NBC Nightly News Full Episode – June 5

>>> TONIGHT THE BIG BEAUTIFUL. BREAKUP. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW THREATENING. ELON MUSK. TWEET BY T, THE CLOSE. FRIENDSHIP EXPLODING IN PUBLIC. VIEW. THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE MAY CUT. MUSK'S COMPANY CONTRACTS SENDING. TESLA STOCK INTO A FREE FALL. ELON MUSK SLAMMING TRUMP'S. BUDGET SAYING TARIFFS WILL CAUSE.

A RECESSION. IT ALL COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE. LAUNCHES A SPRAWLING TRAVEL BAN. AGAIN, A JUDGE THREATENING TO. THROW SEAN DIDDY COMBS OUT OF. THE COURTROOM. WHAT THE DISGRACED MOGUL. ALLEGEDLY DID TO JURORS THAT SET. OFF THE JUDGE. INSIDE THE MIND OF LUIGI. MANGIONE. HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTE LAYING OUT. GRIEVANCES AHEAD OF THE MURDER. OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO. THE NEW DRONE STRIKE ON RUSSIAN.

AIRFIELDS AND EXCLUSIVE ACCESS. INSIDE THE FACTORIES MAKING. AI-POWERED DRONES AND WHAT. HAPPENED WHEN WE TRIED TO CALL. THE DOCTORS LISTED IN-NETWORK BY. A MAJOR HEALTH INSURER. TURNS OUT MANY DON'T EXIST. THE WARNING TO WOMEN TAKING THE. PILL AND WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >> AND GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT THE CLASH OF THE TITANS.

A VERY PUBLIC FEUD ING. BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE. WORLD'S RICHEST MAN, ELON MUSK. THE FIGHT BREAKING OUT AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT HE WAS. DISAPPOINTED OVER MUSK'S. DISAPPROVAL OF THE SPENDING. BILL. MUSK BLASTING THE PRESIDENT. SAYING WITHOUT ME TRUMP WOULD. HAVE LOST. IT DID NOT STOP THERE. THE PRESIDENT TOOK TO TRUTH. SOCIAL THREATENING TO CUT. CONTRACTS WITH MUSK COMPANIES. TESLA STOCK PLUMMETING ABOUT 14%.

PULLING MARKETS WITH IT. MUSK ESCALATING THE FEUD ON X. HIS OWN SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, HINTING AT A CONSPIRACY THEORY. INVOLVING THE PRESIDENT AND. JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND THREATENING. TO BACK IMPEACHMENT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE. STUNNING PUBLIC BREAKUP. >> ELON AND I HAD A GREAT. RELATIONSHIP. I DON'T KNOW. >> Reporter: DAYS AFTER THE. LAVISH OVAL OFFICE SEND OFF.

>> HE HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. >> I EXPECT TO REMAIN A FRIEND. AND ADVISOR. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. ELON MUSK IN A NASTY PUBLIC. FEUD. >> I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN. ELON. I HELPED ELON A LOT. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT WAS. ASKED ABOUT THE DOGE LEADER OF. THE PRESIDENT'S BIG BEAUTIFUL. BILL. MUSK SLAMMING IT SAYING IT. SPENDS TOO MUCH. >> ELON KNEW THE INNER WORKINGS.

OF THE BILL BETTER THAN ALMOST. ANYONE SITTING HERE. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. SAYING MUSK'S OPPOSITION BEGINS. BECAUSE THE BILL ELIMINATES. ELECTRIC VEHICLE TAX CREDITS. >> HE ONLY DEVELOPED A PROBLEM. WHEN HE DISCOVERED WE HAD TO CUT. THE EV MANDATE. >> Reporter: MUSK RESPONDING ON. X. FALSE. WHATEVER, KEEP THE EV SOLAR.

INCENTIVE CUTS IN THE BILL BUT. DITCH THE MOUNTAINS OF PORK. >> THIS IS THE GUY YOU PUT IN. CHARGE OF CUTTING SPENDING. ARE YOU SAYING IT IS ALL SOUR. GRAPES? >> HE WORKED HARD. HE DID A GOOD JOB. I WILL BE HONEST. I THINK HE MISSES THE PLACE. PEOPLE LEAVE MY ADMINISTRATION. AND THEY LOVE US. THEN AT SOME POINT THEY MISS IT. SO BADLY. SOME OF IT EMBRACE IT. SOME OF IT BECOME HOSTILE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT IS TRUMP DERANGEMENT. SYNDROME. >> PUT THE SIGNS UP. PUT THE HATS ON. LET'S GO. >> Reporter: ALL OF THIS A. SUDDEN SHIFT FOR MUSK WHO. CAMPAIGNED FOR TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING HE. WOULD HAVE WON WITHOUT THE. SUPPORT OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST. MAN. >> I WOULD HAVE WON PENNSYLVANIA. EASILY ANYWAY. >> Reporter: MUSK FIRING BACK. SAYING WITHOUT ME TRUMP WOULD. HAVE LOST THE ELECTION. THE WAR OF WORDS ESCALATING EVEN.

FURTHER. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTING ELON WAS. WEARING THIN. I TOOK AWAY HIS EV MANDATE AND. HE WENT CRAZY. THE EASIEST WAY TO SAVE MONEY IN. THE BUDGET IS TO TERMINATE. ELON'S GOVERNMENTAL SUBSIDIES. AND CONTRACTS. MUSK WRITING TIME TO DROP THE. REALLY BIG BOMB. TRUMP IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. THAT IS THE REAL REASON THEY. HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC. NOTHING BEEN MADE PUBLIC HAS. IMPLICATED TRUMP WHO DENIED ANY. INVOLVEMENT IN EPSTEIN'S.

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDING. SAYING IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE. EPISODE FROM ELON. THE PRESIDENT LATE POSTING I. DON'T MIND ELON TURNING AGAINST. ME, BUT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE SO. MONTHS AGO. THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST. BILLS EVER PRESENTED TO. CONGRESS. AS ALL OF IT UNFOLDED TESLA. STOCK PLUMMETED LOSING OVER 14%. OF ITS VALUE. >> GARRETT, YOU PRESSED THE. PRESIDENT ON ANOTHER MAJOR. HEADLINE, THE NEW TRAVEL BAN ON.

12 COUNTRIES. >> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT. HAITI, IRAN AND YEMEN. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE COUNTRIES. DO NOT DO ENOUGH TO VET. NATIONALS. WHEN I ASKED WHY EGYPT WASN'T. INCLUDED ON THE LIST, HE SAID. THEY HAVE THINGS UNDER CONTROL. DEMOCRATS CALLED THE POLICY. RECKLESS AND DISCRIMINATORY. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING AN. INQUIRY INTO HIS PREDECESSOR'S.

USE OF AN AUTO PEN. BUT WHEN PRESSED HE HAS NO. EVIDENCE DOCUMENTS WERE SIGNED. WITHOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S. KNOWLEDGE OR ILLEGAL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS ORDERING A WIDE RANGING. INQUIRY ACCUSING BIDEN AIDE OF. USING AUTO PEN SIGNATURES TO. COVER UP HIS COGNITIVE DECLINE. >> THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IS THE. AUTO PEN AND WHO IS USING IT. >> PRESIDENTS FROM BARAK OBAMA. TO JOHN F. KENNEDY TO THOMAS.

JEFFERSON HAVE USED AUTO PENS OR. MECHANIZED SIGNING DEVICES. IT IS LEGAL AND TRUMP. ACKNOWLEDGED USING IT HIMSELF. >> ONLY FOR VERY UNIMPORTANT. PAPERS. >> Reporter: HE WAS PRESSED IF. HE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF. ANYTHING SIGNED WITHOUT BIDEN'S. KNOWLEDGE. >> BUT NO. I UNCOVERED THE HUMAN MIND. I WAS IN A DEBATE WITH THE HUMAN. MIND AND I DIDN'T THINK HE KNEW. WHAT THE HELL HE WAS DOING. >> Reporter: BIDEN BRUSHED OFF.

SCRUTINY OF MENTAL COMPETENCE. WHILE IN OFFICE. OVERNIGHT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BLASTING THE INQUIRY AS A. DISTRACTION. LET ME BE CLEAR, I MADE THE. DECISIONS DURING MY PRESIDENCY. ANY DECISION I DIDN'T IS. RIDICULOUS AND FALSE. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE RAMPING UP. THE INQUIRY INTO FORMER. PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUING A. SUBPOENA FOR HIS WHITE HOUSE. PHYSICIAN. >> GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE IN IN.

STUDIO. TURNING TO AN EXPLOSIVE MOMENT. NOW AT SEAN DIDDY COMBS CRIMINAL. TRIAL. THE JUDGE THREATENING TO KICK. THE MUSIC MOGUL OUT OF COURT. JURORS HEARING GRAPHIC TESTIMONY. FROM AN EX GIRLFRIEND. HERE IS STEPHANIE GOSK. >> Reporter: LAVISH TRIPS, CASH. AND A LOT OF DRUGS. THAT IS HOW THE WOMAN TESTIFYING. SAID HER RELATIONSHIP BEGAN WITH. SEAN DIDDY COMBS AND AFTER SHE. FELL HEAD OVER HEELS WITH COMBS.

HE STARTED TO HAVE OTHER MEN. JOIN THEM. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A TIME DID. YOU HAVE SEX WITH ANOTHER MAN. 90%. DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT. SHE ANSWERED NO. JANE SAY SHE WANTED AN. OLD-FASHIONED RELATIONSHIP BUT. AGREED TO WHAT COMBS CALLED. DEBAUCHERY OR HOTEL NIGHTS TO. KEEP HIM HAPPY AND RED LIGHTS, MUSIC, LOTION AND EXCESSIVE USE. OF BABY OIL EVERYWHERE. THE SESSIONS COULD LAST UP TO 30.

HOURS AND ALWAYS WITH DRUGS. INCLUDING ECTASSY AND KETAMINE. DURING THE RELATIONSHIP WHICH. STARTED IN 2021 AND ENDED WHEN. THE MUSIC MOGUL WAS ARRESTED HE. SUPPORTED HER AND WIRED HER TENS. OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. COMBS PLEADED IN THE TO SEX. TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING. IN COURT A DRAMATIC MOMENT. PLAYED OUT AS THE JURY WAS. EXCUSED FOR LUNCH. THE JUDGE TURNING TO THE DEFENSE. TEAM SAYING I WAS CLEAR THERE.

SHOULD BE NO FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. TO THE JURY. COMBS WAS NODDING AND LOOKING AT. THE JURY DURING THE. CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE. WITNESS. THE JUDGE SAYING IF IT HAPPENED. AGAIN HE WOULD CONSIDER REMOVING. COMBS FROM THE COURTROOM ALL. TOGETHER. SHE COULD BE ON THE STAND FOR. DAYS. PROSECUTORS SAY SHE WAS COERCED. WITH DRUGS, LIES, THREATS TO. TAKE PART IN COMBS' SEX PARTIES. >> STEPHANIE GOSK FOR US. WE HEAD OVERSEAS AS RUSSIA. LAUNCHED NEW ATTACKS ON UKRAINE.

AS PRESIDENT TRUMP REVEALED MORE. ABOUT WHAT HE SAID IN THE PHONE. CALL WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN AND. COMPARING THE WAR TO A FIGHT. AMONG CHILDREN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP REVEALING WHAT HE TOLD. VLADIMIR PUTIN ON THE PHONE. >> I GAVE THE ANALOGY TO PUTIN. YESTERDAY. >> Reporter: COMPARING THE WAR. TO A FIGHT AMONG KIDS. >> SOMETIMES YOU SEE TWO KIDS. FIGHTING LIKE CRAZY. SOMETIMES YOU ARE BETTER OFF. LETTING THEM FIGHT FOR A WHILE. AND PULLING THEM APART.

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAID PUTIN TOLD HIM HE WOULD. RETALIATE AGAINST UKRAINE FORS. IT OVERT DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIAN. BOMBERS. TRUMP SAYING HE ASKED PUTIN NOT. TO. NEW IMAGES SHOW TWO VALUABLE. RUSSIAN SPY PLANES TARGETED AND. POSSIBLY DAMAGED. THE DRONE BELTED OFF OF THE. PLANE'S RADAR AND RUSSIAN. BOMBERS ARE ON FIRE AND RARE.

ACCESS TO THE TURKISH DRONE. MANUFACTURER SUPPLYING UKRAINE. THEY SAY DRONES ARE CHANGING. WARS AND STRENGTHENING THE. UNDERDOG. >> IT HAS GIVEN NATIONS AN EDGE. THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD. >> THE WAR HAS COST RUSSIA. ALMOST 1 MILLION CASUALTIES. UKRAINE'S NUMBER, 400,000. SOLDIERS. TOM. >> BACK HERE AT HOME TO OUR. SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL. THE FRUSTRATION KNOWN AS GHOST. NETWORKS. WHEN PATIENTS CALL HEALTH CARE.

PROVIDERS LISTED IN THE. INSURANCE COMPANY'S NETWORK ONLY. TO FIND A ROADBLOCK AFTER. ANOTHER. >> GUY AND MICHELLE ARE BATTLING. A SYSTEM THAT IS FAILING THEIR. SON. HOW MANY HOURS A WEEK DO YOU. SPEND FIGHTING FOR YOUR SON'S. CARE? >> DEPENDING ON THE WEEK 10 TO. 15 HOURS A WEEK. APPEAL AFTER APPEAL. PHONE CALL AFTER PHONE CALL. >> Reporter: LITTLE GUY AS THEY. CALL HIM HAS AUTISM AND NEEDS.

MULTIPLE THERAPIES. >> WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS. TO BE COVERED UNDER INSURANCE. >> IT WILL BE PIVOTAL FOR HIS. LIFE. LIKE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF LIFE. THAT HE WOULD HAVE IF HE GETS. THE CARE RIGHT NOW. >> AS MICHELLE SHOWED US TRYING. TO FIND THAT CARE SPENT HOURS ON. THE PHONE, WRONG NUMBERS, INCORRECT INFORMATION AND WAIT. LISTS OF SIX MONTHS OR MORE.

WE TRIED TOO. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SPEECH. LANGUAGE PATHOLGIST UNDER. PEDIATRICS. THIS IS THE CURRENT NUMBER. LISTED. MAKING CALL AFTER CALL TO. NETWORK PROVIDERS LISTED BY HER. INSURER AND FROM BLUECROSS. BLUESHIELD. >> YOUR CALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED. AS DIALED. >> Reporter: OUT OF SIX. PROVIDERS ON THE LIST ONLY ONE. COULD MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IN A. MONTH. THE OTHER FIVE HAD NON-WORKING.

LANGUAGE OR WENT LIKE THIS. >> ARE THEY OFFERING PEDIATRICS. >> NO, MA'AM. >> Reporter: HAS THAT BEEN THE. CASE ALWAYS? >> SINCE THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN. ESTABLISHED. >> Reporter: FOLLOW UP CALLS. MADE BY "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOUND OUT. OF 21 SERVICE PROVIDERS LISTED. 20 DIDN'T TAKE PATIENTS GUY'S. AGE OR HAD NO AVAILABILITY FOR. MONTHS. IT IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM.

THERE IS A TERM FOR IT, GHOST. NETWORKS. INSURANCE COMPANIES SHOW A. ROBUST LIST OF PROVIDERS ON. PAPER, BUT NOT IN PRACTICE. WHEN BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD. DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED BUT. SAID IT IS WORKING WITH THE. FAMILY TO ADDRESS GUY'S NEEDS. AND THAT THE NETWORK MEETS. REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED UNDER. STATE LAW. BECAUSE OF THE SPECIALIZED. SERVICES A NUMBER OF THE. PROVIDERS IN THE AREA ARE BOOKED. AND IT CAN BE ING TO GET.

APPOINTMENTS IMMEDIATELY. >> IT IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. THERE IS NOBODY HERE THAT CAN. HELP. >> Reporter: GHOST NETWORKS. EXIST NATIONWIDE. A NEW STUDY BY THE NEW YORK. ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE FOUND. 86% OF THE LISTED IN-NETWORK. MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS STAFF. CALLED WERE GHOSTS. >> IF YOU PUT OFF GETTING CARE. THE DIAGNOSIS IS BEING DELAYED. THAT IS DANGEROUS TO THE. PATIENT. >> Reporter: THEIR ATTORNEY. FILED TWO CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS.

AGAINST GHOST NETWORKS AND ONE. AGAINST BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD. WHICH MOVED TO DISMISS. >> WE WANT THE INSURANCE. COMPANIES TO ACT RESPONSIBLY AND. GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER TO HAVE. ACCURATE LISTS. >> Tom: GUY IS NOW TWO. MICHELLE SAYS HE IS SHOWING. SIGNS OF PROGRESS AND RECEIVING. THE CARE HE NEEDS. PAID FOR THROUGH SEVERAL OUT OF. NETWORK PROVIDERS.

>> WE ARE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR. IT. NOT FOR GUY. >> FOR THE VIEWERS AT HOME, IF. THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A GHOST. NETWORK SITUATION, WHAT SHOULD. THEY DO? >> FIRST, GET THE CARE THAT YOU. NEED AND THEN GO BACK TO THE. INSURANCE COMPANY AND FILE FOR. AN EXEMPTION OR APPEAL IF YOU. HAVE TO SEEK CARE FROM AN OUT OF. NETWORK PROVIDER AND REPORT THE. GHOST NETWORK TO THE STATE'S. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE SO THAT. THEY CAN INVESTIGATE. TOM. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. IN 90 SECONDS WHY SOME OF THE. WORST AIR IN THE WORLD WAS IN.

THE MIDWEST TODAY. NEW CLUES IN TO LUIGI MANGIONE'S. >>> STUNNING NEW DETAILS IN THE. LUIGI MANGIONE CASE. IN COURT DOCUMENTS PROSECUTORS. UNVEILING HANDWRITTEN DIARY. ENTRIES MADE BY MANGIONE IN THE. MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE MURDER. OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO BRYAN. THOMPSON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE SHOCK. OF LAST WINTER'S MIDTOWN MURDER.

OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO BRYAN. THOMPSON GAINING NEW CONTEXT AS. WRITINGS AND A LETTER TO THE FBI. THEY SAY WERE COMPOSED BY THE. MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIM, LUIGI MANGIONE. TO SAVE YOU A LENGTHY. INVESTIGATION, I WASN'T WORKING. WITH ANYONE. I APOLOGIZE FOR STRIFE OR TRAUMA. BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE. IN AN ENTRY DATED A MONTH AND A. HALF BEFORE THE KILLINGS. MANGIONE ALLEGEDLY WRITES SAY.

YOU WANT TO REBEL AGAINST THE. DEADLY GREED-FUELED HEALTH. INSURANCE CARTEL. DO YOU BOMB THE HQ, NO. BOMBS EQUAL TERRORISM. BUT ONE SHOULD WHACK THE CEO. ADDING IT IS TARGETED, PRECISE. AND DOES NOT RISK INNOCENCE. THE POINT IS -EVIDENT IN THE. NEWS HEADLINES. >> HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DO YOU. THINK THE LATEST REVELATIONS. WILL HAVE ON THE OUTCOME OF THE. CASE? >> IT ABSOLUTELY A WIN FOR THE.

PROSECUTION. THEY WERE HANDED SOMETHING TO. GIVE AN AVENUE THEY WERE ABLE TO. PURSUE A TOP COUNT CONVICTION. FOR TERRORISM ON THE MURDER. CHARGE. >> THE DEFENSE CLAIMING. AUTHORITIES HAVE PREJUDICED MR. MANGIONE IN THE MEDIA MORE THAN. ANY DEFENDANT IN RECENT MEMORY. NO COMMENT FROM UNITEDHEALTHCARE. AND MANGIONE'S LEGAL TEAM. >> UP NEXT, A WARNING ABOU.

>>> WE ARE BACK. >> WE ARE BACK WITH CODE RED AIR. ALERTS IN THE MIDWEST. THAT IS CHICAGO WITH EXTREMELY. HAZY SKIES AFTER WILDFIRE SMOKE. FLEW IN FROM CANADA. TODAY CHICAGO AND DETROIT RANKED. IN TOP FIVE CITIES WITH THE. WORST AIR QUALITY ON THE PLANET. TAKE A LOOK AT THE HUGE FIRE AT. A BUS FACILITY IN PHILADELPHIA. THE FLAMES SPREAD TO 40 BUSES. SENDING THICK SMOKE INTO THE. AIR. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR HOW IT.

STARTED. OVERSEAS, A TERRIFYING MOMENT IN. BALI WHEN THE BOAT SANK AFTER IT. DROPPED OFF AND PICKED UP. PASSENGERS AND SUDDENLY A LARGE. WAVE HIT IT AFTER IT RELEASED. THE ANCHOR. THE COMMUNITY HELPED AND JUMPED. IN TO GET EVERYBODY OFF. A NEW WARNING ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS. DRUGS AND HOW THEY MIGHT IMPACT. PREGNANT WOMEN. IT IS UNCLEAR IF DRUGS LIKE.

OZEMPIC AND WEGOVY MIGHT HARM. UNBORN BABIES DURING PREGNANCY. WHEN WE COME BACK WE WILL TELL. YOU WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE LIKE. BRAUN. IS>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A STORY. OF HOPE AFTER A TRAGIC LOSS. IF YOU HEARD SOMEONE SAY LIVE B.

BEHIND THE MANTRA. AS THE FIRES TORE THROUGH THE. PACIFIC PALISADES, THE LEVY. FAMILY RUSHED TO THEIR HOME TO. FIND IT ENGULFED IN FLAMES. EVERYTHING THEY OWNED WOULD BURN. TO THE GROUND. THE FAMILY'S 18-YEAR-OLD SON, BRAUN, JUMPING IN TO ACTION AND. STARTING A SUPPORT GROUP FOR. CLASSMATES THAT LOST THEIR. HOMES. >> HE NEVER FELT THE SADNESS OR. BAD FOR HIMSELF. HE WENT IN TO ACTION.

THAT WAS LIVING LIKE BRAUN. ACTION. >> FOR BRAUN, GIVING WAS LIVING, TRAVELING TO COUNTRIES IN AFRICA. AND SOUTH AMERICA WITH HIS. FAMILY AND WORKING WITH KIDS WHO. HAD BARELY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE. >> KIDS GRAVITATED TOWARDS HIM. HE HAD A WAY OF MAKING PEOPLE. HAPPY IN ANY SITUATION. >> Reporter: BRAUN WAS WALKING. HOME AND AN ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER. CRASHED RIGHT INTO HAD HIM. TAKING HIM FROM HIS FAMILY AND.

FRIENDS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PRAY OR TALK. TO YOUR SON, BUT IF YOU DO IS. THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE. ABOUT WHAT YOU TELL HIM OR WHAT. YOU WANT HIM TO KNOW? >> I TELL HIM ALL OF THE TIME. HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM. I TELL HIM HOW MUCH THAT I LOVE. HIM AND MISS HIM. >> I LOVE YOU FOREVER. >> SOMEHOW THE LEVYS HAVE.

CARRIED ON, URGING LOVED ONES TO. KEEP THE SON'S MEMORY ALIVE BY. ENCOURAGING THEM TO LIVE LIKE. BRAUN. SINCE THE PASSING THE LIVE LIKE. BRAUN MOVEMENT RAISED HUNDREDS. OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN JUST. ONE WEEK, CREATING SCHOLARSHIPS. AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR. STUDENTS WHO LIVED THE LIFE OF. GIVING. >> HE HAS A FULL LIFE AND SUCH A. BIG IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE. THAT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE IT.

WASN'T A LIFE TOTALLY NOT WORTH. LIVING. >> LIVE LIKE BRAUN. THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. THURSDAY. REMEMBER, TONIGHT AND ALWAYS. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.