NBC Nightly News Full Episode - June 8

TONIGHT THE MASSIVE SECURITY OPERATION IN NEW YORK. CITY FOR THE NBA FINALS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS SET TO WATCH FROM THE STANDS THE. SPRAWLING OPERATION IN AND AROUND MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. SECRET SERVICE DRONES AND TACTICAL TEAMS PUTTING THE AREA ON LOCKDOWN. TENSIONS HEIGHTENED AFTER A MASS STABBING JUST BENEATH THE FAMED ARENA. AS THE KNICKS ARE SET TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE SPURS FOR GAME 3. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY DOZENS. RESCUED FROM THEIR HOMES AS WATERS QUICKLY RISE,

PEOPLE TRAPPED ON TOP OF THEIR CARS, PLUS URGENT EVACUATIONS IN SAN DIEGO AS A FAST. MOVING WILDFIRE FLARES UP AND THREATENS HUNDREDS OF HOMES. LOS ANGELES' MAYORAL RACE SHAKEUP. REALITY STAR SPENCER PRATT SLIPPING TO THIRD PLACE. PRESIDENT TRUMP SPREADING NEW BASELESS CLAIMS. OF ELECTION FRAUD. WHY HE WALKED OUT OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH OUR KRISTEN WELKER. NEW STRIKES BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN.

PRESIDENT TRUMP WORKING TO HOLD. THE DEADLY EARTHQUAKE HITTING THE PHILIPPINES. BUILDINGS CRUMBLING. SCHOOLCHILDREN SENT SCRAMBLING. THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. ALSO, THE RARE EARTHQUAKE STRIKING OFF OF CUBA, SENDING SHOCK WAVES ACROSS FLORIDA AND MEXICO. BUILDINGS EVACUATED. IN MIAMI. THE PRIVATE JET BURSTING INTO A MASSIVE FIREBALL, KILLING THE PILOTS ON. BOARD. THE PLANE ON ITS WAY BACK TO PICK UP A BASEBALL STAR. AIRPORT SECURITY SCARE.

HOW DID A HOUSTON MAN SNEAK ON BOARD A PLANE WITH A FAKE BOARDING PASS? FIREWORKS ON THE FREEWAY. THE DRAMATIC BLAST. AFTER A TRUCK CARRYING FIREWORKS CAUGHT FIRE. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE AIRLINE GOING. ABOVE AND BEYOND TO REUNITE THIS LITTLE BOY. WITH HIS BELOVED TEDDY BEAR. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMASS.

AND GOOD EVENING. IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH A TENSE SITUATION RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. AS THE CITY PREPARES TO NOT ONLY HOST ITS FIRST NBA FINALS GAME IN DECADES, BUT ALSO PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO WILL BE IN THE STANDS TONIGHT. SECURITY FOR GAME 3 OF THE FINALS BETWEEN THE KNICKS AND. THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING, YOU'RE SEEING IT RIGHT HERE, A FORTRESS BEING BUILT BLOCK BY BLOCK, FENCING GOING UP AROUND MADISON SQUARE GARDEN'S PERIMETER, MUCH OF IT TO PROTECT PRESIDENT TRUMP,

ALREADY THE TARGET OF SEVERAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. NERVES IN THE AREA SPIKING OVERNIGHT. A STABBING IN PENN STATION. LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH MSG, LEAVING. 6 PEOPLE INJURED, VICTIMS CARRIED AWAY ON STRETCHERS. AND NOW TONIGHT, THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESIDENT, A KNICKS FAN WHO WAS. INVITED THERE BY THE TEAM'S OWNER, ALSO PROMPTING EVERYTHING FROM MAJOR STREET CLOSURES TO BOMB SNIFFING DOGS, ANTI-DRONE TECH, AND TSA LEVEL SECURITY. AT THE GATE. ALL OF THIS JUST HOURS BEFORE TIP-OFF IN ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED.

NBA FINALS IN RECENT MEMORY. NBC'S SAM BROCK IS OUTSIDE THE GARDEN TONIGHT AND STARTS US OFF. TONIGHT, MERE HOURS FROM THE KNICKS' FIRST NBA FINALS HOME GAME THIS CENTURY. AND FOLLOWING AN ALARMING STABBING ATTACK INSIDE PENN STATION, THE SECURITY FOOTPRINT IS SPRAWLING AROUND MSG, A MASSIVE PRESENCE AT THE MECCA OF BASKETBALL. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THE GAME, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO AVOID THE AREA AROUND MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. TONIGHT HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS,

BOMB SNIFFING DOGS, DRONES, AND COUNTER DRONE TECHNOLOGY ALL DEPLOYED. AS LONGTIME KNICKS FAN PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ATTENDING, CRANKING UP ALREADY TIGHT CONDITIONS EVEN HIGHER. I'LL BE GOING TO GAME 3. I THINK THE KNICKS HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM, THE WAY THEY PLAYED. PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE TARGET OF SEVERAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. AND THE HEIGHTENED SECURITY TONIGHT, FANS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BRING ANY BAGS INSIDE, ALL COINCIDING WITH A BRUTAL STABBING OVERNIGHT AT PENN STATION, WHICH SITS RIGHT UNDERNEATH MSG. POLICE SAY A MAN STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS STABBED 6 PEOPLE,

INCLUDING HENRY OBADDAYA, WHO WAS SLASHED IN THE FACE. HE JUST HAD THIS CRAZY. LOOK IN HIS EYES, AND. LIKE HE WANTED TO KILL ME. NOW THE CITY TRYING TO BALANCE SAFETY WITH UNBRIDLED CELEBRATION. THE KNICKS HAVEN'T WON A CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1973. I'M STANDING WHERE THESE MEGA WATCH PARTIES. HAVE HOSTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, EXCEPT NOW. IT'S JUST ABOUT 7+ FEET OF FENCING. WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE HOURS BEFORE THE GAME STARTS. CAN'T BE HERE.

NOBODY CAN. FOR THOSE TRYING TO SOAK IN SOME HISTORY, IT'S BOTH SWEET AND ALSO. HISTORICALLY EXPENSIVE, THE GET-IN TICKET PRICE FOR GAME 3 NOW SITTING AROUND $7000. THERE'S NO CHANCE I WAS SELLING. IT'S CONTAGIOUS. LIKE THE ENERGY IS COURTSIDE SEATS FOR THE GAMES AT. MSG ARE AMONG THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN SPORTS HISTORY, BUT IF YOU HAD $800,000 OR $90,000 OR $100,000 TO BURN, IT MIGHT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'S A FRENZY, INCLUDING FOR THE KNICKS PLAYERS. WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING? THE GARDEN IS GOING TO BE ROCKING,

BUT SPURS STAR VICTOR WAAMA WAS SEEN DRAWING JUST A DAY AGO, A LITTLE GRAMERCY PARK CALM BEFORE THE HARDWOOD STORM. SAM BROCK TONIGHT LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL OUTSIDE OF MSG. WE CAN SEE THOSE LONG LINES OF KNICKS FANS RIGHT THERE WAITING TO GET IN TONIGHT. YEAH, TOM, THE CHAOS AND SIRENS AS WELL. THE GUIDANCE FROM MSG. IS TO GET HERE AT LEAST 2 HOURS EARLY, AS YOU CAN SEE. MANY OF THESE FOLKS GOT HERE EARLIER THAN THAT. THIS LINE WRAPS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET AND AROUND THE CORNER THERE. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

THE FANS SAY THEY DON'T CARE HOW LONG THEY HAVE TO WAIT. THEY'RE HERE FOR THE HISTORY. THE SOUND OF A SECURE NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SAM, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. TONIGHT WE'RE ALSO TRACKING EXTREME WEATHER. PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. AND SOUTH ARE BRACING FOR MORE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOLLOWING SEVERE FLOODS THIS. MORNING THAT DESTROYED HOMES AND LEFT PEOPLE STRANDED ON TOP OF CARS. AARON GILCHRIST HAS THE LATEST. FERO STORMS RIPPING ACROSS MISSOURI. SEVERAL COMMUNITIES AWAKENED BY POUNDING RAIN.

AND FLASH FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING. A MAN AND WOMAN STUCK WITH THEIR DOG ON TOP OF A CAR. FIRST RESPONDERS PUSHING THROUGH WAIST-DEEP WATER AND RESCUING PEOPLE BY BOAT. FIREFIGHTERS SAVING A WOMAN AND A CHILD FROM THEIR FRONT. PORCH AFTER RISING WATER TURNED THEIR HOME INTO AN ISLAND. IN JOPLIN, A YOUNG COUPLE LOSING EVERYTHING TO FLOODWATERS. WE PRETTY MUCH JUST WOKE UP TO OUR WHOLE HOUSE. COMPLETELY. FULL OF WATER. TONIGHT FLASH FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 28.

MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS A HUGE SWATH OF THE COUNTRY. IN ALABAMA, RISING WATER, SWEEPING TRUCKS OFF ROADS. AND TRAPPING A DOZEN HIKERS IN A CAVE ON SUNDAY. THEY WERE TRAPPED ABOUT CHEST DEEP WATER, UH, MOVING WATER. IT WAS COLD. IT WAS DARK. THERE IS NO LIGHT. OFFICER JEREMY LITTLE AND ANOTHER RESCUER USING ROPE TO. HELP GUIDE ALL OF THE HIKERS THROUGH THE WATER. AND OUT TO SAFETY. AND HOW MUCH DANGER WERE THESE PEOPLE IN? THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DANGER THAT THEY WERE IN WAS EXTREMELY HIGH.

IF ANYBODY FELL OVER AND INTO THE HIGH RUSHING WATER, WOULD ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE BEEN DROWNED. MEANWHILE IN CALIFORNIA, FIREFIGHTERS URGENTLY RACING TO PUT OUT A GROWING NEW WILDFIRE IN SAN DIEGO. BATTLING THE BLAZE FROM ABOVE AND ON THE. GROUND AS FLAMES POTENTIALLY THREATEN HUNDREDS OF HOMES. AARON GILCHRIST, NBC NEWS. DANGEROUS WEATHER COAST TO COAST. WE NOW WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME STUNNING. IMAGES OF THAT MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE IN THE PHILIPPINES. BUILDINGS CRUMBLING.

AT LEAST 32 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND NOW WE'RE TRACKING ANOTHER QUAKE THIS TIME OFF THE COAST OF CUBA, FELT AS FAR AWAY AS MEXICO AND EVEN MIAMI. HERE'S JANICE MACKIE FRAYER. TONIGHT. MASSIVE DEVASTATION IN THE PHILIPPINES. A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE FLATTENING BUILDINGS, SENDING PEOPLE SCRAMBLING. THE DESTRUCTION SEEN FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES. WITH THE MOST POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE IN OVER 50 YEARS HITTING MINDANAO,

MEASURING MAGNITUDE 7.8. AND TRIGGERING LANDSLIDES AND TSUNAMI WARNINGS ALONG THE COAST, MULTIPLE BUILDINGS COLLAPSING, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I EXPERIENCED SOMETHING SO STRONG, SAYS THIS MAN. IT STRUCK EARLY MORNING ON THE FIRST DAY BACK AT SCHOOL AFTER SUMMER BREAK. ONE VIDEO SHOWING THE GROUND SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY, THE ROOF WAS BROUGHT DOWN. AT A NEARBY HIGH SCHOOL,

STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WERE DUCKING FOR COVER. ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT, THE SOUTHERN PORT CITY OF GENERAL SANTOS, THE AIRPORT THERE, SUSTAINING DAMAGE, HAD TO BE CLOSED AND ONLY PARTIALLY REOPENED. NO. MIN. RESCUE TEAMS NOW FANNING OUT TO FIND PEOPLE TRAPPED OR MISSING. WHILE IN CUBA TONIGHT, PEOPLE EVACUATING AFTER A MAGNITUDE 6.1 EARTHQUAKE JUST OFF THE COAST.

AND EVACUATIONS HIS MEXICO RESORT WHERE TREMORS WERE ALSO FELT. JANICE MACKIE FERER, NBC NEWS, BEIJING. NOW TO SOME BREAKING NEWS IN THE HOTLY CONTESTED RACES IN CALIFORNIA. AFTER DAYS OF WATCHING THE VOTE TRICKLE IN, THERE'S A BIG UPDATE TONIGHT. LIZ KREUTZ HAS THE UPDATE. TONIGHT IN CALIFORNIA THEY'RE STILL COUNTING VOTES. NEARLY A WEEK AFTER ELECTION DAY, BUT AS THE PROCESS CONTINUES, NBC NEWS CAN NOW PROJECT THAT PROGRESSIVE. CITY COUNCILWOMAN NITIA RAMAN WILL MAKE THE RUNOFF.

IN THE RACE FOR LA'S MAYOR AHEAD OF FORMER REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT, SOMETHING BASS PREDICTED WHEN WE SPOKE TO HER EARLIER TODAY. IS THIS NOW A TWO-WAY RACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE CITY COUNCILWOMAN? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WE WILL WAIT TO SEE. IT CERTAINLY LOOKS THAT WAY. PRATT, THE REPUBLICAN POLITICAL. OUTSIDER WHO RAN AFTER LOSING HIS HOME IN THE PALISADES FIRE. AND SURGED LATE WITH VIRAL ADS RAILING AGAINST THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP. THIS IS WHERE I LIVE. THEY LET MY HOME BURN DOWN. TONIGHT, PRATT'S SAYING THERE'S STILL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTES OUTSTANDING,

BUT GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE STEVE HILTON BLASTING THE PROCESS. THIS ELECTION SHAMBLES, THIS FIASCO WHERE THEY'RE SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE. LIKE ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE WE KNOW THE RESULT FULLY, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN'T RUN ANYTHING. PROPERLY. LA COUNTY REGISTRAR PUSHING BACK. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROCESS THOSE BALLOTS CORRECTLY, SECURELY, ACCURATELY, AND THAT DOES TAKE TIME, HE SAYS. CALIFORNIA'S UNIVERSAL VOTE BY MAIL SYSTEM CAUSES DELAYS. MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE COUNTED SO LONG AS THEY'RE POSTMARKED BY ELECTION.

DAY AND ARRIVE A FULL 7 DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION, WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW RAISING UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS. OF VOTER FRAUD WITH NBC'S KRISTEN WELKER. DO YOU THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT THEY HAVE AN ELECTION AND. 5 DAYS LATER THEY'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO PICKING A WINNER. LOCAL OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE THEY ARE SLOW. THEY'RE URGING, NO, THEY'RE CROOKED. AFTER NEARLY AN HOUR, INCLUDING DELAYS FOR RAIN, THE PRESIDENT ENDING THE INTERVIEW DURING A. BACK AND FORTH ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY, ON AND OFF IN THE RAIN, AND I'VE GIVEN YOU ENOUGH TIME.

YOU OUGHT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT YOU, A COUNTRY CAN NEVER BE GREAT TRAVEL WITH A DISHONEST, WE TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO WISCONSIN. FOR THIS. LIZ KREUTZ JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM LA'S BALLOT PROCESSING CENTER, AND LIZ, WE CAN SEE RIGHT THERE BEHIND YOU. WHY THIS IS TAKING SO LONG. EACH ONE OF THOSE MAIL-IN BALLOTS. BEING PROCESSED BY HAND. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE STEPS IN THIS VERY LONG PROCESS. YOU CAN SEE THE WORKERS HERE OPENING UP ALL OF. THE BALLOTS AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY OVER HERE,

TOM, TO THE HIGHLY SECURE TALLY ROOM. THERE IS NO INTERNET, NO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ALLOWED IN THERE. OFFICIALS SAY PART OF THE DELAY IS THAT MORE THAN 80% OF ALL THE BALLOTS. PROCESS SO FAR IN THIS RACE. OUR VOTE BY MAIL. TOM, MORE THAN 80%. OK, LIZ KREUTZ FOR US. LIZ, THANK YOU. ALSO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WORKING TO CONTAIN NEW VIOLENCE IN THE. MIDDLE EAST AS IRAN AND ISRAEL TRADED STRIKES. THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAYING HE'S THE ONE CALLING THE SHOTS. RICHARD ENGEL IS IN JERUSALEM WITH THE LATEST.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY TRIED TO PULL THE MIDDLE EAST BACK. FROM THE BRINK OF A RENEWED MIDDLE EAST WAR. AFTER IRAN FIRED ABOUT 30 BALLISTIC MISSILES AT ISRAEL, ACCORDING TO THE IDF, AMID THE BARRAGE THAT CAUSED NO ISRAELI CASUALTIES, PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU NOT. TO RESPOND AND RISKED DESTROYING THE CEASEFIRE. HOURS LATER, THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE ATTACKED AT LEAST 7 MILITARY SITES ACROSS IRAN. IRAN'S RED CRESCENT SAID 12 TARGETS WERE HIT.

WITH NO REPORTS OF CASUALTIES. TODAY IRAN'S MILITARY COMMAND SAID ITS OPERATION. IN RESPONSE, IRAN SAYS TO ISRAEL'S OFFENSIVE IN LEBANON IS OVER, BUT WITH A BIG CAVEAT. IRAN SAYS THERE CAN BE NO FINAL DEAL WITH. WASHINGTON UNTIL THERE IS A LASTING CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON, WHERE ISRAELI TROOPS ARE FIGHTING THE IRANIAN-BACKED GROUP HEZBOLLAH.

PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU. SAID HE TOO CONSIDERS THIS ROUND WITH IRAN TO BE FINISHED, BUT NOT THE WAR, SAYING IRAN AND HEZBOLLAH ARE WEAKER THAN EVER AND WE ARE STRONGER THAN EVER, BUT OUR STRUGGLE AGAINST THEM IS NOT YET OVER. ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING KRISTEN WELKER HE AND NETANYAHU ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. WE'VE BEEN GREAT COMRADES. WE DID A VERY, VERY. NUMBER ON A COUNTRY THAT WAS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE FOR 47 YEARS. THIS WEEKEND,

TRUMP TELLING THE FINANCIAL TIMES NETANYAHU WILL HAVE TO. ACCEPT ANY DEAL THE US NEGOTIATES WITH IRAN, QUOTE, HE WON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE. I CALL ALL THE SHOTS. HE DOESN'T CALL THE SHOTS. RICHARD IS LIVE FOR US IN JERUSALEM, AND RICHARD, HAS EITHER SIDE ACTUALLY PULLED BACK TONIGHT? NOT REALLY, AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVEN'T PULLED BACK IN LEBANON, WHICH WAS THE REASON BEHIND THIS MAIN FLARE UP. THE ISRAELI MILITARY IS STILL OPERATING IN LEBANON. THERE WERE NEW STRIKES IN LEBANON,

KILLING AT LEAST 7 PEOE, ACCORDING TO MEDICAL OFFICIALS THERE, AND AT THIS STAGE IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN SO FAR. THE LEBANESE PRESIDENT IS CALLING DIRECTLY ON THE ISRAELI. GOVERNMENT TO SIT DOWN AND NEGOTIATE A CEASEFIRE AND. SEE IF THEY CAN WORK OUT A DEAL IN. LEBANON AND POTENTIALLY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION. RICHARD ENGEL FOR US, RICHARD, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE SOME TERRIFYING VIDEO OF A PRIVATE PLANE. MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND THEN EXPLODING INTO A MASSIVE FIREBALL. IN THE DR.

WE'RE NOW LEARNING THE PLANE WAS ON ITS WAY TO PICK UP A BASEBALL STAR. GEORGE SOLIS JOINS US NOW LIVE, AND GEORGE, THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. YES, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. JUST MOMENTS AFTER, AND THIS WAS THE HORRIFYING SCENE ON THE RUNWAY THERE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. AVIATION AUTHORITIES THERE SAY THE PRIVATE JET ATTEMPTED TO LAND, CRASH, AND THEN EXPLODED INTO THAT BALL OF FIRE THERE, KILLING. BOTH OF THOSE PILOTS ON BOARD. NOW MULTIPLE ANGLES CAPTURED THIS WRECK AS WELL. AS FIRST RESPONDERS TRYING TO DOUSE THE FLAMES. AUTHORITIES THERE SAY THE JET WAS REALLY IN THE AIR ONLY. FOR A FEW MINUTES WHEN THE PILOTS ON BOARD DECLARED.

AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY, BUT WHAT WENT WRONG IS STILL UNCLEAR. NOW. FORMER MLB STAR YADER MOLINA POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE JET WAS ACTUALLY. EN ROUTE TO TEXAS TO PICK HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO PUERTO RICO. NOW MOLINA ALSO EXPRESSING HIS CONDOLENCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CALLING IT ALL JUST DEVASTATING. AND TONIGHT LOCAL AUTHORITIES THERE IN THE DR. CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THIS VIOLENT. AND TRAGIC WRECK. TOM, TERRIFYING CRASH THERE. OK, GEORGE, WHEN WE RETURN IN 60 SECONDS TONIGHT, THE SECURITY BREAKDOWN,

HOW A MAN WITHOUT A TICKET ALLEGEDLY SNUCK ON A UNITED FLIGHT. PLUS THE NEW IMAGES OF A SEARCH FOR A MISSING. WIFE IN THE BAHAMAS AS THE COAST GUARD INVESTIGATES HER DEATH. AND THE OUT OF CONTROL HOT AIR BALLOON AND THE LUMBER YARD WORKERS. THAT HELPED BRING IT IN. WE'LL SHOW YOU. TONIGHT THE TSA AND UNITED ARE LOOKING INTO HOW A. STOWAWAY MADE HIS WAY THROUGH SECURITY AND THEN ONTO A FLIGHT. FROM HOUSTON ALL THE WAY TO LOS ANGELES WHERE HE WAS DISCOVERED.

NG IN A PLANE'S BATHROOM. NBC'S TOM COSTELLO IS IN HOUSTON TONIGHT. IN COURT TODAY, A 25-YEAR-OLD HOUSTON MAN WHOSE ATTORNEY. SAYS PURCHASED A CHEAP AIRLINE TICKET ONLINE. THAT TURNED OUT TO BE FAKE, CHARGING DOCUMENTS SAY ABDUL RAHMAN ORIAMI SHOWED UP. AT A TSA CHECKPOINT ON MAY 18TH, CONSTANTLY STARING AT HIS PHONE, TELLING TSA OFFICERS HE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH HIS BOARDING PASS. THE TSA SAYS HE PRESENTED A VALID BOARDING PASS, DID GO THROUGH STANDARD SECURITY SCREENING.

AND DID NOT POSSESS ANY PROHIBITED ITEMS. AFTER GETTING THROUGH SECURITY, THE SUSPECT THEN WANDERED THROUGH THESE CONCOURSES HERE AT HOUSTON C, THEN E, THEN D. BEFORE WAITING FOR A MOMENT WHEN GATE AGENTS APPEARED. DISTRACTED SO HE COULD SLIP DOWN THE JET BRIDGE. HE WAS DISCOVERED HIDING IN A LAVATORY AS HIS PLANE TAXIED FOR A FLIGHT TO LA. CHRISTINA KESVANJIAN WAS ON BOARD. HE WAS SWEATY, JITTERY, PACING. AND LOOKED UNCOMFORTABLE.

THE FLIGHT DELAYED FOR 3 HOURS. THE LATEST AIRPORT SECURITY LAPSE, INCLUDING SVETLANA DALI, CONVICTED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR SLIPPING THROUGH SECURITY. AND STOWING AWAY ON FLIGHTS TO EUROPE. I THINK THE PROCEDURE SHOULD BE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BOARDING PASS THAT'S WORKING, YOU GO BACK TO THE TICKET COUNTER AND GET A BOARDING PASS THAT WORKS. UNITED IS REFERRING ALL QUESTIONS TO POLICE. THE QUESTION TONIGHT WHY DOES THIS CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM? PROBLEM PEOPLE GETTING THROUGH SECURITY WITHOUT A BOARDING PASS. AND THEN WAITING UNTIL GATE AGENTS ARE DISTRACTED TO GET ONTO A PLANE.

TOM, TOM COSTELLO FOR US. TOM, THANK YOU. WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT HERE ON NIGHTLY NEWS WITH THE SEARCH. FOR THAT MISSING AMERICAN IN THE BAHAMAS. THE NEW IMAGES JUST IN. AND WHAT THE COAST GUARD IS NOW SAYING ABOUT THEIR SEARCH, PLUS THE EXPLOSION ON A TENNESSEE HIGHWAY. THAT LOOKED LIKE A REHEARSAL FOR THE MACY'S FIREWORKS SHOW. THAT'S NEXT. WELCOME BACK. TODAY THE COAST GUARD ANNOUNCING IT'S CONCLUDING A SEARCH FOR LYNETTE HOOKER, THE AMERICAN WIFE WHO WENT MISSING IN THE BAHAMAS IN APRIL.

IS ONGOING AND THAT IT TOOK CUSTODY. OFFICIALN. OF THE HOOKER'S DINGHY FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. IN OREGON. THE CATCH OF THE DAY. THIS OUT OF CONTROL HOT AIR BALLOON WITH PEOPLE STILL. ON BOARD FLOATING ABOVE A LUMBERYARD SOUTH OF PORTLAND, WORKERS THERE THEN GRABBING THE BALLOON'S ROPE AND WORKING TOGETHER. TO GUIDE IT BACK TO THE GROUND. THE HOT AIR BALLOON COMPANY APPLAUDING THAT TEAMWORK AND SAYING. EVERYONE LANDED SAFELY. AND THE 4TH OF JULY, STARTING EARLY IN TENNESSEE, A PICKUP TRUCK CARRYING.

A TRAILER LOADED WITH FIREWORKS. LOOK AT THIS, IGNITING ON I-75 EAST OF CHATTANOOGA. DRIVERS THAT AT FIRST WERE DODGING ROCKETS AND MORTARS WERE. TREATED TO BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC AND THE STRANGEST FIRE. WORK SHOW. THEY'VE LIKELY EVER SEEN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS NO ONE WAS INJURED. IT IS STILL. UNCLEAR. WHY THAT TRUCK WENT KABOOM. WHEN WE COME BACK, REUNITED, HOW AIRLINE STAFF WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HELP. A LITTLE BOY FIND HIS CHERISHED TRAVEL COMPANION.

THAT'S NEXT. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT, A SPECIAL REUNION BETWEEN A LITTLE BOY. AND HIS BEST FRIEND AFTER THE TWO WERE UNEXPECTEDLY SEPARATED. STEVE PATTERSON HAS THEIR STORY. FOR FOUR YEAR OLD PATRICK WEBB, THIS IS THE MOMENT HE WAS WAITING FOR. THAT'S HIS TEDDY BEAR BOBBY, HIS TRAVEL COMPANION AND PART OF THE FAMILY. BUT WHEN THE WEBB'S BOARDED THEIR FLIGHT OUT OF DALLAS-FORT WORTH, PATRICK'S MOTHER SAYS THEY REALIZED BOBBY WAS STILL IN THE AIRPORT.

AND THEY HAD TO TAKE OFF WITHOUT HIM. WE WERE JUST KIND OF SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, FEELING. SO SAD AND DOWN. BUT BACK ON THE GROUND, AMERICAN AIRLINES WAS ALREADY ON A MISSION. THEY. FOUND BOBBY IN A LOUNGE AND GAVE HIM AN ADVENTURE OF HIS OWN, POSING FOR PICTURES, MEETING THE BAGGAGE TEAM, AND MAKING A FEW NEW FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. WE GOT AN EMAIL THAT SAID BOBBY HAD BEEN FOUND, AND I WAS OVER THE MOON, BUT THEN AS I SCROLLED DOWN THE EMAIL, THERE WERE ALL THESE PICTURES OF.

BOBBY ON A PLANE, BOBBY AT THE TICKET COUNTER, AND I IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO TEARS. WE WERE JUST SO THANKFUL. AND WHEN PATRICK FINALLY CAME HOME. HOME BOBBY WAS THERE WAITING. HE'S MY BEST FRIEND. I FELT HAPPY. A REUNION FROM A SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS, RETURNING THE OVERWHELMING JOY OF A BOY. JUST BY DELIVERING HIS BARE NECESSITIES. IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL. EVERYBODY WAS CRYING. IT WAS THE COOLEST THING AND. EXCEEDED ALL OF OUR EXPECTATIONS,

AND IT WAS, IT WAS JUST THE BEST MOMENT. STEVE PATTERSON, NBC NEWS. BOBBY AND PATRICK BACK TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT, THAT DOES IT FOR US. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.