NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 27

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, THE. CATASTROPHIC WARNING, HURRICANE MELISSA NOW. A HISTORIC AND DEADLY. CATEGORY FIVE. HURRICANE. THE MONSTER STORM. PROJECTED TO BE THE. STRONGEST HURRICANE TO. EVER HIT JAMAICA. MELISSA, SET TO PLOW. INTO THE ISLAND. TOMORROW MORNING WITH. LIFE-THREATENING WINDS. UP TO 175 MILES PER. HOUR. AS MUCH AS 40. INCHES OF RAIN TO. SWAMP AREAS. SATELLITE VIDEO. SHOWING LIGHTNING.

FIRING OFF FROM. MELISSA'S EYE. MANDATORY EVACUATION. TONIGHT, AS RESIDENTS AND. AMERICAN TOURISTS. RACE TO SAFETY. OUR TEAM LIVE FROM. JAMAICA. >>> BACK IN THE U.S., A POSSIBLE TORNADO. TEARING THROUGH PARTS. OF FLORIDA'S. PANHANDLE, POWERFUL. WINDS RIPPING THIS. HOTEL ROOF OFF AND. LANDING IT IN AN RV. PARK. WHILE HEAVY RAIN. FLOODS PORTIONS OF. THE EAST COAST. >>> THE WORKPLACE. SHOOTING THAT KILLED. TWO IN TENNESSEE,

S.W.A.T. TEAMS CLOSING. IN ON THE SUSPECT. >>> THE ALLEGED MURDER. PLOT. POSTED ON TIKTOK. MINUTES FROM BOARDING. A FLIGHT TO AFRICA. THE BIG QUESTION. TONIGHT --. WHERE ARE THE JEWELS? >>> NEW RELEASE DATE. FOR SEAN "DIDDY". COMBS, WHEN HE'S SET. TO WALK OUT OF PRISON. >>> AMAZON EXPECTED TO. LAY OFF. AS MANY AS 30,000. PEOPLE EARLY AS. TOMORROW. >>> EMERGENCY SLIDE. DEPLOYED BY ACCIDENT, HOW THE MISTAKE CAUSED. MORE THAN JUST. PASSENGER DELAYS.

>>> MY EXCLUSIVE. INTERVIEW, WILL. SOCCER'S BIGGEST STAR. PLAY IN NEXT YEAR'S. WORLD CUP? LIONEL MESSI, ONE-ON-ONE, WITH HIS. MOST REVEALING ANSWER. YET. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING, A. MONSTER, LIFE-THREATENING. STORM, THE MOST. POWERFUL WE'VE SEEN IN. THE ATLANTIC THIS. YEAR, IS JUST HOURS. AWAY FROM SLAMMING. DIRECTLY INTO THE. ISLAND NATION OF. JAMAICA. HURRICANE MELISSA IS. NOW A CAT FIVE, STRONGEST RATING.

POSSIBLE. TIME TO EVACUATE THE. ISLAND IS OVER. RESIDENTS AND STRANDED. TOURISTS, MANY. AMERICANS, WILL HAVE. TO FACE THE STORM AND. POSSIBLE DAYS OR WEEKS. OF MISERY TO FOLLOW. HERE'S WHY. OFFICIALS WARN IT WILL. BE CATASTROPHIC. YOU CAN SEE THE SHEER. SIZE OF THE HURRICANE. FROM SPACE. WE GOT THIS UP CLOSE. VIEW OF A NEAR. PERFECTLY SHAPED EYE. WALL. LOOK AT THAT. ANOTHER HURRICANE. HUNTER PLANE FORCED TO. TURN BACK, TOO. DANGEROUS TO FLY INTO. IT.

ITS PATH HAS IT. SLAMMING INTO JAMAICA. TOMORROW BEFORE. CHARGING STRAIGHT TO. CUBA. FORECASTERS WARN IT. WILL BRING. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS, MONSTROUS STORM SURGE, CATASTROPHIC RAINFALL, MORE THAN THREE FEET. IN PARTS. WHICH COULD KNOCK OUT. ELECTRICITY, ROADS AND. CLEAN WATER FOR WEEKS. OFFICIALS WARN THEY. CAN'T OVERSTATE THE. DANGERS NEXT DAY AND. BELONG. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. OUR TEAM, GEORGE. SOLIS. IN THE STORM'S PATH IN. JAMAICA, IT'S JUST.

STARTING TO PICK UP. WHERE YOU ARE? >> Reporter: THAT'S. RIGHT, TOM, THE SKY IS. LOOKING MORE OMINOUS, RAIN COMING DOWN AT A. GOOD CLIP AND WINDS. PICKING UP, AND IT'S. ONLY EXPECTED. TO INTENSIFY, OFFICIALS URGING. EVERYONE TO HUNKER. DOWN AND STAY OFF THE. ROADS, HOURS AWAY FROM. A POTENTIALLY HISTORIC. LANDFALL. HURRICANE MELISSA ON A. COLLISION COURSE WITH. JAMAICA. OUTER BANDS OF THE. MONSTER, CATEGORY FIVE. STORM ROAREDING. ASHORE. >> IT MIGHT JUST RIP. THE WHOLE PLACE APART.

>> Reporter: THE. ISLAND IS BRACING UP. TO DANGEROUS WINDS UP. TO 175 MILES PER HOUR, 30 TO 40 INCHES OF. RAIN AND. LIFE-THREATENING STORM. SURGE. OFFICIALS WARNING. FLASH FLOODS AND. LANDSLIDES COULD BE. CATASTROPHIC. POWER OUTAGES MAY LAST. WEEKS OR MONTHS. A DOSE OF WIND AND. RAIN EXPECTED TO. PUMMEL THE ISLAND, LOW-LYING AREAS. EXPECTED TO FLOOD AND. INFRASTRUCTURE. EXPECTED TO SUFFER. THIS STUNNING. SATELLITE IMAGE. CAPTURED A LOOK INSIDE.

THE EYE WALL, BUT THE. STORM IS SO POWERFUL, A NOAA HURRICANE. HUNTING. AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY. HAD TO TURN BACK. IF IT HITS AS CAT. FIVE, IT'S THE. STRONGEST EVER FOR. JAMAICA. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO. THE ISLAND? >> THIS IS STRONG AS. WE'VE CONTEMPLATED. NOW IS. NOT TIME TO PANIC BUT. TIME TO COMPLETE YOUR. PLANS AND. PREPARATIONS. >> Reporter: MANY. TOURISTS AT RESORTS ON. THE COASTLINE RACED TO. GET OUT BEFORE THE. AIRPORTS CLOSED.

BUT THESE AMERICAN. HONEYMOONERS. DECIDED TO RIDE IT OUT. AT THE HOTEL. >> WE HAVE ALL THE. SUPPLIES WE NEED AND. PLENTY OF MONEY IN THE. BANK ACCOUNT IN CASE. WE GET STUCK LONGER. THAN EXPECTED. >> Reporter: THE. SLOW-MOVING STORM. HAS CLAIMED AT LEAST. FOUR LIVES IN THE. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND. HAITI. NOW HIGH-RISK. NEIGHBORHOODS IN. JAMAICA ARE. UNDER MANDATORY. EVACUATION ORDERS, THOUGH OFFICIALS SAY. SOME ARE REFUSING TO. LEAVE. >> IF YOU'RE SMART, WE. CAN WORK TOGETHER. IF NOT, UNFORTUNATELY. YOU'LL PAY THE. CONSEQUENCES.

>> GEORGE JOINS US. AGAIN LIVE TONIGHT, GEORGE, JAMAICA IS. LIKELY GOING TO NEED. HELP AFTER THE STORM. BUT GETTING AID IN MAY. BE CHALLENGING. >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE. AIRPORTS IN KINGSTON. IS BARELY ABOVE SEA. LEVEL. IT'S THERE IN THE. DISTANCE. THAT'S NOT ALL. THE ROADS AND THE. INFRASTRUCTURE COULD. BE AN ABSOLUTE MESS. ONCE MELISSA PASSES. TOM. >> GEORGE SOLIS, YOU AND THE TEAM, PLEASE STAY SAFE. BILL KARINS,

I'M LOOKING AT THE. STATS HERE. 175-MILE-PER-HOUR. WINDS, AS MUCH AS 40. INCHES OF RAIN. WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF. HURRICANES. THIS IS DEVASTATING. >> TOM, I'M GETTING. MORE CONCERNED FOR. WESTERN PORTIONS OF. JAMAICA, IT'S HEADED. THERE IN ROUGHLY 12 TO. 18 HOURS AS A POWERFUL. CATEGORY FIVE. IT'S GOING TO MOVE. RELATIVELY QUICKLY. OVER THE ISLAND BUT. THE EYE MAY GO OVER A. BIG POPULATION CENTER.

MONTEGO BAY, LOCALS. AND TOURISTS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHEN THE EYE COMES ON. SHORE, GUSTS EASILY. 100 MILES AN HOUR, MAYBE 140, 150. LIKE A HUGE TORNADO. GOING WHEREVER THE EYE. TRAVELS. KINGSTON IS NOT. GETTING THE HIGH WINDS. BUT LOOK HOW MUCH. RAINFALL. GOING TO HAVE MAJOR. PROBLEMS WITH. INFRASTRUCTURE ISLAND.

WIDE. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL. STAY MONITORING IT. >>> IN FLORIDA, POSSIBLE TORNADO. RIPPED THROUGH PARTS. OF THE PANHANDLE AND. THERE ARE. STORMS IN THE REST OF. THE STATE. AARON GILCHRIST. >> Reporter: HEAVY. WINDS AND STRONG RAIN. PUMMELLING THE FLORIDA. PANHANDLE, RIPPING THE. ROOF OFF THIS HOTEL. IN MEXICO BEACH. BEFORE DAWN, CAREENING. INTO A MOBILE HOME. PARK ACROSS THE. STREET. >> WITH POWER LINES. DOWN AND RVs ON THEIR. SIDES, COULD HAVE BEEN. A LOT WORSE. >> Reporter: THIS. COUPLE FROM ATHENS, GEORGIA, TOSSED AROUND.

IN THE RV AS IT. FLIPPED. RESCUERS HAD TO RIP. OUT THE WINDSHIELD TO. SAVE THEM. >> I SAID WE'RE GOING. OVER. WE JUST WENT -- THIS. IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE. BEEN FLIPPED OVER AND. MESSED WITH LIKE THIS. MOTHER NATURE GOT MAD. AT ME. >> Reporter: CRAIG. NEEDED FOUR STITCHES. IN HIS HEAD. AND THE POSSIBLE. TORNADO ALSO SENT TWO. OTHERS TO THE. HOSPITAL. A CLUSTER. OF. THUNDERSTORMS DROPPING. MORE THAN 14 INCHES OF. RAIN IN SOME PARTS OF.

FLORIDA, A MAJOR ROAD. COLLAPSE IN. AND DANGEROUS. FLOODING. THE STAFF. COLLAPSED, AND STAFF. AT THE JET CENTER. FORCED TO MOVE PAY. PLANE TO HIGHER. GROUND. A VAN NEARLY COLLIDING. WITH A FIRE ENGINE. >> NEVER SEEN THIS. BEFORE. >> Reporter: LOOK AT. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD AND. A SECOND FORMING. BESIDE IT. IN MISSISSIPPI, EF-1. TORNADO CARVING A PATH. OF DESTRUCTION, SENDING DEBRIS NEAR. THIS RESTAURANT. BACK IN MEXICO BEACH, FLORIDA, DRIVERS. BATTLING A DELUGE.

DRIVEN BY FEROCIOUS. WINDS. REMAINS OF HOMES AND. DEBRIS STREWN ACROSS. STREETS. >> I WAS VERY, VERY. SCARED, THOUGHT THIS. COULD BE IT. >> AARON JOINS US. LIVE FROM MEXICO. BEACH. IT'S TOUGH TO TELL. WHAT'S BEHIND YOU. >> Reporter: YOU'RE. LOOKING AT THE ROOF OF. THE HOTEL ACROSS THE. STREET THAT WAS RIPPED. OFF AND THROWN ACROSS. THE HIGHWAY HERE. OTHER PARTS LANDED ON. SOME OF THE RVs PARKED. IN THE PARK. THE FIRE CHIEF SAID HE. WAS AMAZED AND FRANKLY. GRATEFUL THAT THE. THREE PEOPLE WHO WENT.

TO THE HOSPITAL ONLY. HAD MINOR INJURIES. TOM. >> AARON GILCHRIST, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE. NIGHTMARE INSIDE A. PLASTICS PLANT IN. TENNESSEE. POLICE SAY AN EMPLOYEE. OPENED FIRE, KILLING. TWO SUPERVISORS AND. BARRICADING HIMSELF IN. A HOME. EMILIE IKEDA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. POLICE IN TENNESSEE AT. A PLASTICS PLANT. FOLLOWING ANOTHER. HORRIFIC CASE OF. WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. >> CALLER SAID THAT. SOMEONE RAN OUTSIDE. CLAIMING THAT. SOMEBODY WAS SHOT.

>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY AN. EMPLOYEE SHOT AND. KILLED TWO SUPERVISORS. AFTER 10:00 A.M. TODAY. >> THE SUSPECT WE. UNDERSTAND IS AN. EMPLOYEE THERE WHO WAS. PROBABLY IN A MEETING. WITH HIS SUPERVISORS. AT THAT TIME. >> Reporter: POLICE. SAY THE SUSPECT, NOT. NAMED, THEN SPED OFF. AND BARRICADED HIMSELF. 20 MINUTES AWAY IN. WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE. HIS HOME IN BRADLEY. COUNTY. >> THIS IS THE BRADLEY. COUNTY SHERIFF'S. OFFICE. >> Reporter: CLEVELAND.

POLICE CAPTAIN EVIE. WEST. SHOWING WHERE DOZENS. OF OFFICERS HAVE. DESCENDED, TRYING TO. COAX HIM OUT. BUT THEY ULTIMATELY. FOUND THE APPARENT. SUSPECT WITH A. SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT. WOUND. TONIGHT, THE. INVESTIGATORS ARE. WORKING. TO IDENTIFY THE. VICTIM'S FAMILIES, INCLUDING A CHILD AT. SCHOOL WHEN THE. NIGHTMARE UNFOLDED. >> FAMILIES, DAUGHTERS, WIVES AND. PEOPLE THAT LOVED. THESE PEOPLE SHOT AND. KILLED IN A PLACE OF. BUSINESS. WHO WOULD HAVE. THOUGHT, THIS IS THEIR. PLACE OF BUSINESS THEY.

GO EVERY DAY. >> Reporter: EMILIE. IKEDA, NBC NEWS. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S HIGH-STAKES. TRIP TO ASIA, INCLUDING HIS EXPECTED. FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. WITH CHINA'S LEADER. GARRETT HAAKE IS. THERE, EXPECTATIONS. HAVE SET A NEW HIGH ON. WALL STREET. >> Reporter: THE DOW, S&P AND NASDAQ ALL. HITTING HIGHS TODAY, WITH OPTIMISM THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND.

PRESIDENT XI WILL. STRIKE A DEAL. AMERICAN AND CHINESE. NEGOTIATORS HAVE. SPOKEN POSITIVELY. ABOUT A FRAMEWORK. AGREEMENT FOR LOWER. TARIFFS AND MORE. CHINESE PURCHASING OF. U.S. FARM PRODUCTS. LIKE SOYBEANS. A FULL DAY IN JAPAN. AFTER BRIEFLY GREETING. THE EMPEROR UPON. ARRIVING IN TOKYO, TODAY HE'S SET TO HASH. OUT FINER POINTS OF A. TRADE AGREEMENT WITH URAGING. ARRESTS WERE MADE HERE. IN PARIS BECAUSE IT. SUGGESTS THE TREASURES. MAY STILL BE IN THE.

CITY. TOM. >> THANK YOU. >>> OFFICIALS. ARRESTING A MAN AFTER. A DISTURBING. THREAT TARGETING. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI, SUSPECT. OFFERING $45,000 TO. HAVE HER KILLED. KELLY O'DONNELL. >> Reporter: A. DISTURBING NEW THREAT. DISCOVERED BY A. SCROLLING TIKTOK USER. A POST THAT OFFERED. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. DOLLARS TO KILL. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI. A 29-YEAR-OLD. MINNESOTA MAN, TYLER. MAXON AVALOS, FACES. ONE FEDERAL CHARGE FOR. TRANSMITTING THAT. THREAT THAT.

INVESTIGATORS TRACKED. ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ACCORDING TO THE FBI, A TIKTOK POST LINKED. TO AVALOS READ IN. PART, WANTED, PAM. BONDI, PREFERABLY. DEAD, AND REFERRED TO. A REWARD OF $45,000. COURT DOCUMENTS. INCLUDE AN IMAGE. WE'RE NOT SHOWING, A. PHOTO OF BONDI WITH A. SNIPER SCOPE. RED DOT ON THE. FOREHEAD. TIKTOK, GOOGLE AND. COMCAST, THE PARENT.

COMPANY OF. NBC HELP THE THEM. TRACE THE SUSPECT. ACCORDING TO THE. AFFIDAVIT. ALSO STATES. HE HAS A CRIMINAL. HISTORY, CONVICTED OF. STALKING AND DOMESTIC. BATTERY. BONDI DECLINED TO. COMMENT BUT HAS. PLENL. PLEDGED TO ROOT OUT. THREATS. >> WE CANNOT ALLOW. THIS POLITICAL. VIOLENCE TO CONTINUE. ANY LONGER. >> HE WAS RELEASED. WITH THE REQUIREMENT. TO WEAR A GPS TRACKER. HE'S NOT ENTERED A. PLEA YET. IN A SEPARATE CASE,

THE JUDGE OVERSEEING. THE TRIAL IN THE POLIT. ICAL. ASSASSINATION OF. CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST. CHARLIE KIRK TRIAL. GRANTED THE REQUEST TO. WEAR HIS CLOTHES IN. THE COURT APPEARANCES. >>> TENS OF THOUSANDS. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH REPORTS OF. LOOMING LAYOFFS AT. AMAZON, THE TECH GIANT. PLANS TO ANNOUNCE AS.

MANY AS 30,000. CORPORATE JOB CUTS. THIS WEEK, ACCORDING. TO REUTERS, CITING. THREE PEOPLE FAMILIAR. WITH THE MATTER. AMAZON DID NOT RESPOND. TO REQUESTS FOR. COMMENT BUT THAT'S. ROUGHLY 10% OF THEIR. CORPORATE WORK FORCE. IT COMES AS. THEY LOOK TO CUT COSTS. AND RAMP UP SPENDING. ON ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE. >>> NEW INSIGHT WHEN. MUSIC MOGUL SEAN. "DIDDY" COMBS COULD BE. OUT OF PRISON. HE'S SERVING A. 50-MONTH PRISON. SENTENCE FOR. INTERSTATE.

PROSTITUTION. INMATE RECORDS REVEAL. HE'S SET TO BE. RELEASED ON MAY 8, 2028. HE'S BEEN DETAINED. SINCE HIS ARREST IN. SEPTEMBER OF LAST. YEAR. HIS ATTORNEYS EXPECT. TO APPEAL HIS. SENTENCE. >>> PITTSBURGH, A. COSTLY INCIDENT ON. BOARD A DELTA FLIGHT. HERE'S WHY. THE AIRLINE SAYS. A CREW MEMBER. ACCIDENTALLY DEPLOYED. AN EMERGENCY SLIDE. WHILE OPENING THE. AIRCRAFT DOOR AT THE. ARRIVAL GATE. IT FORCED PASSENGERS. ON THE RETURN FLIGHT. TO SWITCH TO LATER. FLIGHTS AND IT LIKELY.

COST THE AIRLINE. DOLLARS. >>> A COOK COUNTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICER. HELPS A DRIVER CHOKING. ON THE SIDE OF THE. ROAD. PERFORMS THE HEIMLICH, DISLODGED THE ITEM IN. THE DRIVER'S THROAT, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO. DRIVE AWAY SAFELY. AFTER BEING SEEN BY. PARAMEDICS. INCREDIBLE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, MY EXCLUSIVE WITH THE. GREATEST SOCCER PLAYER. ON THE.

>>> FINALLY, HE MAY BE. THE MOST WELL-KNOWN. ATHLETE IN THE WORLD. COMBINE TAYLOR SWIFT. AND LeBRON JAMES'. FOLLOWERS ON. INSTAGRAM, HE STILL. HAS MORE. LIONEL MESSI MAY GO. DOWN A. TEAM, ESPECIALLY IN.

OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS. SO HOPEFULLY GOD. WILL ALLOW ME TO DO IT. ONCE AGAIN. >> WE HOPE TO SEE HIM. FIGHT FOR THE WORLD. CUP. FOR NOW, WATCH MESSI. AND THE.