NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Aug. 19

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE DEADLY CHOPPER CRASH THAT KILLED 5 AMERICAN TOURISTS OVERSEAS. SMOKE RISING FROM THE WRECKAGE AFTER EVERYONE ON BOARD WAS KILLED. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS RACING TO THE SITE. THE GROUP TRAVELING BETWEEN SAFARI LOCATIONS. AMONG THOSE KILLED, A VETERAN OF OUR NBC NEWS AND TELEMUNDO FAMILY. HOW HE'S BEING REMEMBERED TONIGHT. ALSO BREAKING, PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MOVING BACK TO BRITAIN. THE NEW REPORT JUST OUT WHY THEY'RE GOING BACK NOW.

BACK HOME. ALL-OUT MANHUNT FOR THIS WOMAN. IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER POLICE OFFICER HUSBAND. SHE'S CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. THUNDERSTORMS POUNDING THE PLANES, RIPPING THE ROOF OFF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. MILLIONS ON ALERT FOR FLOODS TONIGHT. AND TENS OF MILLIONS FOR EXTREME HEAT. WE'RE TRACKING IT ALL. NEW IMAGES IN CONNECTION TO THE DEATH OF ACTRESS HAYDEN PANETIERE. POLICE AT THE DOOR OF HER BOYFRIEND, WHO WAS WITH HER WHEN SHE DIED. THE LATEST ON THAT INVESTIGATION. JUST IN TONIGHT, THE US NATIONAL.

DEBT OFFLLY HITTING THE $40 TRILLION MARK. WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. MAJOR TWIST IN THE CASE OF CARMELO ANTHONY, THE TEEN CONVICTED OF KILLING ANOTHER TEEN AT A HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET. WHY THE JUDGE. WAS JUST REMOVED FROM THE CASE. SKIN CANCER BREAKTHROUGH, THE EXPERIMENTAL NEW VACCINE SHOWING HUGE IMPROVEMENTS IN MELANOMA PATIENTS. COULD IT BE A GAME CHANGER. AND THE HEROES STEPPING IN TO LIFT UP A CAR. TO SAVE SOMEONE PINNED UNDERNEATH IT. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMASS. AND GOOD EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH A DEADLY HELICOPTER CRASH IN KENYA. THAT HAS LEFT 5 AMERICANS DEAD, INCLUDING SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO MANY OF US HERE AT NBC NEWS. IT WAS A DREAM SAFARI VACATION FOR THOSE ON BOARD THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY, WITH ALL 7 ON BOARD KILLED, INCLUDING THE PILOT. IMAGES FROM THE GROUND SHOW KENYAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS WHO SAID THEY WERE.

SLOWED DOWN BY THE DIFFICULT TERRAIN AND ACTIVE FIRE AT THE CRASH SITE. THE HELICOPTER WAS CARRYING THE GROUP BETWEEN TWO. SAFARI LOCATIONS WHEN IT SUDDENLY WENT DOWN, AND TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THOSE ON BOARD, INCLUDING ROGER DUARTE, A FOOD ENTREPRENEUR FROM MIAMI, AND JOSE SUAREZ, A 20 YEAR VETERAN. OF NBC NEWS AND TELEMUNDO. I'LL HAVE MORE. LATER IN THE BROADCAST ON JOSE'S IMPACT ON THIS NEWS ORGANIZATION. AND ON ME PERSONALLY,

BUT WE BEGIN WITH GEORGE SOLIS ON THAT FATAL CRASH. TONIGHT A HELICOPTER CARRYING TOURISTS ON SAFARI. ENDING IN A HORRIFIC CRASH. KILLING 7 PEOPLE INCLUDING 5 AMERICANS. NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE SEARCH AND RECOVERY OPERATION. ALONGSIDE CHARRED DEBRIS IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TAIL ROTOR WARPED FROM THE. CRASH AND THESE IMAGES FROM THE KENYA RED CROSS. SMOKE RISES. FROM THE CRASH SITE. AND PART OF THE HELICOPTER WRECKAGE VISIBLE ON THE GROUND. AMONG THE AMERICANS KILLED,

JOSE SUAREZ, A TELEMUNDO EXECUTIVE WHO LED STATIONS IN ORLANDO, TAMPA, AND FORT MYERS. ALSO ON BOARD, PROMINENT SOUTH FLORIDA RESTAURATEUR. BROGER DUARTE, ECUADORIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL MICHELE SENSEI CONTUI, AND HIS WIFE STEPHANIE. AND MARRIED SOUTH FLORIDA COUPLE HENRY PARRA AND ADAM LEVATE, WHO LOVE TO TRAVEL, THEIR FRIENDS TELL NBC NEWS. THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN AROUND 9:13 THIS MORNING. LOCAL TIME NEAR MOUNT OLOLOKWE IN SAMBURO COUNTY. A PILOT AND ALL SIX PASSENGERS KILLED.

KENYAN AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS FLYING BETWEEN. TWO SAFARI CONSERVANCIES WHEN IT CRASHED. WHAT IS YOUR FIRST ASSESSMENT? OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR, WELL, THE INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING TO LOOK. AT. THE DEBRIS FIELD. I THINK THEY'LL LOOK AT THE WEATHER. I THINK THEY WILL LOOK AT ANY WORK, MECHANICAL WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE ON THE HELICOPTER. I THINK THEY WILL LOOK AT THE PILOT'S TRAINING. THE TERRAIN IS MAKING THE RECOVERY EFFORT DIFFICULT, WITH AN ACTIVE FIRE ALSO REPORTED AT THE CRASH SITE. TONIGHT COLLEAGUES REMEMBERING SUAREZ,

MORE THAN 20 YEAR VETERAN OF NBC UNIVERSAL NEWS GROUP, CHAIRMAN CESAR CONDE SAYING IN A STATEMENT, WE ARE HEARTBROKEN BY SUAREZ'S DEATH, ADDING HE WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLEAGUE WHO CARED DEEPLY ABOUT HIS TEAMS. AN INCREDIBLY SAD DAY HERE AND FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES AFFECTED IN THIS CRASH. GEORGE SOLIS JOINS US NOW AND GEORGE, WE'RE NOW HEARING MORE FROM SOME OF THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. THE FAMILY OF ROGER DUARTE TELLING US THAT. THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS TRAGEDY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPREHEND.

AND THAT THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS THE DEPTH OF OUR PAIN. MEANWHILE, THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. TOM. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUCH MORE LATER ON THE BROADCAST ON WHAT HAPPENED THERE. NOW TO THAT BREAKING ROYAL NEWS. PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN NOW EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE UK. YEARS AFTER THEY LEFT. THE MOVE WOULD MAKE THE UK THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. DANIELLE HAMMANJIAN REPORTS FROM LONDON. TONIGHT A ROYAL BOMBSHELL NOBODY SAW COMING. THE TELEGRAPH NEWSPAPER REPORTING THAT SIX YEARS.

AFTER THEY STEPPED DOWN AS WORKING ROYALS, PRINCE HARRY AND HIS WIFE MEGHAN ARE MOVING BACK TO THE UK. ALONG WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN. THE MOVE, THE PAPER SAYS, WILL MAKE THE UK THEIR PRIMARY BASE WITH ARCHIE AND LILLIBIT, 7 AND 5, TO BE ENROLLED IN BRITISH SCHOOLS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. WHEN ASKED BY NBC, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COUPLE DID NOT DENY THE REPORTS. INDIA QUITE THE BOMBSHELL TONIGHT. HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU AND OTHER ROYAL INSIDERS? I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT IT HAS.

CAUGHT EVERYBODY OFF GUARD. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PRINCE HARRY, FOR HIS CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND HIS OWN BRITISH HERITAGE, HIS UPBRINGING, THE FAMILY THAT THEY ARE A PART OF ON THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC. FOR NOW, THE TELEGRAPH REPORTS THE COUPLE WILL NOT. BE REPRISING THEIR ROLES AS WORKING ROYALS, WILL NOT LIVE IN A ROYAL RESIDENCE, AND THEIR SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS STILL UNCLEAR. THE COUPLE LEFT THE UK FOR CALIFORNIA IN PART BECAUSE. OF WHAT THEY SAID WAS UNBEARABLE TREATMENT BY THE TABLOIDS. PRINCE HARRY'S MEMOIR LATER FRAYED TENSIONS,

DESCRIBING THE BREAKDOWN IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BROTHER AND FATHER. LAST MONTH, HARRY WAS JOINED BY MEGHAN AND THEIR CHILDREN FOR A VISIT WITH THE KING AND CAMILLA. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME CHARLES, WHO'S STILL RECEIVING CANCER TREATMENT, HAD SEEN HIS GRANDCHILDREN IN 4 YEARS. DANIELLE JOINS US NOW, AND DANIELLE, HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE PALACE TONIGHT? YEAH, NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE, TOM, BUT A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE COUPLE'S PLANS TELLS NBC NEWS TONIGHT. THAT THE KING FOUND OUT ON SUNDAY AND WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO.

SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE SUSSEX FAMILY IN A PRIVATE CAPACITY. TOM, DANIELLE, THANK YOU. NOW TO BREAKING NEWS AND A STUNNING NUMBER. THE US DEBT NOW TOPPING $40 TRILLION AND COUNTING. GARRETT HAIG JOINS ME FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AND GARRETT, THE DEBT HAS EXPLODED OVER THE LAST DECADE. IT REALLY HAS, TOM. DEBT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. NOW PASSING THAT $40 TRILLION THRESHOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT SAYS. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS FIRST TERM.

EACH ACCOUNTED FOR ROUGHLY $8 TRILLION IN NEW DEBT, LARGELY FROM BORROWING TO SPEND BIG ON PANDEMIC RESPONSE, BUT ALSO TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND FOR TAX CUTS. THE BUDGET WATCHDOGS HAVE LONG WARNED THAT ALL. OF THIS COULD SOON PROVOKE A DEBT CRISIS, WITH THE US NOW SPENDING. MORE TAXPAYER MONEY PAYING INTEREST ON OUR NATIONAL DEBT. THAN ON MEDICARE OR ON THE PENTAGON BUDGET. THE DEBT IS ACCUMULATING SO QUICKLY, TOM, THAT JUST IN THE TIME WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS, IT'S GONE UP BY MORE THAN $3 MILLION.

TOM, AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER. OK, GARRETT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. IN MASSACHUSETTS, AN ALL-OUT MANHUNT FOR A WOMAN WANTED IN THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, A POLICE OFFICER. THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN A PROMINENT ADVOCATE FOR POLICE OFFICERS'. MENTAL HEALTH FOR YEARS. VALERIE CASTRO HAS THIS ONE. TONIGHT, NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO RELEASED BY POLICE AS A MANHUNT INTENSIFIES FOR THIS WOMAN, 50 EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KAREN SOLOMON. POLICE IN MASSACHUSETTS SAY SHE'S WANTED IN CONNECTION. WITH THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND KURT SOLOMON, A WORCESTER POLICE OFFICER.

SHE'S A SUSPECT. WE WANT HER FOR QUESTIONING. THE 31 YEAR VETERAN OF THE FORCE WAS FOUND. DEAD AT THE COUPLE'S HOME EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS THERE'S A MALE LAID OUT IN HER BACKYARD, UNKNOWN. FIRST RESPONDERS MAKING THE GRIM DISCOVERY WHEN THEY ARRIVED. WE HAVE BLOOD ON THE BACK DOOR AND HE'S. COVERED COMPLETELY IN BLOOD LOOKS LIKE A LACERATION TO THE NECK. INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT CONFIRMED HOW SOLOMON DIED. TODAY. POLICE RELEASING THAT VIDEO OF THEIR SUSPECT APPEARING. TO HAVE BEEN RECORDED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER.

THE 1ST 911 CALL WHILE WARNING THE PUBLIC SHE'S PRESUMED TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS. THE LARGE SCALE SEARCH COVERING GROUND BY HELICOPTER, LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAMS SCOURING BODIES OF WATER BY BOAT, AND OFFICERS COMBING NEARBY WOODED AREAS. KAREN SOLOMON CO-FOUNDED. FIRST HELP, AN ORGANIZATION THAT RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT SUICIDE. AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT, SEEN HERE PREVIOUSLY SPEAKING TO NBC BOSTON ABOUT HER WORK. AFTER HEARING ONE STORY FROM A WIDOW, IT JUST, I JUST DECIDED WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING.

HER WHEREABOUTS NOW HIGH PRIORITY FOR POLICE WHILE. THEY MOURN THE LOSS OF A FELLOW OFFICER. KURT WAS A LOVED. AND RESPECTED MEMBER OF OUR DEPARTMENT WITH 31 YEARS. TODAY WE LOST A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY, VALERIE CASTRO, NBC NEWS. WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING SOME TRAGIC NEWS OUT OF TENNESSEE WHERE. 2 MEMBERS OF A COLLEGE CYCLING TEAM WERE STRUCK AND KILLED. BY A DRIVER. 7 OF THEIR TEAMMATES WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. AARON GILCHRIST PICKS IT UP FROM THERE. TONIGHT A TENNESSEE COLLEGE CAMPUS IN SHOCK AT THE TRAGIC DEATHS OF TWO SOPHOMORES,

HAYLE INGDAHL AND BRADEN RODGERS WERE MEMBERS. OF THE MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY CYCLING TEAM. THEY WERE AMONG 11 STUDENT ATHLETES ON A TRAINING RIDE IN HAMPTON, TENNESSEE. WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A CAR EARLY THIS MORNING. WITNESSES DESCRIBED SEEING MANGLED BICYCLES ACROSS THE. ROAD AS VICTIMS WERE BEING TREATED. SOME OF THEM HAD TO BE FLOWN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER NOW IN CUSTODY AND FACING CHARGES. JOHN BENFIELD, AGE 69 OF NEWLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH.

VEHICULAR HOMICIDE BY RECKLESSNESS, TWO COUNTS. MILLIGAN UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. ITS PRESIDENT SHARING AN EMOTIONAL MESSAGE. ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ASKING FOR PRAYERS. LORD ***. WE NEED YOU. HAVE MERCY. TONIGHT 4 OF THE SURVIVING STUDENTS ARE IN. CRITICAL CONDITION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. ERIN GILCHRIST, NBC NEWS. SO MANY OF US TODAY FEELING THAT UNRELENTING.

SUMMER HEAT BRINGING NEW STORMS TO MILLIONS, AND WITH MANY STUDENTS NOW BACK IN CLASS, SCHOOLS ARE WORKING TO KEEP THEM SAFE. PRISCILLA THOMPSON IS IN TEXAS TONIGHT. TONIGHT HEAT FUELED THUNDERSTORMS DRENCHING PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND. IT COMES AFTER SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT RIPPED THE. ROOF OFF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, DISPLACING DOZENS OF RESIDENTS. PRETTY INCONVENIENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR CARS ARE BURIED UNDER THE DEBRIS. WE CAN'T DRIVE ANYWHERE. WEST OF HOUSTON, THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME.

HEAT AND SING HUMIDITY HAS MADE IT FEEL AS HOT AS 107 DEGREES THIS WEEK. THIS TEAM HAS BEEN PRACTICING SINCE BEFORE SUNRISE, TRYING TO BEAT THAT DANGEROUS HEAT. HOW CONCERNING IS THE HEAT THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS WEEK? VERY CONCERNING. SCHOOLS IN KATY TAKING MULTIPLE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT STUDENTS. IF THE NORMAL TIME FOR RECESS IS 30 MINUTES, WELL PERHAPS IT GOES DOWN TO 15 MINUTES. TO LIMIT THE TIME THAT THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE HEAT. ACROSS HOUSTON,

FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO MORE THAN 150 HEAT EMERGENCIES ALREADY THIS MONTH. THIS IS NOT NORMAL HEAT. NO, THIS IS TRIPLE, TRIPLE DIGIT, AND THEN YOU THROW IT IN THE HUMIDITY. THAT'S TOUGH ON THE BODY. NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE. AND TRAGICALLY NORTH OF HERE IN DALLAS COUNTY, POLICE SAY A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL DIED AFTER SHE WAS LEFT. IN A VEHICLE AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM SCHOOL TUESDAY. PRISCILLA THOMPSON JOINS US NOW LIVE. PRISCILLA, WE KNOW IT'S AT LEAST 95 WHERE YOU ARE IN HOUSTON, AND OFFICIALS THERE. ARE WARNING FAMILIES THEY MIGHT NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH THAT HEAT IS AFFECTING THEM.

THAT'S RIGHT, TOM, BECAUSE THIS IS A DAYS-LONG HEAT WAVE, SO THEY'RE URGING PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE. YOU'RE HYDRATING AND MINIMIZING TIME OUTDOORS. LOOK AT THIS MAP. YOU HAVE MORE THAN 80 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER HEAT ALERTS, SO MANY PEOPLE AFFECTED, AND FOR SOME, NO END IN SIGHT. TOM, ALL RIGHT, YOU AND THE TEAM TRY TO STAY COOL OUT THERE, PRISCILLA. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NEW IMAGES IN TONIGHT SHOWING POLICE AT THE FAMILY HOME OF TWO MEN. WHO WERE WITH HAYDEN PENNETIER WHEN SHE DIED. STEVE PATTERSON HAS THE LATEST ON THAT INVESTIGATION.

TONIGHT, NEW IMAGES OF POLICE AT THE DOORSTEP OF THE. MEN WHO WERE WITH HAYDEN PANETIE WHEN SHE DIED. TAKEN THIS MORNING, YOU CAN SEE GREENVILLE POLICE OUTSIDE THE HOME OF BRIAN HICKERSON AND HIS BROTHER. TWO SQUAD CARS ARE PARKED OUT FRONT AS OFFICERS CAN BE SEEN WALKING UP TO THE PORCH. GREENVILLE POLICE TELLING PEOPLE THAT OFFICERS RESPONDED TO. A CALL FOR A WELFARE CHECK AT THE HOME. AND THAT IT WAS UNRELATED TO THE HAYDEN PANETIER DEATH INVESTIGATION. AND NEW TONIGHT, WE'RE SEEING HICKERSON IN GREENVILLE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE PANETTIER'S DEATH.

THE ACTRESS'S MOTHER TELLING NBC NEWS. THAT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING HER DAUGHTER'S DEATH. AND THAT A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN. NEITHER GREENVILLE POLICE NOR HICKERSON HAVE RESPONDED. TO NBC NEWS' REQUEST FOR COMMENT. GREENVILLE POLICE HAVE SAID A PRELIMINARY. INVESTIGATION DID NOT SHOW EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY OR SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. PETER WROTE ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HICKERSON IN A. RECENT MEMOIR DESCRIBING ABUSE SHE SAYS SHE SUFFERED. SHORTLY AFTER, HICKERSON ADMITTING TO SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH.

TMZ, UH, I HAD A LOT TO DRINK. AND, UH, I GOT PHYSICAL WITH HER, UM, AND, UH, I GOT ARRESTED, SPENT THE NIGHT IN JAIL. MEANWHILE, THE CORONER'S OFFICE TELLS US PANETIER'S REMAINS. ARE NOW WITH HER FAMILY. THEY SAY A FULL AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY REPORT. COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 10 WEEKS. TOM, STEVE, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARMELO ANTHONY MURDER CASE. YOU'LL REMEMBER HE'S THE TEXAS TEENAGER CONVICTED OF STABBING. ANOTHER TEEN. AT A HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET.

THE JUDGE IN THAT CASE. NOW REMOVED. ERIN MCLAUGHLIN JOINS US NOW, AND ERIN, THIS HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE A KEY HEARING. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. TODAY. IN COURT, THE DEFENSE POINTED TO A LOCAL INTERVIEW GIVEN BY JUDGE JOHN ROACH DAYS AFTER. THE GUILTY VERDICT IN WHICH ROACH SAID HE THOUGHT THE JURY GOT IT RIGHT. TODAY, ROACH WAS TAKEN OFF THE CASE AFTER THE PRESIDING JUDGE RULED. THAT AN OUTSIDE PERSON WOULD HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HIS IMPARTIALITY. OUTSIDE THE COURT. ANTHONY'S SUPPORTERS CHEERED THE DECISION, WHILE METCALF'S FATHER SAID THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACTS OF THE CASE.

LEGAL EXPERTS SAY TODAY'S RULING COULD HELP THE DEFENSE'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL. THAT MOTION. IS SET FOR TOMORROW. OK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. WE THANK YOU, ERIN. WHEN WE RETURN IN 60 SECONDS, A LANDMARK VACCINE FOR SKIN CANCER. THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THOSE BATTLING MELANOMA. PLUS NEW SALMONELLA CASES FROM JALAPENOS EXPLODING. AS NEW STATES REPORT THEIR CASES. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH CANCER VACCINE THAT COULD PREVENT.

MELANOMA FROM RETURNING IN PATIENTS. THE RESULTS SO PROMISING THEY SENT THE COMPANY'S STOCKS SOARING TODAY. ANN THOMPSON HAS THAT STORY FOR US. A POTENTIALLY PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIGH RISK MELANOMA. A NEW MRNA VACCINE COMBINED WITH THE IMMUNOTHERAPY DRUG KEYTRUDA. SHOWING CLINICALLY MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS, KEEPING THE CANCER FROM COMING BACK IN A LARGE SCALE TRIAL. MELANOMA IS A SERIOUS FORM OF SKIN CANCER THAT KILLS MORE THAN 8000 PEOPLE A YEAR.

MICHAEL POSTOW AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING WORKED ON THE TRIAL. OTHER TYPES OF CANCER VACCINES IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN APPROVED, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST PERSONALIZED CANCER. VACCINE THAT'S SHOWN A BENEFIT IN A PHASE 3 STUDY SO FAR. GARY KEEBLIS GOT THE VACCINE IN 2019 AFTER HIS DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS. NOT VERY GOOD, 75% CHANCE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, OF THE. MELANOMA RETURNING WITHIN A 5 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

NOW WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER SAYS HE IS CANCER FREE, HAPPY AND HEALTHY. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. FIRST, DOCTORS SURGICALLY REMOVE THE MELANOMA TUMOR. THE PATIENT STARTS ON KEYTRUDA WHILE THE TUMOR AND PATIENT'S BLOOD. ARE ANALYZED FOR THEIR UNIQUE MUTATIONS TO MAKE A VACCINE. THE PROCESS TAKES ABOUT 6 WEEKS. MODERNA AND MERCK, DEVELOPERS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT, SAW THEIR STOCK PRICES JUMP ON THE NEWS. MORE SPECIFICS ON THE TRIAL OUTCOMES ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS YEAR.

ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, ANN THOMPSON JOINS US NOW LIVE, AND ANNE, AN EARLIER PHASE OF THIS TRIAL SHOWED PROMISING RESULTS. IT DID IN PHASE TWO OF THE TRIAL, WHICH WAS THE PHASE THAT GARY WAS IN, TOM, WHEN THEY DID THAT COMBINATION OF THE VACCINE AND THE KEYTRUDA, IT CUT RECURRENCE IN HALF COMPARED TO JUST. KEY TRUDEAU ALONE. SO THAT'S ONE THING TO LOOK FOR WHEN WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHASE 3 TRIAL. LATER THIS YEAR. GREAT,

HE'S DOING WEL. I'M SURE SO MANY OTHERS ARE AS WELL. THANKS FOR THAT. AND WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE GOOD SAMARITANS THAT. CAME TOGETHER, WATCHED THIS, TO LIFT THIS CAR. TO FREE SOMEONE PINNED BELOW IT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A MAJOR UPDATE ON THE SALMONELLA OUTBREAK LINKED TO JALAPENOS. NEW DATA JUST IN FROM THE CDC SHOWS THE ILLNESS HAS NOW SPREAD TO 5 MORE STATES. WITH DOZENS OF NEW CASES REPORTED. THE CDC CAUTIONING THE TRUE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH SALMONELLA IS LIKELY HIGHER. THAN REPORTED. AND IN LOS ANGELES, TEAMWORK SAVING LIVES, BODY CAM VIDEO CAPTURING PEOPLE JUMPING IN TO HELP AN OFFICER LIFT A CAR.

TO REACH A MAN TRAPPED UNDERNEATH AFTER A CRASH LAST MONTH. TOGETHER THEY FLIPPED. SEVERAL 1000 POUND VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY STEPPING IN TO BRING THE MAN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND HE SURVIVED. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY, WE REMEMBER A DEAR FRIEND WHO LEFT HIS. WAR MARK ON NEWS. THAT MILLIONS OF YOU WATCH EVERY NIGHT. STAY WITH US.

BEFORE WE SAY GOODNIGHT, WE WANT TO SAY GOODBYE TO A COLLEAGUE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE SUCCESS. OF MANY OF THE PRODUCERS, REPORTERS AND ANCHORS. HERE AT NBC AND TELEMUNDO, AND THIS IS NOT AN EASY GOODBYE. EARLIER TONIGHT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT DEADLY HELICOPTER CRASH IN KENYA. 7 PEOPLE DIED, INCLUDING OUR GOOD FRIEND JOSE SUAREZ. GROWING UP IN MIAMI, JOSE SAW ANOTHER JOSE, JOSE DIAZ BALART, ON TV. AND WAS INSPIRED TO BECOME A JOURNALIST,

AND JOSE SUAREZ DID. MAKING SURE PEOPLE WERE INFORMED AND HEARD IN DOZENS OF LOCAL NEWSROOMS. FROM CALIFORNIA TO TEXAS TO FLORIDA IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, STARTING AS A REPORTER AND MOST RECENTLY. RISING TO PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. RUNNING 3 DIFFERENT STATIONS AT THE SAME TIME. BUT. THAT WAS HIS RESUME, AND HE WAS SO MUCH MORE, A LOVING. AND FUNNY GUY IN A TOUGH. AND UNFORGIVING BUSINESS.

SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL ANCHORS FROXANNE VARGAS IN MIAMI TO. ADAM KOPERSTEIN HERE IN NEW YORK, HAVE JOSE TO THANK FOR GUIDING THEM. JOSE WAS NOT ONLY A MENTOR TO ME, BUT ALSO A GOOD FRIEND. I AND WE WILL MISS HIM SO MUCH, BUT WE KNOW HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN ALL THOSE NEWSROOMS, BIG AND SMALL THAT HE TOUCHED. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM YAMAS. TONIGHT, AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.