NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Aug. 13

>>> TONIGHT, HOURS. BEFORE THAT MAJOR. SUMMIT, THE. PRESIDENT'S WARNING. TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. WARNING OF SEVERE. CONSEQUENCES, IF. RUSSIA DOESN'T END. THE WAR IN UKRAINE, AS WORLD LEADERS. MEET, PRESIDENT. TRUMP WARNING PUTIN. IS BLUFFING. AS RUSSIA. INTENSIFIES ITS. ASSAULTS, OUR. RICHARD ENGEL ON THE.

GROUND IN UKRAINE. TONIGHT. >>> ALSO, CHATTANOOGA. RECOVERING FROM. FLASH FLOODING, THREE FEET OF WATER. DROWNING AREAS. RESCUERS LOADING. PEOPLE INTO RAFTS IN. THE DARK, AS A MAN. HELPS SAVE A DRIVER. STUCK IN WATER UP TO. HIS NECK. NOW, THE NEW ROUND. HITTING THE. NORTHEAST AND THE. FLOOD EMERGENCY IN. ALASKA. >>> ENTERTAINER IN. CHIEF, PRESIDENT. TRUMP, TAKING OVER. THE KENNEDY CENTER. HONORS, SAYING HE IS. HOSTING AND THAT HE. PERSONALLY SELECTED. THIS YEAR'S NOMINEES. INCLUDING KISS, GLORIA GAYNOR, AND.

SYLVESTER STALLONE. >>> THE RASH OF. ARMORED TRUCK. HEISTS, ROBBERS. CARRYING AR 15'S. GOING DIRECTLY FOR. BAGS OF CASH. IN ONE CASE, STEALING MORE THAN. $2 MILLION. ARE THEY ALL. CONNECTED? WE TAKE YOU INSIDE. UNDERGROUND CARTEL. TUNNELS LITTLE GIRL. GETTING A T-SHIRT. BUT THERE WAS MORE. IN THAT BOX. WHAT MADE HER CRY. TEARS OF JOY?

"NIGHTLY NEWS". STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH. TOM LLAMAS. >> AND GOOD. EVENING. TONIGHT, THE. COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR. THAT HIGH-STAKES. SUMMIT IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, BETWEEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. RUSSIAN LEADER, VLADIMIR PUTIN, AHEAD OF TALKS TO. END THE THREE-YEAR. RUSSIAN INVASION. PUTIN'S ARMY STILL. PUMMELING UKRAINE'S. FRONT LINES. PRESIDENT TRUMP. JOINING A CALL TODAY. WITH EUROPEAN. LEADERS AND. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY, WHO.

URGED TRUMP NOT TO. BE DECEIVED BY PUTIN. OR HIS DEMANDS. THE PRESIDENT. WARNING IF RUSSIA. DOESN'T END THE WAR, THEY WOULD FACE VERY. SEVERE CONSEQUENCES, THOUGH HE DIDN'T. SPECIFY WHAT THEY. WOULD BE. IT ALL BEGS THE. QUESTION, HOW MUCH. CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. IN ALASKA AT THIS. HISTORIC MEETING? WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH RICHARD ENGEL. WHO IS IN UKRAINE, AS THE CLASHES. CONTINUE. >> Reporter: RUSSIA. HAS BEEN. INTENSIFYING ITS. ASSAULTS ON UKRAINE, AND UKRAINIANS SAY. IT IS AN OBVIOUS AND. CALLOUS ATTEMPT BY. RUSSIA TO STRENGTHEN. ITS HAND BEFORE. FRIDAY'S KEY SUMMIT. BETWEEN PRESIDENT.

TRUMP AND PUTIN IN. ALASKA. TODAY, PRESIDENT. TRUMP LISTENED TO. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, AND EUROPEAN ALLIES, WHO TOLD HIM WHAT. THEY HOPE WILL COME. OUT OF THE ALASKA. MEETING AND WHAT. THEY HOPE TO AVOID. ON THE CALL, ZELENSKYY, ALONG. WITH THE LEADERS OF. FRANCE, THE UK, NATO, ITALY, POLAND, FINLAND, AND OTHERS, SAID THEY ADVISED. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT. TO MAKE ANY SWEEPING. PEACE DEAL WITH. PUTIN THAT CHANGES. UKRAINE'S BORDERS, WITHOUT UKRAINE IN. THE ROOM. ZELENSKYY WAS NOT. INVITED TO ALASKA.

>> Reporter: HOW. WERE YOUR CALLS THIS. MORNING WITH. EUROPEAN LEADERS? AND WAS IT YOUR CALL. NOT TO INVITE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. TO YOUR MEETING WITH. PUTIN? >> NO, JUST THE. OPPOSITE. NO, NO. WE HAD A VERY GOOD. CALL, HE WAS ON THE. CALL, PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY WAS ON THE. CALL. I WOULD RATE IT A. 10. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. ANOTHER MEETING. COULD FOLLOW. FRIDAY'S SUMMIT WITH. PUTIN AND DIDN'T. RULE OUT ZELENSKYY. JOINING THAT ONE. >> THERE'S A VERY. GOOD CHANCE WE WILL.

HAVE A SECOND. MEETING, WHICH WILL. BE MORE PRODUCTIVE. THAN THE FIRST. >> Reporter: ADDING. IF PUTIN DOESN'T. AGREE TO END THE WAR. --. >> THERE WILL BE. VERY SEVERE. CONSEQUENCES. >> Reporter: AFTER. MORE THAN THREE. YEARS OF FIGHTING, RUSSIA CURRENTLY. OCCUPIES ABOUT 20%. OF UKRAINE. A PEACE DEAL COULD. SEE UKRAINE FORCED. TO SURRENDER SOME, OR MOST, OF THAT. TERRITORY. GERMAN CHANCELLOR. FREDERICK MERCE SAID. THAT UKRAINE IS. WILLING TO MAKE. TERRITORIAL. CONCESSIONS. HE DIDN'T SAY WHERE, OR HOW MUCH. "WE WANT THE. NEGOTIATIONS TO. PROCEED IN THE RIGHT. ORDER, A CEASE-FIRE.

MUST COME FIRST," HE. SAID. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. REMAINS DEEPLY. SKEPTICAL. HE SAID HE TOLD. PRESIDENT TRUMP. TODAY THAT PUTIN IS. BLUFFING, PLAYING. FOR TIME, AND THAT. HE STILL WANTS TO. OCCUPY ALL OF. UKRAINE. EVEN IF HE AGREES TO. MEET, IN THE NAME OF. PEACE. >> RICHARD JOINS US. TONIGHT FROM. UKRAINE. YOU HAVE BEEN. COVERING THIS WAR. FOR THREE AND HALF. YEARS NOW, RICHARD. WHAT IS THE FEELING. THERE, TONIGHT? >> Reporter: WELL,

THERE IS A LOT OF. APPREHENSION, ON. MANY LEVELS. I MEAN, JUST LOOK. BEHIND ME. I'M IN THE CITY OF. DNIPRO, WHICH IS A. CENTRAL CITY IN. UKRAINE, AND THE. REASON IT IS DARK IS. NOT BECAUSE THERE IS. A BLACKOUT. EVERY NIGHT, PEOPLE. HERE TURN OFF THE. LIGHTS. THEY DO THAT IN MANY. CITIES ALL ACROSS. UKRAINE BECAUSE OF. THE CONSTANT RUSSIAN. DRONE ATTACKS. PEOPLE HERE. DESPERATELY WANT A. CEASE-FIRE. THEY WANT IT RIGHT. NOW, BUT THEY DON'T. WANT TO SEE. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. VLADIMIR PUTIN CARVE. OFF 20% OF THE. COUNTRY. >> RICHARD ENGEL,

BACK IN UKRAINE FOR. US. RICHARD, WE THANK. YOU. >>> NOW, TO THE. SEVERE WEATHER AT. HOME IMPACTING. MILLIONS ACROSS THE. COUNTRY WITH STORMS. HAMMERING CITIES AND. FLASH FLOODING. PUTTING PARTS OF THE. SOUTHEAST. UNDERWATER, AND. TAKING A DEADLY. TURN. WE GET DETAILS FROM. AARON GILCHRIST. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PUNISHING. RAIN AND DEADLY. FLOODING FOR A. SECOND DAY IN A ROW. IN PARTS OF. TENNESSEE AND. GEORGIA. TENNESSEE OFFICIALS. BLAMING SEVERE. FLOODING AND. SATURATED GROUND FOR. FOUR CONFIRMED. DEATHS, INCLUDING A. MAN IN CHATTANOOGA. AUTHORITIES SAY HE. WAS SWEPT AWAY BY A. SWOLLEN CREEK DURING.

TUESDAY'S STORM. >> WE DID NOT EXPECT. ESPECIALLY THE. GRAVITY OF WHAT. OCCURRED TO HIT US. IN SUCH A SHORT. PERIOD OF TIME. >> Reporter: THIS. INCREDIBLE VIDEO. CAPTURING A MAN IN. NECK HIGH WATER. RESCUING A WOMAN. FROM A SUBMERGED. VEHICLE CAUGHT IN. FLASH FLOODING. ANDERSON STOUT GOT. CAUGHT THERE, TOO, AND CAPTURED THE. VIDEO. >> AFTER IT HAPPENED, I LIKE, KIND OF CAME. TO AND I WAS LIKE, "THAT WAS SERIOUS, THAT WAS SCARY.".

>> Reporter: THE. CHATTANOOGA AREA SAW. JUST OVER SIX INCHES. OF RAIN ON TUESDAY, MARKING ITS SECOND. WETTEST DAY, EVER. >> THERE WERE 25 TO. 30 CARS, THAT WERE. BROKEN DOWN, NOT. MOVING, NOBODY WAS. IN IT. I MEAN, IT WAS. SURREAL. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, OUT WEST, WILDFIRES STILL. RANGING. TODAY, RED FLAG. WARNINGS ARE IN. EFFECT FOR 7. MILLION, INCLUDING. THOSE IN WASHINGTON, UTAH, AND COLORADO, AS HEAT AND WINDS. PICK UP. AND IN JUNEAU, ALASKA, RESIDENTS. ARE BREATHING A SIGH. OF RELIEF. >> IT HAS CRESTED.

AND IS STARTING TO. GO DOWN. >> Reporter: THE. WORST APPEARS TO BE. OVER IN THE CAPITAL. CITY OF THE RECORD. FLOODING RELATED TO. THE MENDENHALL. GLACIER FORCED. EVACUATIONS AND. SCHOOL CLOSURES. POLICE SAY THE. BARRIERS ARE HOLDING. WITH NO SIGNIFICANT. WATER INCIDENTS. BACK IN NORTHERN. GEORGIA, THIS WEEK'S. POWERFUL STORMS. FORCING NEARLY 100. PEOPLE TO EVACUATE. THEIR APARTMENTS, MANY BY BOATS, LEAVING THEIR LIVES. TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. >> YOU SEE? IT'S PRETTY BAD. I MEAN, EVERYTHING. -- IT'S -- IT'S JUST. A TOTAL LOSS. >> Reporter: AND IN. THE NORTHEAST. TONIGHT, SEVERE.

STORMS HAMMERING. CITIES WITH RAIN AND. FORCING AIRPORT. DELAYS AND. CANCELLATIONS. >> WITH THAT, AARON. GILCHRIST JOINS US. TONIGHT FROM. CHATTANOOGA. AND AARON, THE. FLOOD THREAT ISN'T. OVER THERE, JUST. YET? >> Reporter: YOU ARE. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, TOM. LET ME SHOW YOU. SOMETHING, THIS IS. THE CHICKAMAUGA. CREEK. THIS IS ONE THAT IS. ABOUT SIX FEET. HIGHER THAN IT IS. SUPPOSED TO BE, WE. ARE TOLD BY FOLKS. WHO LIVE HERE. THERE IS MORE RAIN. POSSIBLE FOR TONIGHT. THERE IS A FLOOD. WARNING IN EFFECT. FOR THIS BODY OF.

WATER, AND THERE ARE. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE. FORECAST YET AGAIN, TOMORROW. TOM? >> AARON GILCHRIST. FOR US, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S HEAD TO. WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING HE IS PUTTING. HIS STAMP ON ANOTHER. AMERICAN CULTURAL. INSTITUTION, THE. KENNEDY CENTER. HONORS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. HE WILL HOST THIS. YEAR'S EVENT AND. HAND-PICKED THE. HONOREES THIS YEAR. HERE IS GABE. GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: ALREADY. A NEAR CONSTANT. PRESENCE AT. WRESTLING MATCHES. AND NFL GAMES, TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS EXPANDING. HIS ROLE IN.

AMERICAN POP. CULTURE, AT THE. LATEST BATTLEGROUND. OF A CULTURE WAR. >> WE ENDED THE WOKE. POLITICAL. PROGRAMMING, AND WE. ARE RESTORING THE. KENNEDY CENTER AS. THE PREMIER VENUE. FOR PERFORMING ARTS. ANYWHERE IN THE. COUNTRY. >> Reporter: AFTER. NAMING HIMSELF. CHAIRMAN OF THE. BOARD EARLIER THIS. YEAR, PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS NOW. DECLARING HE WILL. LEAD THE KENNEDY. CENTER'S AWARDS. CEREMONY IN. DECEMBER. >> I HAVE BEEN ASKED. TO HOST. I SAID, "I'M THE. PRESIDENT OF THE. UNITED STATES. ARE YOU FOOLS, ASKING ME TO DO. THAT?". "SIR, YOU WILL GET.

MUCH HIGHER RATINGS.". >> Reporter: THE. KENNEDY CENTER HAS. BEEN HOME TO. DAZZLING. PERFORMANCES SINCE. THE '70s. TODAY, PRESIDENT. TRUMP ANNOUNCED THIS. YEAR'S HONOREES, WHICH HE SAYS HE HAS. PERSONALLY SELECTED. >> I WOULD SAY, I. WAS ABOUT 98%. INVOLVED. I TURNED DOWN. PLENTY. THEY WERE TO WOKE. I TURNED THEM -- I. HAD A COUPLE OF. "WOKESTERS.". >> Reporter: THE. WINNERS INCLUDE ROCK. LEGENDS, KISS, DISCO QUEEN, GLORIA. GAYNOR, BLOCKBUSTER. ACTION HERO, SYLVESTER STALLONE.

>> SLY IS A PILLAR. OF, REALLY, THE. AMERICAN POP. CULTURE, AND ONE OF. THE BIGGEST NAMES ON. THE HOLLYWOOD WALK. OF FAME. IN FACT, THE ONLY ONE. THAT IS A BIGGER. NAME ON THE. HOLLYWOOD WALK OF. FAME, IS A GUY NAMED. DONALD TRUMP. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT ALSO. ISSUING A REVIEW OF. THE SMITHSONIAN. MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS, A WHITE HOUSE LETTER. STRESSING THE ICONIC. INSTITUTION SHOULD. ENSURE ALIGNMENT. WITH THE PRESIDENT'S. DIRECTIVE TO.

CELEBRATE A AMERICAN. EXCEPTIONALISM, AND. ISSUE CORRECTIONS, WHERE NECESSARY. CRITICS SAY IT. AMOUNTS TO REWRITING. HISTORY. >> IT IS DOWNRIGHT. ORWELLIAN. IT IS SOMETHING YOU. WOULD SEE IN AN. AUTHORITARIAN REGIME. >> Reporter: AT THE. KENNEDY CENTER. TONIGHT, PORTRAITS. OF THE PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY, AND VICE. PRESIDENT GREET. VISITORS, AS THE. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. RESHAPES MUCH MORE. THAN POLITICS. AND IN CONGRESS, A. REPUBLICAN SPONSORED. BILL POSES RENAMING. THE KENNEDY CENTER. AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP. TOM?

>> GAVE, WE THANK. YOU. >>> POLICE IN. PENNSYLVANIA ARE. LOOKING FOR THE PAIR. WANTED IN AN ARMORED. TRUCK ROBBERY. IT HAPPENED IN BROAD. DAYLIGHT IN A. SHOPPING CENTER, ONE. OF SEVERAL RECENTLY. IN THAT AREA. HERE IS ERIN. McLAUGHLIN. >> Reporter: A. BRAZEN ROBBERY. CAUGHT ON CAMERA, YOU SEE A BRINKS. TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE. A SUPERMARKET IN. PHILADELPHIA. THE POLICE, WHO. ASKED US TO BLUR. THIS VIDEO, IS. QUICKLY FIRED BY TWO. MEN. >> THEY ORDERED THE. DRIVER TO TURN OVER.

THEIR HANDGUN, AND. THEN TOOK THE TWO. BAGS OF MONEY. IT TOOK ABOUT 15. SECONDS TOTAL, START. TO FINISH. >> Reporter: YOU SEE. THE SUSPECTS MAKE A. RUN FOR IT, ONE. ARMED WITH AN AR 15. FIREARM. POLICE SAY THAT YOU. WILL GOT AWAY WITH. TWO BAGS OF CASH. WORTH MORE THAN. $700,000. SECONDS BEFORE THE. ROBBERY HAPPENED, YOU COULD SEE A. BYSTANDER WALKING. INTO THE STORE. >> THE RISK OF. VIOLENCE ON THE. BYSTANDERS WAS VERY, VERY HIGH. >> Reporter: BUT, ALSO HOW EASY IT WAS? >> CORRECT, YEAH. IT WAS OUT IN THE. OPEN, AND REALLY. NOTHING TO PREVENT.

THAT FROM OCCURRING. >> Reporter: TUESDAY'S HEIST THE. LATEST IN A SERIES. TARGETING ARMORED. TRUCKS IN. PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS. THE SUMMER, INCLUDING ONE IN. JUNE WHERE. PROSECUTORS SAY. GUNMEN TOOK OFF WITH. MORE THAN $2 MILLION. AFTER ROBBING. ANOTHER BRINKS. DRIVER OUTSIDE OF A. HOME DEPOT. TONIGHT, THEY. ANNOUNCED THREE. SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN. THAT HEIST, ONE OF. THEM A FORMER BRINKS. EMPLOYEE. BRINKS DIRECTED ALL. QUESTIONS TO LAW. ENFORCEMENT. LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE. STILL DETERMINING IF. THESE ROBBERIES ARE. CONNECTED. >> IT IS OR THE.

INVESTIGATIONS, SO. TOUGH TO SAY, BUT WE. ARE GOING TO LOOK AT. EVERY ANGLE POSSIBLE. TO SOLVE THIS CRIME. >> Reporter: ERIN. McLAUGHLIN, NBC. NEWS. >>> ALL RIGHT, NOW. TO A TRIP AROUND THE. WORLD GONE WRONG, A. 20-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN. STRANDED IN A REMOTE. PART OF ANTARCTICA. FOR NEARLY SEVEN. WEEKS AFTER BEING. ACCUSED OF FLYING. THERE WITHOUT. AUTHORIZATION. HE SPOKE TO OUR LIZ. KREUTZ TONIGHT. >> Reporter: IT. STARTED AS A DO GOOD. MISSION. >> I'M ATTEMPTING TO. BE THE FIRST PERSON. EVER TO FLY TO ALL. SEVEN CONTINENTS, SOLO. >> Reporter: 20-YEAR-. OLD PILOT AND. INFLUENCER, ETHAN. GUO, PROMOTED HIS. TRIP AROUND THE. WORLD WHILE RAISING. MONEY FOR CHILD.

RESEARCH. >> AROUND THE WAY, WHETHER THERE ARE. MECHANICAL. CHALLENGES, VAST. OCEANS, ISOLATION. >> Reporter: BUT, WHAT HE DIDN'T. PREDICT, LEGAL. TROUBLES AND GETTING. STRANDED FOR WEEKS. IN THE REMOTE. CHILEAN ARCTIC, AFTER AUTHORITIES. SAY HE PROVIDED. FALSE FLIGHT DATA AND. FLEW TO THE. CONTINENT ILLEGALLY. >> I HAVE BEEN. DETAINED FROM THE. VERY BEGINNING, BUT. I AM INNOCENT. >> Reporter: IN AN. INTERVIEW WITH NBC. NEWS FROM THE. MILITARY BASE WHERE. HE HAS BEEN FOR MORE. THAN A MONTH, GUO. SAID HE PLANNED TO.

FLY HERE IN SOUTHERN. ARGENTINA AND THEN. TO ANTARCTICA, BUT. DIVERTED TO THIS. AIRPORT BECAUSE OF. MECHANICAL ISSUES AT. WEATHER, AND THAT. SHE GOT PERMISSION. TO LAND. >> WHAT YOU SAY TO. PEOPLE WHO ARE. LOOKING AT THE MAP, AND IT LOOKS LIKE. YOU SORT OF BYPASSED. ARGENTINA, AND WENT. STRAIGHT TO. ANTARCTICA? >> THE OPTIONS. AVAILABLE IN SOUTH. AMERICA, WERE NOT. GREAT OPTIONS, BECAUSE IT IS PITCH. BLACK AND I DON'T. HAVE INSTRUMENTS. THAT MEANS I CANNOT. LAND AT THESE. AIRPORTS SAFELY, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN. THE MIDDLE OF THESE. MOUNTAINS. >> Reporter: THIS. WEEK, A JUDGE.

DROPPED THE CHARGES. AGAINST GUO IN. EXCHANGE FOR HIM. DONATING $30,000 TO. CHILDHOOD CANCER. RESEARCH AND LEAVING. AS SOON AS WEATHER. CONDITIONS ALLOW. >> IT IS, QUITE. FRIENDLY, INSANE, AS. THEY SAY I AM FREE, THEY SAY THE PLANE. IS FREE, BUT THEY. WON'T LET ME LEAVE, THEY WON'T LET ME. FLY IT OUT. >> Reporter: SO, FOR. NOW, HE REMAINS. LIZ KREUTZ, NBC. NEWS. >>> BACK HERE IN THE. STATES, INSIDE A. RARE ACCESS TO THE. DARK, NARROW TUNNELS. BY THE SOUTHERN. BORDER THAT CARTELS. USE TO SMUGGLE DRUGS. INTO THE U.S. HERE. IS MORGAN CHESKY. >> Reporter: STEPS. FROM THE U.S.-MEXICO. BORDER, THERE IS A. HIDDEN BATTLE BELOW.

>> COMING DOWN. >> Reporter: WE WENT. UNDERGROUND WITH WAS. CUSTOMS AND BORDER. PROTECTION FOR A. CLOSER LOOK, AT. WHERE THEY ARE. STAYING THEY ARE. HITTING CARTELS. WHERE IT HURTS. SO, THIS IS ABOUT 20. FEET DOWN, THIS IS. WHERE THE SYSTEM. REALLY OPENS UP, STRETCHING BACK THIS. WAY. WE FOLLOWED AGENT. LANCE LINDER, THROUGH A TUNNEL. THAT CBP SAYS WAS. DESIGNED BY. SMUGGLERS, ONE OF. DOZENS INTERCEPTED. BY HIS TEAM. WHEN YOU GET DOWN. INTO A TUNNEL LIKE. THIS ONE, AND YOU. SHINE YOUR LIGHT, AND IT KEEPS GOING, WHAT ARE YOU. THINKING? >> THERE IS NOTHING. THAT REALLY. SURPRISES US TOO.

MUCH, ANYMORE. >> Reporter: WE. FOUND A BOUNCE HOUSE. BLOWER, MODIFIED TO. BLOW IN FRESH AIR. AND METAL RAILS, ALLEGEDLY USED FOR. MOVING LARGE. QUANTITIES OF DRUGS. FOR EVERY ONE OF. THESE TUNNELS THAT. YOU CUT OFF TO A. CARTEL, HOW HARD IS. THAT HITTING THEM? >> OH, SIGNIFICANTLY. THAT IS A YEARS. WORTH OF HARD LABOR. DOWN THE DRAIN. >> Reporter: AND THE. PROFIT FROM PUSHING. DRUGS THROUGH? >> I WOULD IMAGINE. THAT IS PRETTY. CRUSHING, TO THE. PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY. CONSTRUCTED THIS.

>> Reporter: BUT, WITH A BORDER. CRACKDOWN ABOVE, BUSINESS BELOW MAY. BE CHANGING, WITH. HUMAN SMUGGLERS. TRYING TO TAKE. ADVANTAGE. VIDEO OBTAINED. EXCLUSIVELY BY NBC. NEWS SHOWS AN ADULT. AND CHILD CROSSING. THROUGH A TUNNEL BIG. ENOUGH TO WALK. THROUGH. THE MESSAGE WRITTEN. IN CHINESE. CHARACTERS IS CLEAR. -- "GET INTO THE. U.S. WITHOUT GETTING. CAUGHT.". ANOTHER CLAIMS TO. SHOW A DIFFERENT. GROUP OF MIGRANTS. RUNNING INTO THE. U.S., AND THESE. PEOPLE SHARING IN. MANDARIN --. >> [ SPEAKING IN A. GLOBAL LANGUAGE ]. >> Reporter: THE. EXACT DATE THEY SAY. THEY ENTERED, JUNE. 22nd, 2025. NOR NBC NEWS NOR CBP. WERE ABLE TO VERIFY. THE AUTHENTICITY OF. THESE VIDEOS. CBP DOESN'T DENY.

HUMAN SMUGGLING IS. TAKING PLACE. UNDERGROUND, BUT THE. AGENCY SAYS IT IS. NOT UNCOMMON FOR. SMUGGLERS TO FALSELY. ADVERTISE A SAFE. PASSAGE FOR PROFIT. BACK ABOVE GROUND, AGENTS TAKE US TO AN. AREA BETWEEN THE. BORDER WALL KNOWN AS. "NO MAN'S LAND,". WHERE THE TUNNEL TEAM. MADE THEIR LATEST. DISCOVERY. >> EIGHT INCH. BOREHOLE IN THERE, HIT IT DEAD CENTER. >> Reporter: FIRST. TRY? >> FIRST TRY. >> Reporter: A. NEARLY 3000 FOOT. LONG TUNNEL RUNNING. 50 FEET BELOW WHERE.

WE STOOD. IF THE CARTEL HAD. THEIR WAY, THIS THEIR. BODIES. >> Reporter: IS THE. LATEST DIET TREND IS. FEEDING NEW. QUESTIONS AND. CONCERNS, EMILY. IKENNA, NBC NEWS. >>> ALL RIGHT, AND. WE ARE. >>> WELCOME BACK. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. NEW VIDEO OUT OF. NORTH TEXAS. A PICKUP TRUCK. CRASHES RIGHT INTO. THE LIVING ROOM OF A. HOME. THE FAMILY OF FIVEGIC OF A.

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