NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 23

>>> TONIGHT THE. EPSTEIN FILES. BOMBSHELL. A NEW REPORT BY "THE. WALL STREET JOURNAL". REVEALING THE DOJ TOLD. PRESIDENT TRUMP MONTHS. AGO THAT HIS NAME IS. IN THE UNRELEASED. EPSTEIN FILES. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. PAM BONDI TONIGHT. DOUBLING DOWN SAYING. NOTHING IN THE FILES. WARRANTS FURTHER. INVESTIGATION. AND THIS JUST IN. CONGRESSIONAL. LAWMAKERS SETTING A. DATE TO DEPOSE.

GHISLAINE MAXWELL IN. PERSON. >>> ALSO BREAKING. TONIGHT WE WILL TAKE. YOU INSIDE THE IDAHO. COURTROOM AND THAT. GUT-WRENCHING. TESTIMONY. FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF. BRIAN KOHBERGER'S. VICTIMS ADDRESSING THE. CONVICTED KILLER. DIRECTLY. SHARING HARROWING. IMPACT STATEMENTS. ONE SURVIVING ROOMMATE. SPEAKING PUBLICLY FOR. THE FIRST TIME. >>> THE CHILLING PLOT. TO BOMB NEW YORK CITY. HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVE. DEVICES FOUND IN ONE. OF MANHATTAN'S BUSIEST. NEIGHBORHOODS. >>> THE JACKSONVILLE. MAN PUNCHED DURING A. TRAFFIC STOP SPEAKING.

OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. AFTER HIS VIDEO WENT. VIRAL. WHAT HE TOLD ME ABOUT. THE MOMENT POLICE. PUNCHED HIM IN THE. FACE. >>> THE HIGH-PROFILE. APOLOGY FROM ONE THE. BIGGEST NAMES IN. SPORTS MONTHS AFTER. THIS OLE MISS COLLEGE. STUDENT SPOKE. EXCLUSIVELY TO US ON. CAMERA ABOUT A VICIOUS. AND FALSE RUMOR THAT. CHANGED HER LIFE. FOREVER. >>> A DOCTOR CHARGED. IN MATTHEW PERRY'S. SHOCKING 2023 OVERDOSE. DE. >>> VENUS WILLIAMS. BACK ON THE COURT AND. BREAKING AGE BARRIERS, BEATING A PLAYER MORE.

THAN 20 YEARS YOUNGER. >>> AND OUR GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT, THE SEVENTH. GRADE KIDCASTER. THE MOMENT HE GOT HIS. BIG BREAK, THEN TAKING. OVER THE METS. BROADCASTER BOOTH, CALLING THE GAME. ALONGSIDE BASEBALL. LEGENDS. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS.". >>> AND GOOD EVENING. A BOMBSHELL NEW REPORT. FROM "THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL" REVEALS THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME. APPEARS IN THE.

UNRELEASED EPSTEIN. FILES. MULTIPLE TIMES. AND THAT THE DOJ TOLD. THE PRESIDENT THIS. MONTHS AGO. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS TELLING "THE. WALL STREET JOURNAL". THAT TRUMP IS MANY. MANY OTHER. HIGH-PROFILE NAMES. LISTED AS ARCHIVED. IMAGES SHOW JEFFREY. EPSTEIN AT PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S 1993 WEDDING. TO MARLA MAPLES AND. SHOW THE TWO TOGETHER. IN 1999 AT A FASHION. SHOW WHICH THE WHITE. HOUSE IS CALLING, QUOTE, OUT OF CONTEXT. A NAME IN THE FILES IS. NOT ITSELF AN. INDICATION OF ANY.

WRONGDOING, AND. TONIGHT ATTORNEY. GENERAL PAM BONDI. REPEATED THAT, QUOTE, NOTHING IN THE FILES. WARRANTED FURTHER. INVESTIGATION OR. PROSECUTION. BUT QUESTIONS ABOUT. THE EPSTEIN FILES ARE. ONLY GROWING WITH. CONGRESS SETTING A. DATE TO DEPOSE. EPSTEIN'S LONG TIME. ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE. MAXWELL. WE START WITH KELLY. O'DONNELL AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A. NEW REPORT THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. NAMED IN THE EPSTEIN. FILES AND "THE WALL. STREET JOURNAL" STATES. THAT HE WAS BRIEFED IN. MAYBE THE ATTORNEY.

GENERAL PAM BONDI THAT. HIS NAME APPEARED. MULTIPLE TIMES. ACCORDING TO SENIOR. ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS. THE JOURNAL WRITES, THE FILES CONTAINED. WHAT OFFICIALS FELT. WAS UNVERIFIED HEARSAY. ABOUT MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING TRUMP, WHO. HAD SOCIALIZED WITH. EPSTEIN IN THE PAST, SAYING TRUMP WAS TOLD. MANY OTHER. HIGH-PROFILE FIGURES. WERE ALSO NAMED. TONIGHT NEITHER THE. WHITE HOUSE NOR THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. WOULD RESPOND. SPECIFICALLY TO. WHETHER THE. PRESIDENT'S NAME IS. INCLUDED, BUT A DOJ. OFFICIAL POINTS OUT A.

MENTION OF ANYONE. WOULD NOT NECESSARILY. SUGGEST WRONGDOING. FURTHER, THE ATTORNEY. GENERAL PAM BONDI DID. RELEASE A STATEMENT. NOTHING IN THE FILES. WARRANTED FURTHER. INVESTIGATION OR. PROSECUTION AS PART OF. OUR ROUTINE BRIEFING. WE MADE THE PRESIDENT. AWARE OF THE FINDINGS. ASKED BY REPORTERS. LAST WEEK IN THE. ATTORNEY GENERAL TOLD. HIM HIS NAME IS IN THE. FILES, THE PRETTY. DENIED IT. >> DID SHE TELL YOU. YOUR NAME APPEARED IN. THE FILES? >> NO, NO. SHE HAS GIVEN US JUST.

A VERY QUICK BRIEFING. AND IN TERMS OF THE. CREDIBILITY OF THE. DIFFERENT THINGS THAT. THEY HAVE SEEN --. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAS SAID HE HAD. A FALLING OUT WITH. EPSTEIN TWO DECADES. AGO. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. THE PRESIDENT KICKED. HIM OUT OF HIS CLUB. FOR BEING A CREEP, DISMISSING THE NEW. REPORT AS FAKE NEWS. IN A SEPARATE UPDATE, A BLOW TO THE. PRESIDENT'S CALL TO. UNSEAL SECRET GRAND. JURY TESTIMONY IN THE. EPSTEIN CASE, A PUSH. MA MADE WHICH THE DOJ. AFTER PRESSURE, INCLUDING THE. PRESIDENT'S MAGA BASE.

A FEDERAL JUDGE IN. FLORIDA DENIED THE. REQUEST STATING THE. GOVERNMENT FAILED TO. MEET ANY OF THE RARE. EXCEPTIONS FOR. DISCLOSURE ALLOWED. UNDER THE LAW. >> KELLY JOINS US. LIVE. YOU ALSO HAVE NEW. INFORMATION ABOUT. EFFORTS TO GET MORE. INFORMATION FROM. CONVICTED EPSTEIN. ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE. MAXWELL? >> THERE ARE TWO. EFFORTS TO INTERVIEW. HER, SERVING 20 YEARS. IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE. IN TRAFFICKING.

UNDERAGE GIRLS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. THE DOJ IS MEETING. WITH HER SOON AND THE. HOUSE OVERSIGHT. COMMITTEE PLANS TO. SUBPOENA HER FOR A. DEPOSITION AUGUST 11. HER ATTORNEY SAYS SHE. IS CONSIDERING WHETHER. SHE WILL ANSWER. QUESTIONS OR TAKE THE. FIFTH. >> KELLY O'DONNELL. LEADING US OFF. >>> NOW TO THE. POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL. MOMENTS IN AN IDAHO. COURTROOM AS THE. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF. FOUR UNIVERSITY OF. IDAHO STUDENTS FACE. THE MAN WHO PLEADED. GUILTY TO MURDERING. THEM. HERE IS LIZ KREUTZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A. GUT-WRENCHING DAY IN. COURT.

>> WHY DID I GET TO. LIVE AND NOT THEM. >> Reporter: FAMILY. MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF. THE FOUR UNIVERSITY OF. IDAHO STUDENTS. BRUTALLY MURDERED IN. THEIR HOME THREE YEARS. AGO --. >> YOU'RE A JOKE. COMPLETE JOKE. >> Reporter: FACE. CONVICTED KILLER BRIAN. KOHBERGER DIRECTLY. AHEAD OF HIS. SENTENCING. >> THEN THE PANIC. ATTACKS, THE KIND THAT. SLAM INTO ME LIKE A. TSUNAMI OUT OF TO. NOWHERE. I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T THINK. I CAN'T STOP SHAKING. >> Reporter: ONE OF. THE VICTIMS SURVIVING.

ROOMMATES, WHO SAW. KOHBERGER IN THE HOUSE. THAT NIGHT, SPEAKING. PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST. TIME. >> HE IS A HOLLOW. VESSEL, SOMETHING LESS. THAN HUMAN, A BODY. WITHOUT EMPATHY, WITHOUT REMORSE. >> Reporter: KOHBERGER. EXPRESSIONLESS. THROUGHOUT HIS. SENTENCING HEARING AS. GREEV LOVED ONES READ. EMOTIONAL VICTIM. IMPACT STATEMENTS. >> TODAY WE ARE HERE. TO PROVE TO THE WORLD. THAT YOU PICKED THE. WRONG FAMILIES. >> Reporter: THE. FATHER OF KAYLEE. GONCALVES EVEN TURNING. THE PODIUM TO FACE HIS.

DAUGHTER'S MURDERER. HEAD ON. >> THE WORLD'S. WATCHING BECAUSE OF. THE KIDS, NOT BECAUSE. OF YOU. NOBODY CARES ABOUT. YOU. YOU'RE NOT WORTH THE. TIME, EFFORT TO BE. REMEMBERED. >> Reporter: LATER HE. SPOKE OUTSIDE. >> WHEN I WAS LOOKING. AT HIM WE HAD A. STAREDOWN AND HE IS. JUST FILLED WITH. DEMONS. >> Reporter: IN COURT. KOHBERGER NOT. FLINCHING AS KAYLEE'S. SISTER TAUNTED THE. FORMER KRILGOLOGY. Ph.D. STUDENT. >> THE TRUTH IS YOU'RE. AS DUMB AS THEY COME, STUPID, CLUMSY, SLOW,

SLOPPY, WEAK, DIRTY. I SEE THROUGH YOU. YOU WANT THE TRUTH? HERE IS THE ONE YOU'LL. HATE THE MOST. IF YOU HADN'T ATTACKED. THEM IN THEIR SLEEP IN. THE MIDDLE OF THE. NIGHT LIKE A. PEDOPHILE, KAYLEE. WOULD HAVE KICKED. YOUR --. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> Reporter: FOR XANA. KERNODLE'S. STEPFATHER --. >> YOU TOOK OUR. CHILDREN. YOU ARE GOING TO. SUFFER, MAN.

I'M SHAKING BECAUSE I. WANT TO REACH OUT TO. YOU, BUT I JUST HOPE. YOU FEEL MY ENERGY, OKAY? GO TO HELL. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> Reporter: THE PLEA. DEAL WAS CONTROVERSIAL. AMONG THE VICTIMS'. FAMILIES, SOME WANTING. A TRIAL WITH POTENTIAL. DEATH PENALTY AND THE. CHANCE THEY MIGHT GET. MORE ANSWERS. XANA KERNODLE'S AUNT. WITH A SURPRISING. MESSAGE FOR THE. KILLER. >> BRYAN, I'M HERE. TODAY TO TELL YOU I. HAVE FORGIVEN YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW LONGER.

COULD LIVE WITH THAT. HATE IN MY HEART. >> Reporter: KOHBERGER. ONLY BREAK HIS SILENCE. WHEN ASKED BY THE. JUDGE IF HE'D LIKE TO. MAKE A STATEMENT. BEFORE SENTENCING. >> I RESPECTFULLY. DECLINE. >> Reporter: THE JUDGE. LAYING INTO KOHBERGER. FOR HIS SILENCE AND. LACK EVER REMORSE, CALLING HIM A FACELESS. COWARD BEFORE HANDING. DOWN FOUR CONSECUTIVE. LIFE SENTENCES WITH NO. POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. >> TIME HAS COME TO. END MR. KOHBERGER'S 15. MINUTES OF FAME. >> Reporter: PERHAPS.

THE MOST POIGNANT. MOMENTS, THE TRIBUTES. THE FOUR YOUNG LIVES, KAYLEE GONCALVES, MADISON MOGEN, ETHAN. CHAPIN, XANA KERNODLE. >> BECAUSE OF HIM FOUR. BEAUTIFUL, GENUINE, COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE. WERE TAKEN FROM THIS. WORLD. HE TOOK AWAY HOW THEY. MADE EVERYONE FEEL. SAFE, LOVED, AND FULL. OF JOY. HE TOOK AWAY THE. ABILITY FOR ME TO TELL. THEM THAT I LOVE THEM. AND I AM SO PROUD OF. THEM.

>> EMOTIONS RUNNING SO. HIGH THERE IN COURT. LIZ JOINS US LIVE. YOU WERE INSIDE THAT. COURTROOM AND YOU. NOTICED SOMETHING. ABOUT KOHBERGER? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, IT WAS JUST. STRIKING TO WATCH. BRIAN KOHBERGER. SITTING THERE. EMOTIONLESS WHILE EVEN. HIS OWN MOTHER WAS. THERE SOBBING. AT TIMES THE JOB. WELLING UP ALONG WITH. SEVERAL OF THE FAMILY. MEMBERS OF THE. VICTIMS. BUT KOHBERGER SHOWED. NO INDICATION OF. REMORSE AS HE WAS. ESCORTED OUT OF THAT. COURTROOM TO BEGIN. LIFE IN A.

MAXIMUM-SECURITY. PRISON. TOM. >> LIZ KREUTZ. >>> NOW TO THAT FOILED. PLOT OF A WOULD-BE. BOMBER IN NEW YORK. CITY. THE MAN WHO. AUTHORITIES SAY WAS. PLACING HOMEMADE BOMBS. ON ROOFTOPS IN. DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS. MORE. >> Reporter: MICHAEL. GANN'S GOAL WAS TO. BLOW UP. HOMEMADE BOMBS IN. MANHATTAN. THE 55-YEAR-OLD. ARRESTED IN JUNE WAS. INDICTED TUESDAY ON. THREE. EXPLOSIVES-RELATED. CHARGES. AUTHORITIES SAY HE. MADE AT LEAST SEVEN. IMPROVISED DEVICES AND. BROUGHT THEM FROM LONG. ISLAND TO NEW YORK.

CITY. THE NYPD SAYS GANN HAD. NOT BEEN ON THEIR. RADAR UNTIL RECEIVING. A TIP. >> THIS WAS A MATTER. OF HOURS. AND IMPORTANT FOR THE. PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE. FOLLOW LEADS NOT ONLY. THOROUGHLY, BUT. INCREDIBLY QUICKLY. WHEREVER WE NEED TO. TAKE THEM IN ORDER TO. KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE. >> Reporter: THE BOMBS. ACCORDING TO THE. INDICTMENT MADE WITH. CHEMICALS AND. COMPONENTS BOUGHT. ONLINE, INCLUDING 200. CARDBOARD TUBES AND. 50 FEET OF FUSES. ONE OF THE IEDs.

CONTAINED 30 GRAMS OF. EXPLOSIVE POWDER, APPROXIMATELY 600. TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. FOR CONSUMER. FIREWORKS. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES. GANN TOSSED ONE OF THE. IEDs ON TO THE SUBWAY. TRACKS ON THE. WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE. AND STORED FIVE OF THE. HOMEMADE BOMBS ALONG. WITH FOUR SHOTGUN. SHELLS IN NEW YORK. CITY'S SOHO. NEIGHBORHOOD ON. MULTIPLE APARTMENT. ROOFTOPS. ONE OF THOSE IS RIGHT. HERE, A PLACE PEOPLE. LIVE, WORK, WHERE. TOURISTS SHOP. IT IS CHILLING TO. IMAGINE WHAT MAY HAVE.

HAPPENED IF GANN HAD. FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH. THIS ALLEGED PLOT. >> WE'RE STILL WORKING. TO DISCERN THE INTENT. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES DO NOT. SPECIFICALLY SAY WHAT. GANN'S MOTIVE WAS, BUT. INCLUDED THIS SOCIAL. MEDIA POST IN THE. INDICTMENT, TAGGING. PRESIDENT TRUMP, IT. READS, IN PART, HERE. IN NEW YORK CITY IT'S. TOO BAD THE WALL. WASN'T BUILT. THEY SEEM TO BE COMING. AND COMING. GANN HAS NOT ENTERED A. PLEA AND HIS ATTORNEY. WOULD NOT COMMENT ON. THE CASE. >> STEPHANIE JOINS US. LIVE. WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW. ABOUT THAT SUSPECT'S.

BACKGROUND? >> Reporter: TOM, HE. HAS A LONG RAP SHEET. ACCORDING TO THE. CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, INCLUDING 30 ARRESTS, 12 OF THOSE WERE. FELONY ARRESTS. ACCORDING TO HIS. NEIGHBORS AND. AUTHORITIES, HE HAS A. HISTORY OF MENTAL. ILLNESS. >> THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN TO THE. SEVERE WEATHER NOW. 135 MILLION PEOPLE ARE. UNDER DANGEROUS HEAT. ALERTS TONIGHT A HUGE. SWATH OF THE COUNTRY. FROM THE MIDWEST YOU. SEE TO THE SOUTH AND.

EVEN THE NORTHEAST. FACING SCORCHING. TEMPERATURES. BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE. GET HIT HARD TOMORROW. HARTFORD AND NEW YORK. CITY OUR TURN ON. FRIDAY. >>> THREE POLICE. OFFICERS SHOT IN OHIO. AUTHORITIES SAY TWO. OFFICERS IS WERE. PARKED AND HAVING. LUNCH WHEN A SUSPECT. RANDOMLY SHOT AT THEM. A THIRD OFFICER WAS. SHOT WHEN HE RESPONDED. TO CALLS FOR HELP. TWO OFFICERS WERE. AIRLIFTED TO THE. HOSPITAL AND ARE. JOINED GOING TREATMENT. NOW. THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT. AND KILLED AT THE. SCENE ACCORDING TO. POLICE. >>> THE YOUNG MAN AT. THE CENTER OF A VIRAL. VIDEO SHOWING HIM. BEING PUNCHED IN THE. FACE BY A.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, LAW ENFORCEMENT. OFFICER IS SPEAKING. OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. TODAY. MARISSA PARRA HAS THE. STORY. >> CAN YOU CALL YOUR. SUPERVISOR? >> HUH? >> CAN YOU CALL YOUR. SUPERVISOR? >> GO FOR IT. >> Reporter: FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE THIS. VIDEO OF A FLORIDA. TRAFFIC STOP TURNED. VIOLENT CAPTURED THE. NATION'S ATTENTION, THE MAN AT THE CENTER. TALKING PUBLICLY ABOUT. THAT DAY. >> I JUST REALLY. WANTED TO KNOW WHY I. WAS GETTING PULLED. OVER AND WHY I NEEDED.

TO STEP OUT OF THE. CAR. I KNOW I ZCHBLT DIDN'T DO. NOTHING WRONG. I WAS REALLY JUST. SCARED. >> Reporter: THE. DRIVER, 22-YEAR-OLD. WILLIAM McNEIL JR., POSTED THIS VIDEO OF. THE FEBRUARY INCIDENT. ALREADY IN PROGRESS. RECORDED WHEN. JACKSONVILLE OFFICERS. PULLED HIM OVER. ACCORDING TO THE. ARREST REPORT IN PART. BECAUSE HIS HEADLIGHTS. WERE OFF IN THE RAIN. BODY CAM AUTO VIDEO. RELEASED BY THE. JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S. DEPARTMENT SHOWS HE.

RECEIVED SEVERAL. WARNINGS. >> OPEN THE DOOR AND. EXIT OR WE ARE GOING. TO BREAK THE WINDOW. >> Reporter: BEFORE AN. OFFICER BROKE HIS. WINDOW AND PUNCHED. McNEIL IN THE FACE. >> WHAT HE EXHIBITED. WAS A 21st CENTURY. ROSA PARKS MOMENT. >> Reporter: NOW. REPRESENTED BY CIVIL. RIGHTS ATTORNEY BEN. CRUMP, McNEIL PLED. GUILTY TO RESISTING AN. OFFICER AND DRIVING. WITH A SUSPENDED. LICENSE. HE CAN BE SEEN IN THE. BOOK PHOTO WITH A. BLOODIED LOWER LIP. HIS FAMILY DEMANDING. JUSTICE. >> YOU NEED TO. TERMINATE THAT OFFICER.

IMMEDIATELY! IMMEDIATELY! >> Reporter: THE. OFFICER IN QUESTION, DONALD BOWER, HAD FIVE. PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS. ACCORDING TO POLICE. RECORDS, THREE OF THEM. WERE SUBSTANTIATED, RESULTING IN EITHER. COUNSELING ON. REPRIMAND. BOWER STATEMENT IN THE. ARREST REPORT SAYS, QUOTE, THE SUSPECT WAS. REACHING FOR THE. FLOORBOARD OF THE. VEHICLE WHERE A LARGE. KNIFE WAS SITTING. TODAY McNEIL SPOKE. WITH TOM ABOUT THAT. ALLEGATION. >> I NEVER SHOWED A. KNIFE. >> Reporter: JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S. OFFICE SAYS OFFICER. BOWER HAS BEEN.

STRIPPED OF HIS LAW. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. WHILE THE DEPARTMENT. CONDUCTS AN INTERNAL. REVIEW. MARISSA PARRA, NBC. NEWS. >> FOR MORE OF MY. INTERVIEW, TUNE INTO. TOP STORY FOLLOWING. NIGHTLY DON'T. >>> WE WILL BE BACK. THE STUNNING APOLOGY. FROM A HIGH-PROFILE. SPORTS HOST OVER A. STORY WE BROUGHT YOU. MONTHS AGO ABOUT. . >>> IS A STORY WE. BROUGHT YOU A FEW. MONTHS AGO. IN APRIL I SAT DOWN.

WITH AN OLE MISS. FRESHMAN CAUGHT A. VICIOUS AND FALSE. ONLINE RUMOR. NOW A PUBLIC APOLOGY. FROM A HIGH-PROFILE. SPORTS HOST. >> I DEEPLY REGRET THE. PAIN THAT WAS CAUSED. >> Reporter: NEARLY. FIVE MONTHS AFTER. FIRST TALKING A VIRAL. INTERNET RUMOR ON HIS. SHOW, ESPN HOST PAT. McAFEE FINALLY MAKING. A PUBLIC APOLOGY. >> I HAVE SINCE. LEARNED THAT THE STORY. WAS NOT TRUE AND THAT. MY SHOW PLAYED A ROLE. IN THE ANGUISH CAUSED. TO A GREAT FAMILY AND. ESPECIALLY TO A YOUNG. WOMAN.

>> Reporter: IN. FEBRUARY, MARY KATE. CORNETT, THEN A. COLLEGE FRESHMAN, FOUND HERSELF AT THE. CENTER OF THAT FALSE. ROOUCHL, WHICH CLAIMED. AN OLE MISS SORORITY. SISTER SLEPT WITH HER. BOYFRIEND'S FATHER. HER NAME AND PICTURE. WERE ATTACHED TO IT. IN APRIL, I SAT DOWN. WITH CORONET. EXCLUSIVELY, WHERE SHE. TOLD US ABOUT THE. NIGHTMARE ORDEAL, INCLUDING HER PHONE. NUMBER SHARED. PUBLICLY. >> I WAS HAVING. THOUSANDS OF CALLS AND. TEXTS COMING THROUGH, CALLING ME NAMES, TELLING ME I DESERVED.

TO DIE. >> ALL BECAUSE OF AN. INTERNET RUMOR? >> YES, THAT HAS ZERO. TRUTH TO. ZERO. >> WHAT IS BEING. REPORTED BY EVERYBODY. ON THE INTERNET. >> Reporter: McNEIL. LATER SKUSED THE RUMOR. WITH MILLIONS OF. VIEWERS. CORONET HIT ROCK. BOTTOM WHEN SHE. REALIZED HER NAME. WOULD FOREVER BE. LINKED TO THE RUMOR. SPREAD ONLINE. >> IT'S AWFUL. IT'S AWFUL. AND HAVING YOUR LIFE. RUINED BY PEOPLE WHO.

HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU. ARE IS THE WORST. FEELING IN THE WORLD. >> Reporter: TODAY. McNEIL TOLD HIS. AUDIENCE HE MET WITH. MARY KATE AND HER. FAMILY TO APOLOGY, ADMITTING HE REPEATED. A STORY BASED SOLELY. ON WHAT OTHERS WERE. SAYING ONLINE. >> AS A GIRL DAD, I. ALSO WAS VERY THANKFUL. FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO. LET MR. CORONET KNOW. THAT I WAS WILDLY. REGRETFUL FOR THE PART. THAT OUR SHOW, OUR. PROGRAM PLAYED IN HIS. DAUGHTER, MARY KATE'S. PAIN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. CORONET'S FATHER, JUSTIN, TELLING ME THE. MEETING DID HAPPEN. ALSO WRITING, IT WAS.

REFRESHING TO STAND BY. MARY KATE'S SIDE AND. SEE A MAN THAT MADE A. MISTAKE LOOK HER IN. THE EYES AND APOLOGIZE. WITH SINCERITY. I ALSO ASKED THAT. FATHER IF THEY REACHED. A FINANCIAL. SETTLEMENT. HE TOLD ME, QUOTE, THE. MATTER WAS SETTLED TO. EACH PARTY'S. SATISFACTION. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH TRAGIC AND. SHOCKING VIDEO OF A. DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN. THE MIDDLE OF A. HIGHWAY. PL.

>>> WE'RE BACK WITH. SHOCKING AND TRAGIC. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SHOWING THE MOMENT A. SMALL PLANE CRASHES. AND EXPLODES ON A. HIGHWAY IN ITALY. THE PLANE APPEARING TO. FALL OUT OF THE SKY. LOCAL MEDIA IS. REPORTING THAT THE TWO. PASSENGERS ONBOARD. WERE KILLED AND THAT A. CAR AND VAN ON THE. GROUND WERE GRAZED BY. THE PLANE. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT. CAUSED THAT CRASH. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A. DOCTOR CHARGED IN. CONNECTION WITH. MATTHEW PERRY'S. SHOCKING 2023 OVERDOSE. DEATH PLEADED GUILTY. TO DRUG-RELATED. CHARGES TODAY. IT'S PART OF A SERIES.

OF PEYTON. STEARNS WHO IS 22. YEARS YOUNGER THAN. HER. IT WAS FIRST SINGLE. VICTORY FOR WILLIAMS. IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. >>> ALL RIGHT. WHEN WE COME BACK. TONIGHT, THE DREAM. TRUE FOR. ♪♪. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT FOR. A 12-YEAR-OLD METS. MEGA FAN. THE MOMENT HE WAS TOLD.

HE WOULD JOIN THE. BROADCASTER BOOTH AND. THE CHANCE TO CALL THE. GAME. SAM BROCK CAUGHT UP. WITH HIM AFTER THE BIG. BREAK. >> HE SEES ME. >> Reporter: IF A. CHILD SAW HIS DREAMS. COME TRUE --. >> ANTONIO, WHAT'S UP? >> HE KNOWS MY NAME. >> Reporter: IT MIGHT. LOOK SOMETHING LIKE. THIS. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO. BE "THE KIDS TONIGHT. SHOW" WITH GARY, KEITH, AND RON ON JULY. 22nd? >> I WOULD LOVE TO. REALLY? >> REALLY. ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: THE HEART. MELTING MOMENTS. LANDING 12-YEAR-OLD. ANTONIO VENEZIANO FROM. BETHPAGE, NEW YORK, IN.

THE BOOTH WITH THE. TRIO OF METS LEGENDS. >> YOUR TAKE? >> IT TOOK DAYS. DEFINITELY DID. >> Reporter: THAT. KIDCASTER YOU A. DISABILITIES. AUDITION TAPE. DELIVERED WITH HIS. SIGNATURE LINE. >> ADIOS, SAYONARA, CIAO, BABY! SPECIAL DELIVERY TO. THE SEATS. >> Reporter: NOW IT'S. A HOME RUN FOR THE. METS AND THIS LIFELONG. FAN. WHAT WAS THAT. SENSATION LIKE WHEN HE. ASKED YOU IF YOU. WANTED TO BE A. KIDCASTER?

>> DEFINITELY A BLAST. OF EMOTIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT I WOULD BE ABLE. TO MAKE MY MARK AND. SNY METS HISTORY, IT'S. LIFE CHANGING. >> AND HE'S OUT. >> Reporter: BEFORE HE. WAS CALLING PLAYS AT. CITI FIELD AND. PARTYING WITH MR. AND. MRS. MET --. >> ANTONIO IS BASKING. IN THE AFTERGLOW. >> Reporter: THE. RISING SEVENTH GRADER. GOT HIS FEET WET IN. MIDDLE SCHOOL. BROADCASTING. >> YOUR RESUME FOR A. LEAD ANCHOR GOT. STRONGER? >> I THINK, YEAH, DEFINITELY BOOSTS ME. UP IN THE RANKINGS. >> Reporter: HIS.

MESSAGE TO KIDS. EVERYWHERE IS BIGGER. THAN BASEBALL. >> GO FOR THAT ROLE, LIKE TRY OUT FOR THAT. YOU NEVER KNOW. I WOULD LOVE TO! >> Reporter: SAM. BROCK, NBC NEWS, NEW. YORK. >> ANTONIO VENEZIANO, REMEMBER THAT NAME. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS.". I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT. >>.