NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 9

>>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, ONE. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BIGGEST. CRITICS, INDICTED. JUST WEEKS AFTER THE PRESIDENT. PUBLICLY CALLED FOR HER. PROSECUTION. NEW YORK'S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, LETITIA. JAMES, INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY. FOR BANK FRAUD AND FALSE. STATEMENTS. THE PRESIDENT HAD PUSHED TO THE. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CHARGE HER.

AFTER JAMES WON A JUDGMENT. AGAINST HIM FOR HUNDREDS OF. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. TONIGHT, HER VOW TO FIGHT IN. COURT. >>> THE HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH. IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CELEBRATIONS ACROSS ISRAEL. TODAY, AND IN GAZA. THE MOMENT THE FAMILIES OF. HOSTAGES SPOKE TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP ON THE PHONE. HIS PLANS TO GO TO THE REGION. WITHIN DAYS, TO SEE THE DEAL. THROUGH. >>> THE US MILITARY, PREPARING. TO SEND AS MANY AS 200 TROOPS.

TO ISRAEL. >>> THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, MILITARY FAMILIES OUTRAGED, SAYING THEY DEFEND OUR FREEDOM. BUT THE SHUTDOWN WILL STOP. THEIR PAYCHECKS. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. CONFRONTED BY A MILITARY WIFE. WHAT HE TOLD ME TODAY ABOUT HIS. MESSAGE TO MILITARY FAMILIES AS. SENATOR SCHUMER EXPLAINS WHAT. HE MEANT BY SAYING EVERY DAY. GETS BETTER FOR DEMOCRATS IN.

THE SHUTDOWN. >>> ALSO THE TEXAS MAN ON DEATH. ROW GIVEN A SURPRISE REPRIEVE, JUST DAYS BEFORE HE WAS SET TO. DIE. LESTER HOLT IS HERE. HIS NEW REPORTING THAT THE. MAN'S LAWYERS USED TO MAKE. THEIR CASE. >>> A WIFE'S ALLEGED MURDER. PLOT IN COURT TODAY, ACCUSED OF. TRYING TO KILL HER HUSBAND BY. POURING A POISON FOUND IN. ANTIFREEZE, INTO HIS WINE. >>> THE TIKTOK PRANKS GOING WAY. TOO FAR, TEENAGERS ACROSS THE. COUNTRY SENDING PICTURES TO. THEIR PARENTS, SHOWING FAKE AI. GENERATED INTRUDERS. THOSE PARENTS, THEN FLOODING.

911 CENTERS. THE WARNING FROM POLICE. TONIGHT. >>> AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS, THE. LITTLE HEROES ON THE GRIDIRON. WHY THE PLAY WAS SO MUCH MORE. THAN JUST THE TOUCHDOWN. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS RIGHT. NOW. >>> THIS IS "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >> AND GOOD EVENING, WE BEGIN. TONIGHT WITH LATEBREAKING NEWS. AND THE LATEST ESCALATION IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PUBLIC CALLS. TO PROSECUTE THOSE HE BELIEVES. INVESTIGATED HIM FOR POLITICAL. REASONS. A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS JUST.

INDICTED NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC. ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES. FOR ONE COUNT OF BANK FRAUD AND. ONE COUNT OF FALSE STATEMENTS. TO A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP PUBLICLY CALLED. FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO. PROSECUTE HER. JAMES HAD SUCCESSFULLY SUED THE. PRESIDENT YOU MAY REMEMBER, AND. A CIVIL CASE FOR HUNDREDS OF. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHICH WAS. LATER OVERTURNED. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN A NEW. VIDEO, RESPONDING CALLING THE. CHARGES BASELESS AND THE.

PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS ARE A GRAVE. VIOLATION OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL. ORDER. THIS, A DAY AFTER FORMER FBI. DIRECTOR AND TRUMP CREDIT, JAMES COMEY PLED NOT GUILTY TO. FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST HIM. AFTER SIMILAR PRESSURE FROM THE. PRESIDENT. LAURA JARRETT IS TRACKING AT. ALL TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, NEW YORK'S ATTORNEY. GENERAL, LETITIA JAMES INDICTED. BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY. A DRAMATIC ESCALATION AGAINST. ANOTHER LONGTIME FOE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP. JUST WEEKS AGO HE CALLED FOR.

JAMES'S PROSECUTION AFTER. LAMBASTING HER FOR YEARS. >> YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL. WHO IS A TOTAL STONE COLD CROOK. IN NEW YORK STATE, LETITIA. JAMES. >> TONIGHT, SHE FACES CHARGES. OF BANK FRAUD AND LYING TO A. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. PROSECUTED BY THE SAME OFFICE. IN VIRGINIA, THAT BROUGHT THE. CASE AGAINST FORMER FBI. DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, LAST. WEEK. JAMES SAYING TONIGHT, SHE DID. NOTHING WRONG AND THIS IS. PAYBACK. >> THESE CHARGES ARE BASELESS , AND THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PUBLIC. STATEMENTS MAKE CLEAR HIS ONLY. GOAL IS POLITICAL RETRIBUTION.

AT ANY COST. >> INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY. LINDSAY HALLIGAN SAYING IN A. STATEMENT, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE. LAW. THE CHARGES AS ALLEGED IN THIS. CASE REPRESENT INTENTIONAL. CRIMINAL ACTS, AND TREMENDOUS. BREACHES OF THE PUBLIC'S TRUST. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGING SHE. FALSELY REPRESENTED A HOME IN. VIRGINIA WAS HER SECONDARY. RESIDENCE TO GET BETTER LOAN. TERMS WELL IN FACT, PROSECUTORS. SAY, SHE INTENDED TO RENT IT. OUT AS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY. BUT THE TOP PROSECUTOR IN THE. DISTRICT WAS OUSTED LATE LAST. MONTH AFTER HE CONCLUDED THERE. WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO.

CHARGE COMEY OR JAMES. SHE BECAME A PRIME TARGET OF. THE PRESIDENT AFTER. SUCCESSFULLY SUING TRUMP, HIS. SONS AND HIS NAMESAKE COMPANY. WITH FRAUD, SECURING A $500. MILLION CIVIL JUDGMENT AGAINST. HIS REAL ESTATE EMPIRE LAST. YEAR BUT SOME REPUBLICANS. ALWAYS VIEW THE CASE AS. POLITICAL, AND THE EYE-POPPING. PENALTY WAS RECENTLY OVERTURNED. ON APPEAL, AS EXCESSIVE.

>> LAURA JARRETT JOINS US LIVE. IN STUDIO. WE KNOW A COURT WILL DECIDE THE. MERITS OF THIS CASE BUT. REGARDLESS, THIS IS GOING TO. AFFECT. A MAJOR WAY. >> THESE ARE SERIOUS CHARGES. BUT NONVIOLENT SO SHE'S NOT. BEING ARRESTED. SHE HAS A SENTENCE TO APPEAR IN. COURT AND SHE WILL HAVE TO GO. AND MAKE HER APPEARANCE AND. ENTERED HER PLEA AND THAT WILL. HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. >>> THE HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH.

THE MIDEAST, MOMENTS AGO, ISRAEL'S CABINET APPROVING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PEACE PLAN. NOW THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR. ISRAEL TO PULL OUT OF GAZA CITY. AND FOR HAMAS TO RELEASE ITS. HOSTAGES. GARRETT HAAKE REPORTS FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. >> TWO YEARS AFTER THE HAMAS. TERROR ATTACKS THAT SPARKED. ISRAEL'S BLOOD HE WORE IN GAZA, TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. CELEBRATING HIS LANDMARK. AGREEMENT SET TO BRING IT TO AN. END. >> IT'S SOMETHING NOBODY. THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE, WHO. WOULD'VE THOUGHT? >> IT'S A MAJOR DIPLOMATIC. VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. ISRAEL AND HAMAS, BOTH AGREEING. TO HIS PEACE PLAN. >> THE HOSTAGES WOULD BE COMING. BACK MONDAY OR TUESDAY AND I'LL. PROBABLY BE THERE. >> ALL OF IT FOLLOWING A.

MOMENTOUS 24 HOURS FROM. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. PASSING THE NOTE IN FRONT OF. THE CAMERAS, TO TRUMP'S CALL. MOMENTS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT. >> WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> THANK YOU! >> BREAKING THE NEWS TO. FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES HELD BY. HAMAS. >> THE HOSTAGES WILL COME BACK, THEY ARE ALL COMING BACK ON. MONDAY. >> RUBIO TODAY, OUTLINING KEY. TURNING POINTS IN THE. NEGOTIATIONS.

THE PRESIDENT, SELLING HIS PLAN. TO LEADERS OF MUSLIM MAJORITY. NATIONS AT THE UN LAST MONTH. AND GETTING ISRAELI PRIME. MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO. ACCEPT IT AT A WHITE HOUSE. VISIT THEN DELIVERING THIS. ULTIMATUM TO HAMAS TO GET ON. BOARD. >> I HAVE A FEELING WE ARE. GOING TO HAVE A POSITIVE ANSWER. BUT IF NOT, AS YOU KNOW, BIBI. YOU HAVE MY FULL BACKING TO DO. WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO.

>> THE PRESIDENT AND I THINK. THE DEAL OFFERS NEW HOPE FOR. GAZA. >> YOU CAN'T LIVE RIGHT NOW IN. GAZA, WE ARE GOING TO CREATE. BETTER CONDITIONS. >> BUT THERE ARE KEY UNRESOLVED. ISSUES INCLUDING WILL HAMAS. DISARM? AND WHO WILL RUN GAZA? >> THE FIRST THING WE'RE DOING. IS GETTING THE HOSTAGES BACK. AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANTED. MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THEY HAVE LIVED IN 12 -- HELL. LIKE NOBODY HAS EVEN DREAMT. POSSIBLE , AND AFTER THAT WE. WILL SEE. >> GARRETT, WE KNOW PRESIDENT.

TRUMP IS HEADING TO THE MIDEAST. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE NEW. REPORTING ABOUT U.S. TROOP. DEPLOYMENTS TO ISRAEL AS WELL? >> THAT'S RIGHT, THE PRESIDENT. WAS INVITED TO SPEAK TO THE. ISRAELI LEGISLATURE, AND HE. TENDS TO DO SO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TONIGHT, TWO OFFICIALS SAID. SOME 200 U.S. TROOPS WILL BE. SENT TO ISRAEL BUT NOT INTO. GAZA TO HELP STANDUP THE. INTERNATIONAL FORCE THAT IS. INTENDED TO HANDLE POSTWAR. SECURITY IN GAZA, TOM? >> RICHARD ENGEL IS IN GAZA. WHERE THERE WERE CELEBRATIONS. IN THE STREET THAT THIS WAR MAY. FINALLY BE ENDED. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT.

MEMORY, TONIGHT, BOTH ISRAELIS. AND PALESTINIANS ARE. CELEBRATING THE SAME THING, THE. ARRIVAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. PEACE PLAN. IN TEL AVIV, THE LONG, SOMBER. HOSTAGE SQUARE WAS TRANSFORMED, WITH ISRAELIS SINGING, WAVING. ISRAELI AND AMERICAN FLAGS AND. IT'S CLEAR WHO MANY CREDIT FOR. THE BREAKTHROUGH. THEY ARE CHEERING NOT FOR. VICTORY, BUT FOR PEACE AND.

CLOSURE. MICHAEL WORE A T-SHIRT SHOWING. HIS SON, GUY, GUY WAS AT THE. MUSIC FESTIVAL AND HAMAS. ATTACKED ON OCTOBER 7 THEN HE. CALLED HIS FATHER, WHO JUMPED. IN HIS CAR AND RUSHED TO SAVE. HIM. MICHAEL ARRIVED 15 MINUTES. AFTER HAMAS KIDNAPPED HIS SON. NOW, HE IS WAITING FOR HIS. REMAINS. >> THIS MUST BE SUCH A COMPLEX.

DAY FOR YOU? >> IT'S A NIGHTMARE, IT'S A. NIGHTMARE FOR ME. I WILL BE FOR SURE, I'M GOING. TO RECOGNIZE MY SON. I WANT TO TOUCH HIS BONES, I. WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT. I'M GOING TO MAKE CLOSURE. >> IN GAZA, SIMILAR, MIXED. EMOTIONS, WITH CELEBRATIONS. THAT ARE MORE LIKE RELIEF. LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY MORE. THAN 67,000 PALESTINIANS WERE. KILLED IN ISRAEL'S WAR ON. HAMAS. RIND WAS DISPLACED FROM HER. HOME. I AM HAPPY TODAY IS THE CEASE-. FIRE BECAUSE MY FATHER WAS.

KILLED, AND NOW, I WILL BE ABLE. TO GO HOME AND KISS HIS GRAVE, SHE SAID. RICHARD THE NEXT FEW STEPS ARE. COMPLICATED, WALK EVERYWHERE. THROUGH WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? >> TOM, THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. HAS JUST APPROVED THE DEAL, SO. NOW THE ISRAELI MILITARY HAS 24. HOURS TO PULL OUT OF PARTS OF. GAZA, THEN, HAMAS HAS THREE. DAYS TO GATHER AND HANDOVER ALL.

OF THE HOSTAGES. IT GOES WELL, PHASE 2 BEGINS, WHICH IS MORE COMPLICATED AND. CONCERNS THE FUTURE OF THE GAZA. STRIP. >> RICHARD, WE THANK YOU. >>> AT HOME, IN CHICAGO, POLICE. -- BLOCKING THE DEPLOYMENT OF. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. ARE DEPLOYED, WHAT IS IT MEAN. FOR THE STREETS? >> AT THIS POINT IT'S STILL. COMING INTO FOCUS. LATE TODAY THE FEDERAL JUDGE.

SAYING SHE WAS GRANTING THE. STATE'S REQUEST FOR A TEMPORARY. RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN HER. WORDS, IN PART, SAYING THE. NATIONAL GUARD WILL QUOTE ONLY. ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE. THE DEFENDANTS THEMSELVES HAVE. STARTED, THE DEFENDANTS BEING. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE JUDGE ADDING SHE WILL. SUBMIT A MORE CONFERENCE OF. RULING IN WRITING TOMORROW. AND WE WANT TO SHOW YOU NEW. VIDEO OF A PROTEST TODAY, JUST.

HOW TENSE THINGS ARE ON THE. GROUND. POLICING FEDERAL AGENTS WERE. CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION IN. SUBURBAN CHICAGO WHEN A PERSON. SMASH THE BACK WINDOW OF A CAR. THAT POLICE SAY IS OWNED BY THE. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND. SECURITY. POLICE SAY NO ONE WAS HURT AND. THE PERSON WHO SMASHED THE. WINDSHIELD WAS ARRESTED. AND AS YOU POINT OUT WE HAVE. ROUGHLY 200 NATIONAL GUARD. MEMBERS HERE FROM TEXAS. GUARDING THIS FACILITY. ACCORDING TO THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, HERE AT. BROADVIEW AND THEY ARE HERE FOR. NOW, TOM. >>> AND WASHINGTON, THE. GOVERNMENT IS NO CLOSER TO. REOPENING, AND THAT IS WORRYING. MANY MILITARY FAMILIES WHO ARE. CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING ENDS.

MEET, IF THEY MISS A PAYCHECK. NEXT WEEK. I ASKED SPEAKER JOHNSON ABOUT. HIS MESSAGE TO THOSE FAMILIES. HERE IS RYAN NOBLES. >> TONIGHT, ON DAY NINE OF THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, MILITARY MEMBERS ARE NOW JUST. SIX DAYS AWAY FROM GOING. WITHOUT THEIR FIRST PAYCHECK. >> ACTUALLY IT'S PRETTY. TERRIFYING. >> IT'S A PROBLEM THAT.

COURTNEY, A MILITARY SPOUSE. WITH THREE KIDS, IS ABOUT TO. FACE HEAD-ON. >> AND THEY CAME DOWN OUR STREET. AND SPOKE TO EVERYONE OF US, THEY WOULD SEE HOW MUCH PEOPLE. ARE GOING TO TRULY STRUGGLE. >> MEMBERS HAVE INTRODUCED A. SEPARATE BILL TO MAKE SURE THE. MILITARY GETS PAID. >> SAMANTHA YOU ARE ON THE. SPEAKER JOHNSON. >> IT WAS A PLEA MADE DIRECTLY.

TO SPEAKER JOHNSON TODAY BY A. REPUBLICAN MILITARY MOM WHO. SAID IN THE CALL TO C-SPAN, SHE. WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD. MEDICINE FOR HER KIDS. >> I'M BEGGING YOU TO PASS THIS. LEGISLATION. MY KIDS COULD DIE. >> PRESSED BY TOM, THE SPEAKER. IS INSISTENT WITH PASSING A. FULL SPENDING BILL, THAT THAT'S. A BETTER OPTION. >> WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO GET A. STANDALONE? >> I WOULD TELL THEM WE ARE. WORRIED ABOUT THEM NOT GETTING. PAID AS WELL AND THAT'S WHY WE. ALREADY VOTED TO PAY THE. TROOPS. >> HE IS NOT ALONE. >> WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING.

SEPARATE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET. A PAYCHECK? >> WHAT ABOUT THE FBI, THE CIA, THE SECRET SERVICE? >> MEANWHILE REPUBLICAN SEIZING. ON COMMENTS MADE BY SENATE. MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER. IN AN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE. SHUTDOWN, THAT QUOTE EVERY DAY. GETS BETTER FOR US. >> CHUCK SCHUMER CLAIMED THIS. MORNING THAT EVERY DAY GETS. BETTER FOR THEM. NOW, EVERY DAY IS ACTUALLY. GETTING WORSE FOR THEM. >> SCHUMER EXPLAINING THAT HE. MEANT HIS PARTY'S MESSAGE WAS. BREAKING THROUGH. >> EVERY DAY THAT REPUBLICANS. REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE TO END THE. SHUTDOWN, THE WORSE IT GETS FOR. AMERICANS. >> THE SENATE VOTED FOR THE. SEVENTH TIME TODAY TO REOPEN. GOVERNMENT WITHOUT SUCCESS. THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ON. RECESS NEXT WEEK BUT THAT WILL.

LIKELY BE CANCELED. >>> OUT OF THE DANGEROUS STORM. SYSTEM SET TO POUND EAST AND. WEST COAST. RIND IS HERE AND THE BIG FEAR. ON BOTH COASTS IS THE FLOODING. >> THIS FORECAST HAS GOTTEN. WORSE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS FOR. THE EAST COAST. SATURDAY THE NOR'EASTER WILL BE. AFFECTING THE CAROLINAS AND WE. WILL DEAL WITH HIGH WINDS AND. MINOR POWER OUTAGES BUT AS WE. GO TO SUNDAY, HIGH TIDE, NOON, 4:00, 40 TO 60 MILE-PER-HOUR. WINDS AND THIS CAN BORDER ON. HISTORIC COASTAL FLOODING. YOU HAVE TWO DAYS TO PREPARE. AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF. PEOPLE WILL LOSE POWER AND TO.

THE WEST, HURRICANE PRISCILLA, A BIG THREAT TOMORROW IN. ARIZONA. >>> WE HAD TO TEXAS NOW WHERE. THE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT JUST. HALTED THE EXECUTION OF ROBERT. ROBESON WHO IS SCHEDULED TO BE. PUT TO DEATH DAYS FROM NOW. LESTER HOLT HAS THE LATEST AND. HOW HIS REPORTING MAY HAVE. CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECISION. >> IN A STUNNING RULING, THE. TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS. HAS PUT ROBERT ROBESON'S. OCTOBER 16th EXECUTION ON.

HOLD. >> ARE YOU GUILTY? >> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I'M. GUILTY OR BELIEVE I'M GUILTY. BUT I'M NOT. I'M NOT GUILTY. >> CONVICTED IN 2003 FOR. KILLING HIS TWO-YEAR-OLD. DAUGHTER, NIKKI, PROSECUTORS. FOCUSED ON A SHAKEN BABY. SYNDROME DIAGNOSIS. THE 58-YEAR-OLD HAS ALWAYS. MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE.

>> DID YOU HARM YOUR DAUGHTER. NIKKI AND ANYWAY? >> NO SIR. >> HIS CASE GOES BACK TO THE. LOWER COURT FOR REVIEW. THE RULING CENTERS ON ANOTHER. MAN'S CONVICTION ON A SHAKEN. BABY DIAGNOSIS. IN TEXAS, IT WAS VACATED. THAT MAN, ANDREW ROARK, SPOKE. TO US IN A NEW DATELINE NBC. PODCAST . >> IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THAT MINE AND HIS CASES, BEING. SO SIMILAR AND ME BEING ON THIS. SIDE OF IT, AND HE IS STILL. FACING DEATH. >> ROBESON'S DEFENSE HAS ARGUED. THE SCIENCE BEHIND HIS. CONVICTION WAS OUTDATED . >> THE GOOD NEWS IS, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. THE BAD NEWS IS, THE FIGHT THAT. HAS BEEN SO PROTRACTED, IT IS.

NOT OVER. >> THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL. HAS STOOD BY ROBESON'S. CONVICTION AND HAS INSISTED. THAT NIKKI DIED FROM BLUNT. FORCE TRAUMA. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT FOR. COMMENT BUT HAVE NOT HEARD. BACK. ROBESON'S CASE HAS GARNERED. SUPPORT FROM A BIPARTISAN GROUP. OF TEXAS LAWMAKERS, SOME, EVEN.

VISITING HIM IN PRISON THIS. WEEK. NOW ROBESON'S LAWY. >>> WE'RE BACK WITH A SOCIAL. MEDIA PRANK THAT IS PROMPTING. SOME WORRIED PARENTS TO CALL. 911. ELLISON BARBER ON THE NEW. WARNINGS FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> THIS OCTOBER, A FRIGHTENING.

NEW PRANK TAKING OVER SOCIAL. MEDIA. >> YOU DON'T KNOW HIM? >> ACROSS TIKTOK, PEOPLE. GENERATING AI IMAGES OF A. STRANGER IN THE HOUSE AND. SENDING THE PHOTOS TO THEIR. LOVED ONES. >> WHY ARE YOU LETTING RANDOM. PEOPLE IN. >> HE SAID HE WAS YOUR FRIEND. FROM COLLEGE. >> SENDING THEIR FAMILIES INTO. A PANIC. >> YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR!

>> AT TIMES, ENDING WITH POLICE. KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR. >> I WAS TRYING TO MESS WITH MY. MOM AND SHE TOOK IT SERIOUSLY. THERE'S NO ONE. >> CALLS ARE RANKED IN PRIORITY. AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD. BE A HYPE RIDER -- HIGH. PRIORITY. >> IT CAUSES A PRETTY.

AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE PRESS. BECAUSE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT. THE SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS IN. THE HOME WHICH CAN MEAN. CLEARING THE HOME WITH GUNS. OUT, MAKING CALLOUTS, IT COULD. CAUSE A SWOT RESPONSE. >> ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT. IN TEXAS THINK THEY RESPONDED. TO MULTIPLE HOME INVASION CALLS. THAT STEMMED FROM TEXTS LIKE. THESE. >> YOU CAN HEAR THE STRESS IN. MOM'S VOICE, MOM BELIEVED IT. WAS REAL. IT WASN'T A PRANK TO MOM. >> POLICE ISSUING A WARNING TO. USERS THAT PULLING PRANKS LIKE. THESE.

>>> WE'RE BACK WITH A COURT. HEARING IN CONNECTICUT. A WOMAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO. POISON HER HUSBAND BY POURING. THE CHEMICAL FOUND IN. ANTIFREEZE, INTO HIS WINE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, KRISTIN HOGAN CONFESSED TO. ADDING THE POISON TELLING. POLICE SHE NEVER INTENDED TO. KILL HIM BUT JUST WANTED TO.

MAKE HIM SICK AS PAYBACK FOR. HIM BEING MENTALLY ABUSIVE. SHE HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA. >>> ALSO INCREDIBLE RESCUE. CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN FLORIDA. BODYCAM FOOTAGE FROM PASCOE. COUNTY SHERIFF'S,

>>> FINALLY THERE'S GOOD NEWS. TONIGHT. THE PEEWEE FOOTBALL GAME AND. THE PLAY GOING VIRAL THAT. TAUGHT BOTH TEAMS A VALUABLE. LESSON. >> ON THE VERY LAST PLAY OF THE. GAME, EIGHT-YEAR-OLD "BIG JOHN". LYLES WAS HANDED HIS BIG. MOMENT. THERE HE IS, NUMBER 52. HE RAN WITH IT, ALL THE WAY, 85. YARDS . THE PLAYERS ON BOTH.

TEAMS ON THE FIELD AND. SIDELINES, RUNNING WITH HIM. THE VIDEO, GOING VIRAL. BUT JOHN HAD TO WORK HARD TO. GET HERE. >> WHEN WE FIRST PUT PADS ON. HIM, ALL MY GOOD NIGHT, WE HAD. A MELTDOWN. >> JOHN HAS AUTISM WHICH CAN. MAKE BASIC KID STUFF TOUGH, SO. THIS YEAR, JOHN'S NANA CALLED A.

BIG AUDIBLE SWITCHING AND FROM. A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL RIGHT TO. THE HALLS OF WESTSIDE. ELEMENTARY AND ARKANSAS. AND TO GIVE JOHN STRUCTURE, A. SPOT ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM. HER ONE RULE, NO SPECIAL. TREATMENT. >> WE DON'T TREAT HIM ANY. DIFFERENT. WE MAY BE A LITTLE SOFTER ON. HIM EVEN THOUGH HIS NANA TOLD. US NOT TO. >> FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK, THE. WHOLE TEAM WANTED TO FIND A WAY. TO GIVE BACK SO COAST DREW UP. THE VERY LAST PLAY OF THE GAME.

>> AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED THE. TOUCHDOWN, EVERYBODY WENT ON. THE FIELD AND JUMPED AND SAID, JOHN! JOHN! JOHN! >> A SMALL SHOW SPORTSMANSHIP, GIVING WAY TO SOMETHING MUCH. BIGGER IN FOOTBALL. >> THEY ALL LOVE HIM. HE IS LIVING HIS BEST LIFE. >> STEVE PATTERSON, NBC NEWS. >> TOUCHDOWN "BIG JOHN" LYLES.