NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 14

♪♪. ♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, THE INTENSE DAY OF. TESTIMONY IN THE SEX TRAFFICKING. TRIAL OF SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS. FORMER GIRLFRIEND CASSIE VENTURA. DETAILING YEARS OF ABUSE AND. ACCUSING THE MUSIC MOGUL OF. RAPING HER AS WELL AS. BLACKMAILING HER WITH VIDEOS OF. SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS. VENTURA BREAKING DOWN ON THE. STAND. DIDDY HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY ON. ALL COUNTS AND WHY A CONTENTIOUS. CROSS-EXAMINATION COULD BE. AHEAD. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIDDLE.

EAST TRIP CLOSING A DEAL FOR. QATAR TO BUY BILLIONS WORTH OF. BOEING JET, BUT IT'S THE ONE THE. ROYAL FAMILY IS OFFERING THE. PRESIDENT THAT HAS TOP. REPUBLICANS PUSHING BACK. >>> THE SHOCKING RE-SENTENCING. FOR THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS, WILL. THEY GET PAROLE OR EVEN. CLEMENCY? >>> SPRING EXTREMES. NEAR-RECORD HIGHS IN TEXAS TEST. THE POWER GRID AND A DAY OF. DELAYS UP AND DOWN THE EAST. COAST. >>> PLUS, THE MARYLAND WASHOUT.

FLOODWATERS COARSING THROUGH THE. STREETS. AL ROKER ON THE NEW SEVERE. WEATHER THREAT. >>> A GEORGETOWN SCHOLAR. RELEASED FROM IMMIGRATION. DETENTION AFTER A LENGTHY LEGAL. BATTLE. WHY THE HEALTH SECRETARY SAID. AMERICANS SHOULDN'T, QUOTE, BE. TAKING MEDICAL ADVICE FROM ME. >>> THE CLIMBERS KILLED FROM A. 200-FOOT FALL WHEN THEIR ROPES. GAVE WAY. HOW ONE MAN MANAGED TO SURVIVE, AND OLD TIME ROCK 'N' ROLL. THE GUITAR MAKER USING OLD WOOD. TO MAKE NEW AXES FOR SOME OF.

MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES. ♪♪. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME. A NEW YORK COURTROOM TODAY WAS. TRANSFIXED BY THE GRIPPING. TESTIMONY OF CASSIE VENTURA. SHE'S THE WOMAN AT THE HEART OF. A GOVERNMENT'S RACKETEERING AND. SEX TRAFFICKING CASE AGAINST. MUSIC MOGUL SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS. WE WARN YOU HERE, THE. DESCRIPTIONS IN OUR REPORTING. ARE GRAPHIC IN NATURE THIS. EVENING. TODAY, CASSIE VENTURA DESCRIBING. BEING RAPED. SHE SAYS, BY HER THEN-BOYFRIEND. IN 2018.

VENTURA ALSO GOING INTO VIVID. DETAIL OF BEING PHYSICALLY. ASSAULTED BY COMBS AND THERE WAS. MORE TESTIMONY TODAY ABOUT. VIDEOS COMBS ALLEGEDLY MADE OF. SEXUALEN COUNTERS. SEXUALEN ENCOUNTERS WITH ESCORTS. WHICH SHE CALLS FREAK-OFF. SESSIONS. THE PROSECUTION ALLOWING MEMBERS. OF THE JURY TO VIEW PHOTOS OF. THE SESSIONS. COMBS HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO. THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. CHLOE MELAS REPORTS. >> TONIGHT, CASSIE VENTURA.

DESCRIBING A NIGHT IN AUGUST. 2018 WHEN SHE WENT TO DINNER. WITH SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS AFTER. SHE'D BROKEN UP SEEKING CLOSURE. SHE SAYS WHEN COMBS BROUGHT HER. BACK TO HER APARTMENT HE CAME IN. AND RAPED ME ON THE LIVING ROOM. FLOOR. I REMEMBER CRYING AND SAYING. "NO.". ADDING, IT WAS FAST, HIS EYES. WERE BLACK. HE WASN'T HIMSELF. VENTURA BREAKING DOWN ON THE. STAND AS SHE DESCRIBED THE. EMOTIONAL FALLOUT OF THEIR. TUMULTUOUS 11-YEAR RELATIONSHIP, CALLING COMBS ABUSIVE AND. CONTROLLING, AND DESCRIBING A. NUMBER OF BRUTAL, PHYSICAL.

ASSAULTS. THE FIRST, SHE SAYS, WAS IN 2007. OR 2008 IN A CAR. HE HIT ME ON THE SIDE OF MY. HEAD, AND I FELL TO THE FLOOR, SHE TESTIFIED. I WAS SHOCKED. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS. SO ANGRY. SHE SAID AFTER ANOTHER ASSAULT. SHE ASKED HER MOM TO TAKE PHOTOS. OF HER INJURIES AND FOR THE. THIRD DAY IN A ROW, PROSECUTORS. SHOWED THE JURY THIS VIDEO OF. COMBS BRUTALLY BEATING VENTURA. AT A HOTEL. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS ALL OF THIS. TESTIMONY ON THE DOMESTIC ABUSE? >> THEAL ALLEGATIONS OF DOMEST.

ABUSE EXPLAIN WHY SHE STAYED AND. WHILE THEY DO NOT HAVE DIRECT. BEARING THEY KIND OF EXPLAIN HER. STATE OF MIND. >> SHE ALSO TESTIFIED THAT WHEN. COMBS WAS ANGRY WITH HER HE. THREAT END TO RELEASE VIDEOS OF. THEIR EXPLICIT ENCOUNTERS WITH. ESCORTS WHICH THEY CALLED. FREAK-OFFS. VENTURA SAID SHE FEARED IF THE. VIDEOS BECAME PUBLIC IT WOULD. RUIN EVERYTHING I WORKED FOR AND. MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A SLUT. TODAY JURORS WERE SHOWN PHOTOS. OF FREAK-OFFS ON THEIR OWN. INDIVIDUAL SCREENS SHIELDED FROM.

PUBLIC VIEW. VENTURA SAID THEY HAD HUNDRED OF. FREAK-OFFS WHICH LEFT HER. FEELING EMOTIONALLY EMPTY LIKE I. DID A JOB AND ADDING IT LED TO. INFECTIONS AND AN ADDITION TO. OPIOIDS WHICH SHE USED TO NUMB. HER FEELINGS AND SHE ULTIMATELY. WENT TO REHAB BECAUSE SHE WAS. SPINNING OUT AND DIDN'T WANT TO. BE ALIVE ANYMORE. COMBS' LAWYERS CALLED HIM A. COMPLICATED MAN AND. ACKNOWLEDGING COMBS HAD BEEN. VIOLENT IN THE PAST AND. ACKNOWLEDGED ALL ACTS WERE. CONSENSUAL AND DIDN'T ENGAGE IN.

SEX TRAFFICKING. >> CHLOE, YOU WERE IN THE. COURTHOUSE AGAIN TODAY. WHAT OTHER TESTIMONY STOOD OUT. TO YOU? >> LESTER, A PIVOTAL MOMENT CAME. AT THE END OF HER TESTIMONY. TODAY WHEN SHE REVEALED THE. AMOUNT OF THE 2023 SETTLEMENT. WITH COMBS. SHE SAID IT WAS $20 MILLION IT. WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD THAT. AMOUNT AND COMBS' LAWYERS. TOMORROW WILL BE GAIN THEIR. CROSS-EXAMINATION. >> THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITING.

QATAR WHICH PLEDGED BILLIONS OF. NEW INVEST, IN THE U.S. AFTER AN. OFFER OF A NEW AIR FORCE ONE. JET. GARRETT HAKE IS. GARRETT HAAKE TONIGHT. >> IT'S A PERFECT EVENING. >> THIS TIME IN QATAR. AIR FORCE ONE ESCORTED BY QATARI. FIGHTER JETS, THE EMIR ROLLING. OUT A LITERAL RED CARPET CHLT. THE PRESIDENT'S MOTORCADE.

RECEIVE -- HEADLINES BY A $96. BILLION DEAL TO PURCHASE AS MANY. AS 210 BOEING JETS. >> IT'S THE LARGEST ORDER OF. JETS IN THE HISTORY OF BOEING. THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. >> TRUMP IS THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT IN QATAR IN MORE THAN. TWO DECADE WHICH IS IS HOME TO. THE LARGEST MIDDLE EASTERN. MILITARY BASE, BUT HAS DRAWN. CRITICISM INCLUDING FROM THE. PRESIDENT OVER ITS CLOSE TIES. WITH HAMAS. >> THE NATION OF QATAR, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS HISTORICALLY. BEEN A FUNDER OF TERRORISM AT A.

VERY HIGH LEVEL. >> AND THE PRESIDENT FACING MORE. REPUBLICAN BLOWBACK OVER HIS. PLAN TO ACCEPT A $400 MILLION. LUXURY JET FROM QATAR TO SERVE. AS A TEMPORARY AIR FORCE ONE, AMID BOEING'S ONGOING DELAYS. DELIVERING A REPLACEMENT. >> OBVIOUSLY, IT IS CONCERNING, IT'S A SECURITY CONCERN THERE. >> I CAN THINK OF A LOT OF OTHER. THINGS QATAR CAN DO FOR US, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, QUIT.

HARBORING ISLAMIC JIHADIST. TERRORISTS WHO ARE TRYING TO. KILL AMERICANS. >> OVERNIGHT, THE PRESIDENT. DEFENDING HIS DECISION ON THE. DEAL WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN. FINALIZED. >> WE'RE THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD. HAVE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PLANE. SOME PEOPLE SAY OH, YOU. SHOULDN'T ACCEPT GIFTS FOR THE. COUNTRY. MY ATTITUDE IS WHY WOULDN'T I. ACCEPT A GIFT? WE'RE GIVING TO EVERYBODY ELSE? WHY WOULDN'T I ACCEPT A GIFT? BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A. COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK, BEFORE. THE BOEINGS ARE FINISHED. >> THIS MORNING PRESIDENT TRUMP.

MEETING BRIEFLY WITH THE NEW. SYRIAN PRESIDENT, A FORMER AL. QAEDA MEMBER WHO BROKE WITH THE. GROUP AND ONCE HAD A $10 MILLION. BOUNTY ON HIS HEAD BEFORE. OPPOSING DICTATOR BASHAR AL. ASSAD. TRUMP LIFTING SANCTIONS ON THE. SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AT THE REQUEST. OF SAUDI ARABIA AND TURK. >> HE GOT THE POTENTIAL TO BE A. REAL LEADER. HE LED A CHARGE, AND HE'S PRETTY. AMAZING. >> MEANWHILE, GARRETT, WE ARE. LEARNING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE. UKRAINE CEASEFIRE TALKS TOMORROW.

IN TURKEY. >> THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER. TONIGHT, THE KREMLIN SAYS. RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT PUTIN WILL. NOT ATTEND THOSE TALKS WHILE. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS. EXPECTED TO. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP. ADDRESSES U.S. TROOPS HERE. TOMORROW AND THEN HEADS TO ABU. DHABI. LESTER? >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANKS. >>> AN EARLY SEASON HEAT WAVE IS. HITTING TEXAS WITH TRIPLE DIGIT. TEMPERATURES AS THE SERIES OF. EXTREME FLOODS AND FIRE. STRETCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. RYAN CHANDLER REPORTS NOW FROM. DALLAS. >>> TONIGHT, A DANGEROUS DOME OF. OPPRESSIVE HEAT, SCORCHING TEXAS.

AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. >> THESE CAN BE EXTREMELY. DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY IF YOU. DON'T PREPARE AHEAD OF TIME. >> AT THIS DALLAS EMS STATION, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE PREPARING. FOR WEATHER'S MOST COMMON. KILLER. >> WE KIND OF KEEP AN EYE OUT. FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN, ELDERLY. ADULTS. >> WE ARE USED TO THE HEAT IN. TEXAS, JUST NOT THIS EARLY. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL HEAT WAVE. GIVING MANY AREAS THEIR FIRST. TRIPLE DIGITS OF THE YEAR. >> IT'S NOT JUST IN TEXAS. >> THE HEAT IS JUST AWFUL. >> DRY HEAT FUELING WILDFIRES IN.

MINNESOTA, MORE THAN 33,000. ACRES HAVE BURNED. >> AND IT GETS TOO HOT, TOO DRY, TOO MUCH WIND. >> AS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY BAKE, THE EAST COAST IS GETTING. DRENCHED. FROM D.C. TO NEW YORK, SOME OF. THE COUNTRY'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS. ARE FACING DELAYS BECAUSE OF. THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN. IT FOLLOWS MAJOR FLOODING IN. VIRGINIA. FIRE RESCUE TEAMS SAY THEY. BELIEVE THEY FOUND THE BODY OF. 12-YEAR-OLD JORDAN SIMMS WHO WAS. WASHED AWAY IN RUSHING WATERS.

WEDNESDAY. >> IT'S A VERY TRAGIC SITUATION. >> WATER RUSHING UP TO THE. SECOND STORY OF THIS ELEMENTARY. SCHOOL, CHILDREN CARRIED THROUGH. THE WATER RESCUED ON BOATS. >> SCIENTISTS SAY EXTREME DEADLY. WEATHER IS BECOMING MORE COMMON. >> BOTH OF THESE EXTREME HEAT. EVENTS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE. PRECISELY THE TWO PARTS OF. EXTREME WEATHER PHENOMENON THAT. ARE MOST CLEARLY LINKED TO. CLIMATE CHANGE. A LINK SCIENTISTS WARN COULD. MAKE MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS MORE.

SEVERE. RYAN CHANDLER, NBC NEWS, DALLAS. >> LET'S GET RIGHT TO AL ROKER. >> HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, FOR. EXAMPLE, WE HAVE FLASH FLOOD. WARNINGS IN NEW JERSEY, ALSO AS. YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO THE. APPALACHIANS, 8 MILLION PEOPLE. UNDER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHES. AND WARNINGS, AND WE HAVE. WATCHES AND WARNINGS THROUGH THE. CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH 11:00. CENTRAL TIME AND WE HAVE THE. RISK OF DAMAGING WIND, HAIL AND. ISOLATED TORNADOES. THAT THREAT EXPANDS TOMORROW.

WITH 51 MILLION PEOPLE, CHICAGO, GRAND RAPIDS, MINNEAPOLIS, PLUS. THE RISK OF EF2 OR STRONGER. TORNADOES IN WISCONSIN. ON FRIDAY, 26 MILLION AT RISK, CINCINNATI, PADUCAH, ST. LOUIS, EVANSVILLE, INDIANA AND WE HAVE. HEAT ALERTS AND HEAT ADVISORIES. AND 4 MILLION PEOPLE. LESTER, THESE TEMPERATURES. RECORD SETTING PROBABLY ON INTO. NEXT TUESDAY. >> AL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> NOW TO THE ONGOING LEGAL SAGA. OF ERIC AND LYLE MENENDEZ, THE. BROTHERS WHO HAVE SERVED 30.

YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER. OF THEIR PARENTS ARE NOW CLOSER. TO FREEDOM THAN THEY'VE BEEN IN. DECADES. HERE'S LAURA JARRETT. >> WITH A MAJOR WIN IN COURT, THE FATE OF ERIC AND LYLE. MENENDEZ WILL SOON BE IN THE. HANDS OF CALIFORNIA'S PAROLE. BOARD. >> NOW WE SEE THE POT AT THE END. OF THE RAINBOW, SO TO SPEAK. >> A JUDGE AGREEING TUESDAY TO. REDUCE THE BROTHERS' LIFE. SENTENCES TO 50 YEARS FOR THE. SHOTGUN KILLINGS OF THEIR. PARENTS IN BEVERLY HILLS IN 1989. MEANING THEY ARE NOW IMMEDIATELY.

ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNDER STATE. LAW. >> THIS ACTUALLY WASN'T A. DIFFICULT DECISION AT ALL. IT WAS SLIGHTLY EASIER THAN. OTHER CASES. >> LONGTIME PROSECUTOR BROCK. LUNGSFORD, ONE THOSE IN THE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO. ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED. RESENTENCING FOR THE BROTHERS. SAYS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT. FACTORS NOW WORKING IN THEIR. FAVOR, THEIR GOOD BEHAVIOR AND. LACK OF VIOLENCE BEHIND BARS FOR. THE PAST THREE DECADES. >> THEY'VE ALWAYS SAID THEY. KILLED THEIR PARENTS AND THEY.

REHABILITATED AND TRIED TO HELP. OTHER PEOPLE AND THAT'S --. THAT'S RARE. >> LUNSFORD NOW SUING NATHAN. HOCHMAN ALLEGING HE WAS. SIDELINED IN THE D.A.'S OFFICE. FOR SUPPORTING ERIC AND LYLE'S. BID FOR RELEASE, AN ACCUSATION. HOCHMAN DENIES. ONE POTENTIAL HURDLE STILL LEFT. FOR THE BROTHER, A RECENT. ASSESSMENT FROM THE STATE PAROLE. BOARD FINDING A MODERATE RISK OF. DANGER TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY ARE. RELEASED. ONE FACTOR, GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS. HE WILL CONSIDER AS HE, TOO,

WEIGHS THEIR REQUEST FOR. FREEDOM. >> I'LL HAVE TO REVIEW THE. PAROLE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS. >> AS FOR WHAT COMES NEXT HERE, THAT PAROLE BOARD EXPECTED TO. SET A DATE TO HEAR THE BROTHERS'. CASE SOME TIME WITHIN THE NEXT. SIX MONTHS, LESTER. >> ALL RIGHT, LAURA, THANKS. >>> NOW TO THE FIREWORKS ON. CAPITOL HILL, TWO SECRETARIES. FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS INCLUDING. PRESSING KRISTI NOEM ABOUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEPORTATION. EFFORTS.

RYAN NOBLES HAS THE LATEST FOR. US. >> TONIGHT, GEORGETOWN. POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW BADAR KHAN. SURI RELEASED FROM DETENTION. >> THERE WAS NO CHARGE. THERE WAS NOTHING. THEY MADE A SUB-HUMAN OUT OF ME. >> DHS ACCUSED KHAN SURI HERE ON. A STUDENT VISA OF PROMOTING. ANTISEMITISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND. HAVING CLOSE CONNECTIONS TO A. SENIOR ADVISER TO HAMAS WHICH HE. DENIES. THE JUDGE RULING HIS FREEDOM OF. SPEECH AND DUE PROCESS RIGHTS.

WERE VIOLATED. THIS AS DHS SECRETARY KRISTI. NOEM WAS PRESSED BY DEMOCRATS. ABOUT KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA, REMOVED TO AN EL SALVADOR PRISON. AND ACCUSED OF BEING A GANG. MEMBER WHICH HE DENIES. >> IT MUST -- NOT FIGHT FOR THEM. IS EXTREMELY ALARMING. >> I'M FIGHTING FOR DUE PROCESS. AND THAT'S UNDER THE. CONSTITUTION. >> HE WAS ASKED ABOUT SUSPENDING.

HABEAS CORPUS WHICH ALLOWS. PEOPLE TO CHALLENGE THEIR. DETENTION. >> DO YOU THINK IT FALLS UNDER. THE CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDELINES. THAT I JUST READ TO YOU? >> I'M NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL. LAWYER, BUT I BELIEVE IT DOES. THIS IS THE PRESIDENT'S. PREROGATIVE TO PURSUE, AND HE. HAS NOT INDICATED TO ME THAT HE. WILL OR WILL NOT BE TAKING THAT. ACTION. >> WHILE IN ANOTHER HEARING. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., PRESSED ON THE JUMP IN. MEASLES CASES AND HIS VACCINE. SKEPTICISM. >> IF YOU HAD A CHILD TODAY. WOULD YOU VACCINATE THAT CHILD.

FOR MEASLES? >> FOR MEASLES? PROBABLY FOR MEASLES. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE. TAKING ADVICE, MEDICAL ADVICE. FROM ME. >> AND IN A SHIFT, FBI FIELD. OFFICES HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO. SHIFT MORE OFFICERS TO. IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE. OFFICIALS. LEFTER? >> RYAN NOBLES, THANKS. NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MESSAGE. TO IRAN'S LEADERS THAT IRAN WILL. NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE NUCLEAR. WEAPON, BUT THAT HE'S READY TO. WORK OUT A DEAL.

TONIGHT WE'RE GETTING A RESPONSE. FROM A TOP IRANIAN OFFICIAL WHO. SPOKE WITH RICHARD ENGEL IN. TEHRAN. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SEEMED. CONFIDENT HE'LL REACH A NUCLEAR. DEAL WITH IRAN. >> I HAVE A FEELING IT'S GOING. TO WORK OUT. >> AFTER WARNING THERE'S A TIME. WINDOW FOR IRAN THAT'S CLOSING. >> IF IRAN'S LEADERSHIP REJECTS. THIS OLIVE BRANCH AND CONTINUES. TO ATTACK THEIR NEIGHBORS THEN. WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT TO. INFLICT MASSIVE, MAXIMUM. PRESSURE. >> IRANIANS APPEAR TO.

OVERWHELMINGLY WANT A DEAL. THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY IS. SUFFERING AND MANY TELL US THEY. WANT TO END THEIR INTERNATIONAL. ISOLATION. TODAY WE SAT DOWN WITH ALI. SHAMKHANI, THE MILITARY. POLITICAL AND NUCLEAR ADVISER TO. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER. HE SAID IRAN ALSO WANTS A DEAL. >> YES, WE ARE READY. >> SHAMKHANI IS ONE OF THE FEW. PEOPLE IN IRAN AUTHORIZED TO. SPEAK ABOUT THE SENSITIVE. NEGOTIATIONS. >> Translator: WE CAN DEFINITELY.

HAVE BETTER RELATIONS WITH THE. U.S. >> SHAMKHANI SAID THAT IRAN IS. WILLING TO COMMIT TO NEVER. HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON, TO. GETTING RID OF ITS STOCKPILES OF. HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM TO ONLY. ENRICHING TO A LEVEL NEEDED FOR. CIVILIAN USE AND TO ALLOW. INSPECTORS IN TO OVERSEE IT ALL. IN EXCHANGE FOR LIFTING ALL. SANCTIONS IMMEDIATELY. HE SAID IRAN WOULD ACCEPT THAT. DEAL TONIGHT. LESTER? >> OKAY. RICHARD, RICHARD ENGEL, THANK YOU. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THREE PEOPLE.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO A HIKING TRIP. THAT TURNED DEADLY HAD. WASHINGTON STATE. FOUR CLIMBERS PLUNGING 200 FEET. TO THE GROUND BELOW WITH ONLY. ONE PERSON SURVIVING. HERE'S MORGAN CHESKY. >> IN WASHINGTON, A RESCUE. MISSION TURNED RECOVERY. FOLLOWING A CLIMBING TRIP IN THE. REMOTE NORTHERN CASCADES. AUTHORITIES SAY FOUR FRIENDS.

PLANNED TO CLIMB THE NORTH EARLY. WINTER SPIRE, A CHALLENGING. ROUTE FEATURING A SHEER ROCK. FACE. >> THEY WERE ON THE ROCK FACE OF. THE NORTHERN SPIRE AND AS THEY. DESCENDED, THE ANCHOR POINT THAT. THEY WERE USING FAILED AND ALL. FOUR CLIMBERS FELL. >> A 200-FOOT FREEFALL, FOLLOWED. BY ANOTHER 200-FOOT SKID OVER A. SNOW-COVERED CHUTE. THE IMPACT KILLING THREE, BUT. SOMEHOW 38-YEAR-OLD ANTON.

SELLECK ENDURED STRUGGLING TO. HIS CAR WHERE HE DROVE IN AND. OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR 60. MILES TO FIND HELP. >> THE FACT THAT ONE PERSON. SURVIVED THAT. >> IT'S PRETTY AMAZING, THE FACT. THAT HE HAD A HEAD INJURY, A. SEVERE HEAD INJURY AND INTERNAL. BLEEDING, AND IT IS -- IT IS. JUST AMAZING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO. MAKE HIS WAY BACK TO THE. HIGHWAY. >> TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES SAY. SELLECK REMAINS HOSPITALIZED,

SURVIVING CONDITIONS THAT FOR. FRIENDS PROVED FATAL. MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS. >>> WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH. MORE DRAMA. A HOT AIR BALLOON DISASTER. HOW THAT. >> BACK NOW FOR A NEW RECALL FOR. SELF-DRIVING CARS, WAYMO SAYS. IT'S RECALLING MORE THAN 1200. SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES TO UPDATE. SOFTWARE AFTER A NUMBER OF MINOR. COLLISIONS INVOLVING CHAINS,

GATES AND OTHER BARRIERS ON THE. ROAD. THAT RECALL COULD IMPACT. HUNDREDS OF CARS ON ROADS ACROSS. SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, PHOENIX AND AUSTIN. >>> NOW TO A HOT AIR BALLOON. DISASTER IN MEXICO. WE WANT TO WARN YOU, THE VIDEO. IS DISTURBING. THIS WAS THE TERRIFYING SCENE. WHEN THE BALLOON LIFTED INTO THE. AIR AFTER THE BASKET CAUGHT ON. FIRE ON THE GROUND. THE MAN DANGLING BELOW FELL AND. DIED AFTER SAVING TWO PEOPLE WHO. WERE ONBOARD BEFORE THE BALLOON. WENT UP TO THE SKY. MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE.

INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, AN UPDATE FROM. THE SPORTS WORLD WITH BOSTON. CELTICS FORWARD JAYSON TATUM. POSTING THIS PHOTO AFTER HIS. SURGERY TO REPAIR A. SEASON-ENDING ACHILLES INJURY. IT HAPPENED DURING MONDAY'S. PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST THE NEW. YORK KNICKS. THE CELTICS SAY TATUM'S SURGERY. WAS SUCCESSFUL. IN HIS POST, TATUM THANKS FANS. FOR THEIR SUPPORT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, FROM. TRASH TO TREASURED GUITARS, CENTURIES-OLD WOOD.

>>> THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT ONE GUITAR SHOP NOW. HITTING A NEW NOTE THANKS TO. PIECES OF NEW YORK'S PAST. HERE'S JOE FRYER. >> IT ALWAYS SMELLS LIKE. CHRISTMAS INSIDE CARMINE'S. STREET GUITARS, BUT RICK KELLY. TURNED PINE AND OTHER CUTS OF. WOOD INTO MUSEUM-WORTHY MUSICAL. INSTRUMENTS. >> THIS IS HOTEL CHELSEA. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MORE.

FAMOUS FINDS. THIS CENTURIES-OLD WOOD. PERFECTLY SEASONED FOR SOUND. COMES FROM HISTORIC NEW YORK. CITY LANDMARKS PROCURED BY. DUMPSTER DIVING. >> IT'S JUST REALLY. RECOGNIZABLE. WHEN YOU SEE IT YOU KNOW IT'S. THE STUFF. THE STUFF THAT OVER THE DECADES. HAS BEEN PLAYED BY LEGENDS LIKE. BOB DYLAN, PATTY SMITH AND LOU. REED, GUITARS CRAFTED FROM THE. BONES OF OLD NEW YORK NOW MADE. BY A NEW GENERATION. >> TRY AND DO THIS.

>> CINDY HEWITT STARTED AS AN. APPRENTICE HERE 13 YEARS AGO. >> DIDN'T WANT TO JUST BUILD. MYSELF A GUITAR AND LEAVE. >> SHE DIDN'T LEAVE. >> NO. COULDN'T GET RID OF HER. [ LAUGHTER ]. >> CINDY'S SOCIAL MEDIA. FOLLOWING IS HUGE. A WAITLIST FOR HER CUSTOM. GUITARS IS OVER A YEAR LONG. ♪♪. ♪♪. >> BUSINESS IS ROCKING. >> I MEAN, WE'RE A FAMILY. >> I'M JUST AS LUCKY TO HAVE. SOMEBODY TO PASS IT ON TO, SO, IT'S GREAT. >> YEAH.

>> I'M NOT CRYING, YOU. ♪♪. ♪♪. >> TOGETHER, THEY'RE MAKING SURE. THE CITY'S PAST PLAYS ON. JOE FRYER, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> AND ANY GUITAR PLAYER WILL. TELL YOU YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY. GUITARS. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. I'M.