Sunday, October 18, 2026

0:01Everyone wants healthcare to be simpler and easier. That's why UnitedHealth Group is fast-tracking more than 60 % of children's procedures that used to need pre-approval, so more kids get the care they need when they need it. And speeding up procedure approvals and payments for more than 1 ,500 rural hospitals, so they can focus on caring for their communities. And that's just the start. Learn more at uhg.com slash access. My name is Annie Elise, a.k.a. your true crime BFF and host of the podcast Seriallessly. Now, I have been a true crime enthusiast forever, but I wished that somebody would break down the cases for me like a friend, giving me all the details, discussing every twist and turn.

0:44So I decided to create a podcast that does just that. Seriallessly with Annie Elise is topping the charts with over 6 million weekly downloads. I do the deep dives in these cases so you don't have to, diving into all the raw details, saying what we all are thinking, and doing it in a conversational way, just like you're talking with your best friend. So join me and let's talk all things true crime. Serialistly with Annie Elise. New episodes every single week. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube. Tonight, the deadly fire at one of Canada's busiest military bases. The massive emergency response after flames fanned by powerful wind killed four service members and hurt dozens more.

1:25The latest on how it happened. Developing tonight, new questions after a woman drove her truck through a kid's soccer game, killing two people, including a child. How eyewitnesses describe the driver's reaction. Crisis in France, violent riots in the streets, buildings destroyed, police deploying tear gas, and the new message from the French leader calling for calm. Midair flight scare, oxygen masks falling from the ceiling, the emergency landing, and then passengers told to run. The horrifying scene at a college football game, an Air Force service member falling to his death in a pregame demo gone wrong.

2:02A moment of silence at Oregon State's football game as the Bend community remembers the victims of that deadly elementary school shooting. The Ukrainian president's new warning to America if the U.S. sides with Russia. And the new warning signs for the White House and Republicans with two weeks to go until the midterms. Pope Leo's triumphant return, speaking in St. Peter's Square for the first time since his lung cancer surgery. Cindy Crawford's heartbreaking new message, how she's remembering her son in her first public statement since his devastating death. Caught on camera how everybody on board this small plane managed to walk away after it hit that light pole and crashed to the ground.

2:42And there's good news tonight about a big celebration on the fields and the small community event inspiring a movement. Nightly news starts right now. This is NBC Nightly News with Hallie Jackson. Good evening. We begin tonight with the devastating fire at a busy military base in Canada, killing at least four service members, dozens of others badly hurt, overwhelming hospitals in the area. You see the emergency response there. The fire, which started during a training drill, spreading fast, fanned by powerful winds in what the prime minister is calling one of the worst ever peacetime tragedies for their troops.

3:22Stephen Romo starts us off. Tonight, a mass casualty emergency at one of Canada's busiest military bases, leaving four service members dead. The town went crazy with sirens going off for about an hour. A massive, fast-moving fire erupting Saturday afternoon at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta. During the conduct of a training, a grass fire ignited in the training area. The cause of this fire is under active investigation. Canadian military officials saying the flames spread rapidly beyond the base's training area, fanned by powerful winds in the region. Forest Service members have lost their lives and their next of kin has been notified.

4:05Dozens more are seriously wounded. Nearby hospitals race to treat 39 patients, with some being airlifted to facilities farther away. At least 19 are in critical condition, according to authorities. I seen burns. I seen people that were getting unloaded. I heard people screaming inside of those vehicles. It was just a scene from a war movie. Right now, the cause of the incident is still unclear, but Canada's Department of National Defense saying there are no indications this was the result of terrorist activity. This is a very, very active and delicate situation. Families waiting for answers as authorities work to determine what went so terribly wrong.

4:45Stephen is joining us now. And Stephen, we're learning late tonight there were a lot of military supplies like grenades and ammunition not far from where this fire started. And that is something that investigators are, of course, looking into. Yeah, they certainly are, Hallie. Late today officials giving that update, saying that these supplies were near that training area and they may have contributed to this. That investigation, of course, is ongoing. We also learn the names of those killed. There are Private Aiden Goulding, Private Sean Farrell, Private Hayden Leichmark, and Sergeant Morgan Wong being mourned tonight.

5:16Hallie. Stephen Romo, thank you. To Wichita now with two people dead, including a child, and others hurt after a woman drove her truck through a soccer field at a busy sports complex. Maggie Vespa is there with more on the questions over how this could have happened.

5:37chaos at a kid's soccer game in kansas new video shows players parents and coaches running for their lives amid the sound of screeching tires wichita authorities say a truck plowed through a crowded field saturday hitting a dozen people including children erica case and her nine-year-old son barely escaped We started hearing boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. That was the sound of objects and bodies that the truck was hitting. You said that sound haunts you. Oh, yes, absolutely. Tonight, authorities IDing the two people killed as 35-year-old Nicholas Schaefer and six-year-old Cole Adrian. See those cops?

6:18Those cops are right there. This video appearing to show a woman being led away in handcuffs. Tonight, the question remains, why did this happen? Is the police carrying somebody? It's a woman. Authorities declining to ID the driver, but confirming a 34-year-old woman was taken into custody and, for now, released without charges, pending toxicology results and a mechanical examination of the truck. We're working very hard to find out why it happened, and we're not there yet. Cuidado! Cuidado! They add the driver's two kids were in the vehicle with her at the time. For many, the mystery adding to the pain.

7:01I am consumed, overly consumed. And my kid had to witness that. Maggie is joining us from Wichita. So difficult for so many, Maggie. You're also hearing more about how the driver reacted in the moments after the crash, right? Yeah, Hallie, exactly. Multiple witnesses tell us the driver was conscious, lucid and calm. And authorities say she's cooperating with the investigation. They were asked about everything from this being intentional to intoxication to even a potential medical emergency. And they just kept reiterating that they're investigating. Pally. Maggie Vespa, thank you. To the violent riots erupting in France, iconic buildings up in flames and the new message tonight from that country's leader about protests expanding there.

7:45Danielle Hamamgen has more. This is one of many moments that left France in shock. The clock tower of a 19th century town hall collapsing. It survived two world wars only to be torched by a mass mob. For weeks now, French students, mostly in Paris, have been protesting poor conditions in their schools. But this weekend, they were joined by hundreds of thousands nationwide, infuriated by high fuel prices and the cost of living. Millionaires have doubled their income, said this woman, while France has never been this poor. Many were peaceful, but their grievances were eclipsed by senseless violence.

8:31French authorities blaming radical far-left groups for scenes like these. The tourist office in Lyon engulfed in flames, businesses ransacked, 600 police officers injured, or more than 2 ,000 people were arrested. Much of the anger directed at their leader, Emmanuel Macron, who faced backlash for attending the Celine Dion concert with his wife on the eve of the protests. Macron will be out of office soon, reminding viewers in a televised address tonight, an election is six months away. He appealed for calm and acknowledged the high cost of living, blaming it in part on the Iran war France is not a part of, but said nothing justified the violence.

9:15But many fear they've not seen the end of it. Danielle Hammamjian, NBC News. Here at home, scary moments for passengers on board a flight from St. Louis with oxygen masks dropping down and passengers told to run after an emergency landing. Dana Griffin reports. Evacuate, evacuate. 15 minutes into American Eagle flight 5089 from St. Louis to Philadelphia, there was trouble. You could tell right away as soon as we took off that the plane was having problems. I looked at my husband and I'm like, this is not normal. Passenger Olivia Clancy telling NBC affiliate KSDK the plane had already been delayed for hours before takeoff Saturday morning.

9:58They came over the intercom and said that the engines wouldn't start. But once in the air, it felt like that plane was going to go down. Oxygen masks falling from the ceiling. Mark and Tessa Springer texting their family, problem on our plane, we love you guys. I just thought our kids were going to lose both of their parents today. Flight radar shows the plane turned back to St. Louis, making an emergency landing. Release these bills! Get out! Leave my loan! We got out and they just told us to run. So we were just running. American Airlines says the flight, operated by PSA Airlines, had an odor and after landing was taken out of service for inspection.

10:37The airline now investigating a possible pressurization issue. And today in Las Vegas at Harry Reid International, an aircraft skidded off the runway hitting a perimeter fence. No injuries reported, but two runways were temporarily shut down for inspection. Hallie. OK, Dana Griffin, thank you. In Texas, the shocking scene ahead of a college football game at the Alamo Dome when a member of the Air Force died after falling while rappelling down during a pregame demonstration. George Solis is speaking with people who were there. And George, what are we learning about how this happened? Hallie, witnesses described the horrifying scene at the Alamo Dome as that service member fell from the rafters.

11:16The moment was captured by spectators in the stands. Now, we stopped the video right before that moment of impact. Other video capturing medics tending to the service member there on the field. The incident happening during a pregame repelling demo at the University of Texas at San Antonio versus Navy football game. A Nellis Air Force Base spokesperson says the service member was injured during the fall and then transported to a local hospital where they later died. Tonight, the investigation into this tragedy that has rocked the military city is ongoing. Hallie. George Solis, thank you. To Bend, Oregon now, where the close knit community is coming together to pay tribute to the victims of that deadly elementary school shooting there last week.

11:56Liz Kreutz is there for us. Liz, good evening. Hi, Hallie. We're outside Silver Rail Elementary School, where distraught families and members of the community have been coming by to this makeshift memorial, leaving messages of love and support for the victims, families, as well as that heroic teacher and that father that jumped in to stop the gunman. We did speak to the brother of that father who said, well, the community here sees him as a hero. He doesn't feel that way, that he feels guilt he wasn't able to save even more lives. Over the weekend here, University of Oregon and Oregon State football teams held moment of silence to honor the victims.

12:35And parents here also say that on Thursday when the shooting happened, that that had been picture day. Just an absolute tragedy here, Hallie. And still so many questions from the community. Then police here say that they are still working to try to figure out a motive. Hallie. Liz Kreutz, thank you. Here in Washington, new fallout and a new warning after President Trump suspended sanctions against Russia, all with the president's party facing headwinds in the midterms now just 16 days away. Here's Yamiche Alcindor. Tonight, Ukrainian President Zelensky sounding the alarm as President Trump provides Russia financial lifelines amid the war.

13:12But if the United States will support Putin, I mean, it's unbelievable. It's tragedy. It's a historic mistake. Zelensky blasting President Trump's recent actions, including exempting Russia from sweeping new sanctions and making a deal to release Russian diesel into the global market in an attempt to bring down fuel prices. It will strengthen Putin in his will to occupy us. The bipartisan sanctions bill passed just weeks ago targeted Russia's revenue streams, and took aim at the biggest buyers of its oil and gas. And facing pressure to bring down costs, the president defending his decision to suspend those sanctions as good for the country and good for the world.

13:54Today, President Trump also posting online that he's negotiating peace with Ukraine and Russia, and he doesn't want to do anything that will drive Russia away from the bargaining table. All of this comes as the midterms are just over two weeks away. And as a new NBC News poll shows, 71 percent of Americans say the U.S. is on the wrong track. That number at the highest level of the president's second term. President Trump's approval rating also slipping to 34 percent, with voters especially sour on the economy and gas prices. Your gas prices are going down to lower than what they were before. This weekend at a Michigan town hall, Vice President J.D.

14:34Vance trying to make the administration's case to voters. And there's a lot that we are doing right now to work against those rising energy prices. It's too high, but we're working on it. And in other news, President Trump plans to renovate a Washington, D.C. golf course that has been at the center of a frantic legal battle with a preservation group and two D.C. residents suing to prevent any quick drastic changes. Now, a federal judge has given the Justice Department until tonight to explain the president's plans. Hallie. Yamiche Alcindor at the White House. Thank you. Also today, the triumphant return for Pope Leo, speaking at the Vatican for the first time since his lung cancer surgery.

15:14Anne Thompson is there.

15:18An energized Pope Leo. Buona Domenica.

15:25At his window today, showing his back. In a clear, strong voice. Ho sentito davvero il vostro sostegno. Grazie. The Pope thanking everyone who prayed for him during his lung cancer surgery last week. The 71-year-old promising he will eventually resume all his papal duties to cheers in St. Peter's Square. He did sound healthy. I couldn't tell any difference. He sounded fit and vigor and that's what we need. The overarching message to reassure Catholics here in Vatican City and around the world. These are the sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. He's touched the hearts of many, many people, and they're encouraged by his, I think, his vulnerability and also his courage.

16:14He's for the people. Chicago Cardinal Blaise Cupich says the city's favorite son is a man on a mission. We say Chicago's strong, and I think that he's a good example of that. Well aware of how illness impacted the papacies of John Paul II and Francis. The events of the past week, Leo said, brought him closer to those who are sick and frail. But clearly, he's determined to show he's still up to the job. Hallie? Anne Thompson, thank you. We are back in a moment with Cindy Crawford, sharing an emotional new message for the first time since the death of her son. My name is Annie Elise, a.k.a. your true crime BFF and host of the podcast Seriallessly.

16:59Now, I have been a true crime enthusiast forever, but I wished that somebody would break down the cases for me like a friend, giving me all the details, discussing every twist and turn. So I decided to create a podcast that does just that. Serial Slee with Annie Elise is topping the charts with over 6 million weekly downloads. I do the deep dives in these cases so you don't have to, diving into all the raw details, saying what we all are thinking, and doing it in a conversational way, just like you're talking with your best friend. So join me and let's talk all things true crime. Serialistly with Annie Elise.

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18:52He is a sweet, beautiful soul. Presley's sister, Kaya, sharing this video of them as kids, writing, I love you to the bluest, to the moon and back and back again. Gerber died while at a Santa Monica rehab facility in September. In Northern California, new dash cam video shows this small plane trying to make an emergency landing in San Jose when a wing, you see it there, catches that street light, sending the plane crashing to the ground. Incredibly, the people on board, two adults and a child walked away with only minor injuries. And check out this big black bear walking right into the Mammoth Lakes Library in California and beelining for the staff snack supply, helping itself to, yes, some honey.

19:32And would you believe it? The bear's visit coincides with the 100th anniversary this week of when the very first Winnie the Pooh book was published. When we come back, there is good news tonight about these kids getting their moment to shine. One, two, three, let's go!

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21:34There is good news tonight about making memories on and off the field with a winning movement spreading to football programs across the country. This is the sound of victory. From the band, to the cheerleaders, to the football players. At Woodhaven High School near Detroit, hundreds of students and volunteers are gathering to give these kids their moment to shine.

22:08It's called Victory Day, when kids of all abilities get to feel the thrill of it on the field. with their very own Super Bowl. When you have a kid with special needs, you don't know when they're going to talk, when they're going to walk. Just to have this day is amazing. I'm so happy you had fun. You live in a great community. High school football coach Aaron Segeti created Victory Day 16 years ago to thank the community that rallied around him when he battled cancer. People want to be around things that are good, pure, and filled with love. That idea sparking a movement. Football teams from high schools and colleges across the country, like Penn State and Iowa State, now holding their own victory days, too.

22:56Here in Michigan, what winning really looks like is smile after smile after smile. A big win for these families and memories these kids will cherish forever. No matter what these kids go through, this is their day to shine. And they treat them like champions like they really are. Let's go! And that is nightly news for this Sunday. Stick around. Sunday Night Football is up next with the Cowboys at the Packers. I'm Hallie Jackson. For all of us here at NBC, thanks for watching and have a great week. My name is Annie Elise, a.k.a. your true crime BFF and host of the podcast Seriallessly. Now, I have been a true crime enthusiast forever, but I wished that somebody would break down the cases for me like a friend, giving me all the details, discussing every twist and turn.

23:43So I decided to create a podcast that does just that. Serial Slee with Annie Elise is topping the charts with over 6 million weekly downloads. I do the deep dives in these cases so you don't have to, diving into all the raw details, saying what we all are thinking, and doing it in a conversational way, just like you're talking with your best friend. So join me and let's talk all things true crime. Serialistly with Annie Elise. New episodes every single week. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on YouTube.