NBC Nightly News Full Episode - April 2

>>> TONIGHT, THE MAJOR. SHAKEUP AT THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING. HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, PAM BONDI. THE SECOND CABINET. MEMBER AXED BY THE. PRESIDENT IN LESS THAN. A MONTH. OUR NEW REPORTING. TONIGHT. THE HEATED. CONFRONTATION BETWEEN. THE PRESIDENT AND. BONDI JUST LAST WEEK. WHY SOURCES SAY HE. GREW MORE FRUSTRATED. WITH HER, AND HOW HER. HANDLING OF THE. EPSTEIN FILES MAY HAVE. BEEN THE FINAL STRAW. PLUS, WHO'S REPLACING. HER FOR NOW? >>> THE TOP GENERAL. FORCED OUT. PETE HEGSETH OUSTING. THE TOP ARMY LEADER. LESS THAN A DAY AFTER. THE PRESIDENT'S. PRIMETIME ADDRESS ON. THE WAR WITH IRAN. >>> THE TIGER WOODS. ARREST VIDEOS. RELEASED. POLICE BODY CAM. SHOWING HIM HANDCUFFED. FOR AN ALLEGED DUI. THE MOMENT POLICE FIND. PILLS IN HIS POCKET. THE SOBRIETY TESTS HE. WAS GIVEN, AND THIS. REVELATION THAT HE. SAYS HE WAS JUST. GETTING OFF THE PHONE. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. >>> TAKING THE STAND. THE DOCTOR ACCUSED OF. TRYING TO KILL HIS. WIFE IN HAWAII. TESTIFYING IN HIS OWN. DEFENSE SAYING SHE HIT. HIM. HIS CROSS-EXAMINATION.

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >>> AMAZING NEW. PICTURES FROM ARTEMIS. LOOKING BACK AT THE. EARTH, AND THE. CRITICAL MANEUVER FOR. THE CREW TONIGHT, FIRING UP THEIR. ENGINES IN SPACE, AND. BLASTING TOWARDS THE. MOON. >>> THE MAJOR LEGAL. DEFEAT FOR BLAKE. LIVELY. WHY A JUDGE IS. THROWING OUT MOST OF. HER SEXUAL HARASSMENT. LAWSUIT AGAINST JUSTIN. BALDONI. >>> A RISING. POLITICIAN FOUND DEAD. IN HER HOME. HER HUSBAND NOW FACING. MURDER CHARGES. >>> TWO SUSPECTS. ACCUSED OF A TRAGIC.

FATAL SHOOTING, CRASHING THEIR MOPED. INTO A CAR IN NEW. YORK. >>> THE HEART-STOPPING. VIDEO. THE HAMMERHEAD SHARK. JUST UNDER THIS SURFER. OFF THE COAST OF. HAWAII. >>> AND THERE'S GOOD. NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT. THIS MARINE VETERAN. RETURNING HOME. ALL OF HIS DAUGHTERS. RACING INTO HIS ARMS. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. THAT MAJOR SHAKEUP AT.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. FIRED ATTORNEY GENERAL. PAM BONDI FROM HER. POSTMARKING THE SECOND. TIME THE PRESIDENT. FIRED A MEMBER OF HIS. CABINET IN LESS THAN A. MONTH. HERE YOU CAN SEE BONDI. WITH THE PRESIDENT. JUST YESTERDAY LEAVING. THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE. THEY ATTENDED. ARGUMENTS AT THE. SUPREME COURT. NBC NEWS LEARNING. TODAY THAT THE. PRESIDENT HAD NOT BEEN. SATISFIED WITH HER JOB. PERFORMANCE AND DOES. NOT BELIEVE SHE. EXECUTED ON HIS VISION. THE WAY THAT HE. WANTED. BONDI HAS BEEN ONE OF. THE PRESIDENT'S TOP.

ENFORCERS, LEADING THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN IT LAUNCHED. INVESTIGATIONS INTO. THE PRESIDENT'S. POLITICAL ENEMIES, BUT. MANY OF THOSE. PROSECUTIONS HAVE. FAILED OR STALLED, AND. SHE HAS ALSO FACED. INTENSE CRITICISM FOR. HOW THE DOJ HANDLED. THE RELEASE OF THE. EPSTEIN FILES. >>> NOW THE. PRESIDENT'S FORMER. PERCH LAWYER. YOU SEE HIM THERE, HAS. BEEN ELEVATED FROM. DEPUTY TO INTERIM HEAD. OF THE DEPARTMENT. OUR KELLY O'DONNELL. PICKS UP THE STORY. FROM THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, LOYALTY WAS APPARENTLY. NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE PAM.

BONDI'S JOB. >> WE ARE SO PROUD TO. WORK AT THE DIRECTIVE. OF DONALD TRUMP. >> Reporter: ACCORDING. TO SOURCES, THE. PRESIDENT VENTED HIS. FRUSTRATION TO ALLIES. THEN A HEATED. CONFRONTATION WITH. BONDI LAST WEEK. THAT LED TO TODAY'S. SHAKEUP. HE FIRED THE ATTORNEY. GENERAL, POSTING "WE. LOVE PAM" AS HE. ANNOUNCED "SHE IS. TRANSITIONING TO A. MUCH MORE NEEDED AND. IMPORTANT JOB IN THE. PRIVATE CTOR.". AN UNSPECIFIED ROLE.

WHERE PAM BONDI SAYS. SHE IS THRILLED TO. CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP. FROM AG TO THE. ADMINISTRATION. >> THE PARTISANSHIP, THE WEAPONIZATION WILL. BE GONE. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT RAISED. EXPECTATIONS AND. PRESSURE PUBLICLY. >> SHE'S GOING TO GO. DOWN AS A GREAT. ATTORNEY GENERAL. I MAY CHANGE MY MIND. ABOUT IT. MAYBE SOMEDAY I'LL. SAY, I WAS ONLY. KIDDING. >> Reporter: MISSTEPS. CAUSED POLITICAL PAIN. IN THE EPSTEIN FILES, PAM BONDI CLAIMED DOJ. HAD THE LATE SEX.

OFFENDER'S CLIENT. LIST. >> IT'S SITTING ON MY. DESK READY TO REVIEW. >> Reporter: LATER. REVERSING BEFORE. CONGRESS. >> OUR MEMO CLEARLY. POINTS OUT THAT THERE. WAS NO CLIENT LIST. OUR JULY 6th MEMO. >> Reporter: BONDI WAS. CAUGHT IN A TIGHT. CORNER WITH MAGA, EPSTEIN SURVIVORS, AND. LAWMAKERS ASKING TO. PROVIDE MORE EPSTEIN. DISCLOSURES. IT BLASTED THE EPSTEIN. DETENTION AS. DISTRACTION. ALL WHILE PRESIDENT. TRUMP EXPECTED HER TO. PROSECUTE HIS. PERCEIVED ADVERSARIES.

>> I'M LOOKING AT PAM. BECAUSE I HOPE. SOMETHING'S GOING TO. BE DONE ABOUT IT. THESE PEOPLE PUT OUR. COUNTRY IN GREAT. DANGER. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT POSTED HIS. COMPLAINTS TO PAM. WRITING, "ALL TALK, NO. ACTION. NOTHING IS BEING. DONE.". >> WE'LL BE TAKING ALL. AVAILABLE LEGAL. ACTION. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, REACTION ABOUT BONDI. FROM THE FAMILY OF. EPSTEIN ACCUSER, THE. LATE VIRGINIA GIUFFRE. "WE HOPE SHE HAVE THE. COURAGE TO TESTIFY AND. ACTUALLY DO RIGHT BY. SURVIVORS THIS TIME.". >> ALL RIGHT. KELLY JOINS US NOW. LIVE, AND KELLY, WE.

NOW KNOW THAT BONDI'S. DEPUTY, TODD BLANCH. WILL TAKE HER PLACE, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. >> Reporter: THAT. MEANS HE MOVES UP FROM. DEPUTY TO ACTING. ATTORNEY GENERAL. YOU MAY ALSO REMEMBER. HE SERVED AS THE. PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL. DEFENSE LAWYER DURING. THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL. IN NEW YORK, AND HE. SAID AT A CONFERENCE. JUST LAST WEEK THAT. DOJ CLEANED HOUSE. FIRING AGENTS AND. LAWYERS WHO HAD. INVESTIGATED PRESIDENT. TRUMP. BLANCH ALSO PRAISED. BONDI TODAY FOR HER. STRENGTH AND. CONVICTION. TOM? >> KELLY, OUR THANKS. TO YOU.

>>> NOW TO ANOTHER. SHAKEUP IN THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. THIS ONE THOUGH AT THE. PENTAGON. GARRETT HAAKE JOINS US. NOW LIVE FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE, AND. GARRETT, THIS INVOLVES. THE REMOVAL OF THE. ARMY'S TOP GENERAL IN. THE MIDST OF THE WAR. WITH IRAN. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH HAS FORCED OUT. THE ARMY'S CHIEF OF. STAFF, FOUR MILITARY. OFFICIALS TELL NBC. NEWS. GENERAL RANDY GEORGE. HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A. TOP ADVISER TO BIDEN. DEFENSE SECRETARY. LLOYD AUSTIN. THE OFFICIALS SAY HIS. OUSTER WAS NOT RELATED. TO THE IRAN WAR. MEANWHILE, THE. PRESIDENT POSTING.

VIDEO OF THIS U.S. STRIKE ON A MAJOR. BRIDGE AND. THREATENING, QUOTE, MUCH MORE TO FOLLOW IF. IRAN'S LEADERS REFUSE. TO MAKE A DEAL. IN IRAN, UNLEASHING. THIS STRIKE ON ISRAEL. ALSO TONIGHT, LEADERS. FROM MORE THAN 40. COUNTRIES MET TO. DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR. REOPENING THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. LAST NIGHT, IT WOULD, QUOTE, OPEN NATURALLY. AT THE WAR'S END. OR COULD BE SEIZED BY. ALLIES WHO DEPEND ON. THE OIL THAT PASSES. THROUGH IT, TOM. >> ALL RIGHT, GARRETT. THANK YOU. >>> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO. TONIGHT TO SHOW YOU OF. TIGER WOODS' DUI.

ARREST. THE FOOTAGE RELEASED. BY THE SHERIFF SHOWS. THE MOMENT THE. DEPUTIES DISCOVERED. PILLS IN THE GOLFER'S. POCKET AND THE. SOBRIETY TEST HE WAS. GIVEN. HERE'S JESSE KIRSCH. >> LEFT. >> Reporter: THE NEWLY. RELEASED VIDEO SHOWS. TIGER WOODS PERFORMING. A SERIES OF SOBRIETY. TESTS. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND? >> YEAH. >> PERFECT. >> Reporter: AND THE. MOMENT DEPUTIES. HANDCUFF HIM --. >> AT THIS TIME, I DO. BELIEVE YOUR FACULTIES. ARE IMPAIRED AND. YOU'RE UNDER AN. UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. >> I'M BEING ARRESTED?

>> YOU'RE BEING. ARRESTED FOR DUI, YES, SIR. >> Reporter: LEADING. TO PIOID PILLS IN HIS. POCKET. TONIGHT, THE MARTIN. COUNTY SHERIFF. RELEASING HOURS OF. FOOTAGE FROM THE STAR. GOLFER'S DUI ARREST. >> WELL, THIS IS FUN. >> Reporter: HERE HE. DESCRIBES THE MOMENT. HE HIT A TRUCK'S. TRAILER. >> I LOOKED DOWN AT MY. PHONE, AND ALL OF A. SUDDEN, BOOM. >> Reporter: THEN. THERE'S AN APPARENT. PHONE CALL WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> THANK YOU, THANK. YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT IT.

THANK YOU. SAY AGAIN? >> CAN YOU BE DOWN. HERE WITH US, PLEASE? >> YEAH. I WAS JUST TALKING TO. THE PRESIDENT. >> Reporter: IN THE. VIDEOS, WOODS HAS. CONSTANT HICCUPS AND. REPEATEDLY SHAKES HIS. HEAD. DURING THOSE FIELD. SOBRIETY TESTS, AT. TIMES HE STRUGGLES. WITH THE DEPUTY'S. INSTRUCTIONS. >> TRY NOT TO MOVE. YOUR HEAD, OKAY? >> I GOT THE HICCUPS. >> Reporter: EARLIER, WOODS' MANAGER ASKED. INVESTIGATORS FOR. HELPING RETRIEVE THE. STAR GOLFER'S CLUBS. INCLUDING HIS. PRICELESS PUTTER. >> I'VE WON 14 MAJORS. WITH IT. >> ARE YOU GOLFING IN. THE MASTERS THIS YEAR?

>> HOPING TO. DEPENDS ON Y'ALL. >> YEAH. >> DON'T DEPEND ON ME. >> Reporter: FIRST. RESPONDERS LATER. SMASHING HIS SUV'S. WINDOW TO RETRIEVE. THAT PUTTER. WOODS' MANAGER SHOWING. IT OFF. >> THIS PIECE OF. HISTORY RIGHT THERE, HUH? >> Reporter: ONCE. HANDCUFFED IN THE BACK. OF THE SQUAD CAR, WOODS YAWNS, CLOSING. HIS EYES. HE'S SINCE PLEADED NOT. GUILTY AND SAID HE'S. STEPPING AWAY FOR. TREATMENT. >> ALL RIGHT. JESSE KIRSCH JOINS US. NOW LIVE. IN THAT VIDEO, YOU. WILL ALSO HEAR POLICE. SPEAK TO THE OTHER.

DRIVER. WHAT DOES HE TELL. THEM? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM. AT ONE POINT THAT. DRIVER ELLS. INVESTIGATORS THAT. WOODS WAS APPROACHING, QUOTE, SO FAST, BUT. LATER THAT DRIVER SAYS. WOODS WAS COMING UP AT. A, QUOTE, NORMAL. SPEED. TOM? >> OKAY, JESSE. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE. DRAMATIC TESTIMONY. UNFOLDING IN FRONT OF. A HAWAII JURY. THE DOCTOR ACCUSED OF. TRYING TO KILL HIS. WIFE TAKING THE STAND. IN HIS OWN DEFENSE AND. RIGHT NOW, HE'S ING. CROSS-EXAMINATIONS. STEVE PATTERSON HAS. MORE. >> Reporter: GRUELING. TESTIMONY NOW TAKING. THE STAND IN HIS OWN.

DEFENSE. KOENIG TELLING THE. JURY IT WAS HIS WIFE. AERIAL WHO DEALT THE. FIRST BLOW STRIKING. HIM IN THE HEAD WITH A. ROCK ON THIS OAHU. TRAIL. KOENIG WAS HOPING IT. WOULD SAVE THE. COUPLE'S MARRIAGE. AFTER WHAT HE CALLED. AERIAL'S EMOTIONAL. AFFAIR WITH A. COWORKER. >> DID YOU HAVE A PLAN. TO KILL YOUR WIFE THAT. DAY? >> NO. >> DID YOU TRY TO. THROW HER OFF A CLIFF? >> NO. >> DID YOU TRY TO STAB. HER WITH SYRINGES? >> NO.

>> WHEN YOU HIT HER. WITH A ROCK TWICE, WHY. DID YOU DO IT? >> IN SELF-DEFENSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PROSECUTORS PUSHING. BACK IN. CROSS-EXAMINATION. STARTING WITH QUIZZING. KOENIG ABOUT SPYING ON. HIS WIFE'S TEXTS. >> YOU WERE MAD, RIGHT? >> I WAS NOT MAD. >> YOU WERE NOT MAD. WHEN YOU CONFRONTED. YOUR WIFE ABOUT THESE. MESSAGES? >> I WAS UPSET. >> Reporter: AND. DIGGING INTO THEIR. TURBULENT. RELATIONSHIP. >> AFTER YOU. CONFRONTED ARIEL, CALLED HER A LYING. [ BLEEP ], CALLED HER. A WHORE, YOU WANTED. HER TO MOVE OUT OF THE.

HOUSE. IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Reporter: AND ARIEL. TESTIFIED THE. ENCOUNTER HAD NOTHING. TO DO WITH. SELF-DEFENSE, DESCRIBING A VENGEFUL. ATTACK. >> HE TAKES A DEEP. BREATH, AND THEN HE. STARTS JUST HITTING MY. FACE AND MY HEAD WITH. A ROCK. >> Reporter: WITNESSES. FOR THE STATE ALSO. INCLUDED GEARHART'S. 20-YEAR-OLD SON WITH. FROM A PREVIOUS. MARRIAGE SAYING HIS. FATHER FACETIMED HIM. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. THE ATTACK. >> WHAT DID HE TELL. YOU DURING THE ATTACK? >> Reporter: THAT ARI,

MY STEP MOM HAD BEEN. CHEATING ON HIM AND HE. TRIED TO KILL HER. >> Reporter: HE SAYS. HE WAS TRYING TO. CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE, AND SAYING HIS SON. MISUNDERSTOOD. >> HE SAVED MY LIFE. THAT DAY, BUT I PUT. HIM IN THIS POSITION. WHERE HE IS NOW WHERE. HE THINKS I TRIED TO. KILL HER. >> Reporter: JURY. DELIBERATIONS EXPECTED. TO BEGIN EARLY NEXT. WEEK. IF CONVICTED, KONIG. COULD BE FACING LIFE. BEHIND BARS. TOM? >> STEVE PATTERSON FOR. US. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEXT. BIG STEP FOR THE FOUR. ASTRONAUTS ON THE.

ARTEMIS SPACE MISSION. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN. THE ORDER TO FIRE UP. THEIR ENGINES AND ONCE. THAT HAPPENS, THEY'RE. COMMITTED TO THE. ROUND-TRIP JOURNEY TO. THE MOON AND BACK. TOM COSTELLO HAS MORE. FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE. CENTER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FIRST IMAGES OF. HOME FROM ORION FLYING. HIGH ABOVE EARTH AS. MISSION CONTROL SENDS. THE ORDER TO THE FOUR. ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD. >> WE ARE GO FOR TOI. >> Reporter: ORION, APPROVED FOR THE. TRANSLUNAR INJECTION. BURN, FIRING THEIR. ENGINE FOR 5:49 TO. HEAD TO THE MOON.

>> WE LOVE THOSE. WORDS, AND WE'RE. LOVING THE VIEW. >> Reporter: A. FOUR-DAY JOURNEY. TRAVELING AT 24,000. MILES PER HOUR. GOOD NEWS AS THEIR. ARTEMIS LAUNCH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS. STILL GOING VIRAL. >> WOW. SO FAST. HOW COOL IS THAT! >> Reporter: FROM A. FLORIDA BEACH TO A. COLLEGE SOFTBALL. GAME --. >> EVERYONE IS REALLY. INTERESTED. >> Reporter: TO A. SPECTACULAR VIEW FROM. A PLANE FLYING HIGH. ABOVE. >> YOU DON'T SEE THIS. EVERY DAY. THEY'RE GOING AROUND.

THE MOON. >> Reporter: EVEN. ASTRONAUTS ON THE. SPACE STATION. >> GODSPEED, ARTEMIS. II! >> THE DOCKING CAMERA. IS SHOWING THE CREW. INSIDE ORION. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, THE. ASTRONAUTS PRACTICED. MANUALLY FLYING AND. DOCKING THEIR. SPACESHIP NAMED. INTEGRITY. THEN AFTER TWO. FOUR-HOUR SLEEP. CYCLES --. ♪. >> Reporter: MISSION. CONTROL WOKE THEM UP. THIS AFTERNOON TO JOHN. LEGEND'S "GREEN. LIGHT.".

>> WE ARE READY TO GO, AND THAT WAS AWESOME. >> Reporter: BUT THEN. AN UNEXPECTED ORDER, TO START STORING WATER. IN PLASTIC BAGS IN. CASE PROBLEMS WITH THE. SHIP'S WATER SYSTEM. SUDDENLY REAPPEAR. >> ALL RIGHT, TOM. JOINS US NOW LIVE. LET'S PICK IT UP RIGHT. THERE. HOW CONCERNED IS NASA. ABOUT THIS WATER. ISSUE, AND WALK OUR. VIEWERS THROUGH THE. TIMELINE FOR HEADING. TO THE MOON. >> Reporter: YEAH. THEY THINK THEY'VE GOT. THE WATER SYSTEM ISSUE. FIXED, BUT THEY DON'T. WANT TO HAVE A. BREAKDOWN AGAIN AS. THEY'RE ON THE WAY TO. THE MOON, AND THEN. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY.

WATER. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE. STORING THE WATER. THEY LEAVE TONIGHT, AND LISTEN TO THIS. NUMBER HERE. RIGHT NOW, THE CREW IS. 17,000 MILES ABOVE OUR. HEADS. THEY HAVE TO GO. 234,000 MILES OUT INTO. SPACE JUST TO GET TO. THE MOON, TOM. >> TRIPLE OF A LIFETIME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> THE LATEST CHAPTER. IN THE REAL-LIFE LEGAL. DRAMA SURROUNDING. BLAKE LIVELY. A JUDGE IN FEDERAL. COURT DISMISSING MANY. OF THE CLAIMS IN THE. ACTRESS' LAWSUIT. AGAINST HER FORMER. COSTAR, JUSTIN. BALDONI.

EMILIE IKEDA HAS THE. LATEST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR BLOW TO BLAKE. LIVELY'S SEXUAL. HARASSMENT LAWSUIT. AGAINST HER "IT ENDS. WITH US" COSTAR, JUSTIN BALDONI. >> I WOULD NEVER LIE. TO YOU. >> IT'S NOTHING. >> NOTHING? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: LIVELY'S. LAWYER SAYS SHE WAS. KISSED, NUZZLED, AND. TOUCHED WITHOUT HER. CONSENT AND THAT. BALDONI WAS. CONSISTENTLY. INAPPROPRIATE, BUT A. FEDERAL JUDGE TODAY. DISMISSING 10 OF HER. 13 CLAIMS INCLUDING. HARASSMENT, DEFAMATION, AND. CONSPIRACY OVER KEY. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. RELATED TO. CLASSIFICATION AS AN.

EMPLOYEE. >> SHE WAS NOT AN. EMPLOYEE WHO COULD. BRING THOSE CLAIMS. THAT ONLY AN EMPLOYEE. COULD. SHE WAS AN INDEPENDENT. CONTRACTOR. SO SHE HAD NO CHANCE. OF WINNING ON THOSE. CLAIMS AT TRIAL. >> Reporter: THE PAIR. HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN A. LEGAL BATTLE SINCE. 2024 THAT AT TIMES HAS. DRAWN IN FAMOUS NAMES. IN TEXT EXCHANGES WITH. HER HUSBAND, RYAN. REYNOLDS, AND POP. STAR, TAYLOR SWIFT. LAST YEAR, A JUDGE. DISMISSED BALDONI'S. $400 MILLION. COUNTERSUIT AGAINST. LIVELY ALLEGING. DEFAMATION AND CIVIL.

EXTORTION. LIVELY'S TEAM PRAISING. THE MOVE THEN. >> IT WAS A SHAM. LAWSUIT DESIGNED TO. RETALIATE AGAINST MS. LIVELY FOR SPEAKING UP. AGAINST WHAT SHE. EXPERIENCED ON SET AND. TO SILENCE OVERTHERS WHO. MIGHT COME FORWARD. >> Reporter: BUT A WIN. FOR BALDONI'S TEAM. SAYING THEY ARE VERY. PLEASED AS A NARROWER. SET OF ALLEGATIONS. AGAINST THE PRODUCTION. COMPANY NOW HEAD FOR. TRIAL. >> ALL RIGHT, EMILIE. LET'S PICK IT UP RIGHT. THERE. YOU SAID A NARROWER.

SET OF LLEGATIONS. WHAT CLAIMS ARE HEADED. TO COURT? >> SHE SAYS HE WAGED A. RETALIATORY CAMPAIGN. AGAINST HER IN THE. MEDIA, IN THE PRESS. AFTER SHE RAISED. CONCERNS OF SEXUAL. HARASSMENT. THOSE CLAIMS ARE. MOVING TO TRIAL AND. TONIGHT HER LAWYER. TELLS NBC NEWS SHE'S. LOOKING FORWARD TO. TESTIFYING, TOM. >> EMILIE, WE THANK. YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK. IN 60 SECONDS, A. RISING POLITICIAN. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH A SHOCKING MURDER.

CASE IN FLORIDA. A RISING POLITICIAN. FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN. HER HOME, AND NOW HER. HUSBAND HAS BEEN. ARRESTED FOR. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. HERE'S GEORGE SOLIS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A RISING STAR IN. FLORIDA POLITICS IS. DEAD AND HER HUSBAND. CHARGED WITH HER. MURDER. STEPHEN BOWEN WAS. ARRESTED WEDNESDAY. AFTER POLICE SAY THEY. FOUND THE BODY OF HIS. WIFE, NANCY, ON. WEDNESDAY. SHE WAS THE VICE MAYOR. OF CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA. AFTER SHE MISSED CITY. MEETINGS, OFFICERS.

WENT TO HER HOME FOR A. WELLNESS CHECK, WHICH. FOUND HER BODY WRAPPED. IN BLANKETS ALONG WITH. THREE SPENT SHOTGUN. SHELLS. STEPHEN BOWEN KNOCKED. ON AN UNIDENTIFIED. PERSON'S DOOR AND. ASKED THEM TO HOLD. ONTO A SHOTGUN FOR. HIM. HE THEN ADMITTED HE. SHOT HIS WIFE THREE. TIMES WITH A SHOTGUN. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, AND THEN SLEPT. DOWNSTAIRS. NEARBY, A PILLOW WITH. BURN MARKS FASHIONED. AS A MAKESHIFT. SILENCER. ASKED WHY, STEPHEN. BOWEN SAID THAT HE. COULDN'T TAKE IT. ANYMORE. TODAY, BOWEN APPEARING. BEFORE A JUDGE WHO.

ORDERED HIM TO BE HELD. WITHOUT BOND. >> THE COURT DOES FIND. PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE. CHARGES. >> Reporter: NANCY. METAYER BOWEN IS BEING. REMEMBERED AS A. TRAILBLAZER. THE 38-YEAR-OLD WAS. THE FIRST BLACK AND. HAITIAN AMERICAN WOMAN. ELECTED TO THE CORAL. SPRINGS COMMISSION. >> SHE WAS ALWAYS. SMILING, ALWAYS. SMILING. >> Reporter: THIS. WOMAN WAS A CLOSE. FRIEND. >> SHE WAS ONE OF THE. GOOD ONES BECAUSE SHE. CARED. SHE CARED, AND SHE. DIDN'T JUST CARE ABOUT. THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE. CAME FROM. SHE CARED ABOUT. EVERYONE. SHE CARED ABOUT MAKING. A DIFFERENCE. >> Reporter: BOWEN WAS.

SAID TO BE EYEING A. RUN FOR CONGRESS. TONIGHT, REMEMBERED BY. HER FAMILY AS A. SISTER, A DAUGHTER, AND A FRIEND WHOSE. LAUGHTER FILLED EVERY. ROOM. TOM? >> GEORGE SOLIS. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH THE. MANHUNT AFTER A DEADLY. SHOOTING. ONE SUSPECT CAUGHT. AFTER CRASHING A. MOPED. THE OTHER ON THE RUN. >>> AND SHADOWS IN THE. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THE URGENT. MANHUNT AFTER A. TERRIBLE SHOOTING. THE DRAMATIC NEW VIDEO. SHOWS TWO SUSPECTS.

CRASHING THEIR MOPED. INTO A CAR IN NEW YORK. CITY. THEY WERE ON THE RUN. AFTER THE SHOOTING OF. A 7-MONTH-OLD BABY, KILLED BY A STRAY. BULLET AT A BODEGA. NEARBY. ONE OF THOSE SUSPECTS. HIT THE PAVEMENT AND. WAS TAKEN INTO. CUSTODY. POLICE ARE STILL. SEARCHING FOR THAT. OTHER SUSPECT. >>> AND AN AMTRAK. TRAIN CARRYING ABOUT. 100 PASSENGERS. SMASHING RIGHT INTO A. GARBAGE TRUCK. LOOK AT THAT. THIS HAPPENED IN SOUTH. CAROLINA. VIDEO SHOWS THE TRUCK. CROSSING OVER THE. TRACKS BEFORE GETTING. CLIPPED, SENDING DUST. AND DEBRIS INTO THE. AIR. ONCE THE TRAIN PASSES,

YOU CAN SEE THE BODY. OF THE VEHICLE. COMPLETELY RIPPED OFF. LUCKILY, NOBODY WAS. HURT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, TAKE. A LOOK AT THIS ORANGE. SKY ON THE GREEK. ISLAND OF CREE. THAT ORANGE HAZE. BLANKETING THE ISLAND. THANKS TO A DUST STORM. THAT TRAVELED FROM THE. SAHARA DESERT ACROSS. THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE DUST IS TO THICK. IT CAUSED SOME FLIGHTS. TO DIVERT TO OTHER. AIRPORTS. >>> AND CHECK OUT THIS. VIDEO FROM THE COAST. OF HAWAII. A SURFER RIDING THE. WAVES AND TAKE A LOOK. BELOW. HE NOTICES SOMETHING. SWIMMING JUST UNDER. HIM.

A GIANT HAMMERHEAD. SHARK. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE, AS HE WHIPS BY IT. THE SURFER SAID, QUOTE, I TRIED MY. HARDEST TO NOT PANIC. SO I WOULDN'T FALL. NICE JOB. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK. TONIGHT, THIS IS THE. AIRPORT WELCOME DREAMS. ARE MADE OF. THE DAD JUST BACK FROM. IRAQ AND. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT OUT. OF KNOXVILLE. A FATHER AND A MARINE.

VETERAN REUNITED WITH. HIS WIFE AND FIVE. DAUGHTERS AFTER MONTHS. OVERSEAS WORKING IN. IRAQ. THIS IS A HUG THIS. FAMILY HAS BEEN. WAITING MONTHS FOR. THE FIVE KENDRICK. SISTERS. SPRINTING TO THEIR. DAD, JUMPING INTO HIS. ARMS, PRACTICALLY. TACKLING HIM TO THE. GROUND, UNABLE TO. CONTAIN THEIR. EXCITEMENT. THEIR DAD, MARINE. VETERAN HARRISON.

MICHAEL KENDRICK, SURPRISING HIS. DAUGHTERS BY COMING. HOME A WEEK EARLY. AFTER FOUR MONTHS IN. BAGHDAD. >> I WAS SO EXCITED. JUST SEEING THEM, BEING ABLE TO HOLD. THEM, BEING ABLE TO. HEAR THEM. >> THEY ALWAYS WANT. HIM ALL THE TIME. THEY DON'T WANT HIM TO. LEAVE. >> JUST BEING ABLE TO. HOLD THEM. BEING ABLE TO TUCK. THEM IN AT NIGHT, AND. BEING ABLE TO BE. THERE, KISS SOME BOO. BOOS OR JUST PICKING. THEM UP, I MEAN, IT'S -- THOSE ARE --. THOSE ARE THE BEST. THINGS. THAT'S WHAT HELPS MY. HEART. >> Reporter: AND FOR. FIVE LITTLE GIRLS, A.

PRICELESS GIFT. A CHANCE TO SPEND TIME. WITH THEIR DAD. AS FOR HOW MUCH THEY. LOVE HIM? >> 1 MILLION 1. HUNDRED. >> I'M GETTING. EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW. JUST HEARING THEM SAY. HOW MUCH THEY LOVE ME, IT REALLY -- I MEAN, THAT'S ALL IT'S ABOUT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. TO KIND OF REMEMBER. THAT IF YOU HAVE. PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU. AND SUPPORT YOU, THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS. ABOUT. >> I CAN WATCH THAT. VIDEO A MILLION TIMES. GLAD DAD IS BACK HOME.

THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS THURSDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT. TONIGHT AND ALWAY.