Nightly News Full Episode - Oct. 18th

TONIGHT THE MASSIVE PROTESTS AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TAKING TO THE STREETS, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO BIG CITIES TO VOICE THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. CROWDS JOINING THE NO KINGS MOVEMENT. WE'RE LIVE ON THE GROUND WITH OUR TEAM FANNING OUT COAST TO COAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING MOTIVATED THEM TO COME OUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTING NEW VIDEO OF A US STRIKE IN THE CARIBBEAN AS WE GO ONE ON ONE. WITH MARIA CORINA MACHADO,

VENEZUELA'S OPPOSITION LEADER, WHO JUST WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, WHICH SHE SAYS IS HAPPENING INSIDE VENEZUELA. AS THE REGIME FACES GROWING PRESSURE FROM THE US. THE ESCALATING DISPUTE OVER THE OPENING OF A CRITICAL ENTRY. POINT FOR AID INTO GAZA AS ISRAEL PUSHES HAMAS. TO HAND OVER THE BODIES OF HOSTAGES. AN NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKY WITH OUR KRISTEN WELKER. WHAT HE DID NOT GET FROM HIS HIGH STAKES MEETING. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHY HE'S STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE.

GEORGE SANTOS, NOW A FREE MAN AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP COMMUTED HIS SENTENCE, THE BEHIND THE SCENES EFFORT TO GET HIS. RELEASE AND REACTION FROM HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS. PANIC IN THE SKY. A FIRE BREAKING OUT MIDFLIGHT. THE OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT BURSTING INTO FLAMES, BUT HOW DID IT START? AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT A MASSIVE SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THIS YOUNG MAN AND. AN EXTRA DOSE OF KINDNESS WHEN HE NEEDED IT THE MOST.

THIS IS NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH JOSE DIAZ BALART. GOOD EVENING. MASSIVE GROUPS OF PROTESTERS GATHERED IN CITIES. AND TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY, PART OF A DAY OF SO-CALLED NO. KINGS DEMONSTRATIONS PROTESTING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. ORGANIZERS BEHIND THE NO KINGS MOVEMENT. SAY IT'S ABOUT DEMOCRACY VERSUS DICTATORSHIP. TODAY PROTESTS HAPPENED AGAINST THE BACKGROUND.

OF THE ONGOING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND SOME REPUBLICANS. WARN THE DEMONSTRATIONS COULD BE UNSAFE, EVEN PLACING THE NATIONAL GUARD ON STANDBY IN SOME STATES, BUT THE GATHERINGS, WHICH IN SOME CITIES INCLUDED SEVERAL 1000 PEOPLE, REMAINED LARGELY PEACEFUL. ADRIAN BROADUS LEADS US OFF TONIGHT FROM CHICAGO, A CITY THAT'S PUSHED BACK HARD AGAINST. SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S LATEST EFFORTS.

ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN MAJOR CITIES. AND SMALL TOWNS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS GATHERING AT NO KING'S. DEMONSTRATIONS RALLYING AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE RULE OF LAW IS BEING DESTROYED. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TAKING OVER THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, MANY OF THEM MOTIVATED BY VARIOUS FACTORS, BUT THE COMMON THREAD THEIR DEFIANCE AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICIES. DO YOU FEEL YOU'VE BEEN PROFILED? ABSOLUTELY,

BECAUSE HOW I LOOK, YOU KNOW, I'M. MEXICAN AMERICAN, FIRST GENERATION, BUT I SERVED 30 YEARS IN THE MILITARY. ICE IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LITERALLY. NO KING'S ORGANIZER SAID MORE THAN 2500 RALLIES WERE PLANNED, WITH MILLIONS EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE. HUGE CROWDS TURNING OUT IN BOSTON, MIAMI, BUFFALO, AND MORE. I'M 90 YEARS OLD AND I'VE NEVER SEEN MY COUNTRY IN THIS CONDITION. WHAT VALUES ARE AT THE TOP OF YOUR MIND AS YOU PROTEST TODAY?

ACCESS TO ABORTION, PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT. RIGHTS. BRIAN CHANDLER IS ON THE GROUND IN AUSTIN. HERE IN AUSTIN, GOVERNOR ABBOTT MOBILIZING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO WATCH FOR ANY UNREST. AS MORE THAN 10,000 PEACEFUL PROTESTERS MARCH FROM THE TEXAS CAPITOL. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROTESTS HAPPENING IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BACKYARD. MELANIE ZENONA IS IN DC, AND ORGANIZERS TELL ME OVER 200,000 PEOPLE SHOWED. UP FOR THE RALLY NEAR THE NATIONAL MALL, AND ONE THING TOP OF MIND FOR MANY HERE.

DEFAMATION. SCIENTIST BILL NYE SAYS THAT DECIMATION LEAVES US ALL VULNERABLE. CUTTING THE BUDGET, ESPECIALLY TO NASA, IS. THOUGHTLESS. THE DEMONSTRATIONS EVEN SPREADING BEYOND THE STATES WITH RALLIES OVERSEAS, NOT ONLY US IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ACROSS THE WORLD, WE'RE ALL IN TROUBLE. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. ADDRESSED THE KINGS MOVEMENT THIS WEEK. THEY'RE REFERRING TO ME AS A KING. I'M NOT. OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE'S LETTING THE PROTEST. IT'S WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT IS PROVING THAT THERE ISN'T A KING,

RIGHT? EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE WHITE HOUSE POSTED AN ARTISTIC IMAGE OF TRUMP IN A CROWN, WRITING, QUOTE, LONG LIVE THE KING. BUT TODAY THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT. ADRIAN JOINS ME NOW. ADRIAN, THERE HAD BEEN WARNINGS FROM SOME REPUBLICANS. THAT THESE PROTESTS COULD TURN VIOLENT. WHAT DID YOU SEE TODAY? JOSE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE SAW LARGE CROWDS, FEW INCIDENTS HERE IN CHICAGO.

PROTESTERS MARCHED TO TRUMP TOWER, WHICH IS BEHIND ME. POLICE ARE STILL COMPILING DATA TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED, BUT SO FAR NO REPORTED ARRESTS. AND IN NEW YORK CITY, THE NYPD SAYS MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND. THE POLICE THERE SAY THEY MADE ZERO PROTEST-RELATED ARRESTS, JOSE. ADRIAN BROADUS IN CHICAGO TONIGHT. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED NEW VIDEO OF A US ATTACK THIS. WEEK ON A VESSEL IN THE CARIBBEAN THAT HE SAYS.

WAS ON A MISSION TO SMUGGLE ILLEGAL NARCOTICS INTO THE. US EISH ALSIN JOINS ME FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AND I, WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE TWO SURVIVORS OF THAT STRIKE. CERTAINLY TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT THE. UNITED STATES IS REPATRIATING TWO ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS. TO COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR AFTER US MILITARY FORCES. ATTACKED THEIR VESSEL IN THE CARIBBEAN ON THURSDAY. AND TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA SAID ONE OF THE ALLEGED TRAFFICKERS IS NOW IN. COLOMBIAN CUSTODY AND THAT HE WOULD BE PROCESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO SHARED VIDEO OF THE STRIKE. ON THE SUBMARINE THAT HE SAYS WAS CARRYING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FENTANYL, HE SAID THE ATTACK KILLED 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE VESSEL WHILE 2 OTHERS SURVIVED. THIS WAS AT LEAST THE 5TH STRIKE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. HAS CARRIED OUT IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS AGAINST ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS. CRITICS HAVE ARGUED THE STRIKES ARE ILLEGAL AND CIRCUMVENT DUE PROCESS LAWS, BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS VOWED TO CONTINUE THEM, JOSE. JIMMY SCHENDOR AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU. THOSE STRIKES ARE PART OF A GROWING PRESSURE CAMPAIGN.

AGAINST THE MADURO REGIME BY THE WHITE HOUSE. I SPOKE WITH VENEZUELA'S MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER, MARIA CORINA MACHADO, WHO JUST RECEIVED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. ABOUT THOSE MILITARY OPERATIONS AND VENEZUELA'S FUTURE. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY OF. STRIKING VESSELS REPORTEDLY LEAVING VENEZUELA INSTEAD OF INTERCEPTING THEM? WELL, I AM NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED INTO AN OPERATION AND THE. DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES UH TO DEFEND THEIR,

THEIR OWN NATIONAL SECURITY. WHAT I, WE HAVE SAID AND WE HAVE DEMANDED FOR YEARS IS THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. HELP THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE BY CUTTING THE FLOWS. OF CRIMINAL MONEY. THAT IS USED BY MADURO. FOR CORRUPTION, FOR REPRESSION, PERSECUTION, AND ALSO. TO AMPLIFY ITS CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. THIS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP CONFIRMED HE HAS. AUTHORIZED THE CIA TO OPERATE INSIDE VENEZUELA.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? WELL, ONCE AGAIN, I, I, I, I CANNOT SPECULATE, UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE DECISIONS REGARDING UH THE, THE DISMANTLING OF A NARCO-TERRORIST STRUCTURE. IT, AND I WANT TO INSIST ON THIS. IT WAS MADURO WHO DECLARED. THE WAR ON US. IT IS ON MADURO TO STOP THIS WAR. BY MOVING OUT. AND. FACILITATING A TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY.

WE DO NEED THE HELP. OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT TRUMP TO STOP. THIS WAR BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT SAVING MILLIONS OF LIVES. HOW CAN VENEZUELA. EMERGE FROM THIS? VENEZUELA IS THE MOST COHESIVE SOCIETY, EVEN THOUGH OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN DESTROYED, OUR INSTITUTIONS, OUR, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE SECTOR, FAMILIES SEPARATED. 86% OF VENEZUELAN LIVING. POVERTY. IMAGINE THAT,

JOSE, YOU KNOW, A COUNTRY THAT HAS THE LARGEST OIL RESERVES IN THE WORLD, BUT WE ARE READY TO PUT OUR COUNTRY BACK ON OUR FEET AND TO TURN. VENEZUELA FROM THE CRIMINAL HUB OF THE AMERICAS INTO THE ENERGY HUB OF THE AMERICAS, AND YOU WILL SEE MILLIONS OF OUR MIGRANTS FINALLY COMING BACK HOME. AND AS SOON AS MADURO GOES AND THIS REGIME GOES, WE WILL FIGHT. FOR DEMOCRACY IN CUBA. AND IN NICARAGUA.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, WE WILL HAVE THE AMERICANS FREE OF COMMUNISM, DICTATORSHIP, AND NARCO-TERRORISM. AND YET AS YOU AND I SPEAK, YOU ARE IN HIDING IN YOUR COUNTRY. YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE. MANY OF YOUR SUPPORTERS ARE IN POLITICAL PRISON. OTHERS HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY DISAPPEARED. HOW DO YOU SURVIVE THIS? IT, IT HAS BEEN. VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. I, I HAVE SPENT 14 MONTHS IN ISOLATION WITHOUT.

SEEING ANYONE, HUGGING, TOUCHING ANYONE. UH THESE ARE HOURS OF TERROR IN VENEZUELA, BUT THEY ALSO HOURS OF COURAGE. AND LIGHT. BUT I AM. SO HOPEFUL AND SO CONVINCED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS NEW HOPE. NEW ENERGY, THIS NEW ENTHUSIASM HAS BEEN. GROWING IN OUR COUNTRY, AND WE ARE PREPARED AND YOU WILL SEE WHEN THE DAY COMES, MILLIONS OF VENEZUELANS COMING TO THE STREETS TO CELEBRATE.

AND TO WORK REALLY HARD TO REBUILD A PROUD AND PROSPEROUS NATION. NADIA COREA MACHADO, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON NBC NEWS. NOW TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE RAFAH BORDER. CROSSING WHICH SITS BETWEEN EGYPT AND THE GAZA STRIP. IT'S LARGELY BEEN CLOSED SINCE MAY OF 2024, AND NOW THERE IS A DISPUTE OVER WHEN THE. CRITICAL LIFELINE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA WILL REOPEN. DANIELLE HAMAMMJIN JOINS ME NOW TO EXPLAIN. DANIELLE. JOSE,

AS PART OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL, ISRAEL WAS SUPPOSED TO REOPEN THE RAFAH BORDER EARLIER THIS WEEK, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THE REASON IT SAID HAMAS HAD FAILED TO RETURN THE BODIES OF ALL THE DEAD HOSTAGES. NOW TODAY, CONFLICTING REPORTS. THE PALESTINIAN EMBASSY IN EGYPT ANNOUNCED THE BORDER WOULD REOPEN ON MONDAY, BUT SHORTLY AFTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SAID IT WOULD REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THERE ARE STILL 18 DEAD HOSTAGES LEFT IN GAZA, WITH MORE HANDED OVER TONIGHT AND AWAITING. IDENTIFICATION.

HAMAS CALLS THE DECISION TO PREVENT THE OPENING A. FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF THE CEASEFIRE. THE REOPENING OF THE GAZA BORDER IS CRITICAL FOR MORE. AID TO COME IN AND FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED. TO COME OUT. JOSE. DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND. OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKY. HE SPOKE WITH MEET THE PRESS MODERATOR KRISTEN WELKER STRIKING A HOPEFUL TONE. AFTER HIS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON FRIDAY. HE DID NOT SEAL AN AGREEMENT TO OBTAIN LONG-RANGE TOMAHAWK MISSILES,

WHICH COULD BE A GAME CHANGER IN THE WAR, BUT HE SUGGESTED THAT COULD HAPPEN DOWN THE LINE. I THINK THAT PUTIN AFRAID. THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL DELIVER US TOMAHAWKS, AND I THINK THAT HE REALLY AFRAID THAT WE WILL USE, AND HE KNOWS. WHAT MILITARY GOALS WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE THE MILITARY GOALS OF RUSSIA, AND HE. AFRAID THAT WE CAN USE IT. AND YOU CAN SEE KRISTEN'S FULL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.

WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY TOMORROW ON MEET THE PRESS. FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS IS FREE. TONIGHT AFTER HIS FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE. FOR WIRE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT WAS COMMUTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE REACTION TONIGHT IS SWIFT AND DIVIDED, STEPHEN ROMO REPORTS. IT WAS AROUND 11 FRIDAY NIGHT, ACCORDING TO HIS ATTORNEY, THAT FORMER US CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS WALKED OUT OF. THIS NEW JERSEY FEDERAL PRISON A FREE MAN. I'M GOING TO FIGHT MY BATTLE. HIS MORE THAN 7 YEAR SENTENCE COMMUTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

SANTOS WAS CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. FOLLOWING THOSE CONVICTIONS, SANTOS SAYING THIS. I KNOW THAT MY ACTIONS HAVE CAUSED DISAPPOINTMENT, FRUSTRATION, AND A LOSS OF FAITH IN ME, AND FOR THAT I'M TRULY SORRY. BUT BACK IN JULY. 1 DAY BEFORE HE STARTED SERVING HIS SENTENCE, HE POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA, I MAY BE LEAVING THE STAGE FOR NOW, BUT TRUST ME, LEGENDS NEVER TRULY EXIT. THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, SANTOS HASN'T JUST BEEN FREED FROM PRISON.

ACCORDING TO AN IMAGE OF THE DOCUMENT POSTED ONLINE, THE COMMUTATION ALSO ORDERS NO FURTHER FINES, RESTITUTION, PROBATION, SUPERVISED RELEASE, OR OTHER CONDITIONS. AS PART OF HIS PUNISHMENT, SANTOS HAD BEEN ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $370,000 AND RESTED. TO HIS VICTIMS, NAVY VETERAN RICHARD OSTOV SAYS SANTOS REFUSED TO HAND MONEY. OVER TO HIM RAISED ONLINE FOR HIS DOG'S SURGERY, ALLEGATIONS SANTOS HAS DENIED AND THEY WERE NOT PART OF HIS FEDERAL CONVICTIONS.

WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU HEARD THAT SANTOS WAS FREE? I FEEL LIKE I GOT STABBED IN THE GUT. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, GEORGIA CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, WHO SERVED WITH SANTOS IN THE HOUSE CELEBRATING THE RELEASE, WHICH SHE LOBBIED PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR, GREEN POSTING, I BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SINNERS. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. TONIGHT, HIS ATTORNEY SAYING SANTOS IS WITH HIS FAMILY, DECOMPRESSING AND GETTING REACQUAINTED.

STEVEN ROMO, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK. STILL AHEAD TONIGHT, CHAOS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLIGHT AS A FIRE BREAKS OUT ON BOARD. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. PLUS TAYLOR SWIFT'S LIFE CHANGING DONATION FOR A YOUNG FAN WITH CANCER. WE'RE BACK WITH A TERRIFYING INCIDENT ON A FLIGHT THAT WAS. FORCED TO DIVERT AFTER AN OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. LIZ KREUTZ HAS MORE. TONIGHT, CHAOS ON AN AIR CHINA FLIGHT AFTER A FIRE.

SPARKED BY A LITHIUM BATTERY BROKE OUT MIDAIR, ACCORDING TO THE AIRLINE. SEE THE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THIS CARRY-ON BAG IN AN OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT, SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN, AND THEN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS QUICKLY RESPONDING. THE FLIGHT FROM HANGZHOU, CHINA TO SEOUL SATURDAY WAS DIVERTED TO SHANGHAI. AIR CHINA SAYING IN A STATEMENT, THE BATTERY SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED, ADDING THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST TERRIFYING BATTERY FIRE ON AIRPLANES. IN JANUARY, A PORTABLE POWER BANK WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED THE FIRE.

THAT ENGULFED THIS AIR BUSAN PLANE AND INJURED 7 PEOPLE. AND LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM 2023. FLIGHT CREW POURED WATER ON A CARRY-ON BACKPACK. AFTER A BATTERY CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BOARDING. EXPERTS SAY LITHIUM ION. CAN OVERHEAT AND GO INTO WHAT'S CALLED THERMAL RUNAWAY. IT'S WHY THE FAA DOESN'T ALLOW THEM IN CHECKED LUGGAGE. AND WHY SOUTHWEST RECENTLY BECAME THE FIRST US AIRLINE TO. REQUIRE PASSENGERS TO KEEP POWER BANKS AND PORTABLE CHARGING DEVICES. IN PLAIN SIGHT WHILE IN USE DURING A FLIGHT. DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING.

MORE RESTRICTIONS ON LITHIUM ION BATTERIES MOVING FORWARD? I HOPE. SO WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE OVERSEAS CARRIERS SAY. YOU CANNOT USE THESE CHARGING BANKS ON THE AIRPLANE. I THINK THAT THAT MAY VERY WELL FIND ITS WAY INTO THE US. AND EXPERTS SAY THAT CHEAPLY MADE DEVICES LIKE OFTEN ONES THAT ARE HANDED OUT FOR. FREE OR DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPED OR DAMAGED ARE MOST AT RISK OF IGNITING, JOSE. MS. SCHREUTZ, THANK YOU. BACK NOW WITH AN ALARMING SCENE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI AFTER A.

BALCONY COLLAPSE HEARD AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE IN AN OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING COMPLEX. OFFICIALS SAY MOST WERE MINOR INJURIES, BUT ONE PERSON IS CRITICALLY INJURED. MOST OF THE VICTIMS ARE BELIEVED TO BE STUDENTS. PRETTY INCREDIBLE NEWS FROM TAYLOR SWIFT. TONIGHT AFTER SHE QUIETLY DONATED $100,000. TO THE PARENTS OF A 2 YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED LILA. WHO'S BATTLING STAGE 4 CANCER. LILA'S MOM HAS BEEN SHARING THEIR STORY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND POSTED THIS VIDEO. OF HER DAUGHTER WATCHING ONE OF SWIFT'S MUSIC VIDEOS BEFORE THE DONATION WAS MADE.

SWIFT WROTE THAT SHE'S SENDING A HUG TO HER FRIEND LILA WHEN SHE MADE THAT DONATION, AND LILA'S A PRETTY BIG FAN TOO. WHEN WE COME BACK, THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT A RIDE. TO REMEMBER. AND THE ACT OF KINDNESS THIS YOUNG MAN GOT WHEN HE NEEDED IT MOST. THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONIGHT. SO OFTEN, THE GOOD NEWS DOESN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THE BAD. SO EVERY SATURDAY,

WE HIGHLIGHT THE MANY PEOPLE WHO SPREAD JOY AND LOVE, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE STORIES THIS WEEK. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A HOMECOMING FOR A HERO. THAT'S US MARINE STAFF SERGEANT JASON PACHECO AND HIS FAMILY GETTING. A WARM WELCOME TO WHAT WILL SOON BE THEIR NEW HOME. THIS 4 BEDROOM HOUSE IN FALLBROOK IS FROM THE GARY SINISE. FOUNDATION DESIGNED FOR JASON'S NEEDS WHEN HE'S IN HIS WHEELCHAIR.

A LOT OF HUGS. AND A FEW TEARS. AND WRITTEN MESSAGES LIKE THESE TO THANK HIM FOR. HIS SERVICE AND BUILD A FOUNDATION OF LOVE. IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE SUPER AWESOME TO BE PART OF SOMETHING. AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS AND BE ABLE TO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THOSE. NAMES AND THE TIME THAT THEY TOOK TO BUILD A HOUSE AND TO. TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE A MESSAGE TO ME AND MY FAMILY IS REALLY SPECIAL.

IS. THAT'S US AIR FORCE TECHNICAL SERGEANT TARA CUMMINS REUNITED WITH HER BEST FRIEND, AIR FORCE K-9 ERICA AT THEIR SAN ANTONIO HOME. THEY WERE PARTNERS FOR YEARS BUT WERE SEPARATED WHEN TARA GOT REASSIGNED. BUT WHEN ERICA WAS RETIRED, TARA REACHED OUT TO THE AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY TO ADOPT HER.

AND ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, A RIDE TO REMEMBER. OH MY GOD, LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE. MORE THAN 100 TEEN RIDERS SHOWING UP TO SUPPORT 15-YEAR-OLD TYLER ROCHE TILDEN. AFTER HE WAS BULLIED AND NEEDED AN EXTRA BOOST OF KINDNESS. THAT'S WHEN DARNELL MEYERS, A LONGTIME WRITER WITH AN ONLINE FOLLOWING,

BROUGHT HIM ALL THESE NEW FRIENDS. A NEW. AND GET THIS, HE ALSO WORKED WITH A BIKE STORE TO GIVE TYLER A NEW ONE. THIS IS MAKING ME VERY HAPPY. HEY, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR BIKE? VERY GOOD. GET USED TO IT. FOR HIS MOM, GINA MOSCATO, THAT MOMENT MEANT THE WORLD. GINA, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE.

TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE SHOWING SOLIDARITY AND LOVE FOR, FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG MAN. IT JUST FELT LIKE I WAS IN A DREAM AND, OR IN LIKE A MOVIE. LIKE THIS STUFF DOESN'T HAPPEN IN EVERYDAY LIFE. I SEE HIM SMILING AND EXCITED AND. SO HAPPY IN THE MOMENT. IT WAS AMAZING. A REMINDER THAT KINDNESS CAN GO A LONG WAY. IT MIGHT NOT BE EASY TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND BE KIND, BUT YOU CAN DO IT AND IT'S WORTH IT.

IT'S A REAL SUPERPOWER. THAT'S NBC NIGHTLY NEWS FOR THIS SATURDAY. HALLIE JACKSON WILL BE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT. I'M JOSE DIAZ BALART. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUR TIME. AND GOOD NIGHT.