NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 30

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, A VIOLENT. SPRING CATCHES THE. SOUTH BY SURPRISE. KENTUCKY TORN APART. AFTER AN UNEXPECTED. TORNADO. THE 45th OF THE YEAR. AS THE SUN CAME UP, PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. STUNNED. AND THE DAMAGE ACROSS. THE DEEP SOUTH, THE. 18-YEAR-OLD SON OF A. FAMED ACTOR CRITICALLY. INJURED. 38 MILLION FACING. SEVERE STORMS.

STRETCHING INTO THE. EVENING. >>> ELON MUSK DOGE. DEPARTURE, FROM. WIELDING A CHAINSAW TO. GETTING A KEY FROM THE. PRESIDENT. >>> FACING QUESTIONS. OVER REPORTED DRUG. USE, THE DIDDY SEX. TRAFFICKING CASE, MIA. DETAILING. DIFFICULT TO BR. IN THE MIDWEST. >>> TAYLOR SWIFT'S END. GAME, TAKING BACK HER. ORIGINAL WORK AND. BUYING THE RIGHTS TO. HER MASTERS. ARE YOU READY? >>> THE HONOR OF A. LIFETIME, AFTER TEN. YEARS AT.

"NIGHTLY NEWS," MY. FINAL BROADCAST. FROM PARIS TO UKRAINE, FROM THE. GREATEST GENERATION TO. THE WILD BLUE YONDER, THE NEWS WE'VE. COVERED, PEOPLE WE'VE. MET AND STORIES WE'VE. TOLD, YOUR STORIES. MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF. YOU ON THIS SPECIAL. NIGHT. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH LESTER HOLT. >>> GOOD EVENING, WELCOME. THIS SPRING OF. EXTRAORDINARILY. VIOLENT WEATHER IS. BRINGING DANGEROUS. SURPRISES AND LEAVING. 38 MILLION IN THE. DANGER ZONE TONIGHT.

AFTER KENTUCKY WAS. BROADSIDED BY AN. UNEXPECTED TORNADO. THE SEVERE WEATHER. DANGER ZONE EXPANDING. ACROSS THE MIDATLANTIC. AND SOUTHEAST. WITH TORNADO WATCHES. IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF. WEST VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA AND. NORTH CAROLINA. THIS AFTER A TORNADO. CAUGHT SOME KENTUCKY. RESIDENTS OFF GUARD, WITH LITTLE WARNING, THE POWERFUL TWISTER. SENT PEOPLE FOR COVER. AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

RACING TO WARN THOSE. IN ITS PATH, KILLING. ONE AND LEAVING MANY. INJURED. KENTUCKY HAS TAKEN. MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF. TORNADO STRIKES THIS. STORM SEASON AND. SUFFERED A HEAVY LOSS. OF LIFE. MUCH OF THE SOUTH. REMAINS AT RISK. TONIGHT. KATHY PARK IS IN THE. STORM ZONE. >> Reporter: AN. UNEXPECTED DISASTER IN. RURAL KENTUCKY, A. DEVASTATING TORNADO. RIPPING THROUGH. WASHINGTON COUNTY, PHONE ALERTS WITH. MINUTES TO SPARE. >> PROBABLY ABOUT THE. WORST I'VE SEEN. >> Reporter: WHERE. HOMES STOOD JUST. YESTERDAY, EMPTY LOTS. EMERGENCY CREWS. ALREADY AT WORK ON THE.

DOWNED TREES AND. LEVELLED HOUSES. >> SO GRATEFUL WE HAVE. THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY. THAT WE. TAKE CARE OF ONE. ANOTHER. >> Reporter: THE. WASHINGTON COUNTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICE. CONFIRMING ONE DEAD, MULTIPLE INJURED. JACK COLEMAN SAID A. TWISTER KILLED HIS. FRIEND AND HIS. GIRLFRIEND IS. RECOVERING AT THE. HOSPITAL. >> THERE'S NO CHANCE, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS. HOUSE, IT'S A. SHAMBLES. >> Reporter: THE. SUDDEN STORM CATCHING. LOCALS OFF GUARD, WITH. NO. OUTDOOR SIRENS. INSTALLED FOR MILES.

>> IT DID COME OUT OF. NOWHERE, NOT EXPECTING. IT, SURPRISED. >> Reporter: THE. REGION REELING AFTER A. POWERFUL EF-4 TORNADO. RIPPED THROUGH. THREE COUNTIES IN. SOUTHERN KENTUCKY TWO. WEEKS AGO, KILLING 19. THIS LATEST DISASTER. BRINGING THE TOTAL TO. 45 CONFIRMED. TORNADOES THIS YEAR. ALONE IN THE STATE. IN TENNESSEE, A. CONFIRMED TORNADO. SCATTERING DEBRIS FOR. MILES SOUTH OF. KNOXVILLE. >> YO! >> Reporter: ALL. ON THE HEELS OF A. TORNADO WREAKING HAVOC. ON LOCUST GROVE, GEORGIA.

>> TORNADO HIT MY. APARTMENT COMPLEX. >> Reporter: THIS TOWN. FLATTENED, NO ADVANCED WARNING. >> I RAN FOR THE. CLOSET, COVERED MY. HEAD. STARTING PRAYING. I COULD HEAR THINGS. HITTING THE HOUSE. >> Reporter: ACTOR. TRAY CHANEY BREAKING. DOWN IN TEARS. POSTED THIS ON. INSTAGRAM. >> I SURVIVED THE. TORNADO, MY SON, HE. SURVIVED --. >> Reporter: HIS. 18-YEAR-OLD SON. MALACHI WAS THROWN 300. FEET BY THE WIND AND.

IS NOW IN THE ICU. >> LOOKS LIKE THE. THREAT IS NOT YET. OVER, TONIGHT. >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT. 38 MILLION ACROSS THE. SOUTHEAST AND. MIDATLANTIC ARE AT. RISK FOR MORE SEVERE. WEATHER, THIS INCLUDES. A POSSIBILITY OF. ADDITIONAL. TORNADOES. IN KENTUCKY, CREWS ARE. OUT IN FULL FORCE. RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE. UNDER WAY. LESTER. >> KATHY PARK, THANK. YOU. >>> THE MAJOR SHIFT IN. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, WITH. ELON MUSK SET TO LEAVE. BUT FIRST APPEARING. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. IN THE OVAL OFFICE.

ALL THIS, AND BREAKING NEWS ON. THE TERROR FRONT. GABE GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. ELON MUSK IS SAYING. GOODBYE TO WASHINGTON. AT LEAST FOR NOW. >> MY FRIEND, HE'S. DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP HEAPING PRAISE. ON THE TECH TITAN, PRESENTING HIM WITH A. GOLDEN KEY FOR LEADING. THE DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. HIS TURBULENT TIME AT. DOGE FALLING SHORT OF. HIS COST-CUTTING. PREDICTIONS AS HE. LEAVES HIS 130-DAY. APPOINTMENT. >> I EXPECT TO. CONTINUE TO PROVIDE. ADVICE WHENEVER THE. PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE.

ADVICE. I'M CONFIDENT OVER. TIME WE'LL SEE A. TRILLION DOLLARS OF. SAVINGS. >> Reporter: BUT THE. BILLIONAIRE IS FACING. A NEW CONTROVERSY. >> VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. >> Reporter: WHILE. MUSK WAS A FIXTURE ON. THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. LAST YEAR, THE "NEW. YORK TIMES" ALLEGING. THAT HE WAS USING. DRUGS, ECSTASY AND. KETAMINE AND. PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS. MORE INTENSELY THAN. PREVIOUSLY KNOWN. HE HAS SAID HE WAS. PRESCRIBED KETAMINE. NBC NEWS HAS NOT.

CONFIRMED ANY OF THE. ACCUSATIONS IN THE. REPORT. TODAY MUSK DID NOT. DIRECTLY. RESPOND. >> THERE IS A "NEW. YORK TIMES" REPORT. TODAY THAT ACCUSES YOU. OF --. >> "NEW YORK TIMES,". IS THAT THE SAME. PUBLICATION THAT GOT A. PULITZER PRIZE FOR. FALSE REPORTING ON. RUSSIA GATE? >> Reporter: THE. PULITZER BOARD SAYING. THE "TIMES" REPORTING. WAS NOT DISCREDITED. TRUMP TOUTING HIS. DEPORTATION EFFORT. THE SUPREME COURT.

JUSTICES ALLOWING. TRUMP TO REVOKE. TEMPORARY PROTECTIONS. FOR HALF A MILLION. MIGRANTS FROM. VENEZUELA, CUBA, NICARAGUA AND HAITI. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN. HAD GRANTED THEM. MASS PAROLE, ALLOWING. THEM INTO THE U.S. >> SOME ARE MURDERERS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO. GET THEM OUT OF THEIR. FAST, GET THEM BACK TO. THEIR COUNTRY WHERE. THEY BELONG. >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT VISITING A. STEEL PLANT OUTSIDE. PITTSBURGH, ANNOUNCING. A DEAL ALLOWING. A JAPANESE COMPANY TO. MERGE WITH U.S. STEEL. WITH AN AMERICAN CEO. AFTER CANDIDATE TRUMP. OPPOSED IT. >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE. STEEL, YOU DON'T HAVE. A COUNTRY.

>> Reporter: THE STEEL. TARIFFS, DO YOU. SUPPORT WHAT THE. PRESIDENT IS DOING? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: LOCAL. OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC. THIS AND OTHER TRUMP. POLICIES WILL BRING. MORE JOBS. >> WILL THEY HAVE A. JOB, SAVE THEIR HOUSE, KIDS GO TO COLLEGE, OVERWHELMED WITH. HAPPINESS. >> GABE, YOU'RE THERE. IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. SPEAKING. HE JUST MADE A MAJOR. TARIFF ANNOUNCEMENT. >> Reporter: HE JUST. DOUBLED TARIFFS ON ALL.

STEEL IMPORTS FROM 25%. TO 50%. SEPARATELY, HE SAID. TODAY THAT CHINA HAD. VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT. TO ROLL BACK TARIFFS. FOR 90 DAYS, ALTHOUGH. HE DID NOT SPECIFY. HOW. LESTER. >> Michael: GABE. DAYS, ALTHO. HE DID NOT SPECIFY. HOW. >> Michael: GABE. >> GABE GUTIERREZ, THANKS. >>> NOW TO SEAN. "DIDDY" COMBS'. CRIMINAL TRIAL. A LAWYER CROSS. EXAMINING A FORMER. EMPLOYEE WHO SAID HE. REPEATEDLY THREATENED. AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. HER. CHLOE MELAS. >> Reporter: A DAY. AFTER A FORMER. PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO. SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS.

DESCRIBED THROUGH. TEARS HOW HE. REPEATEDLY SEXUALLY. ASSAULTED HER, THE. WOMAN TESTIFYING UNDER. THE PSEUDONYM MIA WAS. BACK ON THE STAND. COMBS'. ATTORNEY BRIAN STEELE. GRILLING MIA, AND. SHOWING SOCIAL MEDIA. POSTS WHERE SHE CALLED. COMBS HER MENTOR AND. SAID SHE LOVED HIM. STEELE ASKING MIA. YOU'RE CALLING THE. PERSON WHO ASSAULTED. YOU YOUR MENTOR, MIA RESPONDING YES. TESTIFYING THAT. INSTAGRAM IS TO SHOW. HOW GREAT YOUR LIFE. IS, EVEN IF IT WASN'T.

TRUE. I DIDN'T WANT MY. FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO. KNOW THE MISERY I WAS. IN. STEELE ASKING ABOUT A. SCRAPBOOK AND CARD SHE. GAVE TO COMBS FOR HIS. BIRTHDAY, READING THE. CARD IN COURT. I HOPE IT REMINDS YOU. OF WHEN THIS WORLD. MADE YOUR EYES LIGHT. UP. SHE WROTE, I LOVE YOU FOREVER. THAT'S A LOVING CARD, STEELE SAID, MIA REPLYING, I'M A. LOVING PERSON. TO THE PERSON WHO. SEXUALLY ABUSED YOU? MIA RESPONDING YES. >> THEIR JOB IS TO.

ATTACK HER. CREDIBILITY. >> Reporter: MIA. TESTIFIED ABOUT THE. CONDITIONS FOR THE. EIGHT YEARS SHE WORKED. FOR COMBS, SAYING AT ONE POINT HE. THREATENED TO KILL ME. STEELE PRESENTED A. TEXT THAT MIA SENT. AFTER SHE WAS LEFT GO. I'M GOING TO KILL. MYSELF, MY LIFE IS. OVER, I'M HEARTBROKEN. I CAN'T BREATHE. COMBS HAS PLED NOT. GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. TRUMP WAS ASKED IF HE. WOULD PARDON COMBS IF. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY. >> I WOULD CERTAINLY. LOOK AT THE FACTS. IF I THINK SOMEBODY.

WAS MISTREATED, WHEN. THEY LIKED ME OR. DIDN'T LIKE ME. WOULDN'T HAVE ANY. IMPACT. >> Reporter: WE'RE. EXPECTING MIA BACK ON. THE STAND MONDAY, THEN. WE'LL HEAR FROM. A HOTEL CUSTODIAN AND. THEN A FORENSIC VIDEO. EXPERT. >> CHLOE MELAS, THANK. YOU. >>> TURNING TO THE. MIDWEST WHERE MILLIONS. ARE UNDER POOR AIR. QUALITY ALERTS BECAUSE. OF. WILDFIRES IN CANADA. ADRIENNE? >> Reporter: IT SPELLS. LIKE A CAMPFIRE IN. DULUTH. YOU CAN SEE THE HAZE.

HANGING OVER PARTS OF. THE MIDWEST. AS THE SMOKE BLOWS IN. FROM MASSIVE CANADA. WILDFIRES. 22 MILLION UNDER AIR. QUALITY ALERTS FROM. MINNESOTA TO. MICHIGAN. MOST AT RISK? CHILDREN, OLDER ADULTS. AND THOSE WITH LUNG OR. HEART CONDITIONS. EXPERTS SAY WEAR A. N-95 MASK OR STAY. INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. BACK IN 2023, SMOKE. FROM CANADIAN. WILDFIRES LED TO WEEKS. OF TOXIC AIR. IN THE MIDWEST AND THE.

EAST COAST. TONIGHT EXPERTS WARN. THESE LATEST. ALERTS COULD STRETCH. INTO NEXT WEEK. >> ADRIENNE BROADDUS, THINK YOU. >>> WE'LL BE RIGHT. BACK IN 60 SECONDS. THE NEW CLOSE CALL WE. JUST LEARNED ABOUT. BETWEEN TWO PLANES. >> AND A LITHIUM. BATTERY. >>> THERE IS WORD. TONIGHT OF A CLOSE. CALL AT SAN FRANCISCO. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TOM COSTELLO IS HERE. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW?

>> LESTER, THIS IS. BASED ON PRELIMINARY. INFORMATION. THIS WAS A UNITED. AIRLINES AND SKY WEST. AIRLINES FLIGHT ON MAY. 15th. THE PLANES WERE. DEPARTING. FROM PARALLEL RUNWAYS. AT SFO, THE UNITED. FLIGHT TURNED WITHOUT. AUTHORIZATION INTO THE. PATH OF THE SKY WEST, THE FAA HAS SAID. THEY'RE INVESTIGATING. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS. CREDITING THE FLIGHT. CREW FOR QUICK ACTION. AFTER A BATTERY. CHARGER BEGAN GIVING. OFF SMOKE IN FLIGHT.

IT HAPPENED ON. SOUTHWEST FLIGHT 1844, BALTIMORE TO TAMPA, THE PILOTS DIVERTING. TO MYRTLE BEACH DUE TO. REPORTED FIRE IN A. SEAT BACK. >> HOLD POSITION, WE. HAVE AN EMERGENCY. INBOUND WITH A REPORT. OF A FIRE IN THE. CABIN. >> Reporter: CELL. PHONE VIDEO CAPTURED. THE SMOKING CHARGER. >> WAITING FOR. EMERGENCY INBOUND. >> Reporter: THE PLANE. LANDED SAFELY. NO INJURIES. JUST THE LATEST CASE. OF AN ONBOARD BATTERY. FIRE. IN JANUARY, AN AIR.

BUSAN FLIGHT IN SOUTH. KOREA. WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. AFTER A BATTERY. CHARGER CAUGHT FIRE. EVERYONE GOT OUT. SAFELY. IN THE U.S., FAA. REPORTS 22 CONFIRMED. INCIDENTS THIS YEAR OF. LITHIUM BATTERIES. OVERHEATING, SMOKING. OR CATCHING FIRE. LAST YEAR, 89 CASES. THE FAA PROHIBITS. LITHIUM BATTERIES IN. CHECKED BAGS THAT GO. IN THE PLANE'S LUGGAGE. HOLD WHERE A FIRE. WOULD POSE A SERIOUS. THREAT. JUST LAST WEEK, SOUTHWEST BEGAN.

REQUIRING PASSENGERS. TO KEEP BATTERIES AND. POWER PACKS IN PLAIN. SIGHT, NOT OVERHEAD BINS. >> THERE ARE HUNDREDS. OF LITHIUM-POWERED. DEVICES EVERY. AIRCRAFT. PEOPLE NEED TO. UNDERSTAND THE RISK. ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. IN PARTICULAR, POWER. BANKS. >> SOUTHWEST IS. FLAGGING PASSENGERS ON. THEIR APP TO KEEP THE. BATTERY CHARGERS IN. PLAIN VIEW, AND ALL. REMAININ. ALBUMS, SHE SAYS SHE. MAY BUT THEY WILL COME. FROM A PLACE NOT OF. SADNESS BUT.

CELEBRATION. LESTER. >> LIZ KREUTZ, THANK. >>> BEFORE WE GO. TONIGHT, A WORD ABOUT. ME. YOU MAY RECALL THE. ANNOUNCEMENT SOME. MONTHS AGO I WOULD BE. LEAVING MY POST HERE. AT "NIGHTLY NEWS" IN. ORDER TO EXPAND MY. ROLE AS HOST OF. "DATELINE.". TODAY IS THAT DAY. AFTER TEN YEARS, THIS. IS MY LAST "NIGHTLY. NEWS" BROADCAST. AS ANCHOR, IT HAS BEEN. AN HONOR TO LEAD THIS. PROGRAM AND BE.

WELCOMED INTO YOUR. HOMES. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR. YOUR TRUST. AROUND HERE, FACTS. MATTER, WORDS MATTER, JOURNALISM MATTERS, AND YOU MATTER. OVER THE LAST DECADE. WE HAVE SHARED SOME. DARK AND HARROWING. DAYS AND. NIGHTS FOR OUR. COUNTRY, THE PANDEMIC, MASS SHOOTINGS, NATURAL DISASTERS, EACH TESTING OUR. RESILIENCE AND. COMPASSION. THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO. LEAVE YOU WITH MOMENTS. TO SMILE ABOUT, THAT. REASSURE AND CONNECT. US. I'LL MISS OUR EVENINGS.

TOGETHER AND I'LL MISS. THE TEAM THAT PUTS IT. ALL TOGETHER, MY DEAR. FRIENDS AND. COLLEAGUES. BUT FOR NOW I WANT TO. SAY THANK YOU TO MY. INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE. AND PATIENT. FAMILY AND ALL OF YOU. "NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH. TOM LLAMAS PREMIERES. MONDAY. I WISH TOM GREAT. SUCCESS. I'LL SEE YOU ON. "DATELINE.". IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE. CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE. OF YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. I'LL DO THE SAME. ♪♪.

>>> AS OF TONIGHT, THIS PROGRAM HAS A NEW. NAME AND A NEW ANCHOR. WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF. YOU EACH AND EVERY. NIGHT. ♪♪. >>> GOOD EVENING, THERE IS NO BETTER WAY. TO SHOW YOU THE SCOPE. OF OUR LEAD STORY. TONIGHT THAN FROM THE. AIR. >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WE'RE MOVING. INTO UNCHARTED. TERRITORY. >>> REMEMBER, WE'RE IN. THIS TOGETHER, AND. TOGETHER MAY BE THE. ONLY WAY WE FIND OUR. WAY OUT OF THIS. >>> THIS IS ONE HALF. OF AMERICA'S SPLIT.

SCREEN SHOOTING. TRAGEDY, THE EL PASO. MASSACRE, AND TOKENS. OF TRIBUTE, HOPE AND. BLESSING TO THE. INNOCENT WHO DIED. BECAUSE THEY WERE. HERE. >>> FROM PUERTO RICO, THIS IS AN ISLAND WITH. A LONG WAY TO GO. ♪♪. IS IS AN ISLAND WITH. A LONG WAY. >>> TONIGHT FROM. NORMANDY. >>> FROM INSIDE. UKRAINE. >>> FROM ISRAEL NEAR. GAZA. >>> LIFE HERE IN IRAN. >>> A FATHER, TWO. CHILDREN. NOWHERE TO RUN.

CAN'T GO BACKWARDS, ONLY FORWARD. >> FORWARD. >>> BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. >>> AS I HAVE MY HAND. ON THE WINDOW, I CAN. FEEL IT BOWING, IT'S. LIKE HAVING A JET. ENGINE OUTSIDE OUR. DOOR NOW. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A. MATTRESS IN FRONT OF. THE WINDOW. WE WANT TO BE ON THE. AIR BUT GOT TO TAKE. CARE OF EACH OTHER. KNOW THAT WE'RE SAFE. >>> BEEN WATCHING THIS. BATTLE TO STOP THE. FIRE FROM CROSSING A. RIDGE LINE. >>> BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT FROM PARIS. >>> WE TOOK POSITION.

AT THE ENTRY OF THE. THEATER. >> WHERE DID YOU FIND. THE TERRORIST? >> LAST DOOR. >> THIS IS THE FIRST. THING THAT WENT. THROUGH THE DOOR. >> EXACTLY. >> IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. WHAT HAPPENED. ♪♪. ETTY. >>> MR. PRESIDENT, THANKS FOR THE TIME. ♪♪. ♪♪. >>> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO. LOOK OUT THERE AND SEE. YOUR BROTHER? >> TREMENDOUS SENSE OF. PRIDE. ♪♪.

>>> CAN THE FIGHTERS. ON THEIR OWN MAKE IT. TO WHERE THEY NEED TO. GO? >>> DID YOU HARM YOUR. DAUGHTER, NICKY? >> NO, SIR, I DID NOT. >>> BEST DAY WAS. GETTING OUT OF PRISON. WHAT WAS YOUR LOWEST. DAY? >> EVERY TIME I THINK. ABOUT THAT. >>> YOU'RE ALL GOING. THROUGH A LOT OF PAIN. RIGHT NOW. >> IT'S AWFUL. >>> HOW DO YOU PUT ONE. FOOT IN FRONT OF THE. OTHER?

>> I LIVE MY LIFE IN. AGONY. >>> MY FIRST TIME. BEING IN A BIG. HURRICANE. I'VE BEEN IN LITTLE. ONES. >> BUT YOU'RE IN A. REALLY SAFE PLACE, YOU. KNOW THAT RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> OKAY. >>> THESE ARE THE NAME. WHO REPRESENT 4. MILLION PEOPLE WHO. WERE EMANCIPATED. >> HOLT. I LOOK AT THAT AND. THINK OF WHO THAT NAME. REPRESENTS, WHAT THEY. WENT THROUGH, COULD. THEY EVER IMAGINE ME? >> THAT'S THE THING.

THAT'S POWERFUL. >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE. REPUBLICAN. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >>> LIVE COVERAGE OF. ELECTION NIGHT. >>> WE COVER A LOT OF. DIFFICULT THINGS TO. REPORT SOMETIMES BUT. THIS IS MAGICAL. >> MY HEART BEATING IS. FAST. >> I'M SO HAPPY YOU. GOT TO EXPERIENCE. THIS. >>> I'M VERY PROUD OF. MYSELF. >>> GOOD LUCK TO YOU. >>> YES.

>>> GOOD TECHNIQUE. >> THERE IS NOTHING. LIKE THAT. >>> I WANT TO WELCOME. YOU TO THE FIRST. "NIGHTLY NEWS" KIDS. EDITION. ♪♪. ♪ HOW TO GET TO --. "SESAME STREET" ♪. >> YES! >>> HAVANA'S MOVING. TOURIST ATTRACTION. >>> WHAT WOULD A SCORE. OF YOUR LIFE STORY. SOUND LIKE? >> I HOPE IT HAS A. CELLO SOLO IN IT. SOMEWHERE.

♪♪. HAS A. CELLO. ♪ ROLLING ON THE. RIVER ♪. ♪♪. >>> THAT'S "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. FRIDAY. I'M LESTER HOLT. FOR ALL OF US AT "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS," GOOD. NIGHT, SO LONG. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. [ APPLAUSE ]. >>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

IT HAS BEEN QUITE A. RIDE. THANKS EVERYBODY.