NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Dec. 16

♪ ♪. >>> BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. MOMENTS AGO, THE SON. OF LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD. DIRECTOR ROB REINER. OFFICIALLY CHARGED. WITH MURDERING HIS. PARENTS. THE NEW DETAILS OF. THEIR DEATHS JUST. REVEALED. NICK REINER FACING TWO. COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE. MURDER AS WE LEARN NEW. INFORMATION ABOUT THE. MURDER WEAPON AND HOW. HE WAS CAPTURED BY. POLICE. PLUS, THE HIGH-POWERED. DEFENSE ATTORNEY HE. JUST HIRED. >>> NEW VIDEO OF THE.

PERSON OF INTEREST IN. THE BROWN UNIVERSITY. SHOOTING. WHAT POLICE JUST. REVEALED ABOUT HIS. MOVEMENTS BEFORE THE. DEADLY ATTACK. >>> ALSO BREAKING. TONIGHT, AN M.I.T. PROFESSOR GUNNED DOWN. IN HIS OWN HOME, ANOTHER COLLEGE KILLER. ON THE LOOSE AND A. CAMPUS IN MOURNING. >>> DEVASTATING FLOODS. OUT WEST TURNING. DEADLY. A DRIVER RESCUED FROM. THE ROOF OF A CAR. THE NEW LEVY FAILURE. AS ANOTHER POWERFUL. CROSS-COUNTRY STORM. FIRES UP. >>> THE PRESIDENT'S. CHIEF OF STAFF. SPEAKING OUT IN A. REVEALING NEW. INTERVIEW, SAYING THE.

PRESIDENT HAS AN. ALCOHOLIC'S. PERSONALITY AND. CALLING J.D. VANCE A. CONSPIRACY THEORIST. HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING. TONIGHT. >>> NEW DASH CAM VIDEO. OF A HEROIC COUPLE'S. ATTEMPT TO STOP THE. HORRIFIC ATTACK IN. AUSTRALIA BEFORE THEY. WERE KILLED AS. AUTHORITIES REVEAL THE. KILLERS' ISIS. CONNECTION. >>> THE DISTURBING. ALTERCATION IN NEW. YORK CITY CAPTURED ON. VIDEO, A JEWISH MAN. ASSAULTED ON THE. SUBWAY. >>> A DRIVER CRASHING. INTO A SUPERMARKET, SLAMMING INTO THE.

CHECKOUT AISLE. SHOPPERS RUNNING FOR. COVER. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING. TONIGHT. >>> DRAMATIC 911 CALLS. AFTER A MAN SHOT TWO. ALLEGED PORCH PIRATES. AND THE SHOCKING NEW. STAT. 250,000 PACKAGES ARE. STOLEN EVERY SINGLE. DAY. FROM HERE IN. PITTSBURGH, THE. UNLIKELY HERO. HOW AARON RODGERS IS. WINNING GAMES AND. WINNING OVER THE CITY. >>> "NIGHTLY NEWS". STARTS RIGHT NOW. ♪ ♪. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS, REPORTING TONIGHT FROM.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. WE ARE LIVE TONIGHT. FROM THE STEEL CITY AS. YOU CAN SEE AS WE. REPORT FROM ACROSS. AMERICA. TONIGHT, WE BEGIN WITH. BREAKING NEWS THOUGH. FROM LOS ANGELES WHERE. JUST MOMENTS AGO ROB. REINER'S SON NICK WAS. CHARGED WITH MURDER IN. THE DEATHS OF HIS. PARENTS. THE 32 YEAR OLD FACES. TWO COUNTS OF. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. RIGHT NOW NICK REINER. IS BEING HELD WITHOUT. BAIL IN AN L.A. JAIL. THE D.A. CONFIRMING HE. USED A KNIFE TO. ALLEGEDLY KILL HIS.

PARENTS. NICK REINER WAS. EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN. COURT TODAY BUT HIS. LAWYER SAYS HE HAS NOT. YET BEEN MEDICALLY. CLEARED BY THE JAIL. AND WE HAVE NEW. REPORTING TONIGHT ON. NICK AND HIS. COMPLICATED. RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS. PARENTS. MORGAN CHESKY STARTS. US OFF TONIGHT AT THE. COURTHOUSE IN. LOS ANGELES. >> THESE ARE SOME OF. THE MOST SERIOUS. CHARGES THAT A D.A.'S. OFFICE CAN BRING. AGAINST ANYONE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NICK REINER, SON OF. HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY, CHARGED WITH MURDER. FOR THE BRUTAL. SLAYINGS OF HIS FATHER. ROB AND MOTHER.

MICHELE. >> THESE CHARGES WILL. BE TWO COUNTS OF. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. WITH A SPECIAL. CIRCUMSTANCE OF. MULTIPLE MURDERS. >> Reporter: THE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. CONFIRMING TODAY THAT. A KNIFE WAS USED, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A. MORE SEVERE. PUNISHMENT. THE REINERS' BODIES. WERE FOUND INSIDE THE. COUPLE'S BEDROOM. ACCORDING TO POLICE. WHO TODAY SHARED NEW. DETAILS ABOUT HOW. OFFICERS BROUGHT NICK. REINER INTO CUSTODY. >> HE WAS ARRESTED. IN -- IN A PUBLIC AREA. IN THE EXPOSITION PARK. AREA NEAR THE. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA CAMPUS. HE WAS APPROACHED BY.

THE OFFICERS AND HE. WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT. INCIDENT. >> Reporter: THE. 32-YEAR-OLD REINER NOW. REPRESENTED BY. HIGH-PROFILE ATTORNEY. ALAN JACKSON, KNOWN. FOR SUCCESSFULLY. DEFENDING KAREN REED. IN HER MURDER TRIAL. REINER EXPECTED TO BE. ARRAIGNED SOON. >> EVERY INMATE HAS TO. BE MEDICALLY CLEARED. BEFORE THEY CAN BE. TRANSPORTED TO COURT. HE HAS NOT BEEN. MEDICALLY CLEARED. >> Reporter: AND. TONIGHT, RESURFACED. INTERVIEWS ARE GIVING. A PEEK INTO THE. COMPLICATED. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN. REINER AND HIS. PARENTS. >> I THINK I'M LUCKY. IN THE SENSE THAT I. HAVE PARENTS THAT CARE.

ABOUT ME. >> Reporter: APPEARING. ON A PODCAST SEVERAL. YEARS AGO, NICK. DESCRIBED TRASHING HIS. PARENTS' GUEST HOUSE. >> I GOT TOTALLY SPUN. OUT ON UPPERS AND I. WAS UP FOR DAYS ON. END, AND, UH, I. STARTED PUNCHING OUT. DIFFERENT THINGS IN MY. GUEST HOUSE. I THINK I STARTED WITH. THE TV AND THEN I WENT. OVER TO THE LAMP, AND. THEN PROGRESSIVE -- I. JUST -- EVERYTHING IN. THE GUEST HOUSE GOT. WRECKED. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES CALLING. THE CASE HEARTBREAKING. AND DEEPLY PERSONAL. >> THEIR LOSS IS.

BEYOND TRAGIC, AND WE. HAVE -- WE WILL COMMIT. OURSELVES TO BRINGING. THEIR MURDERER TO. JUSTICE. >> Reporter: MORGAN. CHESKY JOINS US. TONIGHT FROM THE. COURTHOUSE THERE IN. L.A. MORGAN, NICK REINER. COULD FACE THE DEATH. PENALTY FOR THESE. CHARGES? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, POTENTIALLY. THESE CHARGES CARRY A. MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF. LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT. PAROLE OR THE DEATH. PENALTY, BUT TONIGHT. THAT DECISION HAS YET. TO BE MADE. TOM.

>> MORGAN CHESKY. LEADING US OFF. TONIGHT. >>> NOW TO THE URGENT. MANHUNT FOR THE. SHOOTER WHO KILLED TWO. STUDENTS AT BROWN. UNIVERSITY. AUTHORITIES TONIGHT. RELEASING A NEW VIDEO. TIMELINE THAT SHOWS. THE PATH OF A PERSON. OF INTEREST HOURS. BEFORE THE SHOOTING. ERIN McLAUGHLIN. REPORTS FROM THE. COLLEGE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES RELEASED. THIS ENHANCED FOOTAGE. AND A DETAILED VIDEO. TIMELINE OF THE PERSON. OF INTEREST. IT STARTS TWO HOURS. BEFORE THE MASS. SHOOTING AT BROWN. UNIVERSITY. STITCHED TOGETHER FROM. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE. PULLED FROM NEARBY. HOMES AND BUSINESSES,

EVEN DASH CAM VIDEO. >> WE ARE RELYING ON. THE PRESS AND PUBLIC. TO HELP GET US THERE. >> Reporter: THE. BEGINNING OF THE. FOOTAGE POSTED TODAY. BY THE FBI IS TIME. STAMPED 2:00 P.M. JUST. A BLOCK FROM THE. UNIVERSITY. YOU SEE HIM, FACE. COVERED, CARRYING A. BLACK BAG, WALKING. THROUGH THE. SURROUNDING. NEIGHBORHOOD. AT 2:20 HE STARTS TO. RUN AND ROUNDS A. CORNER. THE FOOTAGE SHOWS HIM. WALKING PAST THE. BUILDING WHERE THE. ATTACK TOOK PLACE, KILLING TWO STUDENTS. AND WOUNDING NINE. HE IS NEVER SEEN. ENTERING, BUT IT. CAPTURES HIM WALKING. AWAY FROM CAMPUS. TODAY TEAMS OF. INVESTIGATORS.

CONTINUED THEIR. DOOR-TO-DOOR SEARCH. AUTHORITIES HAVE SPENT. HOURS ON HOME VISITS. LIKE THIS ONE. YOU CAN SEE A CANINE. SEARCHING FOR CLUES. AUTHORITIES ASKING. ANYONE WHO WAS IN THE. BUILDING ON THE DAY OF. THE SHOOTING TO COME. FORWARD. 19-YEAR-OLD PORTER. BERRYMAN WAS WATCHING. THE ARMY-NAVY GAME IN. A NEARBY CLASSROOM. WHEN HE HEARD SHOTS. FIRED. >> IT WAS JUST POPS, JUST A LOT OF POPS, AND THEN WE HEARD THE. PEOPLE RUNNING. >> WE WALK OUT AND. THERE'S LIKE EIGHT. GUNS POINTED AT US AND. THEY START PATTING US.

DOWN. >> Reporter: Ph.D. STUDENT JENSINE COGGIN. SAYS SHE REACHED OUT. TO INVESTIGATORS LAST. NIGHT. >> Reporter: AS A. STUDENT WHO WAS IN THE. BUILDING AT THE TIME. OF THE SHOOTING, DO. YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE. THE AUTHORITIES ARE. GOING TO FIND HIM? >> I HAVE CONFIDENCE. OF WITH THE. AUTHORITIES. IT WILL DEPEND HOW FAR. HE GOT THE FIVE HOURS. WE WERE IN LOCKDOWN. AND THE THREE DAYS. SINCE THE LOCKDOWN. >> Reporter: HE SAYS. HE WANTS JUSTICE FOR. HIS FRIEND WHO WAS. KILLED IN THE ATTACK. HE TELLS US THE. FRESHMAN WAS NOT. ENROLLED IN THE CLASS. HE WAS THERE WITH A. FRIEND BECAUSE HE. LOVED TO LEARN. >> HE WANTED TO BE A.

DOCTOR. HE WANTED TO SERVE. PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE. LIKE HIM. >> ERIN JOINS US LIVE. FROM PROVIDENCE, RHODE. ISLAND. ERIN, JUST OVER AN. HOUR AWAY FROM WHERE. YOU ARE THERE'S. ANOTHER COLLEGE CAMPUS. GRIEVING TONIGHT? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM. TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING. THAT AN M.I.T. PROFESSOR WAS SHOT AND. KILLED AT HIS HOME IN. MASSACHUSETTS. AUTHORITIES HERE SAY. THAT AT THIS TIME. THERE IS NO CONNECTION. TO THE MASS SHOOTING. AT BROWN. TOM. >> ANOTHER TERRIBLE.

INCIDENT THERE. ALL RIGHT, ERIN. >>> NOW TO THE. HARROWING NEW VIDEO. FROM THE MOMENTS. BEFORE THE. ANTI-SEMITIC TERROR. ATTACK IN AUSTRALIA. BYSTANDERS BRAVELY. STEPPING IN TO TRY TO. STOP THE GUNMAN BEFORE. HE WENT ON HIS. RAMPAGE. SARAH JAMES REPORTS. FROM SYDNEY. A WARNING, SOME OF THE. IMAGES YOU ARE ABOUT. TO SEE ARE DISTURBING. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE COURAGEOUS. CONFRONTATION, DASH. CAM VIDEO SHOWING A. BYSTANDER WRESTLING. WITH A GUNMAN, BRAVELY. TRYING TO STOP HIM, BUT THE ATTACKER. KILLING HIM AND HIS. WIFE.

BORIS AND SOPHIA. GURMAN DIED ON THE. STREET IN EACH OTHER'S. ARMS JUST WEEKS BEFORE. THEIR 35th WEDDING. ANNIVERSARY. INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO. TERRORISTS, A FATHER. AND SON, WENT ON TO. ENLUSH AN ANTI-SEMITIC. MASSACRE, KILLING IN. ALL 15 PEOPLE AT A. HANUKKAH CELEBRATION. ON BONDI BEACH. >> JEWISH AUSTRALIANS. WERE HUNTED DOWN IN. BROAD DAYLIGHT. EARLY INDICATIONS. POINT TO A TERRORIST. ATTACK INSPIRED BY. ISLAMIC STATE.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES SAY THE. TWO SUSPECTS, SAJID. AND NAVEED AKRAM, WERE. INSPIRED BY ISIS, THAT. EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE. FOUND IN THEIR CAR. ALONG WITH ISIS FLAGS, AND THEY HAD RECENTLY. TRAVELED TO THE. PHILIPPINES. THE TERROR ATTACK. COMES AFTER A GROWING. SERIES OF DISTURBING. ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS. IN AUSTRALIA, INCLUDING A SYNAGOGUE. FIRE BOMBED. THIS WOMAN AND HER SON. SURVIVED SUNDAY'S. ATTACK. >> SINCE THE 7th OF. OCTOBER AND WITH ALL. OF THE ANTI-SEMITISM. HAPPENING AROUND THE. WORLD, EVERYONE.

THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY A. MATTER OF TIME. >> Reporter: WHILE. TONIGHT IN NEW YORK, A. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. HAS BEEN LAUNCHED OVER. THIS VIDEO SHOWING A. JEWISH MAN ASSAULTED. ON THE SUBWAY. MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. CALLING IT A. DESPICABLE ACT OF. HATEFUL VIOLENCE. BACK HERE IN. AUSTRALIA, THE FIRST. FUNERALS FOR TWO. RABBIS KILLED IN THE. TERROR ATTACK, WITH. THOSE IN THE JEWISH. COMMUNITY SAYING MORE. NEEDS TO BE DONE TO. COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM. TOM. >> THANK YOU, SARAH. >>> TO THE SURPRISING.

NEW INTERVIEW WITH THE. WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF. STAFF, SUSIE WILES, WHO RARELY SPEAKS TO. THE MEDIA. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT. REACTING TO WHAT SHE. SAID INCLUDING THAT HE. HAS A, QUOTE, ALCOHOLIC'S. PERSONALITY. PETER ALEXANDER IS AT. THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THOSE REMARKABLY. REVEALING COMMENTS. ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. FROM HIS CHIEF OF. STAFF, SUSIE WILES. HER RELATIONSHIP SO. CLOSE THE PRESIDENT. RECENTLY SUGGESTED SHE. IS PART OF THE FAMILY. >> DO YOU KNOW SUSIE. TRUMP? SOMETIMES REFERRED TO. AS SUSIE WILES. SUSIE TRUMP. >> Reporter: BUT. TONIGHT SHE IS FACING. NEW SCRUTINY FOR A.

SERIES OF INTERVIEWS. WITH "VANITY FAIR". ABOUT CRITICISM THE. PRESIDENT IS TARGETING. PERCEIVED POLITICAL. ENEMIES. WILES SAYS, I DON'T. THINK HE WAKES UP. THINKING ABOUT. RETRIBUTION, BUT WHEN. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. HE WILL GO FOR IT. SHE ALSO SAYS. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO. DOES NOT DRINK, HAS AN. ALCOHOLIC'S. PERSONALITY, ADDING. THAT HE OPERATES WITH. THE VIEW THERE'S. NOTHING HE CAN'T DO, CALLING HERSELF AN. EXPERT IN BIG. PERSONALITIES. TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING HE AGREES. WITH HER, TELLING THE. "NEW YORK POST" HE HAS.

A POSSESSIVE AND. ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY. I'M FORTUNATE I'M NOT. A DRINKER, PRAISING. WILES SAYING, "I DON'T. READ "VANITY FAIR" BUT. SHE HAS DONE A. FANTASTIC JOB. THEN THERE'S THE VICE. PRESIDENT WHO WILES. DESCRIBES AS A. CONSPIRACY THEORIST. FOR A DECADE. VANCE TODAY BRUSHING. IT OFF. >> SOMETIMES I AM A. CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, BUT I ONLY BELIEVE IN. THE CONSPIRACY. THEORIES THAT ARE. TRUE. BY THE WAY, WE HAVE. JOKED IN PRIVATE AND. PUBLIC ABOUT THAT FOR. A LONG TIME. >> Reporter: SHE. CONTRADICTS THE. PRESIDENT'S CLAIM BILL. CLINTON VISITED.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S. ISLAND SAYING THERE'S. NO EVIDENCE THOSE. VISITS HAPPENED, ACKNOWLEDGING THE. PRESIDENT WAS WRONG. ABOUT THAT. WILES IS STRONGLY. PUSHING BACK AGAINST. THE ARTICLE, CALLING. IT A DISINGENUOUSLY. FRAMED HIT PIECE ON. ME, THE FINEST. PRESIDENT AND THE. WHITE HOUSE STAFF THE. BEST IN HISTORY, ADDING IT WAS. DISREGARDED TO PAINT A. NEGATIVE NARRATIVE. >> PETER JOINS US. LIVE. PETER, I KNOW YOU ARE. TRACKING ANOTHER. HEADLINE AT THE WHITE. HOUSE, THIS TIME ABOUT. THE FUTURE OF THE. OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES.

WHICH IMPACT MILLIONS. OF AMERICANS? >> Reporter: TOM, 22. MILLION AMERICANS ARE. EXPECTED TO SEE THEIR. HEALTH INSURANCE. PREMIUMS ON AVERAGE. DOUBLE AFTER. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. SUBSIDIES WERE NOT. EXTENDED TODAY. THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE. SPEAKER, MIKE JOHNSON, DECIDING NOT TO PUT IT. TO A VOTE, SAYING AN. AGREEMENT COULD NOT BE. REACHED. THAT IS SPARKING. CRITICISM FROM SOME IN. HIS OWN PARTY. ONE MODERATE. REPUBLICAN CALLING IT. IDIOTIC. THE TAX CREDITS ARE. NOW SET TO EXPIRE. DECEMBER 31st. TOM, WE SHOULD NOTE WE. HAVE ALSO JUST LEARNED.

THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. WILL DELIVER AN. END-OF-THE-YEAR. ADDRESS TO THE NATION. TOMORROW NIGHT. TOM. >> AND WE WILL CARRY. THAT LIVE HERE. PETER, WE THANK YOU. FOR THAT. >>> TO THE PACIFIC. NORTHWEST NOW AND THE. HISTORIC FLOODING THAT. HAS TURNED DEADLY. TONIGHT, ANOTHER LEVY. BREACHING WITH MORE. RAIN ON THE WAY. OUR STEVE PATTERSON. AND HIS TEAM ARE IN. WASHINGTON STATE. TONIGHT. STEVE, FLOODING STILL. A MAJOR THREAT THERE? >> Reporter: IT IS, TOM. RUSHING WATER FROM. THAT BREACH FLOODED. THIS COMMUNITY. OVERNIGHT. THANKFULLY, A LOT OF.

IT HAS GONE DOWN, BUT. AS YOU SEE POCKETS ARE. STILL SUBMERGED. THIS HAPPENED AT ABOUT. 1:30 OVERNIGHT, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS. GET THAT GO-NOW. WARNING. AUTHORITIES GOING DOOR. TO DOOR, THEY. EVACUATED ABOUT 200. HOMES. IT IS THE SECOND. BREACH TO OCCUR WITHIN. THE SPAN OF ABOUT 12. HOURS, SO AUTHORITIES. NOW REALLY WORRIED. ABOUT HOW SATURATED. THE SOIL IS, HOW. SATURATED THE. INFRASTRUCTURE, THE. LEVIES ARE. ALL OF THIS WHILE. AUTHORITIES ARE. DEALING WITH THEIR. FIRST FLOOD-RELATED. DEATH. A 33-YEAR-OLD MAN. CONFIRMED DROWNED. AFTER DRIVING THROUGH. A FLOODED ROAD.

ALL OF THIS HAPPENING. WHILE RESIDENTS ARE. NOW BRACING FOR THE. WORST. NEW BANDS OF RAIN. MOVING IN AS WE SPEAK. TOM. >> STEVE PATTERSON FOR. US TONIGHT. STEVE, THANK YOU. >>> THAT STORM IN THE. PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS. REALLY RAMPING UP. TONIGHT, SO I WANT TO. BRING IN WPXI CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST FROM. HERE IN PITTSBURGH, STEVEN CROPPER. STEVEN, HOW BAD IS IT. GOING TO GET OVER. THERE? >> THE PACIFIC. NORTHWEST CAN'T SEEM. TO CATCH A BREAK. WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE. HEAVY RAIN COMING INTO. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. STARTING TONIGHT. LOOK AT THE MAPS.

MORE THAN 8 MILLION. ARE UNDER FLOOD. WATCHES TONIGHT. THAT RUNS FROM SEATTLE. SOUTH WARD THROUGH. EUGENE DOWN THROUGH. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT, 2. TO 4 INCHES NOT OUT OF. THE QUESTION. SOME AREAS SEE UP TO 8. INCHES BEFORE ALL IS. SAID AND DONE. THAT SYSTEM RAKES. ACROSS THE INLAND. MOUNTAINS BRINGING. HEAVY WIND AND SNOW. IT CONTINUES TO MOVE. EASTWARD ACROSS THE. UPPER MIDWEST, AND. THIS WILL BE A TRAVEL. IMPACT FOR AREAS. RUNNING EASTWARD. ACROSS THE I-95. CORRIDOR, LOOKING AT. HEAVY RAIN AND. FLOODING SOUTH WARD. THROUGH FLORIDA, AND.

EXPECT SOME TRAVEL. DELAYS AS WE ARE. ROLLING INTO THE KMALS. HOLIDAY. TOM. >> STEVEN, BEFORE YOU. GO WHAT IS THE. FEELS-LIKE HERE IN. PITTSBURGH? IT IS PRETTY CHILLY. TONIGHT. >> IT IS. IT IS ACTUALLY 27, WHICH IS WARMER THAN. IT HAS BEEN. >> GOOD TO KNOW. STEVEN CROPPER, OUR. THANKS TO YOU. TO FRIGHTENING SCENES. INSIDE A GEORGIA. SUPERMARKET TODAY. AFTER A CAR SLAMMED. THROUGH THE BUILDING. AND THE CHECKOUT. AISLE. HERE IS GEORGE SOLIS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS VIDEO CAPTURING. THE HORRIFYING SCENE. INSIDE A KROGER. SUPERMARKET IN ATHENS, GEORGIA. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE A. CAR THAT AUTHORITIES.

SAY CRASHED INTO THE. STORE AND INJURED AT. LEAST FOUR PEOPLE. >> IT IS UNCLEAR HOW. THE DRIVER LOST. CONTROL AND ENDED UP. NEXT TO THE CHECKOUT. LANES. >> I WAS WALKING DOWN. ONE OF THE AISLES AND. ALL I HEARD WAS A HUGE. CRASH TOWARDS MY BACK. >> Reporter: CODY. JOHNSON CAPTURING THE. DRAMATIC AFTERMATH AS. HE TRIED TO LEND A. HAND. >> IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE. DISASTER WITH CANDY. AND BOXES EVERYWHERE, A LOT OF SCREAMING, A. LOT OF PEOPLE RUNNING. AROUND NOT KNOWING. WHAT IS GOING ON. ONE OF THE WORKERS. WERE PINNED BETWEEN. THE FRONT OF THE CAR. AND THE BANNISTER. BEHIND HER.

>> Reporter: JOHNSON. SAYS HE SAW THE DRIVER. GET OUT OF THE. VEHICLE, IN SHOCK. >> HE WAS HYSTERICAL, CRYING, SCREAMING. >> Reporter: IN A. STATEMENT TO NBC NEWS, KROGER SAYING IN PART, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE. FIRST RESPONDERS FOR. THEIR SWIFT RESPONSE. TONIGHT, POLICE SAYING. AT THIS TIME THE. INJURIES ARE NOT. EXPECTED TO BE LIFE. THREATENING, ADDING. THE INVESTIGATION IS. ACTIVE AND ONGOING. GEORGE SOLIS, NBC. NEWS. >>> WE'LL BE BACK IN. 60 SECONDS WITH THE. PORCH PIRATES GUNNED. DOWN BY THE HOMEOWNER. THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY.

>>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH A HOMEOWNER. FIGHTING BACK AGAINST. PORCH PIRATES, AND NOW. FACING CHARGES AFTER. HE GUNNED DOWN THE. ALLEGED CROOKS. IT COMES AS WE LEARNED. JUST HOW WIDESPREAD. THESE THEFTS ARE. NATIONWIDE. HERE'S SAM BROCK. >> Reporter: ACROSS. AMERICA SCENES LIKE. THESE. PLAY OUT THOUSANDS OF. TIMES A DAY, BUT A. RECENT ATTEMPT AT. PORCH PIRACY IN. ATLANTA. >> I THINK TWO PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN SHOT.

>> Reporter: NEARLY. CAME WITH DEADLY. CONSEQUENCES AFTER. POLICE SAY TWO. TEENAGERS, WHO. ACKNOWLEDGED TRYING TO. STEAL FRESHLY. DELIVERED PACKAGES, WERE SHOT BY A. HOMEOWNER AS THEY. APPROACHED. >> I HEARD OUTSIDE A. YOUNG MAN SCREAMING. FOR HELP. >> Reporter: BOTH ARE. EXPECTED TO SURVIVE, AND THE MAN HAS BEEN. CHARGED WITH. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND. ANOTHER FELONY. JUST IN THE LAST FEW. WEEKS, POLICE. INVESTIGATING. COUNTLESS INCIDENTS OF. PORCH PIRACY, LIKE THE. THIEF IN THIS VIDEO. ARRIVING AS THE AMAZON. DELIVERY PERSON. LEAVES, SWIPING A. PACKAGE LITERALLY TEN. SECONDS LATER IN FORT.

WORTH. >> I WAS HOME AND. ABOUT TO OPEN THE. DOOR. >> Reporter: TO A. KENTUCKY BANDIT YOU. SEE HERE, LOOKING. AROUND BEFORE STUFFING. STOLEN GOODS INTO A. PIZZA BOX. ONE REPORT ESTIMATES. 104 MILLION PACKAGES. WERE STOLEN IN THE. LAST YEAR. THAT COMES OUT TO A. WHOPPING 250,000 A. DAY, COSTING AMERICANS. $15 BILLION. AS FOR THE CITIES HIT. THE MOST? CHICAGO, NEW YORK, MIAMI, HOUSTON AND. BALTIMORE ARE THE TOP. FIVE. EXPERTS ADVISE GIVING. SPECIFIC DELIVERY. INSTRUCTIONS FOR.

SOMEWHERE NOT VISIBLE. FROM THE STREET AND. USING HOME CAMERAS. WITH LIGHTS OR SIRENS. WITH TONIGHT A FRESH. REMINDER, THE CRIMINAL. ACT CAN BE COSTLY IN. MORE WAYS THAN ONE. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. >>> WE'RE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH THE DOCTOR. SENTENCED TODAY FOR. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH A FRIGHTENING. INCIDENT IN FLORIDA. WATCH THIS. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE. IT SEEMS TO SHOW A TOW.

TRUCK DRIVER HAULING A. CAR AWAY WITH A 4 YEAR. OLD STILL INSIDE. THE CHILD'S FATHER. THEN APPEARS TO. APPROACH THE TRUCK. BEFORE CHASING AFTER. IT DRIVES AWAY. ATTORNEYS SAID THE. GIRL LATER FELL OUT OF. THE CAR AND ON TO THE. ROADWAY. SHE'S EXPECTED TO BE. OKAY. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A. FORMER CALIFORNIA. DOCTOR HAS BEEN. SENTENCED IN. CONNECTION WITH. "FRIENDS" STAR MATTHEW. PERRY'S ACCIDENTAL. DEADLY OVERDOSE TWO. YEARS AGO. MARK CHAVEZ WAS. SENTENCED TO EIGHT. MONTHS OF HOME DEFENSE. AND THREE YEARS OF. SUPERVISED RELEASE.

AFTER PLEADING GUILTY. TO CONSPIRING TO. DISTRIBUTE KETAMINE. PROSECUTORS SAY HE. SOLD KETAMINE TO. ANOTHER DOCTOR WHO. THEN GAVE IT TO PERRY. >>> NOW TO MEXICO CITY. WHERE A HEATED. CONGRESSIONAL SESSION. TURNED PHYSICAL. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, VIDEO FROM THE CHAMBER. SHOWING SEVERAL. LEGISLATORS AT THE. PODIUM, SHOVING, HITTING, EVEN PULLING. EACH OTHER'S HAIR. THE CLASH. THE STEEL CITY PRG. A COMEBACK IS ALWAYS. POSSIBLE. >>> AND A BIG THANK. YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AT.

WPXI HERE IN. PITTSBURGH FOR ALL OF. THEIR HELP IN THIS. GREAT CITY. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS.". I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.