NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 15

>>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP CONFIRMING HE. HAS AUTHORIZED THE CIA. TO OPERATE IN. VENEZUELA. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP CONFIRMING HE. HAS AUTHORIZED THE CIA. TO OPERATE IN. VENEZUELA. SUGGESTING MILITARY. STRIKES INSIDE THE. COUNTRY COULD BE NEXT. THE NEW ESCALATION. AMID U.S. STRIKES ON. ALLEGED VENEZUELAN. DRUG BOATS. THE PRESIDENT VOWING. MORE ATTACKS AT SEA. AND MAYBE ON LAND. WHAT HE SAID WHEN. DIRECTLY ASKED IF HE. WAS TRYING TO TAKE OUT. VENEZUELA'S LEADER. >>> THE EMERGENCY. LANDING.

DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH'S PLANE FORCED. TO LAND WITH A CRACKED. WINDSHIELD. >>> THE NEW WARNING. FROM A U.S. COMMANDER. FOR HAMAS TO DISARM. WHY ISRAEL IS ACCUSING. HAMAS OF VIOLATING THE. PEACE DEAL. WHAT THE MILITANT. GROUP ANNOUNCED. >>> A PASSENGER PLANE. FORCED TO TURN AROUND. AND LAND AFTER. POTENTIALLY TOXIC. FUMES FILLED THE. COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE PILOTS BREATHING. THROUGH MASKS. >>> THE CAR CHASE.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA, ENDING WITH A BORDER. PATROL SUV SLAMMING. INTO A SUSPECT'S. VEHICLE. >>> THE TEEN MURDER. COLD CASE. BREAKTHROUGH. HOW A SMOOTHIE CUP. HELPED INVESTIGATORS. MAKE AN ARREST 40. YEARS LATER. THE VICTIM'S FATHER. SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT. >>> AMBUSHED AT. GUNPOINT IN THEIR. DRIVEWAY. HOW THE ATTACKERS USED. AN AIRTAG TO TRACK THE. COUPLE HOME. >>> DRAMATIC VIDEO OF. >>> DRAMATIC VIDEO OF. MASSIVE GRAIN SILO. COLLAPSING TO THE.

GROUND, SENDING PEOPLE. RUNNING. THE DARING RESCUE. HOW FIREFIGHTERS SAVED. THIS DOG TRAPPED IN. CALIFORNIA. FLOODWAT. A MASSIVE GRAIN SILO. COLLAPSING TO THE. GROUND, SENDING PEOPLE. RUNNING. >>> THE DARING RESCUE. HOW FIREFIGHTERS SAVED. THIS DOG TRAPPED IN. CALIFORNIA. FLOODWATERS. >>> A HOUSE COLLAPSING. ON A FIREFIGHTER. HIS NEWBORN SON. FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. IN THE NICU. THEIR INCREDIBLE. STORIES OF SURVIVAL. AND THE EMOTIONAL. MOMENT THEY WERE. FINALLY BACK TOGETHER. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH TOM. LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. ESCALATING HIS THREATS.

AGAINST VENEZUELA. TONIGHT, CONFIRMING HE. HAS AUTHORIZED THE CIA. TO OPERATE IN THERE. ACCUSING THE LEADER OF. RUNNING A NARCO. TERRORIST REGIME. THIS COMES AFTER. DEADLY STRIKES ON. BOATS ALLEGEDLY. CARRYING DRUGS. YESTERDAY, PETE. HEGSETH POSTED THIS. VIDEO, WHICH PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYS SHOWS U.S. MILITARY FORCES TAKING. OUT A BOAT TRAFFICKING. DRUGS OFF THE COAST OF. VENEZUELA. THE PRESIDENT. PROMISING THOSE. STRIKES WILL CONTINUE.

AND SAYING HE ISN'T. RULING OUT FUTURE. STRIKES ON LAND. THERE ARE MOUNTING. QUESTIONS TONIGHT. ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF. THE OPERATIONS. BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND. REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF. CONGRESS ARE PUSHING. FOR MORE ANSWERS ABOUT. THE PRESIDENT'S PLANS. COURTNEY KUBE STARTS. US OFF TONIGHT FROM. WASHINGTON. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING HE MAY GO. AFTER CARTELS ON LAND, TOO. >> ARE YOU CONSIDERING. STRIKES ON LAND? >> I DON'T WANT TO. TELL YOU EXACTLY. WE ARE LOOKING AT LAND. NOW. WE HAVE THE SEA UNDER. CONTROL.

THE WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. IS EVERY BOAT WE KNOCK. OUT, WE SAVE 25,000. AMERICAN LIVES. >> Reporter: SAYING HE. IS ESCALATING HIS PUSH. AGAINST VENEZUELA'S. MADURO WHO THE U.S. SAYS LEADS A NARCO. TERRORIST REGIME. THE PRESIDENT. CONFIRMING HE. AUTHORIZED THE CIA TO. OPERATE THERE. >> DOES THE CIA HAVE. AUTHORITY TO TAKE OUT. MADURO? >> I DON'T WANT TO. ANSWER A QUESTION LIKE. THAT. THAT'S A RIDICULOUS. QUESTION FOR ME TO BE. GIVEN. NOT REALLY A.

RIDICULOUS QUESTION. WOULDN'T IT BE A. RIDICULOUS QUESTION. FOR ME TO ANSWER? I THINK VENEZUELA IS. FEELING HEAT. A LOT OF OTHER. COUNTRIES ARE FEELING. HEAT, TOO. >> Reporter: THERE'S. CONTROVERSY TONIGHT. OVER THE LEGALITY OF. THE U.S. STRIKES ON. THOSE BOATS, WITH SOME. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, INCLUDING REPUBLICANS, DEMANDING ANSWERS. ASKING FOR THE VIDEOS. OF THE STRIKES. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS. REFUSING, SIX SOURCES. TOLD NBC NEWS. ONE SOURCE SAYING. AFTER A BRIEFING A FEW. WEEKS AGO THAT. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS. WERE UPSET BRIEFERS. WERE UNABLE TO ANSWER.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE. OPERATIONS. >> COURTNEY JOINS US. LIVE. YOU ARE TRACKING. ANOTHER DEVELOPING. STORY. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH'S PLANE HAD TO. MAKE AN EMERGENCY. LANDING? >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. THE SECRETARY'S PLANE. DIVERTED TO ENGLAND ON. THE FLIGHT BACK FROM A. NATO MEETING IN. BRUSSELS AFTER. SUFFERING A CRACKED. WINDSHIELD. THAT'S ACCORDING TO. THE PENTAGON. SPOKESPERSON. THE SECRETARY DID NOT. HAVE ANY PRESS WITH. HIM ON THIS TRIP. >> COURTNEY KUBE. LEADING US OFF. >>> TO THE MIDDLE EAST. AND NEW ACCUSATIONS.

HAMAS IS VIOLATING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PEACE DEAL. THE U.S. MILITARY IS. WARNING HAMAS IT MUST. DISARM. MATT BRADLEY IS IN. ISRAEL TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AN OUTPOURING OF. GRIEF. ISRAELIS LINING THE. STREET FOR A FUNERAL. OF A HOSTAGE. HIS BODY RETURNED THIS. WEEK. THEY KILLED MY SOUL. AND MY HEART, HIS. FATHER SAYS. NOW ISRAEL ACCUSING. HAMAS OF VIOLATING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PEACE DEAL BY NOT. RETURNING THE REMAINS.

OF 28 HOSTAGES. TWO MORE TONIGHT. TEN BY HAMAS SO FAR. ISRAEL SAYS TESTS SHOW. THE BODY OF ONE OF. THEM WAS NOT A. HOSTAGE. HAMAS TONIGHT SAYING. IT HAS RETURNED ALL. BODIES IT HAS BEEN. ABLE TO REACH AMID THE. DESTRUCTION IN GAZA. >> WE HAVE THE LIVING. HOSTAGES ALL BACK. THEY RETURNED SOME. MORE TODAY. IT'S A GRUESOME. PROCESS. I ALMOST HATE TO TALK. ABOUT IT. THEY ARE DIGGING. IT'S A HORRIBLE. ATROCITY. >> Reporter: AFTER THE. IMAGES OF HAMAS.

CONDUCTING PUBLIC. EXECUTION ON GAZA. STREETS, A STARK. WARNING FROM THE. COMMANDER OF U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND. WRITING, WE STRONGLY. URGE HAMAS TO. IMMEDIATELY SUSPEND. VIOLENCE AND SHOOTING. AT INNOCENT. PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS. IN GAZA. HAMAS SHOULD DISARM. WITHOUT DELAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN. DEMANDING HAMAS. DISARM. >> WE WANT THE WEAPONS. TO BE GIVEN UP. NOW THEY HAVE TO DO. IT. IF THEY DON'T DO IT, WE WILL DO IT. >> Reporter: PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. ARE TRYING TO RETURN. TO THEIR HOMES AND. NORMAL LIVES.

AMIDST A LANDSCAPE. RAVAGED BY TWO YEARS. OF WAR. I HAD TO BURN MY. CHILDREN'S CLOTHES SO. I CAN COOK FOR THEM, SAID THIS WOMAN. WE HAVE SUFFERED FROM. EVERYTHING. THE HUNGER WAS. SOMETHING ELSE. >> MATT JOINS US FROM. TEL AVIV. THE PRESIDENT KEEPS. THREATENING HAMAS TO. DISARM. HE SAYS THE U.S. MILITARY WON'T BE. INVOLVED? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT. HE SAID HE DIDN'T. REVEAL -- HE WOULDN'T. REVEAL HOW HE WOULD. GET HAMAS TO DISARM. HE DID TELL CNN THAT.

ISRAEL COULD RESTART. ITS WAR IN THE GAZA. STRIP AS SOON AS TRUMP. GAVE THE WORD. AS FOR THE SEARCH FOR. THE HOSTAGE REMAINS, AN INTERNATIONAL BODY. COULD GO IN TO TRY TO. SEARCH FOR THEM. >> MATT BRADLEY. >>> TO AN EMERGENCY. LANDING INVOLVING AN. AMERICAN AIRLINES. FLIGHT FROM L.A. TO. NEW YORK. THE PLANE FORCED TO. TURN AROUND IN MIDAIR. BECAUSE THE AIR INSIDE. POSSIBLY TOO DANGEROUS. TO BREATHE. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: ON THE. RUNWAY AT LAX --. >> WE HAVE A SMOKE. FILLED AIRLINE.

>> Reporter: AN A-321. TURNING AROUND, LANDING AND SHUTTING. DOWN ITS ENGINES AFTER. FUMES BEGAN FILLING. THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. >> I DO TASTE IT IN MY. MOUTH. WE GOT OUR MASKS ON. >> Reporter: POTENTIALLY THE LATEST. CASE OF NOXIOUS FUMES, OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A. DIRTY FEET SMELL. PAST INCIDENTS HAVE. INCLUDED FLIGHT. ATTENDANTS AND PILOTS. REPORTING HEADACHES, DIZZINESS. EVEN SUSPECTED BRAIN. INJURIES. THE LIKELY CAUSE IN. THOSE CASES, OIL OR.

HYDRAULIC FLUID. LEAKING INTO THE BLEED. AIR SYSTEM, WHICH. PULLS OUTSIDE AIR. THROUGH THE ENGINE AND. INTO THE CABIN. A COMMON DESIGN. A RECENT "WALL STREET. JOURNAL" INVESTIGATION. FOUND MORE CASES. INVOLVING THE AIRBUS. A-320. >> I WAS HAVING. TROUBLE PROCESSING, MEMORY ISSUES. I HAD TO CHANGE MY. DIET DUE TO THE. CHEMICALS THAT WERE. MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH. MY BODY. >> I HAVE SEEN OVER. 100 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. AND HALF A DOZEN.

PILOTS WITH THIS. CONDITION. >> Reporter: IN. RESPONSE, DELTA IS NOW. REPLACING THE POWER. UNITS ON ALL OF ITS. AIRBUS A-320s. AIRBUS SAID THEY ARE. DESIGNED AND. MANUFACTURED ACCORDING. TO ALL RELEVANT AND. APPLICABLE. AIRWORTHINESS. REQUIREMENTS. THE FAA INSISTS CABIN. AIR IS SAFE. THE NATION'S FLIGHT. ATTENDANT AND PILOT. UNIONS ARE CALLING FOR. ENGINE FILTERS TO KEEP. TOXIC FUMES FROM. MAKING THEIR WAY INTO. A PLANE. >> TOM COSTELLO FOR. US.

>>> TO THE EMERGENCY. DECLARATION FROM ONE. MAJOR COUNTY IN. RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN ON. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. IT COMES AS WE GET NEW. VIDEO OF A HIGH SPEED. CHASE INVOLVING BORDER. PATROL. HERE IS GABE. GUTIERREZ. >> Reporter: LOS. ANGELES COUNTY. DECLARING A STATE OF. EMERGENCY. THE BOARD OF. SUPERVISORS VOTING TO. ALLOW TAXPAYER FUNDS. TO HELP UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR. FAMILIES PAY FOR RENT. AND LEGAL AID IF THEY. ARE IMPACTED BY.

FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT. OPERATIONS. >> I WANT OUR. IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. TO KNOW WE ARE IN THIS. EMERGENCY WITH THEM. WE SEE THEM. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. >> Reporter: IT COMES. AS DRAMATIC. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. EMERGES OF AN I.C.E. ARREST IN CHICAGO. HOMELAND SECURITY. OFFICIALS SAY AN. UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT. IN THAT SUV TRIED TO. FLEE AN ARREST. TUESDAY, RAMMING INTO. A BORDER PATROL. VEHICLE. DHS SAYS THE BORDER. PATROL VEHICLE SMASHED. INTO THE SUV TO STOP.

IT PROMPTING A CHASE. ON FOOT. LATER, A HOSTILE CROWD. GATHERING THROWING. EGGS AND ROCKS AT. FEDERAL OFFICERS. TEAR GAS DEPLOYED. THIS VIDEO SHOWS A MAN. AND WOMAN RUNNING WITH. A BABY IN A CAR SEAT. AWAY FROM THE SMOKE. >> I.C.E. HAS. CONTINUED TO. TERRORIZE, INTIMIDATE. AND CREATE FEAR AMONG. OUR MEMBERS. >> Reporter: THIS MAN. ARGUES DEMOCRATIC. LEADERS HAVE FUELLED. THE FIRE BY. ANTAGONIZING THE. PRESIDENT. DO YOU SUPPORT THE.

PRESIDENT'S CRACKDOWN. ON CRIME IN MAJOR. CITIES? >> I ABSOLUTELY. SUPPORT ANY EFFORT TO. MAKE OUR CITIES SAFER. WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT. TO ACCEPT THE. PRESIDENT'S HELP? >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT VOWING A NEW. FEDERAL SURGE IN MORE. U.S. CITIES TO FIGHT. CRIME. >> IF WE DIDN'T HAVE. TO FIGHT ALL OF THE. RADICAL LEFT. GOVERNORS, WE COULD. HAVE HAD CHICAGO TAKEN. CARE OF. >> Reporter: IN LOS. ANGELES, ONE COUNTY. OFFICIAL VOTED AGAINST. THAT EMERGENCY. DECLARATION. ARGUING IT WASN'T. MEANT FOR THAT. PURPOSE.

WILL INVITE LEGAL. CHALLENGES. >> GABE, WE THANK YOU. >>> NEW FALLOUT OVER. RACIST TEXT MESSAGES. EXCHANGED AMONG A. GROUP OF YOUNG. REPUBLICAN LEADERS AND. THE DEMOCRAT NOW UNDER. FIRE FOR INCENDIARY. MESSAGES HE SENT. HERE IS HALLIE. JACKSON. >> Reporter: FALLOUT. TONIGHT FROM A RACIST. AND VIOLENT GROUP CHAT. INVOLVING LEADERS OF. SOME YOUNG REPUBLICAN. GROUPS AS REPORTED BY. POLITICO. OBTAINING MORE THAN. SEVEN MONTHS OF. TELEGRAM MESSAGES IN. WHICH THEY SAY MEMBERS.

MUSE ABOUT USING GAS. CHAMBERS AGAINST. POLITICAL OPPONENTS. I'M READY TO WATCH. PEOPLE BURN NOW, ONE. PERSON RESPONDS. ANOTHER DESCRIBING. RAPE AS EPIC. THE CHAT INCLUDES. ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS. AND RACIAL SLURS. AGAINST BLACK, LATINO, ASIAN PEOPLE AND OTHER. EPITHETS USED MORE. THAN 250 TIMES. ONE PERSON AFTER BEING. TOLD BACKERS WOULD. SUPPORT THE MOST RIGHT. WING CANDIDATE FOR A. LEADERSHIP ROLE. RESPONDED, GREAT, I. LOVE HITLER. SOMEONE WRITES, IF WE. HAD A LEAK OF THIS.

CHAT, WE WOULD BE. COOKED. NBC NEWS HAS NOT. INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED. THE MESSAGES WHICH. INVOLVED STRATEGISTS. IN NEW YORK, ARIZONA, KANSAS AND VERMONT, INCLUDING A STATE. SENATOR THERE. >> IT'S REVOLTING. IT'S DISGUSTING. IT'S OBNOXIOUS. IT'S THE KIND OF. GARBAGE THE WORST. KINDS OF PEOPLE SAY. WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE. IS WATCHING. >> Reporter: NOW AT. LEAST THREE PEOPLE. INVOLVED IN THE CHAT. ARE REPORTEDLY OUT OF. A JOB. THE KANSAS YOUNG.

REPUBLICANS. DEACTIVATED. MANY CONDEMNING THE. HATEFUL RHETORIC. >> DISGUSTING, IF THEY. HAVE GOVERNMENT JOBS, THEY SHOULD BE FIRED. REPREHENSIBLE. >> Reporter: JD VANCE. DOWNPLAYING THE. MESSAGES. >> I DON'T WANT US TO. GROW UP IN A COUNTRY. WHERE A KID TELLING A. STUPID JOKE, TELLING A. VERY OFFENSIVE STUPID. JOKE IS CAUSE TO RUIN. THEIR LIVES. WE'RE NOT CANCELLING. KIDS BECAUSE THEY DO. SOMETHING STUPID IN A. GROUP CHAT. >> Reporter: IN AN. EARLIER POST, VANCE. REFUSES TO, IN HIS. WORDS, JOIN THE PEARL.

CLUTCHING, SAYING. WHAT'S FAR WORSE ARE. THE VIOLENT TEXT. MESSAGES THAT HAVE. UPENDED VIRGINIA. POLITICS. THE DEMOCRATIC. CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY. GENERAL THERE IN 2022. SUGGESTING ONE OF THE. STATE'S TOP. REPUBLICANS SHOULD. GET, QUOTE, TWO. BULLETS TO THE HEAD. JAY JONES DAYS AGO. APOLOGIZING. >> I'M DEEPLY SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER. DONE IT. IT'S VERY EMBARRASSING. TO ME. >> Reporter: ANYONE. INVOLVED SHOULD RESIGN. AND THE GOVERNOR OF. VERMONT IS CALLING ON. A SENATOR TO DO THAT. THAT LAWMAKER HAS.

PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED. BUT STOPPED SHORT OF. STEPPING DOWN. >> HALLIE JACKSON FOR. US. >>> TO A 40-YEAR-OLD. MURDER COLD CASE WHICH. PROSECUTORS SAY IS. FINALLY SOLVED. AUTHORITIES ON LONG. ISLAND ANNOUNCING AN. ARREST IN THE MURDER. OF A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL. BACK IN 1984. IT CRACKED OPEN THANKS. TO DNA ON A STRAW. HERE IS STEPHANIE. GOSK. >> Reporter: DNA ON. THIS CUP BROKE A. MURDER CASE THAT HAS. HAUNTED LONG ISLAND. FOR DECADES. >> HER LIFE WAS. VIOLENTLY STOLEN FROM.

HER MORE THAN 40 YEARS. AGO. THE PAST IS NEVER. FORGOTTEN. MY OFFICE NEVER GIVES. UP ON A VICTIM. >> WHY DID YOU KILL. HER? >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY THEY. HAVE 16-YEAR-OLD. THERESA'S KILLER IN. CUSTODY. HE IS CHARGED WITH THE. 1984 RAPE AND MURDER. SHE WAS LAST SEEN. CLOCKING OUT FOR THE. NIGHT AT THE ROLLER. RINK. HER BODY FOUND DAYS. LATER DUMPED IN A. WOODEN AREA NEARBY. THREE MEN WERE.

WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. BACK IN THE '80s. THOSE CONVICTIONS WERE. LATER OVERTURNED. PROSECUTORS SAY NEW. LEADS LAST YEAR HELPED. THEM ZERO ON THIS MAN. >> HE PROFESSES HIS. INNOCENCE. HE PLED NOT GUILTY. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS OBTAINED. A SAMPLE OF HIS DNA. FROM THIS CUP IN A. TRASH CAN OUTSIDE A. SMOOTHIE SHOP. IT MATCHED DNA FROM. THE CRIME SCENE. THERESA'S FATHER SAID. HE NEVER GAVE UP HOPE. THIS DAY WOULD COME. >> IT'S HEARTBREAKING. TO GO THROUGH OVER AND. OVER AGAIN. THIS SEEMS LIKE A.

FINALIZATION. I'M VERY GRATEFUL. >> Reporter: ACCORDING. TO PROSECUTORS, POLICE. ASKED HIM WHY HIS DNA. MATCHED THE DECADES. OLD CRIME SCENE. HE RESPONDED, PEOPLE. GOT AWAY WITH MURDER. BACK THEN. TODAY, THE 63-YEAR-OLD. IS GOING TO TRIAL AND. COULD FACE THE REST OF. HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS. >>> WE WILL BE BACK. WITH THE FRIGHTENING. VIDEO. A COUPLE HELD AT. GUNPOINT IN THEIR OWN. DRIVEWAY. HOW THE ALLEGED. ATTACKERS USED AIRTAGS. TO TRACK THEM DOWN.

>>> TO A FRIGHTENING. ARMED HOME INVASION. CAUGHT ON CAMERA. INVESTIGATORS IN. FLORIDA BELIEVE THE. SUSPECTS WERE TRACKING. THE VICTIMS USING AN. APPLE AIRTAG. JESSE KIRSCH WITH A. WARNING TONIGHT FROM. POLICE. >> Reporter: THIS IS. THE MOMENT TWO. SUSPECTS AMBUSHED A. FLORIDA COUPLE AT. GUNPOINT NEAR TAMPA, FORCING THEM INTO. THEIR GARAGE BEFORE. THE ALARM WENT OFF AND. THE SUSPECTS FLED. >> STEP OUT OF THE CAR. REAL QUICK FOR ME. >> Reporter: TWO. MONTHS LATER, POLICE. HAVE CAUGHT THE.

ATTACKERS, THANKS TO. SOMETHING VERY SMALL. TAPED UNDER THE. VICTIMS' VEHICLE. >> THE SEARCH OF THEIR. VEHICLE OUR DETECTIVES. DID FIND THAT WIRE. TAG. THAT BROKE THE CASE. FOR US. >> Reporter: PEOPLE. USE AIRTAGS TO TRACK. EVERYTHING FROM THEIR. CAR KEYS TO LUGGAGE. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. SAY THEY TIE THAT. AIRTAG TO A MAN. ARRESTED LAST WEEK. ALONG WITH A. 32-YEAR-OLD. HOW WORRIED SHOULD. PEOPLE BE ABOUT SOME.

RANDOM PERSON DROPPING. A TRACKING DEVICE ON. THEIR CAR ON THEIR WAY. HOME? >> I DON'T THINK THEY. SHOULD BE PARANOID. ABOUT IT. KEEP YOUR SITUATIONAL. AWARENESS ABOUT. YOURSELF. APRILING -- APPLE. SAYING -- PEOPLE CAN.

GET ALERTS ABOUT. NEARBY TRACKING. DEVICES LIKE AIRTAGS. POLICE SAY IN THIS. CASE, THE VICTIMS WERE. NOT NOTIFIED. >> TYPICALLY, IT'S ON. YOUR SETTINGS WHETHER. YOU CAN BE NOTIFIED. WHETHER THE AIRTAG. POPS ON YOUR PHONE OR. NOT. >> Reporter: THE. COUPLE ASKING NOT TO. BE NAMED BUT TELLING. NBC NEWS THAT THEY ARE. DISAPPOINTED SOME ARE. USING TECHNOLOGY TO. TAG AND FOLLOW. INNOCENT PEOPLE TO. CAUSE HARM INSTEAD OF. GOOD. POLICE ARE STILL. SEARCHING FOR A MOTIVE. AS THE INVESTIGATION. CONTINUES. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC. NEWS. >>> BACK IN A MOMENT. WITH A DRAMATIC CAR. EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON. CAMERA. NOW, AUTHORITIES ARE. CALLING IT AN ACT OF. TERRORISM.

>>> THE NEW. MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE. DETECTED IN THE U.S. IT'S NOT WEST NILE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. NEXT. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH A TRUCK EXPLOSION. CAPTURED ON VIDEO. THAT TRUCK EXPLODED. NEAR A MALL IN ECUADOR. KILLING ONE PERSON AND. HURTING SEVERAL. OTHERS. AUTHORITIES CALLING IT. AN ACT OF TERRORISM. EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL WAS. FOUND IN ANOTHERVEHICLE THAT.

DID NOT GO OFF. >>> LOOK AT THIS, THE. MOMENT A GRAIN. ELEVATOR COLLAPSES IN. RURAL ILLINOIS. YOU CAN SEE THAT. MASSIVE SMOKE CLOUD. SENDING WORKERS. RUNNING FOR COVER. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT . LUCKILY, AGAIN, NO. INJURIES WERE. REPORTED. >>> WE ARE TRACKING. ALARMING HEALTH NEWS. AFTER NEW YORK HEALTH. OFFICIALS CONFIRMED A. LOCALLY TRANSMITTED. CASE OF A VIRUS THAT'S. THE FIRST TIME THE. MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESS. HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE. U.S. IN YEARS. IT'S RARELY FATAL.

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE. FEVER, INTENSE JOINT. PAIN AND HEADACHES. >>> CHECK OUT THIS. FIREFIGHTER RESCUING A. TRAPPED DOG FROM. RISING FLOODWATERS IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. YOU CAN SEE THE. FIREFIGHTER CLIMBING. DOWN THE LADDER TO. SAVE THE PUG BEFORE. SHE WAS BROUGHT BACK. ON DRY GROUND. THE DOG DOESN'T HAVE A. NAME. THE WEBSITE FOR. VENTURA COUNTY ANIMAL. SERVICES SAYS SHE CAN. BE ADOPTED AS SOON AS. THIS WEEKEND IF AN. OWNER DOESN'T COME. FORWARD. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE'S GOOD NEWS. ABOUT ONE MORE.

FIREFIGHTER. THIS ONE HAD TO BE. RESCUED FROM THE. FLAMES, HOSPITALIZED. AT THE SAME TIME AS. HIS NEWBORN CHILD. THEIR EMOTIONAL. REUNION AFTER FIGHTING. FOR THEIR LIVES. THAT'S NEXT. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A. STORY ABOUT ONE. FIREFIGHTER'S BRAVERY. AND COURAGE TO. OVERCOME THE ODDS AND. HIS WILL TO SURVIVE TO. MEET HIS NEWBORN SON. HERE IS PRISCILLA. THOMPSON. >> IT FELL ON THE. FIREMAN. >> Reporter: THIS IS.

THE MOMENT THE ROOF OF. A BURNING HOME FELL ON. 26-YEAR-OLD CALEB. TRAPPING HIM IN THE. FLAMES. >> GET HIM OUT! >> Reporter: FOR A. MINUTE AND 45 SECONDS. HIS FELLOW. FIREFIGHTERS STRUGGLED. TO GET HIM OUT. >> I THOUGHT I WAS. GOING TO DIE, BECAUSE. IT WAS SO HOT. >> Reporter: FINALLY, HE WAS FREED. >> THE FIRST THING I. SAID WHEN THEY PULLED. ME OUT, I SAID, I HAVE. A BABY IN THE NICU. DO NOT LET ME DIE. >> Reporter: HE AND. HIS WIFE HAD WELCOMED. THEIR FIRST CHILD, BORN 13 WEEKS EARLY,

WEIGHING LESS THAN TWO. POUNDS. BABY HUDSON WAS STILL. IN THE NICU WHEN HIS. DAD BEGAN THE FIGHT OF. HIS LIFE. WITH A DISLOCATED KNEE. AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS. ON THE ENTIRE LEFT. SIDE OF HIS BODY, CALEB SPENT MORE THAN. A MONTH IN THE BURN. UNIT UNDERGOING. SURGERY AND SKIN. GRAPHS. FIGHTING --. >> Reporter: SO BIG. HI. FOR THIS MOMENT. >> IT'S BEEN SO LONG. . >> Reporter: MY.

GOODNESS. HE IS ADORABLE. WHO CAME HOME FIRST? >> IT WAS A VERY CLOSE. RACE. CALEB CAME HOME. THEN --. >> I WON. >> ABOUT FOUR DAYS. LATER, HUDSON CAME. HOME. >> Reporter: THAT. FIRST TIME AFTER YOU. CAME HOME FROM THE. HOSPITAL AND YOU WERE. ABLE TO HOLD HIM? >> I WAS SITTING IN MY. CHAIEEP. SHE WALKS IN. I JUST -- JUST, THANK. GOD. JUST, THANK GOD. >> Reporter: A FAMILY. REUNITED AFTER A HARD. FOUGHT HOMECOMING. PRISCILLA THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, FT. WORTH,

TEXAS. >> WE THANK PRISCILLA. FOR THAT STORY. >>> WE THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING "NIGHTLY. NEWS" ON THIS. WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.