NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Oct. 6

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE STORM GAINING STRENGTH IN THE GULF, ON TRACK. TO BECOME THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE SEASON. THE DANGEROUS STORM THREATENING TO MAKE THE FIRST LANDFALL OF 2026. AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE. TENS OF MILLIONS AT RISK IN THE GULF. COULD NEW ORLEANS GET A DIRECT HIT? AL ROKER TIMING IT OUT. ALSO BREAKING, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING. HE WILL SPEAK WITH RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN. OVER FEARS OF THAT DEADLY PLAGUE. THAT MAY HAVE ESCAPED A LAB THERE,

THE DEATH ROW INMATE AT THE CENTER OF THAT BOTCHED EXECUTION, CHRISTA PIKE, NOW CONSCIOUS AND TALKING. DAYS AFTER TWO FAILED LETHAL INJECTIONS. OUR FIRST LOOK AT THE TENS OF MILLIONS IN GOLD BARS ALLEGEDLY STOLEN BY A CIA OFFICER. NEW DETAILS ON THE MANSIONS AND DESIGNER WATCHES HE BOUGHT. ON THE GOVERNMENT. VIOLENT CLASHES IN FRANCE. AT LEAST 250 MILLION. TAKING TO THE STREETS. THOUSANDS ARRESTED, TRASH SET ON FIRE.

THE TEAR GAS STANDOFF WITH POLICE. OUR RICHARD ENGEL AND HIS TEAM IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL. TERRIFYING NEW VIDEO FROM INSIDE THAT DEADLY SCHOOL BUS CRASH. KIDS THROWN FROM THEIR SEATS, THE DRIVER PINNED, SOMEHOW ABLE TO BREAK FREE. TO HELP SAVE SO MANY STUDENTS. ON BOARD. ALSO TONIGHT THIS COUPLE ARRESTED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. ACCUSED. OF HAVING AT LEAST 14 CHILDREN BY SURROGACY. IMAGES FROM INSIDE THEIR. CALIFORNIA MANSION. VIDEO OF A MASSACHUSETTS MAN ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING AND.

ATTEMPTING TO TRY AND DROWN A 21-YEAR-OLD. WHAT LED UP TO THAT VIOLENT ENCOUNTER. CLIPPED ON THE TARMAC, THE DELTA WING CLIPPING AN AIR CANADA. AT LAX. SO WHAT WENT WRONG? A HAYRIDE BARRELING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DRIVER THROWN, MORE THAN A DOZEN INJURED. SWEET DECEPTION. STARBUCKS FACING A NEW CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. ARE THERE SUGAR FREE DRINKS. ACTUALLY SUGAR FREE? AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE MARDI GRAS STYLE SEND-OFF FOR A BELOVED TEACHER.

ABOUT TO UNDERGO BRAIN SURGERY. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YASS. AND GOOD EVENING. WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS VERY BUSY TUESDAY NIGHT. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE MAJOR TROPICAL THREAT BREWING IN THE GULF, ON TRACK TO BECOME THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE SEASON. THIS IS THE STORM. TAKE A LOOK, CHURNING OFF MEXICO IN THE GULF. YOU CAN SEE HOW MASSIVE IT IS.

SEVERAL 100 MILES FROM SOUTHERN LOUISIANA, THE SYSTEM GAINING STRENGTH, SET TO BECOME A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE. CALLED ISA. WITHIN DAYS. AND THIS ONE HAS FORECASTERS SO WORRIED. YOU SEE THE. TRACK HERE. COULD NEW ORLEANS GET A DIRECT HIT. THE THREAT EXTENDING ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA'S PANHANDLE. THE STORM WILL. STILL DAYS AWAY AND THE TRACK STILL VERY UNCERTAIN. YOU SEE THE SPAGHETTI MODELS HERE, BUT TENS OF MILLIONS ARE NOW ON ALERT FOR THE FIRST HURRICANE THREAT THIS YEAR. AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US TONIGHT AND HE JOINS US NOW.

AL, TIME THIS ONE OUT FOR US. ALL RIGHT, SO HERE'S THE LATEST ON RIGHT NOW, 35 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. IT'S EAST. AT 5. MPH. IT'S STILL A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. NOW HERE'S THE ISSUE, THE BAD NEWS PRIME FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE GULF WATER. IS ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE SUPER EL NINO, AND WE'VE HAD NO STORMS TO CHURN UP THE WATER, SO IT'S GOT ALL THIS WARM WATER TO PROVIDE STRENGTH, POSSIBLE. RAPID INTENSIFICATION. BY SOMETIME FRIDAY EVENING, IT'S GOING TO MAKE LANDFALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS.

AND PANAMA CITY. STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL, BUT WE DO EXPECT UPWARDS OF 10 INCHES OF RAIN. STRETCHING FROM NEW ORLEANS ALL THE WAY TO TAMPA. WE'LL BE WATCHING THIS CLOSELY. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST TOMORROW MORNING ON TODAY. AND IT'S ALL DEVELOPING SO QUICKLY. ALL RIGHT, AL, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS IS ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SAYING HE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR. PUTIN. ABOUT THAT MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN A RUSSIAN LAB. THAT STUDIES THE PLAGUE. THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SICK. AND WHAT EXACTLY THAT LAB WAS DOING.

ANN THOMPSON IS HERE TONIGHT. ANN, WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE VICTIM WHO'S JUST DIED. WE ARE, TOM, BUT FIRST TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE TOLD REPORTERS THIS AFTERNOON THAT HE. HAS A CALL SCHEDULED WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN. VERY SOON, SAYING US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. ARE IN DEEP DISCUSSION. ABOUT IT, RUSSIAN HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF THAT. LAB WORKER AT THE ANTI-PLAGUE INSTITUTE IN SIBERIA. IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A PNEUMONIA OF AN UNKNOWN CAUSE. TONIGHT, THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DARYA SHIPOLOVA,

ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER. THE WORLD. HEALTH ORGANIZATION TODAY SAYS THE RISK IS LOW TO. THE REST OF RUSSIA AND EUROPE FROM HER DEATH, BUT SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO IS URGING. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION, TOM, BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. YES, THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD WANT MORE INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT, ANNE, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A MAJOR UPDATE ON THAT. FAILED EXECUTION ATTEMPT JUST DAYS AGO IN TENNESSEE. KRISTA PIKE SOMEHOW SURVIVED TWO LETHAL INJECTIONS,

BUT NOW WE'VE JUST LEARNED SHE'S APPARE AWAKE AND SPEAKING. LAURA JARRETT JOINS US NOW. LAURA, WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED, TOM? IT'S A PRETTY REMARKABLE SITUATION TONIGHT. HER ATTORNEYS SAY. SHE IS CONSCIOUS, SPEAKING, AND CALLING HER RECOVERY. MEDICALLY UNPRECEDENTED, BUT ADDING HER PROGNOSIS REMAINS UNCLEAR. NOW. PIKE SURVIVED TWO DOSES OF LETHAL INJECTION NEARLY A WEEK AGO. HER ATTORNEYS. HAD WARNED THE STATE OF SPECIFIC CHALLENGES WITH HER VEINS. AND ASKED THE GOVERNOR TO COMMUTE HER SENTENCE TO LIFE IN PRISON. FOR THE 1995 MURDER OF HER CLASSMATE.

AS FOR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT HERE, SHE'S STILL TECHNICALLY IN CUSTODY. HANDCUFFED AND SHACKLED TO HER HOSPITAL BED, HER ATTORNEYS SAY, BUT THE FALLOUT FROM THE FAILED EXECUTION LED. TO THE RESIGNATION OF THE HEAD OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE GOVERNOR HAS PUT ALL EXECUTIONS ON PAUSE, AT LEAST FOR NOW. THERE'S A COURT HEARING SCHEDULED TOMORROW MORNING. TOM, ALL RIGHT, LAURA, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE WILD NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT THAT CIA AGENT. WHO WAS ORIGINALLY ACCUSED OF STEALING TENS OF MILLIONS IN GOLD BARS. NOW WE KNOW HE MAY HAVE STOLEN NEARLY 200 MILLION.

JULIE AINSLIE NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE GOLD AND THE HOMES AND THE CARS. THAT HE GOT THE US GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING THE 298 GOLD BARS. SEIZED FROM A TOP LEVEL CIA EMPLOYEE'S HOME. BACK IN MAY. ALONG WITH STACKS OF MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN CASH. AND LUXURY WATCHES. INCLUDING ROLEXES, ALL OF IT WORTH MORE THAN $40 MILLION IN TOTAL. TODAY THAT EMPLOYEE DAVID RUSH,

PLEADING GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF WIRE FRAUD. AS PROSECUTORS DETAILED HIS ELABORATE SCHEME. IN FEDERAL COURT. ALLEGING RUSH STOLE $194 MILLION. FROM THE GOVERNMENT. AND CREATED A FAKE CIA PROGRAM. TO LAUNDER THE MONEY INTO LUXURY REAL ESTATE. IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS FIVE BEDROOM HOME. WORTH $30 MILLION. THIS OCEANFRONT PROPERTY WORTH $40 MILLION. PROSECUTORS SAY RUSH ALSO SPENT. $1.8 MILLION.

ON CHARTER FLIGHTS. AND BOUGHT TWO BRAND NEW BMWS. AND PERHAPS MOST TROUBLING. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE THAT RUSH TOLD A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. ABOUT A TOP SECRET SOURCE. PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE US GOVERNMENT, INFORMATION THAT COULD PUT US SECURITY. AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS ABROAD. AT RISK. RUSH APPEARING COOPERATIVE IN COURT TODAY, HIS LAWYERS DECLINING TO COMMENT TO NBC NEWS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE.

TOM, NBC NEWS WAS FIRST TO REPORT THAT RUSH WORKED FOR THE CIA, AND INTERNAL INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. HOW HE PULLED IT ALL OFF. TOM, JULIA, THANK YOU. WE WANT TO HEAD OVERSEAS NOW TO FRANCE, WHERE MASSIVE PROTESTS ARE TAKING OVER PORTIONS OF CITIES LIKE PARIS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TAKING TO THE STREETS. ANGRY OVER THE COUNTRY'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. OUR RICHARD ENGEL IS ON THE STREETS THERE. IN FRANCE, STUDENTS ARE IN REVOLT, AND TODAY. THEY GOT REINFORCEMENTS.

TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND FRANCE'S MAIN LABOR UNION JOINED THE DEMONSTRATORS. SOME PROTESTERS SET FIRES. AND CLASHED WITH RIOT POLICE. OK, OK. THERE WAS JUST A CHARGE BY THE POLICE. NOW THEY'RE. PULLING BACK. THEY ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO BREAK UP THESE DEMONSTRATIONS. HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS WERE INJURED. ALONG WITH DOZENS OF POLICE. POLICE CAME OUT. THEY'VE BEEN USING FIREWORKS A LOT,

SO IT'S NOT A REAL EXPLOSION, BUT IT DOES. STARTLE YOU QUITE A BIT. AT TIMES IT LOOKED LIKE A CLOUD OF TEAR GAS DESCENDED OVER PARTS OF PARIS. 18 YEAR OLD STUDENTS JULIA AND MARY LOU SAY STUDENTS JULIA AND MARY LOU SAY. STUDENTS WERE HORRIFIED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER THE SUMMER TO FIND RATS, LEEKS, AND OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS. YES, IT'S A VERY. DO. YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO A CHANGE? AROUND 900 SCHOOLS ACROSS FRANCE.

ARE NOW TEARILY CLOSED. OR BLOCKADED BY STUDENTS. WHO SAY THEY WON'T GIVE UP UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. POLICE ARRESTED MORE THAN. 500. DEMONSTRATORS TODAY. MORE THAN 6000 SINCE LAST WEEK. SO FAR THE GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO BEND TO DEMANDS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. BUDGETS AND SAY THE PROTESTERS ARE BEING. MANIPULATED BY POLITICAL PARTIES JOCKEYING FOR POSITION. AHEAD OF FRENCH ELECTIONS NEXT SPRING. AND IT'S NOT OVER. MORE STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS ARE SCHEDULED WITH NEW SUPPORTERS PROMISING TO JOIN.

RICHARD ENGEL, NBC NEWS, PARIS. ALL RIGHT, NOW TO THOSE NEW COMMENTS FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP SPARKING BACKLASH FROM CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS, SEEMING TO SUGGEST HE'S OK IF IRAN TAKES OUT LOS ANGELES OR SAN DIEGO. WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON. HERE'S RYAN NOBLES. TONIGHT, THE BLUE CITY BACKLASH. DEMOCRATS ARGUING PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED FOR THE IRANIAN REGIME. TO STRIKE DEMOCRATIC-LED CITIES, AND THESE COMMENTS WHERE HE SAID A TEMPORARY RISE IN GAS PRICES.

WAS WORTH IT TO PREVENT IRAN FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON TO THREATEN AMERICA. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGH. IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY. FOR KEEPING THE WORLD SAFE, KEEPING OUR COUNTRY SAFE. THEY CAN TAKE OUT A CITY. LET THEM TAKE, LET THEM TAKE OUT LOS ANGELES. LET THEM TAKE OUT SAN DIEGO. THIS IS A. OH. DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA. QUICKLY CONDEMNING THE REMARKS. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM POSTING, THE PRESIDENT IS ADVOCATING FOR AN ATTACK ON 10+.

MILLION US RESIDENTS IN TWO OF AMERICA'S LARGEST CITIES. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. LA MAYOR KAREN BASS SAYING. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SUGGESTED. THAT A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ATTACK LOS ANGELES. THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDING, NO, HE DIDN'T, YOU BUFFOONS. HE WAS SAYING THE US IS FIGHTING TO STOP IRAN FROM HAVING. THE ABILITY TO TAKE OUT LA AND SAN DIEGO WITH A NUCLEAR. THE PRESIDENT'S CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS CAME DURING A MIDTERM BLITZ, GOING AFTER DEMOCRATS. THEY CAN TAKE ALL THE STUFF THAT WE GAVE YOU,

THE BIGGEST TAX CUTS IN HISTORY, A GREAT BORDER, BEST BORDER WE'VE EVER HAD, ALL WHILE PLAYING DEFENSE IN RED STATES. HIS LAST THREE STOPS NEBRASKA, OHIO, AND ALABAMA, WHERE HE WON BY 10 POINTS OR MORE IN 2024. BUT IN 2026, THE SENATE RACES IN BOTH NEBRASKA AND OHIO ARE SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE. AND AT THAT EVENT IN NEBRASKA, TRUMP SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DEFERRING TAX ON CHEAPER. RED DYE DIESEL UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT EXPERTS PREDICT THAT DIESEL PRICES WILL REMAIN ABOVE $6 A GALLON.

UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. TOM. RYAN NOBLES, AS WE GET CLOSER TO THOSE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THANK YOU. WE HAVE. DISTURBING NEW VIDEO FROM FLORIDA TONIGHT SHOWING THE TERRIFYING SCHOOL BUS CRASH. THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND SENT. DOZENS TO THE HOSPITAL. HERE'S AARON GILCHRIST. TONIGHT. VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT OF THAT DEADLY FLORIDA SCHOOL BUS CRASH. THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF RELEASING THIS GRAPHIC VIDEO AND AUDIO TODAY. THE BUS VIDEO SHOWS PASSING TRAFFIC ON THAT TWO-LANE. ROAD BEFORE A CAR DRIFTS ACROSS THE CENTER LINE.

AND HITS THE BUS'S REAR TIRE, SENDING THE BUS CAREENING INTO AN ONCOMING JEEP. THE SECOND VIEW SHOWS THE 34-YEAR-OLD BUS DRIVER AND. SEVERAL STUDENTS WHOSE FACES WERE BLURRED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BEING TOSSED BY THE IMPACT. THE SHERIFF SAYS THE BUS DRIVER WAS HURT. BUT GOT OUT OF HER SEAT. SHE PULLS HERSELF OUT OF BEING WEDGED IN THIS CRASH, PINNED IN, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY STARTS HELPING. THE STUDENTS ON THE BUS.

16 YEAR OLD SOPHOMORE ADINA LUZ PRIETO OYOLA WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. TEACHERS LOVED HER. FRIENDS LOVED HER. UM. YESTERDAY WAS TO BE HER FIRST DAY OF CHEERLEADING PRACTICE. SCHOOL LEADERS DESCRIBING VIDEO OF OTHER STUDENTS TRYING. TO GET ADINA LUZ OFF THE BUS. ONE YOUNG MAN IS ACTUALLY HEARD, EXCUSE ME, ON A RECORDING SAYING, DON'T WORRY. I WON'T LEAVE YOU. THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP HIT BY THE BUS, 26-YEAR-OLD DESHAWN SMITH, WAS ALSO KILLED,

THE SHERIFF SAYS ON IMPACT. AND AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, THE 23-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WHO HIT THE BUS. IS COOPERATING. SHE DIDN'T MEAN TO CREATE THAT CRASH THAT MORNING, THE SHERIFF ADDING HE DOESN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S CRIMINAL. IN NATURE AT THIS POINT IN THE INVESTIGATION. AARON GILCHRIST, NBC NEWS. IN CALIFORNIA, A COUPLE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING AT LEAST 14 CHILDREN THROUGH SURROGACY. THEY'VE BEEN ARRESTED TONIGHT ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. DANA GRIFFIN HAS MORE. TONIGHT THIS COUPLE ARRESTED FROM THIS MASSIVE MANSION.

OUTSIDE LA FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS OF A SHOCKING SURROGACY SCHEME. AND CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATION. THIS HOUSE COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A HOUSE OF HORRORS. 66 YEAR OLD JOHN SCHWAN AND 39-YEAR-OLD SYLVIA ZHENG USED. SURROGATES TO AT LEAST 14 KIDS ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. THESE PHOTOS FROM INSIDE THE HOME SHOW ROWS OF CHILDREN SEATED. IN WHAT INVESTIGATORS CALLED LEARNING CENTERS. THIS PHOTO SHOWS A NANNY ALLEGEDLY ABOUT TO STRIKE ONE OF THE CHILDREN. INVESTIGATORS SAY NANNY XUN MEI LEE.

IS ON THE RUN. THE COUPLE NOW FACING CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT CHILD ABUSE. THEIR BAIL SET AT $100 MILLION. ONE SURROGATE SAYS SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS CARRYING A. BABY FOR A COUPLE STRUGGLING TO HAVE A CHILD, ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER SHE WAS ONE OF MANY WOMEN CARRYING A CHILD FOR THEM. YOU JUST DON'T EXPECT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO. HAND THE BABY OVER TO THEIR PARENTS AND THEN. ALL OF A SUDDEN FIND OUT THAT. THERE WAS ABUSE AND NEGLECT GOING ON.

THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. AFTER POLICE WERE TIPPED OFF BY MEDICAL STAFF. WHEN THE COUPLE'S 2 MONTH OLD SON WALTER SHOWED UP. TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THIS INJURY TO HIS HEAD. THE PARENTS SAID HE FELL OFF A BED. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, DID YOUR CLIENT ABUSE THESE KIDS? NO, MY CLIENT DID NOT ABUSE THESE KIDS. ZUAN'S ATTORNEY TELLING ME HIS CLIENT, A REAL ESTATE BUSINESSMAN FROM CHINA, SIMPLY CHOSE TO HAVE AS MANY KIDS AS HE WANTS. DANA GRIFFIN, NBC NEWS. WHEN WE RETURN IN 60 SECONDS,

THE MAN NOW CHARGED WITH TRYING. WHAT STARTED IT ALL? PLUS THE JET ACCIDENTALLY CRASHING ITS WING INTO ANOTHER PLANE'S TAIL. IN LOS ANGELES. AND IS THAT SUGAR-FREE DRINK YOU BUY AT STARBUCKS ACTUALLY. SUGAR-FREE? WHAT ARE NEW LAWSUIT CLAIMS. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A STORY OUT OF MASSACHUSETTS. AN ALLEGED ATTEMPTED DROWNING CAUGHT ON CAMERA. ERIN MCLAUGHLIN HAS THE VIDEO. CHILLING VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT PROSECUTORS ALLEGE STEPHEN. DANA TRIED TO DROWN 21-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW DUFFY.

A GRAND JURY INDICTED THE 71-YEAR-OLD. ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, STRANGULATION, AND ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A. DISABLED PERSON. DUFFY WAS ON CRUTCHES AT THE TIME. TIME TO GO. IN THE VIDEO CAPTURED ON A GOPRO BELONGING TO DUFFY'S FRIEND BACK IN JUNE, YOU HEAR DANA TELL THE GROUP TO LEAVE THE LAKE WITH THEIR JET SKI. YOU LIVE THERE AND LISTEN TO YOU DOING IT ALL DAY LONG AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT. WHOOP DEE. DOO, YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE ON THE LAKE.

THE. SITUATION IN HOPKINTON, MASSACHUSETTS QUICKLY ESCALATES. COME ON, BIG BOY. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? COME ON, BIG BOY. COME ON, BIG BOY. DO IT. WHAT AM I GONNA DO? COME ON, BIG BOY. YOU'RE THE ONE COMING UP TO ME. COME ON, BIG BOY. LET'S DO IT. COME ON, USE THAT BIG MOUTH OF YOURS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOUR MOUTH. OUT OF HERE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, DANA IS THEN SEEN STRADDLING DUFFY FROM ABOVE, HOLDING HIM UNDERWATER. BEFORE DUFFY'S FRIENDS NOTICE AND SOMEONE SHOUTS TO PULL DANA OFF. ACCORDING TO POLICE, DUFFY WAS SUBMERGED FOR 10 SECONDS.

I JUST REMEMBER I, I YELLED HELP TO MY FRIENDS OR I TRIED TO, AND THEN I JUST GOT LIKE SWALLOWED A MOUTHFUL OF WATER, BUT. I JUST KIND OF FELT HELPLESS. I'M VERY GLAD IT WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO. DANA PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN DISTRICT COURT. HE'S CURRENTLY OUT ON A $7500 BOND. HIS NEXT SUPERIOR COURT DATE IS LATER THIS MONTH. ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS. AND WHEN WE RETURN, REMEMBERING ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S ICONIC LEADING LADIES,

OSCAR WINNER EARIE SAINT, NEXT. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A DELTA PLANE CLIPPING ANOTHER. PLANE AT ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS. THE FAA SAYS IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHEN A. DELTA FLIGHT WAS TAXING FOR DEPARTURE AT LAX. ITS LEFT WINGTIP CLIPPING. AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT'S TAIL. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT DAMAGE HERE FROM. TMZ. THE PILOT TOLD GROUND CONTROL HE FELT A SHUDDER. RIGHT AFTER IT WAS HIT. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS OUT OF CONTROL HAYRIDE IN WELLSBURG,

NEW YORK. YOU SEE IT HERE, THE TRACTOR ROUNDING A CORNER, THEN FLIPPING OVER. SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 21 PEOPLE WERE ON THE HAYRIDE, 16 WERE INJURED, 5 ON BOARD WERE ABLE TO JUMP OFF BEFORE IT CRASHED. AND TONIGHT HOLLYWOOD IS REMEMBERING LEGENDARY OSCAR WINNER EVA MARIE SAINT. HER DEBUT IN ON THE WATERFRONT OPPOSITE MARLON BRANDO, OF COURSE, EARNED HER THE ACADEMY AWARD. SHE WENT ON TO STAR IN OTHER MASSIVE HOLLYWOOD FILMS LIKE NORTH BY NORTHWEST. IN A STATEMENT, HER FAMILY SAID SHE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES.

SHE WAS 102 YEARS OLD. AND THERE'S A NEW CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST STARBUCKS ACCUSING THE COFFEE GIANT. OF MISLABELING SOME OF ITS PROTEIN DRINKS AS SUGAR-FREE. THE LAWSUIT SAYS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S MILK IN THEM, WHICH CONTAINS LACTOSE AND NATURALLY OCCURRING SUGAR, AND BECAUSE OF THAT LACTOSE, VENTI SIZES OF THE DRINKS IN QUESTION. HAVE BETWEEN 13 TO 21 G OF SUGAR. STARBUCKS SAYS THE DRINKS HAVE NO. ADDED SUGAR. THE COMPANY TELLING NBC NEWS WE BELIEVE THESE CLAIMS. HAVE NO MERIT.

ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE FAT TUESDAY CELEBRATION. FOR A BELOVED TEACHER, HOW HER SCHOOL RALLIED AROUND HER AS SHE TAKES ON. HER BIGGEST FIGHT YET. THAT'S NEXT. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA TRANSFORMING THEIR HALLWAYS INTO THE FRENCH QUARTER. THE NEW ORLEANS VIBES ALL A RALLY AROUND A BELOVED TEACHER. ABOUT TO HAVE SURGERY, SENDING HER OFF WITH A LITTLE LANYAP.

THIS. IS NOT THE SCENE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER JESSICA KOSTEAK. WAS EXPECTING ON HER LAST DAY AT WORK BEFORE BRAIN SURGERY. CHEERS. JOY. AND SUPPORT FILLING THE HALLS. ALL THE WAY OUTSIDE. A SURPRISE FROM HER COLLEAGUES AND HER STUDENTS, SO SHE WOULDN'T FEEL ALONE AS SHE HEADS OUT ON LEAVE. DOCTORS FOUND A TUMOR IN JESSICA'S BRAIN THIS SUMMER,

AND SHE'S HAVING SURGERY TO REMOVE IT ON FRIDAY. I WAS ABSOLUTELY OVERCOME WITH EMOTION. I FELT THIS ABSOLUTE RUSH OF LOVE. AND JOY AND CHEER. AND WHILE DEER LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIGHT BE IN TALLAHASSEE. ON THIS DAY, THE SCHOOL. WAS EMBRACING THE BIG EASY. JESSICA IS FROM NEW ORLEANS AND KNOWN FOR HER HOMETOWN PRIDE, SO A MARDI GRAS THEMED SEND-OFF FELT RIGHT.

JESSICA THANKING THE TEACHERS AND THE KIDS WITH HIGH FIVES AND HUGS. HAVE YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM, IF YOU HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT YOU. I'M GONNA SHOW MY STUDENTS. AND MY OWN CHILDREN THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW. WE ARE GOING TO DO HARD THINGS AND WE'RE. GONNA DO THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE NEVER ALONE. GREAT ATTITUDE AND A GREAT TEACHER. JESSICA, WE HOPE. YOU GET BACK SOON. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS TUESDAY. I'M TOM YASS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

TONIGHT AND ALWAYS WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.