NBC Nightly News Full Episode - June 12

>>> TONIGHT, TWO. >>> TONIGHT, TWO MAJOR BREAKING. STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR. THE U.S. SENATOR HANDCUFFED ON. CAMERA AND THE AIR DISASTER. KILLING HUNDREDS. THE STUNNING VIDEO TONIGHT. MOMENTS AFTER TAKEOFF. HUNDREDS OF FEET UP, AN AIR. INDIA FLIGHT LOSES ALTITUDE AND. CRASHES IN A GIANT FIRE BALL. THE JUMBO JET CRASHING INTO A. MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSTEL. EVERYONE ABOARD KILLED EXCEPT.

ONE MAN, BLOODY, BUT ABLE TO. WALK AWAY. YOU'LL HEAR WHAT HE TOLD HIS. BROTHER ABOUT THE CRASH. WHAT HE DID AS THE PLANE WAS. GOING DOWN AS HE SAT IN SEAT 11. A. >>> PLUS --. >> SIR! >> Reporter: THE NEWS CONFERENCE. TAKE DOWN. CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC SENATOR. ALEX PADILLA SHOUTING QUESTIONS. TO DHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM. FEDERAL AGENTS SHOVING HIM OUT, TAKING HIM DOWN, AND HANDCUFFING. HIM BEFORE LATER LETTING HIM GO.

OF THE DEMOCRATS DEMANDING AN. INVESTIGATION. REPUBLICANS SAYING HE NEEDS TO. BE CENSURED. >> WE CAN'T TAKE FARMERS AND. TAKE ALL THEIR PEOPLE AND SEND. THEM BACK BECAUSE THEY DON'T. HAVE MAYBE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED. TO HAVE. >> IT COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYS HIS IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. IS HURTING FARMERS AND HE MAY. MAKE EXCEPTIONS. IN TEXAS, THE SEARCH FOR. SURVIVORS, FLASH FLOODS TRAPPING. DRIVERS IN SAN ANTONIO. CARS SWEPT AWAY. FIVE PEOPLE DEAD.

TWO MORE MISSING. RESCUERS PULLING AS MANY AS THEY. COULD TO SAFETY. WE MEET ONE WOMAN DESPERATE TO. FIND HER HUSBAND. >>> AND THE BIGGEST GREAT WHITE. EVER RECORDED IN THE ATLANTIC. WHY SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IT MAY BE. HEADED TO A POPULAR U.S. VACATION SPOT. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT NOW. WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING. WE ARE TRACKING TWO. MAJOR BREAKING STORIES. >>> IN LOS ANGELES, AN OUTCRY.

FROM DEMOCRATS AFTER SENATOR. ALEX PADILLA WAS FORCIBLY. REMOVED FROM HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM'S NEWS. CONFERENCE AFTER HE STARTED. YELLING QUESTIONS TO HER. VIDEO SHOWING HIM BEING TAKEN. INTO A HALLWAY, PUSHED FACE. FORWARD ON TO THE GROUND WITH. OFFICERS HANDCUFFING HIM. THAT STORY IN A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, TO THE PLANE TRAGEDY. IN INDIA WHERE 241 PEOPLE DIED. BUT ONE MAN ABOARD MIRACULOUSLY. SURVIVED. SEEN RIGHT HERE BLOODIED BUT.

ALIVE. IT WAS AFTER A BOEING 787, YOU. SEE IT THERE, CRASHED SHORTLY. AFTER TAKEOFF. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE. QUICKLY LOSING ALTITUDE. THEN FALLING INTO THE HORIZON. THEN THE BALL OF FIRE BILLOWING. FROM THE WRECKAGE. THE PLANE'S TAIL WEDGED INTO. BUILDING A. OTHER PARTS OF THE PLANE. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK AS FIRST. RESPONDERS RUSHING INTO THE. CHAOS. >> Reporter: CAUGHT ON CAMERA,

THE MOMENT AIR INDIA FLIGHT 171. LIFTED OFF FROM AHMAAD BAD IN. INDIA HEADING TO GATWICK. AIRPORT. IT QUICKLY CRASHED INTO AER. HOWIFIC BALL OF FIRE. DARK BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM. THE NEIGHBORHOOD. VIDEO CAPTURED THE IMMEDIATE. AFTERMATH AS FIREFIGHTERS RUSHED. IN. THE PLANE'S TAIL STICKING OUT OF. THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS. RESCUE TEAMS FRANTICALLY. SEARCHED FOR VICTIMS.

>> VERY TRAGIC AND VERY, VERY. HORRIFIC. EVEN NOW, I HAVE TO SAY I'M IN A. STATE OF SHOCK. >> Reporter: LOCAL AUTHORITIES. SAY THE PLANE CRASHED INTO A. MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSTEL AS. STUDENTS WERE EATING LUNCH. DOZENS WERE INJURED. AT LEAST FIVE ARE THOUGHT TO. HAVE DIED. OUT OF THE 242 PEOPLE ON THE. PLANE, THE LOCAL POLICE SAY ONLY. A SINGLE PASSENGER WAS ABLE TO. WALK AWAY. A BRITISH NATIONAL SITTING IN. EXIT ROW WINDOW SEAT 11 A AND. TRAVELING WITH THE BROTHER WHO. IS STILL MISSING.

ANOTHER BROTHER IN THE U.K. SPOKE TO SKY NEWS. >> HE SAID OUR PLANE HAS. CRASHED. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER. PASSENGERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M ALIVE. HOW I EXITED THE PLANE. >> Reporter: ON BOARD, PASSENGERS FROM INDIA, THE U.K., PORTUGAL AND CANADA. THE FIRST CRASH EVER INVOLVING. THE BOEING 787 DREAMLINER, A. PLANE WITH A STELLAR REPUTATION, AND 1,100 IN SERVICE WORLDWIDE.

ALREADY FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. ARE LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO OF THE. PLANE TAKING OFF AND NOTICING. THAT THE ANIFLAPS DO NOT APPEAR. BE EXTENDED. >> WITHOUT THE FLAPS EXTENDED, THE WIND CANNOT PRODUCE ENOUGH. SPEED. >> Reporter: THE NOSE POINTED UP. INDICATING A POSSIBLE. AERODYNAMIC STALL. AND THE LANDING GEAR STAYED DOWN. WELL PAST THE POINT IT SHOULD. HAVE BEEN RETRACTED. THE CAPTAIN HAD 8200 HOURS OF. EXPERIENCE. THE FIRST OFFICER, 1100 HOURS.

ONE OF THEM RADIOED A MAYDAY BUT. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO WAS PILOTING. THE PLANE. >> THIS IS A DIFFICULT DAY FOR. ALL OF US AT AIR INDIA. NOW OUR FOCUS IS FOCUSED. ENTIRELY ON THE NEEDS OF OUR. PASSENGERS, CREW MEMBERS, THEIR. FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. >> Reporter: WHILE INDIAN. INVESTIGATORS WILL BE IN CHARGE, BRITISH AND AMERICAN NTSB AND. FAA INVESTIGATORS WILL ASSIST. BOEING SAYS IT IS COOPERATING. WITH THE INVESTIGATION. OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE, THE. PLANE'S FLIGHT DATA AND COCKPIT. VOICE RECORDERS MAY PROVIDE THE.

CLUES INTO WHAT WENT WRONG. TOM COSTELLO JOINS US NOW. EVERYONE IS ASKING THE SAME. QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY THEORIES ON WHY. THIS ONE PASSENGER SURVIVED? >> YEAH. IT MAY BE HARD TO KNOW RIGHT. NOW. THIS IS WHERE HE WAS. SEAT 11 A. THIS IS THE E MEEMERGENCY EXIT. WAS HE CATAPULTED OUT OF THE. PLANE WHEN IT HIT THE BUILDING? WE DON'T KNOW. BUT EXPERTS SAY THERE IS NO ONE.

SINGLE SEAT THAT IS ALWAYS THE. SAFEST. >> LEADING US OFF TONIGHT, THANK. YOU. >>> TO THAT BIPARTISAN OUTRAGE. AFTER DEMOCRATIC CALIFORNIA. SENATOR ALEX PADILLA WAS. FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM HOMELAND. SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM'S. PRESS CONFERENCE. HE WAS SAYING HE WAS TRYING TO. GET ANSWERS. NOEM SAID HE CRASHED THE PRESS. CONFERENCE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CHAOTIC. MOMENTS DURING A PRESS. CONFERENCE BY HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM IN L.A.

>> TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT. HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS --. >> Reporter: IT ALL BEGAN WHEN. THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ALEX. PADILLA STARTED INTERRUPTING. HADDER FROM THE BACK OF THE. ROOM. >> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS --. >> A HALF DOZEN --. >> Reporter: PADILLA WAS FORCED. OUT OF THE ROOM BY SECURITY AND. HANDCUFFED IN THE HALLWAY. LATER, HE SPOKE OUTSIDE. >> I BEGAN TO ASK A QUESTION. I WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

I WAS NOT ARRESTED. I WAS NOT DETAINED. >> Reporter: WE PRESSED NOEM. WHEN SHE WALKED OUT. WHY DID YOU DETAIN HIM? WHY WAS THAT THE ACTION YOU. DECIDED TO TAKE? >> I'LL LET THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. SPEAK TO HOW THIS WAS HANDLED. I WILL SAY THAT PEOPLE NEED TO. IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY. START LUNGING AT PEOPLE AT A. PRESS CONFERENCE. >> Reporter: IS IT APPROPRIATE. TO HANDCUFF A SITTING SENATOR. THAT WAY? >> DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES. OUTRAGED. >> I JUST SAW SOMETHING THAT.

SICKENED MY STOMACH. THE MANHANDLING OF A UNITED. STATES SENATOR. WE NEED IMMEDIATE ANSWERS TO. WHAT THE HELL WENT ON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE WHITE. HOUSE SAYING PADILLA STORMED A. PRESS CONFERENCE. THAT HE WANTED ATTENTION AND. BLASTING IT AS AN IMMATURE. THEATER STUNT. NOEM SAYING SHE LATER MET WITH. PADILLA. >> WE SAT DOWN FOR 10 TO 15. MINUTES AND TALKED ABOUT, NOBODY. KNEW WHO HE WAS. IF HE HAD REQUESTED A MEETING, I. WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SAT. DOWN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH. HIM. THIS IS POLICE THEATER.

>> IF THIS IS HOW THE DEPARTMENT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY RESPONDS TO. A SENATOR WITH A QUESTION, YOU. CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE. DOING TO FARM WORKERS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, JUST 24. HOURS AFTER VIDEO SHOWING I.C.E. AGENTS TRACKING DOWN A FARM. WORKER IN A FIELD, PRESIDENT. TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGING HIS. CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. CAN IMPACT BUSINESSES LIKE FARMS. AND HOTELS. >> YOU GO INTO A FARM AND YOU. LOOK AND PEOPLE, THEY'VE BEEN. THERE 20, 25 YEARS AND THEY'VE. WORKED GREAT.

THE OWNER OF THE FARM LOVES THEM. AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO THROW. THEM OUT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? THEY END UP HIRING THE CRIMINALS. THAT HAVE COME IN. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ORDER. ONLY PRETTY SOON. WE CAN'T DO THAT TO OUR FARMERS. AND LEISURE, TOO. HOTELS. >> Reporter: ALL AFTER. PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE. IN L.A. MOUNTED POLICE AT ONE POINT. APPEARING TO NEARLY TRAMPLE. PEOPLE WHILE THE CURFEW AND. STATE OF EMERGENCY WERE DECLARED. IN SPOKANE. >> LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT.

HAPPENED TO SENATOR PADILLA. THERE. THE FBI HAS WEIGHED IN? >> Reporter: YEAH. THE FBI HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT. SAYING THEIR AGENTS ASSISTED. SECRET SERVICE IN BRIEFLY. DETAINING PADILLA WHO BRIEFLY. BECAME DISRUPTIVE. THEY SAID HE WASN'T WEARING HIS. PIN. >> ALL OF THIS IS IGNITING A. FIRESTORM AMONG LAWMAKERS IN. D.C. LET'S BRING IN PETER ALEXANDER. THE THE HOUSE SPEAKER SAYING HE.

COULD FACE CONSEQUENCES? >> Reporter: THE REPUBLICAN. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON IS. CONDEMNING THE ACTIONS. HE'S CALLING IT WILDLY. INAPPROPRIATE. HE'S URGING THE SENATE TO. CONSIDER CENSURING HIM. SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. IN 35 YEARS. LINDSEY GRAHAM DISMISSED IT. SAYING PADILLA GOT WHAT HE. WANTED. BUT ALASKA REPUBLICAN LISA. MURKOWSKI SAID WHAT SHE SAW WAS. HORRIBLE AND NOT THE AMERICA SHE. KNOWS. DEMOCRATS ARE ARGUING AS SENATOR. PADILLA HAD EVERY RIGHT TO.

QUESTION THE HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY. EVEN SAYING HE WAS REPRESENTING. HIS CONSTITUENTS. CALLING IT A STUNNING ABUSE OF. POWER. THE LATEST ESCALATION IN THE. IMMIGRATION BATTLE. >> THIS FIGHT IS JUST GETTING. STARTED. THANK YOU FORM. >>> WE NOW TURN TO THE. DEVASTATING STORMS SEEINWEEPING. ACROSS THE SOUTH. TWO PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING IN. TEXAS AND FIVE ARE DEAD AFTER. RUSHING WATERS SWEPT THEM AWAY.

TONIGHT, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, IS. REELING. AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR. SURVIVORS AFTER A SERIES OF. SLOW-MOVING STORMS LEFT AT LEAST. FIVE PEOPLE DEAD. RESCUERS MOVING IN. SOME AREAS GETTING OVER SIX. INCHES OF RAIN BY DAWN. >> IT'S LIKE MAKE BELIEVE. >> Reporter: SHE SAID HER. HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO WORK. AROUND 5:00 A.M. WHEN HE CALLED. HER FROM THOR TODAY. >> IT HAPPENED LIKE REALLY,

REALLY FAST. THE CAR WAS STALLED. IT'S FLOATING. >> Reporter: SHE EVENTUALLY MADE. HER WAY TO THIS CREEK. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FLIPPED OVER. AND STILL PARTIALLY SUBMERGED, SHE SAID SHE'S CONFIDENT THAT'S. HER CAR. SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. TO HER HUSBAND. >> THEY SAID IT WAS A CADILLAC. MY HEART JUST DROPPED. >> Reporter: THE THE CITY'S FIRE. DEPARTMENT SAID THERE WERE AT. LEAST 65 WATER RESCUES. A DOZEN PEOPLE WHO MANAGED TO.

ESCAPE FROM THAT CREEK WOUND UP. CLINGING FOR THEIR LIVES HIGH UP. IN THE TREES. >> THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER FLOODS. HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. WHAT MADE THIS WORSE? >> WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAINFALL. IN THE LAST WEEK. PROBABLY TWO TO THREE SEPARATE. EVENTS. SO THE GROUND WAS SATURATED. SO I THINK THAT JUST COMPOUNDED. THE FLOODING. >> Reporter: NOW STORM ARE. LOOMING OVER LOUISIANA AND. ARKANSAS AS POLICE IN SAN. ANTONIO TELL US AT LEAST TWO. PEOPLE, POSSIBLY MORE, ARE STILL.

MISSING. >> IN SAN ANTONIO TONIGHT. >>> IN OUR SERIES, THE COST OF. DENIAL, A DOCTOR'S RECOMMENDED. TREATMENT FOR A CANCER PATIENT. THE PATIENT'S INSURANCE DENYING. THAT COVERAGE. HIS WIFE THEN FIGHTING FOR HIM. FOR MONTHS. ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS THAT STORY. >> Reporter: WE FIRST MET ERIC. AT HIS WEST VIRGINIA HOME. ARRIVING BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL. EXHAUSTED DUE TO SERIOUS. COMPLICATIONS FROM HIS STAGE 4.

CANCER. >> Reporter: ARE YOU FEELING. OKAY? >> A LITTLE ROUGH RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: ERIC, HIS WIFE. REBECCA AND HIS DOCTOR ALL HOPED. TO GET A BREAK FROM CHEMO AND. BUY TIME BY GETTING A TREATMENT. CALLED HISTOTRIPSY. IT WOULD TARGET THE TUMOR IN HIS. LIVER. WHAT DOES TIME MEAN TO YOU RIGHT. NOW? >> IT MEANS EVERYTHING. JUST FOR MY FAMILY'S SAKE MORE. THAN ANYTHING. >> Reporter: APPROVED TO TREAT. LIVER CANCER, IT HAS A SUCCESS. RATE OF 85 TO 95%. BUT ERIC'S INSURANCE SAID NO.

DENYING COVERAGE FOR HISTOTRIPSY. CALLING IT EXPERIMENTAL AND NOT. MEDICALLY NECESSARY. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR. THE 14th. THEN WE'LL HAVE TO CANCEL IT. >> Reporter: A FATHER OF TWO AND. A COLE MINE SAFETY INSPECTOR FOR. WEST VIRGINIA, HE HAS INSURANCE. THROUGH A STATE PLAN KNOWN AS. PEIA. >> THEN YOU GOT THE SECOND. DENIAL. >> YES. >> AND THE THIRD. AND WILL THE FOURTH. WHAT DOES THE WORD DENY MEAN TO. YOU? >> DENY MEANS, WE DON'T VALUE A.

DOCTOR'S OPINION. AND WE DON'T REALLY CARE IF YOU. LIVE OR DIE. >> Reporter: REBECCA APPEALED. AND FOUGHT FOR MONTHS. TURNING TO STATE LAWMAKERS AND. THE MEDIA INCLUDING KFF HEALTH. NEWS REPORTER WHO CONTACTED. PEIA. >> I'M A REPORTER WORKING ON. THIS STORY. THEY WANTED ME TO SUBMIT. QUESTIONS IN WRITING. WE HEAR NOTHING FOR A REALLY. LONG TIME. >> Reporter: THEN NBC NEWS. JOINED IN TO TRY TO GET ANSWERS.

ONE WEEK AFTER NBC NEWS ASKED. ABOUT ERIC'S DENIAL, A STUNNING. REVERSAL. PEIA APPROVED COVERAGE FOR THE. TREATMENT SAYING IT GOT A SECOND. OPINION THROUGH AN EXTERNAL. REVIEW CALLING THE SITUATION. RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL. REBECCA'S FEELING? >> THEY ONLY APPROVED IT BECAUSE. OF NBC STEPPING IN. IT'S DISCOURAGING. I HAVE THE TIME AND THE PATIENCE. TO DO THIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. >> I THINK PATIENT WHO'S HAVE.

NAVIGATED THIS PROCESS WOULD SAY. THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE POINT IS. TO RUN THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> THEY SAID DIFFICULT DECISIONS. ARE MADE BY PROFESSIONALS. FOREVER IN AN APPEAL OF COVERAGE. AND NOT IN A MANNER THAT IS. ARBITRARY. >> Reporter: DO YOU WONDER WHAT. IT COULD HAVE BEEN? >> YES. IF WE COULD HAVE GOT THIS FOUR. OR FIVE MONTHS AGO, WHERE WOULD. I BE NOW? I'M JUST FIGHTING FOR ANOTHER. DAY. >> ERIN JOINS US LIVE IN STUDIO.

NOW IT'S COVERED BUT IT MAY BE. TOO LATE? >> THAT'S RIGHT. AT THIS POINT, ERIC HAS TO WAIT. FOR NEW SCANS IN JULY TO SEE IF. HE IS EVEN WELL ENOUGH TO GO. FORWARD WITH HISTOTRIPSY. IT IS COVERED BY MEDICARE AND. SOME PRIVATE PLANS. IF YOU ARE FACED WITH DANGER, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOUR. INSURER COULD OVERTURN IT IF YOU. APPEAL IT. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK ABOUT T.

>>> WE'RE BACK WITH AN NBC NEWS. EXCLUSIVE. META. ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TECH. COMPANY IN THE WORLD TELLING. SAVANNAH HOW THEY'RE NOW. COMBATTING DANGEROUS APP THAT'S. >> IT IS CRACKING DOWN ON APP. THAT'S USE AI TO UNDRESS PEOPLE. IN PHOTOS. >> WE'RE TAKING LEGAL ACTION.

META WRITING THE LAWSUIT AGAINST. JOY TIME LINE, THAT IT WAS. VIOLATING META POLICY BY. DISPLAYING ADDS CONSISTING OF. NUDITY WITH CAPTIONS LIKE ERASE. ANY CLOTHES ON GIRLS AND CLICK. THE BUTTON FOR THE NUDIE. VERSION. HERE'S HOW SOME OF THESE APPS. WORK. EASILY UPLOAD A NORMAL PHOTO. LIKE SOMEONE AT PROM OR. GRADUATION OR LIKE THIS PHOTO OF. ME. SOME APPS ALLOW TO YOU EASILY. MAKE EDITS, CHANGING COLORS OR. PIECES OF CLOTHING OR REMOVING.

THEM ENTIRELY, CREATING A. REALISTIC-LOOKING AI IMAGE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING. TO ADDRESS THIS IS WORK WITH. OTHER MEMBERS OF INDUSTRY. >> Reporter: IS TAKING THIS. STEP, THIS ACTION, AN ADMISSION. ESSENTIALLY THAT YOU DON'T HAVAL. HANDLE ON THIS ON YOUR PLATFORM? ZPLE IT'S NOT AN ADMISSION THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A HANDLE. WHAT IT IS IS A RECOGNITION THAT. THIS IS AN ADVERSARIAL SPACE. >> Reporter: NBC NEWS REACHED. OUT TO JOY TIME LINE AND HAS NOT. HEARD BACK.

EVEN AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, NBC. NEWS FOUND DOZENS OF ADS. SHE SAID IT WAS CREATED OF HER. BY A CLASSMATE USING AGO NUDIFY. APP. >> DO YOU REMEMBER SEEING THE. PHOTO? >> YES. THESE PHOTOS LOOKED COMPLETELY. REAL TO SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T. KNOW ME, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO. TELL IF IT WAS REAL OR NOT. >> Reporter: META SAID IN. ADDITION TO THE LAWSUIT, IT IS. DEVELOPING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.

>> FOR FAMILIES WHO SAY THIS IS. TOO LITTLE TOO LATE, WHAT DO YOU. SAY? >> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WE. ARE ON THEIR SIDE. WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE A. SAFE PLACE FOR THEM. WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING ACTION. WE'RE GOING TO FILE LAWSUITS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO. DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY. >> THE TAKE IT DOWN APP WAS JUST. SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT. TRUMP LAST MONTH. IT CRIMINALIZES THE CREATION OR. THE CIRCULATION OF THESE. NONCONSENSUAL IMAGES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE WAS A. HUGE ADVOCATE OF.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT STORY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A>>> WE C. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A DRAMATIC. ENDING TO HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S. RETRIAL IN NEW YORK. THE JUDGE DECLARING A MISTRIAL. ON THE FINAL RAPE CHARGE AGAINST. THE MOVIE MOGUL WHEN THE JURY. FOREMAN REFUSED TO JOIN THE. DELIBERATIONS. YESTERDAY WEINSTEIN WAS COULD. NOT VOIKTD A SEPARATE SEXUAL. ASSAULT CHARGE AND FOUND NOT. GUILTY ON ANOTHER. BOTTOM LINE THOUGH, HE WILL STAY.

IN CUSTODY. ALSO TONIGHT, AN EXPLOSION. LEVELING THIS HOUSE IN THE. CHICAGO SUBURBS. YOU CAN SEE IT REDUCED TO. RUBBLE. OFFICIAL SAY A 76-YEAR-OLD MAN. INSIDE DIED IN THAT BLAST AND. THE CAUSE APPEARS TO BE A. NATURAL GAS LEAK. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE. INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE. LEAK. >>> AND A WARNING IF YOU'RE. GOING ON VACATION. MEET CONTENDER, THE BIGGEST. GREAT WHITE SHARK EVER RECORDED. IN THE ATLANTIC. THIS GUY IS 14 FEET LONG, 1,600. POUNDS. QUITE THE BEAST AND ON THE MOVE, HEADING NORTH ALONG THE EAST.

COAST O-SEARCH WHICH TRACKS. SHARKS. HE WAS LAST SEEN NEAR PIMLICO. SOUND AFTER SWIMMING FROM. FLORIDA. >>> OKAY. UP NEXT, GOOD NEWS. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS. FOR ONE FAMILY IN VIRGINIA. THE SPECIAL MOMENT ONE MOTHER. SURPRISED HER CHILDREN WITH A. GIFT THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET.

A NEW HOME MEANS NEW KEYS. >> WAIT, WHAT? >> YES! >> Reporter: AND THIS PRICELESS. MEMORY. >> OH, MY GOSH! >> THEY WERE THINKING, OKAY, MOM, YOU DID IT. WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THIS. EVERY NIGHT. >> Reporter: VIRGINIA MOM ANDREA. SURPRISING HER THREE KIDS WILLY, PAGE, AND HAVEN, WITH THEIR NEW.

HOME. >> ARE WE EACH GOING TO HAVE OUR. OWN ROOMS? >> NO. >> Reporter: FOR YEARS THE. FAMILY STRUGGLES EVTO FIND A HO. LAST YEAR SHE SAID SHE MANAGED. TO TURN IT AROUND. FINALLY GIVING HER KIDS A. PERMANENT HOME. >> WORKED TWO JOBS TRY TO TRY TO. GET A HOME. AND LIKE, HOLIDAYS AND BIRTHDAYS. AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, BEING A SINGLE MOM. IT WAS HARD. BUT I DID IT. >> Reporter: ANDREA RECENTLY.

POSTING THIS VIDEO ON TIKTOK. MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE MOVING. IN. THE CLIP GOING VIRAL. >> THANK YOU! >> Reporter: LEADING STRANGERS. TO DONATE FURNITURE AND BIKES. FOR THE KIDS. >> WE AS A PEOPLE TRULY HAVE THE. POWER IN OUR HAND TO SUPPORT. EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW? IT'S THAT SIMPLE. >> THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR. THIS THURSDAY. REMEMBER, TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M TOM.