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1:29CEO Jensen Wong admitting to an affair with a woman U.S. intelligence agency say is a Chinese spy. Did it put the U.S. at risk? Aviation accidents, a small plane blown over in California by the blast from a jet engine and the emergency landing on a busy road in Florida, the plane clipping a truck. Tensions flare in Philly after a boycott of Jewish-owned restaurants turned violent. Update on the unrest tonight and frightening moments at a county fair, a ride swinging out of control, leading to severe injuries. Why two teens have just been charged. And chimp food delivery, serious flooding, leaving several apes stranded at a Florida sanctuary.

2:11How keepers used drones to deliver their dinners. And the major shakeup coming to college football, why the playoffs will look different next year and what it could mean for your favorite team. Top Story starts right now.

2:30Hey, everybody. Good evening. I'm Yasmin Vesugian in for Tom tonight. We're going to begin with the growing calls to remove Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from office. The impeachment effort just announced by a member of his own party, the embattled secretary under fire but remaining defiant after GOP Representative Thomas Massey laid out eight articles of impeachment against him, a House vote expected to happen as soon as Wednesday, as Hegseth plans his own press conference tomorrow. The charges are sprawling and include waging war against Iran without an act of Congress, using unauthorized and deadly military action against suspected drug traffickers and kidnapping Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro.

3:09President Trump publicly defending Hegseth at a surprise White House briefing late today, saying he's going to stand by him even if he is impeached and calling Massey a, quote, loser. It's all common after last week's crushing midterm loss for Republicans, The president at first accepting defeat now seeming to change his tomb, casting doubt on the results and making unfounded claims. Our Gabe Gutierrez is tracking it all and leads us off from the White House. Tonight, Defense Secretary Pete Hex sat under fire. Republican Congressman Thomas Massey, an outspoken Trump critic who was defeated in a GOP primary, filing eight articles of impeachment.

3:47He has violated the norms of war, and it's to the disadvantage and the dishonor of our country. The charges include waging the Iran war despite no declaration of war by Congress, the unauthorized lethal military targeting of suspected drug traffickers, and kidnapping Venezuela's authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro. Hexeth today firing back. We know the world is a better and safer place as a result. And so if we want to litigate that, the success of those things, I'm happy to do it all day long. Tonight, the president saying he'll stand by Hexeth, even if he's impeached. Massey's a loser. What has Hanks have done?

4:23He won the war. He was in charge. He won the war in Venezuela. He's won the war in Iran, but he's certainly winning the war. Iran would love to make a deal. And they've been obliterated. After last week's midterms, top Democrats are also now saying they'll target Attorney General Todd Blanche and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for investigations and impeachment. Tonight, President Trump questioning the election results, writing, does anybody really believe that this election was honest? How could the polls be so wrong? A sharp difference from what he said just last week. I think the Democrats did a good job.

4:59I really do. I think they did a good job. They fought hard. And this reversal on 60 Minutes, saying his mass deportation policy went too far. I think it might be too tough, yeah. And a lot of people would say that it's great, but a lot of people think it's too tough. An hour after the interview, though, he named Stephen Miller, the polarizing architect of his crackdown on illegal immigration, his new chief of staff. We have a very strong deportation policy. There's no amnesty, no anything. We keep that. But we focus on the worst of the worst. Gabe Gutierrez is joining us now from the White House.

5:34At that presser a little bit earlier, Gabe, the president also talked about former President Joe Biden and the policies that were enacted under him. I KNOW HE'S GOT A BOOK COMING OUT. WE'RE NOW LEARNING SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HIS OWN HEALTH. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING? YEAH, YASMINE. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THAT BOOK, HE TALKED ABOUT JANUARY 6TH AND HE SLAMMED PRESIDENT DRUMPFER IN HIS WORDS LEADING IN INSURRECTION. WELL, NOW WE'RE HEARING THAT AS HE UNDERGOES CANCER TREATMENT, FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOW SCALING BACK THE BOOK TOUR FOR THAT MEMOIR WHICH IS SET TO BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK. LAST YEAR BIDEN HAD ANNOUNCED HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF PROSTATE CANCER AND HIS SON HUNTER RECENTLY SAID IT HAD SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF HIS BODY.

6:18GABE GUTIERREZ, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO BRING IN OUR SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT COURTNEY CUBEY WHO IS COVERING THE PENTAGON. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE KNOW SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH IS GOING TO BE HOLDING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW. HE ANNOUNCED THAT TODAY. I DO WANT TO TALK FIRST THOUGH ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE THE CONGRESS IS A LOT OF REGARDING THEIR ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AGAINST HEGSETH. WHAT DO WE KNOW? I 'VE BEEN READING THROUGH THEM. THERE'S EIGHT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES HERE ACCORDING TO CONGRESSMAN MASSEY IS THE WAR IN IRAN.

6:49HE IS ARGUING THAT DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH IS CARRYING OUT THIS WAR ILLEGALLY BECAUSE THE CONGRESS HAS NEVER AUTHORIZED IT. And there are several different points in here about why that is. One is that as part of the War Powers Resolution, the Congress on both sides, the House and the Senate, said, look, you cannot keep going with this war. But the Secretary of Defense has continued to wage it. Now, keep in mind that the active or major combat operations went on for about 38 days earlier this year. But since then, there have been several stretches where the U.S. military CRIMINALS. HE IS ENGAGED IN ONGOING STRIKES BACK AND FORTH INSIDE IRAN AND SOMETIMES NOT EVEN TELLING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT IT.

7:31CONGRESSMAN MASSEY ARGUES THAT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IS A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE OF THIS. IT'S NOT JUST THAT, THOUGH. HE ALSO ARGUES THAT THE ONGOING STRIKES AGAINST ALLEGED DRUG BOATS IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND THE CARIBBEAN ARE A FORM OF EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING BECAUSE THERE ARE ESTABLISHED PARAMETERS FOR THE LAW FOR HOW THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CARRIED OUT, HOW THE JUDICIAL PROCESS FOR IT, AND THAT THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IS CIRCUMVENTING THOSE. I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS COULD THIS EVEN HAPPEN IF IN FACT THEY MOVE TO IMPEACH HIM? AND THERE'S THIS IDEA OF KIND OF LIKE THESE YOLO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, RIGHT?

8:04FOLKS THAT WERE EITHER PUSHED OUT BY THE PRESIDENT, WERE NOT SUPPORTED IN THEIR PRIMARIES, WERE PRIMARID BY THE PRESIDENT, are retiring and or lost their races last week. Are the votes there to potentially really impeach the secretary of defense? So it appears that they are there in the House, the Republican-led House. But the Senate is a big question here, Yaz. It's really not clear. Now, if this was after January 3rd or 4th, it's possible that they could hit the 67. But the big difference here in the House, they need just a simple majority, half, more than half. The Senate needs a supermajority, 67 senators.

8:42That would include a number of Republicans who would have to flip and vote for his impeachment. It's just not clear if they have that yet. Congressman Massey was actually asked that at a press conference today, and he said he just doesn't know if they have the votes in the Senate. What's Hegseth going to talk about tomorrow, do we know? So he's going to come out swinging. That's exactly what we expect. He's been doing that all along. He's engaged in this social media campaign where he's bringing in politicals at the Pentagon, and they're all tweeting and putting on social media that they're going to fight and stand, fight, and defend the republic.

9:12It's been ongoing for several days. We expect that we will get very tough language out of him. We got a little taste of that today when he spoke to reporters very briefly on the tarmac. But we don't know beyond that. I would also expect that we will hear similar language that is critical of Congressman Massey that we've heard from both him and from the president today, Yasmin. Corny QB. Thank you. Want to bring our political pros. Matt Gorman is an NBC News contributor and a former communications director for Tim Scott's presidential campaign and the National Republican Congressional Committee.

9:42And Mike Trujillo is a Democratic strategist and political consultant to hundreds of candidates, including Hillary Clinton. Matt, if you will, start us off. What do you make of the president here pivoting to election denial right as the effort to impeach Hegseth is ramping up? Is this kind of the goal here to find something or someone to blame? Or do you see a Stephen Miller stamp on this thing as he pivoted from Susie Wiles as the chief of staff now to Stephen Miller? A different take. Yeah, I don't think it's very complicated, and I don't think there's some kind of grand strategy here. I think people, maybe Carrie Lake or others, got into his ear.

10:17Again, I don't find anyone other than those folks who take this stuff seriously that would, again, need Republicans, the state-level Republican governors to all be involved in some way. Again, I think most folks realize we need to rebuild in a different way and talk about issues that the voters care about, as we, especially as we go into 2028, you know, Vice President Vance and others who are going to run know that. And one of the things, as you were talking to Courtney, it struck me is I'm reminded a little bit of when Pete Hegseth was struggling to get the votes about a year and a half ago, almost two years ago, as he was nominated for defense secretary.

10:51If you remember, he was in a gaggle in one of the Senate office buildings as senators were a little skeptical, and he went on offense with reporters. And I think I would expect tomorrow to hear that same sort of tone, and I would look back to that gaggle with reporters to inform what you're going to see tomorrow. So I think, you know, folks are wondering, what do Democrats do with this, Mike, right? Do they kind of get on this train and beat the drum? Do they let Republicans go at one another and sink Hegseth, potentially? Like, what is the strategy you think Democrats, House Democrats, should be taken on this?

11:27No, that's a great question. We see that the economy, the war in Iran, the price of gasoline is directly tied to this war and the Defense Department's actions in Iran. So Pete Hegseth is in trouble. I think if you're a Democrat, this is an immediate thing to show the American people that you're going to hold this administration accountable. You're going to hold the defense secretary accountable, who's not been a favorite of any Democrat, whether you are on the left or a more moderate Democrat. He's partly to blame for our economy and the price of gasoline and everything that's happening, the dysfunction that's happening with the war in Iran.

12:09And I think this is an opportunity to message to the American people. We're going to hold this Trump administration accountable. And if it's a Republican who's introducing the articles of impeachment, even better. STICKING WITH THIS KIND OF FLIP-FLOPPING FROM THE PRESIDENT, IN GABE'S REPORT, WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAYING HIS IMMIGRATION POLICY MAY HAVE BEEN TOO TOUGH. RIGHT AFTER THAT, HE ALSO SAID HE WANTS TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS ON A DEAL. RIGHT. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. HE WOULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY DOABLE. But a lot of people... Doable to create some kind of legal status for the landscapers?

12:52Yeah. When you go into a hotel and you say, let me see your pass, and you have a woman that's worked there as a maid, as a cleaner, as a this, as a that, as a waitress, a lot of good things, great jobs, and all of a sudden they're being taken out of the country. It's tough. It's a tough thing. Sometimes it takes us a second, Mike, to roll on that sound, so appreciate your rolling with us on that. So you hear that, right? And then after that interview is done, we hear, okay, the appointment of Stephen Miller as chief of staff for the president. And let's remind folks, Stephen Miller was the architect of the president's aggressive immigration crackdown.

13:34Like, how do you reconcile that choice? I think it's clear that whoever talks to President Trump last, you generally hear the president echo or repeat that messaging or that advice. You know, what he said in this interview really harkens back to what I would call the original Donald Trump when he first was thinking about running for office back in 2014, 2015. This is the way he talked. This is where his natural instinct is. I think he's taken into account the fact that the American people have voted in a very different way than he anticipated. And the question is, does Stephen Miller able to walk some of this back or is able to program the president to go in a different direction?

14:22But, you know, talking about a deal, talking about too tough on immigrants and things like that was a positive thing. And I think a lot of Democrats were happy to hear that. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO OVER THE WEEKEND, ICE TOOK THIS 8-YEAR-OLD BOY INTO CUSTODY AFTER HE SHOWED UP FOR AN IMMIGRATION CHECK-IN WITH HIS UNCLE. THE BOY RECENTLY LOST HIS TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REVOKED IT FOR ALL HAITIANS. ICE SAYS THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY BECAUSE HIS UNCLE COULD NOT ESTABLISH LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP. I BRING THIS UP, MATT, BECAUSE TPS IS SOMETHING THAT THE president could actually unilaterally bring back for Haitians, for Venezuelans, if he wants to soften his immigration enforcement, his stance on immigration.

15:05Is that something you could see him doing? Or do you think this is just lip service from the president when it comes to his thoughts on where he goes next with immigration? Well, actually, his comments last night reminded me a little bit of what he said with Tom in his Super Bowl interview in February. So this sort of tone isn't really new. But what I will says this. I just I'm I'm skeptical for these next two years that we're going to get a deal from either side. Right. Again, you have a Trump administration who naming Stephen Miller as chief of staff and is not going to be considered a lame duck in their minds in any way, shape or form.

15:40But you also have a Democratic Party, which is going to be in the midst of a robust presidential primary. And the idea of making an immigration deal with Donald Trump, I think is anathema to them, too. So everybody's saying what they want to say right now. But when it actually gets down THE PRESIDENT IS A PART OF THERE'S SPECIFICS. I'M VERY SKEPTICAL EITHER SIDE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET THIS DONE. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ASKING YOU THIS QUESTION BUT I WANT TO TALK 2028 FOR A MOMENT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE JUST EMERGED FROM THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS BUT YOU KNOW HOW THIS THING GOES. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY RUN.

16:12LET'S LISTEN.

16:16We have a tremendous bench. I mean, I have so many people that have great relationships with and, you know, not necessarily. Who would be on the list besides the vice president? Well, I think Marco's great. I think. Is he staying, by the way, as secretary of state? I think so. I mean, he certainly loves it and he's doing great. He's doing a fantastic job. The ones they think about, but there are many others. And I'd rather not mention their names. There's some senators that are excellent. I KNOW THEM ALL. I LIKE THEM A LOT. I MAY OR MAY NOT GET INVOLVED. SO IF HE DECIDES TO ENDORSE, IF HE DOES GET INVOLVED, WHO DOES HE PICK?

16:53IS IT J.D. Vance? IS IT THE VICE PRESIDENT? IS IT THE SECRETARY OF STATE? IS IT MARCO RUBIO? AND BY THE WAY, DOES HIS ENDORSEMENT CARRY AS MUCH WEIGHT AS IT ONCE DID CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MIDTERMS? IN A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, SURE. BUT I THINK TRYING TO ANTICIPATE the man who once hosted The Apprentice as naming a successor effectively, what, less than a week after the midterm elections, really before any candidate officially gets in the race. I think we probably haven't learned anything over then over these last 10 plus years about being around Donald Trump. Look, I will say, I think after Tuesday, we will have a relatively robust primary.

17:32I anticipate J.D. Vance getting in. I think maybe somebody like Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis is I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME RANDOM FOLKS WHO ARE IN OR CURRENTLY IN THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES. YOU 'LL HAVE REAL DEBATES. AND SO I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE IT MUCH TO BE LIKE 2024 WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT RAN AND HE HAD SERIOUS PEOPLE CHALLENGE HIM. SO I DON'T THINK THIS WILL BE ANY DIFFERENT. MATT GORMAN, MIKE TRIGIO, THANK YOU GUYS BOTH. WE'RE STAYING IN WASHINGTON, TWO ALARMING SECURITY INCIDENTS UNFOLDING WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. TWO MEN NOW UNDER ARREST. Kelly O'Donnell has the details.

18:05Kelly. Good evening, Yasmin. Two separate security breaches at the same time today, about a block north of the White House in Lafayette Park. The first, we saw a car barrel into a barrier at the edge of the park. It was smoking when National Guard and Secret Service officers responded to the vehicle. Officials tell us that the driver was combative toward law enforcement, and he was ultimately subdued. Now, at about the same time, with all that commotion going on, a separate man jumped a fence nearby. He was also subdued. No firearms were recovered from either man, according to officials, and both are being evaluated for mental health crises.

18:50Now, this comes after just last week, on Thursday night, a Venezuelan man was arrested in a stolen vehicle that was packed with weapons. And according to a criminal complaint, he made threats against the president saying he heard voices that he was to kill the president. He has been in custody. Security is always tight around the White House and the perimeter is always a key part of that security plan. Yasmin. Kelly O'Donnell, thank you. All right, let's get to that bombshell investigation into NVIDIA CEO Jensen Wang and his alleged affair with a woman accused of being a spy for China. President Trump says he spoke to Wang late today as the company's stock has plummeted by hundreds of billions of dollars.

19:35Here's Brian Chung. Tonight, that shocking spy scandal sinking the stock of the world's most valuable AI chipmaker. Shares of NVIDIA dropping 4%, erasing almost$200 billion in value. following the stunning admission from CEO Jensen Huang that he had a romantic affair with a woman U.S. intelligence agencies say is a spy for China, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. With new concerns, it could have national security risks. President Trump tonight saying he spoke with Huang. I asked him that question. Did you have any idea that she was a spy? He said, I had no idea that she was a spy, and I really believe him.

20:10Huang admitting the affair to employees, writing, I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry. It concerns this woman, seen seated next to the NVIDIA CEO, Alice Huang. No relation to Jensen, is an executive at Megaspeed. You can see her there in the pink dress walking with Huang. At one point, kissing him on the cheek. The New York Times reporting surveillance revealed she was feeding information to Chinese intelligence. There's no conflict between innovation, technology and safety. Huang, one of the wealthiest people in the world, is a trusted tech advisor to President Trump.

20:48The president even brokering a deal with NVIDIA last year to sell some of its less advanced AI chips to China. The New York Times reporting that President Trump chose not to act after being briefed about a year ago about the potential of Chinese surveillance. You wish that you had acted on the intelligence when you were briefed about the spy machine? I think, you know, I think he's an honorable guy. I think he probably has an excuse for it. China calling the reports nothing but smears. And Brian Chang is joining us now, along with NBC News AI reporter Jared Perlow, who has been digging into the background of this alleged Chinese spy.

21:21Talk to me first, Brian, if you will, about the investigations here. We know NVIDIA is launching its own investigation. Now there's calls for Jensen Wang to come before Congress. What do we know? Yeah, well, look, when it comes to that independent investigation, NVIDIA making this announcement yesterday, all the while, I should point out, they say that they have no reason to believe that national security or NVIDIA secrets were compromised here. But again, that precedes the investigation taking place, all the while an NVIDIA spokesperson says that Huang will continue, remains committed to continuing to lead the company.

21:52So, again, it remains to be seen, as you point out, bipartisan members of Congress are also interested in bringing Huang to Capitol Hill to ask some questions. I want to know about Alice Huang. By the way, no relation, okay? Just FYI, even though they have the same last names. She's a top executive at a Chinese data center company called Megaspeed. Right. What more do we know about her? What more do we know about their relationship, how long it went on, when Jensen Wang learned of her potential affiliation with the Chinese government as a Chinese spy? Well, there's a ton we know and a ton we also don't know.

22:25So this story is developing literally by the minute. I'm still tossing the sources. I'm quiet for seven questions at you. Exactly. Let's do it one by one by one. So we know that Alice Wang was effectively CEO or leader of this company called Megaspeed. And that's the company at the heart of this issue right here. Megaspeed is based in Singapore, so we're not talking about a Chinese company. But Megaspeed essentially is accused of, or the Justice Department is looking into, whether Megaspeed sent chips illegally to China because the U.S. is not allowed to sell chips directly to China, so potentially it could have been a stopover.

22:55Now, it looks like Alice Huang first met Jensen Huang a couple of years ago. The first photographic evidence looks like it's in 2024, and then they pop up again in 2025, and now it looks like Jensen has admitted to an extramarital affair with Alice Huang, who, again, is the leader of this company called Megaspeed. Do we know about the timing, though, as to when Jensen Wang learned the potential that Alice Wang was maybe a Chinese spy? Well, President Trump spoke with Jensen just today. And he said he never knew. And he said he never knew, right, until all of this news broke. But what about the fact that there was reporting to indicate that the Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been told about her affiliation?

23:34Well, again, there's a lot of unknowns here. So back in May, there was this big delegation trip to China, and Jensen originally wasn't part of that delegation. He joined halfway through on essentially a pit stop, a layover in Alaska, because President Trump apparently asked why Jensen wasn't on that plane. So it seemed like there were some people in the administration who knew that there was this potential link or worry about this potential link with Alice Wong and Jensen Huang, but some other people didn't know. And you would imagine that that would come up in this independent NVIDIA investigation and is probably at the core of what lawmakers are trying to get at when they try when they say that very publicly they want to bring Jensen to Capitol Hill as well.

24:09Well, there's a real concern. And Jared brought it up in part, which is, OK, so Alice Wong is working for this Singaporean company, Megaspeed. Right. Is there a potential that they were buying these chips and then handing them off to China? how much potentially could she influence whether or not NVIDIA is selling off these chips through Jensen? You know what I mean? Like, do we, can we connect those dots at all? There's many dots to connect there, right? I mean, the presumption that President Xi was the one that was directing a Singapore-based company to, through shell companies, get NVIDIA chips into the mainland.

24:47I mean, there's a lot of steps to get there. But what we do know is, again, there's this Chinese spy that U.S. intelligence officials have identified. There was some relationship that Jensen Huang had had with this individual, and that's about as far as we can get right now. But if there were to be serious national security concerns, which the NVIDIA board has said they would like to get to the bottom of in this investigation, maybe that could be the stone that would unturn perhaps some of those other connections. But at this point, it really is conjecture. OK, can we trust that NVIDIA actually wants to get to the bottom of this investigation, considering how much Jensen Wong is attached to the stock prices of NVIDIA?

25:24Well, that's a critical question. And if you take NVIDIA at their word and believe that they're talking in good faith, then yes. But as you say, Jensen has repeatedly advocated for selling more chips to China. He says we need to sell as many AI chips to China to hook China's AI economy, because otherwise they're going to go and they're going to develop their own domestic AI industry. Essentially, I was there in July. I was in the same room as President Xi Jinping. Everything is about AI. They're all about developing their own AI industry. So Jensen says we can't let that happen. The best way to not let that happen is to sell more of our chips, NVIDIA chips, to them.

25:56And really quickly, I was just talking with a Wall Street analyst earlier this afternoon that was saying, look, even outside of the Chinese spy, the company has a vested interest in opening up an entire market to sell chips into. And the stock market analyst I was also speaking to is like, yeah, the stock went down by 4 % today. But in some respects, many analysts were surprised it didn't go deeper. So maybe this is actually one way of reading the Wall Street interpretation as they think Hwang can stick around. Wow. But again, that's a big bet. Early days of this investigation, by the way, and so much we still don't know.

26:26More to come on this. Brian, Jared, thank you guys both. Appreciate it. We're back in a moment with the Ohio State fraternity now suspended. Shocking video showing two men with their pants on fire. What led to the frightening scene? plus a suspected homicide aboard a popular cruise ship. A person now in custody, what the FBI is revealing tonight. And mystery half-marathon illness. More than two dozen runners getting sick at the same race. Why police are now involved. We'll be right back.

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28:16SHAKIEL BRUISTER HAS THE STORY.

28:21TONIGHT, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING ITS SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON CHAPTER AS POLICE INVESTIGATE THIS SHOCKING MOMENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. You can see a young man laying on the ground, his sweatpants engulfed in flames. But watch as he tackles another man, the flames jumping above their heads. Tears and laughter from the massive crowd turning into panic. In another angle, look closely as the man wearing that dark Buckeyes jersey appears to struggle with a fire extinguisher. The two on fire then start removing their clothes before others rush in, chaotically attempting to suppress the flames.

29:03Columbus police say it happened Saturday near the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. An OSU spokesperson writing the university is aware of this extremely concerning incident and the individuals in question are receiving needed medical care. The conditions of the two people on fire have not been announced. Tonight, OSU students reacting. Sure, it terrified me. I felt sick to my stomach watching it. Incredibly disturbing either way, for them to just be sitting there cheering it on. According to university records, this year OSU has cited at least nine Greek organizations for code of student conduct violations.

29:38Sigma Alpha Epsilon's national CEO says it's investigating the circumstances around this incident, writing we are committed to holding those responsible accountable. HE WAS A BUSINESS OF A FACTOR OF THE FACTORS. HE WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE COMPLETE DEMOCRATS AND THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY INTO THIS FRIGHTENING SCENE. SHAKEL BRUISTER IS JOINING US NOW FROM CHICAGO. THAT VIDEO IS STUNNING. IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE. THAT FRITERNITY THOUGH, SHAK, THEY 'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST, HAVEN'T THEY? THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S BEEN GOING BACK LITERALLY DECADES. IN FACT, WE FOUND A REPORT FROM BLOOMBERG BACK IN 2013 THAT DUVED IT THE DEADLIEST FRAT.

30:14THEY POINTED TO AT LEAST NINE DEATHS BETWEEN 2006 AND 2013 ASSOCIATED WITH THINGS LIKE ALCOHOL, DRUGS, HAZING. THAT ACTUALLY LED TO THE NEXT YEAR THE FRAT DECIDING TO PUT A HOLD ON THEIR PLEDGE PROCESS AND THEIR PROCESS OF INTAKING FOLKS SAYING THAT WHAT THEY WERE DOING DIDN'T MATCH THEIR VALUES BUT THAT DID NOT KEEP THEM OUT THE HEADLINES, YASMINE. WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLE IN 2022 MORE THANK YOU, SHAKIL. MORE THAN 40 MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ALLEGATIONS TIED TO HAZING. WE KNOW AS WE MENTIONED IN THAT REPORT THIS UNIVERSITY AND THIS FRAT HAS HAD CITATIONS FROM THIS UNIVERSITY IN THE PAST.

30:54CONCERNING VIDEO BUT IT'S THE LATEST FOR THIS FRATERNITY UNFORTUNATELY. THANK YOU, SHAKIL. STILL TO COME ON TOP STORY, an e-bike battery exploding inside a family's home. What you need to know about the risk these batteries pose. Plus, could those popular GLP-1 drugs make people blind? The new warning tonight from the FDA. Up first, though, top stories, top moment, and the adorable reaction from a group of dance students after their teacher ran the New York Marathon. The question they kept asking Miss Jenny, did you come in first place? Here is the moment they found out the actual results. Out of 61 ,078 competitors, I got 45 ,000 in 10th place.

31:45That's true love. 45 ,000th in the program, number one for all those dancers. Congrats to Miss Jenny. Stay with us. More top story after this.

32:04WE'RE BACK NOW WITH THE INVESTIGATION TO A SUSPECTED HOMICIDE ABOARD A POPULAR CRUISE SHIP. ONE MAN SEEN TAKEN OFF THE BOAT IN HANDCUFFS. AND TONIGHT THE FBI SAYS THEY HAVE A PERSON IN CUSTODY. LIZ KREUITZ HAS MORE. TONIGHT THE FBI SAYS IT'S INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED HOMICIDE ONBOARD A POPULAR CRUISE SHIP. VIDEO SHOWS AUTHORITIES TAKING A MAN OFF THE SHIP IN HANDCUFFS. WE ARE BLURRING HIS FACE BECAUSE HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. According to the agency, the incident happened on the MSC seascape, which tracking data shows had departed Galveston, Texas on Sunday for a seven-day trip to Mexico and Honduras.

32:42Y 'all, we came back to Galveston. There was an incident last night on the cruise ship. According to the cruise line, on reporting a guest incident aboard our ship, we were instructed by authorities to return to the port. Photos posted by passengers on social media show what appear to be investigators collecting potential evidence. Tonight, the FBI says a man is now in custody in connection with the alleged homicide. Authorities have not publicly identified a victim or said what they believe happened. The Galveston County Medical Examiner's Office confirms the person found dead aboard the ship is a woman.

33:18Liz Kreutz has joined us now. It seems like there's a lot more questions here than answers this evening, Liz, but what are we hearing from the cruise line? Yeah, that's a good way of putting it, Yasmin. We just have a short statement from the cruise LINE HERE, THEY SAY THEY'RE FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE INVESTIGATION. THEY ALSO SAY THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IMPACTED BY THIS. AND THEY ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE SHIP HAS SINCE LEFT THE PORT OF GALVASTON AND HAS RESUMED ITS PLANNED ITINERARY DOWN TO MEXICO. BUT ANY OF THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT LED UP TO THIS, WHO WAS INVOLVED, ALL OF THAT, WE STILL DON'T KNOW, YASMINE.

33:51Liz Kreutz, thank you. ALL RIGHT, AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY TONIGHT INTO WHAT MADE SO MANY RUNNERS SICK AT A HALF Marathon in Santa Barbara, California. The Cottage Health Emergency Department says 25 runners came into the ER on Sunday, a number of them with, quote, similar symptoms of undetermined cause. The hospital says they are, quote, working to determine whether this is due to the heat or other factors. It's not clear at this moment what those other factors might actually be, but police have described the reported symptoms as, quote, unquote, unusual. And tonight, six of those patients are still being treated in the hospital.

34:24I want to bring in Santa Barbara News press reporter Angel Corzo for more on this. So Angel temperatures are pretty high, right? They reached about 80 degrees or so that morning and heat exhaustion and dehydration are common after marathons. What is though driving the speculation that this could be something different? Yeah, well, Yasmeen, there are more questions than answers right now. But what we do know is that 27 runners fell ill and were hospitalized after Sunday's race. And they were all hospitalized for similar symptoms that were undetermined. But people online are speculating that some of these water stations at the end of the race could have been contaminated, though no agency has confirmed this.

35:14Do we have an update on how the hospitalized runners are doing at this hour? Yeah, so, so far, 24 of them have been discharged. Three of them still remain in the hospital. But this right now is sort of all we know. And essentially the police department here in Santa Barbara is investigating these unusual symptoms experienced by these runners. Is this a race that happens every year? And if so, have there ever been any health issues like this before? Yeah, this is a big deal for Santa Barbara. You know, every fall, runners lace up their shoes and get out on the road. But, you know, people from everywhere outside of Santa Barbara come here.

35:59So it's a big deal. But one thing is for sure, we know a lot of people fell ill during this year's race. And, you know, this is what makes this story sort of incredible in a way. Angel Corzo, thanks for being on this for us. Yeah, thank you. Let's get to top stories news feed starting in London, where a court has sentenced actor and comedian Russell Brand to 10 and a half years in prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The incidents date back to 2004. In court today, the victim said they were still living with the trauma. Brand is 51 years old and had testified that all of his encounters were consensual.

36:37Then in Georgia, two teens are now facing charges after causing chaos and a carnival ride, leaving at least three people hurt, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. The 13-year-olds kept twisting and pushing each other's swings, which eventually got tangled and caused other swings to fly out of control. One woman says she got hit in the head and was rushed to the hospital, but is expected to be OK. And the FDA now ordering drug makers to add warning labels to GLP-1s, telling people about a rare eye condition that can cause sudden blindness. The agency says there is potentially a higher risk for people taking GLP-1 drugs.

37:11The condition is permanent and doesn't have any treatment, but spokespeople for both Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly insist patient safety is their top priority. And a major shakeup in college football starting next year. The playoff format is set to expand to 24 teams. Right now, only a dozen make the cut. The move means there won't be any conference title games, which have been some of the biggest matchups of the season over the past three decades. And dramatic video out of Oregon capturing the moment an e-bike battery explodes inside one family's living room, their home going up in flames in a matter of minutes.

37:50Andres Gutierrez has more.

37:55Tonight, a wake-up call about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries. Inside this home near Portland, Oregon, an e-bike battery begins to smoke. Get away from it. Get away from it. Within seconds, fire sweeps through the living room. Emergency responders racing to the scene last week to battle the blaze. Outside, flames shooting from both floors of the two-story wood frame house as all six people run to escape. Oh, my God. Fire officials say no one was hurt. It happened to Carrie Ann Peniche, a former reality star who says she lost everything. Gresham Fire Marshal Sean Durham says the lithium-ion battery had been charging for several hours.

38:34How much of a warning did they have? It wasn't very long. I believe it was about 30 seconds from the time they smelled it until the first pop. In Oregon alone, the state fire marshal says agencies have responded to more than 600 fires involving lithium ion batteries between 2020 and 2025. Those incidents have been increasing an average of 19 % a year. Experts say families should never charge batteries while sleeping. We always recommend that things like e-bike scooters, batteries are always charged outside. Even in a garage is better than inside the house. It gives those people a little more time to get out of the house.

39:21Andres Gutierrez is joining us now. Andres, we heard from the fire marshal there. What more did he say about how people can keep themselves safe? Well, fire officials say it usually comes down to overcharging lithium ion batteries, or in some cases, those batteries were damaged before they ever got delivered to your house. The fire marshal I spoke with says that some even get damaged during the shipping process. And he also points out that there are some batteries from sellers overseas that may not meet U.S. standards. Another common mistake is using the wrong charger, which can also end up overheating the battery.

39:55During our reporting, federal safety investigators found that more than half of the e-bike fires that they've examined started while the bike was charging. So the bottom line here is make sure you use the charger that came with it, unplug it when it's done, and as this family learned, never ignore a strange smell. Yeah. Andres Gutierrez, thank you. All right, so in Philadelphia, tensions are still high tonight after demonstrators faced off during a controversial bike ride organized to boycott several Jewish-owned businesses. Reporter Siobhan McGurl from our Philadelphia station has more.

40:30Philadelphia's Jewish community coming together tonight in response to Sunday's pro-Palestinian bike boycott of Jewish-owned businesses. We're here to bring light together. That boycott brought rising tensions as counter-protesters and cyclists met. Philadelphia police reporting three arrests for disorderly conduct, assault, and assault on an officer. Go back to Israel. We don't support you here. Organizers say they called for the boycott of these six businesses because of their support for Israel. Meanwhile, the boycotted businesses drew long lines of customers. It was the busiest day Schlesinger's deli has ever had.

41:10General manager of the deli says they stayed busy today. I wanted to show support for the restaurant. They deserve it. The boycott ride was held on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Which was a time when in Nazi Germany they went around and destroyed, vandalized and did a lot of other horrific things to Jewish owned businesses. Organizers of the boycott wrote, we plan rides around people's schedules. Palestinians need our support now. Any suggestions about the timing of our ride are simply false. It strikes a nerve. It strikes a deep nerve. We gather to partner in solidarity. In response, several rabbis planned this Kristallnacht commemoration event tonight.

41:53A NIGHT, THEY SAY, TO LEARN. REFLECTING, REMEMBERING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND ALSO EMPHASIZING WHY SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN'T EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. MULTIFAITH LEADERS ALSO JOINED IN THIS EVENT HERE TONIGHT. I DID REACH OUT TO THE ORGANIZERS OF YESTERDAY'S BOYCOTT REQUESTING AN INTERVIEW. I DID NOT HEAR BACK. IN PHILADELPHIA, I'M SHAVAN MCCURRELL. YASMINE. SHAVAN, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COMING UP TONIGHT, GROWING OUTRAGE AT OLE MISS. after two young women appeared to make racist gestures outside a black student's apartment, what the video shows and how the school is responding, plus frightening mishaps impacting flights across the country that closed call at one of America's busiest airports, and the dramatic emergency landing on a highway.

42:38Those moments ahead on Top Story.

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43:59That video sparking outrage on and off the University of Mississippi campus. George Solis has more. Tonight, two women captured on camera appear to make racially offensive gestures

44:14as they pass by a black student's apartment. In a community letter, the school says the women are Ole Miss students. The video shows three women walking by the off-campus apartment door when two of them begin beating their chest and grunting like apes. Tasha Bolton posted online that she's the mom of a freshman who lives inside that apartment with two black roommates. Bolton says the woman caught on camera were her daughter's upstairs neighbors. Adding the video is disgusting and demanded accountability. Students on campus also outraged. I'm just a person like everybody else, and it's very upsetting to think that maybe people are thinking other things while they're looking at me while I walk on campus.

44:54In 2024, a similar incident occurring. An Ole Miss fraternity kicking out a member after he appeared to make ape-like sounds towards a black woman during campus protests against the war in Gaza. In a statement, the University of Mississippi condemning the behavior in this latest incident, also adding it is actively being investigated. A video now putting a spotlight on the state's history of racial tensions. THE SCHOOL IS NOT GOING TO BE GEORGE STOLIS IS JOINING US NOW FROM MIAMI. GEORGE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU. WE KNOW PARENTS OF ONE OF THE STUDENTS ALLEGEDLY TARGETED SPOKE TO THE SCHOOL TODAY.

45:28WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. ONE OF THE PARENTS OF ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT LIVES IN THE APARTMENT SAYS THEY MET WITH OFFICIALS AT OLE MISS TODAY BUT THEY TOLD US THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.

45:48We obtained from the vice chancellor of student affairs are warning people against speculating and pointing to social media as some of the students have already been incorrectly identified. Again, that's according to one of the officials there. They are saying they are going to thoroughly investigate this. And of course, anyone with information is urged to come forward. Yasmin. George, thanks for being on this for us. We appreciate it. Also tonight, a frightening close call at one of the nation's busiest airports. Investigators now looking into how it happened, along with multiple other mishaps, including a plane clip in a truck during an emergency landing on a highway.

46:22Our Tom Costello is following it all. Close call at LAX. Air France 2-8 heavy. Fly heading of 270 immediately. Heading 270 immediately. Controllers act fast after the FAA says a departing Air France flight mistakenly turned left into the path of a departing American Airlines flight early Saturday. The two planes coming within three to four hundred feet of each other as controllers ordered each plane to turn away. Air France 028 Heavy, why did you turn to a heading? Turn by. 028 Heavy, I need an answer, sir. Both planes continued on safely. Air France tells NBC News the crew immediately followed the controller instructions before continuing the flight.

47:04Further south in Orange County, look closely as a small Cessna gets blown over by the force of a larger plane ahead. They got blasted by the United 737 jet blast and then they flipped over. It happened at John Wayne Airport. Two people on board, no injuries. Meanwhile, a dramatic emergency landing in Fort Myers, Florida, as another Cessna clipped the back of a pickup truck as it dodged traffic on a busy road. You okay? Sure? Shaken up? Did they check you out? The sheriff says the plane had a mechanical failure no other vehicles hit. Tom Costello is joining us now. Tom, I want to get back to that close call at LAX.

47:49What else are you hearing from the FAA? Well, the FAA is investigating, and they take this very seriously when there appears to be a significant what they call pilot deviation. In other words, deviating from the air traffic control instructions. And you know, as a pilot, you're in trouble when the pilot says, take down this number. In other words, call this phone number. That's exactly the message that the air traffic controllers sent to the air France pilots. They need to call the FAA investigative office. That is never the message you want to hear as a pilot. Tom Costello for us. Thank you, Tom.

48:21I appreciate you. All right. When we come back, the high-flying mission to help a hungry chimp after heavy rains and floods cut him off from the rest of the sanctuary, plus the runaway corgi going rogue during an NFL halftime show, breaking tackles like an all-pro running back, how that chase finally came to an end right after this.

48:45We're back now with an incredible drone delivery in Florida. When historic flooding cut off access at a chimpanzee sanctuary, workers found a very creative way to keep one of its apes safe and fed. Ryan Chandler explains. The creative supply mission, keeping a chimp safe after a storm, dropping emergency supplies via drone, torrential rain in Florida, leaving one of the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuaries underwater. Floodwaters totally cutting off the enclosures from rescue efforts at Fort Pierce's Save the Chimps. The sanctuary says most of its more than 200 chimps made their way safely inside.

49:24But 38-year-old Caleb was alone on an island. He was out and he wasn't coming in. We were quite worried. Three employees working at the sanctuary after the storm rushed into action. But the waters were too high for even their swamp buggy. The only way to reach him from the air, a drone delivering the paper bag payload. Save the Chimp CEO, Ana Paula Tavares, says the nonprofit acquired the drone less than a year ago. It's been extremely helpful. We could use it to drop food fluids, dried food. And in this case for Caleb, a banana and sweet peppers. The staff that cares for him believe his face says it all, welcoming the flying lifeline with a smile.

50:07It seemed to me like there was quite a grateful look on his face. Technology and nature colliding, helping Caleb and his crew survive the storm. These are beautiful, beautiful beings, very smart, who have been rescued from research labs, entertainment industry, or the pet trade, and are super resilient. Ryan Chandler is joining me now. Ryan, how incredible the way in which they went about this thing. How are the sanctuary and that chimp doing now? Yeah, Yasmin, well, the good news first, we just spoke with the park CEO and they say Caleb and all of his friends are doing very well now. They're safe, happy, and they're fed.

50:53The bad news, though, this is going to take a lot to recover from. The park says that the water destroyed one of their high water vehicles and at least a dozen of their golf carts that they use to transport thousands of food to these chimps, and they rely entirely on donations. So it'll be a long road of recovery, Yasmin. Glad, though, that the chimp is certainly doing okay. Ryan Chandler, thank you. All right, finally tonight, the rogue pup going viral at an NFL game this weekend during the Broncos-Panthers showdown. It was a runaway corgi that actually stole the show. Sam Brock has the viral videos.

51:28They're supposed to be kicking off. They can't get him at the 40. They can't get him at the 45. It's the halftime show that went Off script and off leash in the best possible way. A 25-pound corgi named Quinn slipping defenders like an all-pro running back. This is the Barry Sanders of corgis. As fans at the Broncos-Panthers game in Charlotte were treated to 41 seconds of corgi chaos. Look at this little guy. Four men flailing to corral a canine with four-inch legs, running through would-be tacklers' arms, then dodging a full group of guys. I saw they didn't have it under control, so I was like, okay, I guess I got to join in.

52:06Quinn's owner, Ireland, and her boyfriend, Brian, thought they were going to a sanctioned halftime race with other dogs. Quinn decided last moment I don't think she wanted to take part in the race anymore. Don't let these short legs fool you. She's very fast. The TikToks followed. Along with questions about her future. What's next for Quinn after her football playing career is over? She's hoping a contract with one of the teams. She's going to sign a free agent contract. Oh, for sure. Sam Brock, NBC News, New York. It might be about time to get that Corgi and NFL contract. Thank you for watching Top Story, everybody.

52:48I'm Yasmin Vasugin in New York. Stay right there. More news is on the way.

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