NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 23

STUNNING NBA GAMBLING. SCANDAL. MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE. CHARGED IN A MASSIVE. OPERATION THAT SWEPT. UP NBA STARS AND. ALLEGED MEMBERS OF. THE MAFIA. NBA STANDOUTS. INCLUDING PORTLAND. TRAIL BLAZERS COACH. CHAUNCEY BILLUPS AND. MIAMI HEAT GUARD. TERRY ROZIER HIT WITH. FEDERAL CHARGES. FROM MANIPULATING.

GAMES TO HIGH-TECH. CHEATING IN POKER. GAMES. THE PHOTO EVIDENCE. JUST RELEASED. INCLUDING. SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS. AND IMAGES OF HIDDEN. X-RAYS BUILT INTO THE. POKER TABLES. >>> VIOLENT CLASHES. WITH IMMIGRATION. OFFICERS. A PRIEST BLASTED IN. THE FACE IN SAN. FRANCISCO. AND A PROTESTER. ALMOST RUN OVER. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE. NEW SATELLITE IMAGES. THE EAST WING OF THE. WHITE HOUSE NOW. TOTALLY DEMOLISHED. >>> NEW SHUTDOWN. FEARS. THE LONG LINES AT. FOOD BANKS AS FEDERAL. WORKERS PREPARE TO. MISS THEIR FIRST.

PAYCHECKS TOMORROW. >>> THE SHOCKING NEW. VIDEO OF THE LOUVRE. HEIST. HOW THE ROBBERS MADE. THEIR ESCAPE DOWN A. LADDER BEFORE RACING. AWAY ON A MOTOR BIKE. >>> BEEF PRICES. SKYROCKETING. BURGERS AND STEAKS. COSTING MORE AND. MORE. SO WHAT'S DRIVING UP. THE COST? THE PRESIDENT'S. CONTROVERSIAL NEW. PLAN TO BRING PRICES. DOWN. >>> OUR SERIES, THE. COST OF DENIAL. THE TREATMENT THIS. CANCER PATIENT. DESPERATELY NEEDS. WHY HIS DOCTOR IS. ACCUSING THE. INSURANCE COMPANY OF. PLAYING CHICKEN WITH.

CANCER. BY OFFERING AN. ALTERNATIVE. HIS FAMILY THINKS. TIME IS RUNNING OUT. >>> MY TO. HAVE THE BOSS HIMSELF. ON SET. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. THE NBA, THE MAFIA, AND RIGGED POKER. TABLES COLLIDING IN A. SPRAWLING FEDERAL. INVESTIGATION THAT. HAS BOTH PROFESSIONAL. BASKETBALL PLAYERS. AND WHAT THE FEDS. DESCRIBE AS. PROFESSIONAL. GANGSTERS WORKING.

HAND IN HAND. THE FEDERAL CHARGES. OF WIRE FRAUD AND. MONEY LAUNDERING. RELATE TO A WIDE. RANGE OF ALLEGED. CRIMES INCLUDING. MANIPULATING GAMES. AND CHEATING IN. HIGH-STAKES POKER. NIGHTS. AMONG THOSE CHARGES. NBA HALL OF FAMER AND. CURRENT COACH OF THE. PORTLAND TRAIL. BLAZERS CHAUNCEY. BILLUPS. AND MIAMI HEAT PLAYER. TERRY ROZIER. BOTH HAVE BEEN PLACED. ON LEAVE BY THE NBA. TONIGHT. PROSECUTORS SAY SOME. OF THE FORMER NBA. PLAYERS WERE CALLED. FACE CARDS. USING THEIR FAME TO. LURE IN WEALTHY.

VICTIMS. PROSECUTORS SAY THE. SCHEME INVOLVED. CUSTOM SHUFFLING. MACHINES AND POKER. TABLES WITH HIDDEN. CAMERAS AND X-RAY. MACHINES. OTHERS ARE ACCUSED IN. CRIMINAL BETTING.

DOWNLOADED. EVERYTHING. AT THE END OF THE. DAY, THEY SAID. THERE'S NOTHING TO. SEE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT. IT. >> LAURA JOINS US. LIVE IN STUDIO. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A. LOT OF CASH HERE. >> THE POKER SCHEME. ALONE RAKED IN SO. MUCH CASH THAT THE.

VICTIMS SUFFERED $7.1. MILLION IN LOSSES. ONE VICTIM ALONE, $1.8 MILLION IN. LOSSES. A HUGE AMOUNT OF. CASH. >> LAURA JARRETT. LEADING US OFF, WE. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO NEW. CLASHES OVER PT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. CRACKDOWN ON. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRATION AS HE. ANNOUNCED HE HAD. SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR. OF SAN FRANCISCO AND. WILL NOT SEND FEDERAL. LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE. FOR NOW. HERE'S GARRETT HAAKE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW CLASHES BETWEEN. PROTESTERS AND LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. CHICAGO POLICE COMING.

TO THE AID OF FEDERAL. AGENTS. GAS DEPLOYED. MAKING ONE ARREST FOR. BATTERING A POLICE. OFFICER. WHILE IN CALIFORNIA, A MAN HIT WITH A. PROJECTILE DURING A. PROTEST AGAINST. I.C.E. PRESIDENT TOUTING HIS CRIME. CRACKDOWN. >> THEY ARE ARRESTING. BAD CRIMINALS. AND THEY'RE REALLY. GOOD AT IT, TOO. >> Reporter: AND. SAYING AFTER A PHONE. CALL WITH SAN. FRANCISCO'S MAYOR, HE'S HOLDING OFF ON. DEPLOYING FEDERAL. AGENTS THERE. >> THEY'RE DOING A. GOOD JOB. SO WE ARE HOLDING OFF. THAT SURGE, EVERYBODY, AND WE'RE. GOING TO LET THEM SEE.

IF THEY CAN DO IT. >> Reporter: WHILE IN. WASHINGTON, SATELLITE. PHOTOS SHOW THE WHITE. HOUSE'S EAST WING, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER. THE DEMOLITION TO. BUILD A MASSIVE NEW. BALLROOM IN ITS. PLACE. WHICH THE WHITE HOUSE. SAYS IS NEEDED TO. HOST DIPLOMATIC. EVENTS. >> IT WILL BE THE. MOST BEAUTIFUL. BALLROOM ANYWHERE IN. THE WORLD, I THINK. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, SOME GOP CRITICISM. >> I CERTAINLY AM. HEARING IT FROM. ALASKANS WHO ARE. SAYING WHAT? DID WE -- WHEN DID WE. DECIDE WE NEEDED A. BIGGER BALLROOM? >> Reporter: THE. PRESIDENT SAYS THE. PROJECT IS PAID FOR. BY HIMSELF AND.

PRIVATE DONORS. INCLUDING NBC NEWS. PARENT COMPANY. COMCAST. TONIGHT, SPEAKING. ABOUT HIS OWN. DONATION WHICH HE. SAYS WILL BE IN THE. UNSPECIFIED MILLIONS. OF DOLLARS. >> HOW MUCH AM I. DONATING? I WON'T BE ABLE TO. TELL YOU UNTIL I. FINISH BUT I'LL. DONATE WHATEVER IS. NEEDED, I'LL TELL YOU. THAT. >> GARRETT JOINS US. NOW LIVE FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. ANOTHER HEADLINE. TONIGHT, THE. PRESIDENT PARDONING. THE FOUNDER OF A HIGH. PROFILE CRYPTO. EXCHANGE? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM. BILLIONAIRE BINANCE. FOUNDER KNOWN AS CZ. HAD ALREADY SERVED.

HIS FOUR-MONTH. SENTENCE AFTER. PLEADING GUILTY TO. CHARGES OF ENABLING. MONEY LAUNDERING. THROUGH THE CRYPTO. EXCHANGE. TODAY, THE WHITE. HOUSE SAID HE HAD. BEEN OVERCHARGED BY. THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION. THE PRESIDENT IS NOW. FACING CRITICISM. BECAUSE BINANCE HAD. SUPPORTED THE TRUMP. FAMILY'S OWN CRYPTO. COMPANY. >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN ON DAY 23. FEDERAL WORKERS SET. TO MISS THEIR FIRST. FULL PAYCHECKS THIS. WEEK, AND NOW FEARS. FOR LOW-INCOME. AMERICANS WHO DEPEND. ON GOVERNMENT FUNDED. FOOD ASSISTANCE. HERE'S RYAN NOBLES.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, ON DAY 23 OF THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN, A NEW. TWIST. DEMOCRATS BLOCKING A. GOP PLAN TO START. PAYING FEDERAL. EMPLOYEES WORKING. WITHOUT PAY DURING. THE SHUTDOWN. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE. REJECTED EVERY. OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE. BEEN GIVEN TO PUT THE. AMERICANS PEOPLE. AHEAD OF THEIR FAR. LEFT BASE. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS DEFENDING. THEIR VOTE SAYING THE. GOP PLAN WOULD HAVE. GIVEN PRESIDENT TRUMP. TOO MUCH POWER TO. DECIDE WHO WOULD GET. A PAYCHECK. >> OUR BELIEF IS THAT. NO FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, NO ONE, SHOULD BEAR.

THE BURDEN OR BE. PUNISHED FOR A. SHUTDOWN THEY HAVE. NOTHING TO DO WITH. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS WANT. REPUBLICANS TO AGREE. TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE. SUBSIDE AS FIRST. BEFORE THEY'LL VOTE. TO REOPEN THE. GOVERNMENT. TONIGHT, DEMOCRATIC. PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR. JOHN FETTERMAN WHO. VOTED FOR THE GOP. PLAN, CRITICIZING HIS. OWN PARTY, HE SAYS, IS KEEPING THE. GOVERNMENT CLOSED. >> DO YOU THINK YOUR. COLLEAGUES ARE MAKING. A MISTAKE BY NOT. VOTING YES FOR THIS. BILL THAT WOULD PAY. FEDERAL WORKERS. TODAY? >> I'M GOING TO VOTE. FOR ANYTHING THAT IS. CREDIBLE AND IN A WAY.

TO PAY OUR WORKERS. WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO. VOTE TO WANT TO PAY. ALL THESE PEOPLE? >> Reporter: AND NOW, LINES ARE BUILDING AT. FOOD BANKS. AMBER, A SINGLE. MOTHER FROM TEXAS, RELIES ON FEDERALLY. FUNDED FOOD. ASSISTANCE THAT WILL. LOSE FUNDING IN DAYS. >> IT'S HARD. WE'RE TRYING TO DIG. OURSELVES OUT OF A. HOLE THAT NOW WE FEEL. LIKE THERE'S NO HAND. OUT OF, YOU KNOW. >> SOME STATES ARE. PULLING FROM THEIR. RAINY DAY FUND TO. FILL THE FUNDING GAP. IN VIRGINIA, THEY.

DECLARED A STATE OF. EMERGENCY. CALIFORNIA IS. MOBILIZING THE. NATIONAL GUARD TO. SUPPORT FOOD BANKS. TOM. >> RYAN NOBLES AT THE. CAPITOL. >>> WE HEAD TO PARIS. NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE. NEW VIDEO THAT SHOWS. THE MOMENT THOSE. THIEVES FLED THE. LOUVRE MUSEUM IN THE. BRAZEN JEWEL HEIST. RAF SANCHEZ JOINS. ATONIGHT LIVE FROM. PARIS. WALK US THROUGH WHAT. WE'RE SEEING IN THE. NEW VIDEO. >> Reporter: SO TOM, THIS VIDEO IS OUR. FIRST REALLY CLEAR. LOOK AT HOW THE GANG. BROKE INTO THE. WORLD'S BUSIEST. MUSEUM AND THEN. VANISHED WITHOUT A. TRACE. YOU CAN SEE TWO OF.

THE ROBBERS GOING. DOWN THAT LADDER. TRUCK FROM THE. BALCONY OF THE APOLLO. GALLERY AND THEN. JUMPING ONTO A. WAITING SCOOTER AND. DISAPPEARING INTO THE. TRAFFIC. PARIS PROSECUTORS. TELL US THIS VIDEO IS. PART OF THEIR. INVESTIGATION. AND THEY SAY THAT. THEY HAVE ALSO. RECOVERED DNA FROM A. HELMET AND GLOVES. LEFT AT THE SCENE. WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS. POINT WHETHER THAT. DNA MATCHES ANY KNOWN. CRIMINALS. BUT WITH EVERY. PASSING HOUR, FEARS. ARE GROWING THAT THE.

GANG MAY HAVE ALREADY. FLED FRANCE AND MAY. BE CHOPPING THOSE. HISTORIC CROWN JEWELS. INTO PIECES. TOM. >> RAF SANCHEZ, THANK. YOU. >>> BACK HERE AT. HOME, YOU HAVE LIKELY. NOTICED THE HIGH. PRICE OF BEEF AT THE. GROCERY STORE AND. RESTAURANTS, WHICH. HAS HIT NEW HIGHS. NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAS A PLAN TO BRING. THOSE COSTS DOWN, BUT. A BIG PART OF HIS. BASE, RANCHERS AND. FARMERS, ARE NOW. OUTRAGED. HERE'S CHRISTINE. ROMANS. >> Reporter: AT THIS. ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN. NEW YORK, PETER KEEPS. THINGS AS CUSTOMER.

FRIENDLY AS HE IS, BUT LATELY WHEN IT. COMES IT THE PRICE. LISTS FROM HIS. SUPPLIERS. >> I DON'T LOOK. ANYMORE. >> EYE POPPING. >> I DONT EVEN LOOK. ANYMORE. >> THE RIGHT SIDE OF. HIS MENU FORCED TO. UNDER GO BIG CHANGES. HOW MUCH ARE BEEF. PRICES UP FOR YOU? >> 12% TO 15%. >> DO YOU EAT THAT. COST? >> I EAT HALF OF THAT. COST. >> Reporter: THE. OTHER HALF, HE SAYS, NO CHOICE BUT TO PASS. IT ALONG. A FILET MIGNON ANDRE. NOW $48. >> LAST YEAR, IT WAS. PROBABLY ABOUT $44. >> BEEF PRICES ARE AT. RECORD HIGHS. THE AVERAGE GROCERY.

STORE PRICE FOR. GROUND BEEF, MORE. THAN $6.30 A POUND. UP 14% OVER THE PAST. YEAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. TALKING UP A PLAN TO. REVERSE THAT TREND. >> WE WOULD BUY SOME. BEEF FROM ARGENTINA. IF WE DO THAT, THAT. WILL BRING OUR BEEF. PRICES DOWN. >> Reporter: BUT. AMERICAN CATTLE. RANCHERS ARE FUMING. >> I HAVE SUPPORTED. PRESIDENT TRUMP 100%. BUT THIS, I DISAGREE. WITH HIM ON. >> IT FEELS LIKE A. SLAP IN THE FACE TO. US. YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO. BRING OUR PRICES DOWN.

WHEN WE'RE FINALLY. MAKING MONEY AND. SURVIVING. >> Reporter: MANY. RANCHERS HAVE. STRUGGLED IN RECENT. YEARS AND THEY'RE. ASKING THE PRESIDENT. TO PROTECT AMERICAN. BEEF PRODUCTION. MEMBERS OF THE. PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY. ARE NOW PUSHING BACK. ON HIS IDEA. THE PRESIDENT SAYS. HE'S FOCUSED ON THE. CONSUMER AND BRINGING. PRICES DOWN. AND HE HAS SAID HE. WANTS TO HELP. ARGENTINA, ITS. ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING. AND ITS PRESIDENT A. KEY POLITICAL ALLY. FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. TOM. >> CHRISTINE, WE. THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE RETURN IN. 60 SECONDS, OUR. SERIES, THE COST OF. DENIAL, AND THE.

EMOTIONAL PLEA FROM. >>> BACK NOW WITH OUR. SERIES, THE COST OF. DENIAL, WHERE WE. INVESTIGATE THE. CHALLENGES AMERICANS. FACE WITH THEIR. INSURANCE COMPANIES. TONIGHT, ONE MAN IN. NORTH CAROLINA GIVEN. MONTHS TO LIVE, FIGHTING FOR. POTENTIALLY. LIFE-SAVING DRUG. HERE'S ERIN. McLAUGHLIN. >> LOVE YOU. >> LOVE YOU, HONEY. >> Reporter: JUST. OUTSIDE ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, JOHN. MIDDLETON WANTS TO.

LIVE. >> EVEN THOUGH I WAS. DEALT WITH BAD CARDS, THERE'S SOMETHING OUT. THERE THAT'S FDA. APPROVED THAT SAID, HEY, WE CAN GIVE YOU. A REAL CHANCE. AND THAT'S ALL I. WANT. >> Reporter: JOHN HAS. BILE DUCT CANCER. INSIDE HIS LIVER. THERE IS A DRUG HIS. DOCTOR WANTS HIM ON, BUT INSURANCE DENIED. COVERAGE, LEAVING HIM. AND HIS WIFE CAITLIN. DESPERATE. >> NOBODY DESERVES TO. NOT GET THE TREATMENT. THEY NEED. >> Reporter: HOW ARE. YOU FEELING? >> PRETTY TERRIBLE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO. HELP HIM. WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF. OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, AND TIME. >> Reporter: JOHN'S. ONCOLOGIST, DR. MARTIN PALMIERI. SAYS GENETIC TESTS. SHOW THE DRUG ZUHERA. IS THE BEST DRUG TO. GET HIM CANCER FREE. FOR AS LONG AS. POSSIBLE. LONG ENOUGH FOR THE. FATHER AND ENGINEER. TO GET A LIVER. TRANSPLANT. >> WHAT'S HIS. PROGNOSIS IF HE DOES. NOT GET ACCESS TO THE. DRUG. >> IT'S MORE A. QUESTION OF GETTING.

HIM TO TRANSPLANT. IF I DON'T GET HIM TO. TRANSPLANT, I I WOULD. SAY HE HAS 18 MONTHS. TO LIVE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY. SAID I COULD GIVE HIM. AN ALMOST AS GOOD. DRUG TO HELP HIM GET. THERE BUT NOT THE. DRUG ME, TWO OTHER. MEDICAL ONCOLOGISTS. AND A TEAM OF DOCTORS. HERE IN ASHEVILLE. FELT WAS THE BEST. DRUG FOR JOHN. >> Reporter: JOHN HAS. CIGNA HEALTH. INSURANCE THROUGH. CAITLIN'S EMPLOYER. CIGNA HAS DENIED THE. MEDICATION THREE. TIMES. INSTEAD, PALMIERI. SAYS CIGNA FIRST. RECOMMENDED A. TREATMENT THAT HE. BELIEVES WAS GROSSLY. INFERIOR.

>> THE PROBLEM WITH. THAT IS IF HE FAILED. AND THE CANCER CAME. OUTSIDE OF THE LIVER. TO ANOTHER BODY PART, THEN HIS CHANCE FOR. CURE WOULD BE OFF THE. TABLE. >> Reporter: IN A. STATEMENT TO NB NEWS, CIGNA SAYS TWO. SPECIALS NMENT FROM. THE COMPANY REVIEWED. THE REQUEST FOR. ZUHERA, SAYING THERE. ARE MULTIPLE. MEDICATIONS SIMILAR. AND RECOMMENDED FOR. HIS CURRENT. CONDITION. AND QUICKLY APPROVED. HIS PHYSICAL'S. REQUEST FOR A COVERED. MEDICATION AS SOON AS. IT WAS SUBMITTED. BUT THE DOCTOR IS. CONCERNED THE.

APPROVED DRUG IS NOT. GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHAT. JOHN NEEDS. >> THAT'S PLAYING. CANCER CHICKEN IN MY. MIND. IT'S NOT RIGHT ON SO. MANY LEVELS. >> JOHN'S IDENTICAL. TWIN BROTHER HAS BEEN. WATCHING THE STRUGGLE. FOR SEVEN AGONIZING. MONTHS. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT. I WOULD DO WITHOUT. HIM. >> Reporter: READY TO. STEP IN IF JOHN. BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR. A TRANSPLANT. >> YOU MIGHT GIVE HIM. YOUR LIVER? >> YES. I'LL DO WHATEVER I. HAVE TO DO. >> Reporter: JOHN. HOPES TO GET TO THAT. POINT BUT IS WORRIED. TOO MUCH TIME HAS. ALREADY BEEN LOST TO. DENIAL. ARE YOU WORRIED IT'S. GOING TO COST YOU. YOUR LIFE?

>> YEAH. I AM. I ACCEPT IT, BUT I. JUST HAVE TO KEEP. FIGHTING. BECAUSE I HAVE TO. HOLD ON TO HOPE. YOU KNOW? WITHOUT THAT, THERE'S. NOTHING. >> AND WITH THAT, AIR. JOINS US LIVE. SUCH A TOUGH. CONVERSATION. IS THERE ANY HOPE. CIGNA WILL OVERTURN. THEIR DECISION? >> DOCTOR PALMIERI. SAYS THEY HAVE RUN. OUT OF TIME, AND SO. TOMORROW, JOHN IS. EXPECTED TO BEGIN. TREATMENT WITH THE. DRUG CIGNA DID. APPROVE. PALMIERI SAYS HE DOES.

NOT KNOW IF THAT WILL. BE ENOUGH TO GET JOHN. TO THE TRANSPLANT HE. SO DESPERATELY NEEDS. >> ERIN McLAUGHLIN, WE THANK YOU FOR. THAT. >> WE'RE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH ONE OF. THE BIGGEST ATHLETES. IN THE WORLD. HIS. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH A HISTORIC. MOMENT AT THE SISTINE. CHAPEL. POPE LEO AND KING. CHARLES PRAYING. TOGETHER. IT'S THE FIRST TIME. THE LEADERS OF THE. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. AND THE CHURCH OF. ENGLAND PRAYED. TOGETHER IN ABOUT 500.

YEARS. SINCE KING HENRY VIII. BROKE FROM THE. CATHOLIC CHURCH. BECAUSE HE WANTED A. DIVORCE. THE WORLD LEADERS. PRAYED TOGETHER IN. THE SAME CHAMBER LEO. WAS ELECTED AS POPE. EARLIER THIS YEAR. >> AND HE'S THE. BIGGEST SOCCER STAR. IN THE WORLD. LIONEL MESSI. ANNOUNCING TODAY HE'S. EXTENDING HIS. CONTRACT WITH MLS. TEAM INTER MIAMI. THROUGH 2028. I SAT DOWN WITH MESEE. AND HERE'S WHAT HE. HAD TO SAY WHEN I. ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS. FUTURE WITH INTER. MIAMI. WAS IT A TOUGH. DECISION TO MAKE TO.

SAY YES? [ SPEAKING IN A. GLOBAL LANGUAGE ]. GLOBAL LANGUAGE ]. >> OUR EXCLUSIVE.

INTERVIEW WITH MESSI. AIRS MONDAY RIGHT. HERE ON "NIGHTLY. NEWS," AND OF COURSE, THERE. >> Reporter: KATE. SNOW, NBC NEWS. >> CAN'T WAIT TO SEE. IT. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS.