NBC Nightly News Full Episode - July 8

>>> TONIGHT, THE. STAGGERING NEW NUMBERS. ANNOUNCED BY THE. GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. MORE THAN 100 DEAD, AND 161 STILL MISSING. ARMIES OF CREWS. WORKING THE RIVERBED. IN THAT TEXAS HEAT, THE NEW VIEW FROM. ABOVE SHOWING THE. SCOPE OF THE WRECKAGE. TONIGHT LOCAL. OFFICIALS BEING. PRESSED, WHY DID ONE. OF THE MOST HEAVILY. FLOODED REGIONS OF THE. COUNTRY NEVER GET A. WARNING SYSTEM, AND. COULD IT HAVE SAVED. LIVES?

LIVES? >>> PLUS, THE RETURN. TO CAMP MYSTIC. THE IMAGES OF WRECKAGE. LEFT BEHIND. WE MEET THE MOTHER AND. DAUGHTER WHO MADE IT. OUT. THE HAUNTING PHOTO OF. 13 CAMPERS AND. COUNSELORS ALL SWEPT. AWAY. >>> PLUS, THE FLASH. FLOOD EMERGENCY IN NEW. MEXICO RIGHT. ALONG A BURN CAR. THE NATIONAL WEATHER. SERVICE WARNING PEOPLE. TO GET TO HIGHER. GROUND NOW. IT COMES AFTER A BOYS. AND GIRLS CLUB WAS. EVACUATED IN OKLAHOMA. AFTER SEVERAL INCHES. OF RAIN.

>>> PLUS, THE DEATH. TOLL RISING IN NORTH. CAROLINA. A NEW SYSTEM DRENCHING. THE EAST COAST. >>> PLUS, BREAKING. TONIGHT, ALL AIRPORTS. NATIONWIDE WILL NO. LONGER MAKE YOU TAKE. OFF YOUR SHOES WHEN. YOU GO THROUGH. CHECKPOINTS. THE NEW TSA PROTOCOLS. >>> THE EPSTEIN FILES. AFTER YEARS OF DEMANDS. FOR ANSWERS AND. CONSPIRACY THEORIES, TOP JUSTICE OFFICIALS. NOW SAY JEFFREY. EPSTEIN DID NOT KEEP. AN INCRIMINATING. CLIENT LIST. WE WILL SHOW YOU THE. VIDEO OF HIS. PRISON CELL THE NIGHT.

HE DIED AND WHAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. ABOUT EPSTEIN TODAY. >>> ARMING UKRAINE, THE PENTAGON HALTED. SOME WEAPONS SHIPMENTS. TO THE COUNTRY, BUT. NOW THE PRESIDENT. ANNOUNCING THEY ARE. SENDING THEM AGAIN AS. HE BLASTS PRESIDENT. PUTIN FOR, QUOTE, BS. OFTEN WANTING PEACE. >>> AND WHEN DPOZENS OF. KIDS WERE RUNNING THE. BASES AFTER A BALL. GAME, THIS 85-YEAR-OLD. GRANDFATHER AND. VETERAN WAS NOT GOING. TO BE LEFT OUT. >>> GOOD EVENING. FRUSTRATION IN TEXAS.

AS THE DEATH TOLL. THERE RISES TO 109. WITH AT LEAST 161. STILL MISSING. NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE. WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION. WITH MUD FOR MILES AND. MILES. LOOK AT THAT. AND FROM THE GROUND, CAMP MYSTIC IN RUINS. THIS CHILLING PHOTO. SHOWING 13 CAMP MYSTIC. CAMPERS AND 2. COUNSELORS JUST DAYS. BEFORE THE ENTIRE. CABIN WAS SWEPT AWAY. AND MORE HEARTBREAKING. IMAGES SHOWING THAT. DESTRUCTIVE WATER.

LINE. THE MUD-CAKED. MATTRESSES AND. OVERTURNED TRUNKS. TELLING ONLY PART OF. THE STORY. OFFICIALS IN TEXAS ARE. FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS. OVER THE EMERGENCY. ALERT SYSTEM OR LACK. OF IT. WITH NEW REPORTING. THAT AN UPGRADE TO THE. ALERT SYSTEM WAS. DISCUSSED BUT NEVER. IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE OUR TEAM. ACROSS IT ALL. WE BEGIN WITH. PRISCILLA THOMPSON IN. KERRVILLE, TEXAS. >> THIS WAS MY HOUSE. THE FRONT PORCH WAS. HERE. >> Reporter: RICKY RAY. ROBERTSON LOST NEARLY.

EVERYTHING, BUT WITH. AT LEAST 109 PEOPLE. CONFIRMED DEAD AND 160. STILL MISSING FROM. THESE CATASTROPHIC. FLOODS, ROBERTSON. COUNTS HIMSELF AMONG. THE FORTUNATE. >> LAST NIGHT THERE. WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN. ABOUT 11:00 HERE. AND THEY WERE LOOKING. FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. I CAN REBUILD A HOUSE. THEY LOST A LITTLE. GIRL. >> Reporter: HE SAYS. LOCAL OFFICIALS DROVE. DOWN HIS STREET EARLY. THAT MORNING, BLASTING. SIRENS. >> THEY WOKE YOU UP? >> YES, MA'AM.

BUT MANY HERE SAY THEY. WEREN'T PROPERLY. ALERTED WHEN. FLOODWATERS BEGAN TO. THE FOURTH OF JULY. OFFICIALS TODAY. PRESSED BY REPORTERS. ABOUT THE RESPONSE. >> WHAT HAPPENED? WAS THE EMERGENCY. MANAGER AWAKE? >> SIR, IT'S NOT THAT. EASY TO JUST PUSH A. BUTTON. OKAY, THERE'S A LOT. MORE TO THAT, AND. WE'VE TOLD YOU. SEVERAL TIMES. >> Reporter: TEXAS. GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT. SAID THE STATE WAS. PREPARED. >> WE WERE READY.

WITH A FLASH FLOOD. WARNING NOBODY WOULD. KNOW THAT WOULD BE A. 30-FOOT-HIGH TSUNAMI. WALL OF WATER. >> Reporter: ONE THING. KERR COUNTY DOESN'T. HAVE, A COUNTYWIDE. SIREN SYSTEM. FORMER COUNTY. COMMISSIONER TOM MOSER. PROPOSED ADDING ONE IN. THE WAKE OF THE 2015. FLOOD. >> THERE WAS AN. OBJECTION TO SIRENS. BECAUSE OF FALSE. ALARMS. >> Reporter: DO YOU. THINK SIRENS COULD. HAVE SAVED LIVES HERE? >> MOST LIKELY SO, YES, YES. I'M CONFIDENT THEY. COULD HAVE.

>> Reporter: ABOUT 20. MILES AWAY IN THE TOWN. OF COMFORT, THIS IS. THE SOUND RESIDENTS. HEARD AS THE. FAST-MOVING WATER. ROSE. IT WAS LATE MORNING. THERE WHEN MANY PEOPLE. WERE ALREADY AWAKE. THE TOWN, WHICH. HAD RECENTLY INSTALLED. A NEW ALARM, HAD ZERO. FATALITIES. DANIEL MORALES PUSHED. FOR THE SIRENS. >> IT MAKES ME FEEL. GOOD THAT I WAS ABLE. TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, AND THAT I. AM PART OF IT. >> Reporter: RICKY RAY.

ROBERTSON SAYS HE. WISHES THEY HAD THE. SAME SYSTEM IN KERR. COUNTY. DO YOU THINK A. UNIVERSAL SIREN. WOULD HAVE MADE A. DIFFERENCE? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> LET'S PICK IT UP. RIGHT THERE, PRISCILLA. IS THERE TALK OF. ADDING A SIREN SYSTEM. IN THE WAKE OF THE. DISASTER? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, THERE IS. AS THE COMMUNITY. CONTINUES TO GRAPPLE. WITH THE MASSIVE. CLEANUP AND RECOVERY. EFFORT, THE GOVERNOR. IS VOWING TO IMPLEMENT. NEW SYSTEMS SO THIS. DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON. LEADING US OFF. SEARCH AND RESCUE. TEAMS ARE CONTINUING. TO SIFT THROUGH.

TO PAINSTAKINGLY SIFT. THROUGH DEBRIS. LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS. OF SURVIVORS. FOR MORE, HERE'S. MORGAN CHESKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. WITH MORE THAN 160. MISSING IN TEXAS HILL. COUNTRY, TIRELESS. SEARCH AND RESCUE. TEAMS FIGHTING THEIR. LATEST CHALLENGE, TIME. THAT IS THE SOUND THAT. IS REALLY NONSTOP EVEN. ON DAY FIVE ON THE. BANKS OF THE GUADALUPE. RIVER. THESE SEARCH CREWS. STILL GOING. TODAY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.

SURVEYED THE DAMAGE AT. CAMP MYSTIC FROM THE. AIR. >> WE WILL NOT STOP. UNTIL EVERY MISSING. PERSON IS ACCOUNTED. FOR. >> Reporter: THE. SHERIFF SAYS FIVE. CAMPERS AND ONE. COUNSELOR ARE STILL. UNACCOUNTED FOR AS WE. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE. YOUNG GIRLS WHO LOST. THEIR LIVES. BLAKELY McCORY, HADLEY, LINNEY, AND. MARY STEVENS WERE 8. YEARS OLD. THIS PHOTO SHOWING A. CABIN OF GIRLS, SEVERAL NOW CONFIRMED. DEAD. WHEN KENNEDY RETURNED.

ON SUNDAY AND TOOK. THESE PICTURES, A. GLIMPSE OF WHAT HER. 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. LUCY AND HER CAMPERS. WENT THROUGH. THAT IS HER BUNK BED. SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS. TINY CLOTHES STILL. HANG IN A CLOSET WHERE. THE WATER LINE IS. SEVERAL FEET HIGH. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE. SHOWER. LUCY SAID SHE WOKE UP. TO RAIN AND THUNDER. >> PEOPLE FROM. DIFFERENT CABINS. STARTED COMING TO OUR. PORCH AND YELLING, "WAKE UP, AND GO TO. DIRECT HALL BECAUSE. THERE IS A FLOOD.". >> Reporter: HOW WOULD. YOU DESCRIBE THAT. FOUR-HOUR WINDOW WHERE.

YOU DID NOT KNOW HOW. LUCY WAS? >> THE LONGEST FOUR. HOURS OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: LUCY SAID. WHEN THE SUN ROSE, THEY DROVE TO ANOTHER. CAMP WHERE THEY WERE. EVENTUALLY EVACUATED. BY HELICOPTER. >> WHEN I SAW HER, SHE. WAS WRAPPED IN A. BLANKET AND HAD A. TEDDY BEAR. WE JUST HELD EACH. OTHER TIGHT. AND JUST SO GRATEFUL. TO GOD. >> Reporter: MORGAN. CHESKY, NBC NEWS, KERRVILLE , TEXAS. >>> AND THERE ARE NEW. SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ALL OVER THE MAP. LOOK AT THIS WALL OF. MATTER IN NEW MEXICO.

A FLASH FLOOD. EMERGENCY AFTER A. RIVER ROSE 13 FEET IN. TWO HOURS. RIGHT TO CAMILA BERNAL. WITH THE LATE EFFORT. >> Reporter: A RIVER. OF FLOODWATER RUSHING. THROUGH RUIDOSO, NEW. MEXICO. THIS HOME SWEPT AWAY. INTACT BEFORE. BEGINNING TO BREAK. APART AS IT SMASHED. INTO TREES. KAITLIN CARPENTER. WATCHED AS HER. FRIEND'S HOUSE WASHED. AWAY BEFORE HER EYES. >> IT WAS TERRIFYING, HONESTLY, I WAS NOT. EXPECTING THAT, IT. WAS -- I WAS REALLY. SHAKEN UP. >> Reporter: THE RIVER. ROSE NEARLY 13 FEET IN.

A LITTLE OVER 2 HOURS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. TELLS US. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WARNING AND LATER. CAUTIONING SEEK HIGHER. GROUND NOW. THE VILLAGE. PARTICULARLY. VULNERABLE AFTER. WILDFIRES IN THE AREA. LAST YEAR. JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AGO A FLASH FLOOD. SWEPT THROUGH A BURN.

SCAR THERE WHERE. TONIGHT ONCE AGAIN. THERE'S A FRANTIC. SEARCH TO MAKE SURE. EVERYONE IS ACCOUNTED. FOR. CAMILLA BERNAL, NBC. NEWS. >>> PLUS, BREAKING. TONIGHT, ALL AIRPORTS. NATIONWIDE WILL NO. LONGER MAKE YOU TAKE. OFF YOUR SHOES WHEN. YOU GO THROUGH. CHECKPOINTS. HERE'S TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: IT'S A. MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT. AT TSA CHECKPOINTS.

NATIONWIDE. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALL PASSENGERS CAN. KEEP THEIR SHOES ON. NO NEED TO SCREEN THEM. SEPARATELY. HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM. SAYS, 94% OF. PASSENGERS HAVE REAL. I.D.s IMPROVING. IDENTITY CONFIRMATION, AND TSA CHECKPOINTS. HAVE IMPROVED. >> WE HAVE ADDED NEW. SCANNERS AND. TECHNOLOGY. NEW TSA OFFICERS IN. SOME AREAS. >> Reporter: THE TSA. BEGAN SCREENING SHOES. FOR EXPLOSIVES IN 2006. AFTER SHOE BOMBER. RICHARD REID ATTEMPTED. TO BLOW UP A FLIGHT. FROM PARIS TO MIAMI IN.

2001. WHILE PRECHECKED. PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN. ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR. SHOES ON, REMOVING. SHOES HAS BEEN A TOP. COMPLAINT AMONG ALL. PASSENGERS. >> FOR WOMEN, IT'S. LIKE, EW, I DON'T WANT. TO TOUCH THE FLOOR. >> Reporter: IN. DECEMBER WE SAW. HOW DETECTING. EXPLOSIVES IS A TOP. PRIORITY AT. THE TSA RANGE IN. HUNTSVILLE. THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT, A PIECE OF SHOE AND A. HANDLE FROM A. SUITCASE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN. CATASTROPHIC, AND.

THE TSA AND FBI. CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON. MITIGATING THE THREAT. OF POTENTIALLY. CATASTROPHIC. EXPLOSIVES. SECURITY EXPERTS. BELIEVE THE TERROR. THREAT REMAINS REAL. EVEN AS NEW TECHNOLOGY. PROVIDES BETTER. DETECTION AND SHOES. STAY ON. SECRETARY NOEM SAYS. PRECHECK WILL STILL BE. AVAILABLE FOR. PASSENGERS WHO DON'T. WANT TO REMOVE. LAPTOPS, AND SHE SAYS. THAT SAFETY WILL NOT. BE COMPROMISED. TOM.

>>> NOW TO THE WHITE. HOUSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP. LASHING OUT AT. VLADIMIR PUTIN AS HE. ANNOUNCED HE IS. SENDING HER WEAPONS TO. UKRAINE DAYS AFTER THE. PENTAGON PAUSED. SHIPMENTS. GAVE GUTIERREZ AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: AS THE. FIGHTING IN UKRAINE. INTENSIFIES OUT THE. LARGEST STRIKES. UNDERWAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. REVERSING COURSE. SENDING NEW WEAPONS TO. UKRAINE AND GROWING.

INCREASING LIANG BRING. AT. VLADIMIR PUTIN. IT IS A DRAMATIC SHIFT. IN TONE AFTER YEARS OF. PRAISING THE RUSSIAN. LEADER. >> I SAID HE WAS A. STRONG LEADER, WHICH. HE HAS. >> MONTHS AFTER. ERUPTING IN ANGER OVER. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY. >> YOU DON'T HAVE THE. CARDS RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: THE NEW. REVERSAL COMES AFTER. HE SPOKE WITH PUTIN. AND ZELENSKYY BY PHONE. JUST DAYS AFTER THE. PENTAGON HELD UP A. SHIPMENT OF U.S. WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE. CITING CONCERNS ABOUT. LOW STOCKPILES. THAT DECISION. BLINDSIDED THE STATE. DEPARTMENT AND. EUROPEAN ALLIES. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE. SOURCES WITH KNOWLEDGE. OF THE MATTER. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO. ORDERED THE PAUSE. >> PUTIN IS NOT --.

HE IS NOT TREATING. HUMAN BEINGS RIGHT. HE'S KILLING TOO MANY. PEOPLE, SO WE ARE. SENDING SOME DEFENSIVE. WEAPONS TO UKRAINE, AND I'VE APPROVED. THEM. >> Reporter: WHO. ORDERED THE PAUSE LAST. WEEK? >> I DON'T KNOW. WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAID. SOMETHING MORE WEAPONS. IS NOT IN LINE. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TRUMP FREQUENTLY. BRAGGED HE COULD END. THE WAR IN UKRAINE IN. ONE DAY. >> WITHIN 24 HOURS. >> Reporter: A CLAIM.

HE LATER SAID WAS. SARCASM. NOW HIS PATIENCE WITH. PUTIN APPEARS TO BE. WEARING THIN. >> HE'S VERY NICE ALL. THE TIME, BUT IT TURNS. OUT TO BE MEANINGLESS. >> AND, GABE, YOU'VE. ALSO BEEN FOLLOWING. THE STORY ABOUT. SECRETARY OF STATE. MARCO RUBIO BEING. IMPERSONATED WITH. THE USE OF AI. >> Reporter: ACCORDING. TO A REPORT, AN. UNKNOWN PERSON OR. GROUP IMPERSONATED. SECRETARY RUBIO TO. CONTACT AT LEAST FIVE. HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT. OFFICIALS LAST MONTH. THE FAKE RUBIO REACHED. OUT TO THREE FOREIGN.

MINISTERS AT LEAST, A U.S. GOVERNOR, AND A. MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IS INVESTIGATING. >> OKAY, GABE, THANK. YOU FOR THAT. >>> JEFFREY EPSTEIN. WAS AWAITING TRIAL ON. SEX TRAFFICKING. CHARGES WHEN HE TOOK. HIS OWN LIFE IN A. FEDERAL PRISON IN. 2019. HIS DEATH FUELING A. WAVE OF CONSPIRACY. THEORIES THAT THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. IS TRYING TO PUT TO. REST. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS. THAT STORY. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP NOT HAPPY. GETTING A JEFFREY. EPSTEIN QUESTION AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AND ARE PEOPLE. STILL TALKING ABOUT. THIS GUY?

THIS CREEP? >> Reporter: ON MONDAY. THE DOJ RELEASED THIS. VIDEO OF EPSTEIN'S. FEDERAL JAIL CELL THE. NIGHT THE DISGRACED. FINANCIER DIED. THE TIMECODE JUMPS. JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI EXPLAINING. >> WHAT WE LEARNED IS. EVERY NIGHT THE VIDEO. IS RESET, AND EVERY. NIGHT SHOULD HAVE THE. SAME MINUTE MISSING. >> Reporter: TOGETHER. WITH THE VIDEO, THE. DOJ ISSUED AN UNDATED. AND UNSIGNED MEMO. CONFIRMING EPSTEIN. DIED BY SUICIDE AND. THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A.

CLIENT LIST TO TRAFFIC. UNDERAGE GIRLS. THE STATEMENT AND THE. VIDEO TRIGGERING. BACKLASH FROM NORMALLY. LOYAL TRUMP ALLIES. RIGHT WING INFLUENCER. LAURA LOOMER WANTS. BONDI FIRED. ALEX JONES SAYING, NO. ONE IS BUYING THIS. THE DOJ IS ATTEMPTING. TO DEBUNK CONSPIRACY. THEORIES THAT HAVE. SWIRLED SINCE. EPSTEIN'S DEATH IN. 2019, SPREAD IN PART. BY SOME ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS INCLUDING. NOW DEPUTY FBI. DEPUTY DAN BONGINO.

>> APPARENTLY 170 PLUS. PEOPLE ON THE CLIENT. LIST MAY BE OUTED IN. THE COMING DAYS. >> Reporter: IN. FEBRUARY BONDI WAS. ASKED ON FOX NEWS. ABOUT A POSSIBLE. CLIENT LIST. >> IT'S SITTING ON MY. DESK RIGHT NOW TO. REVIEW. IT'S ABOUT TO BE A. DIRECTIVE FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> MY RESPONSE WAS, IT. IS SITTING ON MY DESK. TO BE REVIEWED, MEANING THE FILE ALONG. WITH THE JFK, MLK. FILES AS WELL. >> Reporter: HELPING. FUEL THE BACKLASH, ELON MUSK. IN JUNE HE ALLEGED THE.

PRESIDENT WAS NAMED IN. THE EPSTEIN FILES, LATER DELETING THE. POST. THE PRESIDENT HAS. REPEATEDLY DENIED. ANY WRONGDOING. TONIGHT, MUSK. HAMMERING THE. ADMINISTRATION. QUESTIONING HOW IT CAN. BE TRUSTED. FOR NOW IT SEEMS AN. ATTEMPT TO PUT THE. CONSPIRACIES TO REST. IS HAVING THE OPPOSITE. EFFECT. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS. >>> AND WE WILL BE. RIGHT BACK WITH THE. RISING RISK OF LIVER. DAMAGE LINKED TO. POPULAR SUPPLEMENTS. ONE WOMAN'S WARNING. AFTER SHE SAW OUR. REPORT SHE CREDITS. WITH SAVING HER LIFE.

>>> WE ARE BACK WITH. THE RISE OF LIVER. INJURIES TIED TO. THOSE POPULAR. SUPPLEMENTS AND HOW. OUR REPORTING'S SAVED. ONE WOMAN'S LIFE. OUR EMILIE IKEDA HAS. THE STORY. THAT COULD CHANGE. YOURS TOO. >> I WAS NOTICING A. HINT OF YELLOW. >> Reporter: 57-YEAR-OLD KATIE. MOHAN THOUGHT SHE. WAS DOING EVERYTHING. RIGHT. SHE ATE HEALTHY FOOD, EXERCISED REGULARLY, AND WHEN SHE WANTED TO. REDUCE INFLAMMATION. AND WRIST PAIN, SHE. ADDED A TURMERIC.

SUPPLEMENT. DO HER ROUTINE, BUT. SHE FELT WORSE, AND. WITHIN 2 1/2 MONTHS. WAS IN THE E.R. >> HAVE YOU EVER HAD A. HEALTH SCARE LIKE. THIS? >> NEVER. >> Reporter: SHE SAID. IT WAS OUR REPORTING. ON SUPPLEMENT-INDUCED. LIVER INJURIES THAT. MADE HER PRIORITIZE. GETTING TO A DOCTOR. >> I FELT NAUSEOUS. I STARTED ITCHING. >> Reporter: MOHAN HAD. SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. >> JUST A LIGHT BULB. WENT OFF IN MY HEAD. I SAID, OH, MY GOSH. I WONDER IF THAT'S. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME. >> Reporter: WHAT DO.

YOU THINK WOULD'VE. HAPPENED IF YOU DID. NOT COME ACROSS THE. REPORT? >> I DON'T EVEN WANT. TO THINK ABOUT WHAT. WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> Reporter: HER LIVER. WHO KNOWS IF I'D BE. SITTING HERE TODAY. >> THIS IS VERY. ALARMING. >> Reporter: HER LIVER. ENZYMES WERE 60 TIMES. NORMAL LEVELS. ACCORDING TO HER. HEPATOLOGIST. >> IT WAS VERY. SERIOUS. IT WAS ONE STEP BEFORE. SIGNIFICANT LIVER. DAMAGE NECESSITATING. TRANSPLANT EVALUATION. >> Reporter: WHILE. STILL RARE, NUMEROUS. STUDIES SHOW THESE.

CASES LIKE MOHAN'S ARE. MARKEDLY ON THE RISE. TURMERIC'S SUSPECTED. ROLE HAS INCREASED. MARKEDLY. >> WHEN PEOPLE HEAR. LIVER DAMAGE, THEY. MIGHT THINK ALCOHOL OR. ACETAMINOPHEN. SUPPLEMENTS, I DON'T. THINK THAT COMES TO. TOP OF MIND FOR. PEOPLE. >> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. THE MISCONCEPTION IS. THAT HERBAL PRODUCTS. ARE ABSOLUTELY. INNOCENT. KATIE HAD THIS. TURMERIC ALONG WITH. BLACK PEPPER. THAT INCREASES THE. LEVELS OF THIS. INGREDIENT IN THE. BLOOD. >> Reporter: THERE IS. LIMITED REGULATION AND. RESEARCH AROUND HERBAL. SUPPLEMENTS IN.

PARTICULAR. SO WHAT -- WHILE MOHAN. WAS TAKING WHAT THE. HER DOCTOR SAYS MORE. THAN 2,200 MILLIGRAMS. OF TURMERIC EXTRACT, THAT WAS WAY TOO MUCH. >> I HAD NO IDEA I. COULD CAUSE THAT MUCH. HARM THAT QUICKLY TO. MY BODY. >> Reporter: NOW. SHARING HER EXPERIENCE. ON THE CHANCE IT COULD. IMPACT ONE OTHER LIFE. THE WAY THIS STORY, SHE SAYS, TOUCHED. HERS. >> IT POTENTIALLY. SAVED MY LIFE. >> EMILIE IKEDA, NBC.

NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> UP NEXT, THE. FIREWORKS DISASTER. THE NEW VIDEO FROM ONE. OF THE DANGEROUS. EXPLOSIONS DURING A. VOLATILE JULY 4th. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH A MAJOR. DEVELOPMENT FROM THE. SUPREME COURT A/*. ALLOWING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE. FORWARD WITH PLANS TO. SLASH THE FEDERAL. WORKFORCE. A CALIFORNIA JUDGE. SAID HE COULD NOT DO A. MAJOR REORGANIZATION. OF THE EXECUTIVE. BRANCH WITHOUT WORKING. WITH CONGRESS, BUT. TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. CLEARS THE WAY FOR. MASS FIRINGS AT NEARLY. TWO DOZEN DEPARTMENTS.

WHILE THE CASE. PROCEEDS IN THE LOWER. COURTS. >>> NOW TO THE HEAT. WAVE IN EUROPE WHERE. FIREFIGHTERS IN. SOUTHERN FRANCE ARE. FIGHTING A MASSIVE. BLAZE THAT HAS CLOSED. THE AIRPORT IN THE. CITY, AND THOSE. WANTING TO VISIT ONE. OF GREECE'S MOST. ICONIC ATTRACTIONS. WERE OUT OF LUCK FOR. PART OF TODAY AS THE. ACROPOLIS WAS CLOSED. FOR BLISTERING. TEMPERATURES. >>> AND THERE'S NEW. VIDEO OF YET ANOTHER. FIREWORKS DISASTER. OVER THE FOURTH OF. JULY WEEKEND, THIS. TIME IN MICHIGAN. DASH CAM VIDEO.

RELEASED BY STATE. POLICE SHOWS. FIREWORKS SHOOTING IN. ALL DIRECTIONS, ENGULFING A TENT IN. SMOKE. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR. ANY INFORMATION ON WHO. STARTED THIS. >>> OKAY, UP NEXT, THERE IS GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT. >>> IT IS A MOMENT. AFTER A BALLGAME SO. MANY FAMILIES LOOK. FORWARD TO, WHEN. KIDS CAN TAKE TO THE. FIELD TO RUN THE. BASES.

THERE IS GOOD NEWS. ABOUT ONE. GRANDFATHER WHO. DECIDED TO JOIN THE. FUN. WHEN THE PEORIA. CHIEFS WRAPPED UP. THEIR FINAL INNING. ONE RECENT JULY. NIGHT, FANS HAD NO. IDEA WHAT THEY WERE. ABOUT TO SEE. AS THE TEAM INVITED. THE CROWD TO RUN THE. BASES, ONE GRANDPA. HAD AN IDEA. >> I WAS WITH MY. WHOLE FAMILY. I SAID, I WOULD KIND. OF LIKE TO DO THAT. >> Reporter: TOM, BOUNCING BACK FROM A. HIP REPLACEMENT, TOOK TO THE FIELD. WHEN YOU STARTED. RUNNING THE BASES,

WHAT WERE YOU. THINKING? >> I DON'T WANT TO. PASS UP THIS MOMENT. I FELT LIKE A KID. AGAIN. I REALLY DID. >> Reporter: BY HIS. SIDE, HIS GRANDSON. PUSHING HIM ALONG. >> I JUST WANTED TO. MAKE SURE HE WOULD. NOT END UP ON THE. GROUND. MY GRANDMA WOULD BE. BAD IF HE ENDED UP. ON THE DIRT. >> Reporter: TOM. TOOK HIS TIME BUT. DID NOT GIVE UP. FOR THIS FORMER. PARATROOPER, TAKING. RISKS AND. CHALLENGING HIMSELF. WOULD ALWAYS BE PART. OF HIS LIFE. FROM RAISING KIDS,

GRANDKIDS, AND NOW. NINE GREAT GRANDKIDS, TOM WHO STILL. CHANCES ON CHAIRS AT. WEDDINGS, LIVES HOW. HE WANTS TO. >> IF I REST, I REST. . I TRY TO KEEP IN. SHAPE AND ENJOY. EVERY MOMENT. >> Reporter: HE WAS. THE LAST TO FINISH. BUT EVERYBODY STAYED. TO WATCH AND HEAR AS. THIS GRANDPA MADE IT. ALL THE WAY HOME. WHEN YOU GOT TO. TOUCH HOME PLATE, WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> I DID IT.

I GOT TO LIVE MY. LIFE AGAIN IN A. FLASH. IT WAS JUST AWESOME. A HECKUVA FEELING. >> I HOPE I CAN. ROUND THOSE BASES.