NBC Nightly News Full Episode - April 20

TONIGHT, THE FINAL HOURS OF THE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN. AND THE CONFUSION TONIGHT. WILL THERE EVEN BE TALKS TO MAKE A NEW DEAL? PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS JD VANCE IS READY TO HEAD TO THE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT IRAN ISN'T COMMITTING AS WE GET NEW VIDEO OF A DRAMATIC CONFRONTATION. AT SEA. US MARINES SEIZING AN IRANIAN FLAGGED SHIP. AND THE NEW POLLING TONIGHT. THE PRESSURE. THE PRESIDENT MAY BE UNDER TO END THE CONFLICT. GLOBAL OUTRAGE AFTER AN ISRAELI SOLDIER IS SEEN SMASHING A STATUE.

OF ***. WILL HE BE HELD RESPONSIBLE? ALSO BREAKING, THE CABINET SECRETARY WHO JUST RESIGNED AMID AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. DEADLY SHOOTING AT A POPULAR TOURIST SPOT. DOZENS SENT RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES AS GUNFIRE ERUPTS AT PYRAMIDS NEAR MEXICO CITY. THE TERRIFYING CLOSE CALL AT NASHVILLE'S AIRPORT. TWO JETS NARROWLY AVOIDED COLLIDING, PLUS THE AIRPLANE BOMB SCARES SENDING. PASSENGERS SCRAMBLING DOWN EMERGENCY SLIDES.

SHAKEUP AT ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST COMPANIES. TIM COOK STEPPING DOWN AS CEO OF APPLE. SO WHO IS TAKING OVER? FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL SUING OVER A REPORT ACCUSING HIM. OF DRINKING EXCESSIVELY, DID HIS TEAM ALMOST HAVE TO KNOCK DOWN HIS DOORS BECAUSE HE WASN'T RESPONDING? ARE THESE MISSING OR DEAD SCIENTISTS LINKED? MOST OF THEM WORKED WITH NASA AND NUCLEAR RESEARCH. NOW. THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING.

OUR NEW REPORTING ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S NEW MEXICO RANCH. HALLIE JACKSON ON THE GROUND THERE AS VICTIMS' FAMILIES. COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE INFAMOUS SITE. RODEO HORSE STAMPEDE, CHAOS AS HORSES TRAMPLE THROUGH A HUGE CROWD. WHAT SET THEM OFF? A VIOLENT DUSTNADO. SPINNING ACROSS A BASEBALL FIELD, SENDING KIDS SCRAMBLING FOR COVER. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE HERO PRINCIPAL, WHO TOOK A BULLET WHILE TACKLING A SCHOOL SHOOTER,

CROWNED PROM KFOR SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMASS. AND GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE CHAOS AND. THE CONFUSION SURROUNDING THE US-IRAN CEASEFIRE. THE TRUCE DEAL NOW IN ITS FINAL HOURS, AND IT'S UNCLEAR IF BOTH SIDES WILL EVEN MEET TO TRY TO EXTEND THE PEACE. ONE MAJOR ISSUE, THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE.

AS IRAN SHUTS THE VITAL WATERWAY BACK DOWN. THE US SEIZING AN IRANIAN SHIP THERE, SAYING. IT IGNORED THIS WARNING. MOTOR VESSEL TELESCOPE, WE'RE PREPARED TO SUBJECT YOU TO DISABLING FIRE. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT SAILORS FIRING AT THE SHIP. YOU SEE THE SMOKE THERE, EVENTUALLY TAKING OUT ITS ENGINE. US MARINES AND CHOPPERING TO IT, RAPPELLING ONTO THE DECK, TAKING CONTROL OF THAT VESSEL. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE. WILL HEAD TO PAKISTAN TO MEET WITH IRANIAN NEGOTIATORS,

BUT HIS HOUR IRAN SAYS IT WILL NOT SHOW UP. SO IF THERE ARE NO TALKS AND THERE IS NO DEAL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CEASEFIRE. DEADLINE PASSES. GARRETT HAKE IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. TONIGHT, JUST HOURS UNTIL THE FRAGILE TWO-WEEK CEASEFIRE BETWEEN. THE US AND IRAN IS SET TO EXPIRE. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING IN A NEW INTERVIEW HE'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO EXTEND THE TRUCE. MAYBE I WON'T EXTEND IT, BUT THE BLOCKADE IS GOING TO REMAIN. THAT BLOCKADE RESULTING IN THIS DRAMATIC CONFRONTATION IN THE GULF OF OMAN.

BETWEEN THE US NAVY AND AN IRANIAN FLAGGED. CARGO SHIP UNDER US SANCTIONS CALLED THE TUSKA. A US DESTROYER SENDING THIS WARNING TO THE VESSEL FOR 6 HOURS. YOUR ENGINE ROOM. VACATE YOUR ENGINE ROOM. WE'RE PREPARED TO SUBJECT YOU TO DISABLING FIRE. AND THEN. A DECK GUN TO DISABLE THE VESSEL, WHICH WAS THEN BOARDED AND SEIZED BY US MARINES. CENTCOM SAYS 27 OTHER SHIPS HAVE COMPLIED WITH ORDERS TO TURN BACK.

THE US BLOCKADE COSTING THE IRANIAN REGIME AN ESTIMATED $435 MILLION PER DAY, ALL OF IT HAPPENING AFTER IRAN REVERSED ITS OWN. PLEDGE TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BY. FIRING ON TWO EUROPEAN SHIPS SATURDAY, BUT TONIGHT THE PROSPECT OF PEACE TALKS IN PAKISTAN REMAINS UNCERTAIN. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS VICE PRESIDENT VANCE WILL LEAD A US DELEGATION, WHILE A TOP IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS THEY WON'T NEGOTIATE UNDER THREAT. WE'RE TALKING TO THEM.

THEY. WANTED TO CLOSE UP. THE STRAIT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR. YEARS. THEY CAN'T BLACKMAIL US. IT COMES AS NBC NEWS' NEW POLLING SHOWS THAT 2/3. OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF IRAN. TODAY, OIL PRICES ROSE TO AROUND $89 A BARREL. AND STOCKS CLOSED LOWER WITH THE NASDAQ SNAPPING ITS 13 DAY STREAK OF GAINS. GARRETT HAIG JOINS US LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AND GARRETT, THERE'S LATE WORD TONIGHT OF ANOTHER SHAKEUP INSIDE THE TRUMP CABINET.

THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. LABOR SECRETARY LAURIE CHAVEZ DE REEMER TONIGHT BECOMES THE 3RD CABINET. SECRETARY TO DEPART THE ADMINISTRATION IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS. DERIEMER RESIGNED TODAY, SAYING SHE WAS GOING TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT SHE WAS ALSO FACING A MISCONDUCT. INVESTIGATION. FOR WHICH SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO SIT FOR AN IG INTERVIEW THIS WEEK. TOM, ALL RIGHT, GARRETT, THANK YOU. ALSO IN THE MIDEAST TONIGHT, OUTRAGE AFTER AN ISRAELI SOLDIER APPEARED TO HAVE DAMAGED A STATUE OF ***. WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. MOLLY HUNTER JOINS US NOW AND MOLLY.

THE ISRAELI MILITARY. IS RESPONDING TO THAT IMAGE. TOM, THAT'S RIGHT, AND THIS PHOTO SHOWS AN ISRAELI SOLDIER SMASHING A STATUE. OF *** AFTER IT HAS BEEN TORN OFF THE CROSS. NOW THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS THE PHOTO IS REAL, ADDING THE SOLDIER'S CONDUCT. IS WHOLLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES EXPECTED OF ITS TROOPS. NOW HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE STATUE BEFORE IT WAS DESECRATED. IN THE CHRISTIAN VILLAGE OF DEBEL IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, AND US AMBASSADOR MIKE HUCKABEE POSTING RARE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL, WRITING SWIFT,

SEVERE, AND PUBLIC CONSEQUENCES. ARE NEEDED. AND TONIGHT A STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL AND AN ISRAELI OFFICIAL TELL NBC. NEWS A SECOND ROUND OF DIRECT CEASEFIRE TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON, TOM, ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. NO CONFIRMATION YET. FROM THE LEBANESE SIDE. TOM, MOLLIE HUNTER FOR US. MOLLY, THANK YOU. IN MEXICO TODAY, A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT A FAMOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE THAT'S. VERY POPULAR WITH TOURISTS. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED. PRISCILLA THOMPSON TONIGHT WITH THE VIDEO AS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.

GUNSHOTS RINGING OUT AT A BUSY TOURIST SITE NEAR MEXICO CITY. GET OUT OF THERE. PEOPLE RUNNING FRANTICALLY AND JUMPING OFF THE TEOTIHUACAN PYRAMID. AS A BARRAGE OF BULLETS RAINED DOWN, NOW HE'S CLIMBING UP, WITNESSES FILMING A MAN SEEN HERE PACING ATOP A PYRAMID, APPEARING TO HOLD A GUN. OH, THEY'RE SHOOTING AT HIM. THE SHOOTER FIRED MULTIPLE TIMES,

VESTIGATORS SAY, KILLING A CANADIAN WOMAN. BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF. 6 OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY RECOVERED A GUN, BLADED WEAPON, AND LIVE CARTRIDGES AT THE SCENE. MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHINBAUM. THE ATTACK DEEPLY PAINS US, PROMISING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. OFFICIALS SAY THE POPULAR TOURISM HOTSPOT VISITED BY MORE. THAN A MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR IS NOW SECURE. AFTER A TERRIFYING AND DEADLY AFTERNOON. PRISCILLA THOMPSON, NBC NEWS.

AND BACK HERE AT HOME WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT A NEW CLOSE CALL IN THE AIR, THIS ONE OVER NASHVILLE. IT COMES AFTER MULTIPLE BOMB THREATS OVER THE WEEKEND CREATED CHAOS IN THE SKIES. SAM BROCK HAS THIS ONE. TONIGHT JARRING DETAILS ABOUT A NEAR MISS AT NASHVILLE'S AIRPORT. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT. THE CONFUSION CLEAR ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, WHICH INDICATES CONTROLLERS GAVE AN ARRIVING SOUTHWEST. FLIGHT PERMISSION TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND SATURDAY, ABORTING THE LANDING AND BRINGING IT DIRECTLY INTO. THE PATH OF A DEPARTING SOUTHWEST PLANE.

PILOTS IN BOTH AIRCRAFT TAKING EVASIVE ACTION. THE FAA SAYS THE CREWS RESPONDED TO ONBOARD ALERTS TO AVOID A COLLISION COURSE. SOUTHWEST AS THE ARRIVING PLANE APPROACHED IN GUSTY WINDS AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AT THE SAME TIME. A SERIES OF BOMB SCARES SOWING CHAOS FROM PITTSBURGH TO DENVER THIS WEEKEND. PASSENGERS SCRAMBLING THROUGH THE CABIN AND RUSHING TO THE WING, SLIDING DOWN TO THE GROUND, WHILE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT SEARCHED FRONT TO BACK.

PEOPLE IN. BULLETPROOF VESTS AND HELMETS, THEY OPENED ALL THE OVERHEAD BINS. AND WE'RE LOOKING INSIDE ALL THE OVERHEAD BINS. THE LATEST INCIDENT STOPPED. A PLANE IN ITS TRACKS SUNDAY NIGHT IN DENVER. BE ADVISED WE'RE CURRENTLY ON THE PHONE WITH A. BOMB. THE STILL IMAGES SHOW THE RUSH OF LATE NIGHT EMERGENCY CREWS AS. THE FBI DENVER SAID NO DANGEROUS MATERIALS WERE LOCATED ON THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS TERRIFYING THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. THEY PUT US ON BUSES AND THEY DIDN'T TAKE US AWAY FROM THE PLANE. JUST 24 HOURS EARLIER, THIS ALARMING MIDAIR WARNING CAME FROM A PILOT ON.

A UNITED FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK. WE GOT. WE'RE GETTING. ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. UNITED SAYING ONLY THAT THE PLANE LANDED IN PITTSBURGH. TO ADDRESS A POTENTIAL SECURITY CONCERN. SCARY MOMENTS IN THE SKY THERE. SAM BROCK JOINS US NOW LIVE IN STUDIO. SO SAM, LET'S GO BACK TO THAT NEAR MISS YOU MENTIONED IN NASHVILLE. YOU SAID THERE WERE ON BOARD ALERTS. WHAT ARE THEY?

TECHNOLOGY IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE HERE, TOM, AND IT SAVED THE DAY. ALL OF THESE PLANES ARE EQUIPPED WITH COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS. IF THE PROXIMITY GETS TOO DANGEROUS, THEY'RE ACTIVATED. THAT'S WHAT. IN THIS CASE AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAKE ACTION. GLAD THEY WORKED. OK, SAM, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. NOW TO THAT $250 MILLION DEFAMATION SUIT FILED BY THE FBI DIRECTOR. OVER A REPORT ACCUSING HIM OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING. HE DISMISSED IT AS A HIT PIECE. DESIGNED TO DRIVE HIM OUT OF HIS JOB. KELLY O'DONNELL HAS THE LATE DETAILS. TONIGHT A BATTLE OVER REPUTATION AND REPORTING.

YOU WANT TO ATTACK MY CHARACTER? COME AT ME. BRING IT ON. I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT. TODAY. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL FILED A DEFAMATION SUIT. SEEKING A STAGGERING $250 MILLION. AGAINST. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY GROUP, AFTER ITS APRIL 17TH STORY CITING ANONYMOUS SOURCES, REPORTED THAT BOUTS OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. HAVE PUT HIS JOB ON THE LINE. NBC NEWS HAS NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THAT REPORTING.

THE STORY CLAIMS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE DIRECTOR'S SECURITY DETAIL HAD DIFFICULTY WAKING PATEL AND STATES THAT A. REQUEST WAS MADE LATE LAST YEAR FOR BREACHING EQUIPMENT TO GAIN ENTRY. PATEL'S LAWSUIT CALLS THAT CLAIM PURE FANTASY. AND STATES THAT BREACHING EQUIPMENT IS PROVIDED TO ALL FBI PROTECTION DETAILS. PATEL HAD FACED CRITICISM FOR THIS MOMENT. WHEN HE PARTIED WITH US MEN'S HOCKEY, WINNING OLYMPIC GOLD. HE RESPONDED THAT HE WAS EXTREMELY HUMBLED TO CELEBRATE WITH THE BOYS.

THE DIRECTOR'S LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE ATLANTIC. STORY CONTAINS FALSE AND OBVIOUSLY FABRICATED ALLEGATIONS. AND IGNORED THE FBI'S RESPONSE BEFORE. IT WAS PUBLISHED. WHILE THE ATLANTIC SAYS WE STAND BY OUR REPORTING ON KASH PATEL. TOM, OK, KELLY, THANK YOU. NOW TO A STORY THAT'S ERUPTED ONLINE AND DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FBI NOW SAYS IT IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER CASES INVOLVING SEVERAL MISSING. OR DEAD AMERICAN SCIENTISTS.

ARE ALL CONNECTED. HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ. RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM NEAL MCCASLIN WAS LAST SEEN. IN HIS HOME IN NEW MEXICO IN LATE FEBRUARY. MY HUSBAND IS MISSING. TONIGHT. HIS CASE IS AT THE CENTER OF. SWIRLING ONLINE CONSPIRACIES OVER THE DEATHS OR DISAPPEARANCES. OF AT LEAST 10 SCIENTISTS THAT HAVE CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE WHITE HOUSE. I JUST LEFT THE MEETING ON THAT SUBJECT, SO. PRETTY SERIOUS STUFF. AN FBI SPOKESPERSON NOW CONFIRMS THE BUREAU IS SPEARHEADING.

THE EFFORT TO LOOK FOR COTIONS INTO THE MISSING AND DECEASED SCIENTISTS. SO FAR THERE'S NO EVIDENCE LINKING THE CASES, BUT AMONG THE DISAPPEARANCES FUELING SPECULATION ONLINE, MONICA REZA, A FORMER NASA SCIENTIST WHO VANISHED THIS PAST SUMMER WHILE HIKING IN CALIFORNIA, AND ALABAMA-BASED ANTI-GRAVITY RESEARCHER AMY CATHERINE ESKRIDGE, WHOSE DEATH IN 2022 WAS RULED A SUICIDE. OTHERS HAVE TIES TO NUCLEAR RESEARCH, AEROSPACE. PROGRAMS AND CLASSIFIED PROJECTS, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I THINK THIS GOVERNMENT.

AND ADMINISTRATION WOULD DEEM WORTH LOOKING INTO. MCCASLIN'S DISAPPEARANCE HAS DRAWN A LOT OF ATTENTION. BECAUSE AT ONE POINT HE WORKED INSIDE AN. AIR FORCE BASE IN OHIO LONG RUMORED TO. HOUSE EXTRATERRESTRIAL DEBRIS DESPITE REPEATED AIR FORCE DENIALS, AND HIS WIFE WROTE ON FACEBOOK, IT SEEMS QUITE UNLIKELY THAT HE WAS TAKEN TO EXTRACT VERY DATED SECRETS FROM HIM. ALSO TODAY, THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SAID IT WOULD CONDUCT ITS OWN INVESTIGATION, FORMALLY ASKING FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE DEFENSE AND ENERGY DEPARTMENTS.

AS WELL AS NASA. TOM, GABE GUTIERREZ WITH THAT STRANGE CASE TONIGHT. GABE, WE THANK YOU. NOW TO THE DISTURBING SHOOTING IN LOUISIANA, A FATHER KILLING 8 YOUNG CHILDREN, MOST OF THEM HIS OWN, AND A COMMUNITY NOW LEFT DEVASTATED. RYAN CHANDLER IS THERE WITH NEW DETAILS ABOUT THAT SHOOTER. TONIGHT NEW DETAILS ON GUNMAN SHAMAR ELKINS, WHO SHOT AND KILLED SEVEN OF HIS CHILDREN AND THEIR COUSIN. THE SHOOTER'S BROTHER-IN-LAW TROY BROWN, SHOCKED,

TELLING NBC NEWS 31-YEAR-OLD ELKINS RECENTLY SOUGHT. MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT THROUGH VETERANS AFFAIRS. HE STAYED THERE A WEEK AND A HALF. HE CAME HOME. HE WAS HAPPY. ELKINS LEFT THE LOUISIANA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD IN. 20. AFTER THEY SAY HE SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS AS A PRIVATE, HE LOVED HIS KIDS. HE LOVED HIS WIFE. I JUST DON'T KNOW. WHAT. HAPPENED. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT A PERSON IS GOING THROUGH. THE HORRIFIC ACT OF VIOLENCE HAPPENED INSIDE THIS HOME EARLY SUNDAY. THE KIDS, ALL BETWEEN 3 AND 11 YEARS OLD.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE GUNMAN ALSO SHOT HIS WIFE. AND A WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE HIS GIRLFRIEND. BEFORE HE FLED IN A STOLEN CAR. HOME SECURITY VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENTS OFFICERS CAUGHT UP TO HIM. AND EXCHANGED GUNFIRE. HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO RETURN TO THIS SCENE TODAY? IT'S JUST UNREAL. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. IT IS TRAGIC. WHAT IS GOING ON, AND THIS HAS AFFECTED EVERYONE. ANOTHER URGENT QUESTION TONIGHT HOW DID ELKINS HAVE ACCESS TO A FIREARM?

AUTHORITIES SAY. HE WAS A CONVICTED FELON. FAMILY MEMBERS NOTING. HE WAS ALSO GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE. TOM, RYAN CHANDLER FOR US. WHEN WE RETURN IN 60 SECONDS, INSIDE JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S NEW MEXICO RANCH. ARE HALLIE JACKSON WITH VICTIMS' FAMILIES. THE GATES HER INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED THERE NEXT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH OUR INSIDE LOOK AT JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S NEW. MEXICO RANCH WHERE SEVERAL WOMEN SAY THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. IT'S NEVER BEEN SEARCHED BY THE FEDS, BUT NOW THE STATE IS REIGNITING ITS INVESTIGATION.

HALLIE JACKSON REPORTS FROM NEW MEXICO. JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ZORRO RANCH STRETCHED FOR MILES. ITS CENTERPIECE, THE ENORMOUS MANSION HE BUILT WITH ITS POOL AND LIBRARY, STABLES NEARBY, NONE OF IT SEARCHED BY FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS AFTER EPSTEIN'S 2019 ARREST, TO THE SHOCK OF HECTOR BALDERAS AT THE TIME. NEW MEXICO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL, DO YOU THINK THE FEDS SHOULD HAVE SEARCHED THE RANCH BACK IN 19? ABSOLUTELY. BY 2019, BALDERAS HAD OPENED A STATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE RANCH,

BUT SAYS HE WAS ASKED TO STAND DOWN BY THE FEDS SO THEY COULD BUILD THEIR CASE. WE ASSUMED WITH THEIR REPUTATION FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE. THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND THEN SHARE THAT EVIDENCE WITH US. IT WAS A VERY SIMPLE 12 PUNCH, AND THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE IN OTHER CASES, ABSOLUTELY, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE. NOW NEW MEXICO IS TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME, OPENING A NEW STATE INVESTIGATION. I THINK WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST, KNOWING THE EXTENT OF WHAT HAPPENED, WHY NOTHING WAS DONE.

NEW MEXICO LAWMAKERS THIS SPRING ALSTABLISHED A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION TO. INVESTIGATE ZORRO AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S EPSTEIN FILES. AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL STORY AND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT MOST. OF THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT AND HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED BACK. THE DOJ DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THOSE SPECIFIC MATERIALS BUT. SAYS THEY WELCOME NEW MEXICO UNDERTAKING ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ZORRO. AND IF THOSE UNCOVER POTENTIAL FEDERAL CRIMES, THEY STAND READY TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO PROSECUTE.

OUTSIDE THE RANCH NOW, A MEMORIAL WITH SIGNS, PICTURES, AND CROSSES. THIS IS THE MAIN. DRIVEWAY LEADING UP TO THE RANCH, BUT THIS IS AS FAR AS WE'RE ABLE TO GO. YOU CAN SEE THE NO TRESPASSING SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT UP AROUND THE PROPERTY. THE RANCH WAS PURCHASED IN 2023 BY A TEXAS REAL ESTATE. DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO TURN IT INTO A CHRISTIAN RETREAT, RENAMING THE ROAD HERE SAN RAFAEL AFTER THE PATRON SAINT OF HEALING. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU COULD TURN THIS SPACE. AROUND WITH THE HORROR THAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.

WE BELIEVE YOU, AMANDA AND SKY ROBERTS, THE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA ROBERTS DURE, WHO DIED BY. SUICIDE LAST YEAR. SHE'S ONE OF AT LEAST 10 GIRLS OR YOUNG WOMEN WHO. SAY THEY WERE GROOMED OR ASSAULTED BY EPSTEIN AT ZORRO. WE HAVE TO GIVE SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS A SPACE TO COME FORWARD. AND LET THEM FEEL HEARD. THIS IS THEIR TIME. HALLIE JACKSON, NBC NEWS, NEW MEXICO. AND WHEN WE RETURN TONIGHT, THE SINGER DAVID CHARGED WITH MURDER. WHY PROSECUTORS SAY HE KILLED A TEENAGER,

PLUS A MASSIVE DUST DEVIL STORM. LOOK AT THAT ACROSS A BASEBALL FIELD, SENDING PLAYERS FLEEING. THAT'S NEXT. BACK NOW WITH THAT MAJOR SHAKE-UP AT APPLE. THE COMPANY ANNOUNCING CEO TIM COOK, WHO TOOK THE HELM IN 2011, IS STEPPING ASIDE IN SEPTEMBER. HE'LL BE REPLACED BY JOHN TURNUS, APPLE'S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT. OF HARDWARE ENGINEERING. COOK WILL STAY ON AS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN. HE TOOK THE REINS FROM STEVE JOBS, YOU REMEMBER, AND HELPED GROW APPLE'S DOMINANCE. WITH THE APPLE WATCH AND WITH THE AIR.

PODS. ALSO TODAY, LA PROSECUTORS CHARGING THE PERFORMER DAVID WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. AND MORE. IT COMES MONTHS AFTER THE BODY OF TEENAGER CELESTE RIVAS WAS FOUND. DEAD IN THE TRUNK OF HIS TESLA. DAVID HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. NOW THE DA ACCUSED HIM OF HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH RIVAS AND MURDERING HER. TO PROTECT HIS CAREER. HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY. AND A SOUTH CAROLINA RODEO TURNED INTO MAYHEM OVER THE WEEKEND. LOOK AT THIS. WE SEE THE FIREWORKS GOING OFF AND THEN. SUDDENLY HORSES STAMPEDING THROUGH A HUGE CROWD.

POLICE SAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE TRAMPLED, SOME BADLY INJURED. SEVERAL OTHERS WERE ARRESTED, WITH SOME THROWING BEER CANS. AND OTHER OBJECTS AT POLICE OFFICERS. AND IN NORTH CAROLINA, A MASSIVE DUST DEVIL SWEEPING ACROSS THE FIELD. OF A YOUTH. BASEBALL GAME. YOU SEE IT HERE. THE DUSTNADO BLOWS THROUGH THE FENCE AND SPINS ACROSS THE DIAMOND IN WAKE FOREST. THE HUGE FUNNEL OF DIRT SENDING PLAYERS, COACHES, AND THE UMPIRE SCRAMBLING FOR COVER. OK, WHEN WE COME BACK HERE ON NIGHTLY NEWS,

THE PRINCIPAL WHO JUMPED INTO ACTIONSTOP A GUNMAN THAT WALKED INTO A SCHOOL. AND THE INCREDIBLE WAY HIS STUDENTS RESPONDED, CROWNING HIM PROM KING. THAT'S NEXT. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A HERO PRINCIPAL WHO TOOK DOWN A GUNMAN. AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL. WELL, THIS WEEKEND HE WAS HONORED FOR HIS HEROISM. AT THE PROM. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

OUR KING. WATCH THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT AT PALMS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN OKLAHOMA. THAT'S THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL KIRK MOORE BEING CROWNED. PROM KING. STUDENTS CHEERING AND CLAPPING ALL AROUND HIM, CELEBRATING THE MAN THEY CONSIDER A HERO. THIS IS HIM EARLIER THIS MONTH TACKLING A FORMER STUDENT. WHO ENTERED THE SCHOOL ARMED WITH A GUN.

MOORE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG BUT STILL MANAGED TO SUBDUE THE GUNMAN. AND IS BEING CREDITED WITH SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES. I COULD NOT BE MORE THANKFUL FOR HIM. HE REALLY IS JUST A SAVIOR FOR OUR LITTLE TOWN. THAT MOMENT OF BRAVERY, PONDERED ON THE DANCE FLOOR. IT WAS ECSTATIC AND THEY'RE LIKE WE WOULDN'T. I'M SO GLAD THEY DID IT THAT WAY. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD HAVE HAD IT ANY OTHER WAY. HE'S JUST AN AMAZING PERSON.

HE DESERVES LIKE ALL THE LOVE AND PRAISE. THIS PRINCIPAL TURNED PROM KING, CELEBRATED BY HIS STUDENTS, FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR HIS HEROISM. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT, AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.