NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 28

>>> TONIGHT, THE. DEVASTATING. DIRECT. HIT. HURRICANE MELISSA. SLAMMING INTO. JAMAICA AS A. CATEGORY 5. THE LIFE-. THREATENING STORM. STRONGER THAN. KATRINA, THE MOST. POWERFUL IN THE. ATLANTIC THIS YEAR. THE MASSIVE. HURRICANE ROARING. ONSHORE, WIND. HITTING 185 MILES. PER HOUR. DRENCHING RAINS. ALREADY FLOODING. PARTS OF THE ISLAND. HOTEL GUESTS PACKING. INTO BALLROOMS FOR.

SAFETY. 25,000 TOURISTS. STILL ON THE ISLAND. OFFICIALS NOW. CAUTIONING. CROCODILES MAY BE IN. THE FLOODWATERS, WITH THE JAMAICAN. PRIME MINISTER JUST. TOLD ME ABOUT HOW. HOSPITALS ARE. DESTROYED, AND WHERE. THE MONSTER STORM IS. HEADING NEXT. AL ROKER STANDING. BY. >>> WILL THE CEASE-. FIRE HOLD? ISRAEL'S RETALIATORY. STRIKES IN GAZA. AFTER IT SAYS HAMAS. VIOLATED THE TRUMP. CEASE-FIRE DEAL. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S. BIGGEST STRIKES YET. ON BOATS IT SAYS.

WERE SMUGGLING DRUGS. TO THE U.S.. 14 PEOPLE KILLED, WITH ONE SURVIVOR. >>> CHILLING. TESTIMONY AS. TEACHERS RECOUNT THE. DAY A FIRST GRADE. TEACHER WAS SHOT BY. HER SIX-YEAR-OLD. STUDENT. WERE THERE MISSED. WARNING SIGNS? >>> AMAZON CUTTING. 14,000 JOBS. WHY. A.I. IS PARTLY TO BLAME. >>> SHOCKING DASH. CAM VIDEO. POLICE RACING AFTER. A STOLEN AMBULANCE.

WITH A PARAMEDIC AND. PATIENT STILL. INSIDE. HOW THE DR. WITH IT. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD. EVENING. THAT TERRIFYING. FORECAST FOR JAMAICA. BECAME A DEVASTATING. REALITY TODAY. HURRICANE MELISSA. ROARED ASHORE, SLAMMING INTO THE. ISLAND NATION AS A.

CATASTROPHIC. CATEGORY 5 STORM, WITH LIFE-. THREATENING WINDS. AND DEVASTATING. RAINS. 185-MILE-PER-HOUR. WINDS SENT ROOFS AND. DEBRIS FLYING. YOU SEE IT RIGHT. HERE. POWER NOW KNOCKED. OUT FOR HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS. AND LOOK INSIDE THE. HOSPITAL, WHERE THE. ROOF WAS JUST TORN. OFF, FLOODWATERS AND. STORM SURGE RUSHING. ACROSS PARTS OF THE. ISLAND AS OFFICIALS. ARE WARNING SOME OF. THOSE FLOODWATERS. COULD CONTAIN. CROCODILES. THE STORM MORE. POWERFUL THAN. HURRICANE KATRINA. MOMENTS AGO, I SPOKE. WITH JAMAICA'S PRIME. MINISTER, WHO TOLD.

ME IT'S TOO EARLY. FOR SEARCH AND. RESCUE TEAMS TO GET. OUT AND ASSESS THE. EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR. THE LOSS OF LIFE. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH GEORGE SOLIS, LIVE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA. GEORGE, THE STORM IS. MOVING OUT, BUT YOU. ARE STILL. EXPERIENCING THOSE. STRONG WINDS. >> Reporter: TOM, THE WINDS ARE STILL. WITHIN, AND THEY ARE. EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THROUGH TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW. HIGH SOME OF THE. SURFACE GETTING. HERE. ROADS STILL IN THE. AREA ARE GOING TO BE. IMPASSABLE. DEBRIS IS LITTERING. A LOT OF THE. ROADWAY, AND THE. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IS. ONLY JUST BEGINNING.

TONIGHT, A. DEVASTATING DIRECT. HIT. MELISSA SLAMMING. INTO JAMAICA AS A. CATASTROPHIC. CATEGORY 5. HURRICANE, PUMMELING. THE ISLAND WITH 185. MILE AN HOUR WINDS. AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE MONSTER STORM. UNLEASHING RAGING. FLOODWATERS AND LIFE-. THREATENING STORM. SURGE, TEARING ROOFS. FROM HOMES, KNOCKING. OUT POWER FOR. HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS. THIS WAS THE. TERRIFYING SCENE. INSIDE A HOSPITAL AS. MELISSA RIPPED.

THROUGH. TONIGHT, OFFICIALS. CAUTIONING PEOPLE TO. AVOID FLOODED AREAS. WHERE CROCODILES MAY. LURK KINGSTON MAY. HAVE BEEN SPARED THE. WORST OF MELISSA, BUT WE ARE STILL. EXPERIENCING THOSE. STRONG TROPICAL. FORCE STORM WINDS. TOM JUST SPOKE WITH. THE JAMAICAN PRIME. MINISTER. >> HOW IS IT RIGHT. NOW IN JAMAICA? >> JAMAICA HAS. SUSTAINED A MAJOR. IMPACT. THE CORRIDOR OF. DAMAGE IS. SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE LOST. HOSPITALS, CERTAINLY. OUR ROAD. INFRASTRUCTURE WILL. HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.

>> GIVE US AN UPDATE. ON THE STATUS OF. SEARCH AND RESCUE. OPERATIONS. HAVE THOSE STARTED, OR IS IT STILL TOO. DANGEROUS? >> STILL TOO. DANGEROUS TO DO. SEARCH AND RESCUE. >> Reporter: BEFORE. MELISSA'S HISTORIC. LANDFALL, OFFICIALS. HAD THIS DIRE FINAL. WARNING. >> DON'T BET AGAINST. MELISSA. IT IS A BET WE CAN'T. WIN. >> Reporter: MELISSA. ROARED ASHORE MIDDAY. IN NEWHOPE ON THE. SOUTHWESTERN COAST. BEFORE SLICING. ACROSS THE ISLAND TO. THE RESORTS OF. MONTEGO BAY. >> UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S HERE. >> IT'S HERE. >> THE WIND HAS BEEN.

PRETTY -- THIS. MORNING. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY SOME. 25,000 TOURISTS ARE. STRANDED. >> WE WERE ADVISED. TO PUT ONE OF OUR. MATTRESSES ON THE. WINDOW AND BARRICADE. IT WITH THE TABLES. THAT WE HAVE IN THE. ROOM. >> Reporter: PEOPLE. STAYING AT THIS. MONTEGO BAY HOTEL. WERE EVACUATED TO. THE BALLROOM, WHERE. THEY WROTE OUT THE. STORM HUDDLED. TOGETHER ON THE. FLOOR. >> YEAH, THE BEACH. IS JUST DEVASTATED. >> Reporter: CHRISTINA AND TONY. WERE CELEBRATING. THEIR 10th. ANNIVERSARY. LIKE MANY TOURISTS, THEY SCRAMBLED TO. TRY AND GET OUT. BEFORE AIRPORTS. CLOSED, BUT THEIR. FLIGHT WAS CANCELED,

LEAVING THEM. STRANDED. >> IT WAS HORRIFIC. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY. TERRIFYING. AND I THINK IT WAS. MORE SO THE FEAR OF. NOT KNOWING. I'VE BROKEN DOWN. SEVERAL TIMES JUST. CRYING, YOU KNOW? I DON'T, I DON'T. WANT TO END MY LIFE. HERE. >> Reporter: MELISSA. TYING THE RECORD FOR. THE STRONGEST. ATLANTIC STORM TO. EVER MAKE LANDFALL. THIS WAS THE. REACTION FROM OUR. METEOROLOGISTS AT. NBC 6 IN MIAMI. GETTING AN UPDATE ON. THE STORE'S. UNBELIEVABLE. STRENGTH LIVE ON. AIR. >> OH, MY, JESUS. CHRIST.

>> Reporter: THE. STORM DANGEROUS, A. HURRICANE HUNTER. FLIGHT GATHERING. DATA HAD TO TURN. BACK FOR THE SECOND. DAY IN A ROW. EVACUATIONS ARE NOW. UNDERWAY IN CUBA, WHICH IS BRACING FOR. IMPACT NEXT. WHILE HERE IN. JAMAICA, IT COULD. TAKE WEEKS TO FULLY. ASSESS THE FULL. SCOPE OF MELISSA'S. DEVASTATION. >> GEORGE SOLIS. JOINED US FROM. KINGSTON TONIGHT. WE CAN SEE THAT. STORM SURGE THERE. RISING BEHIND YOU. THE PRIME MINISTER. TOLD ME IT'S STILL. TOO DANGEROUS TO. SEND SEARCH AND. RESCUE OPERATIONS. OUT. HAVE THEY GIVEN ANY. INDICATION WHEN THEY. MAY BE ABLE TO GET.

AID IN AND RESCUE. SOME OF THOSE. PEOPLE? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, JAMAICAN. OFFICIALS SAYING. THEY WANT TO ASSESS. THE NATION'S. AIRPORTS AS SOON AS. THEY ARE ABLE TO. THAT INCLUDES THE. ONE HERE IN KINGSTON. AND MONTEGO BAY SO. THAT THEY ARE ABLE. TO GET SOME OF THOSE. RELIEF FLIGHTS IN TO. GET HELP TO THOSE. PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THAT ARE GOING TO. NEED IT MOST. TOM? >> Reporter: GEORGE. SOLIS AND HIS TEAM. TONIGHT. GEORGE, PLEASE STAY. SAFE OUT THERE. OUR BROKER IS HERE. FOR US IN THE. STUDIO. I KNOW YOU'RE. TRACKING THIS.

JAMAICA -- EVER SEEN. A STORM LIKE THIS --. AS IT CUTS THROUGH. THE CARIBBEAN. >> WELL, AS IT MAKES. ITS WAY, TOM, IS A. CATEGORY 4 RIGHT. NOW, AND IT'S GOING. TO STAY THAT WAY AS. IT MAKES ITS WAY. TOWARDS CUBA. 15 MILES EAST OF. MONTEGO BAY. THE WATER. TEMPERATURES RIGHT. NOW ARE TWO TO HALF. DEGREES WARMER THAN. AVERAGE. THAT MEANT RAPID. INTENSIFICATION OF. THE STORM WAS 700. TIMES MORE LIKELY. DUE TO HUMAN CAUSED. CLIMATE CHANGE IT. RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN. SEE THE HURRICANE. WARNING EXTENDING. ALL THE WAY UP INTO. THE WESTERN BAHAMAS. THIS SYSTEM MAKES.

ITS WAY INTO CUBA. SOMETIME AROUND. WEDNESDAY MORNING AT. 2:00 A.M. WE'RE LOOKING AT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO. 20 INCHES OF RAIN, AND THEN IT. CONTINUES FURTHER TO. THE NORTH WITH IT. SKIRTING ACROSS THE. EASTERN BAHAMAS, MAKING ITS WAY. TOWARD BERMUDA AND. THEN OUT TO SEA. BUT EVEN WITH. BERMUDA, TOM, STILL. A CATEGORY 2, SO. THIS IS STILL A. DANGEROUS STORM. >> YEAH, CUTTING A. DEADLY PATH OR THE. CARIBBEAN. WE THANK YOU FOR. THAT. >>> WE'RE GOING TO.

TURN OUT TO THE NEW. CONCERNS OVER THE. CEASE-FIRE, WITH. ISRAEL LAUNCHING. RETALIATORY STRIKES. INSIDE OF GAZA. TONIGHT AFTER IT. SAYS HAMAS BROKE THE. PEACE AGREEMENT. MATT BRADLEY REPORTS. FROM ISRAEL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A CEASE-. FIRE UNDER PRESSURE. ISRAEL LAUNCHING. RETALIATORY. AIRSTRIKES ON HAMAS. TARGETS IN GAZA. PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. SAYING HE ORDERED. POWERFUL STRIKES IN. THE GAZA STRIP. IMMEDIATELY AFTER. ISRAEL ACCUSED HAMAS. OF BREAKING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PEACE DEAL BY FIRING. FOUR ROCKET. PROPELLED GRENADES. AT ISRAELI TROOPS, ACCORDING TO AN. ISRAELI OFFICIAL.

AND ISRAEL ALSO. ACCUSING HAMAS OF. PURPOSEFULLY. DELAYING THE RETURN. OF HOSTAGE BODIES, WHICH WOULD BE. ANOTHER VIOLATION OF. THE DEAL. >> WE ARE FULLY. AWARE AND HAVE. KNOWLEDGE THAT HAMAS. CAN LOCATE AND. RETRIEVE THE REMAINS. OF OUR 13 DECEASED. HOSTAGES THAT ARE. STILL IN GAZA RIGHT. NOW. >> Reporter: ISRAEL. RELEASING VIDEO IT. SAYS SHOWS HAMAS. BURYING A BODY IN. THAT WHITE BAG, THEN. CALLING IN A. PHOTOGRAPHER HOURS. LATER FOR WHAT. ISRAEL SAYS WAS A. STAGE RECOVERY. ISRAEL IDENTIFYING. THE PARTIAL REMAINS. AS BELONGING TO --. WHOSE BODY THE. ISRAELIS SAID THEY.

HAD ALREADY. RECOVERED TWO YEARS. AGO. HAMAS SAYS FINDING. THE BODIES IS. DIFFICULT, AND. DENIED IT VIOLATED. THE CEASE-FIRE, ACCUSING ISRAEL OF. CREATING FALSE. PRETEXT TO RETURN TO. WAR. BUT IT COMES AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP WORN. HAMAS TO ABIDE BY. THE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING DISARMING. AFTER VIDEOS SHOWED. HAMAS CONDUCTING. PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. >> WE MADE A DEAL. WITH HAMAS THAT, YOU. KNOW, THEY'RE GOING. TO BE VERY GOOD, THEY'RE GOING TO. BEHAVE, THEY'RE. GOING TO BE NICE, AND IF THEY'RE NOT,

WE'RE GOING TO GO. AND WE'RE GOING TO. ERADICATE AND IF WE. HAD TO. THEY'LL BE. ERADICATED. >> Reporter: AND. ISRAELI OFFICIALS. TELL US THEY WERE IN. TOUCH WITH THE U.S. BEFORE TONIGHT. STRIKES, AND VICE. PRESIDENT VANCE SAYS. THE CEASE-FIRE IS. STILL HOLDING. DESPITE WHAT HE. CALLED LITTLE. SKIRMISHES. TOM? >> MATT BRADLEY WITH. THOSE NEW. DEVELOPMENTS. TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE. HUMAN TOLL OF THE. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. BACK HERE AT HOME IS. COMING INTO CLEAR. FOCUS AS AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLERS ARE THE. LATEST GOVERNMENT. WORKERS TO MISS A. PAYCHECK, EVEN AS. THEY STAY ON THE. JOB. AND NOW DELAYS AT.

AIRPORTS ARE PILING. UP. HERE'S TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: THE. HIGH-STAKES IN THE. AIR DRIVEN HOME BY A. SAN FRANCISCO. CONTROLLER. PREVENTING A NEAR. DISASTER THIS MONTH. AS A BUSINESS JET. NEARLY CROSSED IN. FRONT OF A DEPARTING. COMMERCIAL JET. TODAY, CONTROLLERS. NATIONWIDE MISSED. THEIR FIRST FULL. PAYCHECK, WITH THE. FAA REPORTING. ANOTHER 3000 DELAYS, SOME DUE TO. CONTROLLER. SHORTAGES. 24% OF ALL FLIGHTS. DELAYED MONDAY, 44%.

SUNDAY. AN ONGOING PROBLEM. FOR YEARS, BUT NOW. MADE MORE ACUTE AS. CONTROLLERS WORK. WITHOUT A PAYCHECK, SOME CALLING OUT. SICK. NICK DANIELS IS THE. PRESIDENT OF THE. CONTROLLERS UNION. >> TOMORROW IS GOING. TO BE LESS SAFE THAN. TODAY. WHEN AN AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLER ISN'T. 100% FOCUSED ON THE. JOB THAT THEY DO DAY. IN AND DAY OUT, THAT. PUTS THE SYSTEM AT. RISK. >> Reporter: TSA. OFFICERS MISSED. THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK. LAST FRIDAY. >> I DIDN'T BUY MY. MEDICINE THIS MONTH. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T. GO GET MY MEDICINE. AND I'M NOT THE ONLY.

PERSON WHO COULDN'T. GO AND GET THEIR. MEDICATION. >> Reporter: LOCAL. TSA UNION PRESIDENT. LASHANDA PALMER AND. HER COLLEAGUES. WORRIED ABOUT PAYING. THE RENT. >> WE'RE ALL ONE. STEP AWAY FROM BEING. OUT ON THE STREET. RIGHT ABOUT NOW. THEY DON'T HAVE. MONEY FOR GAS. THEY DON'T HAVE. MONEY TO GET. CHILDCARE. THEY DON'T HAVE. FOOD. >> I AM AN UNPAID. AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLER. >> Reporter: HANDING. OUT FLYERS URGING. CONGRESS TO END THE. SHUTDOWN, CONTROLLER. PETE LeFEVRE. >> I'M SIMPLY A. FEDERAL WORKER. TRYING TO DO A JOB,

AND BRING HOME A. PAYCHECK FOR MY. FAMILY. >> Reporter: ALSO. TONIGHT, 25 STATES. ARE SUING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION FOR. REFUSING TO FUND. FOOD ASSISTANCE. EXPIRING THIS WEEK. 42 MILLION PEOPLE. DEPEND ON IT, AS. WASHINGTON'S. POLITICAL. BRINKMANSHIP. CONTINUES WITH BOTH. SIDES BLAMING EACH. OTHER. TOM? >> OKAY, TOM. COSTELLO. >>> NOW TO THE CASE. THAT SHOCKED THE. COUNTRY. A SIX-YEAR-OLD. STUDENT SHOOTING. THEIR TEACHER IN. SCHOOL. NOW THAT CASE HAS. GONE TO TRIAL, AND. TODAY THERE WAS. EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY. FROM TEACHERS WHO. SAY WARNING SIGNS. WERE IGNORED.

STEPHANIE GOSK HAS. THE LATEST. >> Reporter: A. VIOLENT DATE AT. RICHNECK ELEMENTARY. SCHOOL DESCRIBED IN. VIRGINIA CIVIL COURT. TODAY IN VIVID. DETAIL. >> BANG! EVERYBODY NEARBY. HERE'S THE SOUND OF. A GUNSHOT. >> Reporter: THE. BULLET HIT FIRST-. GRADE TEACHER. ABIGAIL ZWERNER IN. THE HAND AND CHEST. IN 2023. THE GUN WAS FIRED BY. HER OWN SIX-YEAR-OLD. STUDENT. >> I KNEW THAT SHE. HAD BEEN SHOT. BECAUSE THERE WAS. BLOOD ON THE FLOOR. >> Reporter: FELLOW. TEACHER AMY TRAN 27. SAYS SHE RESTRAINED.

THE FIRST GREATER. RIGHT AFTER HE FIRED. THE GUN. >> I PUT HIM IN. BETWEEN MY LEGS, PUT. MY ARMS AROUND HIM. >> Reporter: TODAY. WAS THE START OF A. $40 MILLION CIVIL. TRIAL AGAINST THE. FORMER ASSISTANT. PRINCIPAL, DR. EBONY. PARKER, ACCUSED OF. IGNORING THE. WARNINGS THAT DAY. TRAN 27 USING. INITIALS TO REFER TO. THE MINORS. >> TWO LITTLE GIRLS. CAME OUT OF ABBY'S. ROOM TO THE DOORWAY. WHEN I WAS STILL IN. THE HALL AND TOLD ME. THAT JT HAD A GUN IN. HIS BAG. >> Reporter: KORVAC. TESTIFIED SHE. REPEATEDLY TOLD DR. PARKER. >> HOW MANY TIMES. DID YOU TELL DR. PARKER THAT YOU WERE.

CONCERNED THAT JT. MIGHT HAVE HAD A. GUN? >> THREE TIMES. >> Reporter: ANOTHER. TEACHERS THAT SHE. REPORTED THE SAME. THING AFTER SPEAKING. TO A DIFFERENT. STUDENT. >> I WAS CONVINCED. THAT THERE WAS A GUN. AFTER I SAT WITH R. AFTER RECESS. >> Reporter: THE. DEFENSE SUGGESTING. THERE WAS A. COLLECTIVE FAILURE. >> EVERYONE MUST. EXERCISE INDEPENDENT. JUDGMENT AND. DISCRETION. >> Reporter: BUT. ULTIMATELY TELLING. THE JURY THE. SHOOTING COULDN'T. HAVE BEEN PREDICTED. >> NO ONE COULD'VE. IMAGINED THAT A SIX-. YEAR-OLD FIRST-GRADE.

STUDENT WOULD BRING. A FIREARM INTO AN. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> Reporter: THE. FORMER ASSISTANT. PRINCIPAL IS ALSO. CHARGED WITH. CRIMINAL CHILD. NEGLIGENCE. HER ATTORNEY HAS NOT. RESPONDED TO. REQUESTS FOR. COMMENT. TOM? >> STEPHANIE GOSK. FOR US. >>> NOW TO A MAJOR. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM. THE COUNTRY'S SECOND. BIGGEST PRIVATE. EMPLOYER. AMAZON SAYS IT WILL. SLASH ITS CORPORATE. WORKFORCE BY 14,000. PEOPLE. ONE OF THE REASONS. FOR THE CUTS? ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE. AND MORE COMPANIES. MAY FOLLOW. HERE'S CHRISTINE. ROMANS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE MASSIVE. CUTS AT AMAZON.

14,000 CORPORATE. POSITIONS SLASHED AS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT. IS STAYING NIMBLE AS. IT EMBRACES THE. CHANGES BROUGHT. ABOUT BY ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE. IN A COMPANY MEMO. CALLING THIS. GENERATION OF A.I. THE MOST. TRANSFORMATIVE. TECHNOLOGY WE'VE. SEEN SINCE THE. INTERNET, ADDING, AMAZON NEEDS TO BE. ORGANIZED MORE. LENIENTLY, ECHOING. WHAT CEO ANDY JAFFE. SAID THIS SUMMER. >> WITH EVERY. TECHNOLOGICAL. TRANSFORMATION, THERE WILL BE FEWER. PEOPLE DOING SOME OF.

THE JOBS THAT THE. TECHNOLOGY ACTUALLY. STARTS TO AUTOMATE. >> Reporter: LINKEDIN CHIEF. ECONOMIST KAREN. KIMBROUGH SAYS THIS. IS JUST THE. BEGINNING. >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING. IS IT'S JOBS IN HR. AND MARKETING, ALSO. ENGINEERING, MEDIA. AND COMMS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. A LONG, I THINK, FIVE TO 10 YEARS OF. WATCHING ROLES, YOU. KNOW, EVOLVE UNDER. THE PRESSURE OF. A.I.. BUT THERE'S ALSO. GOING TO BE SOME NEW. OPPORTUNITIES. >> Reporter: OPPORTUNITIES, ALSO, FOR SMALL. BUSINESSES. AT THIS POPCORN SHOP. IN MAINE, JULIE AND.

PAUL ROBERTS MAKE 40. FLAVORS OF POPCORN. THEIR NEWEST. INGREDIENT? A.I. >> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE. TO CREATE A WHOLE. BRAND-NEW WEBSITE. WITH THE USE OF. A.I.. I HAVE USED IT FOR. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, FOR EMAIL BLASTS. IT'S BEEN. INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: AND. THAT INSTEAD OF. HIRING A PERSON. >> IT IS, YES. ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: A NEW. TECHNOLOGY SHE CAN'T. AFFORD TO PASS UP. CHRISTINE ROMANS, NBC NEWS. >>> WHEN WE RETURN. IN 60 SECONDS, THE.

WILD VIDEO. A HIGH-SP. >>> WE WERE BACK NOW. WITH THAT MILD. POLICE CHASE. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THAT MILD. POLICE CHASE IN. MICHIGAN. A SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY. CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. AN OFFICER SAY HE. TRIED TO FLEE THE. SCENE BY STEALING AN. AMBULANCE WITH THE. PARAMEDIC AND. PATIENT STILL. INSIDE. SAM BROCK HAS THE. STUNNING VIDEO. >> Reporter: IN A. SCENE STRAIGHT OUT. OF A HOLLYWOOD. SCRIPT --. >> SOMEONE JUST TOOK. THE MEDSTAR. AMBULANCE.

>> Reporter: OR EVEN. A VIDEO GAME, POLICE. IN NOVI, MICHIGAN. FLYING THROUGH THE. STREETS OF SUBURBAN. DETROIT, CONSTRUCTION ZONES. AND ALL. >> IN THE. CONSTRUCTION ZONE. >> Reporter: CHASING. THE SUSPECT THEY SAY. STILL THAT. AMBULANCE, WHICH HAD. A PARAMEDIC AND A. PATIENT IN THE BACK. AS IT CAREENED DOWN. THE ROAD. >> 34 YEARS OF. POLICING, HOW RARE. IS WHAT YOU JUST. WITNESSED? >> IN MY 34 YEARS OF. POLICING, I HAVE. NEVER SEEN THIS KIND. OF THING BEFORE. I WOULD SAY THAT IT.

IS OFF THE SCALE. >> Reporter: IT ALL. STARTED AFTER A CAR. ACCIDENT. POLICE SAY THE. SUSPECT CAUSED THE. WRECK, THEN TRIED TO. FLEE. YOU CAN SEE HIM. GETTING INTO THE. AMBULANCE AND. DRIVING AWAY. >> AND AT SOME POINT. HE MADE THE DECISION. TO JUMP IN THE. RUNNING AMBULANCE. AND TAKE OFF. >> Reporter: THE. ROUGHLY FOUR MINUTE. LONG PURSUIT ENDING. WITH THIS COLLISION, AND OFFICERS TRYING. TO ARREST CHANGLIN. LI, WHO POLICE SAY. ATTEMPTED TO GRAB. ONE OF THEIR. FIREARMS. AT HIS ARRAIGNMENT, LI PLEADED NOT.

GUILTY. THE PARAMEDIC AND. VICTIM IN THE BACK. OF THE AMBULANCE. WERE INJURED, THEN. RELEASED FROM THE. HOSPITAL, AND. ANOTHER DRIVER. SUFFERING CRACKED. RIBS AND A. DISLOCATED SHOULDER. >> WE WERE VERY. FORTUNATE THAT IT. DID TURN OUT HOW IT. DID. IT COULD'VE BEEN. MUCH, MUCH WORSE. >> Reporter: SAM. BROCK, NBC NEWS. >>> AND WE'RE BACK. IN A MOMENT WITH THE. BIGGEST STRIKES YET. ON BOTH THE USA ARE. CARRYING NARCO. TERRORISTS, BUT ONE. PERSON SURVIVED. >>> PLUS, THE.

>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S. BIGGEST STRIKES YET. AGAINST BOATS IT. SAYS. RE SM. >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH THE TRUMP UGGLING. ADMINISTRATION'S. BIGGEST STRIKES YET. AGAINST BOTH IT SAYS. WERE SMUGGLING DRUGS S. INTO THE U.S., HITTING FOUR VESSELS. MONDAY IN THE. EASTERN PACIFIC. THE DEFENSE. SECRETARY SAYING. THESE STRIKES KILLED. 14 NARCO TERRORISTS. WITHOUT PROVIDING. EVIDENCE. ONE PERSON, THOUGH, DID SURVIVE. CRITICS HAVE. QUESTIONED THE. LEGALITY OF THESE. STRIKES. >>> AND ALONG THE. COAST OF NORTH. CAROLINA, LOOK AT. THE INCREDIBLE POWER.

OF THE OCEAN WAVES. TOPPLING EVEN MORE. OF THOSE PICTURESQUE. COASTAL HOMES TODAY. ACCORDING TO LOCAL. REPORTS, FIVE HOMES. COLLAPSED ON THE. BEACH. THEIR WALLS REDUCED. TO DRIFTWOOD. NONE OF THEM, LUCKILY, WERE. OCCUPIED AT TIMES. >>> AND A TRUCK. HAULING RESEARCH. MONKEYS FROM TULANE. UNIVERSITY. OVERTURNED IN. MISSISSIPPI. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF. THE ONES THAT. ESCAPED THE TRAILER. OFFICIALS WARN THE. PUBLIC NOT TO. AP. BACK ON TONIGHT. MORGAN CHESKY, NBC. NEWS, LOS ANGELES. >> AND WE'LL SEE HO.