NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Sept. 1

DAY, THE RACE TO GET. BACK. MILLIONS SCRAMBLING. TO HEAD HOME BEFORE. THE WORK WEEK STARTS, WITH EXTREME WEATHER. MAKING A MESS FOR. SOME. NOW, THE NEW FLOODING. IN TEXAS. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE. SWEPT AWAY IN SAN. ANTONIO. OUT WEST, HIGH HEAT. PLUS OLD ISSUES. CREATING NEW PROBLEMS. AT MAJOR AIRPORT. HUBS. >>> THE DEADLY. EARTHQUAKE IN.

AFGHANISTAN. HUNDREDS KILLED. INSIDE THE DESPERATE. RUSH TO RESCUE MORE. IN THE MOUNTAINS, REMOTE AND RISKY. >>> PROTESTS ACROSS. THE COUNTRY THIS. LABOR DAY, TAKING ON. THE WHITE HOUSE. ALL AHEAD OF WHAT. COULD BE A NATIONAL. GUARD SHOWDOWN IN. CHICAGO AS THAT CITY. BRACES FOR A. WARNING FROM. NINE FORMER CDC. DIRECTORS. SAYING LIVES ARE AT. RISK. COVID CASES TICKING. UP AGAIN, AND WHAT.

THE PRESIDENT IS NOW. SAYING ABOUT THE. VACCINE TONIGHT. >> THE DRAMATIC. RESCUE CAUGHT ON. CAMERA AFTER THIS. CHILD WANDERS ON THE. MONORAIL TRACKS. TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR. FROM THE MAN WHO. RUSHED TO PLUCK HIM. TO SAFETY. >> LIKE acGYVER. LEVEL SKILL SET. >> Reporter: >> A THE ARMY. FOOTBALL STAND OUT. WHO SAVES A DRIVER. FROM A CAR SECONDS. BEFORE IT BURST INTO. FLAMES. AND SCHOOL OF HARD. KNOCKS. AFTER WINNING TITLE. AFTER TITLE IN THE. NFL, CAN BILL.

BELICHICK WIN AGAIN. AS HE MAKES HIS. COLLEGE COACHING. DEBUT? "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING. I'M HALLIE JACKSON IN. FOR TOM TONIGHT. WE ARE COMING ON THE. AIR WITH THE RUSH. HOME AFTER ONE OF THE. BUSIEST LABOR DAY. WEEKENDS IN YEARS. AND MILLIONS BATTLING. THE ELEMENTS, WITH. EXTREME WEATHER. TURNING DEADLY. TWO PEOPLE SWEPT AWAY. IN TEXAS, WITH. SERIOUS FLOODING IN. SAN ANTONIO AND IN.

HOUSTON, WHERE YOU. CAN SEE THIS GROUP. ABANDONING THEIR CAR. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. ROAD. EVEN TONIGHT, THUNDERSTORMS IN THE. SOUTH AND MIDWEST. COULD MAKE TRAVEL. TRICKY FOR FOLKS. FLYING IN OR OUT OF. MIAMI, DALLAS, AND. KANSAS CITY. IN NEW JERSEY, DELAYS. FROM GROUND STOPS AT. NEWARK BECAUSE OF. STAFFING PROBLEMS. AND FARTHER WEST, MILLIONS SWELTERING. IN A HEAT WAVE AS. SUMMER COMES TO A. CLOSE, WITH. RECORD-BREAKING. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. IN THE NORTHWEST. OUR DANA GRIFFIN IS. TRACKING IT ALL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TRAVEL WOES FOR SOME.

PASSENGERS THIS LABOR. DAY. AT NEWARK LIBERTY. INTERNATIONAL, DOZENS. OF DELAYS AND A. GROUND STOP. THE FAA CITING. STAFFING. ANOTHER GROUND STOP. AT REAGAN NATIONAL. DUE TO VOLUME. AND AT. DALLAS-FT. WORTH, FLIGHTS HALTED. BECAUSE OF WEATHER. THE TSA EXPECTED TO. SCREEN 17.4 MILLION. PASSENGERS RETURNING. HOME FROM LABOR DAY. WEEKEND. OUT WEST, A DIFFERENT. HOLIDAY CHALLENGE FOR. L.A. COUNTY. LIFEGUARDS. >> THEY'RE GOING TO. BE ON THE SAND. LOOKING FOR. REPCURRENTS AND.

PEOPLE IN DISTRESS. >> Reporter: NEARLY. 600 RESCUES OVER THE. WEEKEND AS DANGEROUS. RIP CURRENTS AND. ELEVATED SURF IMPACT. BEACHES. WE HAVE SEEN PERIODS. OF THESE MASSIVE. WAVES BREAKING AT. LEAST SIX FEET. THIS IS ADDING TO THE. DANGER. >> THE POWER OF THE. WAVE IS VERY, VERY. IMPRESSIVE. >> Reporter: FAMILIES. UNDETERRED BY. CONDITIONS BUT. KEEPING A CLOSE. WATCH. >> IT'S VERY EASY FOR. A LITTLE CHILD TO. DISAPPEAR. >> Reporter: ACROSS. THE WEST, HOT. TEMPERATURES. IMPACTING 25 MILLION.

PEOPLE. SOME STATES SEEING 10. TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE. AVERAGE. WHILE IN TEXAS, POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE. WERE KILLED AND A. THIRD MISSING DURING. FLASH FLOODING ON. SUNDAY THAT LEFT. DRIVERS STRANDED AND. RIVERS SWOLLEN. IN SAN ANTONIO, A MAN. HAD TO BE RESCUED BY. RAFT. BACK IN CALIFORNIA, WHEN SWIMMERS GET. THIS WARNING --. >> WE'LL GO OUT AND. TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE, MAKE URE THEY'RE. SAFE. >> DANA IS JOINING US. FROM SANTA MONICA.

LIFEGUARDS ARE TAKING. THE DANGEROUS OCEAN. CONDITIONS VERY. SERIOUSLY, RIGHT? >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. CPR HAD TO. BEPERFORMED ON ONE. PERSON OVER THE. WEEKEND. AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND. ME, THESE DANGEROUS. RIP CURRENTS ARE. ABOUT STOPPING PEOPLE. FROM COMING HERE TO. SANTA MONICA BEACH. WHERE THE WAVES ARE. STILL SWELLING. >> DANA GRIFFIN IN. SANTA MONICA, THANK. YOU. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE. DESPERATE SCRAMBLE TO. SAVE SURVIVORS AFTER. A HORRIFIC EARTHQUAKE. IN AFGHANISTAN THAT. KILLED AT LEAST 800. PEOPLE. KEIR SIMMONS HAS THE. LATE BREAKING.

DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, VICTIMS TRAPPED FOR. HOURS AS RESCUERS. SCRAMBLE TO FIND. SURVIVORS UNDER THE. RUBBLE OF A POWERFUL. EARTHQUAKE THAT. STRUCK AFGHANISTAN. EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE 6.0 MAGNITUDE. QUAKE HIT IN THE. MOUNTAINS NEAR THE. PAKISTANI BORDER. STRIKING IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. AS PEOPLE SLEPT. IT WAS MIDNIGHT WHEN. THE QUAKE STARTED, BREAKING OUR HOUSE. GOD HAVE MERCY, WE. MANAGED TO ESCAPE. OUTSIDE, THIS MAN. SAYS. HE SAYS SEVERAL. FAMILY MEMBERS WERE. KILLED. MANY PEOPLE IN THIS.

REMOTE REGION LIVE IN. DESPERATE POVERTY, MAKING LESS THAN A. DOLLAR A DAY. TONIGHT, FIRST. RESPONDERS STRUGGLING. TO REACH THE AREA. ROADS BLOCKED FROM. WIDESPREAD. DISRUPTION, COLLAPSING ALREADY. FRAGILE HOMES. PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON. THE TALIBAN. GOVERNMENT FOR HELP. SEEN HERE EVACUATING. THE WOUNDED, INCLUDING YOUNG. CHILDREN, ON. HELICOPTERS. MANY WERE NOT REACHED. IN TIME. EVERYTHING HERE HAS. BEEN DESTROYED. I WANT THE GOVERNMENT. TO COME AND HELP US,

THIS MAN SAYS. AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY. AT LEAST 800 PEOPLE. HAVE DIED, AND EXPECT. THAT NUMBER TO RISE. WHILE AFTERSHOCKS. WERE REPORTED AS FAR. AWAY AS INDIA. AND TONIGHT, THE. TALIBAN HEALTH. MINISTRY HAS ASKED. FOR THE INTERNATIONAL. COMMUNITY'S. ASSISTANCE IN THE. QUAKE'S AFTERMATH AS. THE DEATH TOLL THERE. KEEPS RISING. HALLIE. >> KEIR SIMMONS, THANK YOU. >>> HERE AT HOME, NEW. PROTESTS IN CHICAGO. TODAY AS THAT CITY. BRACES FOR THE. POSSIBILITY OF. NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS. ISN'T IN BY PRESIDENT.

TRUMP AND AN. IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. AS SOON AS THIS WEEK. GARRETT HAAKE. REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PROTESTERS ON THE. STREETS OF CHICAGO. DEMANDING PRESIDENT. TRUMP NOT DEPLOY. FEDERAL FORCES TO. FIGHT CRIME IN THE. WINDY CITY. AND THE CITY'S. DEMOCRATIC MAYOR. ORDERING CHICAGO. POLICE NOT TO. COOPERATE WITH THE. FEDS. >> NO FEDERAL TROOPS. IN THE CITY OF. CHICAGO. >> Reporter: NBC'S. ADRIENNE BRODDUS. SPEAKING TO. PROTESTERS. >> THE MESSAGE FOR.

PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> STAY OUT OF. CHICAGO. WE DON'T NEED YOU. HERE, WE DON'T WANT. YOU HERE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. REPEATEDLY FLOATED. THE PROSPECT OF. SPENDING IN THE. NATIONAL GUARD TO. CRACK DOWN ON CRIME. IN CHICAGO. AFTER DEPLOYING THE. GUARD TO WASHINGTON, D.C. BUT ILLINOIS'. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR. SLAMMING THE. POTENTIAL MOVE. >> WE DON'T WANT. TROOPS ON THE STREETS. OF AMERICAN CITIES. THAT'S UN-AMERICAN. >> Reporter: THE. GOVERNOR NOTING. MURDERS ARE DOWN 32%. IN CHICAGO THIS YEAR. THOUGH THIS WEEKEND, AT LEAST 53 PEOPLE. WERE SHOT AND 7.

PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN. CHICAGO. LEAVING ONE. DEMOCRATIC ALDERMAN. TO CONCLUDE FEDERAL. HELP IS NEEDED. >> I HAD TWO. TEENAGERS SHOT IN MY. COMMUNITY THIS. WEEKEND ALONE. SO WHEN I HEAR MY. DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES. TELL ME DON'T WORRY, CRIME IS DOWN. TRUMP STAY HOME IN. WASHINGTON, I HAVE A. REAL HARD TIME. ACCEPTING THAT. >> Reporter: IT COMES. AS TWO FEDERAL LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. TELL NBC NEWS THAT. I.C.E., BORDER. PATROL, AND OTHER. FEDERAL AGENCIES DO. PLAN TO SCALE UP. ARRESTS OF. UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANTS BEGINNING. THIS WEEK IN CHICAGO.

A SANCTUARY CITY THAT. DOES NOT COOPERATE. WITH I.C.E. >> WE WILL CONTINUE. TO GO AFTER THE WORST. OF THE WORST ACROSS. THE COUNTRY LIKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. TOLD US. >> Reporter: ALL AS A. FEDERAL JUDGE DEALT A. LEGAL BLOW TO THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. BLOCKING FLIGHTS. DEPORTING. UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. WHO CAME TO THE U.S. ILLEGALLY FROM. GUATEMALA BACK HOME. THE JUDGE CRITICIZING. THOSE FLIGHTS FOR. BEING SCHEDULED IN. THE, QUOTE, W EE HOURS. OF THE MORNING. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. ARGUING THEY WERE. REUNITING FAMILIES AT. THE SUGGESTION OF THE.

GUATEMALAN. GOVERNMENT. >> THANK YOU. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A. SCATHING NEW OP-ED. FROM NINE FORMER CDC. HEADS BLASTING THE. CURRENT HEALTH. SECRETARY AS. CONFUSION STARTS TO. SPIKE OVER THIS. FALL'S COVID SHOTS. HERE'S MAGGIE VESPA. >> Reporter: ACCUSING. HIM OF ENDANGERING. EVERY AMERICAN'S. HEALTH, TONIGHT, NINE. FORMER HEADS OF THE. CDC SLAMMING HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES. SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. IN A. BLISTERING "NEW YORK. TIMES" OP-ED. IN IT, BLASTING. KENNEDY'S FIRING OF. CDC DIRECTOR. DR. SUSAN MONAREZ.

LAST WEEK THAT SPARKS. OUTRAGE IN THE. AGENCY. FOUR TOP LEADERS. RESIGNING IN PROTEST. LAST WEEK, STAFFERS. CHEERED OUTSIDE CDC. HEADQUARTERS IN. SUPPORT. THE FORMER CDC HEADS. WRITING MONAREZ. REFUSED TO, QUOTE, RUBBER STAMP HIS. DANGEROUS AND. UNFOUNDED VACCINE. RECOMMENDATIONS AIMED. AT RESTRICTING ACCESS. OR HEED HIS DEMANDS. TO FIRE SENIOR CDC. STAFF. THE FORMER CDC. LEADERS ALSO ACCUSING. THE SECRETARY OF. DOWNPLAYING MEASLES. VACCINES AND. REPLACING EXPERTS ON. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. WITH, QUOTE,

UNQUALIFIED. INDIVIDUALS WHO SHARE. HIS DANGEROUS AND. UNSCIENTIFIC VIEWS. BOTH HHS AND THE CDC. TONIGHT NOT RETURNING. NBC'S REQUESTS FOR. COMMENT ON THE OP-ED. >> WE NEED STRONG. LEADERSHIP THAT WILL. GO IN THERE AND THAT. WILL BE ABLE TO. EXECUTE ON PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S BROAD. AMBITIONS. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY. CHALLENGING. PHARMACEUTICAL. COMPANIES TO JUSTIFY. THE SUCCESS OF THEIR. VARIOUS COVID DRUGS. AFTER LAUNCHING. OPERATION WARP SPEED. IN HIS FIRST TERM,

FASTTRACKING VACCINE. PRODUCTION. THIS AS COVID CASES. RISE IN 31 STATES AND. ACCESS TO THAT. VACCINE TIGHTENS. CVS REQUIRING A. PRESCRIPTION IN 13. STATES PLUS D.C., ADDING IT'S UNABLE TO. ADMINISTER COVID. VACCINES IN THREE. STATES. WALGREENS ONLY SAYING. IT'S PREPARED TO. OFFER THE VACCINE IN. STATES WHERE WE'RE. ABLE TO DO SO. >> EVEN INSURANCE. COMPANIES HAVE NOT. BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE. PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT. DIRECTION BECAUSE OF. THE LACK OF GUIDANCE. FROM THE CDC. >> Reporter: CONFUSION MOUNTING AS.

VIRUS SEASON. APPROACHES. MAGGIE VESPA, NBC. NEWS. >>> TO AN UNUSUAL AND. UNUSUALLY HIGH STAKES. SUMMIT OVERSEAS WITH. THE LEADERS OF CHINA, INDIA, AND RUSSIA. TOGETHER TRYING TO. SEND A MESSAGE WITH A. SHOW OF FORCE TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. THE WEST. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER. IS IN BEIJING FOR US. TONIGHT, AND SOME OF. THESE IMAGES ARE. ROCKETING AROUND THE. WORLD WAURLD ANOTHER. LEADER SET TO MAKE A. VISIT. >> Reporter: THE. SUMMIT HAS BEEN ALL. ABOUT THE OPTICS. VLADIMIR PUTIN AGAIN. IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

FOLLOWING HIS MEETING. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. ABOUT UKRAINE. PUTIN AND INDIAN. PRIME MINISTER. NARENDRA MODI SEEN. TOGETHER AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SLAPPED STEEP TARIFFS. ON INDIA FOR BUYING. RUSSIAN OIL. PUTIN AND MODI WERE. HOLDING HANDS, THEY. SHARED A CAR RIDE. TOGETHER, AND SOON TO. JOIN, KIM JONG-UN, ON. HIS WAY TO JOIN THE. BIG MILITARY PARADE. ALL OF IT A MESSAGE. TO WASHINGTON AND THE. WEST THAT THERE ARE. STILL SIMMERING. TENSIONS AMONG THESE. LEADERS BUT THEY'RE. SHOWING THEY ARE NOT. WITHOUT FRIENDS.

>> JANIS MACKEY. FRAYER, THANK YOU. >>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS. ON THAT DRAMATIC. VIDEO OUT OF. PENNSYLVANIA SHOWING. A CHILD WALKING ON A. MONORAIL TRACK AT. HERSHEY PARK. NOW, SAM BROCK. INTRODUCES US TO THE. DAD WHO BROUGHT HIM. TO SAFETY. >> Reporter: AFTER 20. TERRIFYING MINUTES OF. PARENTS SEPARATED. FROM THEIR CHILD, THIS YOUNG BOY POPPED. UP ON THE HERSHEY. PARK MONORAIL. SATURDAY, 20 FEET. ABOVE THE GROUND. AS CROWDS SCREAMED. AND THE CHILD COVERED. HIS EARS, JOHN. SAMPSON KNEW WHAT TO. DO. >> BEING A DAD OF.

THREE GIVES YOU A BIG. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. ON EVERYTHING. YOU SEE A CHILD IN. DANGER, INSTANTLY, HOW CAN I HELP? >> Reporter: THE. FATHER LEAPT ONTO THE. MONORAIL FROM A. NEARBY ICE CREAM. STAND. HOW DID YOU GET UP. THE STAND? >> ON THE SIDE THERE. WAS A FANC. I CLIMBED UP ON THAT. BALANCED ON THAT. CLIMBED UP ON THE. ROOF FROM THERE. AND THEN IT WAS A. STRAIGHT SHOT FROM. THERE. >> Reporter: WHERE. DID THE SORT OF. MacGYVER LEVEL SKILL. SET COME FROM? >> I'LL CALL IT MORE. DAD STRENGTH. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO HERGY. PARK, WHILE OUR TEAM.

WAS ACTIVELY. SEARCHING, THE CHILD. ENTERED A SECURED. AREA FOR THE. MONORAIL, SAFEGUARDED. BY A CHAINED CLOSURE. AND BARRICADED BY A. TURN STYLE. AMIDST CRIES, SAMPSON. CONCENTRATED ON THE. TASK AT HAND. >> I WAS ABLE TO GRAB. HIM AND HUG HIM. >> DID HE SEEM. RELIEVED. INSTANTANEOUSLY? >> INSTANTLY, AND. SUPER SCARED AND. GRIPPING ME SO HAPPY. TO BE IN SOMEBODY'S. ARMS. >> Reporter: NOT IN. THE ARMS OF A. STRANGER BUT FOR A. RELIEVED FAMILY IN. THE ARMS OF A HERSHEY.

HERO DAD. SAM BROCK, NBC NEWS. >>> NOW TO A GROWING. REALITY FOR SO MANY. SENIORS ACROSS. AMERICA. EVEN AFTER YEARS OF. MAKING GOOD MONEY, MORE AND MORE ARE. FINDING THEMSELVES ON. THE STREET WHEN THEY. FALL ON HARD TIMES. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS. TONIGHT'S EYE-OPENING. REPORT. >> Reporter: FOR. NEARLY TWO DECADES, VERNON WEDGE WORKED. SECURITY AT DILLARD'S. DEPARTMENT STORE. HE HAD TWO KIDS, A. 401(k). WHEN HIS EYE SIGHT. WENT AT AGE 69, HE.

FOUND HIMSELF OUT OF. A JOB. >> MONEY RAN OUT. WE GOT A SHOPPING. CART AND HIT THE. STREETS. >> Reporter: HE WAS. HOMELESS FOR THE. FIRST TIME IN HIS. LIFE. >> THOSE ARE THE. LITTLE SHOWER SPOUTS. >> Reporter: ON A 107. DEGREE DAY IN. PHOENIX, HE SHOWED ME. WHAT HE HAD TO DO TO. KEEP HIMSELF, HIS. ADULT SON GRANT, AND. THEIR DOG ALIVE. THE SAFEST PLACE WAS. A LOCAL CHURCH WHERE. THEY SLEPT FOR. MONTHS. ON THOSE NIGHTS WHEN. YOU WERE SITTING. LOOKING UP AT THE. CROSS, WHAT WERE YOU.

THINKING ABOUT? >> TRYING TO HAVE GOD. TALK TO ME AND TELL. ME EVERYTHING IS. GOING TO BE OKAY. SAVE MY SON, MY DOG. HELP ME. >> Reporter: LAST. YEAR, MORE THAN. 42,000 AMERICANS OVER. THE AGE OF 65 WERE. HOMELESS, AND. RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE. THERE COULD BE MORE. THAN 100,000 BY 2030. NATIONWIDE, THERE'S A. LACK OF AFFORDABLE. HOUSING AND THE. AVERAGE SOCIAL. SECURITY CHECK HAS. NOT KEPT PACE WITH. INFLATION. >> WHEN WE AGE, WE.

DON'T ADAPT VERY WELL. TO THE HEAT. >> HOW ARE YOU? >> Reporter: NURSE. PRACTITIONER LESLIE. WATCHES THE NUMBER OF. HOMELESS SENIORS GROW. FIRST-HAND. ARE YOU REGULARLY. FINDING PEOPLE OUT. HERE COMPLETELY. DEHYDRATED. >> VERY DEHYDRATED. LUCHARGIC. WE OFFER IV HYDRATION. IF IT'S THAT BAD. >> Reporter: THE TEAM. DRIVES THE STREETS. MATCHING UP WITH. PEOPLE THEY SEE. DAILY. AND THOSE WHO THEY. SPOT FOR THE FIRST. TIME. LIVING ON THE STREETS. IS HARD FOR ANYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY SO FOR.

SENIORS. >> MEMORY IMPAIRMENT. IS ALSO SOMETHING. THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE. AGE. EVEN REMEMBERING, WHO. DO I CALL, WHERE DO I. GO, SO IT'S -- THEY. NEED ONE-ON-ONE. SUPPORT. >> THERE IS A SAFETY. NET THAT IS IN PLACE. BUT IS IT ENOUGH? >> NO, NO, THERE'S. NOT ENOUGH. THERE NEEDS TO BE. MORE HOUSING. RESOURCES FOR OUR. SENIORS. >> Reporter: NOW, SENIORS ONLY HOMELESS. SHELTERS ARE POPPING. UP AROUND THE COUNTRY. TO MEET THE GROWING. NEED. RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED. TO LIVE IN THESE 8 BY.

8 CUBICLES FOR TWO. YEARS. VERNON ONLY HAS EIGHT. MONTHS LEFT. >> DO YOU WORRY THAT. YOU COULD END UP BACK. ON THE STREET? >> AT TIMES, MY. VISION GETTING EVEN. WORSE, I DON'T THINK. I COULD DO THE STREET. AGAIN. >> Reporter: NOW 73. YEARS OLD, HE STILL. IS EARCHING FOR A. PERMANENT HOME. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS, PHOENIX. >> STILL TO COME. TONIGHT, THE DRAMATIC. RESCUE FROM A SINKING.

BOAT. >>> PLUS, AN NFL. LEGEND GIVES IT THE. OLD COLLEG. >>> WELCOME BACK. HE MAY HAVE WRAPPED. UP EIGHT SUPER BOWL. RINGS IN THE NFL, BUT. FOR LEGENDARY COACH. BILL BELICHICK, IT'S. A DIFFERENT KIND OF. HYPE IN NORTH. CAROLINA TONIGHT, AS. HE PREPARES FOR HIS. DEBUT ON THE COLLEGE. FIELD. AS JESSE KIRSCH. REPORTS, HE'S A LONG. WAY FROM FOXBOROUGH. >> Reporter: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH. CAROLINA'S CAMPUS IS. BUZZING TONIGHT ABOUT. A MAN WHO WON'T PLAY.

A SINGLE SNAP OF. FOOTBALL. >> I MAY LEARN EVERY. DAY. I WILL LEARN MORE. EACH DAY. >> Reporter: BILL. BELICHICK IS BEST. KNOWN AS THE. PATRIOTS' SIX-TIME. SUPER BOWL WINNING. CURMUDGEON COACH. NOW THE NFL LEGEND IS. GIVING IT THE OLD. COLLEGE TRY. >> I HAVE BEEN. THROUGH A LOT OF. OPENING DAYS AND. EVERY ONE IS THE SAME. IN THAT THERE'S SOME. THINGS YOU KIND OF. FEEL GOOD ABOUT. THERE'S OTHER. QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> Reporter: DESPITE.

UNCERTAINTY, TAR HEEL. HYPE IS SURGING. UNC SAYS SINGLE GAME. AND SEASON TICKETS. ARE SOLD OUT. HIS FIRST TEST, TCU. TONIGHT. >> HOPEFULLY BILL CAN. GET IT LIKE MAKE THIS. LIKE A REAL FOOTBALL. SCHOOL SO I'M PRETTY. EXCITED FOR THAT. >> Reporter: STILL, BELICHICK'S COLLEGE. SUCCESS IS NO. GUARANTEE. >> 70 NEW PLAYERS ON. THE ROSTER. YOU KNOW, BILL'S. STRENGTH AS A COACH. TO ME IS DEVELOPING. PLAYERS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE. THAT MANY NEW PLAYERS. IN THIS SHORT OF A. TIME TO GET READY FOR. A SEASON. >> Reporter: THERE'S.

ALSO BEEN OFF THE. FIELD FOCUS ON. BELICHICK'S DATING. LIFE WHICH HAS MADE. HEADLINES OF ITS OWN. TONIGHT, ALL EYES ARE. ON BELICHICK AS A NEW. ERA BEGINS. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC. NEWS. >> WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH THE. FOOTBALL STANDO. >>> WANT TO SHOW YOU. THIS DRAMATIC. ROADSIDE RESCUE. CAUGHT ON CAMERA. ARMY FOOTBALL PLAYER.

LARRY PICKETT JR. HELPED PULL SOMEBODY. FROM THIS WRECKED CAR. JUST MOMENTS BEFORE. IT BURSTS INTO. FLAMES. YOU SEE IT THERE. HIS FATHER SAYS THE. WEST POINT SOPHOMORE. DID NOT HESITATE. DESPITE THE LIVE. POWER LINES. OFFICIALS SAY THE. DRIVER OF THAT CAR. WAS TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL AND IS. EXPECTED TO RECOVER. >>> AND LOOK AT THESE. PEOPLE CLINGING TO A. CAPSIZED BOAT SEVEN. MILES OFF SHORE. MIAMI-DADE FIRE. RESCUE JOINING THE. COAST GUARD TO SAVE. THEM. TOURNAMENT. OSAKA NOW MOVES ON TO. THE QUARTERFINAL, HER. FIRST IN A GRAND SLAM. SINCE 2021.

>> WHEN WE AND BACK, 20 YEARS AFTER. KATRINA, WE CATCH UP. WITH TROMBONE SHORTY. ON A MISSIO. >>> THERE IS GOOD. NEWS TONIGHT IN NEW. ORLEANS. 20 YEARS AFTER. HURRICANE KATRINA, ONE MUSICIAN IS. MAKING SURE THE STORM. DIDN'T SILENCE THE. CITY AND ITS MUSIC. HERE'S PRISCILLA. THOMPSON. >> Reporter: MOST. PEOPLE KNOW TROY. ANDREWS AS TROMBONE.

SHORTY. ONE OF THE MOST. PROLIFIC JAZZ. MUSICIANS OF HIS. TIME. BUT BACK HOME IN NEW. ORLEANS, IN HIS OLD. HIGH SCHOOL. AUDITORIUM, HE'S MUCH. MORE THAN JUST THAT. >> THE WAY I GREW UP. IS OVER WITH BECAUSE. OF KATRINA. I WANTED TO BE ABLE. TO REACH ALL OF THOSE. KIDS SO WE CAN KEEP. THE LEGACY GOING. >> Reporter: IN THE. AFTERMATH OF. HURRICANE KATRINA, HE. FOUNDED THE TROMBONE. SHORTY FOUNDATION, WORKING ALONGSIDE HIS. FRIEND JULIAN TO. INSURE EVEN AS THE. CITY STRUGGLED TO.

RECOVER, THAT ICONIC. NEW ORLEANS SOUND. SURVIVED THE STORM. >> THE BRASS BAND. DURING THAT TIME. PLAYED SUCH A PIVOTAL. ROLE BECAUSE WE DON'T. NEED ELECTRICITY. THE BAND CAN STAND ON. THE CORNER AND MAKE. EVERYBODY FEEL GOOD. >> YOU COULD JUST SEE. PEOPLE CRYING AND. ONCE THEY HEAR THAT. TUBA AND THE SNARE. DRUM, SOMEONE JUST. HAD TEARS IN THEIR. EYES. >> HOW WORRIED WERE. YOU ALL THAT THE. MUSIC WOULD BE LOST? >> I WAS A LITTLE. WORRIED BECAUSE IT.

NEEDS TO BE HERE. >> Reporter: THE. STUDENTS THEY NOW. TEACH WEREN'T EVEN. BORN OR WERE ONLY. KIDS WHEN CUTRENY. HIT. 20 YEARS AFTER. KATRINA, YOU ALL ARE. THE NEW GENERATION OF. MUSICIANS. WHAT STORY DO YOU. WANT TO TELL? >> WE'RE STILL. HEREERING DOING IT. BIG. WE DON'T LET ANYTHING. STOP US. >> Reporter: THE. MUSIC AND THE PEOPLE. PLAYING ON. >> HOMES HAVE. CHANGED, ARCHITECTURE. HAS CHANGED, STREETS. HAVE BEEN RENAMED. BUT THE MUSIC IS. ALWAYS GOING TO BE.

THE MUSIC. >> PEOPLE THAT KEEP. IT ALIVE, THAT'S. GOING TO ALWAYS BE. HERE. >> Reporter: PRISCILLA THOMPSON, NBC NEWS, NEW. ORLEANS. >> PROVING YOU CANNOT. SILENCE NEW ORLEANS. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M HALLIE JACKSON. TOM WILL BE BACK. TOMORROW. FROM ALL OF US HERE. AT NBC, THANKS FOR. WATCHING AND HAVE A. GREAT WEEK.