NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 22

>>> TONIGHT, THE. DEADLY SHOOTING. OUTSIDE A JEWISH. MUSEUM IN THE NATION'S. CAPITAL. TwO STAFFERS FROM THE. ISRAELI EMBASSY, A. YOUNG COUPLE ABOUT TO. BE ENGAGED, GUNNED. DOWN. THE ALLEGED KILLER. CAPTURED SHOUTING, FREE PALESTINE. BEING INVESTIGATED AS. A HATE CRIME. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING. ABOUT THE SUSPECT. WHAT THE VICTIM'S. FATHER TOLD US ABOUT. THE COUPLE'S LOVE. STORY. >>> THE PLANE CRASH. INTO A CALIFORNIA.

NEIGHBORHOOD. CARS AND HOMES UP IN. FLAMES. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING. ABOUT THOSE ON BOARD. KILLED WHEN THE SMALL. JET CRASHED. >>> THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAYS. HARVARD CAN NO LONGER. ENROLL NEW. INTERNATIONAL. STUDENTS. CURRENT ONES NEED TO. TRANSFER OR LOSE THEIR. LEGAL STATUS. HARVARD CALLING THE. MOVE UNLAWFUL. >>> TOM LLAMAS WITH. ROBERT F. KENNEDY. JUNIOR WHOSE NEW. REPORT CALLS THIS. GENERATION OF AMERICAN. CHILDREN THE SICKEST.

IN THE COUNTRY'S. HISTORY. >>> KID CUDI BELIEVES. COMBS WAS INVOLVED IN. . >>> FIRE UP THE. BARBECUE. THE NEW KANSAS CITY. MUSEUM. ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S. MOST ICONIC CUISINES. >>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH. LESTER HOLT.

>>> THEY WERE SET ON. BEING PART OF A. SOLUTION. GATHERED AT AND EVENT. LAST NIGHT FOCUSED ON. BUILDING BRIDGES IN. THE MIDEAST AND NORTH. AFRICA. AS THEY EXITED, THE. YOUNG COUPLE, A MAN. AND WOMAN BOTH ISRAELI. EMBASSY STAFFERS, FELL. VICTIM TO VIOLENCE FAR. FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. GUNNED DOWN BY A MAN. WHO SHOUTED, FREE, FREE PALESTINE. DECLARING HE DID IT. FOR GAZA AS HE WAS. TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE CASE BEING.

INVESTIGATED TONIGHT. AS A POSSIBLE HATE. CRIME AND TERROR. ATTACK. THE VICTIMS FATALLY. STRUCK BY GUNFIRE. THE PAIR WHO HAD BEEN. DATING WERE SET TO. BECOME ENGAGED SOON, ACCORDING TO THE. ISRAELI AMBASSADOR. THE SHOOTER, A CHICAGO. MAN NOW FACING TWO. COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE. MURDER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSTING ONLINE, HATE. AND RADICALISM HAVE NO. PLACE IN THE USA. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU CALLING THE. SUSPECT AN ABHORRENT. ANTI-SEMITIC MURDERER. AARON GILCHRIST HAS. LATE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: THE. HORROR UNFOLDED AROUND. 9:00 LAST NIGHT. >> Reporter: A GUNMAN. OPENED FIRE. THE 26-YEAR-OLD AND. HER PARTNER, BOTH. DIPLOMATIC STAFF AT. THE ISRAELI EMBASSY.

WERE KILLED. IT'S BEING. INVESTIGATED AS A. TERROR ATTACK. >> THE TRAGIC MURDER. OF THESE TWO ISRAEL. EMBASSY EMPLOYEES. OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL. JEWISH MUSEUM LAST. NIGHT WAS BOTH AN ACT. OF TERROR AND DIRECTED. VIOLENCE AGAINST THE. JEWISH COMMUNITY. IT HAS THE FULL AND. UNWAVERING ATTENTION. OF THE FBI. >> Reporter: THE. ALLEGED GUNMAN. SHOUTED, FREE. PALESTINE AS HE WAS. TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE IS FACING MULTIPLE. CHARGES INCLUDING. FIRST DEGREE MURDER. AND MURDER OF FOREIGN. OFFICIALS. TODAY THE FBI. SEARCHING HIS CHICAGO. APARTMENT. >> VIOLENCE AGAINST.

ANYONE BASED ON THEIR. RELIGION IS AN ACT OF. COWARDICE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP POSTING, HATE. AND RADICALISM HAVE NO. PLACE IN THE USA. IT WAS A RAINY NIGHT. AND. AFTER FIRING THE. SHOTS, THE ALLEGED. GUNMAN RUSHED INTO THE. MUSEUM. PEOPLE INSIDE HAD NO. IDEA WHAT HE HAD. ALLEGEDLY DONE AND. OFFERED HIM A GLASS OF. WATER. >> WE WERE THINKING HE. WAS A WITNESS AND. TRIED TO COMFORT HIM. >> Reporter: WHEN DID. YOU REALIZE HE WAS. INVOLVED? >> I WOULD SAY IT WAS. TEN MINUTES LATER. HE STARTED YELLING TO.

THE ENTIRE MUSEUM, I. DID IT. FREE PALESTINE. I DID IT FOR GAZA. >> Reporter: ISRAEL'S. PRIME MINISTER. SPEAKING OUT. >> THE TERRORIST WHO. GUNNED THEM DOWN DID. SO FOR ONE REASON. HE WANTED TO KILL. JEWS. AS HE WAS TAKEN AWAY, HE CHANTED, FREE. PALESTINE. THIS IS EXACTLY THE. SAME CHANT WE HEARD ON. OCTOBER 7. >> Reporter: THE. ATTACK COMES AMID AN. ALARMING RISE IN. ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS. IN THE U.S., SOARING. NEARLY 900% IN THE.

LAST DECADE. WE ARE LEARNING MORE. ABOUT THE TWO VICTIMS. >> PERFECT CHILDREN. NO PROBLEMS. NOT TOO MANY PARENTS. CAN SAY THAT. >> Reporter: SHE SPOKE. TO OUR STATION IN. KANSAS CITY WHEN HER. HIGH SCHOOL WAS. VANDALIZED. >> I WORRY ABOUT GOING. TO MY SYNAGOGUE. I WORRY ABOUT SAFETY. AT SCHOOL. >> Reporter: HER DAD. TELLING US, HE ONLY. FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT. THAT THE YOUNG MAN WAS. GOING TO PROPOSE.

>> HE HAD BOUGHT AN. ENGAGEMENT RING FOR. SARA AND PLANNED ON. GIVING IT TO HER WHEN. THEY WERE IN JERUSALEM. ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO. FROM NOW. WE DID NOT KNOW. THE BEST OF TIMES AND. THE WORST OF TIMES. >> AARON, POLICE WERE. OUT THERE AT THE SITE. OF THE SHOOTING MOST. OF THE DATE. >> Reporter: MOSTLY. FOR SECURITY, LESTER. THE INVESTIGATION. CONTINUES. THEY RECOVERED A.

HANDGUN AND 21 SPENT. SHELL CASING. THERE'S A VIGIL. TONIGHT. LESTER? >> AARON, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S BRING IN TOM. WINTER. THE INVESTIGATION INTO. THE SUSPECT. >> WE HAVE NEW DETAILS. ON THE WEAPON TONIGHT. COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGE. RODRIGUEZ BOUGHT THE. GUN IN ILLINOIS IN. 2020 AND BROUGHT IT TO. D.C. IN HIS CHECKED. LUGGAGE ON TUESDAY. THE FBI IS. INVESTIGATING ONLINE. WRITINGS POSSIBLY FROM. RODRIGUEZ SAYING HE. CARRIED OUT THIS.

ATTACK BECAUSE OF HIS. VIEWS ON THE. ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR. THEY ARE COMBING. THROUGH HIS PHONE AND. REACHING OUT TO HIS. FAMILY. OFFICIALS IN. WASHINGTON SAY THEY. ARE RAMPING UP THEIR. POLICE PRESENCE AT. PUBLIC GATHERINGS. CITYWIDE. IN NEW YORK, TEAMS OF. HEAVILY ARMORED POLICE. ARE DEPLOYED TO MANY. JEWISH INSTITUTIONS. >> TOM WINTER, THANK. YOU. >>> INVESTIGATORS TRY. TO DETERMINE WHAT. HAPPENED AFTER A PLANE. CRASHED INTO A. CALIFORNIA. NEIGHBORHOOD KILLING. MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND. CAUSING HOMES AND CARS. TO CATCH FIRE.

LIZ KREUTZ IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DRAMATIC IMAGES SHOW. THE AFTERMATH OF A. DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN. SAN DIEGO. >> MULTIPLE. EXPLOSIONS. WE'RE DOING AN. EVACUATION. >> Reporter: THE FIRE. DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE. DIED AND EIGHT INJURED. AFTER A PRIVATE CESSNA. JET CRASHED. >> I WALKED IT MYSELF. DOWN THE STREET ITSELF. IT LOOKS LIKE. SOMETHING FROM A. MOVIE, I WILL BE. HONEST. >> Reporter: IT. HAPPENED AROUND 3:45.

THIS MORNING AS THE. PLANE WAS ATTEMPTING. TO LAND DURING DENSE. FOG WITH LIMITED. VISIBILITY. >> ANYONE OVER THERE? >> Reporter: VIDEO. SHOW FAMILIES WITH. YOUNG. CHILDREN AND PETS. ESCAPING THEIR HOMES. >> MY GOSH, ANOTHER. EARTHQUAKE. WHEN I OPENED MY EYES, MY ROOM WAS LIT UP IN. ORANGE. I TURNED AROUND TO. LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. I SAW A BURST OF. FLAMES. >> Reporter: ACCORDING. TO FLIGHT TRACKING. DATA, IT TOOK OFF IN. NEW JERSEY BEFORE. MIDNIGHT, STOPPING TO. REFUEL IN WICHITA,

KANSAS, THEN LIFTING. OFF AGAIN FOR SAN. DIEGO. >> STRUCK POWER LINES. TWO MILES SOUTHEAST OF. THE AIRPORT. COLLIDED WITH A HOUSE. >> Reporter: A. REPRESENTATIVE FOR. SOUND TALENT GROUP. SAYING THREE OF THE. EMPLOYEES WERE KILLED. ON THE PLANE, INCLUDING THE MUSIC. AGENT DAVE SHAPIRO. WRITING, WE ARE. DEVASTATED BY THE. LOSS. THIS IS THE HOME THE. PLANE CRASHED INTO. A FAMILY WAS INSIDE. IT'S A MIRACLE NOBODY. ON THE GROUND WAS. KILLED. THE FAA IS SAYING. THERE WERE SIX PEOPLE. ON THE PLANE.

THE INVESTIGATION. CONTINUES. AUTHORITIES DO NOT. BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY. SURVIVORS. >> LIZ KREUTZ, THANK. YOU. >>> TO A MAJOR RIFT. BETWEEN THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION AND. HARVARD. THE ADMINISTRATION. BLOCKING THE SCHOOL'S. ABILITY TO ENROLL. INTERNATIONAL. STUDENTS. HARVARD IS CALLING THE. MOVE UNLAWFUL. NBC'S GARRETT HAAKE. NOW WITH THAT STORY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. ESCALATING ITS BATTLE. WITH HARVARD. UNIVERSITY, BARRING. THE SCHOOL FROM. ENROLLING FOREIGN.

STUDENTS AND ORDERING. THE MORE THAN 6,700. CURRENTLY ENROLLED TO. TRANSFER OR LOSE THEIR. LEGAL STATUS. >> 27% OF THEIR. STUDENTS ARE FOREIGN. STUDENTS. THEY WILL HAVE TO FIND. SOME OTHER UNIVERSITY. TO GO TO. HOPEFULLY, THEY FIND. ONE THAT CARES ABOUT. THEM AND PROVIDES A. SAFE ENVIRONMENT. >> Reporter: THE WHITE. HOUSE SAYING HARVARD. IS A HOTBED OF. PRO-TERRORIST. AGITATORS. THE UNIVERSITY NOW. MUST FACE THE. CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR. ACTIONS. >> A WARNING TO EVERY. OTHER UNIVERSITY TO. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: HARVARD. CALLING THE. GOVERNMENT'S ACTION. UNLAWFUL. ADDING, WE ARE FULLY. COMMITTED TO. MAINTAINING HARVARD'S. ABILITY TO HOST. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. AND SCHOLARS. CARL IS A STUDENT FROM. AUSTRIA STUDYING. GOVERNMENT. DO YOU THINK YOU WILL. BE BACK IN THE FALL? >> IT'S HARD TO MAKE A. CALL. I'M UNCERTAIN. WITH THIS. ADMINISTRATION, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. >> Reporter: THE. ADMINISTRATION FROZE. MORE THAN $2 BILLION. IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO. HARVARD OVER WHAT THE. WHITE HOUSE SAID WERE.

CONCERNS ABOUT. UNCHECKED. ANTI-SEMITISM ON. CAMPUS. DEMANDS TO CHANGE. HIRING AND ADMISSIONS. PROCESSES. THE UNIVERSITY'S. PRESIDENT PRESSED BY. LESTER LAST MONTH. >> IS THIS ABOUT. ANTI-SEMITISM? >> I WOULD SAY THAT AT. HARVARD, WE HAVE A. REAL PROBLEM WITH. ANTI-SEMITISM. WE TAKE IT VERY. SERIOUSLY. WE ARE TRYING TO. ADDRESS IT. WE DON'T REALLY SEE. THE RELATIONSHIP TO. RESEARCH FUNDING AT. HARVARD AND OTHER. UNIVERSITIES. THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT. ISSUES. >> GARRETT JOINING US.

THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS. ASKING FOR STUDENT. RECORDS. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT. DHS SAYS THE. UNIVERSITY HAS 72. HOURS TO TURN OVER. DISCIPLINARY, CRIMINAL. AND PROTEST RECORDS. FOR ALL STUDENTS OVER. THE LAST FIVE YEARS IF. THEY HOPE TO SEE THIS. ORDER REVERSED. HARVARD IS WORKING ON. GUIDANCE FOR ITS. FOREIGN STUDENTS. >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANK YOU. >>> TO THE WIN FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP. A SWEEPING BILL WITH. MUCH OF HIS DOMESTIC. AGENDA PASSING THE. HOUSE. TONIGHT THERE'S A NEW. BATTLE BREWING WITH.

SOME SENATE. REPUBLICANS SPEAKING. OUT AGAINST IT. RYAN NOBLES HAS LATE. DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR VICTORY FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP. HIS SIGNATURE. LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. CLEARED A BIG HURDLE, PASSING THE HOUSE THIS. MORNING. MIKE JOHNSON MAKING. GOOD ON A PROMISE TO. PASS THE BILL BEFORE. THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. >> THE HOUSE PASSED. GENERATIONAL TRULY. NATION-SHAPING. LEGISLATION TO REDUCE. SPENDING AND. PERMANENTLY LOWER. TAXES FOR FAMILIES AND. JOB CREATORS.

>> Reporter: THE. MASSIVE 1,000 PAGE. BILL DELIVERS A SLEW. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. CAMPAIGN PROMISES, INCLUDING EXTENDING. $4.5 TRILLION IN TAX. CUTS PASSED IN THE. FIRST TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. ELIMINATING INCOME. TAXES ON TIPS AND. OVERTIME. PROVIDES BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR. THE BORDER WALL AND. MASS DEPORTATIONS. IT ALSO MAKES CHANGES. TO MEDICAID, IMPOSING. WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR. THE ABLE-BODIED ADULTS. WITHOUT DEPENDENTS TO. STAY ON THE PROGRAM. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE IT.

SAYING IT WILL LEAD TO. MILLIONS LOSING HEALTH. COVERAGE. >> THIS DAY MAY VERY. WELL TURN OUT TO BE. THE DAY THAT HOUSE. REPUBLICANS LOST. CONTROL OF THE UNITED. STATES HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES. >> Reporter: THE BILL. NOW FACES A ROCKY PATH. IN THE REPUBLICAN-HELD. SENATE. >> THE SENATE WILL. WANT TO PUT ITS OWN. STAMP ON THIS. WE WILL WRITE OUR OWN. VERSION. >> Reporter: SENATE. REPUBLICANS CAN ONLY. LOSE TWO VOTES. GOP SENATORS ARE. SAYING THE BILL DOES. NOT CUT SPENDING. ENOUGH. >> WE ARE STEALING. FROM OUR CHILDREN AND.

GRANDCHILDREN. THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO. WAY I'M GOING TO VOTE. FOR THIS BILL IN THIS. FORM. >> Reporter: LAWMAKERS. HAVE SET A GOAL OF. PASSING THIS BILL OUT. OF THE SENATE BY THE. 4th OF JULY. MANY SENATORS TODAY. ADMITTING THAT MAY BE. AN AMBITIOUS TIME. LINE. >> RYAN NOBLES, THANK. YOU. >>> THE SUPREME COURT. TODAY SIDESTEPPING A. MAJOR DECISION ABOUT. THE SEPARATION OF. CHURCH AND STATE. THE JUSTICES. DEADLOCKED, SPLIT 4-4. WHICH MEANS OKLAHOMA. WILL NOT BE ABLE TO. MOVE FORWARD WITH THE. FIRST RELIGIOUS PUBLIC. CHARTER SCHOOL.

THE COURT DID NOT. DISCLOSE HOW THEY. VOTED. BUT AMY CONEY BARRETT. WAS RECUSED. >>> NOW TO A REPORT. OUT FROM THE MAKE. AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN. COMMISSION ON THE. HEALTH OF AMERICA'S. CHILDREN. TOM LLAMAS SPOKE WITH. ROBERT F. KENNEDY. JUNIOR WHO SPEARHEADED. THE REPORT. >> Reporter: ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUNIOR, UNVEILING A NEW REPORT.

THAT CALLS TODAY'S. KIDS, QUOTE, THE. SICKEST GENERATION IN. AMERICAN HISTORY. IDENTIFYING FOUR MAJOR. CAUSES. ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS, LACK OF EXERCISE AND. HIGH STRESS AND. OVERPRESCRIBING OF. MEDICINES. HOW DO YOU GET FOOD. COMPANIES TO CHANGE. THE WAY THEY DO. BUSINESS? >> I BROUGHT THE FOOD. COMPANIES IN TWO WEEKS. AFTER I CAME INTO. OFFICE. I GOT A LOT OF THEM AT. THAT POINT, THAT EARLY. ON, TO AGREE THEY WERE. GOING TO DO SOMETHING.

ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: WHAT DOES. THAT MEAN? >> I'M ANSWERING YOUR. QUESTION. THEY SAID TO US, WE. NEED ALTERNATIVE. VEGETABLE-BASED DYES. WE HAVE ACTED VERY. QUICKLY. WE HAVE FAST TRACKED. THE APPROVAL LAST WEEK. OF THREE NEW. VEGETABLE-BASED DYES. THAT WILL ALLOW THEM. TO TRANSITION TO USING. DYE IN THEIR FOOD THAT. ARE NOT PETROLEUM. BASED. >> Reporter: IT. MIRRORS MANY OF HIS.

PRIORITIES, INCLUDING. CALLING FOR MORE. SCRUTINY OF VACCINES. AND A REVIEW OF. PESTICIDES. IT OFFERS LITTLE IN. THE WAY OF CONCRETE. SOLUTIONS. IN THE SPIRIT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, WHY NOT GIVE US A. 70-PAGE REPORT OF. SOLUTIONS BECAUSE YOU. KNOW YOU COULD HAVE. WRITTEN THIS ON DAY. ONE? >> THIS IS THE FIRST. TIME IN HISTORY THAT. THERE'S BEEN -- MY. UNCLE TRIED TO DO. THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. IN HISTORY THAT ALL OF. GOVERNMENT HAS COME. OUT WITH A CONSENSUS.

DOCUMENT THAT ALL THE. CABINET OFFICIALS. AGREE ON. THAT SAYS WE ARE IN AN. EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN. OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: I'M GOING. TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. THAT'S DIFFERENT. I WOULD LIKE TO GET. YOUR ANSWER. YOU POSTED THESE. IMAGES OF YOU AND YOUR. GRANDKIDS SWIMMING IN. ROCK CREEK PARK. THERE ARE WARNINGS THE. WATERS ARE. CONTAMINATED. YOU JUMPED IN. WHY DID YOU JUMP IN. AND DUNK YOUR BODY IN. THERE?

>> WE WERE SWIMMING IN. ONE OF THE. TRIBUTARIES. I DON'T THINK --. CERTAINLY WEREN'T ANY. WARNINGS. THOSE CREEKS BELONG TO. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO USE. THEM FOR SWIMMING, FISHING. WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED. ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE. POLLUTING THEM AND. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO. EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS. >> TOM JOINS US NOW. SECRETARY KENNEDY MADE. HEADLINES ABOUT HIS. VIEWS ON VACCINES. WHAT DID HE TELL YOU. ABOUT THE MEASLES. VACCINE? >> WE FACED ONE OF THE. DEADLIEST OUTBREAKS.

WHEN IT COMES TO. MEASLES. HE TOLD ME HIS AGENCY. IS RECOMMENDING THE. VACCINE TO PREVENT. DISEASE. HE ALSO TOLD ME PEOPLE. SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE. THEIR OWN CHOICE. >> THANKS VERY MUCH. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, THE. CRUCIAL TESTIMONY FROM. KID CUDI IN THE COMBS. TRIAL. NEW PHOTOS OF THE. RAPPER'S TORCHED. CONVERTIBLE, HOW IT. MAY CONNECT BACK TO. COMBS. WHAT WE KNOW, NEXT. >>> GRAMMY WINNING. MUSICIAN KID CUDI. TESTIFIED TODAY IN THE.

TRIAL OF SEAN COMBS. OFFERING EXPLOSIVE. TESTIMONY ABOUT HIS. TIME DATING CASSIE. VENTURA AND THE. DRAMATIC RUN-INS WITH. COMBS THAT FOLLOWED. >> Reporter: MUSICIAN. KID CUDI TAKING THE. STAND, TESTIFYING THAT. HIS ONE-YEAR. RELATIONSHIP WITH. CASSIE VENTURA LED TO. DANGEROUS RUN-INS WITH. HER EX SEAN COMBS. THE GRAMMY WINNING. MUSICIAN WELL-KNOWN. FOR "DAY AND NIGHT". ALLEGING COMBS WAS.

INVOLVED IN AN. INCIDENT IN WHICH A. MOLOTOV COCKTAIL. EXPLODED IN HIS CAR. THESE IMAGES SHOWN TO. THE JURY. KID CUDI SAYS HE FILED. A POLICE REPORT AT THE. TIME. COMBS' DEFENSE TEAM. NOTED HE WAS NEVER. CHARGED. KID CUDI TELLING THE. JURY HE CALLED THE. POLICE AFTER COMBS. ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO. HIS HOME WHEN HE WAS. DATING VENTURA. NO CHARGES WERE FILED. THERE EITHER. TODAY'S TESTIMONY, A. KEY PART OF THE. GOVERNMENT'S CLAIM.

THAT COMBS LED A. RACKETEERING. CONSPIRACY. >> THE GOVERNMENT, FOR. RACKETEERING, NEEDS TO. PROVE COMBS HAD THIS. ENTERPRISE THAT. ENGAGED IN ADDITIONAL. CRIMES, ONE WHICH CAN. BE ARSON. THE BURNING OF THE. PORSCHE, THAT CAN. SUFFICE. >> Reporter: KID CUDI. TESTIFIED THAT VENTURA. CONFIDED IN HIM ABOUT. COMBS' PHYSICAL ABUSE. THESE IMAGES OF. VENTURA'S BRUISED BODY. SHOWN IN COURT EARLIER. THIS WEEK TAKEN BY HER.

MOTHER WHO TESTIFIED. THEY WERE A RESULT OF. COMBS' JEALOUSY OVER. HER DAUGHTER'S. RELATIONSHIP WITH KID. CUDI. >> THIS IS A STRESSFUL. SITUATION. I'M GLAD IT'S BEHIND. ME. >> Reporter: COMBS. FACES FIVE CRIMINAL. COUNTS. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE PROSECUTION STILL. HAS FOUR WEEKS BEFORE. THEY TURN THINGS OVER. TO COMBS' DEFENSE. TEAM. THE BIG QUESTION IS, WILL HE TESTIFY IN HIS. OWN DEFENSE? >> THANKS. >>> UP NEXT, THE FINAL. PINCH ON PENNIES.

>>> A WOMAN WHO. MANAGED TO SNEAK ON A. DELTA AIRLINES PLANE. LAST YEAR WAS FOUND. GUILTY IN FEDERAL. COURT TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THE. 57-YEAR-OLD ON CAMERA. GOING THROUGH TSA AND. PREPARING TO BOARD THE. PLANE. SHE WAS CONVICTED OF. BEING A STOWAWAY ON AN. AIRCRAFT AND COULD BE. SENTENCED TO SIX. MONTHS IN PRISON. >>> WE ARE TRACKING A. SMALL PLANE'S. EMERGENCY LANDING IN. NORTH TEXAS. THIS IS THE TENSE. MOMENT A CESSNA 401. MADE A BELLY LANDING. AT ARLINGTON'S. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED.

ISSUES WITH LANDING. GEAR AND ASKED FOR. FOAM ON THE RUNWAY. THE PLAN WORKED OKAY. THE PEOPLE ON BOARD. WALKED AWAY FINE. >>> A PENNY FOR YOUR. THOUGHTS ON THIS. THE TREASURY. DEPARTMENT MADE ITS. LAST ORDER OF BLANK. PENNIES THIS MONTH. IT PLANS TO END. PRODUCTION OF ONE-CENT. COINS. THE U.S. MINT WILL. KEEP MAKING THEM UNTIL. IT RUNS OUT OF BLANK. ONES. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ORDERED A HALT TO. MAKING NEW PENNIES. EARLIER THIS YEAR. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK,

CALLING ON BARBECUE. LOVERS. FEAST YOUR EYE ON THE. FIRST BARBECUE MUSEUM. WE WILL TAKE YOU ON A. TASTE TOUR AND A DIVE. INTO A BEAN-BALL PIT, NEXT. >>> WITH SUMMER AND. BARBECUE SEASON. UNOFFICIALLY KICKING. OFF THIS WEEKEND, THERE'S GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT ABOUT A NEW. MUSEUM PAYING HOMAGE. TO ONE OF AMERICA'S. FAVORITE FOODS. HERE IS STEPHANIE. GOSK. >> Reporter: A PLATE. OF BARBECUE IN THIS. COUNTRY ISN'T JUST A. MEAL. >> WE HAVE PULLED.

PORK. >> Reporter: IT'S A. STICKY MESS OF. AMERICAN CULTURE. THAT IS SO GOOD. HOW IT'S SERVED, DRY, WET, SPICY, SWEET, TELLS A GENERATION'S. OLD STORY OF WHERE YOU. ARE. >> I'M A FOOD WRITER. BY TRADE WHO FELL IN. LOVE WITH THE STORY OF. BARBECUE. >> Reporter: WHICH IS. WHY JONATHON BENDER. THOUGHT BARBECUE. NEEDED MORE THAN A. SMOKER AND A HOT. GRILL. IT NEEDED A MUSEUM. >> THE PEOPLE ARE THE. STORY OF THE BARBECUE. >> Reporter: KANSAS. CITY, A MECCA FOR THE.

BELOVED MEAT. IT WAS THE PERFECT. PLACE, JUST ASK THE. GUYS AT JOE'S. BARBECUE. >> THE WAY WE COOK IT. IS DIFFERENT THAN. ANYBODY ELSE. >> Reporter: IT'S NOT. ALL ABOUT THE. KANSAS CITY STYLE. THERE'S A ROOM. DEDICATED TO EVERY. REGION. THERE'S ROOM FOR. SIDES. WELL, ONE SIDE. BENDER DOESN'T. ACTUALLY HAVE LOYALTY. TO A PARTICULAR STYLE. OF BARBECUE. YOU WERE BORN AND. RAISED IN KANSAS CITY?

>> I'M NOT. I'M FROM CONNECTICUT. >> Reporter: WHICH. MAKES HIM THE PERFECT. IMPARTIAL OBSERVER. SHARING HIS LOVE WITH. A CENTURY OLD PROCESS. >> THEY DISCOVERED IF. YOU COOK SOMETHING FOR. A LOW TEMPERATURE FOR. A LONG TIME, WE CALL. IT LOW AND SLOW, YOU. CAN PRODUCE SOMETHING. SUBLIME. >> Reporter: A MUSEUM, HE SAYS, WAS LONG. OVERDUE. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS, KANSAS CITY. >> LOOKS GOOD. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. THURSDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT.

PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.