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

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. POPE LEO DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER AFTER UNDERGOING SURGERY. PART OF THE AMERICAN POPE'S RIGHT LUNG REMOVED AFTER. SURGEONS PLANNED TO TAKE OUT JUST A NODULE. THE REACTION COMING IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WHAT DOCTORS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS. ALSO TONIGHT, HORRIFYING NEW DETAILS. ON THAT DEADLY ROLLER COASTER ACCIDENT. A TEACHER IDENTIFIED AS THE MAN KILLED AFTER BEING. LAUNCHED FROM HIS SEAT AND LANDING ON A HAUNTED HOUSE.

AS 6. FLAGS SHUTS DOWN OTHER ROLLER COASTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PLUS SHE'S OUT. KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE RESIGNING AS AMBASSADOR TO GREECE. AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE REQUESTED SHE STEP DOWN. WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO WAS ENGAGED TO HIS SON. ACTRESS SELMA BLAIR IN COURT FACING CHARGES. IN THAT VIOLENT IN-FLIGHT ATTACK. HER LAWYER'S EXPLANATION. FOR WHY SHE ALSO KICKED A POLICE OFFICER IN THE FACE AND A NURSE IN THE CHEST.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THERE TONIGHT AS REPUBLICANS TRY TO HOLD ON TO THEIR SENATE SEAT. OUR TEAM ON THE GROUND. TALKING TO VOTERS. RESCUE AT SEA. A CRUISE PASSENGER DISCOVERED. ALIVE 20 HOURS. AFTER JUMPING OVERBOARD. HOW SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS FOUND HER. THE SAUDI NATIONAL WORKING FOR OPENAI. ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT ON CAMERA. PLANTING EAVESDROPPING DEVICES. CORNELL UNIVERSITY TAKING NEW ACTION AFTER AN ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT. AT A FRATERNITY HOUSE.

TRIGGERED NATIONAL OUTRAGE. OUR SERIES AFFORDING AMERICA AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS. LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. THE FAMILY WHO SAYS THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. BUT STILL CAN'T GET AHEAD. THE GREAT RUNAWAY PUMPKIN, THE TOWERING INFLATABLE, BREAKING FREE. AND BARRELING TOWARDS TRAFFIC. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE ADORABLE 11 YEAR OLD GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. AFTER HIS OLDER BROTHER'S LIFE SAVING DONATION. NIGHTLY NEWS. STARTS RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YASS. AND GOOD EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT. WE WANT TO START WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS. POPE LEO, THE FIRST AMERICAN TO EVER LEAD THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER. WITH MAJOR QUESTIONS NOW LOOMING TONIGHT OVER THE POPE'S DISEASE. AND HOW HE'LL BE TREATED AND WHETHER IT WILL IMPACT HIS DUTIES LEADING THE CHURCH, THESE WERE THE SCENES EARLIER TODAY AS THE HOLY FATHER LEFT THE VATICAN FOR SURGERY.

TO REMOVE A PART OF HIS LUNG. AT A HOSPITAL IN ROME, THE PONTIFF WAVING TO SUPPORTERS. AS MEDICAL STAFF GREETED HIM OUTSIDE. THE PROCEDURE WAS ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT IT WAS JUST HOURS AGO THAT DOCTORS AT THIS HOSPITAL. CONFIRMED THE LUNG NODULE THEY REMOVED. WAS INDEED CANCEROUS. NOW, AS MILLIONS OF THE FAITHFUL PRAY FOR THE POPE'S HEALTH, HIS RECOVERY JUST BEGINNING, AND BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT A MAJOR TRIP PLANNED NEXT MONTH. THAT IS VERY PERSONAL TO THE POPE. OUR ANN THOMPSON IS FOLLOWING ALL OF IT.

SHE STARTS US OFF TONIGHT. TONIGHT. THE STUNNING DIAGNOSIS FOR POPE LEO LUNG CANCER. THE HOLY FATHER TODAY ARRIVING AT GELI HOSPITAL IN ROME. FOR SURGERY TO REMOVE A NODULE FROM HIS LUNG. THE VATICAN PRESS OFFICE SAYS THE POPE WAS IN THE OPERATING ROOM FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS. THE SURGERY ITSELF LASTED APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES, AND THAT THE LOWER LOBE OF THE RIGHT LUNG WAS REMOVED USING A VIDEO ASSISTED. TECHNIQUE. THE VATICAN CONFIRMING THAT WHILE THE SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL,

POPE LEO WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE MOST COMMON FORM OF LUNG CANCER. NBC NEWS' CLAUDIO LAVONGA IS IN ROME. I WAITED WITH DOZENS OF JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE. WORLD HERE AT THE VATICAN PRESS OFFICE FOR AN UPDATE. ON THE SURGERY, AND WE LEARNED ONLY LATER AT NIGHT THAT. THAT NODULE THE DOCTORS REMOVED FROM THE POPE'S LUNG. IS CANCEROUS. THE VATICAN IS TRYING TO KEEP ITS MESSAGE REASSURING, SAYING THAT THE SURGERY TODAY. WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN. TONIGHT POPE LEO IS RESTING IN HIS HOSPITAL ROOM.

HIS FUTURE SCHEDULE. UNCLEAR. JUST EARLIER THIS YEAR, HE HAD TOLD TOM HE WAS PLANNING A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES. WILL AMERICANS SEE YOU SOON IN AMERICA? THEY WILL SEE ME THERE. BY COINCIDENCE TODAY WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, NOTHING IS SET IN STONE YET, BUT I CERTAINLY HOPE TO BE THERE SOON. DOCTOR DAVID JONES IS A THORACIC SURGEON AT. NEW YORK'S MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER. IF HE HAS STAGE 2 OR 3 DISEASE,

THEN HE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL TREATMENT. IF IT'S STAGE 1 LOCALIZED, HE WILL NOT NEED ADDITIONAL TREATMENT. THE 71-YEAR-OLD POPE IS EXPECTED TO SPEND A WEEK RECUPERATING IN THE HOSPITAL. TONIGHT FROM PORTUGAL'S OUR LADY OF FATIMA SHRINE AND AROUND THE WORLD, PRAYERS FOR HIS RECOVERY. ANN THOMPSON JOINS US NOW ON SET, AND ANN, THIS NEWS COMES JUST BEFORE THE POPE IS SET TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AMERICA NEXT MONTH. FOR A VERY PERSONAL AND AMBITIOUS TRIP.

IT IS TOM, 3 COUNTRIES, 11 DAYS, 14 FLIGHTS, 40 SPEECHES, 50 EVENTS, AND ONE OF THOSE EVENTS IS IN CUSCO, PERU. THAT'S 2 MILES ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHICH COULD BE TOUGH FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST HAD LUNG SURGERY. WE KNOW THE WORLD WILL BE PRAYING FOR HIM. ALL RIGHT, ANNE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BACK HERE AT HOME, WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT DEADLY ACCIDENT. AT A SIX FLAGS THEME PARK IN GEORGIA. EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBING A MAN BEING LAUNCHED FROM HIS. SEAT ON A VERY POPULAR ROLLER COASTER,

AS TONIGHT WE LEARNED HE WAS A BELOVED TEACHER. RYAN CHANDLER IS THERE. TONIGHT. INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHAT WENT SO WRONG AS A MAN WAS THROWN. TO HIS DEATH FROM A POPULAR SIX FLAGS RIDE NEAR ATLANTA. THE TRAGEDY ON THE GOLIATH ROLLER COASTER TRIGGERING A. PAUSE ON 9 SIMILAR RIDES IN SIX FLAGS PARKS NATIONWIDE. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. NEW DETAILS EMERGING TONIGHT. THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED. AS 42-YEAR-OLD HASSAN KAREEM. POLICE TELLING NBC NEWS. KAREEM WAS AT THE PARK WITH FAMILY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

EYEWITNESSES RECOUNTING HIS HORRIFYING FALL. THE GOLIATH. AS. SIX FLAGS. JUST LAUNCHED A. MAN. EYEWITNESSES TELL US THEY WATCHED ON IN SHOCK AS THEY SAW KAREEM. FALL OFF OF THE GOLIATH ROLLER COASTER TOWERING OVER THE PARK HERE, HIS FALL INJURING OTHER RIDERS ON THE WAY DOWN. BEFORE HE CRASHED ONTO A ROOF. KAREEM TONIGHT REMEMBERED AS A BELOVED LIFE PARTNER. AND EDUCATOR AT WESLEY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY IN ATLANTA,

WHO TAUGHT. TECHNOLOGY. AND COACHED ROBOTICS, THE SCHOOL SAYING THEY ARE HEARTBROKEN. AND THAT HE LEFT. A LASTING IMPACT ON GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS. JASIM CONRAD IS KAREEM'S FORMER STUDENT, GROWING UP TO EVENTUALLY WORK ALONGSIDE HIM. A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE TEACHER, BUT ALSO IT'S JUST THE, THE CALM PRESENCE THAT'S ALWAYS THERE. HE WAS ALWAYS IN THE HALLWAYS CHECKING IN. HE, HE, HE HAD THE SAME GREETING TO ME AS A STUDENT AND AS A TEACHER. JUST. HOW YOU DOING, YOUNG MAN? WHAT A, WHAT A NOD. JUST A REALLY UH SMOOTH CARING GUY FOR SURE.

AS TONIGHT, SO MANY IMPACTED BY MR. KAREEM. REMEMBER A LIFE. CUT SO SHORT. RYAN CHANDLER JOINS US NOW LIVE. RYAN, I KNOW WE HAVE VIDEO OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THAT RIDE. THE BIG QUESTION, HOW COULD THIS MAN HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THAT ROLLER COASTER? IT IS THE TOP QUESTION ON INVESTIGATORS' MINDS, TOM. YOU HAVE SEEN JUST HOW INTENSE THIS RIDE IS, AND I'LL SAY. WE SPOKE WITH PEOPLE WHO RODE THE GOLIATH JUST BEFORE THIS TRAGEDY YESTERDAY. THEY EXPRESSED SURPRISE AT THE NATURE OF THE SAFETY MECHANISM.

WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE MANUFACTURER BEHIND THE GOLIATH. THEY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST SAFETY RECORDS IN THE BUSINESS, AND TONIGHT THEY TELL US THEY ARE WORKING FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. OF WHAT TRANSPIRED, TOM. RYAN CHANDLER WITH A LOT OF NEW REPORTING ON THAT STORY TONIGHT. RYAN, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SHAKEUP. AMBASSADOR TO GREECE KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE RESIGNING AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP PRESSED HER TO STEP DOWN. FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS SHE ASKED A TRUMP DONOR TO PAY OFF. HER $100,000 CREDIT CARD BILL. HERE'S GEB GUTIERREZ.

TONIGHT IN A DRAMATIC SHAKEUP, US AMBASSADOR TO GREECE KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE IS OUT. BOYLE PERSONALLY, AND WHAT DID SHE SAY TO YOU? I DIDN'T SPEAK TO HER, NO, BUT. NOT BE THERE. I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT I READ. GUILFOYLE'S DISMISSAL ANNOUNCED TODAY BY NEW WHITE HOUSE. PRESS SECRETARY KATIE ZACHARIAH AT HER FIRST BRIEFING. WE HAVE ASKED AMBASSADOR GUILFOYLE TO RESIGN. SHE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ASSET TO THE TEAM, AND WE WISH HER WELL.

GILFOYLE HAD BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY OVER ALLEGATIONS SHE ASKED. TRUMP DONOR ERIC DETERS FOR $100,000 TO PAY OFF. HER AMERICAN EXPRESS BILL DAYS BEFORE HER 2025 CONFIRMATION. HEARING IN EXCHANGE FOR ACCESS TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS. SHE SAID TO ME, SHE WOULD BE MY RIDE OR DIE. ONCE MARRIED TO DEMOCRAT GAVIN NEWSOM, DONALD TRUMP WILL. NEVER. STOP FIGHTING FOR. YOU. GILFOYLE HAD MORE RECENTLY BEEN ENGAGED TO THE PRESIDENT'S SON DON JR. BEFORE BREAKING UP IN 2024.

NO, SHE WASN'T A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY. I DATED MY SON A LONG TIME. AGO. GILFOYLE TODAY CALLING HER ROLE AS AMBASSADOR THE HONOR OF A LIFETIME, WRITING SHE WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT ADDING THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE FALSE, AND I INTEND TO VIGOROUSLY DEFEND MY NAME, MY REPUTATION, AND MY INTEGRITY. HER ATTORNEYS SAYING DIETTERS OWED HER $150,000 FOR SPEECHES AND CONSULTING WORK, A CLAIM DIETTERS TELLS NBC NEWS. IS A COMPLETE LIE.

ACCORDING TO A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER, GILFOYLE WAS MAKING CALLS TO ALLIES WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION. AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY TO FIGHT FOR HER JOB, BUT THERE WAS CONCERN AMONG SENIOR AIDES HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. ABOUT WHAT A STATE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL KUBE WOULD FIND. TOM. GABE GUTIERREZ FOR US. GABE, THANK YOU. WE ARE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE CHAOTIC MOMENTS. ON BOARD A FLIGHT WHEN ACTRESS SELMA BLAIR ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. HER LAWYER IS NOW PRESENTING HER SIDE OF THE STORY. SAM BROCK HAS THE LATEST.

TONIGHT DISTURBING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE ACCUSATIONS LEVELED. AT ACTRESS SELMA BLAIR AS A CRUSH OF. CAMERAS CAPTURED HER JUST HOURS AFTER SHE WAS. ARRESTED AND FORMALLY ARRAIGNED ON ASSAULT CHARGES. HER ATTORNEY APPEARING TO WIPE BLAIR'S EYE. WITH THE PROSECUTOR OUTLINING THE ALLEGATIONS. THE. NECK. AND. CHEST. BLAIR PLEADED NOT GUILTY. ALL OF IT COMING AFTER A DELTA PILOT SUNDAY. CALLED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REQUESTING MEDICAL ATTENTION AT JFK.

ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND ONE PASSENGER MINOR INJURIES, A. BLOODY NOSE AS WELL AS. MARKS. BLAIR WAS DETAINED, BUT THOSE ASSAULT CHARGES ACTUALLY STEM FROM WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, HIGHLIGHTED IN A CRIMINAL AFFIDAVIT. THAT SAYS ON THE RIDE TO THE HOSPITAL, AN OFFICER WAS SECURING THE DEFENDANT ON A STRETCHER. THE DEFENDANT REMOVED. HER LEG FROM THE STRETCHER STRAPS AND KICKED THE OFFICER REPEATEDLY, ACCORDING TO THE AFFIDAVIT AT THE HOSPITAL, SHE THEN KICKED A REGISTERED NURSE IN THE CHEST,

CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL PAIN. BLAIR'S LAWYERS EXPLAINING THE ACTRESS MISSED SEVERAL DOSES. OF HER MEDICATION CONTROLLING SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS. BLAIR. HIT HER HEAD. THESE FACTORS, YOUR HONOR, COUPLED WITH THE ALTITUDE. RESULTED IN A STATE OF SEVERE CONFUSION. AND DISORIENTATION. AND TOM,

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME BLAIR HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF BITING SOMEONE. IN HER MEMOIR, SHE DESCRIBES BITING CELEBRITIES LIKE KATE MOSS. AND ADMITTED TO HAVING SOCIAL ANXIETY. HER NEXT COURT DATE IS IN JANUARY. TOM, SAM, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE GROWING FALLOUT OVER THOSE RAPE ALLEGATIONS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. THE SCHOOL TONIGHT ANNOUNCING IT WILL BAN FRATERNITIES FROM. HOLDING PARTIES FOR THE REST OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR. THE SCHOOL ALSO ANNOUNCED IT WOULD BRING AN. EXPERIENCED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR TO REVIEW ANY FUTURE ALLEGATIONS. OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. OK, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO ALASKA NOW, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TONIGHT,

SUDDENLY FINDING HIMSELF NEEDING TO BOLSTER THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR. IN THAT VERY RED STATE. OUR STEVE PATTERSON IS ALSO THERE. TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, THE LAST FRONTIER IS A MIDTERM BATTLEGROUND. I'M RIGHT NOW GOING TO ALASKA. TO TRY AND HELP DAN SULLIVAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE TONIGHT TO CAMPAIGN FOR REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SENATOR. DAN SULLIVAN.

BUT SULLIVAN IS IN A SURPRISINGLY TIGHT RACE IN A STATE PRESIDENT TRUMP. WON BY DOUBLE DIGITS. HE'S VERY DOWN TO EARTH. CRAIG CARTER TELLING US. HE'S BACKING SULLIVAN. HE'S VERY. BLUE COLLAR, YOU CAN SAY. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PRESIDENT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE HIM, I GUESS. MAYBE I JUST HAPPEN TO LIKE THE PRESIDENT. HE GETS IT RIGHT MOST OF THE TIME. SULLIVAN RUNNING AGAINST DEMOCRAT MARY PELTOLA, A FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN. LIFELONG REPUBLICAN DAVID TRAVER VOTED FOR TRUMP IN 2016. BUT WILL NOW VOTE FOR PELTOLA,

SAYING THE GOP DID N. KEEP ITS PROMISES. I THINK THEY DON'T THINK RATIONALLY. THEY DON'T THINK LOGICALLY. THEY HAVE. SOLD THEIR SOUL TO AN IDEA THAT'S FLAWED. TO A MAN THAT'S FLAWED. HERE IN THE FORTY-NINTH STATE, THE ISSUE THAT MAY DECIDE THE ELECTION. IS AFFORDABILITY, WHERE EVERYTHING FROM GAS TO GROCERIES GETS HIGHER, THE MORE REMOTE YOU ARE. JEFF ESTES TELLING US HE'S STRUGGLING TO GET BY. HE'S NOW HAVING TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES TO CRUDE HEATING OIL TO HEAT HIS HOME.

IS IT AFFECTING THE WAY YOU LIVE? I'M BURNING WOOD. BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER. TONIGHT, HE TELLS US HE'S STILL UNDECIDED. ON HIS VOTE. STEVE JOINS US NOW LIVE IN ALASKA FROM THE PRESIDENT'S RALLY, AND STEVE, ANOTHER CRITICAL MOMENT IN THAT SENATE RACE IS COMING UP THIS WEEK. TOM, IT IS THE BIG DEBATE, THE FINAL DEBATE IN THIS RACE OR SENATE IN JUST 2 DAYS, AND KEEP IN MIND. IF CONTROL OF THE SENATE COMES DOWN TO ALASKA, IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME, UP TO 2 WEEKS TO COUNT THOSE MORE RURAL VOTES,

WHICH MAY MEAN A CLIFFHANGER. IN THE LAST FRONTIER, TOM. STEVE PATTERSON ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FROM. ALASKA TONIGHT. STEVE, THANK YOU AND JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT. WHEN WE TAKE YOU ON THE ROAD TO THE MIDTERMS. WE'LL BE LIVE FROM BATTLEGROUND MICHIGAN. TALKING TO THE CANDIDATES AND VOTERS. WHEN WE RETURN TONIGHT IN 60 SECONDS, OUR SERIES AFFORDING AMERICA, THE FAMILY, JUST LIKE SO MANY. NOW LIVING. PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. AS PRICES KEEP RISING, PLUS THE PHOTOS OF A SAUDI ENGINEER ACCUSED OF BUGGING SECRET MEETINGS.

AT CHACHI PITTI'S PARENT COMPANY. AND GOING. OVERBOARD. THE RESCUE 20 HOURS IN THE MAKING. FOR THE CRUISE PASSENGER. NEARLY LOST AT SEA. STAY WITH US. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES AFFORDING AMERICA WHERE. WE FOCUS ON THE DAY TO DAY STRUGGLES OF AMERICANS. TRYING TO GET BY AS LIFE GROWS MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE. TONIGHT, THE JENSEN FAMILY, WHO LIVE IN NEBRASKA, THEY WORK HARD AND BELIEVE THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT, AND YET THEY STILL KEEP FALLING BEHIND.

CHRISTINE ROMANS HAS THEIR STORY. I DON'T KNOW WHO DOESN'T FEEL OVERWHELMED THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH. IT COSTS TO LIVE, LIKE, EVEN JUST THE BARE MINIMUM. SYDNEY AND MIKE JENSEN THOUGHT THEY WERE ON SOLID FINANCIAL FOOTING. I THINK THAT WE LIKE, WE'RE LIKE A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THAT WE LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. GOOD MORNING. THEY LIVE A MODEST LIFE IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. 2 KIDS. I LOVE YOU, SWEETIE. A 3 BEDROOM HOUSE. LUNCH ONCE A WEEK AT COSTCO DURING A GROCERY RUN.

WHERE THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN EAT FOR LESS THAN $5. YEP, BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP MOVING. I. MAKE ENOUGH MONEY THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PAY OUR BILLS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M LIKE SEVERELY UNDERPAID FOR WHAT I DO. HEY BIG DOG. MIKE WORKS IN TECH. SYDNEY TEACHES 9TH GRADE ENGLISH. WE'RE SPENDING MORE FOR GROCERIES AND GAS NOW THAN I THINK WE EVER HAVE. WHAT DID YOU PAY THE OTHER DAY? I SWEAR TO YOU BY OUR HOUSE, IT WAS LIKE 480. WHAT?

IT'S CRAZY. WE BOTH HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS AND YET WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING, STRUGGLING. LIKE 43% OF AMERICANS WHO SAY THEY CAN'T AFFORD A $1000 EMERGENCY. WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP THAT'S NOT. IN OUR NORMAL BUDGET, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE IN TROUBLE. MANY THINGS HAVE COME UP. HER CAR BROKE DOWN. AND THE FURNACE HAD TO BE REPLACED. AND THEY SAID YOU SHOULDN'T TURN THIS ON. IT'S NOT SAFE. WE GOT QUOTES FROM LIKE. 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND.

MOST OF THEM ARE PRETTY SIMILAR IN THE $10,000 TO $12,000 RANGE. DAYCARE IS AT LEAST $2000 A MONTH. IT FEELS LIKE WE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. TO NOT HAVE TO LIKE. THINK TO OURSELVES, OH JEEZ, WHEN IS, WHEN IS OUR PAYCHECKS COMING IN? LIKE WHEN ARE WE, LIKE, ARE WE ABLE TO. LIKE. BUY EGGS THIS WEEK. LIKE SO MANY PARENTS. THEY SAY THEY JUST WANT A BETTER LIFE FOR THEIR KIDS.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS JUST LIKE A FEW BAD DAYS. FROM. BEING IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE ARE FROM FROM GOING FROM. FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT YOUR FINANCES AND THEN SUDDENLY SOME THINGS HAPPEN AND. YOU'RE SITTING THERE LIKE. UH WHERE DID WE GO WRONG? I FEEL LIKE WE DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. CHRISTINE ROMANS, NBC NEWS. AND WE THANK THE JENSEN. FAMILY FOR SHARING THEIR PERSONAL STORY. YOU CAN SEE MORE OF IT ON NBCNEWS.COM OR. IN THE NBC NEWS APP. WHEN WE RETURN TONIGHT HERE ON NIGHTLY NEWS,

THE WOMAN RESCUED NEARLY A FULL DAY. AFTER GOING OVERBOARD FROM A CRUISE SHIP. AND THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHASE. STAY WITH US. HERE'S. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A MAJOR ARREST. THE MAN YOU'RE SEEING HERE, A SAUDI NATIONAL, AN EMPLOYEE OF OPENAI, WAS CHARGED WITH PLANTING RECORDING DEVICES. INSIDE THE COMPANY'S EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM. THESE ARE IMAGES OF THOSE DEVICES WHICH WERE PLUGGED INTO A TV. IN THAT CONFERENCE ROOM. AND FROM GREECE, THIS VIDEO SHOWS A WOMAN BEING RESCUED FROM THE WATER.

NEARLY 24 HOURS AFTER SHE WENT OVERBOARD FROM A CRUISE SHIP. YOU CAN SEE HER CLINGING ONTO A LIFE PRESERVER AS SHE. WAS SPOTTED MILES FROM WHERE SHE WENT INTO THE WATER. GREEK OFFICIALS SAY. SHE WAS GOING TO BE OK. AND WATCH OUT FOR THE GREAT PUMPKIN ESCAPE IN CARY, NORTH CAROLINA. A GIANT. PUMPKIN MADE A RUN FOR IT JUST AHEAD OF HALLOWEEN. STRONG WINDS BLEW IT AWAY FROM THE FARM, CARRYING IT DOWN THE STREET. AND INTO TRAFFIC. YOU CAN SEE STAFF TAKING OFF TRYING TO STOP IT. THEY EVENTUALLY DID CATCH IT, AND TOMORROW ON NIGHTLY NEWS,

THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN PIE YOU'VE EVER SEEN. ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK, BROTHERLY LOVE, THE SECOND LINE CELEBRATION FOR THE LITTLE BOY. WHO GOT THE GIFT OF LIFE FROM HIS BROTHER. STAY WITH US. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY BEATING A RARE AUTOIMMUNE CONDITION. NOW HE'S NOT JUST WALKING AND SMILING, HE'S DANCING AND DOING IT ALL IN STYLE. AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR. ABOUT HIS BIG DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE.

THESE ARE THE MOVES OF A KID WHO JUST GOT A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. THAT'S 11 YEAR OLD PEYTON STEWART, SUIT ON, BOW TIE READY TO GO, ALL DRESSED UP WITH GOOD REASON TO CELEBRATE. PEYTON SPENT PART OF HIS CHILDHOOD AT MANNING FAMILY CHILDREN'S. HOSPITAL IN NEW ORLEANS BATTLING A RARE AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER. WHEN HE NEEDED A LIFE SAVING BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT LAST YEAR,

IT WAS HIS OLDER BROTHER AC WHO STEPPED UP. THE BEST BIG BROTHER I COULD EVER ASK FOR. NOW A YEAR LATER, PEYTON IS CELEBRATING THE TRANSPLANT SUCCESS, NEW ORLEANS STYLE WITH A BRASS BAND AND A TRADITIONAL SECOND LINE DANCE. ALL OF IT ALONGSIDE THE HOSPITAL STAFF. WHO GOT HIM TO THIS MOMENT. THEY SAVED MY LIFE. TO SEE HIM. WITH HIS STRENGTH BACK AND HAPPY AND SMILING, IT WAS. MAN,

IT'S, IT'S UNEXPLAINABLE. IT'S UNEXPLAINABLE. NOW HE'S READY TO GET BACK TO WHAT HE LOVES. SHOOTING HOOPS AND BEING A KID. CHASING BIG DREAMS. I GET TO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HOME, PLAYING BASKETBALL AND FOLLOWING MY DREAMS, INCLUDING BECOMING THE FUTURE CEO OF MANNING FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. ONLY AFTER MY NBA CAREER. PEYTON, WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE BOARDROOM AND ON THE COURT.

THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS TUESDAY. I'M TOM YAMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.