NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Sept. 10

TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENTIAL PAYOUT PROMISE. CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVE A $5000 CHECK. TO EVERY AMERICAN ADULT? THE PRESIDENT'S PITCH OFFERING TO PAY. $5000 IF REPUBLICANS WIN. THE HOUSE AND SENATE. DEMOCRATS CALLING IT AN ELECTION YEAR STUNT. WE PRESSED REPUBLICANS ON IF IT COULD REALLY BECOME A REALITY. AND WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM. DEADLY OIL BARGE EXPLOSION OFF NEW YORK CITY. ONE WORKER KILLED. WHAT SET OFF THIS BLAST?

MID-AIR EMERGENCY. PASSENGERS STRAPPING ON OXYGEN MASKS. AS A DELTA PLANE SUDDENLY PLUNGES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FEET. WHY DID THE PLANE SUDDENLY LOSE CABIN PRESSURE? A MASSIVE SINKHOLE AT THE MANSION OWNED BY NICOLAS CAGE. TRIGGERING EVACUATIONS NOW FOR DOZENS. AI DOOMSDAY FEARS REACHING A FEVER PITCH. MORE RESEARCHERS AT TOP COMPANIES. COMING FORWARD TO NBC NEWS WITH CONCERNS THAT THE TECH. COULD KILL US ALL. OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL.

WE'RE WITH THE FIREFIGHTER ON HIS FIRST TRIP. BACK TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SINCE 2001. WHY HE TELLS ME HIS TIME THERE HAS CAUSED DEMENTIA, THE COVERAGE HE'S FIGHTING FOR, THE BIZARRE REVELATION FROM SINGER RICK SPRINGFIELD. THAT HE KILLED A MAN. WHILE PERFORMING FOR TRUTH. IN VIETNAM, SAVED FROM THE SEA, A 15-YEAR-OLD STRANDED FOR DAYS. IN THE FRIGID ALASKA WATERS RESCUED BY A NEARBY BOAT, AND THE JET LAG BOWL.

THE LA RAMS AND 49ERS KICKING OFF THEIR SEASON IN AUSTRALIA TONIGHT, 17 HOURS AHEAD OF HOME. BOTH TEAMS TACKLING THE TIME CHANGE VERY DIFFERENTLY. SO WHO'S RIGHT? 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. WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLEDGE.

TO GIVE EVERY AMERICAN ADULT. K. IF REPUBLICANS. WIN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING THAT PLAN AT THE REPUBLICANS' MIDTERM CONVENTION, SAYING IT WILL BE CALLED. THE TRUMP DIVIDEND. THE PLAN WOULD COST THE US MORE THAN $1 TRILLION. DEMOCRATS ARE ALREADY BLASTING THE MOVE AS A STUNT. THE PRESIDENT HAS FLOATED SOME SIMILAR PAYMENTS IN THE PAST, BUT. NOT ALL HAVE. MATERIALIZED. WE HAVE NEW REPORTING TONIGHT ON HOW REALISTIC THESE PAYMENTS ARE, AND WE. ASK KEY.

REPUBLICANS ON WHETHER CONGRESS WOULD EVEN PASS IT. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION BACK IN SESSION TONIGHT AS THE. GOP FACES SEVERAL BIG CHALLENGES HEADING INTO ELECTION SEASON, INCLUDING THE WAR IN IRAN. AND INFLATION. OUR RYAN NOBLES IS IN DALLAS AT THE CONVENTION. HE STARTS US OFF. TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFENDING HIS PROVOCATIVE NEW PLAN. WITH REPUBLICANS FACING HEADWINDS GOING INTO THE MIDTERMS. HE'S PLEDGING TO GIVE EVERY AMERICAN ADULT A $5000 CHECK. IF REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN, YOU WIN WITH US AND YOU GET $5000. IT WILL BE CALLED. THE TRUMP DIVIDEND. THE PLAN WOULD COST OVER $1 TRILLION. THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING IT WOULD COME FROM TARIFF REVENUE, BUT THAT STILL WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH. WE HAVE THE MONEY. WHY NOT GIVE IT? THEY CAN'T. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS CAN'T DO IT. BECAUSE WITH THEM IT'S NEGATIVE GROWTH. WITH US IT'S SO POSITIVE. DEMOCRATS ALREADY HAMMERING THE PROPOSAL, CALLING IT AN UNREALISTIC ELECTION.

YOU'RE STUNNED. THIS IS. THE BIGGEST LIAR TO EVER SERVE. IN GOVERNMENT, PERIOD. AND LOOK, THE DIVIDEND IS NOT HAPPENING. PRESIDENT TRUMP EARLIER GAVE $1,776 TO MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, BUT OTHER PROMISED REBATES NEVER MATERIALIZED. CONGRESS WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE NEW PLAN. WE PRESSED A TOP HOUSE REPUBLICAN. IS THAT REALISTIC? I, WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. HE WANTS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. TO SHARE IN THE GREAT SUCCESS THAT THIS COUNTRY IS HAVING.

ALL OF THIS AS THE PRESIDENT RALLIED REPUBLICANS AT THEIR MIDTERM CONVENTION. SO I'M ASKING YOU. TO PRETEND THAT I'M ON THE BALLOT, BECAUSE IF WE LOSE, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR BORDER, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR TAX CUTS, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. AND IN A SURPRISE, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN APPEARING ON VIDEO BLASTING HIS OWN PARTY. I'M ALWAYS GOING TO STAND WITH AMERICA. I'M ALWAYS GOING TO REJECT THE EXTREMES IN SOCIALISM.

RYAN JOINS US NOW LIVE THERE IN. DALLAS FROM THE CONVENTION AND RYAN, ONE HIGH PROFILE REPUBLICAN SENATOR IS NOW. CRITICIZING THIS $5000 PAYMENT PROPOSAL. YES, THAT'S RIGHT, TOM, AND IT COMES AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW SUGGESTING. HE COULD MAKE THIS DIVIDEND A REALITY WITHOUT CONGRESS. MAINE SENATOR REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS, WHO'S LOCKED IN A TIGHT RACE, IS QUESTIONING. HOW MUCH THIS DIVIDEND WOULD COST AND WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR IT. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT TRUMP SET TO SPEAK OUT.

AGAIN TONIGHT. LAST NIGHT HE WAS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK FOR ONLY 30 MINUTES. HE SPOKE FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS. TOM. RYAN NOBLES LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO SOME MORE DEVELOPING NEWS. AN EXPLOSION ON STATEN ISLAND. A BARGE CATCHING FIRE AND DARK SMOKE IS FILLING THE AIR. AS FIREFIGHTERS RUSH TO THE SCENE. AUTHORITIES SAY AT LEAST 1 PERSON HAS BEEN KILLED. IDA SIEGEL FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION IS THERE WITH THAT VIDEO. TONIGHT. EXPLOSIONS.

ROCKING A BARGE ON NEW YORK'S STATEN ISLAND. DARK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE SHIPPING CONTAINER, TRIGGERING. A MASSIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. FIRE TRUCKS ARRIVING TO THE SCENE. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A LARGE BLAZE RACING TO CONTAIN THE FLAMES. THERE WERE 3 EXPLOSIONS, BUT THE FIRST ONE WAS THE BIGGEST, AND THEN I WAS PRAYING THAT NOBODY GOT HURT. AND WHEN THE AMBULANCE CAME, I SAID, OH GOD, DON'T TELL ME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LAST.

INITIAL REPORTS ONE MAN WAS KILLED. NO IDENTIFICATION HAS BEEN RELEASED. CREWS ON SCENE SECURING REMAINING PETROLEUM FROM THE CONTAINER. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF. THE FIRE AS THE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY. THE SHIPPING YARD IS LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE HOMES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING. TWO FIREFIGHTERS ALSO SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. TOM, IDA, THANK YOU. WE ARE FOLLOWING TWO SEPARATE EMERGENCIES ON BOARD DELTA FLIGHTS TONIGHT.

WHEN BOTH PLANES LOST PRESSURIZATION. IN ONE CASE, OXYGEN MASKS DROPPED FROM THE CEILING. TOM COSTELLO HAS MORE. IT HAPPENED AT 36,000 FT. OXYGEN MASKS SUDDENLY DROPPED. PASSENGERS PANICKED AS DELTA FLIGHT 2311 LAX TO SALT LAKE. REPORTED LOSING CABIN PRESSURE. DELTA 2311 CURRENTLY. RAPID DESCENT. WE'D LIKE TO GET DOWN TO 9000. THE PILOTS QUICKLY PUT ON THEIR OWN MASKS.

THE OXYGEN DEPLOYED. THEN DESCENDED 27,000 FT. 10 MINUTES DIVERTING TO LAS VEGAS. I MEAN YOU COULD DEFINITELY FEEL THAT WE WERE GOING DOWN. PASSENGER JORDAN MAYNARD GRABBED HIS PHONE. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF MINUTES THERE WHERE HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE NEEDED TO TEXT MY WIFE, TELL HER THAT I LOVE HER AND THE KIDS. THANKFULLY, THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY IN VEGAS. THEN TODAY ANOTHER EMERGENCY, A DIFFERENT DELTA PLANE LEAVING JFK FOR PHOENIX ALSO LOST PRESSURE. WE HAD A PRESSURIZATION. ISSUE. THAT FLIGHT RETURNED SAFELY TO JFK.

THESE ARE RARE OCCURRENCES, BUT PILOTS ARE TRAINED TO GET ON OXYGEN AND DESCEND THE AIRPLANE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. A LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION CAN CAUSE CREW AND PASSENGERS TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS. IN 1999, A LEAR JET CARRYING GOLFER PAYNE STEWART AND FIVE OTHERS LOST PRESSURE, THEN FLEW FOR 4 HOURS BEFORE CRASHING, AND UTAH JORDAN MAYNARD JUST THANKFUL TO BE HOME. I GAVE KIDS A KISS WHILE THEY WERE ASLEEP, LAID DOWN, JUST.

LAID NEXT TO MY WIFE AND JUS. , KIND OF TRY TO CATCH MY BREATH. DELTA SAYS BOTH CREWS FOLLOWED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO LAND SAFELY. THE FAA IS NOW INVESTIGATING. TOM, TOM, THANK YOU. ALSO TONIGHT, NBC NEWS LEARNING SEVERAL US MILITARY AIRCRAFT. WERE DAMAGED DURING AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK. A US OFFICIAL SAYS IT HAPPENED ON AN AIR BASE IN JORDAN EARLIER THIS WEEK. AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT DAMAGED DIRECTLY BY THE MISSILES BUT. BY FALLING DEBRIS AFTER THE MISSILES WERE SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEPTED.

ALL BUT ONE OF THE JETS ARE BACK IN SERVICE. OK, WE HEAD TO CALIFORNIA NOW AND THE GROWING ISSUES FROM THAT MASSIVE SINKHOLE. IN MALIBU OUTSIDE A HOME OWNED BY NICOLAS CAGE. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT MUCH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW. FORCED TO EVACUATE. DANA GRIFFIN JOINS US AND DANA, WHAT ARE OFFICIALS HERE TELLING YOU? WELL, TOM, THE SIGN HERE SAYS IT ALL. AREA CLOSED DUE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. A CITY OFFICIAL TELLING ME TODAY THAT HIS GREATEST FEAR. IS THAT PEOPLE OR CARS COULD FALL IN.

AND THERE COULD BE FURTHER COLLAP. AFTER THE GROUND GAVE WAY TUESDAY MORNING. THE HOLE IS NOW AN ESTIMATED 50 FT WIDE. WHILE 5 HOMES ARE DAMAGED, MORE THAN 30 ARE RED TAGGED, MEANING FAMILIES CANNOT RETURN UNTIL IT'S SAFE. THAT'S BECAUSE THE DAMAGED STREET. CURRENTLY PREVENTS FIRST RESPONDERS. REACHING PEOPLE IN AN EMERGENCY. AND THAT CITY OFFICIAL BELIEVES THAT COASTAL EROSION IS LIKELY THE CAUSE. IT COULD TAKE REPAIRS UP TO 5 WEEKS. TOM, ALL RIGHT, DANA GRIFFIN FOR US. DANA, THANK YOU. NOW TO THOSE NEW WARNINGS ABOUT AI AND THE HEADLINES COULDN'T BE WORSE,

THAT AI COULD KILL ALL OF MANKIND. WITHIN THE NEXT DECADE. THREE. RESEARCHERS FROM INSIDE LEADING AI COMPANIES NOW COMING FORWARD. TO NBC NEWS WITH THEIR FEARS. HERE'S CHRISTINE ROMANS. IT WAS THE RESIGNATION THAT RICOCHETED AROUND THE CYBER WORLD. JACOB COXON'S POST, NOW VIEWED MORE THAN 155 MILLION TIMES, EXPLAINING WHY HE QUIT LEADING AI FIRM ANTHROPIC. OVER CONCERNS OF A DOOMSDAY SCENARIO.

HE TALKED LAST NIGHT WITH TOM. YOU TRULY BELIEVE. THAT AI COULD KILL US ALL IN LESS THAN A DECADE. YES, I DO, AND UM. IT'S NOT JUST ME. MANY. PEOPLE WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING PEOPLE, EXECUTIVES, SENIOR RESEARCHERS, ALL GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL PROBABILITY. THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD KILL EVERYONE. NOW MORE FORMER AI INSIDERS COMING FORWARD TO NBC NEWS. THERE ARE NO ADULTS IN THE ROOM. JOSH ENGLES, WHO JUST RECENTLY LEFT GOOGLE'S DEEPMIND,

IS ALSO SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE RISKS OF A POSSIBLE AI TAKEOVER. AIS WOULD BE IN CONTROL OF THE WORLD. I. DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD MEAN. LIKE. EVERYBODY WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE KILLED BY IT, EVERYONE WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE KILLED BY IT, EVERYONE WOULD IMMEDIATELY DIE. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE, BUT UM, IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE, LIKE A POSSIBILITY. GOOGLE DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT. ENGELS IS NOW WORKING AT AN AI SAFETY NONPROFIT. JOE BENTON HEADING THERE TOO, HAVING QUIT HIS JOB AT ANTHROPIC TWO WEEKS AGO. WHAT IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, JOE? I THINK THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT.

HUMANITY, WE AS A SPECIES, WE LOSE CONTROL OF OUR FUTURE. ANTHROPIC SAYS IT RECOGNIZES THE UNPRECEDENTED RISKS, AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD MODELS WITH SOME. OF THE STRONGEST SAFEGUARDS IN THE INDUSTRY, AND TODAY ANNOUNCED IT HAS DISRUPTED MULTIPLE THREAT ACTORS WHO. USED CLOUD TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE FOR WEAPONS DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF THOSE CASES COMING FROM YEMEN, RUSSIA, AND CHINA AND INVOLVING DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL. WEAPONS. MANY CALLING FOR THE TOP AI COMPANIES TO SLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MODELS.

COXON WARNING A POTENTIAL APOCALYPTIC FUTURE IS CLOSER THAN PEOPLE THINK. IT'S PLAUSIBLE WITHIN 6 MONTHS THE MODELS. POSE. RISK OF TAKING OVER THE WORLD. AI INSIDERS NOW COMPELLED TO WARN THE REST OF US. CHRISTINE ROMANS, NBC NEWS. ALL RIGHT. AHEAD ON NIGHTLY NEWS, OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL. WE GO BACK TO GROUND ZERO WITH A FIREFIGHTER WHO NOW SAYS HE HAS DEMENTIA. AFTER HIS SERVICE THERE, AND HE'S NOT GETTING THE COVERAGE HE NEEDS.

THE SHOCKING REVELATIONS FROM SINGER OF JESSIE'S GIRL. SAYING HE KILLED A MAN WHEN HE WAS IN VIETNAM AS A PERFORMER, AND THE TEEN FOUND ALIVE SURVIVING ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS SKIFF. AFTER DAYS IN THE FREEZING SEA. STAY WITH US. WE ARE BACK NOW WITH THIS MOVING LIGHT SHOW OVER. LOWER MANHATTAN MAKING THE SHAPE OF THE TWIN TOWERS. 2,977 DRONES. TAKING FLIGHT, ONE FOR EVERY LIFE LOST ON 9/11,

25 YEARS AGO. TONIGHT IN OUR SERIES THE COST OF DENIAL, WE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT GROUND ZERO. FIRST RESPONDERS. SAYING THEY'RE EXPERIENCING EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA NOW, 25 YEARS LATER, AND ARE FEELING LEFT BEHIND. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS, STEVEN STALDERIC IS STEPPING FOOT AT THE SITE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, WHERE HE WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER. IN THE DAYS AFTER 9/11.

HIS MEMORIES FROM THAT TIM. RE, EVEN THOUGH THIS 61-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA. DO YOU REMEMBER 9/11? I MEAN, CAN YOU REMEMBER IT? OH, IT'S LIKE YESTERDAY. I SAW ONE TOWER ON FIRE. AND THEN. BOOM, THERE GOES THE OTHER ONE. AND THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO GO IN AND. I'M GOING. AND HE WAS THERE WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH FIRST VISITED GROUND ZERO. AND THE PEOPLE WHO KNOCKED THESE BUILDINGS DOWN.

WILL. HEAR ALL OF US SOON. YOU WERE IN THIS CROWD WHEN HE, WHEN, WHEN GEORGE BUSH GIVES THAT, THAT FAMOUS SPEECH. FOR 2 DAYS HE WAS WORKING BY THE PILE. HELPING IN THE CLEANUP. AS SOON AS YOU WALK PAST THE CHECKPOINT, EVEN BEFORE YOU GOT TO THE CHECKPOINT, NO MATTER WHICH WAY THE WIND SHIFTED. YOU COULD SMELL IT. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? DEATH? SMELL OF DEATH, FEAR. AND NOW FEAR IS WHAT STEVEN AND HIS WIFE TERESA ARE GRAPPLING WITH.

THEY THINK HIS WORK ON THE 9/11 SITE LED. TO HIS EARLY ONSET DEMENTIA. THE ONE THING HE DID ASK ME. MM. AND I PROMISED HIM. HE SAID, DON'T PUT ME AWAY. AND I SAID I WOULD DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP YOU HOME. I'M NEVER GOING TO LEAVE HIM. I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. I WILL NEVER PUT HIM IN A FACILITY.

TOM NEVER. AS A 9/11 VOLUNTEER, THEY SAY THERE SHOULD BE HELP. DO YOU BELIEVE THE STUFF HE WAS. BREATHING IN ON THAT PIT HAS STAYED INSIDE OF HIM FOREVER? YES, WITHOUT A DOUBT, 100%. ANYBODY WARN YOU? ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING? HEY GUYS, BE CAREFUL. IT'S, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS. NO, HERE'S A MASK. YEAH, THAT DID GOOD. HALF OF THE TIME IT WAS ON, HALF OF THE TIME IT WAS ON, HALF OF THE TIME IT WAS OFF. YOU COULDN'T BREATHE WITH IT, SO YOU TOOK IT OFF. STEVEN WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS WORKING AT THE SITE OF THE ATTACK,

EXPOSED TO THAT TOXIC AIR. THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO HELP SURVIVORS. AND FIRST RESPONDERS. IT CURRENTLY COVERS MEDICAL CONDITIONS. LIKE ASTHMA, VARIOUS CANCERS, AND PTSD, BUT NOT DEMENTIA. TERESA SAYS A FEW YEARS AGO, STEVEN BEGAN GROWING MORE AGITATED, CONFUSED. WHY DID THAT BOTHER HIM? WHY DID HE GET SO ANGRY? WHY IS HE YELLING? WELL, THAT WAS THE FIRST TELLTALE SIGN.

THEN THINGS START TO HAPPEN WHERE, OH, HE LEFT THE OVEN. ON. THINGS NOT PUT IN THE RIGHT PLACE. YES. RESEARCHERS SAY IT'S PART OF A NEW 9/11 HEALTH CRISIS EMERGING 25 YEARS LATER. THE TOXINS FROM THAT TIME NOW POTENTIALLY CAUSING DEMENTIA IN. MANY FIRST RESPONDERS IN THEIR LATE 50S AND EARLY 60S. AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF PATIENTS. SEEM TO HAVE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. DR. BENJAMIN LOFT AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY FILED A. PETITION FOR DEMENTIA IN 9/11 RESPONDERS UNDER 65.

TO BE COVERED BY THE WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM. THE CDC, WHICH RUNS THE PROGRAM, SAYS A DECISION ON THE PETITION HAS NOT BEEN MADE, BUT LOVE SEES A CLEAR CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DUST INHALED BY FIRST RESPONDERS. LIKE STEVEN. AND THE DECLINE. THEY'RE FACING TODAY. THAT DUST. WE BELIEVE. FOUND ITS WAY TO THE BRAIN. AND BEGAN. THIS PROCESS. IN A STUDY OF MORE THAN 5001ST RESPONDERS,

HIS TEAM FOUND THAT THOSE WITH THE GREATEST. EXPOSURE TO TOXINS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SITE. ARE 14 TIMES MORE LIKELY. TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA. BEFORE AGE 65. COMPARED TO THOSE EXPOSED TO THE LOWEST LEVELS. THE COST OF THIS IS. NOT JUST FINANCIAL, IT'S THE COST OF. THE FUTURE. AND THE LIFE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD. HAVE, RIGHT? I KNOW HIS MIND.

WILL BE. TAKEN AWAY A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME, BUT HIS HEART. IS WHAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH. AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM. AND JUST AS IMPORTANT TO STEVEN AND TERESA AS GETTING COVERAGE, GETTING THE RECOGNITION THAT HIS SERVICE. LED TO HIS ILLNESS, I'LL BE ANCHORING LIVE FROM LOWER MANHATTAN IN. THE SHADOW OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOMORROW. ON NIGHTLY NEWS. ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE RETURN TONIGHT, NO FOOD, NO WATER, AND BRUTAL CONDITIONS AT SEA.

HOW A TEEN SURVIVED ON THE HULL OF A SKIFF FOR DAYS. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH AN INCREDIBLE RESCUE OUT IN THE BERING SEA NEAR ALASKA. LOOK AT THIS A 15 YEAR OLD BOY KNEELING ON THE BOTTOM OF HIS OVERTURNED SKIFF. AFTER HE SURVIVED DAYS IN THE FRIGID WATER WITHOUT FOOD OR FRESH WATER. OUR ALASKA AFFILIATE REPORTS THAT HIS BROTHER AND COUSIN, WHO WERE ALSO ON THE BOAT, DIED. THE COAST GUARD SAYS HE WAS FOUND MILES AWAY FROM SHORE. ALSO TONIGHT IN THE MUSIC WORLD, ROCKER RICK SPRINGFIELD,

SINGER OF JESSIE'S GIRL, REVEALING TO JOE ROGAN. HE KILLED A MAN IN VIETNAM WHILE HE WAS THERE PERFORMING FOR TROOPS. HE SAID IT HAPPENED DURING THE WAR IN 1968 BEFORE HE WAS FAMOUS, AND ADDING HE WAS STAYING AT A US NAVY ENCAMPMENT. WHEN IT CAME UNDER ATTACK. HE SAID HE THREW A MORTAR THAT HIT A VIET CONG ATTACKER. SPRINGFIELD SAYS THAT EXPERIENCE. NEVER LEFT HIM. AND IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, ELLIS. OFFICIALLY WAVING THE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER, SAYING. IT WILL NOT ROSTER TWO PLAYERS. WHO SPENT TRAINING CAMP IN THE NFL.

THE FOOTBALL POWERHOUSE SPARKED A MASSIVE CONTROVERSY TRYING. TO ADD PRO PLAYERS TO THE TEAM. THE MOVE DE-ESCALATES A MAJOR LEGAL BATTLE OVER WHETHER THE SCHOOL. COMPLIED WITH THE SEC'S RULES. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE JET LAG BOWL. THE RAMS AND 49ERS. SET TO BATTLE NOT JUST EACH OTHER, BUT A BRUTAL TIME DIFFERENCE AS WELL. IN AUSTRALIA. WE'RE THERE. WE'LL EXPLAIN. FINALLY TONIGHT, THE NFL IS GEARING UP FOR AN UNPRECEDENTED SHOWDOWN IN AUSTRALIA.

TWO. CALIFORNIA TEAMS TRAVELING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. TO FACE OFF DOWN UNDER, BUT THE TEAMS ARE TAKING TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. TO DEAL WITH THE JET LAG. SO WHO'S RIGHT? JANICE MACKIE FREER IN AUSTRALIA FOR US. THE NFL IS GOING SOMEWHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE. MELBOURNE, YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT. THE LOS ANGELES RAMS AND SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS KICKING OFF TONIGHT IN MELBOURNE.

LET'S GO. THE BUZZ IS ALL ABOUT THE ZS JET LAG, A POTENTIALLY MAJOR FACTOR. IT TAKES ABOUT 15 HOURS TO TRAVEL FROM CALIFORNIA TO MELBOURNE, THEN ADD IN A 17 HOUR TIME DIFFERENCE. I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE FUTURE. NEVER BEFORE HAVE TWO. TEAMS TRAVELED SO FAR FOR A REGULAR SEASON GAME. SO IN A LOT OF WAYS. THIS IS ALSO A BATTLE OF THE SLEEP SCHEDULES. THE 49ERS ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE A WEEK AGO,

GIVING THEMSELVES DAYS TO ADJUST. I TRIED TO SEE MY FAMILY'S TIME, BUT IT SAYS YESTERDAY. I DON'T EVEN GET HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE. THE RAMS TRYING THE OPPOSITE STRATEGY, TOUCHING DOWN ROUGHLY 24 HOURS BEFORE KICKOFF. THE GOAL. TO KEEP THEIR BODIES AND MINDS ON US TIME. I THINK OUR BODY CLOCKS WILL BE RIGHT ON AND READY TO GO. EXPERTS SAY IT CAN TAKE ONE DAY FOR EVERY TIME ZONE. TRAVELED FOR YOUR BODY TO ADJUST WHETHER THAT'S DOMESTICALLY. AND THAT'S 3 TIME ZONES OR IN THIS SITUATION.

GOING 16 TIME ZONES FOR THE 49ERS AND RAMS, 2 TEAMS READY TO TAKE ON JET LAG. AND EACH OTHER. JANICE MACKIE FRAYER, NBC NEWS, MELBOURNE. 16 TIME ZONES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE WHO WINS. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS THURSDAY. I'M TOM YASS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT AND ALWAYS WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT.