NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Aug. 7

>>> TONIGHT, THE. MAJOR NEW ESCALATION. IN THE TRADE WAR. THE BIGGEST IMPORT. TARIFF IN NEARLY A. CENTURY. WHY SOME AMERICAN. BUSINESSES ARE. CHEERING THE MOVE BUT. OTHERS ARE SET TO. PASS ON BILLIONS IN. COSTS AMERICAN. CONSUMERS. WHICH PRICES COULD BE. RISING SOON? >> PLUS, A FIREBALL. AND DARK PLUMES OF. SMOKE FILL THE AIR ON. THE BANKS OF THE. MISSISSIPPI. A HELICOPTER TANGLED.

ON POWER LINES. CRASHING ONTO A BARGE. BELOW. >> THIS JUST IN. PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. CALLING FOR THE. ISRAELI MILITARY TO. TAKE CONTROL OF ALL. OF GAZA. AND NEW REPORTING, ISRAELI TROOPS. GATHERING ON THE GAZA. BORDER. >> THE STAGE SET FOR. A HIGH-STAKES MEETING. BETWEEN PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND VLADIMIR. PUTIN WITH THE. RUSSIAN LEADER SAYING. AND WHY IT'S NOT A. DONE DEAL JUST YET. >> WHEN A SERGEANT. OPENED FIRE AT FORT. STEWART, THEY JUMPED. IN TO SAVE LIVES. HOW THESE SOLDIERS'. TRAINING KICKED IN.

>> AND OUR FIRST. VIDEO OF THE ACCUSED. GUNMAN. >> 52 MILLION UNDER. HEAT ALERTS. YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW. HOT IT IS IN ARIZONA. RIGHT NOW. AS PEOPLE FLOCK TO. COOLING CENTERS. DANGER ON THE TRACKS, THE VAN GETTING STUCK. AT A RAILROAD. CROSSING AS A TRAIN. COMES BARRELING. THROUGH. >>> AND THE TEXAS. LONGHORN FOOTBALL. WALK-ON GETTING. MOBBED BY HIS. TEAMMATES AFTER THE. BIG NEWS FROM A. HOLLYWOOD STAR. HIS HARD WORK EARNING. HIM A SCHOLARSHIP. MORE ON THIS. INCREDIBLE MOMENT.

"NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. TRADE WAR, NOW IN. FULL EFFECT. COUNTRIES FACING NEW. FEES FROM 10% TO 50%, YOU SEE THEM RIGHT. HERE, ON MUCH OF WHAT. THEY SELL TO THE. UNITED STATES. THE COST AT HOME IN. MOST CASES BEING. ABSORBED BY AMERICANS. COMPANIES AND BY YOU, THE CUSTOMER. THE TARIFFS ON. EVERYTHING FROM EU.

APPLIANCES, JAPANESE. CARS, FURNITURE AND. TOYS FROM CHINA, AND. TVs FROM SOUTH KOREA. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAYING. THE MOVES WERE. NECESSARY. ADDING THAT TARIFFS. ARE ALREADY BRINGING. IN BILLIONS TO THE. U.S. BUT THE BUSINESS. OWNERS WE SPOKE TO. TONIGHT TELL US. RUNNING THEIR. COMPANIES IS BECOMING. HARDER THAN EVER. GARRETT HAAKE STARTS. US OFF TONIGHT FROM. THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THIS IS 200 DAYS. ALREADY. TIME FLIES. >> Reporter: ON HIS. 200th DAY BACK IN. OFFICE, PRESIDENT. TRUMP TONIGHT. CELEBRATING HIS.

EFFORTS TO RESHAPE. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. >> WE HAVE A COUNTRY. THAT'S THE HOTTEST. COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. ANYWHERE IN THE. WORLD. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT'S SO-CALLED. RECIPROCAL TARIFFS. SNAPPING INTO PLACE. ON MORE THAN 90. NATIONS OVERNIGHT, SETTING TAXES ON SOME. FOREIGN IMPORTS AS. HIGH AS 50%. WITH AN AVERAGE. TARIFF RATE OF MORE. THAN 17%. THE HIGHEST SINCE THE. 1930s DURING THE. GREAT DEPRESSION. THE TARIFFS LIKELY TO. RAISE COSTS ON. PRODUCTS AMERICANS. USE FROM THE MOMENT. THEY WAKE UP. A CUP OF COFFEE WITH. BEANS FROM BRAZIL, CLOTHES MADE IN INDIA.

AND SHOES SEWN IN. VIETNAM ALL COSTING. MORE TO IMPORT, FORCING BUSINESSES TO. DECIDE HOW MUCH OF. THE COSTS PASS ON TO. CONSUMERS. THE YALE BUDGET LAB. CALCULATING THE. TARIFFS WILL. ULTIMATELY COST THE. TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD AS. MUCH AS $2400 THIS. YEAR. >> I WILL POINT OUT. THAT THE YALE BUDGET. LAB IS MOSTLY STAFFED. BY BIDEN AND. DEMOCRATIC ALUMNI, SO. THEY HAVE A. PARTICULAR POINT OF. VIEW. >> Reporter: THE. WHITE HOUSE TOUTING. THE NEARLY $30.

BILLION OF TARIFF. RISK NEW TREASURY. COLLECTED IN JULY, PREDICTING TENS OF. BILLIONS MORE TO COME. EACH MONTH. BUT THAT MONEY IS. PAID BY AMERICAN. BUSINESSES LIKE. TENNESSEE BASED. COOKWARE MAKER. HERITAGE STEEL. HERITAGE RECENTLY. RAISED THEIR PRICES. 15% TO HELP COVER. SOME OF THE COSTS OF. THE TARIFFS THEY PAY. ON COMPONENT PARTS. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU HAD. TO PAY IN TARIFFS SO. FAR THIS YEAR? >> YEAH, SO SO FAR. THIS YEAR, RIGHT. AROUND $200,000. WHICH FOR A LOT OF. BUSINESSES MAY NOT BE. A WHOLE LOT, BUT. WE'RE A PRETTY SMALL.

ONE SO THAT IS A. SIGNIFICANT NEW COST. THAT WE'RE GOING TO. HAVE TO DEAL WITH. >> Reporter: COMPANY. CO-OWNER DANNY HENN. HOPEFUL THAT MAKING. THEIR PRODUCTS IN THE. U.S. WILL GIVE THEM A. LEG UP ON COMPETITORS. WHO IMPORT. EXCLUSIVELY. >> WE PAY THE TARIFFS. ON OUR INPUT COSTS. ONLY. FULLY IMPORTING A. COST OF COOKWARE FROM. CHINA, YOU'RE PAYING. THE STEEL TARIFFS. PLUS OTHER APPLICABLE. TARIFFS. >> AS A SMALL. BUSINESS OWNER, IT. KIND OF FEELS. IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE. OUT AND TO NAVIGATE.

>> Reporter: NICOLE. McDONALD'S CALIFORNIA. BASED COMPANY HIT. BOTH BY U.S. IMPORT. TAXES ON THE PRODUCTS. THEY BRING IN FROM. CHINA AND TARIFF. RETALIATION FROM. WOULD-BE BUYERS IN. CANADA. >> WE SELL 20% OF OUR. PRODUCT IN CANADA, BOYCOTTING U.S. PRODUCTS. THE CUSTOMERS ARE. CONSTANTLY ASKING, THEY'RE SCARED THAT. THE PRICES ARE GOING. TO KEEP GOING UP. >> GARRETT JOINS US. NOW LIVE. AND GARRETT, EVEN. WITH THESE TARIFFS. NOW IN EFFECT, EXPLAIN TO OUR. VIEWERS THAT THE.

ECONOMIC PICTURE. COULD CHANGE EVEN. MORE IN THE COMING. MONTHS. >> Reporter: IT IS. CERTAINLY FLUID, TOM, IN PART BECAUSE TRADE. NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE. WITH THREE OF THE. U.S.'S BIGGEST. TRADING PARTNERS, CHINA, CANADA, AND. MEXICO. AND THE PRESIDENT IS. THREATENING TARIFFS. THAT COULD DOUBLE. COSTS OR MORE ON. IMPORTED MEDICINES. AND HIGH-TECH. PRODUCTS LIKE CHIPS. AND SEMI-CONDUCTORS. TOM. >> GARRETT HAAKE. LEADING US OFF FROM. THE WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU. >> WE TURN TO MORE. TROUBLE IN THE SKY. A HELICOPTER CRASHING. INTO POWER LINES. RIGHT NEAR THE BORDER. OF MISSOURI AND.

ILLINOIS. KILLING TWO PEOPLE. ADRIENNE BROADDUS. TONIGHT WITH THE. VIDEO OF THAT AIR. DISASTER. >> HELICOPTER BLEW UP. AND FELL AND CRASHED. INTO THAT BARGE. >> Reporter: ON THE. BANK OF THE. MISSISSIPPI, OUTSIDE. EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, SMOKE SEEN RISING. HIGH IN THE AIR, AND. THIS EXPLOSION. CAPTURED ON CAMERA. JUST AFTER A. HELICOPTER CRASHED. INTO A BARGE. LEAVING THE TWO. PEOPLE ONBOARD DEAD. >> EMS REQUESTED. ALTON LOCK AND DAM. FOR A HELICOPTER.

VERSUS POWER LINE. >> Reporter: WALLACE. MEYER WAS FISHING. WHEN HE SAYS HE SAW. WHAT HAPPENED. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN IT. TOUCHED THE LINE AND. IN TWO SECOND IT. WASN'T A HELICOPTER. ANYMORE, IT WAS A. THOUSAND PIECES. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS WITH. THE MISSOURI STATE. HIGHWAY PATROL SAY IT. APPEARS THE CHOPPER. CREW WAS THERE TO. WORK ON THE POWER. LINES BEFORE CRASHING. INTO ONE. >> THERE'S A POWER. LINE THAT GOES ACROSS. THE RIVER. THEY WERE DOING SOME. TYPE OF WORK OVER TOP. OF THAT. >> Reporter: THE. MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AROUND THE ALTON AREA. SHUT DOWN TODAY. ONE OF THE POWER. LINES FALLING INTO. THE WATER. NO ONE ON THE GROUND. WAS HURT. >> IT'S NOT A LIVE.

POWER LINE ANYMORE SO. THERE'S NO DANGER TO. THE AREA HERE. >> Reporter: THE NTSB. NOW LEADING THE. INVESTIGATION TO. DETERMINE WHAT WENT. WRONG AND LEFT TWO. PEOPLE DEAD. ADRIENNE BROADDUS, NBC NEWS. >>> WE HEAD OVERSEAS. NOW. ISRAELI PRIME. MINISTER BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU SAYS HIS. COUNTRY PLANS TO TAKE. CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE. GAZA STRIP. A DRAMATIC ESCALATION. AFTER PEACE TALKS. STALLED. ANDREA MITCHELL ON. WHAT THIS COULD MEAN. FOR THE MIDDLE EAST. AND THE HOSTAGES. STILL HELD BY HAMAS. >> Reporter: SHOCKING.

NEW AERIAL IMAGES. SHOW THE DEVASTATION. IN GAZA. BUILDINGS REDUCED TO. RUBBLE WITH. STARVATION RAMPANT. AND NOW, BIBI. NETANYAHU SAYING. ISRAEL WANTS TO. OCCUPY THE ENTIRE. TERRITORY, NOT JUST. BUFFER ZONES. >> WILL ISRAEL TAKE. CONTROL OF ALL OF. GAZA? >> WE INTEND TO. IN ORDER TO ASSURE. OUR SECURITY, REMOVE. HAMAS THERE. >> Reporter: THE. PRIME MINISTER SAYS. HE'S NOT PLANNING ON. LONG TERM OCCUPATION. >> WE WANT TO HAND IT.

OVER TO ARAB FORCES. THAT WILL GOVERN IT. PROPERLY WITHOUT. THREATENING US AND. GIVEN GAZANS A GOOD. LIFE. THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. WITH HAMAS. >> Reporter: MANY IN. ISRAEL'S ARMY OPPOSE. THE PLAN SAYING IT'S. TIME TO END THE WAR. SOME HOSTAGE FAMILIES. ARE ALSO OPPOSED. TELLING STEVE WITKOFF. DAYS AGO, HAMAS WOULD. KILL THE LAST 20. SURVIVING HOSTAGES. BEFORE SURRENDERING. WITKOFF TOLD THEM THE. U.S. IS NOW PUSHING. TO GET ALL HOSTAGES. OUT AT ONCE AND A. PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE. THREE U.S. OFFICIALS. TELL NBC NEWS.

COMMERCIAL SATELLITE. IMAGES SHOW A LARGE. ISRAELI MILITARY. FORCE MASSING NEAR. THE GAZA BORDER. AND TONIGHT, ONE OF. THE AMERICANS HOSTAGE. FATHERS TOLD ME. SOMEONE IS BEING. DUPED AND THAT AN. ISRAELI INVASION IS. NOT WHAT STEVE. WITKOFF TOLD THEM. ISRAEL WAS PLANNING. THE INITIAL REACTION. FROM ARAB LEADERS. ABOUT A MOVE LIKE. THIS FROM ISRAEL IS. IT WOULD BE A. DISASTER. TOM. >> ANDREA MITCHELL. WITH NEW REPORTING. TONIGHT. ANDREA, THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. VLADIMIR PUTIN COULD. SOON MEET FOR THE. FIRST TIME IN SIX. YEARS. I WANT TO BRING IN.

SEER KIMMENS NOW. AND KEIR, PRESIDENT. TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON A. PROMISE TO END. RUSSIA'S WAR WITH. UKRAINE. IS THIS A STEP. CLOSER? >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, PRESIDENT PUTIN. HAS NOT SIGNED UP FOR. A CEASE-FIRE BUT HE. IS CLEARLY EAGER FOR. THIS FACE-TO-FACE. MEETING WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE KREMLIN TODAY. SAYING THE MEETING. COULD INDEED HAPPEN. AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK. AND PUTIN EVEN. SUGGESTING A VENUE, THE UNITED ARAB. EMIRATES. PUTIN, THOUGH, LESS. KEEN ON THE PROPOSAL. FOR A MEETING WITH. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY,

SAYING THE CONDITIONS. ARE NOT RIGHT. SOMETHING ZELENSKYY. THINGS IS IMPORTANT, SAYING UKRAINE IS NOT. AFRAID OF MEETINGS. AN UPDATE TONIGHT, TOM. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING HE WILL MEET. WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN. EVEN WITHOUT A. PUTIN/ZELENSKYY. MEETING, SAYING LET'S. HEAR WHAT THE. RUSSIANS HAVE TO SAY. TOM. >> KEIR SIMMONS FOR. US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> BACK HERE IN THE. STATES, THE ARMY IS. PRAISING THE QUICK. RESPONSE OF SOLDIERS. AT FORT STEWART WHO. SPRUNG INTO ACTION. WHEN A SERGEANT. OPENED FIRE. THE ARMY SAYS TWO.

UNARMED SOLDIERS. TACKLED THE SUSPECT. WHILE OTHERS PROVIDED. AID. PRIYA SRIDHAR SPOKE. TO THEM TODAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH ONE ARMY. SERGEANT SHACKLED AND. IN JAIL AWAITING. CHARGES FOR SHOOTING. FIVE OF HIS FELLOW. SOLDIERS, SIX OF HIS. COWORKERS AT FORT. STEWART'S SECOND. ARMORED COMBAT. BRIGADE TEAM WERE. HONORED FOR THEIR. RESPONSE. STAFF SERGEANT. MELISSA TAYLOR, A. TRAINED COMBAT MEDIC, SAYS SHE WAS IN HER. OFFICE WHEN SHE HEARD. A COMMOTION OUTSIDE. >> I SAW A CLOUD OF. SMOKE AT THE END OF. THE HALLWAY.

AND THERE WAS A. SOLDIER LAYING ON THE. GROUND. AND I HEARD HIM. YELLING THAT SOMEBODY. HAD BEEN SHOT. SO I SPRINTED OVER TO. THE SOLDIER AND. IMMEDIATELY STARTED. RENDERING AID. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY. 28-YEAR-OLD SERGEANT. CORNELIUS RADFORD. CARRIED OUT THAT. SHOOTING WEDNESDAY. MORNING USING A. PERSONAL HANDGUN. FIVE SOLDIERS WERE. HOSPITALIZED. THREE HAVE BEEN. RELEASED. THE ARMY SAYS THEY'RE. ALL EXPECTED TO MAKE. A FULL RECOVERY. THANKS TO THE. SOLDIERS WHO JUMPED. INTO ACTION,

INCLUDING SERGEANT. AARON TURNER WHO. HELPED RESTRAIN THE. GUNMAN. >> I HAVE NO FEELINGS. AT THAT POINT. JUST MORE SO THE. SAFETY OF THE. SOLDIERS AND LEADERS. AT THAT POINT. SO ENDED UP ENGAGING. WITH HIM AND TRYING. TO DOWNTALK HIM. >> Reporter: FIRST. SERGEANT JOSHUA. ARNOLD WAS AMONG THE. SOLDIERS WHO PROVIDED. CRITICAL AID TO THE. INJURED. >> I WENT TOWARDS THE. SMOKE AND SAW SHELL. CASINGS ON THE. GROUND. SOMEONE SAYING I HAD. BEEN SHOT. I IMMEDIATELY HELPED. THE PERSON ONTO THE. GROUND AND PROVIDED. PRESSURE TO THE.

WOUND. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY. THEY HAVE INTERVIEWED. SERGEANT RADFORD AND. ARE STILL TRYING TO. DETERMINE A MOTIVE. HE JOINED THE ARMY IN. 2018, HAD BEEN. STATIONED AT FORT. STEWART SINCE 2022. AND HAD NO KNOWN. DISCIPLINARY RECORD. HIS CHAIN OF COMMAND. FOUND OUT ABOUT A DUI. ARREST OFF BASE IN. MAY. TONIGHT, LIEUTENANT. COLONEL MIKE SANFORD. SAID HE COULDN'T BE. PROUDER OF HOW HIS. TROOPS RESPONDED. >> WHEN WE TAKE AN. OATH, WE TAKE AN OATH. TO DO THIS FOREIGN. AND DOMESTIC. SO SEEING THEM.

IMMEDIATELY DO THAT. HERE, IT JUST SENT. CHILLS THROUGH MY. BODY. >> SOME BRAVE. SOLDIERS THERE. PRIYA JOINS US NOW. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE. HEARING FROMMAL. FORMER COWORKERS. ABOUT WHAT SARGEENED. RADFORD WAS LIKE? >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. SOME OF THEM TOLD NBC. NEWS HE SHOWED NO. SIGNS OF ANGER, BUT. THEY DID SAY HE. SUFFERED FROM A. SEVERE STUTTER, THAT. HE WAS BULLIED FOR. PRETTY MUCH FROM THE. TIME HE JOINED THE.

ARMY. TOM. >> OKAY, PRIYA. SRIDHAR FOR US. WE THANK YOU. >>> OUT WEST TONIGHT, THE RECORD HEAT DOME. PUTTING TENS OF. MILLIONS UNDER HEAT. ALERTS WHILE. WILDFIRES AND. UNHEALTHY AIR ARE A. MAJOR CONCERN. LIZ KREUTZ IS RIGHT. IN THE THICK OF IT IN. PHOENIX. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, EXTREME HEAT. SCORCHING PARTS OF. THE SOUTHWEST. MORE THAN 50 MILLION. PEOPLE UNDER HEAT. ALERTS FROM. CALIFORNIA TO. MINNESOTA. IN ARIZONA, PHOENIX. BREAKING A DAILY HEAT. RECORD. THE REGION EXPECTED. TO REACH A SCORCHING. 117 DEGREES.

THE CITY OF PHOENIX. HAS DIFFERENT WAYS. THEY'RE TRYING TO. HELP PEOPLE BEAT THIS. EXTREME HEAT. THEY'RE GIVING OUT. WATERS AND ALSO. CLOSING TRAILS LIKE. THIS ONE FOR MOST OF. THE DAY. TELLING PEOPLE IF YOU. WANT TO GET OUTSIDE, DO SO EARLY. THIS COUPLE BEGAN. THEIR HIKE AT 4:30. THIS MORNING. >> IT FEELS LIKE A. BLAST FURNACE. >> FEELS LIKE OPENING. THE DOOR ON A. CONVECTION OVEN. >> Reporter: THE CITY. ALSO OWNING A 24/7. COOLING CENTER WHERE. PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS. ARE ABLE TO ESCAPE. THE SWELTERING. WEATHER. >> THIS SAVES LIVES. THERE IS NO DOUBT. ABOUT IT.

GETTING OUT OF THIS. EXTREME WEATHER AND. CONNECTING PEOPLE TO. THE RIGHT RESOURCES. MAKES ALL THE. DIFFERENCE IN THE. WORLD. >> Reporter: OVER IN. TEMPE, THE FIRE. DEPARTMENT RESPONDING. TO MULTIPLE HEAT. RELATED CALLS. WHAT ARE YOU. RESPONDING TO NOW? >> A MALE WHO. COLLAPSED OUTSIDE OF. A BUSINESS. CALLERS ARE TRYING TO. COOL HIM OFF. THAT'S THE TYPE OF. STUFF WE SEE PRETTY. OFTEN. PEOPLE WHO JUST. WEREN'T PREPARED TO. BE OUTSIDE. >> Reporter: THE. DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPS. MAKING IT EVEN HARDER. TO FIGHT THE CUFFLY. 40 FIRES BURNING. ACROSS THE WEST. FROM COLORADO, WHERE.

THE NATIONAL GUARD. HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN. TO BATTLE TWO. DIFFERENT WILDFIRES. TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. WHERE THE GIFFORD. FIRE IS NOW. APPROACHING 100,000. ACRES. AND TONIGHT, A NEW. FIRE IGNITING IN. VENTURA COUNTY. SMOKE PROMPTING AIR. QUALITY ALERTS IN. COLORADO AND WYOMING. THE HAZE AND THE WON. SEVEN MORE OF A. CAREER THAT SPANNED. NEARLY 40 ALBUMS. HE WAS 88. TONIGHT,

>>> WELCOME BACK. TONIGHT, DRUG MAKER. ELI LILLY SAYS IT'S. ONE STEP CLOSER TO. BRINGING A NEW WEIGHT. LOSS DRUG TO THE. MARKET. IT'S A GLP-1 LIKE. OZEMPIC, BUT IT'S A. DAILY PILL. NO NEEDLES REQUIRED. AND THE COMPANY TOLD. STEPHANIE GOSK IT. COULD BE AVAILABLE AS. EARLY AS NEXT YEAR. >> Reporter: FOR. PEOPLE WHO HATE. NEEDLES BUT STILL. WANT TO BE PART OF. THE WEIGHT LOSS. REVOLUTION THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. PHARMACEUTICAL. COMPANY ELI LILLY. SAYS IT'S READY TO. SUBMIT A WEIGHT LOSS. PILL FOR FDA APPROVAL. BEFORE THE END OF THE. YEAR.

AFTER SUCCESSFUL. RESULTS IN A PHASE. THREE CLINICAL TRIAL. DAN IS THE COMPANY'S. CHIEF SCIENTIFIC. OFFICER. >> WE SAW NOT JUST. THAT BODY WEIGHT. DECREASE, WHICH IS SO. MEANINGFUL FOR. PATIENTS BUT WE SAW. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE. BAD KIND OF. CHOLESTEROL AND A. DECREASE IN BLOOD. PRESSURE. >> Reporter: IN THE. TRIAL TARGETING. OVERWEIGHT ADULTS, THOSE GIVEN THE. HIGHEST DOSE LOST UP. TO 27 POUNDS OVER 72. WEEKS. MICHAEL BUSER WAS ONE. OF THE PARTICIPANTS. AND DOES NOT KNOW. WHETHER HE TOOK THE. PILL OR A PLACEBO BUT.

HE LOST 40 POUNDS. DURING THE TRIAL. >> THE FIRST THING I. NOTICED, THE FOOD. NOISE I HAVE HAD MY. ENTIRE LIFE WAS GONE. >> Reporter: WHAT DID. IT FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU. LOST THAT FOOD NOISE? >> LIBERATING. I FELT NORMAL. >> Reporter: THE. PILL, A GLP-1. MEDICATION LIKE. OZEMPIC AND ZEPBOUND. DOES NOT PRODUCE THE. SAME AMOUNT OF WEIGHT. LOSS AS THE. INJECTIONS. IN TRIAL RESULTS, THEY FELL SHORT OF. SOME ANALYSTS'. PREDICTIONS. THE STOCK MARKET. PRICE FOR ELI LILLY. FELL TODAY WHEN THE. DATA WAS RELEASED. BUT WEIGHT LOSS. DOCTORS BELIEVE THE.

PILL WILL BE AN. IMPORTANT OPTION FOR. SOME OF THEIR. PATIENTS. >> YOU KNOW, NOT. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO. LOSE THE SAME AMOUNT. OF WEIGHT. SO I DON'T THINK THIS. SHOULD BE A HUGE. NEGATIVE FACTOR. >> Reporter: WELCOME. ALTERNATIVE FOR. PEOPLE LIKE BUSER WHO. SAYS HE DOESN'T LOVE. NEEDLES. WAS IT CONVENIENT TO. TAKE A PILL? >> YES. SO I ALREADY TAKE A. PILL EVERY MORNING. SO I JUST ADDED IT TO. THAT PILL I ALREADY. TAKE EVERY MORNING. WAY MORE CONVENIENT. THAN, SAY, AN. INJECTABLE. >> Reporter: THE PILL.

MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME. SHORTAGE PROBLEMS AS. THE INJECTIONS. >> IT DOESN'T REQUIRE. REFRIGERATION. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE. STERILE FILLING OF. SYRINGES. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A. DEVICE FOR INJECTION. >> Reporter: THE. COMPANY SAYS IT IS. ALREADY MANUFACTURING. AND HAS A STOCKPILE. BUILT UP TO MEET. DEMAND. >> I GOT A LOT MORE. CONFIDENT. CLOTHES FINALLY. STARTED TO FEEL GOOD. TO WEAR. I ENJOYED TAKING MORE. PICTURES. I FELT HAPPIER. >> Reporter: WITH FDA. APPROVAL, ELI LILLY. SAYS THE PILL COULD. BE ON PHARMACY. SHELVES BY NEXT YEAR. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC.

NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> AND WE'RE BACK IN. A MOMENT WITH A NEW. FEATURE ON INSTAGRAM, AND WHY IT MIGHT MAKE. IT HARDER TO GET OUT. OF PLANS WITH YOUR. FRIENDS. WE'LL SHOW YOU, AND. LATER, THE HOLLYWOOD. STAR THAT LED A. LONGTIME LONGHO. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH A HUGE UPDATE TO. THE INSTAGRAM APP. THE COMPANY UNVEILING. A NEW FEATURE TODAY. THAT LETS YOU SHARE. YOUR REALTIME. LOCATION WITH FRIENDS. ON A MAP. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE.

DIRECT MESSAGE PART. OF THE APP WHEN. SOMEONE SLIDES INTO. YOUR DMs. SOME CRITICS OF THE. MOVE ARE RAISING. PRIVACY CONCERNS. ABOUT TRACKING, BUT. INSTAGRAM'S PARENT. COMPANY META SAYS. THAT SHARING YOUR. LOCATION IS OPTIONAL. AND THAT THE FEATURE. IS OFF UNLESS YOU OPT. IN. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S. IMPORTANT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, WILD SURVEILLANCE. VIDEO OF A WHITE VAN. STUCK ON THE TRACKS. BEFORE A TRAIN JUST. SLAMS RIGHT INTO IT, SPLITTING IT IN HALF. LOOK AT THIS. IT HAPPENED OVERSEAS. NEAR KRAKOW, POLAND.

WHEN THE DRIVER GOT. STUCK TRYING TO GO. OVER THOSE TRACKS. >>> AND NOW THE. MOMENT THAT HAD US. ALL CHEERING AS A. MOVIE STAR HELPED. BREAK GOOD NEWS AT. ONE OF THE MOST. STORIED COLLEGE. FOOTBALL PROGRAMS IN. THE COUNTRY. >> WHAT'S UP, LONGHORNS. IT'S GLEN POWELL. MARSHALL, YOUR HARD. WORK HAS NOT GONE. UNNOTICED. THAT IS WHY YOU'RE. GETTING A. SCHOLARSHIP. >> TEXAS LONGHORN. FIFTH YEAR SENIOR. MARSHALL SURPRISED BY. FELLOW UT ALUM GLEN.

POWELL, WITH A. SCHOLARSHIP. ANNOUNCEMENT. HE WAS A WALK-ON. LINEBACKER. THIS MOMENT PROVING. HARD WORK REALLY DOES. PAY OFF. CONGRATS TO HIM. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, DEEP DISH, DA BEARS, AND NOW DA POPE. HOW PRIDE FOR THE. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT IN.

CHICAGO, AS POPE LEO. MANIA IS HITTING A. WHOLE NEW LEVEL WITH. A BRAND-NEW PAPAL. TOUR IN CHICAGO AND. HIS FAVORITE PIZZA. JOINT SENDING THE. AMERICAN PONTIFF A. SLICHERE'S MAGGIE VESPA. >> Reporter: HYPE. AROUND AMERICA'S. FIRST POPE NOW. REACHING NEW HEIGHTS, WITH VIRAL VIDEOS OF. SHIRTS, HATS, AND. PIZZAS GETTING HAND. DELIVERED TO THE. CHICAGO BORN PONTIFF. INCLUDING TWO DRY ICE. PACKED PIES CARTED TO. ROME TODAY FROM.

ARILLIO'S. THE CHICAGO STAPLE. GOING ALL IN ON PAPAL. MADNESS, DUBBING ONE. PIZZA THE POPEARONNI. AFTER THE THEN. CARDINAL ATE HERE. LAST SUMMER. YOU HOSTED THEN. FUTURE PRESIDENTS, YOU HOSTED BOXING. LEGENDS. THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR. OWN TABLE THOUGH. >> NO, NO. THE POPE IS OUR. NUMBER ONE FAN AND. NUMBER ONE CUSTOMER. >> Reporter: THIS. FAITHFUL IN FROM NEW. MEXICO. >> YOU CAN TRAVEL TO. THE BEAN, DOWNTOWN, OR SEE WRIGLEY FIELD, BUT THIS IS WAY MORE. SPECIAL. >> Reporter: THE. FANFARE CONSUMING.

CHICAGO. POPE LEO LOOK-ALIKES. NOW REGULARS AT WHITE. SOX GAMES. THE REAL LIFELONG FAN. DELIVERING THIS. MESSAGE. >> MY DEAR FRIENDS, IT'S A PLEASURE FOR. ME TO GREET ALL OF. YOU. >> Reporter: HOLY. DEVOTION NOW HITTING. THE STREETS. YOU LAUNCHED A POPE. THEMED BUS TOUR. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: THAT'S. LIKE THE MOST. AMERICANS THING EVER. >> I KNOW. >> Reporter: CHICAGO. POPE TOURS HELD ITS. INAUGURAL TRIP. SUNDAY, TAKING. PATRONS TO POPE LEO'S. SEMINARY, EVEN HIS. CHILDHOOD HOME. >> I THINK THE SENSE.

OF COMMUNITY THAT. HAPPENED WAS REALLY. IMPORTANT. >> Reporter: A. GROWING CONNECTION TO. AMERICA'S FIRST. PONTIFF THAT SPARKED. A POPE CULTURE. FRENZY. MAGGIE VESPA, NBC. NEWS, CHICAGO. >> POPE MANIA. 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.