NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 26

>>> TONIGHT, THE. NIGHTMARE AT A. CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE. WHEN A DRIVER PLOWS. INTO A MASSIVE CROWD. THE ALARMING VIDEO. SHOWING A MINIVAN. STRIKING MULTIPLE. PEDESTRIANS. THE DRIVER CAREENING. DOWN A STREET FULL OF. SOTRAVEL. CRUSH. AS A RECORD NUMBER OF. TRAVELERS MAKE THEIR. WAY HOME. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. GROWING SHOWDOWN WITH. HARVARD, THREATENING. TO REVOKE $3 BILLION. IN GRANTS AND GIVE IT.

TO TRADE SCHOOLS. INSTEAD. >> PLUS, THE NEW. DELAY ON HIS EU. TARIFFS. AND THE PRESIDENT'S. REBUKE OF VLADIMIR. PUTIN, CALLING HIM. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. AFTER RUSSIA'S LATEST. ATTACKS ON UKRAINE. >>> THE BRAZEN PRISON. ESCAPE, HOW A FORMER. POLICE CHIEF AND. CONVICTED MURDERER. DISGUISED HIMSELF IN. ORDER TO BREAK OUT. THE URGENT MANHUNT. THE NEW VIDEO OF A. TOURIST RACING TO. FIND POLICE AFTER. ESCAPING THE. APARTMENT OF A CRYPTO. MILLIONAIRE WHO. ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED. HIM AND TORTURED HIM.

TO GET HIS PASSWORD. >> SUMMER TRAVEL. DEALS. HOW YOU CAN SCORE. MAJOR SAVINGS. INCLUDING THE LOWEST. AIR FARES IN YEARS. >> THE BATTLE OF THE. BLOCKBUSTERS. LILO & STITCH VERSUS. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. WHO CAME OUT ON TOP? AND SALUTING. AMERICA'S FALLEN. A MEMORIAL DAY. HOMECOMING 80 YEARS. IN THE MAKING. >>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME. THERE IS BREAKING. NEWS FROM OVERSEAS AS.

WE JOIN YOU TONIGHT. ANOTHER VEHICLE. RAMMING INTO CROWDS. LEAVING NUMEROUS. PEOPLE INSKRRED. THIS ONE IN. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. MANY OF THE VICTIMS. SOCCER FANS WHO HAD. BEEN CELEBRATING A. TITLE VICTORY. I WANT TO WARN YOU. SOME OF THE IMAGES. AND DESCRIPTIONS ARE. GRAPHIC. LOCAL POLICE CALLING. IT A MAJOR INCIDENT. AFTER A VAN COLLIDED. WITH THE CROWD WHERE. THOUSANDS GATHERED. FOR A PARADE. CELEBRATING. LIVERPOOL'S ENGLISH. PREMIER LEAGUE. VICTORY. VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT. CAPTURED FANS. APPEARING TO SWARM.

THE VEHICLE BEFORE. AND AFTER IT DROVE. INTO THE CROWD. OTHER IMAGES SHOW. APPARENT VICTIMS. TREATED ON STREETS. THAT WERE LITTERED. WITH DEBRIS AND. BELONGINGS. A 53-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS. DETAINED BY POLICE AT. THE SCENE. AUTHORITIES NOT. SAYING WHAT TRIGGERED. THE TRAGIC INCIDENT. MOLLY HUNTER IS IN. THE UK AND HAS LATE. DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. PEOPLE LINING THE. STREETS OF LIVERPOOL. FOR A PARADE TO. CELEBRATE THEIR HOME. TEAM'S WIN.

WHEN A BLACK VAN. VEERED INTO CROWDS OF. PEDESTRIANS. >> WE DIDN'T SEE HOW. QUICK IT WAS GOING. WE JUST JUMPED OUT OF. THE WAY. IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE. SECONDS. WE FELT THE SQUISH OF. THE CAR GO PAST AND. IT WAS CENTIMETERS. AWAY. >> Reporter: JUST. AFTER 6:00 P.M., CHAOTIC SCENES. PLAYING OUT. THE VAN THEN COMING. TO A STOP. AND CROWDS. SURROUNDING THE. VEHICLE. >> WE BELIEVE THIS TO. BE AN ISOLATED.

INCIDENT. THE INCIDENT IS NOT. BEING TREATED AS. TERRORISM. >> Reporter: POLICE. SAYING TONIGHT THEY. HAVE ARRESTED A. 53-YEAR-OLD WHITE. BRITISH MAN FROM THE. LIVERPOOL AREA. >> EXTENSIVE. INQUIRIES ONGOING TO. ESTABLISH THE. CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING. UP TO THE COLLISION. >> Reporter: IT WAS. MEANT TO BE A JOYOUS. DAY. CELEBRATING LIVERPOOL. FOOTBALL CLUB'S. TROPHY WIN. THE CLUB SAYING IN A. STATEMENT, WE WILL. CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR. FULL SUPPORT TO THE. EMERGENCY SERVICES. UK PRIME MINISTER. KEIR STARMER CALLING.

THE SCENES APPALLING, THANKING EMERGENCY. SERVICES FOR THEIR. QUICK RESPONSE TO. THIS SHOCKING. INCIDENT. >> WE'RE NOW LEARNING. ABOUT THOSE WHO WERE. INJURED INCLUDING. SOME PEOPLE TRAPPED. UNDER THE VEHICLE. >> Reporter: LESTER, THAT'S RIGHT. EMERGENCY SERVICES. SAY FOUR PEOPLE WERE. UNDERNEATH THE. VEHICLE INCLUDING A. CHILD WHEN THEY. ARRIVED. THEY TREATED 20. PEOPLE ON THE SCENE. WITH MINOR INJURIES, 27 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN. TO THE HOSPITAL, AND. TWO OF THOSE SO POSSIBLE. FROM TEXAS TO. ALABAMA. LESTER. >> RYAN, THANK YOU. >> WE TURN NOW TO.

PRESIDENT TRUMP. MARKING THIS MEMORIAL. DAY, HONORING FALLEN. SERVICE MEMBERS AT. ARLINGTON NATIONAL. SEMTY. BUT ALSO TODAY, ESCALATING HIS. SHOWDOWN WITH HARVARD. UNIVERSITY. HERE'S KELLY. O'DONNELL. >> Reporter: AS THE. NATION REMEMBERS, A. SOLEMN TRADITION, PRESIDENT TRUMP. HONORING THE SUPREME. SACRIFICE THAT RESTS. AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL. CEMETERY. IN A CEREMONY STEEPED. IN PATRIOTISM, THE.

PRESIDENT SPOKE OF. COURAGE ACROSS. HISTORY, AS WELL AS. THE BRAVERY OF FALLEN. SOLDIERS WHOSE. FAMILIES WERE THERE. TODAY. >> ALL OF AMERICA. SHARES IN YOUR GRIEF. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY. WE SHARE IN YOUR. PRIDE AND YOUR. WONDERFUL SON. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT, WHO OFTEN. INVOKES PARTISAN. POLITICS BRIEFLY. CAUGHT HIMSELF IN. THIS SETTING. >> NOT FOR TODAY TO. DISCUSS, BUT THE. REPUBLIC THAT IS NOW. DOING SO VERY WELL, WE'RE DOING SO VERY. WELL RIGHT NOW. CONSIDERING THE.

CIRCUMSTANCES. >> Reporter: BUT HE. HAD ALREADY WOVEN IN. CRITICISM OF FORMER. PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> THAT WAS A HARD. FOUR YEARS WE WENT. THROUGH. WHO WOULD LET THAT. HAPPEN? PEOPLE POURING. THROUGH OUR BORDERS. UNCHECKED. >> Reporter: AWAY. FROM THE SOLEMNITY OF. THIS DAY, THE. PRESIDENT REIGNITED. HIS FIRE ON SOCIAL. MEDIA, AIMED AT A. FREQUENT TARGET, HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

IN A NEW THREAD, THE. PRESIDENT WRITES, I'M. CONSIDERING TAKING $3. BILLIONF GRANT MONEY. AWAY AND GIVING IT TO. TRADE SCHOOLS, ALL. ACROSS OUR LAND. HOWEVER, SOME OF THAT. FUNDING IS AUTHORIZED. FOR MEDICAL AND. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. NOT DONE AT TRADE. SCHOOLS. IN ANOTHER POST TIED. TO IMMIGRATION, THE. PRESIDENT DEMANDED. THE FOREIGN STUDENT. LIST FROM HARVARD, AS. A MEANS FOR HIS. ADMINISTRATION TO. LIMIT ENTRY OF. STUDENTS HE CALLED. RADICALIZED LUNATICS, TROUBLE MAKERS ALL.

HARVARD SAYS IT HAS. COMPLIED WITH THE. ADMINISTRATION'S. REQUEST FOR. INFORMATION. THE UNIVERSITY'S. PRESIDENT HAS. DESCRIBED THE ACTIONS. AS RETALIATION FOR A. REFUSAL TO SURRENDER. OUR ACADEMIC. INDEPENDENCE. >> KELLY, THE. PRESIDENT ALSO. ANNOUNCING A CHANGE. TO HIS PLAN TO PLACE. TARIFFS ON IMPORTS. FROM THE EU. WHAT'S THE LATEST ON. ALL THIS? >> Reporter: AFTER A. SUNDAY CALL WITH THE. PRESIDENT OF THE. EUROPEAN UNION, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID. HE WOULD DELAY FOR. SEVERAL WEEKS HIS. PLANNED 50% TARIFF ON.

EUROPEAN GOODS TO. GIVE THE EU MORE TIME. TO NEGOTIATE. TODAY, THEIR TOP. TRADE OFFICIAL SAID. THAT HE IS STAYING IN. CONSTANT CONTACT WITH. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. LESTER. >> KELLY O'DONNELL, THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP. ALSO TAKING AIM AT. VLADIMIR PUTIN TODAY, SAYING HE'S GONE. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY, AFTER RUSSIA CARRIED. OUT A SERIES OF LARGE. AIR ATTACKS IN. UKRAINE. HERE'S RAF SANCHEZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HOPES OF A CEASE-FIRE. IN UKRAINE ARE FADING. FAST. AFTER DAYS OF DEADLY.

RUSSIAN AIR STRIKES, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DECLARING VLADIMIR. PUTIN HAS GONE. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. >> I'M NOT HAPPY WITH. WHAT PUTIN IS DOING. HE'S KILLING A LOT OF. PEOPLE AND I DON'T. KNOW WHAT THE HELL. HAPPENED TO PUTIN. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE. OF TALKING AND HE'S. SHOOTING ROCKETS INTO. KYIV AND OTHER. CITIES. I DON'T LIKE IT AT. ALL. >> Reporter: IN. RESPONSE, THE KREMLIN. SUGGESTING TRUMP MAY. BE SUFFERING AN. EMOTIONAL OVERLOAD. IT'S A MAJOR SHIFT. FROM LAST WEEK. WHEN TRUMP SAID HE. HAD AN EXCELLENT. TWO-HOUR PHONE CALL. WITH PUTIN. AND CLAIMED PEACE.

TALKS WOULD BEGIN. IMMEDIATELY. INSTEAD, RUSSIA. UNLEASHING WHAT. UKRAINE SAYS ARE SOME. OF THE LARGEST. ATTACKS OF THE ENTIRE. WAR. FIRING MORE THAN 700. MISSILES AND DRONES. AND KILLING AT LEAST. 18 CIVILIANS. INCLUDING SEVERAL. CHILDREN, ACCORDING. TO UKRAINIAN. OFFICIALS. LET THE WORLD WAKE UP. AND SEE. HOW LONG CAN THEY. BOMB CHILDREN, THIS. WOMAN ASKS. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY URGING THE. U.S. TO IMPOSE. FURTHER SANCTIONS ON. RUSSIA, SAYING. AMERICA'S SILENCE AND.

THE SILENCE OF OTHERS. AROUND THE WORLD ONLY. ENCOURAGES PUTIN. AND NO SIGN THE. PRESIDENT'S ANGRY. WORDS ABOUT PUTIN. WILL BE FOLLOWED BY. ACTION. HE ISN'T COMMITTING. TO ANY NEW SANCTIONS. ON RUSSIA. >> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK. YOU. >>> TURNING NOW TO. THAT BRAZEN PRISON. BREAK IN ARKANSAS. WHERE A FORMER POLICE. CHIEF CONVICTED OF. MURDER IS NOW ON THE. RUN. IT COMES AS FIVE. ESCAPED INMATES IN. LOUISIANA ALSO REMAIN. ON THE LOOSE. PRISCILLA THOMPSON. NOW WITH THE LATEST. >> Reporter: POLICE.

IN ARKANSAS ON THE. HUNT FOR THIS MAN, GRANT HARDEN, A. CONVICTED MURDERER. AND RAPIST. SEEN HERE, THE. DEPARTMENT OF. CORRECTIONS SAYS, ESCAPING FROM A. PRISON IN CALICO ROCK. SUNDAY, THROUGH A. SALLY PORT WEARING A. DOC STYLE UNIFORM, PULLING A DOLLY. >> HE SAW AN. OPPORTUNITY AND HE. TOOK IT. >> Reporter: THE DOC. SAYS IT'S. INVESTIGATING HOW. HARDEN GOT THOSE. MATERIALS AND IF HE. HAD HELP. >> ALL IT TAKES IS. BEING ABLE TO FIND A. WAY TO GET OUT OF. THIS AREA, AND HE. COULD BE ANYWHERE IN. THE STATE. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS WARN.

HARDEN, A FORMER. ARKANSAS POLICE. CHIEF, NOW SERVING A. 30-YEAR SENTENCE, IS. CONSIDERED EXTREMELY. DANGEROUS. >> WHENEVER THERE'S. AN INMATE THAT. ESCAPES, ESPECIALLY. SOMEONE WHO CARRIES A. TERM LIKE HE DOES, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT. THOUGHT OF, THEY. REALLY HAVE NOTHING. TO LOSE. >> Reporter: THIS, THE LATEST IN A. STRING OF PRISON. BREAKS. IN NEW ORLEANS, POLICE ARE STILL. SEARCHING FOR FIVE. FUGITIVES MORE THAN A. WEEK AFTER THIS. BRAZEN ESCAPE. NOPD RELEASING NEW. VIDEO SHOWING TEAMS. EXECUTING A WARRANT. IN TACTICAL GEAR WITH.

RIFLES AS A NET OF. ALLEGED ACCOMPLICES. GROWS. AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. AND CHARGED WITH. ASSISTING IN THE. ISKAEP OR HELPING THE. INMATES ONCE OUT. TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES. IN BOTH STATES. TURNING TO THE PUBLIC. TO HELP BRING THESE. MEN BACK TO JUSTICE. PRISCILLA THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. >> ALSO FOLLOWING NEW. DETAILS TONIGHT IN. THAT SHOCKING CRYPTO. KIDNAPPING CASE HERE. IN NEW YORK CITY. COURT DOCUMENTS. DESCRIBE HOW THE. ALLEGED VICTIM. ESCAPED THE HIGH-END.

TOWNHOUSE AFTER WEEKS. OF TORTURE. OUR EMILIE IKEDA NOW. WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. AND THAT NEW VIDEO. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT. WE'RE GETTING A LOOK. AT THE ALLEGED. KIDNAPPING VICTIM, AN. ITALIAN BUSINESSMAN, FOR THE FIRST TIME, SEEN RUNNING BARE. FOOT AND FLAGGING A. POLICE OFFICER FOR. HELP. AN EXCLUSIVE. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. THE UNNAMED VICTIM. WAS TORTURED IN A. LUXURY NEW YORK CITY. TOWNHOUSE FOR WEEKS. BY BUSINESS PARTNERS. IN A TWISTED SCHEME. TO STEAL HIS BITCOIN. THE 28-YEAR-OLD.

ESCAPED AFTER HE. PROMISED TO PROVIDE. HIS CRYPTO PASSWORD. BUT RAN OUT WHEN THE. DEFENDANT WENT TO. RETRIEVE HIS LAPTOP, ACCORDING TO A BAIL. APPLICATION. CRYPTO INVESTOR JOHN. WOELTZ WAS ARRESTED. FRIDAY AND NOW FACES. NUMEROUS CHARGES. INCLUDING ASSAULT AND. KIDNAPPING. HIS ATTORNEY. DECLINING TO COMMENT. MEANTIME, LAW. ENFORCEMENT SOURCES. SAY AN ACCOMPLICE IN. THE CRIME IS EXPECTED. TO TURN HIMSELF IN. THIS WEEK. >>> NOW TO THE. MISSION TO FIND OUT. WHAT HAPPENED TO FOUR. AMERICANS KIDNAPPED. AND KILLED BY ISIS. A GROUP OF FORMER FBI. AGENTS IS NOW.

SEARCHING FOR. ANSWERS. RICHARD ENGLE TAKES. US INSIDE SYRIA. >> Reporter: AFTER A. NEARLY TWO-HOUR DRIVE. ACROSS NORTHERN. SYRIA, THE TEAM OF. FORENSIC. INVESTIGATORS ARRIVES. AT A HILL ON THE EDGE. OF DABIQ AND GETS TO. WORK. >> THIS IS THE. INTERSECTION. >> RIGHT HERE. >> Reporter: THEY'RE. SEARCHING THE HILLTOP. FOR THE LONG MISSING. REMAINS OF ISIS. HOSTAGES. INCLUDING AMERICAN. AID WORKERS AND. JOURNALISTS KAYLA. MUELLER, STEVEN.

SODLOF, JAMES FOLEY, AND JAMES CASING. THE SEARCH IS LED BY. A PRIVATE COMPANY OF. MOSTLY FORMER FBI AND. COUNTERTERRORISM. OFFICERS. THEY'RE WORKING PRO. BONO ON BEHALF OF THE. HOSTAGE FAMILIES. IN COORDINATION WITH. BUT INDEPENDENTLY. FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >> THIS MISSION IS. REALLY ONE OF THE. MOST IMPORTANT. MISSIONS ANYBODY CAN. DO. WE'RE DOING THIS FOR. THE FAMILIES. WE REALLY WANT TO. MAKE SURE THAT THE. FAMILIES HAVE.

PROPERLY CLOSURE. >> Reporter: THE. EXPEDITION WAS FUNDED. AND RUN BY THE QATARI. GOVERNMENT. >> THERE IS A VERY. SPECIFIC REASON WHY. THIS HILL, THIS AREA, WAS SO IMPORTANT TO. ISIS. THIS IS DABIQ, AND IN. ISLAMIC TRADITION, ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC. PROPHECIES THIS IS. ARMAGEDDON, THIS IS. WHERE THE APOCALYPSE. TAKES PLACE. ISIS PROPAGANDA SPOKE. FREQUENTLY ABOUT THE. IMPORTANCE OF. CONTROLLING THIS HOLY. SITE. AFTER BULLDOZING A. BERM, THEY MAKE A. GRIM DISCOVERY.

REMAINS ON THE EXACT. PLACE WHERE AN ISIS. EXECUTIONER MADE A. GRUESOME VIDEO. SHOWING THE PARTIAL. REMAINS OF AMERICAN. HOSTAGE PETER KASSIG. >> TOO EARLY TO TELL. IF IT'S PETER, ANOTHER WESTERNER, OR. A LOCAL. GOOD NEWS IS WE DID. FIND SOMEONE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO. HAVE CLOSURE. >> Reporter: OVER. FOUR LONG DAYS IN THE. SUN, THEY LOCATE AT. LEAST A DOZEN. VICTIMS. NOW UNDERGOING DNA. ANALYSIS. AS FAMILIES AWAIT. CLOSURE AFTER MORE. THAN A DECADE.

RICHARD ENGLE, NBC. NEWS, DABIQ, SYRIA. >> WE'LL TAKE A SHORT. BREAK HERE. WITH THE KICK OFF TO. THE SUMMER TRAVEL. SEASON, THE BIG. >>> THE UNOFFICIAL. START TO THE SUMMER. TRAVEL SEASON IS. HERE, OFFERING SOME. OF THE CHEAPEST AIR. FARES IN YEARS. BRIAN CHEUNG. EXPLAINS. >> Reporter: AS. SUMMER TRAVEL HEATS. UP, AIR FARES ARE. COOLING DOWN. THIS SUMMER TRAVEL. WEBSITE HOPPER SAYS. THE AVERAGE ROUND.

TRIP DOMESTIC TICKET. COSTS $265. THE LOWEST SINCE. 2021. IS 2025 THE BEST YEAR. FOR SUMMER TRAVEL. DEALS YOU HAVE SEEN. IN SOME WHILE? >> YEAH, 2025 IS. DEFINITELY THE BEST. IN THE LAST SEVERAL. YEARS. >> Reporter: BRIAN. KELLY IS THE POINTS. GUY AND SAYS HE'S. NOTICING THE SAME. WITH EVEN HOT. ITINERARIES LIKE A. JULY 4 TRIP TRENDING. DOWN 10% COMPARED TO. LAST YEAR. >> AIRLINES AND. HOTELS ARE OFFERING. DISCOUNTS LIKE I HAVE. NEVER SEEN. SO IF YOU HAVE BEEN. ON THE SIDELINES NOW. MIGHT BE THE BEST. TIME TO BOOK.

>> Reporter: THE. SLUMP IN PRICES, THE. AIRLINE STRATEGY FOR. ENTICING TRAVELERS. THAT ARE INCREASINGLY. OPTING FOR THE GAS. STATION OVER THE. AIRPORT THIS SUMMER. AMID CONCERNS OVER. FLYING AND THE BUDGET. BURDEN OF TARIFFS. A RECENT SURVEY NOTED. ABOUT 70% OF. TRAVELERS THIR YEAR. ARE PLANNING ON ROAD. TRIPPING, THE HIGHEST. SINCE AT LEAST 2022. DRIVERS ARE GETTING A. BOOST FROM CHEAPER. GAS, TOO. WITH AAA SAYING THE. AVERAGE GALLON OF GAS. IS DOWN OVER 40 CENTS. COMPARED TO A YEAR. AGO. DEBRA DAVIS IN. ARKANSAS WAS HOPING. TO LEAVE THE STATE. THIS SUMMER BUT NOW.

SAYS SHE'S GOING TO. KEEP THIS YEAR'S. VACATIONS WITHIN A. DRIVE'S DISTANCE. >> I DON'T LIKE TO GO. ANYWHERE WHERE I HAVE. TO WORRY ABOUT IF I. SPEND THIS, YOU KNOW, I MAY HAVE THIS BILL. COME UP WHEN I GET. HOME. >> AND BRIAN WITH US. NOW. FOR PEOPLE ON THE. COMPUTER NOW TRYING. TO FIGURE OUT THE. BEST WAY TO DO THIS, WHAT IS SOME ADVICE? >> Reporter: SOME PRO. TIPS FOR PEOPLE. TRYING TO BOOK AS WE. SPEAK, FIRST, USE. PRICE TRACKING TOOLS. TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN. MONITOR DROPS IN. FARE. REMEMBER, THE BEST. DEALS TEND TO BE. BOOKINGS ON. WEDNESDAYS AND. SATURDAYS.

AND EXPEDIA SAYS FOR. THIS SUMMER. SPECIFICALLY, THE. BEST TIMES TO BOOK IN. TERMS OF BOTH CHEAP. FAIRS AND ALSO. AVOIDING CROWDS WOULD. BE LATE AUGUST. >> ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. >> WE'RE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH A BATTLE. OF THE SUMMER. BLOCKBUSTERS. WHICH MOVIE TOOK HOME. THE TOP SPOT AT THE. BOX OFFICE. >> AND A VOLCANO. ERUPTING ON HAWAII'S. BIG ISLAND. WE HAVE THE. >>> LET'S TURN NOW TO. THE BATTLE AT THE BOX. OFFICE THIS HOLIDAY. WEEKEND. AT NUMBER ONE, THE.

LIVE ACTION REMAKE OF. "LILO & STITCH". SETTING A MEMORIAL. DAY WEEKEND RECORD, TAKING IN OVER $300. MILLION AROUND THE. WORLD. "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE". CAME IN SECOND. >> WE'RE GETTING SOME. AMAZING IMAGES FROM. HAWAII. THE KILAUEA VOLCANO. ERUPTING ON THE BIG. ISLAND SENDING PLUMES. 5,000 FEET INTO THE. AIR. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST. ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN. THE WORLD. THE ERUPTION LASTED. FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS. >> AND FORMER NEW. YORK CONGRESSMAN. CHARLES RANGEL HAS.

DIED. HE REPRESENTED HARLEM. IN CONGRESS FOR. NEARLY FIVE DECADES. AND WAS A FOUNDING. MEMBER OF THE. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK. CAUCUS. EVENTUALLY BECOMING. THE FIRST BLACK. CHAIRMAN OF THE. POWERFUL WAYS AND. MEANS COMMITTEE. HE WAS 94 YEARS OLD. >>> WHEN WE COME. BACK, SALUTING. AMERICA'S FALLEN. THE SOLDIER RECOVERED. DECADES AFTER HE DIED. IN BATTLE, LAID TO. >>> FINALLY, ON THIS. MEMORIAL DAY, THE. STORY OF A HOMECOMING.

MORE THAN 80 YEARS IN. THE MAKING. AARON GILCHRIST HAS. OUR STORY. >> Reporter: THESE. LETTERS FOR YEARS A. FAMILY'S ONLY. CONNECTION TO THE. SOLDIER THEY NEVER. KNEW. >> I REMEMBER WHEN I. WAS 6 OR 7 YEARS OLD, MOM TOLD US THAT SHE. HAD AN OLDER BROTHER. BUT HE DIED IN THE. WAR. >> Reporter: 21-YEAR-OLD. LIEUTENANT THOMAS. KELLY JR. AND THE. CREW OF THE B-24. BOMBER NAMED HEAVEN. CAN WAIT, SHOT DOWN. IN MARCH 1944 OFF THE. COAST OF WHAT'S NOW. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THE.

MILITARY SEARCHED FOR. YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR. II. THE CREW LATER. CLASSIFIED AS MISSING. IN ACTION. THAT ALL CHANGED IN. 2013 WHEN SCOTT. ALTHOUSE, A COUSIN OF. LIEUTENANT KELLY, STARTED COLLECTING. HISTORICAL RECORDS. AND EYEWITNESS. ACCOUNTS. >> THE NARROW GOAL. WAS JUST WHAT CAN WE. LEARN ABOUT HOW HE. DIED AND MAYBE WHERE. HE DIED. >> Reporter: ENTER. PROJECT RECOVER, A. NONPROFIT THAT WORKS. AROUND THE GLOBE TO. SEARCH FOR AND. RECOVER AMERICA'S. MIAs FOR FAMILIES. NEEDING CLOSURE. >> WE'RE GOING TO DO. TO.

FIND OUT WHAT. HAPPENED. >> Reporter: IN 2017, PROJECT RECOVER WENT. TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA. WITH SONAR, UNDERWATER ROBOTS AND. ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOOLS. 213 FEET BELOW THE. SURFACE, HEAVEN CAN. WAIT EMERGED. >> ALL OF US IN THE. ROOM KNEW EXACTLY. WHAT IT WAS AND WE. HAD FOUND IT. >> Reporter: IN 2023, THE U.S. MILITARY. LAUNCHED A 37-DAY. RECOVERY MISSION, CAREFULLY EXCAVATING. THE WRECKAGE SITE, FINDING CLUES, RELICS, AND MOST. IMPORTANTLY, HUMAN. REMAINS. DNA TESTING SO FAR. HAS ACCOUNTED FOR. FOUR OF THE MISSING.

CREW MEMBERS. TODAY, A HOMETOWN. SAID GOOD-BYE TO ONE. OF THOSE HEROES, ARMY. AIR FORCE BOMBARDIER. SECOND LIEUTENANT. THOMAS V. KELLY JR., ACCOUNTED FOR. SEPTEMBER 25th, 2024. 81 YEARS AFTER HE. DIED IN BATTLE, TOMMY. LAID TO REST NEXT TO. HIS PARENTS AND. SISTER. >> COMING TO WHERE HE. SHOULD BE. >> Reporter: FOUND. AND FINALLY AT PEACE. AARON GILCHRIST, NBC. NEWS, LIVERMORE,

CALIFORNIA. >>> AND THAT IS NBC. "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR. THIS MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.