NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 20

TONIGHT THE LANDMARK INDICTMENT AGAINST RAUL CASTRO, THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CHARGING THE FORMER LEADER OF CUBA WITH MURDER. DECADES AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTDOWN OF TWO CIVILIAN PLANES. THE QUESTION NOW WILL THE US GO INTO CUBA TO ARREST HIM? THE INDICTMENT AGAINST THE 94-YEAR-OLD BROTHER OF FIDEL CASTRO, A STUNNING ESCALATION. IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. CUBA, DOES THIS MEAN MILITARY ACTION IS TO COME, AND IS THERE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT HIM?

I ASKED THE MAN WHO BROUGHT THE CHARGES IF HE. THINKS CASTRO WILL EVER STEP FOOT IN A US COURTROOM. TENS OF THOUSANDS UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS. AS WILDFIRES SPREAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE SMOKENADO SPITTING UP A TOWER OF ASH, AND DID THIS SHIPWRECKED SAILOR SPARK A MASSIVE BRUSH. FIRE. WHEN HE SHOT A FLARE PLUS STORMS SLAMMING THE EAST COAST, FLASH FLOODS STRANDING DRIVERS IN ATLANTA, THE FIREBALL IN LOWER MANHATTAN, A CAR EXPLODING,

SENDING PEOPUNNING NEAR WALL STREET. WHAT SET OFF THIS BLAST? CAMPUS INTRUDER. THE SEARCH FOR THIS MAN AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TRIED. TO ASSAULT A PERSON IN THEIR HARVARD DORM ROOM. AND THEN WAS SPOTTED. INSIDE A DORM. BUILDING AT NEARBY MIT. THE PUSH TO LEAVE QUARANTINE AND AMERICAN FURIOUS OVER BEING FORCED. TO QUARANTINE FOR THE JUNTA VIRUS, SAYING IT'S LIKE A PRISON. WHAT HE TOLD OUR REPORTER. SINKHOLE ON THE RUNWAY, THE SCARE AT ONE OF THE NATION'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS,

FORCING A RUNWAY AT LAGUARDIA TO SHUT DOWN. LOS ANGELES BURGLARY BUST, POLICE CRACKING DOWN ON HIGH. THEFTS ARRESTING MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE. HOW THEY'RE USING WI FI JAMMERS TO BREAK INTO HOMES. THE DRAMATIC VIDEO OF A FIRE TRUCK LOSING CONTROL, ROLLING OVER, AND CRASHING INTO A BUSINESS. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE GRADUATING SENIORS GETTING THE SURPRISE OF A LIFETIME. FROM THEIR GREATEST SUPPORTERS WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY.

NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NO. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMASS. AND GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A STUNNING MOVE BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THE US INDICTING FORMER CUBAN LEADER RAUL CASTRO. ON MURDER AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES. AND DEMANDING THAT HE SOMEHOW. FACE AMERICAN JUSTICE, THE MOVE, A WAY TO DELIVER JUSTICE FOR CRIMES FROM THE PAST, BUT. IT ALSO OPENS THE DOOR FOR EVEN MORE CONSEQUENTIAL ACTION IN THE FUTURE.

THE 94-YEAR-OLD BROTHER TO FIDEL CASTRO OFFICIALLY. NO LONGER LEADS THE COUNTRY BUT STILL WIELDS IMMENSE POWER. THE CHARGES TODAY STEM FROM THIS INCIDENT 30 YEARS AGO. WHEN THE CUBAN MILITARY SHOT DOWN TWO PLANES, KILLING 4 AMERICANS. THE MOVE ALREADY DRAWING COMPARISONS TO WHAT. HAPPENED TO VENEZUELA'S AUTHORITARIAN LEADER NICOLAS MADURO, WHO WAS FIRST INDICTED BEFORE MILITARY ACTION. TO ARREST HIM AND TAKE HIM OUT OF THAT COUNTRY, IT COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE HAS RAMPED UP ITS PRESSURE CAMPAIGN ON THE ISLAND NATION,

EVEN THREATENING MILITARY ACTION. OUR GABE GUTIERREZ STARTS US OFF. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 70 YEARS TONIGHT, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CHARGING SENIOR LEADERS. IN CUBA'S GOVERNMENT WITH KILLING AMERICANS. THOSE WHO KILL AMERICANS. CANNOT. SIMPLY WAIT OUT AMERICAN JUSTICE. 94-YEAR-OLD RAUL CASTRO, THE COMMUNIST REGIME'S POWERFUL FORMER LEADER, INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY FOR MURDER, CONSPIRACY TO KILL US NATIONALS, AND DESTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT.

PROSECUTORS SAY HE ORDERED CUBAN FIGHTER PILOTS IN 1996 TO SHOOT DOWN TWO. UNARMED CIVILIAN PLANES PILOTED BY THE HUMANITARIAN GROUP BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE, WHICH HELPED CUBAN MIGRANTS TRYING TO FLEE TO FREEDOM IN THE US. FIVE OTHER MEN ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING WERE ALSO INDICTED. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING AT MIAMI'S FREEDOM TOWER, AN ICONIC SITE FOR CUBAN EXILES. MIRTA MENDEZ IS THE SISTER OF CARLOS COSTA, ONE OF THE 4 MEN KILLED.

MY BROTHER WAS AERICAN BORN. AND HE WAS MURDERED BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT. BACK THEN, RAUL CASTRO WAS DEFENSE MINISTER UNDER HIS BROTHER, THE LATE FIDEL CASTRO, AND THE US SAID AUDIO SHOWED THE CUBAN PILOTS CELEBRATED THE TAKEDOWN. PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCED SANCTIONS, BUT DECADES LATER, PRESIDENT OBAMA TRIED TO THAW RELATIONS WITH THE ISLAND, EVEN ATTENDING A BASEBALL GAME IN HAVANA WITH CASTRO. THE NEW INDICTMENT RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL ARREST HIM,

MUCH LIKE VENEZUELA'S NICOLAS MADURO. WE EXPECT THAT HE WILL. SHOW UP HERE. BY HIS OWN WILL OR BY. ANOTHER WAY. PRESIDENT. TRUMP LATE TODAY, THERE WON'T BE ESCALATION. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE. LOOK, THE PLACE IS FALLING APART. IT'S A MESS. CUBA'S GOVERNMENT CALLING THE NEW INDICTMENT LIES, ARGUING THAT CUBA ACTED IN LEGITIMATE. SELF-DEFENSE WITHIN ITS JURISDICTIONAL WATERS. ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE WITH TOM LATE TODAY.

DO YOU THINK RAUL CASTRO. WILL SET FOOT IN THE UNITED STATES AND STAND TRIAL? THAT'S THE GOAL. I MEAN THERE'S AN ARREST WARRANT, AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT ANY DEFENDANT THAT'S INDICTED IN THIS COUNTRY. STANDS TRIAL. OK, GABE, LET'S PICK IT UP RIGHT THERE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHY THIS INDICTMENT CAME NOW? WELL, TOM, THAT FLORIDA GRAND JURY RETURNED THIS INDICTMENT ALMOST A MONTH AGO ON APRIL 23RD. THE DOJ CHOSE TO UNSEAL IT TODAY SYMBOLICALLY. ON CUBAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.

IT ALL COMES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RAMPS UP ITS PRESSURE ON THE CUBAN. GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS FACING GROWING ECONOMIC TURMOIL AND FUEL SHORTAGES. TOM, ALL RIGHT, GABE GUTIERREZ LEADING US OFF FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING AN OUTBREAK OF FAST MOVING WILDFIRES OUT WEST, FORCING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES. STEVE PATTERSON IS ON THE FRONT LINE WITH FIRE CREWS RIGHT NOW WORKING TO STOP THEM. TONIGHT THE RACE TO CONTAIN A WILDFIRE OUTBREAK NOW RAGING ACROSS CALIFORNIA. IN SIMI VALLEY,

KEEPING MORE THAN 40,000 PEOPLE UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. THEY GOT IT UNDER CONTROL AND THEN. WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO, THE WINDS PICKED UP. THE FIRE NOW EXPANDING TO MORE THAN 1600 ACRES. SO FAR, ONE HOME GUTTED BY FLAMES. MORE THAN 800 FIREFIGHTERS ON THE FRONT LINES TRYING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. THIS IS. THE FIRE LINE. WE HIKED WITH CREWS IN TREACHEROUS TERRAIN, WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO KEEP THE HOT SPOTS DOWN. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DRY FUEL.

THAT'S WHY I SAY THIS FIRE STILL HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND YOU CAN SEE THE AIR ATTACK BEHIND ME. CREWS TRYING TO KNOCK OUT THESE FLAMES, DROPPING WATER ON PROBLEM AND HOT SPOTS, THOSE FLARE-UPS SO THEY CAN AVOID IT FROM ENCROACHING INTO THE COMMUNITY. TO THE EAST IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, A CLUSTER OF BRUSH FIRES BROKE OUT, EVEN SPAWNING THIS SMOKENADO. RESIDENTS ON ROOFS SCRAMBLING TO SAVE THEIR HOMES. WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING. THE STATE'S LARGEST FIRE BURNING SOME 40 MILES OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST,

CHG THROUGH THE LARGELY UNINHABITED SANTA ROSA ISLAND. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING IF IT MAY HAVE BEEN SPARKED WHEN A. 67-YEAR-OLD SAILOR WAS LEFT STRANDED AFTER CRASHING AGAINST THE ROCKY SHORE, THEN SHOOTING EMERGENCY FLARES INTO THE ISLAND'S BONE DRY BRUSH, THE SAILOR EVEN CARVING AN SOS INTO THE GROUND, AWAITING RESCUE AS THE FLAMES SCATTERED. TOM, THIS TIME OF DAY IS WHEN THE FLARE-UPS HAPPEN. YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CANYON BEHIND ME, THOSE THICK PLUMES OF WHITE SMOKE. THAT'S BECAUSE THERE IS COLUMNS OF FIRE IN THAT CANYON.

FIREFIGHTERS DOING ALL THEY CAN TO KNOCK THAT OUT. FIXED WING AIRCRAFT. USING WATER DROPS, USING RETARDANT DROPS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITIES DOWN HERE. STAY SAFE BECAUSE IT REALLY ONLY TAKES ONE EMBER FOR THIS FIRE TO SPREAD. TOM, STEVE PATTERSON AND HIS TEAM ON THE FIRE LINE TONIGHT. IT WAS ALSO A BRUTAL. HOT DAY. ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST COAST WITH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S, AND NOW THAT HEAT IS SETTING OFF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE REGION. AND ALREADY WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE. IN THE HEART OF ATLANTA.

LOOK AT THAT. OUR BILL CAIRNS IS LIVE FOR US. NOW IN STUDIO TRACKING IT ALL. BILL, WALK US THROUGH WHAT'S HAPPENING. YEAH, ATLANTA'S DIFFICULT ON A NORMAL SUNNY RUSH HOUR. I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN BAD. WE HAD A THUNDERSTORM SIT RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF ATLANTA FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES, DROPPED 3 INCHES OF RAIN. AND THE PICTURES TELL THE STORY. WE HAVE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THEIR CARS. WE HAVE INTERSTATES THAT ARE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. THE THUNDERSTORM IS FINALLY ENDING, BUT IT'S LEFT ITS MARK. IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO CLEAR THAT WATER OUT. WE'RE ALSO WATCHING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK CITY. THESE HAVE DAMAGING WIND WITH THEM.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN HAVING HUGE IMPACTS AT THE AIRPORTS BETWEEN GROUND STOPS. EVERYONE IS ABOUT 1 TO 2 HOUR DELAYS FROM DULLES ALL THE WAY TO THE NEW YORK AIRPORTS. AS FAR AS THE MEMORIAL DAY. WEEKEND FORECAST GOES, WE ARE WATCHING HEAVY RAIN DOWN ALONG THE TEXAS COAST INTO LOUISIANA. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TRACKING SOME OF. THAT HEAVY RAIN INTO THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY. MEMORIAL DAY, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT THE BEST IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. HOPE THAT FORECAST CHANGES. ALL RIGHT, BILL, WE THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT. NOW TO THE FIERY SCENE IN LOWER MANHATTAN, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO IS WILD. A CAR EXPLODING NEAR WALL STREET,

SENDING PEDEANS RACING, AND NOW THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT CAUSED THE BLAST. EMILY AQUETTA HAS MORE. IT'S LIKE A SCENE OUT OF A MOVIE, A CAR ENGULFED IN FLAMES, EXPLODING INTO A MASSIVE FIREBALL IN NEW YORK CITY, WHOA, SENDING FRANTIC PEDESTRIANS SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY. BROADWAY. THICK BLACK SMOKE SMOTHERED THE INTERSECTION NEAR. WALL STREET'S FAMED CHARGING BULL STATUE.

THERE WAS A SERIES OF. BOOMS. FOLLOWED BY A PLUME OF SMOKE, AND JOSH CRANDALL WORKS IN THE AREA AND DESCRIBED. THE CHAOS IN THE THICK OF RUSH HOUR TUESDAY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. AM I SAFE? ARE THOSE OTHER PEOPLE SAFE? IS THERE SOMETHING BIGGER GOING ON? YOU CAN SEE THIS CHARGE SIGN EVEN 24 HOURS LATER AND OVER HERE WHERE THE FIRE. BURNED THROUGH A CAR THAT THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION. AUTHORITY TELLS US WAS ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. VIDEO SHOWING EARLY STAGES OF THE FIRE BURNING.

THE FRONT END AND THE SCORCHED AFTERMATH. REMARKABLY, FIRE OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE MASSIVE FIREBALL. AS THEY INVESTIGATE WHAT CAUSED THE STUNNING SCENE. EMILY IKEDA, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. AND TONIGHT WE'RE ALSO TRACKING SOME REPORTS OUT OF. MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A SUSPECT. WHO AUTHORITIES SAY FOLLOWED PEOPLE INTO DORM BUILDINGS AT BOTH HARVARD AND MIT. ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO ASSAULT AT LEAST ONE WOMAN. HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK.

TONIGHT TWO FAMOUS CAMPUSES ON EDGE. POLICE AT MIT AND HARVARD LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON THIS MAN. SOMEONE MATCHING HIS DESCRIPTION, AUTHORITIES SAY, IS SUSPECTED OF BREAKING INTO A HARVARD DORM TUESDAY. AND ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE. POLICE RESPONDING TO A CALL AT 5:30 AT NIGHT. WENT UP BEHIND HER FROM BEHIND, PUSHED HER. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM HARVARD POLICE, THE VICTIMS SCREAMED, PROMPTING NEARBY RESIDENTS TO EXIT THEIR ROOMS,

THE VICTIM DID NOT REPORT ANY AT WHICH POINJURIES.USPECT FLED. POLICE ASKING OFFICERS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. MALE. 20 TO 30S, 5' 10 TO 6 FT. ACCORDING TO MIT POLICE, A WOMAN REPORTED BEING FOLLOWED INTO THE SIDE ENTRANCE OF A BUILDING. ON THEIR CAMPUS LATER THAT NIGHT AT ROUGHLY 5:45. WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN. THE MAN MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON WHO WAS. THE SUBJECT OF A HARVARD UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ALERT.

BOTH CAMPUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS CALLING ON. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO CONTACT THEM. MIT ALSO OFFERING ADVICE INCLUDING REPORT ANYONE ACTING SUSPICIOUS ON CAMPUS. AND ASKING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO LOCK RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE DOORS AND WINDOWS. BOTH SCHOOLS RATTLED BY THE NEWS. THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING IN COLLEGE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT AND IT'S LIKE IT'S SCARY. AN UNEASY NIGHT AT TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES, STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS. WE ALSO HAVE A MAJOR UPDATE TO THOSE AMERICANS.

QUARANTINING IN NEBRASKA AFTER EXRE TO THE JUNTA VIRUS. ONE OF THEM IS NOW SPEAKING OUT TO US, SAYING HE WANTS OUT. IT COMES AS AN AMERICAN IS BATTLING ANOTHER LIFE THREATENING DISEASE, EBOLA, TRANSPORTED TO GERMANY. HERE'S MAGGIE VESPA. TONIGHT AS THE GLOBAL RACE TO. CONTAIN AFRICA'S SURGING EBOLA OUTBREAK INTENSIFIES, NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE AMERICAN SURGEON INFECTED IN THE. DR CONGO ARRIVING VIA AMBULANCE AT A GERMAN HOSPITAL. THIS AS A REPORT IN THE WASHINGTON POST SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE RESISTED ALLOWING DR.

PETER STAFFORD TO RETURN TO THE US FOR TREATMENT, DELAYING HIS EVACUATION AND CARE, ACCORDING TO FIVE PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE EBOLA RESPONSE. A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON TELLING. NBC NEWS, THE REPORT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. DIRECTORS OF THE MISSIONARY GROUP DR. STAFFORD WAS TRAVELING WITH DESCRIBING HIS CONDITION. AS CREWS GUIDED HIM ONTO A PLANE. HE'S HANGING ON THEM, BARELY STRONG ENOUGH. TO WALK, SO HE LOOKED. REALLY TIRED AND REALLY SICK.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY DR. STAFFORD'S WIFE, 4 KIDS, AND ANOTHER AMERICAN PHYSICIAN WERE ALSO EXPOSED. AND TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITALS IN BERLIN AND. PRAGUE FOR MONITORING. SO FAR THERE ARE 139 SUSPECTED DEATHS AND CLOSE. TO 600 SUSPECTED CASES NOW TIED TO THE OUTBREAK. THOSE CASE NUMBERS NEARLY TRIPLING. IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS. MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE US, THESE ARE THE TWO FEDERAL QUARANTINE ORDERS ISSUED TO. ONE OF THE 18 AMERICAN PASSENGERS EXPOSED TO HANTA. VIRUS ON THIS CRUISE SHIP AND NOW ISOLATING AT.

THIS NEBRASKA HOSPITAL WHICH THE PASSENGER CALLS A PRISON. A 30 YEAR OLD NEW YORKER, HE ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS AMID ONLINE THREATS TO HIS FELLOW PASSENGERS. THE ORDERS SAYING LEAVING EARLY TO ISOLATE AT. HOME WOULD POTENTIALLY ENDANGER THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH, ADDING IF HE DOES LEAVE, HE COULD FACE A CRIMINAL FINE OR UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL. THE PASSENGER TELLING US, QUOTE, NO ONE HERE IS ASKING NOT. TO BE UNDER QUARANTINE, ADDING HE'S VERY ANGRY ABOUT NOT BEING ALLOWED TO LEAVE. MAGGIE VESPA, NBC NEWS.

OK, WE TURN TO POLITICS NOW AND A MAJOR VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS MADE IT HIS MISSION TO GO AFTER REPUBLICANS WHO DEFY HIM. OVERNIGHT, ALL THE CANDIDATES HE ENDORSED IN PRIMARIES. WON BIG. HERE'S GARRETT HAKE. TONIGHT. A CLEAN SWEEP FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATES. WINNING OR ADVANCING IN 37 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACES. IN ALL RACES LAST NIGHT. KNOW HOW TO WIN. I THINK I'VE PROVEN THAT, HAVEN'T I?

INCLUDING GOP VOTERS REJECTING TWO LONGTIME REPUBLICAN CRITICS OF THE PRESIDENT, BRAD RAFFENSBERGER, FINISHING A DISTANT THIRD IN HIS RUN FOR GEORGIA GOVERNOR, AND KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSEY, DEFEATED BY FARMER AND FORMER NAVY SEAL ED GALREIN. I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT TRUMP. FOR HIS SUPPORT. IN HIS PURSUIT OF POLITICAL OPPONENTS OVER THE LAST MONTH, THE PRESIDENT DEMONSTRATING THE SWAY HE STILL HOLDS OVER THE GOP BASE. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS ENDORSEMENT IS THE MOST POWERFUL IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS, I MEAN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

I THINK IT'S JUSPHENOMENON. BUT TRUMP'S WINS ALSO ADDING TO A FLOCK. OF LAME DUCK LAWMAKERS UNMOORED FROM PARTY POLITICS. LIKE LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS. SENATOR AND TRUMP CRITIC BILL CASSIDY, WHO WAS DEFEATED IN A GOP PRIMARY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED ANOTHER CANDIDATE. TODAY, CASSIDY CRITICIZING THE BILLION DOLLAR FUNDING REQUESTS FOR. SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS AT THE PRESIDENT'S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM. IT COULD COST A LOT LESS. IT COULD COST A LOT MORE. I, I, I, I, I JUST DON'T GET IT, AND I THINK THIS COULD GO THROUGH THE NORMAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.

TONIGHT, SEVERAL REPUBLICAN SENATORS SAY THAT BILLION DOLLARS FOR BALLROOM. SECURITY DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH REPUBLICAN VOTES TO PASS, AND THEY EXPECT IT TO BE STRIPPED OUT OF THEIR SPENDING BILL. TOM. GARRETT HAKE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. GARRETT, THANK YOU. IN 60 SECONDS, THE BURGLARY RING BUSTED. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE HUGE HIGH-TECH OPERATION. INVOLVING THOSE HIDDEN CAMERAS AND WI FI JAMMERS, THAT'S NEXT. WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THE ARRESTS OF MULTIPLE.

SUSPECTS CONNECTED TO DOZENS OF RECENT BURGLARIES IN CALIFORNIA. THE CREWS OFTEN USING HIGH-TECH WI FI JAMMERS AND SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS OF THEIR OWN. TO BREAK IN. LIZ KREUTZ HAS MORE ON HOW AUTHORITIES CAUGHT THEM. TONIGHT LOS ANGELES AUTHORITIES ARRESTING 7 PEOPLE. IN CONNECTION WITH A SERIES OF HOME. BREAK-INS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INVOLVING HIGH-TECH TACTICS. INCLUDING HIDDEN CAMERAS AND WI FI JAMMERS. THESE. CRIMINALS GENERALLY GET MORE SOPHISTICATED WHETHER THEY'RE.

COMING FROM SOUTH AMERICA OR THEY'RE LOCAL. CRIMINALS. OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECTS ARE PART OF A SOUTH. AMERICAN THEFT GROUP THAT'S BURGLARIZED DOZENS OF HOMES, STEALING JEWELRY, HANDBAGS, MONEY, AND AT LEAST ONE CASE OF FIREARM. TODAY POLICE DISPLAYING ONE OF THE HIDDEN CAMERAS THE BURGLARS USED, WHICH WAS DISGUISED TO BLEND IN WITH BUSHES ON THE PROPERTY. IT IS A BOX, A WOODEN BOX WRAPPED IN ARTIFICIAL TURF. WHAT'S IN IT? IS A PHONE AND A CAMERA WITH EXTRA BATTERIES. AUTHORITIES ALSO SAY THE THIEVES WILL SOMETIMES PLACE FOOD DELIVERY BAGS ON.

FRONT PORCHES AND THEN RING THE DOORBELL TO SEE IF ANYONE'S HOME. THEY'LL THEN TURN ON WI FI JAMMERS LIKE THESE TO DISRUPT HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS. THIS DOORBELL. CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS THIEVES HOLDING JAMMERS AS THEY APPROACH A HOME. YOU CAN SEE THE SECURITY CAMERA STARTS TO GLITCH. THE LATEST ARRESTS PART OF AN ONGOING EFFORT TO CRACK. DOWN ON THE RASH OF RAISIN BREAK-INS IN THE REGION. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THIEVES APPEARING TO USE. WALKIE-TALKIES TO COORDINATE DURING A ROBBERY. YEAH. AND HERE MASS SUSPECTS RUNNING AWAY ONCE SPOTTED.

AND TOM, OFFICIALS SAY THESE THIEVES ARE INCREASINGLY TRYING TO BREAK INTO. THE SECOND STORY OF HOMES WHERE THERE'S OFTEN LESS SURVEILLANCE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED TODAY FACE UP TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON. TOM, GOOD TIP TO BE AWARE OF THOUGH ABOUT THAT 2ND FLOOR. ALL RIGHT, THANKS LIZ. WE ARE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE SINKHOLE THAT. SHUT DOWN A RUNWAY AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TODAY. THAT'S NEXT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A MAJOR STOCK LAUNCH THAT. COULD MAKE ELON MUSK THE WORLD'S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE.

TODAY, SPACEX CONFIRMED PLANS TO SELL SHARES OF ITS STOCK. TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE NEXT MONTH, AND IT'S LIKELY TO BE THE BIGGEST IPO EVER, MAKING SPACEX ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE COMPANIES. IN THE WORLD. WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO FROM LOS ANGELES OF A FIRE TRUCK FLIPPING OVER. THE TRUCK APPEARS TO BARREL SIDEWAYS INTO TWO PARKED CARS, FLIPPING ON TOP. OF THEM AND CRASHING INTO A BUILDING AS SMOKE POURS OUT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT CRASH HAPPENED.

WHEN THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A FIRE AND. THAT TWO FIREFIGHTERS DID SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES. AND HERE IN NEW YORK, THIS DEEP SINKHOLE SHUT DOWN A RUNWAY AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT SAYS THE SINKHOLE WAS DISCOVERED DURING. AN INSPECTION THIS MORNING AND THAT EMERGENCY CREWS. ARE WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. OK, WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT, THE EMOTIONAL SURPRISES FOR THESE GRADUATES FROM THEIR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS. THAT'S NEXT.

FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. IT'S GRADUATION SEASON, ALWAYS AN EMOTIONAL MILESTONE, BUT EVEN MORE SO WHEN THOSE GRADS WITH FAMILY IN THE MILITARY. GET A HEARTWARMING SURPRISE. UP NEXT, MISS JASLYN HARDWAY. AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA, A SURPRISE FOR SENIOR JASLYN ARDWIN. JAS IS GOING TO BE. RECEIVING HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FROM HER FATHER.

JASLYN RUSHING TO HUG HER FATHER, SO EXCITED IN THE MOMENT. HER SHOES CAME OFF. THE ARMY STAFF SERGEANT HAS BEEN STATIONED IN KOSOVO FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. GRATITUDE FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE NATION. I MEAN MY DAD. ACTUALLY SHOWED UP, LIKE ALL MY PROBLEMS AND MY THOUGHTS JUST WENT AWAY. GOOD THING THE GLASSES WAS ON BECAUSE UNDER THE GLASSES THERE WAS A LOT OF TEARS. AND MORE THAN 1000 MILES NORTH AT KUKA COLLEGE IN NEW YORK, STUDENT MADISON ROBINSON MAYERS CALLED TO THE STAGE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF. ARMY. SPECIALIST. NO. HER BROTHER TYLER, AN ARMY COMBAT MEDIC SPECIALIST. FLYING OVERNIGHT FROM GEORGIA TO SEE HER GRADUATE, AND FOR SENIOR SYDNEY MATLOCK IN OKLAHOMA. HER BROTHER SKYLER STATIONED WITH THE NAVY IN SAN DIEGO.

RIGHT THERE TO SURPRISE HER AT HER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. LOVED ONES REUNITING. ON SOME OF LIFE'S BIGGEST STAGES. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY CORE MEMORIES. IT ACTUALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME THAT MY DAD WAS THERE. AND A BIG THANK YOU TO THOSE MILITARY FAMILIES. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.

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