NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Sept. 23

>>> TONIGHT COURTROOM. CHAOS. RYAN ROUTH FOUND. GUILTY OF TRYING TO. ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT. TRUMP. MOMENTS LATER TRYING. TO STAB HIMSELF IN THE. NECK WITH A PEN. THE JURY FOUNDING HIM. GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. AFTER HE WAS. DISCOVERED ON A. FLORIDA GOLF COURSE. NEAR TRUMP LAST YEAR. LYING IN WAIT WITH A. RIFLE. WHEN THE GUILTY. VERDICT WAS READ, HE.

STARTED STABBING. HIMSELF IN THE NECK. THE PRESIDENT CALLING. HIM AN EVIL MAN. ROUTH'S DAUGHTER. EMOTIONAL, CHASING THE. CAR CARRYING HER. FATHER AWAY AFTER HE. TRIED STABBING. HIMSELF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. SPEECH AT THE U.N. BASHING THE GROUP, AND. TELLING WORLD LEADERS, QUOTE, YOUR COUNTRIES. ARE GOING TO HELL. >>> PLUS, WHY THE. PRESIDENT IS SUDDENLY. SAYING HE THINKS. UKRAINE CAN TAKE BACK. ALL ITS TERRITORY. >>> THE MAJOR 180. AFTER HE SAID IT WOULD. HAVE TO GIVE UP LAND. TO RUSSIA AND AN. ATTEMPT AT PEACE. DURING A SUMMIT WITH.

VLADIMIR PUTIN. >>> THE BIG BUST THAT. COULD HAVE CRIPPLED. NEW YORK'S CELL GRID. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZING. DEVICES THEY SAY COULD. HAVE BLASTED OUT 30. MILLION TEXTS A. MINUTE. THE RENTED APARTMENTS. LINED WITH SERVERS AND. SIM CARDS THAT COULD. HAVE DONE SO MUCH. DAMAGE. >>> THE BIG QUESTION, WHAT WILL JIMMY KIMMEL. SAY? >>> TWO JETS ALMOST. COLLIDING ON A RUNWAY. FEET APART.

WHAT WENT WRONG. >>> WHY THIS SOFTBALL. TEAM'S 80-YEAR-OLD. PLAYER IS AT THE HEART. OF THEIR GAME. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. NBC "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. WITH TOM LLAMAS.". >>> AND GOOD EVENING. THE TRIAL OF THE MAN. WHO WANTED TO KILL. PRESIDENT TRUMP CAME. TO A DRAMATIC END. TODAY INSIDE A FLORIDA. COURTROOM. MOMENTS AFTER A JURY. FOUND RYAN ROUTH. GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. RELATED TO HIS. ATTEMPTED. ASSASSINATION OF. DONALD TRUMP HE TRIED. TO STAB HIMSELF IN THE.

NECK WITH A PEN. BAILIFFS RUSHED HIM. OUT OF THE COURTROOM. HIS DAUGHTER. SCREAMING, DAD, DON'T. HURT YOURSELF. LATER SEEN OUTSIDE. CHASING THE CAR YOU. SEE IT RIGHT HERE, CARRYING HER FATHER. AWAY. ROUTH WAS FOUND ON A. FLORIDA GOLF COURSE. LAST YEAR WITH THIS. GUN. ONE HOLE AWAY FROM. THEN-CANDIDATE TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT POSTING, QUOTE, THIS WAS AN. EVIL MAN WAN EVIL. INTENTION. ROUTH, WHO REPRESENTED. HIMSELF IN THE TRIAL, FACES LIFE IN PRISON. AARON GILCHRIST WAS IN. THE COURTHOUSE FOR. CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

>> I LOVE YOU! >> Reporter: TONIGHT. JUST AFTER RYAN ROUTH. WAS CONVICTED OF. TRYING TO ASSASSINATE. PRESIDENT TRUMP AT HIS. WEST PALM BEACH GOLF. CLUB HIS DAUGHTER. RUNNING BESIDES THE. CAR AUTHORITIES WERE. TRANSPORTING HIM IN. AFTER INSIDE COURT HE. ATTEMPTED TO STAB. HIMSELF IN THE NECK. WITH A PEN. THIS COURT SKETCH. SHOWING THAT MOMENT. NBC NEWS PRODUCER. CARMEN GONZALEZ. WITNESSED CHAOS IN THE. COURTROOM. >> I LOOKED OVER TO. HIM AND HE WAS DOING. THIS. I THOUGHT HE WAS.

HAVING A SEIZURE. HE HAD A PEN AND WAS. JABBING AT HIS NECK. DRYING TO HURT. HIMSELF. >> Reporter: WITHIN. SECONDS U.S. MARSHALS. GRABBED HIM AND TOOK. HIM AWAY. >> HIS DAUGHTER WAS. SAYING, DAD, DON'T, WE. LOVE YOU. >> Reporter: A FLORIDA. JURY DELIBERATING TWO. HOURS BEFORE. CONVICTING HIM ON FIVE. COUNTS, INCLUDING. ATTEMPTED. ASSASSINATION OF A. MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL. CANDIDATE. PROSECUTORS IN CLOSING. ARGUMENTS SAYING A. MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE. SHOWED ONE THING. ROUTH WANTED DONALD. TRUMP DEAD. >> SHOTS FIRED! A GUN!

>> Reporter: JUST TWO. MONTHS AFTER THE. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. IN BUTLER, ON. SEPTEMBER 15 LAST YEAR. A SECRET SERVICE AGENT. SPOTTED THE BARREL OF. A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE. IN THE SHRUBBERY. OUTSIDE TRUMP'S GOLF. CLUB. >> ON THE TREE LINE, THE INDIVIDUAL INSIDE. THAT TREE LINE. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS. LYING IN WAIT FOR. HOURS UNDETECTED. HIS ARREST SHOWN ON. THIS POLICE BODY CAM. AND THIS IMAGE OF HIS. GUN. IN COURT ROUTH. REPRESENTED HIMSELF IN. AN OFTEN RAMBLING.

PRESENTATION ARGUING. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE. CHARACTER TO KILL. SAYING, IF YOU DON'T. HAVE THE COLD HEART TO. MAKE IT HAPPEN, IS. THAT INTENT? BUT PROSECUTORS SHOWED. JURORS A LETTER WRIT. OPINION BY ROUTH WHERE. HE SAID, DEAR WORLD, THIS WAS AN. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. PRESIDENT TRUMP. REACTING TONIGHT. >> YOU CAN'T LET. THINGS LIKE THAT. HAPPEN. NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, BUT A PRESIDENT OR. EVEN A PERSON, YOU. CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO. HAPPEN. AND SO JUSTICE WAS. SERVED. >> AARON JOINS US LIVE. FROM OF THE. COURTHOUSE. AARON, THE JUDGE AND. JURY SAW THAT STABBING. INCIDENT TODAY.

HOW COULD THIS IMPACT. SENTENCING? >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, THE JUDGE ALONE. WILL DECIDE THE. PUNISHMENT IN THIS. CASE AND TWO OF THE. CHARGES THAT ROUTH WAS. CONVICTED OF CARRY A. MAXIMUM OF LIFE IN. PRISON. TOM. >> AARON GILCHRIST FOR. US. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S SCATHING. MESSAGE TO THE UNITED. NATIONS AND SOME. ALLIES DURING HIS. SPEECH AT THE U.N. WHILE SIGNALING A. MAJOR SHIFT INVOLVING. THE WAR IN UKRAINE, CALLING ON UKRAINE TO. FIGHT AND TO WIN. GARRETT HAAKE HAS THE. LATE DETAILS.

>> Reporter: AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ARRIVED AT THE U.N., THE MALFUNCTIONS. PILING UP. ESCALATOR STOPPING THE. MOMENT HE AND THE. FIRST LADY STEPPED ON. AND THE TELEPROMPTER. FAILING JUST AS HE. STARTED TO SPEAK. >> THESE ARE THE TWO. THINGS I GOT FROM THE. UNITED NATIONS. A BAD ESCALATOR AND A. BAD TELEPROMPTER. >> Reporter: ALL AS HE. DELIVERED A SCATHING. MESSAGE ARGUING THE. U.N. HAS BECOME. IRRELEVANT. >> WHAT IS THE PURPOSE. OF THE UNITED NATIONS? >> Reporter: SAYING. THEY FAILED TO STOP. GLOBAL CONFLICT. >> ALL THEY DO IS.

WRITE A STRONGLY. WORDED LETTER AND. NEVER FOLLOW THAT. LETTER UP. IT'S EMPTY WORDS. AND EMPTY WORDS DON'T. SOLVE WAR. THE ONLY THING THAT. SOLVES WAR AND WARS IS. ACTION. >> Reporter: AND. SENDING THIS WARNING. TO LEADERS IN WESTERN. EUROPE. >> ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE. POURING INTO EUROPE. >> Reporter: URGING. THEM TO ADOPT HIS. CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL. IM GREAT LAKES. >> IT'S TIME TO END. THE FAILED EXPERIMENT. OF OPEN BORDERS. I CAN TELL YOU, I AM.

GOOD AT THIS STUFF. YOUR COUNTRIES ARE. GOING TO HELL. >> Reporter: DESPITE. CRITICISM OF THE U.N., THE PRESIDENT'S OWN. EFFORTS TO END WARS IN. UKRAINE AND GAZA HAVE. LARGELY STALLED. BUT IN A SUDDEN SHIFT. AFTER THIS MEETING. WITH UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY --. >> THANKS TO ALL THE. SOLDIERS WE HAVE THIS. POSSIBILITY, THIS. OPPORTUNITY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP URGING. UKRAINE TO EXPAND THE. BATTLEFIELD AFTER. EARLIER WARNING THEY. MAY HAVE TO CONCEALED. TERRITORY FOR PEACE, WRITING, I THINK. UKRAINE, WITH THE. SUPPORT OF THE. EUROPEAN UNION, IS IN. A POSITION TO FIGHT.

AND WIN ALL OF UKRAINE. BACK IN ITS ORIGINAL. FORM. >> THE OTHER SIDE CAN. FIGHT, TOO. AND THEY HAVE PROVEN. THAT. MAYBE IT'S A -- IT. COULD BE THAT RUSSIA. IS A PAPER TIGER. LET THEM GET THEIR. LAND BACK. >> YEAH. >> WE WILL SEE HOW IT. WORKS OUT. >> Reporter: CALLING. FOR A STRONG RESPONSE. AFTER RECENT RUSSIAN. INCURSIONS. >> DO YOU THINK THAT. NATO COUNTRIES SHOULD. SHOOT DOWN RUSSIAN. AIRCRAFT AS THEY ENTER. THEIR AIRSPACE? >> YES. >> Reporter: THIS. PRAISE FROM PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY.

>> IT'S A BIG SHIFT. THIS POST OF TRUMP IS. A BIG SHIFT. >> Reporter: AFTER KEY. EYE LAS, INCLUDING. FRANCE AND CANADA, ANNOUNCED RECOGNITION. OF A PLIRN STATE. >> CANADA RECOGNIZES. THE STATE OF. PALESTINE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP CONDEMNING THAT. MOVE. >> THE REWARDS WOULD. BE TOO GREAT FOR HAMAS. TERRORISTS FOR THEIR. ATROCITIES INSTEAD OF. GIVING IN TO HAMAS'. RANSOM DEMANDS, THOSE. WHO WANT PEACE SHOULD. BE UNITED WITH ONE.

MESSAGE. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES. NOW. >> GARRETT JOINS US. LIVE IN STUDIO. LET'S GO BACK TO. UKRAINE. A HUGE SHIFT FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP THERE. YOU HAVE NEW REPORTING. FOR OUR VIEWERS? >> THERE IS NO. INDICATION THAT THE. SHIFT IN TONE FROM THE. PRESIDENT INCLUDES ANY. SHIFT IN ACTUAL U.S. POLICY NOT YET. THE CHANGE TODAY WAS. DESIGNED TO EXERT. MAXIMUM PUBLIC. PRESSURE ON RUSSIA TO. RETURN TO THE. NEGOTIATING TABLE. THE WHITE HOUSE WILL. BE CLOSELY WATCHING TO. SEE HOW THE KREMLIN. RESPONDS. >> GARRETT HAAKE, THANK YOU.

>>> ALSO IN NEW YORK, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. SAYING THEY DISCOVERED. A PLOT TO POTENTIALLY. CRIPPLE CELLPHONE. NETWORKS IN NEW YORK. CITY. HERE IS KELLY. O'DONNELL WITH THE. ALARMING REVELATION. >> Reporter: IN THE. SHADOW OF A GLOBAL. GATHERING OF WORLD. LEADERS AT THE UNITED. NATIONS TONIGHT A. MAJOR RISK TO AN. ESSENTIAL LIFELINE. DISRUPTED. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY. A CACHE OF ELECTRONICS. THEY SEIZED WITH TIES. TO UNNAMED ACTORS. COULD HAVE CRIPPLED. CELL SERVICE IN THE. LARGEST CITY, JAMMING.

911 CALLS, IMPEDING. EMERGENCY SERVICES. RESPONSE, AND CAUSING. MASSIVE CHAOS. >> THIS NETWORK HAD. THE POTENTIAL TO. DECISION ABLE. CELLPHONE TOWERS AND. ESSENTIALLY SHUT DOWN. THE CELLULAR NETWORK. THIS NEW YORK CITY. >> Reporter: THE. SECRET SERVICE SAYS A. SERIES MUCH RAIDS IN. THE TRI-STATE AREA LED. TO THE DISCOVERY OF. $100,000 SIM CARDS AND. 300 SERVERS ABLE TO. OVERWHELM CELL NETWORK. BY GENERATING MASS. CALLS, UP TO 30. MILLION TEXTS A. MINUTE. THESE PHOTOS SHOW SOME.

OF THE ELECTRONICS. DISCOVERED IN RENTED. APARTMENTS WITHIN 35. MILES OF THE U.N. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN. MADE. >> EARLY ANALYSIS. INDICATES CELLULAR. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN. ACTORS AND INDIVIDUALS. THAT ARE KNOWN TO. FEDERAL LAW. ENFORCEMENT. >> Reporter: THIS. INVESTIGATION BEGAN. CLOSE TO THE WHITE. HOUSE WHERE LAW. ENFORCEMENT SAYS HIGH. LEVEL OFFICIALS HAD. BEEN SWATHED THIS. SPRING. THOSE ANONYMOUS CALLS. THAT REPORT FALSE. THREATS. THEY DEPLOYED AN ELITE. UNIT THAT INCLUDES.

CYBER EXPERTS THAT LED. TO THE DISCOVERY OF. THESE TELECOM FARMS. >> TONIGHT KELLY JOINS. US OUTSIDE. U.N. WHAT ELSE DID. INVESTIGATORS FIND IN. THE RAIDS? >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES ALSO. RECOVERED ILLEGAL. WEAPONS, COMPUTERS, PHONES AND COCAINE AND. SAID THEY SEE. CONNECTIONS TO. ORGANIZED CRIME, EVEN. CARTELS. PLUS, THAT LARGER. CONCERN ABOUT FOREIGN. GOVERNMENT. INVOLVEMENT. TOM. >> KELLY O'DONNELL AT. THE UNITED NATIONS FOR. US. THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS TO A. SCARY INCIDENT ON A.

RUNWAY. FRENCH AVIATION. INVESTIGATORS ARE. LOOKING INTO A VERY. CLOSE CALL SUNDAY. NIGHT WHEN ONE. PASSENGER JET NEARLY. LANDED ON TOP MUCH. ANOTHER DURING A. RAINSTORM. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: IT. HAPPENED IN NICE, FRANCE, DATA FROM. FLIGHTRADAR24 SHOWS A. NOUVELAIR AIRBUS. ARRIVING FROM TUNISIA. AT 11:30 P.M. COMING. INTO LAND ON THE SAME. RUNWAY WHERE AN. EASYJET WAS PREPARING. TO DEPART. THE DATA SHOWS THE.

NOUVEL AIRPLANE. PASSING 10 TO 20 FEET. ABOVE THE EASYJET ON. THE RUNWAY. NOUVELAIR ABORTED THE. ROACH AND WENT AROUND, LANDING A FEW MINUTES. LATER. EASYJET CANCELED ITS. FLIGHT. ONE PASSENGER TOLD. FRENCH TV THE PILOT. WAS SOBBING. IT WAS A BIT. INFECTIOUS. EVERYONE BURST INTO. TEARS. FOUR INVESTIGATORS. HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO. THE INCIDENT. THE FRENCH. TRANSPORTATION. MINISTER POSTONG X, A. COLLISION INVOLVING. TWO AIRCRAFT FROM. NOUVELAIR AND EASYJET. WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED.

>> IF THESE AIR BUSES. HAD COLLIDED, IT WOULD. HAVE -- COULD HAVE. AFFECTED 350 TO AROUND. 400 PEOPLE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. EXTREMELY SERIOUS. >> Reporter: THE CLOSE. CALL HAPPENED ON. RUNWAY FOUR RIGHT, WHICH WAS BEING USED. FOR DEPARTING FLIGHTS. OUT OF NICE. RUNWAY FOUR LEFT. SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED. FOR ARRIVING FLIGHTS. IN A STATEMENT, EASYJET TELLS NBC NEWS. THE SAFETY AND. WELL-BEING OF OUR. CUSTOMERS AND CREW IS. EASYJET'S HIGHEST. PRIORITY AND ALIGNED. IN PROCEDURES ARE. COOPERATING WITH THE.

SAFETY INVESTIGATION. THE BIG QUESTION. TONIGHT, WERE THOSE. NOUVEL AIR PILOTS. INSTRUCTED TO LAND ON. THE WRONG RUNWAY OR. DOES THIS CLOSE CALL. COME DOWN TO PILOT. ERROR. TOM. >> THANK YOU. >>> AND THE SUPER. TYPHOON TAKING AIM AT. CHINA. DEVASTATING IMAGES. COMING INTO THE. NEWSROOM, TENS OF. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON. HIGH ALERT AND ALREADY. DAMAGING PARTS. PHILIPPINES AND. TAIWAN. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER IS. IN THE REGION. >> Reporter: THE. STRONGEST TROPICAL. STORM ON EARTH THIS.

YEAR IS BARRELING. ACROSS ASIA. THRASHING THE. PHILIPPINES WITH WINDS. OVER 165 MILES PER. HOUR. A SUPER TYPHOON. EQUIVALENT TO A. CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE. HEAVY RAIN TRIGGERING. LANDSLIDES AND. FLOODING. THE EXTENT OF THE. DAMAGE STILL UNCLEAR. THE SHEER SIZE OF. TYPHOON RAGASA. CAPTURED FROM SPACE, NOW MAKING ITS WAY. THROUGH THE SOUTH. CHINA SEA TOWARDS HONG. KONG AND SOUTHERN. CHINA WHERE TENS OF. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE.

ON HIGH ALERT. THE STORM CENTER. PASSING SOUTH OF. TAIWAN CAUSING ROUGH. SEAS AND DEADLY. FLOODING. WE LOOKED UP AT THE. HUGE WAVES AND. THOUGHT, IS THIS A. TSUNAMI, SHE SAYS. EXPERTS SAY TYPHOONS. ARE GETTING STRONGER. HERE EVERY YEAR. HONG KONG HAS BEEN. BROUGHT TO A. STANDSTILL WITH. FLIGHTS CANCELED AND. SCHOOLS CLOSED. STORE SHELVES HAVE. BEEN EMPTIED BY PEOPLE. STOCKING UP ON. SUPPLIES. WITH RAGASA EXPECTED.

TO MAKE A SECOND LANDS. FALL IN MAINLAND. CHINA, AUTHORITIES. MOVED TO EVACUATE. 400,000 PEOPLE IN. GUANGDONG PROVINCE. ALONE AND URGED. MILLIONS MORE TO STAY. AT HOME AND BRACE FOR. IMPACT. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER, NBC NEWS, BEIJING. >>> ALL RIGHT. BACK HERE AT HOME, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT. KAMALA HARRIS SPEAKING. OUT ABOUT HER 107 DAY. RUN FOR PRESIDENT LAST. YEAR IN A BOOK. HER REVELATIONS ABOUT. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND THE BIG QUESTION. WILL SHE RUN AGAIN. HERE IS HALLIE. JACKSON.

>> Reporter: AS. DEMOCRATS LOOK TO THE. NEXT ELECTION, IT'S. THE LAST ONE IN THE. SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT WITH. KAMALA HARRIS. DETAILING AND IN SOME. INSTANCES RELIT LIT. GALTING HER 107 DAY. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. LAST FALL. >> WE ZRNT ENOUGH. TIME. >> Reporter: THE. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT. REVEALS THEN PRESIDENT. BIDEN RAISED WITH HER. THE POSSIBILITY HE. MIGHT DROP OUT NEARLY. A WEEK BEFORE HE. ACTUALLY DID ON JULY. 15, TWO DAYS AFTER THE. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. IN PENNSYLVANIA. HARRIS SAYS THE MANTRA. AT THE WHITE HOUSE,

IT'S JOE AND JILL'S. DECISION, WRITING, WAS. IT GRACE OR WAS IT. RECKLESSNESS? IN RETROSPECT, I THINK. IT WAS RECKLESSNESS. NOW SHE HERSELF IS. ACCEPTING SOME OF THAT. BLAME. >> I REALIZE THAT I. HAVE AND HAD A CERTAIN. RESPONSIBILITY THAT I. SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED. THROUGH ON. WHICH IS -- SO WHEN I. TALK ABOUT THE. RECKLESSNESS, AS. AS ANYTHING, I'M. TALKING ABOUT MYSELF. >> Reporter: FOR HER. OWN RUNNING MATE SHE. CHOSE TIM WALZ.

HER FIRST CHOICE PETE. BUTTIGIEG, WHO IS. OPENLY GAY. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN. IDEAL PARTNER IF I. WERE A STRAIGHT WHITE. MAN, SHE WRITES, BUT. WE WERE ALREADY ASKING. A LOT OF AMERICA. >> IT WASN'T ABOUT ANY. PREJUDICE ON MY PART, BUT WE HAD TO -- WE. HAD SUCH A SHORT. PERIOD OF TIME AND THE. STAKES WERE SO HIGH. >> Reporter: BUTTIGIEG. RESPONDING. >> I JUST WANT TO GIVE. AMERICANS MORE CREDIT. >> Reporter: THE. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT. HAS NOT RULED OUT. ANOTHER RUN IN 2028.

SAYING ONLY THAT RIGHT. NOW IT IS NOT HER. FOCUS. TOM. >> ALL RIGHT, HALLIE, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THIS VIDEO JUST IN. JIMMY KIMMEL SPOTTED. MAKING HIS LATE-NIGHT. RETURN TO THE STUDIO. BUT THE CONTROVERSY IS. FAR FROM OVER. WHO HIS FIRST GUEST. WILL BE AND. >>> LATE-NIGHT HOST. JIMMY KIMMEL SET TO. MAKE HIS RETURN. TONIGHT TO TV, BUT. DESPITE ABC'S. DECISION, SEVERAL. STATIONS ANNOUNCING.

THEY WILL KEEP HIM OFF. THE AIR FOR NOW. WE GET THE LATEST FROM. LIZ KREUTZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. JIMMY KIMMEL SEEN. ARRIVING TO HIS. HOLLYWOOD STUDIO AS HE. PREPARES FOR HIS. RETURN TO LATE NIGHT. >> I'M GLAD HE IS. BACK. HE DESERVES IT. >> Reporter: A WEEK. AFTER DISNEY PULLED. KIMMEL OFF THE AIR. FOLLOWING PRESSURE. FROM THE FCC CHAIRMAN. ANDTIVE OUTRAGE OVER. COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT. CHARLIE KIRK'S ALLEGED. SHOOTER. OUTSIDE THE TAPING. KIMMEL SUPPORTERS. CELEBRATING THE. DECISION TO BRING HIM. BACK. >> I AM SO HAPPY FOR. HIM.

FREE SPEECH. SPEECH REGARDLESS OF. WHERE YOU STAND. POLITICALLY IS. IMPORTANT. >> Reporter: BUT THE. SPOKESPERSON FOR. CHARLIE KIRK'S. ORGANIZATION TURNING. POINT USA CRITICIZING. DISNEY FOR CAVING AND. CALLING IT THEIR. MISTAKE TO MAKE. NOW NEXSTAR ANNOUNCING. IT'S JOINING WITH. SINCLAIR AND WON'T RUN. "JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!". COMBINED THE TWO. ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 60. ABC STATIONS WHICH. MEANS THE PROGRAM. WON'T BE AVAILABLE. OVER BROADCASTS TO. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING IN SEATTLE, NASHVILLE, AND.

WASHINGTON, D.C. NEXSTAR IS CURRENTLY. SEEKING APPROVAL FOR A. $6 BILLION MERGER FROM. FCC CHAIRMAN BRENDAN. CARR. TODAY CARR APPLAUDED. THE MOVE TO PRESEFRMT. KIMMEL, WRITING. DEMOCRATS CAN'T STAND. THAT LOCAL TV STATION. FORGS THE FIRST TIME. IN YEARS STOOD UP TO A. NATIONAL PROGRAMMER. HOURS BEFORE TONIGHT'S. SHOW KIMMEL RETURNING. TO SOCIAL MEDIA SOCIAL. MEDIA. MISSING THIS GUY. TODAY, HE WROTE, ALONG. WITH A PHOTO OF HIM. WITH NORMAN LEAR, THE. PRODUCER OF BOUNDARY. BREAKING SHOWS LIKE. ALL IN THE FAMILY AND. THE JEFFERSONS.

LEAR WAS ON FORMER. PRESIDENT NIXON'S. ENEMY'S LIST, KNOWN. FOR FIGHTING BACK. AGAINST THE FCC IN THE. 1970s OVER A FAMILY. VIEWING POLICY THAT HE. SAW AS CENSORSHIP. >> ALL RIGHT. LIZ KREUTZ JOINS US. OUTSIDE JIMMY KIMMEL'S. STUDIO. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT. TONIGHT'S SHOW? >> Reporter: HIS. GUESTS TONIGHT INCLUDE. ACTOR GLEN POWELL AND. ALSO SARAH McLAUGHLIN, WHO PULLED OUT OF. PERFORMING AT AN NBC. EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND. IN PROTEST OF KIMMEL'S. SUSPENSION. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT.

KIMMEL WILL SAY DURING. HIS MONOLOGUE TONIGHT. AND IF HE'LL. APOLOGIZE. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH THE MAJOR. RULING IN THE GILGO. BEACH SERIAL MURDER. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH. AN UPDATE IN THE GILGO. BEACH SERIAL KILLER. CASE. A NEW YORK JUDGE RULED. TODAY THAT THE. SUSPECT, REX. HEUERMANN, WILL FACE. ONE TRIAL FOR THE. SEVEN WOMEN HE IS. ACCUSED OF KILLING. DENYING THE DEFENSE'S. EFFORT TO BREAK UP THE.

CASE INTO MULTIPLE. TRIALS. >>> IN NEW JERSEY, LOOK AT THIS, A HOME. IN TOMS RIVER CATCHING. ON FIRE WITH PEOPLE. STILL INERS CAN. REQUEST THE CHALLENGE. BY TAPPING THEIR. HELMET OR CAP. IT'S BEEN TESTED IN. THE MINOR LEAGUES AND. THIS YEAR'S ALL-STAR. GAME. >>> AND WHEN WE COME. BACK, THE 80-YEAR-OLD. PLAYER HITTING IT OUT. PARK WITH AN INSPIRING. ♪. ♪♪.

>>> FINALLY, THERE IS. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT FOR. AN 80-YEAR-OLD. SOFTBALL PLAYER WHOSE. TEXT MESSAGE TO HIS. YOUNGER TEAMMATES IS. CAPTURING THE HEARTS. OF MILLIONS ONLINE. HERE IS CAMILA BERNAL. WITH HIS STORY. >> Reporter: IN MANY. WAYS, NELSON BRADBURY. IS IN A LEAGUE OF HIS. OWN. HE IS 80, BUT INSTEAD. OF COUNTING CANDLES, HE IS COUNTING ON HIS. TEAMMATES. >> THEY GIVE ME. FRIENDSHIP. THEY GAVE ME RESPECT. THEY GAVE ME A REASON.

TO KEEP ON MOVING. >> Reporter: NELSON IS. THE OLDEST MEMBER OF. AN ADULT SOFTBALL. LEAGUE TEAM IN NEW. FOUND LANDS, CANADA. LAST WEEK WHEN HE WOKE. UP AT 2:00 A.M. THE. NIGHT BEFORE A BIG. GAME HE TEXTED THE. GROUP. WRITING, I REALLY. APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU. GUYS TREAT ME AS. EQUAL, ADDING, IT'S. ALL OF YOU WHO KEEP ME. GOING AND GIVE ME THE. REASON TO GET OUT OF. BED IN THE MORNING. WHEN HIS TEAMMATES. WOKE UP, THE MESSAGES. STARTED POURING IN.

>> HE THINKS THAT, YOU. KNOW, HE NEEDS US MORE. THAN WE NEED HIM. HE PROBABLY HAS IT. BACK WORDS BECAUSE WE. PROBABLY WOULD BE LOST. WITHOUT HIM. >> Ron: SAM EVANS. POSTED TON TIKTOK, GETTING MILLIONS OF. VIEWS. >> TO HAVE MEN SPEAK. TO OTHER MEN THIS WAY, ITION AMAZING. >> Reporter: PROVING. IN THE GAME OF LIFE. PLAYING WITH KINDNESS. ALWAYS WINS. >> NOBODY CAN BUY WHAT. I'VE GOT. >> Reporter: CAMILA. BERNAL, NBC NEWS.

>>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. TUESDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS. THANKS FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.