NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 12

>>> TONIGHT, A TEMPORARY BREAK. IN THE TRADE WAR SENDS MARKETS. SOARING. THE U.S. AND CHINA DECLARING A. 90-DAY SLASH ON TARIFFS, BOTH. SIDES DECLARING VICTORY AT LEAST. FOR NOW, BUT WILL IT PUT. SHIPPING CONCERNS TO REST? >>> MY CONVERSATION WITH THE. POPE. OUR CATCH UP JUST DAYS AFTER HIS. ELECTION. WHAT HE SAID WHEN I ASKED WHAT. IT WAS LIKE TO BECOME THE FIRST. AMERICAN TO LEAD CATHOLICS.

WORLDWIDE? WILL IT INSPIRE A RETURN TO THE. CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE U.S.? >>> THE LAST KNOWN LIVING. AMERICAN HOSTAGE RELEASED BY. HAMAS. EDAN ALEXANDER, AN IDF SOLDIER. HELD 584 DAYS BACK ON ISRAELI. SOIL. THE EMOTIONAL OUTPOURING FROM. HIS FAMILY. >>> THE PRESIDENT PREPARES FOR A. MAJOR MIDDLE EAST TRIP, BUT NOW. THE JUMBO JET-SIZED CONTROVERSY. AS QATAR OFFERS TO GIFT A NEW. AIR FORCE ONE. DEMOCRATS BLASTING THE MOVE, THE.

POTENTIAL SECURITY RISKS. WORRYING SOME EXPERTS. >>> UNDER WAY, THE OPENING. STATEMENTS IN THE FEDERAL SEX. TRAFFICKING TRIAL OF SEAN. "DIDDY" COMBS. THE PROSECUTION LAYING OUT A. PORTRAIT OF DRUG-FUELED SEX. PARTIES. THE DEFENSE TEAM SAYING IT WAS. ALL CONSENSUAL AND NOT FEDERAL. CRIMES. IN COURT, SEAN COMBS' MOTHER AND. CHILDREN. PLUS --. >> MY CONCERN IS THAT WE COULD. SEE OTHER SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. AROUND THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THE. SYSTEM IS OLD. IT'S OLD. >>> RADAR OUTAGES, TELECOM.

DROPOUTS, STAFF SHORTAGES. THE NON-STOP PARADE OF ISSUES. FOR A KEY TRAVEL HUB AND THE. LIFE OF LEO FROM HIS HUMBLE. ROOTS AS A MISSIONARY IN PERU TO. HIS RISE TO POPE. ♪♪. ♪♪. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". FROM LESTER HOLT. REPORTING TONIGHT FROM THE. VATICAN. >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME. FROM THE VATICAN. IT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY FEW. DAYS HERE IN ONE OF THE HOLIEST. PLACES IN THE WORLD.

TODAY I SPENT A REMARKABLE FEW. MOMENTS SPEAKING IN AN IMPROMPTU. CONVERSATION WITH POPE LEO. TODAY. WE'LL HAVE THAT IN A MOMENT, BUT. FIRST, THERE IS BIG NEWS ON THE. TRADE FRONT THIS EVENING. THE U.S. AND CHINA AGREEING TO. TURN DOWN THE HEAT ON TARIFFS. THE DEAL MEANS THE TWO SIDES. WILL CONTINUE TALKING OVER THE. NEXT 90 DAYS IN SEARCH OF A. PERMANENT AGREEMENT, BUT IN THE. MEANTIME THE U.S. PLEDGES TO. LOWER TARIFFS ON CHINESE. PRODUCTS FROM 145% TO 30%. CHINA'S BITE ON AMERICAN GOODS.

WOULD ALSO LOWER FROM 125% TO. 10%. THE STOCK MARKETS SIGNALED ITS. APPROVAL AND THE MAJOR INDEXES. SURGED AS THERE COULD BE A WAY. OUT OF THE TRADE WAR. OUR GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THIS. REPORT. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. TOUTING A DRAMATIC DE-ESCALATION. OF HIS TRADE WAR, CALLING IT A. TOTAL RESET WITH CHINA, AFTER. NEGOTIATIONS THIS WEEKEND. >> CHINA WAS BEING HURT VERY. BADLY AND THEY WERE CLOSING UP.

FACTORIES AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO. BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH US, AND I'LL SPEAK TO PRESIDENT XI. MAYBE AT THE END OF THE WEEK. FOR 90 DAYS WHILE TRADE TALKS. CONTINUE THE U.S. HAS AGREED TO. LOWER ITS 145% TARIFF ON CHINESE. GOODS TO 30% WHILE CHINA WILL GO. FROM A 125% TAX ON AMERICAN. PRODUCTS TO 10. THE THAWING RELATIONS, EVEN IF. TEMPORARY, SENT STOCKS SOARING. THE DOW UP MORE THAN 1100 POINTS. TODAY, ALL OF IT AS PRESIDENT. TRUMP DEPARTS FOR HIS FIRST.

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TRIP OF HIS. TERM TO SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND. THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. THE PRESIDENT IS DEFENDING HIS. DECISION TO ACCEPT A SUPER. LUXURY JUMBO JET FROM THE QATARI. GOVERNMENT FOR THE PENTAGON TO. USE AS THE NEW AIR FORCE ONE. AMID A REPLACEMENT JET FROM. BOEING. A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL CONFIRMS. THESE ARE PICTURES OF ITS. INTERIOR. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE JET WILL. BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUMP. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION. WHEN HE LEAVES OFFICE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS LEGAL. DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED.

OUT ON THE PROPOSED GIFT, WHILE. QATAR SAYS NO FINAL AGREEMENT. HAS BEEN REACHED. >> I THINK THAT WAS A VERY NICE. GESTURE. NOW I COULD BE A STUPID PERSON. AND SAY OH, NO, WE DON'T WANT A. FREE PLANE. WE GET FREE THINGS. WE'LL TAKE ONE, TOO. AVIATION EXPERTS TELL NBC NEWS. THE JET WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO BE. DISMANTLED PART BY PART FOR. LISTENING DEVICES AND UPGRADED. FOR MISSILE DEFENSE. DEMOCRATS ARE BLASTING THE. PROPOSED GIFT AS A THREAT TO. NATIONAL SECURITY.

>> WHAT PEOPLE WILL NOW SEE AS. THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH. FLYING AROUND IN A PLANE PAID. FOR BY A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. IT'S DISGUSTING. IT'S WILDLY CORRUPT. >> ALSO TODAY, THE PRESIDENT. SIGNING A SWEEPING EXECUTIVE. ORDER THAT HE SAYS WILL SLASH. PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS FOR. AMERICANS BY AT LEAST 50%, SETTING A 30-DAY DEADLINE FOR. DRAWING MAKERS TO VOLUNTARILY. LOWER THE COST. OTHERWISE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL. DEVELOP A NEW RULE THAT TIES THE. PRICE THE U.S. PAYS FOR.

MEDICATIONS TO THE LOWER PRICES. DRUG COMPANIES CHARGE IN OTHER. COUNTRIES. >> WE'RE NO LONGER PAYING TEN. TIMES MORE THAN ANOTHER COUNTRY. >> THE MOVE WILL LIKELY FACE. LEGAL CHALLENGES AND THE. PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SAYS IT. WOULD LEAD TO LESS TREATMENTS. AND CURES FOR AMERICANS. >> GABE, THERE COULD ALSO BE. SOME MOVEMENT TONIGHT IN THE. PEACE TALKS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND. UKRAINE. >> YES, LESTER. TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IT IS. POSSIBLE HE MAY FLY TO TURKEY ON.

THURSDAY TO ATTEND POSSIBLE. PEACE TALKS IN PERSON. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. SAID HE'D APPRECIATE IT IF TRUMP. WOULD GO. LESTER? >> GABE, THANKS. >>> NOW TO THE LATEST FROM HERE. AT THE VATICAN AND THE ENCOUNTER. I HAD WITH POPE LEO HIMSELF. EARLIER TODAY. THE POPE ADDRESSING JOURNALISTS. FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND MAKING. TIME TO CHAT WITH ME ABOUT HIS. HISTORIC ELECTION. IT WAS AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT AT A. SPEECH TO INVITED INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA MEMBERS, POPE LEO.

CONCLUDING HIS REMARKS AND THEN. WALKING TO THE FRONT ROWS WHERE. WE HAD A BRIEF OFF-MIKE CHAT. I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE. SIGNIFICANCE OF AN AMERICAN. POPE. YOU TELL ME, HE SAID, BEFORE. SHARING AN ANECDOTE ABOUT AN. INDIVIDUAL RETURNING TO THE. CHURCH BECAUSE THERE WAS NOW AN. AMERICAN POPE. >> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU. FOR THIS WONDERFUL RECEPTION. THEY SAY WHEN THEY CLAP AT THE. BEGINNING IT DOESN'T MATTER. MUCH. IF YOU'RE STILL AWAKE AT THE END. AND YOU STILL WANT TO APPLAUD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ APPLAUSE ]. >> TODAY'S EVENT ITSELF WAS NOT. A NEWS CONFERENCE, RATHER A. TIMELY MESSAGE TO THE NEWS MEDIA. ITSELF. THE POPE SPEAKING OF THE NEED TO. SAFEGUARD WHAT HE CALLED THE. GIFT OF FREE SPEECH AND OF THE. PRESS, REMARKS THAT DREW A WARM. RESPONSE FROM THE INVITED. JOURNALISTS. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> THE POPE DELIVERING A REALLY. STIRRING DEFENSE ABOUT FREE. PRESS, AND HE TALKED ABOUT THOSE.

WHO HAD BEEN LOCKED UP, INCARCERATED BECAUSE OF THEIR. REPORTING. >> POPE LEO HAS QUICKLY EMBRACED. THE ROLE OF MORAL AUTHORITY. JUST YESTERDAY CALLING FOR A. LASTING PEACE IN UKRAINE, AN END. TO VIOLENCE AND A RELEASE OF. HOSTAGES IN GAZA. HIS BROTHER, JOHN, WATCHING THE. POPE'S FIRST SUNDAY BLESSING AS. PONTIFF WITH US YESTERDAY FROM A. NEARBY ROOFTOP. HE SAYS HIS BROTHER IS. DETERMINED. >> IT DOES SEEM LIKE HE WAS MADE. FOR THIS MOMENT. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO.

HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY. >> OTHERS WHO KNOW HIM SAY. EXPECT POPE LEO TO HOLD HIS. GROUND WHEN NECESSARY. >> WILL HE BE BOUND BY THE RISK. OF FAILURE OR CRITICISM? >> MY EXPERIENCE OF NOW POPE LEO. IS THAT HE'S NOT AFRAID TO MAKE. DECISIONS THAT MAY BE UNPOPULAR, DECISIONS WHEN REALLY BELIEVES. THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION TO. MAKE IT IS VERY EASY FOR HIM TO. MAKE THAT DECISION. >> NOW FOUR DAYS INTO HIS.

PAPACY, POPE LEO SEEMED AT EASE. TODAY, EVEN SIGNING THE BASEBALL. OF ONE ATTENDEE. >> WHAT DID HE SAY? >> HE SAID WHITE SOX OR CUBS? >> AND I SAID WHITE SOX. >> PLAYFULLY DONNING A WELL. WISHER'S COLORFUL SASH AND. BLESSING BABIES, BUT THERE WAS A. LOT OF BUSINESS AHEAD. IN OUR BRIEF MOMENT ASKED IF HE. HAD ANY PLANS TO RETURN TO THE.

U.S. ANY TIME SOON? HE SAID NOT YET. >>> WE TURN TO THE EMOTIONAL. HOME COMING OF EDAN ALEXANDER. KIDNAPPED BY HAMAS DURING THE. OCTOBER 7th TERROR ATTACK IS. RETURNED HOME IN A DEAL. ADMINISTRATED BY THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. >> AFTER DAYS IN CAPTIVITY, THE. EMOTIONAL HOME COMING. >> AYE, AYE, AYE, AYE!

>> EDAN ALEXANDER'S MOM HUGGING. HIM, TELLING HIM SHE LOVES HIM. EDAN, THE LAST KNOWN LIVING. AMERICAN HOSTAGE TONIGHT. EMBRACING HIS FAMILY. WHILE BACK IN NEW JERSEY, HIS. HOMETOWN, CHEERING AT A WATCH. PARTY FOR THE RELEASE OF THE. DUAL U.S.-ISRAELI CITIZEN. >> AND SO NOW THAT HE WAS. RELEASED I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. WOULD BE TRUE.

THE DEAL BETWEEN THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION AND HAMAS THAT. LED TO HIS FREEDOM LARGELY. BYPASSED ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. HAMAS IS STILL HOLDING AT LEAST. 20 LIVING HOSTAGES. THE FATHER OF ONE OF THEM SAYS. ONLY ONE MAN CAN GET HIS SON. OUT. >> ONLY HOPE IS IN PRESIDENT. TRUMP. WE HAVE NO TRUST IN OUR. GOVERNMENT. >> THE PRESIDENT SAYING TODAY. OTHER HOSTAGES COULD BE NEXT. >> WE HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO. HAVE OTHER HOSTAGES RELEASED, TOO. >> LESTER HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH.

THE FAMILIES OF AMERICAN. HOSTAGES FOR MONTHS. HERE WITH EDAN'S SISTER LAST. SEPTEMBER. >> LIKE, MY BEST FRIEND THAT I. WAS GROWING UP WITH HAS JUST. BEEN LIKE -- LIKE, GONE FROM MY. LIFE. I'M SORRY. >> IT'S OKAY. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. >> SHE WAS HERE TONIGHT AS HE. FINALLY CAME HOME. [ CRYING ]. >> LESTER, WITH HAMAS STILL. HOLDING HOSTAGES AND THE. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA. GETTING WORSE, THE FOCUS NOW. TURNS TO A POTENTIAL CEASEFIRE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TRAVELING TO. QATAR WHICH HAS CLOSE RELATIONS. WITH HAMAS WITH MANY HOPING IT. MIGHT LEAD TO A BREAKTHROUGH IN. TALKS. LESTER? >> HALA, THANK YOU. >>> THE MUCH ANTICIPATED TEX. TRAFFICKING TRIAL FOR SEAN. "DIDDY" COMBS FINALLY GETTING. UNDER WAY. THE PROSECUTION PAINTING A. PICTURE OF DRUG AND SEX-FUELED. PARTIES. THE DEFENSE SAYING WHAT WENT ON. THERE WERE NOT FEDERAL CRIMES. CHLOE MELAS WAS IN THE COURTROOM.

AND SOME OF THE IMAGES AND. DETAILS ARE DISTURBING. >> MUSIC MOGUL AND BUSINESS ICON. SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS IN FRONT OF A. JUDGE FACING CRIMINAL COUNTS IN. BOMBSHELL SEX CRIMES AND. RACKETEERING TRIAL EXPECTED TO. LAST TWO MONTHS. >> HE'S ENGAGED AND READY TO GO. AND READY TO PUT ON HIS DEFENSE. >> IN OPENING STATEMENTS PROS. CURES LAID OUT A 20-YEAR PATTERN. OF ALLEGED ABUSE ACCUSING COMBS. OF RUNNING A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. INCLUDING SEX TRAFFICKING AND.

KIDNAPPING. HE FORCED VICTIMS TO TAKE PART. IN SEX PARTIES CALLED FREAKOFFS. CASSIE VENTURA WHO FIRST ACCUSED. HIM OF ABUSE IN A 2023 SUIT. WHICH WAS QUICKLY SETTLED. WITHOUT COMBS ADMITTING. WRONGDOING. THIS SECURITY VIDEO OBTAINEDED. BY CNN SHOWING COMBS BRUTALLY. BEATING VENTURA IN A HOTEL. HALLWAY PLAYED FOR JURORS TODAY. THE PROSECUTION'S FIRST WITNESS, A FORMER HOTEL GUARD WHO WAS ON. SHIFT AND RESPONDED AFTER THE.

ASSAULT. HE SAYS VENTURA APPEARED SCARED, HAD A, QUOTE, PURPLE EYE AND. SAID SHE WANTED TO LEAVE. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ACKNOWLEDGED. DIDDY'S BAD TEMPER IN THEIR. OPENING STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, SOMETIMES HE IS SO ANGRY AND. JEALOUS THAT HE GETS OUT OF. CONTROL. BUT THEY SAID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IS NOT SEX TRAFFICKING, AND LOVE. OF BABY OIL IS NOT A FEDERAL. CRIME. THEY DESCRIBE THE ALLEGED. VICTIMS AS, QUOTE, CAPABLE, STRONG, ADULT WOMEN AND SAID. THAT THEY'RE AFTER MONEY. >> WHO HAS THE BIGGER HILL TO. CLIMB HERE?

>> CERTAINLY THE DEFENSE HAS THE. BIGGER HILL TO CLIMB. WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING. VIDEOS, NOT JUST OF BEATINGS OF. VICTIM, BUT OF THESE SEXUAL. ACTS. >> JURORS HEARD EXPLICIT. TESTIMONY FROM A MALE ESCORT. CALLED BY PROSECUTORS WHO SAYS. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS VENTURA. PAID HIM TO HAVE SEX WITH HER IN. FRONT OF COMBS AND SAYS HE. WITNESSED COMBS ASSAULT VENTURA. COMBS HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO. ALL OF THE CHARGES. A 12-PERSON JURY MADE UP OF. EIGHT MEN AND FOUR WOMEN WILL.

SOON DECIDE THE FATE OF ONE OF. THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN MUSIC. >> AND CHLOE, TOMORROW IN COURT, CASSIE VENTURA EXPECTED TO TAKE. THE STAND. SHE IS IN MANY WAYS AT THE. CENTER OF THE PROSECUTION'S. CASE. >> THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. THAT CASSIE VENTURA AND SEAN. COMBS WILL BE TOGETHER IN THE. SAME ROOM. SHE'S A KEY WITNESS FOR THE. GOVERNMENT AND HER TESTIMONY IS. EXPECTED TO BE EXPLOSIVE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT. THAT SHE'S CURRENTLY PREGNANT.

WITH HER THIRD CHILD. LESTER? >> CHLOE MELAS, THANKS. >>> NEAR WASHINGTON TODAY A. GROUP OF WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS. GRANTED REFUGE AFTER THE. PRESIDENT GAVE THEM AN. EXCEPTION. ANDREA MITCHELL HAS MORE. >> WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS ARRIVING. AS REFUGEES AT DULLES AIRPORT. OUTSIDE WASHINGTON TODAY ON A. PLANE CHARTERED BY THE STATE. DEPARTMENT. A PROCESS THAT USUALLY TAKES. YEARS. GREETED BY A TOP-RANKING U.S.

DIPLOMAT. >> WELCOME! WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA. >> AND THIS FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP. >> IT'S A GENOCIDE THAT'S TAKING. PLACE THAT YOU PEOPLE DON'T WANT. TO WRITE ABOUT, BUT IT'S A. TERRIBLE THING THAT'S TAKING. PLACE, AND FARMERS ARE BEING. KILLED. THEY HAPPEN TO BE WHITE, BUT. WHETHER THEY'RE WHITE OR BLACK. MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME. >> THE PRESIDENT SIGNED AN. EXECUTIVE ORDER IN FEBRUARY. CALLING THEM VICTIMS OF UNJUST. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION FROM THE. COUNTRY'S BLACK MAJORITY, SOMETHING THE SOUTH AFRICAN.

GOVERNMENT VIGOROUSLY DENIES. WHILE TODAY THE ADMINISTRATION. CANCELED TEMPORARY STATUS FOR. AFGHANS IN THE U.S., INCLUDING. THOSE WHO SERVED ALONGSIDE THE. U.S. IN THE WAR ALL FACING. PERSECUTION FROM THE TALIBAN IF. FORCED TO GO BACK. VETERANS GROUPS REACTING. >> HOW DO AMERICAN VETERANS OF. THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN FEEL. ABOUT THE WAY THEIR AFGHAN. INTERPRETERS AND ALLIES ARE. BEING TREATED? >> WE'RE PISSED OFF!

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE THAT. WE WOULD TREAT PEOPLE THIS WAY. >> THE WELCOME FOR WHITE SOUTH. AFRICANS ALSO IN SHARP CONTRAST. TO ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER THE. PRESIDENT SIGNED THE DAY HE TOOK. OFFICE. SUSPENDING NEW REFUGEE. ADMISSIONS FOR EVERYONE ELSE. INCLUDING BLACK SUDANESE. ESCAPING GENOCIDE AND LATIN. AMERICANS FLEEING VIOLENT GANGS. >> SOME TONIGHT QUESTION WHETHER. ELON MUSK HAD REFUGEE STATUS FOR.

HIS WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS BECAUSE. HE POSTED ON X ABOUT THEIR. PLIGHT. LESTER? >> ANDREA MITCHELL, THANKS. IN 60 SECONDS, UP IN THE AIR. THE NEW ISSUES AT NEWARK. >>> TONIGHT, JUST TWO WEEKS. UNTIL MEMORIAL DAY KICKS OFF. SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON, THE. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS. LAYING OUT AN AGGRESSIVE PLAN TO. ADDRESS THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. ISSUES AT NEWARK AIRPORT AFTER.

YET ANOTHER BRIEF TELECOM. OUTAGE. TOM COSTELLO REPORTS. >> NOW UP AND RUNNING TWO. HIGH-SPEED REDUNDANT TELECOM. LINES SENDING RADAR AND RADIO. DATA FROM NEW YORK TO. CONTROLLERS IN PHILADELPHIA WHO. HANDLE NEWARK AIRSPACE, WHEN THE. MAIN LINE STILL GLITCHED EARLY. SUNDAY MORNING THE NEW BACKUP. LINES HELD. >> THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE IS. SO OLD THE INFORMATION HAS TO BE. SLOWED DOWN. IT COMES IN TOO FAST. >> SUNDAY'S GLITCH LASTED ONLY. 30 SECONDS, BUT D.O.T. SECRETARY.

DUFFY SAYS CONTROLLERS FEARED. THE SYSTEM WAS CRASHING AND. ORDERED A 45-MINUTE GROUNDSTOP. WITH DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. QUICKLY CLIMBING. >> AND JUST SO YOU KNOW WE'RE. ALL ROOTING FOR MORE EQUIPMENT. AND MORE STAFF. >> BLAMING THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION FOR FAILING TO. UPGRADE THE SYSTEM, DUFFY SAYS A. TIGER TEAM IS NOW FAST TRACKING. NEW FIBER OPTIC LINES TO. CONTROLLERS AT NEWARK, JFK AND. LaGUARDIA, BUT IT WILL TAKE. WEEKS TO TEST. >> FAMILIES SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. WAIT FOUR OR FIVE HOURS FOR A.

FLIGHT THAT NEVER TAKES OFF. >> AMID THE EQUIPMENT FAILURES, TOO FEW CONTROLLERS AND A UNRUN. RUNWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND. THEY'RE URGING OTHER AIRLINES TO. ALSO MAKE CUTS. MEANWHILE, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION URGING CONGRESS. TO SPEND TENS OF BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS UP FRONT TO REPLACE THE. ENTIRE ATC SYSTEM NATIONWIDE. >> MY CONCERN IS THAT WE COULD. SEE OTHER SITUATIONS AROUND THE. COUNTRY AND BECAUSE THE SYSTEM.

IS OLD. IT'S OLD. ON WEDNESDAY, THE AIRLINES ARE. MEETING ABOUT REDUCING THE. NUMBER OF FLIGHTS AT NEWARK WITH. THE AIRPORT ALREADY MAXED OUT. LESTER? >> TOM COSTELLO, THANKS. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A MOMENT. ABOUT A PROMINENT. >>> THE RAPPER CONVICTED OF. SHOOTING PERFORMER MEGAN THEE. STALLION WAS RUSHED TO THE. HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STABBED IN.

PRISON. AUTHORITIES SAY TORY LANEZ WAS. ATTACKED THIS MORNING BY ANOTHER. INMATE AT THE CALIFORNIA PRISON. WHERE HE'S CURRENTLY SERVING A. TEN-YEAR SENTENCE. LANEZ WHOSE REAL NAME IS DAYSTAR. PETERSON WAS CONVICTED OF. SHOOTING MEGAN THEE STALLION IN. THE FOOT DURING A 2022 PARTY NO. WORD ON HIS CONDITION. >>> THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S BIGGEST. PLANET. THESE ARE THE LATEST TAKEN FROM. THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE SHOWING. JUPITER'S AURORAS.

THE AIROR AS ARE A HUNDRED TIMES. MORE ENERGETIC THAN THE ONES. SEEN HERE ON EARTH. >>> NUMBER 23 IS BACK. ANNOUNCED TODAY, MICHAEL JORDAN. WILL BE PART OF THE NBC SPORTS. COVERAGE OF THE NBA. JORDAN SAID TODAY HE'S EXCITED. ABOUT HIS NEW ROLE AS A SPECIAL. CONTRIBUTOR. YOU CAN CATCH THE SIX-TIME NBA. CHAMP STARTING THIS OCTOBER. >>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT POPE LEO'S.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, SPENT MANY OF HIS EARLY YEARS IN. PERU LEAVING A PERMANENT IMPACT. ON COMMUNITIES HE SERVED. STEVE. >> GOSK RETRACED HIS STEPS. >> CHULACANAS, PERU, IS ROUGHLY. 16 HOURS FROM THE CAPITAL LIMA. IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ANDES. IT'S WHERE POPE LEO FIRST BEGAN. HIS WORK IN SOUTH AMERICA IN. 1985, ABOUT AS FAR AWAY FROM.

CHICAGO AS ONE CAN GET. >> ROBERT PREVOST CAME TO THIS. REGION OF NORTHERN PERU WHEN HE. WAS 29 YEARS OLD. HE WAS GOING THROUGH AN ECONOMIC. CRISIS, WAS THERE INTERNAL. STRIVE, AND HE WAS HERE TO TRY. TO HELP. FATHER FIDEL IS AN AUGUSTINE. MISSIONARY HIMSELF. HE TELLS ME COMMUNIST GUERILLAS. THREATENED THE AUGUSTINES IN THE. '80s, BUT THEY DEFIANTLY STAYED. WE WENT IN SEARCH OF FATHER. PREVOST'S CHURCH.

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE ONE, BUT. THEN AS WE WERE STANDING HERE. SHOOTING IT A TAXI DRIVER SAID. THAT'S NOT HIS CHURCH. LET ME TAKE YOU TO HIS CHURCH. WINDING THROUGH THE STREETS OF. CHULACANAS, HE KNEW EXACTLY. WHERE IT WAS. LOCAL SCULPTOR CESAR JUAREZ. GREETED US, LIKE SO MANY HERE, HE HAS A POPE LEO STORY. DURING A RECENT VISIT JUAREZ TH. REPLICA OF ONE OF HIS STATUES. CAN YOU BELIEVE HE IS THE POPE, I ASKED HIM?

NO, HE SAID, I COULDN'T. WE ARE SO PROUD. SO IS THE RUIZ FAMILY, SANDRA. AND HER YOUNGER BROTHER WERE. BAPTIZED BY PADRE ROBERTO. SHE REMEMBERS THE DAY. HE WAS SO CHARISMATIC, SHE SAID, AND REALLY CONNECTED WITH. CHILDREN. HER MOTHER FEELS BLESSED. POPE LEO, THEY SAID, LEFT HIS. MARK NOT JUST HERE, BUT ALL OVER. PERU. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, CHULACANAS, PERU.

>> AND THAT IS.