NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Aug. 10

BREAKING TONIGHT, THE POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE KILLING MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. AND NOW THE URGENT SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY UNFOLDING AFTER A MAGNITUDE. 7.4 QUAKE. ROCKS COLOMBIA. DOZENS OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED. THIS HOSPITAL COLLAPSING ON AN AMBULANCE AS PATIENTS WERE TRYING TO FLEE. THE SPIRE OF A CATHEDRAL CRUMBLING DOWN. AND RESCUE TEAMS RACING. TO FIND PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE RUBBLE TONIGHT. THIS JUST IN.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER. OVERHAULING THE VACCINE SCHEDULE FOR KIDS. WHY ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR, A DOCTOR, CALLS IT SO WRONG. WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW. OUTBREAK EXPANDING, SALSAS AND GUACAMOLE NOW BEING RECALLED BECAUSE OF SALMONELLA FEARS. TAYLOR FARMS PULLING MORE PRODUCTS FROM SHELVES. THE MAJOR CONCERN OVER JALAPENOS JUST WEEKS AFTER VOLUNTARILY RECALLING LETTUCE. THE NEW TORNADO THREAT BEARING DOWN ON MILLIONS TONIGHT.

TWISTERS SLAMMTHE MIDWEST, EVEN BLOWING A TRAIN OFF ITS TRACKS. BLISTERING TEMPERATURES FUELING. DOZENS OF WILDFIRES. THE NEW VIEW FROM ABOVE WITH ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS REDUCED TO ASH. OSCAR WINNER BRAD PITT OPENING UP. ABOUT SUICIDE. SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND HIS STRUGGLES WITH ALCOHOL. WHAT HE REVEALED ABOUT SOME OF HIS DARKEST MOMENTS. THE SAD UPDATE ABOUT JACKIE THE BALD EAGLE, WHOSE CHICKS AND NEST CAMP CAPTIVATED. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

THE HEROIC RUSH TO SAVE HER. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT ONE FAMILY'S HEARTWARMING BIRTHDAY TRADITION. THAT'S AS SIMPLE. AS A PIECE OF CAKE. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMAS. AND GOOD EVENING. IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. WE NEED TO BEGIN THIS MONDAY NIGHT WITH THAT DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. A DEADLY 7.4 EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATING COLOMBIA. AT LEAST 111 PEOPLE ARE NOW CONFIRMED DEAD,

A DEATH TOLL OFFICIALS SAY IS SURE TO RISE. THESE WERE THE TERRIFYING IMAGES FROM WHEN THE QUAKE HIT EARLY THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THEIR. LIVES AS THIS BUILDING COLLAPSED. AND WATCH THIS STRUCTURE FALLING AWAY IN ONE HUGE PIECE. THE TREMORS WREAKING HAVOC ON CHURCHES, THEIR STEEPLES AND SPIRES CRUMBLING TO THE GROUND. EVEN HOSPITALS WEREN'T SAFE. PARTS OF THIS ONE COLLAPSING ONTO AMBULANCES BELOW, AND THEN OUT AT ONE AIRPORT, SHEER TERROR.

I'M GOING TO PAUSE. SO YOU CAN WATCH THIS. PIECES OF THE CEILING RAINING DOWN AS PEOPLE. CLING TO THE BUILDING'S PILLARS FOR DEAR LIFE. AND THESE ARE THE SCENES IN RECENT HOURS, DRONE VIDEO SHOWING SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS DOING EVERYTHING THEY. CAN TO COMB THROUGH PILES OF TWISTED METAL AND DEBRIS. THIS VIDEO SHOWING AT LEAST ONE PERSON SOMEHOW. PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE. IT'S JUST THE LATEST CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMERICA FOLLOWING THAT. HORRIFIC QUAKE IN VENEZUELA THAT KILLED MORE THAN 6000 PEOPLE.

NEW VIDEOS AND DESPERATE PLEAS FOR HELP ARE POURING INTO. OUR NEWSROOM TONIGHT AS GEORGE SOLIS STARTS US OFF. TONIGHT. A POWERFUL AND DEADLY 7.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. WREAKING HAVOC IN WESTERN COLOMBIA, TAKING SO MANY BY SURPRISE WHEN IT STRUCK EARLY THIS MORNING, REDUCING HOMES AND BUILDINGS TO RUBBLE. PASSENGER AT THIS AIRPORT HOLDING PILLARS BRACING DURING THE MOMENT OF IMPACT.

ONE MAN SCREAMING AS THE SHAKING INTENSIFIES. OUTSIDE THIS HOSPITAL IN CALI, PART OF THE BUILDING COLLAPSING ON AN AMBULANCE AS PATIENTS SCRAMBLE FOR SAFETY. THIS NARROWLY ESCAPING FALLING CONCRETE. CHURCHES DAMAGED ACROSS THE REGION, INCLUDING THIS ONE. WATCH THE CROSS COLLAPSING FROM ITS SPIRE. NOW THE URGENT SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS, RESCUE TEAMS REMOVING DEBRIS AND WORKING QUICKLY TO FIND THOSE STILL TRAPPED.

AUTHORITIES SAY MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. VALERIE RYAN FROM OUR NBC MIAMI STATION IS IN BOGOTA. I WAS SLEEPING AND I REMEMBER THE BED SHAKING BACK AND FORTH. IT WAS REALLY LONG AND IT'S SCARY BECAUSE IN THAT MOMENT YOU HAVE THIS FEELING OF. I CANNOT CONTROL THIS. THE EPICENTER OF THE QUAKE, SAN JOSE DE PALMAR. NEARLY 70 MILES AWAY IN PEREIRA, PEOPLE FRANTICALLY RUNNING. IN MEDELLIN, SAM SIMPSON SAYS HER FAMILY RAN FOR SAFETY.

I AM SHAKING SO HARD RIGHT NOW. AN EARTHQUAKE JUST HIT. AND RECORDED THIS VIDEO MOMENTS AFTER THEY FELT THEIR HIGH RISE SHAKE. SO WE JUST GRABBED OUR. DOGS AND HELD ON AND THE, THE BUILDING WAS SWAYING SO MUCH. IT, IT REALLY. FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CRACK. TONIGHT SIMPSON AND HER FAMILY STILL REELING AS EVERYONE FEARS IF MORE IS ON THE WAY. YOU KNOW, IT. IS, IT'S REALLY HARD. TONIGHT THE FOCUS REMAINS ON THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS.

COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT SAYS 6 OF THE COUNTRY'S AIRPORTS ARE CLOSED FROM DAMAGE. WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE GETTING CRITICAL AID INTO THE COUNTRY. THAT MUCH HARDER. TOM, A DESPERATE SITUATION THERE. GEORGE SOLIS FOR US. NOW TO OUR OTHER MAJOR STORY TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PUSH FOR. CHANGES TO AMERICA'S VACCINE SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN. THE PRESIDENT'S SAYING THEY'RE JUST. RECOMMENDATIONS GIVING PARENTS MORE CHOICES, BUT. SOME DOCTORS WARNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL SPARK DANGEROUS CONFUSION. HERE'S GARRETT HAKE. TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP TRIPLING DOWN ON HIS EFFORTS TO OVERHAUL AMERICA'S.

CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE AFTER PREVIOUS EFFORTS WERE BLOCKED IN FEDERAL COURT, SIGNING AN ORDER LOWERING THE NUMBER OF RECOMMENDED VACCINES FOR CHILDREN, WHICH WOULD PUT THE US IN LINE WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES LIKE DENMARK. PARENTS CAN STILL. CHOOSE TO GIVE THEIR. CHILDREN ALL OF THE VACCINATIONS IF THEY WISH. IT'S UP TO THE PARENTS. WE ARE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE STRONG, BUT IT'S UP TO THE PARENTS IF THEY WISH. THE ORDER RECOMMENDS 11 IMMUNIZATIONS FOR ALL CHILDREN INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT 17.

AND SUGGESTS CONSULTING WITH DOCTORS ABOUT OTHERS, INCLUDING RSV. AND HEPATITIS B, WHICH IS CURRENTLY GIVEN TO ALL INFANTS AT BIRTH. THE PRESIDENT CALLING TO SPREAD VACCINATIONS ACROSS MORE APPOINTMENTS AND. TIME, INCLUDING SPLITTING UP THE MMR VACCINE INTO 3 SEPARATE SHOTS, MAKING THIS BASELESS CLAIM. TOGETHER THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY'RE QUITE LETHAL, AND SEPARATELY. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE NOT AT ALL LETHAL BUT JUST VERY EFFECTIVE.

REPORTERS PRESSING HIM. WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT. SAY IT IS THAT WAY. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WAS MOTIVATED TO CHANGE. VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS BY RECENT RISES IN AUTISM, THOUGH STUDIES HAVE SHOWN NO LINKS BETWEEN THEM. THE ORDER BLASTED BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED TODAY IS. GOING TO CAUSE MORE CONFUSION AND FEAR IN. FAMILIES THAT IS BOTH. UNNECESSARY AND INAPPROPRIATE, AND REPUBLICAN SENATOR.

BILL CASSIDY, A PHYSICIAN, SAYING PARENTS SHOULD LISTEN TO PEDIATRICIANS, BLASTING THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS AS QUOTE SO WRONG. THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPREAD OUT VACCINATIONS COULD. LEAD TO MORE DOCTOR VISITS AND MORE COSTS. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED HOW HE WOULD COUNTER THAT. BUT DID NOT OFFER SPECIFICS. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE FAMILIES AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE. EVERYTHING WORKS OUT COST WISE. GARY JOINS US NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND GARRETT, THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. NO SPECIFICS ON THOSE.

NEW POTENTIAL CO-PAYS FOR THE EXTRA VISITS YOU'D HAVE TO GO TO YOUR DOCTOR FOR. WHAT ELSE SHOULD PARENTS KNOW ABOUT? TOM, FOR NOW THESE ARE ALL JUST RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL THE SAME VACCINES REMAIN AVAILABLE, ALL COVERED THE SAME WAY BY HEALTH INSURANCE, AND ALL SIDES HERE SAY THE BEST RESOURCE REMAINS YOUR CHILD'S PEDIATRICIAN. ALL RIGHT, GARRETT HAIG, NOW TO THE RECALL IN THAT SALMONELLA OUTBREAK IMPACTING FOOD ITEMS LIKE. SALSA AND GUACAMOLE THAT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FIND IN THEIR FRIDGE. STEVE PATTERSON HAS MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. TONIGHT,

IMPACTING STORES NATIONWIDE,TL. AS TAYLOR FARMS VOLUNTARILY RECALLS 20 FOOD ITEMS MADE. WITH JALAPENO PEPPERS DUE TO POSSIBLE LINKS TO SALMONELLA. THE RECALL HITTING STORE SHELVES IN 26 STATES. OFFICIALS SAY THE RECALL INCLUDES PRODUCTS LIKE DIPS, BURRITOS, AND SALSA SOLD IN STORES FROM TARGET AND TRADER JOE'S TO WALMART AND WHOLE FOODS. THE CDC AND FDA HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE SALMONELLA OUTBREAK, WHICH HAS SICKENED 345 PEOPLE SO FAR.

TAYLOR FARMS SAYS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY. REPORTED ILLNESSES LINKED TO ITS PRODUCTS CONTAINING JALAPENOS. I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT IT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO STOP. YOU KNOW, EATING VEGETABLES IF THAT'S THE CONCERN. LAST MONTH, TAYLOR FARMS VOLUNTARILY RECALLED SHREDDED ICEBERG. LETTUCE DURING THE GROWING CYCLOSPORA OUTBREAK. A LOT OF THE FALLOUT THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL. RECALLS ARE FROM THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE WITH CONTAMINATED JALAPENOS. IT'S OFTEN DONE IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. IT COMES AS AMERICANS PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S IN THEIR FOOD.

HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. TODAY ANNOUNCING A NEW PROPOSED RULE FOCUSED ON ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD. THAT WOULD FORCE. MANUFACTURERS TO NOTIFY THE FDA ON USING. ADDITIVES THAT ARE GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE, OR GRASS FOR SHORT, INITIALLY USED FOR SIMPLE INGREDIENTS LIKE GARLIC AND VANILLA, THE EXISTING RULE ALLOWS MANUFACTURERS TO USE ADDITIVES THAT. HAVEN'T UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE SAFETY TESTING WITHOUT TELLING THE FDA. BUT TODAY MANY EXPERTS SAY THE INDUSTRY USES THE RULE TO. ALLOW HUNDREDS OF UNSTUDIED CHEMICALS INTO THE NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY.

UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THE FDA DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE. OF WHAT IS ENTERING THE FOOD SUPPLY, SOME ARGUE IT WON'T PREVENT MANUFACTURERS FROM ADDING. NEW INGREDIENTS OR REMOVING ADDITIVES ALREADY ON SHELVES. STEVE PATTERSON, NBC NEWS. WE'RE ALSO TRACKING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY IMPACTING MILLIONS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM TORNADOES TO EXTREME HEAT AND WILDFIRES. OUR ANGIE LASSMAN HAS THE LATEST. JUST FULLY CONDENSED COCK JUST FULLY CONDENSED.

SEVERE WEATHER SLAMMING THE NATION'S HEARTLAND. AT LEAST 5 REPORTED TORNADOES IN ILLINOIS. AND LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. IN RANSOM, THIS DRONE VIDEO SHOWS A TRAIN BLOWN OFF THE TRACKS. DAYLIGHT REVEALING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE, HOMES UNRECOGNIZABLE, BUILDINGS RIPPED TO SHREDS, AND POWER LINES TOPPLED ONTO ROADS, MANY NOW UNPASSABLE. IN. CHICAGO, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS SOAKING THE CITY.

THE HEAVY RAIN EVEN DELAYING SUNDAY'S WHITE SOX GAME. MEANWHILE, THE UNRELENTING HEAT IMPACTING ALMOST 45 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH SCIENTISTS SAYING THIS JULY WAS. OFFICIALLY THE HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD IN THE LOWER 48 STATES. THE BLISTERING TEMPERATURES. CONTINUING TO FUEL OVER 85 RAGING WILDFIRES IN THE WEST. THIS VIDEO SHOWS FLAMES DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO A ROAD IN WYOMING.

WHILE. IN OREGON, FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE BATTLING INFERNOS FROM THE AIR, THE SKY TURNING EERILY ORANGE, AND IN WASHINGTON STATE, THESE DRAMATIC PHOTOS SHOW THE SCALE OF DESTRUCTION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR SPOKANE. AFTER WILDFIRES DESTROYED HUNDREDS OF HOMES. AS MOTHER NATURE CONTINUES CAUSING CHAOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EVERYTHING OUT THERE BUT SNOW. ANGIE, THE SEVERE THREAT IS NOT OVER TONIGHT, AND YOU'RE FORECASTING. MORE STORMS FOR TOMORROW. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, TOM. YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WORKING.

ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND STILL A THUNDERSTORM WATCH. IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 P.M. THIS RAMPS UP TOMORROW ACROSS PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY. 34 MILLION PEOPLE. RISK WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 75. MPH, HAIL, AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS WELL. TOM, ALL RIGHT, ANGIE, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT. WE THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDING TONIGHT FOLLOWING IRAN'S RELEASE OF A NEW. LIST OF DEMANDS BEFORE IT WILL STOP FIRING ON COMMERCIAL SHIPS. IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. KYIR SIMMONS IS IN THE REGION FOR US WITH LATE DETAILS. TONIGHT THE STALEMATE OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

IRAN DEMANDING WHAULD AMOUNT TO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEFORE. IT WILL STOP ATTACKING COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE STRAIT. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW PUSHING BACK. THEY ASKED FOR. MONEY FOR. THE DAMAGE THAT WE'VE DONE. I SAID THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR MONEY FOR THE DAMAGE THEY'VE DONE OVER A 50-YEAR PERIOD. THE PRESIDENT POINTING TO DECADES OF DEADLY IRANIAN ATTACKS ON US SOLDIERS. WHAT THE UN CALLS IRAN'S ALARMING INCREASE. IN EXECUTIONS OF IRANIAN PROTESTERS AND MAYBE. DAMAGES FOR THE 52,000 PROTESTERS OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS THAT WERE KILLED IN.

IRAN. WE THINK THEIR FAMILIES SHOULD GET DAMAGES. AND IRAN DEMANDING MORE CONCESSIONS THAN THE. PREVIOUS CEASEFIRE WHICH COLLAPSED WHEN IRAN. FIRING ON COMMERCIAL SHIPS, INCLUDING THAT THE US MILITARY LEAVE THE REGION. THE RENEWED STANDOFF SUGGESTING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL NOT REOPEN ANYTIME SOON, WITH OIL PRICES RISING AGAIN TODAY. WE CONTROL. THE STRAIT 100%. NOW. CAN THEY MAKE TROUBLE? YEAH, THEY CAN MAKE TROUBLE,

BUT THEY'RE BROKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SAYS THE US IS ONLY SEMI-NEGOTIATING WITH IRAN, LOW-KEYING IT. TOM. KIR SIMMONS TONIGHT. AND BACK HERE AT HOME, A SAD UPDATE ON A BELOVED BALD EAGLE. JACKIE WENT VIRAL FROM HER NEST CAM IN THE CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS, AND HERE'S CAMILA BERNAL WITH THE HEROIC EFFORT TO TRY TO SAVE HER. A FINAL FLIGHT FOR JACKIE, THE FAMOUS BALD EAGLE FROM BIG BEAR, CALIFORNIA, WHO BECAME PART OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH A 24/7 STREAM.

TONIGHT, A HEARTBREAKING GOODBYE. AFTER YEARS UNDER THE WATCH OF DEVOTED FANS. WATCHING HER. GAVE PEOPLE A CONNECTION TO NATURE. IT GAVE PEOPLE AN OUTLET. THE OHIO RAPTOR CENTER, WHICH HAD BEEN CARING FOR HER, SAYS SHE DIED EARLY THIS MORNING, ADDING. HER CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE DESPITE INTENSIVE TREATMENT. AND THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF OUR VETERINARY TEAM AND CONSULTING SPECIALISTS. LAST MONTH,

JACKIE WAS SEEN FIGHTING WITH HER EAGLES. AND THEN STRUGGLING TO WADE THROUGH THE WATER BEFORE BEING RESCUED. SHE'D BEEN IN INTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR MORE THAN 3. WEEKS AFTER A MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS UNRELATED TO THAT ATTACK, BUT IT WAS THE SWEET MOMENTS WITH HER FAMILY THAT DREW MILLIONS OF VIEWS. MANY WATCHED JACKIE AND HER MATE SHADOW. BUILD A HOME, WEATHER BRUTAL WINTERS, AND RAISE THEIR EAGLETS TOGETHER. NOW CONDOLENCES POURING IN. SHE WAS FIERCE, SHE WAS GENTLE,

UM, SHE WAS VERY DYNAMIC. THE CENTER SAYING WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY JACKIE. BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH A SHARED LOVE OF WILDLIFE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOW AN EMPTY NEST, JACKIE FILLED THE HEARTS OF SO MANY. CAMILA BERNAL, NBC NEWS. IN JUST 60 SECONDS, THE REVEALING INTERVIEW FROM HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTAR BRAD PITT, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, HIS FAMILY, AND DRINKING AGAIN AFTER YEARS OF BEING SOBER. PLUS THE DEADLY ACCIDENT ON A SIGHTSEEING BOAT IN NEW YORK HARBOR,

KILLING A WOMAN AND HER BABY GIRL. THE CAPTAIN. JUST HIT WITH FEDERAL CHARGES. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A STRIKINGLY PERSONAL BRAD PITT, THE OSCAR WINNER OPENING UP LIKE NEVER BEFORE ABOUT. NO LONGER BEING SOBER AND DEALING WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. CHLOE MOLAS HAS THE STORY. IN A REVEALING NEW INTERVIEW WITH ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, MOVIE STAR BRAD PITT OPENING. UP ABOUT SOME OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE,

SPEAKING CANDIDLY ABOUT A PERIOD WHEN HE SAYS THE PAIN BECAME SO OPPRESSIVE. HE COULD FEEL THE COLD STEEL OF THE BULLET IN MY HEAD, THE OSCAR WINNER CLARIFYING HE WAS NEVER SUICIDAL. BUT SAYS THE EXPERIENCE HELPED HIM UNDERSTAND IT. ASKED WHY, PITT SIMPLY ANSWERED FAMILY STUFF, AND WE COULD LEAVE IT AT THAT. BUT IT COMES AFTER A CONTENTIOUS EIGHT-YEAR DIVORCE BATTLE WITH ANGELINA JOLIE. IN WHICH JOLIE ALLEGED PITT SUBJECTED THE FAMILY TO VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE, INCLUDING ALLEGEDLY CHOKING ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN.

ON A TRANSATLANTICGHT IN 2016. AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATED AND FILED NO CHARGES. HE'S DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS. SINCE THEN, FOUR OF THE COUPLE'S SIX CHILDREN HAVE FILED. TO LEGALLY DROP PITT FROM THEIR LAST NAME. THE OSCAR WINNER ALSO DISCLOSING HE IS NO LONGER SOBER. AFTER SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT ALCOHOL. PITT REVEALED LAST YEAR THAT HE JOINED ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IN 2016. I WAS TRYING ANYTHING AND EVERYONE, ANYTHING ANYONE THREW AT ME. IT WAS A PARTICULAR. DIFFICULT TIME. A FRIEND CLOSE TO PITT TELLING NBC NEWS TODAY.

HE'S IN A GOOD PLACE. AND EVERYONE MAKES THEIR OWN DECISIONS. HE'S BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE. NOW THE ACTOR SAYS HE DRINKS IN A MORE RESTRAINED MANNER, AND HE CAN HAVE A FEW. THE HOLLYWOOD ICON TELLING ESQUIRE HE NO LONGER TRIES TO CLIMB OUT OF THE HARD TIMES. INSTEAD, I JUST ONE DAY WOKE UP. AND IT JUST FELT A LITTLE SUNNIER, CHLOE MOOS, NBC NEWS. WE ARE BACK NOW WITH FEDERAL CHARGES IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT IN NEW YORK HARBOR. THE DOJ CHARGING THE BOAT OPERATOR WITH THE DEATH OF A WOMAN.

AND HER 5 MONTH OLD BABY WHO DROWNED WHEN THE VESSEL OVERTURNED. GET THIS, THERE WERE 14 PEOPLE ABOARD THE 22 FT BOAT SATURDAY NIGHT. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY MANUEL HERNANDEZ WAS DRIVING THAT BOAT WITHOUT A LICENSE. IN POLAND, VIDEO CAPTURED THIS CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A BISON. THE MAN WHO WAS A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, KNOCKED ON HIS BACK. BEFORE IT STANDS OVER HIM. THE SITUATION ONLY ENDED WHEN SOMEONE PUT THEIR CAR BETWEEN THE MAN AND THE BISON. THE MAN SUFFERED SOME CUTS AND BRUISES BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OK.

ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE FAMILY TRADITION THAT SHOWS JUST HOW MUCH LOVE CAN BE BAKED. INTO A SIMPLE PIECE OF CAKE. THAT'S NEXT. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ONE FAMILY'S EMOTIONAL BIRTHDAY TRADITION. GOING VIRAL. LIKE SO MANY OF US, THEY CELEBRATE WITH A CAKE, BUT THAT FIRST SLICE IS EXTRA SPECIAL. TAKE A LOOK. THIS. PIECE OF CAKE. IN THE WOODS FAMILY, BIRTHDAYS ARE A TIME TO CELEBRATE EACH OTHER.

IT'S. EACH YEAR THE BIRTHDAY KID GIVES THE FIRST PIECE OF CAKE TO THE PERSON. WHO HELPED THEM THE MOST. SO WHEN IT WAS NINE YEAR OLD OTHELLO'S TURN TO SHARE HIS SLICE, HE PICKED HIS OLDER SISTER AZARIA. SHE'S. HELPING ME.

SHE'S THE ONE. THAT PLAYED WITH ME. WHEN I. DIDN'T HAVE NO ONE TO PLAY WITH. 11 YEAR OLD AZARIA, OVERJOYED TO BE PICKED, STILL FEELING THAT EMOTION WHEN WE TALKED TO HER. SHE LOVES HER BROTHER. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MY BIRTHDAY, I STILL GET TO FEEL SPECIAL IN MY OWN KIND OF WAY. PARENTS RICHARD AND MELISSA STARTED THIS TRADITION YEARS AGO. WE ALWAYS WANTED TO ESTABLISH. FAMILY VALUES, BEING APPRECIATIVE, AND JUST SHOWING THAT LOVE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

AND OTHELLO'S SPECIAL MESSAGE TO HIS BIG SI. THANK YOU. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE MY SISTER. ME TOO. LOVE THAT TRADITION AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY OTHELLO. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS MONDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.