NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Sept. 3

>>> TONIGHT, AS WE. COME ON THE AIR, THE. DEADLY TRAM. DERAILMENT. MORE THAN A DOZEN. KILLED. A STREET CAR POPULAR. WITH TOURISTS CRASHING. OFF ITS TRACKS, KILLING AT LEAST 15. PEOPLE IN THE CENTER. OF LISBON. THE RUSH TO SAVE. PEOPLE TRAPPED. WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE. POPULAR SUMMER TOURIST. DESTINATION? >>> FLORIDA'S VACCINE. BATTLE. STATE OFFICIALS. WORKING TO ELIMINATE. ALL VACCINE.

REQUIREMENTS DESPITE. URGENT WARNINGS FROM. DOCTORS. >>> WILDFIRES BREAKING. OUT ACROSS CALIFORNIA. LIGHTNING STRIKES. SPARKING NEW. FAST-MOVING FIRES. THE HISTORIC GOLDRUSH. TOWN DESTROYED AND THE. BATTLE TO CONTAIN. THOSE FLAMES. >>> THE GROWING. BIPARTISAN CALLS ON. CAPITOL HILL FOR THE. EPSTEIN FILES AS. SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT IN. A POWERFUL NEWS. CONFERENCE WITH MAGA ARTS RI.

>> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS" REPORTING. TONIGHT FROM. PHILADELPHIA. >>> AND GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN WITH THAT. DEADLY DISASTER. INVOLVING A POPULAR. STREET CAR FOR.

TOURISTS IN PORTUGAL. IT CAME OFF ITS TRACKS. AND SMASHED RIGHT INTO. A BUILDING. TONIGHT AT LEAST 15. PEOPLE ARE DEAD. THAT, ACCORDING TO. OFFICIALS, WITH MORE. THAN A DOZEN OTHERS. INJURED. THESE VIDEOS FROM THE. SCENE SHOW THE RUSH TO. HELP SAVE PEOPLE FROM. THE TWISTED METAL AND. CRUSHED REMAINS OF. THAT STREET CAR. FIRST RESPONDERS, YOU. SEE THEM HERE, APPEARING TO CARRY. SOMEONE OUT OF THAT. RUBBLE. FIREFIGHTERS SAY A. LOOSE CABLE MAY HAVE. CAUSED THE CRASH, BUT. THERE ARE GROWING. QUESTIONS TONIGHT. ABOUT HOW SOMETHING. LIKE THIS COULD HAVE. HAPPENED. OUR CHIEF. INTERNATIONAL.

CORRESPONDENT KEIR. SIMMONS STARTS US OFF. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE TWISTED REMAINS OF. A TERRIFYING AND. DEADLY CRASH, A TRAM. POPULAR WITH TOURISTS. DESTROYED AFTER. CAREENING DOWN A STEEP. STREET IN LISBON, PORTUGAL. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE. MINUTES AFTER THE. CRASH DUST CLOUDS IN. THE AIR, FRIGHTENED PASSENGERS. FILL THE STREETS. THE TRAM THAT. COLLAPSED ON IMPACT. VISIBLE AS OTHERS RUN. TO HELP. "WHEN I LOOKED BACK, I.

SAW THE CRASH," THIS. WITNESS SAYS. "BECAUSE OF THE CURB, IT TIPPED OVER AND. CRASHED INTO THE. BUILDING. IT MADE A HUGE CRASH. IT WAS PACKED.". HERE, DESPERATE PEOPLE. TRY TO HELP, PULLING. AT DEBRIS FROM THE. DEADLY ACCIDENT. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST. 15 WERE KILLED. 18 INJURED. ANOTHER TRAM ARRIVING. A SHORT TIME LATER, PEOPLE RUSHING TO JUMP. OUT OF IT. FIREFIGHTERS SAY IT. APPEARS A CABLE CAME. LOOSE SENDING THE TRAM. HURTLING DOWN A HILL. BEFORE SLAMMING INTO.

THE BUILDING. THE TIMING COULD NOT. HAVE BEEN WORSE. 6:00 P.M., THE MIDDLE. OF RUSH HOUR, AS. PEOPLE HEADED OUT TO. ENJOY A LATE SUMMER. EVENING. POLICE SAY THOSE. KILLED AND INJURED. INCLUDE INTERNATIONAL. TRAVELERS. TONIGHT PEOPLE WHO. WERE TRAPPED HAVE BEEN. FREED, AND WE'VE. LEARNED AMONG THOSE. INJURED A CHILD, TOM. >> KEIR SIMMONS. LEADING US OFF WITH. THAT DEADLY DISASTER. >>> WE HEAD NOW TO. FLORIDA WHERE. OFFICIALS TODAY. ANNOUNCED THEY PLAN TO. ELIMINATE ALL VACCINE.

MANDATES. IT'S THE FIRST STATE. TO MAKE THAT MOVE. AND TONIGHT MANY IN. THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. ARE WARNING IT COULD. HAVE A DANGEROUS. IMPACT ON PUBLIC. HEALTH. HERE'S ANNE THOMPSON. >> Reporter: THE. BATTLE LINES OVER. VACCINES TONIGHT DRAWN. ALONG STATE BORDERS. FLORIDA NOW PLANNING. TO ELIMINATE ALL. VACCINE MANDATES, EVEN. FOR SCHOOLS, ALTHOUGH. SHOTS WILL STILL BE. AVAILABLE. STATE SURGEON GENERAL. JOSEPH LADAPO. >> EVERY LAST ONE OF. THEM IS WRONG AND.

DRIPS WITH DISDAIN AND. SLAVERY. WHO AM I, AS A. GOVERNMENT, OR ANYONE. ELSE -- WHO AM I AS A. MAN STANDING HERE NOW. TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU. SHOULD PUT IN YOUR. BODY? >> Reporter: AMONG THE. VACCINE MANDATES THAT. COULD BE ERASED, MEASLES, CHICKEN POX, POLIO AND HEPATITIS B. MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE. ALARMED. >> I WILL CONTINUE TO. ACCUMULATE MORE AND. MORE UNVACCINATED. PEOPLE LIVING IN. FLORIDA WHO ARE UNDER. AGE 5 WHO WILL, OVER.

TIME, BECOME A WALKING. TIME BOMB IN TERMS OF. A POTENTIAL OUTBREAK. >> Reporter: THREE. OTHER STATES, CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND. WASHINGTON, ARE. FORMING A HEALTH. ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE. THEIR OWN VACCINE. RECOMMENDATIONS CITING. THE RECENT FIRINGS OF. EXPERTS AT THE CDC, THEY SAY THE AGENCY. HAS BECOME A POLITICAL. TOOL THAT INCREASINGLY. PEDDLES IDEOLOGY. INSTEAD OF SCIENCE. THE DEPARTMENT OF. HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES REJECTING. THAT CLAIM SAYING. POLICY WILL BE BASED. ON RIGOROUS EVIDENCE. NOW EVEN REPUBLICANS.

ON CAPITOL HILL DOUBT. IF HHS SECRETARY. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. CAN REBUILD TRUST. >> THERE'S JUST BEEN. TOO MUCH CHAOS. IT'S A GOAT RADIO OVER. THERE. >> Reporter: WE'LL. HEAR FROM SECRETARY. KENNEDY TOMORROW WHEN. HE GOES BEFORE A. SENATE COMMITTEE. ANNE THOMPSON, NBC. NEWS. >>> ACROSS CALIFORNIA. TONIGHT, ACTIVE. WILDFIRES ARE RAGING. OVER THOUSANDS OF. ACRES AND FORCING. EVACUATIONS. NBC'S LIZ KREUTZ JOINS. US TONIGHT LIVE FROM. THE FIRE ZONE. LIZ, SOME OF THE FIRES. SPARKED AFTER.

LIGHTNING STRIKES AND. THE DRY WEATHER STILL. A MAJOR CONCERN THERE. >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS A LIGHTNING. STORM THAT SPARKED THE. FIRE THAT TORE THROUGH. THIS TOWN WE'RE IN. NOW, THAT HISTORIC. GOLDRUSH TOWN. THE FIRE BURNED. MULTIPLE HOMES AND. BUILDINGS LIKE THIS. ONE BUILT IN THE. 1800s. THE ENTIRE TOWN. EVACUATED TONIGHT AND. REMAINS EVACUATED WITH. NO POWER AND MORE. FIRES BURNING ACROSS. REGION. TONIGHT CENTRAL. CALIFORNIA THE CENTER. OF MULTIPLE ACTIVE. WILDFIRES.

AT ONE POINT 22. BURNING ALL AT ONCE. SO MANY THAT OFFICIALS. HAVE DUBBED IT THE TCU. LIGHTNING COMPLEX AND. ARE USING NUMBERS TO. IDENTIFY THE. INDIVIDUAL FIRES. INSTEAD OF NAMES. THE MEGA BLAZE NOW. SCORCHING MORE THAN. 13,000 ACRES WITH NO. CONTAINMENT. >> THE VEGETATION THIS. TIME OF YEAR IS PRETTY. DRY, RIGHT, IT'S JUST. A VERY COMBUSTIBLE. ENVIRONMENT. >> Reporter: THE MOST. DESTRUCTIVE OF THE. FIRES, THE 65 FIRE. WHICH I GO NIGHTED. LATE TUESDAY NEAR.

YOSEMITE PARK AFTER A. LIGHTNING STORM AND. QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGH. TUALAMI COUNTY AS IT. TORE THROUGH CHINESE. CAMP, A GOLDRUSH TOWN. SETTLED AROUND 1850 BY. CHINESE MINERS. >> IT'S GONE, THIS IS. WHAT YOU HAVE. >> Reporter: IMAGES. SHOWING THE. AFTERMATH -- A POST. OFFICE AMONG SEVERAL. STRUCTURES DESTROYED. THE BEIL FAMILY OWNS A. STORE AND HAD TO GET. OUT WITHIN MINUTES. WHILE THEIR HOME AND. BUSINESS SURVIVED. THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT. THE RECOVERY. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE. SO MUCH OF THE TOWN.

DESTROYED? >> I JUST FEEL SO BAD. WHEN I SEE ON THE. NEWS, I WANT TO CRY. >> Reporter: THE FIRE. AMONG DOZENS OF BLAZES. BURNING ACROSS THE. STATE AMID DRY, HOT, AND IN SOME PLACES. STORMY CONDITIONS THAT. PROMPTED 10,000. DIFFERENT LIGHTNING. STRIKES TUESDAY. IN LOS ANGELES. FIREFIGHTERS LAST. NIGHT RUSHING TO STOP. A BRUSH FIRE. THREATENING HOMES IN. THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. WATER DROPS HELPING TO. KNOCK IT DOWN. MEANWHILE, IN. WASHINGTON STATE, THE. RATTLESNAKE FIRE. BURNING OVER 4,000. ACRES. THIS, THE STUNNING.

VIEW FROM A U.S. AIR. FORCE PLANE DROPPING. RETARDANT OVER THE. FLAMES AS FIRE DANGER. CONTINUES ACROSS THE. WEST. LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS, CHINESE CAMP, CALIFORNIA. >> OUR THANKS TO LIZ. AND HER TEAM THERE. >>> AL ROKER JOINS OUR. COVERAGE IN. PHILADELPHIA. LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE. CONDITIONS OUT WEST. >> THEY'RE NOT GOING. TO BE GETTING BETTER. ANYTIME SOON, TOM, AT. LEAST FOR THE NEXT 48. HOURS. IN THE PACIFIC. NORTHWEST WE DO HAVE. RECORD-BREAKING HEAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE. HANGING AROUND FOR 48. MORE HOURS. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

OF THAT JET STREAM, YOU'VE GOT. TEMPERATURES. 10 TO 20 DEGREES. COOLER THAN AVERAGE, AND THOSE WILL START. TO MOVE EAST. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE. ALSO LOOKING AT THIS. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. GREAT LAKES BRINGING. SEVERE STORMS LATER. TONIGHT, PARTS OF. MISSOURI ON INTO. KANSAS, TORNADOES. POSSIBLE BUT WIND. GUSTS AND DAMAGING. HAIL A BIG PROBLEM. AND WE'VE GOT ACTIVE. TROPICS, BOTH IN THE. PACIFIC WHERE WE HAVE. HURRICANE KIKO, 130-MILE-PER-HOUR. WINDS MOVING WEST AT. 9. IT MAY AFFECT HONOLULU.

AND HAWAII IN THE NEXT. WEEK OR SO. AND OUT EAST WE'RE. LOOKING AT A SYSTEM. THAT'S DEVELOPING THAT. MAY BE BRINGING. PROBLEMS TO BERMUDA. AND POSSIBLY THE. CARIBBEAN LATER ON. NEXT WEEK. >> ALL RIGHT. FOR NOW WE STAY. TRACKING HURRICANE. KIKO, AL. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> TODAY ANOTHER. TWIST IN THE BATTLE. OVER THE EPSTEIN. DOCUMENTS. DEMOCRATS AND EVEN. SOME TRUMP ALLIES ARE. JOINING TOGETHER IN A. EFFORT TO PUSH FOR ALL. OF THE DOCUMENTS TO BE. MADE PUBLIC. HERE'S HALLIE JACKSON. >> Reporter: A RALLY. TONIGHT AND A RALLYING. CRY. >> WE WILL NEVER BE. SILENCED AGAIN. >> NEVER! >> Reporter: ON. CAPITOL HILL PRESSURE.

BUILDING ON GOP. LEADERSHIP TO BACK THE. RELEASE OF MORE. EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS IN A. RARE ALLIANCE BETWEEN. MAGA ALLIES AND TRUMP. FOES. >> WHAT IF THIS WAS. YOUR SISTER? WHAT IF THIS WAS YOUR. DAUGHTER? >> Reporter: REPUBLICAN THOMAS. MASSIE AND DEMOCRAT RO. KHANNA LEADING AN. EFFORT TO GET ENOUGH. VOTES TO HE COMPEL TO. RELEASE ALL FILES. THREE REPUBLICAN WOMEN. SPLITTING WITH THE. REST OF THEIR PARTY SO. FAR TO BACK IT, ONE. LEAVING A MEETING WITH. SURVIVORS VISIBLY. EMOTIONAL. NANCY MACE, WHO SHARED.

HER OWN STORY OF. SEXUAL ASSAULT, SAYING. SHE HAD A PANIC ATTACK. AFTER LISTENING TO. THEIR STORIES. DESPITE THE WHITE. HOUSE CALLING ANY. SUPPORT A VERY HOSTILE. ACT TOWARD THE. ADMINISTRATION, KHANNA. NODDING TO THOSE. REPUBLICANS BACKING. >> THEY WON'T BE PART. OF A STUNT OR A. HOSTILE ACT, STANDING. WITH SURVIVORS. >> Reporter: IF ALL. DEMOCRATS SIGN ON AS. EXPECTED, ONLY TWO. MORE REPUBLICANS WOULD. BE NEEDED TO FORCE A. VOTE. AND AS SURVIVORS. CALLED ON MEMBERS TO. DO SO, GOP LAWMAKER. VICTORIA SPARTZ. WATCHED ALONGSIDE US. AFTER STILL UNDECIDED.

>> THIS IS AN ISSUE. THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR. A LOT OF AMERICAN. PEOPLE, SO I NEED TO. LEARN MORE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT. TRUMP TODAY TRYING TO. DOWNPLAY THE SPOTLIGHT. ON IT ALL. >> THIS IS A DEMOCRAT. HOAX THAT NEVER ENDS. THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF. DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN. GIVEN, BUT IT'S REALLY. A DEMOCRAT HOAX. >> MR. PRESIDENT, DONALD J. TRUMP, I AM. A REGISTERED. REPUBLICAN. THERE IS NO HOAX. THE ABUSE WAS REAL. >> Reporter: SURVIVORS. PLEDGING TO COMPILE. THEIR OWN SO-CALLED. LIST OF PEOPLE THEY. SAW IN EPSTEIN'S. CIRCLES AS ONE TOLD US. YESTERDAY. >> WE'LL COMPILE OUR.

OWN LIST AND SEEK. JUSTICE ON OUR OWN. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. NEXT. >> Reporter: HOUSE. LEADERS AND THE WHITE. HOUSE SAY THIS. PARTICULAR. CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT. IS BASICALLY. REDUNDANT, POINTING TO. A PARALLEL PUSH FOR. DOCUMENTS BY THE. OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THAT INVESTIGATION. RECEIVING A SYMBOLIC. SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM. THE HOUSE TODAY. TOM? >> HALLIE JACKSON FOR. US TONIGHT. HALLIE, WE THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THAT LAVISH. MILITARY PARADE WITH. LEADERS FROM CHINA, RUSSIA, AND NORTH. KOREA TOGETHER FOR THE. FIRST TIME, AND THE.

CONVERSATION PICKED UP. ON A HOT MIC ABOUT HOW. ORGAN TRANSPLANTS. COULD ALLOW HUMANS TO. LIVE FOR 150 YEARS. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER ON. THE SPECTACLE. ♪♪. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A. CHOREOGRAPHED SHOW OF. FORCE. CHINA'S BIGGEST. MILITARY PARADE. SHOWING OFF NEW. GENERATION WEAPONS. INCLUDING NUCLEAR. MISSILES, HUGE UNDER. WATER DRONES, AND. POWERFUL LASERS CAPPED. OFF WITH DOVES AND. BALLOONS. FROM WHERE WE ARE, SIX.

SQUARE MILES ARE IN. COMPLETE LOCKDOWN WITH. THE COUNTRY AND THE. WORLD WATCHING NOT. ONLY THE SHOW BUT. WHO'S WATCHING IT. ON THE BALCONY CHINA'S. PRESIDENT XI JINPING. FLANKED BY RUSSIA'S. VLADIMIR PUTIN AND. NORTH KOREA'S KIM. JONG-UN, A FIRST TO. SEE THE WESTERN. ADVERSARIES TOGETHER. AT ONE POINT A HOT MIC. PICKING UP THE. CONVERSATION BETWEEN. PUTIN AND XI. PUTIN APPEARING TO. SAY, HUMAN ORGANS CAN. BE CONTINUOUSLY. TRANSPLANTED. YOU CAN ACHIEVE. IMMORTALITY. XI APPEARING TO MUSE.

THIS CENTURY HUMANS. MAY LIVE UP TO 150. YEARS. ASKED ABOUT IT LATER, PUTIN SAYING THERE'S. HOPE HUMAN LIFE SPAN. CAN INCREASE. CONSIDERABLY. THE PARADE. HIGHLIGHTING SHIFTING. ALLIANCES. CHINA AN ECONOMIC LIFE. LINE TO BOTH RUSSIA. AND NORTH KOREA. KIM, NOW A PARTNER IN. RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST. UKRAINE. PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSTING, PLEASE GIVE. MY WARMEST REGARDS TO. VLADIMIR PUTIN AND KIM. JONG-UN AS YOU. CONSPIRE AGAINST THE. UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS. VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THE. REASON THEY WERE DOING. IT, AND THEY WERE. HOPING I WAS WATCHING, AND I WAS WATCHING. >> Reporter: KIM. JONG-UN GRABBED THE. SPOTLIGHT HERE, ARRIVING ON A. BULLETPROOF TRAIN WITH. HIS DAUGHTER, TAPPED. AS A POSSIBLE. SUCCESSOR. THIS LAVISH PARADE. HAPPENING AS CHINA'S. ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING. STILL IN HIS SPEECH XI. INSISTED CHINA'S RISE. IS UNSTOPPABLE. >> AND JANIS JOINS US.

LIVE NOW FROM BEIJING. WE HEARD PRESIDENT. TRUMP SUGGESTING CHINA. WAS TRYING TO SEND HIM. A MESSAGE? >> Reporter: CLEARLY. THEY WERE, TOM. CHINA IS EAGER TO. PROJECT ITSELF AS THE. LEADER OF THIS GROUP. SEEKING AN ALTERNATIVE. TO A WORLD ORDER. DOMINATED BY THE U.S., AND THEY'RE WARNING. THE U.S. AND THE WEST. NOT TO CHALLENGE THEM. TOM? >> JANIS MACKEY. FRAYER, OUR THANKS TO. YOU. >>> AND WHEN WE RE.

>>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH BREAKING NEWS. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS. ORDERED THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TO. UNFREEZE NEARLY $2.2. BILLION IN FEDERAL. GRANTS TO HARVARD. UNIVERSITY. THE JUDGE SAID THERE. WAS LITTLE CONNECTION. BETWEEN ANTI-SEMITISM. ON HARVARD'S CAMPUS. AND THE RESEARCH. AFFECTED BY THOSE. TERMINATED GRANTS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. THE RULING WAS FROM AN. ACTIVIST JUDGE AND IT. WILL APPEAL. >>> AND IT WAS A. LUXURY YACHT READY TO. SET SAIL AND, INSTEAD, IT TIPPED OVER AND. SUNK. VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT.

THIS MASSIVE BOAT. CAPSIZED MINUTES AFTER. IT WAS LAUNCHED. YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE. FLEEING THE BOAT AS OWBOYS. TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT. HERE ON NBC AND. PEACOCK. THAT'S "NIGHTLY NEWS". FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM LLAMAS.

REPORTING FROM. PHILADELPHIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING TONIGHT AND. ALWAYS. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT. NIGHT.