NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 17

>>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST. ANNOUNCED. HE'S COMMUTING THE SENTENCE. OF. GEORGE SANTOS, THE IMPRISONED. FORMER CONGRESSMAN, NOW. WALKING. FREE. THE DISGRACED FORMER MEMBER. OF. THE U.S. HOUSE WAS SERVING. MORE. THAN SEVEN YEARS, CONVICTED. OF. WIRE FRAUD AND I.D. THEFT, HOW. THE PRESIDENT JUSTIFIED HIS. NEW. DECISION. >>> PLUS, FACE TO FACE, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY. AT. THE WHITE HOUSE, THE KEY. REQUEST.

FROM THE UKRAINIANS TO HELP. THEM. WIN THE WAR, THE TOMAHAWK. MISSILES. THE PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE. TONIGHT. PLUS THE DETAILS ON THE TRUMP. AND PUTIN SUMMIT IN ALASKA, WHAT. PUTIN DID THAT CAUSED. PRESIDENT. TRUMP TO WANT TO WALK OUT OF. THE. TALKS. >>> THE NEWEST STRIKE IN THE. CARIBBEAN WITH A SHOCKING. TWIST. TWO PEOPLE SURVIVING, WHERE. THEY. ARE NOW AND WHAT WE LEARNED. ABOUT THE UNDERWATER VESSEL. THEY. WERE TRAVELING IN. >>> ROYAL NO MORE. PRINCE ANDREW GIVING UP HIS. ROYAL TITLES AS HE FACES.

FRESH. QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS. CONNECTION. TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN, HOW THE. KING. IS RESPONDING TONIGHT. >>> THE URGENT SEARCH FOR A. MISSING WOMAN AND THE. CHILLING. NEW VIDEO AUTHORITIES SAY. SHOWS. THE SUSPECT TRYING TO GET. INTO. ANOTHER VICTIM'S HOME. >>> THE STUNNING HOME ROBBERY. CAUGHT ON CAMERA, THE. SOPHISTICATED SURVEILLANCE. THIEFS ARE USING TO STRIKE. WHILE. YOU'RE AWAY. >>> AN OFFICER RUNNING TO A. BURNING CAR WITH ONLY SECONDS. TO. SAVE THE WOMAN TRAPPED. INSIDE.

>>> SCARY MOMENTS, STUDENTS. TUMBLING AS BLEACHERS. COLLAPSE. AT A HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER GAME. >>> CAN YOU USE CHATGPT TO. WIN. THE LOTTERY? HOW A.I. MAY HAVE HELPED ONE. WOMAN WIN 100 GRAND. >>> AND THE LIFE-CHANGING. SURPRISE, THE HIGH SCHOOL. TEAM. GIVING BACK TO A MAN WHO HAS. ALWAYS CHEERED THEM ON. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT. NOW. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH TOM LLAMAS.". >>> GOOD EVENING. WE COME ON THE AIR TONIGHT. WITH. BREAKING NEWS. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

ANNOUNCING HE HAS COMMUTED. THE. SENTENCE OF DISGRACED FORMER. CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS. SANTOS REPORTED TO PRISON. THIS. SUMMER TO START SERVING HIS. MORE. THAN SEVEN-YEAR SENTENCE. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO A LONG. LIST. OF FEDERAL CHARGES THAT. INCLUDED. WIRE FRAUD, I.D. THEFT, AND EVEN MONEY. LAUNDERING. THE PRESIDENT POSTING MOMENTS. AGO, I JUST SIGNED A. COMMUTATION. RELEASING GEORGE SANTOS FROM. PRISON IMMEDIATELY. GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS ME NOW. FROM. THE WHITE HOUSE. HOW IS THE PRESIDENT. JUSTIFYING. THIS DECISION?

>> Reporter: A SENIOR WHITE. HOUSE OFFICIAL TELLS NBC NEWS. THE PRESIDENT HEARD FROM. MULTIPLE FRIENDS AND ALLIES. OF. GEORGE SANTOS ASKING FOR. CLEMENCY AND THAT THE. PRESIDENT. HAD READ A RECENT LETTER FROM. SANTOS DESCRIBING HIS. CONDITIONS. IN PRISON. NOW, SANTOS BEGAN HIS. SEVEN-YEAR. FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE AS. YOU. MENTIONED THIS SUMMER AFTER. PLEADING GUILTY IN APRIL. THE CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED. IDENTITY THEFT AND WIRE. FRAUD. THE REPUBLICAN BECAME A. HOUSEHOLD NAME SHORTLY AFTER. HE. WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN. 2022, WHEN "THE NEW YORK TIMES".

FIRST. REPORTED SEVERAL LIES HE TOLD. ABOUT HIS BACK STORY DURING. HIS. CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. THE PRESIDENT WRITING ON. SOCIAL. MEDIA TONIGHT, GEORGE SANTOS. WAS. SOMEWHAT OF A ROGUE, BUT. THERE. ARE MANY ROGUES THROUGHOUT. OUR. COUNTRY THAT AREN'T FORCED TO. SERVE SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON, ADDING AT LEAST SANTOS HAD. THE. COURAGE, CONVICTION AND. INTELLIGENCE TO ALWAYS VOTE. REPUBLICAN. THE PRESIDENT ALSO WRITING, I. JUST SIGNED A COMMUTATION. RELEASING GEORGE SANTOS FROM. PRISON IMMEDIATELY. GOOD LUCK, GEORGE, HAVE A. GREAT. LIFE. TOM? >> GABE GUTIERREZ WITH THE. BREAKING NEWS AT THE WHITE.

HOUSE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO. STAY. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WAS THERE. TODAY, MAKING HIS CASE TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR LONG. RANGE. TOMAHAWK MISSILES, WHICH. COULD. HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON. UKRAINE'S. WAR WITH RUSSIA. HERE'S GARRETT HAAKE. >> Reporter: FROM THE MOMENT. HIS. MEETING WITH UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY BEGAN --. >> DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN. CONVINCE VLADIMIR PUTIN TO. END. THE WAR IN UKRAINE? >> Reporter: -- PRESIDENT. TRUMP. STRIKING AN OPTIMISTIC TONE. HE. CAN BRING AN END TO THE. UKRAINE. WAR AS HE PREPARES FOR A. SECOND.

SUMMIT WITH RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR. PUTIN. >> THIS SHOULD BE ONE THAT WE. GET DONE. AND I THINK THE TABLE IS SET. PROPERLY HERE NOW TOO AND IT. WILL BE A GREAT HONOR. >> Reporter: ZELENSKYY. PRAISING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIDEAST. CEASEFIRE DEAL, SUGGESTING IT. IS. A GOOD SIGN. >> MY CONGRATULATIONS WITH. YOUR. SUCCESSFUL CEASEFIRE IN THE. MIDDLE EAST. >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK THIS IS MOMENTUM. TO. FINISH RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST. UKRAINE. >> I THINK WE CARRY A LOT OF. MOMENTUM AND CREDIBILITY. GETTING MIDDLE EAST DONE WAS. VERY IMPORTANT.

NOBODY THOUGHT IT COULD BE. DONE. >> Reporter: THOUGH PRESIDENT. TRUMP NONCOMMITTAL ON. ZELENSKYY'S REQUEST FOR U.S. TOMAHAWK MISSILES. >> WE NEED TOMAHAWKS AND WE. NEED. A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE. HAVE BEEN SENDING OVER THE. LAST. FOUR YEARS TO UKRAINE. HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T NEED IT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO. GET. THE WAR OVER WITH WITHOUT. THINKING ABOUT TOMAHAWKS. >> Reporter: SAYING HE'LL. SPEAK. WITH ZELENSKYY AFTER HIS. PUTIN. MEETING. >> WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER. VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT IS THE PRESIDENT, THE. PRESIDENT, AND THE PRESIDENT. OKAY. THREE PRESIDENTS. AND I'M THE MEDIATOR.

PRESIDENT. AND I'M MEDIATING NOT AN EASY. SITUATION. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS. WE'RE. LEARNING ABOUT TENSIONS. INSIDE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ALASKA. SUMMIT. WITH PUTIN THIS SUMMER. PUTIN REJECTED PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S. CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL, DELIVERING. WHAT A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH. THE. MEETING TOLD NBC NEW WAS A. RAMBLING HISTORICAL SPEECH, A. SURPRISE TRUMP RAISED HIS. VOICE. SEVERAL TIMES AND EVEN. THREATENED TO WALK OUT, THE. SOURCE SAID. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS. ASKED. IF HE WAS CONCERNED PUTIN WAS. TRYING TO BUY MORE TIME. >> YEAH, I AM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN. PLAYED. ALL MY LIFE BY THE BEST OF. THEM. AND I CAME OUT REALLY WELL. SO IT IS POSSIBLE, YEAH. LITTLE TIME. BUT I THINK THAT I'M PRETTY. GOOD. AT THIS STUFF. I THINK HE WANTS TO MAKE A. DEAL. >> GARRETT JOINS US NOW LIVE. YOU HAVE NEW REPORTING ABOUT. THE TOMAHAWK MISSILES. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. WAS ALREADY LEANING AGAINST. PROVIDING THOSE MISSILES. BEFORE TODAY'S MEETING AND. THEN NOTHING HE HEARD FROM.

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY CHANGED. HIS MIND. THE BOTTOM LINE, THOSE. OFFICIALS SAY, IS THAT THE. PRESIDENT BELIEVES PROVIDING. THOSE MISSILES WOULD PROLONG. THE WAR, AND HE DOESN'T WANT. TO GO THAT ROUTE. TOM? >> GARRETT HAAKE WITH THAT. NEW REPORTING TONIGHT. GARRETT, THANK YOU. >>> TUNE IN THIS SUNDAY FOR. "MEET THE PRESS," WHERE. KRISTEN. WELKER WILL SIT DOWN WITH. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. >>> OKAY, TIME FOR A NEW. REPORTING ON THOSE U.S. STRIKES ON BOATS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAYS ARE. SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO THE U.S. TONIGHT, NEW QUESTIONS AFTER. TWO. PEOPLE SOMEHOW SURVIVED THE.

LATEST STRIKE AND ARE NOW IN. CUSTODY. HERE'S COURTNEY KUBE. >> Reporter: AFTER A SERIES. OF. DEADLY U.S. STRIKES AGAINST. BOATS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. SAYS WERE SMUGGLING DRUGS. INTO. THE U.S., TONIGHT WE'RE. LEARNING. THE LATEST STRIKE HAD A. TWIST. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD. SURVIVED THE BLAST ACCORDING. TO. TWO U.S. OFFICIALS. U.S. NAVY HELICOPTERS WERE. OVERHEAD AND A BOAT PICKED. THEM. UP, THE OFFICIAL SAID, THEY. REMAIN IN U.S. CUSTODY. TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP DESCRIBING. THE. STRIKE. >> WE ATTACKED A SUBMARINE. AND THAT WAS A DRUG-CARRYING.

SUBMARINE, BUILT SPECIFICALLY. FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF. MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DRUGS, JUST. SO YOU UNDERSTAND. THIS WAS NOT AN INNOCENT. GROUP. OF PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE. THAT. HAVE SUBMARINES. >> Reporter: REFERENCING A. SUBMERSIBLE THAT CARTELS USE. TO. SMUGGLE DRUGS. THIS IS THE SIXTH BOAT THE. U.S. MILITARY STRUCK IN. INTERNATIONAL. WATERS KILLING AT LEAST 29. PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. THOUGH SOME IN CONGRESS ARE. QUESTIONING WHETHER THE. STRIKES. ARE LEGAL.

>> WE'RE UNDERTAKING THESE. OPERATIONS AGAINST NARCO. TERRORISTS. THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE. >> Reporter: THE U.S. CONSIDERS VENEZUELA'S. AUTHORITARIAN LEADER. NICOLAS MADURO. ILLEGITIMATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED. ABOUT. REPORTS MADURO HAD OFFERED. THE. U.S. A STAKE IN VENEZUELA'S. NATURAL RESOURCES. >> HE OFFERED EVERYTHING, YOU'RE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO. [ BLEEP ] AROUND WITH THE. UNITED. STATES. >> AND WITH THAT, COURTNEY. JOINS. US LIVE. I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME NEW. REPORTING AFTER THE. RETIREMENT.

OF THE ADMIRAL WHO RAN U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND OVERSEEING. THE STRIKES OFF IN VENEZUELA? >> THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. HE'S ADMIRAL ALVIN HOLSEY. HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN HIS. UNEXPECTED. RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT. U.S. OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS ABOUT. TENSIONS BETWEEN HE AND. DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH FOR. MONTHS, WITH HEGSETH LOOKING. FOR. SOMEONE HE SAYS IS MORE. AGGRESSIVE AGAINST THE. CARTELS. IN THE REGION. TOM? >> COURTNEY KUBE FOR US. COURTNEY, THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. JOHN. BOLTON MADE HIS FIRST COURT. APPEARANCE TODAY, FOLLOWING.

HIS. INDICTMENT ON 18 COUNTS OF. MISHANDLING CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION. LAURA JARRETT JOINS US NOW. LIVE. IN STUDIO. WE LEARNED HOW MUCH TIME HE. COULD FACE IN PRISON? >> IT IS POTENTIALLY. SIGNIFICANT, TOM. BOLTON THERE APPEARING IN. COURT. PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO ALL. THE. CHARGES. HE'S MAINTAINED HE DID. NOTHING. WRONG. HE SUBMITTED TO THE NATURAL. PAPER WORK, THE USUAL. PROCESSING. AND INCLUDING A. FINGERPRINTING, A MUG SHOT, ALL THE THINGS. YOU. WOULD TYPICALLY SEE FOR ANY. OTHER DEFENDANT. HE WAS REQUIRED TO TURN OVER. HIS. PASSPORT TO HIS LAWYER AND. AGREED NOT TO LEAVE THE.

COUNTRY. WE SHOULD MENTION HERE, TOM, THE. SENTENCE POTENTIALLY TEN. YEARS. PER COUNT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SERIOUS. PRISON TIME. THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE UP. TO. THE JUDGE, THIS CASE, THOUGH, NOT GOING TO TRIAL ANYTIME. SOON. CASES LIKE THIS TAKE YEARS. NOT MONTHS. >> OKAY. LAURA JARRETT, THANK YOU. >>> NOW OVERSEAS TO THAT. DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM. PRINCE ANDREW FACING ONGOING. OUTRAGE OVER HIS TIES TO. JEFFREY. EPSTEIN. TONIGHT, HE'S GIVING UP HIS. ROYAL TITLES. HERE'S RAF SANCHEZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AFTER. YEARS OF CRITICISM AND. OUTRAGE. OVER HIS LINKS TO CONVICTED.

SEX. OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN, PRINCE. ANDREW SAYS HE'S GIVING UP. THE. USE OF HIS OFFICIAL TITLES, INCLUDING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. AND. THE DUKE OF YORK. HE'LL ALSO STOP ATTENDING. ROYAL. CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. KING CHARLES' YOUNGER BROTHER. WRITING IN DISCUSSION WITH. THE. KING AND MY IMMEDIATE AND. WIDER. FAMILY, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE. CONTINUED ACCUSATIONS ABOUT. ME. DISTRACT FROM THE WORK OF HIS. MAJESTY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY. I VIGOROUSLY DENY THE. ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ME. IT COMES AHEAD OF THE.

PUBLICATION OF AN EXPLOSIVE. AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY VIRGINIA. GIUFFRE WHO SAID SHE WAS. FORCED. TO HAVE SEX WITH ANDREW WHEN. SHE. WAS 17, AFTER SHE HAD BEEN. TRAFFICKED BY EPSTEIN. HE WAS FRIENDLY ENOUGH, BUT. STILL ENTITLED AS IF HE. BELIEVED. HAVING SEX WITH ME WAS HIS. BIRTH. RIGHT, GIUFFRE WROTE, ACCORDING. TO A BOOK EXCERPT IN THE. GUARDIAN. GIUFFRE DIED BY SUICIDE IN. APRIL. >> CATEGORICALLY I DON'T. REMEMBER MEETING HER AT ALL.

>> Reporter: AFTER THIS 2019. BBC. INTERVIEW TURNED INTO A PR. DISASTER, ANDREW STEPPED BACK. FROM ROYAL DUTIES AND LATER. SETTLED A LAWSUIT WITH. GIUFFRE. AND GIUFFRE'S FAMILY ARE. CALLING. THIS A VINDICATION, BUT THEY. WANT THE KING TO GO FURTHER. AND. STRIP ANDREW OF HIS TITLE OF. PRINCE. TOM? >> OKAY, RAF. >>> BACK HOME TO LOS ANGELES, TONIGHT, ANOTHER HOME. INVASION. CAUGHT ON CAMERA, BUT THIS. TIME. THE THIEVES USING. WALKIE-TALKIES. AS THEY PULL OFF THEIR HEIST. HERE IS LIZ KREUTZ WITH MORE. ON. THE SOPHISTICATED WAY. BURGLARS. ARE BREAKING INTO THE HOMES.

>> Reporter: IT IS VIDEO OF. ANOTHER HOME BREAK IN IN LOS. ANGELES. THIS ONE DIFFERENT. AS AN ALARM GOES OFF, YOU CAN. SEE AND HEAR THE MASS. BURGLARS. COMMUNICATING BY WHAT APPEARS. TO. BE WALKIE-TALKIES, COORDINATING. THEIR EFFORTS WHILE. RANSACKING. THE BEDROOM. >> I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. >> Reporter: DAYS LATER, ALSO. IN. BROAD DAYLIGHT, ANOTHER GROUP. CASING THIS HOME IN NORTH. HOLLYWOOD, THREE MASKED. PEOPLE. GET OUT AND WALK TOWARD THE. SIDE. GATE. >> WE BELIEVE THEY WERE. WATCHING.

US LEAVE, AND SAW US BACK OUT. OF. OUR DRIVEWAY. >> Reporter: LEAH YOUNG SAYS. HER. HUSBAND WAS STILL HOME. AS HE CALLS FOR POLICE --. >> CALL 911. >> Reporter: THE BURGLARS RUN. AWAY. >> THEY GOT INTO THEIR BMW. SEDAN, DARK TINTED WINDOWS, NO. LICENSE PLATE AND SPED OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, LAPD. SAYS. BOTH VIDEOS ARE PART OF. LARGER. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SPREE. OF. HOME ROBBERIES ACROSS L.A. MANY BY ORGANIZED GANGS OF. THIEVES WHO OFFICIALS SAY USE. HIGH TECH TACTICS TO TRACK. HOMEOWNERS, FROM CELEBRITIES.

LIKE BRAD PITT AND NICOLE. KIDMAN. WHOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN. TARGETED. TO EVERYDAY RESIDENTS. >> THEY'RE SOPHISTICATED, THEY'RE COORDINATED AND. THEY'RE. FAST. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY. AMONG THE TACTICS, HIDING. CAMERAS IN BUSHES AND JAMMING. THE WIFI SO ALARMS AND HOME. RING. CAMERAS DON'T WORK. HOW ARE THESE BURGLARS. DECIDING. WHICH HOMES TO TARGET? >> WELL, THEY'LL SEE SOMEONE. OUT, AND THEY'LL SPOT THEM AS. A. PERSON OF MEANS IF THEY CAN. FOLLOW THEM HOME, THEY CAN. PUT. AN AIR TAG ON THEIR CAR. >> Reporter: HERE IN L.A.,

THE. MAYOR SAYS LAPD IS INCREASING. PATROLS. EXPERTS SAY. HOMEOWNERS CAN CONSIDER. INSTALLING HARD WIRE CAMERAS. THAT DON'T RELY ON WIFI. TOM? >> LIZ, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE RACE FOR NEW. YORK. CITY MAYOR WHERE 33-YEAR-OLD. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST ZOHRAN. MAMDANI HAS A COMMANDING LEAD. IN. THE POLLS. HE HAS BECOME A NATIONAL. FIGURE. AND ALREADY IS CLASHING WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP. HERE'S SAM BROCK. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ZOHRAN. MAMDANI IS THE CLEAR FRONT. RUNNER IN THE RACE FOR NEW. YORK. CITY MAYOR.

>> EXCITED. >> Reporter: WITH THE LATEST. POLL SHOWING THE DEMOCRATIC. SOCIALIST LEADING HIS CLOSEST. COMPETITOR, FORMER GOVERNOR. ANDREW CUOMO BY MORE THAN 20. POINTS. BUT HIS FIERCEST OPPONENT MAY. NOT EVEN BE IN THIS RACE WITH. MAMDANI NOW A FREQUENT TARGET. OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> I WOULDN'T BE GENEROUS TO. A. COMMUNIST, A GUY THAT WILL. TAKE. THE MONEY AND THROW IT OUT. THE. WINDOW. >> IF HE EVER WANTS TO COME. FOR. NEW YORKERS IN THE WAY HE HAS. BEEN, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO. GET. THROUGH ME AS THE NEXT MAYOR. OF. THE CITY. >> Reporter: LAST NIGHT, THE. ASSEMBLYMAN FACING OFF IN A. DEBATE AGAINST CUOMO, RUNNING. AS.

AN INDEPENDENT, AND CURTIS. SLIWA, THE RACE GETTING. ATTENTION FROM ALL OVER THE. WORLD. MAMDANI PRESSED ON A FOX. INTERVIEW THIS WEEK ON. WHETHER HAMAS SHOULD HAVE TO. LAY DOWN ARMS. AFTER HEAVY CRITICISM, SHARPENING HIS ANSWER. >> OF COURSE I BELIEVE THEY. SHOULD LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS. >> Reporter: THE 33-YEAR-OLD. HAS. GONE FROM RELATIVE UNKNOWN TO. HOUSEHOLD NAME WITH HIS. MESSAGE. ABOUT IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY. APPEALING TO MANY NEW. YORKERS, ALSO PROMPTING QUESTIONS. ABOUT. HIS POLITICAL RESUME. >> HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE.

HE LITERALLY NEVER HAD A JOB. >> WHAT I DON'T HAVE IN. EXPERIENCE, I MAKE UP FOR IN. INTEGRITY. AND WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE IN. INTEGRITY, YOU CAN NEVER MAKE. UP FOR IN EXPERIENCE. >> Reporter: BOTH CANDIDATES. MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY. THEY'RE. THE RIGHT PERSON TO PUSH BACK. ON. THE PRESIDENT IF HE DEPLOYS. THE. NATIONAL GUARD IN NEW YORK. >> WHY WOULD THAT NOT HAPPEN. UNDER YOUR ADMINISTRATION? >> I WOULDN'T LET HIM. >> HOW WOULD YOU PREVENT IT? WHAT STOPPED HIM BEFORE? >> WELL, HE SENT THE NATIONAL. GUARD INTO 20 CITIES WHEN I. WAS. YOUNGER. HE DIDN'T SEND THEM INTO NEW. YORK.

>> WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH IS. INTIMIDATION, THAT'S WHAT. THIS. IS ABOUT. WE NEED A MAYOR NOT TOO BUSY. COORDINATING WITH DONALD. TRUMP. TO ACTUALLY FIGHT BACK. >> Reporter: SAM BROCK, NBC. NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> IN 60 SECONDS, A. DISTURBING. VIDEO OUT OF PHILLY SHOWING A. KIDNAPPING SUSPECT. LOOK AT THIS, APPEARING TO. TARGET A DIFFERENT VICTIM, HOPPING A FENCE BEFORE. LOOKING. RIGHT INTO THE WINDOW AND. INTO A. CAMERA. IS IT. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH THE SEARCH. FOR A MISSING WOMAN IN.

PHILADELPHIA AND THE CHILLING. IMAGES OF THE PRIME SUSPECT. HERE IS EMILIE IKEDA. >> Reporter: TWO WEEKS AFTER. 23-YEAR-OLD KADA SCOTT WENT. MISSING, CHILLING VIDEO. SURFACING OF THE SUSPECT IN HER. DISAPPEARANCE. >> GO AWAY. DON'T COME OVER HERE. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS IN. PHILADELPHIA SAY THIS IS KEON. KING, SHORTLY BEFORE HE. KIDNAPPED AND ASSAULTED A. DIFFERENT WOMAN EARLIER THIS. YEAR. >> ALL THESE KIDS HERE, CALL THE. COPS. >> Reporter: THE PHILADELPHIA. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID. THAT CASE HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN. AFTER THE VICTIM AND WITNESS. REPEATEDLY FAILED TO APPEAR IN.

COURT. BUT THE OFFICE IS NOW REFILING. THOSE CHARGES, ALONG WITH. KIDNAPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES. IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SCOTT. WHO WENT MISSING SHORTLY AFTER. ARRIVING AT WORK AT A SENIOR. LIVING FACILITY ON OCTOBER 4th, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS. THEY SAY SCOTT AND KING HAVE. KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A SHORT. TIME. >> HE WAS THE LAST PERSON WITH. HER. HE WAS TRAVELING WITH HER WHEN. HER PHONE GOES OFFLINE. WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE. AT THIS POINT SHE DID NOT GO. WILLINGLY. >> Reporter: THIS WEEK, KEON. KING TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE.

THE NEXT DAY, INVESTIGATORS. CANVASSING WITH DRONES AND DOGS. FOUND ITEMS BELIEVED TO BELONG. TO THE MISSING WOMAN, NEAR AN. ABANDONED MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND LATER TOWED AWAY HIS DAMAGED. VEHICLE FROM AN APARTMENT. COMPLEX. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO KING'S. ATTORNEY FOR COMMENT, WHILE. 23-YEAR-OLD KADA SCOTT'S LOVED. ONES WAIT FOR ANSWERS IN AGONY. >> WE HAVE NO IDEA AT ALL, LIKE, WHERE SHE IS, WHERE SHE COULD. BE. WE LOVE HER. I JUST PRAY THAT SHE IS SAFE. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THEY. BELIEVE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN.

OTHER VICTIMS OF KING, TONIGHT. ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME. FORWARD. EMILIE IKEDA, NBC NEWS. >>> AND WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT. WITH A DEVASTATING STORM THAT. FORCED EVACUATIONS IN ALASKA AND. WHY THE ROAD TO RECOVERY MIGHT. BE LONGER THAN PEOPLE THOUGHT. >>> AND NEW POLICE BODY CAM. VIDEO OF AN OFFICER RESCUING A. DRIVER AFTER HER CAR BURST INTO. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH AN. UPDATE ON THE DEVASTATING FLOODS. IN ALASKA. ALASKA GOVERNOR MIKE DUNLEAVY.

NOW SAYING THE NEARLY 2,000. PEOPLE WHO EVACUATED MAY NOT BE. ABLE TO GO HOME, GET THIS, FOR. AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF. THE GOVERNOR SAYING THAT IN HIS. REQUEST FOR A MAJOR DISASTER. DECLARATION FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE. IT COMES DAYS AFTER THE REMNANTS. OF A TYPHOON SWEPT AWAY HOMES IN. REMOTE VILLAGES IN THAT STATE. >>> DRAMATIC VIDEO OF A POLICE. OFFICER, YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE, SAVING A DRIVER FROM A BURNING. VEHICLE IN TEXAS. YOU SEE THE CAR BURSTING INTO. FLAMES. THE OFFICER GETS THE DOOR OPEN. AND PULLS THE DRIVER OUT TO. SAFETY.

THE MESQUITE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SAYING THE CRASH WAS CAUSED BY A. DRUNK DRIVER, BUT THAT NOBODY. ELSE WAS HURT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, ALARMING VIDEO. OF KIDS FALLING FROM BLEACHERS. AT A HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER GAME IN. KENTUCKY. IT HAPPENED AT WAGONEER HIGH. SCHOOL IN LOUISVILLE. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC. SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE RAILING. GAVE WAY WHEN STUDENTS RAN TO. THE FRONT OF THE BLEACHERS AT. THE SAME TIME. THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE. OPPOSING TEAM SAID THERE WERE NO. LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. OKAY.

>>> CHECK THIS OUT, A WOMAN WON. A MAJOR POWERBALL PRIZE PICKING. OUT SHE GOT FROM. CHATGPT. TAMMY CARVEY WON $100,000 AFTER. SHE SAYS SHE ASKED A.I. FOR A SET OF POWERBALL NUMBERS. SHE SAID SHE PLANS TO PAY OFF. HER HOME AND SAVE THE REST OF. ALL THAT CASH. ALL RIGHT. MICHIGAN LOTTERY SAYS RESULTS. CAN'T BE PREDICTED USING. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE HIGH. SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM WITH THE. SURPRISE OF A LIFETIME FOR THEIR. BELOVED CUSTODIAN, WHO IS ALSO. THEIR BIGGEST FAN. TH.

>>> THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL. TEAM AND A SPECIAL SURPRISE THEY. PLANNED FOR A MAN THEY SAY DOES. SO MUCH FOR THEM. WATCH AS ABEL RODRIGUEZ WALKS. OUT OF THIS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE. HE'S A CUSTODIAN, AND REALIZES. THIS HUGE CHEERING CROWD WAS. THERE TO CELEBRATE HIM. WITH AN INCREDIBLE GIFT, A CAR, JUST FOR HIM. >> I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU FOREVER, GUYS.

>> Reporter: I CAUGHT UP WITH. HIM TODAY. WHEN YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, WHEN THEY TOLD YOU, YOU HAD A. CAR, AND YOU SAW IT, WHAT DID. YOU THINK? >> Reporter: HE SAID ONCE HE SAW. THE CAR, HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. >> IN SHOCK. >> Reporter: THE SURPRISE ALL. THANKS TO THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM AT. COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL NEAR. DALLAS. >> JUST FELT SO NICE TO FINALLY. BE ABLE TO REPAY HIM FOR ALL. THAT HE DOES FOR US. >> Reporter: THE PLAYERS SAY.

ABEL IS THEIR BIGGEST SUPPORTER, EVEN WARMING UP WITH THE TEAM. BEFORE TONIGHT'S GAME. SO WHEN THEY LEARNED HE DIDN'T. HAVE A CAR, THEY SWUNG INTO. ACTION. HOW DID YOU GUYS GET THIS IDEA? >> WE HAD JUST ALWAYS TALKED. ABOUT HOW WE FELT LIKE ABEL. DESERVED MORE THAN WHAT HE WAS. GETTING. TO KNOW WE COULD HELP PULL THIS. ALL TOGETHER AND GIVE IT TO HIM. WAS, LIKE, SUCH AN AMAZING. FEELING TO HAVE. >> Reporter: THE TEAM RAISED. MORE THAN $9,000 AND THEN A. LOCAL DEALERSHIP JUMPED IN. >> THANK YOU. >> Reporter: TO HELP MAKE THIS. EMOTIONAL MOMENT HAPPEN. >> GO ABEL!

>> Reporter: ABEL THANKING THE. GIRLS WHO HELPED HIM SO MUCH AND. WHO HAD ONE MORE GIFT FOR HIM. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD. LIKE TO TELL HIM? >> WE CARE ABOUT YOU, ABEL. WE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. >> OUR THANKS TO KXAS IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH, FOR THEIR HELP ON. THIS STORY. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS" FOR THIS. FRIDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE. FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT. E. HERE FOR YOU.

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