NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 16

>>> BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. JOHN BOLTON INDICTED. BY A GRAND JURY. FACING FEDERAL. CHARGES. BOLTON CHARGED WITH. MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION. THE INDICTMENT AFTER. THE FBI RAIDED HIS. HOME AND OFFICE. THE PRESIDENT PUBLICLY. CALLED FOR HIS. PROSECUTION. THE ACCUSATION TONIGHT. THAT HE SHARED TOP. SECRET INFORMATION. THROUGH HIS AOL.

ACCOUNT. >>> THE SECOND SUMMIT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCING HE PLANS TO. MEET WITH RUSSIAN. LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN. ONCE AGAIN. THE KEY WEAPON. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY WILL ASK FOR. TOMORROW AS HE MEETS. THE PRESIDENT. >>> THE MILITARY. SHAKEUP. THE ADMIRAL OVERSEEING. THE STRIKES AGAINST. ALLEGED DRUG RUNNING. BOATS IN THE CARIBBEAN. ANNOUNCING HE IS. RETIRING. >>> THE RESCUES AFTER. STORMS IN ALASKA. HOMES WASHING AWAY.

HUNDREDS INTO MILITARY. PLANES IN ONE OF THE. LARGEST AIRLIFT. OPERATIONS EVER THERE. >>> IS THE AI BUBBLE. ABOUT TO BURST ON WALL. STREET? THE NEW WARNING SIGNS. IS YOUR 401(K) SAFE? >>> THE "NIGHTLY NEWS". VIEWER WHO SAW OUR. SERIES AND REACHED OUT. AFTER HIS PROCEDURE. WAS DENIED TWICE. WHAT H HER. LATEST MUSIC VIDEO. >>> WE TAKE YOU ALONG. THE RARE VISIT THAT.

HAS STARS OF THE SUMO. SPORT SNAPPING PHOTOS, GREETING FANS, CROSSING ABBY ROAD. "NIGHTLY NEWS". STARTING RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS "NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH TOM. LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING. WE ARE COMING ON WITH. MORE BREAKING NEWS. FORMER TRUMP NATIONAL. SECURITY ADVISOR JOHN. BOLTON, WHO BECAME A. FIERCE CRITIC OF THE. PRESIDENT, HAS JUST. BEEN INDICTED.

HE IS ACCUSED OF. MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE. BOLTON TRANSCRIBED. NOTES INTO WORD. DOCUMENTS AND SENT TOP. SECRET INFORMATION. THROUGH HIS AOL EMAIL. ACCOUNT AND SHARED. 1,000 PAGES OF. INFORMATION WITH HIS. FAMILY. THE FBI SWARMED. BOLTON'S HOME AND. OFFICE THIS SUMMER AS. PART OF THE. INVESTIGATION. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY. CALLING BOLTON, QUOTE, A BAD PERSON. BOLTON LATE TONIGHT. SAYING, I HAVE BECOME. THE LATEST TARGET IN. WEAPONIZING THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. BOLTON IS THE THIRD. TRUMP CRITIC TO BE. INDICTED BY THE.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN. RECENT WEEKS. FORMER FBI DIRECTOR. COMEY AND LETITIA. JAMES ARE FACING. CHARGES. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED. FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE. INDICTED. WE START TONIGHT WITH. LAURA JARRETT. >> Reporter: HE ONCE. SERVED AS THE NATIONAL. SECURITY ADVISOR FOR. THE PRESIDENT. TONIGHT, JOHN BOLTON. FACING 18 COUNTS OF. MISHANDLING NATIONAL. DEFENSE INFORMATION, INDICTED BY A FEDERAL. GRAND JURY IN. MARYLAND. PRESIDENT TRUMP. REACTING TONIGHT JUST.

AS THE INDICTMENT WAS. MADE PUBLIC. >> I THINK HE IS A BAD. GUY, YEAH. HE IS A BAD GUY. >> Reporter: BOLTON'S. FEUD WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP WELL DOCUMENTED. PUBLISHING A MEMOIR IN. 2020, DETAILING HIS. TIME IN THE FIRST. TRUMP WHITE HOUSE. THE METICULOUS NOTES. HE KEPT WHILE WORKING. FOR TRUMP NOW AT THE. CENTER OF TONIGHT'S. INDICTMENT. PROSECUTORS ALLEGING. BOLTON OFTEN TOOK. HANDWRITTEN NOTES ON A. YELLOW PAD. TRANSCRIBING THEM INTO.

WORD DOCUMENTS AND. THEN SECRETLY EMAILING. TWO FAMILY MEMBERS. DIARY LIKE ENTRIES, INCLUDING DETAILS. ABOUT FUTURE ATTACKS. AND FOREIGN. ADVERSARIES SPANNING. OVER 1,000 PAGES. PROSECUTORS ADDING. YEARS AFTER HE LEFT. OFFICE, SOMEONE. BELIEVED TO BE. ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN. HACKED BOLTON'S. PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT. AND GAINED. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO. THE CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION. BOLTON'S ATTORNEY. SAYING HE DID NOT. SHARE OR STORE ANY. INFORMATION. ADDING, BOLTON KEPT.

DIARIES, THAT'S NOT A. CRIME. FOR YEARS NOW, BOLTON. AND TRUMP HAVE TRADED. BARBS WITH THE. PRESIDENT CRITICIZING. >> CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION THAT'S. ILLEGAL. YOU GO TO JAIL FOR. THAT. >> Reporter: BOLTON. MAINTAINED THE BOOK HE. PUBLISHED CONTAINED NO. BANNED MATERIAL. A PROBE ENDED WITH NO. CHARGES. THIS SUMMER THE FBI. CONDUCTED SEARCHES OF. HIS HOME AND OFFICE. OFFICIALS SEEN WITH. BOXES IN HAND. SEIZING HIS PHONES AND.

COMPUTERS. >> HE HAS COME AFTER. ME AND SEVERAL OTHERS. IN WITHDRAWING. PROTECTION THAT WE. HAD. I THINK IT'S A. RETRIBUTION. PRESIDENCY. >> WE SAID JOHN BOLTON. RELEASED A STATEMENT. HE IS GOING AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> Reporter: IT'S. LENGTHY. HE IS THE LATEST. TARGET IN WEAPONIZING. THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT. MAKING A COMPARISON TO. STALIN. HE SAID THIS IS NOT.

JUST ABOUT HIS FOCUS. ON ME OR MY DIARIES. BUT HIS EFFORT TO. INTIMIDATE. >> LAURA JARRETT, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. >>> TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE. WILL HOLD A SECOND. SUMMIT MEETING WITH. VLADIMIR PUTIN TO TRY. AND END THE WAR IN. UKRAINE. ALL AFTER HIS CRITICAL. PHONE CALL WITH THE. RUSSIAN LEADER EARLY. TODAY. HERE IS PETER. ALEXANDER WITH. DETAILS. >> Reporter: AFTER. SECURING THAT HISTORIC. BUT FRAGILE PASS DEAL. BETWEEN ISRAEL AND. HAMAS THAT FREED THE. LAST REMAINING. HOSTAGES, PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS TURNING TO. THE RUSSIA/UKRAINE WAR. THAT SHOWS NO SIGN OF. ENDING. >> VERY PRODUCTIVE.

>> Reporter: A. TWO-HOUR CALL WITH. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE PRESIDENT. ANNOUNCING THAT SECOND. MEETING BETWEEN THE. TWO IN BUDAPEST. NO DATE HAS BEEN SET. IT FOLLOWS THE FACE TO. FACE IN ALASKA THAT. MADE NO PROGRESS. FUELLED PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S FRUSTRATION. WITH PUTIN. >> I THOUGHT THIS. WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY. TO SETTLE. >> Reporter: THE DAY. BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOSTS ZELENSKYY. ZELENSKYY HAS BEEN.

PRESSING THE PRESIDENT. TO APPROVE THE SALE OF. U.S. TOMAHAWK MISSILES. THAT WOULD ALLOW. UKRAINE TO STRIKE. DEEPER INTO RUSSIAN. TERRITORY. NO COMMITMENTS FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> WE NEED TOMAHAWKS. FOR THE UNITED STATES. OF AMERICA, TOO. WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM. WE NEED THEM. WE CAN'T DEPLETE FOR. OUR COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE. CAN DO ABOUT THAT. >> Reporter: A NEW. WARNING FROM THE. PRESIDENT ABOUT HIS. MIDEAST PEACE DEAL. RESPONDING TO THE. VIDEOS SHOWING HAMAS.

CONDUCTING PUBLIC. EXECUTIONS. IF HAMAS CONTINUES TO. KILL PEOPLE IN GAZA, NOT THE DEAL, WE WILL. HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO. GO IN AND KILL THEM. WHILE AGAIN SAYING. U.S. TROOPS WOULD NOT. BE INVOLVED IN A FIGHT. AGAINST HAMAS. >> THEY ALSO SAID THEY. WILL BEHAVE. WE WILL FIND OUT IF. THEY BEHAVE. IF THEY BEHAVE GOOD, IF THEY DON'T BEHAVE, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF. IT. >> ANOTHER HEADLINE. YOU ARE TRACKING, PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCING A DEAL FOR.

A DISCOUNT ON A. POPULAR FERTILITY. TREATMENT? >> Reporter: HIS. ADMINISTRATION HAS. NEGOTIATED LOWER. PRICES WITH THE MAKER. OF KEY FERTILITY. DRUGS. EACH IVF CYCLE CAN. COST TENS OF THOUSANDS. OF DOLLARS. THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN. WOULD NOT MANDATE. INSURANCE COVER IVF. >>> THE ADMIRAL. OVERSEEING THE U.S. STRIKES ON DRUG BOATS.

NEAR VENEZUELA IS. STEPPING DOWN. COURTNEY KUBE JOINS. US. THIS COP COMES AS A. SURPRISE. >> Reporter: THE. COMMANDER OF U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND SAID. HE IS RETIRING AFTER. JUST ONE YEAR ON THE. JOB. HIS COMMAND IS. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE. DEADLY STRIKES ON. BOATS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAID. ARE BOATS CARRYING. DRUGS. IN A STATEMENT, HE. SAID IT'S BEEN AN. HONOR TO SERVE. HE DIDN'T SAY WHY HE.

WAS RETIRING. IT COMES AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. FLOATED THE IDEA OF. STRIKES AGAINST. CARTELS INSIDE. VENEZUELA. >>> TO THE DEVASTATION. IN ALASKA. RESCUES HAPPENING. RIGHT NOW. THOUSANDS FORCED TO. EVACUATE AFTER. FLOODWATERS SWEPT. COMMUNITIES AWAY. >> Reporter: ONE OF. THE LARGEST AIRLIFTS. IN ALASKA HISTORY. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

PACKING INTO MILITARY. PLANES AND HELICOPTERS. TO BE FLOWN 500 MILES. TO SAFETY AFTER A MASS. SUFFICIENT STORM. HAMMERED THE STATE. LEAVING PEOPLE TRAPPED. IN SEVERAL LOW LYING. VILLAGES ALONG. ALASKA'S WEST COAST. >> WASHED ALL THE WAY. UP. >> Reporter: REMNANTS. FROM A TYPHOON. ACCORDING TO STATE. POLICE, A 67-YEAR-OLD. WOMAN WAS KILLED. TWO FAMILY MEMBERS ARE. MISSING. >> SHE WAS THE KIND OF. PERSON THAT OPENED HER. DOORS TO PEOPLE. >> Reporter: SEVERAL.

RESCUED. SOME COMMUNITIES. NEARLY WIPED OUT AFTER. WATER LEVELS ROSE MORE. THAN SIX FEET ABOVE. NORMAL HIGH TIDE. HERE YOU CAN SEE ONE. OF THE MANY HOMES THAT. WAS SWEPT AWAY. >> A LOT OF HOUSES. WERE TAKEN OFF. FOUNDATIONS. A LOT OF HOUSES ARE. FLOATING DOWN THE. RIVER WITH PEOPLE IN. THEM. >> Reporter: UNABLE TO. RETURN HOME, 2,000. DISPLACED RESIDENTS. OVERWHELMING SHELTERS. IN THE REMOTE. COMMUNITIES, PROMPTING. AN URGENT EVACUATION. THE NATIONAL GUARD.

LIFTING EVACUEES TO. ANCHORAGE WHERE THEY. SET UP A LARGE. SHELTER. >> WE ANTICIPATE 1,400. PEOPLE IS THE NUMBER. THIS IS TRAUMATIC. FOLKS ARE COMING IN. WITH CLOTHES ON THEIR. BACK. >> Reporter: EVACUATIONS ARE. EXPECTED FOR MORE. DAYS. MANY TOWNS ARE. REACHABLE BY AIR OR. WATER. THE DESTRUCTION SO. LONG, THEY ARE CALLING. THIS A PROLONGED. RELIEF OPERATION THAT. COULD LAST FOR MONTHS. >>> THE DOW DROPPING. 300 POINTS. THIS YEAR THE STOCK. MARKET HAS BROKEN.

RECORDS. THAT'S FUELLING. CONCERNS WALL STREET. IS IN THE MIDST OF A. BUBBLE THAT COULD. BURST. HERE IS BRIAN CHEUNG. WITH WHAT IT MEANS FOR. YOUR 401(K). >> Reporter: IT'S. BRINGING BACK MEMORIES. OF THE DOTCOM BUST IN. 2001 OR THE HOUSING. CRISIS IN 2008. BREAKING NEW RECORDS. AS AN ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE BOOM. PUSHING SOME TO PUSH. MONEY INTO THE STOCK. MART. >> I THINK WE ARE --.

COULD WE BE IN THE. THIRD INNING? >> REALLY? >> I THINK IS JUST. TAKING OFF. >> THIRD INNING OF. INVESTMENT IN AI? >> SURE, SURE. >> Reporter: OTHERS. SUGGEST IT COULD BE. THE MAKINGS OF ANOTHER. FINANCIAL BUBBLE. >> THE PROBLEM WITH. BUBBLES IS IT'S HARD. TO KNOW IF THEY ARE. REALLY WHAT YOU THINK. THEY ARE. UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. >> Reporter: THE BIG. BANKS SEEING BOTH. SIDES OF THE COIN. KNOCKOUT EARNINGS THIS.

WEEK. SOME AT-RISK COMPANIES. MAY BE HIDING BEHIND. THIS ROARING STOCK. MARKET. >> WHEN YOU SEE ONE. COCKROACH, THERE'S. PROBABLY MORE. WE SHOULD -- EVERYONE. SHOULD BE FOREWARNED. >> Reporter: IT'S NOT. HIM. THEY EXPECT A SLOWDOWN. WITH SLIGHTLY. INCREASED INFLATION. THERE ARE MIXED SIGNS. FROM INVESTORS. THE S&P 500 BROKE. SEVERAL NEW RECORDS.

THIS YEAR. SO DID GOLD. SKEPTICAL TRADERS. TURNED TO WHAT'S A. SAFE ALTERNATIVE IN. UNCERTAIN TIMES. THE AVERAGE PERSON. WITH STOCKS, WHAT. SHOULD THEY DO IN THIS. MOMENT? >> REALLY, JUST STICK. IN THERE. DON'T MAKE ANY BIG. CHANGES. ANY SORT OF ATTEMPT AT. MARKET TIMING CAN FALL. FLAT. >> BRIAN JOINS US. LIVE. NOT EVERYONE IS IN THE. STOCK MARKET. >> Reporter: DATA. SHOWS ALMOST 40% OF. AMERICANS DON'T OWN. ANY STOCK.

THEY MISSED THE BOAT. ON THIS. RESEARCH SHOWING. THAT'S THE WEALTHIEST. LIKELY DRIVING THIS. ECONOMY. THEY HAVE BEEN. OUTSPENDING THE MIDDLE. CLASS, WHICH HAS BEEN. SPENDING FLAT. ALL THAT WAS POINTING. TO VERY MUCH A. DIVERGENCE IN THE. ECONOMY. >> BRIAN CHEUNG, THANK. YOU. >>> TO THE COST OF. DENIAL. OUR SERIES ON THE. CHALLENGES WITH. INSURANCE COMPANIES. THE VIEWER WHO SAW OUR. STORY SO SIMILAR TO. HIS HE REACHED OUT TO. US. ANNE THOMPSON ON HIS. BATTLE AND THE CARE HE. GOT. >> Reporter: THESE ARE.

AVID HIKERS. IN YEARS PAST, WALKING. >> 123 MILES. >> Reporter: NO BACK. PAIN? >> NO PAIN BACK. >> Reporter: PAIN FREE. IN ITALY AND IRELAND. NOW THE 68-YEAR-OLD. GRANDFATHER CAN'T WALK. MORE THAN TEN YARDS. HOW FAST DID THIS COME. ON? >> IT WENT FROM ZERO. TO HOLY CRAP. >> Reporter: ADAPTING. EVERY ACTIVITY TO LIVE.

BUT IT'S MINIMAL. >> Reporter: HIS. DOCTOR SAYS HE NEEDS. SPINAL RECONSTRUCTION. >> THIS IS THE. VERTEBRAE THAT'S. MOVED. >> Reporter: TO FUSE. VERTEBRAE AND TAKE. PRESSURE OFF NERVES. HIS INSURER SAID NO.

>> WE HAD DATES. PENCILLED IN IN EARLY. MAY FOR THE SURGERY. WE GET THE DECLINE. >> Reporter: THEY. DECLINED IT IN PART. BECAUSE YOU HADN'T HAD. PHYSICAL THERAPY? >> CORRECT. MY DOCTOR SAID, WE. CAN'T PHYSICAL THERAPY. YOUR BACK INTO. POSITION. >> Reporter: HE DID IT. ANYWAY. THE SURGERY WAS DENIED. AGAIN. >> IT'S HARD TO WATCH. SOMEONE YOU LOVE GOING. THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE. THAT. OKAY, WE CAN FIX THIS. THEN NOT BE ALLOWED TO. GET THAT DONE.

>> THEN THE PHYSICIAN. SAYS, WE WILL APPEAL. THERE'S AN APPEAL. PROCESS. >> Reporter: AN APPEAL. DIDN'T SEEM TO BE. GOING ANYWHERE. THEN HE TURNED ON THE. NEWS. >> ONE FAMILY'S. STRUGGLE TO GET. COVERAGE FOR THE. SURGERY NEEDED. >> WE SEE THIS STORY. THE COST OF DENIAL, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT A WOMAN WHO. HAS SEVERE BACK PAIN. WHO HAS HAD MULTIPLE. DENIALS FROM THE SAME. INSURANCE COMPANY. WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER.

LIKE, THAT'S US. RIGHT? >> Reporter: LIKE THAT. STORY, WITHIN 24 HOURS. OF NBC NEWS REACHING. OUT, HE LEARNED THIS. >> I GET AN EMAIL FROM. AETNA SAYING, WE HAVE. APPROVED YOUR. PROCEDURE. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS. A COINCIDENCE. >> Reporter: AETNA. TELLS NBC NEWS THAT. THE DOCTOR HAD TWO. OPPORTUNITIES TO. ENGAGE WITH ITS. MEDICAL TEAM AND. DECLINED TO DO SO. AFTER NBC NEWS. CONTACTED AETNA, THE. COMPANY SAYS IT. PROACTIVELY CONTACTED.

HIS PHYSICIAN. FOR DOCUMENTATION THAT. HAD NOT BEEN. PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED. THEY NOW SAY THEY PLAN. TO COVER THE SPINAL. SURGERY. HE DISPUTES THE. INFORMATION WAS NOT. PROVIDED WHEN AETNA. REQUESTED IT AND HIS. DOCTOR DECLINED TO. TALK TO US. NOW HE LOOKS FORWARD. TO THE DAY HE CAN PICK. UP HIS GRANDCHILDREN. AGAIN. WHAT HAS THIS DENIAL. COST YOU? >> WELL, IF I GET THE. SURGERY ON THE 21st OF. OCTOBER, WHICH IS THE. SCHEDULE, BY THE TIME. I RECOVER, I WILL HAVE. LOST A YEAR OF NORMAL. LIFE.

>> Reporter: TIME HE. WILL NEVER GET BACK. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC. NEWS, WICHITA, KANSAS. >> WE THANK ANNE FOR. THAT. >>> THE RISE IN ROBO. CALLS AND WHAT YOU CAN. DO. THAT'S NEXT. >>> BACK WITH THE. FRUSTRATION THAT. VIRTUALLY EVERY. AMERICAN EXPERIENCES. DAILY. THE ROBOCALLS AND. TEXTS. IF IT FEELS LIKE YOU. ARE GETTING MORE THAN.

EVER, NEW DATA SHOWS. YOU ARE RIGHT. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: NEARLY. EVERYONE WITH A. CELLPHONE GETS THEM. >> CALLING IN. REFERENCE TO YOUR. FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN. >> THIS MESSAGE IS. FROM THE LOAN. DEPARTMENT. IT'S IMPERATIVE I. SPEAK WITH YOU AS SOON. AS POSSIBLE BEFORE. THIS PRE-APPROVAL. EXPIRES. >> Reporter: SPAM AND. SCAMS. >> I KEEP GETTING SPAM. CALLS. >> Reporter: SPAM. ROBOCALLS ARE UP 20%. TO A SIX-YEAR HIGH.

>> THEY COME FROM. MULTIPLE DIFFERENT. AREA CODES THROUGHOUT. THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE NONSTOP. >> Reporter: 420. MILLION MORE CALLS. EACH MONTH AS. CRIMINALS USE AI TO. TRICK VICTIMS. >> THEY NEED JUST A. TINY PERCENTAGE OF. THEM TO WORK. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY. HAVE GOT THOUSANDS OF. DOLLARS THEY DIDN'T. HAVE BEFORE. >> Reporter: MOST. PEOPLE HANG UP. THE AVERAGE VICTIM. LOSES ALMOST $3,700. FEWER THAN HALF THE. PHONE COMPANIES HAVE.

INSTALLED THE FCC. REQUIRED CALLER I.D. OR FILTERS TO BLOCK. THE CALLS. THE U.S. TELECOM. INDUSTRY TELLS NBC. NEWS, THE CALLS HAVE. BEEN DECLINING. PHONE COMPANIES HAVE. ROLLED OUT BLOCKING. AND LABELING TO TRACE. THEM TO THEIR SOURCE. AND WORK WITH LAW. ENFORCEMENT TO SHUT. THEM DOWN. THE EXPERT ADVICE, DON'T ANSWER ANY CALL. OR TEXT FROM A NUMBER. YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE. DELETE AND REPORT THEM.

ON YOUR CELLPHONE. NEVER PROVIDE PERSONAL. INFORMATION OR CREDIT. CARD INFORMATION. >> THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH BREAKING. NEWS. WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT. THE DEATH OF ONE OF. THE FOUNDING MEMBERS. OF THE ROCK BAND KISS. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH. SAD NEWS. ACE FREHLEY DIED. HE WAS 74. HIS FAMILY RELEASING A. STATEMENT LATE. TONIGHT. HE DIDN'T JUST SHRED. ON THE GUITAR WITH. KISS.

HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS. SOLO CAREER. >>> DIANE KEATON'S. FAMILY REVEALING HER. CAUSE OF DEATH. THE ACTRESS DIED OF. PNEUMONIA. IT COMES LESS THAN A. WEEK AFTER SHE DIED AT. THE AGE OF 79. HER FAMILY ENCOURAGING. FOR FANS DRESSED LIKE. SWIFT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE SUMO WRESTLERS. TAKING LONDON BY. STORM, EVEN STROLLING. BY ABBEY ROAD. THAT'S NEXT. >>> FINALLY, THERE'S. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.

THEY HAVE BEEN SEEN AT. BIG BEN AND BUCKINGHAM. PALACE. THE DOZENS OF SUMO. WRESTLERS HITTING THE. STREETS OF LONDON WITH. MOLLY HUNTER AHEAD OF. ONE OF THE BIGGEST. COMPETITIONS. >> Reporter: THEY ARE. IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS. ABOUT 40 ELITE SUMO. WRESTLERS. SOME TIPPING THE. SCALES AT MORE THAN. 500 POUNDS, HAVE COME. TO TOWN. SPOTTED CROSSING ABBEY. ROAD, RIDING E-BIKES, STROLLING WITH A. JAPANESE SUPERSTAR.

TAKING IN THE SIGHTS. AND GREETING EAGER. FANS. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO. TAKE PHOTOS. >> IT'S EXCITING. SEEING THEM OVER HERE. SO CLOSE TO US. WE TAKE THE. OPPORTUNITY TO BUMP. INTO A FEW. >> LET'S GO. >> Reporter: MID-CONVERSATION, AN. OPPORTUNITY PREVENTED. ITSELF. IS HE YOUR FAVORITE? >> ABSOLUTELY. BRILLIANT. VERY UNCONVENTIONAL. FIGHTER. THAT'S HIS STYLE. VERY ACROBATIC. >> Reporter: THESE. TICKETS HAVE BEEN SOLD. OUT FOR MONTHS.

THE LAST TIME SUMO. CAME TO LONDON WAS 34. YEARS AGO, SELLING OUT. IN 1991. NBC NEWS COVERED THAT. EVENT THEN. THE FIRST GRAND. TOURNAMENT IN 1,500. YEARS TO BE HELD ON. FOREIGN SOIL. >> THE BRITISH FANS. LOVE THIS SAMURAI. SUPERSTAR. >> >> Reporter: YOU. WIN BY FORCING YOUR. OPPONENT OUT OF THE. RING. THIS 8-YEAR-OLD KNOWS. ALL THE NAMES. TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST.

TIME, ALONG WITH THOSE. LUCKY ENOUGH TO NAB. TICKETS, HE WILL SEE. ALL THE HEAVY HITTERS. IN ONE PLACE. MOLLY HUNTER, NBC NEW. U.S., LONDON. >> BIG BOYS. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" THIS THURSDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.