NBC Nightly News Full Episode - April 9

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT FIRST LADY. MELANIA TRUMP SPEAKING. OUT WITH A RARE AND. SURPRISINGLY PUBLIC. ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. DENYING ANY KNOWLEDGE. OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S. CRIMES AND CALLING FOR. A PUBLIC HEARING WITH. EPSTEIN SURVIVORS. THE FIRST LADY LEADING. AN EXTRAORDINARY. STATEMENT, DENYING ANY. RELATIONSHIP WITH. EPSTEIN, BUT ADDING. THAT EPSTEIN, QUOTE, WAS NOT ALONE. THE FIRST LADY ALSO. SAYING SHE WAS NOT A. VICTIM AND RESPONDING. TO WHAT SHE SAYS ARE. SMEARS. THE BIG QUESTION. TONIGHT, WHY IS SHE. NOW SAYING THIS? >>> THE IRAN CEASEFIRE. IN TROUBLE AS ISRAEL AN. EVICTION NOTICE. A NEIGHBORHOOD ON. LOCKDOWN. >>> ARRESTED IN THE. BAHAMAS. THE HUSBAND OF A. MOTHER WHO WENT W IN. CUSTODY AS THE U.S. COAST GUARD OPENS A. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. INTO HER. DISAPPEARANCE. WHAT OUR CORRESPONDENT. IS LEARNING ON THE. GROUND THERE. >>> NBC NEWS. EXCLUSIVE. OUR KRISTEN WELKER. INSIDE OF CUBA WITH. THE FIRST AMERICAN TV. INTERVIEW WITH CUBA'S. LEADER IN YEARS.

>>> AN INCREDIBLE. RESCUE CAUGHT ON. CAMERA. A MINER FOUND ALIVE. HUNDREDS OF FEET. UNDERGROUND AFTER HE. WAS TRAPPED IN WATER. FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. >>> LOOK AT THIS WILD. VIDEO OF TWO WOMEN. FIGHTING OFF A GANG OF. JEWELRY THIEVES DURING. A ROBBERY THIS NEW. JERSEY. >>> THE NFL NOW UNDER. INVESTIGATION BY THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. IS THE LEAGUE FORCING. FANS TO PAY TOO MUCH. ACROSS MULTIPLE. STREAMING SERVICES TO. WATCH GAMES? >>> AND THERE'S GOOD. NEWS TONIGHT. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.

THE 60-YEAR-OLD. COLLEGE FRESHMAN ABOUT. TO SET A RECORD AS THE. OLDEST PLAYER ON THE. FIELD. THIS GRANDPA IS NOT. AFRAID TO HIT. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS.". >>> GOOD EVENING. IT WAS A STUNNING. MOMENT AT THE WHITE. HOUSE TODAY WHEN FIRST. LADY MELANIA TRUMP. ISSUED A RARE AND. UNEXPECTED PUBLIC. STATEMENT SAYING SHE. NEVER HAD A. RELATIONSHIP WITH.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN OR HIS. ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE. MAXWELL. THE FIRST LADY. SPEAKING BEHIND A. PODIUM AT THE WHITE. HOUSE EARLIER THIS. AFTERNOON MARKING THE. FIRST TIME SHE SPOKE. ON CAMERA ABOUT THE. EPSTEIN CONTROVERSY. IN THAT STATEMENT, SHE. DENIED HAVING ANY. KNOWLEDGE OF EPSTEIN'S. CRIMES, WAS NOT. VACCINE MANDATE OF HIS. AND BLASTED WHAT SHE. SAID WERE SMEARS ABOUT. HER REFERRING TO. IMAGES AND STATEMENTS. ABOUT HER ON SOCIAL. MEDIA. THE FIRST LADY NOTABLY. TAKING A SENSITIVE AND. COMPLICATED STORY HEAD. ON AFTER THE WHITE. HOUSE HAS TRIED TO.

AVOID THE EPSTEIN. CONTROVERSY FOR. MONTHS. BUT TONIGHT IT'S. UNCLEAR WHAT PROMPTED. THE FIRST LADY'S. STATEMENT IN THE FIRST. PLACE OR WHY SHE IS. SPEAKING OUT NOW. OUR GARRETT HAAKE. STARTS US OFF FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. MELANIA TRUMP WITH A. SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT, BREAK HERRING SILENCE. ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN. >> THE LIES LINKING ME. WITH THE DISGRACEFUL. JEFFREY EPSTEIN NEED. TO END TODAY. >> Reporter: THE FIRST. LADY SPEAKING PUBLICLY. FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ABOUT THE CONVICTED. SEX OFFENDER, CATEGORICALLY DENYING. ANY KNOWLEDGE OF OR. INVOLVEMENT IN. EPSTEIN'S CRIMES AND. SAYING THEY HAD ONLY A. DISTANT SOCIAL. CONNECTION. >> DONALD AND I WERE. INVITED TO THE SAME. PARTIES AS EPSTEIN. FROM TIME TO TIME, SINCE OVERLAPPING IN. SOCIAL CIRCLES IS. COMMON. >> Reporter: MRS. TRUMP AND HER TEAM. WORKED AGGRESSIVELY. BEHIND THE SCENES OVER. THE LAST YEAR TO KNOCK. DOWN WHAT THEY SAW AS. FALSE OR DEFAMATORY.

NEWS STORIES AND. RUMORS CONNECTING HER. TO EPSTEIN, EDGE E. EARNING RETRACTIONS. FROM SOME MEDIA. OUTLETS. >> I AM NOT EPSTEIN'S. VICTIM. EPSTEIN DID NOT. INTRODUCE ME TO DONALD. TRUMP. I WAS NOT A. PARTICIPANT, WAS NEVER. ON EPSTEIN'S PLANE, AND NEVER VISITED HIS. PRIVATE ISLAND. >> Reporter: MELANIA. TRUMP'S NAME IS. MENTIONED MORE THAN. 100 TIMES IN THE. EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED. BY THE DOJ, WHICH ALSO. INCLUDE THIS EMAIL SHE.

SENT TO EPSTEIN. ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE. MAXWELL IN 20 0E 2. COMPLEMENTING EPSTEIN. AND MAXWELL ON A. FLATTERING MAGAZINE. STORY AND INVITING. MAXWELL TO CALL HER IN. NEW YORK. >> MY EMAIL APPLIED TO. MAXWELL CANNOT BE. CATEGORIZED AS. ANYTHING MORE THAN. CASUAL CORRESPONDENCE. >> Reporter: MRS. TRUMP CONCLUDING WITH. A CALL FOR EPSTEIN. SURVIVORS TO GIVEN A. FULL AND OPEN. CONGRESSIONAL HEARING. TO TELL THEIR STORIES. >> THEN, AND ONLY.

THEN, WE WILL HAVE THE. TRUTH. THANK YOU. >> GARRETT HAAKE JOINS. US LIVE FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE. GARRETT, WHAT HAS THE. RESPONSE BEEN FROM. EPSTEIN SURVIVORS? >> Reporter: JUST A. SHORT TIME AGO WE HAD. A STATEMENT FROM A. GROUP OF A DOZEN. SURVIVORS SAYING THAT. BEING ASKED TO TESTIFY. NOW IS A, QUOTE, DEFLECTION OF. RESPONSIBILITY. THEY SAY THE FOCUS. >>> BE ON FORCING NOW. FORMER ATTORNEY. GENERAL PAM BONDI TO. TESTIFY TO CONGRESS. INSTEAD. TOM. >> GARRETT, THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS NOW, THERE ARE NEW STRIKES.

ROCKING THE MIDDLE. EAST THREATENING THAT. FRAGILE CEASEFIRE. BETWEEN THE U.S. AND. IRAN. STEPHANIE GOSK IS IN. TELEMUNDO TONIGHT FOR. US LIVE. YOU JUST HEARD BOMB. SIRENS FOR THE FIRST. TIME SINCE THE. CEASEFIRE BEGAN? >> Reporter: YEAH, WE. DID. THE ISRAELI MEDIA IS. SAYING IT'S ROCKET. FIRE FROM HEZBOLLAH. THAT'S THE IRAN-BACK. MILITIA IN LEBANON. ISRAEL'S MILITARY. CONTINUES TO ATTACK. HEZBOLLAH TONIGHT, BUT. NOT ON THE SCALE WE. SAW YESTERDAY WHERE. MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE.

WERE KILLED. ISRAEL'S DEFENSE. MINISTER SAYS MANY OF. THOSE PEOPLE WERE. ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF. HEZBOLLAH. LEADERS IN IRAN. INSIST THAT LEBANON IS. INSEPARABLE PART OF. THIS CEASEFIRE DEAL, EVEN THOUGH THE UNITED. STATES AND ISRAEL. DISPUTE THAT. THIS WHILE THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ REMAINS. BASICALLY SHUT DOWN. ALL SIDES GETTING. READY FOR THE TALKS IN. PAKISTAN. >> STEPHANIE GOSK, THANK YOU. >>> THE HUSBAND OF A. WOMAN MISSING IN THE. BAHAMAS HAS BEEN.

ARRESTED AND IS NOW. BEING QUESTIONED BY. AUTHORITIES FIVE DAYS. AFTER HE SAID SHE FELL. OFF THEIR BOAT. GEORGE SOLIS IS IN THE. BAHAMAS FOR US. >> Reporter: THE. HUSBAND OF AN AMERICAN. WOMAN MISSING IN THE. BAUMGS IN CUSTODY. TONIGHT. BRIAN HOOKER ARRESTED. IN CONNECTION WITH THE. DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS. WIFE LYNETTE MISSING. NOW FOR FIVE DAYS. POLICE SAY MR. HOOKER. TOLD THEM SHE FELL. OVERBOARD SATURDAY. WHEN THEY WERE. TRAVELING IN A DINGHY. STRONG CURRENTS. SWEEPING HER AWAY. THEY HAD BEEN. CHRONICLING THEIR LIFE.

ON THE WATER ON SOCIAL. MEDIA. LYNETTE'S DAUGHTER. SAYS THE RELATIONSHIP. WAS VOLATILE AND. EXPRESSED SUSPICIONS. BEFORE THE ARREST. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS. WAS AN ACCIDENT? >> I FEEL LIKE THIS. WAS PROBABLY. PREPLANNED IF. ANYTHING, LIKE IT. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE JUST. SOME ACCIDENT. >> Reporter: TODAY. LYNETTE HOOKER'S. MOTHER TOLD THE. ASSOCIATED PRESS SHE. WAS GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT. THE ARREST. WHAT HAS HE SAID IN. RESPONSE TO THE. ALLEGATIONS MADE BY. HIS STEPDAUGHTER? >> DENIED THE. ALLEGATIONS AND HE IS.

ANXIOUS TO DEFEND. HIMSELF. >> Reporter: HOOKER'S. ATTORNEY TELLING NBC. NEWS MR. HOOKER. CATEGORICALLY AND. UNEQUIVOCALLY DENIES. ANY WRONGDOING AND HE. HAS BEEN COOPERATING. WITH AUTHORITIES. THE COUPLE HAS BEEN. MARRIED FOR MORE THAN. TWO DECADES. IN 2015 POLICE SPONT. TODAY AN INCIDENT. WHERE THEY ACCUSED. EACH OTHER OF ASSAULT. ACCORDING TO THE. POLICE REPORT BRIAN. HAD INJURIES, LYNETTE. WAS ARRESTED, A. WARRANT DENIED OVER. INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. AS TO WHO STARTED THE.

ASSAULT. . TODAY OUR DRONE. CAPTURING THE BOAT. DOCKED IN THE HARBOR. THE U.S. COAST GUARD. CONFIRMING THEY ARE. CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL. INVESTIGATION INTO THE. DISAPPEARANCE OF MISS. HOOKER. >> WHAT ELSE DID BRIAN. HOOKER'S ATTORNEY TELL. YOU ABOUT WHAT. HAPPENED BEFORE HIS. ARREST? >> Reporter: YEAH, SHE. SAYS BRIAN HOOKER. RETAINED HER SERVICES. PRIOR TO HIS ARREST. AND THAT HE WAS. ACTUALLY PLANNING ON. IT GOING ON ANOTHER. RESCUE MISSION TO TRY. TO FIND HIS WIFE.FAMILY. AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT. COMMUNITY IN MOURNING.

CAMILA BERNAL, NBC. NEWS. >>> FOR THE FIRST TIME. TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING. AN INCREDIBLE STORY. IT WAS A TERRIFYING. TERROR ATTACK AT AN. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. A GUNMAN OPENING FIRE. AT A GROUP OF MILITARY. CADETS AT OLD. DOMINION. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A. FAR DEADLIER INCIDENT. EXCEPT THEY TOOK DOWN. THE SHOOTER. THEMSELVES. THEY ARE SPEAKING OUT. NOW. HERE IS RYAN NOBLES. >> HE IS SHOOTING. SHOTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE. ROTC CADETS INSIDE THE. CLASSROOM AT OLD.

DOMINION UNIVERSITY. WHEN A MAN BURST INTO. THE ROOM AND OPENED. FIRE ARE SPEAKING OUT. >> NERVOUSLY SAYS IS. THIS ROTC OR A. SEMINAR? >> Reporter: EIGHT OF. THE CADETS RECOUNTING. THEIR STORY AS PART OF. A VIDEO RELEASED BY. THE ARMY DESCRIBING IN. CHILLING DETAIL THE. MOMENT THE SHOOTER. BURST INTO THE ROOM. >> HE PULLED OUT HIS. GUN. >> AND SHOUTED ALLAHU. AKBAR AND BEGAN. SHOOTING INITIALLY AT.

DIRECTION OF. LIEUTENANT SHAW. >> Reporter: THE. SHOOTER WAS KILLED IN. THE INCIDENT. CADET LEWIS WAS GRAZED. BY A BULLET BUT STILL. WENT AFTER THE. SHOOTER. >> IT FELT LIKE A. GRAZE. AFTER THAT, I AM LIKE, I CAN KEEP ON GOING. COLONEL SHAW TURNS HIM. AROUND SO THAT AFTER. THAT I'M READY. I GO IN THERE, JUST. START STABBING HIM. AS I'M STABBING HIM, OTHER CADETS JUMPED. IN. >> Reporter: THE. LEADER OF THE CLASS,

BRANDON SHAW, WAS. KILLED AS HE ATTEMPTED. TO SUBDUE JALA. >> IF HE DIDN'T LUNGE. AT HIM, I WOULDN'T. HERE NOW. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY. HE COULD HAVE TURNED. HIS GOWN AND I COULD. HAVE BEEN NEXT. >> RYAN JOINS US HERE. IN STUDIO. ONE OF THE CADETS IS. NOW BEING HONORED? >> THAT'S RIGHT. CADET LOUIS AN CHETA. WAS HONORED WITH A. PURPLE HEART AND A. MERITORIOUS SERVICE. MEDAL FOR ACTIONS ON. THAT DAY. PROBABLY SAVED SOME. LIVES. >> OF COURSE.

RYAN NOBLES, THANK. YOU. >>> NOW "MEET THE. PRESS" MODERATOR. KRISTEN WELKER SAT. DOWN TODAY WITH CUBA'S. LEAFEDER MIGUEL. DIAZ-CANAL IN THAT. HAVANA. IT IS RARE FOR THE. LEADER OF THE. COMMUNIST COUNTRY TO. GRANT ANY TYPE OF. INTERVIEW. SHE ASKED ABOUT THE. HISTORIC STANDOFF. BETWEEN THE U.S. AND. CUBA AFTER THE U.S. IMPOSED AN OIL. BLOCKADE IN JANUARY. AND CUBA'S CONTINUED. IMPRISONMENT OF. POLITICAL PRISONERS. HERE IS A PORTION OF. THAT INTERVIEW. >> Reporter: WOULD YOU. BE WILLING TO STEP. DOWN IF IT MEANT.

SAVING CUBA? [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL. LANGUAGE ]. >> Translator: YOU ARE. A VERY IMPORTANT. JOURNALIST HAVE YOU. EVER ASKED THAT. QUESTION TO ANY OTHER. PRESIDENT IN THE. WORLD? >> Reporter: IT'S ONE. OF THE CONDITIONS THE. UNITED STATES IS. ASKING FOR. WOULD YOU EVER. CONSIDER THAT. >> Translator: LET ME. EXPLAIN. HAVE YOU ASKED THAT. QUESTION TO --. >> Reporter: I ASK. QUESTIONS TO OUR OWN. PRESIDENT, YES. >> Translator: DID YOU. ASK THAT QUESTION TO. TRUMP?

>> Reporter: VERY HARD. QUESTIONS TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP. >> Translator: IS THAT. A QUESTION FROM YOU OR. IS THAT COMING FROM. THE STATE DEPARTMENT. OF THE --. >> Reporter: MY. QUESTION IS BECAUSE. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. WE HEARD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TALK ABOUT. THAT THEY WANT. POLITICAL CHANGE IN. CUBA, SO MY QUESTION. FOR YOU, IS THEY ASKED. YOU IF THEY SAID THIS. IS ONE CONDITION, WOULD YOU STEP DOWN? >> Translator: BECAUSE. OF YOUR HONESTY, I AM. GOING TO ASSUME YOU'RE. ASKING THAT QUESTION. BECAUSE OF THOSE. REASONS.

IN CUBA THE PEOPLE WHO. ARE IN LEADERSHIP. POSITION IS NOT. ELECTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. AND THEY DON'T HAVE A. MANDATE FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >> Reporter: I ALSO. PRESSED PRESIDENT. DIAZ-CANEL ON THE. CHANGES THE UNITED. STATES SAYS ARE. NECESSARY IN ORDER TO. NORMALIZE RELATIONS. WITH CUBA, INCLUDING. RELEASING POLITICAL. PRISONERS, HOLDING. MULTI-PARTY ELECTIONS. AND CREATING A FREE. PRESS. HE WAS NOT WILLING TO. COMMIT TO ANY OF THOSE. DEMANDS. TOM. >> KRISTEN WELKER FOR. US. YOU CAN SEE MUCH MORE.

OF KRISTEN'S INTERVIEW. WITH MIGUEL DIAZ-CANAL. SUNDAY ON "MEET THE. PRESS.". >>> ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT THE ARTEMIS. ASTRONAUTS ARE. SPEEDING TOWARDS EARTH. FOR A SPLASH LANDING. TOMORROW. U.S. NAVAL SHIPS ARE. STANDING BY ALREADY. OFF SAN DIEGO TO PICK. THEM UP. TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: PICKING. UP SPEED AS ORION. RACES TOWARDS EARTH, THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS. PACKING AND PREPARING. FOR TOMORROW'S FIERY. RE-ENTRY. AS NASA RELEASES MORE. HIGH-RES JAW-DROPPING.

PHOTOS. MOON, THE MISSION AND. A NEW TIME LAPSE OF. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. >> IT'S REALLY HARD. OUT HERE. WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM. HOME. WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING. THE ENTIRE JOURNEY. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, IN THE. SPLASHDOWN ZONE OFF. THE COAST OF SAN. DIEGO, THE "USS JOHN. P. MURTHA" AND NAVAL. TEAMS ALREADY IN. POSITION. >> THE MISSION IS TO. RECOVER THE ASTRONAUTS. FROM THE CAPSULE ONCE. IT SPLASHES DOWN IN. SAN DIEGO. >> Reporter: ORION. WILL COME SCREAMING. BACK TO EARTH AT. 25,000 MILES PER HOUR.

THE HEAT SHIELD. CLIMBING TO FIVE. TREES, HALF THE. TEMPERATURE OF THE. SUN. AT 22,000 FEET, PARACHUTES DEPLOY, SLOWING FROM 25,000 TO. 20 MILES PER HOUR AND. A SAFE SPLASHDOWN IN. PACIFIC OFF SAN DIEGO. WHERE THE NAVY DIVERS. WILL FAST APPROACH. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. DR. JESSE WANG'S TEAM. WILL EVALUATE THE. ASTRONAUTS ON THE. SHIP. >> WE EXPECT THEM TO. HAVE SOME SYMPTOMS FOR. BEING IN SPACE FOR TEN. DAYS, NAUSEA, A LITTLE.

BIT OF VERTIGO OR. DISEQUILIBRIUM. >> Reporter: FIRST, NASA NEEDS TO BRING. THE CREW HOME. >> TOMORROW THE CLUE. IS GOING TO PUT THEIR. LIVES BEHIND THAT. CONFIDENCE. >> Reporter: A TEN-DAY. MISSION NOW NEARING AN. END. TOM. >> AND WE WILL HAVE. COMPLETE COVERAGE OF. ARTEMIS' RETURN TO. EARTH ON "NIGHTLY. NEWS" AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON. NBC. >>> WHEN WE RETURN IN. 60 SECONDS, AFTER 14. LONG DAYS IN THE DARK. IN A FLOODED TUNNEL, THE INCREDIBLE RE.

>>> WE ARE BACK WITH A. STORY OF SURVIVAL. DEEP INSIDE A MEXICAN. MINE, RESCUERS SAVING. A WORKING TRAPPED. UNDERGROUND FOR 14. DAYS. MORGAN CHESKY TAKES US. INSIDE THE MOMENT OF. RELIEF WHEN TEAMS. FOUND HIM ALIVE IN. HIGH WATER. >> Reporter: STANDING. SHIRTLESS IN. WAIST-DEEP WATER DEEP. BELOW GROUND, IT THIS. VIDEO CAPTURES A. MINER'S STUNNING. RESCUE.

IT SHOWS ARMY DIVERS. THANKING FRANCISCO. ZAPATA NAJERA, HIS. FACE BLURRED IN THIS. JUST RELEASED VIDEO. RESCUERS FOLLOWING HIS. FLASHLIGHT DOWN A. FLOODED TUNNEL TO FIND. THE 42-YEAR-OLD ALIVE. THE MASSIVE EFFORT. COMING TWO WEEKS AFTER. A NEARBY DAM FAILED. FLOODING A MINE IN A. RUGGED AREA OF. SINALOA, MEXICO. THE SURGE OF WATER. TROOPING FOUR MINERS. AND LAUNCHING A. COMPLEX SEARCH. CREWS LOCATING THE. FIRST WORKER OVERNIGHT. ON DAY FIVE.

LATER FINDING ANOTHER. WHO DID NOT SURVIVE. FINALLY, AFTER MORE. THAN 300 HOURS. SEARCHING, ZAPATA'S. FLASHLIGHT ACTING AS A. BEACON, TELLING. RESCUERS HE NEVER LOST. FAITH. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> Reporter: CHEERS. WEPT UP WEDNESDAY. CREWS EMERGING WITH. THE DETERMINED. SURVIVOR WRAPPED INTO. A BLANKET BEFORE BEING. AIRLIFTED TO A. HOSPITAL. MEXICO'S PRESIDENT. CALLING THE RESCUE.

ASTONISHING, ASTONISHING. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT. THEY ARE STILL. SEARCHING FOR ONE MORE. MINER AND ARE HOPEFUL. HE IS STILL ALIVE. >> THANK YOU. >>> BACK IN A MOMENT. WITH THE DRAMATIC. ROBBERY CAUGHT ON. CAMERA. TWO PEOPLE FIGHTING. BACK EVEN TRYING TO. STOP THE GETAWAY CAR. >>> PLUS. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH. THE NFL NOW UNDER. INVESTIGATION BY THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE DOJ IS LOOKING. INTO WHETHER THE NFL. IS FORCING FOOTBALL.

FANS TO PAY TOO MUCH. MONEY IN SUBSCRIPTION. FEES. ACCORDING TO TWO. SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH. THE INVESTIGATION, NOW, THIS COMES AS THE. NFL HAS BEEN AIRING. GAMES ON MORE. STREAMING PLATFORMS. THE NFL SAYS IN A. STATEMENT, 87% OF ITS. GAMES ARE FREE, AND. THAT GAMES ARE ALWAYS. FREE IN THE MARKETS OF. THE COMPETING TEAMS. >>> WE'VE ALSO GOT. VIDEO OF A CAR! NOTHING A SCHOOL BUS. JUST AFTER STUDENTS. GOT ONBOARD. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE. KIDS GETTING ON, BUT. THEN THE CAR HITS THE.

BUS IMMEDIATELY AFTER. IT PAUSES, IT BACKS. UP, AND THEN DRIVES. AWAY. POLICE IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, HERE, WHERE IT HAPPENED, ARE. ASKING FOR THE. PUBLIC'S HELP TO. IDENTIFY THAT DRIVER. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. >>> LOOK AT THIS WILD. VIDEO OF A JEWELRY. STORE ROBBERY IN NEW. JERSEY. YOU SEE THE GANG OF. THIEVES SMASHING THE. WINDOWS AND RUNNING IN. AND TAKING ALL THE. JEWELRY FROM A STORE. OWNED BY A MOTHER AND. DAUGHTER. WELL, TWO PEOPLE RUN. OUT FROM THE BACK AND. TRY TO STOP THEM. ONE OF THEM EVEN. TRYING TO TAKE THE. HAMMER OUT OF THE. THIEVES' HANDS, YOU. SEE IT RIGHT HERE. THEN OUTSIDE THE.

SUSPECTS ESCAPING FROM. THE FRONT WINDOW AS. PEOPLE TRY TO TAKE. THAT JEWELRY BACK AND. TRY TO STOP THEIR. GETAWAY CAR. POLICE SAY THEY ARE. STILL SEARCHING FOR. THE SUSPECTS TONIGHT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK. ON "NIGHTLY NEWS,". MEET THE 60-YEAR-OLD. FRESHMAN SUITING UP. FOR SPRING PRACTICE AS. ♪♪. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT A.

MARYLAND MAN WORKING. TO BECOME THE OLDEST. COLLEGE FOOTBALL. PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY. AND THIS GRANDPA CAN. HIT, WALKING ON TO THE. TEAM AT THE AGE OF 60. >> Reporter: THIS IS. THE McDANIEL COLLEGE. FOOTBALL TEAM. RUNNING TRILLS AT AN. EARLY MORNING SPRING. PRACTICE. IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. ALL, NUMBER 72, FRESHMAN POLI-SCI. MAJOR TOM GREEN, WHO. HAPP. OLD.

THE DEFENSIVE TACKLE. OUT THERE KEEPING UP. WITH PLAYERS ONE-THIRD. HIS AGE. >> MY SON IS 3 HAD. >> Reporter: GREEN. ALWAYS DREAMED OF. PLAYING COLLEGE. FOOTBALL. >> I WANTED TO GO TO. SCHOOL IN '85. >> Reporter: BUT LIFE. HAD OTHER PLANS. FOR THE YOUNGEST OF 12. SIBLINGS, COLLEGE. WASN'T IN THE CARDS. WENT TO WORK AND SPENT. DECADES BUILDING A. BUSINESS AND A FAMILY. THEN CAME A STAGE 4. CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

>> EIGHT TUMORS. THROUGHOUT MY BODY. YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL. MIRACLE THAT I'M EVEN. HERE. >> Reporter: IT WAS A. WAKE-UP CALL, AND HE. BEAT CANCER. NOW HE IS OUT TO BEAT. A DIFFERENT RECORD, ON. A MISSION TO BECOME. THE OLDEST COLLEGE. FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE. COUNTRY. >> I AM GOING TO BE 61. IN JUNE. SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL. BE TYING THAT RECORD. >> Reporter: HE JOINED. THE TEAM AS A WALK-ON. AND IS A FULL-TIME. STUDENT. HE SAYS HE BONDED WITH. HIS TEAMMATES AND. PICKED UP A THING OR. TWO AS WELL. >> WHAT THEY ARE.

TEACHING ME IS A LOT. OF NEW WORDS. >> Reporter: PART OF A. NEW EFFORT, TACKLING A. DREAM DECADES IN THE. MAKING. ALL RIGHT. 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.