NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Aug. 4

♪. ♪ ♪. >>> TONIGHT, THE. TEXAS-SIZE POLITICAL. BATTLE WITH LEADERS. CALLING FOR LAWMAKERS. WHO HAVE LEFT THE. STATE TO BE ARRESTED. TO BRING THEM BACK TO. VOTE. AS REPUBLICAN LEADERS. LOOK TO GERRYMANDER. CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS. FLEE THE STATE TO. DELAY THE VOTE. WHY SOME LEADERS ARE. CALLING FOR DEMOCRATS. WHO ARE OUT OF STATE. TO BE HUNTED DOWN AND.

ARRESTED, AS SOME. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS. VOW TO DO WHAT. REPUBLICANS ARE DOING. IN TEXAS. >>> WILDFIRE SEASON. BLAZING OUT WEST IN. CALIFORNIA, COLORADO. AND CANADA. THOUSANDS OF ACRES. BURNED AS CREWS TAKE. ON WIND-BLOWN RIDGES. OF FIRE AND EVEN SMOKE. TORNADOS. >>> AND NOW THE SKIES. OVER SOME OF THE. NATION'S BIGGEST. CITIES FILLED WITH. SMOKE AND HAZE, EVEN. SHUTTING DOWN FLIGHTS. IN BOSTON AS HEAT. ADVISORIES MEAN DANGER. FOR PARTS OF THE U.S. >>> THIS JUST IN. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. CALLING FOR A GRAND. JURY TO LOOK INTO THE.

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. DURING THE PRESIDENT'S. FIRST TERM. ARE FORMER OBAMA. OFFICIALS THE TARGETS? >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE. GRAPHIC IMAGES OF. ISRAELI HOSTAGES IN. GAZA. WE TALKED TO ONE MAN'S. FAMILY ABOUT HOPE TO. RETURN HIM AFTER. HUNDREDS OF DAYS IN. CAPTIVITY. >>> AND WHY LEAKED. COMMENTS FROM A TOP. U.S. ENVOY MAY PREVIEW. A NEW STRATEGY OF. DEALING WITH HAMAS. >>> THE MONTANA. MANHUNT FOR A SUSPECT. AND ARMY VETERAN, FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY. KILLED FOUR PEOPLE IN.

TRACK. OLYMPIAN NOAH LYLES. PUSHED BY A FELLOW. U.S. SPRINTER. THE STARE DOWN THAT. ALMOST LED TO A. THROWDOWN. >>> AND GRANDMA'S. EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. HOW HER FAMILY BROUGHT. A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO. COMPANION TICKET. TRAVEL AHEAD OF THE. TRIP OF A LIFETIME. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. ♪ ♪. >>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH TOM. LLAMAS, REPORTING. TONIGHT FROM MIAMI. >>> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT FROM MIAMI, ONE OF THE HOTTEST.

PLACES IN THE COUNTRY. IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. MORE ON THAT LATER IN. THE BROADCAST, BUT WE. DO WANT TO START WITH. THAT HIGH-STAKES DRAMA. IN TEXAS WHERE WORK. GROUND TO A HALT IN. THE STATE CAPITAL. AFTER DEMOCRATS FLED. TO AVOID DEBATING A. CONTROVERSIAL. GERRYMANDERING. REDISTRICTING MAP. THE REMAINING MEMBERS. OPTED TO SEND FOR THE. MISSING LAWMAKERS. UNDER WARRANT OF. ARREST. AT ISSUE, THE. REPUBLICAN MAJORITY'S. PLAN TO REDRAW THE. STATE'S CONGRESSIONAL. LINES, OPENING UP A. WHOLE NEW CAN OF.

WORMS. THE MOVE SENDING MORE. THAN 50 DEMOCRATIC. LAWMAKERS FLEEING TO. THE STATE, TO OTHER. STATES AROUND THE. COUNTRY. TEXAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT. SIGNALING HE COULD. SEND LAW ENFORCEMENT. AFTER THEM OR FURTHER. TEST HIS LEGAL. AUTHORITY. TONIGHT, SOME. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS. VOWING TO, QUOTE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE. RYAN CHANDLER REPORTS. TONIGHT FROM TEXAS. >> MEMBERS, A QUORUM. IS NOT PRESENT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. TEXAS REPUBLICANS. ISSUING CIVIL ARREST. WARRANTS FOR THE.

DEMOCRATS WHO LEFT THE. STATE IN A HAIL MARY. MOVE TO BLOCK A. CONTROVERSIAL. REDISTRICTING BILL. >> THE CONSTITUTION. SAYS THE MEMBERS OF. THE LEGISLATURE SHALL. SHOW UP TO DO THEIR. JOBS. >> Reporter: MORE THAN. 50 TEXAS DEMOCRATS. HEADED TO CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. OVER THE WEEKEND, STALLING A REPUBLICAN. PUSH TO REDRAW. CONGRESSIONAL. DISTRICTS IN THEIR. FAVOR. >> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR. TEXAS TO TAKE THIS. RARE STEP OF. MID-DECADE. REDISTRICTING? >> OH, BECAUSE WE HAVE. THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE HAVE THE TIME. WE HAVE THE. OPPORTUNITY AND WE. HAVE THE ADVANTAGE. >> Reporter: IN. NEW YORK, FLANKED BY. TEXAS DEMOCRATS, THE. GOVERNOR SAID SHE. WOULD PUSH HER STATE. TO CONSIDER. REDISTRICTING IN. RESPONSE TO WHAT IS. HAPPENING IN TEXAS. >> THIS IS A WAR. WE ARE AT WAR. AND THAT'S WHY THE. GLOVES ARE OFF. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR. GREG ABBOTT TODAY. ORDERING STATE. TROOPERS TO FIND AND. ARREST THE DEMOCRATIC. LAWMAKERS WHO TODAY. DARED HIM TO TRY. >> SUBPOENAS FROM. TEXAS DON'T WORK IN. NEW YORK. SO HE GOING TO COME. GET US HOW? SUBPOENAS IN TEXAS. DON'T WORK IN CHICAGO. HE'S GOING TO COME GET.

US HOW? >> Reporter: THE. DECISIONS THAT COME. FROM THIS CHAMBER. COULD REVERBERATE. NATIONWIDE. LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW. EMPOWERED TO BRING. DEMOCRATS BACK TO. THEIR EMPTY SEATS. HOUSE RULES ALLOW. REPUBLICANS TO LOCK. MEMBERS INSIDE UNTIL. THEY GET A CHANCE TO. VOTE ON THIS BILL. IN JULY PRESIDENT. TRUMP PUSHED HIS. ALLIES IN TEXAS TO. REDRAW THE MAP TO PAD. THE TIGHT REPUBLICAN. MARGIN IN CONGRESS. >> IT IS JUST A VERY. SIMPLE REDRAWING. WE PICK UP FIVE SEATS. >> Reporter: TO. DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS. WOULD BE ABSORBED INTO. RED DISTRICTS. INCLUDING DOWNTOWN.

AUSTIN, ONE OF THE. MOST LIBERAL PARTS OF. THE STATE. UNDER THE PROPOSED MAP. IT WOULD BE IN A DEEP. RED DISTRICT, DRAWN. INTO A MASSIVE RURAL. AREA STRETCHING. THREE-AND-A-HALF HOURS. EAST. REPRESENTATIVE JAMES. TALARICO IS CAMPING. OUT IN CHICAGO. >> IT IS ALMOST LIKE. TWO FOOTBALL TEAMS. HEADING OUT OF THE. LOCKER ROOM AT. HALFTIME AND THE TEAM. THAT'S AHEAD SAID SHE. WANT TO CHANGE THE. RULES OF THE GAME TO. WIN THE GAME. THAT'S CHEATING, FAIR. AND SIMPLE. IF THEY'RE GOING TO. CHEAT WE'RE NOT GOING.

TO PLAY. >> RYAN JOINS US LIVE. RYAN, WALK OUR VIEWERS. ON HOW THE STANDOFF. COULD END. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS. IN CHICAGO TELL ME. THEY PACKED FOR THREE. WEEKS, HOPING TO RUN. OUT THE CLOCK ON THIS. SPECIAL SESSION. REPUBLICANS SAY WHILE. DEMOCRATS MAY BE ABLE. TO STALL THIS BILL. THEY CAN'T STOP IT, TOM. >> RYAN CHANDLER. LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. HERE. RYAN, WE THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE SEVERE. WEATHER IMPACTING TENS. OF MILLIONS TONIGHT. FROM MASSIVE WILDFIRES. BURNING OUT WEST TO. POOR AIR QUALITY. ALERTS HAPPENING IN. THE MID-WEST AND RIGHT. HERE IN MIAMI IN THE. SOUTH EXTREME HEAT. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.

OUT WEST DOZENS OF. WILDFIRES BURNING OUT. OF CONTROL. THE GIFFORD FIRE IN. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. HAS BURNED MORE THAN. 60,000 ACRES, FORCING. EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS, EVEN PRODUCING A SMOKE. TORNADO. THIS OMINOUS PHOTO. SHOWING A SCORCHED. SECTION OF THE LOS. PADRES NATIONAL FOREST. TODAY. IN ARIZONA. FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE. BATTLING THE DRAGON. BRAVO FIRE NEAR THE.

NORTH RIM OF THE GRAND. CANYON. ONE MONTH AFTER THE. FIRE STARTED, THAT. BLAZE IS NOW THE. LARGEST IN THE. CONTINENTAL U.S., BURNING MORE THAN. 123,000 ACRES. MEANWHILE, THE SMOKE. FROM HUNDREDS OF. CANADA WILDFIRES. TRIGGERING AIR QUALITY. ALERTS IN MORE THAN A. DOZEN STATES TODAY. FROM THE GREAT LAKES. TO NEW ENGLAND. >> I CAN'T BREATHE! >> I'M DYING AND I. NEED TO SEE BLUE. SKIES. >> REALLY JUST. RELENTLESS. SMOKE PLAGUING THE. SKIES. >> Reporter: THICK. HAZE VISIBLE IN CITIES.

LIKE BOSTON, EVEN. FORCING A BRIEF GROUND. STOP AT LOGAN AIRPORT. EARLIER TODAY. AND IN THE SOUTH, PEOPLE ARE SWEATING IT. OUT AS EXCESSIVE HEAT. IS GRIPPING PARTS OF. FLORIDA. >> IN PLACES LIKE. MIAMI YOU HAVE TO STAY. UNDER THE SHADE EVEN. AT THE BEACH BECAUSE. THERE'S A HEAT. ADVISORY IN EFFECT. SO EVEN THOUGH THE. TEMPERATURES ARE IN. THE 90s, THE. FEELS-LIKE IS ABOUT. 109. THAT MEANS EVEN IF YOU. GET IN THE WATER, IT. IS STILL GOING TO BE. HOT. DESCRIBE TO ME WHAT IT. FEELS LIKE WHEN THIS. KIND OF HEAT HITS YOU. >> UM, IT FEELS LIKE. AN OVEN. LIKE WHEN YOU OPEN THE.

OVEN AND IT JUST ALL. HITS YOU AT ONCE IN. THE FACE, THAT'S. EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS. YOU CAN'T REALLY BE. OUT IN THE SUN FOR. LIKE MORE THAN 20. MINUTES AT A TIME. >> AND THERE'S NO SIGN. OF COOLING OFF. FORECASTERS SAY HEAT. RECORDS COULD BE. BROKEN IN THE. SOUTHWEST THIS WEEK. WE TURN TO POLITICS. NOW AND SOME BREAKING. NEWS AS SENIOR TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIAL TELLING US. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI IS CALLING FOR A. GRAND JURY EXPECTED TO. INVESTIGATE OBAMA-ERA. OFFICIALS' HANDLING OF.

THE RUSSIA. INTERFERENCE IN THE. 2016 ELECTION. GARRETT HAAKE JOINS ME. NOW LIVE. GARRETT, THIS WOULD BE. A MAJOR STEP. >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT. ESCALATION OF A PROBE. THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD. PUBLICLY PUSHED FOR. AND WHICH GAINED. MOMENTUM AFTER DNI. TULSI GABBERT FILED. CRIMINAL REFERRALS. WITH THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH. DEMOCRATS HAVE. DISMISSED THIS NEW. INVESTIGATION AS A. DISTRACTION, LACKING. IN EVIDENCE, AND IT. COMES AS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION MAY BE. LOOKING TO SHIFT FOCUS. FROM DISAPPOINTING. ECONOMIC HEADLINES AND. THE PRESIDENT'S FRIDAY. FIRING OF THE OFFICIAL. WHO OVERSEES MONTHLY.

JOB REPORT DATA. TONIGHT THE WHITE. HOUSE ON DEFENSE OVER. THE PRESIDENT'S FRIDAY. FIRING OF THE FEDERAL. OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE. FOR MONTHLY JOBS. REPORTS DATA. >> TRUMP JUST STRIKES. A MATCH AND SETS IT ON. FIRE. HE TELLS THE ENTIRE. WORLD, DON'T TRUST. DATA COMING OUT OF THE. UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT POSTING THIS. MORNING, WITHOUT. EVIDENCE, THAT. FRIDAY'S JOB REPORTS. WHICH SHOWED A. SIGNIFICANT SLOWDOWN. IN FIRE HIRING OVER. THE LAST THREE MONTHS. WAS, QUOTE, RIGGED.

WITH FAKE POLITICAL. NUMBERS. >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT. TO BE TRUE? >> AS AN ECONOMIST I. LIKE TO GO WITH WHAT I. CAN PROVE, AND WHAT I. CAN PROVE IS THAT THE. DATA HAS BECOME VERY. UNRELIABLE. >> Reporter: ECONOMISTS SAY JOBS. DATA HAS ACTUALLY. GOTTEN MORE RELIABLE. IN THE SEVEN DECADES. BLS HAS CONDUCTED. THEIR MONTHLY SURVEYS. THEIR REPORTS CRITICAL. FOR POLICYMAKERS AND. BUSINESSES MAKING. HIRING AND INVESTMENT. DECISIONS. IN LAST WEEK'S REPORT, THE BUREAU MADE. REVISIONS TO SOME OF. ITS PREVIOUS. ESTIMATES, WHICH IS. TYPICAL. >> WHEN YOU SEE. REVISIONS COMING IN.

MONTH AFTER MONTH, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? >> I SEE A SUCCESSFUL. SURVEY BECAUSE WE ARE. GETTING MORE. INFORMATION. I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM. IT IS JUST THE NORMAL. COURSE OF EVENTS. >> Reporter: TRUMP'S. FIRST BLS. COMMISSIONER, WILLIAM. BEACH, SAYS IT WOULD. BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A. COMMISSIONER TO RIG. THE JOBS DATA. >> THE CLAIM MADE BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. THAT THE COMMISSIONER. LED THAT CONSPIRACY. AND WAS BASICALLY. SHAPING THE DATA. THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE. IN MY VIEW AND IN THE. VIEW OF ANYBODY WHO. HAS SERVED IN THAT.

POSITION. >> Reporter: GARRETT. HAAKE, NBC NEWS, THE. WHITE HOUSE. >> WE THANK GARRETT. FOR THAT. >>> WE WANT TO TURN. OVERSEAS NOW AND HAMAS. RELEASING A NEW VIDEO. SHOWING AN ISRAELI. HOSTAGE WHO APPEARS TO. BE FIGHTING FOR HIS. LIFE, JUST SKIN AND. BONES, ON THE HEELS OF. ANOTHER RELEASE. PROPAGANDA VIDEO. A WARNING, THE IMAGES. YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE. ARE VERY GRAPHIC. HERE IS MATT BRADLEY. >> Reporter: TWO. PROPAGANDA VIDEOS. SHOWING EMACIATED. HOSTAGES IN GAZA.

OUTRAGED ISRAELIS. TRIGGERING FRESH CALLS. FOR THEIR RELEASE. THE VIDEO OF. 22-YEAR-OLD ROM. BRASLAVSKI WAS POSTED. LAST WEEK BEFORE HAMAS. RELEASED VIDEO OF. 24-YEAR-OLD EVYATAR. DAVID. THE IMAGES CAME AS. STEVE WITKOFF VISITED. IN THE GAZA STRIP. IN A LEAKED RECORDING. OF SATURDAY'S MEETING. WITH HOSTAGES'. FAMILIES, THE DIPLOMAT. SIGNALLED A NEW. APPROACH TO. LONG-STALLED. NEGOTIATIONS WITH. HAMAS. >> NO PIECEMEAL DEALS. NOW WE THINK THAT WE. HAVE TO SHIFT THIS. NEGOTIATION TO ALL OR.

NOTHING. EVERYBODY COMES HOME. >> Reporter: BUT. EVYATAR'S BROTHER WHO. MET WITH WITKOFF AT. THE MEETING TOLD ME. HIS BROTHER IS RUNNING. OUT OF TIME. >> MY FATHER COULDN'T. RECOGNIZE HIS VOICE IN. THIS VIDEO, AND DR. OZ. SAYING IT CAN BE A. MATTER OF DAYS IF WE. DON'T GIVE THEM NOW. THE MEDICAL CARE THEY. NEED. >> Reporter: AS AID. TRICKLES IN, GAZANS. RUNNING TO GET THEIR. HANDS ON ANY FOOD, BUT. AID GROUPS SAY IT IS. NOT ENOUGH. ACCORDING TO GAZAN. HEALTH OFFICIALS.

HUNGER HAS KILLED 180. GAZANS, MORE THAN HALF. CHILDREN. EVYATAR'S BROTHER SAID. HIS BROTHER'S FAITH IS. KEEPING HIM ALIVE. >> DID YOU WATCH THE. VIDEO? >> NO. >> WHY? >> I JUST KNOW THAT IF. I WATCH THAT VIDEO, I'LL COLLAPSE. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS. FROM THE PRIME. MINISTER'S OFFICE SAID. TONIGHT THAT ISRAELI. PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. WILL PUSH TO OCCUPY. THE WHOLE OF THE GAZA. STRIP INCLUDING AREAS. WHERE HOSTAGES MAY BE. HELD. TOM. >> MATT BRADLEY WITH. THAT MAJOR ESCALATION. IN THE WAR TONIGHT. MATT, OUR THANKS TO. YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE.

STATES TO MONTANA NOW. AND THE SEARCH IS. INTENSIFYING FOR A MAN. ACCUSED OF KILLING. FOUR PEOPLE. AUTHORITIES CALLING. THE SUSPECT ARMED AND. INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS. HERE IS MORGAN CHESKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. INVESTIGATORS SCOURING. THE WOODS NEAR. ANACONDA, MONTANA, FOR. MICHAEL PAUL BROWN, A. 45-YEAR-OLD SUSPECTED. KILLER, AFTER. AUTHORITIES SAY HE. OPENED FIRE INSIDE A. BAR FRIDAY MORNING. >> THIS IS AN UNSTABLE. INDIVIDUAL WHO WALKED. IN AND MURDERED FOUR. PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD. FOR NO REASON. WHATSOEVER. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS. SAY THIS PHOTO SHOWING.

BROWN WITHOUT A SHIRT. OR PANTS CAPTURED HIM. BEFORE HE ESCAPED IN A. STOLEN PICKUP. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE. HAS LIKELY FOUND. CLOTHING AND IS NOW. BELIEVED TO BE ON. FOOT. AN ARMY SPOKESMAN. TELLS NBC NEWS BROWN. SERVED FROM 2001. THROUGH 2005 AND WAS. DEPLOYED TO IRAQ, ADDING HE SERVED IN. THE MONTANA NATIONAL. GUARD UNTIL 2009. >> WE HAVE TO BELIEVE. HE IS STILL ARMED. WE DON'T KNOW THAT HE. IS FOR SURE, BUT WE. CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW. THAT HE ISN'T. THIS IS A PERSON WHO. HAD ACCESS TO. FIREARMS. OBVIOUSLY HE HAS HAD. TRAINING WITH.

FIREARMS. >> Reporter: AS THE. SEARCH INTENSIFIES, LACEY GROSWOLD IS. KEEPING HER 9-YEAR-OLD. DAUGHTER CLOSE. >> WE ALL HAVE TO BE. PREPARED. YOU THINK, WELL, WHAT. WOULD HAPPEN IF HE. CAME UP THE DRIVEWAY. OR IF HE TRIED TO GET. INTO MY HOUSE? I MEAN EVERY SINGLE. PERSON IN THIS. COMMUNITY HAS TO THINK. ABOUT THOSE THINGS. >> Reporter: OVER THE. WEEKEND AUTHORITIES. IDENTIFIED THE FOUR. VICTIMS. THE FAMILY OF NANCY. LAURETTA KELLEY. SHARING SHE RECENTLY. RETIRED. >> SHE JUST LIKED PEP. SHE WAS DEFINITELY A. PEOPLE PERSON. >> Reporter: AND. TONIGHT THE U.S.

MARSHALS SAY THEY'RE. NOW OFFERING $10,000. FOR ANY INFORMATION. LEADING TO BROWN'S. ARREST. INVESTIGATORS ADDING. THAT HIS MOTIVE STILL. REMAINS UNCLEAR. TOM. >> MORGAN, OUR THANKS. TO YOU. >>> THIS SUMMER HEALTH. OFFICIALS ARE URGING. PEOPLE TO STAY. VIGILANT AMID A BIG. INCREASE IN TICK. BITES, BUT IS A. VACCINE ON THE WAY? ANNE THOMPSON REPORTS. >> Reporter: IN THE. WOODS OF NEW YORK'S. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. RESEARCHERS USE A. PIECE OF CORDUROY AND. A LINT BRUSH TO. MEASURE THE DENSITY OF. THIS SUMMER'S TICKS. >> EVERY WEEK WE.

SAMPLE TWO TO THREE. TIMES IN OUR WOODS TO. MONITOR THE TICK. POPULATION. >> Reporter: ON A. SCALE OF ONE TO TWO, THE FORDHAM TICK INDEX. HIT TEN THREE WEEKS IN. A ROW LAST MONTH. DR. THOMAS DANIELS HAS. STUDIED TICKS FOR 40. YEARS. >> HOW IS 2025 SHAPING. UP? >> THE NUMBERS OF. TICKS THAT WE'VE SEEN. THIS YEAR ARE AT LEAST. 30% HIGHER THAN WE. HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS. YEARS. >> Reporter: THAT. INCREASE SEEN IN. AMERICA'S EMERGENCY. ROOMS. IN MAY, THE CDC SAYS. ER VISITS DUE TO TICK. BITES WERE AT THEIR.

FIVE PATHOGENS, INCLUDING LYME. DISEASE. JUST LAST WEEK POP. SUPERSTAR JUSTIN. TIMBERLAKE REVEALED HE. HAS LYME DISEASE, CALLING IT. RELENTLESSLY. DEBILITATING, BOTH. MENTALLY AND. PHYSICALLY. HE IS ONE OF NEARLY. HALF A MILLION. AMERICANS DIAGNOSED. AND TREATED FOR LYME. EVERY YEAR. YOU GET IT WHEN YOU. ARE BITTEN BY A. BACTERIA-CARRYING. TICK, OFTEN LEAVING A.

DISTINCTIVE BULL'S-EYE. ON THE SKIN. DR. DANIELS SAYS THE. BEST THING YOU CAN DO. IS LIMIT SKIN EXPOSURE. WHEN OUT IN WOODED. AREAS. >> LONG PANTS IF YOU. CAN DO IT, WEAR. REPELLENTS. THEY ARE EFFECTIVE. AND WHEN YOU COME BACK. INSIDE, MAKE SURE THAT. YOU CHECK YOURSELF. THOROUGHLY. >> Reporter: AS FOR A. LYME VACCINE, PFIZER. IS WORKING ON ONE AND. SAYS IT HOPES TO APPLY. FOR APPROVAL NEXT. YEAR. UNTIL THEN, EXPERTS. SAY BE VIGILANT TO. ENSURE YOUR SUMMER. SOUVENIR ISN'T A. POTENTIALLY FATIGUING.

DISEASE. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC. NEWS, ARMONK, NEW YORK. >>> AND STILL TO COME. ON THE BROADCAST, A. WHALE IN SHALLOW WATER. NEAR THE JERSEY SHORE. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THE SCARY. COLLISION BETWEEN. BOATERS AND A 20-FOOT. WHALE OFF THE JERSEY. SHORE. SAM BROCK ON THE. MOMENT ALL CAPTURED ON. CAMERA. >> STAY HERE, STAY. HERE! OH, MY GOD! THEY'RE GOING OVER!

>> Reporter: MAYHEM AT. SEA UNFOLDING OFF THE. JERSEY SHORE. >> SHUT THE MOTOR OFF. SCLAK. >> Reporter: AFTER A. 20-FOOT MINK WHALE. NEARLY CAPSIZES THE. BOAT IN BARN GET BAY. SATURDAY. YOU CAN SEE A BOATER. TRYING TO CLIMB BACK. IN AS THE WHALE. THRASHES IN THE WATER. CHARLIE NUN WITH TOW. BOAT U.S. CAPTURED THE. INCIDENT ON DASH CAM. >> I WAS OBSERVING THE. WHALE, COMMENTING TO. MY CO-WORKERS IT IS. CRAZY TO SEE THAT IN. THE BAY AND IT IS NOT. A NORMAL SETTING. >> Reporter: ALL OF A. SUDDEN YOU SEE ONE OF.

THE BOATS STARTING TO. SPIN FROM THE WHALE? >> YES. SO IT KIND OF STARTED. TO SPIN AROUND LIKE. 180. >> Reporter: HE SAYS. AT ONE POINT THE. IMPACT KNOCKED A WOMAN. INTO THE WATER. >> ONCE WE GOT OVER. THERE THEY SAID SHE. WAS ALL RIGHT, THEY. WERE GETTING HER OUT. OF THE WATER, GIVING A. BIG THUMBS UP. THAT'S WHEN THE WHALE. BEGAN TO DO A CIRCLE. AROUND BEHIND US. >> Reporter: THE. INJURED MARINE MAMMAL. LEADING TO A NEARBY. BOAT AND LEADING TO. INTENSE MOMENTS. >> IT IS GOING TO HIT. US. IT IS UNDER US. >> Reporter: THE. ENCOUNTER HAPPENING IN. A POPULAR PART OF THE. BAY. >> IT IS VERY COMMON.

FOR BOATING, FISHING, CLAMMING, ALL IN THIS. AREA BECAUSE YOU COULD. GO FROM 10 FEET RIGHT. UP TO A FOOT OF WATER. >> Reporter: CAPTAIN. WALTER VAUGHN'S TEAM. AT SEA TOW RESPONDED. TO CALLS FROM THE. COAST GUARD AND STATE. OFFICIALS. >> THESE PASSAGES ARE. VERY NARROW. IT IS VERY EASY FOR A. WHALE THAT COULD. POSSIBLY GET, YOU. KNOW, BEACHED BY. ITSELF AND GET STUCK. ON THERE. >> Reporter: THE TEAM. FINDING THE WHALE. DECEASED AND MOVING IT. TO A NEW JERSEY STATE. PARK THIS MORNING. WHERE THE MARINE. MAMMAL STRANDING. CENTER RECEIVED IT FOR. FURTHER EXAMINATION. A RARE GLIMPSE OF A.

FACE-TO-FACE WITH A. STUNNING CREATURE. SAM BROCK, NBC. TWO AMERICANS. WITH A SHOVE AT THE. END OF A HARD RUN. CONTEST AT THE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS. >>> AND AS WE GO TO. BREAK HERE IN. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH A BIG UPDATE IN. LUIGI MANGIONE CASE. THE MAN ACCUSED OF. SHOOTING. UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO.

BRIAN THOMPSON SCORING. ACCESS TO A LAPTOP. WHILE BEHIND BARS. HIS ATTORNEYS ASKED. FOR A SPECIALLY. FORMATTED COMPUTER SO. HE CAN REVIEW. DISCOVERY EVIDENCE AS. HE AWAITS TRIAL. ALREADY THE. PROSECUTION HAS HANDED. OVER SEVEN TERABYTES. OF DISCOVERY MATERIAL. >>> FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN CENTURIES, TAKE A. LOOK AT THIS, A. VOLCANO IN RUSSIA'S. FAR EAST IS ERUPTING. LONG DORMANT, IT SENT. MASSIVE PLUMES OF. SMOKE AND FIRE AND ASH. NEARLY FOUR MILES INTO. AND. BEDNAREK PUSHES HIM. THE TWO EXCHANGED. WORDS INCLUDING DURING.

THE POSTGAME. INTERVIEW. IT WON'T BE THE LAST. TIME THEY MEET ON THE. TRACK. >>> UP NEXT, WHEN A. GRANDMOTHER WAS READY. TO GO ON THE TRIP OF A. LIFETIME TO IRELAND, SHE HAD NO IDEA HOW. FRIENDLY FACES WOULD. BE JOINING. ♪ ♪. ♪ ♪. >>> IT FEELS LIKE YOU. CAN NEVER BE SURE WHAT. TO EXPECT WHEN YOU GET. TO THE AIRPORT, BUT.

SAVANNAH SELLERS. REPORTS A. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER HAD. THE SURPRISE OF HER. LIFE WHEN SOME. FAMILIAR FREQUENT. FLYERS SHOWED UP. >> OH, MY GOD! >> Reporter: IT WAS. THE SURPRISE OF A. LIFETIME FOR THIS. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER FROM. ILLINOIS. >> OH, GOD, THAT KID. LOOKS LIKE FINLEY. >> Reporter: KICKING. OFF AN 85th BIRTHDAY. TRIP WITH A COUPLE OF. UNEXPECTED TRAVEL. PARTNERS. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! >> Reporter: HER TWO. GREAT-GRANDSONS, FINLEY AND WYATT, MAKING THE TREK FROM. COLORADO. >> HI.

>> Reporter: HER. GRANDDAUGHTER SARAH. ASKED HER TO NAME ANY. DESTINATION. >> SHE TOLD ME IRELAND. INSTANTLY. >> Reporter: SO OFF TO. THE MOTHERLAND THEY. WENT, AND MARY WAS. READY FOR ADVENTURE. HIKING BLARNEY CASTLE, HOLDING AN OWL. >> YOU LOOK PRETTY. >> Reporter: EVEN A. HAWK. >> WELL, I SAW THEM, EVERYBODY DO IT AND I. THOUGHT, WELL, HECK, I'M GOING TO DO IT. >> Reporter: SARAH, YOUR GRANDMA IS WITH. IT! >> I THINK THAT'S WHY. WE KNEW WE WANTED TO. MAKE IT A SURPRISE. BECAUSE SHE HAS THE. BEST REACTIONS. >> Reporter: AND THE. BEST DANCE MOVES.

>> DANCING. >> YEAH, BABY. I LOVED IT! >> Reporter: OVERJOYED. TO SPEND HER FIRST. VACATION WITH HER. GREAT-GRANDKIDS, NORMALLY A,000 MILES. APART. >> I'M A LUCKY, LUCKY. LADY. >> Reporter: ONE WHO. IS DREAMING OF GOING. BACK. >> AT THE DROP OF A. HAT I'M READY. ♪ ♪. >> Reporter: UNTIL. THEN --. ♪ MARY ♪. >> Reporter: --. SAVANNAH SELLERS, NBC. NEWS. ♪ ♪.

>> GRANDMA MARY, WHAT. A TRIP. MAYBE NEXT TIME HERE. IN MIAMI. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.