NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 31

>>> FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THE STATES OF EMERGENCY ACROSS. THE NORTHEAST, ROADS SUDDENLY. WASHED OUT. THIS BIG RIG NEARLY UNDERWATER. OTHER DRIVERS TRAPPED IN THEIR. CARS. FLOOD SWAMPING FACTORIES AS.

WATER CASCADES DOWN OVER. TRAINS. EVEN A MAJOR SPACE LAUNCH, SCRUBBED ON THE LAUNCHPAD IN. FLORIDA. WE ARE TRACKING AT ALL. >>> THE FACE OF THE KILLER? POLICE SAY THIS MAN, AN. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. ADMITTED TO KILLING THE COUPLE, HOW CAN -- HIKING WITH THEIR TWO. YOUNG DAUGHTERS. POLICE TAKING HIM DOWN AS HE.

WAS GETTING A HAIRCUT. PARENTS OF HIS FORMER STUDENTS. TELLING US ABOUT HIS STRANGE. HABITS IN THE CLASSROOM. >>> WE WILL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE. DELTA FLIGHT, WHERE DOZENS. ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL. BECAUSE OF INTENSE TURBULENCE. WHY A PASSENGER TELLS US IT. FELT LIKE HITTING A BRICK WALL. AND WHAT AIRLINES ARE TRYING TO. DO TO CUT DOWN ON THESE RISING. AND DANGEROUS INCIDENTS. >>> PLUS EVERYONE WAS HERE THAT. DAY WORKING THERE ASS OFF. >> WHY AN EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. SAID HE WAS ASLEEP WHILE THE. DEADLY WATERS ROSE. >>> AS THE PRESIDENT TRIES TO.

SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM THE. JEFFREY EPSTEIN FIRESTORM, THE. FAMILY OF VIRGINIA SPEAKING OUT. ON CAMERA TO HALLIE JACKSON, THEIR EMOTIONAL PLEA IN THE. CASE. WHAT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS. SAYING ABOUT HIS HEALTH. DIAGNOSIS AND HOW IT'S. IMPACTING HIS WORLD TOUR, THE. INCREDIBLE BIRTH, THE WORLD'S. OLDEST BABY, BORN FROM AN. EMBRYO, FROZEN THREE DECADES. AGO. AND IMAGINE DOING THIS WHILE. THE ATTRACTION IS BREAKING. APART MID RIDE.

"NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT. NOW. >> THIS IS "NBC NIGHLY NEWS", WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING, TONIGHT IS. WE, THE AIR, PARTS OF NEW YORK. AND NEW JERSEY UNDER STATES OF. EMERGENCY. STORMS CLOSING IN ON THE EAST. COAST, THIS NEW VIDEO JUST. COMING INTO THE NEWSROOM. SHOWING RESCUES IN POTOMAC, MARYLAND OUTSIDE OF D.C. MARYLAND ALSO SEEING SERIOUS. FLOODING NEAR BALTIMORE, AND IN. QUEENS, LOOK AT THIS, CAR.

SUBMERGED ON A MAJOR. EXPRESSWAY, A DRIVER TRAPPED IN. THEIR CAR. TRAVEL TROUBLE SEEN IN NEW. JERSEY WITH ROADS FLOODED IN. NEW YORK GRANTS -- GRAND. CENTRAL STATION. >>> IN PHILADELPHIA, WATER. POURING THROUGH THE CEILING OF. AN UNDERGROUND TRAIN STATION. ERIN McLAUGHLIN JOINS US NOW. MUCH MORE ON THE RESCUES. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN. MARYLAND? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, TOM, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS.

HARROWING VIDEO OUT OF. MARYLAND. IT SHOWS FIRST RESPONDERS. CARRYING TWO CHILDREN FROM A. SUBMERGED CAR, TO SAFETY, YOU T. THROUGH THE WATER, RESCUING. THOSE CHILDREN. IT'S A SHOCKING SCENE, AND THE. LATEST FROM THIS DANGEROUS. SUMMER STORM. >>> TONIGHT IN NEW YORK, A. SEVERE STORM SLAMMING THE CITY. WITH POUNDING RAIN LEADING TO L. A TRACTOR-TRAILER, AND A CAR. SUBMERGED IN IN MANHATTAN A. MAJOR EXPRESSWAY UNDERWATER. >>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE.

LIGHT RAIN. THEY SAID IT MY RAIN AT 3:00 OR. 6:00 AND I SAID ALL RIGHT, AND. I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS TO TURN. INTO A RIVER. >> THE TRAINS ALSO IMPACTED AND. BUSINESSES CLOSED. >> YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TELL. THAT I'M COMPLETELY SOAKED. >> IT CAME DOWN REALLY FAST. RAIN WAS COMING SIDEWAYS. >> WITH MULTIPLE RESCUES. RECORDED -- REPORTED IN. MARYLAND. A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN. PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY.

PARTS OF THE SUBWAY FLOODED IN. PHILLY. EVEN A TORNADO WARNING, LESS. THAN A MONTH AFTER THE STREETS. LOOK LIKE THIS. >> WHEN YOU HEARD TORNADO, WHAT. WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> THAT WE HAD TO EVACUATE, THAT WE HAD TO LEAVE. I LOVE THE HOUSE BUT I LOVE MY. LIFE BETTER. >> TWO WEEKS AGO, RUSHING WATER. RUSHED THROUGH HER PLAINFIELD.

HOME. NOW, SHE'S TERRIFIED IT COULD. HAPPEN AGAIN. >> I JUST WANT THIS TO BE OVER. I WANT TO SELL THE HOUSE AND. MOVE ON. >> AT AIRPORTS UP AND DOWN THE. EAST COAST, STORMY WEATHER. STILL. >> IN FLORIDA, THE LATEST. SPACEX LAUNCH, HALTED. >>> THE FLOOD THREAT FOR NEW. YORK CITY IS NOW OVER. THIS EXPRESSWAY, ONCE. SUBMERGED, IS NOW CLEAR BUT THE.

FLOOD RAINS ARE IMPACTING OTHER. CITIES, TOM. >> WE THANK YOU. I WANT TO BRING IN BILL KARINS. FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. IN SOME SPOTS ON THE THREAT IS. ON FOR D.C. STILL? >> INCREDIBLE RAINFALL RATES, IT'S BEEN SO HUMID, THIS WAS. THE WORST, EARLIER THIS. AFTERNOON IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF. NEW YORK CITY BUT EVEN AT THIS. HOUR, STILL 12 AREAS UNDER. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CURRENTLY, AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN FROM.

ALBANY TO BOSTON AND. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OUTSIDE. OF D.C. THIS IS WHERE THE. RAINFALL RATE WAS OVER FIVE. INCHES AN HOUR AT ONE POINT, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T. GET RID OF THE WATER THAT FAST. FOR THE REST OF THE SCENE, WE. ARE WATCHING THE RAIN EXIT. BALTIMORE IN D.C. DELAWARE AND. MARYLAND, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEYTH.

NO EVIDENCE OF INAPPROPRIATE. BEHAVIOR BUT DID PLACE McGANN. ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND. JUDGMENT ISSUES. TONIGHT, POLICE SAY THEY. HAVEN'T DETERMINED A MOTIVE. WHILE THE BRINK FAMILY SAYS. CLINTON AND KRISTIN DIED. HEROES, PROTECTING THEIR LITTLE. GIRLS. >> THE SCHOOLS PERFORMED FULL. BACKGROUND CHECKS AND FOUND NO.

DOWN AT NIGHT. >> THEY SAY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSE WAS TOO LITTLE, TOO. LATE. >> NOTHING WAS DONE, THEY CHOSE. NOT TO DO IT. THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO IT. IT COMES BACK TO THAT RIGHT. THERE. >> TONIGHT THE FAA SAYS IT WILL. INVESTIGATE A CASE OF SEVERE. TURBULENCE THAT FORCED A DELTA. AIRLINES FLIGHT HEADED TO. EUROPE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY. LANDING IN MINNEAPOLIS. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE HAD. TO BE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO.

>> MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT PLANE. SPOTTERS STREAMED THE EMERGENCY. LANDING LIFE. >> IT WAS BOUND FOR AMSTERDAM. >> AMBULANCES LINED UP FOR. DOZENS OF PATIENTS, AFTER THE. DELTA JUMBO JET HIT EXTREME. TURBULENCE OVER WYOMING. PHOTO SHOW THE AFTERMATH, FOOD, BOTTLES, BACKPACKS AND SERVICE.

CARDS. 25 PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS. TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS. LEEANN NASH ON BOARD WITH HER. HUSBAND SAID EVERYTHING WENT. FLYING. >> LITERALLY WITHOUT ANY. WARNING, WE JUST HIT, WHAT. APPEARS TO BE A BRICK WALL. >> WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS. WAS GOING TO TEAR THE PLANE. APART. SO, FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, WE. THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DIE. >> IN A STATEMENT, DELTA SAYS. ALL SEVEN CREWMEMBERS WHO WERE.

TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS WERE. TREATED AND RELEASED. AVIATION EXPERT SAY SUMMER HEAT. CAN SUPERCHARGE VIOLENT CLEAR. AIR TURBULENCE. FLIGHTS OVER MOUNTAIN RANGES. CAN BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. >> YOU IMAGINE THE AIRFLOW OVER. THIS WING EXPENSING A SUDDEN. UPDRAFT. THIS WILL BE PUSHED UP, VIOLENTLY AND INSTANTANEOUSLY. >> INVISIBLE TO RADAR, PILOTS. RELY ON FELLOW PILOTS RADIO. REPORTS TO AVOID IT AS WE SAW. AT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES.

COMMAND CENTER. >> WHEN YOU GET INTO BAD. TURBULENCE, WHAT ARE YOUR. OPTIONS? >> RISE ABOVE OR DIP UNDER. WHEN YOU ARE IN IT, YOU HAVE TO. RIGHT THROUGH IT. >> 5000 CASES A YEAR, FLIGHT. ATTENDANT SUFFERS 78% OF THE. INJURIES, CLIMATE RESEARCHERS. AND EXPERTS BELIEVE CLIMATE. CHANGE HAS LED TO MORE SEVERE. TURBULENCE. A GOOD REMINDER TO ALWAYS WEAR. YOUR SEATBELT.

>>> WE WANT TO HEAD OVERSEAS TO. THE HIGH-STAKES MEETING IN THE. MIDDLE EAST. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENVOY MEETING. WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER AS. CRITICISM IS GROWING OVER. CONDITIONS IN GAZA. HERE IS MATT BRADLEY. >> TONIGHT IN THE MIDST OF. GROWING CRITICISM OF HIS ISRAEL. OVER THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN. GAZA, STEVE WITKOFF VISITING. WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. >> THOSE ARE KIDS THAT ARE. STARVING, THEY'VE GOT TO GET. THEM FOOD AND WE ARE GOING TO. GET THEM FOOD. >> THE PRESIDENT CALLING OUT.

HAMAS POSTING THE FASTEST WAY. TO END THE CRISIS IN. SDZ. BL. TEST. FOR BLOCKING A CEASE-FIRE DEAL. THE HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS THE. DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN TO NEARLY. 160 PEOPLE. MORE THAN HALF OF THEM, CHILDREN. >> ISRAEL HAS BEEN ALLOWING. MORE A DROPS FROM THE AIR, HUNDREDS OF DESPERATE GAZANS. CARRYING AWAY SACKS OF FOOD.

>> IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE FIVE. OR SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILDREN JUST. PASS OFF AND BE DISORIENTED. FROM LACK OF FOOD. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY, SEVERAL ARAB AND MUSLIM. COUNTRIES ISSUED A JOINT CALL. FOR HAMAS TO DISARM AND. RELINQUISH POWER IN GAZA. >>> WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH. A BLOWBACK OVER THE JEFFREY. EPSTEIN SCANDAL AS THE FAMILY. OF ONE OF.

>>> BACK WITH OUR EMOTIONAL. INTERVIEW WITH THE FAMILY OF EV.

>> MAXWELL'S ATTORNEY DID NOT. COMMENT TODAY BUT PREVIOUSLY. WHEN ASKED ABOUT A PARDON SAID. MAXWELL WOULD WELCOME ANY. RELIEF. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A MOMENT. WITH WHAT SOME ARE CALLING THE. WORLD'S OLDEST BABY, AFTER IT. WAS BORN FROM AN MBO -- EMBRYO. FROZEN.

>>> WE ARE BACK WITH A. TERRIFYING MOMENT, A RIDE AT AN. AMUSEMENT PARK STARTED LOSING. CONTROL. YOU CAN SEE THE RIDE IN SAUDI. ARABIA GOING BACK AND FORTH. BEFORE IT APPEARS TO COME LOOSE. AND IT JUST SPLITS IN HALF. MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. WERE SERIOUSLY HURT. SOME HOSPITALS DECLARED A STATE. OF EMERGENCY. WHAT WENT WRONG, IT'S STILL. UNCLEAR. >>> A NEW SCIENTIFIC RECORD HAS. BEEN BROKEN, A BABY WAS BORN. FROM THE OLDEST EMBRYO THAT WAS.

STORED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. LINDSAY AND TIM -- NOW THE. BABY'S NAME IS THADDEUS. >>> IN THE MUSIC WORLD, JUSTIN. TIM BLAKE REVEALING THAT HE'S. BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LYME. DISEASE, JUST AFTER HE WRAPPED. UP HIS WORLD TOUR. HE CALLED THE EXPERIENCE. RELENTLESSLY DEBILITATING AND. SAID HIS DIAGNOSIS CAME AS A. SHOCK. HE ALSO SAID HE BELIEVES HE. FELT NERVE PAIN,

>>> FINALLY THERE IS A. DIFFERENT KIND OF GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT. FOR MEN WHO REALIZE THEY DON'T. HAVE AS MANY FRIENDS AS THEY. ONCE DID.

JOE FRYER REPORTS ON HOW MORE. GUYS ARE PUTTING IN THE WORK TO. DO WHAT CAME SO EASY TO US AS. KIDS. >> THE NAME OF THIS GROUP, STROLLING THROUGH CENTRAL PARK, IS QUITE FITTING. WALKING, TALKING MEN. >> I'M TRYING TO GET BETTER. WITH FINDING TIME. >> TWICE A WEEK, THAT'S EXACTLY. WHAT THEY DO, CANDIDLY CHATTING. ABOUT THEIR LIVES. >> THERE GETTING THE KIND OF. CONNECTION THAT THEY NEED AND.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD IN THEIR LIFE. IT USED TO MAKE ME. UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE AROUND. OTHER MEN. TRYING TO BE A FRIEND, I WASN'T. SURE HOW TO DO IT. >> MARK GREEN COFOUNDED THE. GROUP LAST YEAR FINDING NO. SHORTAGE OF INTEREST. >> WE HAVE HUGE NUMBERS OF. SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR MEN, FOR. EVERYONE BUT MEN SPECIFICALLY. >> WHO HERE WAS FEELING LONELY? >> IT'S NOT EASY TO ADMIT THAT. THEY ARE FAR FROM ALONE. ONE STUDY FINDS JUST 27% OF MEN. HAVE AT LEAST SIX CLOSE. FRIENDS, 15% REPORT HAVING NO.

CLOSE FRIENDS. >> I THOUGHT I HAD A LOT OF. FRIENDS AND I DID, BUT WHEN I. LOOKED AT THE CONNECTIONS I HAD. WITH THEM, I REALIZED, SOMETHING WAS MISSING A LITTLE. BIT. >> IN 2023 THE SURGEON GENERAL. ISSUED AN ADVISORY ABOUT.

LONELINESS SAYING IT INCREASE. THE RISK OF PREMATURE DEATH BY. 26%, ON PAR WITH SMOKING 15. CIGARETTES A DAY. >> IF I HAVE A BUSY DAY I WOULD. NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. LONELINESS. >> THEY CREATED A PODCAST, MAN. OF THE YEAR, TO ADDRESS THE. ISSUE. >> IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU LEARN SEX. ED BUT NOT FRIEND ED. ESPECIALLY FOR MEN, WE NEED. TOOLS. >> THEY SAY FIND YOUR THIRD. PLACE, NOT HOME OR WORK BUT. SOMEPLACE YOU CAN FIND GUYS. WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS, AND. WHEN YOU MAKE THE CONNECTION, PLAN SOMETHING. >> THEIR ADVICE, TEXT WEEKLY, CALL MONTHLY, SEE EACH OTHER. QUARTERLY. THESE WALKING TALKING MEN HAVE. LEARNED THE BENEFITS OF FACE-TO-.

FACE MEET UPS. >>. >> IS IT FAIR TO CALL THIS LIFE-. CHANGING? >> THE THING I WANT TO. COMMUNICATE TO MEN, IS THAT. ANYONE CAN DO THIS. >> JUST WALK THE WALK, AND TALK. THE TALK. JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> WE THANK JOE FOR THE STORY. AND A PROGRAMMING NOTE, THE. HALL OF FAME GAME JUST MOMENTS. AWAY, BETWEEN THE CHARGERS AND.

THE LIONS.