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

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1. 0:01Tonight, breaking news. The new twist in
2. 0:03the Luigi Manion case. The alleged CEO
3. 0:06killer now expected to plead guilty in
4. 0:09federal court. The surprising reversal
5. 0:12in the high-profile case with plea
6. 0:14negotiations ongoing. What Manion could
7. 0:17plead to and why it could bring an end
8. 0:19to his New York State case as well. What
9. 0:22we're learning tonight. Also breaking,
10. 0:24the disaster emergency in Indiana. New
11. 0:27evacuations. Rescue crews using a front
12. 0:30loader to save people. Other families
13. 0:33returning to destroyed homes. And the
14. 0:36threat is far from over. Plus, Hawaii
15. 0:39bracing for a rare and dangerous weather
16. 0:41event. Tropical storm Lala could become
17. 0:44a hurricane on track to slam the islands
18. 0:47as Kiloa is now erupting. Shipping out
19. 0:50the USS Lincoln set to head home from
20. 0:53the Middle East amid concerns over poor
21. 0:56conditions for sailors. The concerning
22. 0:58man overboard incidents and new images
23. 1:01of their meals aboard as families sound
24. 1:04the alarm. Plus, Philadelphia House of
25. 1:07Horrors. Investigators finding
26. 1:09disturbing videos of two missing women
27. 1:12inside this man's house. The murder
28. 1:14suspect known as the master manipulator
29. 1:17for her elaborate disguises finally
30. 1:19caught. Our series, the cost of denial.
31. 1:22The labor and delivery units closing
32. 1:25down across the country. Why this mom to
33. 1:27be says it's making her rethink having
34. 1:30more children. Fireball near Rome and
35. 1:33ammunition plant exploding. What set off
36. 1:36this blast? Bear in the beastro. The
37. 1:39animal caught on camera taking a seat at
38. 1:41an Aspen restaurant. Wild video
39. 1:44capturing an octopus latching onto a
40. 1:47fisherman's face. How he escaped that
41. 1:49sea creature's grip. And there's good
42. 1:51news tonight. A grandmother marking her
43. 1:53last day of chemo and her granddaughter
44. 1:56surprising her in uniform to ring in
45. 1:59that incredible milestone. Nightly News
46. 2:02starts right now.
47. 2:05>> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamz.
48. 2:12>> Hey, good evening. We thank you for
49. 2:13joining us on this Thursday night. We
50. 2:15begin with a major update in the case of
51. 2:17accused CEO killer Luigi Manioni with
52. 2:21sources telling our team he's expected
53. 2:23to plead guilty during a court
54. 2:25appearance tomorrow. In a stunning
55. 2:27reversal, Manion is now expected to
56. 2:29plead guilty in federal court where he
57. 2:31faces stalking charges in connection to
58. 2:34this moment, the killing of former
59. 2:35United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
60. 2:38back in 2024. We don't know yet which
61. 2:41stalking charges he will plead guilty
62. 2:42to, but he could change his mind at any
63. 2:44time. He's set to go to trial in New
64. 2:47York in a state murder case against him
65. 2:48just weeks from now. If Manion does
66. 2:51plead guilty in the federal case, his
67. 2:53team may try to get the more serious
68. 2:55state charges dropped. Our Laura Jarrett
69. 2:57starts us off tonight.
70. 3:00>> Tonight, a dramatic reversal for Luigi
71. 3:02Manion, now expected to plead guilty in
72. 3:05federal court. According to sources
73. 3:07familiar with Friday's planned hearing,
74. 3:09the 28-year-old had plead not guilty to
75. 3:12federal stalking charges accused of
76. 3:14killing United Healthc Care CEO Brian
77. 3:16Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk in
78. 3:192024. But the exact terms of any
79. 3:22proposed plea deal with prosecutors
80. 3:24unclear tonight. Manion's lawyers in the
81. 3:26Justice Department declining to comment.
82. 3:29>> There's a conference scheduled for 11:00
83. 3:31a.m. on Friday. Um, and that that that's
84. 3:33all we can say at this time. Sources
85. 3:35caution plea talks continue. Manion met
86. 3:38with his lawyers this morning and can
87. 3:40still back out. The judge overseeing the
88. 3:42federal case would also have to sign off
89. 3:44on any agreement to make it official.
90. 3:47But the spectre of a deal comes at a
91. 3:49crucial time for Manion. He's currently
92. 3:51set to go to trial in New York State
93. 3:53Court early next month. Prosecutors here
94. 3:56pursuing secondderee murder and gun
95. 3:58charges and he's plead not guilty in the
96. 4:01closely watched case that's already seen
97. 4:03twists. Earlier this summer, the defense
98. 4:06team briefly floating the possibility of
99. 4:08arguing Manion was suffering from an
100. 4:10extreme emotional disturbance, only to
101. 4:13withdraw that suggestion a day later.
102. 4:16But his attorneys have consistently
103. 4:17maintained he's been treated unfairly,
104. 4:20facing both federal and state charges at
105. 4:23the same time.
106. 4:24>> Double jeopardy is a big thing here,
107. 4:26right? Mr. Manion is being charged in in
108. 4:28three different cases for for one
109. 4:30incident.
110. 4:31>> Laura joins us now live in studio. So
111. 4:33Laura, talk to us about the defense
112. 4:34strategy here. If he indeed does plead
113. 4:36guilty to this federal charge, what
114. 4:38happens with the state case? Because
115. 4:39they're trying to pull something off
116. 4:40here, right?
117. 4:41>> The defense is likely to point to New
118. 4:42York law, Tom, which essentially says
119. 4:44you cannot be prosecuted twice for the
120. 4:46same act, the same criminal transaction.
121. 4:48And here they're going to say it's all
122. 4:50about the killing of Brian Thompson. And
123. 4:51so even though the federal charges for
124. 4:53stalking, the state charges for murder,
125. 4:55it's all about the same thing. Now the
126. 4:57prosecution is going to push back on
127. 4:58that and say, "No, no, no. These are
128. 5:00different charges, different elements.
129. 5:01It's the same transaction, but there are
130. 5:03different harms here. And so that's what
131. 5:05the judge is going to have to decide.
132. 5:06But bottom line, Tom, there may be
133. 5:08reasons that Manion actually wants to
134. 5:10plead guilty in the federal case.
135. 5:12Spending time behind bars for the rest
136. 5:14of your life in a federal penitentiary
137. 5:16is very different than a state prison.
138. 5:17>> It's a good point and we'll be in court
139. 5:19tomorrow. We'll learn a lot more. Thank
140. 5:20you for that, Laura. Next to the
141. 5:21devastating images coming out of
142. 5:23Indiana, where the governor there has
143. 5:25now declared a statewide disaster
144. 5:28emergency. Maggie Vesa and her team with
145. 5:30the families returning to their ruined
146. 5:32homes as more rain is on the way.
147. 5:36>> Tonight, families across the storm zone
148. 5:38bracing for new rounds of heavy rain and
149. 5:41dangerous flooding as they try to clean
150. 5:43up the damage already left behind east
151. 5:45of Indianapolis in Cambridge City,
152. 5:47Indiana.
153. 5:49>> My fridge is not over.
154. 5:52The whole house is trash. We were with
155. 5:54Brooke Boomershine and her boyfriend
156. 5:56Timothy as they returned to their home
157. 5:58for the first time after swimming to
158. 6:00safety Wednesday morning. That's their
159. 6:02blue house right there, surrounded by
160. 6:04rushing waters. A man rescued from his
161. 6:07marooned boat out front.
162. 6:09>> I'm so sorry. How are you even taking
163. 6:12this in right now?
164. 6:14>> I'm not.
165. 6:16I have six kids.
166. 6:18>> You have six kids?
167. 6:19>> Yeah, they were supposed to start school
168. 6:21yesterday.
169. 6:22We worked our whole life for this.
170. 6:26>> The couple telling me they have flood
171. 6:28insurance but just learned most of their
172. 6:30possessions aren't covered. Indiana's
173. 6:32governor now declaring a statewide
174. 6:34disaster emergency after scenes like
175. 6:36this in nearby Hagerstown. A front
176. 6:38loader rescuing multiple people. This as
177. 6:41conditions have forced authorities to
178. 6:43suspend the search for a missing
179. 6:45teenager in the Missinoa River. One of
180. 6:48four jumping off a bridge overnight.
181. 6:50Three others rescued uninjured.
182. 6:52>> It's all hands on deck. Rivers are still
183. 6:54rising right now.
184. 6:56>> Powerful flood waters washing away part
185. 6:58of Interstate 70. Crews racing to repair
186. 7:01and reopen that major thoroughfare. And
187. 7:04we're seeing new video from Tuesday's
188. 7:06massive system. Two South Dakota Highway
189. 7:09Patrol troopers nearly struck by
190. 7:11lightning.
191. 7:13>> And Maggie Vespa joins us now live from
192. 7:15northeast of Indianapolis in Anderson,
193. 7:17Indiana. And Maggie, every time we see
194. 7:19you, we see more water and families in
195. 7:21that part of the city where you are now
196. 7:23being ordered to evacuate.
197. 7:26>> Yeah, Tom, families in other parts of
198. 7:27the city as well. I mean, you can see
199. 7:28here water creeping up around these
200. 7:31homes with the White River here still
201. 7:33rising, expected to crest hours from now
202. 7:35at a record-breaking 24 ft and this with
203. 7:38more rain falling. Tom.
204. 7:40>> All right, Maggie Vespa for us. Maggie,
205. 7:41stay safe out there. We are also
206. 7:43tracking a rare weather event about to
207. 7:45hit another state. Imagine a hurricane
208. 7:47hitting a volcano. It could happen in
209. 7:50Hawaii this week. So, I want to bring in
210. 7:51Bill Karens now. Bill, tell us and our
211. 7:53viewers what you're tracking tonight.
212. 7:55>> Yes. So, tropical storm LA formed and
213. 7:57this is going to be a close call. It may
214. 7:59end up turning to be a hurricane hitting
215. 8:01the Big Island. That has never happened
216. 8:02in our recorded history. So, here's how
217. 8:04we're looking right now. It's still kind
218. 8:05of a weakest storm. It's going to begin
219. 8:07to strengthen over the next 24 hours.
220. 8:09Saturday morning, it makes its closest
221. 8:11approach to the south side of the Big
222. 8:13Island of Hawaii. Winds possibly around
223. 8:1575 miles per hour. But if you know
224. 8:17anything about the volcano, it's
225. 8:19extremely tall and that's going to mean
226. 8:20a ton of rain, Tom. We could see one to
227. 8:23two feet on the volcano.
228. 8:24>> Yeah, Bill. So, you have Kilawea
229. 8:26possibly erupting. It was erupting
230. 8:27earlier. What happens when all that
231. 8:29water and wind comes over it?
232. 8:31>> One of the biggest steam baths that
233. 8:32we've ever seen, Tom. We are going to be
234. 8:34watching all of that hot lava that
235. 8:36happened in the last 24 hours, the rain
236. 8:38hitting it, it'll make a form of crust,
237. 8:39it'll hiss, and there'll just be a huge
238. 8:41steam bath all over the crater. A wild
239. 8:44weather event. All right, Bill Karens,
240. 8:45we thank you for that. Tonight, the
241. 8:46aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham
242. 8:49Lincoln, and its crew of 5,000 sailors
243. 8:51and marines now set to head home from
244. 8:53the M East with sailors families raising
245. 8:56some big alarms about poor living
246. 8:58conditions. Plus, a sailor even going
247. 9:00overboard. Here's Gabe Gutierrez.
248. 9:02Tonight, with growing concerns about
249. 9:04deteriorating living conditions aboard
250. 9:06the aircraft carrier critical in
251. 9:08carrying out strikes against Iran, a US
252. 9:10official telling NBC News that USS
253. 9:12Abraham Lincoln is now set to sail home
254. 9:15after a lengthy deployment. The switch
255. 9:17comes amid alarming complaints from
256. 9:19service members and their families,
257. 9:21including these limited meal portions.
258. 9:23And now, a US official says one sailor
259. 9:25went overboard and was quickly rescued.
260. 9:27The ship has not made a port call in 244
261. 9:31days, a record.
262. 9:32>> It's been difficult. It's longer than um
263. 9:35she's experienced. Typical deployments
264. 9:37have been 6 to 8 months.
265. 9:39>> Melanie Stow says her daughter has been
266. 9:41aboard the Lincoln since last October.
267. 9:43>> They had hanger bays that would not
268. 9:45close, so they were taken on water into
269. 9:47the the lower hangers. Um I know that
270. 9:50they've had um some issues with um some
271. 9:53of the plumbing. Two US officials tell
272. 9:56NBC News, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan
273. 9:58Kaine has warned President Trump and
274. 9:59Defense Secretary Hexath about lengthy
275. 10:02deployments and declining morale. Today,
276. 10:04Hexath was asked about conditions aboard
277. 10:07the Lincoln.
278. 10:08>> Completely misrepresented. Listen, we
279. 10:10make sure that every ship, every crew,
280. 10:13every captain has everything we can
281. 10:16provide them at every single moment.
282. 10:18Some deployments are longer than others,
283. 10:19and I have more uh respect and gratitude
284. 10:23for those sailors
285. 10:25than anybody.
286. 10:26>> The Lincoln will now head home to San
287. 10:28Diego and will be replaced in the Middle
288. 10:30East by the USS George Washington, a
289. 10:32process that typically takes several
290. 10:34weeks, Tom.
291. 10:36>> All right, Gabe, we thank you for that.
292. 10:37Tonight, investigators describing a
293. 10:39house of horrors discovering disturbing
294. 10:41videos from inside a home of two missing
295. 10:44women who are now believed to be dead.
296. 10:46Valerie Castro has the latest
297. 10:48>> tonight. Two missing women now believed
298. 10:51to be dead after police uncovered what
299. 10:53they say are graphic videos from this
300. 10:55Philadelphia home.
301. 10:56>> It's real dark, but what we saw is these
302. 11:01two girls alive.
303. 11:03There's a period of time and what
304. 11:04appears to us that they're deceased.
305. 11:06>> The women, Gabrielle Amirando, reported
306. 11:08missing in 2012 and Marbel Fries, last
307. 11:11seen in 2018. Their bodies have not been
308. 11:14recovered, according to police. The
309. 11:16videos, which have not been made public,
310. 11:18part of a massive trove of digital
311. 11:20evidence seized from the home in June.
312. 11:22>> 600,000
313. 11:24images,
314. 11:2670,000 videos and over 10,000 pages of
315. 11:31writings. Investigators zeroing in on
316. 11:34the property following the arrest of
317. 11:3644year-old Eugene Horsch after police
318. 11:38say they found drugs and weapons in his
319. 11:40car along with a fake DEA badge. Search
320. 11:43warrants executed at the home also
321. 11:45turning up five urns with cremated
322. 11:47remains, drugs and a gun. According to
323. 11:49police, Porsche remains in federal
324. 11:51custody on a weapons charge and fake
325. 11:53federal credentials. His attorney did
326. 11:55not respond to an NBC News request for
327. 11:57comment. He has not been charged in
328. 11:59connection with a homicide. Usually when
329. 12:01we have a homicide investigation, we
330. 12:03have a body, we have body parts. This
331. 12:05time we do not.
332. 12:06>> Valerie Castro, NBC News.
333. 12:09>> And in Texas, a story that is garnering
334. 12:11a lot of headlines. A couple's surrogate
335. 12:13is now fighting for custody of the baby
336. 12:15boy she carried, arguing she should be
337. 12:18given parental rights instead of the
338. 12:20biological parents who are also fighting
339. 12:22for him. Ryan Chandler explains what led
340. 12:24to this legal battle.
341. 12:26In Dallas, a boy's birth triggering a
342. 12:29dramatic custody battle, pitting the
343. 12:31baby's biological parents against the
344. 12:33surrogate who carried him. The boy's
345. 12:35California-based parents faced a
346. 12:37devastating decision after a diagnosis
347. 12:39at 20 weeks. They learned the baby, who
348. 12:42was being carried by a surrogate from
349. 12:43Alaska, had a serious heart condition
350. 12:46called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
351. 12:48They chose to terminate the pregnancy,
352. 12:51but gestational carrier McKenna West
353. 12:53objected, fleeing to Texas for medical
354. 12:56care and legal refuge.
355. 12:57>> I didn't think that I could live with
356. 12:59myself doing that.
357. 13:01>> West sharing her story with the
358. 13:02anti-abortion organization Live Action.
359. 13:05She's fighting for legal parenthood over
360. 13:07the baby she carried to term in Texas. I
361. 13:10just know that he he's a fighter and he
362. 13:14deserves to be surrounded by people who
363. 13:18are 100% willing to fight alongside him.
364. 13:22>> The boy was born Wednesday. West is
365. 13:25calling him Gabriel, but he's roomy to
366. 13:27his parents who want to take him back to
367. 13:29California for medical care. Texas
368. 13:32Attorney General Ken Paxton intervening
369. 13:34to support the surrogate, urging a court
370. 13:36to prohibit the child's removal from the
371. 13:38state. The court sided with the state in
372. 13:41part blocking any attempt to transfer
373. 13:43the child while also prohibiting the
374. 13:45gestational carrier from asserting any
375. 13:47parental rights over him. Tonight, the
376. 13:49biological parents attorneys telling NBC
377. 13:52News, "As if the heartbreak of his
378. 13:54condition were not enough, they are
379. 13:55devastated to see their family tragedy
380. 13:58transformed into political theater."
381. 14:00adding, "Our client's only focus at this
382. 14:03time is ensuring that their baby
383. 14:04receives the medical care that he
384. 14:06vitally needs and that they, as his
385. 14:09parents, are able to spend every
386. 14:11precious moment they can with their
387. 14:13beautiful newborn son." Ryan Chandler,
388. 14:16NBC News, Dallas. And we are back in 60
389. 14:20seconds. Still to come tonight, the
390. 14:21fiery explosion at an ammunition's
391. 14:24factory near Rome. What set it off?
392. 14:26Plus, our series, The Cost of Denial.
393. 14:29With delivery units closing their doors
394. 14:31across the country, this mother to be
395. 14:34says it's making her think twice about
396. 14:36having more kids. Stay with us.
397. 14:40We're back now with our series, The Cost
398. 14:42of Denial. And tonight, the troubling
399. 14:44trend for expectant mothers with labor
400. 14:47and delivery units increasingly closing
401. 14:49down across America. Here's Annne
402. 14:51Thompson.
403. 14:52In the picture postcard twin villages of
404. 14:55coastal Maine, Newcastle and Dam RCA,
405. 14:58signs of trouble ahead. Maine Health
406. 15:01announcing the closing of the only
407. 15:04hospital labor and delivery unit in
408. 15:06Lincoln County.
409. 15:07>> I think it's going to have a deeply
410. 15:11negative effect on our community.
411. 15:13>> Pregnant with her first child, this area
412. 15:16is where 33-year-old Leslie Wolf and her
413. 15:18fianceé Ben chose to build their family.
414. 15:22Their baby boy due in mid- November.
415. 15:25>> I can see the little face.
416. 15:26>> Yeah, we got a little side profile here.
417. 15:29>> Could be one of the last deliveries at
418. 15:31Main Health Lincoln Hospital that locals
419. 15:34call Miles. Less than a 10-minute drive
420. 15:36from Leslie's home.
421. 15:38>> Living rurally comes with certain
422. 15:40compromises. Businesses close earlier.
423. 15:42You have to drive further to get to the
424. 15:44grocery store. But this labor and
425. 15:46delivery unit has existed for so long,
426. 15:48for 84 years, and its closure did not
427. 15:51need to happen.
428. 15:52>> You're not willing to compromise on
429. 15:54that?
430. 15:54>> Completely not.
431. 15:56>> Many must. A new report from the March
432. 15:58of Dimes finds more than half of US
433. 16:01counties lack a hospital with labor and
434. 16:03delivery services affecting 370,000
435. 16:07births a year.
436. 16:08>> I don't know that we would have moved
437. 16:10here knowing that we couldn't have given
438. 16:13birth here necessarily. banding with
439. 16:15other women.
440. 16:16>> KEEP EARTH LOCAL.
441. 16:17>> KEEP LOCAL.
442. 16:19>> Leslie is trying to stop the closure
443. 16:21scheduled for just a few weeks after her
444. 16:23due date that would make the next
445. 16:25nearest delivery unit about an hour
446. 16:28away. If that is all goes well. Towns on
447. 16:32the route like Wisconsin often packed
448. 16:34with tourists in the summer, snow and
449. 16:36ice in the winter. I just shudder to
450. 16:39think about being the potential of being
451. 16:41in labor and being stuck in traffic in
452. 16:45Wisconsin on that single lane road. Um,
453. 16:47it's terrifying.
454. 16:49>> Miles will be the 10th labor and
455. 16:51delivery unit to close in Maine since
456. 16:532020. Maine Health declined an
457. 16:56interview, but in a statement cited low
458. 16:58birth volume at the hospital and an
459. 17:00inability to hire enough doctors and
460. 17:02nurses to safely support a reliable
461. 17:0524-hour labor and delivery program. Its
462. 17:09decision now weighing heavily on this
463. 17:11mother to be.
464. 17:13>> Is your concern so great that you would
465. 17:15move out of Lincoln County?
466. 17:17>> It's something that my partner and I
467. 17:19have talked a little bit about. I think
468. 17:21it's a concern so great that we might
469. 17:23just consider not having a second child.
470. 17:25>> The future of a hospital impacting the
471. 17:28future of this family.
472. 17:31>> And that March of Dimes report says it's
473. 17:33not easy to find an OBGYn
474. 17:36in this country, especially in rural
475. 17:39America. The report says in more than a
476. 17:42third of the counties, there's not a
477. 17:45OBGYn or a midwife. Tom.
478. 17:48>> All right. And we thank you for that
479. 17:49report. When we come back tonight, the
480. 17:51fugitive known for her mastery of
481. 17:53disguises finally caught after a manhunt
482. 17:56across three states. And I'll have what
483. 17:58he's having. The bear who broke into one
484. 18:00of the hottest restaurants in Aspen.
485. 18:02That's next.
486. 18:05We're back now with the search for a
487. 18:06Florida murder suspect that police
488. 18:08describe as a master of disguise.
489. 18:11Officials say that this woman, Isabelle
490. 18:13Johnson, has been captured after a
491. 18:15monthsl long search. Johnson had been
492. 18:17described by authorities as a master
493. 18:19manipulator. She is wanted in the
494. 18:21connection of the death of a young
495. 18:22father whose remains were found in a
496. 18:24shallow grave. Also tonight, the boom
497. 18:27near Rome. Watch this again. You see
498. 18:29that fireball blasting into the sky. The
499. 18:32explosion happened at an ammo plant for
500. 18:34a major Italian defense manufacturer. It
501. 18:37was caused by a fire and appears to have
502. 18:39started in the powder department. Local
503. 18:41officials say nobody was hurt. Back here
504. 18:43at home, look who got the best table in
505. 18:45the house. A black bear in Aspen,
506. 18:48Colorado, sitting down at a fancy
507. 18:50restaurant after it got through a side
508. 18:52door. No time to even hear about the
509. 18:55specials. The restaurant told our
510. 18:56newsroom one of the employees got it out
511. 18:58by guiding it back out the door. The
512. 19:01bear said he's been kicked out of better
513. 19:02places. And the next time you have a bad
514. 19:05day at work, think about this guy. Just
515. 19:07look at this. A wild moment for this
516. 19:09fisherman in the Philippines. On his
517. 19:10face, yes, that is an octopus. The man
518. 19:13said the octopus was hard to handle,
519. 19:15clearly, and that it almost ripped his
520. 19:17face. All right, when we come back
521. 19:18tonight, don't worry, there is good
522. 19:20news, and it's next.
523. 19:23Finally, there's good news tonight. A
524. 19:26grandmother's last day of chemo made
525. 19:28unforgettable by the one person she
526. 19:30never expected to see. Here's Jesse
527. 19:32Kersh.
528. 19:33>> Welcome to your last treatment.
529. 19:35>> With one chemotherapy treatment to go,
530. 19:38Barbers had every reason to celebrate.
531. 19:42We're so happy for you.
532. 19:44>> But she had no idea someone would be
533. 19:46crashing her party.
534. 19:50>> Barb's granddaughter face dy.
535. 19:55>> I would do anything for her. We've
536. 19:57always been very, very close.
537. 19:59>> They stayed close when Barb's breast
538. 20:01cancer returned more aggressively.
539. 20:05>> What are you doing?
540. 20:07And for Barb's big day, Faith, an airman
541. 20:09at Joint Base Andrews, drove seven hours
542. 20:12overnight from Maryland to Ohio.
543. 20:14>> I just could not wait to see her. I was
544. 20:16proud of her.
545. 20:18>> And she was there to see Barb declare
546. 20:21victory.
547. 20:22>> It was just utter shock. I just I
548. 20:24couldn't believe it.
549. 20:25>> The moment taking off on TikTok, one
550. 20:28user commenting, "Two warriors in one
551. 20:30room." that really struck me and touched
552. 20:34me.
553. 20:35>> After a long cancer battle, this hug
554. 20:39might have been the best medicine of
555. 20:40all.
556. 20:41>> I felt very loved and very special that
557. 20:44day.
558. 20:46>> Jesse Kersh, NBC News.
559. 20:49>> And that is the best medicine. That's
560. 20:50Nightly News for this Thursday. I'm Tom
561. 20:52Yamos. Thanks so much for watching
562. 20:54tonight and always. We're here for you.
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