NBC Nightly News Full Episode with Tom Llamas - July 13 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Tonight,
2. 0:01FBI agents swarming the late Senator
3. 0:04Lindsey Graham's home and what could be
4. 0:06his last phone call. The unusual scene
5. 0:09as FBI agents search Graham's DC
6. 0:12residence. Our new reporting on why they
7. 0:14were there. Plus, the late senator's
8. 0:17sister just named to finish out his
9. 0:19term. But who will take his seat in
10. 0:21those high stakes midterms? An ICE
11. 0:24involved shooting in Maine leaving one
12. 0:26person dead. A white car circling as
13. 0:29agents appear to grab at the door. Was
14. 0:31the man even the target of the ICE
15. 0:33operation. New round of strikes on Iran
16. 0:36right now. President Trump reinstating
17. 0:39the blockade on Iranian ports just hours
18. 0:42ago. The new action he's threatening
19. 0:44tonight. Dangerous flash floods across
20. 0:47the south. A pickup truck swept away.
21. 0:50Massive trees pubbling this car. Plus
22. 0:53100 million under heat alerts. Where
23. 0:56those unbearable temps head next. Deadly
24. 0:59barf fire. Violent flames bursting from
25. 1:01this pub. People running for their
26. 1:03lives. Why survivors say there was no
27. 1:06way out. Brutal bison attack. A
28. 1:09grandfather tossed several feet in the
29. 1:11air. We have new details from those who
30. 1:14witnessed it and how the victim is doing
31. 1:16tonight. Friends of Nolan Wells now
32. 1:19speaking out after he was found dead
33. 1:21following a Fourth of July boat trip.
34. 1:23what they're revealing about the moments
35. 1:25leading up to his disappearance.
36. 1:28Europe's explosive wildfires. Flames
37. 1:31raging just outside of Paris, putting
38. 1:33the city on high alert. The Door Dash
39. 1:36worker hit by a driver fleeing police,
40. 1:39then finishing that delivery. Stunning
41. 1:42save caught on camera. The group of Army
42. 1:45cadets pulling this driver from a
43. 1:47sinking car. And there's good news
44. 1:50tonight. The hospital making a splash
45. 1:52for this little girl. Finally getting
46. 1:55the kidney she so badly needs. Nightly
47. 1:58News starts right now.
48. 2:01This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamz.
49. 2:08>> And good evening. It's great to be with
50. 2:09you on this Monday night. We want to
51. 2:12begin tonight with the shocking and
52. 2:13sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham.
53. 2:16There is new reporting, Justin, and we
54. 2:18want to get to about what could have
55. 2:19been his last phone call. But we start
56. 2:21right here with the scene on Capitol
57. 2:23Hill today. White roses on his chamber
58. 2:26seat, handwritten notes, and a
59. 2:28condolence book outside of his office.
60. 2:30Just blocks away, though, this
61. 2:32surprising scene. Look closely. Multiple
62. 2:35FBI agents at Graham's DC residence
63. 2:38taking photos and searching through the
64. 2:40home. Their presence raising questions
65. 2:42about what they're investigating after a
66. 2:45preliminary examination blamed a heart
67. 2:47condition for Graham's death. Late
68. 2:49today, South Carolina's governor
69. 2:51appointing Graham's sister to
70. 2:53temporarily fill the seat. And now
71. 2:55there's a scramble among Republicans in
72. 2:57that state to fill a seat permanently.
73. 2:59Ryan Nobles is on Capitol Hill. He
74. 3:01starts us off tonight.
75. 3:04Tonight, new video showing more than a
76. 3:06dozen FBI agents fanning out across the
77. 3:08Washington home of the late Senator
78. 3:10Lindsey Graham. The FBI shutting down
79. 3:13the street as investigators spent
80. 3:14several hours on scene taking photos and
81. 3:17searching the property. Two law
82. 3:19enforcement sources familiar with the
83. 3:21scene tell NBC News their work is out of
84. 3:24an abundance of caution. So far, no
85. 3:26evidence has emerged to suggest foul
86. 3:28play. A preliminary medical examiner's
87. 3:31report revealed Graham suffered from a
88. 3:33tear in the main artery of his heart.
89. 3:35But they are still waiting on a
90. 3:36toxicology test before declaring a cause
91. 3:39of death. On Capitol Hill, Graham's seat
92. 3:42in the Senate chamber adorned in white
93. 3:44roses. His colleagues struggling with
94. 3:47his shocking loss.
95. 3:48>> Senator Graham always brought a smile to
96. 3:51your face and levity to the halls of
97. 3:54Congress.
98. 3:56>> We will laugh together again. Mr.
99. 4:00President, he yield the floor.
100. 4:03>> In his home state of South Carolina, the
101. 4:05governor appointing Graham's sister,
102. 4:07Darlene Graham Nordone, to fill his term
103. 4:10until the end of the year.
104. 4:11>> I think this is what Lindsay would have
105. 4:13wanted, and I plan to honor him in this
106. 4:16way.
107. 4:17>> Nardone is not expected to run for the
108. 4:19seat this fall, leaving a wideopen
109. 4:21primary field for a special election in
110. 4:24August. She will be sworn in Tuesday,
111. 4:27filling the vacancy quickly. What is
112. 4:29less certain is if or when Senator Mitch
113. 4:32McConnell will be back. Absent for more
114. 4:34than a month, his office released this
115. 4:36picture over the weekend, revealing that
116. 4:39the 84year-old is recovering from
117. 4:40pneumonia after a fall at his home sent
118. 4:43him to the hospital.
119. 4:45Ryan Nobles joins us now live. And Ryan,
120. 4:47I know you have some new reporting for
121. 4:48our viewers about what was potentially
122. 4:51Senator Graham's final phone call. Yeah,
123. 4:53that's right, Tom. Senator Tommy
124. 4:55Tubberville telling us tonight that his
125. 4:57former schedule scheduler was working
126. 4:59for Senator Graham and took a call from
127. 5:01the senator on Saturday night saying
128. 5:03that he had chest pains and to call 911.
129. 5:06The staffer called 911 and then rushed
130. 5:08to his house. They found the paramedics
131. 5:10there treating Senator Graham, but
132. 5:12unfortunately it was too late. Tom, Ryan
133. 5:15Nobles from Capitol Hill tonight on
134. 5:17those developments. Ryan, thank you. We
135. 5:19want to get to some news now on Iran.
136. 5:21The US military is attacking for the
137. 5:23third night in a row. Those new strikes
138. 5:26as President Trump reinstates that naval
139. 5:28blockade of Iranian ports. All of it as
140. 5:31oil prices spike once again, meaning gas
141. 5:34prices are going back up. Here's Garrett
142. 5:36Hake.
143. 5:38President Trump tonight escalating the
144. 5:40latest battle with Iran over control of
145. 5:42the Straight of Hormuz, ordering a naval
146. 5:45blockade of Iranian ports back into
147. 5:47effect and a third consecutive night of
148. 5:49air strikes. According to Sentcom,
149. 5:51>> we're attacking them tonight and we're
150. 5:54taking out all of their capability for
151. 5:56uh anything having to do with the
152. 5:58straight with the Harmon Strait and I
153. 6:00think in the end we will end up just
154. 6:03controlling the whole thing. The
155. 6:05president today insisting the vital
156. 6:07waterway is open and that the US would
157. 6:10begin demanding reimbursement at a rate
158. 6:12of 20% of the value of any ship's cargo
159. 6:15to pass through it. Marine traffic data
160. 6:18shows shipping through the straight
161. 6:19falling by half last week after Iran
162. 6:22struck two commercial vessels,
163. 6:23triggering US retaliation.
164. 6:26>> Will become the guardian of the
165. 6:27straight. Maybe we'll call it the
166. 6:28guardian angel of the strait
167. 6:30>> and we should be reimbursed for that.
168. 6:32The UN agency which oversees
169. 6:34international shipping saying there is
170. 6:36quote no legal basis for applying such
171. 6:38tolls. Tolls which when imposed by Iran
172. 6:41earlier this year, Secretary of State
173. 6:43Marco Rubio called quote completely
174. 6:46illegal.
175. 6:46>> No country is allowed to charge tolls or
176. 6:48fees on an international waterway.
177. 6:51That's existing international law.
178. 6:52That's the way it is. It all comes after
179. 6:55a weekend in which the US and Iran
180. 6:57traded missile and drone strikes across
181. 6:59the region, including the US deploying
182. 7:02sea-based one-way attack drones in
183. 7:04combat for the first time, destroying a
184. 7:06ship and submarine maintenance facility.
185. 7:09The tensions sending oil prices surging
186. 7:11nearly 10% as Democrats warned the
187. 7:14president has no real plan to end the
188. 7:17war.
189. 7:18>> It's very difficult to see the way out
190. 7:19of what has become a kind of a quagmire.
191. 7:23Okay, we're going to switch gears, Gary.
192. 7:25I know you're also following some news
193. 7:26of a scathing takedown of the president
194. 7:29today with a judge throwing out his
195. 7:31lawsuit against the IRS. Walk us through
196. 7:33what happened.
197. 7:34>> Yeah, Tom, this was a federal judge in
198. 7:36Florida who ruled that the president's
199. 7:37lawsuits against the IRS, which he
200. 7:40controls, was brought to quote,
201. 7:41"manipulate the judicial process." The
202. 7:43judge even suggested sanctioning some of
203. 7:45the president's attorneys for bringing
204. 7:47this lawsuit at all. This appears to be
205. 7:50the final word in the so-called
206. 7:52anti-weaponization fund that came out of
207. 7:54that initial settlement. Tom Garrett
208. 7:57Hake at the White House. Garrett, thank
209. 7:58you. We are following a new ICE involved
210. 8:01fatal shooting. Parts of that incident
211. 8:03caught on video and we have new
212. 8:05reporting tonight. The man killed may
213. 8:07not have been IC's original target.
214. 8:09Aaron McLaclin has the latest.
215. 8:11>> Tonight, new videos out revealing key
216. 8:14moments connected to a deadly ICE
217. 8:16involved shooting in Maine. In one
218. 8:18video, you see a white vehicle driving
219. 8:20in a circle as an agent attempts to grab
220. 8:22the door. It's unclear if this was
221. 8:24before or after shots were fired.
222. 8:28In another video, you can hear that
223. 8:30fire. And in this video, you see what
224. 8:32appears to be federal agents pulling out
225. 8:34the limp body of a man, his hands then
226. 8:37placed behind his back. And tonight, in
227. 8:39a stunning development, independent
228. 8:41Senator Angus King issued a statement,
229. 8:43saying the victim of today's federal law
230. 8:45enforcement shooting was not the target
231. 8:47of the warrant. King spokesperson
232. 8:50telling NBC News the Secretary of
233. 8:51Homeland Security called King to tell
234. 8:53him the news. Minutes later, DHS
235. 8:56released this statement, saying in part,
236. 8:57"ICE was conducting targeted
237. 8:59surveillance on the last known address
238. 9:01of an individual, the final order of
239. 9:03removal. An individual who was not here
240. 9:05legally departed the resident's
241. 9:07vehicle." quote, "The vehicle attempted
242. 9:09to flee the scene and fearing for public
243. 9:11safety, an officer discharged his
244. 9:14weapon," adding, "The driver of the
245. 9:15vehicle was struck and passed away from
246. 9:18his injuries." Earlier today, an
247. 9:19immigrant rights organization told NBC
248. 9:21News it identified the man killed as a
249. 9:2426-year-old from Colombia, adding he was
250. 9:26authorized to work in the United States,
251. 9:28having been issued a social security
252. 9:30number. Today, news of the fatal
253. 9:32shooting sent scores of protesters
254. 9:34marching through the streets of Maine.
255. 9:36NBC News reached out to Maine's attorney
256. 9:38general for comment on Senator King's
257. 9:40latest statement. They previously said a
258. 9:42deportation officer would be placed on
259. 9:45leave per standard protocol.
260. 9:48Aaron joins us now live in studio.
261. 9:50Aaron, there's a lot of questions about
262. 9:51this shooting. Now, DHS is taking over
263. 9:53the investigation.
264. 9:54>> Yeah, that's right, Tom. Moments ago,
265. 9:56Senator Susan Collins tweeted that she
266. 9:58has been informed that the DHS Inspector
267. 10:01General will take over the investigation
268. 10:03in cooperation with the FBI.
269. 10:05>> Okay. Aaron McGlaughlin. Aaron, thank
270. 10:06you for that. We're also tracking
271. 10:08flooding threats for millions tonight.
272. 10:10Heavy rains have already washed out
273. 10:12parts of Tennessee. The scene was even
274. 10:14worse in hard hit, Missouri where rising
275. 10:17waters flipped a state trooper boat and
276. 10:20hundreds of campers and staffers had to
277. 10:21be airlifted to safety. We are tracking
278. 10:24the brutal heat. Bill Karens is here and
279. 10:26Bill. Almost a third of the country will
280. 10:28be hit with these high temps.
281. 10:29>> Yeah, and it's moving to the east coast
282. 10:30for the next few days and eventually
283. 10:32it'll actually last in the mid-Atlantic
284. 10:34longer than that. So, let's start with
285. 10:35the numbers. One-third of all Americans
286. 10:37are under some sort of heat advisories,
287. 10:39warnings. And as we go throughout the
288. 10:41next 24 to 48 hours, the hottest air
289. 10:43that has been in the northern plains is
290. 10:45going to push through the Great Lakes
291. 10:46and into the Northeast. Washington DC on
292. 10:48Wednesday, 100°. New York City 98. Even
293. 10:51Syracuse 96. It won't be as humid as hot
294. 10:54as the last heat wave, but still
295. 10:55dangerous. Now, let's talk about the
296. 10:57life-threatening flash flooding that
297. 10:58we're expecting tonight into tomorrow,
298. 11:01maybe even lasting into by the time we
299. 11:03get to Wednesday. We're going to watch
300. 11:04heavy rainfall in what we call Texas
301. 11:06Hill Country. This is areas that are
302. 11:08very floodprone. We could see some
303. 11:10locations getting up to 10 inches of
304. 11:12rain. This includes the areas around
305. 11:13Kurville and Camp Mystic that had the
306. 11:15horrific flooding a year ago. Could be
307. 11:17an incredibly dangerous week for Texas.
308. 11:19We'll be watching. Okay, Bill, we thank
309. 11:20you. We're going to head overseas now to
310. 11:22Thailand and new images of a massive
311. 11:24fire at a pub in Bangkok, killing
312. 11:27dozens. Janice Mackie Freyer has the
313. 11:29latest.
314. 11:31A column of flames bursting out from a
315. 11:33pub in a busy area of Thailand's
316. 11:35capital, Bangkok. People seen fleeing,
317. 11:38helping the wounded, and attempting to
318. 11:41put out flames on an injured man. The
319. 11:43blaze started on Sunday night. This
320. 11:46video filmed shortly before shows a band
321. 11:48performing in the crowded venue. The
322. 11:50country's prime minister visiting the
323. 11:52site said musicians say the fire started
324. 11:55at a circuit breaker on the stage
325. 11:57followed by a blackout and an explosion.
326. 12:00Thai authorities have opened an
327. 12:02investigation looking at possible
328. 12:03negligence, including emergency exits
329. 12:06that witnesses say were blocked.
330. 12:09>> It was so rapid there was no way to get
331. 12:11out at all. This survivor says we didn't
332. 12:14know where the fire exit was. Body cam
333. 12:17footage from first responders shows a
334. 12:19venue filled with smoke. Authorities say
335. 12:22most casualties were found in the
336. 12:24bathrooms as people tried to escape
337. 12:26>> and it spread quickly uh through the
338. 12:28primise and the people cannot escape uh
339. 12:30quickly. So many of them suffocate and
340. 12:33>> at least 28 people are confirmed dead
341. 12:35with 71 injured. Relatives still
342. 12:38struggling to find news of their loved
343. 12:40ones like this woman looking for her
344. 12:42son, a singer at the pub.
345. 12:45I have only one son, she says. I have no
346. 12:48other kids. Now, one of the worst
347. 12:51incidents in the country's recent
348. 12:52history, a fire with so many victims and
349. 12:56so few answers. Janice Mackey Freyer,
350. 12:58NBC News.
351. 13:00>> And back here at home, we have some
352. 13:02stunning video out of Yellowstone
353. 13:03National Park. The moment a massive
354. 13:05bison tossed a grandfather into the air.
355. 13:08And we have an update tonight on that
356. 13:10man's condition as we hear from a new
357. 13:12witness to the attack. Camila Bernal
358. 13:14with that video and the story.
359. 13:15>> LOOK OUT.
360. 13:17>> TONIGHT, an eyewitness sharing new
361. 13:19details about the leadup to this
362. 13:20terrifying moment. A Yellowstone bison
363. 13:23charging a 65-year-old man and his
364. 13:25grandson flipping the man into the air.
365. 13:28>> I was scared to be watching something
366. 13:30like that happen firsthand.
367. 13:32>> Emmy Lou Abrahamson says moments before
368. 13:35the agitated animal had settled onto the
369. 13:37ground near their campsite.
370. 13:39>> This bison is pissed off.
371. 13:41>> The two take pictures. Then the bison
372. 13:43begins rolling in the dust before
373. 13:44getting up and seeming to target this
374. 13:46truck. A rapid charge. Both tried to run
375. 13:50and hide with the bison chasing the man
376. 13:52around a group of trees, stopping to
377. 13:54trash one around before it catches up.
378. 13:57The massive animal tossing the man
379. 13:59several feet.
380. 14:01>> It was terrifying. When the bison jumped
381. 14:03up, it looked like it ran after the man
382. 14:05and the kid, and we could see the bushes
383. 14:08shaking. The man's family says he
384. 14:10underwent surgery and is on the mend,
385. 14:13telling us the grandson is also okay.
386. 14:16>> Photographer Mike Mloud captured the
387. 14:19animals powerful charge.
388. 14:20>> It was like watching uh a bulldozer move
389. 14:24out at 45 mph. It was It was
390. 14:27breathtaking.
391. 14:28>> And while there's no indication anyone
392. 14:30did anything wrong, a reminder to use
393. 14:32caution as you enjoy the beauty of our
394. 14:35parks. It doesn't doesn't take but a
395. 14:38second for a wild animal to change their
396. 14:40mind.
397. 14:41>> Camila Bernell, NBC News.
398. 14:44>> All right, when we return in 60 seconds,
399. 14:45friends of Nolan Wells speaking out.
400. 14:48They were with him in his final hours on
401. 14:50that island before the teen's death.
402. 14:52What they reveal. Plus, the cadets
403. 14:54jumping into action to save a driver
404. 14:57from a sinking car. That's coming up.
405. 15:01We're back now with the investigation to
406. 15:03the death of a Mississippi college
407. 15:05football player. His friends who were
408. 15:07with him before he went missing now
409. 15:09speaking out. Our Kate Snow has a story.
410. 15:12>> News reporter 8-year-old son Wells
411. 15:15missing passing at three on Horn Island.
412. 15:19>> New audio from a dispatcher after Nolan
413. 15:21Wells's mother contacted authorities
414. 15:23when she learned her son was missing.
415. 15:2518-year-old Nolan went to Horn Island in
416. 15:28a boat with friends on July 4th. His
417. 15:30body was found two days later. It's
418. 15:32unclear who Nolan was with when he
419. 15:34disappeared. And now, new details from
420. 15:37two people who were on the island.
421. 15:39Tristan Shepard was not on the same boat
422. 15:41with Nolan, but tells Rolling Stone he
423. 15:44was with Nolan and a large group around
424. 15:463:30 p.m. Many have speculated this
425. 15:49video widely circulated on social media
426. 15:52showed Nolan in an altercation, but
427. 15:55Shepard says he's the man in that video
428. 15:57having a disagreement. In that video,
429. 16:00you hear somebody yelling, "That is me,"
430. 16:02Shepard told Rolling Stone. Rolling
431. 16:04Stone reports Shepard's girlfriend,
432. 16:06uncle, and a family friend corroborated
433. 16:08his story.
434. 16:09>> So, like, it's really hard. Like,
435. 16:11>> a close friend of Nolan's, Jayvon
436. 16:12Williams, telling TMZ he saw Nolan on
437. 16:15the fourth and would have done anything
438. 16:17to help his friend.
439. 16:18>> That's my boy and I want him to find
440. 16:20justice. Like that like this whole case
441. 16:22thing, like whatever, like this whole
442. 16:24situation, none of this adds up to me.
443. 16:26>> Nolan's parents told us they need more
444. 16:29information. We're having to pull straws
445. 16:32because just everything's so
446. 16:35inconsistent. And again, you know, we're
447. 16:38doing this because we want answers.
448. 16:40>> Do you think someone might have harmed
449. 16:43your son?
450. 16:45>> I don't I don't I don't know. I I don't
451. 16:48I don't I can't I don't know how to
452. 16:50answer that.
453. 16:52>> Kate Snow joins us now in studio. Kate,
454. 16:54it's been nine days since he went
455. 16:55missing. It's been a week since his body
456. 16:57was recovered and we still know so
457. 16:59little from authorities.
458. 17:00>> Yeah, that is puzzling, Tom. We don't
459. 17:02have results yet from the official
460. 17:03autopsy or from the autopsy the family
461. 17:05commissioned. NBC News has been reaching
462. 17:08out multiple times to the coroner, to
463. 17:10the sheriff. We're told the
464. 17:12investigation is ongoing. Social media
465. 17:14sleuths are trying to fill the gaps,
466. 17:16Tom, but unfortunately that means
467. 17:18there's a lot of misinformation out
468. 17:20there.
469. 17:20>> Hopefully, the family will get some
470. 17:21answers this week. All right, Kate, we
471. 17:23thank you for that. We're back now with
472. 17:25a massive wildfire raging near Paris.
473. 17:27Video showing huge plumes of smoke over
474. 17:30one of the most prominent palaces
475. 17:32outside of Paris. The blaze tearing
476. 17:34through a massive forest within 40 mi of
477. 17:37the city. Two people have already been
478. 17:39arrested in connection with that fire.
479. 17:41And in Italy, Army cadets to the rescue.
480. 17:43Look at this. The Ministry of Defense
481. 17:44says they dove into action when a car
482. 17:47plunged off the Italian coast with the
483. 17:49driver stuck inside. There they are in
484. 17:51the water working together to pull the
485. 17:53driver out just in time before that car
486. 17:56sinks. When we come back tonight,
487. 17:58there's nothing scarier than going to
488. 17:59the hospital, right? Why the staff at
489. 18:01this one made sure there was nothing
490. 18:03more joyful than when this little girl
491. 18:05was finally ready to leave. That's next.
492. 18:13Finally, there's good news tonight. A
493. 18:15little girl getting a life-saving gift
494. 18:17for her birthday. celebrating with the
495. 18:19hospital caregivers that were by her
496. 18:21side for so many treatments.
497. 18:27That's 10-year-old Paisley Spees. She's
498. 18:30got her sunglasses on, ready for the
499. 18:32summer ahead.
500. 18:36She recently celebrated her birthday and
501. 18:39got a life-saving gift, a new kidney
502. 18:41donated by her uncle. Give me a kiss.
503. 18:46>> So, why the floats? Because after she
504. 18:49recovers from her transplant, Paisley
505. 18:51says the first thing she wants to do is
506. 18:53to jump in the pool. She's even named
507. 18:56her new kidney, Splash.
508. 18:58>> Now I can live a life again. The medical
509. 19:02staff at Wolson Children's Hospital in
510. 19:04Jacksonville by Paisley side for years
511. 19:07as she waited for a kidney celebrating
512. 19:10her final dialysis treatment before that
513. 19:13life-changing transplant.
514. 19:18>> I'm not one to show a lot of emotion,
515. 19:20but to open the door and to see
516. 19:22everybody, we've spent for two years,
517. 19:24every single Monday, Wednesday, Friday
518. 19:26for four hours with them. And so they
519. 19:28did become family. I love them all.
520. 19:31>> They're all your best friend.
521. 19:32>> Yes.
522. 19:35>> We're still emotional. We're still It
523. 19:38still doesn't seem real, honestly. And
524. 19:40we're just excited to see what she does
525. 19:41with her second chance here.
526. 19:45>> And we are so happy for Paisley and her
527. 19:47family. Paisley, enjoy that pool. That's
528. 19:49Nightly News for this Monday. I'm Tom
529. 19:51Yamos. We thank you so much for watching
530. 19:53tonight and always. We're here for you.
531. 19:56Good night.
532. 19:59We thank you for watching and remember,
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