NBC Nightly News Full Episode - May 9

>>> TONIGHT, THE. FIRST AMERICAN POPE. GIVES TO HIS FIRST. MASS IN ENGLISH. POPE LEO, WHAT YOU. SAID TO THE FAITHFUL. GATHERED CELEBRATING. HIS NEW PAPACY, PLUS. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED. ABOUT HOW HE. CONSOLIDATED SUPPORT. TO BEAT OUT THE. COMPETITION. WHAT AMERICAN. CARDINALS ARE SAYING. AND WHY MANY WERE. LOOKING FOR SOMEONE. TO FOLLOW IN POPE. FRANCIS'S PATH.

THE POLITICS OF THE. PONTIFF, WHAT YOU. SAID ABOUT THE. ENVIRONMENT, IMMIGRATION, AND. MORE, AND HOW HE. WILL WORK WITH THE. WHITE HOUSE. >>> AND FROM. CHICAGOLAND TO PERU, WE FOLLOW POPE LEO'S. ROOTS. >>> NETWORK AIRPORT. LOSING RADAR. DISPLAYS AGAIN. THE URGENT RADIO. CALL DEMANDING MORE. PRESSURE ON. OFFICIALS. AS DELAY IS. STRETCHED TO FOUR. HOURS. THE SHOWDOWN AT AN.

DETENTION FACILITY. AS DEMOCRATIC. LAWMAKERS SAY THEY. ARE DOING OVERSIGHT, AND DHS SAYS THEY. BROKE IN, A MAJOR. CITY MAYOR ARRESTED. >>> PLUS, A FEDERAL. >>> AND FROM BULLS S. TO WILDCATS, CUBS TO. THE BEARS, HOW. AMERICAN ROOTS SET. THE INTERNET ABLAZE. >>> THIS IS NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS, REPORTING TONIGHT. FROM THE VATICAN, HERE IS LESTER HOLT.

>> GOOD EVENING AND. WELCOME FROM A CITY. IS STILL A GO AFTER. YESTERDAY'S. ELECTRIFYING. INTRODUCTION OF A. NEW HEAD OF THE. CATHOLIC CHURCH. POPE LEO QUICKLY. ENDEARING HIMSELF. AMONG THE FAITHFUL, LEADING HIS FIRST. MASS AS SPOKE THIS. MORNING IN THE. SISTINE CHAPEL, WHERE ONLY HOURS. EARLIER, THE. CONCLAVE THAT SAW. HIM ELECTED AS POPE. ENDED. BORN IN THE UNITED. STATES, A FIRST FOR. A POPE, A SURPRISE. CHOICE TO MANY, BUT.

NOT FOR THE. CARDINALS WHO. ELECTED HIM, MANY. REVEALING IT WAS. BARELY A FACTOR IN. THEIR DISCUSSIONS. THAT PRECEDED THE. BOATS. TONIGHT, WE ARE. GETTING GLIMPSES. SURROUNDING THE. LARGELY SECRETIVE. CONCLAVE PROCESS, INCLUDING WHAT. GUIDED THEIR. DECISION-MAKING AND. HOW THEY GOT TO KNOW. EACH OTHER. >> [ SINGING ]. >> POPE LEO THE 14th. PRESIDING OVER THIS. FIRST MASS AS. PONTIFF TODAY AND. THE SISTINE CHAPEL. BEGINNING WITH A FEW. WORDS IN ENGLISH. >> AND I KNOW I CAN. RELY ON EACH AND. EVERY ONE OF YOU TO. WALK WITH ME AS WE.

CONTINUE AS A CHURCH. >> TODAY, THERE HAS. BEEN A SLOW PULLING. BACK OF THE CURTAIN. ABOUT THE CONCLAVE. ON THE DAYS LEADING. UP TO IT, SPECIFICALLY THE. MEALTIME BREAKS AND. COFFEE BREAKS WHERE. CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS. TOOK PLACE. THE ARCHBISHOP OF. CHICAGO TOLD ME IN. THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THE CARDINALS ZEROED. IN ON THE QUALITIES. THEY WERE LOOKING. FOR. A CHICAGO NATIVE AND. VILLANOVA GRAD, WHO. HAD WORKED FOR YEARS. AS A MISSIONARY IN. PERU, EMERGED. >> THEY WANTED.

PEOPLE WHO WERE. MULTILINGUAL, WHO. LIVED ON MORE THAN. ONE CONTINENT, WHO. HAD PASTORAL. MISSIONARY. EXPERIENCE AS HE. DID, SO HE SEEMED TO. CHECK ALL THE BOXES. AND THEN THE BOATS. CAME IN AND THEY. JUST SEEMS TO MOVE. IN THE DIRECTION TO. ELECT HIM. >> HE KNOWS POPE LEO. WELL. WE HEAR PEOPLE SLIP. INTO CALLING HIM BOB. VERY FAMILIAR. BUT TALK TO US ABOUT. WHAT KIND OF PERSON. HE IS.

>> WELL, HE IS AN. INDIVIDUAL WHO IS. JUST VERY REAL, WHAT. YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU. GET. HE IS AUTHENTIC, HE. CARES ABOUT PEOPLE, AND IT HAS BEEN SAID. HE DOESN'T PICK A. FIGHT, BUT HE WON'T. RUN FROM IT EITHER. >> BUT THERE IS ONE. THING THE CARDINALS. SAY WASN'T A BIG. FACTOR. >> I DON'T THINK THE. FACT THAT CARDINAL. PREVOST IS FROM THE. UNITED STATES HAD. MUCH WEIGHT. >> CARDINAL JOSEPH. REFLECTED ON THE. WEIGHT OF THE MOMENT. FOR HIS FRIEND OF 30. YEARS. >> AFTER ONE OF THE.

BALLOTS, I WENT BACK. AND THEY TOOK A LOOK. AT BOB, AND --. BECAUSE HIS NAME HAD. BEEN FLOATING. AROUND, AND HE HAD. HIS HEAD IN HIS. HANDS. AND I WAS PRAYING. FOR HIM, BECAUSE I. COULDN'T IMAGINE. WHAT HAPPENS TO A. HUMAN BEING WHEN YOU. ARE FACING SOMETHING. LIKE THAT. AND THEN WHEN HE. ACCEPTED IT, IT WAS. LIKE HE WAS MADE FOR. IT. >> AND POPE LEO'S. FIRST NIGHT AS. PONTIFF WAS A BUSY. ONE, GRADING THE. FAITHFUL, SIGNING.

AUTOGRAPHS OFFERING. A BLESSING. TODAY, THE VATICAN. RELEASING THE. OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, ANNOUNCING HIS. ELECTION. POPE LEO'S OTHER --. OLDER BROTHER, LUIS, SAYS IT IS ALL. PRETTY SURREAL. >> IT IS JUST MIND. BLOWING THAT MY. BROTHER WAS ELECTED. POPE. WE USED TO TEASE HIM. ABOUT BEING POPE. WHEN HE WAS SIX. YEARS OLD. X IN POPE LEO'S. HOMETOWN TODAY: LET. US PRAY FOR POPE LEO. THE 14th. >> A SPECIAL MASS. HONORING THE NEW. LEADER OF THE. CATHOLIC CHURCH.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING. FROM BACK HOME? >> LOTS OF THINGS. THE CULTURE OF. CHICAGO AND THE. MIDWEST PRODUCED A. POPE. THAT IS TERRIFIC. I THINK IT IS. SOMETHING THAT. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO. TAKE PRIDE IN, BEING. FROM CHICAGO. >> I SEE YOU ARE A. LITTLE CHOKED UP. THERE. IT TOUCHES DEEP. >> VERY DEEP, YEAH. >> ANOTHER QUESTION. TONIGHT, HOW WILL. THE FIRST AMERICAN. POPE HANDLE THE. THORNY POLITICAL. ISSUES OF THE WORLD. STAGE? WE ARE ALREADY.

GETTING SOME CLUES. WITH MORE ON THAT, HERE IS MOLLY HUNTER. >> WHEN POPE LEO THE. 14th SPOKE OF. REACHING OUT TO THE. WORLD IN HIS FIRST. MASS AS PONTIFF, IT. CAME AS NO SURPRISE. TO FATHER TONY. BATES. >> HE IS GOING TO. TRY TO BRING INTO. DIALOGUE DIFFERENT. VIEWPOINTS ON. DIFFERENT THINGS. >> THE FELLOW. AUGUSTINIAN. DESCRIBES ISSUES. THAT HIS FRIEND, THE. FIRST AMERICAN POPE, CARES DEEPLY ABOUT, LIKE MIGRANTS, ISSUES THAT MAY PUT. HIM ON A COLLISION. COURSE WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> WHY CAN'T THESE.

PEOPLE WHO ARE IN. THESE AFFLICTED. COUNTRIES ACTUALLY. SHARE IN THE RICHES. OF THE COUNTRIES? >> AND GO IN SEARCH. OF BETTER LIVES. >> IN FEBRUARY, AN. EX-ACCOUNT FOR. FORMER CARDINAL. PREVOST POSTED: JD. VANCE IS WRONG, JESUS DOESN'T ASK US. TO NBC NEWS DAILY. OUR LOVE FOR OTHERS. AND BACK IN 2015, THE ACCOUNT [. INAUDIBLE ] UNDER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. EVEN STILL, THE. PRESIDENT AND VICE. PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATING AND. PRAISING THE NEW. POPE. >> TO HAVE THE POPE.

FROM THE UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA, THAT IS A GREAT. HONOR. >> BACK IN 2012, HE. CRITICIZED POPULAR. CULTURE FOR. PROMOTING SYMPATHY. FOR BELIEFS AND. PRACTICES THAT ARE. AT ODDS WITH THE. GOSPEL, REFERRING IN. PART TO THE. HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] TO. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN. ON THE PERIPHERY OF. CHURCH. THERE IS NO REASON. FOR THAT EXCLUSION. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO VOTER. REGISTRATION RECORDS, THE NEW POPE VOTED. IN REPUBLICAN.

PRIMARIES IN. ILLINOIS IN 2012, 2014, AND 2016. >> WILL HE WANT TO. BUILD BRIDGES TO. DONALD TRUMP? I SUPPOSE, BUT HE. WILL WANT TO BUILD. BRIDGES WITH THE. LEADER OF EVERY. NATION. >> Reporter: NOW, CARDINAL DOLAN SAYS. THE NEW POPE WILL. START THOSE MEETINGS. WITH WORLD LEADERS. WITHIN DAYS, AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO. MEETING THE NEW. POPE. >> MOLLY, THANKS. VERY MUCH BUT AS WE. TRACE THE POPE'S. ROOTS, THE JOURNEY. LED OUR TEAM TO. SOUTH AMERICA WHERE. LEO WAS BISHOP AND A.

MISSIONARY, A. JOURNEY THAT PAVED. HIS WAY TO THE. PAPACY. STEPHANIE REPORTS IN. PERU. >> Reporter: NOT. LONG AFTER LEO THE. 14th, THE CHICAGO. BORN POPE, APPEARED. ON THE VATICAN. BALCONY, CHURCH. BELLS RANG IN LIMA, PERU. THE PRESIDENT. PROBABLY DECLARING: >> [ SPEAKING IN A. GLOBAL LANGUAGE ]. >> Reporter: THE. POPE IS PERUVIAN, GOD LOVES PERU. FOR CATHOLICS IN. PERU, LEO THE 14th. IS THERE POPE, TOO. SOCIAL MEDIA LIT UP. WITH ME IN SPIRIT. THE POPE AND THE. NATIONAL SOCCER. JERSEY, DRINKING.

COCA-COLA. >> WHAT IS THE. MEANING IN THE CITY. TODAY. >> IT'S LIKE A. PARTY, THE PEOPLE. ARE VERY EXCITED. >> ROBERT PREVOST. SPENT MORE THAN WO. DECADES WORKING IN. THIS SOUTH AMERICAN. COUNTRY, FIRST AS A. MISSIONARY, THEN A. PRIEST, AND. ULTIMATELY A BISHOP. IN THE CITY. >> THIS IS TERRIFIC, I AM AT A RESTAURANT. RIGHT ACROSS FROM. THE CATHEDRAL AND. THEY ARE SERVING UP. THE POPE'S FAVORITE. LUNCH, GOAT WITH. RICE AND BEANS.

AMONG BISHOP. PREVOST'S MOST. BELOVED CAUSES, HELPING IMMIGRANTS. WE VISIT THE SHELTER. HE HELPED BUILD WITH. JUAN CARLOS. HE TELLS ME WHEN. BISHOP NBC NEWS NOW. SAW PEOPLE IN NEED, HE WANTED TO HELP. THEM. GABRIELLA HAS BEEN. HERE FOR THREE YEARS. AND MET THE FUTURE. POPE. I ASKED HER IF SHE. HAD A MESSAGE FOR. HIM. >> [ SPEAKING IN A. GLOBAL LANGUAGE ]. >> Reporter: SHE. SAYS I'M GRATEFUL. FOR EVERYTHING HE. HAS DONE FOR US, FOR. VENEZUELANS. HIS TENURE IN PERU. DID NOT ESCAPE. CONTROVERSY, HE WAS. ACCUSED OF.

MISHANDLING AN. INVESTIGATION OF. REPORTS INTO PRE-. SEXUAL ABUSE, ALLEGATIONS THE. DIOCESE HAS DENIED. HERE IN CHICAGO. TODAY, IT IS ABOUT. CELEBRATION. PEOPLE SAY BOTH. THINGS COULD BE TRUE, POPE LEO THE 14th IS. THE FIRST U.S. POPE. AND HE IS THE FIRST. PERUVIAN POPE, TOO. PERHAPS THAT'S WHAT. THE CARDINALS IN THE. VATICAN WERE. THINKING. LESTER? >> STEPHANIE, THANK. YOU. AND BACK AT HOME. TONIGHT, NEWARK. AIRPORT IS ONCE. AGAIN DEALING WITH. OURS ON DELAYS AFTER. AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLERS YET. AGAIN LOST RADAR. DISPLAYS EARLY THIS. MORNING.

HERE IS TOM. COSTELLO. >> Reporter: IT. HAPPENED AT 3:55 A.M. THE FAA SAYS FOR 90. SECONDS, NEWARK. CONTROLLERS LOST. SEVERAL RADAR. SCOPES. ONE CONTROLLER. CHECKING IN WITH THE. FEDEX PILOT. >> WENT BLACK AGAIN. [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> Reporter: TRANSPORTATION. SECRETARY SEAN DUFFY. TELLS NBC'S KRISTEN. WELKER, UNSTABLE. DATA LINES AND. SOFTWARE GLITCHES.

ARE TO BLAME. >> THE SYSTEM IS. OLD, RIGHT? THIS IS A SYSTEM. THAT IS 25 AT BEST, SOMETIMES 50 YEARS. OLD. WE HAVE TO FIX THIS, BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE. IN NEWARK IS GOING. TO HAPPEN IN OTHER. PLACES ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, IT HAS TO. BE FIXED. MATT DUFFY SAYS ALL. DATA LINES AND RADAR. AND RADIO FROM. NEWARK UP TO LONG. ISLAND, NEW YORK, THEN DOWN TO. PHILADELPHIA, WHERE. CONTROLLERS MANAGED. NEWARK AIRSPACE. ONE CURRENT. CONTROLLER TELLS NBC. NEWS THEY HAVE LOST. RADIOS AND RADARS. MANY TIMES SINCE. LAST AUGUST. WHILE AIR TRAFFIC AT. 4:00 A.M. IS MOSTLY LIMITED TO.

CARGO PLANES AND. SOME CHARTER. FLIGHTS, ANY HOUR OF. THE DAY IS DANGEROUS. IF YOU LOSE RADAR. >> ALL NEW HARDWARE, ALL NEW SOFTWARE IS. GOING TO BE BUILT. INTO THIS BRAND-NEW. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. SYSTEM. >> Reporter: ON. THURSDAY, DUFFY. DETAILED PLANS TO. COMPLETELY REBUILD. AMERICA'S AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROL. SYSTEM. NEW TOWERS, RADIOS, RADARS, AND RADAR. CENTERS, AMID A PUSH. TO HIRE MORE. CONTROLLERS, BUT IT. WILL COST BILLIONS. OF DOLLARS AND TAKE. THREE TO FOUR YEARS. ARE WE LOOKING AT A.

REALLY DIFFICULT. SUMMER BECAUSE ALL. THESE CHALLENGES? >> IS OUR. CONTROLLERS CAN'T. CONTROL A REALLY. BUSY AIRSPACE, WE. ARE GOING TO BRING. IN LESS AIRPLANES, AND THAT CAN CAUSE. DELAYS AND. CANCELLATIONS. >> Reporter: DUFFY. TELLS ME HE THINKS. THE DATA LINE FROM. NEW YORK TO. CONTROLLERS IN. PHILADELPHIA SHOULD. IMPROVE WITHIN A FEW. DAYS, HOPEFULLY. IMPROVING THE RADAR. SIGNAL FOR. CONTROLLERS. LESTER? >> TOM COSTELLO, THANKS FOR YOU CAN. SEE MORE OF KRISTEN. WELKER'S EXCLUSIVE. INTERVIEW WITH THE.

TRANSPORTATION. SECRETARY ONLY ON. MEET THE PRESS. >>> ALSO IN NEW. JERSEY TONIGHT, AN. ARREST OUTSIDE AN. I.C.E. DETENTION CENTER. WITH A PROTEST UPSET. OVER THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S. CRACKDOWN ON. UNDOCUMENTED. MIGRANTS. GABE GUTIERREZ HAS. LATE DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A NEW. SHOWDOWN OVER. IMMIGRATION. THE MAYOR OF NEW. YORK ARRESTED. OUTSIDE OF THIS. I.C.E. DETENTION FACILITY. IN NEW JERSEY FOR. ALLEGED TRESPASSING. BUT AFTER A PROTEST. ALSO ATTENDED BY. THREE DEMOCRATIC.

MEMBERS OF NEW. JERSEY'S. CONGRESSIONAL. DELEGATION. MONOCOT, BONNIE. WATSON COLEMAN, AND. ROBERT MENENDEZ. JUNIOR. >> WE WERE ASSAULTED. BY MULTIPLE [. INAUDIBLE ]. >> Reporter: BUT THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. SAYS THERE WAS NO. ASSAULT AND THE. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. [ INAUDIBLE ] AND. BROKE INTO IT. A DHS SPOKESPERSON. CALLING IT A BIZARRE. POLITICAL STUNT AND. ILLEGAL BREAKING AND. ENTERING. >> MEMBERS OF. CONGRESS ALSO HAVE. TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

>> Reporter: FOR. WEEKS MEMBERS HAVE. SLAMMED PRESIDENT. TRUMP OVER. DEPORTATIONS, SAYING. HE IS IGNORING DUE. PROCESS RIGHTS FOR. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS. SOME DEMOCRATIC. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. ALSO TRAVELING TO EL. SALVADOR TO MEET THE. MAN AND DEMAND THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. RETURN HIM TO THE. U.S. THE. ADMINISTRATION SAYS. HE IS A GANG MEMBER, WHICH HE DENIES. >> THE SECOND WE. TRIED TO DEPORT. THEM, THE RADICAL. DEMOCRAT PARTY IS. RACING TO THE. DEFENSE OF SOME OF. THE MOST VIOLENT. SAVAGES ON THE FACE. OF THE EARTH.

>> Reporter: THE. WHITE HOUSE IS NOW. CONSIDERING. SUSPENDING THE RIGHT. TO CHALLENGE A. PERSON'S DETENTION. BY THE GOVERNMENT. >> THE CONSTITUTION. IS CLEAR, IT CAN BE. SUSPENDED IN TIME OF. INVASION, SO IT IS. AN OPTION WE ARE. ACTIVELY LOOKING AT. >> GABE, TODAY, A. JUDGE ORDERED THE. RELEASE OF A TUFTS. UNIVERSITY STUDENT. WHO HAD BEEN. DETAINED SINCE MARCH. BUT. >> YES, LESTER, AND. JUST BREAKING, A. TURKISH DUE TO JUST. WALKED OUT OF A. DETENTION FACILITY. IN LOUISIANA.

THE FEDERAL JUDGE. RULED HER DETENTION. COULD POTENTIALLY. CHILL THE SPEECH OF. MILLIONS OF. NONCITIZENS. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAID. STUDENT VISAS ARE A. PRIVILEGE, NOT A. RIGHT. LESTER? >> GABE GUTIERREZ, THANKS FOR THE SHOW. OF STRENGTH TONIGHT. IN RUSSIA BY. PRESIDENT LATIMER. PUTIN, APPEARING AT. A MASSIVE MILITARY. PARADE WITH CHINA'S. LEADER IN WHAT. APPEARED TO BE ALSO. A DIRECT MESSAGE TO. THE U.S. SIMMONS IS. THERE FOR US. >> Reporter: RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT PUTIN AND. CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI.

APPEARING SIDE-BY-. SIDE, SENDING AN. UNCOMPROMISING. MESSAGE TO THE U.S. FROM MOSCOW TODAY. AT A RUSSIAN PARADE. MARKING VICTORY OVER. NAZI GERMANY IN THE. SECOND WORLD WAR, JUST AS CHINA. PREPARES FOR TARIFF. TALKS WITH HE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION AND. RUSSIA REFUSES TO. AGREE TO TRUMPS 30. DAY CEASE-FIRE. PROPOSAL IN UKRAINE. PRESIDENT XI SAYS HE. AND PRESIDENT PUTIN. ARE FRIENDS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. PUTIN WANTS PEACE. THIS COULD BE. PUTIN'S ANSWER.

>> THE PARADE. INCLUDED FIGHTERS. FROM THE FRONT LINE, AND FOR THE FIRST. TIME, DRONES USED TO. TARGET UKRAINE. AFTER VICE PRESIDENT. VANCE THIS WEEK. ACCUSED THE KREMLIN. OF NOT GOING FAR. ENOUGH TOWARDS A. PEACE DEAL. >> WE THINK THEY'RE. ASKING FOR TOO MUCH. >> Reporter: AFTER. THE PARADE, PUTIN'S. CLOSE ALLY TELLING. NBC NEWS, PUTIN. DOESN'T OWE ANYONE. ANYTHING. MORE THAN 20 WORLD. LEADERS ARE HERE. PUTIN MEETING WITH. EACH ONE, INCLUDING. BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT.

>> ARE YOU NOT. CONCERNED THAT. STANDING A RED. SQUARE NEXT TO. PRESIDENT PUTIN. STRENGTHENS THE. RUSSIAN LEADER, DOESN'T PUSH HIM TO. -- BRING PEACE? >> NO, IT WON'T, BECAUSE BRAZIL'S. POSITION CONTINUED. TO BE THE SAME, IT. HAS NOT CHANGED. BRAZIL IS CRITICAL, IT HAS MADE A. CRITIQUE ON UKRAINE'S. OCCUPATION AND WE.

HAVE TO FIND PEACE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE KREMLIN. SAYS PEACE TALKS ARE. MOVING FORWARD, WHILE PRESIDENT. TRUMP AGAIN IS. THREATENING. SANCTIONS IF A CEASE-. FIRE IS NOT REACHED. LESTER? >> SIMMONS, THANK. YOU. WE WILL BE RIGHT. BACK IN 60 SECONDS. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED. ABOUT BRYAN. >>> WE HAVE GRIPPING. NEW DETAILS TONIGHT. FROM "DATELINE". INVESTIGATION OF THE. MURDERS OF THE FOUR. COLLEGE STUDENTS IN. IDAHO, PROVIDING THE. MOST COMPREHENSIVE. LOOK YET INTO THE. ACTIONS OF ACCUSED. KILLER BRYAN KOHBERGER.

AFTER THE MURDERS. HERE'S KEITH MORRISON. >> Reporter: 48 HOURS. AFTER THE MIDDLE OF. THE NIGHT STABBING. DEATHS AT 1122 KING. ROAD, BRYAN KOHBERGER. WAS ON AMAZON SHOPPING. FOR A K-BAR KNIFE AND. SHEATH, THE SAME BRAND. OF SHEATH. INVESTIGATORS HAD. FOUND IN THE BED OF. ONE OF THE VICTIMS. LEFT BEHIND, THEY. BELIEVE, BY THE. KILLER. THAT AND THE REST OF. WHAT WE'RE REPORTING. COMES FROM RECORDS IN. THE POSSESSION OF LAW. ENFORCEMENT AND FROM. MULTIPLE SOURCES WITH. DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF. THE CASE. THAT SAME WEEK, THE. WEEK AFTER THE.

KILLINGS, KOHBERGER. BEGAN VIEWING OR. SAVING ON HIS PHONE. PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND. NEWS UPDATES ABOUT THE. MURDERS. HE DID THAT AT LEAST. 60 TIMES. >> HE WAS COLLECTING. EVERYTHING, ALL THE. REPORTING ABOUT THE. INCIDENT. >> IT'S VERY COMMON. HE'S BEEN WATCHING ALL. THESE THINGS. >> Reporter: A MONTH. AFTER THE MURDERS ON. DECEMBER 15th, KOHBERGER WATCHED A. VIDEO THAT INCLUDED. THIS QUOTE, SOMETHING. IS WRONG WITH ME. I CAN'T BE WHO I NEED. TO BE. SOMETHING IS WRONG. WITH ME. WILL IT LAST FOR. ETERNITY?

>> HE DOESN'T FIT IN. TO SOCIETY. >> Reporter: IN LATE. DECEMBER, SIX WEEKS. AFTER THE MURDERS OF. MADDIE MOGEN, KAYLEE. GONCALVES, XANA. KERNODLE AND ETHAN. CHAPIN, RECORDS SHOW. KOHBERGER, A. CRIMINOLOGY STUDENT, WAS ON HIS PHONE. PLAYING A CLIP FROM A. YOUTUBE PROGRAM CALLED. "TED BUNDY: THE ESSENCE OF A. PSYCHOPATH.". WITHIN 24 HOURS OF. THAT, TWO SELFIES, KOHBERGER DRESSED THE. SAME WAY BUNDY IS. PICTURED ON THAT. PROGRAM.

AND FINALLY TWO DAYS. LATER ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29th, BRYAN KOHBERGER PULLED. UP A SONG ON HIS PHONE. BY BRITNEY SPEARS, THE. TITLE, "KILLER.". TACTICAL TEAMS. ARRESTED KOHBERGER. LESS THAN TWO HOURS. LATER. HE HAS PLEADED NOT. GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. KEITH MORRISON, NBC. NEWS, LOS ANGELES. >> AND YOU CAN SEE. MUCH MORE OF KEITH'S. REPORTING TONIGHT ON. "DATELINE" AT 9/8.

>>> WE'RE BACK WITH. NEWS. THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. WILL FINALLY HAVE. THEIR NEW DAY IN COURT. NEXT WEEK, NOW THAT A. LONG-AWAITING. RESENTENCING HEARING. IS ON THE BOOKS. IT COMES AFTER. ATTORNEYS FOR THE. BROTHERS WITHDREW. THEIR MOTION TO REMOVE. L.A.'S DISTRICT. ATTORNEY FROM THE. CASE. ERIK AND LYLE MENENDEZ. ARE SERVING LIFE IN. PRISON FOR THE MURDERS. OF THEIR PARENTS. >>> FORMER SUPREME. COURT JUSTICE DAVID. SOUTER HAS DIED. APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT.

GORGE H.W. OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO. SAY THERE'S SOMETHING. MORE HERE. >> Reporter: BECAUSE. WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC. NEWS, ROME. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS FRIDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH.