NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Oct. 29

TONIGHT THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO A GROWING ELECTION CONTROVERSY IN ALASKA. WITH CONTROL OF THE SENATE. HANGING IN THE BALANCE. THE DOJ ISSUING A WAVE OF SUBPOENAS TONIGHT. THE GOVERNOR THERE ORDERING AN INVESTIGATION. AS DEMOCRATS ARE ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO TAKE VOTES AWAY. FROM REPUBLICAN DAN SULLIVAN. BY RECRUITING A CHALLENGER WITH THE SAME NAME. THE NEW DETAILS TONIGHT. PLUS. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RESCUE MISSION. IN SOUTH CAROLINA, RALLYING IN THE RELIABLY RED STATE THAT'S SURPRISINGLY NECK AND NECK.

WILL THE LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SAVE DARLENE GRAHAM PAY OFF? ACTING LEGEND PATRICK STEWART HAS DIED. THE ICONIC STAR TREK CAPTAIN AND X-MEN SUPERHERO. WHO ROSE FROM SHAKESPEARE. TO BLOCKBUSTERS, HOW HE'S BEING REMEMBERED. THE HISTORIC STOCK DROP FOR GOOGLE'S PARENT COMPANY ALPHABET, THE SECOND WORST WIPEOUT. IN MARKET HISTORY, DRAGGING DOWN THE REST OF WALL STREET, IS AI TO BLAME AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR 401K.

CATASTROPHIC NEW VIDEO FROM THAT DEADLY TRAOLLISION IN SPAIN. CREWS RACING TO SAVE A WOUNDED PASSENGER. IN A TRAIN CAR ON ITS SIDE. WE HEAR FROM A MAN ON BOARD THE TRAIN THAT WAS RAMMED. NEW TWIST IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR THAT BEGAN. WITH QUESTIONS OF WHETHER SHE HAD A. SHAM MARRIAGE. WITH A MAN. SUSPECTED OF BEING HER BROTHER. OUR SERIES AFFORDING AMERICA AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE. WORKING WELL INTO THEIR GOLDEN YEARS. IS RETIRING A FLEETING AMERICAN DREAM.

WILD GREAT WHITE ENCOUNTER A MONSTER SHARK COMING WITHIN FEET OF TWO SURFERS. UP IN FLAMES, A PORTABLE BATTERY EXPLODING RIGHT NEXT TO A WOMAN. THE NEW WARNING TONIGHT. NIGHTLY NEWS. STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YASS. AND GOOD EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, AND WE BEGIN WITH FAST MOVING DEVELOPMENTS IN ALASKA, WHERE THE SENATE RACE THERE HAS MOVED FROM CONTROVERSY.

TO NOW A CRIMINAVESTIGATION. AND WITH THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE SENATE SO TIGHT, IT COULD ALL COME DOWN TO THIS ONE RACE. LATE TONIGHT, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ISSUING DOZENS OF SUBPOENAS IN THE CASE. AT ISSUE IF DEMOCRATS PLOTTED TO RECRUIT EXTRA CANDIDATES TO. CONFUSE VOTERS IN THAT RACE AGAINST REPUBLICAN SENATOR. DAN S. SULLIVAN. DAN J. SULLIVAN. IS NOW ALSO ON THE BALLOT, AND WE'RE LEARNING. THAT OTHER CANDIDATES MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN RECRUITED BY THE DEMOCRATS. THEIR CANDIDATE MARY PELTOLA IGNORING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SCANDAL.

COULD THIS COST HER A VICTORY? ALL OF THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU SEE HIM HERE, TRIES TO SHORE UP A REPUBLICAN. IN A SURPRISINGLY TIGHT RACE IN DEEP RED SOUTH CAROLINA. WE HAVE TWO BIG REPORTS TONIGHT AND WE WANT TO. START WITH RYAN NOBLES ON THAT CONTROVERSY IN ALASKA. TONIGHT THE TALE OF TWO DAN SULLIVANS ROCKING THE CRITICAL SENATE RACE IN ALASKA, NOW LEADING TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. IT'S A MESS AND WE'RE GOING TO UNRAVEL IT. ALASKA'S GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING THE STATE PROBE INTO WHETHER.

DEMOCRAT MARY PELTOLA'S CAMPAIGN SHOULD FACE CHARGES. WHAT HE CALLS DELIBERATELY TRICKING VOTERS. THIS IS REALLY PROBLEMATIC FOR NOT JUST THEIR CAMPAIGN, BUT AGAIN FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY. A US OFFICIAL TELLING NBC NEWS THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT ISSUED AS MANY AS 3 DOZEN NEW SUBPOENAS. AS PART OF A FEDERAL PROBE, ALL AFTER THE BOMBSHELL REPORT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. ABOUT A SECRET DEMOCRATIC PLOT TO SABOTAGE. THE CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICAN SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN.

BY PLACING ANOTHER CANDIDATE WITH THE SAME NAME ON THE BALLOT TO CONFUSE GOP VOTERS, THE TIMES CITING. INTERVIEWS AND TEXT MESSAGES. ALONG WITH DOCUMENTS REPORTING PELTOLA'S CAMPAIGN. WORKED WITH NATIONAL DEMOCRATS TO RECRUIT. WOULD-BE SPOILERS, EVENTUALLY FINDING A MAN NAMED DAN J. SULLIVAN TO RUN. TONIGHT, SENATOR SULLIVAN BLASTING THE ALLEGED PLOT. MARY PELTOLA. AND THE DSCC WERE THE ONES.

PUT TOGETHER THIS SCHEME. AND THINK SO LITTLE OF ALASKANS. THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY CAN TRICK THEM. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, ANOTHER MAN CURRENTLY ON THE BALLOT, DRYWALL CONTRACTOR GERALD HIKUS, SAYS HE WAS ALSO RECRUITED TO RUN AGAINST SENATOR SULLIVAN. PELTOLA'S FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER, WHO WAS FIRED, TOLD THE TIMES PELTOLA WAS DEFINITELY AWARE OF THE PLOT. BUT SHE THEN SOUGHT TO RETRACT HER STATEMENTS. PELTOLA AND THE DEMOCRAT SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE DENIED THE REPORT. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DISTRACTION.

IT'S ANOTHER DIVERSION. EVERY DAY IT'S SOME NEW, YOU KNOW, LOOK OVER HERE. MOMENT. TONIGHT PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. TELL NBC NEWS IT'S LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE WIRE. FRAUD OR CONSPIRACY TO DEPRIVE ALASKA VOTERS OF A FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS PROCESS, WHICH COULD BE A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION. SO RYAN, LET'S PICK IT UP RIGHT THERE. ALL OF THIS UNFOLDING AFTER ALREADY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ALASKANS HAVE VOTED. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. CLOSE TO 60,000 VOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN CAST,

AND REMEMBER, THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT. RULED THAT DAN JAY SULLIVAN EARNED HIS SPOT ON THE BALLOT LEGALLY, BUT THEY DID ORDER A NOTE ON THE BALLOT TO MARK WHO WAS THE INCUMBENT. IN THIS TIGHT RACE, THIS STORY COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON WHO WINS NEXT WEEK. TOM RYAN NOBLES LEADING US OFF NOW TO ANOTHER SURPRISINGLY. TIGHT RACE LESS THAN A WEEK FROM THE MIDTERMS. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON A LAST MINUTE BLITZ TODAY. TO DEEP RED SOUTH CAROLINA. HERE'S GARRETT HAKE ON WHY. TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP RALLYING REPUBLICANS IN RELIABLY RED SOUTH CAROLINA,

NOW AN UNLIKELY SENATE BATTLEGROUND. TUESDAY NIGHT. LET'S MAKE. LINDSAY REALLY HAPPY AND PROUD. THE PRESIDENT FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS HANDPICKED CANDIDATE DARLENE GRAHAM, SISTER OF THE LATE LINDSEY GRAHAM, BLASTING DEMOCRAT ANNIE ANDREWS AS TOO LIBERAL. LIKE THEY SAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY, SHE'S JUST PLAIN OLD BAT. CRAZY. THE PRESIDENT TOUTING A NEW REPORT.

SHOWING THE ECONOMY'S GROWTH SURPASSING EXPECTATION. GDP RISING TO 3.4% LAST QUARTER. THIS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OUR COUNTRY HAS EVER BEEN BY FAR, AND YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET. BUT AS A NEW POLL SHOWS THE RACE THERE TIED, ANDREWS HAMMERING THE GOP OVER THE TOP WORRY FOR VOTERS THE RISING COST OF LIVING. I'M TIRED OF WATCHING AS THESE GROCERY PRICES CONTINUE TO GO UP AND UP AND UP, AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN WASHINGTON. DC. DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WHILE IN GEORGIA,

FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA MOCKING THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE FOR ITS RESPONSE TO THIS JOKE. HE'S GOT THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKING LIKE SADDAM HUSSEIN OPENED A CHEESECAKE. THEY MOBILIZED. A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSE. TO THAT JOKE. NOT TO INFLATION, BUT TO THAT JOKE. TONIGHT THE WHITE HOUSE CANCELING THE. PRESIDENT'S PLANNED RALLY SATURDAY IN KANSAS, ADDING MORE TELLER RALLIES INSTEAD. TOM GARRETT HAKE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. TONIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE A MAJOR PASSING IN HOLLYWOOD.

STEWART, ACTING LEGEK. KNOWN FOR ROLES IN STAR TREK AND X-MEN, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 86. HE DID EVERYTHING FROM SHAKESPEARE TO SCI-FI. WITH THAT BOOMING VOICE AND LARGER THAN LIFE PRESENCE. AND NOW WE'RE LEARNING HE WAS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S. HERE'S LIZ KREUTZ. TONIGHT THE WORLD REMEMBERING SIR PATRICK STEWART, THE BELOVED CLASSICALLY TRAINED ACTOR WHO BROUGHT TO LIFE. SOME OF TV AND CINEMA'S MOST LEGENDARY CHARACTERS. WHO CAN NEVER FORGET HIS DEFINING ROLE AS CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD FROM STAR TREK?

OF COURSE HIS TURN AS PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIER IN X-MEN. I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU FIND SOME ANSWERS. THE SCI-FI STAR WAS BORN IN 1940 TO A WORKING CLASS FAMILY IN NORTHERN ENGLAND. FILMS WERE MY ESCAPE. FROM A. SOMEWHAT UNCOMFORTABLE. FAMILY LIFE. IN HIS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR, STEWART DESCRIBING HOW IT WAS AN ENGLISH TEACHER WHO. FIRST INTRODUCED HIM TO SHAKESPEARE WHEN HE WAS 12, A MOMENT HE SAYS THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

HE WENT ON TO BECOME A MASTER OF THE STAGE, JOINING THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY AND STARRING ON BROADWAY A DOZEN TIMES. STEWART, WHO WAS KNIGHTED BY THE QUEEN IN 2010, KNOWN FOR HIS SOPHISTICATED STYLE AND RICH VOICE, IN 2017 TELLING NBC. NEWS OF ITS ORIGINS. I SPOKE WITH A VERY STRONG REGIONAL ACCENT. WHEN I WAS YOUNG, AND I HAD TO UNLEARN. ALL OF THAT. AND I THINK IN THAT PROCESS. OF. FLATTENING OUT ONE ACCENT AND DEVELOPING ANOTHER ONE, THIS SOUND CAME OUT.

TONIGHT, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE 86-YEAR-OLD ACTOR ANNOUNCING HE. PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES. FOLLOWING A BRIEF AND POIGNANT JOURNEY WITH. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND LEWY BODY DEMENTIA. HIS DEATH COMING TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF WHAT MAY BE HIS FINAL PERFORMANCE. AS PROFESSOR X IN THE UPCOMING AVENGERS DOOMSDAY. FORMER CO-STARS HUGH JACKMAN CALLING HIM A TREMENDOUS FRIEND AND MAN. WILLIAM SHATNER SAYING CAPTAIN PICARD STOOD FOR THE BEST OF US, AND SO DID THE MAN WHO PLAYED HIM, A TITAN ON AND OFF THE SCREEN. LIZ KREUTZ,

NBC NEWS. THIS IS ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT. A BRUTAL DAY ACROSS WALL STREET. THE STUNNING FREEFALL. SHARES OF GOOGLE'S PARENT COMPANY HAD THEIR WORST DAY EVER. YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE. NBC NEWS BUSINESS AND DATA CORRESPONDENT BRIAN CHUNG IS HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR US. BRIAN, YOU LOOK AT THAT STOCK GRAPHIC AND YOU WORRIES. OR MORE TROUBLE IN PLACE FOR THE MARKET. YEAH, INVESTORS ARE GETTING ANXIOUS OVER THAT MASSIVE AI SPENDING, AND THAT CHART SHOWS IT LOOKED NO FURTHER THAN THAT GOOGLE CHART, WHICH SHOWED SHARES OF GOOGLE'S PARENT COMPANY ALPHABET. DROPPING 12%. THAT ERASED $500 BILLION IN VALUE.

AND IS NOW THE 2ND WORST WIPEOUT IN MARKET HISTORY. NOW THEIR EARNINGS REPORT. SHOWING LACKLUSTER REVENUE FOR THEIR FAMOUS SEARCH BUSINESS. AS THEY ALSO COMMIT TO BURNING OVER $1 TRILLION. ON AI INVESTMENTS. NOW THOSE FEARS OVER AI SPENDING RIPPLED ACROSS OTHER TECH STOCKS TOO, INCLUDING AMAZON. AND INTEL. INTEL SAYING THEY'RE ALSO SPENDING BIG TIME CASH, SOMETHING TAXPAYERS WILL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT GIVEN THE US GOVERNMENT'S. INVESTMENT IN IT. NOW THOSE WATCHING THEIR 401KS PROBABLY NOTICED THE SPILL TODAY, BUT EXPERTS SAY NOT TO MAKE A DRAMATIC CHANGE TO THEIR NEST EGG.

BASED OFF OF ONE DAY'S WORTH OF TRADING. GOOD ADVICE, SIR. OK, BRIAN, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'RE SEEING NEW VIDEO FROM THAT DEADLY TRAIN COLLISION IN SPAIN. SHOWING THE URGENT RACE TO HELP THE WOUNDED, AND WE HAVE NEW AUDIO APPEARING TO REVEAL FATEFUL MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE CRASH. OUR RAF SANCHEZ IS ON THE GROUND THERE TONIGHT. NEW VIDEO OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS SHOWS THE. CHAOTIC AFTERMATH OF SPAIN'S DEADLY TRAIN CRASH. YOU CAN SEE THIS EMERGENCY CREW STRUGGLING TO CARRY A WOUNDED. PASSENGER OUT OF A RAILCAR TURNED COMPLETELY ON ITS SIDE,

AND THIS MAN, HIS LEG TRAPPED BY TWISTED METAL, WAITING TO BE RESCUED. AUTHORITIES. RAISING THE DEATH TOLL TO 69. RESCUE CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE NONSTOP SINCE THE CRASH, USING CRANES LIKE THIS TO PICK UP THE WRECKAGE OF TRAIN CARS. AUTHORITIES NOW BELIEVE THEY'VE RECOVERED ALL BODIES FROM THE SITE. RECORDINGS PUBLISHED BY SPANISH MEDIA, WHOSE AUTHENTICITY HAS NOT BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY NBC NEWS, APPEAR TO SHOW THE DRIVER OF THIS WHITE TRAIN.

BEING TOLD BY A COLLER TO RESUME JOURNEY, EVEN THOUGH THE RED TRAIN HAD STOPPED ON THE SAME TRACK. THE DRIVER CONFIRMING THE INSTRUCTION. MOMENTS LATER, THE CONTROLLER ADDING AT NORMAL SPEED, ALSO CONFIRMED BY THE DRIVER. WHEN WE GOT OUT OF THE TRAIN, WE, WE, WE JUST LOOKED BACKWARDS AND AND JUST SAW THE. COMPLETE MESS AND AND DESTRUCTION THAT WAS BEHIND US. TONGI BIGNE WAS ON THE RED TRAIN SEEN HERE HELPING AN INJURED MAN OUT OF A WINDOW. I REMEMBER.

HE WAS, HE WAS REALLY SCARED. AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CONVINCE HIM. LITTLE BY LITTLE TO COME OUT, THEN RUSHING. TO HELP OTHERS THAT WERE HURT, I REALLY HOPE I DON'T EVER SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN. I'M JUST SO, SO MUCH MORE APPRECIATIVE OF MY LIFE. NOW. RAF SANCHEZ, NBC NEWS, IRDA, SPAIN. AND BACK HERE AT HOME WE HAVE SOME. NEW REPORTING ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN. ELHAN OMAR THAT WAS ONCE FOCUSED ON WHETHER. SHE HAD A SHAM MARRIAGE WITH A MAN WHO MAY HAVE BEEN HER BROTHER. HERE'S KELLY O'DONNELL.

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT AN ONGOING. CRIMINAL PROBE OF SOMALI-BORN MINNESOTA CONGRESSWOMAN. ILHAN OMAR. FEVERISH POLITICAL CONTROVERSY. HAS SURROUNDED A PAST OMAR MARRIAGE. AND WHETHER SHE HAD WED HER BROTHER IN A SCHEME TO GET HIM A GREEN CARD, A CLAIM OMAR HAS DENIED. HOWEVER, TONIGHT A SHIFT, A PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION INTO THAT ISSUE. MOVING TO SOMETHING MUCH LARGER IN SCOPE.

AND NO LONGER FOCUSED ON THE LEGALITY OF THAT MARRIAGE, ACCORDING TO A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE INVESTIGATION. THE FBI SEARCHED HER WASHINGTON DC HOME. EARLIER THIS MONTH. AND SEIZED OMAR'S PERSONAL PHONE. INVESTIGATORS HAVE. ALSO OBTAINED A PHONE BELONGING TO AT LEAST ONE FAMILY MEMBER, ACCORDING TO A FORMER OFFICIAL AND A PERSON WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE INVESTIGATION. IN A RECENT MS NOW INTERVIEW, OMAR. WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT MARRIAGE. HE WAS NOT. YOU WERE NOT RELATED TO HIM AT ALL. NOT THAT THERE'S NOT SOME.

WEIRD KERNEL OF TRUTH THAT THREW SOME GAME AT. NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THE INVESTIGATION HAS EXPANDED INTO OMAR'S OWN IMMIGRATION RECORDS, OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND STATEMENTS, ACCORDING TO A SOURCE FAMILIAR. OMAR'S SPOKESMAN SAID TONIGHT IT IS CLEAR. TO EVERYONE THAT THIS IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. AND AN ESCALATION OF TRUMP'S PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST HER. SOURCES CLOSE TO OMAR SAY HER LEGAL TEAM. IS FILING A MOTION SEEKING THE RETURN. OF THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S PHONE. AND BELONGINGS.

KELLY O'DONNELL, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. WHEN WE RETURN IN 60 SECONDS, THE GRANDMOTHER WHO WORKED HARD, SAVED UP. SO. WHY IS SHE UNABLE TO RETIRE? PLUS PHONE BATTERY WARNING. THE SUDDEN FIRE SPARKED. JUST SITTING ON THE COUCH. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES AFFORDING AMERICA WHERE WE DIVE DEEP. INTO THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. TONIGHT OUR FOCUS, RETIREMENT AND HOW SO MANY WORKING PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE. THEY'LL EVER GET THERE. HERE'S CHRISTINE ROMANS.

TODAY HE 15TH. AT 77 YEARS OLD, SITA FABU MODUPE HAD HOPED BY NOW. LIFE WOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER. WATER. I GAVE THIS SYSTEM THE BEST I HAD TO OFFER. GOD, YOU'VE GROWN UP. I HAVE NOT USED THAT MUCH MORE WATER. AND I WALKED AWAY WITH NOTHING. SHE'S HAD TO ACCEPT SHE IS UNLIKELY TO EVER BE ABLE TO RETIRE. A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN,

SHE SPENT DECADES WORKING HER WAY UP IN THE OIL INDUSTRY. HOUSTON WAS BOOMING. OIL AND GAS WAS THE PLACE TO BE. SHE ULTIMATELY LANDED AN ILL-FATED JOB IN. HR. AT THE ENERGY BEHEMOTH ENRON. ENRON STOCK TODAY IN A FREEFALL, AND WHEN THE COMPANY COLLAPSED IN 2001, SHE LOST YEARS' WORTH OF SAVINGS. I WAS APPLYING FOR JOBS. AND I FOUND THAT. THE GENERATION WHO WAS INTERVIEWING ME, I GOT THE FEELING. THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HIRE ME BECAUSE THEY,

THEY HIRE YOU FOR LONGEVITY. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE AROUND LONG. AFTER SHE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK. THE ONE JOB FABU COULD FIND. WAS PART-TIME WORK AT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER TWO OF HER SIX GRANDKIDS ATTEND. AN AARP STUDY SHOWS AS MANY AS 7.5 MILLION AMERICANS, 50 AND OLDER, UNRETIRED. OR RE-ENTERED THE LABOR FORCE DURING A RECENT 6-MONTH PERIOD, ROUGHLY HALF OF THEM DUE TO ECONOMIC NEED.

BEFORE. THE GAS PRICES WENT UP, 30 TO $35 WOULD DO IT. NOW. $30 GIVES ME HALF A TANK. FOR FABU, EVERYDAY COSTS FOR THINGS LIKE UTILITIES AND GAS HAVE SOARED. I'M TALKING ABOUT, GIRL, YOU GOT A DRINKING PROBLEM. SHE TRACKS HER EXPENSES. IN A HANDWRITTEN LEDGER. THE ONLY STREAMING SOURCE I HAVE IS NETFLIX. EVERYBODY NEEDS NETFLIX. HER MONTHLY BUDGET. WAY UP. SOMETIMES I'LL GO BACK.

AND LOOK AT, COMPARE MONTH TO MONTH BECAUSE I WAS JUST LOOKING HERE, TOTAL. IN JULY OF 2022. WAS 1850, BUT THIS JUNE. IT WAS $3,359. SHE'S ONLY JUST ABLE TO COVER THE BILLS WITH $2000 A MONTH FROM SOCIAL SECURITY. AND ANOTHER $1500 FROM HER JOB. WITHOUT THAT EXTRA, I'D BE BACK ON THE. HAMSTER WHEEL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE NEXT THING TO DO.

YOU CAN DO IT. THE MONEY IS BARELY ENOUGH, BUT THE WORK. HAS PURPOSE. I'M NOW IN A POSITION TO PASS ON. GENERATIONAL WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE. HAVE I MADE PEACE WITH THE IDEA. THAT I MAY HAVE TO WORK FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE? I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT PEACE WITH THAT BECAUSE NOTHING IS GUARANTEED. GOOD. JOB. CHRISTINE ROMANS,

NBC NEWS. AND SHE IS NOT ALONE. YOU CAN SEE MUCH MORE OF OUR SERIES. AFFORDING AMERICA, WHICH IS SO POWERFUL AT NBCNEWS.COM. AND IN THE NBC NEWS APP. WHEN WE RETURN TONIGHT HERE ON NIGHTLY NEWS, THE ALL-OUT BRAWL AMONG LAWMAKERS, WHERE THIS HAPPENED. AND. IS THAT A GREAT WHITE, THE SHARK GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO THESE SURFERS IN CALIFORNIA. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH AMAZON RECALLING THOUSANDS OF POWER. BANKS DUE TO A SERIOUS RISK OF INJURY.

AMAZON RECALLING THESE CHARGERS BECAUSE THEIR LITHIUM. ION BATTERIES CAN EXPLODE AND IGNITE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN 600 REPORTS OF FIRE. IT COMES AS WE SAW AN ALARMING LITHIUM ION BATTERY FIRE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. YOU SEE IT BURSTING INTO FLAMES HERE AT A HOME IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BEFORE IT SPREAD, AND LUCKILY NOBODY WAS HURT THERE. ALSO TONIGHT, IF YOU THINK IT'S. POLITICS IS UGLY HERE. A WILD BRAWL CAUGHT ON CAMERA DURING A SESSION OF. ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT. THIS VIDEO CAPTURING THE MEMBERS THROWING PUNCHES, KICKING,

EVEN THROWING A CHAIR NE POINT. A LOCAL ARMENIAN NEWS OUTLET SAYS THE SPEAKER BLAMED A MEMBER FOR STARTING IT. BY INTERRUPTING SOMEONE ELSE'S SPEECH. WITH OFFENSIVE REMARKS. AND THIS VIDEO CAUGHT OUR EYE. LOOK AT THIS. THAT'S ONE BIG SHARK. IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT WHITE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO. SOME SURFERS IN THE WATERS OFF THE CENTRAL COAST. THE PERSON WHO POSTED THAT VIDEO WRITING THAT THE SHARK DIDN'T HURT ANYONE. AND THAT THEY ALL MADE IT OUT OF THE WATER OK. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS THURSDAY. I'M TOM YAMAS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS,

WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.