NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 10

>>> TONIGHT, THE TUNNEL. COLLAPSED FIRST RESPONDERS ARE. CALLING A MIRACLE. 31 WORKERS WENT UNDERGROUND, 31. CAME BACK UP. THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT. WHAT WENT WRONG ON A. CONSTRUCTION SITE SEVEN MILES. LONG, AND 200 FEET UNDERGROUND. THE CAPTAIN WHO LED THE RESCUE. WHAT THE WORKERS DID THAT. LIKELY SAVE THEIR LIVES.

>>> NEW TONIGHT, KRISTIN WELKER. SPEAKING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, ONE ON ONE. HIS BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ON RUSSIA. AND WHY HE SAYS TEXAS NEEDS.

BETTER WARNING SYSTEMS AFTER. THE DEADLY FLOODS. OUR NEW REPORTING TONIGHT. YOU WILL HEAR THE DISPATCH FROM. A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ASKING. TO SEND A CODE RED TO WARN. RESIDENTS ABOUT THE DANGEROUS. FLOODING, SO MANY STILL WAITING. FOR ANSWERS WITH MORE THAN 170. MISSING. WE MEET THE FAMILY TAKING. MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. THEIR FATHER, FOUND DEAD, AS. THEY SEARCH FOR THEIR MOTHER. >>> IT STARTED WITH A LOUD BANG. IN THE MIDDLE OF AN. INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. IT ENDED WITH A 29 HOUR LAYOVER. IN PARADISE. THE STOWAWAY SENTENCE, THE NEW. VIDEO SHOWING THE WOMAN WHO. SLIPPED PAST TSA TWICE AND MADE. AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. >>> OVER DEEP DISH PIZZA AND.

CHICAGO DOGS, ANOTHER LOCAL. FAVORITE IS NOW EXPLODING AT. THE COUNTER AND ON THE SCREEN. AND WE ARE ALL IN. NIGHTLY NEWS, LIVE, FROM. CHICAGO STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS REPORTING. TONIGHT FROM CHICAGO. >> GOOD EVENING TONIGHT FROM.

CHICAGO, WHERE WE ARE ON. ASSIGNMENT. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH THAT. MIRACLE RESCUE WHEN 31 WORKERS. WERE PULLED OUT ALIVE AFTER A. TUNNEL COLLAPSE AT A MASSIVE. LOS ANGELES CONSTRUCTION SITE. YOU CAN SEE SOME WERE WASTED TO. SAFETY IN THE YELLOW CAGE. THE LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE. DEEP UNDERGROUND WHERE THE 18. FOOT IN DIAMETER TUNNEL. COLLAPSED. THE WORKERS MAY HAVE SAVED. THEIR OWN LIVES BY CLIMBING. THROUGH THE DEBRIS TO SAFETY. LA'S MAYOR, SHAKING HANDS WITH. THEM AFTER THEY EMERGED ALIVE. ALONG WITH FIRST RESPONDERS. THE MAYOR CALLING THE MORE THAN.

100 FIREFIGHTERS AT THE SCENE, HEROES. LIZ KREUTZ IS IN L.A. AND START US OFF. >> TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS OF THE. DESPERATE STRUGGLE UNDERGROUND, FRIENDS AND FAMILY RECOUNTING. HOW THEY WATCHED AS THE CRANES. HOISTED OVER TWO DOZEN TRAPPED. WORKERS TO SAFETY. >> I'M SO GLAD HE'S OKAY. I WON'T TAKE ANOTHER DAY FOR. GRANTED. >> LAST NIGHT WAS NOTHING SHORT. OF A MIRACLE. >> ELLIE FIRE CAPTAIN DANNY WU.

WAS TELLING US THE TRAPPED. WORKERS SAVED THEMSELVES BY. CLIMBING OVER A 15 FOOT PILES. OF DEBRIS UNDERGROUND. >> HOW ARE THE ABLE TO GET OUT? >> BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THEY. FOUND VOID SPACES WHERE THE. WORKERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF. THE TUNNEL WERE ABLE TO CRAWL. THROUGH WHICH IS AMAZING. IT. >> IT HAPPENED BEFORE 8:00 LAST. NIGHT, A TUNNEL COLLAPSING. TRAPPING 27 CONSTRUCTION. WORKERS, FOUR OTHERS RUSHING. INTO . HELP. >> ROUGHLY AN HOUR LATER --.

>> THERE THEY ARE. >> THE ESCAPE. >> YOU SEE THIS CRANE AND THE. YELLOW BASKET AT THE END? IT IS BRINGING OUT THESE. TRAPPED MINERS. >> THE COLLAPSE SITE WAS FIVE. MILES FROM THE ENTRANCE, 40. MINUTES BY UNDERGROUND VEHICLE. MAKING A QUICK RESCUE BY FIRST. RESPONDERS ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE.

>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN DAYS AND. WEEKS. >> THE TUNNEL WHICH WAS UNDER. CONSTRUCTION CARRIES WATER FROM. THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT. CENTERS SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN L.A. TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN SPANNING. SEVEN MILES, 400 FEET BELOW. GROUND. >> EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE DOING. FINE. >> MARIA SON WAS AMONG THOSE. TRAPPED. THANK GOD FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS, SHE SAID. >> TONIGHT, WE WERE LUCKY. >> A DISASTER THAT COULD HAVE. BEEN SO MUCH WORSE. >> LIZ JOINS US FROM THE.

CONSTRUCTION SITE. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE CRANES. BEHIND YOU, DO WE KNOW WHY THE. TUNNEL COLLAPSE? >> Reporter: TOM, NO, THAT IS. SOMETHING THAT OFFICIALS SAY. THEY'RE LOOKING INTO. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO. FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG AND. HOW TO FIX IT AND UNTIL THEN, THIS PROJECT IS ON PAUSE. INDEFINITELY. >> INCREDIBLE THEY ALL. SURVIVED. >>> NOW TO THE WAVE OF. DANGEROUS STORMS HITTING ACROSS. THE COUNTRY TONIGHT WITH 9. MILLION UNDER FLOOD ALERTS FROM. THE EAST COAST TO THE MIDWEST.

>> RELENTLESS RAIN LEAVING. PARTS OF THE EAST COAST A. WATERLOGGED MESS. IN NORTH CAROLINA, FLASH FLOODS. SUBMERGED ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. A SIMILAR SEEMS TO THE NORTH IN. NEW JERSEY, AND MASSACHUSETTS. THIS MORNING'S COMMUTE. DESCENDED INTO CHAOS AFTER. SECTIONS OF THE CRITICAL I- 95. INTERSTATE WASHED OUT. >> MY CAR STARTED FILLING UP. WITH WATER ALL THE WAY UP TO. THE SEATS. THERE WERE THREE OFFICERS, I.

HAD TO CLIMB THROUGH THE WINDOW. AND HE GAVE ME A PIGGYBACK. >> ALL THIS WHILE THE VILLAGE. OF RUIDOSO IS FOCUSED ON. CLEANING UP AFTER FLASH FLOODS. DAMAGED HOMES. TONIGHT, HARROWING ACCOUNTS OF. SURVIVAL. >> THEY WERE WATCHING THE WATER. COME UP, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE. GOING TO DIE. WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO. DIE. >> JASON SET A WALL OF WATER. TORE THROUGH THE TRAILER PARK. HIS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND. 13-YEAR-OLD SON WERE TRAPPED. INSIDE THEIR HOME. >> THEY SAID THE BED WAS. FLOATING SO THEY GOT ON THE.

MATTRESS OF THE BED THAT WAS. FLOATING UP AND THERE'S ONLY. MAYBE TWO FEET BEFORE THEY WERE. OUT OF ROOM AND THEY WOULD HAVE. DROWNED. >> FLOODING REMAINS A CONCERN. ON THE EAST COAST. FLOOD WATCH IS IMPACTING 9. MILLION AMERICANS FROM NORTH. CAROLINA TO MARYLAND. TOM? >> WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> NOW TO TEXAS WHERE CREWS. ARE SEARCHING MILE AFTER MILE. OF A DEBRIS FIELD.

TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE. ARE HEARING A DISPATCH OF A. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WHO. WANTED TO CALL A CODE RED TO. ALERT RESIDENTS ABOUT THE. FLOODING. WHAT HAPPENED? HERE'S MORGAN CHESKY. >> NOBODY GOES HOME UNTIL MY. PARENTS ARE FOUND. >> IN TEXAS, WITH MORE THAN 170. PEOPLE STILL MISSING, SEARCHERS. ON A RIVER OFFERING LITTLE. CLOSURE. ROBERT BREAK JR. ON A MISSION. TO FIND HIS BELOVED MOTHER, SWEPT AWAY ALONGSIDE HIS FATHER. IN FRIDAY'S DEADLY SURGE.

>> I WOULD TELL HIM I LOVED. HIM. THANKS FOR BEING SUCH GREAT. PARENTS. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD. TELL THEM. >> AMID QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER. MORE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO. WARN PEOPLE, TONIGHT, NEW. DISPATCH AUDIO OBTAINED BY NBC. AUSTIN AFFILIATE REVEALING A. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ASKED TO. SEND A CODE RED ALERT AT 4:22. THE MORNING OF JULY 4th. >> IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN SEND. A CODE RED OUT ASKING THEM TO.

FIND HIGHER GROUND OR STAY. HOME? >> WE HAVE TO GET THAT APPROVED. WITH HER SUPERVISOR. >> IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN THE FIRST. ALERT WENT OUT TO CODE RED. SURVIVORS -- SUBSCRIBERS. CITY LEADERS SAY THEY ARE. COMMITTED TO A TRANSPARENT AND. FULL REVIEW OF PROCESSES. >> IT WAS APOCALYPTIC. >> LISA MILLER VISITING CABOT. MYSTIC TODAY AFTER THREE. DAUGHTERS SURVIVED. SHARING HOW A COUNSELOR SAVED.

HER YOUNGEST AS THE WATERS. ROSE. >> IT GOT UP TO HER SHOULDERS, SO HER COUNSELOR PUT HER ON HER. BACK TO KEEP HER SAFE. >> A FORMER MYSTIC CAMPER. HERSELF, MILLER SAID HER. DAUGHTER LINKED ARMS WITH GIRLS. IN HER CABIN TO KEEP FROM. FLOATING AWAY. >> HER DAUGHTER DESCRIBING THE. LAST WORD SHE HEARD FROM CAMP. DIRECTOR EASTLAND.

>> YOU GIRLS BE SAFE, I'M GOING. TO GO HELP AND THAT'S THE LAST. THEY SAW OF HIM. >> THE FIVE CAMPERS AND ONE. COUNSELOR REMAIN UNACCOUNTED. FOR. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL VISIT KURT. COUNTY TOMORROW ALTHOUGH THE. DETAILS ARE STILL UNCLEAR. >> WE WILL PICK UP RIGHT THERE, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO VISIT. TEXAS TOMORROW AND HE'S MAKING. NEW HEADLINES ABOUT LOCAL. OFFICIALS RESPONSE TO THE. FLOODING. AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH. MEET THE PRESS MODERATOR. KRISTIN WELKER JOINS ME NOW AND. YOU JUST SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT.

ON THE PHONE. WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? >> WE ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP IF. OFFICIALS COULD HAVE DONE MORE. AND IF THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A. BETTER WARNING SYSTEM. HE TOLD HIS LOCAL OFFICIALS. "LOVED THOSE CHILDREN, LOVED. THOSE PEOPLE AND NOBODY EVER. SAW ANYTHING LIKE THIS COMING. THIS IS A ONCE IN EVERY 200. YEAR DEAL HE SAID. IN RETROSPECT, HE SAID AFTER. HAVING SEEN THIS HORRIBLE EVENT. I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD PUT. UP ALARMS IN SOME FORM BUT ALSO. PRAISED TEXAS OFFICIALS FOR. DOING A GREAT JOB, TOM. >> I KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS.

MAKING HEADLINES ABOUT UKRAINE. AND HE MENTIONED TO YOU. SOMETHING ABOUT RUSSIA? >> THAT'S RIGHT, THE PRESIDENT. SAID HE'S DISAPPOINTED IN. RUSSIA AND TOLD US HE THINKS HE. WILL HAVE A MAJOR STATEMENT TO. MAKE ABOUT RUSSIA MONDAY. WHEN PRESSED HE DID NOT SAY. WHAT THE STATEMENT WILL BE. HE ALSO SAID HE JUST MADE A. DEAL TODAY WITH NATO IN WHICH. HE SAID THE U.S. WILL SEND. WEAPONS TO UKRAINE THROUGH NATO. AND NATO IS QUOTE PAYING FOR. THOSE WEAPONS 100% INCLUDING. THE PATRIOT AIR DEFENSES THAT. UKRAINE HAS BEEN ASKING FOR AND. NATO WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM.

WE REACHED OUT TO NATO TONIGHT, NO RESPONSE YET, TOM. >>> NOW TO THE WOMAN SENTENCED. IN FEDERAL COURT AFTER SHE. STOWED AWAY ON A FLIGHT FROM. JFK TO PARIS, GETTING THROUGH. SECURITY AND PAST AGENTS AT THE. GATE DESPITE HAVING NO BOARDING. PASS. OFFICIALS SAY IT'S NOT THE. FIRST TIME SHE HAS TRIED IT. >> STOWAWAY SVETLANA DOLLY IS. PROOF PRACTICE ALMOST MAKES. PERFECT. TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE SNUCK ONTO. A NEW YORK TO PARIS FLIGHT, THERE SHE IS TRYING TO GET BY.

TSA, AT HARTFORD'S BRADLEY. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SEEN. HERE IN A PINK HAT AND SCARF, AND AGENT FOILS HER FIRST. ATTEMPT. SO SHE TRIES A DIFFERENT LANE. AND SUCCEEDS, SNEAKING IN. BEHIND AN AIRPORT WORKER. SHOWING HER BADGE. OFFICIALS SAY SHE THEN TRIES TO. GET ON A JETBLUE FLIGHT, WITH. NO TICKET, SHE IS DENIED.

TODAY, SHE WAS INSTANT SENTENCE. IN FEDERAL COURT TO SEVEN. MONTHS TIME SERVED FOR. SUCCESSFULLY SNEAKING ONTO THE. PARIS FLIGHT. WHAT PROSECUTORS CALL A SERIOUS. OFFENSE, THAT ENDANGERS AIR. PASSENGERS. YOU CAN SEE HER BLENDING IN. WITH THE FLIGHT CREW TO GET BY. TSA IN A SPECIAL LANE FOR. AIRLINE EMPLOYEES AT NEW YORK'S. KENNEDY AIRPORT. THEN IN A GRAY HOODIE GETTING. PAST GATE AGENT SPORTING DELTA. FLIGHT 264 AND HIDING IN THE. BATHROOM, UNDETECTED, UNTIL THE. FLIGHT WAS IN THE AIR.

TODAY, THE GREEN CARD HOLDER. FROM RUSSIA TOLD THE JUDGE SHE. TRIED TO FLEE THE U.S. TO AVOID. UNKNOWN PEOPLE SHE SAYS ARE. POISONING HER. NO WORD YET ON WHEN SHE WILL BE. TRIED FOR THE CONNECTICUT. INCIDENT. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. >>> THE MOTHER OF TWO WHO SAID. SHE LIVES WITH DEBILITATING. PAIN. HER DOCTOR RECOMMENDED A. PROCEDURE TO HELP BUT HER. INSURANCE COMPANY DENIED. COVERAGE. STEVE PATTERSON HAS THE STORY. >> DO-IT-YOURSELF INFLUENCER. AURORA McCALL POSTS A LOT OF. VIDEOS TO 300,000 FOLLOWERS.

BUT THIS ONE, CALLING OUT A. DENIAL FROM HER INSURANCE. PROVIDER CAUGHT HER ATTENTION. >> I GOT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION. FROM MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND. GOT DENIED TODAY. >> SHE EXPLAINED SHE HAS A. CHRONIC CONDITION CALLED. LYMPHEDEMA AND NEEDS A SURGERY. THAT COSTS $35,000. HER FRUSTRATION WITH THE. INSURANCE SHE HAD AT THE TIME, CIGNA HEALTHCARE PIERCING. THROUGH THE SCREEN. >> THEY DECIDED I DON'T NEED IT.

. >> WE WANTED TO LEARN MORE SO. WE WENT TO UTAH OUTSIDE SALT. LAKE CITY TO MEET HER. >> SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN. OTHERS BUT SOME DAYS EVEN JUST. WALKING UP THE STAIRS, ONE. FLIGHT OF STAIRS, MY LEGS WILL. BE REALLY, THEY WILL FEEL. HEAVY. >> AT FIRST GLANCE THE MOTHER. OF TWO LOOKS FIT BUT LYMPHEDEMA. CAUSES DISPROPORTIONATE FAT. ACCUMULATION OFTEN IN THE LEGS. AND AURORA SAYS FOR HER IT. MEANS FATIGUE, BRAIN FOG, BLACKOUTS AND PAIN. >> HAS THIS GOTTEN ANY WORSE?

>> IT'S DEFINITELY GOTTEN WORSE. THE OLDER HAVE GOTTEN. >> YOU CAN HAVE A STAGE ONE. PATIENT THAT HAS VERY CRIPPLING. SYMPTOMS. >> AURORAS DR. DR. SMART, IS A. SURGEON. >> REALLY ONLY SURGERY HELPS TO. REVERSE THE DISEASE PROCESS AND. TREAT THE SYMPTOMS. >> BUT CIGNA THE INSURANCE. COMPANY AURORA HAD TO HER. HUSBAND'S JOB, SAID NO TO. COVERING THE RECOMMENDED. SURGERY TWICE, WRITING MEDICAL. NECESSITY HAS NOT BEEN.

ESTABLISHED CITING AMONG THE. REASONS THAT EXAM RECORDS DID. NOT SHOW TENDERNESS IN THE. AFFECTED AREAS. >> HOW DO THEY KNOW? >> HOW CAN THEY TELL BECAUSE. YOU FEEL THAT ON THE INSIDE. THEY SAID THEY CAN TELL I DON'T. EXPERIENCE TENDERNESS AND IT. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S FAT.

IN THE AFFECTED AREAS. >> WE ASKED CIGNA WHY IT DENIED. HER COVERAGE AND WERE TOLD HER. CASE WAS CAREFULLY REVIEWED BY. MULTIPLE DOCTORS INCLUDING A. PLASTIC SURGEON WITH EXPERTISE. IN LYMPHEDEMA BASED ON. INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY HER. DOCTOR, SHE DID NOT MEET THE. UNCLE CRITERIA FOR LIPOSUCTION. DR. SMART LEFT AS FRUSTRATED AS. HIS PATIENT. >> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT. SOMETHING THAT IS CRIPPLING? >> THE DECREASE OF MOBILITY, THE PAIN, THE SWELLING, IT CAN. BE CRIPPLING TO MANY PATIENTS. >> AURORA HAD HOPED WHEN HER.

HUSBAND'S WORKPLACE SWITCHED. INSURERS EARLIER THIS MONTH THE. SITUATION WOULD CHANGE BUT SHE. SAID THE NEW INSURER ALREADY. TOLD HER IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T. COVER THE PROCEDURE. >> I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS WE. LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE. HEALTHCARE AVAILABLE TO US BUT. IT IS SO INACCESSIBLE. NONE OF US CAN AFFORD WHAT WE. NEED. >> DENIED COVERAGE AND LEFT TO. LIVE WITH THE PAIN. STEVE PATTERSON, NBC NEWS, SALT. LAKE CITY, UTAH. >>> WHEN WE RETURN IN 60. SECONDS, LIVE FROM CHICAGO, HOW. A SUDDEN BANG MIDFLIGHT TOOK A.

DELTA TRIP INTO AN EMERGENCY. LANDING. >>> TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING FROM. SOME OF THE PASSENGERS WHO. SPENT MORE THAN 24 HOURS STUCK. ON A REMOTE ISLAND IN THE. ATLANTIC AFTER THEIR DELTA. AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO. MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN 8. 1/2 HOUR FLIGHT FROM MADRID TO. NEW YORK. BUT ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THE WAY. OVER THE ATLANTIC, PASSENGERS. REPORTED A LOUD NOISE. DELTA SAID AN ENGINE PROBLEM. FORCED FLIGHT 127 AND AIRBUS. A330 TO MAKE A SHARP LEFT TURN. AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT. AN AIR FORCE BASE IN THE.

AZORES. PORTUGAL'S REMOTE ISLAND CHAIN. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC. DELTA SAYS THE FLIGHT LANDED. SAFELY AND WE SINCERELY. APOLOGIZE TO OUR CUSTOMERS FOR. THEIR EXPERIENCE AND DELAY IN. THEIR TRAVELS. BUT IT WASN'T A QUICK STOPOVER. THE DETOUR LASTED 29 HOURS. >> THEY DIDN'T GIVE US OUR. BAGS. >> THE PILOT REASSURED. PASSENGERS THE PLANE CAN FLY ON. ONE ENGINE. DELTA SAID TO PROVIDE THE. CUSTOMERS WITH MEALS AND HOTELS. THOUGH SOME BOOKED ON THEIR. OWN. A DELTA PLATINUM PASSENGER TOOK. PHOTOS OF THE POSTCARD.

BEAUTIFUL ISLAND BUT SAID HE. AND OTHERS FELT ABANDONED. >> THE HANDLING OF ALL OF USIT . THE TENNIS PHENOM SET TO PLAY IN. THE WIMBLEDON FINALS. WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. GOOD NEWS IN THE MUSIC WORLD. WITH PAUL McCARTNEY ANNOUNCINGA.

I KNEW NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. WHERE HE IS PLAY. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH WILD NEW. VIDEO OF THIS SHIP BEING. ATTACKED IN THE RED SEA. YOU CAN SEE THE MOMENT IT CAME. UNDER FIRE FROM HOUTHI REBELS. WHO FILMED THIS VIDEO BEFORE IT. SINKS INTO THE WATSEMI FINAL, SHE HAD NEVER PLAYED IN A GRAND. SLAM FINAL BEFORE. HER BEST FINISH AT A SLAM.

BEFORE THIS YEAR WAS THE FRENCH. OPEN SEMI FINALS, SIX YEARS. AGO. >>> GOOD NEWS FOR BEATLES FANS. THE LEGEND HIMSELF, SIR PAUL. McCARTNEY WILL HIT THE ROAD. WITH HIS GOT BACK TOWARDACROSS>.

TONIGHT FROM RIGHT HERE IN. A BIGCITY'S CULTURE AND. ONE OF THES. ON TV IS GIVING A SANDWICH. BELOVED BY LOCALS SOME NEW. FANS. >> FOR DECADES, CHICAGO'S FOOD.

SCENE WAS DOMINATED BY DEEP. DISH PIZZA, AND LOADED CHICAGO. STYLE HOTDOGS. BUT IF YOU ASK LOCALS, THE REAL. FAVORITE IN TOWN, THE ITALIAN. BEEF, AND NOW THE HOT DRIPPY. SANDWICH IS STEALING THE. SPOTLIGHT. IN PART BECAUSE OF THE HIT. CHICAGO-BASED SHOW, "THE BEAR". THE AWARD-WINNING SHOW. HIGHLIGHTING THE PASSION AND. PRIDE IN THE CHICAGO ORIGINAL. THAT HAS BEEN SATISFYING. CRAVINGS FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS. >> THE MEAT IS SO TENDER AND SO.

JUICY. >> THE BREAD, THE EXPERIENCE. IT'S A TRADITION. >> WE WENT DOWN TO MR. BEEF, THE LEGENDARY LOCAL SHOP THAT. INSPIRED "THE BEAR". >> STACKED WITH PEPPERS, LOADED. INTO A BUN, AND SMOTHERED , THE. SANDWICH IS A CLASSIC PART OF. CHICAGO'S CULTURE. >> EACH PLACE DOES IT. DIFFERENTLY. >> THE OWNER SERVES HUNDREDS.

EACH DAY. >> IT'S A SLOPPY SANDWICH, IT'S. ON THE GO, EVERYBODY'S WORKING, IT WAS CREATED FOR THAT, FOR. PEOPLE, FOR GUYS THAT WERE. WORKING IN THE STOCKYARDS. >> THE PILOT OF "THE BEAR" WAS. FILMED INSIDE HIS SHOP, THE. CREATOR, HIS CLOSE FRIEND, AND. HE EVEN HAS A SMALL ROLE ON THE. SHOW . >> WHEN YOU START SEEING IT IN. MENUS IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA YOU. REALIZE, THIS REALLY DID HIT.

THE CULTURAL ZEITGEIST. >> SANDWICHES SO GOOD WE HAD TO. GET IN ON THE ACTION. >> WOW. WHY IS THE ITALIAN BEEF A GREAT. PART OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY AND. CULTURE? >> IT'S OURS. IT'S OURS. CHICAGOANS, THAT'S IT. >> A BIG THANKS TO MR. BEEF. THAT POWERED US THROUGH OUR. REPORTING DAY IN CHICAGO. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. THURSDAY, I'M TOM LLAMAS, THANKS FOR WATCHING, TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS, WE ARE HERE FO.