NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 27

>>> TONIGHT, JAILBREAK. INSIDE THE MANHUNT TO. PUT ESCAPED INMATES. BEHIND BARS. THE DRAMATIC VIDEO AS. TWO ARE CAPTURED ON. THE RUN IN TEXAS AND. AT LARGE FOR MORE THAN. A WEEK AFTER BOLTING. FROM THE NEW ORLEANS. CELLS. WHERE THE SEARCH. STANDS FOR THE REST. AND THE NEW DETAILS OF. PEOPLE ACCUSED OF. AIDING THEM. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS. TRYING TO GET A. FORMER ARKANSAS POLICE.

CHIEF CONVICTED OF. MURDER. IMAGES OF HIM WEARING. A UNIFORM HE MADE TO. LOOK LIKE A LAW. ENFORCEMENT. >>> THE CONTROVERSY. OVER THE COVID. VACCINE. WHY THE CDC IS NO. LONGER RECOMMENDING. SHOTS FOR HEALTHY KIDS. AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS. >>> WHAT A JUDGE RULED. AS NEW YORK FIGHTS THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. OVER CONGESTION. PRICING TOLLS IN. MANHATTAN. COULD THE FEE SPREAD. TO OTHER U.S. CITIES?

THE NEW DATA HOW MUCH. THEY HAVE CUT DOWN ON. TRAFFIC. >>> THE KING'S SPEECH. CHARLES PUSHING BACK. ON PRESIDENT TRUMP. PUSHING TO MAKE CANADA. PART OF THE U.S. >>> SIDE EFFECTS FROM. SUPPLEMENTS. OUR REPORT ON THE NEW. CONCERNS ABOUT LIVER. DAMAGE. >>> STATE-OF-THE-ART, FROM NINTENDO TO ALF, HOW A TIME CAPSULE IS. CONNECTING. GENERATIONS.

>>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH. LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME. THE DESPERATE RACE TO. STAY AHEAD OF THE LAW. FOR THOSE ESCAPED NEW. ORLEANS JAIL PRISONERS. HAS COME TO A CRUSHING. END FOR THREE MORE OF. THEM. TWO OF THE ESCAPEES. MAKING A FINAL BOLT. FOR FREEDOM BY CAR, LEADING POLICE DOWN A. TEXAS HIGHWAY. YESTERDAY. WITH A SEPARATE INMATE. ARRESTED IN BATON. ROUGE, ALL BUT TWO OF. THE MEN WHO ORIGINALLY. ESCAPED INTO THE NIGHT. A WEEK AGO LAST FRIDAY. HAVE BEEN RECAPTURED.

WITH EACH DAY, NEW. DETAILS EMERGING ABOUT. THE ESCAPEES' LIVES ON. THE RUN. THE NEW ORLEANS. BREAKOUT RESEMBLES A. MOVIE PLOT, ANOTHER. ESCAPE FROM AN. ARKANSAS PRISON HAS. WRITTEN ITS OWN. IMPROBABLE PLOT LINE. A POLICE CHIEF SERVING. 30 YEARS FOR MURDER, NOW ON THE RUN AFTER. AN IMPERSONATION ACT. HELPED HIM ESCAPE. HERE IS PRIYA SRIDHAR. >> EVERYBODY MOVE TO. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE. CAR. >> Reporter: THIS NEW. VIDEO RELEASED BY. POLICE SHOWS THE.

MOMENT TWO OF THE. INMATES WHO ESCAPED. FROM A NEW ORLEANS. JAIL WERE RECAPTURED. ON THE SIDE OF A TEXAS. HIGHWAY AFTER TEN DAYS. ON THE RUN. THE VIDEO SHOWS THEM. LEADING POLICE ON A. HIGH SPEED CHASE. BEFORE THEY WERE. FINALLY APPREHENDED. >> UNLOCK THE DOOR. WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. >> Reporter: ANOTHER. INMATE WAS ARRESTED, LEAVING TWO OF THE TEN. WHO ESCAPED ON THE. LOOSE. WE ARE LEARNING MORE. ABOUT THE PEOPLE. CHARGED WITH HELPING. THEM. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW.

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE. ESCAPE, ONE INMATE. INSTRUCTED HIS SISTER. TO BE OUTSIDE THE. PRISON AT 11:30 THE. FOLLOWING NIGHT, TELLING HER TO ASK HIS. GIRLFRIEND TO GET HIM. A CLEAN PHONE. IN ARKANSAS, POLICE. ARE TRYING TO. DETERMINE HOW THIS. INMATE WAS ABLE TO. ESCAPE WEARING A. MAKESHIFT OUTFIT WAS. DESIGNED TO MIMIC LAW. ENFORCEMENT. THE 56-YEAR-OLD IS A. CONVICTED MURDERER AND. RAPIST SERVING A. 30-YEAR SENTENCE. HE WAS ONCE THE POLICE. CHIEF OF A SMALL TOWN. IN ARKANSAS.

NATHAN SMITH. PROSECUTED HIM TWICE. HOW WOULD YOU STACK. HIM UP IN YOUR CAREER. OF PROSECUTION? WAS HE ONE OF THE. WORST? WAS HE THE WORST? >> HE WAS CERTAINLY. ONE OF THE WORST. IF YOU LOOK AT. CRIMINALS WHO ARE. SOCIOPATHS, YOU CAN'T. HAVE A BETTER EXAMPLE. THE ABILITY TO WALK. AROUND IN SOCIETY, TO. HOLD YOUR HAND UP AND. SWEAR AN OATH KNOWING. YOU COMMITTED THESE. DEEDS IN THE PAST. >> Reporter: HE PLED.

GUILTY TO SHOOTING A. CITY WORKER IN THE. FACE IN DAYLIGHT. HIS DNA WAS THEN TIED. TO AN UNSOLVED RAPE. SHERYL IS THE MAYOR. >> IT'S VERY HARD TO. KNOW NOW THAT THIS. CRAZY GUY HAS ESCAPED. >> Reporter: HE HAS. BEEN THE SUBJECT OF. TWO DOCUMENTARIES. >> HE WAS RIGHT THERE. AND NOBODY KNEW. >> Reporter: ANOTHER. TWIST IN THE STORY OF. THE MAN KNOWN AS THE.

DEVIL IN THE OZARKS. >> WE ARE COVERING A. LOT HERE. WHAT'S THE LATEST IN. ARKANSAS? >> OFFICIALS SAY THEY. HAVE NOTIFIED THE. FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE. VICTIMS THAT HE IS ON. THE RUN. THEY SAY HE WOULD HAVE. LIKELY HAD TO USE SOME. VEHICLE TO GET AWAY. FROM THE PRISON AREA. THEY ARE ASKING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. TO REMAIN VIGILANT. >> PRIYA, THANK YOU. >>> ROBERT F. KENNEDY. JUNIOR SAYS THE CDC IS. ENDING ITS COVID. VACCINE RECOMMENDATION. FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN.

AND HEALTHY PREGNANT. WOMEN. ANNE THOMPSON JOINS. US, BECAUSE HOW THE. DECISION WAS MADE IS. RAISING QUESTIONS. >> Reporter: A LOT OF. CONFUSION TONIGHT. IN A 54-SECOND VIDEO, SECRETARY KENNEDY SAYS. THE VACCINE HAS BEEN. REMOVED BECAUSE OF A. LACK OF CLINICAL DATA. TO SUPPORT THE BOOSTER. STRATEGY IN HEALTHY. CHILDREN. APPARENTLY, THE. DECISION DID NOT GO. THROUGH THE TYPICAL. CDC REVIEW PROCESS BY. OUTSIDE ADVISORS, WHICH WOULD MAKE A. RECOMMENDATION TO THE. CDC DIRECTOR.

RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO. DIRECTOR. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THE AFFORDABLE CARE. ACT SAYS INSURANCE HAS. TO COVER CDC. RECOMMENDED VACCINES. IT'S UNCLEAR TONIGHT. IF PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO. PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN. POCKETS FOR THEIR. KIDS' COVID SHOTS. THE CDC'S WEBSITE. DOESN'T MATCH WHAT. SECRETARY KENNEDY. SAID. WE REACHED OUT TO HHS. BUT HAVE YET TO HEAR. BACK. >>> WE ARE LEARNING. THE STATE DEPARTMENT. IS STOPPING ALL NEW. APPLICATIONS FOR. STUDENT VISAS AS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO. ESCALATES HIS CLASH. WITH HARVARD, WARNING. HE COULD TAKE AWAY. MILLIONS IN TAXPAYER. FUNDED GRANTS FOR THE. UNIVERSITY. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS. LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN ON. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. IS INTENSIFYING. HIS ADMINISTRATION. ORDERING EMBASSIES TO. STOP INTERVIEWS FOR. STUDENT VISAS.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT. PREPARED FOR AN. EXTENDED SOCIAL MEDIA. SCREENING. IT COMES AFTER A JUDGE. TEMPORARILY BARRED. PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM. BLOCKING HARVARD. UNIVERSITY FROM. ACCEPTING FUTURE. INTERNATIONAL. STUDENTS, WHICH MAKE. UP OVER A QUARTER OF. ITS STUDENT BODY. >> AMERICANS WANT TO. GO THERE AND TO OTHER. PLACES, AND THEY CAN'T. GO THERE BECAUSE YOU. HAVE 31% FOREIGN. >> Reporter: THIS MAN. WORRIES HE WILL HAVE. TO GO BACK TO CHINA. INSTEAD OF CONDUCTING. RESEARCH ON AI HERE IN. THE U.S. WHAT WOULD YOUR. MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP BE?

>> INTERNATIONAL. STUDENTS, WE HAVE. FOLLOWED EVERY RULE. WE GOT OUR VISA. WE PASSED ALL THE. BACKGROUND CHECKS. WE SHOULDN'T BE THE. ONES WHO ARE FACING. SUCH UNCERTAINTIES. >> Reporter: IN A NEW. ESCALATION, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS. REVIEWING $100 MILLION. IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS. WITH HARVARD. >> WE GIVE THEM. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT POSTING HE. IS, QUOTE, CONSIDERING. TAKING $3 BILLION OF. GRANT MONEY AWAY FROM. A VERY ANTI-SEMITIC.

HARVARD AND GIVING IT. TO TRADE SCHOOLS. INSTEAD. A UNIVERSITY TASK. FORCE RECENTLY FOUND. BULLYING AND. INTIMIDATION OF JEWISH. STUDENTS ON HARVARD'S. CAMPUS, BUT THE. UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT. IS DESCRIBING THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S. ACTIONS AS RETALIATION. FOR A REFUSAL TO. SURRENDER OUR ACADEMIC. INDEPENDENCE. >> WHY CUT OFF. RESEARCH FUNDING? SURE, IT HURTS. HARVARD. BUT IT HURTS THE. COUNTRY. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT IS ALSO NOW. THREATENING TO. WITHHOLD LARGE-SCALE. FEDERAL FUNDING FROM. CALIFORNIA, IF THE.

STATE KEEPS IGNORING. HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER. BANNING TRANSGENDER. ATHLETES FROM. PARTICIPATING IN. WOMEN'S SPORTS. THE DEMOCRATIC. GOVERNOR DEFENDED. CALIFORNIA'S POLICY. >> YOU ARE TALKING. ABOUT A VERY SMALL. NUMBER OF PEOPLE, VERY. SMALL NUMBER OF. ATHLETES. IN MY RESPONSIBILITY. TO ADDRESS THE. PRESSING ISSUES OF OUR. TIME. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAD ANOTHER. WARNING FOR VLADIMIR. PUTIN AFTER NEW. ATTACKS ON UKRAINE, SAYING HE IS, QUOTE, PLAYING WITH FIRE. LESTER? >> GABE, THANKS. >>> KING CHARLES. DELIVERED A RARE. SPEECH IN THE CANADIAN.

PARLIAMENT, REAFFIRMING BRITAIN. STANDS WITH CANADA AS. IT NAVIGATES A. CHALLENGING. RELATIONSHIP WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP. TOM COSTELLO JOINING. ME. IT WAS QUITE A. MESSAGE. >> Reporter: THIS WAS. NOT SO SUBTLE TO THE. WHITE HOUSE. CANADA, OF COURSE, IS. PART OF THE BRITISH. COMMONWEALTH. CANADIAN PRIME. MINISTER CARNEY. INVITED KING CHARLES. TO OPEN PARLIAMENT IN. A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY, AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SLAPPED TARIFFS ON. CANADA AND SUGGESTED. IT SHOULD BECOME THE. 51st STATE, OUTRAGING.

MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. THE KING'S SPEECH. SAID, CANADA IS FACING. CHALLENGES THAT ARE. UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR. LIFETIMES. >> DEMOCRACY, PLURALISM, THE RULE OF. LAW, SELF-DETERMINATION AND. FREEDOM ARE VALUES. WHICH CANADIANS HOLD. DEAR AND ONES WHICH. THE GOVERNMENT IS. DETERMINED TO PROTECT. THE TRUE NORTH IS,

INDEED, STRONG AND. FREE. >> Reporter: CANADIAN. ANALYSTS SAY THAT. MESSAGE WAS LOUD AND. CLEAR TO AMERICA, CANADA IS NOT FOR. SALE. >> TOM COSTELLO, THANKS. >>> TO THE. INVESTIGATION INTO. THAT HORRIFIC INCIDENT. WHEN A DRIVER PLOWED. HIS VAN INTO A CROWD. OF SOCCER FANS AT A. PARADE IN ENGLAND. RAF SANCHEZ TONIGHT. WITH WHAT WE ARE. LEARNING ABOUT THE. SUSPECT. WE HAVE TO WARN YOU, SOME OF THE IMAGES ARE. QUITE GRAPHIC. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS EMERGING. ABOUT THE DRIVER. BEHIND THE WHEEL OF.

THIS MINIVAN WHO. PLOWED INTO A MASSIVE. CROWD WATCHING A. CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE. POLICE IN LIVERPOOL. DESCRIBING HIM AS A. 53-YEAR-OLD WHITE. BRITISH MAN BEING HELD. ON SUSPICION OF. ATTEMPTED MURDER, DANGEROUS DRIVING AND. DRIVING WHILE ON. DRUGS. >> DETECTIVES ARE. MAKING PROGRESS AS WE. SEEK TO ESTABLISH THE. FULL CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT LED TO THIS AWFUL. INCIDENT. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY. DON'T SEE ANY LINK TO. TERRORISM. THERE WAS NO. INTELLIGENCE. SUGGESTING AN IMMINENT. ATTACK.

TONIGHT, MUCH OF THE. PARADE ROUTE REMAINS A. CRIME SCENE. DOWN THERE INSIDE THAT. BLUE TENT IS THE. MINIVAN. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING. FORENSICS OFFICERS. EXAMINING IT FOR. CLUES. POLICE NOW SAY AT. LEAST 65 PEOPLE WERE. INJURED, INCLUDING. FOUR CHILDREN. ONE OF THEM TRAPPED. BENEATH THE VAN. ALMOST MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE WAS KILLED. TONIGHT, POLICE SAY IT. APPEARS A BARRICADE. WAS TEMPORARILY LIFTED. DURING THE PARADE TO. MAKE WAY FOR AN.

AMBULANCE ALLOWING THE. VAN DRIVER TO SLIP IN. BEHIND. >> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK. YOU. >>> TO THE VIOLENT. BREAK-AT THE HOME OF. TY WARNER. THE SUSPECT ARRESTED. AFTER ATTACKING A. WOMAN ON THE PROPERTY. LIZ KREUTZ REPORTS. >> Reporter: SHOCKING. DETAILS EMERGING ABOUT. A TERRIFYING HOME. INVASION AT A MANSION. OWNED BY TY WARNER. >> SUSPECT IS PROBABLY. STILL INSIDE THE HOUSE. AT THIS POINT. >> Reporter: ACCORDING. TO THE SHERIFF'S. OFFICE, A MAN BROKE.

INTO THE HOME. WEDNESDAY AND BEGAN. VIOLENTLY ATTACKING A. WOMAN BEFORE. BARRICADING HIMSELF IN. AN UPSTAIRS BATHROOM. >> INJURED FEMALE. FOUND WITH A WOUND. >> Reporter: A. CRIMINAL COMPLAINT. SAYS THE WOMAN IS. COMATOSE DUE TO BRAIN. INJURY. WARNER WAS HOME AT THE. TIME BUT UNHARMED. >> THEY FOUND A WOMAN. WITH SEVERE INJURIES. SHE WAS IN FRONT OF. THE RESIDENCE. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET. HER OUT TO SAFETY. >> Reporter: THE. SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS. A 42-YEAR-OLD MAN OF.

NEVADA ARRESTED AFTER. ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE. BY JUMPING OUT OF A. SECOND STORY WINDOW. HE HAS A HISTORY OF. ARRESTS. THE SCARY INCIDENT. HAPPENED IN THE. COASTAL ENCLAVE OF. MONTECITO. HOW UNUSUAL IS THIS? >> IT'S ODD FOR SANTA. BARBARA COUNTY. IT SHOOK A LOT OF OUR. COMMUNITY MEMBERS. >> Reporter: WARNER, THE RECLUSIVE. BILLIONAIRE, CREDITED. WITH LAUNCHING THE. BEANIE BABY CRAZE HAS. NOT COMMENTED ON THE.

BRAZEN BREAK-IN WITH. INVESTIGATORS SAYING. THERE'S NO INDICATION. THE SUSPECT KNEW THE. VICTIM. AUTHORITIES ARE STILL. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHY THE SUSPECT. TARGETED THIS HOME. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SAYS HE FACES AN. ATTEMPTED MURDER. CHARGE AND IS BEING. HELD WITHOUT BAIL. >> LIZ KREUTZ, THANK. YOU. >>> THE SUPPLEMENT. INDUSTRY IS WORTH. BILLIONS AND EXPECTED. TO GROW OVER THE NEXT. DECADE. SOME DOCTORS SAY THEY. ARE SEEING HEALTH. RISKS DUE TO A LACK OF. REGULATION. EMILIE IKEDA REPORTS.

>> Reporter: WHEN. ROBERT TURNED 50, THE. FATHER OF FIVE STARTED. PRIORITIZING HIS. HEALTH. EATING BETTER, EXERCISING MORE. >> I STARTED SEEING. ADS FOR SUPPLEMENTS. I SAID, WHY NOT? I WILL TRY THEM. >> Reporter: HE IS FAR. FROM ALONE. THREE-QUARTERS OF. ADULTS IN THE U.S. USE. SUPPLEMENTS ACCORDING. TO AN INDUSTRY TRADE. GROUP. WITHIN A WEEK OF. ADDING A LIQUID. TURMERIC, HE FELL ILL. >> YOU KOLD I STARTED ITCHIN.

>> Reporter: THIS. WOMAN IS A. HEPOTOLOGIST. >> YOU CAN SEE IT'S. OVER TEN TIMES THE. LIMIT OF NORMAL. >> Reporter: HE HAD A. LIVE INJURY. ARE YOU SEEING PEOPLE. TAKE SUPPLEMENTS? >> YES. IT HAS BECOME A. BILLION DOLLAR. INDUSTRY. WE HAVE SEEN THAT. TREND MIRROR IN TERMS. OF LIVE INJURY FROM. SUPPLEMENTS. >> Reporter: SERIOUS. LIVER FAILURE CASES. RELATED TO SUPPLEMENTS. INCREASED EIGHTFOLD. BETWEEN 1995 AND 2020.

THOSE STILL RARE. EXPERTS SAY CONSUMERS. SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF. BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENTS. WHEN YOU HEAR HERBAL. OR NATURAL, IT SOUNDS. LIKE SOMETHING GOOD. FOR YOU. BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS. THE CASE. >> YES. NATURAL DOES NOT MEAN. SAFE. THERE'S A DIFFERENT. BETWEEN DRINKING GREEN. TEA. BUT WHEN YOU. CONCENTRATE IT AND ADD. OTHER POTENTIAL. CHEMICALS TO PUT IT.

INTO A TABLET, THIS IS. WHERE THINGS CAN. REALLY GO WRONG. >> Reporter: UNLIKE. MEDICATION, THE FDA. DOES NOT VET. SUPPLEMENTS FOR SAFETY. OR EFFECTIVENESS. BEFORE THEY HIT STORE. SHELVES. IT'S WHY GRAFTON SAYS. HE HAS GONE BACK TO. THE BASICS. >> I TRY TO EXERCISE. EVERY DAY. EAT AS HEALTHY AS I. CAN. >> Reporter: KEEPING. IT SIMPLE? >> KEEPING IT SIMPLE. >> WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE. KEEP IN MIND WHEN IT. COMES TO THE SAFETY OF. THE SUPPLEMENTS? >> Reporter: TALK TO. YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE YOU. TAKE A SUPPLEMENT. THERE'S A FEDERAL.

DATABASE THAT ACTUALLY. GRADES SUPPLEMENTS. BASED ON THEIR LIVER. INJURY RISK. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE. THE TWIST IN THE LEGAL. BATTLE BETWEEN NEW. YORK AND D.O.T. OVER. FEES TO DRIVE INTO. TRAFFIC-CLOGGED. MANHATTAN. >>> WHY ONE AIRLINE IS. CHARGING FOR LUGGAGE. STARTING FOR THE FIRST. TIME T. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH. THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND NEW YORK CITY OVER. A PROGRAM TO REDUCE. TRAFFIC. THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO. KILL THE PROGRAM. A FEDERAL JUDGE. TEMPORARILY BLOCKED. THAT EFFORT. WITH MORE, HERE IS SAM. BROCK. >> Reporter: NEW YORK. CITY'S CONGESTION. PRICING. WILL REMAIN IN DRIVE. AT LEAST ANOTHER. COUPLE WEEKS AFTER A. FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING. ORDER AGAINST THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, PREVENTING THE. PRESIDENT FROM. PUNISHING NEW YORK FOR. NOT SLAMMING THE. BRAKES ON THE PROGRAM, WHICH CHARGES MOST. DRIVERS $9 TO VISIT. THE BUSIEST PARTS OF. MANHATTAN.

>> TRAFFIC IMPROVED. PRICING IS RIDICULOUS. >> LESS TRAFFIC. >> Reporter: YOU HAVE. NOTICED A DIFFERENCE? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THREATENING TO CUT OFF. TRANSPORTATION FUNDING. IF THE CITY DOESN'T. END THE PROGRAM. >> ONE OF THE THINGS. THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN PUT OFF BY. IS THE IDEA THAT THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS. GOING TO STEP IN AND. TELL NEW YORK CITY HOW. TO DEAL WITH ITS. TRAFFIC PROBLEM. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP CALLING OUT. CONGESTION PRICING IN. HIS EARLY DAYS IN. OFFICE, INCLUDING THIS. POST WEARING A CROWN. AND DECLARING. CONGESTION PRICING IS. DEAD.

>> THEY ARE TAKING. MANY, MANY DOLLARS OUT. OF YOUR POCKET. >> Reporter: AS THE. LEGAL GRIDLOCK. CONTINUES, THE. TRANSPORTATION. AUTHORITY SAYS THE. EARLY RETURNS ARE. STELLAR. FOR THE FIRST PLAN OF. ITS KIND IN THE. COUNTRY. THE MTA SAYS IN APRIL, 2.3 MILLION FEWER CARS. ENTERED THE CONGESTION. ZONE THAN WOULD HAVE. IF THE PLAN WASN'T IN. PLACE. IN THE FIRST THREE. MONTHS OF THE YEAR, A WHOPPING 8.1 MILLION. FEWER DROVE THROUGH. THE AREA. >> CAR CRASHES ARE UP. SUBWAY RIDERSHIP IS.

UP. >> Reporter: IT'S LESS. ABOUT THE LOCATION OF. THE TOLLS AND MORE. ABOUT THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT GETTING. INVOLVED. THE PRECEDENT THIS. MIGHT SET. >> SAM BROCK IN NEW. YORK, THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE BACK IN APE. >>> SCARY MOMENTS THIS. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. AFTER A BOAT EXPLODED. IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, WITH 13. PEOPLE ABOARD.

VIDEO CAPTURED THE. MOMENT A FIREBALL. ERUPTED. 11 PEOPLE WERE TREATED. FOR INJURIES, THAT. INCLUDED TWO CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS ARE. LOOKING INTO THE. CAUSE. >>> IT'S THE END OF AN. ERA FOR FREE CHECKED. BAGS ON SOUTHWEST. AIRLINES. STARTING TOMORROW, THE. AIRLINE WILL CHARGE. MANY PASSENGERS TO. CHECK LUGGAGE FOR THE. FIRST TIME IN OVER A. HALF A CENTURY. CUSTOMERS CAN EXPECT. TO PAY $35 FOR THE. FIRST CHECKED BAG AND. $45 FOR THE SECOND. >>> A STOWAWAY PAIR OF.

PIGEONS CAUSED CHAOS. THIS WEEKEND, DELAYING. TAKEOFF FROM. MINNEAPOLIS. PASSENGERS ATTEMPTED. TO CAPTURE ONE AS IT. FLEW THREW THE CABIN. THEY WERE EVENTUALLY. CAUGHT AND RELEASED. SAFELY. DELTA APPRECIATED THE. CAREFUL ACTIONS OF. PEOPLE ON BOARD. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, RE-VISITING ANCIENT. HISTORY, FROM. NINTENDO'S HUMBLE. ROOTS WITH CARTRIDGES. TO NETFLIX'S DVD PAST.

>>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT A UNIVERSITY. PROFESSOR WHO HAS. SPENT ALMOST TWO. DECADES TEACHING THE. HISTORY OF POP. CULTURE. BRIAN CHEUNG WENT TO. SYRACUSE. >> Reporter: AMONG THE. FAMOUS FIGURINES, THERE ARE CARTRIDGES. AND CONSOLES. A MUSEUM OF POP. CULTURE. >> THE WATCHMAN. >> Reporter: CURATED. BY A SYRACUSE. UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR.

>> STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT. NETFLIX. PHYSICAL DVDs THROUGH. THE OLD POST OFFICE. >> Reporter: ON. TUESDAY, EVERY. SEMESTER, STUDENTS, FACULTY AND COMMUNITY. MEMBERS GATHER FOR A. SPECIAL LECTURE, FOCUSED ON THE WAYS IN. WHICH TELEVISION. CAPTURES HISTORY. >> IF YOU WANT TO. UNDERSTAND THE COUNTRY. WE LIVE IN, YOU HAVE. TO UNDERSTAND ITS. PRESIDENCIES, THE WARS. THAT IT FOUGHT, ITS. POLITICAL PARTIES. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO. UNDERSTAND ITS LAWN.

ORNAMENTS, LOVE SONGS. AND SITCOMS. >> Reporter: FROM "THE. TWILIGHT ZONE" TO. "M.A.S.H.," IT'S A. REFRESHER FOR THOSE. OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER. AND AN INTRO FOR THOSE. YOUNG ENOUGH TO. WONDER. >> WE WATCH IT AND. TURN IT INTO SOMETHING. THAT HAS EVEN GREATER. MEANING. >> Reporter: IS THERE. A BRIDGING BETWEEN. GENERATIONS? >> I WOULD SAY. DEFINITELY A BRIDGING. OF GENERATIONS. ABLE TO CONNECT WITH. PEOPLE OLDER THAN YOU.

ABOUT STUFF THAT THEY. WATCHED WHEN THEY WERE. A KID AND SEE THEM. LIGHT UP ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: SOME. STUDENTS BRING THEIR. PARENTS ALONG. >> A LOT OF THE STUFF. WE WATCH IS FROM THE. '70s OR '60s. I DO LIKE ASKING THEM. IF THEY SAW IT. >> Reporter: WHERE. EVERYTHING IS ON. DEMAND, IT'S STILL. REGULARLY SCHEDULED. PROGRAMMING. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. TUESDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT.