NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 24

>> TONIGHT, THE. MAJOR MILITARY. ESCALATION. THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT. CARRIER IN THE U.S. NAVY ORDERED TO MOVE. TOWARD SOUTH AMERICA. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. RAMPS UP THE. PRESSURE ON. VENEZUELA. >>> A MASSIVE. DISPLAY OF. FIREPOWER, INCLUDING. THOUSANDS OF. SAILORS, DOZENS OF. AIRCRAFT, SEVERAL. DESTROYERS, AND A. SUBMARINE ALL. HEADING TO THE. CARIBBEAN, OVERNIGHT, THE U.S.

MILITARY STRUCK. ANOTHER BOAT. ALLEGEDLY CARRYING. DRUGS AND CARTEL. MEMBERS IT IS THIS. ALL TO DETER DRUG. TRAFFICKING? THE DEADLY CRANE. COLLAPSE IN. MASSACHUSETTS. >>> TWO KILLED. NOW THE. INVESTIGATION INTO. WHAT WENT WRONG. HERE. >>> THE DRAIN. DURATION NEW. FORECAST, THE STORM. SET TO MAKE A DIRECT. CERS OPENING. FIRE AT A COAST. GUARD BASE HOUSING.

IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. AS A U-HAUL SPEEDS. DIVING FOR COVER. THE STOCK MARKET A MAJOR. MILESTONE PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS. OFF TRADE WITH CANADA BECAUSE. OF A TV AD ABOUT. TARIFFS. CANADA'S REACTION. TONIGHT. >>> PAYCHECKS. ISSUED TODAY FOR. ZERO DOLLARS. MORE THAN 1 MILLION. FEDERAL WORKERS. MISSING THEIR FIRST. FULL PAYCHECKS. BECAUSE OF THE. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. >>> TERRIFYING. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. JUST RELEASED, SHOWING A FATAL BUS. EXPLOSION THAT SENT.

WORKERS RUNNING. >>> THE POTENTIALLY. LIFE-SAVING UPDATE. TONIGHT. THE CANCER PATIENT. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT. LAST NIGHT WITH ONLY. MONTHS TO LIVE. AFTER OUR REPORT, THE INCREDIBLE NEWS. HE JUST RECEIVED. ABOUT THE DRUG HE SO. DESPERATELY NEEDS. >>> AND AFTER. TRAGEDY, TRIUMPH. THE YOUNG GIRL WHO. HAS ALREADY OVERCOME. SO MUCH. HER INCREDIBLE STORY. OF SURVIVAL AND. HOMECOMING. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS NBC.

NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD. EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH THAT MASSIVE. ESCALATION IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. BATTLE AGAINST DRUG. CARTELS. THE PENTAGON. ANNOUNCING IT HAS. DIRECTED AN AIRCRAFT. CARRIER STRIKE GROUP. TO MOVE INTO THE. CARIBBEAN, INCLUDING. THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT. CARRIER IN THE NAVY. YOU SEE IT RIGHT. HERE. THE USS GERALD WARD. THE MOVE PART OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PUSH TO COUNTER, QUOTE, NARCO.

TERRORISM IN THE. REGION. RIGHT NOW, THE. STRIKE GROUP. CONTAINS THAT. AIRCRAFT CARRIER, PLUS THOUSANDS OF. TROOPS, NINE AIR. WING SQUADRONS, AND. LITTLE DESTROYERS, ALL OF WHICH WILL. SOON BE IN THE. WATERS OFF SOUTH. AMERICA CLOSER TO. VENEZUELA. IT'S WHERE THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. LAUNCHED ANOTHER. DEADLY STRIKE. OVERNIGHT. YOU SEE IT RIGHT. HERE. THIS LATEST ATTACK. AGAINST ALLEGED DRUG. BOATS AND CARTEL. MEMBERS. THIS SHOW OF HORSE. RAISING THE QUESTION. TONIGHT ABOUT THE. MISSION IN THAT. REGION. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH COURTNEY KUBE.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR. ESCALATION IN THE. TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S WAR. ON DRUG CARTELS. THE PENTAGON. ANNOUNCING THE USS. GERALD R FORD, THE. NAVY'S LARGEST. AIRCRAFT CARRIER, AND AS MANY AS FIVE. DESTROYERS AND. DOZENS OF AIRCRAFT. ARE HEADING TO LATIN. AMERICA. THIS AFTER A MASSIVE. SHOW OF FORCE. YESTERDAY. THE U.S. FLYING TWO. B-1 BOMBERS TOWARD. VENEZUELA, TURNING. AROUND JUST 50 MILES. OFF THE COAST, ACCORDING TO A. DEFENSE OFFICIAL AND. FLIGHT DATA. AND SEPARATELY. STRIKING ANOTHER. ALLEGED DRUG BOAT. OVERNIGHT. THE ADMINISTRATION. SAYING THEY KILLED.

SIX CARTEL MEMBERS. SMUGGLING DRUGS TO. THE U.S. IT'S THE. 10th BOATS STRUCK SO. FAR. THE ADMINISTRATION. SAYING 43 PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN KILLED. DURING THE STRIKES, RELEASING VIDEOS NOT. PROVIDING ADDITIONAL. EVIDENCE. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING THE STRIKES. SAVE AMERICAN LIVES. WHEN HE WAS PRESSED. IF HE WOULD ASK. CONGRESS FOR A. DECLARATION OF WAR. >> I DON'T THINK. WE'RE GOING TO. NECESSARILY ASK FOR. A DECLARATION OF. WAR. I THINK WE'RE JUST. GOING TO KILL PEOPLE. THAT ARE BRINGING. DRUGS INTO OUR. COUNTRY. OKAY?

WE'RE GOING TO KILL. THEM, YOU KNOW? THEY'RE GOING TO BE, LIKE, DEAD. MANY OF THE STRIKES. HAPPENING OFF THE. COAST OF VENEZUELA. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. CONSIDERS ITS. AUTHORITARIAN. LEADER, NICOLAS. MADURO, AS A. LEGITIMATE AND A. NARCO TERRORIST. MADURO ANNOUNCING. HE'S DEPLOYED 5000. RUSSIAN-MADE. MISSILES AND. THOUSANDS OF TROOPS. ALONG HIS COAST. ALL AS PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAS SUGGESTED. POTENTIAL LAND. STRIKES AGAINST. CARTELS, SAYING. HE'LL NOTIFY. CONGRESS FIRST. BUT SOME U.S. LAWMAKERS HAVE. QUESTIONED IF THE. STRIKES ARE LEGAL.

>> WHITNEY JOINS US. LIVE NOW, AND. COURTNEY, WE KNOW. THE CIA HAS BEEN. AUTHORIZED TO TAKE. COVERT ACTION IN. VENEZUELA. NOW WE'RE SEEING THE. NEWS WITH THIS. AIRCRAFT CARRIER. IT LEAVING MANY. WONDERING IF THIS IS. BIGGER THAN JUST A. WAR ON DRUGS. >> YEAH, TOM. WHEN ASKED, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. NOT RULED OUT REGIME. CHANGE IN VENEZUELA, BUT HE ALSO SAID HE. JUST WON'T ENTER THE. SOURCE QUESTION. BUT THE. ADMINISTRATION'S. GOAL IS TO GET. MADURO TO MAKE RASH. DECISIONS THAT COULD. LEAD HIM TO BE. OUSTED WITHOUT THE. U.S. EVER HAVING TO. PUT ANY BOOTS ON THE. GROUND. TOM? >> COURTNEY KUBE. LEADING US OFF. TONIGHT. COURTNEY, THANK YOU.

>>> OUT OF THE. DEADLY CRANE. COLLAPSE IN. MASSACHUSETTS. TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AND NOW OFFICIALS. ARE TRYING TO FIGURE. OUT WHY THE MASSIVE. CRANE TOPPLED OVER. HERE'S STEPHANIE. GOSK. >> Reporter: A. TERRIFYING AND. CHAOTIC STATE IN. EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS TODAY, JUST NORTH OF. BOSTON. A CRANE FUMBLING. ACROSS THE BARGE AND. SMASHING INTO THE. WATER AT AN ONGOING. CONSTRUCTION SITE. >> RIGHT NOW, WE DO. HAVE ONE CONFIRMED. DECEASED. WE HAVE ANOTHER. PARTY THAT WAS. TRANSPORTED TO THE. HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: THE.

MAYOR LATER SAYING. THE PERSON RUSHED TO. THE HOSPITAL ALSO. DIED. EARLY ON, THE FIRE. CHIEF CALLING IT AN. ACTIVE SEARCH AND. RESCUE OPERATION, COMPLICATED BECAUSE. OF THE INDUSTRIAL. EQUIPMENT ON THE. PIER. OFFICIALS WERE. CONCERNED AT FIRST. THAT CASUALTIES. COULD RISE. >> WE'RE JUST. PRAYING THAT, YOU. KNOW, THAT. EVERYONE'S OKAY. >> Reporter: THE. AREA ALONG THE. MYSTIC RIVER IS. UNDERGOING. RENOVATION, ACCORDING TO EVERETT. MAYER. >> THEY ARE. DISMANTLING THE PORT. AREA HERE, THE. FORMER EXXON FLIGHT.

WHERE THE TANKERS. USE TO COME IN AND. OFFLOAD. >> Reporter: THE. WORLD COMING TO A. HALT. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE. CONTACTED OSHA, THE. WORKPLACE SAFETY. AGENCY. TONIGHT, THE DEATH. TOLL REMAINS AT TWO. OFFICIALS SAYING. THEY WERE YOUNG MEN. IN THEIR 30s OR 40s. WHILE INVESTIGATORS. WORK TO DETERMINE. THE CAUSE OF THE. DEADLY COLLAPSE. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS. >>> ALL RIGHT, NOW. TO THE NEW LIFE-. THREATENING. FORECAST. TROPICAL STORM. MELISSA NOW SET TO. BECOME A MASSIVE. HURRICANE AND MAKE A. DIRECT HIT ON. JAMAICA.

THE STORM ALREADY. BRINGING DEADLY. FLOODING TO THE. CARIBBEAN. BILL KAREN IS HERE. NOW, AND BILL, IF. THIS FORECAST STAYS. LIKE IT IS, IT COULD. BE THE WORST. HURRICANE IN. JAMAICA'S HISTORY. >> AND THAT'S SAYING. A LOT. THEY'VE BEEN HIT BY. A CATEGORY FOR THAT. KILLED OVER 200. PEOPLE, SO YES. THE FORECAST IS AS. DIRE AS IT GETS. WE HAVE TWO TO THREE. DAYS SO HOPEFULLY. IT'LL CHANGE. OVER THE WEEKEND, WE. EXPECT IT TO EXPLODE. UP INTO A CATEGORY 4. HURRICANE, AND THEN. BY THE TIME WE GET. TO MONDAY NIGHT TO. TUESDAY, IT ACHES. ITS CLOSEST APPROACH.

TO JAMAICA, MOVING. VERY SLOWLY. ALMOST A CATEGORY 5, MOVING SLOWLY OVER. THE ISLAND. THAT WOULD BE. HORRIFIC FOR THEM, NOT JUST THE. RAINFALL, THE WIND, THE STORM SURGE, EVERYTHING. THAT IT CROSSES OVER. AREAS OF CUBA. THE BIGGEST CONCERN, RAINFALL. EVEN SOUTHERN HAITI. COULD GET THREE FEET. OF RAIN. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE STORM GOES OVER. THE BAHAMAS, TOM. IT DOES LOOK TO MISS. THE EAST COAST. >> ALL RIGHT, BILL. KAREN, WE THANK YOU. FOR THAT. >>> IN CALIFORNIA. NOW, AND VIDEO. SHOWING OFFICERS. HIRING THEIR WEAPONS. FOLLOWING A VIOLENT.

NIGHT. MORGAN CHESKY, NBC. NEWS. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S SHOWDOWN.

WITH CANADA, PUSHING. BACK ON A CANADIAN. TV AD FEATURING. FORMER PRESIDENT. REAGAN CRITICIZING. TARIFFS. AND TONIGHT, CANADA. SAYS IT WILL NOW. STOP AIRING THAT AD. NEXT WEEK. HERE'S KELLY. O'DONNELL . >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CANADA. PULLED THE PLUG ON A. TV COMMERCIAL THAT. INFURIATED PRESIDENT. TRUMP, PROMPTING HIM. TO ABRUPT THE CUT. OFF TRADE TALKS. THE AD USES THE. WORDS OF THE LATE. PRESIDENT REAGAN TO. MAKE A CASE AGAINST. U.S. IMPOSED. TARIFFS. >> AND GROWTH ARE.

AT STAKE. >> Reporter: THE AD. PAID FOR BY THE. PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. SET OFF MR. TRUMP ON. SOCIAL MEDIA. CALLING THE AD TAKE. WITH REAGAN SPEAKING. NEGATIVELY ABOUT. TARIFFS. >> SUCH TRADE. BARRIERS HURT EVERY. AMERICAN WORKER AND. CONSUMER. >> Reporter: THE. REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL. FOUNDATION SAID THE. AD MISREPRESENTS THE. 1987 ADDRESS ON. TRADE, AND SAID IT. SHOULD BE WATCHED IN. FULL. THIS DUSTUP IS. ANOTHER SKIRMISH IN. A TRADE WAR WITH.

CANADA. TODAY, CANADA'S. PRIME MINISTER. SIDESTEPPED THE AD. THEORY, BUT SAYS HE. WANTS TO KEEP. NEGOTIATING. >> WHEN THE. AMERICANS ARE READY. TO HAVE THOSE. DISCUSSIONS. >> Reporter: THE. TRADE DRAMA COMES AS. WALL STREET SWORD, WITH THE DOW CLOSING. ABOVE 47,000 FOR THE. FIRST TIME, WITH THE. S&P AND NASDAQ UP AS. WELL. DRIVEN IN PART BY. DATA THAT SHOWS. INFLATION ROSE LESS. THAN EXPECT IT. TONIGHT, THE.

PRESIDENT BEGINS A. THREE COUNTRY TOUR. IN ASIA, WHERE TRADE. AND A MEETING WITH. CHINA'S LEADER ARE. ON THE AGENDA. TOM? >> OKAY, KELLY. O'DONNELL. >>> NEW DIRK. ATTORNEY GENERAL. ASSISTED JAMES. APPEARED IN FEDERAL. COURT TODAY AND. PLEADED NOT GUILTY. TO BANK FRAUD. CHARGES. THE INDICTMENT IS. RELATED TO A. MORTGAGE SHE TOOK. OUT ON A PROPERTY IN. VIRGINIA, AND. ALLEGES JAMES. ACTIONS LATER ABOUT. $50 A MONTH OVER THE. COURSE OF A 30 YEAR. MORTGAGE. JAMES A FIERCE. CRITIC OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP APPEARED. OUTSIDE THE. COURTHOUSE TODAY,

DEFIANT, SAYING THE. JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS. BEEN WHAT DENIES. ON DAY 24 OF THE. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, MANY FEDERAL. EMPLOYEES TODAY. MISSED THEIR FIRST. FULL PAYCHECKS. AND NOW SOME OF THE. VERY PEOPLE WE RELY. ON TO KEEP US SAFE. ARE TURNING TO FOOD. BANKS TO FEED THEIR. FAMILIES. HERE'S NBC'S TOM. COSTELLO. >> Reporter: AT A. WASHINGTON, D.C. FOOD BANK THIS. MORNING, THE LINE. EXTENDED DOWN THE. BLOCK. HUNDREDS OF RURAL. WORKERS OUT OF WORK. AND LOOKING TO FEED. THEIR FAMILIES. >> THE BILLS. CONTINUE TO PILE UP. I HAVE CHILDREN TO. FEED, I HAVE A.

FAMILY TO TAKE CARE. OF, I HAVE A. MORTGAGE TO PAY. >> Reporter: THE. BIPARTISAN POLICY. CENTER REPORTS 1.4. MILLION CIVILIAN. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. DID NOT GET PAID. TODAY. WORKERS AT THE NIH, HHS, THE VA, DOD, FOOD INSPECTORS, AND. TSA OFFICERS. >> JUST GIVE HER TWO. BOXES AND A PIZZA. >> THE AVERAGE. GOVERNMENT CHECK. SHOULD BE ABOUT. $4700. INSTEAD, ZERO. THE MOST VISIBLE. SIGN OF THE SHUTDOWN. MAY BE AT THE. NATION'S AIRPORTS, WHERE GROUND STOPS. AND FLIGHT DELAYS. HAVE BEEN BUILDING. FOR WEEKS. MORE THAN 30,000. THIS WEEK ALONE.

WHILE SOME ARE. WEATHER-RELATED, THE. D.O.T. SAYS UP TO 53% HAVE. BEEN SHUTDOWN RELATED. , AS SOME. CONTROLLERS CALL OUT. SICK IN PROTEST OR. TAKE SECOND JOBS TO. FEED THEIR FAMILIES. >> INSTEAD OF. FOCUSING ON THE. SAFETY OF THE. AMERICAN FLYING. PUBLIC, THEY'RE NOW. FOCUSING ON WHAT. THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO. PAY. >> Reporter: AMID A. NATIONAL CONTROLLER.

SHORTAGE, THE FAA. HAS BEEN PUSHING TO. HIRE THOUSANDS OF. NEW CONTROLLERS, PUTTING THEM THROUGH. THE ATC ACADEMY. BUT WHILE STUDENTS. ARE PAID, THEY'RE. NOT GETTING PAID IF. THEY GRADUATE DURING. THE SHUTDOWN AND. START THEIR FIRST. JOBS. >> SOME OF OUR YOUNG. CONTROLLERS IN THE. ACADEMY, AND SOME. WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN. SPOTS IN THE NEXT. CLASS OF THE. ACADEMY, ARE. BAILING. THEY'RE WALKING. AWAY. >> Reporter: AND THE. LOSS VEGAS AND SALT. LAKE AIRPORTS, AND. ASSISTANCE FOR. CONTROLLERS AND TSA. OFFICERS. WITH NO. SIGN OF COMPROMISE. ON CAPITOL HILL, THE. CONCERN IS THAT MORE. TSA OFFICERS AND. CONTROLLERS MIGHT. CALL OUT SICK AS. THIS DRAGS ON, AND.

THE THANKSGIVING. TRAVEL RUSH IS NOW. JUST A MONTH AWAY. TOM? >> A GOOD REMINDER. ALL RIGHT, TOM. COSTELLO FOR US. >>> OUT OUR. EXCLUSIVE LOOK AS. NATO PREPARES FOR. THE UNTHINKABLE, NUCLEAR WAR. AS TENSIONS WITH. RUSSIA ARRIVED, OUR. ROB SANCHEZ TAKES US. INSIDE THE HEIGHT. EXTERNALS. >> Reporter: THIS IS. WHAT TRAINING FOR. NUCLEAR WAR LOOKS. LIKE. WE'RE AT THE VOCAL. AIRBASE IN THE. NETHERLANDS, WHERE. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS AS. NATO, FOR THE FIRST. TIME, ALLOWS. REPORTERS TO SEE ITS. NUCLEAR WARGAME.

THESE EUROPEAN. FIGHTER JETS ARE. SIMULATING CARRYING. OUT A NUCLEAR STRIKE. USING AMERICAN. BOMBS. >> NATO'S NUCLEAR. ALLIANCE. >> Reporter: COLONEL. DAVID BUNCHE IS THE. HEAD OF NATO'S. NUCLEAR OPERATIONS. >> WE'RE ULTIMATELY. PREPARING FOR WHAT. WOULD BE THE WORST. DAY. >> Reporter: THE. DECISION TO USE A. U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPON. ALWAYS LIES WITH THE. PRESIDENT. >> BUT IN AN EXTREME. SCENARIO, LIKE ALL-. OUT WAR WITH RUSSIA, THE PRESIDENT COULD. ALLOW AMERICAN. NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO. BE LOADED ONTO AN.

ALLIED AIRCRAFT LIKE. THIS. >> Reporter: DUTCH F-. 35S TAKING PART IN. THE EXERCISE. >> Reporter: WHAT. MESSAGE DO YOU WANT. RUSSIA AND OTHER. ADVERSARIES TO TAKE. FROM THIS EXERCISE? >> WE'RE READY. WE'RE READY EVERY. DAY TO DEFEND EVERY. INCH OF THIS. TERRITORY. >> Reporter: NATO. SAYS THE ANNUAL. EXERCISES MEANT TO. DETER ALL ENEMIES. AND IS NOT AIMED AT. RUSSIA. BUT THE KREMLIN. CALLING IT A. PROVOCATION. PRESIDENT VLADIMIR. PUTIN RESPONDING. THIS WEEK, OVERSEEING NUCLEAR. DRILLS OF HIS OWN.

UNDER DUTCH MILITARY. RULES, THIS PILOT. CAN ONLY BE. IDENTIFIED AS. LIEUTENANT COLONEL. B. BUT SHOULD THE. WORST DAY,, IT WOULD. BE HIS SQUADRON. CALLED ON TO DROP. THE BOMBS. >> DOES IT WEIGH. HEAVILY ON YOU? >> YES, IT DOES, OBVIOUSLY, YEAH. THIS IS THE HIGHEST. FORM OF FIGHTING WE. COULD USE TO BE ABLE. TO DETER OUR, OUR. EXERCISE. >> Reporter: AND THE. LAST REMAINING. NUCLEAR ARMS. AGREEMENT BETWEEN. THE U.S. AND RUSSIA. EXPIRES EARLY NEXT. YEAR. IF IT IS RENEWED, THERE WILL BE NO.

LIMIT ON THE NUMBER. OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. BOTH SIDES CAN. DEPLOY. TOM? >> WE THANK YOU. YOU'RE WHEN WE COME. BACK IN 60 SECONDS, THE CHILLING DASH. CAM VIDEO. A TRUCKER PLOWING. THROUGH TRAFFIC. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. IN COURT AS THE. >>> NOW THAT. DISTURBING VIDEO. FROM CALIFORNIA. SHOW. G A TR. >>> NOW TO THAT. DISTURBING VIDEO. FROM CALIFORNIA. SHOWING A TRACTOR-. TRAILER PLOWING. RIGHT THROUGH. TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER IS NOW. UNDER ARREST AS ACTOR-. WE. LEARN NEW. INFORMATION ABOUT. HOW HE WAS IN THE. COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. HERE'S STEVE.

PATTERSON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY. POSTING DISTURBING. VIDEO OF A SEMITRUCK. AS IT SLAMMED INTO. MULTIPLE VEHICLES ON. A CALIFORNIA. HIGHWAY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE. MAN BEHIND THE. WHEEL, 21-YEAR-OLD. JOSH AND PREET. SAYING, PLEADED NOT. GUILTY TODAY TO. VEHICULAR. MANSLAUGHTER WHILE. DRIVING UNDER THE. INFLUENCE. POLICE SAY HIS BIG. RIG SLAMMED INTO. TRAFFIC AT HIGH. SPEED, SPARKING AN. EIGHT CARD CHAIN. REACTION CRASH, KILLING THREE. PEOPLE. AMONG THE VICTIMS, A. POMONA HIGH SCHOOL. BASKETBALL COACH AND. HIS WIFE.

HOMELAND SECURITY. OFFICIALS SAY SINGH. WAS IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY, CROSSING. THE SOUTHERN BORDER. IN 2022, AND. RELEASED INTO THE. COUNTRY BY THE BY. THE MINISTRATION. THOUGH THE. CALIFORNIA DMV SAYS. THEY WERE TOLD HE. HAD LEGAL STATUS. AND IT FOLLOWS. ANOTHER DEADLY CRASH. IN FLORIDA, WHERE. AUTHORITIES SAY THIS. BIG RIG MADE A. RECKLESS U-TURN, CAUSING A COLLISION. WITH A VAN. THREE PEOPLE WERE. KILLED. DRIVER HARJO NEAR. SINGH WAS ALSO IN.

THE U.S. ILLEGALLY, ACCORDING TO DHS, AND FACES THREE. COUNTS OF VEHICULAR. HOMICIDE. HE'S DID NOT GUILTY. THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY. GENERAL SAYS SINGH. FAILED HIS DRIVING. TEST 10 TIMES IN. TWO MONTHS, BUT. EVENTUALLY GOT A. CALIFORNIA. COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. LICENSE. FLORIDA OFFICIALS. SAY HE COULD ONLY. ANSWER TWO OF 12. VERBAL QUESTIONS. CORRECTLY. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION NOW. INVESTIGATING. >> IF YOU CAN'T. UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND. ROADSIGNS, HOW IN. THE HECK CAN YOU. EVER PASS THE TEST. TO BE ISSUED A.

COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. LICENSE? YOU CAN'T DO IT BUT. FOR FRAUD. >> Reporter: AND WE. KNOW TONIGHT THAT. FLORIDA IS ASKING. THE SUPREME COURT TO. STOP CALIFORNIA AND. WASHINGTON STATE. FROM ISSUING THESE. COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. LICENSE IS TO PEOPLE. IN THE COUNTRY. ILLEGALLY. TOM? >>. >>> WE'RE>> WE'RE BAC BACK. WITH THE NEW VIDEO. OF A DEADLY. EXPLOSION AT A BUS. FACILITY. IT HAPPENED IN EL. PASO IN FEBRUARY. LOOK AT THE A CITY. BUS HOISTED UP ON A.

LIFT, TIPPING OVER. AND EXPLODING. MULTIPLE TIMES. TWO PEOPLE WERE. KILLED AND 11 OTHERS. INJURED. ACCORDING TO. OFFICIALS, A NATURAL. GAS CYLINDER WAS. DAMAGED BY PART OF. THE LIFT WHEN IT. TIPPED OVER, CAUSING. THAT HUGE FIRE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A. SCARY MOMENT ON THE. BROOKLYN BRIDGE WHEN. THIS CAR BURST INTO. FLAMES ON THE. BRIDGE, SHUTTING. DOWN TRAFFIC IN BOTH. DIRECTIONS. THANKFULLY, THE FDNY. SAYS NOBODY WAS. HURT. >>> AND WE HAVE A. BIG UPDATE NOW TO. THE STORY WE BROUGHT. YOU LAST NIGHT IN. OUR SERIES THE COST.

OF DENIAL. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT. JOHN MILTON, A. FATHER IN NORTH. CAROLINA WHO HAS. MILD.CANCER IN HIS. LIVER. HIS DOCTOR. RECOMMENDED THE DRUG. SAHARA, WHICH HE. CONSIDERED JOHN'S. BEST CHANCE AT. BEATING CANCER AND. LIVING A LONG LIFE, AND TO GET THAT. LIVER TRANSPLANT. WITHOUT IT, HE ONLY. HAD 18 MONTHS TO. LIVE. INSURANCE DENIED. COVERAGE OF THE DRUG. AND APPROVED AN. ALTERNATIVE INSTEAD. WELL, TONIGHT, WE. JUST LEARNED THAT. THE MAKER OF ZAHARA, JAZZ. PHARMACEUTICALS, IS. GRANTING JOHN THE. DRUG AT NO COST.

>>> FINALLY, >> FINALLY, THERE IS. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. FOR 12-YEAR-OLD. SOPHIA, WHO WAS. AMONG THE STUDENTS. INJURED DURING THE. AUGUST CHURCH SCHOOL. SHOOTING IN. ANNAPOLIS. THE TOUCHING. HOMECOMING BY THE. SAME COMMUNITY WHO. HELPED HEAL HER.

WATCH AS MEDICAL. STAFF CHEER ON. SEVENTH GRADER. SOPHIA FOR THIS. DISCHARGE NEARLY TWO. MONTHS AFTER THE. AUGUST 27th MASS. SHOOTING AT. ANNUNCIATION. CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN. MINNEAPOLIS THAT. TOOK THE LIVES OF. TWO YOUNG STUDENTS, EIGHT-YEAR-OLD. FLETCHER MERKEL AND. 10-YEAR-OLD HARPER. WHISKEY. 18 CHILDREN WERE. INJURED. AMONG THEM, SOPHIA, WHO HAD A BULLET. LODGED IN THE SIDE.

OF HER HEAD. LAST MONTH, SOPHIA'S. NEUROSURGEON LEANING. ON PRAYER. >> IF YOU HAD TOLD. ME AT THIS JUNCTURE, 10 DAYS LATER, THAT. WE BE STANDING HERE. WITH ANY RAY OF. HOPE, I WOULD'VE. SAID IT WOULD TAKE A. MIRACLE. >> HER FATHER, TOM, FIGHTING BACK TEARS. >> SOPHIA IS STRONG. SOPHIA IS FIGHTING. AND SOPHIA IS GOING. TO WIN THIS FIGHT. >> SOPHIA'S STORY OF. SURVIVAL WOULD. BECOME AN ANTHEM FOR. HOPE. SOPHIA STRONG. HERE'S THE MOMENT.

YESTERDAY SHE. ARRIVED AT ABOUT. NEGATION CATHOLIC. SCHOOL, SWARMED BY. HER FRIENDS AND. CLASSMATES. AND BACK AT THE. HOSPITAL, CHEERS AS. SOPHIA EMERGED. AMONG THE FIRST IN. LINE, THE VERY. NEUROSURGEON THAT. HER LIFE. THEN, EVERYONE. SINGING TO SOPHIA, JUST IN TIME FOR HER. 13th BIRTHDAY.

>>> THAT'S NIGHTLY. NEWS FOR THIS. FRIDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT, AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.