NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Oct. 7

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THE POWERFUL STORM TAKING AIM AT THE GULF, SET TO REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH IN JUST HOURS. THE STATES OF EMERGENCY JUST DECLARED AS THE STORM QUICKLY INTENSIFIES. GROCERY STORE SHELVES EMPTY, LINES OF CARS WAITING FOR GAS. HURRICANE WATCHES FROM MISSISSIPPI. TO FLORIDA. AL ROKER WITH THE LATEST TRACKING AND TIMING. THE TERROR PLOT TARGETING THE MALL OF AMERICA. THE FBI SAYS. THIS TEEN. PLEDGED HIS SUPPORT TO ISIS.

AND PLANNED TO KILL UP TO 60 PEOPLE. HOW THEY STOPPED HIM. SHOCKING, NEVER BEFORE SEEN VIDEO OF THE 6-YEAR-OLD. WHO SHOT HIS TEACHER ABIGAIL WERNER. BODY CAM VIDEO OF THE YOUNG BOY IN ANOTHER TEACHER'S ARMS, THE CHILD CURSING, EVEN THREATENING POLICE. YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THIS LITTLE BOY SAID. DEATH ROW INMATE KRISTA PIKE'S FIRST WORDS SINCE THAT BOTCHED. EXECUTION LEFT HER UNCONSCIOUS. WILL SHE BE PUT TO DEATH AGAIN. AFTER THAT FAILED ATTEMPT?

RUSSIA LAUNCHING ONE OF ITS DEADLY ATTACKS ON UKRA. SINCE THE START OF THE WAR, THE MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN KIEV. ALSO TONIGHT, THE HEROIC FIREFIGHTER ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHILE RESPONDING TO A HOUSE FIRE. HOW HE ESCAPED. FIERY PLANE CRASH IN FORT WORTH. THE PILOT KILLED AFTER THE PLANE NEARLY CRASHED INTO THIS ROAD. PLUS. DATA CENTER DIVIDE. ARE RYAN NOBLES WITH VOTERS. IN OHIO? COULD ANGER AT THE CONTROVERSIAL PROJECTS. DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER. THIS NOVEMBER?

WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN. THE BURGLAR FALLING THROUGH A MACY'S CEILING. AFTER A STANDOFF WITH POLICE. AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE SURPRISE FROM A BEST FRIEND. OF 50 YEARS. TO RING IN A LIFE SAVING MILESTONE. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YASS. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US ON THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE WANT TO START WITH THAT TROPICAL STORM QUICKLY INTENSIFYING IN THE GULF,

SET TO HIT HURRICANE STRENGTH IN JUST HOURS. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT ISAIA RIGHT NOW CHURNING SEVERAL 100 MILES. OFF THE GULF COAST AND HURTLING TOWARDS THE US. MILLIONS NOW BRACING FOR A DIRECT HIT. YOU CAN SEE. THOSE ALERTS STRETCHING ACROSS THE GULF. ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN PINK ARE NOW UNDER A HURRICANE WATCH. AND NEW FEARS TONIGHT THAT THE HURRICANE COULD MAKE LANDFALL. AS A POWERFUL CAT TOO. WHERE ISAIA WILL HIT THOUGH, STILL A MOVING TARGET TONIGHT.

TRADITIONAL MODELS HAVE THE STORM MAKING LANDFALL. FARTHER WEST BETWEEN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND ALABAMA, BUT NEWER. MODELS YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE PREDICT IT WILL HIT FARTHER EAST. IN FLORIDA'S PANHANDLE, AND TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY THOSE AI MODELS ARE FORECASTING A DIFFERENT TRACK. ALL OF IT HAS PEOPLE ACROSS THE GULF SCRAMBLING. TO PREPARE FOR LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS WITH STORE SHELVES. YOU SEE THEM THERE CLEARED AND CARS LINING UP NOW TO FUEL UP. AL ROKER IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US TONIGHT, AND HE STARTS US OFF.

TONIGHT ISAIAS GAINING SGTH. THE STORM NOW CLOSING IN ON THE GULF COAST. STATES OF EMERGENCIES DECLARED IN ALABAMA AND FLORIDA. ON DAUPHIN ISLAND, ALABAMA, RED FLAGS WARNING THAT THE OCEAN IS DANGEROUS, A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALREADY. MOBILE COUNTY OFFICIALS URGING FAMILIES. NOT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES. IT'S TIME TO PREPARE. WE'RE GONNA GET. THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. PEOPLE GETTING SANDBAGS IN NEARBY BALDWIN COUNTY. I WANT. TO BLOCK IT,

BASICALLY MY DOORWAY IN MY GARAGE FOR WATER. COMING INTO MY HOUSE. THIS TIME LAPSE SHOWING THE LIGHTNING EMBEDDED WITHIN THE STORM THIS MORNING. IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. SOME STORE SHELVES ALREADY EMPTYING OUT. AS SHOPPERS FILL THEIR CARTS. AND THESE VEHICLES. ARE WAITING FOR FUEL. YOU CAN SEE THOSE EXTRA GAS CANS LINED UP IN THE BED OF THAT PICKUP TRUCK, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ANNOUNCING TODAY. THEY ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE WEATHER FORECAST. AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S PLANNED FOOTBALL GAME VERSUS GEORGIA.

AL ROKER JOINS US NOW LIVE IN STUDIO. SO AL, WALK US THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT MODELS AND TIME OUT THE STORM FOR US. OK, LET'S GET STARTED FIRST. WHERE ISAIA IS RIGHT NOW, 500 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST. MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI, 65. MILE PER. HOUR WINDS. IT'S MOVING NORTHEAST AT 8. MPH NOW. THE TRADITIONAL NATIONAL HURRICANE FORECAST MAP. BRINGS IT RIGHT UP ON. PENSACOLA SOMETIME EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NOW HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE MODELS. THE TRADITIONAL MODELS, THE EUROPEAN MODEL, THE AMERICAN, THE NATIONAL HURRICANE FORECAST,

THEY USE MATH, PHYSICS TO CREATE. THAT PATH. HOWEVER, THESE NEW MODELS, THE GOOGLE DEEPMIND AI MODEL, USES. USES PATTERNS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED. AS TO WHAT MAY HAPPEN, AND. THOSE ARE MOVING. TO THE EAST, AS IS THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MAP, AND YOU CAN SEE. WE'RE LOOKING AT BLINDING RAIN, BATTERING WAVES, HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AT THE COAST, AND UPWARDS OF 10 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN. WE'LL UPDATE YOU TOMORROW MORNING ON TODAY, TOM. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL STAY ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, AL. WE THANK YOU. ALSO DEVELOPING TONIGHT, THE FBI IN MINNESOTA.

SAYING IT STOPPED A TERROR PLOT AGAINST THE MALL OF AMERICA. BY A SUSPECT WHO PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO. ISIS AND WAS PREPARING TO CARRY OUT A MASS SHOOTING. KELLY O'DONNELL HAS THE LATE DETAILS. A TERROR PLOT ALLEGEDLY TARGETING THE MALL OF AMERICA. FOILED IN MINNESOTA, LEAVING A LOCAL POLICE CHIEF SHAKEN. HORRIFIED. UM, NORMALLY I'M NOT AT A LOSS FOR WORDS, BUT. HORRIFIED. TONIGHT THE FBI SAYS THIS 18-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN-BORN TEENAGER,

SHEIKHDOUN ABDULHANI MOHAMMED, PLEDGED LOYALTY TO ISIS, AND HE PLANNED TO CARRY OUT A MASS CASUALTY EVENT IN MINNESOTA. 100% COMMITTED. THOSE ARE THE WORDS MOHAMMED ALLEGEDLY UTTERED. WHEN HE DESCRIBED HIS PLANNED JIHAD JOURNEY. THE FBI SAYS IT HAD BEEN WATCHING THE SUSPECT FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS. THE TEENAGER HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WITH A CONFIDENT. INFORMANT. WHERE THEY SAY MOHAMMED WROTE,

I AM MENTAAND PHYSICALLY READY, AND SPELLED OUT HIS TARGET, THE LARGEST MALL IN NORTH AMERICA, AN ATTACK PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 24TH, AND WROTE HE HOPED TO KILL MAYBE 30 TO 60 PEOPLE. WHY THERE. HE WROTE, BECAUSE IT'S OWNED BY JEWISH, ADDING, I WANT TO HARM THE JEW. MOHAMMED WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE BOUGHT AN AK-47, 4 30-ROUND CAPACITY MAGAZINES, AND ABOUT 200 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. FROM AN UNDERCOVER FEDERAL AGENT.

THE SON OF SOMALI IMMIGRANTS, INVESTIGATORS SAY HE EXPRESSED ANGER AT THE TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS. THE MESSAGES THIS DEFENDANT ALLEGEDLY SENT TO OTHERS WERE CHILLING. A CALLOUS DISREGARD FOR THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE. AND KELLY, WE'RE ALSO GETTING DISTURBING NEW DETAILS ON THE KIND. OF ATTACK THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY WANTED TO CARRY OUT. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, THE SUSPECT SAID HE WAS INSPIRED BY MASS KILLINGS LIKE. THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB IN ORLANDO AND THE BONDI BEACH ATTACK IN AUSTRALIA.

HAMMED MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY AND FACES A FELONY CHARGE. OF RECEIVING A FIREARM WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT TERRORISM. IN SUPPORT OF A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. TOM. KELLY O'DONNELL FOR US. KELLY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MAJOR UPDATE TO A STORY WE'VE FOLLOWED HERE FOR YEARS. WHEN A SIX YEAR OLD STUDENT SHOT HIS TEACHER IN A CLASSROOM IN VIRGINIA, THE NATION WAS SHOCKED. BUT NOW NEW VIDEO OF THE BOY'S COMMENTS IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THAT SHOOTING. ARE SPARKING EVEN MORE HORRIFIED DISBELIEF.

A WARNING, THE VIDEOS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE ARE HARD TO WATCH. HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK. NEW VIDEO TONIGHT OF THE SHOCKING SHOOTING AT. VIRGINIA'S RICH NECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN 2023. THIS IS MOMENTS AFTER THE SIX-YEAR-OLD SHOOTER SEEN. HERE FIRED ON HIS TEACHER ABIGAIL WERNER, HITTING HER IN THE HAND AND CHEST. THE VIDEO MADE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. IF YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME.

THE FIRST GRADER SWEARING AT A DIFFERENT TEACHEO. IS HOLDING HIM AS POLICE START PROCESSING THE SCENE. YES, I STOLE THAT FROM MY MOM. HE THREATENS THE OFFICERS. THESE NEW DISTURBING IMAGES SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON HIS STATE OF MIND. I MEAN. HE DOES HAVE THE GUN RESIDUE. LOOKS LIKE, OK. IT'S. JUST. NOT. TOUCH. HIS HANDS OR. ANYTHING. THE VIDEO WAS PUT UNDER SEAL BY THE. COURT DURING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL EBONY PARKER'S CRIMINAL TRIAL.

PARKER WAS CHARGED WITH 8 COUNTS OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT. PROSECUTORS SAY SHE IGNORED MULTIPLE WARNINGS THAT THE STUDENT HAD A GUN THAT DAY. BUT THE JUDGE THREW OUT THE CASE, SAYING HER ACTIONS DID NOT FIT THE CHARGES. THAT SAME JUDGE RELEASING THIS VIDEO ASKING THAT THE CHILD'S FACE BE BLURRED. THE STUDENT'S MOTHER WAS CONVICTED ON STATE CHILD NEGLECT AND FEDERAL GUN CHARGES, WHILE ABIGAIL ZWERNER,

WH, WAS AWARDED $10 MILLION IN A CIVIL CASE, THE JURY FINDING THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL GROSSLY NEGLIGENT. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS. AND TONIGHT WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE. WOMAN WHO SURVIVED THAT BOTCHED EXECUTION IN TENNESSEE. HER LAWYERS REVEALING HER FIRST WORDS WHEN SHE WOKE UP. AS THEY PUSHED FOR HER TO BE TAKEN OFF OF DEATH ROW. ERIN GILCHRIST IS IN NASHVILLE WITH THE LATEST. TONIGHT NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF TENNESSEE DEATH ROW. INMATE KRISTA PIKE A WEEK AFTER A FAILED EXECUTION ATTEMPT.

ON MONDAY NIGHT. IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT KRISTA WAS BRAIN DEAD. AND THAT LIFE SUPPORT WOULD BE REMOVED THE NEXT DAY. BUT ON TUESDAY, TO THE SHOCK OF EVERYONE, INCLUDING ME, INCLUDING HER TEAM, AND INCLUDING THE MEDICAL TEAM, KRISTA WOKE UP AND BEGAN TALKING. PIKE'S LAWYERS SAY THEY VISITED HER YESTERDAY AND. SHE REMAINS SHACKLED TO A HOSPITAL BED. I THINK SHE IS. ANGRY AND CONFUSED ABOUT EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, ALSO SAYING SHE IS UNABLE TO MOVE HER ARMS AND BATTLING PNEUMONIA.

PIKE HAS BEEN ON DEATH ROW FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. FOR THE BRUTAL BEATING AND MURDER OF A CLASSMATE, COLLEEN SCHLIMMER, IN 1995, PIKE WAS RUSHED TO A NASHVILLE HOSPITAL LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AFTER TWO DOSES OF A LETHAL DRUG DIDN'T KILL HER. THE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO PRESERVE NOW IS RELEVANT FOR ANY. FUTURE CHALLENGE THAT SHE MAKES. IN COURT TODAY, PIKE'S ATTORNEY CONVINCING A JUDGE TO. ORDER STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS TO PRESERVE EVERYTHING. RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO PIKE'S BOTCHED EXECUTION, INCLUDING DRUGS,

SYRINGES, NOTES, AND TEXT MESSAGES. ANY. RECORDING OF THAT EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30TH, WILL NEED TO BE. PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED. THE STATE HAD ARGUED A STANDING FEDERAL COURT ORDER ALREADY APPLIED TO THIS CASE. AS HER LAWYERS AGAIN APPEALED TO THE GOVERNOR TO. COMMUTE HER DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IN PRISON. IT IS UNIMAGINABLE THAT THE STATE WOULD TRY TO EXECUTE HER AGAIN. ERIN GILCHRIST JOINS US NOW LIVE IN NASHVILLE, AND ERIN, THERE WERE SUPPORTERS OF THE TEEN KILLED BY PIKE IN COURT AS WELL TODAY.

RIGHT, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT, UH, PIKE SHOULD STILL BE PUT TO DEATH. WE REACHED OUT TO THE MOTHER OF COLLEEN SLIMMER, WHO WOULDN'T COMMENT ON THE CASE TODAY AND THE ACTIVITIES IN THIS HEARING TODAY, BUT SHE HAS TOLD NBC NEWS. THAT SHE BELIEVES THIS FAILED EXECUTION IS A MESS, AND SHE SAID THE STATE. OWES ME BIG TIME, TOM. ERIN GILCHRIST FOR US. ALSO TONIGHT, A REMINDER OF THE DANGERS FIREFIGHTERS FACE. WE HAVE NEW VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW YOU FROM. NEW HAMPSHIRE OF A FIREFIGHTER TOTALLY ENGULFED,

DIVING OUT OF A BURNING HOME. VALERIE CASTRO NOW AND HOW HE SURVIVED. THIS NEW HAMPSHIRE FIREFIGHTER ESCAPING AN EXPLOSION OF FLAMES. WATCHES LIEUTENANT MIKE ENGLAND BURST THROUGH THE FRONT. DOOR OF A HOME ENGULFED IN FIRE, THEN THROWS HIMSELF. OFF THE PORCH. OTHER FIREFIGHTERS PATTING HIM DOWN TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES ON HIS BODY. CREWS RACED TO THE SCENE FRIDAY NIGHT. FOLLOWING REPORTS THAT SOMEONE COULD BE TRAPPED, ACCORDING TO THE LONDONDERRY FIRE CHIEF.

WHILE INSIDE A FLASHOVER. WHEN COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS SUDDENLY IGNITE ALL AT ONCE, CATCHING ENGLAND OFF GUARD. PICTURES. THE SCENE SHOW THE CHARRED ENTRYWAY. EVERYONE IN THE HOME, INCLUDING PETS, ESCAPED TO SAFETY, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS. ENGLAND SUFFERED A LEG INJURY AND MINOR BURNS, BUT IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, VALERIE CASTRO, NBC NEWS. IT IS OCTOBER 7TH AND THERE ARE EMOTIONAL MEMORIALS MARKING 3 YEARS.

SINCE THE HAMAS TERROR ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT KEIR SIMMONS IS IN ISRAEL TONIGHT FOR US. TONIGHT THE MEMORIALS AROUND THE WORLD. FROM MIAMI. TO BERLIN. TO HERE IN ISRAEL, WHERE SO MANY STILL CANNOT COMPREHEND. WHAT HAPPENED HERE THREE YEARS AGO. WHEN HAMAS TERRORISTS INVADED. MURDERING 1200 PEOPLE,

INCLG CHILDREN, 251 PEOPLE WERE KIDNAPPED. THE IMAGES OF RACHEL GOLDBERG POLIN'S SON HIRSCH. BEING ABDUCTED WERE SEEN AROUND THE WORLD. HIRSCH, AFTER HAVING HIS DOMINANT ARM BLOWN OFF, TEXTED US WITH HIS OTHER HAND. A VERY SIMPLE MESSAGE. I LOVE YOU. I'M SORRY. 328 DAYS AFTER HE WAS KIDNAPPED, HE WAS KILLED BY HIS CAPTORS. I DON'T THINK THE YEARS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I THINK EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP. AND IT'S. ALL OVER AGAIN EVERY SINGLE MORNING IS THE ANNIVERSARY. THE ATTACK TRIGGERED ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS IN GAZA. MORE THAN 74,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED, SPARKING GLOBAL OUTRAGE. PORTIONS OF GAZA TODAY. COMPLETELY DESTROYED. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A COMPETITION OF TEARS HERE. WE ARE ALL SUFFERING. WE ARE ALL SUFFERING. WE ARE ALL IN PAIN. RITA LIFSHITZ. SHOWS ME THE HOME BURNED BY HAMAS WHERE HER NEIGHBOR WAS MURDERED.

WITH HER 12-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER. RITA STILL LIVES NEXT DOOR. I LOVE THESE KIBBUTZ, BUT. IT WILL BE DIFFERENT. I ALMOST CRIED. ISRAELIS FINDING WAYS TO COPE, NOT TO OVERCOME. WAYS TO KEEP LIVING, NEVER FORGETTING. KIR SIMMONS, NBC NEWS, ISRAEL. AND WHEN WE RETURN IN 60 SECONDS, COULD DATA CENTERS SWING THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS? HOW THE MASSIVE FACILITIES REDRAWING THE LANDSCAPE DEEP IN TRUMP COUNTRY.

COULD BE REDRAWING THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AS WELL. PLUS THE DEADLY PLANE CRASH SLAMMING INTO THE HIGHWAY NEAR FORT WORTH, TEXAS. WHAT HAPPENED HERE? AND LOOK OUT BELOW THE STUNNING MOMENT IN A MALL. WHEN POLICE PULL A SUSPECT. OUT OF THE CEILING. WE ARE BACK NOW WITH OUR SERIES THE DATA CENTER DIVIDE. THE HUGE STRUCTURES NEEDED TO POWER AI ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND. HAVE BECOME A POLITICAL LIGHTNING ROD,

SO MUCH SO THEY JUST MIGHT BE THE ISSUE. THAT DETERMINES THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS. RYAN NOBLES TRAVELED TO OHIO TO SEE HOW THEY'RE CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE. THEY DON'T CARE. AT THIS TOWN MEETING IN A TRUMP STRONGHOLD NEAR CINCINNATI, THE MESSAGE FOR POLITICIANS WAS CLEAR. I RETIRED OUT HERE. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET BACK WHAT I PUT INTO MY HOME. WHO WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO A DATA CENTER? KUBE.

NOBODY KNOWS IT BETTER THAN ANGEL SHELTON. HERE IN RURAL SOUTHWEST OHIO, SHE SAYS THERE IS ONE THING THAT WILL DETERMINE. HER VOTE IN THE SENATE RACE BETWEEN DEMOCRAT SHERROD BROWN. AND REPUBLICAN JON HUSTED. YOU VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. YOU VOTED FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE PAST. YES, I DID. JOHN HUSTON'S ON THE BALLOT. IS THAT, DOES THIS ISSUE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE? ABSOLUTELY, AND HE'S NOT GETTING OUR VOTE. THAT ONE ISSUE. DATA CENTERS.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, ANGEL LEARNED AN AMAZON DATA CENTER WAS BEING PLANNED HERE. RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM HER HAY FARM. IT ABSOLUTELY KILLS OUR DREAMS. NOW SHE WORRIES ABOUT ITS IMPACT TO HER PROPERTY AND QUIET WAY OF LIFE. WHO DO I BLAME? I BLAME. JOHN HUSTED, PRESIDENT TRUMP. ALONG WITH OUR LOCAL COMMISSIONERS, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES. DATA CENTER CAMPUSES LIKE THESE THAT ARE POPPING UP ALL. OVER OHIO HAVE BECOME A VERY BIG POLITICAL ISSUE, BUT IT'S WAY MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT.

JOHN HUSTED LED THE CHARGE. TO BRING THESE DATA CENTERS TO OUR STATE. DEMOCRAT AND FORMER OHIO SENATOR SHARON BROWN IS. HAMMERING HUSTED FOR PAST SUPPORT OF DATA CENTERS, TAPPING INTO VOTER ANGER. THEY'VE SEEN WHAT JOHN HUSTED HAS DONE MORE THAN LET. DOWN. HE'S BEEN THE LEAD GUY ON THIS. AND IN A STATE PRESIDENT TRUMP WON 3 TIMES, BROWN IS LEADING THE RACE IN SEVERAL RECENT POLLS. A LEAKED MEMO OBTAINED BY NBC NEWS. IN AUGUST FROM THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE.

CLAIMED THATA CENTERS ARE THE ANCHOR HANGING AROUND HOUSTON'S NECK. DO YOU REGRET AT ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU MADE THOUGH WHEN YOU DID ENCOURAGE. THEM TO COME TO THE STATE AND YOUR OTHER ROLES THAT YOU HAD IN OHIO? LOCAL. LOCAL CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, NOT ME. UH, LOCAL DECISIONS DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY, NOT ME. I'M VERY PATRIOTIC. I PUT MY TWO BIG FLAGS RIGHT HERE. VOTERS LIKE JODY WILSON USED TO MAKE UP THE MEGA REPUBLICAN FAITHFUL, BUT NOW SHE SAYS THE POLITICIANS DON'T GET IT.

WE'RE FRUSTRATED. WE'RE ANGRY. WHY WOULD OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS. THAT WE VOTED IN. KEEP THIS BEHIND OUR BACKS? SOME OF THEM PROBABLY WILL NOT BE REELECTED IN. AT 68, SHE'S BECOME AN ACTIVIST TO PETITION AGAINST DATA CENTERS. A 3 TIME TRUMP VOTER, SHE SAYS SHE CAN'T BRING HERSELF TO VOTE FOR HOUSTON IN NOVEMBER. DO YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE IN OFFICE REALIZE WHAT'S ABOUT TO HIT THEM IN NOVEMBER? NO.

IT COULI HOPE IT IS.P CALL. RYAN NOBLES, NBC NEWS, WILLIAMSBURG, OHIO. AND WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH THE. PREDICTION THAT CAME TRUE THE BRUTAL ASSAULT ON UKRAINE. LEAVING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. THAT'S NEXT. BACK NOW WITH THE INTENSIFYING WAR IN UKRAINE. RUSSIA UNLEASHING A BARRAGE OF NEW ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVERNIGHT, INCLUDING ON KIEV. PRESIDENT ZELENSKY REPORTING CHILDREN WERE AMONG THE 25 PEOPLE KILLED.

A DAY EARLIER. HE WARNED INTELLIGENCE SIGNALED RUSSIA WAS PREPARING A MASSIVE ATTACK. ALSO TONIGHT, THIS DEADLY SMALL PLANE CRASH IN TEXAS. YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE. THE WRECKAGE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING NEAR HICKS AIRFIELD IN FORT WORTH. FIRE OFFICIALS REPORT THE THE PILOT. WAS KILLED. HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD. THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING WHAT WENT WRONG. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WILD BODY CAM VIDEO OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE. THIS BURGLARY SUSPECT. HIDING IN THE CEILING OF A MACY'S. VANCOUVER POLICE.

PAUSING THE VIDEO HERE JUST BEFORE HE COMES CRASHING DOWN ONTO A SAFETY MAT. AND RIGHT INTO POLICE CUSTODY. WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE BIG SURPRISE. THAT BROUGHT THESE TWO FRIENDS TOGETHER 50 YEARS. AFTER THEY FIRST MET. FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT THE ENDURING POWER OF FRIENDSHIP. THIS IS WHAT 5 DECADES OF FRIENDSHIP LOOKS LIKE. ERIC BEASLEY AND GENE ALLISON FIRST MET IN 5TH GRADE.

MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO. THEY'VE STAYED CLOSE. EVEN WHEN LIFE TOOK THEM IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. GENE NOW LIVES IN CHICAGO. ERIC IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. SO WHEN GENE FINISHED CANCER TREATMENT A FEW WEEKS BACK, ERIC KNEW HE HAD TO FLY IN AND SURPRISE HIM. TRADITIONALLY, A CANCER PATIENT RINGS A BELL TO MARK THE END OF TREATMENT, BUT IN THIS CASE,

ERIC AND HIS FAMILY. BROUGHT THE BELLS TO GENE. I THOUGHT I WAS ALMOST DREAMING WITH ME AND HIM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN. EXTRA SPECIAL. AND ERIC KNOWS WHAT THIS MOMENT FEELS LIKE. HE WENT THROUGH HIS OWN JOURNEY WITH THE DISEASE LAST YEAR, BEATING PROSTATE CANCER, AND NOW GRATEFUL TO BE THERE FOR A FRIEND. HE SAYS IS MORE LIKE A BROTHER. OUR RELATIONSHIP IS, IS TRULY SPECIAL.

HE WAS ALWAYS THERE, SUPPORTING ME. AND, AND ENCOURAGING ME AND UPLIFTING ME. HE IS THE BEST FRIEND I EVER HAVE IN HIS LIFE. AND I LOVE HIM. DEARLY. TWO FRIENDS ALWAYS THERE FOR EACH OTHER. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS WEDNESDAY. I'M TOM YAMAS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.