NBC Nightly News Full Episode - June 3

TONIGHT THE TERRIFYING HOSTAGE STANDOFF IN CALIFORNIA. COMING TO A DEADLY END. A SUSPECT WITH BOMBS APPARENTLY STRAPPED TO HIM, SHOT AND KILLED BY THE FBI. THE SNIPERS TAKING AIM. HOSTAGES RUSHED TO SAFETY. THAT SUSPECT EVEN PUTTING SOME EXPLOSIVES ON THE PEOPLE HE HELD CAPTIVE. HOW THE STRIKE TEAM TOOK HIM OUT. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. THE REPUBLICANS WHO JUST DEFECTED VOTING TO END THE WAR IN IRAN. THIS AS IRAN HITS AN AIRPORT IN KUWAIT.

AND NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET WITH THE NEW AYATOLLAH. STARTLING VIDEO OF AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING, A WOMAN HANDCUFFED AND SCREAMING FOR HELP. HOW A TRUCK DRIVER SAVED HER. THE VOTES STILL BEING COUNTED. RIGHT NOW IN THOSE. HIGH STAKES CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS, MAYOR KAREN BASS ADVANCING TO THE GENERAL. SO WILL REALITY STAR SPENCER PRATT FACE OFF AGAINST HER? WHERE THE COUNT STANDS. CHAOS AT 60 MINUTES.

VETERAN JOURNALISTTT PELLEY FIRED, AND NOW HE'S FIRING BACK AT THE NETWORK. DEADLY TRAIN DERAILMENT, TRAIN CARS MANGLED. AND PILED UP AFTER COLLIDING WITH TRUCKS ON THE TRACKS. OUR EXCLUSIVE NEW REPORTING. ABOUT THAT CIA OFFICER ARRESTED FOR STEALING MILLIONS. IN GOLD BARS FROM THE SPY AGENCY, THE CLASSIFIED MILITARY PROGRAM HE WORKED ON. CAVE RESCUE SURVIVOR SPEAKS WHAT ONE MAN FREED TOLD. OUR REPORTER ABOUT THE TWO MEN STILL MISSING.

AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE HEARTWARMING SURPRISE FOR A GROUP OF YOUNG KIDS. AS WORLD CUP FEVER KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMASS. GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE 15 HOUR HOSTAGE NIGHTMARE IN CALIFORNIA. THAT FINALLY CAME TO AN END WHEN AN FBI STRIKE. TEAM SHOT AND KILLED THE MAN WHO WAS HOLDING THEM.

ALL OF THOSE HOSTAGES SAFELY RESCUED, BUT IT WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE. OVER THE DAY AND NIGHT, AS YOU SEE HERE. THIS VIDEO SHOWING OFFICERS LEADING A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO SAFETY AWAY FROM. BUILDING AND IT ALL STARTED ON TUESDAY IN. THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, SPARKING A MASSIVE POLICE RESPONSE. WHEN A MAN ENTERED THE OFFICES OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, EXPLOSIVES STRAPPED TO HIS BODY. THE MARATHON NEGOTIATIONS STRETCHING LATE INTO THE NIGHT AS. FEARS GREW THAT INNOCENT LIVES MAY BE LOST.

THE SUSPECT THEN. STRAPPING MORE POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVES TO THE HOSTAGES, THE FBI ULTIMATELY TAKING OVER. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THOSE ARE SNIPERS POSITIONING ON A ROOF. AND A HEAVILY ARMED TACTICAL TEAM HEADING TOWARDS THE SCENE, LATER ENDING THAT STANDOFF. WE HAVE NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND HIS POSSIBLE MOTIVE. NBC'S STEVE PATTERSON IS THERE. AND HE STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. TONIGHT A HARROWING 15 HOUR CRISIS. THIS MAN STRAPPING EXPLOSIVES TO HIMSELF, SPOUTING DEMANDS TO AUTHORITIES WHILE KEEPING MULTIPLE HOSTAGES TIED,

TERRORIZED, AND HELD CAPTIVE AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 A.M. THIS MORNING. THAT'S WHEN THE HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM NEUTRALIZED THE SUBJECT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT, FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY SCOTT SEARLS HARRIS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THE SCENE BY AN FBI STRIKE TEAM. NO ONE ELSE WAS HURT, INCLUDING ALL HOSTAGES INSIDE. THERE'S A MALE INSIDE THE BANK WITH A BOMB. POLICE CALLED TO THE SCENE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN AUTHORITIES SAY SEARLS HARRIS.

STORMED AN OFFICE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD THAT ALSO HOUSES A BANK, CLAIMING TO HAVE AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE BARRICADING HIMSELF ON THE 2ND FLOOR WHERE. HE TOOK 10 EMPLOYEES FROM THE KERN COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AS HOSTAGES. SOME HAD ADDITIONAL EXPLOSIVES ATTACHED TO THEM, ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. FIVE OF THOSE HOSTAGES WERE TIED UP. OFFICIALS SAY. VIDEO TAKEN DURING THE CRISIS SHOWS TWO PEOPLE INSIDE THAT BUILDING,

CRISIS NEGOTIATORS, ABLE TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF TWO HOSTAGES DURING THE DAY, THE FIRST BEING AT 3:59 P.M. AND THE SECOND BEING AT 8:24 P.M. BUT AS THE NIGHT WENT ON, THE SUSPECT BECAME MORE ERRATIC, AND KNOWING ONE OF THE HOSTAGES WAS DIABETIC, THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THAT'S WHEN THE FBI SENT IN THEIR STRIKE TEAM. AUTHORITIES SAY SEARLS HARRIS WAS AN ARMY VETERAN DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED IN. THE MID-2000S FOR GOING AWOL AND IS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER. HE WAS NO STRANGER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAS A. CRIMINAL HISTORY OF USING WEAPONS TO COMMIT VIOLENT OFFENSES.

AND STEVE, THIS HAPPENED JUST THERE BEHIND YOU. THE BIG QUESTION STILL IS WHY. ARE AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING ANY OF THE MOTIVES. HERE AND IF THE HOSTAGES WERE TARGETED? YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, TOM, AUTHORITIES DON'T BELIEVE THOSE OFFICIALS WERE INTENTIONALLY TARGETED, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCENE. LOOK AROUND. YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE IS STILL BEING PROCESSED. AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR A MOTIVE TO WHAT AMOUNTED TO A TERRIFYING ORDEAL. FOR THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY. TOM, STEVE PATTERSON IN BAKERSFIELD LEADING US OFF. WE HAVE.

BREAKING NEWS NOW OUT OF WASHINGTON. THE HOUSE VOTING LATE TODAY. TO BRING AN END TO MILITARY ACTION IN IRAN. 4 REPUBLICANS JOINING DEMOCRATS IN THAT VOTE. IT COMES THOUGH AS IRAN ATTACKS ITS NEIGHBORS, HITTING AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. OUR CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. RICHARD ENGEL REPORTS FROM THE REGION. TONIGHT IN A STERN REBUKE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED TO PASS A RESOLUTION. ORDERING TRUMP TO STOP THE WAR WITH IRAN. 4 REPUBLICANS JOINING ALL DEMOCRATS IN THE SYMBOLIC VOTE,

REFLECTING A GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH THE. ONGOING CONFLICT CONGRESS NEVER AUTHORIZED, A WAR WHICH TODAY TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE. IN THE MOST VIOLENT FLARE UP IN WEEKS, THREATENING AN ALREADY SHAKY U.S.IRAN CEASEFIRE, TODAY, KUWAIT'S MAIN AIRPORT TOOK A DIRECT HIT FROM IRANIAN DRONES. A TERMINAL CAUGHT FIRE. FLIGHTS CANCELED. KUWAITI OFFICIALS SAY AN INDIAN RESIDENT WAS KILLED. AND DOZENS INJURED. THE US FIRED ON IRAN AS WELL,

ATTACKING A MILITARY INSTALLATION ON AN ISLAND. AND TURNING AROUND AND DISABLING MORE SHIPS HEADING TO IRANIAN PORTS. BUT LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARED DISMISSIVE OF IRAN'S ATTACK, CALLING IT NOT VERY STRONG. WE HIT THEM VERY HARD ON SOMETHING ELSE UNRELATED. AND SO THEY WERE RESPONDING. HE INSISTED A DEAL IS STILL CLOSE. THE NEGOTIATION ITSELF HAS GONE VERY WELL, ACTUALLY, VERY WELL. IT. COULD HAPPEN. I MEAN IF IT HAPPENS, AND IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW,

WHO KNOWS, BUT IF IT HAPPENS, IT COULD HAPPEN LIKE OVER THE WEEKEND. IN AN INTERVIEW. RELEASED EARLIER, TRUMP SAID THE US MILITARY BLOCKADE OF IRAN COULD LAST UNTIL SEPTEMBER, BUT CALLED IT UNLIKELY, ADDING HE HOPES TO MEET IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER, WHOSE FATHER TRUMP AUTHORIZED KILLED IN A JOINT U.S.ISRAELI OPERATION. WE PROBABLY WILL MEET AT SOME POINT, DEPENDING ON HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT. ALL RIGHT, RICHARD JOINS US NOW LIVE. RICHARD, ISRAEL'S MILITARY PRESENCE INSIDE SOUTHERN LEBANON CONTINUES TO. COMPLICATE GETTING A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN.

IT CERTAINLY DOES, AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SAID TODAY THAT. ISRAELI TROOPS WILL STAY IN SOUTHERN LEBANON. HE SAID. THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR ISRAEL'S SECURITY TO DEFEND AGAINST HEZBOLLAH. IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY TONIGHT SAID. THAT UNLESS THERE IS A REAL CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON, THERE WON'T BE A CEASEFIRE. FIRE BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN. TOM, RICHARD, THANK YOU. OUT WEST, THEY ARE STILL COUNTING THE VOTES IN CALIFORNIA. IN THAT HIGH STAKES PRIMARY WHERE FORMER. REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT IS PREDICTING.

HE'LL ADVANCE TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION TO FACE OFF. AGAINST LA MAYOR KAREN BASS. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. TONIGHT WITH VOTES STILL BEING COUNTED IN THE HIGHLY WATCHED RACE FOR LA MAYOR, FORMER REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT. PREDICTING HE'LL ADVANCE TO NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. THE GUY WANTED 5 MORE MONTHS OF ME EXPOSING ALL THE FAILURES OF OUR MAYOR, SO. IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN RIDE. I HOPE SHE'S READY. PRATT CURRENTLY IN 2ND PLACE, WHILE NBC NEWS PROJECTING INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC MAYOR KAREN BASS.

HAS ALREADY ADVANCED. I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU'RE FROM, WHEN YOU GOT HERE, OR WHY YOU'RE HERE. YOU ARE AN ANGELENO, AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU, CELEBRATING WITH THIS POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ALTHOUGH IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS A SITTING LA MAYOR COULD. NOT GET A MAJORITY OF THE VOTE AND WAS FORCED INTO A RUNOFF. WE CAN DO DEBATES EVERY FRIDAY IF SHE WOULD LIKE. THIS ACTUALLY BECAME MY MOST FAVORITE THING TO DO. IT'S THE LATEST TWIST FOR PRATT, A REPUBLICAN WHO DECIDED TO RUN AFTER LOSING HIS HOME IN THE PALISADES.

FIRE LAST YEAR AND TAPPED INTO VOTER ANGER OVER CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS. AND THERE'S A SURPRISING SURGE FOR A REPUBLICAN IN CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR RACE TOO. CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR STEVE HILTON, CURRENTLY LEADING THE PACK. WHEN PEOPLE SAY, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WIN IN CALIFORNIA? AS A REPUBLICAN, MY QUESTION IS. HOW WILL A DEMOCRAT WIN BASED ON THE RECORD. THAT THEY ARE PUTTING BEFORE THE PEOPLE. BUT IN THIS HEAVILY BLUE STATE, HE'S IN FOR AN UPHILL BATTLE. HIS LIKELY OPPONENT, DEMOCRAT JAVIER BECERRA, IF HE WINS,

THE FORMER BIDEN CABINEMBER WOULD BE THE FIRST LATINO. TO RUN THE STATE IN MORE THAN 150 YEARS. THIS IS YOUR STATE. ESTES 2 ESTADO. NOVEMBER, HERE WE COME. AND TOM, WE'RE INSIDE THE LA COUNTY BALLOT PROCESSING CENTER RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN STILL SEE ALL OF THESE WORKERS STILL PROCESSING. THE THOUSANDS OF BALLOTS THAT ARE STILL COMING IN. THE VOTE BY MAIL SYSTEM HERE IN CALIFORNIA MEANS. THAT IN TIGHT RACES IT CAN SOMETIMES TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. UNTIL A WINNER IS ANNOUNCED.

TOM, AND WE KNOW YOU'LL BE STANDING BY FOR ALL THOSE RESULTS. ALL RIGHT, LIZ, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST NEWS SHOWS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND ITS MARQUEE REPORTER. HAS BEEN FIRED. 60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT SCOTT PELLEY IS OFFICIALLY OUT AT CBS NEWS, AND HE'S FIRING BACK TONIGHT AT THE NETWORK LEADERSHIP THAT PUSHED HIM OUT. AARON MCLAUGHLIN HAS THE LATEST ON THE TURMOIL AT THE TOP RATED SHOW. I'M SCOTT PELLEY. TONIGHT, LONGTIME 60 MINUTE VETERAN CORRESPONDENT SCOTT PELLEY IS. FIRING BACK AFTER BEING FIRED BY CBS.

PELLEY SAYING CBS EXECUTIVES ARE LYING ABOUT WHY HE WAS LET. GO FROM ONE OF THE TOP RATED SHOWS IN AMERICA. THE LONGTIME CBS REPORTER HAD BLASTED THE NEW TOP PRODUCER OF. 60 MINUTES AND CBS NEWS LEADERSHIP IN A STAFF-WIDE MEETING, SAYING THEY'RE MURDERING THE STORIED NEWSCAST. PELLEY THEN MET WITH TOP EXECUTIVES, INCLUDING THE NETWORK'S CONTROVERSIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF. BARRY WEISS, WHO SAID THAT DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE WITH HIM, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND A WAY BACK. AFTER SHE SAYS HE BROKE THE NEWSROOM'S FOUNDATION OF TRUST AND MUTUAL RESPECT. PELLEY ALSO ACCUSING MANAGEMENT OF WREAKING HAVOC ON THE SHOW.

AND INSTRUCTING HIM TO INJECT FALSEHOODS. AND BIAS INTO A POLITICALLY SENSITIVE STORY. AS PARENT COMPANY PARAMOUNT, SKYDANCE'S $110 BILLION MERGER WITH WARNER BROTHERS DISCOVERY. AWAITS REGULATORY APPROVAL FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE TICKING CLOCK OF 60 MINUTES HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 58. YEARS AND NEAR THE TOP OF THE RATINGS FOR DECADES. WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS 60 MINUTES, GOLD STANDARD OF JOURNALISM, MOST POPULAR NEWS PROGRAM IN AMERICA FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY,

FUNDAMENTALLY. BEING COMPLETELY. REDONE, RETHOUGHT, RESTRUCTURED. BARRY WEISS FOUND. OF A CONSERVATIVE LEANING WEBSITE WAS BROUGHT INTO THE NETWORK TO CHANGE THINGS UP. SHE CLEANED HOUSE AT 60 MINUTES, GETTING RID OF THE SHOW'S TOP PRODUCERS, AND WITH 4 FULL-TIME CORRESPONDENTS RECENTLY OUT, ONLY 3 REMAIN, INCLUDING THE LEGENDARY LESLEY STAHL, WHO HAS YET TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT THE CHAOS AT HER SHOW. ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. WHEN WE RETURN IN 60 SECONDS HERE ON NIGHTLY NEWS, A WOMAN RUNNING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD IN HANDCUFFS,

SAYING SHE WAS BEING KIDNAPPED. WE TALKED TO THE TRUCK DRIVER WHO SAVED HER. PLUS LOOK AT THIS, THE MASSIVE TRAIN CAR PILEUP. AFTER A TRUCK DROVE RIGHT ONTO THE TRACKS, AND THE FIRST SURVIVOR FROM THAT CAVE IN LAOS SPEAKS TO US. DOES HE THINK THERE ARE MORE SURVIVORS STILL TRAPPED? THAT'S NEXT. WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A TERRIFYING INCIDENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. A HANDCUFFED WOMAN SEEN RUNNING DOWN A RURAL ROAD. BEGGING FOR HELP.

AND TELLING A TRUCK DRIVER WHO STOPPED TO HELP THAT SHE'D BEEN KIDNAPPED. OUR JESSIE KIRSCH PICKS IT UP FROM THERE. A WOMAN IN HANDCUFFS SPRINTING DOWN A SOUTH CAROLINA ROAD. HEY, WE GOT A GIRL OVER HERE. RUNNING FOR HER LIFE. WATCH THE WOMAN RACE TOWARD THIS SEMI TRUCK WITH A SWERVING CAR RIGHT BEHIND HER. SEEMINGLY THAT CAR WAS TRYING TO RUN THAT PERSON OVER. THE TRUCK'S DRIVER, ANTHONY MOORE, TELLING ME THAT HE WAS DRIVING FRIDAY MORNING IN AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THAT WOMAN SUDDENLY.

EMERGED FROM THE WOODS. SHE RAN UP TO MY TRUCK AND SAID, PLEASE HELP ME. HE'S TRYING TO KIDNAP. YOU CAN SEE THE MAN HERE IDENTIFIED. BY INVESTIGATORS AS 39-YEAR-OLD JONATHAN WILLARD. ACCORDING TO A SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT, THE VICTIM SAYS WILLARD APPROACHED HER WHILE SHE WAS OUT ON A WALK, CLAIMING TO BE WITH THE POLICE. HE PLACED HER IN HANDCUFFS, THEN INTO THE REAR OF HIS CAR. THE VICTIM SAYS SHE BELIEVED HIM AT FIRST BUT. GOT SUSPICIOUS WHEN HE KEPT ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS. EVENTUALLY WILLARD PULLED OVER, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, AND THAT'S WHEN THE VICTIM MADE HER REMARKABLE ESCAPE,

RUNNING TO THE ROAD. AND TO MORE, DID YOU FOR EVEN A SPLIT SECOND THINK THIS WAS A LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER? NO, SIR. HIS FACE LOOKED DIRTY. HE WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE HANGING OUT OF HIS MOUTH. WILLARD HAS SINCE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH. IMPERSONATING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND WITH KIDNAPPING. AFTER THIS DISTURBING SCENE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH OUR EXCLUSIVE. WHY DID A TOP CIA OFFICER HAVE $40 MILLION IN GOLD BARS?

THAT'S NEXT. BACK NOW WITH A MAJOR TRAIN DERAILMENT IN IOWA. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. MORE THAN 12 TRAIN CARS CRUMBLED ABOUT AN HOUR FROM DES MOINES. A WITNESS SAID A SEMI TRUCK TRIED TO CROSS THE TRACK WHILE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING. AND COLLIDED WITH THAT TRAIN. OFFICIALS SAYING AT LEAST 1 PERSON IS DEAD AND ANOTHER IS INJURED. ALSO TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS ABOUT A CIA OFFICER. ARRESTED AFTER $40 MILLION. AND GOLD BARS WERE FOUND AT HIS HOME.

THREE FORMER US CIALS WITH KNOWLEDGE OF DAVID RUSH'S INVOLVEMENT. TELL NBC NEWS THAT HE SERVED AS A. LIAISON TO THE PENTAGON FOR SENSITIVE NUCLEAR SUBMARINES. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY CLASSIFIED MILITARY PROGRAMS. HE HAS NOT YET ENTERED A PLEA. AND NBC NEWS SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE 5 SURVIVORS WHO MADE IT OUT ALIVE. FROM THAT CAVE IN LAOS, HE TELLS OUR JANICE. MACKIE FRAYER TONIGHT. THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE CAVE ABOUT 5 TIMES BEFORE AND THINKS THE TWO. MEN WHO ARE STILL MISSING TOOK A DIFFERENT PATH THAN HIS GROUP AND GET THIS,

HE BELIEVES THEY ARE STILL THERE AND FIGHTING TO SURVIVE. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT HERE ON NIGHTLY NEWS, THE CROWD. GOES WILD. THE SPECIAL SURPRISE FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOCCER TEAM. AS THE WORLD CUP IS SET TO KICK OFF. THAT'S NEXT. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. WITH THE WORLD CUP KICKING OFF IN JUST OVER 1 WEEK, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOCCER TEAM GOT A ONCE-IN A-LIFETIME SURPRISE. OUR CHLOE MLAS WAS THERE AND OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING.

FIND A NEW GATE. FIND A NEW GATE, VICTORIA. FOR ONE YOUTH SOCCER TEAM IN QUEENS, THE ROAD TO THE WORLD CUP STARTED IN A SCHOOL GYM. BECAUSE OF A VERY SPECIAL MOMMY THAT DID SOMETHING FOR US. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. IS GOING TO A WORLD. TICKETS FOR EACH CHILD TO ATTEND THE WORLD CUP. MATCH BETWEEN NORWAY AND SENEGAL LATER THIS MONTH. THE SURPRISE COMING AFTER WING YI SANG,

ONE OF THE PLAYERS' MOMS, NOMINATED THE TEAM FOR STUBHUB'S ACCESS NEW YORK PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES FREE LIVE EVENT TICKETS TO KIDS. I WAS VERY EMOTIONAL AND I JUST WAS SO HAPPY FOR THEM. THE PRINCIPAL OF PS 171Q SAYS MORE THAN 90% OF THE SCHOOL FACES ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS. THEY SHOULD HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES THAT OTHERS HAVE. LIKE, WHY CAN'T THEY HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES? THEY DESERVE IT. MANY OF THE KIDS COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE TO ME YOUR EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW? I'M LIKE. EXCITED AND HAPPY. I'VE NEVER WENT TO THE WORLD CUP AND I'VE WATCHED IT EVERY YEAR SINCE I WAS 2. A LITTLE TEAM FROM QUEENS IS GOING TO. NOW HEADED TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST GAMES. KELLY MALAS, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. WORLD CUP, HERE THEY COME.

THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT. 7.