NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 3

>>> TONIGHT AHEAD OF JULY. 4th, WE'RE TRACKING SEVERAL DEADLY. FIREWORK DISASTERS. THE MASSIVE FIREWORKS AS A. FIRE TRUCK WORKS WAREHOUSE IS. IN FLAMES. MOUNTING FRUSTRATION FOR. SEVEN. PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE AND. STILL. UNACCOUNTED FOR. AUTHORITIES CALLING IT A. RECOVERY EFFORT. OUR EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW WITH. THE.

FATHER OF TWO OF THE MISSING. THIS AS MORE FIRST RESPONDERS. ARE CALLED TO MORE. EMERGENCIES. >>> ALSO, THE HISTORIC WIN. FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOW IS MULTITRILLION DOLLAR. SPENDING BILL IS TO BE SIGNED. INTO LAW TOMORROW. THE PRESIDENT WORKING THE. PHONES. OVERNIGHT AS HOUSE. REPUBLICANS. ONE BY ONE FLIPPED IN HIS. FAVOR. >>> THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A. HUGE. SOCCER STAR KILLED IN A CAR. CRASH JUST TEN DAYS AFTER HIS. WEDDING. FANS SOBBING OUTSIDE OF. LIVERPOOL STADIUM.

>>> PROFESSIONAL BOXER CHAVEZ. JR. WHO JUST FOUGHT JAKE PAUL. ARRESTED BY U.S. FEDERAL. AGENTS. WHO SAY HE'S CONNECTED TO A. CARTEL. >>> INSIDE IRAN, RICHARD. ENGEL. ON THE GROUND AND QUESTIONING. THE TOUGH GUY ACTOR WITH. FILMS SPANNING A 40-YEAR. CAREER. >>> PLUS, THE IMAGES OF THE. WILDFIRES IN GREECE. THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS. EVACUATED. NEVER FORGET HER. SAID AND WH.

NEVER FORGET HER. >>> GOOD EVENING. ON THE EVE OF THE FOURTH OF. JULY, DEADLY ACCIDENTS. INVOLVING. FIREWORKS ARE OVERSHADOWING. CELEBRATIONS SET FOR. TOMORROW. A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT A. WAREHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA. SEVEN PEOPLE REMAIN. UNACCOUNTED FOR AND OFFICIALS. TONIGHT ARE CALLING IT A. RECOVERY OPERATION. AS FAMILIES BEG FOR ANY SHRED.

OF INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR. MISSING LOVED ONES. IT COMES AS A GIANT PLUME OF. SMOKE POURED OUT OF A HOME IN. SEMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. FIREWORKS KILLING ONE PERSON. IN. THEIR GARAGE. TWO MORE WERE BADLY INJURED. IN A BLAZE IN A HOME NEAR. OAKLAND, BLAMED AGAIN ON. FIREWORKS. OFFICIALS IN CAPE COD WITH. INVESTIGATING THIS. A FIREWORKS DISASTER AT A. COUNTRY CLUB THAT SENT TWO. PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. IT'S A REMINDER FIREWORKS ARE. A. TRADITION THAT CAN BE AS. SPECTACULAR AS THEY ARE. DANGEROUS.

>> Reporter: THE NEWS NAM. FAMILIES FEARED THE MOST. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE. MOVING TOWARDS RECOVERY. EFFORTS AFTER THIS MASSIVE. EXPLOSION, A FIRE BALL CAUGHT. ON VIDEO, AT A FIREWORKS. WAREHOUSE OUTSIDE OF. SACRAMENTO. >> CANNOT RISK ANY MORE. INJURY. TO ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SCENE. I APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND. HOW. MUCH YOU WANT ANSWERS. >> Reporter: GROWING OUTRAGE.

AND. HEARTBREAK. SEVEN PEOPLE STILL. UNACCOUNTED. FOR AS FAMILIES WAIT FOR. ANSWERS. ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES. JOHNNY RAMOS SAYING HIS TWO. SONS. ARE AMONG THE MISSING. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL. LANGUAGE ]. YOU SAID WHEN HE WATCHED THE. VIDEO AND SAW THE EXPLOSION, THAT'S WHEN HE LOST HIS HOPE. IT'S CRUEL, HE SAYS. IT WAS THE FIRST DAY ON THE.

JOB. FOR 22-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY RAMOS. JR. AND 18-YEAR-OLD RAMOS. HE'S EXPECTING HIS FIRST. CHILD. YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GRAND. DAD. YOU'RE SO HAPPY. THE COMPANY SAYING OUR HEARTS. AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THOSE. WE. LOST, ADDING QUOTE, WE WILL. COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE. PROPER. AUTHORITIES AND THEIR. INVESTIGATION. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOW. REVIEWING WHETHER POLICIES. AND. PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED. >> IF THEY WEREN'T FOLLOWED, WE'RE GOING TO REVISE AND.

MODIFY. THOSE PROCEDURES SO INCIDENTS. LIKE THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> Reporter: BUT FAMILIES. TONIGHT GRAPPLING WITH THE. UNTHINKABLE. IT'S RIPPED HIS SOUL APART. >> SO MUCH FRUSTRATION, HEARTBREAK THERE. CAMILLA, ANY INDICATION OF. WHEN. THOSE FAMILIES COULD LEARN. MORE? >> Reporter: NOTHING YET, TOM. THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY'RE. STILL GATHERED HERE, BUT. AUTHORITIES TELLING THEM TO. BE. PATIENT.

THEY'RE HOPING TO GET MORE. CREWS. IN BY TOMORROW MORNING. >> THANK YOU. >> WE TURN TO POLITICS. IT WAS A HUGE WIN FOR. PRESIDENT. TRUMP TODAY AS THE HOUSE. NARROWLY PASSED HIS DOMESTIC. POLICY BILL AT THE CENTER OF. HIS. ECONOMIC AND IMMIGRATION. AGENDA. RYAN NOBLES HAS THIS ONE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR. VICTORY FOR THE DONALD TRUMP. AGENDA. >> THE MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> Reporter: THE HOUSE. PASSING. HIS MULTITRILLION DOLLAR. SPRAWLING SPENDING BILL. DESIGNED.

TO FUND A WIDE RANGE OF. CAMPAIGN. PROMISES INCLUDING EXTENDING. TAX. CUTS PASSED IN HIS FIRST. ADMINISTRATION, NEW MILITARY. SPENDING, AND MONEY TO FUND A. MASS DEPORTATION PLAN. PAYING FOR IT IN PART WITH. STEEP. CUTS TO FOOD AID BENEFITS, CLEAN. ENERGY FUNDING, AND MEDICAID. PRESIDENT TRUMP CELEBRATING. THE. WIN BEFORE FLYING TO A. VICTORY. RALLY IN IOWA. >> IT'S A GREAT BILL. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT. BILL. FOR THE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: THE BILL PASSED. LARGELY AN PARTY LINES WITH. ONLY. TWO REPUBLICANS VOTING. AGAINST. IT. ONE OF THOSE, RYAN.

FITZPATRICK. WHO DODGED NBC'S QUESTIONS. >> WHY DIDN'T YOU VOTE NO? >> HI. HOW ARE YOU? >> Reporter: GOOD, HOW ARE. YOU. >> Reporter: HOUSE. CONSERVATIVES. BOUGHT THE CHANGES MADE IN. THE. SENATE, HOLDING BACK THEIR. VOTES. FOR HOURS BEFORE THEY. RELENTED. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. DO YOU THINK THEY CAVED? >> I DON'T THINK THEY CAVED. I THINK EVERY MEMBER MADE A. THOUGHTFUL AND INFORMED. DECISION. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. WORKING THE PHONES UNTIL THE. EARLY MORNING HOURS.

THE HOLD UPS SAY THEY GOT. WHAT. THEY WANTED. ARE YOU CONCERN THAT IN THE. FUTURE, PEOPLE WON'T BELIEVE. THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE. A NO? >> THEY BETTER BE READY TO. DEAL. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS DID. EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO. DELAY. FINAL PASSAGE. THEIR LEADERS SETTING A. RECORD. BY HOLDING THE FLOOR FOR MORE. THAN EIGHT HOURS. ATTACKING THE BILL'S OVERHAUL. OF. SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS. LIKE. MEDICAID AND SNAPS WHICH. COULD. LEAD TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. LOSING ACCESS TO COVERAGE.

>> WE WERE A HELL LAST WEEK, A. HELL NO THIS WEEK, A HELL NO. YESTERDAY, A HELL NO TODAY. >> Reporter: BUT REPUBLICANS. ARGUE MEDICAID IS IN NEED OF. REFORM AND THE BILL IS FILLED. WITH THE PRESIDENT'S. PRIORITIES. LIKE ELIMINATING TAXES ON. GIFTS. AND OVERTIME. REPUBLICANS TAKING A VICTORY. LAP. FOLLOWING THE VOTE. ♪♪. ALL SMILES AS ONE OF THE. SIGNATURE SONGS FROM THE. TRUMP.

CAMPAIGN PLAYED IN THE ROOM. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL. NEEDS. TO SIGN THIS BILL. WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? >> Reporter: TOM, THE. PRESIDENT. HAS AN ELABORATE BILL SIGNING. CEREMONY SET FOR THE FOURTH. OF. JULY, COMPLETE WITH THE. POSSIBILITY OF A B2 BOMBER. FLYOVER AND FIREWORKS. ALL THIS AS THE ATTEMPTS TO. SELL. THIS PACKAGE TO THE COUNTRY. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> THERE IS SHOCK AND. HEARTBREAK IN THE SOCCER. WORLD. OVER THE TRAGIC DEATH OF A. STAR. PLAYER DAYS AFTER HIS. WEDDING. SO WHAT HAPPENED?

RAF SANCHEZ TONIGHT WITH THE. EMOTION AND REACTION FROM. FANS. AND FELLOW ATHLETES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TEARS. AND. TRIBUTES ACROSS GLOBAL SOCCER. AFTER THE SHOCKING DEATH OF. LIVERPOOL'S STAR. THE 28-YEAR-OLD KILLED WITH. HIS. YOUNGER BROTHER WHEN THEIR. LAMBORGHINI SPUN OUT OF. CONTROL. ON A SPANISH HIGHWAY, EXPLODING. INTO FLAMES ACCORDING TO. POLICE, WHO SAY IT SEEMS A TIRE BURST. WHEN THEY WERE PASSING. ANOTHER. VEHICLE. HE MARRIED HIS LONG TIME. PARTNER.

JUST TEN DAYS BEFORE HIS. DEATH. HIS FINAL INSTAGRAM POST. SHOWING THEIR WEDDING. THE CAPTION SIMPLY READING. YES TO FOREVER. THE COUPLE HAD THREE YOUNG. CHILDREN TOGETHER. HE WAS IN THE PRIME OF HIS. PLAYING CAREER. >> A FUN GUY. >> Reporter: THIS WAS HIS. FINAL. GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL, DRIBBLING. THROUGH A THICKET OF. DEFENDERS. TO SCORE. HELPING THE CLUB WIN THE. ENGLISH. PREMIER LEAGUE LAST SEASON. TODAY, LIVERPOOL FANS. GATHERING. OUTSIDE THEIR STADIUM.

HE ALSO PLAYED FOR HIS NATIVE. PORTUGAL WHO WAS EXPECTED TO. TAKE PART IN NEXT YEAR'S. WORLD. CUP. HOSTED BY THE U.S., MEXICO, AND CANADA. HIS DEVASTATED TEAMMATE. POSTING, IT DOESN'T MAKE. SENSE. WHILE LeBRON JAMES SAYING MY. PRAYS GO OUT TO HIS LOVED.

ONES DURING THIS TIME. PRINCE WILLIAM ALSO ADDING HE. WAS DEEPLY SADDENED AT THE. LOSS OF A YOUNG STAR WHO HAD. SO MUCH MORE TO GIVE. RAF SANCHEZ, NBC NEWS. >>> THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCING. THE U.S. STRIKES IN IRAN. DEGRADED THEIR NUCLEAR. WEAPONS PROGRAM BY UP TO TWO. YEARS. OUR RICHARD ENGEL IS IN IRAN. TONIGHT PRESSING IRANIAN. OFFICIALS FOR MORE.

>> Reporter: WE SET OFF BY. CAR, 12 HOURS ACROSS THE. DESERT. THEN TEHRAN. THE GOVERNMENT APPEARS FIRMLY. IN CONTROL. THOSE WHO EXPECTED A QUICK. REGIME CHANGE FOR WRONG. TODAY, WE MET WITH THE DEPUTY. FOREIGN MINISTER. THERE'S BEEN CONFUSION AS TO. HOW MUCH DAMAGE WAS ACTUALLY. DONE TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR. PROGRAM. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH. DAMAGE WAS DONE? >> THE DAMAGE IS SERIOUS. >> Reporter: DOES IRAN PLAN. TO RESPOND TO THIS 12-DAY WAR. WITH AN ATTACK AGAINST U.S.

BASES, THE U.S. HOMELAND IN. SOME WAY? >> WE HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED. TO THAT AND AS LONG AS. THERE'S NO ACTIVE OBJECTION. BEING PERPETRATED BY THE. UNITED STATES AGAINST US, WE. WILL NOT RESPOND AGAIN. >> Reporter: HE LEFT OPEN THE. DOOR TO NEGOTIATIONS EVEN. THOUGH HE SAID THE U.S. CHEATED IRAN BECAUSE THEY. WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF. NEGOTIATIONS WHEN ISRAEL. LAUNCHED ITS SURPRISE ATTACK.

LAST MONTH. >> HOW CAN AMERICANS EXPLAIN. THIS? WE WANT THEM TO EXPLAIN AS TO. WHY THEY MISLED US. >> Reporter: IRAN TOOK A. BEATING WITH TOP GENERALS AND. NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS AMONG THE. SOME 1,000 IRAN SAYS WERE. KILLED INCLUDING CIVILIANS. AND NOW, IRAN IS HONORING IS. DEAD OF THE PRESENT AND THE. PAST DURING THE SHIA HOLY. MONTH. HERE THEY ARE MOURNING AND. CELEBRATING A SHIA MOURNER. KILLED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.

THIS CEREMONY HAS AN ADDED. SIGNIFICANCE. A WAY FOR IRANIAN TO SHOW. THEY WILL NEVER FORGET. MANY IRANIAN SAY THE COUNTRY. HAS NEVER BEEN MORE UNITED. RALLYING BEHIND THEIR FLAG. AND FAITH. RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS. >>> NOW TO THE GANG VIOLENCE. TAKING CONTROL NEAR HAITI AND. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S. EFFORTS TO TERMINATE THE. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. FOR HAITIAN NATIONALS HERE IN. THE U.S. YAMICHE HAS THAT STORY.

>> Reporter: GANG VIOLENCE. HAD BEEN TEARING APART HAITI. FOR MONTHS. GANGS CONTROL AN ESTIMATED. 90% OF THE CAPITAL. IT'S HIGH HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF FLED LIKE KEVIN. AND SHIRLEY WHO EMIGRATED TO. RURAL PANHANDLE, TEXAS. >> WE WANTED TO START A NEW. LIFE WHERE WE CAN HAVE HOPE. FOR OUR FUTURE KIDS OR FOR. OUR FUTURE DREAMS. >> Reporter: BUT NOW, THEY. ARE LIVING IN LIMBO. LAST WEEK, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED IN.

SEPTEMBER, IT WOULD END. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. FOR HAITIANS LIKE THE GENES. WHICH THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION HAD EXTENDED. DUE TO GANG VIOLENCE. EVEN THOUGH THE FAA HAS. BANNED U.S. FLIGHTS TO. HAITI'S CAPITAL, THEY SAID. THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION. THERE HAS IMPROVED ENOUGH. THAT IT IS SAFE FOR CITIZENS. TO RETURN HOME. >> MY BIGGEST WORRY IS LIKE. THEY CAN KIDNAP ME, RAPE. BECAUSE THEY CAN. THEY DON'T THINK THEY ARE, I.

THINK THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SUFFER. >> Reporter: THEIR WORK. PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED. MANY FROM THEIR CHURCH ARE. HELPING THEM PAY FOR ASYLUM. TOM HOMAN, THE PRESIDENT'S. BORDER CZAR, SAYS THE. GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL THE. DECISION. WHY GO AFTER HAITIAN. IMMIGRANTS THAT CAME HERE. LEGALLY AND WHO HAVE BEEN. CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIETY AND. BY THE WAY, HAVE THE SUPPORT. OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS WHO VOTED.

FOR PRESIDENT? >> AGAIN, PRESIDENT ENFORCED. IMMIGRATION LAWS IN THIS. COUNTRY AND WE DO PRIORITIZE. THE WORST OF THE WORST, BUT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY. ELSE IS OFF THE TABLE. IF THEY VIOLATE IMMIGRANT. LAW, WE FINE THEM. >> Reporter: THE GENES, JUST. PRAYING THEY CAN STAY. >> THERE'S GOOD PEOPLE THAT. EMBRACE THE AMERICAN CULTURE. SO THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO. I MISS MY BIG BROTHER. HE WAS 67 YEARS OLD. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS. >>> AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

IN 60 SECONDS WITH THE SAME. FIRE FROM BOXING ROYALTY JUST. ARRESTED. >>> WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT. A HIGH PROFILE ARREST BY. I.C.E. AGENTS. CHAVEZ JR. DETAINED AND AN.

ARREST WARRANT IN MEXICO. >> Reporter: FROM A BOXING. MATCH WATCHED BY MILLIONS TO. THIS PHOTO, TONIGHT, HE'S IN. FEDERAL CUSTODY FACING CRIMES. IN MEXICO. HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AT. HIS L.A. COUNTY HOME. DHS ALLEGING HE IS INVOLVED. IN ORGANIZED CRIME AND. TRAFFICKING FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND EXPLOSIVES.

HIS ATTORNEY CALLED IT. OUTRAGEOUS. PRIOR TO HIS FIGHT, THE L.A. RESIDENT SPOKE OUT ON THE. OPERATION, TELLING THE "L.A. TIMES," IT EVEN SCARED ME, TO. TELL YOU THE TRUTH. IT IS VERY UGLY. ADDING I DON'T THE SITUATION. WHY SO MUCH VIOLENCE. NOW THAT CHAVEZ JR. IS IN. FEDERAL CUSTODY, WHAT LEGAL. RECOURSE DOES HE HAVE? >> VERY DIFFICULT. ALSO MARRIED TO A UNITED. STATES CITIZEN. >> Reporter: DHS SAYING THAT. CITIZEN IS ALSO ACCUSED OF. HAVING CONNECTIONS TO THE.

SINALOA CARTEL THROUGH A. PRIOR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE. NOW DEAD SON OF THE CARTEL. LEADER. THE SON OF A BOXING CHAMPION, CHAVEZ JR. WAS BORN IN THE. MEXICAN STATE OF SINALOA. RISING TO THE RANKS BEFORE. MAKING HIS PRO DEBUT IN 200. DL 2. DHS TELLS NBC NEWS THAT. CHAVEZ JR. IS BEING PROCESSED. FOR EXPEDITED REMOVAL OUT OF. THE UNITED STATES. >> THANK YOU. >>> AND WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH THE WILDFIRES. BURNING OUT OF CONTROL AT A.

MAJOR TOURIST DESTINATION. OVERSEAS. >>> PLUS, THE DRAMATIC. NATIONAL GUARD RESCUE HERE AT. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH. MASSIVE WILDFIRES RAGING OUT. OF CONTROL IN GREECE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INCLUDING. MANY TOURISTS, WERE EVACUATED. FROM THE GREEK ISLAND OF. CRETE TODAY AS FIREFIGHTERS. TRIED TO PUT OUT THOSE. FLAMES. IT COMES AS THE COUNTRY AND. MOST OF SOUTHERN EUROPE SWEPT. UNDER A MAJOR HEAT WAVE. THAT'S MAKING CONTAINMENT.

EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. >>> AT HOME, A DRAMATIC. NATIONAL GUARD RESCUE SEEN. HERE CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN NEW. FAN WILL NEVER FORGET. AND WE THANK THE BRUNO FAMILY. FOR SHARING THAT MOMENT AND. WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.