NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Aug. 13

TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS. THE NEW TWIST IN THE LUIGI MANGIONI CASE. THE ALLEGED CEO KILLER NOW EXPECTED. TO PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT. THE SURPRISING REVERSAL IN THE HIGH PROFILE CASE. WITH PLEA NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING. WHAT MANGIONI COULD PLEAD TO. AND WHY IT COULD BRING AN END TO HIS NEW YORK STATE CASE AS WELL. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT. ALSO BREAKING THE DISASTER EMERGENCY. IN. INDIANA, NEW EVACUATIONS, RESCUE CREWS USING A FRONT LOADER TO SAVE PEOPLE,

OTHER FAMILIES RETURNING TO DESTROYED HOMES, AND THE THREAT IS FAR FROM OVER. PLUS HAWAII BRACING FOR A RARE AND DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT. TROPICAL STORM LALA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON TRACK TO SLAM THE ISLANDS. AS KILAUEA IS NOW ERUPTING. SHIPPING OUT THE USS LINCOLN SET TO HEAD HOME FROM. THE MIDDLE EAST AMID CONCERNS OVER POOR CONDITIONS FOR SAILORS. THE CONCERNING MAN OVERBOARD INCIDENTS,

AND NEW IMAGES OF THEIR MEALS ABOARD AS FAMILIES S THE ALARM. PLUS PHILADELPHIA HOUSE OF HORRORS. INVESTIGATORS FINDING DISTURBING VIDEOS OF TWO. MISSING WOMEN INSIDE THIS MAN'S HOUSE. THE MURDER. SUSPECT KNOWN AS THE MASTER MANIPULATOR. FOR HER ELABORATE DISGUISES FINALLY CAUGHT. OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL, THE LABOR AND DELIVERY UNITS CLOSING DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHY THIS MOM TO BE SAYS IT'S MAKING HER RETHINK.

HAVING MORE CHILDREN. FIREBALL NEAR ROME, AND AMMUNITION PLANT EXPLODING. WHAT SET OFF THIS BLAST? BEAR IN THE BISTRO. ANIMAL CAUGHT ON CAMERA. TAKING A SEAT AT AN ASPEN RESTAURANT. WILD VIDEO CAPTURING AN OCTOPUS LATCHING ONTO A FISHERMAN'S FACE. HOW HE ESCAPED THAT SEA CREATURE'S GRIP. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. A GRANDMOTHER MARKING HER LAST DAY OF CHEMO. AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER SURPRISING HER. IN UNIFORM. TO RING IN THAT INCREDIBLE MILESTONE.

NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMAS. AND GOOD EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH A MAJOR UPDATE IN THE CASE OF A QCEO KILLER, LUIGI MANGIONI, WITH SOURCES TELLING OUR TEAM HE'S EXPECTED. TO PLEAD GUILTY DURING A COURT APPEARANCE TOMORROW. IN A STUNNING REVERSAL, MANGIONE IS NOW EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT,

WHERE HE FACES STALKING CHARGES IN CONNECTION. TO THIS MOMENT, THE KILLING OF. FORMER UNITED HEALTHCARE CEO. BRIAN THOMPSON BACK IN 2024. WE DON'T KNOW YET WHICH STALKING CHARGES HE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO, BUT HE COULD CHANGE HIS MIND. AT ANY TIME. HE'S SET TO GO TO TRIAL IN NEW YORK IN. A STATE MURDER CASE AGAINST HIM JUST WEEKS FROM NOW. IF MANGIONE DOES PLEAD GUILTY IN THE FEDERAL CASE, HIS TEAM MAY TRY TO GET THE MORE SERIOUS STATE CHARGES DROPPED. OUR LAURA JARRETT STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. TONIGHT A DRAMATIC REVERSAL FOR LUIGI MANGIONI,

NOW EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT. ACCORDING TO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH FRIDAY'S PLANNED HEARING. THE 28-YEAR-OLD HAD PLED NOT GUILTY TO FEDERAL. STALKING CHARGES ACCUSED OF KILLING UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO. BRIAN THOMPSON. ON A MANHATTAN SIDEWALK IN 2024, BUT THE EXACT TERMS OF ANY PROPOSED PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS UNCLEAR TONIGHT. MANGIONE'S LAWYERS IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECLINING TO COMMENT. THERE'S A CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 11 A.M. ON FRIDAY.

AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN SAY AT THIS TIME. SOURCES CAUTION PLEA TALKS CONTINUE. MANGIONI MET WITH HIS LAWYERS THIS MORNING. AND CAN STILL BACK OUT. THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE FEDERAL CASE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO. SIGN OFF ON ANY AGREEMENT TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL, BUT THE SPECTER OF A DEAL COMES AT A CRUCIAL TIME FOR MANGIONE. HE'S CURRENTLY SET TO GO TO TRIAL IN NEW YORK STATE COURT EARLY NEXT MONTH. PROSECUTORS HERE ARE PURSUING SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND GUN. GUN CHARGES. AND HE'S PLED NOT GUILTY IN THE CLOSELY WATCHED CASE THAT'S ALREADY SEEN TWISTS.

EARLIER THIS SUMMER, THE DEFENSE TEAM BRIEFLY FLOATING THE POSSIBILITY. OF ARGUING MANGIONI WAS SUFFERING FROM AN EXTREME EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE, ONLY TO WITHDRAW THAT SUGGESTION A DAY LATER. BUT HIS ATTORNEYS HAVE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED HE'S BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY, FACING BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE CHARGES AT THE SAME TIME. DOUBLE JEOPARDY IS A BIG THING HERE, RIGHT? UH, MR. MANGIONE IS BEING CHARGED IN 3 DIFFERENT CASES FOR, FOR ONE INCIDENT.

LAURA JOINS US NOW LIVE IN STUDIO. SO LAURA, TALK TO US ABOUT THE DEFENSE STRATEGY HERE. IF HE INDEED DOES PLEAD. GUILTY TO THIS FEDERAL CHARGE, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE STATE CASE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO PULL SOMETHING OFF HERE, RIGHT? THE DEFENSE IS LIKELY TO POINT TO NEW YORK LAW, TOM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY SAYS YOU CANNOT BE PROSECUTED TWICE FOR THE SAME ACT, THE SAME CRIMINAL TRANSACTION, AND HERE THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KILLING OF BRIAN THOMPSON. AND SO EVEN THOUGH. THE FEDERAL CHARGES FOR STALKING, THE STATE CHARGES FOR MURDER, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SAME THING NOW. THE PROSECUTION. IS GOING TO PUSH BACK ON THAT AND SAY, NO, NO, NO,

THESE ARE DIFFT CHARGES, DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. IT'S THE SAME TRANSACTION, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT HARMS HERE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE. BUT BOTTOM LINE, TOM, THERE MAY BE REASONS THAT MANGIONE ACTUALLY. WANTS TO PLEAD GUILTY IN THE FEDERAL CASE, SPENDING TIME BEHIND. FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN A FEDERAL. PENITENTIARY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN A STATE PRISON. IT'S A GOOD POINT, AND WE'LL BE IN COURT TOMORROW. WE'LL LEARN A LOT MORE. THANK YOU FOR THAT, LAURA. NEXT TO THE DEVASTATING IMAGES COMING OUT OF INDIANA, WHERE THE GOVERNOR THERE HAS NOW DECLARED A STATEWIDE DISASTER EMERGENCY. MAGGIE VESPA AND HER TEAM WITH THE FAMILIES RETURNING TO.

THEIR RUINED HOMES AS MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY. TONIGHT FAMILIES ACROSS THE STORM ZONE BRACING FOR NEW ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN. AND DANGEROUS FLOODING AS THEY TRY TO CLEAN UP THE DAMAGE ALREADY LEFT BEHIND. EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS IN CAMBRIDGE CITY, INDIANA. IS TRASHED. WE WERE WITH BROOKE BOOMERSHEIN AND HER BOYFRIEND TIMOTHY AS THEY RETURNED TO. THEIR HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER SWIMMING TO SAFETY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THAT'S THEIR BLUE HOUSE RIGHT THERE SURROUNDED BY RUSHING WATERS. A MAN RESCUED FROM HIS MAROONED BOAT OUT FRONT. I'M SO SORRY. HOW ARE YOU EVEN TAKING THIS IN RIGHT NOW? I'M NOT. I HAVE 6 KIDS. YOU HAVE 6 KIDS. YEAH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO START SCHOOL YESTERDAY. WE WORKED OUR WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS. THE COUPLE TELLING ME THEY HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE BUT. JUST LEARNED MOST OF THEIR POSSESSIONS AREN'T COVERED.

INDIANA'S GOVERNOR NOW DECLARING A STATEWIDE DISASTER EMERGENCY. AFTER SCENES LIKE THIS IN NEARBY HAGERSTOWN, A FRONT LOADER RESCUING MULTIPLE PEOPLE. THIS AS CONDITIONS HAVE FORCED AUTHORITIES TO SUSPEND THE. SEARCH FOR A MISSING TEENAGER IN THE MISSISSINAWA RIVER, ONE OF 4 JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE. OVERNIGHT, 3 OTHERS RESCUED UNINJURED. IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK. RIVERS ARE STILL RISING RIGHT NOW. POWERFUL FLOODWATERS WASHING AWAY PART OF INTERSTATE 70. CREWS RACING TO REPAIR AND REOPEN THAT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE,

AND WE'RE SEEING NEW VIDEO FROM TUESDAY'S MASSIVE SYSTEM. TWO SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPERS NEARLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AND MAGGIE VESPA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS IN ANDERSON, INDIANA. MAGGIE, EVERY TIME WE SEE YOU, WE SEE MORE WATER. AND FAMILIES IN THAT PART OF THE CITY WHERE YOU ARE NOW BEING ORDERED TO EVACUATE. YES, TOM, FAMILIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS WELL. I MEAN YOU CAN SEE HERE WATER CREEPING UP AROUND.

THESE HOMES WITH THE WHITE RIVER HERE STILL RISING, EXPECTED TO CREST HOURS FROM NOW AT A RECORD BREAKING 24 FT, AND THIS WITH MORE RAIN FALLING. TOM, ALL RIGHT, MAGGIE VESPA FOR US. MAGGIE, STAY SAFE OUT THERE. WE ARE ALSO TRACKING A RARE WEATHER EVENT ABOUT TO HIT ANOTHER STATE. IMAGINE A HURRICANE HITTING A VOLCANO. IT COULD HAPPEN. IN HAWAII THIS WEEK, SO I WANT TO BRING IN BILL CAIRNS NOW. BILL, TELL US AND OUR VIEWERS WHAT YOU'RE TRACKING TONIGHT. YEAH, SO TROPICAL STORM LALA FORMED, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A CLOSE CALL. IT MAY END UP TURNING TO BE A HURRICANE HITTING THE BIG ISLAND.

THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR RECORDED HISTORY. SO HERE'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW. IT'S STILL KIND OF A WEAKEST STORM. IT'S GOING TO BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SATURDAY MORNING, IT MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. WINDS POSSIBLY AROUND 75. MPH, BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE VOLCANO, IT'S EXTREMELY TALL, AND THAT'S GOING TO MEAN A TON OF RAIN. TOM, WE COULD SEE 1 TO 2 FT ON THE VOLCANO. YEAH, BILL, SO YOU HAVE KILAUEA POSSIBLY ERUPTING. IT WAS ERUPTING EARLIER. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ALL THAT WATER AND WIND COMES OVER IT?

ONE OF THE BIGGEST STEAM BATHS THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN, TOM, WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING ALL OF THAT HOT LAVA. THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND THE RAIN. HITTING IT, IT'LL MAKE A FORM OF CRUST. IT'LL HISS, AND IT'LL JUST BE A HUGE STEAM BATH ALL OVER THE CRATER, A WILD WEATHER EVENT. ALL RIGHT, BILL CAIRNS, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. TONIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. AND ITS CREW OF 5000 SAILORS AND MARINES. NOW SET TO HEAD HOME FROM THE MIDEAST, WITH SAILORS' FAMILIES. RAISING SOME BIG ALARMS ABOUT POOR LIVING CONDITIONS, PLUS A SAILOR EVEN GOING OVERBOARD.

HERE'S GABE GUTIER. TONIGHT WITH GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT DETERIORATING LIVING CONDITIONS ABOARD THE. AIRCRAFT CARRIER CRITICAL IN CARRYING OUT STRIKES AGAINST IRAN, A US OFFICIAL TELLING NBC NEWS THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. IS NOW SET TO SAIL HOME AFTER A LENGTHY DEPLOYMENT. THE SWITCH COMES AMID ALARMING COMPLAINTS. FROM SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING THESE LIMITED MEAL PORTIONS. AND NOW A US OFFICIAL SAYS ONE SAILOR WENT. OVERBOARD AND WAS QUICKLY RESCUED. THE SHIP HAS NOT MADE A PORT CALL IN 244 DAYS,

A RECORD. IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT. IT'S LONGER THAN. SHE'S EXPERIENCED. TYPICAL DEPLOYMENTS HAVE BEEN 6 TO 8 MONTHS. MELANIE STOWE SAYS HER DAUGHTER HAS BEEN ABOARD THE LINCOLN SINCE LAST OCTOBER. THEY HAD HANGAR BAYS THAT WOULD NOT CLOSE, SO THEY WERE TAKING ON WATER INTO THE LOWER HANGARS. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD. SOME ISSUES WITH. SOME OF THE PLUMBING. TWO US OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN DAN KANE HAS WARNED. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH.

ABOUT LENGTHY DEPLOYMENTS AND DECLINING MORALE. TODAY HEGSETH WAS ASKED ABOUT CONDITIONS ABOARD THE LINCOLN. COMPLETELY MISREPRESENTED. LISTEN, WE MAKE SURE THAT. EVERY SHIP, EVERY CREW, EVERY CAPTAIN. HAS EVERYTHING WE CAN PROVIDE THEM AT EVERY SINGLE MOMENT. SOME DEPLOYMENTS ARE LONGER THAN OTHERS, AND I HAVE MORE. RESPECT. AND GRATITUDE FOR THOSE SAILORS. THE LINCOLN WILL NOW HEAD HOME TO SAN DIEGO AND WILL. BE REPLACED IN THE MIDDLE EAST BY THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON,

A PROCESS THAT TYPICALLY TAKES SEVERAL WEEKS. TOM, ALL RIGHT, GABE, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. TONIGHT INVESTIGATORS DESCRIBING A HOUSE OF HORRORS, DISCOVERING DISTURBING VIDEOS FROM INSIDE A HOME OF TWO MISSING WOMEN. WHO ARE NOW BELIEVED TO BE DEAD. VALERIE CASTRO HAS THE LATEST. TONIGHT TWO MISSING WOMEN NOW BELIEVED TO BE DEAD AFTER POLICE. UNCOVERED WHAT THEY SAY ARE GRAPHIC VIDEOS FROM THIS PHILADELPHIA HOME. IT'S REAL DARK. BUT WHAT WE SAW IS.

THESE TWO GIRLS AL. THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME AND WHAT APPEARS TO US THAT THEY'RE DECEASED. THE WOMEN GABRIELLE AMERONDO REPORTED MISSING IN 2012, AND MARIBEL FRIS LAST SEEN IN 2018. THEIR BODIES HAVE NOT BEEN RECOVERED ACCORDING TO POLICE. THE VIDEOS, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC, PART OF A MASSIVE TROVE OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE SEIZED FROM THE HOME IN JUNE. 600,000 IMAGES. 70,000 VIDEOS. AND OVER 10,000 PAGES.

OF WRITINGS. INVESTIGATORS ZEROING IN ON THE PROPERTY FOLLOWING. THE ARREST OF 44-YEAR-OLD EUGENE HORSCH AFTER POLICE. SAY THEY FOUND DRUGS AND WEAPONS IN HIS CAR ALONG WITH A FAKE DEA BADGE. SEARCH WARRANTS EXECUTED AT THE HOME, ALSO TURNING UP FIVE URNS WITH CREMATED REMAINS. DRUGS AND A GUN. ACCORDING TO POLICE, PORSCHE REMAINS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY ON A. WEAPONS CHARGE AND FAKE FEDERAL CREDENTIALS. HIS ATTORNEY DID NOT RESPOND TO AN NBC NEWS REQUEST FOR COMMENT. HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A HOMICIDE.

USUALLY WHEN WE A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION, WE HAVE A BODY. WE HAVE BODY PARTS. THIS TIME WE DO NOT. VALERIE CASTRO, NBC NEWS. AND IN TEXAS, A STORY THAT IS GARNERING A LOT OF HEADLINES. A COUPLE'S SURROGATE IS NOW FIGHTING FOR CUSTODY OF THE BABY BOY. SHE CARRIED, ARGUING. SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN PARENTAL RIGHTS INSTEAD OF THE BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. WHO ARE ALSO FIGHTING FOR HIM. BRIAN CHANDLER EXPLAINS WHAT LED TO THIS LEGAL BATTLE. IN DALLAS, A BOY'S BIRTH TRIGGERING A DRAMATIC. CUSTODY BATTLE PITTING THE BABY'S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS.

AGAINST THE SURROGATE WHO CARRIED HIM. THE BOY'S CALIFORNIA-BASED PARENTS FACED A DEVASTATING. DECISION AFTER A DIAGNOSIS AT 20 WEEKS. THEY LEARNED THE BABY, WHO WAS BEING CARRIED BY A SURROGATE FROM ALASKA, HAD A SERIOUS HEART CONDITION CALLED HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME. THEY CHOSE TO TERMINATE THE PREGNANCY, BUT GESTATIONAL CARRIER MCKENNA WEST OBJECTED. FLEEING TO TEXAS FOR MEDICAL CARE AND LEGAL REFUGE, I DIDN'T THINK THAT I COULD LIVE WITH MYSELF. DOING THAT.

WEST SHARING HER STORY WITH TH. N. ORGANIZATION LIVE ACTION. SHE'S FIGHTING FOR LEGAL PARENTHOOD. OVER THE BABY SHE CARRIED TO TERM IN TEXAS. I JUST KNOW THAT HE, HE'S A FIGHTER. AND. HE DESERVES TO BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO. ARE 100% WILLING TO FIGHT. ALONGSIDE HIM, THE BOY WAS BORN WEDNESDAY. WEST IS CALLING HIM GABRIEL, BUT HE'S ROOMY TO HIS PARENTS. WHO WANT TO TAKE HIM BACK TO CALIFORNIA FOR MEDICAL CARE.

TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON INTERVENING TO SUPPORT THE SURROGATE, URGING A COURT TO PROHIBIT THE CHILD'S REMOVAL FROM THE STATE. THE COURT SIDED WITH THE STATE IN PART, BLOCKING ANY ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER THE CHILD, WHILE ALSO PROHIBITING THE GESTATIONAL CARRIER FROM ASSERTING ANY PARENTAL. RIGHTS OVER HIM. TONIGHT, THE BIOLOGICAL PARENTS' ATTORNEYS TELLING NBC NEWS, AS IF THE HEARTBREAK OF HIS CONDITION WERE NOT ENOUGH, THEY ARE DEVASTATED TO SEE THEIR FAMILY TRAGEDY. TRANSFORMED INTO POLITICAL THEATER, ADDING,

OUR CLIE ONLY FOCUS AT THIS TIME IS. ENSURING THAT THEIR BABY RECEIVES THE MEDICAL CARE. THAT HE VITALLY NEEDS, AND THAT THEY, AS HIS PARENTS, ARE ABLE TO SPEND EVERY PRECIOUS MOMENT THEY CAN. WITH THEIR BEAUTIFUL NEWBORN SON. RYAN CHANDLER, NBC NEWS, DALLAS. AND WE'RE BACK IN 60 SECONDS. STILL TO COME TONIGHT, THE FIERY EXPLOSION. AT AN AMMUNITIONS FACTORY NEAR ROME. WHAT SET IT OFF? PLUS OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL. WITH DELIVERY UNITS CLOSING THEIR DOORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

THIS MOTHER-TO BE SAYS. IT'S MAKING HER THINK TWICE ABOUT HAVING MORE KIDS. STAY WITH US. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL, AND TONIGHT THE TROUBLING TREND FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS WITH. LABOR AND DELIVERY UNITS INCREASINGLY CLOSING DOWN ACROSS AMERICA. HERE'S ANN THOMPSON. IN THE PICTURE POSTCARD TWIN VILLAGES OF COASTAL MAINE, NEW CASTLE, AND DAM RISCOTA, SIGNS OF TROUBLE AHEAD. MAINE HEALTH ANNOUNCING THE CLOSING OF THE ONLY.

HOSPITAL LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT IN LINCOLN COUNTY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE A. DEEPLY. NEGATIVE EFFECT ON OUR COMMUNITY. PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD, THIS AREA IS WHERE 33-YEAR-OLD LESLIE WOLF AND HER FIANCE BEN CHOSE TO BUILD. FAMILY, THEIR BABY BOY DUE IN MID NOVEMBER. I CAN SEE THE LITTLE FACE. YEAH, WE GOT A LITTLE SIDE PROFILE HERE. COULD BE ONE OF THE LAST DELIVERIES AT.

MAIN HEALTH LINCOLN HOSPITAL THAT LOCALS CALL MILES, LESS THAN A 10 MINUTE DRIVE FROM LESLIE'S HOME. LIVING RALLY COMES WITH CERTAIN COMPROMISES. BUSINESSES CLOSE EARLIER. YOU HAVE TO DRIVE FURTHER TO GET TO THE GROCERY STORE, BUT. THIS LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT HAS EXISTED FOR SO LONG, FOR 80. 4 YEARS AND ITS CLOSURE DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN. YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON THAT. COMPLETELY NOT. MANY MUST. A NEW REPORT FROM THE MARCH OF DIMES FINDS MORE THAN HALF. OF US COUNTIES LACK A HOSPITAL WITH LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES,

AFFECTING 370,000 BIRTHS A YEAR. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE MOVED HERE KNOWING THAT. WE COULDN'T HAVE. GIVEN BIRTH HERE NECESSARILY. BANDING WITH OTHER WOMEN. KEEP BIRTH LOCAL. LESLIE IS TRYING TO STOP THE CLOSURE SCHEDULED FOR JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER HER DUE DATE. THAT WOULD MAKE THE NEXT NEAREST DELIVERY UNIT ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY. IF THAT IS ALL GOES WELL.

TOWNS ON THE ROUTE LIKE WEST CASSET, OFTEN PACKED WITH TOURISTS IN THE SUMMER, SNOW AND ICE IN THE WINTER. I JUST SHUDDER TO THINK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF BEING IN LABOR. AND BEING STUCK IN TRAFFIC IN WEST CASSET ON THAT SINGLE LANE ROAD, UM, IT'S TERRIFYING. MILES WILL BE THE 10TH LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT TO CLOSE IN MAINE SINCE 2020. MAINE HEALTH DECLINED AN INTERVIEW, BUT IN A STATEMENT CITED LOW BIRTH VOLUME AT THE. HOSPITAL. AND AN INABILITY TO HIRE ENOUGH DOCTORS AND NURSES.

TO SAFELY SUPPORT A RELIABLE 24 HOUR LABOR AND DELIVERY PROGRAM. ITS DECISION NOW WEIGHING HEAVILY ON THIS MOTHER-TO BE. IS YOUR CONCERN SO GREAT THAT YOU WOULD MOVE OUT OF LINCOLN COUNTY? IT'S SOMETHING THAT. MY PARTNER AND I HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. I THINK IT'S A CONCERN SO GREAT THAT WE MIGHT JUST CONSIDER NOT HAVING A SECOND CHILD. THE FUTURE OF A HOSPITAL IMPACTING THE FUTURE OF THIS FAMILY.

AND THAT MARCH OF DIMES REPORT SAYS IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND AN OBGYN IN THIS COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AMERICA. THE REPORT SAYS IN MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE COUNTIES. THERE'S NOT AN OBGYN OR. MIDWIFE TOM, ALL RIGHT, ANNE, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE FUGITIVE KNOWN FOR HER MASTERY OF DISGUISE IS FINALLY CAUGHT. AFTER A MANHUNT ACROSS 3 STATES, AND I'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S HAVING. THE BEAR WHO BROKE INTO ONE OF THE HOTTEST RESTAURANTS IN ASPEN.

THAT'S NEXT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH THE SEARCH FOR A FLORIDA MURDER. SUSPECT THAT POLICE DESCRIBE AS A MASTER OF DISGUISE. OFFICIALS SAY THAT THIS WOMAN, ISABELLE JOHNSON, HAS BEEN CAPTURED AFTER A MONTHS-LONG SEARCH. JOHNSON HAD BEEN DESCRIBED BY AUTHORITIES AS A MASTER MANIPULATOR. SHE IS WANTED IN THE CONNECTION OF THE DEATH OF A. YOUNG FATHER WHOSE REMAINS WERE FOUND IN A SHALLOW GRAVE. ALSO TONIGHT, THE BOOM NEAR ROME. WATCH THIS AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT FIREBALL BLASTING. INTO THE SKY,

THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED AT AN AMMO PLANT FOR A MAJOR ITALIAN DEFENSE MANUFACTURER. IT WAS CAUSED BY A FIRE AND APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED. IN THE POWDER DEPARTMENT. LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY NOBODY WAS HURT. BACK HERE AT HOME, LOOK WHO GOT THE BEST TABLE IN THE HOUSE. A BLACK BEAR IN ASPEN, COLORADO, SITTING DOWN AT A FANCY RESTAURANT AFTER IT GOT THROUGH A SIDE DOOR. NO TIME TO EVEN HEAR ABOUT THE SPECIALS. THE RESTAURANT. TOLD OUR NEWSROOM ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES GOT IT OUT BY GUIDING IT BACK OUT THE DOOR. THE BEAR SAID HE'S BEEN KICKED OUT OF BETTER PLACES.

AND THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE A BAD DAY AT WORK, THINK ABOUT THIS GUY. JUST LOOK AT THIS, A WILD MOMENT FOR THIS FISHERMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. ON HIS FACE, YES, THAT IS AN OCTOPUS. THE MAN SAID THE OCTOPUS WAS HARD TO HANDLE, CLEARLY, AND THAT IT ALMOST RIPPED HIS FACE. ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, DON'T WORRY, THERE IS GOOD NEWS, AND IT'S NEXT. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. A GRANDMOTHER'S LAST DAY OF CHEMO MADE UNFORGETTABLE BY. THE ONE PERSON SHE NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE.

HERE'S JESSIE KIRSCH. WELCOME TO YOUR LAST TREATMENT. WITH ONE CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT TO GO, BARB EWERS HAD EVERY REASON TO CELEBRATE. WE'RE. SO HAPPY. FOR. YOU, BUT SHE HAD NO IDEA SOMEONE WOULD BE CRASHING HER PARTY. FORBES'S GRANDDAUGHTER, FAITH DYER. I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HER. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY CLOSE. THEY STAYED CLOSE WHEN BARB'S BREAST CANCER RETURNED.

MORE AGGRESSIVELY. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AND FOR BARB'S BIG DAY, FAITH, AN AIRMAN AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS, DROVE 7 HOURS OVERNIGHT FROM MARYLAND TO OHIO. I JUST COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE HER AND I WAS PROUD OF HER. AND SHE WAS THERE TO SEE BARB DECLARE VICTORY. IT WAS JUST UTTER SHOCK. I JUST, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. THE MOMENT TAKING OFF ON TIKTOK. ONE USER COMMENTING, TWO WARRIORS IN ONE ROOM.

THAT REALLY STRUCK ME AND. TOUCHED ME. AFTER A LONG CANCER BATTLE, THIS HUG. MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE BEST MEDICINE OF ALL. I FELT VERY. LOVED AND VERY SPECIAL THAT DAY. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS. AND THAT IS THE BEST MEDICINE. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS THURSDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.