NBC Nightly News Full Episode - June 18

>>> TONIGHT THE. STUNNING VERDICT, KAREN READ ACQUITTED. OF MURDER. THE EMOTION MOMENTS. INSIDE THE COURTROOM. AS THE JUDGE ANNOUNCES. THE VERDICT. READ IN TEARS HUGGING. HER LEGAL TEAM. OUTSIDE THE CROWDS. CHEERING AS A. MASSACHUSETTS JURY. FOUND HER NOT GUILTY. IN THE RETRIAL WHERE. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF. KILLING HER POLICE. OFFICER BOYFRIEND JOHN.

O'KEEFE. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE SHE. STRUCK HIM WITH HER. SUV LEAVING HIM FOR. DEAD. >> NO ONE HAS FOUGHT. HARDER FOR JUSTICE FOR. JOHN O'KEEFE THAN I. HAVE. >>> MORE OF READ'S. REACTION TONIGHT. WEIGH LIVE. >>> ALSO BREAKING. TONIGHT, WILL. PRESIDENT TRUMP STRIKE. IRAN? TELLING REPORTERS. TODAY, I MAY DO IT, I. MAY NOT DO IT. ISRAEL TAKING OUT A. RUNNING HELICOPTERS. AND MISSILE LAUNCHERS. AS IRAN FIRES BACK. WITH ITS OWN. AIRSTRIKES. >>> TONIGHT THE. AYATOLLAH'S THREAT AND.

THE CAMERA CLASH. BETWEEN SOME OF THE. PRESIDENT'S BIGGEST. SUPPORTERS OVER. GETTING INVOLVED. >>> PLUS, TORNADOS. SHREDDING THROUGH. ILLINOIS AND MILLIONS. UNDER THE SEVERE. WEATHER RISK THROUGH. THE NIGHT. >>> THE SUDDEN DEATH. OF CELEBRITY CHEF ANNE. BURRELL. WE SPEAK WITH HER. CLOSE FRIEND. >>> THE $100 MILLION. HEIST. DIAMONDS, JEWELS, AND. GOLD. THE BUST YEARS IN THE. MAKING IN WHAT'S. CALLED THE LARGEST. JEWELRY JOB IN U.S.

HISTORY. >>> THIS JUST IN. THE LAKERS ARE BEING. SOLD BY THE FAMILY. THAT'S OWNED THEM FOR. DECADES. >>> AND THE INCREDIBLE. FIND AT A MISSOURI. SCRAPYARD. HOW DID THIS PURPLE. HEART STAND OUT LIKE. THE SOLDIER WHO EARNED. IT? "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. IT IS THAT STUNNING. VERDICT THAT LED TO. CHEERS INSIDE AND. OUTSIDE OF A.

COURTHOUSE IN. MASSACHUSETTS. KAREN READ FOUND NOT. GUILTY OF. SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. AFTER PROSECUTORS. RETRIED HER IN THE. 2022 DEATH OF HER. BOYFRIEND, A BOSTON. POLICE OFFICER, JOHN. O'KEEFE. YOU CAN HEAR IT RIGHT. THERE, CHEERS ERUPTING. AS THE NEWS REACHED. READ'S SUPPORTERS. OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM. THE RETRIAL BECOMING A. NATIONAL OBSESSION. READ THANKING AND. GESTURING DIRECTLY TO. THE SUPPORTERS AS SHE. EXITED THE COURTHOUSE.

TODAY. THE JURY ALSO. ACQUITTING READ ON TWO. LESSER CHARGES. ULTIMATELY, ONLY. CONVICTING HER ON A. DRUNK DRIVING CHARGE. THE VERDICT COMING. AFTER NEARLY TWO. MONTHS OF TESTIMONY. WITH PROSECUTORS. ARGUING SHE REVERSED. HER SUV INTO HER. BOYFRIEND AND LEFT HIM. FOR DEAD. THE DEFENSE ARGUING. READ WAS FRAMED WITH. NO DIRECT EVIDENCE. WE'VE GOT TEAM. COVERAGE STARTING WITH. EMILIE IKEDA OUTSIDE. OF THE COURT IN. MASSACHUSETTS.

>> Reporter: KAREN. READ WALKING OUT OF. COURT WITH HAND OVER. HEART AND A MAJOR WIN. IN HER MURDER TRIAL. REDO. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY. TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE IS I COULD. NOT BE STANDING HERE. WITHOUT THESE AMAZING. SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE. SUPPORTED ME AND MY. TEAM FINANCIALLY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, EMOTIONALLY FOR ALMOST. FOUR YEARS. AND THE SECOND THING I. WANT TO SAY IS NO ONE. HAS FOUGHT HARDER FOR. JUSTICE FOR JOHN.

O'KEEFE THAN I HAVE. >> Reporter: SHE WAS. ACCUSED OF HITTING HER. POLICE OFFICER. BOYFRIEND JOHN O'KEEFE. WITH HER CAR IN A. DRUNKEN ARGUMENT AND. LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN. THE COLD BACK IN 2022. BUT HER DEFENSE HAS. INSISTED THERE WAS NO. COLLISION AND READ WAS. FRAMED AND AFTER THREE. AND A HALF DAYS OF. DELIBERATING THE JURY. OF SEVEN WOMEN AND. FIVE MEN AGREED TO. ACQUIT HER OF THE MOST. SERIOUS CHARGE. >> MURDER IN THE. SECOND-DEGREE, WHAT. SAY YOU? IS THE DEFENDANT. GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? >> NOT GUILTY. >> Reporter: ALSO.

CLEARING HER OF. MANSLAUGHTER AND. FLEEING THE SCENE OF A. TEDDY ACCIDENT. PROMPTING HUGS AND. TEARS INSIDE THE. COURTROOM. CHEERS EVEN HEARD FROM. CROWDS GATHERED. OUTSIDE. THE JURY DID CONVICT. READ OF A LESSER. CHARGE, OPERATING A. VEHICLE UNDER THE. INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. AFTER CONSIDERING. EIGHT WEEKS OF. TESTIMONY AND. MOUNTAINS OF MATERIAL, INCLUDING CRASH DEMOS, VEHICLE AND PHONE. DATA, AND READ'S OWN. WORDS.

>> I MEAN, I DIDN'T. THINK I HIT HIM, HIT. HIM. BUT COULD I HAVE. CLIPPED HIM? >> Reporter: ACKNOWLEDGING SHE. SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. DRIVING THE NIGHT. O'KEEFE DIED. >> I FELT HUK I WAS. BUZZED. >> Reporter: HER. DEFENSE TRIED TO POINT. THE FINGER AT LAW. ENFORCEMENT, BUT IN A. NEW INTERVIEW WITH. "DATELINE" THE LEAD. INVESTIGATOR FIRED FOR. MISS CONDUCT ON THE. CASE SPEAKING OUT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO. SAY TO ANYONE WHO. BELIEVES THE DEFENSE'S. NARRATIVE THAT YOU ARE. CORRUPT, YOU FRAMED. KAREN READ? >> I LAUGH BECAUSE.

IT'S SUCH A RIDICULOUS. ACCUSATION. THERE IS NOT ONE PIECE. OF EVIDENCE OR FACT TO. SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE. IT DID NOT HAPPEN. I WOULD NEVER DO. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: DID YOU. FRAME KAREN READ? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> Reporter: THIS IS. THE SECOND TIME A JURY. HAS DELIBERATED READ'S. FACE SINCE LAST YEAR. ENDED IN A MISTRIAL. >> DECLARING A. MISTRIAL IN THE CASE. >> Reporter: THE CASE. SINCE GARNERING. INTENSE PUBLIC. INTEREST ONLINE AND IN. PERSON WITH A SEA OF.

SUPPORTERS IN PINKY. INTERRUPTING IN CHEERS. AT WORD OF THE JURY'S. VERDICT TODAY. >> WE GOT A NOT GUILTY. WONDERFUL. IT'S GREAT. >> EVERY PENNY WE PAID. TO GET HERE WORTH IT. FOR THE VERDICT. >> Reporter: A SOMBER. TONE FROM O'KEEFE'S. LOVED ONES. HIS MOTHER TESTIFIED. IN THE RETRIAL. >> PEG, IS HE DEAD? >> Reporter: TONIGHT. SOME OF THOSE AT THE. CENTER OF THE CASE WHO.

TESTIFIED AGAINST. READ/WRITING IN A. STATEMENT, TODAY WE. MOURN WITH JOHN'S. FAMILY AND LAMENT THE. CRUEL REALITY THAT. THIS PROSECUTION WAS. INFECTED BY LIES AND. CONSPIRACY THEORIES. GOING ON TO SAY, THE. RESULT IS A. DEVASTATING. MISCARRIAGE OF. JUSTICE. >> EMILIE IKEDA JOINS. US NOW LIVE. KAREN READ WAS FACING. LIFE IN PRISON IF. CONVICTED. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? >> Reporter: WELL, TALL, SHE WAS. SENTENCED ON THE SPOT. TO A YEAR OF PROBATION. FOR DRIVING UNDER THE. INFLUENCE, A FAR CRY. FROM WHAT PROSECUTORS.

HOPED FOR. READ COULD HAVE FACED. LIFE IN PRISON IF. CONVICTED OF THE MOST. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST. HER. TOM. >> EMILIE IKEDA. LEADING US OFF. THANK YOU. LAURA JARRETT, THE BIG. QUESTION TONIGHT, HOW. DID THE DEFENSE BEAT. THIS CASE? >> THIS WAS A BATTLE. OF THE EXPERTS. SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T. HIT HIM. THEY HAD THE SCIENCE. TO BACK IT UP. SHE DID NOT TAKE THE. STAND IN THIS CASE. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD. HER WORDS. SHE DIDN'T GET. CROSS-EXAMINED. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN. UGLY. PERHAPS THE BIGGEST. THING DIFFERENT FROM. LAST TIME THEY GOT. INSTRUCTED ON THOSE. LESSER CHARGES,

DRIVING UNDER THE. INFLUENCE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT. TO DO LAST TIME. THAT COULD HAVE GIVEN. THEM AN OFFERING TO. GIVE HER SOME SORT OF. CULPABILITY OF. SOMETHING SHE ADMITTED. BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO GET. CONVICTED ON THE. HIGHEST CHARGE. >> THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE. CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION. FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. WILL HE LAUNCH AN. AIRSTRIKE ON A NUCLEAR. FACILITY INSIDE OF. IRAN? GABE GUTIERREZ HAS. LATE DETAILS FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. WITH ISRAEL DESTROYING. IRANIAN HELICOPTERS. AND MISSILE LAUNCHERS. AS IT TARGETS IRAN'S.

NUCLEAR PROGRAM, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. HE HAS NOT MADE A. FINAL DECISION THE. U.S. WILL STRIKE IRAN, TOO. A SENIOR. ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIAL SAYING ALL. OPTIONS REMAIN ON THE. TABLE. >> I MAY DO. I MAY NOT DO IT. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT I AM. GOING TO DO. >> Reporter: IRAN. LAUNCHING ITS OWN. MISSILES AGAINST. ISRAEL, BUT MOST HAVE. BEEN INTERCEPTED. THE PRESIDENT WITH A. BLUNT DEMAND FOR. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER. >> UNCONDITIONAL. SURRENDER. THAT MEANS I HAVE HAD. IT, OKAY? I HAD IT, I GIVE UP, NO MORE.

MAYBE YOU COULD CALL. IT THE ULTIMATE. ULTIMATUM, RIGHT? >> Reporter: TODAY. AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI. DEFIANT, POSTING THE. AMERICANS SHOULD KNOW. THAT ANY U.S. MILITARY. INTERVENTION WILL BE. ACCOMPANIED BY. IRREPARABLE DAMAGE. >> WHAT COULD YOU SAY. TO THE SUPREME LEADER. OF IRAN WHO SAYS THAT. THEY WILL NOT. SURRENDER? >> GOOD LUCK. >> Reporter: TWO U.S. OFFICIALS FAMILIAR. WITH THE PLANNING TELL. NBC NEWS IF THE U.S. STRIKES IRAN IS. PREPARED TO STRIKE. AMERICAN BASES AND.

ASSETS IN THE MIDDLE. EAST. >> THEY ARE TOTALLY. DEFENSELESS, HAVE NO. AIR DEFENSE. WHATSOEVER. WE TOTALLY CAPTURED --. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAYING THE. IRANIAN REGIME. BATTERED BY ISRAELI. STRIKES IS ASKING TO. COME TO THE WHITE. HOUSE TO NEGOTIATE. AFTER TURNING DOWN AN. EARLIER OFFER. >> THEY HAD TO SIGN A. DON'T U DOCUMENT. I THINK THEY WISH THEY. SIGNED IT. IT WAS A FAIR DEAL. NOW IT'S A HARDER. THING TO SIGN. A LOT OF WATER OVER. THE DAM. >> HAVE YOU CLOSED THE. DOOR ON MEETING WITH.

THEM? >> NO. >> Reporter: IRAN'S. MISSION TO THE U.N. RESPONDING NO IRANIAN. OFFICIAL HAS EVER. ASKED TO GROVEL AT THE. GATES OF THE WHITE. HOUSE. ISRAEL HAS DAMAGED. MOST OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR. FACILITIES, BUT NOT. FORDO, BURIED IN A. MOUNTAIN. THAT COULD BE THE KEY. TARGET IF THERE IS A. U.S. AIRSTRIKE. ONLY THE U.S. HAS THE. B-2 BOMBERS AND BUNKER. BUSTING BOMBS TO. DESTROY IT. >> THAT DOESN'T MEAN I. AM GOING TO DO IT AT. ALL. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, DIVISION IS. GROWING WITHIN THE.

PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY. SOME REPUBLICANS. BACKING MILITARY. INTERVENTION. >> DIPLOMACY DIDN'T. WORK FOR 60 DAYS. IF DON'T UNDERSTAND. IRAN WITH A NUCLEAR. WEAPON IS THE BIGGEST. DANGER IN THE WORLD, YOU ARE MISSING A LOT. >> Reporter: TUCKER. CARLSON CLASHING WITH. SENATOR TED CRUZ OVER. THE ISSUE. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE. LIVE IN IRAN, BY THE. WAY? >> I DON'T KNOW THE. POPULATION. >> AT ALL? >> NO, I DON'T KNOW. THE POPULATION. >> YOU DON'T KNOW THE. POPULATION OF THE. COUNTRY YOU SEEK TO. TOPPLE? >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT WAS ASKED. ABOUT THAT DISPUTE.

TODAY SAYING HE IS NOT. LOOKING FOR A. LONG-TERM WAR. >> MY SUPPORTERS ARE. FOR ME. MY SUPPORTERS ARE. AMERICA FIRST AND MAKE. AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MY SUPPORTERS DON'T. WANT TO SEE IRAN HAVE. A NUCLEAR WEAPON. VERY SIMPLE. IF THEY THINK THAT. IT'S OKAY FOR IRAN TO. HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THEN THEY SHOULD. OPPOSE ME. BUT NOBODY THINKS IT'S. OKAY. >> GABE JOINS US LIVE. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. WE KNOW THERE ARE. AMERICAN CITIZENS. STUCK IN ISRAEL IN THE. MIDDLE OF THIS. AND THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL. JUST SENT THEM AN.

URGENT NOTICE. WHAT DID THEY SAY? >> Reporter: THE. AMBASSADOR SAYS THE. STATE DEPARTMENT IS. ARRANGING FLIGHTS AND. CRUISE SHIPS TO. EVACUATE AMERICAN. CITIZENS FROM ISRAEL. ALSO, THE PRESIDENT. WRAPPED UP ANOTHER. MEETING IN THE. SITUATION ROOM HERE AT. THE WHITE HOUSE AS HE. CONSIDERS HIS NEXT. MOVE. TOM. >> THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE. DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. OUTBREAK WREAKING. HAVOC ACROSS THE. MIDWEST WITH VIDEO. SHOWING BUILDINGS. DESTROYED AND DEBRIS. SWIRLING. MAGGIE VESPA HAS THIS. STORY. >> Reporter: JAW-DROPPING NEW VIDEO. SHOWS AN APPARENT.

TORNADO TEARING ACROSS. ILLINOIS. OUTSIDE SPRINGFIELD. WIND HOWLING, DEBRIS. FLYING. WATCH AS THAT WHITE. BUILDING GETS. COMPLETELY SHREDDED. NEARBY, ANOTHER VIDEO. SHOWING A POTENTIAL. SECOND FUNNEL CLOUD. STRETCHING DOWN FROM. AN OMINOUS SKY. TONIGHT BASEBALL. COMPLEX TORN TO PIECE. BEFORE A BIG WEEKEND. TOURNAMENT. TWO EMPLOYEES FORCED. TO TAKE COVER. >> EMOTIONAL.

SO THANKFUL THEY GOT. IN A SAFE LOCATION. >> Reporter: IN ALL, FORECASTERS TRACKING. ROUGHLY A DOZEN. REPORTED TWISTERS IN. FOUR HOURS ACROSS. MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, AND MICHIGAN. TONIGHT MORE THAN 60. MILLION AMERICANS. REMAIN UNDER SEVERE. WEATHER RISK FROM THE. SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE. NORTHEAST. AT ONE POINT MORE THAN. 200,000 WITHOUT POWER. IN INDIANA, FLOODWATERS COVERING. AN INTERSTATE IN NEW. YORK. THIS AFTER TORRENTIAL. WINDS AND INTENSE. DOWNPOURS WREAKED. HAVOC ACROSS THE. COUNTRY YESTERDAY. MULTIPLE REPORTED.

TORNADOS CARVING. ACROSS OKLAHOMA. >> THE WHOLE HOUSE. ACTUALLY SHOOK. >> Reporter: NOW. MOTHER NATURE'S WRATH. RATCHETING UP AGAIN. >>> AND IN CALIFORNIA. TONIGHT AUTHORITIES. SAY THEY HAVE SOLVED. THE LARGEST JEWELRY. HEIST MYSTERY. GOLD, DIAMONDS, RUBIES. AND MORE TAKEN. >> IS THERE PRY MARKS? >> Reporter: INSIDE. THE SEMI-TRUCK AT A. CALIFORNIA REST-STOP.

INVESTIGATORS SAY. SOMETHING WAS MISSING. 24 BAGS FILLED WITH. JEWELRY WORTH ROUGHLY. $100 MILLION. NOW NEARLY THREE YEARS. LATER, FEDERAL. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY. HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVEN. MEN IN CONNECTION WITH. THE CRIME. IN JULY 2022, SOME OF. THE DEFENDANTS. ALLEGEDLY FOLLOWED. THIS TRUCK ROUGHLY 300. MILES FROM A BAY AREA. JEWELRY SHOW TOWARDS. LOS ANGELES, STRIKING. AT THIS REST STOP. THE TRUCK'S DRIVER WHO. PROSECUTORS HAVE NOT. ACCUSED OF WRONGDOING. HEARD HERE ON A. DEPUTY'S BODY CAMERA.

ALL SEVEN DEFENDANTS. ALLEGEDLY FLED WITH. STOLEN GOLD, DIAMONDS, RUBIES, EM RULDS AND. LUXURY WATCHES. WHAT FINALLY MADE THIS. FALL IN LINE? >> I DON'T THINK IT. WAS ONE BREAK THAT. REALLY MADE THIS FALL. INTO LINE. IT'S A CONSISTENT. BORING DETECTIVE WORK. THAT WAS DONE OVER. COUNTLESS HOURS OVER. COUNTLESS YEARS. >> Reporter: ONE. DEFENDANT IS BEHIND. BARS FOR A DIFFERENT. CRIME. TWO MORE WERE. ARRESTED. AS FOR THE OTHERS? >> WE ARE NOT.

CURRENTLY AT LIBERTY. TO SAY WHERE THOSE. FOUR PEOPLE ARE. I WILL SAY THAT AT. LEAST ONE OF THEM WE. BELIEVE TO BE OUTSIDE. OF THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE. SOME PIECES WERE. RECOVERED BUT MANY ARE. STILL MISSING AFTER A. DAZZLING HEIST LIKELY. NEVER SEEN. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC. >>> SAD NEWS ON THE. DEATH OF ANNE BURR. ANNE THOMPSON REPORTS. ON HOW SHE SPENT HER. FINAL HOURS AND DIED. >> Reporter: A REPORT. OF CARDIAC ARREST SENT. EMERGENCY CREWS TO.

ANNE BURRELL'S. BROOKLYN HOME. >> THESE LEAVES ADD. THEIR GOODNESS. >> Reporter: THE. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE. CELEBRITY CHEF TUESDAY. COMING JUST HOURS. AFTER THE 55-YEAR-OLD. EMBARKED ON A NEW. ADVENTURE DOING IMPROV. ON SECOND CITY'S. BROOKLYN STAGE MONDAY. NIGHT. OLIVE WAS THERE. >> IT'S BITTERSWEET TO. THINK ABOUT IT RIGHT. NOW BECAUSE SHE WAS IN. SUCH HIGH SPIRIT. IT WAS VERY FUNNY. >> Reporter: A GOODER. FOOD NETWORK STAR, BURRELL CREATED A. RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. >> YEAH, BABY!

>> Reporter: HUMOR AND. SNARK --. >> THIS LIKE EATING. GRAVEL. >> Reporter: PERSONALITY AND. TALENT. >> THE SAUCE AND IS. KIND OF GET TOGETHER. AND MAKE A LITTLE HUG. >> Reporter: TOPPED. OFF BY HER SIGNATURE. LOOK. BURRELL'S SPECIALTY, ITALIAN COOKING, LEARNED IN ITALY AND. THEN PERFECTED IN SOME. OF NEW YORK'S TOP. RESTAURANTS. IRON CHEF AMERICA. FIRST BROUGHT BURRELL. INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES. SHE COMPETED ON AND. HOSTED A VARIETY OF. SHOWS, MOST FAMOUSLY.

THE "WORST COOKS IN. AMERICA.". >> I SAW A LOT OF. SALT. I'M SORRY. >> Reporter: THE CHILD. FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK. CLIMBING ALL THE WAY. BRIG. >> CLARK LAUNCHES AND. HITS! >> Reporter: STEPHANIE. GOSK, NBC NEWS. >>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH WILD VIDEO. OF THE FIGHT BETWEEN. PASSENGERS DURING. BOARDING. WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS.

FLIGHT? >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH A DEADLY LISTERIA. OUTBREAK ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. THE FDA SAYS 16 PEOPLE. WERE HOSPITALIZED AND. THREE ARE NOW DEAD. AFTER EATING CHICKEN. FETTUCCINE ALFREDO. PRODUCTS SOLD AT. KROGER AND WALMART. THE FOOD PRODUCER. FRESH REALM IS. RECALLING THESE. PRODUCTS ON THE SCREEN. AND ALL OF THEM HAD. BEST BUY DATES ON OR. BEFORE JUNE 27th.

OFFICIALS SAY THE. LISTERIA OUTBREAK IS. IMPACTING THESE 13. STATES SO FAR. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, WILD. VIDEO OF AN UNRULY. PASSENGER ON SOUTHWEST. AIRLINES FLIGHT WHILE. BOARDING AT LA GUARDIA. AIRPORT. YOU CAN SEE THIS WOMAN. YANKING ANOTHER. PASSENGER'S HAIR. BEFORE FLIGHT CREW AND. OTHER PASSENGERS. INTERVENE. YOU CAN SEE THE WOMAN. TIED UP HERE AFTER SHE. WAS RESTRAINED. IT'S UNCLEAR WHY IT. HAPPENED BUT SOUTHWEST. SAYS THAT PASSENGER. WAS REMOVED FROM THE. FLIGHT AND DENIED. BOARDING. >>> AND A MASSIVE. HEADLINE OUT OF THE. NBA TONIGHT.

THE BUSS FAMILY IS. NEARING AN AGREEMENT. TO SELL THE MAJORITY. STAKE IN THE L.A. LAKERS TO MARK WALTER, OWNER OF THE L.A. DODGERS. A SOURCE TELLING NBC. LA THE VALUATION OF. THAT DEAL IS ABOUT. $10 BILLION. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE LAST PURPLE HEART. DISCOVERED. THE TREASURE IN. >>> FINALLY, THERE IS. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. A PURPLE HEART FOUND. IN A MISSOURI.

SCRAPYARD AND THE. GROUP OF WORKERS WHO. SOMEHOW SPOTTED IT AND. LAUNCHED A MISSION TO. FIND ITS OWNER. MIKE BUSCH FROM OUR. AFFILIATE IN ST. LOUIS. HAS THIS STORY. >> Reporter: AT SCRAP. MART METALS IN. JONESBERG, MISSOURI, THEY TURN METAL INTO. MEMORIES. BUT ONE MEMORY JUST. WOULDN'T MELT. >> THE PURPLE STOOD. OUT THE MOST, STOOD. OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB. >> Reporter: WHAT. PATRICK PULLED FROM. THAT CONVEYOR BELT WAS.

A WORLD WAR II PURPLE. HEART COMPLETELY. INTACT WHICH DEFIED. ALL LOGIC. >> WE GET COINS. THROUGH THIS THING AND. THEY ARE. UNRECOGNIZABLE. QUARTERS ARE BENT IN. HALF. THIS IS COMPLETELY. WHOLE. >> Reporter: THERE WAS. A NAMED ETCHED ON THE. BACK ENOUGH FOR LUCAS. AND THE STAFF TO. LAUNCH A MISSION. THEY TURNED DETECTIVE. BUILDING FAMILY TREES. ON ANCESTRY.COM UNTIL. THEY FOUND KATY. >> THIS IS 1944. >> Reporter: THE. PURPLE HEART BELONGED. TO CHARLES JOSEPH. HALL, WHO WAS A COUSIN. AND GREW UP IN THE.

SAME HOUSE AS KATY'S. GRANDMOTHER. >> HAD BROWN EYES --. >> Reporter: KATY'S. DAD WAS NAMED FOR. CHARLES JOSEPH. >> HE ENLISTED RIGHT. OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND. WANTED TO BE A. PARATROOPER BUT THEY. MOVED HIM TO INFANTRY. AND THEN WENT TO. EUROPE AND WAS KILLED. SIX MONTHS LATER. >> Reporter: THE. FAMILY KNEW ABOUT THE. MEDAL, BUT COULDN'T. FIND IT. UNTIL NOW. >> AND THE DEDICATION. OF THOSE IN THE. INDUSTRY WHO HANDLE.

THEM. >> Reporter: TO HONOR. THE JOURNEY, SCRAP. MART FLEW THE FAMILY. TO SAN DIEGO TO RETURN. A NATION'S GRATITUDE. >> WE WOULDN'T HAVE. THIS IF IT HADN'T BEEN. FOR THE KINDNESS OF. COMPLETE STRANGERS. >> SCRAP MART METALS. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. GOOD NEWS AND TO OUR. NBC STATION KSDK. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS.