NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Nov. 13

>>> TONIGHT, THE DANGEROUS AND. CHAOTIC SCENE, TOXIC GAS. LEAKING FROM A TANKER TRUCK. SICKENING BEZANSON OKLAHOMA. PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THEIR. LIVES, UNABLE TO BREATHE, HUNDREDS EVACUATED FROM THEIR. HOMES. THE TOXIC GAS SPEWING FROM A.

TRUCK BLANKETING CARS IN A. MASSIVE CLOUD OF DANGEROUS. CHEMICALS. DOZENS HOSPITALIZED, SOME. CRITICALLY. HUNDREDS HUDDLING IN SHELTERS. FOR SAFETY, EMERGENCY. RESPONDERS RUSHING TO THE SCENE. IN GAS MASKS. >>> THE FAMILY OF THE ACCUSER. MENTIONED OF THE NEWLY RELEASED. EPSTEIN EMAILED, SPEAKING OUT, DID SHE EVER DISCUSSED SPENDING. TIME WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP? >>> SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN. HOSPITALIZED AFTER A FALL. THE CONDITION HE SUFFERED FROM. , USUALLY FATAL. WHAT WE KNOW. >>> THE GOVERNMENT IS OPEN BUT.

WHEN WILL THINGS RETURN TO. NORMAL? FLIGHT CUTS STILL SNARLING. TRAVEL PLUS WHEN WILL FEDERAL. WORKERS FINALLY GET PAID? A MAN DYING HOURS AFTER EATING. A HAMBURGER, THE FIRST REPORTED. DEATH CONNECTED TO A TICK. INDUCED MEAT ALLERGY. RACE. WHAT JEFF BEZOS AND COMPANY DID. TODAY THAT IT'S NEVER DONE. BEFORE. >>> THE STARTLING VIDEO, ARIANA. GRANDE, CHARGED BY A FAN. HOWEVER WE COULD COSTAR JUMPED.

INTO PROTECTOR. >>> A HIGHWAY SHUTDOWN OVER A. HOG? THE WILD FOOT CHASE TO CATCH. THE PIG. >>> THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE EMOTIONAL SURPRISE FOR. YOUNG FARMERS WHO JUMPED IN TO. HELP AFTER THE TEXAS FLOODS. WHEN THEIR TOWN NEEDED IT THE. MOST. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT. NOW. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >> AND GOOD EVENING.

IMAGINE IF THE AIR WE ALL. BREATHE SUDDENLY TURNED TOXIC? THAT WAS THE REALITY TODAY FOR. SO MANY IN WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA, AFTER A TANKER TRUCK. CARRYING AMMONIA GAS STARTED. LEAKING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS. IT LOOKS LIKE A HORROR FILM. A MASSIVE CLOUD OF THE TOXIC. GAS BLANKETING A HOTEL PARKING. LOT, NEARLY COVERING ALL THE. CARS. PEOPLE DESCRIBE BEING UNABLE TO. BREATHE, SOME SAID THEY FELT. LIKE THEY WERE JOKING. FIRST RESPONDERS IN GAS MASKS,

AT THE SCENE. MORE THAN 60 PATIENTS HAD TO BE. RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, SEVERAL. OF THEM AIRLIFTED. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN. THE AREA WERE TOLD TO EVACUATE. THEIR HOMES AND FLED TO. SHELTERS AS THE GAS SPREAD. THE DANGEROUS CHEMICALS BEGAN. LEAKING NEAR THIS HOTEL 70. MILES WEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. THE GAS DISSIPATING AS THE DAY. WENT ON BUT OFFICIALS WARNING. PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA TO. AIR OUT THEIR HOMES. RYAN CHANDLER IS THERE FOR US. TONIGHT. >> THIS WAS THE CHAOTIC SCENE. IN WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA, A. TANKER TRUCK SPEWING MASSIVE.

AMOUNTS OF TOXIC GAS IN A HOTEL. PARKING LOT. FIRST RESPONDERS CLOSED IN. OVERNIGHT, DOZENS OF PATIENTS. IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS WERE. RUSHED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY FOUR WERE FLOWN TO. OKLAHOMA CITY, DEEMED LIFE. CRITICAL PERIOD MEMBER. SCREAMING I CAN'T BREATHE, WHAT'S HAPPENING? >> SHERRY WAS WORKING THE FRONT. DESK WHEN PANIC BROKE OUT. >> AND FILLED THIS HOTEL LOBBY. >> I DIDN'T PHYSICALLY SEE.

SMOKE AT THE TIME. I'VE SEEN PICTURES SINCE AND IT. WAS THIS LOW-FLOW CLOUD SYSTEM. THAT JUST COVER THE ENTIRE BASE. OF THE ENTIRE HOTEL. >> EMERGENCY CREWS AND GAS. MASKS WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR TELLING. HUNDREDS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS TO.

EVACUATE AS THE PLUME SPREAD TO. NEARBY COMMUNITIES INCLUDING. THREE SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES. >> THERE WERE PEOPLE CHOKING. I WAS CHOKING, EVERY BREATH WAS. LIKE A SURVIVAL GAS. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE AGED AND. SMOKE 17 PACKS OF CIGARETTES. >> AMMONIA USED FOR FERTILIZER. HAS A SUFFOCATING ODOR AND CAN. BE DEADLY CAUSING RESPIRATORY. DISTRESS, BURNING SKIN AND. EYES. >> IT'S ATTACKING YOUR LUNGS. AND SO IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. >> THIS MORNING, LOCAL. AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED THE. CONCENTRATION IN THE AIR HAD. BEEN REDUCED TO ACCEPTABLE. LEVELS. TONIGHT, OFFICIALS URGING. RESIDENTS TO OPEN DOORS AND. WINDOWS TO AIR OUT THEIR HOMES. >> RYAN JOINS US LIVE FROM THE. SEYMOUR AS YOU SAID IT'S SAFE.

TO BE NOW BUT THE TANKER IN. QUESTION, STILL THERE? >> IT IS, TOM. YOU SEE THE TANKER FURTHEST. FROM US, THAT'S WHERE OFFICIALS. BELIEVE AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE. TRIGGERED THE LEAK. WE ARE HEARING FROM, THEY ARE. WORKING WITH AUTHORITIES. ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO KEEP. FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF LOCAL. OFFICIALS. >>> NOW TO THE INTERVIEW FIRST. ON NBC NEWS, THE FAMILY OF A. PROMINENT JEFFREY EPSTEIN. VICTIM SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT. AFTER SHE WAS MENTIONED IN THE.

EPSTEIN EMAIL'S JUST RELEASED. IN ONE EMAIL, EPSTEIN CLAIMS. SHE SPENT HOURS WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP. HALLIE JACKSON WITH HER. FAMILY'S RESPONSE. >> THE FAMILY OF PROMINENT. JEFFREY EPSTEIN ACCUSER. VIRGINIA GIUFFRE TONIGHT, SPEAKING PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST. TIME SINCE THE RELEASE OF NEVER. BEFORE SEEN EPSTEIN EMAIL'S. >> WE HAVE A MIXED BAG OF. EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW. HOW RECKLESS IT IS OF THE. ADMINISTRATION AND THE WHITE. HOUSE, TO UNREDACTED OUR. SISTER'S NAME. >> IT WAS INITIALLY REDACTED IN.

AN EMAIL FROM DEMOCRATS BUT. THEN LATER -- EPSTEIN CLAIMS. GIUFFRE SPENT HOURS AT HIS. HOUSE WITH DONALD TRUMP. >> THE VIRGINIA SAY THAT SHE. SPENT HOURS WITH DONALD TRUMP. AT ANY POINT? >> THAT WE ARE AWARE OF, WE'VE. NEVER HAD THAT CONVERSATION, EXPLICITLY. >> TRUMP HAS NEVER BEEN ACCUSED. OF WRONGDOING LINKED TO EPSTEIN. AND GIUFFRE WHO DIED BY SUICIDE. EARLIER THIS YEAR DID NOT. INCLUDE HIM -- ACCUSE HIM.

THE PRESIDENT SAID HE CUT TIES. WITH EPSTEIN IN THE EARLY. 2000'S AFTER HE HIRED AWAY MAR-. A-LAGO STAFFERS INCLUDING. GIUFFRE TO WORK FOR HIM. >> THESE A MILLS PROVE NOTHING. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT FROM. DID NOTHING WRONG. >> PRESSURE ON THE PRESIDENT. MAY WRAP UP NEXT WEEK WHEN THE. HOUSE VOTES TO TRY TO FORCE THE. RELEASE OF THE CASE FILES. >> WE ARE LOOKING TO CONGRESS. TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND WE. ARE HOPEFUL. >> THE VOTE, MOVING FORWARD.

NOW, ONLY AFTER A FINAL. SIGNATURE FROM THE NEWEST. MEMBER OF CONGRESS, DEMOCRAT, ADELITA GRIJALVA . >> WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION FOR. HOW MANY REPUBLICANS DO YOU. THINK MAY JOIN DEMOCRATS ON. THIS? >> IF THEY HEAR FROM THEIR. CONSTITUENTS, EVERY ONE OF THEM. SHOULD. THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE. >> GRIJALVA ALONGSIDE EPSTEIN. SURVIVORS WHO ATTENDED HER. SWEARING IN WEDNESDAY. >> AS SURVIVORS, WE CAN'T DO. THIS ALONE. WE NEED OUR ALLIES IN ORDER FOR. US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK. >> WE NEED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

TO NOT STOP PUTTING THE. PRESSURE ON. IT'S ONLY ONE TINY VICTORY, YOU. KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST RIDE ON. THAT RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR. THE VOTE? >> EARLY NEXT WEEK WE'LL SEE. HOW MUCH SUPPORT THERE IS AMONG. HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO TRY TO. FORCE THE RELEASE OF THE FILES. BUT EVEN IF THE BILL PASSES THE. HOUSE, IT FACES AN UNCERTAIN. FUTURE IN THE SENATE. >>> A HEALTH SCARE FOR SENATOR. JOHN FETTERMAN WHO WAS.

HOSPITALIZED IN PITTSBURGH. AFTER HE FELL ON A MORNING. WALK. GARRETT HAAKE JOINS US NOW AND. THAT FALL WAS RELATED TO A. SERIOUS CARDIAC ISSUE THAT'S. USUALLY DEADLY WITHOUT. TREATMENT? >> THAT'S RIGHT, SENATOR. FETTERMAN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED. FOR OBSERVATION AND SAID THAT. DOCTORS NEED TO FINE-TUNE HIS. MEDICATION. AFTER A FALL CAUSED BY WHAT'S. CALLED A VENTRICULAR. FIBRILLATION. THAT'S A SERIOUS CARDIAC EVENT. WHICH THE MAYO CLINIC SAYS IS. THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF SUDDEN. CARDIAC DEATH. ESSENTIALLY THE SENATOR'S HEART.

MOMENTARILY STOPPED PUMPING. BLOOD TO THE REST OF HIS BODY. FETTERMAN SUFFERED A STROKE IN. 2022 AND AFTER WAS OUTFITTED. WITH A PACEMAKER DEFIBRILLATOR. WHICH CAN DETECT THE ISSUES. IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY HAPPEN. HIS PROBABLY SAVED HIS LIFE. THE SENATOR SUFFERED ONLY MINOR. FACIAL INJURIES JOKING. AFTERWARDS, IF YOU THOUGHT MY. FACE LOOKS BAD BEFORE, WAIT. UNTIL YOU SEE IT NOW.

>> GARRETT, WE THANK YOU. >>> THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW BACK. OPEN BUT WE ARE LIKELY TO BE. FACING IMPACTS OF THE SHUT DOWN. FOR DAYS OR EVEN LONGER. INCLUDING ON AMERICA'S. AIRPORTS. ONCE AGAIN, HERE IS RYAN NOBLES. ON WHEN THINGS WILL GET BACK. TO. >> TONIGHT, JUST HOURS AFTER. THE LONGEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN CAME TO AN END --. >> IT'S IN OUR -- HONOR TO SIGN. THIS INCREDIBLE BILL AND GET. OUR COUNTRY WORKING AGAIN.

>> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG. IT'LL TAKE TO RECOVER FROM THE. IMPACTS. AMERICA'S AIRPORTS THE FAA IS. STILL ORDERING A 6% REDUCTION.

IN FLIGHTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ONE MAJOR AIRLINE TELLS NBC. NEWS, IT HAD TO REBOOK 50,000. PASSENGERS OVER THE LAST TWO. WEEKS. TODAY, HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM REWARDING. TSA OFFICERS WHO WORKED DURING. THE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PAY WITH. $10,000. >> THEY WILL GET A BONUS CHECK. FOR STEPPING UP AND TAKING ON. EXTRA SHIFTS. >> WE LEARN FEDERAL WORKERS. WILL START GETTING PAYCHECKS. INCLUDING BACK PAY AS SOON AS. THIS SATURDAY. BUT FEDERAL CONTRACTORS DON'T. GET BACK PAY. >> ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT BEING. EVICTED? >> I'M WORRIED. >> LIKE ALTHEA, A CONTRACTOR. FOR THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT. SHE'S GONE WITHOUT A PAYCHECK. FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. >> DIGGING OUT OF DEBT, MANAGING HER JOB, MANAGING. EVICTION, TRYING TO FIND A NEW. PLACE. IT PILES ON. >> AS FOR S.N.A.P.

FOOD BENEFITS ASSISTANCE, THE. USDA SAID THAT THE STATES WILL. RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS IN THE NEXT. 24 HOURS BUT IT COULD BE UNTIL. MONDAY BEFORE RECIPIENTS GET. THEM. >>> WE ARE TRACKING DANGEROUS. WEATHER TONIGHT, THE WEST COAST. IN FOR HEAVY RAIN, WINDS AND. FLOODING AS A STRONG STORM IS. HITTING RIGHT NOW. BILL KAREN'S JOINS US RIGHT NOW. AND HOW BAD COULD THIS GET? >> LOS ANGELES EXPECTING TO GET. 25% OF THEIR YEARLY RAINFALL IN. THE NEXT TWO DAYS. WE DID HAVE WIND DAMAGE. AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE. FORECAST OVER THE NEXT TWO.

DAYS, WE SHIFT EVERYTHING. SOUTHWARD. FRIDAY WE WILL SEE ON AND OFF. RAIN BUT SATURDAY, THAT'S WHEN. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL. CONTINUE THROUGH SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. WE ARE EXPECTING RAINFALL. TOTALS UP TO SIX INCHES, IN THE. CITIES, 3 TO 4 INCHES, IF WE. GET THE HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE. BURN SCARS FROM THE FIRES WE. HAD EARLIER, WE COULD GET THE. MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS ESPECIALLY. FROM SANTA BARBARA TO L.A.

>>> NOW TO A HEALTH ALERT, THIS. IS A STRANGE ONE. THE FIRST REPORTED THAT FROM A. MEAT ALLERGY CAUSED BY A TICK. BITE. A MAN IN NEW JERSEY WHO DIED. HOURS AFTER EATING A HAMBURGER. HERE IS ANN THOMPSON WITH WHAT. YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> THIS ALLERGY TO MEAT. INCLUDING BEEF, LAMB AND PORK. IS LINKED TO ITS FIRST DEATH. A 47-YEAR-OLD NEW JERSEY MAN. ATE A BURGER IN 2024 AND DIED. FOUR HOURS LATER. TWO WEEKS EARLIER, HE GOT SICK. AFTER EATING A STEAK. >> IT REALLY IS THE NEED FOR.

EDUCATION. WHEN HE HAD THE SEVERE EPISODE. OF ABDOMINAL PAIN, THEY HAD NO. SENSE THAT COULD BE. ANAPHYLAXIS. >> UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DR. THOMAS IDENTIFIED THE DEATH AND. ALLERGY BEHIND IT, IT'S CALLED. ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME, IT USUALLY. STARTS WITH A BITE FROM A LONE. STAR TECH THAT SENSITIZES A. PERSON'S IMMUNE SYSTEM TO A. SUGAR MOLECULE FOUND IN THE. MEAT OF MAMMALS CALLED ALPHA-. GAL. REACTIONS CAN INCLUDE HIVES, NAUSEA, AND LIFE-THREATENING. ANAPHYLAXIS. DEBBIE NICHOL LIVES WITH ALPHA-.

GAL. >> I WOULD WAKE UP IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH THIS. EXTRAORDINARY STOMACH PAIN. >> WENT TO 450,000 AMERICANS. WITH A TICK INDUCED MEAT. ALLERGY. >> FROM THE TIME OF ONSET MY. DIAGNOSIS IT WAS PROBABLY 11 OR. 12 YEARS. >> YOUR DR. EVEN WENT SO FAR AS. TO REMOVE YOUR GALLBLADDER? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> ALPHA-GAL IS MANAGED WITH. DIET, >> I STILL GO OUT AND HIKE AND. I STILL EAT REALLY WELL IF IT.

MEANS I DON'T CONSUME BEEF OR. PORK OR DAIRY. IT'S CHALLENGING BUT THERE ARE. WAYS TO FIND JOY. >> ANN THOMPSON JOINS US LIVE. IN STUDIO. SO, ARE THESE TICS ALL OVER THE. COUNTRY? >> INCREASINGLY SO. THIS PROBLEM USED TO BE. CENTERED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN. PART OF THE UNITED STATES BUT. AS WINTERS HAVE WARMED AND THE. DEARS THAT CARRY THESE TICS. MULTIPLY, ALPHA-GAL IS NOW. FOUND IN THE NORTH AND. NORTHEAST AND WEST AS WELL.

>>> WE'RE BACK WITH OUR SERIES. THE COST OF DENIAL WHERE WE. INVESTIGATE THE CHALLENGES SO. MANY AMERICANS FACE. WITH. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH OUR SERIE.

THE COST OF DENIAL OR WE. INVESTIGATE THE CHALLENGES SO. MANY AMERICANS FACED WITH THEIR. INSURANCE PROVIDERS. TONIGHT, OUR LOOK AT ONE KIND. OF INSURANCE THAT HAS. DRASTICALLY RAISE PRICES, WHY? BECAUSE THEY NEVER EXPECTED. THAT MANY PEOPLE TO USE THE. BENEFITS. ERIN McLAUGHLIN EXPLAINED. >> HAS THIS CONSUMED YOUR LIFE? >> IT HAS. >> FROM HIS DINING ROOM TABLE. IN CONNECTICUT, DAVID SCHWARTZ. IS BATTLING A MULTIBILLION-. DOLLAR SECTION OF THE INSURANCE. AGENCY. >> WE ARE BUDGETING MORE TODAY. FOR LONG-TERM CARE THAN WE DO. FOR PROPERTY TAX, HOMEOWNERS. INSURANCE AND MONTHLY UTILITIES.

COMBINED. >> THE RETIRED INSURANCE. EXECUTIVE FIGHTING HE SAYS, TO. PROTECT HIS FAMILY. >> IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO BOTH. OF US AND WE DON'T HAVE LONG-. TERM CARE INSURANCE, THESE ARE. THE PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE TO. FIGURE IT OUT. >> HE TRACKS POLICY RATE. INCREASES AND PUSHES STATE. LAWMAKERS TO CHANGE THE LONG-. TERM CARE INSURANCE INDUSTRY. BECAUSE OF A SERIES OF RATE. INCREASES, HE SAID HE AND HIS. WIFE CAN BARELY HOLD ONTO THEIR. POLICIES. MEANT TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR. THINGS LIKE NURSING HOMES OR IN. HER -- IN-HOME PERSONAL CARE. WHEN NEEDED. >> WE ARE GETTING OLDER AND. THINKING, THIS COULD HAPPEN.

>> IN 2000 FOR THE COMPANY. THAT'S MY COUPLE PURCHASED THE. POLICY FROM GENWORTH, ONE OF. THE LARGEST PROVIDERS HOPING IT. WOULD HELP THEM IF THEY NEED. CARE IN THE OLD AGE. BACK THEN EACH PLAN COST OVER. $1100 ANNUAL, NOW IN THEIR 70s. THEY ARE EACH PAYING MORE THAN. $4600 PER YEAR.

THAT'S ALMOST A 300% INCREASE. >> IT WAS PROBABLY A CASE OF. BAIT AND SWITCH. WE ARE OFFERING YOU A REALLY. CHEAP POLICY AND THEN WE ARE. GOING TO START GIVING YOU THESE. RATE INCREASES AND WE ARE GOING. TO SEE HOW FAR CAN WE PUSH YOU. BEFORE YOU CRY UNCLE AND SAY, I. GIVE UP. I CAN'T AFFORD IT ANYMORE. >> IN A STATEMENT, GENWORTH. TOLD NBC NEWS THE OR HAS. SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT LOSSES ON. POLICIES POINTING TO FAULTY. ASSUMPTIONS IT MADE IN THE PAST. SAYING IT'S RATE INCREASES ARE. NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE EVERY. POLICYHOLDER RECEIVES. MEANINGFUL LONG-TERM CARE. BENEFITS ADDING IT OFFERS. ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING REDUCING. CERTAIN BENEFITS TO LOWERING. MONTHLY PREMIUMS.

>> ANDREW MAZES THE CONNECTICUT. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. HIS OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. APPROVING RATE INCREASES. >> THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN. HAVING TO PAY AN INCREASED. PREMIUM IS PAYING A PREMIUM FOR. A POLICY THEY CAN'T DELIVER. >> FROM THE INSURANCE. DEPARTMENT DATABASE NBC NEWS. COUNTED 38 SEPARATE RATE.

REQUESTS FOR THE POLICY SINCE. 2011. HALF OF THE REQUESTS WERE IN. EXCESS OF 50%. THE MAJORITY WERE PARTIALLY. GRANTED BY THE DEPARTMENT. GENWORTH IS ONE OF MANY. INSURERS REQUESTING VAST. INCREASES NATIONWIDE . >> HOW DID SO MANY MAJOR. INSURERS MISJUDGE THIS MARKET.

SO BADLY? >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THEY MADE ASSUMPTIONS. BASED ON THE DATA THEY HAD AT. THE TIME. >> WHO PAYS FOR THOSE MISTAKES? THE COMPANIES OR CONSUMERS? >> SADLY, IT'S OFTEN BOTH. >> DAVID AND JUDY HAVE ALREADY. PAID A PRICE AND ARE BRACING. FOR THE NEXT POTENTIAL RATE. INCREASE. >> IF WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS. POLICY, WE'VE TAKEN $100,000. AND JUST WASTED IT. >> TO PAY OUT. MAZES SAID WHEN MANY INSURANCE.

SOLD THESE POLICIES YEARS AGO, THEY ASSUMED A CERTAIN NUMBER. OF FOLKS WOULD EVENTUALLY DROP. THEM, THAT PROJECTION WAS WAY. OFF THE MARK. MORE PEOPLE HELD ON, NOW. MILLIONS OF SENIORS ARE. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH LIFTOFF FOR. A MASSIVE.

>>> WE'RE BACK WITH LIFTOFF FOR. A MASSIVE BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET. THE COMPANY'S NEW GLEN ROCKET. MAKING ITS WAY TO MARS WITH A. PAIR OF NASA SPACECRAFT. THE ROCKETS MISSION IS THE. FIRST MAJOR TEST FOR THE SPACE. COMPANY OWNED BY JEFF BEZOS. IT MARKED A BIG WIN AFTER BLUE. ORIGINS ROCKET BOOSTER LANDED. SAFELY BACK ON EARTH. A FEAT ONLY ACHIEVED BY SPACEX. CHARGED AT HER. POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE WAS. ARRESTED THEN RELEASED AND IT'S. NOT THE FIRST TIME HE'S DONE. SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HE FREQUENTLY POSTS ABOUT. RUSHING CONCERT STAGES AND. SPORTING EVENTS. >>> WHILE VIDEO OF A POLICE. CHASE IN NEW MEXICO BUT THIS. TIME THE SUSPECT WAS A PIG. SERIOUSLY. YOU CAN SEE OFFICERS SPRINTING.

AFTER HIM BEFORE THEY TRAP IT. AND CARRY IT BACK TO THE. CRUISER. POLICE BELIEVE THE PIG WAS A. PET. IT'S NOW IN SAFE HANDS AT AN. ANIMAL SHELTER UNTIL ITS OWNERS. CLAIM IT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE'S. THAT'S HAPPENING? HOW DO YOU SEE THIS PLAY OUT? >> IF IT'S SUNDAY, IT'S MEET. THE PRESS.

>>> THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. FOR A GROUP OF YOUNG FARMERS IN. TEXAS WHO JUMPED IN TO HELP. WHEN THEIR COMMUNITY NEEDED. THEM THE MOST. HERE IS URSULA THOMPSON. >> 17-YEAR-OLD RIVER REEVES IS. UP BEFORE THE SUN, CARING FOR. HIS ANIMALS. BUT WHEN CATASTROPHIC FLOODS. TORE THROUGH KERRVILLE, TEXAS. IN JULY, IT WAS HIS COMMUNITY. THAT NEEDED CARE. >> EVERYTHING WAS JUST.

DESTROYED . YOU ARE JUST LIKE. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? WHAT CAN I DO TO BE THERE FOR. MY COMMUNITY? >> HE AND HIS FUTURE FARMERS OF. AMERICA CLASSMATES JUMPED INTO. ACTION. TODAY, THERE IS A SPACE IS. STILL OPERATING AS A COMMAND. CENTER WHICH MEANS, THERE'S. NOWHERE TO HOLD THEIR FALL. FUNDRAISER. AND THE STOCK SHOW. WHERE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED, IS NOW IN JEOPARDY. >> IF STUDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO. SHOW THEIR ANIMALS AND GET THAT.

SUPPORT, WHAT'S AT STAKE? >> THE FUTURE IS AT STAKE. SOME OF US WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY. FOR COLLEGE. >> HE WROTE A LETTER ASKING FOR. HELP. >> AS MUCH AS WE GAVE OUR. COMMUNITY IT DRAINED US. FINANCIALLY. >> HE SENT IT TO EVERYONE HE. COULD THINK OF. >> BUT IT WAS THE HOUSTON. LIVESTOCK SHOW IN RODEO THAT. ANSWERED HIS PLEA AND WE WERE. THERE FOR THE MOMENT THEY. SURPRISED HIM WITH A MASSIVE. DONATION. HALF $1 MILLION, FOR LOCAL. AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING? >> I'M SUPER GRATEFUL. THIS IS GOING TO MEAN THE WORLD.

TO EVERYBODY HERE. >> GRATITUDE FROM A GROUP OF. STUDENTS WHO GAVE SO MUCH. PRISCILLA THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, KERRVILLE, TEXAS. >> THAT'S "NIGHTLY.