NBC Nightly News Full Episode – July 28

♪. >>> BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT, AN ACTIVE. SHOOTER REPORTED IN. MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, MASSIVE NYPD RESPONSE. TO A SKYSCRAPER ON. PARK AVENUE. CHILLING IMAGE OF A. MAN CARRYING A LONG. GUN OUTSIDE. AT LEAST ONE OFFICER. AND ONE CIVILIAN HAVE. BEEN SHOT, THE GUNMAN. CONFIRMED DEAD. >>> ALSO THE TRAGEDY. OFF THE COAST OF MIAMI.

BEACH. VIDEO EXCLUSIVELY. OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS. SHOWING THE CRASH. RUSHING TO THE SCENE, TRYING TO SAVE THEM. >>> WALMART STABBING. SPREE, THE SUSPECT. FACING TERRORISM. CHARGES. OUR CONVERSATION WITH. THE MAN WHO USED A. SHOPPING CART TO STOP. THE ATTACKER. >>> THE HUNT FOR A. KILLER, ARKANSAS. COUPLE MURDERED IN A. HIKE WITH TWO YOUNG.

DAUGHTERS. >>> PALESTINIANS. RUSHING TOWARDS. PARACHUTES OF PALLETS. OF FOOD FROM THE SKY. AS ISRAEL ALLOWS SMALL. AMOUNTS OF AID OVER. GAZA. PRESIDENT TRUMP. BREAKING WITH ISRAEL, SAYING THERE'S REAL. STARVATION THERE. F. BEYONCE'S "COWBOY. CARTER" TOUR. THE BEEHIVE IS.

BUZZING. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> WE'RE COMING ON. AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS. IN NEW YORK CITY. POLICE ARE RESPONDING. TO A REPORTED ACTIVE. SHOOTING AT A BUILDING. IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE. BEEN SHOT ACCORDING TO. TWO SENIOR OFFICIALS. THIS CHILLING PHOTO OF. A MAN WITH A LONG GUN.

APPEARING TO. ADMINISTER CPR ON THE. SCENE AS PEOPLE RUSHED. OUT OF. LATE TONIGHT, THE. POLICE COMMISSIONER. CONFIRMING. THE LONE GUNMAN HAS. BEEN KILLED. ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS. THERE. >> ACTIVE SHOOTER, MULTIPLE CALLS FROM. 345 PARK AVENUE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. POLICE SWARMING THIS. SKYSCRAPER IN MIDTOWN. MANHATTAN, TWO WERE. SHOT AT LEAST, ONE. OFFICER AND ONE. CIVILIAN. ACCORDING TO TWO. SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. OFFICERS. FOUR OFFICIALS SAY THE.

SUSPECTED GUNMAN, OF. LAS VEGAS, IS DEAD OF. SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT. WOUND ON THE 33rd. FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. EARLIER THE NYPD. CIRCULATED THIS OF A. PERSON WITH A LONG GUN. THEY SAY THEY. WERE LOOKING FOR IN. CONNECTION TO THE. SHOOTING. THE BUILDING, 345 PARK. AVENUE, IS THE. HEADQUARTERS OF NFL, BLACKSTONE AND KPMG. ACCOUNTING FIRM. >> THIS IS BLACKSTONE. HEADQUARTERS, 345 PARK AVENUE. APPROXIMATELY 100. PEOPLE HIDING. >> Reporter: 6:00. P.M., PEOPLE WERE.

HEADING HOME, THOSE. INSIDE TOLD TO SHELTER. IN PLACE. THIS SECTION OF. MIDTOWN MANHATTAN IS. CORDONED OFF. A LARGE POLICE. PRESENCE. 345 PARK AVENUE IS. JUST DOWN THAT WAY. I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO. ONE MAN WHO DIDN'T. WANT TO APPEAR ON. CAMERA. HE TOLD ME HIS WIFE IS. INSIDE THE BUILDING, ON THE 23rd FLOOR. SHE'S OKAY BUT HE'S. WAITING FOR HER TO GET. OUT. TONIGHT, THERE'S A. MASSIVE POLICE. PRESENCE BUT THE NYPD. SAYS THE SCENE IS. CONTAINED. >> ERIN, YOU'RE.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT. THE CHAOS THAT. UNFOLDED INSIDE THE. BUILDING? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM, WE'RE. HEARING HARROWING. STORIES OF OFFICE. WORKERS INSIDE THE. SKYSCRAPER AT THE TIME. OF THE SHOOTING, GRABBING ANYTHING THEY. COULD, TABLES, COUCHES, OFFICE. CHAIRS, TO CREATE A. BARRICADE TO STOP THE. SHOOTER FROM ENTERING. THEIR PLACE OF WORK. WE'RE ALSO HEARING. FROM THE NYPD TONIGHT, THEY BELIEVE IT'S THE. THEY BELIEVE IT'S THE.

WORK OF A LONE GUNMAN. TOM. >> ERIN McLAUGHLIN, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO MOMENTS OFF. THE COAST OF MIAMI. BEACH. AUTHORITIES SAY A. BARGE STRUCK A. SAILBOAT CARRYING KIDS. AND A COUNSELOR FROM A. NEARBY SAILING CAMP, KILLING A TEACHER AND. TWO KIDS. >> Reporter: THIS IS. THE MOMENT THE. PICTURESQUE DAY TURNED. TO TRAGEDY. >> A SUBMERGED BOAT, MISSING CHILDREN.

>> eporter: AUTHORITIES SAY A. BARGE STRUCK A. SAILBOAT CARRYING FIVE. CHILDREN AND AN ADULT. IN BISCAYNE BAY. >> OUT AS WELL, RESPONDING. >> Reporter: THE. FOOTAGE SHOWS THE. BARGE TOPPLING THE. VESSEL. ALL WERE RECOVERED BUT. A 13-YEAR-OLD AND. 7-YEAR-OLDL TIED. >> NEVER SEEN SO MANY. RESCUE T WAS SO.

CROWDED. >> Reporter: SPARKING. A MASSIVE RESPONSE, DIVERS AND POLICE. BOATS SWARMING. THE CRANE SITTING. THERE FOR HOURS. IT WAS FROM THE YOUTH. SAILING FOUNDATION. SUMMER CAMP, PROGRAM. FOR AGES 7 TO 15. IT'S WRITING IT'S. DEVASTATED BY THE. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. AUTHORITIES ARE. INVESTIGATING HOW THIS. COULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> JESSE IS LIVE AT. THE SCENE. THE BARGE WE SEE IS. THE ONE INVOLVED IN.

THE CRASH? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM. AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN. AROUND IT THROUGHOUT. THE DAY. IT'S BEEN SITTING HERE. FOR HOURS. THE COAST GUARD TOLD. US THE SAILBOAT IN THE. CRASH IS STILL RIGHT. NOW UNDERNEATH THAT. BARGE. TOM. >> TERRIBLE INCIDENT. IN THE BAY THERE. JESSE, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE LATEST. ON THE VIOLENT. STABBING SPREE AT A. WALMART IN MICHIGAN. WE'RE HEARING FROM A. HERO WHO HELPED STOP.

THE ATTACK. HE RAMMED THE MAN WITH. A GROCERY CART. >> Reporter: ONE OF. THE MEN WHO. AUTHORITIES SAY HELPED. TAKE DOWN A SUSPECT. WHO STABBED 11 PEOPLE. AT A MICHIGAN WALMART. DESCRIBING HOW HE. SPRUNG INTO ACTION. >> I COULD SEE THE. KNIFE IN HIS HAND, WE. LOCKED EYES AND I TOOK. OFF RUNNING AFTER HIM. >> Reporter: THE. RETIRED MARINE SAID HE. SAW THE SUSPECT STAB.

THE WOMAN IN THE BACK. >> AS FAR AS HE CAN. GET THE KNIFE IN HER. SHE WENT DOWN, SHUFFLED THE KNIFE IN. THE HAND, CAME BACK TO. GET HER AGAIN AND I. HIT HIM IN THE REAR. HARD AS I COULD WITH. THE GROCERY CART. >> Reporter: HE AND. OTHERS HELD DOWN. GILLEY UNTIL A DEPUTY. ARRIVED. >> HE YELLED I'M A. SOLDIER AND EVERYBODY. IN WALMART WERE BAD. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO. DIE. I WAS LIKE I'M A. MOTHER EFFING MARINE. AND HIS EYES GOT BIG.

AND HE STOPPED. TALKING. >> Reporter: HIS. BROTHER-IN-LAW. FILMING. >> A MOTHER AND TWO. CHILDREN CRYING. BECAUSE THEIR FATHER. WAS STABBED. DAD WAS ROLLED OUT ON. A STRETCHER THEN --. THAT'S HARD. >> Reporter: GILLEY. TODAY PLEADING NOT. GUILTY TO ASSAULT AND. TERRORISM CHARGES. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW. HE HAS A LONG CRIMINAL. RECORD AND HISTORY OF. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING BEING.

INVOLUNTARILY. COMMITTED IN 2017. THE SHERIFF IN ANOTHER. COUNTY TWO HOURS AWAY. REVEALING ON FRIDAY ON. RECEIVED A COURT ORDER. TO ARREST GILLEY, DEEMING HIM A. SUBSTANTIAL RISK TO. HIMSELF OR OTHERS. BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND. GILLEY, LISTED AS. HOMELESS. LESS THAN 24 HOURS. LATER, INVESTIGATORS. SAY, HE CARRIED OUT. THE DEADLY STABBING. SPREE. >> MAGGIE VESPA JOINS. US OUTSIDE THAT. WALMART. THE FIRST COURT. APPEARANCE WAS A BIT.

UNUSUAL. >> Reporter: IT WAS. HE TOLD THE JUDGE AT. ONE POINT, I DON'T. WANT TO TALK TO YOU. BROUGHT UP PSYCHEDELIC. DRUG USE. HIS ATTORNEY HAS GIVEN. US NO RESPONSE. STAB WOUNDS TO SIDES, LUNGS AND EYE, ALL 11. ARE EXPECTED TO. SURVIVE, TOM. >> MAGGIE, THANK YOU. >>> A GROWING MYSTERY. IN ARKANSAS. STATE POLICE SAY A MAN. ATTACKED A COUPLE AND. THEIR TWO YOUNG. DAUGHTERS HIKING IN A. PARK. THE CHILDREN ESCAPED.

BUT THEIR PARENTS WERE. FOUND DEAD ON THE. TRAIL. AARON GILCHRIST. >> Reporter: AN URGENT. MANHUNT IS UNDER WAY. IN ARKANSAS, THE MAN. KILLING A COUPLE. HIKING WITH THEIR. DAUGHTERS. HE ATTACKED THE BRIGG. FAMILY SATURDAY. AFTERNOON, ACCORDING. TO POLICE. SAYING THE 7 AND. 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS. GOT AWAY UNHARMED TO. FIND HELP. >> TWO CHILDREN ARE.

THERE, THEY ADVISED. THEIR PARENTS WERE. ASSAULTED, ONE. POSSIBLY STABBED. >> Reporter: AT FIRST. THE OFFICERS THOUGHT. THEY HEARD SOUNDS OF. LIFE. >> CALLING FOR HELP, WE'RE HIKING DOWN. >> Reporter: BUT THEN. THEY MADE A GRISLY. DISCOVERY, FINDING. THEM DEAD ON A TRAIL. THE SUSPECT IS A WHITE. MALE SEEN DRIVING. TOWARD A PARK EXIT IN. A BLACK SEDAN. THIS IS THOUSANDS OF. ACRES OF DENSE.

VEGETATION AND IT MADE. IT HARD TO SEARCH. POLICE DON'T BELIEVE. HE'S IN THE PARK. ANYMORE BUT THEY'VE. CLOSED THE TRAILS. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. AND THEY'RE. ENCOURAGING ANYONE. NEAR THE PARK TO CHECK. FOR PHOTOS OF THE. SUSPECT. DO YOU FEEL LESS SAFE? >> I DO. WE JUST STAYED IN THE. CAR WITH THE DOORS. LOCKED. >> Reporter: THE. FAMILY MOVED IN JUST A.

LITTLE WHILE AGO. THE STATEMENT SAYING. THEY WERE HEROES, PROTECTING THEIR. LITTLE GIRLS, THEY. WILL LIVE ON IN OUR. HEARTS. ARKANSAS. >>> POLITICS NOW. NEW COMMENTS FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING. HE TURNED DOWN AN. INVITATION FROM. JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO GO. TO HIS PRIVATE ISLAND.ROVERSY. OVER HIS. ADMINISTRATION'S. HANDLING OF THE DOJ'S. EPSTEIN FILES. HERE'S GABE. GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. REVEALING HE TURNED. DOWN AN INVITATION. FROM NOTORIOUS SEX.

OFFENDER JEFFREY. EPSTEIN TO VISIT. EPSTEIN'S PRIVATE. ISLAND IN THE. CARIBBEAN, WHILE HE. SAYS MANY OTHERS. WENT. >> NOBODY EVER TALKS. ABOUT THEM. I NEVER HAD THE. PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO. HIS ISLAND. AND I DID TURN IT. DOWN, BUT A LOT OF. PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH. WERE INVITED TO HIS. INLAND. AND ONE OF MY VERY. GOOD MOMENTS, I. TURNED IT DOWN. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO. TO HIS ISLAND. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO. DETAILING WHAT LED TO. HIS FALLING OUT WITH. EPSTEIN MORE THAN 20. YEARS AGO. AN ARGUMENT OVER. WORKERS AT HIS. MAR-A-LAGO CLUB. >> HE STOLE PEOPLE.

THAT WORKED FOR ME. I SAID DON'T EVER DO. THAT AGAIN. HE DID IT AGAIN. AND I THREW HIM OUT. OF THE PLACE. PERSONA NON GRATA. I THREW HIM OUT. AND THAT WAS IT. >> Reporter: THERE'S. A NEW BIPARTISAN PUSH. TO FORCE THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE. ALL OF ITS FILES. RELATED TO EPSTEIN, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE. DOJ INTERVIEWED. CONVICTED EPSTEIN. ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE. MAXWELL LAST WEEK. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SUGGESTING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGING. INFORMATION ABOUT HIM. IN THE DOJ'S EPSTEIN. FILES SAYING IF THERE. WAS, PRESIDENT.

BIDEN'S JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE. MADE IT PUBLIC. >> THEY WERE RUN BY. COMEY. THEY WERE RUN BY. GARLAND. THEY WERE RUN BY. BIDEN. THOSE FILES WERE RUN. BY THESE PEOPLE. THEY WERE RUN BY MY. ENEMY. IF THERE WAS ANYTHING. IN THERE, THEY WOULD. HAVE USED THEM FOR. THE ELECTION. >> Reporter: EPSTEIN. WAS ARRESTED AND. PROSECUTED DURING THE. FIRST TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. ALSO TODAY, MAXWELL'S. ATTORNEY ONCE AGAIN. ASKED THE SUPREME. COURT TO OVERTURN HER. CONVICTION. TOM. >> ALL RIGHT, GABE. GUTIERREZ AT THE.

WHITE HOUSE FOR US. TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP. AS WE KNOW OVERSEAS. WHERE HE'S ISSUING A. STARK WARNING TO. RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT. PUTIN WITH A NEW. DEADLINE TO END HIS. WAR WITH UKRAINE. HERE'S KELLY. O'DONNELL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. IN SCOTLAND, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHOWCASED THE POWER. OF HIS OFFICE AND THE. ASSETS OF HIS WEALTH. TRUMP BRANDED GOLF. RESORTS, TO APPEAR. MORE HOST THAN GUEST, WITH BRITAIN'S PRIME. MINISTER KEIR. STARMER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. CHANGED HIS TACTIC. TOWARD VLADIMIR. PUTIN. >> EVERY TIME I THINK. IT'S GOING TO END, HE. KILLS PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: RUSSIA. HITTING A KYIV HIGH. RISE OVERNIGHT, A. DRONE STRIKE LEAVING. RESIDENTS INCLUDING A. CHILD INJURED. THE PRESIDENT. SHRINKING HIS 50-DAY. DEADLINE FOR PUTIN TO. REACH A CEASE-FIRE. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE. A NEW DEADLINE OF. ABOUT 10, 10 OR 12. DAYS FROM TODAY. THERE'S NO REASON IN. WAITING. >> Reporter: IF NO. CEASE-FIRE, MR. TRUMP. THREATENED TO IMPOSE. SANCTIONS AND. SECONDARY TARIFFS ON.

RUSSIA'S TRADE. PARTNERS, PROMPTING. THIS WARNING FROM A. FORMER RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT. EACH NEW ULTIMATUM IS. A THREAT AND A STEP. TOWARDS WAR. NOT BETWEEN RUSSIA. AND UKRAINE BUT WITH. HIS OWN COUNTRY. BUT UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. THANKED PRESIDENT. TRUMP FOR HIS FOCUS. ON SAVING LIVES AND. STOPPING THIS. HORRIBLE WAR. ALSO DURING THIS. VISIT ABROAD, THE. PRESIDENT. DE-ESCALATED HIS. TARIFF WAR WITH THE. EUROPEAN UNION. THE U.S. SET A BROAD. 15% TARIFF DOWN FROM. A THREATENED 30%.

IMPORT TAX ON MANY EU. GOODS INCLUDING. EUROPEAN CARS, LIKE. BMWs AND MERCEDES. WHILE THE EU REDUCED. BARRIERS ON. AMERICAN-MADE CARS. SOLD THERE. THEY'RE STILL. REFINING THIS DEAL. FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF. GOODS FROM. PHARMACEUTICALS TO. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. WITH THE WINE AND. SPIRITS INDUSTRY STIP. HOPING FOR A BETTER. RATE. >> NOW TO THOSE. DRAMATIC IMAGES IN. THE SKIES OVER GAZA. AIR DROPS OF.

DESPERATELY NEEDED. AID AS PRESIDENT. TRUMP DESCRIBES SOME. OF THE CONDITIONS. THERE AS REAL. STARVATION. HERE'S MATT BRADLEY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FACING FIERCE. CRITICISM, ISRAEL. ALLOWING AIR DROPS OF. AID INTO GAZA. THOUSANDS OF TONS OF. AID DROPPED BY UNITED. ARAB EMIRATES. MILITARY PLANES IN. PARTNERSHIP WITH. JORDAN AND AN ISRAELI. AID DROP OVERNIGHT. MET BY DROVES OF. DESPERATE. PALESTINIANS. CLAMORING FOR FOOD. CARRYING AWAY SACKS. ON THEIR BACKS. I'M GOING TO DIE FOR. FLOUR SO WE CAN EAT,

18-YEAR-OLD ABDUL. SAYS. ISRAEL PAUSED ITS. OFFENSIVE AGAINST. HAMAS TO ALLOW MORE. AID DISTRIBUTION. BUT THE U.N. CALLING. IT A DROP IN THE. OCEAN COMPARED TO. WHAT'S NEEDED. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING THERE'S. STARVATION AND THE. U.S. WILL HELP. >> SOME OF THOSE. KIDS, THAT'S REAL. STARVATION STUFF. I SEE IT. AND YOU CAN'T FAKE. THAT. WE'RE GOING TO SET UP. FOOD CENTERS. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT AT ODDS. WITH ISRAELI PRIME. MINISTER BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU WHO SAYS. REPORTS OF STARVATION. ARE LIES. >> THERE IS NO POLICY. OF STARVATION IN. GAZA.

AND THERE IS NO. STARVATION IN GAZA. >> Reporter: BUT. TRUMP ALSO SAYING. HE'S WORKING WITH. NETANYAHU TO GET THE. LAST HOSTAGES OUT. SAYING HAMAS REFUSES. TO RELEASE THEM. >> THEY DON'T WANT TO. GIVE UP THESE LAST 20. BECAUSE THEY THINK AS. LONG AS WE HAVE THEM, THEY HAVE THEM, THEY. HAVE PROTECTION. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, IN GAZA, A. DOCTOR SHOWS PICTURES. OF 13-YEAR-OLD HUDA, NOT SO LONG AGO BUT. NOW SHE'S BEDRIDDEN. THE DOCTOR SAYING. HUNGER CHANGED THE. COLOR OF HER SKIN AND. HAIR. >> HUDA IS ONE OF THE. EXAMPLES FOR SEVERE,

SEVERE PROTEIN. DEFICIENCY. >> Reporter: TWO. HUMAN RIGHTS. ORGANIZATIONS BECAME. THE FIRST ISRAELI. GROUPS TO ACCUSE. ISRAEL OF GENOCIDE IN. GAZA. THE ISRAELIS. RESPONDED BY CALLING. THE ACCUSATIONS. OBSCENE AND BASELESS. SONS, NOW BOTH IN THE NFL. TOM. >> GLAD COACH PRIME. IS COMING BACK. ALL RIGHT, MORGAN, WE. THANK YOU. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE TERRIFYING MOMENT. AN 18-WHEELER.

>>> BACK NOW WITH. SCARY MOMENTS IN. NEVADA. THREE PEOPLE ARE. DEAD, ACCORDING TO. AUTHORITIES, AFTER A. GUNMAN OPENED FIRE. OUTSIDE OF A RESORT. AND CASINO IN RENO. SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT, ACCORDING TO RENO. POLICE. OFFICERS RUSHED TO. THE KEEN AND SAY THEY. LOCATED THE SUSPECT, AND AN. OFFICER-INVOLVED. SHOOTING OCCURRED. AFTER THAT. THE SUSPECT IS IN. CUSTODY TONIGHT. THERE'S NO KNOWN. MOTIVE AT THIS TIME. >>> IN HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, CHECK. THIS OUT. HIGHWAY CAMS. CAPTURING THE MOMENT. AN 18-WHEELER.

EXPLODED INTO A. MASSIVE FIREBALL ON. SUNDAY. NBC STATION WDAM. REPORTING THE TRUCK. HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN. A MULTI-VEHICLE. CRASH. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE. ALREADY ON THE SCENE. WHEN THE BEYONCE'S.

NEXT ACT. PRISCILLA THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. >> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR TH.