DECEMBER 2022. THEIR REASON-- >> TIKTOK, THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE BILL IS NOT A TIKTOK, BUT TIKTOK IS THE ONLY ONE WE CARE ABOUT. IT IS A BROTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT IS OWNED BY, OR COLLABORATE WITH A FOREIGN ADVERSARY. >> Reporter: IN JUNE, AFTER BEING INVESTIGATED OVER PRIVACY, THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DEFERRED THEIR COMPLAINT TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. IN RESPONSE, A TIKTOK PERSON TELLING NBC IN PART, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR MORE THAN A YEAR TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THE AGENCY IS PURSUING LITIGATION, INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US ON A REASONABLE SOLUTION. IN APRIL 2024, PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A LAW THAT INCLUDES A FAST APPROACHING DEADLINE FOR TIKTOK TO BE SOLD TO A U.S. APPROVED OWNER, OR FACE A WIDELY CONTESTED BAN. >> EVERY BIT OF MY LIVELIHOOD IS TENDER TO TIKTOK. >> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENS IF A BAN DOES TAKE EFFECT? TIKTOK WOULD NOT DISAPPEAR FROM PHONES, BUT IT WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE APP STORE AND NO NEW DOWNLOADS OR UPDATES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. >> IT WOULD MAKE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE TIKTOK FOR USERS. >> Reporter: HOWEVER, THIS COULD TAKE YEARS, DUE TO TIKTOK TAKING THAT PROPOSED LAW TO COURT. >> THE REASON WE CARE ABOUT THIS, IT IS A POPULAR, WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. >> Reporter: THE QUESTION IS, WILL WE CONTINUE TO SEE TIKTOK ON OUR PHONES? AND THAT IS THE TIKTOK BAN SIMPLY EXPLAINED ON. >>> STILL TO COME, MIAMI, THE HOME WHERE THE BUFFALOES ROME. THE BILLS RUN OVER THE DOLPHINS IN A THURSDAY NIGHT BLOWOUT. >>> HOW MUCH THIS NATIONAL TREASURE IS EXPECTED TO NET AT AUCTION. >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> "TOP STORY" LIVE IN PARIS. LIVE IN TEL AVIV. WE ARE HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. COVERING BREAKING NEWS, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BARN. FANS HERE AT THE ARENA GOING WILD FOR TEAM USA. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> EVERY NIGHT, YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS," STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW . >>> WE ARE ALKING POSSIBLY 1 TRILLION GALAXIES. THAT IS A NUMBER THAT IS JUST SO HARD TO COMPUTE. WHETHER IT IS THE MOON, WHETHER IT IS MARS, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF SOMETHING BIG. >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >>> HEY THERE, I AM HALLIE. WE ARE COMING ON HERE TONIGHT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WON'T DO. >> CREWS AND OFFICIALS WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IT BACK OPEN ASAP. >> I CAN KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER START SPARKLING. >> NOW YOU HAVE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK UNTIL IT STARTS SPARKLING. YAY! IT IS SPARKLING! >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR FEET. FOLKS ARE FIRED UP HERE. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICES OF VOTERS. >>> YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, OR THE GROUND REPORTS, AND NEWSMAKER INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP, NOW. >>> WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND IS TYPICAL. HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY BAD. >> WHAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE? >> KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR DRUG SUPPLY. >> UNTIL HEALTH PICTURE, WHY IS IT SO TOUGH RIGHT NOW? >> NEWS TO THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW . >>> GET THE LATEST UPDATES OF THE 23 FOUR ELECTION ON NBC NEWS NOW . >>> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> >>> PASS TO THETO THE OUTSI OUTE E OPEN, INSIDE THE 10. >> LEAVE IT TO JAMES COOK TO COOK THE DOLPHINS. THE BUFFALO BILLS' STAR RUNNING BACK DOMINATED MIAMI WITH THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF, INCLUDING AN EXPLOSIVE 30 YARD RUN LATER IN THE SECOND ORDER. THE SCARY MOMENTS IN THE THIRD WITH TOO TUA TAGOVAILOA TAKING A HIT FROM BILLS' SAFETY DeMAR HAMLIN, SEVERING HIS THIRD CONCUSSION OF HIS NFL CAREER. FROM THERE, THE BILLS RAN AWAY WITH IT, 31-10. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FANS, EVERYONE WATCHING US, HOLDING THEIR BREATH, KNOWING THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. THAT TIME TUA TAGOVAILOA AND HIS FINGERS ALL WORKED UP. AND DeMAR HAMLIN TOO, MY GOD. >> OF COURSE HE TWEETED AT HIM AND APOLOGIZED AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. IT IS HARD TO WATCH THEM GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH HIM MOVING FORWARD. WE KNOW HOW FRAGILE OUR BODIES ARE. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. >>> TO COLLEGE BALL, THE NEW HOST OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE THIS MORNING, FOUR SCHOOLS, SAN DIEGO STATE, BOISE STATE, FRESNO DATE, AND COLORADO STATE ARE SIGNING UP, READY TO JOIN THE HOLDOUTS, WASHINGTON STATE AND OREGON STATE IN THE 2025 SEASON. THE CONFERENCE WAS ON HOLD AFTER BIG NAMES BUILT ON THE MASSIVE REALIGNMENT LAST YEAR. AT LEAST TWO MORE SCHOOLS WILL BE TO JOIN THE PAC-12 TO COMPETE AT THE DIVISION I LEVE . A COUPLE OF THOSE SCHOOLS WE ARE LOOKING AT, POTENTIALLY TWO- LANE, POTENTIALLY MEMPHIS, STILL TO BE EXPLORED. THIS IS NOT UNTIL 2026. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, McDONALD'S SAYS, ONE OF ITS MOST POPULAR DEALS IS STICKING AROUND. >>> INTO POLITICS AGAIN, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS INSPIRES THE LATEST ICE CREAM FLAVOR. >>> ARE THE LATEST ON THE 2024 ELECTION, GIVE THE NBC NEWS APP FOR BREAKING NEWS, ON THE GROUND REPORTS, AND NEWSMAKING INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE. >> LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT WE KNOW AND THE BIG QUESTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING. >> NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THE POLITICAL FALLOUT. START WITH WHAT THIS LAW ACTUALLY WILL AND WILL NOT DO. >> MAX, OFFICIALS, WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET THIS BACK OPEN ASAP. >> I CAN KEEP TALKING UNTIL THE EIFFEL TOWER STARTS SPARKLING. >> YOU HAVE LAID DOWN THE GAUNTLET. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE. IT IS SPARKLING! >>> "TOP STORY" LIVE FROM PARIS. LIVE FROM TEL AVIV. >> EVERY WEEKNIGHT, IT IS YOUR NEWS PLAYLIST. "TOP STORY WITH TOM LLAMAS," STREAMING WEEKNIGHTS AT 7:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW . >>> LESTER HOLT, AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED TV NEWS ANCHOR. >>> IS THE LATEST UPDATE OF THE 2024 ELECTION ON THE NBC NEWS APP. >>> DEMOCRACY IS HAPPENING NOW. >> THIS IS A REAL FIGHT. PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR FEET. FOLKS WERE FIRED UP HERE. >> THE ONLY VOICE THAT MATTERS ARE THE VOICES OF THE VOTERS. >>> FOR THE VERY LATEST OF THE 24 ELECTION, GET THE NBC NEWS APP, YOUR TRUSTED SOURCE FOR THE LATEST IN BREAKING NEWS, ANALYSIS, OR THE GROUND REPORTS, AND NEWSMAKING INTERVIEWS. DOWNLOAD THE NEWS NBC NEWS APP NOW. >>> HERE'S WHAT IS MAKING HEADLINES ON THIS FRIDAY. A NEW STUDY SUGGEST THAT HIGH DOSES OF .D.D. DRUGS COULD BE LINKED TO A GREATER RISK OF PSYCHOSIS BY AS MUCH AS FIVE TIMES, INCLUDING DRUG LIKE ADDERALL. >>> THE McDONALD'S $5 NEIL WILL BE AROUND FOR A FEW MONTHS. McDONALD'S SAYS, IT WILL EXTEND THE POPULAR DEAL INTO DECEMBER FOR MOST LOCATIONS. >>> INSPIRED BY KAMALA HARRIS, COCONUT JUBILEE WITH CARAMEL SWIRLS AND RED WHITE AND BLUE STAR-SHAPED SPRINKLES. >>> A LONG-LOST ORIGINAL COPY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION DISCOVERED IN AN OLD FILING CABINET IS NOW GOING TO AUCTION. IT IS ONE OF EIGHT THAT STILL EXISTS, AND THE ONLY ONE PRIVATELY OWNED. THE OPENING BID IS $1 MILLION. >>> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW? >>> HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THAT? >> OUR HOUSE IS NO LONGER LIKE THAT. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> NOW IS WRONG, HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT LIKE THIS? >> NOW IS REAL. NEWS FOR THE GENERATION OF NOW IS NBC NEWS NOW. >>> HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> PRETTY BAD. >>> "NBC NEWS DAILY" IS NUMBER 1 FOR AFTERNOON NEWS ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION . WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. >> ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS BUILDING ALONG THE BORDER. >> AND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT HOME. >> NEW NUMBERS ARE OUT TODAY. >> WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE A SAFER PLACE? >> "NBC NEWS DAILY" WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00 TO 4:00 ON NBC NEWS NOW . >>> NOW IS RAW. HOW HARD IS IT TO SEE IT