NBC Nightly News Full Episode - Sept. 4

FROM THE SUPER BOWL. CHAMPS THEMSELVES. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH. TOM LLAMAS.". >>> AND GOOD EVENING. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST. EXPLOSIVE DAYS ON. CAPITOL HILL SINCE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. SECOND TERM BEGAN. HIS HEALTH SECRETARY,

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS. BY SENATORS ON BOTH. SIDES OF THE AISLE. OVER VACCINES, PUBLIC. HEALTH, AND BASIC. TRUST IN MEDICAL CARE. ONE SENATOR ACCUSING. HIM OF, QUOTE, RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR. SCIENCE AND THE TRUTH. BUT SECRETARY KENNEDY. DIDN'T BACK DOWN, SAYING THE CDC MADE. MISTAKES DURING THE. PANDEMIC AND CHANGES. WERE NECESSARY. IT ALL ADDS UP TO A. CRITICAL MOMENT WITH. PUBLIC TRUST IN HEALTH. CARE D OF COLD AND FLU. AND COVID SEASON.

OUR RYAN NOBLES STARTS. US OFF TONIGHT FROM. CAPITOL HILL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE GRILLING. >> SIR, YOU'RE A. CHARLATAN. >> Reporter: HEALTH. SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. PRESSED BY. SENATORS ABOUT HIS. CONTROVERSIAL SHAKE-UP. AT THE CDC. >> YOU'RE MAKING. THINGS UP TO SCARE. PEOPLE, AND IT'S A. LIE --. >> I DON'T THINK --. WITH RESPECT, I DO NOT. THINK I'M THE ONE. MAKING THINGS UP. >> Reporter: KENNEDY. QUESTIONED ABOUT. CHANGES TO. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR. THE COVID VACCINE, TO. SAY IT'S ONLY NEEDED. FOR OLDER AND. HIGH-RISK AMERICANS, WHICH A CDC PANEL WILL.

REVIEW WITHIN WEEKS. THIS FROM REPUBLICAN. BILL CASSIDY, A. MEDICAL DOCTOR WHOSE. VOTE WAS CRITICAL TO. KENNEDY'S. CONFIRMATION. >> I WOULD SAY. EFFECTIVELY WE'RE. DENYING PEOPLE. VACCINES. >> Reporter: DEMOCRAT. ELIZABETH WARREN. ARGUING THE NEW. RECOMMENDATIONS MEAN. SOME PEOPLE CAN NO. LONGER GET COVID. BOOSTERS AT THE. PHARMACY. >> I'M NOT TAKING THEM. AWAY. EVERYBODY CAN GET. ACCESS TO THEM. >> NO, THEY CAN'T WALK. INTO A PHARMACY THE. WAY THEY COULD LAST. MONTH AND GET. ACCESS --. >> IT DEPENDS -- IT. DEPENDS ON THE STATES.

>> A YEAR AGO --. >> BUT THEY CAN STILL. GET IT! >> Reporter: RACHEL. SAYS SHE'S BEEN UNABLE. TO SCHEDULE A COVID. BOOSTER, AND SHE'S. WORRIED ABOUT HER. DAUGHTER WITH ASTHMA. >> MY BIGGEST CONCERN. RIGHT NOW IS GOING. THROUGH THE WINTER AND. ENDING UP WITH COVID. AND HAVING A KID END. UP IN THE HOSPITAL. >> Reporter: ANOTHER. FLASH POINT, THE. FIRING OF CDC DIRECTOR. SUSAN MONAREZ WHO. TODAY WRITES SHE WAS. DISMISSED BECAUSE SHE. REFUSED TO PREAPPROVE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF. A VACCINE ADVISORY.

PANEL NEWLY FILLED. WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE. PUBLICLY EXPRESSED. ANTI-VACCINE RHETORIC. >> I DID NOT SAY THAT. TO HER. >> SO SHE'S LYING TO. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN. "THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL"? >> YES, SIR. >> Reporter: KENNEDY. HAS LINKED VACCINES TO. AUTISM, SAYING HE'S. NOT AGAINST THEM. >> SAYING I'M. ANTI-VACCINE IS LIKE. SAYING I'M. ANTI-MEDICINE. I'M PRO-MEDICINE BUT I. UNDERSTAND SOME. MEDICINES HARM PEOPLE. >> Reporter: AND. SAYING REVAMPING THE. CDC IS NECESSARY. BECAUSE IT MADE.

CRITICAL MISTAKES. DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> WHEN IT'S. NONSENSECAL POLICIES. THAT DESTROY SMALL. BUSINESSES, VIOLATED. CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND. THE PEOPLE AT CDC WHO. OVERSAW THAT PROCESS, WHO PUT MASKS ON OUR. CHILDREN, WHO CLOSED. OUR SCHOOLS, ARE THE. PEOPLE WHO WILL BE. LEAVING. >> Reporter: TODAY HE. WAS PRESSED ABOUT HOW. MANY PEOPLE DIED FROM. COVID. >> YOU DON'T HAVE ANY. IDEA HOW MANY. AMERICANS DIED FROM. COVID? >> I DON'T THINK. ANYBODY KNOWS THAT, BECAUSE THE -- THERE.

WAS SO MUCH DATA CHAOS. COMING OUT OF THE CDC. >> YOU ARE SITTING AS. SECRETARY OF HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES. HOW CAN YOU BE THAT. IGNORANT? >> Reporter: TONIGHT A. FORMER DIRECTOR SAYS. KENNEDY IS DANGEROUSLY. UNDERMINING THE. INSTITUTION. >> THIS IS ABOUT NOT. FUNDAMENTALLY BEING. GROUNDED IN THE. EVIDENCE AND THE DATA. THAT SHOULD DRIVE. DECISION MAKING. THAT IS WHY WE RAISE. THE ALARM. >> AND WITH THAT RYAN. JOINS US LIVE FROM. CAPITOL HILL. RYAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE. NEW REPORTING THAT. AFTER THAT HEATED. HEARING, THE WHITE. HOUSE IS GIVING.

SECRETARY KENNEDY A. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE? >> Reporter: TOM, THAT'S RIGHT. KENNEDY HAD MOMENTS. WHERE HE WAS VERY. CRITICAL OF THE COVID. VACCINE, BUT HE DID. PRAISE PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S OPERATION WARP. SPEED, WHICH HELPED TO. DEVELOP IT. TONIGHT TWO. ADMINISTRATION SOURCES. TELLING NBC NEWS THE. PRESIDENT STILL HAS. CONFIDENCE IN HIM. TOM? >> RYAN NOBLES LEADING. US OFF TONIGHT. RYAN, WE THANK YOU. >>> WE'RE ALSO. TRACKING TROPICAL. THREATS IN THE. ATLANTIC AND THE. PACIFIC TONIGHT. WITH TROPICAL STORM. LORENA ALREADY. BRINGING FLASH FLOODS. AND MUD SLIDES TO. PARTS OF MEXICO BUT.

ESPECIALLY INBAJA, CALIFORNIA, WIPING OUT. ROADS -- YOU SEE IT. RIGHT HERE -- AND. COVERING THEM IN MUD. I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO. BILL KARINS. BILL, NOT THE ONLY. TROPICAL THREAT. TONIGHT. IT'S ALL OVER THE MAP. >> NO, WE HAVE THREE. OF THEM. WE'LL START WITH THE. IMMEDIATE CONCERN. WE HAVE FLASH FLOODING. ONGOING IN MEXICO AND. IN AREAS OF ARIZONA. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED. LORENA BUT THE. MOISTURE IS ALREADY IN. PLACE. AT LEAST A DOZEN FLASH. FLOOD WARNINGS IN. ARIZONA AND A PORTION. OF UTAH. THIS WILL CONTINUE. TONIGHT AND RIGHT. THROUGH TOMORROW. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS,

YOU STILL HAVE ABOUT. FIVE TO SIX DAYS TO. PREPARE FOR KIKO. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE. THE BEAST OF A STORM. IT IS NOW, A CATEGORY. 4. IT'S SLOWLY GOING TO. WEAKEN IN THE DAYS. AHEAD, BUT STILL A. CATEGORY 1 OR A. TROPICAL STORM BY THE. TIME IT GETS CLOSE TO. THE BIG ISLAND AND IT. COULD BRING A LOT OF. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH. FLOODING IF IT DOES. HIT. THE OTHER AREA OF. CONCERN, TOM, IS OUT. HERE IN THE ATLANTIC. WE HAVE A LONG TIME TO. WATCH THIS ONE, BUT. THIS COULD BE OUR NEXT. BIG STORM WE WATCH ALL. NEXT WEEK. >> WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES. ON THAT ONE. >>> TONIGHT THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. FILING TWO LAWSUITS. AGAINST A CALIFORNIA. UTILITY COMPANY.

ALLEGING THEY ARE TO. BLAME FOR THE DEADLY. EATON WILDFIRE THAT I. GO NIGHTED EARLIER. THIS YEAR AND SCORCHED. A LOS ANGELES. NEIGHBORHOOD. LIZ KREUTZ HAS THE. STORY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. EIGHT MONTHS SINCE THE. EATON FIRE RAVAGED. PARTS OF EAST LOS. ANGELES, KILLING 19. PEOPLE AND DESTROYING. MORE THAN 9,000 HOMES, THE DOJ ACCUSING ONE. OF THE STATE'S LARGEST. UTILITY COMPANIES OF. STARTING IT. >> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. EDISON NEGLECTLY. FAILED TO PROPERLY. MAINTAIN POWER AND. TRANSMISSION LINES,

NEGLIGENCE THAT HAD. DEADLY AND VERY COSTLY. CONSEQUENCES. >> Reporter: IN TWO. LAWSUITS AGAINST SOCAL. EDISON, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SAYS. THEY'RE SEEKING MORE. THAN $77 MILLION IN. DAMAGES FOR BOTH THE. EATON FIRE IN ALTADENA. AND THE 2022 FAIRVIEW. FIRE ALLEGING A. TROUBLING PATTERN OF. NEGLIGENCE. WHILE INVESTIGATORS. HAVE NOT OFFICIALLY. RULED ON THE CAUSE OF. THE EATON FIRE, VIDEOS. LIKE THIS ONE HAVE. EMERGED SHOWING FLAMES. AT THE BASE OF AN. ELECTRICAL TOWER IN. THE EARLY MINUTES OF. THE BLAZE. >> WE BELIEVE THAT THE.

EVIDENCE IS CLEAR THAT. EDISON IS AT FAULT. THE REASON NOT TO WAIT. IS BECAUSE FIRE SEASON. IS COMING UP AGAIN. WE WANT EDISON TO. CHANGE THE WAY IT DOES. BUSINESS. >> Reporter: IN A. STATEMENT SOCAL EDISON. RESPONDING IN PART, WHILE THE CAUSE OF THE. FIRE IS STILL UNDER. INVESTIGATION, WE WILL. REVIEW THIS LAWSUIT. AND RESPOND TO THE. APPROPRIATE LEGAL. CHANNELS. IT ALL COMES AS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE. ACTIVELY BATTLING. DOZENS OF OTHER. WILDFIRES ACROSS THE. WEST FROM WASHINGTON. STATE WHERE THE. RATTLESNAKE FIRE IS. BURNING WEST OF. SPOKANE TO CALIFORNIA. WHERE CREWS ARE. GAINING GROUND ON.

MULTIPLE BRUSHFIRES. THAT IGNITED FROM A. LIGHTNING STORM. OUTSIDE YOSEMITE. NATIONAL PARK. >> AND LIZ JOINS US. AGAIN TONIGHT FROM THE. FIRE ZONE. LIZ, LET'S GO BACK TO. YOUR REPORT THERE. THE DOJ IS SEEKING $77. MILLION IN DAMAGES, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE. COMPENSATION FOR FIRE. VICTIMS? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, THE DOJ LAWSUIT. WOULD NOT COMPENSATE. FIRE VICTIMS. SOCAL EDISON HAS. LAUNCHED A WILDFIRE. COMPENSATION PROGRAM. FOR WILDFIRE VICTIMS, BUT ALL OF THIS AS. THEY ARE STILL FACING. DOZENS OF LAWSUITS.

FROM VICTIMS. POTENTIALLY TOTALING. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS. IF NOT BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS AND DAMAGES. TOM? >> ALL RIGHT, LIZ. KREUTZ FOR US TONIGHT. LIZ, WE THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THAT DEADLY. TRAM ACCIDENT IN. PORTUGAL AND LATE WORD. TONIGHT THAT AN. AMERICAN IS AMONG. THOSE KILLED. AS WE'RE SEEING NEW. IMAGES FROM THE MOMENT. AFTER WEDNESDAY'S. CRASH. HERE'S KEIR SIMMONS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. THE HARROWING NEW. VIDEO EMERGING TAKEN. SECONDS AFTER THAT. DEADLY TRAM CRASH AS. PEOPLE RUSH TO HELP. WITH THE STATE. DEPARTMENT NOW. CONFIRMING AT LEAST. ONE AMERICAN WAS.

KILLED WHEN THE TRAM. DERAILED IN PORTUGAL. THESE IMAGES SHOWING. THE DUST CLOUDS FROM. THE IMPACT, PEOPLE. SCREAMING, WHILE. OTHERS PULLING AT THE. MANGLED WRECKAGE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED, ONE MAN IS HEARD. SAYING. IN THE STREET CAR. BELOW, FRIGHTENED. PASSENGERS CLIMB OUT. OF WINDOWS AND TONIGHT. DESCRIBING HOW THEIR. CAR DROPPED ONLY TO. SEE A SECOND CAR. CAREENING TOWARDS THEM. FROM ABOVE. >> WE SAID NO BRAKES. ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. HAPPENED. EITHER THE CABLE OR. THE DRIVER. I DON'T KNOW. WE HEARD THE OTHER ONE.

COME ROLLING DOWN. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE. DEATH TOLL HAS RISEN, AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE. KILLED, WHEN THE. POPULAR LISBON. ATTRACTION DERAILED. AND CRASHED INTO A. BUILDING. UNCONFIRMED MEDIA. REPORTS CITING. FIREFIGHTER. ORGANIZATIONS SAY A. STEEL CABLE CONNECTING. THE CARS MAY HAVE COME. LOOSE. WITNESSES WITH SIMILAR. ACCOUNTS. >> IT WAS COMING DOWN. THE HILL, SOMETHING. WAS WRONG WITH THE. CABLE. IT LOST CONTROL, DIDN'T HAVE ANY. BRAKING ABILITY. >> Reporter: AN. INVESTIGATION IS UNDER. WAY TONIGHT, AND. OFFICIALS SAYING ALL.

LISBON'S FUNICULARS. HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED. FOR INVESTIGATION. THE MAYOR SAYING THEY. NEED ANSWERS. TOM? >> THAT IS TRUE. ALL RIGHT, KEIR, THANKS TO YOU. >>> NOW TO ARIZONA, BACK HERE IN THE. STATES, AND A DRAMATIC. RESCUE THAT UNFOLDED. AT LEAST TEN STORIES. HIGH IN THE SKY AFTER. AN INJURED WORKER GOT. STUCK AT THE TOP OF A. LIGHT POLE. CAMERAS CAPTURED IT. ALL MIDAIR. WE GET MORE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: A WORKER. LEFT STRANDED MORE. THAN 100 FEET IN THE. AIR ATOP THIS TOWERING. LIGHT POLE IN A. STADIUM IN MESA, ARIZONA.

THE MAN, WHO WAS. CHANGING THE LIGHTS AT. THE STADIUM, WAS. INJURED WHEN A PIECE. OF EQUIPMENT FAILED, STRIKING HIM IN THE. HEAD, ACCORDING TO THE. FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> HE GOT VERY DIZZY. AND DID NOT FEEL. COMFORTABLE CLIMBING. THE LIGHT TOWER. PHYSICALLY DOWN THE. WAY HE CAME UP. >> Reporter: MESA. FIREFIGHTERS GEARED. UP, RAISED THEIR. LADDER TO GET AS CLOSE. AS POSSIBLE, THEN. CLIMBED THE MASSIVE. POLE. SO IT'S NOT EASY? >> IT'S NOT EASY BUT. IS HUR IS FUN. >> Reporter: AFTER AN.

HOUR CREWS REACHED THE. INJURED WORKER, SECURING HIM INTO A. RESCUE HARNESS. >> THEY RIGGED THE. SYSTEM TO TAKE. POSITIVE CONTROL OF. OUR RESCUE PACKAGE AND. LOWER HIM DOWN TO THE. GROUND WHILE PULLING. HIM AWAY FROM THE. LIGHT TOWER. >> Reporter: ONCE ON. THE GROUND FIRST. RESPONDERS IMMEDIATELY. TOOK HIM TO THE. HOSPITAL. OFFICIALS SAY HE'S. EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. CAMILA BERNAL, NBC. NEWS. >>> PARENTS OF SOME OF. THE CAMP MYSTIC. FLOODING VICTIMS ARE. OPENING UP IN AN. EXCLUSIVE AND POWERFUL.

INTERVIEW ABOUT THEY DIED.

IN VAIN. >> Reporter: PRISCILLA. THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. >> AND OUR THANKS TO. PRISCILLA. THAT POWERFUL STORY. >>> WE REMEMBER. GIORGIO ARMANI, THE. ITALIAN FASHION. DESIGNER AND MOGUL. IS DEAD. 91. HE WAS KNOWN FOR. CREATINGAN.

INDELIBLE MARK ON. FASHION HISTORY. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC. NEWS, NEW YORK. >>> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN. 60 SECONDS WITH THE. NEWS FOR FLYERS. WHY A PLAN. >>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE. BACK NOW WITH A MOVE. BY THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TO. DISMANTLE SOME OF THE. AIRLINE PASSENGER. RIGHTS PUSHED BY THE.

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. TOM COSTELLO COVERS. THOSE RULES. COMPENSATING. PASSENGERS FOR DELAYED. FLIGHTS? >> Reporter: THEY ARE. DROPPING A PLAN. PROPOSED BY THE BIDEN. ADMINISTRATION LAST. YEAR THAT WOULD. REQUIRE AIRLINES TO. COMPENSATE PASSENGERS. FOR FLIGHT DELAYS OF. AT LEAST THREE HOURS. WHEN CAUSED BY THE. AIRLINES. NOW THE AIRLINES HAVE. BEEN FIGHTING THAT. RULE, ARGUING IT WOULD. DRIVE TICKET PRICES. HIGHER. THE D.O.T. IS. CONSIDERING AMENDING. OR DOING AWAY WITH. BIDEN RULES WE.

REPORTED ON HERE WHICH. REQUIRED AIRLINES TO. BE MORE TRANSPARENT IN. THEIR TICKET PRICES. THREE YEARS AGO MOST. AIRLINES AGREED TO. COMPENSATE FOR MEALS. AND HOTELS DURING. SIGNIFICANT DELAYS OR. CANCELLATIONS. TODAY THE AIRLINE. LOBBYING GROUP A-4A. SAYS IT IS ENCOURAGED. THE ADMINISTRATION IS. REVIEWING THOSE. BURDENSOME. REGULATIONS, TOM. >> ALL RIGHT. TOM COSTELLO FOR US. THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT FBI.

>>> WE'RE BACK NOW. WITH NEW DETAILS ON. THE FBI'S. INVESTIGATION INTO. WHETHER JOHN BOLTON. MISHANDLED CLASSIFIED. INFO. A NEWLY UNSEALED. SEARCH WARRANT SHOWS. AT BOLTON'S HOME THE. FBI SEIZED A PHONE. WITH SEVERAL CAMERA. LENSES, USB DRIVES, COMPUTERS AND A WHITE. BINDER LABELLED. STATEMENTS AND. REFLECTIONS TO ALLIED. STRIKES. FRANCE FOR NEXT.

SEASON. LAST SEASON, YOU'LL. REMEMBER, WAS FILMED. IN THAILAND. >>> AND TAKE A LOOK AT. THIS, A LION AT THE. OREGON ZOO DISCOVERING. A CAMERA HIDDEN IN ITS. ENCLOSURE. THE CURIOUS CAT EVEN. GOT A SELFIE THERE, TOSSING THE CAMERA. AROUND, EVEN CHEWING. ON IT. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS. LIKE TO BE INSIDE A. LION'S MOUTH. THE ZOO GOT TO IT. >>> THE SURPRISE OF.

♪♪. >>> FINALLY, THERE IS. GOOD NEWS TONIGHT AS. THE NFL SEASON KICKS. OFF. ONE OF THE EAGLES'. BIGGEST FANS SURPRISED. WITH THE GIFT OF A. LIFETIME BY THE SAME. TEAM THAT STOOD BY HIS. SIDE WHEN HE NEEDED IT. MOST. >> YOU ALL BETTER GET. READY. >> FOR AS LONG AS. WILLIAM CAN REMEMBER, IT'S BEEN FLY, EAGLES,

FLY. NOW IT'S THE EAGLES. CHEERING HIM ON AFTER. HIS HEALTH TOOK A. SUDDEN TURN LAST YEAR. >> WILLIAM, IN THE. BEGINNING, WAS. STARTING TO COMPLAIN. OF, LIKE, HEADACHES. >> HIS MOM, STEPHANIE, SAYS HIS VISION BEGAN. TO CHANGE. SOON AFTER HE WAS. DIAGNOSED WITH RETINAL. BLAS TOE. BLASTOMA, A RARE FORM. OF EYE CANCER. >> HE DOESN'T DESERVE. TO BE GOING THROUGH. THIS, AND WE NEED TO. FIGHT FOR HIM. >> Reporter: WILLIAM.

WOULD UNDERGO BRAIN. SURGERY. BUT THROUGH THE HARD. TIMES, WILLIAM'S FLOCK. CAME TO HIS SIDE. >> WHAT'S UP, WILLIAM? >> INCLUDED RETIRED. DEFENSIVE END BRANDON. GRAHAM. >> I'M THINKING ABOUT. YOU AND ROOTING FOR. YOU AND WISHING YOU. ALL THE BEST. >> AND A HOSPITAL. VISIT FROM STARS HUNT. AND WILLIAM'S FAVORITE. COOPER DeJEAN. >> EVERY TIME THE. EAGLES PLAYED, IT WAS. UP ON THE BACK OF HIS. BED. >> HE WAS INVITED FOR. A PRESEASON REUNION ON. THEIR TURF. HANGING WITH SWOOP.

DURING PRACTICE AND. THEN, JUST. YESTERDAY --. WILLIAM COMPLETED HIS. LAST DAY OF RADIATION. JUST IN TIME FOR THE. BIGGEST SURPRISE OF. ALL, GETTING TICKETS. TO SUPER BOWL LX. >> GOING THROUGH THIS. HARD JOURNEY, IT'S. REALLY AMAZING THAT.