NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Full Episode - Sept. 3
TONIGHT THE NEW TURN IN THE LINDSAY CLANCY. MURDER TRIAL IS ONE JUROR HOLDING UP DELIBERATIONS. TENSIONS BOILING OVER INSIDE THAT COURTROOM. THE DEFENSE OUTRAGED, URGING THE JUDGE. TO REMOVE A JUROR WHO ALLEGEDLY REFUSES TO PROPERLY CONSIDER. REASONABLE DOUBT. ARE WE CLOSER TO A MISTRIAL OR AN ACQUITTAL? ALSO BREAKING, FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK MARK SANCHEZ. AGREEING TO. PLEAD GUILTY IN CONNECTION TO THAT VIOLENT STABBING ATTACK.
THAT ALSO LEFT HIM HOSPITALIZED. SEVERE STORMS POUNDING THE MIDWEST. VIOLENT WINDS AND RAINS PLUNGING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INTO DARKNESS. THE FLASH FLOODING HAPPENING ALREADY. ALSO TONIGHT, THE ICE AGENT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT SHOOTING. A VENEZUELAN MAN DURING AN IMMIGRATION OPERATION. WHAT HE FIRST TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT WAS ALLEGED. FALSE. COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN. SHOULD PRO ATHLETES BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL?
THE COURT BATTLE TODAY. GLORIA STEINEM'S FINAL WORDS JUST RELEASED. AS THE NATION REMEMBERS THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS TRAILBLAZER. THE NEW ROBLOX WARNING THE FAMILY WHO CAN'T SEEK JUSTICE. AFTER A PREDATOR ON THE GAMING APP EXPLOITED THEIR NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. ALL BECAUSE. SHE CLICKED ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ROBOT GRIDLOCK, MORE THAN A DOZEN DELIVERY BOTS MALFUNCTIONING. ON A CHICAGO SIDEWALK, WADING THROUGH A WEDDING, A BRIDE AND GROOM GETTING MARRIED.
IN A FLOODED OUT CHURCH, AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. THE WHOLE SCHOOL TURNING OUT TO CELEBRATE. ONE OF THEIR OWN, A 4TH GRADER RINGING THE END. TO HER CANCER. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM YAMAS. AND GOOD EVENING AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH THE CHAOTIC SCENE IN THE COURTROOM TODAY.
DURING THE TRIAL OF LINDSAY CLANCY THAT HAS LEFT LEGAL ANALYSTS SHOCKED. THE DEADLOCKED JURORS SENDING ANOTHER NOTE TO THE JUDGE. THAT ACCORDING TO THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY REVEALS THERE MAY BE ONE LONE HOLDOUT. WHO IS ACCUSED OF REFUSING TO FOLLOW THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO REASONABLE DOUBT. WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS FOR YOU. THE JUDGE SENDING THE JURORS BACK TO KEEP DELIBERATING, AND THEN THERE WAS THIS THE DEFENSE ADMONISHING THE JUDGE. IN OPEN COURT FOR NOT TOSSING OUT THAT JUROR. THAT ATTORNEY LATER SUGGESTING TO REPORTERS THAT HE FEELS. HE'S ON THE.
VERGE OF AN ACQUITTAL. BUT IF THOSE JURORS REMAIN DEADLOCKED, THE CASE OF A MOTHER. WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING HER THREE CHILDREN. COULD END IN A MISTRIAL. OUR EMILY AQUETTA IS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE AGAIN. SHE STARTS US OFF. TONIGHT. TENSIONS FLARING IN THE LINDSAY CLANCY MURDER TRIAL AS A NEW NOTE FROM THE. JURY APPEARS TO SUGGEST ONE JUROR IS AT ODDS WITH THE OTHER 11. THE COURT HAS AN INSTRUCTION. FROM THE FOREPERSON OF THAT JUROR THAT. BEEN WORKING FOR A WEEK NOW SAYING THAT THERE'S ONE.
JUROR WHO REFUSES TO LISTEN TO THE LAW THAT YOU'VE GIVEN. HIM OR HER ON REASONABLE DOUBT. LINDSAY CLANCY STOIC AND HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY VISIBLY EXASPERATED AFTER. THE JUDGE REFUSED HIS REQUEST TO DISMISS THAT JUROR. THE JUDGE CALLED SUCH A REMOVAL A SENSITIVE UNDERTAKING AND INSTEAD. REREAD AN EXPLANATION ABOUT THE MEANING OF PROOF BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. I DON'T. I. FEEL THAT IT IS PROPER.
FOR ME TO SIDE WITH ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. OF THE DELIBERATIONS. I DON'T FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO SAY I AGREE WITH. ONE JUROR. OR THE 11. THE PROSECUTION AGREED. CAN WE EXTRAPOLATE HOW THE JURORS ARE LEANING HERE? ABSOLUTELY. KEVIN REDDINGTON IS LEADING THIS CHARGE, SO THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS LIKELY 11. NOT GUILTY VOTES AND ONE GUILTY VOTE AND THE JUROR. THAT HE'S MOST CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE GUILTY VOTE. THE DEADLOCKED JURY HAS ALREADY TOLD THE JUDGE TWICE THEY CAN'T AGREE.
ON WHETHER CLANCY IS CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING HER THREE YOUNG CHILDREN. AS THE GROUP OF 9 WOMEN AND. THREE MEN ARE SENT BACK TO THE JURY ROOM FOR WHAT WILL BE DAY 7 OF DELIBERATIONS. OUT OF THEIR CASE. I DON'T. WITH THAT, EMILY AQUETA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. EMILY, WALK OUR VIEWERS THROUGH THIS. HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO REMOVE A JUROR? WELL, TOM, LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THE PROCESS ITSELF ISN'T THAT DIFFICULT WITH 6 ALTERNATES,
BUT THE JUDGE HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO EVEN APPEAR TO PUT HIS THUMB ON THE SCALE. CLANCY'S DEFENSE SAYS THAT. HE'S EXPECTING FURTHER INQUIRY INTO THE ISSUE BY THE JUDGE FIRST THING TOMORROW, TOM. EMILY, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CRIMINAL CASE INVOLVING MARK SANCHEZ, THE FORMER NFL STAR AND FOX SPORTS ANALYST. WE HAVE NEW REPORTING TONIGHT THAT HE WILL PLEAD GUILTY OVER A STABBING ATTACK. THAT ALSO LEFT HIM INJURED. HERE'S STEPHANIE GOSK.
TONIGHT FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK AND SPORTS ANALYST MARK SANCHEZ STRIKING A DEAL, AGREEING TO PLEAD GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH. A 2025 STABBING INCIDENT IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS, ACCORDING TO A COURT DOCUMENT. WHICH DOES NOT SPECIFY WHAT CHARGE SANCHEZ HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO. HIS TRIAL WAS SET TO BEGIN LATER THIS MONTH. SANCHEZ'S ATTORNEY. WRITING, WE ARE FINALIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. THAT PROVIDES A PATH TOWARD RESOLVING THE STATE'S CASE. SANCHEZ WAS FACING MULTIPLE CRIMINAL CHARGES, INCLUDING FELONY BATTERY,
AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING 6 NINE-YEAR-OLD DELIVERY MAN. PERRY TOLL. THE FORMER NEW YORK JETS QUARTERBACK HAD BEEN. IN TOWN TO CALL THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS GAME. VIDEO SHOWED SANCHEZ IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BLOODY. AND APPEARING TO STUMBLE MOMENTS AFTER THE ALLEGED FIGHT. THIS WAS THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR DESCRIBING THE INCIDENT IN 2025. WE ARE LITERALLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE FIGHTING OVER A PARKING SPACE. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE, THE DRIVER TOLD OFFICERS SANCHEZ SMELLED LIKE ALCOHOL AND. THAT HE FEARED HE WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM. BOTH MEN ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
SANCHEZ WAS TREATED FOR STAB WOUNDS, AND TOLL WAS SLASHED IN THE FACE. AND LEFT WITH A DEEP GASH. SANCHEZ HAD BECOME A FAMILIAR FACE ON FOX SPORTS AFTER HIS CAREER IN THE NFL ENDED. A MONTH AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED, FOX SPORTS CONFIRMED HE WAS NO LONGER WITH THE NETWORK. STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS. TONIGHT WE'RE ALSO TRACKING DANGEROUS STORMS AS WE HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MORE THAN 400,000 WITHOUT THEIR POWER KNOCKED OUT ACROSS THE MIDWEST,
AND NOW FLIGHT DELAYS NATIONWIDE. VALERIE CASTRO IS AT LAGUARDIA FOR US. TONIGHT SEVERE STORMS ON THE MOVE. AND. IT'S. JUST. POURING. TENS OF MILLIONS NOW IN THE CROSSHAIRS. MULTIPLE TORNADO WARNINGS ALREADY, INCLUDING FOR THE CITY OF DETROIT. WE HAVE THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY. WE HAVE THE TORNADO WARNING ACTIVELY FOR WASHAEL COUNTY AND FOR OAKLAND COUNTY. FLOODING RAINS SUBMERGING STREETS IN MILWAUKEE. TREES SNAPPING, LIMBS CRASHING INTO HOMES IN WAUKESHA COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, RESIDENTS SAY THEY BELIEVE LIGHTNING CAUSED THIS EARLY MORNING APARTMENT FIRE. OFFICIALS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. THIS AFTER EXTREME WEATHER ON WEDNESDAY WREAKED. HAVOC ON RODGERS STADIUM IN TORONTO. ENTIRE SEATING SECTIONS DESTROYED. STRONG WINDS AND RAIN PUMMELING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. POLICE HELPING STRANDED DRIVERS TO DRY LAND. THE BRUTAL WIND TEARING APART SCAFFOLDING. THESE WORKERS SCRAMBLING TO SAFETY, AND HERE SCAFFOLDING SMASHING THROUGH A HIGH RISE WINDOW.
TWO GUYS WERE ON IT SCREAMING. THEN I HEARD THIS BIG SMASHING BLAST. THE WEATHER ALREADY IMPACTING HOLIDAY TRAVEL. TRAVELERS AT NEW YORK'S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TELLING US THEY'RE FRUSTRATED. THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN DELAYED 3 TIMES TODAY. WHETHER IT'S AIR TRAFFIC OR IT'S WEATHER, LET'S JUST FIGURE IT OUT AND GET US DOWN THERE. AND AT THIS AIRPORT ALONE, MORE THAN 80 FLIGHTS CANCELED, MORE THAN 500 FLIGHTS DELAYED. VALERIE CASTRO JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM LAGUARDIA. VALERIE, I KNOW YOU'RE CHECKING THE BOARDS THERE. DELAYS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO PILE UP.
AS WEATHER IS HITTING MAJOR AIRPORTS. YES, TOM, TONIGHT THERE ARE ALREADY MORE THAN 8000 FLIGHTS DELAYED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE ON THE FLIGHT BOARD HERE BEHIND ME. THE TSA SAYS MORE THAN 17 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO FLY. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TOM, A BUSY LABOR DAY WEEKEND. OK, VALERIE, THANK YOU TO WASHINGTON NOW AND THAT HEADLINE FROM VICE PRESIDENT VANCE. SAYING HE WOULD NOT CALL THE ONGOING CONFLICT WITH IRAN. A WAR. PLUS OUR GABE GUTIERREZ IS PRESSING THE VICE PRESIDENT.
WHEN WILL HIGH GAS PRICES GET BACK TO $3 A GALLON? TONIGHT, DESPITE IRAN TARGETING AMERICAN BASES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AND THOSE US RETALIATORY STRIKES ON IRAN'S AIR DEFENSES, VICE PRESIDENT VANCE SAYS THE US IS NOT AT WAR. I WOULDN'T CALL IT A WAR. RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO ACTIVE SHOOTING. I RECOGNIZE THERE HAVE BEEN. PLACES WHERE THIS HAS FLARED UP. MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS. AGAIN, MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS LASTED FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE US IS NOW ESCORTING 30 TO 40 COMMERCIAL OIL SHIPS A DAY. THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ TO AVOID IRANIAN. ATTACKS AND DRIVE DOWN THE PRICE OF OIL. BUT WE PRESSED THE VICE PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS PREDICTION FROM. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESIN ABOUT GAS PRICES BACK IN JULY. I THINK WE CAN GET BACK TO $3 HOPEFULLY. MAYBE BY LABOR DAY, THE US NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR GAS NOW AT $4.14. A GALLON. DO YOU HAVE A NEW TIMETABLE FOR AMERICANS ON WHEN THEY COULD EXPECT LOWER GAS PRICES,
AND SHOULD THEY NOT EXPECT TO SEE $3 GAS AGAIN. UNTIL AT LEAST 2027? WELL, IN DEFENSE OF SCOTT, HE SAID MAYBE BY LABOR DAY BECAUSE WE'RE. TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE INHERENTLY UNPREDICTABLE. THE FUNDAMENTAL REALITY IS THAT THE REASON GAS PRICES ARE SO HIGH RIGHT NOW. IS BECAUSE THE IRANIANS ARE SHOOTING AT COMMERCIAL SHIPPING, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A PROMISE ABOUT WHEN IT'S GOING TO RETURN TO $3. THE VICE PRESIDENT ALSO DOWNPLAYED THE THREAT OF IRANIAN CYBERATTACKS, SAYING THEY HAVE LIMITED ABILITY TO DISRUPT THE NORMAL LIVES OF AMERICANS.
TOM, GABE GUTIERREZ FOR US AT THE WHITE HOUSE. AND JUST AS FANS ARE SET TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THE NEW LEGAL BATTLE BREWING IN COLLEGE SPORTS. SHOULD PRO ATHLETES BE. ELIGIBLE TO COME BACK TO THE COLLEGE GAME. YOU HEARD US RIGHT. HERE'S JESSE KIRSCH. WITH THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON KICKING OFF. TONIGHT, A GROWING LEGAL SHOWDOWN. SHOULD PRO ATHLETES BE ALLOWED TO PLAY THE COLLEGE GAME? DAQUAN WRIGHT, XAVION HARRIS, AND BLAKE COTTON ALL BRIEFLY JOINED NFL TEAM TRAINING CAMPS THIS SUMMER,
BUT NOW THE FORMER PROS WANT TO RETURN TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL, REPORTEDLY AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. LSU'S HEAD FOOTBALL COACH DEFENDING THE IDEA. IF IT MAKES YOUR TEAM BETTER AND IT'S LEGAL TO DO AND YOUR PLAYERS WANT IT, I'LL TAKE THE HIT PUBLICLY FOR IT, UM, BECAUSE THAT THAT'S MY JOB. BUT LSU'S CRITICS CALLING FOR A FLAG ON THE PLAY, BLOWBACK COMING FROM OTHER. POWERHOUSE PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE TEXAS LONGHORNS COACH, THE FACT THAT.
SOMEBODY OUT THERE IS GOING TO TAKE A PLAYER OFF OF AN NFL ROSTER. AND TELL SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN DOING IT FOR 9 MONTHS, GO KICK ROCKS, THAT MORALLY IS WRONG. AND THE COACH OF LSU'S OPPONENT THIS WEEKEND, CLEMSON, I DON'T BLAME THE KIDS. AND PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM. I JUST THINK IT'S EMBARRASSING WHERE WE ARE WITH COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THE ATHLETES ARE ASKING A BATON ROUGE JUDGE TO. HELP THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW NCAA RULES, GENERALLY EXTENDING ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY TO 5 YEARS.
BUT TONIGHT THE SEC FILING SUIT AGAINST LSU IN FEDERAL COURT, ARGUING ATHLETES WHO GO PRO. SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BACK IN COLLEGE. PETITION. JESSIE KIRSCH, NBC NEWS. A MAJOR CASE RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT, AND WE ARE REMEMBERING AN AMERICAN TRAILBLAZER TONIGHT. WHO CARVED HER PLACE IN US HISTORY, FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY FOR WOMEN. GLORIA STEINEM HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 92. TONIGHT, IN AN INTERVIEW JUST RELEASED, YOU'LL HEAR HER DESCRIBE. HOW SHE WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED. HERE'S ANN THOMPSON WITH THAT NEW VIDEO.
GLORIA STEINEM WAS THE FACE OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. IT TOOK 100 YEARS FOR US TO BECOME HUMAN BEINGS. AND TO VOTE. NOT SURPRISING THAT IT WILL TAKE A CENTURY TO GET EQUALITY. USING THE POWER OF WORDS SPOKEN. I THINK THAT WHAT FEMINISM IS ABOUT REALLY IS. TELLING US THAT WE OURSELVES CAN DO IT. AND NOT GETTING US TO IMITATE. OTHER PEOPLE. WRITTEN AND PUT INTO ACTION.
NOT ONLY FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, BUT IN THE NAMES. OF ALL THE WOMEN IN THIS COUNTRY. WHO STRUGGLE WITH TWO JOBS. BORN IN TOLEDO, OHIO, SHE INITIALLY WANTED TO BE A ROCKETTE. INSTEAD, STEINEM BECAME A JOURNALIST, EXPOSING THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF PLAYBOY BUNNIES. BY GOING UNDERCOVER AND BECOMING ONE HERSELF, WRITING COLUMNS FOR NEW YORK MAGAZINE. AND FINDING HER VOICE AS AN ACTIVIST, HELPING TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS.
WE ARE THE WOMEN. THAT OUR PARENTS WARNED US ABOUT. AND WE ARE PROUD. THEN CO-FOUNDING MS. MAGAZINE, TACKLING ONCE TABOO SUBJECTS LIKE SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND ABORTION. WE'VE CHANGED CONSCIOUSNESS. WE JUST NOW HAVE TO CHANGE STRUCTURES. HER EFFORTS RECOGNIZED WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. MARRIED JUST ONCE TO BUSINESSMAN AND ACTIVIST DAVID BALE, STEINEM'S LIFE DRAMATIZED ON STAGE AND IN FILM. TONIGHT,
IN A NEW NETFLIX SPECIAL, STEINEM HERSELF SAYING HOW SHE WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED. THERE WAS THIS PERSON WHO TRIED TO. MAKE THE WORLD A LITTLE MORE. EQUAL, COMPASSIONATE, JOYFUL. FUNNY. THAN IT WAS WHEN I SHOWED UP, AN ENTREPRENEUR OF SOCIAL CHANGE, ANN THOMPSON, NBC NEWS. AND SHE DID ALL THOSE THINGS. ALRIGHT,
WE ARE BACK IN JUST 60 SECONDS WITH A MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE. HER CHILD EXPLOITED ONLINE, BUT BECAUSE HER 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER CLICKED ON THOSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEEK JUSTICE. PLUS, THE FIRST ICE AGENT CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING, WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF DOING, AND WADING THROUGH THEIR WEDDING. LOOK AT THIS, THE COUPLE WHO HAD TO GET MARRIED IN A CHURCH, EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF MONSOON SEASON. STAY WITH US. WE'RE BACK NOW WITH ONE MOTHER'S FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO.
SUE ROBLOX AFTER A PREDATOR TARGETED HER NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THROUGH THE GAMING PLATFORM. AND HOW HER CHILD AGREEING TO THOSE TERMS. AND CONDITIONS MAY PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING JUSTICE. HERE'S LAURA JARRETT. IT'S BILLED AS A ONE OF A KIND PLACE TO PLAY, CREATE, AND HAVE FUN FOR EVERY AGE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GAME. MARKETED JUST FOR CHILDREN, BUT FOR ONE GEORGIA MOM, POPULAR GAMING PLATFORM ROBLOX. LED TO A KNOCK AT HER DOOR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON? WHEN I WAS CONTACTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE FBI, FEDERAL AGENTS INFORMED HER A 40 SIX-YEAR-OLD. MAN HAD BEEN GROOMING HER NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, CHATTING ON ROADBLOCKS, FORCING HER TO. IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES. AND THREATENING BLACKMAIL. AND YOU THOUGHT, NO, THEY'VE GOT THE WRONG PERSON. I WAS FLOORED. I WAS DEVASTATED. HE WAS ARRESTED AND PLED GUILTY TO. COERCING A CHILD TO PRODUCE PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL.
THE MOTHER HAS ASKED US NOT TO NAME HER OR HER DAUGHTER TO PROTECT THEIR PRIVACY. THE FAMILY HAS NOW FILED A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST ROBLOX. THE STICKING POINT, A CLAUSE IN THE SITE'S TERMS OF USE, ONE THE COMPANY SAYS REQUIRES MANDATORY ARBITRATION. FOR THESE TYPES OF ALLEGATIONS THAT WOULD KEEP THE FAMILY'S CASE OUT OF COURT. WHEN YOU FIRST SIGNED UP. FOR ROBBLOCKS, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WAS IN ALL OF THAT TEXT? I HAD NO IDEA, BUT.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER GIVEN UP. MY DAUGHTER'S RIGHTS TO. SEEK JUSTICE FOR THIS, WHAT THIS PLATFORM HAS DONE TO HER. SHE SAYS HER DAUGHTER MADE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS AGREEING TO THE TERMS ON HER OWN. ROBLOX'S NOW FACING MORE THAN 150 LAWSUITS ALLEGING IT. COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM PREDATORS ONLINE. AND FIGHTING THE ARBITRATION CLAUSE, POINTING TO A LAW CONGRESS PASSED IN THE WAKE OF ME TOO, THAT BANS FORCED ARBITRATION IN CASES INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT OR HARASSMENT.
BUT ROEBUCK SAYS IT'S NOT BOUND BY THAT LAW, ARGUING THAT USERS OF THE PLATFORM AGREED TO. ARBITRATE WHEN THEY SET UP THEIR ACCOUNTS, AND THAT IT ASKED MINORS TO GET PARENTAL PERMISSION WHEN SIGNING UP. ALEXANDRA WALSH REPRESENTS MANY ALLEGED VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE NOTION THAT A CHILD BY CLICKING. AN I AGREE BUTTON COULD GIVE UP THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, IT'S LEGALLY WRONG AND IT'S MORALLY UNCONSCIONABLE. DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. EARLIER THIS YEAR,
THE COMPANY ROLLED OUT NEW SAFETY FEATURES IT SAYS WILL PROTECT KIDS, LIKE MORE ROBUST AGE SCREENING AND MORE LIMITED MESSAGING FUNCTIONS. IN COURT FILINGS, THE COMPANY DENIES ANY LIABILITY, SAYING THE THIRD PARTY PREDATORS BEAR. SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR HEINOUS CONDUCT. WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? WOULD THAT MAN HAD ACCESS TO MY DAUGHTER. IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT PLATFORM, HER LIFE HAS CHANGED FOREVER. LAURA JARRETT, NBC NEWS. AND WHEN WE RETURN,
THE SEARCH FOR AN ICE AGENT JUST INDICTED OVER HIS ROLE IN RAIDS IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND DELIVERY ROBOT MELTDOWN, THE SUDDEN SIDEWALK TAKEOVER IN CHICAGO. THAT'S NEXT. BACK NOW WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. INDICTING AN ICE AGENT INVOLVED IN THOSE FEDERAL RAIDS. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE INVESTIGATION TELLING NBC NEWS THAT A GRAND JURY. CHARGED ICE AGENT CHRISTIAN CASTRO. WITH LYING TO THE FBI. CASTRO CLAIMED HE WAS ATTACKED BY A VENEZUELAN. IMMIGRANT BEFORE SHOOTING HIM IN THE LEG.
A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER HE SHOULD. BE CHARGED WITH THE SHOOTING IS STILL ONGOING. AND TAKE A LOOK. AT THIS, ABOUT A DOZEN DELIVERY ROBOTS IN CHICAGO. CLUSTERING TOGETHER AND BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK. THEY HAVE BECOME A REGULAR PRESENCE, AND SOME RESIDENTS SAY A NUISANCE ON THE STREETS. COCO ROBOTICS SAYS AN ERROR CAUSED THEM TO CHANGE COURSE. ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THEY SAY IT WAS FIXED IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND THEY APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. AND NEW VIDEO OF A VERY WET WEDDING IN THE PHILIPPINES.
YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDE. CLOSELY, WALKING DOWN THE AISLE OF A COMPLETELY FLOODED OUT CHURCH. THE FLOODWATER WAS WAIST DEEP AFTER HEAVY MONSOON RAINS, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE COUPLE FROM TYING THE KNOT. THE NEWLYWEDS SAID IT WASN'T THE WEDDING THEY IMAGINED, BUT THAT IT'S DEFINITELY. A DAY THEY WON'T FORGET. THAT'S FOR SURE. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THERE'S GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE WHOLE SCHOOL. COMING OUT TO SUPPORT ONE VERY BRAVE LITTLE GIRL. THAT'S NEXT.
FINALLY, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT AN INSPIRING SHOW OF SUPPORT. STUDENTS AT ONE ALABAMA SCHOOL LINING THE HALLS TO CELEBRATE THEIR CLASSMATE. WHO JUST BEAT CANCER. THEY'RE CHEERING FOR ONE OF THEIR OWN. FOURTH GRADER DEVIN COKER,
SURPRISED BY HER PRITCHARD PREP CLASSMATES IN MOBILE, ALABAMA, ON HER WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. FOR A DAY. SHE'S BEEN WAITING FOR. DEVIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA AT JUST 7 YEARS OLD. THE LAST 2+ YEARS HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH. HOSPITAL STAYS AND CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS. BUT TODAY. THAT'S COMING TO AN END. WE'RE GATHERED HERE FOR A VERY SPECIAL OCCASION FOR A VERY SPECIAL CHILD. DEVIN RINGING IN A NEW CHAPTER,
CELEBRATING THE END OF HER CANCER TREATMENT. I WAS VERY PROUD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, IN MY MIND IT WAS LIKE, OH, DEVIN, YOU DID IT, YOU BEAT CANCER. AND YOU'RE REALLY PROUD. YOU GET TO BE PROUD. DEVIN'S PARENTS, DEVONN AND BRITTANY, MOVED BY THE SHOW OF SUPPORT. THAT'S WHAT VICTORY SOUNDS LIKE. THAT'S WHAT VICTORY LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HER FIGHT. SHE'S STRONG, AND NOW SHE'S A SURVIVOR. SHE IS A SURVIVOR. DEVIN, KEEP FIGHTING HARD. THAT'S NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS THURSDAY. I'M TOM YAMASS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT, AND ALWAYS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. GOOD NIGHT. THE BILL.
