NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Aug. 5

♪ ♪. >>> TONIGHT ON THE. FRONT LINES OF. CALIFORNIA'S BIGGEST. WILDFIRE OF THE. SUMMER. THE INTENSE FLAMES. EXPANDING TO 82,000. ACRES AS WIND AND DRY. CONDITIONS PUSH FIRES. ACROSS THE WEST. HUNDREDS OF STRUCTURES. THREATENED, KEEPING. CREWS ON THEIR TOES. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SKIES CHOKED WITH BAD. AIR, CAUSING POOR. VISIBILITY, SLOWING.

FLIGHTS. AL ROKER TONIGHT. STANDING BY TO TELL US. WHEN IT WILL ALL LET. UP. >>> ALSO BREAKING, THE. MANHUNT AND ARREST OF. A MAN ACCUSED OF. KILLING FOUR MEMBERS. OF ONE FAMILY. THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. OF HIS FINAL HOURS AT. LARGE AND HOW THIS. MORNING HE WAS FINALLY. SPOTTED INSIDE THE. WOODS. >>> PLUS, THE NEW. SUBPOENAS IN THE. JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE. HOUSE REPUBLICANS. TARGETING THE CLINTONS. AND MORE. THE NEW PRESSURE ON. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TO. RELEASE DOCUMENTS IN. THAT CASE.

>>> WHAT SANK THE. TITAN SUBMERSIBLE? THE NEW REPORT SAYING. IT WAS PREVENTABLE AND. THAT THE COMPANY THAT. OWNED IT WAS WARNED. ITS DESIGN WAS FLAWED. FOR YEARS, AND THAT. THE HULL WAS DAMAGED. BEFORE THE DOOMED. JOURNEY TO THE DEEP. TONIGHT, HOW THE. COMPANY'S LEADERS. ALLEGEDLY SILENCED. CONCERNS. >>> THE DEVASTATING. FLASH FLOOD INUNDATING. A VILLAGE IN INDIA. RESCUERS DESCRIBING. THE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. EFFORT TO SAVE LIVES. >>> AND 80 YEARS. LATER. THE MOMENT THAT. CHANGED WAR FOREVER.

WE RETURN TO. HIROSHIMA, THE SITE. WHERE THE U.S. DROPPED. THE BOMB AND PRESIDENT. TRUE MAN THREATENED A. REIGN OF RUIN. OUR TEAM SPEAKING TO. SURVIVORS ABOUT ECHOS. OF THE PAST AND THEIR. WARNING FOR THE. FUTURE. >>> AND THE HEROES IN. A HELICOPTER WHEN TWO. OF BALTIMORE'S FINEST. GOT A CALL ABOUT A MAN. DROWNING. THEIR QUICK-THINKING. EMERGENCY LANDING TO. SAVE HIS LIFE. YOU'LL SEE THE VIDEO. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. ♪ ♪. >>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH TOM.

LLAMAS, REPORTING. TONIGHT FROM MIAMI. >>> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT AS WE COME ON. THE HAIR, AIR, 100 WILDFIRES. RAGING ACROSS MULTIPLE. U.S. STATES AS AIR. QUALITY FORCES FLIGHT. DELAYS. THE FIRES BURNING. ACROSS THE WEST, YOU. ISee@NBCDFW.com THEM. RIGHT HERE. SEE MAJOR EVACUATIONS. IN THE STATE OF. CALIFORNIA WITH FLAMES. THREATENING ALMOST. 1,000 STRUCTURES. FIREFIGHTERS DEPLOYING. IN MASS TO BATTLE THE. GROWING BLAZE. IN ARIZONA, THE GRAND. CANYON FIRE BECOMING.

THE LARGEST IN THE. COUNTRY RIGHT NOW AND. SHOWING NO SIGN OF. STOPPING. MORE THAN A DOZEN. STATES UNDER AIR. QUALITY ALERTS, SOME. OF THAT STEMMING FROM. THE CANADIAN WILDFIRES. WITH HAZY SKIES FROM. MILWAUKEE TO NEW YORK. BOSTON AGAIN FACING. GROUND DELAYS DUE TO. THICK SMOKE IN THE. AIR. YOU SEE IT RIGHT. THERE. OUR LIZ KREUTZ STARTS. US OFF TONIGHT FROM. INSIDE THE FIRE ZONE. IN CALIFORNIA. LIZ, OFFICIALS ARE. TELLING YOU THIS BLAZE. IS HARD TO BATTLE. >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, GOOD EVENING TO.

YOU. THE FIRE BURNING IN. THIS FOREST RIGHT NOW. IS THE LARGEST IN. CALIFORNIA. FIREFIGHTERS TELL US. THE INCREASINGLY HOT. AND DRY CONDITIONS. THIS WEEK ARE MAKING. IT EVEN HARDER TO. FIGHT. THIS FIRE JUST ONE OF. HUNDREDS BURNING. ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. RIGHT NOW. TONIGHT, MULTIPLE. WILDFIRES IMPACTING. CITIES COAST TO COAST. IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, THE GIFFORD FIRE. EXPLODING TO MORE THAN. 82,000 ACRES, FORCING. HUNDREDS TO EVACUATE. WITH FLAMES. THREATENING NEARLY 900. STRUCTURES. >> ALL THE FENCES ON. THE BACKSIDE BURNED. UP.

>> Reporter: SATELLITE. IMAGERY SHOWING A TIME. LAPSE OF THE SMOKE, BLANKETING SKIES AS. FAR AWAY AS LAS VEGAS. AND THE FIRE STARTED. RIGHT AROUND HERE ON. THE HIGHWAY, QUICKLY. CHARRING THOUSANDS OF. ACRES. FIREFIGHTERS SAY IT IS. THE STEEP TERRAIN DEEP. IN THIS FOREST THAT'S. MADE IT SO CHALLENGING. TO FIGHT. >> YOU HAVE EXTREMELY. STEEP SLOPES, VERY. RUGGED, AND THEN. PLACES THAT HAVEN'T. BURNED IN A LONG TIME. >> WE RECEIVED LESS. THAN 50% AVERAGE. RAINFALL THIS YEAR. THAT'S CAUSING THE. FUELS TO BE IN. CRITICAL FUEL MOISTURE.

LEVEL. >> Reporter: THE FIRE, ONE OF ABRUPTLY DOZENS. BURNING ACROSS THE. STATE FROM BIG BEAR TO. THE MOUNTAINS OF PALM. DESERT. IN ARIZONA, FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING. THE LARGEST FIRE IN. THE U.S. IN THE GRAND. CANYON WHERE THE. DRAGON BRAVO FIRE IS. MORE THAN 125,000. ACRES. IN MAUI EVACUATIONS. LIFTED AFTER A BRUSH. FIRE THREATENED HOMES. NEAR LAHAINA MONDAY, ALMOST TWO YEARS TO. THE DAY SINCE THE. DEADLY WILDFIRE THAT. KILLED MORE THAN 100. PEOPLE. FROM THE GREAT LAKES. TO THE NORTHEAST, AT. LEAST A DOZEN STATES. UNDER AIR QUALITY.

ALERTS DUE TO SMOKE. FROM MULTIPLE FIRES. BURNING IN CANADA. HAZY SKIES CAN BE SEEN. IN CITIES LIKE. MILWAUKEE AND. NEW YORK. >> IT IS REALLY NOT. GOOD. IT IS HAZY OUT. I DON'T FEEL HEALTHY. OUT HERE. >> Reporter: AND IN. BOSTON TODAY, ANOTHER. GROUND DELAY AT LOGAN. AIRPORT DUE TO LOW. VISIBILITY. MEANWHILE, FURTHER. SOUTH, NORTH CAROLINA. DEALING WITH A. DOWNPOUR. IN CHARLOTTE, SOME. NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER. WATER. FROM FIRES TO. FLOODING, THE THREAT. OF EXTREME WEATHER. THIS SUMMER IS NOT. OVER YET.

LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS, LOS PADRES NATIONAL. FOREST. >> LIZ KREUTZ FROM THE. FIRE ZONE TONIGHT. >>> WE ARE IN MIAMI. AND SO IS AL ROKER. HE JOINS US LIVE. AL, LIZ WAS TALKING. ABOUT THE HAZY AIR, WE. SEE IT IN THE RADAR. IS IT STICKING AROUND. FOR A WHILE? >> WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO. DAYS BASICALLY, TOM. YOU CAN SEE THE. UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. IN GREEN BAY, DETROIT, SKRAN NON-. SCRANTON, ALBANY. NEW YORK. WE HAVE ACTIVE FIRES.

FROM CANADA. WE ARE LOOKING AT A. BIG PROBLEM, BUT THE. GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE. HAVE HIGH PRESSURE. THAT WILL FILTER IN. MUCH DRYER, COOLER AND. CLEANER AIR, AND THAT. MEANS WE WILL HAVE. MUCH BETTER AIR. QUALITY BY THURSDAY, AND CERTAINLY IT WILL. MOSTLY BE GONE BY. FRIDAY. >> A BIT OF GOOD NEWS. THERE, AL. GREAT TO HAVE YOU. HERE. >>> TONIGHT A SUSPECT. WANTED FOR A QUADRUPLE. MURDER IN TENNESSEE. HAS BEEN DETAINED IN. JACKSON, 100 MILES. SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE. WHERE THIS HAPPENED. AFTER A MANHUNT THAT'S. LASTED DAYS. PRIYA SRIDHAR IS. THERE.

>> Reporter: A. SUSPECTED KILLER NOW. IN CUSTODY AFTER. EVADING AUTHORITIES. FOR A WEEK. >> JUST AFTER 8:00. A.M. WE RECEIVED. MULTIPLE CALLS OF. SIGHTINGS OF THE. SUSPECT. PLACING RESOURCES. THERE IMMEDIATELY. RESULTED IN AN. ADDITIONAL CITIZEN'S. CALL AT ABOUT 8:57. A.M. WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF. THAT QUICKLY EVOLVING. SITUATION AND MADE THE. ARREST AT 9:05 A.M. >> WE HAVE MULTIPLE. CALLERS STATING. THEY'VE GOT SIGHTINGS. OF A MAN WITH A RIFLE, RAN BACK INTO THE WOOD. LINE.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALS. SAY THIS VIDEO FROM A. RING CAMERA SHOWING. 28-YEAR-OLD AUSTIN. ROBERT DRUMMOND, DRESSED IN CAMO AND. CARRYING A RIFLE, HELPED NARROW DOWN. THEIR SEARCH. AUTHORITIES SAY. DRUMMOND SHOT AND. KILLED FOUR FAMILY. MEMBERS, THEN TOOK AN. INFANT AND ABANDONED. THE BABY IN A RANDOM. YARD. >> I UNDERSTAND. THERE'S A CONNECTION. BETWEEN THE SUSPECT. AND THE VICTIMS. CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO. THAT RELATIONSHIP? >> YEAH. IN TERMS OF THE. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN. THE SUSPECT AND THE. VICTIMS, THE SUSPECT'S.

GIRLFRIEND IS THE. SISTER OF A VICTIM. >> Reporter: IN AN. INTERVIEW WITH WMC, OUR NBC MEMPHIS. AFFILIATE, RICARDO. CANTRERAS SAYS HE. SPOTTED DRUMMOND THIS. MORNING. >> I THINK I WAS STILL. ON THE PHONE WHEN THEY. GOT THERE IMMEDIATELY. AND THE HELICOPTER AND. EVERYTHING. THAT WAS -- I MEAN. THEY MOVED REALLY. QUICK. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS. TONIGHT PRAISING THE. COMMUNITY. >> ALL OF THE EFFORT, ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY, ALL OF THE DOGGED. DETERMINATION THAT WE. HAD WAS -- WAS REALLY.

CAME DOWN TO THE. COMMUNITY DOING AS WAS. STATED, SEEING. SOMETHING AND MAKING. THAT CALL. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES DECLINED. TO SHARE A MOTIVE, BUT. DID RECOVER WEAPONS. DRUMMOND IS A. CONVICTED FELON WHO. WAS OUT ON BOND FOR. ATTEMPTED MURDER. AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY. THEY'VE ARRESTED THREE. ACCOMPLICES IN THIS. CASE. TOM. >> PRIYA SRIDHAR WITH. THAT BIG UPDATE. THANK YOU. >>> WE WANT TO TURN. NOW TO THE LATEST ON. THE BATTLE OVER THE. FILES RELATED TO. JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND. WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE.

MADE PUBLIC. HERE'S KELLY. O'DONNELL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THERE'S A BLUNT AND. JARRING NEW STATEMENT. IN A CASE COMMANDING. MUCH PUBLIC ATTENTION. JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS. DEAD. GHISLAINE MAXWELL IS. NOT. THOSE WORDS FROM. MAXWELL'S ATTORNEYS. TODAY AS THEY FILED A. REQUEST TO BLOCK THE. GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS. TO RELEASE LONG SECRET. GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTS. IN THE INVESTIGATION. OF INFAMOUS SEX. OFFENDER JEFFREY. EPSTEIN. MAXWELL IS SERVING 20. YEARS AS EPSTEIN'S.

CO-CONSPIRATOR IN THE. SEX TRAFFICKING OF. YOUNG WOMEN. HER LAWYERS INSIST. THAT DESPITE WHATEVER. INTEREST THE PUBLIC. MAY HAVE IN EPSTEIN, HER LEGAL OPTIONS ARE. VIABLE AND HER DUE. PROCESS RIGHTS REMAIN. ATTENTION HAS IRLED. AROUND MAXWELL AFTER. THE DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE CONDUCTED TWO. DAYS OF INTERVIEWS. WITH HER IN JULY. LATER SHE WAS. TRANSFERRED FROM A. FLORIDA PRISON TO A. LOWER SECURITY CAMP IN. TEXAS THAT TYPICALLY. DOES NOT HOUSE SEX. OFFENDERS. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT.

SAID HE PLAYED NO ROLE. IN HER MOVE. >> I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. IT AT ALL, NO. I READ ABOUT IT JUST. LIKE YOU DID. >> Reporter: IN A. SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT. TODAY, A FRESH ROUND. OF CONGRESSIONAL. SUBPOENAS THAT TARGET. A GROUP OF PROMINENT. NATIONAL FIGURES. INCLUDING BILL AND. HILLARY CLINTON. HOUSE OVERSIGHT ALSO. SUBPOENAED SIX FORMER. ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND. TWO PAST FBI. DIRECTORS, SEEKING. THEIR TESTIMONY THIS. FALL. EPSTEIN VICTIMS ARE. ALSO WEIGHING IN TO. THE COURT ABOUT THE. POTENTIAL OF RELEASING. THOSE TRANSCRIPTS WITH.

MIXED REVIEWS. ONE WOMAN WRITING, I. AM NOT SOME PAWN IN. YOUR POLITICAL. WARFARE, WHILE ANOTHER. SAID, THIS. TRANSPARENCY AND. ACCOUNTABILITY IS A. FORM OF JUSTICE. >> KELLY O'DONNELL. JOINS US LIVE. KELLY, A HOUSE. COMMITTEE HAS ALSO SET. A DEADLINE FOR THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TO TURN OVER MORE. EPSTEIN MATERIAL? >> Reporter: YEAH, LIMITED TIME, TOM. THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED IT. WOULD GIVE THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TWO WEEKS TO DELIVER. TO CONGRESS ALL OF ITS.

FILES ON THE EPSTEIN. CASE, FILES RELATED TO. HIS DEATH AND ALL. DOCUMENTS ON MAXWELL'S. PROSECUTION, GOING FAR. BEYOND THE GRAND JURY. TRANSCRIPTS. THAT DEADLINE IS. AUGUST 19th. TOM. >> KELLY O'DONNELL. WITH A LOT OF. HEADLINES FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. KELLY, THANK YOU. >>> WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S LATEST ROUND. OF TARIFFS SET TO GO. INTO EFFECT AS THE. CLOCK STRIKES 12:01. A.M. ON THURSDAY, NEW. THREATS OF NEW RATES. FOR AT LEAST ONE KEY. TRADING PARTNER AS. AMERICANS SAY THEY'RE. FEELING THE PAIN OF. HIGH PRICES. GARRETT HAAKE HAS THAT. STORY. >> Reporter: WITH LESS. THAN 30 HOURS TO GO.

UNTIL HIS NEW GLOBAL. TARIFFS GO INTO. EFFECT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP WARNING HE MAY. RAISE TARIFFS STILL. FARTHER ON KEY TRADE. PARTNER INDIA, ALREADY. FACING A 25% IMPORT. TAX. THAT THREAT COMING IN. A WIDE-RANGING PHONE. INTERVIEW ON CNBC. >> BUT I THINK I'M. GOING TO RAISE THAT. VERY SUBSTANTIALLY. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. BECAUSE THEY'RE BUYING. RUSSIAN OIL, THEY'RE. FUELLING THE WAR. MACHINE, AND IF. THEY'RE GOING TO DO. THAT THEN I'M NOT. GOING TO BE HAPPY. >> Reporter: TRUMP. POLICY UNCERTAINTY NOW. AFFECTING DISPARATE. PARTS OF THE U.S. ECONOMY. >> TARIFFS AGAIN DID. TAKE A BITE OUT OF.

THIS. >> Reporter: HEAVY. EQUIPMENT MAKER. CATERPILLAR TELLING. INVESTORS TARIFFS. COULD COST THEIR. BOTTOM LINE $1.5. BILLION THIS YEAR. HOTEL GIANT MARRIOTT. NOTING A DROP IN. DEMAND FROM GOVERNMENT. TRAVEL AND. INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. TO THE U.S. AND A NEW APP POLL. SHOWS MORE THAN HALF. OF AMERICANS CONSIDER. THE COST OF GROCERIES. TO BE A MAJOR SOURCE. OF STRESS. TRUMP ALLIES FACING. FRUSTRATION OVER THE. STATE OF THE ECONOMY. >> WHY DOES IT SEEM. LIKE WHEN YOU MAKE. YOUR VOTING DECISIONS. THEY'RE BASED ON. CAPITAL RATHER THAN. THE WORKING CLASS? >> Reporter: NEBRASKA.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN. MIKE FLOOD BLASTED. WITH JEERS AT A TOWN. HALL LAST NIGHT FOR. SAYING THIS. >> WITH ALL DUE. RESPECT, SIR, THE. REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW. MORE THAN EVER. REPRESENTS THE HEART. AND SOUL OF THE. WORKING CLASS. >> Reporter: ALL OF. THIS AS THE PRESIDENT. IS STILL BEING HIT. WITH QUESTIONS OVER. FRIDAY'S WEAK JOBS. NUMBERS FOR THE PAST. THREE MONTHS AND HIS. DECISION TO FIRE THE. HEAD OF THE FEDERAL. AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR.

REPORTING THEM, CLAIMING WITHOUT. EVIDENCE THAT THE. NUMBERS WERE. POLITICALLY. MANIPULATED. >> IT IS A HIGHLY. POLITICAL SITUATION. IT IS TOTALLY RIGGED. SMART PEOPLE KNOW IT. >> ALL RIGHT, GARRETT. LET'S TURN TO ANOTHER. HEADLINE I KNOW YOU. HAVE TONIGHT. SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE. WITKOFF WILL MEET WITH. RUSSIAN LEADERS IN. MOSCOW TOMORROW? >> Reporter: YES, TOM. THOSE MEETINGS COME. AHEAD OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S FRIDAY. DEADLINE FOR RUSSIA TO. REACH A CEASE-FIRE. AGREEMENT WITH UKRAINE. OR THE PRESIDENT SAYS. BE SUBJECT TO. SO-CALLED SECONDARY. TARIFFS MEANT TO. PUNISH RUSSIA'S. TRADING PARTNERS LIKE.

CHINA AND INDIA AND. ISOLATE THEM FURTHER. FROM THE GLOBAL. ECONOMY. TOM. >> ALL RIGHT. GARRETT, WE THANK YOU. FOR THAT. >>> TONIGHT HERE ON. "NIGHTLY NEWS" WE ARE. MARKING A SOLEMN. ANNIVERSARY. 80 YEARS SINCE THE. U.S. DROPPED AN ATOMIC. BOMB ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, KILLING TENS OF. THOUSANDS AND LEADING. TO THE END OF WORLD. WAR II. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER. TRAVELED THERE AND. SPOKE WITH SURVIVORS. ABOUT THE LASTING. IMPACT. >> Reporter: EVERY. MORNING AT 8:15 THE. CHIMES RING OUT ACROSS.

HIROSHIMA. [ CHIMES ]. >> Reporter: MARKING. THE MOMENT IN 1945. WHEN A U.S. BOMBER. OVERHEAD DROPPED THE. WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC. WEAPON OF WAR HERE. AS SIGNATURE MUSHROOM. CLOUD RISING, OVER. WIDE SCALE DEATH AND. DEVASTATION. THE TARGET WAS THIS. BRIDGE. IT IS T-SHAPED BUT THE. BOMB VEERED TOWARD THE. DOME WHICH AFTER THE. BLAST WAS THE ONLY. BUILDING IN A ONE-MILE. RADIUS STILL STANDING. THOUSANDS WERE KILLED.

OUTRIGHT. RADIOACTIVE BLACK RAIN. POISONING COUNTLESS. MORE. TARUKO TAHADA WAS 8. YEARS OLD THAT DAY. SHE SAYS SHE STILL HAS. THE SCAR FROM BEING. HURLED BY THE BLAST. FEARING ANOTHER, SHE. HUDDLED UNDER A. BLANKET WITH HER. FAMILY. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL. LANGUAGE ]. >> Reporter: I DIDN'T. REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT. IT MEANT TO DIE, SHE. SAID. BUT THE WARMTH I FELT. AT US DYING TOGETHER I. STILL REMEMBER TO THIS.

DAY. THREE DAYS AFTER. HIROSHIMA, THE U.S. UNLEASHED A SECOND. BOMB ON NAGASAKI, HASTENING JAPAN'S. SURRENDER AND ENDING. THE WAR AT A PRICE OF. NEARLY A QUARTER OF A. MILLION LIVES. FROM THE ASHES, HIROSHIMA WAS REBUILT. NOW A BUSY CITY OF. MORE THAN A MILLION. PEOPLE, BUT WITH THE. NUMBER OF SURVIVORS. DWINDLING HERE, SOON. LIVING MEMORY OF THAT. DAY WILL BE GONE. >> HELLO. EXCUSE ME. WHERE DID YOU COME.

FROM? >> Reporter: IT IS WHY. SINCE LEARNING WHAT. HIS GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. ENDURED HE HASN'T BEEN. SHY ABOUT IT. INSTEAD, TWICE A MONTH. THE 12 YEAR OLD HAS. BEEN OFFERING FREE. GUIDED TOURS TO. VISITORS AROUND THE. CITY'S PEACE MEMORIAL. PARK. >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT. TO TALK ABOUT IT? >> SO THE MOST. SCARIEST THING THAT. MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE. FUTURE IS TO FORGET. WHAT HAPPENED A LONG. TIME AGO. [ CHIMES ]. >> Reporter: 80 YEARS. ON, THERE ARE.

REMINDERS HERE LIKE. THE CHIMES THAT RING. OUT EVERY MORNING. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER, NBC NEWS, HIROSHIMA. >> AND WE THANK. JANUARYIS AND HER TEAM. FOR THAT STORY. >>> IN 60 SECONDS. THEIR EXPEDITION TO. THE TITANIC ENDED IN. DISASTER. NOW A BLISTERING NEW. REPORT BLAMES A. CULTURE OF. INTIMIDATION AND. MISSED WARNING SIGNS. FOR THE DISASTER THAT. KILLED. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW.

WITH A NEW COAST GUARD. REPORT ON THE TITAN. SUBMERSIBLE IMPLOSION. THAT LEFT ALL FIVE. PEOPLE ABOARD DEAD. INCLUDING THE. COMPANY'S CEO. THE PROFOUND HIS. COMPANY SILENCED THE. WARNING AND IT WAS. ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE. HERE IS STEPHANIE. GOSK. >> Reporter: IT COULD. HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. THE U.S. COAST GUARD. CONCLUDES IN A MORE. THAN 300-PAGE REPORT. ON THE DEADLY. IMPLOSION OF THE TITAN. SUBMERSIBLE. FIVE PEOPLE WERE. KILLED IN JUNE 2023 ON. THEIR WAY TO THE.

TITANIC WRECK MORE. THAN 10,000 FEET UNDER. WATER. AMONG THEM THE CEO OF. OCEANGATE, THE COMPANY. THAT OFFERED THE ULTRA. EXCLUSIVE AND. EXPENSIVE TOURS. JASON NEUBAUER CHAIRED. THE INVESTIGATION. >> Reporter: WAS THE. COMPANY PRIMARILY TO. BLAME FOR THIS. TRAGEDY? >> I BELIEVE SO. THEY UNDERSTOOD THE. PROCESS, THEY JUST. DIDN'T FOLLOW IT. >> Reporter: THE U.S. COAST GUARD SAYS A. NUMBER OF FACTORS LED. TO THE SUDDEN. CATASTROPHIC. IMPLOSION. AMONG THEM, THE. COMPANY HAD A TOXIC. WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT. AND RELIED ON. INTIMIDATION TACTICS.

TO AVOID OVERSIGHT, INCLUDING THE LOOMING. THREAT OF BEING FIRED. TO SILENCE EMPLOYEES. CONCERNED ABOUT. SAFETY. DAVID LOCHRIDGE SAYS. HE WAS FIRED IN 2018. AFTER REPEATEDLY. WARNING CEO STOCKTON. RUSH THAT THE CARBON. FIBER USED TO BUILD. THE SUBMERSIBLE WASN'T. SAFE. THE HULL POPPED AND. CRACKED, HE SAID, DURING TESTING. >> EVERYBODY WAS AWARE. THE HULL WAS STARTING. TO BREAK DOWN. IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE. SOUNDED LIKE THAT AT. ALL. THAT WAS A WARNING. SIGN. >> THERE IS A 2022.

OPERATIVE THAT TITAN'S. HULL BEGAN TO MAKE. NOISE AGAIN. WHAT THAT MEANT WAS. CARBON FIBER WAS. BREAKING, YOU KNOW, DURING EACH OF THOSE. DIVES. >> Reporter: OCEANGATE. SAYS IT COOPERATED. FULLY WITH THE COAST. GUARD'S INVESTIGATION, SAYING IT WOUND DOWN. OPERATIONS AFTER THE. TRAGEDY. TODAY THE FAMILY OF. BUSINESSMAN SHAHZADA. DAWOOD AND HIS. 19-YEAR-OLD SON WHO. BOTH DIED ON THE TITAN. THANKED THE U.S. COAST. GUARD AND CALLED FOR. ACCOUNTABILITY AND. REGULATORY CHANGE, BUT. ADDED NO REPORT CAN. ALTER THE. HEARTBREAKING OUTCOME. FOR THEIR FAMILY.

STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS. >>> AND WE'RE BACK IN. A MOMENT WITH THE. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. IN INDIA. THE INCREDIBLE WALL. >>> WELCOME BACK. AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE. ARE DEAD AND DOZENS. ARE MISSING. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. SEVERE FLASH FLOODING. HIT A TOWN IN NORTHERN. INDIA. HEAVY FLOODWATERS. CASCADING DOWN A. HILLSIDE, CREATING A. MUDSLIDE, TEARING. THROUGH HOUSES AND A. MARKET, LEAVING PEOPLE. TRAPPED UNDER DEBRIS.

AND SLUDGE. ARMY AND DISASTER. RESPONSE TEAMS. DEPLOYED TO SEARCH FOR. THE MISSING WITH MORE. RAIN EXPECTED IN THE. COMING DAYS. >>> NOW TO THE SCARY. LANDING CAUGHT ON. CAMERA. A PASSENGER PLAIN. OVERRUNNING THE RUNWAY. IN ANCHORAGE. YOU SEE THAT. WATCH THIS DASH CAM AS. IT SPEEDS THROUGH. TRAFFIC ON A BUSY MAIN. ROAD. PASSENGERS WERE LEFT. SHAKEN AFTER THE PLANE. CRASHED THROUGH A. FENCE BEFORE COMING TO. A STOP. THE NTSB IS NOW. INVESTIGATING. >>> AND FINALLY, LOOK. AT THIS. A FIREWORKS SHOW. TURNED INTO MAYHEM. AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT.

AT A SUMMER FESTIVAL. IN JAPAN JUST SOUTH OF. TOKYO. TWO BOATS WERE QUICKLY. SET ABLAZE SENDING. THOSE ON BOARD FLEEING. INTO THE WATER TO. SAFETY. ALL WERE RESCUED AND. NO MAJOR INJURIES WERE. REPORTED. AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING. TO FIGURE OUT WHAT. EXACTLY WENT WRONG. HERE. >>> OKAY. WHEN WE COME BACK, ANGELS FROM ABOVE WHEN. A BALTIMORE POLICE. HELICOPTER WAS ON. PATROL. WHAT THEY SAW BROUGHT. THEM DOWN TO EARTH AND.

♪ ♪. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT TWO BALTIMORE. POLICE HELICOPTER. OFFICERS WHOSE. SPLIT-SECOND DECISION. SAVED A LIFE. BREANA ROSS FROM OUR. NBC AFFILIATE IN. BALTIMORE REPORTS. >> Reporter: OUT ON. ROUTINE PATROL IN THE. SKIES ABOVE BALTIMORE, HELICOPTER FOX TROT. FLIGHT OFFICERS CRAIG. HOOVER AND ANDRE. SMITH JR. HEARD A CALL. COME OVER THE RADIO. >> I GOT TWO TICKETS. FOR A WATER RESCUE. IT SAYS DROWNING,

ARREST OUT OF WATER. >> Reporter: A. 25-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO. HOPPED A FENCE AT A. NEIGHBORHOOD POOL. AFTER HOURS NEEDED. HELP. >> I DECIDED TO. RESPOND TO THAT CALL. >> Reporter: HOOVER. AND SMITH KNEW THIS. CALL WAS LIFE OR DEATH. AND OTHER OFFICERS. WERE TOO FAR AWAY TO. GET THERE IN TIME. >> I DID SEE THE. BYSTANDERS, IT. APPEARED THEY HAD JUST. PULLED THE VICTIM OUT. OF THE WATER. >> Reporter: SO. CIRCLING OVER THE. SCHOOL. >> TREY IS PASSIONATE. ABOUT SAVING AND. HELPING PEOPLE, AND. WHEN HE SAID, IF YOU. GET ME ON THE GROUND I. WILL DO CPR ON THIS. GUY I HAD NO CHOICE. I HAD TO FIND A WAY TO.

GET HIM ON THE GROUND. >> I'M PUTTING THE. HELICOPTER DOWN IN THE. FIELD. THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE HE. IS NOT BREATHING, NOT. MOVING, IN CARDIAC. ARREST. HAVE A MEDIC GET HERE. ASAP. >> 10-14. >> Reporter: OFFICER. HOOVER SPOTTED A PLAY. TO LAND ON THE GROUND. ON THE GROUND WATCH. THE OFFICER SPRINT TO. THE PATIENT'S SIDE. >> I KNEW LOOKING AT. HIM HE WAS IN BAD. SHAPE AND NEEDED. COMPRESSIONS PRETTY. QUICK SO I JUST DID. IT. >> Reporter: SMITH, WHO WAS A LIFEGUARD. GROWING UP, WAS ABLE. TO GET THE MAN. BREATHING AGAIN. >> IT FEELS GOOD.

FOR ME IT IS JUST A. REGULAR DAY IN THE. OFFICE. >> Reporter: A HEROIC. SPLIT-SECOND DECISION. AND A LIFE SAVED. BREANA ROSS FOR NBC. NEWS, BALTIMORE. >>> WE THANK BREANA. AND WBAL FOR THEIR. HELP ON THAT STORY. WE THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING "NIGHTLY. NEWS" TONIGHT. I'M TOM LLAMAS. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.