NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 29

>>> TONIGHT, THE NEW. IMAGES OF HURRICANE. MELISSA'S DIRECT HIT. ON JAMAICA. THE MOST POWERFUL. STORM TO EVER HIT. THE COUNTRY, CARVING. A CATASTROPHIC PATH. OF DESTRUCTION AND. LEVELING ENTIRE. COMMUNITIES. THE MONSTER. HURRICANE RIPPING. OFF ROOFS, FLOODING. STREETS, AND CUTTING. POWER TO NEARLY 80%. OF THE ISLAND. NATION. HOMES, HOSPITALS, AIRPORTS ALL RIPPED.

APART. THOUSANDS OF. TOURISTS NOW. TRAPPED, UNABLE TO. GET OUT. OUR TEAM ON THE. GROUND AS THE SCALE. OF THE UNFOLDING. CRISIS BECOMES MORE. CLEAR. THE DEATH TOLL NOW. RISING AFTER MELISSA. TORE THROUGH CUBA. AND HAITI. >>> THE VERDICT JUST. COMING IN. A JURY CONVICTING. THE FORMER SHERIFF'S. DEPUTY WHO SHOT. SONYA MASSEY IN HER. OWN HOME OF SECOND-. DEGREE MURDER. HER FAMILY REACTS. TONIGHT. >>> THE CHILLING NEW. FOOTAGE. POLICE WITH GUNS. DRAWN ENTERING THE. SCHOOL AFTER A.

TEACHER WAS SHOT BY. HER SIX-YEAR-OLD. STUDENT. OUR FIRST LOOK. TONIGHT AT THE GUN. FIRED BY THE LITTLE. BOY. >>> FIRST RESPONDERS. RUSHING INTO A. BURNING SENIOR. CENTER, BREAKING. DOWN DOORS TO SAVE. THE PEOPLE TRAPPED. INSIDE. >>> THE HIGH-STAKES. MEETING. RESIDENT TRUMP JUST. HOURS FROM MEETING. CHINA'S LEADER. ONE ISSUE OF. CONTENTION? ILLEGAL FENTANYL. COMING INTO THE U.S. OUR EXCLUSIVE ACCESS. TONIGHT INSIDE OF A. CHINESE FENTANYL. FACTORY. WHY THEY SAY THEY'RE. NOT TO BLAME. >>> THE LOUVRE HEIST.

UPDATE. THE PARTIAL. CONFESSION THAT. COULD BREAK OPEN THE. ENTIRE CASE. THE DRAMATIC RESCUE. >>> A DOG FALLING. OFF A CLIFF SIDE, SOMEHOW CLINGING TO. ALLEGE. RESCUERS RAPPELLING. DOWN WITH ROPE TO. SAVE HIM. >>> AND THE WILD. SCENE. A MONKEY LOOSE. INSIDE OF A SPIRIT. HALLOWEEN STORE. WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE. HOW THIS ONE ENDS. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS. >>> AND GOOD.

EVENING. IT WAS THE MOST. POWERFUL STORM TO. EVER HIT JAMAICA. TONIGHT, WE ARE. SEEING THE HORRIFIC. SCALE OF THE DAMAGE. AND THE URGENCY OF. THE HUMANITARIAN. CRISIS RAPIDLY. UNFOLDING. THESE ARE THE FIRST. AERIAL IMAGES. LOOK AT THAT. SHOWING THE COMPLETE. DEVASTATION. ROOFS GONE, BOATS. WASHED ASHORE. THE ISLAND NATION. NOW RACING TO FIND. ANY SURVIVORS, ALL. WHILE TENS OF. THOUSANDS OF. TOURISTS REMAIN. STRANDED, UNABLE TO. GET HOME. THE HARDEST HIT. AREAS IMPOSSIBLE TO.

REACH, AND YOU CAN. SEE WHY. I WANT TO SHOW YOU. THE SATELLITE IMAGE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE. TOWN OF BLACK RIVER. BUT TODAY, ALL OF. THOSE BUILDINGS. LEVELED. THIS IS WHAT IT. LOOKS LIKE TONIGHT. MANY OF THE RESORTS. THAT MAKE THE ISLAND. SUCH A POPULAR. DESTINATION NOW. BADLY DAMAGED, AND. THIS IS FROM INSIDE. THE MONTEGO BAY. AIRPORT. WATER JUST RUSHING. THROUGH THE TORN. ROOF. THE CHALLENGE NOW, TO GET SUPPLIES IN. AND TRACKED TOURISTS. OUT. OUR GEORGE SOLIS. MEANT THE WEIGHT --.

GEORGE, WE'RE. ALREADY SEEING SOME. OF THAT DAMAGE. BEHIND YOU. >> TOM, WE'RE IN. HARD-HIT SANTA CRUZ. BUILDINGS HERE. DEVASTATED. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. USED TO BE STANDING. YOU CAN SEE NOW IT. IS NOTHING BUT. DEBRIS AND RUBBLE. ROADWAYS HERE VERY. TREACHEROUS TO GET. IN AND AROUND. DIFFERENT. NEIGHBORHOODS, AND. THERE ARE STILL. PARTS OF THE SILENT. THAT ARE VIRTUALLY. INACCESSIBLE. TONIGHT, THE FIRST. LOOK AT MELISSA'S. CATASTROPHIC TRAIL. OF DESTRUCTION. THROUGH JAMAICA. >> IT WAS HORRIBLE,

HORRIFIC, TERRIFYING, THE. WORST DAY OF MY. ENTIRE LIFE. >> Reporter: HOMES. SURROUNDED BY WATER, ROOTS RIPPED OFF, STREET AFTER STREET. LITTERED WITH. DEBRIS. OFFICIALS SAY AT. LEAST FIVE BODIES. WERE FOUND TODAY, ONE AN INFANT. WE SET OUT FROM. KINGSTON THIS. MORNING TO GET AS. CLOSE TO THE TOWN. WHERE MELISSA MADE. LANDFALL AS WE COULD. >> THIS IS WHAT THE. HIGHWAYS LOOK LIKE. HEADING INTO WESTERN. JAMAICA AFTER. HURRICANE MELISSA. JAMAICAN POLICE. USING CHAINSAWS TO.

CLEAR SOME OF THE. HEAVIEST DEBRIS OFF. THE HIGHWAYS. AS WE GOT CLOSER TO. GROUND ZERO, IT GOT. EVEN WORSE. >> Reporter: ON HERE. IN THE TOWN OF SANTA. CRUZ, ONE OF THE. HARDEST HIT BY. HURRICANE MELISSA. PART OF THE ROADWAY. HERE COVERED IN MUD, BRINGING TRAFFIC TO. A STANDSTILL IN SOME. PARTS. RESIDENTS TAKING IT. UPON THEMSELVES TO. HELP WITH THE. CLEANUP. CHAD C. BROWN. DESCRIBING HOW HE. GOT TO SAFETY. >> ONCE INSIDE, WE. APPEARED, SO WE HAVE.

TO SWIM. >> YOU HAD THIS ONE. >> YEAH. >> BUT AS WE GOT ON. THE ROAD AGAIN, A. SUDDEN STOP. THIS RIGHT HERE THE. END OF THE ROAD. WE WERE TRYING TO. MAKE IT TO BLACK. RIVER, BUT YOU CAN. SEE THIS POWERLINE. HERE ONE OF MANY. OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE. ROADWAY. YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC. AS FAR AS THE EYE. CAN SEE. WE CAN GO NO. FURTHER. THE MONSTER CATEGORY. 5 STORM PLUNGE 77%. OF THE ISLAND INTO. THE DARK, MAKING. COMMUNICATION WITH. THE HARDEST HIT. AREAS DIFFICULT, INCLUDING BLACK. RIVER. THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN. INSIDE THE POLICE. STATION THERE AS. MELISSA HIT, THE. HALLWAYS INUNDATED. WITH WATER. TODAY, WORKERS. PUSHED AMBULANCES UP. BLACK RIVERS BLOCKED. AND MUDDY ROADS. AND TAKE A LOOK AT. THE EERIE SCENE. INSIDE THE MONTEGO.

BAY AIRPORT, WATER. POURING THROUGH THE. ROOF. SO MANY AMERICANS. WHO TRAVELED THERE. FOR VACATION NOW. STUCK. >> IT'S DEVASTATING, AND I HONESTLY. THOUGHT I WAS GOING. TO DIE. >> AT THE CATALONIA. HOTEL, THE CEILING. IS SHREDDED, THE. RESTAURANT TORN. APART. DAVID WALKING TO. STRANDED WITH HIS. WIFE AND TWO YOUNG. SONS IN MONTEGO BAY. >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE. JUST IN SURVIVAL. MODE, TRYING TO FIND. A WAY OUT. >> Reporter: HOUSTON. -- SHELTERED IN THE. BATHTUB WITH HIS. WIFE AND INFANT SON. >> THAT HAD TO BE. INCREDIBLE SCARY AS. A NEW FATHER. >> I DIDN'T KNOW. WHAT IT WAS GOING TO. BE LIKE FOR HIM. MY WIFE AND I JUST, JUST DID OUR BEST TO.

STAY CALM. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE IN HAITI, MELISSA'S. DEVASTATING IMPACT. COMING INTO FOCUS. THE DEATH TOLL THERE. NOW 23. AND HURRICANE. MELISSA IS STILL. BARRELING THROUGH. THE CARIBBEAN, MAKING A SECOND. LANDFALL IN CUBA. EARLY THIS MORNING. AS A CATEGORY 3. CAUSING DANGEROUS. FLASH FLOODS AND. REDUCING HOMES TO. RUBBLE. IT WAS HELL ALL. NIGHT, THIS MAN. SAYS. IT WILL TAKE A LONG. TIME TO RECOVER. >> TOM, THE AIRPORTS. AND GO TO RIOS AND.

KINGSTON WILL BE. OPEN FOR COMMERCIAL. FLIGHTS TOMORROW. AS FOR THE AIRPORT. IN MONTEGO BAY, WELL, PARTS OF IT. WERE BADLY DAMAGED, SO IT'S STILL. UNCLEAR WHEN. COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS. WILL TAKE OFF FROM. THERE TOM? >> GEORGE SOLIS FOR. US TONIGHT. BILL KAREN'S JOINT. ME NOW. BILL, THE STORY OF. MELISSA IS NOT OVER. YET. WALK US THROUGH WHAT. WE'RE WATCHING. TONIGHT. >> WE CAN ALLOT OVER. CUBA EARLY THIS. MORNING, BUT NOW. LOOK WHAT'S. HAPPENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ARE FLARING UP RIGHT. OVER THE CENTER, OVER THE TOP OF THE. BAHAMAS. SO WITH THE CATEGORY. 1 ON ITS WAY BACK UP.

TO IN CATEGORY 2. IT'LL LEAVE THE. BAHAMAS BY ABOUT. MIDNIGHT. THEN THE NEXT UP ON. THE JOURNEY WILL BE. NEAR BERMUDA. THIS WILL BE AROUND. MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. A GLANCING BLOW, SO. HOPEFULLY SHOULDN'T. BE TOO DEVASTATING. AND THEN FINAL STOP, THE STORM IS GOING. TO BRUSH UP NEAR. NEWFOUNDLAND AND ST. JOHN. WE STILL HAVEN'T. SEEN OR HEARD ANY. PICTURES FROM THE. HARDEST HIT AREAS. TOWNS OF NEWHOPE, WHITE HOUSE, AND. ALSO AREAS AROUND. CRAWFORD, WE'RE. STILL WAITING FOR. WORD HOW THEY DID. >>> NOW TO THE. BREAKING NEWS IN THE. CASE OF SONYA. MASSEY. SHOT AND KILLED WHEN. LAW ENFORCEMENT. RESPONDED TO HER. HOME.

SEAN GRAYSON, A. FORMER ILLINOIS. SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF. SECOND-DEGREE. MURDER. MAGGIE VESPA WAS. THERE FOR THE. VERDICT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. IN ILLINOIS, FORMER. SHERIFF DEPUTY SEAN. GRAYSON GUILTY OF. SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. IN THE SHOOTING OF. 36-YEAR-OLD SONYA. MASSEY. >> IS GUILTY, SECOND-. DEGREE. >> THE VERDICT. CARRYING A SENTENCE. OF UP TO 20 YEARS IN. PRISON, BUT MASSEY'S. FAMILY AND OTHER. SUPPORTERS HAD BEEN. HOPING FOR A. CONVICTION ON FIRST-. DEGREE MURDER. >> I'M FUELED BY.

RAGE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GET AN. OFFICER THAT SAYS. HE'S GOING TO SHOOT. YOU IN THE FACE, AND. THAT HE SHOOT YOU IN. THE FACE, AND YOU. ONLY GET SECOND-. DEGREE MURDER? >> Reporter: GRAYSON. STOIC AS THE VERDICT. WAS READ. THE JURY ULTIMATELY. FINDING GRAYSON SHOT. MASSEY IN HER. KITCHEN LAST YEAR, AND THAT HIS CLAIM. OF NEEDING TO USE. DEADLY FORCE WAS. UNREASONABLE. THIS AFTER GRAYSON. TESTIFIED HE. PERCEIVED MASSEY'S. BEHAVIOR AS A. THREAT. THE SPRINGFIELD. MOTHER OF TWO HAD. CALLED 911 ABOUT A. POSSIBLE PROWLER, PICKING UP A POT OF.

BOILING WATER AND. SAYING --. PROSECUTORS ARGUING. GRAYSON COULD'VE. LEFT MASSEY'S HOME. AFTER SHE DUCKED. BEHIND HER COUNTER. AND APOLOGIZED. TONIGHT, MASSEY'S. FATHER ANGRY, BUT. HOPEFUL GRAYSON WILL. RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM. SENTENCE. >> BECAUSE HE SHOWED. NO REMORSE. HE WAS. SO COCKY THROUGHOUT. THIS WHOLE TRIAL. >> YOU FELT LIKE HE. WAS COCKY. >> OH YEAH, YEAH. UNTIL TODAY. UNTIL TODAY. >> UNTIL HE WAS. CONVICTED. >> YEAH, YEAH. THAT, THAT NOT THE.

SMIRK OFF. >> Reporter: AND. MAGGIE, WE HEARD IT. RIGHT THERE, THE. MASSEY FAMILY. FURIOUS THEY DIDN'T. GET THAT FIRST-. DEGREE MURDER. CONVICTION. AND THIS WAS THE. RESULT OF A LATE. MOVE BY THE DEFENSE. EXPLAIN. >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT BEFORE CLOSING. ARGUMENTS, THE. DEFENSE INTRODUCING. THE OPTION OF SECOND-. DEGREE MURDER, PERHAPS TO SPARE. GRAYSON THE POSSIBLE. LIFE SENTENCE THAT. COULD'VE COME WITH A. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. CONVICTION. TONIGHT, GRAYSON'S. ATTORNEYS NOT. COMMENTING. HE'S TO BE SENTENCED. IN JANUARY. TOM? >>> WE ARE ALSO. GETTING OUR FIRST. LOOK AT THE FRANTIC.

MOMENTS AFTER A SIX-. YEAR-OLD STUDENT. SHOT THEIR TEACHER. INSIDE OF A SCHOOL. IT COMES IN A CIVIL. TRIAL WHERE THE. TEACHER ALLEGES A. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. DIDN'T DO ENOUGH TO. STOP IT. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS. MORE. >> Reporter: LAW. ENFORCEMENT URGENTLY. RACED INTO RICH NECK. ELEMENTARY, ONE. ARMED WITH A LONG. GUN, AFTER REPORTS. OF A SHOOTING IN. EARLY 2023. THESE VIDEOS, RELEASED PUBLICLY. TODAY FOR THE FIRST. TIME AS PART OF A. CIVIL TRIAL IN. VIRGINIA, CAPTURING. THE FRANTIC SCENE. AFTER A SIX-YEAR-OLD. FIRED A SINGLE SHOT. AT HIS FIRST GRADE. TEACHER, ABIGAIL. ZWERNER.

THE NINE MILLIMETER. HANDGUN LEFT ON THE. FLOOR OF THE SCHOOL. ROOM JUST FEET FROM. THE CHILDREN'S. DESKS. FIRST RESPONDERS. TREATED ZWERNER. INJURIES IN THE. SCHOOL'S FRONT. OFFICE BEFORE. RAISING HER TO THE. HOSPITAL. IN THE AMBULANCE, ZWERNER ASKING EMTS. TO DISTRACT HER. IN TESTIMONY, A. SURGEON DESCRIBED. JUST HOW CLOSE SHE. CAME TO LOSING HER. LIFE THAT DAY. THE BULLET, WHICH IS. STILL LODGED INSIDE. HER, SLICED THROUGH. HER HAND AND INTO. HER CHEST. >> IT WENT PAST THE. HEART AND JUST. BARELY MISSED IT.

>> Reporter: BODY. CAM FOOTAGE FROM A. SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. RECORDED THE TENSE. MOMENTS AMONG STAFF. THE DAY OF THE. SHOOTING. >> I WAS WALKING. DOWN THE HALL, I. HEARD, I WENT RIGHT. IN. ABBY WAS IN, THE. TEACHER WAS BLOODY. >> Reporter: THE $40. MILLION CIVIL CASE. ACCUSES ASSISTANT. PRINCIPAL EBONY. PARKER, SITTING AT. HER DESK IN THESE. IMAGES, OF IGNORING. MULTIPLE WARNINGS A. STUDENT HAD A GUN. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT. THAT IN TOTALITY, IT'S ALMOST SHOCKING. THE LACK OF, OF. ACTION THERE.

>> Reporter: THE. DEFENSE SAYS. HINDSIGHT IS 20/20, AND PARKER WAS. FOLLOWING PROTOCOL, INCLUDING CHOOSING. NOT TO SEARCH THE. TRIAL UNTIL HIS. MOTHER ARRIVED. HER ATTORNEYS ARGUED. THERE WAS COLLECTIVE. RESPONSIBILITY FOR. WHAT HAPPENED THAT. DAY, TOM. >> STEPHANIE GOSK. WITH THAT NEW VIDEO. THANK YOU. >>> AND TONIGHT WE. HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE. VIDEO OF FIRST. RESPONDERS RACING TO. SAVE DOZENS OF. SENIORS FROM A FIRE. ENGULFING THEIR. ASSISTED-LIVING. FACILITY. MORGAN CHESKY HAS. THEIR HEROIC. RESCUES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW VIDEO. CAPTURING THE RUSH. TO SAVE LIVES INSIDE.

A MICHIGAN ASSISTED-. LIVING CENTER, AS. FAST-MOVING FLAMES. BEGAN TEARING THEIR. WAY THROUGH. THIS BODY CAM. FOOTAGE FROM. SOUTHGATE POLICE. SHOWS OFFICERS. RACING DOOR-TO-DOOR. DURING THE OVERNIGHT. RESCUE, AS MANY. RESIDENTS SLEPT. COMPLETELY UNAWARE. OF THE FLAMES FIRE. CREWS BATTLED. OUTSIDE. >> THINGS ON FIRE, MA'AM. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW. HOW MANY PEOPLE WE. WOULD NEED TO TAKE. OUT. >> Reporter: BUT. OFFICERS CINDY AND. GARCIA DID NO TIME. WAS PRECIOUS. >> YOU GUYS READY?

>> Reporter: IS THE. FIRE SPREAD TOWARDS. THE VERY STAIRWELLS, THEY DELICATELY. CARRIED RESIDENTS. DOWN, SOME IN. WHEELCHAIRS. >> TAKE YOUR FEET. UP. YOU'RE GOING FOR A. RIDE. >> Reporter: CAN YOU. FEEL THE HEAT, THE. SMOKE? >> YOU COULD. DEFINITELY FEEL THE. SMOKE. WE WERE INHALING A. LOT OF THAT. >> THERE WAS SO MUCH. SMOKE I COULDN'T. EVEN SEE THROUGH, SO. WE HAD TO ACTUALLY. GET HIGHER. DEPARTMENT OUT THERE. WITH THEIR MASKS TO. GET PEOPLE OUT. >> Reporter: BY THE. TIME OFFICERS GOT. ALL 87 RESIDENTS TO. SAFETY, THE FLAMES. TOOK OVER, LEAVING. CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE. AND TONIGHT, NO. KNOWN CAUSE FOR THE.

FIRE. >> IF YOU DON'T GET. OUT OF THAT BUILDING. WHEN YOU DO, WHAT. HAPPENS? >> I'M DECEASED. >> Reporter: SURVIVOR MIKE TASHI. HAS LIVED WITH. QUADRIPLEGIA FOR. DECADES TONIGHT, THE. RETIRED FOOTBALL. COACH GRATEFUL TO. THE HEROES WHO SAVE. LIVES. >> THANK YOU. FROM THE BOTTOM OF. EVERYBODY'S HEARTS. THAT LIVE THERE, THANKS. >> MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS. >> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE.

JUST HOURS AWAY FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. CRITICAL MEETING. WITH CHINA'S LEADER. ALL EYES ON WHETHER. IT SPARKS A DE-. ESCALATION IN THE. TRADE WAR. GARRETT JOINS US. LIVE TONIGHT SOUL, AND GARRETT, PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST. POSTED HE'S LOOKING. FORWARD TO THIS. MEETING. >> YEAH, TOM, THIS. IS THE LAST STOP ON. THE PRESENT'S ASIA. TRIP, AND ALMOST. CERTAINLY THE MOST. IMPORTANT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. TOUCHING DOWN IN. SOUTH KOREA, GETTING. ANOTHER LAVISH. WELCOME, INCLUDING. THE COUNTRY'S.

HIGHEST HONOR AND. ANNOUNCING A SLATE. OF INVESTMENTS FROM. SOUTH KOREAN. COMPANIES IN THE. UNITED STATES. HE'S NOW JUST A FEW. HOURS AWAY FROM THAT. HIGH-STAKES MEETING. WITH CHINESE. PRESIDENT TRAN 25, WHICH PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAID COULD GO. FOUR HOURS AND TOUCH. ON EVERYTHING FROM. TIKTOK TO TAIWAN. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON. THE TRADE WAR. THE PRESIDENT. LOADING CUTTING. TARIFFS ON CHINESE. GOODS IN EXCHANGE. FOR ACCESS TO. CHINESE RARE-EARTH. MINERALS AND HELP. FIGHTING THE. FENTANYL TRAFFICKING. IN THE UNITED STATES. . CHINA, FOR ITS. PART, IN A SHOW OF. GOODWILL, MAKING. IT'S FOR ITS. PURCHASE OF U.S. SOYBEANS ALL YEAR, A. MOVE THAT WILL BE. WELCOMED BY AMERICAN. FARMERS.

TOM? >>> THE FENTANYL. CRISIS, OF COURSE, WILL BE A KEY TOPIC. AT THAT MEETING, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. DEMANDING CHINA DO. MORE TO STOP. FENTANYL SMUGGLING. TONIGHT, IN AN NBC. NEWS EXCLUSIVE, ONE. KEY FENTANYL MAKER. IN CHINA INSISTS. IT'S DRUGS ARE NOT. ENDING UP IN THE. U.S. JANIS MACKEY. FRAYER REPORTS FROM. INSIDE CHINA. >> Reporter: INSIDE. THIS HIGH-SECURITY. FACTORY, FENTANYL IS. BEING PUMPED OUT AT. A RATE OF 600 DOSES. PER MINUTE. >> WE NEED TO. COMPLETELY COVER UP. SO WE DON'T BRING. ANY CONTAMINATION TO. THE PRODUCTION LINE.

>> Reporter: THIS. ONE OF THE ONLY. LEGAL FACTORIES IN. CHINA MASS-PRODUCING. THE DRUG FOR. HOSPITALS. >> Reporter: EVERY. DOSE HAS FOUR COATS. THAT CAN TRACE IT. BACK TO HEAR. >> Reporter: THE. COMPANY'S PRESIDENT. INSISTING ALL THE. PRECAUTIONS HERE. SHOW IT'S, QUOTE, IMPOSSIBLE THAT ANY. OF ITS FENTANYL HAS. ENDED UP IN THE. U.S.. >> HOW OFTEN DO. DOSES GO MISSING? >> Reporter: OUR. COMPANY'S BEEN. PRODUCING FENTANYL. FOR 51 YEARS, HE. SAYS. NOT A SINGLE DOSE. HAS EVER BEEN LOST. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

HAS LONG ACCUSED. CHINA OF PRODUCING. THE BULK OF THE. PRECURSOR CHEMICALS. FOR FENTANYL THAT. ARE SMUGGLED ACROSS. THE SOUTHERN BORDER. TO CRACKDOWN, THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. HAS INDICTED CHINESE. CITIZENS AND. COMPANIES, AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SLAPPED CHINA WITH A. 20% TARIFFS TO. PRESSURE BEIJING TO. DO MORE TO STOP THE. FLOW OF PRECURSORS. IN THE COUNTRY. IT WILL BE A KEY. ISSUE AT HIS. CRITICAL MEETING. WITH CHINA'S. PRESIDENT TRAN 25. TRAN 26. >> FENTANYL IS. KILLING A LOT OF. PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND IT COMES FROM. CHINA. AND WE'LL BE TALKING. ABOUT THAT. >> Reporter: CHINA. DENIES IT'S THE. SOURCE OF THE U.S. PROBLEM, AND THE. NATIONAL POLICE LAB. ARGUES FENTANYL IS. NOT AN ISSUE HERE, SINCE CHINA MADE IT. A CONTROLLED. SUBSTANCE. >> WE'VE FOUND NO. FENTANYL AFTER THE, AFTER WE SCHEDULED. THE WHOLE CLASS. >> THE CASE IS JUST. DROPPED OFF. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> Reporter: FENTANYL REMAINS A. CRISIS IN THE U.S., AND AT THE HEART OF. TENSION WITH CHINA. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER,

NBC NEWS, MICHON, >>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH HUNT FOR. MISSING RESEARCH. MONKEYS. AUTHORITIES WARNING. THEY COULD BE. AGGRESSIVE TO. HUMANS. KATHY PARK IS. FOLLOWING THE. SEARCH. >> HE IS, HE'S ON. THE PROWL THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AN URGENT. SEARCH TO FIND THREE. LAB STILL ON THE. LOOSE. >> WE GOT --.

>> Reporter: THE. PRIMATES ESCAPED. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WHEN A TRUCK. CARRYING THEM. CRASHED ON THE. INTERSTATE IN JASPER. COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. >> THESE, THESE. MONKEYS COULD BE. DANGEROUS. >> Reporter: LEASE. ISSUING A CHILLING. WARNING TO THE. COMMUNITY AFTER THE. DRIVER SAID THEY. WERE TULANE. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH. MONKEYS AND MIGHT BE. INFECTED WITH HIGHLY. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. . >> WE'VE GOT LAW. ENFORCEMENT WITH, WITH GUNS HERE. >> Reporter: BUT. TULANE LATER. CLARIFYING, SAYING. WHILE THEY PROVIDE. MONKEYS FOR. RESEARCH, THE. PRIMATES IN QUESTION. ALONG TO ANOTHER.

ENTITY AND ARE NOT. INFECTIOUS. AUTHORITIES SAY MOST. OF THE ESCAPED. MONKEYS WERE PUT. DOWN AS THEY SEARCH. FOR THE MISSING. MEANWHILE, A. DIFFERENT WILD. ESCAPE IN TEXAS. THIS TIME, A PET. MONKEY SPOOKING. CUSTOMERS AT A. HALLOWEEN STORE. >> MY DAUGHTER. LOOKED UP, AND SHE. SAID, WHAT IN THE. WORLD? AND SHE'S LIKE, IS. THAT A REAL MONKEY? >> THE ANIMAL SEEN.

SWINGING, CRAWLING, AND DARTING AROUND, TURNING THE STORY. INTO A JUNGLE GYM, ULTIMATELY CAUGHT, NOT WITH A BANANA, BUT WITH A COPY. MONKEYS OUT OF THEIR. ELEMENT AS THEIR. ESCAPED GO VIRAL. KATHY PARK, NBC. NEWS. >> ALL RIGHT, WHEN. WE RETURN, THE BREAK. IN THE LOUVRE. >>>. ARE. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW BACK. WITH A MAJOR NOUPDATE. IN THE LOUVRE JEWEL. HEIST. PROSECUTORS SAY TWO. FORMER DELIVERY. DRIVERS HAVE.

PARTIALLY CONFESSED. TO THEIR INVOLVEMENT. IN THE CRIME, BUT. POLICE HAVE YET TO. RECOVER THE. PRICELESS STOLEN. ITEMS. BOTH SUSPECTS WERE. ARRESTED OVER THE. WEEKEND. THEY'RE ALSO ACCUSED. OF STEALING THAT. LADDER TRUCK USED IN. THE OPERATION EIGHT. DAYS BEFORE THE. HEIST. >>> AND A HARROWING. RESCUE IN SAN. FRANCISCO WHEN A DOG. FELL OFF A CLIFF. THE TRICKY RESCUE. STARTED ON THE EDGE. OF THIS SEASIDE. CLIFF. A DRONE SPOTTING THE. STRANDED DOG. YOU CAN SEE HIM. THERE TRAPPED WITH. NOWHERE TO CLIMB.

A SAN FRANCISCO. POLICE DRONE. OPERATOR WHO. HAPPENED TO BE IN. THE AREA HEARD THE. DISTRESS CALL, PUT. UP THE EYE IN THE. SKY, AND STARTED. SEARCHING. SPOTTING THE DOG AND. PINPOINTING THE. LOCATION FOR. AUTHORITIES. FIREFIGHTERS. REPELLING DOWN THE. CLIFF TO REACH HIM, ATTACHING A HARNESS. ON HIM. THE ONLY WAY TO. RESCUE HIM OFF THAT. LEDGE. THE FIREFIGHTER. GRABBING THE DOG, NAMED ZEKE. SLOWLY, THE TWO MAKE. THEIR WAY BACK UP. UNTIL FINALLY THEY. REACHED THE LLY DO. BY THE TIME THE.

GAMES COMES AROUND, I, I KNOW I'LL BE. READY. >> Reporter: READY. ALONGSIDE OLYMPIANS. FROM AROUND THE. WORLD TO GO FOR. GOLD. MOLLY HUNTER, NBC. NEWS, MILAN. >>> AND WE CANNOT. WAIT. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS. FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. TONIGHT, AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.