Saturday, October 24, 2026

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1:13Massive protests spiraling out of control as they explode in size. Our Richard Engel on the ground in Paris. The urgent warning to Americans in the Middle East. what new intelligence is revealing as Iran steps up plots to kill Americans in the region. Elon Musk pushing back why he says Ukraine is to blame after internet disruptions in Starlink service caused chaos on the battlefield. Here at home, devastation in the west from catastrophic floods. Millions on alert for more rain. This drone video showing homes underwater with more rescues overnight in New Mexico. Plus the terrifying rock slide in Utah.

1:53Massive boulders smashing down onto this trail. Critical push. The all out fight for the midterms heating up in key battleground states. Former President Obama hoping to give a big boost to Democrats as President Trump is back on the trail after casting his own ballot today. Call to action. why Secretary of State Marco Rubio is calling on Cubans to partner with the CIA. Caught on camera, a deadly mid-air collision. Four pilots killed when their planes smash into each other. The investigation now underway. NBC News investigates smuggling at the border. Our inside look at how drugs and people are being snuck into the U.S.

2:34And there's good news tonight about making new friends and the strangers who went on the trip of a lifetime. Nightly news starts right now. This is NBC Nightly News with Jose Diaz-Balart. Good evening. We begin tonight with a massive crisis unfolding in cities across Europe as thousands of protesters take to the streets and chaos erupts across the continent. This was a scene in Paris today where a second weekend of organized protest quickly spiraled out of control. Here you can see police in riot gear dragging protesters through the streets and violently clashing with them. Many of those protesters throwing whatever they could get their hands on as anger spreads in that country over gas prices and the high cost of living.

3:22But it wasn't just France. We also saw huge demonstrations in Italy, Spain, Delta, even Albania as tensions rise, putting Europeans on edge and on alert. Our Richard Engel is on the ground in Paris and starts us off tonight. France is facing its biggest, most violent crisis in years, with new clashes today in Paris, where demonstrators squared off against riot police. Student-led protests have evolved into a nationwide movement against the high cost of living and gas prices. In Paris, the unrest began when a small group of demonstrators started pelting police with whatever they could throw. Security forces quickly moved into action.

4:10Okay. Okay. It is coming now. The riot police launched tear gas. No. The water cannon. France says it deployed 70 ,000 police and SWAT teams, most of them in Paris. The police are now ordering people to disperse. They say the demonstration is over and that anyone who remains here is breaking the law. But people aren't leaving. There were more clashes in Marseille, Lyon, and a half dozen other French cities. But unlike last weekend, where hundreds of businesses were looted, and a historic city hall was burned, today there was no widespread looting or arson. The nationwide protests were, for the most part, peaceful and large.

5:04Police say 400 ,000 took to the streets across France. Labor unions estimate the turnout was twice that. And this autumn of discontent is spreading across Europe, with cost of living and anti-government protests in Italy, Spain, and Albania just today. And Richard Engel joins me from Paris. Richard, with the ongoing unrest, how will that affect tomorrow's NFL game in the city? thousands of americans are here in paris jose for the saint steelers game tomorrow but none of the unrest and anger is directed at them or at the game so the game is scheduled to go ahead as planned and there is still a very heavy security presence in parts of the city and a curfew in place jose richard engel in paris thank you and now to the middle east and the The urgent new warning as new U.S.

6:00intelligence reveals Iranian plots to kill Americans have reached a critical point. Matt Bradley reports from Tel Aviv. Tonight, American personnel in the Middle East facing fresh threats from Iran. After the head of U.S. intelligence warned the State Department on Friday that the lethal plotting efforts by Iranians against U.S. citizens have reached advanced stages. An American official confirmed the memo to NBC News after it was first reported by Axios. President Trump has repeatedly said he's considering fresh strikes on Iran. But after the midterm elections in 10 days, if I'm going to do it and there's a possibility I will, there's also a possibility we'll have a nice, big, beautiful agreement.

6:40The U.S. has been quietly scaling back its troop presence in bases around the region, sources tell NBC News, and is recalling employees from multiple embassies. Meanwhile, a parallel conflict between Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen has seen weeks of escalated fighting. And now new regional travel warnings from the U.S. State Department citing the threat of increased Iranian-supported Houthi regional aggression. According to recent reporting from the New York Times and Financial Times, the Israelis are also preparing to renew strikes on Iran. After critical elections three days from now.

7:18Many of the folks at this rally in Tel Aviv are tired of the violence roiling the Middle East. They're hoping that a vote against Benjamin Netanyahu will be a vote for stability. This voter telling me... October 7th happened when he was in charge and he didn't take any responsibility. We can't let him be still in charge of us. Israel's military said it launched a huge crackdown in Hebron and the occupied West Bank arresting 40 people a day after Palestinian gunmen shot dead two Israeli soldiers there. Jose? Matt Bradley, thank you. Also tonight, Elon Musk pushing back on Ukraine, saying in a post on X that Ukraine's military violated Starlink's terms of service.

8:03It comes as Ukraine said today that its internet access is back to normal after it was restricted, impacting its defenses on the battlefield. Elon Musk's SpaceX controls Starlink and its military version called Starshield. The disruptions raised tensions with the U.S. over questions about why it was restricted in the first place. Back here at home, we're tracking catastrophic flooding in the West with new rescues and the threat of more rain on the way. George Solis reports. Tonight, the catastrophic flooding in the Four Corners region after rivers reached major flood stage with more rain on the way, some two million under flood alerts, families evacuating, roads shut down.

8:44Neighborhoods in the river towns across San Juan County, New Mexico, underwater. We're literally going door to door, searching houses, again, making sure that we have not missed anyone. This after authorities say they made 20 rescues overnight, each involving multiple people. Go, babe, go. And near Provo, Utah, this massive cloud of dust from a rock slide, boulders tumbling down Friday, rolling across this trail. Luckily, no one was hurt. This as much of the Southern California coast is bracing for potentially record high tides in the days ahead. And across the country, South Florida bracing for another round of flooding from a combination of king tides and strong wind gusts.

9:23On Hollywood Beach, the city setting up this specialized barrier called a tiger dam to keep the tides at bay. Some businesses not taking any chances. The Chaco joint here, you can see, has sandbags ready to go. They flooded out pretty bad about a month ago. They're hoping this go around is nowhere near as bad. We caught up with Charlie Jung preparing sandbags, hoping they will keep the water out this time. You said four to five inches, so that roughly came up, what, right above your ankle? Exactly. And went all the way to the back, spent seven hours here cleaning. Tonight, he and so many others keeping their eyes on the sea and hoping the tides break in their favor.

9:57George Solis joins us now from Hollywood Beach, Florida. And George, we see those tiger dams in front of you. They're hoping they'll keep the water out? Yeah, that's right, Jose. These water-filled barriers are about 50 feet in length. And back in the West, there is a severe thunderstorm watch for New Mexico and parts of West Texas through tonight. These storms just not letting up. Jose? George Solis, thank you. And now to the countdown to the midterms and the all-out push from candidates in key battleground states as both parties bring out their biggest stars. Shaquille Brewster is in Michigan.

10:35Tonight, Democrats deploying their biggest campaign weapons. Hello, Ohio! Long lines greeting former President Barack Obama in Ohio on the trail for the first time this fall. Recent days, we've seen there is no line he will not cross. The former president blasting Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial ad, targeting his Democratic opponent for governor, Amy Acton, featuring her estranged mother. There's a decency that we should expect. out of our public officials. The ad is still earning bipartisan criticism, even from some supporters of Ramaswamy. I would have probably avoided it, but I do understand the reasoning.

11:21Acton saying in the past, she and her mother were estranged because of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather. Ramaswamy this weekend doubling down. His campaign now releasing a shorter 30-second version. Our ad had nothing, nothing to do with childhood abuse, sexual abuse. While across the country, more than 23 million people have already cast the ballot. In-person early voting starting today in New Jersey, New York, and Florida, where President Trump voted late today. His supporters feeling optimistic. I'm still confident in the president and his administration. Early voting also beginning here in Michigan, where voters we spoke to were motivated.

12:04You skipped midterms in the past. What made this one different? The state of the economy, the state of our country. Obama will be stumping tonight for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, locked in a tight battle for the Senate with Republican Mike Rogers. High gas prices, higher costs than food. That's a lot for a lot of people. Did that influence your vote? It sure did. Former President Obama and El-Sayed are looking to boost turnout in Detroit's Wayne County, which El-Sayed lost in the August primary. Meanwhile, President Trump will be back in the state of Michigan tomorrow looking to flip this crucial Senate seat.

12:41Jose? Shaquille Brewster, thank you. President Trump is set to appear at a rally in Georgia tonight. It comes as the White House is making a series of moves ahead of Election Day. Yamiche Alcindor is traveling with the president. Yamiche, good evening. This rally here in Battleground Georgia comes as President Trump is taking several controversial steps, seen by some as trying to give Republicans an unfair edge ahead of the midterms. On Friday, the Trump administration canceled some 50 percent tariffs on certain Canadian goods. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who was facing a tough reelection battle, immediately took credit for the move impacting products crucial to her state.

13:20Meanwhile, the Justice Department is demanding counties in California help identify suspected non-citizen voters. And after President Trump recommended it, the DOJ also filed a lawsuit in Alaska seeking to block the results of the Senate race there if the Republican incumbent candidate loses. Jose? Yamiche Alsendorf, thank you. And don't miss Kristen Welker's big lineup on Meet the Press tomorrow morning right here on NBC. Still ahead tonight, our rare inside look at how Border Patrol is fighting back against smugglers. Plus a deadly midair collision overseas, two military jets smashing into each other.

13:57The investigation now underway.

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15:21Trial eligibility varies. Terms apply. Cancel any time. We're back with an NBC News investigation and a rare inside look at how Border Patrol cracks down on smugglers at our own southern border. Apprehensions are going down, but as Dana Griffin reports, smugglers are still hard at work. At one of the world's busiest land border crossings. An ever present threat. What are the chances that one of these cars could be trying to smuggle something as we speak? Very good likelihood. Sidney Aki heads San Diego's CBP field operations. He says smugglers are as persistent as ever. It's not uncommon to see roughly five to seven narcotic loads and maybe five to seven hidden humans or potentially human trafficking victims in vehicles as well.

16:09A day? A day. The vast majority of illegal drugs brought into the U.S. are driven in. According to Customs and Border Protection, 90 % of all interdicted fentanyl is stopped at ports of entry. So why do smugglers choose one of the busiest land crossings in the world? For them, it's about hiding in plain sight. The more vehicles entering the United States, the better chances criminal organizations believe that they can blend in and get their product into the country. In just one month this summer, CBP says its officers across the San Diego field office thwarted 144 drug smuggling attempts, seizing more than 8000 pounds of narcotics.

16:53The estimated street value, 67 million dollars. And last month, agents from another field office in Texas intercepted a pickup truck with another kind of cargo, migrants hidden inside a portable water tank. It is a cat and mouse game, identifying what potential vulnerabilities, what new adaptions they could utilize to smuggle things over. Officers rely on a mix of training, technology and canines to spot and stop suspicious vehicles and drivers. And what's the goal with the officer here looking into the trunk, putting that device on the side of the car? That's a density reader that actually checks for any potential packages or anomalies within the quarter panels or the rear panels of the vehicle.

17:36Despite safeguards, some smuggling may still slip through the cracks. Video obtained exclusively by NBC News shows a suspected migrant crawling out of a concealed compartment built into this small sedan. In audio messages to a potential customer, a self-described human smuggler says he transports around six migrants into the U.S. this way each week, adding that the smaller the passenger is, the more comfortable the journey will be. NBC News cannot verify the authenticity of the video, nor the location or the time it was taken. In a statement, CBP says in part, our officers and agents remain agile to evolving threats.

18:17We will not stop until every smuggler who attempts to cross the border is held accountable. Back in San Ysidro, Director Aki says the going rate for smuggling a person can be as high as$70 ,000. They're trying to basically make a lot of money. Making it a potentially lucrative business. Our job is to prevent that from happening. That authorities warn can come with costly consequences. Dana Griffin, NBC News, San Ysidro. We're back in a moment with Secretary of State Marco Rubio's new call to action for Cubans on the island. I'm a bear. And you know what really agitates me? Watching you scratch up your truck bed with your mountain bike and mess up the inside of your truck with muddy hiking boots.

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20:55Tragic images out of the Philippines after two Air Force planes crashed midair. The planes collided during a training flight, killing all four pilots on board. The Air Force grounded the remaining aircraft while an investigation is underway. And take a look at this. Police in Southern California recovering$54 ,000 worth of Hot Wheels cars after the toys were allegedly stolen from a train. You can see all those boxes of the cars right there. Police in Colton, California, releasing this body cam video of when the suspect was arrested. Apparently caught when an officer allegedly spotted him unloading the boxes from the train.

21:39When we come back, there's good news tonight about the total strangers who shared a lot more than just airplane seats.

21:52There's good news tonight. You know, 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. Talk about a surprise. That's Principal Mariam Farhat and Assistant Principal Jamel Lauer at Henry Ford Elementary School in Dearborn, Michigan. Students pouring into the hallways to honor them for principal appreciation and thanking them for all that they do.

22:31Now this is a win on the court. That's 16-year-old Gabrielle Green returning to the volleyball court for her senior night. An emotional reunion for the student athlete who spent more than 100 days in the hospital due to a rare disorder that left her in a coma. But after months in rehab at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Gabby learned how to walk again and gained back the strength to play volleyball on senior college. How special was senior night for you? I was really excited to be there. It was a special moment because I know how hard I really fought to be back on the court. Surrounded by love, family, and community, Gabby got to shine for her big return.

23:17Even when life knocks you down, just always get back up. Take control back. And on this United Airlines flight, a one-way ticket to an unexpected friendship. that's 90 year old cecil slafter and 22 year old anna claire langley strangers who shared a lot more than just these airplane seats anna claire posting their encounter on social media capturing the attention of millions of viewers who wanted this friendship to last this is just oh my god and then several brands teamed up to make it happen sending them on what the internet has dubbed the Diva Reunion. I cannot believe it. The duo hopped on another flight, traveling to San Diego for the Dreamgirls weekend.

24:07We walked around the town, got her some dinner. We went jet skiing. We did face masks. We did skin care, makeup, matching pajamas. I mean, really, we did have a good time. And we laughed and laughed. A friendly conversation 30 ,000 feet in the air, bringing this unlikely pair together. And even a 68-year gap could keep them apart. Cecil, you have taught me so much about connection and connecting with others and always being kind. People have the most interesting stories. And you cheat yourself if you don't try to listen to them. Cecil and Anna Claire proven that friendship can be found anywhere.

24:49And girlhood has no age limit. Some comments will make me tear up because they'll be like, she was a little girl once. And it really is true, like, no matter our age. And we're all just living for the first time, and I love that. We all were little ones. That's NBC Nightly News for this Saturday. The great Holly Jackson will be here tomorrow night. I'm Jose Diaz-Balart. Thank you for the privilege of your time, and good night.

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