NBC Nightly News Full Episode - April 25

>>> TONIGHT, THE RARE. MOVE AS A JUDGE IS. ARRESTED BY THE FBI. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE. HANNAH DUGAN ACCUSED. OF TRYING TO HELP AN. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANT AVOID. ARREST BY FEDERAL. AUTHORITIES. THE JUDGE SWEPT UP BY. THE FBI OUTSIDE HER. COURTHOUSE WHERE. PROTESTS QUICKLY. ERUPTED. THE DOJ'S CASE. AGAINST HER AND WHAT. SHE'S SAYING AS TOP. DEMOCRATS BLAST THE. MOVE. WE'LL HAVE THE. FALLOUT TONIGHT. >>> THE CASKET OF.

POPE FRANCIS SEALED. AHEAD OF HIS FUNERAL, NOW JUST HOURS AWAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. DOZENS OF WORLD. LEADERS IN ROME WHERE. SECURITY MEASURES ARE. AT THE HIGHEST. LEVELS. TOM LLAMAS FROM THE. VATICAN TONIGHT. >>> THE REPORTS OF. CHAOS SURROUNDING. DEFENSE SECRETARY. PETE HEGSETH. HIS ALLEGED THREATS. TO POLYGRAPH A TOP. MILITARY OFFICER, AND. THE OFFICIALS SAYING. HE HAS BECOME. ERRATIC. THE MOSCOW CAR BOMB. THAT KILLED A TOP. RUSSIAN COMMANDER. THE BOMBING COMING. JUST AS A U.S.

SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS. WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> TRADE WAR WARNING. IS THERE A RISK OF A. REPEAT OF COVID-ERA. SUPPLY CHAIN. SHORTAGES BECAUSE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. TARIFF FIGHT WITH. CHINA? >>> LUIGI MANGIONE. ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL. COURT, INSIDE THE. RARE FEDERAL DEATH. PENALTY CASE. >>> GEORGE SANTOS. SENTENCED. THE FORMER. CONGRESSMAN NOW. FACING YEARS IN. PRISON. >>> AND THE POPE'S. IMPACT. WHAT HE TOLD AN. 8-YEAR-OLD BOY ABOUT. HIS FATHER AND. HEAVEN.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME. TENSIONS BETWEEN. LOCAL AND FEDERAL. AUTHORITIES OVER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. ESCALATED TODAY WITH. THE FBI ARREST OF A. MILWAUKEE COUNTY. JUDGE WHO WAS ACCUSED. OF INTERFERING WITH. FEDERAL AGENTS AS. THEY ATTEMPTED TO. APPREHEND AN. UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT. JUDGE HANNAH DUGAN. ALLEGEDLY ALLOWING. THE MIGRANT WHO WAS. IN COURT ON DOMESTIC. ABUSE CHARGES TO. LEAVE THROUGH A. NONPUBLIC DOOR.

FBI DIRECTOR KASH. PATEL IN AN X POST. SAYING THE JUDGE. INTENTIONALLY. MISDIRECTED FEDERAL. AGENTS. TODAY, A PROTEST IN. SUPPORT OF JUDGE. DUGAN FORMED OUTSIDE. THE COURTHOUSE. A SPOKESPERSON FOR. THE JUDGE SAYING SHE. WILL DEFEND HERSELF. VIGOROUSLY AND LOOKS. FORWARD TO BEING. EXONERATED. HER ARREST ALSO. MARKING A NEW FLASH. POINT IN THE. ADMINISTRATION'S. VERBAL ATTACKS ON. JUDGES WHO HAVE RULED. AGAINST PARTS OF THE. TRUMP IMMIGRATION. AGENDA. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS.

DETAILS. >> Reporter: OUTSIDE. A WISCONSIN. COURTHOUSE, TONIGHT, A DRAMATIC ESCALATION. IN THE FIGHT BETWEEN. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION AND. THE COURTS OVER. DEPORTATIONS. >> IT'S CLEAR THAT. FBI IS POLITICIZING. THIS SITUATION TO. MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF. HER AND OTHERS ACROSS. THE COUNTRY WHO. OPPOSE THESE ATTACKS. ON THE JUDICIAL. SYSTEM. >> Reporter: MILWAUKEE COUNTY. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE. HANNAH DUGAN NOW OUT. ON BAIL AFTER BEING. ARRESTED THIS MORNING. IN THE PARKING LOT OF. HER OWN COURTHOUSE,

ACCUSED OF. OBSTRUCTING THE. ARREST OF AN. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANT. ACCORDING TO COURT. DOCUMENTS, THAT. IMMIGRANT IS. 31-YEAR-OLD EDUARDO. FLORES RUIZ WHO HAD A. DEPORTATION ORDER. AGAINST HIM. FEDERAL AGENTS SHOWED. UP WITH THE WARRANT. LAST WEEK AND PLANNED. TO ARREST HIM IN A. PUBLIC HALLWAY. OUTSIDE DUGAN'S. COURTROOM WHERE. RUIZ'S SWAUZ FACING. CHARGES OF ABUSE. WHEN THE JUDGE HEARD. OF THE PLANNED. ARREST, SHE BECAME. VISIBLY ANGRY AND.

COMMENTED THE. SITUATION WAS ABSURD. THEN THE FBI SAYS THE. JUDGE INSTRUCTED. RUIZ TO LEAVE THROUGH. A BACK DOOR OF THE. COURTROOM AND. ESCORTED HIM AND HIS. ATTORNEY TO ANOTHER. NONPUBLIC DOOR. ACCORDING TO THE. DOCUMENTS, RUIZ MADE. IT OUTSIDE AND. SPRINTED DOWN THE. STREET BEFORE HE WAS. ARRESTED AFTER A FOOT. CHASE. >> I THINK SOME OF. THESE JUDGES THINK. THEY ARE BEYOND AND. ABOVE THE LAW, AND. THEY ARE NOT. AND WE'RE SENDING A. VERY STRONG MESSAGE. TODAY. >> Reporter: THAT. MESSAGE COMES AS A. FORMER NEW MEXICO. JUDGE AND HIS WIFE. WERE ALSO ARRESTED. THIS WEEK FOR.

ALLEGEDLY HARBORING A. MEMBER OF THE VIOLENT. GANG TREN DE ARAGUA. AT THEIR HOME, WHICH. HE DENIED. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY. ON AIR FORCE ONE. ACCUSING THE. JUDICIARY OF STANDING. IN THE WAY OF HIS. CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION. >> THESE ARE JUDGES. THAT JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW HOW. BIG AND IMPORTANT. THEY ARE. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. THAT WE WANT TO GET. OUT OF THE COUNTRY. AND THE COURTS ARE. HOLDING US BACK. >> AND GABE JOINS US. OUTSIDE FBI. HEADQUARTERS. GABE, BACK TO THAT. WISCONSIN JUDGE. WE'RE NOW HEARING.

FROM HER AFTER HER. ARREST. >> Reporter: YES, LESTER. SHE JUST RELEASED A. WRITTEN STATEMENT. SAYING THAT SHE'S. COMMITTED HERSELF TO. THE RULE OF LAW AND. PRINCIPLES OF DUE. PROCESS FOR HER. ENTIRE CAREER. ADDING THAT SHE LOOKS. FORWARD TO BEING. EXONERATED. LESTER. >> GABE GUTIERREZ, THANK YOU. >>> TURNING TO THE. VATICAN WHERE THE. FINAL PREPARATIONS. ARE UNDER WAY FOR. POPE FRANCIS' FUNERAL. WHICH BEGINS JUST. HOURS FROM NOW. TOM LLAMAS IS AT THE. VATICAN. TOM, SECURITY MUST BE. TIGHT. >> Reporter: IT IS,

LESTER. GOOD EVENING. THE FUNERAL WILL BE. FILLED WITH ANCIENT. TRADITIONS BUT THE. SECURITY WILL BE VERY. HIGH-TECH. CAMERAS, DRONES, AND. POLICE OFFICERS, THOUSANDS OF THEM, PROTECTING NOT ONLY. THE PUBLIC BUT HEADS. OF STATE THAT TONIGHT. ARE ARRIVING IN ROME. TONIGHT, THE NEXT. STEP IN THE RITUAL OF. SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A. POPE. A WHITE SILK VEIL. PLACED OVER POPE. FRANCIS' FACE. HOLY WATER SPRINKLED. ON HIS BODY. AN INNER LID MARKED. WITH A CROSS, HIS. NAME, AND A COAT OF.

ARMS. AND FINALLY, THE. SEALING OF THE. CASKET. BEFORE THIS MOMENT. THE VATICAN SAYING. OVER THE LAST THREE. DAYS, 250,000 PEOPLE. HAVE PASSED THROUGH. OUTSIDE, THE LINE SO. LONG, TENSIONS WERE. HIGH. THIS GROUP TOLD IT. WAS TOO LATE, NO MORE. VISITORS. BUT THEN, IN THE. SPIRIT OF POPE. FRANCIS, THOSE SHUT. OUT WERE LET IN. THEY RAN TO LINE UP. AND SAY GOOD-BYE. EARLIER, WE WITNESSED. THE CROWD SURGE.

TODAY ON THE LAST DAY. OF PUBLIC VIEWING THE. CROWDS HAVE EXPLODED. IN SIZE. THEY STRETCH AS FAR. AS THE EYE CAN SEE. BEHIND ME. THE VATICAN. ESTIMATING HALF A. MILLION PEOPLE WILL. COME TO THE POPE'S. FUNERAL TOMORROW. INCLUDING 50 WORLD. LEADERS. PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST. ARRIVED. AND FORMER PRESIDENT. BIDEN, A DEVOUT. CATHOLIC, WILL ALSO. BE THERE. POPE FRANCIS'. PENCHANT FOR. SIMPLICITY WILL GUIDE. THE DAY. IT'S SOMETHING THE. ARCHBISHOP OF. PHILADELPHIA, NELSON. PEREZ, SAYS HE OFTEN.

SAW FIRST HAND, INCLUDING DURING A. VISIT WHEN HE STAYED. IN THE POPE'S. RESIDENCE. >> I WENT UP TO GET. MY BREAKFAST AND THEN. STANDING NEXT TO ME. WAS THE POPE, PUTTING. SOMETHING IN THE. MICROWAVE. IT'S LIKE, THIS IS. DIFFERENT. THAT'S THE. SIMPLICITY. >> HE DIDN'T CHANGE. HE WAS THE POPE BUT. HE DIDN'T CHANGE. >> Reporter: GREG. BURKE, AN AMERICAN, SPENT FIVE YEARS. WORKING CLOSELY WITH. POPE FRANCIS. INCLUDING AS HIS. CHIEF SPOKESMAN. TODAY, HE SAID. GOOD-BYE.

IF I CAN ASK, WHAT. DID YOU PRAY WHEN YOU. GOT TO SEE HIM? >> WELL, I PRAYED. THANKS. JUST THANKS FOR BEING. A SMALL PART OF IT. >> SO MANY PEOPLE. TOUCHED. TOM, WHAT CAN WE. EXPECT AFTER THE. FUNERAL MASS. TOMORROW? >> Reporter: WELL, LESTER, THE WORLD IS. GOING TO SEE. SOMETHING THAT HAS. WANT HAPPENED IN MORE. THAN 100 YEARS. POPE FRANCIS IS NOT. GOING TO BE BURIED. HERE BUT RATHER IN A. BASILICA A FEW MILES.

AWAY SO THERE WILL BE. A PROCESSION THAT. WILL WIND THROUGH THE. ETERNAL CITY AS A. WALKING PACE BECAUSE. THERE'S EXPECTED TO. BE THOUSANDS OF. PEOPLE LINING THE. STREETS WAITING TO. SAY GOOD-BYE TO POPE. FRANCIS. >> ALL RIGHT, TOM. LLAMAS TONIGHT, THANK. YOU. >>> NOW TO THE NEW. TURMOIL INSIDE THE. PENTAGON, WITH. DEFENSE SECRETARY. PETE HEGSETH AGAIN IN. THE SPOTLIGHT OVER. HIS USE OF SIGNAL, AND NEW DETAILS ABOUT. A HEATED SHOUTING. MATCH. PETER ALEXANDER HAS. OUR NOW REPORTING. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED. NEW DETAILS OF. GROWING DRAMA.

INVOLVING PETE. HEGSETH, INCLUDING. THAT HIS BEHAVIOR HAS. BECOME ERRATIC AND HE. SEEMS INCREASINGLY. INSECURE ABOUT HIS. JOB AND STANDING IN. THE ADMINISTRATION. ACCORDING TO TWO. OFFICIALS PARTICULAR. WITH THE SITUATION. AT ONE POINT LAST. MONTH, WE'RE TOLD, THERE WAS A HEATED. RONTATION BETWEEN. HEGSETH AND THEN. ACTING CHAIRMAN OF. THE JOINT CHIEFS. ADMIRAL CHRIS GRADY. HEGSETH WAS UPSET. AFTER NEWS REPORTS HE. APPROVED A MILITARY. BRIEFING ON CHINA FOR. ELON MUSK, WHICH. HEGSETH STRONGLY. DENIED. THE PENTAGON HAD. SCREAMING AT GRADY.

THAT HE WILL F'ing. POLYGRAPH HIM TO FIND. OUT IF HE LEAKED THE. INFORMATION, ACCORDING TO THREE. OFFICIALS FAMILIAR. WITH THE MEETING. THIS MONTH, THREE. PENTAGON OFFICIALS. WERE FIRED IN A LEAK. INVESTIGATION, BUT. TWO OF THEM WERE SOON. EXONERATED ACCORDING. TO MULTIPLE. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. >> THOSE FOLKS WHO. ARE LEAKING, WHO HAVE. BEEN PUSHED OUT OF. THE BUILDING, ARE NOW. ATTEMPTING TO LEAK. AND SABOTAGE THE. PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. >> Reporter: THE. LATEST SCRUTINY OF. HEGSETH BEGAN IN. MARCH AFTER A REPORT. HE DISCUSSED. SENSITIVE EMAILS OF.

IMMINENT U.S. AIR. STRIKES IN A GROUP. CHAT ON THE ENCRYPTED. SIGNAL APP. HEGSETH DENIED ANY. CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION WAS. SHARED, BUT AFTER. "THE NEW YORK TIMES". FIRST REPORTED. HEGSETH TEXTED. MILITARY INFORMATION. TO A SIGNAL CHAT. INCLUDING HIS WIFE. AND BROTHER, PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE. CLEAR TO HEGSETH, HE. DID NOT APPROVE IN A. PHONE CALL DESCRIBING. HEGSETH'S ACTIONS AS. CHILDISH, DURING TO. TWO U.S. OFFICIALS. BUT ALSO TELLING. HEGSETH TO KEEP. FIGHTING. >> DO YOU REMAIN. CONFIDENT IN. SECRETARY HECK STH? >> WHY DO YOU EVEN.

ASK A QUESTION LIKE. THAT? WE HAVE RECRUITMENTS. AT ALL TIME HIGHS, THE SPIRIT IN THE. ARMED FORCES IS. FANTASTIC. GREAT CONFIDENCE. >> AND PETER, YOU. HAVE NEW REPORTING ON. SECRETARY HEGSETH AND. A SPECIAL INTERNET. HOOK-UP. >> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT. UNSECURED INTERNET. LINE INSTALLED IN HIS. OFFICE ALLOWED HIM TO. USE THE SIGNAL APP ON. HIS PERSONAL COMPUTER. WHICH TWO OFFICIALS. TELL NBC NEWS IS IN. DEFIANCE OF THE. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S. USUAL SECURITY. PROTOCOLS RAISING. CONCERNS THE UNSECURE. LINE COULD BE MORE.

VULNERABLE TO HACKING. OR SURVEILLANCE BY. FOREIGN ADVERSARIES. >> THANKS. >>> A CAR BOMB. EXPLOSION IN RUSSIA. KILLED A TOP MILITARY. COMMANDER. THE TIMING OF THE. BOMBING COINCIDING. WITH THE ARRIVAL. TODAY OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY. IN MOSCOW TO MEET. WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. KEIR SIMMONS IS. COVERING IT ALL FOR. US. KEIR, GOOD EVENING. >> Reporter: LESTER, GOOD EVENING. THAT EXPLOSION TODAY. HAPPENED AT ALMOST. EXACTLY THE MOMENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ENVOY LANDED IN. MOSCOW.

THE BLAST LEFT A CAR. OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT. BLOCK INCINERATED AND. LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER. BRAZEN ASSASSINATION. OF A MILITARY. COMMANDER DEEP INSIDE. RUSSIA. RUSSIA CALLING IT. TERRORIST ACTIVITY. HOURS LATER, WHITE. HOUSE ENVOY STEVE. WITKOFF MET PRESIDENT. PUTIN FOR THE FOURTH. TIME. THE KREMLIN CALLED. THAT CONSTRUCTIVE, SAYING THEY SPOKE FOR. THREE HOURS INCLUDING. ABOUT DIRECT TALKS. BETWEEN RUSSIA AND. UKRAINE. BUT THE KREMLIN. MAKING NO MENTION. TONIGHT OF THE. UNCONDITIONAL. CEASE-FIRE UKRAINE. WANTS FIRST.

AND IN A NEW. INTERVIEW, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYS HIS. PROMISE TO END THE. WAR IN 24 HOURS WAS. AN EXAGGERATION. LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, KEIR. SIMMONS, THANK YOU. >>> A NEW WARNING. TONIGHT OF GROWING. SUPPLY CHAIN. DISRUPTIONS POTENTIAL. EMPTY STORE SHELVES. AND HIGHER PRICES AS. MORE MAJOR COMPANIES. ALERT THE TRADE WAR. WILL HURT THEIR. BUSINESS. CHRISTINE ROMANS HAS. DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A LEADING FINANCIAL. FIRM WARNING OF. COVID-ERA SHORTAGES. ON STORE SHELVES IN. JUST WEEKS BECAUSE OF.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. GLOBAL TRADE WAR. CHIEFLY WITH CHINA. THE TWO COUNTRIES SO. FAR APART THEY CAN'T. EVEN AGREE IF THEY'RE. TALKING. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY. SAYING OF CHINA'S. PRESIDENT XI --. >> WE HAVE SPOKEN. NUMEROUS TIMES. >> Reporter: BUT. CHINA SAYS CHINA AND. THE U.S. ARE NOT. HAVING ANY. CONSULTATION OR. NEGOTIATION ON. TARIFFS. THE U.S. SHOULD STOP. CREATING CONFUSION. THE TRADE WAR BETWEEN. THE WORLD'S TWO. BIGGEST ECONOMIES HAS. MAJOR COMPANIES. RIPPING UP THEIR. FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS. AND HAS RATTLED.

FINANCIAL MARKETS. >> THIS LEVEL OF. UNCERTAINTY IS NOT. GOOD, NOT HEALTHY, AND IT'S AFFECTING. INVESTMENT SPENDING. AND PLANNING. THAT WILL HAVE AN. EFFECT ON GROWTH IN. THE ECONOMY. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAYS. COUNTRIES ARE. CLAMORING TO MAKE. DEALS. >> I THINK THE TARIFF. PLAN IS DOING VERY. WELL. WE'RE RESETTING THE. TABLE. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE. OUR COUNTRY VERY. RICH, VERY, VERY. RICH. IT'S ALREADY. HAPPENING. >> Reporter: WITH NO. NEW DEALS INKED, GLOBAL TRADE IS. COLLAPSING. THE NUMBER OF. CONTAINERS COMING. FROM CHINA TO THE. U.S. CUT IN HALF. DEAN CROAK ANALYZES.

FREIGHT LOGISTICS. >> THE ENTIRE PROCESS. FOR CONSUMER GOODS, ELECTRONICS, APPAREL, MACHINERY, BACK TO. SCHOOL SEASON, RAISING PRICES IS. GOING TO BE, I THINK, A VERY COMMON THING. >> Reporter: ARE WE. TALKING ABOUT. TRUCKERS AND. POTENTIAL JOB LOSSES. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO. HANDLE THESE GOODS? >> WE ARE. IT'S ALREADY. HAPPENING. >> Reporter: THAT. WARNING FROM APOLLO. SAYS MAIN STREET WILL. FEEL IT SOON. QUOTE, IN MAY, WE. WILL BEGIN TO SEE. SIGNIFICANT LAYOFFS. IN TRUCKING,

LOGISTICS AND RETAIL, PARTICULARLY IN SMALL. BUSINESSES. MEANTIME, POLLS SHOW. THE PUBLIC SOURING ON. THE PRESIDENT'S. HANDLING OF THE. ECONOMY. >> CAN CHRISTINE, THERE ARE REPORTS. THAT APPLE MAY SHIFT. SOME OF ITS. PRODUCTION FROM CHINA. TO INDIA. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT. ONE OF THE BYPRODUCTS. OF THE TRADE WAR IS. MANY COMPANIES HAVE. BEEN DIVERSIFYING. AWAY FROM CHINA. THAT STARTED IN THE. PRESIDENT'S FIRST. TERM AND ACCELERATED. DURING COVID. REPORTS TODAY THAT. APPLE AIMS TO MAKE. MORE OF THE iPHONES. SOLD IN THE U.S. IN. INDIA INSTEAD OF. CHINA BY THE END OF. 2026. WE HAVE REACHED OUT.

TO APPLE BUT HAVE NOT. HEARD BACK. >> THANKS. >>> MEANWHILE, THE. TRADE WAR IS TAKING A. TOLL ON SOME AMERICAN. COMPANIES THAT DEPEND. ON IMPORTED GOODS. FROM CHINA. ONE EVEN LAUNCHING. ITS OWN WAR ROOM TO. HANDLE IT ALL. ANDREA MITCHELL. EXPLAINS. >> Reporter: IN. MINNESOTA, A MEDICAL. SUPPLY COMPANY. PROVIDING CRITICAL. PRODUCTS TO HOSPITALS. AND EMERGENCY WORKERS. AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> CONTAINER 2825, WE. HAVE A LOT OF OUR. RESPIRATORY ITEMS ON. THERE. >> Reporter: NOW. CAUGHT IN A GLOBAL. TRADE WAR. >> $8,000 OF EXTRA.

TARIFFS. $52,000 WOULD BE OUR. LOSS IF WE BRING THAT. CONTAINER IN. >> WE HAVE SOME TOUGH. HEADWINDS AHEAD OF. US. >> Reporter: THE CEO. FOUNDED MEDSOURCE. LABS IN 2002. THEY SURVIVED THE. GREAT RECESSION, COVID, BUT NOW IT'S. TARIFFS. >> JOBS AND FACTORIES. WILL COME ROARING. BACK INTO OUR COUNTRY. AND YOU SEE IT. HAPPENING ALREADY. >> Reporter: IS THIS. A CRISIS? >> WELL, I THINK IT'S. A BUBBLING CRISIS. I THINK THE GENERAL. PUBLIC DOESN'T FEEL. IT YET. BUT THERE'S GOING TO. BE A LOT OF PRICE. INCREASES AND A LOT.

OF PRODUCTS. >> Reporter: IT'S A. CHALLENGE THEY. CONFRONTED IN A DAILY. TARIFF MEETING. >> WE SHIP THEM TO. COLUMBIA, FINISH. THERE BECAUSE THOSE. OTHER PRODUCTS ARE. BEING MADE THERE. >> THIS IS NOT A. CHRISTMAS TIME. DECORATIONS. THESE ARE MEDICAL. DEVICES WE HAVE TO. DELIVER. >> Reporter: MANY OF. THESE PRODUCTS COME. FROM CHINA BUT. TARIFFS HAVE MADE. THEM TOO COSTLY TO. REPLACE. SO THEY'RE WAITING TO. SEE HOW BAD THE TRADE. WAR GETS BEFORE. ORDERING MORE. THAT CAN LEAD TO. SHORTAGES IN. HOSPITALS ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. THE COMPANY HAS. FACTORIES IN CHINA. AND INDIA, BUT ALSO.

BUILT A PLANT CLOSER. TO HOME IN COLUMBIA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. WORRY ABOUT BACKLOGS, THE OCEAN, THE CANAL. >> 100%, AND WE DON'T. HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. ALL THAT. >> Reporter: BUT THE. COLUMBIA FACTORY IS. MAXED OUT. YOU TRIED TO BUILD IN. THE U.S. YOU WERE IN INDIANA. >> YES, WE WERE. >> Reporter: HOME, THAT'S WHAT THE. PRESIDENT WANTS. WHY NOT STAY HERE? >> DURING THAT FIVE. YEARS WE LOST MONEY. EVERY YEAR. IT WAS VERY. DIFFICULT. THERE WAS A LOT OF. REGULATION, OBVIOUSLY. IT WAS A BIG LIFT. WE COULDN'T REALLY. FIND THE SKILLED. LABOR WE NEEDED. >> Reporter: HIS.

MESSAGE TO THE WHITE. HOUSE --. >> IF WE CAN PUT A. FACTORY BACK IN THE. U.S., LET'S DO IT. IF WE HAVE A ROAD. MAP, WE'RE READY TO. GO. >> NOW THEY'RE. SPINNING THE. GLOBEARVE DAY WAITING. FOR THE NEXT DECISION. FROM WASHINGTON. ANDREA MITCHELL, NBC. NEWS, MINNESOTA. >> AND WE'LL BE RIGHT. BACK IN 60 SECONDS. WITH THE LATEST ON. LUIGI MANGIONE, INSIDE THE LOOMING. LEGAL BATTLE OVER. >>> LUIGI MANGIONE, THE MAN ACCUSED OF.

MURDERING CEO BRIAN. THOMPSON, PLEADED NOT. GUILTY TO FEDERAL. CHARGES TODAY. NBC'S SAM BROCK. REPORTS ABOUT THE. STAKES AS FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS SEEK THE. DEATH PENALTY. >> Reporter: INSIDE A. LOWER MANHATTAN. FEDERAL COURTHOUSE. WHERE NO CAMERAS ARE. ALLOWED, LUIGI. MANGIONE'S FIRST. COURT APPEARANCE IN. WEEKS, NOW WEARING. PRISON GARB, PRODUCED. THIS EXCHANGE WITH. THE JUDGE FRESH OFF A. FEDERAL INDICTMENT. HOW DO YOU PLEAD? MANGIONE RESPONDING, NOT GUILTY. THE PLEA COMES AFTER. AN EARLY APRIL.

DECLARATION FROM. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI ON FOX NEWS. >> THE PRESIDENT'S. DIRECTIVE WAS VERY. CLEAR. WE'RE TO SEEK THE. DEATH PENALTY WHEN. POSSIBLE. IF THERE WAS EVER A. DEATH CASE, THIS IS. THE ONE. >> Reporter: MANGIONE. FACES FOUR FEDERAL. COUNTS, INCLUDING. MURDER THROUGH THE. USE OF A FIREARM. WHICH MAKES HIM. ELIGIBLE FOR THE. FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY. IN THE KILLING OF. UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO. BRIAN THOMPSON. NEW YORK STATE. DOESN'T PERMIT THE. DEATH PENALTY. BUT AS THE PUBLIC. SUPPORT FOR MANGIONE. HAS MANIFESTED IN THE.

FORM OF CHANTS AND. MAJOR DOLLARS, THE. GOVERNMENT ARGUED IN. AN INTENT FILING. OVERNIGHT THAT HIS. CASE MERITS CAPITAL. PUNISHMENT BECAUSE HE. SOUGHT TO AMPLIFY AN. IDEALOGICAL MESSAGE. AND PROMOTE BROAD. BASED RESISTANCE TO. THE INDUSTRY. HIS ATTORNEYS HAVE. CALLED IT A POLITICAL. STUNT AND TODAY. PUSHED BACK ON THE. IDEA OF HOLDING HIS. STATE TRIAL BEFORE. HIS FEDERAL TRIAL. TELLING THE JUDGE, CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES. WILL BE IMPACTED IF. WE ARE FORCED TO TRY. THAT CASE FIRST. >> IT'S GOING TO BE. REALLY TRICKY FOR. THEM TO GET AN. IMPARTIAL JUROR IF.

THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD. THIS CASE LITIGATED. IN THE STATE. >> Reporter: THE. JUDGE SET A DECEMBER. DATE TO RECONVENE IN. THE FEDERAL CASE WITH. THE TRIAL PLANS FOR. 2026. LESTER. >> OKAY, SAM, THANKS. WE'RE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH. SENTENCING DAY FOR. GEORGE SANTOS, THE. ONE-TIME MEMBER OF. CONGRESS CRYING IN. COURT AS HE'S NOW. >>> FORMER REPUBLICAN. CONGRESSMAN GEORGE. SANTOS WAS SENTENCED. TO MORE THAN SEVEN. YEARS IN PRISON. TODAY.

THE 36-YEAR-OLD. PLEADED GUILTY TO. FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES. LAST YEAR. SANTOS MADE A TEARFUL. PLEA FOR MERCY BUT. THE JUDGE SAID HE. WAS, QUOTE, FULLY. DESERVING. SANTOS HAS SAID HE. WOULD ASK FOR A. PRESIDENTIAL PARDON. >>> SOME SAD NEWS IN. THE SEARCH FOR A. MISSING PRINCETON. STUDENT WE TOLD YOU. ABOUT EARLIER THIS. WEEK. THE UNIVERSITY. ANNOUNCED THE BODY OF. LOREN BLACKBURN SET. TO GRADUATE NEXT YEAR. WAS FOUND AT A LAKE. NEAR CAMPUS. SO FAR, NO REPORTS OF. FOUL PLAY. >> AND IT WAS LITTLE. SURPRISE CAM WARD WAS.

THE NUMBER ONE NFL. DRAFT PICK LAST. NIGHT, BUT HE GOT A. BIG ONE AT HIS DEBUT. WITH THE TENNESSEE. TITANS. THE LEGENDARY. QUARTERBACK WARREN. MOON GAVE WARD HIS. BLESSING TO WEAR HIS. RETIRED NUMBER ONE. JERSEY. MOON WORE THE NUMBER. FOR THE OILERS BEFORE. THEY MOVE TO. TENNESSEE. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, A TIGHT EMBRACE, A. LIFE CHANGING. EXCHANGE. THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT. ONE BOY'S PROFOUND.

>>> SINCE POPE. FRANCIS PASSED AWAY, A MOMENT FROM YEARS. AGO HAS BEEN SHARED. AROUND THE GLOBE. IT INVOLVES THE POPE, A YOUNG BOY, AND A. SIMPLE QUESTION. THAT YOUNG BOY IS NOW. A YOUNG MAN, AND OUR. ANNE THOMPSON SPOKE. TO HIM TODAY. >> Reporter: AT AN. ORDINARY PARISH IN. ROME, FAR FROM THE. GRANDEUR OF THE. VATICAN, AN. 8-YEAR-OLD WAS SCARED. AND EMOTIONAL. MOURNING HIS FATHER,

HE HAD A QUESTION. ONLY POPE FRANCIS. COULD ANSWER. >> I ASKED HIM. WHETHER HE WAS IN. HELL OR IN HEAVEN, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T. BELIEVE IN GOD. BUT I THINK HE WAS A. GOOD MAN. >> Reporter: TODAY, AT THE SAME CEMENT. SOCCER PITCH IN. ROME --. >> I WAS RIGHT THERE. >> Reporter: -- WHERE. THE POPE CALLED TO. HIM AND EMBRACED HIM. AS HE WHISPERED THE. QUESTION, THE NOW. 16-YEAR-OLD SAYS IT. WAS LIKE TALKING TO. HIS GRANDFATHER. >> HE TRIED TO. COMFORT ME, TO MAKE.

THE WEIGHT FEEL. EASIER ON ME. >> Reporter: DID IT. CHANGE YOUR LIFE? >> IT DID CHANGE MY. LIFE. IT MADE MY FAITH. STRONGER. >> Reporter: FRANCIS. TOLD THE BOY, EVEN IF. HIS FATHER DIDN'T. BELIEVE, BECAUSE HE. HAD HAD HIS CHILDREN. BAPTIZED, IT WAS. ENOUGH. AS EMANUELY WEPT, FRANCIS ASKED THE. CROWD IF GOD WOULD. ABANDON HIS FATHER. THE POPE SAID. EMANUELY, YOU HAVE. YOUR ANSWER.

HE NEVER SAW FRANCIS. AGAIN, ALTHOUGH HE. HEARD FROM OTHERS. THAT THE POPE ASKED. ABOUT HIM. >> I THINK OF HIM AS. A GENTLE PERSON WHO. WASN'T AFRAID TO ACT. >> Reporter: AND ACT. AND ANSWER THAT. CHANGED THIS LIFE. FOREVER. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC. NEWS, ROME. >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE. MOMENT THAT WAS. COVERAGE OF THE. FUNERAL OF POPE. FRANCIS BEGINS AT. 4:00 A.M. TOMORROW. MORNING HERE ON NBC. THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS.". THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH.