NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Aug. 21

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, HURRICANE. ERIN BARRELLING UP THE. EAST COAST, POWERFUL. WAVES BLASTING THE. OUTER BANKS WITH. DANGEROUS STORM SURGE, FLOODING ROADS, AND. BATTERING HOMES. THE WORST OF IT. ARRIVING NOW, AS THE. STORM MAKES ITS. PRESENCE FELT. THE CAT 2 HURRICANE SO. BIG IT'S THREATENING. TOWNS FROM THE. CAROLINAS ALL THE WAY. TO MAINE. >>> THE MAJOR PAROLE.

DECISION FOR ERIK. MENENDEZ WITH HIS. BROTHER UP TOMORROW. 36 YEARS AFTER. MURDERING THEIR. PARENTS, WILL THE. BROTHERS NOW WALK. FREE? >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. MAJOR LEGAL VICTORY. AN APPEALS COURT. TOSSING OUT THAT. $500 MILLION FINE THE. PRESIDENT WAS SET TO. PAY IN HIS CIVIL FRAUD. CASE. >>> REDISTRICTING. SHOWDOWN. WITH THAT REDRAWN. CONGRESSIONAL MAP. APPROVED IN TEXAS, CALIFORNIA NOW READY.

TO LAUNCH A NEW MAP OF. ITS OWN. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE. MIDTERM ELECTIONS. >>> CAMPUS SHOOTING. SCARE. POLICE SWARMING. VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY. AFTER REPORTS OF AN. GROWING POOL OF. GAMBLERS TRYING TO. PROFIT OFF KIDS. PLAYING BASEBALL. >>> AND WE'LL SHOW YOU. THE MOMENT THIS NFL. QUARTERBACK IS BROUGHT. TO TEARS. HE. GROWING UP, CAME IN AS. THE FOURTH STRING. HOW HIS LIFE JUST. CHANGED. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW.

>> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT AS WE COME ON. THE AIR, HURRICANE. ERIN IS SENDING. POWERFUL STORM SURGE. AND WAVES CRASHING UP. AND DOWN THE EAST. COAST. NOW A CAT 2. THE WORST OF THE. FLOODING IS JUST. BEGINNING. EVEN THOUGH ERIN IS. TECHNICALLY 370 MILES. OFF THE COAST OF CAPE. HATTERAS AND MAKING. ITS WAY OUT TO SEA, IT'S JUST SO BIG -- AS. YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S.

BUZZ SAWING A MASSIVE. SWATH ALONG ITS PATH. SPINNING UP TO. 100-MILE-PER-HOUR. WINDS AND SMASHING. INTO THE MAJESTIC. HOMES ALONG THE OUTER. BANKS. TO PIERS OFF VIRGINIA. BEACH TO THE FERRY. TOSSED IN THE WAVES UP. IN RHODE ISLAND, IT. HAS BEEN AN INTENSE. FIRST TASTE FOR. HURRICANE SEASON, FOR. THOSE WHO OPTED TO. RIDE IT OUT, INCLUDING. OUR AARON GILCHRIST, WHO STARTS US OFF FROM. KILL DEVIL HILL, NORTH. CAROLINA. AND AARON, THE STORM. STILL WREAKING HAVOC.

THERE RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, TOM. OUR TEAM JUST HAD TO. MOVE INTO THE DUNES. BECAUSE THE WAVES JUST. GOT A LITTLE TOO. CLOSE, CLOSER THAN. THEY'VE BEEN ALL DAY. LONG. IT'S REINFORCING THE. MESSAGE FROM OFFICIALS. THAT THE WATER IS. STILL NOT SAFE. >> Reporter: ON NORTH. CAROLINA'S OUTER. BANKS, THE IMPACTS OF. HURRICANE ERIN SEEN IN. THESE STORM SURGES. BRINGING FLOOD WATERS. ONTO HARD-HIT HATTERAS. ISLAND. WAVES CRASHING HIGH. ONTO THE STILTS. PROPPING UP HOMES. RIGHT ON THE. SHORELINE. WATER FLOODING IN AS. NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

ARE WASHED OUT, EVEN. AS CREWS ARE ALREADY. OUT BY THE BEACHES TO. REPAIR FLATTENED SAND. DUNES. VIDEO FROM THE. NOW CLOSED OFF. HATTERAS ISLAND. SHOWING A RISING OCEAN. PUNCHING RIGHT THROUGH. SAND DUNES. STEVE NELSON OWNS A. HOTEL ON THE ISLAND, NOW A SAFE HAVEN FOR. RESIDENT WHO IS DIDN'T. FOLLOW EVACUATION. ORDERS. >> IT HAS WITHSTOOD. CATEGORY 3s. WE BUILT IT AND. ENGINEERED IT TO. WITHSTAND A CATEGORY. 4. MAY WE NEVER TEST. THAT. WE CAN LAST ABOUT SIX. WEEKS WITHOUT ANYTHING. FROM THE OUTSIDE. >> VICTORIA MURRAY DID. EVACUATE HATTERAS WITH.

HER KIDS, MOVING THEIR. VACATION TO KILL DEVIL. HILLS. >> WE ARE AVOIDING THE. BEACH. WE'RE AVOIDING THE. WATER. WE'VE BEEN THANKFUL WE. HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED. ANY POWER OUTAGES, BUT. WE WERE PREPARED FOR. THAT JUST IN CASE. >> I'M WORRIED ABOUT. LOSING MY BEACH HOUSE, YES. >> Reporter: 96-YEAR-OLD CAROL. WHITE DYLAN, WHO WE. MET YESTERDAY INSIDE. THE EVACUATION AREA, RODE OUT THE WORST OF. THE STORM. WE SPOKE AGAIN. TONIGHT. HOW ARE YOU FEELING. TODAY? >> I'M TIRED, EMOTIONAL. BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN. WORSE. I COULD HAVE LOST. THOSE TWO BUILDINGS. THE WATER WAS HITTING. >> Reporter: DOUBLE.

RED FLAGS STILL POSTED. ALL ALONG THE OUTER. BANKS, A WARNING TO. STAY OUT OF THE WATER. THE CATEGORY 2. HURRICANE WITH A WIND. FIELD LARGER THAN. HURRICANE KATRINA. REMAINS HUNDREDS OF. MILES FROM THE COAST. ITS WINDS TONIGHT. IMPACTING THE. NORTHEAST FROM THE. JERSEY SHORE TO. SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. STREETS FLOODED ON. LONG BEACH ISLAND IN. NEW JERSEY, WHERE THE. GOVERNOR TODAY. DECLARED A STATE OF. EMERGENCY IN. ANTICIPATION OF ERIN'S. WRATH. LIFE GUARDS PATROLLING. THE BEACHES TO MAKE. SURE THERE ARE NO. SWIMMERS.

>> THEY ARE BUMMED. THAT THEY CAN'T BE OUT. ON THE BEACH. >> Reporter: NOW, EVEN. WITH ERIN MOVING ON. NOW, THE OUTER BANKS. IS NOT OUT OF THE. WOODS JUST YET. THE HIGH TIDE IS JUST. STARTING TO COME IN, AND IT IS POSSIBLE. THAT THE STORM SURGE. COULD BE THE WORST. YET. TOM? >> OKAY. AARON LEADING US OFF. THERE. AARON, WE APPRECIATE. IT. >>> NOW TO THE WORST. OF THE FLOODING. STARTING TO PICK UP. ALONG THE EAST COAST. BILL KARINS IS HERE. LIVE IN STUDIO FOR US. BILL, EVEN THOUGH ERIN. IS PULLING AWAY --. WALK OUR VIEWERS.

THROUGH THIS -- THE. WORST OF THE WEATHER. IS GOING TO BE COMING. IN NOW. >> THIS IS UNUSUAL. THE STORM IS PULLING. AWAY BUT THE WORST OF. THE FLOODING IS COMING. IN. A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL. TIDE. IT WAS GOING TO BE BAD. ANYWAY WITHOUT ERIN. NOW WE'VE GOT THE. STORM SURGE OF TWO TO. THREE FEET ON TOP OF. IT. SO, SO FAR ALL THE. PICTURES THAT YOU'VE. SEEN HAVE BEEN FROM. THIS MORNING'S LOW. TIDE -- HIGH TIDE THIS. MORNING. NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE. TWO TO THREE FEET. HIGHER THAN THAT. THAT'S WHY ALONG RHODE. ISLAND TO VIRGINIA. BEACH YOU ARE UNDER. COASTING WARNINGS FOR. THE HIGH TIDE THAT IS. NOW ROLLING IN. ALL OF THESE GAUGES. HERE, WE ARE EXPECTING.

MODERATE TO MAJOR, AND. THAT MEANS DAMAGING. STORM SURGE AS WE GO. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT. COUPLE OF HOURS. WE'RE ALSO WATCHING. OBVIOUSLY SOME OTHER. THINGS OUT THERE IN. THE ATLANTIC. I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU, NONE OF THOSE ARE. EXPECTED TO HIT ANY. LAND. >> THAT IS GOOD NEWS. BILL, WE THANK YOU FOR. THAT. >>> WE WANT TO TURN TO. CALIFORNIA WHERE. OFFICIALS AT ANY. MOMENT WILL DECIDE. WHETHER TO GRANT THE. MENENDEZ BROTHERS. PAROLE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME. THEY'RE ELIGIBLE SINCE. THEY WERE CONVICTED. FOR MURDERING THEIR. PARENTS MORE THAN. THREE DECADES AGO. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. WAITING TO LEARN THEIR. FATE. ERIK MENENDEZ SITTING.

BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA. PAROLE BOARD AHEAD OF. HIS OLDER BROTHER. LYLE'S HEARING. TOMORROW. >> I JUST KNOW THAT ON. A DAY LIKE TODAY THAT. REDEMPTION IS. POSSIBLE. >> Reporter: EARLIER. THIS YEAR, A JUDGE. REDUCED ERIK AND. LYLE'S SENTENCES, MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE. FOR PAROLE FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE THEY. WERE CONVICTED OF. KILLING THEIR PARENTS, JOSE AND KITTY, IN. THEIR BEVERLY HILLS. HOME 36 YEARS AGO. >> DEFENDANTS PLEASE. RISE. >> Reporter: THEIR. STORY RECENTLY THRUST. BACK INTO THE. SPOTLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE POPULAR NETFLIX. SERIES, "MONSTERS.". AT TODAY'S HEARING,

ERIK JOINING VIRTUALLY. FROM HIS PRISON. OUTSIDE SAN DIEGO, DURING WHICH A PANEL. OF COMMISSIONERS ARE. EXPECTED TO BE. QUESTIONING HIM ABOUT. THE CRIMES AND HIS. RECORD IN PRISON AND. ALSO LOOKING AT TENS. OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES. OF PRISON RECORDS, AS. WELL AS A. PSYCHOLOGICAL RISK. ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED. ABOUT THE BROTHERS. ACCORDING TO THE L.A. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PSYCHOLOGISTS. DETERMINE THEY HAVE A. MODERATE RISK OF. VIOLENCE, FINDING ERIK. REMAINS VULNERABLE TO. THE INFLUENCE OF. OTHERS, INCLUDING. HIS BROTHER, LYLE, WHO THEY DESCRIBED AS. NARCISSISTIC AND. ANTISOCIAL.

DURING THEIR HIGH. PROFILE TRIAL IN THE. '90s, THE BROTHERS. WERE VIEWED AS. ENTITLED AND GREEDY. YOUNG MEN WHO KILLED. THEIR PARENTS FOR. MONEY. BUT ERIK AND LYLE HAVE. LONG MAINTAINED THEY. ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE. AFTER YEARS OF SEXUAL. ABUSE BY THEIR FATHER. AND A NEW GENERATION. OF SUPPORTERS AS WELL. AS THEIR PARENTS. OWN SURVIVING SIBLINGS. HAVE BEEN PLEADING FOR. THEIR RELEASE. >> THE WHOLE WORLD WAS. NOT READY TO BELIEVE. THAT BOYS COULD BE. RAPED OR THAT YOUNG. MEN COULD BE VICTIMS. OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. TODAY WE KNOW BETTER.

WE KNOW THAT ABUSE HAS. LONG-LASTING EFFECTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE BOARD EXPECTED TO. SOON DECIDE WHETHER TO. GRANT ERIK PAROLE, A. CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION. THAT COULD PAVE THE. WAY FOR THE BROTHERS'. FREEDOM. >> LIZ JOINS US NOW. FROM OUTSIDE THE. BROTHERS' PRISON. LIZ, IF ONE OR BOTH OF. THE BROTHERS ARE. GRANTED PAROLE, WHAT. HAPPENS NEXT? >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, THERE'S STILL NO. GUARANTEE THEY ARE. RELEASED. THE PAROLE BOARD WILL. HAVE UP TO FOUR MONTHS. TO REVIEW THEIR. DECISION, AND. ULTIMATELY IT WILL GO. TO GOVERNOR GAVIN.

NEWSOM TO IS HAS THE. SOLE AUTHORITY TO. APPROVE OR REJECT ANY. DECISION BY THE BOARD. TOM? >> LIZ KREUTZ FOR US. LIZ, WE THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN TO. POLITICS AND THE MAJOR. LEGAL WIN FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH. AN APPEALS COURT. TOSSING OUT THAT. MASSIVE $500 MILLION. PENALTY AGAINST HIM. AFTER HE LOST THAT NEW. YORK CIVIL FRAUD CASE. HERE'S GABE GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT. WITH THE FEDERAL LAW. ENFORCEMENT HE'S. DEPLOYED TO THE. STREETS OF D.C.,

TOUTING PROGRESS IN. HIS CRACKDOWN ON. CRIME. >> WE'VE HAD SOME. INCREDIBLE RESULTS. THAT'S LIKE A. DIFFERENT PLACE. IT'S LIKE A DIFFERENT. CITY. IT'S THE CAPITAL. >> Reporter: ALL OF IT. AS THE PRESIDENT IS. CELEBRATING A MAJOR. LEGAL VICTORY WITH THE. NEW YORK APPEALS COURT. THROWING OUT A ROUGHLY. HALF BILLION DOLLAR. CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST. HIM. >> I HAD A VICTORY. TODAY. YOU KNOW? THEY STOLE. $550 MILLION FROM ME. WITH A FAKE CASE. AND IT WAS OVERTURNED. THEY SAID THIS WAS A. FAKE CASE. IT'S A TERRIBLE THING. BUT IT'S A NICE. VICTORY, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, IT'S NOT BAD. >> Reporter: THE. FIVE-JUDGE APPEALS.

COURT WAS DEEPLY. DIVIDED. TWO SAID TRUMP WAS. CORRECTLY FOUND GUILTY. OF FRAUD. TWO SAID HE SHOULD. RECEIVE A NEW TRIAL. AND A FIFTH JUDGE SAID. THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP. SHOULD BE DISMISSED. ALL FIVE CONCLUDED THE. PENALTY AGAINST TRUMP. WAS EXCESSIVE AND. VIOLATED THE EIGHTH. AMENDMENT. ONE JUDGE WRITING, WHILE HARM CERTAINLY. OCCURRED, IT WAS NOT. THE CATACLYSMIC HARM. THAT CAN JUSTIFY A. NEARLY HALF BILLION. DOLLAR AWARD TO THE. STATE. >> IT WAS A WITCH. HUNT. AND I'VE HAD MORE. WITCH HUNTS THAN ANY. HUMAN BEING IN. HISTORY. >> Reporter: THE.

RULING IS A HUGE BLOW. FOR NEW YORK ATTORNEY. GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, A DEMOCRAT WHO BROUGHT. THE CASE IN 2022, ACCUSING TRUMP AND HIS. FAMILY REAL ESTATE. BUSINESS OF INFLATING. HIS NET WORTH TO GET. BETTER TERMS ON LOANS. JAMES INTENDS TO. APPEAL, WRITING, YET. ANOTHER COURT HAS. RULED THAT THE. PRESIDENT VIOLATED THE. LAW AND THAT OUR CASE.

HAS MERIT. IT ALL COMES AS THE. TRUMP JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT. INVESTIGATES JAMES. BOTH FOR BRINGING THIS. CASE AND FOR NEW. ALLEGATIONS SHE. COMMITTED MORTGAGE. FRAUD. AN ATTORNEY FOR JAMES. HAS CALLED THE. INVESTIGATIONS. POLITICAL RETRIBUTION. EVEN THOUGH HE NOW. DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY. THE FINANCIAL PENALTY, THE PRESIDENT'S CIVIL. CASE IS NOT COMPLETELY. OVER. THE RULING LEAVES IN. PLACE RESTRICTIONS ON. THE ABILITY OF TRUMP. AND HIS COMPANY TO DO. BUSINESS. HIS LEGAL TEAM IS. NOW EXPECTED TO KEEP. APPEALING. TOM? >> GABE GUTIERREZ FOR. US. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE. BREAKING NEWS IN THE. REDISTRICTING BATTLE. BREWING ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS. MOVING TO PASS NEW. MAPS TO INCREASE THE.

NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS IN. CONGRESS AFTER TEXAS. THE REDISTRICTING BATTLE. BREWING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS MOVING TO. PASS NEW MAPS TO INCREASE THE. NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS. AFTER TEXAS REPUBLICANS TOOK A. DRAMATIC STEP TO BOOST THE GOP. HERE IS RYAN CHANDLER. >> TONIGHT, CALIFORNIA. DEMOCRATS COUNTERPUNCH. THE STATE ASSEMBLY PASSING A. NEW VOTING METHOD DESIGNED TO. ADD FIVE MORE DEMOCRATIC. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM THE. STATE. >> RIGHT NOW, ALL DUE RESPECT, WE ARE WALKING DOWN A DIFFERENT. PATH AND FIGHTING FIRE WITH.

FIRE. >> THE MOVE, A RESPONSE TO. REPORTS FIRST -- REPUBLICANS IN. TEXAS, THE SEATS THERE, OPING. TO ADD FIVE MORE REPUBLICAN. SEATS. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS LASTING. THE MOVE. >> THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU FIGHT. FIRE WITH FIRE IS YOU BURN IT. ALL DOWN. >> TEXAS TOOK THE UNUSUAL STEP. TO CHANGE ITS DISTRICT IN THE. MIDDLE OF A DECADE, WITH THE. ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP, AIMED AT KEEPING GOP. CONTROL OF CONGRESS. >> I THINK THERE'S TREMENDOUS. SUPPORT FOR IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WATCHED THE DEMOCRATS.

DESTROY OUR COUNTRY IN FOUR. YEARS. >> IT'S A GERRYMANDERING POWER-. PLAY CARRIED OUT BY BOTH. PARTIES, MOVING STATES EVEN. FURTHER OUT OF PROPORTION FROM. WHERE THEIR VOTERS ARE. IN RED TEXAS, 42% OF VOTERS. CHOSE KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024 BUT. JUST ABOUT A THIRD OF THE. STATES MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE. DEMOCRATS. WE PRESSED A REPUBLICAN. LAWMAKER. >> YOU LOOK AT CALIFORNIA AND. MASSACHUSETTS, NOT A LOT OF. SQUEALING ABOUT FAIRNESS WHERE.

THEY ARE OVERREPRESENTED. >> AND BLUE CALIFORNIA, PRESIDENT TRUMP WON NEARLY 40%. OF THE VOTE BUT REPUBLICANS. HOLD JUST 17% OF THE STATES. SEATS IN CONGRESS. >> GOVERNOR NEWSOM HASHAVE. CONCERNS. >> YEAH. YOU'RE STILL BETTING. ON KIDS. SAM, WE THANK YOU FOR. THAT ONE. WE'RE BACK IN 60. SECONDS WITH HEALTH. NEWS FROM TENNIS GREAT. SERENA WILLIAMS. WHY SHE SAYS SHE.

>>> IT WAS A PERSONAL. AND REVEALING MESSAGE. FROM TENNIS LEGEND. SERENA WILLIAMS TODAY. TALKING ABOUT HER NEW. FITNESS JOURNEY, ARE WE QUE?

WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT. IT AND BE TOTALLY. OPEN. >> Reporter: WHAT SHE. HOPES IS A MESSAGE AS. POWERFUL AS HER SERVE. >> ANNE JOINS US LIVE. IN STUDIO. ANNE, THIS WAS KIND OF. STUNNING BECAUSE SHE. IS A SUPERSTAR. ATHLETE, BUT SHE. STRUGGLES JUST LIKE. ALL OF US. >> SHE DID. SHE SAID SHE WOULD. LOSE WEIGHT, TOM, BUT. SHE WOULD PLATEAU AND. SHE COULDN'T GET. BEYOND A CERTAIN. POINT. SO, SHE QUESTIONED. WHETHER DOING THIS, SHE WAS TAKING THE.

LAZY WAY OUT. BUT THEN SHE SAID SHE. LOOKED AT WEIGHT AS AN. OPPONENT AND DECIDED. TO ATTACK IT WITH. EVERYTHING SHE COULD. >> AND SHE'S QUITE THE. >>> I'M LIZ CRITES OUTSIDE THE. PRISON WHERE THE MENENDEZ. BROTHERS ARE HOUSED, AND. MOMENTS AGO, WE HAVE BREAKING. NEWS. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE. CALIFORNIA PAROLE BOARD HAS.

DENIED ERIK MENENDEZ, HIS. REQUEST FOR PAROLE. THIS IS A HUGE BLOW TO THE. MENENDEZ BROTHERS AND THEIR. FAMILIES WHO HAVE SPENT MONTHS. AND YEARS, REALLY, CALLING FOR. THEIR RELEASE, AND IT COMES. AFTER A MARATHON, MORE THAN 10. HOURS OF HEARING TODAY. WE ARE ALREADY GETTING SOME. REACTION TO THIS FROM ERIK. MENENDEZ'S STEPDAUGHTER, SHE'S. POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT. SHE'S OUTRAGED BY THIS DECISION. CALLING IT THE WRONG MOVE AND. SAYING THAT SHE IS VOWING TO. PROTEST THE DECISION. AT THIS HEARING, ERIK JOINED. VIRTUALLY THE MEETING.

HE WAS QUESTIONED BY THE. COMMISSIONERS WHO ASKED ABOUT. HIS PRISON RECORD, SPECIFICALLY. FOCUSING ON CELL PHONE. INFRACTIONS HE HAD AND ASKED. ABOUT THE CRIMES. ONE COMMISSIONER, SPECIFICALLY. PRESSING ON WHY THE BROTHERS. NOT ONLY KILLED THEIR FATHER, BUT ALSO THEIR MOTHER. ERIK APPARENTLY GOT EMOTIONAL. SAYING THAT HE WISHED TO GOD. THAT HE DIDN'T DO IT. THE PRISON BOARD ALSO WAS. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT.

>>> FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT. ESPECIALLY FOR A FOOTBALL. FAMILY IN WEST VIRGINIA. LIFE WAS TOUGH, MONEY WAS. TIGHT, BUT THERE WAS LOVE FOR. THEIR SON. THAT BOY, NOW A MAN, NEVER GAVE. UP ON HIS DREAM AND TONIGHT, HE. HAS CHANGED THEIR LIVES. FOREVER. >> WHEN CHICAGO BEARS BACKUP.

QUARTERBACK, TYSON BAGENT. SIGNED A $10 MILLION CONTRACT. EXTENSION WEDNESDAY, IT DIDN'T. JUST CHANGE HIS LIFE. IT CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR HIS. FAMILY, BACK IN MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, TOO. JUST LISTEN TO HOW HE DESCRIBES. IT. >> YEAH, I THINK THAT, YOU. KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. KNOW THIS BUT MY DAD IS MY, HE'S MY RIGHT-HAND MAN. AND HE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE RUNNING. WATER UNTIL HE WAS IN HIGH. SCHOOL. THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF.

THINGS AND PEOPLE THAT I THINK, THAT I COULD CERTAINLY HELP. WITH THIS GIFT I'VE BEEN. BLESSED WITH. I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYBODY. BACK AT HOME WITH ANY MONEY, SO, YEAH, IT FEELS OOD. IT'S CERTAINLY A WEIGHT OFF MY. SHOULDERS AND MY FAMILIES. SHOULDERS. >> AND, THERE'S ONE MORE.

REASON, THAT RAISES GOING TO. COME IN HANDY. >> I'VE GOT A LITTLE BABY GIRL. ON THE WAY, SO I'M HIS DAD IS A. WORLD CHAMPION ARM WRESTLER. >> HIS COACHES SAY WHAT HE'S. BROUGHT TO THE TEAM IS WORTH.

EVERY PENNY OF THE DEAL. >> I'M JUST PUTTING MY HEAD. DOWN, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO WORK. . >> THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THI.