Nightly News Full Episode - June 19

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT THE. PRESIDENT'S NEW. DEADLINE OVER WHETHER. TO BOMB IRAN. THE NEW ESCALATIONS, IRAN STRIKING AN. ISRAELI HOSPITAL AS. CHAOS ERUPTS INSIDE. PATIENTS AND STAFF. RUNNING TO GET OUT. THE CEILING TORN. APART. OUR TEAM REPORTING. FROM THE RUBBLE. THIS AS ISRAEL STRIKES. ANOTHER IRANIAN. NUCLEAR FACILITY. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. ASSERTING HE'LL MAKE A.

DECISION TO STRIKE. IRAN WITHIN TWO WEEKS. AS THE CONFLICT. SPIRALS. THE SMALL CIRCLE NOW. ADVISING HIM. >>> ALSO, STARSHIP. SETBACK. THE WORLD'S BIGGEST. ROCKET EXPLODING INTO. A MASSIVE FIREBALL. WHAT WENT WRONG DURING. SPACEX'S GROUND TEST. AND HOW ELON MUSK IS. REACTING. >>> FEDERAL AGENTS. REFUSED ACCESS TO. DODGERS STADIUM. THE CONFUSION IN THE. PARKING LOT. TONIGHT BOTH SIDES. FIRING BACK, A. FLASHPOINT IN THE. IMMIGRATION SHOWDOWN.

IN LOS ANGELES. >>> THE SHARK SPOTTED. FEET AWAY FROM. BEACHGOERS TODAY AND. THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS. FOR ONE FAMILY AFTER A. 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS. ATTACKED. WHAT SHE REMEMBERS AS. FIRST RESPONDERS RACE. TO SAVE HER HAND. >>> IN OUR SERIES "THE. COST OF DENIAL," HOW. THIS PEDIATRIC BRAIN. SURGEON IS TAKING ON. GOLIATH. HER FIGHT WITH AN. INSURANCE COMPANY TO. GET THE MONEY SHE IS. OWED. >>> AND THE NEED FOR. SPEED. FILMED AT REAL FORMULA. 1 RACES AROUND THE. WORLD, OUR INTERVIEW.

WITH BRAD PITT AND HIS. CO-STARS. HOW THEY TRAINED TO. DRIVE UP TO 180 MILES. AN HOUR. "NIGHTLY NEWS" STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >> Announcer: THIS IS. "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". WITH TOM LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING. WE START WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. SAYING HE WILL MAKE A. DECISION ABOUT WHETHER. THE U.S. WILL TAKE. ACTION IN IRAN WITHIN. TWO WEEKS. THE DAY WAS FILLED. WITH NEW EXPLOSIONS. AND ISRAELI HOSPITAL. YOU SEE HIT BY AN.

IRANIAN MISSILE AND. THE BUILDING SHREDDED. APART AS STAFF RACE. TODAY GET PATIENTS. OUT. IRAN FIRING MISSILE. AFTER MISSILE, ONE. HITTING SEVERAL TEL. AVIV HIGH-RISES AND. THE IDF SHARING THIS. VIDEO THEY SAY SHOWS. THEM TAKING OUT. IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES. THERE ARE QUESTIONS. ABOUT HOW CLOSE IRAN. REALLY IS TO A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE, THE BOMBING IS NOT. STOPPING. RICHARD ENGEL AND HIS. TEAM TONIGHT SHOWING. US WHERE SOME OF THOSE. MISSILES LANDED.

>> Reporter: A NEW. VIDEO SHOWS THE DIRECT. HIT FROM AN IRANIAN. BALLISTIC MISSILE ON. THE BIGGEST HOSPITAL. IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL. INSIDE STAFF AND. PATIENTS RUN FOR. COVER. PARTS OF THE CEILING. CAVING IN. SMOKE FILLING THE. HALLWAYS. AND THIS IS WHERE THE. MISSILE IMPACTED RIGHT. THROUGH THE HOSPITAL'S. ROOF AND SENT DEBRIS. THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT. STRIKE. THERE WERE NO DEATHS. OR SERIOUS INJURIES. REPORTED. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER.

NETANYAHU SAID THE. HOSPITAL STRIKE PROVED. IRAN'S INTENTIONS. >> THEY ARE TARGETING. CIVILIANS BECAUSE THEY. ARE A CRIMINAL REGIME. THEY ARE THE ARCH. TERRORISTS OF THE. WORLD. >> Reporter: THE. DEFENSE MINISTER. CLAIMED THE ORDER TO. STRIKE THE HOSPITAL. CAME DIRECTLY FROM. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER. THIS MAN ABSOLUTELY. SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO. EXIST, HE SAID. IRAN CLAIMS IT WAS. TARGETING A MILITARY. SITE NEAR THE. HOSPITAL. NBC NEWS CONFIRMED THE. HOSPITAL IS WITHIN A. MILE OF AN ISRAELI. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. COMPOUND.

ISRAEL SAYS IRAN. LAUNCHED DOZENS OF. MISSILES TODAY TOWARDS. CIVILIAN CENTERS, MOST. INTERCEPTED, ONE. HITTING A RESIDENTIAL. AREA IN TEL AVIV. HIGH-RISES DAMAGED. >> WE HAVE FIVE. BUILDINGS HIT BY THE. MISSILE. >> Reporter: ISRAEL IS. CONTINUING ITS ATTACKS. IN IRAN, TARGETING THE. NATION'S NUCLEAR. PROGRAM AND MILITARY. NEW VIDEO SHOWING. SMOKE NEAR TEHRAN'S. POLICE HEAT ADVISORY. AND IMAGES OF AN. ISRAELI STRIKE ON THE. HEAVY WATER REACTOR.

WHICH IRAN ANNOUNCED. IT PLANNED TO RESTART. >> RICHARD JOINS US. NOW LIVE. DAY SEVEN OF THESE. ISRAELI STRIKES AND. IRAN'S MISSILE GARAGE. WHAT IS ISRAEL'S END. GAME HERE? >> Reporter: WELL, TOM, PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU SAYS THE. GOAL OF THIS ENTIRE. OPERATION IS TO. ELIMINATE IRAN'S NUKE. THREAT, GET RID OF ITS. MISSILE THREAT. NOW THEY ARE ALSO. TALKING ABOUT GETTING. RID OF THE SUPREME. LEADER. IN TERMS OF WHAT COMES. NEXT, ISRAEL ISN'T. BEING VERY CLEAR,

SAYING THAT WOULD BE. UP TO THE IRANIAN. PEOPLE. TOM. >> RICHARD ENGEL. LEADING US OFF, THANK. YOU. >>> NOW TO WASHINGTON. WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS SAYING HE WANTS. MORE TIME FOR. DIPLOMACY. GABE GUTIERREZ IS AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A. NEW DEADLINE AS THE. WORLD AWAITS PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S CRITICAL. DECISION ON WHETHER TO. ORDER A U.S. AIRSTRIKE. TARGETING IRAN'S. NUCLEAR PROGRAM. >> HAVE A MESSAGE. DIRECTLY FROM THE. PRESIDENT. AND I QUOTE, BASED ON. THE FACT THAT THERE IS. A SUBSTANTIAL CHANCE.

OF NEGOTIATIONS THAT. MAY OR MAY NOT TAKE. PLACE WITH IRAN IN THE. NEAR FUTURE, I WILL. MAKE MY DECISION. WHETHER OR NOT TO GO. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO. WEEKS. >> Reporter: EUROPEAN. DIPLOMATS ARE EXPECTED. TO MEET WITH IRANIAN. OFFICIALS TOMORROW IN. GENEVA. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. ANY DEAL WITH IRAN. WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE. A BAN ON ENRICHING. URANIUM, A DEMAND IRAN. SO FAR REFUSED. >> IF THERE IS A. CHANCE FOR DIPLOMACY. THE PRESIDENT WILL. GRAB IT. >> Reporter: THE TWO. WEEK TIMEFRAME ONE THE. PRESIDENT OFTEN USES. FROM PEACE TALKS WITH.

RUSSIA --. >> I WILL LET YOU KNOW. IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. >> Reporter: TO TRADE. NEGOTIATIONS WITH. CHINA. >> AT SOME POINT IN. THE NEXT TWO WEEKS OR. THREE WEEKS I WILL BE. SETTING THE DEAL. >> Reporter: NOW HE IS. STRESSING WHY HE IS. CONSIDERING A U.S. AIRSTRIKE ON IRAN'S. UNDERGROUND FORDO. NUCLEAR FACILITY. U.S. IS THE ONLY. COUNTRY WITH THE. BUNKER BUSTING BOMBS. TO DESTROY IT. >> IRAN CAN'T HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. TOO MUCH DEVASTATION. AND THEY'D USE IT. I BELIEVE THEY'D USE. IT. OTHERS WON'T USE IT. I BELIEVE THEY'D USE.

IT. >> Reporter: I THE. PRESIDENT IS RELYING. ON A SMAUP GROUP OF. ADVISORS FOR INPUT. THE INNER CIRCLE. INCLUDING VICE. PRESIDENT VANCE, SECRETARY OF STATE AND. INTERIM NATIONAL. SECURITY ADVISOR MARCO. RUBIO, CHIEF OF STAFF. SUSIE WILES, DEPUTY. CHIEF OF STAFF STEPHEN. MILLER AND SPECIAL. ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF. THE OFFICIALS TELL NBC. NEWS THAT DIRECTOR OF. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. TULSI GABBARD HAS BEEN. SIDELINED. IN MARCH GABBARD. TESTIFIED THE.

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. DID NOT BELIEVE IRAN'S. SUPREME LEADER HAD. AUTHORIZED A NUCLEAR. WEAPONS PROGRAM. >> THE IC CONTINUES TO. ASSESS THAT IRAN IS. NOT BUILDING A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. >> Reporter: EARNING. THIS RARE PUBLIC RUE. BUK. REBUKE. THE U.S. CENTCOM. COMMANDER WARNED IF. IRAN WANTED TO MOVE. FORWARD IT COULD HAVE. ENOUGH ENRICHED. URANIUM IN A WEEK. EXPERTS SAY IT COULD. TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR. TO BUILD A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. >> GABE GUTIERREZ AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. >>> FOR MILLIONS. ACROSS THE EASTERN. PART OF THE WEATHER. THREAT IT HERE.

INTENSE FLOODWATERS. BLOWING OUT A RIVER IN. TENNESSEE. YOU CAN SEE I 40 A. MAJOR ARTERY THROUGH. THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. THERE. IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE. THESE POWER LINES. SPOTTED SPARKING. AND 53 MILLION ARE. UNDER SEVERE WEATHER. ALERTS TONIGHT AND THE. BAD WEATHER ALREADY. DELAYING MORE THAN. 5,000 FLIGHTS. >>> TONIGHT SPACEX. ENGINEERS ARE. INVESTIGATING AN. EXPLOSION INVOLVING. THE STARSHIP ROCKET. THE BIGGEST EVER BUILT. WHICH NASA AND ELON. MUSK HOPE WILL ONE DAY.

FLY TO THE MOON AND. EVEN MARS. IT HAPPENED DURING AN. EARLY MORNING GROUND. TEST IN TEXAS. HERE IS TOM COSTELLO. >> WHOA! WHOA! >> Reporter: FOR. SPACEX, YET ANOTHER. SPECTACULAR SETBACK. THIS ONE CAUGHT ON. CAMERA BY SPACE. ENTHUSIASTS IN TEXAS. >> OH, MY GOD. >> Reporter: THE. UNCREWED MEGA-ROCKET. EXPLODING DURING A. STATIC ROCKET GROUND. TEST. SPACEX DESCRIBED THE. EXPLOSION AS A MAJOR.

ANOMALY WHILE. PREPARING FOR A TEST. FLIGHT LATER THIS. MONTH. NO INJURIES. LOCAL RESIDENTS POSTED. ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT. THE BLAST SHOOK THEIR. HOMES. STANDING NEARLY. 400 FEET STALL, STARSHIP IS CRITICAL. TO NASA'S HOPES OF. RETURNING HUMANS TO. THE MOON AND ONE DAY. LANDING ON MARS, BUT. THIS IS THE FOURTH. EXPLOSION SO FAR THIS. YEAR. >> THERE IT IS, BOOM. >> Reporter: IN. JANUARY AND MARCH, ROCKET CAME APART. MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH. IN MAY, THE UPPER. STAGE MADE IT TO.

SPACE, BUT THEN WENT. INTO A SPIN, BREAKING. APART OVER THE INDIAN. OCEAN. WHILE ASTRONAUTS COULD. ONE DAY FLY ON. STARSHIP, TODAY CEO. ELON MUSK MADE LIGHT. OF THE EXPLOSION. POSTING ON X, JUST A. SCRATCH. MUSK PROMISED TO. INCREASE THE PACE OF. LAUNCH ATTEMPTS THIS. YEAR. >> THIS LAUNCH IS. ABOUT LEARNING MORE. AND MORE ABOUT WHAT'S. NEEDED TO MAKE LIFE. MULTI-PLANETARY. >> Reporter: SPACEX. SAYS AN INITIAL. ANALYSIS INDICATES A. POTENTIAL FAILURE OF A. PRESSURIZED TANK WHICH.

CONTAINED GASEOUS. NITROGEN IN STARSHIP'S. NOSE CONE AREA, A FULL. REVIEW IS ONGOING. >> INCREDIBLE. EXPLOSION. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE ONGOING. IMMIGRATION. ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS. IN LOS ANGELES. AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS. REQUESTED ACCESS TO. THE GROUNDS OF DODGERS. STADIUM, TODAY THE. TEAM SAYS IT TURNED. THEM AWAY. HERE IS JACOB. SOBOROFF. >> Reporter: A. DRAMATIC SCENE AT A. HOME DEPOT IN LOS. ANGELES TODAY. FEDERAL AGENTS AND. TACTICAL GEAR.

DETAINING SEVERAL. PEOPLE WHILE OVER AT. DODGERS STADIUM MORE. FEDERAL AGENTS WERE. GATHERING. ACCORDING TO THE TEAM. THEY ASKED TO ENTER. THE PARKING LOTS. THE DODGERS SAY THEY. TURNED THE AGENTS. AWAY. A SMALL GROUP SHOWING. UP TO PROTEST. HERE AT GATE E OF. DODGERS STADIUM WHERE. THEY TRIED TO GET IN, BUT COULDN'T GET INTO. THE GATES, PEOPLE ARE. ANGRY. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY THE. AGENTS WERE AT THE. STADIUM. HOMELAND SECURITY. LATER POSTING, THIS. HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH. THE DODGERS, ADDING, CUSTOMS AND BORDER WAS. AT THE PARKING LOT.

VERY BRIEFLY AND IT. WAS UNRELATED TO ANY. OPERATION. ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS. ARE CONTINUING DAILY. ACROSS LOS ANGELES. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. DIRECTED ALL OF OUR. I.C.E. OFFICERS TO DO. EVERYTHING IN THEIR. POWER TO CARRY OUT THE. SINGLE LARGEST MASS. DEPORTATION OPERATION. IN HISTORY. >> Reporter: SOME. DODGERS FANS ARE. FRUSTRATED THE TEAM. HASN'T DONE MORE TO. SUPPORT IMMIGRANT. COMMUNITIES. >> DODGERS THRIVE OFF. THE FAN BASE A LATINO, THE WORKERS THAT ARE. LATINO. THEY ARE NOT A. DETRIMENT TO THE CITY.

OR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE BENEFIT. >> Reporter: OVER THE. WEEKEND, DOMINICAN. AMERICAN SINGER NEZZA. SPARKING CONTROVERSY. AFTER SHE SANG THE. NATIONAL ANTHEM IN. SPANISH AFTER THE TEAM. ASKED HER TO PERFORM. IN ENGLISH. SOME CRITICIZING THE. MOVE. OTHERS CELEBRATING. >> 80% OF PEOPLE ARE. LATINO. I DO THIS FOR THEM. REGARDLESS WHAT THE. CONSEQUENCES MAY BE. >> Reporter: THE. DODGERS SAY THEM. ANNOUNCE A PLAN TO. ASSIST IMMIGRANT. COMMUNITIES AND. TONIGHT'S GAME AGAINST. THE PADRES WILL GO ON.

AS PLANNED. JACOB SOBOROFF, NBC. NEWS, LOS ANGELES. >>> TO OUR SERIES "THE. COST OF DENIAL.". A DIFFERENT LOOK AT. THE INSURANCE. INDUSTRY. AN INVESTIGATION IN. THE FINANCIAL. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A. HEALTH CARE GIANT AND. DOCTORS PRACTICES. VICKY NGUYEN HAS OUR. STORY. >> Reporter: DO YOU. FEEL THIS IS A DAVID. VERSUS GOLIATH. SITUATION? >> SO, OBVIOUSLY. >> Reporter: BRAIN. SURGEON DR. MAZZOLA. OPENED A NEUROSCIENCE.

INSTITUTE 17 YEARS AGO. TO PROVIDE CARE TO THE. STATE'S MOLT. VULNERABLE, INCLUDING. KIDS WITH NEUROLOGICAL. CONDITIONS LIKE BRAIN. TUMORS, EPILEPSY AND. AUTISM. >> IF A CHILD IS HIT. BY A CAR AT 11:00 P.M. ON A FRIDAY NIGHT IN. NEWARK, WE ARE THERE. TAKING OUT THE BLOOD. CLOTS, SAVING THEIR. LIVES. >> A MASSIVE. CYBERATTACK AGAINST A. HEALTH CARE GIANT AND. THE CHAOS --. >> Reporter: LAST YEAR. HACKERS TARGETED. UNITED HEALTH GROUP, CRIPPLING THE CLAIMS. PROCESSING UNIT.

INSTEAD OF GETTING. REIMBURSED FOR THE. PATIENT CARE HER. PRACTICE ALREADY. PROVIDED, DR. MAZZOLA. WAS GETTING ZERO. DOLLARS. >> MAYBE THREE DAYS. INTO THE HACK WHEN. THERE WAS NO MONEY. COMING IN, I WALKED IN. MY OFFICE, CLOSED THE. DOOR. I CRIED FOR ABOUT FIVE. MINUTES BECAUSE I. COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS. WAS HAPPENING. >> Reporter: UNITED. HEALTH HELPED THROUGH. A BANK IT OWNS, OPTUM, OFFERING A $535,000. LOAN TO MAZZOLA AND. ITS CEO MADE THIS. PROMISE. >> WE WILL PROVIDE. THIS ASSISTANCE FOR AS. LONG AS IT TAKES TO.

GET PROVIDERS' CLAIMS. AND PAYMENTS FLOWING. >> I BELIEVED THAT. OPTUM WOULD GIVE. PHYSICIANS A. REASONABLE AMOUNT OF. TIME TO REPAY THE LOAN. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING. THAT THIS FINANCIAL. CRISIS ALMOST. BANKRUPTED US. >> Reporter: DESPITE. UNITED SAYING THE. LOANS DIDN'T NEED TO. BE REPAID UNTIL. DOCTORS PRACTICES WERE. BACK TO NORMAL, UNITED. HEALTH TOLD MAZZOLA IN. JANUARY THAT SHE HAD. FIVE DAYS TO PAY THE. MONEY, OR IT MIGHT. START CLAWING BACK. REIMBURSEMENTS. MAZZOLA SAYS SHE. ALREADY HAD STARTED.

PAYING BACK $10,000 A. MONTH, BUT THEN SHE. LEARNED IN APRIL THAT. CHECKS ISSUED FROM. UNITED HEALTH TO HER. PRACTICE FOR TAKING. CARE OF CHILDREN ON. MEDICAID, $70,000. WORTH WERE BEING. REDIRECTED TO UNITED. HEALTH'S BANK OPTUM TO. PAY OFF THE LOAN. >> I SENT EMAILS. SAYING, LIKE, WE CAN'T. AFFORD THIS. YOU CAN'T DO THIS. >> Reporter: UNITED. HEALTH DECLINED TO BE. INTERVIEWED BUT IN A. STATEMENT SAID IN. PART, OPTUM HAS AND. WILL CONTINUE TO. ACTIVELY WORK WITH. PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY. FLEXIBLE REPAYMENT.

PLANS BASED ON THE. INDIVIDUAL. CIRCUMSTANCES OF. PROVIDERS AND THEIR. PRACTICES. MEANWHILE, THE COMPANY. REPORTING $9 BILLION. IN EARNINGS IN THE. FIRST QUARTER OF THIS. YEAR. UP 15% FROM LAST YEAR. AFTER MAZZOLA STARTED. COMPLAINING TO THE. AMERICAN MEDICAL. ASSOCIATION, UNITED. HEALTH FINALLY STOPPED. REDIRECTING HER. REIMBURSEMENTS. >> WE EASILY LOST OVER. $1 MILLION BECAUSE OF. THAT HACK. I'M JUST A PEDIATRIC. BRAIN SURGEON. WHAT DO I KNOW? BUT WE DIDN'T CAUSE. THIS PROBLEM.

WE WERE JUST. FINANCIALLY DEVASTATED. BY IT. AND IN MY OPINION, UNITED HEALTH GROUP. SHOULD BE HELD. RESPONSIBLE. >> VICKY NGUYEN JOINS. US LIVE. THE BIG QUESTION, HOW. DOES THIS HAPPEN? YOU HAVE A DOCTOR WHO. WAS A VICTIM OF A. CYBERATTACK. NOW FACING BANKRUPTCY. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? >> THE EXPERTS WE. SPOKE TO SAY PART OF. THE PROBLEM UNITED. HEALTH GROUP OWNS A. INSURANCE COMPANY, CLAIMS PROCESSOR AND A. BANK. DR. MAZZOLA SAYS SHE. WANTS CONGRESS TO STEP. UP AND LOOK INTO THIS. >> ALL RIGHT. VICKY FOR US.

THANK YOU. >>> WE'LL BE RIGHT. BACK WITH THE VIEW. FROM THE AIR. THE MOMENT A SHARK A. SPOTTED IN THE WATER. AT A BUSTLING FLORIDA. BEACH. PLUS, THE 9-YEAR-OLD. GIRL SPEAKING OUT. >>> IN FLORIDA WE HAVE. A DRAMATIC MOMENT AS A. SHARK IS SPOTTED IN. SHALLOW WATERS NEAR. BEACHGOERS AS WE LEARN. MORE ABOUT A SHARK. ATTACK. THE 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL. RECOVERING AFTER. NEARLY LOSING HER. HAND. MORGAN CHESKY ON HER. STORY.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT A. SHARK SIGHTING. CLEARING WATERS NEAR. FORT LAUDERDALE. THIS AERIAL VIDEO. SHOWING JUST HOW CLOSE. TWO FLORIDA SWIMMERS. CAME BEFORE THE SHARK. DARTED AWAY. IT'S A WEEK AFTER A. FRIGHTENING FLORIDA. ATTACK. >> HER HAND, LIKE A. PIECE, AND THERE IS. BLOOD EVERYWHERE. >> Reporter: CAPTURED. ON BODY CAM FOLLOWING. A SHARK ATTACK ON HER. YOUNG DAUGHTER LEAH. THE ATTACK HAPPENING. ON BOCA GRANDE, A. BARRIER ISLAND WITH. GORGEOUS BEACHES AND.

NO LIFEGUARDS. TODAY AT A HOSPITAL. 9-YEAR-OLD LEAH. SHARING WHAT SHE. REMEMBERED. >> I WAS JUST. SNORKELING. THEN I WENT UP TO. BREATHE. THEN SOMETHING HARD. BIT ME, AND THEN I. TRIED TO -- IT TRIED. TO TAKE ME AWAY. I PICK UP MY HAND AND. IT'S ALL IN BLOOD. >> Reporter: WITH HER. HAND ALL BUT GONE, CREWS AIRLIFTED HER TO. TAMPA FOR EMERGENCY. SURGERY. MEANWHILE, IN SOUTH. CAROLINA, ANOTHER. ATTACK REPORTED JUST.

YESTERDAY WHEN. OFFICIALS SAY A. 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS. BITTEN IN THE WATER. OFF HILTON HEAD. ISLAND. AS LEAH FACES A LONG. RECOVERY, HER FAMILY. HOPEFUL CREDITING A. TEAM OF TALENTED. SURGEONS. >> I WAS HOLDING HER. HAND IN MY HAND AND I. DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS. ANY CHANCE AT ALL OF. SAVING IT. >> SOME SORT OF. MIRACLE THAT GOD DID. IN HER LIFE. NOW SHE HAS A LEFT. HAND HAND. >> Reporter: TONIGHT. HER LOVED ONES. GRATEFUL, PROMISING TO. BE BACK ON THE WATER. SOMETIME SOON. >>> WE ARE BACK IN A.

MOMENT WITH HURRICANE. ERICK ROARING ASSURE. AS A CAT 4 AND. BRINGING INTENSE. FLOODING. >>>. >>> BACK NOW WITH. MAJOR FLOODING IN. MEXICO. HURRICANE ERICK. SLAMMING OAXACA AS A. CATEGORY 3 STORM. YOU CAN SEE THE. STREETS TURNING INTO. RIVERS. SO FAR NO INJURIES OR. DEATHS HAVE BEEN. REPORTED. ACCORDING TO OUR NBC. NEWS CLIMATE UNIT,

PARTS OF MEXICO COULD. SEE UP TO 16 INCHES OF. RAINFALL. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, BACK. HERE IN THE STATES, A. REMARKABLE HOMECOMING. FOR EDAN ALEXANDER. THE FREED ISRAELI. AMERICAN HOSTAGE WHO. WAS RELEASED FROM. CAPTIVITY IN GAZA LAST. MONTH. YOU SEE HIM WAVING TO. THE CHEERING CROWD IN. IN HIS HOMETOWN IN NEW. JERSEY. ALEXANDER WAS HELD BY. HAMAS FOR NEARLY 600. DAYS AND THE LAST. LIVING AMERICAN TO BE. RELEASED. >>> AND ON THIS. JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, HUGE CROWDS IN FORT. WORTH, TEXAS, PARTICIPATING IN.

OPAL'S WALK FOR. FREEDOM. THE TWO AND A HALF. MILE WALK, THE TWO AND. A HALF YEARS THAT. PASSED AFTER THE. EMANCIPATION. PROCLAMATION BUT. BEFORE NEWS OF FREEDOM. REACHED ENSLAVED. PEOPLE IN TEXAS. THE WALK IS NAMED. AFTER ACTIVIST OPAL. LEE KNOWN AS THE. GRANDMOTHER OF. JUNETEENTH WHO PLAYED. A CRITICAL ROLE IN. MAKING IT A FEDERAL. HOLIDAY AND THAT WAS. JUST ONE OF THE MANY. CELEBRATIONS WE SAW. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TODAY. >>> AND WHEN WE COME. BACK, ON TRACK WITH. BRAD PITT AS THE STAR. IS IN THE DRIVER'S. SEAT FOR REAL ON SOME. OF THE MOST ICONIC.

COURSES IN THE WORLD. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THERE IS A NEW MOVIE. PUTTING AUDIENCES. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF. FORMULA 1 RACING WITH. STAR BRAD PITT AT. WHEEL FOR REAL. SAVANNAH SELLERS HAS. THE INSIDE TRACK. >> Reporter: IT'S THE. ULTIMATE THRILL RIDE. "F1: THE MOVIE" PUTS. THE AUDIENCE IN THE.

DRIVER'S SEAT LIKE. NEVER BEFORE. THE STORY OF A VETERAN. RACE CAR DRIVER BACK. ON THE TRACK, FILMED. AT REAL FORMULA 1. RACES AROUND THE. WORLD. >> JOE CALLED WITH. THIS AUDACIOUS PLAN TO. PUT ACTORS IN THE CAR, BETTER OURSELVES INTO. THE FLORIDIAN SEASON. >> Reporter: DIRECTOR. JOE KOSINKSI'S IDEA. >> WE HAD TO DEVELOP A. BRAND-NEW CAMERA. SYSTEM FOR THE FILM. >> HERE FOR THE. AUDITION. >> Reporter: AFTER. BRAD PITT AND DAMSON. IDRIS REALLY DROVE. RACE CARS, HITTING.

SPEEDS UP TO 180 MILES. AN HOUR. >> I COULDN'T GET. ENOUGH TIME IN THE. CAR. IT WAS A HAPPY PLACE. >> IT'S EXHILARATING, YOU KNOW? WE TRAINED FOR ABOUT. FOUR MONTHS. WE WILL REALLY DID. BECOME A PART OF THE. WORLD. >> Reporter: DID YOU. EVER LOSE YOURSELF IN. RACING VERSUS ACTING? >> YEAH. HELL, YEAH. >> WE WERE SHOOTING. THIS TENSE SCENE AND. BRAD WAS GOING THROUGH. THIS FAMOUS CURVE ONE. AND EVERY TIME HE GOES. THROUGH IT, HE WOULD. HAVE A BIG SMILE ON. HIS FACE. I AM LIKE, BRAD, FLEES, STOP SMILING. >> SUCH A RUSH.

>> Reporter: A RUSH. PRODUCER JERRY. BRUCKHEIMER WAS. PREPARED FOR. IS THERE SUCH THING AS. AN INSURANCE POLICY ON. BRAD PITT GOING 180. MILES AN HOUR? >> WE DID HAVE AN. INSURANCE POLICY. >> Reporter: ACTRESS. KERRY CONDON COULD. BARRY WATCH THEM SPEED. AROUND THE TRACK. >> I WATCHED ONCE. IT WAS NERVE-RACKING, I DIDN'T ENJOY IT. >> I NEED ONE OF MY. CARS TO CROSS THE. FINISH LINE. >> Reporter: JAVIER. PLAYS THE OWNER. THE TWO NOT SHY ABOUT. THEIR PRO MANS. >> I AM GOING TO SAY. IT.

WE MAKE A PRETTY HOT. COUPLE. >> EXACTLY. >> IT WAS AN HONOR, A. PLEASURE. >> WHAT MAKES THIS. MOVIE SO IMMERSIVE IS. THE STORY. THE REDEMPTION. THE SECOND CHANCE. THE TEAMWORK. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT. WE WANT IN OUR LIVES. >> Reporter: LAST. QUESTION. WHO IS FASTER? >> WE GO BACK AND. FORTH ON THIS ONE. >> HE IS. >> HE IS FASTER. >> Reporter: COME ON. >> NO. WE ARE BOTH REALLY, REALLY FAST.

>> WE ARE NEVER GOING. TO GET TO THE END OF. THIS QUESTION. UNTIL YOU PUT US ON. THE SAME TRACK AT THE. SAME TIME. >> Reporter: SAVANNAH. SELLERS, NBC NEWS. >>> ONE PROGRAMMING. NOTE. BE SURE TO CATCH. CENTER OF THE STORM, A. TWO HOUR "DATELINE". SPECIAL ON THE KAREN. READ TRIAL TONIGHT AT. 9/8 CENTRAL RIGHT HERE. ON NBC. >>> THAT'S "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. THURSDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. WATCHING. I'M.