NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 1

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HER MOST IMPORTANT. ROLE. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. WE COME ON THE AIR. WITH BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. A FEDERAL JURY HAS. REACHED A VERDICT ON. FOUR CHARGES AGAINST. SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS. BUT NOT ALL. NOW, THE JUDGE HAS. ASKED THE JURY TO. KEEP DELIBERATING BUT. LEAVING US ALL TO. WONDER HOW THEY. DECIDED. THE JURY INDICATING. THE LONE CHARGE THEY. COULD NOT REACH A.

UNANIMOUS VERDICT ON, RACKETEERING. SEAN COMBS' LAWYERS. CIRCLING THEIR CLIENT. AND HUGGING AS THE. WORLD AWAITS WORD OF. WHAT THE JURY. COMPRISED OF EIGHT. MEN AND FOUR WOMEN. DECIDED. BUT WE WILL HAVE TO. WAIT AT LEAST UNTIL. TOMORROW MORNING WHEN. THEY RETURN TO. DELIBERATE. IT'S ALL BEEN RAPIDLY. UNFOLDING TONIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH CHLOE. MELAS WHO WAS IN THE. COURTHOUSE. WHAT DID COMBS DO. WHEN THE JURORS CAME. BACK SO FAST WITH A. PARTIAL VERDICT? >> Reporter: TOM, THAT'S RIGHT. I WAS IN THE. COURTHOUSE WATCHING. COMBS AS HE READ THAT. LATEST NOTE FROM THE.

JURY. LIKE YOU SAID, HIS. ATTORNEYS CIRCLING. AROUND HIM IN A VERY. POWERFUL SCENE, AT. ONE POINT COMBS. PUTTING HIS HEAD IN. HIS HANDS, EVEN. RUBBING HIS EYES, LOOKING LEERILY. DEJECTED. WE HAVE REACHED A. VERDICT ON COUNTS. TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND. FIVE, READ THE NOTE. FROM THE JURY THAT. CAME JUST AFTER 4:00, BUT WE CANNOT REACH A. VERDICT ON COUNT ONE, THEY WROTE, BECAUSE. SOME JURORS HAVE. ABLE VIEWS. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE. REACHED A UNANIMOUS. DECISION ON WHETHER. SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS IS.

GUILTY OF SEX. TRAFFICKING AND. TRANSPORTATION TO. ENGAGE IN. PROSTITUTION. BUT THE JURY OF EIGHT. MEN AND FOUR WOMEN IS. SPLIT ON THE MOST. SERIOUS AND COMPLEX. CHARGE, RACKETEERING. CONSPIRACY. FOR THAT COUNT, JURORS MUST DECIDE. WHETHER THEY BELIEVE. COMBS RAN A CRIMINAL. ORGANIZATION AND. COMMITTED UNDERLYING. CRIMES LIKE. KIDNAPPING AND ARSON. LATE TODAY, THE JUDGE. URGING THE JURY TO. KEEP DELIBERATING TO. TRY TO REACH A. DECISION ON THAT LAST. COUNT BEFORE. REVEALING THEIR. VERDICT, AS THE. JURY'S NOTE CAME IN, COMBS' ATTORNEYS. HUGGED AND FORMED A.

CIRCLE AROUND THE. MUSIC MOGUL WHO PUT. HIS HEAD IN HIS. HANDS. DURING THE SEVEN-WEEK. TRIAL, PROSECUTORS. ALLEGE THE MUSIC. MOGUL RAN A CRIMINAL. ENTERPRISE AND USED. POWER, VIOLENCE, AND. FEAR TO GET WHAT HE. WANTED. CALLING 34 WITNESSES. INCLUDING TWO OF. COMBS' FORMER. GIRLFRIENDS, CASSIE. VENTURA AND ANOTHER. KNOWN ONLY AS YAN. COMBS OPTING NOT TO. TESTIFY. HIS DEFENSE TEAM. CALLING NO WITNESSES. TELLING THE JURY THAT. THE CLAIMS AGAINST. COMBS WERE BADLY. EXAGGERATED AND THAT.

PHYSICAL ABUSE AND. LOVE OF BABY OIL ARE. NOT FEDERAL CRIMES. THE JURY WILL RESUME. DELIBERATIONS. TOMORROW MORNING. CHLOE MELAS, NBC. NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, 26. MILLION ARE UNDER. FLOODING ALERTS AND. 33 MILLION ARE AT. RISK OF SEVERE. WEATHER, AS. THUNDERSTORMS ROLL. THROUGH THE. NORTHEAST. ALL DURING ONE OF THE. SUMMER'S BUSIEST. TRAVEL WEEKS. NBC'S TOM COSTELLO IS. AT NEWARK AIRPORT AS. CROWDS ARE TRYING TO. CATCH FLIGHTS. TONIGHT. TOM, HOW IS IT. LOOKING? >> Reporter: YEAH, WE. HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING. A LONG TIME TO GET. OUT OF HERE. BUT THE DELAYS HAVE. BEEN BUILDING THROUGH. THE DAY. AT AM MOMENT, WE HAVE. MORE THAN 5700 DELAYS. IN THE UNITED STATES, 1300 FLIGHT. CANCELLATIONS, AND. THEY ARE EXTENDING. FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. ALL THE WAY THROUGH. NEW YORK CITY. TUESDAY EVENING AND. DAY TWO OF SEVERE. WEATHER TEARING INTO. THE I-95 CORRIDOR. WITH D.C. AND. VIRGINIA GETTING. SHEETS OF RAIN, HEAVY. FLOODING IN MARYLAND, AND NEW JERSEY. HOURS-LONG GROUND. DELAYS AND GROUND.

STOPS AT ALL THREE. NEW YORK AREA. AIRPORTS, AND PHILLY, BALTIMORE, AND D.C., WITH DELAYS BUILDING. NATIONWIDE. >> YOU SEE 509, GIVE. WAY TO AIR INDIA TO. DISCONNECT ON SPOT. 26. YOU MAY DISCONNECT ON. SPOT 27. >> Reporter: INSIDE. UNITED AIRLINES. NEWARK OP CENTER, A. TIGHTLY CHOREOGRAPHED. BALLET, NEWARK IS. UNITED'S BUSIEST EAST. COAST HUB. 760 ARRIVING AND. DEPARTING FLIGHTS. EVERY DAY. >> AS WE START TO SEE. THE WEATHER IMPACT. START TO BUILD UP OUT. HERE TO THE WEST,

SOME OF OUR WEST. FIXES ARE GOING TO. GET HIT. >> Reporter: JUST SIX. WEEKS AFTER NEWARK. MELTED DOWN DUE TO. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. EQUIPMENT FAILURES. AND THE LOSS OF. RUNWAY FOUR LEFT, NOW. REOPENED IT'S RUNNING. AT FULL THROTTLE. THEY SHARE THIS SPACE. WITH THREE OTHER. AIRPORTS. THERE'S ALSO 50. SMALLER AIRPORTS. NEARBY AND IT MAKES. THIS THE MOST. COMPLICATED AIR SPACE. IN THE COUNTRY. >> ATHENS INBOUND 125. WILL HAVE A MEDICAL. EMERGENCY ON BOARD. ETA IS 1356.

>> Reporter: GETTING. PRIORITY CLEARANCE, A. UNITED FLIGHT FROM. ATHENS WITH A. 25-YEAR-OLD IN. MEDICAL DISTRESS. >> THE AIRCRAFT. TAXIING IS GOING TO. HAVE TO HOLD AND THEN. THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY. IS THE FIRST AIRCRAFT. ON THE GROUND AND TO. THAT GATE. >> Reporter: AMAZINGLY, UNITED. SAYS NEWARK IS NOW. THE BIG APPLE'S MOST. ON-TIME AIRPORT. >> DEPENDING ON THE. AIRPLANE TYPE, WE. HAVE BETWEEN 30 AND. ABOUT AN HOUR AND 10. MINUTES TO TURN THAT. PLANE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MOTHER NATURE SEEMS. INTENT ON RUINING. BEST LAID PLANS. >> HOW WELL CAN WE.

MANAGE THIS TONIGHT. SO TOMORROW MORNING. LOOKS LIKE NOTHING. EVER HAPPENED. >> Reporter: TOM. COSTELLO, NBC NEWS. >>> AND THE HOLIDAY. TRAVEL COLLIDING WITH. A MOUNTING PUBLIC. HEALTH CRISIS. CLOSING BEACHES. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. JUST AHEAD OF THE. FOURTH OF JULY. MAGGIE VESPA IS AT A. BEACH CLOSED FOR. SWIMMING OUTSIDE OF. CHICAGO, AND MAGGIE, THE TIMING COULDN'T. BE WORSE. >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, EXACTLY. AT LEAST 17 CHICAGO. AREA BEACHES ARE. CLOSED TONIGHT DUE TO. HIGH BACTERIA LEVELS. WE'RE AL TRACKING. CLOSURES IN AT LEAST. FIVE OTHER STATES. FROM NEW YORK TO. CALIFORNIA.

OF PARTICULAR CONCERN. IS A BACTERIA THAT. OCCURS NATURALLY IN. COASTAL WATERS AND. CAN SPIKE AMID. EXTREME HEAT OR HEAVY. RAIN CAUSING SERIOUS, EVEN POTENTIALLY. LIFE-THREATENING. INFECTIONS IN THOSE. WHO SWALLOW THE WATER. OR SWIM WITH OPEN. WOUNDS. PUBLIC HEALTH. OFFICIALS PLEADING. WITH PEOPLE TO HEED. THESE BEACH CLOSURES. AND ADJUST HOLIDAY. PLANS AS NEEDED. TOM. >> MAGGIE VESPA WITH. THAT ALERT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO. WASHINGTON, AND THAT. BIG VICTORY FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP. HIS MASSIVE BUDGET. BILL NARROWLY PASSING. THE SENATE, BUT.

TONIGHT, THERE'S. STILL A DIVIDE AMONG. REPUBLICANS. RYAN NOBLES IS. TRACKING IT ALL FOR. US. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE DRAMATIC MOMENT. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE. BREAKING A TIE VOTE. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT. VOTES IN THE. AFFIRMATIVE. THE BILL AS AMENDED. IS PASSED. >> Reporter: IN A. MAJOR WIN FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE. SENATE NARROWLY. PASSING WHAT HE CALLS. HIS BIG BEAUTIFUL. BILL. WHICH EXTENDS THE. TRUMP TAX CUTS, INCREASING BORDER. SECURITY, AND. ELIMINATES TAXES ON. TIPS AND OVERTIME. >> AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. WOULD SAY, PROMISES.

MADE, PROMISES KEPT. >> Reporter: BUT. THREE REPUBLICANS AND. EVERY DEMOCRAT VOTING. NO. >> REPUBLICANS PASSED. THE BIGGEST TAX. BREAKS FOR. BILLIONAIRES EVER. SEEN. >> Reporter: ULTIMATELY, IT CAME. DOWN TO ALASKA. REPUBLICAN LISA. MURKOWSKI WHO. NEGOTIATED A SPECIAL. CARVE-OUT FOR ALASKA. TO SOFTEN THE BLOW TO. THE CHANGED TO. MEDICAID. DRAWING THE IRE OF. RON PAUL. >> THEY CHOSE TO ADD. MORE PORK AND. SUBSIDIES FOR ALASKA. TO SECURE THAT. >> Reporter: WE. PRESSED MURKOWSKI.

SENATOR PAUL SAID. THAT YOUR VOTE WAS A. BAILOUT FOR LASK. LASKS AT THE EXPENSE. OF THE REST OF THE. COUNTRY. THAT'S WHAT SENATOR. PAUL SAID. I'M JUST ASKING FOR. YOUR RESPONSE. >> MY RESPONSE IS I. HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO. THE PEOPLE OF THE. STATE OF ALASKA. AND I LIVE UP TO THAT. EVERY SINGLE DAY. >> Reporter: NOW, THE. BILL GOES BACK TO THE. HOUSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP. OPTIMISTIC.

>> ACTUALLY, I THINK. IT WILL BE EASIER IN. THE HOUSE THAN IT WAS. IN THE SENATE. >> Reporter: AND. RESPONDING TO NEW. CRITICISM OF THE BILL. FROM ELON MUSK, WHO. SAYS IT'S FULL OF, QUOTE, INSANE. SPENDING. THE PRESIDENT. POSTING, WITHOUT. SUBSIDIES, ELON WOULD. PROBABLY HAVE TO. CLOSE UP SHOP AND. HEAD BACK HOME TO. SOUTH AFRICA. >> DOGE IS GOING TO. LOOK AT MUSK. AND IF DOGE LOOKS AT. MUSK, WE'LL SAVE A. FORTUNE. >> Reporter: WHILE. SPEAKER JOHNSON. INSISTING HE CAN GET. THE BILL THROUGH THE. HOUSE AGAIN DESPITE A. RAZOR THIN REPUBLICAN. MAJORITY. >> A LOT OF WORK. AHEAD BUT THAT'S THE.

JOB, SO WE'LL GET IT. DONE. >> RYAN JOINS US NOW. LIVE FROM CAPITOL. HILL. RYAN, WE JUST SAW. THAT MOMENT IN YOUR. PIECE WITH SENATOR. MURKOWSKI. NOW YOU HAVE NEW. REPORTING ABOUT A. REPUBLICAN DIVIDE IN. THE HOUSE? >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. HOUSE CONSERVATIVES. HAVE SAID THAT THEY. ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE. CHANGES THAT THE. SENATE MADE TO THIS. BILL. BUT GOP LEADERS ARE. CONFIDENT THAT WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. HELP, THEY WILL GET. THE VOTES THEY NEED. TO GET THIS BILL. PASSED BY FRIDAY. >> RYAN NOBLES FOR. US. >>> AND PRESIDENT. TRUMP WAS IN FLORIDA. TO TOUR A NEW MIGRANT.

DETENTION CENTER HE'S. DUBBED ALLIGATOR. ALCATRAZ, CALLING IT. A BLUEPRINT TO SPEED. UP HIS MASS. DEPORTATION EFFORTS. GABE GUTIERREZ IS. THERE. >> Reporter: DEEP IN. THE FLORIDA. EVERGLADES, TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. THIS MASSIVE MIGRANT. DETENTION CAMP BUILT. IN JUST EIGHT DAYS. HAS AN UNUSUAL. DETERRENT TO PREVENT. ANY ESCAPES. >> DON'T RUN IN A. STRAIGHT LINE. >> Reporter: HE CALLS. IT ALLIGATOR. ALCATRAZ. >> IT'S MEANT MORE AS. A JOKE BUT THE MORE I. THOUGHT OF IT, THE. MORE I LIKED IT. >> Reporter: WITH. GATORS CLEARLY. VISIBLE OUTSIDE, NBC. NEWS GETTING A FIRST.

LOOK INSIDE. >> THE PARTNERSHIP. WITH THE STATE HAS. BEEN GREAT. >> Reporter: ACTING. ISODIRECTOR TELLING. US THE GOAL IS TO. KEEP DETAINEES HERE. NO LONGER THAN TWO. WEEKS WHERE THEY CAN. APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE. AND BE DEPORTED FROM. THE CAMP'S EXISTING. RUNWAY. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO. CRITICS WHO THINK. THIS IS NOT WHERE. IMMIGRANTS SHOULD BE. HOUSED? >> OBVIOUSLY, INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT. TO COME HERE TO ENJOY. THE AMERICAN DREAM. SHOULD THINK ABOUT. RETURNING ON THEIR. OWN SO THEY'RE NOT IN. A DETAINED SETTING. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS.

ELECTED PLEDGING TO. DEPORT THE RECORD. NUMBER OF MIGRANTS. WHO CROSSED INTO THE. U.S. UNDER PRESIDENT. BIDEN. >> I RAN ON THE ISSUE. OF ILLEGALS AND WE. HAVE TO GET THEM OUT. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO DATA. REVIEWED BY NBC NEWS. ALMOST HALF OF THOSE. CURRENTLY IN I.C.E. CUSTODY HAVE NEITHER. BEEN QUICKED OF OR. CHARGED WITH A CRIME. IS THE ADMINISTRATION. STILL GOING AFTER THE. WORST OF THE WORST. >> >> WE ARE. >> Reporter: THE. ADMINISTRATION. STRESSES THE PRIORITY. IS VIOLENT CRIMINALS. BUT ANYONE WHO IS. HERE ILLEGALLY IS. BREAKING THE LAW. >> THROUGH THE COURSE. OF THE LAW INFOREMENT.

INVESTIGATION, WE DO. COME ACROSS PEOPLE. WHO ARE HERE. ILLEGALLY, WE WILL NO. LONGER TURN A BLIND. EYE TO THAT. >> Reporter: STILL, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS. ARE SUING. >> GET THE HELL OUT. OF OUR EVERGLADES. >> Reporter: WHILE. TRUMP SUPPORTERS ARE. CHEERING THIS. DETENTION CENTER. >> I THINK IT'S. GREAT. GET THE [ BLEEP ] OUT. OF HERE. >> Reporter: THE. DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY. SEDZ THIS CENTER WILL. BE PAID FOR BY FEMA. FUNDS THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION. PREVIOUS LEE USED TO. HOUSE MOY GRNTS. NATIONWIDE, I.C.E.'S. DETENTION SPACE IS AT. OF SIN BUT.

WAS ALL TOO HUMAN. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC. NEWS. >> WHEN WE RETURN, WE. TAKE YOU INSIDE THE. FENTANYL TRADE, TRACKING THE SUPPLY. CHAIN FROM CHINA TO. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH OUR.

EXCLUSIVE ACCESS INTO ADA. STAYING THAT LED TO THE ARREST. OF TWO CHINESE NATIONALS FOR. THEIR ROLES IN AMERICA'S. FINANCIAL CRISIS. PROSECUTOR SAID THEY SOLD THE. RAW MATERIALS USED TO MAKE THE. DEADLY DRUG. >> THIS WAS NO FRIENDLY CALL. >> I'M LOOKING TO MAKE UP TO 50. TO 55 KILOS OF THE PRODUCT. >> IT WAS A DRUG DEAL ACCORDING. TO FEDERAL PROSECUTORS. THE VIDEO, EXCLUSIVELY OBTAINED. BY NBC NEWS. THE EXECUTIVES WORKED FOR. MARVEL BIOTECH A CHINA BASED. COMPANY THAT SOLD FINANCIAL.

PRECURSORS. POSTING ONLINE, 100% STEALTH. SHIPPING, PROSECUTORS SAY. BY DISGUISING THEIR PRODUCTS AS. DOG FOOD, NUTS, AND MOTOR OIL. >> THEY ARRANGED TO HAVE. ROUGHLY 3 KILOS OF THE. PRECURSORS SENT TO THIS ADDRESS. IN LOWER MANHATTAN BUT WHAT. THEY DIDN'T REALIZE WAS THE.

PERSON THEY WERE DEALING WITH. WAS NOT A DRUG TRAFFICKER, HE. WAS ACTUALLY A DEA INFORMANT. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A. STING OPERATION THAT WAS GOING. TO PUT BOTH OF THEM BEHIND. BARS. >> MARVEL BIOTECH IS ONE OF. THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES JUST. LIKE IT ACCORDING TO RAY. DONOVAN, FORMER FDA CHIEF OF. OPERATIONS. >> IS ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES WE. KNEW WAS CONNECTED TO SINALOA. CARTEL , IN MEXICO. >> THAT'S THE CARTEL ONCE RUN. BY NOTORIOUS DRUG LORD EL CHAPO. GUZMAN WHO NOW SITS IN FEDERAL. PRISON IN FLORIDA. DONOVAN HELPED PUT HIM THERE. BUT SOON AFTER THE CONVICTION, THE DEA STRATEGY TO FIGHT. FENTANYL STARTED SHIFTING.

>> WE HAVE TO DO MORE TO GO. AFTER THE BAD ACTORS. >> BAD ACTORS LIKE MARVEL. BIOTECH BUT TO MAKE THE ARREST, THE DEA HAD TO LURE THEM OUT OF. CHINA. THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. HERE THEY ARE, SIPPING COFFEE. IN THE LOBBY OF A FANCY HOTEL. IN FIJI, IN 2023, HOPING TO. SECURE A HUGE SALE. MOMENTS LATER, BOTH OF THE. CHINESE NATIONALS WERE ARRESTED.

AND EXTRADITED TO THE U.S., WHERE THEY WERE CONVICTED ON. DRUG CHARGES AND MONEY. LAUNDERING. THEY WILL BE SENTENCED IN. AUGUST. >> HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO GET. THESE TWO PEOPLE OUT OF CHINA. TO MEET YOU IN FIJI? >> MONEY. SO, IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO. GREED. >> BUT DONOVAN SAYS GOING AFTER. THESE COMPANIES IS A GAME OF. WHACK A MOLE. THE U.S. NEEDS CHINESE HELP.

>> HOW CAN COOPERATION WITH THE. CHINESE GOVERNMENT AFFECT THIS. FIGHT AGAINST FENTANYL? >> COOPERATION WITH THE CHINESE. GOVERNMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY, OVERNIGHT, IMPACT THE ENTIRE. INDUSTRY. >> WITH THAT, STEPHANIE GOSK. JOINS US IN STUDIO. YOU SAID WE NEED CHINA'S HELP. >> LAST WEEK THE CHINESE. GOVERNMENT BANNED THE. PRODUCTION OF TWO FENTANYL. PRECURSORS BUT DONOVAN SAID IT. WAS SUPERFICIAL. THERE WAS A CONGRESSIONAL. REPORT LAST YEAR THAT SAID THAT. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WAS. ACTUALLY PROVIDING TAX BREAKS. TO SOME OF THESE COMPANIES.

>>> WE ARE BACK IN A MOMENT. WITH THE HEAT WAVE COMPLICATING. SO MANY AMERICANS SUMMER TRIPS. . >>> WE'RE BACK. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THE SCORCHING. HEAT WAVES HITTING. EUROPE. THE HEAT CLIMBING TO. NEARLY 100 DEGREES. FAHRENHEIT IN PARIS. TODAY, FORCING THE. EIFFEL TOWER TO. CHAMPIONSHIP WIN. VERY FEW HAVE EVER. LOST IN THE FIRST. ROUND AFTER WINNING. THE FRENCH OPEN. SHE IS JUST THE.

THIRD. >>> AND TAKE A LOOK. AT THIS. A RARE CLOUD. SURPRISING BEACHGOERS. IN PORTUGAL. IT'S KNOWN AS A ROLL. CLOUD. LOOK CLOSELY. WEATHER EXPERTS SAY. THIS RARE FORMATION. MAKES IT LOOK LIKE. THE SKY. EMILIE IKEDA, NBC. NEWS. >> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. TUESDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.