NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - July 7

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. CEASEFIRE BROKEN. THE US LAUNCHING A SERIES OF NEW STRIKES ON IRAN. THE RETALIATORY ATTACKS COMING BECAUSE IRAN. UNLEASHED DRONE AND MISSILE STRIKES ON. 3 COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN JUST 24 HOURS. THE US CALLING IT A CEASEFIRE VIOLATION. THE PRESIDENT IN NEARBY TURKEY FOR MEETINGS WITH NATO. SO IS THE PEACE DEAL NOW OVER. ALSO BREAKING RIGHT NOW, MISSING PLANE. SEARCH UNDERWAY AFTER A BOEING CARGO JET,

A 737 WITH 5 PEOPLE ON BOARD, SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR OVER INTERNATIONAL WATERS. A HIGH RISE AT RISK OF COLLAPSE IN THE HEART OF NEW YORK CITY. ALARMING VIDEO OF SUPPORT BEAMS INSIDE THE 37 STORY BUILDING BUCKLING. SEVERAL FLOORS SAGGING. THE DANGEROUS SITUATION TRIGGERING MASS. EVACUATIONS NEAR GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL. EXTREME WEATHER WREAKING HAVOC. POWERFUL WINDS SENDING THIS TRAMPOLINE FLYING,

FLOOD STRANDING DRIVERS, A LIGHTNING STRIKE SPARKING AN APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE. WE'RE TRACKING IT ALL. ARGENTINA'S STUNNING WORLD CUP COMEBACK, THE HISTORIC RALLY WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU, KEEPING STAR LIONEL MESSI'S TOURNAMENT DREAMS IN PLAY, RAGING WILDFIRES, FORCING TOURISTS TO EVACUATE FROM THIS POPULAR VACATION SPOT. OUR SERIES, THE COST OF DENIAL, THE LOOMING MEDICAID. CUTS AND WHY THIS WOMAN.

SAYS SHE WILL LOSE HER LIFE IF THE BENEFITS DISAPPEAR. INCREDIBLE VIDEO CAPTURING A HUSKY. FENDING OFF A CHARGING BEAR. TO PROTECT A CHILD. DOLLY PARTON ON BROADWAY, THE COUNTRY MUSIC ICON STORY HEADED FOR THE GREAT WHITE WAY. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE HAIL MARY PLAY. FROM THIS BRIDE-TO BE. AND THE NFL OWNER GRANTING HER HER ONE WEDDING WISH. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMAS.

AND GOOD EVENING. WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE NEW MISSILE STRIKES FROM BOTH THE US AND IRAN, AND THAT CEASEFIRE NOW IN JEOPARDY. AMERICAN FORCES RESPONDING TONIGHT WITH RETALIATORY STRIKES, A RESPONSE TO IRAN'S ATTACKS ON COMMERCIAL SHIPS EARLIER TODAY. THE US MILITARY SAYING IT WILL HIT IRAN. WITH POWERFUL STRIKES. IN RESPONSE TO THE TARGETING OF 3 TANKERS. IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ,

THIS LATEST BACK AND FORTH COMING AFTER CENTCOM SAYS. IRAN VIOLATED THE CEASEFIRE AND IT'S PLEDGE TO OPEN UP THE STRAIT. ALL OF IT HAPPENING WITH THE PRESIDENT AT A KEY. NATO SUMMIT NOT FAR FROM IRAN'S BORDER IN TURKEY, WHILE IRAN BURIES THE FORMER AYATOLLAH. CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT GARRETT HAKE IS TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT. IN TURKEY AND STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERING AIR STRIKES AGAINST IRAN, RETALIATION FOR THE IRANIAN REGIME ATTACKING COMMERCIAL.

SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, WHAT US CENTRAL COMMAND CALLS IRAN'S CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE CEASEFIRE, SAYING THE US IS LAUNCHING POWERFUL STRIKES TO IMPOSE HEAVY COSTS ON IRAN. FOR TARGETING AND ATTACKING COMMERCIAL SHIPPING CREWED. BY INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN AN INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY. A US OFFICIAL EARLIER TELLING NBC NEWS THE IRANIAN REGIME VIOLATED THE. THE PRELIMINARY PEACE DEAL IT SIGNED. BY TARGETING COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WITH MISSILES AND A DRONE,

ALL AS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS JUST HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY FROM THE IRANIAN BORDER, GREETED WITH AN ELABORATE CEREMONIAL WELCOME AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN TURKEY. FROM AN ESCORT ON HORSEBACK. TO A STUNNING FIGHTER JET FLYOVER INCLUDING RED, WHITE, AND BLUE SMOKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A MEETING WITH TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN, PRAISING THE COUNTRY FOR ITS ROLE IN THE US WAR WITH IRAN, TURKEY HAS BEEN A GREAT ALLY FOR US. I DON'T THINK. HE WANTS TO SEE THEM HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON EITHER,

AND BLASTING EUROPEAN ALLIES FOR THEILATIVE LACK OF SUPPORT. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY'D BE VERY WILLING TO. DO SOMETHING TO HELP US. AND THEY REALLY WEREN'T. AND NOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION GOING AFTER IRAN'S. ECONOMY FOR ATTACKING THOSE SHIPS IN THE STRAIT, REVOKING A WAIVER THAT THE US HAD GRANTED AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY PEACE DEAL. THAT ALLOWED IRAN TO SELL ITS OIL ON THE OPEN MARKET. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID IT WOULD ONLY GIVE FINANCIAL REWARDS. TO THE IRANIAN REGIME IF IT ABIDED BY THE DEAL.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO BE. UH REINVITED INTO THE WORLD ECONOMY, BUT ONLY IF YOU HONOR THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU MAKE IN THIS AGREEMENT. GARRETT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM TURKEY. GARRETT, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME NEW REPORTING FOR OUR VIEWERS ON WHAT EXACTLY. THE US WAS TARGETING INSIDE OF IRAN. YES, TOM, A US OFFICIAL TELLS OUR COURTNEY KUBE THAT THESE STRIKES ARE BIGGER THAN. PREVIOUS RETALIATORY ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN AND. HIT TARGETS THAT INCLUDED AIR DEFENSES, MISSILE LAUNCH SITES, AND PORT FACILITIES. JETS FROM THE AIR FORCE AND NAVY TOOK PART IN THE MISSION.

TOM. GARRETT HAKE LEADING US OFF. GARRETT, THANK YOU. WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING MORE BREAKING NEWS. RIGHT NOW THIS JUST IN. AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCH FOR A MISSING 737. A CARGO PLANE WITH FIVE CREW MEMBERS HAS GONE MISSING OFF PAKISTAN'S COAST. TOM COSTELLO JOINS US NOW LIVE, AND TOM, THE AIRCRAFT FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND WAS SEEN ON RADAR DESCENDING. AND THEN THEY SUDDENLY JUST LOST COMMUNICATION. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THIS WAS A BOEING 737 CARGO PLANE, TOM. IT WAS FLYING FROM THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO KARACHI,

PAKISTAN WHEN IT SUDDENLY WENT MISSING OFF THE COAST OF KARACHI, OFF THE PORT ACTUALLY IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD IN THE ARABIAN SEA. THE CARGO PLANE IS CALLED K-2. PAKISTANI AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SAYS THE PLANE. NAVIGATIONAL ISSUES AT ABOUT 9:20 P.M. LOCAL TIME, THEN DESCENDED RAPIDLY, MAKING A VERY SHARP CHANGE IN HEADING. IN FACT, RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT LOST ABOUT 178 MILES WEST OF KARACHI. CONTROLLERS HAVE LAUNCHED SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ALREADY.

FIVE CREW MEMBERS ARE THOUGHT TO BE ON BOARD. IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HERE. IF A PLANE LOSES AN ENGINE, IT DOESN'T JUST DROP OUT OF THE SKY, IT GLIDES FOR A TIME. SO THE FACT THAT THIS PLANE SEEMED TO HAVE. DROPPED DROPPED LIKE A ROCK IS REALLY CONCERNING, TOM, AND THIS STILL DEVELOPING TONIGHT. OK, TOM, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING. TONIGHT. A DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDING RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK, PART OF A HIGH RISE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. POTENTIALLY ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE,

AND NOW THERE'S A RACE AGAINST TIME TO STABILIZE IT. EMILY AQUETA IS AT THE EVACUATION ZONE TONIGHT. TONIGHT ALARMING IMAGES FROM INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY HIGH RISE. AT RISK OF PARTIAL COLLAPSE WITH BUCKLING BEAMS AND SINKING FLOORS. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BUILDING APPEARS TO HAVE A SLIGHT LEAN. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CALLING IN CONCERNS JUST BEFORE. 8 A.M. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

COLUMNS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO. BEND LIKE THAT. THE BUILDING, FORMERLY HOME TO PFIZER'S GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS, IS BEING CONVERTED TO A 1600 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX AS PART OF A PIONEERING PROJECT. NOW AT THE CENTER OF. CITY OFFICIALS ARE CALLING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SINCE ARRIVING ON SCENE, WE HAVE WITNESSED ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT IN ONE OF THE COMPROMISED COLUMNS. 150 FIRE AND EMS PERSONNEL SWARMING THE SCENE. AND EVACUATING 9 BUILDINGS NEAR GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS.

SCHOOLS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS CLEARED OUT. EVEN A LOCAL NEWS STATION FORCED TO MOVE THEIR BROADCAST OUTSIDE. FORTUNATELY THERE HAVE BEEN NO INJURIES REPORTED. WHAT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND AS YOU WERE EVACUATING THE BUILDING? WELL, OK, THIS IS FOR REAL. I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE REALLY QUICK BECAUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEIGHBOR BUILDING IS COLLAPSING OR NOT. THERE ARE NO DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS RECORDS. THAT INDICATE PRIOR CONCERN ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, AS TONIGHT THE BUILDING'S DEVELOPER IS SAYING SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY,

ADDING THE AFFECTED AREA IS A SMALL SECTION OF ONE OF THE TWO BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE. AS THE RACE TO STABILIZE THIS HIGH RISE RAMPS UP. AND EMILY, I KNOW THE POLICE ARE KEEPING YOU A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY. SHOW OUR VIEWERS EXACTLY WHERE THIS BUILDING IS, AND FINALLY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALLOW CREWS BACK INSIDE. YES, TOM, THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE ABOUT JUST OVER A BLOCK AWAY FROM THAT. HIGH RISE BUILDING WHERE INSPECTION CREWS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO. FLOOR BY FLOOR ASSESSING THE DAMAGE.

UNFORTUNATELY THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY FURTHER MOVEMENT TO THE BUILDING, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN BEGIN. THOSE EMERGENCY STABILIZATION EFFORTS WHICH OFFICIALS SAY WILL GO. INTO THE NIGHT AND LIKELY EVEN THE COMING DAYS. TOM, EMILY, WE THANK YOU. TO TURN NOW TO THE MAJOR POLITICAL STORY TONIGHT, THE GROWING CALLS FOR MAINE DEMOCRAT GRAHAM PLATTNER. TO DROP OUT OF THE SENATE RACE THERE. HE'S FACING AN ALLEGATION OF RAPE, WHICH HE DENIED, BUT SOURCES TELL NBC NEWS TONIGHT. HE HAS NOT DECIDED YET IF HE WILL BOW OUT. HERE'S RYAN NOBLES.

TONIGHT, THE PRESSURE IS MOUNTING ON EMBATTLED MAINE DEMOCRATIC SENATE NOMINEE. GRAHAM PLATTNER, WITH A GROWING CHORUS OF PROMINENT DEMOCRATS DEMANDING HE STEP DOWN, I THINK GRAHAM PLATTNER NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE RACE, INCLUDING VOTERS THAT ONCE SUPPORTED HIM. I WOULD TELL HIM NICE TRY, BUDDY, BUT GET OUT, ALL AFTER A FORMER ROMANTIC PARTNER OF PLATTNER'S ACCUSED HIM OF RAPE, SAYING HE FORCED HIMSELF ON HER FIVE YEARS AGO. DID GRAHAM PLATTNER RAPE YOU? BY DEFINITION, YES.

PLATTNER DENIES HER ALLEGATION. ANY ACCUSATION OF NONCONSENSUAL BEHAVIOR IS CATEGORICALLY FALSE, BUT A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH HIS THINKING TELLING NBC. NEWS HE'S STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT WHETHER TO STEP DOWN. EVEN BEFORE THE RAPE ALLEGATIONS, PLATTNER FACED A SLEW OF SCANDALS, INCLUDING ONLINE. POSTS WHERE HE SAID A PURPLE HEART VETERAN WHO WAS SHOT BY THE TALIBAN. DIDN'T DESERVE TO LIVE, AND PLATTNER HAD A TATTOO WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS. A NAZI SS SYMBOL COVERED UP AFTER BACKLASH,

SAYING HE DID NOT KNOW ITS MEANING. STILL, TOP DEMOCRATS WERE SUPPORTING HIM, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, THAT'S MY KIND OF MAN. I LIKE RA. PLATINUM. YOU LIKE RAM. BUT TONIGHT, BOTH ELIZABETH WARREN AND BERNIE SANDERS RELEASING STATEMENTS. SAYING IT'S TIME FOR PLATTNER TO STEP ASIDE. PLATTNER HAS UNTIL JULY 13TH TO STEP DOWN. IF HE DOES, THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD PICK HIS REPLACEMENT.

TOM, RYAN, THANK YOU. THERE IS MORE EXTREME WEATHER OUT THERE REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, STORMS AND FLOODS AND FIRES LEAVING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN THEIR WAKE. HERE'S GEORGE SOLIS WITH SOME OF THE IMAGES. TONIGHT MILLIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. CLEANING UP AFTER A POTENT 12 PUNCH OF SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEMS SLAMMED THE REGION. NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE POWER OF THOSE WINDS. LOOK AT THIS, A TRAMPOLINE SENT SAILING THROUGH THE AIR OUTSIDE BALTIMORE. THE SYSTEMS TOPPLING TREES AND KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THOUSANDS.

OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, SOME FAMILIES IN THE DARK. THEY SAID NEXT WEEK, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AND THIS DRAMATIC RESCUE EFFORT IN LONG BRANCH. HOME SECURITY VIDEO CAPTURING NEIGHBORS RUSHING TO A SUBMERGED VEHICLE, CHECKING TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS TRAPPED INSIDE. IN THE UPPER MIDWEST, SEVERE STORMS RIPPING OFF ROOFS AND. COLLAPSING STRUCTURES OVERNIGHT IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. MULTIPLE TORNADO REPORTS IN THE AREA. AND IN THE SOUTH,

FIRE OFFICIALS IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE CONFIRMING A LIGHTNING STRIKE SPARKING. THIS FIRE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, DESTROYING MORE THAN 40 UNITS SUNDAY. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT. WHILE IN THE WEST, ILLEGAL FIREWORKS BEING BLAMED FOR IGNITING THIS FIRE SOUTHWEST OF PORTLAND. 8 PEOPLE NOW FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES THERE. AND THE BABYLON FIRE IN UTAH NOW SCORCHING MORE THAN 150 SQUARE MILES. EXTREME WEATHER TESTING COMMUNITIES FROM COAST TO COAST. GEORGE SOLIS, NBC NEWS.

AND THE D TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT THAT STUNNING COMEBACK. SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI AND ARGENTINA DEFEATING EGYPT AFTER TRAILING FOR. MUCH OF THAT WORLD CUP GAME. THE REIGNING CHAMPS FIGHTING BACK TO KEEP THEIR BID FOR A REPEAT ALIVE. JESSE KIRSCH HAS MORE. TONIGHT, SOMEHOW LIONEL MESSI AND ARGENTINA FINDING A WAY TO. BEAT EGYPT IN A SOCCER MATCH FOR THE AGES. EGYPT STRIKING FIRST BEFORE THE WORLD CUP'S ALL-TIME LEADING GOALSCORER HAD. A CHANCE TO TIE IT UP WITH THIS PENALTY KICK,

BUT MESSI MISSED AND EGYPT WENT UP 2-0. THEN JUST WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE HIS WORLD CUP CAREER MIGHT BE OVER, THE MAN OFTEN CONSIDERED SOCCER'S GREATEST EVER SENT THIS BALL TOWARD THE NET. MESSI ROCKETING IN THE EQUALIZER, AND THE REIGNING WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS HAD EVEN MORE IN THE TANK, 3 GOALS IN UNDER 15 MINUTES, SEALING VICTORY. 39-YEAR-OLD MESSI STILL HAS A SHOT AT WINNING BACK. TO BACK WORLD CUPS BEFORE HIS CAREER WINDS DOWN. PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. LAST YEAR, MESSI TELLING TOM ABOUT LIFTING.

THAT TROPHY YOU HELD THAT TROPHY UP AND YOU WERE HE SHOULDERS OF YOUR TEAMMATES. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND? WELL, EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH AND EVERYTHING I DID TO ACHIEVE THAT, IT WAS THE DREAM OF MY LIFE. MEANWHILE, LAST NIGHT, THE AMERICAN CO-HOSTS OVERPOWERED BY BELGIUM, LOSING 4-1 IN THE MOST WATCHED SOCCER GAME IN US HISTORY. OVER 40 MILLION PEOPLE. WITNESSING A BLOWOUT, THE AMERICANS WILL HAVE TO WAIT 4 YEARS AS.

THE TEAM STILL STANDING RACE TOWARD THE FINISH. JESSE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS. AND WE'RE BACK IN JUST 60 SECONDS WITH OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL. WHY LOOMING MEDICAID CUTS MAY FORCE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM THEIR HOMES, AND THE HUSKY TO THE RESCUE. LOOK AT THIS, THE INCREDIBLE VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT THIS DOG. KEPT THE CHILD SAFE FROM A BEAR. THAT'S NEXT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL, WHERE WE INVESTIGATE ISSUES WITH PEOPLE FACED WITH INSURANCE.

AND HEALTHCARE. TONIGHT, GABE GUTIERREZ REPORTS ON HOW LOOMING CUTS TO MEDICAID. COULD SPELL DISASTER FOR THE FAMILIES WHO RELY ON IT. READY TO START OUR DAY. FOR ALEXIA FLORY OUT HERE. EVEN JUST GETTING OUT OF BED EACH MORNING. CAN BE A STRUGGLE. THE 33 YEAR OLD HAS CEREBRAL PALSY. DOWN THIS SIDE AND REQUIRES HER MOM'S CONSTANT ATTENTION.

IT AFFECTS MY MUSCLES. IT AFFECTS, UM, MY LEG MUSCLES. WHAT IS THE HARDEST PART OF YOUR DAY? THE HARDEST. PART OF MY DAY IS. WAITING FOR. SOMEONE TO HELP ME GET THINGS DONE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH I WANT TO DO. THAT I CAN'T DO MYSELF. BUT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, ALEXIA SAYS SHE'S BEEN THRIVING IN THE BALTIMORE SUBURBS, GETTING A COLLEGE DEGREE AND STUDYING IN A LOCAL SEMINARY. THANKS TO A MEDICAID PROGRAM THAT HELPS PAY FOR TWO AIDES.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, LEX. THEY ARE FAMILY IN EVERY. SENSE OF THE WORD. ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR BREAKFAST TODAY AND ALSO PAYS HER PARENTS FUNDING DESIGNED TO. KEEP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OUT OF INSTITUTIONS. BY ALLOWING FAMILY MEMBERS TO CARE FOR THEM. AT HOME. BUT FOLLOWING A BUDGET SHORTFALL IN MARYLAND, $126 MILLION WERE SLASHED FROM THESE PROGRAMS. WAGES FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND EXTERNAL AIDES WERE SET.

TO BE CUT ON THE 1ST OF THIS MONTH, BUT AFTER NBC NEWS BEGAN ASKING ABOUT THE CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE, THE STATE POSTPONED THE CUTS BY UP TO 90 DAYS. I'D LOSE. MY LIFE. THESE SERVICES GO AWAY. LET ME PUT YOUR HAT ON BECAUSE IT'S HOT OUT HERE. MY AIDES WHO. ARE. HELPING ME DO ALL THESE THINGS. WILL GO AWAY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO FIND OTHER JOBS. IF ALL THE PROPOSED CUTS TAKE EFFECT, ALEXIA'S PARENTS SAY THEY COULD LOSE AT LEAST $60,000 PER YEAR,

MONEY THAT HELPS KEEP HER. LIVING AT HOME. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUR FAMILY? UM, IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAP INTO OUR 401. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EITHER, UM, SELL THIS HOME AND GET SOME SMALLER. THEY SAY ALEXIA'S OVERNIGHT CAREGIVING HOURS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DENIED. I BITE MY FINGERS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I JUST, I, I GET ANXIETY. I CRY OUT TO GOD. GOD, IT'S GOT TO END, YOU KNOW.

SHE QUALIFIED FOR EVERYTHING FOR 5 YEARS STRAIGHT, AND THEN THIS YEAR SHE DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR OVERNIGHT SERVICES, BUT SHE'S STILL THE SAME LEXI. IN A STATEMENT, MARYLAND'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID. COSTS FOR THESE PROGRAMS SKYROCKETED BY 144% OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ADDING THE STATE NEEDED TO AVOID OVERSPENDING OR RISK VIOLATING. FEDERAL GUIDELINES WHICH COULD JEOPARDIZE ALL OF ITS FUNDING. ALEXIA FEELS SHE AND PEOPLE LIKE HER ARE. BEING UNFAIRLY SACRIFICED TO BALANCE THE STATE'S BUDGET.

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE PEOPLE TOO. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT. OBJECTS. WE'RE PEOPLE FIRST. YOU FEEL FOR THAT FAMILY, GABE. THE FOCUS OF YOUR STORY IS MARYLAND, BUT THE ISSUE IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT. YES, TOM. DISABILITY ADVOCATES SAY THAT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SO-CALLED. ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL SET TO SLASH MEDICAID FUNDING. BY ABOUT $1 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE, THIS COULD SOON BE AN ISSUE FACING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES NATIONWIDE.

TOM, ALL RIGHT, GABE, WE THANK YOU. WHEN WE RETURN, DOLLY PARTON REVEALING WHEN HER NEW MUSICAL. COMES TO BROADWAY. WE'LL TELL YOU THAT'S NEXT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH THE WILDFIRES RAGING ACROSS EUROPE. IN SPAIN, MASSIVE PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING NEAR THIS ROOFTOP POOL, FORCING. NEARLY 200 PEOPLE TO EVACUATE A POPULAR RESORT. AND IN CONNECTICUT, THE MOMENT A FAMILY'S HUSKY RUSHES TO PROTECT A LITTLE BOY, WATCHES THE DOG CHARGES AT A BEAR.

THE BEAR THEN DUCKS UNDER A BOAT, BUT THE HUSKY. KEEPS AFTER IT. UNTIL THE BEAR EVENTUALLY TAKES OFF. ALSO TONIGHT, DOLLY PARTON ANNOUNCING HER BROADWAY MUSICAL WILL PREMIERE THIS WINTER. THE SHOW ABOUT PARTON'S LIFE WILL OPEN. ON HER BIRTHDAY IN JANUARY. PARTON SAYS THE SHOW WILL FEATURE SOME OF HER BIGGEST HITS, PLUS NEW SONGS SHE'S JUST WRITTEN. FOR THE MUSICAL. ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK HERE ON NIGHTLY NEWS, A BRIDE-TO BE MAKING HER WEDDING WISH. TO ONE NFL TEAM. WHO SAID YES.

THAT'S NEXT. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED WAY AN NFL TEAM OWNER. IS HELPING A FUTURE BRIDE. HAVE THE WEDDING DAY OF HER DREAMS. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. WHEN SOON TO BE BRIDE OLIVIA CAPEETTI FIRED OFF THIS EMAIL TO THE ARIZONA CARDINALS, SHE KNEW IT WAS AN UNUSUAL REQUEST. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST SHOT, BUT. I'M DESPERATE. OLIVIA AND HER FIANCE JOHN ARE GETTING MARRIED THIS OCTOBER IN NEW JERSEY,

BUT THE COUPLE FACED ONE SMALL OBSTACLE. THE ONLY SUITE LARGE ENOUGH AT THE HOTEL FOR OLIVIA. TO GET READY WITH HER BRIDAL PARTY WAS ALREADY BOOKED, RESERVED IN ADVANCE FOR WHICHEVER TEAM WOULD BE PLAYING THE GIANTS THAT WEEKEND. NEARBY METLIFE STADIUM. SO I VERY KINDLY BUT PERSISTENTLY. FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM. MONTH AFTER MONTH. FINALLY, THE NFL SCHEDULE CAME OUT. THE TEAM WOULD BE THE CARDINALS. OLIVIA SAYS SHE SEES IT NOW AS A SIGN. MY DAD PASSED AWAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO NOW, AND HE WAS JUST. THE BEST. WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR. CARDINALS AS SIGNS OF A LOST LOVED ONE. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT. WE DEFINITELY DO THAT, MY FAMILY. AND SO SHE THREW A HAIL MARY, HOPING HER BOLD BUT POLITE. REQUEST WOULD REACH THE RIGHT PERSON, AND IT DID. I'M MICHAEL BIDWELL FROM THE ARIZONA CARDINALS. YES, THAT'S THE CARDINALS OWNER TELLING LIV THE GOOD NEWS. I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT UP TO YOU AND. YOUR BRIDESMAIDS TO USE DURING YOUR WEDDING WEEKEND. DID YOU EXPECT TO GET A RESPONSE?

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS, NO. IT WAS LIKE. SO SURREAL, A SMALL GESTURE, BUT ONE THAT MEANS MORE THAN OLIVIA COULD HAVE EVER EXPECTED. HE ABSOLUTELY IS WATCHING OVER ME. IT'S DEFINITELY A SIGN FROM DAD. LIZ KREUTZ, NBC NEWS. ALL RIGHT, THAT DOES IT FOR US. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS TUESDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.