NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 13

>>> TONIGHT THE BOMBSHELL COURT. TESTIMONY AS SEAN COMBS FORMER. GIRLFRIEND ACCUSES HIM. THE STAR WITNESS IN THE CASE. AGAINST THE MUSIC MOGUL ACCUSED. HIM OF YEARS OF ABUSE IN. GRAPHIC DETAIL INCLUDING A NOW. INFAMOUS ASSAULT AT A HOTEL. SHE LAID OUT BEING FORCED TO. PARTICIPATE IN FREAK OFF.

PARTIES, ONES SHE SAID LASTED. DAYS. DIDDY PLEADING NOT GUILTY. >>> THE PRESIDENT ON THE WORLD. STAGE IN SAUDI ARABIA MEETING. CONTROVERSIAL ALLY CROWN. PRINCE. HIS TRIP OVER SHADOWED BY. ETHICAL QUESTIONS OVER HIS. PLANS TO ACCEPT A 747 FROM THE. QATARI ROYAL FAMILY. >>> THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. APPEARING FROM THE MLB.

INELIGIBLE LISA LONG WITH. SHOELESS JOE JACKSON. >>> KIM KHARDASIAN SAYING SHE. THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. WHEN ROBBERS STOLE FROM HER. >>> AND HOOP DREAMS. THE WNBA COACH MAKING HISTORY. HER INSPIRING MISSION AFTER. GOING FROM A WALK ONTO THE BIG. BOSS. >>> THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST.

POWER OF FIGURES IN. ENTERTAINMENT. RAPPER, RECORD PRODUCER SEAN. DIDDY COMBS. TONIGHT HIS FREEDOM AT STAKE AS. HIS TRIAL ON FEDERAL SEX. TRAFFICKING CHARGES RETURNS TO. WHAT THE PROSECUTION CALLS ITS. STAR WITNESS, HIS FORMER. GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURE WHY. GETTING TO THE HEARD. HEART OF THE CASE DESCRIBING. HIM AS A SCARY AND VIOLENT. PERSON. HER GRAPHIC TESTIMONY PAINTING.

A LURID PICTURE OF SEXUAL AND. PHYSICAL ABUSE, FUELED BY. DRUGS. WE WANT TO WARN YOU SOME OF THE. DETAILS ARE DISTURBING. >> Reporter: EIGHT MONTHS. PREGNANT CASIE ON THE STAND. TODAY DESCRIBING A COMPLICATED. AND ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH. COMBS THAT STARTED WHEN SHE WAS. 21. HE CONTROLLED A LOT OF MY LIFE. SHE SAID CALLING HIM A SCARY. PERSON. VENTURA SAYING THEY HAD VIOLENT. ARGUMENTS WHERE HE WOULD MASS. MY HEAD, KNOCK ME OVER, DRAG.

ME, KICK ME. SHE SAID A FEW MONTHS INTO THE. RELATIONSHIP HE SUGGESTED. HIRING AN ESCORT TO HAVE SEX. WITH HER WHILE HE WATCHED. MY STOMACH CHURNED SHE SAID. I WAS CONFUSED, NERVOUS, BUT. ALSO LOVED HIM VERY MUCH AND. WANTED TO MAKE HIM HAPPY. COMBS CALLED THE ENCOUNTERS. FREAK OFFS, SHE DETAILED HOW. SHE AND COMBS WOULD STAY AWAKE. FOR DAYS TAKING DRUGS AND. HAVING SEX WITH STRANGERS. SHE SAID AT ONE POINT THEY. HAPPENED WEEKLY. THE FREAK OFFS BECAME A JOB AND.

THERE WAS NO SPACE TO DO. ANYTHING ELSE SHE SAID. SHE SAID SHE WAS OFTEN THE ONE. WHO HIRED THE ESCORTS WHO WERE. PAID UP TO $6,000. SHE DESCRIBED HOW COMBS. SECURITY AND STAFF WERE ALWAYS. AROUND BRINGING SUPPLIES TO. FREAK OFFS INCLUDING BABY OIL. AND DRUGS. VENTURA SAID THEY MADE HER FEEL. DISGUSTED BUT SHE FEARED HE. WOULD BE VIOLENT IF SHE SAID. NO. HIS EYES WOULD GO BLACK AND THE. VERSION I KNEW OF HIM WAS NO.

LONGER THERE. PROSECUTORS SHOWING THE JURY. THIS VIDEO OBTAINED BY CNN. SHOWING COMBS BEATING HER IN. THE HALL OF A HOTEL AFTER SHE. SAID SHE TRIED TO LEAVE A. FREAKOFF. WHEN ASKED HOW MANY TIMES HE. THREW HER LIKE THAT SHE SAID. TOO MANY TO COUNT. >> SHE HAS TO GIVE US THE. CIRCUMSTANCES. WHO DIRECTED THESE SEX ACTS TO. HAPPEN? YOU KNOW HOW DID SHE FEEL WHEN. THEY WERE MANY HAING? DID SHE WANT THEM TO HAPPEN? THOSE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS THE. PROSECUTOR ALSO HAVE TO PROVE. >> Reporter: COMBS IS CHARGED.

WITH FIVE COUNTS INCLUDING SEX. TRAFFICKING RACKETEERING. LAWYERS ACKNOWLEDGE HE ENGAGED. IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR BUT SAID. THE ACTS WERE ALL CONSENSUAL. SEVERAL OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. WERE AGAIN IN COURT TODAY. INCLUDING HIS MOTHER. AT ONE POINT HE GESTURED TOWARD. THEM WITH HIS HANDS, SHAPED AS. A HEART. >> AND YOU WERE IN THE. COURTROOM TODAY. WHAT WHY THEIR DEMEANOR. >> COMBS WAS CLEARLY NERVOUS.

HE LOOKED AT HIS FAMILY AND HIS. EYED WIDENED HE LET OUT A. VISIBLE SIGH. AS FOR VENTURA SHE WAS CRYING. ON THE STAND WHEN TALKING ABOUT. THE RELATIONSHIP AND SHE IS SET. TO TESTIFY AGAIN TOMORROW. LESTER. >> THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. HIGH STAKES TRIP TO THE MIDDLE. EAST TOUTING BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS OF NEW INVESTMENT IN. THE UNITED STATES BY SAUDI. ARABIA. FACING GROWING CRITICISM FOR.

ACCEPTING QATA'S OFFER OF A NEW. AIR FORCE ONE JET. >> THE PRESIDENT TOUTING NEW. DEALS WITH THE SAUDI ARABIA'S.

FREEING TO BUY $142 BILLION OF. AMERICAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT. PART OF WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE. SAID IS A $600 BILLION. INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED. STATES. >> CREATE A LOT OF JOBS IN THE. UNITED STATES. >> THE PRESIDENT NOTING A. BETTER THAN EXPECTED INFLATION. REPORT NOW DOWN TO 2.3%. COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO. THE SMALLEST INCREASE IN FOUR. YEARS AND BRINGING HIM A HOST. OF TOP AMERICAN BUSINESS. EXECUTIVES INCLUDING ELON MUSK. AND THE CEO OF AMAZON, COKE AND. NVIDIA AND SAYING HE WILL LIFT. SANCTIONS ON SYRIA'S NEW.

GOVERNMENT AT THE URGING OF THE. SAUDI ARABIA CROWN PRINCE. >> I WILL ORDER THE STOP OF. SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA TO GIVE. THEM A CHANCE AT GREATNESS. WHAT I DO FOR THE CROWN PRINCE. PITCH YOU HE IS FACING NEW. CRITICISM AFTER ACCEPTING THE. OFFER OF A NEW PLANE GIFTED TO. THE PENTAGON TO USE AS A. TEMPORARY AIR FORCE ONE. THE WHITE HOUSE AND QATAR SAID.

PLAN IS NOT YET FINAL. >> THE PLANE POSES SIGNIFICANT. SPYING AND SURVEILLANCE. PROBLEMS. I HAVE CONCERNS. >> NIKKI H AI LEY SAYING IT. SUGGESTS THE PRESIDENT AND THE. UNITED STATES CAN BE BOUGHT IF. THIS WERE BIDEN WE WOULD BE. FURIOUS. THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION HAS. STRUCK DEVELOPMENT DEALS IN. EACH NATION HE IS VISITING. AFTER SWEARING OFF FOREIGN DEAL. MAKING DURING HIS FIRST TERM. >> TROUBLE TOWER.

>> THIS A DAY AFTER A WIN FOR. THE PRESIDENT. WITH THE RELEASE OF THE LAST. LIVING AMERICAN HOSTAGE HELD BY. HAMAS. HE HELD UP A SIGN SAYING THANK. YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP. HIS PARENTS SPEAKING TODAY. >> IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE HIM. HOME. A GIFT FROM GOD TOWARD HIM. HIS BROTHER AND HIS SISTER. KNOWING THAT HIS SUFFERING. OVER.

>> THE PRESIDENT ALSO TODAY. INSISTING HE WANTS TO STRIKE A. NUCLEAR DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA. RIVAL IRAN WHO WARNED THE TIME. TO REACH THE AGREEMENT IS. RUNNING OUT. >> THANK YOU. >>> THERE ARE DAMAGING NEW. DETAILS ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT. BIDEN. A NEW BOOK ALLEGES SERIOUS. CONCERNS ABOUT HIS MENTAL. HEALTH. DAVE GUITERREZ. HIS TEAM IS RESPONDING. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE BOOK IT WAS. OBVIOUS TO MANY AT A FUNDRAISER.

LAST SUMMER THAT THEN PRESIDENT. BIDEN DID NOT KNOW WHO GEORGE. CLOONEY WAS THOUGH THEY WERE. LONG TIME FRIENDS AND CLOONEY. IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MEN. IN THE WORLD. THE BOOK GOES ONTO SAY THAT. FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA WHO WAS. ALSO AT THE EVENT HAD TO HOP IN. AND FINISH SENTENCES FOR BIDEN. DURING PHOTOGRAPH OPS. THE AUTHORS SAID THAT BIDEN. WOULD FORGET THE NAMES OF LONG. TIME AI DES AND THERE WERE. INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT. PUTTING THE PRESIDENT IN A.

WHEELCHAIR IN A SECOND TERM. AT THE TIME THE WHITE HOUSE. DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT'S. FITNESS FOR OFFICE. A BIDEN SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT. THE AUTHORS DID NOT FACT CHECK. THE BOOK WITH THEM AND SAID WE. WAIT FOR ANYTHING THAT SHOWS. WHERE HE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION. OR WHERE NATIONAL SECURITY WAS. THREATENED OR WHERE HE WAS. UNABLE TO DO HIS JOB. HE WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE. PRESIDENT. LESTER. >> THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME. BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. LET'S GET THIS LATE UPDATE.

>> Reporter: GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS HERE. WHERE THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. HAVE BEEN RESENTENCED TO 50. YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON, MAKING. THEM ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. IT WAS EMOTIONAL AND GRIPPING. AT TIMES WHEN BOTH BROTHERS GOT. TO SPEAK TO THE JUDGE AND TO. THEIR FAMILIES. LYLE SAID I KILLED MY PARENTS. I DO NOT BLAME MY PARENTS. HE GOT EMOTIONAL AT TIMES.

HE SAID EVEN AFTER I KILLED MY. FATHER I STILL HAD HIS VOICE IN. MY HEAD AND HE SAID I PROMISE. TO NEVER USE VIOLENCE TO SOLVE. A PROBLEM AGAIN. ERIC SAID HE HAS PROFOUND SORE. OUR OWE SAID MY ACTION. ACTIONS WERE CRUEL AND. COWARDLY. THE JUDGE ACKNOWLEDGED THESE. CRIMES WERE HORRIBLE BUT HE. NOTED THAT HE WAS JUST AS. SHOCKED BY THE LETTERS OF.

SUPPORT FROM PRISON OFFICIALS. INCLUDING ONE WHO HAS NEVER. WRITTEN A LETTER OF SUPPORT IN. 25 YEARS. IT LEAVES THE NEXT PART IN THE. RESENTENCING IN THE HANDS OF. THE PAROLE BOARD WHO WILL. ULTIMATELY DECIDE IF THEY. SHOULD BE PAROLED AND THEN THAT. NEEDS TO GO TO THE GOVERNOR WHO. WILL ULTIMATELY SIGN OFF ON. WHETHER THE TWO ARE NOW.

ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. AGAIN JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY. LAST HALF HOUR OF THIS HEARING. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD GO ON UNTIL. TOMORROW BUT THE JUDGE KEPT US. A LITTLE LONGER PAST THE. CLOSING TIME FOR COURT AND AT. THIS MOMENT THE TWO ARE ONE. STEP CLOSER TO THEIR FREEDOM. LESTER. >>> NOW TO A DIGITAL. DOCUMENTARY INVESTIGATION. ANTONIA HILTON REPORTS ON THE. ALLEGATIONS FROM WOMEN COMING.

FORWARD DECADES AFTER THEY SAY. THEIR PASTOR ABUSED THEM. >> Reporter: WHEN CARIE WAS. GROWING UP. >> THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S. WING. >> Reporter: THE EASTLAND. ASSEMBLY OF GOD WAS WHERE SHE. FOUND FRIENDS AND A PASTOR SHE. ADORED. >> HAS NOT CHANGED. >> Reporter: NOW IT'S A. REMINDER OF THE SEXUAL ABUSE. SHE SAID SHE EXPERIENCED AS A. CHILD AND HOW FOR 40 YEARS. NOBODY HAS HELD THE MAN SHE.

SAID ABUSE HER, JOE CAMPBELL. ACCOUNTABLE. >> I REMEMBER THAT HAIR. REALLY . >> Reporter: WE SPENT SIX. MONTHS FOLLOWING GROUP SHE. HELPED BRING TOGETHER. WOMEN WHO ALL HAVE ALLEGATIONS. AGAINST JOE CAMPBELL. >> THAT'S JOE. >> FATHER IN THE NAME OF. JESUS. >> Reporter: CAMPBELL HAS SPENT. HIS LIFE PREACHING. IN TULSA HE AND HIS WIFE BECAME. LEADERS OF A POPULAR CHILDREN'S. MINISTRY IN THE 80s. >> PICTURE OF JOE. >> Reporter: CARRY ALLEGES HE. WOULD SHOW HER PORN. >> WHAT DID HE SAY?

>> THEY WERE QUESTIONS LIKE. ABOUT SEX WHICH I OF COURSE. WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. >> Reporter: SHE SAID THAT THE. ABUSE ESCALATED QUICKLY. >> HE MOLESTED AND RAPED MY. FROM THE TIME I WAS NINE UNTIL. I WAS 12. >> Reporter: WHEN SHE WAS 15. HER FRIEND REPORTED THE ALLEGED. ABUSE TO THE CHURCH'S HEAD. PASTOR WHICH LED TO A HEARING. AT A REGIONAL OFFICE IN. MISSOURI. >> I WOULD JUST BE LIKE A DEER. IN THE HEADLIGHTS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

>> Reporter: THE OFFICE TOLD US. THAT IT WAS NOT PROTOCOL FOR. REPORTED VICTIMS TO BE. ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR. ALLEGATIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF. THE ACCUSED, NOR IS IT THE. PROCESS NOW. CARRIE SAID CAMPBELL WAS IN THE. ROOM AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO. CONTINUE PREACHING UNTIL HE WAS. ACCUSED AGAIN. THE CAMPBELLS TOOK A 14-YEAR-. OLD IN. >> I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING.

NOT HAVING A FATHER. NOT HAVING MY MOTHER. >> Reporter: HE SHE SAID A. MONTH INTO LEAVING THERE. CAMPBELL STARTED TO ABUSE HER. EVENTUALLY SHE TOLD THE WIFE OF. A PASTOR AT THE CHURCH WHO. REPORTED TO LEADERSHIP. CAMPBELL WAS ARRESTED AND. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OF A. MINOR. >> HOW DID PEOPLE VIEW YOU? >> HORRIBLE. IT WAS NEVER A MATTER OF -- I. DIDN'T HAVE THAT EMBRACE FROM. PEOPLE TO TELL ME IT WAS OKAY.

>> Reporter: SHE COULDN'T BRING. HERSELF TO TESTIFY AND THE. CHARGES WERE DISMISSED. >> GIVE SOMEONE A HUG. >> Reporter: CAMPBELL IS NOW. PART OF JIM BAKER'S MINISTRY. AND THEY HAVE RUN A SUMMER CAMP. NAMED AFTER THEMSELVES. >> SUMMERTIME WHEN CAMP COMES. THAT WHOLE PLACE IS FULL OF. KIDS. >> Reporter: JIM BAKER DIDN'T. REPLY TO TO OUR.

REQUEST FOR COMMENT. THE MINISTER WAS REPORTED TO. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IS BARRED. FROM BEING WITH THE CHURCH. AS FOR THE CAMPBELLS. THEMSELVES. >> WE ARE IN MISSOURI HEADING. TO CAMP BELL. >> Reporter: NO RESPONSE TO OUR. IN PERSON QUESTIONS. >> HELLO. EXCUSE ME. THERE'S A MAN THERE AGAIN. >> Reporter: EMAILS OR CALLS. >> THE NUMBER YOU DIALED HAS. BEEN CHANGED. >> Reporter: DESPITE YEARS OF.

SET BACKS CARRIE AND THREE. OTHER WOMEN FILED POLICE. REPORTS IN TULSA. THEY WERE TOLD THE STATUTE OF. LIMITATIONS EXPIRED. >> I ALWAYS WANTED TO FIND. MORE VICTIMS. I STILL WANTED TO BE ABLE TO. HAVE PROOF THAT HE HAS A. HISTORY. >> Reporter: IF OTHER SURVIVORS. ARE OUT THERE THEY STANDIN A MOM. KARDASHIAN'S VIVID TESTIMONY.

ABOUT THE JEWELRY HEIST WHERE. SHE SAYS SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE. AND VIDEO OF HOW. >>> AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN. WESTERN MARYLAND WAS URGENTLY. EVACUATED VIA RESCUE BOAT DURING. SEVERE FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN. THE WATER LEVEL RISING TO NEARLY. THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE SCHOOL, EMERGENCY CREWS ARE ASSISTING. WITH MORE EVACUATIONS AS MUDDY. BROWN FLOODWATERS FILL STREETS. ACROSS THE AREA. >>> KIM KARDASHIAN MAKING AN.

EMOTIONAL APPEARANCE IN A PARIS. COURTROOM TODAY TESTIFYING. AGAINST THE MEN ACCUSED OF. HOLDING HER AT GUN POINT AND. ROBBING NEARLY $10 MILLION OF. HER JEWELRY NINE YEARS AGO. KARDASHIAN SAID SHE BELIEVED SHE. WAS GOING TO DIE. IN COURT SHE TEARFULLY ACCEPTED. THE APOLOGY OF ONE OF THE. DEFENDANTS. >>> NEW MEXICO AUTHORITIES. RELEASED DRONE VIDEO THAT. CAPTURED A STANDOFF BETWEEN. DEPUTIES AND TWO YOUNG BOYS. ARMED WITH A GUN. WHEN THE 7 AND 9-YEAR-OLD DON'T. COMPLY WITH ORDERS TO DROP THE.

GUN OFFICERS USE A NON-LETHAL. ROUND OF FIRE, A WARNING SHOT. WITHIN SECONDS THE DRONE'S VIEW. ENABLED DEPUTIES TO CLOSE IN AND. DISARM THE BOYS WITHOUT ANYONE. GETTING HURT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, COURTSIDE. WITH THE WNBA'S NEWEST TEAM AN. >>> THERE IS GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT A HISTORIC FIRST FOR THE. WNBA, AND A HEAD COACH.

KATHY PARK, NBC NEWS, SAN. FRANCISCO. >>> AND THAT IS "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING, EVERYBODY. I'M.