NBC Nightly News Full Episode – July 8

NBC Nightly News Full Episode – July 8

GAME, THIS 85-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER AND VETERAN WAS NOT GOING TO BE LEFT OUT. >>> GOOD EVENING. FRUSTRATION IN TEXAS AS THE DEATH TOLL THERE RISES TO 109 WITH AT LEAST 161 STILL MISSING. NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION WITH MUD FOR MILES AND MILES. LOOK AT THAT. AND FROM THE GROUND, CAMP MYSTIC IN RUINS. THIS CHILLING PHOTO SHOWING 13 CAMP MYSTIC CAMPERS AND 2 COUNSELORS JUST DAYS BEFORE THE ENTIRE CABIN WAS SWEPT AWAY. AND MORE HEARTBREAKING IMAGES SHOWING THAT DESTRUCTIVE WATER LINE. THE MUD-CAKED MATTRESSES AND OVERTURNED TRUNKS TELLING ONLY PART OF THE STORY. OFFICIALS IN TEXAS ARE FACING TOUGH QUESTIONS OVER THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM OR LACK OF IT. WITH NEW REPORTING THAT AN UPGRADE TO THE ALERT SYSTEM WAS DISCUSSED BUT NEVER IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE OUR TEAM ACROSS IT ALL. WE BEGIN WITH PRISCILLA THOMPSON IN KERRVILLE, TEXAS. >> THIS WAS MY HOUSE. THE FRONT PORCH WAS HERE. >> Reporter: RICKY RAY ROBERTSON LOST NEARLY EVERYTHING, BUT WITH AT LEAST 109 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD AND 160 STILL MISSING FROM THESE CATASTROPHIC FLOODS, ROBERTSON COUNTS HIMSELF AMONG THE FORTUNATE. >> LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN ABOUT 11:00 HERE. AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. I CAN REBUILD A HOUSE. THEY LOST A LITTLE GIRL. >> Reporter: HE SAYS LOCAL OFFICIALS DROVE DOWN HIS STREET EARLY THAT MORNING, BLASTING SIRENS. >> THEY WOKE YOU UP? >> YES, MA’AM. BUT MANY HERE SAY THEY WEREN’T PROPERLY ALERTED WHEN FLOODWATERS BEGAN TO THE FOURTH OF JULY. OFFICIALS TODAY PRESSED BY REPORTERS ABOUT THE RESPONSE. >> WHAT HAPPENED? WAS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER AWAKE? >> SIR, IT’S NOT THAT EASY TO JUST PUSH A BUTTON. OKAY, THERE’S A LOT MORE TO THAT, AND WE’VE TOLD YOU SEVERAL TIMES. >> Reporter: TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SAID THE STATE WAS PREPARED. >> WE WERE READY. WITH A FLASH FLOOD WARNING NOBODY WOULD KNOW THAT WOULD BE A 30-FOOT-HIGH TSUNAMI WALL OF WATER. >> Reporter: ONE THING KERR COUNTY DOESN’T HAVE, A COUNTYWIDE SIREN SYSTEM. FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER TOM MOSER PROPOSED ADDING ONE IN THE WAKE OF THE 2015 FLOOD. >> THERE WAS AN OBJECTION TO SIRENS BECAUSE OF FALSE ALARMS. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK SIRENS COULD HAVE SAVED LIVES HERE? >> MOST LIKELY SO, YES, YES. I’M CONFIDENT THEY COULD HAVE. >> Reporter: ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY IN THE TOWN OF COMFORT, THIS IS THE SOUND RESIDENTS HEARD AS THE FAST-MOVING WATER ROSE. IT WAS LATE MORNING THERE WHEN MANY PEOPLE WERE ALREADY AWAKE. THE TOWN, WHICH HAD RECENTLY INSTALLED A NEW ALARM, HAD ZERO FATALITIES. DANIEL MORALES PUSHED FOR THE SIRENS. >> IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, AND THAT I AM PART OF IT. >> Reporter: RICKY RAY ROBERTSON SAYS HE WISHES THEY HAD THE SAME SYSTEM IN KERR COUNTY. DO YOU THINK A UNIVERSAL SIREN WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> LET’S PICK IT UP RIGHT THERE, PRISCILLA. IS THERE TALK OF ADDING A SIREN SYSTEM IN THE WAKE OF THE DISASTER? >> Reporter: YEAH, TOM, THERE IS. AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GRAPPLE WITH THE MASSIVE CLEANUP AND RECOVERY EFFORT, THE GOVERNOR IS VOWING TO IMPLEMENT NEW SYSTEMS SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> PRISCILLA THOMPSON LEADING US OFF. SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS ARE CONTINUING TO SIFT THROUGH TO PAINSTAKINGLY SIFT THROUGH DEBRIS LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS OF SURVIVORS. FOR MORE, HERE’S MORGAN CHESKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT WITH MORE THAN 160 MISSING IN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY, TIRELESS SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS FIGHTING THEIR LATEST CHALLENGE, TIME. THAT IS THE SOUND THAT IS REALLY NONSTOP EVEN ON DAY FIVE ON THE BANKS OF THE GUADALUPE RIVER. THESE SEARCH CREWS STILL GOING. TODAY GOVERNOR ABBOTT SURVEYED THE DAMAGE AT CAMP MYSTIC FROM THE AIR. >> WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL EVERY MISSING PERSON IS ACCOUNTED FOR. >> Reporter: THE SHERIFF SAYS FIVE CAMPERS AND ONE COUNSELOR ARE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE YOUNG GIRLS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. BLAKELY McCORY, HADLEY, LINNEY, AND MARY STEVENS WERE 8 YEARS OLD. THIS PHOTO SHOWING A CABIN OF GIRLS, SEVERAL NOW CONFIRMED DEAD. WHEN KENNEDY RETURNED ON SUNDAY AND TOOK THESE PICTURES, A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HER 10-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LUCY AND HER CAMPERS WENT THROUGH. THAT IS HER BUNK BED SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS. TINY CLOTHES STILL HANG IN A CLOSET WHERE THE WATER LINE IS SEVERAL FEET HIGH. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE SHOWER. LUCY SAID SHE WOKE UP TO RAIN AND THUNDER. >> PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CABINS STARTED COMING TO OUR PORCH AND YELLING, “WAKE UP, AND GO TO DIRECT HALL BECAUSE THERE IS A FLOOD.” >> Reporter: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT FOUR-HOUR WINDOW WHERE YOU DID NOT KNOW HOW LUCY WAS? >> THE LONGEST FOUR HOURS OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: LUCY SAID WHEN THE SUN ROSE, THEY DROVE TO ANOTHER CAMP WHERE THEY WERE EVENTUALLY EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER. >> WHEN I SAW HER, SHE WAS WRAPPED IN A BLANKET AND HAD A TEDDY BEAR. WE JUST HELD EACH OTHER TIGHT. AND JUST SO GRATEFUL TO GOD. >> Reporter: MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS, KERRVILLE , TEXAS. >>> AND THERE ARE NEW SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ALL OVER THE MAP. LOOK AT THIS WALL OF MATTER IN NEW MEXICO. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY AFTER A RIVER ROSE 13 FEET IN TWO HOURS. RIGHT TO CAMILA BERNAL WITH THE LATE EFFORT. >> Reporter: A RIVER OF FLOODWATER RUSHING THROUGH RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO. THIS HOME SWEPT AWAY INTACT BEFORE BEGINNING TO BREAK APART AS IT SMASHED INTO TREES. KAITLIN CARPENTER WATCHED AS HER FRIEND’S HOUSE WASHED AWAY BEFORE HER EYES. >> IT WAS TERRIFYING, HONESTLY, I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT, IT WAS — I WAS REALLY SHAKEN UP. >> Reporter: THE RIVER ROSE NEARLY 13 FEET IN A LITTLE OVER 2 HOURS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TELLS US. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND LATER CAUTIONING SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW. THE VILLAGE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE AFTER WILDFIRES IN THE AREA LAST YEAR. JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO A FLASH FLOOD SWEPT THROUGH A BURN SCAR THERE WHERE TONIGHT ONCE AGAIN THERE’S A FRANTIC SEARCH TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ACCOUNTED FOR. CAMILLA BERNAL, NBC NEWS. >>> PLUS, BREAKING TONIGHT, ALL AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE WILL NO LONGER MAKE YOU TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU GO THROUGH CHECKPOINTS. HERE’S TOM COSTELLO. >> Reporter: IT’S A MAJOR SECURITY SHIFT AT TSA CHECKPOINTS NATIONWIDE. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALL PASSENGERS CAN KEEP THEIR SHOES ON. NO NEED TO SCREEN THEM SEPARATELY. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM SAYS, 94% OF PASSENGERS HAVE REAL I.D.s IMPROVING IDENTITY CONFIRMATION, AND TSA CHECKPOINTS HAVE IMPROVED. >> WE HAVE ADDED NEW SCANNERS AND TECHNOLOGY. NEW TSA OFFICERS IN SOME AREAS. >> Reporter: THE TSA BEGAN SCREENING SHOES FOR EXPLOSIVES IN 2006 AFTER SHOE BOMBER RICHARD REID ATTEMPTED TO BLOW UP A FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO MIAMI IN 2001. WHILE PRECHECKED PASSENGERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR SHOES ON, REMOVING SHOES HAS BEEN A TOP COMPLAINT AMONG ALL PASSENGERS. >> FOR WOMEN, IT’S LIKE, EW, I DON’T WANT TO TOUCH THE FLOOR. >> Reporter: IN DECEMBER WE SAW HOW DETECTING EXPLOSIVES IS A TOP PRIORITY AT THE TSA RANGE IN HUNTSVILLE. THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT, A PIECE OF SHOE AND A HANDLE FROM A SUITCASE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC, AND THE TSA AND FBI CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON MITIGATING THE THREAT OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC EXPLOSIVES. SECURITY EXPERTS BELIEVE THE TERROR THREAT REMAINS REAL EVEN AS NEW TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES BETTER DETECTION AND SHOES STAY ON. SECRETARY NOEM SAYS PRECHECK WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PASSENGERS WHO DON’T WANT TO REMOVE LAPTOPS, AND SHE SAYS THAT SAFETY WILL NOT BE COMPROMISED. TOM. >>> NOW TO THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP LASHING OUT AT VLADIMIR PUTIN AS HE ANNOUNCED HE IS SENDING HER WEAPONS TO UKRAINE DAYS AFTER THE PENTAGON PAUSED SHIPMENTS. GAVE GUTIERREZ AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: AS THE FIGHTING IN UKRAINE INTENSIFIES OUT THE LARGEST STRIKES UNDERWAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS REVERSING COURSE SENDING NEW WEAPONS TO UKRAINE AND GROWING INCREASING LIANG BRING AT VLADIMIR PUTIN. IT IS A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN TONE AFTER YEARS OF PRAISING THE RUSSIAN LEADER. >> I SAID HE WAS A STRONG LEADER, WHICH HE HAS. >> MONTHS AFTER ERUPTING IN ANGER OVER UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >> YOU DON’T HAVE THE CARDS RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: THE NEW REVERSAL COMES AFTER HE SPOKE WITH PUTIN AND ZELENSKYY BY PHONE JUST DAYS AFTER THE PENTAGON HELD UP A SHIPMENT OF U.S. WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE CITING CONCERNS ABOUT LOW STOCKPILES. THAT DECISION BLINDSIDED THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND EUROPEAN ALLIES ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE SOURCES WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATTER. IT’S NOT CLEAR WHO ORDERED THE PAUSE. >> PUTIN IS NOT — HE IS NOT TREATING HUMAN BEINGS RIGHT. HE’S KILLING TOO MANY PEOPLE, SO WE ARE SENDING SOME DEFENSIVE WEAPONS TO UKRAINE, AND I’VE APPROVED THEM. >> Reporter: WHO ORDERED THE PAUSE LAST WEEK? >> I DON’T KNOW. WHY DON’T YOU TELL ME. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAID SOMETHING MORE WEAPONS IS NOT IN LINE. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TRUMP FREQUENTLY BRAGGED HE COULD END THE WAR IN UKRAINE IN ONE DAY. >> WITHIN 24 HOURS. >> Reporter: A CLAIM HE LATER SAID WAS SARCASM. NOW HIS PATIENCE WITH PUTIN APPEARS TO BE WEARING THIN. >> HE’S VERY NICE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE MEANINGLESS. >> AND, GABE, YOU’VE ALSO BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY ABOUT SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO BEING IMPERSONATED WITH THE USE OF AI. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A REPORT, AN UNKNOWN PERSON OR GROUP IMPERSONATED SECRETARY RUBIO TO CONTACT AT LEAST FIVE HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LAST MONTH. THE FAKE RUBIO REACHED OUT TO THREE FOREIGN MINISTERS AT LEAST, A U.S. GOVERNOR, AND A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING. >> OKAY, GABE, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS AWAITING TRIAL ON SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES WHEN HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN A FEDERAL PRISON IN 2019. HIS DEATH FUELING A WAVE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS TRYING TO PUT TO REST. STEPHANIE GOSK HAS THAT STORY. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT HAPPY GETTING A JEFFREY EPSTEIN QUESTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> AND ARE PEOPLE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS GUY? THIS CREEP? >> Reporter: ON MONDAY THE DOJ RELEASED THIS VIDEO OF EPSTEIN’S FEDERAL JAIL CELL THE NIGHT THE DISGRACED FINANCIER DIED. THE TIMECODE JUMPS JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI EXPLAINING. >> WHAT WE LEARNED IS EVERY NIGHT THE VIDEO IS RESET, AND EVERY NIGHT SHOULD HAVE THE SAME MINUTE MISSING. >> Reporter: TOGETHER WITH THE VIDEO, THE DOJ ISSUED AN UNDATED AND UNSIGNED MEMO CONFIRMING EPSTEIN DIED BY SUICIDE AND THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A CLIENT LIST TO TRAFFIC UNDERAGE GIRLS. THE STATEMENT AND THE VIDEO TRIGGERING BACKLASH FROM NORMALLY LOYAL TRUMP ALLIES. RIGHT WING INFLUENCER LAURA LOOMER WANTS BONDI FIRED. ALEX JONES SAYING, NO ONE IS BUYING THIS. THE DOJ IS ATTEMPTING TO DEBUNK CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT HAVE SWIRLED SINCE EPSTEIN’S DEATH IN 2019, SPREAD IN PART BY SOME ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS INCLUDING NOW DEPUTY FBI DEPUTY DAN BONGINO. >> APPARENTLY 170 PLUS PEOPLE ON THE CLIENT LIST MAY BE OUTED IN THE COMING DAYS. >> Reporter: IN FEBRUARY BONDI WAS ASKED ON FOX NEWS ABOUT A POSSIBLE CLIENT LIST. >> IT’S SITTING ON MY DESK RIGHT NOW TO REVIEW. IT’S ABOUT TO BE A DIRECTIVE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> MY RESPONSE WAS, IT IS SITTING ON MY DESK TO BE REVIEWED, MEANING THE FILE ALONG WITH THE JFK, MLK FILES AS WELL. >> Reporter: HELPING FUEL THE BACKLASH, ELON MUSK. IN JUNE HE ALLEGED THE PRESIDENT WAS NAMED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES, LATER DELETING THE POST. THE PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. TONIGHT, MUSK HAMMERING THE ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONING HOW IT CAN BE TRUSTED. FOR NOW IT SEEMS AN ATTEMPT TO PUT THE CONSPIRACIES TO REST IS HAVING THE OPPOSITE EFFECT. ONE WOMAN’S LIFE. OUR EMILIE IKEDA HAS THE STORY THAT COULD CHANGE YOURS TOO. >> I WAS NOTICING A HINT OF YELLOW. >> Reporter: 57-YEAR-OLD KATIE MOHAN THOUGHT SHE WAS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. SHE ATE HEALTHY FOOD, EXERCISED REGULARLY, AND WHEN SHE WANTED TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION AND WRIST PAIN, SHE ADDED A TURMERIC SUPPLEMENT DO HER ROUTINE, BUT SHE FELT WORSE, AND WITHIN 2 1/2 MONTHS WAS IN THE E.R. >> HAVE YOU EVER HAD A HEALTH SCARE LIKE THIS? >> NEVER. >> Reporter: SHE SAID IT WAS OUR REPORTING ON SUPPLEMENT-INDUCED LIVER INJURIES THAT MADE HER PRIORITIZE GETTING TO A DOCTOR. >> I FELT NAUSEOUS. I STARTED ITCHING. >> Reporter: MOHAN HAD SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. >> JUST A LIGHT BULB WENT OFF IN MY HEAD. I SAID, OH, MY GOSH. I WONDER IF THAT’S WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD’VE HAPPENED IF YOU DID NOT COME ACROSS THE REPORT? >> I DON’T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. >> Reporter: HER LIVER WHO KNOWS IF I’D BE SITTING HERE TODAY. >> THIS IS VERY ALARMING. >> Reporter: HER LIVER ENZYMES WERE 60 TIMES NORMAL LEVELS ACCORDING TO HER HEPATOLOGIST. >> IT WAS VERY SERIOUS. IT WAS ONE STEP BEFORE SIGNIFICANT LIVER DAMAGE NECESSITATING TRANSPLANT EVALUATION. >> Reporter: WHILE STILL RARE, NUMEROUS STUDIES SHOW THESE CASES LIKE MOHAN’S ARE MARKEDLY ON THE RISE TURMERIC’S SUSPECTED ROLE HAS INCREASED MARKEDLY. >> WHEN PEOPLE HEAR LIVER DAMAGE, THEY MIGHT THINK ALCOHOL OR ACETAMINOPHEN. SUPPLEMENTS, I DON’T THINK THAT COMES TO TOP OF MIND FOR PEOPLE. >> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE MISCONCEPTION IS THAT HERBAL PRODUCTS ARE ABSOLUTELY INNOCENT. KATIE HAD THIS TURMERIC ALONG WITH BLACK PEPPER. THAT INCREASES THE LEVELS OF THIS INGREDIENT IN THE BLOOD. >> Reporter: THERE IS LIMITED REGULATION AND RESEARCH AROUND HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS IN PARTICULAR. SO WHAT — WHILE MOHAN WAS TAKING WHAT THE HER DOCTOR SAYS MORE THAN 2,200 MILLIGRAMS OF TURMERIC EXTRACT, THAT WAS WAY TOO MUCH. >> I HAD NO IDEA I COULD CAUSE THAT MUCH HARM THAT QUICKLY TO MY BODY. >> Reporter: NOW SHARING HER EXPERIENCE ON THE CHANCE IT COULD IMPACT ONE OTHER LIFE THE WAY THIS STORY, SHE SAYS, TOUCHED HERS. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW WITH A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT FROM THE SUPREME COURT A/* ALLOWING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS TO SLASH THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE. A CALIFORNIA JUDGE SAID HE COULD NOT DO A MAJOR REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WITHOUT WORKING WITH CONGRESS, BUT TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT CLEARS THE WAY FOR MASS FIRINGS AT NEARLY TWO DOZEN DEPARTMENTS WHILE THE CASE PROCEEDS IN THE LOWER COURTS. >>> NOW TO THE HEAT WAVE IN EUROPE WHERE FIREFIGHTERS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE ARE FIGHTING A MASSIVE BLAZE THAT HAS CLOSED THE AIRPORT IN THE CITY, AND THOSE WANTING TO VISIT ONE OF GREECE’S MOST ICONIC ATTRACTIONS WERE OUT OF LUCK FOR PART OF TODAY AS THE ACROPOLIS WAS CLOSED FOR BLISTERING TEMPERATURES. >>> AND THERE’S NEW VIDEO OF YET ANOTHER FIREWORKS DISASTER OVER THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND, THIS TIME IN MICHIGAN. DASH CAM VIDEO RELEASED BY STATE POLICE SHOWS FIREWORKS SHOOTING IN >>> IT IS A MOMENT AFTER A BALLGAME SO MANY FAMILIES LOOK FORWARD TO, WHEN KIDS CAN TAKE TO THE FIELD TO RUN THE BASES. THERE IS GOOD NEWS ABOUT ONE GRANDFATHER WHO DECIDED TO JOIN THE FUN. WHEN THE PEORIA CHIEFS WRAPPED UP THEIR FINAL INNING ONE RECENT JULY NIGHT, FANS HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO SEE. AS THE TEAM INVITED THE CROWD TO RUN THE BASES, ONE GRANDPA HAD AN IDEA. >> I WAS WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY. I SAID, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO DO THAT. >> Reporter: TOM, BOUNCING BACK FROM A HIP REPLACEMENT, TOOK TO THE FIELD. WHEN YOU STARTED RUNNING THE BASES, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? >> I DON’T WANT TO PASS UP THIS MOMENT. I FELT LIKE A KID AGAIN. I REALLY DID. >> Reporter: BY HIS SIDE, HIS GRANDSON PUSHING HIM ALONG. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WOULD NOT END UP ON THE GROUND. MY GRANDMA WOULD BE BAD IF HE ENDED UP ON THE DIRT. >> Reporter: TOM TOOK HIS TIME BUT DID NOT GIVE UP. FOR THIS FORMER PARATROOPER, TAKING RISKS AND CHALLENGING HIMSELF WOULD ALWAYS BE PART OF HIS LIFE. FROM RAISING KIDS, GRANDKIDS, AND NOW NINE GREAT GRANDKIDS, TOM WHO STILL CHANCES ON CHAIRS AT WEDDINGS, LIVES HOW HE WANTS TO. >> IF I REST, I REST . I TRY TO KEEP IN SHAPE AND ENJOY EVERY MOMENT. >> Reporter: HE WAS THE LAST TO FINISH BUT EVERYBODY STAYED TO WATCH AND HEAR AS THIS GRANDPA MADE IT ALL THE WAY HOME. WHEN YOU GOT TO TOUCH HOME PLATE, WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> I DID IT. I GOT TO LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN IN A FLASH. IT WAS JUST AWESOME. A HECKUVA FEELING. >> I HOPE I CAN

Texas officials pressed about lack of county-wide siren warning system; 10-year-old camper shares story of escape from Camp Mystic; Trump unloads on Putin, promises more military aid for Ukraine; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

00:00 Introduction
01:52 Texas officials pressed about lack of county-wide siren warning system
06:40 10-year-old camper shares story of escape from Camp Mystic
07:32 Flash flood emergency in New Mexico
08:38 Major security shift at TSA checkpoints
10:22 Trump unloads on Putin, promises more military aid for Ukraine
12:36 Attorney General Pam Bondi explains “missing minute” in Epstein prison video
15:01 Concerns over rise in supplement-induced liver injuries
18:54 Grandfather runs the bases at ball game

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