NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 15

♪ ♪. >>> TONIGHT, 22. MILLION FACING NEW. FLOOD THREATS AFTER A. NIGHT OF DEADLY. DRENCHING RAIN. VIOLENT SUMMER STORMS. SLAMMING THE. NORTHEAST, ROADS IN. NEW JERSEY TURNING. INTO RIVERS, RUSHING. WATER PRESSING UP. AGAINST WINDOWS, CARS. SUBMERGED, RESCUERS. USING CONSTRUCTION. VEHICLES TO CARRY. PEOPLE TO SAFETY. WATER FLOODING INTO. NEW YORK CITY'S SUBWAY. SYSTEM AS PASSENGERS.

WERE ON TRAINS. >>> ALSO BREAKING. TONIGHT, THE SPEAKER. OF THE HOUSE AND. STAUNCH TRUMP ALLY. MIKE JOHNSON SAYING HE. WANTS ALL THE EPSTEIN. FILES TO BE RELEASED. AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. PAM BONDI IS PRESSED. BY OUR REPORTER. 24 HOURS AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCED WEAPONS. WOULD GO TO UKRAINE, THE NEW REPORT. HE ASKED PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY IF UKRAINE. COULD REACH MOSCOW. WITH THEIR MISSILES. NOW TRUMP SAYING HE. DOESN'T WANT THE. RUSSIAN CAPITAL. BOMBED. KEIR SIMMONS IN RUSSIA. TONIGHT.

>>> THE STUNNING. INDICTMENT IN THE. KILLINGS AND SHOOTINGS. OF THOSE MINNESOTA. LAWMAKERS. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY. THE GUNMAN, DRESSED AS. A POLICE OFFICER, CONFESSED TO THE. CRIMES. THE NEW DETAILS ABOUT. ONE COUPLE WHO. SHIELDED THEIR. DAUGHTER FROM THE. ASSASSIN'S BULLETS. >>> NOW ON TRIAL, A. DENTIST ACCUSED OF. KILLING HIS WIFE WITH. POISONED PROTEIN. SHAKES. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE HE. SEARCHED ONLINE HOW. MANY GRAMS OFP HIS. SON GO YARD INTO THE HISTORY.

"NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> SEVERE SUMMER WEATHER IS. WREAKING HAVOC ONCE AGAIN, THIS. TIME IN THE NORTHEAST. WATER POURING INTO NEW YORK'S. SUBWAY STATIONS DURING RUSH. HOUR. CARS PULLED AWAY BY HIGH-RISING. FLOODWATERS IN NEW JERSEY, PEOPLE RESCUED FROM ROADS THAT. LOOKED MORE LIKE RIVERS AND AT. ONE POINT IT WAS RAINING SO HARD.

IT FLOODED THROUGH THE CEILING. OF THIS MOVIE THEATER. THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FELL. ACROSS NEW YORK CITY IN ONE HOUR. LAST NIGHT, THE SECOND EVER. HIGHEST RECORDED, AND IT'S NOT. OVER JUST YET. 22 MILLION PEOPLE FACE NEW. FLOODING THREATS TONIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH ERIN McLACHLAN IN. HARD-HIT NEW JERSEY. >> TONIGHT, RECOVERING FROM. THIS, YESTERDAY EVENING MORE. THAN TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF. RAIN FELL ON NEW YORK CITY, VIDEO SHOWS WATER POURING INTO. PARTS OF THE SUBWAY SYSTEM.

PASSENGERS STUNNED. >> THAT IS SERIOUSLY HIGH. >> IN NEARBY PLAINFIELD, NEW. JERSEY, TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED. WHEN THEIR CAR SWEPT AWAY. RESCUE CREWS UNABLE TO REACH. THEM IN TIME. HE TELLS US HE IGNORED THE FLOOD. WARNINGS AND DURING HIS DRIVE. HOME FOUND HIMSELF SURROUNDED BY. FLOODWATER. >> WERE YOU WORRIED YOU WERE. GOING TO DROWN? >> A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT. I STARTED REALIZING I'M AT RISK. HERE. THERE'S WATER COMING OUT. >> NOT FAR AWAY, NANCY DREW.

LOOKED OUT HER FRONT WINDOW AND. SAW THIS. COMPLETE CHAOS. A CONTAINER FULL OF DESKS AND. SUPPLIES FROM A HIGH SCHOOL MORE. THAN A MILE AWAY CRASHING. THROUGH THE FENCE. >> THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME HER. NEIGHBOR ALEXANDRAES PARZA HAS. HAD TO DEAL WITH FLASH FLOODING. IT HAPPENED TO HER IN 2021 WHEN. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA. STRUCK NEW JERSEY. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING. TO DO BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING. MORE OFTEN. >> WE, NEW JERSEY, WE, AMERICA,

WE THE GLOBE, WE'RE GETTING. DRAGGED BY CLIMATE. >> STATISTICS SHOW THAT FOR THE. LAST 55 YEARS THE VAST MAJORITY. OF THE COUNTRY HAS SEEN SUMMER. STORMS INTENSIFY. IT CAN HOLD MORE WATER VAPOR. MAKING THE STORMS WORSE THAN. EVER. >> AT THIS ANIMAL SHELTER. EMPLOYEES RAN THROUGH FLOODED. STREETS TO SAVE THE DOGS. THE ANIMALS ARE OKAY, BUT THE. SHELTER, DEVASTATED. >> WE'RE A NONPROFIT. ORGANIZATION SO WE DON'T HAVE A. LOT OF MONEY TO BEGIN WITH.

SO THIS SETS US BACK A LOT. >> ERIN JOINS US NOW LIVE. ERIN, THERE'S A MYSTERY THERE. BEHIND YOU. A HOME EXPLODED DURING THESE. FLOODS? >> THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. OFFICIALS SAY THAT HOUSE. EXPLODED. FIREFIGHTERS WERE SEEN BATTLING. THE FLAMES IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO. FEET OF WATER. THEY SAY NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE. TIME, SO NO ONE WAS INJURED. TOM? >> A BIT OF GOOD NEWS THERE.

ERIN McLACHLAN LEADING US OFF. AL KER JOINS US LIVE. >> WE HAVE SEEN MORE FLASH FLOOD. WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED THIS. YEAR THAN IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE. SOUTHEAST AND WE'RE WATCHING. THIS TROPICAL DISTURBANCE, 93. STARTED TO GET BETTER DEFINED. AND THE LATEST MODEL TRACKS KEEP. IT CLOSE TO SHORE, BUT THESE. GULF WATERS ARE IN THE UPPER 80s. AND THAT MEANS MUCH HIGHER.

MOISTURE CONTENT AND WHETHER IT. BECOMES A TROPICAL SYSTEM OR. NOT, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVEN TO. 12 INCHES FROM THE PANHANDLE ALL. OF THE WAY INTO THE CENTRAL PART. OF LOUISIANA AND THAT WILL MEAN. MASSIVE FLOODING. >> NO BREAK FOR ALL THE RAIN. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT AND MOVING. INTO PRESSURE OF ATTORNEY. GENERAL PAM BONDI. MIKE JOHNSON CALLING ON HER TO. RELEASE ALL OF THE JEFFREY. EPSTEIN FILES AND NOW PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS ALSO WEIGHING IN. KELLY O'DONNELL IS AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. >> NEW TONIGHT, THE MAGA. MOVEMENT'S PUSH FOR PUBLIC.

DISCLOSURE OF THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT'S FILES ON NOTORIOUS. SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN NOW. INCLUDES A HIGH-PROFILE TRUMP. ALLY. >> I'M FOR TRANSPARENCY. >> HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. >> IT'S A ICATE SUBJECT, BUT WE SHOULD PUT EVERYTHING OUT. THERE AND LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE. >> A PUSH FOR DAMAGE CONTROL. FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OWN. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LARA TRUMP. >> I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE. MORE TRANSPARENCY ON THIS, AND I. THINK THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN. >> EARLIER TODAY ATTORNEY.

GENERAL PAM BONDI TRIED TO. DEFLECT EPSTEIN QUESTIONS. >> NOTHING ABOUT EPSTEIN. NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT EPSTEIN. REPORTERS PRESSED HER ON NEW. COMMENTS TODAY FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP SUGGESTING BONDI CONSIDER. OPENING SOME FILES. >> SHE'S HANDLED IT VERY WELL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO HER. WHATEVER SHE THINKS IS CREDIBLE. SHE SHOULD RELEASE. >> THE PRESIDENT SAID YOU WOULD. RELEASE CREDIBLE FILES RELATED. TO MR. EPSTEIN? ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO THAT AND. WHEN? >> TODAY OUR MEMO SPEAKS FOR. ITSELF, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO. YOU ON ANYTHING ELSE.

>> THAT DOJ MEMO SAID IT FOUND. NO INCRIMINATING CLIENT LIST, NO. CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF BLACKMAIL. AND THEREFORE, NO FURTHER. DISCLOSURE. THAT STUNNED SOME TRUMP. SUPPORTERS BECAUSE SHE HAD SAID. THIS IN FEBRUARY WHEN ASKED. ABOUT A CLIENT LIST. >> IT'S SITTING ON MY DESK RIGHT. NOW TO REVIEW. >> THEN HER PUSH TO CLARIFY. >> MY RESPONSE WAS IT'S SITTING. ON MY DESK TO BE REVIEWED. MEANING THE FILE ALONG WITH THE.

JFK, MLK FILES AS WELL. THAT'S WHAT I ANT BY THAT. >> THE CONTROVERSY LIT A. POLITICAL WILDFIRE IN MAGA. WORLD. >> MAKE SOME NOISE IF YOU CARE. ABOUT THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN. SCANDAL. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]. >> ASKED ABOUT THESE NEW CALLS. FOR ACTION, SENIOR OFFICIALS. POINT TO THE PRESIDENT'S OWN. WORDS WHERE HE SAYS IT'S UP TO. BONDI TO DECIDE. ONE OFFICIAL TELLING ME, WE'LL. SEE WHAT HAPPENS. TOM? >> KELLY O'DONNELL FOR US.

KELLY, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. DEAL TO SEND MILITARY AID TO. UKRAINE, AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. AND MOSCOW. IT'S WHERE OUR KEIR SIMMONS IS. NATO ALLIES AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. WARNING THEY SHOULD NOT BE USED. IN RUSSIA'S CAPITAL.

>> HE SHOULD NOT TARGET MOSCOW. >> ON A JULY 4th TELEPHONE CALL, ASKED THE UKRAINIAN LEADER IF HE. COULD STRIKE INSIDE RUSSIA. CERTAIN PEOPLE BRIEFED ON THE. DISCUSSIONS SAID TRUMP ASKED, VOLODYMYR, CAN YOU HIT MOSCOW? CAN YOU HIT ST. PETERSBURG, TOO? SAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS. MERELY ASKING A QUESTION, NOT. ENCOURAGING FURTHER KILLING. OUTSIDE THE KREMLIN TODAY. RUSSIANS RESPONDING WITH. DEFIANCE. >> DOES IT SCARE YOU? >> NO. >> WHY NOT?

>> WHY SHOULD IT SCARE ME? >> I BELIEVE IN PEACE BETWEEN. RUSSIA AND AMERICA. >> KYIV AND MANY UKRAINIAN. CITIES HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED WITH. RUSSIA OFTEN WITH MISSILES WHILE. UKRAINE HAS USED DRONES FOR ITS. ATTACKS INSIDE RUSSIA. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS THREATENED. TARIFFS ON RUSSIA IF PRESIDENT. PUTIN DOES NOT AGREE TO A PEACE. DEAL IN 50 DAYS. >> I'VE BEEN VERY DISAPPOINTED. WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN, AND I'VE.

SOLVED A LOT OF WARS IN THE LAST. THREE MONTH, BUT I HAVEN'T GOT. THIS ONE YET. HE SAYS BUSINESS HAS IMPROVED. WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT. TRUMP, HE TOLD US. >> THE KREMLIN SAYS PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S DEADLINE IS VERY. SERIOUS, BUT DON'T EXPECT A. QUICK RESPONSE. PRESIDENT PUTIN DOES NOT EASILY. YIELD TO PRESSURE. TOM? >> KEIR SIMMONS AND HIS TEAM. REPORTING FROM MOSCOW. THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME, A FEDERAL. GRAND JURY JUST RETURNED A. SIX-COUNT INDICTMENT AGAINST THE. MAN ACCUSED OF CARRYING OUT A.

POLITICAL ASSASSINATION. HE VANCE BOELTER STALKED VICTIMS. AND DRESSED HIMSELF LIKE A. POLICE OFFICER. >> HE IS CHARGED WITH MURDERING. MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND. PLUS ATTEMPTING TO KILL STATE. SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN, HIS WIFE. AND THEIR DAUGHTER HOP. AUTHORITIES RELEASING CHILLING. PHOTOS OF THE MURDER WEAPON AND. A CONFESSION BOELTER LEFT BEHIND. IN THE CAR. THE HOFFMANS, WHO WERE. CRITICALLY INJURED, USED THEIR.

BODIES TO SHIELD THEIR DAUGHTER. FROM BULLETS. IN A STATEMENT HOPE WRITES, QUOTE, I WILL FOREVER COEXIST. WITH THE PTSD OF WATCHING MY. PARENTS NEARLY SHOT DEAD AND. SEEING MY LIFE FLASH BEFORE MY. EYES WITH A GUN TO MY FACE. BOELTER FACES CAPITAL CHARGES. THAT COULD CARRY THE DEATH. PENALTY. TOM? >> ADRIEN BROADDUS WITH NEW. REPORTING THERE. >>> NOW TO A SHOCKING DOUBLE. MURDER IN LOS ANGELES. A MUSIC SUPERVISOR FOR "AMERICAN. IDOL" AND HER HUSBAND WERE FOUND. DEAD AT THEIR HOME AFTER A TRAIL.

OF BLOOD AT THE FRONT DOOR LED. THEM TO THEIR BODIES. HERE'S CAMILA BERNAL. >> A WELFARE CHECK LEADING. FLEECE A TRAIL OF BLOOD. THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES. FAMILIAR WITH THE INVESTIGATION. SAID THEY WENT TO CHECK ON. RESIDENTS AT THIS LOS ANGELES. HOME FOUND BLOOD AND THEN BROKE. IN THROUGH A GLASS DOOR ON. MONDAY AFTERNOON DISCOVERING A. MAN AND A WOMAN DEAD INSIDE. NBC NEWS CONFIRMS THE VICTIMS. ARE "AMERICAN IDOL" MUSIC. SUPERVISOR ROBIN KAYE AND HER.

HUSBAND THOMAS DELUCA, BOTH AGE. 07. THE COUPLE FOUND IN SEPARATE. ROOMS AND BOTH APPEARED TO BE. SHOT IN THE UPPER BODY ACCORDING. TO LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES WHO. FOUND KAYE IN THE PANTRY AND HER. HUSBAND IN THE BATHROOM. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SAME. HOUSE LAST THURSDAY AFTER. REPORTS OF A PROWLER. >> MY RENTER SAW SOMEBODY. HOPPING THE FENCE, BUT THAT WAS. BACK ON THURSDAY. SHE CALLED 911, BUT WE DIDN'T. HEAR ANYTHING SINCE THEN. >> POLICE NOW BELIEVE THE. MURDERS TOOK PLACE THAT SAME.

DAY, BUT FOUND NO SIGNS OF. FORCED ENTRY AT THE TIME. THE INVESTIGATION LATER REVEALED. THE SUSPECT ENTERED THE HOME. THROUGH AN UNLOCKED DOOR. AND THE 22-YEAR-OLD MAN IS IN. CUSTODY TONIGHT. THOSE CHARGES ARE PENDING. "AMERICAN IDOL" SAYING KAYE WAS. LOVED AND RESPECTED AND WILL. FOREVER BE IN THEIR HEARTS. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT. A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT THERE, CAMILA, WE THANK YOU. >>> MURDER TRIAL OF A DENTIST. ACCUSED OF POISONING HIS WIFE. GOT UNDER WAY TODAY WITH.

DRAMATIC OPENING STATEMENTS. ABOUT WHAT HE ALLEGEDLY SEARCHED. FOR ONLINE AND WHAT THE DEFENSE. IS NOW SAYING. DETAILS FROM SAM BROCK. >> IN A COLORADO COURTROOM, PROSECUTORS ACCUSE DR. JAMES. CRAIG OF POISONING HIS WIFE. ANGELA'S PROTEIN SHAKES IN 2023. AND SAID A MOTIVE, WHILE NOT. NECESSARY, WAS THERE. >> IS IT MONEY PROBLEMS? IS IT OTHER WOMEN? YES. IN THIS CASE IT IS. >> HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND A SLEW. OF OTHER CHARGES.

HIS DEFENSE ACKNOWLEDGING. FINANCIAL WOES AND SAID HIS. WIFE, A MOTHER OF SIX. CONTRIBUTED TO THEM AND. REVEALING HIS DECADES OF EXTRA. MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS AND. ARGUING THAT DOESN'T MAKE. SOMEONE GUILTY OF MURDER. >> YOU MAY NOT THINK HE'S A GOOD. HUSBAND, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU. ARE HERE TO DECIDE. YOU ARE HERE TO DECIDE WHETHER. OR NOT THE PROSECUTION HAS. PROVEN THE ELEMENTS. >> THE PROSECUTORS POINTED TO A.

POX. TOXICOLOGY REPORT THAT HAD. ARSENIC IN ANGELA'S AUTOPSY WITH. AN AFFIDAVIT LAYING OUT CRAIG'S. PURCHASE OF ARSENIC AND. SEARCHES. HOW MANY GRAMS OF PURE ARSENIC. WILL KILL A HUMAN AND IS ARSENIC. DETECTABLE IN AN AUTOPSY. HE SEARCHED YOUTUBE FOR TOP FIVE. UNDETECTABLE. UNDETECTABLE POISONS THAT SHOW. NO FOUL PLAY. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS THE DIGITAL. EVIDENCE GOING TO BE? >> THE MOST IMPORTANT.

IT WILL COME DOWN TO THIS. NARRATIVE WHICH POINTS TO THE. DIGITAL EVIDENCE WHICH IS. IRREFUTABLE. >> PROSECUTORS SAY WHILE ANGELA. RECEIVED HOSPITAL TREATMENT OVER. A TEN-DAY STRETCH, CRAIG ORDERED. CYANIDE TO HIS OFFICE ND THEN. VISITED HER. >> THE DEFENSE, COUNT ERING THE. EVIDENCE IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL IN A. CASE THAT'S SURE TO SPARK STRONG. EMOTIONS ACROSS COLORADO. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. >>> GL B-1 WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS.

SKYROCKETED 65% IN USE FOR KIDS. AFTER THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF. PEDIATRICS ISSUED GUIDELINES TWO. AND A HALF YEARS AGO AND THE USE. HAS GROWN MORE SENSE THEN. KATE SNOW JOINS US LIVE. PARENTS WANT TO KNOW IS THIS. SAFE FOR KIDS AND HOW YOUNG IS. TOO YOUNG? >> THE FDA HAS APPROVED CERTAIN. GLP-1 DRUGS AND THERE ARE. STUDIES SHOWING THEY'RE SAFE AND. EFFECTIVE AND THOUGH THE AUTHOR.

SAY MORE STUDY IS NEEDED FOR NEW. GLP-1 DRUGS AND THERE COULD BE. GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS AND. FATIGUE AND -- THEY CAN TREAT. KIDS WHO ARE 12 AND UP IF. THEY'RE JUST TREATING OBESITY, IF THERE ARE OTHER MORE. >> I'LL SAY, BLESS. YOUR HEART, YOU TRIED. SO HARD. YOU JUST GOT BEAT BY A. GRANDMA, BLESS YOUR. HEART. >> Reporter: SAVANNAH. SELLERS. NBC NEWS. >> DON'T MESS WITH.

THAT GRANDMA. >>> BACK NOW WITH SOME. SCARY MOMENTS IN L.A. CAUGHT ON VIDEO. HIKERS CONFRONTING A. MAN THEY SAY SET A. PALM TREE ON FIRE. ALONG A POPULAR HIKING. TRAIL. THE VIDEO DOESN'T SHOW. HOW THIS FIRE STARTED. BUT POLICE ARRIVED AND. APPEARED TO DETAIN THE. MAN. WHILE FIRE ANXIETY IN. L.A., ESPECIALLY HIGH. AFTER THE DEVASTATING. FIRES EARLIER THIS. YEAR. >>> TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS.

A SAILBOAT FULLY. ENGULFED IN PLACE ON LIKE. THAT, LIKE YOU ARE. JUST IN THE BACKYARD. >> WE THANK THE. RALEIGH FAMILY FOR. SHARING THOSE.